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I recently attended a discussion about interviewing for math jobs, and apparently a question that is coming up frequently is something like this:
"We have a culturally diverse student body. How does having a diverse classroom affect your teaching?"
The advice was not to say, "It doesn't affect me," but instead offer some positive anecdote about diversity and multiculturalism or something. However, this is how I truly feel. I am a teaching assistant at a diverse school, and I feel that mathematical thought is universal and cultural differences should not affect the content of my teaching in any way. It seems that this is not viewed as a PC opinion.
So the question is, what is the appropriate answer to this question, and why?
Of course I want what you think is really the right answer about pedagogy, not just what you think people want to hear in a job interview.


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Amazon.com Inc. on Thursday unveiled its own music-streaming service for its U.S.-based Prime membership customers that competes against Spotify and Pandora with initially a more limited playlist.
The service offers about a million tracks from thousands of albums, the company said, but doesn't offer songs from Vivendi SA's Universal Music Group, the largest label. Tracks from Warner Music Group and Sony Corp. generally will be more than six months old....


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The billing gaffes so far have led to more than $1 million in lost revenue.
PORT ORANGE — Armed with the findings of a recent independent auditor's investigation, the city is moving toward firing longtime Customer Service Manager Betty Barnhart.
City Manager Ken Parker is scheduled to meet with Barnhart, a 33-year employee, Friday afternoon in what's being called a "pre-termination hearing." She was placed on paid suspension Wednesday until then.
In his letter to Barhart, Parker said the independent auditor's investigation found her responsible for major water-and-sewer department billing gaffes that so far have led to more than $1 million in lost revenue. Parker said she violated "policies and procedures" in the Customer Service and meter-reading divisions.
"You have been employed by the City of Port Orange for more than 30 years. However, the multiple instances of incompetence and unsatisfactory performance of your job assignment as revealed in the investigation has to be an overriding consideration," Parker said in the letter. "You are hereby given notice of my intent to terminate your employment with the City of Port Orange, subject to an opportunity for you to address the findings of this letter."
Barnhart has held her current position since 2005, and reported to Finance Director John Shelley, who was also blamed in the auditor's report for the billing gaffes. He is retiring in January.
In her four-page affidavit in November, Barnhart said: "I have not committed any gross mismanagement, malfeasance, misfeasance or gross waste of public funds. Nor am I aware of any gross mismanagement, malfeasance, misfeasance or gross waste of public funds by any other city employee."
If let go by Parker, Barnhart, who makes $66,000 annually, could request a Civil Service Board hearing to appeal the decision, much like former Public Works Director Warren Pike who was fired earlier this year. But the ultimate decision rests with Parker.
In its 72-page report of Barnhart, the auditor found she failed to follow proper internal controls when entering and testing data used to calculate water-and-sewer rates; failed to properly oversee the "meter-reading function" and failed to ensure that employees were verifying "zero-read meters" — equipment where little or no monthly water usage was shown.


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Heat beat Celtics, 105-103, to run win streak to 23 games
Their heads sank as they left the court, where they feel they left a win that so many felt they had no real shot at taking. The Celtics were close, so close Monday night, to a win so improbable that it would have been hard to gauge, much less believe was possible.
But this wasn't horseshoes or hand grenades. It was basketball, in which the final tally only favors one. And for some time now, the favored team at the end is Miami, which entered TD Garden having won 22 straight, many by a comfortable margin.
However, the Heat's seat atop the NBA's throne was threatened for nearly 48 minutes, as Jeff Green and the Celtics put forth an effort that won't soon be forgotten, one that surely will stick with the Heat if these teams meet in the playoffs.
Playing without Kevin Garnett, the Celtics played a defending champion powerhouse to the brink of a stunning loss.
It wasn't to be, though, for as well as the Celtics played the role of David because they had no Garnett and no Rajon Rondo, the Heat still had Goliath in LeBron James, whose heroics offset a career-high 43 points by Green in a 105-103 win.
"We had to earn that one,'' Miami coach Erik Spoelstra said. "No question about it.''
The win extended Miami's winning streak to 23 games, which is now the second-longest streak in NBA history, trailing only the 33 in a row won by the 1971-72 Lakers. It also snapped an 11-game home winning streak for the Celtics.
The player who cut the Celtics' heart out was, of course James, who finished with 37 points, 12 assists, 7 rebounds and the shot to seal his team's come-from-behind win.
With the score tied at 103 with 10.5 seconds left, James buried a 21-foot jumper from the right wing and a dagger into the Celtics, who led the game by as many as 17 points overall and by 13 in the fourth quarter.
"Like I said before the game, when we play Boston, it's going to be close at the end,'' said Dwyane Wade, who had 16 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. "Somebody's going to make a play at the end, either way, to win the game.''
The Celtics had a chance on the other end with seven seconds left. Off an inbounds play, Paul Pierce rolled around a pick set by Jason Terry, caught a pass, and fired from the right corner.
Pierce has made so many of those late shots, but this was not one of them. The Heat were able to hang on, snapping a 10-game regular-season losing streak in Boston while also giving James his first regular-season win in Boston since he joined Miami.
"Credit them, they've won however many in a row,'' Terry said. "I hope they lose the rest.''
That sentiment was shared by the majority of the Celtics, who struggled to see past the fact that they lost, no matter that it was close and against Miami and without Rondo and Garnett, who sat out because of an illness and a left adductor strain.
"I believed that we were going to win the game before the game,'' coach Doc Rivers said. "I thought we were going to win the game during the game. And I thought we should of won the game.''
As Pierce and others have pointed out so often before, the Celtics' margin for error is razor-thin. And against the Heat, the Celtics had far too many errors, specifically 21 turnovers that the Heat turned into 24 points.
"It's always gonna come down to the little things,'' said Pierce, who had 7 turnovers to go along with 17 points, 8 assists, and 8 rebounds, "and those things really add up at the end of the day when you have a 2-point loss.''
Without Garnett patrolling the middle, Miami also scored 50 points in the paint.
But anything the Heat did was practically offset by one man: Green.
The forward was simply remarkable, making 14 of 21 shots, including 5 of 7 from 3-point range, in 40 minutes. By the third quarter, he had beaten his career high of 37 points, set in 2010 at New Jersey.
"Jeff was terrific,'' Rivers said. "I thought he played well the entire night. He attacked. You know what I loved about Jeff, I thought the first two minutes of the game, three minutes of the game, he was struggling.
"He missed a free throw, missed a couple of shots. And you know the old Jeff may have gone away. He actually just kept going and kept going, and that's all we talked about. And once he realized he had an advantage, he took advantage.''
Green scored 26 points in the first half alone, including 11 in a row at one point. And he scored 8 consecutive points in the third quarter to give his team a 78-72 lead.
"You know, you can't rely on a jump shot,'' said Green, who also had seven rebounds and four blocks. "I know I missed a couple at the beginning of the game. That's when I try to get to the free throw line, to try to get a rhythm, and I did.''
Said Pierce: "When you have a guy that has it going like he did today, you wonder what he ate that morning or whatever he did that day, he needs to keep doing it, because it worked, obviously, tonight. It's fun to watch, to be a part of that.''
Though the loss stings, Rivers said he told his team before the game that this was its first "playoff'' game, an important test with so many new players.
"And I was really looking forward to the game because I didn't how a lot of guys were going to react,'' he said. "Overall, besides not winning the game, we passed the test. But losing the game is what you'll remember.''
The Celtics played their best basketball of the season in stretches, then fell into lulls, losing their pace or, on too many occasions, possession of the ball. Their running style did seem to catch the Heat offguard.
"They brought a lot of speed to the game,'' James said. "They've got a lot of it now, so we had to adjust to that, and once we adjusted to it for the most part, we were able to contain them a little bit.''
Even without Garnett, whom Rivers expects to play Wednesday in New Orleans, the Celtics were still in it at the end, still within reach of snapping a 22-game winning streak on the five-year anniversary of when they snapped another, against Houston.
"It was a fantastic game,'' Rivers said. "I just don't like losing.''


