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Hispanic Dental Association (HDA)
Patient Resources
Resources for Educating your Patients
How many times have you been in clinic explaining periodontal disease or root canal therapy patient wishing that you had a visual aid? Good news! The ADA has a free website with educational animations that teach patients about oral hygiene, root canals, periodontal disease and more!
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Spanish Resources
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Dive unit prices
Purchase the SCUBABreather
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The equipment
Ready for your first dive
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Setting-up and using the SCUBA Breather is extremely easy. Once out of the freight/shipping box, a diver could be making a dive within minutes – no assembly is required, and no break-in period is required. Using the device requires no formal training or certification. For those who have never breathed underwater through a SCUBA regulator, read the instructions and tips provided in the "Ready for your first dive" section. However, most people who have never used SCUBA equipment pick it up instantly. A dive manual is provided free with each SCUBA Breather unit.
I - General Operation
II - SCUBA Breather limitations
III - Safety rules
IV - Maintenance
V - Warning labels
General Operation
- Find a suitable location for the SCUBA Breather; this should be a
very easy task. Any location near the dive site where the unit is out
of the way as a tripping hazard is suitable. Once a good flat stable
location is found, it is VERY unlikely the unit will get dragged into
the water, as the unit weighs 57 lbs. However, steps should be
taken to assure that the unit does not get dragged into the water
by pulling on the regulator pressure line or tripping over the unit.
Tying the container to a post or unmovable object is recommended.
The storage container lid must be kept open anytime the unit is
in operation. With the lid closed, the compressor may overheat because of a lack of air circulation.
The units run on standard 120 volt AC power
. Once the unit power is established, simply turn the switch to AUTO. The compressor will start, and you will see the pressure increase immediately by observing the pressure gauge – once the pressure reaches 20 psi (which takes just seconds), the unit is ready for operation. The SCUBA breather will pump up and automatically shut off – it will restart automatically when the pressure drops to a preset setpoint.
Breathe freely through the regulator as normally as possible. The SCUBA Breather regulator will function exactly as a true SCUBA unit regulator. On your inhalations you will experience breathing clean, dry, tasteless air. There is no time limit while underwater with the SCUBA Breather; you could literally breathe underwater all day. The unit will continue to supply breathing quality air continuously.
Using a good quality industrial style 14 gauge extension cord not exceeding 100 feet, for getting the power to the unit is totally acceptable.
The SCUBA Breather unit weighs
57 lbs., and can usually be lifted by one person.
Leveling: The SCUBA Breather can operate in ANY un-level
or sideways situation. The only position the unit should not be
placed in is upside down - this is to assure good air
circulation. Care should be taken that it is not placed
on such an incline that it moves or slips.
Pre-operation - A trained SCUBA diver knows the value of
testing their regulator before jumping in the water; this is
especially true if your diving into the ocean or lake from
a boat. Take a few good deep breaths to verify that
you are getting a nice flow of air -
if you are, everything is working properly.
SCUBA Breather limitations
The SCUBA Breather is not meant for deep diving. In practically, the
dive units are good for approximately 40 feet deep, and the Dual Unit
SCUBA Breather is good to approximately 40 feet for 1 diver or 25 feet
for 2 divers each. As a diver descends deeper than this, he/she will
experience more labored breathing. This is the indication that the unit is reaching
its operational limit. If a diver is underwater and experiences labored
breathing he/she should re-ascend a few feet until breathing becomes
more comfortable. The SCUBA Breather is extremely dependable and malfunctions are rare, however continued labored breathing may also indicate that the unit has malfunctioned or the power has bee shut off. The diver should then start to make his/her way back to the surface to investigate the problem.
Safety rules
- Underwater diving with the SCUBA Breather or ANY underwater breathing apparatus is a combination of common sense, staying alert, and understanding how this instrument works
and its limitations.
- Keep the lid open when in operation. Close lid when not in use.
- Do not under any circumstance, cut or remove the ground prong from the power cord.
- Do not modify the compressor, regulator, or pressure switch.
- Children should be monitored by an adult in the beginning. However, after seeing how simple the SCUBA breather is to use, constant attention may not be necessary.
Do not run the SCUBA Breather with a gasoline or diesel engine operating in close proximity to the unit. Carbon Monoxide inhalation is indeed the greatest hazard when using any kind of breathing air devise. An automobile running next-door will not pose any kind of problem that is meant here. Using a gasoline or diesel generator, with its exhaust upwind and just a few feet away from the SCUBA Breather IS a potential hazard.
Carbon Monoxide gas can NOT be filtered out.
Avoid any diving system which utilizes a gasoline engine to run a compressor!
- Maintenance
There is not much that needs to be done with the SCUBA Breather after a dive in fresh clean water. - After each dive, turn the machine OFF, shake out any water from the regulator, remove the hose(s) from the unit by using the quick disconnect fittings, and close the lid. Everything will be ready to go for the next dive! After diving in salt water, a gentle rinse with fresh water on the regulator only is recommended.
- Draining out condensate from the storage tank - after each 10 hours of use, or every few weeks, drain the condensate that may have collected in the tank by pressuring the system with air, then opening the condensate drain valve on the steel tank. If there is any water in the tank you will observe it draining out through the clear plastic tube. The condensate drain valve has a tube which extends to the bottom of the steel tank to drain out the liquid.
- Long term storage after a season of use - drain condensate from the tank. Attach the hose(s), start the unit, open the isolation valve(s), and let run for 1 hour with the regulator purge button depressed. The flowing air will evaporate this evaporate all condensate and moisture from the entire system. This will assure that mold does not develop in the manifold, tank, and regulator hose while being stored for the winter. Store unit, hoses and regulator in a warm environment.
- Filter element - replace the filter element every 2 seasons. Filter elements are available through us.
- Oiling the units is never needed or recommended.
"The SCUBA Breather
is how I learned."
King Neptune says,
These are International Maritime Signal Flags - do you know what they spell?
To figure it out, click on a flag.
"I know what they spell."
Breathing air underwater is nothing new, and attempts to breathe air underwater
go back to the seventeen hundreds. However, it was expensive and hazardous.
