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Brownback applauds EPA's ruling on grain sorghum
Good to see some new feedstocks enter the mix, especially right as some interesting new flex fuel vehicles are hitting the market. It's always great to have a choice and be able to burn which ever fuel gives the most 'miles per dollar'.
December 10, 2012 at 8:47 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Gas stations' switch to summer fuel could mean a rise in gas prices
As I mentioned above, modern production is substantially energy positive and a substantial chunk of the energy used is domestic, so the whole process requires much less foreign oil than simply running on straight gasoline.
Ethanol has already replaced 10%+ of our transportation fuel and easily has the capacity to do more. Plus produce byproducts which can be used for bio-diesel and dried distillers grains which are excellent livestock feed.
If we had the capacity to round up all the crap we throw out, and run new garbage-to-ethanol plants, that percentage could easily double. I probably wasn't clear, but I never claimed it would replace ALL foreign oil, but the undesirable stuff...mid east, Venezuela, other dictatorships, etc could easily be turned off.
My bottom line is this: put Americans to work first, give me a choice at the pump...if gas gets too high I will simply buy ethanol... and stop buying oil from terrorists and people who want to kill us.
March 22, 2011 at 11:37 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Gas stations' switch to summer fuel could mean a rise in gas prices
There is obviously some diesel involved in growing/transport (which could eventually be bio-diesel made from corn oil left over after ethanol production) but the electricity, natural gas, etc most likely comes from other American resources which further puts other Americans to work.
If you look up any modern study, the energy balance is substantially positive due to new crop growing techniques, more efficient harvesting/transporting, better technology in distilling, etc. From memory, the average of some of the more modern studies was about 1.3-1.4x return on energy and of the energy put in 60-70% was from other American resources...coal, natural gas, hydro, etc.
One of the 'cutting edge' breakthroughs is locating ethanol plants near power plants and other large sources of low grade 'waste' heat. What is 'waste' to the power plant is a perfect temperature for ethanol distilling - and essentially 'free energy'.
The big fraud is continuing the 'foreign oil is good and the only alternative' rhetoric while American workers are looking for jobs and foreign dictators are running amock with pockets full of oil money.
March 22, 2011 at 8:23 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Gas stations' switch to summer fuel could mean a rise in gas prices
Not sure what you mean by 'power' - it does have lower BTU's/gallon, but higher octane (105) and burns more efficiently. I have not noticed any loss in engine power using it in my truck and my car absolutely loves it due to the high octane.
Many studies have shown ethanol (which is increasingly coming from non-food items such as cellulose and other waste) actually moderates food prices by reducing the high cost of transportation fuel.
Even today, corn is much less than 15 cents per pound, yet a 1 pound bag of corn chips is about $4.00 on the store shelf. Even if corn were free, we'd still be paying over $3.85 for a bag of nachos...plus probably an extra $2.00 in taxes to help all the unemployed farmers, truck drivers, machinists, plant workers, etc - who are employed by the ethanol industry.
March 22, 2011 at 8:10 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Gas stations' switch to summer fuel could mean a rise in gas prices
Hanni left out one more important tip - keep an eye on E85 prices. The price spread typically widens in the summer - it's usually 25 and up to 30% less expensive around here. This more than offsets the 10-15% drop in mileage seen on most FFV's. So overall, makes a substantial savings...and puts Americans to work vs funding foreign dictators and terrorists!
March 21, 2011 at 8:20 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
City of Lawrence asked to get into the glass recycling business
Putting glass recycle bins at large grocery stores would certainly have merit - most households go grocery shopping several times a month, so it shouldn't be any big deal to take glass back to the store.
Would sure like to see considerations of curbside pick-up as well, The trucks are already driving the route, seems like it would be super cheap just to pick the glass up at that time.
February 14, 2011 at 9:55 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Price of gasoline could reach $3 per gallon by Christmas
Dare I say 'Here we go again.' As long as we rely on foreign countries for such a valuable resource, we are going to be subject to large price swings.
I've been using E85. A 12% loss in mileage, but about 15% cheaper fuel - so it's putting a little money in my pocket vs gas. Though if gasoline takes off in price, hopefully ethanol will lag behind. Several months ago, E85 was ~25% cheaper than gas which was a real savings! Either way, I'd rather employ an american farmer than equip a foreign terrorist with guns and bombs.
