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BioMed Research International
Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 762805, 7 pages
The Presence of Asthma, the Use of Inhaled Steroids, and Parental Education Level Affect School Performance in Children
1Michalinio Pediatric Development Centre, Ministry of Employment, Athens, Greece
2Respiratory Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Academic General Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Dragana, Alexandroupolis, Thrace, Greece
3Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace, Xanthi, Greece
4Department of Statistics and Actuarial-Financial Mathematics, University of the Aegean, Samos, Greece
5Respiratory Department, General Hospital of Athens "ELPIS," Athens, Greece
Received 22 April 2013; Accepted 17 June 2013
Academic Editor: Oscar Palomares
Copyright © 2013 A. Tsakiris et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Objective. Childhood asthma is a frequent cause of absenteeism that affects school performance. We aimed to investigate the impact of asthma on absenteeism and school performance level of elementary and high school students. Methods. Data about sociodemographics, absenteeism, and academic achievement were obtained from 1539 students attending 98 schools in Greece. School performance was assessed for the last two years of school attendance using parents' and teachers' reports and grade point average promotion. Results. The mean of the days of absence of students with asthma was higher compared to the healthy students (6.2 ± 11.7 versus 0.3 ± 3.1, resp., ). Students with reduced healthcare use presented less absenteeism than those with increased healthcare use for asthma (4.3 ± 8.6 versus 12.4 ± 17.0 days, resp., ). Asthma and healthcare use for asthma accounted for an overall estimated variability in absence days of 13.8% and 9%, respectively. Absenteeism was associated with poor school performance for the last two years of school () and with lower grade point promotion in elementary school students () but not in high school students (). Higher level of parental education was associated with better school performance (). Asthma was associated with a decreased possibility for excellent performance (OR = 0.64, , 95%CI = 0.41–1.00) in elementary students. Students with asthma using inhalers were four times more likely to perform excellently in elementary school (OR = 4.3, , 95%CI = 1.17–15.95) than their asthmatic peers with alternative asthma treatments. Conclusions. Asthma and increased healthcare use enhance school absenteeism. Inhaled steroid use and the higher parental education level were the most important predicting factors for good school performance in elementary school asthmatic children.


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Jill Flanagan, M.A.
Director, Vatican Internship Program
Area of Expertise:
- Public Relations
- Business and Professional Communication
- Professional Development in Communication
Jill Flanagan, M.A.
Director, Vatican Internship Program
Area of Expertise:
With a solid foundation of 12 years of professional experience in public relations, Professor Flanagan has lived the practical side of this rapidly evolving field. Keenly interested in the role public relations and media play in society, Flanagan is a great source for stories on personal and corporate image, media and pop culture, branding, and crisis communication. She leads professional development workshops for students seeking careers in communication, oversees Villanova's communication interns working at the Pontifical Council for Social Communications at the Vatican, and is advisor for the University's Chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America.
Since 1842, Villanova University's Augustinian Catholic intellectual tradition has been the cornerstone of an academic community in which students learn to think critically, act compassionately and succeed while serving others. There are more than 10,000 undergraduate, graduate and law students in the University's six colleges – the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the Villanova School of Business, the College of Engineering, the College of Nursing, the College of Professional Studies and the Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law. As students grow intellectually, Villanova prepares them to become ethical leaders who create positive change everywhere life takes them.


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Linda Lael Miller's New York Times best-selling contemporary Western romances have found a place in the hearts of listeners worldwide. Creed's Honor stars Connor Creed, a rancher reluctantly carrying on his uncle's legacy in Lonesome Bend, Colorado. For years he's sacrificed his own dreams to fulfill the promise he made to his uncle. But everything changes when his wild, estranged twin brother re-enters his life—and then there's the beautiful Tricia McCall, who stirs feelings of passion deep within Connor's soul.
©2011 Linda Lael Miller (P)2011 Recorded Books, LLC
"good story but slow."
