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Visitor Center Summer Hours in Effect Beginning May 1, 2014
Summer hours are in effect for the visitor center from May 1 - October 12, 2014 from 8:30 am - 4:30 pm. The hikers' shuttle will leave the visitor center at 9 am. For more information call 520-824-3560 0. More »
Entrance and Camping Fees Waived this Summer
From June 1 through September 30, all entrance fees will be waived and federal lands passes will not be available for purchase at the park. More »
Mushroom Rock Trail Closed to Horses, Hikers Use Caution
Mushroom Rock Trail is closed to horses due to hazardous conditions caused by recent flooding. Hikers use caution. Trail is washed out in place and may be difficult to follow.
Dry Conditions Trigger Increased Fire Restrictions in Southeastern Arizona 2014
Effective Thursday, June 5, the Bureau of Land Management Gila District, all districts of theCoronado National Forest, Saguaro National Park, Casa Grande Ruins National Monument, Coronado National Memorial, Chiricahua National Monument, Fort Bowie National Historic Site, Tumacácori National Historical Park, and Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument will increase campfire and smoking restrictions in southeastern Arizona, consistent with Arizona State Forestry Division fire restrictions already in place statewide.
Beginning June 5, and until rescinded, the following are prohibited:
Fireworks are always prohibited year-round on federal lands.
Violation of restrictions on federal lands is punishable as a Class B misdemeanor, which includes a fine of not more than $5,000 for an individual and up to $10,000 for organizations and possible imprisonment for not more than six (6) months or both. Violators may also be held personally responsible for reimbursement of fire suppression costs. Arizona and New Mexico state laws carry similar penalties.
Pressurized liquid or gas stoves, lanterns and heaters possessing shut-off devices are allowed. When using a portable stove, make sure the area is clear of grasses and other fine fuels. Prevent stoves from tipping and starting a fire.
Cigarettes should never be thrown out the window of a vehicle. Always use an ashtray to prevent wildfires.
Never park a vehicle over dead grass; the catalytic converter can ignite the vegetation. Maintain vehicle brakes, keep tires properly inflated, and shorten tow chains to prevent sparks. One less spark means one less wildfire.
Fire conditions as well as localized closures and restrictions are subject to change. Because tribal, federal, state, and local mandates are different, they may have some differences in their restriction notices. For a more detailed explanation concerning agency restrictions and fire information in general, please contact the nearest land management agency office where you plan to work or play, visit http://wildlandfire.az.gov or call the toll-free Southwest Fire Restrictions Hotline at 1-877-864-6985.
Did You Know?
Chiricahua National Monument is home to several species of snakes including the black-tail rattlesnake, whose tail is really black.


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Other reviews mentioned this item ran large, but this dress was massive! I am a small, ordered a small and I probably could have fit 2 of me inside this dress. I understand it is probably supposed to be loose and flawy, but it was so large I would have to get it taken in if I ever wanted to wear it. I looked ridiculous in it. Second dress I ordered from Swell that fits like this.
As far as pro's it was a good quality fabric and really cute print. Definitely comfy. Perfect for summer. Just wish it fit!
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I ordered this dress in a size small and it feels a bit loose, but I'm thinking that's just how the style is. It's very comfortable and super cute! I definitely love this dress and I'm super excited to wear it this summer.

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Just as BMW promised back in February, they have arrived at the 2011 New York Auto Show with the return of a 4-cylinder engine to the US line-up. The first vehicle to benefit from this new engine is the Z4 sDrive28i. This new model will go on sale this fall and will replace the Z4 sDrive30i (pictured).
The new 4-cylinder engine delivers a total of 240 HP at 5,000 rpm and a peak torque of 260 lb-ft at only 1,250 rpm. This power will allow 30% more torque than the inline-six engine and achieves 1,500 rpm earlier.
The 4-cylinder engine features an all-aluminum crankcase and is lighter and more compact than a 6-cylinder engine. The turbocharger is a twin-scroll system. The exhaust streams out in two separate pairs of cylinders, flowing through the exhaust manifold and the turbocharger, then circulating to the turbine wheel.
The new Z4 sDrive28i will be offered with an eight speed automatic transmission and will offer a fuel efficiency gain of approximately 20% over the naturally aspirated engine it replaces.
UPDATE 04/22/2011: Paul Ferraiolo, Manager, Product Planning & Strategy, BMW of North America talks about the new BMW Z4 equipped with a four-cylinder engine. Check out the video by clicking on the photo above.
UPDATE 08/22/11: BMW has released a new promo video of the Z4 sDrive28i as its being driven around Grimes Canyon. If you ask us, the car looks great!


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May 16th, 2013 09:27 PM #1Member
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Is Lilac wearable on an adult?
Lilac is currently penciled in to my short list BUT is it really adult appropriate? Can an adult pull it off without it always being super cutesy?
I think it is gorgeous.. Can it really be used?
Thanks!Mila Poppy .. Haiden James .. Expecting baby no.3 due November 23!
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May 16th, 2013 09:42 PM #5
I think it could work on an adult, but it might be better as an mn. She could always go by Lila if she felt it was too cutesy or immature for her professional career.
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"Hollywood would not be Hollywood without those who dare to step away from the norm. They are artists with their own visions. However, with the Academy Award ceremony representing what it does, there is a level of respect that needs to be acknowledged.", says Lazo. "There are ways you can show your individuality, yet still respect the circumstances".
Helena Bonham Carter - "She never fails to surprise us and we look forward to seeing what interesting things she will do with her hair, dress and makeup. I liked what she did for the red carpet. She had a cool and quirky 'Vivienne Westwood-ish' look. Groovey and edgy but not deserting the glamour of what the Oscars is all about. The style fit her personality and gave us the 'glammed' version of what we expect to see from her."
Kristen Stewart - "Such an attractive and talented actress, and a great representative of what 'young Hollywood' is about. However, I wanted to see more glamour from her for an event like the Oscars. It's cool to show your rebelliousness in your everyday dress, but for stellar events like these, I was hoping she would spruce it up a bit more in terms of her hair. It was too 'everyday' hair. Classic events are classic events and should be respected as such. You do not want to stray too far from the norm because movie fans all over the world are looking at this event to see the glitz and glamour of Hollywood. They can see the 'everyday you' celebrity when they read the weeklies."


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Here's the second part of an interview with former Georgia Tech center Sean Bedford, who returned last week from a six-month stay in Europe, mostly spent playing football in a league in Spain (link from an excellent story by colleague Doug Roberson).
Here's the link to Monday's blog, in which he spoke highly of his successor Jay Finch. Some other notes from Bedford:
1. He said he felt optimistic going into the 2010 season because of the talent level and the hard work that had been put in over the summer. However, he said, "I think there may have been some sense of entitlement that came with what we accomplished [in 2009]. A lot of guys felt that maybe because they played a certain role the year before, that was something they were entitled to retain. I don't know that the team attitude was there quite as much as it should have been."
As a result, the team didn't handle itself well in the face of trial.
"Two years ago, when the breaks went against us, we didn't look for excuses," he said. "We knew we were going to win the game. It was how we were going to do it and correct the problems from there. Last year, I got the impression more that, when something went wrong, people started to look for excuses and looked for ways to wash their hands of the situation."
2. While in Spain, his weight dropped from a high of 285 pounds at Tech to 215. He said the Spanish custom of eating a large meal at lunch and less at breakfast and dinner helped him melt off pounds.
"I definitely feel different," he said. "It was nice being able to run around again. I felt a little bit like I did in high school."
After his European tour, particularly the legs in Italy and Germany, he put on 10 pounds and he's now around 225. His lighter weight enabled him to play defensive end and linebacker as well as offensive line for his team, Los Osos Rivas. Bedford came to Tech as a walk-on defensive lineman.
"The caliber of lineman in Spain isn't quite what it was here," Bedford said. "I had a lot of fun chasing quarterbacks."
When he wasn't practicing – practices were held 9 to 11 p.m. to accommodate teammates who worked full-time – Bedford was an English tutor, studied Spanish and did a lot of reading. He put away Moby Dick among other classics. While being free of Tech's academic rigors, he was hoping to not let his brain atrophy before law school.
"Between being immersed in history everywhere in Europe and taking the time to catch up on my reading, I hope I managed to avoid doing that," he said.
3. A visit to Tech last week led to some reminiscing and the realization that his career is over. He said he won't miss being 60 pounds over his natural weight, but there'll be plenty he's sad to leave behind.
"I talked to some of the old coaches and other guys in the locker room," he said. "It hit me that I'm not going to get getting ready to play this season, I'm not going to be standing in the huddle looking at all the faces around me. It did occur to me I'm going to miss and experience what I'll experience sitting in the stands."
His visit (he spoke with offensive line coach Mike Sewak and quarterbacks/B-backs coach Brian Bohannon, among others) left him encouraged about the season ahead.
"I think they're going to learn from the mistakes we made last year," Bedford said. "I think there's a lot of reason for optimism with this team."
4. Among former teammates he keeps in touch with regularly are guard Will Jackson and former tackle Nick Claytor, who left Tech after his junior season but went undrafted in April. With the lockout preventing teams from signing undrafted players, Claytor has been taking classes at Tech.
