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This week I started working again after taking a few weeks off to get use to little Theo’s arrival. Betsy is taking a full three months off so we aren’t shipping him off to daycare just yet!

Since I work from home, I still try to spend some time with the guy while I do some basic tasks (answer email, etc.) That also gives Betsy a little break in the morning.

I’ve found this awesome Ergo carrier to be perfect for us. After Theo wakes up, I just slip him in it and I can walk around or do computer work and he just naps the whole time! The nice thing is that the carrier grows with the baby so I expect we’ll be able to use this sucker for years (which is good because it ain’t cheap)!

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Lots of good Super Bowl eats out there this week (plus I’m posting a fun one tomorrow)!

Sam’s Cheez-Its – These are the perfect snack bowl filler. Crispy and cheesy! I love the white cheddar and seed upgrade. (@ A Sweet Spoonful)

Chorizo Walking Tacos – I made these earlier in the year and they would be the perfect Super Bowl food. Easy to make in assembly line format so people can stuff their own! (@ Tablespoon)

Cheesy Pull Apart Bread – The only issue I have with this recipe is I’m not sure what everybody else would eat but I wouldn’t want to share this guy. (@ Five Heart Home)

23 Essential Super Bowl Foods – All the standards in one list. Pick out a few of these and you’ll be all set! (@ Buzzfeed)

Have a great weekend everybody. If you need me I’ll be multi-tasking.

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  1. We loved our baby ergo! I/we wore Sky until she was just too active and wanted to walk on her own, about 2 or so. She is also very tall for her age and got too dang long to be able to wear her comfortably. But, man I miss those days. I could go and do all day long with the ergo, it was like magic anytime she was fussy…just pop her int he ergo and she was golden. Enjoy it!

    1. Awesome Jen! Yea… T isn’t totally in love with it yet. I think he might be a bit too small for it, but I can’t wait until we can just conquer the day in that sucker. :)

  2. Ergo all the way! It’s the best and is great when you’re ready to move Theo to your back, too. I agree with Jeny- really miss those days of carrying in the Ergo.

  3. Couldn’t love this pic any more than I do! I worked with babies attached to me or around my feet for years — it’s a win-win for both the bebe and the parent. Any time spent together is never time ill-spent. Love it! :)

  4. I used Baby Bjorn on my monkey. I got skilled enough to cook with her in it (take proper precautions, of course). That was THE only way to get ANYTHING done around the house.
    Re: the roundup, chorizo taco are going on my list to make this week. We love chorizo in migas on Sunday mornings, such a treat.

  5. My 19 month old still naps in her ergo occasionally while I’m at my desk working. Life.Saver. I also work full time from home and have a food blog, so the hours get a little bit insane with a toddler (and four older boys!) in the house. The summer should be real interesting.

    Great blog, by the way! I’m a first time visitor. Very impressed!

    1. Hey Nicole! Sounds like we are in the same boat (except yours is times FIVE!) haha. Wow. Thanks for swinging by and commenting! :)

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The former head of Amazon in the UK claims not to 'watch the share price obsessively', despite it falling 39% in the last two weeks.

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Asos is going out of fashion faster than palazzo pants at the moment. Earlier this year, the online fashion retailer was the darling of the stock market: at their peak in February, shares were worth more than £70, having floated at little more than 20p on London’s AIM market back in 2001. Two profit warnings later, and more than £3bn has been wiped of the company’s value, with shares hovering around £27.
Brian McBride, the company's chairman, is trying to be cooler than Cara Delevingne in a pair of Ray-Bans. ‘Believe it or not, I don’t really watch the share price obsessively,’ the Scot tells MT in an interview (yeah, right). ‘Volatility is what you expect when you surprise the market, and we did surprise the market.’
He would say that - anything less would scare shareholders even more. But the fact is, Asos slashed its full-year margin forecast from 6.5% to 4.5% on June 5th, blaming a strong pound and ‘increased promotional activity’ – code for heavy discounting in markets such as Australia as sterling-based prices shot up.
Meanwhile, retail revenue grew by 25% in the quarter to the end of May, compared with 34% in the six months to the end of February. That’s still stratospheric in relative terms, and the company is on track to meet that ever-elusive £1bn annual turnover target for the first time, but it’s clear investors had got used to sky-high sales growth. ‘We have to just re-earn the trust in the market over the next six or nine months,’ McBride admits.
‘I think everyone can be wise after the event,’ he says. ‘We’ve all been taken a little bit [by surprise] by the speed of the economic recovery. But it is a cycle and it won’t be like this forever.’

‘We would always want to be growing healthy double digits, without a doubt, but we haven’t set targets that we’re going to grow at 40, 50%,’ says McBride, who headed up Amazon in the UK for six years until he had to step down due to ill health in 2011.

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Asos shares probably won’t ever trade at more than 100 times earnings again – Next, one of the best performers on the high street, is currently at a multiple of 17.7, while Google is around 30. But the company does have some ideas to at least start counteracting currency swings, including opening more warehouses abroad, where it makes 61% of its sales, and pricing in local currency by the end of the year.

‘This isn’t a dramatic lightswitch,’ McBride says of the latter measure, although shareholders could well be hoping for a bit more urgency, given Asos had planned to have it rolled out in April.

China is also proving tricky, with losses there expected to be £10m this year, instead of the £6m the company originally forecast. ‘It’s been more complex than we thought it was going to be at the start,’ McBride says, echoing the excuse of many other Western retailers for their travails in a market that, like America for British bands, is notoriously difficult to break into.

‘We’re still committed to China in the long term,’ McBride says. ‘We never saw China as something we would crack overnight, we saw it as being a bit of a journey where we would learn along the way.’

