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The second attempt by Goodyear Properties to raise a tower from a high-profile Elizabeth Street site has hit a stumbling block with a Report to the Future Melbourne (Planning) Committee asserting the proposal should be objected to, with multiple concerns cited. Published online in recent days, the report acts as a basis to which City of Melbourne will take a formal stance on the proposal, which holds frontage to both Elizabeth Street and...

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I like many others was surprised and impressed when Hengyi Australia announced recently that it had reached sales of 75% for its Light House project on Elizabeth Street. I had also incorrectly made the assumption that the majority of sales to date were to offshore investors, and that Hengyi Australia was merely another of the throng of Asian property developers keen to absorb robust demand for Melbourne apartments. Following a recent chat with...

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A charming guest house, Margaréta Panzió is situated in Sárospatak, 1.5 km from Sárospatak Castle, the Old Town and a thermal bath. It has a lush garden with an outdoor terrace and barbecue facilities.

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Terrebonne Parish in Louisiana Enacts Racist New Law Targeting Black Youth

Houma, Louisiana Bans Sagging Pants; swagIt’s a familiar scenario, one that we’ve all seen before. A state county or parish’s local council somewhere in the country decides that the issue more important than all others on its rather lengthy agenda is, of all things, *gasp*… teens with saggy pants! Apparently for Terrebonne Parish in North Louisiana, pants AND skirts being worn “below the waist” are threatening to undue all peace and order within the community, as the Parish council has voted by an 8-1 margin for an ordinance which states that “appearing in public view while exposing one’s skin or undergarments below the waist is contrary to safety, health, peace and good order of the parish and the general welfare.” You heard right. Council members representing a parish in a state with air largely polluted by the various plant industries, has designated the sight of a person’s undergarments the greatest threat to public health and safety. Left largely unsaid, but known to all, is that there is a racial element to this act. While the ordinance may appear to adhere to today’s concept of ‘colorblindness’, police and lawmakers know that there will be nothing ‘race-neutral’ about the policy when it comes to enforcement, nor do they intend it to be. Were it not for the fact that this style of dressing is largely perceived as being exclusive to Black youth, this ordinance likely never would have come into existence to begin with. And as is usually the case, it will be Black youth who suffer the most from this legislative overreach.

The most telling aspect of the ordinance’s purpose is that it will be left entirely up to police discretion to decide how low is too low. It serves as yet another green-light for police to harass and perform unlawful, unwarranted searches on citizens they deem suspicious (i.e. people of color), and one of the eight council members who voted for its passage seemed to say as such, going so far as to offer hope for the law’s “being used to establish probable cause and allow searches.” The Louisiana ACLU is having none of it, however, going on record to state their firm opposition to the ordinance, which they believe is unconstitutional. In a letter sent to the Terrebonne Parish Council, the ACLU declared that “the government… does [not] have the right to use clothing as a pretext to engage in otherwise unlawful stops of innocent people”, and said that its proposal, if enacted, “makes a criminal of everyone whose pants are not high enough to suit the arbitrary standards of law enforcement.” Furthermore, ACLU lawyer Gabe Rottman, did not mince words when he stated the obvious fact: “These laws target primarily urban youth, and can be used selectively by law enforcement as a means of racial profiling. It’s similar to the outcry over zoots in the 1930’s.”

