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I need some new york states wrongful adoption lawyers?
please. i need contact phone numbers. does anyone knnow any websites where i could find some? easy 10 points?...
How many children enter foster care at birth in this situation?
Supposedly, this woman is afraid of giving birth, and says in the past, she'd made some horrible mistakes in neglecting her children through drugs. Now that she's clean, she expects that ...
Question on the separation of siblings in adoption?
What would be some reasons for the separation of two siblings through adoption. I know that they only usually break apart large groups of siblings. Why would they separate only two siblings though?...
How can i speed up the adoption process in canada.?
Do you think most adoption agency social workers want first parents to suffer?
I've met so many people recently because of what's happening to me and as it turns out, I met someone who helped a girl years ago who was in a similar situation as mine with the same agency,...
Do you think the Foster Care Reformers and the Adoption Reformers should join forces for a common cause of ?
Would more numbers make an impact or would it get too confused?...
What did your adoptive parents do for you as an adoptive child to help you deal with your identity issues?
I want to adopt. I was adopted and i have my own story, however I know that others could have more insight and different situations. I want to educate myself as much as I can from adoptees like my ...
Adopting Questions? Please give answers and advice?
My husband and I are looking into adoption. We want to adopt 3 children between an infant- and 9 years of age. Most likely we are going to adopt a sibbling group. Right now we live in an apartment ...
Adoption Announcement Question?
My husband and I are in the process of adopting a sibling group of three. The children have recently moved in and we would like to introduce them to members of our family. The issue is ...
If you got your Non ID, did you find it factual when you actually reunited?
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In my own, I believe the social worker was using my non id to her creative writing course. There is almost nothing in it that is true. I wondered if my and my son...
Question for those of you who have adopted or plan to adopt ?
Okay when you adopt do you really ever truly love the child as if the child were your own natural child?
I'm just curious because I know people say they do but do they really?
International Adoption?
I am a single woman and most likely to be single in the next 5 years,who is thinking of adopting from Japan. I am a local Okinawan/Japanese-American born and raised in the USA. Is it possible for me ...
"CPS program brings together parents and foster parents"... what do you think?
I am curious of the opinions on this article:
"CPS District III Program Manager Gary Arnold ...
How does an independent adoption work?
Im talking about when you adopt from a friend of a friend of a friend of another friend? Without an adoption agency involved?...
Getting married in japan and adoption?
i am gay. and i want to go to japan. will i be able to get married and adopt kids? also, will i even be able to find gay men? and how? like, because i know it's not all that open over there.....
Long lost sister..;.?
I found out I had a half sister from my dad's second marriage. I have been searching for her for so long! My dad won't talk about her so all I know is what my dad told my mom before they ...
Do you celebrate "Family Day", "Homecoming Day", "Gotcha Day"...?
Whatever you choose to call it.
What do you do on those days?
Or do you not recognize it at all?
We have celebrated 2 "family days" with baby girl and ...
How to find biological parents?
I was adopted from Paraguay, and I live in the United States. I would someday like to find my biological parents. Where should I start?...
Is adoption child abuse?
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In a sense that some people say that adopting parents that do not adopt from foster care are taking the kids from their natural family to suit their own desires.
Who do you think hurts the most the birth giver or the child?
All I ever hear on here is that we should be thankful and grateful to the birth givers for not having an abortion but giving us up. And how much they are hurting. Maybe some of them are but for the ...
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What is the maximum age limit for adoptive parents?
My husband and I are attending a foster parent training class next month. When we get a foster child, we would like to adopt them eventually if that option becomes available. My husband and I are 38 years old. Is there an age limit for adoptive parents?
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It is not really say what each wants ,in the first place all depends of the orphanage centers and other institutions for adoptions ,everything depends on the state of material ,that if a person who wants to adopt a child you care depends on the age too.First you can not get a child to grow up if it does not mean yo are a couple mom and dad for child ,so you have to be married ,then you need a certain age you grow up ,and then maximum age should not exceed 40 years because this is the age limit ,if you passed it ,you could no longer have the right to something that may not care to a child when you are too old, reasons for health is probably viewed with concern and more .And my parents wanted a child care from the state does not have allowed this has been through 1997-1998 and then my parents had opportunities and the age of 44 respectively 53 ,now likely or changed some of the laws on this ,probable i don't know this......
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We were kinship guardians of a grandchild and recently became the adoptive parents at 53 & 57 so you have allot of time left.
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There is an age limit, but you are nowhere near it...don't worry!
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I just did a private adoption and the couple i found where 46 so you have some years to go good luck
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My husband and I are about your age (within a few years). One thing that others haven't mentioned so far, so I will, is that while there ARE limits -- which you are nowhere near...not even starting to approach -- there are also significant differences when it comes to adopting through foster care, which you have already said you are planning to do.
One of those differences is that more parents are ALWAYS needed to do foster-to-adopt care. Especially ones who are willing to adopt, if the child becomes available for adoption AND are willing to parent until a child is able to return home. That kind of loving care is hard to find. There is never a "need" for more adoptive parents in private, infant adoption. The "wanting" parents in those scenarios ALWAYS outnumber the available children. So, even though the *actual* age limits may be similar, in foster-to-adopt, there's no worry about "competing" with 20-somethings and early-30-somethings to be "chosen" by a mother or agency for a less-supply-than-demand infant.
The other difference is in the fact that adoption from foster care often involves older children, so 'older' parents (and by NO means do I mean to say that 38 is "older", it's just "older than, say, 25") can be and often are a BETTER match than youngers -- especially newlyweds. And, just for the record, 'older' children (when it comes to foster care) can very sadly be described as "older than 4". That sad-but-true fact simply breaks my heart.
Best of luck to you! Please put your mind at ease...you (we) are at a GREAT age -- for many/most things, not just parenting! As a matter of adoption fact, though, there are a some agencies in the U.S., and MANY countries doing international adoptions to the U.S., who will not even *consider* an adoptive couple until one or both spouses/partners is AT LEAST 35. So, by their standards, we're just 'fledglings' ourselves. :-) (I don't know if you're in the U.S., but I am, so that's why I mentioned those things.)
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More products labeled "gluten-free" are finding their way onto shelves at supermarkets across the country — and Bachelor Nation is taking notice.
