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[Between 1860 and 1890 there was a slow shift agricultural production. A new era of diversified cropping had arisen.]
Historically accustomed to a diversified crop economy, Germans had little difficulty in adjusting to the changed conditions. Like their neighbors, they tried various alternatives in search of a reliable cash crop until, in the 1880's, they achieved success as dairy farmers. Probably because of the distance to the large markets of Milwaukee and Chicago, Germans seemed to concentrate on the production of cheese rather than milk. Other produce was taken to market in larger towns near the German settlements, two of the most important being Watertown and Milwaukee. Both had open-air markets similar to those in Europe. Milwaukee's Jahrmarkt was situated on North Market and Juneau streets: "Operated by the farmers themselves, it was an array of stalls where every kind of local produce was sold þ grains, seeds, herbs, fish, flowers, butter, and vegetables." The Watertown market, or Der Viemarkt, was a stock fair held on second Tuesday of each month. Leopold Kadisch, a German immigrant, began this institution which became a popular social event as well as a "day of sharp bargains." During the 1850's, stock dealers from Milwaukee and Chicago frequently attended in search of likely animals.
As they slowly but steadily established themselves, Germans continued to attract more of their countrymen to Wisconsin through letters and information transmitted back to Europe. Social pull, then, became an important factor in the immigration process, much like other ethnic groups, Germans concentrated in settlements according to their home provinces and religious backgrounds. Often adjoining townships were dominated by one or another of the German subgroups. Thus a small settlement from Bavaria would exert a selective influence on other emigrating Bavarians who might hear of the community through formal or informal channels. This selective process was what has been termed "chain migration," whereby bonds linking one group to another in the homeland often determined where the newcomer would settle in the New World.
Although local records are inadequate, it is clear that Germans in Wisconsin did tend to cluster together in settlements according to the province from which they had come. In 1889, John S. Roeseler undertook an immigration survey for his master's thesis at the University of Wisconsin. Responses to his lengthy questionnaire indicated the concentration of identifiable German groups in specific Wisconsin townships according to their religious and provincial origins.
The process of acculturation and assimilation is bound up with the consideration of what made Germans in Wisconsin a distinctive group. What features of their native culture survived, what did not, and how quickly did changes take place? One of the basic prerequisites to acculturation was the creation of a "German" identification. Rather than being a Bavarian, a Saxon, a Lipper, or a Prussian, Germans began to assimilate, as one of Roeseler's informants explained, within "the different creeds." German ethnic awareness, then, developed only after they had reached America, a phenomenon that was true of other immigrant groups as well.
Ethnic institutions helped to form a communal Germanic consciousness in Wisconsin. Much of German social life revolved around their numerous musical and athletic societies, free-thinking organizations, horticultural societies, cultural clubs, socialist groups, and religious organizations. A strong German-language press and the informal institution of the beer hall also played key roles in assimilating Germans within their own communities and in making the transition from European to American society easier and pleasanter. Indeed, until 1914 and the dislocations caused by the First World War, one of the most distinctive attributes of the German-American experience was a rich and well-organized social life.
The Turnverein or Turner Society evolved from a German organization which stressed physical and social improvement. Suppressed by Prince Metternich of Austria because of their involvement in liberal politics after 1815, the Turners enjoyed a revival in all American communities containing large numbers of Germans. Its program consisted of athletics and gymnastics, combined with discussions of current political and social theories in an atmosphere of conviviality. Milwaukee had a particularly active Turner Society after 1850, and Turner halls were common in many other towns as well.
Free-thinking societies were often associated with the Turners, especially in the period before 1870. Free Thinkers, or Freie Gemeinden, opposed the religious authoritarianism of both Protestant and Catholic churches, upholding doctrines of rationalism, science, and humanism while contributing significantly to the growth of religious and social liberalism. Congregations of Free Thinkers were widespread in pioneer Wisconsin. In 1852, for instance, there were thirty-one free-thinking congregations, mostly in small towns near German settlements in the eastern part of the state. Other more radical or socialist German groups associated with the Free Thinkers and at times participated with the Turners in community events. In 1876 the Milwaukee German Union of Radicals, for example, called upon "lovers of Free Thinking" to join them in "the name of freedom, justice, and the general welfare." On another occasion radicals joined Free Thinkers and Turners in celebrating Thomas Paine's birthday. Socialist meetings often took place in Turner halls while German workers formed Reading and Culture Clubs "to improve their education and knowledge through . . . the exchange of opinions in the field of social reforms."
Germans also associated with each other in such institutions as the Odd Fellows and the Hain der Druiden Lodge. A Horticultural Society, or Garten-Verein, became popular in Milwaukee early in the 1850's. Musical societies were extremely popular and existed in both urban and rural German communities. Singing groups such as the Liederkranz brought German communities a degree of culture not found elsewhere. So popular and influential were these Musik-Vereine in Milwaukee that the city became renowned as the center of the fine arts in the Middle West. Not only did these various groups provide outlets for social mingling, but they also served as vehicles for keeping the German language actively in use.
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The booklet, "Germans in Wisconsin" by Richard H. Zeitlin, 30 p., may be purchased from the State Historical Society for $3.95.


