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Ultraclean fuels show promise for fuel cells
University Park, Pa.—A process that removes organic sulfur from liquid fuels at low temperatures and ambient pressure, without using hydrogen, may help refiners provide fuels for fuel cells, said researchers at Penn State.
"Currently, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency allows 500 parts per million sulfur in diesel fuel and 350 parts per million in gasoline, but by 2006, the regulations will require only 15 parts per million sulfur in diesel and 30 parts per million in gasoline," said Dr. Chunsan Song, associate professor of fuel science and program coordinator, Clean Fuels and Catalysis, Penn State Energy Institute. "Long before that, however, we will need ultraclean fuels for fuel cells."
Removing organic sulfur from hydrocarbon fuels is difficult because the sulfur is usually bound to aromatic compounds that exist together with nonsulfur aromatics based on toluene and naphthalene-compounds fuel producers would like to remain in the fuel, Song said. When refiners remove sulfur with the aromatic compounds, further treatment of the sulfur rich fraction becomes difficult.
Current methods of removing sulfur from liquid fuels use high temperatures and pressure and hydrogen gas.
The new Penn State process, selective adsorption for removing sulfur (SARS), goes at low temperatures and pressure and does not use hydrogen or other reactive gases.
"We have developed a process that selectively adsorbs organic sulfur onto a metal species," said Dr. Xiaoliang Ma, research associate, Penn State Energy Institute. "This method will not adsorb the coexisting aromatic compounds like benzene and naphthalene."
Diesel fuel and gasoline contain 20% to 30% aromatics but less than 1% sulfur, so removing the sulfur without removing the aromatics is difficult. The transition metals or transition metal alloys used in the process selectively grab the sulfur. The active adsorbent goes on a porous, nonreactive substrate that allows the greatest surface area for adsorption. Adsorption occurs when the sulfur molecules attach to the transition metals on the substrate and remain there separate from the fuel.
"The absorbent transition metals can clean 10 times their volume of fuel, but eventually the system becomes saturated with sulfur," said Michael Sprague, graduate student in fuel science. "Solvent regeneration can restore activity."
Initially, there is an activation step to activate the absorbent materials, but after that, adsorption and regeneration of the absorbent are all that they need. The solvent can be reclaimed for future use while the sulfur undergoes further processing.
The researchers hope refineries can employ the process to remove sulfur and meet future ultraclean fuel requirements and that those providing fuel for fuel cells can use the process to produce ultraclean fuel.
"Fuel cells need essentially zero sulfur fuel to operate," said Song.
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Robert Cousins
Robert is presently Director of Tyndale Intercultural Ministries Centre. He is a graduate of Ontario Bible College (BTh) and Wheaton Graduate School (MA in Intercultural Studies). For 12 years, Robert and his wife Sheila served in theological education and leadership development with Africa lnland Mission (AIM) in Kenya and Tanzania. Robert served as personnel director of AIM (Canada) for 5 years and was seconded from AIM to MissionPrep, an inter-mission cross-cultural training partnership, where he served as Director for 8 years. Robert is presently Director of Tyndale Intercultural Ministries Centre (TIM Centre) seeking to engage and encourage multicultural leaders in global missions. Robert is adjunct professor at Tyndale Seminary, a facilitator for MissionPREP, Perspectives and The School for Urban Biblical Studies (SUBS).
Dr. Mark Chapman
Mark Chapman, PhD is Assistant Professor of Research Methods in the Doctor of Ministry Program at Tyndale University College and Seminary. Mark has wide experience in social science research and teaching at the graduate level. He has worked as Director of Extension Education and Assistant Professor of Christianity & Culture at Ambrose University College and sessional lecturer at Wilfrid Laurier University, McMaster University and the University of Toronto. His current research examines networks among Canadians who are trying to start new churches, the relationship between evangelical churches and visual art and artists and interaction between Christian churches. His other involvements include, serving as membership secretary for the Canadian Society for the Study of Religion (2003-2009), project management for the Christian and Missionary Alliance and an active role as lay leader at Hazelglen Alliance Church in Kitchener-Waterloo.
Ivana Piscione
Ivana Piscione was born in Caracas, Venezuela. An immigrant to Canada she attended Humber College and York University. Ivana pursued a career in Information Technology until she married and started a family. She has served with the Salvation Army helping newcomers to Canada settle and integrate into the Canadian culture and community, as part of the Community Council member for the Peel Shelters and as Director of Outreach and Multiculturalism at her local church. For three years Ivana acted as Chair of the Salvation Army Ontario-East Central Division Intercultural Peer Gathering Network. In all her work she has been mentoring newcomers and walking with them through the challenges of adapting to a new country (e.g., language difficulties, family dynamics, job search, spiritual growth, discipleship). Ivana is Coordinator of Intercultural Ministries at TIM Centre.
