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Flowering shrubs
When it comes to choosing flowering shrubs, it's tempting to stick with a handful of tried and true favorites. And with good reason! You need plant material that can withstand the slings and arrows Mother Nature sends its way — not to mention homeowner neglect or the abuse encountered on commercial properties. You need shrubs that are reliably hardy, disease- and pest-resistant and that flower profusely when they're supposed to.
Although that is a tall order, there are plenty of readily available flowering shrubs that meet these requirements. Because discovering them by trial and error can be an expensive and time-consuming process, I asked some green industry experts to share their experiences and suggestions. Here are their picks for beauty, reliability and toughness in shrubbery.
Tired of 'Annabelle'? Don't have the right cultural conditions for 'All Summer Beauty' or 'Nikko Blue'? Don't despair. There are some other great choices out there. For a change of pace, consider trying three cultivars of Hydrangea paniculata: 'Pink Diamond', 'Tardiva' and 'Unique'.
"Hydrangea paniculata are extremely durable plants," notes Tim Boland, Curator of Horticulture at The Morton Arboretum in Lisle, Illinois. The arboretum began a hydrangea evaluation program in 1997.
This species has a combination of characteristics sure to endear them to landscape contractors: they're free of pests and diseases; they're hardy to -30°F; they adapt to a wide variety of soil conditions (although they prefer moist, well-drained soil), and they'll flower in partial shade. They also begin their spectacular flower show in late summer, when few other things are blooming, and they retain their flower heads until spring, providing interest through the winter. This species blooms on new wood, and the overall habit of the plant benefits from being cut back to the ground in late winter or early spring.
'Pink Diamond' has long white flowers that turn a deep, rich pink (sometimes almost purple) as they age. It matures at about 9 feet tall with an equal spread.
'Tardiva' is a prolific late-summer to early fall bloomer. Its white flowers have an airy, open look. This plant, similar in size to 'Pink Diamond', can be trained to a tree form.
'Unique' is the earliest bloomer of the three, typically beginning its show in late July to early August (see bottom photo, page 20). It has flowers similar to 'Tardiva', only bigger. Sometimes the flower clusters reach 12 inches in length. Over time, these flowers turn pink, although not as deep a color as 'Pink Diamond'.
Common ninebark (Physocarpus opulifolius) is a tough, profusely blooming shrub native to cold climes. 'Diabolo' (Physocarpus opulifolius 'Monlo') is of particular interest thanks to its distinctive purple foliage. Its resistance to disease and pests makes this shrub an excellent replacement for Prunus × cistena (purple leaf sand cherry).
"This shrub is extremely hardy, native, has colored foliage — which is hot right now — and it is gorgeous in flower," reported Dave Grillaert, Nursery Facilities Manager at David J. Frank Landscape Contracting, Inc. in the Milwaukee area. "It has white flowers with a pinkish cast. Up against that foliage, it's dynamite." Ninebarks adapt to a wide variety of soil types as long as they are in a well-drained location. This is a plant that, once established, actually prefers dry conditions. 'Diabolo' grows about 8 feet tall and 6 feet wide.
If you're looking for a shrubby plant with repeat blooming, good hardiness and excellent resistance to pests and diseases, it's hard to beat some of the shrub-type roses available today. (And don't forget those brilliant rose hips when considering fall color.)
'Purple Pavement' (Rosa 'Rotesmeer') is a favorite of Boland's. "It has performed very well for us at the arboretum," he notes. This hybrid rugosa has large, semi-double mauve flowers with yellow stamens. A nicely rounded plant, it grows to about 3 feet in height and is hardy in Zones 3 through 7.
Grillaert is a fan of 'Champlain' (Rosa 'Champlain'), a hybrid with dark-red double flowers. "This rose is so tough, I can dump snow on it all winter. It can die back to the ground, and by June, it will be 3 feet tall and flowering," he notes. Grillaert prefers 'Champlain' to 'Knock Out' (Rosa 'RADrazz'), the 2000 AARS (All-American Rose Selections) winner. "Last year, we had some trouble with 'Knock Out' roses that were on grafted stock. They weren't hardy," he said. "This year, we have roses on their own roots. We'll see how they perform." He notes that 'Knock Out' has a more uniform habit, which may make it popular with designers, and hybrid-tea-type foliage, which is often favored by homeowners.
'Carefree Wonder' and 'Carefree Delight' are two additional AARS shrub roses to consider. 'Carefree Wonder', a 1991 winner, offers hot-pink double flowers with a creamy-pink underside. This plant grows from 2½ to 4 feet tall. 'Carefree Delight', a 1996 winner, has vivid pink single flowers with a white eye. It has an arching habit and grows from 2 ½ to 5 feet tall. Both are hardy in Zones 4 through 7.
Spireas are tough to beat because they are so pest-free and durable. But certain varieties are used quite extensively. If you're tired of 'Snowmound', 'Little Princess' and 'Anthony Waterer', try these two tough, but lesser known, species.
Fitch's spirea, also known as Korean spirea (Spiraea fritschiana), bears many large, white, flat clusters of flowers often tinged pink in late May to June (see photo, at right). "The flowerheads don't bloom uniformly, so that extends the bloom period," Boland notes. The leaves are somewhat larger than 'Snowmound', and the plant has a more compact habit, growing 2 to 3 feet tall and up to 5 feet wide in a rounded form. The deep green leaves may have a bluish tinge. In fall, the leaves turn yellow, and sometimes even toss in a little orange, red or purple for good measure.
Grefsheim spirea (Spiraea × cinerea 'Grefsheim') is an early flowering shrub, offering white panicles (not the flat-topped flowers usually associated with spireas) in late April before the plant leafs out (see photo, at top). "This shrub is well-behaved; it flowers really early — around the same time as amelanchiers — and it's gorgeous," said Grillaert. "It's like the best bridalwreath [spirea] in your grandma's garden but not so mangy." This shrub grows to around 5 feet tall and 6 feet wide with graceful, arching stems. In fall, Grefsheim's leaves turn a brilliant combination of yellow, bronze and orange.
Preston lilacs (Syringa × prestoniae), also sometimes known as Canadian lilacs (because breeder Isabella Preston was from Canada) are an old, reliable and underutilized plant according to Richard Theidel, owner of Hinsdale Nursery in suburban Chicago. "The Canadian lilacs make beautiful hedges; they flower a little later than the common lilacs, and they don't get powdery mildew. They're good plants," he notes. They also are hardy to Zone 2. Canadian lilac flowers tend to hang or nod. The foliage is long, narrow and slightly ruffled. Theidel's favorite cultivar is 'James MacFarlane', a clear-pink flowering form with a mildly spicy fragrance. This plant grows to 8 feet tall and about 6 feet wide.
'Tinkerbelle' (Syringa 'Bailbelle') is a new and slightly smaller dwarf lilac introduced by Bailey Nurseries. Its wine-colored buds open to spicy, pink flowers in mid- to late spring (see top left photo, page 18). The upright plant has green, heart-shaped foliage with good disease resistance. It grows about 5 feet tall with an equal spread. Well-drained soil is critical to good performance.
There are so many kinds of viburnums, a person could spend ages sorting them all out. You may already be using Koreanspice viburnum (Viburnum carlesii), Judd viburnum (Viburnum × judii) or highbush cranberry (Viburnum trilobum). Here are three more that get high marks from people in the green industry.
'Autumn Jazz' Arrowwood viburnum (Viburnum dentatum 'Ralph Senior') offers not only spring flowers but also spectacular fall color (see photo, above) and abundant fruit. This shrub produces creamy white, flat-topped flowers in May to early June. Its whorled leaf arrangement gives it a slightly different character than other V. dentatum varieties. The flowers are followed by shiny, blue-black fruit. In fall, 'Autumn Jazz' turns yellow-orange to red to burgundy for quite a show. 'Autumn Jazz' is an introduction of Chicagoland Grows, a plant selection program sponsored jointly by the Morton Arboretum, the Chicago Botanic Garden and the Ornamental Growers Association of Northern Illinois. This shrub, which grows 8 to 10 feet tall with a 10- to 12-foot spread, is among the more shade-tolerant of the viburnums. The Morton Arboretum's Boland cautions purchasers to look for cloned plants — not those grown from seed. "The arrowwoods tend to exhibit a lot of variability when grown from seed," he explains.
