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Use of Force -- Myths and Realities Part I (podcast transcript)
Bostain: Hi. I'm John Bostain. I'm the Senior Instructor for Use of Force for basic training programs at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Brunswick, Georgia; also known as the FLETC. With me today is Tim Miller, a Branch Chief in our Legal Division here at FLETC. Tim, can you tell us a little bit about yourself?
Miller: Sure. I'm Tim Miller. I'm a Branch Chief at the Legal Division. I'm in charge of the basic legal training for the students coming through the FLETC.
Bostain: Well Tim could you tell us a little bit about FLETC?
Miller: Yeah, the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center trains federal law enforcement officers and agents from more than 80 different agencies. Some of the more common agencies that you've heard of are Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives, the Naval Criminal Investigative Service; of course it has its own TV show. Part of the training includes Use of Force. We teach students when a police officer can use force, and how much force is authorized.
Bostain: Ok, well, this is going to be the first installment of a multi-part series concerning the myths of Use of Force. Today we're going to discuss the issue of using the "minimal amount of force" during a force encounter. Tim, throughout my entire law enforcement career, I have continually heard that officers should use the minimal amount of force necessary to seize a suspect. Are you saying that's a myth?
Miller: I sure am; but let's first define a seizure for our audience. A seizure is a government termination of movement through a means intentionally applied. Now I know that sounds awful legalistic but it's really pretty simple. If a cop yells at a suspect, "stop in the name of the law," and the suspect stops, the suspect is seized. If the cop wrestles the suspect to the ground, the suspect is seized. If the cop shoots the suspect, the suspect is seized. Those are all government terminations of movement through a means intentionally applied. Now the phrase you used is this. The minimal amount of force has to be used to affect a seizure. That's been in agency policies for decades, but it's not the law. A similar policy restriction is for the officers to use the least intrusive means to affect an arrest. Those again are all admirable goals. They are policy restrictions however but they sometimes represent unrealistic almost wishful ideals. Most importantly, it's not the legal standard for Use of Force in the United States.
Bostain: You're saying that's not the legal standard?
Miller: No. The Fourth Amendment to the Constitution is interpreted by the Supreme Court that sets the legal standard for Use of Force in the United States. All force must be objectively reasonable. Courts examine the totality of the facts and circumstances faced by the officer to determine whether the force he or she used was -- and I'll use these two words again and again -- objectively reasonable.
Bostain: Well, Tim, where do we get that standard from?
Miller: The United States Supreme Court, specifically the Court's interpretation of the Fourth Amendment in Graham v. Connor. Graham v. Connor was a civil suit that went all of the way up to the Supreme Court. Mr. Graham sued Officer Connor. It was Graham suing Officer Connor, Graham alleged that Connor used excessive force to effect a seizure. In essence we've got Graham v. Connor. In short the Court said that the correct standard to judge Officer Connor is objective reasonableness. The Supreme Court sent that case back down to the trial court and told the trial court to answer this question, "was the force Connor used to seize Mr. Graham objectively reasonable based on the totality of the facts and circumstances at the time?"
Bostain: Well, hmm, what's that exactly mean?
Miller: Well, when a plaintiff sues a law enforcement officer for excessive use of force, the courts will examine the totality of the facts and circumstances confronting the officer at the time without regards to the officer's underlying intent or motivation. Now let me stop briefly to explain what I mean by underlying intent or motivation. Simply stated, the best intentions in the world will not save an officer. An officer might shoot someone because he honestly believes the person shot was Osama Bin Laden, but again the intentions of the cop are not relevant. The court will examine all the facts and ask what facts did the officer have to believe the person shot was in fact Osama Bin Laden and that he posed a threat of serious bodily harm to the officer or others. The court should consider the facts the officer was aware of at the time he or she applied force. In Graham the court specifically mentioned things such as the severity of the crime, whether the suspect posed a threat, an immediate threat to the safety of the officer or others, whether the suspect was actively resisting arrest or attempting to evade arrest by flight. Those are all important factors to determine reasonableness of Use of Force. There are other factors too. The court will also consider whether the suspect has a known violent history, the physical size, age and condition of the suspect, the type of crime involved; things such as that. Whether the suspect is under the influence of alcohol or drugs is a big factor. I bet you know from experience, John, that most people that assault police officers are under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
Bostain: Yeah, I've experienced that first hand. But Tim, you say the legal standard is objective reasonableness. Some will just say, "this is just semantics." Aren't objective reasonableness and minimal force essentially the same thing?
