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Parents, Students Get Low Marks on Hand Washing
The average student in the United States earns only a "D" when it comes to understanding and practicing basic hand hygiene, according to this year's annual report card from the Soap and Detergent Association.
Parents fared slightly better, getting an overall grade of "C." Moms averaged out at "B-," while Dads earned only a "D+," the trade group said in a statement.
School nurses and health professionals surveyed earned the highest average marks at "B+," while teachers were awarded a "B-."
The group's 2007 "Clean Hands Report Card" was based on telephone interviews and on-site surveys.
The SDA offered this refresher course on effective hand washing:
- Wet hands with warm running water before using soap.
- With soap, rub hands together to a lather, away from the running water.
- Wash the front and back of the hands, between the fingers and under the nails for at least 20 seconds.
- Rinse well under warm running water.
- Dry hands well with either a clean towel or air dryer.
- Hand sanitizers or wipes will suffice if soap and water aren't available.
HealthDay News, September 7, 2007
Coming Clean on the Relationship Between Shower and Skin
For hundreds of years it's been understood that water cleanses the skin of dirt and pollutants and that regular cleansing is not only indicative of good hygiene, it leads to better health. Unfortunately, that's not the whole story. Water, while imperative to every facet of our lives, can actually remove skin's natural moisturizing factors. Extended exposure to the warmer waters of a bath or shower can be particularly harmful. Cleansing agents in many body washes and bar soaps break down the skin's natural moisture barrier, allowing moisture loss and leading to the itchy discomfort caused by dry skin.
"Prolonged exposure to water can be drying for skin, so it's important to protect skin while in the shower," said Dr. Karl Wei, Principal Scientist with P&G Beauty.
To understand how this happens, it becomes necessary to look into the top layer of epidermis called the stratum corneum. The stratum corneum is made up of 15-20 layers of cells known as corneocytes which are separated by natural oils or lipids. The corneocytes and lipids are responsible for holding moisture in the skin but, unfortunately, are also easily compromised.
When the skin's necessary, natural oils are washed away, some clients will apply a moisturizer. However, many women lack the time, knowledge or convenience to replenish the lost lipids after they bathe. This can lead to dry skin and can exacerbate skin that is already dryer than average.
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Checking Feet Can Catch Early Melanoma
Taking an extra 60 seconds to examine your feet when you clip your toenails could save your life, says the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons.
Routine self-examination of feet can help detect deadly melanoma skin cancer at an early stage, when it's easiest to cure. Half of people diagnosed with melanoma of the foot die within five years, because the cancer had already spread through their bodies by the time it was diagnosed, the college said.
In cases where melanoma is detected early, 92 percent of patients are still alive after five years.
Doing routine checks of your feet increases the likelihood that you'll spot suspicious moles, freckles or other irregularities. The college recommends you focus on the three most common areas for foot melanoma: the soles, between the toes, and around or under the toenails.
See a doctor immediately if you notice a mole, freckle or spot that starts to change over the course of a month and becomes asymmetrical or changes its border, color, diameter, or elevation.
Melanoma can develop anywhere on the body, including areas that receive little sun exposure, such as the feet and ankles.
Melanoma Diagnosis Often Delayed for Rural Poor
The farther a patient has to travel to see the doctor who diagnoses their melanoma, the more likely they are to have thicker -- and more lethal -- skin cancer at the time of diagnosis, a new study warns.
Patient income also makes a difference, with poorer patients getting diagnosed with thicker melanomas, the researchers said.
"Survival for patients with melanoma is dependent on stage at diagnosis. As Breslow (depth of tumor cells in the skin) thickness increases, overall survival decreases," wrote Dr. Karyn B. Stitzenberg, of the School of Public Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and her colleagues.
"Consequently, early diagnosis may substantially improve patient outcomes," the researchers added. But, "because melanoma can only be definitively diagnosed based on biopsy findings, diagnosis requires detection of the suspicious lesion and biopsy. Some primary care providers perform diagnostic biopsies, but many prefer to refer patients to dermatologists or surgeons."
Among the patients in this study, the median distance to a diagnosing physician was eight miles, and the median Breslow thickness was 0.6 millimeters. For each one-mile increase in distance to the doctor, there was a 0.6 percent increase in Breslow thickness, the study found.
Patients who had to travel more than 15 miles to see their doctor had about 20 percent greater Breslow thickness than those who were less than 15 miles away.
Compared to those in metropolitan counties, patients in rural counties traveled an average of 2.4 miles farther to their diagnosing doctor. Patients in counties with at least one dermatologist traveled an average of 8.3 miles less than those in counties without a dermatologist.
The study also found an association between Breslow thickness and age and poverty.
"For each one percent increase in poverty rate, Breslow thickness increased by one percent. Breslow thickness was 19 percent greater for patients aged 51 to 80 years than for those aged 0 to 50 years and was 109 percent greater for patients older than 80 years than for those aged 0 to 50 years," the study authors wrote.
The study is published in the August issue of the journal Archives of Dermatology.
HealthDay News, August 22, 2007
Hispanic Teens Take More Skin Cancer Risks
Hispanic-American teens are more likely than their white peers to take risks that boost their odds for skin cancer, a new survey finds.
Reporting in the August issue of the journal Archives of Dermatology, a team at the University of Miami's Miller School of Medicine surveyed 369 high school students (221 white Hispanics and 148 white non-Hispanics).
They found that Hispanic teens were more likely to use tanning beds, less likely to consider themselves at risk for skin cancer, and less likely to protect themselves from the sun.
Compared to white non-Hispanics, white Hispanics were:
- More likely to tan deeply (44.2 percent vs. 31 percent).