[fire suit on, let the flaming begin]
December 8, 2010 at 3:41 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Fire crews respond to chimney fire near Baldwin City
Certainly a lot can be said of preventive maintenance when it comes to the chimney. Though I've found with dry wood and an EPA stove, the flue barely has any accumulation of creosote after a full season of burning.
November 12, 2010 at 8:08 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Family members looking for 13-year-old boy
First, best wishes for a safe and speedy return home.
On the other side, I don't know many teens who can stay 'unplugged' for more than a few minutes. Hopefully someone is looking at cell phone, text, twitter, facebook, any other hobbies/newsgroups or blogs he might frequent.
June 5, 2010 at 9:18 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
BP turns blind eye to llamas' helping hair
Interesting idea - though I suppose it is the BP corporate mantra..."Why use something natural, when you can make a synthetic from good 'ol oil" Despite the former "green" image, BP has always tried to stomp out ethanol. Again, they'd hate to see something which can be made from corn, wood, or other waste products when they sell oil.
When I first saw the headline, I thought maybe they were using the hair for the 'junk shot' I guess that didn't go so well using ground up tires - which is not much of a surprise. But given the way hair can clog up a drain, seems to be the perfect thing to plug up a well!
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All project work is probabilistic. All decision making in the presence of probabilistic systems requires making estimates of future┬Āemerging outcomes.
But to do this properly we need to have a standard set of terms that can form the basis of understanding the problem and the solution.
When those terms are redefined for what ever reason, the ability to exchange ideas is lost. For example there is a popular notion that defining terms in support of an idea is useful
So what does this┬Āactually mean in the project management domain?
Plans are strategies for the success of the project. Strategies are hypothesis. Hypothesis needs to be tested to determine their validity. These tests - in the project domain - comes from setting a plan, performing the work, accessing the compliance of the outcomes with the plan, that corrective actions in the next iteration of the works.
This seems obvious, but when we hear about the failures in the execution of the plans, we have to wonder what went wrong. Research has shown many Root Causes of project shortfalls. Here are four from our domain:
The root cause for each of these starts with the lack of the following
Unrealistic Performance Expectations
When we set out to define what performance is needed we must have a means of testing that this expectation can be achieved. There are several ways of doing this:
Unrealistic Cost and Schedule Estimates
Inadequate Assessment of Risk
Unanticipated Technical Issues
Each of these┬Āissues can be addressed through a Systems Engineering process using Measures of Effectiveness, Measures of Performance, and Technical Performance Measures. The planning process makes use of these measures to assess the┬Ācredibility of the plan and the processes to test the hypothesis.┬ĀRelated articles Want To Learn How To Estimate? Debunking Let's Stop Guessing and Start Estimating Complex, Complexity, Complicated Estimates
Check out my new lecture series, "Understanding Software Projects." In this lecture series, I explain The Four Factors Lifecycle Model and how understanding that model means understanding virtually every significant aspect of software project dynamics. Current lectures are always free. Check it out at https://cxlearn.com/catalog/22.
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In this lecture series, Steve explains The Four Factors Lifecycle Model, and he explains how understanding that model means understanding virtually every significant aspect of software project dynamics. Topics include:
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WhatŌĆÖs the difference between┬Āestimate┬Āand┬Āguess?
One way to distinguish between them is degree of care taken when we arrive at a conclusion. A conclusion about how much effort work will take. How much it will cost to perform that work. If that work will hve any risk associated with it.┬Ā
Estimate┬Āis derived from the Latin word┬Āaestimare.┬ĀŌĆ£To Value.ŌĆØ The term estimate is also the origin of┬Āestimable, ┬Āmeaning ŌĆ£capable of being estimatedŌĆØ or ŌĆ£worthy of esteem", and of┬Āesteem, which meaning ŌĆ£regard."
To make an estimate means to judge - using some method - the extent, nature, or value of something, with the implication that the result is based on expertise, data, a model, or familiarity. An estimate is the resulting calculation or judgment of the outcome or result. The related term is┬Āapproximation, meaning ŌĆ£close or near.ŌĆØ Estimates have a measure of┬Ānearness to the actual value. We may not be able to know the actual value, but the estimate is┬Āclose to that value. The confidence in the estimate adds more information about the┬Ānearness of the estimate to the actual value.
To guess is to believe or suppose, to form an opinion based on little or no evidence, or to be correct by chance or conjecture. A guess is a thought or idea arrived at by one of these methods. Guess┬Āis a synonym for ┬Āconjecture┬Āand┬Āsurmise, which like estimate, can be used┬Āas a verb or noun.
