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for Fall Newsletter - October 1, 2002
Please direct submissions to the Newsletter to Art
Weinberg, Editor
This 2002
Spring Newsletter is also available in a
printable PDF format.
It appears that there is little going on this summer relative to
Society activities. Or little going on that anyone is willing to share
with the editor of this newsletter. I was able to extract a small amount
of content from some of our able committee chairs and this information
appears below.
Plans are set for the fall meeting in Dallas and the registrations are
already coming in. If you are planning on attending the Dallas meeting and
staying at the Fairmont Hotel, you should make your reservations as soon
as possible; rooms are filling up fast. We are working hard to surpass the
entertainment level achieved at the Dallas fall meeting in 1986. And there
will be a bit of science, for those of you who are into such things.
Henry Krous
Pediatric Forensic Pathology - The Society�s Next Steps
In my Spring message, I commented about the �important overlap of
pediatric and forensic pathology.� We live in a modern medicolegal
environment challenged by ancient antipathies of honor and shame as well
as charity and greed. Even though there has been an ever-increasing
recognition of the physical findings of child abuse and neglect,
unscrupulous physicians and lawyers counter it using newly recognized or
manufactured genetic and medical disorders to defend perpetrators.
However, not all of pediatric forensic pathology is litigious. Accurate
diagnoses contribute significantly to the healthy grieving of a deceased
child and planning of future pregnancies. Therefore, the Society should
accept the challenge to further integrate these disciplines as another
outreach opportunity. Pediatric and forensic pathologists can and should
work together to elevate the levels of expertise in pediatric forensic
pathology in medical examiners offices and hospitals, to enhance
diagnostic accuracy, and to improve the quality and integrity of
medicolegal testimony. In the United States, there are apparently only
four individuals who are board certified in both pediatric and forensic
A recent editorial despairing of chronic problems in forensic
pathology in the UK appropriately opined that the quality of forensic
pathology services must be guaranteed (BMJ 2002; 324:1408-9). Obviously,
hospital-based autopsies must be held to a high standard as well. Although
there are auditing mechanisms for hospital-based anatomic pathology
autopsies, such as from the College of American Pathologists, they do not
focus on cases with specific medicolegal importance. Tissue findings with
forensic importance in hospital practice may not be recognized depending
upon the particular interest and expertise of the examining pathologist.
For example, the unexpected finding of a thin subdural hematoma and brain
swelling in a child undergoing hospital autopsy with proper parental
consent may signify clinically unrecognized nonaccidental trauma, and
should prompt notification of the medical examiner. Or failure of the
forensic pathologist to recognize the potential significance of lipid
deposition in the liver and muscle tissues during performance of a
medicolegal postmortem examination may preclude identification of a
genetic disorder important for future pregnancy planning. These scenarios
can be minimized when pediatric and forensic pathologists share their
expertise. It is important that surgical pathology specimens can also
generate findings of medicolegal or genetic significance.
With these thoughts in mind, I asked our members to complete a brief
survey, the results of which I am now pleased to report. There were 131
responses from 6 continents, 10 countries, 34 US states and 79 cities.
Seventy three percent were from the United States; with most from Texas,
California and Ohio. Canada and the United Kingdom were represented more
than other countries. Among respondents, 99% resided in a community with a
medical examiner or coroner. Forty eight percent of our pediatric
pathology groups had at least 1 member actively engaged in forensic
The responses document the widespread contributions of our Society
members to forensic pathology. Although some �preferred not to�, 99%
of the respondents believed it was important to consult with forensic
pathologists, and 74% did so with 53% consulting less than 5 times per
year and 20% greater than 10 times per year. Congenital heart disease,
other congenital anomalies, and sudden infant death led to consultations
in 51% to 63% of responses; neoplasms and nonaccidental injuries were less
Forty nine percent served as expert witnesses with 23% and 37% of the
respondents testifying in criminal and civil trials, respectively. Twenty
four percent refused to testify as an expert witness - the flip side: 76%
would make themselves available given the circumstances. A few respondents
commented on their frustration with the ethics of attorneys who asked for
their consultations. But it is important to remember that successful
unscrupulous behavior on the part of an attorney requires the complicity
of an equally unscrupulous physician!
Forty five percent participated in Child Death Review Teams. Having
served on such a committee in San Diego for several years, the need for a
pediatric pathologist is not only necessary, but also welcomed as is the
expertise of individuals in other areas pertaining to child death, the
causes and manner of which bring them under the jurisdiction of the
medical examiner or coroner. Only a minority of deaths discussed in these
committees is a result of homicide.
Given our members� extensive interest and involvement in pediatric
forensic pathology, I discussed with the SPP Executive Committee and with
Dr. Joni McLean, the President of NAME, the advantages of creating a
closer relationship of our Society with the National Association of
Medical Examiners (NAME) and the advantages of formalizing the
relationship between the SPP and NAME. We agreed that designation of
liaisons could be an important first step to communicate the interests and
goals common to both organizations. Therefore, we are fortunate indeed
that Drs. Jeff Hubbard and Wendy Gunther, both of whom are members of the
SPP and NAME, have accepted appointment as co-liaisons reporting on
matters of interest and importance in pediatric forensic pathology to the
governing bodies of both societies at their annual business meeting.
