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WorkFirst HandBook
Engaging Parents in WorkFirst
1.5 Application Screening
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The Application Screening section includes:
- 1.5.1 What is WorkFirst application screening?
- 1.5.2 Is the parent eligible for other sources of income or benefits?
- 1.5.3 Can the parent apply or access unemployment insurance?
- 1.5.4 Is Diversion Cash Assistance an option?
- 1.5.5 Is child support a potential source of income?
- 1.5.6 Who needs a Comprehensive Evaluation?
1.5.1 What is WorkFirst Application Screening?
A WorkFirst application screening is part of the process we go through when an individual or family applies for WorkFirst or SFA cash assistance. When an application for benefits is submitted to the Community Services Office (CSO), a DSHS worker will conduct a screening of the application before the eligibility interview. However, this screening must not delay the screening for expedited Basic Food assistance nor take the place of required application processing for WorkFirst or other programs. The process from application until determination of eligibility will take an average of 11 calendar days
The purpose of the screening is to provide information and review a family's situation in order for a family to decide whether WorkFirst/SFA is the best choice or whether financial needs can be met with other programs or income. This is called "positive prevention." The goal is to:
- Determine if the parent or family has other income.
- Identify possible sources of income or other types of benefits for the family.
- Assist parents and their families in making a decision that will best serve their needs.
- Reduce or eliminate the ongoing need for WorkFirst/SFA.
All CSOs must offer positive prevention services as a minimum standard to include:
- Child Care
- Unemployment Insurance
- Child Support
- Community Resources
- Other Income (Social Security, Veterans Benefits, Labor and Industry, etc)
- Diversion Cash Assistance
- Health Benefit Exchange referral
- Basic Food Assistance
1.5.2 Is the parent eligible for other income or benefits?
The DSHS worker must review available resources to help individuals and families avoid ongoing cash assistance if other services will meet their needs. The DSHS worker:
- Determines if the person has received WorkFirst in the past and whether he or she still qualifies for support services;
- Determines if the person is receiving or could receive child support
- Determines if the person is receiving or could receive unemployment insurance;
- Offers Medical and Basic Food assistance as a way of decreasing the need for WorkFirst/SFA;
- Completes an Equal Access (EA) Screening. If an EA screening was previously conducted, then reviews and updates the accommodation plan (See EA-Z Manual: Necessary Supplementary Accommodation for more details).
1.5.3 Can the parent apply or access Unemployment Insurance (UI)?
During the WorkFirst application process, DSHS workers will:
- Review GUIDE to see if there is already a valid unemployment insurance (UI) claim. (GUIDE identifies available income and resources and helps meet and maintain Basic Food accuracy.)
- Require parents who report working at least three of the past 18 months in the USA (and who have no UI claim) to file a UI claim and bring the resulting determination back to the DSHS worker.
A person can apply for and access UI benefits by telephone, computer, or kiosk. The Community Services Offices (CSOs) must provide resources for parents to access UI and will have phones that parents can use to apply for UI. DSHS worker should direct the parents to file a UI claim from home or by using the phone in the CSO designated for this purpose. It is preferable to have the parent apply for UI by telephone.
For parents who worked in other states, the UI worker can either file the claim or direct them to a phone number for the state they are filing against. Also, the UI worker can help parents find missing ("lost") wages, and explain other options to maximize benefits and eligibility for benefits. The UI determination will be mailed to the claimant the same day the UI claim is filed.
For those parents who quit their last job, who were fired, or who have other issues that need to be assessed, a final determination on UI eligibility will take longer. In this case, WorkFirst approval should take place as the customer has met the requirement to provide proof they attempted to make the resource available. However, they must be informed of reporting requirements if UI income is approved at a later date.
WorkFirst applicants who are approved for UI and found ineligible for WorkFirst due to UI income, or who choose not to receive WorkFirst because they can support themselves with UI and other available resources, will be connected with job search and job matching services available in the WorkSource Centers by the UI worker.
1.5.4 Is Diversion Cash Assistance (DCA) an option?
The best outcome for parents is to eliminate the need for WorkFirst/SFA cash assistance when possible. DCA is designed for this purpose. One of the first items to discuss with the person is whether DCA is an option ( See EA-Z Manual - DCA ).
If DCA is not appropriate and other benefits alone will not allow the family to support themselves without WorkFirst cash assistance, continue with the application process for monthly WorkFirst benefits.
The goal is to help the person and their family through their time of need as quickly as possible. If a family's situation cannot be resolved without the aid of the WorkFirst program, then try to ensure that the time spent receiving monthly WorkFirst case assistance will be as brief as possible. This will help applicants save their WorkFirst months.
1.5.5 Is child support a potential source of income?
When families receive other income (such as child support), they will have a better chance of exiting WorkFirst sooner.
During the screening process:
- Determine if Child Support is a potential source of income by discussing this with the person and reviewing information from the Division of Child Support (DCS) using the SEMS Quick Cash screen.
- Discuss the WorkFirst requirement of assigning child support rights to the state. In some situations, the difference between available child support and the amount of a WorkFirst grant is enough for a family to choose current child support rather than WorkFirst.
- Inform families of their right to request good cause to not cooperate with child support collection and explain how the process works. It is important to ensure that families do not withdraw their request for WorkFirst cash assistance because they are afraid of an absent parent.
For individuals who are deferred from receiving WorkFirst/SFA, a referral to DCS can be made and/or the family should be given information about DCS services and how to contact the appropriate office.
For families who need to continue with the WorkFirst application process: Refer to the EA-Z Manual for further details on child support, good cause for non-cooperation and the DCS referral process.
1.5.6 Who needs a Comprehensive Evaluation?
The Comprehensive Evaluation (CE) is for parents who are approved or likely to be approved, for WorkFirst/SFA. Likely to be approved applicants are referred to the CE to save time and quickly engage the parent quicker.
The WFPS will:
- Schedule a CE appointment for the parent. Place the parent in the Appointment Pending (AP) component through the date of the scheduled CE appointment.
- Make sure transportation and child care are in place.
- Complete the C E.
- Write an IRP with the parent based on the CE, input from the parent, and the stacking strategy(See Section 3.3.2 Individual Responsibility Plan and Stacking Activities for stacking activities information ).
- If the CE results do not identify an appropriate pathway(s), a CAP may be conducted immediately.
- Refer the parent to the appropriate employment pathway(s) identified by the CE using the appropriate code(s).
- Refer for crisis intervention services, as needed, if issues are identified.


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In case you haven't heard: the zombie apocalypse is upon us.
- A man ate another man's face in Miami.
- A houseguest ate the heart and brains of his host in Maryland.
- This guy in New Jersey carved out his own intestines.
- It's not just the U.S.A.: A man in Sweden cut off his wife's lips and devoured them.
- Hazardous materials were released this week at the University of Illinois's Institute for Genomic Biology.
While the thought of anyone munching away at our faces is not funny at all, we did giggle a little bit when we saw the hashtag #SignsHeMightBeAZombie trending on Twitter.
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A good six miles and an almost equal number of decades separate Old San Juan's tiny Isla Grande Airport from Puerto Rico's mammoth international terminal. As I scarf down a ham sandwich at the bar, I realize that the man on the next stool is my pilot. Other passengers wait in a small lounge beyond the bar. It's all very quiet—no bustle, no boarding passes. After the pilot finishes his 7UP we are escorted to the nine-passenger prop plane. This is the way flying used to be, especially in the Caribbean. My destination is Vieques, an island in just as much of a time warp.