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The new Microsoft Office for Mac ribbon helps you find the features and commands you want to complete tasks quickly.
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You know that with your purchase of Microsoft Excel for Mac 2011, you have a professional, creative, and powerful application for the desktop. But did you know that Excel for Mac now also gives you access to your documents anywhere, anytime? Excel Online, an online extension of Excel on your computer, extends your workspace to the Internet. Now, whether you're in the office, at home, or on the road, Excel Online lets you easily post, access, edit, and share your documents—all in one place. You can share documents with anyone, anywhere, even if he or she doesn't own Excel. All you need is a computer with an Internet connection and a supported browser.
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While the world's best athletes spent the earlier part of this month in London, getting sweaty while exceling at their sports, D. and I got sweaty while exceling at a sport yet to be introduced to the summer Olympics.
Of course, our sexy time often ends up being a moderately sweaty affair. But yesterday, it was the kind of hot out where people feel obligated to mention it in every conversation. So by the time D. and I got to his place, we were already schvitzing. The apartment was warm with the AC off, but we turned on a humidifier to add to the steaminess. Within 10 minutes, it was a rainforest.
We stripped down to nothing and got on the bed. We started making out and dry humping (D. on top). Being pinned between a duvet and a perspiring man was lovely and all, but soon I needed a break from the skin-on-skin contact (we were sticking together from the heat!).
Oral sex to the rescue! Can you think of another sexual position that requires so little skin-on-skin contact? At first I almost didn't go down on him because he was so slick with sweat, but then I remembered that this challenge requires us to be like animals. And I'm sure that lady monkeys in the jungle don't let a little sweat keep them from going down on their monkey boyfriends. (Actually, do other animals perform oral sex? Um, sorry for that visual.) I did my thang on D., all the while getting sweatier and sweatier. Then D. started to pull my head away, which is the international signal for "I'm close to coming, but I want to have sex with you," only slightly less well-known than the international signal for choking.
"It's so freaking hot in here," I said. "Let me get on top." (Full disclosure: That was me being a little selfish and not wanting to be the one on the duvet and with his sweaty body on top of me again!).
But selfishness aside, once I got on top, I caught a glimpse of myself in the full-length mirror next to his bed and day-um! I looked sexy. He looked sexy. We were all glistening and slick. I'd never seen what I looked like when we'd had sweaty sex in the past. So I never realized that it wasn't just temperature hot—it was hot-hot.
Something about seeing myself that way let me release my inner animal. While surreptitiously stealing glances in the mirror, I threw my head back, sweaty mane and all, arched my back and thrust my hips toward his face, spreading my knees.
The perfect position for D. to stimulate me manually. As soon as he started that, he clenched up his whole body and made me stop moving. I did, but I remained with my legs spread and my boobs thrust forward, and then I started moving again, slowly at first. But then I started doing it more wildly. Soon after that we both finished—not quite in unison, but close enough. (D. somehow managed to keep rubbing me even while he was having his orgasm and bring me to climax.)
After hitting the bed next to him, he looked at me with a serious expression on his face. "S., you're the one for me," he said. "I really mean it."
Despite the lack of A/C, I got a little chill. It's not that D.'s never said sweet stuff like that to me before, but he said it in a way that made me read into it like crazy. Maybe it was just the sex talking, but if D. and I happen to get engaged this week (so not happening, by the way), I'm totally giving credit to this animalistic sex position.
Do you think you'll try this no-A/C sex while the weather is still hot?


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question..do i need an addendum for why i don't have an LOR from my current employer? i just graduated in august, and i've been working for less than 4 mths.i was just going to add one, but then i realized i would have 3 addenda (one is for leave of absence due to an internship, one for why my weird-ass school's name changes depending on the type of document submitted).p.s. i hate 'why us?' essays and i hope they die.
so I applied to a school and I submitted everything, etc. In the electronic apps section there is a date already listed under the 'Paper Copy' section. Does this mean that my application is complete? They don't require any extra stuff (dean's cert, etc.) so there's nothing left to turn in. Should I call and ask or just wait for some kind of e-mail?
are there any schools that you have to use their recommendation forms for? I intend on applying to Cornell and their application has a specific form, I wasn't sure if I could just send in a generic transcript off of LSDAS or not. What have others done?