Gluten — which is found in wheat, barley and rye — causes inflammation in the small intestines of people with celiac disease, but going gluten-free has also become something of a trend for people without an allergy or even physical intolerance.
Bachelor 14 and Bachelor Pad 1 cutie Tenley Molzahn is a huge proponent of gluten-free products, which helped her own health issues disappear. Back in March 2011, Tenley took to the 2011 Natural Products Expo West where she greeted fans, signed autographs, and shared her tips on maintaining a healthy life. Now, Tenley often tweets gluten-free recipes and you can read about her personal experience and why she went gluten-free.
This week, Bachelorette Ashley Hebert expressed interest in the gluten-free lifestyle and it stated a Bachelor Nation conversation about what it can and can't do for a person.
Ashley: "@LegallyErica @TenleyMolzahn @kacielynnb I want to know more about why you went Gluten free! Thinking about trying!"
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Rachel Truehart: "I thought it only made u feel better if u had an alergy?I might need 2 look into this 2!"
But just because it's a trend doesn't mean it's for everyone, so it's probably best to talk to a doctor or nutritionist before going all in. You can learn more about what's allowed and not allowed in a gluten-free diet here in a report from the Mayo Clinic.
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BBB Gives Consumers Savvy Shopping Tips for Tax-Free Weekend
Annual Sales Tax Holiday Runs August 20th – 22nd
Austin, TX – The 12th annual Sales Tax Holiday, or Tax-Free Weekend, begins this Friday, August 20th and runs until Sunday, August 22nd. Consumers can expect to save approximately $8 for every $100 they spend on most clothing, footwear and school supplies priced under $100. A full list of items that qualify can be found on the Texas Comptroller's website here.
According to Texas Comptroller Susan Combs, shoppers are expected to save $59 million this weekend on tax-exempt items. Many stores will offer extended hours or additional back to school sales to help consumers take advantage of this once-a-year tax-free event. BBB advises consumers to plan ahead, stick to a budget and pay close attention to advertisements to make the most of this weekend's deals.
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2. Set a budget. Decide how much you are willing to spend per person a few days in advance. Include children in the process of creating the budget to teach them responsible money management.
3. "Back to School Sale" doesn't mean tax-free. Retail stores may advertise back to school sales because they know consumers are buying items for the upcoming school year. Those discounts will still have taxes applied to them unless the item appears on the State Comptroller's tax-free list.
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Egyptian Artists Stage a Set-In against Sharon Massacres
More than 50 Egyptian artists wearing black clothes gathered at the gateway of the headquarters of the studio al Ahram and announced a sit-in inside it in protest against Sharon's massacres against the Palestinian people.
The artists raised signs condemning the American indifference and broke coca kola bottles as a way to express their economic boycott of the American products. They called for using the economic weapon and boycotting the American and British products. The cast of the series Noor al Qamar (moonlight) based on Naguib Mahfouz's story, scripted by Basyouni Mahfouz and directed by Sami Mohammed decided to participate in the sit-in like other artists.
"The series cast decided to participate in the sit-in in front of the studio along with the cast of the series Amirah Min Abdeen (Princess From Abdeen) where all the members are present," Nihal Anbar told the UAE daily al Bayan.
She added, "there is no taste for anything. Yesterday we shot very few scenes because everybody is depressed due to the Israeli crimes against the Palestinian people."
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MAN — The Man High School boys' basketball team dropped to 2-8 on the season with Wednesday night's 82-49 loss at home to new Class A sectional opponent Tug Valley at the Man Memorial Fieldhouse.
The Billies have lost three straight and are just 1-8 since opening the season with a victory over River View.
Freshman guard John Thomas Keffer led Man with 16 points before fouling out.
Jake Adkins also reached double figures in scoring with 13 points. He also hauled down eight rebounds.
Chris Justice finished with six points, while Kenny Joe Adkins had five, Cayce Mullins four, Erik Files three and Robert Caudill two.
Tug Valley placed three players in double digits, led by Mickey Newsome who poured in 20 points and was 3-for-5 from 3-point territory.
Austin Brewer had 15 points and three blocked shots for the Panthers.
Joshua White had 10 points.
Aaron Muncy had nine points, five rebounds and two blocks for Tug Valley.
Hayden Sturgell contributed eight points, while Chandler Runyon and Austin Baisden tallied three each. Thomas Baisden had two points and five rebounds. Kyle Newsome, Austin Kitchen and Ethan Hager all finished with two points for Tug Valley.
The Panthers shot well from the field as Tug hit on 26-for-52 of its field goals for 50 percent. Man was just 15-for-57 for 26 percent.
Tug Valley connected on 15-of-21 free throws for 71 percent. The Billies were 16-for-21 for 76 percent.
The Panthers jumped out to a 28-10 lead after one quarter and never looked back. A 22-9 second quarter pushed the lead to 50-19 at the half. Tug Valley then outscored Man 16-7 in the third to make it a 66-26 ballgame. The Billies outpointed the Panthers 23-16 in the fourth.
The Billies are back in action on Saturday night at home against Fayetteville. Tipoff is slated for 7:30 p.m. Man then hosts Class AA Westside next Tuesday night. Game time is set for 7:30 p.m. The Renegades just beat Man 105-55 on Tuesday night.
Man then plays at Greater Beckley Christian on Jan. 18, hosts River View on Jan. 22 and hosts Greater Beckley Christian in a return game on Jan. 25.
Tug Valley plays GBC on Friday night at home and then hosts Ashland (Ky.) on Saturday night at Naugatuck.
Man and Tug Valley play each other again on Jan. 26 at TVHS.
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2012-13 Boys' Basketball Schedule
Dec. 11: at River View, W 57-45
Dec. 14: Huntington St. Joe, L 35-51
Dec. 18: at Mount View, L 49-70
Dec. 22: Fayetteville, ppd.
Dec. 28: at Chapmanville (Bob Runyon Memorial Tournament), L 44-94
Dec. 29: vs. Mount View (Bob Runyon Memorial Tournament), L 38-68
Jan. 2: Chapmanville, L 51-77
Jan. 4: at Huntington St. Joe, W 70-63
Jan. 5: at Fayetteville, L 61-63
Jan. 8: at Westside, L 55-105
Jan. 9: Tug Valley, L 49-82
Jan. 12: Fayetteville, 7:30 p.m.