One step between a guess and an estimate is an educated guess, a more casual estimate. An idiomatic term for this conclusion is ŌĆ£ballpark figure.ŌĆØ The origin of this American English idiom, which alludes to a baseball stadium, is not certain. One conclusion is is related to ŌĆ£in the ballpark,ŌĆØ meaning ŌĆ£closeŌĆØ in the sense that one at such a location may not be in a precise location but is in the stadium.
We could have a hunch or an intuition about some outcome, some numerical value. Or we could engage in guesswork or speculation.
An interesting idea is ŌĆ£Dead reckoningŌĆØ means the same thing as┬Āguesswork, though it originally referred to navigation based on reliable information. Near synonyms describing thoughts or ideas developed with more rigor include┬Āhypothesis┬Āand┬Āsupposition, as well as┬Ātheory┬Āand┬Āthesis.
A guess is a casual, ┬Āspontaneous conclusion.┬Ā
An estimate is based on some thought and/or data.
If those paying you can accept a Wild Ass Guess then you're probably done. If they have tolerance (risk tolerance) for loosing their┬Āvalue at risk if you're guess is wrong, then go ahead and Guess. Otherwise some form of estimate is likely needed to inform your decision about some outcome in the future that is uncertain.Related articles How We Make Decisions is as Important as What We Decide. The Flaw of Empirical Data Used to Make Decisions About the Future Build a Risk Adjusted Project Plan in 6 Steps Want To Learn How To Estimate?
The Improv Cards game contains 52 playing cards with pictures on them. You play it with at least three people, though best is probably a table of four to six players.
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Managing other people's money - our internal money, money from a customer, money from an investor - means making rational decisions based on facts. In an uncertain and emerging future, making those decisions means assessing the impact of that decision on that future in terms of money, time, and delivered value.
To make those decisions - in the presence of this uncertainty - implies we need to develop information about the variables that appear in that future. We can use past data of course. That data needs to be adjusted for several factors:
No answers to these questions? That data you collected not likely to have much value in making decisions for the future.
In last week's blog post, I wrote about whether team members should sign up for tasks during sprint planning. I concluded that team commitment goes up when names are left off specific tasks during sprint planning, and this is a good thing.
But, starting a sprint without names on any tasks can also feel very unsettling to teams and ScrumMasters who are new to Scrum. So, I want to offer some advice on how to get comfortable with this idea.
If you'd prefer to leave sprint planning with a name on every task, go ahead; have team members sign up for tasks and make sure each task has a name next to it. Do this for perhaps a team's first five sprints until everyone is comfortable with the process.
Then switch to having people sign up for only about half of the tasks in the sprint. This will be more than enough to get started and probably won't feel any worse—or any better—than when everything had a name next to it at the start of the sprint.
But it's an important first step in the direction of getting out of the habit of allocating tasks to individuals during sprint planning.
Do this for two sprints. After two sprints, have team members sign up for only one-fourth of the total tasks in the sprint. At this point, you'll almost certainly start to see most of the benefits of a real-time sign-up strategy.
You can stop there if you'd like. Or allocate 25 percent of tasks for two sprints and then go all the way to 0.
Working over the week on a release of a critical set of project capabilities and need a break from that. This post will be somewhat scattered as I'm writing it in the lobby to get some fresh air.
Here's the┬Āpost asking for a conversation about estimates. Here's a long response to that request.
Let's ignore the term┬ĀFACT for the moment as untestable and see how to arrive at some answers for each statement. These answers are from a paradigm of┬ĀSoftware Intensive Systems, where Microeconomics of decision-making is the core paradigm used to make decisions, based on Risk and Opportunity Costs┬Āfrom those decisions.
So if the OP is actually interested in moving from the known problem of using estimates in a dysfunction way, let's stop speaking about how to make decisions without estimates, and learn how to make good estimates needed for good decisions.
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LetŌĆÖs use our collective influence and intelligence to take the discussion forward to how we can cure the horrible cancer in our industry of Estimate = Date = Commitment.
