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- Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye
- Civic Learning California Summit: Making Democracy Work
- Civic Learning Initiative
Formed: July 2013
Charge: to implement the Chief Justice's civic education initiatives
Chair: Hon. Judith D. McConnell, Administrative Presiding Justice, Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District
The Power of Democracy Steering Committee will continue implementation of the Commission for Impartial Courts' final report recommendations 37(a) and (b) and 43(a) – (c) and (g) and will oversee all follow-up to the Civic Learning California Summit: Making Democracy Work, an event held in Sacramento in Feb 2013.
The formation of this committee by Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye consolidates two committees—the Leadership Group on Civic Education and Public Outreach (an implementation committee for the Commission for Impartial Courts) and the Civic Learning Summit Steering Committee.
The committee will guide and support related initiatives spearheaded by the Chief Justice, including the Civic Learning Awards for California Public Schools and the K–12 Civic Learning Task Force.
The committee will also develop and implement short- and long-term strategic plans that build on the momentum and partnerships created by the summit, including, but not limited to a communications plan and a clarification of partner roles and responsibilities. The steering committee reports to the Chief Justice.
The Chief Justice appoints members of the steering committee for two-year terms.
The Judicial Council Operations and Programs Division staffs this steering committee.
The Chief Justice serves as the honorary chair and appoints a chair of the steering committee and members of the steering committee represented as follows:
|Justice of the Court of Appeals involved in civics
education and public information
|Hon. Judith D. McConnell, Chair
Administrative Presiding Justice, Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District
Judicial officer of the superior court involved in
|Hon. Stacy Boulware Eurie
Superior Court of California
County of Sacramento
|Federal court representative
|Hon. Frank C. Damrell, Jr. (Ret.)
|State Supreme Court representative
Ms. Alice V. Collins
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
|Ms. Rebecca F. Barrett
Principal Advisor to the Superintendent of Public Instruction
California Department of Education
|California Bar Foundation representative
|Ms. Sonia Gonzales
Executive Director
California Bar Foundation
|Law school representative
|Hon. Deanell Reece Tacha
Duane and Kelly Roberts
Dean and Professor of Law
Pepperdine University School of Law
County Superintendent of Schools/representative
Mr. David W. Gordon
|Civic education leader
|Dr. Michelle M. Herczog
Consultant, History-Social Science
Los Angeles County Office of Education
|Student Representative
|Ms. Saron Dea
Rio Americano High School, CIVITAS Academy
Five schools received Awards of Distinction, and fourteen schools received Awards of Merit.
All recipients are presented the award at their school location by a member of the California bench. A list of all recipients is available here.
Funding for the Civic Learning Award program is generously provided by the California Bar Foundation.
• curriculum and instructional practice
• resources
• professional learning for teachers and staff
• student testing
• school accountability and
• partnerships with the community and business
The task force will make recommendations to:
• Chief Justice of CaliforniaTask Force Timeline: July 2012—Summer 2014
• State Superintendent of Public Instruction
• State Board of Education
• Chair of the Assembly Education Committee
• Chair of the Senate Education Committee
Commission for Impartial Courts
This body was formed in Sept 2007 by Chief Justice Ron George and was charged with researching issues around impartiality and the courts. The commission was chaired by California Supreme Court Justice Ming W. Chin. From 2007 to 2009, the commission met in private meetings and held public forums, created task forces concentrated on issues around impartiality, and formalized 71 recommendations that were accepted by the Judicial Council in 2009.
Implementation of CIC Recommendations
The CIC sunsetted after its final report was presented. This update on implementation activities was presented in Dec 2012.
The Power of Democracy Steering Committee will focus on the implementation of the following recommendation:
37. To improve transparency and better inform the public of the role and operations of the state court system and to enhance public outreach, the judicial branch should identify and disseminate essential information that would increase both the public's access to justice and its opportunities for input. To that end, the following are recommended:
(a) A leadership advisory group should be appointed to oversee, identify, and coordinatepublic outreach programs and opportunities for public input; to establish benchmarks of good practice; and to promote the assembly of local teams to assist courts with local outreach programs; and
(b) The Judicial Council should collect, summarize, and evaluate public outreach resources and methods for public input that are currently available for judges and court administrators and should also collect, summarize, aevaluate educational materials for K–12 teachers and for judges and court administrators making classroom
43. Every child in the state should receive a quality civics education, and judges, courts, teachers, and school administrators should be supported in their efforts to educate students about the judiciary and its function in a democratic society. To that end, the following are specifically recommended:
(a) Strategies for meaningful changes to civics education in California should be supported, and a strategic plan for judicial branch support for civics education should be developed;
(b) Political support should be sought from leaders in the Legislature, the State Bar, the law enforcement community, and other interested entities to improve civics education;
(c) Teacher training programs, curriculum development, and education programs on civics should all be expanded to include the courts; and
(g) Recognition programs that bring attention to teachers, judges, and court administrators who advance civics education should be promoted.


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December 11, 2005
One woman's passion for music drivers her to extraordinary means to live out her dream. A Florida music instructor comes to North Augusta once a week to teach underprivileged students how to play musical instruments. News 12 has more.
Her students call her the Great Fusser.
"After a certain level a music teacher is no longer a teacher, but a coach," said Patrice Minor-Floyd, Conductor and Director of Javacya Orchestra.
And this coach doesn't fiddle around when it comes to music.
"They study music theory, history, basically a college prepatory program," Patrice said.
Patrice Minor-Floyd makes the six-hour drive all the way from Tallahassee, Florida, where she lives, once a week to North Augusta where she's been striking chords within these students for two years.
"Someone once saw something in me and recommended me for a scholarship," Patrice said.
And now she wants to return the favor. While most three and four-year-olds are learning to read and write, these young musicians were reading sheet music.
"Most great artists begin at age three," Patrice said.
The Javacya Arts Conservatory Orchestra in North Augusta teaches students age 3-18. It's based off the Elite Musical Program at Julliard, for less than half the costs. Making it accessible to lower-level income families who could never afford private lessons.
"It's even more rare because black students almost never have this opportunity. We still make up three percent of the professional music world in 2005 and that's because of lack of exposure," Patrice said.
Stressing the importance of after-school programs like these in keeping kids out of trouble.
"We have to find alternatives for pregnancy, prison system, nobody wants to go there," Patrice said.
She says six hours of intense rehearsal has already proven effective.
"We sent six students to various prestigious schools including Julliard," Patrice said.
Giving those talented young musicians a different tune in life to consider for their future.
All of the proceeds from Sunday night's performance go towards scholarships for students who can't otherwise afford the tuition. The Javacya Arts Conservatory in North Augusta is now accepting applications for the winter semester.

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Why We Love Twinkies–But Haven't Eaten Them In Years
With news of Hostess Brands' demise and the Twinkie fervor that has ensued – have you seen the prices on eBay? — it seems a fitting question to ask. Perhaps the fervor was expected: The Twinkie is an institution and a distinctly American one at that. It was the dessert that Edith packed in Archie's lunchbox. It became part of legal nomenclature (the "Twinkie defense"). And its supposedly eternal shelf life only added to its stature as a pop-culture icon. (Consider: After surviving a nuclear holocaust, the Family Guy family sought refuge in a city with a Twinkie factory.)
But what I found most interesting about a lot of the commentary I've read concerning the death of the Twinkie – and such other iconic Hostess-made treats now destined for the junk-food scrap heap as Ho Ho's and Sno Balls (no, not Sno Balls, too???!!!) – is how it came back to one thing: No one, it seemed, had eaten a Twinkie (or Sno Ball) in years. Their affection for the brand was largely an exercise in nostalgia. The Twinkie took them back to their childhood – and knowing it was still there (and could be had at any time) meant there was always a comfortable (and cheap) portal to a time when life was safer, simpler and more innocent. It's the Twinkie as, yes, Proust's madeleine.
