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About ADHA
COVID-19 Resource Center for Dental Hygienists
The health and wellness of the dental hygiene community and the patients you serve is our top priority. ADHA has been engaged with the CDC Division of Oral Health (DOH) advocating for clear guidance for dental practices. On March 27, 2020, the DOH released COVID-19 guidance for dental settings.
Response to World Health Organization Recommendations
In response to yesterday's World Health Organization's (WHO) recommendation to delay "routine non-essential oral health care" in certain situations due to COVID-19, we wish to highlight a couple of key points. The WHO indicates delay of non-essential procedures until there is "sufficient reduction in COVID-19 transmission rates…according to official recommendations at national, sub-national or local level." This is consistent with current ADHA recommendations and aligned with CDC guidance, both which direct the dental healthcare personnel (DHCP) to stay informed and regularly consult with state or local health department for region-specific information and the monitoring of trends in local case counts to determine how and when to resume non-emergency dental care.
As outlined in the latest ADHA Interim Guidance on Returning to Work, ADHA continues to support the recommendations from the CDC that "balance the need to provide necessary services while minimizing risk to patients and DHCP. Consider if elective procedures, surgeries, and non-urgent outpatient visits should be postponed in certain circumstances."
CDC: Interim Infection Prevention and Control Guidance for Dental Settings During the COVID-19 Response
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released updated Guidance for Dental Settings.
Key highlights from CDC
- Dental settings have unique characteristics that warrant specific infection control considerations.
- Prioritize the most critical dental services and provide care in a way that minimizes harm to patients from delaying care and harm to personnel from potential exposure to COVID-19.
- Proactively communicate to both personnel and patients the need for them to stay at home if sick.
- Know the steps to take if a patient with COVID-19 symptoms enters your facility.
- Click here for a summary of statements made by federal officials regarding COVID-19 and oral health.
In a March 17, 2020, White House Coronavirus Task Force press briefing, White House COVID-19 response coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx recommended that hospitals and dentists cancel all elective surgeries over the next two weeks in order to free up hospital beds and space. The task force has stated that its recommendations are not mandatory. [Source: White House Press Briefing ]
On March 18, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released recommendations to conserve personal protective equipment, beds and ventilators and limit the exposure of patients and staff to COVID-19. CMS recommended that all non-essential dental exams and procedures be postponed until further notice. CMS also recommended postponing or canceling non-essential adult elective surgery and medical and surgical procedures, and making case-by-case evaluations on whether a planned surgery should proceed. CMS suggested considering a number of factors, such as the patient's health and age and the urgency of the procedure. CMS also provided examples of surgeries and procedures that would be appropriate to delay and others that would be permissible to continue to perform.
On March 19th, this was further clarified during a press briefing when the CMS Director announced the following: "To aggressively address COVID-19, CMS recognizes that conservation of critical resources such as ventilators and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is essential, as well as limiting exposure of patients and staff to the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Attached is guidance to limit non-essential adult elective surgery and medical and surgical procedures, including all dental procedures. These considerations will assist in the management of vital healthcare resources during this public health emergency. Dental procedures use PPE and have one of the highest risks of transmission due to the close proximity of the healthcare provider to the patient. To reduce the risk of spread and to preserve PPE, we are recommending that all non-essential dental exams and procedures be postponed until further notice." [Source: https://www.cms.gov/files/document/31820-cms-adult-elective-surgery-and-procedures-recommendations.pdf]
On March 20th, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) followed both of the above recommendations to further clarify their previous guidance by recommending that "dental facilities postpone elective procedures, surgeries, and non-urgent dental visits, and prioritize urgent and emergency visits and procedures now and for the coming several weeks." [Source: https://www.cdc.gov/oralhealth/infectioncontrol/statement-COVID.html]. We are expecting new guidance specific to dental practices and professionals to be issued by the CDC Division of Oral Health in the next few days, but the statement on March 20th made it clear postponing dental procedures applies to all dental patients, not just those patients who have signs or symptoms of respiratory illness as stated in our March 18th guidance.
On March 22nd, the Surgeon General of the U.S., Vice Admiral Jerome Adams, reiterated this call to postpone dental procedures in an interview with USA Today, stating: "As a member of the president's Coronavirus Task Force — and a practicing physician — I am calling on all hospital systems to heed federal recommendations and cancel or delay nonessential elective procedures in a way that minimizes potential harm to patients. These include dental procedures as well." He then outlined the reasons that this postponement was needed and emphasized that this is a temporary issue. [Source: Official Surgeon General Twitter Account]
ADHA COVID-19 Policy
To mitigate the spread of COVID-19, ADHA continues to support the recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that balance the need to provide necessary services while minimizing risk to patients and dental healthcare personnel.
ADHA Task Force on Return to Work
ADHA's Task Force on Return to Work has reviewed the CDC's recently updated Guidance for Dental Settings and has made changes to ADHA's Interim Guidance on Returning to Work. ADHA encourages all dental hygienists to review the revised report in its entirety. The report is the work product of the Task Force and includes guidance for dental hygienists returning to work on PPE, patient screening, office protocol and more.
A dedicated email address has been set up so that members of the dental hygiene community can have COVID-19 related questions addressed at firstname.lastname@example.com.
IFDH 2020 COVID-19 Survey Results
The International Federation of Dental Hygienists (IFDH) recently fielded a survey to better understand the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the dental hygiene profession and identify opportunities to support global dental hygienists, dental therapists and oral health therapists through these difficult times. The survey collected data from May 5 – May 31 and it was supported by Procter & Gamble (Crest/Oral-B). View the survey results here.
COVID-19 + the Dental Hygienist Webinars
ADHA's COVID-19 webinars provide updates on issues dental hygienists are facing, resources to help, and answers to questions from the dental hygiene community.
April 14 Webinar: COVID-19 Updates, Resources and Questions Answered. View Here
April 16 Webinar: Unemployment Benefits. View Here
June 3 Webinar: Interim Guidance on Returning to Work. View Here
ADHA Advocacy + Action Center
Your participation and membership is making a difference.
Governor campaign on returning to work. Many states are considering how to reopen the economy, including dental practices. All dental hygienists are asked to contact their governor and urge them to continue to follow the CDC's recommendation of postponing elective procedures, surgeries, and non-urgent dental visits.
Dental Hygiene Student Campaign - Over 12,000 students, educators, licensed dental hygienists and family members from around the country contacted their governors urging them to provide relief to students graduating from dental hygiene programs.
Congressional Campaign - Thank you to all the dental hygienists who participated! The legislation passed, with support from 21,470 dental hygienists and their 64,457 messages to Senators and Representatives.
Campaign to urge Governors - Nearly 9,000 dental hygienists across the country urged their governor to limit dental services to emergency care during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- ADHA – ADEA Letter to Vice President Pence - 4/30/2020
- Letter to Congressional Leadership - 3/20/2020
- Letter to U.S. Department of Labor - 3/20/2020
- Letter to President Trump, Speaker Pelosi and Majority Leader McConnell - 3/18/2020
COVID-19 Resources: Essential Updates, Info and Support
Updated - 5/4/2020
- News from the Center for Disease Control
- Other Agency, Legislative and Professional Guidance
• ADA COVID-19 State Mandates and Recommendations
• ADA Interim Guidance for Management of Emergent and Urgent Dental Care
• CARES Act Information
• Families First Coronavirus Response Act
• OSHA Guidance for Health Care Providers - New!
• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Recommendations
• National Network for Oral Health Access (NNOHA) State Recommendation Table
- Student + Educator Resources
• Video Message to Students from ADHA President Matt Crespin, MPH, RDH (April 2, 2020)
Federal Agency Guidance
• Federal Student Aid Coronavirus and Forbearance Info for Students, Borrowers and Parents
• CODA Guidance on Interruption of Education Related to COVID-19 for class of 2020
• ADEA Letter to the National Governors Association support of suspending or modifying existing state-level examination restrictions that prevent graduating dental hygiene students and other oral health professionals from serving their communities during this pandemic crisis.
• US Department of Education Updated Guidance for interruption of study related to Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Board Exam Testing
• 4/11/2020 - ADHA launched an advocacy campaign directed to U.S. governors urging them to provide relief to the Class of 2020 by granting an initial license to graduates of a CODA accredited dental hygiene education program. More than 11,000 supportive messages were sent to all state governors!
• Joint Commission on National Dental Examination Resources
If you have dental hygiene questions related to COVID-19, please share them with us at email@example.com.
Your Questions Answered
Updated - 5/8/2020
What ADHA is Doing to Address Concerns of Dental Hygienists
- Q: What is ADHA doing to help relieve the economic burden for its members?
A: The COVID-19 crisis has brought uncertainty and hardship to many dental hygienists. For ADHA members on our quarterly payment plan, your automatic payment scheduled for April 1 has been postponed until May 27. If you prefer to have your payment processed before May 27, simply email us at firstname.lastname@example.com or give us a call at 312-440-8900 (press 1).
While your membership has never been more important as we advocate at the highest levels for the health and safety of all dental hygienists, we want to offer some needed relief during this difficult time.
This is an opportunity for us to come together, and come out stronger, as a united community. Thank you for supporting ADHA. If you have questions about your membership, please email email@example.com.
- Q: Why doesn't ADHA mandate that dental offices close during this time?
- dental practices nationwide postpone non-emergency and elective procedures
- dental practices remain available for patients with urgent needs
A: As a national association, ADHA does not have the authority to close a dental office or any place of business. Rest assured that we are raising your concerns with federal agencies as they consider the best course of action to maintain the health and safety of you and your patients, while addressing critical oral health needs.
To mitigate the spread of COVID-19, ADHA strongly recommends:
We are committed to providing the latest information to the profession in a useful and timely manner, and we will update recommendations on an ongoing basis as new information becomes available.
Breaking news: From White House Coronavirus Task Force Briefing on March 17, 2020.
"If I could just say one other thing to the hospitals and dentists out there . . . things that don't need to be done over the next two weeks, don't get it done. If you're a person with an elective surgery, you don't want to go into a hospital right now…so let's all be responsible and cancel things that we can cancel to really free up hospital beds and space and then let's do everything that we can to ensure that we don't need the ventilators because we protected the people who would have needed to use them."
- Dr. Deborah Birx, White House coronavirus response coordinator
- Q: What can I do to advocate for safety for my patients, my colleagues and myself during the COVID-19 pandemic?
A: Employers are obligated to provide workers with appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) to keep them safe while performing their jobs. Newly released guidance from the U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) states, "Workers, including those who work within 6 feet of patients known to be, or suspected of being, infected with SARS-CoV-2 and those performing aerosol-generating procedures, need to use respirators."
Contact your state governor today. Implore the governor to protect the safety and well-being of your patients, your colleagues and you. While these are unprecedented times, the governor has the responsibility and authority to protect his or her citizenry.
ADHA has launched an advocacy campaign urging governors to continue following the CDC's recommendation of postponing elective procedures, surgeries, and non-urgent dental visits. Taking action is easy!
Start by clicking here to launch the advocacy tool.
- Q: Should we be taking additional precautions? What proactive steps can we take to keep our workplace healthy and safe?
A: The General Duty Clause of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) requires employers to furnish "employment and a place of employment which are free from recognized hazards that are causing or likely to cause the death or serious harm to employees."
In addition, in certain health care professions and other workplaces where employees are subject to bloodborne pathogens, federal workplace safety law further requires the employer to make an immediate confidential medical evaluation and follow-up available for employees who have had an exposure incident.
Employers should communicate with their employees to reiterate existing workplace rules, and outline any additional temporary rules, related to ensuring workplace health and safety. Employers should consider preparing a written communication to employees that outlines these policies and expectations to keep employees healthy and safe in connection with the COVID-19 outbreak.
Information courtesy of ADHA Washington Counsel, McDermott Will & Emery LLP
Donation and Volunteer Assistance Requests
- Q: Where can I volunteer or help during COVID-19 outbreak?
- California: Health & Wellness & Medical Assistance Team
- Connecticut
- District of Columbia
- Florida
- Illinois
* Donate medical supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE)
* Donate other products or professional services
* Chicago Medical Reserve Corps (MRC)
- Maine
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Nebraska
- New Hampshire
- New York New York Bellevue Hospital Center is in urgent need of masks (preferably N95-rated) and gowns. If you have any personal protective equipment you can donate, please send it to: Bellevue Hospital Center | Department of Medicine | 462 1st Avenue - 16th Floor | New York, NY 10016
- North Carolina
- Rhode Island
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Vermont
- Washington
A: State and local governments and health care organizations across the country are seeking help. Many are seeking donations of surplus PPE and some are seeking volunteers to assist with infection control and health screenings. ADHA is compiling information and sharing the opportunities below.
The Health Resources and Services Administration is looking for volunteers to register with the Emergency System for Advance Registration of Volunteer Health Professionals, a federal program created to support states and territories in establishing standardized volunteer registration programs for disasters and public health and medical emergencies. Learn more and register here
Employment Issues
- Q: What is the sick leave law in my state?
- Arizona: Earned Paid Sick Time (2016 approved ballot measure)
- California: Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014 (AB 1522)
- Connecticut: Paid Sick Leave Act
- Maryland: Maryland Healthy Working Families Act (HB 1)
- Massachusetts: Earned Sick Time for Employees (2014 approved ballot measure)
- Maine: LD 396 (enacted 2019, takes effect Jan. 1, 2021)
- Michigan: Paid Medical Leave Act (SB 1175)
- Nevada: SB 312 (2019)
- New Jersey: The New Jersey Paid Sick Leave Act (AB 1827; took effect Oct. 29, 2018)
- Oregon: Mandatory Provision of Sick Time (SB 454)
- Rhode Island: Healthy and Safe Families and Workplaces Act
- Vermont: Act 69 (H 187)
- Washington: Paid Sick Leave (2016 approved ballot measure)
- Washington, D.C.: Employee Sick Leave
A: Twelve states and Washington, D.C. have enacted laws to require paid sick leave. There are no federal laws that require employers to provide paid sick leave for their employees.
- Q: To qualify for emergency paid sick leave under FFCRA, can an employer require that I exhaust my earned vacation, sick or other paid time off (PTO)?
A. No. The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) prohibits employers from requiring an employee to exhaust accrued PTO or state/local paid sick leave. Employees are entitled to utilize federal emergency paid sick leave before using state or local paid sick leave, or accrued PTO. Only the employee may decide whether to use existing paid vacation, personal, medical, or sick leave from your paid leave policy to supplement the amount your employee receives from paid sick leave or expanded family and medical leave.
Source: DOL Questions and Answers Number 33: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/pandemic/ffcra-questions
- Q: Is an employer obligated to pay an hourly-paid employee who works a partial week because the employer's business closed?
A. The U.S. Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) generally applies to hours actually worked. It does not require employers who are unable to provide work to non-exempt employees to pay them for hours the employees would have otherwise worked.
