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HFT firms face German slowdown after rules change
A number of US and European high-frequency trading firms face the prospect of radically altering their strategies in Germany after an 11th-hour update to incoming regulations.
Local rules taking effect on February 14 require any firm trading in Germany on a high-frequency basis to be licensed with the country's regulator, BaFin.
Many firms had anticipated that holding a so-called 'local licence' with other EU regulators, such as the UK's Financial Conduct Authority, would exempt them from this provision.
However, BaFin informed firms on January 22 that this would not be the case, according to three people familiar with the matter. Not one firm has obtained a direct licence with BaFin so far, according to two people with knowledge of the situation. BaFin did not respond to requests for comment.
Firms not authorised by BaFin, or who do not intend to pursue authorisation, will be forced to stop trading on a high-frequency basis or face possible fines.
Sam Tyfield, a partner at law firm Vedder Price, said: "BaFin has said firms [locally] authorised in the UK are not entitled to an exemption because their capital requirements are not equivalent to German rules."
A drop-off in trading would be harmful to exchanges such as Eurex, one of the world's largest derivatives markets, which is owned by German operator Deutsche Börse and is a popular market for HFTs.
Eurex has considered offering some overseas firms lower fees to compensate them for either pursuing authorisation or losing their inability to trade on a high-frequency basis, three people said.
A spokesman for Eurex declined to comment.
A director at a UK-based HFT firm said: "BaFin has informed us that our local UK authorisation does not exempt us from the German licensing requirement. It is not entirely unexpected, but means we may change some of our trading strategies in Germany, or start trading on another European exchange."
HFT firms are not typically required to register with national regulators in the same way as investment firms because they do not trade on behalf of clients. Obtaining authorisation can be costly, and makes the firms subject to stricter capital requirements and reporting procedures.
Some HFT firms operating in Europe have become fully-authorised investment firms in their home EU state, while others operate with less-onerous 'local country' authorisations or have no authorisation at all.
Fully-authorised firms are able to "passport" their licence into Germany, people familiar with the matter said, but BaFin informed those with local authorisations on January 22 that the their capital requirements were not deemed strong enough, according to Tyfield.
He said: "These firms can continue to trade provided they make an application to become fully authorised. For firms which have applied for but have not yet received authorisation, the situation is not clear."
Germany is one of the first EU countries to pass new rules designed to clamp down on high-frequency trading. It passed legislation last May but affected firms were granted a nine-month grace period to comply with its most onerous requirements.


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There is no single place to find all the birth, marriage and death records of the British overseas. However, The National Archives holds a substantial number of them, in a variety of record collections. This talk looks at civilian and military registers kept by the British authorities, and by churches, consulates and other bodies abroad. Please note that this talk does not include events at sea, which are the subject of a separate talk. Speaker Keith Mitchell joined The National Archives ten years ago and specialises in overseas birth, marriage and death records.
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Thanksgiving 2009 was a memorable occasion for Mitch Paliga, jazz saxophone instructor and a member of the jazz studies faculty at North Central. A professional saxophonist in the Lt. Dan Band—founded by actor Gary Sinise and music director Kimo Williams to entertain military troops—Paliga spent his Thanksgiving vacation performing at three military bases in Afghanistan. Conditions were primitive and entering an active war zone was challenging for the 12-member band. "The logistics were difficult and it was a real test to see if we could do it," says Paliga.
The band played at Bagram Airfield, Camp Leatherneck and Kandahar Airfield and conditions varied from place to place. At Camp Leatherneck, a Marine base, the musicians played on flatbed trucks in a dust storm. In mountainous Kandahar, the outdoor evening concert became a test of the cold as temperatures dropped into the 30s. The band was delayed from arriving due to an earlier rocket attack in the area, explained Paliga.
Named for Sinise's character in the movie Forrest Gump, the Lt. Dan Band plays up to 30 USO concerts a year at military bases and hospitals in the United States and around the globe. A member of the band since 2007, Paliga anticipates a tour of Europe in summer 2010. Some locations, like a concert in Okinawa, Japan, during summer 2009, can attract tens of thousands of soldiers and their families. The Rockin' for the Troops concert held every summer at Cantigny in Winfield, IL, benefits Operation Support Our Troops-Illinois.
"Gary is a busy guy, he schedules all our dates around his filming of 'CSI: New York,'" says Paliga. "He breaks even on the band; he doesn't make any money but just believes in what we're doing."
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There are over nine hundred pieces on exhibit and the museum regularly holds events where both children and adults can participate. Booking for these events is recommended due to the popularity year round of this London Museum.
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As we head into Week 10 of the NFL season, which team stands above the rest?
The 9-0 Kansas City Chiefs can definitely make a claim to that title. With the New Orleans Saints and Cincinnati Bengals—both Top 10 teams last week—losing, there are plenty of shake-ups in the top of this week's rankings. Just as those losses affect the rankings, so too does the win by the Carolina Panthers and the Washington Redskins' overtime defeat of the San Diego Chargers.
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Sue was getting tired of being angry all the time.
Her friends initially found her personality change amusing but now were finding it annoying. She had driven off her last two boyfriends and knew inside that it wasn't them, it was her. She was scared to death to be alone, and yet she demanded "space." She felt like she needed someone to care for her, yet she resented anyone's attempt to do so.
"Sue" knew her dad had been overprotective and her mom's prescription drug problem had been a factor in the family's problems, but she never thought any of that would affect her.
She only began the discovery process when her second ex-boyfriend made some uncharacteristically astute observations on his way out the door that got her attention. He said, "I'll miss you, and I'll always love you, but this wasn't going to work anyway because you don't know who you are."
