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Child Maltreatment:
Strengthening National Data on Child Fatalities Could Aid in Prevention
GAO-11-599: Published: Jul 7, 2011. Publicly Released: Jul 12, 2011.
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Children's deaths from maltreatment are especially distressing because they involve a failure on the part of adults who were responsible for protecting them. Questions have been raised as to whether the federal National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS), which is based on voluntary state reports to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), fully captures the number or circumstances of child fatalities from maltreatment. GAO was asked to examine (1) the extent to which HHS collects and reports comprehensive information on child fatalities from maltreatment, (2) the challenges states face in collecting and reporting this information to HHS, and (3) the assistance HHS provides to states in collecting and reporting data on child maltreatment fatalities. GAO analyzed 2009 NCANDS data--the latest data available--conducted a nationwide Web-based survey of state child welfare administrators, visited three states, interviewed HHS and other officials, and reviewed research and relevant federal laws and regulations.
More children have likely died from maltreatment than are counted in NCANDS, and HHS does not take full advantage of available information on the circumstances surrounding child maltreatment deaths. NCANDS estimated that 1,770 children in the United States died from maltreatment in fiscal year 2009. According to GAO's survey, nearly half of states included data only from child welfare agencies in reporting child maltreatment fatalities to NCANDS, yet not all children who die from maltreatment have had contact with these agencies, possibly leading to incomplete counts. HHS also collects but does not report some information on the circumstances surrounding child maltreatment fatalities that could be useful for prevention, such as perpetrators' previous maltreatment of children. The National Center for Child Death Review (NCCDR), a nongovernmental organization funded by HHS, collects more detailed data on circumstances from 39 states, but these data on child maltreatment deaths have not yet been synthesized or published. States face numerous challenges in collecting child maltreatment fatality data and reporting to NCANDS. At the local level, lack of evidence and inconsistent interpretations of maltreatment challenge investigators--such as law enforcement, medical examiners, and child welfare officials--in determining whether a child's death was caused by maltreatment. Without medical evidence, it can be difficult to determine that a child's death was caused by abuse or neglect, such as in cases of shaken baby syndrome, when external injuries may not be readily visible. At the state level, limited coordination among jurisdictions and state agencies, in part due to confidentiality or privacy constraints, poses challenges for reporting data to NCANDS. HHS provides assistance to help states report child maltreatment fatalities, although states would like additional help. For example, HHS hosts an annual NCANDS technical assistance conference, provides individual state assistance, and, through NCCDR, has developed resources to help states collect information on child deaths. However, there has been limited collaboration between HHS and NCCDR on child maltreatment fatality information or prevention strategies to date. State officials indicated a need for additional information on how to coordinate across state agencies to collect more complete information on child maltreatment fatalities. States are also increasingly interested in collecting and using information on near fatalities from maltreatment. GAO recommends that the Secretary of HHS take steps to further strengthen data quality, expand available information on child fatalities, improve information sharing, and estimate the costs and benefits of collecting national data on near fatalities. In its comments, HHS agreed with GAO's findings and recommendations and provided technical comments, which GAO incorporated as appropriate.
Recommendations for Executive Action
Status: Closed - Implemented
Comments: On September 30, 2011, the Child and Family Services Improvement and Innovation Act (42 USC 1305) was passed into law. The Act requires states to describe the various sources of data on child fatalities and, if applicable, why information is not included from other relevant agencies, such as state vital statistics, child death review teams, law enforcement agencies, and offices of medical examiners or coroners. The additional information required by the Act will assist in improving the comprehensiveness and quality of national data on child fatalities from maltreatment. HHS noted the new act's requirements for state reporting in the most recent Child Maltreatment report for 2011, and issued Program Instructions (ACYF-CB-PI-13-04) in April, 2013, requiring states as part of their 2013 Annual Progress and Services Report to address the sources of information used to report child fatality data and to describe efforts to expand the sources of information used to report such data. HHS stated that this information will be used to continue discussions with states in improving the quality and completeness of fatality information reported through NCANDS. These new program instructions and any related discussions with states should help strengthen the completeness and accuracy of child fatality data by fostering states' use of cross-agency data sources.
Recommendation: To improve the comprehensiveness, quality, and use of national data on child fatalities from maltreatment, the Secretary of HHS should identify ways to help states strengthen the completeness and reliability of data they report to NCANDS. These efforts could include identifying and sharing states' best practices, particularly those that foster cross-agency coordination and help address differences in state definitions and interpretation of maltreatment and/or privacy and confidentiality concerns.
Agency Affected: Department of Health and Human Services
Status: Closed - Implemented
Comments: For 2011, HHS's annual Child Maltreatment report made public additional information about child fatalities from maltreatment than in its earlier 2009 report: A new table provides information on child fatalities among caregivers with selected risk factors, such as alcohol abuse, and another table provides data on child fatalities by single-year age rather than by age group. HHS previously noted that some NCANDS information is not provided in the report when there is insufficient data from the states. In FY13, as part of its review of NCANDS child maltreatment data, the Office Of Management and Budget approved the addition of one fatality-related data element: the exact date of death. In addition, the program instructions to the states also revised HHS's public disclosure policy: HHS now requires states to provide the public with a minimum of information about child fatalities and near-fatalities. Specifically, states are to release, when appropriate, with certain exceptions, information about the cause and circumstances about the fatality or near-fatality, and any previous investigations, reports, or services. This new information and public disclosure policy should help strengthen the comprehensiveness of data and understanding of the circumstances surrounding child fatalities from maltreatment.