- Q. If an employer directs salaried, exempt employees to take vacation (or leave bank deductions) or leave without pay during office closures due to influenza, pandemic or other public health emergency, does this impact the employee's exempt status?
A. Exempt, salaried employees generally must receive their full salary in any week in which they perform any work, subject to certain very limited exceptions. The FLSA does not require employer-provided vacation time.
Where an employer offers a bona fide benefits plan or vacation time to its employees, there is no prohibition on an employer requiring that such accrued leave or vacation time be taken on a specific day(s). Further, this will not affect the employee's salary basis of payment so long as the employee still receives in payment an amount equal to the employee's guaranteed salary. However, an employee will not be considered paid "on a salary basis" if deductions from the predetermined compensation are made for absences occasioned by the office closure during a week in which the employee performs any work. Exempt salaried employees are not required to be paid their salary in weeks in which they perform no work.
A private employer may direct exempt staff to take vacation or debit their leave bank account in the case of an office closure, whether for a full or partial day, provided the employees receive in payment an amount equal to their guaranteed salary. In the same scenario, an exempt employee who has no accrued benefits in the leave bank account, or has limited accrued leave and the reduction would result in a negative balance in the leave bank account, still must receive the employee's guaranteed salary for any absence(s) occasioned by the office closure in order to remain exempt.
For more information, see WHD Opinion Letter FLSA2005-41.
Information provided from the U.S. Department of Labor, https://www.dol.gov/coronavirus
- Q: If I have been laid off, do I qualify for paid sick leave under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA)?
A.The effective date of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), which includes the Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act and the Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act is April 1, 2020. This is for leave taken between April 1, 2020, and December 31, 2020.
If your employer furloughs you because it does not have enough work or business for you, you are not entitled to then take paid sick leave or expanded family and medical leave. However, you may be eligible for unemployment insurance benefits. You should contact your State workforce agency or State unemployment insurance office for specific questions about your eligibility
Source: Question 1 & 26 https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/pandemic/ffcra-questions
- Q: What options do I have if my hours have been cut?
A. You may be eligible for partial unemployment benefits if you are still working but your hours have been reduced. Check with your state unemployment office to see if you are eligible: https://www.careeronestop.org/LocalHelp/service-locator.aspx
- Q: Am I able to qualify for both unemployment benefits and the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) benefits?
A. Unemployment benefits and the rebate checks authorized in the CARES Act are separate and you can be eligible for both. The CARES Act provides a means tested rebate check up to $1,200 for individuals and $2,400 for couples who file jointly, and $500 per child. The amount decreases for individuals making more than $75,000 or $150,000 per couple. Additionally, the Act provides enhanced unemployment benefits for the millions of Americans, including dental hygienists, who are out of work to slow the spread of COVID-19.
- Q: How and when will I receive my rebate check?
A. The federal government's goal is to start issuing checks by April 6. The vast majority of people do not need to take action to receive a rebate check. The IRS will calculate and automatically send the economic impact payment to those eligible.
For people who have already filed their 2019 tax returns, the IRS will use this information to calculate the payment amount. For those who have not yet filed their return for 2019, the IRS will use information from their 2018 tax filing to calculate the payment. The economic impact payment will be deposited directly into the same banking account reflected on the return filed.
Source: https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/economic-impact-payments-what-you-need-to-know
- Q: How much relief I will receive from the CARES Act?
A. The CARES Act provides a means tested rebate check up to $1,200 for individuals and $2,400 for couples who file jointly, and $500 per child. The amount decreases for individuals making more than $75,000 or $150,000 per couple.
Single filers with income exceeding $99,000 and $198,000 for joint filers with no children are not eligible.
Source: https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/economic-impact-payments-what-you-need-to-know
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
- Q: Does my employer have to provide Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and who pays for it?
A: Many OSHA standards require employers to provide personal protective equipment, when it is necessary to protect employees from job-related injuries, illnesses, and fatalities. With few exceptions, OSHA requires employers to pay for personal protective equipment when it is used to comply with OSHA standards. These typically include: hard hats, gloves, goggles, safety glasses, welding helmets and goggles, face shields, chemical protective equipment and fall protection equipment. For additional information on PPE, refer to OSHA's Personal Protective Equipment Web page.
- Q: What if my employer will not provide proper PPE?
A: According to OSHA's Guidance on Preparing Workplaces for COVID-19, "employers are obligated to provide their workers with PPE needed to keep them safe while performing their jobs. The types of PPE required during a COVID-19 outbreak will be based on the risk of being infected with SARS-CoV-2 while working and job tasks that may lead to exposure. Workers, including those who work within 6 feet of patients known to be, or suspected of being, infected with SARS-CoV-2 and those performing aerosol-generating procedures, need to use respirators."
You have a right to a safe workplace. You can file a confidential complaint with OSHA to request an inspection of your workplace if you believe there is a serious hazard or if you believe your employer is not following OSHA standards. Learn more about filing a complaint at OSHA's website.
- Q: What about the use of homemade masks?
A: The CDC does not considered homemade masks personal protective equipment (PPE). In order to protect staff and preserve personal protective equipment and patient care supplies, as well as expand available hospital capacity during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that dental facilities postpone elective procedures, surgeries, and non-urgent dental visits, and prioritize urgent and emergency visits and procedures now and for the coming several weeks.
- Q: I am concerned about mask shortages. What can we do?
A: The increased worldwide demand for personal protective equipment (PPE) has resulted in apparent regional areas of shortage in the United States. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulates and monitors the availability of medical devices, including masks, and continues to closely monitor the supply chain for the components needed to manufacture PPE.
While FDA acknowledged that it has heard reports of increased market demand and supply challenges for certain PPE, the agency has said that it is not aware of specific widespread shortages of medical devices. CDC and other U.S. partners report having seen increased ordering of some medical products through distributors as some health care facilities in the U.S. prepare for anticipated needs in the event of a more severe outbreak. FDA also reported that the agency has taken proactive steps to establish and remain in contact with medical device manufacturers and others in the supply chain.
FDA encourages manufacturers and health care facilities to report supply disruptions to the device shortages mailbox: email@example.com. The agency reports that the mailbox is closely monitored and is an important surveillance resource to augment FDA efforts to detect and mitigate potential supply chain disruption.
- Q: Should masks be only single use?
- Wear a surgical mask and eye protection with solid side shields or a face shield to protect mucous membranes of the eyes, nose and mouth during procedures likely to generate splashing or spattering of blood or other body fluids;
- Change masks between patients, or during patient treatment if the mask becomes wet.
A: CDC's guidance for single-use disposable facemasks has not changed. These masks are tested and regulated by FDA to be single use. CDC's position is that a new facemask should be used for each patient. CDC's specific guidance for facemasks includes these directives:
- Q: What's the difference among ASTM Level 1, Level 2, Level 3 masks and respirators?
A: ASTM International, formerly known as the American Society for Testing and Materials, has established performance levels for masks based on fluid resistance, bacterial filtration efficiency, particulate filtration efficiency, breathing resistance and flame spread.
Level 1 masks have the least fluid resistance, bacterial filtration efficiency, particulate filtration efficiency and breathing resistance. These can be worn for procedures where low amounts of fluid, spray or aerosols are produced such as patient evaluations, orthodontic visits or operatory cleaning.
Level 2 masks provide a moderate barrier for fluid resistance, bacterial and particulate filtration efficiencies and breathing resistance. These can be used for procedures producing moderate to light amounts of fluid, spray or aerosols. Some examples of procedures are sealant placement, simple restorative or composite procedures or endodontics.
