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By Julie Muhlstein Herald Writer
EVERETT — It could be abuse, family violence, a parent's mental illness or substance abuse, or the loss or incarceration of a loved one.
In social service and education circles it's called an ACE. That's an adverse childhood experience.
Those situations are clearly painful for kids. Major research is also finding that tough early experiences can create lifelong problems with learning, health, happiness and security.
Parents are invited to a free Adverse Childhood Experiences Forum at 7 tonight at the Imagine Children's Museum. The event, sponsored by the Snohomish County Children's Commission and other partners, is aimed at helping parents understand how children are affected by past trauma. Experts will share ways to help children become resilient and build healthy lives.
"The whole purpose of the forum is to get the information out there. Our task this year is to make ACEs common language," said Nancy Mickels, a member of the county Children's Commission. "This is about stopping the cycle and learning about resiliency in children. Why do some children go through a difficult time and survive to be strong, while others are eaten up by it?"
Speaking tonight will be Pam Wessel-Estes, a Snohomish Health District policy analyst and Children's Commission member; Maurene Stanton, principal of Lincoln Hill High School in the Stanwood-Camano School District; Joe Neigel, a father of five who has worked for Snohomish County's human services department in alcohol and drug prevention; and Laura Hamilton, a retired teacher of children with special needs.
Many professionals who work with kids know all about an ongoing study being conducted by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Working with more than 17,000 Kaiser Permanente patients in California, the study that started in 1995 is tracking the health and progress of participants who were surveyed confidentially about their childhoods and family issues.
"I'm very excited about this event," said Jim Teverbaugh, executive director of the Snohomish County Federated Health and Safety Network. "What it means to me is that the work we've been doing is really beginning to reach out to other organizations," said Teverbaugh, who co-authored a Herald opinion piece on the subject in 2011.
People attending the forum will see a brochure, "Understanding Adverse Childhood Experiences," created by the Health and Safety Network and the Children's Commission. It contains eye-opening results from the federal study:
Two-thirds of the 17,000 people studied reported at least one adverse childhood experience; in teens with four or more such experiences, nearly 20 percent will have attempted suicide and 25 percent will have intercourse before age 15. The study also found that compared with adults with no adverse childhood experiences, adults with four or more are twice as likely to be smokers, seven times more likely to be alcoholic, 10 times more likely to have used street drugs, and 46 times more likely to attempt suicide.
A separate Washington State University study, conducted in 2010, shows a direct correlation between the numbers of adverse childhood experiences and increased risk of academic failure, severe school attendance and behavior problems, and frequent health problems.
What's in the past can't be changed, but futures can be shaped, experts say.
Stanton, the Lincoln Hill principal, said there are real-world tools parents can use. Having routines and rituals, and being predictable as parents help build resiliency in kids, she said.
"Every single parent I've ever met in 26 years loves their child and is doing the best they can," Stanton said. "Every parent has dreams and expectations for their children. They don't always know how to get them there."
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Someone using a stun gun like a cattle prod assaulted a dozen patients at the Sonoma Developmental Center last fall, inflicting painful thermal burns on their buttocks, arms, legs and backs.
The center's in-house police force, the Office of Protective Services, had a suspect from the start. An anonymous whistle-blower called a tip line in September 2011 and accused Archie Millora, a caregiver at the Sonoma center, of abusing several profoundly disabled men with high-voltage probes.
Detectives found burn injuries on the patients, according to internal records obtained by California Watch. The following morning, they discovered a Taser and a loaded handgun in Millora's car at the Sonoma center.
The facility is one of five state-run board-and-care institutions that serve roughly 1,700 residents with cerebral palsy, mental retardation and severe autism -- disabilities that make communication difficult, if not impossible.
The one victim who is able to speak named Millora and used the word "stun" when interviewed by a detective at the center, according to a state licensing record.
As part of an ongoing investigation, California Watch has detailed how the institutions' internal police force, created by the state to protect the vulnerable residents at these state homes, often fails to conduct basic police work when patients are abused and harmed.
In case after case, detectives and officers have delayed interviews with witnesses or suspects -- if they have conducted interviews at all. The force also has waited too long to collect evidence or secure crime scenes and has been accused of going easy on co-workers who care for the disabled.
Those shortfalls again were on display in the Taser case, records show.
After the assaults were discovered, the Office of Protective Services made no arrest, deciding instead to handle it as an administrative matter. Also, at least nine days after the revelations, records show, detectives still had not interviewed Millora, whose personal Facebook page includes wall photos of assault weapons and handguns.
"There's absolutely no excuse for allowing that to happen like that without any ramifications," Assemblywoman Connie Conway, the Republican leader from Tulare, said of the stun gun assaults.
After California Watch published its initial investigation about the police force, a former state worker alerted reporters to the Taser incidents. Other whistle-blowers turned over records to the news organization, allowing the story to be told for the first time. The state Department of Developmental Services, which operates the developmental centers and in-house police force, has not responded to requests for additional documentation.
The Sonoma County district attorney's office announced this week it would review the stun gun cases, after examining state Department of Public Health records. "We're continuing to review the entire case; we haven't closed the door on our investigation," said Spencer Brady, chief deputy district attorney.
In a written statement, Terri Delgadillo, director of the state Department of Developmental Services, said the center's investigation "included interviews of over 100 individuals, including the suspect who was interviewed on three separate occasions and terminated from employment." She said that the department took the matter seriously and is continuing to investigate, nearly a year after the abuse occurred.
Millora -- who started working as a caregiver at the center in 1998, according to the Department of Developmental Services -- was fired in November, state controller records show. He did not respond to multiple interview requests made by phone and in person at his home.
Jim Rogers, the Sonoma center's executive director, also was fired, according to Delgadillo's statement. Rogers did not return phone calls seeking comment.
Leslie Morrison, head of investigations for Disability Rights California, said she was surprised that the Office of Protective Services kept control of these abuse cases.
Police at the Sonoma center "should have immediately picked up the phone and called outside law enforcement," Morrison said. "We've got a serial abuser here."
At the same time, the police force took steps to thwart a criminal investigation by local authorities, records show.
The stun gun allegation arrived on an answering machine in the executive director's office sometime on Sept. 26, the Sonoma center records show.
A male voice said Millora had used the stun gun on patients, according to records. When Millora returned to work, police found the stun gun and loaded handgun in his car.
On Oct. 5, the Sonoma center's top administrators met with an inspector from the state Department of Public Health investigating the injuries, according to an internal memo. The inspector, Ann Fitzgerald, asked whether the attacks were a criminal case.
"It could be," said the center's police commander, Bob Lewis, according to the memo.
But police at the center took steps that might have discouraged the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office from opening its own investigation. Lewis downplayed the series of attacks against patients, telling the sheriff's office there was an abuse allegation, not a dozen confirmed cases, the internal correspondence shows.
In the Office of Protective Services' call to the sheriff's office, center police disclosed they found two weapons, said Sonoma County Lt. Dennis O'Leary. Regarding the assaults against patients, O'Leary said Lewis informed them "just that there was some suspicion that there may have been some abuse to the patients." At the time, however, the in-house police detectives at the state center still had not questioned Millora, records indicate.
Delgadillo said in her statement that the sheriff's office decided "not to intercede and take over the investigation."
The sheriff's office had a different take.
"We offered to assist in their investigation, but we were told that they didn't need our help," said Sonoma County Assistant Sheriff Lorenzo Dueñas.
The Office of Protective Services did refer a criminal charge against Millora for carrying a concealed firearm, a misdemeanor, according to Sonoma County Superior Court records. He pleaded no contest to the charge in April and received 20 days of electronic monitoring, plus three years' probation and a $190 fine.
Charges of assault against a dozen patients could have meant decades in prison.
Sonoma center officials accepted responsibility for the stun gun abuses in June, when the state Department of Public Health issued the facility a "Class A" citation. The penalty included a $10,000 fine for violations that put patients at serious risk of harm or death.
