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Nov. 29, 2010—Businesses across Europe are employing radio frequency identification to improve their manufacturing, supply chain and retail operations. RFID Journal LIVE! Europe 2010, held on Nov. 2-4, in Darmstadt, Germany, showcased real-world end-user applications in those industries, and educated attendees regarding how they can use RFID to reduce costs and improve sales.

More than 175 professionals attended this year’s conference and exhibition, which explored new applications for RFID, the benefits they deliver and how to overcome implementation challenges. The event offered three industry-specific conference tracks (Manufacturing/Operations, Retail and Supply Chain/Logistics) showing how to leverage RFID to deliver business benefits, as well as the RFID Journal University preconference, and an RTLS for Manufacturing workshop. In addition, RFID vendors displayed their latest technology products and offered live technology demonstrations on the exhibition floor.

Recordings from some of the presentations are now posted in RFID Journal‘s online video library, and PDFs of the slides used are also available. Not all speakers have granted permission to have their presentations archived, but as more presentations become available, they will be added below. Due to the large size of some files, it may take a minute or two to download each PDF. Speakers own the copyrights to these presentations, and no materials should be used without their permission.

Opening Keynote
Airbus Reveals the Benefits of an Enterprise Approach to RFID
Airbus, the 2008 RFID Journal Award winner for best implementation (see Profits in Motion), has been pioneering best practices in the adoption of RFID by deploying the technology as “business radar” across all aspects of its business, including supply chain logistics, transportation, manufacturing and aircraft in-flight operations. This approach, which leverages a passive and active RFID reader infrastructure for multiple applications operating on a common software platform, has yielded significant benefits. The head of the company’s RFID program explained some ways in which Airbus leverages its RFID “business radar,” as well as some of the benefits the technology helps to deliver.
Speaker: Paul-Antoine Calandreau, flyable RFID project leader,
Airbus Resource Planning—OCR, Airbus
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Region 4 News Release: 10-1635-ATL (639)
Nov. 23, 2010
Contact: Michael D’Aquino       Michael Wald
E-mail: D’Aquino.Michael@dol.gov       Wald.Michael@dol.gov
Phone: 404-562-2076       404-562-2078

US Labor Department’s OSHA orders Columbia, SC, real estate company to
reinstate whistleblower and pay more than $50,000 in back wages
Company found in violation of Clean Air Act

COLUMBIA, S.C. – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has ordered CMM Realty Inc. to reinstate a worker who was fired in violation of the whistleblower protection provisions of the Clean Air Act.

The company must pay back wages of more than $50,000, which accumulates weekly while the employee is out of work, and interest plus $16,222 in compensatory damages. The worker was terminated after he expressed concerns to management and two state agencies about exposure to asbestos at one of the company’s condominium properties in Columbia., S.C.

“OSHA is very serious about protecting America’s workforce,” said Cindy A. Coe, OSHA’s regional administrator in Atlanta, Ga. “Employers found in violation of the whistleblower protection provisions of the Clean Air Act or any of the 20 whistleblower laws we enforce will be held fully accountable.”

Based on the worker’s complaint, the South Carolina Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control inspected the condominiums, found that CMM Realty was in violation of asbestos control standards and issued citations against the company.

CMM Realty Inc. is a real estate management corporation primarily engaged in renting, buying, managing and appraising real estate for others. Located in Columbia, S.C., the company employs approximately 50 workers.

Either party to the case may file an appeal with the Labor Department’s Office of Administrative Law Judges.

OSHA enforces the whistleblower provisions of the Clean Air Act and 19 other statutes protecting employees who report violations of various securities laws; trucking, airline, nuclear, pipeline, environmental and rail workplace safety and health regulations, and consumer product safety laws. Under the various whistleblower provisions enacted by Congress, employers are prohibited from retaliating against employees who raise various protected concerns or provide protected information to the employer or to the government. Employees who believe that they have been retaliated against for engaging in protected conduct may file a complaint with the secretary of labor for an investigation by OSHA’s Whistleblower Protection Program. For more information, visit http://www.whistleblowers.gov.

Under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, employers are responsible for providing safe and healthful workplaces for their employees. OSHA’s role is to assure these conditions for America’s working men and women by setting and enforcing standards, and providing training, education and assistance. For more information, visit http://www.osha.gov.