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Cape Town - Western Cape government is proposing legislation compelling parents to transport children in proper "kiddie seats" – as in the UK and Australia – in a bid to end "senseless" child deaths on the road.
While no upper age limit has been proposed, it is likely the legislation would affect children too small to wear adult seatbelts safely.
The provincial Road Traffic Management co-ordinating committee has agreed to table a proposal for the legislation and it is expected to be welcomed nationally.
Last year, a total of 191 children up to the age of 19 were killed on Western Cape roads, down from 275 in 2009. Of the total, 127 were pedestrians and 47 were vehicle passengers. The rest were drivers over 18, cyclists, and a small number of unknowns.
Of the passengers under 10, a full 58.3 percent were found outside their vehicles at the death sites, having been flung out.
Hector Eliott, chief director of the Western Cape's Safely Home campaign and Road Safety Co-Ordination, said:
"Children aged up to 9 cannot possibly be expected to be responsible for buckling themselves in. Children who are properly buckled into an age-appropriate child seat will not be ejected from the vehicle in a collision."
"We are still working on data prior to 2013, but can confidently state that the majority of small child passengers dying on our roads – at very least 60 percent – are not being properly buckled up.
"It is widely accepted that an age-appropriate child seat or seatbelt doubles the chance of survival in a crash, so it is possible to say that at least half of the child passengers killed on the roads could have survived had they been properly restrained.
"In the Western Cape, this represents at least two children saved a month."
These stark facts have prompted the provincial Road Traffic Management co-ordinating committee's legislation working group to agree to table a proposal that would see the legislation include a "child car seat schedule", like those adopted by countries such as Australia and the UK, and soon China as well.
The working group includes the National Prosecuting Authority and technical, legal and law enforcement representatives. The schedule would include compulsory rear-facing baby seats, and booster seats for older children who are too small to use an adult seatbelt.
Eliott said: "The current National Road Traffic Act is inadequate to protect children, and would not withstand a court challenge made in terms of South Africa's international, constitutional and legal obligations to further the rights of children."
The proposed new schedule will include far tougher penalties if a child is not secured correctly. The proposal will also include additional prosecution and penalties if various offences were committed while transporting children. This would include driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs, excessive speeding, or other recklessness.
Eliott said legislation at the provincial level was possible, but would face substantial challenges, and that the proposal was aimed at national level, specifically the National Road Traffic Act.
Currently, all backseat passengers are already obliged to wear a seatbelt, but the law is strangely silent on babies and children up to three.
A senior national traffic source confirmed yesterday that they were also hoping to introduce new laws, and would be receptive to a Western Cape proposal.
In March 2012, former Transport MEC Robin Carlisle announced plans to criminally charge motorists who refused to buckle up their children while on the road.
This came after Jacob Humphreys was jailed for 20 years after 10 children died in his minibus taxi – paving the way for prosecutors to get tough on errant motorists. Humphreys ignored a barrier at a level-crossing, colliding with an oncoming train.
The Cape Argus reported that in 80 percent of car-crash cases treated at the Red Cross Children's Hospital the children were not wearing seatbelts. Now the proposed new legislation goes further – not only obliging parents to buckle up their kids, but to use proper, appropriately-sized seats.
Asked about public transport, Eliott said: "Large, intercity public transport vehicles are relatively safe, even where seatbelts are not available, such as buses as provided by MyCiTi or Golden Arrow. This is because these vehicles reflect all the forces at play in a collision on to smaller vehicles, and they are rarely in situations where they will roll. This is not the same for intercity buses which travel at high speeds.
"In these, and in smaller public transport vehicles such as minibus taxis, amaphela (sedan) taxis and and metered taxis, parents are advised that children should be buckled into an age-appropriate child seat at all times."
Professor Sebastian van As, head of the trauma unit at the Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, and chair of Childsafe SA, wrote in the Cape Argus yesterday: "The scale of road trauma for children in South Africa is truly staggering. Just under 3 000 children were killed on South Africa's roads in 2009, according to the Medical Research Council. Children are victims of road crashes far more often than they are of homicide.
"Children aged up to 14 are more than three times more likely to die in a car crash than be the victim of deadly violence."
The Medical Research Council tells us that in 2009, 572 children aged up to 14 were murdered, compared to 1 789 who died senselessly on our roads. While a large majority of these dead children were pedestrians, the prevalence of child passenger deaths is truly staggering… it is blatantly apparent that many of these children would still be alive if their parents or guardians had taken basic safety precautions."
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Gary Kirsten - Determined batsman, astute coach
Former South Africa opening batsman Gary Kirsten was born on
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A major change to Petaluma's smoking ordinance that includes a ban on smoking in all apartment and condominium complexes, as well as many outdoor and public areas, is set to come before the City Council Monday.
The proposed expansion of the current smoking regulations stems from a 2012 City Council goal to update the law, which hasn't changed since 2009. The ordinance currently prohibits smoking at all city-owned parks, common areas of multi-family residences — such as shared laundry rooms — and requires that all hotels and motels offer at least 50 percent non-smoking rooms.