Dr. Wafik Wahba
Dr. Wafik Wahba [ThM, Princeton; PhD, Northwestern University] is Associate Professor of Global Christianity at Tyndale Seminary in Toronto, Canada. Dr. Wahba taught Theology, Global Christianity, Cultural Contextualization and Islam in the USA, Middle East, Africa, South East Asia and South America. An ordained minister of word and sacraments in the Presbyterian Church USA, Dr. Wahba pastored Churches in Chicago, IL and Toronto, Canada. Dr. Wahba wrote several books and articles including his contributions to "The Future of Reformed Theology" [Eerdmans, 1999], "Repentance in Christian Theology," [Liturgical Press, 2006]. He is currently writing a book under the title, "Christianity and Islam: Global Perspectives." Dr. Wahba co-led the unit on "Theological Education for Mission" at the 2004 Forum of Lausanne Committee in Pattaya, Thailand and he is one of the authors of "Effective Theological Education for World Evangelization," Lausanne Occasional Paper No. 57, (May 2005). He is also an active participant in the Evangelical-Muslim dialogue. Dr. Wahba serves on the Board of Directors for several International Christian organizations. Dr. Wahba presents on Christian TV programs: "Light for all Nations", and "Let there be Light" broadcasts weekly in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East on LIFE satellite channel, with over 250,000 weekly viewers.
Carmen Yeung
Carmen Yeung was born in Hong Kong and moved to Canada with her family when she was five years old. Having spent most of her life in Toronto, she considers Toronto to be her hometown. She graduated from University of Toronto (Hon. BSc.) and Trinity Western University / ACTS Seminary (MLE). She recently came back from serving in South Asia, with SIL International. She has served in various inner city ministries in Toronto: short-term missions, prison ministry, sandwich runs, homeless shelters and soup kitchens. Reaching out to easily forgotten peoples has been her life focus. Carmen is the new administrative assistant at TIM Centre and looks forward to the expansion of God's kingdom, through this ministry.

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Wednesday, December 28, 2011
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As many of us prepare to hang a calendar for the new year and we flip the pages to glance in awe at photographs featuring nature's beauty - from wild habitats to fish and wildlife or outdoor recreation - it is a good time to reflect on what it takes to make those glorious images.
Ask any passionate angler, hunter or outdoors person what he or she loves about nature and getting outdoors, and key points come up, including a love of connecting with nature, being able to relax and spending quality time outdoors with friends and families.
To help them enjoy their experiences, people say they want protection for habitats and public access, and education to help make sure the next generation cares about and understands the importance of fish and wildlife conservation and appreciates the joy and benefits conservation provides.
Each state has an agency dedicated to fish and wildlife conservation and providing fishing and hunting opportunities to the 88 million Americans over the age of 16 who fish, hunt or enjoy other wildlife-related recreation (2006 National Survey). In Florida, that is the responsibility of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC). Throughout 2011, the FWC made huge inroads to address those concerns through enhanced education, outreach and communications efforts. In previous Fish Busters' Bulletins, we've discussed Get Outdoors Florida! (www.GetOutdoorsFlorida.org) and the Florida Youth Conservation Centers Network (www.FYCCN.org), which have gotten off to amazing starts but still need your support to reach Floridians about the benefits of enjoying active, nature-based recreation.
This column is about the FWC's education and outreach. In October 2010, FWC staff joined educators from 37 state fish and wildlife agencies for a North American Conservation Education Strategy Training Academy, which stressed core concepts in education and outreach (including outdoor skills, hunter education and aquatic education programs) to provide more valuable and relevant messages to Americans of all ages.
Training was fully funded by a grant from the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies and included understanding the association's core conservation concepts, formulating benchmarks, implementing a K-12 education process, and integrating outdoor skills-based education into state education standards, among other topics.
The FWC's core concepts for conservation education have been refined and will be part of a consistent messaging effort in Florida and nationally. These ideas communicate what every citizen should know and understand about fish, wildlife and their conservation and management:
Concept 1: Fish and wildlife belong to us all, and the FWC manages and protects these resources on our behalf.
Concept 2: Regulations are sometimes necessary to conserve natural resources for generations to come and to keep people safe, whether they are harvesting or observing wildlife.
Concept 3: All living things benefit from a healthy and diverse environment.
Concept 4: Fish and wildlife conservation and management are solidly rooted in science and balance the needs of people with consideration for maintaining healthy populations of fish and wildlife, as well as their habitats.
Concept 5: Fish and wildlife habitat conservation provides human-health, recreation, aesthetic and economic benefits.
Concept 6: The future of Florida's fish and wildlife depends on citizens and partners working together with the FWC.
Concept 7: Fishing, hunting, wildlife viewing and boating are appropriate recreational uses of Florida's natural resources; participation in these activities contributes revenue, harvest information and increased public support to fish and wildlife management.
Concept 8: Everyone has the opportunity to participate in fish and wildlife recreation. That opportunity implies a responsibility to take care of nature's resources, stay safe and respect the rights and property of others.
Concept 9: The FWC uses a variety of funding sources to manage Florida's fish and wildlife resources for everyone. Floridians should know that when they buy licenses and permits, register their vehicles or buy and sell property they help support fish and wildlife conservation.
Concept 10: Fishing, hunting, wildlife viewing, boating and other nature-based activities provide people with millions of days of outdoor recreation and generate nearly $15 billion for Florida's economy each year (2011-12 Programs of the FWC).
