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Treatment Options for Children With Undescended Testicles
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- Is This Information Right for Me?
- Understanding Your Child's Condition
- Understanding Your Options
- Making a Decision
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Is This Information Right for Me?
If you meet all of the following, this information is for you:
- Your child's doctor* has told you that your child has an undescended testicle or testicles. This happens when one or both testicles do not drop down into the scrotum before birth. This condition is called "cryptorchidism" (pronounced crip-TOR-kid-iz-um).
- You want to know what researchers have found about treatment options for undescended testicles.
- Your child has not yet gone through puberty. The information in this summary is from research on boys before puberty.
What will this summary cover?
This summary will cover:
- What it means to have undescended testicles
- Treatment options for children with undescended testicles
- What researchers have found about how well the treatments work
- Possible side effects of the treatments
This summary can help you talk with your child's doctor about what treatment might be right for your child.
* In this summary, the term "doctor" refers to your child's health care professional, including your child's pediatrician, pediatric urologist (a doctor who treats children with conditions of the genitals or urinary tract), surgeon, nurse practitioner, or physician assistant.
Where did the information come from?
Researchers funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), a Federal Government research agency, reviewed 60 studies on treatments for undescended testicles published between 1980 and February 2012. The report was reviewed by clinicians, researchers, experts, and the public. You can read the report by clicking on the link for "Research Review" on the right side of this page.
Understanding Your Child's Condition
What are undescended testicles?
Testicles are the two small ball-shaped organs inside the scrotum (the sac of skin below the penis) that make male hormones and sperm. An undescended testicle happens when one or both of a child's testicles do not drop down into the scrotum before birth. This condition is called "cryptorchidism."
When a baby boy develops in his mother's womb, the testicles form in the infant's abdomen (belly). Right before birth, the testicles drop down (descend) into the scrotum.
In some babies, one or both testicles do not drop down like they should. Undescended testicles may be in the belly or groin area. It is also possible for a baby to be born without one or both testicles. Undescended testicles could be healthy and work normally. Sometimes, however, undescended testicles do not develop correctly and do not work like they should.
Doctors do not know what causes undescended testicles. But, they are not caused by anything the mother did during pregnancy.
In 7 out of every 10 babies born with undescended testicles, the undescended testicles will drop down into the correct position before the baby is 6 months old. If your child's testicles do not drop by then, it is important to talk with your child's doctor about treatment options.
How common are undescended testicles?
- Out of every 100 full-term male babies, 3 are born with undescended testicles.
- Out of every 100 male babies born prematurely (too early), up to 30 are born with undescended testicles.
- Out of every 100 boys with undescended testicles, the undescended testicle cannot be found in up to 5.
What problems could an undescended testicle cause?
A testicle that does not drop into the correct place in the scrotum could become damaged. This could lead to infertility (not being able to have children) later in life or to other medical problems.
Men who have had undescended testicles (one or both and whether treated or not) may have an increased risk for testicular cancer. It is important for men and teenage boys who have had this condition to examine their testicles each month to feel for lumps or other signs of tumors or problems.
Understanding Your Options
How are undescended testicles treated?
The goal of treatment is to bring undescended testicles down into the correct place in the scrotum. If your child's testicle has not descended by the time your child is 6 months old, you should talk with your child's doctor about treatment options. The doctor will likely recommend surgery. Rarely, hormonal treatment may be an option.
It is best to treat undescended testicles while your child is still very young—between 6 months and 1 year of age.
Your child's doctor will likely suggest surgery (either orchiopexy or FS orchiopexy) to move your child's undescended testicle down into the scrotum.
- Orchiopexy: If your child's undescended testicle is low in the belly or in the groin, the testicle can be moved to the scrotum in a surgery called an "orchiopexy" (pronounced OR-kee-oh-PEK-see).
- FS Orchiopexy: If your child's undescended testicle is high in the belly, the blood vessels attached to the testicle might not be long enough to reach down into the scrotum. In this case, the surgeon will need to do a different type of surgery. This surgery is called a "Fowler-Stephens" (or FS) orchiopexy. It can be done in two ways:
- One-step surgery: a single surgery
- Two-step surgery: two separate surgeries done at least 6 months apart
Open Surgery or Laparoscopic Surgery
Orchiopexy and FS orchiopexy can be done as either open surgery or laparoscopic (pronounced lah-puh-ruh-SKAHP-ik) surgery (see below for a description of each). If your child's undescended testicle is in the groin, the surgeon will do open surgery. If the surgeon is unsure of where the testicle is or cannot find it, laparoscopic surgery can be done to see if the testicle is in the belly. If the testicle is found in the belly, the surgeon may do either open or laparoscopic surgery to move it down into the scrotum.
- Open surgery: The surgeon makes a cut in your child's belly or groin and scrotum to do the surgery.
- Laparoscopic surgery: The surgeon uses a tool called a laparoscope (pronounced LAH-pruh-skohp) for the surgery. A laparoscope is a thin tube with a tiny camera that the surgeon puts through small cuts in your child's belly along with other small tools to do the surgery. The laparoscope lets the surgeon see inside your child's body to do the surgery without having to make big cuts.
The type of surgery your child needs depends on the location of the undescended testicle. Your child's doctor can tell you which type of surgery your child needs.
|Location of the undescended testicle:
|Type of surgery:
|Open orchiopexy
|Low in the belly
|Open or laparoscopic orchiopexy
|High in the belly
|One-step open or laparoscopic FS orchiopexy
Two-step open or laparoscopic FS orchiopexy
What have researchers found about how well surgery works to treat undescended testicles?
Researchers found that surgery works well to bring undescended testicles down into the scrotum. Sometimes though, the testicle can get damaged during surgery, causing it to no longer work.
The chart below shows how successful each type of surgery is. It also shows how often testicles get damaged in each type of surgery.
|Surgery type:
|This type of surgery is done when:
|This surgery is successful in:
|Testicles get damaged during this type of surgery in:
|Researchers also found:
Open surgery and laparoscopic surgery appear to work just as well as each other for undescended testicles in the belly, but more research is needed to know for sure.
† There is not enough research comparing one-step with two-step FS orchiopexy to know which might work best.
* More research is needed to know this for sure.
|The undescended testicle is low in the belly or in the groin and the blood vessels are long enough to reach into the scrotum
|96 of 100 boys
|2 of 100 boys
|One-step FS orchiopexy†
|The undescended testicle is high in the belly and the blood vessels are not long enough to reach into the scrotum
|78 of 100 boys
|28 of 100 boys*
|Two-step FS orchiopexy†
|86 of 100 boys
|8 of 100 boys*
What are the possible side effects of surgery to treat undescended testicles?
Surgery to treat undescended testicles is generally safe, and complications are rare. But there are possible side effects with any surgery, including:
- Bleeding
- Infection
- Injury to blood vessels
- Injury to organs (such as the testicles, the spermatic cords attached to each testicle, the bladder, or others)
- Risks of general anesthesia, such as pneumonia, heart attack, or stroke, although these are rare
It is also possible for the testicle to go back up into the groin or belly after surgery. If this happens, another surgery may be needed to bring the testicle back down or to remove it.
Will surgery to treat undescended testicles affect my child's fertility?
Men who had surgery as a child to treat one undescended testicle usually do not have problems with fertility (the ability to have children). Men who had surgery as a child to treat two undescended testicles are more likely to have problems with fertility than men who had only one undescended testicle.
Hormonal Treatment
Hormonal treatment is another option to treat undescended testicles in particular cases, but it is rarely used. If your child's testicle is close to the scrotum, the doctor may suggest hormonal treatment to try to get the testicle to drop down. The hormone used is called hCG (human chorionic gonadotropin). This hormone comes as a shot that the doctor gives your child two to four times a week for 4 or more weeks.
What have researchers found about how well hormonal treatment works?
Researchers found that hormonal treatment with hCG may work slightly better than no hormonal treatment in boys whose testicles are near the scrotum. But, more research is needed to know for sure if hormonal treatment works. If hormonal treatment works, it is still possible for the testicle to go back up into the groin or belly. There is not enough research to know how often this happens.
Note: If hormonal treatment does not work or if your child's testicle is far from the scrotum, the doctor will likely suggest surgery to bring the undescended testicle down into the scrotum.
If your child has a hernia (when part of the intestine or belly fat pokes through an opening in the groin muscles) with his undescended testicle, he may need surgery.
What are the possible side effects of hormonal treatment?
Possible side effects of hCG hormonal treatment for undescended testicles are listed below. Not every child who is treated with hCG will have side effects. Side effects usually go away when treatment ends. But, researchers do not know if hormonal treatment may cause other problems as an adult such as not being able to have children.
- Headache
- Irritability
- Restlessness
- Depression
- Tiredness
- Swelling in the legs, ankles, and feet
- Breast growth
- Enlarged penis
- Pubic or armpit hair growth
- Erections
- Aggressive behavior
- Pain where the shot was given
What are the costs of treatments for undescended testicles?
The costs to you for surgery or hormonal treatments depend on your health insurance.
Making a Decision
What should I think about when deciding?
There are many things to think about when deciding which treatment might be best for your child. You may want to talk with your child's doctor about:
- Whether surgery or hormonal treatment could help your child
- The possible benefits and side effects of the treatment
- The costs of the treatment
Ask your doctor
- What would happen if my child receives no treatment?
- At what age should my child get treatment?
- What is the best treatment option for my child?
- If my child has surgery, which type of surgery would he need?
- Would open or laparoscopic surgery be better for my child?
- What possible side effects should I watch for?
- How will we treat any side effects my child has?
- How long will it take my child to recover from surgery?
- What activities should my child avoid right after surgery?
The information in this summary comes from the report Evaluation and Treatment of Cryptorchidism, December 2012. The report was produced by the Vanderbilt Evidence-Based Practice Center through funding by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
Additional information came from the MedlinePlus® Web site, a service of the National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health. This site is available at www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus.
This summary was prepared by the John M. Eisenberg Center for Clinical Decisions and Communications Science at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX. It was written by Amelia Williamson Smith, M.S., David R. Roth, M.D., and Michael Fordis, M.D. Illustrations were created by Douglas Alexander. Parents or caregivers of children with undescended testicles reviewed this summary.