Jan. 15: Westside, 7:30 p.m.
Jan. 18: at Greater Beckley Christian, 7:30 p.m.
Jan. 22: River View, 7:30 p.m.
Jan. 25: Greater Beckley Christian, 7:30 p.m.
Jan. 26: at Tug Valley, 7:30 p.m.
Feb. 15: Mount View, 7:30 p.m.
Feb. 19: at Chapmanville, 7:30 p.m.


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BBS undergraduate Delaney Welch joined three of her UT Dallas peers in presenting their research to legislators and the public as part of the Texas Undergraduate Research Day at the Capitol. Read more
The University of Texas at Dallas' Center for BrainHealth and the Callier Center for Communication Disorders were approved to receive $53 million for building projects to keep pace with increased student enrollment, faculty recruitment and community outreach. Read more
Dr. John Hart Jr. serves as the medical science director at the Center for BrainHealth where he holds the Jane and Bud Smith Distinguished Chair and the Distinguished Chair in Neuroscience. Read more
Dr. Gagan Wig, who recently joined UT Dallas' School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, is looking forward to collaborating with colleagues who share his interest in aging and memory loss at the Center for Vital Longevity. Read more
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EAST STROUDSBURG — Animal cruelty charges against a man from East Stroudsburg mean he could stand trial in Monroe County.
But that man denies that he abused his dog.
Authorities say Lamont Scott abused his pit bull terrier puppy, named Lexy, this past spring.
But according to court papers, Scott says the dog was hit by a car.
"I am an animal lover myself," said Scott.
Newswatch 16 also asked Scott if he hurt his dog and his answer was," No."
"I hope there is justice for Lexy and that's part of the reason why I'm here," said Lori Steinberg of East Stroudsburg.
Steinberg describes herself as an animal lover. She heard about the case and came to the hearing in East Stroudsburg.
"It's very sickening," said Steinberg.
Lonny Taylor from East Stroudsburg works near Scott's home, where some of the alleged abuse took place back in May.
"I heard the dog yelping and crying as if he was in pain," said Taylor.
Another witness testified seeing Scott punch Lexy in the face in June and throw the puppy down a set of stairs. Then, that same witness led a humane officer to the injured dog.
The humane officer says when she found Lexy in June, the dog struggled to get up and also had scars and lacerations on her face and under her jaw.
Lexy was taken to Creature Comforts Veterinary Services in Saylorsburg. The veterinarian testified that the dog had 29 bone fractures. She believes Lexy was hurt more than once.
"This is the kind of injury that could be created by getting hit by an object or getting hit by, I don't what to say, a fist. But it would be that kind of damage," said Dr. Karin-Susan Breitlauch, the owner of Creature Comforts Veterinary Services.
Lexy is now at a foster home where the veterinarian says she's doing great.
A trial date for Lamont Scott has not yet been scheduled.


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Nothing beats the aroma of baked apples! This is an easy and impressive recipe that is perfect for a Fall afternoon. For a heart healthier version of the recipe below, delete the pie crust and the reduce the butter by half.
Apples in a Blanket
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 6 Granny Smith apples
- 2 tablespoons butter, cut into 6 pieces
- 3 Store bought pie crust sets
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Combine cinnamon, nutmeg, and sugar in a small bowl.
Core the apples down to the bottom (but don't puncture as you'll want the juices to stay in the apple not in the pan). Peel about an inch around the top opening. Stuff each apple with the cinnamon-sugar mixture and top with a teaspoon of butter.
Cut pie crusts in half and cut again into a triangular shape – you will have 6 large triangles when you are done. Wrap each apple in one triangle and pinch the top to hold together.
Place apples in a baking dish. Cover pan with aluminum foil and bake for approximately about 45 minutes to 1 hour – they are done when the crust is golden and the apples are very soft.


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Helping When Health Fails
Adult Children and Aging Parents Series:
"Mother is becoming forgetful and confused. She doesn't remember to take her medication, doesn't prepare nutritious meals and forgets to turn off the range, what can I do?"
"Should Father be allowed to drive? His vision is very poor. He's had one minor accident, but seems to drive okay the four blocks to the store."
"Mother needs 24-hour supervision. The only choices we have are for Mom to live with us or in a nursing home. Mom says she would rather die than live in a nursing home. But, Mom and I only seem to get along when we are living apart."
These situations are difficult for families. The decline of a parent's health or intellectual capacities often require adult children to become involved in decisions about a parent's life. These decisions are not easy and there are no simple solutions. Each older person and family system is unique. The right answer for one family may be inappropriate for another faced with a similar situation and decision.
Dealing with age-related changes in our older parents is a relatively new phenomenon. In 1900, for example, only one out of 25 people were age 65 or older. Today, one out of ten people are in this age category. Life expectancy at birth has increased 25 years in this century, to 69 years for males and 74 years for females. A male reaching age 65 can expect to live another 14 years and a female 18 more years. The most dramatic demographic change is the increase in the "old-old" population—persons 85 and over. This is the fastest growing age group and is expected to increase by 200 percent in the next 20 years. The older a person, the greater the likelihood of increasing health problems and frailty and the need for family support and assistance. Furthermore, it is no longer unusual for retirees age 65 and over to have a parent still living.
Many people never face major problems concerning aging parents. Their parents remain physically and mentally active until their death and need little or no assistance from their adult children. For other older persons, health, limited financial resources, or loneliness present serious problems.
There are few guidelines for dealing with the changes that occur when a parent's health fails and for making the necessary decisions. Most of us have not had models for dealing with this transition. This publication will provide families with general principles to consider as they approach dilemmas and make decisions regarding their aging parents when health fails.
Coping with Feelings
The increasing frailty of a parent can be a daily reminder of that parent's mortality and by extension, the other family members' mortality. A change often must be made in perceptions of the parent. Making this change can be emotionally painful. It is not easy to accept that "my father is no longer the strong and powerful man he once was," or "my mother, who was an excellent cook, no longer knows how to cook."