Concept 11: Habitat management, protection and restoration help sustain and conserve ecosystems and benefit Florida's fish, wildlife and human populations.
Concept 12: Enforcement of conservation and safety laws requires an educated, coordinated and consistent effort.
It is the FWC's hope that as people attain a greater understanding and respect for these core concepts of fish and wildlife conservation, we will all work together with a greater sense of purpose to provide outstanding recreational opportunities for generations to come.
FWC Facts:Many species of fish (many groupers, snook, etc.) are hermaphroditic and change sex at some point in their life.
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The Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) was part of an independent panel's review of the B.C. Transit system, released last week, that made 18 recommendations to improve provincial and municipal transit operations.
The panel met with 40 local governments, including Whistler's, and received 30 written submissions from municipalities throughout the review.
The primary concerns raised surrounded the level of consultation between municipal governments and B.C. Transit, the Crown-operated agency responsible for coordinating public transportation in 58 communities outside of Metro Vancouver.
Local governments "have legitimate concerns about the state of their relationship with B.C. Transit, including the nature of the partnership to deliver service, the level of communications and the degree of accountability," the report stated.
Whistler Mayor Nancy Wilhelm-Morden called the review "a very good first step to recognize the importance of the role that local government plays."
The mayor, who was recently denied a position on B.C. Transit's board of directors, admitted, "there has been a lack of consultation [with RMOW] on some of the big ticket capital items" in the past, including the construction of Whistler's transit facility.
"The construction of the bus depot was done without consultation. It was a very expensive capital addition to transit here in Whistler, for which we are paying 53 per cent," she said. Most municipal governments in B.C. cover the majority of transit spending, with the province kicking in the remaining 47 per cent.
In July, it was announced that the zoning of Whistler's underused transit facility would be brought under council discussion in an effort to allow private operators to use it at market rates thus generating revenue for the service.
One of the recommendations that Whistler provided the three-person panel – a concern echoed by other B.C. municipalities – was to ensure that provincial and local governments operated on the same fiscal schedule, based on a calendar year.
"It was always a challenge to try and get our budget set for transit when we were out of sync for the financial year," said Wilhelm-Morden.
For her part, the mayor recognized that Whistler's public transit system has room to improve.
"We need to get the financial structure reworked so we can give back some service hours that we've cut," she said.
Service hours in Whistler dropped 15 per cent over the past year compared to 2010-11 after council directed staff in 2010 to work with B.C. Transit to review the system.
The drop in service didn't match an 11 per cent decline in ridership in the past year, a trend that Coun. Jack Crompton, who sits on the Transit Management Advisory Committee, saw as a good sign.
"We think that is a positive because it shows we reduced service but maintained more ridership that we cut," he said during an interview earlier this month.
In the hopes of "returning some of the service hours that we've lost," Crompton and the advisory committee asked the province to forgive a $540,000 debt the municipality incurred for the Dennis Dart buses, so the money could be used to improve the local transit system.
The buses were retired from service before being retrofitted and given to another community.
The RMOW plans to provide an official response to the B.C. Transit Independent Review Panel in September, ahead of the Union of B.C. Municipalities meeting.


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Sep 1, 2009
Freemium Email Marketing from MailChimp
I just read about this "freemium" approach to web startups. Basically, you build a cool app, make it free, build up a bunch of users, then find a way to "monetize" later. D'oh! Why didn't anyone tell us about this when we started in 2001? We wasted all this time building a strong, profitable company with an awesome product and over 100,000 users, when we coulda been just giving it all away? We've got to make up for lost time, people!
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Black Friday deals are a lot like a unicorn sighting. Sure, you hear about them, but do they really exist?
A good deal is certainly hard to find. A lot of times you get fixated on something that you think is a good bargain, only to find it for $10 less online—in April. If you're going to wake up at the crack of dawn and bother to put on pants, you'd better make sure that the bargains are, well… actually bargains.
We've seen pages and pages of "sale" prices, starbursts and endless exclamation points. Instead of buying into everything we've seen, we've scoured the ads and done a bit of homework. Our comparison shopping narrowed down 13 of the best Black Friday tech deals. We've tried to get a decent sampling from a variety of retailers. Of course, there are many other sales, as well as online deals. Amazon even announced plans to extend Black Friday to a week-long shopping event!
Whatever you have your eye on, make sure to do a bit of research before you blindly start grabbing at retail shelves. As always, electronics will be a hot item for the holidays. Expect hoards of shoppers to have the elbows out in full force, in search of cheap prices. Before you make your list, check ours twice—it could actually save you a few bumps and a lot of frustration. Happy hunting!