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The Golden Age Of Drag Racing Part 1Written by on September 20, 2014 Contributors: Petersen Publishing Archives Who needs fancy focus groups or scientific demographic analysis? Not HOT ROD Deluxe.
Read Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4 here!
Who needs fancy focus groups or scientific demographic analysis? Not HOT ROD Deluxe, whose editors have always known exactly who you are, where you came from, what you want to see in your magazine, and what you really, really don't—because you tell us so. Newsstand sales and subscriptions are obvious indicators, but those cold, hard facts aren't finalized for months after an issue prints. Besides, the success of any issue can be skewed (and screwed) by everything from natural disasters to recessions. Your old-fashioned letters and newfangled emails are far more credible and valuable to the editorial team that bolts this baby together, plus way more timely.
Since the magazine's 2008 rebirth, invaluable correspondence reveals that you were probably born either during World War II, a bit before, or just after. You prefer vintage black-and-white photographs, however flawed, to crisper digital color. You like full-bodied race cars, as long as the bodies aren't fake and hiding tubular frames. You'd rather read about a rusty survivor with some history than anything built new. You'll accept street trends and race cars right through 1969, unless they're muscle cars or floppers. You never get enough unpublished outtakes to features, event coverage, and tech articles that appeared in ancient Petersen publications—or never did make it into print, for reasons ranging from space availability to petty politics.
If the sheer volume of mail can be trusted, your favorite feature to date was the "Year of Eric Rickman" series that founding editor David Freiburger hatched in 2010. In particular, Rick's drag-racing-related photos from the '60s generated the greatest numbers of comments, questions, and, yes, corrections. Many readers were further inspired to scan and send '60s scrapbook snapshots that enhanced subsequent "Scrapbook" sections and, in turn, generated more reader mail and personal photos for HRD to share. Editor Hardin is hoping you'll respond to this new series with similar enthusiasm.
Starting with the upcoming November HRD, we'll revisit one drag-racing season per issue, 1962 through 1966, in chronological order. This introductory installment hints at the good stuff to come, from ads and unseen action photos to magazine covers and shop scenes. While opinions inevitably vary about exactly when this young sport's so-called Golden Age started and stopped, we're going with the five-year span that produced the fastest evolutions of innovation, performance, and popularity. As the final full season of NHRA's seven-year fuel ban, '62 seemed like a logical starting point. As the first season for the flip-top Funny Cars that changed everything, for better or worse, '66 is a natural closing chapter—for now, that is.
Should this six-part series move magazines and generate mail, maybe the editor will consider adding seasons preceding and/or immediately following our Golden Age. Petersen Publishing Co.'s incomparable film archive goes back to 1955, after all, and the late '60s were awfully wild. Drew Hardin's contact info appears elsewhere in this issue. You know what to do.
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"Yo, Don, my eyes are up here!" Often described as history's winningest fuel dragster, the Greer, Black & Prudhomme formula combined the unique talents of Keith Black and Don Prudhomme with backing by Tommy Greer. Don remembers PPC taking heat for exposing so much of Laura Evans's midriff on the nation's newsstands. Eric Rickman got the daring shot.Eight nitro burners were invited to Pomona to participate in NHRA's first Top Fuel Eliminator, billed as an "experimental" field that was barely mentioned in HRM's coverage. Fittingly, the "nitro outlaw" who made a career out of defying the fuel ban earned the win and his first HOT ROD cover. Rickman used a long lens to zoom in on the controversial Bruce Crower wing that didn't work as hoped—except at distracting competitors from the concealed port-nozzle system actually responsible for setting a low e.t. of 8.11 seconds en route to the final round. Despite record Winternationals attendance, Wally Parks sustained the unpopular gasoline requirement for his other national event, the '63 Nationals—after which the fuel ban finally dissolved.The sport's exploding popularity was evident in the record number of HRM covers depicting drag cars this year. September's front page broke precedent by devoting both cover shots to the same gasser, rather than broadening newsstand appeal by adding a street car. The inside story revealed the "barrier-bursting" blurb directly above owner John Mazmanian and his nephew, Richard Siroonian, to be deceptively premature for an A/Gas Supercharged car that had not yet exceeded 149 mph.This cover's execution still bothers Bob D'Olivo, 49 years after a suffocating photo session in Ford's wind tunnel with Connie Kalitta's running SOHC fueler. Big Bob did his part, expertly capturing the spinning slick and red-hot headers and technicians with extra-long exposures. Then HRM's art department blew it with the worst airbrushing job in the history of the magazine (if not of all magazines, ever). Adding insult to injury, the editorial staff tried to sell the obvious fakery to readers as "the effect of 'zoomie' headers and wind that give a streamlined flow over the slicks."Sorry, old-timers, there's no getting around the fact that the big story of 1966 concerned four Mercurys that were 100 percent fabrications of "real" cars, but a thousand pounds lighter. Only one year after NHRA banished assembly-line Plymouths and Dodges with altered wheelbases to altered classes, the organization embraced dimensionally exact fiberglass replicas of Comet Calientes hinged to purpose-built chassis. Nothing with fenders came close until late in the season.The popularity of Funny Cars and wheelstanders ignited an explosion of late-model exhibition vehicles. George Hurst followed up his Hemi Under Glass with the Hurst Hairy Oldsmobile, an unpredictable 4-4-2 outfitted with twin Toronado FWD powertrains and dragster veteran Joe Schubeck. What's unusual about this Bristol photo is that both ends are aimed in the proper direction, more or less.The rapid advancement of Funny Car technology is evident in this midseason mismatch of Lew Arrington's all-Pontiac, automatic-equipped GTO, a top contender just one year earlier, with Jack Chrisman's tube-chassised, 426-powered, high-gear-only Comet roadster.The overhead-camshaft cylinder heads that were immediately banned by NASCAR and, consequently, handed down to select Top Fuel teams gave Ford the first—and last—serious threat to the dominance that Hemi Chryslers have enjoyed since the late '50s. Among those converted from rival automakers by free 427 engines and other factory support was Chevy star Pete Robinson, who solved the Cammer's inherent side-to-side timing variations by replacing Ford's long, flexible chain with machined timing gears of his own design.
Love 'em or hate 'em, drag racing has never been the same since Chrysler engineers pored over the new 1965 rule books and came up with this interpretation of a legal A/Factory Experimental. NHRA promptly disagreed and disinvited the fleet to Pomona. Meanwhile, AHRA president Jim Tice warmly welcomed the first "funny-looking" Dodges and Plymouths to January's Winter Nationals, as did Bakersfield's Smokers. The negative description "funny cars" quickly spread to include all brands and styles of match-race stockers, ultra stockers, outlaw Super Stockers, and so on.By the fall, enough 200-mph fuelers existed for Mickey Thompson to create two major meets exclusively for them at his short-lived Fontana Drag City. A full day of qualifying and eliminations on Saturday was followed by a separate Sunday show. The flaming horsepower provided by the Surfers, Bob Skinner and Tom Jobe, kept pilot Mike Sorokin ahead of Paul Sutherland in Jim Brissette's feared fueler in Sunday's finale. (Connie Swingle won on Saturday with Ed Pink's Old Master.) Perhaps better than any other image on these pages, this frame captures the magical atmosphere of night racing during the Golden Age.Upon returning to Sherman Oaks from the Nationals, Dick Landy went to work transforming his legal Super Stocker into something that wasn't legal for anything—but just right for outlaw match racing in the Southeast, where the cigar-chomping Californian drew huge crowds in late fall. A 12-foot-long blueprint from Chrysler engineers guided installation of a Dodge van's straight axle and obvious wheel relocations, front and rear. Considering the work required, we suspect that Dandy Dick was still in the dark about the "funny-looking" '65 replacements coming to factory racers in January.Surprised by early-season Dodge Chargers speeds nearing 135 mph, Ford Experimental boss Fran Hernandez instructed dragster star Jack Chrisman to burst the 150-mph stock-body barrier with a Dearborn product. Jack's successful solution merged a blown, fuel-burning 427 and direct drive with an A/FX Comet Caliente. In September, the heaviest and slowest "B/Fuel Dragster" at the NHRA Nationals lost early in class but stole the whole show with low 10s at 156 mph, trailing smoke to the finish line. The rest is Funny Car history.Though 200-mph speeds had been announced and promoted by manufacturers since at least 1960, Top Fuel racers knew better. The race to the first legitimate, backed-up "two" resulted in swoopy-but-heavy slingshots designed to punch through the barrier, even if e.t.'s suffered en route. Not even the fastest man on earth, Craig Breedlove, could resist another shot at immortality. The former Craig Bowman returned to his quarter-mile roots in '64 with Spirit II, beautifully sculpted by Indy-car metal-shaper Quin Epperly. Alas, the car went faster without the sexy blue tin, as did most eyeball-engineered streamliners. When the barrier fell this summer, it would be a series of conventional Chrysler fuelers—each freshly equipped with zoomie headers—that did the deed. This seldom-run beauty survives, repainted and unrestored, among several classic 'liners in Don Garlits' incredible collection.At this early stage of M&H Racemaster development, several Chevy fuelers, both unblown and blown, remained competitive with the overpowered, undertired Chryslers. Here, Gary Cassidy looks like a Winternationals winner in Saturday's AA/FD trophy dash, but Jack Williams's superior Hemi horsepower prevailed on the other end. The class winner automatically advanced into the next day's Top Fuel final, which Williams also won (over Tommy Ivo). When Rickman's shutter clicked, he couldn't have guessed that he was capturing an entire era for us to enjoy a half-century later.New attention from Detroit automakers was evident in low-production models built specifically for drag racing. Whereas earlier Super Stocks consisted of actual assembly-line vehicles fortified by high-performance V-8s, Ford upped the ante by dropping dual-quad, high-riser 427s into economy-segment Fairlanes wearing lightened bodies and serious rear suspension. By November, Butch Leal was secretly testing this '64 Thunderbolt at Lions.As usual, Howard Johansen was way ahead of his time, starting development of a purpose-built, aftermarket aluminum engine in the late '50s. Capable of unheard-of displacements up to nearly 600 cubes, Howard's cast block and billet hemispherical heads powered Leland Kolb's dragster in Pomona's Top Fuel invitational, earning a rare color centerspread in HRM—and, shortly thereafter, an NHRA ban that precluded a planned production run and killed the ambitious project.
As if his readers weren't already sufficiently jealous of the self-made millionaire who owned HOT ROD, Motor Trend, Car Craft, and Rod & Custom, his stunning date for the party preceding Riverside Raceway's January stock-car race was the trophy girl, Margie McNally. Later that month, Miss Riverside 500 would become Mrs. Robert E. Petersen.Chrysler's new 413ci Max Wedge and trusty TorqueFlite shot Dodges and Plymouths to the forefront of '62 AHRA and NHRA Super Stock/Automatic racing. Even Don Garlits jumped aboard with a Dart occasionally driven by wife Pat. It's shown at Indy, where Don runner-upped in Top Eliminator with a rarely seen Wedge-powered dragster built exclusively for NHRA meets during the fuel ban. (Hey, Hoosiers, what's the deal with that rocket ship behind the bleachers?)Before we venture further into this new series, allow us to introduce the talented Petersen Publishing Co. (PPC) employees primarily responsible for freezing the magic moments that we get to revisit half a century later. Eric Rickman was discovered by Tom Medley behind a table at the Oakland Roadster Show, selling oval-track photos. "Rick" became Robert E. Petersen's first full-time photographer in 1950. Bob D'Olivo, who joined the team in 1952, was quickly promoted to chief photographer for all Petersen publications and, ultimately, photographic director. Both men spent their entire careers with the company. Eric died in 2009 at age 90. Bob is alive and well and shooting digital at 87. He's also an invaluable source of knowledge about archive images that appear in HRD.Before we venture further into this new series, allow us to introduce the talented Petersen Publishing Co. (PPC) employees primarily responsible for freezing the magic moments that we get to revisit half a century later. Eric Rickman was discovered by Tom Medley behind a table at the Oakland Roadster Show, selling oval-track photos. "Rick" became Robert E. Petersen's first full-time photographer in 1950. Bob D'Olivo, who joined the team in 1952, was quickly promoted to chief photographer for all Petersen publications and, ultimately, photographic director. Both men spent their entire careers with the company. Eric died in 2009 at age 90. Bob is alive and well and shooting digital at 87. He's also an invaluable source of knowledge about archive images that appear in HRD.


