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Combat veterans often struggle with what they saw, what they did and what happened to them.
These experiences cannot be undone, unseen or un-thought.
However, combat veterans often have a unique bond and that's the core of what makes the Wisconsin chapter of the Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association a little different than other veterans groups.
Every member has been in combat, owns a motorcycle and has been honorably discharged. It's not a motorcycle club; it's a non-profit association. The group wants to help its members and all combat vets — whether it's by raising money to build a home for veterans' families at the Zablocki VA Medical Center, going for motorcycle rides together or just hanging out.
Steven Jensen of Racine got involved with the the group two years ago and he's now its state representative. Jensen served as a medic and ambulance driver in the U.S. Army from 1988 to 1993. During his five-year tour, he was in the Gulf War in 1991. He served as a medic at the 93rd Evacuation Hospital, and drove an ambulance in Korea and Hawaii transported wounded soldiers from an aid station to the hospital.
On a personal level, the organized motorcycle rides him a bit of an escape.
"If you are in pain that day, or if you are just having a bad day — it's just gone when you are riding," Jensen said. "You know it's always going to be there, but at least while you are riding you aren't going to have that issue."
Miguel Velez, of Waukesha and a member of the group, also served in the Gulf War.
"For me, the Combat Vets means sanity," he said. "Being in the military, you receive all of this training to think in a certain way and look at things in a certain way… and when I got out, for the longest time, it was like something was missing."
Velez's wife knew something wasn't quite right and she encourage him to find people to talk to or find a group.
"Once I got in, it was like finding home," Velez said.
Eric Wurth of Milwaukee also joined the group because of the camaraderie and brotherhood. A veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Wurth said the combat experiences of members are a little different because of the wars they served in, but their military experience unifies them.
"To be in the Combat Vets, these are all guys that have been in the same places I've been and have done the same things I've done, so when I talk about something…they know what I'm talking about," Wurth said. "If one of us needs help, we're there for each other and we're all there for each other."
The group also has a broader focus than helping each other personally. Members host a spaghetti dinner every year to raise money for the Fisher House, a home for veterans' families to stay at while their loved one is receiving medical care. The home will be constructed on the Zablocki VA Medical Center grounds and is slated to be the largest one in the country because there as an estimated 8,000 veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan are being treated at the center in Milwaukee.
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A couple of weeks ago, in a review of a book about the Seventies, Ian Jack, the former editor of Granta, noted that the fashion for slicing up history into 10- year periods, "each of them crudely flavoured and differently coloured, like a tube of wine gums", is a relatively recent phenomenon, and a stupidly distorting one at that. In his childhood, "the 20th century lay stacked in broad layers of time: dark moorland where glistened an occasional white milestone marked with a year and an event. Sometimes the events were large and public. The General Strike happened in 1926 and Germany invaded Poland in 1939. But often they were small and private. In my own family, 1944 wasn't remembered for D-Day but as 'the summer we went along the Roman Wall on the tandem'."
I read this and smiled. At the time, I'd just finished The Country Formerly Known as Great Britain, a collection of Jack's journalism from 1989-2009, and thus was keenly aware of several other key dates in the author's life. Take 1956, the year that John Osborne's play, Look Back In Anger, opened at London's Royal Court and changed all sorts of things. In a short but wonderfully wry piece about British food, Jack notes that 1956 was the year in which he and his parents ate their first "tin of baked beans that also included sausages", a meal taken while sheltering from the rain beneath a bridge at Lanercost Priory, near Hadrian's Wall. "My," said his father, "but this is good!"
Jack would never wrap a decade neatly in cellophane, nor even, I imagine, a month or a week and this is the great thing about his journalism, and all his writing: the way that he handles time. He is up there with a fiction writer such as Alice Munro in his grasp of its ebb and flow, his awareness that its strong but rapidly changing currents often leave us wondering not only what we can remember, but what we should.
When it comes to investigation, his usual method, whether he is prodding tirelessly at the Hatfield railway crash or remembering the great Kathleen Ferrier, is to use the past, rigorously unpicked, as a torch: shine its beam on the present and you will not only understand the here and now a little better; you may even, if you are lucky, get some kind of a steer on the future.
This can result in that unfashionable thing, sentiment. Jack is more than usually aware of what we have lost, from old cinemas to industrial brick chimneys. But mostly, he is too beady and sceptical a writer to view the world through a veil of ersatz tears. Even better, unlike Gordon Brown and all those other politicians who long to define "Britishness", Jack's strong hunch is that there is nothing wrong with being unable to do so. An identity that is untethered and which, in his case, springs from a thousand fragments including the Beano, the novels of Alan Sillitoe and a certain kind of drop scone is not necessarily a bad thing. Better that than bombast and lies.
All of which is not to suggest that The Country Formerly Known as Great Britain advances some kind of thesis. It doesn't and for this reason, its title, which is, I think, a little clunky and mean, is the only thing I dislike about it. The pieces here, it is true, are joined by Jack's very particular sense of place, but they are also disparate: separate pieces of jewellery, rather than pearls on a string. Some will regard the book's beating heart as "The 12.10 to Leeds", an angry and precise dissection of the criminal stupidities of railway privatisation, but I prefer (my low tolerance for gauge corners and other engineering speak is entirely my own failing) another longish piece, "Klever Kaff", which whisks the reader straight back to a time when celebrity had nothing at all to do with weekly magazines and their predisposition to cellulite (thank God: Heat would have made mincemeat of Kathleen Ferrier, who was big-boned and a healthy eater).
Jack's account of the life of the Blackburn contralto, an ordinary woman, and an extraordinary one, is an exceptionally deft piece of writing. It is not so much that one learns anything new about Ferrier; it's the compression of detail that works on you. He tells us, among many other things, that Passing Clouds was her favourite brand of cigarettes and that, before she was famous and still married to a bank manager called Albert, it "began to be noticed that the Wilsons [her married name] produced no children". In adding what another writer might leave out, it is as though he has clicked on a light, sepia switching suddenly to colour.