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The Naco, serves 5-6
Remember in Kim Possible how Ron, Kim, Monique, and Rufus would hang out at Bueno Nacho and Ron would make himself the Naco? It's the combination of a taco and nachos. To make this easy dish all you will need is:
-20oz ground meat (I used Jennie-O seasoned ground turkey)
-Tortilla chips (preferably triangle shaped)
-Nacho cheese (home made or store bought)
-The largest tortillas you can find at your store
-Chopped lettuce and tomatoes
Take one large tortilla and lightly heat it, do not make it crispy as it needs to fold up. Add a small layer of nacho cheese as your base. Then pile up the tortilla using the tortilla chips, cheese, ground meat, and lettuce/tomatoes. Then take two corners and fold them up. You can use nacho cheese to paste the two ends together, or sour cream or even guacamole. The other two sides should be gently folded up. Enjoy!For any questions on this DIY feel free to ask! More DIYs coming your way!SOMEONE ACTUALLY FUCKING MADE IT
"Serves 5-6"
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Wolaver's (Organic) Pumpkin Ale - Otter Creek Brewing / Wolaver's
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North Carolina
2.63/5 rDev -22.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
Poured from a bottle into a tumbler pint, the beer is a slightly hazed, orange-amber coloring with a thin, filmy, white ring around the surface. Aromas are very sweet, with a pumpkin and sweet potato backbone supporting a light spice blend of nutmeg and all-spice. Flavors are light, with a caramel syrup foundation that overpowers any of the harvest flavors. The spicing becomes an afterthought, and you might be able to catch a hint of nutmeg if you really swish it around in your mouth. Sharp, spiced aftertaste on a light, wilting body. The finish is limp, but heavily roasted and spiced at the very end. A final pop for a brew that was fading fast on the palate. Not a great brew.
Serving type: bottle
11-24-2012 01:38:50 | More by GarthDanielson
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3.19/5 rDev -5.9%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
Its better than all others in the Volaver's organic assorted beers collection. Next time I would go and buy this alone than the other Volaver's ales. To mention I never like those dark colored ales/beers which would taste a bit like chocolate. This was a good tasting beer.
Serving type: bottle
03-09-2014 18:46:16 | More by Chakri
3.16/5 rDev -6.8%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
Very sweet pumpkin in the aroma, with a bit of zucchini and hints of Wolaver's Pumpkin Ale banana bread. There's also a good deal of fall spices, particularly cinnamon, though the sweetness takes over. The taste follows, very sweet up front and at the end, with a bit of a toffee character to the malt. The middle has some of the actual pumpkin flavor, with weird banana notes. Overall, this one was too sweet for me. I assume Wolaver's uses only organic pumpkins in the brew process, but the flavor tastes similar to artificial pumpkin to me.
Serving type: bottle
02-16-2014 15:51:25 | More by asaharyev
3.76/5 rDev +10.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
I really, truly thought that I had finally exhausted my pumpkin beer stash for the year and then this one popped up! I want to get back to The CANQuest (TM), plus now the Holiday beers are starting to appear ...
From the bottle: "Better beer[,]Better world"; "Brewed with Vermont pumpkins"; "Since 1987, Wolaver's has combined a passion for exceptional ales along with a strong belief in the benefits of organic farming. Handcrafted by Otter Creek Brewing, Middlebury, VT, we are proud to brew the finest organic ales using the highest quality local Vermont and domestic ingredients."; "Generous use of Vermont grown organic pumpkins artfully blended with four fresh organic spices craft this seasonal treat."; "Unfiltered. Unpasteurized. Organic."
I have a nice, clean glass fresh from the dishwasher and the pour went well, creating a finger of dense, eggnog-colored head with good retention. Color was a rich coppery-amber (SRM = > 13, ~ 17) with NE-quality clarity. Nose had a pretty big cinnamon presence along with clove and nutmeg. The malts gave it a cookie-like nose. Mouthfeel was medium and the cinnamon was big and immediate on the tongue. The finish was semi-dry from the spices and I felt as though I had been chewing a stick of Big Red when I was finished. It was an interesting beer, but one was plenty at this juncture.
Serving type: bottle
12-02-2013 22:51:05 | More by woodychandler
North Carolina
3.48/5 rDev +2.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
Served in a bottle at Pilsener Haus in Hoboken, NJ
A: Pours a crystal clear dark orange/copper to amber in color with light to moderate amounts of visible carbonation.The beer has quarter finger tall off-white head that quickly fades to a very thin film covering about half the surface of the beer with a thin ring at the edges of the glass. Minimal amounts of lacing are observed.
S: Moderate aromas of pumpkin, pumpkin pie spices (cinnamon and nutmeg), and caramel malts.
T: Light to moderate flavors of pumpkin with moderate flavors of pumpkin pie spice (cinnamon and nutmeg) that intensifies as the beer warms ups. There are some very light notes of caramel malts with just a touch of sweetness.
M: Light to medium bodied with light to moderate amounts of carbonation.
O: Easy to drink and enjoyable but not as good as some of the other offerings in the style.
Original review on 10-14-2012 20:47:08 but on a retired beer incorrectly.
Serving type: bottle
11-03-2013 21:09:29 | More by dbrauneis
New Hampshire
4.18/5 rDev +23.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
I didn't mind this beer at all it was little sweet
I wish I didn't have this as my first beer of the night good but sweet and lingering on the palate
it reminded me as a poor mans PUMPKING had that butter popcorn nose on it
I would like to see what others think of the comparison
the body on it was weird it was super cloudy, and had no lacing and wouldn't bubble when swirled like it was 2 days old and flat nice copper hue to it
overall if you like pumpking give it a whirl I wouldn't want to session it stomach couldn't handle it
would drink again but wouldn't travel for it
Serving type: bottle
10-26-2013 13:37:15 | More by Joe_Grizzly
Wolaver's (Organic) Pumpkin Ale from Otter Creek Brewing / Wolaver's
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By Dan ChamnessThe Journal-StandardTue Sep 29, 2009, 10:52 PM CDT Freeport, Ill. -
A scant one year ago, Erin Thill was busy helping the Aquin volleyball team win games.