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Staff at Meridian's Temple Theater took visitors on a tour of the building, but with a spooky twist.
Wednesday kicked off the Theater's Haunted Temple Tours. Guests were treated to an inside glimpse at some of the ghost stories that surround the theater. Visitors went throughout the building, on the stage, and even under the stage for a scary thrill.
"Because I like things like this. It's just fun!" exclaimed Jamie Cantey.
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The R rating felt ridiculous. It was like R for Ridiculous.
That was what director Lee Hirsch had to say at last night's Bully screening in DC regarding the ratings controversy that ended last week when an editing agreement was reached to get a PG-13 rating. (Shout out to Katy Butler for her successful Change.org petition that attracted more than 500,000 signers, including 35 Members of Congress and celebrities like Ellen DeGeneres and Meryl Streep.)
Hirsch is right. Rules are rules, but in this case, the R rating would have severely limited Bully's audience. These aren't the "f" words that fly freely in other films. This is reality. This is what kids in schools are really saying to each other.
Indeed, Bully is a movie that should be shown as widely as possible. To teachers, administrators, and other school personnel. To the parents who are trying to get through to their children. To the kids who are bullied, the ones who do the bullying, and the adults who endure one or both scenarios and carry it with them for the rest of their lives.
As Dennis Van Roekel, President of the National Education Association, puts it:
The power of this movie is not just the movie but the conversation after.
There's so much I could say after seeing Bully, and I can't capture all of it here, but I'll share a few key points.
Something that Randi Weingarten, President of the American Federation of Teachers, said struck a chord.
[the] importance of everyone telling their stories. I think we have to actually make these kinds of issues real for people.
I think it's incumbent upon me to tell my own story. I was no exception to the rule that middle school is bad. Kicking my calculator down the hall. Reaching into my locker for lunch money. You get the picture. But there's one incident that really stands out. I was on the bus and someone asked me if I was gay. I wasn't then, and am not now, but felt the need to respond with a defensively sarcastic yes. In essence I bullied something I didn't understand and became the victim all at the same time. Certain people never let me forget. One of them called me "Ellen" during freshman Spanish class. What can you do but laugh it off?
As Alex Libby and I can tell you, laughing it off doesn't make the problem go away. There's a scene in Bully where one of Alex's assistant principals calls a parade of students into her office as part of an investigation into the violence he regularly suffers on the school bus. One of the kids admits that he's witnessed bullying but says that Alex laughs it off.
Just because the victims laugh it off doesn't mean that bullying isn't a problem. Just because Ja'Meya Jackson takes the drastic step of bring a gun to school doesn't mean that bullying isn't a problem. Just because we've latched on to the "kids will be kids" myth doesn't mean that bullying isn't a problem. Violence is not just "messing around," and bullying is a problem. Even if you can't make it stop, bullying is a problem. The list goes on for those whose stories are told in Bully.
So what do we do about it?
Kelby Johnson says:
I just keep thinking that I'm the one in this town who can make a change.
Kelby's struggle doesn't stop there, but we should learn a lesson from her. Change starts with one person standing up and speaking out.
Out of the power of the individual grows something extraordinary. I believe it's David Long who says in Bully:
Everything starts with one and builds up. Eventually we have an army.
The anti-bullying coalition here in DC continues to grow. Senator Franken is speaking out. 46 civil rights, education, labor, faith, LGBT, and other groups have written to the Senate. 70 wrote to President Obama. But none of us have said it better than Ty Smalley's friend.
If I was the king of the US, I'd make it where everyone was equal, because that's the way it should be.
Lee Hirsch continues.
This is the dream, and I know people in this room could make that happen.
And what can you do right now?
Join the Bully movement. Heed PFAW's call to action. Check out AFT and NEA.