As subjects go, Ferrier is, I suppose, rather "relevant" (dread word) and I seem to recall that in another column, one uncollected here, Jack compared her death from cancer, an illness that was hidden from public view, with that of Jade Goody from the same disease. But he also thinks she is interesting for her own sake. Which she is. In his book, there are lots of things that are interesting for their own sake. Why are cherries no longer so cherryish? (Jack loves cherries, but he misses their old Kentish sharpness.) Why do little girls like dolphins, especially when ponies are, well, so much more accessible?
A delectable pair of essays devote themselves to cigarettes. The first, "Addicted", is about JM Barrie's novel, My Lady Nicotine, a plotless story about a bachelor who must swap smoking for a new wife. The second, "Cured", is about Jack's love affair with the fags, a sort of potted memoir by way of Gold Leaf, Benson & Hedges and Marlboro Lights. Teenager, newspaper subeditor, writer: a cigarette was a considerable help when it came to coping with all these states.
He also writes about his parents, who belonged to what he has called the self-improving working classes, with huge feeling and clarity, as if a part of him wonders, still, whether he can really have been so lucky, and so they, too, jump to life. When he writes of his father's keen cinema-going I won't spoil the story by saying more I felt a lump in my throat.
So, a rattle-bag of a book, in spite of its title. Jack was born in 1945, and worked on the Sunday Times in its heyday, under Harry Evans. Later, he edited a new newspaper called the Independent on Sunday. He has been lucky. Much of his writing though not all, as this volume proves was written in the best possible circumstances, journalistically speaking, when money and time were less of a luxury than they are now.
The doom merchants who seem actively to long for the end of print should read his book; it may help them finally to understand what such a loss would mean. Almost all of these wonderful pieces were commissioned by newspapers and magazines. They would never have worked, and would not now work, on the internet, which is so very interested in speed and sensation and so resolutely uninterested in well-researched thoughtfulness; in essays on bus conductors and Sundays and the seaside; in all the small, strange things that make us who we are.

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WORCESTER'S famous sauce has been secretly spicing up the Celebrity Big Brother house.
Eagle-eyed viewers of the Channel 5 programme may have spotted that reality TV star Ollie Locke gave his seal of approval to Worcestershire Sauce during a recent task.
He claimed to have secretly smuggled in a bottle of the sauce, first made in Worcester by Lea and Perrins more than 150 years ago, to help pep up the food if housemates were subjected to basic rations.
However, the contraband was revealed when housemates were asked to present an argument persuading others as to why they should stay in the house and were given whiteboards to help illustrate their points.
Ollie, who is from Southampton but made his name starring in Made in Chelsea, tried to sway voters by writing - with some spectacular spelling errors - that he had, "smuggled in Woster Sause for the days of chickpea."
It is the second time the city's famous sauce has hit the headlines in as many weeks.
Last week, we reported how MP Jim Dowd had used Worcestershire Sauce as an example of how well-known brands could be copied and exploited.
Mr Dowd told the House of Commons he had been disappointed to be served Henderson's Relish, a sauce from Sheffield, despite asking for Worcestershire Sauce in a London pub.
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When a powerful merchant and aristocrat is kidnapped from his caravan, it's up to the adventurers to discover what has happened to him. But there might be more to his disappearance than the characters know. An adventure for 12th-level PCs.
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Research in the Doxsee group revolves around various aspects of molecular recognition phenomena. Through the design, synthesis, and exploitation of molecules that interact with each other or with metal ions, we address a number of fundamental topics, including the phase- and shape-selective assembly of solid-state materials from molecular precursors and the development of ion-selective binding agents. Through these ongoing research efforts as well as separate projects dedicated to the development of new pedagogical materials, we seek to train students in the concepts and practice of green chemistry.
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Working with Professor Hutchison, Professor Doxsee has transformed the undergraduate organic laboratory curriculum so that all students now learn the fundamentals of organic chemistry within the context of green chemistry. Development of new laboratory experiments that both teach important chemical concepts and illustrate the principles of green chemistry is an ongoing activity in the Doxsee laboratory. Our other research activities, outlined below, also implicitly and explicitly address green chemical issues by focusing on the development of selective reactions that employ safer reagents, and are effected with significantly reduced energy costs.
Phase- and Shape-Selective Assembly of Solid-State
Simple organic and inorganic salts are often completely insoluble in non-polar solvents. However, solutions of complexes of salts with crown ethers in such solvents may be readily prepared. These solubilized salts undergo "metathesis" reactions with other solubilized reactants, resulting in the crystallization of solid-state materials. The unique solvation and complexation interactions presented under these crystallization conditions leads to dramatic alteration of crystal form. For example, crystallization of silver bromide from water generally affords cubic or octahedral crystals, while crystallization from nonaqueous solvents affords a solvent-dependent variety of more complex crystal forms. Further control is frequently exhibited over solid-state phase as well as crystal form. Through use of small-molecule (or ion) precursors under ambient conditions, we routinely access metastable phases. For example, whereas crystallization of calcium carbonate from water affords the thermodynamic phase (calcite); crystallization from methanol solution affords a metastable phase (vaterite). Adaptation of these procedures for the preparation of binary and ternary metal oxides (e.g., WO3, MnWO4) frequently affords new metastable phases. We are applying these crystallization approaches to problems of current technological importance, particularly in the areas of optical and electronic materials.