Recommendation: To improve the comprehensiveness, quality, and use of national data on child fatalities from maltreatment, the Secretary of HHS should expand, as appropriate, the type and amount of information HHS makes public on the circumstances surrounding child fatalities from maltreatment.
Agency Affected: Department of Health and Human Services
Status: Open
Comments: In 2014--as in 2011 and 2013--HHS stated that it believes the mechanisms used for sharing information on child fatalities from maltreatment are adequate and that it continues to utilize the mechanisms previously shared with GAO. In September 2011, HHS cited as examples the Federal Interagency Work Group on Child Abuse and Neglect and the annual National Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect. GAO acknowledged these and other mechanisms in its report. However, GAO also noted in its report that child maltreatment fatalities were not often discussed at such interagency meetings and there was little routine information sharing between federal NCANDS officials and national child death review team experts on child maltreatment fatalities. In 2013, HHS held two roundtables at the annual meeting for state NCANDS liaisons and members of the NCANDS data team that discussed sources of child fatality data and lessons learned from child fatality reviews to prevent fatalities. Although such information sharing among HHS and state NCANDS officials is important, HHS, to meet the intent of the GAO recommendation, should take additional steps to make routine use of its interagency, multidisciplinary partners, such as child death review teams, to share analyses and expertise about child maltreatment deaths. Such efforts could, in particular, focus on the circumstances surrounding these deaths so as to aid in identifying preventive strategies.
Recommendation: To improve the comprehensiveness, quality, and use of national data on child fatalities from maltreatment, the Secretary of HHS should use stronger mechanisms to routinely share analyses and expertise with its partners on the circumstances of child maltreatment deaths, including insights that could be used for developing prevention strategies.
Agency Affected: Department of Health and Human Services
Status: Closed - Implemented
Comments: In 2014, HHS noted that it had concluded conversations with the states concerning the costs and benefits of collecting data on children's near-fatalities in national data on abuse and neglect. The outcome of these federal and state considerations was that HHS does not plan to collect data from the states on near-fatalities. In 2013, members of the Children's Bureau and the NCANDS Technical Team sought input and recommendations from the states through webinars, working groups, and annual technical assistance meetings about collecting near fatality data, according to HHS. At the State Liaison Officers meeting in April 2013, Children's Bureau and data team members conducted a presentation on Applying Lessons Learned from Child Fatality Reviews to Preventing Fatalities and Near Fatalities that included group discussions on 2-year goals for improving the identification, data tracking, and critical action steps related to near-fatality cases. According to HHS, in discussing the costs and benefits of collecting near-fatality data through NCANDS, states cited administrative and cost burdens as reasons for not supporting data collection on near-fatalities.
Recommendation: To improve the comprehensiveness, quality, and use of national data on child fatalities from maltreatment, the Secretary of HHS should estimate the costs and benefits of collecting national data on near fatalities and take appropriate follow-up actions.
Agency Affected: Department of Health and Human Services
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Well Xbox certainly has plenty of irresistible games out in the market. But buyers should also take into consideration that this particular gaming console, has one of the highest failure rates in the market.
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In Part I, Chapter 48, when Ginzburg and the others are transferred in July 1939, they are no longer permitted to do anything alone. Everything must be done together, from bathing to to eating. They are sent to the train station, and loaded up.
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Full detailed profile on Aidan Devane Played by Aiden Turner on All My Children Daytime Soap Opera.
Aiden Turner
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Kat meets up with Aidan in a car. She tells him that Zach caught her watching him, but she covered. She says Zach has packed up Kendall's things. Kat asks how this is going to go now? Aidan says it's the same plan - Zach will move on and Kendall will fall in love with him! Kat wonders how he will keep Kendall from going home - she's been cleared. Aidan says if he can convince her that it's just the two of them, it will all work out just fine. Kat asks if he'll kill her if it doesn't go as planned. Aidan gets out of the car.
Zach arrives at the address where Aidan and Kendall are staying. He looks through the window where Aidan is making love to a woman who looks like Kendall. Kat arrives and goes inside, where Aidan pulls a gun on her. She says it's just her, then lets him know that Zach got an eyeful and took off - just as they planned! The Kendall lookalike panics at the sight of Aidan's gun and starts hollering that she wants more pay. Her voice carries upstairs to Kendall who is lying in bed. Kat and Aidan tell the double to get dressed. Kat tells Aidan that by the look on Zach's face, she doubts he'll be back. Kendall gets up from bed and is puzzled that the door to the room is locked! Aidan comes into the room, where Kendall says she had a dream about Zach - he walked away. Aidan puts his arm around her, then encourages her to send Zach a message on the computer.
Kat comes back to the motel and tells Aidan that she put the lookalike on a bus out of town. He and Kat look at the message Kendall has sent to Zach, saying that she dreamed he left her for good. Kat muses that it's like she's psychic. Aidan decides they'll forward the message as is. They also notice the news story about Adam confessing - Aidan tells Kat that this is a problem - it means Kendall can go home! Kendall, who has also seen the news online, comes into the lobby. She sees Kat first, and explains that she and Aidan have been on the run, but her name has been cleared and they can go home. Just then, Aidan creeps up behind Kendall and chloroforms her!
