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Race Organizer Comments EVENT DESCRIPTION Enviro-Sports (11/15/06) Enjoy an out-and-back relatively flat course (fewer than 500 feet of climbing and descending). You'll admire the beauty of the surrounding desert as you follow this paved run from Furnace Creek Ranch along Hwy. 190 through the heart of Death Valley National Park. The entire course is below sea level with fantastic vistas of the surrounding mountain ranges: the Panamints, the Funerals, the Cottonwoods, the Blacks and the Grapevines. Your immediate surroundings are the exotic flora and fauna found only on the desert floor. This is probably one of the most unique courses you could pick for your next race. The desert is beautiful this time of year with mild temperatures; lows range ... Click here for more
Enjoy an out-and-back relatively flat course (fewer than 500 feet of climbing and descending). You'll admire the beauty of the surrounding desert as you follow this paved run from Furnace Creek Ranch along Hwy. 190 through the heart of Death Valley National Park. The entire course is below sea level with fantastic vistas of the surrounding mountain ranges: the Panamints, the Funerals, the Cottonwoods, the Blacks and the Grapevines. Your immediate surroundings are the exotic flora and fauna found only on the desert floor. This is probably one of the most unique courses you could pick for your next race. The desert is beautiful this time of year with mild temperatures; lows range ... Click here for more
Two weeks before this race I was training in the frozen north of Canada in -40F temperatures; race day hit 80F for a termperature swing of 120F! Unique experience. Definitely not for everyone, but if you know what you're getting yourself in for, this is a race for your bucket list. Well organized, good people, nice ambience. Casual race package pick-up the morning of the race; quick, smooth and easy. Wander down to the start area, listen to the entertaining pre-race speech from Dave, and off you go. There were about 120 full marathoners this year, so don't expect to be fighting for room or bumping elbows. Take the time to talk to fellow runners; I met a fellow in his mid 60's doing his 300th marathon at Death Valley, his 'younger' companion (early 60's) had done 'only' around 250; inspiring! Pack your own water. Water stations are several miles apart, and with the heat and dry air I was happy to be packing my own bottle that I could re-fill along the way. Route and scenery are austere, stark, strangely alien. Hard to get a sense of scale or distance; can be mentally tough looking for miles and miles across the barren landscape, seeing how far you have to go, then knowing that you'll need to turn around and do it all again on the way home. No I-Pods/earbuds/music machines allowed, so if you need that stuff to keep entertained/motivated be prepared for a long day. Get in the mind frame to enjoy the scenery, listen to the wind (you did hope for a breeze, right?), and soak it all in. I thought that this might be a good race for a fast time, but ended up slowing down in the heat and going at a pace that let me enjoy running in this unique location. As a first time visitor to Death Valley, I was glad to have a couple of extra days to explore the area. Fascinating geology and landforms, much more scenic than I had been expecting, some great hiking and driving/exploring in the area, so spend a few days to really appreciate this special place. Not my fastest time, not the most fun I've had running a marathon, but Death Valley will go down as one of a handful of truly memorable races I'll have had the pleasure of taking part in.
Small race. Beautiful scenery-very stark and open. Significant wind started after about an hour but was a tail wind the second half so was helpful. Was very well organized and the course was fairly flat and fast. Not a lot of aid stations, but enough, and volunteers were great! No spectators, which is not a problem for me. Other runners were friendly and encouraging-great group. I really enjoyed this marathon although it seemed hotter than 70's. Great time of the year to visit Death Valley, which is a very interesting and unique place.
A small race by all counts - no noise, no hoopla, a handful of hard core runners, an easy going bunch of organizers and volunteers (from a local school), reliable registration/ checkin / start / finish processing... if you want a race revolving around the actual run, this is the one. The desert settings are beautiful, though may get a little repetitive in the second half (and not just because its an out and back). Running on the shoulder of the road is not as restrictive as it sounds. Lack of spectators is in fact a positive, it allows you to focus on the silence which is what distinguishes it from regular marathons. Weather is perfect this time of the year. Course is more rolling hills than you would imagine from the 'flat course' description. Medal could have been better. I enjoyed this race overall!
Death Valley is not a typical desert, and this is not a typical marathon. If you like utter barrenness, the scenery is for you. The course stays below sea level with only slight hills. It was dry (of course) and temperature went from about 50 up to 72; it felt good to get out of the rain. The course was the road from Furnace Creek to Salt Creek. You had to get onto the gravel shoulder when a car was coming, which isn't very often. No spectators are allowed on the course, so the only encouragement is from fellow runners (who were all fantastic). 111 hardcore runners came all the way out here to run this year. It is as far removed from a big-city run that I can imagine. I heartily recommend it to anyone who wants to get away from it all.
Weather, scenery, support was awesome..first 1/2 marathon for wife and I, and we can't wait for next year..making it a three to four day vacation to enjoy all the sites...
I enjoyed this race. Given the horrendous winter back east, it was the first time I ran in shorts in and a t-shirt in months. That by itself was awesome. And the scenery was cool. Great aid stations every three miles - much better food/snacks than many other bigger races I've run. I did not run with my water belt and I was fine, although I'm not sure I'd recommend that for everyone. In fact, I probably wouldn't. Fun, low-key organization. Regarding previous comments, I did not have a problem with showering in the pool house after I had checked out, and didn't see it as a big deal. However, as far as spectators go, I agree: if you say no spectators, then enforce it. I, too, saw the same cars pulling up every two miles. Rude. I'd have preferred if the race started 30-60 minutes earlier. It got warm at the end. Lastly, my watch (and another runner's too) showed that the race was a little long. I'm sure that can be fixed.
This is a small marathon starting right outside the front entrance to Furnace Creek Ranch in Death Valley. Positives: 1) The area is beautiful, so take a couple of days to look around. 2) Furnace Creek is 120 miles from Las Vegas and is a nice place to stay. 3) The course had some rolling hills, some of which were quite long, but not steep. Cons: 1) If you are looking for cheering crowds along the way, this is not the marathon to run. There were NO people cheering along the course. None. 2) The water stops, three miles apart, were manned by high school students. They showed no enthusiasm whatsoever. It appeared to me this was assigned punishment for the students to work this race, even though the proceeds from the race were going to the high school. 3) I rank the t-shirts as having the poorest design of my last 20 marathons. There was no date of the race and the words "marathon" and "half marathon" are so small that they are virtually nonexistant. 4) The medal was small without a date. The Envirosport name seemed to dominate the front of the medal. 5) The temperatures ranged from 40F to 70F. The race did not start on time (8 a.m.). It should be started much earlier, perhaps 6 a.m. or 7 a.m.
