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"This is a mom with three children who is painfully debating whether to tell them she is sick. This little boy inadvertently found out that his dad has AIDS and since then has been constantly getting into fights at school. This mom talked with me for months about disclosing to her daughter but now she's in intensive care and the grandmother doesn't know what to say to her." A few years ago, reports like these began surfacing regularly during our medical rounds at the Center for Special Studies, The New York Hospital's HIV Primary Care Center. Parents who were HIV-infected seemed to be experiencing great turmoil about what to say to their children regarding their illness, if anything at all. As health care providers, we heard their struggle and felt their frustration and fear. The problem only increased with time as more and more women with children became infected.
Disclosing an HIV diagnosis has been an issue of primary concern since the beginning of the epidemic. Public fear, ignorance, and discrimination have combined to force HIV-positive people into the closet often to cope with their illness alone or with limited supports. As the disease has made its way into the world of families (most often to single mothers and children, but fathers are included here too) new concerns about disclosure have arisen: Should you tell a child? When should you tell a child? How much should you say? Is the truth always best? The questions seem endless and the answers unclear.
As we thought about the best way to help parents at the hospital, we considered the idea of a support group focused on disclosure. In an ideal world, parents could come and talk to others who had "been there, done that" (experience often speaks louder than professional prescription). In that ideal world, there would also be affordable child care and dependable transportation which would allow parents to easily attend such groups. We all know about the real world, however, and a support group offered in the context of parents' already overwhelming schedules (including various medical appointments for oneself and one's children, daycare, school, work, family obligations, DAS, Medicaid, housing problems, and a night at the movies if you're lucky) is a good idea but not usually the priority. So we opted for the next best thing: a videotape profiling real people and their stories -- examples of successful and not so successful disclosures, examples of parents who are thinking about telling or not telling -- the real life stuff.
The result is a 25-minute tape entitled "Don't Shut Me Out: HIV-Positive Parents Struggling With Disclosure" (available through The New York Hospital, 212-746-4417). The tape conveys that disclosure is possible, and in most cases, preferred (there is a definite bias presented towards telling). Hopefully, parents who watch it will relate to the struggle and learn from the experiences shared very openly.
As a social worker and co-producer of the tape, I had the privilege of interviewing approximately 40 parents, along with some of their children, about their experiences regarding disclosure. Families were quite honest with me about their struggles and taught me a great deal about the process of telling or not telling a child about a parent's HIV diagnosis. What I learned most is that each situation is indeed unique and a parent, knowing the child best, is the ultimate judge of what to say. [This article is by no means exhaustive. It is just a piece of the issue based on my experience with certain families. I admittedly leave out the entire discussion of telling HIV-infected children about their own illness as this was not the subject of the project. That topic is deserving of complete attention and could not be adequately addressed in the context of this essay.]
Parents Struggle
The most common experience relayed to me by parents who were diagnosed with HIV was the struggle: "What about the children?" Only one parent I met reported no conflict in telling. As soon as she found out about her illness, she informed her 12-year-old daughter without skipping a beat. She said to her daughter, "We'll take two weeks to be sad, but then we don't have time for that. We've got to pray and get busy." Most parents however spend a lot of time in conflict about what to do.
A big concern is that knowing a parent's diagnosis will rob a child of his or her childhood. Will a child ever be the same after she knows her parent has HIV? Will a child lose the carefree innocence that is the precious gift of those early years? William talked to me of his fears of disclosing to his ten-year-old son, David. He worried that David wouldn't want to go out with his friends anymore, that he would cling to his dad's side and not want to play baseball, his favorite activity. He feared David would have nightmares and no longer sleep peacefully, burdened with the knowledge that his dad was sick. Janet talked about this too: "Is she gonna sit in class all day and say 'My mother has the virus'?" Janet also expressed a common thought parents have, "Why would you want to tell someone something you know is going to hurt them?" Especially if that somebody is your child.
Parents struggle with the fear that their children will hate them or abandon them once they learn the news. Many parents have not been able to care for their children for years due to addictions, financial problems, or other prohibiting circumstances. They work hard to regain custody of their children only to find out they have an illness that threatens the family stability again. Anna (not her real name), for instance, just had her children back from foster care for two years when I met her. Her children had experienced a lot of upheaval and chaos in their early years. Her younger child had lasting emotional difficulties while her teenager had expressed a lot of disdain for people with AIDS. Family life was beginning to settle down a bit when I asked Anna about disclosure. "I don't know if I ever want to tell her anything. What for? What good would it do?" Anna felt guilt at having left them once and could not imagine injuring them again with the information that she had HIV. Also, she greatly feared that they would hate her or leave her. She could not risk this rejection.
For some people, disclosure is but a small part of a greater issue: communication. Parents who have not established supportive, open relationships with their children, who are not able to talk with their children about common tough topics like peer pressure, drugs, or sex will likely not have solid ground on which to begin an HIV disclosure discussion. One father, Jack, had been estranged from his children for years on and off and only recently had begun developing relationships with them. His struggle was poignantly expressed when he asked how he could possibly tell his son he had HIV when "I haven't even told him I loved him...not that he remembers."
Sometimes parents can't talk about their diagnosis with their children because they are still working to accept it themselves. These days, having HIV does not necessarily mean being sick or feeling sick. For some people, a lack of symptoms can support a denial of the virus. I have heard many parents say "I will tell them later, when I get sick." In certain cases this strategy makes sense. In others, it perpetuates an avoidance of the issues.
Often there is outside pressure to tell or not to tell. I have spoken with many parents who are urged by relatives not to disclose to a child, that it is not necessary and would only hurt the child. Conversely, often well-intentioned people (including we professionals) may push parents to disclose before they are ready because they believe children should know the truth. The voices of others often drown out a parent's own intuition about what is best for a child. And unfortunately when a parent is in doubt, the influence of others can be decisive.