Those words echoed so loudly for Sue that for a rare moment, she had nothing to say – no snappy comment, no angry retort. After a good cry and a "How dare he say that to me" session, she found she couldn't get his observation out of her head. She realized he was right.
She had been the "good girl" all her life. She did what her father asked of her in large part to keep the peace in the family. Her brother and sister were both in trouble most of the time, and they certainly didn't want to disturb mom or she would have one of her "spells" and need to hide in the bedroom with a bottle of pills for a couple of days. Sue always got good grades, never drank or took drugs, followed the rules and didn't move in with her boyfriend until after they were married. She was a "good girl" in her marriage as well, even though he wasn't such a "good boy." In fact, he was an extremely controlling and jealous guy who manipulated and second-guessed her all the way to the end of that marriage.
Although Sue didn't recognize the causes, she knew she felt like an empty shell, lonely and angry. She looked outside to satisfy her inner need and always came up short. Thinking it wouldn't help but desperate and scared, she called a counselor, who fortunately knew this routine.
Sue has started on the journey to find out who she is, and although there have been bumps in the road, some painful realizations and changes in the way she relates to her family and others, she's made some real progress. She's not so afraid of the inner landscape anymore.
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NARROWSBURG, NY — Madeleine Wootan of the Town of Tusten, NY, poses with the rain barrel that she won in a drawing she entered as part of the Pike-Wayne Conservation Partnership's series of programs titled "Clean Water-Healthy Communities." The barrel was donated by Honesdale Agway. Wootan attended a May 15 workshop on rain barrels that was held at the PPL Environmental Learning Center in Hawley, PA. Rain barrels capture and store roof water runoff when it rains and allow the homeowner to use the stored water later.
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- Title
- The rapid deployment of wireless networks in an industrial environment
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- This dissertation documents a doctoral research project undertaken at the Industrial Research Institute Swinburne (IRIS) between the years of 2004 - 2007. The objective of the research project was to investigate methods, tools and algorithms that could support the deployment of wireless networks in an industrial environment. Specifically, emphasis was on improving the methods available for determining network coverage and performance. To achieve this goal, a number of propagation prediction models (some taken from the literature and others developed during the course of this research project) were investigated. The primary propagation model of interest was a three dimensional (3D) ray tracing algorithm that demonstrated an ability to produce precise predictive results with only a small number of empirical measurements taken at a given site. Stochastic models able to predict a network's ability to handle many simultaneous voice-over-Internet-protocol (VoIP) calls (under various different conditions) were also investigated and extended during the course of this dissertation. Finally, a simulation tool, which incorporated the models investigated, was developed. The simulation program was designed to be suitable for both academic investigation and to be robust enough such that it could be realistically be used in practical network deployments, thus satisfying the needs of an applied research program by both producing results of academic interest and a tangible outcome of use in industry.
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- Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Engineering and Industrial Sciences. Industrial Research Institute Swinburne
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- 2007
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- 802.11b; Mathematical models; Propagation models; Raytracing; VoIP; WiFi; Wireless communication systems; Wireless Networks
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Some 20 students at Moreno Middle School have been painting a 96-square-foot mural to go on permanent display in the cafeteria next month.
The Moreno mural took four months.
Callie Gabbert has painted a mural at A.C. Jones High School. Somewhat smaller, it took her two days.
While Moreno's mural depicts historical sites in Bee County, Gabbert's artwork praises the high school's female athletes.
"I don't think girl athletes get enough recognition," the 16-year-old junior says.
Perhaps reflecting the present scholastic emphasis on STAAR scores, although Gabbert's mural praises the athletic success, it is instructive to note the face of the athlete is in profile, looking toward the library.
Her mural, in the library hall, depicts the face of a Lady Trojan, complete with body armament and helmet.
She is looking at the words "The Brain, The Brawn, The Beauty: The Lady TROJANS!"
Her speedy artwork is not surprising.
"I've been doing art since I was old enough to pick up a pencil," Gabbert says.
Her grandmother confirms the claim. "She was drawing boxes with perspective when she was 2 1/2," says Carolyn Bender.
The mural got its start in an anatomy class.
"I was doodling in anatomy class," she explains, "drawing facial features over the picture of a skull.
"I then took the drawing to the principal."
Principal Jaime Rodriguez took one look and suggested that Gabbert should paint it during spring break.
She started last Monday and finished it the next afternoon.
Any mistakes in the process?
"None that I couldn't fix," she replies.
The acrylic paint will be dry by the time the high school's students get their first look at it.
Gabbert, who also is the school's yearbook editor, works part time at the Beeville County Club as a waitress and is a volunteer at the Art Museum.
While still a junior, she already is making plans for a profession.
"I want to be a graphic artist," she says.
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Lately I've had moments where my son wants to nurse and I really don't feel like it. He's okay if he starts nursing and then I stop him. But if he asks and I tell him mommy doesn't want to nurse right now and that we can do something else, all hell breaks loose.
I'm trying to come up with bonding activities to replace it with during those moments.. I was thinking maybe get him 4 or 5 new books and keep them hidden.. take them out only when he wants to nurse and I don't feel like it.. along with giving him a cup of water or cow's milk..
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I really don't know what else to do. Up until a couple of months ago I was crying at the idea of weaning, but recently sometimes nursing is just uncomfortable and I have to say no. I try to just snuggle with him instead but that leads to huge temper tantrums while he tries to nurse repeatedly and I have to keep saying no over and over.
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MONTPELIER Though they lack hard evidence to prove it, opponents of single-payer health care say the Shumlin administration has shielded from public view a secret financing plan developed by a team of academics at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.