- About 1.8 times more likely to never or rarely use sun-protective clothing.
- About twice as likely to never or rarely use sunscreen.
- 2.5 times more likely to have used a tanning bed in the previous year.
- 60 percent less likely to have heard of skin self-examination and 70 percent less likely to have been told how to do it.
- Less likely to think they had an average or above-average risk for skin cancer (23.1 percent vs. 39.9 percent).
There's a real need to improve participation of white Hispanic students in skin cancer prevention programs, the authors concluded.
Exposure to the sun's ultraviolet (UV) rays is a major risk factor for skin cancers, and a person's majority of lifetime UV exposure occurs by age 18, the Miami team noted. White Hispanics have a lower rate of skin cancer than white non-Hispanics, but white Hispanics are more likely to be diagnosed with more advanced skin cancer.
HealthDay News, August 20, 2007
AAD Reports Melanoma on the Rise
Over the past several decades, the incidence of melanoma – the most serious form of skin cancer – has steadily increased in the United States. From 1995 to 2004, melanoma has increased by more than 1 percent per year in this country – in sharp contrast to overall cancer rates that have steadily decreased by 0.6 percent per year during this time. While dermatologists and other public health officials work together to try to reverse this alarming trend, key findings from a successful multi-faceted intervention program designed to increase sun-safe behavior in children could play an important role in decreasing melanoma in future generations.
Speaking today at the American Academy of Dermatology's Summer Academy Meeting 2007, dermatologist Martin A. Weinstock, MD, PhD, FAAD, professor of dermatology and community health at Brown University in Providence, R.I., and chief dermatologist at Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Providence, presented a summary of recently published research on the rising incidence of melanoma and trends in sun exposure.
"While the increase in melanoma rates from 1995 to 2004 was not specific to one age group, we did notice an increase in the youngest age group (from ages 15 to 30) and in the age 60 and older age group," said Dr. Weinstock. "The possible reasons for this increase in younger and older Americans are not documented, but one possible explanation could be more exposure to UV radiation – which we know is the most preventable risk factor for melanoma."
Youth and Sun Exposure
One population-based study published in the September 2006 issue of the journal Pediatrics found that although there was not a significant change in the proportion of youths that reported getting sunburned from 1998 to 2004, there were some interesting distinctions between the younger and older youths. For example, the 16 - 18 age group had more sunburns during that time period compared to the 11 - 13 and 14 -15 age groups – including an increase in the reported number of sunburns over the six-year study period. In 2004, 70 percent of the 16- to 18-year-olds reported getting sunburned, an increase from 64 percent reported by this age group in 1998.
In contrast, the study found that the younger age groups (ages 11 - 15) reported fewer sunburns and a decrease in the number of sunburns from 1998 to 2004. Specifically, the youngest age group studied (ages 11 - 13) fared the best in terms of the fewest sunburns – dropping from 75 percent in 1998 to
67 percent in 2004. Those in the 14 - 15 age group also reported a decrease in the number of sunburns from 1998 to 2004 – from 79 percent in 1998 to 70 percent in 2004.
"The study did not provide a definitive explanation as to why the younger age groups had fewer sunburns than their older counterparts, but one possible reason is that younger adolescents are more responsive to parental guidance than older teens – who tend to be influenced more by their peers," explained Dr. Weinstock. "This trend, however, is worth noting in future public education campaigns geared toward teens and adolescents."
Another study published in the January 2007 issue of the journal Pediatrics found that a multi-component community-based intervention successfully increased sun-protection behaviors in adolescents entering 6th to 8th "SunSafe in the Middle Years" program, designed as a randomized, controlled trial. The intervention used a broad range of role models – including school personnel, coaches, pediatricians, teen peer advocates and lifeguards – who actively encouraged adolescents to practice proper sun protection in different environments.
"The study found that there was significant improvement in the areas of the body protected by sunscreen, clothing or shade in the adolescents in the 10 communities randomly selected for the intervention versus those in the control towns," said Dr. Weinstock. "From previous research, we know that compliance with sun-protective behaviors goes down between 6th to 8th grades. I think this study demonstrates that a multi-component program which involves a variety of people influential to this age group can have a positive impact on sun protection behavior and should be considered a model for future educational efforts aimed at adolescents."
Adults and Sun Exposure
Adults also failed to heed the warnings of dermatologists when it comes to practicing proper sun protection. A new article published in the June 1, 2007, issue of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report presented data showing an upward trend in the incidence of sunburns in U.S. adults. From 1999 to 2004, there was a 2 percent increase in the number of adults 18 years and older who reported getting sunburned (32 percent to 34 percent, respectively). While this represents only a slight increase, Dr. Weinstock pointed out that the data demonstrates that the occurrence of sunburns in the adult population is not decreasing.
"Dermatologists are concerned that melanoma and other skin cancers will continue to increase as long as sun exposure does," said Dr. Weinstock. "Since we know that overexposure to UV radiation is the most preventable risk factor for developing skin cancer, it's critical for dermatologists to emphasize that people should practice proper protection when engaging in outdoor activities."
The Academy recommends that people of all ages Be Sun SmartTM by following these tips:
- Generously apply sunscreen with a Sun Protection Factor (SPF) of at least 15 that provides broad-spectrum protection from both ultraviolet A
- (UVA) and ultraviolet B (UVB) rays. Re-apply every two hours, even on cloudy days, and after swimming or sweating. Look for the AAD Seal of Recognition™ on products that meet these criteria.
- Wear protective clothing, such as a long-sleeved shirt, pants, a wide-brimmed hat and sunglasses, where possible.
- Seek shade when appropriate, remembering that the sun's rays are strongest between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.