It's a Process
One thing I learned in talking with parents is that disclosure often is a process and not necessarily a one time-event. The process occurs both for the parents and the children.
Parents who seemed to have the smoothest disclosures had spent time preparing in advance. Those who had educated themselves about the virus, had talked about disclosure to friends or professionals, had exposed their children to HIV-related information and/or people with HIV, appeared to fare best overall. By the time Sandra told her three boys, she had spent months discussing disclosure with her caseworker and dropping little hints to her children along the way. When the moment came to tell them about her diagnosis, she was nervous yet ready. The result was an honest discussion of Sandra's illness. An ongoing dialogue has continued with her sons ever since (see sidebar).
Conversely, Petra disclosed to her teenage daughter, Lorraine, on impulse. She was told by her doctor that she and her baby were infected and, in a state of shock and panic, knowing nothing about the disease, she rushed home and told Lorraine. Without information or support for herself or her family, the disclosure resulted in disaster with years of hostility and estrangement between mother and daughter. Fortunately, time has healed many of these wounds for the family.
The good news for parents is that understanding what it means to be HIV-positive is an evolving process for children. A parent may feel she is making a devastating statement by telling a child about her HIV status only to have a child ask one question and then return to his activity without much reaction. David disclosed to his son, Jamar, when he was nine years old. Although Jamar had a sense that his father was sick, he didn't actually understand the complexity of the situation until years later.
David described this as a "safety mechanism," that children will block out information they are not yet ready to handle. David's HIV eventually made sense to Jamar at 12 years old when he was doing a report on the virus for health class (these reports seem to be a common entrance into disclosure discussions for parents). While working on his project, Jamar came home from school one day and said, "Dad, what is HIV? Do you have it?...Oh, so that's what you've been trying to tell me." Developmentally, Jamar had reached a point where he could absorb the information about his father's illness.
Disclosure Time
Wouldn't it be easy if there were a formula for disclosure? Wouldn't it be great if we could say "tell your six-year-old this much at this time, your twelve-year-old that much...and it will all work out fine." Unfortunately, a lot of parents' fears do come true. Sometimes children get anxious and clingy and don't want to go to school or leave a parent's side. Sometimes children get depressed and cry and can't sleep or focus on homework or enjoy themselves. Sometimes children get angry and start fights with peers or run away or use drugs or get pregnant. Sometimes children slip up and tell the secret they promised to keep about a parent's HIV. Parents shared stories about all of these dreaded scenarios with me.
But when asked, the parents who disclosed were pleased they had. And the children responded similarly, most saying they would rather know than not know, and that they would prefer to know sooner rather than later. One seventeen-year-old, Stacey, was told about her father's illness shortly before his death. She was angry -- less about his HIV and more about the secret he had kept from her for so long. Not knowing sooner, she felt deprived of the extra days she would have chosen to spend with him and of additional time to work through her feelings with him. She thinks it is better for a child to know early "even though it will be hard, than for a child not to know at all. Something happens, and then they have to know, and then they're gonna be angry and upset and hurt and confused all at the same time, which is a lot worse than working it out slowly and going through the process." Stacey's love for her father was never lessened because of the disclosure. "He was my dad, and one minute before he told me he was my father, and the minute after he told me he was my father. So he didn't change in any way."
Dr. Ladd Spiegel, a child psychiatrist, consulted with our team on the videotape. He supported the idea of disclosing to children whenever possible, reminding us that children are very resilient. They are also quite perceptive. Often they are aware that something is going on when a parent is ill, despite the best efforts to protect them from the information. If children are not told the truth, their fantasies tend to run wild with imaginings worse than the reality. The revelation of a parent's HIV can come as a relief to children, making sense out of disjointed observations like medicine bottles, frequent doctor appointments, whispering on the phone, a parent's lack of energy, etc. Also, young children live in very self-centered worlds, believing they have magical power to cause or control events. Disclosing an HIV diagnosis takes the essential step to assure a child that the "trouble" that has gone on in the family is not his or her fault.
Life is hard. HIV is part of it for children and for adults. There is no easy way to disclose, no best time, no ideal circumstance. The one guarantee is that a child will react with some painful and difficult feelings. The comfort to parents often comes in being able to be there for their children who must cope with some pretty grown-up stuff. Whether parents disclose earlier or later, ultimately the children will have to deal with the reality of the virus. Since the parents are the ones who know the children best, it makes sense for them to disclose, as opposed to children hearing it from someone else. If parents do so early, while they are healthy, they will be able to support their children through the adjustment period.
In most of the families I met, a sense of balance and acceptance was reached at some point following the disclosure. Often it was after a lot of pain, hard work, therapy, and time. Then the families got back to the regular business of living. Many of them grew closer for it, and most of the children and parents displayed a strength as a result of their experience that is strikingly courageous and admirable. I thank them for sharing themselves so openly with me.
In 1988, Sandra received a call from her ex-husband. Having just discovered he was HIV-positive, he urged her to get tested. When her results came back positive too, Sandra thought her counselor was joking. "I'm fine," she said to herself. Stunned and numb, she returned home and pushed away the thoughts of her diagnosis. Within a few months time, her HIV had become mentally erased and her life resumed unaffected. There was never a thought of telling anyone, least of all her three sons: Isa, 7; Mikey, 3; and Eric, 2.
HIV was not Sandra's priority. For a year and a half she was homeless, separated from her husband, trying to keep a job and make a life for her family.
In 1990, Sandra gave birth to another son, Yahuda. A year later he began having medical problems and doctors eventually suggested testing him and Sandra for HIV. With her second positive HIV test, Sandra's denial was broken. After a month of depression, she started to address the reality of her health situation, went to a clinic for medical attention and, attended a support group for women with HIV. The issue of telling her children then began to play on her mind.