The citation said 11 patients had stun gun injuries. Internal records from the Sonoma center list a dozen victims.
The precise burn marks on the victims' bodies indicate the Taser was used at close range to the victims -- almost like a cattle prod.
The burn marks came in pairs, roughly a half-inch apart, the citation said, and "represented non-accidental trauma." Some of the injuries were healing into scars, suggesting the attacker had abused the patients over the course of several days, if not weeks.
Based on the doctor's findings, the state inspector concluded the patient injuries were "abrasions consistent with the use of an electrical thermal device (Taser Gun)," the citation said.
All of the patients were treated at the center's own acute care clinic.
ABC 7 reporter Vic Lee contributed to this report. This story was edited by Mark Katches and copy edited by Nikki Frick and Christine Lee.
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The Golden Age
Tor, Apr 2002, 24.95, 304 pp. ISBN: 0312848706 Ten millenniums into the future, the solar system is a human utopia as mankind has achieved near immortality. However, at the millennial High Transcendence gala, Phaethon Prime of Rhadamanth meets a Neptunian who insists they are old friends, but Phaethon fails to recognize the individual. Though the latter is part of a nonstandard neuroform renowned as pranksters, Phaethon believes the Neptunian a...
The Golden Transcendence
Tor, Nov 2003, 25.95, 384 pp. ISBN: 0765307561 For all practical purposes humanity is immortal, but with the Millennium ending, the Transcendence begins. Anything sentient in the solar system whether the creature is biological, mechanical, technological, or hybrid briefly merges into one super mind. These end days will judge the merit of all species to determine who will survive the Transcendence. Phaethon the Exile has regained control of t...
The Last Guardian of Everness
Tor, Sep 2004, 25.95, 336 pp. ISBN: 0312848714 For the past millennium the Waylocks pass down from generation to generation the arduous task of guarding the dream-gate that contains malevolent beings waiting for a lapse by a watchman so they can flood into the earth to cause death and chaos. People ridicule the vigil of the Waylocks insisting that the dark forces are the realm of myths, and fantasy. Currently, guard Galen Waylock observes the...
The Phoenix Exultant
Tor, Apr 2003, 24.95, 320 pp. ISBN: 0765304325 With his exile, Phaethon knows that his life will never be the same (see THE GOLDEN AGE). Instead of the advantages he has received as a member of powerful and wealthy Radmanthus House, Phaeton will traverse the solar system on a quest to regain all he lost starting with his memory. However, though humans, other strange life forms, and sentient machines might want to offer their help, anyone who ...


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The Australian share market has closed in positive territory after touching a six year high in afternoon trade.
The ASX200 hit 5540.8 points at 1420 AEST before retreating later in the day.
Morgans client adviser Alistair McCorquodale said the local bourse had experienced two days of weak leads from the Northern Hemisphere amid low volumes.
"It's come off towards the end of the day," he said.
"Overall, after reasonably strong trading in Europe and the US we've carried on with some gains here."
The big miners and major banks all closed in positive territory while retailers Woolworths and Wesfarmers were some of the worst performers.
Australia's big four banks received a boost, led by Westpac which was 18 cents stronger at $34.50, ANZ had lifted 14 cents to $33.69, National Australia Bank rose 22 cents to $33.51 and Commonwealth Bank advanced 26 cents to $81.94.
But retailer Woolworths fell 44 cents to $37.45 as it considers selling its pubs and liquor stores.
Wesfarmers dropped 26 cents to $43.26 after its supermarket chain Coles opened up a new front in its battle with Woolworths, launching an overhaul of its liquor business.
Property developer Australand's shares have fallen after coming out of a trading halt following rival Stockland increasing its takeover offer to $2.5 billion.
Australand had dropped three cents to $4.23 while Stockland lifted one cent to $3.88.
Poker machine maker Aristocrat Leisure was 17 cents higher at $5.34 after reporting a nine per cent rise in first half earnings and flagging strong annual profit growth.
* At the close on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 15.5 points, or 0.28 per cent, higher at 5,527.2.
* The broader All Ordinaries index was up 15.9 points, or 0.3 per cent, at 5,506.7.
* The June share price index futures contract was 11 points higher at 5,538, with 14,377 contracts traded.
* The price of gold in Sydney is $US1263.90, down $US21.80 from $US1285.70 on Tuesday.
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Wildcats Save Best Round for Final Day to Finish Fifth
Oct. 15, 2013
DULUTH, Ga. – On the final day of the AutoTrader.com Collegiate Classic, the University of Kentucky men's golf team shot up the leaderboard with a season-best round of 275 to finish fifth at eight-under par (856) for the tournament. Kentucky has now finished in the top five in all three tournaments this season.
The Wildcats 13-under par day was five strokes better than the next closest team on Tuesday, while the third round score of 275 is tied for the second-best team round under head coach Brian Craig. Entering the final round, UK was in 11th place at five-over par. Four of the five players in the UK lineup recorded under-par rounds Tuesday, led by senior Ben Stow's seven-under par, 65.
Kentucky's final score of 856 is 26 strokes better than the previous season-low of 882 at the Wolf Run Invitational. The 54-hole score of 856 also ranks in a tie for 10th-best all-time in program history.
"I am really proud of our effort today," Craig said. "Ben Stow and David Snyder led the way for the low rounds of the day. We finished on a good note and did a better job of handling the Bermuda grass around the greens today. This team can play and it was fun to see our performance today. We need to build on this round going into the Ocean Course event in our next competition."
Georgia State won the event with a final score of 19-under par. The Panthers were followed by South Florida (-17), South Alabama (-15), Chattanooga (-9) and the Wildcats (-8) in the top five.
The rest of the team standings are rounded out with Mercer (-5), Georgia Southern (-3), VCU (-3), UNC Greensboro (+3), Ole Miss (+5), Troy (+9), Furman (+18), Michigan (+20) and South Carolina-Aiken (+20).
Stow's final round of seven-under par, 65, ranks in a tie for second as the best individual round in the Craig era. The Salisbury, England, native finished the tournament tied for fourth at seven-under par, 209. It marks his first top-five finish of the season and second top 10. Stow registered 15 birdies for the tournament, which tied him with Snyder for a tournament-best.
Snyder recorded a three-under par, 69, on the final day to move him up the leaderboard and into the top 20. He finished the tournament tied for 15th at three-under par, 213. His three-round score of 213 is a season-best after putting together a 217 in the season-opening tournament which he tied for ninth. He now has finished in the top 15 in all three tournaments this season.
Senior Stephen Powers notched a one-under par, 71, in the final round to give him a final score of four-over par, 220, which placed him in a tie for 43rd. Powers has recorded a par or better round in each tournament this season. Finishing just a stroke behind Powers was senior Cody Martin at five-over par, 221, which tied him for 50th. Martin turned in a scorecard of three-over par, 75, on Tuesday to wrap up his 54 holes.
Sophomore Harrison Greenberry registered his best round of the tournament on the final day with a two-under par, 70. Greenberry tied for 63rd at eight-over par (224). Rounding out the UK competitors was junior Will Bishop, who played as an individual. Bishop also improved round-to-round as he shot a two-over par, 74, on the final day of play. He tied for 80th at 16-over par (232).
For more information on the University of Kentucky men's golf team visit UKathletics.com and follow on Twitter at @UKmensgolf. The Wildcats will wrap up fall tournament action in Kiawah Island, S.C., at the Invitational at The Ocean Course from Oct. 27-29.
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Par: 72 (36-36)
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Final Results
5. Kentucky: 294-287-275=856 (-8)
T4. Ben Stow: 73-71-65=209 (-7)
T15. David Snyder: 74-70-69=213 (-3)
T43. Stephen Powers: 73-76-71=220 (+4)
T50. Cody Martin: 74-72-75=221 (+5)
T63. Harrison Greenberry: 80-74-70=224 (+8)
T80. *Will Bishop: 80-78-74=232 (+16)


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Cyclones' Ynoa leads pitching clinic
Brooklyn staff combines for four-hit, 15-inning shutout in win
By Jonathan Raymond / Special to MLB.com | July 19, 2012 10:05 PM ET
What he probably didn't anticipate was that the decision wouldn't be reached for another full nine innings.