Level 3 masks provide the maximum level of fluid resistance and are designed for procedures with moderate or heavy amounts of blood, fluid spray or aerosol exposure such as crown or bridge preparations, complex oral surgery, implant placement or use of ultrasonic scalers.
Newly released guidance from the U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) states, "Workers, including those who work within 6 feet of patients known to be, or suspected of being, infected with SARS-CoV-2 and those performing aerosol-generating procedures, need to use respirators."
CDC has more information on the differences between N-95 respirators and surgical masks.
If the decision is made to use respirators in your facility, OSHA does maintain requirements for medical evaluation and fit-testing in their toolkit for health care use of respirators.
- Q: How can I determine if my respirator is NIOSH approved or a counterfeit?
- No markings at all on the filtering facepiece respirator
- No approval (TC) number on filtering facepiece respirator or headband
- No NIOSH markings
- NIOSH spelled incorrectly
- Presence of decorative fabric or other decorative add-ons (e.g., sequins)
- Claims for the of approval for children (NIOSH does not approve any type of respiratory protection for children)
- Filtering facepiece respirator has ear loops instead of headbands
A: Below is information directly from the National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory (NPPTL), part of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH):
Counterfeit respirators are products that are falsely marketed and sold as being NIOSH-approved and may not be capable of providing appropriate respiratory protection to workers.
When NIOSH becomes aware of counterfeit respirators or those misrepresenting NIOSH approval on the market, we will post them here to alert users, purchasers, and manufacturers.
How to identify a NIOSH-approved respirator:
NIOSH-approved respirators have an approval label on or within the packaging of the respirator (i.e. on the box itself and/or within the users' instructions). Additionally, an abbreviated approval is on the FFR itself. You can verify the approval number on the NIOSH Certified Equipment List (CEL) or the NIOSH Trusted-Source page to determine if the respirator has been approved by NIOSH. NIOSH-approved FFRs will always have one the following designations: N95, N99, N100, R95, R99, R100, P95, P99, P100.
Signs that a respirator may be counterfeit:
Report a COVID-19 Related Violation
- Q: How can dental hygienists report alleged violations or concerns and about dental practices not following mandates or recommendations set by governors, dental boards and public health officials?
A: From the desk of Dr. Robert Zena
President of the American Association of Dental Boards
The American Association of Dental Boards encourages everyone to practice social distancing. As health care professionals, the dental community must not only follow all directives from the White House Task Force, CDC, USPHS, National Institute of Allergy and Epidemiology, etc. but also be exemplary. The edicts pertaining to emergent care must be adhered to in order to minimize the spread of the Covid-19 virus. Anyone who ignores these guidelines negates the sacrifices by other practices who are doing their part to "flatten the curve". Those who ignore these efforts not only unnecessarily endanger themselves and their staff, but more importantly endanger the entire community. As a Nation, we must all do our part.
To protect our professionals on the front lines, the public, and promote social distancing, we encourage the use of Teledentistry as much as possible to minimize exposure. Additionally, in conjunction with digital means, employing Immediate Vicinity Access to Care (IVAC) will better minimize risks. For example, patients may be triaged in parking areas, curbside, sidewalks, etc. in order to decrease the number of patients that actually enter the practice facility. Some may only need prescriptions to delay treatment to a future date, emergency cases that need hands-on care could be filtered through the IVAC buffer. We at the AADB encourage any suggestions from the dental community that would help improve our struggle with the Covid-19 virus to share them with the AADB Central Office.
In an effort to protect the public, we are offering a means to report alleged violations. Reporting may be made by clicking on the following button:
School Based Sealant Programs
- Q: I work in a school-based dental sealant program where it would be difficult to use a rubber dam for tooth isolation. In addition, we use glass ionomer sealant material that prefers a slightly moist environment. Is it mandatory that we use a rubber dam for sealant placement?
A: Dental hygienists should use professional judgment when determining best methods for isolation and minimization of aerosols during sealant placement for clinical, educational, and community-based settings. It is recommended that four-handed dentistry and a high-volume evacuator be used.
Placement techniques for sealants vary based on sealant type and manufacturer. Manufacturers' instructions typically include cleaning and isolation of the occlusal surface and encourage a dry field during sealant placement and curing; however, if using a hydrophilic sealant material, a completely dry tooth may not be required. To obtain optimal levels of sealant retention, dental hygienists should carefully follow manufacturers instructions for the type of sealant material used.


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Let us get one thing straight: I believe you can learn a good deal from a friendly fixture and that the outcome of a match such as the Community Shield matters.
So when I say Arsenal's performance proves to me that Arsene Wenger is capable of orchestrating a real title challenge, I will not accept any caveats such as Chelsea were tired or not quite up to speed.
Many commentators argue that Wenger cannot change, that he has become defined by his purist football philosophy, but I think he is capable of adapting, of even performing the odd U-turn.
The match reminded me of how Arsenal ceded possession against Manchester City last season. It was a pragmatic performance.
Chelsea were undone by a team prepared to let them have the ball while being threatening on the counter-attack - the west London club must have felt that they were looking in a mirror.
The title will come down, I believe, to a straight fight between these clubs, and this was a warning shot from Wenger that he knows what he has to do to undermine Chelsea.
The title will come down, I believe, to a straight fight between these clubs, and this was a warning shot from Wenger that he knows what he has to do to undermine Chelsea.
He will not quite manage it unless he strengthens his defence with at least one big signing but he does have the mindset now to win a little bit ugly. He is changing, trust me.
And, perhaps, because Arsenal have so much flair, he knows that his version of winning ugly will not be all that unattractive anyway.
I suspect Wenger is ready to spring a few surprises and to be tough enough to take points off Chelsea, off Manchester United, off Manchester City.
No one gives him credit for being a clever tactician but this season he will use his intelligence to make an assault on the league.
When I played at Nancy, it was clear that his legacy included a tactical approach to the team.
The lowest point for Wenger last season was the defeat by Monaco in the Champions League but sometimes you have to be hit hard to make changes.
As for Chelsea, the game showed just how crucial it is that Diego Costa is fit.
Without him, the team lack bite.
Loic Remy again showed why it is better to use him off the bench. When he starts, you see too many wasted runs.
Radamel Falcao might be a great addition but also he does not intimidate defenders in the same manner as Costa.
Wenger waited more than 11 years to outwit Jose Mourinho.
Does anyone really think that he will abandon that sense of satisfaction?

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Energesco Solutions LLC—a provider of energy and water conservation measures to both commercial and multifamily real estate industries in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions—has renovated a multifamily portfolio in St. Charles, Md., on behalf of Federal Capital Partners (FCP). The makeover involved five exterior LED-light upgrade projects which respect the conservation measures implemented by Energesco last year. They are expected to reduce FCP's annual electricity expenses by more than $25,000.
The upgrades were installed at the following communities:
- Gleneagles Apartments
- Huntington Apartments
- Sheffield Greens Apartments
- Village Lake Apartments
- Wakefield Terrace Apartments
"We are pleased to have continued to deliver high-caliber results to FCP's multifamily portfolio in St. Charles, Md. The work completed in 2017 is a capstone to the FCP/Energesco four-year energy efficiency and water conservation collaboration in St. Charles," said William Bennett, CEO of Energesco, in a prepared statement.
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Mamata's nephew slapped, TMC sees BJP hand
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee's nephew and Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee was slapped at a rally on Sunday with the Opposition calling it yet another sign of infighting in a party beleaguered by corruption charges.india Updated: Jan 05, 2015, 17:18 IST
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee's nephew and Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee was slapped at a rally on Sunday with the Opposition calling it yet another sign of infighting in a party beleaguered by corruption charges.