Little things started building up. Sandra would "go crazy" if she cut herself and the boys came near her blood. There was constant hiding in the house. She told the boys her medicine was vitamins. She went outside to speak with her caseworker and nurse during home visits. She had trouble explaining why she and Yahuda had so many doctor appointments or why there was a homemaker in the house. "It was just such a hassle to keep that a secret."
Sandra spoke regularly with her DAS caseworker about disclosing to the boys. She didn't want to tell but, in a way, felt she had to. Isa, then 11 years old, was asking questions. She knew she had to say something but she didn't know what and was concerned about how they would handle it. Sandra's adult family was aware of her HIV. Her mother discouraged disclosure, fearing that the boys would worry, wouldn't focus in school, would get depressed. Sandra's sister and friend expressed similar concerns. Nonetheless, her sister offered support by volunteering to be present when Sandra told the boys.
The disclosure happened when Sandra least expected. Mikey, 7, came home from school one day and said to his mom "I know how you get AIDS...sexual intercourse." With butterflies in her stomach, Sandra seized the opportunity for a family meeting. Sitting down with the three boys, she posed a question, "How would you feel if somebody in our family was really, really sick?" They asked, "Sick how?" "Real sick -- like cancer or AIDS." When Isa looked at Sandra and said "Do you?" Sandra knew that if she backed out of it then, she might never tell them. She took the plunge and told them that she and Yahuda, as well as Mikey and Eric's father, had the virus. The younger ones thought she was kidding. Isa just stared and said nothing. Then the questions came -- how, when, where, with whom. And Sandra told them.
All the boys became very sad about their little brother and feared he would die. Sandra assured them that for the moment everyone was fine. She instructed the boys that this was a secret and told them who they could talk with about the HIV: family members who knew. Isa was angry. He wanted to know how long his mother had been infected and why she hadn't told him sooner. Sandra answered him as honestly as possible.
Family life was not smooth. Isa wanted to stay home with his mother and got into fights with peers. He needed to repeat a grade in school. The boys received counseling, both individual and group, and the family had therapy together. Isa eventually began abusing marijuana. Yahuda died in 1995. Mikey and Eric's father died this year. It has been a struggle for everyone.
Sandra has no regrets about the disclosure. It put to rest many of the questions her sons had about the secrets in the house. Although it wasn't planned, Sandra saw it as happening rather easily. She says, "I told them when they were little, now it's no big thing. They have grown up with this." Sandra believes it's easier to tell children when they are younger. They may not remember the disclosure, but they grow up with AIDS as a fact of life.
The family these days is doing well, accepting Sandra's HIV as normal for them and continuing on with the business of living. Isa is drug-free and receiving substance abuse treatment. Mikey and Eric see a counselor weekly. They all also go to school, play football and Nintendo, and horse around with each other like other brothers do. The work and the pain aren't over but they aren't the predominant theme in this family. A sense of openness, acceptance, hope, and love is what clearly shines through.


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"…we circled this series as one of the most compelling of the year," team president Matt Silverman said Tuesday night. "It's a rare privilege to host a rematch of the World Series, especially against a team with local connections. Based on all the information we had, we projected full houses. It's a huge miss…Quite frankly, we don't know what to attribute it to, but it's not just the economy," he said. "It's bewildering. There seems to be great affection for the team and excitement for the '09 campaign, but it's not showing up at the gate at all."
Of course, this comes as no surprise to us as we have been tracking the 2009 attendance and it is barely outpacing the 2008 figures with the Rays still near the bottom of the league.
The Rays are never one to say anything negative, but Silverman came very close when asked if the attendance would have been better in Clearwater or Tampa.
"I don't know how it might have drawn at other locales within Tampa Bay, but a matchup of World Series teams would clearly have drawn a good deal better in every other baseball market."
The jabs are subtle, but they are starting to come more often and one has to wonder if the Rays are slowly starting to place pressure on the City of St. Pete to either build a new stadium or risk losing their one major league franchise.
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An estimated 600 million people worldwide watched Saturday's 165th Grand National, the annual steeplechase held outside Liverpool with a purse worth more than $1.5 million. Outside of World Cup finals and India-Pakistan cricket matches, it is the world's most-viewed sporting event (it has four times as many viewers as the Super Bowl). This year's running of the four-mile, four-furlong race resulted in the closest finish in the event's history, a photo finish claimed by Neptune Collonges.
Synchronised, the race favorite, wasn't around to participate in the glory of the exciting finish. He was down with a broken leg, waiting to be killed, as was the longshot According To Pete. Their deaths brought the tally of horses killed at the Grand National to 11 over the past 11 years—four of them in the two years since race organizers claimed to have made the course safer. Synchronised and According To Pete both fell at the Becher's Brook jump; a total of 54 horses have fallen there since 1997.
This sort of madness is, amazingly, integral to the event that markets itself as "Spills & Thrills." Even Synchronised's owner, billionaire J.P. McManus, remains a full supporter of the event. It is not entirely different from the billionaire owners of NFL teams who market the sport's big hits with the knowledge those hits lead to shorter and worse lives.
NFL players are human beings, though, while these are horses. Yet look at the outrage across American media (and, certainly, a good section of the American public) after Eight Belles' collapse at the 2008 Kentucky Derby. (On the other hand, the rash of breakdowns at Aqueduct went largely unnoticed until New York's governor stepped in; for casual fans, it's still not a prominent locus of attention.)
Regardless, nobody watches a standard thoroughbred race expecting to see a horse be put down; at the Grand National, meanwhile, it has become the norm. But like all professional sports, it is largely organized by and competed with the very rich but promoted as entertainment for the masses; it's only different from other capitalistic enterprises in that the labor harms are visible and present. An NFL player's brain trauma, meanwhile, can take decades to show symptoms.