Jeff and Wendy will also explore ways to bring to fruition a pediatric
forensic pathology focus group into the Society as favored by 58% of the
survey respondents. The desirability of developing this group is perhaps
best reflected in the following response from one survey respondent: �I
am very much in favor of a forensic focus group in SPP to provide guidance
and advice in a subject I feel very ill-equipped for but I have to deal
with willy-nilly.�
In collaboration with the SPP Education and Practice Committees, the
liaisons will work with members of the SPP and NAME to develop workshops
for both societies, to encourage members to submit abstracts to SPP and
NAME meetings, and to submit manuscripts with forensic themes to Pediatric
and Developmental Pathology. Hopefully the latter will increase
subscriptions to our journal from medical examiners� and coroners�
I want to close by emphasizing that the other good work and activities
of the Society and its officers and committees are not being neglected
despite my focus on pediatric forensic pathology issues. My efforts are a
continuing response to Ron Jaffe�s challenge to Society presidents to
�pick a theme and to try and implement an enduring program.� No doubt,
Derek deSa, your President-Elect, will do the same.
Fellowship Committee:
Alba Greco
Any pediatric pathology fellowship program director
wishing to update information about their training program now posted on
the SPP web site should contact Alba Greco.
Practice Committee
Ted Pysher
The Practice Committee gratefully acknowledges the
contributions made by Drs. Gareth Jevon and Debra Heller, who completed
their terms on the Committee, and Dr. Leon Metlay, who completed his term
on the Slide Survey Subcommittee at the Spring Meeting.
Current activities of the Practice Committee include
finalizing the Position Paper on Pediatric and Perinatal Autopsies,
gathering data on pediatric pathology practice patterns with the Staffing
and Activities project, and putting together the SPP Slide Survey for next
A draft of the position paper is posted in the
"Members Only" section of the SPP website, together with links
to supporting documents on the websites of the College of American
Pathologists and the Royal College of Pathologists. SPP members are
encouraged to review the position paper and send comments to Dr. Pysher at
email@example.com. Members with
consent forms or informational brochures that might be of use to others,
or who know of other useful links on this subject, are encouraged to
contact Dr. Leon Metlay at email@example.com
who has been coordinating the links attached to the position paper.
Members who want to participate in the Staffing and
Activities survey should contact Dr. Gareth Jevon at email@example.com.
The Slide Survey Subcommittee, chaired by Dr. Gloria
Kohut, is soliciting input for improving the survey, and, as always,
welcomes submission of instructive cases. Please contact Dr. Kohut at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Long-Range Planning
Cheryl Coffin
The Long Range Planning Committee report is brief. The
committee will meet in September at the Dallas meeting. As the new
committee chair, I welcome suggestions and feedback from the membership
about strategic planning issues. Correspondence can be emailed to me at email@example.com.
Although the committee itself is small, broad input from the membership is
vitally important.
Research Committee:
Raj Kapur
The Resident Clinical Presentation Award is a new
program that was initiated by our Society this year to promote the
interest of pathology residents in our subspecialty. Applications, which
consisted of one-page case reports that highlighted differences between
pediatric and adult pathology, were solicited from residency programs
throughout North America. A total of 22 applications were received and
these were reviewed by an ad hoc committee of pediatric pathologists from
four institutions, none of whom were given the identities of the
applicants. Based on the committee's review, the following three
individual's received awards:
Brigitte Nixon, M.D. (University of Washington,
Dinesh Rakheja (University of Texas - Southwestern, Dallas)
Amy Hareema (University of California, San Francisco)
Brigitte Nixon, M.D. (University of Washington,
Dinesh Rakheja (University of Texas - Southwestern, Dallas)
Amy Hareema (University of California, San Francisco)
The awards will fund travel expenses for each of the
recipients to attend the fall meeting of the SPP in Dallas. At that
meeting, they will present their cases to the Society and participate
fully in the camaraderie that characterizes our field. I know that you
join me in congratulating these future pediatric pathologists and I hope
that you will introduce yourselves to them at our interim meeting.
Bylaws Committee
Maureen Sander
Two new members of the Bylaws Committee include
Stephanie Young and Faisal Qureshi. Maureen Sander (interim chair)
presented reports at the SPP Council and Business meetings in Chicago in
February. The committee has pursued no new matters in the interim.
Nominating Committee
Derek deSa
In keeping with the Articles and By-laws of the
Society, the Nomination Committee invites nominations, from the membership
of the Society, for the position of President-Elect, and 2 (two)
Councilors. It is expected that the nominee will have indicated his/her
consent to be nominated and willingness to serve. Nominations may be made
in writing to the committee chair (email@example.com)
or to any member of the Nomination Committee (Susan Simonton, Cheryl
Coffin, Ricardo Drut, Ron Jaffe, Claire Langston ).
The committee is also soliciting names of individuals
who are interested in serving on SPP committees, as positions become
available. Names should be provided to me no later than September 1, 2002
since the committee's recommendations must be submitted to Council at the
fall 2002 meeting of the SPP.
Please remember that the success of our Society depends
upon the diligence, commitment and hard work of the individuals who fill
these positions, whether as officers or committee members.
In Memoriam
-- Larry Becker
Henry Krous
I am sure I speak on behalf of the entire Society in
expressing our profound sadness and sense of loss on the passing of one of
our most distinguished members, Dr. Larry Becker, from the Hospital for
Sick Children in Toronto.
Larry was a rare combination of the consummate
gentleman, treasured friend, insightful scholar, outstanding
neuropathologist, inspiring teacher, and effective administrator. He was
the ideal physician, a role model for all of us in so many ways. I am sure
many of us have fond memories of our experiences and friendship with
Larry. In addition to many other experiences, I particularly remember a
week with Larry in Australia where he dazzled us with his illuminating
lectures, witty humor, great dancing - the best North America had to offer
to those "down under" at a conference on SIDS that was markedly
enhanced by Larry's contributions. Our thoughts and prayers go to his
family, friends and colleagues during these very sad times.