The Cyclones finally scored on Richie Rodriguez's sacrifice fly in the top of the 15th and closed out the game in the bottom of the frame with a 4-6-2 double play to beat the Yankees, 1-0.
Ynoa started the marathon for Brooklyn, tossing six one-hit innings with three strikeouts and two walks. Six relievers followed, scattering three more hits and three walks while striking out 13 over nine innings.
"I think you've got to give credit to both staffs, there weren't too many hard-hit balls the whole night," said Brooklyn manager Rich Donnelly. "There were some guys who had some bad swings. For [short-season] ball, it's outstanding."
The 19-year-old right-hander made his sixth start of the season, all of which have lasted six frames. In all but one, he has allowed two earned runs or fewer.
The Dominican Republic native was signed by the Mets as an international free agent in 2009, but didn't appear in American pro ball until last season, when he debuted with the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League Mets. In 12 appearances between the GCL and Rookie-level Kingsport, Ynoa went 2-3 with a 3.21 ERA, striking out 27 and walking just four over 56 innings.
This season has seen him take another step forward. After Thursday's outing, Ynoa (1-1) lowered his ERA to 2.75 in 36 innings for the Cyclones. Once again he's thrived on control, whiffing 27 while allowing just five free passes. In his two Minor League seasons, his walks-per-nine innings ratio stands at 0.88.
"He has the poise of a much older pitcher, you watch him sometimes and think, 'Wow, this guy's a veteran and he's only 19 years old,'" said Donnelly. "He doesn't throw 95 [mph], but he knows how to change speeds and spot his fastball. He's always strike one. Very rarely goes into counts where it's 2-1, 3-1.
"He'd be hell at a carnival, he'd come home with a whole bag full of stuffed animals."
The Brooklyn bullpen pitched the equivalent of a complete-game shutout after Ynoa departed. Beck Wheeler struck out two in one perfect inning. Timothy Peterson followed with two perfect frames, fanning five. John Mincone allowed one hit in the next two innings and then Paul Sewald scattered two over 2 2/3 frames. Ernesto Yanez recorded the final out of the 14th.
Closer Tyler Vanderheiden picked up his sixth save of the year when he worked the 15th. With two men on and one out, Staten Island's Jamiel Orozco hit a chopper to second base, and Rodriguez played it to shortstop Phillip Evans for the first out.
Jose Rosario rounded third and dashed for home as the would-be game-tying run, but was thrown out by Evans from second for the game-ending 4-6-2 double play.
"Just came down to that freak play," said Donnelly. "I was trying to think back during the game -- and I'm from close to Pittsburgh -- so all I could think of was the Harvey Haddix game (in which he threw 12 perfect innings and the Pirates lost in the 13th) and how neat that must have been to throw 12 innings without a hit.
"Our pitchers had only one hit in the 10th, got to the 12th with only two. It made it exciting to watch."
Right fielder Jonathan Clark led the Cyclones with three hits, including a double.
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Inventory of Approved Off-Site Locations
MDHE staff is involved in the approval of new academic program proposals, changes to existing programs, and the off-site delivery of existing programs by public institutions. MDHE staff also reviews and offers comments on programs from independent institutions. All new academic program proposals are posted as "New Program Requests" on the MDHE website within 15 business days of the submission deadline. This begins a 20-day public commentary period. The MDHE posts new program proposals for review and comment and maintains an archive of requests from the previous year.
Timeline for reviewing new program proposals and program changes:
|MDHE must receive the proposal by:
|For a program proposal to be considered for approval
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|July 1
|October 1
|December 1
|February 1
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The proposal timeline corresponds to the academic calendar as follows:
|MDHE must receive proposals by:
|For program proposals to be considered for approval for the following academic terms:
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|Spring Semester
|February 1
|Summer Semester
|April 1
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Effective July 1, 2011, the CBHE will give provisional approval to new academic programs. The MDHE will review the program five years from the date of its provisional approval. If this review indicates that the program is not performing as expected, the CBHE may recommend the termination of the program, unless there are compelling justifications (i.e., central to institutional mission; supports other programs; meets statewide needs) for continuing the program.
For the five-year review, the MDHE will request that an institution provide enrollment, graduation and staffing data for the program, as well as a brief summary of program performance. If the program is performing as well as or better than the projections in the original program proposal, the MDHE will recommend that the CBHE approve the program without conditions.
Policy for Review of Academic Program Proposals & Clarifying CommentsThe Policy for Review of Academic Program Proposals helps to ensure that Missouri's higher education institutions offer programs that effectively serve the citizens of the state. Effective service is achieved through
- provision of high quality programs,
- efficient use of resources,
- collaboration between institutions, and
- elimination of unnecessary program duplication within a service region.
Clarifying Comments
The Clarifying Comments on the Policy for the Review of Academic Program Proposals provide additional criteria that the CBHE and MDHE staff use to evaluate new academic programs. Working with the policy, these criteria provide a guideline on general objectives for quality programs. As an additional reference, a link to the Missouri Code of State Regulations is also provided below.
Missouri Code of State Regulations for Academic Program Approval (6 CSR 10-4.010)
Submitting Program Proposals
There are two general categories for program proposals:
- New program proposals (including off-site proposals)
- Proposals to make changes to existing programs
Program proposals have specific sets of forms associated with them depending on your institution's request; however, there are basic requirements for all proposals.
- All proposals must be reviewed, approved and signed by the Chancellor / President or Chief Academic Officer
- Proposals must be submitted by the deadlines listed above to be approved for your academic catalogues. (For example, proposals for the Fall semester must be submitted for approval at the CBHE meeting in June, as the September meeting occurs after classes have begun)
- The CIP code must be cross-referenced for duplication with other institutions in your region, and to ensure the code is up to date, by accessing the MDHE program inventory (Click here for a link to instructions). (PDF Version) This CIP code must be placed on the proposal.
- Proposals should be completed according to the information and format provided below.
- Proposals should be submitted electronically to [email protected].
New Program Proposals
New program proposals must be submitted by using the forms provided below and must contain the following information and format, and order. Once the forms have been filled out and embedded within your proposal, all documents must be combined into ONE file to submit to the MDHE (copies of the forms used for proposals are located at the bottom of this page). Programs should be submitted electronically to [email protected].
- New Program Proposal Form (Form NP)
- Rationale for the program
- Student enrollment projections (Form SE), including a rationale for how projections were calculated
- Evidence of Market demand / Societal need supported by research
- Address program duplication and opportunities for collaboration (should include Form CL for collaboration)
- Details on Program Structure (Form PS)
- Financial Projections (Form FP) for public institutions only
- Program Characteristics and Performance Goals (Form PG)
- Plans for accreditation, including a rationale if it is not a goal for this program
- Institutional Characteristics demonstrating why your institution is particularly well equipped to support the program
Off-Site Delivery of Programs
For additional details regarding off-site locations and list of approved locations by institution, please visit: http://dhe.mo.gov/academic/ApprovedInventoryofOff-SiteLocations.php
Off-site proposals
Off-site proposals must be submitted by using the same format and forms as a New Program Proposal except:
- An Off-site Proposal form (Form OS) replaces the Form NP
- Unless the program is also new to the main campus, no details on program structure ( or Form PS) is required
Residence Sites
Residence site proposals must be submitted using the same CBHE deadlines and guidelines for new program proposals. In general, a residence site is distinct from an off-site center if:
- The parent institution has paid staff supervising site operations and
- More than 50% of curriculum is offered at the site.
Off-Site and Residence site proposals should be submitted electronically to [email protected].
