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Popo: One last journey for a father and his son
CINCINNATI - Marcus Martin recently bought his first car. He needed to drive it from Chicago, where he went to college, to Washington DC, where he worked. The most direct route from Chicago to DC is not through Cincinnati. But that's the route he took.
It allowed him to see his parents. It allowed him to pick up his dad.
Just last week, Marcus and Mike drove together to DC. They talked and they laughed. They listened to music. Knowing Mike, they sang along. Probably a lot. They drove through Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland talking about the future. Marcus was just getting started. Mike was plotting what would come next in his life.
A week later, Marcus was gone. He died of a pulmonary embolism early Wednesday morning at a DC hospital. He had become dizzy at work Tuesday afternoon and fainted. He was taken to the hospital, examined and kept overnight for observation. He last spoke to his dad Tuesday night.
MORE: Mike Martin's son dies unexpectedly at 25
"His heart just stopped beating," Mike said when we talked by phone Wednesday morning. He was on his way to the airport.
You could hear the anguish in his voice, the pain and the suffering that comes from the unexplained, the unexpected. Mike's voice is usually confident, with a hint of swagger and with a touch of laughter. None of that was present in this conversation. He was searching for relief, yearning for an answer.
We talked briefly Wednesday morning. We talked at more length that night after his family gathered in Washington to deal with the tragic news.
The pain was still present. "I feel hurt, confused, numb," said Mike, choosing each word carefully, looking for the proper way to size up his mood.
His phone had blown up with calls, and texts and e-mails. He heard from all his old teammates. He mentioned Boomer Esiason, Cris Collinsworth and Anthony Munoz. But there were so many others. If you know Mike, you know he has a lot of friends.Marcus was the same way.
Social media exploded with messages and tributes to Marcus. "The outpouring has been overwhelming," Mike told me. Finally he had to shut it down. It was touching, but it was also hard to take. Every word and picture was a reminder of his son.
I must admit that I didn't know Marcus real well, but I knew him for a long time. Mike has worked with me for some 20 years on Sports of All Sorts, and Marcus occasionally tagged along and would watch the show off-camera. He was an encyclopedia of sports information. Often during a commercial break, Mike would ask Marcus a question to make sure he had his facts straight.
It was obvious to me they were nuts about one another. If you didn't know they were father and son, you would have sworn they were brothers. They were very comfortable and confident together. Marcus made Mike laugh. Marcus looked up to his dad.
Marcus started high school at Walnut Hills, but wanted to transfer to Taft to play football for his dad. His mother Michelle didn't like the idea. "He begged his mom," Mike told me Wednesday night. When he was able to convince her that Taft offered college prep courses, she allowed it to happen. Marcus got to be part of Taft's revival, a downtown program that once had been disbanded for lack of interest. Mike propped it and with corporate support resurrected the program. Taft advanced to the playoffs one season, an unbelievable achievement for a program that had been left for dead.
Marcus was one of Mike's leaders on the field. He was his sounding board off the field. He could explain what went on in the head and the heart of a high school kid.
Marcus knew it was a great experience and even a better story. He went away to college to study television production and wanted to do a documentary on Taft's comeback. He spoke to me twice about using our video. I'm told that he was continuing to work on this project at the time of his death.
Moms and dads don't expect and don't want to bury their children. It's supposed to be the other way around. I feel terrible every time I hear of a parent who loses a son or daughter. I can't fathom the sense of loss. I can't imagine that it ever goes away.
That's what Mike , his wife Michelle and Marcus' sister Morgan are dealing with. They're looking for answers and they're looking for reasons. All they know is that Marcus is dead.
"He was my best friend" Mike told me Wednesday morning as he fought back tears. I knew he was right. I could tell that from how they talked and joked and looked at each other.
You sometimes wonder about fate. How Mike and Marcus had that final journey together in his new car just a week ago. Marcus could have saved time and bypassed Cincinnati. But then, he would have bypassed one last journey with his dad. Part of a lifelong journey that ended far too soon.


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Hi All,
I applied to Emory in Round 1 - Nov 1st Deadline.
When I log on to OPUS, it shows - 1 new notification, with the following details -
Evaluative Interview
Could anyone let me know, what is the next step ? because I am unable to proceed further. Does this even mean an interview short list ?
Plz throw light someone..
The mail, with the attachments, is of about 30MB size. Is that a major issue? Do I need to send in a single mail with all the attachments or should I split them up? Don't know if downloading them would be an issue with ISB.
Please pour in your comments.
Hi All,
Me got my interview on the 15th Oct, afternoon @ Saket, New Delhi.
Am an re-applicant, this is my 2nd ISB interview. Got dinged last time, when I attended the interview at the ISB campus, Hyderabad on 6th Nov 07...
ATB to all the call getters !!
Hoping to crack this time.
Profile - GMAT 700 (Q49, V35, 5.5)
4 years till Sep 08. Above average acads, decent ECs.
Did not get thru IIM L as well. 2nd reject after B - my only 2 calls..
Its end of the story for me this year as well. A gruelling 3 years have gone down in struggle for me..
ATB for all the achievers !
A Frnd Of Mine Has Been Placed On Wl 58 For Iim K.
Any Clue So As To Would He Be Able To Make It Or Not ?
Did not get through.
Only IIM L remains now.
Feeling dejected !
So this brings us to the end of all speculations so as to when would IIM B results b announced..
"WHEN" in the sense - for sure not tomorrow !!
Guess all IIMs would make a note of the SC verdict, come up with implementation phase policy and roll out offers after some brainstorming..
Nevertheless, the wait is on - agonizing !!
ATB all..
good work :-)))
hope it comes out tomorrow..and ends the wait !!
lets see..
atb to all..
Got hold of IIM A's take on reservation --
Any clue what the remaining IIMs would strategise for OBC quota implementation ?
Would the implementation be phasewise and would the general seats be affected ?
heard on TV(CNN IBN) that IIM A would take another week to process results.
Any updates are welcome...
Hi Fellow Kelley Aspirants,
I am a R2 Kelley applicant and also the creator of this thread :-)
I have a telephonic interview scheduled tonight @ 11 pm IST (12.30 pm EST).
I will post my interview experiences soon :-)
Hoping to make it,
all the best to everyone..


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Every time I catch myself lazing about on a Saturday, idly watching TV or catching a catnap, the image of a 91-year-old woman pops into my head, not unlike Pinocchio's cricket.
In real life, my cricket is a close family friend who is far more active than I can ever hope to be. She drives, she gets her hair done every Saturday, she shops, she cooks, cans and bakes, and she can often be found helping out at social events at her neighborhood Moose Lodge.
Her husband is equally active, maintaining the homestead and vineyard even as he approaches the 90-year mark himself. It's not unusual to stop by for a visit and find him outside, welding a water tank or working on his tractor.
Another cricket in my life is my dad, who is getting ready for retirement this year. As I lounged about last weekend, I called to ask him what he was up to. Oh, nothing, he said, just an hour hike in the Southern California sun. I made time for a workout that afternoon.