For the next four years, Thill will be helping Elmhurst College win matches.
Thus far, she is well on her way. The Bluejays are 5-5 overall and 2-0 in the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin. During the month of September, Thill played in eight matches and was named to the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh All-Tournament team.
The 5-foot-5 freshman setter helped EC win its final two games of the tournament. EC thumped Carroll University (3-1) and St. Norbert College (3-0). Thill played her best game of the tournament against SNC as she had 25 assists and four digs. Against Carroll, she finished with 12 assists.
For the season, the freshman has 119 assists and 47 digs. She is splitting time with an Elmhurst sophomore. In EC's most recent win, a 3-1 win over Wheaton College in CCIW action, Thill had 14 assists and five digs. ...
Freeport grad Austin Walther, a Luther College freshman, scored the game-winning goal in Luther's 3-0 win over Bethel University. Walther struck the back of the net at the 75:04 mark of the contest giving Luther a 1-0 lead. It was first goal of Walther's career. Luther is 2-5-1 overall and 0-1 in the Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. ...
The Quincy University volleyball team won its first Great Lakes Valley Conference match, beating Missouri University of Science and Technology 3-2. Stockton grad Christine Williams, a Quincy freshman, finished with 12 kills and four digs. Fellow Quincy freshman Damaris Linker, an Eastland grad, finished with eight digs and two assists. Quincy is 2-13 overall and 1-3 in the GLVC. ...
The North Central College volleyball team continues its winning ways as it is now 17-1 overall. Notable wins in the last week include its first CCIW triumph, a 3-0 win over Millikin University and four wins at the Wheaton College Tournament. In the win over Millikin, former Lena-Winslow volleyball player Stacie Mokros, a North Central College senior, had five kills and three assisted blocks. Her best game in the Wheaton Tournament was against University of Chicago. She finished with nine kills and a .389 hitting percentage. North Central also defeated Rockford College (3-1), Lakeland College (3-1) and Benedictine University (3-0). North Central is 1-1 in the CCIW. ...
Durand grad Rachel Brubaker, a Bradley University senior, finished 25th in the Missouri State University Cross County Classic. Brubaker toured the 5,000-meter course in 19 minutes, 17.6 seconds. Bradley took third with 62 points. Kansas State University won the meet with 27 points. ...
The Rockford College football team is 0-3 after its first three football games. In their latest loss, a 51-3 loss to Alma College, Dakota grad Brandon Houghton had six tackles (three solos). Kyle Kubatzke, a Rockford sophomore and Orangeville grad, started at right guard and helped Rockford post 122 yards of offense. They passed for 67 yards and rushed for 55. ...
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One user says she developed this rash after wearing the Fitbit Force. Kim Reichelt
Fitbit said it is halting sales of its newest fitness-tracking bracelet and recalling the product after months of complaints from consumers who say the band has caused rashes on their wrists.
The voluntary recall of the Fitbit Force is a serious setback for a startup that markets its products as a way to "help people lead healthier, more active lives." It is also a public relations headache, coming days before Fitbit shows off its products in Barcelona at next week's Mobile World Congress, an annual confab for the mobile industry with tens of thousands of attendees.
The San Francisco company said in a statement that it was conducting the recall of its newest bracelet "out of an abundance of caution" and repeated an offer to refund consumers who purchased the $129 Force.
In a blog post, Fitbit Chief Executive James Park wrote that 1.7% of Force users had reported an irritation. In the company statement, Fitbit said "affected users are likely experiencing an allergic reaction" to materials in the bracelet.
Mr. Park wrote that "some users may be reacting to the nickel," a component of the stainless steel used in the device. Others, he wrote, "are likely experiencing an allergic reaction to the materials used in the strap or the adhesives used to assemble the product."
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Mr. Park repeated a statement he made in January that an independent lab had ruled out problems with the battery or electrical system.
A Fitibit spokeswoman said the company is working with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission regarding the recall.
The Force is Fitbit's newest product, designed to track people's activity, such as steps taken, distance traveled and calories burned. At night, it tracks users' sleep patterns. Data can be seen on the wristband's display or on a smartphone or computer.
Soon after its release in October, wearers began complaining about blisters, rashes and itchy dry patches on their wrists. The Wall Street Journal reported last week that some of the skin problems required medical attention and prescription medication. At least one person said that she had been offered a financial settlement from Fitbit.
Since that report, the Journal has received emails from others who say they developed similar rashes from Fitbit's earlier products.
Vera Shanley, a 59-year-old medical doctor and health coach, says she developed a rash from the Fitbit One, a clip-on device that tracks fitness, sleep and nutritional patterns. Ms. Shanley bought the device when it launched in August 2012. She clipped it inside her waistband and within about a week noticed an itchy red rash developing on her right hip.