At a Statehouse press conference Thursday morning, Vermonters for Health Care Freedom unveiled an investigative report based on 1,600 pages of documents yielded by a public records request.
Jeffrey Wennberg, executive director of the group, said the paper trail shows that the administration halted work on a partially completed financing plan after getting a preliminary look at the results.
The severity of the tax increases needed to fund single-payer, Wennberg said, likely compelled the administration to shelve the report for political reasons.
The Legislature has required this information, taxpayers have now paid for this information, but for some reason the administration does not want you to see it, Wennberg said.
Administration Secretary Jeb Spaulding dismissed the report as a piece of propaganda designed to erode widespread support for health care reform.
I think we can expect to have more of these kinds of events between now and the time the new health care system is finally up and running, Spaulding said. There is no truth to the claim that we were provided a financing plan or pieces of a financing plan that scared us and we asked them to stop.
Wennbergs exhaustively researched project offers no proof that a financing plan exists. His report does highlight invoices showing the state paid more than $15,000 for the development of financing options.
But Robin Lunge, director of health care reform for the Shumlin administration, said the work produced as a result of that expenditure was included, in its entirety, in the single-payer report released by the administration last month.
The financing plan, which quite frankly I dont think anybody has read, provides information about the way that we finance health care today, which is the first part of the analysis, Lunge said. And thats the work we paid UMass for.
Founded in 2011, Vermonters for Health Care Freedom has spearheaded the charge against Gov. Peter Shumlins plan for a publicly financed, universal health care system.
Wennberg submitted the records request last month, after a long-awaited report on the single-payer system failed to include the financing plan mandated in state law. Spaulding defended the omission, saying that a shifting federal landscape had postponed any hope of implementing the new system until 2017, thereby voiding the need for the financing plan in 2013.
Wennberg, however, said the administration not only commissioned a financing plan, but directed UMass to cease work on it when they began seeing what kind of payroll and income tax increases would be needed to raise the $1.6 billion in revenue to support the single-payer program.
It does appear that the consultants were delivering at least preliminary analytical results to the administration in mid-November, and by late November a decision was made to stop, Wennberg said.
He pointed to a series of correspondences over a six-week period in October and November, beginning with an Oct. 12 document titled Vermont Health Care Financing Plan 2017 Cost Components for Modeling. The document stipulates the specific mechanisms that should be included in the financing packages, including the payroll and income taxes.
Wennbergs report is online at the groups website, vthealthcarefreedom.org.
An agenda for a Nov. 16 meeting between administration officials and UMass staff, Wennberg said, allocated time to discuss both financing options and economic effects of financing models.
But he said that by the time a Nov. 26 conference call rolled around, an agenda, obtained in the records request, indicated that the conversation had shifted to what we are not doing on financing.
Wennberg alleges that between Oct. 12 and Nov. 26, UMass produced at least part of a financing plan. He pointed to an invoice indicating that the state of Vermont had, through the month of November, paid UMass more than $15,000 for the production of financing options, and another $23,800 for an evaluation of the economic effects of financing models.
Certainly they must have done analysis on at least the items that were agreed to in the (October document), which was the payroll and the income tax, Wennberg said.
He said Vermonters for Health Care Freedom has compiled its own financing calculations and concluded that the single-payer plan would require a 10-percent to 12-percent payroll tax and a doubling of the income tax.
If I were running for office, I would be hesitant to want to run out and promote that as something I wanted to bring about, Wennberg said.
Spaulding said the decision to cease work on the financing plan was made by a team of administration officials who determined that it made no sense to pursue a tax plan that lawmakers wouldnt be asked to approve until 2015.
They had even reserved some software they stopped using when we told them stop and dont develop a plan, Spaulding said.
Wennberg said it was odd that they would have waited until late November to make that call, given that high-ranking administration officials had conceded as early as last June that developments in Washington, D.C., would delay Vermonts transition to single-payer until 2017.
While the $300,000 contract with UMass called not only for a financing plan but an analysis of how that plan would impact the Vermont economy, Spaulding said the institution provided more value than the contract was worth.
As for the $15,000 invoice for development of work on the financing options, Lunge said that work is evident in the report. She said UMass had to devote significant resources to establishing baseline information about how Vermont currently pays for its annual $5 billion health care system.
(UMass) knows nothing about the Vermont tax system, and thats going to cost them some time and money to figure out, Lunge said. I think people underestimate the kind of background work that has to go into this kind of report.
Spaulding said UMass also produced a detailed analysis of what Vermont could expect to see in federal revenues in 2017, information critical to any financing plan.
Two invoices produced in the records request indicate that the administration told UMass to stop work on the financing plans long before they were anywhere near completion.
An October invoice directs UMass to make sure that the cost of developing a financing option not exceed $65,742. The November invoice says costs shall not exceed $15,922. That suggests the administration recalled the request before UMass had completed even one-quarter of the financing analysis.
Wennberg said hes submitted another public records request aimed at unearthing the financing plan he believes is hidden somewhere either at UMass or the governors office.
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Nice post, summing up your feelings about the way the series ended. I bet the Sox will keep Varitek – not at the money he wants or the number of years but some sort of compromise. If he really is the heart and soul of the team they won't let him walk. Otherwise, I can't see them making many changes. They almost won the ALCS! Luckily, we still have the world series tomorrow night, otherwise it would be depressing without baseball. I can't wait until spring training!
If the Red Sox want a number one starter bad enough I think they should just throw the money at Sabathia. I know it is risky giving him all that money, and if it is way TOO much then don't do it. But I don't want to part ways with prospects to get Peavy, when Sabathia is better anyway.


