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Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Effective in Preventing Cervical Cancer Lesions
]]>Genital human papillomavirus (HPV)]]> is the most common sexually transmitted disease in the United States, and is the cause of virtually all cases of cervical cancer. Although over 100 types of HPV have been identified, two types (HPV-16 and HPV-18) are responsible for nearly 70% of all cervical cancers throughout the world.
A new HPV vaccine, which works by creating antibodies to HPV-16 and HPV-18, as well as two other HPV types, was recently approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for females aged 11-26 to prevent infection from HPV. The vaccine, known as Gardasil®, is manufactured by Merck & Co., Inc., and is currently the only HPV vaccine approved by the FDA.
The results of a large clinical phase 3 trial published in the May 10, 2007 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine indicate that this HPV vaccine is highly effective in preventing high-grade cervical lesions, which include precancerous and cancerous lesions.
About the Study
This trial, called Females United to Unilaterally Reduce Endo/Ectocervical Disease (FUTURE) II, was conducted at 90 study sites in 13 countries, and funded by Merck. A total of 12,167 women aged 15-26 participated in the double-blind, placebo-controlled study. Each participant was randomly assigned to receive either the vaccine or a placebo at day 1, month 2, and month 6. After treatment, participants were followed for an average of three years, with visits scheduled for 1 and 6 months after the final injection, and then in months 24, 36, and 48.
The purpose of the trial was to determine whether the HPV vaccine would prevent the development of high-grade cervical lesions, including severe cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (a kind of precancerous cell abnormality indicating the presence of HPV infection), adenocarcinoma in situ , and ]]>cervical cancer]]> itself.
For the 10,565 women who had never been exposed to the virus and who received all three vaccines according to protocol, researchers found that the vaccine was highly (98%) effective in preventing high-grade cervical lesions. However, the effectiveness of the vaccine dropped to 44% when the researchers considered all women who were initially enrolled in the study, some of whom did not complete the three-vaccine protocol or were already infected with HPV.
How Does This Affect You?
This study confirms findings from a previous large-scale trial, which found that the HPV vaccine was highly effective in preventing cervical precancers and ]]>genital warts]]> .
Overall, both of these large-scale studies seem to indicate that the vaccine can be effective in preventing precancerous and cancerous cervical lesions related to HPV-16 and HPV-18. However, the vaccine can only be expected to work well for women who adhere to the vaccine protocol and have not been previously infected with HPV. This is important, since many women who obtain the vaccine outside of a research study, will not receive all three doses and will already have undiagnosed infection. Furthermore, the vaccine offers no protection for women infected with HPV types other than the four included in the vaccine.
As cervical cancer is one of the most common types of cancer in women, and results in approximately 250,000 deaths worldwide each year, preventive treatment to protect against this disease is highly desirable. However, the vaccine has been the source of controversy among many groups—including policymakers, clinicians, religious groups, and parents—who are divided on when and whether this should be administered to young girls, and whether it should be voluntary or mandatory.
For women who do choose to be immunized with this vaccine, researchers agree that it will be important to continue with other types of cervical cancer screening, such as regular ]]>Pap smears]]> . Since this vaccine is new, there are still questions regarding how long the protective effects will last—particularly in women exposed to other types of HPV—and any other adverse effects that may emerge over time. Although the vaccine appears to be safe in the short term for women who are healthy and not pregnant, more research is needed to determine safety and efficacy in women who are pregnant, and women whose immune systems may be compromised.
National Cancer Institute
Human Papillomavirus Vaccines: Questions and Answers
US Centers for Disease Control
HPV and HPV Vaccine
The FUTURE II Study Group. Quadrivalent vaccine against human papillomavirus to prevent high-grade cervical lesions. N Engl J Med . 2007;356(19):1915-27.
Sawaya GF, Smith-McCune K. HPV vaccination—more answers, more questions. N Engl J Med . 2007;356:1991-1993.
Last reviewed June 2007 by ]]>Richard Glickman-Simon, MD]]>
Please be aware that this information is provided to supplement the care provided by your physician. It is neither intended nor implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice. CALL YOUR HEALTHCARE PROVIDER IMMEDIATELY IF YOU THINK YOU MAY HAVE A MEDICAL EMERGENCY. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider prior to starting any new treatment or with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.
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Television hasn't really had a dose of sugar, spice and everything nice since Craig McCracken's "The Powerpuff Girls" ended in 2005.
But the absence of pint-sized superheroes Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup ends Monday at 7:30 p.m. PST when Cartoon Network airs "Dance Pantsed."
The network tapped David Smith to direct the new special, which features a familiar threat -- maniacal simian Mojo Jojo is determined to take over Townsville yet again.
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At Nemours, we promise to do whatever it takes to treat children as we would our own. When your child comes to Nemours, we know you're placing your trust in us. This trust and our dedication to improving the health of your child is what inspires us to provide exceptional care and the most satisfying experience possible.
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Asthma: Reducing Hospital Readmissions
Nemours' Top-Notch Asthma Plan of Care
As experts in asthma care, at Nemours we know that the condition is the No. 1 reason why kids miss school and visit hospital emergency departments each year. At Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, our goal is to provide the treatment and guidance both you and your child need to successfully manage the disease and avoid asthma emergencies.
Part of that goal is offering top-notch preventive care and education, making sure that if children do have to be hospitalized for asthma that they don't need to be admitted to the hospital again within a certain time frame (this is called "readmission"). That means we send families home with the tools and knowledge they need to keep kids from having additional, often preventable asthma attacks. And we track how we're doing by looking at the number of kids who are readmitted for asthma within 7 days (a week) or 30 days (a month) after they stayed with us overnight.
What we've found: Very, very few of the children with asthma who are admitted here end up coming back again within a week; just two children were readmitted within 7 days in 2008 and eight in 2009 (a year when many hospitals saw an increase in asthma hospital admissions and readmissions because of the H1N1 flu virus).
And, over time, we're getting better and better at keeping our asthma readmissions down. From 2007 to 2009, less than 1% (.91%, to be exact) of our asthma patients had to come back to the hospital overnight within a week after being admitted. By the first half of 2010, we had absolutely no readmissions, versus the .31% national average of other children's hospitals.
We're also proud to say that in the first half of 2010 we were able to keep our asthma readmission rates almost nonexistent at both 1 week and 1 month. From January through June 2010 we had zero readmissions within 7 days and only one within 30 days.
Plus, all of the children with asthma who are admitted to duPont Hospital for Children receive the nationally recommended medications for treatment of acute asthma (that is, "asthma flare-ups," also known as "asthma attacks"). In fact, we help set the standards when it comes to asthma medicines: Nemours was instrumental in bringing this medication use into the national forefront as a guideline.
How We Do It
To keep kids from having to come back to the hospital, whether that means our emergency room or having to stay overnight, we put a lot of effort into encouraging an asthma "Plan of Care" after hospitalization.
Our asthma care team — pulmonologists, allergists, pediatricians, nurse practitioners, respiratory therapists, and nurses — adhere to evidence-based national standards for asthma management. For starters, each child gets a thorough assessment about their asthma symptoms and environmental triggers.
Every child, and their family, also receives comprehensive asthma education during the visit from a respiratory therapist. We make sure kids with asthma and their parents understand how:
- asthma affects the body
- to keep symptoms under control
- to manage triggers and symptoms
- asthma medicines work when used the right way (and regularly)
Plus, we ensure that children go home with the supplies that they need, like spacers and nebulizers. And we make sure that children are discharged only when both the treating team and the parent mutually agree that the child is stable enough for the condition to be managed at home.
To reduce or prevent asthma flare-ups and hospital visits, we strive to have each child discharged with a personalized, written "asthma action plan" (or "asthma management plan") to keep your child healthy not just today, but every day.
Keeping Asthma in Check at Home
Of course, no matter where a child with asthma is treated or admitted, no health care professional or health system can prevent all asthma attacks from happening once the child is sent home. Although every parent and guardian whose child is hospitalized with us is given instructions on what to do after their child is released from the hospital, some may not stick to the plan after discharge.
In order to keep kids with asthma from experiencing asthma attacks, it's always important to:
- Keep children with asthma out of daycare for the recommended 2 to 3 days after being discharged from the hospital.