She moved the One to her left side where she also developed a rash. Now, she clips the device to her bra so that the product doesn't touch her skin. "I've had no problem with it since, whatsoever," she says.
Yvonne Beckley, 72, began wearing the Fitbit Flex bracelet in 2012. Late last year, she ordered from Fitbit different colored bands that can be used with the Flex device. When she wore the black version of the Flex band, she said she developed a rash.
Ms. Beckley saw a doctor who told her to treat the rash with an over-the-counter cortisone cream. The rash got worse, she said. Ms. Beckley returned to the doctor who then prescribed Triamcinalone, a topical steroid. The rash subsided and Ms. Beckley turned to a blue band for her Flex, which she has worn since without reaction.
A Fitbit spokeswoman said users may experience skin sensitivity with any type of wearable product, and that any issues consumers have reported with the Flex and One are unrelated to the reasons associated with the Force recall. "We take all of our consumer complaints seriously, and if any user experiences skin irritation while wearing a Fitbit device, he or she should either discontinue wearing the device or wear it attached to an article of clothing," she wrote in an email.
Fitbit is scheduled to be an exhibitor at Mobile World Congress, which starts on Monday and runs through next week. The conference has promoted on its website a contest called the Fitbit Challenge, in which attendees can buy a discounted Fitbit Flex from the Fitbit booth and win prizes based on the wearer's activity. One of the prizes was supposed to be a Force, but the company is replacing that with Flex products.
Fitbit was founded in 2007 and is backed by a number of venture-capital firms, including Foundry Group and True Ventures, which last year invested $43 million. The venture-capital firms didn't respond to requests for comment.
The Fitbit Force is displayed in the Fitbit booth at the 2014 CES in Las Vegas on Jan. 7, 2014. Getty Images
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Story boards When your baby's unimpressed by the usual nighty-night routine, try introducing your very own hand-animated bedtime story.
Skills developed: verbal, hearing
What you'll need: a felt board, available from educational toy shops and catalogues; sheets of coloured felt and scissors, or ready-cut felt shapes.
You can use traditional shop-bought felt shapes, which usually come in themed sets (farm animals, numbers, faces, and so on) or make your own by cutting them out with scissors. A good place to start is with a "cut-out doll" made from felt in the same gender as your child, with a simple wardrobe or some props that let you make it day or night, winter or summer. Then you can add a dog, cat, or rabbit, a simple house and car, and other elements to spin a tale that reflects your baby's life or surroundings.
Sit facing your baby with the felt board propped on your knees so it is clearly visible. Tell your story - any story, really; don't feel you have to be a master narrator - illustrating the major points with the felt shapes. You might start, "Once upon a time there was a little boy (lay out the felt figure) who lived in a tiny house (lay out the house)." When your baby is older, it's fun - and very revealing - to have him tell you a felt-board bedtime story.
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Whether or not your baby is ready to crawl, she's working on the motor skills she'll eventually use to become mobile. At this stage she's probably spending lots of time pushing herself up off the floor, or rocking backwards and forwards on her hands and knees. This game will help her get rolling.
Skills developed: crawling
What you'll need: two empty two-litre drinks bottles – make sure they're the sturdy type; strong tape; some small, brightly coloured plastic toys such as dinosaurs and balls
Optional: a couple of jingle bells.
Use a knife or scissors to cut off the tops of both bottles, about a third of the way down. Put four or five small toys inside one container (an assortment of shapes, sizes, and colours looks most interesting, and a jingle bell or two adds a bit of pizzazz), then wedge one container over the other, overlapping the edges an inch or two and forming a closed cylinder. (Since the bottles are the same size, you may need to pinch one slightly to get it to fit inside the other.) Use strong tape such as packing tape or duct tape to seal it closed, taking care to completely cover any edges, and you have a fun roller. Now put the cylinder on the floor and show your baby how to push it along. It's a great way to encourage crawling as she tries to follow the whirling toys across the floor.
Note: keep an eye on your baby while she plays with this toy to make sure she doesn't manage to get it open, especially if you are using balls or jingle bells small enough to present a choking hazard.
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Electric currents in the vastly complex system of billions of nerves in our body allow us to sense the world, control parts of our body, and think. These are representative of the three major functions of nerves. First, nerves carry messages from our sensory organs and others to the central nervous system, consisting of the brain and spinal cord. Second, nerves carry messages from the central nervous system to muscles and other organs. Third, nerves transmit and process signals within the central nervous system. The sheer number of nerve cells and the incredibly greater number of connections between them makes this system the subtle wonder that it is. Nerve conduction is a general term for electrical signals carried by nerve cells. It is one aspect of bioelectricity, or electrical effects in and created by biological systems.
Nerve cells, properly called neurons, look different from other cells—they have tendrils, some of them many centimeters long, connecting them with other cells. (See Figure 1.) Signals arrive at the cell body across synapses or through dendrites, stimulating the neuron to generate its own signal, sent along its long axon to other nerve or muscle cells. Signals may arrive from many other locations and be transmitted to yet others, conditioning the synapses by use, giving the system its complexity and its ability to learn.