In the motel, Kat tells Aidan she got exactly what he asked her to get. She leaves the room and Aidan calls out to Kendall, who reappears saying she's having trouble getting more wine. Aidan suggests that perhaps she doesn't need anymore, but Kendall insists that she does. When she isn't looking, Aidan puts a packet of powder in her wine glass. Kendall drinks her wine as they talk. She tells Aidan that for the first time since they left she feels happy. She then tells him she knows what he's up to - and as she laughs and jokes, she says it's working - she feels better! Suddenly, Kendall announces she is hot and wants some air. She lurches across the room, and Aidan steadies her. She hugs him, saying he's her hero! Kendall begins to talk to him as though he is Zach - she asks him to give her a kiss! Aidan tells her Zach can't kiss her - he's not there. Aidan says he's putting her to bed, she's had too much wine. He puts her in bed and turns out the light, before leaving the room.
Back at the motel, Aidan is alone, tidying up when a woman with hair remarkably like Kendall's approaches him and slips off her kimono! As he begins making love to her, her back is to the window. Zach appears and watches from outside. It looks like Aidan is making love to Kendall!
Aidan is getting wine ready in the motel when he hears a car pull up. Tad comes in and spots the bottle of wine - he says, "No thanks." Tad informs Aidan that Zach wants Kendall home. Aidan asks if Adam confessed. Tad says he hasn't, but Zach is worried about Kendall relying on Aidan for everything. Aidan says Zach is a loose cannon - if he wants to keep Kendall safe, he'll back off. Tad wants to see Kendall, but Aidan says she's not there, and Tad shouldn't wait. Tad reminds Aidan that he's only Kendall's friend. Aidan says she might want to run back with Tad if she sees him - the emotions of Zach and Kendall are what will get her caught!
Kendall returns to the motel where Aidan has grilled chicken and wine for her. She tells him that after everything he said about being worried that they'll sleep together, she's surprised he'd plan a romantic dinner. Aidan claims it's an apology for making her uncomfortable. He says it wasn't really her who stirred up the feelings - it was remembering Greenlee. He muses that when he's in love he doesn't do anything halfway! They drink the wine, and Kendall talks to him about her jealousy of Liza. He admits that when Greenlee let another man take her away, he never really got over it! They talk about Fusion, and then Greenlee's death. Aidan says they can only remember how great she was, and love her forever. They embrace. Kendall jokes about getting a tattoo. Aidan says she's great the way she is. She returns the sentiment, then ducks out of the room to get more wine. Kat sticks her head in and notes that everything seems to be going well. Aidan says he needs her help.
In the motel room, Kendall assures Aidan that he doesn't have to worry about anything happening between them - she is completely devoted to Zach. Aidan says he's going on a run, and heads downstairs where he tells Kat it's no use - Kendall is completely in love with Zach! Kat tells Aidan to check out Zach's latest message - they have a really good shot at ruining Kendall's marriage! Kat feels they are really making progress with these emails. Kendall appears and talks to Aidan about what a good place she and Zach were in when they parted - she says their marriage would end, though, if Zach ever thought she'd betrayed him again. Kendall tells Aidan to go home and leave her there with Kat - he's been through enough. Aidan notes that he gave Zach his word to see this through. Kendall goes back upstairs and types a message to Zach saying that Aidan is acting weird, and said he was attracted to her. Downstairs, Aidan and Kat read it. Aidan deletes the message, saying he'll let Zach's imagination go wild, then the great Slater love story will be over!
Back at the motel, Aidan and Kat get the latest message from Zach. Aidan reads it and tells Kat to put the kettle on - they're going to have a visitor!
Aidan listens outside the motel room door as Kendall smashes her wine glass, thinking about Zach and Liza together. He goes down to the lobby and tells Kat that it's working - Kendall is doubting Zach. He goes back upstairs and asks Kendall if she's okay. She goes down a laundry list of complaints, including that Zach is spending time with Liza. She says it's weird, like it was written by someone else. Aidan urges her to write to Zach about her feelings. She writes something, but worries that she sounds like a lunatic. Aidan muses that it can't be easy for Zach with them on the run together - this is how they ended up sleeping together before. Kendall sends the message. Downstairs, Kat intercepts it and changes it. Aidan comes down, and wonders what will happen if Kendall figures out the messages aren't from Zach. Kat reassures him.
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- When you think you can…
- When you're pretty sure people will buy what you want to sell…
- When you understand the market… You know why people might make purchasing decisions, and where. That doesn't mean, by the way, that you necessarily have some fancy expensive market research full of numbers and charts. It does mean that you understand the market.
- When you have at the very least a simple practical business plan, just big enough to cover the key information, that feels like it makes sense, and …
- … that includes reasonable educated guesses about the basic numbers … You don't have to correctly estimate future sales, by the way — nobody does — but you can't have no idea. And you ought to have some reasonable estimate of real costs. Don't forget your rent, overhead, and what you pay yourself. And an estimated guess for the assets and early expenses you need to have. And (this is important) ….
- … you already have or have a way to get the resources your plan says you need…
- When you're not betting your life or your important relationships on business success.
- When you really want to.
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The Darjeeling Limited 2007
A year after their father's funeral, three brothers travel across India by train in an attempt to bond with each other...
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Wes Anderson. In the top five of best directors
An absolutely wonderful film from the brilliant mind of Wes Anderson. I hate to sound like one of those types who praises the films of their favorite filmmakers always-no-matter-what, but damn, Wes Anderson makes a good film. I will admit, The Life Aquatic was a little flat emotionally, and was more concerned with its visual quirks than telling a human story, but this film has so much heart, it almost compliments The Life Aquatic. It is a superb piece of work by the most exciting American filmmaker working today.