"He seems to be doing O.K.," Bedford said. "I think he's going to come out of this O.K."
5. Bedford will enroll in the fall in law school at the University of Florida with the idea of studying patent and intellectual property law. He studied aerospace engineering on top of football at Tech, but doesn't expect it to be any less difficult.
"If Georgia Tech helped in one thing, it's not to fall in the trap of thinking something is going to be easier than it's going to be," he said. "I'm trying to take the cautious approach."
That said, he plans to make it back to Atlanta to attend Jackets games and tailgate with his father Dean as much as his schedule allows.
Said Bedford, "I love Georgia Tech as much as any person I know."
July 12th, 2011
11:59 am
What a blessed life he's living! This guy has all the tools to run for office one day, in my opinion. Good for him.
Go Jackets!
July 12th, 2011
12:03 pm
Sean is a classy guy. Ham on, Sean!
July 12th, 2011
12:32 pm
Pay attention recruits . This an excellent example of a student-athlete . He get's the golden ring . Football paid for his education . The NFL is not in his future but the good life is .
Hard work and studying for a better life . These are nice credentials to have .
Thank you Mr. Bedford for coming to Georgia Tech . Best wishes at UF .
July 12th, 2011
1:08 pm
What a class act! Sean Bedford is a perfect example of what a student athlete should be. It would be great if all college student athletes could follow his example.
July 12th, 2011
1:09 pm
It'll be great to have you in the stands. Thanks for all the effort.
July 12th, 2011
1:39 pm
Claytor left early? What an idiot. Don't drink the Kool Aid. Stay in school, for free.
July 12th, 2011
1:58 pm
Best of luck in law school, you may be in Gatorville, but your heart will always be on the "Flats."
July 12th, 2011
2:05 pm
Claytor could barely stay a starter but left for the NFL. Why? Makes no sense.
O'Leary had a DL leave for the NFL. Assistant coach walks into O/Leary's office and says: " Blank is leaaving for the draft."
O'Leary says: "What draft? We have an all volunteer Army."
July 12th, 2011
2:08 pm
Sean Bedford is exactly what Homer Rice had in mind when he instituted the total person concept.
Guys like Bedford, no matter what school they go to, need to be celebrated. Not the washouts and wastes of potential that some others wind up becoming.
July 12th, 2011
2:11 pm
Sean would have been a class act even if he had played for the dawgs. It sure is refreashing to know there are still quality student-athletes out there. Keep up the good work and you will succeed.
July 12th, 2011
2:17 pm
I had the pleasure of studying with this guy (among others) my Senior year in the Aerospace program. He is one of the brightest people I have ever met. I could barely keep up with the AE classes without playing a sport. He is going to succeed at anything he tries. Patent lawyer is a great way to go for an AE major. There is a lot of money to be had in that field, especially with the Aerospace job market as bad as it is right now.
July 12th, 2011
2:49 pm
Sean Bedford, you make us all proud.
July 12th, 2011
4:26 pm
Great kid…. Just another of many reasons why I'm always proud to be a Yellow Jacket!
July 12th, 2011
4:30 pm
Thanks for the great interview.
Very proud to call Bedford a fellow alumni.
AE work on that is all ACC, class act.
July 12th, 2011
4:30 pm
Amen to all of the above. Thanks, Sean.
July 12th, 2011
4:58 pm
Thanks so much Sean! It was great watching you play. You'll be a great lawyer too.
Go Jackets!
July 12th, 2011
6:03 pm
I wish more kids were like him. I hope I raise my son to be like Mr. Bedford.
July 12th, 2011
9:57 pm
The epitome of a Student/Athlete. Best of success on your future in the law Mr. Bedford.
July 12th, 2011
10:39 pm
Claytor is having to pay for school and he can't play ball. Damn, basically kicked himself off the team. Bad move.
Sean, work as an engineer for about 5 years (10 would be better) before you become a lawyer in the that field.
July 12th, 2011
10:45 pm
Hell of a guy… It's kinda sad, with all the bad trash talking I do about CPJ's recruiting…. This kid is the "real" reason for college football… It's not going to win you any MNC's but he is a real asset to society… I think I will stand back and reflect on how important winning college football games are in the whold scheme of life… Not very important! I just wish we could beat UGA, once in a while…
July 12th, 2011
10:46 pm
Why would anybody want to be a Lawyer…. Jeez, one step below a used car salesman!
July 12th, 2011
10:56 pm
really? u guys are making fun of a student-athlete who wants to become a lawyer? And how old are we gentlemen?
July 13th, 2011
3:39 am
Good interview and good luck to you Sean wherever go go in life.
I do hope that the 2011 team will learn from the mistake of the 2010 team that making excuses is not the answer to correct problems. Just play smarter and play as a team not as individuals.
July 13th, 2011
7:49 pm
First a nerd, now a Gator?? Two reasons not to like this guy!
July 13th, 2011
9:29 pm
gt4ever – you're right he is a class act guy. Not trying to be snide and correct you, but Bedford was brought in by Gailey, and played two seasons under him. Give some credit to Paul though as he moved him to center.
July 14th, 2011
1:52 am
He lost 70 pounds from his playing weight at Tech…..steroids anyone? Also, my dumper is bigger than his.


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As communities across the United States continue to experience significant increases in Hispanic/Latino populations, limited infrastructures to serve them, and less tolerant political environments, there is a resource ready to help: ¡Vida en la Comunidad Para Todos! (Para Todos) (Life in the Community for Everyone!) is a comprehensive DVD/VHS developed by the Federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), primarily as a tool to be used by service providers working with groups of Hispanic/Latino parents.
The objective of the product is to mobilize Latino parents to keep their children safe, healthy and drug free, as well as to increase awareness among service providers about the challenges facing Latino families in the United States. It is a tool that empowers communities; it can be incorporated into existing programs or used to create new programs specific to a community's needs. The DVD/VHS is free of charge and copyright restrictions and is easy and inexpensive to duplicate.
This comprehensive bilingual resource focuses on the most pressing substance abuse prevention issues facing Hispanic/Latino families. It is based on extensive formative research and eight years' experience developing materials for this population. Topics addressed are: communication, acculturation, mental health, community involvement, violence, substance abuse prevention, alcohol, tobacco, inhalants, over-the-counter drugs, prescription drugs, and illicit drugs. The award-winning DVD/VHS features dramatic vignettes, anchor narration, and expert and community interviews; includes pauses with guided questions to encourage lively discussions, and online facilitator guides to support discussion leaders. This format responds to the needs of both the Hispanic/Latino community and service providers for health information that is bilingual, comprehensive, relevant, engaging, flexible, empowering, and accessible.
The ¡Vida en la Comunidad Para Todos! (Life in the Community for Everyone!) DVD/VHS can be ordered for free through SAMHSA's National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information: 1-800-729-6686. For additional information about this product, visit http://hablemos.samhsa.gov/paratodos/default.aspx or contact Margaret Behrns at email@example.com or Emily Glazer at email@example.com.
Note: At the APHA Annual Meeting, you can see excerpts of the DVD at Session #4196.0 on Tuesday, November 6th, and/or pick up a free copy of the DVD at SAMHSA exhibit booth #403."
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The American Lung Association is pleased to announce the launch of Breathe Well, Live Well: An Asthma Management Program for Adults. It is a comprehensive asthma management program for adults developed with funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Breathe Well, Live Well is based on a validated intervention developed by the University of Alabama at Birmingham Lung Health Center. The original program showed a decrease in the severity of asthma symptoms, fewer respiratory problems, and an increase in adherence to prescribed treatments. The program was adapted for community-based implementation and has been proven effective through nationwide testing.
Breathe Well, Live Well aims to reduce illness and disability due to asthma by improving asthma knowledge and self-management skills. It is an innovative program designed to be delivered in small group settings to maximize individual learning. The program is delivered by American Lung Association-trained facilitators. The American Lung Association is looking to train Certified Asthma Educators (AE-C) or other experts in the field of asthma to deliver this program.
This highly effective program can be offered anywhere asthma education is needed, including your organization. Breathe Well, Live Well is ideal for hospitals, health plans, businesses, public health agencies or other community-based organizations. It's a smart way to improve participants' health, boost employee attendance and productivity, and help reduce healthcare expenses.
To learn more about Breathe Well, Live Well or to bring the only adult asthma education program to your organization, please contact the American Lung Association by calling 1-800-LUNG-USA (586-4872).
With American Diabetes Month right around the corner, this is a great time to help those at higher risk for diabetic eye disease (DED) and glaucoma get the maximum benefit from their Medicare coverage. DED and glaucoma are two leading causes of visual impairment and blindness. There are no warning signs for either of these diseases. Yet, if they are detected in their early stages, sight-saving treatments are available.
Medicare provides benefits to help pay for a comprehensive dilated eye exam for people with diabetes and those who are at higher risk for glaucoma. All beneficiaries with diabetes are eligible for the DED benefit. People with Medicare who are eligible for the glaucoma benefit include:
The National Eye Institute (NEI) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have developed a Medicare Benefit Card to educate people about these benefits. These colorful, two-sided cards are available in English and Spanish. The cards come in packets of 50, and up to 500 copies are available at no charge. You can send these cards to people at higher risk and distribute the cards in your office, at health fairs, health clinics, senior centers, houses of worship, libraries, pharmacies, and other locations in your community.