Proposals for program changes
Proposals for making changes to existing programs must be submitted by using a Program Change Form (Form PC). The form itself contains a variety of options that can be selected, including the addition of emphasis areas (options), or certificates to existing programs, deletions, inactivations, or title changes.
Submit proposals as program changes if a certificate is one-year or less, and part of an umbrella parent program.
- If the certificate is two-years or more, or is newly developed outside a parent degree, the proposal must be submitted as a new program.
Along with selecting the most applicable action (or actions) from the options provided, all program changes must include the following information and format:
- The title and options for the current program before changes in the "Before the Proposed Change" box
- The title and options for the proposed program after changes in the "After the Proposed Change" box
- Rationale for change(s)
- Before and after curriculum, if necessary
- Proposals for program changes should be submitted electronically to [email protected].
Form NP (Word Version) - New Program Proposal
Form SE (Word Version) - Student Enrollment Projections
Form CL (Word Version) - Collaborative Programs
Form PS (Word Version) - Program Structure
Form FP (Word Version) - Financial Projections
(Excel Spreadsheet Version) - Financial Projections
Form PG (Word Version) - Program Characteristics and Performance Goals
Form OS (Word Version) - Off-site Delivery of an Existing Program
- Form PC (Word Version) - Program Change Form
Public Policy Guidelines on Lower Division Delivery
The Public Policy Guidelines on Lower Division Coursework, Lower Division Certificate, and Associate Degree Delivery provides a framework that clarifies CBHE expectations concerning public institutional practices associated with lower-division coursework, lower-division certificate programs, and associate degree delivery.


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The placenta continues to develop until the baby becomes 18 months old. Until this time the hormonal support necessary for the baby to cling to the mother's womb is provided by ovaries. Later on this task is undertaken by placenta. Umbilical cord, the long cord connecting the baby to the placenta, has three veins. These veins can be considered as three separate channels. One of these veins is the belly vein; by means of this vein the embryo does not suffocate although it remains in an environment full of liquid and its lungs are full water. Although it does not have a digestive system and can't eat anything, it does not die of hunger. The other two channels transport the blood loaded with carbondioxide and wastes produced by the embryo to the placenta.
By means of its strong and flexible structure the umbilical cord hardly gets stuck or becomes tangled. This is important in terms of not having any obstruction in carrying the blood. This aside, the flexible structurue of the cordon has the most proper shape that enables the baby to move.
The only machine that can estimate the changing needs of the embryo and can meet these needs perfectly is the placenta. Cells on the outermost layer of the placenta form some kind of a filter between the mother's veins and the embryo. This filter, for instance, lets the entrance of nutriments while it hinders the elements of the immune system. It is also cells that make up the placenta. How do these cells know the needs of embryo? How do they distinguish the substances the embryo needs from millions of other molecules? Who is the one who grants this superior wisdom to a piece of flesh called placenta and the cells making up the placenta? It is Almighty Allah Who creates all the measures needed for the survival of the embryo and establishes a system according to this in the body. Allah creates from nothing and He creates in every way. In one verse of the Qur'an Allah relates that He creates everything so that His slaves can ponder and take lessons from them:
In the creation of the heavens and earth, and the alternation of the night and day, and the ships which sail the seas to people's benefit, and the water which Allah sends down from the sky – by which He brings the earth to life when it was dead and scatters about in it creatures of every kind – and the varying direction of the winds, and the clouds subservient between heaven and earth, there are Signs for people who use their intellect. (Surat al-Baqara, 164)


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Learn the appropriate processes for doocumenting and reporting incidents of bullying, harassment, and intimidation.
Every family who attends will receive one $35 child care stipend.
Speaker: Maureen van Stone, Esq., MS, associate director of the Maryland Center for Developmental Disabilities at Kennedy Krieger Institute and director of Project HEAL (Health, Education, Advocacy, and Law), is a licensed attorney who practices exclusively in the area of special education law.
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Jo Dee Messina is postponing her Canadian tour. Later this month the country star was planning to head north of the border, and spend two-and-a-half weeks performing across the country. But the singer says in a Facebook post that concerns for her mother are forcing her to put off the trip.
Messina's mom underwent open heart surgery late last month, and her recovery has been slow going. The singer says it's "a day by day thing," explaining that "one day she's better, one day she's takes 2 steps back."
Jo Dee adds that she "didn't feel comfortable being so far away not having the ability to get home fast in case things made a turn for the worst," so she opted to change her tour dates.
Messina's tour has been rescheduled for October. She's now slated to launch the trek in North Battleford, Saskatchewan on October 3rd.
Dates closer to home have not changed, and Messina is still slated to appear in Renfro Valley, Kentucky Friday night. Her full tour schedule is posted on her website.
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Grant to develop vaccine to rampant parasitic disease may help protect US troops, civilians, and local people in the Middle East.
Leishmaniasis is a disease caused by parasites that are transmitted by sand fly bites. The disease is widespread in 88 nations, with two million new cases annually. It is considered one of the most important emerging parasitic diseases, second only to malaria in terms of the number of affected people. Iraq and Afghanistan, where the U.S. military is on active duty, are among the nations where this disease is prevalent.
Cutaneous leishmaniasis causes skin ulcers on the face, arms and legs that leave significant scarring without treatment. The conventional drugs used to treat it are highly toxic and expensive, and the parasites are becoming resistant to typical treatments.
Dr. Hélène Marquis, associate professor of microbiology at the College of Veterinary Medicine, knew a little about leishmaniasis but she never expected she'd be working on the disease. That all changed last year when she saw request from the U.S. Department of Defense asking for researchers to develop vaccines that use the bacteria Listeria as a delivery device.
Marquis is an expert in Listeria, and the request got her thinking.
"Listeria is primarily known as a food-borne microbe that has the ability to multiply in a large variety of cell types," she explained. "But when you delete specific genes from Listeria, the bacterium loses its ability to cause disease. At the same time, it still triggers a strong immune response. That's why it is commonly used as a delivery system for experimental vaccines.
"Interestingly, the requirements for the development of a robust and long-lasting protective immunity against Listeria are the same as the requirements for protection against leishmaniasis."
So Marquis proposed to generate Listeria-based vaccines that express antigens to protect against leishmaniasis. To do this, she partnered with Susana Mendez, assistant professor of immunology and infectious diseases at Cornell's Baker Institute for Animal Health and an expert in leishmaniasis, and Jesus Valenzuela, chief of the vector molecular biology section at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
Together they received a $630,000, three-year grant from the Department of Defense's Congressional-Directed Research Program. Valenzuela and Mendez had previously reported that vaccinating mice against specific sand fly salivary gland proteins protects against cutaneous leishmaniasis. The goal of the proposal is to improve the efficacy and duration of immunity against these sandfly salivary gland proteins using Listeria as a delivery device for the vaccine.
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PRINCETON, N.J. – The Penn men's squash team (3-7, 0-3 Ivy) dropped its third Ivy League contest of the season, falling to top-ranked Princeton (7-0, 3-0) in Princeton, N.J. on Wednesday night, 9-0. The Tigers swept the Quakers in straight-games in each match. Playing a five-court system, there were only two rotations of matches, leading to the final result much quicker.
In the first rotation, Derek Chilvers (2-8, 0-3) faced Samuel Kang at No. 2, winning seven points in each of the last two games, but dropping the match, 3-0. At the fourth position, Augie Frank (2-8, 0-3) dropped his first two games quickly, but came back and only lost the final game by two points. At No. 6, Jack Maine (4-6, 0-3) went head to head with the school everyone in his immediate family attended aside from him, but was unable to pull out the match, falling in straight games. Daniel Judd (5-5, 0-3) stepped up at the eighth position, and put up a good fight in the final game when he won seven points, but dropped the match, 3-0.