My experience with this race was incredible. Very well organized race, with very friendly volunteers and staff. Overall, a great race. Do expect some minor but long hills (with a low gradient - around miles 23-24). Bring water (I brought a small water flask and it was perfect to stay hydrated). Good Boston qualifier (I qualified with this one). Just overall an awesome experience. I personally like to run with the scenery and don't need music or a ton of fans, but if you need both of those things, you should lean towards a larger race.
After reading almost every comment and review from this page, I decided to do this, largely due to claims of "amazing scenery" (which I'm still looking for...). My BIGGEST complaint is that the hotel (where the race starts) requires you to check out at 12 p.m., when you are probably just finishing the race, not allowing you time to take a shower in your room after the race. They told me i had to go to the pool house to shower afterward - ridiculous!! It's an out-and-back race on the side of the road, and the scenery doesn't change - both big mountain ranges on each side of you. And you get to inhale all the exhaust of the cars flying past you. People who think it was scenic should just once in their life try running a trail marathon or any trail race. The race director was hilarious, though. They constantly said no "supporters" were allowed, but I continuously saw the same 5 cars driving up the highway a bit and pulling over, then passing me again and doing the same all the way up to mile 23, supporting particular racers. You have about a 2 foot-wide lane to run in (the shoulder of the road) unless you want to run in the rocks off the road. The aid stations provided trail mix, bananas, granola bars, Red Vines, peanut butter-filled pretzels, water, and Gatorade every 3 miles. At the beginning of the race, the aid station volunteers were great, but by the end of the race, you could tell they were extremely bored. They were goofing off and complaining to each other. I get it - they are high school students - but at any other race I've done, I've received smiles and happy encouragement from volunteer staff. Sure, it's cool that I can say I ran a marathon in Death Valley, but it definitely sits on the bottom of my list of "awesome experiences" for a marathon. I question whether it was worth the 9-hour drive each way.
Very well organized. Stay at a motel right on the course; that is the only way to do it. Very small field makes for a lonely run. You must run with fluids, and not litter. Something to think about if this is a Boston Qualifier, as it was for me.
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Chicken Lasagna Recipe
- 10 uncooked lasagna noodles
- 1 pound boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 1 can (14-1/2 ounces) diced tomatoes, undrained
- 1 can (12 ounces) tomato paste
- 1-1/2 cups sliced fresh mushrooms
- 1/4 cup chopped onion
- 1 tablespoon dried basil
- 1-3/4 teaspoons salt, divided
- 1/8 teaspoon garlic powder
- 3 cups (24 ounces) 2% cottage cheese
- 1/2 cup egg substitute
- 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 1/3 cup minced fresh parsley
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 2 cups (8 ounces) shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese
- Cook noodles according to package directions. Meanwhile, broil chicken 6 in. from the heat until juices run clear; let stand for 15 minutes or until cool enough to handle. Shred chicken with two forks. Drain noodles; set aside.
- In a large nonstick skillet, combine the shredded chicken, tomatoes, tomato paste, mushrooms, onion, basil, 3/4 teaspoon salt and garlic powder. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 25-30 minutes. In a bowl, combine the cottage cheese, egg substitute, Parmesan cheese, parsley, pepper and remaining salt.
- In a 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish coated with cooking spray, place half of the noodles, overlapping them. Layer with half of the cheese mixture, chicken mixture and mozzarella. Repeat layers. Cover and bake at 375° for 25-30 minutes or until bubbly. Uncover; bake 5 minutes longer. Let stand for 15 minutes before cutting. Yield: 12 servings.
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I like chicken and I like lasagna so we can't lose! It was fun to take a standard dish and change it just a little with a really good result! The variety alone is worth the effort!
My family loves this! I am wondering if hands on prep could be cut down if you cooked the chicken in a crock pot with the tomatoes, mushrooms, onion and garlic. It would make the chicken easier to shred and that way the layers could be assembled when coming home from work. I'm going to try that next time.
This is excellent and so easy to make. To save on prep pans, I cut the chicken in small cubes and sauteed in the pan (instead of broiling it) before adding the other veggies and sauce ingredients and it worked out fine. Will definitely be making again (and again). :)
I would add ajvar or lutenica along with the tomato paste for a richer flavor layer.
This is for CalMom62. The recipe is correct, stores sell 12 oz. tomato paste. I got mine from one of the super chains. However, if you can't find it in your area then you can buy the smaller cans.
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Common Names in English:
European Hornbeam
Family Betulaceae
or shrubs
deciduous, monoecious. Stipules present, free
, often deciduous, rarely persistent
. Leaves alternate, simple
, petiolate
, usually doubly serrate, rarely simply serrate, lobulate
, or entire; veins pinnate. Flowers unisexual
. Male inflorescence precocious
, elongate
, pendulous, with numerous
overlapping bracts; each bract usually subtending
a small dichasium with 1-3 male flowers; stamens as many as and opposite sepals or, if sepals obsolete
, then stamens of inflorescence to 20; filaments
very short, connate
or nearly so; anthers
2-loculed, thecae connate or separate, opening by longitudinal
slits. Female inflorescence pendulous or erect
, with numerous overlapping bracts; each bract subtending a small dichasium with 2 or 3 flowers; calyx with 1-6 scalelike lobes
, or obsolete; petals absent; ovary inferior, 2-loculed; styles 2, free; ovules 2, or 1 by abortion
, pendulous from near apex of each locule. Fruit a nut or nutlet
, winged
or not. Seed 1, with straight embryo and flat or thickened cotyledons, without endosperm.
Six genera and 150-200 species: mainly in Asia, Europe, and North and South America; six genera (one endemic) and 89 species (56 endemic) in China.
Because of evolutionary divergence
within the Betulaceae, the family
has often been divided
into tribes
, Betuleae, Carpineae, and Coryleae) or more recently into subfamilies (J. J. Furlow, J. Arnold Arbor
. 71: 1-67. 1990) .[1]
Genus Carpinus
, 8--25 m
; trunks
usually 1, branching mostly deliquescent, trunk and branches irregularly longitudinally ridged
, fluted
. Bark
of trunk and branches bluish to brownish gray, thin, smooth
, close [thicker, broken
or shredded
]; lenticels
generally inconspicuous. Wood
nearly white to light brown, very hard and heavy, texture
fine. Branches, branchlets
, and twigs
conspicuously 2-ranked; young twigs differentiated into long and short shoots
. Winter buds
sessile, ovoid
, 4-angled in cross
, apex acute; scales
many, imbricate, smooth. Leaves on long and short shoots, 2-ranked. Leaf blade
narrowly ovate
to ovate, elliptic
, or obovate
with 10 or more pairs of lateral
veins, 3--12 × 3--6 cm, thin, margins
doubly serrate to serrulate
; surfaces abaxially glabrous
to tomentose
, sometimes covered with small glands
. Inflorescences: staminate
catkins solitary or in small racemose clusters
, lateral, formed previous growing season
and enclosed [exposed] in buds during winter, expanding with leaves; pistillate
catkins distal to staminate on short, leafy new growth, solitary, ± erect
, elongate
; bracts and flowers uncrowded. Staminate flowers
in catkins 3 per scale, crowded together on pilose
receptacle; stamens 3(--6), short; filaments
often distinct
part way to base
; anthers
into 2 parts, each 1-locular, apex pilose, Pistillate flowers 2 per bract. Infructescences
racemose clusters of paired
bracts, clusters pendulous, elongate; paired bracts deciduous with fruit, expanded, (1--) 3-lobed, variously toothed
, foliaceous
, each bract subtending 1 fruit. Fruits small nutlets
, deltoid, longitudinally ribbed
, often crowned with persistent
sepals and styles. x
= 8.