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During Monday's Question Period, MP Dr. Carolyn Bennett asked Minister of Health Leona Aglukkaq to explain "why (the Minister's budget) cuts target the population with the worst health outcomes in Canada, the aboriginal people of Canada?"
Usually this question would be taken as a normal part of the drama that plays out during Question Period, with the Health Minister offering some non-answer that superficially addresses the Member's leading question. But this time things were different because it just so happens that Minister Aglukkaq is of Aboriginal heritage.
Enter the politics of race, ethnicity, and political representation in Canada.
Bennett's question is of pressing importance to the health and well-being of fellow Canadians and one of this country's founding peoples. Yet, before getting to the heart of her non-answer, Minister Aglukkaq felt compelled to shoot back, "Mr. Speaker, as an aboriginal person I take that type of line of questioning to be unacceptable." In other words, she pulled the proverbial "race card."
While our Philosophy 101 professors would be proud of our ability to point out the latently ad hominem character of Bennett's question which, figuratively speaking, plays the (wo)man instead of playing the ball (or at least does both), insinuating that Bennett's question was a racially or culturally inappropriate act is quite a stretch.
After all, Bennett is not only a family physician by trade, but she is also the Liberal's Critic for Aboriginal Affairs. Her position in her party makes it her public duty to demand answers for what she and Aboriginal communities see as a troubling line of deep cuts to the funding of Aboriginal disease prevention and health promotion programs.
If we take seriously the logic underlying the bizarre nature of Minister Aglukkaq's reaction, not only are we forbidden to question the Health Minister on her decisions related to aboriginal communities (merely because the Minister is an aboriginal person herself), but we are also barred from questioning Minister Bev Oda (Minister of International Cooperation) on Canada's record on the global protection and promotion of women's rights. Why? Well, because Oda is a woman, of course...
Does that make sense to you? Ugh, me neither.
Indeed, it would be interesting and probably most comical to hear Minister Aglukkaq fully explain why her being an aboriginal person makes it impermissible for Members of Parliament to ask her questions on her ministry's decisions related to aboriginal peoples. However, this exchange between the Minister and Bennett exposes something of greater significance to Canadian politics, namely, some of the issues associated with being a visible minority or aboriginal person while serving in public office. It is the latter that deserves more attention.
Our country features a constitutional and civic commitment to a kind of multiculturalism that is (in principle) free to express itself in all its dynamism and complexities, to the extent that such expressions do not violate the principles of equality, freedom and democracy. However, such latitude is not equally afforded to the Canadian politicians who physically embody this multicultural heritage and commitment.
I say this because the standard rule in contemporary Canadian politics is that if you are a visible minority or aboriginal person serving in Parliament or in a provincial legislature, you are, for political purposes, perpetually susceptible to having your cultural, racial or ethnic background unscrupulously used against you and/or the multicultural communities with whom you share a common ethnic heritage.
Let me explain. At present, Canadian understandings of the relationship between race, ethnicity and democracy are such that the prevailing mindset holds that a visible minority or aboriginal politician is absolutely incapable of discriminating against their own or other underrepresented communities by virtue of their minority status.
As such, when a politician who is a visible minority or aboriginal person happens to make public decisions or take policy positions that have a disproportionately adverse impact on citizens who share that politician's cultural background, we hesitate and often totally avoid asking legitimately critical questions. Instead, by way of example, we tend to think in the following way: A black MP's support for policies that adversely impact black Canadians cannot ever be discriminatory, because the member him or herself is black.
In other words, it seems that we have become so obsessed with maintaining shallow appearances of multiculturalism that we have misguidedly succumbed to the false logic that discrimination, prejudice and racism are the exclusive preserve of white people. If that were the case, the concepts of "uncle tom," or "self-hating" Jew, Native or Indian would not be as well-known as they presently are.
I am not at all suggesting that Minister Aglukkaq's heritage is consciously being manipulated to hamper critique on her ministry's policies respecting disease prevention and health promotion for aboriginal peoples. And I pray that I am not being misunderstood to be insinuating that Minister Aglukkaq is in any way a "self-hating Indian," as the deplorable term goes.
My aim is only to draw attention to the fact that visible minority and aboriginal politicians rightly or wrongly have to remain acutely aware of the race-based perceptions that are bound to arise when their decisions disproportionately affect people who share the ethnic background of the political representative.
In light of this episode, it does not seem that Minister Aglukkaq was ready for this political reality, as she took Bennett's question personal and by reflex sought to delegitimize it by suggesting that some line of the racially appropriate. This problematic invocation of the Minister's aboriginal heritage does much to hurt future legitimate claims of discriminatory action against aboriginal peoples and visible minorities across Canada.
In order for Canadian democracy to continue to flourish, we cannot be made afraid to ask a politician tough questions about the decisions they make when those decisions involve or deeply affect people from the same cultural or ethnic community as that representative. Regardless of her intentions, Minister Aglukkaq's reaction stimulates this fear. If we let such a trend persist we will quickly undermine pursuits towards fully actualizing a meaningfully multicultural society.
I laud Bennett for her question. She boldly countered the silencing instincts that usually kick in when addressing political representatives from visible minority or aboriginal backgrounds.
For the sake of all fellow Canadians, I hope that Bennett's stance can be looked to as not only an encouraging example of how to fight against the chilling effect of the "race card" in Canadian politics, but also a demonstration of why it can be most important for us to do so.
With our ever increasingly multicultural society, having our politicians (regardless of their race or ethnicity) pull the race card to deflect questions about their public record is not something that should ever be taken lightly. In fact, if we don't habituate ourselves to challenging such political gamesmanship, we leave ourselves vulnerable to politicians who won't hesitate to play us, the Canadian public, with a stacked deck.


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Montreal, Que., To Host
Montreal Canadiens legends and Hockey Hall of Famers Yvan Cournoyer and Serge Savard will be the honorary chairmen when the Hockey Canada Foundation hosts its gala and celebrity golf tournament in Montreal on June 29 and 30, 2009. » more
Canadiens Foundation Opens
As part of its BLEU BLANC BOUGE program, the Montreal Canadiens Children's Foundation, thanks to a contribution from the Hockey Canada Foundation, has opened its third outdoor community rink in Verdun, Que. » more
Béliveau Named Honorary
Hockey Canada announced that Jean Béliveau – a 10-time Stanley Cup champion and member of the Hockey Hall of Fame – has been named an honorary Team Canada member and honorary captain of Canada's 2010 Men's Olympic Team. » more