Southeast of Puerto Rico, this three-mile-wide, 21-mile-long American island claims some of the Caribbean's most beautiful and unpopulated beaches, a handful of good places to stay, and an increasing number of devotees, the kind of trendsetters who discovered the charms of St. Bart's two decades ago-and wouldn't be caught dead there now. But the island's first large hotel is under construction and things are changing. It's fast becoming one of the hottest tropical destinations.
From the air, Vieques looks like a lumpy green turtle ringed by white beaches and turquoise seas. From my rental 4 x 4, I am struck by the excellent condition of the roads (no question that this is U.S. territory) and by the lack of traffic, unless you count stray cows, wild horses, and free-ranging guinea fowl. Before long I turn onto a steep, rough track that heads up a green hillside planted with lemon, mango, and mesquite trees. At the top is Hix Island Houses, a series of bizarre-looking concrete structures.
I am met by owner Neeva Gayle Hix, a lovely, energetic Canadian. She and her architect husband, John, discovered Vieques in the early 1980's and wound up building a three-room, triangular-shaped guesthouse a decade later. "We loved the simplicity of the island and, of course, the beaches," Neeva Gayle says as she leads me up concrete stairs to my top-floor room. "Above all, we loved the people. They're warm, genuine, and-if you speak a little Spanish-your friends for life."
The room, actually a studio apartment, is a beautifully designed, minimalist space with a platform bed, built-in concrete desk, and delightful details: a curved turquoise wall, an oddly angled terrace, an oblong window with no glass, and a bold stack of gigantic steps that lead to the roof deck. In almost every direction are captivating views of green hills sloping to the sea. The couple originally wanted to build three wooden pavilions with tin roofs but changed their minds after Hurricane Hugo. "I said, 'Neeva Gayle, we've got to build a bunker,' " says John, who went back to the drafting table and came up with a one-of-a-kind concrete fortress. Although local builders balked at the design, they had no problem executing his vision: poured concrete is a traditional construction material for island houses. John recently completed a round villa and has several more in the works; he calls the complex his architectural sculpture garden.
If you read any article written about Vieques in the 1970's or 80's, you'll find only one hotel mentioned, Casa del Francés, a love-it-or-hate-it plantation house that still prides itself on in-your-face funkiness (bare lightbulbs, mismatched sheets-you got a problem with that?). Two years after the debut of Hix Island Houses, the bleak hotel scene got another shot in the arm with the opening of the Inn on the Blue Horizon. James Weis and Billy Knight, refugees from the New York fashion world, had hated the island when they first arrived in 1993 for a week's vacation. "I couldn't wait to get to St. Bart's," says Weis. "No phones, no televisions; there was nothing to do." The next morning, Weis and Knight expressed their distaste to a couple they'd just met at Casa del Francés's pool. "They asked if we'd been to the beach yet, and invited us to Navío," says Weis. "After a few minutes on this beautiful deserted beach, we fell in love with the island. We wound up trying to buy Casa del Francés."
It didn't work out, but back in New York, a real estate agent sent Weis and Knight a video of a property on the west end of Vieques. The price was right, so they bought it sight unseen. Ultimately, much good taste was required for the partners to turn a dilapidated villa into the Inn on the Blue Horizon—a handsome three-bedroom guesthouse with sweeping verandas and a stunning pool overlooking the sea. They also built an attractive open-air bar and restaurant, Café Blu, where chef Michael Glatz serves the best food on the island. The Blue Horizon quickly caught on with a number of St. Bart's defectors (Sandra Bernhard was there during my visit). To address its increasing popularity, Weis and Knight added six guest rooms last season and are planning more. But Weis insists that the hotel will stay small. "This is one of the last unspoiled places in the world," Weis says. "We can't afford to lose that."
The island's newest guesthouse, a nine-room hideaway high in the hills, has also captured the attention of the fabulous set. Fashion designer Narciso Rodríguez was one of the first guests at the simple, open-air Casa Cielo, which opened this winter.
Anyone you ask about Vieques will just swoon over the beaches. I agree: they are simply amazing. Some (huge, palm-backed Sun Bay, for example) are easy to reach and offer civilized amenities such as picnic tables. Others—Media Luna, Navío, Secret Beach—are exquisitely remote. Finding them involves much perseverance and the tackling of bumpy roads. Many have beautiful coves with fabulous snorkeling; few ever see more than a dozen visitors at a time. I spend every morning on a different beach.
For lunch, I drive into the fishing village of Esperanza and have a sandwich at one of its casual beachfront cafés: Bananas, Amapola, or La Central. These same places are popular for cocktails at sundown, when the little town looks like the set for a Hollywood movie that takes place in the South Seas. I also enjoy poking around the capital, Isabel Segunda, with its pretty plaza, lively waterfront, and restored 1840's fort, which houses a museum of island history. Here I discover the studio and gallery of ceramist Siddhia Hutchinson, whose bold tableware—often featuring tropical fish and flower motifs—is sold through the L. L. Bean and Horchow catalogues as well as in specialty stores like Gump's.
Nights on Vieques revolve around some of the Caribbean's most unpretentious and whimsical restaurants. At La Campesina, diners sit at restored sewing machine tables in tiny corrugated-roof pavilions that circle a huge boulder well out in the countryside. The sound of the tree frogs is deafening as you dine on pineapple gazpacho and baked snapper. Chez Shack is—literally—a series of shacks along the side of a dusty road. Purple palm-tree murals, hand-painted flowerpot lamps, and an occasional steel band are as much a part of the experience of dining here as is the food (fish, crab, lobster, and mofongo, the gooey Puerto Rican side dish of garlic-spiced mashed plantains). After dinner, people linger at the bar and chat with owner Hugh Duffy. It was Duffy who helped the Mamas and the Papas get their act together back in the early 1960's when they were working at his restaurant Duffy's Love Shack on the island of St. Thomas. "Mama Cass," he jokes, "was the worst waitress I ever had."
And that's about it. Night owls (almost everyone on the island is in bed by midnight) drive into Isabel Segunda to hit Al's Mar Azul, a waterfront dive where locals, tourists, and off-duty sailors from the U.S. Navy base on Vieques dance, shoot pool, and hang out. If you want discos, go to Cancún.
As lovely as the island is, many residents look at the massive construction site just east of the airport and worry that Vieques is about to lose its innocence. There, the 156-room Martineau Bay Resort, set to open by the end of this year, is rising on a 40-acre tract. At first many feared the worst: a cookie-cutter resort with a casino and convention facilities that would be the first step in turning Vieques into just another overdeveloped Caribbean island. Everyone was relieved when it was announced that, not only would the new resort have no casino, but it would be managed by Rosewood, an organization known for glamorous properties like the Mansion on Turtle Creek in Dallas, the Lanesborough in London, and both Little Dix Bay and Caneel Bay in the Caribbean.
Change is inevitable, but the debate over Martineau Bay pales when compared to a controversy that has raged on Vieques since the 1940's. This concerns the status of the U.S. Navy, which controls two-thirds of the island, including some of the best beaches. They're open to the public except when being used for maneuvers, which have been scaled back considerably over the last two decades. Still, travelers will occasionally be denied access to a beach-and that thunder you hear may actually be the sound of shelling. (The three times I have visited Vieques, it's never happened to me.)
