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An increase in web traffic to your website or social media account means that you?ll have tons of audiences waiting for your posts and updates. However, you?ll be asked by many of your potential customers. No matter how large your team for customers service is, handling the increasing number of potential customers can be difficult. Autoresponders are a good way to increase web traffic for Internet marketing. Here are some of its potentials.

1. Branding

Personal branding is always the first step for Internet marketing and making a blog famous. An autoresponder could be a good way to develop your business brand. For example, autoresponders can increase market audience attention through after-sales support. If you?re manufacturing tools, you can use an autoresponder to send weekly emails to a list giving out construction and development ideas for hobbyists and owners. Surely, customers will thank you for this, which in turn, increases positive branding on your part.

2. Involving the Customer

Your business website or social media account can be used to drive your customers deeper into your website. The attention span of most Internet audiences could only go for a short mileage. However, if some name of a recent topic from your archives catches the potential customer?s eyes, you can have them looking at your website and considering your products. Be sure to include links to your posts from old archives, or use autoresponders to suggest the links to your customers.

3. Suggest Other Products

If your business had achieved much growth and is only starting to tap the rich benefits of online marketing and autoresponders, you might want to suggest other products to customers using a good e-mail autoresponder. Per week or per month, you can send emails to your customers through autoresponders, which, with a list of emails based from your recent projects and product updates, will help your customers know what?s up with your company and again, reconsider your services.

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Canadian economy grows 1.8 percent in Q2, beating forecasts

(Reuters) - Canada's economy grew at an annualized 1.8 percent in the second quarter, matching the rate of the previous quarter, as strong business investment offset a small fiscal drag, Statistics Canada said on Friday.

Business investment in plant and equipment advanced at a non-annualized rate of 2.3 percent, the fastest pace since the second quarter of 2011, and inventories also grew.

On a monthly basis, Canada's economy grew by a larger-than-expected 0.2 percent in June from May, as goods production rose on strong mining and oil and gas extraction.

(Reporting by Alex Paterson; Editing by Randall Palmer)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/canadian-economy-grows-1-8-percent-q2-beating-123308136--business.html

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Chelsea owner Abramovich faces $6 billion court ruling

LONDON (Reuters) - Chelsea Football Club owner Roman Abramovich will find out on Friday whether he owes his former partner Boris Berezovsky as much as $6 billion (3.8 billion pounds) after a British court battle that has laid bare the post-Soviet carve-up of Russia's vast natural resources.

After a legal odyssey stretching from the gilded corridors of the Kremlin to the offshore enclaves favoured by Russia's richest tycoons, Judge Elizabeth Gloster will rule on whether Berezovsky was extorted out his business empire by Abramovich.

Berezovsky, a fast-talking former mathematician who became a Kremlin powerbroker under late President Boris Yeltsin only to fall foul of Vladimir Putin, says Abramovich used the threat of Kremlin retribution to intimidate him into selling out of Russia's fourth biggest oil company at a knockdown price.

Abramovich, the world's 68th richest man with a $12.1 billion fortune, denies that and says he merely paid Berezovsky money for political cover and protection - known in Russian bandit slang as "krysha" or "roof".

"I am a genetic optimist but I shall not say anything more until we see the verdict," Berezovsky told Reuters by telephone on Tuesday.

Judge Gloster will spend about an hour reading out a summary of the decision at the High Court's modern Rolls Building, starting at 10:30 a.m. on Friday. The final judgment will be published after September 17.

Abramovich spokesman John Mann declined to comment until the ruling was handed down, though either party could appeal in the case, which has cost tens of millions of pounds in legal fees.

Besides the personal drama of a public battle between two of Russia's most dazzling businessmen, one of the biggest private litigation cases in the world has detailed the treacherous business world of post-Soviet Russia:

Ownership means nothing, offshore cash is king and while Yeltsin granted favoured tycoons control over the oil and metals producers of a former superpower, President Putin can wrestle assets back from errant oligarchs no matter how powerful.

RUSSIAN KRYSHA

Complete with blatant tax evasion, informal deals on billion-dollar assets and a fly-on-the-wall view from inside the adrenaline bubble of Russia's A-team of oligarchs, the case reveals the country's heady corruption.

Even the evidence reads like a John le Carre thriller: barristers bickered over handwritten notes from an offshore lawyer who died in a mysterious helicopter crash, a snatched conversation on tax avoidance recorded in secret at Le Bourget airport and a meeting at London's Dorchester Hotel to hash out the creation of the world's biggest aluminium company.

"The most interesting part of it is the light it sheds on the way in which Russian business was done at that very high level in the immediate post-Communist period: This culture of krysha and payments being paid back and forward," said Philippa Charles, a litigation partner at law firm Mayer Brown, which is not directly involved in the case.

"Meetings at heliports, alpine ski resorts - it is all rather James Bond but actually it shows this was the reality of how business was done at that time in Russia," Charles said.

The focus of the case was 1995 - the year Yeltsin sold off the assets of a former superpower to a handful of influential traders who became known as the oligarchs.

Rich beyond the dreams of their often modest Soviet childhoods, the barons of Siberia came to personify the corruption of post-Soviet Russia: brash, dangerous alpha-males who scorned the rules of mortals.

After meeting on a Caribbean yacht trip organised by fellow tycoon Pyotr Aven, Berezovsky and Abramovich, then a 28-year-old oil trader, came up with a simple idea: merge Russia's best refinery with some of the top oil and gas fields of Siberia.

But to pull it off, they would need Yeltsin's support.

OLIGARCH BATTLES

Berezovsky said Abramovich agreed to give him and partner Badri Patarkatsishvili, a chain-smoking Georgian who died in Britain in 2008, a half share of what would become Sibneft to secure state approval for its creation and privatisation.

Abramovich disputes that, saying he merely paid Berezovsky for providing political cover and protection culminating in a final payment of $1.3 billion via a sheikh in 2001. Abramovich said Berezovsky did nothing to develop Sibneft.

"Krysha was required. It was impossible to keep hold of the company without krysha. So we required both political and physical krysha," Abramovich told the court.

After fleeing Putin's Russia in 2000, Berezovsky claims Abramovich sought to curry favour with Putin by threatening him with expropriation unless he sold his Sibneft stake to him.

Russia's state gas monopoly Gazprom bought Sibneft from Abramovich for $13 billion in 2005. Abramovich denies any threats were made.