To order Medicare Benefit Cards, visit www.nei.nih.gov/medicare.
Following the Annual HPV & Cervical Cancer State Legislative Task Force Meeting in August, Women In Government, a national, bi-partisan, non-profit organization representing women state legislators, issued expanded policy recommendations on cervical cancer prevention on September 18, 2007.
The expanded policy recommendations are part of Women In Government's "Challenge to Eliminate Cervical Cancer Campaign," which mobilizes state legislators to help eradicate this disease through education and policy initiatives. Since 2004, all 50 states have introduced and/or enacted legislation or resolutions tackling this issue.
Women In Government's policy recommendations were developed by a bi-partisan HPV & Cervical Cancer State Legislative Task Force, a national, bi-partisan group of women state legislators, and approved by its Board of Directors.
The recommendations include: the role of statewide accountable entities; the Vaccines for Children (VFC) Program and other federal funds available to states for vaccines; pre-teen and adolescent school entrance requirements; insurance coverage for cervical cancer prevention technologies; considerations for special populations, including access to cervical cancer prevention screening and vaccination technologies; and needed education and awareness initiatives.
is a website sponsored and operated by the Kaiser Family Foundation. Designed specifically for students and faculty, this website provides easy access to data, analysis, research and teaching tools on topics at the center of national public health and health care policy debates, such as the HPV vaccine, public health preparedness, race and ethnicity in health care, and women and HIV/AIDS. Major
currently featured on kaiserEDU.org include health and the law, health systems, HIV/AIDS, Medicaid/SCHIP, Medicare, minority health, prescription drugs, quality of care, the uninsured, and women's health.
On kaiserEDU.org, students can learn the basics from national experts presenting 15-minute narrated slide tutorials on topics ranging from global HIV/AIDS to Medicare Advantage or find their next job or internship by searching the Fellowship and Internship Directory.
The site's reference libraries and issue modules provide background information and analysis on public health topics such as emergency contraception and quality of care. These materials can also be used to help instructors prepare course reading lists or serve as a source for independent research.
For those looking to research these topics further, kaiserEDU.org's Smart Links provide pre-queried searches on health policy topics from different search engines including PubMed and Google Scholar. Students can also find new research using the Journal Browser which provides links to the latest table of contents from leading peer-reviewed journals. Faculty can use the Video Directory to find documentaries, news segments and other videos on domestic and global health policy issues.
The Directors of Health Promotion and Education have created a 64-page guide titled School Employee Wellness: A Guide for Protecting the Assets of Our Nation's Schools. This title is available for downloading at www.schoolempwell.org. The guide covers a the nine steps necessary for creating school employee wellness programs, and useful tools and resources (funding and publications) for implementing school employee wellness programs. The 2007 guide highlights the importance of school-site faculty/staff wellness programs as an essential component of a Coordinated Approach to School Health and its significance in promoting health in this workplace as indicated below:
Business and industries are increasingly recognizing that workers are their most valuable resource. The most progressive businesses and organizations are implementing policies and programs to maintain the health and productivity of their workers. These policies and programs include worksite health promotion programs and employee wellness programs, many of which have improved the health of workers and the ensuing success of the organizations. Few school systems have such programs in place. Among the nation's workforce, more than 4% of all working citizens in the US are employed by school systems as teachers, administrators, support staff, nurses, counselors, psychologists, social workers, bus drivers, food service workers, and maintenance staff. They form one of the most valuable workforces in the US, because they nurture and substantially shape every generation of children (Directors of Health Promotion and Education, 2007).
Many health education professionals may not be aware of the fact that the National Library of Medicine (NLM) has many environmental health resources for health educators. Part of NLM's strategic vision for the future is to address community health issues by providing useful information, tools, and training to professionals such as health educators who serve underserved populations. Environmental health is a serious community health issue that can be addressed through health education and promotion.
NLM's environmental health resources include:
TOXNET: Databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, environmental health, and toxic releases. These searchable databases offer various types of information including: a chemical dictionary file, environmental health e-maps, potentially hazardous ingredients in household products, workplace safety and health, maternal/child health, and much more. Visit http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/index.html for more information or http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro/manuals.html for free, hands-on TOXNET training information.
Toxicology Tutorials: Tutorials on basic toxicology principles, toxicokinetics, and cellular toxicology that can be viewed online or without internet connection via downloaded files. The tutorials can be used by educators and public health professionals for personal development, to tutor individuals, and/or in a classroom setting.
ToxTown: Interactive guide to potentially toxic substances encountered in everyday living or working environments. ToxTown uses colorful graphics, sounds, and animation to target student and general public audiences.
Highlighted Sessions during the Annual Meeting
At the APHA Annual Meeting this year, the PHEHP section is offering a wide range of topics and focus areas. Our highlighted invited sessions include: Monday, November 5
8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. – Session 3058.0
Communication and Disasters: Challenges and Needs Associated with Three Types of Disasters - panel of academic researchers and experts in the field will identify and illustrate the communication challenges associated with three types of disasters.
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. – Session 3150.0A Strategic Framework for Improving Racial and Ethnic Minority Health and Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities – a panel presenting recent efforts to develop and operationalize this framework. Presentations will focus on the rationale and process for developing such a Framework and the implications for research and evaluation.
12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. – Session 3247.0Tackling Global Warming: Health Education Steps Up to the Plate- a panel will discuss the public health consequences of global warming and explore how health educators can contribute to finding solutions and implementing change.2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. – Session 3355.0Expanding the Public Health Toolkit with Health Marketing- a panel will discuss the importance of topics such as place, partnerships, program development and evaluation in public health marketing and explain their applicability in public health settings through examples.
Celebrate achievements in health education!The Materials Contest winners present Monday from 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. - Session 3151.0.
PHEHP Student Abstract Contest Winners from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. – Session 3185.0
Tuesday, November 6
8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. – Session 4059.0
Communication Strategies to Influence Policy Makers: The Role of Media Advocacy in Policy and Social Change – a panel in this session focuses on the theory and practice of media advocacy and includes presentations on several US and international models, case studies, and post-intervention evaluations.
Come Join Us for our Social Events
Sunday, November 4 from 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.Health Communication Working Group Social WCC 204A
Monday, November 5 from 6:30 - 8:00 p.m.PHEHP Joint Social with SHES section145BTuesday, November 6 from 12:30 – 2:00 p.m.PHEHP Awards LuncheonWCC 201
Business Meetings
Come join us for our business meetings – FREE COFFEE!
Get active in the Section, meet other Section members and sign up to work on some of our committees and work groups. These are great networking opportunities!
Monday, Nov. 5, from 6:30 – 8:00 a.m. Tuesday, Nov 6, from 7:00 – 8:00 a.m. Wednesday, Nov 7, from 6:30 – 8:00 a.m.
The Programming Committee wanted to thank all the volunteers who helped plan this program. To all the moderators, abstract reviewers, special session speakers, presenters, and PHEHP committee chairs – this program would not have been possible without you.
Regina, Stuart, and Jennifer
Programming Committee
The PHEHP Awards Luncheon tickets are purchased when you register for the Annual Meeting. You need to look in your registration materials and under Step 9, check that you would like to attend. The charge for this luncheon is $45. If you are already registered for the meeting and want to participate, call (888) 567-6803 (toll free) or e-mail <email@example.com>.
The Worksite Health Promotion (WHP) committee is back with new vigor! Thanks to all who responded to the call to revitalize this WHP committee. We plan to have a huge gathering of Worksite Health Promoters at the during the 2008 APHA Annual Meeting. If you are interested in getting involved and the opportunity to engage with others of similar interest, please join WHP Committee on Wednesday, November 7, 2007 at 8:30 am after the PHEHP Business Meeting. If you have any questions please contact Kimberly L. Peabody at email@example.com .
Our section is honored by having two outstanding members running for official positions in APHA. Dr. Barbara Giloth is running for Speaker of the Governing Council and Dr. Susan Radius is candidate for the Executive Board. Here we are sharing with our membership the standing positions presented by these professionals.
Barbara Giloth, nominated for Speaker of the Governing Council
It is an honor to be nominated for Speaker of the Governing Council given this body's critically important function within APHA as well as the distinguished individuals that have filled this position in the past. I am committed to strengthening the capacity of the Council to determine policy priorities for the Association, serve as a forum for the exchange of ideas by the full range of APHA members and guide the implementation of change within the Association within the context of the TFAIR process. As a large and diverse body, it is vitally important that the Governing Council continue to support the expression of divergent views yet at the same time streamline its processes so that meaningful decisions can be made in a timely manner. I strongly support the recommendation to increase the number of Governing Council meetings each year and am committed to addressing barriers to the process. I also support the continued review of voting procedures for the Council that may strengthen our ability to capture more effectively the will of its members. To this position, I would bring 35 years of experience in administration, policy development and research. I have worked with diverse groups in national and international settings to achieve common objectives; I also bring a sense of humor and a commitment to social justice, health care for all, and promoting the voice of the consumer in healthcare decision making.