It is my hope that many of you will contribute to the
lectureships to be established in Larry�s name. Donations will be
welcomed at:
The Hospital for Sick Children Foundation, 555
Avenue, Toronto M5G Canada
The SIDS Foundation, 586 Eglinton Avenue East,
Ste 308, Toronto M4P 1P2 Canada
The Hospital for Sick Children Foundation, 555
Avenue, Toronto M5G Canada
The SIDS Foundation, 586 Eglinton Avenue East,
Ste 308, Toronto M4P 1P2 Canada
The home address for Dr. Becker's family is Dr. Edna
Becker, 1 King George's Road, Etobicoke, Ontario M8X 1K6 Canada.
Becker Memorial Page
New Pediatric Laboratory Medicine On-line Resource
Cheryl M. Coffin, M.D.
Theodore J. Pysher, M.D.
Ronald Weiss, M.D., M.B.A.
Department of Pathology
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT
Dear Colleagues:
We are pleased to announce a new Web site devoted to pediatric laboratory
medicine at www.childx.org. Children's Health Improvement through Laboratory
Diagnostics (CHILDx, pronounced "Child Diagnostics") is a
multi-institutional, multidisciplinary group of pediatric pathologists,
laboratory medicine specialists, laboratory scientists, and pediatric
subspecialists that seeks to improve the healthcare of children by working with
pediatric laboratory medicine and other healthcare professionals. CHILDx is
supported by ARUP Laboratories and the University of Utah Department of
Pathology. The Web site includes a variety of information about resources,
current issues, and CHILDx activities. Resources on the Web site include:
We invite you to visit the Web site and to contact one of us
or CHILDx with your questions, comments, suggestions for additions to the FAQ
list, Web site links, and literature resources. We want this to be a useful
clinical, educational, and academic resource for pediatric pathologists and
other laboratory medicine and healthcare professionals. We welcome your candid
feedback and suggestions for further improvements.
Thank you for your consideration. We look forward to hearing from you.
SPP Fall Meeting
Y�all come
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Dallas, Texas
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a) Personal Statement: Outlining accomplishments to-date, personal goals and commitment to community-engaged scholarship. Accomplishments must include submission and approval of a scholarly project proposal that will meet graduation requirements, distinct from the Honors Proposal project. Progress toward completion of that project (e.g. pilot data, summer research) and anticipated or actual results must be included in the application.
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Not the best, but could be worse
On Tuesday, the Rutherford County Schools (RCS) Board of Education took steps to offset the blow dealt by the state's cuts to education.
The decision made during the meeting was to cut the hours of teacher assistants from eight hours to six hours per day.
Realistically, it was the only decision that Superintendent Janet Mason could have recommended sans cutting positions completely
"For the past few years we have weathered budget storms and worked diligently to make cuts as painless as possible in schools. We have exhausted most of those options. We are out of easy choices," Mason told the board.
And she's right.
No manager likes to make the decision of what positions to keep and what positions to let go. That would have been the only other option the Board would of had to offset the 21 percent reduction in teacher assistant funding.
The only question remaining is how will that affect our classrooms?
Simply, that answer is unknown.
Teacher assistants provide an extra layer of education for students primarily in elementary school. That is where they are needed the most.
It is those elementary school students that are rising to the peak of their requirement of knowledge. It is those students that require the necessary attention from teachers and their assistants to ensure they are learning properly and have the best chance for success.
Teacher assistants are a vital piece of the education puzzle.
We have expressed our concern regarding the state's need to shift funds throughout the education spectrum and we continue to believe the damage may not be over.
Mason suggested to the Board that some parts of the complete education funding puzzle are not yet known and the wide-ranging effects on the overall budget is unclear.
It is our thought that tough staffing choices are just getting started for Mason, her staff and the Board.
"Everyone is asked to do more with less and I don't see that changing," Mason said.
Budget cuts can be absorbed by staff attrition and a continued reduction in hours as well as, in the case with drivers education, an increase in fees to overcome a $1.7 million cut to funding for that program statewide.
The last option is eliminating positions necessary to give our children the best hope for the future.
While we are not the least bit envious of Mason and the potential task at hand to "do more with less," we applaud this first step in finding a solution that doesn't include eliminating those staff members vital to helping our children succeed in the classroom.
By Matthew Clark, for the Editorial Board
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Canberra, Australia. Mining magnate Clive Palmer, one of Australia's richest business people, said on Monday he hoped to run for Parliament for the conservative opposition, which opinion polls suggest will win government next year.
Palmer said he would seek the Liberal National Party's candidacy for the electoral district held by Deputy Prime Minister Wayne Swan since 1998.
BRW magazine reported Palmer was Australia's fifth richest person last year with an estimated fortune of more than 5 billion Australian dollars ($5.2 billion), and he is the Queensland state-based party's largest donor.
"Politics is about ideas," the 58-year-old told reporters. "You are not going to become rich being a politician."
Palmer is a vocal opponent of new taxes on carbon gas emissions and on coal and iron ore mining profits that take effect on July 1. The center-left Labor Party passed the taxes through the Parliament without the support of the opposition.
Swan said Palmer's aspiration showed that the conservative opposition was "a wholly owned subsidiary of Mr. Palmer."
He warned that big business was already having too much influence on public policy debate.
"I don't want to see this country go down the American road where in recent decades the middle class has shrunk and big money in politics has dominated the political debate," Swan told reporters.
"I have a vision for this country where there is a very broad middle class, where people who work hard get fairly rewarded, where there is an optimism that comes with social mobility — that has disappeared in many other Western countries," he added, without naming those countries.
Opinion polls suggest Swan could lose his district in the state capital Brisbane with Labor's popularity falling in the coal mining state of Queensland since the last election in 2010. The election is due late next year.