Then there are nearly unlimited resources for doing that. The first is to call BS on the notion decisions can be made without estimates, without stating where this is applicable - first. Acknowledge unequivocally that estimates are needed when the value at risk reaches a level deemed important by the owners of the money, and start acting like the professionals we want to be and gain a seat at the team to improve the probability of success of our projects with credible estimates of cost, effort, risk, productivity, production of value, and all the other┬Āattributes of that success.┬Ā
For those interested in┬Āexploring further how to provide value to those paying your salary, here are some posts on Estimating Books
Full attribution to Gaping Void for this carton.┬Āhttp://gapingvoid.com/2010/05/03/daily-bizcard-11-fred-wilson/
Wayne makes realtime estimates on every skate stroke of where he is going, where the puck is going, and where all the defensemen are going to be when he plans to take his shot on goal.
When we hear we can make decisions about the future without estimating the impact from those decision or using only small sample, non-statistically adjusted measures, or ignore the stochastic behaviors of the past and the future we'll be ion the loosing end of the┬Āshot on goal.
There simply is no way out of the need to estimate the future for any non-trivial project funded by other peoples money. Trivial project? Our own money? Act as you wish. No one cares what you do. Make a suggestion it works somewhere else, better come to the table with some testable data independent of personal anecdotes.┬ĀRelated articles Root Cause Analysis The Reason We Plan, Schedule, Measure, and Correct The Flaw of Empirical Data Used to Make Decisions About the Future The Flaw of Averages and Not Estimating
In the governance paradigm there are two terms used to test ideas, processes, and their outcomes.
Fit for Purpose and Fit for Use
Both these terms are used to describe┬Āvalue of an IT outcome.┬ĀA product or service value is defined by┬Āfit to purpose┬Ā(utility) and┬Āfit to use┬Ā(warranty).
Fit to purpose, or utility, means that service needs to fulfill customer needs.
Fit for use, or warranty, means that product or service is available when a user needs it.
From Phillippe Kruchten's The Frog and the Octopus we get 8 factors defining a context from which to test any┬Ā┬Āidea that we encounter.
So when we hear something that doesn't seem to pass the smell test, think of Carl's advice
And then when we hear┬Āyou're┬Ājust┬Ānot willing to try out this idea, think of some more of his advice.
Then ask,┬Āhow is this idea of your Fit for Purpose and Fit for Use in those 8 context factors? Don't have an answer? Then maybe the personal anecdotes are ready for prime time in Enterprise domain.Related articles Root Cause Analysis The Reason We Plan, Schedule, Measure, and Correct
On just a single day, I had to deal with various activities that I can only describe as bureaucracy.
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When we hear of a new and exciting approach to old and never ending problems, we need to first ask┬Āin what domain is your new and┬Āclever┬Āsolution applicable
No domain, not likely to have been tested outside you personal anecdotal experience.
Here's Mark's Scaling factors. He uses Agile as the starting point, but I'm expanding it to any suggestion that has yet to be tested outside of personal anecdotes
What's the Point?
When a new approach is being proposed, without a domain, it's a solution looking for a problem to solve.
I had the pleasure of meeting Mark Kennaley a week ago in Boulder when he attended the Denver PMI conference. I have┬Ātalked with Mark on several occasions on social media about the SDLC 3.0 book and concepts. And now his┬ĀValue Stream: Generally┬ĀAccepted┬ĀPractice┬Āin Enterprise Software┬ĀDevelopment,┬Āwhich is a continuation of the first book, but focused not just in the development life cycle but the entire enterprise process.
I say all this for a simple reason. Mark's book is unique in that from the first page it resonated with the ideas I hold dear. It is not only well written, it contains powerful ideas that need to be read any anyone in the enterprise IT business. Mark signed the title page with a phrase that reflects my feelings on many modern topics in project management and software development.
This pretty much sums up my World View for those suggesting solutions to complex problems can be had with simple and many time simple minded ideas. Mosty ideas borrowed from quotes about completely different domains, or recycle words like Systems and Systems Engineering into psycho-babble terms that cannot be tested in practice.┬Ā
I'm going to write a review of Mark's book chapter-by- chapter. I'm on chapter 3. So far it's a breathtaking read. Mandatory for anyone claiming to work in the Enterprise IT world and be accountable for the spend of other peoples money.
I also bought Ron Jeffries book to read on my two week assignment to a client site.
I met Ron at an Agile Development Conference long ago, where I was speaking about agile in government contracting. As well Ron spoke at a local ACM meeting that included many software engineering staff from US West, now Centurylink.
It was interesting to observe the interactions between eXtreme Programming and RBOC software engineers.
