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Beatrice M. Coleman
Beatrice M. Coleman, 94, St. Helen died May 6, 2010, at Bortz Health Care, West Branch.
Visitation will be held at Steuernol and McLaren Funeral Home, West Branch, on May 10 from 5-9 p.m. The funeral service will be at 11 a.m. on May 11 at the Calvary Baptist Church, West Branch with Pastor Tom Teall officiating. The burial will follow at Fairview Cemetery, St. Helen.
Mrs. Coleman was born May 31, 1915. She had lived in St. Helen since 1965 and in Detroit before that. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church, West Branch. She enjoyed reading, crocheting, fishing and being with her family.
Preceding her in death was her husband Lloyd in 2000 and her brothers and sisters.
Surviving are her children, Wanda and her husband Bob Hoover and Gary Coleman, both of St. Helen; seven grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.
Steuernol and McLaren Funeral Home, West Branch handled the arrangements.


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Happy 80th Birthday Mum! You used to point out "the last remnants of the Caledonian Forest" when we went on holiday so I thought something to help replant it might be a fitting way to mark this auspicious birthday!
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Summer, the short, sweet release from the interminable cocoon of Russian winter, is a time for swimming and riding, and sometimes both in the cottage community of Vyalki.
The dacha is where Russians connect with nature and each other. On weekends (from left) 11-year-old German Shingel; his great-aunt Vera Zhelkina; his mother, Milana; and his grandmother Lyubov Saleyeva gather at their summer home in Valday.
At his Valday dacha Sergey Yudin, deputy director of a pipeline repair firm, plants, burns weeds, and indulges the "inner peasant" who lives within many Russians. In pinched Soviet times such gardens grew some 90 percent of Russia's vegetables.
Six-year-old Polina Merkulova hides in the bushes outside her family's dacha near Sergiyev Posad, about 50 miles northeast of Moscow. An hour's drive brings the family from city to country.
To stand under the springs at Gremyachiy Klyuch, nine miles from Sergiyev Posad, where a saint once stopped to pray, is to be showered with blessings. Tourists from all over Russia come to collect the holy water—reputed to cure illness—in buckets.
Midsummer Night, known as the festival of Ivan Kupala (St. John the Baptist), is marked by candles and flower garlands in Vladimirskoye. Celebrants walk three times around Svetloyar Lake, which legend says makes wishes come true.
At the lavish end of the dacha spectrum are faux châteaux like these at Zelenyy Mys. Roughly half are permanent residences. A helicopter landing pad and yacht club are among the amenities for well-heeled owners.
Shoes and inhibitions are shed during a party at a dacha belonging to a Muscovite in the film industry.
Barrel-bellied bathers, picnicking near the Dubna River, are as much a part of the summer scenery as grilled meat and beer.
Like many, Anna Merkulova is a weekend dachnik. She returns to Moscow on Mondays for her job as a dog groomer, leaving her children, Polina and Yegor, behind in the hands of their grandmother.
German Shingel fills a tub for watering the garden under the watchful eye of his father, Yevgeniy. To outwit Russia's short growing season, many dacha owners set flats of seedlings on their urban windowsills in March.
In the mishmash of a dacha community, an ersatz schloss and wooden shack may stand shoulder to shoulder. Here Zinaida Kondratyeva, owner of the modest wood house in the background, works in her garden with her daughter-in-law Alevtina in Lapshinka village, near Moscow. The castle-like house is owned by a lawyer.
Tatyana Gvozdetskaya embroiders in her family dacha in Bykovo, near Moscow. "When are you going to the dacha?" Russians ask each other as the season approaches in May. Some take up permanent residence for the summer; others commute from the city on weekends, while those who live near their dachas go on a daily basis.
The dacha community of Lyubitel-5, near the town of Elektrostal, sits in the shadow of a steel smelter and Elemash, a plant rumored by locals to produce fuel pellets for nuclear reactors. This gave rise to a local joke:
"Where do you work?" a woman from Elektrostal was asked.
"State secret," she replied.
"What do you do?"
"Military secret," she said.
How much do you make?"
"Not too much—5,000 rubles a bomb."
The Slavic festival of Ivan Kupala, here celebrated in Vladimirskoye, near Nizhniy Novgorod, falls on Midsummer Night. Bonfires are set to drive away evil spirits. It is believed that couples who successfully jump over the fire will marry by year's end.
In the short, sweet summer, after a long, dark winter, Russians trade wool coats and heavy boots for bathing suits and sandals. Near the dacha community of Vyalki, young girls ride horses and swim with them in a nearby pond.


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June is Outdoor Home Month!
What's your outdoor home look like? We just spent the weekend outdoors and, frankly, couldn't wait to get back to town and inside the office. We're exhausted. Sometimes we get too excited about being out in nature that we do too much, squeeze fun out of every minute and wake up achy and tired on Monday morning.
Not that we wouldn't do it again, but what we are now striving for is a perfect balance between outdoor and indoor, as opposed to ping-ponging between ashphalt jungle and camping in a tent. The extremes are fatiguing...
Alex's garden last fall
In our ideal world, we'd have a city home that has an element of country to it - a home that we don't feel we have to get away from to maintain our sanity. Gardens, plants, window boxes and clean windows are all a part of this.
What else? Do you have an really nice outdoor element in your home? If so, please send us your pics, we'll post them any way you like: newyork @ apartmenttherapy . com (with OUTDOORHOME in the subject field).
Last Week's Outdoor Home Post with outdoor space survey
(pic: Alex Bandon's blog at This Old House - The Shelter Life - is a great guide to a really nice DIY outdoor/indoor home)


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Please contact me if you have the following for sale:
1. one white parasal and one baby blue parasal
2. TTD, but only if you are from NYC/westchester county so i can try it on
3. Any OOT bags for sale
4. a White Cathedral veil preferably with crystals, diamonds on it but i would liek to see what you have regardless because i may be able to add my own crystals.
thx so much
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Items wanted to buy, TTD, White Parasal, Cathedral Veil, OOT Bags
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thanks...so responces yet lol
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Actually the knot has the parasols on sale right now for 4.99....I bought 24 parasols during the last sale and they are great! They are made very well.
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Iran vs Spain: Live Score and Highlights for FIBA World Cup 2014August 30, 2014
There was little Iran could do from the start, as Spain—even without Serge Ibaka—bullied its way to a 90-60 victory on the 2014 FIBA World Cup's opening day.
Though Iran kept it interesting throughout the first half, Pau Gasol proved to be too much. With 33 points in his FIBA return, the elder Gasol brother led his talent-filled team to their first, of what will likely be many blowout victories.
Marc, the younger Gasol, contributed 15 points and 10 rebounds, as Spain proved what many already assumed:
Aside from the United States, this Spanish team is as good as it gets.
Iran's Hamed Haddadi and Mehdi Kamrani served as their country's backbone, contributing 16 and 18 points, respectively. Haddadi pitched in 15 rebounds as well.
Overall, the game played out as many expected, and the narratives remain in tune. Iran, though talented, is an underdog competitor for Group A's fourth seed, while Spain remains a realistic contender for the gold medal.