- Fill and refill all prescription medications — including rescue and controller medicines — and use them exactly as directed.
- Stop smoking in the home, car, or anywhere around children with asthma.
- Keep children's triggers in mind (like dust mites and pets) and try to reduce or eliminate their exposure as much as possible.
Sticking to your child's asthma care plan and avoiding known triggers can help you take control of your child's condition and keep it from getting worse. Whether your child is being taken care of at our hospital or at home, we'll treat your child as we would our own and help your family do whatever it takes to avoid asthma emergencies.


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LOS ANGELES, Jan. 11 (UPI) -- Meredith Vieira is leaving the U.S. syndicated television game show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" after 11 years as host, TVGuide.com reported.
New episodes featuring Vieira are to air until May, but she has opted not to renew her contract beyond that, the entertainment news website said.
An as-yet-to-be-announced host will take over in the fall.
Vieira previously served as co-anchor of the "Today" show and moderator of "The View."


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(Re: "Global issue hits home in UC," Nov. 22, Page 1)
Zahl Damuni, co-founder of the Palestine Right to Return Coalition, states, "U.S. tax dollars are supporting Israeli weaponry against a defenseless population." The United States does grant $3 billion annually to Israel, but 75 percent of the foreign aid is required by law to be spent purchasing American goods. Israel has turned out to be a great investment for the U.S. and the world with its inventions and discoveries in areas of medicine, pharmaceuticals, science, technology and agriculture.
Damuni fails to mention that we send $1.6 billion in aid annually to Egypt, as well as U.S. bilateral aid to the Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank at half a billion dollars per year. This does not include the roughly $250 million per year the United States contributes to UNRWA, which is the organization that provides refugee services to the approximately five million Palestinians and their descendants who claim refugee status.
Damuni illustrates the plight of the Palestinian refugees by stating, "Israel broke the cease-fire on Nov. 8. It started with the killing of a child." Huh? Damuni suffers from selective memory. There was no cease-fire in effect. For the past seven years, thousands of homemade missiles have indiscriminately been lobbed into Israeli territory from Gaza. Now that Iranian weaponry and their level of technology has reached Gaza, more sophisticated missiles are aimed at civilians and reaching major cities in Israel, including Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. The missile launchers are strategically placed in homes, schools and hospitals, which makes it difficult for Israel to respond. In return, Israel has chosen to eliminate members of the Hamas military wing by direct hit so as not to kill the civilian population. This has proven to be an impossible task.
In 2000, Bill Clinton tried to broker a peace deal between Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and president of the Palestine Liberation Organization Yasser Arafat. Arafat was offered Gaza, East Jerusalem, as the capital of Palestine and 97 percent of the West Bank, which addressed the issue of settlements. Arafat said "No," and the Second Intifada was born.
In 2006, Israel withdrew from Gaza so the Palestinian people could eventually claim their own homeland. Instead, the local population voted in Hamas, a terrorist organization, for their leadership. The charter for Hamas does not recognize Israel as a sovereign nation and therefore does not have a right to exist.
Israel supports a two-state solution. Anyone who supports a one-state solution supports the demise of Israel, knowing full well that the Arab population will one day outnumber the Jews. Cries of "From the river to the sea" refer to a one-state solution called Palestine.
At the rally was a Jewish man wearing a sign around his neck. It said, "I am a refugee from an Arab country." Because of anti-Semitism against Jews, nearly one million Jews left or were kicked out of Arab countries after Israel became a state in 1948. Many wanted to remain in their homeland but were forced out with nothing more than the clothing on their backs. There is no mention of right of return for these individuals, as Damuni claims for his organization.
Perhaps someday there will be a peaceful solution in the Middle East.
Francine Ginsburg
La Jolla Mayor Sanders' legacy
Dear Mayor Jerry Sanders,
The U-T San Diego recently assessed your years as mayor. The review was significant, in part, because of what was left out. The omission was no mention of your contribution toward curbing greenhouse gases to mitigate the effects of global warming. You have been a leader in this field and your efforts should have been heralded.
This month, as mandated by AB 32, a carbon market began quietly and without fuss in California. It is the second-largest carbon market in the world. You supported that legislation. Prior to its implementation, AB 32 was challenged by Proposition 23, which would have gutted the provisions setting up a cap-and-trade program and you opposed, successfully, Prop. 23, permitting AB 32 to come into effect.
In addition, you have been a strong proponent of green and sustainable businesses, making San Diego one of the leaders in this field.
You should rightly be proud of your efforts and the U-T was remiss in not including your efforts in reducing the effects of the most important environmental issue of our time.
Art Cooley
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You wake to the sound of a ringing telephone–but how could that happen? Several months ago, you reprogrammed your home telephone system so it would never ring before the civilized hour of 8 am. But it's barely 6:45. Who was able to bypass your phone's programming?
You pick up the receiver, then slam it down a moment later. It's one of those marketing machines playing a recorded message. What's troubling you now is how this call got past the filters you set up. Later on you'll discover how: The company that sold you the phone created an undocumented "back door"; last week, the phone codes were sold in an online auction.
Now that you're awake, you decide to go through yesterday's mail. There's a letter from the neighborhood hospital you visited last month. "We're pleased that our emergency room could serve you in your time of need," the letter begins. "As you know, our fees (based on our agreement with your HMO) do not cover the cost of treatment. To make up the difference, a number of hospitals have started selling patient records to medical researchers and consumer-marketing firms. Rather than mimic this distasteful behavior, we have decided to ask you to help us make up the difference. We are recommending a tax-deductible contribution of $275 to help defray the cost of your visit."
The veiled threat isn't empty, but you decide you don't really care who finds out about your sprained wrist. You fold the letter in half and drop it into your shredder. Also into the shredder goes a trio of low-interest credit-card offers. Why a shredder? A few years ago you would never have thought of shredding your junk mail–until a friend in your apartment complex had his identity "stolen" by the building's superintendent. As best as anybody can figure out, the super picked one of those preapproved credit-card applications out of the trash, called the toll-free number and picked up the card when it was delivered. He's in Mexico now, with a lot of expensive clothing and electronics, all at your friend's expense.
On that cheery note, you grab your bag and head out the door, which automatically locks behind you.
This is the future–not a far-off future but one that's just around the corner. It's a future in which what little privacy we now have will be gone. Some people call this loss of privacy "Orwellian," harking back to 1984, George Orwell's classic work on privacy and autonomy. In that book, Orwell imagined a future in which a totalitarian state used spies, video surveillance, historical revisionism and control over the media to maintain its power. But the age of monolithic state control is over. The future we're rushing toward isn't one in which our every move is watched and recorded by some all-knowing Big Brother. It is instead a future of a hundred kid brothers who constantly watch and interrupt our daily lives. Orwell thought the Communist system represented the ultimate threat to individual liberty. Over the next fifty years, we will see new kinds of threats to privacy that find their roots not in Communism but in capitalism, the free market, advanced technology and the unbridled exchange of electronic information.


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In 1961, 19-year-old Ruby Doris Smith arrived in Rock Hill, South Carolina, fully expecting the violent racist fury that awaited her and the other black students on her bus. At the time, the term "Freedom Ride" had not yet come into use. But everyone, including the menacing white thugs in the bus station, understood that these young people had come to challenge the oppressive state segregation laws that had been struck down, at least on paper, by the US Supreme Court. So prepared for danger were the riders that some had given sealed letters to friends to mail in case they were killed.
I'm thinking of Ruby Doris Smith as I roll down Highway 80 in the brilliant Nevada sunshine, an Afghan homecare worker on my right, a Chinese hotel housekeeper on my left, an African-American custodian in the seat ahead. Each of these women has taken her seat on the bus as part of the Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride (IWFR) of 2003. Although theirs is far from the same world confronted by Ruby Doris four decades ago, the powerful moral example of the original riders emboldens them all.