These people are an inspiration, now joined by the lively group of seniors the Gold Country Media team met as we embarked upon "Active," a special section found inside today's Herald. From martial arts and yoga to learning to play an instrument or even pursuing academic degrees, these Placer County residents are proving that age, truly, is just a number.


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Gravois Mills man dies in accident
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Gene Andrews, 65, Gravois Mills, died from injuries received in an accident on Dec. 2 on Missouri 5, south of Versailles in Morgan County.
Andrews suffered an apparent heart attack and was ejected when his vehicle overturned. He was taken to University of Missouri-Columbia Hospital, where he was pronounced dead Dec. 4.
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Eyeliner is a staple in many young ladies' bags and although you may like to keep it simple, using it only to outline your peepers, there is really so many more uses for the product. Style.com recently broke down some creative ways to spice up your eyeliner routine and ladies need to try at least one this fall/winter.
Pink steals black's thunder
One of the top trends to hit fall runway shows like Dior is the use of pink eyeliner. That's right ladies - forgo the black in pursuit of something a bit more colorful and playful to boot. Instead of using black to play up your peepers in the funky cat eye style, opt for a hot pink liner to wear the look.
The site reports to really let the pink stand out, start by applying liquid eyeliner and then top it with a cream eyeliner to ensure the product stays fresh all day or night. For the fashion risk takers out there, take the look one step further by extending the hue to your lashes using standard black mascara and then dusting them with hot pink eyeshadow.
Double uses
Want to really make a statement this fall? Try using eyeliner in unexpected places. Style.com experts dare ladies to think outside the lash line when it comes to using eyeliner and instead try to use it in a more surprising spot. They suggest going for a Cleopatra style by first rimming your top and bottom lids in black eyeliner. Next, grab a black liquid liner and use it to create a straight line from your inner corners and up to your crease line, then tracing it along your crease line and pushing it out a touch past your brow lines. The style is sure to turn some heads.
Think outside the lid
Models walking during the Erdem show made some waves within the fashion world thanks to their fabulous makeup. Artist Andrew Gallimore created floating black triangles on the models that totally stood out. To recreate this fab style at home, begin by using a black eyeliner pencil to trace a small equilateral triangle at the outer corner of the lids. Then apply a layer of liquid liner on top to help give it a shine.
Stick it on
Another great way to add some spice to your eyeliner routine is to forgo the product on your bottom lids in exchange for fabulous 3-D stickers. Try the look out with a metallic silver or gold liner on your top lids and then stick the tiny stickers along your bottom lids for a glamorous shine. This style may be best reserved for New Year's Eve or another fabulous gathering.


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Cook Islands Announces Unexpected Budget Surplus
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (Radio New Zealand International, Nov. 19, 2012) – The Cook Islands Government has announced an unexpected budget surplus for the first quarter of the 2012/13 financial year.
Revenue for the first quarter, ending on September the 30th, was nearly US$900,000 dollars higher than estimated and operating expenditure was lower by nearly half a million dollars.
The Finance Minister Mark Brown says the extra revenue is down to more value added tax being collected during the Pacific Leaders Forum summit in August.
He says it was like a mini economic stimulus.
Mr. Brown says the lower expenditure was down to savings on the underwriting of the Air New Zealand flights and the government's directive to ministries to 'stretch the dollar further.'
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hi I am 5 weeks and 4 days pregnant and I have been having some pains in my stomach and also sharp pains in the vaginal area... this is my second pregnancy but I don't remember if these pains are normal and I am starting to freak out, everyone that I try to ask about these pains just kind of look at me like im crazy but this is my baby and I am worried. also I tend to stress way too much. does anyone know if these pains are normal?
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5 Great Bottles: Straight from Stillwater
We may be a world away from the vineyards of New Zealand, Italy, or Napa Valley, but that doesn't mean that a great glass of juice is only available with the purchase of a plane ticket. A classy afternoon of strolling through grape trellises and sipping on hand-crafted wines is, in fact, within a short drive at Saint Croix Vineyard, in Stillwater.
The establishment, which shares its property with Aamondt's Apple Orchard, makes for a great day trip. The hour-long tour through the wine-making process is best followed by the $5 wine-tasting, which buys the drinker generous samples of about 10 different wine varieties.
Amy Abt, a wine educator at the vineyard, passed on the names of five of her favorite St. Croix wines, which are available at the vineyard as well as in various retail outlets throughout the Twin Cities metro area.
5. La Crescent is an award-winning white wine with a great, aromatic bouquet, followed by rich tangerine and apricot tastes on the palate. The new variety, which was developed by the University of Minnesota, pairs well with smoked salmon, turkey, and ham.
4. Seyval has won several awards in prestigious international wine competitions. It's a light bodied white, with an off-dry feel in the mouth. The aroma is full of honey and fresh fruits. The light, crisp wine pairs well with meals featuring fish and chicken.
3. Frontenac Gris is another variety created by the University of Minnesota. The white grape yields a delicate aroma and tastes of peach and pear.
2. Frontenac - This is a red that is not to be missed! The Frontenac grape is as Minnesotan as casseroles and Vikings games; it is one of the most memorable wines to originate from the University of Minnesota's vitaculture program. The wine's body is earthy, with unmistakable notes of cherry, and impressive tannins to finish. This wine can hold its own against hearty pastas and red meats.
1. Raspberry Infusion - This dessert wine truly captures the essence of a fresh-picked raspberry. This wine should be sipped slowly, and preferably beside a piece of quality dark chocolate or drizzled over ice cream. Amy recommends a wine glass rimmed in melted dark chocolate, if you're looking to really impress your dinner companions.
Most bottles range from $10-25 and the winery offers discounts for on-site purchases. Several events take place throughout the upcoming weeks, so make sure to check out Saint Croix Vineyard's website.
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Topic: CS Portable / PC version... Where is it?
where is the PC version download??? All I see is Android and browser. Are you no longer developing for the PC? :C
the pc was so fun… I didn't have to load the game.. which takes 300years compared to the PC 6 seconds.


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Promo codes are coupons that allow for one to save money online, and it is possible to find some excellent Evil Angel promo codes. These great Evil Angel discounts at bestevilangelpromocode.com allow for one to get better rates, better delivery option, and it can even allow for one to get great extras. However, if a person knows about promo codes they can end up saving a decent amount of money. This involves knowing how to basically use promo codes, how to turn promo codes into a habit, and how to combine promo codes to save even more money.
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The first part of using promo codes is to know how to use them at a basic level. Discount coupons are used by finding a discount coupon, and then writing down a code that is associated with them. Some discount codes will have URL link that will take them to a special forum where they can save money. When finding promo codes it is important to check to make sure they are not expired, and that they can be used with the retailer that you are buying things from.