Viburnum sargentii 'Onondaga' is a shrub that intrigues Ric Gesch, yard supervisor at David J. Frank Landscape Contracting Inc. near Milwaukee. In May to June, this U.S. National Arboretum introduction develops reddish-purple flower buds that open to pink-tinged, white lace-cap flowers. Next come large clusters of bright red fruit that persist through winter. In fall, this shrub turns yellow to red. One of the things Gesch likes about this upright, rounded shrub is its maroon-colored spring foliage which matures to green with a purplish cast. 'Onondaga' matures to 12 feet tall with a 6-foot spread. Hardy in Zones 3 through 7, this shrub is free of pests and diseases and performs best in moist soil.
Viburnum plicatum var. tomentosum 'Summer Snowflake' is a shrub Jennifer Brennan, horticulture information specialist at Chalet Nursery in suburban Chicago, frequently recommends to her retail customers. "It starts flowering in June and keeps going through the summer," said Brennan, who also likes the plant's horizontal branching structure (see bottom photo, page 22). This plant, which grows about 8 feet tall, has red to black berries and burgundy fall color. Boland notes that it has a narrow habit and is a great choice next to doorways. He adds that it sometimes dies back to the ground in Zone 5 (resprouting in spring), so he recommends growing it in protected areas.
If you're looking for a smaller viburnum, Grillaert recommends Newport Dwarf Doublefile Viburnum (Viburnum plicatum 'Newzam'). This rounded, compact dwarf grows 4 to 5 feet tall. In spring, it has showy, snowball-like flower clusters. Its leathery green foliage turns burgundy in fall. It is hardy in Zones 5 through 8.
Next time you are feeling a little bored by your tried and true favorites, why not see whether some of these selections can add some variety and interest to the landscape? You might even find a new favorite…or two.
Patrice Peltier is a client services representative with David J. Frank Landscape Contracting Inc. (Germantown, Wis.).
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Bio and Professional Experience
Jessica is a Rockford native and resides in the Northwest side of town with her husband, Kristopher, and children Adam and Ava.
Since 2009, Jessica has worked at Rasmussen College-Rockford Campus. She began with the organization as a Student Finance Advisor and has transitioned in various other positions, most recently being promoted to Career Services Advisor.
In August 2011, Jessica completed her Master's of Arts in Organizational Leadership. She earned her undergraduate degree at Judson University in Business Management.
Outside the academic realm, Jessica enjoys cooking, working out and spending time with her family. Jessica currently sits on Alignment Rockford's Career Awareness Team, Rockford Public Library Trustee, Rockford Chamber's IGNITE EDUCATE Committee, Rosie's Birthday Club's Board, and serves as an Ambassador for Rockford Health Systems. Previously, Jessica sat on United Way's Success by 6 Advisory Board and IGNITE's Leadership Board.
How did you end up getting involved with Alignment Rockford?
I had the pleasure of being invited to be part of Alignment Rockford's Career Awareness Team by former Executive Director Laurie Preece. I began participating as a member in February 2012.
Can you explain how the Career Awareness team started and how it has evolved?
This team was created to help provide community support with addressing career awareness in the classroom for grades K-12. The group first focused on how to effectively expose freshman to the academies in order to help them choose which academy they would select. This evolved to an expo that now has attracted Belvidere, Hononegah & Harlem School districts. The second focus is on the capstone project for high school seniors.
Can you describe the team's most recent initiatives and how they will impact career readiness for RPS students?
It is very exciting to have had the opportunity to see the Academy Expo go from planning to pilot to the massive event it is today. This event has impacted EVERY SINGLE freshman student for the last three years for Rockford Public Schools District #205, for Belvidere School District #100 for the last two years and this year Hononegah and Harlem school districts. We are currently in the piloting stages of the capstone project. I will be very excited to see the impact of this!
In your opinion why is community involvement in these initiatives important for Rockford?
As a Rockford native, I have seen first-hand the negative perception of education in my city. I am a graduate of Rockford East High School, a product of the public school district. It is up to me (and everyone else in the community) to support positive changes of Rockford Public Schools District #205.

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Colombia court frees 2 of 6 detained in killing of DEA agent
BOGOTA, Colombia – Defense attorneys say a Colombian court has freed two of the six men arrested in the death of a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent.
Attorney Gildardo Acosta said Thursday that the court ruled that prosecutors failed to present adequate proof against the two taxi drivers, but he says they remain under investigation in the June 20 knifing of DEA agent James Watson, who was known as "Terry."
Angel Mauricio Pulgarin emerged from jail to hugs and kisses from relatives and demanded that his name be cleared.
The 43-year-old Watson was attacked in an apparent robbery attempt after getting into a taxi after leaving a restaurant.
Acosta says the two drivers deny being part of the gang and had come forward voluntarily.


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- The Australian Grand Prix Corporation (AGPC) was established in 1994 under the Australian Grand Prix Act 1994 (Vic) (AGP Act).
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- General Investigations Unit
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Oct 24, 2012
West Nile cases reach 4,725, including 219 deaths
US West Nile cases climbed to 4,725 this week, including 219 deaths (5% of cases) and 2,413 cases involving neuroinvasive disease (51%), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in an update today. Those numbers signal a slight decline in the rate of new cases but a spike in the rate of new deaths. The CDC reported 194 new cases this week, compared with 282 the week before and 280 the week before that. In comparison, the agency reported 36 new deaths this week, compared with 15 and 5 in the previous 2 weeks, respectively. The outbreak is the largest at this point in the year since 2003, the CDC said. More than a third of the cases have been from Texas.
Oct 24 CDC update
MRSA found in wild rabbits, shorebird in Iowa
Iowa researchers identified methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in wild rabbits and a migratory shorebird, according to a study in the Journal of Wildlife Diseases. In their pilot study, the team obtained nasal, wing, wound, and cloacal swabs from 114 animals at a rehabilitation clinic. Of the animals tested, seven had methicillin-susceptible S aureus and three—two eastern cottontails and a lesser yellowlegs shorebird—had MRSA. Two of the MRSA isolates were also resistant to tetracycline and erythromycin, and the other was also resistant to erythromycin, clindamycin, and levofloxacin. The authors conclude, "Our results suggest that S aureus, including MRSA, is being carried by wild animals, although at a low prevalence with the limited number of animals tested."
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Italy, Switzerland suspend sales of Novartis flu vaccines
Italy and Switzerland have suspended sales of two Novartis influenza vaccines after the company found a buildup of proteins in the shots, Bloomberg News reported today. Novartis did not detail the exact makeup of the proteins in its Agrippal and Fluad vaccines to allow officials to know the impact of their presence on vaccine safety, but the company noted "quality defects that are potentially dangerous for public health," Italy's Health Ministry said. The ministry has called for further quality testing of the vaccines, according to the story. The ban affects about 488,000 doses, the ministry said. Swiss drug regulator Swissmedic halted distribution of the vaccines as a precaution after Italy's decision, the regulator said today. Novartis notified Italy of the issues with the vaccine orally on Oct 18 and in writing Oct 19, but the company has known of the particle buildup since Jul 11, Italian officials said. Italy had planned to buy 3 million doses of Novartis flu vaccines and will now seek other contracts, the story said.
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Dear Johnnie: Who do I talk to about getting a flashing turn signal at Highway 119 and Weld County Road 31/2, turning north? The new light at 119 and WCR 51/2 has one, and I think we at Longview mobile home park need one also. — Derek
Dear Derek: That would be the Colorado Department of Transportation. But I went ahead and contacted them for you.
Spokeswoman Ashley Mohr replied:
"The flashing yellows are very new to northeast Colorado and are somewhat of a luxury," she wrote. "They have been installed on an experimental basis in a few areas, and we won't be installing any more until we work out some hardware and software issues that have arisen with the few that we have so far. We also need to collect data at the intersections where we have the flashing yellows to make sure they are improving safety (as they were intended to do)."