The local anti-navy faction feels that the military's ongoing presence is keeping Vieques from realizing its economic potential. Preservationists, however, credit the navy with maintaining the island's pristine condition. Many are far more concerned about the future of the third of the island not under U.S. government control. "You can't stop a certain amount of progress," says Haydee Pinero Buck, a Puerto Rican who, with her former husband, founded the chain of Subway sandwich shops. Buck—an active member of the Vieques Conservation & Historical Trust—lives in a big villa with an enormous garden. Vieques, she says, reminds her of "the Puerto Rico of fifty years ago, when I was a child."
Vieques has one of the most impressive bioluminescent (as in glows-in-the-dark) bays on earth. Visiting the bay, especially on a moonless night, is otherworldly. At dusk one evening, I head to the bar of Casa del Francés and meet up with Sharon Grasso, who runs tours in a non-polluting electric boat. We board an ancient school bus that takes us on a muddy road through thick mangrove forests to the vast body of water. The boat is eerily quiet—as is our group when we behold the spectacle of our craft's golden wake. We stop in the middle of the lagoon and Captain Sharon stomps her foot, causing fish to shoot through the water like laser beams. Eventually, some of us take a dip in these weird waters: I feel like some sort of human firefly. According to Grasso, the photoelectric phenomenon is caused by zillions of single-cell microorganisms that feed on fallen mangrove leaves and light up when agitated. With 400,000 to 1 million of these dinoflagellates per gallon of water, the bioluminescent bay is a natural wonder. Captain Sharon, also a member of the Vieques Conservation & Historical Trust, is fighting to keep it that way.
Another islander dedicated to preserving Vieques's still-pristine charms is Richard Barone, who leads three-hour snorkel tours of the waters just off Esperanza. A self-taught marine biologist, Barone is on intimate terms with the various lobsters, crabs, sea cucumbers, and anemones that he points out and plays with as his groups make their way from the town beach to a little offshore island. Barone is worried that a proposed marina could damage the reef off Vieques, since, he says, environmental laws are not adequately enforced. "Ecotourism is the only way for this island to be different," he says. "Big marinas and resorts won't satisfy the people who live here. We will destroy what we have-and a small group of people will make a lot of money at the expense of the rest of us."
For many islanders, however, it's a good time to be on Vieques. "The island was dead," says photographer-turned-restaurateur Ricardo Betancourt. "Now things are happening." Born in Puerto Rico, Betancourt spent 15 years in New York City photographing jazz musicians, often for record album covers, before returning home a few years ago with his Bombay-born wife, Monica. Together, they turned a dumpy corner building in Isabel Segunda into the charming little restaurant Café Media Luna. Since then, Betancourt has drawn on his contacts in the music world to stage a number of jazz evenings at his restaurant. These are remarkably successful, often pulling in night-trippers from the main island of Puerto Rico who cruise over on their boats. But like most of the island's current crop of entrepreneurs, Betancourt and his wife aren't out to make a killing. "We're here because it's still a little primitive," he says. "We can take off sea-kayaking whenever we want; we hear horses riding by in the middle of the night. We're hoping that good things will happen here. But if it changes too radically . . . well, there's always Cuba."


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Welcome to Peru! Arrival airport transfer is included and our representative will assist with hotel check in and spend time with you discussing your upcoming holiday.
For centuries Lima was considered the most beautiful city in Spanish America and today discover why with a morning sightseeing tour. Many of the city's most imposing and important buildings were built around the Plaza Mayor in the heart of the old town. Here you'll find the opulent facade of the Palacio de Gobierno, where each day the ceremonial changing of the guard takes place.Discover contemporary Lima in the form of the plush suburb of San Isidro and lively Miraflores before continuing to the quiet district of Pueblo Libre to see the stylish hacienda museum, which exhibits hundreds of excellently preserved ceramics.
After breakfast transfer to the airport for your flight to Cuzco. At an elevation of 3400m above sea level, it's important to acclimatise to the altitude so spend some time resting in your hotel before exploring this colourful and historic city later in the afternoon. Cuzco is home to some of the finest examples of Inca history and architecture, which you will discover touring the sights of the Plaza de Armas, the Catedral and the Koricancha complex – a supreme example of Inca stonework. Head out further afield to tour the Kenko Amphitheatre, the fortified hunting lodge of Puca Pucara, the stunning imperial baths of Tambo Machay and the megalithic fortress of Sacsayhuaman.
Tracing a particularly scenic course from Cuzco all the way to Machu Picchu, the Sacred Valley was greatly appreciated by the Incas due to its special geographical and climatic qualities and as such contains numerous archaeological remains and villages. On the way to the ancient village of Urubamba stop to visit Awanacancha, an Andean textile centre where the art of Incan textile is kept alive. Continue to the archaeological complex of Pisac, formed of a collection of remains of Incan dwellings, temples and terracing. The day of touring concludes with a visit to the impressive fortress and citadel of Ollantaytambo.
Today explore the Sacred Valley further with visits to Andean villages south of the Río Urubamba. See the lovely paintings from the Cuzco School on display in the attractive colonial church of Chinchero. Continue to Maras where the original Indian aristocratic coats of arms hang on the outside of the church and houses. From here you can also see the salt evaporation ponds, a patchwork of 3,000 wells that have been used since the Incan Empire. Continue to the spectacular agricultural terraces of Moray. Enjoy lunch at a local restaurant before transferring to the train station for a stunning train journey to the famous Inca citadel of Machu Picchu. Sit back and enjoy the views as the landscape changes from the Andean highlands to the beginnings of the jungle.
No place in Peru quite captures the imagination like the legendary 'Lost City' of Machu Picchu. Nestled in a saddle between two forested mountains and surrounded on three sides by the Urubamba River, its location couldn't be more awe-inspiring. The city itself is brilliantly preserved, a classical Inca-style complex of polished dry-stone walls and temples. This morning explore the citadel and the wonderful Temple of the Sun and magical Temple of the Moon on a three hour guided excursion. Other highlights include the fascinating Sacred Plaza and the elaborately carved Intihuatana rock. Lunch is provided at a local hotel before you return by train to Cuzco.
We will transfer you to the airport for the fligh to Quito. Upon arrival you will be met at the international airport and transferred to your hotel in Quito where the rest of the day is free.
This morning visit downtown Quito and its architectural treasures on a shared city tour. Quito's UNESCO-listed colonial quarter is one of the largest and best-preserved in South America. Your stroll takes you through Independence Plaza, past the Cathedral and the Presidential Palace, and on to the temple of La Compañia de Jesús with its dazzling gilded interior and the impressive façade of the Monastery of San Francisco. Touring continues with the Equatorial Monument that marks the exact point of the Middle of the World. With a latitude of 0°, you can stand with a foot in each hemisphere and collect a certificate for having crossed the Equator. Next visit the Ethnographic Museum to learn about the different Native American groups living in Ecuador.
Early this morning transfer to the airport for your flight to the Galápagos. Arriving on Baltra Island transfer to the dock to board the M/V Santa Cruz for an introductory briefing and lunch. Set sail for North Seymour Island for an amazing walk along the coast observing bird colonies of blue-footed boobies and swallow-tailed gulls. You'll also spot sea lions and marine iguanas. Welcome cocktail and dinner on board.