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This. Yes, in the modern West we _also_ use signatures for authentication, but that's a secondary function. It is primarily a declaration. When you sign something, you are indicating that you agree to it.
This is why important legal documents have to be both signed and sealed. Most people here don't have a personal seal, because they don't need one, because the sealing is done by a third-party licensed witness, called a "notary", who is required to check the signer's identification and watch them sign the document to witness that they signed it personally.
Banks don't usually require that level of authentication to cash a check, because they can just look at your ID and verify that you are the person to whom the check is written. (In small towns banks don't always bother to look at your ID, but they certainly have the option to do so if there are any questions about your identity.) With your identity established, then, you *do* still have to sign the check, declaring that you are formally passing it along (to the bank in this case) in exchange for its value. No signature, no transaction. Until electronic banking became common in the last fifteen years or so, it used to be that if you did not sign the check, the bank could not exchange it for money with the check-writer's bank, because they legally did not have your permission to do so -- and for this reason they would not take the check and give you currency for it unless you signed the check, because a check not signed by the recipient was no good to them. (These days, they don't always do the exchange anyway; often the cashing bank simply _informs_ the check writer's bank that they have received and cashed and voided the check, and the funds are released to them electronically. So the signature of the person who cashed the check is arguably less critical now, although I think it may technically still be required.)]]>
Ideally the material used to make the seal would have a complex texture with a high degree of randomness - maybe a strong wood, or a slightly porous stone
The problem with this idea is it does not work well with inks. The problem is that an ink has to be sufficiently visscous to stick to the seal whilst also being relativly fast drying to preserve the micro/nano features without "bleed out" into the paper of the document. The side effect is unfortunatly that such ink will quickly clog the micro/nano features. It's one of the reasons that a proper wax seal is way way preferable if you want to use micro/nano features.
As for hardness the best substance to carve seals out of is actually jade, however it is not easy to get suficiently prominent random pattern on it.
Another way to get a fairly good random pattern that is fairly robust is to take a base metal seal that is machined to the required basic pattern then enamel it with an appropriate mixture of powdered glassess with different particle sizes and melting points. Unlike traditional enamels that have a smoth surface you end up with a rough surface that closely follows the basic pattern machined onto the base metal.
A similar process can be done at home again using a base metal seal with basic pattern that has also had angled holes driled in it to act as keyways. You then take finely choped glass fibre of various diameters and stir into an appropriate hard setting epoxy, you then "stipple" the mixture onto the face of the seal sufficient to drive the epoxy into the keyways to ensure that it has permanent adehsion whilst also thining out the apoxy around the glass fibers on the raised pattern of the seal to give your truly random raised pattern on top of the basic base pattern of the seal.
You can also use other materials such as course quartz dust or fine sharp sand in the epoxy.
Another technique which is relativly simple to do is to make a reverse master seal basic pattern then using a bundle of fine wires or fibers the same diameter as the seal and vibrated down "normal to the plane" of the seal so the take up the profile of the basic pattern of the seal. Then lock them in place mechanicaly befor wicking them with an appropriate fixant to finaly lock in place to make the actual seal with a randomised micro pattern. You can try this at home using fine coper wire from 20/0.2 hookup wire cut it into about a one inch length to make a bundle the same size as a coin. Put the coin on a flat surface and tap the bundle down verticaly onto it such that the bundle takes the profile of the coin then lock the bundle in place using a twisted wire strap around the outside of the bundle, then using silver/lead solder wick it into the surface with a little practice you will end up with just enough solder to hold the face of the bundle in place without obscuring the profiles of the individual wires. When used as a seal on hot wax you will get a reasonably faithful reproduction of the coins surface but when looked at with a lense or microscope the profiles of the individual wires can be seen.]]>
With today's authentication technology, forging a seal is no longer as easy as carving a duplicate impression out of a turnip.
What would you rather trust: handwriting analysis, or analysis of imperfections in the seal impression under a microscope?]]>
I'm personally waiting for more complex second factors via QR code on some type of eInk device now that screens and cameras are cheap enough to make it feasible.
You are saying that a signature in blood does not identify you correctly. I would argue that it does identify you, but since your identity has changed, the authentication would need to be updated. Just like changing a password.
When the "something you are" factor of the authentication triad changes, you are still, well, you. Biometric authentication needs to account for changes, just as we do with "something you have" and "something you know."
It may be that discrepancies can also be addressed with multiple "something you are" factors, such as dna + retina scan, but that doesn't change the underlying mechanics of authentication.]]>
Idea stolen from Dr Who story involving the Mona Lisa, Leonardo and a time machine.
1. A two part seal used for authenticating against a bank, similar to debt boards. You craft one seal then split it in half with sufficient entropy. The bank keeps one half and you keep the other half. When you go to sign a bank form you provide your half of the seal and the bank provides its half. The seals are put together and used to stamp the form. The resulting mark is then tested for integrity, that the two seal parts match up. This prevents someone from forging a seal using only the impression but does not handle theft, permanent or temporary. The real problem, however, is that the bank has to securely store hundreds or thousands of seals.
2: Use a QR code to encode a GnuPG/PGP signature. Seal with QR code. This would require you to print a document, create the signature, program a dynamic stamp with the QR code, stamp the document.
Testing the signature would require OCR, verification that the OCR matches the contents, testing OCR signature against seal. Omitting punctuation and reducing casing could help and I doubt it would seriously affect collision chances.]]>
IJB is semi-correct, a reading of the paper copies of credit card forms that you sign would provide more details. Essentially it doesn't matter what you sign there at all as long as you sign, it simply says that the signer agree to pay the money for the purchase that was just made. By the same token you can sign the card itself whatever way you want as well, because that signature isn't for reference, it's making the card itself legally binding and once again only states that it must be signed, not that it be signed with your name.]]>
I think the purpose of those pressur sensitive pads is not so someone else can authenticate your signature, but so you can. If you called your credit card company and said 'this item on this bill was not purchased by me' they could, in theory, show you the signature from the pad and ask you if you had signed it. If you sign 'Micky Mouse' and the pad signature says 'Micky Mouse' you might just remember having bought that cart load of junk food at the grocery store after all. However my experience with credit card companies doesn't give me any confidence that they would ever actually ask a customer to verify the hen scratches saved from a pressure pad signature.]]>
Perhaps Colombian jails would do better to ban the knives that are used to carve seals from Avocado seeds. Just a thought.
The US Government has/had a pension scheme for Filipino irregular fighters in WW2. Each month, these fine folks would get a check from Uncle Sam - not a lot of money (the figure of $18 a month sticks in my mind), but a nice little bonus for those in the poorer parts of the country. Because many of the recipients are/were illiterate, the check would be endorsed with a thumbprint.
In the 80's, some bright statistician at the Treasury noticed that the recipients of these pensions were apparently enjoying a life expectancy out of all proportion to the rest of the nation. Somebody was sent to investigate, and reported back that, in many cases, while it was fairly obvious that the actual recipient of the pension had passed away some time ago, the endorsement thumbprints were unquestionably genuine.
Mr Hundley made sure that the actual example of one of the endorsed checks (which he had passed around the audience) happened to be in the hands of a particularly young and pretty member of the audience before dropping this last little bit of information. She dropped it like it was on fire.
I guess signing in blood provides both "formal indication of intent" and the only scientifically based forensic measure of identity
You guess wrong.
Obviously after a recent blood transfusion (of which I've had more than my fair share) "your blood" is not your blood but a mixture of yours and the donors (the same applies to various blood products as well). This mixture will persist and can have a half life of well over a month depending on many factors and which part you measure.
But if you have a bone marrow transplant, which generates some of your blood products or a liver transpart which generates others then you likewise will end up with DNA that's not your own.
Finaly getting usefull DNA from long dried out blood that is also likely to have been subject to environmental effects is not going to be the easiest thing in the world to get reliable DNA off of.]]>
To be honest I prefer the seal, which is actually legible as a name and always looks the same, unlike most signatures. The only problem is I'm always leaving the damn thing at home when I need it.]]>
To transfer a .ca domain from one person to another, CIRA (the Canadian Internet Registration Authority) requires the original of a form signed with "wet blue ink."
Assuming you have a physical document, a thumb print from an ink pad loaded with DNA labeled, UV ink with a signature over the top would make a fairly secure seal.
And what's wrong with a PGP/GnuPG signature on a document? That at least gets over the scanning problem.]]>
I don't think it reveals any such thing. A seal is an identity-confirming security feature, a signature is more of a formal indication of intent ("I attest that the above, just exactly as stated, is complete and correct"). The properties of paper and ink are then relied upon to make sure the document is not subsequently changed (but deliberate changes can simply be initialed -- again a mark of intent rather than a security feature). It serves a function analogous to TCP's three-way handshake -- making sure the content was deliberate and everyone's on the same page. For actual security (authentication, non-repudiation), witnesses or physical security features are used.
Treating a signature as a seal, and requiring it to be exactly the same as other representations of the name or the signature, makes sense for people who normally assess seal-based security features, and are uncomfortable with their absence in documents that are merely signed.]]>
Yes, that's the concept. You open a bank account and you seal the agreement and the bank digitizes it and stores it in their cloud somewhere. When you come to conduct some significant piece of business, they call up their copy on the screen and see that the impression you just made matches. Sure, there are procedures for replacement seals and the like, Brian described them as "a painfully long experience".
Could it be cooler and use high-tech image processing, maybe. What's the forgery rate and what are the losses? Technology's got to balance against insurance premiums. In a low value transaction having a well worn, professionally made seal with the right name gives medium confidence, like checking the signature on the back of the credit card, that's totally adequate and with no real point-of-sale cost. Deluxe ideas like chip-and-pin don't give more assurance, and may give significantly less if they are flaw-riddled, and the have high point-of-sale costs.]]>
I could have my 7 year old make a 'seal' out of a carved potato, and use it to 'authenticate' documents in your name, and if the person who is receiving the document accepts the seal as authenticate it really doesn't matter how good the quality of your original handmade South Korean seal is.]]>
I don't know about Japan in particular, but in Korea, good quality seals are hand made to order.
There might be a limited number of actual names, but you're no more likely to find two people with the same names and identical seals than you are to find a pair of westerners with identical names and indistinguishable signatures.]]>
Most documents used to be signed with a cross, not because the person couldn't write their name - but because a christian had to sign with a christian cross to show that the were being truthful.
It was the job of the witness to confirm that the particular person was the one making the statement.
With modern hobbyist tools, and a seal from someone, I could likely make a duplicate as similar as any other group could.
If people only have one seal, that would be sensible, but the second someone loses their seal, forgeries become harder to detect (or has multiple organizational seals). It seems this would not functionally increase security, or cause lineups for the office seal.
If each person in an organization has their own seal with a unique pattern, even that would be a nightmare, since the person would simply need to be on a long authorized sealers list.
Generally - this doesn't seem to protect against forgery, although other benefits may exist.]]>
That said and done, I now use my own seal on all official documents. There's never any question about me using it since the seal itself is imprinted with symbols representing my foreign family name. I imagine it could be forged in some way, but also imagine there are decent forensics to detect forgeries of seals as well.
In the end it falls under the physical security clause; one has to make sure it doesn't fall into the wrong hands, otherwise access to private information could be obtained unwillingly.]]>
Last week, I got several copies of Liars and Outliers in the mail, which I had ordered back on August 15 2012.
The books were allegedly signed by the author (I forget his name at the moment), but other than trusting the sender, I don't know how to authenticate that the signatures are genuine.
Seals are much more suitable for forensics, which means that having a seal stolen is a much bigger problem. Sometimes I think it would be progress, someone would at least have to drive over to your house to steal your identity. Today banks will authenticate people on pretty slim evidence.