- Use extra caution near water, snow and sand as they reflect the damaging rays of the sun which can increase your chance of sunburn.
- Protect children from sun exposure by applying sunscreen.
- Get vitamin D safely through a healthy diet that includes vitamin supplements. Don't seek the sun.
- Avoid tanning beds. Ultraviolet light from the sun and tanning beds can cause skin cancer and wrinkling. If you want to look like you've been in the sun, consider using a sunless self-tanning product, but continue to use sunscreen with it.
- Check your birthday suit on your birthday. If you notice anything changing, growing, or bleeding on your skin, see a dermatologist. Skin cancer is very treatable when caught early.
According to current estimates, there will be about 108,230 new cases of melanoma diagnosed in 2007 – 48,290 noninvasive and 59,940 invasive. For more information about skin cancer, visit www.skincarephysicians.com and click on "SkinCancerNet."
National Products Foundation Launches New Regulatory Initiatives
New initiatives by this organization help ensure the credibility of natural products for the consumer.
CTFA Applauds Increased Funding for FDA Office of Cosmetics and Colors
The U.S. House Committee on Appropriations, late yesterday, approved a $2 million increase for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Office of Cosmetics and Colors. Cosmetic, Toiletry, and Fragrance Association (CTFA) President and CEO Pamela Bailey issued the following statement praising the committee's efforts for an increase that will enhance the office's capacity for enforcement, oversight and development of global safety standards for personal care products. "We are pleased that the House Committee on Appropriations voted to increase FDA funding for consumer protection. Our products literally touch nearly every American every day. Through strong regulatory oversight, made possible by this $2 million increase, consumer confidence in the safety of their products will remain high. "Consumer safety is the number one priority of the more than 1,000 cosmetic and personal care product companies. Over the years, cosmetic and personal care product companies have worked with FDA to establish a unique partnership in which companies go beyond the requirements of the law to provide additional safety and technical resources and information. "Our strong partnership with FDA has been put at risk because the Office of Cosmetics and Colors has shrunk to an insufficient level. This increase will enhance consumer protections and provide the cosmetics office with much needed inspectors and compliance officers. "Consumers depend on safe products that are available and consistently regulated across the globe. While FDA has long been the gold standard in cosmetics regulation in the U.S., without adequate funding the FDA may not have the resources to participate in meetings with regulatory officials around the world. This funding increase will allow critical FDA participation in international discussions to develop the best and most encompassing global protections and regulations for consumers everywhere."
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"It speaks volumes that Raúl's second-in-command is older than he is," says Mr. Freyre. "They're just rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic."
"Cuba doesn't have any short- or long-term plan for democracy," says Dan Erikson, a Cuba expert with the Inter-American Dialogue in Washington, pointing out that suppression of civil liberties is still written into Cuban law.
But, despite the historic apathy fueled by the fear of imprisonment or worse, the passing of the mantle from Fidel to Raúl has stirred people's expectations – and created anxiety within the highest ranks.
"The government is worried about a Tiananmen Square situation," says Brian Latell, former CIA analyst assigned to profiling Fidel and Raúl, and author of the book, "After Fidel: The Inside Story of Castro's Regime and Cuba's Next Leader."
Although few expect a popular uprising akin to that of the Chinese demonstrators who were famously gunned down for protesting political repression in Beijing in 1989, the Cuban government is cautious. "Raúl recognizes he's in uncharted waters," says Mr. Erikson. "He's moving with extraordinary care and keeping close tabs on dissidents."


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Tyler — UPDATE (Wednesday, 2:30pm): Tyler Police are awaiting the examination of medical records to positively confirm the identity of the driver who was killed in a one vehicle crash on Cumberland Road that occurred on Tuesday, September 11, 2012.
Around 9:00 p.m., Tyler Fire Department responded to a grass fire in the 400 block of W. Cumberland Road. Fire officials discovered a vehicle that crashed into a tree and was fully engulfed in flames. The driver was located behind the steering wheel and was burned beyond recognition.
Police officials will not release the identity of the driver until we have positively confirmed the identification by means of dental records.
The vehicle was heading west bound on Cumberland and struck a curb causing it to leave the roadway. The vehicle then crashed into a tree and caught on fire. The driver was the only occupant of the vehicle that was discovered.
This case is under investigation.
Original story: Tyler Police are investigating a late night fatal crash.
It happened in the 400 block of West Cumberland a little before 9:30 last night.
They say one person was killed in the one vehicle crash
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Sunday is my last test of the degree.
Problem is, I keep sucking in the practice test and I'm scared I'll have to do Moed B.
Its weird, I sould care less and I just be exstatic to finish with uni.
Hopefully things work out okay, they always do somehow so I'm just staying positive.
I like USA too, so much as a matter of fact, that I'm gonna throw lots of money and travel there with friends
Can't wait. Will be a nice scenary after finishing uni (וזה גם טיול לפני צבא
). So yeah! I'm even planning on going to the US Open for one day!
I made the plans for the trip, and somehow in a miraculous way, I found out I'm in new york the exact time the first week of the US Open takes place. How crazy is that?
You won't see me on TV though, I'll just gonna get the cheapest tickets I can to the outside court, it should be 50$ which is affordable for a dream come true I guess
omg congrats! how did it go??
Even if you will have to go to moed b, don't take it hard, it's not easy for everybody, just do your best until you'll get a good/decent grade
I forgot you did atuda.. so when are you going the army?
Wow I'm so jealous! I wish I'd be at USA, or anywhere in the world lol.. USA will be my trip אחרי הצבא.. that's the plan anyway.
so you're going to New York in few weeks?
with your friends?have you bought the tickets already?