Under the new ordinance, drafted by Lt. Dave Sears of the Petaluma Police Department, with input from community members, nonprofits and apartment complex managers, smoking would be banned in the following venues: outdoor dining areas, entryways, public events, parking lots for city recreation areas, covered service areas like bus stops and ATMs, sidewalks in business areas and within 20 feet of worksites. In addition, all multi-unit housing would need to become completely smoke-free within one year of adoption of the ordinance.
Hotels and motels in Petaluma would also face tighter smoking restrictions, with all establishments required to offer 80 percent nonsmoking rooms, though Sears said that his research has shown every hotel and motel in the city already complies with such standards.
"This ordinance is looking at secondhand smoke and trying to reduce or limit the exposure for nonsmokers," said Sears.
Modeled after smoking ordinance updates passed in Petaluma's neighboring cities, such as Healdsburg, Santa Rosa, Sebastopol, Rohnert Park and San Rafael, the new laws would reflect the surgeon general's warning that no safe level of secondhand smoke exposure exists. According to Pam Granger, North Coast tobacco program manager for the American Lung Association, these changes to Petaluma's ordinance would "catch the city up" to its nearby counterparts.
"We met with Lt. Sears back in May and explained to him what the trends in Sonoma County have been for updating these policies," said Granger. "We discussed the importance of (having regulations in) multi-unit housing complexes and public areas. We're very pleased with the ordinance that is moving forward."
Community members have also voiced approval of the new ordinance. In June, Susan Gilbert, a cancer survivor and frequent Petaluma bus rider, expressed displeasure over her exposure to secondhand smoke inside a transit bus shelter along the number 11 route when a fellow rider refused to smoke outside the shelter one rainy afternoon. After Gilbert attended transit meetings and voiced her concerns, the Transit Authority Board began exploring options to ban smoking at bus stops. Transit Manager Joseph Rye said the board found it would be easiest to piggyback on the city's updated smoking ordinance.
"Since the police would be enforcing the new laws, we had them take point on the ordinance changes and are pleased to be added to the list of open areas that would ban smoking," said Rye.
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The topic of climate change is compelling governments, companies, and citizens worldwide to act. We've responded to climate change by setting and making progress toward aggressive targets for improved energy efficiency and reduced GHG emissions. These efforts improve our environmental performance and decrease energy use, which represents one of the most substantial operational costs for our research, manufacturing, and distribution activities. Recognizing the connection between GHG emissions and water use, we have also conducted evaluations of water-stressed areas where we operate.
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Energy assessments are central to our approach. Since 2006, we have conducted 30 energy assessments at our most energy-intensive sites. These findings have contributed to approximately $137 million in cumulative cost avoidance36 from 2007 to 2012, while helping us to avoid more than 800,000 metric tonnes CO2e of GHG emissions during that same time period. Additionally, Lilly has implemented several global strategic initiatives to support these efforts, such as energy submetering to enable monitoring and benchmarking of facilities and utility equipment, use of the Laboratory Energy Efficiency Profiler assessment tool, and retrocommisioning37 of laboratory and administrative facilities.
At three facilities, we generate electric power using photovoltaic arrays. At a fourth Lilly site, we have entered into an agreement to purchase solar power from a third-party provider that is constructing a nearly 10-MW array adjacent to our facility. We continue to use renewable energy to diversify our energy sources and decrease GHG emissions globally, using direct generation as well as direct and indirect purchases of renewable energy from local utilities. Cogeneration, which involves using an on-site engine to generate electricity while also recovering usable heat from the process to improve overall energy efficiency, is another important part of our approach. We currently feature three sites with 10-MW, 4.3-MW, and 2.4-MW cogeneration units in operation.
In 2012, Lilly's energy use totaled 10,900,000 million BTUs, almost 1 percent more than 2011 (see graph). Since 2007, our energy intensity per square foot of facility space has improved by nearly 18 percent, exceeding the company's goal of a 15 percent reduction by 2013.38 These changes were due primarily to increased awareness of our energy goal and implementation of energy conservation measures identified through energy assessments, including improvements in boiler efficiency, chiller optimization, HVAC system enhancement, addition of laboratory fume hoods, and many others.
During 2012, the company's Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions equaled 1,580,000 metric tonnes CO2e, less than 1 percent reater than in 2011. Lilly's GHG emissions intensity improved by almost 17 percent compared with 2007, surpassing the company's goal of a 15 percent improvement by 2013.39 The decrease in Scope and Scope 2 GHG emissions between 2007 and 2012 is equivalent to the annual emissions of about 54,000 passenger vehicles.40
This year, we again reported several categories of Scope 3 GHG emissions. We are committed to continually expanding the scope and quality of our disclosure in this area. To support these efforts, we have initiated a project to gather energy and GHG data from our key suppliers to more effectively assess our Scope 3 emissions and overall carbon footprint.
Lilly's 2013 CDP climate change disclosure score increased to 86, compared to the average score of 82 in the healthcare sector and our company's score of 65 in 2012. Our performance band also improved, from C to B. See Lilly's recent CDP climate change submission for additional detail about the company's approach and performance in this area.
Water remains an important issue for Lilly. Predicted future regional water scarcity, increased costs, and climatic changes have only strengthened our commitment to use water wisely.