The IWFR sprang from the imagination of organized labor, which has recognized that its future depends on recruiting new immigrant members. The IWFR's ambitious five-point agenda reflects the demands of a diverse immigrant constituency: a new legalization process for undocumented workers, an accessible "path to citizenship," a commitment to family reunification for immigrants waiting for relatives abroad, extension of labor protections to all workers and strengthening of civil rights and liberties to insure equal treatment of immigrants. For two weeks, buses from ten cities–Seattle, Los Angeles, Houston, Chicago, Minneapolis, Miami, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Boston and Portland, Oregon–hit the road, bound for Washington, DC, then a rally in Flushing Meadows, Queens, on October 4, where the crowd surged to 100,000, according to organizers.
It's 6 pm on September 23 when my bus pulls up to a local park in Reno, where hundreds of Latino families have gathered to welcome the riders with a barbecue and soccer tournament. The event's speakers include Raul, a Mexican day laborer from San Jose, who describes the harassment of immigrants whose only crime is "looking for work," and Maria, a hotel employee who has not seen her children in El Salvador for fourteen years.
Bob Fulkerson, the fair-haired director of the Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada, is elated by the turnout. "In Reno, nothing has ever happened on this scale. Around here the Department of Motor Vehicles will call in the INS when people go to register their car."
In my nine hours on the IWFR bus, I heard a diverse range of stories from the riders, underscoring the breadth of their needs and interests. Many are union members. Most are foreign-born, representing the whole spectrum of immigration status categories, from those without any documents to legal residents to fully naturalized citizens. Olia tells me about how she fled Afghanistan when the Taliban came to power, leaving behind three children. "I never forget," she says, carefully crafting a sentence in English. "I do job eighteen hours every day and save all my money. After four years, my children come."


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Smile more than you cry, give more than you take, and love more than you hate.
Oil prices remain relatively range bound since the third week of October. The spot WTI contract has traded between $84/bbl to $88/bbl for the last 17 trading sessions. Similarly the spot Brent contract has been trading in a range of $105/bbl to about $112/bbl over the same timeframe. Volatility has been relatively low compared to most of 2012 even in an environment with major uncertainty coming from the major economies of the world.
From a fundamental perspective yesterday's IEA monthly oil report was just another monthly reminder that global oil demand is continuing to wane as supply is continuing to grow. The balances have been biased to the bearish side and are likely to remain biased to the bearish side barring any unforeseen geopolitical event arising in the Middle East. There have been some early signs of an increase in imports into China but it is not clear to me whether that is due to an increase in demand or partially a continuation to fill their SPR. With China's two largest export markets — Europe and the U.S. — both struggling it is hard to see any major growth spurt in Chinese oil consumption from a manufacturing perspective.
Europe (China's number one export market) does not seem to be any closer to putting their four year old sovereign debt issues into the background permanently. Just today Spanish and Portuguese workers are holding their first joint general strike while unions in Greece, Italy, France and Belgium are also holding work stoppages as part of a "European Day of Action and Solidarity" (as reported by Reuters). It certainly does not look like stability between the populace and the governments in the EU is coming anytime soon.
This has been festering for about four years with the governments trying to solve their debt issues with spending cuts in a region where government spending has hardly been challenged in the past. Austerity in Europe is helping the debt problems but it is not doing much for the faltering economy nor for the protesting populace who have been accustomed to a plethora of social programs in Europe. A dilemma that does not look like it will go away anytime soon and thus a likelihood that the EU economy will continue to falter and have a negative impact on oil demand growth.
In the U.S., the confidence level in the politicians (including the President ) to solve the so called fiscal cliff before the end of the year is not very high. The first meeting between the re-elected President and the Congress will occur on Friday. Both sides have sort of blinked indicating that they might compromise on a solution involving both tax increases and spending cuts. This uncertainty along with the uncertainty coming from social programs like the implementation of Obamacare are keeping many companies on the hiring sidelines and thus the lingering unemployment situation does not look like it will be solved anytime soon. Net result is that the US economy is also faltering as evidenced by the macroeconomic data as well as the performance of the equity markets over the last several months.
I am still of the view that the fiscal cliff will be avoided and President Obama and the Congress will drill down to a deal over the next several weeks. I do not think the President will want to start his next and last term in office (or what many refer to as a President's legacy term in office) with what would likely be another recession if the fiscal cliff hits (based on the projections of many economists). He is never going to run for office again and will likely be much more willing to negotiate a deal.


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Teacher's contract headed to Windham polls
WINDHAM - A long-awaited new contract for Windham's teachers was the topic of much discussion at Tuesday night's school board meeting.
In response to letters written from citizens concerned about the contract's costs, school board member Stephanie Wimmer, who served on the district's negotiation committee, offered an explanation of the collective bargaining process and the new contract heading before voters Tuesday.
Wimmer said a team consisting of board members, administrators and legal counsel assisted them in the bargaining process.
"We wanted to make sure we were both rewarding our teachers and keeping our responsibility to our taxpayers," Wimmer said.
Since the July 2011 expiration of the Windham teachers' current contract, the laws have changed, Wimmer noted.
"One of the big changes we've seen legislatively is health care reform so we're keeping an eye to those changes," she said.
A new feature of the contract makes provisions for individual teacher ratings and opportunities for high-performing teachers to earn bonuses.
Teachers receive an extensive evaluation every three years in the Windham district and under the new contract, those who score high would be eligible for one-time monetary bonuses, which would be separate from their base salaries.
"We did our budget hoping a lot of teachers would be distinguished, but it's not enforced," Wimmer said.
One cost-saving method proposed for next year includes increased co-pays for prescriptions, which Wimmer said could save the district $670,000 next year.
Employees will still have several plan options to choose from depending on their family size and budgets.
The board urged public support of the contract.
"We have some of the most phenomenal educators in this district," Wimmer said. "Even without a contract for the past two years, they haven't wavered in their commitment to our children."
If voters at the March 12 polls pass the three-year contract, Article 3 would increase the budget by $107,259 next year and by $563,473 the following year.
Next year's residential tax impact of Article 3 would be five cents per thousand dollars.
Voters will also decide on Article 4, a three-year contract with the district's instructional assistants.
That contract would increase the budget by $64,594 next year and $82,904 the following year if passed.
Employees working 30 hours per week or more would also receive $200 towards health insurance for a $200 buyout with proof of coverage.
If passed, Article 4 would have a three-cent per thousand-dollar tax impact.


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Although EsLaRed was legally registered in November, 17, 1999 as an independent organisation, it has carried out training and dissemination activities on ICTs since 1992 through Universidad de los Andes. Based in Merida, Venezuela, EsLaRed is a non-profit, private, academic institution dedicated to the development and promotion of research and dissemination of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in its various forms.
The objectives of EsLaRed are:
To develop and promote activities of human resources and research in Telecommunications, Computer Networks and Information Technologies in Latin America and the Caribbean
To perform research and development on technology transfer and appropriate technology in order to foster scientific, technical and social progress in Latin America and the Caribbean
To this end, EsLaRed will:
Organise national and international courses, seminaries, symposia and workshops
Consult on ICT, drawing from our international team of experts and collaborators, developed through 18 years of activities, to cater to the needs of international organisations and local communities;
Undertake research and development on ICT with particular emphasis on the needs of the developing countries.


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◾ ASTM F1959 - Per F1506 - Textiles
This standard applies to NFPA 70E and CSA Z462 Standards is specifications for personal climbing equipment.
This test, which applies to NFPA 70E and CSA Z462 Standards, is for arc and flame resistant knit apparel.
This standard applies to NFPA 70E and CSA Z462 Standards, is for testing for arc and flame resistant rainwear.
This standard is the specification for thermal effects of an electrical arc event.
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A solution for inspecting the PPE clothing and evaluating the employee's cleaning procedures to ensure that your worker's used and worn clothing is still effective. This audit includes the following:
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ArcWear can provide a variety of testing on Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), fall protection and arc flash clothing with attention to detail and timely turnaround from the most experienced company in the industry. The ArcWear advantage provides customers with access to test reports, test data, photos and video online through customer account on our secured website.
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A classic wedding in one of the most iconic cities in the country. This is the stuff we ache for around here. Shannon Moffit captured this elegant affair in our nation's capital and with the white bouquets and champagne bridesmaids' dresses, I have no doubt that these looks will never, ever go out of style. See them all in our gallery right this way and enjoy this sweet love story play out below!