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text: On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 10:36 AM, Guennadi Liakhovetski<firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote:> Ok, let me try to summarise, what this would mean for sh-mobile:>> 1. this proposal introduces a new special case: with or without a mapping,> that will have to be handled in affected client and DMA controller> drivers. E.g., on sh-mobile some devices might on some systems use> channels from "general purpose" DMA controllers (no mapping), on other> systems it will be a dedicated controller (fixed mapping).>> 2. this will break, if we get more than 1 "general purpose" type with> different supported client sets. So, we develop a new API with a> pre-programmed limitation.I fail to see why this would not be solved by a one-to-many mapping?Flag for each device which channels it may use in a mappingtable in platform data or device tree, I don't see the problem.You don't even have to specify that on a per-channel basis ifyou can come up with something more clever in the mappingtable, such as "this device can use any channel on this DMAC,and channels 1-7 on that DMAC" - no problem?> 3. this will mean a substantial driver and platform code modification.> Nothing super-complex, but still some.Big deal. Refactoring is fun... ;-)> 4. we'll need a 3-stage channel allocation / configuration: request,> filter, config.In my world: channel request with *NO* filter function.Filter functions are part of the problem. So we refactor theseaway as part of this change. That's the whole point...The core gathers information from the platform and theDMAC driver(s) to build up the constraints necessary tohand out workling channels to each device that requestone.And Russell IIRC already suggested a request-and-configchannel inline for the simple cases, and if you still need toexplicitly runtime-reconfigure then that's for a goodreason.> Whereas with my configuration-parameter proposal it's just> one stage: allocate-and-configure.For one specific hardware, yes. For DMAengine at largeand the majority of the drivers, no.Yours,Linus Walleij


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Posted on 02/10/2010 5:40:14 AM PST by Ladycalif
The rebellious former allies Deborah Courtney, Barbara Coe and Marvin Stewart improperly ousted Gilchrist as president of the organization he founded, Judge Randell Wilkinson said.
The issue now is whether Gilchrist can prove damages. In the past, Gilchrist has claimed $3 million in damages on behalf of the MMP. Presumably he'll try to show the drop off in fundraising since the dissidents started agitating. Trial resumes today. Coe has settled, so she's not on the hook.
Courtney has told me she's already lost everything including her house and car fighting Gilchrist in court. She and Stewart represented themselves.
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He is talking about Palin's very close and exclusive association with Randy Scheunemann.
Others have pointed the analogy of Tancredo attending both the first Minuteman event in AZ and the first Tea Party event in TN.
I think not - you see the idea behind illegal immigration did not go away because of the problems in minuetman.The tea Party is already affecting change via local elections, changes in state party groups and the use of blogs to push the message of smaller government. It is so diverse that nobody in TN runs what is happening in MA or TX.
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text: Hi, Extensive documentation (often in form of HTML docs) is often available for several packages, but not everybody may want to install it. Rather than creating variables for each package, should we create a variable that can be set to, say, "all", "html", "pdf", "ps" or some combination so that packages can check that variable? -Jan -- "When it's fall in New York, the air smells as if someone's been frying goats in it, and if you are keen to breathe the best plan is to open a window and stick your head in a building."


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Hi, Sorry, am not on the list.I wanted to look at upgrading to Squeeze as it has some features I'm interested in. I went to http://www.debian.org/releases/squeeze/releasenotes and found the list of release notes for each supported platform. But none of the links work, they all come up 404. An example link is http://www.debian.org/releases/squeeze/ia64/release-notes/
If I should be looking somewhere else for the Squeeze release notes, please let me know. Yes I realise they are probably incomplete but they're probably the best source of info in one place I'm guessing.
Thanks, Geoff.