Mine wasn't a Twinkie family, though. My dad's thing was those Hostess chocolate cupcakes with the white squiggly line of icing (Hostess called them CupCakes – I guess it allowed the brand to "own" the cupcake and turn the generic into the trademarked). I still remember his late-evening ritual – he'd head into the kitchen, open a pack and proceed to spoon out the vanilla filling from each of the cupcakes while standing over the sink (he never had use for anything but chocolate), then he'd cheerily devour them. When I saw the leftover filling in the sink the next morning, I knew he must have gone to bed happy. Years later, my dad was diagnosed as a pre-diabetic, so he had to give up the cupcakes. To this day, I think he still thinks about them.
As for me, my thing was FunnyBones with their signature peanut-butter filling (wait, FunnyBones are gone as well???!!!). Later, I also had a jones for Drake's Coffee Cakes – you know the ones of Seinfeld fame (can we possibly exist in world without Drake's Coffee Cakes???!!!).
Of course, I, too, stopped eating most of these things over time, but not necessarily because they were bad for me. By that I mean I've hardly ever given up sweets. But I learned to choose "better" sweets. My rationalization was the same as that of many other foodies: If you're going to splurge, why not splurge on a Magnolia cupcake instead of a Hostess one? "Real" food – cupcakes that don't come out of a factory, that is – can't be that much of a vice, after all.
In the end, we're all probably better off skipping the cupcakes – or the Twinkies – no matter who's making the sweet snack that's our drug of choice. But our rekindled passion for the Twinkie — or anything Hostess — is indeed a remembrance of things past. (Why else would I recall my dad's late-night forays to the kitchen?) Otherwise, we'd have been eating these things with the same abandon we did as children – or even as younger adults. (I suspect if my father were still enjoying sweets, he'd probably have moved past Hostess as well.) Some middlebrow foods are able to remain part of the new American plate because they're simply that good (think Coca-Cola's classic formula) or because they're able to reinvent themselves for a country with a more sophisticated palate – or at the very least a more daring one. Surely, there's a reason Doritos now come in such flavors as chile-lemon, chipotle or Cool Ranch?
But as Gertrude Stein might have said, a Twinkie is a Twinkie is a Twinkie. Timeless in one sense, but lost to time in another. With its demise, we're saying goodbye to a piece of our past. Growing up is funny that way.


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University Center, MI - A Michael Albrecht 27-yard touchdown catch with 1:01 remaining in the game propelled Saginaw Valley State to a 28-24 victory over Valdosta State in non-conference football action at Wickes Stadium Saturday evening.
With the loss, Valdosta State fell to 0-1 while SVSU improved to 1-0.
The Albrecht catch capped off an 11-play, 80-yard drive and was the fourth touchdown pass of the night for Cardinal quarterback Jonathon Jennings. Valdosta State threatened on its ensuing drive as Matt Pierce returned the kick-off to the VSU 46. A 19-yard pass to Gerald Ford followed, but a sack and three incomplete passes, the last just out off the fingertips of Regginald Lewis in the end zone, ended the VSU threat.
Both teams missed field goals on their opening drives, as Valdosta State marched to the Saginaw Valley State 10 yard line before seeing a 17-yard attempt sail wide left while the Cardinals missed a 48-yard try on their opening drive.
The Blazers opened the scoring on their next drive as they marched 69 yards on 10 plays to score on a 24-yard run by Cayden Cochran. Cochran used both his arm and his leg on the drive as he completed two-of-three passes while also rushing for 30 yards. The scoring jaunt came on a quarterback keeper around the left end that saw Cochran break a tackle at the 10 before diving head first through a tackle attempt at the one for the 7-0 VSU lead.
SVSU evened the game with 10:07 to go in the second quarter as Jeff Janis hauled in a 2-yard touchdown pass. The Cardinals gained possession after a fumble by Cochran at mid-field was returned to the VSU 40. The key play on the drive came when Jennings scrambled on a second-and-eight play that moved the ball to the VSU 6. Two plays later, Jennings found Janis on across the middle to even the game at 7-7.
A Saginaw Valley State bad snap led to a fumble that was recovered by VSU on the Cardinal 4 to allow the Blazers to regain the lead. On the first Blazer play from scrimmage, Austin Scott took a hand-off and ducked under a tackle at the line of scrimmage before scoring untouched to put VSU in front 14-7.
The Cardinals evened the game up right before the half as Jennings and Janis again hooked up for a scoring pass. After a Blazer punt and with no timeouts remaining, SVSU took over on its own 39. Jennings proceeded to connect on five of his six passes on the ensuing drive, including four completions to Janis. The last came on a 22-yard completion in the end zone with 33 seconds remaining before halftime that evened the game at 14-14.
Saginaw Valley State took its first lead of the game on its second possession of the second half as Jennings and Janis hooked up for a 24-yard touchdown, only to have the Blazers score on a 70-yard catch by Seantavious Jones on the second VSU play from scrimmage on the ensuing drive to even the game at 21-21.
The Blazers regained the lead on their next drive as Daniel Andersen capped off a 65-yard drive with a 32-yard field goal that posted Valdosta State to a 24-21 edge, a lead that was preserved when on the ensuing drive, Tyler Josey intercepted a Jennings screen pass on the Blazer 13 yard line.
Valdosta State tallied 393 yards of total offense, including 95 yards rushing by Scott as well as 183 yards passing by Graham Craig, who entered the game at quarterback in the second half and completed 12-of-19 passes. Chris Pope led the defense with 16 tackles and a fumble recovery as the Blazer offense tallied four turnovers on the night.
Jennings completed 37-of-56 passes for 378 yards while Janis caught 14 passes for 167 yards. Albrecht added 11 receptions for 120 yards as the Cardinals compiled 459 yards on the night. Grant Caserta led the SVSU defense with 11 tackles.
Valdosta State returns to action Saturday, September 8 at 7:00 p.m. when it hosts Fort Valley State in the Blazers' home opener at Bazemore-Hyder Stadium.


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If you see or suspect a sewage overflow or spill, call 311 or 704-336-7600.
Sewage spills are a menace!
Overflows are sewage spills that occur when sanitary collection pipes are blocked or restricted, causing wastewater to back up in the pipe and flow out through manholes.
Most overflows are relatively small and can be stopped and cleaned up quickly. Left unattended, however, overflows can result in property damage, foul odors, environmental problems and fish kills. In a worst-case scenario, they can create public health and safety hazards.
Sewage overflows are not a new problem in this community or in any other, but our goal continues to be zero overflows. It's our job to keep the community's wastewater collection and treatment systems in good working order, and we will continue to invest time and resources to stop overflows.
Customers can help by letting us know if they see or suspect a sewage overflow or spill and by working to eliminate greases from our sewers, which cause more than half of all sewage spills.
Small television cameras (Above) help crews locate blockages in the pipe.


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Clean Slate Cleanse
I don't know about you, but I'm getting wiped out by all these juice cleanses. Maybe it's because I already sustain a pretty healthy diet, but personally, the moment I'm done with a juice cleanse, I end up eating worse food than I did before!
Cleansing has turned into an enormous business, and on many levels, I feel that it preys on people's guilt and self-hatred: "I have been eating so badly — I need to cleanse." It's like a form of punishment. Once we have incurred the punishment, we are then absolved — free to do as we like — because we have paid the price. The problem is, the price can get pricey. Some of these cleanses can cost hundreds of dollars!