So, Derek, it might be a while before you see a flashing yellow light at your intersection. And about those "hardware and software issues," Mohr said: "Basically, the software/hardware that programs the signs is not compatible with the software/hardware we already own. To get the two systems to 'talk to each other' requires conversions that only a few CDOT employees know how to do. We had someone in that area of the state who could do it, but he moved for another opportunity elsewhere. So now we are trying to figure out what other options we have."
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Christopher Walken is getting the hook. Sort of.
The Oscar-winning actor will play Captain Hook in NBC's upcoming live musical presentation of the classic musical "Peter Pan." The announcement was made by NBC Entertainment chairman Robert Greenblatt during the Television Critics Association press tour in Beverly Hills on Sunday.
"I started my career in musicals," said Walken. "It's wonderful after all this time, at this point in my career, to be in this classic musical I watched as a child. It's a chance to put on my tap shoes again."
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Walken has tap-danced on screen before: from the film versions of "Hairspray" and "Jersey Boys" to "Pennies From Heaven" and even Fatboy Slim's "Weapon of Choice" video, the actor has had a long history of singing and dancing on film.
"He might really be a song and dance man at heart," Greenblatt added. "He's fearless as a comedic actor and always comes to play. Get ready to be charmed, amused, frightened and dazzled by Captain Hook in an entirely original way."
The title character of Peter Pan has yet to be cast, though Greenblatt told critics they're looking for a female actress for the part. Producers had pursued Kristen Bell ("Frozen") for the role, but she was unavailable due to scheduling.
"Peter Pan Live!" is NBC's highly anticipated follow-up to last year's "The Sound of Music Live!" That event brought upwards of 18.62 million live viewers — NBC's highest Thursday night viewership for an entertainment program since the series finale of Frasier in 2004. "Peter Pan Live!" will air Dec. 4.


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The Mid-infrared ELT Imager and Spectrograph
The Mid-infrared ELT Imager and Spectrograph (METIS), will be the third instrument on the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT). It will make full use of the giant, 39-metre main mirror of the telescope and focus on five scientific goals: exoplanets, proto-planetary disks, Solar System bodies, active galactic nuclei, and high-redshift infrared galaxies.
METIS's powerful spectrograph will allow astronomers to investigate the basic physical and chemical properties of exoplanets, like their orbital parameters and structures, temperature, composition of their atmospheres, weather, seasons, etc. Only the innovation of the astronomers at the instrument's helm place limits on its use.
In addition, METIS will contribute to numerous other areas, including the study of the Martian atmosphere, properties of low-mass brown dwarfs, the centre of the Milky Way, the environment of evolved stars, and gamma-ray bursts as cosmological probes. METIS will also have wide applications working at longer wavelengths and many ways of collaborating with other facilities, such as the future James Webb Space Telescope.
Consortium web page and the Interactive METIS App.
Artist's impression of the location of the instruments. METIS is shown on the left on the Nasmyth platform of the ELT. On the right MAORY is shown above MICADO. Credit: NOVA/METIS/MAORY/MICADO/HARMONI
The authoritative technical specifications as offered for astronomical observations are available from the Science Operation page.


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DEAR AMY: My granddaughter (age 15) spent the night with me recently.
After I took her home the next day, I noticed $50 in a drawer in the room where she stayed was gone.
No one else was in the room during that time, so I know she took it.
We had problems like this in the past, but I thought they were over.
When I asked her to return the money, she became angry and said she did not take it and did not understand how I could accuse my own granddaughter of doing this. If I push the issue I may lose her, but I do not think I should let it go.
And I do not want to go to her parents about this because it will make things worse between us.
But what to do? -- Unhappy in Maryland
DEAR UNHAPPY: I'm going to assume that your assumptions here are correct.
Your granddaughter is reacting in an immature (but age-appropriate) way.
Now you have to also act your age and resolve to do the right thing.
You have little to lose at this point because she is already avoiding you rather than deal with her behavior and its consequences.
Because she has done this in the past, you should assume that this problem has not, in fact, gone away.
Her parents must be told. If she is stealing, they absolutely must deal with it, now.
Check your medicine cabinet (and elsewhere) to see if anything else is missing and let her parents know immediately.
The most compassionate thing is to force your granddaughter to deal with her problems, with your loving support. Don't be afraid of her reaction or behavior toward you, and tell yourself that she is a young girl having a tantrum because she got caught doing something she should not do.
DEAR AMY: I'm a physician who has worked peripherally with another doctor who wants me to provide a reference for some jobs for which he is applying.
My problem is that I don't think he's a very good physician, and if I'm honest with the potential employer, he'll know I said less-than-stellar things about him.
We work in a group that's mostly nurse practitioners, so there aren't any other doctors he can ask for a recommendation.
How would you handle this? -- Perplexed
DEAR PERPLEXED: If you don't have anything stellar to say, then (by all means) don't shoot for the stars.
You can still provide a reference that basically states that you have worked with this doctor during (these dates) in a practice seeing (this many) patients.
State your colleague's specialty and say, "To the best of my knowledge, he is in good standing with the patients in our practice and with professional medical boards." (If, in fact, this is true.)
Encourage the person who receives the letter to call you with any questions.
This is a tepid, noncommittal statement that basically confirms employment and your professional relationship with the other doctor.
DEAR AMY: "Storm of Fears" was wondering whether to break up with his girlfriend over the issue of having children.
When dealing with these big decisions, I imagine sitting in a rocker on my porch on my 90th birthday doing a life review. Would I regret the decision I made to pursue the challenging dream?
Doing this, I've made some heartwarming, satisfying decisions that I am very happy about. -- Faithful Reader
DEAR READER: I love this. Thank you.
DEAR AMY: I disagree with your response to "Not So Shallow Hal," the guy who wanted his girlfriend to lose weight.
I exercise and eat right so I have energy and can ward off short- and long-term health problems and stay attractive.
Luckily, I have been married to a man for 22 years who watches his weight and health too.
We both believe in the importance of maintaining our vitality, and I do not think Hal is shallow for wanting a partner who is in decent shape.
I know this will sound snarky, but I am appalled by the people I see who are so heavy.
This puts a burden on our health care system. Being way overweight should not be the new normal. -- A in Illinois
DEAR A: Many people thought I was too hard on "Hal," but I was responding to the tone of his letter as much as his statements.
Insisting that you are not "shallow" pretty much invites the assumption that you are.
Send questions via email to firstname.lastname@example.com or by mail to Ask Amy, Chicago Tribune, TT500, 435 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, Ill. 60611.


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Rams Defeat Staten Island for Third Straight Win
Farmingdale State - 8, College of Staten Island - 0
Staten Island, N.Y. - The Farmingdale State women's soccer team defeated the College of Staten Island, 8-0, winning their third consecutive game. The Rams shutout the last three opponents and now hold a 9-3-3 record, while Staten Island falls to 3-7-2.
Freshman forward Melissia Elie (Brentwood, N.Y./Brentwood) scored on Shannon Kalogeras' (Patchogue, N.Y./Patchogue-Medford) long pass from the 50 yard line to give the Rams the early 1-0 advantage. Freshman forward Christina Merrill (Levittown, N.Y./Island Trees) would score on a breakaway two minutes later, putting Farmingdale up by two. Sophomore forward Rebecca Richman (West Islip, N.Y./West Islip) chipped a shot past a diving Jessica Levy (Staten Island, N.Y./Susan E. Wagner), putting her team up 3-0 right before halftime.
Farmingdale's sophomore forward Katrina Cerverizzo (Center Moriches, N.Y./Center Moriches) netted the first two goals of the second half off passes from Merrill and senior Tricia Pickford (Massapequa, N.Y./Massapequa). Freshmen Jamie Smith (Holtsville, N.Y./Sachem East), Corine Magee (Mastic Beach, N.Y./William Floyd) and Nicole Sinacori (Ronkonkoma, N.Y./Connetquot) all added a goal in the late minutes, leading the Rams to the 8-0 non-conference road victory.