Miller: Not at all. And, it's a good thing you bring this up because confusion about objective reasonableness and what it really means can cause officers to unnecessarily hesitate during a critical incident when they have to use force. For those who think the issue of minimal force versus reasonable force is semantics, consider this. According to the Merriam-Webster's Dictionary, reasonable can be defined as "being in accordance with reason; not extreme or excessive," which is the same way the courts define reasonableness. Minimal however, is defined as "relating to or being a minimum; the least possible; barely adequate; very small or slight."
Bostain: You make a pretty good point there.
Miller: Well, think about it. Do we really want officers to believe that they have to use the least amount of force necessary to seize a suspect? Now, let's assume the officer is facing an armed assailant with a knife. I can only imagine what might be going through an officer's head when he or she faces a guy like that with a knife. Well, will a verbal warning to put the knife -- will a verbal warning "put the knife down," will that work? If that won't work, can I use physical force short of deadly force? Physical force will not work. Can I use an intermediate weapon, like an intermediate weapon like pepper spray or baton? Whether intended or not, an agency policy that tells officers to use the minimal amount of force necessary implies the officer should use little force. It also encourages a trial and error process, where officers are encouraged to try one "minimal" option, only to have it fail, then try the next "minimal" option to have it also fail. Officers who have experienced these situations first hand know that continually trying to employ minimal force response options almost always results in a situation that quickly, quickly escalates out of control. The end result is the officer ends up using more force, and the likelihood of injury to both the suspect and the officers is really increased. The United States Supreme Court set the standard for Use of Force "objective reasonableness," John, based on the totality of the facts and circumstances confronting the officer at the time of the seizure, was the option employed reasonable, not minimal. If they wanted the standard to be minimal force, I think the Supreme Court would have said so.
Bostain: Okay, well that makes sense. You know this reminds me of a time I heard an analogy at a training conference some years ago about this exact issue, about minimal force versus objective reasonableness. Tell me if you agree with this analogy.
I was listening to Bill Lewinski, he's a world renowned Use of Force expert from the Force Science Research Center. He was teaching a class and this is what he said, he said "imagine if you were to return home from work today to find your house burning to the ground. Hey, fortunately for you, the fire department is already on scene, they are there with their hoses and they are getting ready to put the fire out. Now, ask yourself this question, 'Do I want that firefighter to try and determine the minimal amount of water it's going to take to put that fire out? Or, would I rather -- based on his training and experience -- would I want him to determine the reasonable amount of water it will take to put the fire out?' Some argue that it's the same thing. But as I listen to Dr. Lewinski he went on to say, "imagine that firefighter determines that the minimum amount of water that it's going to take to extinguish the fire is 400 gallons. So the firefighter dials up 400 gallons on the truck, he starts to extinguish the fire. After 400 gallons though, the water runs out, but it wasn't enough to put the fire out. So, as the firefighter scrambles around, he's trying to get more water, the fire starts to actually get bigger and more out of control, and now it takes even more water to extinguish the flames. However, if the firefighter had just used a reasonable amount of water in the first place, the fire would have been under control sooner, with less damage and less water used." Do you think that's a fair analogy?
Miller: I think that's it. The analogy correlates well with the use of force incidents, the early application of a reasonable amount of force will result in less force having to be used; less injury to suspects, less injury to officers.
Bostain: Okay. Alright, well, then let's talk about these other parts that we hear a lot about. So Tim, the issue of least intrusive means? Surely if an officer has options available to him during a potential deadly force encounter, he should at least try those other options first, shouldn't he?
Miller: Well I tell you, using the least intrusive amount of force sounds to me a lot like using the minimal amount of force. Using the least intrusive means may be found in agency policies, but again the idea has been repeatedly rejected by the courts as not being "the legal standard."
Bostain: Oh really, hmm. Well, do you have any examples of that?
Miller: I do. Now, sure there are plenty of examples really. One example is a case called Scott v. Henrich, a 1994 case from the 9th Circuit, I think. In this case police officers responded to a shots fired call. Witnesses directed them to the apartment where the shooter was. The police officers banged and kicked the door, ordering the shooter to open up. The shooter fumbled with the door latch, opened the door, and pointed a gun at the officers. One of the officers shot at the shooter, missing him. The other officer, thinking that the shooter had actually fired, shot four times at the shooter, suspect, and killed him. Now, the widow of the deceased shooter filed a civil suit, civil lawsuit against the officers, alleging that the officers used excessive force under the Fourth Amendment. The widow tried to argue that the officer should've used alternative measures before approaching and knocking on the door where the shooter was located.
Bostain: So did the courts say the officers should have tried something different before resorting to deadly force?