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Digestive Disorders Health Center
Is a New Crohn's Disease Treatment on the Horizon?
Oct. 17, 2012 -- A drug used to treat psoriasis may provide a much-needed option for people with bad cases of Crohn's disease.
In the new study, some people with moderate to severe Crohn's given Stelara (ustekinumab) began to see improvements in their symptoms within six weeks.
Crohn's disease is an inflammatory bowel disease marked by inflammation and damage of any part of the digestive tract.
Inflammation plays a central role in both Crohn's and the skin disease psoriasis. Stelara blocks two proteins that promote inflammation. A commonly used class of drugs for Crohn's blocks the activity of another protein that promotes inflammation called tumor necrosis factor (TNF). Treatments in this class include Cimzia, Humira, and Remicade.
But not everyone with Crohn's is helped by TNF drugs, and some who do well at first stop responding to them.
"About 60% of people with Crohn's disease will have an initial response to TNF drugs and of those, half will lose their response over the course of the year," says researcher William J. Sandborn, MD. He is the chief of the division of gastroenterology at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine. They can still try additional TNF drugs if they haven't been helped by one, but surgery is often their last resort, he says.
The new findings are "very encouraging and bode well that this drug will eventually become a new treatment option for people with Crohn's," Sandborn says.
As of now, Stelara is being studied in clinical trials of Crohn's disease across the U.S.
The new study included 526 people with moderate to severe Crohn's that was resistant to TNF-blocker drugs. Some participants were given one intravenous dose of Stelara, and another dose was injected every eight weeks for 36 weeks; other participants were given a placebo.
Some people given the new drug began to improve within six weeks of therapy. Those who responded to Stelara after the initial dose were more likely to enter remission at 22 weeks.
Six people treated with Stelara developed a serious infection, and one person developed basal cell skin cancer. Both infections and skin cancer are also considered risks with the TNF-blockers due to how these drugs affect the immune system.
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- Feb 12:
- Contra Costa Times editorial: Water districts should impose conservation measures now
- Oakland Tribune editorial: Water districts should impose conservation measures now
- Feb 7:
- California Drought: Desperately needed rain, courtesy of "Pineapple Express" slamming into California
- Feb 6:
- Drought doesn't mean doom for your plants
- Rain soaks Bay Area, another storm coming
- California drought: Big rain headed toward Bay Area could double dismal rainfall totals
- Feb 5:
- California drought: House water bill exposes deep partisan divide
- Feb 4:
- Fremont district urges conservation, offers water-saving program as drought persists
- Gov. Jerry Brown calls congressional Republican drought bill 'divisive'
- Roadshow: Caltrans watering less as drought continues
- Feb 3:
- North Bay homeowners slash water usage through creative conservation
- California drought: Biggest rainfall of 2014 soaks Bay Area
- Jan 31:
- California drought: State Water Project will deliver no water this summer
- Gov. Brown says flush less as California struggles with drought
- Drought shakes off winter for perilous early spring
- Jan 30:
- Obama pledges support amid California drought
- California wine industry reports robust 2013, but worries loom about drought
- Drizzle brings hope to thirsty California but does nothing to deter drought
- Jan 29:
- Bay Area wakes up to drizzle as light rain appears for first time in more than a month
- Zone 7 Water Agency seeks 20 percent voluntary water reduction from customers
- Jan 27:
- Water oak trees if needed, but not too much
- Rain expected this week won't put dent in the drought, forecasters say
- Gold prospectors take advantage of California drought
- California drought: Bay Area water districts start asking urban residents to conserve
- Jan 26:
- After decades of payments, EBMUD may finally use its emergency water supply
- Jan 25:
- California drought: Past dry periods have lasted more than 200 years, scientists say
- Jan 23:
- Around Dublin: Do your part now to get ahead of drought
- Jan 22:
- Drought: California is a red state, if you're talking weather
- Jan 21:
- California drought: Tips for conserving water
- Jan 18:
- Snow makers rescue big Sierra resorts as drought bakes smaller ones
- Jan 17:
- Brown declares California drought emergency
- California drought: Three more months of dry weather likely, National Weather Service announces
- Jan 16:
- Drought declared a natural disaster in California, 10 other states
- Jan 14:
- Drought imperils California salmon, steelhead
- California drought: What's causing it?
- Jan 10:
- Despite California drought, chances for water bond are evaporating
- Jan 8:
- Timm Herdt: Learning to adapt to droughts
- Jan 3:
- Barnidge: California droughts aren't nearly as scary as they used to be
- Dec 29:
- California drought deepens as another year's rains stay away
As California's drought deepens, 17 communities across the state are in danger of running out of water within 60 to 120 days, state officials said Tuesday.
In some communities, wells are running dry. In others, reservoirs are nearly empty. Some have long-running problems that predate the drought.
The water systems, all in rural areas, serve from 39 to 11,000 residents. They range from the tiny Lompico County Water District in Santa Cruz County to districts that serve the cities of Healdsburg and Cloverdale in Sonoma County.
And it could get a lot worse.
"As the drought goes on, there will be more that probably show up on the list," said Dave Mazzera, acting drinking-water division chief for the state Department of Public Health.
Most of the affected water districts have so few customers that they can't charge enough money to pay for backup water supplies or repair failing equipment, leaving them more vulnerable to drought than large urban areas.
The state health department compiled the list after surveying the more than 3,000 water agencies in California last week. The list will be updated weekly, Mazzera said.
State health officials are in discussion with leaders of other agencies, including the state Office of Emergency Services and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, to work on immediate solutions, he added. Those could include everything from trucking in water to the health department providing emergency funds for drilling new wells or connecting faltering systems to other water systems.
A similar list of vulnerable communities was compiled during California's last drought, which lasted from 2007 to 2009. But the current drought is more severe. Less rain fell in 2013 than in any year since California became a state in 1850.
Even though some rain is forecast for Thursday, major storms are desperately needed this winter and spring to replenish depleted reservoirs, rivers and the Sierra Nevada snowpack -- which on Tuesday stood at 14 percent of normal.
"This is a statewide drought. This is a serious drought," Bill Croyle, director of the state Drought Task Force, said Thursday. "It's all hands on deck."
Croyle, an official with the state Department of Water Resources, made his remarks at a meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, a state board of water experts.
Asked by board member Hank Nordhoff, a San Diego businessman, where the water will come from to bail out small systems, Croyle said he's working on it.
"You are going to get it wherever you can get it," he said.
Retorted Nordhoff: "That's a frightening reply."
Croyle cited the possibility of new pipe connections to other water systems and trucking in water.
"On the Central Coast, they have in the past looked at desalination," he added. "So if we lose our groundwater and surface water, we are going to go to the ocean. It is going to be expensive, but you bring in mobile plants and fire them up."
Since California's last major drought, which ran from 1987 to 1992, most major urban areas have spent millions of dollars to store water underground, fund conservation programs, build new reservoirs and construct wastewater recycling plants. As a result, their residents are feeling little effect so far.
On Tuesday, the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission announced a voluntary 10 percent cutback for its 2.6 million customers in San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara and Alameda counties. Similarly, the Santa Clara Valley Water District has requested a 10 percent voluntary cutback. Others, like the Contra Costa Water District and the East Bay Municipal Utility District, have not yet asked customers to meet conservation targets.
The story is different in many rural areas.
Lompico County Water District, in the Santa Cruz Mountains near Felton, has long-standing water supply issues and is exploring a possible merger, but so far has been stymied by nearly $3 million in needed upgrades -- a hefty bill for the district's 500 customers.