I've just started this book, but thought it would be a good read just to see how far the eXtreme Programming paradigm has come. I expect I'll get something out of both books. I'll do the same chapter-by-chapter review here as I'll do for Mark's book.┬ĀRelated articles Root Cause Analysis The Reason We Plan, Schedule, Measure, and Correct The Flaw of Empirical Data Used to Make Decisions About the Future Who Builds a House without Drawings?
Customers buy capabilities to accomplish a business goal or successfully complete a mission. Deliverables are the foundation of the ability to provide this capability. Here's how to manage a project focused on Deliverables.┬Ā
Deliverables Based Planning from Glen Alleman These capabilities and the deliverables that enable them do need to show up at the time they are needed for the cost necessary to support the business case. They're not the Minimal Viable Capabilities, they're the Needed Capabilities. Anything less will not meet the needs of the business.
During sprint planning, a team selects a set of product backlog items they will work on during the coming sprint. As part of doing this, most teams will also identify a list of the tasks to be performed to complete those product backlog items.
Many teams will also provide rough estimates of the effort involved in each task. Collectively, these artifacts are the sprint backlog and could be presented along the following lines:
One issue for teams to address is whether individuals should sign up for tasks during sprint planning.
If a team walks out of sprint planning with a name next to every task, individual accountability will definitely be increased. I will feel more responsibility to finish the tasks with my name or initials next to them. And you will feel the same for those with yours. But, this will come at the expense of team accountability.
My recommendation is that a team should leave sprint planning without having put names on tasks. Following a real-time sign-up strategy will allow more flexibility during the sprint.
It's popular in the agile world and even more popular in the No Estimates paradigm to use the term┬Āempirical┬Ādata as a substitute for estimating future outcomes. And my favorite meme that further confuses the conversation.
Probabilistic┬Āforecasting┬Āwill outperform estimation┬Āevery time
This of course is "It is not only not right, it is not even wrong."ŌĆĀ┬ĀProbabilistic forecasting IS estimating. Estimating is about the past, present, and future. Forecasting is estimating about the future. I'll save the embarrassment by not saying the name of the #NoEstimates person posting this.┬Ā
First a definition. Empirical ┬Āis┬Āoriginating in or based on observation or experience. But we all should know that that data needs to properly represent two sides of the problem, the past and the future.
Let's look at some flawed logic in this empirical data paradigm:
One more technical detail.
So Now Some Issues Of Using Just Empirical Data
The future is emergent in most development work. If it's a production line, and software development is not production, then past performance is a good indicator of future performance. So let's ask some questions before using this past┬Āempirical┬Ādata:
Don't have the answers to these and working a non-trivial project? Our empirical data is not worth much because it doesn't actually represent the future. Might as well guess and stop using the term empirical as a substitute for you know know much of anything about the future.
With those answers we can build a credible┬Āmodel of the future, with interdependencies between the work, probability distribution functions for the statistical behaviors of the work elements and start asking the Killer question:
What's the probability of completing on or before the need date for the work we are producing?
This answer only tells us the probability, not the exact date. So here's the most important point.
All decisions about future outcomes┬Āin the┬Āpresence of uncertainty need estimates that are┬Āplaced in the model and assessed for their applicability.
This is called Closed Loop Statistical Process Control. And that's how non-trivial projects are managed. Low value at risk, no one cares if you estimate or not.┬Ā
ŌĆĀ Which by the way is the situation with most of ┬Ā#NoEstimates conjectures, starting with the willful ignorance of the MicroEconomics of decision making as an┬Āopportunity cost process. What will is cost us if we decided by multiple choices in the presence of an uncertain future? That questions can't be answered without making an estimate of that opportunity cost.
If you work in a domain, as I do, the need to answer the question┬Āwhen will we providing that needed capability to produce the planned value for the planned amount of money, then estimating is going to be part of answering those questions.
If you work where those paying for the work have little or no interest in asking these questions or knowing these answers, or have confidence you'll not overrun the cost, schedule, and deliver the needed capabilities as planned, then maybe estimates are needed.
Be interesting to hear from those actually paying for those outcomes to see what they need to make decisions in the presence of uncertainty.
Here's some more guidance for getting started with estimating software efforts.
And some tools to help out
So you see a trend here? There is nearly unlimited resources on how to estimate software development projects, how to manage in the presence of uncertainty, how to elicit requirements, how the plan and schedule software projects.