NFL players can, too, hire lawyers and file lawsuits. Horses cannot, and their owners enter competitors to the Grand National with full knowledge they may be casting their investments by the wayside. Yet these investments don't hold much value after the race, anyway. Grand National rules essentially guarantee only gelded horses at the end of their careers will compete, which might explain why owners whose horses fall at the event aren't especially broken-up about it. Neptune Collonges was retired immediately after the victory and, as a gelding, holds no value breeding-wise.
So, then, there's only one outcome that matters at the Grand National: who wins the race. If there's collateral damage, owners don't mind—and the bookmakers never will:
The result could scarcely have been any better. Neptune Collonges slipped off most radars and most of the cheers at Aintree came from the bookies.


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Take this medicine by mouth with a glass of water. Follow the directions on the prescription label. Shake well before using. Use a specially marked spoon or cup to measure each dose. Ask your pharmacist if you do not have one. Household spoons are not accurate. You can take this medicine with or without food. Take your medicine at regular intervals. Bottles of suspension may contain more liquid than you need to take. Follow your doctors instructions about how much to take and for how many days to take it. Do not take more medicine than directed. But, finish all the medicine that is prescribed even if you think you are better. Do not skip doses or stop your medicine early.
Talk to your pediatrician regarding the use of this medicine in children. While this drug may be prescribed for children as young as 2 years old for selected conditions, precautions do apply.
Side effects that you should report to your doctor or health care professional as soon as possible:
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Side effects that usually do not require medical attention (report to your doctor or health care professional if they continue or are bothersome):
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IRA, NEA, and Postage Updates (11/20/07)
Your Elected Officials Head Home
Washington, D.C. - Decisions on important issues for orchestras and the broader nonprofit sector are still up in the air as Congress begins the Thanksgiving break. Your elected officials will be home for the next two weeks and plan to return to Washington on December 4. This recess is the perfect opportunity to meet with your members of Congress back home to discuss the policy issues that will help your orchestra serve its community.
IRA Extension Still Uncertain
Set to expire on December 31st, the IRA Charitable Rollover provision is caught in the middle of a political tug of war as the House and Senate debate a broad tax package. The provision, which allows individuals aged 70 ½ and older to make charitable gifts from their IRAs tax-free up to a total of $100,000 per year, was enacted in August 2006 and has already proved to spur new charitable gifts to orchestras and other nonprofit organizations. A one-year extension of the IRA rollover has broad congressional support and is included in a larger package of popular tax relief extenders that would also include a fix to the controversial Alternative Minimum Tax. As the clock ticks away, the House and Senate are in a showdown over how to pay for the overall tax package.
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NEA and Education Funding Stalled
Potential historic increases in funding for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and Arts Education are in jeopardy as Congress and the White House face off over total spending for the current fiscal year. On November 13, the President vetoed the Labor-HHS-Education funding bill, which included unprecedented support for arts education funding and would have fully funded long-awaited research on the status of arts education in our nation's schools. Only one of the 12 federal FY08 spending measures - the Defense bill - has been signed into law. Congress may craft a catch-all spending bill in December, but holding on to the gains in arts funding will be tough as Washington policymakers whittle away at all proposed increases in domestic spending.
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Congress Eyes Charities and the Public Good
Congressional hearings are calling into question the public benefits provided by the diverse range of organizations that make up the nation's charitable sector. The House Ways and Means Oversight subcommittee held a September hearing examining how nonprofits serve the needs of diverse communities. Meanwhile, Senate discussions have probed how higher education and hospitals provide community benefits and devote resources to people in need. Conversations at the national level are being echoed as some states and localities under financial strain reconsider tax benefits for nonprofits. On October 9, the League collaborated with the America Arts Alliance to submit testimony to the House Ways and Means committee, advocating for the unique benefits provided by nonprofit performing arts organizations sustaining vibrant communities across the country.
Good News on Future Postal Rates
On November 15, the Postal Service Governors announced that the next adjusted postal rates will be done according to a new ratemaking system that was issued by the Postal Regulatory Commission last month. This system caps future increases at the rate of inflation. Although the Governors had the option to file another rate case under regulations used since 1971, they voted to proceed under the new pricing regulations.
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Nation 'Thanks' Teachers in a Huge Way
NEA and PTA Create Nation's Largest "Teacher Thank-You Card"
WASHINGTON - May 05, 2008 -In a monumental effort to say "thanks" to the nation's 3.2 million public schoolteachers and to celebrate National Teacher Day (May 6) and Teacher Appreciation Week (May 4-10), the National Education Association and the Parent Teacher Association are urging individuals nationwide to send thank-you notes to their favorite teachers.
The Nation's Largest Teacher Thank-You Card project was created by NEA and PTA in response to an NEA poll showing that the gift nearly half of all teachers would most like to receive is a simple "thank you." Several thousand thank-you notes have been collected from students, parents, celebrities, elected officials and individuals from across the nation. A sampling of those messages includes:
"Ms. Brown was very special because she was my mentor. She was very helpful to my family and me. She and I became close friends and are good friends. After so many years, we still spend time talking on the phone." Patti LaBelle, singer
- "Mr. Sellereit gave me my first acting job in my school production of 'The Jungle Book!'" Hilary Swank, actress
- "Mr. Tucker has never forgotten what he has in common with his students...he was a kid once, therefore, he will always be able to be heard by his students who feel 100 percent respected and validated by him." Wilmer Valderrama, actor
- "Teachers are often the people who inspire us the most. I know I wouldn't be where I am today without my fourth-grade teacher, Mrs. Duncan. She so believed in me, and for the first time, made me embrace the idea of learning. I learned to love learning because of Mrs. Duncan." Oprah Winfrey, entrepreneur
To contribute to the Nation's Largest Teacher Thank-You Card Project, individuals can visit www.teacherthankyoucard.org and send a free e-card or post a video thank you. Thank-you cards can also be mailed to: The Nation's Largest Teacher Thank-You Card Project, c/o NEA, P.O. Box 66458, Washington, D.C. 20035. The cards collected will become part of a larger-than-life mural measuring approximately 8 feet tall and more than 50 feet wide that will be unveiled for the first time during a high profile event in May 2009.