Susan Radius is candidate for the Executive Board
I am honored to be considered for the APHA Executive Board. I believe an effective board member can listen, build consensus, navigate APHA's complexities, and express personal commitment while respecting differences in colleagues' passions. As past president of an affiliate (MD) and section (PHEHP), I bring firsthand appreciation of strengths and challenges across APHA's units. Chairing the Intersectional Council (thus ex officio member of APHA's Executive Board), I gained insights into the Association, its fiscal requirements, and the importance of catalyzing and bolstering all members, regardless of primary unit affiliation. My profession plus service on APHA's Education Board sensitize me to ongoing concerns of the public health workforce. I was honored to receive the 2006 Committee on Affiliates Chair's Citation. On the Executive Board, I will integrate these varied experiences to advance APHA's public policy leadership in pursuing health care as a right, global health, minority health, and public health infrastructure/funding. Developing public health leaders, in the classroom and through research/practice in public health advocacy, remain personal passions. My commitment to public health, collaboration, and APHA is well-established. It would be my privilege to represent and work with my APHA colleagues as we meet the public health challenges ahead.
TTYL (Talk To You Later) is one of the many common IM (Instant Messaging) texting message acronyms popularized and used by many teens, young adults, and even adults today. IM is one of the many ways the Web 2.0 generation uses as a social networking tool and for keeping up-to-date with current information among peers and others.
As health promotion professionals searching for more effective ways to engage the wildly diverse populations, subgroups, and individuals of the 21st Century, we need to explore creative strategies for reaching out and drawing in individuals through new communications channels, behavior-change techniques, and technology that will work successfully in today's dramatically changing high-tech world.
To engage today's kids in controlling their weight, for instance, we may need to use approaches that connect with them BAK (Back At the Keyboard), with current age-appropriate health topics that are CSA (Cool-Sweet-Awesome). That doesn't mean we all need to become text-aholics or suffer from AOB (Abuse of Bandwidth), but it does suggest that we must help individuals to relate to their health on THEIR terms, using communications mechanisms that are popular with THEM. In fact, innovative "CSA" approaches need to be developed for all settings – schools, worksites, health care systems, communities – and age groups, from tots to seniors.
Some examples of creative techniques currently being developed and piloted include the use of blogging, podcasts, and YouTube videos in the classroom to get students more interactively involved in health issues, the use of Web-based worksite health promotion systems that integrate health coaching and health-related social networking to provide both professional and peer support, and online "communities" and posting boards for seniors that focus on health promotion and information-sharing on topics relevant to the seniors population, many of whom are now turning to the Internet for their connection to the world outside.
Many more examples of cutting-edge strategies and technology applications for health promotion and health education exist out there, and we encourage all PHEHP section members to share them via this newsletter, so that we can help each other move away from IDK (I Don't Know) and into RL (Real Life).
The challenges to effective health communication are the subject of the latest issue of Perspectives, a periodical of UC Berkeley's Health Research for Action, a center of the School of Public Health. (See "Say What? Understanding Health Information," August 2007:
Health information is increasingly complex, yet many people lack the skills to understand and act on the information they receive. As our health care systems and treatment options have become more varied and complex, people face more difficult decisions. Many native English-speakers have limited literacy and numeracy skills. Many others have limited proficiency in the English language. And others, including many seniors, have vision, hearing, or cognitive limitations. Differences in cultural experiences can be an additional challenge to communication.
Often, providers, educators, and administrators have not been trained to present information in ways their patients understand. As one physician explained, "I am unable to adequately explain my directions, and my patients are unable to process large volumes of written materials."
Health information can save lives if it is communicated effectively. And health communication must improve if we as a society are to reduce health disparities and improve population health.
It is not easy to communicate effectively with culturally, educationally, and linguistically diverse audiences, and requires devoting significant resources to communication. Involving consumers and stakeholders in the development of communication messages provides a critical "reality check," and underscores the need to use different communication strategies to reach specific audiences.
Improving consumer communications often requires regulatory and policy-level changes to eliminate the jargon generated by the multiple entities providing health care and legal mandates about what to communicate. Communication improvements alone cannot fix these systemic complexities, which highlight the need to clarify and simplify our health care system itself.
The Department of Health Science at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) has received a three-year grant from the Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program (TRDRP) for a project that will study factors that influence high smoking rates of Cambodian Americans. Under the auspices of the University of California, TRDRP supports research that focuses on the prevention, causes and treatment of tobacco-related disease and reducing the human and economic costs of tobacco use in California.
Titled "Determinants of Smoking Prevalence among Cambodian Americans," the CSULB project will work with the local Cambodian population to obtain prevalence estimates of tobacco use among adults and clarify the cultural aspects of cigarette smoking and other forms of tobacco use.
The research funding mechanism, known as a Community Academic Research Award (CARA), will continue the Cambodian Tobacco Research Initiative (CTRI), an ongoing collaborative effort between the CSULB Department of Health Science and the Cambodian Association of America (CAA) in Long Beach. The project addresses the challenges of tobacco use among the Cambodian population in Southern California.
The Institute for Health Promotion Research at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio on Sept. 6 announced the creation of Salud America! The National Latino Childhood Obesity Prevention Network, a new research group geared to fight surging obesity among U.S. Latino children.
The network, funded by a five-year, $5.2-million grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and based at the institute, plans to unite and increase the number of Latino scientists engaged in research on Latino childhood obesity to seek environmental and policy solutions to the epidemic.
Salud America! activities will include: organizing a network of 750 members by the grant's end; training and mentoring young or seasoned researchers; creating a granting system for up to 20 pilot research projects with a goal of informing obesity-prevention efforts tailored to the specific needs of Latino children, their families and communities; disseminating key findings to policymakers; and other activities.
"We hope this will lead to changes that end Latino childhood obesity," said Amelie G. Ramirez, the network's principal investigator, professor of epidemiology and biostatistics at the Health Science Center, director of the institute, director of outreach and health care disparities at the Cancer Therapy & Research Center in San Antonio, and affiliated member of the San Antonio Cancer Institute.
According to the West Virginia University Injury Control Training and Demonstration Center (WVU ICTDC) (Updated, 2007), West Virginia ranks number 43 among the 50 states in overall health. The entire state of West Virginia lies within the Appalachian region and as such it exhibits all the challenges peculiar to this region. The health profile of the State of West Virginia is alarming: The state is the first in prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), it is the third in deaths related to heart trouble, it ranks number two cancer-related deaths and the fifth in the prevalence of asthma. These figures are exacerbated by other demographic factors. For example, the socioeconomic status of the state is reported to be lower than that of the entire nation. In addition, West Virginia's population is relatively older than the rest of the nation (15.3% versus 12.4%), and is susceptible to chronic and other health challenges characteristic of older population groups. Most of the state's counties have been declared medically underserved (47 out of the 55 counties).
Various health departments are working valiantly to improve the health of the people of West Virginia. For example the West Virginia Healthy Kids and Families Coalition (1999-2006) works to ensure that CHIP covers all children and to improve perinatal health among other goals.
The West Virginia Healthy People 2010 (2001) is working to improve the overall health of the people in West Virginia.
For more information on this topic visit:
West Virginia University Injury Control Training and Demonstration Center (WVU ICTDC) (Updated, 2007): A brief history. Retrieved on September 23, 2007 from: http://www.hsc.wvu.edu/icrc/aboutus.html
West Virginia Healthy Kids and Families Coalition (1999-2006): Growing healthy children. Retrieved on September 23, 2007 from: http://www.wvhealthykids.org/
West Virginia Healthy People 2010 (2001): Access to quality healthcare. Retrieved on September 23, 2007 from: http://www.wvdhhr.org/bph/hp2010/objective/1.htm
As schools are integrated into community plans for disasters, school nurses increasingly need to function as first responders in identification, mitigation, treatment, and recovery of health crises. Therefore, they have specific needs for their personal and professional health education.The University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public Health, Center for Public Health Preparedness (UPCPHP), one of 27 such federally funded centers, has undertaken an education campaign specific to school nurses. In two years, the Center reached 28% of PA's school nurse population (or 599 individuals ) with a standardized curriculum in disaster preparedness for school nurses.Data from a retrospective pre-post assessment shows a consistent increase in ability from before to after the training. Qualitative data indicates training is desirable and effective for its profession-specific content and for the opportunity to collaborate with peers. To meet training demand, a unique partnership with the National Association of School Nurses trained 7 practicing school nurses as NASN-certified school nurse trainers for "Disaster Preparedness for School Nurses."The school nurses' training needs are assessed continuously as part of the program evaluation, and have directed new programmatic areas: training school administrators, assistance in becoming National Incident Management System (NIMS) compliant, joint training with local emergency management agencies, a CE-accredited online course on personal preparedness, and the development of a webpage devoted to school preparedness. An original action chart for school nurses based on Department of Homeland Security color codes has been adopted for national use.
After months of controversy, the Brevard County school board recently voted to change the district's longstanding prohibition against giving teens complete information about contraceptives. The new policy allows teachers to discuss the benefits of contraception to middle and high school students.
"This policy change is a huge victory for parents and students in Brevard County," said Kevin Aplin, Vice President of the ACLU of Florida's Brevard Chapter. "It's critical that students receive complete and medically accurate information to make healthy and responsible decisions."