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NEW DELHI: Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has reached 7 Race Course Road, the official residence of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
The two leaders exchanged plesantaries and posed for the photographers, before going in for a one-on-one meeting.
Zardari is on a one-day personal visit to India. His visit is the first by a Pakistan President in the last seven years.
The two leaders are expected to discuss a range of bilateral issues. There are speculations if the issue of Hafiz Saeed will be raised by Manmohan Singh.
This will be followed by a meet of the delegations over lunch.
According to TV reports, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi will not attend Manmohan Singh's lunch for Asif Ali Zardari. However, Rahul Gandhi will be present in the meeting.
After this, Zardari will go to Ajmer to pay obeisance at the Sufi shrine of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti.
Earlier, Zardari was received by minister of parliamentary affairs Pawan Kumar Bansal after he landed in Delhi.
Zardari is accompanied by his 23-year-old son Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, who took over the reins of PPP after the death of his mother Benazir Bhutto in 2007; interior minister Rahman Malik, foreign secretary Jalil Abbas Jilani and senior officials of presidency.
Dressed in a dark pathan suit, Bilawal waved at the media at the airport.
Zaradari's convoy sped off to the Prime Minister's residence amid tight security along the way.
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"Malignant Magenta"
Some interesting revelations in a book I'm currently reading called One Writer's Garden, which is about the Jackson, Mississippi garden of Eudora Welty and her mother Chestina.
Last night I read this explanation for the shunning of magenta flowers back in Welty's day (early 20th century, but the magenta aversion continues today for many gardeners):
"Historian Susan Lanman..points out that arsenic was was commonly used in pesticides, giving crops a magenta color that indicated that the lethal poison had been applied. [Gertrude] Jekyll and others distressed by the effects of industrialization eschewed [magenta]for such associations with pollution, and its manufacture from aniline dyes, which themselves were derived from the coal whose smoke blackened England's skies."
Ew. So magenta=toxic was part of the reason they didn't like it.
But also many gardeners and designers just found the color plain nasty. Apparently, Gertrude Jekyll is the one who tagged it "malignant magenta" and another British garden writer called the color "that awful form of original sin."
Poor magenta. It doesn't seem fair. Everyone has their tastes, but who wouldn't want to stumble upon that lovely sweep of Byzantine Gladioli (pictured above) on a drive through the country?
(Source: One Writer's Garden, by Susan Haltom and Jane Roy Brown.)
David Culp's Layered Garden Includes Black Walnuts!
More good news for those of us living with Juglans nigra! In his new book The Layered Garden, David Culp describes several genera that he has grown with success beneath these anti-social trees, including:
Smilacina — (Smilacena racemosa — False Solomon's Seal — an interesting perennial with white flowers in spring followed by green/red berries).
Asarum — (cute little gingers!)
Aucuba — (Evergreen, Gold Speckles. Reminds me of the upholstery on the couch from my childhood family room, circa 1976. What's not to love?)
Pulmonaria — (I am always reading about how great these are — why don't I grow them?)
Convallaria — (I actually have Lily-of-the-Valley growing under a Silver Maple, which means they will officially grow anywhere.)
Garden Designers' Roundtable: Memory and Plants
I'll I'll be honest. I had a hard time figuring out how to approach this topic. As I have mentioned before, I am New Dirt and not Old Dirt, meaning I do not come from a long line of gardeners, but rather picked up this obsession at age 36 with no influence from parents or grandparents. Like Constantine's conversion to Christianity, my conversion to a life of gardening was sudden and complete. (Whether or not Constantine was pruning Euonymus at the time of his revelation, as I was, is not clear.)
Garden Designer's Roundtable: How to Terrify Young Children With Your Landscape
Folks, it's not too late to completely re-do your landscape for Halloween!
Whether your goal is just to have a little spooky fun, or to actually terrorize the children so they will not set foot in your yard, here are some "go-to" plants!
1. Poncirus trifoliata
RIP, Pink Dawn Viburnum
Viburnum x bodnantense 'Pink Dawn'
Fare thee well, large shrub/small tree. I barely knew ye.
It's the Most Walnutty Time of the Year
No, those aren't dirty tennis balls. Those are just a few dozen of the THOUSANDS of black walnuts that rain down on my backyard at this time of year.
"Now Entering the Xeric Hardpan Forest"
Recently I purchased and read Wildflowers and Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachians and Piedmont.
Now, before you go labeling me as a mega-dweeb, you should know that plant communities are super hot right now. All the coolest middle aged suburban garden bloggers are talking about them and how they can be used as inspirations for design.
Where have you been?


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Jordan demands proof hostage is alive as ISIS deadline passes
2.Senate passes bill authorizing Keystone pipeline construction
3.Attacks in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula kill at least 26
4.Raul Castro demands U.S. return Guantanamo Bay before ties restored
5.Obama calls for end to sequestration cuts in new budget
The problem with America's 529 college savings plans
They're awful, don't work — and we can't get rid of them
Better Call Saul's great expectations
The Breaking Bad spinoff has big shoes to fill — but that also means there's plenty of room to grow
The GOP's choice: Liberty or death
Repealing ObamaCare will surely result in preventable death and suffering. This is how conservatives are responding.
Will the pro-life movement target the GOP?
It might be the only way to get the party to stop bowing to its moderate professional class
The long, troubled history of the new Ghostbusters movie
The road to the classic's reboot was anything but smooth
The subversive brilliance of Marshawn Lynch
The Seahawks star is bringing Beast Mode to labor activism
Healing in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
A photographer documents the struggles and small victories of doctors in a country with a troubled past
Why this huge utility merger is a threat to the climate
The Exelon-Pepco deal is an ominous sign of things to come
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I am new to coding and looking to self teach myself with the help of this forum so I can design my own web site. I am looking for the best solution for searching a database. The database will for example contain USA States and Cities with the final result being an item or thing etc. that the search criteria points to.