Berezovsky also claimed Abramovich sold his shares in RUSAL Plc, the world's top aluminium producer, without his permission. He is seeking over $5 billion for his claimed losses over Sibneft and over $564 million for RUSAL.

"There is no suggestion that anyone forced or pressured Mr Abramovich into acting for the Kremlin," Berezovsky told the court. "He was simply happy to act to the detriment of his friend and partner in order to curry favour with President Putin."

Abramovich's lawyers cast Berezovsky as an obsessive man angry at the success of Abramovich who he believed enjoyed a similar level of clout with Putin -- Russia's paramount leader since December 31, 1999 -- as Berezovsky enjoyed with Yeltsin.

If after digesting the intricacies of Russian business practise, the judge rules against Berezovsky, his reputation as a publicity seeking former oligarch will be cemented.

But if Berezovsky wins, Putin will be cast as Russia's alpha-dog ruler whom even billionaire oligarchs such as Abramovich are so keen to please that they will betray their former partners.

(Editing by Giles Elgood)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/chelsea-owner-abramovich-faces-6-billion-court-ruling-003526698--business.html

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Palestinian street backs probe of Arafat death riddle

News that France had opened an inquiry into the death of the late Yasser Arafat was welcomed by many Palestinians on Wednesday, but for others it was too little, too late.

The veteran Palestinian leader, who led the struggle for Palestinian statehood for nearly four decades, died in hospital near Paris on November 11, 2004 but medical experts were unable to pinpoint the cause of death.

Many Palestinians including top officials insisted he had been poisoned by Israel but an inconclusive investigation in 2005 ruled that out, along with cancer and AIDS, as cause of death.

"Showing the truth and unravelling the mystery surrounding this case is extremely important to the Palestinian people and the French judiciary is known for its integrity," said Khaled Khana, a civil servant from the southern West Bank city of Hebron.

Last month, allegations of poisoning were resurrected after experts said they had found high levels of the radioactive substance polonium on Arafat's personal effects, prompting his widow Suha and the Palestinian leadership to demand a full investigation in the hope of finally closing the file on his mysterious death.

"Despite the fact that this is late, it is very important and proves that international law is still alive and that the statute of limitations (on such a crime) doesn't expire," said Maysoon al-Qawasmi, a women's rights activist in the southern city of Hebron.

"We hope the truth will be exposed."

In the Hamas-run Gaza Strip, locals welcomed the move, with 19-year-old business student Hanaa Ayad saying it could expose those behind the death of Arafat, popularly known as Abu Ammar.

"As a Palestinian, I would like to know the truth about the death of our leader Abu Ammar after all these years. I am sure Israel is behind this by either putting poison in his food or his clothes," she said.

For Ahmed Ibrahim, who sells mobile phones in Gaza City, if an investigation proved that Israel was responsible for poisoning Arafat, it would be tantamount to a declaration of war.

"The Palestinian Authority and the factions should cooperate to find out who killed Abu Ammar, and if it was proved that Israel is responsible, then they have assassinated the peace process and chosen war," he said.

The Swiss experts who discovered the polonium on Arafat's effects have confirmed they will carry out a fact-finding mission in Ramallah to assess the viability of exhuming and testing his remains.

But not everyone was overjoyed about the move, which some said was long overdue.

"Where was the Palestinian leadership, France and Arafat's family all this time?" asked Jamal al-Hashem, a 47-year-old taxi driver from the northern city of Nablus.

"It has been eight years since he died and all the signs showed he was poisoned! Why haven't they done anything?"

And some were unhappy that the investigation was to be run by Paris, with 37-year-old maths teacher Hassan Jamal saying France had already blotted its copybook by "hiding the truth" about the 75-year-old's death back in 2004.

"I don't believe that a first world country like France was unable to find the real cause of death!" he snorted.

"How can we trust France and its investigation now? How do we know they will tell the truth? We want an international investigation, not a French one."

And for others, it was all happening just too late.

"Rest in peace Abu Ammar!" exclaimed Shahin Ghaleb, a 21-year-old student, also from Nablus.

"Everything became a mess from the day he died, and whoever killed him achieved their goals! What good is an investigation now?"

But for at least one man, it was finally a chance to learn the truth about what happened to their iconic leader.

"As a Palestinian citizen, I care about knowing the truth regarding Arafat's death because he was a symbol of the Palestinian people," said Tamim Ahmed, a 49-year-old taxi driver from Ramallah.

"I want to know the truth whatever it is."

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/palestinian-street-backs-probe-arafat-death-riddle-002135770.html

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Paul Ryan takes factual shortcuts in RNC speech

WASHINGTON (AP) ? GOP vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan took some factual shortcuts during the Republican convention when he attacked President Barack Obama's policies on Medicare, the economic stimulus and the budget deficit. His running mate, Mitt Romney, was expected to speak later Thursday in the convention's culmination.

A closer look at some of Ryan's remarks Wednesday at the GOP convention in Tampa, Fla.:

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RYAN: "And the biggest, coldest power play of all in Obamacare came at the expense of the elderly. ... So they just took it all away from Medicare. Seven hundred and sixteen billion dollars, funneled out of Medicare by President Obama."

THE FACTS: Ryan's claim ignores the fact that Ryan himself incorporated the same cuts into budgets he steered through the House in the past two years as chairman of its Budget Committee, using the money for deficit reduction. And the cuts do not affect Medicare recipients directly, but rather reduce payments to hospitals, health insurance plans and other service providers.

In addition, Ryan's own plan to remake Medicare would squeeze the program's spending even more than the changes Obama made, shifting future retirees into a system in which they would get a fixed payment to shop for coverage among private insurance plans. Critics charge that would expose the elderly to more out-of-pocket costs.

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RYAN: "The stimulus was a case of political patronage, corporate welfare and cronyism at their worst. You, the working men and women of this country, were cut out of the deal."

THE FACTS: Ryan himself asked for stimulus funds shortly after Congress approved the $800 billion plan, known as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Ryan's pleas to federal agencies included letters to Energy Secretary Steven Chu and Labor Secretary Hilda Solis seeking stimulus grant money for two Wisconsin energy conservation companies.

One of them, the nonprofit Wisconsin Energy Conservation Corp., received $20.3 million from the Energy Department to help homes and businesses improve energy efficiency, according to federal records. That company, he said in his letter, would build "sustainable demand for green jobs." Another eventual recipient, the Energy Center of Wisconsin, received about $365,000.