In the wider industry, recent less-than-successful tech IPOs aren’t a sign of another dotcom crash around the corner, he reckons. (Companies including and King are trading below their offer prices, although white goods e-tailer AO World, of which McBride is a senior non-exec director, is up almost 11% since floating.)

‘Given that we’re coming off the back of a recession... you can understand the optimism, the exuberance,’ he says. ‘What you’re seeing now is more of a normalisation. I don’t think people have taken fright, I don’t think people are getting out of tech - I just think it’s settling down a bit more.’

Meanwhile, McBride still has eyes for his former alma-mater Amazon. ‘I’m still a big customer, I’m still a big fan, I’m still a big shareholder,’ he says. ‘People argue about why they’re not more profitable, but I think they still see themselves as in... investment mode, and that’s quite right.’
The ecommerce giant won’t be competing with Asos, though, even if it does move further into fashion, McBride claims. ‘It’s a different business from Asos,’ he says. ‘It’s about fulfilling - Amazon isn’t really creating demand.’

Brian McBride will be speaking at London Business School’s Global Leadership Summit on June 24.

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No matter who you are, you've probably had a rough day at the office that changed your perspective, or maybe you made an impulse purchase you really, really wish you could take back. This week, Alton Brown, author of "EveryDayCook" and self-described "poly-culinary hypenate," took our money-inspired personality questionnaire.

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Everything else that does make you happy. Money buys time, money buys nice transportation, money buys everything but love and sometimes enough things to make up for not having love, like puppies.

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A service dog for a very, very rich lonely woman.

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My second airplane, because it meant selling my first airplane and I really love that airplane.

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Probably a photograph of that first airplane. No, I'll be really honest, I don't have any prized possessions.

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Those are all just tools. I do not get emotionally attached to things. I just don't. I can pick up a thing and I can enjoy and I can like it, but in the end, it's just a thing. And you either own it, and if you own it, then it owns you. I just don't get that attached.

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My first paying job was a busboy in a barbecue restaurant, I was 14 years old. I got fired later for being underage.

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WellCare Health net falls 43% on costs, sales up

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WellCare Health Plans Inc. WCG, +0.61% fourth-quarter earnings fell 43% as legal costs and higher medical bills masked the managed-care services provider's revenue growth.

The company also forecast full-year adjusted earnings of $4.50 to $4.85 a share while analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters expect $4.97 a share.

WellCare's revenue has continued to improve over the past two years as membership increased, mostly in its Medicare programs. The company bought some Medicare Advantage plans in Arizona from Humana Inc. (HUM), effective Jan. 1, and agreed last month to acquire Aetna Inc.'s (AET) Missouri Medicaid business, which provides managed-care services to more than 100,000 members.

But WellCare, which targets government-sponsored health-care programs, has struggled with high-cost problems in Kentucky after launching coverage of Medicaid patients there in late 2011.

Wednesday, the company said Kentucky recently amended its agreement and effective Jan. 1, WellCare will receive a premium rate increase of about 7%. Kentucky also accelerated the company's rate increase of about 3% to July 1 from Oct. 1.

WellCare reported a profit of $48.8 million, or $1.11 a share, down from $85.1 million, or $1.96 a share, a year earlier. Excluding items such as investigation-related legal costs, adjusted earnings fell to $1.32 a share from $2.15 a share. Revenue jumped 24% to $1.99 billion.

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Workshop on Advances in Computational Mathematics and Engineering
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Aero-Propulsion, Mechatronics and Energy Building (AME)
2003 Levy Ave., Engineering Campus

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Florida State University (FSU) has long been at the forefront in the development, analysis and application of computational methods. The Applied Mathematics Program (now Computational and Applied Mathematics) of the Mathematics department was created in the 1960's as support for the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Institute. The Supercomputer Computations Research Institute (SCRI) was created in the 1980's to foster interdisciplinary research using supercomputers. Today, computational research is conducted in several departments across the University.

The purpose of the Workshop on Advances in Computational Mathematics and Engineering is to provide a forum for FSU faculty and student research, to promote information exchange and collaboration across department and college boundaries, and to highlight the contributions of research conducted at FSU to computational mathematics and engineering.

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This is the Marquess Zip and Link Divan Set, a great new addition to Relyon's Heritage Collection. Zip and Link divan bases are a set of two 2'6" Small Single beds or 3' Single beds which can be firmly attached together to form a 5' Kingsize bed or a 6' Super King bed. With a high pocket spring count, this mattress offers a superb balance of comfort and support. Pocket springs consist of independently moving springs in individual fabric pockets. This spring system has two layers helping the mattress to move to the contours of your body, helping to bring support in key areas where you need it the most. Hand tufted in a traditional way, the Marquess will be sure to retain plumpness long into its lifespan. The sides have been carefully hand stitched with three rows to ensure edge to edge support. Silver+ Protection is a coating based on microparticles of silveial growth providing a fresh and hygenic fabric. The fillings are made from hand teased ohair, lambswool and hand teased lambswool, all renowned for their high levels of comfort. In the king size model of the divan base, there are 1000 pocket springs on top of a solid timber frame. This rigid, yet comfortable system provides outstanding results.

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The Premier Bedstead proudly sits on a throne above its competition. Hypnos has made world-class mattresses for over a hundred years, and having been honoured with a royal warrant, they don’t call it a king size for nothing. The mattress features 1200 of Hypnos’ luxury double-tempered ReActive pocket springs with six active turns, so that the longevity of this dual-sided mattress is vastly extended; so much so that we’ll give you a ten year guarantee.