Miller: No, it was quite the opposite. The court said that requiring officers to find and choose the least intrusive alternative would really require them to exercise, and I like this language, "superhuman judgment." In the heat of battle with lives potentially in the balance, officers are not required to select the least intrusive option available to them. Instead the law, again, will hold them to those two words, a reasonable, reasonable option. Let's look at it, look at this another way. We've said a couple of times now that officers have to use force that's objectively reasonable based on the totality of the facts and circumstances confronting the officer at the time of the seizure, was the force objectively reasonable. That's the test. Holding the officer to the least intrusive or minimal amount of force is a subjective standard. It's somebody else's decision who wasn't there that this is what you should have done. Imposing such a requirement would inevitably induce hesitation by officers, and thus deter police from protecting the public and themselves. It would also entangle the courts in endless second guessing of police decisions made under stress and subject them to exigencies of the moment.
Bostain: Wow, so the court in this case refused to require officers to use, or even determine, the "least intrusive means," fearing that such a rule would breed hesitation on the part of the officers.
Miller: That's right. And the officer, the court, I'm sorry, the court went on to say that officers need only to avail themselves of the least intrusive means of responding to an exigent circumstance, they do not have to avail themselves of the least intrusive means of responding to an exigent situation; only a reasonable one.
Bostain: Wow, that's a great example of the courts dispelling the myth that officers are required to use the least amount of force to effect an arrest. Thank you for your insight on this issue Tim. I hope this information gets some officers thinking about their legal understanding when it comes to Use of Force. The way you've described it, officers have more leeway than most of them probably realize. As long as they stay within that wide lane of travel established by the U.S. Supreme Court, objective reasonableness, their Use of Force actions are going to be lawful.
Miller: That's exactly right.
Bostain: Thanks, Tim. I appreciate your insight on these issues.
Miller: My pleasure John.
Bostain: We will be back with some more myths and reality for Use of Force in the near future. For those of you who want to hear other FLETC Podcasts, you can find them on the internet at www.fletc.gov/training/programs/legal-division/podcasts.
Miller: See ya, John.
Bostain: See ya, Tim.


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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Now that actress Ashley Judd has ruled out a run for U.S. Senate, Democrats are looking for someone else to take on Republican Mitch McConnell, a merciless campaigner who left his last five challengers politically pummeled.
Several top Democrats have refused, including Gov. Steve Beshear who is widely seen as strongest potential challenger to Kentucky's longest serving U.S. senator in history. Lt. Gov. Jerry Abramson has ruled himself out. So have Attorney General Jack Conway and former state Auditor Crit Luallen, as well as a handful of Democratic up-and-comers.
"Everybody is pushing at somebody else," said Democratic strategist Danny Briscoe. "They've all said 'not me, not me, not me, but I know somebody that's good.'"
Of the state's top-elected Democrats, only Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes hasn't ruled out a McConnell challenge, and she's the one that most others are urging to get into the race. So far, Grimes has been coy about her intentions, acknowledging that she's getting lots of encouragement to run but sidestepping questions about whether she will.
Grimes, a rising star within the Kentucky Democratic Party, has continuously traveled the state for speaking engagements since she was elected in 2011, clearly laying the groundwork for higher office. Her spokeswoman, Lynn Sowards Zellen, said Friday that she has nothing to report about Grimes' intentions.
Despite polls showing Beshear is viewed far more favorably than McConnell, the 68-year-old second-term governor has said he doesn't intend to run for any office again. Beshear faced McConnell in 1998 in a bruising campaign that ended in defeat.
"If he wants to kick back and retire, I can't say he's letting us down by not running," Briscoe said. "If he were 60, I might have a different view of that. He would be the strongest candidate the Democrats could run without question, but I also don't second guess his decision to go back to the farm and kick back if that's what he wants to do. He's earned that."
University of Louisville political scientist Dewey Clayton said Democrats clearly are trying to nudge Grimes into the race.
"She may not have the Hollywood star power that Ashley Judd has, but the feeling is ... that she very well could get the job done," Clayton said.
Polling, Clayton pointed out, shows McConnell is more vulnerable now than ever before.
"When you talk about conditions being right, I think now would clearly be the time," Clayton said.
Republican strategist Larry Forgy, a Frankfort attorney, said from a distance it appears Democrats are in a shoving match to avoid the race.
"The regulars are trying to throw Alison Grimes under the bus," he said. "There's only one Democrat who would be a decent opponent to McConnell, and that's Beshear. He's the only competitive candidate they've got, and everybody else is a sacrificial goat."