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RYAN: Said Obama misled people in Ryan's hometown of Janesville, Wis., by making them think a General Motors plant there threatened with closure could be saved. "A lot of guys I went to high school with worked at that GM plant. Right there at that plant, candidate Obama said: 'I believe that if our government is there to support you ... this plant will be here for another hundred years.' That's what he said in 2008. Well, as it turned out, that plant didn't last another year."

THE FACTS: The plant halted production in December 2008, weeks before Obama took office and well before he enacted a more robust auto industry bailout that rescued GM and Chrysler and allowed the majority of their plants ? though not the Janesville facility ? to stay in operation. Ryan himself voted for an auto bailout under President George W. Bush that was designed to help GM, but he was a vocal critic of the one pushed through by Obama that has been widely credited with revitalizing both GM and Chrysler.

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RYAN: Obama "created a bipartisan debt commission. They came back with an urgent report. He thanked them, sent them on their way and then did exactly nothing."

THE FACTS: It's true that Obama hasn't heeded his commission's recommendations, but Ryan's not the best one to complain. He was a member of the commission and voted against its final report.

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Associated Press writers Tom Raum, Andrew Taylor, Henry C. Jackson and Bradley Klapper contributed to this report.

EDITOR'S NOTE _ An occasional look at claims made in political campaigns and how they adhere to the facts.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/fact-check-ryan-takes-factual-shortcuts-speech-070905927.html

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For Your Eyes Only: Swedish Bond gala criticized

STOCKHOLM (AP) ? Were the martinis shaken, not stirred? Nobody knows, but a James Bond-themed party thrown by Sweden's security service sure didn't adhere to this one-liner from "Casino Royale:" ''I will be keeping my eye on our government's money."

Sweden's prime minister has urged the heads of government agencies to control their spending on staff parties after the SAPO security service admitted it held a Bond bash for 4.3 million kronor ($650,000).

The Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter reported that SAPO threw the party for its 1,000 employees in June 2011, featuring roulette tables, a tuxedo-clad orchestra playing Bond film music, and song, dance and comedy performances by Swedish artists.

The report, following a string of articles about spending binges at government agencies, exposed SAPO to both ridicule and criticism.

Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt told the paper Wednesday that agency chiefs "are well paid, they should know better."

SAPO said the party capped a day of educational and inspirational activities mean to provide "knowledge, inspiration and solidarity" after a year of organizational changes and a heavy work load.

"In this case, the agency set aside a large amount of money so that our roughly 1,000 employees stationed across Sweden could gather, something that is necessary for us to carry out our mission," SAPO chief Anders Thornberg said in a statement.

Critics said the event was particularly ill-timed since SAPO has been undergoing a reorganization involving budget cuts.

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Associated Press reporter Jan M. Olsen in Copenhagen contributed to this report.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/eyes-only-swedish-bond-gala-criticized-113654231.html

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Twin typhoons raise fears in disaster-prone NKorea

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ? Twin typhoons are renewing fears of a humanitarian crisis in North Korea, where poor drainage, widespread deforestation and crumbling infrastructure can turn even a routine rainstorm into a catastrophic flood.

Typhoon Bolaven struck the North on Tuesday and Wednesday, submerging houses and roads, ruining thousands of acres of crops and triggering landslides that buried train tracks ? scenes that are all too familiar in this disaster-prone nation. A second major storm, Typhoon Tembin, is forecast to dump more rain on the Korean Peninsula on Thursday and Friday.

The storms come as North Korea is still recovering from earlier floods that killed more than 170 people and destroyed thousands of homes. That in turn followed a springtime drought that was the worst in a century in some areas.

Foreign aid groups contacted Thursday said they are standing by in Pyongyang, but had not received requests for help from the North Korean government. They had little information on the extent of damage and were relying on reports from state media. The country's wariness toward the outside world, as well as a primitive rural road system, means aid may be slow arriving, if it is allowed to come at all.

"These fresh storms, coming just a few weeks after the serious flooding ? they do raise concerns because we see parts of the countryside battered again that have already been left in a vulnerable state," said Francis Markus, spokesman for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies in East Asia.

Heavy rains that could be little more than an inconvenience elsewhere can be calamitous in North Korea.

Downpours trigger landslides that barrel down the country's deforested mountains and valleys. For decades, rural people have felled trees because they have no other source of fuel or warmth, leaving the landscape barren and heavily eroded. Rivers overflow, submerging crops, inundating roads and engulfing hamlets.

Since June, tens of thousands have been left without clean water, electricity and access to food and other supplies. That leads to a risk of water-borne and respiratory diseases and malnutrition, aid workers say.

Because the North annually struggles to produce enough food from its rocky, mountainous landscape to feed its 24 million people, a poorly timed natural disaster can easily tip the country into crisis, like the famine in the 1990s that followed a similar succession of devastating storms.

A North Korean land management official acknowledged in an interview with The Associated Press that widespread deforestation and a lack of basic infrastructure have made the country vulnerable to the typhoons and storms that batter the peninsula each year.

"It's important for the future of our children to make our country rich and beautiful," Ri Song Il, director of external affairs for the Ministry of Land and Environmental Protection, said in June.

He said a campaign is under way to replenish forests, build highways and construct proper irrigation at the order of North Korea's new leader, Kim Jong Un. He held up a green pamphlet on land management that was the first official document Kim published after taking power from his father.

But it may be too little, too late, for this year's summer rains.

In Pyongyang, North Korea's showcase capital of grand monuments and broad boulevards, the rains have been little more than a nuisance for residents tromping about in rubber boots and umbrellas.

Outside the capital, it's a different story.

In villages without the luxury of paved roads, summer downpours have sliced through roadways and washed away bridges, all but cutting off already isolated communities from supplies, food and help.

Two weeks ago, AP journalists visited a flood-ravaged mining hamlet in South Phyongan province where gushing waters from an earlier storm swallowed a whole block of homes. The trip, a mere 40-mile (60-kilometer) drive northeast of Pyongyang, required a bumpy four-hour ride along rutted, muddy roads.

Along the way, workers piled stones along the roadside as a bulwark against landslides, but they were no match for the water rushing down mountainsides.

