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Big Sur for me too.
And then....Twisted Ankle Trail Marathon May 16
Chris 2014 Goals Raise $3,000 for the Komen 3-Day (and walk 60 miles in 3 days)Run at least one race
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I've got a 10K coming up this weekend - the Fred Ciotti Memorial YMCA run It's my first 10K in several years and only the second one I've ever run, so I'm really looking forward to it. After that is the South Mountain 100K on May 30.
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By Gita Piramal
Sceptics ruled Bombay House in 1991, the year Ratan Tata became head of the Tata Group. Accustomed to formidable characters such as JRD Tata, Russi Mody, Darbari Seth, Sumant Moolgaonkar, Nani Palkhivala and Sir Homi Mody, senior Tata executives looked askance at the bashful and inarticulate inheritor.
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So, he invented several business models, launched new product categories in distinctly different sectors, and introduced radical price points at both the luxury and mass market levels.
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As one of India 's oldest and most venerable groups, the Tata Group carries a lot of baggage, particularly human baggage. The group consists of a huge mass of people who prefer never to embrace change.
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The USA 's Pixar is part of Disney, the unconventional part which keeps winning Oscars and keeps the cash registers ringing. Finding Nemo, Up, and Toy Story 3 are among the 50 highest-grossing films of all time. Pixar was a highly successful animation firm even before Bird was invited to join the team as director in 2000 but his brief was to make change happen, to prevent complacency.
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Unlikely as it may seem at first glance, there seems to be something of Brad Bird in Tata. He is a magnet for latent designers within the Tata Group. The designers don't always carry a visiting card saying they are designers. A blue collar worker in a foundry, a computer engineer in computer hardware manufacturing, a floor manager in a hotel-they emerged from the most unexpected of places.
Today, so many black sheep huddle together that collectively they have the muscle to force change inside the citadel. A small team of 20 managers swiftly ballooned to 560 design-friendly energetic hospitality providers at Ginger hotels. All 3,289 people working at Titan recognise the importance of design. The Nano design team grew from four to 500. That's the status at just three firms out of 390. Towering above them is India 's current biggest company: TCS (Tata Consultancy Services), a company that has completely reinvented itself under the benign gaze of its chairman.
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Successful strategy is typically not about pure innovation. Rather, it is most often about making the visible happen. Take the music business. Every insider knew about downloading. Every teenager knew about Napster. And every newspaper and magazine was talking about the future MP3 players.
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Hogan Lovells dismisses senior litigator over £1m of false expenses
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I see that the story has now been picked up by the Daily Mail...
@Thor - you don't need to know who they money's been stolen from for the offence of theft, only that it's not his own money.
The fact of the matter is that this is not the end of a distinguished career. His career ended four years ago when he started to defraud his partners. The fact he deceived so many of his colleagues, and many of them have not quite picked up on this and have posted on here telling everyone what a great guy he is, is fascinating. You should be thinking - how could he? Not in the sense that there was some external force that must have compelled him to do this, but in the sense that ho can have have been so rotten to the core yet no-one in this organisation of bright, brilliant people had seen through him in four years...
If this is proven (and for now quite frankly I regard it as mere tittle tattle) then Grierson will go down as being a gentleman thief in the same mould as that wonderful fictional creation Raffles, and if anything should be congratulated for bringing some gay colour to these commentators drab little lives.
Christopher Grierson, the Bernard Madoff of the London legal profession. To all those elitists who profess to Christopher being a gentleman, you're probably doing/have done/intend on doing the same...
Coming from an industry that advises on putting such criminals behind bars, the lawyers come out in droves to defend the criminal...the fact that he's offered to pay the £1M back in two weeks shows his guilt.
Otherwise, wouldn't he be mounting a defence challenge now?
What is all the fuss about. This fellow travelled widely and obviously had very substantial expenses. i think we can all sympathise if he mislaid receipts here or there.
So a CC cashier (ie lowly support staff) is jailed for stealing just £63k but this guy walks away after stealing £1m. Justice anyone ?????
Why do politicians who cheat on their expenses go to jail whereas lawyers just get dismissed? Surely there was 'intent to permanently deprive' in this instance.