"We have been unable to take water out of the creek since August and well production is down, and we didn't have that much water to begin with," said Lois Henry, a Lompico water board member.
Henry said she hopes the state comes with funding to help the agency find more reliable water. The district could soon have to begin trucking in water, she said.
"I'm frankly worried," Henry said. "I know people turn their faucet on and say, 'Oh, everything's fine.' And I know it's not."
In Cloverdale, where 9,000 Sonoma County residents draw their water from four wells, low flows in the Russian River prompted the City Council last week to put in place mandatory 25 percent rationing, which includes a ban on lawn watering. The city raised water rates 50 percent to put in two new wells, which should be completed by July, said City Manager Paul Caylor.
"Hopefully," he said, "we'll be able to get through the summer and the development of this project will pay off."
Santa Cruz Sentinel reporter Jason Hoppin contributed to this report. Paul Rogers covers resources and environmental issues. Contact him at 408-920-5045. Follow him at Twitter.com/PaulRogersSJMN


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Scores of local victims of a disease they say makes them so weak they can't drive, think clearly or make tea without laying down are being denied insurance payments for treatment of that disease.
This is despite the fact that the antibiotic Rocephin alleviates the symptoms of Lyme disease, say many patients who have used it and doctors and nurses who have treated them with it.
So in order to get the treatment for more than the 28 days allowed by many companies – or in some cases, to get it at all – victims like Kristin Raucci of Pine Bush, Scott Owens of Kerhonkson and Doreen Peone of Saugerties must pay hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars per month, often going broke or even, in the case of Owens, losing a business in the process.
What makes this even more frustrating to these victims of the tick-borne disease is that nearby Connecticut has a law requiring insurance companies to pay for that long-term treatment of Lyme.
"Until New York does something like that, there's nothing we can do," says a spokeswoman for the New York Attorney General's Office, which filed an appeal to Raucci's insurance company, MVP, after it denied her request for more treatment with Rocephin. The attorney general's office – whose appeal of Raucci's case was also denied – says it's seen other cases like Raucci's, although it couldn't say how many.
"That's a sin," says registered nurse Debbie Moll of New Jersey, who's treated many local patients with long-term intravenous doses of Rocephin and said "they absolutely did get better."
Area lawmakers pushing bill
This is why two state lawmakers in this region with the nation's highest incidence of Lyme – state Sen. Terry Gipson, D-Poughkeepsie, and Assemblyman Kevin Cahill, D-Kingston – are sponsoring companion bills in the state Legislature that would remedy the situation that Raucci calls "potentially life threatening."
The bills (S03478 and A05174) "require insurers to provide long- term medical care for Lyme disease and other tick borne related pathogens."
"Insurance companies are not prepared to deal with it," says Gipson. "The side effects go on for years and years and the insurance just doesn't cover it."
Cahill, who says a relative has been "debilitated" by Lyme, agrees.
"It's been a real challenge to go through the hurdles with insurance companies," says Cahill, who happens to be chairman of the Assembly's Insurance Committee.
That certainly isn't news to Lyme victims like Raucci, a 47-year-old mother of two who's on leave from teaching Spanish at Pine Bush High School while she copes with a disease that left her so weak – and in such stabbing pain – she had to lie down on a kitchen table while she was making that tea. Not only did it take months for her to be diagnosed after her tick bite, but she also says that in addition to fighting the disease, she's also been fighting what countless Lyme disease victims must fight – members of the medical community who say that "all the data suggest there is no such thing as chronic Lyme disease," according to one local doctor who's treated scores of Lyme patients.
In fact, the very existence of chronic Lyme is so controversial, many doctors – including Raucci's – would not comment for this article.
Raucci had no idea she was in for such a fight when, a few months ago, she developed a 101.8 fever that not only sent her home from school, but also left her so weak that while she was taking off her clothes that day, she "urinated on myself and didn't know it."
She finally got relief from that intravenous treatment of Rocephin – after her insurance company denied payment for the initial treatment several times.
But when she applied for payment for treatment beyond the 28 days, her company, MVP, denied it, just as it denied the appeal from the attorney general's office.
"Not medically necessary," it said in an April 5 letter to the state Attorney General Health Care Bureau. "There is no data to support long-term antibiotic therapy in patients with Lyme disease."
MVP would not discuss Raucci's case with a reporter because of patient privacy laws.
But statements like "not medically necessary" are disputed by patients, nurses and doctors who agree with Dr. Steven Bock of Rhinebeck who's treated countless Lyme victims with Rocephin.
"Yes, it is effective," he says, noting he's treated patients with the antibiotic for up to six months and "seen notable improvement."
Scores of local patients agree, including one woman who couldn't concentrate long enough to decide whether to open a window – and then didn't have the strength to do it. Not only did her doctor tell her she was suffering from Attention Deficit Disorder, but her insurance company, United Healthcare, also denied payment for Rocephin using those same words, "not medically necessary." So she paid $2,000 for the drug and treatment and is now feeling fine.
That is what infuriates those Lyme disease victims who have been denied coverage for long-term treatment.
"Twenty-eight days treatment is what is allowed," says Peone, a former member of the Ulster County Lyme Disease Advisory Committee. "But your body doesn't have a magic wand that you wave and say you're better in 28 days or 6 months or a year."
Peone says that even though Lyme left her so weak she had to be carried into a doctor's office and was hospitalized several times, she was once told by a neurologist: "You're in your late 40s; you're probably going through menopause."
Perhaps that misdiagnosis is because the signs and symptoms of Lyme disease "are non specific and can be found in other conditions," according to the Mayo Clinic. Plus, says the Mayo website, if left untreated it can cause other afflictions like facial palsy, arthritis and impaired memory – all of which occurred to Raucci, Peone and many other long-term Lyme victims.
This is why they're infuriated when insurance companies won't pay for the long-term treatment by drugs that alleviate those long-term symptoms.
Scott Owens had to close his store in Middletown because the disease's physical and financial toll. Owens goes through his medication regimen at his home in Kerhonkson.Photo: David Doonan/For the Times Herald-Record
"They have cookie-cutter programs and cookie-cutter protocol, and they won't cover any more than they have to," says Kerhonkson's Scott Owens, whose insurance company denied extended treatment of Rocephin. He's had to close his auto-glass store in Middletown because the disease was so costly – both physically and financially. Owens has been so sick, he couldn't get out of bed, let alone his home.
"I was told by a doctor, 'if you were treated with Rocephin, you wouldn't be in the situation you're in,'" he says.
So Owens did what Raucci is doing – pay for the drug and IV treatments himself, which can cost more than $1,000 per month, and "wiped out my 401K."
Raucci has already maxed out her credit cards paying for the antibiotic. The staff at Pine Bush High School raised $700 to help her pay for it. Her sister is paying for a month's treatment.
"I don't know what I'd do if I didn't have family, friends and a credit card," she says.
But despite pressure in her chest, stabbing pains in her shins, tingling in her joints, headaches and a brain so foggy she has to write down what she wants to say before she says it, she vows to continue her fight, for herself and others. She's even written to President Barack Obama, Governor Andrew Cuomo and Senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand.
"This has stopped being about just me," she says in the kitchen with some 40 medications on her table and a "Tick Twister" hanging on a wall. "It's about the people who don't know how to fight, who are too sick to fight. I'm going to fight for them."
One reason many doctors don't believe that chronic or long-term Lyme disease exists, or that it can be treated with extended doses of the antibiotic Rocephin, are the beliefs of doctors like Gary Wormser, professor of medicine and chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases at New York Medical College in Valhalla who helped write the Lyme disease guidelines for the Infectious Diseases Society of America. These are the edited answers to questions to him posed by the Times Herald-Record.