Let's say for example I want to know where all the Dentists are in the State of Maryland. I found this example below and It creates the option to choose a state however how do you make it accept your choice once chosen and go to the next webpage for the next lookup or whatever you decide to have it do next.
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=unicode">
<meta content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.3429" name="GENERATOR">
<select name="state" size="1">
<option value="NA" selected="">Select A State</option>
<option value="Blank">--------------------</option>
<option value="AL">Alabama</option>
<option value="AK">Alaska</option>
<option value="AZ">Arizona</option>
<option value="AR">Arkansas</option>
<option value="CA">California</option>
</select>
Thanks for any assistance... I am sure there is a simple answer to this
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As I originally stated I am new to coding and do not know what you are asking about Server Side Script.
I basically View Sources of web pages already published and copy and paste some code into the CoffeeCupHTML Editor that I am currently using to see what the code actually prevails. By doing so I get the jist of what the HTML tags and code all does. I am no where near educated yet and doing my best to learn it.
I did however get an answer on another forum. Thanks for trying to help.


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Carpenter Jr., Robert R. "Butch" 69, of Valparaiso, passed away Saturday, March 15, 2014. He was born September 9, 1944 in Rome, Georgia, to Robert R. and Clara Mae (Bevels) Carpenter, Sr. On September 18, 1999 in Valparaiso, he married Carol L. (Albertson) Schneegas who survives. Butch is also survived by his children, Robert Douglas and Christine Carpenter, both of Hobart; his stepchildren, Robert (Lori) Schneegas of Valparaiso and Lee Ann Nevills of LaCrosse; his grandchildren, Paige, Jordan, and Sammy Henson, Jacob and Randy Johnson, Tristan Walker, Syndal Carpenter and Tye Nevills. Also surviving him are his brothers and sister, William G. (Shirley) Carpenter of Valparaiso, Judy (David) Perkins of LaPorte, Danny (Kyoung Hee) Carpenter of Valparaiso; numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, and granddaughter dog, Libby. Preceding him in death are his parents; his children, Samuel and Cynthia Carpenter; and his nephew, Scott Carpenter. Butch was a U.S.
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Can anyone tell what these might be? I just bought this house and found tons and tons of these when I dug up a garden bed. They were all seperate and in various sizeS. I am new to gardening and have no idea what they are or if they're worth saving. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks! Thanks! |
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Don't dahlia tubers grow in connected clumps though? These were all on their own in different spots... |
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SPRINGFIELD – Paying tribute to the Motown Sound this year, the Advertising Club of Western Massachusetts (ACWM) is calling upon creative minds throughout New England to get their groove on and enter the 2013 Local/District ADDY Awards, recognizing creative excellence in all advertising media. The ADDY Awards competition is a three-tier local, regional and national competition conducted annually by the American Advertising Federation (AAF). In New England, the local and regional (district) competition takes place at the same time because the Ad Club of Western Massachusetts is the only AAF-member club in the district, and all entries into the competition must come in on a local level. An outstanding panel of three advertising experts, recruited, by rule, from outside the New England district will conduct a blind judging, independently scoring each entry on a scale of 1 to 100 in designated criteria. Winners will be selected in Springfield on Feb. 22. All ACWM ADDY entries must be registered online from adclubwm.org. Entry fees for ACWM professional members are $70 for single entries and $90 for campaigns. Professional non-member fees are $100 for single entries and $130 for campaigns. Student fees are $25 for single entries and $35 for campaigns (must be a full time student). Gold award-winning entries will be forwarded to the national competition at no additional fee, while Silver award-winning entrants will be offered the option of forwarding for a fee. To be eligible for consideration of an ADDY, all work must have been published or aired between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, 2012. Entries must be mailed and postmarked by Jan. 31 to the attention of Nancy Creed, Ad Club of Western Massachusetts, c/o ACCGS, 1441 Main St., Suite 136, Springfield, MA 01103 or brought to the TD Bank community room, 1441 Main St., from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Feb. 1 with full payment by check (made payable to the Ad Club of Western Mass.) or credit card as indicated on your manifest. For more information, or to receive an ADDY Awards call for entry, contact the Ad Club at 736-2582. Professional and student winners will be announced at the annual ADDY Awards Gala on April 5 at the Community Music School of Springfield, 127 State St. |


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It's an english name but the store is 100% french. We opened yesterday this online shop focused on rock climbing products. From the beginning of the project late 2007 we decided to propose new or different products, so we were also very interested by this upcoming solution named Magento.
We tried all preview releases, this was a great opportunity to look around (and inside) Magento and try to understand how it works. Then we had to wait for the 1.0 release (waiting is always too long), we then made a clean install to apply our design and few code changes.
Of course we had to fix some problems, but most of them were due to misconfigured options or misunderstanding of Magento internals (the documentation is very light at this time and some advices in the forums are sometimes out of date or not always relevant). Other problems were caused by real bugs, for instance : - order information not passed to paypal - poor default image compression - unable to compare configurable products - free shipping not set as unique method when available ...
We manage to identify the problems in the code every time but it's always long and difficult, especially using a simple text editor
Some other changes were made (adapt Tax system for France + export to non-EU countries (= no tax), pdf invoices for customers, carroussel style image gallery, tabs for product characteristics, ...). Everytime we managed to do what we wanted, that is the main asset of Magento !
The next 1.0.19700 release may sure fix most of the problems we encountered, we now have to test it on our development platform.
