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Michigan Auto Accident Lawyers Urge Drivers to Join “No Phone Zone Day”

On Tuesday, I announced the welcome news that Michigan has finally banned texting while driving. Today, Governor Granholm will sign the texting-while-driving ban on ‘Oprah.’ Like our auto accident attorneys, Oprah has been very vocal about the dangers of texting while driving. Recently, she had her fans take a pledge to stop texting while behind the wheel.

I’d like to share the following article that appeared in the Detroit News, as it highlights the importance of this new law and urges Michigan residents to put their phones down while driving – starting today.

Gov. Jennifer Granholm plans to sign the state’s texting while driving ban legislation in Detroit on Friday during a broadcast of the “Oprah Winfrey Show.”

Liz Boyd, a spokeswoman for the governor, confirmed the details of Granholm’s signing plans.

The House passed the third and final bill in a texting ban package by a 82-22 vote. The Senate has passed the bill so it now goes to Granholm for her signature.

“Texting while driving is a dangerous habit that too many drivers take part in,” bill sponsor Rep. Lee Gonzales, D-Flint, said in a statement. “Michigan now joins the ranks of nearly two dozen other states that are taking action to save lives and make our roads safer.”

Winfrey will dedicate Friday’s program to distracted driving and will feature an appearance by Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood.

It’s part of an effort to declare April 30 the first national “No Phone Zone Day.”

Distracted driving kills nearly 6,000 Americans a year, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

“A call or text isn’t worth taking a life,” Winfrey said. “We must not allow more mothers and fathers, daughters and sons, sisters and brothers to die before we take action against distracted driving.”
The show will broadcast rallies in Atlanta, Boston, Detroit, Los Angeles and Washington.
Michigan’s ban will start July 1. A first offense would cost $100 and repeat offenses would cost $200.
No points would be added to a driver’s record.

Texting would be a primary offense, meaning police could pull over motorists for texting alone.
Twenty-three states and the District of Columbia already ban text messaging for all drivers, according to the Governors Highway Safety Association.

Steven M. Gursten is recognized as one of the nation’s top experts in serious car and truck accident injury cases and automobile insurance no-fault litigation. Michigan Auto Law has received the largest reported jury verdict for an automobile accident case in Michigan in seven of the past 10 years, including 2009, according to published year-end verdicts and settlements reports.

Related information:

Avoiding Car Accidents in Michigan

17 Mistakes that Can Kill Your Auto Accident Case

Your No-Fault Insurance Rights

Michigan Auto Law is the largest law firm exclusively handling car accident, truck accident, motorcycle accident and bus cases throughout the state. Call (800) 777-0028 if you’ve been injured in an auto accident, and would like to speak to a lawyer.

‘Might is right’ not the way

This is a response to “Veil ban overreaches [Opinion, April 16].

If the French government bans the burqa, it will impinge on the freedom of a group of women to practice their religion as they feel fit.

Each person’s interpretation of religion is different. The understanding of that diversity of thought and conscience established inalienable rights in modern civilization. One of those rights is the right to practice your faith as you feel fit, not as someone else in authority feels fit.

We cannot in this day and age and in a liberal, secular country such as France afford to have “might is right” as the underlying law of the land. The banning of the burqa is taking political might and hedging it against a basic human right.

If the French wish to integrate the burqa-clad women into their society, then alienating them by depriving them of public services will hardly achieve the desired results. You cannot take away peoples basic human rights and expect that they will embrace you after that. You are dealing with women, not robots.

— Manahil Shahnawaz, Pakistan

The fish and shrimp might escape the oil, but what will happen to the oysters? Marketplace talks to Sal Sunseri, the owner of P&J Oysters in New Orleans, a company that’s been around since 1876 and is the number one oyster supplier to New Orleans restaurants. The question: What’s going to happen to the oysters if the spill gets worse?

Vigeland: Can you talk us through, geographically, where are the oyster beds in relation to where this oil slick is headed?

Sunseri: Approximately 50 miles away. So we still prayfully have a lot of work to be done by the oil companies. Hopefully they’ll take our offers because shrimpers, oyster farmers and other boats are offering their services to help with the spill, help skim, whatever it takes to not allow this to enter our estuaries.

Vigeland: What happens to you if it does?

Sunseri: We’ll be devastated. No telling how long it would take for this type of spill to be cleansed again.

Oh noooooo! Mr. Suseri concluded the interview by asking the listeners to pray for the oyster farmers and shrimpers of the gulf coast. God save the delicious oysters!

