North American Summit: Part 4

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General questions and answers, and wrap up.

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Panel discusses the application of other fire safety technologies to residential furniture.

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Panel discusses fire barrier test methods/research.

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Ths video segment includes: Plenary Presentation: Overview of the Commission's Recent Activities on Furniture, Plenary Presentation: Fire and Flammability Statistics, and Expert Panel: Fire Barriers Materials/Technologies and  Capabilities/Limitations, Mattress Barriers, Cost Considerations. 

Watch Video > Chairman Tenenbaum Delivers ICPHSO Keynote Address

CPSC Chairman, Inez Tenenbaum delivers the keynote address at the International Consumer Product Health and Safety Organization annual meeting in Arlington, Virginia on February 28, 2013.

Watch Video > Chairman's Commendation Circle Award 2012

The Chairman’s Commendation Circle Award recognizes people and groups who have contributed in an important way to the benefit of consumers.

Watch Video > APEC Toy Safety Initiative Dialogue

CPSC Chairman Inez M. Tenenbaum gives a keynote speech regarding the APEC toy safety initiative. 

Watch Video > Keeping Babies Safe

CPSC and child safety partners launch National Education Campaign on crib safety and safe sleep practices.

Watch Video > Stakeholder Roundtable on Industry Education and Outreach

Dean Woodard, director of the Office of Education, Global Outeach Small Business Ombudsman facilitates a roundtable discussion on CPSC efforts to educate businesses on lead, phthalates and toy testing requirements.

Watch Video > Holiday Town Hall on Toy Safety

At a Town Hall meeting held in New York City, CPSC Chairman Inez Tenenbaum was joined by parents and consumers to talk toy safety.

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North American Summit: Part 5

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Contact CPSC    CPSC.gov Redesign: your thoughts? Consumers: Español Businesses: Español ?? Ti?ng Vi?t Connect with Us: TwitterYouTubeBlogFlickrSlideShare HomeRecalls Recall Lawsuits Safety Education Safety GuidesSafety Education CentersOnSafety BlogNeighborhood Safety Network Regulations, Laws & Standards StatutesCPSIARegulations, Mandatory Standards and BansVoluntary StandardsRulemakingFederal Register NoticesAdvisory Opinions Research & Statistics Technical ReportsInjury StatisticsNEISS Injury DataConsumer Opinion Surveys Business & Manufacturing Business EducationSmall Business ResourcesTesting & CertificationImport SafetyInternationalCivil PenaltiesCriminal PenaltiesRecall Guidance NewsroomAbout CPSC ChairmanCommissionersContact InformationAgency ReportsJob OpportunitiesLegislative AffairsInspector General News Releases MultimediaPublic Calendar FOIA MultimediaHome /  Newsroom /  Multimedia North American Summit: Part 5

U.S., Mexican and Canadian product safety leaders share their visions for enhanced consumer product safety cooperation among our countries.The countries also discuss trilateral initiatives and develop an agenda for future engagement that reflects the three jurisdictions' shared product safety priorities.

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Live Webcasts Sort by: Recalls Safety Tips Español Commission Meetings Public Meetings Business Education Live Webcast Showing 1 - 10 of 79 Previous 1 2 3 4 5  ... Next  Upholstered Furniture Fire Safety Technology Meeting: Part 4

General questions and answers, and wrap up.

Watch Video > Upholstered Furniture Fire Safety Technology Meeting: Part 2

Panel discusses the application of other fire safety technologies to residential furniture.

Watch Video > Upholstered Furniture Fire Safety Technology Meeting: Part 3

Panel discusses fire barrier test methods/research.

Watch Video > Upholstered Furniture Fire Safety Technology Meeting: Part 1

Ths video segment includes: Plenary Presentation: Overview of the Commission's Recent Activities on Furniture, Plenary Presentation: Fire and Flammability Statistics, and Expert Panel: Fire Barriers Materials/Technologies and  Capabilities/Limitations, Mattress Barriers, Cost Considerations. 

Watch Video > Chairman Tenenbaum Delivers ICPHSO Keynote Address

CPSC Chairman, Inez Tenenbaum delivers the keynote address at the International Consumer Product Health and Safety Organization annual meeting in Arlington, Virginia on February 28, 2013.

Watch Video > Chairman's Commendation Circle Award 2012

The Chairman’s Commendation Circle Award recognizes people and groups who have contributed in an important way to the benefit of consumers.

Watch Video > APEC Toy Safety Initiative Dialogue

CPSC Chairman Inez M. Tenenbaum gives a keynote speech regarding the APEC toy safety initiative. 