Dr Gary Wormser helped write the Lyme disease guidelines for the Infectious Diseases Society of America.
Does chronic – or long-term – Lyme disease exist?
These are the facts: Chronic Lyme is an ill-defined term. To some it is the diagnosis for anyone with unexplained subjective complaints such as fatigue. Positive lab tests are not required to diagnose it and antibiotic treatment is indefinite.
Tick exposure is not required. If you feel better on antibiotics that supports the diagnosis, if you feel worse on antibiotics that supports the diagnosis as you are feeling worse because the (bacteria) are dying. If you feel the same, that also is consistent with the diagnosis because chronic Lyme is hard to treat … Most cases of chronic Lyme have never had Lyme.
If chronic Lyme does exist, is there treatment for it?
For early Lyme, antibiotic treatment is given for about 14 days, for late Lyme, which usually means Lyme arthritis, the treatment is four weeks.
If four weeks of oral does not resolve Lyme arthritis, then we treat with either another four-week course of oral antibiotics or with a 2- to 4-week course of IV. For patients with chronic Lyme who really don't have (the Lyme) infection, there is no role for antibiotics.
Do antibiotics work?
For (Lyme), yes, for chronic Lyme, no.
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Nikole Killion is a correspondent for the Hearst-Argyle Washington bureau.
Nikole is no stranger to politics. She joined Hearst-Argyle from WJLA/NewsChannel 8 in Washington, DC where she served as a general assignment reporter and substitute anchor.
Nikole covered several top stories in the region including the state funeral of President Ronald Reagan, Washington's historic baseball stadium deal and the Beltway Sniper Trial. In 2007, Nikole traveled to South Africa where she produced a special report on HIV/AIDS as a recipient of the Johns Hopkins University International Reporting Project Fellowship.
Before heading "Inside the Beltway", Nikole was an anchor at NBC affilate WHAG in Hagerstown, MD. During her stint in Western Maryland, Nikole earned an Associated Press Award for Outstanding Specialty Reporting.
She has also worked on-air for Black Entertainment Television (BET), WKYT (CBS) in Lexington, KY and New York 1 News. Nikole got her start in television as an assignment editor and field producer for NBC News.
Nikole is a member of the National Association of Black Journalists. She is an alumna of the Institute on Political Journalism at Georgetown University. She holds both Bachelors and Masters degrees from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.


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The screech of a saw, the sparks from a welding flame, the rain of sawdust against goggles. There is something unique about the experience in a Cupertino Union School District shop class.
Believe it or not, metal and wood shops are alive and well in the district, with full classes and plenty of impressive projects coming from students each day.
"Shop in general is pretty rare these days," says Matthew Saunders, a metal shop teacher at Cupertino Middle School. "There came a time not too long ago where we were moving towards an informational society and kids weren't going to work with their hands as much."
But Cupertino Union students are among the lucky ones, as each of its five middle schools has at least a metal or wood shop class, with Cupertino and Hyde middle schools having both. Classes are often full and some have as many as 30 kids, with students returning for more throughout the year and in following years.
At most of the schools, students can take the course at least twice and sometimes a third time in their middle school careers. Hyde Middle School woodshop teacher Neal Wooley estimates 70 to 80 percent of his students take his class or Mike Nolte's metal shop classes for a second time.
Students across the district learn how to use a variety of machines and power tools, such as scroll-saws, sanding machines, lathes and welding tools.
Students even get lessons in painting, spray painting and types of finishes. Given the vast variety of possible projects and tools available, students rarely work on the same project at the same time.
Early projects see students create their own nameplate or make a simple puzzle that forms an object, such as an elephant or rabbit. Few classes venture into the world of furniture, as the cost of materials can be expensive and the bigger the project, the more likely the chance of mistakes and wasted materials.
"The courses are very broad-based in that sense," says Sergio Gonzales, a shop teacher at Miller Middle School. "Most projects are quite small, usually more like tabletop objects. I want them to be making something that has a purpose. Wood is a semi-renewable resource, so if you're gonna be making something out of this wood, it better serve a purpose."
Numerous projects have practical uses. Some students create their own pens, birdhouses, clocks, bookends, bowls, flashlights, stamps, gumball machines and even pocket watches.
Wooley and Nolte's students find that once their parents get wind of what they are making in class, requests galore for household items like spatulas, dust pans and candle holders come from home.
Advanced students at Hyde have collaborated on chess sets, and many try their hand at building their own skateboards.
"Making a skateboard is really interesting," says Jack Robinson, an eighth-grader at Hyde. "It really is like no other project. You're using a different set of tools than any other project you do. When I made a skateboard, it didn't turn out quite how I wanted it to, so I instead turned it into a piece of furniture."
Many elective programs in the school district are about giving students their first chance to make a choice about what they can take and what they want to learn.
"We have taken that further into shop classes," says Nolte. "It used to be everybody made a dust pan, but we now give them a lot of options from various categories and more options and choices. We are starting to see that as more of a trend in the shop program. I think the kids would agree on that kind of perspective."
Indeed, most students love the freedom of working on what they want.
"Basically, if you can dream it, you can do it and make whatever you want. We design our own curriculum; as long as you use your time wisely, you can pretty much do whatever you want with the resources we have," says Kyra Soares, an eighth-grader at Hyde.
Students typically will need to do enough projects to at least attempt to work on most machines and tools in their class. A wide array of projects is possible, an option that leads to enthusiasm in the classroom.
"If you're creative, then you should definitely do these classes," says Joey Wilson, a sixth-grade metal and wood shop student. "You will get the No. 1 experience at school in these two classes, because it lets you be creative and do what you like. It is great to have this creative opportunity and be able to have it while in school."
Shop classrooms also have an air of fun even when things do not go quite right. Wooley and Nolte have an museum for items that were involved in near accidents.
Projects that do not turn out so well might end up immortalized on the "Wall of Shame" in Mike Moustakas' Kennedy Middle School class.
"How good they are in this class is up to each individual child," Moustakas says.
Projects with a purpose might also lead to fun events. Each year, Saunders' Cupertino Middle School kids make hot dog roasters. During lunchtime on Nov. 30, students and hungry staff members dropped by the metal shop to test out the roasters and cook up some franks during what he calls the "Hot Dog Apocalypse."
"Kids are really motivated by their stomachs, and playing with fire is always popular and so is making something sharp and pointy. [The event] is good advertising for our class," Saunders says.
Reaching out to more students has helped keep classes full. A glance inside a shop class today may surprise those from the older generation, as close to half the students are girls.
Nolte and Saunders' jewelry making classes have been a hit with girls as well and give students a chance to work with glass torches. Many teachers tend to agree on one thing about girls' performance in class.
"If you were to try and boil it down, among middle school kids, the girls really do excel more than the boys do. They seem to have more hand-eye coordination and patience," Saunders says.
While the girls tend to be more patient, Moustakas adds that the boys are more aggressive, "like Tim 'The Tool Man' Taylor."
Regardless of gender, the universal language of working with one's hands translates well in shop class. Hyde Middle School has a number of English learners in its classes, and Moustakas has a number of special education students in his class who he says are getting valuable skills to take with them through life.
Lost art?
Shop is becoming rarer for a number of reasons, as many of the teachers hear about schools around the state shutting down their metal shop programs and replacing them with computer technology classes or something less costly.
Cupertino Union's programs do not appear to be in danger, but the classes do compete with very popular foreign language and band electives.