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Visit us at FIC 2018, Shanghai, China (22nd-2th March 2018), Hall 6, 61D12
At FIC China 2018, Toothfriendly International will be showcasing a variety of Toothfriendly confectionery and spoon-for-spoon sweeteners, as well as beverages, toothpaste and medicinal products. Toothfriendly International is partnering in a joint booth with Beneo, one of the leading manufacturers of functional ingredients, at FIC China to highlight the importance of creating products that promote good oral health.
Beneo's PalatinoseTM (isomaltulose) is a low-glycemic, disaccharide carbohydrate that is fully digestible as well as being Toothfriendly. Another Toothfriendly sugar replacer from BENEO is ISOMALT, a naturally-sorced sugar replacer. ISOMALT is made from pure beet sugar, which gives it a natural taste and sweetness while being sugar-free.
With nearly 1400 exhibitors and over 48'000 visitors in 2017, Food Ingreidnets China (FIC) is the largest and most authorative international show in the food ingredients industry in China.
Taking care of the teeth can be fun - Turkey's Toothfriendly team "Dis Dostu" demonstrates that this can be reality: They took home the Hermes Creative Awards 2017 for best corporate social responsability campaign in Turkey.
Dis Dostu's campaign was awarded for promoting oral health awareness in a fun and attractive way. The oral health road show visiting Turkish malls included interactive games, giant toothbrushes and a real-life Tooth Fairy for the families to take pictures with.
Toothfriendly International salutes the strong committment of Carrefour, Colgate and other local partners of the campaign.
Two new toothpaste products have been granted the "Toothfriendly recommended" -seal.
The Swiss-based oral care specialist Scanderra has revamped its Edel+White children's toothpaste line to fulfil the Toothfriendly criteria. Available in seven flavours, Scanderra's Edel+White kids toothpaste comes in a 7 x 9.4 ml set to create an element of variety and fun to the sometimes stressful event of brushing one's kids teeth.
Meanwhile in Asia, a new Toothfriendly-endorsed range of premium kids toothpastes and toothbrushes has been introduced for the rapidly expanding Chinese oral care market. The line named Paul-Dent debuted in Spring 2017 and includes four toothpaste flavours - strawberry, tutti frutti, prune and banana - sold in 50 ml tubes.
Oral care companies wishing to display the Toothfriendly endorsement on their product labels need to comply with provisions that have been laid down by Toothfriendly International.
Orion is the first major Chinese company to commit to Toothfriendly labelling scheme. Orion's Xylitol 3+ chewing gum has been scientifically tested by dental experts and is guaranteed safe for teeth.
6. June 2017, Basel
Orion, one of Asia's largest confectionery manufacturers, receives the "Toothfriendly" endorsement from the dental experts of the Toothfriendly International organization for its chewing gum range. Orion's Xylitol 3+ gums have undergone a stringent testing procedure.
Scientific pH-tests demonstrated that Orion's gum has no risk for caries or erosion, as it does not depress the plaque-pH below the critical level of 5.7. When the acid concentration falls below this threshold, teeth can be damaged. Orion's xylitol-based gum is the first major Chinese product to fulfill the criteria, and has been granted the recognized "Toothfriendly" quality seal.
"Dentists welcome Orion's new gum range", confirms Dr. Albert Bär of Toothfriendly International. "We are thrilled to see the first Chinese manufacturer to join Toothfriendly's program. The surge of sugar-free and Toothfriendly products will benefit the oral health of millions of consumers across the country."
Dr. Bär sees great potential for Toothfriendly-labelled products in China. "The market for healthier snacks is still largely an untapped market, though consumer demand for functional candy is rising rapidly. We believe that the Chinese consumers will pick up the Toothfriendly concept fast.
According to market analyst Mintel, three in four Chinese consumers consumed gum and three in five ate mints in 2016. Out of all mint consumers, 45% ate functional candy such as throat soothing lozenges or vitamin-enriched candy.
Link to Orion's Xylitol 3+ website: http://gumevent.orion.cn
German Toothfriendly Association is launching new smartphone application "Zahnfreundlich" to educate dental professionals about Toothfriendly nutrition.
23. March 2017, Cologne - Consumers may not know which foods are optimal for oral health, but dentists should - that's the thinking behind a new digital platform which coaches dental professionals about food choices.
The smartphone technology makes it easy to fit continued education around other work, and nutritional councelling can be used effectively with a variety of patient groups. The app also awards professional users with credit points for successfully passed exams.
The learning modules of the app include topis such as sweeteners, food acids, product labelling and the role of saliva in plaque acid neutralization. The modules are developed by Aktion Zahnfreundlich e.V. and presented by Prof. Stefan Zimmer, the President of the association and Professor of Preventive Dentistry at the University of Witten/Herdecke in Germany.
The "Zahnfreundlich" app can be downloaded free by iPhone/iPad and Android users.
Experience all new Toothfriendly products and services at the International Dental Show in Cologne 21-25. March 2017.
Toothfriendly is exhibiting in a joined booth with the German Dental Chamber (Bundeszahnärztekammer) – visit us at the hall 11.2, O/P 50/59. The German Toothfriendly team will be presenting product novelties as well as a brand new Toothfriendly app targeted at dental hygienists and other oral health professionals.
The International Dental Show (IDS) is the world's largest dental trade fair. In 2017, the show is expected to attract over 130'000 dental professionals around the world. Opening hours are daily from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm. We are looking forward to welcoming you in Cologne!
Toothfriendly International will exhibit at the ISM confectionery fair taking place in Cologne 29.1-1.2.2017. On its stand, the Toothfriendly team will present new product concepts that combine dental benefits with the great taste.
Mentos Ice Cup chewing gums and Impact Fresh mints are among this year's product novelties carrying the Toothfriendly label. Besides confectionery, a wide range of Toothfriendly-certified oral care products, beverages, spoon-for-spoon sweeteners, pacifiers and medicinal products will be showcased at the booth.
The Toothfriendly booth is located in the aisle between halls 10 and 11. We are looking forward to meet you in Cologne!
Consumers bought more Toothfriendly products in most markets in 2015, but it's not just because there are more products available; they are also more conviced to avoid sugar, researchers have found.
22. November 2016, Basel - According to new consumer study commissioned by BENEO, 57 percent of consumers polled said they actively try to cut their sugar intake. A healthy diet (58 percent), weight management (56 percent) as well as tooth decay (37 percent) were named by respondents as concrete reasons to limit sugar intake.
On the other hand, respondents said they are not prepared to completely forego sugar, with taste beign the number one reason at 58 percent. Twenty-four percent said sugar provides essential energy and 20 percent indicated that sugar acts as "mood food". About two out of three respondents agreed that naturally derived sugars from fruits, vegetables and plants are healthier (64 percent). A similar number also said they preferred natural sugars to low calorie sweeteners (65 percent).
The study of 1000 U.S. consumers, commissioned by BENEO, was conducted by Ipsos, one of the world's leading market research firms.
Carrefour hosts Toothfriendly road show in its Istanbul malls.
Istanbul, 11 November 2016 - Families visiting the largest shopping centers of Istanbul in November have the chance to spend their day promoting oral health. The partnering trio – Carrefour, Toothfriendly International and Colgate - say the oral health event is an opportunity to give kids and their parents a fun way to learn about the importance of oral health.
Games included giant toothbrushes and art & craft sessions with a real Toothfairy. Dozens of children queued up for free give-aways and game sessions. The event runs through whole month of November in all Carrefour malls of Istanbul.
"I think the best and most important thing is that we're doing it for our community," said event coordinator Selda Alemdar of Toothfriendly Turkey. "It's free, we have great prizes, all they have to do is participate and learn about oral health, and it just brings oral health educators and families together in a very positive way."
Taxing sugary beverages could reduce sugar consumption and caries increment, claims a recent German study published in Journal of Dental Research.
October 11, 2016, Basel - According to the study, the greatest reduction in caries increment (>10%) was expected in males from low- or middle-income backgrounds. The researchers concluded that implementing a 20% tax on sugary beverages in Germany would be likely to reduce caries increment especially in young low-income males.
Many dental professionals remain sceptical though.
«I doubt that a sugar tax will change bad dietary habits significantly, and particularly not in those segments of the population who would need it most», says Dr. Albert Bär, Executive Director of Toothfriendly International. «Changing behavioral habits is achieved in the first place by proper and balanced information. Introducing a sugar tax in certain foods may help reduce total intake somewhat but it will never have the same impact as information-mediated and emotion-driven modification of eating habits will have.»
Both industry and consumers would benefit more from nutrition education and positive labeling initiatives, such as the Toothfriendly certification mark for non-cariogenic and non-erosive products, believes Dr. Bär.
A recent CLYMBOL study found that around one quarter of food products in Europe carry health claims.
13 November 2015, Basel - Researchers from the EU-funded project CLYMBOL ("Role of health-related CLaims and sYMBOLs in consumer behaviour") analysed how often and what type of claims and symbols were found on food package and found that one quarter (26%) of all products carried at least one claim. Most of these claims were nutrition claims (64%), followed by health claims (29%) and only 6% health-related ingredient claims.
In this study the researchers sampled and purchased over 2000 food and drink products, in order to extract and analyse all information available on their packaging. The study was performed in five European countries (DE, ES, NL, SI, UK), making it the first cross-country study analysing and comparing the status-quo of claims on food and drink products in Europe and beyond. The results inform policy makers and help monitor the use of claims across Europe.
See here the full article.
Exposure to tobacco smoke during early childhood increases the risk of dental caries later in life, claims a comprehensive Japanese study.
13 June, 2016, Basel - In a study of over 76´000 Japanese children published in BMJ (2015;351:h5397), exposure to tobacco smoke during infancy was associated with an approximately twofold increased risk of caries in deciduous teeth. The risk of caries was also increased by 1.5-fold among infants exposed to smoking in the household, whereas the effect of maternal smoking during pregnancy was only 1.1-fold.
Although these findings do not establish causality, they demonstrate that poor parental health behaviour is also reflected in the dental health of their children. Therefore, for best benefits, health education should reach both parents and children.
The full study can be downloaded from here.
While consumers are being encouraged to cut back on the amount of sugar they eat, dental experts say: it's not the just amount but also the frequency that matters. Also, new healthier sugars are on the horizon.
27 January, 2016, Basel - Eating too much sugar, says WHO, may lead to dental problems or obesity which can cause heart disease, cancer and diabetes.
Not all experts agree to this, however.
"The new WHO guidelines are too simplified", says Dr. Albert Bär of Toothfriendly International. "Sugar is not bad by definition, but the way some people consume certain sugars is bad for health", he states.
For starters, there is no such thing as the sugar. Sugar in the chemical sense of the word stands for a number of substances with similar chemical characteristics but widely different physiological properties in terms of bioavailable calories, dental properties, glycemic effect as well as absorption from the gut.
The energy value of different sugars varies from about 0.5-4 kcal/g, the glycemic index from 0-100%, the sweetness from 20% to 100% (sucrose as a reference). In other words, a number of sugars with widely differing properties are encompassed by the chemical term "sugars".
In its guidelines, WHO does not take into consideration various types of sugar but rather talks about free sugars. They are defined by the WHO Nutrition Guidance Advisory Group as follows: Free sugars include monosaccharides and disaccharides added to foods by the manufacturer, cook or consumer, and sugars naturally present in honey, syrups, fruit juices and fruit.
According to Dr. Bär, the WHO report quite wrongly evokes in the consumers mind that everything that is sugar chemically is equally bad nutritionally. Ignoring the differences between sugars, with regard to both nutritional effects and health effects, i.e. the lumping together of all sugars in the category of "sugars" for the purpose of nutritional labelling, further cements a wrong perception and indeed misleads consumers about the food they eat.
Also, the term free sugars is problematic as it stipulates a general difference between naturally occurring and industrially added sugars for which there is little if any evidence.