We wish we had a boat and could help. Hang in there, oyster farmers.

The oil spill’s impact on oyster industry [Marketplace]

Want more on the LG Ally for Verizon? We’ve got it. It’s in a commercial for "Iron Man 2," and it’s clearly running Android. That keyboard looks pretty darn usable, but the D-pad could be interesting. We’ve confirmed that in fact it’s Android 2.1 with a 1GHz Snapdragon processor and 5MP camera, with all the usual bells and whistles. We’ve heard a mid-May launch window, but that’s still up in the air.

The commercial points us to LG.com/ally, which in turn points to lgim2.com, which says more is coming today. But that’s it so far. Check out the commercial after the break.  Thanks, J Blair!

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School lunch reform step in the right direction

Experts accurately assert that childhood obesity puts millions of American kids on a path toward disease and premature death. The latest alarm comes from military leaders who maintain that many young Americans are too obese to serve in the armed forces [“Are schools a national security threat?,” News, April 20].

While more-nutritious school lunches are a step in the right direction, Congress also should regulate the retail industry, which promotes unhealthy eating habits by retail redlining African American and Hispanic neighborhoods. National supermarket chains often avoid locating large stores in black communities, thereby reducing food options and penalizing people for their pigment.

In addition, Congress should address slotting fees that encourage convenience stores to stock shelves with the worst possible foods, such as candy and chips, in return for higher profits for their parent companies.

Like drug dealers, convenience stores push poison into the mouths of too many American kids. Congress must act now.

— Gary L. Flowers, executive director and CEO of Black Leadership Forum Inc., Washington D.C.

It was a bill so uncontroversial that it sailed through both the House and Senate without a single objection before George W. Bush made it law with the stroke of his pen. But this year, a central provision of the 2003 Prison Rape Elimination Act — the establishment of national standards designed to prevent prison rapes — is being threatened by the very folks the bill is largely designed to rein in: prison officials themselves.

Although a set of proposed standards was issued last June — and though the Justice Department opened a two-month public comment period on those guidelines in March — U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder told House lawmakers last month that he won’t be meeting the legal deadline for finalizing the rules.

Why? Well, it’s largely because the law stipulates that the new standards can’t “impose substantial additional costs” on the prisons, which the prison lobby claims would be the case with the current proposal. As a result, the Justice Department has commissioned a cost analysis, which relies largely on estimates crunched by the prisons themselves. The cost study will delay the process indefinitely.

“We want to make sure that we get this right,” Holder said in March, “and also follow the dictates of the statute, which says change this situation, make sure that you eliminate — to the extent that you can — sexual predator and predator activity in prisons, but not increase the amount of money that any local jurisdiction has to spend in order to do that. … When I speak to wardens, when I speak to people who run local jails, when I speak to people who run state facilities, they look at me and they say, ‘Eric, how are we supposed to do this? If we are going to segregate people, build new facilities, do training, how are we supposed to do this?’”

Lovisa Stannow, executive director of Justice Detention International, a human rights group that supports quick adoption of the standards, has argued that cost considerations shouldn’t outweigh efforts to protect prisoners from sexual predation.

“Prison officials claim that it will be too expensive to implement [the standards] — too expensive to prevent staff from raping detainees,” Stannow wrote in the Huffington Post recently.

Furthermore, Stannow argues, the cost analyses being considered ignore the cost benefits that would result if the number of prison rapes were reduced. Medical costs could be cut, she argues, as well as the legal expenses resulting from prisoner lawsuits.

“These factors are not included in the Department of Justice cost study,” Stannow wrote in a separate piece last month, “but Attorney General Holder must take them into account.”

Justice Detention International is circulating a petition designed to nudge Holder to codify the national standards as quickly as possible.

“The standards under review have the potential to become the most important tool so far in the effort to end this terrible abuse,” the petition reads. “But every day that we don’t have these measures in place, hundreds of men, women, and children will be raped behind bars — even though we know how to keep them safe.”

A DOJ spokesperson said Friday that there’s no timeline set for finalizing the guidelines.

Meanwhile, Holder insists that the DOJ is committed to the reforms. “The fact that we will not make that deadline,” he said in March, “is not in anyway an indication this is not a problem that we take seriously.”

Someone San Franciscan decided to interpret this Coffee Mate ad’s suggestion of “add your style/flavor” as an invitation to do just that to the billboard itself. Unfortunately for the powdered liquid non-dairy creamer, this person’s personal style seems to be something involving the forces of Satan. Our headline is a little misleading, though. To be more accurate, the depiction is of a demonic pet “guardian.”