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A U.S. Army paratrooper, 82nd Airborne Division, practices a parachute landing fall during Operation Toy Drop, Fort Bragg, N.C., Dec. 6, 2013. The 16th Annual Randy Oler Operation Toy Drop, hosted by the U.S. Army Civil Affairs & Psychological Operations Command (Airborne), is the largest combined airborne operation in the world where Fort Bragg's paratroopers and allied jumpmasters donate toys to be distributed to children's homes and social service agencies across the local community. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jodi Martinez/Released)
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We're happy to announce the the Zimbra Perforce cache is ready to be opened to the general public. This replaces our Open Source code release system on sourceforge.
We had several issues that cropped up, and we're sorry that it took so long to get this working. We had to use a perforce cache (as opposed to SVN or CVS) because that's what we use internally. We had a lot of trouble keeping the SVN up to date. This will not be an issue for the cache.
Initially, we had some trouble keeping the cache in sync, but we think we have that resolved.
I ask that as you build, that you document everything in our wiki. You should start with this page:
Building Zimbra using Perforce - Zimbra :: Wiki
And add your operating system into the branch that you are building. Franklin is the 5.0 branch, so you may want to start with that.
You'll need to install ant, and jdk 1.5. Zimbra 5.0 runs with jdk 1.6, but you must use 1.5 to compile.
Download the perforce command line client from: Perforce Downloads
You may want to build on one of the supported OSes for your branch (check pm.zimbra.com) as if you don't, you will need to modify a few more files. We want to be sure it builds first, then move on from there.
Please be sure to read the read me files, for set up and connection/compiling issues. For Questions, please post in our developers forum.
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Royals introduce Green Team initiative for 2010
The Royals have introduced a new Green Team initiative in partnership with Allied Waste for the 2010 season. The Royals Green Team presented by Allied Waste consists of volunteer groups and stadium staff that collect recyclable materials from fans during each home game.
As part of the program, the club has introduced the "Green Stretch" during which the Green Team will walk the aisles collecting plastics and aluminum from fans. An accompanying public address announcement and CrownVision signage encourage fans to use one of the more than 150 recycle bins located around Kauffman Stadium.
The Royals and Allied Waste have partnered on the initiative in order to reduce the amount of waste sent to landfills per game. By increasing the number of materials recycled, the club is easing the environmental impact created at the facility.
"Allied Waste is thrilled to partner with the Royals organization to help reduce waste and promote recycling in our community," said Allied Waste's General Manager Nick Babcock.
Green Teams groups are made up of a maximum of 50 people and must be at least 10 years old (with adult supervision). As a thank you for their support, volunteers will receive an official Green Team t-shirt and be able to enjoy the game both prior to and after the "Green Stretch." Interested groups may contact Carrie Bligh, Royals Director of Fan Services & Hospitality, at email@example.com.
"The Royals are focused on 'greening' Kauffman Stadium in 2010 and beyond," said Mike Bucek, Royals Vice President-Marketing & Business Development. "We feel that this program with our new partner Allied Waste is a great way to work together with our fans to make recycling at the ballpark easier and more efficient."
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We're currently running Zimbra NE 6.0.10 in a multi-server environment, and we encountered a problem (with an account import script) where archive accounts were duplicated.
Each account now has two zimbraArchiveAccount attributes, and thus two archive mailboxes. We need to consolidate or merge the archive mailboxes for each regular mailbox, and I'm looking for advice on the best way to approach this.
At the moment, I'm thinking of writing a script to enumerate all/each account, determine the zimbraArchiveAccount attribute values, remove the duplicate, merge/sync the archive mailboxes, and then delete the duplicate archive maibox. Sounds like imapsync is the tool to use here for syncing.
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No Worries Torstan, Life happens.
Compass Rose in Brass and Blue by Bogie
Flowery Scrolly Thing by Hai-Etlik
Jester's Staff Compass Rose by Jaxilon by Jaxilon
A compass rose by any other name... by jdharvill
My Golden Compass Rose by timallen
Compass Rose Lands by waldronate
Sorry this is a bit late - but voting is now open!
The challenge this month was to create a compass rose. The challenge had lots of great entries. CHeck out the full list here:
With 15 entries we need you to vote for your 3 favourite compass roses. The poll will last for 3 days and the winner will receive the prestigious silver compass! Remember to rep those you vote for.
Good luck to all!
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My Battlemaps Gallery http://www.cartographersguild.com/al...p?albumid=3407
Wow lots of great work here. Had some trouble picking out my favs. Great work everyone !
"Aye The skies be clear , the seas be calm and the winds be with us .....
ARGH!! but the damn compass be broken!! "
Capt. Noah Swalter Last voyage of the " Silver Crest"
damn ... I noticed too late that I could have voted for three instead of only one map ...
I take nothing away from the splendid craftsmanship and beauty of 'Flowery Scroll' or 'Old Paper', but I can't help but feel a little disappointed at the heavy preference for 'traditional' and 'old school' submissions by the community at large.
A lot of entries were truly out of the box and (strictly IMO) deserved more attention than they got.
If we always do the same thing, we will always get the same results.
A big THANK YOU to everyone who pushed the envelope - keep coloring outside the lines!
Last edited by atpollard; 02-23-2012 at 09:41 AM.
So instead of being disappointed I think you should enforce challenges that more explicitly demand out-of-the-box-thinking
(my english got a little rusty in the last couple of months. I hope my english was able to transport the message)
I had forgotten that this is not 1890. Even if every window as far as the eye could see was an 1890 window or modern reproduction of an 1890 window, I was a Twentieth Century (then) 'Architect' and this was a building that needed to reflect the current 'volksgeist' [I can use the term since outside of urban planners, you will understand its meaning – 'Spirit of the People' for everyone else] not the spirit of another age.
This is not the Sixteenth Century. So we can learn from the Renaissance masters, admire their work, incorporate their techniques (and reinterpret them with modern equipment), but we have an obligation to ourselves to also reflect our age (or the age that we are trying to capture for some fantasy work). We work so hard at the Cartographers Guild to 'age' the paper and capture the spirit of another era, that it sometimes feels like THIS age, our own era is being short changed.
That is why I am attracted to innovation. I search for inspiration for the next millennium.
I am glad to see from your post that I did not offend you. That was not my intent. Your compass rose was a beautiful composition, rich in detail, subtle in color. A peak of modern technical excellence and fully deserving to win the silver compass.
I'd love to see a version of it that you feel would work on a plan of a floating airport or a map of the first lunar outpost or a flying city served by airships (the 1930s Future) – something to reflect ANYTHING but the Renaissance. [This is strictly 100% my personal opinion and taste.]
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I think all he would need to do is change out the medallions and it would probably serve for just about anything. I would fix the splines first though. I didn't even notice it before now but a few of them are partially lost. I guess you would have to extend the lines out through the rest of the map manually (unless there's a larger version)? It's a very cool looking entry in any case.
Every time I make a compass rose I think about the image it will go on and create from that space. So it seems to me that most of the time the compass rose is built for the map. There are some that are created to be more generic and they might have greater usability. I like my compass rose for instance but it's not going to work for just any map.
I think that if you took any of these rose's and put them on the right map they would be excellent. If you were to place one of the other roses on that same map however it would look less than stellar. A few would translate well on almost any map. Your compass for instance would be perfect for a wooden fortress or a map of the wild frontier. It wouldn't be so hot on an urban city map though. Mine either for that matter.
So, while I don't disagree with you (because I always try to be a little different myself), I am not surprised by how the voting has gone. It's actually pretty much what I expected. Knowing your audience is important too. I think it's also fairly obvious that most here are Fantasy lovers and creating that direction is naturally going to garner votes. Every now and then a science fiction entry does really well but it has to be smokin because the audience is not quite as big. Personally, I love fantasy but I want to go into Sci-fi because there just isn't enough of it around in my opinion.
When I started joining in on these challenges I always went in thinking, "Man, I hope my entry doesn't suck." Being in the pack or coming in 2nd, 3rd, 4th meant I did alright, especially with the talent level around here. At first I used to sit and watch the votes clicking in but then I found that I was better off by just moving on to my next project. That way if my entry tanked I wasn't all bummed out because I was already in the middle of something better anyhow.
All that said, there are certainly those here who vote for uniqueness but it's not often that uniqueness alone wins. It still has to be awesome. Plus, we do have a number of voters who just pass through, take a quick look, and cast their votes.
I actually expected Hai-Etlik's entry to come in first place because I think it would work for a larger variety of maps as it is. I love my entry and I think it's very cool but I'm not shocked that it's not the most universal. The most important thing is that I learned a new technique when I made this and I will be able to use that from now on whenever I need it.
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You are talking about us at the cartographer's guild being so focused on the past and on replicating it and furthermore about yourself missing innovation and mapmaking visions for the 20(21)th century. But I think the question is in how far mapmaking as we do it is applicable for future scenarios or even for the future. If you'd want me to draw a map as I think it would be used now or in future ... a map that goes hand in hand with the volksgeist, I would just say: "I can't ... the maps you are talking about aren't created by drawing them ... the maps of the present aren't lines on paper they are maybe vectors on displays that are automatically generated by machines that use data transferred to them by GPS-sattelites or in the future they migth be 3D-Holograms which depict whole starsystems or galaxies ... I can't do that" ... Of course I've already seen maps beautifully drawn maps of galaxies or starships ... and they could definitely be the star of every SF-RPG-Book but I don't believe that those maps of galaxies or starships would really be used inside the world they depict.
Or in other words ... I think most people here don't see themselves as architects but as restorers.
Thank you very much ... I deeply appreciate that.I am glad to see from your post that I did not offend you. That was not my intent. Your compass rose was a beautiful composition, rich in detail, subtle in color. A peak of modern technical excellence and fully deserving to win the silver compass.
It will definitely take a while for I am in the midst of my final exams at university and also I want to point out that I don't really think that such a compass rose would really be used but ...I'd love to see a version of it that you feel would work on a plan of a floating airport or a map of the first lunar outpost or a flying city served by airships (the 1930s Future) – something to reflect ANYTHING but the Renaissance. [This is strictly 100% my personal opinion and taste.]


