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The original US flag :hemp fabric.The Constitution :printed on hemp paper, textiles needed to help win WW2;also hemp.
Lauve testified in favor of the bill, as did Parker, who'd met McKinley in 2008 through an acquaintance who thought the lawmaker might be interested in hemp; they also brought in Hunter, who gave scientific testimony about the benefits of using crops to clean soil. The lawmakers had a lot of questions. How do you know that hemp will actually clean the soil? How much water does this so-called wonder crop need? Does eating hemp get you high? What if a teenager tries to smoke the stuff? And, most important, is growing hemp legal?
"No," McKinley told the House committee, "but we're not growing it. We're studying it."
The hemp proponents admitted that there wasn't much science on the subject of hemp and pollutants, primarily because no one can grow the crop in the U.S. They explained that eating hemp doesn't get you high, and that if you grow it near marijuana, the hemp will actually cause the pot to go to seed, effectively ruining it. As for the water requirements, Hunter said that Canadian and European data shows that hemp needs twenty inches of rain per year, which isn't much more than parts of Colorado receive.
The bill passed and was signed into law by Governor John Hickenlooper on June 4, 2012, five months before Amendment 64 would pave a legal pathway for hemp, making Colorado the first state to authorize a so-called hemp phytoremediation study.
In order to grow it, though, the pilot program needed a laboratory. Enter Ben Holmes, a 48-year-old horticultural wizard and entrepreneur who's been involved in a wide range of ventures, from Internet startups to financial publishing to his latest business, Centennial State Distributors. In a nondescript industrial building in Lafayette, Holmes studies how best to grow cannabis and then shares his expertise with medical marijuana growers for a fee.
"I work on fundamental problems with cultivation," he says, and recommends ways for growers to increase their yields.
Last year, he was at the State Capitol to meet with his state senator on the issue of marijuana seed cultivation when he ran into Senator Williams while waiting for the elevator. The two struck up a conversation, and when he told her why he was there, she told him about her work for hemp — which eventually led to Williams's introducing Holmes to Parker. "I remember telling her, 'I want to be involved,'" Holmes recalls. "The next thing I know, my name was on a list and I was involved."
One of the main obstacles to growing hemp is that there's very little seed available, since the U.S. market has been virtually eliminated. Holmes has a small amount of a few different strains, including an Italian fiber strain and two hemp-oil varieties; the seeds, he says, were given to him as gifts. "There's a very active trading community in seed," he explains.
Holmes is curing the seed so that it will be ready to plant in the spring, when he plans to grow a hemp plot outdoors in order to increase his seed stock. Once he's done that, he'll have enough of a base to do a real phytoremediation study using soil contaminated with gold-mining waste. Hunter has already done a very small-scale study with four plants to see if they would grow in the polluted soil. They did. Hunter and Parker have also collected soil that was scorched by the Colorado wildfires with an eye toward testing whether hemp will grow in it.
While Holmes says he's not blind to the legal risks of growing cannabis, he believes it can be done in a way that's respectful and won't attract attention. "I'm concerned with how we can utilize this crop," he says. "It's hard to impeach someone for being honest and curious."
Holmes isn't being paid for his work with hemp. He sees it as a "citizen effort," a way to help the greater cannabis cause. But there could be something in it for him, too. Eventually, he hopes to sell the seeds he develops directly to farmers and home gardeners through a retail store. "I'm interested in developing good, clean seed strains," he says.
And soon, thanks to Amendment 64, cannabis seeds could be in high demand.
******Hemp was almost an afterthought in the drafting of Amendment 64.
For six months, a committee met weekly to carefully craft the language that would end up on voters' ballots. "The process was very intensive," says medical marijuana attorney Brian Vicente, one of the amendment's primary authors. "Every word was debated."
But none of those words had to do with hemp. In fact, there weren't even any hemp advocates on the committee, a circumstance Vicente attributes to the laser-focus on marijuana. "It was almost haphazard when we said, 'We've done all this work on marijuana. What should we do about hemp?' No one really had any ideas."
So Vicente created a very general clause that requires lawmakers to enact legislation governing the cultivation, processing and sale of industrial hemp by July 1, 2014 — a year after the state must start issuing licenses for recreational pot shops.
And just like that, hemp was on its way to becoming legal.
The original US flag :hemp fabric.The Constitution :printed on hemp paper, textiles needed to help win WW2;also hemp.
Washington specified "INDIAN hemp"-- do you know what that is? Look up W.B. O'Shaughnessy and learn. Low-THC, my eye!
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Yet another reason I am proud of my write-in vote for Ron Paul, with Gary Johnson as his VP. Sure better than the two drug warriors for whom the 50% of the country who even bothered voted.
I once wrote a paper in college about hemp and I gave a speech about it too. This was back in the early 1990's and i got bad grades for content even when the assignment was to write about anything. I put a lot of work into the paper but now after 20 years I feel vindicated but I never graduated from college because they really were not looking for people who thought or wanted to think outside of the box. I would love to get into the hemp industry . I live in an agricultural community in Texas and I think its ridiculous that we dont grow hemp. Especially when people are on government assistance and out of work. What a waist in so many ways.
Colorado has a chance to be a national leader in the new movement. Hemp could do great things for our state. www.coloradohempcompany.com
If anyone is interested in moving this historic hemp legislation through in Colorado, please donate to Hemp Cleans at www.hempcleans.com We will be hosting Colorado's first HEMP LOBBY DAY at the Capitol on MARCH 20th. We will have amazing hemp businesses like Evo Hemp, Envirotextiles, Dixie Elixers, THC Magazine, HIA/Vote Hemp, Hemp Hoodlamb, JR carpentry and Johnny Hempseed, of course DR. BRONNERS and many, many more supporting the bill and educating the public on how hemp is wonderful and growing industry that needs to be allowed to fully flourish and operate in a free market. At the end of the day this is about our economic FREEDOM.
In the meantime, you can also check out HIA's website where they have a petition to lobby our Congressman and Senators on a national level to pass HB 255 the Industrial Hemp Farming Act.
...Industrial hemp right now is a political football with the Democrats of Kentucky holding back on endorsing the plant for agriculture. Seems the Dems aren't getting their slice of the pie.