Farmingdale State held a considerable shot advantage (43-5) over Staten Island.
Freshman goalkeeper Stacey Rao (Ronkonkoma, N.Y./Connetquot) had four saves in the win, while Levy had senior Kelly Kenny (Staten Island, N.Y./Tottenville) each had nine stops for the College of Staten Island.
Farmingdale will host Montclair State on Saturday, October 17th at 3:00pm.


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Lactose Intolerance
Other Proposed Natural Treatments
Sugar comes in many forms. One type of sugar, lactose, occurs primarily in milk. Nature gives young children the ability to digest lactose, because they need to do so when they nurse. However, as people grow up, they often lose the lactose-digesting enzyme, known as lactase . The result is a condition called lactose intolerance. Symptoms include intestinal cramps, gas, and diarrhea following consumption of lactose-containing foods.
Principal Proposed Natural Treatments
Lactose intolerance is most prevalent in people of Hispanic, African, Asian, Middle Eastern, or Native American descent, although Caucasians can develop it as well. Treatment consists primarily of avoiding foods containing lactose, such as milk and ice cream. Use of lactase supplements may help people who are lactose intolerant handle more lactose than otherwise. Also, special milk products are available from which the lactose has been removed (often through the use of lactase).
Other Proposed Natural Treatments
Aside from lactase, there are no effective natural treatments for lactose intolerance. Despite some positive anecdotes, scientific evidence suggests that use of probiotics such as Lactobacillus acidophilus will not improve symptoms. 1 However, natural medicine does have one contribution to make to people who are lactose intolerance: reminding them to take calcium supplements. People who avoid lactose-containing foods often do not get enough calcium in their diets, and may therefore be at increased risk of osteoporosis and other health problems. Calcium supplements should correct this problem. For detailed information on the proper dosages and types of calcium to use, see the full calcium article.
Many people confuse milk allergy with lactose intolerance. The two conditions are not related. Milk allergy involves an allergic reaction to the protein component of milk, and lactase supplements will not help. For more information on natural approaches to food allergies, see the food allergy article.
Saltzman JR, Russell RM, Golner B, et al. A randomized trial of Lactobacillus acidophilus BG2FO4 to treat lactose intolerance. Am J Clin Nutr . 1999;69:140–146.
Saltzman JR, Russell RM, Golner B, et al. A randomized trial of Lactobacillus acidophilus BG2FO4 to treat lactose intolerance. Am J Clin Nutr . 1999;69:140–146.
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- Reviewer: EBSCO CAM Review Board
- Review Date: 12/2015
- Update Date: 12/15/2015


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According to the recently released March 2014 edition of PKF Hospitality Research, LLC's (PKF-HR) Hotel Horizons forecast report, the U.S. hotel occupancy rate will finally recover to pre-recession levels in 2014.
Given this lofty level of performance, many industry participants are starting to worry about that an oversupply of new lodging units may be in the future. The demand for lodging accommodations has been at an all-time high for the past two years, so could elevated construction levels be far behind?
"Anyone that was around in the 1980s and 1990s remembers the dramatic negative impact overdevelopment can have on the lodging industry," said R. Mark Woodworth, president of PKF-HR. "Fortunately, we see a different scenario evolving during the current property cycle. According to Smith Travel Research, the long-run average annual change in supply has been 2.0 percent. We do not see the national annual supply growth exceeding that level until 2017."
Not only are the forecast percent changes in supply lower than historical averages, but so are the actual counts of new rooms entering the market. "During past expansions, we have seen three to five consecutive years of 100,000 or more net new hotel rooms entering the market. Our current supply forecasts for the next three years are well below that threshold," Woodworth said.
The economics are not there
"The model we have developed to forecast supply incorporates several industry performance and economic variables," said John B. (Jack) Corgel, PhD., the Robert C. Baker professor of real estate at the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration and senior advisor to PKF-HR. "One of the key inputs is inflation adjusted pricing, or real average daily rates (ADR) in lodging parlance. Because of the discounting that occurred during recession, real ADR is not projected to reach pre-recession levels until beyond 2015, thus suppressing the financial feasibility of new development projects in the near term."
"We hear a lot of people complaining that room rates have not risen fast enough. While this may have muted the profitability of lodging assets the past few years, the resulting lack of new supply allows for some very favorable forecasts of future performance," Woodworth noted. Based on the March 2014 Hotel Horizons market forecast, PKF-HR is projecting 12.7 percent increase in unit-level hotel profits (NOI) in 2014 and another 14.5 percent in 2015. This will cap a five year run of double-digit gains on the bottom-line, a span not seen since the 1970s.
Construction activity
While supply growth is limited on a national level, it should be noted that some markets across the U.S. are seeing meaningful increases in new competition. Over the next two years, the inventory of hotel rooms in New York, Austin, Nashville, Pittsburgh, West Palm Beach, and Miami are all projected to increase in excess of four percent.
"The relatively high construction activity in these locales might concern the hotel owners in these markets. However, despite all the new rooms entering their cities, occupancy levels in New York, Austin, Nashville, Pittsburgh, West Palm Beach, and Miami are forecast to remain above their long-run average through 2018. This is an indication that current hotel development activity is being driven by market demand, not the artificial tax and financing incentives or excess liquidity that caused overbuilding during past recovery periods," Woodworth stated.
The popular remain popular
Among the chain-scales, the greatest development activity is occurring in the upscale, upper-upscale, and upper-midscale segments. The upscale and upper-midscale categories contain most of the select-service, boutique, and extended-stay brands that are not only popular with developers and lenders, but consumers as well.
"Yet another difference between the current cycle and historical patterns are the types of hotels being built during this recovery. In the past, lower-priced, limited-service hotels were typically the first properties to be built following a recession, simply because they were the most affordable to construct. This time around we are seeing the greatest development activity in the upper-priced segments," said Woodworth.
Strong fundamentals continue
Strong increases in lodging demand continue to support the supply growth that is occurring. PKF-HR is forecasting the number of accommodated room nights in the U.S. to increase by 2.6 percent in both 2014 and 2015. With demand growth outpacing supply, the national occupancy level will continue to increase through 2015, resulting in six, consecutive years of gains in this metric. "According to Moody's Analytics, our macroeconomic forecasting agent, real personal income will continue to rise in 2014, while employment will finally return to pre-recession levels by the end of the year. Add in continued growth in business and consumer expenditures, and you have a good tasting recipe for generating lodging demand," Corgel commented.
With occupancy levels rising, hotel managers should be able to become more aggressive with their pricing. PKF-HR is forecasting ADR to increase by 4.9 percent in 2014 and another 5.7 percent in 2015. "As we know, ADR has a 20 percent greater effect on NOI change than occupancy. Therefore, with ADR driving revenue per available room (RevPAR) growth the next few years, we continue to view the current time period as one of the most profitable in the history of the U.S. lodging industry," Woodworth concluded.


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A new independent daily, NewsDay, was also approved for domestic publication.
The Media Commission approved three other licenses as well. They went to The Daily Gazette, to be published by the company that now produces The Financial Gazette, a weekly that has some reported ties to the ruling ZANU-PF; The Mail, a new publication owned by a company linked to the ruling party; and The Worker, a monthly run by the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions that now will become a weekly.
"We welcome this decision with open arms and hope this will allow the public
access to independent reporting," said CPJ's Africa Program Coordinator
The Media Commission was established in December 2009 as part of the media reform efforts that were included in the power-sharing deal between the ruling ZANU-PF and opposition parties.
The independent print press was once an active force in Zimbabwean society. But in 2002, facing stiffening political opposition, President Robert Mugabe introduced draconian media laws requiring journalists and newspapers to register with the government. In practice, the government used these rules to shut down independent publications.
Under editor Geoffrey Nyarota, a former CPJ International Press Freedom Awardee, The Daily News had been the nation's most popular paper before it was banned by the government in September 2003. Nyarota has served recently as an online consultant for The Daily News.