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The Driver Responsibility Program establishes a system that authorizes the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) to assess surcharges to an individual based on certain traffic offenses that have occurred on or after September 1, 2003. Individuals are notified by mail each time a surcharge is added to their driver record. Surcharges are in addition to other fees and do not replace a suspension, revocation, denial, disqualification or cancellation resulting from the same conviction.
DPS contracts with an outside vendor (Municipal Services Bureau - MSB) to collect surcharges. Information on surcharges and payments can be made online at Municipal Services Bureau (MSB) or by calling 800-688-6882.
Surcharges are assessed in two ways:
Individuals who have both points and convictions reported to their driver record will receive separate surcharges for each offense; a surcharge for the points and a surcharge for the conviction(s).
Points are assessed for traffic convictions. Once the conviction has been added to the driver record, points are assigned and remain on the driver record for three years from the date of conviction.
NOTE: Points are not assessed for individuals who take defensive driving. Individuals who have six or more points on their driver record are assessed a surcharge every year they maintain six or more points. Surcharge amounts are:
Information may be found in the Texas Administrative Code on which types of traffic convictions generate points.
Individuals who receive a conviction for one of the offenses listed in the chart below will pay an annual surcharge for three years from the date of conviction. Points are not assessed for these offenses because the surcharge is automatic upon conviction.
Convictions are added to the driver record once DPS receives notification from the court. As a result, there may be a delay between the date of the actual conviction and when the conviction is added to a driver record.
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|1st Driving While Intoxicated (DWI)
Texas or out-of state conviction for DWI, Intoxication Assault or Manslaughter
|Subsequent DWI
Texas or out-of state conviction for DWI, Intoxication Assault or Manslaughter
|DWI with Blood Alcohol Concentration of 0.16 or More
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Senate Bill 1187
Effective June 01, 2017, Individuals convicted of No Insurance but who had insurance at the time of the offense can submit proof of insurance to DPS. The suspension and surcharge fee for the No Insurance offense will be waived. Any fees paid towards a No Insurance surcharge, prior to submission and processing will not be refunded. In some instances, fees paid after processing is complete may be refunded and or re-applied to other outstanding surcharge accounts.
House Bill 7
This bill affects all No Insurance and No Driver License surcharges with offense dates on or after September 1, 2015. House Bill 7 allows individuals to reduce their No Insurance surcharge to $125 per year, if they obtain a motor vehicle liability insurance policy and prepay 6 months of insurance. The insurance policy must be obtained no later than 60 days from the date of offense. To receive reductions, individuals must provide evidence of both documents to the Department.
This bill also allows individuals to reduce their No Driver License surcharge to $50 per year, if they obtain a driver's license no later than 60 days from the date of offense. To receive reductions, individuals must submit a copy of the temporary permit to the Department of Public Safety's Enforcement and Compliance Service. Valid driver license also includes an Occupational, Commercial, and Interlock/Restricted.
Required documents can be submitted by mail, fax or email. All documents submitted by email must be in PDF format. Individual must write their name, date of birth and driver license number on all documents so their record can be properly identified.
Mailing Address:
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Fax Number:
DPS reviews surcharge cases annually. A surcharge will be assessed if an individual's driver record:
The amount of a surcharge can vary with each annual assessment if convictions are added or removed from the driver record. The number of points on a record can vary each year based on convictions that are added or removed. Please be aware there is a lapse in time from the date you are convicted for an offense and the date your conviction is reported to DPS by the courts. As a result, points may be added to or deducted from your record for offenses committed in the previous 12-month period.
Municipal Services Bureau is legally authorized to charge individuals the following service fees in addition to the surcharge.
Individuals are mailed notification of surcharges to the address on record with DPS or to the most recent forwarding address on record with the U.S. Postal Service. The letter will include:
A customer has 105 days to meet any of the surcharge program payment options or their driver license will be suspended. The individual's driving privileges will remain suspended until the Department receives one of the following: an installment agreement, or all surcharges and related costs are paid in full, or upon acceptance into a reduction program.
Advanced Payment Option
This option only applies to first year surcharges assessed on and after 11/23/14 and allows an individual to pay the full assessment in one payment. In order to 'Advanced Pay' you must make a single up-front payment in the amount identified on the notice(s) as the advanced payment amount. The only surcharge charge amounts that qualify for an Advance Payment are Driving While Intoxicated (DWI), No Insurance, Driving While License Invalid (DWLI), and Driving without a License (endorsements included).
Point surcharges are not eligible because your points may vary with each yearly review if convictions are added or removed from the driver record or a point is deducted for every 12 months an individual does not receive a moving violation conviction.
Please visit Municipal Services Bureau (MSB) or call 1-800-688-6882 and speak to a Program Specialist for more information about Advance Payment.
Payments can be made online at Municipal Services Bureau (MSB) or by calling 800-688-6882.
Individuals may also mail a personal check, money order or cashier's check to the address below. Do not send cash. Individuals must write their name, driver license number and reference number on their payment so their record can be properly identified. Make check or money order payment to MSB and allow three days for processing.
Mailing Address:
Surcharge Processing
P.O. Box 16733
Austin, Texas 78761-6733
To learn more about additional payment options including Money Gram or Western Union, HEB, Wal-Mart, or Kroger locations nationwide please visit the Frequently Asked Questions webpage or call 800-688-6882.
The Indigency Program waives the amount of surcharges owed for individuals who have incomes at or below 125 percent of the federal poverty guidelines.
The Incentive Program reduces the amount of surcharges owed for some individuals who have incomes above 125 percent and below 300 percent of the federal poverty guidelines.
A summary of additional features and requirements of this program are:
To learn more about program eligibility requirements, poverty guidelines, or the application process, visit www.txsurchargeonline.com or call 800-688-6882.
The Court Ordered Indigence Program waives all surcharges related to a particular conviction that occurred in a particular court, provided that the individual proves indigence to the court. Please note: If an Order is received from a court other than the one where the conviction occurred, it will not be accepted.
Points Reduction – This program reduces a point from a driving record for each year a person goes without a point conviction appearing on his/her record.
Military Deferral – If you are an active member of the United States Armed Forces and will be or are deployed outside the continental United States
Collected surcharges are forwarded to the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts on a monthly basis who then distributes 99 percent of the money to The Trauma Center and Texas General Revenue Fund. DPS receives the remaining one percent for administration of the Driver Responsibility Program.
Individuals may be eligible to apply for an occupational license while their driver license is suspended or revoked. To learn more about occupational licenses or to determine if you may be eligible to apply, please visit our Occupational License webpage.
For information on reinstating a driver license or to pay fees, please visit the License Eligibility website.