Ion-Selective Binding Agents
Many pharmacologically active drugs, including anti-inflammatories and antitumor agents, bear the alpha-hydroxyketone functionality. Our studies, which we hope will lead to development of ion-selective sensors and a better understanding of the chemistry of these drugs in vivo, suggest this functionality is quite effective at complexation of the biochemically ubiquitous calcium ion. We have structurally characterized phenacyl alcohol, cortisone, and hydrocortisone complexes of calcium and have quantified the details of their interaction in solution with calcium and other group 2 metal ions. Related studies with hydroxamic acids, tetracycline, and the antitumor agent adriamycin are planned. These investigations, which are primarily analytical and structural in nature, are complemented by our program of design and synthesis of efficient and selective complexation agents for calcium. The latter studies include the synthesis of colorimetric binding agents for calcium, designed to allow simple and quantitative determination of calcium levels in biological fluids.
Hauser, M. R.; Doxsee, K. M.; Hope, H. "Calcium Complexation by Corticosteroids", Inorg. Chem. 2009, 48, 10780-10788.
Succaw, G. L.; Doxsee, K. M. "Palladium-Catalyzed Synthesis of a Benzofuran: A Case Study in the Development of a Green Chemistry Laboratory Experiment", Educacion Quimica (special 20th anniversary edition topical issue on Green Chemistry) 2009, 433-440.
Doxsee, K. M. "Green Chemistry-Facility-Independent Experimentation", in Green Chemistry Education: Changing the Course of Chemistry, Anastas, P. T.; Levy, I. J.; Parent, K. E., Eds.; ACS Symposium Series, Volume 1011; American Chemical Society: Washington, DC, 147-154 (2009).
Hauser, M. R.; Zakharov, L.; Doxsee, K. M.; Li, T. "Polymorphism of a Simple Organic Amide", Crystal Growth and Design 2008, 8(12), 4428-4431.
Doxsee, K. M. "Green chemistry-Inherently safer experimentation", in Microscale Chemistry Experimentation for All Ages, Schwarz, P.; Livneh, M.; Hugerat, M., Eds.; The Academic Arab College for Education, Haifa, Israel (2005).
Succaw, G. L.; Weakley, T. J. R.; Han, F.; Doxsee, K. M. "Crystal engineering with bis(thiourea) derivatives", Crystal Growth and Design 2005, 5, 2288-2298.
Jang, M.; Weakley, T. J. R.; Doxsee, K. M. "Aqueous crystallization of manganese(II) group 6 metal oxides", Chem. Mater. 2001, 13, 519-525.
Doxsee, K. M.; Francis, P. E., Jr.; Weakley, T. J. R. "Hydration, ion pairing, and sandwich motifs in ammonium nitrate complexes of crown ethers", Tetrahedron (Symposium in Print) 2000, 56, 6683-6691.
Doxsee, K. M. "Crystallization of solid-state materials via decomplexation of soluble complexes", Chemistry of Materials 1998, 10, 2610-2618.
Hanawalt, E. M.; Doxsee, K. M.; Weakley, T. J. R. "Reactions of tungsten pentacarbonyl and mercuric chloride complexes of 1,3,4-triphenyl-1,2-dihydrophosphete"; Heteroatom Chemistry 1998, 9, 21-28.
Doxsee, K. M.; Chang, R. C.; Chen, E.; Myerson, A. S.; Huang, D. "Crystallization of solid-state materials in nonaqueous gels. I. Silver bromide"; J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1998, 120, 585-586.
Doxsee, K. M.; Wierman, H. R. "Crystallization of salts of organic acids from non-conventional solvents"; Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals 1998, 313, 285-292.
Doxsee, K. M.; Juliette, J. J. J.; Nieckarz, G.; Zientara, K.; "Methane elimination and the formation of titanacycles: High regioselectivity in intramolecular C-H activation reactions of titanocene complexes", J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1994, 116, 2147-2148.
To Contact Dr. Doxsee:
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Whether a steel cross should remain at the site of the 9/11 Memorial Museum is now in the hands of the courts.
According to a story in the Huffington Post, lawyers for the 9/11 Memorial are defending its right to be there after an atheist group filed papers to have it excluded. The atheist group said it excludes those who were killed in the attacks who were not Christians. Lawyers for the museum say it has historical significance and therefore should remain.
According to the Huffington Post, the nonprofit group American Atheists claim that displaying the beam is unconstitutional. Member of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, however, say the steel beam, found by rescue workers two days after the terror attacks, was an inspiration and that workers "took solace in its symbolism as they searched for survivors and found mostly victims." The 9/11 Memorial Museum is an independent, nonprofit corporation and not a government entity.
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By MARK NEWMAN
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---- — OTTUMWA — Pick up somebody's gross germs from a doorknob, and there are plenty of nurses who will treat the resulting cold. But some nurses will add in a lesson on hand washing.
"We're teaching things to avoid communicable illness," said Jacquelyn Pope, R.N., a nurse in the Health and Wellness department of the Ottumwa Job Corps Center. "Hand washing is big. The first week trainees arrive, we make sure their immunizations are caught up, give flu shots ... there's a lot of preventative care."
The health care team at Job Corps knew that this week was National Nurse Appreciation Week. But they were more proud of the certificate their office received for scoring well above the national average in patient satisfaction, as voted on by Job Corps students across America.
Their secret is twofold. One, said Keitha Cutsforth R.N., the wellness manager, is laughter. The nurses and staff try to keep things light. But not too silly, because the second secret to success, said health and wellness clerk Kaitlyn Brown, is providing a professional environment where Job Corps trainees will be reminded of the most important goal on center.
"Employability," she said. "They need to be on time for their appointments, on center or when seeing a specialist [in the community], they need to bring [appropriate records or forms] with them."
"... that they reschedule their appointment if they can't make it," added Pope.
These students may end up in the same field. Eveline Nduwimana, 21, is enrolled in the Certified Nursing Assistant program at Ottumwa Job Corps.
"We learn how to take care of residents ... at nursing homes, hospitals or at their home," she said.
Some of the work will be hard, but that doesn't bother her, she said. Lifting a patient, helping them shower or use the bathroom is all just part of service to others.