The change resulted from months of hard work by parents, students, medical professionals, educators, and advocates who actively opposed the county's abstinence-only policy that gave teens scant and misleading information about contraceptives.
After being contacted by concerned parents, the ACLU of Florida, along with NOW and Planned Parenthood, reviewed Brevard's sexuality curriculum and determined that it contained inaccurate information and gender bias. As part of a multi-faceted campaign, the ACLU facilitated meetings among community members, school board representatives, and the district's curriculum committee. In addition, parents testified before the school board and garnered local press.
Their efforts paid off: the school board voted 3 to 2 to change the policy and implement a curriculum that includes information about the importance of using contraception to prevent unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections.
Advocates are hopeful that this is the first domino to fall in a statewide grassroots effort to improve sex education in Florida. Brevard County is proof that parents and local advocates can make real change happen.
Every 72 seconds, someone is diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, and by 2050, 16 million Americans will have the progressive brain disease. An estimated one in 10 people over the age of 65 are affected and increasing age is the biggest risk factor for developing Alzheimer's disease. This number has more than doubled since 1980 and is continuing to grow, as our population ages.
Alzheimer's disease causes progressive brain changes that lead to declines of memory, judgment, ability to carry out usual daily activities, and personality changes. Memory loss is not a normal part of aging. The national Alzheimer's Association has issued its first paid campaign this past summer, intended to educate the public about protecting their health and the burden to the Medicare system.
The $8 million campaign includes the website, actionalz.org, encouraging individuals across the nation to join the fight against Alzheimer's disease. The national Alzheimer's Memory Walk is also taking place in local chapters across the nation.
This debilitating public health epidemic spanning the nation is in dire need of support and education. Many individuals do not understand the disease, and education can help lead us to a cure. Several groups are at work at national, state, and local levels to address the need of educating the public. Visit the Alzheimer's Association at www.alz.org . To see efforts at a local level, the University of Kansas Medical Center's Alzheimer & Memory Program offers information and resources at www.kualzheimer.org . Let's stop this Alzheimer's disease epidemic affecting 5 million Americans.
Seasonal flu is a dramatic killer, infecting millions and taking the lives of 35,000 people each year in the US. Pandemic flu will be worse when it comes! Children are often the source for infecting others in their community. Every parent and teacher knows that schools are "virus exchange systems"! The first time children get flu they are "super spreaders," because they put out more influenza virus and do so for a longer time than do infected adults. It is time to protect our children and our entire community by offering the nasal spray flu vaccine to children at schools. Vaccinating the elderly is not enough! Computer modeling studies suggest that immunizing 20% of the children protect more elderly than immunizing 80% of those over 65 (1).
Japan has proven the efficacy of a nation-wide immunization program for children. After the 1957 flu pandemic, Japan initiated an influenza immunization program for schoolchildren, using shots, the only vaccine available at that time. By the 1970's it became mandatory. The influenza death rate in Japan dropped dramatically. Retrospective studies show that for every 420 children immunized, one life was saved, usually that of an elderly person. Since the program was discontinued in 1994 the influenza death rate has shot back up (2).
We and others (3) have done school based influenza immunization programs using the nasal spray vaccine, which has been shown to be superior to shots for children (4). Our follow-up telephone interview of parents revealed that they were appreciative of not having to take their child to the doctor for the immunization, and that the children much preferred the spray to the shot. School immunization programs would require fewer resources than if the immunizations were given in clinics or physician's offices, and would be much less expensive than the cost of work days lost and treatment of flu infected patients. Another computer modeling study suggested that immunization of 70% of elementary and middle school children would protect the entire community from flu (5).
Would such a program protect against a bird flu (H5N1) pandemic? It is clear that flu shots would be of no help, but the nasal spray may be. The antibody in blood induced by shots is specific for the virus in the vaccine, and our current vaccine does not include H5N1. However, in addition to blood antibody, the nasal spray also induces antibody in mucus (IgA), the first barrier encountered by the virus, and immunity responsible for recovery from infection (CMI). Both have been shown to be reactive against related flu viruses (6,7). It is possible that the current spray might provide some cross protection against bird flu.
Now that there is a nasal spray flu vaccine that is more effective for children, it is time to initiate a new immunization strategy throughout the US. Children should be given the nasal spray while in school! School based immunization programs will not only protect our children, but could save everyone in our communities from this deadly disease!
On August 30, the Lake County Health Department/Community Health Center distributed emergency medications to 306 citizens within two hours following a release of anthrax in Lake Forest, Illinois. Of course, the citizens were actually volunteers and the anthrax release was only on paper. The scenario was part of an exercise to test the Health Department's plan to utilize more than 100 polling places for medication distribution in the event of a bioterrorism attack or communicable disease outbreak. In addition to the distribution site, staff also activated an emergency operations center, where key decisions were made as the situation evolved.
"We are very pleased with the outcomes of this exercise," said Dale Galassie, the Health Department's Executive Director. "We learned a lot about our plan and how it can be best put into action should an emergency arise."
Every exercise is a learning experience and this one was instrumental toward determining timing involved in the medical distribution process. In emergency planning efforts over the years, one of the most significant challenges for the Health Department has been how to distribute medications to the Lake County population within 48-hours (the CDC-recommended time-frame). During recent months the Health Department has worked with the County Clerk's office to develop a plan that would utilize local polling places as points of prophylaxis distribution. By utilizing these sites, the population will be spread out to a large number of locations, alleviating possible traffic congestion and reducing the need to travel far from home. Health Department officials are hopeful that by fine-tuning the distribution plan they will be able to distribute medication to 200 residents each hour in the case of an emergency. The recent exercise is just one more step in the continued development of this plan. For more information regarding this plan, please contact Bob Grum, the Health Department's Emergency Response Coordinator, at: (847) 377-8329.
The CDC-funded Center for Community Health Development at the Texas A&M School of Rural Public Health and the Brazos Valley Health Partnership have worked as a campus-community collaboration since 2002 to expand community capacity and extend health resources in rural areas of the seven-county Brazos Valley region of Texas. Catalyzed by a collaborative regional health status assessment , the health partnership committed to help rural communities develop "one-stop shop" health resource centers to address the disparities in access to care that exist between the region's rural communities and the centrally located small urban hub.
While the one-stop concept is not new, the development and implementation of the health resource center is a vastly different process than what the communities previously experienced. Rather than waiting for health and social service providers to approach the community to discuss service delivery options, each community recruits providers to offer services in the community-operated health resource centers. On behalf of the partnership, the Center provides technical assistance to communities in establishing the health resource centers which provide direct care, information and referrals to health and social services, health education, and supportive services. The Center's process includes: 1.) determining community interest; 2.) holding a community informational meeting regarding the resource center concept and the findings of the health status assessment; 3.) organizing a county health resource commission to plan for, develop and sustain resource center operations; and 4.) evaluating the impact of the resource centers on the health status of the community. For additional information about the Center and its activities please contact Ms. Angie Alaniz at firstname.lastname@example.com or by phone at 979-458-1594.
Motor vehicle crashes are the number one killer of young people in the U.S. and many of these fatal crashes are caused by sleepiness. The National Sleep Foundation (NSF) is taking action by launching Drowsy Driving Prevention WeekTM (DDPW) on November 5-11, 2007. DDPW is a public awareness and advocacy campaign developed to educate young drivers, their parents and others about the dangers of drowsy driving. DDPW will feature a re-launch of
and include a campaign toolkit with materials and local event ideas as well as a Drowsy Driving Memorial site where individuals may post photos and personal messages dedicated to victims killed or injured in fall-asleep crashes. The Web site will also have chat rooms, links to grief services and a "contract" between parents and young drivers to promote alert driving.
In addition, DDPW will be accompanied by a hard-hitting media campaign and a series of print public service announcements featuring several young people devastated by drowsy driving crashes. During DDPW, NSF will also publish a "State of the States" report outlining current state educational, law enforcement and legislative activities related to drowsy driving taking place throughout the nation. The report will lead to the launch of an advocacy campaign urging volunteers to support state legislation related to comprehensive drowsy driving prevention such as advocacy and the addition of curfews to existing graduated licensing programs. For more information about the campaign, including how to become an organizational partner or advocate, visit www.sleepfoundation.org/ddpw
India's first Master's Program in Public Health (MPH) was started in January 1997 by the Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST), an institution of national importance established by an act of Parliament. So far nine batches have graduated. MPH was not a required qualification for any job positions in India at that time. In spite of this, the course has gained demand and recognition, and all the graduates have been able to find gainful and meaningful employment.
More institutions in India and neighboring countries are planning to start an MPH program and the demand for guidance from the SCTIMST for such programs is increasing. Demand for the MPH program from the student community is also increasing.
Around 40% of our graduates are working with the various Indian state government health departments, 21% with non-government organizations, 16% with academic institutions, 10% with World health organization/UNICEF, 8% outside India, and the remaining are enrolled for advanced (PhD) studies.
One of the major challenges for the program is recruiting and retaining good faculty, consistent with the expected challenge for a developing country, even in one of the top most institutions in the country.
Future plans for the program are to increase both student and faculty strength, network with other public health institutions such as the public health foundation of India exploring the possibility of sharing both international and national faculty, and provide guidance for additional MPH programs in the country. Another challenge is to create career paths for MPH graduates in government health systems.