"This project is about taking the time to say 'thank you'—two simple words that are not said often enough," said NEA President Reg Weaver. "On behalf of NEA, I thank teachers for their care and unwavering devotion to America's students. Teachers spark imagination, cultivate creativity and make dreams become reality."
Warlene Gary, National PTA chief executive officer, adds, "As a parent and a former teacher, I know firsthand how important teachers are to leading children to promise. PTA Teacher Appreciation Week is designed to remind parents and children across the country to thank teachers for the amazing work they do each and every day! Thank you, thank you, thank you teachers of America!"
The Nation's Largest Teacher Thank-You Card Project carries a simple message: Thank a Teacher. The goal is to create a public tribute that helps to demonstrate gratitude for the hard work and dedication that teachers carry into the classrooms and schools across the nation every day.
About National Teacher Day/Teacher Appreciation Week
NEA celebrates National Teacher Day each year on Tuesday of the first full week of May. The day celebrates the outstanding work and lifelong dedication of teachers nationwide. National Teacher Day came into being through the leadership and persistence of Eleanor Roosevelt. In 1953, she persuaded the 81st Congress to proclaim May 7 that year as National Teacher Day. PTA took Roosevelt's idea and dedicated a whole week to celebrate the accomplishments of educators. PTA's annual Teacher Appreciation Week honors the dedicated men and women who lend their passion and skills to educating children. For more information visitwww.nea.org/teacherday andhttp://www.pta.org/.
About PTA
PTA comprises nearly 6 million parents and other concerned adults devoted to the educational success of children and the promotion of parent involvement in schools. PTA is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that prides itself on being a powerful voice for children, a relevant resource for parents, and a strong advocate for public education. Membership in PTA is open to anyone who is concerned with the education, health, and welfare of children and youth.
# # #The National Education Association is the nation's largest professional employee organization, representing 3.2 million elementary and secondary teachers, higher education faculty, education support professionals, school administrators, retired educators and students preparing to become teachers.
Contacts: Staci Maiers, NEA (202) 822-7823 or James Martinez, PTA (312) 670-6782, x325


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Derek Hough Interviewed About Kate Hudson, Maks Chmerkovskiy, New DWTS Season, And More
Hey All! For those who don't know, last night Dancing With The Stars Emma Slater and Derek Hough danced in Central park, New York City for a "Sears Style" event. Emma has been posting some amazing high quality photos of the event at her twitter and her facebook which are a must see. For even more, don't miss heading over to Pure Derek Hough when you get time for even more coverage including videos and twitter pictures.
Also at the event, Derek spoke with E News about the new season of Dancing With The stars. Derek mentioned why he decided to come back. There is also a mention on his sister Julianne and Maks Chmerkovskiy and whether we'll see them return (I love what he says about Maks and it's so true for the both of them!). Derek also mentioned how he's teaching actress Kate Hudson how to dance and how he'd like to have her do a guest spot on the show. Here is take….
"I've been working with Kate Hudson a little bit lately for fun—just dancing for fun, giving her some lessons," Hough told E! News exclusively at the Sears Shop Your Way and SearsStyle Jean Scene event in NYC. "She's become a good friend and she's great. I would love for her to do the show, but she would never. She's fantastic. But I want her to maybe do a guest spot."
I'd love to see this happen, would you? Be sure to read the full article at E News.
Thanks to Lori and Catherine L for the help with this post!!


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Washington DC, USA – June 16, 2017 – EnvZone, Inc. has announced that it is offering premium software outsourcing consultancy to its clients all across the United States. The company is headquartered in Washington, DC and has an overwhelming presence in Asia. EnvZone has established itself within a very short time as a reliable outsourcing consultancy for American businesses by offering easy solutions for businesses looking to outsource their software development projects.
"We understand that businesses are often uncertain about working with offshore developers, because of perceived lack of transparency and reliability, but here at EnvZone, we put their doubts to rest by helping them find the best teams in the industry." Said Linh Pham, the President of EnvZone Inc. while introducing the concept of EnvZone. "We work with teams who are skilled, reputable and have experience in offering high quality service to clients." He added. The talent pool in the reach of EnvZone is highly skilled, experienced and reliable.
Unlike most outsourcing companies, EnvZone works really hard on each request filed by a business and finds the best teams who can deliver the project within the deadlines, without compromising on the quality of work. The company offers support and consulting services for all major industries including energy sector, financial services, healthcare, hospitality, retail, telecommunications and transport industry, etc. Moreover, all the teams working with EnvZone are rigorously screened for quality, work ethics and security of information.
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With the launch of the evasi0n jailbreak for iOS 6.1, iOS 6.0.2, iOS 6.0.1, iOS 6, we take a look at best jailbreak tweaks and apps that are available in Cydia.
We've picked jailbreak apps and tweaks that will allow you to not only customize your iPhone in your own unique way, but also add functionality to your iPhone that is currently not available in iOS.
This article was posted few days back, but I've moved it back on top as it is more relevant now and added compatibility status with iOS 6.1 and iPhone 5 (wherever compatibility matters).
They've been listed not in any particular order.
Activator (Free):
Activator allows you to invoke actions using shortcuts from anywhere in the iOS. You would be surprised by the number of shortcuts you can use such as double tap on the status bar, triple tap the Home button, double press the sleep button to trigger stock actions or launch an app or go to the Settings toggle. It offers almost limitless shortcuts to make it easier to use your iPhone.