"I like helping people out," she said. "I always have."
One would hope that would be a common trait in health care. The pros echo Eveline's feelings.
"It's rewarding, knowing we made a difference every day in the lives of young people," said Pope.
"The pictures tell the story," said Cutsforth. "They have a picture taken when they get here and when they leave. You should see the difference from when they first arrive to when they complete."
She said living with three roommates in a considerate way is good practice. "At a job site, how do you get along with the person next to you?"
Nearly all the jobs students may get when they graduate from the program are going to involve getting along with others, whether it's the boss who hires them, a customer or a co-worker.
"If the resident is too heavy," said Eveline, "you want to make sure you have a second person to help. Because you don't want to injure yourself — and you definitely don't want to injure the patient."
But Eveline has her own instructors for the CNA program. The wellness staff members are there for every student.
Students, upon arrival, may have ADHD, diabetes or mental health issues. Most things can be managed in the wellness office.
The students, required to be from low-income homes, may arrive with dental trouble, too.
"Some of them have never been to see a dentist," said Brown, who helps trainees fill out paperwork for health care resources.
"One of our main goals," said Cutsforth, "is teaching them how to manage their own health care and how to advocate for themselves. They've got to learn that now, because they're not always going to have free health care."
Pope said social interaction is practiced, both in their office and elsewhere on campus. The Job Corps director has frequently said that no matter what an employee's job is, they are to teach and model proper, professional behavior — and ensure trainees do the same. That goes for teachers and cooks and secretaries — and nurses.
"We can help them learn," said Cutsforth.
"Please, thank you," listed Pope, "calling adults mister or misses, that bullying is not appropriate."
"Every opportunity we have we try to educate them," Cutsforth said, "especially about how wellness relates to employability. In fact, we may do more education than nursing."
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A few weeks ago, the appliance that changed our lives forever arrived. That's right, my dehydrator showed up on my doorstep. Soon after, the dehydrating fest began! I dehydrated sweet potato chips, zucchini chips, made beef jerky (recipe coming soon!), made gRAWnola, and made these apple chips. (I've actually made them several times – they just never lasted long enough for pictures!) This is quite possibly my new favorite appliance. It does take up a bit of counter space, but it's been used SO often I just haven't put it away. It is a great way to make healthy, whole food snacks, many times raw and still full of nutrients. It's also so easy, you hardly need a recipe. I don't have exact measurements – this is merely a guideline. Feel free to experiment. If you haven't yet purchased a dehydrator, let me tell you – it's worth your investment. I think that I will break even on my expense in a month or two, as I am not purchasing store-bought snacks (and organic, gluten-free, raw snacks can be super-expensive!)
Raw Cinnamon Apple Chips
3 organic Fuji apples (or your favorite variety), sliced thinly on a mandoline (mine were probably about 1/8 inch thick or so)
1-2 t ground cinnamon
Lay apple slices in a single layer on the racks of your dehydrator. Sprinkle cinnamon over apples. Dehydrate at 110 degrees F for 8-10 hours or until apples are leathery. Store in a sealed container.
Makes about 1 quart of apple chips.
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Can you share which dehydrator you use? The pic is awesome! Those look so good.
those do look good! And cheap snacks too, can't wait to see what else you come up with.
Raw, apple, cinnamon, chips — all of my favorite things, combine into one awesome food! Thanks for the recipe!
I adore the dehydrator too. It makes me so happy. I swear half the time I am dehydrating kale chips, but that's ok – they are still cheaper than buying them at the store.
I've thought of buying a dehydrator so many times, but do fear it's a passing fancy. What kind did you buy?
I recently purchased a dehydrator: sooo worth it! It eliminates waste, and yes lots of convenient snacks on hand.
Oh boy, I think this post was the final push I needed to finally invest in an Excalibur, your chips look absolutely delish Alta! I have a cheaper dehydrator but it's awkward and you have to rotate the trays, etc., so it more of a pain than it's worth. How loud is the Excalibur?
Your apple chips look awesome! I have a cheaper dehydrater that I've used for years and it does ok but I'm thinking I need a new one. Have you tried dehydrated fresh pineapple? That doesn't last long either!
Christy, Susan and Michelle – I bought the Excalibur – the 5 tray one.
Heidi – It's kinda loud. I mean, not horribly so, but we do have to turn up the TV just a tad when we're using it. LOL It's super-easy to use though!
Wow, I've been curious about dehydrators for quite a while already… apple chips look like a great thing to make! I love dried apples… looking forward to more dehydrated goodies!
Mmm, these look great Alta. I have put dehydrator on my list! Just got a blendtec and I need a new food processor so it might be a while. For now, I'll just stock pile your recipes!
Those look so good Alta! I'm so envious, I totally want a dehydrator.
They look fabulous! I love dehydrated apple crisps. Going to make these in my oven (which, luckily, can go down to 110F!)
Yum! Snack-girl just shared her recipe for oven-baked apple crisps with us and they've become a go-to treat. Thanks for sharing yours – clearly I need a dehyrator
Hey Alta! I'm absolutely loving this recipe idea. I actually was just given a hand-me-down dehydrator and I can't wait to use it. I'm thinking these apples would be a great first run! I've linked this recipe in my Fav Top Ten Recipes of last week post. Thanks!
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Ohhh those look awesome Alta!
What fun (getting a new kitchen toy). I've never dehydrated, but I think it's a great idea. Buying dehydrated fruit can be so expensive. These apples look tasty with the cinnamon on them.
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I have had a dehydrator for over 15 years. I bought it as a birthday present to myself. It has temp controls and everyone keeps giving me trays, so they stack to the sky, (not really) but I dehydrate everything I can get my hands on. Love it. Love it.
I just got a dehydrator! I'd love to know how you made the sweet potato chips, and zucchini chips? And how were they?