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WASHINGTON, D.C. - CPSC joins DeVilbiss Air Power Company (DAPC) of Jackson , Tenn., in alerting consumers about gasoline tanks used on certain models of portable generators. About 295,000 of these generators were sold nationwide from February 1996 until June 1999. CPSC and DAPC are investigating whether the fuel tanks on the generators can crack where the tanks mount on the frame, posing a fire hazard. As a precaution until that evaluation is complete, consumers should not put more than three gallons of gasoline in the fuel tanks at any time.
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Many people have been buying generators as a precaution in case there are power outages because of Y2K. CPSC believes that Y2K will not result in major power outages. However, if you use a generator, you need to take precautions to prevent carbon monoxide poisoning, gasoline ignition, and electrocution.
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Good morning everyone.
Bruce, thank you for that introduction. The product safety community can always count on you to do a great job in putting together ICPHSO conferences around the world.
Pär, it is a pleasure being on this panel with you. A number of officials from your company's offices in Sweden and the United States met with me recently.
I was pleased to hear about the innovative steps that IKEA is taking to advance child safety in window coverings, furniture, and televisions. I look forward to hearing your remarks this morning.
I am proud to say that this is my seventh ICPHSO conference.
I have supported ICPHSO throughout my tenure as Chairman because I believe this is a great forum for CPSC - a great forum for us to engage in a forward-looking conversation with our stakeholders from around the world.
And with this being International Product Safety Week, I am especially pleased to be in Brussels with all of you.
My friend and fellow regulator Commissioner Dalli did an excellent job in the previous session of talking about the breadth of cooperation that exists - and continues to get stronger - among regulators worldwide.
Commissioner Dalli and I had the good fortune of working together this past summer at CPSC's headquarters. We were joined by Vice Minister Sun from AQSIQ for our third biennial consumer product safety trilateral summit.
As we focus on "state of the art international collaboration," I see the trilateral relationship among CPSC, the EU and AQSIQ as a symbol of progress, especially in the area of product tracking and traceability.
I see the maturing bilateral relationship between CPSC and AQSIQ as a symbol of progress, especially in the area of building safety into the manufacturing process.
And, I see the strong relationship CPSC has with Health Canada as a model for regional collaboration.
State of the art collaboration is like preparing and serving a fine meal. It requires a number of key ingredients that must be used at just the right time, in just the right amount.
A belief in open government and a willingness to share information whenever possible are key ingredients - as is having a vision beyond one's own borders.
It is also important to have the right guests at the table.
At CPSC, we are taking a multi-course approach to achieve state of the art collaboration. In our trilateral relationship with the European Commission and AQSIQ, we are collectively working toward seamless surveillance of consumer products. Cooperation on tracking and traceability of violative and dangerous products found in one jurisdiction could help stave off incidents or injuries in another jurisdiction.
In China, my approach of taking safety to the source has led to a greater level of understanding with our government counterparts and with manufacturers. A greater level of understanding of the importance of building products that comply with our voluntary and mandatory safety standards and using best practices in manufacturing.
We have an open line of communication with our colleagues in AQSIQ, and through our foreign office in Beijing, we have reached heights we could never reached before. CPSC employees have conducted dozens of trainings sessions throughout China for manufacturers of toys, textiles, fireworks, and other heavily exported products.
Now, collaboration is a two-way street, so back in the United States, we have stressed to importers and retailers the importance of providing brokers and manufacturers with proper design specifications.
Another model of collaboration can be seen in the nearly weekly announcements of recalls that are jointly developed by CPSC and Health Canada staff. I know there are some members of the Health Canada team here today and we truly value the commitment you have to product safety.
Earlier this year, CPSC coordinated with Health Canada, Profeco and Cofepris - the product safety agencies for Mexico - on our first trilateral safety campaign. We focused on poison prevention in March and next month we are working toward our second campaign related to toy safety.
We expect to announce trilateral recalls with Canada and Mexico in the coming months.
This week, a great deal will be said about alignment of product safety requirements. I believe that alignment is a collaborative goal that regulators across a number of jurisdictions, as well as voluntary standards developers, should continue to pursue.
Regulators from Europe, Canada, and Australia have been involved with CPSC in a Pilot Alignment Initiative dealing with window coverings, infant slings, and chair-to- booster seats for children.
One thing we have learned from this exercise is that early consultation will leave maximum flexibility for consensus building.
This is exactly the approach that the International Consumer Product Safety Caucus - the ICPSC - is taking with its Forecasting Sessions. These sessions involve regulators discussing over-the-horizon safety issues that have not yet been adequately addressed.
On Friday, the OECD Working Party on Consumer Product Safety will launch the Global Recalls Portal - a breakthrough event in international product safety collaboration.
For the first time ever, consumers, regulators, and industry will be able to see in one place what product recalls have been announced by governments around the world.
And drawing on this experience, the Working Party has before it an ambitious proposal for a Global Injury Data Portal - a project that would include capacity building for jurisdictions who have no injury data collection ability.
This is very exciting as injury data is the life blood of the analytical work that goes into injury prevention.
One final program that we are very excited about at CPSC, as another model for state of the art collaboration, is our foreign exchange program.
This year, Keilee Meraw, an epidemiologist from Health Canada and Lauren Johnston, the Director of Education and Governance for the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission joined us as International Fellows, working side by side with staff in our offices for 90 days.
We learned so much from each of them and I trust that they brought a renewed energy and level of expertise back to their agencies, as a result of working with our great staff.