A small handful of independent weeklies have continued to publish in Zimbabwe over the past seven years. They include the Zimbabwe Independent and The Standard, both of which are owned by the same company that plans to publish NewsDay. Other independent publications, such as The Zimbabwean, led by the exiled editor Wilf Mbanga, are printed outside the country and then shipped into Zimbabwe.
Editor's note: The original text of this alert was corrected to remove an erroneous reference to Geoffrey Nyarota's role in the relaunch of The Daily News. He has recently served as a consultant. He is not serving as editor.


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Open for just over two months, The Friendship Tree Thrift store in Bath celebrated their official grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony last Thursday. The event, hosted by the Bath Business & Community Partnership kicked off the final Thursday event throughout the borough. The Friendship Tree Thrift & Consignment store is located in the historic Edgar A. Graver building at 107 North Chestnut Street, built in 1905.
The Friendship Tree is a thrift and consignement boutique offering high quality, previsouly loved goods including housewares, clothing for the entire family, acceessories, books, jewelry, antiques and unique handmade items and much more. A portion of the proceeds from all sales are donated to Christ Church of Bath, including sales from consignement items. "We want to help the community by providing quality items at low cost," said Jocelyn Wedge owner, "And giving back is also part of our core values, this is just one way we can help."
The thrift store is open Monday, Thursday Friday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Donations can be dropped off at any time and appointments are necessary for consignment items.
Final Thursday
Following the ribbon cutting, seven businesses, including The Friendship Tree were open late offering specials, free refreshments and live music. The S. Seem Antiques & Artisans shop, where final thursday began back in August, hosted live music. They also offered 10% off to anyone wearing pink to celebrate the "Pink Full Moon" according to the farmer's almanac.
The Friendship Tree offered 50% off and brought back history with promenading models who walked from shop to shop displaying clothing and accessories for sale at the thrift store. The models also sported floral donated by Hayes Flowers who was open late and offering Thursday specials. Also open late were 5Points Barbara Shop, Bath Nails, Daily Grind, Hayes Flowers, Steckel House Antiques, and MyFitnessCourt who celebrated their grand opening last month. Visitors who stopped by got a sneak peak at the Red Wolf Bar & Grille located at the Historic Bath Hotel. The management at Red Wolf hopes to open the doors for business this Friday.
Businesses are encouraged to particpate in Final Thursday next month, Thrusday May 30th. Final Thursday was started to encourage commerce in the borough, which typically ends at 5 or 6 p.m. For more information, contact Sharon Davis 610-973-4404.


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Frea was asleep, sprawled out over almost the entirety her little bed. The first real bed the girl could remember having in her short life, probably. The bed that the warrior had to all but force the child to use. Frea screamed and kicked and whined for her pile of pillows and cushions in the corner of the room. The tiny little nest she had made herself and was so proud of. It no longer existed in her mind or memory once she actually tried out the bed. Breygrah was able to clear the corner without a second glance. Breygrah sat.
She mumbled in her sleep, a lot, and this night was no exception. Nothing was remotely recognizable, but Breygrah could at least tell it was orcish. It was always orcish. Her father would not have minded that in the least. She began learning Taurahe because it was only proper to know her mother tongue, but it was always going to be the second language for her. Just as orcish was for Breygrah. Gruff, harsh, throaty orcish. Noises rather than real words. Taurahe flowed off of the tongue. Orcish was a clearing of the throat. Breygrah smiled.
Noise? The elf? She didn't seem to be stirring. Poor thing was exhausted, whatever she had been doing. Her eyes were dark, her breath was ragged from fatigue, but she hardly looked as if she exerted herself. The Warriors knew better than to ask the priestess what she had been doing, since she would lie anyway. And that was okay. The elf slept, and tauren watched the night. Breygrah sighed.
The tauren's ear swiveled towards the window, and the sound. A clump of dirt stuck to the window, a blade of grass with it being whipped around in the wind before it was finally torn free. Kex'ti? Who else would be so playful at this hour? She rose, and the small, silent room made her well aware of the noise her hooves made on the floor. She crossed to the window to see a familiar shape in the grass below. 'Wh... why would she... What?' Breygrah descended to the street with a bridled horror. 'Who... Is hurt? Did someone succumb? Is papa sick? Has mother sent another of her scoldings?' Breygrah grunted.
"Ragetotem," the huntress greeted.
"Thunderhorn," Brey responded in kind as she looked up to study the huntress' face.
Chepwa seemed in no different a mood as Brey could remember. Stoic. Silent. No panic. No one is hurt. The warrior quickly calmed. She did not notice her cousin carried anything until a heavy folded pile of cloth was flung and hit her in the face. Heavy cloth stained dark brown, trimmed with blue. A golden bull's head stared back up at her, and a lump began forming in her throat. The huntress hardly raised her voice enough for the warrior to hear "you know what you must do." For what felt like an eternity, Breygrah stood and stared.


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Delivering HD and standard definition TV channels via your aerial, Freeview's digital terrestrial service is now available in most parts of the UK.
While non-recording 'zapper' Freeview boxes can be picked up for around £20 these days, the PVR market is where the real 'action' is.
Most can be used to watch and record HD and SD Freeview channels and have two tuners allowing for the recording (usually of of two channels at once) to an internal, and in some cases external, hard disk. A 500GB hard disk can typically store around 220 hours of SD or 70 hours of HD recordings. Blu-ray/HDD recording combis are also available.
Most boxes are Freeview+ HD certified (or boast much the same functionality) bestowing on them similar capabilities as enjoyed by owners of Sky+ or Virgin Media's TiVo. This includes the ability to schedule automatic series recordings, pause and rewind live TV, to automatically record both parts of a split programme and to enable the user to schedule recordings of a programme by pressing the green button when a trailer is broadcast.
A number of so-called 'smart' products go beyond mere TV recording to offer such bonus features as video on demand and catch-up TV from the likes of BBC iPlayer and YouTube, web-based apps portals, internet radio streaming, the ability to play media files located on USB drives or networked computers/hard drives, or in some cases to stream TV to other devices.
Before buying, check that you're able to receive Freeview using the Freeview coverage checker.
Icecrypt T2400
Unrivalled storage capacity on a modest recording 'work horse'
£240: Now being sold equipped with a massive 2TB hard disk, giving it the biggest storage capacity of any Freeview HD PVR we know of, the Icecrypt T2400 sports a classy eye-catching colour vacuum flourescent display and is accompanied by a 'well weighted and comprehensively labelled' remote.
Two tuners allow for the simultaneous recording of two channels at once aided by an attractively presented EPG and the picture quality of HD channels is particularly impressive. Add to this the ability to play and transfer media from USB-inserted drives to which you can also 'export' standard definition TV recordings for watching elsewhere.
Read: Icecrypt T2400 review
Humax HDR-FOX T2
Still one of the best Freeview recorders you can buy
£220: Available with 500GB or 1TB ( for around £260) drives, the HDR-FOX T2 is a veteran of the Freeview HD PVR market and still one of the best. Its slick case design was recently 're-visited' for the Humax's DTR-T1000 YouView PVR and its dual tuners but can be used record up to three channels simultaneously if two are on the same multiplex.
You can also play media from USB drives and access the manufacturer's web-enabled TV Portal which features BBC iPlayer and YouTube. With very effective 1080p upscaling, picture quality for live and recorded TV is among the best around.
Read: Humax HDR-Fox T2 review
Panasonic DMR-HW220
A host of smart features and a large HDD are stand out features
£300: Packing a generous 1TB drive (it can be used to record to external hard disks too) this hard disc-only Panny PVR is blessed with many of the desirable features of its Blu-ray recording/playing sibilings. It can be used to record two channels at once and SD broadcasts can be upscaled to 1080p quality via HDMI.
Smart functionality includes the abilty to play media from USB drives, SD cards or networked storage and the manufacturer's VIERA Connect portal which currently features BBC iPlayer, YouTube, Facebook, Netflix and Skype-calling. It can also act as a server, streaming SD recordings to other networked devices .