Kudos to Senators Rand paul and Mitch McConnell for their foresight in ending the over 80 years of lies regarding hemp and shame on the Democrats of Kentucky who could care less about the farmers in their State. They will be remembered come election time...
Cannabis and hemp are the exact same plant botanically speaking. The only difference is one variety has been bred to produce high levels of THC and other cannabinoids and one was bred to produce copious amounts of fiber. Marijuana is a slang word that needs to be dropped from the lexicon along with "pot" and "stoner"
@rsteeb Many historical references allude to the medicinal properties of 'Indian Hemp'.
@HB420 "Pot" is pretty handy slang, but I'll agree with the rest.


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"It's an interesting phenomenon," observes Mark Quinn, district director of the San Francisco SBA and a San Francisco resident of 15 years. "Up until a few years ago, you didn't notice much of an impact on San Francisco from high-tech ventures. But the Multimedia Gulch phenomenon has really changed parts of the city."
Exactly how much the Internet has affected the city's characteristic charms is unclear. However, there's no denying that the preponderance of Internet companies has clearly influenced new housing developments, traffic patterns and property values, making the gentrification of San Francisco by the "Internet people" a topic of much-heated conversation. It also has many local residents worried about their city's future.
Historically, San Francisco's banking community and large industries have made long-term investments in the city and its neighborhoods. However, people don't expect that kind of behavior from Internet start-ups, which have a reputation for a get-rich-quick mentality.
"It has made sense for [traditional San Francisco] businesses to work hand-in-hand with the community," says Quinn. "Now many wonder whether small start-up Internet businesses have the same level of invest-ment in the community."
Not everyone is comfortable with the bad rap that cyberprofessionals are getting, though. "It's not easy" to be an Internet entrepreneur, says Soon-Chart Yu, the 34-year-old CEO of Gazoontite.com, an online health-product store based in SOMA. "I'm acutely aware of the issues we face socially and politically as well as in business."
Yu, a resident of San Francisco for 12 years, insists that he and his business are here to stay. "I visit all the local restaurants, and live in the neighborhood so I have a real interest in the community," he says. "I'm not only concerned for a few months to ride this great wave, but [I want] to run my business on a long-term basis. I want to stay in San Francisco."
Yu believes open communication is the only way to resolve issues like congestion and parking availability that stem from such rapid growth. "There has to be an attitude that people will work with us," says Yu, "so [residents] can protect the integrity of [their communities], while we can still allow for proactive growth."
This past year, Yu helped form the Information Tech-nology Coalition, a San Francisco organization dedi-cated to bringing high-tech businesses and the community together. "We have some of the most creative people in the Internet sector," he says, "and we can work together to resolve some of these issues."
Quinn agrees that there's a solution. But rather than viewing the wave of Internet businesses moving in as something new, Quinn prefers to look at it as part of an evolution, pointing out that the Internet is attracting a lot of talented people to the city. "Historically, San Francisco has always embraced new kinds of people moving into its city, whether it was the beatniks in the '50s or hippies in the '60s," he says. "The energy and talent that come from creative people in this city is one reason why San Francisco has always been successfully ahead of trends, and that's the case here, too."
Heather Alter, former Entrepreneur technology editor currently lives in the Bay area.
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Welcome back! What did you think of Part 2? My stomach churns with every page, but I can't put this book down. I am absolutely devouring it!
After reading the flash-forward section that opens the novel, I doubt anyone was surprised when Tom and Isabel decided to keep the baby. Still, I expected Tom to put up more of a fight when Isabel suggested they raise Lucy as their own. Tom knew his moral obligation and was slavishly devoted to following rules, but he couldn't deprive Isabel of a daughter and subject Lucy to the uncertainty of the foster-care system. Tom reasoned that "sometimes [rules] were what stood between man and savagery, between man and monsters…. But always, it would come down to the simple question: could he deprive Isabel of this baby?… Could it really be right to drag [the baby] away from a woman who adored her, to some lottery of Fate?" I understand Tom here, but I also think he is rationalizing his silence. Tom prided himself on his strong sense of right and wrong, yet he allowed himself to be persuaded that the child was an orphan, though they had no proof. On the other hand, that assumption was not an unreasonable one. Isabel justified her actions with her belief that this was God's plan, but I expected Tom, who did not think in such terms, to treat Lucy's blood family with more delicacy. After all, even if the baby's parents were deceased, that didn't mean she had no family who would love and miss her. Were you surprised by Tom? Do you think he gave in to Isabel too easily?
Tom wanted to come clean immediately after learning that Lucy's birth mother, Hannah, was alive, but Isabel wouldn't hear of it. To me, this was an even more impossible choice than their original decision to keep Lucy. Tom and Isabel justified keeping Lucy by convincing themselves that not only were they not hurting anyone, they were doing the right thing by raising an orphan in a loving, nurturing environment. After Hannah's appearance in their lives, though, they could no longer pretend that they were doing an unqualified good, yet they also couldn't turn themselves in. Legal troubles aside, I can't imagine them willingly parting with the child they have raised as their own. At Lucy's baptism, who did you find yourself siding with: Tom, who couldn't live with their lie, or Isabel, who wouldn't consider telling the truth?
Tormented as Tom was, Isabel shut down all of his attempts to talk about their role in separating Lucy from her birth family. Though he couldn't bring himself to part with Lucy, Tom also couldn't follow Isabel's example and shut Lucy's blood parents out of his mind. With no other recourse, Tom left the letters that ultimately resulted in Tom and Isabel being found out. Were you angry with Tom for leaving the secret notes for Hannah?
Again, I could neither condone nor condemn Tom's decisions. I hated that he went behind Isabel's back and jeopardized his family, but I don't know what other option he had, given Isabel's refusal to discuss the matter. Her coldness toward Tom at the close of Part 2 felt justified to me; how could he soothe his conscious by endangering their family? Then again, I could not excuse Isabel for tyrannically deciding how they would handle Lucy's past without consulting her husband, thereby leaving him with no options. Do you think that Isabel should have stood by Tom at the end of Part 2? Tom and Isabel seemed so much in love in Part 1, but Lucy proved to be both the light of their lives and the undoing of their relationship. Isabel's willfulness, excusable and almost cute during the episode with the piano specialist, is anguishing when so many lives are at stake. Once Tom's touchstone, Isabel became someone with whom he couldn't share the central pain in his life.