Activator is a must-have jailbreak tweak for power users.
Compatibility Status: iOS 6.1: Yes
SBSettings (Free):
SBSettings offers a faster way to access iPhone Settings from any app without going through the hassle of exiting the app and launching the Settings app. Jailbreak app developers can also create custom toggles for SBSettings that can be installed from Cydia, which can then be quickly accessed by users via SBSettings. You can access SBSettings either by swiping on the Status bar or via the Notification Center.
Compatible Status: iOS 6.1: Yes
WinterBoard (Free):
WinterBoard is one of the most popular jailbreak apps that allows you to download custom themes from Cydia, that can be applied to change the look and feel of your iOS device.
WinterBoard allows you change the icons, modify`the look and feel of status bar, dock, lock screen, change the font and lots more. You can also customize all kinds of system sound with Winterboard. Another great feature of WinterBoard is that there is no limit on the themes you can install and you can also mix & match several themes together.
Compatibility Status: iOS 6.1: Yes, iPhone 5: Yes, but individual themes may also have to be compatible.
biteSMS (Ad free version $8.99):
biteSMS is one of the best alternatives for the Messages app. It includes number of features like Quick Reply, Quick Compose from Notification Center, scheduled messages, delivery reports, signatures, displays Contact photos etc. that are not available in the native app.
Alternative: Messages+ ($7.99) is another good alternative, which enhances the native Messages app. As we mentioned earlier, it comes built into IntelliScreenX so you don't have to buy it or biteSMS if you've already purchased IntelliScreenX.
Compatibility Status: iOS 6.1: Yes, iPhone 5: Yes
Auxo ($1.99):
iOS jailbreak developers have released a number of tweaks to replace iOS app switcher, but Auxo, which replaces the app icons in the app switcher with a card-like screenshot of the current state of the app, is easily the best app switcher replacement and our favorite jailbreak tweak of 2012.
Compatibility Status: iOS 6.1: Yes, iPhone 5: Yes
Springtomize 2 ($2.99):
Springtomize allows you to customize every aspect of the iOS but it uses a different approach compared to Winterboard, which is why the two jailbreak tweaks compliment each other quite well (with some overlap).
With Springtomize you can do things such as increase the number of apps in the dock to 10, give the dock a cool coverflow effect, change the duration of the system-wide animations, remove the page limits, customize the default animations, the lock screen, enable app switcher in landscape mode, hide icons of stock apps, resize icons and lots more.
Compatibility Status: iOS 6.1: Yes, iPhone 5: Yes
IntelliScreenX 6 ($9.99):
Notification Center was one of the best features of iOS 5, but IntelliScreenX makes it even better by adding tons of features such as the ability to access it from the Lock screen, access to the full text of the email and Calendar items directly within Notification Center, access Facebook news feed, Twitter timeline, RSS feeds from anywhere in the iOS via the Notification Center. It also adds useful badges for missed email, SMS, phone calls, and silent status in the status bar. Messages+ which enhances the Messages app also comes bundled with IntelliScreenX.
Alternative: You can also check out LockInfo ($7.99), which also adds tons of features to your Lock screen.
Compatibility Status: iOS 6.1: Yes, iPhone 5: Yes
iFile ($7.99):
One of the things badly missing in iOS is a file manager. iFile fills that gap by offering a complete file manager and viewer for the iPhone. It even gives access to device files like Finder on the Mac. It also allows you to edit text files and property lists, which can be quite useful occasionally.
My3G ($3.99):
My3G is a jailbreak tweak that will make "Wi-Fi only" iPhone apps "believe" that they are running over a Wi-Fi network even though your iPhone is connect to the 3G network thus allowing you to use such "Wi-Fi only" apps over a 3G network.
Alternative: 3G Unrestrictor 5 ($3.99) – Compatible Status: iOS 6.1: Yes
MyWi 6 ($19.99):
MyWi turns your iPhone into a Wi-Fi hotspot. Share your WiFi signal via your own WiFi Hotspot or via USB. This allows your iPhone to be connected to a WiFi hotspot, and share that connection to other devices via it's own Wi-Fi Hotspot.
However, please be careful as jailbreak apps such as MyWi can get you in trouble with your carrier.
Compatibility Status: iOS 6.1: Yes, iPhone 5: Yes
Alternative: PdaNet ($15.95)
iCaughtU Pro ($2.50):
iCaughtU is a nifty little jailbreak app that takes a picture with the front-facing camera when someone enters the wrong passcode or tries to turn off your iPhone. It emails the photo along with information such as location by email. The jailbreak app also prevents someone from turning off your iPhone when it is locked. You can also configure it to perform actions based on SMS commands such as playing an alarm etc.
Alternative: iGotYa (€3.99)
PkgBackup ($9.99):
If you want to save the trouble of reinstalling jailbreak apps and tweaks after upgrading to the latest iOS software update, then PkgBackup is a must-have. The jailbreak app takes a backup of all the packages in addition to preferences and SpringBoard files on the device or on Dropbox. You can also schedule the backups.
Alternative: xBackup ($1.5)
CallBar ($3.99):
The jailbreak tweak prevents calls from interrupting you while you're playing an iPhone game or writing an important email by displaying a banner notification when you get an incoming call. It also gives you an option to answer, decline or dismiss the call from the banner notification.
F.lux (Free):
We've all been there – a notification arrives on your iPhone late at night, and the screen brightness nearly blinds you for the first few seconds after unlocking. F.lux aims to solve exactly this problem by adjusting the color of your iPhone's display to better adapt to the time of the day.
You'd be amazed to realize how relaxed your eyes feel after installing this tweak, especially if you`tend to use your iPhone just before sleeping. In addition to this, it also helps you get rid of that eerie glow on your face when using a phone at night.