Now, the ability to breathe underwater is easy, safe, and inexpensive and
no equipment is carried on the back of the diver .
The SCUBA Breather underwater breathing system, uses a high quality, industrial
medical grade air compressor to pump compressed air through a flexible hose to a
SCUBA regulator. This allows the diver to breathe clean air just as if he/she
was breathing through standard SCUBA equipment with a tank – but at a
fraction of the cost.
The SCUBA Breather provides a continuous inexhaustible supply of air, unlike
the standard SCUBA tank which has a finite amount of air – then it's back to the SCUBA shop to get it refilled! This indeed is a major time consuming complication that standard SCUBA equipment is faced with .
pparatus (SCUBA with air tanks) is expensive, complicated, and exceedingly bulky. The air tanks used must be brought to specialized refilling stations to be refilled with pressurized air after 1 hour of use. To get SCUBA tanks refilled at the refilling station requires one to have a SCUBA CERTIFICATION.
The SCUBA Breather was meant to sit outside the water while in operation, e.g. on a swimming pool deck, inside a boat, or on a raft. The container with its components was not meant to be directly floated in water. Holes drilled in the bottom of the container are for the purpose to prevent the container from filling up with water if the container lid was inadvertently left open during a rain. Actually, our prototype unit went through rigorous testing and was deliberately left out to get rained on. After a good dry-out, the unit started and operated perfectly – this feature however is not part of the units consumer guarantee, it was only part of the testing.
Using a raft to float the SCUBA Breather is an excellent way to use the device - there are many good rafts on the market that are perfect for holding the SCUBA Breather unit and a small portable generator to power it up.
2013 The SCUBA Breather © U.S. patent pending
Website designed by Robert Sankey
A routine dive for Captain Nemo
Copyright 2013 SCUBA Breather: Underwater Breathing Device. All Rights Reserved.
Poseidon says, "I'm ready when you are!"
Having the ability to swim is a wonderful gift. Swimming epitomizes the feeling of freedom and gracefulness. Now you can greatly enhance this feeling with the capability of swimming underwater for as long as you desire.
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- Warning labels
The compressor needs a free air exchange for breathing and to get rid of heat build up.
The lid may be closed partialy to protect the unit components from rain water or direct sunlight.
The process of compressing air produces heat. The heads of the compressor get hot during operation and can exceed 184 degrees Fairenheit. This is completely operationally normal - just don't touch it!
Made in the U.S.A.
No part of the SCUBA Breather dive unit ever needs to be oiled.
Opening the CONDENSATE DRAIN VALVE will purge all condensate
from the system.
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Units with compressors with 220 Volt 50 Hz motors will have this information tag.
Running the unit on any other power WILL destroy the electric motor - this is not covered under warranty.
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How to use Eve
NOTE: I'm still in progress with the game, if your looking for exact guidance this probably isn't for you till I have finished the entire guide.
[Note] Pressing X uses Eve's MP attacks, which drains it as you use it. Use Z to charge on MP.
I used dungeons to level, all in Very Hard mode. I also enhanced all my armor and weapons. It's also a good idea to sweep all the titles from Ruben to gain a up for your Speed Stat.
The Blader is extremely good for taking down Bosses. Be sure to save up plenty of MP to use him. Cost is 200 MP. (Woah.)
Illusion Ray is quick, be sure to be to know your angle before using it. (I've made so many mistakes with it. I looked stupid.)
Illusion Stinger is also useful like Illusion Strike. The only difference is damage. Stinger does the most, but cost more MP. I recommend that you gain more and more MP before using it.
At level 20, Generate Black Hole took half my SP. I put the rest into Queen's Potential. Throughout the leveling, I up on Black Hole and Basic Strength Training. You'll need it to become a War Queen.
I also continue on making the previous skills better, but slowly develope into the Passive Skills. If you get to the Dragon Road and Dungeon in Very Hard mode, you'll be on the right track.
Remember that in this class, Oberon will be summoned constantly to fight FOR you. Combos, like X + X + Z, CHANGE.
Generate Black Hole does a decent amount of damage and controls pests. It brings them to you and then explodes. This is also useful for PvP battles, no one can run from it.
(Will be updated as I progress. ^3^)
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BTW isn't Seth Petruzelli gay? He has fought in UFC.
Not only brazilians can do this stuff
Let me break it down for you. I NEVER said Sam shouldn't be openly gay. In fact I stated in my first post that he should be open about it. What I also stated that it should come in the form of a big announcement and take center stage over his football career and chances especially before he even makes a team.
I also stated that while I believe he did it the way that he did to to enhance his exposure that I thought the media was taking it too far and was going to make it even more difficult for his chances to make the team. Tebow faced the same thing because everyone was watching and critical of every move.
The segments you are talking about are more tabloid / magazine show than ESPN, although they probably have mentioned it before. If they were to do a 30 for 30 type or E60 or a football life about Sam in a year or 2 I would think it is great. The kid aint done shit yet though.
If you read the article about Fisher drafting Sam they highlight that the Rams drafted an openly gay player. Not a Def Player of the year player who scouts think is too small. Again, an injustice to the man himself.
And lastly, the fact that you are comparing Sam to Romo and Brady shows me that you are the type of person I am speaking against. Sam has NO place in a discussion with Romo or Brady. Lets break it down.
1. UFA who is now the QB and Leader for one of the most celebrated teams in history. Linked to a Hollywood Star (people love there TMZ)
2. Drafted I believe 199 overall with 6 QB going ahead of him to become a multi time SB champion. Linked to a Celebrity Model. TMZ effect again.
3. Openly Gay.
While all 3 of these could and should get TMZ coverage only 2 belong to be highlighted on sports networks at this stage. And not for who they are sticking there dick in. Sam could be a great story. It was over done. Let him play then have your stories. No matter what his career becomes he will be a trend setter, I get that. Yes they should have done a story on Sam. but not to the extinct that they did IF they are really trying to promote him as an equal and say its all about football. No they are taking advantage of Sam just as much as he tried to use it to his advantage.