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1 It was two days before the Passover and the festival of Unleavened Bread. The chief priests and the scribes were looking for a way to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him; | 1 Now the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread were only two days away, and the chief priests and the teachers of the law were looking for some sly way to arrest Jesus and kill him. |
2 for they said, "Not during the festival, or there may be a riot among the people." | 2 "But not during the Feast," they said, "or the people may riot." |
3 While he was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at the table, a woman came with an alabaster jar of very costly ointment of nard, and she broke open the jar and poured the ointment on his head. | 3 While he was in Bethany, reclining at the table in the home of a man known as Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke the jar and poured the perfume on his head. |
4 But some were there who said to one another in anger, "Why was the ointment wasted in this way? | 4 Some of those present were saying indignantly to one another, "Why this waste of perfume? |
5 For this ointment could have been sold for more than three hundred denarii, and the money given to the poor." And they scolded her. | 5 It could have been sold for more than a year's wages and the money given to the poor." And they rebuked her harshly. |
6 But Jesus said, "Let her alone; why do you trouble her? She has performed a good service for me. | 6 "Leave her alone," said Jesus. "Why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful thing to me. |
7 For you always have the poor with you, and you can show kindness to them whenever you wish; but you will not always have me. | 7 The poor you will always have with you, and you can help them any time you want. But you will not always have me. |
8 She has done what she could; she has anointed my body beforehand for its burial. | 8 She did what she could. She poured perfume on my body beforehand to prepare for my burial. |
9 Truly I tell you, wherever the good news is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will be told in remembrance of her." | 9 I tell you the truth, wherever the gospel is preached throughout the world, what she has done will also be told, in memory of her." |
10 Then Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, went to the chief priests in order to betray him to them. | 10 Then Judas Iscariot, one of the Twelve, went to the chief priests to betray Jesus to them. |
11 When they heard it, they were greatly pleased, and promised to give him money. So he began to look for an opportunity to betray him. | 11 They were delighted to hear this and promised to give him money. So he watched for an opportunity to hand him over. |
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According to the group, Voice of the Martyrs, Ansar al-Islam sent an email to Shlemon Warduni, the Chaldean bishop of Baghdad, issuing a warning to Christians to leave the country.
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euphorbia Posts: 14Ray80,
I keep track of every gallon that I put in my cars on an Excel spreadsheet and on my past two GM minivans I find that the fuel economy display is off an average of 7.5 %. When it says that I am getting 22.5, I am only getting a little over 20mpg. You might want to keep track for several fillups and take a running average and compare it to your readout.
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ray80 Posts: 1,403Thats why I always try to mention it if I'm using puters numbers. The one time (and only one tankful) I calulated using real numbers with the HHR it came out exactly the same as D.I.C. display, but thats not reliable. OH BTW cool air returned this week, and indeed indicated milage dropped a couple tenths
haufniensis Posts: 2Ray, Euphorbia, et al,
This jibes with the experience I have with the DIC. I reset the thing every time I fill up and when I do the calculations I generally see actual mileage a couple MPG under the DIC. In town I am getting 25-26 mpg actual, but you should understand I don't drive during the congested part of the day and spend little time sitting at lights, etc. (I actually just walk to work.) In pure highway driving, on mostly level interstates at 65 mph in fair weather, I actually get 34 mpg actual, which sort of boggled my mind the first time. I didn't believe it until it came out that way three times in a row in round trips to Hot Springs, AR. My daughter doesn't get but 30 in the same vehicle, OTOH she's 28 and I'm 52, I am sort of easy on the pedal.
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PF_Flyer Pennsylvania Furnace, PAPosts: 6,134Very true pacerman! A most definite consideration when evaluating mileage performance!
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basiliskst Posts: 55We rented a 2.5 liter automatic HHR LT2 for a recent 600 mile road trip. Over Interstate Highways with sustained speeds of approximately 72-75 mph we achieved 30 mpg, calculated by hand (if our HHR had a trip computer we didn't find it in the radio menu structure). Outside temperatures were in the high 90s and low 100s, so we were definitely using air conditioning. The car was fully loaded with luggage and three adults. I thought this was very good. The HHR was very smooth and generally quiet especially for a wagon or hatchback.
basiliskst Posts: 55Pacerman asked what fuel grade we used to achieve 30 mpg on a fully loaded 600 mile freeway trip. The first half of the trip was with 89 octane 10% ethanol 90% gasoline. The second half of the trip was with 87 octane regular gasoline. The fuel mileage was a combined mileage calculation (diminishing the effects of single fill differences).
I used the cruise control. The 2.4 with automatic would kick down a gear on long hills (with a definite resulting notch up in drive train noise), but it was never short on power and when cruising in fourth the engine was notably quiet. Overall there was very little tire or wind noise, especially for a hatchback or small car. By contrast I recently drove a Dodge Caliber that transmitted much more tire and road noise into the cabin.
I was also impressed with the HHR's on center feel and tracking. It was very easy to drive long distance with no wandering or uncertainty through the wheel. A recent trip in an otherwise beautiful Toyota Corolla was marred by steering that always felt like it was trying to find the groove and never did. I wouldn't want to live with the Corolla's wandering ways. It's possible the Corolla (another rental) wasn't representative, but I've driven three different HHR's and all illustrated how it should be done. Maybe the relatively long wheelbase helps the HHR. That said the HHR is a cruiser, it is not set-up for sports car agility. The HHR rewards smooth driving not cut and thrust. -
bjw57 Posts: 1Just purchased an HHR with 2.2 manual, just put the third tank of gas in , regular 89 octain. First tank was little over 30 mpg, 50% hiway, 50% town. Second was 26.8 mostly in town, I think computer said average speed on that tank was 32 mph.
Last tank was 28.6 that 60% around town and 40%highway.
I have been driving with a soft touch. I figured these calc. by hand,, seems like the computer is just a little off...
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micweb Posts: 1,617My computer on my Cobalt seems optimistic by 1.5 mpg, based on calculating mileage with a calculator (write down miles per tank on each gas receipt) over about 4,400 miles. But its consistent, and moves in the same direction as actual gas mileage.