The Coffee-Mate Demon Dog of Divisidero Now Has a Matching Demon Guardian [San Francisco Citizen]

The hydraulic tapping machines from Gamor are unique in power, accuracy, speed, safety and equipment. Their patented systems, the electronic management, the stepless speed regulation, the mechano-hydraulic transmission, and the exclusive robust construction make these machines a product unmatched by any other brand. Where others dream of tapping power, Gamor unfolds smoothly, providing threading solutions adapted to all types of materials (aluminum, high strength materials, stainless steels) and sectors (automotive, wind, valve, rail, etc). Gamor offers the largest program of tapping solutions for M2-M8, M3-M12, M3-M16, M3-M20, M4-M24, M2-M30, M2-M36, M2-M39, M2-M45, M3 -M60, M3 and M3-M110-M130.

Chatsworth, CA – April 21, 2010 – Dytran Instruments has recently developed a new series of differential output charge mode accelerometers. The 3235C series are high temperature, high sensitivity charge output accelerometers designed to measure vibration of surfaces at temperatures up to +500°F (+287°C). These units are unique in that they feature high charge sensitivity while also offering a balanced differential output.

The 3235C series are available in three versions, which differ only in sensitivity: 50 pC/g (3235C1), 100 pC/g (3235C2) and 200 pC/g (3235C3).

Featuring a transverse mounted glass-to-metal sealed 2-pin connector and an industry standard 3-bolt mount, as well as being packaged in a hermetically sealed Inconel housing, the 3235C series are ideal for turbine engine vibration measurements and industrial monitoring in high temperature environments.

To learn more about 3235C series, please contact us at [email protected].

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Established in 1980, Dytran Instruments, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of piezoelectric and DC accelerometers, force and pressure transducers, and associated electronics. Dytran products are used extensively in aerospace, test and measurement and industrial applications. Additionally, Dytran products are widely utilized for on-board measurements in a variety of aerospace, commercial, and military applications.

Dytran maintains a world-class manufacturing facility in Chatsworth (Los Angeles) California. This vertically integrated facility includes engineering, administrative, manufacturing, and automated machining capabilities. Dytran products are available worldwide via a network of distributors and representatives.

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Because of their extremely high data transfer rates, integrated hardware management and optimised cooling, AdvancedTCA and MicroTCA have been chosen by physicists as technologies of the future. For their applications, however, physicists require special functions that are not defined in standard xTCA systems. To address this situation the xTCA WG1 working group for physics was set up in early 2009 under the aegis of PICMG. xTCA, originally specified for telecommunications, is finding ever wider acceptance in the market, for example in medicine, automation and, with the WG1 working group, also in research.

WG1 defines a yet higher power density on the AdvancedTCA blades and thus requires still more cooling. The group for MicroTCA also requires a rear I/O board cage. In both AdvancedTCA and MicroTCA special clock and trigger signals and identical dimensions for front and rear boards are required.

Schroff is an active member of this new working group and has already developed a first MicroTCA test system with rear I/O. This MicroTCA test system meets the first draft status of the new specification. The link between front and rear I/O boards is a board-to-board connection. With this system the user can test the board mechanics and the functioning of the rear I/Os, including the integration of these newly-defined boards into the existing shelf management, during normal operation.

The front slots of the test system, with one MCH slot (single or double, full-size) and six AdvancedMC slots (double mid-size) correspond to the MicroTCA specification PICMG MicroTCA.0 R1.0. The rear configuration consists of six rear I/O slots (double mid-size), conforming to PICMG Physics WG1. A 300 W PSU (double full-size) is inserted into the system from the front. The power switch module for voltage distribution to the AdvancedMC modules and the MCH is integrated onto the backplane as a plug-on module. The fans can be controlled via the private I²C bus of the MCH and thus ensure optimised heat dissipation.

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Korenix introduces JetNet 3006 series Industrial 6-port Fast Ethernet Switches with 4 fast Ethernet RJ 45 plus 2 copper/fiber ports and 3.2Gbps switching fabric as a cost effective and high quality networking solution for flexibly linking high-end switches in various distance applications. The NEMA-TS2 compliant entry-level switch provides redundant power inputs, AC 1.5KV Hi-pot isolation protection and wide operating temperature ensuring reliable network performance for harsh industrial environments in factory automation, coal mines, railways, utilities, field sites, etc.