The second rotation began with Penn trailing 4-0. Justin Ang (1-2, 0-1) played at No. 9 in just his third match of the season – his first Ivy League match – but fell quickly to Michael LeBlanc of Princeton. At No. 7, Tyler Odell (6-4, 1-2) once again had the most competitive match of the night for the Quakers, losing the first game, 12-10, and the second and third as well. Another rookie, Liam Quinn (4-6, 0-3), played at the fifth position and fell in straight games. Danny Greenberg (3-6, 0-3)faced off against Todd Harrity at No. 1, and the two have had a long history against one another dating back to juniors. Greenberg was competitive in the first game, losing 11-5, but lost the last two games quickly in what is most likely the last meeting between the two. In the final match of the night, John Dudzik (2-8, 0-3) met Tyler Osborne at the third position. Dudzik fell in straight games, sealing the 9-0 sweep for the Tigers.
The Quakers will be back in action for an Ivy League road trip this weekend when they travel to Providence, R.I. on Feb. 2 to face Brown at 1 p.m. They follow that up with a trip to New Haven, Conn. for a match against Yale on Feb. 3 at noon.Full Results
Princeton 9, Penn 0
No. 1: Todd Harrity (Pr) def. Danny Greenberg (Pe) 3-0, (11-5, 11-1, 11-3)
No. 2: Samuel Kang (Pr) def. Derek Chilvers (Pe) 3-0, (11-4, 11-7, 11-7)
No. 3: Tyler Osborne (Pr) def. John Dudzik (Pe) 3-0, (11-3, 11-5, 11-4)
No. 4: Dylan Ward (Pr) def. Augie Frank (Pe) 3-0, (11-4, 11-5, 11-9)
No. 5: Steve Harrington (Pr) def. Liam Quinn (Pe) 3-0, (11-3, 11-2, 11-7)
No. 6: Taylor Tutrone (Pr) def. Jack Maine (Pe) 3-0, (11-1, 11-2, 11-4)
No. 7: David Hoffman (Pr) def. Tyler Odell (Pe) 3-0, (12-10, 11-3, 11-7)
No. 8: Vivek Dinodia (Pr) def. Daniel Judd (Pe) 3-0, (11-3, 11-6, 11-7)
No. 9: Michael LeBlanc (Pr) def. Justin Ang (Pe) 3-0, (11-3, 11-3, 11-5)
No. 10: Ash Egan (Pr) def. Robert Greco (Pe) 3-0, (11-5, 11-9, 11-5)


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This paper explores how the industry's approach to sales and marketing will change as it moves towards providing products and service to improve the health of patients, whilst clearly demonstrating value for money.
Which path will you take?
By 2020 the current role of the pharmaceutical industry's sales and marketing workforce will be replaced by a new model as the industry shifts from a mass-market to a target-market approach to increase revenue.
Pharma 2020: Marketing the future - Which path will you take? the third in the Pharma 2020 series, outlines a confluence of dynamics that lead to a new marketing and sales system with a smaller, more agile and smarter sales force. The pharma industry is no longer being rewarded for incremental innovation, me-too products and selling the most pills. Companies will need to demonstrate that their brand adds value to patients and they will have to offer a package of products and health services that the market not only wants and needs but is willing to pay a premium for. The paper highlights some very strong facts related to the need for Pharma to change its marketing and sales functions in order to sustain future growth and performance.
This report outlines in some detail what those changes in the business environment will be and provides pharma companies with indicators of organisational and operational structure that could influence their success and readiness to compete.
This report highlights the fundamental dynamics the industry faces that are reshaping the pharmaceutical marketplace:
In order to be successful, companies will need to stop the aggressive marketing focusing only on the product of the current model and:
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Pharma 2020: The vision , first in the series highlights a number of issues that will have a major bearing on the industry over the next 11 years. Thepublication outlines the changes we believe will best help pharmaceutical companies realise the potential the future holds to enhance the value they provideto shareholders and society alike.
Pharma 2020: Virtual R&D, the second in the series explores opportunities to improve the R&D process. This paper proposes that new technologies willenable the adoption of virtual R&D and by operating in a more connected world, industry, in collaboration with researches, governments, healthcare payersand providers, can address the changing needs of society more effectively.
Pharma 2020: Challenging business models, the fourth in the Pharma 2020 series, this report explains why Pharma's fully integrated business models may not be the best option for the pharma industry in 2020 and why more creative collaboration models may be more attractive. The paper also evaluates the advantages and disadvantages of the alternative business models and how each stands up against the challenges facing the industry.
Pharma 2020: Taxing times ahead, the fifth in the series focuses on the industry's opportunities and challenges from a tax perspective. It discusses how the political, economic, scientific and social trends currently shaping the commercial environment, together with the development of new, more collaborative business models, will exert increasing pressure on effective tax rates within the industry. It also shows how companies can adapt their tax planning to support the provision of outcomes-based healthcare and remain competitive.
Pharma 2020: Supplying the future -- Which path will you take?
How pharma companies will have to develop different supply chain models for different product types and patient segments, learn to use their supply chains as a means of market differentiation and source of economic value, and recognise the key role information will play flowing upstream to drive the downstream flow of products and services.


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There are a lot of things to consider before cohabitating or combining finances.
Moving in together is a financial commitment, and so is marriage, so it's important to consider the tough issues you'll face as a cohabiting or married couple when you choose to take that step. Here are seven things you should consider before entwining yourselves financially as well as emotionally.
1. What is your definition of commitment?
You and your partner define your relationship. Know what your relationship means to each of you, to avoid repeating past mistakes, getting stuck in uncomfortable roles, or fighting about what your commitment is.Talk about what you mean by relationship, commitment, love, and faithfulness. You'll be amazed by what you learn.
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2. Have you discussed finances?
Money is a big generator of problems, arguments, and resentment in serious relationships. Don't assume money should be pooled. For many couples, separating the money makes things run smoother; you don't wind up struggling for control of who pays or whose income determines your lifestyle. Different financial habits (one likes to save, the other spends more, or doesn't keep track) can generate fights. Whether you split costs evenly or on a percentage basis, learn to talk about money in a businesslike manner.
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Different decorating styles, neatness, and organization levels can cause arguments, and so can household chores. Different tastes may require creativity and negotiation to decorate a shared home that is comfortable. Negotiate before moving into your partner's established home. You may have trouble feeling as if you "belong" in a home previously established by your partner, unless you reorganizing and redecorating it together.
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A third party security audit is the IT equivalent of a colonoscopy. It's long, intrusive, very uncomfortable, and when it's done, you'll have seen things you really didn't want to see, and you'll never forget that you've had one.
Many of those services use best guesses based on the self reported router and server location. My ISP has a main router 200 miles from my office and in another state, and such services usually show my location as there, as the router's location is listed in that city by the ISP.
Don't forget too, that someone who has an interest in making sure they aren't located may use TOR or some other anonymizer. Playing with TOR I've seen my "location" show up on the other side of the US, and multiple places in both South America and Europe.
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Well, if you have complete control over the device at the ip you want to know its location AND it has a wireless connection (ie. laptop), Loki - Precise Location for Websites its pretty close, depending on the wireless coverage, we used it once to track a stolen laptop from a friends car. he had gotomypc or one of those clones still active and we were able to get information about the theif and some general location stuff to tie in with the other evidence to turn over to the authorities.
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Sjogren's (SHOW-grins) syndrome is a disorder of your immune system identified by its two most common symptoms — dry eyes and a dry mouth.
Sjogren's syndrome often accompanies other immune system disorders, such as rheumatoid arthritis and lupus. In Sjogren's syndrome, the mucous membranes and moisture-secreting glands of your eyes and mouth are usually affected first — resulting in decreased production of tears and saliva.
Although you can develop Sjogren's syndrome at any age, most people are older than 40 at the time of diagnosis. The condition is much more common in women. Treatment focuses on relieving symptoms.