A very unsatisfying film for moi. The one-dimensional Owen Wilson has become a total bore. Jason Schwartzman was a big disappointment. Bill Murray and Angelica Huston had irrelevant cameos in order to satisfy the plot, which was a bore as well. But hey, the crowd at the Union Square Cinema clapped and cheered at the end. One look around, from out of my stupor, I noticed I was the only old person there and most likely did not "get" the film and its spiritual quest. Advice to the young: There are better gurus than these clowns. Wes Anderson has made some real shit on a shingle for any wanting cinephile. Please do not attempt to persuade me otherwise. I already feel I wasted ninety minutes of the rest of my life, and every second counts.
October 5, 2007
Wes Anderson films are peculiar in the way they're always predictable yet never predictably told. For the most part, it's easy to guess where his characters will end up, but not so much how they'll end up that way, and that's what makes them so fun to watch. Anderson can be considered a genre director, sure, but his style steps outside the boundaries and allows viewers to enjoy his films in ways that now seem exclusive to the director.
Like many, I was not much a fan of Anderson's last film, "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou," in which Bill Murray played an oceanographer seeking revenge against a shark who ate his parter. It's not that I didn't enjoy looking at the film or experiencing it in parts, but I remember not laughing very much or being overly moved. Anderson had steered off course after the uproarious "Rushmore" and affecting "The Royal Tenenbaums."
But now he's back on track with "The Darjeeling Limited," another quirky and offbeat comedy/drama in which three brothers--Francis (Owen Wilson), Peter (Adrien Brody) and Jack Whitman (Jason Schwartzman)--embark on a journey across India for a "spiritual quest" aboard a train called, appropriately, The Darjeeling Limited.
Francis is the organizer and leader of the group, though his brothers get annoyed by the former and don't exactly agree with the latter. He's gathered them all together because he wants them to become brothers again. Since their father's death a year ago, the three have drifted apart, though you can tell their weakening relationships began before their father's funeral. Their mother Patricia (Anjelica Huston) has also been out of the picture, so all three brothers have an emotional void to fill.
The movie opens with a cab zigzagging through the streets of India with an anxious-looking passenger sitting in back (played by none other than Bill Murray). He gets out and runs to catch The Darjeeling Limited departing from the station. Then, in slow motion, Peter suddenly runs into frame and is the only one able to catch up to the caboose.
Peter doesn't really want to be on this trip, but his hurrying to get onboard introduces one of the movie's themes of people only being in places because they feel they have to, not because they want to. Francis is the only one with any real desire to spend time with his siblings. He has a compulsion to be in control, going so far as to hire an assistant named Brendan (Wallace Wolodarsky), who types up and laminates each day's itinerary.
Francis arrives on the train with his face practically in shambles, which sets up for one of the movie's funniest lines when he explains what happened to him and also one of the most emotional when he later reveals what really happened to him.
The real reason Francis has gathered Peter and Jack together is surprisingly not the emotional climax of the movie, even though we expect it to be. That comes after an incident related to a river rescue, and what happens after that is so moving, unexpected, sad and beautiful all at the same time that it could have made a short film all its own. Look for the reaction on Peter's face aboard a crowded bus before he's asked to get off. For the first time in a long time, he feels needed. This is ironic since his girlfriend back home is pregnant with his child.
There's also a flashback scene that fits in well because it allows us to get to know (and like) the characters on deeper level, so much so that I walked away as if I really knew who these people were, and still wanted to learn more. Unlike the characters in "Life Aquatic," who seemed more like caricatures, the brothers in "Darjeeling" felt real and sincere, troubled and misunderstood. Each brother has a secret he doesn't want the other two to know about, and if they're to make it as a family, they have to start trusting each other.
One thing about Wes Anderson films is they're soothing to look at. He always uses the same cinematographer, the great Robert D. Yeoman, who again photographs using deeply saturated colors, all of which contain and evoke a certain mood. Observe the orange couches in the railway cars; or the deep browns of the desert where Francis, Peter and Jack eventually find themselves stranded; or the animal patterns on their luggage; or Peter's pink boxer shorts. These aren't just pretty or funny images; they open each scene and charcter up to interpretation.
I also loved the way Anderson placed his camera atop moving machinery, including the side of the train and the back of a car. This, coupled with his choices of lesser known songs from British Invasion bands, including The Rolling Stones and The Kinks, make his movies different and more fresh to take in.
To be fair, some of Anderson's stylistic choice do get a little old, including his use of slow motion. Sure, the slo-mo shots look neat, but when you re-use a strategy like this too often it loses its power and simply becomes something to look at.
And nothing against Bill Murray, but was there a reason to have him, of all actors, in the movie? Sure, it's a nice nod to Murray's previous roles in Anderson's other films (Murray has appeared in all but "Bottle Rocket"), but that's just the thing--it feels too much like a nod to make us aware we're watching a Wes Anderson movie. Frankly, I didn't need the reminder.
For many, a Wes Anderson film is an event, and in a way that's valid since he only makes a picture once every three years. "The Darjeeling Limited" reminded me of what can be fascinating about him and why I never have to worry his movies won't at least be interesting. His movies always provide something to look at and listen to, but his best are the ones that also make us feel. Despite its minor flaws, that's something "The Darjeeling Limited" does.
"The Darjeeling Limited," the new film from director Wes Anderson, has a short running time and is short on both humor and meaning. I found it mildly enjoyable, not enough to recommend it to anyone, except perhaps diehard Wes Anderson fans. I for one am not an Anderson fan.
I consider him to have only a very minor talent. I'm quite stunned that he's become an A-list indie filmmaker, because I don't think his work comes anywhere near the quality level of someone like Laurie Collyer or Karen Moncrieff, who have generated nowhere near the star power that Anderson has.