My best indicated/calulated mpg to date (stickshift 2.2 Cobalt Coupe LS) is 39.1 mpg, my worst 32 mpg, with average commuting mileage between 33-34 and average road trip mileage between 34-36. (A combination of an easy, long freeway, commute and easy driving habits and a stickshift). This clearly beats my former all time mileage highs of 33 mpg on my commute.
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After Growing Up Without Health Insurance, "Relieved" by the Supreme Court Health Reform Ruling
This is part of a series in which Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) leaders, scholars, grantees and alumni offer perspectives on the U.S. Supreme Court rulings on the Affordable Care Act. Michelle Scott recently graduated from Rowan University and is an intern at RWJF, working with The Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action.
I'm 22 and uninsured. I've only had health insurance for the four years I went to college, and now that I've just graduated, I no longer have that luxury. I survived the first 18 years of my life without it, but thanks to the Affordable Care Act, I don't have to live without it for the rest of my life.
The day I received my college health insurance card in the mail, that flimsy piece of laminated paper with my name on it, I vividly remember thinking, "Wow. I'm allowed to be sick." During my time at college I never got sick, nor injured in a serious accident of any kind where I actually needed medical attention. There was a brief period where I thought I smashed my hip and orbital bone in a skateboard incident my senior year of college, but after sitting on the ground at the skate park for a minute, and contemplating whether my family could afford to patch me up, I decided to walk it off. From my very early childhood, that's how I learned to treat any kind of issue: Walk it off, or rest up until you can walk it off.
How the Supreme Court's Health Reform Ruling May Affect the Latino Population
This is part of a series in which Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) leaders, scholars, grantees and alumni offer perspectives on the U.S. Supreme Court rulings on the Affordable Care Act. Gabriel R. Sanchez, PhD, is an associate professor of political science at the University of New Mexico, assistant director of the RWJF Center for Health Policy at the University of New Mexico, and director of Research for Latino Decisions.
The Supreme Court decision regarding the constitutionally of the signature policy victory of the Obama administration has been the most anticipated and hotly debated decision of the Court in recent memory. In the spirit of a prior Human Capital blog post I wrote back in November, I wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to participate in this series by providing a perspective on how this decision will likely impact the Latino population. I have been analyzing public opinion toward health care reform for some time now, and draw on some of this data to provide a few examples. I focus my attention here on some of the more intriguing relationships to emphasize the complexity of Latino's views of this historic policy.
Latinos had a lot at stake in this decision, as the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is projected to expand insurance to 9 million Latinos. It is therefore not surprising that support for health care reform, and the ACA in particular, has been higher among Latinos when compared to non-Latinos. In fact, since Latino Decisions started collecting data in October 2011, on average 51 percent of Latinos have supported the ACA. Conversely, as reflected in the figure below, the percentage of Latino voters who want to repeal the law has been lower than what other polls have shown for the non-Latino population over this time period.
Cautiously Optimistic about the Affordable Care Act - If Older Americans and Their Advocates Speak Out as It Is Implemented
This is part of a series in which Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) leaders, scholars, grantees and alumni offer perspectives on the U.S. Supreme Court rulings on the Affordable Care Act. Margaret P. Moss, PhD, JD, RN, FAAN, is associate professor, Yale School of Nursing and an alumna of the RWJF Health Policy Fellows program (2008 – 2009).
As I reflect upon the monumental decision by the Supreme Court to uphold the Affordable Care Act, I can't help but be awed by how the branches of government are alive and well and operating just as they were designed to work. But as I filter what this decision will mean for the groups I am most closely tied with professionally and personally, I am struck at how the 'system'—public and private—has largely let them down.
My professional focus has been in aging, and in particular American Indian aging. My profession is nursing, with a background in law. I am optimistic that these groups, both patient and provider, will be lifted and solidified by the spirit of this law. But I am cautious that the letter of the law must be handled with an eye toward impact, unintended consequences, short-term pilot and demonstration projects, and authorized but unfunded rules.
There can be no question that there are provisions in the Act that no-one would dispute are positive. The most cited are: 1) no more pre-existing condition exclusions, 2) the ability to keep adult children under parents' plans until after college age, and 3) widening the net for coverage to include those now uninsured. The opposing point being moot now with the Supreme Court's decision, we must look forward and responsibly carry out the law before us. Unfortunately, the devil, as they say, is in the details.
Make What the Supreme Court Upheld a Reality by Empowering All Providers
This is part of a series in which Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) leaders, scholars, grantees and alumni offer perspectives on the U.S. Supreme Court rulings on the Affordable Care Act. Matthew D. McHugh, PhD, JD, MPH, RN, CRNP, is an assistant professor of nursing at the Center for Health Outcomes & Policy Research, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, and an RWJF Nurse Faculty Scholar.
By upholding the Affordable Care Act, the Supreme Court's landmark ruling has allowed health reform to continue to move forward. But the promise and potential of health reform depends on having a robust, well-trained workforce that can meet the demands of a changing health care system, an aging population, and newly insured Americans with increasingly complex health care needs.
More than ever, the recommendations from the Institute of Medicine's (IOM's) report The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health will be critical to achieving the goals of health reform. For example, this defining moment provides an opportunity to redefine roles to take advantage of the fullest extent of all providers' capabilities to improve health system efficiency and meet the health care needs of the population.
The first recommendation from the IOM report is that nurses should practice to the full extent of their education and training. Many of the Affordable Care Act's provisions rely on the health care workforce, particularly the primary care workforce, working in new and expanded roles. Whether it is implementing new models of integrated care, providing much needed care to previously uninsured Americans, or delivering guaranteed preventive services and essential benefits, meeting the coming demand for primary care will require "all hands on deck"—every provider working at their fullest capacity. Although advanced practice nurses are one way to grow the primary care workforce, their ability to fully participate has been limited by legal barriers that restrict them from practicing up to the level they have been trained and often requiring physician oversight.
The Affordable Care Act and Its Juncture between Health Care and Health
This is part of a series in which Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) leaders, scholars, grantees and alumni offer perspectives on the U.S. Supreme Court rulings on the Affordable Care Act. Sara Rosenbaum, JD, is the Harold and Jane Hirsh Professor at George Washington University, School of Public Health and Health Services, Department of Health Policy. Rosenbaum received an RWJF Investigator Award in Health Policy Research in 2000, and is on the board of the RWJF Health Policy Fellows program.