Express your feelings to someone who will listen and understand—a friend, family member, minister or mental health professional. This will often lessen the pain. Remember, too, that your parent is likely to have similar feelings. It is difficult for most people who have been self-sufficient to accept any level of dependency. Loss of independence and control—qualities highly valued in our society—can be a blow to an older person's self-esteem. Many older people will fight to keep their independence as long as possible. Some will deny or mask their dependency by insisting they can manage perfectly well, by refusing any offers of help, or by attempting to rule the lives of other family members.
Encourage your parent to discuss feelings of dependency in reaction to the changes in life. Acknowledging the losses and difficult changes in a parent's life with statements such as the following often encourage open sharing:
- "It must be difficult, Mom, to leave your home of 40 years and try to decide what you will take to the small apartment and what you will give away."
- "Dad, I know you have always prided yourself on being an independent person. I'm feeling it is very difficult for you to ask me for assistance now that you can no longer drive. Is that right?"
Adult children's unresolved feelings can result in unwise and inappropriate decisions. Behaviors sometimes seen in adult children that are the result of unresolved feelings include:
- never visiting or contacting parents
- oversolicitous behavior – always trying to please a parent and doing everything for a parent who is never satisfied
- fault finding – nothing is right with the care and support anyone else gives to the parent
- martyr – making unreasonable demands on yourself and not letting others help with care giving.
Before a Crisis
Have you spent time planning for the part you might play in your parent's old age? Most of us do not like to think our parents someday may not be self-sufficient. As a result, most families are unprepared to handle a parent's increased dependency.
The best approach is to talk with parents before a crisis develops and discuss future "what ifs." For example, ask your parents what their wishes would be if they could no longer live at home. Have more than one plan. Circumstances at the time of crisis may prevent implementation of the preferred plan. However, tentative plans can provide some insurance against making unsatisfactory decisions.
Talking may not be easy, especially if frank discussion of emotional issues have been avoided in the past. Take advantage of opportunities for discussion. For example, when a parent says, "When I die–," listen and encourage expression of feelings. Do not discourage discussion by statements such as "don't be so morbid," or "you'll probably outlive all of us." Listen, encourage expression of feelings, and explore the future. The move of a parent's friend to a nursing home or to live with adult children or the poor health of another can be natural times for talking.
Crisis: Reducing Strain
Adults often find their aged parents need support at a time when their own lives are most complicated and their responsibilities heavy. If you are middle-aged, you may feel pulled in three or more directions—raising your children, being supportive to a spouse, working and helping aged parents. It is also not unusual to feel "Why me?" or to ask yourself, "What about my life?"
If your parents are 80 or older, you are likely to be in your 60s or 70s and may be adjusting to age-related changes—retirement, reduced income, widowhood, poor or failing health—and may not be able to provide the assistance a parent needs.
Involve Parents in Making Decisions
When considering what is best for your parents, ask what they think is best for themselves. Too often the older person is forgotten and no one will tell him about decisions under consideration or those already made. This only contributes to feelings of isolation, helplessness, anxiety and perhaps, despair.
Shared decisions produce the best results. Aged persons have a legal and moral right to participate in plans affecting their lives and to make their own decisions. You may not always agree with their choices. Only when your parent has experienced brain deterioration or there is evidence she is endangering the lives of others should her ability to make her own decisions be questioned. For example, if your father does not see well, has had several minor accidents and still insists on driving, then you have a responsibility to take action. In such cases it may require an adult child to dictate or to overrule a parent's desire. Even this should be done with kindness and honest explanation.
A parent who is excluded from decisions is most likely to become angry, demanding, helpless or withdrawn. And plans are likely to backfire. Involvement in decision making provides greater assurance that a parent will accept and adapt to change, even if it is not the parent's choice.
Communicate Openly
Open communication is a key to building and maintaining effective relationships. Adult children and their parents frequently play games with each other. Adult children sometimes send messages they feel their parent wants to hear or messages that will not upset their parent, rather than what is true.
Speaking from the standpoint of your personal feelings opens communication. For example, "Mom, I am concerned about your safety in this house. I fear that you may fall and not be found for several hours or even days." An example of the less effective is, "You must move, Mom. This home just isn't safe for you."
Explore Options
Carefully explore various options before making any decision. It is important not to have preconceived ideas about what it the best solution. Identify all implications of a change under consideration. Consider the effect on your parent, yourself and other family members. Avoid making a decision irrevocable. Keep options open. Approach a decision from the perspective that this seems like the best decision for now. See how it works. For example, a move by a parent into an adult child's home may later not be viewed as the best decision by either the older person or the family.
Families too often make decisions based on inadequate information. Find out about available community services and how to access them. Sources for information about local services for older adults include area agencies on aging and senior citizen centers. And do not forget about friends and neighbors. Many are willing to provide assistance, especially on a short-term basis.
Assess the resources of various family members and what they can contribute. Avoid unrealistic expectations of family members. Remember, each of your brothers, sisters, children and spouse have a unique relationship with your parent. Sometimes, individual family members are experiencing stress in their own lives—for example, a troubled marriage, problems with teenage children, uncertainty about a job—that may limit the support they can give. Avoid judging other family members and what they can or cannot contribute. This will often go a long way to building family solidarity.
A family conference can provide a form for open communication between family members. Siblings, spouses, and other relatives who are concerned and will be affected by the decisions should be involved. This includes young children, for example, who would be affected by a grandparent moving into the home. A family member should not be excluded from the decision-making process because of distance, personality or limited resources. Include those who are argumentative or never visit as well as those who provide emotional support. This helps avoid later undermining of the decision.
One person who should never be left out of the family conference is the older parent. A parent who is not able to attend should be kept informed of the proceedings and involved in the decisions as much as possible.
Honest sharing of feelings and open communication guarantee successful family conferences. If friction or anxiety prevents rational discussion, seek professional guidance. A professional often can provide an objective assessment and help a family deal with emotional conflicts. Social workers, mental health professionals or counselors skilled in working with the elderly and their families may be found at senior centers, hospitals, mental health facilities, or home health agencies.
Allow Parent Choices
Too much loving protection can be destructive to aging parents. The wish to protect an older person who is becoming increasingly frail is natural; however, this is usually the last thing an older person wants or needs.
Strive for a balance between caring and overcaring. Taking over functions that your parent can still fulfill—even with difficulty—is likely to make your parent angry, depressed, or more dependent. People resent forced dependency.