The method by which these electric currents are generated and transmitted is more complex than the simple movement of free charges in a conductor, but it can be understood with principles already discussed in this text. The most important of these are the Coulomb force and diffusion.
Figure 2 illustrates how a voltage (potential difference) is created across the cell membrane of a neuron in its resting state. This thin membrane separates electrically neutral fluids having differing concentrations of ions, the most important varieties being
The separation of charge creates a potential difference of 70 to 90 mV across the cell membrane. While this is a small voltage, the resulting electric field (
Electric currents along the cell membrane are created by any stimulus that changes the membrane's permeability. The membrane thus temporarily becomes permeable to
The action potential is a voltage pulse at one location on a cell membrane. How does it get transmitted along the cell membrane, and in particular down an axon, as a nerve impulse? The answer is that the changing voltage and electric fields affect the permeability of the adjacent cell membrane, so that the same process takes place there. The adjacent membrane depolarizes, affecting the membrane further down, and so on, as illustrated in Figure 4. Thus the action potential stimulated at one location triggers a nerve impulse that moves slowly (about 1 m/s) along the cell membrane.
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The degeneration or destruction of the myelin sheaths that surround the nerve fibers impairs signal transmission and can lead to numerous neurological effects. One of the most prominent of these diseases comes from the body's own immune system attacking the myelin in the central nervous system—multiple sclerosis. MS symptoms include fatigue, vision problems, weakness of arms and legs, loss of balance, and tingling or numbness in one's extremities (neuropathy). It is more apt to strike younger adults, especially females. Causes might come from infection, environmental or geographic affects, or genetics. At the moment there is no known cure for MS.
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Once again, Urban Meyer is challenging the Southeastern Conference.
This time, rather than presenting a challenge from within as he did as the coach of the Florida Gators, he's doing it from outside as the coach of the Ohio State Buckeyes.
Meyer, who is in his second year leading Ohio State, is the biggest threat to the SEC and its role as the nation's top college football conference.
"If there is a team out there that's going to challenge the SEC, the school in the best position is Ohio State," said JC Shurburtt, national recruiting director of 247Sports.
His assess the Buckeyes shortly before National Signing Day when Ohio State landed another top five recruiting class.
Since taking over the Ohio State program in 2011, Meyer 's urban renewal project has centered on back-to-back top five recruiting classes. It's the same formula he used at Florida when he helped guide the Gators to two national titles in six years: recruit heavily in state.
It's typical Big Ten recruiting except in Meyer's case, it's not.
Sure, Meyer is landing the best talent the state of Ohio has to offer, but he's also getting the best players who fit into his system — an SEC system. A system built on speed and athleticism while Big Ten football traditionally is all about bulk and brawn.
It's old school versus new school.
It's the wishbone versus the spread.
It's Bo Schembechler versus, well . . . Urban Meyer.
So far, it's worked as Ohio State went 12-0 in Meyer's first season in Columbus and if it weren't for a postseason bowl ban he inherited, the Buckeyes could have contended for a spot in the national championship game.
It's the same formula that has worked for the SEC, which has seen one of its teams capture the BCS national championship the past seven seasons.
It's why the Big Ten must change or risk being left behind and Meyer knows it.
Which is why he's trying to recruit his fellow Big Ten coaches to step up their efforts when it comes to recruiting, especially following a disastrous National Signing Day. How bad was it? So bad, that Ohio State (3) and Michigan (8) were the only teams from the league ranked in the top 10, while Nebraska (23) was the only other team in the top 25.
Meanwhile, the SEC featured 10 teams in the top 25 led by Alabama, which finished with the No. 1 overall recruiting class in the country.
When asked whether it's important for the league to do better in recruiting, especially in relation to the SEC, Meyer made his point crystal clear.
"It's not only important, it's essential," Meyer said during an interview on 97.1 FM in Columbus Thursday. "It has to happen. . . . I know I have a lot of respect for the tradition and their historical success they've had, but we do need to as a conference need to keep pushing that envelope to be better."
It's a message Meyer will be taking to the Big Ten coaches meetings Monday when he pleads his case to his coaching brethren.
Adapt or risk falling farther behind the SEC.
Paterno report disputes Freeh results
A report commissioned by the family of former Penn State coach Joe Paterno in response to the July 2012 Freeh report claims the allegations against the legendary football coach were 'inaccurate and unfounded' and that it did a "disservice not only to Joe Paterno but to the university community." The report marked the conclusion of a review conducted by former FBI investigator Louis Freeh. Freeh's report alleged Paterno and several high-ranking school officials conspired to conceal allegations of child sex abuse by former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky. The report helped back up the NCAA's decision to hand down severe sanctions against the school and the football program. Sandusky is currently serving 30 to 60 years in prison while Paterno passed away of lung cancer in January 2012.
Paterno's widow, Sue Paterno, is scheduled to sit down with Katie Couric Monday on her daytime talk show, "Katie," for an exclusive interview. This is her first interview since the Sandusky investigation and the death of her husband.
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The University of Texas athletic department generated $163.3 million in revenue in 2011-12, according to documents obtained by USA Today. The department reportedly spent $138.3 million during the same period. According to the records, the school's football program generated $103.8 million of the $163.3 million in revenue, making it the first a school to report $100 million in revenue from one sport.