Enjoy a coastal exploration of Isabela Island (Punta Vicente Rosa) on board a panga, a small watercraft, while the naturalist guide explains the dramatic geology of the area with remains of lava flows and tuff stone layers. The island is also the nesting place for flightless cormorants and groups of sea lions, Galápagos fur seals and penguins also gather on the shores. After lunch back on board continue to Punta Espinoza, the youngest island of the archipelago. A mile-long walk across dark lava will introduce you to the remarkable barrenness of the island and the surprising amount of native wildlife including sally light-foot crabs and hawks.
Exploration of Isabela Island continues today at the secluded Tagus Cove, a favourite anchorage for pirates and whalers over the centuries. Old graffiti can even be seen carved on the cove's walls. The area is marked by the white-barked, leafless palosanto trees that look dead for most of the year until they spring into life during the wet season. An uphill hike brings you to the back of the salt water-filled Darwin Crater with an amazing views at the end to reward you. A panga ride along the volcanic shore of the cove offers wildlife spotting opportunities. After lunch on board disembark at Urbina Bay. Here you can find corals, shells and many other calcareous organisms exposed above water. The area is also home to large Galapagos land iguanas and giant tortoises.
This morning visit the Charles Darwin Research Station, the headquarters of scientific investigation, conservation and the National Park administration in the Galápagos. Meet the giant tortoise residents and visit the impressive giant prickly-pear cactus forest, home to many land birds. Lunch is enjoyed in the cooler highlands of the island. The afternoon brings with it several different options for land and water based activities. Trek along trails amid miconia forest, mountain bike down to Garrapatero Beach, sea kayak or visit an organic coffee plantation. There's also the option to spend the day SCUBA diving, at an additional cost.
Be part of a unique Galápagos tradition with a morning visit to Post Office Bay. For over two centuries a rum barrel has been used by sailors to send mail. Explore the north shore of Floreana Island along narrow channels with a short walk to Baroness's Lookout for amazing views of the island and a history lesson on the island's first settlers. Later we land on the olivine-crystal beach at Cormorant Point. An easy walk brings you to a lagoon where greater flamingos, pintail ducks, common stilts and herons gather. Further on you come to a white-sand beach where sea turtles emerge at night to nest between December and May. Enjoy a farewell cocktail and dinner back on board.
This morning disembark back at Baltra Island for your flight back to Quito. On arrival you will be transferred to your hotel where the rest of the day is free for you to enjoy at leisure or head out to La Mariscal for last-minute souvenir shopping.
Sadly today tour arrangements conclude after breakfast and hotel check out with a departure transfer to the airport for your onward international journey.


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Going by bus, train or using your own car? Many people, who want to be or have to be mobile, ask themselves this question. People with disabilities usually do not make this decision easily and rarely spontaneously. After all, every means of transportation has its drawbacks, when it comes to independent mobility. Here is a brief summary.Mobility is (not) a matter of course - Read more
Mobility: "Germany needs laws for inclusion and accessibility"
Quickly hopping on the underground or taking a taxi to get from A to B? For wheelchair users this is generally not possible without a great deal of planning – at least in Germany. But how are things in other countries?Mobility: "Germany needs laws for inclusion and accessibility" - Read more
Improving Public Transportation for People with Disabilities
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[30/10/2013] Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and the University at Buffalo, State University of New York, are collaborating on a five-year, $4.6 million federally funded project to advance physical access and public transportation for people with disabilities by bringing together computer science technology and the principles of universal design.Improving Public Transportation for People with Disabilities - Read more
March 2013: Accessibility and Mobility
On the way to work or during a vacation – particularly wheelchair users feel often confronted with numerous obstacles in the public long-distance and local traffic. To what extent travel assistants can help and how accessible bus and train really are, you will get to know in our Topic of the Month March: Accessibility and Mobility.March 2013: Accessibility and Mobility - Read more
Experiencing the World – without Barriers
Curbsides, pebble ways or prone sidewalks – these obstacles can spoil the holiday mood of wheelchair drivers everywhere in the world. But it does not have to be like that. A good planning and maybe even trained company help.Experiencing the World – without Barriers - Read more
Obligation of Transport Must Be Established by Law
Bus and train bring many people from A to B – fast and easy on the environment. However, the public means of transportation keep on hand some incommodities for people with disabilities. That's why different working groups and institutes exert themselves for more accessibility in public local traffic.Obligation of Transport Must Be Established by Law - Read more
Competency Tests for Elderly Drivers
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[27/07/2011] Researchers studying driving habits and accident rates among the elderly found a majority surveyed supported mandatory retesting of drivers based on age while saying they would hand over the keys if a doctor or loved one said they were no longer fit to drive.Competency Tests for Elderly Drivers - Read more
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Just like Forrest Gump's army buddy can rattle off a million ways to eat shrimp, we feel the same way about good ol' pork.
Which is why we're stoked that traveling cooking competition Cochon 555 is returning to Miami.
The recipe is glorious: five pigs, five chefs, five wineries. And zero reasons to miss out.
In its sixth year, five chefs from Pubbelly, The Dutch, Michael's Genuine Food & Drink, EDGE Steak & Bar, and MC Kitchen will prepare dishes from a whole heritage pig each. Then, 13 local Miami judges have the hard work of deciding which chef will take the crown.
Last year, EDGE Chef Aaron Brooks took the Magic City's title.
Not only do guests indulge on delicious pork but there's a live butchering demonstration and enough booze to fill a feed trough.
Out of the million ways to eat pork, yeah, this just might top the list.
Miami Cochon 555
Sunday, February 9
4p VIP, 5p general admission
1435 Brickell Ave., Brickell
Price: General admission $125, $20 more for VIP here.
Nearby: 15th & Vine; Batch Gastropub; OTC


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"It was all so easy" SueE, October 2012
"It was all so easy"
Our pampering gift experiences are a real treat. Relax and unwind in one of our luxurious spas, or choose a makeover photoshoot where you will be made to look your best before a session with a professional photographer. Indulge your partner or a friend with one of our pampering experience gifts.
A day of pampering is a thoughtful gift that is even better when shared with a friend or partner. A spa experience typically offers massage and beauty treatments, plus a range of leisure facilities. With a peaceful setting and helpful staff, you can forget about work or any problems, as you simply sit back, relax and unwind.
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Our classic Pampering Spa Day takes place at a choice of luxury spas, which offer extensive facilities such as a swimming pool, Jacuzzi, sauna and steam room. Spa pamper days include one thirty-minute treatment and there will be an opportunity to purchase more treatments on the day. This relaxing present also features either lunch or afternoon tea, depending on the spa venue. Classic Spa gift experiences can be shared with a friend or partner with our Pamper Day for Two.
Bannatyne's is one of the United Kingdom's largest and most popular spa and health clubs. Their Sensory Spa presents offer relaxing treatments such as massage, aromatherapy and St Tropez tanning. They also feature fantastic health clubs with state-of-the-art gym equipment, fitness classes and personal training. The Bannatyne's Pamper Day gift includes entry to the spa for two people and full use of facilities for the day. One person will also receive a thirty minute facial or aromatherapy massage and a free nail manicure and polish. You can sign-up for further treatments on the day. Bannatyne's gift experiences can be enjoyed at a variety of locations across the country.
Marriott hotels contain terrific hotel spas, which are increasingly popular pampering venues. The hotels are typically based in beautiful countryside and the Pamper Day Treat for Two guarantees a relaxing day out with a friend or relative. Professional therapists are on hand to deliver health and beauty treatments and leisure facilities are also included with these spa presents. You can join the gym for a day if you would like to work-out during your gift experience and all beauty products will be available to buy with a ten per cent discount.