From Shannon Moffit Photography... Our nation's capital, Washington D. C., is a symbol for classical elegance, home to some of the greatest examples of 20th century neoclassical architecture, a style known for its clean lines and symmetry. Kate and Adam's wedding was not only an embodiment of this architectural style, but also a perfect reflection of the city in which they wed – classic and refined with a modern twist. The two said their vows on a cool March afternoon, a few days before spring, at The St. Aloysius Church, a Roman Catholic parish listed on the National Register of Historic Places. After the ceremony, we headed to the marble arches of the Jefferson Memorial for some luminous portraits of the couple, the bride and her maids in unique champagne-colored BHLDN gowns, and the groom and groomsmen in custom black tuxedos from The Black Tux. The wedding festivities continued at one of D. C.'s finest historic hotels, The Omni Shoreham. The reception space was dressed in white – complete with white garden roses, elevated snowball hydrangeas, and white tulips. Kate sparkled in her Lazaro gown, which flowed delicately as her new husband spun her around the dance floor to the tunes from their live band. Guests danced the night away until a final sparkler exit, the perfect ending to a classic event.


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Clifton-based Clifton Savings Bancorp Inc. announced Wednesday it has appointed Paul Aguggia its new chairman, president and CEO.
Aguggia will take over in December following the retirement of both John Celentano Jr., chairman and CEO of the company and chairman of the bank, and Walter Celuch, president of the company and president and CEO of the bank.
According to the announcement, the company has grown to more than $1 billion in assets and 12 locations under the leadership of Celentano and Celuch.


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Jamie King Belinne
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Jamie Belinne is the Assistant Dean for Career Services at the C.T. Bauer College of Business at the University of Houston's Rockwell Career Center. Prior to that she managed Recruiting and Staffing at The University of Texas at Austin. Earlier at UT, she built McCombs' first dedicated MBA Career Services division.
She has also worked in career services at Tulane's Freeman School of Business and at LSU. She is the president of the international MBA Career Services and Employers Alliance. She is the winner of the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) 2012 Professional Change Maker Award for her initiatives around experiential education in large classes and the winner of the 2013 NACE Innovation Excellence Award in Diversity Programming for her e-book. As the author of "The Care and Feeding of Your Young Employee," she has worked with organizations around the country on inter-generational management issues and productivity improvement through leveraging diverse, interpersonal styles.
She was a member of Team USA 2009 for the ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships and Team USA 2011 for ITU Duathlon World Championships. She is an Ironman, an RRCA Certified Run Coach and a mother of two.
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- The Care and Feeding of Your Young Employee
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Walk-off win
Fisher Cats walk off with winStaff Report
May 15. 2013 11:39PM
Reliever Joel Carreno and the New Hampshire Fisher Cats coughed up a three-run lead and the Sea Dogs pulled into a 4-4 tie with them in the top of the ninth inning on Wednesday night at Northeast Delta Dental Stadium.
The Fisher Cats then turned things right around and scored a run on a sacrifice in their half of the inning for a 5-4 win. New Hampshire won its second straight over the Sea Dogs and its third straight overall, matching its season-high win streak.
The Fisher Cats will try to finish off a sweep of the three-game series when they face the Sea Dogs again tonight at Northeast Delta at 7:05.
Ricardo Nanita led off the Fisher Cat ninth inning with a single and Amadeo Zazueta came on to run for him. Zazueta moved to second when Ryan Schimpf earned a walk from Portland reliever Will Latimer and third on Clint Robinson's ground out. He scored on Brad Glenn's sacrifice fly to center.
The Fisher Cats improved to 19-21 and division leading Portland fell to 22-15.
New Hampshire pitching, which had put up two straight shutouts, got another strong outing from a starter. Deck McGuire gave up six hits and one run over six innings. He struck out eight and walked two.
The Fisher Cats got a pair of runs off struggling former Red Sox pitcher Daniel Bard. He came on in the sixth and walked the first two batters he faced. He threw a wild pitch to John Tolisano to advance the runners and Tolisano then singled to knock in a run. The other run scored as Portland completed a double play.
Bard induced a ground out to get out of the inning, but then walked the first three batters in the seventh and Latimer came on to replace him.
Tolisano and Nanita were the only Fisher Cats with hits and each had a pair: Tolisano a home run and a single and Nanita a double and a single.


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SEMI and Intersolar to Collaborate on Photovoltaic Innovation
on a Global Scale
New Exposition will be Held in Conjunction with Intersolar 2009
BRUSSELS, Belgium–12 June 2008–SEMI, the global industry association of companies providing equipment, material and services for the manufacture of semiconductors, displays, photovoltaic cells and related products; Solar Promotion GmbH and Freiburg Wirtschaft Touristik and Messe GmbH & Co. KG, organizers of Intersolar, today announced an agreement that will expand the technology and manufacturing presence at Intersolar, the world's largest solar energy exhibition, held at the New Messe Munich in Germany on May 27-29, 2009. Under the agreement, SEMI will manage the PV manufacturing equipment and materials segment in a dedicated area and co-organize a manufacturing and technology conference and other meetings related to manufacturing and materials.
The market for photovoltaic and solar thermal and products, equipment, materials and services, is exploding worldwide with recent estimates projecting the PV market to grow from US$13 billion today to over $40 billion in 2012. As many new players enter the market, there has been an increase in the number of technical conferences and exhibitions in the solar industry. With this collaboration, SEMI and Intersolar are able to bring together the latest innovations in solar energy technologies from the entire value chain under one roof, resulting in increased efficiency and market impact. Having dedicated area will allow visitors, looking for manufacturing technologies, to focus on their needs. On the other hand the presence of all players will allow for cross-fertilization and benchmarking.
"Solar technologies are not only becoming a pervasive part of the new energy framework, but are of crucial importance to the sustainability of our environment and the global economy," said Heinz Kundert, president of SEMI Europe. "SEMI members are at the forefront of new developments to increase the efficiency and lower the cost of these technologies, and the association has active PV initiatives in place across every major manufacturing region in the world to effectively support member needs and ensure ongoing industrial and technological advancements."
This agreement comes as a result of a rapid expansion of solar energy markets worldwide, and the need for a comprehensive exposition, which will address all aspects of the supply chain. In addition to the European agreement, Intersolar and SEMI have partnered to bring Intersolar North America to the US through a co-location agreement with SEMICON West 2008 in July.
"Intersolar is an event of worldwide impact in an industry that is expected to more than triple in size by 2012," said Markus Elsässer, Solar Promotions Chief Executive . "By adding the SEMI membership's vast technological and manufacturing expertise, as well as global reach to Intersolar, the event will only become more substantial, and pave the way for an exponentially greater penetration of these technologies in our economies and daily lives."
We are delighted that the partnership with SEMI which has begun in the context of Intersolar North America is continuing to bear fruit. This partnership is also of great importance for Intersolar Europe," said Klaus W. Seilnacht, CEO of Freiburg Wirtschaft Touristik und Messe GmbH & Co. KG.
SEMI will be co-organizing the event with Intersolar, occupying portions of the New Messe Munich. Registered visitors to Intersolar will be able to attend the exhibition part of both events without additional fees or separate badges.
About Intersolar
The international trade fair Intersolar is the world´s largest trade fair for solar technology and has been organized by Solar Promotion GmbH in cooperation with Freiburg Wirtschaft Touristik und Messe GmbH & Co. KG since 2000.
Intersolar focuses on the areas of photovoltaics, solar thermal technology and solar architecture. Since its beginnings held in Freiburg, it has established itself as the leading international industry fair for producers, suppliers, wholesalers and service providers. Intersolar is an internationally recognized top-event in the solar industry. Intersolar Europe, is the world's largest solar trade event with more than 1,000 exhibitors from the solar industry and an exhibition area of around 76.000 m².
For further information about Intersolar please go to www.intersolar.de
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SEMI is the global industry association serving the manufacturing supply chains for the microelectronic, display and photovoltaic industries. SEMI member companies are the engine of the future, enabling smarter, faster and more economical products that improve our lives. Since 1970, SEMI has been committed to helping members grow more profitably, create new markets and meet common industry challenges. SEMI maintains offices in Austin, Beijing, Brussels, Hsinchu, Moscow, San Jose, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Tokyo, and Washington, D.C. For more information, visit www.semi.org
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (June 19, 2013) – For the second straight year, ETSU head volleyball coach Lindsey Devine has been selected to help assist with the USA Girls' Youth National Team, which was announced earlier this month by the USA Volleyball organization.