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A way to increase the amount of money that can be saved with discount codes is by combining them. This is because many retailers will offer a huge selection of different promo codes, and they will frequently not restrict the use of the coupons. This means that one can do such things as get a promo codes that takes a certain dollar amount off, another one that decreases the price by a percentage, and a different one that reduces the overall price of ones checkout cart. Using multiple different coupons can allow for massive savings, and some persons have been able to get very expensive products for a marginal amount of money.


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A Dyson for Mother's Day?
The Web site Amazon.com is already gearing up for Mother's Day with special sales.
Their sale on Dyson vacuum cleaners is especially good (some models are more than $100 off regular retail prices), but I wouldn't suggest this as a gift. Instead, just point out the sale to your mom in case she wants to purchase a new vacuum cleaner.
Stay tuned for gift ideas, though. I'm working on a Mother's Day gift guide for the May 5 Savvy Shopper section in the Daily Press. Feel free to send me your own creative Mother's Day ideas!
(Special thanks to the local guys at crazytowndeals.com for suggesting this sale).


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django-postman / docs / quickstart.rst
Quick start guide
Requisites and dependances
Python version >= 2.6
Some reasons:
- use of str.format()
Django version >= 1.2.2
Some reasons:
- use of self.stdout in management commands
Get the code from the repository, which is hosted at Bitbucket.
You have two main ways to obtain the latest code and documentation:
With the version control software Mercurial installed, get a local copy by typing:
hg clone http://bitbucket.org/psam/django-postman/
Or download a copy of the package, which is available in several compressed formats, either from the Download tab or from the get source menu option.
In both case, make sure the directory is accessible from the Python import path.
Required settings
Add postman to the INSTALLED_APPS setting of your project.
Run a :command:`manage.py syncdb`
Include the URLconf postman.urls in your project's root URL configuration.
Optional settings
If you want to make use of a postman_unread_count context variable in your templates, add postman.context_processors.inbox to the TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS setting of your project.
You may specify some additional configuration options in your :file:`settings.py`:
Set it to True if you do not allow visitors to write to users. That way, messaging is restricted to a User-to-User exchange.
Defaults to: False.
Set it to True if you do not allow more than one username in the recipient field.
Defaults to: False.
Set it to True if you do not allow additional recipients when replying.
Defaults to: False.
Set it to True if you do not want basic email notification to users. This setting does not apply to visitors (refer to POSTMAN_DISALLOW_ANONYMOUS), nor to a notifier application (refer to POSTMAN_NOTIFIER_APP)
Defaults to: False.
The default moderation status when no auto-moderation functions, if any, were decisive.
- True to accept messages.
- False to reject messages.
- None to leave messages to a moderator review.
Defaults to: None.
To disable the moderation feature (no control, no filter):
- Set this option to True
- Do not provide any auto-moderation functions
A notifier application name, used in preference to the basic emailing, to notify users of their rejected or received messages.
Defaults to: 'notification', as in django-notification.
If you already have a notifier application with the default name in the installed applications but you do not want it to be used by this application, set the option to None.
An email application name, used in preference to the basic django.core.mail, to send emails.
Defaults to: 'mailer', as in django-mailer.
If you already have a mailer application with the default name in the installed applications but you do not want it to be used by this application, set the option to None.
An auto-completer application specification, useful for recipient fields. To enable the feature, define a dictionary with these keys:
- 'name'
The name of the auto-completer application. Defaults to 'ajax_select'
- 'field'
The model class name. Defaults to 'AutoCompleteField'
- 'arg_name'
The name of the argument Defaults to 'channel'
- 'arg_default'
No default value. This is a mandatory default value, but you may supersede it in the field definition of a custom form or pass it in the url pattern definitions.
Defaults to: an empty dictionary.
A complete set of working templates is provided with the application. You may use it as it is with a CSS design of yours, re-use it or extend some parts of it, or only view it as an example.
You may need to adjust some templates to match your version of Django. Permute the comment tags for the lines denoted by the marks: {# dj v1.x #} in:
- base_write.html
In case you run a Django 1.2 version, perform these additional steps for any template:
- Remove {% load url from future %}
- Change any {% url 'XX' %} to {% url XX %}
Relations between templates:
base.html |_ base_folder.html | |_ inbox.html | |_ sent.html | |_ archives.html | |_ trash.html |_ base_write.html | |_ write.html | |_ reply.html |_ view.html
If the autocomplete application is django-ajax-selects in version 1.1.4 or 1.1.5, the following URLs are referenced by this set:
- js/jquery.min.js
- js/jquery.autocomplete.min.js
- css/jquery.autocomplete.css
- css/indicator.gif
You may have to adjust the path prefix with your version of Django: {{ MEDIA_URL }} or {{ STATIC_URL }} or {% admin_media_prefix %} or {% static '... %} or {% static 'admin/... %}.
These files are part of the requirements of django-ajax-selects version 1.1.x and it's up to you to make them accessible in your project (they are not provided by the django-postman app).
The :file:`postman/base.html` template extends a :file:`base.html` site template, in which some blocks are expected:
- title: in <html><head><title>, at least for a part of the entire title string
- extrahead: in <html><head>, to put some <script> and <link> elements
- content: in <html><body>, to put the page contents
- postman_menu: in <html><body>, to put a navigation menu
Static Files
A CSS file is provided with the application, for the Admin site: :file:`postman/css/admin.css`. It is not obligatory but makes the display more confortable.
The file is provided under :file:`postman/static/`.
For Django 1.3+, just follow the instructions related to the staticfiles app.
- For Django 1.2:
It's up to you to make it visible to the URL resolver.
For example:
Rename the path to :file:`postman/medias/`
In a production environment, set :file:`/<MEDIA_ROOT>/postman/` as a symlink to :file:`<Postman_module>/medias/postman/`
In a development environment (django's runserver), you can put in the URLconf, something like:
('^' + settings.MEDIA_URL.strip('/') + r'/(?P<path>postman/.*)$', 'django.views.static.serve', {'document_root': os.path.join(imp.find_module('postman')[1], 'medias')}),
See also :ref:`styles` for the stylesheets of views.
INSTALLED_APPS = ( # ... 'postman', # ... # 'pagination' # 'ajax_select' # 'notification' # 'mailer' ) # POSTMAN_DISALLOW_ANONYMOUS = True # default is False # POSTMAN_DISALLOW_MULTIRECIPIENTS = True # default is False # POSTMAN_DISALLOW_COPIES_ON_REPLY = True # default is False # POSTMAN_DISABLE_USER_EMAILING = True # default is False # POSTMAN_AUTO_MODERATE_AS = True # default is None # POSTMAN_NOTIFIER_APP = None # default is 'notification' # POSTMAN_MAILER_APP = None # default is 'mailer' # POSTMAN_AUTOCOMPLETER_APP = { # 'name': '', # default is 'ajax_select' # 'field': '', # default is 'AutoCompleteField' # 'arg_name': '', # default is 'channel' # 'arg_default': 'postman_friends', # no default, mandatory to enable the feature # } # default is {}
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This book has "titled" sketches.
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One is "Topsy"
Hard-back cover is blue background with scalloped oval with small flowers.