This program will be expanded in future years and we hope to be able to send CPSC staff overseas to work with fellow regulators.
I hope you can see how committed we are at CPSC to sharing our experiences, supporting the international safety community, and working to strengthen consumer protection on a global scale. There are many consumers who have no voice, who are counting on us to work on their behalf.
During my remaining time with you this morning, I would like to focus on three additional areas:
Let's start with our import surveillance program.
There is an unprecedented level of cooperation and coordination between CPSC and our Department of Homeland Security. The partnership we have with the port security agency in the United States - called Customs and Border Protection - is a model for how our federal government can cohesively work toward a common good.
Consumers in the United States are counting on CPSC. They are depending on us to be a cop on the beat at the water's edge.
They may not understand which government agency at which port is seizing which products today; yet, consumers expect us to get the job done.
And we are.
I am so proud of the CPSC investigators who are collocated with Homeland Security inspectors at key ports across the United States.
And, I am proud that CPSC was one of the first U.S. agencies to sign an agreement to gain access to a Commercial Targeting and Analysis Center. This is a special command center that our Homeland Security agency operates to track incoming shipments of goods from overseas ports.
By working arm-in-arm on the frontlines, we have stopped violative products such as toys, teddy bears, hair dryers, Christmas lights, extension cords, jewelry, and fireworks from ever being sold in U.S. stores.
Our collective efforts have prevented children and consumers from being exposed to products with small parts, missing shock-protection devices, undersized wiring, counterfeit UL labels, high levels of cadmium, and too much flash powder.
Some of you may remember that CPSC faced public concern in 2007 and 2008 - this was before I was Chairman - for allowing lead tainted toys, defective magnetic toys, and deadly cribs from China into the U.S.
Well, I am happy to say that CPSC is now heading in the right direction when it comes to import safety.
The year of the recall did not cause a sustained decline in the importation of Chinese made consumer products. This is why our import safety efforts are so important.
There is a chart that I have taken with me - from Washington to Beijing to Shanghai - and it shows a slight a jump imported products under CPSC's jurisdiction from China since 2009.
It goes from $245 billion of goods in 2009 to $301 billion in Chinese imports in 2010 to $320 billion in 2011.
To me, these numbers mean that we must stay vigilant at the ports. And we are.
By being proactive at the ports, CPSC and CBP staff stopped 6.5 million units of about 1,700 different children's products in 2010 and 2011.
In the first half of our 2012 fiscal year, we screened more than 6,600 products at ports of entry and prevented more than one million units of violative or dangerous products from reaching consumers.
We are now issuing press releases every quarter detailing our stoppages of consumer products that violate our mandatory standards.
We are providing the name of the foreign manufacturer, the importer, the violation, the quantity of units, and country of origin.
This is another sign of belief in open government and using information to foster collaboration. Our international staff is sharing this information with our foreign partners, so that they can help stop the problem at the source.
These releases are posted on CPSC.gov, if you are interesting in reviewing them.
We are not releasing this information to embarrass industry. I want industry to stay strong and I believe that having open access to information about seizures can help them make smart business decisions to stay strong.
For consumers and our stakeholder community at large, we are using this information to meet our strategic goal of creating more awareness and confidence in CPSC's surveillance and enforcement program at the ports.
We are working hard at CPSC to be proactive, while operating in an environment of limited resources.
Having information about incoming shipments allows us to be smarter with our inspection regime and achieve a higher detection rate of violative products.
In recent years, our outstanding staff at the ports has achieved a violation rate above 50 percent of samples that we have tested.
We are striving to stay above 50 percent and we are creating a new agency goal to increase the effectiveness of our targeting efforts.
Another vital part of our surveillance program is the implementation of a pilot risk assessment methodology - known as "the RAM." The RAM pilot is aimed at early detection and targeting of high risk products and repeat offenders.
Preliminary results indicate that 90 percent - yes, 90 percent - of shipments are reviewed and released on the same day.
We are asking our legislature to provide CPSC with greater funding support in order to expand the RAM program. I'm excited about its potential and believe it will make CPSC even more effective at managing risk and managing our limited resources.
Next, I would like to discuss a concept that I have been talking about all year long. I started talking about "Safety By Design" during my travels to Hong Kong in January, and I believe this conference is an ideal forum to continue the conversation.
I would like to use toy design as an example of the importance of ensuring that product specifications account for safety.
In 2008, two researchers from western Canada published a paper analyzing about 600 toy recalls announced in the United States over a 20-year period.
The researchers found that "the number of defects attributable to design issues was much higher than those attributable to manufacturing problems."
In fact, 71 percent of the toy recalls that they analyzed were related to a design problem.
The researchers stated that "a design problem is reflected in sharp edges of a toy, which pose a laceration hazard. Another common design problem is small detachable parts, such as balls and beads, which pose a swallowing and choking hazard. Other examples of design flaws include open tubes and spaces, which can entrap children's body parts, long strings that pose a strangulation hazard, and sewn buttons and glued eyes on stuffed toys (as opposed to button-less clothing for toys and embroidered eyes)."
The researchers added: "A design problem would result in an unsafe toy irrespective of where it was manufactured. On the other hand, a manufacturing defect arises because of manufacturer errors or negligence…If a toy's design is good, it does not necessarily mean that the toys produced will be good. By contrast, if the design is poor, the toys manufactured will definitely be faulty."
With a high percentage of your major components and finished products being imported from China, the final design of your products has to be right, every time.
Before manufacturing and assembly starts, it is vital that your company design out potential health and safety risks in each and every model.