Re-Aqua is one of the top names in well-being and beauty therapy. Their treatments are highly rated and the Re-Aqua 'Sheer Bliss' Spa Day is a wonderful gift experience for anybody who deserves some pampering. The spa package includes a facial and a back, neck and shoulder massage. This present also features a manicure and polish.
A Spa Gift Voucher or Luxury Spa Gift Voucher enables your recipient to enjoy a wonderful pampering day out at their own choice of time and venue. We have a wide variety of pampering presents and spa experiences to choose from, including 'him and her' spa days and venues such as Champneys, Rowhill Grange and Titanic Spa.
A Full Body Massage is a relaxing gift experience that helps to soothe tired limbs and eliminate stress. The fifty minute body massage is carried out by an expert therapist and massage gifts incorporate high-quality oils for the ultimate pampering experience. Full body massages are available at a variety of spa locations.
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Job advice, feeling overwhelmed- Wichita - page 2
wow...i sure am struggling to find my "niche" in this rn life. i have had 6 jobs since graduating in may 2007. any advice? i know i want to continue to be a nurse..i just get so overwhelmed. i... Read More
0Aug 1, '08 by nurse4life40RND&G girl...I cant figure out how or if I can send a private message to your email. Do you have to be a premium member? Anyways, there was ONE day of training. The HR lady is great! The rest of the staff...not so much.
Seansean....I worked at Wesley AND st francis. Wesley was insane with the patient loads. I think they need to do something...taking care of that many patients is dangerous. Wow, you must be releived to have your patient load under control.
So, what dialysis place? Because the one I tried, I didnt like. All of the nurses had recently quit. Anyways, I have got to find something and just STAY. My problem is that I really dont want to work nights or weekends because of my kids.
My job record sucks, so I am prayin that I will get hired next week and whatever it is...I just have to deal with it somehow. Thanks everyone for the great thoughts. :thnkg::hngon::rcgtku: -
0Aug 2, '08 by pricklypearI can only speak for the clinic where I work, I know there are some horror stories out there about some clinics.
My clinic has 16 chairs divided into 2 bays. Each bay has 1 tech for each 4 patients. One nurse for each bay. The techs basically do all the technical work - at my clinic, the nurses help out a lot, especially putting people on and taking them off. The nurses are primarily responsible for initial and post assessments, double checking settings, troubleshooting, giving meds. I'm still on orientation (it's a 3-4 month orientation process), so right now I'm with a tech. I know the nurses do lots chart stuff - keeping things updated, care plans, etc, but I don't know anything about that yet.
You have to learn the machine - which is very intimidating at first. It's sort of complicated to set up at first- but once you learn it, it makes more sense. The company I work for (Fresenius) seems great about education. I spent my first week in classes, and I have two more weeks of classes coming up.
As I said, the nurses I work with really love their jobs. We have a really great group of people, and my boss is awesome. Everybody is very dedicated and attached to the patients. I'm told that with dialysis, you either hate it, or you love it. It's fast paced, but not like the hospital. You don't have to deal with other departments making your job harder (pharmacy, lab, etc) Admissions, discharges, procedures, etc. Geeze I hated dealing with that. I can deal with anything a patient has to dish out, but I can't stand all the other stuff that goes along with hospital nursing. -
0Aug 3, '08 by nurse4life40RNThat is the dialysis place I worked at and the boss hated me. I have to admit, I had a rough start. My daughter cut her knee open the 2nd week I worked, so I had to take her to the dr. Then, I overslept...thought I had my alarm on and it was off...so tried to fix that by switching my day off(wrong thing to do). Then, I was stuck in the bathroom with stomach crud one afternoon...she told me to leave. To top it off my daughter had some major medical crud go on a day later and I tried to work it out with them. However, they didnt want to hear any of it and totally minimized what was going on with my daughter. We had to go to a lot of specialists to find what was wrong. So, didnt work for me. Had that week been any different, it might have worked. And, they were sending me to the downtown location where everyone had just quit. eeek. The boss at the west location pretty much ignored me till she was so ****** she sent me home. I am glad it is working for you.
0Aug 3, '08 by pricklypearto d&ggirl: no, i didn't have any experience at all in dialysis, except for taking care of tons of dialysis patients in the hospital setting.
nurse4life40rn: good grief - i'm so sorry you have had such a bad time!! if i'm understanding you, you are pretty much looking for a 9-5 m-f job, right? it's really hard having to work weekends and nights w/ kids, i totally understand. even though clinics pay less, that may be what you need to look into. don't feel bad about your job history, i think with nursing, most of us try lots of different things before we settle down into something we can live with. -
0Aug 3, '08 by hippylady7211My first job out of nurses training was at St. Joe's in Wichita. Might have been a good place to work BUT I was very overwhelmed as a new nurse in a big hospital and new home town.
I hated hospital nursing! Went to work for a private duty agency. Yeah no benefits but could work when I wanted to and with whom I wanted to. I worked that for about 3 years and loved it.
Don't put yourself in such a box, there is hospice nursing, school nursing, industrial nursing, private duty nursing, there is psych nursing, geriatric nursing, camp nursing, rehab nursing, cardiac nursing, doctors office nursing, just to name a few.
I agree with one of the others that felt you might have thought nursing was easy. It is a lot of responsibility. It takes a lot of you and out of you.
Every job has it's pros and cons and it sounds as if you are jumping in and out before you find out if this is the job for you.
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0Aug 4, '08 by nurse4life40RNFirst of all...thanks for all the great messages!
No, I knew it was going to be hard...could see that just from clinicals, and working as a nurse tech....BUT I got so scared and still am scared. I agree...I have totally jumped into jobs because I needed something due to quiting before finding one. (Its a viscious cycle). I feel that panic rising again. I am not employed...have been unemployed for a week. My friend at the hospital...is like...I bet you can get your old job back...I am tempted because I am not working. But I know I will just get scared again. That was the unit that I had 8 paitents. I have had so many interviews and for some really great positions...just dont get hired. I have an interview tomorrow and a friend of mine works there and thinks that if she talks to her boss they will hire me. However, I started getting down tonight...I feel like I waste so much time in interviews only to get turned down. Man, I have interviewed for some great positions. I could not even get a hospice place to hire me. It was good pay, benefits and hours too. Sigh...I am just ranting because I am feeling down.
I will land a job and stick with it. That is the important thing. I need to stay somewhere and deal with the fear.
Thanks everyone for the advice! This website has really helped me! -
0Aug 4, '08 by hippylady7211Yo girl, I was overwhelmed as I said, have you thought of therapy? My self esteem was shot and I take my job so seriously that I gave myself to others and not myself and had to be taught how to take care of myself. We nurses are no different from others and need help in finding our strengths and weaknesses and learning to grow in our career choice. Please get some help as being an nurse should not always be overwhelming.
0Aug 5, '08 by nurse4life40RNActually I did try to get some help cause I know my self esteem is not the best. Uh, I pretty much have none..lol. However, I lost my insurance. So, the place I got to told me the have a sliding scale, but it seems like something with the kids, or me is always coming up and I cant get in. I am going to make another attempt. I know it will help. I did have a great interview today, so with any luck....they will hire me. I need a job! I have promised myself to stick it out with the next job!