Manufacturing operations represent a majority of the water consumed by Lilly. In our operations that produce injectable products, we require exceptionally high-quality water. In our utility operations, we use substantial amounts of water for cooling and to support steam boilers. Some sites have updated to waterless cooling systems, and others have installed technology that reclaims water for this purpose. To a lesser extent, we consume water for domestic uses in our offices (such as cafeterias, bathrooms, and landscaping). Our Engineering Technical Center helps our sites to identify water-saving technologies. Additionally, capital is available to sites through Lilly's Energy, Waste, Water, and Natural Resource Use Reduction Fund.
In 2012 and 2013, we used the World Business Council for Sustainable Development's Global Water Tool© and the United Nations Environment Programme's Vital Water Graphics tool to evaluate water stress-related risks to our internal and externally sourced operations. Using business-interruption criteria, we estimated potential financial impacts for each type of risk and assessed whether it is significant to the company.
We evaluated more than 100 contract manufacturing sites to determine business risk related to potential extended droughts. This analysis covered a range of operations, from bulk active ingredient production sites that require the largest amounts of water to packaging sites that consume the least. Through this assessment, we determined that extended periods of drought should not significantly impact our business. We use inventory management practices to mitigate these types of risks, and each of our facilities creates a local business-continuity plan that considers many possible sources of business interruption, including water availability.
Learn more in Lilly's 2013 CDP water submission.
In 2012, Lilly's water intake42 was 12.4 billion liters, a greater than 9 percent decrease from 2011 and a nearly 37 percent reduction since 2007 (see graph below). Major contributing factors to the 2012 reduction included implementation of a product-recovery process at one of our bulk production sites as well as pumping improvements at another bulk production location. An extended heat period that caused water shortages at some sites in North America during the last two years also motivated more efficient water use.
Lilly has begun capturing 90 percent of the rainwater that falls on its headquarters site in Indianapolis, Indiana. By retaining water on site and letting it seep slowly into the ground, we have reduced the facility's storm water impact by 45 million liters annually, which reduces the potential for pollution and damage to waterways. We accomplished this through techniques such as directing storm water to underground pipes that allow the water to naturally infiltrate into the soil instead of entering the city sewer system. We have also implemented vegetation-assisted bioretention areas and captured water for use on site in systems designed for non-potable water uses. Watch this video to learn more.
Lilly uses the following hierarchy to manage waste:
Due to increases in production, total waste generation rose by nearly 15 percent from 2011 to 2012, to 278,000 metric tonnes (see graph).
Specifically, the difference related to increases in fermentation waste and a sizable amount of concrete and soil waste associated with construction at one site, much of which was reused. Between 2007 and 2012, however, total waste generation decreased by nearly 27 percent. The reduction is equivalent to the amount of waste that would fill about 10,000 garbage trucks.43 During 2012, Lilly sent 12,300 metric tonnes of waste to landfill, up from 10,900 metric tonnes in 2011, but approximately 62 percent less than in 2007 (see graph).44 During the year, 11 Lilly sites globally reported "zero-landfill" status (indicating that they send less than 0.5 percent of generated waste to landfill).
See a summary of total waste generation and disposition in the Waste Generation graph and text.
During 2010, total waste at Lilly was managed in the following ways:
See case studies of waste reduction and recycling in our 2012/2013 Corporate Responsibility Report .
Since 2000, Lilly has assisted Indiana's schools while promoting reuse during our annual "Teachers Day." In 2013, teachers from 70 schools around the state "shopped" from about 150 pallets containing more than 20 metric tonnes of free lab equipment and office supplies to use in their classrooms. The total estimated value of items donated was $100,000. This event helps reduce our waste sent to landfills, while also providing much-needed assistance to help schools stretch budgets and enable teachers to advance science in their classrooms.
Watch this video to learn more.
Lilly continues to expand its green procurement efforts to decrease the company's environmental impacts and support markets for green products. Office supplies remain an area of focus. We offer online purchasing tools globally that inform employees who order office supplies if items with recycled content are available. In 2012, Lilly purchased more than 1,900 different office supply products that contained recycled material. During the year, an estimated 24 percent of the office supplies Lilly purchased by volume in the state of Indiana qualified as "green" compared to 13 percent in 2009.45 We expanded our green procurement program to cover areas such as product transport, manufacturing, and research. In 2012, we transitioned our approach to shipping products related to clinical trials requiring refrigeration from one-way shipping containers to reusable packaging that provides better thermal protection, is easier to pack, and reduces the number of containers. These enhancements reduce environmental impacts while decreasing costs to ship products to clinics.
Lilly tracks emissions of compounds that can affect air quality. Currently, the company's most significant air emissions, other than greenhouse gases, include volatile organic compounds (VOCs) as well as sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) resulting from the combustion of natural gas, oil, and coal.
Between 2007 and 2012, our total air emissions (not including GHGs) decreased by nearly 54 percent, largely driven by changes in manufacturing processes. Emissions decreased in all categories except VOCs, which rose due to increased production rates. Reductions in SO2 and NOx emissions were driven by the divestiture of Tippecanoe Laboratories in 2009, as well as energy efficiency improvements and changes to the company's fuel mix during the period.