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Editor's note: It's been 50 years since Berry Gordy founded Motown, a record company that launched scores of careers, created a signature sound in popular music and even helped bridge the racial divide. This article first appeared in the October 1994 issue of Smithsonian; it has been edited and updated in honor of the anniversary.
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It was nearly 3 A.M. but Berry Gordy couldn't sleep. That recording kept echoing in his head, and every time he heard it he winced. The tempo dragged, the vocals weren't perky enough, it just didn't have the edge. Finally, he got out of bed and went downstairs to the homemade studio of his struggling record company. He grabbed the phone and rang his protégé Smokey Robinson, who had written the lyrics and sang lead with a little-known group called the Miracles: "Look, man, we've got to do this song again . . . now . . . tonight!" Robinson protested, reminding Gordy that the record had been distributed to stores and was being played on the radio. Gordy persisted, and soon he had rounded up the singers and the band, all except the pianist. Determined to go ahead with the session, he played the piano himself.
Under Gordy's direction, the musicians picked up the tempo, and Robinson pepped up his delivery of the lyrics, which recounted a mother's advice to her son on finding a loving bride: "Try to get yourself a bargain son, don't be sold on the very first one . . . . " The improved version of "Shop Around" was what Gordy wanted—bouncy and irresistibly danceable. Released in December 1960, it soared to No. 2 on Billboard's pop chart and sold more than a million copies to become the company's first gold record. "Shop Around" was the opening salvo in a barrage of smash hits in the 1960s that turned Gordy's humble studio into a multimillion-dollar corporation and added a dynamic new word to the lexicon of American music: "Motown."
Gordy, a Detroit native, started the company in 1959, deriving its name from the familiar moniker "Motor City." Motown combined elements of blues, gospel, swing, and pop with a thumping backbeat for a new dance music that was instantly recognizable. Competing for teen attention primarily against records by the Beatles, who were at the height of their popularity, Motown radically altered the public's perception of black music, which for years had been kept out of the mainstream.
White youths as well as black were captivated by the rhythmic new sound, though the musicians who produced it were black and many of the performers were teenagers from Detroit's housing projects and rundown neighborhoods. Prodding and grooming those raw talents, Gordy transformed them into a roster of dazzling artists who stunned the pop music world. The Supremes, Mary Wells, the Temptations, the Miracles, the Contours, Stevie Wonder, the Marvelettes, Diana Ross, Marvin Gaye, Martha and the Vandellas, the Four Tops, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Michael Jackson—those were just some of the performers who had people singing and dancing all over the world.
In 1963, when I was in junior high school and completely infatuated with Motown music, I persuaded my dad to drive me past Hitsville U.S.A., which is what Gordy called the little house where he did his recording. We had just moved to Detroit from the East Coast, and the possibility of seeing some of the music makers was the only thing that soothed the pain of relocation. I was disappointed to find not one star lolling about the yard, as was rumored to happen, but a few months later my dream came true at the Motown Christmas show in downtown Detroit. A girlfriend and I queued up at the Fox Theater for an hour one chilly morning and paid $2.50 to see the revue. We rocked our shoulders, snapped our fingers, danced in our seats and sang along as act after act lit up the stage. I grew hoarse from screaming for the fancy footwork of the Temptations and the romantic crooning of Smokey Robinson. Today I still burst into song whenever I hear a Motown tune.
No longer star-struck but still awed by the company's unparalleled success, I recently visited Gordy at his hilltop mansion in Bel-Air, an opulent enclave of Los Angles. We settled into a stately sitting room furnished with a plump damask sofa and large armchairs. An array of black-and-white photographs of family, Motown celebrities and other stars adorned the walls. Gordy was dressed casually in an olive-green sweatsuit. His 1950s processed pompadour has given way to a graying, thinning close-cut, but he remains exuberant and passionate about his music.
Twice during our conversation he steered me to the photographs, once to point out a youthful Berry with singer Billie Holiday at a Detroit nightclub, and again to show himself with Doris Day. Brash and irrepressible, he had sent Day a copy of the very first song he had written, almost 50 years ago, certain she would record it. She did not, but Gordy still remembers the lyrics, and, without any prodding from me, rendered the ballad in his trilling tenor voice. His bearded face erupted into an impish grin as he finished. "With me you might get anything," he chuckled. "You never know."
He talked about his life and the music and the people of Motown, his reminiscences burbling forth—stories animated with humor, snatches of songs and imitations of instruments. He told how he shirked piano practice as a child, preferring instead to compose boogie-woogie riffs by ear, and consequently never learned to read music. He recalled how 18-year-old Mary Wells badgered him at a nightclub one evening about a song she had written. After hearing her husky voice, Gordy persuaded her to record it herself, launching Wells on a course that made her Motown's first female star.
A music lover since his tender years, Gordy didn't set out to build a record company. He dropped out of high school when he was a junior and spent a decade finding his niche. Born in 1929, the seventh of eight children, he inherited an entrepreneurial instinct from his father. Gordy senior ran a plastering and carpentry business and owned the Booker T. Washington Grocery Store. The family lived above the store, and as soon as the kids could see over the counter, they went to work serving customers. Young Berry hawked watermelons from his father's truck in the summer and shined shoes on downtown streets after school. On Christmas Eve, he and his brothers would huddle around an oil-can fire selling trees until late in the evening.


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so sad :(
Wow I could not make it in this economy with that many kids, I hope you can figure this out. But the way things are now assistance will not last long, it won't last for ever. So make a plan and stick to it. Good luck to you!
I think that we would need to follow the middle eastern way of condemning, ostracising, and outcasting all women who have sex. That would do it.
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Getting a job may not help her this month but it will next month and the months to come. If she is counting on PA to help pay the rent every month then it is probably wise to have some back up plan for when this happens. How can you disagree with that?
I even suggested things she can do while pregnant. Like watching children in her home.
But there are places you can get jobs, yes even pregnant (it is against the law to discriminate based on this) and work part time and very flexible hours. Start looking at your local grocery stores, pharmacies, gas stations. Every little extra you can make should help your family climb out of this mess.
And I like that there are other posters who can relate. And get upset with me for stating my opinion. The one thing I have noticed about these others that can relate, they have stated they had a hard time when they got pregnant with their first child, and even their second. I don't see anyone else complaining about their hard times while on their fourth pregnancy. And I am sorry if that is considered rude, or I should have some sympathy for this woman. I don't. But I do for the other woman who needed some help in an unfortunate situation and happened to be pregnant with their first child. Those are the situations that PA is there for. And they deserve to have that assistance. And I think they are fantastic, strong woman that found their way through those hard times.
Again, you ladies don't know what I have been through. I didn't get "the best start" either. But I changed my life around, and worked damn hard to get where I am now. And that is simply the point. OP needs to do the same. Complaining about not getting her PA this month isn't going to change anything, but finding a way to solve this problem and get on top of their debts will.
Things that helped my situation:
My parents were willing/able to help. Sometimes humbling yourself to the point of accepting help is needed. Difficult but needed.