Players who are good do not have national coverage in there house on draft day. Boyd was at one time a top prospect before returning to school. Plus I am willing to bet it was Local media not national media. I would fully expect local media to cover both during the draft.
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There is a difference between documenting history and making it about the guy being gay instead of a football player.
I do find this thread hilarious with all the responses. If I would have come on here gay bashing I would have been told he should be judged as a person and whether or not he can play football. Instead though, I come on here and I say him being gay should not matter but what should is whether he can play or not and how he acts as a person. I then go on to say that I believe he is and will be exploited which could hurt him at a professional level and that the media should back off of him and let him earn his spot. Yet, because of this people are saying I am wrong? Tell me how I am wrong. Seriously, some of you are just so PC that you can't see things for what they are.
Just cuz Sam is gay doesn't mean he would never announce and come out of the closet at a time that would benefit him. Never would ESPN (which I barely watch because they are becoming more and move TMZ like anyway) exploit something just for ratings.
So, please someone tell me why Michael Sam should be treated any different than any other footballer?
And again, I am actually fine with them there "incase" he got drafted. Its the whole build up, the whole production and drama, the story about how Fisher made the call. It all feels forced, a little fabricated, and like its a lot more than a 7th rd pick needs wants or deserves.
I will say this. So far Kevo is the only one who gave anything close to a reasonable response. However I doubt the did it to document history. No, they were pandering to the PC crowd who didnt know shit about football just to see what happened with the gay guy. I think if they are not careful this kid is going to fail, unfairly due to the hype and media around him.
Of course they're pandering. They pandering to everybody, every gay straight black white woman man child, pandering to them all to WATCH! WATCH ESPN. Thats what they do man, everything they do, every story, every report, every broadcast, everything is geared toward one goal and one goal only: attract eyeballs, sell advertisement. They put the first out gay dude all over tv, because people were gonna tune in for that. People were gonna talk about it. Look how everyone is talking about this gay football player, and then everyone will go watch football people talk about the gay football player. TUNE IN TO SPORTSCENTER FOR A REPORT ON THE GAY FOOTBALL PLAYER AND HIS REACTION TO ALL THIS ATTENTION! FOLLOWED BY OUR EXPERTS REACTING AND ANALYZING HIS REACTION! BROUGHT TO YOU BY OLD SPICE!
It's nothing more and nothing less than that. It's all about selling 30 second commercials in between talking about the 2015 NFL draft and what Tebow is up to nowadays.
Hey guys...can we get back to the real topic at hand?
My only means for survival in prison was sucking 100's of dicks thus earning the tinkerbell nickname?
Geez guys, a little respect here.
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Byrne confirms Orient talks
Terry Byrne has confirmed he is heading a consortium in talks with Leyton Orient regarding a takeover.
Last Updated: 30/01/09 7:28pm
David Beckham's advisor Terry Byrne has confirmed he is heading a consortium in talks with Leyton Orient regarding a potential takeover.
Leyton Orient chairman Barry Hearn is discussing the ownership of the club with investors and Byrne is hopeful a deal can be concluded.
However, Byrne has stressed that Beckham is not involved in his group and neither is business associate Simon Fuller.
"I wish to confirm that myself and a consortium of investors are in discussions with Barry Hearn with a view to take over Leyton Orient FC," Byrne said in a statement.
"I wish to also confirm that neither David Beckham nor Simon Fuller are part of this consortium.
"My close personal friendship with David has led to elements of the media incorrectly speculating his involvement.
"Although I have previously managed David Beckham and continue to be partners with Simon Fuller, this current opportunity is being prepared by myself and a number of key influential business associates.
"In the event that we successfully conclude matters with Barry Hearn, a further announcement will follow."
Leyton Orient are currently struggling in 20th place in League One and recently parted company with long-serving manager Martin Ling.


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THROUGHOUT history, great art has evoked both passion and greed. And prehistoric rock art is no different if the protracted scientific and legal wrangling over the Chauvet cave in southern France is anything to go by.
The cavern contains the world's oldest rock art and has so far revealed a breathtaking collection of 263 animal images, some dating back more than 32 000 years. Many of the graceful paintings and etchings are thought to have been the work of a single talented artist who had mastered sophisticated techniques of perspective and contrast.
Detailed study of the cave has yet to begin but it has already become the object of a bitter dispute between two leading French specialists in prehistory. Even when their dispute is resolved, however, it is unlikely that researchers can start work until a series of court battles over ownership of the site are decided.
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A week after finishing third in the Sandusky Bay Conference Duals, Edison pulled together to go 10-0 over two days for the tournament title in the Ohio Division III Duals at St. Mary Central Catholic.
"We set high expectations for these kids," Edison third-year head coach Davy Hermes said. "And, like I said all through the year, that's why we have that (difficult) schedule: for the end of the year. Obviously coming in we knew that West Jefferson had a nice team. Delta's got a nice team, Archbold's got a team with 14 guys with winning records. We all know what Monroeville's got.
"There weren't any teams on paper that I thought we couldn't beat. It was going to take some kids stepping up, and I thought everybody on the team (did). It was a total team effort, and everybody from 103 to heavyweight did their job this weekend."
The Chargers demonstrated endurance as well: Counting last weekend's SBC Duals tournament, they wrestled 17 in a matter of eight days.
Jude Michel (103), Kyle Burns (145) and Jordan Cole (160) each went 10-0 during the weekend, earning spots on the first all- tournament team. Tyler Majoy went 9-1 -- the exception a tech fall against Monroeville's Hunter Stieber, while Jaime Kimberlin (152) and Zach Rutherford (171) went 8-1. Dalton Howard (112) and Cam Michel (119) went 8-2.