Here are some examples of what I mean:
I am truly encouraged by the international and industry cooperation aimed at addressing this serious hazard. The World Health Organization sponsored a global health and safety conference two weeks ago in New Zealand, at which CPSC staff and staff from several other jurisdictions organized a symposium. I believe some of you were here today were at the conference and know how successful it was at raising awareness of this problem.
Innovative solutions were discussed to improve battery design and to reduce, if not eliminate, the risk of burn injuries to children from ingestion.
Another important design factor for manufacturers concerns the metals and chemicals used in plastics, surface coatings, and substrates.
"Safety by Design" means ensuring that specs are very clear about not including lead, cadmium, antimony, chromium, and other toxic metals. There are strict limits on these metals in children's toys and metal jewelry.
"Safety by Design" means that the design specifications comply with the requisite performance standard, and that no one in the supply chain strays from those specifications.
A breakdown in design or the supply chain or the manufacturing plan can have serious consequences - it can be lead to fires, electrical shock, exposure to a toxic metal, or other hazards.
I believe that "Safety by Design," can be a winning approach for industry.
I believe that it will help industry reach a superior level of quality, conformance, and customer satisfaction - characteristics that consumers around the world want to see in the goods that they purchase.
If manufacturers can aim for the highest level of safety in their design specifications, while CPSC, the EC, and regulators in Asia keep working to promote best manufacturing practices, I believe that we can achieve something great.
The final topic that I would like to talk to you about is CPSC's safety agenda for our 2013 fiscal year, which began on October 1.
Many of the talented employees at CPSC - and there are truly many - are working on safety initiatives aimed at making our agency even more proactive in 2013.
The safety agenda I would like share with you is an agenda that advances consumer protection and maintains CPSC's position as the global leader in consumer product safety.
High on the list are a series of projects that, once completed, have the potential to save hundreds of lives and prevent thousands of injuries each year.
I'm referring to:
There are two fairly new rulemakings that I also want to share with you, because they address very serious risks.
A common attribute that runs through all of the product hazards I just discussed is that we have team leaders and technical staff at CPSC who are experts in their field.
I'm proud of the work they are doing. And I know they want to bring closure to their projects, in order to prevent injuries and deaths from entrapments, suffocations, rollovers, CO poisonings, fires, and finger amputations.
I can say with confidence that because of the progress we have made at CPSC, the state of product safety is strong - and it is built to last.
We are using our strength, not for short-term gains, but to create a sustainable product safety system.
We are not working in isolation; instead, we are working in collaboration, with many of you in this room.
We have created a system that is founded upon compliance with the stringent child safety and testing requirements.
A system that creates a regulatory approach that strives for injury prevention, rather than reaction.
Because of our commitment and your commitment to consumer protection, I predict that the global product safety net will continue to be strengthened.
This is a time when parents and grandparents can go shopping and know that almost all of the children's products they see in stores have been independently tested to new mandatory safety regulations. And all children's products are required to comply with those regulations.
This is a time when consumers have unprecedented access to safety information at their fingertips.
This is a time when foreign manufacturers increasingly understand the requirements established in the United States and other countries, and they know that there are consequences if they do not follow our safety rules.
This is a time when consumers are being well represented by their government and they are being better protected by a global system of safety that is getting stronger.
Together, through state of the art collaboration, we are building a product safety system that is built to last - built to last so that future generations of children and other consumers have an even greater level of safety.
Thank you once again to Bruce and the ICPHSO board for the invitation to speak here today. And I look forward to taking a few questions at the end.
Chairman Inez M. Tenenbaum began serving as chairman June 29, 2009.
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Journal Article, International Security, volume 33, issue 1, pages 7-44
Summer 2008
Authors: Maria Stephan, Former Research Fellow, Intrastate Conflict Program/International Security Program, 20032005, Erica Chenoweth, Former Associate, International Security Program, 20062008; Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 20082010
Belfer Center Programs or Projects: International Security; Quarterly Journal: International Security
The historical record indicates that nonviolent campaigns have been more successful than armed campaigns in achieving ultimate goals in political struggles, even when used against similar opponents and in the face of repression. Nonviolent campaigns are more likely to win legitimacy, attract widespread domestic and international support, neutralize the opponent's security forces, and compel loyalty shifts among erstwhile opponent supporters than are armed campaigns, which enjoin the active support of a relatively small number of people, offer the opponent a justification for violent counterattacks, and are less likely to prompt loyalty shifts and defections. An original, aggregate data set of all known major nonviolent and violent resistance campaigns from 1900 to 2006 is used to test these claims. These dynamics are further explored in case studies of resistance campaigns in Southeast Asia that have featured periods of both violent and nonviolent resistance.
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Does anyone on the base take offense to the word Otaku? is it a bad word to call someone?
i don't even know what the * is that.
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no but i would probably punch them in the face
No because I'm not a dub hater who regards the Japanese language as a ****ing sacred gift from God.
i jst searched the word.
and no i would not be offended, but i would find it a compliment.
hmm what could it mean? it`s either gay,douchebag,retard,geek......idk
I wouldn't take offense if someone called me that, I wouldn't really care if they did.
If it was a punk ass wanna be, then I'd probably kick his ass in front of his friends.
Originally Posted by SilverSlick
No because I'm not a dub hater who regards the Japanese language as a ****ing sacred gift from God.
Back to the question:
No, and if so I wouldnt care.
There is a nice anime series from 2004 or so called "Genshiken".
Its about a club of Otakus, very funny and interesting!
you don't become otaku just because you watch/read anime/manga LOL
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Purported widow of murder victim charged with fraudBy Susan Smallheer
Staff Writer | June 15,2013BRATTLEBORO — The purported widow of murder victim Michael Martin — who was shot to death by a disgruntled employee at the Brattleboro Food Co-op two summers ago — has been charged with fraud for allegedly falsifying a marriage certificate and claiming Martin's insurance benefits.