The best I can say for Anderson is that he has great style. His films are always offbeat and deadpan in a way that I find funny and sweet. His characters are endearing oddballs who are quietly going about their business and trying to reach vaguely defined objectives. Many of them amble about amiably, with no real sense of direction, but with a certain generosity of soul and warm fellow-feeling.
They often have strange but harmless quirks, such as needing to have everyone sit along the edges of a room or dressing their children in the same outfits. I love the way Anderson presents these idiosyncrasies affectionately. I wish America were as gentle and eccentric as Anderson's films make it out to be.
"The Darjeeling Limited" is no exception on this front. Owen Wilson plays a lovable oddball who has invited his gentle, endearingly non-conformist brothers to take a train trip across India. They are supposed to all meet at a specific train station in India at an appointed time. Miraculously, they all show up. Jason Schwartzman and Adrien Brody play the other brothers.
Wilson's stated objective is to have the brothers rebuild their relationship and take a "spiritual journey" together. He has an ulterior motive that comes out halfway through the film, which I won't give away. But I will say that it involves the actress Anjelica Huston, whom it was glorious to see on a screen again after a painfully long absence. (Why does Huston never get work?! She is one of the most under-rated actresses in America.)
My standard problem with Anderson films is that all you get is an affectionate portrayal of oddballs. I need my goofballs to be involved in a situation that matters. There needs to be some drama they're associated with that has meaning. Characterization certainly isn't enough. This is where Anderson can't deliver. Or perhaps it's not an inability but some kind of twisted philosophical objection to narrative. I so tire of that philosophy.
Whether it's by design or stems from an inability to conceive meaningful narratives, whatever the reason, Anderson here once again creates great characters, puts them in great locales (seeing rural India on-screen was fantastic), but gives them almost nothing to do.
"I love you, too, but I'm gonna mace you in the face!"
Go on a spiritual journey with the Whitman brothers in India for a wacky ride!!
I thought this film's main theme was spiritual malaise esp. afflicting Americans... tragedy appearing comic in the vanity/pretensions of a character. All Wes Anderson's films have dealt with that, though never quite as explicitly with the spiritual / or lack thereof. "I'm going to go pray in another thingie." "We came here on a spiritual journey, but it didn't really pan out."
I think this is a film worth seeing.
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Lightning Bug centers around a boy named Green Graves (Bret Harrison). Green is from a small town in the south, but dreams about making monsters for movies in Hollywood. The things that hold Green back are the "monsters" in his own life. These include his town's church (who decide that Green must be a satanist if he likes monster movies) and his mother's boyfriend, an alcoholic and abusive figure.
I've read quite a few rave reviews from fans of this little independent film, but I just didn't find the story particularly moving or the performances to be all that great. I felt that this pretty short movie dragged along the whole way. Also, was the whole supporting character liking his cousin story line necessary? I know the film takes place in the South, but really? Did that add anything to the story?
Much like The Life Aquatic, it's a mix of strengths and weaknesses. Both movies are blessed with quirky, creative scripts, yet in both cases the storylines are just not that interesting and the characters aren't as fleshed out as they should be. There's plenty of pleasant moments in The Darjeeling Limited, but for every one of those, you can find an instant of dullness as well, so it's a mixed bag, really. I'd say that maybe it's slightly better than The Life Aquatic, but not by much.


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The California grapevine is buzzing about a likely bid for the 2009 USATF Outdoor Masters National Championships. USATF Western Regional Coordinator Mark Cleary has informed some folks: "The bid for the 2009 outdoor nationals has a few details that need to be resolved. . . I feel that the bid will go forward, but I am not the only one involved in the process. Am doing what I can to make it happen." In the past, Mark has mentioned Azusa Pacific University as a potential site for masters nationals. But that school would have to live down its reputation for bonking. This past summer, it pulled out as host for the USATF national club championships.
On the plus side: APU has a new track. And the weather is generally great in SoCal at nationals time. Plus tourism possibilities. But will USATF delegates at the Indy convention at the end of this month opt for back-to-back West Coast sites?
The 2008 masters nationals will be in Spokane, Washington, after a 2007 return to Orono, Maine, for the third time.
Who's in the running besides Los Angeles?
Sacramento has expressed interest in the past, but it appears to be stepping aside in favor of a potential L.A. bid.
Anuther wrinkle is that the San Francisco Bay Area (about 1.5 hours west of Sacramento) is hosting the 2009 National Senior Olympics — the multisport festival that includes track and field. With nicer medals than masters nationals, generally. So Northern California might not want to have dueling meets, especially since they'd both be held the first half of August.
At one point, Indianapolis was rumored to be mulling a bid, but two USATF association enchiladas there have told me they won't seek the 2009 meet. The new prez of the San Diego-Imperial USATF association has expressed an interest in someday hosting masters natiionals, but I've heard no concrete planning for such a bid.
So that's all I know.
Anyone have a clue who else is bidding for 2009?
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Herb Stein - November 4, 2006
I think the key question no matter what city gets the bid to host the 2009 Masters, will they schedule it sometime other than the traditional 1st or 2nd weekend in August to avoid the conflict with the Senior Olypmics in San Francisco, who have already staked out August 1-15. Some of us might like to make both, particularly if both are on the West Coast and we can minimize travel costs.
Mary Harada - November 4, 2006
I think it would be a major mistake on the part of USATF masters to schedule the National Masters Track Meet on the West Coast in competition with the National Senior Games. Who ever is doing the planning should also remember that the dates set for the National Senior Games are spread over a 2 week time with the older athletes – 65 plus competing the first week and the younger ones 50-64 competing the second week for the track and field events.