It was a good story and reader did a great job, but the story itself was a little slow. other than that I enjoyed it, It definetly picks up during the second half.
He did the best with what he had to read.
Not sure.
I got this as a daily deal thinking it was a western novel, but was sorely mistaken. Romance in it's worst. Do not waste your time or money.TERRIBLE.
"So-So Story, Shallow Characters"
Easy to start and stop listening to because the story is predictable and not very deep. Great for the 15 minute ride to work. There were some funny parts but mostly just a predictable romance. I bought it because it was on sale for a great price...you get what you pay for.
"kind of a long, drawn out and boring story!"
Probably not, the story was just not that interesting. I like the narrators voice for men but not women characters!
Not good with female voices
Not really
Just not for me....
"Linda Lael Miller is the best."
I have listened to most of Linda Lael Miller's books and I'm very fond of them. However, I am a little confussed now. What's the difference between Creed's Honor and Creed's Honour. Th publishers summary is very similar.
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AT&T is increasing its data cap to 22GB for customers who are still grandfathered into unlimited data plans. This is more than four times the 5GB cap previously offered to LTE subscribers, and more than seven times the 3GB cap offered to 3G subscribers.
FTC investigates Apple Music for anti-competitive practices
Apple's new streaming music service is coming under fire from the Federal Trade Commission for possible anti-competitive practices.
The recently launched Apple Music costs $9.99 per subscription (or $14.99 for an up-to-six-person family plan), with the first three months free. Competing services like Spotify or Rdio are subject to Apple's 30 percent take from any app sold on the App Store, which makes the FTC uncomfortable, as Apple Music is not subject to the same rules.
SpongeBob Game Pulled From The App Store For Violating Children's Privacy Rights
A free SpongeBob Squarepants game from Nickelodeon has had to be pulled from the App Store following complaints that it violates children's online privacy rights. SpongeBob Diner Dash asked children for their names and email addresses without parental permission — so that it could fill their inboxes with spam, no doubt — causing an advocacy group to report the app to the Federal Trade Commission.


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Jumping Cholla, Hanging Chain Cholla, Chain Fruit Cholla, Cholla Brincadora, Velas de Coyote
Cylindropuntia fulgida
|Cactaceae (kak-TAY-see-ee) (Info)
|Cylindropuntia (sil-in-drop-UN-shee-uh) (Info)
|fulgida (FUL-jih-duh) (Info)
|Opuntia fulgida
|Cylindropuntia fulgida var. fulgida
Cactus and Succulents
Foliage Color:
Bloom Characteristics:
This plant is attractive to bees, butterflies and/or birds
Water Requirements:
Drought-tolerant; suitable for xeriscaping
Where to Grow:
8-10 ft. (2.4-3 m)
4-6 ft. (1.2-1.8 m)
6-8 ft. (1.8-2.4 m)
8-10 ft. (2.4-3 m)
USDA Zone 8b: to -9.4 �C (15 �F)
USDA Zone 9a: to -6.6 �C (20 �F)
USDA Zone 9b: to -3.8 �C (25 �F)
USDA Zone 10a: to -1.1 �C (30 �F)
USDA Zone 10b: to 1.7 �C (35 �F)
USDA Zone 11: above 4.5 �C (40 �F)
Sun Exposure:
Full Sun
Plant has spines or sharp edges; use extreme caution when handling
Bloom Color:
Fuchsia (Red-Purple)
Bloom Time:
Mid Spring
Other details:
Soil pH requirements:
6.1 to 6.5 (mildly acidic)
6.6 to 7.5 (neutral)
7.6 to 7.8 (mildly alkaline)
Patent Information:
Propagation Methods:
From woody stem cuttings
From softwood cuttings
Allow cut surface to callous over before planting
From seed; germinate in vitro in gelatin, agar or other medium
Seed Collecting:
Allow unblemished fruit to ripen; clean and dry seeds
Unblemished fruit must be significantly overripe before harvesting seed; clean and dry seeds
Properly cleaned, seed can be successfully stored
This plant has been said to grow in the following regions:
Ajo, Arizona
Arivaca, Arizona
Bullhead City, Arizona
Gilbert, Arizona
Hereford, Arizona
Kearny, Arizona
Peridot, Arizona
Phoenix, Arizona (2 reports)
Tucson, Arizona (2 reports)
Wellton, Arizona
Arroyo Grande, California
Lucerne Valley, California
San Marino, California
Hutto, Texas
Kermit, Texas
Lubbock, Texas
Spicewood, Texasshow all
Gardeners' Notes:
On Jan 31, 2017, DenisBronxite from Jamaica, NY wrote:
I rooted four cuttings of Cylindropuntia fulgida a few years ago. The spines are terribly dangerous. They even penetrated welder's gloves. I had to use tongs and fat wads of rolled-up newspaper to manipulate them.