Lilly has a long history of working collaboratively to protect habitat and reduce the impact of our operations on ecosystems. We pursue a decentralized approach, recognizing that biodiversity challenges and opportunities vary based on location, and we engage in conservation projects and habitat enhancements at many sites worldwide. We also support conservation efforts in the communities where our facilities are located. Examples include the following:
Walking paths in the education area of the site.
Great blue heron and egrets flying over the wetland habitat.
Lilly's policy is to comply with applicable health, safety, and environment regulations wherever we do business. Where existing laws and regulations are inadequate, Lilly applies its standards consistent with this policy. We believe compliance is fundamental to maintaining our facilities' "right-to-operate" in their local communities. If it is determined that we are out-of-compliance, we work to remedy the situation as quickly as possible and to continuously improve our performance. Using environmental capability assessments, we apply statistical process-control techniques to drive our key environmental compliance-related processes to be in control, compliant, and continuously improving. We routinely assess nearly 50 environmental processes and use the results to improve our control strategies. Reportable permit-limit exceedances decreased from 43 in 2007 to eight in 2012, an 81 percent reduction that equals the lowest level ever reported by the company. Of the exceedances in 2012, six were related to water, and two were related to air.
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Remember how we were taught to spell when we were students? Many of us were simply handed a list of words and told to write each word five times. We then had our Friday spelling test, after which we may have forgotten those very words.
Remember how we were taught to decipher new words we encountered when reading? I can still hear my teachers saying, "Just sound it out!"
Of course, we were also taught some reading and spelling rules such as, "When two vowels go walking, the first one does the talking." But did you know that this rule, like many others that we were taught, holds true less than fifty percent of the time? (Clymer, 1996) Not only do these precepts lack reliability, but the teaching of rules is not really the best way to help our students learn. We learn best by active involvement and practice with the task at hand, which allow us to see word and letter patterns for ourselves. Research suggests that the brain is a pattern detector, rather than an applier of rules (Cunningham, 2004). If our brains are indeed "pattern detectors," then we should provide our students with plenty of opportunity to investigate and organize those patterns.
Fortunately, we are now seeing dramatic and exciting changes in the teaching of spelling and word recognition. The field of "word study" provides students an opportunity to manipulate words (and parts of words) in meaningful and enjoyable activities and games. Reading ability can develop dramatically as word study lessons develop experience with:
- Letters and their corresponding sounds.
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- Patterns of how words are spelled, such as word families.
- How parts of words often will give hints to the meaning of a word, as well as its spelling or pronunciation.
Word study activities call for active problem solving. Students are encouraged to look for spelling patterns, form hypotheses, predict outcomes, and test them. These activities require students to continually ask themselves, "What do I know about this new word, and how is it similar to words that I already know?"
My students love working with words, and frequently ask for more "word games." Fortunately, the Internet is a wonderful source of excellent activities that build skills in spelling, vocabulary, and word recognition.
See our Word Study Activities that will help your students have fun as they learn to read, write, and spell.
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Head Start students learned about the value of having healthy teeth as well as ways to care for their teeth Friday with a visit from Dr. Kelton McClinton and staff.
The visit was part of the annual "Give Kids a Smile" program sponsored by the American Dental Association and in conjunction with Children's Dental Health Month.
McClinton told children about the importance of fighting "cavity bugs" if they want to keep their smile and, more important, be able to eat properly. Using a model, he demonstrated the proper ways to brush the outside, inside and tops and bottoms of teeth, but said they can't get rid of all the cavity bugs themselves and need to have a dentist clean their teeth periodically. "It's important to brush every morning but its even more important to brush before going to bed," he said.
This is the 12th year for the Give Kids a Smile program, which provides free oral health services to children and adolescents from underserved families throughout this year. Each year, approximately 450,000 children benefit from more than 1,500 events and the staff Friday left dental care kits for the students.
According to the ADA, "Give Kids A Smile" has become the world's largest oral health charitable program and an ADA access-to-care endeavor designed to encourage parents, health professionals and policymakers to address the year-round need for oral health care for all children.
"With the recent implementation of the Affordable Care Act, healthcare is on everyone's mind. There is more to be done to help alleviate the silent epidemic of tooth decay," said ADA President Charles H. Norman, D.D.S.
The ADA's Health Policy Resources Center estimates that about 8.7 million children are expected to gain some form of dental benefit from the Affordable Care Act, which will reduce by approximately 55 percent the number of children without dental benefits.
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- Primary teeth typically begin to appear when a baby is between age six months and one year.
- Primary teeth help children chew and speak.
- Primary teeth hold space in the jaws for permanent teeth that are developing under the gums.
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- A dental visit at an early age is a "well baby checkup" for the teeth.
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I will slow cook the meat, but I don't want my vegetables tasting the same as the meat, so I will cook them separate. I have a pressure cooker that I cook pot roast/ pork roast in.. Lv it only takes 40 mins and the meat n vegs are always tender.
We mainly use it in the winter but do some in the summer so we arent heating up the house. usually roast,pot and carrots or some kind of stew. I got picky eaters in my house so there isnt a whole lot of awesome home cooked meals i can make
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Brown remarked that "I always said I don't know why they put women in the UFC. Now I know why. If I'm (going) to pay $60 for a pay-per-view to watch women fight, they should at least be topless. How many knockouts do you see in women's fights?"