Villagers crouched in makeshift lean-tos and camped on the rubble where their houses once stood. They vowed to rebuild once the roads are restored and trucks can cart in cement. But there are concerns about how vulnerable their new homes would be if they rebuild at the foot of a mountain in the county of Songchon, which means "place where many waters come together."

North Korea has no clear long-term strategy to deal with disasters or climate change, the United Nations said in a report issued in June.

This year, North Korea is at a particularly dangerous juncture, said the Red Cross' Markus. Over the last two years, he said, "we've been seeing a gradual deterioration in the humanitarian situation."

The Red Cross works with villagers to prepare evacuation plans and other ways to protect themselves, their homes and their farmland in the event of a disaster, he said.

But severe weather remains an omnipresent threat, and poor infrastructure and massive deforestation are "a major factor in exacerbating these weather events," he said. "There's no doubt that the vulnerabilities in the countryside are considerable."

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Associated Press writer Foster Klug contributed to this report. Follow Lee, AP's Korea bureau chief, at twitter.com/newsjean and Klug at twitter.com/APKlug.

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Tracking Isaac: The latest on the storm's path

Isaac made landfall Tuesday night on the southeastern Louisiana coast as a Category 1 hurricane with winds of 80 mph.

Arriving on the eve of the seventh anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, Isaac is the first hurricane to hit the Gulf Coast since Ike in 2008.

NOW WHAT?

Isaac's core is expected to pass west of New Orleans with winds close to 80 mph and head for Baton Rouge. Winds could gust up to 100 mph at times, which could affect tall buildings in New Orleans. The hurricane is expected to gradually weaken, but only after dumping 7 to 14 inches of rain across the state, with some places receiving up to 20 inches.

WHAT DOES MAKE LANDFALL MEAN?

A hurricane is considered to have made landfall when the center or eye intersects with a coastline.

The strongest winds are often not in the center of a hurricane. They are usually on the storms outer bands that come ashore before and after the eye. Sometimes an uneasy calm actually is felt when the eye passes over, but it is often followed by more strong winds and rain.

DAMAGE

While people across the coast were boarding up their homes to prepare for damaging winds, the even bigger fear is potential flooding.

The greatest concern is an expected storm surge of between 6 and 12 feet off the Louisiana and Mississippi coasts, 4 to 8 feet along the Alabama coast and 3 to 6 feet on the Florida Panhandle. Storm surge is when hurricane winds raise sea levels off the coast, causing flooding on land.

In the Big Easy, residents hunkered down behind levees fortified after Katrina.

Isaac already left a trail of destruction in the Caribbean, most of it blamed on flooding that killed 24 people.

REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION

Isaac veered well west of the Republican National Convention site in Tampa, but it was soggy over the weekend in the bayside city. The GOP pushed back the start of speeches a day to Tuesday and protesters' ranks have been small, in part because of the soaking brought on by Isaac and in part because of the huge police presence in the city.

The storm has also altered some Republican governors' plans to attend. Florida Gov. Rick Scott canceled a speaking engagement, and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal and Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley canceled their trips to Tampa.

EVACUATIONS

Officials in Louisiana's St. Charles Parish near New Orleans and Terrebonne Parish that includes Houma closer to the Gulf have told about 73,000 residents total to leave ahead of the storm. Some coastal residents in Alabama have also been told to evacuate.

However, officials haven't ordered the kind of evacuations that have in the past clogged interstates, with both sides of the highway heading one direction. In New Orleans, Mayor Mitch Landrieu said evacuations would not be ordered and told residents to prepare carefully and ride it out.

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Source for latest hurricane information: Ed Rappaport, deputy director of the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/tracking-isaac-latest-storms-path-203521667.html

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Artists turn old prosthetic limbs into artworks

Priscilla Sutton, curator of the Spare Parts exhibition poses with some of the art work that has been all based on artists using prosthetic limbs that will be included in the show, at her home during a interview with the Associated Press in London, Tuesday, Aug. 15 2012. Prosthetics can change the life of an amputee. But when an old limb no longer fits or just gets worn out, it can be hard to part ways with an item that offered the liberating chance to jump, dance or simply walk. Priscilla Sutton has a solution: turn these ?pre-loved? limbs into artwork. The Australian curator came up ?Spare Parts London,? an exhibition of altered prosthetics that has opened in time for the Paralympics games which start in London Wednesday, Aug. 29.(AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Priscilla Sutton, curator of the Spare Parts exhibition poses with some of the art work that has been all based on artists using prosthetic limbs that will be included in the show, at her home during a interview with the Associated Press in London, Tuesday, Aug. 15 2012. Prosthetics can change the life of an amputee. But when an old limb no longer fits or just gets worn out, it can be hard to part ways with an item that offered the liberating chance to jump, dance or simply walk. Priscilla Sutton has a solution: turn these ?pre-loved? limbs into artwork. The Australian curator came up ?Spare Parts London,? an exhibition of altered prosthetics that has opened in time for the Paralympics games which start in London Wednesday, Aug. 29.(AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

South African Paralympic runner Oscar Pistorius smiles as he speaks during a news conference at the 2012 Paralympics, Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012, in London. Pistorius became the first double leg amputee to participate in the Olympics at the London 2012 Summer Olympics. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

South African Paralympic runner Oscar Pistorius smiles as he speaks during a news conference at the 2012 Paralympics, Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012, in London. Pistorius became the first double leg amputee to participate in the Olympics at the London 2012 Summer Olympics. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

The Agitos, the official symbol design of the 2012 Paralympic Games are seen with the Orbit viewing platform artwork structure in background, as preparations are made at the Olympic Park ahead of the 2012 Paralympics, Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012, in London. The Paralympics will start with the opening ceremony on Aug. 29. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Priscilla Sutton, curator of the Spare Parts exhibition poses with some of the art work that has been all based on artists using prosthetic limbs that will be included in the show, at her home during a interview with the Associated Press in London, Tuesday, Aug. 15 2012. Prosthetics can change the life of an amputee. But when an old limb no longer fits or just gets worn out, it can be hard to part ways with an item that offered the liberating chance to jump, dance or simply walk. Priscilla Sutton has a solution: turn these ?pre-loved? limbs into artwork. The Australian curator came up ?Spare Parts London,? an exhibition of altered prosthetics that has opened in time for the Paralympics games which start in London Wednesday, Aug. 29.(AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

LONDON (AP) ? Prosthetics can change the life of an amputee. But when an old limb no longer fits or just gets worn out, it can be hard to part ways with an item that offered the liberating chance to jump, dance or simply walk.