On Mar 28, 2010, JohnTS71 from San Antonio, TX (Zone 9a) wrote:
This plant loves the south texas soil. This plant has a rapid growth rate and will produce tons of arms once its established. I recently pruned around 50 arms and gave them out to people I know who wanted this unique cacti. My plant has not bloomed yet though.
On Mar 18, 2010, ogrejelly from Gilbert, AZ (Zone 9b) wrote:
As Palmbob indicates there is nothing worse than getting one of these in you. I have had them go right through a hiking boot and once in they barb and make it impossible to pull out. Anything they touch they will get stuck to.
On May 27, 2007, Theboneman from Phoenix, AZ wrote:
Although it has lots of spines as well as it seems to jump at you when you get to close to it, it is a really cool plant the is good to have in the background as well as it is good at keeping the dogs from pooping in your yard. :)
On Aug 21, 2004, randi_rives from Lubbock, TX (Zone 7a) wrote:
This a very stickery plant, but it's spring blooms are awesome. Little bees love it. It is easy to keep trimmed up and it never has to be watered.
On Jun 8, 2004, Xenomorf from Phoenix, AZ (Zone 9b) wrote:
AKA, Hanging Chain Cholla, chain fruit cholla, cholla brincadora, velas de coyote.
On Nov 1, 2003, palmbob from Acton, CA (Zone 8b) wrote:
Also known as Cholla or jumping cholla back in New Mexico where I grew up, this is one of the least garden-friendly plants I can think of and would strongly advise against growing it unless you have a pain wish. There are many times I can think why this cactus was aptly named, having hiked thousands of miles about the high deserts and been nailed by this plant even though I was sure I had clearance of it. The spines are very well barbed and nearly impossible to pull out intact. It takes months for your body to finally eject the spine, if ever. Just brush up against it and an entire leaf full of spines will immediately unattach itself from the mother plant and stick into you. It's in this way it ends up all over the place because it roots whereever the leaf falls. And it's not that gr... read more


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Pink and Grey Baby Shower Invitation, Tickled Pink Invite, Girl Baby Shower, Pink and Grey Floral, Polka Baby Shower, Printable
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A plan to turn around Grand Avenue
I am not an urban planner or an architect and I have never taken a course in the greatest use of space or in merchandising or retailing.
But I do know something about living and I know when something is alive and when something is dead. I really don't want to get into any arguments about our Downtown, either. But from where I stand, it's dead on the vine.
I love the people at Grand Avenue, but all their little efforts to bring the mall back to life are kind of like putting lipstick on that pig.
What we need here is someone who has the philosophy "Go Big, or Go Home."
I actually sat down with a pencil and a piece of paper (remember paper?) to jot down the things I'd put into the Grand Avenue space to bring it back.
First of all I'd create a place that is Milwaukee's signature. Everything about it would be Milwaukee.
I would get several of the best restaurant operators in town, Joe Bartolotta,
Omar Shaikh, Johnny Vassallo, and a few others and get them to open high-end restaurants in the place. I'd give them space and financial deals to get them into it. We'd have four or five or six top-flight local restaurants. Hell, let's shoot for the moon and ask Sandy D'Amato to open Sanford II.