Watch Video > Keeping Babies Safe

CPSC and child safety partners launch National Education Campaign on crib safety and safe sleep practices.

Watch Video > Stakeholder Roundtable on Industry Education and Outreach

Dean Woodard, director of the Office of Education, Global Outeach Small Business Ombudsman facilitates a roundtable discussion on CPSC efforts to educate businesses on lead, phthalates and toy testing requirements.

Watch Video > Holiday Town Hall on Toy Safety

At a Town Hall meeting held in New York City, CPSC Chairman Inez Tenenbaum was joined by parents and consumers to talk toy safety.

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Princess Cruises announces benefit cruise to support American Heart Association

Princess Cruises is celebrating CPR awareness during the month of June by announcing a special cruise to benefit the American Heart Association (AHA). Expected to raise $1 million for the Association’s heart health programs and educational outreach, the cruise is the second in Princess’ new “Cruising for a Cause” series that devotes an entire sailing to support a charitable cause.

Sailing from February 10-15, 2014, aboard Ruby Princess on a Caribbean cruise from Ft. Lauderdale, the five-day voyage will offer passengers a heart-themed experience, focused not only on “affairs of the heart,” but also a variety of onboard features themed around heart health awareness – including special guest speakers, educational activities and other programs to foster healthy living.

A portion of each passenger’s cruise fare, totaling approximately $500,000, will be matched by Princess Cruises with an additional $500,000, for a total of $1 million. The proceeds will be used to support the American Heart Association’s mission to build healthier lives, free of cardiovascular diseases and stroke.

“Heart disease is the leading cause of death in men and women in the United States, with one in every three deaths attributable to heart disease and stroke,” said Jan Swartz, Princess Cruises executive vice president. “Because we care about the health and well-being of our employees, passengers, and all members of the Princess family, we felt the American Heart Association would be the perfect fit for our second charity cruise.”

The American Heart Association cruise will sail on a Western Caribbean itinerary roundtrip from Ft. Lauderdale, with calls at Grand Cayman and Cozumel.
Cruise fares range from $599 to $1,649 per person based on double occupancy. A tax-deductible portion of each fare ranging from $100 to $300 per person, depending upon cabin category, will be donated to the American Heart Association.

The cruise is the second of the company’s new “Cruising for a Cause” initiative where Princess will dedicate entire sailings to support select charitable causes. This new, industry-leading program will provide the line’s passengers, many of whom are looking for opportunities to make positive contributions to their communities and the world, a way to make a difference even as they vacation. The first cruise, to support U.S. veterans, will sail November 5-9, 2013, aboard Caribbean Princess.

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Latin American presidents love Twitter - maybe too much

Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro meets Venezuela's First Lady Cilia Flores in Havana, in this picture provided by Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro via Twitter on April 27, 2013.

Credit: Reuters/Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro via Twitter/Handout

By Brian Winter

BUENOS AIRES | Mon Apr 29, 2013 8:57am EDT

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - When a million angry Argentines flooded the streets earlier this month to protest her government, President Cristina Fernandez decided to post a message on Twitter.

And another. And then another.

"Yes, I'm a bit stubborn, and I'm also old. But in the end, it's lucky to arrive at old age, isn't it?" one tweet read. She also mused about a 19th century fresco in her "gorgeous" palace, and the merits of a state-run literacy program.

At the end of the day, Fernandez had sent 61 tweets in a nine-hour period - prolific even by the standards of Latin America, where presidents and other leading politicians have embraced social media with a zeal unmatched anywhere else.

Their love for Twitter, in particular, has given millions of voyeurs a real-time window into policymaking - and, often, their leaders' most intimate thoughts.

Yet it has also fueled debate on whether some are guilty of "oversharing" - making politics more polarized, confrontations more personal, and potentially making the leaders themselves look awkward when they post about chats with strangers in a bathroom, for example, as Fernandez also did this month.

"Everybody who uses Twitter knows that sometimes you write something and push the send button without thinking enough about it. That's dangerous in politics ... and we've seen many examples of it," said Alan Clutterbuck, head of Fundacion RAP, a group based in Buenos Aires that seeks to improve the civility of political discourse.

"We should hold our political leaders to a different standard," he said. "You see a message that says 'I'm having a sandwich,' and you think: 'Who cares?'"

With a rich tradition of florid oratory, Latin America produced Cuba's Fidel Castro and his famed five-hour-long speeches. So it's unsurprising that some of its modern-day leaders have embraced a new platform to express themselves - but also struggle to shoehorn their thoughts into a few tidy blasts of 140 characters or less.

Politicians have also been hurling around insults since before the Twitter age, such as when the late Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez called former U.S. President George W. Bush the "devil" at the United Nations in 2006.