The Diamond Harbour MP was slapped by a young man — identified as Debashish Acharya — while addressing a meeting at Chandipur in east Midnapur district.
The area is a Trinamool stronghold and close to Nandigram that figured prominently in Mamata's 2011 election campaign.
Party workers allowed Acharya to go on stage on the pretext of taking a photo as soon as Abhishek started talking. He, however, slapped the Trinamool youth wing president twice on the cheek.
Acharya was then thrashed by party workers on stage and admitted to the district hospital in a critical condition. Trinamool supporters also charged at media personnel and ransacked the local police station, alleging that failure to provide proper security for the MP had led to the incident.
The incident comes at a time when Bengal's ruling party is embroiled in the multi-crore Saradha scam, with top leaders such as Madan Mitra arrested on corruption charges in a CBI probe.
The trail of the scandal had led to cracks appearing in the party, HT had reported earlier.
Trinamool Congress leaders denied reports of Acharya being a party worker and pointed to his statement to a TV channel, where he allegedly said, "I will be born again to establish a Hindu Rashtra."
"His (Acharya's) pro-Hindutva comment reveals BJP hand behind it. It's worrying," party secretary general Partha Chatterjee said.
Trinamool's national spokesperson Derek O'Brien said the incident may have been a plan to attack Abhishek and threaten his life. "Now it is up to the administration to inquire into the matter," he said.
The BJP, however, ruled out any involvement of the saffron party. "Acharya was almost dying. It's natural that a Hindu would like to be born again as a Hindu," Sinha told HT.
BJP national secretary Siddharth Nath Singh also indicated an insider hand. "East Midnapore is a Trinamool stronghold and it was a party meeting. There seems to be a civil war in the state," he said.
The rift between Abhishek and local party leaders such as Sisir Adhikari and his son Suvendu Adhikari, both Lok Sabha MPs, is well known. Abhishek replaced Suvendu as the head of the party's youth wing last year, infuriating a section of party workers.


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IDM continued to see an increase in volume and once again needed more machines.
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'I've lost the freedom to be there with my child for Christmas'
Listen to the voices of women in Dochas Women's Prison in Mountjoy
28/11/2017 - FEATURES - STOCK -Rowan House at Dochas Centre, womens prison, North Circular Road, Dublin.Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill / The Irish Times
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Here three of the women who made Storybook videos this year - Annie, Angelique and Manie - are talking about being in priosn and apart from their children. "I would have missed a good part of her life. Like, most of her life. I understand she's hurtin' in her own little way. This is just so as she can see me and see what I am like now."
Listen to Annie, Angelique and Manie talk about life inside, in prison apart from their children
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I start writing my mini-musical, Spring Eternal, in August.
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Spotlight on Talented Essex composers this Christmas
PUBLISHED: 11:51 14 December 2011 | UPDATED: 20:26 20 February 2013
Talented Essex composers have coloured our lives down the centuries with a legacy of melodies and lyrics, and never is this more true than at Christmas...
Talented Essex composers have coloured our lives down the centuries with a legacy of melodies and lyrics, and never is this more true than at Christmas
For many of us, Christmas wouldnt be the same without our traditional music and carols. Whether choosing hymns and carols for December concerts or limbering up rusty vocal chords to join in the merry teams of carol singers on the village green, the age-old melodies and lyrics are embraced year after year.
Our countys contribution to the world of English music is quite considerable. For more than 400 years, Essex has been home to some of the worlds best-known composers of liturgical hymns, carols and anthems. Numerous composers living in Essex have added to a vast canon of music, both sacred and secular, and many wrote lyrics and compositions to be sung and played at Christmas.
During the late 1530s, when Henry VIII was dissolving the monasteries, Thomas Tallis (1505-1585) carried out his duties as organist at Waltham Abbey. His later career as Gentleman of the Chapel Royal spanned a period of spectacular change in the English liturgical climate. Eventually, he became known as the Father of English Cathedral Music and this gifted musician played, sang and composed for the remainder of his life, serving in turn Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary Tudor and Elizabeth l. Among the lavish rewards he eventually reaped was a famous bequest of 1575, giving him and his young pupil, William Byrd (also an Essex musician), a complete monopoly on the printing of music and ruled music paper in England.
Byrd lived at Stondon Massey from 1593 until his death in 1623. Both Tallis and Byrd arranged wonderful compositions, especially for Christmas. Among a huge collection of work, Tallis composed his Christmas Mass Puer natus est (A Boy is Born) a seven-voice work which continues to be much-loved. Also Ave Dei patris filia is a lengthy prayer to the Virgin in typical English pre-Reformation style and Byrd composed Gradualia, Part 1 Beata Viscera and Sing Joyfully.
Composer Gustav Holst lived at Thaxted for 11 years from 1914, the year that he began work on The Planets Suite. His powerful composition The Hymn of Jesus was the result of his search for words to dancing hymns and his superb incidental music to Masefields The Coming of Christ was performed in Canterbury Cathedral in December 1928. Among a huge catalogue of music so popular today, Holst set the music to Sir Cecil Spring-Rices poem I Vow to Thee My Country.Holsts friend, Ralph Vaughan Williams (1883-1958) arrived in Essex in 1903 to deliver a lecture at Brentwood School on folksong and discovered a new direction in his compositional work.
Although more than half a century since his death, Vaughan Williams Fantasia on Christmas Carols on Christmas Night, with Prelude to Gentlemen and Christmas Cantata remain firm favourites at this festive time.Brentwood philanthropist Evelyn Heseltine built the beautiful pearl church at Great Warley in memory of his brother, Arnold. Philip Heseltine, Arnolds son, frequently visited his uncles home Goldings in Great Warley. In adult life, the boy took the name of Peter Warlock which entered English musical history, largely as a world-renowned composer. His Bethlehem Down is still a Christmas favourite and Goldings is now the De Rougement Manor Hotel.
Great Warley was also home to John Arnold, an organist who composed many anthems during his working life. His Compleat Psalmodist published in 1741, was a popular introduction to musical theory and his composition Essex Harmony was a popular collection of songs and catches for use in musical society. He often staged festive performances at the Horse and Jockey Inn on Warley Common.Another Essex-based musician, John Willbye (1574-1638), wrote more than 60 madrigals and was the household musician at Hengrave Hall in Suffolk.
He played his music at end-of-year masques at Essex mansions which Queen Elizabeth I was known to enjoy. A plaque commemorating Willbyes life was erected at his home in Colchesters Trinity Street and examples of his repertoire are often included in Christmas concerts.
Arthur Henry Brown (1830-1926), a Brentwood hymnologist, achieved worldwide fame for his musical talent. At ten, this self-taught prodigy was playing the organ at St Thomas Church and particularly loved Christmas services. His hymn O Love Divine is just one of the thousand pieces of church music he created and Browns carol When Christ was born of Mary Free achieved huge universal fame.Celebrated hymnologist Canon John Ellerton (1826-1893) served his final days in the parish of White Roding but his life yielded several famous carols and hymns still sung today including The Day Thou Gavest Lord is Ended.
Another cleric, the Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould (1834-1924), lived at East Mersea for ten years and is famous for composing Onward Christian Solders. His magnificent translation of the carol Gabriels Message from the Basque language into English is also considered a Christmas masterpiece.