In affirming the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, the United States Supreme Court assured the legal survival, not just of thousands of discrete legislative provisions, but also the big ideas embedded in the Act. One of the biggest is its emphasis on strengthening the juncture between health care and health, an opportunity whose potential is only beginning to be explored. The most publicly visible aspect of this emphasis is the Act's expansion of coverage for clinical preventive services without cost-sharing across the principal health insurance markets recognized under the Act: Medicare; employer-sponsored health plans, state regulated individual and small group markets (including the new Exchange market) and the Medicaid "benchmark plan" market that will serve newly eligible beneficiaries. (Ironically, the Act leaves out of this expanded clinical preventive coverage design the health plan market serving traditional Medicaid beneficiaries; other than a state option to expand coverage at slightly favorable federal financing rates, the law does not require expanded clinical preventive benefits for the very poorest beneficiaries. Although family planning services are a required benefit for all beneficiaries of childbearing age, services such as screening colonoscopies and adult immunizations remain optional for the traditional coverage group).
But the opportunities to bridge the health/health care divide go well beyond the important, threshold question of coverage design. The biggest opportunities are those that are intended to change the way that two of the principal players in the health care system—physicians and hospitals—envision their role in society and position themselves in communities. In the case of physicians, the Act incentivizes formation of accountable care organizations (ACOs), entities that assume responsibility not simply for health care of a defined group of patients (like any practice network) but for the health of the population they serve. ACOs are expected to move beyond improvements in the quality of clinical services they furnish and to reach into their communities through greater involvement in community health improvement activities. Similarly, the Act expands and strengthens the community benefit obligations of the nation's nonprofit hospitals seeking federal tax-exempt status, upping their responsibilities related to community health improvement planning, and incentivizing investment in community health improvements and community building.
I Hope This Ruling Will Stimulate a Stronger Sense of Urgency to Reduce and Ultimately Eliminate Health Disparities
This post is part of a series in which Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) leaders, scholars, grantees and alumni offer perspectives on the U.S. Supreme Court rulings on the Affordable Care Act. Janice Phillips, PhD, RN, FAAN, is associate professor, adult health and gerontological nursing at Rush University College of Nursing and an RWJF Health Policy Fellow (2010 – 2011).
I am deeply encouraged by the recent Supreme Court Health ruling on health reform. I consider this a major step toward ensuring that the countless numbers of patients, underserved communities and even personal friends who I have worked with will now have a better chance of getting the health care they deserve.
Far too many of them have suffered from chronic health conditions and related complications, in part due to a lack of preventive services and a lack of timely access to the health care they need.
My in-depth exposure to health reform occurred during my tenure as an RWJF Health Policy Fellow working in the office of Senator John D Rockefeller IV (W.Va.). It was there that I was introduced to the complexities and the comprehensive nature of the Affordable Care Act.
That experience left me to wonder how best to educate underserved communities and those who are most in need. My desire in moving forward is that communities that stand to benefit the most are educated and empowered to take full advantage of the extended coverage and protections in the Affordable Care Act.
How the Affordable Care Act Would Have Helped My Father
This is part of a series in which Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) leaders, scholars, grantees and alumni offer perspectives on the U.S. Supreme Court rulings on the Affordable Care Act. Susan B. Hassmiller, PhD, RN, FAAN, is the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Senior Adviser for Nursing and Director, Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action. This post also appears on Off the Charts, the blog of the American Journal of Nursing.
When I heard that the Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act, I immediately thought of my father. He suffered mightily at the end of his life. Plagued with multiple chronic illnesses, he spent his last year in and out of hospitals. He received good hospital care, but his health deteriorated every time he left. He simply couldn't keep track of a growing list of prescriptions, tests and doctor visits. My father accidentally skipped antibiotics, which led to infections, which landed him back in the hospital. He accidentally skipped blood tests, which landed him back in the hospital. It seemed that every time he came home, he'd land back in the hospital. I lived thousands of miles away and couldn't be the advocate that he needed.
What he needed was transitional care – he needed a nurse to meet with him during a hospitalization to devise a plan for managing chronic illnesses and then follow him into his home setting. He needed a nurse to identify reasons for his instability, design a care plan that addressed them and coordinate various care providers and services. He needed a nurse to check up on him at home. Transitional care would have eased his suffering and enabled him to live better.
It is Time to Engage in Conversations with People Who Have Ideas We Don't Like
This is part of a series in which Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) leaders, scholars, grantees and alumni offer perspectives on the U.S. Supreme Court rulings on the Affordable Care Act. Andru Ziwasimon Zeller, MD, is co-founder of the Casa de Salud family medical office and the Community Coalition for Health Care Access in Albuquerque, and a 2010 RWJF Community Health Leader.
I'm a doctor and supporter of health care for all and happy that we as a nation have achieved almost universal health care. The Affordable Care Act has flaws and areas of disagreement. It was forged from 100 years of argument and compromise, bringing together liberal universal health care with conservative personal responsibility
I don't love every detail of the law but I love that we as a nation, through the leadership of President Barack Obama, have removed a massive injustice in our society which has contributed significantly to stress, disease, death, medical debt and household bankruptcy. These have been "silent killers" since those affected tend to keep their suffering to themselves. Many of us have born witness to that suffering. I am so glad it is coming to an end.
Yet I feel the fear and anger of those in our nation who oppose this new law and see in it an assault on individual freedom, a government invasion of health care, and a grand plan to destroy what is perceived to be our founding principles.
I resonate emotionally with the first point—no one likes to be told what to do. Seat belts, car insurance, driver's license to vote, passport to travel, taxes, and now health insurance? Why not let the hospitals eat that cost? Or drop it on the county health fund? Is this a slippery slope to dreaded socialism or an evolution towards health and personal accountability?
Facts are hard to come by. Trust is next to impossible. We are a nation of belief against belief in search of the ultimate political power to create a singular vision of the future—Republican vs. Democrat, and who knows what either of those really mean. This battle, more than anything, is the greatest threat to the vision and political prowess of our founding fathers. Democracy is conversation, compromise and decision-making for solutions that help us take care of each other and improve our place in this world.