Supporters of the ordinance have been quick in countering any accusations racial discrimination they must have surely known were coming their way. The main proponent of the ordinance, John Navy, points out that “I am an African American. I know I’m not racial profiling.” It’s important to note that he’s missing the point, that police officers, perhaps especially in North Louisiana Parishes, DO racial profile. In fact Louisiana locks up African American men at a higher rate than any other state in the nation. But Navy isn’t alone on this matter. Jerome Boykin, president of the Terrebonne Parish Chapter of the NAACP, directly echoes the utter ridiculousness of the old man who became a YouTube sensation a few years back with his “Pants on the Ground” song and video. In this particular incidence, the Terrebonne NAACP in a sense provided cover to white council members who may not have otherwise supported the ordinance for fear of appearing supportive of a racially discriminatory policy. In the words of Boykin, “There is nothing positive about people wearing saggy pants. This is not a black issue, this is not a white issue; this is a people issue.” As he goes on to explain the rationale for his opposition to freedom of expression, one might catch an underlying sense of homophobia when he declares, “Young men who were in prison who wanted to have sex with other men would send a signal to another man with his pants below his waist.” I don’t know who he heard this story from, but it’s one that’s been repeated from time to time, never with any credible source cited in support of this claim. In reality, the sagging trend came from men in prison who had their belts confiscated by guards, who guards feared “may commit suicide.” (*) Whatever the truth of the matter, Boykin had the full support of the local NAACP Youth director, Diane Collins, who brought her entire youth group along to the public hearing on the ordinance, in order to send a message: “We are here tonight to try and put a stop to this thing and let these boys and girls look decent.” Apparently lost on her was the fact that they can determine for themselves what is “decent” and what is not, without law enforcement officers making the decision for them. With so many families, especially families of color, suffering under the weight of economic recession as well as being constantly targeted by law enforcement officers, one wonders if the Terrebonne Parish NAACP risks being seen as out of touch by putting so much weight behind policing a particular form of fashion.

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Council members in Terrebonne Parish consider this style a threat to public decency and something that should be outlawed, despite no skin below the waist even being visible.

The penalties imposed on anyone found to be in violation of this ordinance are rather harsh as well. On the first violation, there is a fine of $50; on the second, $100; and for the 3rd and subsequent violations, a fee of $100 plus 16 hours of mandatory “community service”. This only tells part of the story though. No one as of yet has asked, “What happens when economically struggling families and youth are unable to pay these harsh penalties?” Will it lead to incarceration or time spent in a juvenile detention center? One Louisiana town, Bogalusa, seems to be heading in that direction. They’ve recently imposed a similar ordinance on the town, which violating could result in fees of up to $500 in addition to 3 days in jail! These overreaching laws are not without precedent either. An almost identical ordinance is on the books in Shreveport, and one in Albany, Georgia once rewarded the state treasury with $4,000 in fines in the year 2011 alone. Back in 2007, Terrebonne’s neighboring parish, Lafourche, imposed such a law. The Parish Sherriff, Craig Webre, says that “the law is very broadly written. We try to enforce it in a straight-forward fashion in the spirit of what it is to address.”

Not all Terrebonne citizens are impressed by the ordinance, however. One resident by the name of Ida Moore says she is no fan of sagging pants or the way they look on people. However, she feels that “to make laws of governing social differences is a slippery slope to the level of government that we do not allow.” Similar sentiments are shared by Lucretia McBride, who thinks the ordinance is a case of “overreaching that [is] simply not going to work.” Regardless of how they felt, in the end only one council member voted against the ordinance. Her name was Beryl Amedee, and she opposed it on the grounds of unconstitutionality. The other eight council members overrode her concerns, pointing to the fact that Shreveport had a similar ordinance on their books for six years, although this does not preclude its being unconstitutional as well. One of those members, Russell Hornsby, left no doubt as to his intent on legislating morality. The ordinance, in his words, serves to demonstrate that “deviant behavior will not be tolerated.” By “deviant”, he means that “the problem our young men are emulating prisoners. It sends a sign that you’re available for sex. It’s a bad example to set.” He claims he spent many “sleepless nights” fretting over how he should cast his vote, but ultimately decided that “if we can turn around a couple of young men it would be worth it.” (Turn them around by robbing them of finances and forcing them into unpaid labor?!)

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Rap star Nelly busting a sag and NOT harming anyone in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana or anywhere else in the world in the process.