This man is despicable and should be put in prison for a long time.
Some of the attitudes above are truly disgusting, and the people expressing them would no doubt be the first to want to prosecute a homeless person who stole food from a shop.
In one City firm I used to work for a PA got the sack for taking 1 batch of printer paper and they got reported to the police. Yet all the posh boys on here think this guy did nothing more than take an extra crispy crème from the box in the kitchen. Regarding the partner, I recall a quote from a movie - "the greatest trick the devil pulled was convincing the world that he didn't exist." The clue is in the comments - a nice partner - I have never met one of them - most of them are vermin - if one is actually nice then that should have raised suspicions.


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MichyGeary - Rhymes with "Bitchy Queery." You can find out about me and my fandoms on the "about" page linked above. Anything on that list is fair game for content you may expect to see on this blog.
I make Klaine Edits every week when a new episode of Glee airs. You don't have to follow my personal account for the updates--you can find the link to the klaine-edits tumblr above.
I'VE FOUND IT!!! The amazing moment in which Mark Sheppard tries to get Jared Padalecki into The Tardis!!!
Is Jared wearing a backpack with Jensen's face on it?
Two worlds colliding!!!
That was the Supernatural Comic Con bag, they're both on it. I actually still have mine if anyone wants it.
Jared Padelecki est trop grand pour entrer dans le TARDIS X'D
hes all like you know i was in an episode


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Rick ONeil has been appointed to the Senior Executive Service and named as executive director for acquisition management for the Office of Naval Research.
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Logos Technologies, Arlington, Virginia, is being awarded an almost $8 million contract modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the lightweight expeditionary airborne persistent surveillance overseas contingency operations. The Office of Naval Research, Arlington, Virginia, is the contracting activity.
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Science Applications International Corporation, McLean, Virginia, is being awarded almost $15 million for the environment and ship motion forecasting program, which seeks to provide sea-based ship and cargo system operators with seaway environmental forecasting in order to predict ship motions and determine windows of opportunity for inter-intra-ship material and personnel environment. The Office of Naval Research, Arlington, Virginia, is the contracting activity.
The U.S. Air Force has awarded General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, Fairfax, Virginia, a nearly $8 million contract to develop an open system architecture (OSA) common back-end digital processor for the entire family of Air Force radio frequency electronic devices, to include radars, signals intelligence sensors, electronic-warfare and communication systems. General Dynamics will use open interface standards to develop modular, plug-and-play, multi-mission electronic back-end processors that leverage technologies developed under other OSA initiatives conducted by the Office of Naval Research. Back-end processors are used to analyze sensor signals-once they have been converted from analog to digital formats-that have been collected by the radio frequency devices.
D and S Consultants Incorporated, Eatontown, New Jersey, is being awarded just over $7 million for perceptual training systems and tools. The company will conduct applied research and advanced technology development based on requirements and design recommendations for adapting or developing technologies to create a prototype for users that can improve the training of combat hunter-like knowledge, skills and abilities. Specifically these tools will be evaluated for use as performance assessment and training tools to support enhanced observation, combat trafficking (i.e., observing the physical terrain), and tactical profiling (i.e., observing the human terrain). The result will enhance the warfighter's ability to perceive, observe, collect, and share critical information on people, places and insurgent activity to improve situational awareness, and to facilitate collaboration and information analysis. The Office of Naval Research, Arlington, Virginia, is the contracting activity.


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Placement in special classes, separate schooling, or other removal of a student from the regular education environment occurs only when the nature or severity of the disability is such that education in a regular class with the use of supplementary aids and services cannot be achieved satisfactorily.
Center programs Programs operated by a district or intermediate school district for special education pupils from several districts in programs for pupils with autism spectrum disorder, pupils with severe cognitive impairment, pupils with moderate cognitive impairment, pupils with severe multiple impairments, pupils with hearing impairment, pupils with visual impairment, and pupils with physical impairment or other health impairments. Programs for pupils with emotional impairments housed in buildings that do not serve regular education pupils also qualify. (Per Michigan School Aid Act Section 6) for the hearing impaired, located in the Lakeview, Utica, and Roseville school districts, offer classroom placement for students who are hearing impaired.
