| New ActivePure Technology Proven To Reduce Exposure to Methicillin ...
GREENVILLE, Tenn., Nov. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- A new technology known as ActivePure (RCI), developed by Tennessee-based EcoQuest International, has been proven in peer-reviewed, published university laboratory studies to reduce Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) on inoculated surfaces. Recent outbreaks of MRSA in many school districts have had school administrators and parents concerned. Based on NASA research, ActivePure (RCI) has been proven in laboratory testing at Kansas State University to reduce MRSA by more than 99 percent in 24 hours on surface areas. This has enormous implications for reducing exposure to infection-causing germs. "ActivePure safely inactivates germs in the environment 24 hours a day, without sprays or wipes, the same way it happens in nature," said EcoQuest Founder Mike Jackson.
RIAA boss: Move copyright filtering from ISPs to users’ PCs
Filtering sounds so wholesome. As with filtered water, Internet filtering backers suggest that their products simply keep the sludge from passing through, and who wants to drink unfiltered sludge? The big difference between the two kinds of filtering is that sludge can't use 128-bit keys and AES encryption to hide its sludgy nature; Internet traffic can. It's a key problem for any Internet filtering regime, including the one being studied right now by AT&T. Once strong encryption is slapped on Internet traffic, the effectiveness of filters drops off dramatically. At a Washington, DC, tech conference last week, RIAA boss Cary Sherman suggested that Internet filtering was a super idea but that he saw no reason to mandate it. Turns out that was only part of the story, though; Sherman's a sharp guy, and he's fully aware that filtering will prompt an encryption arms race that is going to be impossible to win...
Battle looms for tip sharing Wynn Las Vegas part of lawsuit defending ...
Wynn Las Vegas and a few nonprofit corporations representing businesses that depend on tipped employees are seeking to stop an attempt to roll back the resort's new tip policy. The resort and the nonprofit groups filed a lawsuit Thursday in Carson City District Court to block a petition authored by critics of the resort's new tip-pooling policy. "There is a fear on Wynn's part that if it gets to the voters, it will pass," International Union of Gaming Employees director Al Maurice said. "There are too many tip earners in the state." The petition seeks to create a ballot initiative that would add language to an existing state labor law. The initiative would prohibit employers "from requiring the employee to share tips with certain other employees." It also would, according to its authors, define which employees would be eligible to participate in tip sharing.
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