It isn’t anything new or unique for laws to pop up which will, in some cases, have unintended consequences in the way they are selectively enforced. This is not one of those cases. This model has been put into effect time and time again, and by now it should be clear that laws which grant police even more authority to go after people with “baggy” or “saggy” pants almost exclusively result in the targeting of Black and minority youth. In the future, when its detrimental effects come into being, there should be no ‘cop-out’ of “Well I didn’t think it would be enforced this way.” The signs were there from the very beginning.

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*My source for this is The Classroom and the Cell: conversations on Black life in America with Mumia Abu Jamal and Marc Lamont Hill.

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Personal Injury Compensation: Have I Got A Viable Claim? If you read the news, it’s likely you’ll have come across compensation stories. There is a belief that we live in a compensation culture these days. Often, you read about the success stories. But there are many cases, which get rejected. Compensation may be a gray area, but if you’ve been injured through no fault of your own, you have a right to file a claim. If you’re thinking of claiming personal injury compensation, hopefully, this guide will help.

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Welcome to Lumbini, Nepal – the birthplace of Buddha

What happened to the dream of a Buddhist Mecca?

Posted by Ram Kumar Shrestha on July 21, 2011

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In the hot, dusty plains of south-western Nepal sits Lumbini, one of the holiest places for about 350 million Buddhists

Some monasteries have been built at Lumbini - but the master plan for its development remain incomplete

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Centuries ago a baby was born in Lumbini who went on to become the Buddha and many have long cherished plans that Lumbini could be developed into a Buddhist destination, comparable to Mecca, Islam’s holiest site.

But now buildings sit half-finished and empty fields lie neglected. More than a decade after Unesco designated it a World Heritage Site, Lumbini runs the risk of slipping into obscurity and promises to transform the site remain unfulfilled.

The most recent announcement was made by a Chinese group called the Asia Pacific Exchange and Co-operation Foundation, which declared it would raise $3bn (£1.9bn) to develop Lumbini by constructing airports, highways and hotels.

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  • Located in the south-western Nepali plains 300km from Kathmandu and very close to India’s border
  • Birthplace of Siddhartha Gautama, probably around 566BCE, who later become the Buddha
  • Designated a Unesco World Heritage Site in 1997
  • Surrounded by large zone in which only monasteries can be built and no commercial premises
  • The site has a number of ancient ruins of monasteries, a sacred Bo Tree and a bathing pool – more is yet to be excavated

But both the Nepalese or Chinese government authorities claim to be in the dark about the grandiose scheme. The group insists that it is preparing a five-year plan to implement their idea of “developing Lumbini like a Mecca city”.

Yet it is unclear what stage the proposals are at and whether they will truly see the light of day.

Another Chinese organisation has proposed building a 100-metre-tall statue of the Buddha in Lumbini at a cost of more than $55m (£35m). The Nepal government has accepted this proposal but the groundwork is yet to begin.

Master planIt is frustrating for a number of Lumbini locals who pinned their hopes on the resurgence of their ancient and holy home.

“We have not seen any significant progress,” local resident Abdul Aziz Khan, 58, said. “Some tourists come but they spend very little time in this area due to a lack of facilities. Therefore we locals have not benefited from these developments.”

Lumbini Mayadevi templeMayadevi temple – said to be the exact location of the Buddha’s birth

There is a master plan for this holiest of sites. It was drawn up in 1978 by Japanese architect Kenzo Tange in conjunction with the UN and with the support of the Nepalese government.

The idea was that Lumbini could become home to a massive hub of monasteries, served by transport links that would enable pilgrims and tourists to experience the holy site.

It was a plan that required backing that went beyond the meagre resources of Nepal’s government. But help has not been forthcoming. Only about 60% of it has been completed.

Excavations in the core area of the site, the sacred garden, and construction in the surrounding monastic zone remain incomplete. And the plan to develop the centre of Lumbini, including tourist facilities, banks and security arrangements also remain unfinished.