Avoid making assumptions about a parent's ability, feelings or needs. For example:
- "Mother would be happier if she moved. There are just too many memories of Dad in the house." (It might be that Mother's adjustment to her spouse's death is likely to be even more difficult if a move is forced on her.)
- "Father should not live alone since he cannot see very well." (In fact, Father may have learned to compensate for his loss of sight. He may function very well in his familiar home environment.)
- "The best place for Mom would be a retirement complex so she will have to interact with people." (It may be that Mother has never been people-oriented and would find living in a retirement complex frustrating.)
Before asking or forcing a mentally competent parent to make changes, ask yourself these questions:
- Am I contemplating a protective environment for my parent's sake or my own?
- Are the dangers real or is it just that I would feel more comfortable and worry less knowing my parent is safe?
- Would I feel too guilty if I let my parent take an occasional risk to live independently?
- What does quality of life mean to my parent? To me?
Although a parent's safety is important, this is not the only factor to consider when making decisions. Consider the life your parent has lived and your parent's perception of the situation. Also important, focus on a parent's strengths and remaining abilities as well as limitations. The limitations should not get in the way of seeing the whole person.
Avoid forcing your values on your parent. What you think is bad or best for your parent is not always accurate. Sometimes adult children are focused on a parent's quantity of life while the parent is focused on quality of life. If your parent is mentally competent and chooses to remain at home, that is your parent's right and choice. If you are concerned, express your concerns by using "I" statements. For example:
- "Mother, I am concerned about your living alone, that you may fall and not be able to call for help."
Avoid Promises and "Shoulds"
Avoid making promises such as "We'll never put you in a nursing home," or "You can always live with us, Dad." Circumstances may change. What may seem like the best solution now may not be true 5 or 10 years from now when your parents' circumstances—or your own—change. Promises that cannot be kept often result in feelings of guilt and mistrust.
Adult children also often find themselves bombarded with "shoulds" such as:
- A good child should invite a parent to live in her home.
- A loving child should not place a parent in a nursing home.
These "shoulds" can come from within ourselves, from other family members or from outside the family. "To honor father or mother" does not necessarily mean providing full-time care or doing everything for a parent.
Do not let old promises, "shoulds," or guilt guide decisions. They reduce objectivity. As a result you are likely to make less satisfactory choices. Consider what is best for you, your family, and your aging parent.
Providing Care for Elderly Parents
Providing care is stressful and demanding. For many, it can be the equivalent of a full-time job or more. Sleep patterns may be altered. Activity with others may be drastically reduced.
An adult child may need to assume a new role with his parent. A healthy spouse may need to become more assertive and assume greater control over his partner's life. This can be particularly difficult if the caregiver has been the passive person in the relationship.
These role changes can cause fear, conflict and confusion for everyone. Ill persons may resent the burden they have created.
They may also feel anger and frustration in relinquishing roles, and feel out of control.
Balance your responsibilities. Caregivers can easily try to meet too many obligations and responsibilities to the ill person, to other family members and to themselves. Before assuming caregiving responsibilities, carefully assess the impact on everyone—children included. Look at sacrifices everyone will need to make as well as possible benefits. Caregiving should not be assumed without careful thought to the expense to your relationship with your spouse, your own physical and emotional health, or the welfare of your children. Time and energy needs to be available to maintain quality relationships with spouse and children, who may be unintentionally neglected.
Meet your own needs. Self-sacrifice needs to be tempered with healthy recognition of your own needs. Ignoring your own needs is detrimental to yourself and to the person who needs care. Providing heavy care and getting little sleep leads to poor physical, emotional and spiritual health.
Set limits on what you can do. And most important, communicate your needs and what you can and cannot do for your parent and other family members. It is unrealistic and unfair to expect other people to know when you need help. Eliminate tasks which can be left undone.
Also, delegate tasks; ask family members to help. If another family member is not available, hire someone or ask a friend, neighbor, someone from your church or other organizations or get a volunteer from a local agency.
Plan time for yourself. This is not always easy to do, but it is important. Many people feel guilty about leaving the ill person and enjoying themselves. Caregivers can jeopardize their own health, and lose efficiency and effectiveness. If you become physically or emotionally exhausted, you will find your susceptibility to illness increasing, your problem solving ability decreasing, your frustrations mounting, and your emotions getting out of control—all warning signals. Maintain your friendships. Leisure time has positive effects on morale and energy.
Realize, too, that the decision to be a caregiver is not a permanent one. There may come a time when you are no longer able to provide care. Consider options—including nursing home care—in advance.
Involvement in a family support group may also provide answers to problems of caregiving and reduce social and emotional isolation. Sharing with others who are living through the same experience can be beneficial, and a source for venting feelings with others who understand.
Through awareness of the full life cycle with each of its stages may be at times dismaying, learning in advance about those stages can help ease the transition.
Adapted with permission from materials originally prepared by Lou Isbell, State Specialist, Child and Family Development, University of Missouri-Columbia, and Vicki Schmall, Gerontology Specialist, Oregon State University, and published by The University of Missouri-Columbia, Extension Division, College of Home Economics.
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The 1999 Missouri Reform Party convention drew about two dozen people. The 2000 Missouri Reform Party convention, held April 29 in Columbia, drew more than 100 -- about 80 of whom party regulars had never seen before. "It took us a while to check everyone's party membership, and the delay added a lot of drama to the event," recalls party chair Lewin of Kansas City. "There was a brief effort to impeach me before they got into the building," he adds, "but then things settled down."
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At the convention, Kline watched, with mounting fury, "some sort of leader within the Buchanan group telling people how to vote for delegates. Then they asked, before the vote, would we or would we not support Pat Buchanan? At the time I was noncommitted, but because he irritated me, I flat-out told him exactly how I was going to vote. Charles Collins (one of two other Reform Party contenders) would make an excellent president. He's a Christian, and he's been to five of our party functions, and Mr. Buchanan has not been to anything."
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Of course, there's a general election, too: On July 4, the Reform Party USA mailed presidential ballots to all party members, as well as any registered voter who requested one. But even if the popular vote elects Collins or the other Reform Party presidential candidate, John Hagelin, the convention delegates can override that choice with a two-thirds majority. (Already concerned about tantrums, fisticuffs and outright violence, convention organizers have increased the security budget by 15 percent.)