Devine – who was the assistant coach for the U.S. Girls' Youth National Team last year at the European Global Challenge – will again be alongside legendary coach Jim Stone as the team will represent the United States in the 2013 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U-18 World Championship to be held July 25 to Aug. 4 in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand.
This past weekend, Devine was at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs as the team held a three-day tryout to reduce the squad size from 26 players to 16.
The remaining 16 players will participate in a third training session July 8-21 in Anaheim, Calif., at the American Sports Centers, which also serves as the USA Men's and Women's National Teams Center. During the third tryout, the roster will be reduced to the maximum 12 players who will represent the United States in the 2013 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U-18 World Championship.
The U.S. qualified for the 2013 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U-18 World Championship by winning the 2012 NORCECA Girls' Youth Continental Championship held in Mexico last August.
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The top 6 worst passwords from the Star Trek universe [Updated]
You would think that, once we master space exploration and how to replicate the perfect cup of Earl Grey, everyone in the future according to Star Trek would understand the necessity for unique, strong passwords.
Unfortunately, you would be wrong. And no, as we'll see later, biometrics (like voice authentication) don't seem to help.
As the following evidence from various Star Trek clips shows, some of the passwords used by Starfleet's finest are weaker than the passwords stolen from the recent Sony and Yahoo hacks. Clearly, these officers could've used 1Password.
1. Kirk, Scotty, and Checkov needed our Strong Password Generator
The longest password needed to blow up the Enterprise in Star Trek III is just five characters. My U.S. social security number is longer than that but, fortunately, I'm pretty sure it can't self destruct anything.
2. It shouldn't be this easy to eject the warp core
B'Elanna gets points for getting past five characters (yet she loses points for using her own name in her password). But it's way too easy to strand a ship in the middle of nowhere with a simple "computer!" callout and what is still a weak password.
3. Honestly, who made it this easy to blow up ships
If it was this easy to blow up ships in the 24th century, I'd probably look for abandoned derelicts everywhere I went and do it as a hobby. Those explosions are totally GIF-worthy.
4. Picard's authorization is so weak, the computer rejects it
Ok, maybe that torn power conduit had something to do with it, but still. If I were the Enterprise computer, I would've locked Picard out a long time ago and made him upgrade to a much stronger self destruct password.
5. Chekov's ship-wide status update password is laughably short
With a password that weak, officers would break into the internal comms every other day and post Burger King-like prank announcements that the Enterprise was switching teams to the Romulans or launching a package delivery service.
6. The password to our shields might as well be 1-2-3-4-5
In Star Trek II: Wrath of Khan, Kirk and Spock are able to remotely shut down the shields of the Starfleet ship Khan "borrowed" by transmitting nothing more than a five-character "prefix code" of 16309.
I know luggage with tougher combinations than that.
Even worse, they looked it up in what seems to be not much more than an Excel spreadsheet of all Starfleet ship prefix codes. What could possibly go wrong?
The clip here doesn't include the statement of the code. If you want that, skip to around 6:50 in this longer clip. Thanks to Joe Kissell for schooling us on our bad Star Trek passwords.
Honorary mention: Data's perfect-yet-flawed password
You might think Data created the perfect password that time he went nuts, took over the Enterprise, and mimicked Picard's voice (hooray for 24th century biometrics!), all in the name of dropping in to say hi to dad. There's just one problem: he said it out loud for everyone to hear, or at least for the computer to record and tell Picard later.
Did we miss any great moments in bad Star Trek passwords? Let us know on Twitter, Facebook, or our forums!
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Fighting over canned food
Yet another splendid opportunity for right-minded people to squabble over the ever-diminishing parcels of ideological turf that we feel compelled to occupy and defend to the death.
Why sell meat if vegans and vegetarians do not favor it? Why sell chocolate whose origins are in countries whose major exports otherwise seem to be communicable diseases? Why buy bread because the wheat may have come from Kansas, a state that has not chosen a Democrat for the Senate since sending Frank McGill to Washington in 1932?
In fact, a Weavers Way with bare shelves might be the logical outcome of everybody exercising their right to be royally pissed off at everybody else for whatever reason, be it religion, blood type, pigmentation, where they went to school, their favorite radio station, whether their grandparents preferred Kaisers to Frazers or broke their eggs at the big end or the little end as Dean Swift considered.
By all means dictate to me what brand of tinned beans I may buy. The Spirit of '76 still lives and all is well with us. Sometimes I don't even know why I get up in the morning.
Edward Sargent
Chestnut Hill
Food for thought
I wish to comment on the stir caused by the Supreme Court decision to support freedom of religion.
The recent article regarding Weaver's Way and Eden Foods is an outgrowth of this decision. During the 1960's, Michael Potter, the founder of Eden Foods, was most certainly viewed as crazy. His commitment to pure foods and macrobiotics was far from mainstream. Yet his commitment proved people wrong! Over the years, he has championed the organic food industry, despite the resistance of international farm, chemical and food companies.
Today, he may again be labeled a nut, yet it seems most unfair to marginalize him for being a Catholic. He is again being attacked for his commitment to his conscience. Perhaps, in 50 years, the tides of popular culture will change and religion will again be in vogue. If we have diluted our freedom to practice or not practice religion, we may find ourselves mandated "to believe."
Susan J. O'Shea
Chestnut Hill
Supports policy of Eden Foods
My response to "Hobby Lobby Decision sparks controversy at Weaver's Way" in the Local, Aug. 14: The issue concerns the statement by Michael Potter, the CEO of Eden Foods, an organic food company, who wrote on April 25, 2013, that certain details of the Affordable Care Act violate the free exercise clause of the First Amendment of the Constitution and that "the overreach of the federal government infringes on religious freedom."
Mr. Potter's concise defense of the principles of liberty was greeted by the folks at Weavers Way with outrage, anti-Catholic slurs and hysteria at the medieval mindset of Eden Foods, whose health benefits include health, dental, vision, life and a 50 percent 401K match, but not, apparently, "lifestyle" choices like contraceptives, Viagra, smoking cessation, infertility, impotency, etc.
Conscience and religious liberty are the cornerstones of the American way, and they have so far given us a methodology for social peace and mutual toleration and acceptance of each other in society. In colloquial speech, the philosophy that respects liberty of conscience is called "live and let live," and it sure beats the alternatives.
Are these values to be summarily thrown out by the totalitarian mindset following in the wake of Obamacare? This mindset was summed up by the inimitable H.L. Mencken, who saw the problem decades ago: "We are, in fact, a nation of evangelists; every third American devotes himself to improving and lifting up his fellow-citizens, usually by force; the messianic delusion is our national disease."
I think that Mary Sweeten (editor of Weavers Way's newspaper, The Shuttle) owes the Catholic community an apology for the nasty sneer in her "Editor's Note" in The Shuttle of August 2014. Weavers Way, which has done so much for our community in terms of economic philosophy and marketing, needs to recommit itself to all members of our community, not just those who go along with politically-correct liberalism.
Caryl Johnston
Taking climate change to the streets
On Sept. 21, people from all over the country, from all walks of life, will unite in New York City in what is predicted to be the largest climate march in history. There will also be hundreds of coordinated actions around the world. Locally, many of the environmental groups will be providing buses for those who want to be part of this march.
World leaders will be convening in New York at that time for a historic U.N. summit on the climate crisis. These leaders have recognized what scientists have been proclaiming for some time – that our future is on the line. Ninety-seven percent of climate scientists agree that man-made climate change is a reality: carbon pollution is warming our planet and creating the extreme droughts, flooding, wildfires and super storms that we've been experiencing. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon of United Nations is urging governments to support a global agreement to dramatically reduce global warming pollution.