But Swan said he did not fear being ousted by Palmer.
"I relish the prospect of that contest," Swan said.
Labor has been trailing the conservatives through Australia since Prime Minister Julia Gillard last year reneged on a promise by introducing a carbon tax. Australia's largest polluters will pay AU$23 per metric ton of carbon gas that they emit.
Opposition leader Tony Abbott said was surprised by Palmer's bid for political career. The Liberal Party leader, Abbott said whether Palmer becomes a Liberal National Party candidate was a question for that party's officials.
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HUNTINGTON -- Peyton Elementary will host a spaghetti dinner fundraising event from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 3, at the school at 199 Rotary Road, Huntington.
The cost is $6 per adult, $3 for a child and $16 for a family of four. Dinner includes spaghetti, salad, roll, dessert and drink.
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T. bryosalmonae develops into tiny, sac-like stages around 0.35mm in diameter in the body cavity of freshwater bryozoans. Each sac contains 1000's of infectious stages (spores). Parasite stages in fish consist of only several cells.
Laboratory studies indicate that sac-like stages can develop within 3 days from single cell stages in bryozoan hosts (Canning & Okamura, 2004). Transmission studies demonstrate that it takes some 3-8 weeks from the time of infection for stages to develop in fish kidney, depending on temperature (Gay et al. 2001).
Long term infections of bryozoans appear to be maintained by:
When fish survive infection the parasite may persist for at least one year (Foott and Hedrick, 1987), and perhaps for the lifetime of the fish. Spores are infective for <24 hr (De Kinkelin et al. 2002 ).
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Monday, 09 Mar 2009 03:41 PM
There is no question that Rush Limbaugh is the single most influential leader of the conservative movement in the United States today.
But Rush took a bad step 17 years ago and he thus is partly responsible for the disarray we find ourselves in today. An explanation:
Late 1991 and early 1992 President George H.W. Bush was running for re-election and had big trouble on his right flank from Pat Buchanan. Bush had reversed his no-new-taxes — read-my-lips pledge and indeed allowed a tax increase — a big No-No to the Reagan wing of the GOP. And he had blasted some on the right as "extra-chromosome conservatives."
With Buchanan scoring well in the polls and getting a good vote in the New Hampshire primary, the Bush team needed help on the right and quick. So they invited Rush for an overnight stay in the White House.
Rush has told this story on his show many, many times. He was greeted by the president. "Rush, Rush, is that you?" The voice preceded the President's arrival in a waiting area where Rush was sitting with his suitcase, which the president of the United States picked up and carried to Rush's bedroom.
Who wouldn't be impressed by a President carrying your bags?
The dinner that night upstairs with the president and Mrs. Bush — very kind and hospitable hosts when they wanted to be — was wonderful as was the after-dinner conversation. In sum, Rush was hooked. The Bushes had seduced him.
Indeed, from that night on, Rush Limbaugh became a key backer of Team Bush. Just a few months later, after Bush 41 had vanquished Buchanan and virtually secured the nomination, he faced yet another dire threat, this time from Ross Perot. And who came along and savaged the little Texan day after day, week after week with the most humorous and to-the-point parodies but Rush Limbaugh.
That fall, in the general election, again Rush did his damndest to ruin Bill Clinton, the Democrat nominee, and Perot who by that time had re-joined the race. But it wasn't enough. And Clinton was our new president.
Rush Limbaugh believes in loyalty. And he remained loyal to the Bush family, never forgetting his night in the White House. In 1999 and 2000 as another George Bush geared up to run for president, Team Bush made certain to get Rush on their side from day one.
Thus Rush became one of G.W. Bush's strongest advocates and helped get him elected in 2000.
Throughout the eight years of Bush 43, Rush was always there for President Bush, always shoring up the GOP and the right for him. But as things began to deteriorate, as the Republican Congress spent money like crazy, with nary a word from the Bush White House, and as the Bush administration took the GOP and the conservative movement farther and farther from the political mainstream, Rush only occasionally expressed veiled reservations over what was happening. But by 2008 he was tired of it all.
He didn't like McCain and didn't want to have to support him. But there wasn't an acceptable conservative in the race. So Rush, like many on the right, swallowed hard and supported the GOP ticket.
And thus we have Obama — and a totally Democratic-controlled Congress today. The GOP and the Conservative Movement have become almost irrelevant.
Rush Limbaugh got suckered by the Bushes back in 1992. He fell for their patrician shtick. He then remained loyal to them. And he then fell for the "G.W. Bush is the son of Reagan" campaign to secure the 2000 GOP nomination. He used his incredible clout on the right to enable the Bushes to take over the conservative movement, which they did and then they drove it right over a cliff.
As much as Rush today is trying to right the ship, it will take years to get real conservatism back on track.
Rush acolytes like Bobby Jindal are not the answer. And while Rush himself has become more beloved to his core audience, he has become radioactive to everyone else.
He cannot and will not be able to lead the conservatives back to power. He can help in that effort, but cannot be the front man for 21st century conservatism.
Until a new leader of the party and the movement emerges, on his or her own and not as a puppet of anyone, we are going to remain in the wilderness.
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Acts, 1997 Reg. Sess., Ch. 54.