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Mattress as expected for brand. Watch out for delivery men in a rush. They managed to scratch the walls by a single mattress along the stairs - I would have taken it up more carefully by myself. They also didn`t remove shoes or wear their over-protectors but they get you to sign their paperwork without you ticking the boxes to say they whether they did or not or if they caused any damage by covering that section and saying that you just need to rate out of 10 - they just need to take more pride

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Great mattress (same as the one we had before). Lots of luxury at a comfortable price!

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So comfortable and well worth the money. Well made and love the handles all the way round. Makes it easier to turn when necessary. We bought this on recommendations and your reviewers comments. We definitely sleep more soundlythese days!

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Guest Column | June 14, 2017

Navigating The Ethics Of Product Validation

By Natalie Abts, National Center for Human Factors in Healthcare, MedStar Health

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Medical device development is a complex and costly process affecting many stakeholders, including the human factors consultants tasked with assessing a product’s safety and usability. Competing priorities can potentially lead to ethical conflict between consultants and device manufacturers, especially when development is near-complete. Consider, for example, these cases — all sample situations I’ve experienced, to some degree, while working in the human factors consulting industry.

Case #1: A manufacturer, having completed no previous human factors work, approaches a human factors consultant for assistance with a validation study. Upon initial review of the company’s device and documentation, the consultant identifies potential use-related hazards not previously considered. Because the manufacturer cannot tolerate lengthy delays and the high costs associated with redesign at this stage, they want to move forward with a study protocol that omits testing of some potentially hazardous use scenarios.

Case #2: A human factors consultancy intends to validate a complex device that involves user training provided by the device manufacturer. After beginning the validation study, the consultancy observes a failure rate for certain high-risk scenarios. To keep the project moving, the manufacturer decides to adapt its training program to emphasize the failed scenarios (in an attempt to reduce the failure rate).

Case #3: A product’s human factors validation study has been completed, and the minimum standard of 15 users has been exceeded. Some team members suggest omitting data from two of the worst-performing participants to bring the number of users down to the required minimum.

Case #4: A previously undetected safety-critical error is discovered during the validation testing pilot run. Believing the error is unlikely to occur during the actual test, the manufacturer elects to move forward. After completing the study without occurrence of the error, the human factors consultant is unsure whether to include discussion of this potentially safety-critical problem in his/her reporting to the FDA.

Unfortunately, these types of ethical dilemmas arise with some regularity. Human factors consultants serve as a bridge between the FDA and medical device manufacturers, utilizing industry knowledge to help the manufacturer navigate the human factors regulatory process, as well as optimize designs for safety and usability. Ethical conflicts can arise when there is a disconnect between the study plan that the manufacturer believes is reasonable to achieve sufficient validation, and what the consultant believes is needed to conduct a robust study without sacrificing the integrity of the human factors process. To confront these issues and think about how to avoid them, we first need to think about the causes.

Mutual Misunderstanding

A lack of familiarity or mutual understanding regarding the human factors process can increase the probability of conflict between human factors professionals and medical device developers, and these dilemmas can start before the human factors work even begins. Manufacturers new to the process sometimes fail to see human factors as an integral part of development, viewing it instead as a quick validation stamp just before approval. Ideally, every stage of development should include human factors activities to maximize usability and ensure a new device fits well into the eventual work system. Some of these activities include interviews with end users, ethnographic studies, heuristic evaluations, usage-related risk analyses, and formative stage user testing.

When a device is market-ready, a human factors validation study is intended to be the final step in a robust human factors process. However, because validation is the only strict FDA requirement, the above activities — which should be considered vital to the process — can be viewed as unnecessary, time-consuming, and not worth the cost. When manufacturers come to human factors consultants at this late stage, it is possible that potentially critical usability issues remain embedded in the design. Then, when problems are discovered by consultants, ethical questions arise between meeting a paying client’s needs and ensuring that a device is going to be safe and usable on the market.

Contributing Factors To Conflict

The FDA released its final guidance on incorporating human factors and usability into medical device design in 2016. Although the ideas highlighted throughout the guidance are extremely useful, the content can also be a contributor to ethical conflicts. Because much of the document is written in a non-specific, recommendatory manner, it is open to interpretation by both the FDA and device developers, and this can cause confusion and potential conflict.

For example, in Case #2 above, the manufacturer wants to use the device’s training program to mitigate previously observed failure during the validation study. Despite the guidance discussing this as a poor technique for error mitigation, unless this approach is explicitly described  in the human factors report, the FDA would have no way of knowing that trainers emphasized certain tasks in a manner inconsistent with real-world training in an attempt to “pass” the study. Band-Aid fixes like these can hide a design deficiency enough to complete a successful validation study, but can leave a consultant conflicted between professional and ethical obligations.

Unsurprisingly, these problems are exacerbated by timeline constraints and development costs. When a critical usability issue is discovered so late in development, a manufacturer may not be able to afford the delays and costs associated with design modifications. Although both the consultant and the manufacturer are concerned about patient safety, pressure from stakeholders can lead things down the wrong path.

With inflexible time constraints and investor deadlines often dictating decisions at this point in the process, people on both sides may be forced into undesirable compromises. Consultants can be put in the uncomfortable position of deciding between allegiance to the device company engaging their services and the safety and efficacy of the device. Such pressure makes it easier to convince ourselves that the device is safe enough, and that these errors are unlikely to occur once the device reaches the market.

How Manufacturers Can Avoid Conflict

The easiest way for manufacturers to avoid such conflict is to thoroughly understand the benefits of human factors. Although that could be considered biased advice coming from a human factors engineer, the field is rapidly emerging as a vital part of development that the FDA takes very seriously. Rather than considering it another painful step in the process, the manufacturer should think of human factors as a vital tool to create the safest and most usable design.

