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Mixed Support for New York City’s New Sodium Warning

Associations Now

When New York City became the first place in the country to require chain restaurants to post a warning next to high-sodium items, a number of associations came out both for and against the new rule. On December 1, New York City became the first city in the U.S.

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Building Community: Real Towns Inform Online Spaces

Higher Logic

Judd created Marfa to avoid the New York City art scene, so the town’s growth might actually compromise its value to the citizens. Provide them guidelines and set up a formal training program so that they can work effectively. Forty years later, the community has become more popular.

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Convenience Store Group Draws the Line: No E-Cigarette Sales to Minors

Associations Now

Anticipating FDA action on the issue, the National Association of Convenience Stores offered new guidelines to its members recommending that they not sell electronic cigarettes to minors and use its already-in-place carding program to restrict sales. The association issued its guidelines on Thursday.

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Heart Association Encourages More Colorful Eating

Associations Now

People under 50 are currently only eating half of their recommended fruit and vegetable servings, according to the Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2015-2020. SUBWAY restaurants helped launch the initiative in New York City on September 22 with a +color food truck.

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What’s Bugging the Birds? The Rise of the Smartphone.

Associations Now

With the old-school hobby of birding starting to feel the effects of technology creep, a leading association in the field is considering changing its ethics guidelines to keep the rules up to date—and to help prevent indiscriminate tweets from driving the birds crazy. To use an app, or not to use an app?

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Payment Processor Group Tries To Head Off “Operation Choke Point”

Associations Now

” The association, which notes the challenges it’s faced from regulators going after payment processors, released new guidelines this month to help its members separate payday lenders operating outside the law from those operating inside it.

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Nonprofits Join Outcry Over Ebola Quarantines

Associations Now

The quarantine, and the outcry that followed, highlighted concerns raised by various organizations about the treatment of aid workers in the days since Dr. Craig Spencer was hospitalized after experiencing symptoms of the disease upon returning to New York City. The outcry changed the situation in New York and New Jersey.