Oral programs, located in Lakeview and Utica, provide training in listening, speaking and speech reading. The Lakeview and Utica programs serve their surrounding area. Utica Community Schools provide oral programs from preschool through elementary school. The Lakeview School District provides oral programs for preschool, elementary, middle and high school students..
Total communication programs, located in Roseville and Lakeview provide training in listening, speaking, speech reading, signing and finger spelling. The Roseville total communication program serves the entire county with classrooms from preschool through junior high. The Lakeview total communication program provides the high school program (grades 09-12).
The need for a special classroom for students with hearing impairments may be based on the following considerations:
Preschool Child:
Degree of hearing loss
Effect on language development
Need for training in the use of hearing aids
Need for intensive language development program
School-Age Child:
Severe language delay
Inability to successfully function in the general education Instructional programs provided to regular and special education pupils in grades K through 12; does not include adult education participants.
Lack of understanding of the language
Need for training in the use of hearing aids,
Need for the development of attention skills for communication,
Referral Process:
A Form 2 referral is sent by the local district Special Education Director to the MISD Director of the Assessment Systematic method of obtaining information from tests or other sources; procedures used to determine child's eligibility, identify the child's strengths and needs, and services child needs to meet these needs. See also evaluations. Center.
A Form 2 may be initiated for the services of an MISD teacher consultant for the hearing impaired (TC-HI) to assist when a student is being considered for an HI classroom. Please check "Consideration for Program Placement, Hearing Impaired." on the form.
Similarly, a request may be made for a TC-HI for assistance with students in the general education setting of a local school district. Please check "Hearing Consultation" on Form 2.
The teacher consultant in collaboration with the local special education director can arrange for the parents to visit the HI program being considered.
If a referral is being made by a non-resident district, a copy of the referral Form 2 must be forwarded to the Director of the student's resident A pupil whose parent or parents live within the geographic boundaries of a school district and/or meets the residency requirements outlined in the Pupil Residency section of the Michigan Pupil Accounting Manual. district.
The following documents should be obtained by the local district and enclosed with the referral:
Student Identified as Hearing Impaired:
0 -- Current Eligibility Report(s)
0 -- Current IEP
0 -- Current REED Report(s)
0 -- Current Audiological Evaluation
0 -- Behavior Intervention Plan (Optional)
0 -- Birth Certificate
0 -- Immunization Record
0 -- Current Otology Evaluation
0 -- Speech and Language Evaluation
0 -- Teacher Progress Report
0 -- Psychological (Optional)
Student With Previous Enrollment in Special Education and Identified as Hearing Impaired:
0 -- Current Eligibility Report indicating HI eligibility
0 -- Current IEP
0 -- Current REED Report(s)
0 -- Current Audiological and Otological Evaluation from MET
0 -- Behavior Intervention Plan
0 -- Birth Certificate
0 -- Complete School Records
0 -- Immunization Record
0 -- Current Otolaryngology Evaluation
0 -- Speech and Language Evaluation
0 -- Teacher Progress Report
0 -- Psychological (Optional)
Referral Response:
There is a review of the referral package and contact with the local district for clarification or additional information, if needed.
MISD completes a Recommended Disposition Form 2A and sends a copy to the operating district The district to which any applicable funds (state or federal) will be sent. This is the district that reports all students for whom the district expects to receive any state or federal funds. (with the referral package) and to the resident district.
The sending district is responsible for all arrangements for the IEP.
The sending district is responsible for scheduling and inviting all required participants to the IEP.
The sending district provides the IEP form, goals pages, etc.
The sending district chairs the meeting in cooperation with the receiving school administrator/designee.
The resident district contacts the receiving district and the MISD Assessment Center Director and HI Teacher Consultant to schedule an IEPT meeting.
NOTE 1: After the IEPT meeting, the receiving district sends:
The IEPT to the resident district and MISD.
An MISD Final Disposition Form 2B to the resident district and MISD.
Request to the MISD Transportation Department for service.