Going the extra mile from a usability perspective can give a device company the edge over its competition, as well as reduce cost by increasing the probability that safety and usability issues are caught early, before designs are finalized and the costs of redesign skyrocket. Even if faced with a decision that leads to delays, manufacturers can use the time productively, rather than pushing forward with a suboptimal product. Conducting additional formative testing, further evaluating instructional materials, and refining training programs all are good ways to spend redesign time.

Another key to avoiding ethical conflict is understanding the constraints of human factors consultants, and approaching consultants with an expectation of honesty. If manufacturers want to make sure that studies are run within acceptable ethical boundaries, and meet FDA expectations, they need to understand that some of the adjustments described above are unacceptable. Although some consultants may bend to demands, working with this type of firm won’t necessarily result in a positive outcome.

Finally, it is important to recognize that the understanding of constraints goes both ways. Consultants should be sensitive to the vast amounts of time and money invested in product development, and attempt to meet the needs of the manufacturer, as long as any compromises are transparent to both parties, as well as the FDA.

Avoiding Conflict for Consultants

Human factors consultants must not forget that we have an obligation to patient safety and a shared responsibility for how devices operate once they reach the market. The best thing we can do in these situations is to hold our ground, refusing to compromise ethical standards that, if bypassed, could result in patient harm. That can be easier said than done, and the ethical line isn’t always clear.

When we look at some of the examples above, situations like Case #1 (omitting evaluation of high-risk scenarios) and Case #3 (omitting unfavorable data) are more cut-and-dried regarding the standards that should be upheld. Case #4, however, presents a more ambivalent situation in which a consultant has been hired to execute and report on a study, but has knowledge outside of the study results that could be critical. Although taking a stand in these situations could result in severing a relationship with a client, consultants who take on work that crosses ethical boundaries hurt the industry as a whole.

If a consultant refuses work due to ethical concerns, a device manufacturer willing to overlook safety issues likely will find another human factors firm to complete the work in the manner they are requesting, and the new consultant may be unaware of past ethical concerns. Even good human factors consultants can miss these critical issues if they aren’t discussed openly. By requesting review of risk assessments, previous user studies, and other documentation before conducting work with companies looking for validation studies only, consultants can try to determine for themselves whether the manufacturer legitimately is ready for validation.

Human factors firms inexperienced in FDA requirements may be less apt to catch these red flags, so they should consult with more experienced industry experts to ensure potential problems are identified. One thing to remember is that, while it might be tempting for consultants to take these contracts, running a poorly designed study and helping to secure approval for an unsafe product has the potential to hurt all parties (and the profession) in the end.

As unfortunate as these situations can be, it is important to note that the majority of medical device manufacturers are committed to creating safe products. As more companies experience the validation process and the human factors requirements become ingrained in development, we can hope that conflict occurs less frequently. The keys to avoiding conflict are a mutual understanding of shared safety and usability goals, and honest communication. If both parties can understand the expertise and constraints of the other side, together we can generate optimal designs without compromising ethical principles.

About The Author

Natalie is the Program Manager for the Usability Services division of the National Center for Human Factors in Healthcare. She oversees the technical and quality aspects of usability projects conducted  both for the medical device industry and within MedStar Health. She is involved in all aspects of planning and executing usability tests, and also leads an initiative to incorporate usability testing in medical device procurement.

Natalie holds a master’s degree in industrial engineering, with a focus on human factors and ergonomics, from the University of Wisconsin, where she was mentored by Dr. Ben-Tzion Karsh. Some of her previous work involved research on primary care redesign for the aging population and implementation of process improvement efforts in the ambulatory care setting.


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Synkoloid Company (Artra Group)

Background and Overview

The Synkoloid Company was a division of the Artra Group that produced a variety of patching products such as Spackling Paste, Tuff Patch Texture and Wood Patch. In 1981, The Muralo Company entered into a deal with Artra that ended with Muralo owning most of the Synkoloid divisions. They also inadvertently inherited a large number of personal injury lawsuits when the deal was finalized.

Synkoloid Company (Artra Group) Asbestos Containing Products

Many of the products manufactured from the late 1940’s to mid 1970’s by the Synkoloid Company contained a naturally occurring material called asbestos. Following its initial discovery, asbestos quickly became one of the primary ingredients in several industrial and commercial based products. Provided below is a list of the Synkoloid that were made with asbestos:

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Mesothelioma and Asbestos Exposure from Synkoloid Company Products

Asbestos was later found to be highly toxic, and exposure to the material has been linked to respiratory diseases and asbestos cancer, also known as mesothelioma. The survival rate for mesothelioma is low as the disease can often take several years to fully develop and has likely reached advanced stages. There is a mesothelioma vaccine currently available but there is no cure for the disease. As a result, victims often face a short life expectancy. Treatment is available at mesothelioma cancer clinics and often involves chemotherapy with drugs like Alimta®, Onconase or Navelbine and / or surgical intervention with mesothelioma pleurocentesis or pneumonectomy. To help those who have been diagnosed with this disease, we have made a mesothelioma treatment guide and resources page available with helpful links and additional information.

Occupations and Industries where Asbestos Exposure was Likely

Many of our Nation’s tradespeople who worked in a variety of occupations and industries were exposed to asbestos from Synkoloid products. Because the majority of products manufactured by Synkoloid were used in surface finishing types of work, those people most at risk for asbestos exposure from these products were carpenters, drywall finishers, painters, sheetrock installers, tapers and plasterers. These individuals worked in a broad cross-section of industries and trades such as construction, manufacturing, insulation, aerospace and the refinery industries. Men and women serving in the military were also at risk including those working at Navy shipyards.