Priscilla Sutton has a solution: turn these "pre-loved" limbs into artwork. The Australian curator came up with "Spare Parts London," an exhibition of altered prosthetics that has opened in time for the Paralympics, which start Wednesday.

"I was cleaning my home and I found two old legs in my cupboard," said Sutton, a below-the-knee amputee. "I thought it was a bit crazy to keep hoarding my legs."

The exhibition, which includes works by artists from Britain, Australia, the United States and Japan, comes as people are paying new attention to the devices.

Public awareness of prosthetics has been heightened by the popularity of double amputee Olympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius, the South African known as the "Blade Runner." The exhibition will showcase the "Cheetah" ? the carbon fiber running leg Pistorius uses that has a flex foot designed to replicate the hind leg of the fastest animal on land.

The show also displays arms and legs hanging from the ceiling and others in glass cabinets. A creation by British artist Rachel Ball features a little girl's leg covered in colorful crochet and painted with henna on the foot.

"It reflects the original owner's personality," Sutton said.

Since coming up with the idea, 33-year-old Sutton has collected prosthetics donated by amputees, their families or health services around the world.

"I got a box of arms from the NHS (Britain's National Health Service)," she said.

Owners change their prosthetics for a variety of reasons, including wear and weight fluctuations. For kids, the stump changes as they grow. For adults, muscles sometimes waste away.

While many keep their limbs for sentimental reasons ? parents might keep the first leg of their children, for example ? many limbs also end up on the scrap heap.

Sutton hopes the art show will lead to an open conversation about prosthetics, but others argue there are better uses for them.

"It seems an odd way to showcase it," said Penny Broomhead, a physiotherapist specializing in rehabilitation for amputees. "I would rather people look at it in a more practical point of view."

Broomhead thinks a better use for old prosthetic limbs would be to send them to developing countries, where their components could potentially provide prosthetics to those who can't afford them.

"Spare Parts London" marks the second time Sutton has used legs and arms as artwork, after a 2010 show on the same theme in Brisbane, Australia.

Sutton said the earlier exhibition made people ask questions they never dared to ask before, such as whether she sleeps with her leg. (The answer is no).

Sutton was born without a fibula in her right leg and the doctors wanted to amputate. Her family left it up to her.

"In my twenties, I took the decision to chop it off because it was getting worse and worse," she said. "It was the best decision of my life and I never looked back."

After her operation, Sutton had her leg cremated.

"It was a good form of closure," she said.

She has two "spare parts:" An "everyday" leg covered with a design by American pop surrealist artist Marc Ryden and a sports leg that displays a traditional Japanese print with gold flowers and cherries.

The curator said the exhibition was a therapeutic experience to produce.

"I think it's a wonderful way to celebrate and share my love of prosthetics," she said.

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"Spare Parts London" is at The Rag Factory, Brick Lane, in London until Sept. 9.

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Video: The Origin of Workers Injury Laws in the U.S. | Workers Comp ...

Michigan work injury lawyer explains the origin of workers compensation and what this means for your own claim today.

The Workers? Injury Law & Advocacy Group (WILG) recently hosted a symposium and shared a great video explaining the origin of workers compensation law.

?Race to the bottom?

Michigan adopted its first workers compensation law in 1912.? The law was a compromise between employee and employer interests. Employees gave up the right to sue in civil court in exchange for what are essentially no-fault benefits.

Workers compensation pays wage loss, medical treatment, and vocational rehabilitation. Pain and suffering is not available.

The problem is that special interest groups have worked hard to reduce these benefits. Insurance companies and big corporations still want the protection from civil lawsuits but they don?t want to pay anything for workers compensation.

Today, an insurance company can use a fake job to cut off wage loss. Other changes make it impossible to get medical treatment if you can?t show a significant aggravation. This means you might not be hurt enough to qualify!

How to protect your workers compensation benefits

If your benefits have been disputed, you need to stand up for your legal rights. Insurance companies want you to abandon your claim and give up. Prove them wrong and fight back!

Call (855) 221-COMP for a free consultation with one of our work injury lawyers in Michigan. We will explain your legal rights and make sure that you receive the correct benefits.

- Alex Berman is the founder of Michigan Workers Comp Lawyers. He?s been representing injured and disabled workers exclusively for more than 35 years. Alex has helped countless people obtain workers compensation benefits and never charges a fee to evaluate a case.

Related information:

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Ways to Use Pinterest for Effective Business Marketing | Blogmemes

With its growing popularity from colourful photos and easily ?pinning? them, Pinterest is one social media network that online marketers must use to take its full advantage. More so, there are many SMM tips to maximize the benefits this social media site gives.

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Perry Hall High School Shooter Cooperating With Police

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UPDATED (10:03 p.m.)?A 15-year-old boy is said to be cooperating with police as they investigate his alleged involvement in a shooting at Perry Hall High School. Police continue to interview the unidentified teen and the investigation at the high school is expected to continue into Monday night, according to a statement released by Elise Armacost, a police spokeswoman.

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ING to sell Canadian retail bank to Scotiabank

ING Group is selling its Canadian retail bank to Scotiabank for $3.88 billion in cash.

The Dutch megabank said Wednesday that the deal will help sharpen its focus on core businesses and strengthen its balance sheet.

The division, called ING Direct Canada, offers savings, checking, mutual fund and mortgage products through telephone representatives and online access. ING says the division has about 1.8 million customers in Canada.

ING will continue to operate direct banking businesses in Australia, Austria, France, Germany, Italy and Spain. It is considering a sale of its United Kingdom business. It sold its U.S. business to Capital One Financial in February.

ING expects to record a gain of $1.38 billion on the Canadian sale.

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Dreams in the Lich House: Review: Dungeon Command D&D ...

One of the big new games we came home with from Gencon was Dungeon Command. ?My kiddo was obsessed with getting it after seeing one of the sets was Drow-themed (I'm beginning to think he's RA Salvatore's number one fan amongst 10 year olds), and after getting in a handful of games with the system, I can heartily endorse it. ?Most of my reviews are RPG books, but this has enough nexus with D&D, Wizards of the Coast, and gaming, such that I don't mind stretching the bounds.