McConnell campaign manager Jesse Benton said the unwillingness of Kentucky Democrats, including U.S. Rep. John Yarmuth, House Speaker Greg Stumbo and state Auditor Adam Edelen, to challenge McConnell is telling.
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"Our culture must be one where the interests of customers and clients are at the very heart of every decision we make; where we all act with trust and integrity." The words are from a recent speech by Bob Diamond, chief executive of British bank Barclays. In a way, this is just the usual corporate guff. No boss will tell the world about untrustworthy workers who try to harm customers. But Diamond's aspirations are a particular challenge for the financial industry.
Not that finance itself is an ignoble activity like drug dealing or contract killing. On the contrary, finance has a noble goal, the support of a just and effective economic community. Banks, fund managers and the like collect funds that is surplus to the owners' current requirements. The funds are then made available to organizations and individuals which can make good use of them. The gains from that good use are justly shared between provider and user, with the intermediary taking a small fee for its valuable services.
That is a pretty picture, but in the pre-crisis finance world, the intermediaries often lost sight of their economic purpose. Customers came third, after employees and shareholders. Bankers, banks and other institutions were misled by a particular form of greed, the belief that finance is more about gaining than sharing.
These days bankers are often called greedy. The opprobrium is basically merited, but financiers are not that different from other players in the financial game. Investors are greedy whenever they try too hard to outperform the economy, especially when they don't invest in new projects but only trade financial instruments. Homeowners are greedy when they expect to become richer by doing nothing more useful than borrowing money. Governments, and the voters they try to please, are greedy when they borrow to offer more services than taxpayers are willing to pay for. And shareholders are greedy when they ask for profits which cannot be earned without taking advantage of customers.
Financial greed permeated the economy before the crisis – and it has hardly diminished since. Of course, like lust or pride, greed lurks wherever people are found. But in most parts of the economy, higher aims keep greed in check. Yes, airlines are run to maximize profits and passengers try to minimize fares, but the planes would not stay in the air if safety were not everyone's first priority. Yes, workers rarely say, "I don't deserve or need that raise," but the economy would grind to a halt if workers did not mostly try to do a good job, whatever the level of pay.


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When it makes sense to sell 'by owner'
By Ilyce Glink and Samuel J. Tamkin
Q: I have a house in the Fayetteville, Ga. area, south of Atlanta. I am stationed at Fort Bragg N.C. I drive home every other weekend and heard part of a radio commercial about a realtor charging a fee to sell a home at that was substantially less than the typical 3 to 6 percent cost. What information can you give me?
A: Historically, when you wanted to sell your house, you hired a real estate agent and typically paid the agent a commission of about 6 percent. In some cases, that amount might be 7 percent and could be as low as 5 percent. But you could usually assume that you'd pay about that amount when you sold a home.
If you didn't want to pay a commission, you could put the home on the market as "for sale by owner" (commonly known as a FSBO). You'd do all the work to sell but you wouldn't get the benefits of listing the home on a multiple listing service. You would place a sign on your yard, advertise the home for sale in your local newspaper and hope that buyers would find your home and make you an offer.
Some years ago, a new market developed that allowed sellers to hire a real estate agent to provide limited services or less than full service.
Traditionally, the full service real estate agent selling your home would handle a broad range of tasks in dealing with the sale of your home. The listing agent would place the home on the multiple listing service, draft the home description, advertise the home for sale, place the for sale sign on the property, show the home, handle all inquiries, negotiate for you in the sale and take care of other tasks to take the home from listed to closed.
These days, home sellers are demanding other ways of doing business. Now people can sell their homes themselves and still list the home on the multiple listing service. That listing is the only interaction they might have with the listing broker. The seller will have to do all the work to sell the home from start to finish. If the seller feels that's too much work, they can add a full range of services to the process. In turn, the seller will pay more for each service provided by the listing company. This is known as a discount or limited brokerage model.
You could see that you might end up paying 6 percent of the sales price for the home to a broker to do everything for you, or you might pay less than $100 for a sign to place on your yard advertising your home for sale. Or, if you want to have your home listed in the local multiple listing service for a period of time, you might pay an additional several hundred dollars.
Whether you choose a full-service or discount broker or decide to sell by owner will depend on how much work you want to put into selling your home. Some buyers will definitely need a full service broker, while other more independent and motivated sellers may opt for a listing broker that provides limited services.
The difference between a full service and discount real estate agent can be significant. If the full service listing agent charges 6 percent on the sale of a $200,000 home, the fee would be $12,000. The fee with a discount listing service or broker might be as low as $400.