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1. Edison 10-0
2. Archbold 9-1
3. Versailles 9-1
4. Monroeville 7-3
5. West Jefferson 7-3
6. Northwestern 7-3
7. Sandy Valley 6-4
8. Seneca East 6-4
9. Reading 6-4
10. Norwayne 5-5
11. Delta 4-6
12. Western Reserve 3-7
13. Arcadia 3-7
14. Cuyahoga Heights 3-7
15. St. Mary CC 3-7
16. Tiffin Calvert 1-9
17. Montpelier 1-9
18. Tinora 0-10
First team all-tournament
103: Jude Michel (Edison)
112: Gennar Fecht (West Jefferson)
119: Aaron Branham (West Jefferson)
125: Stephen Meyers (Reading)
130: Kurt Moore (Norwayne)
135: Hunter Stieber (Monroeville)
140: Cam Tessari (Monroeville)
145: Jordan Cowell (Archbold), Kyle Burns (Edison)
152: Thomas Fullencamp (Versailles)
160: Sean Prather (West Jefferson), Jordan Cole (Edison)
171: Chris Phillips (Monroeville)
189: Parker Cole (Sandy Valley), Kurt Schaefer (Northwestern)
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Langlee Wave Power was established focusing on the subsea waves with horizontal movements rather than the traditional floating point absorbers, Langlee succeded to design a wave power generator that follows the water movements rather than to fight them, even with extreme waves.
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DOBSON — Faced with an increasing caseload, the director of the county's Department of Social Services says it's time to get serious about the fraudulent use of food stamps.
During its meeting Monday night, social services Director Wayne Black told the Surry County Board of Commissioners that his caseload is climbing by leaps and bounds, which means that even a small percentage of fraudulent use can cost big bucks.
Black told the board that last year, his department disbursed $22 million worth of food stamps.
"There may be five percent of that being used fraudulently, but if there is, that amounts to $1.1 million last year," he said. "If we have that much misuse of benefits in Surry County, we need to do something about it."
These days, workers are handling what they can in their individual caseloads, but with each worker handling nearly 600 cases, it is impossible to investigate everything.
"I've handled a couple of those cases myself, so we're responding," Black said. "What I want us to do is be more proactive about it."
But increasing caseloads are making that difficult.
According to Black, in 1989 his department provided food stamps to just more than 1,600 households.
"Today that number is 7,009," Black said.
The increased caseload is the result of federal mandates and relaxed regulations related to who qualifies for the entitlements, according to the department head.
Black said that three years ago, then-Gov. Beverly Perdue decided to expand food stamp eligibility by increasing the amount of money a household could make and still qualify. Guidelines to be eligible to receive the benefits increased from 130 percent of the federal poverty level to 200 percent of the poverty level — meaning more county families qualify.
"That means more applicants, and more cases for food stamps," Black said. "Where do I get the staff to administer it? It's funded by both the feds and county, and we haven't received the money to pay additional staff. The federal government mandates, or the state decides to expand these programs and we're stuck with trying to find the money to administer and staff it."
Calling the food stamp program the "canary in the coalmine," Black said the number of households receiving benefits is indicative of the economic downturn.
In 2001, Black's department had a caseload of 1,602, he told the board.
"But since then, the jobs have left the county and that left lots of folks without work," he said. "Between 2007 and last year, we increased from 3,780 households to over 7,000. That's quite an increase."
The increased caseload hasn't resulted in much more staff, Black said.
"It has been challenging and continues to be challenging," he said. "We've finally had to take our full-time fraud investigator and give them 1,200 cases to handle."
A New Dawn
But that doesn't mean the social services director has forgotten about fraud.
Black said plans are in place for a new, more aggressive approach to handling misuse of the benefits.
"I want to do community awareness and begin to work with retailers to ensure program integrity," he said. "We also want to encourage anyone who sees fraudulent use of food stamps to report it. We'll respond to it."'
Without additional staff, Black is counting on the use of a more efficient document and caseload management system to free up workers to investigate fraud.
Known as NC-FAST, for "families accessing services through technology," the $500,000 system has helped to reduce the staff required to manage the federally-mandated entitlements.
The program started rolling out last spring, and Black said he hopes to have all the bugs ironed out in the next couple of months.
"Once that happens, a single case worker will be able to process multiple benefits and all income maintenance programs will go into it," he said. "The system itself will allow workers to complete eligibility requirements and manage cases more quickly and efficiently.
"It will be a whole lot more efficient and productive," Black predicted. "And that will allow us to get our fraud investigator back."
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The next press conference was EA's at the Orpheum Theater in downtown Los Angeles where we didn't have to deal with waiting for our car as much as we did with the crazy line queue massing outside. And then there was the WW2 bunker in which we had to park our car.
So here I go with a brain dump of all of the things that EA had shown off for the crowd after the jump. I'll be the one starting things off this time.
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Browse through these photos from Super Bowl XLIX Sunday, Feb. 1, 2015, in Glendale, Ariz.
WASHINGTON — Don't cross Philly Eagles fans. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a 2016 presidential hopeful, who inflamed a good portion of his own electorate when he was shown celebrating a Dallas Cowboys win over…
WASHINGTON — It can be tough being a Washington Redskins fan between name controversies, quarterback crises and disappointing losses. And now a study's ranking of D.C. as a football-fan city doesn't help either. A WalletHub study…
WASHINGTON – The Washington Redskins announced Wednesday that the team is parting ways with defensive coordinator Jim Haslett. The agreement was mutual, according to a news release. "Jim and I have had discussions over the…
The Patriots\' Rob Gronkowski may be an animal on the football field, but he brought out his inner kitten in a recent photo shoot.
Tailgating has expanded beyond the traditional grill fare, but will serious tailgaters buy in to a healthier approach?
It was a day of routs in the NFL, but the Eagles\' romp in Dallas was the biggest of all.
ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer The attorney leading the NFL players' union investigation into the Ray Rice domestic violence case told The Associated Press the league and the Baltimore Ravens have not been cooperating.…
D.C.\'s pro women\'s tackle football team is gearing up for its 14th season — and one thing is on the mind of the Divas: the championship.
While parents watch the Super Bowl on Sunday, many of them won\'t be encouraging their kids to pick up a football.
Well, well, well. Look who\'s back in business.
So the thought is, why not reseed the playoffs and send that game — and games like it — to the team with the better record?
I totally understand that rationale. But I disagree.
It\'s the holiday season. It\'s a season of giving, fellowship, and merriment.
It\'s soon the off-season time of year for Redskins fans. Who is to blame?