In Dungeon Command, you play out a miniatures battle on a board made out of dungeon tiles, snapped together like puzzle pieces. ?There are configurations for 2, 3, and 4 player games, although each player needs their own tile set and figures. ?Game play mixes traditional D&D miniatures style combat with a card mechanic reminiscent of Magic: The Gathering. ?The whole is greater than the parts.

As a player, you take on the role of a battlefield leader, and each set gives you a choice of two personae from which to choose. ?The leader cards govern things like creatures in hand, life (morale), mana (leadership ability), and each has other special abilities that modify game play. ?Creatures are represented by D&D minis, with stats on creature cards. ?Special game play effects are managed by "Order Cards' drawn from an Order deck. ?There is a tapping mechanic for attacking or using special abilities granted by the cards.

The game has a compelling mix of physical bits that make it part board game, part card game, and part minis game. ?As I said, the battlefield is built from a mix of tiles provided by each player, giving you some control over the placement of terrain and obstacles. ?"Treasure chest" are seeded on the battlefield, and they can be used by creatures to heal the player's life (morale) in lieu of attacking. ?Creatures have resource costs that limit how many can be in play at a time. ?Cards are another expendable resource that can let creatures attack multiple times, do extra damage, dodge attacks, or perform spell-like effects. ?There's a system of key words that govern which creatures can perform actions with the cards; fighters can't use spell-like cards, for instance.

Various well-known D&D spells and magic items look like they'll be making appearances as cards; Potion of Healing is a minor effect that heals a creature's life; Fireball is a standard attack card that can be cast by an Int-based creature (like the War Mage or Copper Dragon in the Cormyr set); Faerie Fire is an enchantment-type card the Drow can attach to an enemy, making that creature more vulnerable to attacks.

Dungeon Command was released in late July with two initial sets - Sting of Lolth, a Drow-themed set, and Heart of Cormyr, knights, dwarves, and mages. ?I don't pay close attention to WOTC releases these days so this one flew under my radar. ?5th Edition isn't supposed to be out until 2014, after all, so there are still a wide range of outcomes for that particular project. ?In the meantime, here's Dungeon Command, mining the D&D brand and product identity, as well as WOTC's deep in-house expertise on card games, to build a really great game. ?There are upcoming releases planned for September and November; a goblin-themed seat featuring a troll as the big monster, and an undead-themed set featuring a dracolich. ?One of the best parts: ?the game is non-collectible. ?There's no headache around random booster packs of cards or miniatures. ?Every set is a fixed roster of cards and figures.

If you like both D&D minis and card games, this is a can't miss game for you. ?The cards and special abilities add a dramatic amount of strategy and ensure a high replay value. ?Traditional war gamers may not enjoy the randomness and surprise created by the card mechanic; well-planned attacks can be foiled by counter cards that block damage, like a magic user's Shield spell. ?If you were a heavy collector of D&D miniatures from some of the previous incarnations of the line, you probably have all the figure sculpts already; WOTC is using existing molds to fill out the new game. ?Like I said, this is a clever product to fill the gap between now and 5E, since it leverages previous R&D dollars from the minis game, leverages the D&D brand for concepts, and pulls in expertise from the M:TG side of the house. ?It's shrewd business. ?The game offers no insight to me whether 5E will be good or bad; it does demonstrate that the designers at WOTC can still make really fun games. ?This is a bit of a premium product; a single set of Dungeon Command sells for $26-$30 online, or msrp $40 if you're lucky enough to still have a brick-and-mortar game store in your area.

Any questions, fire away in the comments!

Source: http://dreamsinthelichhouse.blogspot.com/2012/08/review-dungeon-command-d-miniatures.html

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5 Recruitment Metrics Every HR Professional Should Report (Part 2 ...

In part one of our series on recruiting metrics, we talked about five essential metrics HR professionals need for a meaningful analysis. With the appropriate metrics, HR professionals can determine the most effective sources of hire, total costs per hire and gain insights into optimizing further by adjusting the many variables. This analytical data can assist recruiters in improving their future performance, based on an analysis of their previous activity and corresponding results. In addition, it can help them to compile management reports for their supervisors, providing an overview of the key hiring metrics. Eventually, senior management is also interested in how well their investment in recruitment activities is paying off.

Here are five more metrics recruiters should study when looking at how to get the most of the hiring process.

Referral rates
Did you know that employee referrals accounted for 28 percent of all external hires last year? With that in mind, referral rates should be an important recruitment metric all HR professionals need to report since they are becoming more and more important in the candidate sourcing process.

Let?s say 20 percent of all of your hires came from employee referrals, former colleagues or members of their network. Since referrals are considered one of the best sources of quality candidates, hiring managers can clearly see that referrals via social media are an increasing and highly effective source of quality candidates that will likely be a great fit for the organization and will be contributing to its success for the long run. As a result, more resources should be reserved to improve or create employee referral programs and using social recruiting as a means to do that.

Turnover
Employee turnover is the rate at which a company gains or loses employees. This rate of traffic through your company?s revolving door can say a lot about the company and how much money you might be losing in the recruiting process. There is no ?correct? number for turnover, instead it usually depends on the industry you are in. Some have a higher turnover than others and you need to know the average turnover for your particular industry.

If your turnover is higher than average, you first need to know that and then do something about it. In general, the lower this number is the better it is. Replacing employees too often is not only costly and time consuming, it also means that too many people in your organization may be spending too much time on coming up to speed and leaving too soon to be able to add any real value to the company. Once you know the turnover rate, you can find out the reasons associated with the turnover. You will find out that turnover rates are quite often a reflection of the effectiveness of the recruitment processes.

Predictive Analysis
Predictive analysis is when a variety of metrics and figures are used to predict a certain outcome. For example, recently Target came under fire for using their own predictive analysis to figure out when certain subsets of their consumers would become pregnant. Target then used this information to target specific advertising at these consumers. When it comes to HR, these outcomes often have to do with recruitment success and employee turnover. Using metrics like turnover, employee engagement and productivity, hiring managers can get a good view of what the future might look like. It will not be 100 percent accurate, but it will help hiring managers and recruiters stay ahead of the curve.