The real issue for sellers is whether the model they chose will actually work to sell the home. It won't do much good to spend $500 and wait six months to find out that your home won't sell.
In a slow market or if you're selling a home for the first time, it often pays to use a full-service broker who will give your property a lot of attention. In a market where homes are selling within hours of being listed, or if this is the fifth house you're selling in 10 years, you could save a ton of money by selling by owner.
Before you hire an agent or brokerage company, be sure you do your homework. Make sure you talk to people who have had a successful relationship with the individual and the company before you sign your listing papers.
(Ilyce R. Glink is the author of many books on real estate and host of "Real Estate Minute" on her YouTube.com/expertrealestatetips channel. Samuel J. Tamkin is a Chicago-based real estate attorney. If you have questions, you can call her radio show toll-free (800-972-8255) any Sunday, from 11a-1p EST. Contact Ilyce through her Web site, http://www.thinkglink.com.)Copyright © 2014, The Morning Call


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The applicants are Mark Hawkins of M.L. Hawk Realty, LLC, owner of the golf course and OatleyŌĆÖs owner Vaughn Oatley. The pair previously came before the Planning Commission in December during a public hearing where many spoke out in opposition.
WEST WARWICK ŌĆö Offense mightŌĆÖve carried the Coventry hockey team to a 16-1-0-1 record and the Division II-Central title.
But itŌĆÖs been senior goalie Spencer Patti and the OakersŌĆÖ stingy defense that has Coventry on the precipice of its first Division II title since 2003.
After scoring nearly five goals a game during the regular season, Coventry has managed to score just three goals in every playoff game. ItŌĆÖs on the other end of the ice where teams have found the Oakers tough to beat.
PROVIDENCE ŌĆō A mere one point was all the difference.
For the second consecutive year, the West Warwick WizardsŌĆÖ cheerleading squad finished second overall in the Medium Division at the R.I.I.L. team cheerleading competition this past weekend.
With 157.5 total points, the Wizards finished just behind the Portsmouth Patriots, who captured the trophy with a score of 158.
The School Committee is hoping to squeeze one more new position into the fiscal 2012 budget it sent on to the Town Council Tuesday night.
TIVERTON--A brand new sculpture created by world-renowned artist and NarragansettŌĆÖs own Mimi Sammis was unveiled at the Four Corners Art Center in Tiverton on Monday, March 7. The sculpture, titled (Rebirth Woman of Peace), was dedicated to the memory of another one of SammisŌĆÖ sculptures that was stolen and defaced roughly one year ago on March 9, 2010.
WAKEFIELD - They want protection for their children, safety for their community and most of all justice for Jason. Hundreds of protesters, from across the state from South Kingstown to Scituate converged on Main Street in Wakefield Saturday morning for a peaceful protest, their message was heard and felt far beyond the small community: Do not release Michael Woodmansee.
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Whoever it was clearly never met North Kingstown resident Megan Nadeau, a seventh-grade student from St. Mary's Bay View Academy that recently helped her St. Mary Academy Robotics Team capture first place in the First Lego League (FLL) Rhode Island Robotics Championship 2011, held in January at Roger Williams University.
Mary Todd Lincoln came to Cranston last week. So did LincolnŌĆÖs Vice President Hannibal Hamlin.
They were accompanied by three other members of the Attleboro GOP in authentic 1860s array to discuss Abraham Lincoln in the marvelous confines of the impressive Governor Sprague Mansion.
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There was much tension between the school committee and superintendent and the teachers as many teachers attended the committee meeting to express their concerns, causing the meeting to be held in the high school auditorium instead of the library to accommodate the crowd.
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Key residents adopt generous outlook
Date: November 4, 2009
by: Robin Hartill | Community Editor
The cats rest comfortably on the red-and-black furniture in the new Cat Depot adoption center. Of the 150 cats in the 10,000-square-foot building, 90% are free-roaming, kept in "pods" or "suites," which give them outdoor access. Ken Slavin, who, with his wife, Linda, was a main co-founder of the Cat Depot, jokes that some people might see the facility and hesitate to adopt its cats, because they think that the felines already live the good life. But the Cat Depot can only take in a small fraction of the cats it is asked to help.
"The need is greater than ever," Ken Slavin said. "We have to (have people) adopt cats before we can take in more cats."
The new Cat Depot adoption center, 2542 17th St., Sarasota, opened to the public Friday, Oct. 30. It is approximately four times the size of the previous facility on U.S. 301.