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Even Kline is wary. "I have yet to read or hear anything that Pat has said that I disagree with," he admits. "But he put his own people in and stripped out the old-timers." He chuckles at his own term. "Old-timers! What's it been, eight years? Still, I'm getting mental whiplash, between the Buchanan group and the Perot group. When Buchanan announced that he wanted to run with the Reform Party, everybody, including me, said, 'Attaboy! We'll support you.' But then there was this bullish takeover. My bottom line on Pat Buchanan: He's either a Republican mole and the Republican Party has decided to destroy the Reform Party -- and they're doing a good job -- or Pat Buchanan views this as a vehicle, a last straw to save the country. It's one or the other."
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04/24/2013 – The men's golf team concluded their season with a seventh place showing at the WHAC Championships. The championships were hosted by Davenport University at Stonewater Country Club over the last two days. The host Panthers claimed the team championship finishing eleven strokes in front of second place Madonna. The Saints, who finished seventh during the fall jamboree season, could not inch up the leader board during the spring tournament.
The Saints were led by Mitch Kimball who shot a two day total of 226 (+13) to claim 14th place overall. Kimball, a senior who hales from East Grand Rapids, was nine shots off the pace of meet medalist, Zack Feher of Davenport. The Saints also received scoring performance from Patrick O'Brien (30th place - 235 strokes), Cody Britton (32nd place - 236 strokes) and John DeAngelis (37th place - 236 strokes).
Earning All-WHAC Academic honors were Cody Britton, John DeAngelis, JT Scollin, Michael Wolfe and Mitch Kimball for Aquinas. DeAngelis was also named the Saints representative on the Champions of Character squad.


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On Wednesday a theft was reported in the area of Hilliard Road. The owner reported that a utility trailer, along with power tools and a tool box were stolen from the property. The estimated value of the items stolen was just shy of three thousand dollars.
Yesterday, Deputies responded to a burglary call at a Huntington Drive address, where the complainant reported the burglary had already occurred. According to the report, over one thousand dollars in cash was stolen from the premises.
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Jason A. Hulse Arrested, Charged with Four Counts of Possession of Child Pornography
MADISON — On Wednesday, November 30, 2011, Special Agents from the Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI), with assistance from the Mauston Police Department and the Juneau County Sheriff's Office, executed a search warrant at the residence of Jason A. Hulse, located at 431 Monroe Street in Mauston, WI.
According to the Criminal Complaint, during an interview with special agents, Hulse admitted to downloading and viewing child pornography. On December 21, 2011, Hulse was interviewed and arrested. Hulse has been charged with four counts of Possession of Child Pornography, a felony.
Seized as a result of the search warrant were computers, numerous items of computer media, digital cameras, other items with data storage capabilities and miscellaneous documents. According to the Criminal Complaint, a forensic review of a laptop hard drive recovered from Hulse's residence revealed files containing child pornography.
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Tithe and enclosure records are important as one of the few sources of large-scale, systematic mapping of England and Wales. The original, manuscript tithe maps (mostly c.1836) are generally held in the National Archives or local record offices, with the British Library owning very few. Some tithe maps have been digitised and made available online.
All tithe and enclosure maps show dwellings and give details of property owners, and so are useful for historical research. They do not cover all of England or Wales, and are variable in quality and scale, however. The National Archive's Domestic Information Research Guide 41, Tithe Records, contains a short history and description of tithe maps in England and Wales.
The British Library owns very few tithe maps, in the counties of Essex, Wiltshire, and Somerset. All may be found on Explore the British Library by searching for "tithe" and limiting the date to 1836-1860 in the cartographic materials subset.
An inventory of extant tithe and enclosure maps can be found in the following reference works (available on Open Access in the Maps Reading Room):
Kain, Roger J.P. and Oliver, Richard, R. The tithe maps of England and Wales (1995). An inventory and maps, county-by-county, of tithe documents in The National Archives. Open Access in the Maps Reading Room. Maps Ref. G.2a.Eng/Wales (14.)
Kain, Roger J.P., John Chapman, and Richard R. Oliver. The Enclosure Maps of England and Wales, 1595-1918: A Cartographic Analysis and Electronic Catalogue (Cambridge University Press, 2004). Maps Ref. G.2.a.(Eng/Wales).(17.)
Kain, Roger J.P. The 1836 national tithe files database on CD ROM : a socio-economic survey of land use and the agricultural economy. CD-ROM of searchable database and maps containing all data extracted from the 1836 National Tithe Survey Report Forms. The CD (Maps e-media CD102) is available for use on the standalone in the Maps Reading Room. The guide and tutorial should be ordered via Explore the British Library.
List and Index Society. Tithe maps and apportionments (1972). Part I, Bedfordshire to Northumberland. Open Access in the Maps Reading Room. Maps Ref.G.2a (Eng)(5)(1) ; Part II, Nottingham to Yorkshire, Wales. Maps Ref. G.2a (Eng)(5)(2).
Some county record office catalogues, most of which contain tithe map holdings, are available on Open Access in the Maps Reading Room, at Maps Ref G3...
Tithe and Enclosure Maps Online
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Some counties and council record offices have scanned their map holdings and made them available online, but the majority have information on their web pages about what is held and how to access the records and maps. For counties that do not appear on the list, contact The National Archives or the relevant county record office.
Bedfordshire Tithe records: No maps online. Information about Bedfordshire tithe records and listing of conspectus parishes.
Buckinghamshire Tithe Maps: No maps online. Information about Buckinghamshire's enclosure and tithe Maps. Enclosure map of the Parish of Sherington in the county of Buckinghamshire is online.
Cambridgeshire Archives: No maps online. Lists, in pdf, of tithe maps and apportionments in the county record offices of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdon.
Cheshire's Tithe Maps Online: Almost 500 Cheshire tithe maps are now available online. Together with the information recorded in tithe apportionments, they are a unique record of land ownership, occupancy and use in Cheshire 150 years ago.
Cornwall Tithe project: No maps currently online, though digitisation is underway and materials are meant to be available on the web in 2011. CD-ROMs of maps and apportionments may be purchased online.
Cumbria: A database of tithe map entries for the Bampton Tithe Map of 1838-9, in the Eden District of Cumbria, was created and is available online. The map itself is not online.