The two main symptoms of Sjogren's syndrome are:
Some people with Sjogren's syndrome also experience one or more of the following:
Sjogren's syndrome is an autoimmune disorder. This means that your immune system mistakenly attacks your body's own cells and tissues.
Scientists aren't certain why some people develop Sjogren's syndrome and others don't. Certain genes put people at higher risk of the disorder, but it appears that a triggering mechanism — such as infection with a particular virus or strain of bacteria — is also necessary.
In Sjogren's syndrome, your immune system first targets the moisture-secreting glands of your eyes and mouth. But it can also damage other parts of your body, such as your:
Although anyone can develop Sjogren's syndrome, it typically occurs in people with one or more known risk factors. These include:
The most common complications of Sjogren's syndrome involve your eyes and mouth.
Less common complications may affect your:
You may initially bring your symptoms to the attention of your family doctor, your dentist or your eye doctor. However, you may eventually be referred to a rheumatologist — a doctor who specializes in the treatment of arthritis and other inflammatory conditions — for diagnosis and treatment.
You may want to write a list that includes:
For Sjogren's syndrome, some basic questions you may want to ask your doctor include:
Your doctor is likely to ask you a number of questions. Being ready to answer them may reserve time to go over any points you want to spend more time on. Questions that might come up:
Sjogren's syndrome can be difficult to diagnose because the signs and symptoms vary from person to person and can be similar to those caused by other diseases. Side effects of a number of medications also mimic some signs and symptoms of Sjogren's syndrome.
A variety of tests can help rule out other conditions and help pinpoint a diagnosis of Sjogren's syndrome.
Your doctor may order blood tests to check for:
Your doctor can measure the dryness of your eyes with a test called a Schirmer tear test. In this test, a small piece of filter paper is placed under your lower eyelid to measure your tear production.
A doctor specializing in the treatment of eye disorders (ophthalmologist) may also examine the surface of your eyes with a magnifying device called a slit lamp. He or she may place drops in your eye that make any damage to your cornea easier to see.
Certain imaging tests can check the function of your salivary glands.
Your doctor may also want to do a lip biopsy to detect the presence of clusters of inflammatory cells, which can indicate Sjogren's syndrome. For this test, a small sliver of tissue is removed from salivary glands located in your lip and examined under a microscope.
Many people can manage the dry eye and dry mouth associated with Sjogren's syndrome by using over-the-counter eyedrops and sipping water more frequently. But some people may need prescription medications, or even surgery.
Depending on your symptoms, your doctor may suggest medications that:
To relieve dry eyes, you may consider undergoing a minor surgical procedure to seal the tear ducts that drain tears from your eyes (punctal occlusion). Collagen or silicone plugs are inserted into the ducts for a temporary closure. Collagen plugs eventually dissolve, but silicone plugs stay in place until they fall out or are removed. Alternatively, your doctor may use a laser to permanently seal your tear ducts.
Many symptoms of Sjogren's syndrome respond well to self-care measures.
To relieve dry eyes:
To help with dry mouth:
Dry mouth increases your risk of dental cavities and tooth loss. The following precautions may help prevent those types of problems.
If dry skin is a problem, avoid hot water when you bathe and shower. Pat your skin — don't rub — with a towel and apply moisturizer when your skin is still damp. Use rubber gloves when doing dishes or housecleaning. Vaginal moisturizers and lubricants help women who experience vaginal dryness.
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Slice, dice and serve in style on this easy, cutting-edge project from Chris Ryland. We'll show you a simple way to dry-fit the parts, scribe the arc and then glue the whole works together. We used a 4-ft. steel ruler to scribe the arcs, but a yardstick or any thin board would also work. Be sure to use water-resistant wood glue and keep your tray out of the dishwasher or it might fall apart. And one more thing: Keep the boards as even as possible during glue-up to minimize sanding later.


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Scout.com National 300 - Class of 2014
This year it is East prospect Da'Shawn Hand, a 6-foot-4, 260-pound defensive end from Woodbridge (Va) High who sits a No. 1 in the country.
"At his size most people think he is a defensive tackle, but when you watch how quick he moves and his athleticism you know he could play defensive end," said Scout.com East Coast analyst Brian Dohn. "He is everything you look for in prospect."
"I think he's just one of those freaks who could play end at 290," added Scout.com National Director Scott Kennedy.
At No. 2 is the top player in the Southeast Region, Cameron Robinson, a 6-foot-6, 315-pound monster offensive tackle from West Monroe (La.) HS.
"Robinson is an elite offensive tackle and he is the total package at that position, informed Scout.com Southeast Regional Manager Chad Simmons. "He plays light on his feet, he has long arms, he is a strong run blocker who can get to the second level while holding down the edge to protect his quarterback's blindside."
The No. 3 player in the country. Tony Brown, a 6-foot-1, 185-pound safety from Beaumont (Texas) Ozen HS hails from 'Lone Star State' and nails down the honor of being the top-rated player in the Midlands.
"Brown is rated as a safety, but is also being looked at by many schools to play cornerback," Midlands Regional Manager Greg Powers informed. "He is in the mold of an Eric Berry, who can just about do everything in the defensive backfield."
The No. 1 player out West is Michiah Quick, a 5-foot-11, 170-pound wide receiver from Fresno (Cali.) Central East HS, who checks in as the No. 7 player overall nationally.
"Quite frankly, Quick is faster than quick, he's explosive," said Brandon Huffman, West Regional Manager. "He's in the same lines of a Robert Woods and DeAnthony Thomas where if you get the ball in his hands, he's going to make a play, and like Thomas and Woods, he could be an elite defensive back too if that's where he ended up.
Holding down the No. 15 spot is the Midwest's top talent Malik McDowell, a 6-foot-6, 300-pounder from Detroit (Mich.) Loyola HS, real monster at the position who holds offers from many of the national powerhouses.
"Definitely the most physically imposing guy in the Midwest in the 2014 class.", Midwest Regional Manager Allen Trieu said. "He has grown about 30 pounds and is still athletic enough to play defensive end, but he could move inside or he could even be a BCS level offensive tackle. Just a physically dominating kid who could play a number of positions in college."
Scout.com National 300 - Class of 2014
Scout.com Experts Scott Kennedy, Brandon Huffman, Greg Powers, Chad Simmons, Allen Trieu Greg Biggins, Jamie Newberg and Brian Dohn contributed to this report.


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For individuals who have completed a bachelor's degree and wish to enrich their lives and the lives of school age children, this program will help you prepare for initial certification in learning disabilities. The Master of Arts in Teaching (M.A.T.) includes coursework and related practicums which provide the knowledge and skills needed to work with this unique population of students. The final semester of the M.A.T. program includes coursework that is similar to the undergraduate student teaching block.


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Right-Wing Media Cherry-Picks Study Findings To Attack Medicaid And Health Care Reform
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Right-wing media have seized on a study of Medicaid recipients to attack the program by focusing on certain parts of the findings while health care experts point out that the program successfully expanded access to care and eased health-related financial problems, the primary focus of Medicaid.
In 2008, the state of Oregon held a lottery to expand Medicaid coverage to 10,000 people. Because the selection was random, researchers began a controlled study on how the coverage affected the participants. After the results were posted in The New England Journal of Medicine, right-wing media seized on the findings to attack both Medicaid and health care reform. On May 2, Fox Nation posted a Washington Examiner article on the study under the headline "Landmark Study Shatters Liberal Health Care Claims." In the article, Examiner senior editorial writer Philip Klein noted that the study's authors found that enrollment in Medicaid led to "lower rates of depression," but Klein wrote that "the study suggests that expanding Medicaid ... does not improve" the health of recipients. On Your World, Fox's senior managing editor for health news, Dr. Manny Alvarez, used the findings to attack the Affordable Care Act (ACA):
On May 3, Fox & Friends co-host Steve Doocy called the Medicaid study "[b]ad news for Democrats who support Obamacare." On-screen text during the segment stated that the study found that Medicaid is "ineffective":
But while Fox used the study as an opportunity to attack various aspects of health care reform, experts have pointed out that the study's findings, while not entirely positive, show that the program aided the new enrollees in several ways. In a Health Affairs blog post, Dr. John Lumpkin, who served for 12 years as the director of the Illinois Department of Public Health, wrote that the study showed that "coverage alone will not necessarily lead to good health," but also pointed to the "big impact on family finances" and the fact that "expanding Medicaid was shown to substantially reduce depression." Dr. Lumpkin concluded:
So far, the Oregon Health Insurance Study shows us that people who obtained Medicaid coverage received more health care services in the first two years--especially needed preventive care--and had less depression and financial worries. Their health outcomes weren't significantly better, but at least they are now participating in the health care system and getting the care they need, without plunging their families deeper into poverty. From this vantage point, the glass seems more than half full.
