Technology transfer units test lab to market impact
In Wheeling West Virginia two federal agencies develop real world applications from federally funded research. The National Technology Transfer Center and the Office of Law Enforcement Technology Commercialization push low tech and high tech items into use including eye check fatigue and drug detection via pupil scanning and bullet resistant gear limitations. They work with labs universities and inventors to connect products with manufacturers and customers while stressing value and risk. Senator Byrd and Rep Mollohan helped fund and establish the facilities on campus.
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Wheeling
W.va
National Technology Transfer Center
Office of Law Enforcement Technology Commercialization
Congress
Technology Center
Law-Enforcement Center
Joseph P. Allen
Larry Kosiba
West Virginia
Illinois
Kosiba
Allen
Robert C. Byrd
Alan Mollohan
Child farmworkers face dangerous conditions in US agriculture
Human Rights Watch reports hundreds of thousands of children ages 13 to 16 work 70 to 80 hours weekly amid pesticide exposure and heat illness. The study faults weak farm labor rules, urges tighter federal standards, and calls for raising hazardous work age to 18.
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New York
Human Rights Watch
United States
Lois Whitman
Children’s Rights Division
Associated Press
Lee Tucker
Strike spreads to third hotel in Minneapolis area
AP reports a hotel and restaurant workers strike spread to the Crowne Plaza North Star as the union, after contract talks broke Friday, picketed the downtown hotel. The Radisson South and Thunderbird in Bloomington are already struck, with up to 1,500 workers possible if nine hotels join. Wages and benefits drive the dispute. No new talks were set. conventions could be affected.
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Minneapolis
Crowne Plaza
P&G will not advertise on Dr Laura shows amid dispute
Procter and Gamble said it will keep ads off Dr Laura Schlessinger programs despite criticism from conservative groups. Spokeswoman Gretchen Briscoe cited concerns that controversy would obscure advertising messages and noted the firm serves a diverse audience. The decision affects DJ Laura radio and upcoming TV talk show with about $3 billion annual spend.
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Cincinnati
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Briscoe
Laura
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Focus On the Family
The
Family Research Council
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Citizens For Community Values
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