Ari – let's see if I can remember, because i didn't exactly follow a recipe. The zucchini chips I tossed in just a bit of oil, smoked paprika, and salt and laid them out on the sheets. I dehydrated until crisp – 8 hours, maybe? The sweet potato chips I did use a touch of sugar, salt, and chipotle chile powder, and sprinkled it over them. Dehydrated until crisp (I don't time these things, but about 8 hours probably). Hope that helps! I love playing with my dehydrator!
If you can't afford an Excalibur can anyone recommend a more affordable dehydrator?
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Protect Our Kids Act of 2012: Preventing Child Deaths Due to Maltreatment
The Protect Our Kids Act of 2012 (P.L. 112-275) was passed by Congress with bipartisan support and signed into law by President Barack Obama in January 2013. This legislation authorizes a commission that will develop recommendations for a comprehensive national strategy to reduce fatalities caused by child maltreatment.
Child Maltreatment Deaths: A National Concern
Each year in the U.S., many children die as a result of neglect and abuse.
Using data reported by States to the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS), the Children's Bureau of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (2012) estimated that 1,570 children died from maltreatment during fiscal year (FY) 2011.
This number represents, on average, four children dying every day from maltreatment.
Young children are at highest risk of dying from maltreatment. According to FY 2011 NCANDS data:
Among children who died from maltreatment, 42 percent were under 1 year old; 86 percent were under 5 years old (HHS, 2012).
For every 100,000 children under 1 year old living in the U.S., 17 were killed by maltreatment (HHS, 2012).
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (2011) has estimated that the true number of child deaths from maltreatment is significantly greater than the number of cases counted by NCANDS.
The Protect Our Kids Act of 2012
The Protect our Kids Act of 2012 establishes a Commission to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities, and authorizes $2 million in funding for two years (FY 2013 and FY 2014) for the commission. This commission will:
Be composed of 12 members appointed by the president and congressional leaders.
Include members with experience in fields such as psychology, child development, child welfare research and administration, trauma and crisis intervention, substance abuse treatment, social work, medicine, law, education, epidemiology and computer science.
Review research evidence, policies and best practices on preventing child maltreatment fatalities.
Report its findings and recommendations for legislation and administrative action to Congress and the president.
The American Psychological Association lauds passage of the Protect Our Kids Act as an important step toward protecting children from maltreatment.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Administration on Children, Youth and Families, Children's Bureau. (2012). Child Maltreatment 2011.
U.S. Government Accountability Office. (2011). Strengthening National Data on Child Fatalities Could Aid in Prevention (GAO Publication No. 11-599).
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Midsummer update from the Book Bandit
I have been a very busy girl this summer and I've been neglecting this blog! So sorry, dear readers! I have some great books to tell you about and to add to your to-read list.
I've gotten hooked on Janet Evanovich's "Stephanie Plum" books. Yes, these books with their number titles -- "One for the Money," "Two for the Dough," "Three to Get Deadly" -- started in the 1990s and Ms. E is now up to the number fifteen (plus she's written a few "between the numbers" books that have the word Plum in the title). This is a seriously prolific writer. I scoffed at these books over the years, mainly because my mom likes them and we usually have VERY different tastes in novels. When I was home for my younger sister's wedding in June, Kimmie let it slip that she loves the Plum books, too. Well, I've read four of these books in the last two weeks. They're short, fun and a welcome bit of froth in between a couple of heavier books I've been working on.
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I have fallen down on the job! Forgive my infrequent posting -- I went home to Louisiana for a week to help out and attend my younger sister's wedding and when I came back to Knoxville, I got really sick and spent a week fighting a sinus infection. I love the Knoxville area but I could really do without the allergies.
The wedding was great, if not a bit sweaty and sticky. It was insanely hot in Shreveport and the humidity was through the roof. I stayed in the kitchen for days making pumpkin cheesecake bars, tiramisu parfaits, cookies and mini quiches. It was wild to see my baby sister saying her vows and making plans for her life with her husband. I can't believe she is so grown up! Love you, Kimmie! It was great to meet her new family members and her wild bunch of smart, funny friends.
I took a little break from the wedding mayhem to go out to dinner and to catch some live music with my girlfriends. We had such a good time and everyone partied like we were 22 again. It is hard to get us all together in one place, but we sure know how to have fun together!
At the beginning of June, I moved from the wonderful Island Home neighborhood in Knoxville to a cute little house in Maryville. The move is a cost-cutting measure, but it has added a little extra drive time to the daily commute. There is one thing I love about the longer drive -- in one month, I've listened to three novels on CD without having to turn a page or make time for it. It's wonderful. If you have a bit of a commute to get to your job, you really should consider using that time to enjoy a book on CD. If you walk or ride a bus or a train, you can download books onto your iPod, too.
I've listened to Khaled Hosseini's novels "The Kite Runner" and "A Thousand Splendid Suns" and both were really good -- touching, tender, emotional with a strong storyline. He is a fantastic writer and his books can teach readers a lot about what life is like in Afghanistan. I found these stories really fascinating. "The Kite Runner" is about two childhood friends, Amir and Hassan, who are torn apart by jealousy, lies and secrets. Their lives take dramatically different paths, but their fates remain linked into adulthood. "A Thousand Splendid Suns" is about the lives of two women, Mariam and Laila, and the horrors they face as women through the Soviet attacks and civil war and under rule by the Taliban. As a woman, I will never again take for granted the rights and priveleges I have under the laws of the United States. I cannot imagine living through what the women in this book had to deal with. Despite their sad fate, these women are interesting and beautiful characters, and Hosseini creates a story full of wisdom, tragedy and the magic of hope.