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VERGENNES — Rep. Greg Clark, 65, a long-time Republican legislator from Vergennes, was killed in a car crash this morning.
According to an email circulated at Vergennes Union High School, where Clark's wife Eileen works as a paraprofessional, at about 7:45 a.m. on Friday Clark was driving on Woodman's Hill on Route 7 in Waltham, just south of Vergennes when he was killed in a crash. No other details on the accident are available at this time.
Vermont State Police sent out word of the accident at 8:35 a.m., warning motorists to expect delays on Route 7 while troopers investigated the accident.
On Election Day Clark won his sixth consecutive term as a state representative for Vergennes, Waltham, Addison, Panton and Ferrisburgh. A part-time lawmaker, Clark also taught Social Studies at Mount Abraham Union High School in Bristol for more than 18 years.
Before joining the Legislature, Clark was a city councilor in Vergennes, where he served as deputy mayor.
In February 2011, Clark suffered a heart attack while in the capital region during the legislative session. He had heart surgery and missed a few months of work, but he returned to the Legislature that spring.
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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Rockwell Collins announced today that it has been selected by Airbus to provide the rudder/brake pedal assembly for the A350 XWB family of aircraft.
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This week began with the news of Paul Walker's death and ends with the news of Nelson Mandela's. Both developments lit up the Internet, not necessarily in proportion to the two men's historic importance.
A basic search on news.google.com this morning turned up more items containing the words "Paul," "Walker" and "dead" than items with "Nelson," "Mandela" and "dead." I know, I know, that's a very imprecise search, and it was early in the Mandela coverage cycle. As days and decades go by, obituaries for the anti-apartheid icon will leave eulogies for the car-movie icon in the dust.
But in the meantime, one is reminded of a poll released sometime last year by the television industry which purported to show that when it came to TV moments, Americans rated coverage of the death of Whitney Houston as more "impactful" than that of the JFK assassination and the first moon landing.
Confession: Before last Saturday's accident, I'd never heard of Paul Walker, except in the sense that I knew about the "Fast & Furious" movies and gathered they have a star. A colleague said she'd never heard of Paul Walker either. Younger people in the newsroom were surprised at our ignorance. (Or maybe they weren't surprised and were just kind enough to say they were.)
Walker sounds like a nice man. He obviously was good at what he did. The manner of his death is particularly tragic. For various reasons, the volume of coverage for the crash and its aftermath is understandable. Especially here in Greater Hollywood, where the crash occurred and where Walker's loss on a popular movie franchise is felt keenly.
But it's always unsettling to find the death of someone you've never heard of is front-page news.
In this case, it's partially about being middle-aged. Of the two dozen movies I've gone to this year, some were fast and a few were furious but none was "Fast & Furious." The entertainment generation gap works both ways: Jon Weisman of Variety.com tweeted this week that he showed his kids the "We Are the World" video and, with the exception of Michael Jackson and Bruce Springsteen, had to explain who all the singers were. Sigh.
It's not only about age, though. It's also about how, try as the entertainment industry might to convince the public that everybody is watching this movie, that reality TV show or Sunday's football game, the fact is that a mere fraction of the population is paying attention to each.
"Fast & Furious 6," the most lucrative in the series and the No. 87 movie of all time in U.S. box-office receipts, appears to have been seen in U.S. theaters by about 30 million people. So a lot of people went to see it. But — here's the point — nine in 10 Americans didn't.
It's comforting for people to join together, in person or around the Internet, to mourn a famous person's death. But truly communal mourning is hard to achieve. We're divided by age. By location and experience. By taste. By, uh oh, politics.
Rush Limbaugh told radio listeners today that the news media have gone overboard in covering one of this week's famous deaths. He wasn't talking about Paul Walker.
"You take the attention the media is giving and the time they're spending on the death of Nelson Mandela — it's way out of proportion to what's really going on in people's lives and what they're scared about and what matters to them," Limbaugh said. "It helps people to conclude that they're out of touch, the media."
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During the July 19 edition of The O'Reilly Factor, FOX News Channel host Bill O'Reilly responded to a viewer e-mail questioning the legitimacy of President George W. Bush's election in 2000 by falsely insisting, "Bush would have won [in Florida] no matter what." In fact, the post-election study of various recount scenarios revealed several plausible situations in which then-Vice President Al Gore would have won Florida.
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O'REILLY: Jorge Cuevas, Fort Lauderdale, Florida [reading email]: "Mr. O'Reilly, you keep saying that people are disrespectful towards the president. This current, non-elected president has done nothing to earn respect." At least four organizations analyzed the Florida vote in 2000, Mr. Cuevas, and all concluded Bush would have won no matter what. Wise up, sir. Fanatical rantings will not help your life. I'm just looking out for you.
In fact, as Media Matters for America noted on June 23 and June 30, the University of Chicago's National Opinion Research Center (NORC) studied Florida's disputed ballots and concluded that Gore emerged the winner in at least four recount scenarios. The NORC study was sponsored by news organizations including The Associated Press, The New York Times, and CNN, as well as The Wall Street Journal, Washington Post Co., and Tribune Publishing (which owns the Chicago Tribune, the Orlando Sentinel, and the South Florida Sun-Sentinel). According to a November 12, 2001, Washington Post article on the NORC's findings, "[I]f Gore had found a way to trigger a statewide recount of all disputed ballots, or if the courts had required it, the result likely would have been different. An examination of uncounted ballots throughout Florida found enough where voter intent was clear to give Gore the narrowest of margins."