The march will serve to underscore the urgency of the meeting and the dire need for a global treaty. It also serves to push-back to the rhetoric of the climate change deniers, among them, the entire Republican leadership in the House. These same Representatives have signed a pledge devised by the Koch Brothers' nonprofit group "No Climate Tax," preventing lawmakers from addressing the problem. We need to remove the politics from this issue as we have no time to waste.
Maria Duca
No sense in Israeli 'defense'
"We believe Israel has a right to defend itself, and they will make their decisions about the tactics they use in that regard," said the President of the United States.
Yes, Israel will continue to make decisions, such as raining horrific weaponry on the Palestinian people, as long as the United States continues to ship same to them. Sounds to me like the policies of all the other previous administrations, as well as our policy in the 19th century when we justified Native American massacres – to include women and children – for "attacking" the wagon trains that brought settlers to further encroach upon Indian land.
As Chief Red Cloud (1822-1909) of the Oglala-Lakota tribe said, "They made many promises to us, but they kept only one. They promised to take our land – and they did."
Perhaps if Israel were to cease and desist from its occupational attack upon the Palestinians, Hamas might refrain from attacking Israel. The response of most staunch defenders of Israel always overlook that.
I'm Jewish. Israel may win the battle. But in the long run, it will lose.
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Hydro-seeding is really a pretty simple process. Water, seed, fertilizer and a protective mulch is mixed in a tank and sprayed onto the ground.
The first known hydro-seeding unit was built by the state of Connecticut long ago. It was a jet type system and used peat moss as the mulch agent.
When the Interstate Highway System was started during the Eisenhower administration there was a change in how roads were built. All of a sudden roads went through the hills instead of over them or around them.
Conventional seeding techniques could not seed the steep hillsides created by highway construction and hydro-seeding was the answer. Something else happened too! People noticed the grass that was planted with hydro-seeding grew faster and better.
The early machines worked well, but were expensive enough that only big seeding jobs could be economically
In the last decade much more affordable machines have come on the market, and the advantages of hydro-seeding are affordable to most any seeding professional.
Hydro-Seeding The Planting Process.
The process is fast, efficient, and economical. This grass planting process is usually more effective than conventional seeding and certainly more economical than conventional sodding.
The process begins by mixing mulch, seed, fertilizer, and water in the tank of a hydro-mulching machine. The mixed material is then pumped from the tank and sprayed onto the ground. The material is often referred to as a slurry, much like a soupy batch of green papier-mâché. Once applied to the soil, the material enhances initial growth by providing a micro-environment beneficial to seed germination.
Hydro seeding is a fast, cost effective way to have a new lawn that will turn your neighbors green with envy.
Hydro seeding costs only a little more than old fashioned methods using dry seeding techniques combined with a messy straw mulch.
Your new lawn will be sprayed on. The protective mulch covering has an attractive green appearance. A special blend of seeds will be used that will be chosen for the conditions and requirements you have. The factors that may go into the choice may be the amount of sun, shade, the terrain, the type of soil and if you have children or pets.
Your lawn will be hydro seeded with a tested, high quality, certified turf mix. Germination time will depend on the weather, the time of year, the amount of water, the area you live in and other factors. Usually grass will be visible in 5-7 days, a few days slower in cold weather or the hottest part of summer.
You will be surprised how inexpensive it is to have a truly outstanding lawn.
Advantges of Hydro-Seeding Over Dry Seeding
Hydro-seeded lawns come up faster. The contact of the seed with water will trigger the germination cycle. We often hear of grass up in 3 to 5 days.
Hydro-seeding has an attractive green appearance that looks far better than lawns dry seeded and covered with straw mulch.
Unlike straw that is often used as a protective cover for a newly seeded area, hydro-seeding mulch has NO weed seed. Straw is loaded with weed seed.
Hydro seeding allows the custom tailoring of the proper seed for your job. It is not uncommon to use two or even three seeds custom spraying the right seed for different areas on the lawn or job.
Many custom hydro-seeding contractors will use one seed for shady areas, one for high traffic areas, one to make the front lawn a showpiece.
Hydro-Seeding mulch adds to the humus content of a lawn as it decomposes. The bacterial action of straw will leach nitrogen from the soil as it decomposes.
Advantages of Hydro-Seeding Over Sod
Sod is a good solution to the need for a new lawn. It is expensive. Sod generally costs 3 to 5 times more than hydro-seeding. Hydro-seeding will often produce turf as nice looking as sod within a very short time at a significant cost savings.
With hydro-seeding the new seedlings are grown on your soil. Sod can have a problem with the type of soil it was grown on, not having sufficient compatibility with the soil it is planted on. This is called "not taking". If you have ever seen sod that looks like it could be rolled right back up even years after it was planted. That is sod that did not take.
Sod requires a lot of care. It can produce a beautiful lawn. Should you decide to use sod, or as some people do, decide to sod the front lawn, and hydro-seed the back lawn.
What exactly is in the mix.
Water in the mix acts as a carrier, and the contact of the seed and the water will jump start the growth process. When extra fast germination is desired, it is also possible to pre-germinate seed for even faster growth.
Seed used in a hydro-seeder doesn't need to be anything special. Nearly any seed can be used and at the same application rate as other seeding methods. These can include grass or lawn seeds, wildflowers, pasture seed, seed for athletic fields and seeds for erosion control such as crown vetch.
Fertilizer is usually used in the mix. A high phosphorus "starter" fertilizer that will stimulate root growth is the most commonly used
Hydro-seeding mulch is what gives it the green color. It does more than just make it pretty, it helps protect the seed, and to seal in moisture. It may be made from a paper or wood product or a mix. If any accidentally gets on your walkways, driveways or house, it will not stain and can be washed off, or will just disappear on it's own.
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I purchased my house in 11/2014 (I don't know how old the unit is) and it came with a Frigidaire model ATF6700FS1. I didn't notice an issue with it until March 2016. The washer stopped completing its cycle. I luckily had a home warranty and they came out and fixed it, replaced the drain, in the drain there were socks (not mine) and other laundry items that were not mine. I thought that solved the issue. May 2016, same issue. The technician came out again and replaced everything that he could replace.
Still having the same issue. Sometimes if I am not watching the washer (what a fun thing to do) it can take an entire day to do the laundry. After reading the reviews, my assumption is that it is a flaw in the washer and not in my specific one. As I did not buy it but I acquired it, I would say stay away!
HAWTHORNE, NEW JERSEY -- My husband and I recently bought 6 Frigidaire appliances, including a front loading Washer and Dryer. We were going through a home renovation, and were not able to install our washer and dryer until over a month after delivery. We finally got them hooked up only to find that the washing machine did not spin, and would randomly turn off in the middle of the cycle.
Because we had owned the machine for so long, we had to go through the whole warranty process of having it looked at multiple times, with the service technician trying different parts, and waiting for days in between each visit for the service parts to be ordered. Because this seemed to be a problem with the electrical components, I had never had much hope in the service many being able to fix it from the start.
We had a horrible experience with the Frigidaire/Electrolux customer service. Because the machine had never worked, we requested that the 1 year warranty begin when the unit was actually working. They said that this was impossible because the warranty was connected with the serial number and there was nothing that they could do. We asked them if they had an extended warranty, and they said that they did, but laughed at me and told me that NO ONE gets an extended warranty for free.
After buying 6 appliances I thought that getting a 1 year warranty from the time that the appliances are actually working was a perfectly reasonable request. However, I was laughed at, and even accused of abusing their "customer services."
After our service technician finally deemed our unit "unrepairable" he told us that he would put in for us to get the unit replaced. We received a call about a week later from their company, telling us that they had more parts. Apparently, even though Frigidaire's own warranty serviceman said that it was unrepairable, they continued to waste our time by sending parts to the service company that they would then need to install. I called Frigidaire to tell them to stop this, that the unit NEVER worked, that they were wasting my time with something that was obliviously a lemon, and got nowhere.
Apparently their customer service doesn't communicate with their tech department. After demanding to speak with their tech department myself, and being put on hold multiple times, I had to hang up and actually do my job. The service technician came back to try the parts to no avail, and called Frigidaire from our own home, for them only to say that there was nothing they could do.
Fortunately for us, the store that we bought the units from had good customer service, and were somehow able to work their magic with the company. We will supposedly have our new washing machine on Monday, which we will have hooked up right away, and will make sure is working before the delivery people leave!