Personally I would like to compete in both the USATF meet and the Senior Games but not if I have to fly across the country twice within a matter of a couple of weeks or undergo the expense of hanging around for a week waiting for the next meet. And on top of that we are talking about August 2009- when the WMA meet will be held in Finland – – probably also in August – that is 3 major track meets all competing for perhaps the same 4 week time.
Perhaps some one on the Masters committee could find out the exact dates of the 2009 WMA meet. The WMA website says "July-August".
And isn't there also a World Masters Games in Australia sometime during the fall of 2009? Wow – we all better start buying lottery tickets hoping to hit the megamillions jackpot.
Ken Stone - November 4, 2006
Looks as if Azusa Pacific isn't the site in mind. Just got a note from Kevin Reid, track coach at APU, and he says: "I would not be opposed to it, but as of right now, I do not know of anything concrete about it."
Tom Fahey - November 5, 2006
The Masters Nationals should not compete with the National Senior Olympics. We have very few good quality meets involving competition between the best athletes. We should support the Senior Olympics. Direct competition will hurt both organizations.
The World Masters Games is scheduled for October 2009 in Sydney. I competed in the last three games and had a wonderful time.
T.C. Wardle - November 6, 2006
Having competed in both Track and Football during my collegiate days in nearby Pomona, CA, I would NOT recommend holding the USATF Masters Nationals in the city of Azusa. The heat and smog factor in that region are at their peak during the month of August. Colleges in the area typically hold back practices and competitions until nightfall during the Summer months. It won't have the humidity factor that Charlotte, NC had, but you do have to deal with the significant smog effects blowing in from L.A.
Mark Cleary - November 7, 2006
The LA bid is structured to be an evening meet from approx. 4:30 to 9:30pm. over the four days. Azusa was originally chosen because Citrus College is about 200m away and both tracks would be used. Azusa is now plan B. Mt. Sac is plan A using Cal Poly Pomona across the street for mainly preliminaries. Cal Poly also has their own Hotel on Campus (they have a Hotel Management Major) and the rates are outstanding. In regard to the Hot smogy weather the last gentleman was talking about, even the meets that are held in the LA area during the day are not bad at all and trust me those that have survived Charlotte, Orlando and Baton Rouge over the years will think they are in heaven with conditions that an evening meet will provide in California.Evenings in Southern California are very plesant and the wind dies down for calm conditions.We have had to wait until the National office paid Mt. Sac the $ 4000.00 they owed them before we could proceed and that was just done at the end of last week 4 months after the Open Club Nationals were held there. We are moving forward now and should have more information shortly–Mark


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Care management program
Care management patients are enrolled into our program after they are admitted to the hospital, in the community, or at their home or shelter.
Using an outreach team consisting of a social worker, a health outreach worker/medical assistant, and a nurse practitioner, our team helps enrolled clients stabilize their social environment and health conditions, with a goal of finding a primary care medical home.
The team assists with:
- Coordinating primary and specialty care
- Applying for government assistance benefits;
- Securing temporary shelter; and
- Enrolling in medical day programs
Care transitions program
Care Transitions patients typically have a usual source of primary care and fewer social issues, but receive no care coordination services from their primary care providers.
The Care Transitions team, consisting of embedded care management nurses and health coaches, provides services to the patients of two Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC) in Camden – CAMcare and Project HOPE. Patients are typically enrolled in the Care Transitions Program after they are admitted to the hospital.
The Coalition is working with the two FQHC's to help them become patient centered medical homes that will use nurse care coordinators to focus on patients needing care transitions.
As result of the program, new patterns of care transitions and care coordination are being developed between Camden's hospitals and the FQHCs.
Utilizing technology to improve care
The Care Management and Care Transitions Programs rely heavily on data from our Health Information Exchange (HIE). The teams receive real-time alerts on hospital and ER utilization from the HIE for targeted patients.
The teams use an Electronic Health Record (EHR) embedded in the HIE to record care management notes. With patient consent, healthcare providers and social workers across the city have access to these notes and can send encrypted messages for care coordination purposes. Aggregate clinical and utilization data is also exportable to identify additional care coordination opportunities.
Citywide collaboration to improve care
The Coalition holds a monthly Care Management Committee meeting that rotates between the hospitals and is attended by social workers and other supportive services providers from across the city. This committee helped to oversee the development of the high utilizer team and continues to advise the Care Management Program.
Through the Coalition's work with high utilizers the staff has built close relationships with emergency room physicians, hospitalists, specialists, social workers, and nurse discharge planners across the city. These relationships are crucial to the team's success and ensure good discharge planning and care coordination upon discharge.


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In the opening chapter of his new book Twilight of the Elites, the Nation's Chris Hayes makes an astute point about the challenge then-Senator Barack Obama set up for himself when running for president. In some ways, it is a recurring theme in presidential politics, but it was clearly more pronounced in Obama's case. As a candidate, Obama had to defeat the epitome of his party's establishment: the Clintons, their brand of politics, and their allies–and then run against George W. Bush's party. To do so, Obama had to tear down the public's already shaky faith in their elites and their elite institutions. But as a liberal who believes in a muscular federal government, Obama also needed to immediately restore the reputations of those institutions, or he couldn't govern.