I also just finished listening to Jennifer Weiner's "Certain Girls" which I loved. I loved her first three novels, didn't care much for the last two, and I think she really came back strong in this latest book. It's about Cannie Shapiro, heroine of Weiner's "Good In Bed," and her life with pre-teenage daughter Joy and husband Peter. The family is planning Joy's bat mitzvah (I learned some things about Judaism I didn't know with this book) and the plans are just one in a million things that mother and daughter can't agree on. Joy is just beginning the years of rebellion and angst, and Cannie doesn't know how to relate to her once-sweet and shy daughter who has turned into a door-slamming, eye-rolling juvenile delinquent. Weiner has a gift for writing stories that are fun and entertaining, but also full of heart and emotion. I think she has done a great job creating a story that is very wise, tender and easy to relate to. Her next book, "Best Friends Forever," comes out July 14.
How do you squeeze in reading?
I'm one of those people who always takes a book with her to doctors' appointments. When I look around the waiting room, I'm always surprised that I'm one of only a few people who thought ahead. The rest are just sitting there, talking or half watching those annoying piped-in medical "shows." I look at that time as bonus reading time!
I take a book with me to vote, too. A few years ago, the woman in front of me in line had brought a book with her, too. Kindred souls, we smiled at each other and said how glad we were that we came prepared.
But probably the most unusual way I squeeze in reading is by doing it while I brush my teeth. That's right. My electric toothbrush has a two-minute timer. What else am I going to do during that time? Watch myself brush my teeth in the mirror?
So, how do you squeeze in as much reading time as possible?
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Myers to speak Saturday at Alex Haley Farm
From the Knox County Public Library newsletter:
Walter Dean Myers, author of "Monster," will speak at the 2009 May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 18, at the Alex Haley Farm. Other events begin at 11 a.m. This event is free and open to the public, but registration is required.
The Dollywood Foundation Imagination Library Penguin Players will delight audiences of all ages with a dramatic adaptation of the popular children's book "Llama Llama Red Pajama" by Anna Dewdney. Catch the show throughout the month, or at the Children's Festival of Reading on May 30, when Anna Dewdney will help kick off the summer reading program.
The library is teaming up with Magpies to celebrate Shakespeare's birthday with cupcakes! On April 27-28, Magpies will be presenting "ShakesCakes." Magpies will donate 75% percent of the proceeds to the library for teen events.
Vacation: All I ever wanted
A couple of weeks ago, I went home to Shreveport for nine glorious days to recover from many months of bad news and gloom-and-doom. I needed some time with my mom, my sister, my friends and all their cute roly-poly children. I know that not many people would pick Shreveport as their vacation destination, but it's home and it's always nice to be back in the company of people who've loved you since you were a punk kid. I snuck in a few cultural moments, too, in the midst of all that Mexican food and drive-thru margaritas.
While I was home, I read Sloane Crosley's book of essays called "I Was Told There'd Be Cake." This was a great book for living out a suitcase because I could read it in fits and starts as I got time. Crosley is really funny and she totally nailed some topics close to the hearts of Gen Xers. I completely agree with the cover blurb by Jonathan Lethem: "mordant and mercurial wit" and "she seems to be telling the truth, helplessly."
Mom and I went to see "Duplicity," the spy movie with Julia Roberts and Clive Owen. It was a pretty good with great chemistry between the two leads, but the story was only so-so and plodded along at points. It's a renter -- not something to spend $10 on.
One of the best parts of my vacation was a trip to Natchitoches, Louisiana. We wanted to go to Lasyones for meat pies but the shop was closed by the time we got there. We drove south of the town to Melrose Plantation which has an interesting history and is where Clementine Hunter painted most of her work.
I am already looking forward to returning in June for my little sister's wedding. Miss y'all!
A lunch that dreams are made of
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LOS ANGELES -- Care to schedule a lunch meeting with Don Draper? Golden Globe-winning "Mad Men" star Jon Hamm is making himself available for lunch in Los Angeles to the winning bidder on eBay.
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LAURENS — Nearly 20 area wrestlers qualified for the 4A individual state championships to be held this weekend at the Anderson Civic Center.
The Jackets and Rock Hill Bearcats has five wrestlers each to qualify for the two-day tourney. The top four finishers at each weight class qualify for the state tournament.
South Pointe has three qualifiers, while Clover and Nation Ford has two each. Lancaster has one wrestler.
Northwestern and York, who had 16 wrestlers qualify for the Upper State tournament with eight each, didn't have any qualify for the state tourney.
Fort Mill won the most Upper State titles of any local team with three: AJ Leitten won at 106 pounds, followed by Jake Strong at 126 pounds and BJ Hurst at 195 pounds.
Jackets coach Chris Brock said he knew Upper State would be a challenge to some of the 10 wrestlers he brought.
"I knew three of them would have a hard time and we had a couple of them on the edge," Brock said. "But we are sending five guys off a team that wasn't totally complete all year long."
For the Jackets, one of the most impressive runs of the tournament came from Leitten, who dropped down to 106 for the individual qualifying tournaments this season, while wrestling at 113 during the regular season and playoffs.
Leitten won all three of his matches en route to an Upper State title, but did so dominantly with two pins and a 16-0 technical fall in the semifinals of the 106-pound weight class. Leitten got the technical fall in the first period and didn't give up a point the entire tournament.
Nation Ford's Collin Godbout and Michael Allen both qualified from a team that made the playoffs for the first time in school history this year. Both Allen and Godbout, along with Houston Vandiver, who just missed qualifying, led the Falcons all season.
"Our guys showed up and were ready to wrestle," said Falcons' coach Leon Boulware. "I hate to see some of the seniors go out. Houston busted his butt all year. I am proud of the effort that was there."
Two of the most anticipated matches of the tournament had Falcons participating in them.
The first was a match-up between Fort Mill's Eddie Byrams and Godbout at 120 pounds in the semi-finals. Both had split matches this year with Byrams getting the best of Godbout in the Region III tournament, while Godbout beat Byrams in the dual match between the schools.