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"A dark, thoroughly modern fairy tale crackling with wit and magical mayhem." -Leigh Bardugo, New York Times bestselling author of the Grisha Trilogy In the enchanted kingdom of Brooklyn, the fashionable people put on cute shoes, go to parties in warehouses, drink on rooftops at sunset, and tell themselves they've arrived. A whole lot of Brooklyn is like that now-but not Vassa's working-class neighborhood. In Vassa's neighborhood, where she lives with her stepmother and bickering stepsisters, one might stumble onto magic, but stumbling out again could become an issue. Babs Yagg, the owner of the local convenience store, has a policy of beheading shoplifters-and sometimes innocent shoppers as well. So when Vassa's stepsister sends her out for light bulbs in the middle of night, she knows it could easily become a suicide mission. But Vassa has a bit of luck hidden in her pocket, a gift from her dead mother. Erg is a tough-talking wooden doll with sticky fingers, a bottomless stomach, and a ferocious cunning. With Erg's help, Vassa just might be able to break the witch's curse and free her Brooklyn neighborhood. But Babs won't be playing fair.... Inspired by the Russian folktale "Vassilissa the Beautiful" and Sarah Porter's years of experience teaching creative writing to New York City students, Vassa in the Night weaves a dark yet hopeful tale about a young girl's search for home, love, and belonging.
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"Narrator Madeleine Maby's performance never waivers throughout this audiobook for teens. Magic appears in many forms in this Russian folktale turned modern-day horror story. Maby maintains credibility and consistency throughout the many characters that populate the story, clearly distinguishing who or what creature is speaking. Especially well done are the two "lawyers," Picnic and Pangolin. Maby's renditions of these two make them pop to life so that listeners believe in their vitality. Despite the gore and horror of parts of the tale, one hears an underlying sadness steeped in hope that somehow Vassa, the heroine, can make it all right again. Maby's presentation succeeds in fueling that hope. E.E.S. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2017, Portland, Maine"


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"Extra's" AJ Calloway caught up with Savannah Guthrie at this year's Matrix Awards in NYC, where the "Today" co-anchor talked about Prince William and Kate Middleton's royal newborn boy, and Prince Harry's upcoming wedding to Meghan Markle, and more.
Guthrie, who got to break the news about the royal baby to "Today" viewers this morning, said she guessed Kate was having a girl, joking that of course that meant she was having a boy.
Savannah also revealed that the "Today" show team will be heading to London to cover the royal wedding… even if they didn't receive an official invite. Now all she needs is a fascinator hat!
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The 2020 Census will be carried out in the U.S. exactly one year from April 1, and community leaders, activists and politicians in the Big Apple are already campaigning relentlessly to guarantee that everyone in the five boroughs is counted this time.
As part of the New York Counts campaign, members of immigrant organizations, City Council members and representatives from the de Blasio administration held a "day of action" at more than 50 locations on Monday to educate people about the importance of registering for the census. (…)
One of the main goals of the campaign is to guarantee that people know there is nothing to fear in being counted, regardless of immigration status.
(…) "At the White House, they have a policy that aims to deprive us of our voice as Latinos, as immigrants," said Carlos Menchaca, chair of the City Council Committee on Immigration. "What we can do is organize against these attacks and register to be counted in the census, which has to do with the resources that come from the federal government for new schools, health services and other important things we need." (…)
Steven Choi, executive director of the New York Immigration Coalition, reiterated that there are sufficient protections in place and that people should not be afraid of being counted. He added that failing to participate in the count has a negative effect on immigrant communities.
"For every person in New York who is not counted, we are losing $3,000 in our communities, and that money can go towards Medicaid, better schools, better roads, health and transportation. It is important for people to know that their information is protected and confidential. Also, you do not need to say your name," said the activist.
"(…) if we are counted, we can really know how many of us there are and they will give us more resources," said Dominican immigrant Abel Abreu, who has lived in New York for more than 30 years. "For instance, here in Brooklyn it can help us ease the problems we have with housing and schools a little."
Still, not everyone is aware of the census. Outside of the Brooklyn venue where the community event was held, Mexican immigrant Juan González said he does not know what the census is.
"I don't have a clue what that is or what it is for," he said, adding that it would be good for communities to receive information on the topic.
For her part, Lovely Tejada said that the census could transform the political map, increasing representation.
"That data can help us have more representatives who can speak for us, who will pass laws to benefit our people and who are on the people's side. Everyone, regardless of their religion or demographics, needs to get involved. With more resources, we can have better education, health and transportation options," said the 28-year-old woman, who wants to pursue a master's in public policy.
Political analyst and community activist Lucía Gómez called on people to leave fear aside and take part in the census. "(…) Our schools are overcrowded. The census finds where there is need for new schools, new affordable housing and other things, and Hispanics are the least accurately counted community. There are areas in Corona and Jackson Heights where children are taking classes inside trailers because there has not been a real count."
In its coverage of the New York Counts coalition and campaign, Gotham Gazette reports that the New York State budget, approved early Monday by Gov. Cuomo and the state Legislature, included $20 million for census outreach, half the amount called for by the coalition, and Bklyner notes, "less than half the amount a decade ago."


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Repeal Of 'Wet Foot, Dry Foot' Policy Got Mixed Reviews At Versailles
As it got dark on Thursday evening, Cuban Americans congregated in the light put out by the cafecito window of Versailles, the Cuban café on Calle Ocho, to talk about the sudden end of decades-old policy granting Cuban migrants special status in U.S. immigration.
For almost 22 years, the "Wet Foot, Dry Foot" policy allowed Cubans who arrived on U.S. soil without a visa to become permanent residents. Under the policy, if Cubans were apprehended en route – for example, if they were picked up by the Coast Guard while still at sea – they were sent back to Cuba.
Cuban-American Laura Vianello, who said she has lived most of her life in Miami "as an exile," said the policy encouraged Cubans to risk their lives to come to the U.S., to the detriment her country of origin.
"We have lost many, many young lives," she said. "We have the best talent lost there in the sea, instead of
fighting for a free Cuba."
The White House announced the end of "Wet Foot, Dry Foot" by President Obama's executive order on Thursday night, effective immediately. In a press release, Obama said ending the policy means Cuban migrants will be treated the same way as migrants from other countries.
Juan Peña was drinking cafecitos with friends inside Versailles the night the news broke. The 47-year-resident of Miami, who wears a pin of the American and Cuban flags crossed on his lapel, said the policy change was overdue.
"That law need to be changed anyway, because there are a lot of [people] coming to here that don't need asylum, they are Castro's problem – Castro wants to make problems here." he said. "Obama gives them everything they want, [but] they don't give anything to the United States."
To some of Miami's Cuban-Americans, though, this policy change is part of a history of Obama's acquiescence to Raúl Castro and his tight control over the island.
"It's the last concession that Obama had for Raul Castro," Yasel Benitez said in Spanish. "To gift him this concession of eliminating Wet Foot, Dry Foot is one more way that Democrats are communist, that Democrats are pro-Raul Castro, pro-Castristas," he said.
Others near Benitez agreed, starting a chant of "Trump, Trump, Trump" while passing cars honked in support.
In addition to the immediate revocation of "Wet Foot, Dry Foot," the White House also announced the end of the Cuban Medical Professional Parole Program, which allowed medical professionals required by Cuba to work outside the island in a non-U.S. country to essentially defect to the U.S.