If it wasn't for the support of the A. J. Madison store, I honestly think we would have just had to eat our $750, put the unit out on the curb, and buy a different brand from somewhere else. The customer service department, which is definitely NOT located in the U. S.A., will keep reading you the same script about everything that they can't do for you.
You can only get up one notch on the food chain before they claim that there is no one else who takes calls from customers, and they drop your calls when you ask to be transferred to their customer service survey. What a frustrating experience to be treated like the bad guy, when all we did was give them a ton of money for an appliance that was simply a lemon. We never got an apology, never an "I'm sorry for your inconvenience," they were on the defensive from the very start. Absolutely HORRIBLE!! DO NOT BUY!!!
I am contacting you on behalf of Electrolux Major Appliances in relation to your posting on www.my3cents.com. I would like to apologize for the difficulty you have had with your appliance. I would appreciate the opportunity to discuss this issue with you so that I can personally look into this matter. In order to do so, please send me your contact information, and the best time to contact you. I would also need your model and serial number and a file number if available, so that I can research this matter. Again I regret your disappointment with your appliance and look forward to resolving this issue with you.
Chris Polk
Escalation Specialist
Electrolux Major Appliances
CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA -- We purchased a Frigidaire washing machine 6 months ago through HH Gregg and the motor is out. We called HH Gregg who then referred us to Frigidaire since it is still within warranty. Frigidaire gave us the names of three third party service companies since they don't perform their own service. We called and no one was available for 5-8 days.
We went with the 5 days instead of 8 and when the representative called to perform service on the 4th day (yes, one day earlier than scheduled) and were not able to get a hold of us, they cancelled the appointment that we scheduled!!! They can't get to us until day 6! When I called Frigidaire again to better understand the terms of the warranty and 3rd party obligation, they told me they have no control of their schedules!!! So if the 3rd party doesn't have time for 4 weeks, you are left waiting for that period folks.
I was further informed that the first visit doesn't even guarantee the repair, that often times it's a diagnostic visit only, then they order parts, then schedule a second visit!! The last straw was when I was told that the service companies prioritize appliance calls and that a refrigerator would take precedence over a washing machine.. (obviously the representative has no exposure to a large athletic family of boys) When I asked to speak with a supervisor to understand under what conditions and exchange or refund would be granted, I was told the supervisor would not speak to me until I explained exactly what the issue was!!!
Resolute and unsatisfied, I tried to call HH Gregg to see if I had purchased the Premium Service contract if that would make a difference. I was informed that HH Gregg will mandate that the manufacturer repair the unit before their "Premium Service" entitlements kick in. Don't waste your money on any Frigidaire product or the Premium Service. Both are completely useless.
I'm considered a lucky one. My Frigidaire GLTF1670ASO front load washer lasted for 7 years. During this time the clothes seems not clean, they have funny smell. I only found out why, when the machine is broken. Frigidaire used a thin extrusion aluminum spider in the back of inner drum. Aluminum is corrosive. With the plastic outer tub and stainless steel inner tub, will speed up the corrosion of aluminum spider. During the process, it creates bad smell to your clothes. After 4-5 years, with a heavy load and fast final spin will snap the spider.
The (only) inner tub is warranty for 25 years, but don't count on it. They won't send the part to you. You must go through "authorized service personnel". You have to pay up front, whether your machine is fixed or not. They get your money in stages, so you won't back out. After go through the process, it might cost you about $300, if Frigidaire is honor its warranty, if not $500. They might not because of the hard water level in your area or you don't use front load detergents. It will take about 2 months or more before your machine is working again.
I put my machine to the landfill, unfortunately, I cannot pay to fix the machine for 2/3 the cost of new one, and wait for 2 months. You bet my next one will not be Frigidaire nor Electrolux products (Electrolux makes washers and other appliances for Frigidaire, Kenmore...)
Just bought a new front load washer and dryer with two stands for 1900.00+ and first load we have problems with the set. I call the 1-800 number listed on the set for support, which is just a front and only gives you other toll numbers to contact them. I'm steaming at this point and try to talk to customer service about the lemons I got the day before. They offer no support and direct me to call a third party repairman.
I call the repairman that is located 60+ miles away and they tell me they cannot give me a date to come fix the problems because they have to have more tickets to be worth the trip? So I have l900.00 lemons sitting in my house waiting for whom knows how long to be repaired. If you enjoy Bad Customer service buy from this company because you will get just that. I will never buy the brand again and plan to file a small claim against the company...
After washing a load of teenagers' clothes..... We had water sitting in the drum of the washer. All we tried would not pump the water out. This front load is only three years old! I contacted the company and of course, out of warranty. So, I pulled out the pump only to find a small article of clothing was caught in the pump fins! How it got in there, I have no clue! So after pulling it out, I also found a coin in the rubber connector! Has anyone had this problem? I can't figure out how these items would end up in the pump!
I am going to replace the washer as soon as possible! After replacing the pump, it does work but makes a grinding noise yet, but still drains :) We'll see a month from now!
Please do your homework when buying a front loader from Frigidaire! I am currently on my 2nd washer in less than a year. My first washer tore up about $500.00 in clothing, literally putting holes and burn marks in our clothing. Numerous service technicians had been out to my and could not find anything wrong. Well, we did have a new technician come and found a hole in the drum. Frigidaire replaced my washer with another new one however, 3 months later, this washing machine has already had to have a new pump put in it because the other one went bad.
I am really afraid that this washer will not last long I and cannot be reimbursed for the clothing that I lost from the because Frigidaire replaced my washer. One thing is for sure, I need to get a new refrigerator soon but I don't think that it will be from Frigidaire.
EASTON, MARYLAND -- In June of 2004, my wife and I replaced a Maytag washer and dryer that was 14 years old. Unfortunately we purchased a Front Load Frigidaire Washer and dryer. We purchased these units at LOWE'S, who, at the time of purchase, GUARANTEED us "Next Day" Service. In late February of 2006 (yes, the units are NOT two years old) the two PLASTIC strut supports on the washer snapped off. This is where the nightmare begins.....
My wife contacted LOWE'S for our "Next Day" service. Lowe's DOES NOT repair these products, they contract with SEARS. (See any problems brewing here?).... So, Sears is contacted around the 9th of March. They advised us that a representative would call us the next day. We did not receive any phone calls. The following week, around March 13th, we called again. Sears had no record of our call for "Next Day" service. So, we scheduled service again. Sears did call back the next day, and we confirmed that a technician would be at our home on March 21st.
At 10:20 a.m., I received a call from Sears stating that the service man would not be able to fix our machine on the 21st. He had called out sick! Sears only has technicians in the area twice a week. At this point, I was so angry that I told Sears to CANCEL our service request and send me the parts! The parts were ordered on the 21st. On March 22nd, I got a call from Sears asking me to re-schedule service. I told them "I didn't want service, I didn't want anyone at my house, all I wanted was my parts." They also advised me that they had "no record" of my order I finally asked for a supervisor. I was told that the supervisor was "out to lunch" and she would call me back.
I left the house to run some errands. When I got home, I had a message from "**", phone #1-800-463-4663. I called that number, and NO ONE knew of "**" nor did they know which office she worked in. I then called Frigidaire, who is now owned by Electrolux. (When did that happen?) After going through a series of customer service agents (2) that could NOT speak clear English, I gave up. The next day Sears calls again to schedule service. I again told them "I DID NOT WANT service, that all I wanted was my parts." I was SO ANGRY that the customer service agent finally hung up on me.
On March 27th, my parts (totally $57) arrived. On March 29th, I installed them myself. The washer works fine! However, it is now my intent to get my money from Electrolux for all the aggravation I've experienced. Electrolux gave me a "Concession" number to give to a service agent that will cover parts and labor. "Make sure you note that the service charge and diagnostic fees were NOT covered!!!!" I told them (again) that I did not want a service man to come to my home, all I wanted was reimbursement for the faulty parts that broke! The customer service supervisor guaranteed me that this number would cover the cost of the parts.