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Oct. 20, 2007: Pretty Slick. Dixon TD Lifts UConn; Controversial Punt Return Helps
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The UConn defense did the job that many in college football thought impossible. It stymied, controlled and contained the vaunted Louisville offense. UConn became the first team this season to hold the Cardinals and future NFL quarterback Brian Brohm...
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ABNORMAL sperm turn suicidal in order to prevent harmful mutations being passed to offspring, a new report says.
Every day, the average human male churns out about 200 million new sperm. With such huge quantities being produced, biologists have wondered what steps are taken to ensure quality.
Paul Burgoyne of the National Institute for Medical Research in London thought that one obvious place for a quality check on sperm is during meiosiscell divisions in which daughter cells have only one of each chromosome pair. During these divisions, the maternal copy of each chromosome pairs off at the centre of the cell with its paternal double. The only odd couple is formed when the maternal X chromosome pairs off with the paternal Y chromosome.
Once doubled up, the pairs separate, each ending up in a different sperm cell. This way, each sperm has half the original number of chromosomes and can ...
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Updated Friday, 4:45 p.m.
Fire crews on Sunday extinguished a 20- by 30-foot brush fire off Bailey Road. Also this week, crews found a water leak had triggered a carbon monoxide alarm, and helped to ventilate a home after the owner left a stove burner on. Meanwhile, a planned training burn off Field Street in Cornelius Saturday for the Cornelius and Davidson fire departments has been postponed because of an air quality alert. Read below for details.
Davidson and Cornelius firefighters had been planning to burn a vacant building off Field Street, near the Antiquity Cornelius neighborhood, all day Saturday. They issued an alert that smoke would be visible.
But late Friday, the state Department of Environmental & Natural Resources Division of Air Quality declared a code orange air quality alert for Saturday, 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. So firefighters said they've called off the burn.
Around 9 p.m. Sunday firefighters responded to an outside brush fire, near Bailey Road at Bailey Commons. The fire had spread to about 20-feet by 30-feet.
According to the report, the fire was 1/4 mile from the nearest structure, and 200 yards from Bailey Road. There were no witnesses, and investigators found no visible ignition source.
Here's a roundup of other fire calls this week:
FRIDAY, JUNE 1, 8:25 p.m., 10000 block of Switchyard Drive – Crews arrived to find the homeowner had left a stove burner on, and there was a smell of gas in the house. They checked the stove and helped to ventilate the house.
TUESDAY, JUNE 5, 7:52 p.m., 20600 block of Rio Oro Drive – Crews were dispatched to a carbon monoxide alarm, and found that a water heater in attic had leaked causing a short in the CO detector. Crews secured the power to home, the gas to water heater, and the water to house, and then assisted in water removal and salvage efforts.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 10:53 a.m., 19600 block of West Catawba Avenue – Crews responded to the scene of a car wreck and found a driver had hit the strike barrier and a handicapped sign. No injuries were reported.
FALSE ALARMS: Firefighters also responded to 11 calls that were either canceled while crews were en route or crews arrived to find nothing wrong.
MEDICAL CALLS: In addition to the fire calls, crews responded to 20 medical / EMS calls, including a fall with injury, chest pains, a seizure, and trouble breathing, among others. Patient privacy laws prohibit public release of addresses or other details of medical calls.


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Activists attempt to remove a block from a barrier wall blocking passage to the parliament near Tahrir square in Cairo July 26, 2012. (REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany)
Egypt's new government came to office Thursday and many people will continue to focus on the delicate balance of power between the Muslim Brotherhood and the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces.
Prime Minister Hisham Qandil called it the "people's government," but this isn't accurate. It excluded a wide swath of the population, since the new Cabinet has no members who represent some of the leading figures in last year's uprising, namely young people and liberals.
If both the Brotherhood and the military continue to believe that they deserve the biggest credit for the transition from the rule of Hosni Mubarak, it will prove to be a recipe for failure. The simple fact is that Egypt faces a set of huge challenges, and the question of whether or not they can be solved will eventually overshadow the details of the makeup of Qandi's Cabinet.
After more than a year following the upheaval, Egypt's economy is in shambles and the fortunes of millions of people depend on whether government officials can revitalize sectors such as tourism, industry and agriculture, and attract much-needed foreign investment.
Amid such conditions, it's no surprise that the security situation remains precarious.
Some of the problems are structural, and are inherited from the old regime, such as the overlapping prerogatives of the many military, police and intelligence bodies that are responsible for the safety and security of the public.
But the simple fact is that whoever is responsible, President Mohammad Mursi and Prime Minister Hisham Qandil are in the driver's seat. In many parts of the country, any spark could set off a conflagration, as people have seen this week.
A few days before the inauguration of the Qandil Cabinet, a seemingly trivial incident exploded into sectarian tension in a village, while on the day of the ceremony itself, in the capital, a dispute over wage payments in the private sector quickly turned into a deadly riot.
Other challenges also await. The new authorities in Egypt have yet to spell out exactly what they intend to do about the country's judiciary, since Mursi has disregarded an earlier higher court decision that dissolved parliament. Moreover, the new rulers have yet to make explicit their foreign policy orientations. Finally, the course of drafting and endorsing a new constitution might be clear in the minds of Mursi and Qandil, but they must remember that in the end, the new document should embody the principles of fairness, while being satisfactory to all sides.
While it would be unfair to expect solutions for all these issues, the new Cabinet must simply turn in a high-powered performance, beginning immediately.
Egypt's future steps are hugely important for a region in turmoil. The country can serve as an impetus for division, or as a model of stability and good governance, which was after all the people's demand in the first place.
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Mobi/SMS campaign, linking to conventional media, increases lead generation by more than 1 500%
When AVBOB Mutual Assurance Society introduced its cashback funeral product, the agency recommended a lead generation campaign embracing digital technology and created an integrated campaign using TV, print, SMS and MMS elements.
The campaign, which ran for three weeks recently, achieved phenomenal lead generation results.