So if you hear┬Āwe're bad at estimates, that's likely the actual experience for the person making that statement, because the person saying that hasn't yet learned how to estimate. Or when we hear┬Āestimates are a waste, it's likely it's not their money, so to them estimates take away from some other activity they see as more important. Why do they care of the project overruns it's budget, is late, or doesn't produce the needed value? Or my favorite┬Āestimates are the smell of dysfunction, when there is no domain, root cause, or corrective actions suggested, because that's actually hard work, and it's much easier just to point out bad management than provide suggestions of good management.┬Ā
Estimating is hard. Anything of value is hard. All the easy problems have been solved.┬Ā
But if we are to ever get a handle on the root causes of software project failure modes, we do need to seek out the root causes. A that means much more than just asking the 5 Whys. That's one of many steps in RCA and far from the complete solution to removing the symptoms of our problems. So start there, but never leave it there.┬Ā
Here's some approach we use
Unanticipated cost growth is a symptom of failing to properly estimate in the first place, update those estimates as the project progresses, and deal with the underlying risks that drive that cost growth. Same for lateness and less than acceptable delivered capabilities. Once the estimate has been established in some credible form, adjusted as the project progresses, you of course have to execute to the plan, or change the plan. It's a closed loop system
The answer to the root causes that create the symptoms we so quickly label as┬Āsmells of dysfunction is NOT to stop doing something, but the learn what the actual cause is. Stopping before this knowledge is acquired leaves the symptom still in place. And that doesn't help anyone.Related articles Who Builds a House without Drawings? Decision Analysis and Software Project Management Herding Cats: Five Estimating Pathologies and Their Corrective Actions Capability Maturity Levels and Implications on Software Estimating Economics of Software Development Qui Bono Want To Learn How To Estimate? Calculating Value from Software Projects - Estimating is a Risk Reduction Process Root Cause Analysis
I have a new article up on agileconnection.com called The Case for #NoEstimates.
The idea is to produce value instead of spending time estimating. We have a vigorous "debate" going on in the comments. I have client work today, so I will be slow to answer comments. I will answer as soon as I have time to compose thoughtful replies!
This column is the follow-on to How Do Your Estimates Provide Value?
If you would like to learn to estimate better or recover from "incorrect" estimates (an oxymoron if I ever heard one), see Predicting the Unpredictable. (All estimates are guesses. If they are ever correct, it's because we got lucky.)


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New research from the Children's Outcomes Research Program at Children's Hospital Colorado shows that timely reminders by state or local health departments are more effective at increasing immunization rates among preschool children than those from primary care practices.
The study, published December 13 in the American Journal of Public Health, underscores the importance of partnerships between state and county health departments and primary care practices to keep children up-to-date on recommended vaccines.
"Immunizations provide us with the opportunity to prevent most of the diseases that killed so many children in the past. But the job of making sure all children receive immunizations in a timely manner is complicated and requires systems to identify who is not up-to-date and to generate reminder letters, postcards or telephone messages," said Allison Kempe, MD, MPH, director of Children's Outcomes Research at Children's Hospital Colorado and primary author of the study. "Many primary care providers don't have such systems in place and don't have the time or staff to conduct recall for immunizations at their practices. Our study shows that practices and public health departments working together will be much more successful in recalling children who need vaccinations."
One of the nation's health goals, as outlined in Healthy People 2020, is to increase by 80 percent the proportion of children aged 19 to 35 months who receive all recommended vaccines. In 2009, just 44.3 percent of those children received all recommended vaccines.
"Vaccination is recognized as one of the greatest public health achievements of the 20th century, reducing the incidences of many common and fatal diseases by up to 99 percent," Kempe said. "Timely immunization is vital for keeping kids healthy and reducing unnecessary costs for Colorado."
Kempe said reminding parents about upcoming vaccines or recalling them for overdue vaccines has proven to be among the most effective ways of raising immunization rates.
"If reminder or recall messages can be generated for entire populations within a county by the state and county health departments, this unburdens the primary care practice and is much less expensive overall," Kempe said. "It also has the advantage of reaching children who do not have a usual source of primary care. Our data from surveys of both parents and providers suggest that there is strong support for this approach."
The Community Preventive Services Task Force recommends the use of reminder/recall for increasing immunization rates. Current national data suggest that only 16 percent of providers are doing any type of reminder/recall for immunizations. The reasons for this include competing demands, staff turnover, costs related to mailings or telephone call reminders and the lack of computerized systems identifying who need immunizations.
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"This trial supports consideration of a new paradigm in the way reminder/recall for immunizations should be conducted in this country," Kempe said. "We think the most successful approach is a truly collaborative one between practices, Health Departments and the State Immunization registry."