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The Climate Group and the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation host EV20 electric vehicle (EV) leadership summit at Shanghai's World EXPO 2010
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- 09 May 2010
The Climate Group convened an electric vehicle (EV) leadership summit on May 3rd at the Monaco Pavilion at the Shanghai World Expo 2010. The summit was followed by a closed-door EV20 roundtable at the World Expo Centre, hosted by Changhua Wu, Greater China Director of The Climate Group, and HE Bernard Fautrier, Vice President and CEO of The Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation. In attendance at the roundtable discussions were leading international EV market participants – entrepreneurs, financiers, corporate executives, advisors, policy-makers and academics.
The Climate Group's EV20 working group meeting in Shanghai is the latest in a series of meetings to build an international 'coalition of the willing' to rapidly advance the commercial deployment of EVs around the world. There will be further meetings during Climate Week NYC and COP16 in Cancun, later this year.
In his video address, HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco, Chairman of the EV20 working group, said: "EVs can drastically improve urban air quality and reduce the impact of transportation in the field of greenhouse gas emissions, and consequently, on our climate and our energy resource. In the future, I am sure that the energy storage potential that fleets of EVs offer will help better integration of renewable power into our grid systems – the car of the future will be powered, I hope, by electricity coming from wind, sun or water."
The Summit opened with an EV Leadership Panel discussion with Dr Zhen Zijian, Vice Director, National 863 Program - Office of Energy Conservation and New Energy Vehicle Project, Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST), China; Professor CC Chan, Fellow of Royal Academy of Engineering and Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering; Ren Yong, Deputy General Manager, Chang'an New Energy Automobile;; and Raymond Tsang, Partner and Vice President, Bain & Company.
The panelists discussed the challenges for EV adoption in China, Chinese government's strategy to demonstrate and promote R&D of EVs, public-private partnership and the role of players along the value chain.
During the EV leadership summit, Changhua Wu released a new report by The Climate Group "Towards Market Transformation: Electric Vehicles (China)", co-authored by Bain & Company. The report says that China's policy-makers have put EV low carbon technology at the heart of their economic growth plan for the next 10 years, underpinning not only the nation's economic developmental goals, but social, environmental and energy security objectives too.
In her speech to launch the report, Wu said: "Climate change presents challenges and opportunities for every nation. As the world's largest auto market, China is in pole position to help lead this global clean industrial revolution, and growth of this strategic domestic EV market could be exponential."
Raymond Tsang, Partner and Vice President of Bain & Company, commented: "The development of the EV will help China achieve its goal of energy savings and emission reductions, while contributing to global efforts in environmental protection. Fast-growing domestic auto demands and supportive government policies present a huge opportunity for the EV market."
During the closed-door roundtable, the participants entered into a more in-depth discussion on technology challenges and R&D strategies and policy incentives at both national and local levels. The delegates also discussed public-private partnership in large cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing and Hong Kong, innovative business models and alliances across sectors to accelerate EV deployment and how they will engage in The Climate Group's EV20 initiative.


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I can reproduce this on two machines - basically I'm not able to invite anyone via iCal when I'm using Thunderbird for mail.
Here's what I've tried:
I configured Mail.app to use Thunderbird as the default mail client (Mail > Preferences > General > Default email reader (Thunderbird 22.214.171.124)
After that, I head into iCal, create the event, and add my attendee.
I've also tried checking my iCal settings, the most relevant one I see is unchecked:
iCal > Preferences > Advanced > Automatically retrieve invitations from Mail
...so will iCal only work 100% with mac Mail? I'd hate to have to tell our Thunderbird users to "downgrade"


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Learn How To Install A RollbarWritten by Douglas R. Glad on November 1, 2009 Contributors: NHRA Technical Department Got A Car In The 10s?
If you go too fast at the dragstrip, you're gonna get booted. We've been racing the CC/Rambler for a couple of years now with that notion in the back of our minds, tiptoeing on the brake pedal or simply lifting in the lights to stay above the e.t. cutoff. Ya see, the '09 NHRA rules say you must have a rollbar if your car runs faster than 11.49 (or 135 mph) and the CC/Rambler without a rollbar ran a string of 11.60s on the motor. With the extra 2 seconds on tap from our NOS Fogger, a 10-second run was definite if we opened the big blue bottle. There is no way we'd get away with that without a rollbar and proper safety gear, and we really wouldn't want to.
To catch you up, the CC/Rambler is about five years old as a CC project car. It was built originally using parts from a wrecked AMC Gremlin and an '85 Jeep Cherokee. With a mild JMS Racing-built 360 with Edelbrock heads, a Richmond five-speed, and 3.55:1 gears in a Moser-prepped M20, the car runs consistantly at the strip and is completely streetable, even for long road trips. After we realized the car was getting too fast, we took it to Westside Performance in Los Angeles, California to get a rollbar installed. Watch and learn.
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Here is a good side shot of the car after the rollbar was installed. The main hoop is hidden behind the B-pillar and the down bars run near the headliner so they can't be seen.The rollbar was installed by George Diagne from Westside Performance in Los Angeles. Rollbars can be made from either 4130 chromoly or mild steel. Mild steel is less expensive and can be MIG-welded together, but it adds weight. Chromoly is stronger and therefore lighter because a thinner wall can be used, but it needs to be TIG-welded adding cost and complexity. We chose to use mild steel with a requirement of 1 3/4-inch od x 0.118-inch thickness.The differences between a rollbar and a rollcage are the number of connections or points between the structure and the vehicle and the ability of the bar or 'cage to protect you from additional crash angles. Generally, the 'cage will have 8 to 10 or more points and the bar can have as few as 5. The 'cage will usually have a forward hoop that runs from the main hoop to two forward down bars. 'Cages might also have sill bars and dash bars and will need to be SFI certified and stickered every three years. For most classes, if your car runs faster than 9.99, you will need a 'cage. This NHRA illustration represents a typical rollbar designed for a car that has a stock firewall and floor and runs between 10.00 and 10.99. This is the bar that is going into the CC/Rambler.The main hoop must be within a certain distance of the driver's helmet and shoulders. Eric Solomon at Westside helped us measure for the location of the main hoop.Since this is a Unitbody car, the main hoop does not need to connect to the frame or frame connectors. Because of this, there are only two points where the main hoop connects to the car using 6-inch by 6-inch x 0.125-inch steel plates that are welded to the floor. Full frame cars usually use four points that include two that angle inward slightly to connect to the frame. Add that to the two rear braces and two door bars, and you have an eight-point roll bar. You can also bolt the bar down by sandwiching the floor between two plates. The wood is there so the bar can be dropped down and fully welded while in the car.We saved the back seat by running the rear braces over the side-window glass and through the package tray. The braces need to be made of the same material and be the same thickness as the main hoop.You have to know what you are doing to weld a rollbar together. The welds cannot have slag and porosity, and you can't grind the welds to cover your mistakes.The crossbar also has to secure the shoulder harnesses. The rules state that the harness must limit the driver's travel up and forward, and can't be bolted to the car through the webbing.
The main hoop needs to be a maximum of 6 inches from the back of your helmet and must have SFI-approved padding anywhere the helmet may touch.The main hoop must also be no more than 5 inches from the top of your helmet. The idea here is to create a triangle between the front of the car and the top of the bar so if you roll over, your head isn't holding the car off the ground.Westside used a clevis and pin to attach the door bar to the main hoop. It can swing out or be removed entirely for street use.The door bar must pass midway between the shoulder and the elbow and on cars slower than 8.50 and also be made of the same material and be the same thickness as the main hoop.Westside went the extra mile with the attachment point for the hinge on the sidebar. Diagne chose to weld the plates to the floor with a firewall plate for extra strength.Even though most prefabbed rollbar kits come with a door bar on both the driver and passenger side, it is not required.The crossbar should be attached to the main hoop and provide support for the seat back and a place for the shoulder harness attachment point. It also needs to be no more than 4 inches below the driver's shoulders.This is the only angle where you can really see the rollbar. We're thinking we should leave it bare metal and paint it with a clearcoat.Any car that requires a rollbar must have a quick-release, 3-inch driver restraint system with a 2-inch crotch strap. The belts have to be clearly labeled as meeting SFI Spec 16.1 and be replaced every two years. If you have an aftermarket seat, the crotch strap must be threaded through it. If you have a stock seat, the strap can go around the front. We are going to anchor ours to the floor with a 3/8-inch bolt, nut, and washer once it comes in the mail.
Another safety requirement is a driveshaft loop located within 6 inches of the front U-joint. All cars using slicks require one, but we prefer to run a loop on any car that we run on the dragstrip. It's cheap insurance. Eddie Kartek in Los Angeles moved the exhaust and added the crossover tube.Besides having too many holes in our firewall, we've been turned away at tracks for not having all five lug nuts. Instead of cobbling together a bunch of used stuff, we used a set of shank-style lugs from McGard on the 15x4-inch Wheel Vintiques 02 Gasser Alloys.We tossed the stock six-cylinder fuel tank years ago because it leaked and hit the V-8 differential. Diagne welded this cool brace on the bottom side of the Rambler to keep the cell from bending the flimsy trunk floor.Diagne also welded us a new crossmember for the Richmond five-speed. Originally we'd used a modified version from a Matador that was functional and ugly.If you are running a fuel cell like this one from Summit Racing, you'll need a firewall between the trunk and the passenger compartment. To save weight, we've seen them made from aluminum and the rules allow it. The fuel lines must be metallic, steel braided, or NHRA-approved woven to get through inspection. And a maximum of 12 inches of rubber are allowed for connection anywhere in the system.If you leave the battery in the stock location using stock hold-downs, you're good. If you move it to the trunk like we did, it needs to either be in an NHRA-approved sealed box (like this one from Moroso) or the firewall between the trunk and the interior must be made of 0.24-inch steel or 0.32-inch aluminum and include a piece sealing the package tray. You'll also need a master electrical cutoff (or kill switch) that can be reached from outside the car.For days when we are serious, we use a Simpson Bandit. It is Snell SA 2005 approved, so it is good until the year 2017. We prefer these helmets because they are lighter and cooler than standard motorcycle helmets.