Product page: Panasonic DMR-HW220
Pure Avalon 300R Connect
This snazzy Pure PVR comes at a premium price
£349.99: One of the newest recorders on the market is also one of the priciest at £350 for the 1TB model or £300 for the more modest 500GB variant. It has four HDMI inputs as well as an output allowing it act as a hub for other little black boxes in your AV setup.
The remote feels a little cheap but it has a 'thoroughly polished' user interface. Web-delivered features include video on demand from BBC iPlayer and YouTube, internet radio and podcast streaming and the Spotify-style Pure Music service. It will also play media from USB or networked drives.
Read: Pure Avalon 300R Connect review
View21 VWFVRHD50
Apple and box apps make this worth viewing
£200: Hailing from Goodmans brand-maker Harvard International the View21 range is another combining Freeview recording with smart functionality. Available with either 320GB (for £180) or 500GB drives, it has two tuners and supports dual recording.
A modest apps line up includes BBC iPlayer,YouTube, Twitter and Flickr with more promised. You can also make use of two free companion apps for Apple handhelds – View21 Photo which allows you to display stored photos via the box on the TV and View21 Play which enables remote control and even TV streaming. By no means perfect but it does a lot for the money.
Read: View21 VWFVRHD50 review
Panasonic DMR-PWT520
Blu-ray player/HDD combi offers the best of both worlds
£410: Helping to make the most of precious shelf space under your TV, this Panasonic box fuses a twin-tuner 1TB Freeview+ HD PVR with a 3D-ready Blu-ray disc spinner while also 'shoehorning' in an abundance of smart functionality.
As well as recording two channels to the internal or an external hard disk in a choice of quality settings, you can play media from USB or networked drives or SD cards and stream TV recordings and media via DLNA to other compatible kit around the home (WiFi is built-in). The VIERA Connect apps portal meanwhile includes BBC iPlayer, Netflix and Skype calling.
Product page: Panasonic DMR-PWT520
Samsung BD-E8500
Capable PVR/Blu-ray player combi converts TV to 3D
£400: This Samsung 'combi-deal' is both a Freeview HD PVR and a 3D-ready Blu-ray player with the ability to render Freeview broadcasts in 3D too. Housing two tuners and a modest 500GB hard drive, you can record uo two channels while watching a third different channel if two are located on the same Freeview multiplex.
Smart features include the ability to play media from USB or DLNA-networked storage and Samsung's ever-expanding Smart Hub apps portal featuring YouTube, BBC iPlayer, Facebook, Twitter and many more. Samsung's SmartView app meanwhile, can be used to stream TV to smartphones and tablets.
Product page: Samsung BD-E8500
Humax DTR-T1000
This YouView box is also a decent Freeview PVR
£299: It may be classed as a YouView box, but the DTR-T1000 is at heart a Freeview HD PVR augmented by broadband-delivered video on demand, namely catch-up TV 'players' from the four main UK broadcasters plus Sky's Now TV pay service.
Currently being supplied with BT's TV, broadband and phone bundles, it's easy to use thanks to the intuitive interface which lets you search for live and on-demand programmes and picture performance is excellent. Downsides are the lack of WiFi and smart features other than a remote recording app for Apple devices. Now available with a stylish silver case as the DTR-T1010.
Read: Humax DTRT1000 review
Samsung STB-E7500
This feature-packed recorder is smarter than most
£250: This Samsung hard disc recorder includes a a CI+ slot suitable for adding a pay TV CAM, a 500GB hard drive and twin tuners with the ability to record two channels while watching a third live channel if on the same multiplex as another
As expected from Samsung, it offers a great deal more besides TV recording.
You can also play media files from USB or networked drives and use the Smart Hub apps portal which includes a web browser and catch-up TV. In addition, Samsung's SmartView app can be used to remotely stream TV to compatible smartphones and tablets.
Product page: Samsung STB-E7500 review
EchoStar HDT-610R
This Ultra Slim box is a little slim on features too
£260: A mere 14mm deep, this 'world's thinnest' PVR will complement equally girth-challenged TVs yet Echostar has still managed to find room for a capacious 500GB disc and two tuners for dual recording.
Recorded series are handily grouped into folders and picture and audio quality is decent from both live and recorded TV. Altogether a likeable enough machine but it's a shame that, unlike the manufacturer's 'SlingLoaded' HDS-600RS Freesat PVR, there's no Slingbox-enabled remote streaming functionality onboard.
Indeed, compared to most of the competition, apart from BBC iPlayer streaming the box is noticeably lacking in smart features. Style over substance then.
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Book burning on Feb. 10th 2009 due to CPSIA
I have not been able to verify the information in this blog post but this information is moving around via email to librarians so I thought I would pass it on. Without specific cites to the law I would be very wary to take at face value some of the points made.
The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA H.R. 4040) has a good goal: protect kids from dangerous imports tainted with lead. Bravo! Unfortunately it goes about doing so in such a way that it'll drive up costs across the board, drive many manufacturers and retailers out of business, and not really make kids any safer.
So what does CPSIA do? It mandates lead testing for ALL items intended for children under 13 or PERCEIVED as being for those under age 13. So items commonly regarded as "kids stuff" even if it is intended for adults, such as many comics, collectible books, high end popups, etc, still falls under the statute even though they're aimed at adult collectors.
One press release from the CPSC
Just got off the phone with their press office
I should have some docs in hand today or sometime next week on this. For now it is late in the day in DC and it is a Friday, so anything is possible.
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What is it with librarians and blowing things out of proportion
If the Act were read and understood it would be obvious that this blog post is complete nonsense.
1) The Act does not apply to different editions, or different books produced by a publisher. A lot or batch can contain different books produced from the same presses or plant and contain the same batch or lot number. Just as a variety of dress sizes can have the same lot or batch number and would be treated as a single batch for testing purposes under the act.
2) There would be no books to burn on 2/10/09 as the act does not apply to articles produced before that date so any books existing on that date in inventory would be exempt.
What a bunch of clowns. That is why I stopped telling people I am a librarian because they act like Chicken Little.
The letter is not clear
The letter that says only new products are required to be tested also says that "children's products with more than 600 ppm total lead cannot lawfully be sold in the United States on or after February 10, 2009, even if they were manufactured before that date."
Does it exempt libraries because we do not sell things? Maybe.
The more I read, the more confused I become.
Two things
The library is not selling the books but more importantly the books do not have 600ppm of lead. If there is not 600ppm of lead then there is no problem.
Who determines whether the books or covers have less than the permissible level of lead? Who pays for the testing? The library? The publishers? The wholesalers? I don't dispute that books likely do not have much lead, but the law appears to demand proof -- the books are guilty until proven innocent. And who pays the fees for establishing innocence, both now and for books yet purchased?
The law only demands proof for items manufactured after Feb of this year. No proof is needed for old items.
If you have items over 600ppm you can get in trouble but two points
1) Libraries don't have any books over 600ppm
2) The product safety commission is never going to come check
They have two inspectors. Are they going to start with libraries or with Lead Mart? People need to chill and look at what the law was designed to do. No one from the product safety commission is going to step into a library. And if they step in nothing is going to happen because libraries do not have 600ppm books and because they do not manufacture books they don't have to have the compliance certificates.
Some useful CPSIA links
I posted on this topic today and included several relevant links, including a clarification on existing inventories by the CPSC:
Hope this helps!
If you actually read the law
If you actually read the law as it is written,you might understand that this law applies to EVERYTHING a child under 12 might use. It is retroactive. It does NOT grandfather anything in.
This is a letter released by Random House regarding this issue.
January 7, 2009
Application Of Lead-Testing Requirements To Books Threatens
Removal Of Children's Books From Classrooms, Schools & Libraries
The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA), enacted in August of last year, imposes stringent requirements for lead-content testing of toys and other children's products. Beginning February 10, any children's product found to contain more than the new limits on lead content as a result of such testing will be treated as a banned
hazardous substance under the Federal Hazardous Substances Act.