Editor’s note: The Labor Department does not release names of employees involved in whistleblower complaints.

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Groundbreaking Film on Natural Gas to Air on TV Stations in Pa. and N.Y.

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Washington, November 25, 2010 - Citizens at the center of the natural gas boom will soon have the chance to see Shale Gas and America’s Future, a 30-minute, made-for-TV film that provides a unique look at how local communities are balancing trade-offs related to drilling in their back yards.  

The American Clean Skies Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded to advance energy independence and a cleaner environment, commissioned the film and purchased the air time. The broadcasts come just days after “60 Minutes” examined shale gas drilling and the wealth it is producing for local communities.  

TV Broadcast Schedule

The following provides a partial list of when and where Shale Gas and America’s Future is being broadcast.  

Albany	Ch. 6 WRGB, CBS affiliate, 11 a.m. Sundays Nov. 28 and Dec. 5
Binghamton/Ithaca	Ch. 12 WBNG, CBS affiliate, 8:30 a.m. Sundays Nov. 28 and Dec. 5   Ch. 34 WIVT, ABC affiliate, 11:30 p.m. Saturdays Nov. 27 and Dec. 4
Harrisburg	Ch. 27 WHTM, ABC affiliate, 11 a.m. Sundays Nov. 28 and Dec. 5
Pittsburgh	Ch. 11 WPXI, NBC affiliate, 2:30 p.m. Saturday Dec. 4
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton	Ch. 22 WYOU, CBS affiliate, 6:30 a.m., 8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. Sundays Nov. 28 and Dec. 5

“This film shows the whole hydrofracking process and what local citizens and state regulators are doing to limit potential environmental problems. It also puts local issues into context,” said Gregory C. Staple, CEO of American Clean Skies Foundation. “The film talks about why we are drilling for gas – jobs, energy independence, the climate. On the flipside, the film gives voice to those who feel we should refrain from drilling for natural gas because it may endanger drinking water supplies or spoil the landscape. There are plenty of opinions. We want residents across the Marcellus shale region in Pennsylvania to look at what’s happening for themselves and draw their own conclusions.”  

Shale Gas and America’s Future has already been watched by thousands of people at cleanskies.org, shalegasfuture.com and youtube.com/shalegasfuture.  

The broadcast in the Marcellus shale area reflects the interest in the topic, which has dominated local and state politics, as well as community meetings. The timing coincides with the holidays when families are home and can watch together.  

This new film supplements a Foundation-supported web site on the same subject – www.shalecountry.com – that was launched this summer.

For More Information Contact
Jack Deutsch
Communications Director
American Clean Skies Foundation
202-621-2910
jdeutsch@cleanskies.org
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Region 6 News Release: 10-1509-DAL
Nov. 23, 2010
Contact: Juan Rodriguez       Elizabeth Todd
E-mail: rodriguez.juan@dol.gov       todd.elizabeth@dol.gov
Phone: 972-850-4709       972-850-4710

US Department of Labor’s OSHA cites Weatherford International in Longview,
Texas, for allegedly exposing workers to hexavalent chromium and other hazards

LONGVIEW, Texas – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Weatherford International Ltd. with one alleged willful, 30 alleged serious and two alleged repeat violations following a safety and health inspection at the company’s facility in Longview. Proposed penalties total $261,500.

“This company jeopardized the safety of its workers by exposing them to hexavalent chromium hazards, which could possibly result in severe and adverse health effects,” said Stephen Boyd, OSHA’s area director in Dallas, Texas. “OSHA’s safety and health standards must be followed to prevent injuries and fatalities.”

OSHA began its inspection on May 24 at the company’s facility on FM 2751 in Longview after receiving a complaint alleging workers were experiencing headaches and nosebleeds from exposure to hexavalent chromium during chrome plating and cleanup operations. A willful violation was issued for failing to ensure employees’ airborne exposure to hexavalent chromium did not exceed OSHA’s permissible exposure limit of 5 micrograms per cubic meter of air. OSHA defines a willful violation as one committed with intentional, knowing or voluntary disregard for the law’s requirements, or with plain indifference to employee safety and health.

The serious violations include failing to train workers on OSHA’s hexavalent chromium standard, failing to implement proper hygiene practices and housekeeping procedures, and failing to have high temperature alarms on hardening and tempering tanks. A serious violation is one in which there is a substantial probability that death or serious physical harm could result from a hazard about which the employer knew or should have known.