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Snom m9/Documentation/Online Manual/Feature Configuration
From Snom User Wiki
Caller Picture Display
- The caller picture feature allows the snom m9 Handset to display the picture of the calling party
- All photo pictures need to be in 40 × 50 Pixels JPEG format
- Caller picture is displayed when the snom m9 has a VCARD with picture available for calling party in the Address book
- Alternatively, picture of the caller can also be sent to the snom m9 Handset, if the calling-party provides a SIP "Call-Info" header in the incoming call
Picture from Address book
- Open the picture file in a graphics tool such as GIMP for editing
- Re-scale the picture to 40 × 50 Pixels
- To store the picture, click on Save and then select Save as jpg
- Note: Other settings in the Advanced Options can be left as default (If needed, the compression rate can be increased)
- Once the picture has been stored, open the VCARD for your Contact in Microsoft Outlook, and assign the picture to the Contact
- Upload the VCARD to the snom m9 as explained in Address Book section
- Note:* If the calling-party has a VCARD without a picture stored on the snom m9, a default Avatar is displayed for that Contact
Picture from Calling-Party
- A Calling-Party may also provide its picture as a link when making a call to the snom m9
- Such links can be provided in the SIP Call-Info header of the incoming call INVITE as shown below:
Call-Info: icon="http://www.mycompany.com/photos/kelly.jpg"
- On receiving such a SIP header, the snom m9 will download the picture file from the link and display it on the associated handset
Handset Volume Control
- The Ear Protection setting activates lower speaker volumes on connected snom m9 Handsets
- By default this setting is turned on. Turning off the setting re-enables the normal speaker levels on the connected Handsets
Intercom/Auto Answer (SIP)
- Activating "Intercom Incoming" for a SIP Identity enables the associated snom m9 Handset to automatically accept all incoming calls
- The snom m9 requires SIP Alert-Info functionality from the calling party, but does not require 'Intercom Incoming' activated to respond to SIP Alert-Info.
- Enter starcode prefix in Intercom Starcode Prefix for outgoing intercom e.g. when the setting is *97, and the user dials *971234, the m9 will place an intercom call to 1234
- Note: The m9 also supports Intercom via Call-Info: answer-after=0 parameter. For this to work the Server Type for the Identity has to be set to snom ONE
Calling and Called Party ID
- By default the snom m9 handset is set to display only the Calling Party ID (CLIP)
- This behavior can be altered through the setting Identity->Behavior->Show Called-Party-ID
- With the Identity->Behavior->Show Called-Party-ID switched on, the handset is able to display both the Calling and Called Party number or name
- The F and T labels stand for From (Calling Party) and To (Called Party) respectively
- The Number Display Style setting allows users to display the Name or Number of the calling party as desired
- The CLIP property sets the state of the calling line identification presentation service on the m9. If set to Show, the m9 presents its number to the called party. If set to Hide, the m9 places the call from an anonymous account
- The CLIR property sets the state of the calling line identification restriction service on the m9. If set to Accept, the m9 accepts calls from anonymous users who do not present the calling-party number. If set to Reject, calls received from anonymous users are rejected.
Outgoing Line Selection
- Allow Line Switching: When the setting is turned on, Handsets can call across SIP Identities (See Example Setup)
- Dial Format: <Identity Index> * <Number>
- Examples of Line Switching:
- Dial 1*1234 -> Handset Dials 1234 from Identity 1
- Dial 7*956 -> Handset Dials 956 from Identity 7
- Dial 4567 -> Handset Dials from current Identity for the Handset
- Examples of Line Switching:
Address Book
Address Book
- Every SIP Identity of the snom m9 is able to maintain its own Address Book
- This allows snom m9 Handsets to have personalized Address Books
- Contacts can be entered manually or uploaded in VCARD 3.0 (or below) format via the snom m9 Web Interface
- VCARD (RFC 2426) is a file format standard for electronic business cards and is often attached to e-mail messages, but can be exchanged over the internet as well
- Contacts in address book are used for performing Name lookups for incoming calls
- Stored contacts of one Identity can also be exported to other SIP Identities
Exporting a Single VCARD
Step 1: Export Contacts from Outlook
Step 2: Copy & Save Contacts
Step 3: Upload VCARD(s)
Bulk VCARD Upload
- VCARDs can also be uploaded as a bulk file separated by BEGIN:VCARD/END:VCARD tags.
- Edit each stored VCARD with a text editor and copy the text into a single file as shown below:
BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:3.0 N:Gump;Forrest FN:Forrest Gump .... END:VCARD BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:3.0 N:Man;Shrimp FN:Shrimp Man ... END:VCARD
- Save the file as e.g. mycontact.vcf
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Bamenda, Cameroon (CNN)One of the kidnapped female students freed in Cameroon said her captors warned her and other students not to return to school.
Mathel Majum is one of the 76 students released on Wednesday after gunmen burst into their school dormitory in the early hours of Monday morning and carted them away in Bamenda, northwest Cameroon. Two children, the school's principal, and a teacher are still missing, according to the school authorities.
The group of 78 children were seized, along with their principal, a teacher and a driver, from the Presbyterian Secondary School. One other girl managed to escape from the kidnappers.
The kidnappers made the group of 46 girls and 32 boys trek through bushes and changed their hideout several times until they were released, Majum said.
"They said we should not come to school, as of now, because there is no peace in the country, and we cannot go to school since there is no peace in the country," Majum said.
Their abductors regularly assured them they would be returned safely to their parents, the student said.
"They told us not to worry and feel free with them. People with guns telling us not to be afraid, it was not normal, we were still afraid," she said.
Majum said she was "grateful" her captors did not harm her during a joyful reunion with her parents, Mujum and Florence on Wednesday.
The students were given fruits and foodstuff to cook in the house where they were kept before their release, she added.
"We never lacked food. We ate guava, 'puff puff', 'akara', 'kwacha.' (local snacks) The boys gave us six bunches of plantain to cook our own food there. There was a house where there where spices, everybody ate and they were satisfied," Majum said.
Puff-puff, akara, kwacha are local snacks in Cameroon.
Bamenda abduction
Rev. Fonki Samuel Forba, the moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Cameroon, told CNN Wednesday that authorities realized the two children were still missing when the others were going through medical checks.
Twelve students who sustained minor injuries are still receiving treatment, according to some of the parents.
The freed students spent the night in the school premises and authorities plan to reunite them with their parents on Thursday, they said.
No one has taken responsibility for the mass abductions, but government forces and separatists groups have blamed each other for the incident.
"Attack on education"
The kidnapping of students and teachers have increased this year in Cameroon's troubled Anglophone regions, where armed separatist groups are calling for the secession of those areas and a school boycott.
The spate of these incidents targeting schools has been described as an "attack on education" in Cameroon.
In September, seven students and a head teacher were kidnapped by armed separatists from their school in the town of Bafut, in the northwest of the country, Amnesty International said in a report.
The captives were "tortured and seriously injured" by their kidnappers before their release, the human rights group said.
In the current case, the school's principal, who remains with the captors had been kidnapped last week--and-let go, but told not to return to the school.
Authorities from the Presbyterian Church, who owns the school where the children were abducted told CNN they would close schools in areas worst-hit by the Anglophone crisis.
Cameroon is facing escalating violence in its two English speaking provinces, where people in these areas often say the largely Francophone government has marginalized them.
The 'Anglophone problem', as it is usually called, morphed into a full-blown crisis last year after demonstrations by residents turned violent, with some calling for a country of their own.


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I believe we have all been asking ourselves: "How long to bake chicken so that comes out perfectly moist, tender and delicious every time?"
Well, in today's cooking class, we're going to answer that question in a way that everybody can understand and follow. I'll keep it short, straightforward, simple, and filled with tips and tricks, so that even the most novice of home cooks can do it with ease.
Before we start, there are two things you should keep in mind: First, the temperature and cooking time are dependent on which cut of chicken you're preparing. And secondly, the chicken is done and safe to eat only when it reaches an internal temperature of 165 degrees F.