The Slavins didn't expect to become involved with animal rescue when they took a feral cat they found near their Longboat Key home to the former Cat Woman shelter. Around that time, the city of Sarasota found 262 cats in the facility, many of which were sick or malnourished. The Slavins, along with other animal-lovers, agreed to help find homes for the cats, so they opened the Cat Depot in 2003.
But the calls kept coming. Approximately three years ago, the Slavins began looking for a larger building with better visibility. In 2007, they purchased the former Décor Direct building on 17th Street.
Since it was founded, the Cat Depot has helped more than 4,000 cats, approximately 2,000 of which have been adopted.
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How retirees spend their days
Watching television is the second-most-popular activity -- after sleeping.
This post comes from Emily Brandon at partner site U.S. News & World Report.
Many people dream about how they will spend the eight or more extra hours per day they will have once they no longer need to go to work. However, Americans between ages 65 and 74 spend only about 1.7 more hours per day on leisure activities than the population as a whole, according to the most recent American Time Use Survey, released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics last week.
Instead, most older Americans spend their extra free time lingering slightly longer over everyday activities like meals and household chores, and they watch considerably more TV than the population as a whole. Here is how Americans spend their time in retirement:
Sleeping. Retirees generally get more sleep each night than Americans overall, but not as much as you might think. Seniors generally devote 9.67 hours per day to sleep and personal care, about 12 minutes more than all individuals age 15 and older.
Watching TV. Watching television is the second-most-popular activity after sleeping. Retirees spend 3.8 hours per weekday in front of the TV, which is an hour and 15 minutes more screen time each day than the population as a whole.
Leisure activities. Seniors spend significantly more time reading and relaxing or thinking than their younger counterparts, although they spend less than an hour per day on each activity. They also allocate a few minutes more each day to socializing and exercising than individuals overall.
Meals. Retirees linger over meals longer than younger Americans. Seniors between ages 65 and 74 eat and drink for 1.42 hours per day, compared with the 1.25 hours all Americans spend preparing and consuming meals each day.
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Household chores. Seniors spend more than half an hour longer on household chores per day than the typical American. They allocate 2.41 hours to cleaning and repairs on a typical day, compared with the 1.79 hours most citizens spend managing their households.
Shopping. Older Americans have more time to haggle and comparison-shop than their younger counterparts. Seniors spend nearly an hour each day purchasing goods and services.
Working. Many people continue to work past age 65. The typical person between ages 65 and 74 now works for more than an hour each day.
Helping others. Retirees devote just over half an hour to organizational, civic and religious activities each day, slightly longer than the 21 minutes the typical American allocates to such activities. While seniors spend significantly less time per day providing care to children or other household members than younger people, they allocate an above-average amount of time to helping people who live outside their households.
How Americans age 65 to 74 spend their day in hours
(Results for the total population age 15 and older are in parenthesis.)
- Personal care activities (including sleep): 9.67 (9.47).
- Watching TV: 3.77 (2.52).
- Household activities: 2.41 (1.79).
- Eating and drinking: 1.42 (1.25).
- Working: 1.15 (3.50).
- Purchasing goods and services: 0.94 (0.75).
- Reading: 0.62 (0.29).
- Socializing: 0.59 (0.55).
- Relaxing and thinking: 0.55 (0.28).
- Organizational, civic and religious activities: 0.52 (0.35).
- Leisure computer use: 0.38 (0.39).
- Exercise: 0.31 (0.29).
- Caring for non-household members: 0.31 (0.21).
- Telephone calls, mail, and email: 0.23 (0.18).
- Caring for household members: 0.11 (0.51).
- Education activities: 0 (0.47).
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Thanksgiving is upon us so it's a good time to reflect on gratitude and eat lots of good food, which is what author and writing coach, Bonnie Hern Hill, visited Great Day to talk about.
"Gratitude: A Way Of Life" by Louise Hay and Friends
"Don't Know Much About the Pilgrims" by Kenneth C. Davis
Help, Thanks, Wow: The Tree Essentials Prayers" by Anne Lamott
"Attitudes Of Gratitude: How to Give and Receive Joy Every Day of Your Life" by MJ Ryan
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A City Council bill that would provide $50 million to the ailing School District of Philadelphia through the purchase and resale of shuttered school properties unanimously passed a committee hearing Thursday despite opposition from members of Mayor Michael Nutter's administration.
Under the proposal, brought forth in August by Council President Darrell Clarke, the city would purchase from the school district 24 vacant properties in exchange for $50 million from the city's general fund, then sell the properties to recoup the costs.
The administration wants to instead borrow the funds for schools against a 1 percent city sales tax hike originally set to expire in June.