Species ca.
25: mostly north temperate
zone; Europe, Asia (s to India, Iran).
In the flora
, Carpinus consists of a single native species
caroliniana, which is composed of two fairly distinctive geographic races (J. J. Furlow 1987, 1987b), treated here as subspecies
. Worldwide it includes about 25 species, some of which become large trees. The European C. betulus is frequently planted in North America and persists long after other signs of human development have vanished. It seldom escapes
, however, and it has not become naturalized
. In the mountains of Mexico and Central America, the larger C. tropicalis (Donnell Smith) Lundell is widespread in the temperate forest zone.
Closely related to Ostrya, Carpinus is easily recognized by its smooth, gray, often fluted stems and racemose infructescences consisting of pairs of uncrowded, foliaceous, 3-lobed bracts, each subtending
a small triangular nutlet
. The staminate (but not the pistillate) catkins develop in the autumn and are enclosed within buds throughout the winter prior to anthesis
(in Ostrya, these are exposed during the winter). The pistillate catkins are produced
on the first new growth in the spring
Of relatively minor economic importance, Carpinus has limited use for its very hard wood, especially in Europe, where it is used for making mallet heads
, tool handles, levers, and other small, hard, wooden objects.[2]
Physical Description
ID Features: Yellow, pea-like flowers. Upright, multistemmed, columnar habit. Even pinnate leaves. Glossy, greenish stems. Spur-like growth on older wood. Twigs with conspicuous decurrent lines. Stipules persist and sometimes are nearly thorn-like.
Flowers: Small yellow, pea-like flowers. Blooms in early to mid-May. Held singly or in groups of up to 4. Not overwhelming.
Seeds: Fruit: A tan legume pod. Cylindrical and slender. About 1.5" to 2" long. Changes from green to tan in July and August. Pods open forcefully.
Foliage: Summer foliage: Deciduous leaves. Alternate arrangement of evenly pinnate leaves. Leaves are 1.5" to 3" long. Leaves have 8 to 12 leaflets . Leaflets are 0.5" to 1" long. Leaflets are 0.5" to 1' long. Leaflets are ovate to ovoid . Leaves are silky when young. Foliage color matures to a bright green. • Fall foliage: Yellow-green color. Not impressive.
Landscape Uses: Borders . Screen/hedge. Windbreaker. For difficult growing sites. Container plant due to tolerance of cold and drought . • Liabilities: Leaf-hoppers. A canker disease/affliction. Not an overwhelming ornamental plant.
Culture: Full sun . Tolerant of adverse growing conditions. Doesn't mind poor, dry soils. Tolerant of extreme cold. Tolerant of salt. Tolerant of winds. Fixes nitrogen.
- Domain:
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
- Infraphylum:
- Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class:
- Brongniart, 1843
- Subclass:
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
- (Engler, 1892) Takhtajan, 1997
- Order:
- Engler, 1892
- Family:
- Gray, 1821
- Birch Family
- Subfamily:
- Tribe:
- Genus:
- C. Linnaeus, 1753
- Hornbeam [Latin carpinus, hornbeam, possibly from carpentum, a Roman horse-drawn vehicle with wheels made from its hard wood]
- Specific epithet:
- Linnaeus
- Cultivar:
- Botanical name: - Carpinus betulus 'Asplenifolia' L. Linnaeus
- Cultivar:
- Specific epithet:
- Linnaeus
- Genus:
- C. Linnaeus, 1753
- Hornbeam [Latin carpinus, hornbeam, possibly from carpentum, a Roman horse-drawn vehicle with wheels made from its hard wood]
- Tribe:
- Subfamily:
- Family:
- Gray, 1821
- Birch Family
- Order:
- Engler, 1892
- Superorder:
- (Engler, 1892) Takhtajan, 1997
- Subclass:
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Class:
- Brongniart, 1843
- Infraphylum:
- Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Subphylum:
- Phylum:
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subkingdom:
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Kingdom:
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
An accepted name in the RHS Horticultural Database.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Carpinus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 21 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
C. betulus (European Hornbeam) · C. betulus 'Asplenifolia' (European Hornbeam) · C. betulus 'Fastigiata' (Columnar European Hornbeam) · C. betulus 'Globosa' (European Hornbeam) · C. betulus 'Incisa' (European Hornbeam) · C. betulus 'Pendula' (Hornbeam) · C. betulus 'Quercifolia' (European Hornbeam) · C. betulus 'Streetwise' (Common Hornbeam 'streetwise') · C. betulus 'Vienna Weeping' (Hornbeam) · C. caroliniana (American Hornbeam) · C. caroliniana caroliniana (American Hornbeam) · C. caroliniana var. Crimson Cloud (Crimson Cloud English Hawthorn) · C. caroliniana virginiana (American Hornbeam) · C. cordata (Heartleaf Hornbeam) · C. fangiana (Fang Hornbeam) · C. japonica (Japanese Hornbeam) · C. laxiflora (Hornbeam) · C. orientalis (Eastern Hornbeam) · C. turczaninovii (Korean Hornbeam) · C. turczaninowii (Korean Hornbeam) · C. viminea (Hornbeam)
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Further Reading
- Li Pei-chun & Cheng Sze-hsu. 1979. Betulaceae. In: Kuang Ko-zen & Li Pei-chun, eds., Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 21: 44-137.
- Furlow, J. J. 1987. The Carpinus caroliniana complex in North America. I. A multivariate analysis of geographical variation. Syst. Bot. 12: 21--40.
- Furlow, J. J. 1987b. The Carpinus caroliniana complex in North America. II. Systematics. Syst. Bot. 12: 416--434.
- Winkler, H. 1914. Neue Revision der Gattung Carpinus. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 15(suppl.): 488--508.