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In a chain of events more reminiscent of city hall politics, station manager Grocher fired Escala after he spoke out at an executive-board meeting and published two scathing columns in The Beacon, FIU's student newspaper. Escala wasn't alone in his critique of the radio station, but supportive executive board members were afraid to rise to his defense. "I was brand-new at the station and I didn't want to step on anyone's toes," de Armas recalls regretfully.
The Escala fracas highlighted the concern of a silent but concerned minority, one that thought WRGP's programming followed the lead of local commercial stations -- namely, WPOW-FM (96.5) and WEDR-FM (99.1) -- far too closely. This mockingbird mentality runs counter to many people's conception of what a college station should be. Freed from the pressures of the marketplace, college radio exists as one of the few oases left for creativity on the FM dial.
University of Miami's WVUM-FM (90.5), the city's other FM college station, has been on the air for almost twenty years, and it has felt growing pains similar to those at WRGP. But according to WVUM general manager Christine Vidales, the two stations have evolved differently. WRGP, she says, has opted for a more commercial route. "We're definitely not competing," Vidales scoffs. "The two stations are very different. FIU chose to go Top 40. We're underground, an alternative to commercial stations." Vidales believes the average WVUM listener is 18 to 34 years old and doesn't attend UM. The station's status as South Florida's altrock warhorse has created a cult of loyal listeners that spans a generation. And those who work at WVUM emerge preaching the alternative gospel.
"[New DJs] don't come in alternative," Vidales says. "We still get a lot of those high school kids who want to play Depeche Mode. But they grow out of it. As you gain experience, you start experimenting and finding new music you enjoy. I started out the same away."
Vidales recognizes a shift in South Florida's local music scene to more Latin and hip-hop flavored sounds, but WVUM isn't interested in changing their core philosophy. "As long as we stick to our roots in alternative, underground music, we'll always have our audience," she says. "We're not interested in more commercial sounds. We like [the station] the way it is."
De Armas accepts Vidales's less than positive summation of WRGP. "We did go a more commercial route. That's true," she explains. "But our station represents the FIU community.... If [they] want to hear Top 40, then that's what we'll play."
That's indeed what they play. A glance at some recent playlists reveals songs from Whitney Houston, Everclear, the Dave Matthews Band, Tom Petty, Led Zeppelin, and that ubiquitous Ricky Martin tune: hardly music on the cutting edge. Moreover it's an ominous sign of the station's future when WRGP's own advisor (its de facto university supervisor), Lou Conrad, is predominantly playing jazz that would fit better on an easy-listening outlet.
For those DJs willing to buck the current, it's an uphill fight. The bulk of WRGP's programming is based on a rotation established by a music director; it's his or her job to sift through the new music received at the station and then make the call as to whether to add a particular CD to the playlist. New DJs are forced to follow these instructions, and so far this system has added up to fare that's little different from the bulk of Miami's commercial stations. Even worse, the WRGP music library is kept locked upstairs, away from the studio; DJs have to request albums a few days in advance, hardly a recipe for of-the-moment inspiration.
These heavy-handed parameters seem to differ little from the operating procedures at commercial stations where highly paid consultants shape playlists, all in the hope of attracting mass audiences and the advertising dollars that seek them. Lost in that equation is the concept of radio as a creative medium, as something more than simply a device with which to make money.
Fears of trodding that aesthetic path are voiced by some WRGP staffers. "Our station is a voice for young adults," says Ricky Gomez, a DJ at the station. "It'll be a lot better for our station if we come up with something entirely new in terms of programming." Gomez hosts one of the station's more offbeat shows, Han Solo's Stream of Consciousness, on Wednesday mornings. On any given program, Gomez might discuss the ramifications of heavy Ecstasy use, or the penny-tax vote, with each subject given an intelligent twist. His show is so airtight (he digresses from subjects without rambling, a lesson some of his fellow DJs have yet to learn), you'd think he scripted it.
"My show is freeform," he explains. "But I touch on stuff that really interests me, something I'll read in the paper, or something I heard. But it is totally ad-libbed, which is cool because it gives [my show] a dialectic form that makes it easier for me to interact with callers."
And consider Opposing Views, a point/counterpoint political roundtable hosted by die-hard liberal Brad Bauman and hard-line conservative Matt Kough. "I always thought it would be fun to have my own talk show," Bauman says. "Just having a [political] show gives me authority. Besides, being FM gives us a greater responsibility. I have to know what I'm talking about. I gotta do my homework before spouting off on-air."


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21 Word Play is language skills, brain fitness, and cognitive skills development game that actually entertains, educates, and progressively challenges you in the most captivating manner… whether you're playing against the computer or playing a competitive game with your friends.
You need cognitive skills for success in life. Either you're born with them or you develop as you grow. By stimulating brain with several simultaneous activities at any age; children as well as adults can increase their attention span, increase awareness to their surroundings, sharpen their memory, process information quickly, recall and organize their thoughts in positive and productive manner… all the while playing a competitive game with a goal of winning and having fun.
The game is played with a deck of computer generated word cards and a cognitions board.
Number of Players: One plays against the computer… Two play against each other
Game Levels:
• Level 1: plays 4 letter anagram words [play to rearrange the 4 letter word to form another 4 letter word]
• Level 2: plays 5 letter Anagram words [play to rearrange the 5 letter word to form another 5 letter word]
• Level 3: plays 6 letter words that are scrambled except for the first and last letter [play to unscramble the 6 letter word]
Computer Deals: Random anagram word cards from the deck
Game Start: First name player can start by picking the word card for the game level chosen
Single Player: Plays against the computer. Computer acts as mentor, but does not correct the player's mistakes. It also does not take a turn.
Two Players: Play against each other by taking turns. The current player has the opportunity to score points by correcting the opponent's mistakes in word formation.
Score: Running score is updated each time a player completes his turn.
Scoring System: Current player earns 1 point for a correct 4 letter word, 2 points for a correct 5 letter word, and 3 points for a correct 6 letter word.
Challenge: A wrong word formation or time-out causes the current player to loose his turn and gives the next player the opportunity to score a point by finishing the last player's incomplete word formation. Each player has 30sec to complete their move.
21 Word Play game is designed in the labs… but proven in real life to engage, exercise, nurture, and develop a range of 21 cognitive skills from working memory to fluid intelligence. In a game between an adult and a youth, the adult can take the fun opportunity to teach and mentor on the basis of shared interests and nurture the youth's memory skills, language skills, logical thinking and reasoning skills, decision making skills, risk taking and risk aversion skills, and social skills such as turn taking, graceful winning [or loosing] and being patient with others.
The level of challenges and intensity increase as the game progresses; whereby the ability of the mind to remember, assimilate and process information quickly and accurately is enhanced. In a game of '21 Word Play', it starts simply with Level 1 and one grid and quickly grows to Level 3 and 22 grids; thereby dynamically increasing the scope and complexity of the game.
The need for dynamic integration of multiple cognitive skills, makes cognitions bridge games fun to play and more beneficial than the so called brain-training computer games. These brain-training computer games may make the computer smarter but not the user; because the computer is acting as a "brain crutch". It's like revving your car engine in 'Neutral'… while sitting in your driveway, going nowhere.


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Experienced people, quality products, innovative service and a central location set us apart.
Mission Statement
Mountain West Ag Services Inc. will build and distribute competitively priced, high-quality animal feed. We aim to be recognized as the leading provider of animal nutrition and customer service in the region.