NOTE 2: This referral process and outcome is followed even if the student being considered resides within the district operating the HI center program.
Students Previously Enrolled in another District
Students transferring to the local district from outside the county who are being served in a similar program may be referred directly to the MISD for LEA Local Educational Agency, i.e., local school district. Center placement.
For immediate placement:
The Referring district must complete a Previous Enrollment Form and submit it with Form 2 to the MISD and the Operating HI Center district.
The Referring district must also request and collect data from the Previous district and submit this to MISD and the Operating HI Center district within 30 days.
The Operating HI Center district must hold a new IEP within 30 school days.
If the student is transferring from one center program (e.g., Oral) for the hearing impaired to another (e.g. Total) within the county, a Form 2 Referral is sent to the MISD Director of Assessment Center by the current Operating district. Include with the Form 2 referral:
Current IEP, MET and REED/Evaluation Review report
Most recent audiological and otological reports.
Previous Enrollment Form.
Other evaluations as outlined under REFERRAL PROCESS should be included with the referral.
Form Links:
Form 2 signed and dated by Parent and Special Education Director
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A Book for 'Downton Abbey' Fans
Published on Thursday, May 16, 2013 - 10:39am
I discovered Downton Abbey recently, and so was fascinated with Life Below Stairs. I just watched all three seasons, so I can vouch for there being something on almost every page that provides more details on matters touched on in the show, and all without a lot of tiresome references to the program. (I think the author only mentioned it twice, in fact.) If you have never seen the television series, you can still enjoy this snapshot of a bygone way of life.
The book is enlivened by illustrations that include facsimile ads for servants' beds (narrower than standard beds), excerpts from letters and diaries of servants and employers, unexpected facts such as the greater salaries for taller footmen, and all housekeepers being called "Mrs." There is also a list of salaries and the beer allowances (given even to the maids), as well as prices of many food items.
It's startling to realize how hard the servants worked, and for what long hours, and yet going into service was a sought-after option to escape the great poverty of the time. Even lower middle class families would have at least a maid, though much of the focus of the book is on larger establishments. As you read this, whatever your own job, it is likely to have you saying, "I'm glad I'm working today, and not then." Eye-opening.


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You Are Here: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force > Topic Index > Counseling: Motor Vehicle Occupant Restraints & Avoidance of Alcohol While Driving > Recommendation Statement
Counseling About Proper Use of Motor Vehicle Occupant Restraints and Avoidance of Alcohol Use While Driving
Recommendation Statement
This statement is an update of the 1996 U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendations about motor vehicle injuries.
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force reviewed evidence on the effectiveness of counseling in primary care about the proper use of child restraints in motor vehicles to prevent injury, as well as evidence on the impact of primary care counseling to prevent alcohol-related MVOIs in adolescents and adults. This included information gathered in the process of making their 1996 recommendation, as well as the accompanying systematic review of English-language articles published through 2005.
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Summary of Recommendations and Evidence
Summary of Recommendation 1
Summary of Recommendation 2
Clinical Considerations
Other Considerations
Recommendations of Others
Members of the USPSTF
|Task Force Ratings
Strength of Recommendations and Quality of Evidence
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) makes recommendations about preventive care services for patients without recognized signs or symptoms of the target condition.
It bases its recommendations on a systematic review of the evidence of the benefits and harms and an assessment of the net benefit of the service.
The USPSTF recognizes that clinical or policy decisions involve more considerations than this body of evidence alone. Clinicians and policymakers should understand the evidence but individualize decision making to the specific patient or situation.
Over the past decade, legislation and enforcement have contributed substantially to the increasing trends in the use of child safety seats and safety belts. This high prevalence of their use in the United States is considered a public health success. The 1996 USPSTF recommendation addressed primary care interventions to increase the use of these restraints. The current recommendation focuses on the independent role of primary care interventions to increase the proper use of child safety seats, booster seats, and lap-and-shoulder belts (that is, safety belts that include straps across both the lap and the shoulder) to prevent motor vehicle occupant injuries (MVOIs). This recommendation also addresses the effectiveness of primary care counseling to prevent alcohol-related MVOI in adolescents and adults (Figure; Tables 1 and 2).