Jennifer D. Dusenbery, 37, formerly of Dummerston, left Vermont last year for Indiana where her young children live while she was under investigation by Vermont State Police.
But according to documents on file in Windham County criminal court, the case languished until this spring, when Zurich Insurance Co. finally came forward with information that she had received close to $70,000 based on the falsified marriage certificate she had submitted to it.
Judge David Suntag recently signed an arrest warrant for Dusenbery, whose last known address was in Barea, Calif.
Windham County State's Attorney Tracy Kelly Shriver said her office would seek to extradite Dusenbery, but that her whereabouts are currently unknown.
Martin, 59, a native of Waterbury, had started working at the food co-op in 2006, to manage the food store which was undergoing a major new construction project. He had offered longtime store employee Richard Gagnon, the wine and beer manager, a severance package a few days before Gagnon came into the store and shot Martin in the back of the head as he sat at his desk.
Martin's murder stunned the Brattleboro community, prompting a large public vigil and much soul-searching in the community.
Gagnon has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder for shooting Martin, and is serving a 20-year sentence.
Dusenbery had been involved with the state police and Shriver's office before the fraud investigation began last summer. She had filed a complaint against her ex-boyfriend alleging that she had been sexually assaulted by him, Shriver said.
But Shriver said she never filed charges against the man, who has since moved from Putney to Rutland, because of Dusenbery's credibility issues.
Court records also revealed that Dusenbery had once been charged with assaulting Martin with a candlestick in April 2009. Charges of aggravated domestic assault were reduced to simple assault, and received a suspended 15- to 20-day sentence.
Shriver also said that the Brattleboro justice of the peace who signed the marriage certificate after the fact when she did not perform a wedding ceremony for Martin and Dusenbery on Halloween in 2010 — nine months before Martin was murdered — would not face criminal charges because she had no intent to defraud anyone of anything, despite filing a false document.
Mary Cain, who at one time worked for Dusenbery, had been contacted by her and asked her to sign the certificate after Martin died. Cain told police she signed the certificate, and back dated it to Oct. 31, 2010, as a notary, just ascertaining what Dusenbery said.
But interviews conducted by Vermont State Police Trooper Tyson Kinney with two other town clerks, who have extensive experience with marriage certificates, said that Cain should have known better and that she had performed wedding ceremonies before.
Dusenbery told police, as well as the Dummerston town clerk, that Martin and herself had performed their own wedding ceremony during a party at their home on Oct. 30, 2010. Dusenbery and Martin had taken out a marriage certificate in October, the town clerk told police, and Dusenbery had started using the name Martin, according to Michael Martin's obituary, which listed their wedding date as Oct. 29, 2010.
But according to court records, Martin was still legally married to another woman, Lisa Nisca, who lives in New York state, whose attorney had failed to file the final agreement in their divorce.
According to court records, Martin's insurance policy should have been paid out to minor children still living at home, or his legally married wife. Nisca has since filed a claim.
Martin, the father of six children and five stepchildren, had been married five times.
If convicted, Dusenbery could face 10 years in prison.
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Urban Plunge
Friday, August 30 - Sunday, September 1, 2013
The Urban Plunge is a weekend experience to raise awareness about homelessness in Norfolk. During this three-day event, we will engage in a time of prayer, worship, fellowship and urban immersion. We will sleep on the floor of a church like the homeless men and women who use the service of the N.E.S.T program in the winter months. We will participate in ministry opportunities during the day. Everyone who participates in the Urban Plunge will receive a certificate of completion, gain a new perspective on the urban situation and find new ways to share God's love in the city.
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- Youth & Urban Renewal Center
- Location:
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Your Dorm/Apartment:
- Single rooms and Three-room units are furnished with a twin-size bed, desk, dresser and chair. You will need to bring bedding, linens, lamps, pillow, etc.
- Studios, One, Two, and Three Bedroom apartments are completely UNFURNISHED.
On arrival at GTS:
- Enter at the MainGate (440 West 21st Street). Press the buzzer and speak with the front desk attendant on duty. Introduce yourself to the Front Desk Attendant and advise him/her that you are moving in. You will be given a key package containing your keys with a note explaining each use.
To make moving-in to the Close easier:
- Living in Dodge, Dehon, or Kohne, use the Chapel Gate on West 20th Street.
- Living in Edson, White, or Lorillard, use the Main Gate on West 21st Street.
- For security reasons, gates must not be left unattended. Please designate someone to monitor gates and your belongings as you make trips from the gates to your building.
- Keys may not be duplicated under any circumstance.
- Requests for additional keys must be requested from the Front desk.
- Keys will be given ONLY to adult members of the household.
Phones: For information on phone installation, please call the housing office at 212-243-5150, extension 208.
Air Conditioners:
- During the summer months, air-conditioning units with 3,000 to 5,000 BTU's can easily keep your single dorm room cool.
- For larger spaces, a unit with 8,000 to 10,000 will be sufficient.
- For safety reasons, students are NOT allowed to install A/C units.Please contact maintenance at ext: 219 or 498.
Electrical Appliances:
- It is recommended that you use surge protectors and/or a UPS (uninterrupted power supply) for use with personal computers and printers.
- In Dehon and Edson, heat-producing electrical appliances can NOT be used including: toasters, toaster ovens, hotpots, hotplates, microwaves, or any similar devices. They may overload electrical circuits and potentially cause a fire.