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Sgt. Al Nothum with the Missouri State Highway Patrol says around 3 p.m. a trooper attempted to stop a vehicle for a traffic violation at North Highway 47 and Rock Church Road in Warren County, Missouri.
The suspect did not stop and a pursuit ensued.
During the pursuit the suspect's vehicle stopped suddenly, and the trooper rear-ended the vehicle.
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Supply Chain Technology: Zotos' high-volume WMS
July 01, 2011
Managing a high-volume shipping operation is no easy task, especially when the warehouse floor in question is a bustling operation where employees not only pick-and-pack furiously in order to meet tight deadlines, but they also make and package the products themselves.
That's exactly what the atmosphere is like at Darien, Conn.-based Zotos International's distribution center, which serves as a finished goods warehouse. "It's a very busy and volatile operation," says Harvey Cohen, manager of information technology for Zotos, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Shiseido Cosmetics.
Specializing in products like shampoo, conditioner, color, and perm hair care products, Zotos combines LTL, TL, and parcel shipments when delivering the goods to its end customers, which include beauty salons and beauty supply stores. "In some cases we ship directly to the customers' DCs," says Cohen, "and in others we ship right to the individual salons and retail locations."
The bulk of those shipments are being moved domestically, although Zotos does serve an international audience. About seven years ago, the firm's warehouse manager decided the existing warehouse management system (WMS) wasn't meeting the growing manufacturer's volume needs, nor was it organizing shipments effectively.
Zotos' WMS at the time was a bolt-on system that was added onto its enterprise-wide IBM MAPICS (now owned by Infor) setup. And while that system allowed the warehouse manager to track the number of daily shipments and pallet loads being moved around, it lacked functionalities and efficiencies that a growing, high-volume shipping enterprise requires.
"We needed a WMS system that could handle TL, LTL, and parcel shipping in very high volumes," says Cohen. "The setup we were using just wasn't working for all of the different types of shipping that we do."
Cohen says Zotos went in search of a WMS that could monitor and track basic functions like the loading and dispatching of trucks, combined with real-time inventory visibility "at a very granular level." According to Cohen, the latter would allow Zotos to fulfill orders confidently, knowing that the specific hair care products were in stock and ready to load onto tractor-trailers for delivery to the customer.
Hunting for a solution
After putting out an RFP and entertaining bids from various vendors seven years ago, in 2005 Zotos found the WMS it was looking for. Cohen says the RFP that stood out was extremely detailed, covered the high-volume aspect of Zotos' operations and the manufacturer's functional requirements in depth, and also laid out the manufacturer's business process and efficiency goals as they pertained to shipping activities, picking-and-packing, and labor management.
"In the end, RedPrairie scored the highest," says Cohen, "so we went with that solution." The WMS, which was subsequently upgraded in 2009, was installed specifically to manage outbound freight that is moved out of Zotos' DCs as well as to its end customers. "From a model standpoint, we see the WMS as a bolt-on for our core business system," Cohen explains. "MAPICS runs our entire business—from order entry to production."
That core business system "passes off" information to the WMS at two critical junctures: when inventory comes off of the production line and moves into the finished goods warehouse; and when a customer service specialist enters an order into the core system and checks inventory against the WMS.
"We know what we have in stock for any part number or SKU because the two systems are in sync, and because they communicate with each other at those two points," says Cohen. From there, the WMS enables more efficient organization of shipments, and allows employees to aggregate orders into as few deliveries as possible.
"We do lot of LTL shipments, and the technology allows us to plan everything out and cover multiple customers that are located in the same geographic region," says Cohen. This function is known as "wave management," in that it allows the company to send out waves of orders that hit several customers in a single shipment, thus saving on labor, fuel, and truck repairs/maintenance.
The WMS is also active on the warehouse floor, where forklift operations depend on its accuracy and inventory visibility capabilities to enable their movements throughout the day. "They can get right to a specific pallet or case, and bring it back to a staging location where the shipment is put together and loaded onto a truck," says Cohen. "The WMS then issues the bills of lading and other paperwork, and a truck is dispatched automatically."
Cohen says that automated process, which involves the WMS and the company's core business system, was designed by RedPrairie and Zotos. "There is no such interface between MAPICS and RedPrairie, but we've designed a rigorous system that gives us control at every stage of the game," says Cohen. "We've been able to ship a larger volume than we've ever handled before, and all without adding additional staff."
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May 31, 2016
Bond will be set this week for three family members from Union accused in a shooting incident. Charles Blackledge is charged with shooting into an occupied vehicle. His 52-year-old mother, Margie Blackledge, and his stepfather, Jerald Ainsworth, both face accessory charges. All are accused in a case which involved the back window of their former neighbor's vehicle being shattered.
John and Tina Seals say 20-year-old Charles Blackledge fired gunshots at their car while they were driving by his house. At the time the Seals were returning home from a relative's house. According to Newton County Sheriff Jackie Knight, the weapon used was a b-b gun.
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ASPEN HILL, Md. (WUSA9) -- Two employees at the Verizon mobile store were bound during an armed robbery on Tuesday, police say.
According to Montgomery County Police, three black males entered the store located on 2221 Bel Pre Rd., displaying a gun.
The robbers tied up the employees and then took an undisclosed about of cash and phones, police said.
One of the employees was able to get free himself after the suspects left and called police, the Montgomery County Police spokesperson said.
This is the second or third Verizon mobile store robbery in recent weeks, police said. It is not clear if these robberies are connected.


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Diminutive Dominika Cibulkova, who was spotted getting double teamed in Red Square, had her trip to Moscow cut short (no pun intended, I swear!). The Slovak was bundled out of the tourney's quarterfinals today by Vera Zvonareva 7-5, 6-4.
I'm liking these new Lacoste duds Dominika is working here. The polka-dot graphic design on the polo adds some nice pop but I really love the skirt. The periwinkle blue is fresh, the striped waist band looks inspired by preppy grosgrain ribbon belts, and the front features functional pockets outlined with white piping.
Sporty, cute, and fun - everything you need in great tennis fashion.
(images via Getty)
Friday, October 10, 2008
FASHION FIX: Dominika goes down in Moscow, but Lacoste style hits high
Labels: Dominika Cibulkova, fashion, Lacoste, polo shirt, skirts, style, tennis
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All tennis players should hope for a Lacoste sponsorship. They have the best stuff.ReplyDelete
I love their stuff - it's functional but always features some really cute detailing and colors. I wasn't feeling last year's "loungewear" moment for the lady ballers, though.ReplyDelete
In any case, the gear never looks like traditional tennis clothing. The Frenchies do love their flair!
Ohhh I love that skirt...I wish they would bring back the collared shirts though. Poppin' that collar on the court.ReplyDelete
PS Vera is dropping the Slovaks like flies this week! I'm all about the career-renaissance :)
erin: good point about her slaying of the slovaks this week. you know, i thought she was going to make a big statement earlier this year and picked her as a dark horse for Roland Garros.ReplyDelete
I guess the slovaks are easier to slay than her mental demons...
Really cute outfit! But, uh, what's that patch on her right arm?ReplyDelete