Hayes thinks that's pretty much what the president tried to do, and ended up being an establishment elite himself. I partially disagree, and what we saw at the Supreme Court yesterday, and in the months and days leading up to it, shows why. The headlines in the mainstream media after ObamaCare survived its own death panel by the mercy of Chief Justice John Roberts were telling. Viewers learned, almost uniformly, that Roberts had saved the Court and its reputation. But that reputation was under constant assault from Obama himself–this time as president–and his allies. As if he were an insurgent candidate again, Obama put in unprecedented effort to tarnish the reputation and legitimacy of the Court, as it turned out decisions he didn't like and even contemplated overturning his signature piece of legislation. But then a funny thing happened.
Not only did the Court uphold ObamaCare, but Roberts twisted constitutional logic in knots to save the bill. Suddenly, Obama needs the public's faith in the institution he kicked dirt at for three years to be restored, or the legitimacy of its ObamaCare decision will be called into question. Liberal pundits said the Roberts ruling would improve the Court's image. It's possible, but because this legislation was so broadly unpopular, it's not clear at all that they will applaud this decision. Unlike Roberts, the Congress that passed ObamaCare, highly paid liberal purveyors of Beltway conventional wisdom, and, yes, Obama too, the people are outside the elite institutions looking in.
And what they saw was a display of quintessentially elite behavior. Obama has always been clear: he is a fan of single-payer health insurance, and has always opposed the individual mandate, which he has now embraced, and which he insisted wasn't a tax. The bill that finally passed in his name was a mess, but the president had to have something–his legacy depended on it. What the process produced was not good legislation, but by that point it no longer mattered; Democratic Party leaders began admitting that nobody had any idea what was actually in the final bill.
Yesterday, at the Supreme Court, John Roberts made a decision based on his legacy as chief justice. He doesn't seem to completely believe what he wrote in his majority opinion, and neither does anyone else on the Court. Just like the legislation itself, the Court ruling that saved ObamaCare was the result of an elite member of an elite institution thinking about the history books.
The Supreme Court can take some solace in the fact that it wasn't the only institution whose legitimacy was under constant assault from the Obama administration. Once the Democrats had their overwhelming majority in Congress taken away by the people, it too found itself in the dock. This was ironic, because the Senate was and is still controlled by the Democrats; in order to delegitimize the institution, the Democrats have to perform an ongoing and ugly act of self-sabotage–for example, by blocking broadly popular bills and refusing to pass a budget. And as Bethany reported this morning, the institution of the presidency–currently consumed by a habit of using vulgar language–isn't faring all that well either.
But the media's complicity in all this cannot be blamed on the president. Surely, Obama has set a tone, and that tone has been followed. But he isn't responsible for the more hysterical smears of his supporters. It's not Obama's fault, for example, that a writer at a respected liberal journalistic institution accused the country's most accomplished jurists of attempting a coup–Obama isn't an editor there, nor is he the fallen education system that produced such thinking.
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Louisville sophomore LHP Dean Kiekhefer
March 1, 2009
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Sophomore Dean Kiekhefer pitched six scoreless innings while the Cardinal offense had another good day as the 26th-ranked Louisville baseball team completed a weekend sweep of Bowling Green State University with Sunday's 9-2 victory at Jim Patterson Stadium.
Kiekhefer, a lefty from Louisville and a graduate of Oldham County High School, scattered seven Bowling Green hits with five strike outs over six scoreless innings to improve to 1-1 on the season. Bowling Green starter Brennan Smith took his second loss of the year after giving up four runs, only two earned, on four hits in four innings of action.
"We got a good, quality start out of Dean today and that was very important," said Cards' head coach Dan McDonnell. "We made enough plays and got enough hits to get the lead and stay in front."
After a scoreless first inning, the Cards (4-3) took an early 2-0 lead in the second inning thanks to two hits, two walks and two batters being hit by pitches from Smith. Junior third baseman Chris Dominguez started the inning with a four-pitch walk and advanced to third on a single to center field by Jeff Arnold, the first of two hits on the day for the junior catcher. After Dominguez was cutdown on an unsuccessful squeeze play, junior second baseman Adam Duvall was hit by a pitch to put two runners on base.
Senior outfielder Alec Lowrey singled to center for the first of three hits for him in the game to load the bases with Cardinals. Sophomore outfielder Drew Haynes was then hit by a pitch to score Arnold and sophomore outfielder Nate Holland drew a five-pitch walk to score Duvall and make it 2-0 Louisville after two innings.
The score stayed that way until the top of the eighth when the Falcons cut the Louisville lead in half with two runs on three hits and one Louisville error. After Louisville reliever Gabriel Shaw, who entered the game in the seventh inning in relief of Kiekhefer, retired the first two hitters on groundouts, catcher Tyler Elkins singled to left field and was followed by a Derek Spencer single to left. Elkins then scored on a single to center by Logan Meisler and as Spencer looked to advance from first to third on the play, Haynes' throw from center field hit Spencer near the third base bag and bounced into the Falcon dugout allowing him to score on the play and make it 4-2 BGSU.
Louisville came back in the bottom of the eighth and dashed any hopes for Falcon comeback with five runs on six hits and the first home run of the season for Dominguez. The inning started with a double down the right field line by Duvall, who then advanced to third on flyout to right by Lowrey and scored on a single to center by Haynes to make it 5-2 Cardinals. Haynes then moved from first to third on the first career hit for freshman Tony Zych, a pinch-hit single to right field, and eventually scored on a single to center by freshman shortstop Ryan Wright to make it 6-2. After Wright was caught stealing, Zych scored on a single to left by junior first baseman Andrew Clark to make it 7-2 Louisville.