(1) Community-based programs and services for the prevention and treatment of juvenile delinquency through the development of foster-care and shelter-care homes, group homes, halfway houses, homemaker and home health services, twenty-four hour intake screening, volunteer and crisis home programs, day treatment and any other designated community-based diagnostic, treatment or rehabilitative service;
(2) Community-based programs and services to work with parents and other family members to maintain and strengthen the family unit so that the juvenile may be retained in his or her home;
(3) Youth service bureaus and other community-based programs to divert youth from the juvenile court or to support, counsel, or provide work and recreational opportunities for status offenders, juvenile delinquents and other youth to help prevent delinquency;
(4) Projects designed to develop and implement programs stressing advocacy activities aimed at improving services for and protecting rights of youth affected by the juvenile justice system;
(5) Educational programs or supportive services designed to encourage status offenders, juvenile delinquents, and other youth to remain in elementary and secondary schools or in alternative learning situations;
(6) Expanded use of professional and paraprofessional personnel and volunteers to work effectively with youth;
(7) Youth initiated programs and outreach programs designed to assist youth who otherwise would not be reached by traditional youth assistance programs; and
(8) A statewide program designed to reduce the number of commitments of juveniles to any form of juvenile facility as a percentage of the state juvenile population; to increase the use of nonsecure community-based facilities as a percentage of total commitments to juvenile facilities; and to discourage the use of secure incarceration and detention.
(b) The department of health and human resources shall establish, within the funds available, an individualized program of rehabilitation for each status offender referred to the department and to each alleged juvenile delinquent referred to the department after being allowed an improvement period by the juvenile court, and for each adjudicated juvenile delinquent who, after adjudication, is referred to the department for investigation or treatment or whose custody is vested in the department. Such individualized program of rehabilitation shall take into account the programs and services to be provided by other public or private agencies or personnel which are available in the community to deal with the circumstances of the particular juvenile. For alleged juvenile delinquents and status offenders, such individualized program of rehabilitation shall be furnished to the juvenile court and shall be available to counsel for the juvenile; it may be modified from time to time at the direction of the department or by order of the juvenile court. The department may develop an individualized program of rehabilitation for any juvenile referred for noncustodial counseling under section five, article three of this chapter, for any juvenile receiving counsel and advice under section three-a, article five of this chapter, or for any other juvenile upon the request of a public or private agency.
(c) The department of health and human resources and the division of juvenile services are authorized and directed to enter into cooperative arrangements and agreements with each other and with private agencies or with agencies of the state and its political subdivisions to fulfill their respective duties under this article and chapter.
(b) Within the funds available, rehabilitative programs and services shall be provided by or through each such facility and may include, but not be limited to, medical, educational, vocational, social and psychological guidance, training, counseling, alcoholism treatment, drug treatment and other rehabilitative services. The department of health and human resources shall provide to each status offender committed to the facility a program of treatment and services consistent with the individualized program of rehabilitation developed for such juvenile. In the case of any other juvenile residing at the facility, the department shall provide such programs and services as may be proper in the circumstances including, but not limited to, any such programs or services directed to be provided by the court.
(c) The board of education of the county in which the facility is located shall provide instruction for juveniles residing at the facility. Residents who can be permitted to do so shall attend local schools, and instruction shall otherwise take place at the facility.
(d) Facilities established pursuant to this section shall be structured as community-based facilities.
(b) The department of health and human resources shall prepare a descriptive catalogue of its juvenile programs and services available in local communities throughout this state and shall distribute copies of the same to every juvenile court in the state and, at the direction of the juvenile court, such catalogue shall be distributed to attorneys practicing before such court. Such catalogue shall also be made available to members of the general public upon request. The catalogue shall contain sufficient information as to particular programs and services so as to enable a user of the catalogue to make inquiries and referrals. The catalogue shall be constructed so as to meaningfully identify and describe programs and services. The requirements of this section are not satisfied by a simple listing of specific agencies or the individuals in charge of programs at a given time. The catalogue shall be updated and republished or supplemented from time to time as may be required to maintain its usefulness as a resource manual.
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Maggie's Character: Jane Craddock
Release Date: 5 February 2010 (USA)
Directed By: Scott Cooper
Screenwriter: Scotte Cooper based on Thomas Cobb's novel.
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
MPAA Rating: Rated R for language and brief sexuality.
Runtime: 112 min.
Box Office #'s: here
Cast Highlights:
Jeff Bridges
Bad Blake is a broken-down, hard-living country music singer who's had way too many marriages, far too many years on the road and one too many drinks way too many times. And yet, Bad can't help but reach for salvation with the help of Jean, a journalist who discovers the real man behind the musician.
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The concert scenes where Bad opens for Tommy Sweet were filmed at a Toby Keith concert at the Journal Pavilion in Albuquerque. Keith is thanked in the credits.
- Both Jeff Bridges and Colin Farrell did their own singing in this film, with the assistance of voice coach Roger Love.
- Ryan Bingham, who plays Tony (the musician Bad talks to at the bowling alley) is a real-life rising country-rock star. Bingham co-wrote "The Weary Kind" with T-Bone Burnett and Bingham's recording of "The Weary Kind" won a Golden Globe and an Oscar for Best Original Song. So, the real Ryan Bingham won an Oscar while a fictional Ryan Bingham, played by George Clooney in Up in the Air (2009/I), who was nominated the same year, did not.
- In the first scene with Bad and Buddy, Bad is teaching him how to "kick" a paper football, a popular table top game played mostly by grade school boys for many decades.
- Bad's music and songs were loosely modeled after those of Don Williams and secondarily, Leonard Cohen.
- Jeff Bridges modeled his character after Stephen Bruton, who was the music producer for this movie, Kris Kristofferson and John Goodwin.
- Filmed in only 24 days.
- Jeff Bridges has always been musically inclined, and actually released an album titled Be Here Soon in 2000.
- T-Bone Burnett composed the song "The Weary Kind" with Ryan Bingham, which Jeff Bridges performs in the film. T-Bone Burnett was musical archivist for The Big Lebowski (1998), a film in which Jeff Bridges also stars.
- The 35mm print was sent to theaters with the code name "Suzie".