"I'm surprised how many choose to come back because when they do come back, they are closing the door on something else they could have taken," Wooley says.
To help with funding, students pay a use fee of about $25-$30 each class, which usually is enough to complete a course worth of projects. The schools also get creative using old countertops and leftover bits and pieces of wood for practice projects.
The teachers say that one of the biggest barriers to shop classes is not so much funding, but finding a teacher with the right training who's willing and able to teach the class. The success of a shop has much to do with the dedication of the teacher.
Wooley took over the Hyde shop about seven years ago and helped expand the program. He even had students rebuild workstations and storage areas.
Shop teachers remind skeptical parents about the long-term value of creativity paired with precision handiwork. Beyond making projects, the courses provide invaluable practice for students who are using their hands with precise purpose.
"Every Back to School Night I talk to the parents and explain to them that surgeons need be able to work with their hands and lots of fields like dentistry and engineering need those skills," Saunders says.
Nolte, too, reminds his metal shop students and parents that there is plenty of spillover to other subject matter in shop classes. When students work on projects, they get broader scientific knowledge in physics or chemistry, learning, for instance, the melting point of metal. When they make their own chain mail, they might pick up some facts on the Middle Ages.
Nolte adds that the hot market for handmade artisan projects is often brought up during his metal classes. Students are reminded that the skills they learn making jewelry and other practical things could be marketable.
A student's recent creation of an iPhone case provoked a discussion about how projects are designed with an eye for marketing.
Few discussions about shop class are complete without an obligatory safety question. Power tools and teenagers seem like a deadly mix, but shop teachers say the danger is a bit overblown.
"Shops have always been seen as kind of dangerous, but there are a million more serious injuries by far occurring in P.E. classes," Saunders says.
While shop teachers rarely have to grade papers or bring essays home to pore over, that luxury is replaced with a fast-paced work day during which eyes need to be everywhere.
"It keeps you on your toes," Saunders says. "You don't get to sit behind the desk; you're on 24-7, constantly surveying the room."
Gonzales adds that "not all students are working on the same thing and so many different things are going on. Some substitute [teachers] find it very nerve-wracking."
To further promote safety, Wooley has students memorize safety rules, which are repeated if there is ever a "close call" in the classroom, he says. Wooley and Nolte also keep a running list of school days since the last accident.
As of Nov. 30, Wooley's class had gone 655 days since the last incident. A nearby sign states, "Machines have no brains. Use yours!"
Some students might have to persuade parents to let them enroll and students admit to a bit of trepidation before using an unfamiliar machine.
"Some things you may be uncomfortable with, but I say do what you want if you really want to do it," says Hyde sixth-grader Rusheed Ramsey of shop classes. "It's your experience, and once you get better you will gain so much more confidence."


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I wanted to make a simple , healthy salad with sprouts, mixed vegetables and fruits for a long time. I googled so many basic salad recipes and came out with my version.Here i used grated beetroot .So the color of beetroot dominates here. Otherwise it would be a colorful salad to attract ur kids. Make ur choice of adding or omitting the veggies and fruits given in this recipe.
For 1 person
- Sprouted green gram - 1 handful
- Carrot - 1 no(grated)
- Beetroot - 1/2 no ( grated) (optional)
- Big onion - 1/2 no (chop finely)
- Cabbage - Few leaves ( chop finely)
- Pomegranate - 1 handful
- Guava - 1/2 no ( Chop into squares)
- Coriander leaves - A few
- Lime juice - Few drops
- Pepper powder - 1/2 tsp
- Salt - As needed
- Take a wide bowl and mix all the ingredients given above. Squeeze a few drops of lime juice. Mix well and serve !!
- Add two pinches of chat masala to the above recipe to give a nice flavor. But adjust the salt as chat masala contains salt.
- U can also add chopped tomato pieces and cucumber pieces when u want to serve instantly otherwise the salad may become watery.
- I usually pack the above salad for my hubby's lunch box without tomato and cucumber.


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Monday, September 24, 2012
In today's sports society, the competitive fire is usually at the top of the list in what you want to see in a player. But sometimes, and in certain situations, that fire and winning in general, takes a back seat to a good old fashioned display of humanity.
When the twelve members of the Glascock County softball team took the field last Saturday, it seemed like just another game.
Little did they know what was about to happen.
"You pray for your team to win, and then this happens," said Head Coach Matt Swint. "You're like, well, maybe that was the answer to my prayers that God...he showed out that way instead of us winning."
So what was so big that it trumped even taking home the win?
It started when Telfair County's Jaycee Selph went deep for a Lady Trojans home run. Turns out, it would be no ordinary home run trot.
"She fell on her face on first, and me and Anna just looked at each other," said 3rd baseman Casey Gunn. "Our coach looked at us and told us to go over there. So we ran over there and picked her up."
Selph pulled her hamstring, and the pain was more than she could take.
Short Stop Anna Holton said, "She was crawling so I tried to calm her down and said, 'Okay. We're going to tote you now.' I tried to pick her up. then Casey (Gunn) came over to help me and the entire team...it was really a team effort kind of deal."
The Lady Panthers got her all the way around the bases to complete the home run, and it didn't leave a dry eye in the house.
Gunn said, "She was crying. She was bawling. I could tell she was hurting, but I think everybody out there was crying, her mom, the fans."
No doubt, winning is important when it comes to sports, but it turns out it's not always most important.
Swint said, "Sportsmanship always wins out, and that's when you realize you do the right things. You let go of wins and losses and do the right thing. When somebody needs you, you help them out."
The Lady Panthers said they made friends for life with the Telfair County girls, and if given the chance to do the same thing, they'd do it in a heartbeat.


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Thursday, June 4, 2009
Cubed Steak Sandwich
I will tell you, however, that your hubby will forever look at you with longing and loving eyes if you make this for him. (I'm such a tease...lol)
For those of you who didn't heed the warning, let me give you a little background. I'm a huge fan of Lee Drummond and her website, The Pioneer Woman. I adore her entire site, but I'm most in awe of her cooking and photography skills. She's also endearing and extremely funny in her writing and I've spent hours and hours perusing her pages and admiring her talent. Her hubby, whom she's dubbed Marlboro Man, is a cowboy and she has devoted a special section to his favorite recipes. This is his favorite sandwich.
I won't post the recipe here because you simply have to watch her put it together. She's very detailed with directions and her numerous photos will make the entire process easy to follow and leave no room for error. What I am going to do however, is post the recipe I used to make these incredible soft white buns.
When I read Ree's recipe, I knew that I was not going to use a dense whole wheat bun. Nope, I was going for a soft white hoagie. King Arthur's website once again supplied a winning recipe. Here's my adaptation:
Soft Sandwich Rolls
2 1/2 teaspoons regular instant yeast
3 tablespoons sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
3 cups King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour
1/4 cup potato flour
1/3 cup + 1 tablespoon lukewarm water
3/4 cup lukewarm milk
3 tablespoons shortening
In a large bowl, whisk together the yeast, sugar, salt, flour and potato flour. Add the water, milk and shortening and beat until smooth. Knead the dough on a lightly oiled surface till it's smooth and supple, or use the dough hook and your mixer. Add flour if you must, but the dough will continue to absorb liquid as you knead, so try to knead for 5 minutes or so before adding any additional flour. Remember, the more flour in the dough, the heavier and dryer the rolls will be.
Transfer the dough to a lightly oiled bowl, cover the bowl with plastic wrap, and set the dough aside to rise till doubled in bulk, 1 1/2 to 3 hours, depending on the warmth of your kitchen.