Non-MMS enabled prospects, sourced from profiled rented databases, were contacted via SMS and led to a Mobi Prequalify page or to an Automated Voice Message (AVM). Suitably enabled prospects received an MMS containing the audio track from the TV commercial with a link through to the Mobi site.
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- Toilets and accessible toilets can be found on the entrance level (Level 0 in the lift) and the museum floor level (Level -2 in the lift).
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- The Victorian part of the museum has a predominantly cobbled floor with tramlines. The 1930s area is flat though some areas of the flooring are textured. Both areas have pavements with dropped kerbs.
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Colorado, S.D. eyed for Yellowstone National Park bisonFor the first time in decades, the federal government is considering moving bison captured leaving Yellowstone National Park to public lands in Colorado, South Dakota and elsewhere as part of efforts to curb periodic slaughters of the animals.
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Rep. Alan Grayson says that legislation to deal with the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling, which he believes will pass the House shortly, will include a ban on direct campaign spending by any corporation who has a contract with the federal government.
The Citizens United response bill is being written by Chris Van Hollen and Chuck Schumer, and they expect to release it shortly. It's being pitched as a non-partisan way to increase transparency and reduce corporate control of elections. But clearly the effort is meant to channel public anger at the corporate effort to buy elections and government, and put the GOP on the spot about that.
We knew about some of the pieces of the proposed legislation. At the root, the bill would increase transparency by forcing disclosure of corporate money and requiring corporate honchos to "stand by their ad" with an on-air approval of the message, even if they're standing behind a shell organization. But Grayson, speaking in Los Angeles after a debate with George W. Bush (OK, a fake debate), said that some of his contributions were included in the bill. Chief among them was a measure to limit foreign companies, or companies controlled by foreign entities, from spending on political campaigns. But in addition, Grayson said that another measure of his would be adopted: barring companies which receive taxpayer money from government contracts to use that money in federal elections.
That's actually a huge restriction. Many, many companies hold government contracts in one form or another; they would have to make a choice to spend in elections or to stay on the government dole. "Corporations want three things from government: they want tax breaks, they want deregulation, and they want contracts," Grayson said. "Now maybe they'll only want two." The measure would also ban TARP recipients from campaign expenditures.
In essence, such spending would violate the Hatch Act, which prevents government officials from engaging in political activity. This fix would just extend that ban to corporate contractors.
Unions, some of whom supported the Citizens United ruling because it would free up their political spending, have yet to take a position on the fix legislation. But they may be attracted to a ban on contractor spending. Unions would be just as culpable on disclosure and transparency as corporations, under the proposed law (and editorially speaking, they should be).


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MANY galaxies formed as recently as a few billion years ago, according to two American astronomers. This flies in the face of current astronomical theories which hold that there was a single epoch of galaxy formation not long after the big bang, 15 billion years ago.
Donald York and Brian Yanny of the University of Chicago have discovered many objects which they believe are galaxies in the early stages of star formation. The galaxies are at a red shift of 0.7, which corresponds to a distance of a few billion light years.
York and Yanny are not the first to find young galaxies close to our own Galaxy. In the past few years, other astronomers have found a few very young galaxies which are even closer than York and Yanny's. However, these astronomers had interpreted their galaxies as cases of 'arrested develop ment'.
York believes that 'late-forming' galaxies are abundant ...
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Some Connecticut legislators are seriously looking into creating a Basic Health Plan for people who make between 133 and 200 percent of the federal poverty level, instead of forcing them to use the new private health insurance exchanges. From CT News Junkie:
Over the next few months the legislature will have to tackle some tough policy questions about whether to create a State Basic Health Plan for about 74,000 low income adults, who make a too much money to qualify for Medicaid.
Under the Affordable Care Act, individuals who fall between 133 percent and 200 percent of the federal poverty level qualify for subsides through the exchanges, but the state can opt to offer those individuals a Medicaid-type plan and claim the subsidies itself.
Rep. Peter Tercyak, co-chairman of the Human Services Committee, said last year a bill which would have created a SBHP died thanks to a fiscal note he believes was inaccurate. It also didn't help that Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's administration opposed it.
Every attempt in this country to make individuals shop on private health insurance exchanges has proven to be a cost control failure. On the other hand, universal government insurance programs that can use their large purchasing power to negotiate better deals have repeatedly been able to provide more care at a lower cost.
That is why the health care reform implementation advisory committees in both Pennsylvania and Illinois concluded such a government-sponsored program could provide people with more affordable and comprehensive coverage. Real world experience and basic logic indicate the creation of a Basic Health Plan would be the best thing for these low-to-moderate income people.
I hope Connecticut will choose to use this option. Of course the hospitals and the private insurance companies in the state do not support this move, because lower costs for regular people normally means less profits for health care companies.


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When you walk around any barbecue competition you will see a wide range of smokers. Some cost thousands, even tens of thousands, while other teams rely on smokers from the local department store. So is it worth it spend all the money, or is the best competition smoker something less expensive. Send in your nominations for the top five competitions smokers. Please be specific and include make and size.
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I can see a somewhat complex synth with 128 patches be a little slow to change patches, but a 16 patch bank still slow in changing, taking 0.5+ seconds on a C2D desktop? Ridiculous & unprofessional. This is a long-standing issue with SM. Some of it is SM's slow handling of arrays in general, & some of it is each preset item causing triggers, so 30 knobs cause 30 retriggers. But the user does not care why, just that the OSM is slow to respond. I don't experience this in other synths.
Workaround: Smaller preset bank (8, or 1...)
Malc, let me know if you need example OSMs. But really any OSM with lots of knobs (eg 10 AHDSRs, a few effects, etc) will do.


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How To Deter Visitors From Posting Vulgar Comments On Your Company's Facebook Page
If you have a page on Facebook representing your company, then making sure that no offensive comments are posted there about your business should be one of your prime concerns. Indeed, nothing ruins the reputation of a company faster than derogatory comments posted on its FB page by a disgruntled customer. However, if you try [...]
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Saint Faustinus of Spoleto
- Faustinus of Spello
Spiritual student of Saint Felix of Martano near Spoleto, Italy, and was there at Felix's martyrdom. Faustinus was abused for his faith, but allowed to live.