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"We are taking things in stages," Sultan Al Mansouri, the UAE's Minister of Economy said in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday. "The first stage was understanding the size of the need for a liquidity injection into the banking system. The second phase is to evaluate our performance in terms of banking, in terms of trade, in terms of the economy as a whole, in the first quarter of 2009."
A committee meets every week to monitor the nation's economy, and has already begun distributing $32.67 billion (AED120 billion) among banks. In September 2008, the government set up a $13.6billion (AED50 billion) fund to help boost liquidity, and later assured residents that local bank deposits in the UAE will be guaranteed. In October, it pledged another $19 billion (AED70 billion).
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Co-Tech looking to diversify products
Nov 28, 14:53
Co-Tech Copper Foil has developed copper oxide powders for use in HDI manufacturing, with volume shipments slated for the second quarter of 2015, according to the copper foil maker...
Co-Tech to see improved sales of copper foils in 3Q14
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Copper foil prices to remain low amid oversupply
Jul 3, 14:38
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Copper foil maker Co-Tech shifting focus to copper oxide, thin copper foil
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Co-Tech Copper Foil will shift its focus to produce new products, including copper oxide and thin copper foil for lithium batteries, to shore up its profitability, according to company...
Co-Tech to step into production of copper oxide
Mar 5, 21:51
Copper foil manufacturer Co-Tech will start producing copper oxide in the second quarter of 2014, with a monthly capacity of 200-300 tons, according to the company.
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Feb 10, 20:30
Replenishment demand for smartphones before the 2014 Lunar New Year buoyed January sales at upstream PCB suppliers including Co-Tech Copper Foil, Fulltech Fiber Glass, Topoint Technology...
Co-Tech sees decreased revenues in 2013
Jan 8, 15:20
Co-Tech Copper Foil has reported consolidated revenues of NT$293 million (US$9.8 million) for December 2013, down 4.9% on month and 17.7% on year. For all of 2013, revenues amounted...
Copper foil prices to continue dropping in 1Q14
Dec 12, 14:26
Quotes for copper foil are likely to continue to drop in the first quarter of 2014 due to oversupply caused by capacity ramps by China-based suppliers, according to industry source...
Co-Tech likely to swing to profits in 4Q13
Oct 3, 21:05
Buoyed by rising capacity utilization rates and copper price stability, copper foil supplier Co-Tech Copper Foil is expected to swing to profits in the fourth quarter of 2013, according...
Copper foil supplier Co-Tech posts shipment rise in August, says report
Newswatch - Sep 3, 14:28
Co-Tech Copper Foil, which supplies copper foil used to manufacture CCLs and PCBs, saw its August shipments rise by about 300 tons sequentially buoying company revenues for the month,...
Copper foil market likely to face oversupply in 2014
Aug 23, 11:22
Capacity expansions at China-based copper foil suppliers might cause an oversupply in the market in 2014, according to market sources.
Copper foil maker Co-Tech posts flat performance in July
Aug 7, 15:06
Copper foil maker Co-Tech Copper Foil has reported revenues of NT$279 million (US$9.32 million) for July, up 2.8% sequentially but down 33.7% on year. For the first seven months,...
Copper foil maker Co-Tech cautious about 2H13
Aug 2, 10:00
Co-Tech Copper Foil, which supplies copper foil used to manufacture CCLs and PCBs, now expects its sales ratio between the first and second halves of 2013 to be 50:50. The firm previously...
Copper foil maker Co-Tech reports sequential revenue decline for June
Jul 9, 16:13
Co-Tech Copper Foil has reported consolidated revenues of NT$270 million (US$8.9 million) for June, down 37.6% sequentially but up 17.4% on year. For the first half of 2013, revenues...
Co-Tech strives to maintain price stability
Jul 2, 20:26
Co-Tech Copper Foil, which supplies copper foil used to manufacture CCLs and PCBs, is striving to keep its quotes stable in the third quarter of 2013 amid falling copper prices and...
Copper foil maker Co-Tech May sales rise
Newswatch - Jun 10, 12:01
Consolidated revenues at Taiwan-based Co-Tech Copper Foil registered a 23.34% sequential rise in May 2013 hitting the highest monthly level in one year.
Fire breaks out at Co-Tech plant in Taiwan
May 28, 19:43
A fire broke out at one of Co-Tech Copper Foil's plants in Yunlin, central Taiwan in the late hours of May 27. The fire was put out in approximately 104 minutes, and no injuries were...