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- Please keep hallways, stairs, landings and entrances clear.
- Storage is not available, so please be cautious when packing.
- When unpacking, be sure to collapse all empty boxes and place for recycling at the Main gate. Normal garbage recycling is located in the basement of all buildings.
- Parking spaces on the street are difficult to find, and garage parking expensive. Transportation in New York City is inexpensive, particularly the subway and bus systems.
- Alternate side of the street parking is observed on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays between 9 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. On the Seminary side of 20th Street, (the north side) alternate parking is Monday and Thursday; on 20th Street, (the south side) alternate parking is Tuesday and Friday. On the Seminary side of 21st Street (the south side) alternate parking is Tuesday and Friday. Please use this as a guide for parking when moving-in.
Work Orders:
- If you need repairs, please complete a Maintenance Request Form.
Lockouts: If you are locked out of your housing unit, go to the Front Desk. You will be loaned a key which must be returned.
- Between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. you will be loaned a key (which must be returned immediately.)
- Between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. you will be charged a $20.00 lockout fee, if the keys are not returned to the front desk by 8:30 a.m.
Banking: The seminary participates in the IBM Metro Credit Union which provides free check and saving accounts.
Your new address:
- The GTS address is: 440 West 21st Street, Box #, New York, 10011-4977.
- This address is for the entire community for all United States Postal Service (USPS) items.
- You are advised to insert the box number assigned to you to assist the mailroom attendant with prompt and correct delivery.
For Package Deliveries:
- The address to be used for all deliveries is 440 W. 21 Street, New York, NY 10011. (i.e. UPS, FEDEX, DHL, Messenger service.) Please be sure to check the manner in which deliveries will be sent.
- The front desk staff will notify you if you have an express mail delivery for pick-up; all other items will be sent to the mailroom unless you specify otherwise.
- Heavy items are normally held at the front desk for pick-up. Items must be collected on the day you are notified.
Your old address: Fill out forwarding information at your home post office so mail can follow you.
The Mail Room:
- The mail room is located in the Moore Building on the ground floor.
- Hours of operation:
- Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
- Saturday, 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
- The mailroom is closed on all holidays observed by the USPS, and other seminary holidays.
- You may call to make arrangements to collect packages or other items after the opening hours.
Routine for United States Postal Service (USPS):
- Incoming mail arrival times vary.
- Outgoing mail is given to the US postal carrier at that time.
- All outgoing mail can be put in the outgoing mail slot by the mail room door.
- Incoming mail is distributed to mail boxes.
- At the end of the day, all remaining outgoing mail less than 1 lb. will be taken to the local corner mail box.
- Metered mail. Payments are accepted by check only, made payable to GTS.
- Send out packages for all classes of domestic and foreign mail except Overnight Express.
- We receive and distribute all campus mail and US mail.
- Customer service questions will be addressed between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
- All other USPS needs may be received by neighborhood US post offices, i.e., certified mail, etc.
- It has been our experience that the letter carrier will not take heavy packages. Heavy packages, must be taken directly to the post office or call for a pick-up at a cost to you.
Campus Mail: Mail within the GTS community can be dropped in the campus mail slot in the mail room. An envelope is not necessary; however the name of the recipient must be clearly written.
Special Delivery:
- You will be notified of all special delivery packages/items we receive.
- Packages/items not collected by 3 pm Monday through Friday are sent to the mailroom.
- Items too large for your mailbox are stored in a locker; a parcel notice will be placed in your mailbox. The notice will have the locker number and the key where your package is stored; lockers are located on the wall across from the mailboxes.
- Please return the key and lock to the campus mail slot after retrieving your parcel.
Mailbox etiquette:
- Please empty your mail box regularly. Overstuffed mail boxes cause difficulty for the sorters and slow down the delivery process.
- If you are planning to be away for several days, inform the mail room so that your mail can be set aside until your return.
- If you are planning to be away for several weeks, the mail room can forward your first class mail. Mailing labels with the address must be provided as well as the start and end dates for forwarding. If you have questions, please contact the mailroom coordinator, or the Director of Campus services.
Copiers and Copy Codes:
- Copiers for your use are located on the ground floor of the Seabury Building, as well as the Library.
- To obtain a copy code and training on the copies please check with the mailroom coordinator who will schedule training during the first three weeks of the Michaelmas Term.


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Chi Weakens
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Hideki knows so little about Persecoms that he doesn't even realize Chi needs charging. He's already late on his electric bill, and when he tries to plug her in to a power source the whole building loses power!
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Hector S. Valderaz, 56, was an employee of Union Pacific Railroad.
He was driving a 2012 Mazda M31 southbound on Farm-to-Market Road 2678 when his vehicle was hit.
Valderaz was taken to Moore's Funeral Home in Refugio.
Breanna Jean Collins, 26, also of Victoria, was headed northbound on Farm-to-Market Road 2678 when her vehicle veered over into the southbound lanes, according to Department of Pubic Safety Cpl. Charlie Ramirez.
Collins' 2004 Nissan Xterra hit Valderaz's vehicle head-on.
Ramirez said the cause of the accident was driver fatigue.
Collins was taken to Refugio County Memorial Hospital with incapacitating injuries but in stable condition.
Collins' car came to a rest on the driver's side, facing south in the bar ditch, east of the roadway.
Valderaz's Mazda came to rest, facing south in the bar ditch, west of the roadway.
Valderaz was pronounced dead at the scene by Justice of the Peace Lorraine Lopez at 4:53 a.m.
In addition to DPS troopers, the Refugio County Sheriff's Office deputies, medical techs and the Refugio Fire Department were at the scene.