“After the master plan was prepared, there has not been any significant support from the outside world,” Kai Weise, a Unesco consultant, says.

“When the UN supported in the preparation of the master plan, it was assumed that there would be substantial international co-operation to implement it. But, sadly, that has not happened,” says Kosh Prasad Acharya, a former director general of Nepal’s archaeology department.

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The Lumbini authorities do not hold any discussions with local people ”

Sugrib YadavLocal resident

He says that the international committee of more than a dozen countries formed by the UN to develop Lumbini is now defunct.

Money is at the heart of the lack of progress, says Rajendra Bahadur Thapa Magar of the Lumbini Development Trust (LDT).

Mr Magar estimates that the completion of these tasks requires $110m (£69.5m). But the LDT’s annual budget is just over $1.5m (£947,850).

Mecca comparisonOne local who lives in a village north of Lumbini pinned the blame on the Lumbini authorities.

“The Lumbini authorities do not hold any discussions with local people. They have not been able to fufil our expectations of development in surrounding areas. Even inside Lumbini area, their efforts to develop the holy place do not look adequate,” Sugrib Yadav told the BBC.

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There is a real risk of environmental pollution affecting the peace and tranquillity of the holy place”

Kai WeiseUnesco consultant

The comparison with Mecca is chastening for the authorities in Nepal, many argue.

Every Muslim aspires to go on the hajj, whereas Buddhists adopt a different approach. Even so, Lumbini attracted 150,000 only foreign visitors last year – Mecca draws about two million pilgrims annually.

The oil-rich Saudi government invested heavily to develop Mecca, introducing extensive road and rail networks.

“The site falls on Nepali territory. Therefore, Nepal should have been much more proactive to garner international support,” Mr Acharya says.

But Lumbini has more than the lack of funds to worry about.

The unchecked growth of cement factories in the nearby city of Bhairahawa also pose an environmental threat, according to some observers.

“There are cement and other factories quite close by. There is a real risk of environmental pollution affecting the peace and tranquillity of the holy place,” Kai Weise says.

And Nepal remains embroiled in protracted instability as it makes the rocky transition from conflict to peace.

In such times, development has been forced to take a back seat and Lumbini is certainly low on the radar.

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Mont Saint Michel is one of the most beautiful – and visited – places in France. It is a solid granite island, holding tight against the highest tides in Europe. It’s a UNESCO World Heritage site, and is home to an ancient monastery and a small town.

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CVS is in trouble again

October 14, 2010

This time it’s for selling a key ingredient in meth to drug makers.

The Woonsocket based company has agreed to pay $75 million dollars in fines + 2.6 million dollars in illegal for not keeping an eye on its sales of pseudoephedrine- commonly found in cold medicine but also commonly used to make meth.

Federal prosecutors in LA say CVS allowed meth makers to buy sudafed multiple times in a day and at multiple stores despite complaints from clerks.  When drug enforcement officials went to bust up meth labs, they often found CVS bags and opened boxes of CVS’s generic brand of sudafed.

CVS has had trouble in the past for keeping expired products on its shelves and using its merger with Caremark to squeeze out community pharmacies.

The 75 million dollar fine is reportedly the largest civil penalty ever paid under the Controlled Substances Act.

CVS’s chairman and CEO Thomas Ryan says the lapse was was an unacceptable breach of the company’s policies and totally inconsistent with CVS’s values.

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The key to eating more vegetables? Make it easier to buy them

February 24, 2012

I’m typing this post as I eat a bagel with cream cheese.  There are no vegetables in sight, but of course I know I should be eating lots of them. What does Michael Pollan say about the ideal diet?