State legislators have already greenlit that plan, but Council hasn't yet passed the extension because Clarke wants to split the revenue between schools and the municipal pension fund, which would require additional authorization from Harrisburg.
"For that reason, the administration believes it is important to enact legislation local to extend the sales tax," Finance Director Rob Dubow said, noting the extension is "the only option that gets stable funding to the District without requiring any further action by the state legislature."
Dubow said the city would continue to advocate in Harrisburg for changes in the sales tax revenue distribution, as well as to enact a $2-per-pack cigarette tax, which was approved by City Council in June but subsequently stalled in the Republican dominated state House of Representatives.
Dubow emphasized the administration "did not advocate for the funding plan enacted in Harrisburg" but that it's the only option that "provides stable recurring funding to the District without having any negative impact on the city's general fund."
"I don't think there's another recurring source of revenue that we could get to the District that would replace if we don't get either the cigarette tax or the sales tax," Dubow said when pressed about the administration's "Plan C" in light of City Council's reluctance to pass the sales tax and Harrisburg's reluctance to authorize the tobacco tax.
"I think then the District is facing a lower level of revenue if neither one of those things comes through and then you have a district that doesn't provide the level of education we need."
Councilman Brian O'Neill blasted the administration for accepting the funding plan brought forth by Harrisburg lawmakers in the first place and leaving city legislators – and taxpayers – holding the bag when it comes to scrounging up more dollars for Philadelphia's state-run schools.
"It is unheard of – I don't think there's an example that's ever occurred in the United States where a state responsible for a state system passed an extension for a local tax to fill in their portion of responsible funding," he said, adding if the city were to raise taxes, it should be to cover an overwhelming local problem like pension liability.
"If we pass what our administration and our city has agreed to that way, we are just becoming part of the 'okay,'" O'Neill continued.
"It's not a question of how do we fill in the rest of the money, it's a question of how the state fills in the rest of the money, because that's their responsibility."
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With only two home games remaining in the schedule, Toronto Blue Jays manager Cito Gaston's time on the bench is coming to an end.
There's a portion of Jays fans out there that are glad that Gaston's tenure is ending, while there is another group that wouldn't mind seeing him return for another year.
For many reasons, Gaston seems to polarize fans, but no matter what side of the Cito debate you stand on, every Jays' fan needs to take a moment and thank him for what the Jays have done on his watch.
The ultimate measure in professional sports is winning. Gaston has done that. Remember 1992 and 1993? He helped lead the Blue Jays to back-to-back World Series wins.
I know that once that statement is made, there's always someone hammering away at the Your! Call feature below ready to say that "Anyone could have managed those teams." To that argument, all I can say is maybe you're right, but we'll never know. What we do know is that, without a doubt, Gaston was the manager and the Jays were winners, and that can't be discounted.
My friend 'Evil Dave' who once played semi-pro ball in Spain when he was a much younger man (think Kenny Powers without the mullet) has always told me that chemistry matters a lot, and that while numbers are important, sometimes 'stat guys' don't pay enough attention to chemistry.
Gaston seems to be a manager that had the ability to instantly change the chemistry of a room. In both of his tenures with the Jays, Gaston was able to turn around underachieving teams.
In 1989, the Jays were 12-24 under Jimy Williams. Under Gaston, the club went 77-49 and made the playoffs.
In 2008, Gaston made his return and took over from John Gibbons. Under Gibbons the Jays were 35-39, while on Cito's watch, the club went 51-37.
I know that when Gaston left the first time in 1997, there were hard feelings and it was reported that there were problems in an allegedly divided clubhouse at the end of last season.
I'm not writing this in order to turn Cito into a saint, because like all of us reading this, he's not perfect. I've wondered aloud and in this blog in the beginning of 2009, why Gaston was so stubborn in keeping Alex Rios and Vernon Wells locked into the three and four spots in the batting order night after night after night. The funny part about that is in any other walk of life, Cito's loyalty to 'his guys' would be seen as an admirable trait, and perhaps one of the most desirable traits that you would look for in a friend, boss, wife or whatever. I'm not sure it works in professional sports anymore, but in the end, that's one of the things I'll remember Cito for the most.
To me, he's like that old uncle who you see during the holidays. You know, the one who isn't a huge fan of modern technology (or advanced MLB statistics) and remembers the good old days when people worked hard (or players played everyday) and respected their elders (or managers). You don't always agree with that uncle, but you try to see where they are coming from because you respect them.