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So here is where we last left off, with a bulkhead along the top (so the shelves will have something to attach to) and the top of the mantel installed.
Next it was time to install the bottom side of the mantel. And again, we used blocks of 2x4, to give us something for the underside to attach to, spaced off of the ledger board. This is because we wanted to leave a hollow space in the mantel for running our TV cables.
And here is the underside of the mantel in place. It just wrapped around the sides of the fireplace, and we screwed through the blocks in the picture above to attach it.
Around this time we also started getting the frame in place for the cabinet on the right side of the fireplace, which you can see the beginnings of in the photo below.
Here's a few more shots looking up into the underside of the mantel, so you can see where the TV cords will come down through the small slot in the mantel top....
...And then they will curve down into the empty space between the double ledger board and the underside of the mantel, and into the cabinet, where our DVR is stored.
Now, ready for this build to speed up? :)
Once we got the important framing and mantel up, and switched to installing the paint-grade plywood, things started going a lot quicker. We didn't have to worry quite so much about drilling into the brick with large bolts and figuring out how to attach a very heavy mantel to a vertical surface. Now we could just concentrate on making straight miter cuts on our table saw and the fireplace facade starting to take shape.
The front of the cabinet ready to be attached to the frame.
On the sides of the cabinet, and for all the rest of the plywood that would install directly onto the brick, we used these Tapcon concrete anchors, into the brick mortar. When researching doing this project, I saw quite a few bloggers opt to just use construction adhesive to attach their paneling straight on the brick, however, we wanted to be mindful of doing our install so it would be reversible if we ever wanted to take it down. Patching a few holes in the mortar sounded a lot easier than trying to get glue off of brick!
More of the plywood getting installed. And we took off the old, rusted glass fireplace doors, since we were replacing them.
I should also note another thing I saw when researching, some people used MDF instead of paint-grade plywood. Either will give you a relatively smooth finish to paint, but we were nervous to use MDF because of how much it swells when it gets wet. My husband is sure someone is going to knock over a glass on the mantel someday, so that was our reasoning for going with plywood over MDF. Hopefully it will never be an issue though, and the multiple layers of paint will protect everything from potential spills!
Working on installing the plywood on top. We were careful to make sure the panels of plywood were installed in a way that our trim would hide the seams. And we made sure the part where our TV mounted (bare in the below photo) would be separate from the rest of the paneling. This was so we can be flexible if ever we need to get a new TV mount that doesn't fit perfectly in this paneling--we can just pull down the one sheet and redo it, rather than having to pull down the entire top section.
The beginning of the shelves.
We just installed these with pocket screws, into the hidden blocks behind the bulkhead.
The far right shelf support was done out of two layers of plywood, so the outer layer could go all the way to the wall, covering the side of the brick.
As far as installing the TV mount, we wanted it to be as flat against the surface of the brick as possible. Not only for aesthetics, so it didn't stick out further than needed, but also because it was going to be a more secure install directly on the brick, rather than the bolts going through a sheet of plywood that is only attached to the brick in a few places.
We started with a fit test on the brick.
And then I realized that we would still see brick when the TV was pulled away from the wall, so I made a card stock backing for the mount.
And here is the mount attached to the brick, with the plywood panel installed around it.
More pieces of the shelves going up.
Next we were ready to start putting up the trim. My husband put up the crown moulding while I spent a whole morning just cutting and installing the shaker style trim on the left half of the fireplace.
And we mitered the edges when trimming out the front of the mantel top.
Around this time we also got started on the hearth wrap. This was something that I really felt was necessary, to ground the whole facade and tie it all together, so it doesn't just look like the wood facade is floating over the hearth.
The top part of the hearth wrap was 5 1/2 inch baseboard moulding, that we mitered at the edges for a clean fit. We specifically left a space along the bottom, so we could run cables or speaker wire in the future if we want to.
And then we covered the space with baseboard to match what we have in the rest of the room. The baseboard isn't actually attached, so it can easily be pulled out for running wires behind it. Instead, we have a few little blocks of wood that hold it in place on the front side with tension against the 5 1/2 inch baseboard, and at the wall on either side, the baseboard slips in next to the baseboard attached to the wall, which holds it in place.
We also managed to get the new glass doors and the TV up that night.
And here is a shot with the remainder of the trim in place, the front trim on the shelves and crown moulding under the mantel.
This is where we left the project for a good 3 months, until we finally got sick of looking at plywood enough to haul the TV down and get to painting.
Lots and lots (and lots!) of painting. Two coats of Kilz primer and two coats of paint (we used Ben Moore Advanced in Chantilly Lace).
A tip for painting shelves, use nails in the ends to suspend the shelves in the air, so you don't have to wait until the top coat dries before you can flip them to paint the bottom.
The panel in it's open position.
And here it is closed (ignore the paper towels, they were just there so the hinges wouldn't scratch the paint when they were being installed). From the outside you can't see the hidden hinges, and to open it you just push up from the bottom a half inch to disengage the push cabinet magnets, and swing the panel down.
And once that was installed, we were able to caulk everything. Then, the very final piece to the project was the cabinet doors with the shaker detailing, which my husband built by cutting channels in 1x2s with the table saw.
Then he just ran glue down the channels and snapped them over wood panels to form the trimmed out cabinet doors.
And once the doors were painted and installed, we were done! So now I can finally share the "after" photos.
And here it was at Christmas, all decked out with stockings and lights.
The side view.
With our TV mount we can pull it out 18 inches off the face of the fireplace, although that isn't really necessary. But it is nice to be able to angle it to face the kitchen while cooking!
The shelves, decorated with thrift store books, vacation souvenirs and random odds and ends that will probably change over time.
And here under the TV you can see where the slot for our TV cables is covered with a little plastic panel that snaps into place. My husband made this with his 3D printer.
He also made a plug for the hole on the side where our power cables come out of the cabinet.
And the final comparison to what it used to look like.
I'm so glad we are done with this project though! It was hard and took a long time to complete, but I'd do it again in a heartbeat. I definitely think it was a huge step toward updating our family room, and I'm so glad we were able to come up with a way to do it without having to paint the brick.
Part 1: Building a Fireplace Facade: The Design
Part 2: Building a Fireplace Facade: Building a Bulkhead To Intersect Beams
Part 3: Building a Fireplace Facade: Installing a Mantel on a Brick Fireplace


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The Supreme Court set aside on Monday a ruling that Myriad Genetics Inc can patent two genes linked to breast and ovarian cancers, in a case closely watched by the biotechnology industry.
The justices set aside a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit that Myriad has the right to patent two human genes, known as BRCA1 and BRCA2, that account for most inherited forms of breast and ovarian cancers, and sent the matter back for more proceedings.
The Supreme Court ordered the further proceedings at the lower court in view of the high court's ruling last week in a case that raised similar issues and that held that companies cannot patent observations about a natural phenomenon.
Women who test positive using Myriad's gene test, called BRACAnalysis, have an 82 percent higher risk of breast cancer and a 44 percent higher risk of ovarian cancer in their lifetimes.
The appeals court by a 2-1 vote ruled the genes isolated by the company can be patented because Myriad is testing for distinctive chemical forms of the genes, and not as they appear naturally in the body.
The dissenting judge said the genes could not be patented just because they were isolated from the body.
The appeals court overturned a ruling by a federal judge in New York that the genes could not be patented, a decision that caused widespread concern for the biotechnology industry. It said such patents were essential to foster innovation.
The patents granted to Myriad give the company the exclusive right to perform the genetic tests. The appeals court in its ruling in July also found that Myriad's method for screening potential therapies can be patented.
The lawsuit filed in 2009 claimed the patents violated patent law, restricting scientific research and patients' access to medical care.
The appeal to the Supreme Court was backed by a number of organizations representing health care professionals, including the American Medical Association, and other groups.
The appeal argued that the question of whether genes and the information they convey can be patented is of "paramount importance to the future of patent law, the advancement of medical science and patients' health."
Myriad opposed the appeal. Its shares rose more than 2 percent after the Supreme Court's order.
The attorney representing the company, Gregory Castanias, told the Supreme Court that patents involving isolated DNA molecules have been issued for nearly 30 years, resulting in significant investment by biotechnology companies.
Castanias said the challenged patents at issue in the case were filed more than 16 years ago. He said the appeals court's decision was correct and the "questions presented are unique to this case, factbound and unlikely to recur."
James Vicini, Reuters
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WASHINGTON - The U.S. is delivering food, water and aid teams to try to help tens of thousands of people who have been forced from their homes in Iraq in the fresh wave of violence in the country's north.
U.S. Agency for International Development Administrator Rajiv Shah said Monday that the U.S. has deployed a disaster response team to Iraq to help distribute humanitarian aid.
Much of the assistance will go to thousands of members of an Iraqi religious minority group known as Yazidis who have been trapped on a mountaintop in northwest Iraq by Sunni militants with the Islamic State group. The team will help speed food, water and other life-saving supplies to Iraqis.
Shah said the U.S. teams would help coordinate the assistance distribution among Iraqi officials, international partners and humanitarian aid agencies.
U.S. Central Command said Monday that it had conducted a fifth airdrop of food and water for the displaced Yazidis. The command said U.S. military aircraft have delivered a total of more than 85,000 meals and more than 20,000 gallons of fresh drinking water.