Eat Food

Not too much

Mostly Plants

So how can we get more of those plants into our diet? Researchers out of George Washington University say convenience, not price, is the key.  Their article in Public Health Nutrition details the results of a study that surveyed nearly 500 people in six low income Chicago neighborhoods. This is what they found-

…more positive perceptions of the food shopping environment were associated with greater consumption of fruits and vegetables. There was an increase of approximately twofold in the likelihood of consuming three or more fruits and vegetables daily per level of satisfaction ascribed to the shopping environment. This association was independent of perceived cost, store type and sociodemographic characteristics.

Translation- the likelihood that people would eat three or more fruits or vegetables a day DOUBLED when they had a good feeling about the place where they bought that produce regardless of the type of store or how expensive it was. What gave them that “good feeling”? Quality, selection, and convenience.

So how do we translate those findings into eating more plants? This is what the researchers suggest-

Nutrition promotion campaigns that aim to alter the built environment by increasing access to fruits and vegetables should recognize that simply increasing availability may not yield beneficial change when characteristics of the shopping context are ignored.

Translation- don’t just focus on making vegetables affordable and available. Make it easy to buy them.  How does that relate to my plant eating habits?  If only it was as easy to pick up a bag of snap peas as it was to buy this bagel. Can we install farm stands at every coffee shop?

Read the abstract of the article here.

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  1. February 24, 2012 2:09 pm

    Good topic and insight about the psyche of vegetable intake.

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… we felt it was important enough to post on The Pulse that there’s a public hearing on proposed health insurance hikes.

The three largest private companies in the state – BCBS, United Healthcare, Tufts – are seeking rate increases for large and small groups.

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Other interpromotional feuds you'd want to see

Discussion in 'International Wrestling' started by Stopspot, Jan 5, 2015.

  1. Inspired by a PM session I've been having with Candy Colored Clown.

    Are there any company vs company or promotion vs promotion feuds you'd like to see in wrestling currently?

    I'd like to see Evolve's roster go at it with Chikara actually. On one side is a fed that treats wrestling like a sport. Super serious. And on the other, a walking cartoon. And with a few guys like the Colony and Jigsaw working both sides we have some ready made tension.

    Would probably not be a masterpiece like ROH vs CZW (which is one of my favorite feuds ever), but I think a motivated Gabe could make it work.

    Gimme some.
  2. I want to see the Bullet Club go into every fed and crush house. They are the biggest name in wrestling, and they need to look like the top tier of Gaijins, so why shouldn't they be crushing everyone else.
  3. Chikara vs. Bullet Club. The bad ass mofos on one side and the cartoon characters on the other.
  4. bullet club isn't a promotion
    • Funny Funny x 1
  5. Lucha Underground vs Chikara
  6. I'd like to see them run an angle like that I guess, not the same thing, oh well.
  7. CMLL vs. AAA, by a bigass mile. If they chose to work together, they could sell out a 100,000 seat stadium once a month. Not to mention the heat with possible shootjobs in the ring and crowd riots.

    Runner-up: AJPW or BJW vs. Dragon Gate.
  8. AJPW vs. NJPW vs. BJW

    would be sick, imo.
  9. I'd like to see Abby Kobayashi smashing a tube over Tana's pretty head.
  10. Better - Okada's sweet weave
  11. Aww shii, BJW vs DG would be swell as hell.
  12. A full on DDT vs AJPW program would also be swell. The two companies already work together to some extent.
    But I need some way to work Kengo Mashimo and Tank Nagai into it.
  13. I would be down for another DDT/Chikara show.
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Discussion in 'General WWE' started by Extraterrestrial, Dec 7, 2012.