This is our democracy in action. I give thanks that we fight the 'war' between liberals and conservatives with words and election ballots.
The decline of our schools, health care system, manufacturing, and prestige internationally stems from and contributes to our inability to care for each other. We are squandering our resources, fighting for control instead of forging a better society. This criticism is not about "hating" America. I'm saying that we Americans are wasting the equity that all of our forebears gave us. All of them. Native Americans and all of the immigrants who come to these shores by force, or hope for a better future. This hope and equity are not owned by any one segment of our society, they are our shared birthright as Americans.
It is time we each take a deep breath, do an internal inventory of our emotional tenor, and start to engage in perhaps stressful, but important conversations with people who have ideas that we don't like. Passion is a beautiful thing when it can be restrained by reason and respect. Let's embrace this challenge as a nation, hear what we each have to offer, and live better lives together.
Read more about Ziwasimon Zeller's work, visit the Casa de Salud website, and learn about the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Community Health Leaders.
A Tale of Two Emergency Rooms
This post is part of a series in which Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) leaders, scholars, grantees and alumni offer perspectives on the U.S. Supreme Court rulings on the Affordable Care Act. Julia Lynch, PhD, is an associate professor at the University of Pennsylvania. Lynch is a recipient of a 2006 RWJF Investigator Award in Health Policy Research at the University of Pennsylvania and an alumna of the RWJF Scholars in Health Policy Research program (2003-2005).
The first emergency room is one you know: the ED in your nearest inner-city or rural hospital. There you'll find trauma cases, heart failures, emergency appendectomies, heroic rescues by doctors and nurses working through the night, just like on TV. But also, waiting in chairs (lots of chairs), the frequent fliers, the preventable complications of asthma and diabetes, the people awaiting primary care in the worst possible medical environment for it. These are America's emergency rooms.
And then there are Italian emergency rooms. As an expat living in Italy, I've navigated hundreds of miles of red tape to get a car registered, a telephone line installed, a tax ID number. I've paid notaries hundred upon hundreds of Euro for the stamps and forms needed to make the transactions of daily life (renting an apartment, selling a car) legal. Just imagine the emergency room. Better yet, don't. I'll tell you about it.
Some years ago, just after my husband and I had moved to Italy for my research, he cut his finger while preparing dinner. It looked bad, but it was Saturday night, and the one doctor we knew of who accepted our weird Belgian insurance policy for expats wasn't in his office. So when the cut failed to stop bleeding overnight, we reluctantly made our way to the city hospital, asked for directions to the pronto soccorso (literally "immediate aid"), and prepared ourselves for a very long wait.
In the area to which the hospital greeter had directed us, we found a closed door, and three empty chairs in the hallway. After some confused wandering around, we knocked on the door, and once again asked for directions to the elusive ER waiting room. A doctor poked his head out, pointed to the three chairs, and said he'd be with us as soon as he finished patching up a motorcycle accident.
How long would that take, we wondered? And how many heart attacks, asthma attacks, and gunshot wounds would come in while we were waiting?
But the remaining chair in the hallway remained empty; and within ten minutes, the very same doctor who had answered our knock glued my husband's finger back together and sent us on our way. Minimal wait, one doctor, no paperwork, and no charge—despite the fact that neither of us had an Italian National Health Service (NHS) card. Our Belgian insurance policy would not be billed. The doctor explained proudly that Italy's NHS looked after everyone, even visitors.
And that's not all: we didn't know at the time that there is a designated doctor for every quartiere (neighborhood) in Italy, called the guardia medica, on call for minor nighttime emergencies. The doctors of the guardia medica, which I've also since had the occasion to call, are paid by the Italian state. They make house calls, with a little black bag and everything. The doctor for our quartiere could have glued my husband up on a Saturday night, in the comfort of our own home, again at no charge.
I know you must be thinking "But all this must be terribly expensive!" It's true. Since our visit to the Italian ER, many patients of the NHS have been subjected to new out-of-pocket charges for medicines and specialist visits, and lines have grown longer in emergency departments as regional health budgets have come under pressure. But primary and emergency care is still free at the point of service. And Italy still spends considerably less than its neighbors do on health care: $2,870 per capita in 2008, compared to $3,129 in the UK, $3,696 in France, $4,063 in the Netherlands—and $7,538 in the U.S. Even so, income disparities in both access to care and health outcomes remain small in Italy, and most readers of this blog will know that Italy outperforms the U.S. on virtually every indicator of health and well-being.
Where does this tale of two emergency rooms leave us? The Affordable Care Act (ACA) brings us nowhere near a National Health Service on the Italian or British model. And not even the most ardent advocates of cost-effective medicine can imagine a way, under the ACA, to reduce our health care budget by 60 percent to bring us in line with what Italy spends on a per capita basis.
What the ACA does do is bring us one step closer to being able to say -- as that Italian ER doctor could -- that our health care system "looks after everyone." It may even bring us nearer to the day when the waiting rooms of our emergency departments aren't packed with patients seeking primary care, and care for complications resulting from a lack of primary care. Perhaps even a day when our emergency departments look a little more like three empty chairs in a hallway.
The Supreme Court Upholds Health Reform. What Will it Mean to Voters?
This post is part of a series in which Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) leaders, scholars, grantees and alumni offer perspectives on the U.S. Supreme Court rulings on the Affordable Care Act. Hahrie Han, PhD, is an associate professor of political science at Wellesley College. She was an RWJF Scholar in Health Policy Research from 2009-2011.
The Supreme Court's decision to uphold the Affordable Care Act is unlikely to change anyone's mind, but its political legacy may lie in its ability to energize the base of each party.
From a policy standpoint, there is no doubt that the Supreme Court's decision to uphold the health reform law has vast implications for millions of Americans. The political impact of the decision, however, remains unclear. Will it help Obama in 2012 by affirming the centerpiece of his legislative record? Will it hurt him by firing up the Tea Partiers in opposition? Or, will it have little to no impact on the 2012 election?
Initial polling results from the Kaiser Family Foundation show that people's views on the law have not changed as a result of the Supreme Court's decision. People who opposed the law in the past are still opposed to it and people who supported it still support it.