This time it was Godbout who got a 5-2 win over Byrams. Godbout finished second, while Byrams finished third. These two may collide again at the state tournament next week.
The other intense match featuring the Falcons included Allen. At 138 pounds and needing a win to go to the state tournament, Allen was trailing Spartanburg's Terry Wood 14-10 in the closing seconds of his match when he got Wood in a headlock, flipped him to his back and pinned him with about 10 seconds left.
Allen had trailed nearly the entire match and was down 7-1 after the first period and 9-3 after the second period, but continued fighting back before getting the win.
4A State Qualifiers
Key: Boiling Springs (BS), Byrnes (Byr), Clover (C), Dorman (D), Fort Mill (FM), Gaffney (Gaf), Greenwood (Gwd), Hillcrest (H), Lancaster (L), Laurens (Lau), Mauldin (Mau), Nation Ford (NF), Riverside (R), Rock Hill (RH), South Pointe (SP), TL Hanna (TLH), Wade Hampton (WH), Westside (Wst). (local qualifiers in bold)
106: 1. AJ Leitten (FM), 2. Arthur Hofer (BS), 3. Josh Aquino (D), 4. Jordan Thompson (TLH).
113: 1. Zack Clary (Gaf), 2. Logan Sexton (RH), 3. Ernest Grigorchuck (BS), 4. Nathan Roberts (H).
120: 1. Austin Chandler (Gaf), 2. Collin Godbout (NF), 3. Eddie Byrams (FM), 4. Alex Spencer (Byr).
126: 1. Jake Strong (FM), 2. Sean Horgan (H), 3. Addison Christopher (Byr.), 4. Jacob Shewalter (D).
132 : 1. Mike Miller (SP), 2. Jeremy Higgins (H), 3. Tyler Wilkins (RH), 4. Jharee Kerns (C).
138: 1. Grant Snyder (H), 2. Jonathan Contreras (BS), 3. Michael Allen (NF), 4. Antravious Page (SP).
145: 1. Cole Mangum (BS), 2. John Michael Sweeney (H), 3. Dalton Simpson (D), 4. Jack Debbout (FM).
152: 1. Charlie Connor (Byr), 2. Kris Hughes (RH), 3. Ryan Victory (WH), 4. Steven Crowder (Gwd).
160: 1. Thomas Mabry (Gaf), 2. Jackson Boyd (R), 3. Mieklo Sekely (D), 4. Deiontre Hill (Byr).
170: 1. Christian Maroni (D), 2. Ricky Blackman (SP), 3. Isaiah Sayegh (H), 4. Dionel Plascencia (WH).
182: 1. Quinshawn Evans (L), 2. Ryan Hughes (Lau), 3. Steven Schultz (Mau), 4. Nygel Witherspoon (H).
195: 1. BJ Hurst (FM), 2. Scott Roudabush (BS), 3. Landon Sayegh (H), 4. Austin Crocker (Lau).
220: 1. Cameron Bell (RH), 2. Adarius Williams (Wst), 3. Zach Conrad (C), 4. Gavin Miebach (Mau).
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West Cumbrian traders hold on to hope in Mary Portas high street bid
Last updated at 19:37, Thursday, 31 May 2012
Maryport has suffered a blow in its bid to gain funding to breathe life into its high street.
The town has been unsuccessful in its request for a slice of the £1.2 million Mary Portas fund to boost town centres.
But traders have been given hope because the Government has announced that it will support a further round of 15 pilot schemes.
Maryport will be automatically entered into the second round of bids. The winners will be announced in July.
Kevin Kerrigan, Allerdale council planning and economic growth manager, said: "We are hugely disappointed that Maryport was not selected to be one of the Mary Portas pilot projects.
"With over 370 entries from towns across the country, there was tough competition.
"We have an opportunity to review the bid and we will consider whether there are any areas where we can add to the proposal."
Retail expert Mary Portas was appointed by Prime Minister David Cameron to lead an independent review into the future of Britain's high streets.
Maryport's bid was put together by traders and Allerdale council because of concern over the number of shop closures in the town.
The first 12 Portas pilots selected were: Bedford, Croydon in Greater London, Dartford in Kent, Bedminster in Bristol, Liskeard in Cornwall, Margate in Kent, Market Rasen in Lincolnshire, Nelson in Lancashire, Newbiggin-by-the-Sea in Northumberland, Stockport in Greater Manchester, Stockton-on-Tees in Teesside and Wolverhampton.
Gill Elliot, owner of the 46 Senhouse Street shop, said: "Traders were disappointed but are hopeful that Maryport might succeed in the second round.
"We need to do a more business-like presentation than the first one.
"I don't think we gave enough details about what we wanted.
"I would like to see the traders come together and have a brainstorm."
Jill Skinner, owner of The Lily Basket, said: "It was a bit of a blow to miss out but I still have hope of it coming here."
Mary Dixon, manageress of John Dixon & Son, said: "Let's hope we still get it. It may give a boost to Maryport and its shops."
Graham Burrow, owner of Design D'Interieur, said: "It would be nice to see some more regeneration in the area."
First published at 19:23, Thursday, 31 May 2012
Published by http://www.timesandstar.co.uk
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Russia man, that place, I don't even know where to start. It was really cool going to Russia, very random, you feel like going way back in time when you are there. Everything looks old and exploded, but it's so perfect for jibbing and the coolest scenery ever! We gathered a great crew of riders to go on this jib mission, including Eiki Helgason, Erik Botner and myself.
We ended up going to this old mine town called Kirovsk, but we didn't really have too much info about the town and even less about the spots we ended up finding. There was so much snow in the city, which really made our trip happen.
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Basically after seeing all the snow banks, we were kind of over doing basic rail jibbing and concentrated on doing some other cool urban stuff from roof gaps to bomb drops and so on. We had a really motivated crew and the vibe on the trip was good, we filmed only four days, but got a lot of footage.