Then I'd get four or five great bars. A couple of sports bars. A couple of trivia or game bars. I might have a dance club, or I might not.
And then two or three bars that feature live music five or six nights a week. I'd have a jazz club and a country bar and a rock and roll club. Again, I'd cough up some public money to lure people to build and operate these clubs.
Then I'd get at least two live theater venues. One would be a small black box
theater for new and edgy plays. The other would be a larger theater equipped to stage any kind of play.
I would build an art gallery to display and sell works by Wisconsin artists only. We'd serve wine in the gallery. There would be little marble benches to sit on and look at pictures. We could make this an annex of the Milwaukee Art Museum and get them to operate it.
I would hire a top-flight security company whose employees dressed in nice
clothes, not shabby faux-cop jackets and beaten up hats with a gold shield on them.
I would restore a movie theater across Wisconsin Avenue and put a few special retail shops on that side of the street. I would build walkways to wherever our new basketball arena is going to be. I would give the Milwaukee Bucks a pre-game supper club right in the mall, on the way to the arena.
I'd build a world-class center to care for little children. A place they can play and be safe.
This is all a dream, of course. But so what? Great things start, often, with a
dream. I know this would be expensive. But we can trade a lot of it out, give big tax breaks and infrastructure breaks to the operators. Get our money back as a share of the profits. Whatever this costs it seems to me It would me worth it.
That facility in the middle of our downtown is a beautiful one, with architecture that is unequaled anywhere in the city.
What we need is somebody who can see this kind of potential, pick up the ball, and start to run with it. I think if the spirit gets moving a lot of us would get on board and help push this bus down the track.
Mayor? Hello? Mayor?
las816 | Oct. 25, 2012 at 3:13 p.m. (report)
I provide tours and everyone says we do not promote Milwaukee enough. The majority of the hotels surround the mall and they are disappointed when they go in to it. I would love to see interactive studios and shops all Milwaukee based for product and vendors. I would love to see the Milwaukee Film Festival and local college and artists films provided at the movie theater that you proposed. I would like the mall to be a hot spot for Gallery Night. I am working on my own business plan that includes ideas for the mall and marketing Milwaukee.
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AndrewJ | Oct. 19, 2012 at 8:52 a.m. (report)
When the first words weren't "controlled implosion", I was immediately skeptical about the article forthcoming. You surprised me here, Dave. It sounds like you're describing a Tampa Bay-esque, Ybor City type of entertainment district. If they kept it high end, with the restaurateurs you named, and kept the bar scene to more of a gastropub type environment, I think it could work. No dance clubs. Period. Once the dining scene got moving, you should be able to attract some good retail again. All in all, a good plan. Good luck with the mayor. You can probably find him and Chris Abele in a basement somewhere playing with trains.
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kman8900 | Oct. 18, 2012 at 3:21 p.m. (report)
Shhhh, Dave, be quiet. You might wake him up.
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Karen Harvey will honor "Woman's History Month" with a presentation of her latest book, "Daring Daughters: St. Augustine's Feisty Females" at The Friends of the Library of St. Johns County's monthly "Sunday Socials at the Library," on Sunday. The presentation starts at 3 p.m. and will be held in the conference room at the main library, 1960 N. Ponce de Leon Blvd. Refreshments will be served after the program. The public is invited.
The book brings to life the timeless stories of women who, over the centuries, have faced adversity with courage, character, and often humor.
Harvey is the author of several books about St. Augustine and its vast history. Karen's books cover the spectrum from a pictorial history of St. Augustine to the ghosts that dwell here.
Harvey was born in Flushing, N.Y., but has lived in St. Augustine for 25 years. Her "St. Augustine and St. Johns County: A Pictorial History" is in its sixth printing and is a popular coffee-table fixture.
Harvey will be available for book signings after the presentation.