- Bad's real name is Otis Blake.
- Robert Duvall previously appeared in Tender Mercies (1983), in which he too played an aging country music singer. Both he and Jeff Bridges received Best Actor Awards for their respective roles.
- The film is dedicated to the loving memory of Stephen Bruton, died before of the opening of the film.
Character Quotes
Jean Craddock: I can't help it if my capillaries are close to the skin.


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Contact: Mary Russell, 603-271-2866
April 7, 2011
Letters About Literature New Hampshire Semi-finalists Have Been Selected
Letters About Literature is a reading and writing promotion program of the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress, presented in partnership with Target Stores and coordinated in New Hampshire by the Center for the Book at the New Hampshire State Library.
This year forty-seven semi-finalist letters were selected out of 624 letters received from New Hampshire students. There are three competition levels in the program: upper elementary, middle school, and high school. In April, the Center for the Book at the New Hampshire State Library will award $100 to first place winners from each competition level. State winners will advance to the national competition where they could win a $500 Target GiftCard and a $10,000 LAL Reading Promotion Grant for their community.
To enter, young readers wrote a personal letter to an author explaining how his or her work changed their view of the world or themselves. Readers selected authors from any genre—fiction or nonfiction, contemporary or classic. The contest's theme encouraged young readers to explore their personal response to a book and then express that response in a creative, original way.
Congratulations to all the 2011 Letters About Literature New Hampshire semi-finalists!
Abigayle Rasmussen - Stratham
Adam Letarte - Milford
Andrew Kwist - Gilford
Andrew H. Thomson - Hopkinton
Angela Toth - Nashua
Annika Barth - Lee
Arun Falk - Madbury
Bethany Clarke - Gilford
Camryn Lavoie - Stratham
Chelsea Bonollo - Hopkinton
Drew Stetson - Stratham
Elizabeth Higgins - Lisbon
Elizabeth G. Morse - Center Sandwich
Emma Gagne - Pembroke
Erin Angel Choate - Lisbon
Gabriele Nedeau - Sandwich
Gordie MacDonald - Hopkinton
Haley Jodoin - Pembroke
Jake Tinkham - Gilford
Jamison Edge - Center Sandwich
John Boynton - South Hampton
John Barron Fredricks - Rochester
Kaitlyn Nelson - Milford
Katy Gore - Londonderry
Kayla Bullwinkel - Milford
Kristin Chan - Nashua
Logan Westfall - Londonderry
Lucy Cunningham - Center Sandwich
Meghan Michel - Greenland
Micaela Griffin - Hampstead
Mitchell Genkinger - Rochester
Morgan Barlow - Milford
Morgan Jones - Stratham
Morgan Sulham - Bath
Parker Caswell - Sandwich
Rachel Ann Malcolm - Alstead
Sarah Lappin - Meriden
Sedona Clothier - Madbury
Serena Uliano - Salem
Sophie Higgerson - Norwich, VT
Storm Sideleau - Contoocook
Sydney Simo - Milford
Victoria Nafranowicz - Pembroke
Wyett MacDonald - Plainfield
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We are delighted to support and be part of the London Design Festival, highlighting the UK's amazing talent in its creative industry.
The Coutts Arts Festival was an exciting event that took place over three consecutive evenings in 2011.
We were thrilled to be a sponsor of London Fashion Week, a celebration of emerging and established designers.
We were proud to sponsor the Large-Cap Business of the Year Award in 2011 for the third consecutive year.
During the summer of 2011, we were pleased to sponsor the Quarter Ton sailing regatta which took place in July with nine races over three days.
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We were proud to support this wonderful festival which seeks to raise awareness, foster debate and provide a platform for our most celebrated authors and personalities to reach out to their audience directly.
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In 2011 we were delighted to be the exclusive sponsor of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein which saw Danny Boyle make his directing debut at the National Theatre.
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high off the hog
(comparative higher off the hog, superlative highest off the hog)
- Alternative form of high on the hog.
high off the hog
Variant of hog
nounpl. hogs, hog
- any swine, esp. a domesticated adult (Sus scrofa) ready for market, or, in England, a castrated boar
- Brit. a young sheep not yet shorn
- Informal a selfish, greedy, gluttonous, coarse, or filthy person
- Slang a large, heavy motorcycle
Origin of hogMiddle English ; from Old English hogg ; from uncertain or unknown; perhaps or akin to Old Norse höggva, to cut (akin to Old English heawan, hew), in basic sense "castrated"
transitive verbhogged, hogging
- to arch (the back) like a hog's
- to cause (a ship, keel, etc.) to be higher in the center than at the ends
- to trim (a horse's mane) in order to make it bristly
- ☆ Slang to grab greedily; take all of or an unfair share of
intransitive verb
to be higher in the center than at the ends, as the bottom of a ship
hog Idioms
go (the) whole hog
Slang to go all the way; do or accept something fully
high on the hogor high off the hog☆
Informal in a luxurious or costly way
hog wild☆
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. • The courtship of Peyton Manning ended early for the Kansas City Chiefs.
During the offseason, when just about every NFL team in need of a quarterback was making overtures to the four-time MVP, Chiefs chairman Clark Hunt went on record as saying the franchise hoped to be in the derby. It was a rare acknowledgment from the head of an ownership family that rarely speaks publicly, and even more rarely discusses player personnel matters.


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I'm sure some people want to read full-game analysis or a breakdown of Colin Kaepernick's erratic play in the playoffs. When it comes to football, it's always best to fully focus on players, offensive game plans, and defensive schemes. Whenever a storyline occurs before a game or some kind of generality the public keeps preaching about, it turns me off. I'll still break down why Richard Sherman is speaking the truth, when he says he's the best. Then I'll get into why he's a new revelation in the NFL.