We became a one car family. Which means at the moment my husband has the car and I have to rely on working around my mothers schedule to be able to do things like shop, doctors appointments.
My husband went back to school to work towards a better paying career.
We accepted where were at and made the decision to put my son on the states insurance. My husband I had to go without insurance for close to 3 years. The Lord blessed us with good health.
We cloth diapered my son
I switched to mama cloth and other natural and cheap solutions household items
We accepted any and all hand me down cloths for my son.
I only shopped for groceries and completely necessary items. My wants were not an option, it was only needs.
I stayed home with my son. In no way would a job for me have helped our situation. It was really an impossible situation.
Those are just some of the things we did to get ourselves out of the "hole". We are finally regaining financial stability and headed in the right direction. My husband is about to become a Maryland State Trooper and we are blessed with the benefits that come with that.
But if you can look at it this way.. I am thankful we had to go through that rough patch. It has let us really appreciate what we have and the things that are precious in life. We know how to live on VERY little and we know what we can live without. It minimalized our lives, humbled us and made us more thankful for what life is really about.
I pray that the OP can get to a place where she and her family can breath a sigh of relief.
Mama to Isaac (9/09), Jack and Ben (5/13)
Go on the Dave Ramsey plan...cut out any expense that is not 100% necessary. That means no tv, no cell phone, no internet, etc. Try to sell some stuff to make some extra cash, etc.
Married to DH 5/31/08
Brielle Mimi 1/5/11
Sienna Lee 5/31/13
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Baby T, 2013
OP: you can bake cookies and sell them I know its cold but you can make a yardsale, sell stuff on craigslist, if you live in cold your dh can go shovel snow for the gov or just go house by house asking for 10 to vlean of snow/leafs
Charlieswife, I get that, but that is making an excuse. There are plenty of placing to find a part time job that are very flexible (like the places I mentioned) and will even have her back after the baby is born when she is ready. Making excuses isn't going to help. She needs to just go out there and get it.
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was once a man who, one night between the main course and the sweet at a dinner party, went upstairs and locked himself in one of the bedrooms of the house
of the people who were giving the dinner party.В
В В В В В В There was once a woman who had met this man thirty years before, had known him slightly for roughly two weeks in the middle of a summer when they were
both seventeen, and hadn't seen him since, though they'd occasionally, for a few years after, exchanged Christmas cards, that kind of thing.В
В В В В В В Right now the woman, whose name was Anna, was standing outside the locked bedroom door behind which the man, whose name was Miles, theoretically was.В She had her arm raised and her hand ready to - to what?В Tap? Knock discreetly?В This beautiful, perfectly done-out, perfectly dulled house would not stand for
noise; every creak was an affront to it, and the woman who owned it, emanating disapproval, was just two feet behind her.В But it was her fist she was standing there holding up, like a 1980s clichй of a revolutionary, ready to, well, nothing quiet.В Batter.В Beat.В Pound.В Rain blows.В В
В В В В В В Strange phrase, to rain blows.В Somewhere over the rainblow.В She didn't remember much about him, but they'd never have been friends in the first place if he wasn't the sort to enjoy a bad pun.В Was he, unlike Anna right now, the kind of person who'd know what to say to a shut door if he were standing outside one trying to get someone on the other side to open it?В The kind who could turn to that child stretched on her front as far up the staircase as her whole small self would go, the toes of her bare feet on the wood of the downstairs hall floor and her chin in her hands on the fifth step lying there watching, and straight off be making the right kind of joke, what do you call two mushrooms on holiday?В Fun guys, straight off be holding forth about things like where a phrase like to rain blows came from in the first place?В В
В В В В В В The woman standing behind Anna sighed.В She somehow made a sigh sound cavernous.В After it the silence was even louder.В Anna cleared her throat.В В
В В В В В В Miles, she said to the wood of the door.В Are you there?В
В В В В В В But the bleat of her voice left her somehow less there herself.В Ah, now, see - that's what it took, the good inappropriateness of that child.В Half boy, all girl, she'd elbowed herself up off the staircase, run up the stairs and was about to hammer on the door.В В
В В В В В В Bang bang bang.В В
В В В В В В Anna felt each thud go through her as if the child were hammering her on the chest.
В В В В В В Come out come out wherever you are, the child yelled.В В
В В В В В В Nothing happened.
В В В В В В Open sesame, the child yelled.
В В В В В В She had ducked under Anna's arm to knock.В She looked up at her from under her arm.В
В В В В В В It makes the rock in the side of the mountain open, the child said.В They say it in the story, therefore the rock just like opens.В
В В В В В В The child put her mouth to the door and spoke again, this time without shouting.
В В В В В В Knock knock, she said.В Who's there?
Who's there?В В
В В В В В В There were several reasons at that particular time in Anna Hardie's life for her wondering what it meant, herself, to be there.В
В В В В В В One was her job, which she had just given up, in what she and her colleagues laughingly called Senior Liaison, at what she and her colleagues only half-laughingly called the Centre for Temporary Permanence (or, interchangeably, the Centre for Permanent Temporariness).
В В В В В В Another was that Anna had woken up a couple of weeks ago in the middle of her forties in the middle of the night, from a dream in which she saw her own heart behind its ribcage.В It was having great trouble beating because it was heavily crusted over with a caul made of what looked like the stuff we clean out of the corners of our eyes in the mornings when we wake up.В She woke up, sat up and put her hand on her heart.В Then she got up, went to the bathroom mirror and looked.В There she was.В В
В В В В В В The phrase reminded her of something Denny at the Evening News, with whom she'd worked on neighbourhood liaison pieces and with whom she'd had a short liaison herself, had told her some time ago, on their second and last lunchtime.В He was a sweet man, Denny.В He'd stood in front of her in her kitchen, their first time, and presented his penis to her very sweetly, rueful and hopeful both, a little apologetic about his erection and at the same time proud of it; she liked this.В She liked him.В But two lunchtimes was all it was, and they both knew it.В Denny had a wife, her name was Sheila, and their two girls and their boy were at Clemont High.В Anna made a pot of tea, put sugar and milk on the tray because she wasn't sure what he took, carried it upstairs, slid back into the bed.В It was a quarter past one.В They had just under half an hour left.В He'd asked could he smoke.В She'd said, okay, since it's the lastВ lunch.В He'd smiled.В Then he'd turned over in the bed, lit the cigarette, changed the subject.В He'd said did she know he could sum up the last six decades of journalism in six words?В В
В В В В В В Go on then, she said.
В В В В В В I was there.В There I was, he said.В
В В В В В В It was a commonplace, he said.В By the middle of the twentieth century every important report put it like this: I was there.В Nowadays: There I was.