It is becoming increasingly known that oral sex activity is escalating among adolescents and young adults. A recent study released data inconsistent to the idea that oral sex is a safer form of sex among individuals. The study indicates that oropharyngeal cancer, a type of throat cancer, was significantly associated with the oral human papillomavirus, type 16 (HPV-16) (D'Souza, G., et. al., 2007). These findings highly discredit the "safety" of oral sex as the study signifies that HPV-16 is sexually acquired with oral-genital contact or through direct mouth-to-mouth contact, and those with a high lifetime number of vaginal-sex (26 or more) and oral-sex partners (6 or more) partners are at a higher risk for becoming infected with HPV-16, therefore increasing the risk for developing oropharyngeal cancer.
The information provided through this study is pertinent to both those who engage in oral sex and health professionals. Students at a southern university were questioned regarding the results of the study and the responses were astounding. Comments ranged from, "The endorphins that you get from sexual relationships counteract any kind of throat cancer issues or threats" to "I don't think it [knowing the information provided by this article] will change anyone's behavior. It's one of those statistics that you hear and forget about because it doesn't affect your daily life". The students seem unable to connect the threat of HPV and health issues associated with it to their own personal lives and actions. As health professionals, it is necessary to take this information in stride to educate and raise the awareness of risk due to sexual activity in order to fill the gap of comprehension and application.
The NC BRFSS (2005) data indicated about 2/3 thirds of adults were overweight or obese. According to the YRBSS (2005), 14% of high school students are overweight while 16% are at risk of becoming overweight. In addition, 54% did not meet recommended levels of physical activity.
In order to fight obesity, the Obesity Prevention Initiative (OPI), an Eat Smart, Move More campaign, was created and implemented through a community-campus collaborative in New Hanover and Brunswick Counties, NC. The OPI raises awareness about obesity, provides information about community resources that prevent or reduce obesity, and implements multi-level, best practice approaches to increase the number of residents that are a healthy weight. The OPI works with Cape Fear Healthy Carolinians and other partners including schools, local businesses, health and human service providers, hospitals, faculty and students from University of North Carolina Wilmington.
Community-campus initiatives have the potential to provide innovative, multi-disciplinary approaches to fighting the obesity epidemic. OPI programs include multiple nutrition and physical activity initiatives, peer health education, wellness fairs, a community garden for public housing residents, and recess pack equipment for schools. Since October 2006, the OPI served about 5,400 eastern North Carolina residents. The OPI has distributed 1000 health promotion brochures, 1,000 magnets with slogans "Choose to Move More" and "Eat More Fruits and Veggies," 250 digital pedometers and 1,000 pens and pencils with the Eat Smart, Move More logo. In summary, OPI programs encourage children and adults to Eat Smart and Move More to achieve a healthy weight!
In 2004, the Master in Public Health Program (MPH) at San Francisco State University joined a growing international practice in higher education requiring students to prepare electronic portfolios. Portfolios (paper-based) have been recommended as a valuable tool to link academic work with CHES competencies for many years. Now, using digital technology, MPH students engage in processes of collecting, selecting, building, and publishing their academic work using ePortfolios as the container. Portfolios are used to archive evidence from academic classes, practice courses, internships, and culminating experience projects. Students link to evidence of work within the ten national competencies in public health as well as an eleventh on valuing diversity. They also offer a description of community based and professional experiences and evidence of leadership skills.
Using "eFolio" software (http://www.efoliominnesota.com/) has allowed students with limited web-authoring skills to easily archive and display a wide range of artifacts using various types of media (text, MS Word, or PDF files), power point, audio, video, and other multimedia. The sites are used yearly as a formative tool in the advisory process, and also as a summative bridge to professional life. As one student told us, "When I went to Kaiser for the job interview, they had my ePortfolio site pulled up on the screen, and had printed out examples of my work. I'm convinced that being able to see my work was important to my being hired at a higher level in the company."
As a website or downloaded onto a CD, portfolios can be easily archived and shared with others worldwide. This has been a powerful advantage for students seeking international public health connections. With three years (2005-07 cohorts) of completed MPH ePortfolios, we have begun an archive of sites (http://www.sfsu.edu/~hed/masters/portfolio.htm)
And have recently conducted a study seeking direct reaction to a sample ePortfolio from academic and practitioner experts. We welcome news and an open exchange of knowledge with other health education programs experimenting with electronic portfolios. Please write to: Ruth Cox, email: email@example.com
At the forefront of the fight against child obesity and diabetes, HealthCorps is an educational and mentor program that educates American youth on the workings of the human body. Founded by cardiac surgeon and media personality Dr. Mehmet Oz, HealthCorps employs a team of health coordinators who deliver the HealthCorps curriculum to students through school seminars on science, nutrition, fitness and mental resilience.
The groundbreaking initiative spans 35 high schools in four states with plans to penetrate the U.S. Backed by strong public support, HealthCorps received a $2 million appropriation from New York's City Council to place programs in 28 metropolitan schools. On Long Island, the State Senate has allotted $75,000 for a Syosset program and a private philanthropist contributed $75,000 for a Bridgehampton launch.
At the heart of HealthCorps' mission is empowering young Americans to become educated consumers and to develop positive behavioral shifts that can be easily measured by changes in obesity rates and physical fitness and that enhance self esteem and mental resilience. Highlighting simple steps to healthier lifestyles, HealthCorps urges students to read food labels, carry pedometers, and walk at least 10,000 steps daily.
HealthCorps' special events bring its message to younger children and communities through entertainment, camaraderie, and the arts. Healthy Halloween uses creative school projects to transform Halloween into a month-long event that transcends collecting candy. In April, HealthCorps schools and 12 Harlem middle schools will compete in "Healthy Steps to Albany," a contest where students use pedometers to virtually "race" to the State Capitol.
For further information, please visit www.healthcorps.net.
Beginning in the Spring of 2006, Steps to a HealthierNY and its partners invited all municipalities in Rockland County, NY to join the Young Lungs at Play campaign, a county-wide effort to ban tobacco in outdoor spaces where children play. Of the five towns and nineteen villages in Rockland County, twelve municipalities have adopted a resolution in support of Young Lungs at Play to date. In addition, 14 daycare centers, 11 apartment and condominium complexes, a day camp and a church have joined the campaign. Over thirty public and private schools also posted the signs at all of their buildings, increasing the visibility of anti-smoking messages in the county. There are now 453 colorful, 12"X18" metal signs posted to designate tobacco-free zones in over 100 outdoor spaces including parks and playgrounds community fields, ball fields, playgrounds, picnic areas, memorial parks, municipal pools, and even parking lots.
For a relatively low investment of time and money, the Young Lungs at Play campaign has a large impact on keeping outdoor air clean and modeling good health habits for children. Three other counties in New York and several others across the country are now successfully implementing the Young Lungs at Play campaign in their communities. If you would like to bring Young Lungs at Play to your area, contact Beth Michaluk at 845-364-3835.
Asthma is the most common chronic childhood disease with about 12% of children diagnosed with the disease. Asthma can evoke considerable suffering and greatly affect a child's quality of life, particularly if it is poorly controlled. In the spring of 2006, the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) provided funding to expand an existing Pediatric Asthma model developed by the Sinai Urban Health Institute and the Sinai Children's Hospital in Chicago. The initiative is based on the most recent evidence for best practices in the field. It builds upon previous work demonstrating that Community Health Educators (CHE) can be an effective means of educating families with children who have poorly controlled asthma. The Sinai model utilizes CHEs recruited from targeted communities who are trained to deliver case-specific asthma education in the home environment with the goal of improving asthma self-management (e.g., medication use and technique, home trigger avoidance, symptom recognition, etc.) and thereby reducing asthma symptoms, asthma-related health resource utilization and improving quality of life. The Sinai CHE model has been shown to be an effective means of reducing asthma-related mortality and morbidity and increasing asthma knowledge and quality of life. Thus, individualized, one-on-one, asthma education provided by a trained, culturally competent CHE is an effective means of educating children with poorly controlled asthma and their families to better manage asthma. Through collaborative efforts of health promotion via asthma education we can make a significant difference in the health and well being of asthmatic children and on a broader scale empower and increase the health knowledge of communities by utilizing CHEs.
Dr. Amelie G. Ramirez, professor of epidemiology and biostatistics at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, has been named a "2007 Professor of Survivorship" for her outstanding contributions to breast cancer survivorship by Susan G. Komen for the Cure, a worldwide network of breast cancer survivors and activists.
The award, which honors two survivorship advocates each year, was given at Komen's 10th annual mission conference Aug. 26 in Washington, D.C.
Winners receive $25,000 to boost their work in the field.
Dr. Ramirez, who received the award this year with Dr. Sonja Eva Singletary of the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, said the funds will bolster her efforts to reduce the unequal burden of various cancers on Latinos in the U.S.
"This award is a wonderful honor and will allow us to continue our work to reduce cultural barriers to breast cancer screening, treatment and post-treatment quality of life, and increase patients' access to care," Dr. Ramirez said. "We want to reduce survivors' pain and suffering to help them live full, productive lives after breast cancer."