  1. - The former Kharma, Awesome Kong, addressed her departure from WWE and other topics in a podcast interview with "So it’s time to dissect the last couple of years and get to the truth of a lot of speculation and rumours. We talk getting back in the ring at SHINE and Florida Underground (both teaming with Jazz) a couple of weekends ago and how that return came about. We talk endorsements from Jim Ross and Steve Austin leading to meetings with John Laurinatis leading to her dream job. Is it fair to call her a Triple H Project? We talk the first meeting with Vince McMahon, and the Kharma name (and more to the point, discover a rejected alternate name!), and what the initial plans were for her push. We talk acceptance into the Diva locker room, and the reaction to her pregnancy. Seen her wrestling ring-shaped engagement ring? Now hear the *true* story of how her fiancé popped the question. Stew and Kong compare how many Royal Rumbles each of them have been in, and we talk about the great personal tragedy in Kong’s life around that time and how various things contributed to her eventual WWE release. We discuss the oft-reported story that Layla was a last minute replacement for Kharma at Extreme Rules 2012 and how aware she was of the growing interest in a match with Beth Phoenix. From there it’s a discussion of future plans both at home and abroad to wrap up the episode."
  2. I felt bad for her that she lost her baby. :downer:
  3. I know that feel. :downer:
  4. Kharma could of been so good for the divas division but I guess we will never know now

    Also I wanted to know where this thing with Kharma/Kelly Kelly was going as Kharma was stalking Kelly Kelly at ring side but never did anything to her
  5. She was/is a powerhouse wrestler. Its a shame she never got a chance to get going in the wwe. I woulda loved to see her vs Beth or Nat
  6. Her vs Beth in a none WWE match would interest me
  7. When that interview is released someone should put it on here. i'm too lazy to enter web addresses. I'm interested in what went wrong with Kharma because i honestly can not come up with 1 logical reason for her to be fired from WWE.
  8. Re: RE: Kharma Addresses Departure

    I think it was something to do with them wanting her to drop weight or some shit (note I may have made this up as i cba to google)
  9. This was devastating but for whatever reasons it jus seemed doomed from the start.
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49-key keyboard controller for use with virtually all music software and MIDI devices
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The current economic downturn (and anticipated upturn) requires supply and procurement (S&P) professionals to be knowledgeable in the financial supply chain (FSC) aspects of procurement, especially suppliers’ financial supply chain health.

The largest custodian of the company’s wealth is the procurement supply chain. For most companies, over 50 percent of sales revenue is expended to buy materials and services from external suppliers. Not only is it the largest user of funds, but the supply chain has the longest lead time in the order-to-cash cycle; often, the initial expenditures are made substantially before the order is received. Thus, we in procurement and supply are part of and responsible for the FSC.

The management of cash flows is also a key part of our job. In the past, we did a poor or incomplete job of optimizing cash flows. Fortunately, from a competitive standpoint, most companies were burdened with the same poor quality, demand forecasting limitations, inefficient distribution, and lack of supply chain information visibility into financial issues. They all used the same strategy to compensate for these problems and hedge against uncertain demand: excess inventory, excess capacity, excess labor, and, especially, excess working capital. The cost of capital was low (5 to 10 percent), so money was cheap. In other words, companies relied on the float of excess working capital—a lot of it—to compensate for inadequate cash management, and few cared about the consequences.

These problems still plague almost every global company today, regardless of industry. Moreover, until the FSC is optimized, enterprises will continue to use an expensive hedge against the uncertainty of demand and out-of-control cash management, requiring “excess” working capital. The cost of this excess working capital is no longer sustainable in a global competitive market.

How do we directly impact the FSC? Consider:

  • Using the economic value of consignment agreements.
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  • Optimizing minimum order sizes from suppliers and reducing safety stock levels.
  • Measuring sellers’ management of inventory, using the same standards that are used to measure your use of inventory.
  • Managing payables between you and the supplier, not as a penalty to suppliers, but to achieve the lowest overall economic total cost of ownership (TCO).

Remember, you eventually pay all suppliers’ costs, so the question is: how can we both achieve economic value? Who pays the lowest cost for capital or cost of inventory,  you or supplier? Should that party carry the receivables or inventory? This is not an opportunity to pass my problems on to my suppliers.