Bravo to all Magento team for this sensational ecommerce solution !
Update : here is the url : The Climbing Shop !
Cést bien !
I really like your design. It looks very clean and fresh.
What have you used to display your product images? I like the big preview with the sliding function.
Great work! Customization is fun!!! Your image display and tab system is excellent. (note: the title and icon of your home page is still "Home Page" and default icon).
Very nice!! Good luck with the site/
I'm also in France and developing a shop fro the French market, any chance of the url?
PitchOu, you neglected to post the shop url which is http://www.theclimbingshop.com/shop/
Great looking store - best of luck and please keep us updated of any issues that arise with Magento as the orders roll in!!
Hey PitchOu, where are you hosting, your store is very fast?
great shop
from what I guess this site is hosted on OVH 'dedicated server
great servers too
Vraiment tip top.
Bien développé =)
NB : Je t'ai envoyé un MP
If you ask me, that is the nicest implementation yet. Amazing work.
ROAR, I used a "carroussel" script from http://www.missingmethod.com/ but I can't find the link anymore on their site. Here is the header of the main javascript file :
/** * @author Bruno Bornsztein <firstname.lastname@example.com> * @copyright 2007 Curbly LLC * @package Glider * @license MIT * @url http://www.missingmethod.com/projects/glider/ * @version 0.0.3 * @dependencies prototype.js 1.5.1+, effects.js */
/* Thanks to Andrew Dupont for refactoring help and code cleanup - http://andrewdupont.net/ */
You may of course copy the files from our server !
This one is a new one based on the one I use :
* @author Victor Stanciu; contact [at] victorstanciu [dot] ro; http://www.victorstanciu.ro/ inspired by Glider.js by Bruno Bornsztein - http://missingmethod.com/projects/glider.html
Since it's based on Prototype.js it will work as a charm also !
You've done a great job ! Your shop is very nice and everything is running fast. Félicitation !
Great looking store. How did you import all of the products? One by one or automated?
Bravo , votre site est super ! Félicitation pour votre travail.
@VisualFrames : Magento est très prometteur, si vous voulez vous implanter rapidement sur le marché Français et même européen la première chose à faire est d'adapter le système de taxe aux particularités que l'on a : http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewthread/4791/ . Je sais que vous êtes sur ce problème mais plus le temps passe et plus les entreprises risquent de choisir une autre solution (je parle des petites structures qui n'ont pas les moyens humains à mettre en place pour résoudre ce problème). En tout cas bravo pour votre travail !
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Nice , your website is great ! Congratulation for your work.
@VisualFrames: Magento is very promising, if you want to be established quickly on the French market and even ont the European market, the first thing to do is to adapt the tax system http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewthread/4791/ .


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Gov. Scott appoints six to Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council
Gov. Rick Scott announced six appointments to the Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council, Region 8.
All of the following appointments are subject to Florida Senate confirmation.
Mike Moore, 43, of Wesley Chapel, is owner of VR Business Sales/Mergers & Acquisitions. He fills a vacant seat for a term ending October 1, 2015.
John Neal, 39, of Bradenton, is president of Neal Land Ventures Inc. He fills a vacant seat for a term ending October 1, 2016.
Robert Sebesta, 49, of Seminole, is Florida General Manager of Walton Development and Management. He fills a vacant seat for a term ending October 1, 2016.
Scott Sheridan, 41, of Temple Terrace, is senior vice president of King Engineering Associates. He fills a vacant seat for a term beginning ending October 1, 2016.
Mary Yeargan, 58, of Brandon, is Director of District Management for the Department of Environmental Protection. She succeeds Deborah Getzoff for a term ending at the pleasure of the Governor.
Timothy Schock, 41, of Tampa, is president of Lightning Capital Consulting. His reappointment ends October 1, 2016.


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Review- Children of the Jacaranda Tree by Sahar Delijani
Children of the Jacaranda Tree by Sahar DelijaniMy rating: 5 of 5 starsISBN-978-1-4767=0909-3Atria BooksPublished: 2013Novel: History-Iran, post-revolutionary Iran, 1983-2011This is one of the best books I have read this year! Sahar Delijani has a poetically beautiful writing style. She is able to capture the smallest nuance of life. When you…
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TCM Remembers 2012: Celebrating the Movie Makers We Lost Last Year
Features By Scott Beggs on December 11, 2012 | Be the First To CommentWe are a community of strangers. Even though most of us never met the names on this marquee, they've given parts of themselves to us, and we've given something in return. It's a strange family, but it's our connection that makes us sad when our brothers and sisters leave us. As they do every year, Turner Classic Movies has put together a video that honors the filmmakers who died in 2012. It's a soaring tribute intercut with shots of Atlanta's Starlight Drive-In coming to life in glorious 35mm. It's stunning, and it's absolutely worth it to take six minutes out of the day to remember some of the members of our film family.
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Selected articles on NEH-supported projects.
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"As the Gavels Fell: 240 Years at Old Bailey": the New York Times on the NEH-funded Digging into Data project, "Data Mining with Criminal Intent."
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Hope College in Michigan to host the NEH-supported traveling exhibition, Manifold Greatness: The Creation and Afterlife of the King James Bible, from the Grand Rapids Press.
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"Digitized newspapers give readers eye-witness accounts of Tennessee history," on the NEH-supported National Digital Newspaper Program project in Tennessee, from the Knoxville News Sentinel.
Posted: August 12, 2011
"A Lifetime Quest to Finish a Monumental Encyclopedia of Iran," profile of the editor of the NEH-supported Encyclopaedia Iranica, from the New York Times.
