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The governments of the United States, Brazil and the European Union (EU)—the world’s major producers of biofuels—today released an analysis of current biofuel specifications with the goal of facilitating expanded trade of these renewable energy sources. Spurred by increased market demands, this report was solicited by the U.S. and Brazilian governments and the European Commission (EC) on behalf…
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ASTM International, one of the world’s largest standards developing organizations, is accepting papers for the 2008 ASTM Advantage Award, a paper competition with prizes up to $15,000. The award is an opportunity for the users of ASTM International standards worldwide to convey the positive outcomes of utilizing an ASTM standard or a group of ASTM standards. Original papers are sought that…
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ASTM International training courses in the area of petroleum standardization are offered in the Gulf Cooperation Council, Middle East and Asia. Since 2003, the Arabian Fuels Technology Center has been presenting “Aviation Fuels: Specifications and Test Methods” and “Transportation Fuels Technology: Gasoline, Diesel and Aviation Fuels” to interested participants throughout the region. The ASTM…
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Children put pencils to paper and put their imaginations to work again this summer to participate in the MacKenzie Park T-Shirt Design Contest sponsored by ASTM International. The children are part of a summer park program located near ASTM International Headquarters in West Conshohocken, Pa. This year’s winners were announced on August 10 at MacKenzie Park. First and second place winners in the…
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On Sept. 24, 2007, ASTM International (ASTM) will hold an organizational meeting for a new standards development activity on Home Inspection Services. The meeting will take place at ASTM Headquarters in West Conshohocken, Pa. (see http://www.astm.org/MEETINGS/directions.htm for directions and http://www.astm.org/MEETINGS/hotels.htm for accommodations). The meeting will commence at 9 a.m. and…
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ASTM International, one of the world's largest standards developing organizations, has announced the promotions of three senior level staff members. The new appointments will go into effect on July 16, 2007. Katharine Morgan, general manager, technical committee support, was promoted to vice president, technical committee operations. Morgan has been with ASTM International since 1984, starting…
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ASTM International, one of the world’s largest standards developing organizations, has initiated the ASTM International 2007 Advantage Award , a case study competition with prizes up to $25,000. The award is an opportunity for the users of ASTM standards worldwide to convey the positive outcomes of an ASTM International standard or a group of ASTM International standards. Original papers that…, Content, ASTM International standards are the technical underpinnings of global commerce and have broad reach in today’s competitive business environment. Currently there are 12,000 ASTM International standards and ASTM members come from 125 nations. While it is universally accepted that ASTM standards make our world safer, aid in the flow of commerce, and are the companions to regulation, the 2007 ASTM…, Competition Specifics, The ASTM International 2007 Advantage Award offers cash prizes of $25,000 for the first prize, $10,000 for the second prize, and $5,000 for the third prize. More information, including competition rules for the 2007 ASTM International Advantage Award, is posted on the ASTM Web site at www.astm.org/advantageaward.htm . This Web section contains specifics regarding content, format and other…
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The national standards body of Russia signed an historic Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with ASTM International on April 4. The agreement was signed by Grigory I. Elkin, head of the Russian Federal Agency on Technical Regulating and Metrology (GOST R), and James A. Thomas, president, ASTM International, during a meeting between the two executives at the Russian Federal Agency’s headquarters in…
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ASTM International conducted its first campus visit of the year at the University of California, Irvine, on Jan. 31, 2007. ASTM has marked 2007 as the Year of the Student in an effort to build greater awareness of standardization among students and educators worldwide. This latest event was coordinated in conjunction with the ASTM standards development meetings held in Anaheim, Calif. the same…
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STP 1474 ,, Skiing Trauma and Safety: Sixteenth Volume, , is now available from ASTM International. STP 1474 contains ten peer-reviewed papers that provide the latest information on winter sports safety. Topics covered in the publication include: •, Injuries in Norwegian ski resorts 2002-2004, —concludes that injured alpine skiers were more prone to knee injuries compared to all other types of winter sports; skiboarders were the most prone to lower leg fractures, and injured snowboarders were most prone to suffer wrist injuries; and more. •, Observational study on fall trends in snowboarding, —evaluates fall trends in terrain parks and half-pipes. •, On piste fatalities in recreational snow sports, —examines traumatic fatalities occurring to recreational skiers and snowboarders in the U.S. between 1992 and 2005. •, Arthroscopic treatment of the first anterior shoulder dislocation in young skiers, •, Evaluation of the protective role of helmets in snowboarding, —discusses snowboarding injuries with and without the use of helmets in a backward fall simulation at realistic speeds. •, Functional and release characteristics of alpine ski equipment, —examines data gathered between December 1997 and April 2004 which evaluates differences between the release moments of equipment associated with lower extremity injuries and uninjured controls using a commercially available testing device. Robert J. Johnson, University of Vermont; Jasper E. Shealy, Rochester Institute of Technology; and Tsuneo Yamagishi, Jikei University, served as the editors…, Skiing Trauma and Safety: Sixteenth Volume, (94 pages, soft cover, 6” x 9”; ISBN: 978-0-8031-3400-3; stock # STP1474) are available for $55 from ASTM Customer Service (phone: 610/832-9585; fax: 610/832-9555; https://www.astm.org/contact/ ) or online at www.astm.org . Release #7602