Derbyshire Tithe Maps: No maps online. Information about the tithe maps on Derbyshire. For the area of Lower Dove, (over the Derbyshire/Staffordshire border) tithe maps of 17 of the 32 townships are available.
Devon Tithe Records: For the district of East Devon, 36 of the 1840 tithe maps, covering all 29 parishes of current-day East Devon, have been digitised and are available via Parishscapes. The Modbury Tithe Map (1841) is a digitised copy of the large - 6ft x 4ft - map portraying the village of Modbury in the South Hams region.
Dorset Coast Digital: No maps online. General information about Tithe maps of Dorset and holding.
East Sussex Tithe Maps: No maps online. The majority of East Sussex tithe maps are available on CD for £13 each. Each CD has a map of one East Sussex parish.
Essex Tithe Maps: No maps online. Information about Essex tithe maps.
Hampshire Tithe maps: Information about tithe maps of Hampshire. Coverage varies by location, eg Tithe maps of South Stoneham in Hampshire are online via an interactive map. For the area covered by the present Borough of Basingstoke & Deane, North Hampshire Tithe Map Project has downloadable map images. The Hampshire Record Office has plans in place for digitising all the tithe maps of Hampshire .
Kent Archaeological Society: No maps online. Information on where to find tithe maps of Kent.
Lancashire: Tithe Map of the Caton parish, published 1843.
Norfolk E-map Explorer: The Norfolk E-map Explorer includes nearly 700 tithe and enclosure maps, which cover about 85% of Norfolk.
Northumberland: Tithe maps, manuscripts and old photograph of various locations in Northumberland
Nottinghamshire Tithe Awards: No maps online. Information about Nottingham Tithe awards.
Staffordshire places: No maps online. Information about tithe maps for Staffordshire. A guide and listing, Tithe Maps and Awards, created by Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Archive Service is available. For the area of Lower Dove, (over the Derbyshire/Staffordshire border) tithe maps of 17 of the 32 townships are online.
Surrey Tithe Maps: No maps online. Information on where to find tithe and enclosure maps of Surrey.
Warwickshire County Record Office: No maps online. Database of the information contained in the Warwickshire tithe apportionments, produced after the Tithe Commutation Act of 1836. The whole of our county is contained within the two modern dioceses of Birmingham and Coventry.
West Sussex Tithe Award Maps, 1808-1859: 23 map images, digitised from the West Sussex Record Office Collections.
West Yorkshire: Tracks in Time: The Leeds Tithe Project has a "Tithe Map Gallery" that makes available the 58 tithe maps covering the Leeds Metropolitan District (according to parish).
Wiltshire: Tithe maps online for the village of Lynehamville
Worcestershire Tithe and Enclosure Map Project: This project provides on-line access to digitised 18th and 19th century maps in the county, together with their attached documentary evidence. Enclosure maps are online for Badsey (village and civil parish in Wychavon district.
Tithe Maps of Wales
No maps online. All of the Welsh Church Commissioners copies of the tithe maps, held by the National Library of Wales (NLW), are catalogued and may be found in the online catalogue. This is not a complete set of maps, as not every tithe district had a map and some border parishes decided to remain in the Church of England (as opposed to the Church in Wales) and so are not held at NLW.
The 1840 Tithe Map of the parish of Llangattock Juxta in Caerleon (Welsh: Caerllion), South Wales (with each building and plot of land numbered) is available online at the Tithe Map Of Caerleon.


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I entirely agree with Pete that conservatives must get serious about federal spending, à la David Cameron. And a wholesale reduction in the number of government agencies, boards, commissions, etc., a major part of Cameron's program, would be a great place to start.
But I'm reminded of St. Augustine's famous prayer, "Oh, Lord, make me good, but not yet." To be sure, I have a shorter time frame in mind than the author of The City of God, to wit, two weeks. In a sound-bite and attack-ad age, a proposal to gore some particular interest group's ox right before an election can be fatal, especially if there is not time to effectively respond. And it is always easier to attack than defend in a 30-second ad.
On Fox News Sunday this week, Carly Fiorina rightly resisted Chris Wallace's repeated attempts to get her to be specific on how she would cut federal spending. Had she mentioned, say, reforming the federal school-lunch program, Barbara Boxer would have had an ad on the air in 24 hours saying, "Do you want children starving in the streets? Then vote for Fiorina!" Several Republican candidates have been hammered recently for having had nice things to say regarding the so-called fair tax, which would abolish the personal income tax and substitute a 23 percent sales tax. The ads being run against them, of course, mention the 23 percent hike in prices that would be the result, without mentioning the fact that paychecks would increase dramatically with the end of withholding.
So I recommend getting serious immediately after the election. That's when Cameron got serious. As the late Mo Udall was fond of saying when he was running for the Democratic nomination in 1976, "It takes two things to be a great president. First, you have to be great. Second, you have to be president."


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The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) is designed to provide protection for military members as they enter active duty. The Act has origins dating back to the Civil War, but was first solidified in 1940 with the passage of the Soldiers and Sailors Civil Relief Act (SSCRA). In 2003, the SSCRA underwent modernizations, but the intent and language remained intact, to become what is known today as the SCRA.
Following the 2009 financial crisis and the rising number of foreclosures, reports began surfacing about banks and other financial institutions violating the SCRA. The Department of Justice began actively pursuing actions against institutions with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency becoming involved later.
According to Kirk Jensen, Partner in BuckleySandler's Washington, DC office, there are four milestone events in financial services SCRA enforcement as a result. The first is the foreclosure settlements from 2011 with the DOJ. These are the first settlements to focus on the mortgage industry. Secondly, in April of 2012, the DOJ addressed a wider range of issues with an SCRA component that went beyond the 2011 consent orders. As part of OCC consent orders, 14 residential mortgage servicers and two third-party vendors were required to undergo reviews by independent firms. These reviews are broad in scope including an SCRA component. Finally, in July 2012, the DOJ and the OCC entered into consent orders with another financial institution for SCRA violations. This marks the first time the DOJ or OCC expanded the scope to include auto and credit cards.