Bowling Green then brought in sophomore righty Richie O'Brien to face Dominguez, who sent the first pitch he saw to the opposite field and out of the ballpark for the 37th home run of his career, which ranks 10th all-time at Louisville, and the final 9-2 margin. Sophomore righty Thomas Royse pitched a scoreless ninth inning for the Cards to close the game.
With the win, the Cards are above .500 for the first time this season and have won four straight games overall. It is the first 4-0 start at home for Louisville since 2007, when the Cards opened with wins over Murray State, Morehead State and Illinois State (two).
The Cards had three players finish with two RBI each on Sunday (Holland, Dominguez, Haynes), while Lowrey matched a career high with three his three hits.
Up next, the Cards will return to the road to face Eastern Kentucky in Richmond on Tuesday before returning home to Jim Patterson Stadium for Western Michigan on Wednesday at 3 p.m. ET.
Louisville Notes
- The eighth inning was very good for the Cards in the three-game series with Bowling Green as Louisville totaled 15 runs in the inning over the weekend. The Cardinals put up a six-spot in Friday's opener (15-6 win), followed that with four more runs on Saturday (8-5 win) and closed the weekend with five runs on Sunday.
- Freshman shortstop Ryan Wright picked up a one-out single in the eighth inning to extend his hitting streak to six straight games. After going hitless on a 0-for-4 night in his first ever game at Florida on Feb. 20, the Fort Wayne, Ind., native is 9-for-25 (.360) in his last six games with four RBI.
- After going 0-for-11 in the Cards' first four games, junior catcher Jeff Arnold has hit safely in three straight games. The Louisville native and Male High School product was 5-for-8 against Bowling Green this weekend with four runs scored and three RBI.


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Seven months after being hit by a vehicle on C-470, a bobcat has battled her way back to health and been released back into the wild.
The bobcat was one of two crossing C-470 just north of the Morrison exit the morning of Sept. 23, 2008. Both were struck by at least one car, killing one and severely injuring the other.
The surviving bobcat was taken to Deer Creek Animal Hospital, where she went into immediate surgery to repair two broken femurs. One of the bones required a screw and a pin, and the other required several wires and a pin.
LAKEWOOD — Trace Wollner was a little concerned about the infection in his knee after he got rubbed out on the turf at Trailblazer Stadium.
Of course, if having that ailment produced the kind of offense Wollner showed off May 1, the rest of the Chatfield Chargers might be thrilled to get sick.
Wollner scored seven goals and dished one assist, as the ninth-seeded Chargers hammered out a 10-5 victory over No. 24 Highlands Ranch in the first round of the boys lacrosse state playoffs.
Jefferson County Commissioner Kathy Hartman won an important endorsement recently.
"My husband has voted," Hartman wrote recently in a newsletter sent to supporters. "Despite facing four more years of dinners alone, weekends involved with community meetings, and generally not seeing much of me, my husband is actively supporting me in running for a second term as your county commissioner."
FORT COLLINS — It was an impossible question for Chatfield baseball coach Mike Yansak to answer.
What was more surprising, his team giving up 11 runs in five innings, or registering one hit?
So, instead of trying to answer the unanswerable, Yansak spoke glowingly of two-time defending Class 5A state champions Rocky Mountain, which sent his team packing into the night.
Despite a bankruptcy filing last week by its parent company, Southwest Plaza's management says shoppers should see little impact.
General Growth Properties Inc., based in Chicago, which owns Southwest Plaza and owns or manages more than 200 malls and other retail properties nationwide, filed for Chapter 11 protection April 16.
"All day-to-day operations and business of all of GGP's shopping centers and other properties will continue as usual," the company said in a statement April 22.
Developers planning projects in Jefferson County will see their costs rise July 1, but county taxpayers will still pony up most of the cost of processing projects.
Starting July 1, the plan will allow Tim Carl, the county's development and transportation director, to incrementally raise fees over the next five years to the point where his office recovers 25 percent of what it actually costs the county to process development projects.
Chris Valdovino teaches a class on how to create a killer robot.
A robot designed to kill other robots, that is.
Valdovino, 16, lives in South Jeffco and grew up in the area. He and other students at the Jefferson County Open School in Lakewood have created a 120-pound robot that will be in a competition April 20-26 in Mare Island, Calif.
"We're not scared," Valdovino said — though he's never built a combat robot and got the idea by watching old episodes of "BattleBots," a now-defunct television show featuring robot-on-robot violence.
After running a mile as part of a fund-raiser on April 22 at Stony Creek Elementary School, third-grader K.J. Shearer had one question for gym teacher Doug Scott.
"Can we fall down now?" she asked, laughing, before sprawling on the grass.
K.J., along with hundreds of other students at the school, ran the mile to raise funds for a new rock-climbing wall for their gym. Each student solicited donations in exchange for completing the run.
LAKEWOOD — It was the best of games; it was the worst of games.
But in a tale of two girls lacrosse teams, the Chatfield Chargers and the Evergreen Cougars who faced off at Trailblazer Stadium on April 30, the hardest question to answer might have been 'what the dickens were they playing for?'
Neither the 7-5 Chargers (4-3 Jefferson County League), nor the 1-11 Cougars (0-7 Jeffco League) had much to play for late in the season, so the game became more about preparing for next season, and just having fun.
Challengers for three seats on the board of the Intermountain Rural Electric Association — who called for more openness and a willingness to embrace alternative energy sources — were soundly defeated in last week's elections.
The three challengers all were endorsed by IREA Voices, a group of co-op members who say IREA is mired in fossil-fuel thinking and lacks transparency in the way it does business.
• In District 7, incumbent George Hier received 3,899 votes, to 1,862 for Charles Bucknam.
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