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A Monthly NewsLetter from lazy j designs las = vegas |
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= (Continued from page 3) The gritty industr= ial province of Guangdong in southern China now has more than 5,000 toy fac= tories, where the majority of the world's toys are made. Lead experts say the scale of t= he recall suggests the use of lead paint wasn't uncommon at the factory at = issue in the Mattel recall. "From the size of the recall, we're not ta= lking about accidental use of paints," says Paul Mushak, a toxicologis= t at PB Associates, a Durham, N.C., risk-assessment firm specializing in to= xic metals. "We're talking about something that's been a conventional = practice." Mattel disputes this claim. How to prevent lead-paint use h= as bedeviled U.S. toy makers. In 2003, for example, Toys "R" Us I= nc. voluntarily recalled 50,000 lead-laden sticks of sidewalk chalk. Afterw= ard, the company ramped up safety measures by evaluating |
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products before fu= ll-scale manufacturing, as well as enlisting third-party labs to perform sp= ot-checks. An internal team was also established to bring products beyond C= PSC standards. Even so, lead contamination has= remained an issue for the retailer. In March, Toys "R" Us volunt= arily recalled about 128,700 military toys produced by Toy Century Industri= al Company Ltd. of Hong Kong that were found to contain high levels of lead= paint. According to Rick Ruppert, the = company's executive vice president for product development and global sourc= ing, the toys had originally passed two safety inspections: first before th= ey were put into production, and then on the first shipment. No lead was fo= und. Subsequent shipments aren't always tested, Mr. Ruppert said, but perio= dic spot-checks were done by a third-party inspector as well as annual test= s. It was during one such spot check that |
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a Hong Kong lab de= tected the lead. Since the most recent incident,= Toys "R" Us says it has stepped up testing for lead = and has increased its quality-assurance budget by 25%. But Mr. Ruppert said the cost o= f moving operations from China were too high given China's unique ability t= o produce high toy volume. "The cost of the transition would be disrup= tive," he said. McDonald's Corp., one of the wo= rld's largest toy buyers, says the problem of lead paint is so widespread i= n China that the company has developed a system to monitor paint all the wa= y through the supply chain back to the paint suppliers. The company require= s its Chinese toy makers to agree to use only those suppliers. "We never go on the open m= arket, so we know exactly who we're dealing with," said Walt Riker, vi= ce president of corporate communications. = ; = ; = ; = ;
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other remains awake. If Lil'Bit= gets a cold, the nose on only o= ne of her faces will run. Lil'Bit was one of five kittens= born in a litter from his mum, Lil'Pine, seven months ago. His two brother= s and two sisters only had the regulation one face. Vets believe Lil'Bit may actual= ly have two brains as one face can go to sleep while the other remains awak= e The cat's owner, who wishes to = remain anonymous as she believes unwanted callers to her home to see the ca= t may leave Lil'Bit stressed and ill, told how she discovered the puss with= two faces. She said yesterday: 'The kitten= s were born underneath my (C= ontinued on page 5) |
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and seems likely t= o live to a grand old age. Lil'Bit had four eyes when he w= as born, although the two middle eyes are on the point of merging, two mout= hs, two noses, but just two ears. And vets believe the cat may actually hav= e two brains as one face can go to sleep while the
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Everybody knows that cats have = nine lives. But one very special and much loved cat has been born with TWO = faces - and very possibly, two brains. The owner of the tomcat called = Lil'Bit - as in 'A little bit of love' - nearly dropped the kitten in shock= when its extra features were revealed. But the 47-year old woman owner= from Arizona, USA, was determined that the odd arrival, although ill, shou= ld not be put to sleep and she pledged to become Lil'Bit's carer. Lil'Bit was born with four eyes= , but two merged into each other Now, seven months later, after = feeding the mog from a pipette on baby milk and eventually more solid food,= he is apparently thriving |
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= (Continued from page 4) computer table. Wh= en I picked Lil'Bit up I sudde= nly spotted that he had two faces. I was so shocked that I nearly dropped h= im. 'I called a kitten rescue servi= ce and they told me not to expect him to survive. But I didn't see why he s= houldn't be given the chance to live. Everything is possible. 'I got him a heating pad and st= arted feeding him every 15 minutes from an eye-dropper. I fed him like that= for two or three months before starting him on proper cat food. 'He finds it hard to walk norma= lly so there was a litter problem because he couldn't do it himself. So I h= it on the idea of using premature baby diapers on him. It seems to work wel= l. 'The amazing thing to watch is = that one of Lil'Bit's faces can be asleep while the other one is awake. I h= ave also seen him sneeze out of one side and not the other and blink on one= side of his face but not the other. 'And when he purrs it is like h= e is purring in stereo. 'We haven't had any X-rays done= or operations under anesthesia because I think that could upset Lil'Bit. B= ut the vet seems to think there is a good chance there are two brains opera= ting here. It seems logical as she breathes out of both mouths and noses. <= /span> The mother of two boys added: '= The whole family loves Lil'Bit.' |
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= (Continued from page 1) arrest= ." The Na= tional Latino Officers Association of America said the report confirmed wha= t it already knew: "You get exactly what you pay for." "= This study is comprised of endless excuses, statistical justifications,&quo= t; the association said. "= If left unchallenged, it is the justification for racial profiling, abuse a= nd discrimination," the group added. The NY= PD, which has long denied allegations of bias, responded on Thursday with a= statement referring |
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= RAND, = a nationally respected non-profit, which subjected its research to rigorous= peer review," police spokesman Paul Browne said in a statement. The ma= jority of the people stopped last year, 53%, were black; 29% were Hispanic = and 11% were white. The st= udy acknowledged that black pedestrians were stopped at a rate 50% greater = than their representation in the census, but it claimed using the census as= a benchmark was unreliable because it didn't factor in higher arrest rates= and more crime suspect descriptions involving blacks and Hispanics.= |
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to the= Latino group's executive chairman, Anthony Miranda. "= Not surprisingly, this statement is riddled with inaccuracies and exposes M= iranda's deep ignorance of the statistical process employed by = = = = = = = = = = = = |
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Off= ice Holiday Memo To: All Employees Effective immediately, employees should keep i= n mind the following guidelines in compliance with FROLIC (the Federal Reve= lry Office and Leisure Industry Council).
1. Running aluminum foil through the paper shredder to make tinsel is =
discouraged. = In spite of a= ll this, the staff is encouraged to have a Happy Holiday. |
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