Divide the dough into eight pieces. Gently flatten each pieces into a 3" circle and roll up like a cigar, tucking ends under and sealing seam. Place the rolls on a parchment lined baking sheet. Drape the rolls with lightly greased plastic wrap or a clean towel, and set them aside to rise till they're very puffy, 1 1/2 to 2 hours.
Bake the rolls in a preheated 350°F oven for 20 to 22 minutes, or until they're golden brown. Remove them from the oven, set them on a wire rack to cool, and spray them with butter-flavored pan spray, if desired (or brush them with melted butter or margarine). This will give the rolls a soft crust. When the rolls have cooled completely, store them in an airtight container.
Additional notes: I made four hoagie buns and four regular round buns out of this recipe because I wanted to have some white sandwich buns for grilled burgers this weekend.
Hubby said the buns took the sandwich "over the top." I thought so too. But I won't be making this sandwich again. It was one of those special treats and I think (hope) I've got it out of my system! Thanks Ree.
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- coffeegrounded said...
Mags, the soft sandwich buns are to die-for! Once you've had one, there's no going back to a store-bought, plastic-wrapped, no-taste, air-mass of nothing. Nope. Now you have spoiled your cowboy. He'll not care what's inside that bun, but simply that you used those loving hands to create it. They sure does look pretty! ;)
- June 4, 2009 at 7:17 AM
- Debbie said...
The buns look so soft and delicious! I also love Ree's site. Love the step by step pictures. I definitely need those!
- June 4, 2009 at 11:25 AM
- Moogie said...
This looks fab-o. And it just so happens that Pap just took out a nice big life insurance policy. If he should happen to succumb to a heart attack. At least he will go with a smile on his face and a full belly. And I will grieve deeply while on a cruise to Bermuda.
- June 4, 2009 at 11:40 AM
- Mags said...
coffee: I agree, no more store-bought buns for me. These were awesome.
Debbie: Thank You. Isn't Ree a great teacher?
Moogie: LOL..Sounds like you've got a plan, you naughty, naughty girl.
- June 4, 2009 at 12:24 PM
- Little Miss Baker said...
These sounds DIVINE!! The fiance would lovveee these :)
- June 4, 2009 at 4:46 PM
- Mags said...
Ahhh Little Miss Baker... you're out to harden his arteries before ye even merry the lad, eh?
- June 4, 2009 at 5:53 PM
- Jen @ MyKitchenAddiction.com said...
Wow - the rolls look delicious!
- June 4, 2009 at 8:15 PM
- Mags said...
Thanks Jen! At the tender age of 50 I feel like I'm finally coming into my own with regard to bread baking. It's exciting!
- June 4, 2009 at 8:20 PM
- HoneyB said...
Still, looks great even if it is a heart attack! Grumpy would eat it with no qualms!
- June 5, 2009 at 5:37 AM
- Mags said...
HoneyB, your Grumpy sounds a lot like my hubby.
- June 5, 2009 at 7:41 AM
- haleysuzanne said...
This is too funny! I just stumbled upon that recipe myself, and I thought it sounded sooo good. I mean, it's a lot of butter, but who am I to talk? I just used half a pound of butter to make brioche. I'm saving this one for a rainy day when we make the perfect bread for it.
- June 6, 2009 at 4:38 PM
- Mags said...
Haleysuzanne.. thanks for stopping by! Soft white bread just can't be beat, but it really is a splurge with regard to diet. I've been hiding the scales a lot lately..lol
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Children are bound to come down with the occasional cold or other viral illness, especially when cold weather keeps a whole class cooped up inside all day. Whether or not to keep your sick child home from school or daycare can be a difficult decision to make, and may also depend on your child's school or daycare policies. A Mayo physician offers tips on how to decide.
According to health experts at Mayo Clinic Health System, young children's immune systems haven't learned to recognize and resist most common viruses. That's why, until they're eight or so, kids seem to bring home everything that makes the rounds at school. Children can typically have six to 10 colds per year.
In general, children should stay home when they don't feel well enough to participate in normal daily activities and lack sufficient alertness to learn or play.
Mayo Clinic Health System experts suggest that kids should stay home when they experience:
-Vomiting twice or more over a 24-hour period or being unable to tolerate normal food and drink, or both.
-A temperature of 101 or higher.
-Severe coughing or difficulty breathing.
-Repeated bouts of severe diarrhea for at least a day.
-Persistent abdominal pain (more than 2 hours).
-Open sores on the mouth.
-A skin rash or red eye from an undetermined cause.
-Head lice or scabies.
-Other contagious conditions such as strep throat, chicken pox, impetigo, etc.
According to Mayo Clinic, the top four infectious illnesses that keep children home from school or daycare are colds, the "stomach flu," pink eye and strep throat.
If your child's illness seems to be more than just a common cold or flu, you may want to contact his or her primary health care provider to see whether the symptoms could indicate something more serious.
The single most important thing your child can do to prevent illness is to wash his or her hands thoroughly and frequently. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that people wash their hands with soap and warm water for 15 seconds — about as long as it takes to sing the "Happy Birthday" song twice.
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"With fires breaking out all over the state and the extreme fire danger, it is important to our safety that we take a hard line on these violations," Hurlbert stated in the release. "Ultimately, I hope that the no plea bargain policy will help people to think twice before having an illegal fire and that everyone will have a safe and fun summer."
The White River National Forest, as well as Eagle County, are under Stage 2 fire bans, which prohibit the use of fireworks and open fires as well as other activities that could potentially trigger a blaze.
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Careers In History
Posted 07 May 2004 - 02:12 PM
I could have gone on to a search engine but I wanted to get people's opinions on whether they would like to have a career in history? If so, what career would that be?
Any thoughts?
I personally love history:wub: but I'm not sure what career to go in to...thats why i would like to hear others views...
Posted 07 May 2004 - 06:18 PM
More seriously, it's lovely that you want to make history your career, but I think you'll have difficulty being a full-time historian outside teaching (at school or university), archivist/librarian or writing/publishing.
Occasionally, it is possible to get some funded research jobs for firms, organisations or lottery-funded community projects, but these are all short-term projects, tend to be poorly-paid, and have no long-term job security.
Perhaps other people can think of other possibilities.
Posted 07 May 2004 - 06:21 PM
I imagined it would be hard to have a career in history outside of school etc
tourism and museums sound good! thanks for the feedback
Edited by ktjoanna, 08 May 2004 - 04:57 PM.
Posted 08 May 2004 - 10:34 AM
- Tourism/ tour guide (chance to work abroad)?
- Heritage (curator/ warden)
- Museums (not all stuffy - some are more like a theme park)
- TV (research/ presenting)
Posted 10 May 2004 - 11:44 AM
A lot of these questions popped into my head and although i have been on the net its not the same as getting a personal response from someone...
Any thoughts?
Posted 10 May 2004 - 10:07 PM
Famous history graduates include:
- HRH Prince Charles
- Gordon Brown, Chancellor of the Exchequer
- Neil Kinnoch, EEC Transport Commissioner
- Kenneth Clarke, former Chancellor of the Exchequer
- Robert Gunn, Chairman of Boots
- Lord Sainsbury, President of the supermarket chain
- Marmaduke Hussey, BBC Chairman of Governors
- John Tusa, Managing Director of BBC Worldwide
- Brian Walden, TV interviewer
and that:
Tony Blair, the Prime Minister, is on record as saying:
I wish I had studied History at University.
34% of History Graduates went into:
Administration, Management, Marketing or Finance (finance was the most popular).