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The JetNet 3006 series Ethernet switch comes with a flexible design to provide the best price/performance ratio among similar products offered in the market. For users’ specific applications, Korenix offers 2 models: JetNet 3006 with 6 fast Ethernet ports and JetNet 3006f model with 4+2 fiber ports to provide longer distance data transmission on an economical budget.

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The basic concept of the complete series restoration is to SIMPLIFY THE USE of the machine for the operator. To put it simply, now it is enough to push a button to stabilize the machine, move a joystick to operate the aerial part and push another button to destabilize the machine.
Everything has been made to design a machine perfect for hiring without operator.

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• Remote control:
In the new IIIS version remote control with simplified interface one joystick controls only one movement.
• MULTILANGUAGE MENU (english, german, italian, spanish)
• Self stabilization and destabilization:
All the 4 outriggers of the machine may be stabilized simultaneously and automatically with one button. With another button the machine may be destabilized automatically (absolute innovation for the sector).
The system preserves the possibility to stabilize single outriggers manually in case of particular obstacles.
• Movement contemporaneity
Some hydraulic solutions have been added in order to have the possibility to carry out different movements at the same time. Furthermore, movement speed has been optimized and increased where possible.
• Automatic weight selection in the basket
In the IIIS version the weight selection is automatic (120 – 200 kg) and does not allow errors or overloads.
• Lithium motorization availability
• System of machine visibility in the RAHM net
System of machine visibility in the RAHM net, which, through a satellite system, identifies the machine everywhere and helps to control the state and regularity of use, carrying out an online diagnosis.

The GEMÜ 602 stainless steel diaphragm valve with stainless steel handwheel is now available with a manually operated seal adjuster.

Excessive closing forces lead to over-compression of the diaphragm and hence reduced service life. In the case of manual valves, it is generally the small nominal sizes and diaphragm sizes that are particularly affected. Depending on the force applied by the user, the diaphragm is compressed sometimes more and sometimes less during the closing process. To prevent over-compression, the seal adjuster is set in such way that the valve closes optimally and the diaphragm is not compressed more than necessary at the same time. If the user then turns the handwheel, it will encounter a limit stop, thereby protecting the diaphragm.
Seal adjusters can also be used effectively for setting a minimum flow.

GEMÜ 602 is available in diaphragm size 8 (MG8) and nominal sizes DN 4 – 15. The Kv values of the small valves are between 0.5 – 2.2 m³/h, depending on the nominal size and connection. The stainless steel valve bodies are from the proven GEMÜ modular system and are therefore fully compatible with existing equipment. Connections available are butt weld spigots, clamps and threaded connections to DIN, ASME BPE, BS and JIS. Valves with an EPDM diaphragm are suitable for use up to 10 bar and with PTFE diaphragm up to 6 bar operating pressure. The stainless steel handwheel and the bonnet are designed to be easily cleanable and the valves are CIP/SIP capable and autoclavable.

Award-winning historian Annette Gordon-Reed, J.D. ’84, will become a professor at Harvard Law School (HLS) and a professor of history in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences in July. She also will become the Carol K. Pforzheimer Professor at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study.

Gordon-Reed — recipient of the National Book Award, the Pulitzer Prize in history, and a National Humanities Medal — comes to Harvard from the New York Law School, where she was the Wallace Stevens Professor of Law, and from Rutgers University, Newark, where she was the Board of Governors Professor of History. She served as the Charles Warren Visiting Professor of American Legal History during the fall of 2009 at Harvard Law School. During this spring term, she served as a visiting professor of law at New York University School of Law.

Gordon-Reed said, “I am enormously pleased to become a part of the Harvard community once again. I look forward to working with the students and faculty members at the Law School and in the History Department, and to experiencing the rich interdisciplinary environment at the Radcliffe Institute.”

“I celebrate the fact that Annette Gordon-Reed has accepted our invitation to join the Harvard Law School faculty,” said Dean Martha Minow. “Her extraordinary scholarship combines intensive archival research, brilliant lawyerly analysis, and tremendous historical imagination, as well as a gift for writing riveting prose. Long proud of our own graduate, we here at the Law School are delighted she will join our faculty and also participate in the life of the University through affiliations with Radcliffe and the History Department. Colleagues, students, and aspiring scholars rejoice over the chance to work with her as she deepens historical understanding of law, slavery, and the human experience.”

Barbara J. Grosz, dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, said, “I’m thrilled that Annette Gordon-Reed will join us as the Carol K. Pforzheimer Professor at the Radcliffe Institute.” Reflecting on Gordon-Reed’s interest in the institute’s cross-disciplinary community of scholars, scientists, and artists, Grosz said, “I very much look forward to her participation in the institute’s Fellowship Program and the activities of our Academic Engagement Programs.”