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Former Michigan State hoops star Magic Johnson will team with Dick Vitale and Mike Tirico to add his insight to ESPN's coverage of No. 1 Indiana at No. 12 Michigan State Feb. 19. Johnson, who has been working as an NBA analyst for the network since 2010, helped lead the Spartans to a national title his sophomore season. Johnson and Vitale have been long-time friends going back to the days when Vitale tried to recruit Johnson to play for him at the University of Detroit.
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In a preview of two teams headed to the ACC in 2014, No. 25 Notre Dame outlasted No. 11 Louisville in five overtimes Saturday night 104-101. The game tipped off at 9 p.m. ET and finished three hours and 36 minutes later, taking the moniker of being the longest college basketball game in Big East history. There were 26 lead changes and Notre Dame point guard Eric Atkins played 60 of the possible 65 minutes.
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The province of North Kivu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is a region where armed conflict, poverty and natural disasters have undermined efforts to deliver basic services such as education and access to financial services. Low income families have no access to microfinance institutions; the few that operate in DRC are mainly in Kinshasa and Katanga province. War-torn regions have been left behind.
ProMicrofinance International (PMI) provides eastern DRC women micro cash loans and technical assistance to improve or begin income-generating small businesses. Once clients re-pay their loans, they qualify for higher loan amounts over a longer term.
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Dassault lays out PLM's 3D social networking future
Customer conference shows PLM growing beyond CAD, CAE and product design.
Dassault Systemes (DS) is pushing further with its vision of making the virtual world better reflect the real world, and demonstrating what "PLM 2.0" can accomplish. At its 2009 customer conference in Orlando this week, CEO Bernard Charles and his team "painted a very different picture of PLM than what some have in mind," reports Jim Brown, president and founder of Tech-Clarity, an independent research and consulting firm. Brown attended the conference, and came back with this report.
Brown says a demo of Dassault's 3DVIA software and a new iPhone application was a great example of the uniqueness of the DS vision. That vision has Dassault expanding beyond the aerospace and automotive sectors where the company traditionally has concentrated. At the conference, Charles demonstrated how moving Dassault technology to platforms like the iPhone is taking the company into new areas.
Using his iPhone, Charles took a picture of the furniture on the stage, and then added a table from the 3DVIA library. Not satisfied with the boring table, he sent the model via e-mail to a designer who modified it into 3D shape. Charles published the remodeled shape back to 3DVIA, pulled it up on the iPhone, and "now we see a picture of the stage with a newly modeled table along with the existing furniture. The punchline is that'3D opens the door to the world we imagine.' Not a standard main-stage demo for a PLM company," says Brown.
"DS has a very unique view on what the future will look like. And they have plans to play a broader role than CAD, CAE or product design," says Brown. The company's vision of what the future of PLM looks like includes:
• 3D lifelike experiences, dubbed "see what you mean (SWYM)
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• Business processes - core processes for 11 industries and about 50 industry sub-segments
• PLM online for all, meaning Web-based and service oriented architecture (SOA) based exchange of information.
Brown says to expect Dassault to push the 3D experience hard, and don't expect them to limit the use of 3D and lifelike experiences to an engineering audience. In the manufacturing industries, expect to see them continue to offer 3D applications for new areas such as sales and marketing.
"DS sees itself playing just as much of a role helping companies to define the product experience (packaging design, shelf placement, consumer interaction) as it does defining the product itself. It has already brought solutions to market and has done some work (not commercial product yet) in areas such as eye tracking technology to analyze customer reaction and behavior," adds Brown.
Keep your eyes on Dassault's 3DVIA brand and how it fits in with ENOVIA, the backbone solution for collaborating around product data that is part of the Dassault product suite, says Brown.
"These solutions have potential in many industries other than manufacturing (or even gaming, another current DS market), with the opportunity to enhance the Web to incorporate lifelike experiences. In the general session, Bernard noted that the Web'does not have emotion or allow people to experience or interact.' What is needed, he explained, are 3D and smart objects that offer realistic simulation and comply with the real-world rules of physics. To me, this feels like a very different vision for PLM than I hear elsewhere."
Dassault plans to push into more social aspects of innovation as well. Charles told the story of how social networking techniques are helping within Dassault, and how the company is learning through its use of Blue Kiwi (a software company Dassault has invested heavily in) and of its own 3DVIA solutions. "I don't think they have it all figured out-which I respect," says Brown. "As I have seen in the past, DS is willing to experiment and learn (as their customers are learning) to leverage new social computing technologies."
Brown believes social computing is a significant new evolution of PLM, and so apparently does Dassault. "A year ago, I would have said social software is an add-on, now it is at the core of what we do," said Charles. However, Dassault also continues to invest heavily in its core solutions, including the V6 platform because, adds Brown, "CAD and CAE are not the static, mature solutions some would like to believe they are."
Jim Brown 's insights are available through his blog, PLM and Profitability, found on www.mbtmag.com. For more on Dassault by Jim, see previous posts including One-to-One: Reinventing Dassault Systems ?
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