- Winstead, J. E., B. J. Smith, and G. I. Wardell. 1977. Fruit weight clines in populations of ash, ironwood, cherry, dogwood and maple. Castanea 42: 56--60.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 711907
- Pei-chun Li & Alexei K. Skvortsov "Betulaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 4 Page 286. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
- "Carpinus". in Flora of North America Vol. 3. Oxford University Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]


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6,554 reasons to be aghast at CPS (and Gov. Jan Brewer)
We now are getting a better picture of the sorts of reports of abuse and neglect that senior-level Child Protective Services officials deemed not worth investigating. According to a scathing memo written by the head of the Office of Child Welfare Investigations, the reports included: -- Cases involving potential criminal conduct that should have been jointly investigated by police. -- Cases involving families with prior reports of abuse or neglect. -- Cases involving families who had previously lost custody of their children. -- And even parents whose rights to children had been severed by the courts. "In none of these reports requiring investigation was the alleged victim child, involved family, or living arrangement ever viewed," wrote OCWI Director Greg McKay, who discovered that CPS had simply decided not to investigate 6,554 reports of abuse or neglect. McKay wrote that many reports of "an extreme nature" were among those not investigated. How even the most inexperienced social worker could turn his or her back on a child whose parents had previously lost custody of children due to abuse or neglect is simply beyond me. That it happened with senior-level managers and administrators is simply staggering. And infuriating and a few other words I can't use in polite company. That it happened without Department of Economic Security Director Clarence Carter having a clue is frankly, a bit difficult to believe. If he didn't know that thousands upon thousands of cases were being tossed onto a shelf, why the heck not? This was a DES director who has taken a direct and personal interest in trying to fix what ails CPS. It was Carter who created the SWAT team of managers and administrators whose job it was to get a handle on caseloads -- the very ones who left little children to fend for themselves. How could he be so out of touch? And why are the only ones who've been relieved of their duties the five SWAT team members who deemed the cases NI -- or not investigated? It's been nearly a month since Gov. Jan Brewer was notified about this monumental mess. Fundamental reform is desperately needed. But first, we need to get people with decent judgment into positions of authority at Child Protective Services. If the higher ups knew what was going on they need to go. If they didn't know what was going on right under their noses, they need to go. Either way they need to go. The lives of some of Arizona's children literally depend upon it.
Legislator prepares to wage war on forces of darkness in Arizona campaigns
Last year, a group calling itself Americans for Responsible Leadership spent $1.5 million to kill a pair of proposals that would have raised taxes and changed the way we elect our leaders in this state. Who, we wondered, were these Americans who helped bankroll the defeat of two Arizona initiatives? A year later, we're still wondering. In 2011, a group calling itself Phoenix Citizens United dumped $190,000 into a campaign to make sure that Phoenix mayoral candidate Wes Gullett never got a chance to shake up city hall. Meanwhile, a rival group calling itself Arizona Citizens United spent $107,000, hoping to block mayoral candidate Greg Stanton from continuing business as usual. Who, we wondered, were these Citizens spending six figures to make sure that things would change at city hall – or that they wouldn't? Two years later, we are wondering still. But perhaps for not much longer. On the eve of an election year that promises to draw millions of dollars from outside secret sources, Sen. Michele Reagan is preparing to wage war on the forces of darkness that increasingly are mounting shrouded political campaigns in Arizona. "I think a lot of people are concerned that there's going to be a big impact in 2014," Reagan, a Scottsdale Republican who chairs the Senate Elections Committee, told me. "There's big concern from a lot of people and it's not just one party that's concerned about it. It's both." Arizona has been a breeding ground – or a laundry service -- for dark money since 2010, when the U.S. Supreme Court decreed that corporations and unions can spend as much money as they want on independent political campaigns. Since then, shadowy groups have weaved a complex web of non-profits that pass along political contributions, one to the other, without ever disclosing the real source of the money. The Center for Responsive Politics' Open Secrets Blog reported last week that $300 million -- or more than one out of every four dark money dollars spent to influence elections across the nation in 2012 -- was linked to conservative billionaires Charles and David Koch, according to the latest tax filings. Sean Noble, an Arizona political consultant with deep ties to the Koch network, is a dark money maestro. Open Secrets reports that Noble's Arizona-based Center to Protect Patient Rights raised $147 million last year – more than all of its three previous years combined. Most of that money came from a pair of conservative Virginia-based non profits, Americans for Job Security and Freedom Partners. CPPR then funneled that money into 26 other non-profits, including nearly $25 million to Arizona-based Americans for Responsible Leadership, now run by former House Speaker Kirk Adams. ARL on Tuesday provided me with its 2012 tax filing which shows it, in turn, passed along $12.8 million – including $11 million to defeat a pair of California propositions, $925,000 to defeat the education sales tax initiative, $550,000 to defeat the top-two primary initiative, and $300,000 to American Commitment, yet another Koch-linked non-profit based in Washington D.C. So where did the money really come from? Beats me. Reagan is working on a bill that would force non-profits to disclose the actual source of their campaign cash. A draft of her bill isn't even out yet and already she says she's taking blowback from some people on both ends of political spectrum, people who apparently aren't so keen on the idea of turning on the lights. A fair number of them members of the Arizona Legislature, I would guess. Our leaders have been, shall we say, less than enthusiastic in recent years about opening up the blackout curtains. Reagan herself refused to hear a bill last year by Sen. Steve Farley, D-Tucson. Reagan told me at the time that she wasn't sure that there's a legal way to force disclosure. Now Reagan, who is running for secretary of state, is preparing to take her own stab at shining a light in dark places. "We open up a very big dark door if we start saying that anything's a go in this state," she said. "You're basically saying then our elections are for sale and not just for sale but the public can't find out who paid for it." The question is, will Legislature allow such a system to stand? Or put another way, will we allow the Legislature to allow such a system to stand? If so, expect to be bombarded next year by all manner of well-heeled non-profits – both conservative and liberal – waging expensive campaigns aimed at getting you to vote a certain way. There is, however, one closely guarded piece of information you won't get. Who they are. (Column published Dec. 11, 2013, The Arizona Republic.)