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Chapel or practice organ
Chapel or practice organ. One rank stopped flute, 8-4-2 manual and pedal.
This instrument was built as a 10 "rank" (sets of reeds) reed organ with a non functioning "pipe top" as was typical of reed organs built for chapels or churches. For our purposes, the ornate nature of its casework and pipetop lent itself ideally to becoming a candidate for rebuilding as a temporary pipe organ to be loaned to a church while the company built the church's new instrument. It is an organ of one rank, a Stopped Diapason of 85 pipes. Numbers 1–12 are mounted behind the casework; 13 to 85 are behind the dummy pipes. The pitches are: Manual 8 – 4 – 2, Pedal: 8 – 4 – 2. Will fit under an 8' ceiling without the removable finials on top.
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Sox frustrated by walk-off loss to Orioles
Red Sox frustrated by walk-off loss to O's
The Sox know that their overall quality of play and the end results need to change in short order, otherwise it could be a long summer.
"We're making it pretty tough on ourselves," said Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia. "These are tight games and we're not finding a way to win them. It's tough right now. We're fighting -- we're just not winning games. It's tough. It's frustrating. There's a lot of guys that have been here, we're not used to this. We'll grind it out, but we've got to find a way to start winning some games."
They didn't win any this weekend, suffering their first three-game sweep in Baltimore since Sept. 2-4, 1974. Now, the Sox will go home and play four straight against the Angels, the team that swept them in last October's AL Division Series. And after that, the Yankees come to town for three.
"They're good teams," Pedroia said. "It doesn't get any easier. Everyone thought Baltimore was three easy wins and we got [beat] three times. We're going to have to play a lot better, especially against those teams."
The 11-14 Red Sox fell to 1-5 in extra-inning games, marking the first time since 1943 that as many of six of their first 25 games have gone extras.
This one ended with Ty Wigginton smacking Jonathan Papelbon's hanging slider for a walk-off double with nobody out in the 10th. Nick Markakis opened the inning by drawing a walk on a 3-2 pitch and then advancing to second when Papelbon's attempted pickoff throw to first went into the stands for an error.
"I just didn't get hips around and rushed it a little bit," said Papelbon.
"We're trying to not let them run," said manager Terry Francona. "We put them in scoring position. We put ourselves in a tough spot. A walk and an error, I agree, it's a tough way to start the inning."
Of the seven games the Orioles have won, four have been against the Red Sox.
Two of the three games this weekend were extra-inning defeats. On Saturday night, Boston blew a 4-1 lead and lost, 12-9.
"It wasn't a lot of fun," said Francona. "You show up to win and you didn't. "We're going to have to regroup in a hurry and figure it out."
They had their chances to win this one. In the top of the 10th, the Sox had runners on first and second and one out. But Marco Scutaro hit a ground ball to shortstop Julio Lugo, who easily stepped on the bag and completed the double play.
Another key sequence came in the top of the eighth. With runners on first and second and two outs, Pedroia ripped a single to left. Red Sox third-base coach Tim Bogar went for it, giving Jason Varitek the green light. However, Varitek was thrown out by several feet. Francona said that Bogar made the right call.
On a hot and humid afternoon, Varitek said he ran out of steam.
"I actually wasn't running fast enough to get there," Varitek said. "I gave it what I had. I had a good turn, a good jump and the wheels weren't quite moving."
Baltimore nearly took the lead in the bottom of the eighth, loading the bases with one out. But Red Sox reliever Daniel Bard struck out Luke Scott on 99-mph heat and froze Nolan Reimold on a changeup.
"He got himself in trouble and got himself right out of it with some extraordinary pitches," Francona said.
Aside from Bard's escape act, the other positive development of the day for the Sox was the work of ace Josh Beckett, who rebounded from a pair of shaky outings to turn in seven strong innings. The righty gave up six hits and two runs, walking none and striking out six.
"I definitely think I took some strides forward from my previous two outings," Beckett said. "But a sweep is a sweep. It's frustrating for us to go home like that."