What has changed, according to Kaiser, is the intensity of partisan support for the law. In May, only 31 percent of Democrats reported having "very favorable" views of the ACA. In the days after the Supreme Court's ruling, that number had jumped 16 percentage points to 47 percent. (Republicans remained consistent in their dislike for the law, with 64 percent reporting "very unfavorable" views.)
This surge in Democratic enthusiasm could make an electoral difference in our polarized political climate. Elections in polarized times are often about turnout more than persuasion. An election that is about persuasion is won or lost on a candidate's ability to persuade the undecided voter to support his or her side. An election that is about turnout hinges not on the undecided voter but instead on the candidate's ability to turn out the partisan base. When elections are very polarized, as this year's presidential election is, the undecided voter is an ever-narrowing slice of the population. Turning out the partisan base thus becomes that much more important.
The question is how stable rising Democratic enthusiasm for the law is. Republican opposition to the law has been very stable and research shows that people are more likely to take political action to fight against laws they do not like (threats) as opposed to supporting laws they do (opportunities). The Supreme Court's decision seems only to have reinforced Republican opposition to Obama. Will it also solidify Democratic support for Obama?
The Obama campaign's ability to capitalize on this surge in enthusiasm may depend on its ability to organize its supporters using the venerated organizing machine it built in 2008. As I have argued in my work, people are motivated to take political action when they are personally invested. To connect people's personal lives to the Supreme Court decision, the Obama campaign would need to rebuild the personal relationships and neighborhood teams that were the secret to its success in 2008.
Political scientist Gerald Rosenberg has argued that the major legacy of the Supreme Court's decision in Roe v. Wade was not to make legal abortions more widely available to women, but instead to spur a political backlash that polarized the debate over reproductive rights and is still felt today.
Time will tell if the legacy of this decision by the high Court lies in its impact on improving the health of millions of Americans, spurring political backlash, or both.
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So what's Oliver's defense strategy? First he insists on Laurel representing him. Yes, his ex-girlfriend who's dad arrested him, whose other daughter died on his sunken yacht. How complicated does he want to make this for himself? I like that in addition to murder, Oliver is also charged with "menacing and trespassing." Particularly "menacing." That would be pretty cool to claim at parties as your one criminal conviction -- They found me guilty of menacing ... I was also charged with misdemeanor glaring. Anyway, Laurel agrees to defend him. "I knew you couldn't resist saving my ass," he says. And, nope, she still doesn't think he's the vigilante!
Is Oliver's best friend Tommy back? Yes! Hi Tommy ... bye Tommy. Hope that poor actor doesn't get paid by the word.
Is there a party of some kind? Yes! Thank you for asking that, it's perfectly timed for the next plot point I wanted to cover. After Oliver makes bail and is given a GPS ankle-monitor to confine him to his home, he decides to throw a "Burning Man meets Shawshank Redemption" party, which actually sounds pretty fun (minus the prison rape). This leads to the naughtiest line in the episode: "The invite says, 'Come before Oliver Queen gets off.'"
What about the Queen's Gambit parked in that warehouse? Walter Steele sends a security chief to move the boat and the security chief is murdered. Walter now realizes his wife Moira is probably evil and decides to deal with this by taking off to Australia to get away from her. Meanwhile Moira confers with that wealthy gentleman we met at the end of the last episode, who makes it clear he killed the security chief and she's merely the "good soldier." The only real point to make about all this is there's still not enough John Barrowman.
So ... back to Oliver? Okay. We learn Det. Quentin lost his wife after their daughter died -- as if this guy needed another reason to hate Oliver. So the detective is steaming at Oliver about being The Hood as the prosecutor offers him a deal if he agrees to plead insanity. That leads to this exchange:
Oliver: "I'm not crazy."
Quentin: "Finally. Something we agree on. He's not a nut. He's a killing machine."
Oliver: "Actually, I'm neither."
Quentin: "There's nothing you can say to me that I will believe."
But Quentin just said he agreed with Oliver about ... gah! This is one of those moments where I can't tell if the writers are deliberately making something not make sense or if that's the point. Anyway, Oliver offers to take a polygraph and aces it. There's a great moment when Oliver is asked if he's ever killed anybody and says, "Yes, when I asked your daughter Sara to come on my yacht with me."
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This winter has turned me into one of those people who complains about the weather, either aloud or on social media, on a daily basis. Hourly, even, on single digit temperature days. And I'm sick of it. Of the weather, yes (there goes today's complaint!), but also of being so disgruntled about the weather, because it's not changing anything. You know what might change things? A positive attitude! That's what that stupid book The Secret says, right? There's that old adage, "Dress for the job you want, not the job you have." Well, what if we tried dressing for the weather we want — warm and breezy spring! — instead of the weather we have? Okay, so putting on sandals when it's snowing is a bit extreme, but wearing pastels — one of the hot trends for spring — is a frostbite-free way to Secret the sun out. Here are 15 pastel pieces you can scoop up now!
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Three generations of our family will be going to Disneyland and DCA in 9 days!
My grandparents, my parents, and us (me and my sister). It's going to be so much fun! My grandparents haven't been in 18 years! So it's a family reunion of going to Disneyland together. I'm hoping to get us all the Reunion pins from city hall. I'll be sure to post a trip report when I get back.
Oh and HAPPY RESURRECTION (EASTER) SUNDAY!


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Penn State Altoona's Acacia fraternity is teaming up with the United Way of Blair County to present a Stars of Tomorrow Talent Show with a special guest performance by Crystal Seth on Thursday, April 5, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. in the gymnasium of the Adler Athletic Complex. Cost for attending is $5 and includes the talent show, the concert, and a raffle ticket. Cost to sign up for the talent show is $10. All proceeds benefit the United Way of Blair County's annual campaign to support community programs. For more information or to register, contact firstname.lastname@example.com or call 724-422-2537.
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- Yellow Paint
- White Glue
- Pink Foam "paper" or Pink Construction Paper
- Yellow Foam "paper" or Yellow Construction Paper
- 7-10 Yellow Pom Poms
- Orange Foam "paper" or Orange Construction Paper
- 2 Googly Eyes
- Paper Bowl
- 1 Foam Paint Brush
- 1 Craft Bowl (for paint)
- Newspaper To Keep The Work Area Clean
- 15-20 Minutes plus drying time
CAUTION: An adult should do any foam cutting as child safe scissors will not work on the foam. If you are using construction paper instead of foam, your child can do the cutting.