The UFC released a statement on the matter:
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The Brown podcast has since been removed from the internet. The fighter is currently rehabbing from a back injury that knocked him out of a planned December fight with Carlos Condit.
Brown (18-11) has won six straight inside the Octagon, including five finishes, to position himself as a potential title-contender.
- Daniel Cormier has made it known he wants nothing more than a crack at the UFC light heavyweight title, something he will inch closer to with a win over Rashad Evans next month.
Cormier, a former Olympic wrestler, will meet Evans in the co-main event of UFC 170 on February 22. It marks his debut at 205 pounds after going 13-0 at heavyweight.
In Evans, a former champion, "DC" sees a more difficult fight than a potential one vs. the man currently holding UFC gold - Jon Jones.
"I think Rashad is actually a little more difficult to take down for me than it would be for a guy with longer limbs," said Cormier, during a recent media event (thanks to MMAjunkie.com for the quotes). "I think it works to my advantage. Rashad, he's a more dynamic type of fighter in terms of one-punch knockout power. He has more than Jones does.
"Jon is great, but he works at his pace, he fights at his pace. I don't know know if he's ever put anybody out on their feet. He gets on top and kind of pounds guys out. That's one tool that actually goes out the window against me because he can't score a takedown."
Cormier might be right Jones in terms of finishing power on his feet, but "Bones" has choked out the likes of Lyoto Machida while standing.
Evans (19-3-1) owns 14 career UFC victories, including two straight since back-to-back defeats vs. Jones and Antonio Rogerio Nogueira.
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Electrical Conductivity Studies on Individual Conjugated Polymer Nanowires: Two-Probe and Four-Probe Results
1 College of Physics Science, Qingdao University, 266071, Qingdao, China
2 Institut des Matériaux Jean Rouxel, CNRS, Université de Nantes, 44322, Nantes, France
3 Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100190, Beijing, China
4 Australian Key Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia
Nanoscale Research Letters 2009, 5:237-242 doi:10.1007/s11671-009-9471-yPublished: 13 November 2009
Two- and four-probe electrical measurements on individual conjugated polymer nanowires with different diameters ranging from 20 to 190 nm have been performed to study their conductivity and nanocontact resistance. The two-probe results reveal that all the measured polymer nanowires with different diameters are semiconducting. However, the four-probe results show that the measured polymer nanowires with diameters of 190, 95–100, 35–40 and 20–25 nm are lying in the insulating, critical, metallic and insulting regimes of metal–insulator transition, respectively. The 35–40 nm nanowire displays a metal–insulator transition at around 35 K. In addition, it was found that the nanocontact resistance is in the magnitude of 104Ω at room temperature, which is comparable to the intrinsic resistance of the nanowires. These results demonstrate that four-probe electrical measurement is necessary to explore the intrinsic electronic transport properties of isolated nanowires, especially in the case of metallic nanowires, because the metallic nature of the measured nanowires may be coved by the nanocontact resistance that cannot be excluded by a two-probe technique.


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The morning group participates in the Jose Cerda Swim Clinic.
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One hundred swimmers from schools and clubs in the area participated in the third Memorial Swim Clinic in honor of José Cerdá, which took place recently at the pool of the Mason Community Cente.
Cerdá was a Sycamore High School senior who died Oct. 26, 2010, his 18th birthday, during a swim practice with the Cincinnati Marlins. The Clinic gathered six world-class swimmers with ties to the area. These were:
? Josh Schneider, the 50-yard freestyle 2010 NCAA Champion and USA Swimming National Team member aspiring to attend the Rio 2016 Olympic Games
? Dan Ketchum, 2004 Olympic gold medalist
? Emily Brunemann, four-time FINA World Cup 10K Open Water champion
? Scott Usher, 2004 Olympian and men's swimming assistant coach at Miami University.
? April Kerley, silver medalist at the 2006 IPC Swimming World Championships aspiring to attend 2016 Paralympian games.
? David Mosko, 200 butterfly semifinalist at the 2008 and 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials
These athletes were joined in their support to the swimming community by top coaches such as Chris Wolford, Cincinnati Marlins head coach and mastermind of this event; Dr. Dan Carl, program director of health sciences at the University of Cincinnati and Cincinnati Marlins coach, and Todd Billhimer, Mason Manta Rays coach who, as host of this clinic, was instrumental to its success.
Also returning to the event were Bill Dorenkott, head coach of the women's swim team for the Ohio State University; Monty Hopkins, head coach of the men's and women's swimming teams at the University of Cincinnati; and Brent MacDonald, Xavier University head swimming coach.
The José Cerdá Swim Clinic is designed to help pre-college swimmers reach the next level of competition in a combined setting of water instruction and classroom presentations. "Point Zero One" is a key signature of this clinic, as this was the time by which José missed his sectional cut in the 100 meter backstroke.
Despite this, José stayed motivated pushing himself and did not let 0.01 second, the smallest margin possible, get in the way of achieving his swimming goals.