В В В В В В Soon it would be seven words, Anna said.В The new century had already added a seventh word.В There I was, guys.В She and Denny had laughed, drunk their tea, put their clothes back on and gone back to their different jobs.В The last time they'd spoken was some months ago, about how to handle the story with the local kids giving urine to the asylum kids in lemonade bottles to drink.В В
В В В В В В In the middle of the night, some months later, holding her own heart, feeling nothing, Anna had looked at herself in the mirror in the bathroom.В There she was.В It was the there-she-was guise.В В
В В В В В В There she was again, then, two evenings ago, sitting in front of her laptop one summer evening with the noise of Wimbledon coming from neighbours' TVs through the open windows of the houses all around.В Wimbledon was on her own TV too.В Her own TV's sound was turned down.В It was sunny in London and the Wimbledon grass was still bright green, only a little scuffed.В The TV screen flickered away by itself beyond the laptop screen.В Pock noises and oohs and ahs, strangely disconnected from their source, accompanied the little noises she was making on her keyboard.В It was as if the whole outside world was TV soundtrack.В Maybe there was a new psychosis, Tennis Players' Psychosis (TPP), where you went through life believing that an audience was always watching you, profoundly moved by your every move, reacting round your every reaction, your every momentous moment, with joy /excitement / disappointment / Schadenfreude.В В Presumably all professional tennis players had something like it, and maybe so to some extent did everybody who still believed in God.В But would this mean that people who didn't have it were somehow less there in the world, or at least differently there, because they felt themselves less observed?В We might as well pray to the god of tennis players, she thought.В We might as well ask that god as ask any other for world peace, to keep us safe, to bring all the birds that've ever died, ever sunk into dust via little mounds of feather and crumbling hollow little bones, back to life, perch them all on that sill right now, the small ones at the front and the large ones at the back, and have them sing a rousing chorus of Bye Bye Blackbird, which was a song her father used to whistle when she was a little girl, and one she hadn't heard for many years.В No one here to love or understand me.В Oh what hard-luck stories they all hand me. Was that it?В Something about hard-luck stories, anyway.В Just as she was about to look the lyrics up on the net new mail came pinging into her inbox with an electronic little trill.В В
В В В В В В The new mail was quite a long email which Anna nearly mistook for the please-transfer-money-to-this-account-because-I-am-dying-and-need-your-help kind.В But she paused her finger above delete when something about it caught her eye.В It was addressed to her with the correct first name but the wrong surname initial. Dear Anna K.В It was both her and not her, the name.В More: something about it made her feel super-eighted, instamaticked.В It gave her a feeling something like the word summer used to.В Most of all it reminded her of an old spinebent copy of a Penguin classic paperback by Kafka, yes, Franz Kafka, which she had read one summer when she was sixteen or seventeen.


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South Placer National Day of Prayer Breakfast May 2
William Jessup University will host the South Placer County National Day of Prayer Breakfast, beginning at 7 a.m. Thursday, May 2, at the university's Academic Warehouse, 333 Sunset Blvd. Keynote speaker for the event is New York Times bestselling author and preacher Francis Chan.
Chan is the author of books including "Multiply," "Crazy Love," "Forgotten God" and "Erasing Hell." He is the host of the BASIC series ("Who is God" and "We Are Church"). He has also written three children's books – "Halfway Herbert," "The Big Red Tractor and the Little Village" and "Ronnie Wilson's Gift."
"We are thrilled to host this event on our campus each year," said WJU President Dr. John Jackson. "It encourages and motivates all who attend."
Chan previously served as the founding pastor of Cornerstone Church in Simi Valley and is the founder of Eternity Bible College. He also sits on the board of directors of Children's Hunger Fund and World Impact.
Currently, he is leading a church planting movement in the inner city of San Francisco and also working to launch a countrywide discipleship movement known as "Multiply." Francis lives in Northern California with his wife, Lisa, and their five children.
Prominent prayer leaders from nine separate walks of life will also give their testimony and pray.
"It really is amazing to hear so many leaders in important positions in our region publicly declare the importance of Christ in their lives," said Event Chair John Allard.
Tickets go on sale Monday, April 1, at www.praysacramento.com. Tickets to the event are $15. Sponsorships and table-host packages are also available.
The National Day of Prayer was created in 1952 when President Harry S. Truman signed a joint resolution of Congress into law. In 1988, President Ronald Reagan signed a law declaring that the first Thursday in May would be designated as the National Day of Prayer each year.
According to Ted Rose, the state coordinator for the National Day of Prayer Task Force, the South Placer County event is the premier prayer breakfast in California.


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Ive been training now for about 3 months, following a layoff of about a year; before that year off Id trained a little, but never really seriously (I was mainly lifting weights to help with other sports).
Im now wanting to focus on the weights, and put on a fair bit of size. Ive spent this last three months (re)learning good form, and gradually getting used to lifting again. Im now at the point where I feel able to work hard every time I train, and feel ready to set some definite goals and targets.
A bit of info about me: Im 27 years old, 6 3, and currently weigh about 205lbs with approx. 16% body-fat. Im lifting twice a week, focusing on doing the big exercises once per week each (squats, deadlifts or SLDLs, bench, rows or chins, overhead presses, curls etc.) As I say Ive only really been lifting for about 3 months, and am making steady progress.
Anyway, Im wondering is it realistic to want to get to about 225lbs at say 10-12% bf by summer 2004? Thats a gain of roughly 28lbs of lean mass, and a loss of around 10lbs of fat. I know the fat loss is definitely achievable, but is that amount of muscle a realistic target for 18 months of work, or am I aiming too high? I prefer working towards definite goals rather than just saying I want to get bigger, but obviously I need goals which are challenging but attainable.
Any advice or comments would be welcome . Thanks in advance.


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Safe Babies, Strong Families, Healthy Communities
The Safe Babies Court Teams Project
The Safe Babies Court Teams Project is a systems-change initiative, spearheaded by ZERO TO THREE. It is modeled on the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges Model Courts Project. Model Court judges focus on conducting their hearings in accordance with nationally recognized best practices.[i] The Safe Babies Court Teams are led by judges who place a strong emphasis on addressing the unique challenges facing infants and toddlers. The Safe Babies Court Teams Project is focused on improving how the courts, child welfare agencies, and related child-serving organizations work together, share information, and expedite services for young children. This work increases knowledge among all those who work with maltreated children about the needs of infants and toddlers. At the local level, judges introduce the community to the Court Team approach. They collaborate with child development specialists to create teams of child welfare and health professionals, child advocates, and community leaders. Together they provide services to abused and neglected infants and toddlers.
The Safe Babies Court Teams Project has two major goals:
- Increase awareness among all those who work with maltreated infants and toddlers about the negative impact of abuse and neglect on very young children
- Change local systems to improve outcomes and prevent future court involvement in the lives of very young children.
Core Components
- Judicial Leadership: Local judges in Court Team communities are the catalysts for change because of their unique position of authority in the processing of child welfare cases. When beginning a Court Team, a local judge and a counterpart at the public child welfare agency convene an initial informational meeting with representatives of community stakeholders. The purpose of the meeting is to explain the need to focus on infants and toddlers and to begin to outline how the many organizations that touch the lives of these children can work together on their behalf.