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We drove through Vancouver and turned off towards Mt. Seymour. I asked Bjorn as a joke if he was taking me out to the Seymour cafeteria for dinner? He thought that was pretty funny.
We actually went to Deep Cove, this gorgeous little community right on the water that I've wanted to go to for quite awhile. The restaurant we ate at sits up on a hill with a view out over the water (which looks like a little lake) with snow covered mountains surrounding it. Bjorn got us a seat with the best view in the restaurant, so that we both sat looking out over the water. For dinner it just happened they had a special three-course meal for a set price, so we both ordered that. I absolutely loved the food. It was a delightful meal. And the dessert was straight from heaven—Belgian chocolate cake, sliced 1/8 inch thin—so rich you feel like you might pass out!
I had made Bjorn a deal that I would go on a short walk with him after dinner. It was extremely cold, but we walked down to the water and out onto a boat dock. At this point the night was incredible with the moon and stars shining, and standing with the water surrounding us, and the reflection of the lights floating all around. After a short kiss I told Bjorn I was going to remember this night forever. He asked why and I said, it was all just so great tonight, the perfect dinner, the perfect view, the perfect guy. He smiled and said good.
I was so cold Bjorn took me back to the car to get warm. As we were getting ready to leave he said he wanted to show me something he had been working on, on his computer. He gave me his computer and actually told me his password (no I will NOT repeat it!), which is kind of a big deal because we had an argument about how he never tells me his passwords! At this point, a lot of you have for sure clued into what is going on…me on the other hand, probably due to being sick, I thought nothing of the whole situation.
So I got on his computer and there's a picture of him and me from last year. He then tells me to press F12 like a true Computer science major, and up pops a picture of the ring he'd bought for me, and a little proposal (you can see below). He then got on his knees and confessed his true love for me. After some convincing, I said yes ;)
Due to me being sick we decided to postpone doing anything else and instead called our darling friend Amy, who within one minute of finding out the good news was going crazy planning a celebration party with our closest friends. As much fun as the engagement was, I think the party might have been even more fun. Everyone was just so happy!! It was definitely the way to celebrate!
Sadly, but not too sadly, I have to wait another 3 weeks for the ring because it is being custom designed in my hometown Corvallis, Oregon. But trust me, it is going to be gorgeous!!


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My wife gave me a new iPad for Christmas. I have not learned how to use it yet. I look forward to the challenge, maybe. Just out of the box, the little apparatus is shiny, unblemished-brand, spanking new. Is there anything else like the newness of a thing–a new car, a new job, a new house, new clothes? So, as I looked at my new iPad lying next to my old lap top, I found myself missing what was once the newness my laptop had.
Well, a new year will soon begin. Some will make New Year's resolutions; many will celebrate; and some will travel. The more vigorous will welcome the new year with the traditional midnight vigil. We anticipate the new year with excitement. It shines brightly, unblemished and new, as the previous year once shone when it was full of newness.
Newness brings hope. Newness brings promise. Newness makes us feel good about ourselves. A new pair of shoes can make us feel special. A new car can make us feel like the king or queen of the road. A new coat of paint can transform a room, making it warm and uplifting. A new year, well, the potential there can seem unlimited.
Of course, it won't be long before 2012 will likewise lose its newness. It, too, will become blemished. As with previous years, 2012 will accrue its own particular pains, losses, and disappointments. Assuredly, it won't be all bad, hopefully just a dink or two, but not any major keying of the finish. No, hopefully 2012 will retain more of its newness than 2011. Certainly, as years go, 2011 has been a rough one for those who have found themselves unemployed, in poverty, or homeless. For them any improvement would be a welcomed newness.
Looking again at my brand new iPad, it is clear that technology is as much about newness as it is improvement. Seemingly, we have become addicted to one new innovation after another. What will they think of next? Yet, anyone of these gadgets is dated, old, almost before it is removed from the box. Newness may have the shortest life-span of all. Nothing is new for long. As the saying goes, everyone is driving a used car. Is there no way we can hold on to the new?
The Christian faith, belief in Jesus, is filled with newness–newness that not only last, but grows. St. Paul tells us: ". . . if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new!" (2 Corinthians 5:17).
How is this possible? The things of this world by their very nature do not last. They decay, become old, and die. The things of eternity do last. There is no decay, no oldness, no death, but eternal newness.
May we all in this coming new year draw a little closer to Him, who is the source of true and everlasting newness– Jesus Christ the Lord.
Clark Hubbard is the Rector of St. Elizabeth's Episcopal Church in Richmond Hill. He can be reached at (912) 727-2650.