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Customers react to Target data breach
Target has announced that customers' PIN data was taken during a large data breach earlier this month, though company officials say the data is encrypted. The company believes the numbers are safe because the data can only be decrypted after it's brought in by an independent payment processor.
Data associated with roughly 40 million debit and credit cards were stolen between November 27 and December 15. That data includes customers' card numbers and names.
NBC Montana stopped by a Target branch in Missoula to speak with customers about their reactions.
Hamilton resident Dean Bitterman told NBC Montana he used cash to shop at Target on Friday, and he says he understands any store could be vulnerable to a cyber attack.
"Fortunately cash still works…Everything else still has the same vulnerability. Once it's publicized you know to check your accounts," said Bitterman.
Rachel Cordova said she got a notice that her account may be compromised but was relieved to find out that no money was taken from her accounts.
"Once I got the phone call saying my account was hacked, I immediately checked my balance and everything, made sure everything was still on there, and nothing was touched, so I was very thankful." said Cordova.
Dilek Aydinalp-Mathews told NBC Montana that she wouldn't start just using cash to avoid the risk of cyber attacks, but she did stress the importance of keeping a close eye on accounts.
"This is part of the new normal, and you just need to kind of be diligent about watching your accounts," said Aydinalp-Mathews.
In a press release posted to Target's website, CEO Gregg Steinhafel said the following:
"Target's first priority is preserving the trust of our guests and we have moved swiftly to address this issue, so guests can shop with confidence. We regret any inconvenience this may cause. We take this matter very seriously and are working with law enforcement to bring those responsible to justice."
Target is working with a third party forensics team to investigate the incident, and is also working alongside the Department of Justice and the Secret Service.


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I have now used my entire evening, but I can't figure out how to make areal calculations (eg. in km2). I have tried the 'field calculator', I have tried the 'measure area' function on the "attributes" toolbar, and i have tried fTools in the "Vector"-menu.
How I do:
1. Open Qgis
2. Add Google Hybrid Layer (OpenLayers Plugin)
3. Find tenniscourt (should be 200-260m2)
4. Measure
- attribute toolbar->measure area - result: 65.060 m² hmm?
- layer->new shapefile layer->polygon, save, "add feature" and drawing polygon. Then field calculator $area - result: 118.48828125
- repeat with new shapefile - result: 4.05503328693158e-08
- vector->geometric tools->export/add geometric colums = another random result
I can't figure out what I am doing wrong! For me it seems like there is some error in the program? I have tried saving the shapefile and opening it again in a "blank" project - same result - and new result everytime?
I do not understand how this can be so difficult, for me is seems like a pretty basic function, but I am completely lost here.
looking forward to hear from you!


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"You must be the change you wish to see...." -Gandhi
Eight years ago today, I joined TheLadders.
Back in January 2005, we were a small startup with only 25 employees. My first job was working on building a new version of TheLadders.com. At the time, there were only a few hundred lines of code and we spent the next few months working around the clock to deliver a new and improved website. When we were done and the site was launched, I remember my father asking me, "Now what? The site's done; do you still have work to do?"
We certainly had more work to do then and we still do now. Today, our mission is the same as when we started: finding the right person for the right job. As long as our customers face frustration with their job search, we will be hard at work trying to help job seekers find their next job or employers their perfect candidate.
As we embrace 2013, I am seeing the same kinds of change and excitement that I saw in 2005. Over the past eight years, we've learned a lot about the job search, and we're making big moves to reflect a new way of discovering job opportunities and candidates.
Fundamentally, we have changed the way we work. We threw long backlogs and task-lists out the window, and started working towards shared themes and goals among the whole company; not just technology, not just a single Scrum team. Themes shared by the CEO, marketing, sales, finance, customer service, product, tech and UX groups. With this approach, we have abandoned a traditional team structure previously set by executives and, instead, empowered our staff to determine how best to organize themselves to achieve our shared goals. We try and gather the right people in a room to solve a problem and we know they will make something great.
Have we figured out the magic formula for software-development success? Perhaps. We are closer to being agile with a lowercase 'a' than we ever before. We are making better decisions about how to best deploy our collective brainpower and talents. We are shipping value to our users faster. We are learning to say 'no,' affording us more time to focus on the work that best serves our users.
Almost 20% of our traffic is coming from phones and tablets, so the new website for TheLadders is completely responsive. It renders well on desktops, tablets and mobile phones. And, we are not stopping with just some fancy CSS; more is coming on the mobile front in the next few months, so stayed tuned.
Because finding the right job should be less tedious than searching through a database of titles, our team of data scientists and engineers work relentlessly to pair our users with the jobs that suit them best. You can still search if you want, but you do not have to be an expert on crafting keyword searches and filters to find relevant jobs; based on what you tell us, and also what you actually do online, we will find you those jobs.
Matching is easy to say and hard to do well. We have to deal with a host of technical challenges, such as classifying jobs into our taxonomy, and we are employing machine-learning to do that. But, that is a topic for another blog post. If you are one of our more-than 5 million members, you may have noticed some of our job- matching efforts with our new Targeted Hiring Alerts.
Job descriptions are becoming a commodity; everybody's got them. So, what data do we have to augment them and provide our users with relevant job information they cannot get anywhere else? We've launched TheLadders Scout, an innovative (and addictive) way to get a deeper understanding for the job market and your competition. It is a start towards giving our users the data they need to make faster and more-informed decisions in their job search. Here's our founder's take on it.
We've grown a lot in the past eight years. With more than 5 million jobseekers and 31,000 recruiters and employers, we have embarked on a large infrastructure rebuild, launched powerful caching with Varnish for our web-services layer, and we are leveraging Storm for processing our long-running match and email tasks. Our move from MySQL to Clustrix continues, and dozens of DB slaves are going offline as we increase our load on the Clustrix database. And, most significantly, we are refactoring away some of the most fiddly bits of our codebase.
Additionally, we are rebuilding our data center with shiny hardware, as well as a new network and level of resource flexibility that gets the bits from us to you, that much faster. Our DevOps team has been busy designing the new data center and ramping up for a smooth transition over the upcoming months.
To celebrate our accomplishments so far, and to share our excitement about what is to come, we are re-launching our development blog, because the best decisions stand up to the harshest light of criticism. There are exceptionally talented people on this team, and you should meet them.
Want more from the product and development team? Visit the Engineering Stories blog!
Kyri Sarantakos is Vice President of Engineering at TheLadders. When he's not playing around with iOS development, he can be found hacking all things radio-controlled.


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Saunders brace keeps Brentford in hunt for play-offs
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Brentford 3 Bury 0
Sam Saunders' double kept Brentford's League One play-off hopes alive as they saw off struggling Bury to secure their fifth win on the bounce.
Saunders whipped in a free-kick to put the Bees in front on the stroke of half-time and added a second on 63 minutes before right-back Shaleum Logan wrapped up victory for Uwe Rosler's side.
The result leaves buoyant Brentford just three points behind sixth-placed Carlisle, although they have five games still remaining to the Cumbrians' six.
Brentford made all the early running without creating any clear chances, although Clinton Morrison might have done better when he swung his right boot at Logan's cross but failed to connect cleanly.
The visitors were no sharper in front of goal – Lenell John-Lewis' tame punt and an angled effort from David Worrall were little more than catching practice for Richard Lee.
But, in a game punctuated by free-kicks, Bury's back line closed the Bees down to good effect and a lack of natural width left the home side with limited options.
Brentford did almost gain a fortuitous advantage in the 25th minute when Clayton Donaldson's cross-cum-shot slammed into his onrushing team-mate Toumani Diagouraga and ruffled the side netting.
With passes beginning to go astray and Harlee Dean scooping the Bees' best chance over from close range, a set-piece looked the most likely avenue for them to break the deadlock.
That came just a minute before half-time as Donaldson was brought down by Steven Schumacher on the edge of the box and Saunders whipped the free-kick around the wall into the corner of the net.
After a niggly start to the start of the second half, Saunders earned the Bees some breathing space as he collected Marcus Bean's pass and unleashed a low 25-yard drive that crept inside the near post.
And the contest was all but ended four minutes later when a deft pass from Donaldson released the overlapping Logan, who held off Joe Skarz and fired past Bury goalkeeper Jonathan Bond.
Saunders might have completed a hat-trick when he gave Efe Sodje the slip and raced towards goal, but the Bury defender got back in time to foil him.
Substitute Leon Legge powered a header wide from Saunders' corner late on, while Shaun Harrad should have netted a consolation for the visitors in injury-time, stabbing wide with only Lee to beat.
Brentford: Lee; Logan, Osborne (Legge 81), Dean, Bidwell; Bean, Douglas (Thompson 64), Diagouraga; Saunders; Morrison (McGinn 72), Donaldson.