Health policy expert Aaron Carroll and health economist Austin Frakt pointed out that the study "shows that some things improved for people who got Medicaid. For others, changes weren't statistically significant, which isn't the same thing as certainty of no effect." Frakt and Carrol also noted that "it didn't show that Medicaid harms people, or that the ACA is a failure, or that anything supporters of Medicaid have said is a lie." The post summarized the findings by saying:
Let's review. The good: Medicaid improved rates of diagnosis of depression, increased the use of preventive services, and improved the financial outlook for enrollees. The bad: It did not significantly affect the A1C levels of people with diabetes or levels of hypertension or cholesterol.
This has led many to declare (and we're not linking to them) that the ACA is now a failed promise, that Medicaid is bad, and that anyone who disagrees is a "Medicaid denier". How many people saying that are ready to give up insurance for themselves or their family? If they are arguing that Medicaid needs to be reformed in some way, we're open to that. If they're arguing that insurance coverage shouldn't be accessible to poor Americans in any form, we don't agree. Medicaid may not be perfect, but we don't think being uninsured is better. This new study supports this view, though certainly not as strongly as it might have.
In the Washington Post's Wonkblog, Ezra Klein wrote that the study demonstrated that Medicaid worked effectively as a health insurance program because it achieved the goal of expanding access to health care:
Here's what we can say with certainty: Medicaid works as health insurance.
That might seem obvious. It's actually not. A big criticism of Medicaid is that it pays doctors so little that it's essentially worthless because no doctor will see you. But the Oregon residents who won the Medicaid lottery got much more health care -- including preventive health care -- than the residents who lost it. They also saw catastrophic health costs basically vanish.
So here's what happened in the first two years of the Oregon Medicaid experiment: Medicaid proved itself good health insurance. The people who got Medicaid used more health care, and seem to have done so smartly -- they got preventive care, they got their diabetes diagnosed and began managing it, treated their depression, and so on. But the health care itself didn't work as well as we hoped -- at least not in terms of cutting rates of hypertension and cholesterol.
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How much change in the brain makes a difference? Small changes in daily activities – meditating instead of sleeping in, driving a cab instead of working in an office – can make changes in the brain that seem small but actually create big changes in the mind. And that fact opens the door to amazing opportunities.
Rick Hanson, Ph.D., is a neuropsychologist and founder of the Wellspring Institute for Neuroscience and Contemplative Wisdom. A summa cum laude graduate of UCLA, he teaches at universities and meditation centers in Europe, Australia, and North America. His work has been featured on the BBC and in Consumer Reports Health, U.S. News and World Report, and other major magazines.
Rick's most recent book is Buddha's Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom (with Rick Mendius, M.D.; Foreword by Dan Siegel, M.D. and Preface by Jack Kornfield, Ph.D.), which has been praised by numerous scholars, therapists, and teachers, including Tara Brach, Ph.D., Roger Walsh, Ph.D., Sharon Salzberg, and Fred Luskin, Ph.D., and is being published in nine additional languages. An authority on self-directed neuroplasticity, he edits the Wise Brain Bulletin, and his articles have appeared in Tricycle Magazine, Insight Journal, and Inquiring Mind; his Your Wise Brain blog is on Huffington Post, Psychology Today, and other major websites. He has a chapter – 7 Facts about the Brain That Incline the Mind to Joy – in Measuring the Immeasurable, as well as several audio programs with Sounds True. His first book was Mother Nurture: A Mother's Guide to Health in Body, Mind, and Intimate Relationships (Penguin, 2002)
Rick is currently a trustee of Saybrook University. He also served on the board of Spirit Rock Meditation Center for nine years, and was President of the Board of FamilyWorks, a community agency. He began meditating in 1974, trained in several traditions, and leads a weekly meditation gathering in San Rafael, CA. He enjoys rock-climbing and taking a break from emails. He and his wife have two children. For more information, please see his full profile at www.RickHanson.net. You can find him on the social web at http://www.facebook.com/BuddhasBrain and http://www.YouTube.com/BuddhasBrain


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GSA Helps Government Go Green
April 23, 2008
Contact: Mike Collins, (202) 501-1231
Agency Leaders Highlight Green Initiatives
LOS ANGELES – The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), is utilizing its unique position as the government's premier procurement agency to help client agencies meet their environmental mandates, Administrator Lurita Doan and other GSA officials said Wednesday.
"As the annual suppliers of billions of dollars worth of goods, services and workspace, GSA can – and should – play an enormous role in preserving our nation's precious natural resources," Doan said at a press conference at the 2008 GSA Expo.
Flanked by Jim Williams, Commissioner of the Federal Acquisition Service and David Winstead, Commissioner of the Public Buildings Service, Doan noted that GSA offers thousands of "green" offerings, including alternative fuel vehicles and telework centers in the Washington, DC metro region that save hundreds of thousands of gallons of gasoline annually.
"'Going Green' is an important theme at this year's Expo," Doan said. "Whether it's telework, hybrid cars and trucks, or sustainable design, GSA is perfectly positioned to help federal agencies fulfill their missions and help the environment at the same time."
After remarks, Administrator Doan and Commissioners Williams and Winstead showed reporters some of the Green Initiatives on display, including flexible fuel vehicles, solar collectors and telecommuting initiatives. A groundbreaking solar park in Denver, Colorado is generating clean, renewable energy, while nearly 20 percent of GSA's 12,000 workers are telecommuting, reducing fuel consumption and pressure on parking and road congestion.
GSA provides a centralized delivery system of products and services to the federal government, leveraging its enormous buying power to get the best value for taxpayers.
• Founded in 1949, GSA manages more than one-fourth of the government's total procurement dollars and influences the management of $500 billion in federal assets, including 8,600 government-owned or leased buildings and 208,000 vehicles.
• GSA helps preserve our past and define our future, as a steward of more than 425 historic properties, and as manager of USA.gov, the official portal to federal government information and services.
• GSA's mission to provide superior workplaces, expert technology solutions, acquisition services, purchasing and E-Gov travel solutions and management policies, at best value, allows federal agencies to focus on their core missions.
Did You Know? GSA's main Web site, www.gsa.gov, receives roughly 20 million visits each year.


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Monday, 2 July 2007
Scary, Scary Cults
I don't have much time today, but I''ll continue this thread in the next few days. What is really disturbing is some of these dominionist groups are tied to the supremacist Patriot and Minutemen groups. The following links appear quite scary: supremacist groups-Dominionist groups-US military-supremacist groups. Also quite a few right-wing politicians seem to be linked to dominionist groups and supremacist groups. It would also be interesting to see if the dominionist Christian chaplains in the military are linked to supremacist groups directly. What a tangled web.
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- Amway and Quixtar - an opportunity for anyone said...
what a load of BS. I'm an atheist, progresive secular humanist and also an Amway Independent Business Owner. I've checked Amway and it's founders out to a depth you wouldn't believe, and the "dominionist" claim is crap. They're republicans and christians, but more of the presbyterian mold than anything else. Some dude made up the dominionist claim in an article and then it spread to wikipedia and around the internet without any backing at all.