This swim clinic is one of the annual events sponsored by the José Cerdá Aquatic Foundation, which was established to benefit swimming and water polo teams by improving the competitiveness of their athletes and fostering unity across teams. This mission was inspired by José's strong-desire for self-improvement and that of fellow athletes, great camaraderie and his practice of giving selflessly to others.
JCAF thanks the many contributors, such as USA Swimming, who make events like this possible as well as the generous donations from many supporters. JCAF is a tax-exempt non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. Contributions can be mailed to: José Cerdá Aquatic Foundation P.O. Box 12918 Cincinnati, OH 45212 or made on the Foundation's section of the website: http://www.jcafoundation.org


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These were great! Made them gluten free and they were super easy and tasty. Will make again for sure!
Quick and easy. Taste pretty good too.
So light and fluffy, this recipe is a keeper.
Loved it! Used vegetable oil instead of butter, brown sugar instead of caster sugar and added 100 grams of grated chocolate! Instant chocolate orange muffins with a twist!
Loved these cakes/muffins! I made them in my muffin tin, and inserted a piece of white chocolate in half of the crude muffins and dark chocolate in other half. The result was a creamy white/black chocolate filling in the center of the muffin. I loved the crunchy top and intense orange flavour as well. The almond meal totally makes it. A super easy and really tasty recipe. Give it a go!
Yummmmmm :)
I am currently doing FODMAPs so used rice flour instead of SR Flour, however forgot to add baking powder. They are quite dense but tasted great.
Delicious! Super moist and light.
Tasty and easy to make
Tasty. Next time I'll use less sugar. Actually the sugar tasted a bit crunchy. Used 2 oranges for the rind- definitely recommend this. I cooked them at the stated temperature but for a little bit too long as they cracked a bit on top. My oven is not that great though.
Postscript: Actually my muffins cracked just like the ones in the photo, so now I don't feel so bad. The cracking was covered up by a liberal dose of icing sugar on top. If stored in the fridge, the icing sugar remained intact and visible. But the muffins that were not in the fridge, their icing sugar sort of melted into the cake so you couldn't see it. Now I have about 20 muffins to get through; luckily they are nice ones!
Good news! I entered these in a cake competition and came third.
Made this recipe because I had oranges and ground almonds and not much time. They were delicious, my husband rated them 6 out of five and a definite do again. Super easy!
Easy to make but lacking in flavour and a bit dry. Really needs more orange to it. I ended up making a orange syrup to pour over it ... but still a bit boring.
Yummo! Similar to a friand (not quite as moist) but easier and no leftover egg yolks. Did put in zest from 2 oranges, as others suggested - I think they needed it too. Like friands even nicer the next day. Will definately make again.
Very forgiving recipe! I only had half the required almond meal so I made another 25gm from blanched almonds then added 1/2cup of desc coconut. I added a second juice and zest as suggested. After all that they were very nice!
Delicious! Used juice of 1 and a half oranges as suggested by someone else and result was perfect. Found the cake cups as in the pic at House and they work brilliantly with no need for special pan - they are self standing and don't need extra support, just put a dozen in a rectangle on a flat oven tray. Great plain but think would also work well with a swirl of orange icing.
they were easy to make and came out really nice, but really lack in orange flavour so that was dissapointing. Think it definitely needs two oranges.
Super easy to make. I just used oranges from our tree. I used zest from 2 oranges and juice from 1.5 oranges. Beautiful and moist. Lovely flavour. Will definitely be adding this to my favourites.
our aged care course had ended last monday, so, as a farewell party for all of us, our teacher told us to bring some savory food/finger food,(whatever you may call them). anyway, made 2 lots of mixture for this recipe as somebody gave us oranges....well, tell you what? it was a hit! & everyone was askin' for the recipe & recommended your site! 2 thumbs up! will def make again & again... c;
I made this as a loaf instead of individual cakes and it was very nice. I added raspberries to the mix before it went in the oven and sprinkled slivered almonds on top. It needed more time in the oven (about 50mins) but it was lovely. I think the raspberry flavour has overpowered the orange though so next time I think I'll leave them out. I followed the advice of other users and added and extra orange (in juice and rind) as well.
WOW this was very easy! I dident have any oranges so i used one lemon in stead and it still came out really good! so is perfect for such an easy recipe. texture was beautiful! i also used normal sugar since i dident have caster and used one cup, since i was using lemon juice instead of orange. i think a orange buter cream or creamscheese icing will go with it greatlyy! ALSO lol, i used a loaf pan instead of individuals cakes,
I thought they didn't have enough orange flavour in them and didn't find them overly moist. I think a dollup of orange flavoured icing would have improved them.
These are absolutely BEAUTIFUL!!!!!! They taste so moist but are quite dense (becuase of the almond meal) Will DEFINITELY make again!!!!
Quick & Easy.. Taste amazing.
I only had 100gms butter, used 2 orange zests and 1.5 oranges for juice. Used brown sugar (Iess than stated-think it does need the full amount), and wholemeal selfraising flour. They turned out really good-next time I'll use amount of sugar recipe states. To stop the cakes sticking I sprayed tins with olive oil and lightly sprinkled with flour.
This was super easy and really delicious and moist. I made them in a friand tin and despite greasing some still stuck. Any ideas on how to prevent this? Otherwise, sensational.