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I got this error during install and now I cant get mta up and running.
My interfaces:Code:Operations logged to /tmp/zmsetup.log.3225 Setting defaults... MX: zimbra.****.com (22.214.171.124) Interface: 220.127.116.11 Interface: 127.0.0.1 126.96.36.199 Done Checking for port conflicts Port conflict detected: 25 (zimbra-mta) Port conflicts detected! - Any key to continue o
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My host file is as follows:
I dont get the conflic as its the same interface and it's directed to the same spot 127.0.0.1 is the localhost as is 126.96.36.199. I'm using debian and the debian binaries.Code:127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost 18.104.22.168 zimbra.****.com mail # The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts ::1 ip6-localhost ip6-loopback fe00::0 ip6-localnet ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix ff02::1 ip6-allnodes ff02::2 ip6-allrouters ff02::3 ip6-allhosts


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Are College Cost Calculators Flunking the Math?
Oct. 29 is the deadline for U.S. colleges to put "net price calculators" on their websites -- tools intended to estimate the real cost of attending for each specific student. But the most widely adopted calculator is inaccurate -- to the tune of thousands of dollars, experts say.


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LAUREL, Md. (WUSA9) -- The water woes we are seeing in Prince George's County is just one example of the nations nearly failing water infrastructure.
WSSC Chief Engineer Gary Gum said, "We haven't succeeded in catching up. We're still fighting to get there."
Gum says WSSC has primarily a two fold plan to attach the deteriorating infrastructure. The first is to secure funding and the second is to get to the pipes and fix them quickly.
Currently almost all the funding for repair projects come from the rate payers. Gum added, "All of that money is coming from our rate payers. We aren't getting any help from anybody. The rate payers are paying for this."
As for the fixes he says of the 5,400 miles of piping they manage they how to repair about 55 miles of it a year. That is at a price of about 1.4 million per mile.


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UPDATE: Time constraints no longer as pressing; see below for details.
So, for future sessions of my seafaring campaign, I'd like to include a political map of the world below the waves.
This sounds daunting, but I don't need an entire world, just a portion of one coastline. My idea is for the main landmass to be completely blank ("Here be dragons," etc.) while the coastal seafloor and island atolls will be divided into a variety of underwater principalities.
I don't have the skills to even attempt this, but I'm hoping someone here will see a fun little challenge, a different way of looking at a standard map. This will be connected to a plot arc involving a character with underwater ancestry.
Entirely up to you. It's meant to be a page from an old manuscript.
Quality and Size:
An 8.5 x 11" page would be fine for now.
Time Constraints:
As noted above, the timeframe is now fairly relaxed.
Depends on what we work out, but I don't intend to commercially publish this.
This is my first post on the site, so apparently I'm not allowed to receive PMs. If you're interested, leave me a reply here and we'll work out a way to get in touch.
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NC General Assembly session at a glance
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A look at North Carolina's 2013 General Assembly, which begins in earnest Wednesday.
ALREADY HERE: The General Assembly met Jan. 9 to elect House and Senate leaders and approve chamber operating rules. Legislators approved the one-day session last summer as a time- and cost-saving measure based on the idea that lawmakers would swiftly get to work upon reconvening. House Speaker Thom Tillis, R-Mecklenburg, and Senate leader Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, each were re-elected unanimously to second two-year terms leading their respective chambers.
WHO'S ARRIVED: Republicans now outnumber Democrats 77-43 in the House, or a nine-seat GOP increase compared with the 2011-12 session. Republicans have a 33-17 advantage over Democrats in the Senate, or a net increase of two seats. More than 50 legislators this year are freshmen or are returning after absences. Republican Gov. Pat McCrory, who succeeded Democrat Beverly Perdue, will be the chief executive, receiving bills to sign and negotiating with legislators over the budget and other issues. New GOP Lt. Gov. Dan Forest will preside over Senate debate.
FIRST UP: Tillis said he expects that the first legislation approved will make clear that group homes can tap into nearly $40 million over the next five months to help them deal with Medicaid service rate reductions for their residents with mental illness or developmental disabilities.
WHEN THEY'LL LEAVE: The legislature will aim to adjourn this year's session by mid-June — about the same time the General Assembly went home in 2011.
OTHER ISSUES: General Assembly leaders will draw up a new state government budget through mid-2015, plan to approve changes to the unemployment insurance system, create ID requirements to vote in person and consider overhauling the tax system. Here are some other issues that are likely to come up in 2013:
— Medicaid: The legislature and McCrory will have to decide whether take on an additional 500,000 Medicaid recipients provided for but not required through the federal Affordable Care Act. Berger said his caucus is wary about increasing the state's Medicaid enrollment — even though the federal government would pay for nearly all the costs — when the Medicaid program keeps ringing up shortfalls. The governor and legislators also will work through what role, if any, it wants North Carolina to have in developing health insurance exchanges that the federal health care law requires.
— Regulatory reform. There was some surprising bipartisan support at times during the 2011-12 session for regulatory reform. Tillis said the House will take the lead in the General Assembly this year on the topic.
— Loosening teacher tenure. Berger wants to loosen the rules that make it difficult to fire poorly performing public school teachers, citing changes in Colorado as a possible model. An education overhaul bill Berger offered in 2012 would have ended tenure, but it got cut during final negotiations. Tillis said he's willing to consider legislation that school leaders say will be effective.
— Linking curriculum to jobs. Expect legislative leaders and McCrory to push legislation to ensure students are taught more specific skills that will allow them to land jobs in hard-to-recruit industries in the state.
— School choice. Some lawmakers want to revive a 2012 measure that would allow corporations to divert their state taxes to nonprofits, which would in turn distribute scholarships of up to $4,000 per student for private K-12 school tuition. Critics say the bill is just school "vouchers" by another name.
— Gun control: Republican legislative leaders don't sound interested in any measures that would place new gun ownership restrictions in the wake of the Connecticut elementary school shootings last month. It's too early to tell whether there's support for passing legislation to put more armed guards inside schools or to arm teachers.
— Right-to-work constitutional amendment: Tillis and Berger say they're open to a constitutional amendment that would affirm North Carolina's status as a "right-to-work" state, meaning people can't be required to join a union to get a job.
— Eugenics compensation. Tillis said he'll push again a measure that would give monetary compensation to living victims of North Carolina's previous forced sterilization program. A bill giving $50,000 to each survivor passed the House in 2012, but the Senate wouldn't support it.
— Abortion restrictions. House Speaker Pro Tempore Paul Stam, R-Wake, said legislation is being drafted that would exclude abortion coverage from the health insurance exchanges and outlaw abortions based on gender preferences. McCrory has been cool to regulating abortion further. Portions of a 2011 abortion restriction measure were struck down by a federal judge.


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Building Conference Hosts Wheeling Native
February 1, 2013
MORGANTOWN — For Wheeling native and Linsly School graduate Matthew Miller, educating and empowering young people are keys to improving communities....
Mr. Triton, what you've just [written] is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever [read]. At no point in your rambling, incoherent [comment] were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone [on this site] is now dumber for having [read] it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul
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I think there should be a penalty jar and every time you say "empower" you have to put a dollar in it. It always fascinated me, in college, that those who thought they were so counter culture, were really just slaves to their own invented culture, dressing alike, saying the same buzzwords, chanting the same chants, voting the same way regardless of how phony the candidate( if he dressed alike and said the same buzzwords). Young people always like to think they invented nonconformism, but then they conform so much its hard to tell. Oh, yeah and you have to say you are saving the environment even if you drive an SUV, jet to Cancun and flip Dicarlo's boxes out the window of the landark. Yeah a penalty jar and it should be donated to someone who does none of the above...the true nonconformist. And what say we reinstitute the draft so that flakes can be empowered to serve their country just like the poor kids. Woops there goes a dollar into the jar.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (WUSA) - Health dangers identified by inspectors July 9th through July 13th resulted in emergency closures at four area food spots.
District of Columbia Department of Health records indicate on Friday the 13th, at the Shaw neighborhood China Dragon Carryout, 1439 11th St. NW, inspectors found insects and gross unsanitary conditions that may endanger the public health.
The District of Columbia Health Department reported temporarily closing the restaurant for sanitation violations.
The manager declined an interview.
It wasn't the restaurant's first time in trouble.
Last October, according to health department records, inspectors cited workers blowing their nose or coughing, no one washing their hands, food at unsafe temperatures, and a sewage back-up.
Prince Georges County reports three suspensions, including Family Dollar, 5454 St. Barnabas Road, in Oxon Hill for a rodent infestation, and in District Heights inspectors shut down two illegal mobile food stands operated by Wayne Milburn-BAW and Raleigh Wayne Ferrell.
China Dragon and Family Dollar passed reinspection and reopened.
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Family Dollar Rodent Infestation 5454 St. Barnabas Road, Oxon Hill, MD , 20745
Wayne Milburn-BAW, operator, Illegal mobile unit Silver Hill Rd, District Heights, MD 20747
Raleigh Wayne Ferrell, operator Illegal mobile unit Silver Hill Rd, District Heights, MD 20747
China Dragon Carryout Insects, gross unsanitary conditions, invalid license, failed verbal safe food test 1439 11th St. NW, Washington, D.C.