The reality is that Gaston leaving is the end of era and the last on-field reminder of what it was like to have meaningful baseball in Toronto in September and beyond. Fans of the Jays have two games left in Toronto to remember and acknowledge what Cito has meant to them.
I hope they take the chance.
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In August 2009, about 2.8 million veterans, or 13 percent of the total, reported having a service-connected disability. (Some veterans did not report whether they had a service-connected disability.)
Veterans with a service-connected disability are assigned a disability rating by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Ratings range from 0 to 100 percent, in increments of 10 percentage points, depending on the severity of the condition. About 4 in 10 disabled veterans reported a disability rating of less than 30 percent, while about 1 in 4 had a rating of 60 percent or higher.
Among veterans who served in Gulf War era II, about 21 percent reported having a service-connected disability. Of these, 80.5 percent were in the labor force, compared with 87.2 percent of nondisabled veterans from this period.
About 18 percent of veterans who served during Gulf War era I reported a service-connected disability. Their labor force participation rate (77.8 percent) was lower than the rate for veterans from the era who did not have a disability (92.8 percent).
Among the 1.4 million disabled veterans of World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam era, 28.8 percent were in the labor force in August 2009, compared with 37.0 percent of veterans from these periods who did not have a service-connected disability.
The Current Population Survey (CPS) is the source of these data. In the CPS, veterans are defined as men and women who have previously served on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces and who were civilians at the time they were surveyed. To learn more, see "Employment Situation of Veterans: 2009," news release (HTML) (PDF) USDL 10-0285.
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The only downsides of the product are that one should avoid using it in patients with osteopenia or previous infection, according to Dr. Rice, an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation at the Yale University School of Medicine. As he adds, "It isn't often that a surgeon can utilize a product that is engineered by nature."
Prophecy Pre-Operative Navigation Guides (Wright Medical). Total ankle replacement can be a complex task but with the new Prophecy Pre-Operative Navigation Guides, surgeons can do the bulk of the planning before even picking up a scalpel.
With the Prophecy guides, the manufacturer Wright Medical says one can start surgical planning by loading preoperative computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance image (MRI) scans into a computer. Based on surgeon preferences, the company says the knee aligns with unobscured anatomic landmarks without invasion of the tibial canal. The guides result from the information that surgeons provide. The company says with the guides, one can determine the following information before surgery: alignment and rotation, implant size and anterior/posterior femoral placement.
Christopher Hyer, DPM, has been using the Prophecy guides for two years. He says there are no other systems available that allow physicians to visualize the operative anatomy for total ankle replacement before surgery.
"This technology allows you to really perform the surgery in the virtual world before you ever get to the OR," says Dr. Hyer, a Fellow of the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons. "You are able to visualize the unique anatomy and pathology specific to that individual case."
In comparison to performing a traditional total ankle replacement, Dr. Hyer says with the Prophecy guides, one can make decisions about implant sizing and positioning of the tibial tray, the number of stems, and the size of polyethylene space and the talar component before surgery. As he notes, this saves time and adds considerably to the efficiency in the OR. Dr. Hyer says the Prophecy guides also allow one to create patient specific cut guides to allow for precise implant placement.
Wright Medical notes that the Prophecy Pre-Operative Navigation Guides are completely extramedullary and may reduce blood loss and the incidence of pulmonary emboli. The company notes that the simplified ankle replacement process results in several simplified steps for OR staff: reduced tourniquet time; a reduced hospital sterilization process due to reduced instrument requirements; and less training for hospital staff.
Dr. Hyer adds a caveat that the technology requires a specific CT imaging protocol and its turnaround is about four weeks for the workup and computer simulation. However, he says this lead time is often not an issue in regard to total ankle replacement surgery. Dr. Hyer also notes that sometimes the CT images are compromised by preexisting hardware, which he says could adversely affect the ability of this templating protocol.
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According to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, more than 11 million people visited the doctor in 2003 for problems related to the toes, feet or ankles. It's not surprising when you consider everyday activity places stress on the foot and ankle's 28 bones and connecting tendons, ligaments and muscles - and nearly every sport involves the feet. The feet are also farthest from the heart and spinal column, making them vulnerable to poor circulation and nerve damage.
Patients have a number of options when it comes to caring for the foot and ankle—through Sutter primary care doctors, podiatrists and orthopedic surgeons. Minor conditions can often be treated through primary care physicians. Because foot and ankle complaints cover such a wide spectrum, podiatrists and orthopedic surgeons often concentrate their practices on treating a range of conditions. Sutter primary care physicians can provide guidance and referrals to podiatrists and orthopedic surgeons who focus on the treating specific concerns.
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