Compatible Status: iOS 6.1: Yes
InfiniFolders ($0.99):
As the name suggests the jailbreak tweak removes the limitation of 12 iPhone apps in a folder so you don't have to end up creating multiple folders for games and utilities, which defeats the purpose of creating a folder to quickly find an iPhone app.
Compatibility Status: iOS 6.1: Yes
Alternative: Folder Enhancer ($1.99)
InfiniDock ($0.99):
With InfiniFolders and Infinidock (another jailbreak tweak by the same developer), you can place all your apps in just one Home screen and scroll through them horizontally.
Compatibility Status: iOS 6.1: Yes
iBlacklist ($12):
It allows you to block`calls, FaceTime, SMS and MMS on your iPhone. You can also configure it to redirect calls to your voicemail and lots more.
Action Menu Plus Pack ($2.99):
It enhances the copy/paste menu. It allows you to quickly tweet highlighted text or lookup highlighted text on Google Search, Wikipedia, Dictionary and Google Translate. It also maintains the history of items added to the clipboard.
Compatibility Status: iOS 6.1: Yes
Icon Passcode (Free):
The jailbreak tweak allows you to passcode protect any app, so that someone cannot open the app while using your iPhone.
Folder Passcode (Free):
The jailbreak tweak allows you to passcode protect any iOS folder, so that someone cannot open the apps within that folder while using your iPhone.
Zephyr ($2.99):
Zephyr brings cool multitasking gestures to the iPhone. It allows you to swipe up from the bottom of the screen to close apps, switch between apps simply by swiping left or right from the edge, smoothly swipe up to see the app switcher and swipe down on the status bar to take a peak at the Notifications and widgets.
Compatibility Status: iOS 6.1: Yes
CleverPin ($1.99):
It makes passcode protection smarter. CleverPin automatically disables the passcode when you're connected to your Home Wi-Fi network.
Compatible Status: iOS 6.1: Yes
OpenSSH (Free):
After installing OpenSSH, you can access your iPhone's filesystem remotely and lets you use the full power of your device.
Compatibility Status: iOS 6.1: Yes
PasswordPilot Pro ($1.99):
It auto-fills your password while downloading apps from the App Store.
Compatibility Status: iOS 6.1: Yes
NCSettings (Free):
This jailbreak tweak adds popular Settings toggles to Notification Center. While it is no SBSettings killer, we really like the sleek look.
Compatibility Status: iOS 6.1: Yes
Barrel ($2.99):
It brings cool 3D-effect while swiping between your iPhone's Home screen. (Warning: SpringBoard crashed once after installing it in iOS 5.1.1)
Compatibility Status: iOS 6.1: Yes
BrowseInApp ($0.99):
Currently, when you tap on a link in an email in the Mail app, it opens the link in mobile Safari. It is not the best user experience as you end up exiting the Mail app.
BrowseInApp allows you to open the links within the app, which means that you don't have to exit the Mail app. It loads the link in WebKit based browser window.
Compatibility Status: iOS 6.1: Yes, iPhone 5: No
BrowserChooser (Free):
BrowserChooser, as the name suggests, allows you to change the default browser to popular third-party iOS browsers such as Google Chrome, Opera Mini, iCab Mobile, Dolphin Browser and Atomic Browser.
Compatibility Status: iOS 6.1: Yes
CameraTweak ($0.99):
CameraTweak adds additional functionality to the native Camera app such as separate Focus and exposure views, frame rate settings while video recording, timer mode etc.
Compatibility Status: iOS 6.1: Yes
Curiosa (Free):
Curiosa gives you a notification whenever there is an update available for the jailbreak tweaks and apps installed on your iOS device. It can be found in Ryan Petrich's beta repository (http://rpetri.ch/repo/).
Compatibility Status: iOS 6.1: Yes
Deck ($1.99):
Deck allows you to quickly access Settings toggles and apps via a hot bar from your jailbroken iPhone's SpringBoard.
FastBlurredNotificationCenter (Free):
The jailbreak tweak allows you to blur the Notification Center background, which looks quite cool. FastBlurredNotificationCenter is a more efficient version of BlurriedNCBackground, which reduces or get rids of the delay.
Compatible Status: iOS 6.1: Yes, iPhone 5: Yes
Hands-Free Control ($2.99):
The jailbreak tweak allows you to use Siri hands-free, so you don't have to short press on the Home button to activate it.
Ipsum (Free):
Ipsum allows you to quickly dismiss the notification from the lock screen, so you don't have to open it or unlock your iOS device just to dismiss it.
MapsOpener (Free):
The jailbreak tweak allows you to make Google Maps as the default Maps app instead of Apple's Maps app.
NowNow (Free):
The jailbreak tweak allows you to replace Siri with Google Voice Search.
Octopus Keyboard ($4.99):
Octopus Keyboard brings BlackBerry 10 inspired keyboard to the iPhone.
Just like the BlackBerry 10 keyboard, Octopus Keyboard displays the suggested words on top of the keys as you type on the keyboard, thus allowing you to auto complete the word simply by swiping up on the appropriate key.
Powerguard ($2.5):
One of the drawbacks of Apple's Find My Phone service is that, if your iPhone is stolen, the thief can turn off your iOS device to prevent it from being tracked.
Not if you've PowerGuard installed. The jailbreak tweak prevents someone from turning off your iOS device.
Swipe Back (Free):
After installing SwipeBack, all you need to do is swipe on the screen from the left to right (from the left edge) to navigate back within the app. It's a lot more intuitive than tapping on the Back button.
Compatible Status: iOS 6.1: Yes
Swipe Safari ($1.5):
Swipe Safari adds tons of new gestures to mobile Safari to enhance the user experience while browsing.
SwipeSelection (Free)
While iOS's virtual keyboard has been one of the revolutionary features of the iPhone (and iPad), Apple hasn't added any new features other than split keyboard feature for the iPad in iOS 5.