"Furthermore, the WHO report relies completely on the amount of sugar, not the frequency of sugar intake", critizises Dr. Bär. " From dental perspective, this is not the whole truth: teeth are rather effected by the frequency of sugar consumption than by the sheer amount. Sipping a soda throughout the afternoon is more harmful than drinking the whole can at one go."
According to Dr. Bär, either sugar bashing in the media nor a sugar tax will change bad dietary habits significantly, and particularly not in those segments of the population who would need it most. Changing behavioral habits is achieved in the first place by proper and balanced information. Reducing sugar in certain foods may help reduce total intake somewhat but it will never have the same impact as information mediated and emotion driven modification of eating habits will have.
"We need positive campaigns which highlight the healthier alternatives", suggests Dr. Bär. "And the food industry should be seen as a partner, not the villain."
Toothfriendly International will exhibit at the ISM confectionery fair taking place in Cologne 31.1-3.2.2016.
Ricola candies, Smint lozenges and Mentos chewing gums are among the over 100 products carrying the Toothfriendly label around the world. Besides confectionery, a wide range of Toothfriendly-certified oral care products, beverages, spoon-for-spoon sweeteners, pacifiers and medicinal products will be showcased at the booth.
The Toothfriendly booth is located in the aisle between halls 10 and 11. We are looking forward to meet you in Cologne!
According to new study, consumers begin to distinguish between "good" and "bad" carbs.
12 September, 2015, Basel - New quantitative consumer research commissioned by functional ingredients manufacturer BENEO shows that consumers perceive sugar as both a 'friend and foe' in their nutrition. Consumers' main motivation for sugar reduction in their nutrition was because of its negative effects on their health.
58% of those respondents who wanted to eat less sugar said that their major driver was to control their weight. Also, the detrimental long-term effects of sugar consumption such as diabetes were a concern, being mentioned by nearly one out of three consumers who were trying to cut their sugar intake. Although wanting to reduce the amount of sugar consumed, respondents were not prepared to forego the feeling of sugar-like indulgence: 60% said that they ate sugar because they liked the taste and one out of three participants (33%) responded that sugar improved their overall mood.
Despite consumers seeing the benefits of less sugar intake, they also recognised that carbohydrates are the major energy source for body and brain. 46% of respondents stated that the main reason they consumed carbohydrates was that they "give energy".
At the same time, consumers are starting to differentiate between different types of carbohydrate, with more than one out of two participants making a distinction between 'good' and 'bad' carbohydrates.
Read more about the study here.
Toothfriendly issues new guidelines for the certification of children's toothpaste.
To help parents identify high-quality toothpaste for their children, Toothfriendly International has adopted general provisions for the certification of children's toothpastes. The new guidelines have been laid down and accepted by a panel of independent, qualified experts convened and consulted by Toothfriendly International.
According to the new guidelines, the active ingredient in toothpastes should be bioavailable fluoride.
The fluoride content and the recommended conditions of use are as follows:
From eruption of the first tooth to the second birthday:
Fluoride content: 500 – 1000 ppm
Recommended use:
at 500 ppm: pea-size amount (about 250 mg), once per day
at >500 ppm: smear (about 100 mg), once per day.
From the second to the sixth birthday:
Fluoride content: 500 – 1000 ppm
Recommended use: pea-size amount (about 250 mg), twice per day.
From the sixth to the twelfth birthday:
Fluoride content: 1000 – 1500 ppm
Recommended use: pea-size amount (about 250 mg), three times per day.
The terms "pea-size" and "smear" should be illustrated on the toothpaste tube, its cardboard box or an inserted leaflet.
Furthermore, the instructions of use shall be clearly legible as well as shown prominently on the toothpaste tube.
The new guidelines can be downloaded from here.
Toothfriendly International is a non-profit association working for better oral health. For more information, to discuss Toothfriendly certification or to set up an interview with Toothfriendly International, please contact us.
Aktion Zahnfreundlich e.V. celebrates 30 years of oral health promotion.
April 1, 2015
Aktion Zahnfreundlich e.V. celebrates 30 years of oral health promotion.
The year was 1985: the Berlin Wall was still dividing Germany, the Euro was a distant dream and sugar-free chewing gum only a recent novelty. It was also the year when a group of prevention-minded dentists teamed up for a German Toothfriendly initiative. Since thirty years, the "Zahnmännchen" label – the smiling tooth under a protective umbrella – is the association's guide to products which are guaranteed safe for teeth.
Established to promote oral health, Aktion Zahnfreundlich e.V. is a non-profit association based in Berlin, Germany. It was founded in 1985, building on the experience of the Swiss initiative with similar mission. The association's main function is to promote products – confectionery, beverages, OTC medicine – which are not harmful for teeth. In order to carry the association's "Toothfriendly" label, the products have to be scientifically tested and proven to be without significant cariogenic and erosive potential. Based on the measurement of the pH of dental plaque, the test is a standardized one carried out by three appointed independent university institutes.
According to the association's Country Manager Hedi von Bergh, the group brings together the interests of the consumers, health professionals and the industry. For consumers the "Zahnmännchen" label serves as a reliable guide to toothfriendly confectionery; for dentists it offers a means for providing positive dietary advice about confectionery to patients, and for the confectionery industry, the logo represents a quality mark that helps communicate the product's and the company's engagement for better dental health.
For more information, see www.zahnmaennchen.de
The new WHO guideline recommends to reduce daily intake of free sugars to less than 10% of their total enery intake.
March 5, 2015, Basel
To reduce the risk of obesity and tooth decay, the new WHO guideline recommends adults and children reduce their daily intake of free sugars to less than 10% of their total energy intake. This translates to about 50g a day for an adult of normal weight.
Dental professionals around the world welcome the new WHO recommendation.
Paula Moynihan, Professor of Nutrition and Oral Health at Newcastle University, said: "The less sugar you eat, the lower your risk of dental decay."
Laia Grao of Toothfriendly International, Switzerland, stated: "Consumers need options to refined sugar. Fortunately, sucrose is not the only sweetener available. It is up to the food industry to formulate healthier products with alternative sweeteners."
Is Caries a Big Issue?
In its new guideline document, the WHO points particularly to the strong association between the intake of free sugars and dental caries. Although exposure to fluoride reduces dental caries at a given age, states WHO, it does not completely prevent dental caries, and dental caries still progresses in populations exposed to fluoride.
According to the WHO, dental diseases are the most prevalent noncommunicable diseases globally and, although great improvements in prevention and treatment of dental diseases have occurred in the past decades, problems still persist, causing pain, anxiety, functional limitation (including poor school attendance and performance in children) and social handicap through tooth loss. The treatment of dental diseases is expensive, consuming 5–10% of health-care budgets in industrialized countries, and would exceed the entire financial resources available for the health care of children in most low income countries.
Read the new WHO Guideline here.
Toothfriendly International is a non-profit association working for better oral helath. For more information, please contact us.
The 26th General Assembly decides to expand the certification scheme to further oral care products.
February 27, 2015
A milestone decision recognizing the need to endorse oral care products – e.g. toothbrushes, tooth paste – according to clearly specified, measurable criteria – has been adopted by the 26th General Assembly of Toothfriendly International held last week in Basel, Switzerland.
The General Assembly of Toothfriendly International is a two-day event where registered delegates – a unique combination of business leaders, scientists and dental NGOs – discuss and vote on various agenda issues. This year, the Assembly made a consensus decision to expand the existing certification scheme to new product groups.
Dr. Albert Bär, Executive Director of Toothfriendly International, states:
Our brand promise is to make healthy choices easy choices, and this is something that we have successfully been doing with non-cariogenic confectionery products for more than thirty years. But now it is time to focus on other pillars of caries prevention – oral care products and dental services – in order to increase the scope and impact of our association.
The Toothfriendly quality seal is still one of the most wide-spread certification schemes for confectionery products worldwide but its growth has slowed down in the recent years due to economic downturn and the increasing complexity of national food regulation.
The consensus vote of the General Assembly places expansion firmly on the association's agenda. An independent scientific expert group is called to meet in June 2015 to define the inclusion criteria for new products and services.
Toothfriendly International is a non-profit association working for better oral health. For more information, to discuss Toothfriendly certification or to set up an interview with Toothfriendly International, please contact us.
New Product Launches at ISM Reflect an Uptick in Commitment to Toothfriendly Certification.
28 January, 2015
At this year's ISM confectionery fair, Toothfriendly International will be presenting eight new Toothfriendly-certified products.
In Switzerland, Chocolat Frey launched a new Toothfriendly-labelled chewing gum flavour based on the nation's favourite Ice Tea brand. The idea for the quirky chewing gum concept came from Migipedia, the digital consumer platform of the Swiss retailer Migros.
Halter Bonbons introduced a new range of functional candies featuring exotic ingredients: aloe vera, goji and green tea. The flavours are sugar-free and contain added vitamins, ginseng and collagen.
F.Hunziker launched new Toothfriendly Frambini gummy candies targeted for children. The raspberry-flavoured candies contain added vitamin C.
Ricola is introducing a new «Glacier Mint» flavour to its famous herbal lozenge range. The Toothfriendly mints provide soothing relief to sore throats.
Not only confectionery manufacturers, but also the makers of OTC medicine and baby nutrition make a commitment to Toothfriendly quality.
HiPP is expanding itsrange of baby teas with various Toothfriendly flavours. The granulate tea comes in handy single portion size sticks.
Siemens & Co is presenting Emsillen, a Toothfriendly lozenge for children.
In Turkey, market leader Mondelez is coming up with new flavour variations to its number one mastic gum brand Falim, while Kervan announced the launch of a whole new Toothfriendly-certified gum brand, Bebeto.
«The market for Toothfriendly confectionery is particularly strong in Turkey, with most of the nation's sugar-free gum manufacturers committed to Toothfriendly certification», commented Selda Alemdar, the Country Manager of Toothfriendly Turkey.
Toothfriendly International is a non-profit association working for better oral health. For more information, to discuss Toothfriendly certification or to set up an interview with Toothfriendly International, please contact us.
German gelatine specialist GELITA has launched a range of dentist-approved gummies.
January, 2015
GELITA's new gummy bears have been tested by the University of Witten/Herdecke and are guaranteed safe for teeth. They look like gummy bears, they taste like gummy bears, and they are gummy bears – but they won't rot your teeth.
"The Toothfriendly gummy bears are sweetened with a mixture of sucralose, trehalose and some xylitol", explains Laia Grao of Toothfriendly International, a non-profit organization dedicated to improving dental health. "Unlike sugar, this sweetener mixture is not fermented by the oral bacteria and thus does not promote cavities." Equally important, the gummy bears are demonstrably non-erosive to teeth.
Grao points out that until now, attempts to develop Toothfriendly jellies have failed – some because a potential laxative effect but mainly due to excessive acidity . Acids which are commonly used in gelatin - based confectionery for taste have a demineralizing effect on the tooth surface which may lead to dental erosion.
In contrast to earlier formulations of sugarfree gummy bears , the new Toothfriendly gummy bears contain a high amount of dietary fib er as well as trehalose all of which are known to be well tolerated even if consumed in high amounts.
So the secret of GELITA 's Toothfriendly gummy bears is a different type of sweetener mixture, low level of acids and non - laxative effect. But do they taste any different?
In our blind tests 90% said they liked it a lot", says Grao. "But I think the only proof that people really like something is when they ask for a second candy. And they did".
The German confectionery specialist Zahnfreundchen is the first distributor to launch Toothfriendly gummy bears under its Gummi Fruchtlinge range. "We are currently the only distributor worldwide to offer gummy bears which are demonstrably Toothfriendly and for which dentists' endorsement has been obtained", explains Manager Tobias Elger.
Toothfriendly International is a non-profit association working for better oral health. For more information, to discuss Toothfriendly certification or to set up an interview with Toothfriendly International, please contact us.