- 4th century at Todi, Umbria, Italy of natural causes
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What's Your Return on People?
April 11, 2013
How is your work positively affecting enterprise quality, innovation, productivity and services?
We have always claimed that people are the most important part of a company. Yet, accounting treats employees as an expense. Many managers act as though people are a royal pain, and maybe some are. But without people, all we have is a rusting pile of buildings, equipment and material. That being the case, the obvious question is what is our return on people (ROP)?
The C-level is vitally interested in a company's ROI, so let's get them talking about ROP. I guarantee the first time we mention this acronym they will stop and listen. Once we have their attention we can initiate a discussion on how to improve ROP. The one thing we must avoid is talking about things HR needs to improve ROP. If we start down that path they will quickly think this is a scam. The thrust of our presentation must be what's good for the company.
American management consultant and author Peter Drucker said, "The best way to predict your future is to create it." His corollary was, "If you want something new, you have to stop doing something old." And, "People in any organization are always attached to the obsolete — the things that should have worked but did not, the things that once were productive and no longer are."


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The spring equinox is upon us, and in this present age, the tilt of the planet is of little concern. But in this period of the equinox, an interesting thing happens. for the briefest moment of time the planet becomes suspended in place, A point when the earth is neither closer to or further away […]
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Adolescent brain development should play a greater role in determining how youths are treated in the juvenile justice system, experts said at a national juvenile justice conference Monday. Continue Reading →
Focus on: Adolescent Brain Development
Explore JJIE's coverage of adolescent brain development and how it relates to youth system involvement, substance use and families and communities.
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Too many kids are starting to use alcohol and drugs, addiction rates are soaring and lives are being destroyed. Now is the pivotal moment to bring these issues front and center. Continue Reading →
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Lawmakers Study Neurology Along With New Juvenile Justice Policy Ideas
Leaders and experts explore using brain science to craft new juvenile justice policies at a forum at the National Conference of State Legislatures. Continue Reading →
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The Dreary State of Juvenile Mental Health Care, Inside and Outside the Justice System
The de-emphasis of mental health funding is not an aberration across the United States. From 2009 until 2011, 31 states enacted major mental health budget cuts. Continue Reading →
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Experts Call for Juvenile Justice System Overhaul
WASHINGTON, D.C.-- For 40 years Robert Johnson, chair of the Committee on Assessing Juvenile Justice Reform at the National Research Council of the National Academies has worked with adolescents in the juvenile justice system. Continue Reading →
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OP-ED: Treating the Cause, Not the Symptom, When Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Meet
Courts should evaluate the risks and rewards associated with pathologizing children who find themselves in the system, especially when their behavior is consistent with our scientific understanding (and cultural acceptance) of the neurobiology of brains still in development. Continue Reading →
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National Academies Report Says Teen Neurology Should Shape Juvenile Justice Reform Efforts
A new report from the National Research Council suggests that juvenile justice reform efforts should be grounded in the emerging understanding of adolescent development. "Evidence of significant changes in brain structure and function during adolescence strongly suggests that these cognitive tendencies characteristic of adolescents are associated with biological immaturity of the brain and with an imbalance among developing brain systems," the report says. Continue Reading →
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Got up early this morning and began my daily reflection with my cup of coffee in hand and it hit me -- there is an interesting paradox about how we use the adolescent brain research. On one hand, those of us who call for reform in juvenile justice, especially in the area of detention, adult transfers and life sentences (especially without parole) rely heavily on this research showing that kids are wired to do stupid things. They are neurologically immature---still under construction. The adolescent brain research is often touted by advocates like me as evidence in support of detention reform. On the other hand, what does this research mean when applied to those kids who are just plain scary? Continue Reading →
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As I read about or listen to parents of adolescents, the most common comment I hear is that their kids seem to be regressing not progressing. Complaints of irresponsible behavior, disrespect, and unpredictable, often-explosive emotions seem to be the mantra of many parents of teens. In some cases this could also involve high-risk behaviors such as drinking, drug use and other illegal or morally questionable activities. Although these behavioral changes around adolescence are hard to deal with, new research in brain development suggests they are fairly easy to explain. Continue Reading →
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The young are heated by Nature as drunken men by wine. -- Artistotle
Adults' enduring perplexity about teenagers are captured in quotes by Aristotle and Shakespeare in The New Science of the Teenage Brain, the cover story of the October National Geographic Magazine. The article, by David Dobbs, explains how young people's lives are shaped by the mind-blowing reorganization occurring in the brains of adolescents between the ages of 12-25. The article is fascinating, and it's worth reading the entire piece. It's also a fabulous tool for us to use to get policymakers' attention as to why so many policies and programs like Scared Straight, lock them up, and zero tolerance don't work. Continue Reading →


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Bold Version of Saint-Gaudens' Artistic Vision
These were never coins that could be produced on high-speed production presses, as Mint Engraver Charles Barber ceaselessly pointed out. But to call the 1907 "Wire Rims" such is to overemphasize what is, in reality, a rather minor feature. In fact, most of the MCMVII High Reliefs also feature a wire rim, and they are called as such to distinguish them from the Flat Rim pieces -- yet again, that terminology somewhat misses the point.
Perhaps the 12,367 "High Relief" twenties and the 1907 "Wire Rim" tens should be given an entirely new terminology, one that more accurately encapsulates their departure from the pedestrian, the "atrocious hideousness" that Barber typified. Perhaps the coins should be called "Bold Design" (an acknowledgment not only of their high relief, but the innovative, larger-than-life freshness of their designs).
Even afterward, Charles Barber won the upper hand only through Saint-Gaudens' death in August 1907. Collectors must grudgingly owe Barber a debt of thanks, adapting the respective designs to lower reliefs suited for high-speed Mint production while not entirely enervating their original artistic genius.
Fortunately, collectors who wish to enjoy the original Saint-Gaudens concept as conceived for circulation, untempered by Barber's penchant for artistic mediocrity, have the 1907 "Wire Rim" tens and the "High Relief" twenties to pursue.