A year after Newtown, revulsion morphs into resignation
It's been a year. One year this week since a madman bent on massacre stormed an elementary school and left a classroom full of carnage. One year since we grappled for answers as to why a young man would dress in battle garb and mount a full-scale assault on 6 and 7 year olds. Since we asked what we, on God's good earth, we can do to prevent another Newtown (or Columbine, or Virginia Tech, or Tucson or…) One year later, revulsion has been replaced by resignation. Anger has turned to ambivalence as we have watched the people who claim to lead us do … Well, nothing, actually. Nothing about loopholes in the law that allow anyone to get a gun, no questions asked. Nothing to limit the carnage by limiting the size of magazines. Nothing to better identify and treat those who suffer from mental illness – or at least to try to block their access to instruments of mass destruction. Meanwhile, there have been more than a dozen mass shootings since that December day when the nation reeled, aghast at the image of a classroom full of dead first graders. Kara Pelletier is disappointed but undaunted. "We had a tremendous amount of momentum, lots of activity," she told me. "I'm stunned to sit here nearly a year later and on a national level we have done very little. But I wouldn't say that we haven't done anything." Pelletier runs the Arizona chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America. The group was formed the day after the Newtown massacre, by an Indiana mother who could no longer stand by and do nothing. Today, it has 125,000 members and a chapter in every state, advocating for stronger gun laws. They are moms, mobilized by monumental tragedy and vowing to do what they can so that never again do we see a day such as Dec. 14, 2012. If only Congress would do the same. Fortunately, mothers in general are blessed with patience and they will certainly need it as they seek to make inroads on the powers-that-be who call the shots in this country -- the National Rifle Association, that is. Pelletier notes that a majority of the U.S. Senate voted in April to expand background checks to gun shows and Internet sales. But that is still six votes shy of the 60 needed. She believes the Senate will eventually bow to public opinion, which strongly supports universal background checks. Meanwhile, she points out that six states, including New York, Connecticut and Colorado, enacted significant gun control laws this year. "We're more frustrated than ever that our federal government cannot get its act together and do something about this issue and like many issues in America … the states have to start turning the tide before the federal government catches up with the will of the American people,'' Pelletier said. "Eighty-some percent of Arizonans want universal background checks but you can't get Jeff Flake or Andy Biggs or any of these guys to talk about this as a reasonable solution." On Saturday, the anniversary of the Newtown massacre, the Moms, along with Arizonans for Gun Safety and several other groups, will hold vigils at 9:35 a.m. at Memorial Presbyterian Church in Phoenix and another at 3 p.m. at Catalina Park in Tucson. The theme will be "No More Silence" about gun violence in America. Silence, after all, is the last thing we can afford. One year ago, I wrote that we need to have a serious national conversation about guns. About loopholes that allow anyone to get one. About whether our rights to high-powered weaponry supersede the rights of those who file into a classroom or a movie theater or a shopping mall to come out alive. About mental illness and how we've basically ceded what passes for treatment to the jails and prisons. About how to better identify teens and young adults who are showing signs of mental illness and invest early on in proper treatment that could help them live a decent life. Unfortunately, we no longer talk in this country. We shout. We reach impasse. And then we move on. One year after a first-grade classroom became a killing field, we've moved on. Oh, that's not to say we haven't done anything. In Arizona, our Legislature this year created a new law to protect guns from destruction. If only they would offer similar protections to people. (Column published Dec. 10, 2013, The Arizona Republic.)
6,500 cases ignored while CPS takes away THIS kid?
Child Protective Services was too overwhelmed to investigate 6,500 reports of abuse yet somehow the agency found time last year to take away Carolina's children. She'd smacked her son in the mouth for being disrespectful but quickly regretted it and was seeking help for better ways to handle a rebellious 11-year-old when CPS came swooping in. It took a year — including drug tests, a psychological exam and a judge's order — but she finally got her son back in August. CPS ignored 6,500 reports of children in potential danger yet the agency somehow found time to whisk away Jessyca and Bradon Peterson's children in March, deeming her unfit to parent due to her Fibromyalgia. Never mind that her doctor says she's "fully capable of taking care of her children" or that the kids have a capable father. The Petersons are still waiting for their day in court to try to get their three children back. Unfortunately, that day that won't come until February, 11 months after the kids were split up and sent to foster homes on opposite sides of the Valley. CPS is too busy to check on thousands upon thousands of children who may need help. Yet the agency found the time to take away Ellen's teen-age daughter in May, basically because she doesn't have health insurance. While child-welfare officials wax on about a shortage of money and manpower, they might want to consider another shortage that appears to exist at CPS: Common sense. I've previously written about the way CPS has "protected" Carolina's and the Petersons' children – one of whom is now in therapy for depression due to his prolonged separation from his parents. Today, comes the case of Ellen, a mother who sought out medical help for her daughter and as a result, lost custody. "It's just so unbelievable," the Phoenix woman told me this week. "How can they take your kid away because you don't have insurance? I mean, my God. How dare they?" Ellen is a single mom with two kids. Her oldest, a teen, moved to an academically rigorous school last year and was struggling. After being suspended this spring, she became depressed. Concerned about her daughter's mental status, Ellen took the girl to their doctor on May 20, after she got off work. The doctor sent them to Phoenix Children's Hospital. Hospital documents indicate that the girl admitted that she'd considered suicide and attempted it once, but the plan was to send her home. That plan changed after the mother initially said she had to work the following day and couldn't stay home with her daughter. She also initially refused to give the hospital her name and address, explaining that she had no insurance and didn't want to get billed for the emergency-room visit. When a doctor then recommended inpatient treatment at a mental hospital, Ellen explained that she couldn't afford the $1,000-a-day expense. Ultimately, she agreed to stay home with her daughter the next day and supplied her contact information, but it was apparently too little, too late. The hospital kept the girl overnight, deeming her not safe with her mother, and called CPS. The next morning, CPS took custody of the girl. The reason? "Mother refuses to admit child to inpatient treatment as recommended by the medical staff." Ellen says she tried to explain that she didn't object to inpatient treatment. She just couldn't afford it. But it didn't seem to matter. "Mother is unable to parent due to neglect," CPS wrote two days later, in its petition to make the girl a ward of the state. "Mother has neglected her child by failing to provide her with appropriate medical care." CPS committed the girl to a mental hospital, with instructions that her mother be allowed no contact – presumably because she'd been observed "verbally bullying" the girl at Phoenix Children's. Eight days later, the girl was released and deemed at low risk of hurting herself. But rather than sending her home, CPS put her into a foster home and later a group home. Finally in mid-September, sanity prevailed and CPS sent the girl home. This, after a CPS-selected psychologist found no evidence of a problem with Ellen's ability to parent her daughter. Finally, on Nov. 21, CPS moved to dismiss the case -- two weeks before it was set to go before a judge. "They knew they had a trial coming up and they knew they couldn't prove it," Ellen's attorney, DeeAn Gillespie Strub, told me. "So they finally got out of the way." CPS didn't respond to a request for comment. In its motion to dismiss, the agency noted that the child "is no longer at risk or harm of being in the mothers care." (sic) Or put another way, no longer at risk from a mother who sought out help for her daughter to begin with, one who simply couldn't afford the type of help that was recommended. For this great offense, she lost her daughter for four months and battled for another two months to get CPS out of their lives. Meanwhile, in 6,500 other cases … (Column published Dec. 7, 2013, The Arizona Republic.)