Posted 10 May 2004 - 11:21 PM
As far as I am aware Forum Members are all students still at school (at least the ones who post are) and the adults are all History Teachers - so we all have History degrees. Obviously we all enjoy the subject and have made our careers in teaching. - though some of us have done other jobs before going into teaching later on.
has anyone taken a history degree and if so did u enjoy it? And are you able to chose which time periods you can do? What career did you make out of it?
However, as Mr Clare has pointed out, studying History at University can lead to a whole range of careers and also there are a great many things you can do apart from teaching but still directly using History. (see his previous messages) Oh and he forgot to add Ali G to his list of well known History graduates!
Employers in lots of different industries like Historians because they have a whole range of transferable skills. They know how to do research and to synthesise information from a number of sources. They are able to evaluate their sources and can weigh up the evidence and construct logical arguments. Unlike a lot of people we are very good at seeing both sides of an argument and then reaching balanced conclusions. All of this is very useful in the 'big wide world'. They have good communication skills. Historians are amongst the most 'employable' of all graduates.
As far as what you can study at University the possiblilities are wide and very varied. From Medieval to Modern; from Britain to Europe to S America to China etc etc etc. It all depends on which University you go to as to what courses they offer. What you need to do is to look at a range of University prospectuses to see what is out there.
Posted 11 May 2004 - 03:35 PM
Finance is very suprising for me...hmmm interesting *strokes chin*
34% of History Graduates went into:
Administration, Management, Marketing or Finance
wow I would never expected so many people in a variation of careers to be associated with history...wow and ali g 2?
Thanks for all the feedback Mrs. F and Mr. Clare!!!
Much appreciated!!
Posted 12 May 2004 - 07:31 AM
The study of people is at the heart of History their feelings, attitudes, prejudices and motivation. This understanding is very useful in the people professions, from receptionists, hairdressers and beauticians, to teachers, the Health Service, Social Work and Personnel.
History teaches interviewing and enquiry skills, which fit an historian for jobs which find out information TV researcher, investigative reporter, market research, police etc.
Historians know how to read documents, ignore irrelevancies, separate propaganda from the truth, and circumstantial from hard evidence. This is essential for people such as lawyers, administrators and politicians.
History requires extended, logical, reasoned debate in writing. It is essential for any job which requires writing reports, the Civil Service, Law, Journalism etc.
Historical knowledge is essential for certain jobs, such as Artist, Architect, Designer, Librarian, Archaeologist, Archivist, Tour Guide etc.
Historical skills such as cause and consequence, change and continuity etc., are essential in any job which requires analysis and strategy which includes jobs such as the Army, Teaching, Advertising, Medicine, Banking and Accountancy.
A pupil who has studied the Industrial Revolution will go into Industry aware of its structures and parameters for instance, accounts, markets, wages and working conditions, health, safety and trade unions.
The study of History teaches information handling, communicating ideas, flexibility and tolerance skills now regarded as essential in Industry. Historians solve problems and evaluate solutions. often by doing problem-solving group-work; skills essential in management in Industry and the Public Services, and in research and development teams in Science and Engineering.
So, really, History is an ideal and important basis for ANY career. Its skills are so varied that many employers actively encourage History graduates - recently, I read an article in which ICT firms were recruiting History graduates to their development teams because of their ability to think logically AND laterally at the same time.
I am aware, however, that you asked for careers which specifically involved working IN HISTORY, and these are harder to come by.
Posted 12 May 2004 - 08:48 AM
Its amazing yet so logical that history is involved in so many careers that i guess had never even considered having anything to do with history but now its obvious they do.
thanks you!
Posted 15 May 2004 - 02:12 PM
Remember - most careers are non-degree specific, so with a History degree you can get a job in almost any area - people I was at university with have gone on to be lawyers, journalists, writers, managers, accountants, librarians, university lecturers and plenty of other career paths.
Posted 27 June 2004 - 03:27 PM
I've got work experience and careers interviews etc coming up in the next few months and I really want to make some discisions about my future. I am quite good with history, but I really don't know if i want to continue with it. When I have asked about a future with history I recieved almost identical answers, but then I have asked other subjects and have recieved equally wide and varied ranges of work, which seem to overlap somewhat.
I've become quite confused with all the subjects trying to convince students that A/AS and GCSEs with their subject will provide all sorts of necessary skills that will be very desirable with employers and useful in life etc. I dare not leave thinking about this for any longer as I found deciding on GCSEs so hard. Now I don't really have any favourite amongst the subjects i am taking (I think it's important to know another language well, though, so I'll probably take A level French).
I have already used programs such as Pathfinder and end up in Economics, Finance and that sort of area, but I don't feel any desire to follow this direction. I know that this is my decision and that I need to work this out myself, but what made you choose History (that's to anyone at whatever level). A big problem for me is that I don't feel that I have done better in any particular subject than in any other I am taking and I've already taken on a little extra work for some subjects so am tied down a bit already (S1 Maths, AS Literature, Triple Science and possibly AS history).
What should I ask myself to make a decision? Also, what part does History play in the IB? I have been wondering if I should find out some more about this, does anyone know if its a good thing - is anybody teaching as part of it or taking it now or in the future?
Daniela - sorry,my post is too long....
Posted 27 June 2004 - 07:21 PM
What made you choose History (that's to anyone at whatever level).
I chose to study History (for A level) because I enjoyed it and was good at it, and above all because I had every confidence in the teachers I knew I would have. At that stage (GCSE) I didn't know whether it was something I would continue with at University, but I did carry on to read History at University. I didn't do that with any clear idea in mind about where it might lead career-wise, but just because I thought it was the most fascinating subject in the whole wide world. I eventually decided to go into teaching because I wanted to convey that enthusiasm to young people. It's a decision I have never regretted. I think what I am saying here is that you should "follow your heart" rather than taking totally pragmatic decisions about a future course of study. Apart from vocational courses any subject will enable you to learn skills that are applicable in a variety of careers.
What should I ask myself to make a decision?
I think you need to ask yourself (when choosing subjects for AS/A2):
Do I enjoy it?
Am I good at it?
Am I confident that I will be well-taught?
Am I closing any career paths I might be interested in by choosing this subject? (Choosing History shuts very few doors - unless of course you want to be a doctor or a nuclear physicist!)
You also need to ask yourself questions like:
Am I a 'people person'? (if you are fascinated by what makes people 'tick' then History is a brilliant subject to take)
Am I an analytical person?
Do I think logically?
Can I see both sides of a question?
Positive answers to these questions suggest History would be a good choice, but other subjects would also be relevant here.
what part does History play in the IB?
It depends what 'type' of IB you take, but the route that is Humanites-based has a big History element. To be honest I know little about it, but if no one else answers this question for you I can get someone who teaches it to answer your questions. My overall impression is that IB is very stimulating and an excellent foundation for University study. Certainly I have heard little negative about the course.
I hope that goes some way to answering your questions?
Perhaps some of the regular posters here who are taking AS/A2 History may reply too as I think that there is nothing like hearing from those who are actually doing it! Teachers of History are inevitably somewhat biased in their views - however hard we try to be objective!
Posted 28 June 2004 - 10:31 PM
There's a lot to think about there. I wish I had the belief in a subject as strong as your belief in History.
Posted 07 July 2004 - 09:47 AM
I LOVE HISTORY - but I've got to start thinking about a career!
What's the Use of History? The Career Destinations of History Graduates.
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With the retirement and relocation of President Stephen T. Hulbert, Nicholls State University and our region are losing an important member of our community.
Since his arrival at Nicholls approximately 10 years ago, Dr. Hulbert has transformed Nicholls into an outstanding regional university despite constant reductions in its budget, faculty and staff.
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