- Local Community Coordinator: In each Court Team community, a local community coordinator provides child development expertise to the judge and the Court Team. The community coordinator, hired and supervised by ZERO TO THREE, coordinates services and resources for infants and toddlers. Experience has taught us that the community coordinator should be employed at no less than 80% of a full-time position.
- Active Court Team Focused on the Big Picture: The Court Team is made up of key community stakeholders who commit to working to restructure the way the community responds to the needs of maltreated infants and toddlers. The Court Team meets monthly to learn about the services available in the community, to identify gaps in services, and to discuss issues raised by the cases that members of the Court Team are monitoring (See #6 below). Membership in the Court Team should be by open invitation. It is anticipated that the diversity of agencies represented will expand over time. Members can include:
- Local leaders at government agencies serving children and adults;
- Primary health care providers;
- Attorneys representing children, parents, and the child welfare system;
- Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASAs) and Guardians Ad Litem (GALs);
- Mental health professionals;
- Substance abuse treatment providers;
- Early intervention specialists;
- Dentists;
- Domestic violence service providers;
- Representatives from colleges and universities;
- Members of foster parent organizations;
- Children's advocates;
- Early Head Start and child care providers;
- Court Improvement Project staff; and
- Volunteer community leaders.
Recruitment will be necessary to achieve the broad multidisciplinary participation critical to a Court Team's effectiveness. The community coordinator takes the lead in scanning the horizon for new service providers to incorporate into the Court Team.
Comprehensive developmental, medical, and mental health services are incorporated into the case plan document to ensure that the children's well-being is given primary consideration in the resolution of the case. Because maltreated children are so likely to experience developmental delays and medical problems, it is critical to find them a medical home with consistent primary caregiving by a pediatrician who comes to know the child and family. Services provided by the pediatrician should include a screening for symptoms of developmental delay at each visit. This screening should focus on all domains of development (cognitive, language, gross and fine motor, social, and emotional). In addition all children should receive a screening for developmental delays conducted by the local agency responsible for complying with Part C of the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act. This Part C screening should be repeated if the pediatrician notices the onset of developmental problems because delays are not often apparent in the first months of life. A complete listing of the services should be included in the family's case plan and available to the judge through inclusion in the judicial orders directly or incorporated when the judge accepts the child welfare agency's case plan. [back to top]
Continuum of Mental Health Services: Children who have been traumatized by their parents' care may need mental health services. Parents who are maltreating their children need some level of intervention to help them overcome the reasons for their neglectful or abusive behavior. The intensity of the intervention should mirror the specific characteristics of the parent and child. The continuum of mental health services includes:
- An assessment of the parent-child relationship
- Parenting education programs that have been evaluated and found effective in working with maltreating parents
- Visit coaching
- Psychoeducational parenting intervention
- Child-parent psychotherapy
Parent-child relationship assessment: Because young children experience the world from within the circle of their parents' arms, the ideal way to evaluate the child's social and emotional well-being is by assessing them in the context of their primary relationships (e.g., with birth parents and foster or kinship care providers). Relationship assessments include two primary procedures [iii]:
- Structured interactional play assessment that reveals how the caregiver behaves with the child. It measures:
- The adult's ability to provide emotional support to the child, set limits, provide structure, and help the child learn effectively.
- The child's ability to show affection, comply with the adult's requests, respond to the learning situation, and regulate feelings.
- An interview with the adult to understand the adult's "working model of the child." This allows the clinical evaluator to assess the adult's ability to provide appropriate care to the child. For example, parents who abuse their children have negative perceptions of their children compared to other people's children and unrealistically high expectations for their children's behavior.[iv] These opinions influence how the parent perceives the child. It explains the parent's behavior toward the child and sets the stage for a teaching intervention. [back to top]
- Parent education
- Visit coaching
- Psychoeducational parenting intervention
- Child-parent psychotherapy
Parent education: Standard parenting classes have not been proven to be effective in improving parents' ability to care for their children. Many adults do not learn well in a traditional classroom where the teacher lectures and expects students to read handouts to fully understand the content. Parents involved in the child welfare system face daunting challenges in their daily lives that further minimize the effectiveness of a classroom setting. They are survivors of trauma who often use alcohol and drugs to numb their pain. They are not the audience for whom most parenting education programs were designed. Safe Babies Court Teams will seek opportunities for parents and their children to spend time together under the supervision of trained and experienced professionals with strong knowledge of early development. Examples include the federally recognized home visiting models, early intervention screening and service appointments, and child-parent psychotherapy (CPP, described below).
Visit coaching: Visit coaches can come from a range of professions including child welfare case workers, in-home service providers, and graduate social work student interns. They work closely with the parents to make each visit a good experience. They do this by:
- Playing an active supportive role before, during, and after visits.
- Helping parents prepare activities for visits that will meet their children's needs.
- Assisting parents during the visit with reminders about what they had planned and suggestions as the parents respond to events and emotions.
- Helping parents recognize and cope with the emotions they are experiencing (e.g., sadness and anger at the end of the visit). [v]
CPP: In this intervention, the clinician seeks to heal the relationship between the child and the parent by helping the parent develop a realistic assessment of the child's needs and abilities. Through the course of treatment, the therapist helps the parent address the trauma in the parent's past that is clouding the parent's view of the child. CPP has been demonstrated to help maltreating parents achieve a healthy relationship with their young children while they address the underlying reasons for their parenting deficits.[vi]
Developing this continuum of services: Most Safe Babies Court Teams need to develop this continuum of services. The first step, typically initiated by the community coordinator, is to undertake a series of meetings with service providers to learn more about what services are currently available in the community and to describe the goals of the Court Team to them. Ideally providers will be invited to present information about their services at Court Team meetings and will continue to participate as active members. Once these partnerships are established, the Court Team, with help from ZERO TO THREE, can devise a plan to develop a full continuum of infant mental health services in the community.
Training and Technical Assistance: ZERO TO THREE staff and consultants provide training and technical assistance to the Court Team community on topics such as: infant and toddler development; parenting interventions; services available to foster children in the community; children and trauma; and parental substance abuse, domestic violence, mental illness, and poverty. Through weekly team meetings and individual supervisory calls, the director and supervising community coordinators provide support and direction to each of the community coordinators. By participating in ZERO TO THREE's Scientific Meeting and National Training Institute and in the Safe Babies Court Teams annual Cross Sites meeting, the community coordinators, judges, and key members of the Safe Babies Court Teams are integrated into the larger framework of ZERO TO THREE's efforts on behalf of infants and toddlers.
ZERO TO THREE staff and consultants provide resource materials for use by the Safe Babies Court Teams and for national dissemination. These resources include:
- ZERO TO THREE's 55-minute DVD, Safe Babies Court Teams; Building Strong Families and Healthy Communities;
- ZERO TO THREE publications such as Infants in the Child Welfare System by Dr. Brenda Jones Harden;
- A Call to Action on Behalf of Maltreated Infants and Toddlers, a collaborative report by ZERO TO THREE, the American Human Association, the Center for the Study of Social Policy, the Child Welfare League of America, and the Children's Defense Fund; and Reports from organizations doing related work (e.g., the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, federal information clearinghouses).