Reform CPS with wrecking ball, not Band-aid
Gov. Jan Brewer has launched an investigation into Child Protective Services, demanding to know how the agency could ignore the cries of more than 6,500 children. Me? I've been listening to the cries of other children. To China Marie Davis. CPS put her into foster care and within 16 days the signs of abuse were there. Yet 10 months later, the system deemed her "thriving." She died not long after that, having endured 15 broken bones. The two year old's death in 1992 led to demands for reform and assurances by CPS that things were changing. "If they're calling for a redesign of the child-welfare system, we're already doing that," a CPS spokeswoman said at the time. Sadly, whatever they were doing didn't come in time for 5-year-old Henry Greer and his 3-year-old sister, Odessa. They were beaten to death in 1994 after at least six reports to CPS that they needed help. After their bodies were found in a west Phoenix sewer, Department of Economic Security Director Linda Blessing vowed to reform CPS. But Donovan Hendrix couldn't wait. CPS left the 5-year-old with his father and girlfriend despite past abuse and a doctor's warning that if Donovan died "it will be the result of neglect on the part of CPS." Donovan died in 1996 and again CPS vowed to change. Just not in time to help 20-month-old Liana Sandoval -- beaten to death, wired to a rock and tossed into a canal in 2001. Divers found her body one day after CPS declared it had found no evidence of abuse. A 7-year-old boy named Isaac was luckier. After nine calls to CPS, someone finally called the police, who found the starving 36-pound child living in a closet in 2003. Then-Gov. Janet Napolitano vowed that things would change. "We have a true crisis in Child Protective Services in this state," she said. "We've had it for a long time." Ten years later, we have it still. The Legislature has enacted reforms and piped in money (which it later piped out) and still children slip silently away. Haley Gray, Natalia Santillan and 3-year-old Angelene Plummer, murdered in 2005 despite eight calls to CPS. Brandon Williams and little Tyler and Ariana Payne, murdered in 2006 or 2007 after CPS left them with a drug dealing father who'd been denied custody due to domestic violence. Schala Vera and Jacob Gibson, Annie Carimbocas and 23-month-old Janie Buelna, her body covered in scars, her teeth broken and her leg ravaged by an untreated burn after CPS deemed her safe and walked away. Janie died in 2011, the same week CPS got a new boss. Both DES Director Clarence Carter and his boss, Jan Brewer, vowed to fix the agency. Now comes a new horror story and a new vow. Gov. Brewer, if I could say just one thing, it would be this: Don't walk away as so many have, placated by an easy fix. Instead of breaking out a new box of Band-aids, consider the words of former Maricopa County Attorney Rick Romley. "It's time to blow the damn thing up and quite frankly start over," he told me. A decade ago, Romley commissioned a study of CPS after a string of child deaths. The resulting "In Harm's Way" report, researched by victim advocate Shawn Cox, made 27 recommendations. Among them: the creation of a new state agency separate from the massive DES bureaucracy, with a refocused mission placing protection of children as the top priority. The idea was DOA at the state Capitol. Ten years later, Romley believes more than ever that CPS needs to be rebuilt into a smaller, stand-alone agency, with a director whose focus isn't fractured by the need to oversee food stamps, unemployment claims and the zillion other programs run out of DES. "Unless you do this, in two more years, you're going to be writing about CPS again," he said. Or likely sooner. Which is why, I would say just three (more) things to Gov. Brewer as she embarks upon yet another reform operation:
- Break out the wrecking ball and level CPS. Build a new streamlined stand-alone agency focused on protecting children rather than bad management practices.
- Hire the best minds available to run the joint, people appointed not for their political prowess but for their actual expertise.
- And please, governor, put your money where your mouth is. Fund CPS at a level so that when you stand before the cameras and say "never again" -- as has been said so awfully many times before -- we can believe it.
Gov. Brewer talking tough but will we see any real action to fix what ails CPS?
Nineteen days after learning that well over 6,000 children's cries for help went unanswered, Gov. Jan Brewer on Monday appointed an independent panel to figure out what the heck is going on over at Child Protective Services. She used words like "absolutely inexcusable," and "never again" and the always popular "there will be accountability." Then she announced that she has confidence in the guy who runs Child Protective Services. "My director, Clarence Carter, has done a fine job in regards to where we're at," she said. "The bottom line is that he is the director of DES (Department of Economic Security), CPS reports to them. I believe personally that there has been a break in the command and we will get to the bottom of it and somebody, or people, will be held accountable. We're not going to tolerate this. I think that we need a complete, full investigation. We need to know where all the bodies are buried, if you will, no pun intended. But we're not going to start attacking people until we know that we've got a basis to do that." A basis? How about at least 6,550 bases, governor? One basis for every child's cry his – make that, your -- agency ignored. Monday's announcement marks the third investigation into last month's bombshell disclosure that CPS decided not to investigate 6,550 reports that children were being abused or neglected. There is the CPS investigation into what happened here. There is the DPS (Department of Public Safety) investigation into what happened here. And now, there is the independent investigation into what happened here – one that Brewer said will "serve to restore public trust" in CPS. This, of course, assumes that the public actually had trust in this disaster of an agency to begin with, but I digress. Brewer's Child Advocate Response Examination team, headed up by Department of Juvenile Corrections Director Charles Flanagan, will make sure those 6,550 cases are actually investigated and dig into the system that allowed this epic fail – a system that deemed it OK to ignore reports of abuse despite a state law that says every report must be investigated. These weren't caseworkers on the street who blew it. These were some of the agency's best trained and most senior staffers who designated these cases not worth investigating. Dropped them with the approval of….well, we don't yet know who approved this genius plan but it must have gone pretty high up the CPS food chain. Word got out not because anyone at CPS blew the whistle but because the Office of Child Welfare Investigations – a recently formed division that is separate from CPS but within DES – discovered what was going on. That point was not lost on Brewer. "I think the Department of Child Protective Services has been hiding or not disclosing information that we all want to hear," Brewer said. "Some of that, of course, is confidential. But I think that we must strive moving forward now with new reforms to see that there's a lot more transparency." Well, hallelujah and amen to that. (And good luck making it happen.) But we must also strive forward by looking backward, to the fact that CPS has been a mess for decades. To the fact that many have tried and none have succeeded in curing what ails this agency. To the fact that this latest debacle – outright ignoring pleas for help – began as the already underfunded CPS faced cuts to its budget courtesy of none other than Brewer and the Arizona Legislature. Budget cuts don't excuse what happened here, but they're part of the story, featuring Brewer and the Arizona Legislature, which didn't properly fund the agency. Featuring Carter, who hasn't been able to fix it despite two and a half years of trying. Featuring senior agency officials who apparently decided that protecting the department from bad press was more important than protecting children. Featuring a leadership team in this state that after 19 days still can't tell us how many children were left in danger by CPS. Still can't tell us whether anyone has been dispatched to make sure they are safe. Still can't tell us much of anything other than that it's not acceptable and they're certainly right about that. It's not acceptable and there's plenty of shame to go around. And this time, there isn't a Band-aid big enough to cover the oozing wound. (Column published Dec. 3, 2013, The Arizona Republic.)