Baltimore's Kevin Millwood matched Beckett pitch for pitch, giving up five hits and two runs over eight innings. Millwood's only blemishes were solo homers by Varitek and J.D. Drew. With the Red Sox trailing, 2-0, after four, Varitek chopped that in half in the top of the fifth by belting his fifth homer of the season, a 402-foot rocket over the wall in right. Drew's shot to center in the seventh was his third of the weekend and fifth on the season.
If it seemed the Red Sox were gaining momentum, the O's had other ideas. So after opening this six-game road trip with a sweep in Toronto, the Red Sox had the same thing done to them.
"We could have won all three of these games and had a great road trip," Pedroia said. "Instead, we're 3-3. We've dug ourselves a hole and it's really not going to cut it."
"It's frustrating," Beckett said. "You come in here and you try to win every series and you get swept. That's backwards from what we're trying to do."
Ian Browne is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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DANVILLE, Vt., Jan. 23 (UPI) -- A group of five friends in Vermont said it took them 3 hours to build a 15-foot-tall snowman at the side of Route 2.
Danville pals James Beattie, Jacob Mills and Derek Chamberlin said they and two other friends spent 3 hours Sunday packing snow to create the giant snowman, which features two large sticks for arms and a nose quite a bit larger than a traditional carrot, WCAX-TV, Burlington, Vt., reported Wednesday.
"It's a box we used to hold grinding wheels, just something we had down at the farm," Beattie said. "The eyes are beef jerky cans and the mouth are Brillo pads."
The friends said they were surprised by the number of people who pulled over to the side of the road to look at their creation.
"We definitely thought people would stop, but definitely a lot more stopping than we thought would," Beattie said.
The friends said they plan to make the snowman larger if more snow falls in the area.


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by Barbara Rembiesa, CEO of IAITAM
Organizations that chose to "go to the cloud" do not necessarily bring about dramatic savings and IT efficiencies that outweigh or eliminate the need for asset management. In fact, the adverse effect may be the case based on the added risk surrounding data security, access, data transfer and backup along with agreements that include terms that are unclear or misunderstood by parties unfamiliar with this new licensing model. This in turn may lead to an increase in resources at every level.
Cloud computing is the newest trend in software licensing, but truly the base model for cloud licensing has existed for some time. It's a new twist on a billing model that has existed since mainframes came into existence -- capacity based computing. The difference in this new model is the vast array of service providers, complexity in licensing schemes and of course the formidable drive aimed at taking more of a share of your organization's IT budget and creating a reliance on outsourced service providers.
There is much debate in the marketplace on savings opportunities based on migrating to the cloud outside the enterprise. Most CXOs say that the cost savings are extremely important when considering migration to the cloud. Based on IAITAM research though, few companies have realized the projected savings. This could be attributed to poor pre-planning for the implementation, failure to calculate true ROI, or simply the savings are not there.
Many cost factors not considered are:
Instead of looking at the terms of the agreement for your savings, take a long look at your business needs and what drives your business. Are you looking purely for financial savings and a reduction in IT overhead? Are you looking for increased productivity? Are you looking to mitigate risk from internal unmanaged assets?
Let's take a closer look at items to consider for those three business drivers:
The above obviously is not a full list of requirements when considering moving to the cloud but, instead, a few thinking points to allow you to build a full list to incorporate into your return on investment calculations.
In a dream world, everyone could move to the cloud and find tremendous savings and never have any down time; but remember, just like software applications, there is no silver bullet or one-size-fits-all solution.
Review your environment, your goals, and your business drivers before making any decision on changing your technology, because as many have discovered in the current environment, without the aid of modern technology your organization will cease to exist.