The Artra Asbestos Trust

As instances of illnesses began to be diagnosed and later linked to the products made by Synkoloid, claims began to be filed against the company. Mesothelioma attorneys sued the Artra Group on behalf of the victims of these health issues, and soon there were more than 46,000 plaintiffs filing against the company. By 2002 Artra had declared bankruptcy.

As part of the reorganization policy that Artra entered into with the United States Bankruptcy Court, they established the Artra Asbestos Trust in 2007. The trustees were given specific procedures that they had to follow in order to properly review and determine the outcome of each one. Cases that were found to be valid were paid out according to the severity of the claim. A filing period for all claims was set to begin on November 1, 2007.

When Artra first declared bankruptcy, many lawyers directed their claims to The Muralo Co. In an attempt to get out from under these lawsuits, Muralo followed suit and petitioned the Bankruptcy Court for protection in 2003. This allowed the company to resolve any outstanding litigation and continue to operate on its own merits and as the new owner of the Synkoloid Company. All unfinished claims were eventually redirected to the Artra Asbestos Trust to be officially settled.

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Our seasoned master mechanics, highly trained engineers, dedicated office staff and the experienced operators on our shop floor all combine to make Milton Manufacturing a unique organization with a surprising range of skill sets and capabilities. Milton’s abilities, from concept and design through assembly and fulfillment, often allow us to be a one-stop shop for many of our customers.

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RARA-AVIS: Everyone out of the closet! (Was Bodies Piled Up)

Kevin Smith (kvnsmith@colba.net)
Mon, 4 Oct 1999 19:23:28 -0400

Duane wrote:

>Kevin is much too modest to say that he penned the item about STRANGE SISTERS
>in the August issue of DETAILS. And I should know, because I'm the person who
>assigned it to him.
>You see, I had a galley of the book sitting on my desk, and I thought to
>myself, Hmm... pulp fiction... lesbians... (snap!) Kevin Burton Smith!

Okay, okay, I admit it. I did it. And while we're clearing the decks, both Duane and I are lesbians. (But don't tell our wives).

Kevin Burton Smith The Thrilling Detective Web Site http://www.colba.net/~kvnsmith/thrillingdetective/ Come soon: The October issue, with some cool stuff about Dashiell Hammett.

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RARA-AVIS: Re: Never Street

Gerald So (gso@optonline.net)
Thu, 09 Dec 1999 10:31:41 -0500

Hello, all.

     Actually, Kevin, I'm with you. NEVER STREET was my first exposure to Estleman/Walker. Estleman does a good job with the setting and Chandleresque metaphors, but after a while the metaphors--and Walker himself--seemed dated. It was as if Estleman were trying to right an homage to Chandler or a period piece (only he wasn't).
     When I called Walker an anachronism in an earlier message, I was being derogatory. As Kevin said, this time around, the schtick doesn't play. For me, NEVER STREET was slow-going and hard to follow. In many ways, it mimicked the cheesy, flawed film noir at the center of its plot.

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Report offers tips for companies selecting call center software

    Industry experts have praised call center software because it helps organizations lower their operating costs and improve their overall operations. When choosing the right solution, however, some businesses may feel overwhelmed. To help companies address this issue, Resource Nationa recently offered several tips for choosing new call center solutions.

    "Tracking your calls and engagements is critical to maintaining a successful customer service center," the news provider explained. "Customers want to be heard, understood and treated as though you're friends with them. Being able to track previous conversations, interactions, purchasing history and more will make this possible for your agents."

    The Resource Nation report also encouraged organizations to select call center options that allow them to manage their agents effectively regardless of location. The solution should also be easy to use for these workers, otherwise the platform will fall short of expectations. Businesses that insist on implementing more complicated software are encouraged to devote resources to employee training and support. Vendors should have a department in place to help with this transition and answer any issues down the road.

    "A lot goes into choosing the right call center software for your business," the report said. "Not only is this software integral for your call center agents, but it's necessary to maintain successful and productive customer service. Be sure to keep these options in mind, before choosing a program that won’t be able to fit your needs."

    Small businesses encouraged to utilize call centers

    Small businesses in the past generally had to target a local audience, but technology has made it possible for these companies to broaden their operations to a global scale. A communications vendor recently announced that call centers help organizations remain available at all times regardless of location or time zone. With this solution in place, 24-hour availability is now a possibility.

    Experts also believe modern call centers are useful for studying important customer information. A recent CIO report suggested that companies in the past were primarily concerned with how many calls they received and the length of each conversation. But more organizations are leveraging analytics to address many changes. Tony Filippone, HfS Research executive vice president, said agents are required to handle more customer inquiries from a wider range of channels, including social media.

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Help preserve and protect Madeline Island's natural areas by making a donation! When you make a donation, you also receive a membership in Madeline Island Wilderness Preserve.

Click to Donate Now!

Your financial support enables us to:

  • Purchase environmentally significant lands
  • Protect and manage preserved lands
  • Develop and manage hiking and skiing trails
  • Underwrite special projects
  • Conduct nature hikes, evening lectures on natural history, and other educational programs
  • Maintain our website, and publish newsletters and other literature to keep the membership and public informed

If you prefer to mail your membership/contribution:

Please click here for form.

If you are interested in donating your land to the preserve or in setting up a conservation easement:

Please click here.

If you need a little more nudging to contribute, please read the following article, which was written by Tom Kromroy for the 2005 Newsletter.

Yes, We Do Need Your Continued Support

Last fall, I received a call from a longtime member who asked what the Preserve was doing with the funds they donate each year, and whether or not we continue to need their financial support. I quickly responded with a strong yes and proceeded to review the annual program that our organization completes each year. I think my response was what the member was looking for because a few weeks later we received their donation. The question was a good one and it made me sit back and take a look at what our organization actually accomplishes each year, and how we communicate those accomplishments to our membership.