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The Rack And Pinion is used to convert between rotary and linear motion. The rack is the flat, toothed part, the pinion is the gear. Rack and pinion can convert from rotary to linear of from linear to rotary.The diameter of the gear determines the speed that the rack moves as the pinion turns.Rack and pinions are commonly used in the steering system of cars to convert the rotary motion of the steering wheel to the side to side motion in the wheels.
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The time has come for tuition reformWritten by Dan Johnson | | email@example.com
A recent poll of New York University students revealed that two-thirds would give up their vote in the next election for a year's college tuition (The Economist, Nov. 24). That's sobering.
For more than a decade, we have been shifting an ever larger proportion of the full cost of operating our public universities to the students and their families through increased tuition. The net effect of this shift is now beginning to show in a host of socially and economically undesirable ways.
The New York University students' desperation and willingness to sell their democratic birthright for a year's tuition reveal just how damaging our tuition policies have become even to our most cherished values. The tuition policies of our public universities must be reformed, particularly here in Ohio, one of the highest tuition states in the nation. It is time for real, substantive change, and we can't begin too soon.
The scope of the tuition problem is reflected in the growing cries for help from students, their parents and our higher education leaders. To get a sample of the problem I went to Google and ran a search on "college tuition crisis." Page after page of articles, books, statistical reports, newspaper stories and editorials on the "tuition crisis" filled my computer screen. As I read through many of these stories and reports, I became more convinced than ever that we have erected formidable barriers to the American dream and access to the middle class that are harder than ever to penetrate.
The tuition policy barrier is now effectively filtering out those young people who most desperately need a college education with a disproportionate impact on low-income minority families. U.S. Rep. Howard McKeon (R-Calif.) who chaired the House Subcommittee on 2lst Century Competitiveness, reported in 2005 that "cost factors prevent 48 percent of all college-qualified, low-income high school graduates from attending a four-year college." We must find a way to eliminate or greatly reduce these barriers.
Jeffrey Fifer, a student at The University of Toledo, is a good example of what our state's tuition policies are doing to students. In a recent letter to The Blade, Jeffrey wrote, "I am so busy working two jobs to pay for school that I don't give enough attention to my school work which I am working so hard to get. The government needs to step in with more grants and tuition assistance programs that make paying for college less challenging."
I've heard many members of my generation talk proudly about "working their way through college." Like them, I am proud that I was able to pay my own way through college. But the calculus is very different today than it was just 20 years ago. In the 1970s and 1980s, most states were paying 70 percent or more of the cost of higher education in our public universities. The students' share was the remaining 30 percent or less. Our state universities were truly "public" institutions.
Today, however, the reverse is true. Students now pay 70 percent or more of the cost of higher education and the state pays the remaining 30 percent or even less. And the trend is toward students paying an even greater share of the full cost. Our state universities are funded more from "private" sources than "public."
Sadly, many blame the universities for the problem, but this is akin to "blaming the victim." At public universities, trustees do not have control over state appropriations. The solution to the problem lies with our state policymakers and their political priorities. True, university leaders must make cost containment a priority and be held accountable. But most of the costs universities are being told to "contain" are beyond their control. The rapidly increasing cost of energy required for heating, cooling and operating our campuses; the rising cost of health care for faculty and staff; the rapidly expanding global demand for outstanding professors; the exploding cost of steel and construction materials needed for new buildings and countless other budget items are beyond the control of even our most frugal university leaders.
The solution rests with our legislature and state leaders. Our universities must be funded at a higher level so tuition can be reduced.
Ohio has gone so far in shifting the cost of higher education to students and their families that only real tuition reform will bring about the needed changes. We are beyond the time when we can solve the problem by working at the margins. Eliminating tuition increases for a year or two cannot come close to solving the fundamental problem. Ohio's average tuition of $8,490 at our public four-year institutions, among the highest in the nation, needs to be reduced by nearly $2,500 annually to reach the national average. To be competitive with other states and to position the state's economy in a more globally competitive position, our goal should be to cut tuition to an average significantly below the nation's average.
Failure to reform our state's support of higher education and tuition policies in a way that will bring them in line with the rest of the country will have a major negative impact on our state's economy and our efforts to be more competitive in the new global economy. Two examples illustrate the enormity of the problem:
- Many of our best and brightest high school graduates are beginning to choose public universities in other states where they can pay out-of-state tuition, and it is still far less than Ohio's in-state tuition. Many of these states happen to be in the West where there are other amenities such as skiing, mountain climbing and kayaking wild rivers. Most of these students never come back to Ohio.
- The vast majority of students finance some of their tuition through loans and incur huge debts of $20,000 or $30,000 that have to be paid back with interest following graduation. For those who go onto graduate school, the debts often mount to $100,000 or more. This prevents new graduates from buying houses, cars, furniture and other consumer goods that help keep our economy strong. Huge student loans, while good for the financial institutions that make the loans, have a long-term chilling effect on the state's economy.
State leaders have known for a long time that Ohio needs to increase the number of college graduates by more than 200,000 just to reach the national average. Until we tackle the problem of state support for higher education and genuinely reform tuition to make our universities more accessible to middle- and low-income families, we will not be able to achieve Gov. Strickland's laudable goal of 230,000 more college graduates in Ohio. To achieve this goal, we must remove the financial barriers to our public universities that previous administrations and legislators have created.
This is one of the truly great opportunities our policymakers have for making a real difference and, in the process, making Ohio more attractive for students, for new companies, for investment and for real economic growth.
As children we are all taught, "Where there is a will, there is a way." If we, as citizens of this great state, have the will to make higher education more affordable and accessible to middle- and low-income students, our policy makers will find a way.
Dan Johnson is president emeritus and a university professor of public policy and economic development at the University of Toledo. E-mail him at email@example.com.


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Style: Kyokushin Karate / BJJ--
As already said, the rest of us tap :)
I've never been knocked out in a tournament or in class but been hit there plenty of times. The other saturday I was rolling and my friend was demonstrating a triangle choke after you gift wrap someone.
Anyway it was on tight and there was no choking but I knew (as everyone else does) that my brain wasn't getting blood to it ... however never being choked out I left it for a few more seconds just to feel what it was like.
Soon as I felt like I was starting to go under (3-4 secs) I tapped and all the blood came back and I had a head rush. Interesting feeling and I guess I got my answer.