It's always been a constant argument about Sherman, if he truly is the best cornerback. Obviously his arrogance turns people off, along with having the luxury of playing with the best defense in the league. That luxury is playing with the best all-around safety in the league in Earl Thomas and a safety that hits like a linebacker in Kam Chancellor. Then you can include that Sherman is 6 foot 3, which puts him up there as the tallest cornerback in the league.
There is no denying that Sherman has support playing beside excellent teammates, while having genetic gifts. What sets him apart from other cornerbacks is his tenacity and ruthlessness. You don't see a cornerback, who can disrupt a receiver's route so efficiently on a consistent basis. The way he plays bump-and-run coverage can't be taught. It comes down to being physical, while not being that excessive with the contact so he doesn't get penalized. That frustrates wide receivers and it eventually gets to quarterbacks. Eventually, you will see quarterbacks not even bother looking to throw his way knowing that it will be a loss of a down or potential turnover. Colin Kaepernick should have had that mindset.
Does he get away with holding at times? Of course he does, it's been well documented. Roddy White said the Seattle secondary has "perfected holding" on NFL Network and you didn't see one analyst even try to argue his claim. As long as Sherman or any players from Seattle's secondary aren't getting caught, why bother changing up your style of play? The NFL favors the offense in this current age, with many rules favoring quarterbacks and receivers.
Sherman's versatility is another element to his game that makes him so special. We've seen how good he is in man coverage. It has gotten to the point, where they practically leave him on an island at times similar to what Oakland did with Nnamdi Asomugha. If they switch their defense to zone coverage, he's done that effectively as well. He's had more opportunities to make plays with zone coverage and played a crucial part in having eight interceptions for the second consecutive year. That's one thing that separates him from Darrelle Revis. While Revis is still a top five corner, he never adjusted well to playing zone coverage this year.
If you want to run down the list of cornerbacks that are considered elite, here are clear explanations on why Sherman is better. Aqib Talib and Joe Haden are too inconsistent to be considered the best. Haden was on a tremendous stretch of shutting down top receivers, before Alshon Jeffery and Antonio Brown torched him repeatedly. He tends to get too physical at the line of scrimmage and that leads to speedy receivers getting past him. Talib has struggled to stay on the field at times this year, along with being penalized far too often. He hasn't mastered the art of holding quite like Sherman.
Brent Grimes return from an Achilles injury this year was unbelievable. He didn't miss a beat in Miami and finally gained the league wide recognition he's deserved for so long. Unfortunately for him, he's five foot ten and misses too many tackles. While his fundamentals are sound, his lack of size and strength are too much for him to overcome in run support. Grimes athleticism and ball skills are off the charts, which is why he can be considered as the best ball hawk in the league. His lack of size holds him back from being the best all-around cornerback.
Darrelle Revis and Patrick Peterson are the last two cornerbacks that should be in the discussion. Revis was clearly rusty at times this year and struggled adjusting to zone coverage. Speed receivers can give him issues as well, especially if they run a double move because Revis is very aggressive. He came on strong late in the year ending up with 11 passes defensed. I'm expecting next season to show why he remains to be one of the premier corners. Patrick Peterson is the closest competitor to Sherman for the top spot.
The issue with Peterson simply comes down to longevity. This is the first true year that he's been considered elite. Don't let the numbers fool you in 2012, when he had seven interceptions. He was getting burnt repeatedly and people were questioning his work ethic at playing cornerback. Some believed that he was too busy trying to be a playmaker on special teams and even trying to be more involved in Arizona's offense. That changed in 2013 and now he is right below Sherman. Let's see what he does in 2014, before putting him over Sherman.
Even when quarterbacks try to avoid him, he knows how to get to the ball. How does a shutdown corner end up with eight interceptions? That shows how savvy he is in wanting to make game changing plays. Of course, you can add in factors like Seattle's pass rush forcing bad throws or quarterbacks wanting to get their star receiver involved.
He embraces contact by being a great run defender. Many corners are either constantly being manhandled at the line of scrimmage or take poor angles while being in run support. That's not the case with Sherman, who holds down his side of the field and doesn't let running back breaks outside. Run support tends to be forgotten about when discussing cornerback play. That'll never make sense to me, since it remains to be an important asset to have. The divisional round showed how teams can control the game by leaning on the running game.
Darrelle Revis gave offensive coordinators nightmares in 2009-2010 based on how dominant he was. You couldn't throw towards his direction; otherwise it would be a loss of down or turnover. Richard Sherman has become that player over the past year and half. Besides TY Hilton and Roddy White, nobody has managed to beat Sherman deep. You can make the argument on those plays that he expected help from Chancellor, especially White's touchdown last year in the playoffs.
It's time to accept him as a superstar and the best cornerback in the league. Drew Brees didn't bother testing him last week. Colin Kaepernick threw his way twice the entire game. Kaepernick played a solid game and didn't make any questionable throws, until the interception straight to Chancellor. He decides to test Sherman in the most critical moment of the game and it became a moment that he'll regret for the next six months. Sherman deflects another pass (57 PD's in three seasons), which leads to a game ending interception. You want to see the best players get tested? That's what happens.
As for the post-game interview, it was absolutely brilliant. Nobody can deny that he was disrespectful in that moment, even for someone who loves pro wrestling and mixed martial arts. It was an awkward moment, yet Sherman brought something out that we don't see very often. So many NFL players are politically correct nowadays giving the same predictable response on a weekly basis. There are exceptions like Steve Smith, DeAngelo Hall, Roddy White and Sherman. People always want to hear the truth from players on how they feel about the opposing team or a certain play.