Gov. Brewer: head of CPS doing a "fine job". Really?
Using words like "absolutely inexcusable" and "never again" and the always popular "there will be accountability", Gov. Jan Brewer on Monday appointed an independent panel to oversee the investigation into the latest Child Protective Services debacle. Then she announced that she has every confidence in the guy who runs CPS. "My director, Clarence Carter, has done a fine job in regards to where we're at," she said. "The bottom line is that he is the director of DES, CPS reports to them. I believe personally that there has been a break in the command and we will get to the bottom of it and somebody or people will be held accountable. We're not going to tolerate this. I think that we need a complete, full investigation. We need to know where all the bodies are buried, if you will, no pun intended. But we're not going to start attacking people until we know that we've got a basis to do that." A basis? How about well over 6,000 bases? One basis for every child's cry of help his agency ignored. His agency. And hers. Reminds me of President George Bush, as he congratulated FEMA director Michael Brown for his handling of Hurricane Katrina. "Brownie, you're doing a heckuva job," he said. Ten days later, Brown had to resign.
Phoenix grandmother launches pay-it-forward project
Maria De Longy wanted to do something special for her grandchildren and her late sister's grandchildren. So she gave them each $1,000 and told them to go change the world. Or get a start on it at least. As a result, a village in Vietnam has a new generator. A disabled child in Memphis, Tenn., will get a chance to go to camp next summer. And nine teens and young adults received something worth far more than a thousand bucks. The Phoenix grandmother launched her pay-it-forward project this summer, after hearing from an old college roommate who was having a hard time. She sent her friend a check to help her get back on her feet and quickly realized that really, it had been a gift to herself. "I asked her not to reply to me because I just simply wanted to help her and it gave me great pleasure," Maria said. "So I decided to do the same thing for these nine young people who mean so much to me and meant so much to my sister." It was a grandchild's dream: $1,000 to do with as they saw fit. "I know that you can always use a little spare cash and hope you will find this gift useful in that regard," she wrote, in the letter accompanying the checks. "However, I am also hoping that each of you will pay it forward – that is, to find a person, an organization, a charity, someone in need and give a portion of this check to them." Pay it forward, they did. From Maryland to Oklahoma, from Tennessee to Texas and a few points in between, Maria's grandchildren and great nieces and nephews put the money to good use. To give a disabled child a chance to go to summer camp in Memphis and to support a Dallas charity that helps children fighting cancer. To provide sanctuary for abused and abandoned animals in Utah and to send a student to musician Victor Wooten's music/nature camp in Nashville. To buy a generator for Phong Nha, an area of Vietnam recently hit by a typhoon. To an Oklahoma charity that provides clothes and toiletries to children in need and to a Kansas group that serves children with autism. The list goes on…and on. No one, however, likely got as much out of the donations as the donors, who range in age from 16 to 26. "Not only have you shown me what true joy and happiness comes from, but you have also left me a memory that will never be forgotten, wrote Katie Adams, in reply to her grandmother. Adams, a 20-year-old junior at the University of Alabama, sent her gift to Jacob's Well, a ministry that works with the homeless and impoverished families in her hometown of Memphis. Meanwhile, Megan Adams, 24, of Dallas, is spending a portion of her money on the 12-year-oldCQ girl she mentors through Big Brothers Big Sisters and on Wipe Out Cancer,CQ which fights cancer in children. "As soon as I opened the check, I selfishly thought you were sharing your riches for no significant reason (because I naturally looked at the check before the letter)," she wrote, in reply to her grandmother. "As I continued to open the letter, I read what the check was really to be used for; I had an immediate rush of ideas and excitement for how I could use the money and whose lives I could make a difference. That feeling was far more gratifying than my original selfish excitement." Maria considers it $9,000 well spent, to give her grandchildren and great nieces and nephews the opportunity to think bigger than themselves. "They became involved in their communities, they did research," she said. "They seriously considered what they were going to do and I think it made changes in them. I think they became less 'me' oriented." Something to think about on this weekend of thanksgiving. "I thought it would be just so wonderful if even one of your readers would take this and fly with it," she said. "There so many needs in our communities. This is just a little teeny drop in the ocean, isn't it? If we had more little drops like this, we could make an impact." We could make an impact. On our communities. But mostly on ourselves. Column published Nov. 30, 2013, The Arizona Republic.)
How could 3 girls disappear and nobody notice?
Today's child horror story is brought to you by the city of Tucson, where three girls were held captive for up to two years by mommy dearest and their stepfather, according to police.