Company Goals and Objectives
Business Philosophy
We offer producers a competitive option to buying products, with the best customer service.
To manufacture and distribute a quality livestock nutrition product to all livestock producers and back it up with knowledge and the best customer service in the industry.
Our owners and management team have in-depth understanding of the livestock nutrition business and will back it up with product knowledge and customer service.
Mountain West Ag Services, Inc. manufactures, distributes and retails livestock nutritional products to livestock producers. We aim to specifically tailor our products to meet our producers' exact needs.
Our distribution area includes Montana, Wyoming and Idaho with the plant and office located in Central MT. Mountain West products will be distributed through feed dealers, specialty feed outlets and directly shipped to large volume producers.


text: Early mornings call for a bit of the reggae, you know? Although you know how DAD turns up, and we couldn't hold onto this Phat Deuce tune any longer. Putting his own stamp on Alborosie's "Black Woman," Stockholm's Phat Deuce applies a necessary trap vibe to it, transforming this track into a proper club beast. You have to love the way it teases you, dipping back into the original at a moments notice before dipping into that syrupy-thick 808 monstrosity. This track has been getting love from guys like DJ Craze and David Heartbreak, who personally dropped this one off to DAD HQ. It pays to check out heavyweight riddims from guys you're not completely up on (although we're hoping you remember his Jeffree's release, "Bubble Di Sistem"). Perfect tune to rule your summer.


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Are droughts a thing of the past? This year's $14,000 James Dyson Award prize winner Edward Linacre created the Airdrop with the hopes of creating a solution for agriculture in arid regions. Airdrop is a low cost, self powered, and easy to install solution that came about when Linacre was considering the ramifications of Australia's worst drought in a century. The mechanism harvests water from even the driest air.
Inspired by principles of biomimicry, Linacre studied the Namib beetle an ingenious species which lives in one of the driest places on earth. With half an inch of rain per year, the beetle can only survive by consuming the dew it collects on the hydrophilic skin of its back in the early mornings.
Airdrop borrows this concept, working on the principle that even the driest air contains water molecules which can be extracted by lowering the air's temperature to the point of condensation. It pumps air through a network of underground pipes, to cool it to the point at which the water condenses. Delivering water directly to the roots of plants.
Edward's research suggests that 11.5 millilitres of water can be harvested from every cubic meter of air in the driest of deserts. Further iterations of his design will increase the yield of Airdrop. The prize money will go towards testing and an additional $14,000 will be awarded to Linacre's alma mater, Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne.


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WHEN: Saturday, May 3rd, 2014
WHAT TIME: Race starts 9:15 am
Kids Fun Run (Please bring a can for ACORD Food Pantry) 10:15 am
WHERE: Patton Park, Hamilton, MA
WHO: Fantastic women of all ages
WHY: To celebrate active women and raise money for Wellspring House of Gloucester
Race is rain or shine.
More Details:
Register by April 18th guaranteed to Get a FREE terrific Fast Chicks 5K t-shirt.
No refunds, no cancellations
Parking: Info Coming soon!
All proceeds go to Wellspring House of Gloucester
Age Groups: 19 and under, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70+
Prizes will be awarded to the top three overall winners, as well as first place finishers in all age groups and teams.
New for 2014!! Race will be chip timed by North Shore Timing Company using the MyLaps Bib Tag System


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Bi-annual research offers broad insights into wide range of adolescent behavior patterns
The 2008 Emerson Hospital Youth Risk Behavior Survey, administered to 8,677 area students in grades 6, 8, and 9-12 in seven local school districts, reveals new statistics about adolescent risk behavior patterns.
In this year's survey, a new question analyzes gambling patterns in area youth. National statistics indicate that the number of teen gamblers in the United States is rising. In a new question added to this year's survey, 5% of high school respondents report having spent one or more hours online using the Internet to gamble during the month prior to the survey. The incidence of this behavior was highest in grade 11. Sixth grade respondents to the same question report that 2% use the Internet to gamble, while 5% of eighth graders spend an hour or more online gambling. In addition, 14% of sixth grade respondents, 27% of eighth grade respondents, and 35% of high school respondents report having gambled at least once during the previous year.
The Emerson Hospital Youth Risk Behavior Survey has been conducted bi-annually for the last ten years. The Survey Committee, comprised of health educators from the respective school districts, revises the survey questions over time to reflect current topics.
Emerson Hospital's support of a local Youth Risk Behavior Survey for the last ten years has provided a prevention safety net to students and families in all nine towns that participate in the survey," said Kathy Bowen, K-12 Health Education Coordinator for the Concord Public & Concord-Carlisle School System. "Working with Emerson has allowed us to create a living document whose results assist us in keeping abreast of the most recent risk behaviors our students deal with daily, from Internet safety to dating violence. Having five years of data allows us to assess how far we have come and where we need to go in providing prevention programming to students, their families, and our seven school districts."
The aggregate and individual district results are provided to the seven area school superintendents to present a more comprehensive picture of health and risk behaviors over time among area youth. The superintendents and their health educators in turn rely on the survey results for use in developing the health education curriculums in their communities."Emerson Hospital is pleased to support this important health initiative because statistics prove that proactive health curriculums promote positive behavior change," said Christine Schuster, Emerson Hospital president and CEO. "This survey and other youth-based initiatives focused on educating schools and families on how to discuss risky behaviors lay the foundation to promote healthy choices," she said. "We believe that by gathering data directly from within our communities, we help to create the most effective educational programs and classroom instruction to give parents and children the best community-based prevention and intervention initiatives possible."
Sexual behavior trends: Results show little changeThe Emerson Hospital Youth Risk Behavior Survey also monitors sexual behavior among area teens. Comparative data reflect relatively little change over time in the number of students reporting that they ever had sexual intercourse. Of eighth graders surveyed between 2000 and 2008, the percentages who reported that they ever had sexual intercourse varied from 6% to 11%. Of high school students surveyed between 2000 and 2008, the percentages who reported that they ever had sexual intercourse varied from 26% to 28%.
New questions on oral sex were added to the Emerson Hospital Youth Risk Behavior Survey in 2006. Of eighth graders surveyed in 2008, 11% report having ever participated in oral sex. More than one-third (35%) of high school respondents report having ever participated in oral sex.While sexual activity statistics remain steady, the Emerson Hospital survey data shows that 49% of high school respondents, 32% of sixth grade respondents, and 38% of eighth grade respondents report having ever talked about AIDS or HIV infection with their parents or other adults in their family.
Trends in tobacco and alcohol use show mostly positive resultsMassachusetts statistics show that youth smoking rates are declining, in part due to the state's investment in tobacco prevention and control. Notably, the rate of smoking among high school students in the state has been cut in half since 1995, according to a report released in early 2008 by the Office of Health and Human Services.Emerson Hospital's Youth Risk Behavior Survey results mirror state-wide trends. Of those surveyed, less than 1% of sixth grade respondents, 6% of eighth grade respondents, and 13% of all high school respondents report having smoked cigarettes recently. At the high school level, this represents an 11% decrease from respondents who answered the same question in 2000 (24% of high school respondents at that time had engaged in recent cigarette use).Health educators believe that the use of cigarettes leads to the use of alcohol and illegal drugs. In fact, 79% of eighth graders who smoked cigarettes in the 30 days prior to the survey also drank alcohol recently, and 72% of eighth grade smokers had also used marijuana.