Yet there is no question that the technology has made the invective fly faster than ever before.

In the aftermath of this month's bitterly contested election to succeed Chavez in Venezuela, there were moments when both candidates were simultaneously tweeting attacks on each other.

Eventual winner Nicolas Maduro referred to the opposition as "fascists," declaring: "In their crazy hatred and desperation they're capable of anything." Losing candidate Henrique Capriles used Twitter to question the results of the voting hours after polls closed, tweeting "There is an illegitimate president!"

SHOWING THEIR HUMAN SIDE

Leaders elsewhere have also taken to Twitter, though not with the same fervor. U.S. President Barack Obama has a robust feed, but his profile says he only sends some himself, signing them "-bo." As of Friday, he hadn't done so in at least a month.

In contrast, Latin America's most prolific tweeting presidents - Fernandez, Maduro, Colombia's Juan Manuel Santos and Mexico's Enrique Pena Nieto - all send a large percentage of messages themselves, their aides say.

The most popular of all was Chavez, who had more than 4 million followers prior to his death in March.

Not everybody's on board: The president of the region's biggest country, Brazil's Dilma Rousseff, stopped tweeting right after she was elected in 2010. "She thinks it's a total waste of time," one aide said.

But for others, it has become part of their identity.

Since leaving office in 2010, former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has sometimes sent dozens of tweets a day criticizing Santos for being weak on security, among other alleged failings.

Uribe's critics say he has diminished his stature, and unfairly hamstrung his chosen successor, by weighing in so frequently on day-to-day affairs. But he has shown no signs of slowing down, and even hung in his home office a framed cartoon of himself hunched over his Blackberry, tweeting away.

"It allows direct communication, without intermediaries," Uribe said via e-mail. "The danger is that it tempts you to react to first impressions, so I try to avoid seeing many of the provocations that arrive."

At its best, Twitter can remind voters that their politicians are human - and even vulnerable.

The night of the march against her in Buenos Aires, Fernandez traveled to Caracas, and began to reflect on Chavez's death - words that added poignancy given the sudden passing of her own husband, former President Nestor Kirchner, in 2010.

"Why is it that those who live with so much intensity abandon us so soon?" she tweeted.

The following night, she started writing about "the human condition," before seemingly remembering that, even on Twitter, there are limits.

"Pardon me," she tweeted. "I started thinking, and since I can't speak (because my voice is gone), I'm channeling it through here."

"In the end, it's healthy and absolutely inoffensive."

(Additional reporting by Helen Murphy in Bogota; Editing by Kieran Murray and Sandra Maler)

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Native American tribe plans to dub 'Star Wars' in Navajo

A man dressed as Star Wars character Darth Vader poses for photographers at the ''Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination'' exhibition at the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney December 3, 2008.

Credit: Reuters/Daniel Munoz

By David Schwartz

PHOENIX | Wed May 1, 2013 9:18pm EDT

PHOENIX (Reuters) - The largest Native American tribe in the United States is seeking to dub the classic 1977 movie "Star Wars" movie in Navajo as a way to help preserve its traditional language.

Fluent Navajo speakers have been invited for a casting call in Window Rock in northern Arizona on Friday and Saturday to dub the roles of Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Princess Leia and others, tribal officials said.

Manuelito Wheeler, the director of the Navajo Nation Museum, said he first came up with the idea 13 years ago as a way to preserve the consonant-rich Navajo language, believed to be spoken by about 170,000 people, according to government figures.

"We thought this would be a provocative and effective way to help try to preserve the language and at the same time preserve the culture," Wheeler told Reuters. "What better movie to do this than ‘Star Wars?'"

Wheeler said he believes the popular science fiction movie will resonate with the Navajo people with its universal theme of good versus evil.

The project was given the go-ahead about 18 months ago.

A team of five Navajos then spent 36 hours translating the original script, hampered by the many words in English that do not translate word for word into Navajo. Instead, several words in Navajo are sometimes needed to convey the proper meaning.

For example, he said there is no direct translation for "May the force be with you," one of the most recognizable lines in the movie.

Wheeler declined to reveal the Navajo words used for that and other catch-phrases, as a way to "build momentum" leading up to the movie.

"What we want to avoid is like the Kung Fu movies of the past where the lips didn't match up with the words they were speaking," he said.

Casting for the voices of the movie's major roles will be held at the museum in Window Rock. About 75 people have registered to audition.

The finished movie, which will include English subtitles, will be shown during the tribe's Fourth of July celebration in Window Rock and again in September at the Navajo Nation Fair.

(Editing by Tim Gaynor, Edith Honan and Cynthia Osterman)

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