“I’m very pleased that a scholar of Annette Gordon-Reed’s ability and depth will be joining the History Department,” said Michael D. Smith, dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. “And I am excited that Harvard College students will have the opportunity to learn directly from an award-winning historian and renowned legal scholar.”

Gordon-Reed is the author of  “Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings: An American Controversy” (1997), which examines the scholarly writing on the relationships between Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings. The book was a finalist for the annual Library of Virginia Awards. Gordon-Reed’s most recent book, “The Hemingses of Monticello” (2008), which traces the lives of four generations of a slave family, won numerous awards, including, in addition to the National Book Award and the Pulitzer, the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic Book Award, the George Washington Book Prize, the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, the New Jersey Council of the Humanities Book Award, the Frederick Douglass Book Prize, the Library of Virginia Literary Award, and the Southern Historical Association Owsley Award. The book was also a finalist for the 2009 National Book Critics Circle Award. Two more books, “Jefferson: A Reader on Race” and “Andrew Johnson,” are forthcoming.

Gordon-Reed is also the co-author of “Vernon Can Read!: A Memoir” (2001), which was written with Vernon Jordan Jr. and received the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award. She is editor of “Race on Trial: Law and Justice in American History” (2002).

Gordon-Reed is a member of the Council of Foreign Relations. Prior to becoming an academic, she was counsel to the New York City Board of Correction from 1987 to 1992. In this capacity, she helped to formulate policies, grievance procedures, and legislation affecting inmates. After graduating from HLS, Gordon-Reed was an associate at Cahill Gordon & Reindel in New York.

While a student at Harvard Law School, Gordon-Reed served as an editor for the Harvard Law Review. In addition to her J.D., she holds an A.B. from Dartmouth College in history and an honorary doctor of letters from Ramapo College. She will receive an honorary degree from the College of William & Mary in mid-May.

Filed under: Sedan, Recalls, Safety, Acura, Honda

Honda has put out a recall of around 167,000 Acura TSX sedans to fix a power steering hose and o-ring gasket which could deteriorate prematurely. Previous generation (2004-2008) models are affected by the issue, which involves the hose cracking due to high underhood temperatures resulting in the power steering fluid leaking, contacting the exhaust components and potentially creating smoke or a fire.

Owners can expect to receive notification in the mail late next month, but you can get all the details in the release after the jump.

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To be lean, eat lots of greens and follow these tips for keeping them fresh and spending less of your “green” on them.

At the market:

• For loose greens: Put your hand down into the plastic bag and
  then grab the greens with it.  Pull the bag from the top down over the
  greens and release your hand. It’s a quicker, drier way to get wet
  or over-sized bunches of greens into the bag.
• For prepackaged greens or salad:  Choose greens packaged in a
  plastic clamshell container as they last much longer if purchased in
  these than in the bags.

When you get home:

• Take a second to remove the twist-tie from your bunches of greens when you bring them home to prevent damage and aging caused by the metal wire.
• It’s worthwhile to rinse the greens, shake them to remove some of the moisture, and then roll them in a clean cotton dishtowel or a clean cotton pillowcase.  The fabric will become damp, which is good.  Put this rolled setup into the vegetable crisper for quick and easy, access to prepped greens.  This will extend the freshness for many days.
• If you purchase a single or multi-pack of romaine lettuce, break off the core at the bottom of each head, wash the leaves, and put them into a white cotton pillowcase and into the crisper.   Again, damp is good.  This works for any lettuce, but you will be amazed by how the flavor of romaine improves when stored this way.
• To extend the life of salad greens in plastic clamshell containers, add a dry paper towel to the greens to absorb the moisture, which collects over time inside the container. I usually put the towel at the top because that’s where the
  condensation tends to form, but sometimes the greens begin to go
  soggy toward the bottom, and I’ll add a fresh one there.
• Recycle large plastic clamshell containers within your kitchen. They are perfect for storing prepackaged salad greens. The greens will last days longer in hard containers like this or in any glass or hard plastic container than they will in plastic bags.

For meals:

• Prepare crisp salads with simple dressings such as, lemon juice
  and olive oil, or use large leaves of chard to wrap up healthful
  fillings instead of tortillas.

Adios soggy, spoiled greens!

Sherry Brooks is a healthy, happy and trim “frugalista” living the lean and green life near Malibu in sunny southern California.

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