It was really moist, but too almondy and nutty to my taste and this is coming from someone who loves a friand. I think the orange flavour could be stronger too.
delicious!!! very tasty everyone loved them..
I have made these 3 times - so easy and delicious
Made these for morning tea with friends, they all loved it. Very yummy...
Really moist and simple to make!
Very like a friand without the leftover egg yolk problem. They lasted half an hour in my house. Delicious.
These cakes were very similar to friands, very dense and moist, easy to put together, they didn't last long, will be making them again. thanks for the recipe.
This was a delicious, quick and easy recipe, with ingredients that you'll most likely have in your kitchen. I didn't have any paper cups for the muffin tin - so after the first batch all stuck to my muffin tin, I put the rest of the batter into a slice tin with some baking paper, and it made a delightful slice instead!!!!
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- Question: Anyone know where to get almond meal cheaper? I love this ingredient but generally have to pay over $6 for 200g - makes it a bit pricey for everyday.
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- Question: I love the paper cases and the shape of these cakes, 1/2 cup muffin pans do not turn out this shape for me, do you use a special pan
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Nearby businesses can't escape effects as PNC tower goes up in Downtown Pittsburgh
As a $400 million project to build PNC Financial Services Group's new corporate headquarters nears the midpoint, surrounding business owners are anxiously awaiting completion of Downtown's biggest skyscraper in more than a quarter-century.
Some look forward to an anticipated boost in business. Others long for their misery to end.
"It's tough to complain about progress, but this project has definitely been a struggle for us," said Rob Kania, owner of Metropolitan Preschool & Nursery, which runs a Fifth Avenue facility in the shadow of the project.
Most agree The Tower at PNC Plaza will become a jewel in the city's skyline. PNC hopes it will be the world's most environmentally friendly office building.
"In the long run, it will be great for Pittsburgh. And if it's good for Pittsburgh, I'm all for it," said John Vazquez, owner of Steelers Country, which sells Steelers, Pirates and Penguins merchandise out of a Forbes Avenue storefront.
PNC, which declined to comment, expects to complete work in summer 2015.
A PNC-run website dedicated to the project said the 33-story building is 42 percent done. The steel tower structure is 85 percent finished, with completion of that part of the work expected this summer. Contractors have completed about one-fifth of the building's interior work, which began in April.
The tower will be the tallest building raised Downtown since the 31-story Fifth Avenue Place went up in 1988 at the end of the Golden Triangle's 1980s building boom. Five other towers, ranging from 27 stories to 54, sprang up that decade.
It also will increase PNC's Downtown footprint, which includes the 30-story One PNC Plaza, 34-story Two PNC Plaza, 23-story Three PNC Plaza and five-story PNC Firstside Center on First Avenue.
"It's amazing for the neighborhood. We're extremely excited to be across the street," said Casey Henderlong, managing partner of the upscale Capital Grille on Fifth Avenue.
Kania, of Metropolitan Preschool & Nursery, recognizes the project's positive economic impact, citing the boost in construction jobs. PNC says construction will employ about 2,500 people during the course of the project, with 500 at peak times.
But Kania can't ignore the impact the project has had on his business. The Fifth Avenue facility's enrollment of 90 is down 25 percent since the project began two years ago, Kania said. Parking problems and occasional road closures made dropping off and picking up children too difficult for some parents.
"We expect enrollment to rebound when the project is done," Kania said.
Charles Lee, owner of The Headgear, a hat store on Forbes Avenue, said the project has slowed business and forced dust and incessant construction noise into his store. He says a contractor's error once knocked out the store's phone service for three days, a problem other business owners recounted.
Lee worries about work to replace the sidewalk in front of his store, which he has been told will start in August.
"No one from PNC has come by, sent a letter or called on the phone to say they're sorry for any inconvenience — and I even use one of their merchant services systems," Lee said, pointing to a credit card processing machine on a shelf behind the counter. "They're not worried about the little guy."
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"It just started picking up like crazy the last few months," Rahimzadeh said, estimating up to 60 construction workers eat at the restaurant daily and make up for customers lost when a bus stop across the street closed because of the project.
PNC says The Tower will house about 2,200 employees.
"If I can get 10 percent of that, I don't know if I can handle it," Rahimzadeh said.
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[1]There are parodies and then there are perfect parodies, and this spoof TV ad from comedian Owen Weber falls into that latter category.
Just about every ad for a pickup these days splices video of brand new trucks splashing through mud, towing a giant load up a mountain, or, amazingly, being loaded full of dirt with an excavator. Over top, you just about always hear a very serious voiceover of all the very serious work these trucks can do.
And while automakers are certainly aiming to impress a a particular demographic, namely farmers and contractors, let's be honest. Most of the people who buy pickups today never use them for hauling bails of hay or heaps of gravel. The most common work pickups probably see is on moving day. So, using a raspy drawl, Weber delivers a hilarious and extremely honest list of mundane moving activities and impressive features like "Turbo Diesel Powered Towin'" against the typical cool video of a Ram pickup splashing and haulin' and it is hilarious. Be sure to watch the video below.
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Rutgers wide receiver John Tsimis, shown during practice last summer, is among of trio of wide receivers at spring practice preparing for the upcoming season.
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