Scariest thing on this trip was snowboarding on that shut down industrial area that looked like it was bombed years ago. Just walking around that area was sketchy; I would always think the roofs and building were going to collapse.
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Can Always Count On A DEFENSIVE DOG FIGHT!!!
We almost had ya! LOL!!!!
Well, looks like our Pre-Season starts next Sunday. Told you you'd have a cake walk.....well, I guess it wasn't exactly a cake walk, but the VIKINGS won, and I CONGRATULATE them!!!
Both Offenses have a bit to work on.....the BEARS more so then the Vikings. But, the Vikings can use a bit of "tuning" also.
Both DEFENSES were KILLER!....as always whenever we play each other.
There were some missed opportunities by our Defense. But, overall, I thought they were much better then they have been this past season.
It was good to have Nate Vasher back. And Urlacher was a monster for a while.
As usual, our Offensive Play Calling totally sucked the big one.
Proving to the world that they are "who" everyone thought they were.
...in fact, in my opinion, they're even worse then anyone could have thought they were. LOL!
Lots of work there, indeed.
It all starts with revamping that line....perhaps 4-5 guys. And finding a dam running back.
(Hello, Michael Turner?)
Speaking of "TURNER"....our OC really needs to go away now.
Can you even believe, with an entire MINUTE AND A HALF, and ONE TIME OUT LEFT, they decide to throw a freakin' hail mary!!!?????
Geesus!.....what a pathetic JOKE.
Your ST's were extraordinary shutting down Devin Hester.
And Chilldress totally out coached our "Mr. Coach Of The Year"!!!
And though some will blame things (bad calls) on the "refs"......that's totally BS.
Every game has some bad calls.....EVERY GAME.
You can't blame a loss on Bad Calls. If the team is performing well, there's nothing the "refs" can do to disrupt that.
Good teams overcome bad calls.
There were "bad calls" on both sides, and the VIKINGS proved to be the better team. PERIOD.
(I told ya this team sucked BIG TIME. At least they didn't make a liar out of me! LOL!!!!)
What did I say yesterday?......the only ones that aren't aware of just how bad the BEARS suck....are the BEARS themselves.
Good luck through the rest of the season, and beyond!
Now, go take out those Fudgies, and show'em all just what the BLACK & BLUE is meant to be!
Oh, and MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU ALL, and an AWESOME NEW YEAR!!!
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Thanks for the heads up to our team.
I think it's a class act to come back after a loss, and stand up to being a fan, and telling it how you see it.
You're correct that you have a lot to worry about. Along with the RB, you might want to look at (even another) QB to throw the ball to your new wonderboy TE. Btw. Moose and Berrian didn't get much in either. Will the latter be leaving now in the offseason?
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Thanks for the heads up to our team.
I think it's a class act to come back after a loss, and stand up to being a fan, and telling it how you see it.
You're correct that you have a lot to worry about. Along with the RB, you might want to look at (even another) QB to throw the ball to your new wonderboy TE. Btw. Moose and Berrian didn't get much in either. Will the latter be leaving now in the offseason?
As for the QB.....call me nuts, but I still believe that Grossman, behind a good O-Line can still be a great factor in the NFL.
I look at it this way.....his first year, as with any rookie QB, is spent on the bench. Watching and learning.
His second year, he gets hurt right out of the box, and is down for the rest of the year.
His third year.....the same thing happens. But he keeps on persevering, and rehabbing.
His fourth year, which is really his first year, he comes back after two years of rehab, and takes everyone by storm for the first 6 games or so. Numbers well over 100. That's pretty dam good.
But then he starts to have some mediocre games, and some just flat out horrible.
But, all in all.....he's IN the Super Bowl!......in his FIRST YEAR!!!
That's just unheard of for a Quarterback.
How long did it take Marino????........oh yeah, never mind.
If you took Tavarius, or Grossman.....or any QB for that matter, and plugged them into the PATRIOTS O-Line, with Randy Moss to throw to all day, they would look dam near as good as Brady.
So, I really don't think that WRECKS is the problem. After seeing just how Jurassic this Offensive line is this year I am CONVINCED it's NOT Grossman.
The O-Line is just HORRIBLE. And so is the play calling.
I think just by tweeking the O-Line with, say....4-5 GOOD "young" players, and a decent running back, along with a GREAT OC, and the Defense comes back all healthy...and stay that way, that they can be, at least, a contender next year again.
Not DIVISION yet.....but at least CONTENDER.
Then, in the 2009/2010 season we may have a chance again for the division. Or better?
The VIKINGS, on the other hand, are good to go for at least another 3-5 years!
You "players" are pretty much in place. They just need tweaking as far as staying on the same page. Once they learn that....they'll be the ones to beat for years to come.
Let's face it....GREEN BAY is in the dog house once Favre retires.
...and I don't even know what to say about the LIONS. Those guys really deserve a contender also.
Anyway.....I'm heading over to my board for a while.
As I said.....GREAT GAME!......and MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU ALL AND YOUR LOVED ONES!
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A defense attorney was cross-examining a police officer during a felony trial -- it went like this:
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Q: Officer, who provided this description?
A: The officer who responded to the scene.
Q: A fellow officer provided the description of this so-called offender. Do you trust your fellow officers?
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Q: With your life? Let me ask you this then officer, do you have a locker room in the police station, a room where you change your clothes in preparation for your daily duties?
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What a disappointing finish to a good tournament for the Blackhawks.
Not much to say except they simply did not play well. Now for the long bus ride back to Burlington.
Once again, a great tournament at the Hutchinson Sports Arena. These guys have been putting on this event for 63 years and it shows.
I'm sure the players are wiped out. I am and I didn't play four games. Time to monitor the championship game, finish the daily roundup, watch the second half of Wisconsin-KState, and go to bed.
Happy Hutch everyone!