Dr. Ramirez is director of the Institute for Health Promotion and Research at the Health Science Center, director of outreach and health care disparities at the Cancer Therapy & Research Center in San Antonio, and an affiliated member of the San Antonio Cancer Institute. She is the primary investigator for research projects funded by the National Institutes of Health and others.
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On May 6th through the 9th, the Faculty of Biosocial Sciences and School of Public Health of the University of Puerto Rico at the Medical Sciences Campus in San Juan will host the III Ibero American Congress on Qualitative Health Research.
As the two previous congresses held in Madrid (2005) and Guadalajara, Mexico (2003), the III Iberoamerican Congress will be an opportunity to continue and expand the exchange and collaboration among those who, departing from various sub-disciplines related to health, social and human sciences as a starting point, seek to do science around health and disease and its treatment from a qualitative perspective and relevant to the health and social characteristics of the Region.
We invite scientist, experts in all practical and educational areas relative to health, social and human sciences with common interests in health care and health promotion, to take part in the III Ibero-American Congress on Qualitative Health Research in San Juan, 2008.
We hope to see you in person, on May 2008, in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
The minimum objectives of the III Ibero-American Congress are the following:
•To foster an opportunity to pursue and widen the exchange, networking, collaboration, and training among heatlh and social researchers and professionals doing qualitative heatlh research in the Region.
•To foster the coordination of existing fforts in the Ibero-American Region and the Caribbean regarding: training and teaching on qualitative research; improvement of quality research, its wide dissemination and its impact on health programs and policies.
•To improve the development and application of qualitative research on health, educational and scientific fields where it is merely known or poorly valued.
For more information, please access http://web.mac.com/congresoics_2008/ or contact Dr. Marta Bustillo firstname.lastname@example.com
Held each summer since 2001, graduate and undergraduate students in this program from throughout the United States are part of a living learning community that cares passionately about international health. Each year students participate in this selective program that only accepts 18 individuals. One highlight from the 2007 program is that students purchased a Blue Trunk Library and donated it to a district health center in the Congo Brazzaville in Africa. The World Health Organization (WHO) that students visit during the summer sponsors the trunks. A 2006 alumna of the program completed a three-month internship at the International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE) in Paris, France, after her summer in the program. Students from seven universities were accepted into the program that just concluded and this made for a rich learning experience for the students and the professor.
In 2008, the program will be held May 29 – July 14. One highlight of the program each summer is the two weeks of seminars in Paris and Geneva at organizations such as: The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria, Doctors without Borders, the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), The United Nations Headquarters (UN), and others.
Thank you to those colleagues who share this information with your students. Many students from the other universities learned about the program from you. For an application and cost information contact Reginald Fennell, PhD, CHES at Miami University at firstname.lastname@example.com or visit our website at http://www.units.muohio.edu/eap/departments/phe/studyabroad.htm .
CDC offers a 2-year postgraduate fellowship in public health informatics, the systematic application of information technology to public health practice, research, and learning. Fellows receive training in both informatics and public health, are assigned to teams involved in research and development of CDC information systems, and are given the opportunity to lead one or more major projects during their fellowships.
The deadline to apply for the fellowship period beginning July 2008 is December 14, 2007. Applications are available online at https://www.orau.gov/cdc/phip/login.asp. Additional information regarding the Public Health Informatics Fellowship Program is available by telephone, 404-498-6219 / 404-498-6288 / 404-498-6168, or by e-mail, firstname.lastname@example.com (subject line: REQUEST INFO), firstname.lastname@example.com and email@example.com.
Through a generous grant from the Fred H. Bixby Foundation, the Population Council has created the Bixby Fellowship Program to expand opportunities for recently trained population specialists and biomedical researchers. These fellowships will allow developing country nationals to work with experienced mentors in the Council's network of offices. Fellows will work on projects in one of the three of the Population Council's Programs: Reproductive Health, HIV/AIDS, and Poverty, Gender and Youth. A description of the program and details about application procedures are available on the Council's website at www.popcouncil.org. The deadline for applications is 15 January, 2008. For more information, please feel free to contact us at: firstname.lastname@example.com.
Join 800 of your health education and public health colleagues on October 31 – November 3, at SOPHE's 58th Annual Meeting, highlighting a central focus of health education – the elimination of health disparities.
October 10, 2007 – see http://www.sophe.org/mtg_list.asp
KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Dr. David Satcher, 16th U.S. Surgeon General and SOPHE Honorary Fellow. During his term as Surgeon General, elimination of health disparities was identified as one of two over-arching Healthy People goals and CDC launched the highly successful, community-based REACH program. OUTSTANDING PLENARY PRESENTERS:
n Social determinants of Health - Dr. Carolyn Clancy, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; Dr. David Hayes-Bautista, UCLA School of Medicine
n Cultural Competency - Tawara D. Goode, Georgetown University National Center for Cultural Competence; Ruth Zambrana, PhD, University of Maryland
n Policy Solutions – Dr. Brian Smedley, Opportunity Agenda; Dr. Garth Graham, Office of Minority Health; The Honorable Michael Honda (CA-15th); The Honorable Ohio State Senator Ray Miller (OH-15th); Dr. James S. Marks, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
n Evidence-Based Approaches: Dr. Lawrence Green, University of California at San Francisco; Dr. Alan Shiel, University of Calgary; Charmaine Ruddock, Bronx Health REACH
n Elizabeth Fries Health Education Award Lecture: Dr. Karen Glanz, Emory Rollins School of Public Health
CDC Racial & Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) US Program
Eta Sigma Gamma, a national health education honorary on more than 200 college campuses
n 90 plenary and concurrent sessions
n 44 posters
n 6 pre- and post-conference skill building workshops, including 3 workshops on health technology and health literacy
n Multiple receptions, networking roundtables
n SOPHE Awards Banquet at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center
n CHES (included in registration fees) and CE credits for nurses, dietitians, and social workers
n Eta Sigma Gamma 40th Anniversary Celebration
n REACH Grantee Meeting and Reception
n PBS Special "Unnatural Causes" – screening and discussion
n Career Center – free!
n Meeting Mentoring Program – free!
n Optional conference tours – U.S. Capitol and Mount Vernon
n And much more!
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LOCATION: Alexandria Hilton Mark Center- 1-800-HILTONS or 703/845-1010. Ask for the Society for Public Health Education room block and the special conference rate of $179 (sgl/dbl plus tax) before October 16, 2007. FULL PRELIMINARY PROGRAM:
See www.sophe.org
11th Annual Health Education Advocacy Summit
March 15 - 17, 2008Embassy Suites Hotel, Washington, DC
Sponsored by the Coalition of National Health Education Organizations
Join Advocacy Minded Health Education Colleagues Where You Will:
n Receive advocacy training from advocacy & legislative experts.
n Discuss priority health issues -TBD
The Health Education Advocacy Summit is three day skill-building experience, where participants get help sharpening their advocacy skills. The Summit features basic, intermediate and advanced-level advocacy training, message crafting of issue-specific legislative priorities by experienced professionals from the government relations staffs of key public health organizations, and congressional visits—either individually or in state delegations—with members of Congress or key congressional staff.
Lodging - The reservation cut-off is today February 20, 2008! A block of sleeping rooms has been reserved for conference participants at the Embassy Suites Hotel, 900 10th Street NW, Washington, DC, 20001, or If making reservations, call the hotel at (202) 739-2001, or (800) EBMASSY. Please identify yourself with the 11th Annual Health Education Advocacy Summit in order to obtain the group rate of $179.00 single/double, plus 14.5% tax.
Summit Registration Summit registration information is not yet available. Check back to the Health Education Advocate website at: www.healtheducationadvocate.org to access registration and the latest Advocacy Summit information.
Stay tuned to http://www.healtheducationadvocate.org/Summit/ for further details.
Join SOPHE in celebrating National Health Education Week 2007, October 15 - 20 with the theme, Finding the Key: Healthier Homes and Communities. The 2007 NHEW theme addresses environmental health literacy - awareness that our individual and collective behaviors impact our environments at home and in our communities. NHEW 2007 will be carried out during the next 12 months with specific focused quarterly topics related to environmental health, including:
Jan - Mar 2008 - Environmental Health Affects of Children and the Elderly
Apr - June 2008 - Environmental Impacts of the Built Environment
July - Sept 2008 - Environmental Consequences of the Infectious Diseases namely water- borne, vector -borne and food- borne pathways.
NHEW is designated to bring attention to an important issue in health education while highlighting the contributions of health educators.
National Health Education Week materials, resources and updates will be available late August and will feature a free planning guide to assist health education professional to plan national, local or regional health education activities throughout the year; an activity toolkit that includes samples and templates; fact sheets and; "how to's" to engage the media.
You can View the 2007 NHEW Planning Guide and Toolkit by visiting SOPHE's website! www.sophe.org
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Finally back home after a year overseas, an east valley soldier wanted to make his homecoming one his three kids would never forget. So, he surprised all three of them while they were in school.
Earlier this week, Sgt. Daniel Valentin got word that he was coming home. He and the rest of his family were able to keep this a secret from the three kids.
Back home after a year in Kuwait, Sgt. Valentin gave his wife a big hug at the airport. This first reunion was the only one that wasn't a surprise. They kept it a secret for 5 days.