They get the truth from Sherman and now complain about it? The backlash that he received was baffling. Are all football players supposed to be these toned down athletes that have to be role models at all times? They can't be emotional or show passion in believing in themselves, when that's what players thrive on? How about people constantly complaining about their respective team not playing with fire and being relentless? Those are the questions I give to you, if you are offended by his post game interview. Sherman didn't swear or call Crabtree any derogatory names. He spoke his mind stating how he's the best.
If you don't like arrogant players, then that's your preference of choice. Don't go around saying Sherman is an idiot or label him insane. He's emotional just like all football players are because the sport is so brutal. The only difference is that he decides to speak his mind, which has proven to be beneficial towards his career. Even if you bash him, he has your attention and has become the new "media darling".
My theory will always be if you back up your trash talk on a weekly basis, you have the right to make any statement or claim. Sherman is a prime example of that theory. The Stanford graduate is the real deal and will be a superstar for years to come. You can pontificate on how Sherman is an egomaniac or how Peyton Manning is going to embarrass him.
We'll see in two weeks at Metlife Stadium. Regardless of what happens, Sherman continues to not only be the best cornerback in the league but also enters a rare breed. That breed is someone, who can play as well as he talks. Not many players have done that in recent memory, especially for cornerbacks. They claim to be a shutdown corner, yet are on the receiving end of a highlight reel touchdown. Sherman is the NFL's new revelation and will be making headlines for years to come that will either make you embrace him or despise him. That what happens when you are the best at your position and aren't afraid to speak your mind.
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Ssh? Balinese gamelan drums up welcome 'noise' in Founders Library's Southeast Asia collection, March 14, 2013
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my old tapes have been nicked ages ago.
the kind of stuff I mean is the "steppin'into the house" era, and stuff like "madness" by Terry Hunter.
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When I got back to the hotel I knew there was nothing I could do to make this work for everyone. Her brother was the hit and had to go. Killing him would kill her and break my heart. Of course, she would never know it was I. But I wanted to get close to this woman. I wanted to be her man. And lies would never work. This woman was far to intuitive for me to think I could get away with killing her brother. If I didn't kill him they would kill me. A hit man never walks away free. Only one thing to do.
I packed my bags and shipped my girl back home. This hit was not going to happen.
When I got back I slowly unpacked and put everything away. I had a night to sleep on it while I waited for my girl to return home.
The next day FedEx delivered her to me. We would meet our final destiny together. I tracked down my contact and said I wanted to meet. We setup the meeting for 3 PM at his place. When I walked I wasted him before he could say hello. I walked out the door and called Anna and asked her to marry me. Before she could answer I told her to meet me in Cuba at the Hotel Saratoga and she could decide then.
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Mayors from across the state are warning lawmakers about rising pension costs that they say will pack a serious financial punch if left unaddressed.
That was one message from Peoria Mayor Jim Ardis speaking to Peoria Downtown Rotary Club members earlier this month. He spoke about the need for lawmakers in Springfield to find ways to fix the pension crisis while not burdening cities across the state. Ardis spoke about pensions after updating rotary members on other issues affecting Peoria. Today's Outside the Horseshoe program features audio from the May 2nd Peoria Downtown Rotary Club meeting, starting with Mayor Ardis talking about the financial toll the winter took on the city


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It's got this CRAZY ending where he attacks like 100 people with a sword. We're talking **** that wouldn't fly on a mexican soap opera. . .There's no choice but to confront you, to engage you, to erase you. I've gone to great lengths to expand my threshold of pain. I will use my mistakes against you. There's no other choice.


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It was a Rockwellian Christmas in Aiken on Saturday, as Santa Claus made an appearance at the Aiken Visitors Center and Train Depot.
There were Christmas decorations, treats and tours of the museum as visitors learned about the railroad's importance in the area and how it shaped the history of the state.
One of the groups to participate in the tour was Cub Scout Pack 432, and they found Don Barnes' presentations educational and informative.
"We take them to activities that are free because we don't want to charge our scouts for anything," said Heidi Angell, assistant Cub Scout master. "We also take them to anything that has historical value. It helps them with the different requirements that they have. We've done a bunch of different activities over the years."
Plans call for expansion of the Aiken Visitors Center and Train Depot in the near future, said Barnes, who was wearing an engineer's hat. It was Barnes who built and designed the dioramas and restored the Pullman Cars outside of the depot.
"The next plan is to build a baggage building, which will be between the train tracks, and then there will be a platform built that will go from the depot to the cars," said Barnes, who's in charge of the train depots construction projects. "The baggage building will be a catering kitchen. We'll be able to serve food at activities here at the depot, also out on the platform and then they'll be able to eat in the cars."
Children also gathered and listened to Monica Wells, who read from the Aiken Junior Woman's Club book, "Banksia."
"We want to encourage people to learn more about the history of their community," said Wells. "We want to spark interest in people visiting the museum. I wanted to instill the same kind of love that I have for this community, and share it with the next generation."
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"The Sound of Music" gave us "Edelweiss," "Do-Re-Mi" and "My Favorite Things," classics still passed from generation to generation. Visitors from all over the world use the opportunity to see the locations in the city of Salzburg, where the film was shot. Schloss Leopoldskron for example: an 18th century rococo castle outside central Salzburg, an exquisite jewel on a picturesque lake where Maria and the children fell from their boat. Or the Mirabell Gardens, a truly a horticultural masterpiece.
However, before you reenact the Do-Re-Mi parade through the Hedge Theater (where on many days in the spring and summer you can listen to concerts of international amateur choirs and orchestras), stop at the Dwarf Garden, where a number of misshapen creatures are on display.