Madeline Island Wilderness Preserve was formally established in 1987 by a handful of Island residents with environmental foresight and a common goal of preserving the natural beauty of the Island for the benefit of future generations. The Preserve was organized as a non-profit Land Trust, with corporate By Laws that require the business of the organization be managed by a volunteer Board of Directors for the benefit of the membership.

Our organization currently has over 400 active members and an annual operating budget of $26,000.  Since The Preserve is not for profit, all member donations are 100% tax deductible. Through the efforts of our members, and our investment in conservation on Madeline Island, we have been able to permanently protect over 2,500 acres of beautiful natural areas. This year we were fortunate to receive two land donations, one five-acre parcel near the Marina and a forty-acre parcel north of Middle Road. Both parcels contain wetland and have natural elements that complement our landholdings. We are thankful for these very generous contributions.

What do we do with the money? Lots! First and foremost we work to continue the non-profit status of the organization, while overseeing and maintaining our land holdings. We have developed and managed a trail system for hiking in the summer and skiing in the winter. This year our Trails Committee collaborated with year-round residents to establish an Island-wide trails program. This group worked hard to make improvements to the Capser Trail, including a new parking area off Middle Road and a wooden foot bridge to help ford the stream without getting wet.  As always, our lands are open to the public at no charge, and in the fall they are open for hunting.

The MIWP Board continues to monitor the Island real estate market, identifying parcels that may fit well with our current holdings. Our philosophy is to concentrate on environmentally significant parcels that are close, or adjacent, to our existing land. By doing this we preserve large tracts of natural habitat and prevent the negative effects of landscape fragmentation. Our annual operating budget is modest; it does not include funds for land purchases.  When a parcel is identified that fits our profile, we make a specific fund-raising appeal to our membership. We also apply for government grants--matching funds that are available for the purchase of environmentally-significant lands. We are fortunate to have a very generous membership, and all of the land the Preserve owns is owned outright and without debt.

We undertake special projects as the need arises. For example, this past year the Wilderness Preserve completed the development of a GIS (Geographic Information System) database mapping system for Madeline Island. This system can layer different maps of the Island showing roads, buildings, aerial photos, plat maps, vegetation cover, slope and contour, and wetlands. We presented this system to the Town of La Pointe and the County of Ashland for their use in land management and Smart Growth Planning efforts.

MIWP sponsors a series of lectures and hikes during the summer season to benefit Island residents and visitors. These are offered free of charge.  Every Memorial Day weekend we sponsor The Spring Luncheon and Annual Meeting at the Madeline Island Music Camp Clubhouse.  We invite MIWP members and friends, for a nominal charge, to share in a gourmet meal and hear a fascinating lecture on the natural history of the Lake Superior region by a guest speaker. Once a year we publish this newsletter, and we are in the process of upgrading our website to better serve our members. Just for fun, we enter the annual Fourth of July parade, and have won first and second place in two of the last three years! All are welcome to parade with us!

As you can see, the MIWP does a lot with your contributions.  We don’t have a paid staff, so our twelve-member, all-volunteer Board of Directors is busy all year.  Our Board is loyal, dedicated and committed but, yes, we do need your continued support so together we can preserve the natural beauty of Madeline Island for generations to come.


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North Mississippi Allstars Get Animated for Barnyard

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In session at Ardent, from L to R: Drummer Cody Dickinson, engineer/producer Mickey P., bass player Chris Chew and lead singer/guitarist Luther Dickinson. Assistant engineer Adam Hill is in the foreground.

Photo: David Goggin

Taking a quick break from touring with John Hiatt and promoting their new album, Electric Blue Watermelon, the North Mississippi Allstars returned to Memphis' Ardent Studios to record songs for the upcoming Paramount Pictures animated feature, Barnyard. The film, which depicts an animal uprising, features the voices of Courtney Cox, Danny Glover and animal musical numbers (barnyard boogie blues, of course!) recorded by the Allstars. Mickey P., known for his work with Beck, produced and engineered the tracks.

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Stephen Arnold Music Box of Rocks: Video Music

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Stephen Arnold Music (SAM) has released a new promo library collection, Box of Rocks: Video Music, which comprises seven CDs of original music for the broadcasting industry and was produced by Stephen Arnold and Chad Cook.

Tracks range in duration from 30 to 90 seconds. Each track is designed to tell a complete story to meet the demands of promo producers who seek emotional dynamics and defined edit points. In addition, track lengths are based on actual broadcast time. The company plans to add one new CD to the collection during each upcoming quarter.

In addition, Stephen Arnold Music also announced the debut of the company’s new and improved Website. The new site was designed to be more efficient and streamlined, offering an updated, cleaner and more contemporary look and feel.

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Brian Marquis Picks TELEFUNKEN for Van's Warped Tour

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M80 Dynamic Mics for the Acoustic Basement Stage

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LA-based producer/recording artist Brian Marquis has chosen TELEFUNKEN's M80 dynamic microphone for the Acoustic Basement Stage on the Van's Warped Tour. With more than 100 bands and artists, and stops all over the US and Canada, the Van's Tour celebrates music from Alaska to Florida, from California to New York, culminating in the final show in Denver, CO on August 3.

"I produce the stage, book all the artists, coordinate with our sponsor, stage manage while out on the road, and also perform each day," explains Brian Marquis. "My Full Sail University intern turned me on to Telefunken, and our FOH provided by Rat Sound takes care of all our live sound applications on the tour."