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Like we did last year before it became fashionable, we'll take a seat each week in our very own WFNY Browns film room and break down a little tape from the game, with a specific focus. Do enjoy. The Browns did something really positive in Sunday's loss to the Cowboys, and I wanted to focus on that this week. The defense was able to sack Romo seven times. That's a nice number. We've been saying for weeks that the young defensive lineman have been holding their own while Rubin and Taylor have been out. I was very excited to see what kind of rotation the Browns would use, as Winn and Hughes would be more than capable of giving plays off to Rubin and Taylor. As he has been doing all season (and we've been linking to in www), Chris Pokorny of Dawgs By Nature broke down the snaps and gives us the answer to that question- Winn appeared to get 4 snap of those 49 at defensive end, just to be clear. It's no surprise that in his first week back from major injury that Phil Taylor was limited a bit. We know the Cowboys' offensive line has had troubles, so what really happened for the Browns to get all those sacks? Did they bring the blitz? Did they employ stunts? Let's look at the plays. Here the Browns have 4 down linemen, 2 linebackers and 5 defensive backs. Craig Robertson is going to be the Brown that gets to Romo, coming straight up the middle. You can see Robertson coming free through the middle here, and the back making a terrible effort to get to him. Notice the illegal contact by the Browns defensive back at the top of the screen. A theme we remember too well from Sunday. So on this play the Browns do bring a blitz, but they aren't bringing more defenders than the Cowboys have blockers available. You do see Sheard is double teamed. As is the DT on the right side, I believe that is Winn. Next sack. Four man front again, with an extra defensive back. Sheard, Rubin, Winn and Parker are the defensive linemen. Both of Dallas' backs will be going out in the pattern. No stunt or blitz. Billy Winn does spin to the inside, which opens up a little space for Parker to pull an inside move. That's all Parker needs to break free and track down Romo. Again, no blitz, no stunt. Just Parker beating his man. Sack number 3. Base 4-3 defense for the Browns. John Hughes is the tackle lined up next to Sheard. Hughes blows through a double team block to get the sack. Sheard was a split second behind him. No stunts or blitz. Honestly, that was about the ugliest double team I've seen since coaching junior high. I don't know if the center and guard were confused on who was supposed to cover that gap or what, but both players stuck a chicken wing out there for Hughes to blow through. Next sack. Four man front for the Browns. Nickel defense. This is just a beatdown. Jabaal Sheard runs right around the tackle. Romo had no chance. Now this one is a little more involved. The Browns are in their base defense, but as you can see at the top of the line of scrimmage, they are bringing heat. That's Usama Young creeping up to the line of scrimmage. Not only are the bringing the safety, but they are bringing Maiava as well. The defensive end crashes down to give both blitzers plenty of room. Notice the reciever in the slot up top. He is the hot read with Young's blitz. Romo, instead of hitting the hot read, rolls away from the pressure. Not a good decision. Both Young and Maiava are credited with a half sack. Here's another. As the announcer mentioned, Sheard may actually be lined up offsides, or at least certainly in the neutral zone. We have a stunt! What do we mean by stunt? Well, Sheard is crashing hard from his outside position to the gap between the tackle and the guard. Rubin is going to disengage and scoot around the outside, taking Sheard's place. When you run a stunt, a couple of good things can happen. There is always the chance for confusion on the line as to who is responsible for blocking a gap or a player. The outside rusher, Sheard in this case could beat his man because he isn't expecting a hard inside move. The stunter, Rubin in this case could find himself free to the QB because the inside man is getting double teamed. The downside to the stunt is that it can take time to develop. Here the coverage was very good, and Rubin is able to get to the QB despite the slow developing stunt. Last one. The Browns have 4 down linemen, and are showing blitz with Ward and Johnson. It's hard to see, but we have a double stunt! This time Sheard is coming around his defensive tackle, and Rucker is stunting around his defensive tackle. It's so beautiful. You know the result of this play. Rucker gets the strip sack, which gave the Browns new life after the Weeden fumble. So what did we learn? To be honest, we probably see more deficiencies in the Cowboys offensive line than anything. But, the Browns have athletes up and down the defensive line that can beat you one on one. That has to be a positive right? We did see at the end of the game more stunts and blitzes. The Browns were taking more chances to get to Romo, you would think as a result of the secondary struggling. Next up are the Steelers, and aside from Pouncey, they have a pretty weak offensive line as well. Jauron, bring the heat. Until next week, the film room is closed.
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text: Foreword Section Editor(s): Silliman, Elaine R. PhD; Issue Co-Editor; Berninger, Virginia W. PhD; Issue Co-Editor Topics in Language Disorders: January/March 2011 - Volume 31 - Issue 1 - p 3–5 doi: 10.1097/TLD.0b013e31820a0967 Issue Editor Foreword Article Outline REFERENCES The federal law for special education (Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act, 2004) requires that states develop and implement eligibility criteria for categories of special education services. However, evidence-based differential diagnosis of specific kinds of developmental disabilities or learning disabilities is not mandated or defined. Categories for service delivery and diagnoses are not the same (for further discussion of the distinction between eligibility and diagnosis and the educational implications of this distinction, see Berninger & Holdnack, 2008). Although Chapter 504 of the Americans with Disabilities Act (1990, 2008) requires accommodations for educational handicapping conditions, no evidence-based diagnoses of these educational handicapping conditions are specified in this federal law as well. Moreover, how eligibility decisions for special education or accommodation decisions are made and implemented varies widely across and within states and cases. The only constant is widespread lack of attention to careful diagnosis and treatment-relevant diagnosis, which is particularly concerning at a time when the pertinent research findings for diagnosis and treatment of specific kinds of disabilities are accumulating rapidly. The result of current identification practices is that many students with language problems are not receiving appropriate services. These language problems occur in the context of either a profile of developmental disabilities in which one or more of the developmental domains—cognitive, language, sensory motor, social emotional, or attention/executive functions—fall outside the normal range or a profile of specific learning disabilities in which, despite overall development falling within the normal range in each of those five development domains, specific language or other processes interfere with learning. Further complicating the issue of meeting the needs of both students with and without developmental disabilities is that they often also have language or related problems for which they are often referred for assessment to professionals with different disciplinary training and expertise. These individuals may or may not make it clear to parents and other professionals whether development in general or a specific area of development may fall outside the normal range. Also, they typically do not use common terminology or assessment measures for defining what the language or other problems are or draw on common knowledge about what appropriate intervention/treatment, therapy, or instruction might be. At least three factors have probably contributed to insufficient dialogue across disciplines and professions about these issues. Despite serving the same or similar clients professionally, professionals in the oral language, reading, and writing domains or in the related fields of speech–language pathology and audiology may know little of the history, traditions, and concepts of the other disciplines regarding research and practice (including language issues). There is an urgent need for cross-disciplinary dialogue that should seek to close this gap by pursuing agreement on how terminology is used and its relationship to research on diagnosis and treatment. Referral bases may vary significantly depending on the setting where practitioners provide professional services. An outcome is that professionals in different disciplines develop, based on their practitioner experience, different implicit theories about language disabilities that can occur in the context of a variety of kinds of developmental and learning disorders. Many factors that could affect recommendations for implementing research findings in practice have not been adequately examined. Researchers may operate with different theoretical frameworks, ask different kinds of research questions, use different methods, and acquire different kinds of samples with different participant characteristics, depending on the investigator's disciplinary preparation and experience as researcher, practitioner, or other professional role. One goal of this issue, therefore, is to initiate a dialogue between professionals in speech–language pathology, whether they work in schools or nonschool settings, and psychologists and educators about how we might create cross-disciplinary conceptual frameworks that draw on our collective expertise so as to serve students with language problems more effectively. A related goal is to encourage speech--language pathologists (SLPs) to think more deeply about the written language problems that students may have in addition to oral language problems or even in the absence of oral language problems. Although many SLPs now receive graduate preparation in both oral and written language, their education may emphasize the former compared with the latter. In contrast, psychologists and educators often receive relatively more training in written language than oral language and, sometimes, relatively little training in the disorders of either oral or written language. To achieve these goals, the introductory article, "Cross-Disciplinary Dialogue About the Nature of Oral and Written Language Problems in the Context of Developmental, Academic, and Phenotypic Profiles," is coauthored by the guest editors, who are an SLP and a psychologist, respectively. Yet, both also have education and expertise in sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, child language, and literacy, plus considerable clinical experience in assessing and treating children and youth with oral language and/or written language problems with or without developmental disabilities. An approach to treatment-relevant, diagnostic assessment that takes the context of a profile of relevant skills into account emerged from their cross-disciplinary dialogue and is described and discussed in their article. In the next three articles, three SLPs, who are both educators and clinicians, explore written language problems in individuals who may also have oral language problems or vice versa. Scott, in "Assessment of Oral Language and Literacy: A Process of Hypothesis Testing for Individual Differences," makes a compelling case for the clinician adopting a thinking mode that takes into account each individual's unique language learning needs across oral or written modalities, rather than focusing exclusively or narrowly on special education eligibility criteria. These needs may include weaknesses or impairment in syntax, but not always: Word-level skills (vocabulary or word retrieval) or discourse-level skills (e.g., understanding stated or inferred information) may also be weak, not only for oral language but also for reading and/or writing. Troia makes a valuable contribution in reminding SLPs that pragmatic use of language for social functions is as relevant to written language as it is to oral language. He raises the educationally relevant question of "How might pragmatic language skills affect the written expression of students with language impairments and learning disabilities?" Next, Apel and Apel, in their article, "Identifying Intraindividual Differences in Students' Written Language Abilities," propose six kinds of linguistic knowledge—phonology, orthography, morphology, semantics, syntax, and pragmatics—which should be assessed because they are relevant to learning to read and write. Their article reinforces the kind of clinical thinking described in the previous articles, which empowers diagnosticians to go beyond restricting assessment to eligibility criteria for special education services to expanding to full assessment of an individual's language profile of strengths and weaknesses. The full profile is relevant to planning and implementing appropriate oral and written language services in schools, including general and special education, and other settings for students who may or may not have other kinds of disabilities or learning needs in addition to language problems. Finally, and of considerable relevance, Foorman, Arndt, and Crawford bring to the cross-disciplinary conversation the voice of educators with research and practitioner expertise in assessing and teaching reading and related literacy skills. The teaching profession is probably the one most likely to make a difference in the educational outcomes for students with language problems because teachers spend more time than any other profession in providing the daily instructional program. These authors discuss "important constructs in literacy learning across disciplines," which should be taken into account by the SLPs, educators, and psychologists who participate in multidisciplinary teams in schools or provide assessments from their discipline's perspective in nonschool settings. Collectively, these articles provide perspectives to consider as the dialogue continues on how professionals across disciplines can most meaningfully and effectively integrate their disciplinary perspectives in serving students who have language problems with or without other developmental or learning disabilities. In addition, each article contributes to the broader purposes of the issue. These purposes are to (a) bring clarity to the controversies over defining what a language impairment is and how to treat it (e.g., Butler & Silliman, 2002; Silliman & Mody, 2008; Silliman & Wilkinson, 2004; Stone, Silliman, Ehren, & Apel, 2004); (b) propose conceptual models to assess intraindividual differences in the language learning profiles of children struggling with oral and/or written language; (c) link assessment results to instruction in school or clinical settings, and (d) develop terminology and concepts for cross-disciplinary dialogue and collaboration to improve affected individuals' language learning and language use in school and other settings. Elaine R. Silliman, PhD Virginia W. Berninger, PhD Issue CoeditorsBack to Top | Article Outline REFERENCES1. Americans with Disabilities Act (1990, amended 2008). Public Law 101–336. USC sections 12101 seq. 2. Berninger V, Holdnack J. (2008). Neuroscientiflc and clinical perspectives on the RTI initiative in learning disabilities diagnosis and intervention: Response to questions begging answers that see the forest and the trees. In Reynolds C., Fletcher-Janzen E. (Eds), Neuroscientiflc and clinical perspectives on the RTI initiative in learning disabilities diagnosis and intervention (pp. 66–81). New York: John Wiley & Sons. 3. Butler K., Silliman E. R. (2002). Speaking, reading, and writing in children with language learning disabilities'. New paradigms in research and practice. Mahweh, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. 4. Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (2004). Individuals with disabilities education improvement act. Public Law 108–446, Reauthorization of Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Dec. 3, 2004. H.R. 1350. 5. Stone C. A., Silliman E. R., Ehren B. J., &Apel K. (Eds.) (2004). Handbook of language and literacy: Development and disorders. New York: Guilford Press. 6. Silliman E. R., Mody M. (Eds.), Language impairment and reading disability: Interactions among brain, behavior, and experience. New York: Guilford Press. 7. Silliman E. R., Wilkinson L. C. (2004). Language and literacy learning in schools. New York: Guilford Press. © 2011 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins


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With you going thru the "fun" of getting married I was wondering if you've heard of something called "trash the dress" pics taken in the days after your wedding?? I guess the thing is that since they're only wearing the dress once you go around taking pics of the bride in her dress essentially destroying it in pics like the bride standing in a muddy puddle in her dress, etc.
I just want your thoughts and your readers. I think it is a huge waste as I would think the bride would be more satisfied donating it so someone less fortunate can have a wedding dress for their special event.
Reader, I have heard of it and I would never do it. Not only because I plan to sell my gown after the wedding, but because unnecessary destruction of any kind is a major irritant of mine. (Ex: I have always hated food fights, punching a hole in the wall, tearing apart a pillow, etc.)
Previously on OTE: Groom's mother wants to wear a leather dress to the wedding.


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Metallic LovePosted by nemopriest on 2010.07.03 at 17:42
However, I've been reading excerpts from it on google books.
From what I've gleaned so far, it doesn't have the same magical quality as its prequel. I don't mean this in a bad way. I think it's just the colouring of Loren's point-of-view.
Verlis isn't someone I warm to from what I've read. However, I find him far more intersting than Silver. He seems colder. But this again could be because Loren views him differently.
I think Jane had a way of perceiving things that made them appear to be a sort of glorious hyper reality. But then she really (to me) did live in a fantastic world, in Chez Startos etc.