The use of alcohol and illegal drug use among area youth is decreasing. From 2000 to 2008, high school students who used alcohol recently decreased from 48% to 38%, and high school students who had ever used marijuana declined from 40% in 2000 to 32% in 2008.
Survey results show that the number of high school students who report having ridden in a car with an impaired driver (who is a minor) remain steady over time at 21%. An impaired driver is defined in the survey as someone who has used alcohol or other drugs. However, the incidence of this experience was much higher in grade 12 than in grade 9.
Of particular note in this year's survey are results about teenagers who have attended a party where alcohol is allowed. Results show that more than one quarter (30%) of all high school respondents report having attended parties held in homes in their school district where alcohol use by teens was allowed, either occasionally or frequently during the 12 months prior to the survey. By comparison, 7% of all eighth grade respondents report having attended parties where alcohol use by teens is allowed.
Community and parent education efforts, due in part to the results of the Emerson Youth Risk Behavior Survey since 2000, have been increased and have had a positive effect on parents' understanding of the impact of early use of tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs on brain development," added Bowen. "Parent Education Prevention is a community initiative that needs to continue to be supported financially. New brain research allows parents to see the direct impact of early use on the brain of their adolescent, which hopefully will influence their decision to not make their homes and alcohol available to the underage youth in our communities."
Role of gender in risky behavior The role of gender in risk behaviors varied widely. Female respondents were more likely to injure themselves on purpose, try to lose weight, go without eating for 24 hours or more, and sleep an average of seven or fewer hours each night.Male respondents were more likely to carry a weapon on school property, ride with an impaired driver (who is a minor), smoke cigars or cigarillos, try marijuana, spend one or more hours online using the Internet to gamble, sell illegal drugs on school property, and have four or more sexual partners in their lifetime.Males and females engaged in certain risk behaviors at similar rates, including meeting someone in person with whom the first contact was over the Internet, experiencing dating violence, attempting suicide, drinking alcohol, binge drinking, using inhalants to get high, taking diet pills without the doctor's advice, or having sexual intercourse.
About the survey The 2008 Emerson Hospital Youth Risk Behavior Survey, which is funded by Emerson Hospital as part of its community benefits program, was coordinated by Northeast Health Resources of Haverhill, Mass., a data collection and consulting firm specializing in teen surveys conducted in Massachusetts. The survey was administered on a voluntary basis in March 2008 to more than 8,500 public school students in grades 6, 8 and 9 through 12 in seven school systems. These include Acton and Acton-Boxborough Regional Schools, Boxborough (grade 6 only), Concord and Concord-Carlisle Regional Schools, Groton-Dunstable Regional Schools, the Littleton Public Schools, the Maynard Public Schools, and the Westford Public Schools. Students replied to 65 questions in grade 6, 89 questions in grade 8, and 111 questions in high school.The data is provided to health coordinators and top public school administrators and is used to set school health and health promotion goals, and support modifications of school health curricula or other programs.The complete Emerson Hospital Youth Risk Behavior Survey report is available here.


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Submitted by ladena rhoden, IV Therapy Coordinator, Charlotte Regional Medical Cen on Fri Feb 16 13:44:21 2007
My ER director is asking for info on a 'vein finder'. I know there are a few out there now. Can anyone give me referrals to one they like?
I have info on the IRIS. Does anyone have experience with this one?
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Sat, 08/21/2010 - 18:13 — Michelle Todd CRNI
Results of trialing the new vein finders disappointing.
I trialed both the vein viewer and the acuvein in my facility. I had high hopes for the devices because we do not have an IV team or phlebotomy services and we have a lot of need for IVs and lab sticks by the nurses. Some of the nurses have little to no experience. The problem I found was that the devices were so good at finding veins that they would light up ones that no one should consider cannulating due to the capillary-size of them. A larger appropriate vein would look much dimmer and not bright and big. To test this for yourself, find a vein that you can see and that you would never consider sticking. Then look at how well the device makes it appear. Check the palm of your hand. The acuvein did not show the tiny ones quite as bad as the vein vision but it was enough of a problem for both that I decided they were not the right thing to have in our facility and especially should not be used by nurses with little experience. And for someone who did have experience, I found that they did not show any vein that was worth sticking that I could not already see or feel. There was a great wow factor, but that was all. I was very dissapointed. I do teach my nurses to use ultrasound to locate veins, and even though it is a higher skill, many of them do will with it. I have them locate the vein and then mark it in two places with the end of the plunger of the 10 ml saline flush they will be using. The dent is made by pressing gently for 5 seconds on the skin. (Other variations are a card edge for marking but we kept loosing it). (A surgical marking pen would be nice but the all seem to scrub off with the scrub). Maybe there is a type that is really permanent that I could use. After making the marks, they should check once again to assure that the marks are in the middle of the vein. Then they just set the ultrasound down, try to palpate the vein and scrub and poke just like normal. If the want to do it more advanced, they would actually hold the probe during insertion and do ultrasound-guided insertion but only 2 of my nurses do that and lots of them use the finding method. I have them look for veins that are not more than 1 cm down, so that they will have enough catheter to thread after canulating.
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Fri, 08/20/2010 - 07:27 — Rahul Dev
Vein Finder Manufacturers
I am in look out for more vein finder manufacturers. I know about Accuvein & Vein Viewer (earlier Luminetx). To the best of my information, there are around 6-7 manufacturers. I would like to contact them for promoting their product in Indian market. if any body knows, kindly contact me at email@example.com or leave message here.
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Wed, 02/28/2007 - 19:27 — ladena rhoden
Thanks for the assistance on
Thanks for the assistance on vein finders!
Wed, 02/21/2007 - 15:35 — holly hess
I am not familiar with the
I am not familiar with the IRIS but we have a Vein Viewer and will get another one later this year. I find it is most helpful to nurses with less IV experience, or who struggle with IV skills. It provides another tool to make vascular access more successful with fewer tries, which is our goal, especially in peds. The comment stating "it doesn't teach you how to stick" is very true...we say, it provides a roadmap, you still have to drive the car. You may e-mail me directly if you would like more in depth discussion. Holly
Tue, 02/20/2007 - 11:15 — ivnursin
Our hospital puchased three
Our hospital puchased three VeinViewers recently. We have been using them a month or so. From an IV therapist standpoint the device is helpful for those chronic patients that no longer have visible or palpable veins, especially in my field of pediatrics. Although, some of the time it just proves that there was nothing there to "stick" all along just like your initial assessment would have been without the technology. The Vein Viewers are available to all the staff as we are not a 24 hour IV therapy team. We have tried to stess that the device will not teach you how to "stick". So an experienced nurse needs to be using the device. We should have more feedback from staff later as we are following them with process improvement flowsheets.
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Children's Hospital of Alabama
Fri, 02/16/2007 - 16:26 — lynncrni
I am giving a presentation
I am giving a presentation at INS in June on vascular visualization technology. There are 2 types - visible light such as regular flashlights, Venoscope, etc and infrared light devices such as Vascular Viewer from IRIS and VeinViewer from Luninetx.
Visible light devices are cheap but they require the other lights to be out so they will work better. Some require extra hands to hold or may be in the way of the venipuncture procesure. Some people really have good success and others hate them - very personal issue.
Infrared light devices are capital equipment purchases and each has positives and negatives. The 2 devices use different infrared technology. You can call or email me privately to discuss. Lynn
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