"It was very very hard."
"I came the 14th of January and then I was stuck in Fort Bliss, Texas. The kids knew I was back in the states but I told them I was going to be home in a couple of months," says Valentin.
The first stop -- 11-year-old Delylah's class.
"Hey baby girl."
"I was in complete shock. I didn't… I was literally shaking," says Delylah.
The schools were in on it too. The American Leadership Academy lined their campuses with American flags and at the high school, students filled the hallway, their hands over their heart.
The soldier's son was in class reading an essay. The topic? What it is like having a dad serving overseas. Then dad interrupted. The kids say they had no idea.
"I couldn't believe anything. I was about to faint. I didn't know what was happening. Is this real?" says son Ivan. "The best thing ever!"
To applause from the other students and the staff, the soldier and his son left campus.
"They all just came together. Cause I honestly didn't think it was going to be like that and to see everyone get together for the return of my husband, I think it was grand, it was phenomenal," says wife Yahaira Valentin.
But there was still one more surprise. 3 year-old Emmalee at daycare.
"Come here. Daddy's home baby."
"This was the toughest because when I left she was in diapers and drinking out of a bottle. Now she is potty trained and probably driving a car or something I don't know," laughs Valentin.
"With my older kids, they kind of understood what was going on, I am leaving again. The deployment whatever… well her, she didn't understand. We did a lot of video chatting whenever we could, but it is not the same, I am just glad to be back home."
So is the rest of the family.
Sgt. Valentin is an IT specialist. He's been in the army for 7 years. Before this tour in Kuwait, he served in Iraq.
So what's next for him? It's back to civilian life now. He told me today he's looking forward to a well-deserved break.
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Set of Four Edie Side Tables design by Euro Style
This modern Edie side table is a compact and stylish solution for any contemporary interior. It features a quarter inch clear tempered glass top and a chromed steel frame.
- 1/4" clear tempered glass top.
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For sharing about growing vegetables, herbs and fruits in the wonderful Eastern Bay of Plenty, New Zealand..
Location: Whakatane New Zealand
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I am thinking of trying to organise people in Kawerau into growing their own foods.Anyone got any ideas on how i should start?
Hi there! I live in Kawerau- anyone else from here in this group?
Nourish Mag and Healthy Kitchen are bringing best selling author Of Nourishing Traditions to Hamilton on the 4th of April. This is a must for anyone interested learning about the health benefits of eating a traditional diet, raw mil, organics..... http://www.healthykitchen.co.nz/webapps/i/72855/110950/408436
Hi all,
I am new to oooby but have been gardening for years. I have contacted Pete from ooooby-varsity and he is hopefully going to help me host a workshop or two...if you are interested then drop me a line :)
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Invest in Students' Futures:
Transitions Fellowship Program
The CC Post-Graduate Summer Transitions Fellowship Program encourages students to expand their experiences and networks during the summer following their graduation in ways that could lead to career paths in the private sector or in public service. Our goal is to support selected graduates, from as wide an array of majors and departments as possible, while they deepen and enrich the skills and experiences that are necessary for more successful transitions after graduation.
Featured 2012 Student Projects
During Amrit's summer, she used the Transitions Fellowship to pursue a research internship at Brown University's Britton Lab in Contemplative and Clinical Neuroscience.
Dan, with his two friends, bicycled over 1,000 miles down the Atlantic coast in order to raise $10,000 for the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the Children's Miracle Network, an international non-profit organization that raises funds for children's hospitals, medical research, and community awareness of children's health issues.
Pursing her love of Russian language, Marcella used her summer and the Transitions Fellowship to take a Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) course in Prague, Czech Republic.
Jo(h)nband used their Transitions Fellowship to embark on a music tour of the East Coast. Wishing to breakout of Colorado College's social scene, Jon, Cara, Ian, and Gordon, traveled from Machias, Maine to New York to Washington D.C. and played at "almost any show [they] were offered…"
Featured 2011 Student Projects
Lucy Holtsnider
(Studio Art)
Internship at Ray Tomasso's Art Studio
Denver, CO
Lucy took advantage of an internship at Ray Tomasso's papermaking and letterpress studio. Tomasso is a "notable presence in the Colorado art community," and an artist with world-renowned papermaking and press skills. Read more >>
Jessica Hughes
(Economics and Business)
Internship at Amazon Advertising
San Francisco, CA
Jessie interned for Amazon Advertising, a small agency that manages advertisement campaigns for renowned companies including Kashi, Bear Naked Granola, and Yogi Tea. Read more >>
Ezra Siegel, Jack Naito,
and Richard Swift
(History, Economics, International Political Economy)
The Tributary Fund Project
These three students lived and worked in the Dayan Derkh Region in Northern Mongolia, working with The Tributary Fund to promote ecologically conscious and sustainable development. Read more >>


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ELC interviews Flint Buchanan
ELC: Thanks for agreeing to be a presenter and doing this interview. We are very excited about your session at the E-Learning symposium!Flint: Thank you. It is certainly an honor and I am looking forward to it!ELC: Great! Can you start by giving us a little bit of background about yourself - what you do at the University of Georgia?
Flint: Sure. I'm the instructional designer for the UGA College of Veterinary Medicine. I work primarily with Large Animal Medicine, but do consult with other departments. My duties include creating and evaluating learning tools for the professors. This includes anything from shooting video of a surgery to developing 3D models of anatomy to developing test questions. The Glass Horse Project was born at the vet school, and really has grown organically out of need for effective teaching.
ELC: The Glass Horse is one of the most impressive training tools I have ever seen. Can you describe it for someone who is not familiar with the product?
Flint: Thank you. We are always humbled to hear how someone appreciates what we've created. The Glass Horse is essentially, an interactive, self driven, learning tool. It is designed to give a clear picture of the underlying anatomy,and resultant diseases, of the horse's gastrointestinal tract. It has 3D VR models that can be manipulated in all directions. It has movies that present situations which have a 'linear' component ...such as diseases which have a progression. And it has still imagery and, when appropriate- ultrasound examples. The package is designed so that it can serve as both a teaching tool, and as a review tool for students. It's main goal is to demonstrate the very difficult to describe conditions of "colic". About 15 years ago Dr. Jim Moore, a professor in Large Animal Medicine, decided he wanted to find a better way to teach colic. Traditionally the disease state was taught through didactic lectures which used still imagery. however, many of the diseases of colic were not conducive to such a methodology. And it was difficult for the students to transfer their text and still image based learning into clinical situations. So Dr. Moore began investigating using animation and the nascent technology of 3D animation in particular. I could keep rambling if you want...
ELC: This is terrific. Could you comment on how your 3D learner-driven models make learning transfer to a clinical situation better than traditional teaching methods?
Flint: Our theory is that learning with the 3D models translates into clearer visualization by the student. And this clearer visualization is one key to freeing up their problem solving skills (which is what we're really after). For example- if the student is both trying to identify the anatomy, as well as trying to create a diagnosis from all of the information presented, then they are taxed more than if they have a clear understanding of the anatomy. It frees up that bit of working memory. Why this works is certainly an area of study we're interested in. I have my own belief that it has to do with spatial cognition -- i.e. the students functional knowledge of the anatomy. Others might contend that it's the fact that the animations, and particularly the VRs, are a 'richer' learning experience that engage multiple learning modes. Of course it's probably both.
ELC: It seems if the subject has complex 3D relationships, a 3D model is the most effective way to represent the subject.
Flint: That was our belief.
ELC: What do you hear from students who use The Glass Horse?
Flint: It's been really well received by the students. It's a bit insular for us, because we work with it every day; but when we hear from someone asking if we have ever thought about translating it into Mandarin, we get really moved. It's certainly been one of the most impactful projects I've ever worked on.
ELC: That's great! At the symposium, we'll look forward to seeing a demonstration of the The Glass Horse. I hope we'll hear about the technology you use to create it, what challenges you have faced, and where you see your work going in the future. Thank you for sharing information about your terrific work!
Flint: Thank you. I'm looking forward to it!
To learn more about Flint and The Glass Horse project, register for E-Learning Symposium 2011 Houston on October 25th!
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Blues Withdraw From Senior Cup
Club make decision to pull out following series of postponements.
Everton have withdrawn from the Liverpool Senior Cup after a quarter-final tie against AFC Liverpool was unable to be arranged.
The fixture at Valerie Park was scheduled and postponed on two occasions earlier this season, once due to safety concerns and once due to inclement weather.
Now, with the County FA keen to conclude the competition before the end of the season, the Club has made a decision to withdraw in order to respect one of the oldest competitions in the game.
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MeDusa's new jewelry line is a continuation of Ornomentica, the purse and handbag line launched last season. The new jewelry line utilizes Me'Dusa's approach towards the textile, textures and shapes of its handbags, through a new medium.
The brand's classic plastic material is integrated with different textile elements and gentle gold-coated chains. The line is composed of 3 necklace models that come in various color combinations, and a new model of earrings, offering an innovative take on the familiar chandelier earrings.
The necklaces have been designed with the old world of tribal societies in mind, and this is apparent both in their shapes and in their color scheme. The use of plastic creates a surprising and unique twist within these well-known images, combining nostalgia with freshness.
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