Finally, measure your performance and the ability to forecast and stabilize external cost by utilizing purchase price variance (PPV) as an effective S&P management tool. Unless S&P contributions and savings can be expressed in financial terms, they lack credibility with senior management.

CPOs and CFOs can extend the lessons learned from the physical supply chains by facilitating communication and collaboration across buyers, sellers, carriers, and financial institutions. The artificial barriers that separated supply from finance are no longer effective. Our job must include cash flow management, and that job is not done until everyone gets paid and cash flow is optimized for us and the supplier.

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When deciding whether to rent or buy audio equipment, you need to consider a number of factors, including cost, your technical capability and your current and future needs.

Is Renting Audio Equipment Simpler . . .

Renting audio equipment can ultimately result in fewer hassles. By renting, you don’t have to worry about finding storage space for your equipment when you’re not using it. And companies that rent equipment can usually transport it to the venue where it’s needed so you don’t have to worry about lugging heavy speakers around either. They may also be able to set up the equipment and operate it.

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Skin problems associated with rubber contact have been known for many years. The commonest is Irritant Contact Dermatitis. It is due to maceration of the skin, often associated with sweating under occlusion. It is seen in association with the wearing of protective rubber gloves and can progress to a low grade eczema with itching, redness and scaling.

Allergy to the chemicals used to process rubber produces a skin reaction similar to eczema which is known as Allergic Contact Dermatitis. This is seen less commonly than irritant contact dermatitis and tends to be more florid, producing blistering and weeping as well as redness and itching. It progresses to dryness and scaling as it heals. It is caused by a Type 4 delayed immunological reaction. This type of reaction is not life threatening although it is extremely itchy and uncomfortable.

In the last fifteen years, we have seen an increasing number of immediate allergic reactions occurring very soon after contact with latex, due to allergy to the protein content of natural rubber, known as rubber latex.

This type of allergic reaction is the same type that occurs in hay fever, allergic asthma and peanut allergy. It can vary in severity from a mild nettle rash on contact, to severe anaphylaxis with respiratory symptoms and collapse. It is potentially fatal but deaths are fortunately very uncommon. Unlike the Type 4 reaction, it is not delayed and can occur within minutes of contact. This immediate type of reaction is caused by the production of allergic antibody known as IgE. We know that more than 6% of the general population have now developed allergic antibody to natural rubber latex protein and that approximately 10% of health personnel, who are occupationally exposed to rubber gloves and other rubber articles have been found to suffer symptoms on contact.

This fact sheet is mainly concerned with what you need to know about Type 1 immediate allergy to natural rubber latex.

In sensitive individuals, symptoms are variable and usually occur after skin or mucus membrane contact with rubber. They can also occur after inhalation. Severe itching, urticaria and nettle rash (hives) are produced, usually within minutes of contact. This may progress to sneezing, wheezing, dizziness and/or light headedness and collapse. Deaths have been recorded but are very rare.

Inhalation from particles in the air, such as latex adsorbed onto rubber glove powder or powder in balloons, may produce mainly respiratory symptoms, although progression to more serious symptoms may occur.

The severity of the symptoms varies from patient to patient depending on the level of allergic sensitivity suffered and the amount of latex protein with which the patient has been in contact. The potential for progression to a severe reaction should always be kept in mind even if initially a reaction appears mild. Reactions may vary in degree from patient to patient and from time to time in any particular patient.

Contact of natural rubber latex protein with mucus membranes is particularly hazardous since greater amounts of latex protein are absorbed into the system. This is of significance when medical examination of body cavities is carried out during dental examination and treatment, and during surgical operations when the personnel involved are wearing rubber gloves.

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Who is at risk?

Certain groups of people are more likely to develop allergy to natural rubber latex than others and this depends on both their innate pre-disposition and the degree of exposure.