text: IAS 16 Property Plant Equipment 1. Non-Current Assets Statement of Financial Position • The recognition of assets (Cost) • The determination of their carrying amounts (NBV) • The depreciation charges and any losses relating to them. 2. Accounts • • • • • NCA Cost Account Disposals Account Depreciation Account Revaluation Reserve Account Bank Account 3. IAS 16 • Consistent principles applied to the initial measurement of the asset • Determination of their carrying value is consistent • Depreciation is calculated consistently and recognised • Sufficient disclosure for users 4. Initial Recognition - Cost • 2 Condition for recognition – Future economic benefit will flow from the item to the business – The cost can be measured reliably Purchase Price – import duties, tax, construction, professional fees Cost of Purchase – delivery, installation, assembly COST Cost of dismantle – disposal, site restoration Borrowing Cost – interest on purchase, construction Expenses rather than cost • Cannot include – cost of storage while waiting to use NCA – Initial operating losses as a result of asset output – Cost of business relocation – Design errors – Wastage – Industrial disputes 5. Capitalisation • Including items other than purchase price of the asset • Don't debit the expense account (SP&L) • Debit the asset account (SFP) • If they were to be written off as an expense in one year it would not reflect the substance of the transaction Paul Boyle incurs the following costs in relation to the construction of a new factory and the introduction of its products to the local market. How much of the costs should be capitalised? COSTS CAPITALISED - ANSWER €'000 Site preparation costs 240 €'000 Site preparation costs 240 Materials used 1,500 Materials used 1,500 Labour costs, including €90,000 incurred during an industrial dispute. No construction occurred during the period of the dispute. 3,190 Labour costs, 3190 – 90 3,100 Testing of various processes in factory 150 Testing of various processes in factory 150 Consultancy fees re installation of equipment 220 Consultancy fees re installation of equipment 220 Relocation of staff to new factory 110 Relocation of staff to new factory - General overheads 500 General overheads - Costs to dismantle the factory at end of its useful life in 10 years time 100 Costs to dismantle the factory at end of its useful life in 10 years time 100 Enhancement costs • Enhancement costs which significantly enhance the economic benefits by increasing the capacity, improving the quality of output, extending the economic life of the asset or by reducing the operating costs of the assets can be capitalised. • The replacement costs of major components and overhaul costs which improve the economic benefit that can be generated can also be capitalised. • Where NCA consists of a number of assets of different economic lives, it may be appropriate to recognise and account for each component separately for depreciation and inclusion of subsequent expenses. • The component approach is also applied where regular major inspections of an asset are a condition of continuing to use it. The cost of each inspection is treated as a separate item (replacement), provided recognition criteria are satisfied. Any remaining carrying amount in respect of the previous inspection is derecognised. 6 Measurement subsequent to initial recognition • IAS 16 sets out two models for measuring PPE subsequent to its initial recognition as an asset. These are the 'cost model' and the 'revaluation model' Cost Revaluation • Cost less any accumulated depreciation and any accumulated impairment losses. • Revalued amount, being fair value less accumulated depreciation and impairment losses. • IAS 16 defines fair value as 'the amount for which an asset could be exchanged between knowledgeable, willing parties in an arm's length transaction'. • Where an item is revalued, all other assets in the same class should also be revalued. • Revaluations should be carried out regularly 7 Depreciation • Depreciation begins when the asset is available for use and continues until the asset is derecognised – even if idle • The depreciation amount should be allocated systematically over its useful economic life • Depreciation method should reflect the patter in which the economic benefits of the assets are consumed. • Depreciation for accounting period = expense • Depreciation for the period + Accumulated Dep Depreciation Methods • Straight line • Reducing balance 8 De-recognition • When an asset is removed from the books – Disposal – No further economic benefit • Gain or loss on disposal = Net sale – NBV Recognised in Stmt of P&L 9. Disclosure For each class of property, plant and equipment the following should be disclosed: – – – – Basis for measuring the carrying amount (cost) Depreciation method used Useful life or depreciation rate Reconciliation of the carrying amount at the beginning and end of the period • • • • • Additions Disposals Revaluation Movement Depreciation Any other Movements – Restrictions on title – Expenditures to construct – Commitments to acquire Disclosure on Revaluation • Additional disclosure requirements for revaluation – Date of revaluation – Independent valuer involved – Methods and assumptions used – Carrying amount under the cost model – The revaluation surplus 10 Impairment • IAS 36 • An asset is impaired when its carrying amount exceeds its recoverable amount 2. Accounts • • • • • NCA Cost Account Disposals Account Depreciation Account Revaluation Reserve Account Bank Account Disposal 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Credit Cost A/C Debit Acc Depreciation A/C Post Sale Price to Debit Bank A/C Double entries in Disposals A/C Balance on Disposal = Profit & Loss Q • • • • Bank balance 120,000 Plant & Equip cost 840,000 Acc Dep 370,000 Plant cost 100,000 with a NBV 40,000 sold for 45,000 on 1/12/xx • New plant purchased 180,000 on 1/10/xx • 10% depreciation PA straight line with proportionate charge on year of acquisition and none on year of disposal Depreciation • 840,000 – 100,000 = 740,000 x 10% = • 180,00 x 10% 18,000 pa / 2 = 74,000 9,000 83,000 Plant & Equipment Cost A/C 1/4/xx Balance 840,000 1/12/xx 1/10/xx Bank 180,000 Disposals 100,000 Plant & Equipment Acc Depreciation A/C 1/12/xx Disposals 60,000 1/4/xx 31/12/xx Balance 370,000 P&L (10%) 83,000 Acc Dep 60,000 Bank 45,000 Disposal A/C 1/4/xx Cost 31/12/xx P&L (profit) 100,000 1/12/xx 5,000 1/12/xx Bank A/C 1/4/xx Balance 1/12/xx Disposal 200,000 1/10/xx 45,000 P&Equip 180,000 Revaluation 1. 2. 3. 4. Debit/Credit Cost A/C Giving it current value Debit Acc Dep A/C Reducing Dep to zero Double entry in Revaluation Reserve A/C Balance = SFP Equity: Revaluation Reserve SCI Profit/Loss on Revaluation Upward Revaluation • Cost 500,000 • Depreciation 100,000 • Revaluation 700,000 • Dr Cost • Dr Dep • Cr Rev Res Plant & Equipment Cost A/C 31/12/xx Balance 500,000 31/12/xx 31/12/xx Revaluation Reserve 200,000 Balance c/d 700,00 Plant & Equipment Acc Depreciation A/C 31/12/xx Revaluation Reserve 100,000 31/12/xx Balance c/d 100,000 Buildings 200,000 Acc Dep 100,000 Revaluation Reserve A/C 31/12/xx Balance c/d 300,000 31/12/xx 31/12/xx Statement of Comprehensive Income (extract) Statement of financial position (extract) Property, plant and equipment 700,000 Other Incomes Gain on Revaluation 300,000 Equity: Revaluation Surplus 300,000 Downward Revaluation • Buildings cost 500,000 • Depreciation 100,000 • Revaluation 460,000 • Cr Cost • Dr Dep • Dr/Cr Rev Res Plant & Equipment Cost A/C 31/12/xx Balance 500,000 31/12/xx Revaluation Reserve 40,000 31/12/xx Balance c/d 460,000 Plant & Equipment Acc Depreciation A/C 31/12/xx Revaluation Reserve 100,000 31/12/xx Balance c/d 100,000 Acc Dep 100,000 Revaluation Reserve A/C 31/12/xx Building 40,000 31/12/xx 31/12/xx Balance c/d 60,000 Statement of Comprehensive Income (extract) Statement of financial position (extract) Property, plant and equipment 460,000 Other Incomes: Gain on Revaluation 60,000 Equity: Revaluation balance 60,000


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Why you play the game
Matt finds some unexpected data regarding MHC polymorphism & mating systems. That's the great thing about science: confusing or unexpected results can be a good thing! Science is in part about 3 1/2 yard runs which push the ball forward and extend the drive. But sometimes science is also about leaving the stadium and starting a new game. I have a friend who just stumbled onto results which might decide a central debate within his field, against the "side" he was on! But he's happy about it, it might make his career, and he was probably wrong so it is all for the good.
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It hasn't been a long time since the new range of Saxophones have been released to the market. When I was made aware of it recently, I quickly ordered one for myself, and I just cannot tell you the beauty of it. The sound that comes out of it so clear, sharp and it is a pleasure to play it. Though I am not a Saxophone geek, the new set of Saxophones has made me really attracted to it. I have been playing it for hours together since a couple of days.
So friends, if any of you have been playing saxophones or looking to buy new ones, take a look at tenor saxophone and I can guarantee, you wouldn't be disappointed. I being a guitar enthusiast, playing saxophone was a completely different experience. Yet, the new range of saxophones has made it really a pleasant experience. Do not forget to drop in your opinions about the new saxophones. Happy Sunday!


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Originally posted by AlwaysWondering
CNN is now reporting 4,000 - 5,000 blackbirds fell from the sky in Beebe, up from 1,000.
And the drum fish in Ozark, Ark is estimated to be 100,000 dead in a 20 mile section of the river.
Lots of small EQs in the general area between the dead fish and the dead birds.
Also, these birds should have been roosting/sleeping at 1130 pm on 12/31/10...why did they fall from the sky?
A local meteoroligst was interested in the bird story, so he grabbed radar images from 1130 pm. Closest storm was 50 miles to the east. radar image
The birds in South America that dropped from the sky happened at the place where the 6.5 mag quake just happened, near Bio Bio Chile.......
maybe the New Madrid is going to let go?
Originally posted by Human_Alien
Originally posted by Lil Drummerboy
or maybe they flew through a methane pocket,.
jus sayin,.
this kind of phenom isnt all the uncommon,.
anyone remember the huge schools of fish that have washed ashore?
It's starting to sound like possibly a quarter million animals (birds and fish) died within days of each other. That's not uncommon? Really? Are there any articles you can provide showing this has happened before?
Not like those fluke events where (although mysterious) one group of animal dies suddenly but.....two separate species within a 100 miles of one another (plus all those south American birds too)
Originally posted by CIAGypsy
Originally posted by Ahmose
Not exactly the same place..
but still Arkansas.
and '2 hours difference *by car* ' is really not much ...
In the "grand scale" of things..
it's pretty much right on top of each other..
Oh, I agree that it is beyond strange.... However, I don't necessarily think that whatever killed the fish is the same thing that killed the birds. Are they still related? Who knows....but it bears looking into.
I still get the feeling that this is some sort of outcome from a classified military project.
Originally posted by CIAGypsy
It is interesting that the 3 anomalies occur in a line -
1. The drum fish were along 20 miles of river in Logan county around Ozark, AR
2. The swarm earthquakes are occurring between Guy and Greenbrier, AR
3. The blackbird died within a 1 mile radius of Beebe, AR
However, that being said....the Arkansas river does not appear to go anywhere near Beebe or Greenbrier/Guy. Therefore, the cause is not likely to the be same unless it is something within the ground such a magnetic anomaly or something of that nature...
I've been looking into the biology of blackbirds trying to figure out what would make them susceptible that other birds wouldn't have. So far...no luck. You can't single them out for being migratory because there are a large majority of migratory birds in that area which were not affected.
What causes a killing agent to discriminate a species???? DNA????
Originally posted by Sippy Cup
Why don't someone piece together what these two species have in common! Look at their behaviors, where they travel from and to/to and from.
**I will but cant right now
Originally posted by mydarkpassenger
And what kind of killing agent can include a specific species of fish, and no other, and also a specific species of bird? Plus a number of related starlings.


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Women's Opportunity Awards program
Soroptimist International of Juneau announces its 2003-04 Women's Opportunity Awards program. The awards are cash grants for women seeking to improve their employment status by seeking additional education or training. The program is designed to assist women who are the primary source of financial support for their families. The women may use the awards to offset any costs associated with gaining higher education, including books, child care or transportation.
Information and applications are available at the UAS financial aid office, at the Vocational Training Center, AWARE shelter and Southeast Alaska Regional Resource Center, or may be downloaded from www.soroptimist.org by clicking on "Women's Opportunity Awards." Applications are due by Dec. 15 and should be sent to Judy Ripley, WOA Chair, P.O. Box 32201, Juneau, AK 99803.
The Juneau club will award its winner $500. She will become eligible for a region-level award. Each year, three awards - one first-place $5,000 award and two $3,000 awards - are granted in each of Soroptimist's 29 regions. The first-place regional winners then become candidates for one of three $10,000 finalist awards.
Women are eligible to apply for the award if they are: 1) a female head of household, 2) are attending, or have been accepted to, a vocational/skills training program, or an undergraduate degree program, 3) have financial need and 4) are motivated to achieve educational and career goals.
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