Although paper-based books are not "regulated products" within the
jurisdiction of the Consumer Product Safety Commission and have no
history of presenting toxic risks to children due to lead content, the
Commission's Office of General Counsel, responding two weeks ago to a request for an advisory opinion by the Association of American
Publishers and allied industries on the limited application of CPSIA
testing requirements to such books, has opined that "a book intended
or designed primarily for children would need to meet" the new lead
content limits and thus must be tested to determine whether they are
safe for children's use.
The advisory opinion reached this conclusion despite the Association
of American Publishers' efforts to distinguish actual, paper-based
books from plastic children's toys in the shape or form of books that
are intended to be played with or serve as teething devices for young
children, and despite a broad showing of actual test results
demonstrating that the ink, paper, paperboard, adhesive and binding
components of actual paper-based books do not present a risk of lead
toxicity to children.
If the CPSIA is applied to paper-based books, as indicated in the
advisory opinion of the CPSC General Counsel, children's book
publishers, manufacturers and distributors will be confronted with
several nightmarish scenarios. All existing paper-based children's
books such as The Cat in the Hat, Goodnight Moon and Harry Potter as well as thousands of textbook titles—tens of millions of
books—currently on the shelves of our nation's classrooms, public and
school libraries, bookstores and in warehouses may simply be removed and destroyed because they cannot feasibly be tested to assure compliance with these unfounded toxicity concerns. All new
paper-based books—not plastic toys in the shape of books—will be
needlessly subjected to expensive and time-consuming testing that will overwhelm the few laboratories accredited for testing of actual
children's toys and other children's products potentially presenting
real threats of lead toxicity. These scenarios will have severe
adverse effects on our children's education.
Call the representatives listed below and explain to them that this is
an urgent issue with potentially dire consequences, and request that
paper-based children's books be given an immediate exemption from this law.
Ordinary paper-based children's books have no history of posing a lead threat to children.
Despite this, there is no way to assure book retailers that current
titles are actually in compliance. This is already triggering a
crushing and wholly unnecessary rejection of children's books by
stores and distributors.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has the power to exempt
categories from the scope of the CPSIA, and should exempt ordinary
paper-based children's books.
Wow, what a diatribe. To bad none of it is true. Trust me, in a year there will still be childrens books.
I worry that the hysterical people like this will throw away good books because they feel they have to comply with the law. Sad they don't understand that the law does not require this.
Cite me something
>It is retroactive. It does NOT grandfather anything in.
Back this up. Cite me the section that makes it retroactive. What I see is language that says that things made after Feb. 10 are effected.
not so funny
Please show me where in the text of HR 4040 it states that books are not required to be tested. I've read the entire thing, numerous times, and even read it again, looking specifically for justification to your argument. I was not able to find it. So, I, and many others whom you like to describe as hysterical would appreciate it if you show us exactly where this information is.
You say: If you actually
You say:
If you actually read the law as it is written,you might understand that this law applies to EVERYTHING a child under 12 might use. It is retroactive. It does NOT grandfather anything in.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission says:
The new law requires that domestic manufacturers and importers certify that children's products made after February 10 meet all the new safety standards and the lead ban. Sellers of used children's products, such as thrift stores and consignment stores, are not required to certify that those products meet the new lead limits, phthalates standard or new toy standards.
CPSIA does not grandfather - citations
"Under the new law, children's products with more than 600 ppm total lead cannot lawfully be sold in the United States on or after February 10, 2009, even if they were manufactured before that date. The total lead limit drops to 300 ppm on August 14, 2009."
This is from the consumer product safety commission website - it seems to appy to old materials too.
What I am unsure of is whether libraries are considered to "sell" since we only loan materials.
Apparently the decision to apply the requirement to existing inventory was made back in Sept.
No lead
Under the new law, children's products with more than 600 ppm total lead cannot lawfully be sold in the United States on or after February 10, 2009
There is no lead in books so there is no issue. If someone is manufacturing books with lead the law requires them to stop. So what?
Special covers
Depending upon the design of covers, specialty ones can have amounts in excess of the threshold. I'm still waiting to hear back on my CPSC data request. I can get an artist lined up to explain why and how lead would be used in making book and magazine covers, though.
Stephen Michael Kellat, Host, LISTen
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Books may contain lead
From the CPSC FAQ file.
Q: Does the new requirement for total lead on children's products apply to children's books, cassettes and CD's, printed game boards, posters and other printed goods used for children's education?
A: In general, yes. [There is detail about substrates that may contain lead paint under the plastic surface, etc.]
Yes book covers could have lead if the dyes and inks have lead in them. So manufacturers of books should not make books with 600ppm after Feb.10. And if you are a store you should not sell books with lead above 600ppm after Feb 10.
Since almost no books are going to have lead over 600ppm this means almost nothing.
What about products that are
What about products that are for adults but children might get hold of?
Like bullets, fountains in public gardens, gates, collections of old lead soldiers in museums?
In regards to general use items there is a FAQ at the CPSIA website and it backs the non-chicken little view.
Someone wrote into the CPSC and asked what about ballpoint pens? The brass in the head of the pens supposedly has lead in it. CPSA answer was that pens are for general use and would not be effected by the CPSIA.
So the Ahhhhhhhhh, Ahhhhhhhhhh, all pens are made illegal by the CPSIA was shot down by the CPSC. (The agency that enforces the CPSIA)
That is it!
The Civil War is now illegal because of the lead used in bullets with which children may come in contact.
However modern battlefields, especially those in which depleted uranium rounds are used are prefectly fine.
Sky is falling clowns.
This bears repeating, since
This bears repeating, since apparently some didn't understand it the first time:
"Under the new law, children's products with more than 600 ppm total lead cannot lawfully be sold in the United States on or after February 10, 2009, even if they were manufactured before that date. The total lead limit drops to 300 ppm on August 14, 2009."
As to the person stating there is no lead in books-how do you know? Have you lead tested books? Have you talked to anybody who has tested books for lead? Apparently in some books there is the possibility that there may be too much lead on the covers, and the law applies to ALL children's items, not just those manufactured after Feb. 10 2009 (read above quote again if this is not clear).
ANY children's item that has over the legal limit of lead will be considered a "banned hazardous substance", subject to the Federal Hazardous Substances Act (FHSA), which prohibits introducing such items into the stream of commerce. While I don't know if these rules apply to libraries, they certainly DO apply to anybody who SELLS a children's book.
If it is a new item in a retail store it must have a certificate of compliance (if one is not provided by the manufacturer/publisher, you MUST test the item and receive a certificate from the lab/test administrator or else destroy it). If it is a used item being resold it DOES NOT need a certificate, but if it DOES have too much lead (say a CPSC field agent shows up and tests it with his handheld XRF analyzer), the seller will face civil and/or criminal penalties.
CPSC posting is not the law
The CPSC is charged with enforcing the law and adopting regulations to do so. The CPSC is not the authoratative source for the law. You might want to read it in the Federal Register, as that is indeed an authoratative source for the law.
By the way the CPSC has exactly two inspectors for this type of compliance inspection.
Libraries are not affected as they do not sell books.
The only reason the law is retroactive is that you can't allow manufacturers that have created lead chew toys for children to sell them and have a loop hole that they were manufactured before this year.
The whole purpose of the law is to make sure that the stream of new products coming on the market do not have too much lead in them.
How much does one of those XRF analyzers cost? I think I am going to buy one and open my own lead inspection service.
First place I am going to go is the Mercedes dealership. "Sorry this Mercedes has too much lead. I am going to need to confiscate it."
What are Antiquarian Vintage Booksellers To Do?
Many first edition books were originally printed for children. Many vintage, used booksellers only sell some of these books (like some of the kids books) for like $20.00
How are they to make a living if it'll cost 10 times that for them to lead test each book?
Lead in Books
I am now certain that common sense and native intelligence is in short supply in the USA.
Instead we have Government flexing their muscles banning stuff on the flimsiest of excuses....
Oh well, it was a good run while it lasted!!!!
Who says??