Pipeline Development
It is always important for recruiters to continue to develop relationships with great candidates. These candidates are then put in what is called a ?pipeline?, a store of qualified potential hires recruiters can call when positions need to be filled. Developing a pipeline of quality potential hires is a great way to cut down on the hiring process and save your company time and money. Often pipeline development is tracked through a good CRM, allowing recruiters to keep track of all their various employee leads. Pipeline development is great for cutting down on the key metrics we have previously covered like cost-per-hire, time-to-hire, and quality of hire. This is because recruiters have already established a relationship with great potential candidates, cutting down on the sourcing stage of recruitment.

Post-recruitment surveys
It?s always a good idea to get feedback from those who have been recently interviewed for a certain position. They are in the best position to comment on the company?s recruitment strategy and processes from a candidate?s perspective. In addition, request similar information from those who did not accept the job and those who went through the process but were not offered a position.

Sending out a survey is easy to do. Make sure you collect feedback from all stakeholders who have participated in the hiring process. This could include the interviewers as well. For those who did not get hired, questions can include where they heard about the company and the job, their overall feelings about the application, if they felt the questions asked were easy to respond to, if they would be interested in another position at the company, or how was their experience with the communication (or lack thereof) from the recruiter or the company in general.

These post-recruitment surveys can help you identify some of the critical gaps that you may have missed but others can notice in your recruitment process. They can also bring clarity to or visibility into some of those areas that were not specifically addressed through the other metrics. Collecting and processing feedback in an effective and organized way gives you an inside view into how candidates feel about your recruitment process. It also provides you with a sense for the various perspectives from all other stakeholders involved in the process. All of this information represents critical data that can be analysed and used for making future recruitment campaigns more effective.

What do you think? What are some other recruitment metrics to keep in mind?

Source: http://www.business2community.com/human-resources/5-recruitment-metrics-every-hr-professional-should-report-part-2-0263395

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Facebook Camera for iPhone adds notifications and other improvements

Following the Facebook app's recent update to 5.0 with major speed improvements, the Facebook Camera for iPhone app has also received a significant amount of features to it's recent update. These features include notifications, better photo management, likes, and comments, and other UI improvements.

The types of notifications supported by Facebook Camera or those for tags, likes, and comments on photos. To view the notifications, simply tap on the News tab to see a list.

In addition to notifications, Facebook Camera now lets you create new albums or add photos to any pre-existing album. You can also add likes and comments on posts that feature more than one photo and "like" individual comments. If a photo features a long caption, you can now scroll through it when viewing the photo in fullscreen. Lastly, names and profile pictures for everyone who liked a photo can be viewed.

None of these new features are groundbreaking, but they certainly address many of the complaints users had about the Facebook Camera app. It's great to see Facebook investing resources in improving the user experience of their iPhone and iPad apps.

What do you think of the update? Now that you can view notifications, add photos to specific albums, and like comments, do you think you'll use Facebook Camera more often?

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New clues in Taylor Swift video? MTV offers a look

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Fans of country singer Taylor Swift looking for new clues on the subject of her hit song, "We Are Never Getting Back Together," may want to watch the video premiering this week on MTV and sister TV network CMT, the television channel said on Tuesday.

The video, in which the 22-year-old gets personal about her dating life, will debut on "MTV First: Taylor Swift" on MTV Thursday at 7:49 p.m. EDT and on country music sister channel, CMT. MTV News will air a 30-second "sneak peek" on Tuesday.

Swift will also perform the song live on the MTV Video Music Awards on September 6, the network said.

The song, the first single from the country star's upcoming album "Red," has already become a hit. Last week, it broke the Billboard chart record as the most downloaded song by a female artist in its first week, selling 623,000 copies.

It also has spurred a guessing game among fans about which ex-boyfriend Swift is singing about in lyrics such as:

"I'm really gonna miss you picking fights/And me, falling for it screaming that I'm right/And you, would hide away and find your peace of mind/With some indie record that's much cooler than mine."

Swift has won legions of fans with raw lyrics and songs inspired by her life. In the past, she has dated Joe Jonas, Jake Gyllenhaal, Taylor Lautner and most notably John Mayer, who was the subject of Swift's 2010 song "Dear John."

The singer has become a signature performer at the MTV VMAs since 2009 when rapper Kanye West stormed on stage and interrupted the then 19-year-old Swift's acceptance speech for the award for best female video.

West's interruption stunned audiences worldwide and Swift was praised by critics and fans alike for her handling of the situation. She received a wave of support after she returned to the show to perform.

Swift addressed the incident at the 2010 MTV VMAs performing her song, "Innocent," which was directed at West.

(Reporting By Piya Sinha-Roy; Editing by Bob Tourtellotte and David Brunnstrom)

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Red Cross scales back Pakistan work

The Red Cross is scaling back its work in Pakistan, with the loss of hundreds of jobs, the aid organisation said Tuesday, following the brutal murder of a British aid worker earlier this year.

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said it was closing offices in Karachi and Quetta, the capital of impoverished and insurgency-wracked Baluchistan province, and cutting projects in Pakistan's troubled tribal northwest.

The group suspended most of its operations in Pakistan in May after the killing of ICRC health worker Khalil Dale, whose mutilated body was found outside Quetta in April, four months after he was abducted.

ICRC field operations will be reduced to offices in Islamabad, a surgical hospital in the northwestern city of Peshawar and a rehabilitation centre in Pakistan-administered Kashmir.

Talks have begun with the government over reopening the Peshawar hospital -- closed since the May suspension -- though ICRC spokesman Najum-ul-Saqib Iqbal said the 120-bed capacity may be reduced and no timeframe has been set.

"We are ready to continue helping people in need, such as the wounded and the physically disabled, provided working conditions for our staff are adequate," Paul Castella, head of the ICRC delegation in Islamabad, said.

"Having worked in Pakistan for more than 60 years, we are aware that some of these decisions will affect vulnerable people in some areas. But we need to take into account the challenges faced by our staff and adjust our activities accordingly."

Agricultural support programmes and remote help for hospitals in the northwest will end, along with visits to prisoners, ICRC said.

Iqbal said it was still unclear how many staff would be laid off as a result of Tuesday's announcement, but more than 100 in Karachi and Quetta would lose their jobs and the final total would be in the hundreds.

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If you want to know how new real estate agents get more listings, you need to first understand,?WHY real estate agents need to focus on being listing-based first. ? At Keller Williams Realty, we strongly believe that a successful real estate business must be based on the foundation of the 3 L?s of Real Estate: ?Leads, Listings & Leverage, as defined by Gary Keller in The Millionaire Real Estate Agent Book and the below video. ???