It is now March 31st. The washer still works, and I have the broken parts bagged up ready to send to someone, along with the invoice of $57 to get reimbursed. At 4 pm, I called Electrolux. The customer service representative tells me that because I fixed my own washer, I have now voided the limited warranty. No one told me this fact during the last 3 weeks of phone conversations!! I told the representative that "I didn't care about the warranty, all I wanted was the money I spent for parts." She told me because the warranty was "void" I could not be reimbursed. I then asked for a supervisor.
I got a male agent on the phone that was VERY difficult to understand. He told me over and over that I could not get reimbursed for my expenses because I voided the warranty, and did not have a service technician service the product. I explained to him several times that the reason I fixed my washer, was because I couldn't get a service technician after calling for over 2 weeks! Finally, I lost my cool and DEMANDED to speak to his supervisor. He told me no one was available to speak to me. When I asked if he had a boss, he said "yes". I then again DEMANDED to speak to his boss.
After being on hold for 15 minutes, I finally spoke to **. ** also told me that Electrolux would not reimburse my money for parts. I told her, that I was going to keep calling up the food chain, until I found someone that would write me a check for $57. Because it was after 5 pm, I had to leave my name and number for ANOTHER supervisor to call me on April 1st. It's ironic that on April Fool's Day, I'M THE FOOL! Yes, at this point it's not the money, it's the principle!
PLEASE AVOID PURCHASING ITEMS FROM FRIGIDAIRE. This company used to manufacture GREAT appliances! I remember the Frigidaire washer in my grandmother's house... It ran for two decades, and was only replaced because the heating element in the dryer went up, and Mom wanted a matching pair. Please do some research before purchasing. My next buck is going BACK TO MAYTAG!
Boy, for $900 I'd sure expect to get a washer that didn't crap out within months. I started getting the E20 error code within 6 months of purchasing brand new. We'd pull it out and fix it, push it back.... a few weeks later same thing. By the time the one year warranty was up, it was EVERY SINGLE LOAD. Frigidaire's response- "please contact a local serviceman" ($75 an hour, my cost!). For $900 a year, I can afford to go have my laundry done. BOO FRIGIDAIRE! And don't even get me started on their worthless dishwashers!
Front load washer bellows complaints by owners are justified. Front load door boot (bellows) are a design problem. GE and Whirlpool designed their front load washer door bellows so the bellows did not hold water that could cause mold and odor. Ge and Whirlpool used a different design bellows and a drain tube on the bottom of the bellows. Amana corp. incorporated a coating on their front load bellows to prevent mold and odor. Can't figure why Frigidaire won't upgrade their bellows to satisfy their many customers?


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Building twin tunnels in the Delta and converting working farms to fish habitat will create more jobs than are destroyed, according to the latest study commissioned by the state agency pursuing the project.
Economist David Sunding, with the consulting firm The Brattle Group, found that the tunnels and habitat work would result in more than 136,000 jobs over half a century, most of them from the construction of the 40-foot-diameter tunnels.
It's not the first time large job gains have been touted in connection with the tunnels, but this time Sunding also examined habitat restoration benefits and compared those gains with job losses as Delta farmland is taken out of production.
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The University of the Pacific's Jeff Michael, who has frequently been critical of the state's analysis of the tunnels plan, said the study fails to look at job impacts under other alternatives.
For example, Delta advocates have called for strengthening levees, but the state has not evaluated how many jobs that alternative might create.
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Most of the jobs would be generated during the first 30 years of the plan, as the tunnels are built and the habitat created, Sunding found. Years 30 through 50 might see a slight decline in employment as construction slows down and farmland is retired.
Sunding argues, however, that the nearer-term numbers are more reliable than projections for decades down the road. His study says the cumulative effect over 50 years will be positive.
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Water users supporting the plan pointed to Sunding's study as evidence that Delta communities can coexist with the controversial projects. "As the Delta evolves, so can the local economy," State Water Contractors General Manager Terry Erlewine said in a prepared statement.
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More dueling land deals along proposed Northern Pass routeBy DAVE SOLOMON
New Hampshire Union Leader
January 22. 2013 10:10PM
Both sides in the chess game over the Northern Pass made moves recently, with 319 acres sold to the transmission line project for $5 million, while the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests acquired additional easements in its ongoing "blocking action."
Jack Savage, spokesman for the society, confirmed that Northern Pass partners, including PSNH, recently acquired the property of the Roger Sylvestre family in Clarksville in a transaction that closed last week.
"Based on what we know from our sources, that's a transaction that's been completed," he said.
PSNH has consistently declined to comment on land deals for the 1,200-megawatt transmission lines that would deliver hydroelectric power from Quebec into the New England power grid, via New Hampshire.
"We have been working successfully with a number of property owners to acquire the land or easements necessary to propose a new route in the area north of Groveton where there are no existing transmission lines," PSNH spokesman Martin Murray said. "Out of respect for their privacy, we are not identifying those property owners nor the details of the agreements we have achieved."
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"From my perspective, they are desperate to show some progress so the investment of a few million dollars to convince their Canadian partners and shareholders that they are still moving forward is easily justifiable from their standpoint," said Savage.
In the same week Northern Pass acquired the Sylvestre property, the Forest Society signed and recorded options on additional parcels of land in Stewartstown that Savage said will further frustrate the ability of Northern Pass to bridge the gaps in the intended route for 180 miles of high-voltage transmission line through New Hampshire.
Brad and Daryl Thompson signed options that would enable the society to acquire conservation easements on two parcels totaling 364 acres along Bear Rock Road. Northern Pass had acquired parcels to the east and west of the Thompson land in what Savage described as "a failed attempt to find a way around the Forest Society's existing blocking action."
The Forest Society also signed and recorded an option on an additional 153 acres in what is known as the Fred Williams Place, which abuts other lands the Forest Society has under agreement.
"The net result of these additional options is that we will have Northern Pass penned in," said Will Abbott, vice-president of policy and land management for the society.
In their Project Update website, Northern Pass officials announced at the end of 2012 that they have a route for the transmission lines through the North Country, but declined to offer specifics.
As part of its blocking action, the Forest Society last year also obtained easements on a 900-acre property owned by dairy farmer Rod McAllister in Stewartstown.
"We know their intended route because we've tracked their completed transactions," Savage said. "Everything they bought suggests that they are continuing to try to go around the McAllister property. Our announcement last week that we have a conservation easement on the Thompson property has successfully blocked their attempt to go around."
In announcing the easement to the Forest Society, Brad and Daryl Thompson expressed their opposition to the project.
"If we don't take a stand now, more projects like Northern Pass will be proposed, and New Hampshire will be crisscrossed with power lines from north to south and east to west," they said. "If we can play a small part in blocking this project, it will be well worth our efforts. We feel our property is more valuable with the easement - although Northern Pass is willing to pay many times what properties are actually worth, to see their project come to fruition."


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A handful of jurisdictions around the country have the ability to receive SMS text messages sent to their 911 Public Safety Answering Points and the service is expected to become more common over the next year.
"Major wireless carriers already have committed to delivering text messages to 911 by May 2014, and the FCC is considering rules to expand the requirement to all carriers and third-party providers. Read more.
Durham, N.C., is one a handful of jurisdictions that have moved 911 call centers to the cloud, preparing to implement a full range of IP-based services as they become available. Read more.
But the Federal Communications Commission, public safety agencies and wireless carriers warn that text-to-911 is a complement to and not a substitute for voice calls. "Talk to us when you can, text us when you can't," said James Soukup, emergency communications director in Durham, N.C., one of the first cities to adopt the technology.
Texting to 911 has its place, particularly for the hearing and speech impaired. It also can be helpful in situations where making a voice call could be dangerous. And during disasters, when phone systems can be damaged and overloaded, a text message might be more likely to go through than a cell phone call.
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This is a good idea because it gives Americans more options in an emergency situation. If in an anus-bleed situation you may not be in a situation where you can talk so SMS as an option can be a real life saver. In many juridical areas this is how it works. As a hospitalist I see this a lot and understandably it isn't helpful to the victim or their advocates.
For people who live in small towns it will not be available
i need help some man put me in a closet and im scared please help me
911TM silent instant messaging has been available nationwide for over a year; far better than texting with none of the pitfalls associated.
Well hopefully this comes true but there will be some major issues with this as well
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