Maybe what needs to be done first is for books to be screened for lead using an XRF (X-ray fluorescence). Then if books are shown to contain lead that is at or above the same standard as paint (1.0 micrograms/square centimeter), then they should be tested in a laboratory for the CPSC level. Using the XRF as screening tool is fairly inexpensive, a large number of books could be tested fairly quickly and it is non-destructive. As well, if the test is negative, then it can be treated as not containing lead.
This notion that there has been no problems or that there is no lead can only be summed up by stating that is because it has not been tested. To sit there and do anything but look for viable options and be unwilling to get lead contaminants out of the hands of children is pathetic. How many of you thought it was a travesty that lead was in or on any of the toys that have been imported from China over the past few years? If there is lead in the inks that were used in printing, that lead can be available to children. It does not take a whole lot to become lead poisoned and it does not required the children to eat the pages.
Do I think the CPSC's planis flawless? Absolutely not. Is there some merit in the rules? Absolutely yes.
Even if there is no lead in the books, the burning of books poses it's own set of health hazards. If there is lead in them, it exacerbates the lead poisoning issue.
Dr. Seuss Meets the CPSIA
I think you will enjoy reading this!
Dr. Seuss Meets the CPSIA –


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The last auction for the Williamstown glass maker.
Back in December 2013 Fenton Glass made the announcement they were closing the museum.
People from all over the world came to the first two auctions and now the third will be on July 26th, with 585 lots of Fenton Glass items from the museum.
The company says with many one of a kind glass pieces, there will be real competition.
"Well it's mixture of being a little bit sad, knowing that the museum has closed because I was involved with getting the museum started in the mid 1970s," says Jim Measell, historian. "But it's also a time, a once in a lifetime opportunity for Fenton collectors to purchase some really, really interesting pieces."
Dexter City Auction Gallery is 16 to 17 miles north of Marietta off Interstate 77.
Measell says the funds from the auction will go back to the gift shop, with other funds to the Fenton Art Glass Company going to pay off obligations to its creditors.
Even though they are not making glass, they are making jewelry beads and the gift shop continues to stay open
A name may be gone, but a plant will remain.
That's what the owners of Fenton Art Glass tell us.
Gene Bem, C.E.O. of U.S. Glass, says participation by the Fenton family in the Williamstown plant is winding down.
But he says U.S. Glass, who purchased the plant in 2012, still plans manufacturing there.
In fact, Bem says it is working on a deal with Wal-Mart, and hopes to be making glass products by the end of this year for the nation's largest retailer.
Fenton made decorative-and collectable-glass products there for more than a century.
There hasn't been any manufacturing at Fenton Art Glass for a long time.
What's left of it is the gift shop.
A year ago the company which bought the long-time manufacturer tried, unsuccessfully, to sell off its old glassmaking moulds as a fundraiser to re-start the business.
Fenton has always been a large tourist attraction to the area.
And the West Virginia Division of Tourism says it is anticipating what remains of the glassmaker will soon be closing.
And it will be a loss for area tourism.
"I think what makes it so sad for a lot of people is that part of our Americana, part of our heritage, glassblowing, is a well-known thing in West Virginia. So it will be a loss to not have it," says Debbie Florence, supervisor at the Williamstown Welcome Center.
Fenton has been close to shutting down before but efforts by the company and its employees held off a complete shutdown before U.S. glass purchased the property two years ago.
Florence says while Fenton likely won't be bringing visitors to the area, state and local tourism officials will continue efforts to make travelers aware of the area's other attractions.
Updated: 5/14/2013 6:10 P.M.
Fenton Art Glass and its new parent company, U.S. Glass, are running out of time to raise money to catalog the 10,000 moulds it has in its Williamstown plant.
They come not only from Fenton, but from glass makers of the past, like Imperial and Fostoria Glass.
And they might be of interest to the thousands of collectors of Fenton products from all over the country.
"Probably over the last 30 years, as other companies in the handmade glass industry went out of business, we were able to acquire their moulds", says company President George Fenton. "In some cases, we scrapped them, and in other cases, we kept them in storage. And that's why we have to catalog them, so they'll have a full picture of what's available."
Fenton needs $50,000 by next Monday for the cataloging fundraiser. It currently has a little less than one-fifth of that goal.
We have a link to the newsletter and information on the fundraiser on the "Hot Button" on our web channel.
Updated: 3/19/2013 6:10 P.M.
Residents of the area, and, more specifically, Williamstown, understand the impact Fenton Art Glass has had during its more than 100 years of operation.
"Tour buses come into it, and all kinds of things," said Beverly Strickler. "I have a business, and we have people stop. So, it means a lot."
But while a new company has stepped in to operate it, when it does again begin production, it won't have the Fenton name. It will instead be known as the Williamstown Glassmaking Plant. And while it may, at first, use Fenton's molds, it plans to produce its own decorative glass products.
"Over time, we plan on bringing our own types of glass products into that facility that may even have other brands on it," says Gene Bem, CEO, U.S. Glass, Incorporated. "So, the initial start will be a Fenton product line that is refreshed, using the current infrastructure that's in the factory, that will reflect the capability of the factory. Not necessarily the exact products."
It has been two years since production ceased at Fenton. U.S. Glass bought the plant at auction in 2012. Its gift shop has remained open, and will continue to be open-but to sell the company's remaining inventory.
"And there's product there to be bought now, especially if you like Fenton glass, since they or we won't be making any more of that," Bem says. "So now's the chance, if you like some of the stuff that's from the past."
While it will have just a few employees at first, Bem says U.S. Glass hopes to hire up to 50 people in the next few months-and maybe more- depending on how well its product line is received.
Updated: 3/18/2013 5:35 P.M.
A step toward a new beginning for Fenton Art Glass.
Its new owners have received $100,000 from the state's venture capital firm.
The West Virginia Jobs Investment Trust provided the funding to restart the company's decorative glass production lines, which closed down two years ago.
It's the investment trust's first round of funding in the Fenton group, which bought the plant last year.
Department of Commerce Secretary Keith Burdette says the funds will also be used marketing.
While production at the plant was stopped, the company's gift shop has remained open.
Associated Press 2012:
WILLIAMSTOWN, W.Va. (AP) - Hand-blown glass-maker Fenton Art
Glass Co.'s assets will be sold later this year at auctions in Ohio
and West Virginia.
Auctions of glass are set for April 21 and July 28 at Randy
Clark's Auction Gallery in Dexter City, Ohio.
Intellectual property, including the company's name, logos,
trademarks and glass formulas will be sold at a May 24 auction at
its plant in Williamstown.
Fenton Art Glass President George Fenton says that the company's future depends on who buys its
Last July, the 107-year-old company announced that it was
shutting down its traditional glass-making business.
(Copyright 2012 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)


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Edmonton – Catholics in the Edmonton Archdiocese have been directed to kneel for the Consecration during Mass and bow before receiving Communion.
"These directives have as their intention to assure consistent practice in the archdiocese and conformity with the universal law of the Church," Archbishop Richard Smith says in a pastoral letter announcing the directives.
"This is very important. The oneness of our faith is to be apparent in the unity of our gestures and posture at the Sacred Liturgy."
(The full text of the archbishop's letter.)
The archbishop said Catholics are to kneel immediately following the conclusion of the Sanctus ("Holy, Holy") and to stand when the priest announces "The Mystery of Faith."
Referring to the Vatican's General Instruction on the Roman Missal, Smith said the proper posture for receiving Communion is standing, although allowance is made for those who wish to receive while kneeling.
"While standing before the minister of Communion, the recipient first makes a bow of the head before reception to reverence the Blessed Sacrament," he said.
One may receive Communion either in the hand or on the tongue, he continued. "When receiving on the hand, one hand is to be placed over the other, so that the host may be placed by the minister in the hand.
"It is inappropriate for the recipient to take the sacred Host from the minister."
The directives are timed to coincide with the institution of the new English translation of the Roman Missal, which occurs Nov. 27, the first Sunday of Advent.
However, the archbishop said he has authorized the priests of the archdiocese to begin implementing the General Instruction immediately to help Catholics in their preparation for the changes.


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