A successful real estate career should always be first and foremost, a listing-based business. ? ?A qualified real estate listing will not only generate a sale(the sale of the property), but if properly marketed, it could and should generate several more transactions. ? ?A real estate listing is the best source for real estate agents to not only find future buyer clients, but when they sell the listing, they have a great success story to market to other potential sellers in the neighborhood as well. ?In this real estate career coaching video from Keller Williams Team Leader/Coach Kevin Ward, Kevin shares the 4 best ways for new real estate agents to get more listings.

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'Prometheus' Behind-The-Scene Stills Show Different Take On Fifield Monster

One of the most endearing aspects of "Prometheus" was how lo-fi some of the creature effects were. The Engineers, the zombie-fied Fifield and that little surprise at the end had the look of some classic "Alien" creatures that made us a twinge nostalgic. But new stills featured in Cinefex magazine (via Blood Disgusting) show an [...]

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A greener way to fertilize nursery crops

Public release date: 27-Aug-2012
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301-504-1624
United States Department of Agriculture - Research, Education and Economics

This press release is available in Spanish.

A U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientist has found a "green" alternative to a type of fertilizer additive that is believed to contribute to the accumulation of heavy metals in waterways.

Ornamental nursery and floral crops require micronutrients like iron, manganese, copper and zinc. But fertilizers that provide these micronutrients often include synthetically produced compounds that bind with the micronutrients so they are available in the root zone.

The most commonly used compounds, known as chelating agents, are not readily biodegradable, and can extract metals from sediments. Their use is believed to add to the amounts of iron and other heavy metals that sometimes flow into or become soluble in waterways. Concerns in Europe about one, called EDTA, have prompted calls there for use of alternative chelating agents.

Joseph Albano, a horticulturalist with the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) U.S. Horticultural Research Laboratory in Fort Pierce, Fla., thinks he has found a "green" alternative for the floral and nursery crop industries. ARS is USDA's principal intramural scientific research agency, and this research supports USDA's commitment to agricultural sustainability.

Albano's alternative chelating agent is known as EDDS. It is a natural compound that is biodegradable and less likely to persist in the environment.

In a series of studies, Albano grew marigolds in standard soil-less potting media using fertilizers formulated with EDDS or one of two commonly used chelating agents: EDTA and DTPA. Each of the three treatments was chelated with iron so Albano could assess the effectiveness of EDDS as a fertilizer iron source.

The results showed that EDDS was a suitable chelating agent for use in fertilizers. There were no differences in plant growth or leaf-tissue iron levels among plants grown with iron-EDDS, those grown with iron-EDTA, or those grown with iron-DTPA fertilizers.

Iron-chelates, like iron-EDTA and iron-DTPA, degrade when exposed to light (photodegradation), so they are often stored in opaque containers that prevent exposure to sunlight. Albano also assessed iron-EDDS photodegradation and discovered that iron-EDDS degraded more quickly than iron-EDTA when exposed to light, which would contribute to its low persistence in the environment. Given how quickly it degrades, Albano recommends that iron-EDDS chelates also be stored in opaque containers.

The report, published in HortScience, was the first peer-reviewed study to evaluate EDDS as a chelating agent in fertilizers used in the production of a floricultural crop, according to Albano. The work is expected to encourage the use of EDDS as an environmentally friendly chelating agent in floral and nursery crop operations.

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Read more about this research in the August 2012 issue of Agricultural Research magazine. http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/AR/archive/aug12/fertilizer0812.htm

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Contact: Dennis OBrien
dennis.obrien@ars.usda.gov
301-504-1624
United States Department of Agriculture - Research, Education and Economics

This press release is available in Spanish.

A U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientist has found a "green" alternative to a type of fertilizer additive that is believed to contribute to the accumulation of heavy metals in waterways.

Ornamental nursery and floral crops require micronutrients like iron, manganese, copper and zinc. But fertilizers that provide these micronutrients often include synthetically produced compounds that bind with the micronutrients so they are available in the root zone.

The most commonly used compounds, known as chelating agents, are not readily biodegradable, and can extract metals from sediments. Their use is believed to add to the amounts of iron and other heavy metals that sometimes flow into or become soluble in waterways. Concerns in Europe about one, called EDTA, have prompted calls there for use of alternative chelating agents.

Joseph Albano, a horticulturalist with the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) U.S. Horticultural Research Laboratory in Fort Pierce, Fla., thinks he has found a "green" alternative for the floral and nursery crop industries. ARS is USDA's principal intramural scientific research agency, and this research supports USDA's commitment to agricultural sustainability.

Albano's alternative chelating agent is known as EDDS. It is a natural compound that is biodegradable and less likely to persist in the environment.

In a series of studies, Albano grew marigolds in standard soil-less potting media using fertilizers formulated with EDDS or one of two commonly used chelating agents: EDTA and DTPA. Each of the three treatments was chelated with iron so Albano could assess the effectiveness of EDDS as a fertilizer iron source.

The results showed that EDDS was a suitable chelating agent for use in fertilizers. There were no differences in plant growth or leaf-tissue iron levels among plants grown with iron-EDDS, those grown with iron-EDTA, or those grown with iron-DTPA fertilizers.

Iron-chelates, like iron-EDTA and iron-DTPA, degrade when exposed to light (photodegradation), so they are often stored in opaque containers that prevent exposure to sunlight. Albano also assessed iron-EDDS photodegradation and discovered that iron-EDDS degraded more quickly than iron-EDTA when exposed to light, which would contribute to its low persistence in the environment. Given how quickly it degrades, Albano recommends that iron-EDDS chelates also be stored in opaque containers.

The report, published in HortScience, was the first peer-reviewed study to evaluate EDDS as a chelating agent in fertilizers used in the production of a floricultural crop, according to Albano. The work is expected to encourage the use of EDDS as an environmentally friendly chelating agent in floral and nursery crop operations.

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Read more about this research in the August 2012 issue of Agricultural Research magazine. http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/AR/archive/aug12/fertilizer0812.htm

USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer. To file a complaint of discrimination, write: USDA, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, Office of Adjudication, 1400 Independence Ave., SW, Washington, DC 20250-9410 or call (866) 632-9992 (Toll-free Customer Service), (800) 877-8339 (Local or Federal relay), (866) 377-8642 (Relay voice users).

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