Two years. Police were called in the wee hours Tuesday to a Tucson home to check out a report of domestic violence. When they arrived, they found two sisters, 12 and 13, who had escaped and run to a neighbor's house. The girls said they'd been held captive in their bedroom "for at least the last several months and possibly up to two years." When police went into the house, they found a third sister, 17, who'd been held in a separate bedroom. The girls' 34-year-old stepfather and 32-year-old mother -- The Republic isn't using their names so as not to identify the children -- were arrested and are facing charges of kidnapping and child abuse. The girls, who were malnourished and filthy, were removed from the home, presumably handed into the custody of Child Protective Services. "We are doing all we can to make sure these kids are kept safe," said police Capt. Michael Gillooly, head of the violent-crimes division. If we're doing all we can to keep these and other kids safe then obviously there are a number of questions about what happened here. For now, I'll ask just two, 1. How could three girls go missing for up to two years and nobody notice? If they were in school, did school officials notify anyone when they disappeared? If not, were there no family members or friends who wondered where the girls had gone? 2. Or did someone notice and call CPS? And if someone called CPS, is this one of the 6,100 reports of possible abuse or neglect that went uninvestigated? I've put a question to CPS to find out whether the agency ever received a call about these girls. Because I'm having trouble understanding how three girls could simply go missing for up to two years and nobody – absolutely nobody – notice they were gone.Two years after plane crash, Karen Perry builds new life
Somewhere in Phoenix, there is a storage locker piled high with wreckage. It belongs to Karen Perry now. The charred pieces are ugly and jagged. A length of propeller here, a seat belt clip there. A mangled heap of twisted metal that ripped open her heart and wrenched away her family one Thanksgiving Eve not so long ago. Soon, that pile of rubble will be transformed into a work of art. A tangible statement that even from such devastation, something beautiful can grow. "I think it is symbolic of really the transformation of my life," Karen told me recently. A few years ago, Karen Perry was like so many of us, a mother trying to shepherd her three children through the days. It was never easy. It took 10 years and a battle with breast cancer before she was able to have children. Morgan, 9, the oldest, had severe epilepsy and endured five brain surgeries that left her legally blind and disabled. Luke, 6, the youngest, was autistic. Yet they were so much more than the sum their disabilities. They and 8-year-old Logan, were Karen's world. One that seemed to end on Nov. 23, 2011. It was the day before Thanksgiving and the kids were keyed up, excited at the prospect of a long holiday weekend with their father, Shawn, a former US Airways pilot who had moved to Safford after their 2010 divorce. Just that afternoon, Logan had danced around the living room in their Gold Canyon home, shouting, "Yeah, I love Thanksgiving!" They took off from Falcon Field around dinner time on a cool moonless night. Six minutes later, their plane crashed into the Superstitions, lighting up the mountain and catapulting Karen's world into darkness. In an instant, her children were gone, along with Shawn Perry, the pilot Russel Hardy and Joseph Hardwick. Suddenly, there was only Karen and a silent house and a future that stretched out before her ... for what? The early days were a blur as Karen kept breathing, encased in concrete. But life goes on, no matter how much you sometimes wish it didn't and she instinctively knew that the only way through the darkness was to catch sight of a light and stagger toward it. That first Christmas, she delivered gifts to children who would otherwise have none. In the months and years that have followed, she's emptied her refrigerator to feed kids whose parents have lost their jobs and opened her heart to people who have experienced tragedy. "I have a sense that there was really a purpose, a reason why I was left behind," she said. "I'm still here and I knew and I know that I have a purpose for being here and I want to use that preciously in a wise way. I want to make sure that I don't leave this earth without having fulfilled what I'm supposed to do." In January, she will launch Wings of Life, a faith-based non-profit aimed at taking care of the needs of children in the East Valley. It's a way, she says, to honor her own children and to repay the community that has stood with her. She's also hoping to give back in a different way. When the National Transportation Safety Board released the wreckage of the crash, Karen asked if she could have it. She couldn't bear to see it destroyed so she's asked a sculptor – one who witnessed the crash – to coax beauty out of the ugliness. She envisions an angel holding three children. When it's finished, she plans to offer it to the Superstition Mountain Museum, a tribute and a reminder that from tragedy can come transformation. Today, Karen, a flight attendant with Delta Airlines, lives on in the shadow of the mountain where her life ended and then began again – moving ahead but never on. She's engaged now and she's writing a book, about her children and about life after loss and about hope. She believes that she is on her way doing what she's supposed to do, what we're all supposed to do, really – to live a meaningful life, to open our eyes to the beauty that is all around us, grateful for blessings, big and small. "I view everything differently now," she told me. "I have a much greater appreciation for everything that is good in my life, even the most simple things. I'm happy I wake up in the morning. I'm grateful that I have wonderful memories, but it makes me sad, too, because I miss them so much." (Column published Nov. 27, 2013, The Arizona Republic.)


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Dispelling the Myths of ASD- The causes of autism spectrum disorders - How to properly diagnose ASPs - Treatments based on physiology, sensory, and biomedical interventions - Coping strategies for families - Educational programs - Living and working conditions for adults with ASP - Autism Treatment Evaluation Checklist (ATEC) Myth #1: The Rain Man Myth There are certainly individuals with ASDs who have extraordinary talent or, more usually, an inconsistent profile where they excel or do well in one area and have low performance in others. For example, years ago I worked with a young man who had a gift for memorizing and was infatuated with sports. On my first day of work at Fairview State Hospital, he came up to me and said, "I used to be a sports newscaster. Ask me any question about sports and I'll fill you in." He had memorized the pertinent statistics for all the World Series from the previous two decades. We talked sports and I did find him a bit odd. For a few minutes I entertained the thought that he was another employee, thinking what a dedicated person he must be to quit working for the media and join the staff at this hospital. Then I looked on my roster and realized he was one of my students for functional living skills. He definitely had a talent for sports statistics, but hadn't yet learned how to dress himself independently or tie his own shoes. However, there are many more individuals with ASDs who have no particular special talent, any more than the rest of us do. Myth #2: Everyone who has an ASD is a genius, a Thomas Jefferson in waiting. It is true that some people with ASDs are geniuses, but not everyone is. Thomas Jefferson, it appears, had characteristics of Asberger's, within the range of modern diagnostic criteria. Others such as Beethoven, Isaac Newton, and Einstein have all been mentioned as famous people who could have been diagnosed as on the spectrum. However, for every person with ASD who is a genius, there are many more who are mere mortals like ourselves. Myth #3: Everyone who has an ASD is mentally retarded. If you start with the perception that someone is mentally retarded, the expectations for that individual aren't going to be very high, and he will never be given the opportunity to reach as far as he can go. Better to hope he's a genius and be disappointed than never to have given a person the benefit of the doubt. The reality is that the population of people with ASDs is much like the general population: some of us have special talents, some of us are geniuses, and some of us are retarded. But most of us are just average earthlings. Myth #4: Everyone who has a symptom of an ASD has an ASD. If a person has one or two characteristics of an ASD, it does not necessarily mean he has an ASD. It is the number and severity of behavioral characteristics in the areas of social interaction, communication, and repetitive stereotypical behaviors that causes concern. That is why it's important to consult with a medical professional who is familiar with ASDs. Myth #5: There is no cure for (or recovery from) ASDs There is no magical pill that cures everyone. However, there are cases of children who were diagnosed as clearly having ASDs, and who are now considered to be neurotypical or symptom-free by professionals thanks to interventions they have received. Recovery means that they have to have overcome some of the symptoms they had that made it difficult for them to live full and successful lives in a world created by neurotypicals. Myth #6: People with ASDs have no emotions and do not get attached to other people It is true that people with an ASD show emotions in a different way from neurotypicals. However, just because a person does not show emotions in the way we are used to seeing them exhibited does not mean that they don't have feelings. One only has to read accounts by people with autism to realize that some individuals express emotions differently or are unable to show emotion at all because they are not in control of their muscles or motor planning. Foreword Preface Notes about the Book
Chapter 1: The Myths and History of Autism Spectrum Disorders
Chapter 2: What Autism Spectrum Disorders Are and How to Know If a Person Has One
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Chapter 7: Education
Chapter 8: Community Life
Chapter 9: Adults Living and WOrking with Autism Spectrum Disorders
Closing Comments
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Hiya hope your all having a great week.
Here are some completed items that will be available to purchase this week.
Cute little hall table or desk with turned legs and single drawer. SOLD
Beautiful ornate mirror with lots of detailing. SOLD
This extension table and eight chairs I have just finished painting for a customer who wanted a whole new look for her tired old setting.