Repeat violations include failing to provide adequate point of operation guarding on lathes, and failing to ensure containers used for dipping and coating operations were marked and labeled. A repeat violation is issued when an employer previously has been cited for the same or a similar violation of any standard, regulation, rule or order at any other facility in federal enforcement states within the last five years.

Detailed information about hexavalent chromium hazards and safeguards is available on OSHA’s website at http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/hexavalentchromium.

The company, which manufactures oil well rod pump barrels and plungers, has 15 business days from receipt of the citations to comply, request an informal conference with OSHA’s Dallas Area Office or contest the citations and penalties before the independent Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission.

Employers and employees with questions about workplace safety and health standards can call OSHA’s Dallas Area Office at 214-320-2400 or the agency’s toll-free hotline at 800-321-OSHA (6742) to report workplace accidents, fatalities or situations posing imminent danger to workers.

Under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, employers are responsible for providing safe and healthful workplaces for their employees. OSHA’s role is to assure these conditions for America’s working men and women by setting and enforcing standards, and providing training, education and assistance. For more information, visit http://www.osha.gov.

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U.S. Department of Labor releases are accessible on the Internet at http://www.dol.gov. The information in this news release will be made available in alternate format (large print, Braille, audiotape or disc) from the COAST office upon request. Please specify which news release when placing your request at 202-693-7828 or TTY 202-693-7755. The Labor Department is committed to providing America’s employers and employees with easy access to understandable information on how to comply with its laws and regulations. For more information, please visit http://www.dol.gov/compliance.

Allied Energy Shareholders Elect Directors; Board Elects Brady as Interim CFO and Turner as Vice President of Operations

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Bowling Green, KY, November 25, 2010 - Allied Energy, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: AGGI) held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders and Board of Directors Meeting on October 28, 2010.

At the Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Dirk Olsen, Steve Stengell, Robert “Bob” Cueto and Scott Harris were re-elected to serve as members of the Board of Directors.  

At the Board of Directors meeting later in the day, Steve Stengell was elected to serve as the Chairman of the Board, Tim Brady was elected as the Company’s Interim Chief Financial Officer, and Joe Turner was elected as Vice President of Operations. Re-elected officers included Steve Stengell as Chairman of the Board and President, and Scott Harris and Bob Cueto as Executive Vice President.  

The Company also discussed various operating activities, including its Rogers County, Oklahoma field operations, its Giddings Field, Texas horizontal project, its Leon County, Texas horizontal project, and its plan to become a fully reporting company.  

On November 12, 2010, Allied was named “Outstanding Business of the Year” for the Bowling Green area and received their “Community Impact Award of Southern Kentucky” at a banquet held at the National Corvette Museum.

About Allied Energy

Allied Energy, Inc. PINKSHEETS: AGGI) is an independent energy development firm primarily engaged in the exploration, development, and production of oil and natural gas in the continental United States. The Company relies upon its industry partners, well operators, geologists, petroleum engineers, and other operational personnel whose combined industry experience is essential to each project. Allied Energy’s strategic focus is the development of oil and natural gas reserves.  

For more information: www.alliedenergy.com

Certain statements in this release and the attached corporate profile that are not historical facts are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements may be identified by the use of words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “expect,” “future,” “may,” “will,” “would,” “should,” “plan,” “projected,” “intend,” and similar expressions. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, including but not limited to geological and geophysical risks, risks of blow-outs and other potential damaging occurrences inherent to the oil and gas industry, and uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, reliance upon expert recommendations and opinions, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. The Company may have varying degrees of working interest ownership in each well and/or prospect. For these and other reasons, gross revenue projections may not be equal to what is distributed net to the Company. The Company’s future operating results are dependent upon many factors, including but not limited to the following: (i) the Company’s ability to obtain sufficient capital or a strategic business arrangement to fund its expansion plans; (ii) the Company’s ability to build the management and human resources and infrastructure necessary to support the growth of its business; (iii) competitive factors and developments beyond the Company’s control, including but not limited to the strength of the overall economy; and (iv) other risk factors inherent to the oil and gas industry.

For More Information Contact
Angela Stokes
Heather Age
Allied Energy, Inc.
Phone: 866-256-5836
Fax: 800-251-9322
www.alliedenergy.com
info@alliedenergy.com
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