Before founding IAITAM, Barbara Rembiesa held key positions in both the financial and consulting sectors. Barbara has implemented and supervised asset tracking projects, discovery tool implementations and has been brought in as an industry expert to consult major savings and loans, universities, manufacturers and high tech industries throughout the United States. Barbara has also, successfully represented corporations in negotiations with compliance agencies for software violations. Barbara has implemented and designed disaster recovery programs for professional software testing and storage facilities including, but not limited to, off-site storage facilities, and has helped over 200 companies before forming IAITAM and successfully implemented improved software and hardware acquisition programs.


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This is a Montgomery Ward Catalog from 1939. It is the spring and summer catalog and is from the St. Paul, MN division. This was found at my Grandmother's estate in her office, and has the customer letter still in it, so i am pretty sure that she was the only owner of it. It is about 2 inches thick, 13 inches tall and 10 inches wide. This is antique catalog and has really cheap prices listed in it. It is actually very fascinating to see what is inside this almost 70 year old catalog. I will not ship outside the inner 48 states unless you talk to me and let me know w it is going first, and let me consider it. I appreciate the interest. Thanks for Looking!


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New Evidence on Emigrant Selection
This paper examines the extent to which Mexican emigrants to the United States are negatively selected. Previous studies have been limited by the lack of nationally representative longitudinal data. This one uses a newly available household survey, that identifies emigrants before they leave. On average, U.S.-bound Mexican emigrants from 2000 to 2004 earn lower wages and have less (more for females) schooling than nonmigrant Mexicans, evidence of negative selection. This argues against Chiquiar and Hanson's (2005) findings. The discrepancy is primarily due to an undercount of unskilled migrants in U.S. sources and secondarily to the omission of unobservables in their methodology. © 2011 The President and Fellows of Harvard College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Volume (Year): 93 (2011)
Issue (Month): 1 (February)
Pages: 72-96
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Ronald Powell's initial burst started in the center of the field. His job was to fly through Toledo's offensive line and get his hands on the quarterback.
As the pocket started to collapse, Toledo's Terrance Owens sprinted to his left, hoping to find a seam. Powell fought off a block, headed right and locked on. His teammates pursued, but not before the linebacker/defensive end launched his 6-foot-4, 240-pound, chiseled frame at the scrambling Owens. Two yards shy of the line of scrimmage, Powell had corralled his prey.
The play commanded roars from the announced crowd of 83,604 inside Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. Four plays into the season, Powell had his first official tackle in more than a year and a half.
In the second quarter, linebacker Neiron Ball would make his way onto the stat chart when he broke up a first-down pass from Owens. Six plays later, Ball helped end the Rockets' drive with a midfield tackle on third-and-17.
Three very ordinary plays from two unique people. They finished their first starts of the year with a combined four tackles, one sack, three quarterback hurries and a pass breakup.
The true significance of their play didn't appear on paper. To know how much Aug. 31 meant to these two, you have to know how far they'd come.


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I got a flyer across my desk today from a SEO company that 'guaranteed' TOP rankings in all major search engines. Now, I've read plenty about folks who 'guarantee' rankings. My question is this.
They said that they charged $75 per page to optimize 'generally' and $100 per page to optimize pages for specific search engines.
Are they just blowing smoke? A lot of folks I've read say that if you do good keyword research, write appropriate titles, descriptions, have solid "content-rich" pages and use search engine friendly code (<h1>, keyword text in links, etc.) that you should rank well in most/all search engines without having to make "SE-specific pages".
What are your thoughts?
Also - if some search engines do have some "quirks" that "may" require special optimization, is there a good resource to see some guidelines for optimizing for specific SE's.
They said that they charged $75 per page to optimize 'generally' and $100 per page to optimize pages for specific search engines.
Being an SEO - if you are looking for help improving your search engine visibility it would be far better to seek out a firm or consultant and get a specific quote on your specific site for your specific markets.
Anyone can generate "general traffic" and optimize to a specific search engine with modest skills, however, in most instances this does not help you at all.
A company's flyer quoting price per page without looking at your industry competitiveness, your markets searching habits, not to mention your sites current (or future) content, information, products or services - is doomed to fail.