Copper foil maker Co-Tech March revenues hit 9-month low
Apr 8, 15:49
Taiwan-based Co-Tech Copper Foil saw its March revenues slip 12.3% on month and 33.7% on year to a 9-month low at NT$321 million (US$10.72 million). For the first quarter of 2013,...
Co-Tech looks for return to profitability in 2H13
Mar 14, 22:21
Co-Tech Copper Foil, which supplies copper foil used to manufacture CCLs and PCBs, expects to return to profitability during the second half of 2013.
Copper foil prices up in January
Jan 16, 14:52
Quotes for copper foil have stayed at US$2.80/kg recently compared to US$2.50/kg in the fourth quarter of 2012, thanks to limited capacity ramps by makers, according to industry so...
Co-Tech expects flat shipment growth in 4Q12
Nov 6, 15:08
Taiwan-based copper foil maker Co-Tech Copper Foil expects its shipments to register flat sequential growth in the fourth quarter of 2012. Despite an overall slowdown in end-market...
CCL makers facing difficulties to hike prices
Sep 24, 14:32
Attempts by copper-clad laminate (CCL) makers to pass increased copper foil prices on to their downstream PCB clients in the fourth quarter may turn out to be difficult, since the...
Co-Tech becomes first Taiwan-based maker of FCCL-use copper foil
Aug 15, 01:00
Co-Tech Copper Foil has extended production of electrolytic copper foil to thin foil for use in FCCLs (flexible copper-clad laminates), becoming the first Taiwan-based maker of such...
Aug 7, 01:20
Having fallen over recent months, prices for copper foil stopped falling in August to reflect a rebound in copper prices, according to Taiwan-based Co-Tech Copper Foil.
PCB material prices stable in 1Q12
Jan 13, 15:28
PCB material prices, including those for fiber glass fabrics and CCLs (copper-clad laminates) have stabilized recently, due to a low level of inventory at suppliers as well as a rebound...
Co-Tech hikes copper foil prices
Dec 14, 16:50
Taiwan-based copper foil maker Co-Tech Copper Foil has decided to raise quotes for its products by US$0.2-0.3/kg in December as compared to the levels in November, according to the...
Copper foil firms cutting back production
Oct 14, 01:30
Copper foil manufacturers have moved to scale back their output by 30-40% as orders plummet to low levels, according to industry sources. The previous cutback took place in 2008,...
Co-Tech to ramp up capacity for flexible PCBs
Aug 12, 13:56
Co-Tech Copper Foil has revealed plans to add an additional capacity of 150 metric tons of copper foil by the end of 2011. The new capacity will be allocated for the production of...
Quotes for copper foils, fiber glass fabrics to stay flat in July
Jul 4, 15:02
Quotes for copper foils and fiber glass fabrics, key raw materials for the production of PCBs, are expected to remain unchanged in July after a slide of 3-5% on average in June although...
Co-Tech posts 3% drop in 1Q11 profits
Apr 26, 14:04
Affected by higher raw material costs, copper foil supplier Co-Tech saw net profits decline 3% sequentially and 35% on year to NT$67.58 million (US$2.34 million) in the first quarter...
Copper foil prices to continue to rally in March, says paper
Newswatch - Feb 22, 14:18
Prices for copper foil, a raw material for making copper clad laminates (CCL), will be adjusted upward again in March, the Chinese-language Commercial Times cited industry...
Co-Tech posts 16% sequential growth in December revenues
Jan 6, 01:25
Copper foil maker Co-Tech saw December 2010 revenues climb 16% sequentially to NT$470 million (US$16 million), as clients began to build up inventory in anticipation of higher copper...
PCB material prices on the rise
Dec 31, 01:00
Prices for fiber glass yarns and fabrics, key materials for making copper clad laminates (CCL), are set to rise by as much as 15% in January 2011, according to industry sources. The...
Co-Tech lowers copper foil quotes by 5% in December 2010
Dec 22, 01:20
With copper prices continuing to trend up, copper foil quotes have increased 5% in December 2010, according to copper foil maker Co-Tech. Copper foil quotes from November 21 to December...
Copper foil prices up another 5%
Dec 10, 01:00
Quotes for copper foil have risen for the fourth consecutive month, up by 5% in December 2010 compared with November, according to industry sources. The upward trend reflects strengthening...
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