The Acoustic Basement Stage is a venue on the tour where musicians and singer/songwriters play stripped down acoustic sets in the shade of a large 40x30 tent stage. Last year, acts included Yellowcard, Anti-flag, Sleeping with Sirens, and Chuck Ragan, among numerous other breakout artists.

"The M80 captures all the character and subtlety in my vocals that usually gets lost with other live vocal mics," remarked Marquis. "It captures vocals so clearly that it really gives confidence to the artists on stage. The M80 is very detailed, clear, and full-bodied, and cuts through the clamor and noise of an outdoor festival. It's a great mic - period."

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TELEFUNKEN Elektroakustik strives for absolute perfection. By offering historic recreations of classic microphones alongside their own proprietary designs based around the distinctive tube mic sound, TELEFUNKEN has established a product line that expertly combines vintage style and sound with the reliability of a modern-day microphone design. TELEFUNKEN's commitment to both the sonic excellence and quality of all of their products is rivaled only by their dedication to provide the best possible service to each and every one of their customers.
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Lisson Grove Makes Debut and Launches R-124 Compressor

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Vintage-style, all-tube, variable-gain unit brings back the beloved compression sound of a bygone era

LOS ANGELES -- Grammy Award-winning mixer, producer and engineer Hugo Nicolson (Radiohead, Primal Scream, Julian Cope, etc.) proudly announces the founding of Lisson Grove, a new boutique pro audio brand dedicated to recapturing the finest studio sounds of yesteryear. Right out of the gate, the company is underscoring this mission with the launch of its inaugural product, the R-124, a valve compressor based on the classic 1960s British studio units used extensively on all of the Beatles' recordings.

Reverse engineering one of the highly-modified Altec 436 originals, the new R-124 differs from its "holy grail" predecessor by utilizing modern, reliable components. According to Nicolson, "Although the original models sounded fantastic, they always had difficulty producing adequate low end. By using new parts -- especially modern, high-quality transformers -- we've been able to faithfully preserve the compression characteristics of the vintage units while offering a much fuller bandwidth and bigger sound."

Prior to the product's official launch, Nicolson provided a beta unit of the device to fellow engineer Nigel Godrich (Radiohead, U2, Paul McCartney, etc.) who commented, "I love the Lisson Grove R-124. It's rare to find a new compressor that has the bounce and character of a classic vintage unit but also the reliability of a new one. I have found it to be a very musical tool for mixing, but also a great creative tool when I'm after something more adventurous... the perfect thing to turn to for bringing life and edge to sounds. It cooks!"

Entirely hand-built for fanatical quality, the R-124 is a versatile tool well-suited for tracking, mixing and mastering applications alike. From left to right, the 2U unit's faceplate comprises a Balance control, chicken head knobs for Input and Output gain, a circular VU meter, rotary pots for Attack and Threshold, another chicken head knob for Release, and a power switch with bright jewel lamp. Rear panel connections include a power cord receptacle, 1/4-inch jacks for the Infinity and Link, and XLRs for In and Out.

Boasting a slightly faster release than the famed British studio units, the Lisson Grove device also adds an Attack control, which can conveniently slow down the attack for mastering situations and other uses.

The Threshold control on the R-124 also offers a unique twist in that it uses the dynamically changing compressed signal as its point of reference rather than a fixed voltage. In other words, as the knob is rotated clockwise to raise the compression threshold, the tone changes slightly adding a subtle sparkle, which can be a wonderful way to "tickle" the vocals or a mix.

One of the classic features that Lisson Grove has preserved on this unit is the Infinity control, formerly known as Hold. In between each of the six recovery settings on the Release control is the infinity position, which is, in effect, an extremely long recovery time.

This particular feature has a variety of uses, the most useful being the ability to prime the R-124 before a take so that the very first note doesn't sound uncompressed. This is done by placing the compressor in an infinity position -- one click up or down from the desired setting -- having the artist play or sing a note before recording, then switching in the desired release time once things are under way. Yet another use of Infinity would be to prevent an increase in gain during silent passages. A 1/4-inch jack on the R-124's rear panel accommodates an external foot switch for musicians recording themselves and requiring hands-free operation.

The Balance control provides an easy way to balance out the two sides of the gain reduction valve, thus minimizing distortion and feed-through thumps. By pressing the adjacent button, the engineer can then adjust a small trim control until the pulsing sound is heard at its thinnest or lowest level. This is a very practical in-use method for balancing out the gain reduction valve.

As interesting and helpful as the feature set is, Nicolson reports that those who have heard the R-124 are first and foremost wowed by its tone. "It's a very lovely sounding piece, and, although it's fashioned after an iconic outboard tool, it certainly has its own mojo as well. I've personally been using it for mastering lately, and the lovely silky sheen it adds to the top end has been stellar for that. It sounds amazing."

Currently available, the Lisson Grove R-124 compressor features a US retail price of $3,700.00 and is exclusively distributed in the States by Vintage King Audio.

For more details on the product, visit Lisson Grove online at or Vintage King Audio at

Founded by Grammy Award-winning mixer/producer/engineer Hugo Nicolson, Lisson Grove is a manufacturer of professional audio products for the studio and home recording markets. Primarily dedicated to recapturing the finest sounds of yesteryear, the company is located in Los Angeles, California.

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Major OEMs Announce AV Networking World 2014 – Earn Four CTS InfoComm RU credits about Audio Over IP Networking

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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA: Twenty of the leading manufacturers in the A/V industry announced the speaker lineup for the AV Networking World (AVNW) educational seminar and training workshop to be held on June 17, 2014 in Las Vegas. This year’s highly-anticipated event is co-sponsored by Atlas Sound, Attero Tech, Audinate, BSS Audio, Bosch, Bose, Focusrite Rednet, IED, Lab.gruppen, Lake, Lectrosonics, Peavey Commercial Audio, Powersoft, PreSonus, Stewart Audio, Shure, Symetrix, TC Group, Studio Technologies, and Yamaha Commercial Audio.