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The Children's Museum of Manhattan receives NEH grant to develop an exhibition on Muslim culture, from WNYC and the New York Times.
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Queensborough Community College in New York receives an NEH Challenge Grant for Two-Year Colleges to raise an endowment to support interdisciplinary colloquia at the Kupferberg Holocaust Resource Center and Archives, from Queens' yournabe.com.
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Hingham Public Library in Massachusetts among 30 libraries nationwide to host NEH-supported reading and discussion series on Louisa May Alcott.
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Kent State University receives NEH grant to create an exhibit on the May 4, 1970 campus anti-war demonstrations, from The Bellingham Herald.
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Kansas Historical Society digitizes Kansas newspapers from 1836-1922 with NEH National Digital Newspaper Program grants, from the Topeka Capital-Journal.
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The Museo de Arte de Ponce awarded an NEH Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections grant to purchase and install a high-density mobile storage unit to protect the museum's collection of 1,259 art works, including 19th-century Western sculpture, pre-Columbian Caribbean cultural artifacts and modern Puerto Rican folk art, from ArtDaily.


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TO: Superintendents
of Schools and Principals of Private Schools
FROM: J. Duke Albanese, Commissioner
DATE: October
10, 2001
RE: Form
The Maine Department of Education (MDOE) is conducting its annual
survey of language minority children in Maine schools. The survey achieves the following
To comply
with state legislation (§15603, sub-§28-A) that will provide reimbursement to
schools that enroll students of limited English proficiency (LEP). (See Part III of EF-I 283).
To comply
with Titles I and VII of Improving America's Schools Act (§7134 (C) B and
coordinate the data collection efforts at the MDOE in supporting the
instructional needs of Maine's diverse student populations.
All questions on the survey refer to the current school year
beginning September 1, 2001. Please
note that questions 1-4 under Part I must be answered by all school
administrative units, even if no language minority youth are enrolled. All questions under Part II must be
completed for school administrative units enrolling one or more limited English
proficient (LEP) students.
All questions under Part III must be completed for school
administrative units seeking some state reimbursement for their personnel
expenditures for instruction to LEP students. The percentage of reimbursement with available funds will be
determined based on total eligible costs submitted statewide. The EF-I 283
Excel Spreadsheet for Part III is available from the Department of Education
homepage: http://www.maine.gov/education/esl/hls.htm
or by contacting the English as a second language and bilingual education
office at (207) 624-6787. This
spreadsheet is in MS Office 95, Excel version 7.0. If you are e-mailing the document, please attach the spreadsheet
to the e-mail and send to: Dr. Barney
Bérubé, Department of Education, 23 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0023.
E-mail may be sent to firstname.lastname@example.com
or to mae.l.ames.@state.me.us
Perhaps the best person to complete this survey would be an ESL
coordinator, ESL teacher or a language assessment committee member in schools
where language minority children are enrolled.
Otherwise, the superintendent or private school principal may assign
this task as appropriate. A home
language survey and accompanying instructions are enclosed to help each school
unit in responding to survey question 1, under Part I. Note that the home
language surveys are NOT to be returned to this Department; rather,
schools aggregate data from those surveys to answer question 1 under Part
I. Return only the completed
EFI-283 form. Note also that
data is cumulative--that is, the data applies to previous home language survey
records and new LEP student enrollees. All forms may be duplicated to meet
distribution needs.
Please retain in your files a copy of all data used to answer the
survey questions. Assistance with
particular questions may be secured by calling 624-6787. To be eligible for state reimbursement of
ESL/BE instruction costs, you must complete and return Form EF-I 283 no later
than December 21, 2001 to: Dr.
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ME 04333-0023. * The MDOE will be
unable to process Part III of this form for reimbursement if it is received
later than 12/21/01. We are asking that this form be completed earlier this
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Leeds saved me - Hughes
Andrew Hughes has thanked Leeds for helping him save his career.Hughes had a whirlwind time at Elland Road which included promotion and a 15 point deduction but despite leaving to join Scunthorpe last week to play regular first-team football, he is thankful for everything the club has done to further his career."Leeds United brought me the best, more turbulent, up and down, four years of my career. Last year was the best year of my career," Hughes told the club's official website."People say that clubs save players and I would say that Leeds saved my career and gave me the biggest kick up the rear. It changed me."It made me appreciate playing in teams that fans expect to win all the time. That pressure of playing for a club like that is something a lot of players never get to experience."A lot of players go along their career happy to play mid-table football and maybe enjoy a good cup run, but to go out every week knowing you had to win and you were favourites to win, and every team you were playing against it was their big game is something that as a footballer I've never experienced."
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We are glad you have chosen Lone Star College - University Park and look forward to helping you start this exciting adventure. To help you with your transition to our college, we offer New Student Orientation programs prior to registration for classes. Orientation sessions will be held at LSC-University Park campus at 20515 SH 249 at Louetta Road.
New Student Orientation is required for all first-time in college students (FTIC). You are considered FTIC if you have never taken a for-credit college course since graduating from high school. If you previously took college credit while enrolled in high school, you are still considered FTIC. You cannot register for classes until you have completed New Student Orientation. New Student Orientations are FREE but students are required to register in advance. Due to space restrictions we ask that students limit their accompanying guests to one additional person. If you are taking any classes on a Lone Star College campus, your orientation must be in person. Orientation may be required for other individuals who have never attended an orientation session at Lone Star College. A member of the admissions staff will be able to assist you with questions you may have about this.
Are you Ready to Roar?