In addition, Healthy Beginnings, Healthy Futures; A Judge's Guide, jointly published by the American Bar Association Center on Children and the Law, the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, and ZERO TO THREE, provides developmental information specific to the needs of very young children in foster care. Although written for judges, this volume presents the latest research in a format useful to all professionals working with young children in foster care.
Evaluation: Each Court Team evaluates its work. Information is collected about:
- Knowledge enhancement among professionals working in or with the child welfare system.
- Collaboration among providers working with the child welfare system (systems change).
- Services for children and families.
The approach is focused on bringing key participants into the evaluation planning and implementation activities. The evaluator shares results with staff in a timely manner to be useful for quality improvement purposes as well as to understand the outcomes of the initiative. Program information and outcomes are shared with local, state, and national level stakeholders. [back to top]
To date, three external evaluations of the Safe Babies Court Team model have been completed:
- Independent evaluation undertaken by James Bell Associates (JBA) with funding from the U.S. Department of Justice. Their exploratory evaluation examined the implementation of the Court Team model in four sites and indicated that the teams have made significant gains on key child welfare indicators monitored by the federal government.[vii]
- Doctoral dissertation on the effect of the Safe Babies Court Team approach on time to permanency. When compared with a matched sample of children included in the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (n = 511), the children served by the Safe Babies Court Teams in the same four sites as JBA's evaluation (n = 298) reached permanency two to three times faster. Children served by the Safe Babies Court Teams exited the foster care system approximately 1 year earlier than children in the comparison group. Not only are children served by the Court Teams reaching permanency on average 1 year faster than children in the control group, but these children are more likely to reach permanency with a member of their biological family. Reunification was the most common type of exit for Court Team children (38%) while adoption was the most typical for the comparison group (41%). If kinship families are included, 62.4% of the Court Teams children ended up with family members while only 37.7% of the comparison group did.[viii]
- Study of the cost effectiveness of the Safe Babies Court Teams on the basis of one positive outcome, expedited permanency. In order to evaluate any savings, Economics for the Public Good first calculated an average direct cost of $10,000 per child. These costs are similar to or substantially lower than those found in other early childhood interventions. Short-term savings generated by the earlier exits from foster care by Court Team children are estimated at an average of $7,300 per child. In other words, the Court Teams' reduced costs of foster care placements alone cover two thirds of the average costs per child. Longer-term savings—such as increased health and well-being, fewer subsequent high-risk pregnancies, and improved school performance—may also exist, but they were not the subject of this study. This study also showed that children involved with Safe Babies Court Teams access more services than the comparison group. In particular, Court Teams children were significantly more likely to receive a developmental screening (92% v. 25%), health care visit (94% v. 76%), and dental visit (29% v. 18%). The study also demonstrated Safe Babies Court Teams' ability to leverage substantial in-kind resources: for every grant dollar received, the Court Teams were able to generate another dollar of in-kind support. [ix]
We are currently exploring the next phase of this research which will look at the effect the Court Team approach has on the children's well-being. We also hope to evaluate the lasting impact of the Safe Babies Court Teams to determine if the children are protected from further harm and are thriving over the long term. [back to top]
[i] National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges. (1995). Resource guidelines: Improving court practice in abuse and neglect cases. Reno, NV: Author.
[ii] Smariga, M. (2007). Visitation with infants and toddlers in foster care: What judges and attorneys need to know. Washington, DC: American Bar Association Center on Children and the Law & ZERO TO THREE Policy Center.
[iii] Lieberman, A., & Van Horn, P. (2007). Assessment and treatment of young children exposed to traumatic events. In J. D. Osofsky (Ed.), Young children and trauma (pp. 111–138). New York, NY: Guilford.
[iv] Harden, B. J. (2007). Infants in the child welfare system: A developmental framework for policy and practice. Washington, DC: ZERO TO THREE.
[v] Beyer, M. (2008). Visit coaching: Building on family strengths to meet children's needs. Juvenile & Family Court Journal, 59(1), 47–60.
[vi] Lieberman, A., & Van Horn, P. (2007). Assessment and treatment of young children exposed to traumatic events. In J. D. Osofsky (Ed.), Young children and trauma (pp. 111–138). New York, NY: Guilford.
[vii] Hafford, C., McDonnell, C., Kass, L., DeSantis, J., & Dong, T. (2009). Evaluation of the Court Teams for maltreated infants and toddlers: Final report. Submitted to the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice by James Bell Associates, Arlington, VA.
[viii] McCombs-Thornton, K. L. (2012). The effect of the ZERO TO THREE Court Teams initiative on types of exits from the foster care system—A competing risks analysis. Children and Youth Services Review 34, 169–178.
[ix] Foster, E. M., & McCombs-Thornton, K. L. (2012). Investing in our most vulnerable: A cost analysis of the ZERO TO THREE Safe Babies Court Teams initiative. Birmingham, AL: Economics for the Public Good, LLC.


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BECAUSE OF BAD WINTER WEATHER — AND DICY ROAD CONDITIONS IN THE HELENA AREA — OUR WORKSHOP SPEAKER (see details below…) WAS NOT ABLE TO TRAVEL TO BILLINGS FOR THIS EVENT. IT WILL BE RESCHEDUELD AT A LATER DATE. STAY TUNED FOR DETAILS.
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She is a former columnist, editor and bureau chief for Indian Country Today newspaper, and former producer of Native America Calling, a nationally syndicated American Indian talk radio show heard on more than 100 radio stations. She has been documenting the stories, history and struggles of Indian people throughout Native America for nearly two decades, specializing in environmental justice issues.
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As if out of nowhere, Jake and Amanda became one of the most precious twosomes on AMC. In this week's Digest, you'll find an adorable interview with their portrayers, Ricky Paull Goldin (Jake) and Chrishell Stause (Amanda). Here's some bonus material to whet your appetite!Soap Opera Digest: When did your working relationship carry over into hanging out?
Ricky Paull Goldin: I think it came out of having so much dialogue that we'd have to run lines at lunch, running to the deli.
Chrishell Stause: The lunch runs, yes! What he does at a deli is the funniest thing I've ever seen. This is probably when I knew I really loved him. He orders all kinds of food. I think he might be afraid that we'll need to go into a bomb shelter and that he might not have everything he would need in that situation [Goldin laughs]. So he goes to the check-out counter with all this stuff and he starts looking around like, "What else do I need?" The bill at the deli for lunch ends up being like $55, we're carrying two bags apiece back to the studio, we came back and we were eating Twix and Butterfingers and I was in love, what can I say?
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Goldin: I watch her body language when we're running something. I see if there's something that she needs. Just like in a relationship, she wants to say something and she's not getting to say it. Sometimes it's in the script and it's not coming out. Then you go, "What do you want to make happen here?" But I also close her eyes a lot when we run lines, so that I can really hear her.
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