SwipeSelection makes editing text on an iOS device a lot more easier by allowing you to drag the cursor over the keyboard with a one-finger gesture, move the cursor faster with two-finger gesture and allow you to select text while dragging by holding down the shift key.
Compatibility Status: iOS 6.1: Yes
Unfold (Free):
Unfold replaces the slide to unlock feature with a cool fold to unlock animation to reveal the Home screen.
Zeppelin (Free):
If you like the idea of changing the boring carrier logo with a Batman or Superman logo then check out Zeppelin – a jailbreak tweak that lets you change the carrier logo on your jailbroken iPhone.
Compatibility Status: iOS 6.1: Yes
5-Row Qwerty Keyboard (Free):
As the name suggests, the jailbreak tweak adds a fifth-row of keys to the keyboard, giving quick access to the number keys and the symbol keys.
Reveal ($1.99):
The jailbreak tweak allows you to scroll through text in the banner notification or the notification on the Lock screen, so you don't have to waste time launching the app to check the notification.
We expect Cydia developers to release updated version of their jailbreak apps and tweaks with iOS 6.x support soon.
Let me know if I have missed any of your must-have jailbreak app or tweak.


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Dec 3, 2020 10:00 AM
Seattle District Safety Forum - DecemberAdd to Calendar
Join us in-person in the Seattle AGC Building's second-floor conference room -- or on-line via this GoToMeeting link (use this same link for all Seattle District Safety Forums!) from your computer, tablet or smartphone.
AGC Conference Center - 1200 Westlake Avenue N., Seattle WA 98109
AGC of Washington Event Cancellation Policy
All transfers or cancellations must be received 3 business days prior to the event start date to avoid forfeiting 100% of the event fee. To clarify, if the event is on Tuesday, you must cancel the Wednesday of the preceding week by 5pm.


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Wave Tracker
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Get WaveTracker Access
Otherwise, check out the Indian / Pacific Oceans view for free!
(18:00 UTC 01 Sep 2013)
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Wave Tracker Glossary
|Wind Direction
|The direction that the wind is travelling.
|Swell/Wave Direction
|The direction that the waves are travelling.
|Live Surf Cam
|Location of a Coastalwatch surf cam.
|Offshore Virtual Buoy
|Is a virtual satellite observation buoy from which the forecast is generated. The data is from the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
|Nearshore Swell Map Animation
|This view shows a higher resolution look at how swells are being affected close to the shoreline. Taking into account the sea-floor shapes and depths as it rises to land.
|Coordinated Universal Time
|Is the Primary Time Standard by which the world regulates time. It is closely related to Greenwich Mean Time.
|Go back to previous view
|Returns to the previous map view.
|Swell Map Graphic animation
|Is the primary or secondary swell direction created by storms or other weather events.
|Swell Period Graphic animation
|Is the average length of time between waves.
|Wind Map Graphic animation
|Is the bulk movement of air caused by differences in pressure. It's measured by its strength and from the direction from which it is blowing.
Having problems viewing the Wave Tracker on Internet Explorer?
1. All Swell Alerts start on the Wave Tracker.
2. Enable the Offshore Virtual Buoy markers by selecting it below the map. (Initially you may not see any markers until you zoom into a region)
3. Red drops indicate the Offshore Virtual Buoys that are available. You can create an alert for any of those buoys.
4. Click on your desired Buoy to show the 3 day graph pop-up window.
5. At the bottom of the graph is a link "Add swell alert". Click this to start the process of adding a Swell alert for that Virtual Buoy point and follow the prompts.


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Science at NASA
Washington, D.C. – Astrophysicist and legendary eclipse chaser Fred Espenak has a rating scheme for natural wonders. "On a scale of 1 to 10," he says, "total eclipses are a million."
Apparently, this true even when the eclipse is almost completely clouded out.
Last week, I experienced such an eclipse on Four Mile Beach outside the resort town of Port Douglas in Queensland, Australia. For years, tourists, astronomers and eclipse chasers had been anticipating a fantastic show over the Coral Sea on November 14th, 2012.
The total eclipse of November 14th, 2012, seen through clouds over Yorkeys Beach in Queensland, Australia. (Credit and copyright: Stephen Mudge)
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Self-Paced Online Courses
Learn to use SALT easily and conveniently through online courses. We've designed our training courses so you can quickly get started, with topics ranging from elicitation through analysis. Each course ends with an optional quiz and certificate of completion.
Select the FREE courses you wish to take and add them to the shopping cart. During check out, you will be asked to create a SALT account but you will NOT be asked for payment. Then access your courses by selecting "My Account --> My Classes".
YouTube Videos
Watch short videos on frequently asked questions. Also watch longer, more comprehensive, training videos.


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TRP Truck and Trailer Parts
What better way to complement the genuine DAF parts range than with TRP, the UK's largest range of Trailer and All Makes Parts and Workshop Consumables.
In addition to genuine DAF Parts DAF Distributors Ireland Ltd stock a large selection of TRP branded all makes parts, providing you with a 'one stop shop' to meet all your parts needs. This extensive range of products includes consumables and trailer parts.
Whether your vehicles are maintained by you or us, DAF's TRP programme can save you time and money. Nothing is more time consuming than having to search for parts in different locations. And different suppliers mean different administrative systems - which adds up to extra cost and hassle for you.
From trailer suspensions and axles, to loading ramps and workshop consumables, DAF TRP products are an extension of our existing range of original parts. DAF choose only products that meet their stringent quality standards. and back them all with standard DAF warranty terms and conditions.
At DAF Distributors Ireland Ltd we know better than anyone that time is critical in your business. That's why we have most parts in stock. Any parts we don't have will be quickly available through DAF's express parts delivery service.