Ready to Roar is the name for new student orientation at Lone Star College - University Park. At Lone Star College-University Park, we are the lions and we are always ready to roar. Ready to Roar is not a new student orientation like other schools. We do a lot more than give a tour of the campus. It's an introduction to college life in general, and to Lone Star College in particular. You will be given skills and strategies to ensure that you are successful not only at Lone Star College, but well beyond your time here.
If you are joining us for a session please ensure you can answer "yes" to the following questions:
- Have you applied for admission to Lone Star College?
- Have you submitted your offical TAKS scores or other possible exemption scores (ACT or SAT)?
- Ask your high school counselor for your offical TAKS scores. Turn in your official TAKS scores document to the Student Services office, BLDG. 13.200, to be advised before you take a placement exam. If you have scored 2200+ in Language Arts and 3+ on the Essay portion and a 2200+ on the Math portion, you will be exempt from all sections of the placement test. If you scored less than the minimum requirements, you will need to take placement tests in those sections.
- If you have scores from a Prior Learning Assessment (PLA) such as AP, IB or CLEP bring the official forms to Orientation.
3. Have you taken your placement test? If you are not exempt and it has been determined that you must take a placement test, testing MUST be completed before attending orientation. This will allow you to take part in the advising and registration portion of the session. You must complete the Pre-Assessment Activity prior to taking the placement test. Additional information can be found on the Test Preparation Site. If you are interested in a review session, visit the Tutoring Center in the University Park Library, B12.802.
4. Have you submitted proof of a meningitis vaccination or exemption? Meeting the state meningitis compliance requirement is part of the registration process. You will not be allowed to register until evidence of compliance has been submitted and approved. For information, including how to submit proof of immunization or exemption, visit the Required Meningitis Vaccination website. This is a requirement of state law.
If you answered "yes" to all questions, go to myLoneStar to sign up for Orientation (dates are also listed below). We look forward to seeing you at University Park!
Orientation Dates
- Report to The Governor's Room (Room CB 229) which is located next to the Campus Bookstore.
- If you are unsure of where to go, come to Building 13, 2nd floor, Suite 210 - Office of Admissions and someone will direct you.
- Check-in time begins 20 minutes prior to start of the program.
- Due to space limitations, students may bring only one guest. It is not necessary to register guests.
- If you have completed all the above steps, you will meet with an adviser and register for classes at the end of orientation.
- Please sign up for student orientation through your myLoneStar account.
- Important Note for Orientations beginning at 4:00pm or 5:00pm. Priority for advising will be given to students who have signed up for New Student Orientation through their myLonestar Account. If you have not signed up for orientation through your myLonestar account, our advisers will see as many students as possible, but it is unlikely that you will meet with an adviser immediately following orientation.
- Additionally, during peak registration period, orientations consist of an extremely shortened tour that only covers the location of services between the orientation room and Advising/Admissions. If you would like to forgo advising and instead have a full tour, let the orientation leader know once the abbreviated tour ends.
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LONDON, Feb. 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- ValidSoft ( www.validsoft.com), a global supplier of advanced telecommunications-based fraud prevention, authentication and transaction verification solutions, and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Elephant Talk Communications Corp. (NYSE MKT: ETAK), today announced that it has achieved its primary objective for its voice biometric technology of successfully being measured and compared with the world's leading commercial voice biometric providers and non-commercial voice biometrics research groups. As a result, ValidSoft clients are assured that they have access to a fully integrated, multi-layer, multi-factor authentication and transaction verification platform that can seamlessly incorporate world-leading voice biometric technology.
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ValidSoft achieved its objective by successfully taking part in the prestigious National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Speaker Recognition Evaluation. This evaluation is the most important and main driver for innovation in the field of voice biometrics, particularly security ( http://www.itl.nist.gov/iad/mig/tests/spk/).
NIST, a non-regulatory federal agency within the US Department for Commerce, holds a voice biometric challenge every two years to advance speaker recognition core technology and to encourage innovation amongst industry leaders, research institutes and academics. In the latest challenge, participants had three weeks to process a vast quantity of audio data and send back identification results achieved by their voice biometric engine. ValidSoft is believed to be the only security software vendor with an indigenous multi-factor authentication platform to take part in the most recent NIST challenge. ValidSoft applied its commercially available biometric Speaker Verification Platform, VALid-SVP, used for fraud prevention, to suit the particular challenge. ValidSoft's successful participation in these trials highlights its ability to provide what is now recognized as an industry-leading security tool that can pass the highest and most stringent research tests and challenges. Pat Carroll, CEO of ValidSoft commented: "We are delighted with our achievement at the NIST Speaker Recognition challenge. We firmly believe that voice biometrics will play an integral part in payment fraud prevention as more of us use our mobile phones to make money transactions. Using a voice print to authenticate a customer and verify transactions provides a natural and efficient security layer. It is not just for mobile-based payments either, as we see evidence of increased fraud over telecommunication channels such as traditional phone banking." Banks, looking to strengthen security procedures, are increasingly interested in voice biometrics. IT analysts from Javelin and Gartner are beginning to recommend a combination of authentication methods that includes voice biometrics. They expect at least one large financial institution to implement voice biometric caller authentication this year.Check Out Our Best Services for Investors
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First introduced in 2006, John Varvatos Vintage is the perfect scent for a romantic evening. A mix of tamarind leaves, herbs and dates, with spice, woods, leather, and vanilla, Vintage is a modern masculine scent.Woods
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A famous indictment from a century ago aptly describes today's corrupt legislative body.
The fierce campaign against whistle-blowers in Washington.
Why are the Koch Brothers so reluctant to testify before Congress?
The coming big storms facing our planet can only be tackled by strong governments.
The former "killer lobbyist" and convicted felon explains that although it will be difficult, the system he exploited must be changed.
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