- 4 July 2007 at 04:25
- Anna Lemma said...
Actually both myself and my husband were in Amway our selves about 25 years ago. After reviewing the videos they gave us and their product, we decided to do to a meeting. The host kept asking us about what church we went to, and when we said we did not go, kept trying to get us to go to theirs (some Pentecostal Church). This kept on at each meeting until we had had enough and quit. I'm not the only on this has happened to that I know of. Check out the political history of the DeVos family and see where they give their money to. It's very obvious where their political ambitions lie and has been for some time.
- 5 July 2007 at 23:17
- Anna Lemma said...
Actually there are more reports than just the one claim. Do a Google search under DeVos and Dominionism and check out a lot of the links. There are articles by Rolling Stone, Chris Hedges,Yuica Report, Talk2Action, and others. All independently verified and by reputable reporters.
- 6 July 2007 at 00:08
- MusicListenSmith said...
Ergg...I have to say that there are similar tales to be told of the mainstream. Point the needle to, let's just say Christianity. Sure, they don't encourage a "disconnect" as the Scientologists do, but they do require exorbitant "donations" for any service that they offer their parishioners (funeral, candle-lighting, name-recognition, marriage, et cetera). We know, for instance, that typical parishioners of a Judeo-Christian church or synagogue are liable to spend 10% of their annual income in various donations. That's quite a bit, lest we not forget the additional payments of bible camps, getaways, crucifixes, "Footprints in the Sand" posters, and so on.
I could go on, but must say that control IS a giant part of any church administration- the positing of rule-systems and dogma, the brainwashing of lengthy and melodramatic services. I'm fatigued by how easy we find it to attack fringe religions, making the mainstream religions seem benign and "safe."
- 11 July 2007 at 19:38
- Anna Lemma said...
I agree, but the religious extremists hide what they are up to in a lot of cases. They know that the majority of Americans don't buy what they are selling. And moderate religious people aren't as out of touch with reality as some of the really extreme Christians. Unfortunately, moderates and liberal members of religions don't seem see how damaging the extremists are to their organizations,or else they are too afraid to do anything about the extremists.
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I ran out of time to stay up to date with the Congress posts as the day occurred so here it is now.
I missed the first presentation as I was helping on the My Heritage stand but made sure I was able to attend Colleen Fitzpatrick's "Forensic Genealogy - CSI meets Roots". Colleen is an excellent speaker and I have a strong interest in DNA as I am a lab rat in my other life and use DNA for bacterial typing regularly. DNA is a tool that should be used in conjunction with good research methodology. As Colleen mentions a DNA result is no good on its own and you need a comparison sample. Good genealogy detective work will be what finds that comparison sample! If you ever get a chance I would strongly suggest you attend Colleen's presentations.
Then it was another morning tea (glad there is a bit of a walk between the lecture theatres and the biscuits!) and then onto Roger Kershaw's presentation on "Tracing criminals transported to Australia". A good presentation showing many images of the records. Showing the record source citation on screen would have given more value to his presentation. Having said that they are well sourced in the Congress Proceedings. Having so much available on Ancestry is great although much of this has been available previously as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project although it was much harder to find. The State Library of Queensland got a nice wrap-up from Roger for Convicts database on their website.
Lunch then I got caught up and missed Vicki Eldridge's presentation on the new FindMyPast but I heard excellent reports on the presentation and the date to watch for is the 17th April.
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Onto Suezanne Maiden's presentation on "Engaging a professional genealogist" Many great words of wisdom here! There are many good reasons to use a specialist researcher who has a strong knowledge of a particular area or type of record. However to get the best experience(on both sides!) it is important to be clear as to what is required, what is already known, what are the required time lines etc. The act of writing out a detailed research request giving all the information has solved many a brick wall problem. There is no point in paying a researcher to find the same information you already possess simply because you didn't tell them that you already had it. Definitely read that Congress paper before you hire a researcher.
More biscuits and coffee and onto Noeline Kyle and "Writing your family history' which had some excellent advice. Probably the most important is that the only way to write is to start writing. Once you have started you can do your editing, rearranging etc but until you have something down on paper/computer it is still only the idea of writing.
Then it was onto the Congress dinner which I spoke about in a previous post so won't repeat here.
Then up raring to go on Saturday Day 4 and the last day of the Congress. Hard to believe it was nearly all over!
Stephen Young did the plenary on "Descendancy research: when you can't climb your family tree branch out". While this was a nice talk, well illustrated and demonstrated how effective PowerPoint or the free online equivalents can be at illustrating your family tree, it did not have the depth I was expecting from a plenary presentation. It is a shame as in his notes in the Proceedings he does go much more into ways of contacting those other people ho have the ephemera we would love to possess.
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Then onto Colleen Fitzpatrick's "Hand in the snow: The crash of Northwest Flight 4422" A great mix of detective work, DNA techniques, dedication by the investigating Northwest pilots and the people from the Irish home place. It was well presented and also showed just how long these investigations can take and how advances in technology can help the story along.
Then morning tea (yes I mention food a bit but we definitely didn't starve!) and I went to a very good talk by a trio of Melbourne Probate Genealogists, Kath Ensor, Dianne Fox and Karen Stewart. This was an interesting paper as it showed how they become involved in a case from the very start where perhaps an elderly person has not been seen for a bit and the police are called to find the person deceased in their home. There are set legal procedures that must be followed and these can vary by State or Territory but Kath explained the Victorian requirements. Then Dianne and Karen gave very interesting presentations explaining the sources used and how so much work now is related to the post-WW2 migration, often of displaced persons from Europe, the problems of tracing relatives of people who had gone through the Holocaust and now the more recent emigrations from Asia and Africa, the ever-changing country borders and the effects this has on the records available and where the records are held. A very interesting presentation.
Lunch then Daniel Poffenberger telling us about "FamilySearch 2012 and beyond". This was an interesting talk and we saw some of the excellent resources available now in FamilySearch and heard about further proposed enhancements.
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Then onto the last of Colleen Fitzpatrick's talks on the "Curious case of James-Jake-Smithers-Gray: a DNA solution" I am glad I have a copy of the proceedings to read again this complicated story of people changing names, countries, possible illegal goings on, closed files and more with two families in separate countries trying to find their father and how this search eventuated in the finding the one person! Maybe my research isn't as difficult after all!
As there were four and at times five streams of talks I was not able to attend them all. This is where it is important to obtain a copy of the Congress Proceedings where you are able to read about the presentations you have missed. I picked up my copy on the last day, a quite heavy book of 590 pages. For future Congresses a choice in how the proceedings are delivered would be a great idea with options of USB drives, CD, download from the Net or in book format for Libraries and societies. I would have liked the option of it in PDF format for easy searching in the future when I can't remember the name of the talk or the presenter.
Then sadly the Congress presentations were complete with just the closing ceremony to come.
|David Holman
David also presented the awards for the best Overseas website:
1st: New Zealand Society of Genealogists
2nd: Genealogical Society of Queensland
3rd: Genealogical Society of Victoria
The New Zealand Society of Genealogists also won the prize for the best website of all the entrants.
Congratulations to all the winners! A lot of work goes into providing these services for members and it is wonderful to see this work recognised. It is also great to see the high standard by Australasian societies in these hotly contested awards.
Then the 2012 Committee were thanked for all their hard work over the last six years and it is a lot of work that goes into putting on a smoothly running Congress. They are never going to be able to please all of the people all of the time but people left having attended excellent presentations, found many goodies to purchase in the exhibition hall, had time to talk to fellow attendees and make connections. So all the marks of a successful conference!
Canberra, the hosts of the next Congress in 2015, gave an enticing presentation about what is proposed. I suggest you log onto their website and sign up so you can be kept informed of what is in store! Sounds great already and it is three years away.
I hope to see everyone in Canberra in 2015 where we can do this all over again!
I hope to see everyone in Canberra in 2015 where we can do this all over again!