These groups are:

  1. People predisposed to allergy (usually in the form of eczema, asthma, hayfever and food allergy). Natural rubber latex is obtained from the tropical tree Hevea brasiliensis, and many of the proteins it contains are found in other plants. Certain tropical fruits contain the same protein molecule as natural rubber latex and patients sometimes suffer allergic reactions by cross-reacting to these. The commonest fruits causing problems in this way are avocado, banana, kiwi fruit, melon and chestnut. Others such as peach and tomato have been reported, but it is not yet clear how many are true cross-reactions and how many are due to separate allergy.
  2. Patient with hand eczema.
  3. Workers in the rubber industry and health care workers.
  4. Patients who have undergone multiple surgical operations or other invasive procedures. Patients with meningo-myelocele or urogenital abnormalities have a particularly high incidence of allergy to natural rubber latex.

If you have symptoms that are suggestive of allergy to rubber or rubber chemicals you should consult your doctor who may refer you to an allergy specialist.

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How is it diagnosed?

The diagnosis is made by carefully assessing your history and the nature or your reactions along with either skin prick tests or blood tests or both. Prick testing is not painful. If a particular rubber article has caused problems, it will help your doctor and specialist if you take it along to the consultation with you, since rubber articles differ in their protein composition and you may be allergic to a protein not present in all of them. If you have a skin reaction, then you will probably have a patch test applied to your back to identify whether your reaction is irritant or allergic.

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Once the diagnosis of allergy to natural rubber latex is established, then avoidance is the best way to prevent reactions occurring. In practice, this is almost impossible since rubber is so widely used, although there are less likely to be problems from old rubber than new. The potential for rubber latex to elicit an allergic reaction (its allergenicity) decays with time and the most potent articles are those most recently produced, particularly if they are powdered.

A decision will be made as to whether you should carry Epinephrine (Adrenaline) for self-administration. If so, you will be shown how to use it and advised when it should be used. If an adrenaline auto-injector pen is used, you should always call an ambulance and go to hospital for observation and possibly additional treatment.

You may also be given antihistamines to carry and will be advised to wear an emergency bracelet, necklace or locket recognised as one worn by patients suffering from a life threatening medical condition. Medic-Alert bracelets and Talisman lockets are both easily recognised, well known and useful.

Your doctor, dentist, hairdresser, masseuse and anyone who may attend to you wearing rubber gloves should be informed of your problem and asked to use an alternative form of hand protection. If you have to attend hospital, you should inform staff in advance and again when you arrive. It is sensible to check with personnel before each procedure that they are aware of your allergy.

Some patients are advised to carry around a pair of large size of non-rubber sterile surgical gloves in case of emergency.

It is important to examine your home for rubber articles, such as gloves, rubber bands and erasers. Do not use rubber contraceptive diaphragms or rubber condoms.

Alternatives are available for many rubber products:-

  • There are several types of synthetic materials used for protective gloves; PVC gloves for household use are widely available and safe. If you have been advised to carry non-latex gloves for use in an emergency, it is sensible to carry a large size. Suitable gloves are:- Ansells' Dermoprene, Elastryren, Johnson & Johnson Allergard, Neolon
  • The female condom is made from polyurethane and is safe for you to use. Avanti non rubber condoms are available from chemist shops and are also safe
  • Check before buying any article which could be rubber whether it contains rubber latex. This is particularly important for articles which will be in contact with your body
  • Erasers, swimming hats, goggles and flippers are all available in non-latex materials

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The Future

We know that in some types of allergy, the body can develop tolerance over time and the reaction will diminish. At present, we do not know whether this happens with allergic reactivity to rubber latex. You should therefore continue to take all necessary precautions to avoid rubber latex until more is known about this.

In the meantime, much research and active change is going on in the rubber industry to reduce latex allergenicity by modification of production methods. Areas where people could be at risk in hospitals, GP surgeries and elsewhere are being made safer. Current research is directed towards trying to prevent those people who are pre-disposed to allergy from developing allergic disease, and towards modification of allergic disease in those already suffering from it.

Last updated: March 2012

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