AVNW includes more hands-on interactive workshops than previous years with more presentations on actual use cases by the A/V system owners, corporate industry design consultants, and A/V installation contractors. Participants to AVNW may also earn four CTS InfoComm RU credits. Topics include:

Live Demonstrations and Workshops
• SMAART Acoustical Measurement Analysis simplified with Dante.
Jamie Anderson, Rational Acoustics
• Live Interactive Dante Installation Workshop with audience participation
• Manufacturers Interoperability Demonstration

Panels and Presentations
• Microsoft Production Studios A/V Network Enhancement: John Ball, Microsoft
• Audio system upgrade to the San Jose Convention Center: Mark Berlo-ICS Corporate Installations Systems
• Fred W Smith National Library: Jim Hogan, IES Commercial
• Corporate Conference Center: Klas Dalbjorn, TC Group
• House of Worship Installations: Kevin Potts, Coherant Designs; Tim Bailey-Communication Engineering Inc.; Mark Cooke, Sun Grove Church; Gordon Moore, Rio Rancho United Methodist
• Performing Arts Centers and Theaters Upgrade to the Axis Theatre at Planet Hollywood Casino: Michael Cusick, SAVI
• New Audio System at The Cube at Virginia Tech University: Dennis Blount, ARUP Consulting
• Installation Systems: High Performance audio networks: Focusrite, Ted White
• A glimpse of the future Dante Networked World with Audinate’s new Dante Via™:
Aidan Williams, Audinate

Due to the space limitation, pre-registration is highly advised. Lunch will be provided during the day with cocktails served following the seminars. The event will be held at the Renaissance Las Vegas Hotel, 3400 Paradise Rd., Las Vegas, NV 89169.

Special Giveaways: All attendees will receive five free Dante Virtual Soundcards for participating in the conference ($149.95 value). Additional giveaway drawings for A/V equipment will be held throughout the day, valued at over $7,500.

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ABOUT SYMETRIX Symetrix is dedicated to making life sound better. As a world leader in the development and manufacturing of digital audio signal processing (DSP) systems and accessories, Symetrix provides best in class audio management solutions to businesses, schools, non-profits and government organizations.

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Neumann Presents U47 fet Microphone to Grammy-Award Winning Audio Engineer / Producer Bruce Swedien at the 137th AES Convention

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Los Angeles, October 15, 2014: During the 137th Audio Engineering Society Convention held here last week, premium audio brand Neumann made a very special presentation of a new U 47 fet Collectors Edition to esteemed recording engineer and producer Bruce Swedien.

Swedien, who counts the recording and mixing of Michael Jackson's Thriller album among the highlights of his lifetime of career accomplishments, was presented with serial number 82 of the U 47 fet Collectors Edition, in honor of the year that the Thriller album was released to the public. The presentation was made by Neumann President Wolfgang Fraissinet at the Neumann booth on Friday, October 10th.

The original U 47 fet was used extensively by Bruce Swedien throughout the recording of Thriller, so the event was especially fitting as Neumann launched its new U 47 fet Collectors Edition to a new generation.

Wolfgang Fraissinet commented: "It is a very special honor for our company to honor Mr. Swedien in this way. He has not only left an indelible mark on the recording community at large, but his contributions to the recording of Thriller and countless other recordings have had a tremendous influence on our culture."

The Neumann U 47 fet microphone was iconic in shaping the sound of the '70s, '80s and beyond. As the transistorized successor of the U 47, it permitted the processing of very high sound pressure levels for the first time, and engineers were able to place it directly in front of extremely loud sound sources such as guitar amplifiers and kick drums, as well as in front of more delicate sources such as vocals and acoustic instruments. The combination of the U 47 fet's ability to capture high sound pressure levels and the unique capsule design derived from its famous tube-based predecessor, the U 47 fet contributed to many legendary recordings.

Now, the U 47 fet Collectors Edition has been faithfully reproduced using the original production documents and schematics. The Collectors Edition is supplied with a high-quality wooden case with special packaging, and an individual certificate with the serial number of the microphone and signature of Neumann President Wolfgang Fraissinet.

The U 47 fet is now shipping and is priced at $3,999.95. For more information, please visit

About Neumann:
Georg Neumann GmbH, with its headquarters in Berlin, Germany, is well-known as one of the world’s leading manufacturers of microphones. The company, which was established in 1928, has a long track record of world-leading product designs and has been recognized with a string of international awards for its technology innovations. From 2010, Neumann offers this expertise in electro-acoustic transducer technologies to the studio monitoring market, and will provide optimum solutions to its customers in the areas of TV and radio broadcasting, recording, and audio productions. Neumann is now the perfect partner for both the input and the output of the audio signal path. Neumann has manufacturing facilities in Germany (microphones) and Ireland (loudspeakers), and is represented in over 50 countries worldwide by Sennheiser subsidiaries, as well as by long-term trading partners. Georg Neumann GmbH is a Sennheiser Group company.

About Sennheiser:
Sennheiser is a world-leading manufacturer of microphones, headphones and wireless transmission systems. Established in 1945 in Wedemark, Germany, Sennheiser is now a global brand represented in 60 countries around the world with U.S. headquarters in Old Lyme, Conn. Sennheiser's pioneering excellence in technology has rewarded the company with numerous awards and accolades including an Emmy, a Grammy, and the Scientific and Engineering Award of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

You can find all the latest information on Sennheiser by visiting our website at