"SEO Costs" and "Time" are inseparable. The faster you want or need results the more cost is associated. This means that in many cases, if not done properly you will not see any results for a long period of time
The number of web pages optimized may allow more targeted keywords (niche markets) to be considered however, in less capable SEO company's (generally ones that mass market) I have often found that they optimize Meta Tags only and this is the jest of their skills and "optimization of your main page and then duplicating this across all other pages". This type of service will not do anything at all but make you $75 - 100 dollars per page poorer.
Recommend your best course - use this forum and members advice and (past threads and search function) to improve your knowledge on the subject. If "time" does not permit you to optimize for yourself, at least you will be able to develop an appreciation for work quality.
Mass marketed SEO services particularly ones that generalize on deliverables are best to be avoided.
I wasn't actually looking for their services. The office building we are in had the letters sent to them and they thought we would be interested because we are an interactive development agnecy. I was really interested in whether there is any merit to "optimizing for specific search engines" or whether a well-thoughtout "best practices" approach is really all one needs to do well in the SE's that some companies "claim" to optimize for. Hope that makes sense! I'm tired. :)
Thanks again!
Most of the top search engine use dmoz as secondary results as a way to develop a choice of quality sites for their users. In most instances if you are doing well in Google it is because of DMOZ and the remainding search engines follow suit (not always - but as a general rule "DMOZ is the mother of all search engines").
So a well-thoughtout "best practices" approach is far better than anything else.
For what I'd consider a fairly well optimized page, I'm not seeing a huge difference in the results fromGoogle, Fast, Teoma and Inktomi; so I'd also go with the well thought-out "best practices" approach.
Its not so much a different optimisation, more of an attempt to get some good Inktomi rankings for a mixed set of phrases on the same page.
I guess that means it looks a little bit more spammy than the other pages.
TOP rankings in all major search engines.
Top ranking for what term? One you pick? I doubt it. There isn't a page on my site (or any site in any search engine index) that I can't make come up in the #1 spot for some term. The trick is to make it show up for the right term.
As the late, great Douglas Adams said: The answer to Life, The Universe, and Everything is 42. It's the asking the right question that's tricky.
Let me ask this another way:
If I were only submitting 2 pages - 1 to Altavista and 1 to Inktomi (just as examples), is there anything I should do for the one page that is specific to that particular search engine.
I guess what I'm asking is what do these guys actually "do" differently when they "say" they optimize for specific search engines. It shoulds to me like they are just making a bunch of doorway pages and saying some are built to rank well and are submitted to one search engine and the another is build for and submitted to a different search engine.
Now...I KNOW that's not best practices and I wouldn't go for that. I was just wondering if there was any merit to having to do different things.
FATHOM - Thanks for the input about DMOZ!
I, personally, am always skeptical of someone who promises #1 rankings. A guy who frequents (well frequentED, actually, he's too broke now to hang at the bar much anymore) was very successful at SEO for about a year. He was promising #1 rankings and commanding top dollar for his services ($150 per #1 ranking per term per engine, or something along those lines) and he was raking in a grand or more a week. Then, one day about 6 months ago, the poor sot had all - and I mean ALL - of his accounts banned or penalized by Google, INK, and Lycos - all in the same week. Now, he's got hundreds of accounts (and even more pages) banned or PR0'd from search engines. Demands for refunds; no new clients because none of his portfolio showed in SERPS anywhere; threats of lawsuits for loss of business. It was ugly.
I've yet to see a company that guaratee's number one results that doesn't use something that could eventually get you banned. You're mainly looking for someone who is going to promise you a discernable increase in traffic and/or an increase in visit to sale ratios. You're also going to have better luck, I'd guess, with a company that has to look at your site and research the market and competition already on the web and give you a price that is scaled to the work that will be involved. If you're selling "Xyzzy Traps" [google.com] you should expect it to be pretty cheap to get #1 rankings across the board with a single page. Lord help the wallet of the poor sap who is actually trying to sell a widget [google.com].