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Allergy to paraphenylenediamine
Paraphenylenediamine was declared the Contact Allergen of the Year for 2006 by the American Contact Dermatitis Society (ACDS).
What is paraphenylenediamine and where is it found?
Paraphenylenediamine (PPD) is a chemical substance that is widely used as a permanent hair dye. It may also been found in textile or fur dyes, dark coloured cosmetics, temporary tattoos, photographic developer and lithography plates, photocopying and printing inks, black rubber, oils, greases and gasoline.
The use of PPD as a hair dye is popular because it is a permanent dye that gives a natural look. Hair can also be shampooed without becoming decoloured and perming to achieve waves or curls can be done without difficulty. PPD hair dyes usually come packaged as 2 bottles, one containing the PPD dye preparation and the other containing the developer or oxidizer. PPD is a colourless substance that requires oxygen for it to become coloured. It is this intermediate, partially oxidised state that may cause allergy in sensitive individuals. Fully oxidized PPD is not a sensitiser thus individuals with PPD allergy can wear wigs or fur coats dyed with PPD safely.
What are the reactions to PPD allergy?
Reaction caused by the use of hair dye in mild cases usually only involves dermatitis to the upper eyelids or the rims of the ears. In more severe cases, there may be marked reddening and swelling of the scalp and the face. The eyelids may completely close and the allergic contact dermatitis reaction may become widespread.
Severe allergy to PPD can result in contact urticaria and rarely, anaphylaxis.
People working with PPD such as hairdressers and film developers may develop dermatitis on their hands; patch testing usually reveals hypersensitivity to PPD. Occupational allergy to PPD has been found in a milk tester whom through laboratory work was in frequent contact with PPD solution. Dermatitis on the hands and occasional spreading to the arms and upper chest occurred.
Am I allergic to PPD?
Most hair colour preparations, particularly those containing PPD, carry a warning on the packaging to the effect that a patch test should be done prior to use of the dye. There are basically 2 patch testing methods available to test for allergic sensitivity to PPD.
|Patch test method 1: uncovered
|Patch test method 2: covered
Treatment of PPD dermatitis
In acute severe cases of PPD hair dye dermatitis, wash the hair and scalp thoroughly with a mild soap or soapless shampoo to remove the excess dye. Apply a 2% hydrogen peroxide solution or compresses of potassium permanganate in a 1:5000 dilution to completely oxidise the PPD. To soothe, soften the crust and alleviate the tight feeling of the scalp, a wet dressing of cold olive oil and lime may be used. Further treatment with a topical application of an emulsion of water and water-miscible corticosteroid cream, or oral corticosteroids may be indicated.
Management of PPD dermatitis on other parts of the body may be treated as for any acute dermatitis/eczema; this may include treatment with topical corticosteroids and emollients.
What should I do to avoid PPD allergy?
If you have an allergy to PPD and have your hair dyed, you should avoid the use of all oxidation type hair dyes. These are usually recognised by coming in a 2-bottle preparation. Inform your hairdresser that you are allergic to PPD. Semi-permanent hair dyes may be a suitable alternative but approximately 10% of individuals who are allergic to PPD also react to these; patch testing to confirm sensitivity should be performed prior to their use. Metallic hair dyes and vegetable rinse hair dyes may be used but these do not provide permanent colouring. Some newer permanent and semipermanent hair dyes use para-toluenediamine sulfate (PTDS) instead of PPD. This is likely to be tolerated by about 50% of people who are allergic to PPD. Patch testing is recommended prior to use.
In cases of occupational exposure, avoid contact with PPD by wearing suitable protective garments such as gloves and protective sleeves.
Alert your doctor or dentist to the fact that you have an allergy to PPD, this is particularly important if you a receiving treatment which may require the use of a local anaesthetic.
Allergy to PPD may make you sensitive to other related compounds. As a precaution you should avoid using products containing any of these substances.
|Related substances to PPD which may also cause an allergic reaction
Your dermatologist may have further specific advice, particularly if you are highly sensitive to PPD.
Alternative names for paraphenylenediamine
- PPD or PPDA
- Phenylenediamine base
- p-Phenylenediamine
- 4-Phenylenediamine
- 1,4-Phenylenediamine
- 4-Benzenediamine
- 1,4-Benzenediamine
- para-Diaminobenzene (p-Diaminobenzene)
- para-Aminoaniline (p-Aminoaniline)
- Orsin™
- Rodol™
- Ursol™
Further information
Formula:4-Phenylenediamine base - C6H8N2
CAS number: 106-50-3
Cross reactions:
- Azo and aniline dyes
- Benzocaine
- Procaine
- Para-aminobenzoic acid (PABA)
- Para-aminosalicylic acid
- Sulfonamides
- Carbutamide
- Hydrochlorothiazide
Appearance: White to slightly red solid crystals that darken on exposure to air.
Sensitizer: intermediate, partially oxidised PPD
Patch Test: 2% PPD in petrolatum
Book: Fisher's Contact Dermatitis. Ed Rietschel RL, Fowler JF. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2001


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Six elderly Massachusetts women are due to go on trial on charges they chained themselves to the gate at the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant two days after the state was hammered by the remnants of Tropical Storm Irene.
The women, all members of the Shut It Down Affinity Group, are scheduled to go on trial Tuesday in Vermont Superior Court in Brattleboro.
Police say they traveled to the Vernon plant on Aug. 30, 2011, used a chain and padlock to lock the entrance gate and chained themselves to the fence.
It was one of about 22 protests the group has mounted against the reactor's continued operation in recent years.
Three of the women are from Northampton and one each is from Athol, Colrain and West Springfield.


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My name is Amy Campbell, I am the daughter of Donald Campbell SR from Jacksonville Fla, and Joyce M Hanratty of Gouverneur NY. I am on a mission to track my paternal heritage. My father is the son of Charles Albert Campbell, also from Florida and Ollie Lee (Crews). There were 9 boys and 1 girl in his family. Charles Albert was the son of Jerome S. Campbell (born in 1866, but shown in the first two census as being born in 1868.) Jerome's parents were Charles J Campbell (from NY City) and (according to our family Bible,) Mary Stroub. This is where my puzzle starts playing out and I am in need of help.
Somewhere between the 1870 census and the 1880 census, Mary died and Jerome and his father Charles J were residing in the home of Mary and James R Cosgrove. Charles was Born in 1845 to our knowledge, (and the census). What happened to Charles is a pice of the puzzle I am trying to figure out.
I know Jerome ended up in Jacksonville Fla, married Lucy Chase and from there we pretty much know how I got here. Charles on the other hand is our mystery. I found a series of newspaper articles from the New York Times in August of 1886 that I am 99.9% sure are about him. They were about Charles J Campbell general manager of the Steinway and Hunter's Point RR (we did know that he worked for a railroad,) who had a son, Jerome Campbell, (who's age matched the age that they had him on the census') and he and his son had come up missing. To skip all the details apparenty Charles was missing because he had, let's say embezelled some of the RR's money and ran to New Jersey. He was tracked down by the RR, made good on his bad deed and was of course told to get his family and get out. And here's the tricky part...one of the articles mentions he has a wife and 3 children. Up to this point we could only track my great grandfather, Jerome, and knew nothing about any other biological siblings.
Now, my father has always sworn that Jerome had a brother that was in politics and ran for some political office in New York. (We were wondering if his story wasn't a little off...) Now I have to draw the conclusion that sometime between 1880 and 1886 he remarried and they had a couple more children. But who is this second family? I can find no links to my family through any other members on any genealogy site, apparently my sister and I are the only ones from our tree that is curious about our genealogy.
So, if you've made it all the way through my rambling about my family to get this far, and you might have some info that may help or suggestions on where to look or what tools to try, let me know, any help I could get would be greatly appreciated. And if I have any info that might be of use to others, I will glady share!!!!
By the way, I have a bit of information about the Cosgrove family that my ancesters lived with, though as far as I know they weren't related to us.
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