While it's certainly easier if you have a meat thermometer in hand, if you don't, no worries, because I'm here to help!
Without any more delay, here is Luna's ultimate guide on how long to bake chicken!
How long to bake chicken breast
It's undeniable that chicken breasts are the most popular cuts of chicken sold in grocery stores. They have a lot less fat than their counterparts, and are seen as a reliable source of protein. For that reason, when it comes to healthy eating, chicken breasts are almost always preferred to other cuts of chicken.
However, baking chicken breasts can be tricky. They're much more prone to drying out or overcooking, simply because they're so low in fat. Also, if you're using bone-in chicken breasts, you'll need to add about 10 minutes of cooking time because they take longer to cook than boneless breasts.
So now, let's go deeper into this topic by discussing the cooking time at different oven temperatures. The duration is based on how large the chicken breasts you're using are. Be sure to read the below information for quick baking tips!
How long to bake chicken breast at 350 degrees F
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Place chicken breast in oven proof dish.
- Drizzle with olive oil. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Bake for 30-35 minutes or until chicken is completely cooked.
How long to bake chicken breast at 375 degrees F
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
- Place chicken breast in oven proof dish.
- Drizzle with olive oil. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes or until chicken is thoroughly cooked.
How long to bake chicken breast at 400 degrees F
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
- Place chicken breast in oven proof dish.
- Drizzle with olive oil. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes or until chicken is done and no longer pink.
How long to bake chicken breast at 425 degrees F
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
- Place chicken breast in oven proof dish.
- Drizzle with olive oil. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Bake for 18-22 minutes or until chicken is cooked through.
How long to bake chicken breast at 450 degrees F
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.
- Place chicken breast in oven proof dish.
- Drizzle with olive oil. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Bake for 15-18 minutes or until chicken is fully cooked and juices run clear.
How long to bake chicken thighs
Here comes the juiciest, most tender cut of chicken: Chicken thighs are considered dark meat and they have more flavor than any other part of the bird. Not to mention they're budget-friendly and extremely easy to work with. I often go for the bone-in, skin-on thighs because they'll stay juicier and yield more flavorful result.
The secret to a crispy skin and juicy meat is roasting the thighs at a high temperature for a relatively short time. Therefore, you'll need to bake them at 400 degrees F for 40-45 minutes until the internal temperature reaches 165 degrees F. And don't forget to let them rest for 5-10 minutes before serving so that the juices can settle.
How long to bake chicken legs
Chicken legs are always a crowd-pleaser in my home. Like, seriously, whenever they're on the table, their tempting yummy appearance grabs the children's attention immediately and makes them fight for the last bite!
How long to bake chicken legs at 350
Chicken legs are usually baked at a temperature 350 degrees F or above for the best result. The baking time should be about 45 minutes. If you're using large or partly frozen chicken legs, remember to add an extra 15 minutes to the cooking time.
How long to bake chicken wings
It doesn't matter what recipe I'm using, I always bake my chicken wings without the sauce in the oven at 400 degrees F for about 40 minutes. This is because the high temperature helps render the fat and crisp up the skin.
Well, I have to admit I'm in love with crispy chicken skin, so I usually broil the wings for extra 4-6 minutes after baking to get that extra crispy perfection!
How long to bake a whole chicken
Preparing the whole chicken for Thanksgiving can be a displeasing experience for many. Most of the time, people often end up having the breasts all dry out, while the thighs are still undercooked.
So, as always, knowing the right time to get the chicken done is the key to a perfect roast chicken. That's why I'm giving you my ultimate tip right now: for every pound the chicken weighs, you'll need to cook it for 20 minutes at 375 degrees F, and then a resting time of 20 minutes to keep the moisture inside the bird.
So, for example, if your chicken is 3 pounds, you'll have to cook it for an hour and leave it to rest for 20 minutes.
And then you have an amazing baked chicken ready to bring Thanksgiving joy to your home.
Best way to cook chicken breast in oven
I'm giving you the most simple and efficient way to master the art of baking this favorite cut of chicken. Let's get those sexy, juicy, irresistible chicken breasts on the table now!
Step 1: Gather the ingredients and preheat the oven
Straightforward: Chicken breasts, your favorite seasoning combo, salt and pepper, olive oil, and of course, your side dishes of choice. If you want it fast and simple, only chicken, salt, pepper, and olive oil is enough.
Preheat the oven to the recommended cooking temperature.
Step 2: Prepare the chicken
Wash the chicken breasts carefully under running cold water and place in a colander to drain. Then, pat them completely dry with paper towels, because moisture is your enemy in the oven.
Arrange chicken pieces in a single layer on a foil-lined baking pan. Drizzle with olive oil and season both sides with salt and pepper as desired. If using a spice blend, rub it on the breasts.
Step 3: Bake the chicken to perfection
Bake the breasts in the preheated oven for the amount of time suggested above.
Finally, let the chicken rest for 5-10 minutes before serving with your sides to prevent excess juice from escaping.
Healthy oven baked chicken chicken recipes
After everything about how long to bake chicken has been clarified, why don't we try out some awesome healthy chicken recipes? They're all super easy to make and will definitely satisfy your chicken cravings.
Chicken shawarma
Known as one of the best-loved street foods of Middle-Eastern cuisine, chicken shawarma is traditionally well-marinated chicken, layered and roasted on a rotating spit, then carved to serve. The best thing is, with this recipe, you're going to make it with the help of your home oven, no revolving spit needed!
Chicken parmesan
Ever wondered what heaven tastes like? To me, it's simply the feeling of enjoying every bite of this chicken parmesan. The juiciness of chicken breast, the crunchiness of bread crumbs, together with the fulfilling melty three-cheese combination, it's simply irresistible.
Healthy baked chicken breast
Calling for simple ingredients that you can find at any local grocery store, this oven baked chicken breast recipe will definitely satisfy your chicken breast craving! Not to mention that the dish can be served at the table within a total time of just thirty minutes!
Chicken and rice casserole
If a comfort dish is what you're looking for, your search is over, because this chicken and rice casserole is made especially for you, dear. On top of that, the dish comes together with just 5 ingredients, but yields a wonderful result.
Spinach stuffed chicken breast
Clean and healthy eating is never a difficult task to do when you've got this spinach stuffed chicken breast recipe on hand. Although a single stuffed chicken breast contains more than 400 calories, it's still considered a low-carb food with only 1.3 grams of carbs, surprisingly.
Chicken enchiladas
Chicken enchiladas is always one of my top order choices at restaurants, because it's always so satisfying! And, because I'm so crazy about the dish, I just decided to make my own recipe of the amazing enchiladas and now I'm asked to make it again and again by my family!
Chicken pot pie
There are indeed a lot of great ingredients to put under a pie crust to make wonderful dishes. In my opinion, the best filling for pie crust is the winning combination of shredded chicken and mixed vegetables. It literally melts in your mouth.
Tandoori chicken
Tandoori chicken is my niece's all-time favorite Indian dish. Originally, the dish calls for several hard-to-find Indian spices, so I tried to tweak the ingredients a little, so that everybody can make it with no difficulties. The important thing is, the result still has the spicy, tangy, awesome, restaurant-style flavor of tandoori chicken.
Be sure to pin these proud little recipes of mine to your healthy chicken recipes board for later use. They'll definitely come in handy for your next gathering.
Well, I had a great time sharing all these tips and tricks with you, but it's time to say goodbye for now. I hope you never stop making wonderful dishes for yourself and your loved ones. Until next time!