This near-Gem example of the Wire Rim ten is a case in point. Any collector interested in bidding should read President Roosevelt's spirited defense of the feathered headdress on Liberty that he made at a memorial service for Saint-Gaudens, as quoted in the first volume of Roger Burdette's Renaissance work, pages 151-2. The bold strike brings out the fresh design to stark advantage, and the obverse shows only the most minor ticks, mostly on the lower neck and at the rim under the date. The reverse shows marks that are grade-defining but not particularly overt, on the eagle's midsection and lower feathers. The eye appeal is uniformly excellent. Census: 74 in 64 (1 in 64+), 65 finer (2/13).
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La Times writer Jevon Phillips pens an article examining the Stephenie Meyer comic soon to be released. The article is available in it's original format at their website here:
'Twilight's' Stephenie Meyer immortalized ... in a comic book
October 9, 2009 | 3:30 pm
Jevon Phillips takes a look at the curious (but market-savvy) decision to make a comic-book biography of Stephenie Meyer, the "Twilight" author. Will this be the bestselling comic book among female readers in 2009? I wouldn't be surprised one bit....-Geoff Boucher
There are only 42 days left until the opening of "The Twilight Saga: New Moon," and Bluewater Comics is taking advantage of anticipatory giddiness by releasing another in its line of biographical comic books, this one dedicated to novelist Stephenie Meyer.
It's a bit of a twist in direction for the company that started by releasing political bios on the likes of Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin. With post-election political fervor waning the company has movied on to Michael Jackson, and now, as part of the company's Female Force line, a double-sized one-shot on Meyer written by Ryan Burton and penciled by Dave MacNeil.
The book itself, with its sparse prose and greater emphasis on dramatic art, will not reveal much to fervent followers of Meyer's work and life. But for others it tells an abbreviated version of her life's story in a fun way -- through the words of a vampire who is very much pleased with the fact that "Twilight" has brought bloodsuckers back into style.
It is interesting, I suppose, to ponder perceived conflicts between Meyer's Mormon background and her success with tales of the supernatural but, of course, anyone who's read the books knows all of it is just a mask for the Team Edward vs. Team Jacob lovefest over Bella. If you're into Stephenie and the "Twilight" wave, you'll probably want to get this book because there could be tidbits you didn't know (i.e. - The first Twilight book was initially called Forks.). Through the good people at Bluewater, we've gotten a sneak peek at it, and here is the panel depicting the dream that led to her creation of this 'tween monster franchise.
The book also includes the history of Forks, Wash., -- the town where her stories take place. The addendum was informative and actually a nice bit of trivia for Twihards: Did you know that the city of Forks was almost destroyed by a fire in 1951? Makes you wonder if a vampire-werewolf skirmish spilled out into the public...or not.
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Who's who in the crisis that has engulfed one of Italy's largest companies? Europe's biggest fraud scandal, with billions of euros unaccounted for, has been compared to the collapse of the US energy giant, Enron. Clear evidence of family controlled company, which was over abused for private goals. European Commission's intervention visualised the importance of company's corporate governance transparency.
So far 29 executives of Parmalat and its banks and auditors have been charged in what is certainly Europe's largest financial scandal ever. Profits have been overstated, fictitious bank accounts with billions of euros were created and perhaps 1bn of investors' money was siphoned off for personal use by Calisto Tanzi (Parmalat's founder) and his friends and family.
For many Europeans, corporate scandals were supposed to be American affairs. It was the American sense of greed that encouraged executives at Enron, Tyco and WorldCom to over-expand, misstate the financial results of the company and blur the line between company money and one's own wallet.
Even when European corporate scandals came in the news, the misdeeds often related to the American activities of a European multinational, as with for example Ahold or Vivendi. These companies were sometimes stressing how much they have become American rather than European, so no wonder they are the ones who are scandalised, the argument went.
Parmalat changed all that. The fraudulent behaviour at Parmalat was so large, so widespread and went on for so long, that you may wonder why it has taken until now to be discovered. Time should tell whether the relative rarity of large corporate scandals in Europe compared to the United States is the result of better corporate governance in Europe or due to the absence of a vigorous prosecution. The fact that Italy has introduced a new law to improve the country's financial markets regulation is a positive step, but also a signal that Parmalat is not an isolated case.
Parmalat also shows that family ownership of a quoted company is a double-edged sword. American research shows that companies with a dominant family ownership perform better than average. However, it is among family controlled companies that the temptation is greatest to use company money for personal goals. Parmalat's chief used to fly his whole family over on a private jet to visit acquisition targets. That is why investors are now wary of complicated holding structures designed to give founding families an influence that is disproportionate to the stake they have left in the company. These opaque structures are still relatively common in Europe and are only now beginning to be simplified. (Still, even professional CEOs like Tyco's Kozlowski can fall for the temptation to use the company chequebook, as he did when he flew friends and associates over to Sardinia for his wife's extravagant birthday party).
There are also distinctly European and American ways of dealing with the consequences of corporate malpractice. Typically, when investors in American companies have lost due to a corporate scandal or fraud, then the investors pay the bill. They are the ones who have been unlucky or unwise enough to make a bad investment. Hopefully other investments will turn out better. In Europe, the instinct of national governments is to jump in to try to save' the company, at the expense of taxpayers and the competitors of the demised company. Fortunately, the European Commission has demonstrated its value in monitoring and sanctioning illegal state aid. This action is critical to show to all investors that they can not get a free ride by investing in companies that engage in risky expansion or who don't play by the rules.
Parmalat was another European company that relied on contacts with banks and government administrations to expand and to hide the truth. However, scandals like Parmalat and a vigilant European Commission are encouraging fund managers to look more at a company's corporate governance than at its government contacts, before placing their money.
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Arthur Sturm is president and CEO of SRK in Chicago, a national marketing solutions firm specializing in healthcare. Mr. Sturm has more than 25 years of experience in advertising and marketing communications. Among the firm's clients are some of the nation's leading hospitals, multihospital systems, managed care companies and pharmaceutical manufacturers. He is currently a columnist for HFM magazine and is the author of several articles on hospital marketing.
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