- Pour some yellow paint into a craft bowl and paint yellow the entire front of your paper bowl.
- Let dry completely.
- From your yellow foam or paper cut out the chick's hair (2 uneven bumps) and glue to underside of paper plate with white glue.
- Add glue to front side of chick's hair and fill with yellow pom poms.
- Use white glue to add googly eyes.
- From orange foam or paper cut a triangle and paste it as the chick's beak.
- Cut out 2 small ovals from the pink foam or construction paper for your chick's rosy cheeks and glue onto faceoval.
- Cut out your chick's feet from pink foam or construction paper and glue to bottom/front of chick.
- From the pink foam or construction paper also cut out a bow shape and glue to your chick's head.
- Let dry completely.
- ENJOY! You're done! Show it off by hanging your 3D masterpiece on the wall, or stand it up on a shelf!
- Don't Forget to Take a photo and share it with us! You are automatically entered into our WEEKLY GIVEAWAY on our Facebook Page when you post a photo of your finished project and "Like" Us ! Giveaway is randomly selected.
Art develops creative thinking, provides means of communication and self expression, increases self understanding, strengthens self concepts and confidence, serves as an emotional release, provides decision-making opportunities, develops appreciation for the individuality of others, aids physical coordination, develops work habits and a sense of responsibility, heightens aesthetic awareness and sensitivity, and generates joy!
For Children with Special Needs:
Assist your child as much as needed - but allow it to be his project. Art projects are great for fine motor exercise, and using creativity.
This opportunity for hands-on learning with no wrong choices is ideal to foster self esteem as well.
Substitute any listed supplies for supplies that your child enjoys working with.
For Older Children: An older child can further enjoy this project by doing his own scissor work.
A fun BOOK to read in conjunction with this craft is "Fox in Stocks" By Dr. Suess. Take it slowly. This book is dangerous!" the first page cautions. As with all Dr. Seuss books, you can expect bright, playful drawings and wonderful rhymes, but don't take the book's warning lightly -- this one is jam-packed with tongue-twisters! If you can through it without stuttering and stumbling you're better than me! Lots of fun and laughs for little ones...and chicks are in there too!
SING "I'm a Little Chickie"
(sung to the tune of "I'm a Little Teapot")
I'm a little chickie, (crouch down)
Pecking at my shell (make a pecking motion)
Scratch, scratch, scratch (make cat like scratching motion)
When I crack it open,
Out I'll jump (jump upl)
Fluff my feathers,
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Used to long sea crossings, the PiranasŌĆÖ cook is a dab hand at using up decidedly old left-overs. A piece of leather, two ratsŌĆÖ tails and the remains of a fish and, lo and behold, a tasty stew! Some people think that Spycee is far too good with a knife to be just a cook and claim that in the past he was none other than a fearsome pirate captainŌĆ"
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Missing autistic child's body found, cause of death under investigation
POSTED: Saturday, December 15, 2012 - 8:03pm
UPDATED: Monday, December 17, 2012 - 10:13am
WEST BATON ROUGE PARISH, LA (NBC33) — Louisiana State Police are investigating a suspicious death in West Baton Rouge Parish. Troopers said the body of a 5-year-old missing autistic boy was found on the side of US190 east of 415. Investigators revisited the scene Saturday still searching for clues as to what happened to the child.
On December 14, the West Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office contacted Louisiana State Police asking for assistance in searching for a missing juvenile. WBRSO stated that at approximately 9:15 p.m. they received a report that a 5-year-old juvenile black male was missing from a Christmas party on North River Rd. in Port Allen.
Upon realizing that the juvenile (who is autistic) was missing, guests at the party searched the immediate area but were unable to locate the child. Upon learning of the incident, WBRSO (along with Troop A, LSP Air Support, Elayn Hunt Correctional Center, and numerous volunteers) conducted a thorough search of the area to no avail.
On December 15, shortly before 1:00 a.m., a volunteer firefighter who was searching for the juvenile discovered the body of the child. The deceased juvenile was located in the grass beyond the westbound shoulder of US 190 east of LA 415, approximately two miles from the location of the Christmas party on North River Rd. Troop A assumed lead in the investigation, and the State Police Crime Lab was called to process the scene.
Neighbors nearby heard the search. They said the sound of a woman wailing could carried across the highway.
"I heard a helicopter," Brenda F. Socin, who lives nearby, said. "I mean it wasn't nothing normal you know. Then all of a sudden, I heard four wheelers. It was like more than one. What are hunters doing out this time of night."
"The traffic was passing real slow," according to Socin. "Must of had about fourteen police cars, an ambulance, a wrecker. I didn't know what was going on."
It is unknown at this time how the juvenile came to be at the location on US 190 approximately two miles away from North River Rd., or how the juvenile was killed. Foul play is not considered a factor, but has not been ruled out at this point.
An autopsy has been scheduled by the West Baton Rouge Parish Coroner's Office. Troop A, LSP Detectives, the LSP Crime Lab and WBRSO are following all investigative leads and examining all evidence in order to determine the cause of the juveniles' death. Anyone that may have any information concerning this incident is urged to contact Troop A at (225) 754-8500.


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The Deeper Strength of Masculinity
Have we overreacted to the man deficiency of our day?
Everyone, church or culture, can vouch for the absence of men and the adultolescense phenomenon. And yet, this masculinity anemia can force an unhealthy perception of what manhood is.
In this three-minute video, Darrin Patrick talks about the need to move beyond mere "physical engagement equals manliness" to emotional strength and spiritual fortitude:
Darrin's topic at the 2012 Conference for Pastors is on how to build men for the mission of the local church.
Register before 11:59pm (CST) tomorrow night, December 30, for the early-bird rate of $130. We also have a group discount of $100 (per person) when you bring five or more guys from your church.
Recent posts for the 2012 Conference for Pastors —
- Gathering to Address a Cultural Crisis
- Why Biblical Manhood and Womanhood Matters
- Have We Over-Elevated the Family?
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