Summary of Recommendations and Evidence
Recommendation 1: Counseling about Proper Use of Motor Vehicle Occupant Restraints to Prevent Motor Vehicle Occupant Injuries (MVOIs)
Importance: Motor vehicle occupant injury is the leading cause of death in U.S. children, adolescents, and young adults age 3 to 33 years and of unintentional injury-related deaths for persons of all ages. Proper use of motor vehicle occupant restraints (child safety seats, booster seats, and lap-and-shoulder belts) is associated with a 45% to 70% reduction of fatality risk. Improper use reduces the efficacy of restraints substantially.
Recognition of behavior: Approximately 80% of adults use seat belts. General use of child safety seats is 90%, and booster seat use is rapidly increasing. However, proper use of child safety seats and booster seats in infants and children is low.
Effectiveness of counseling to change behavior: Legislation and community-based interventions along with counseling in primary care settings have dramatically increased the use of motor vehicle occupant restraints and have reduced the incidence of MVOIs in all populations. However, the incremental benefit of primary care counseling for general restraint use in the context of legislation and community interventions is unknown. There is insufficient evidence addressing the efficacy of counseling in the primary care setting to increase the proper use of motor vehicle occupant restraints in the current high-use environment. This constitutes a critical gap in the evidence for counseling.
Harms of counseling: There is no evidence addressing the harms of counseling; however, these potential harms are estimated to be none or minimal in magnitude.
USPSTF assessment: The USPSTF concludes that current evidence is insufficient to assess the net benefit of counseling interventions in primary care settings to increase proper use of motor vehicle occupant restraints to reduce MVOIs in children, adolescents, and adults.
Recommendation 2: Counseling to Prevent Alcohol-Related MVOI in Adolescents and Adults
Importance: Alcohol use is involved in nearly 40% of all traffic-related fatalities.
Effectiveness of counseling to change behavior: There is evidence that screening for misuse of alcohol and targeted counseling of those persons who screen positive reduce alcohol consumption and alcohol-related MVOI. However, there is a critical gap in the evidence of the efficacy of behavioral counseling interventions directed to all patients in the primary care setting to reduce driving while under the influence of alcohol or riding with drivers who are alcohol-impaired.
Harms of counseling: There is no evidence addressing the harms of counseling to prevent alcohol-related MVOI; however, these potential harms are estimated to be none or minimal in magnitude.
USPSTF assessment: The USPSTF concludes that the evidence is insufficient to assess the net benefit of universal counseling in the primary care setting (in the absence of screening and targeted counseling) to reduce the incidence of alcohol-related MVOI.
Clinical Considerations
Patient Population under Consideration
This recommendation refers to behavioral counseling interventions performed in the primary care setting, addressing parents of all infants and children, children, adolescents, and adults.
Elements of Effective Counseling Interventions
The injury prevention benefits of child safety seat and booster seat use require proper use. (That is, the seats should be age- and weight-appropriate and should be installed and placed into the vehicle correctly.) Infants younger than 1 year of age and weighing fewer than 20 pounds should be placed in rear-facing, infant-only car safety seats or convertible seats positioned in the back seat. Infants younger than 1 year of age and weighing between 20 and 35 pounds should be placed in rear-facing convertible seats positioned in the back seat. Rear-facing child safety seats must not be placed in the front passenger seat of any vehicle that is equipped with an airbag on the front passenger side. Death or serious injury can result from the impact of the airbag against the child safety seat. Toddlers 1 to 4 years of age weighing 20 to 40 pounds should be restrained in a forward-facing convertible seat or forward-facing-only seat positioned in the back seat. Young children 4 to 8 years of age and up to 4'9" (57 inches) in height should be placed in a booster seat in the back seat. After this age (or height), lap-and-shoulder belt use is appropriate. Children younger than 13 years of age should sit in the back seat with lap-and-shoulder belts.
Behavioral counseling interventions that include an educational component, as well as a demonstration of use or a distribution component, are more effective than those that include education alone.
Other Approaches to Prevention
Clinical counseling in conjunction with community-based interventions has been effective in increasing proper use of child safety seats. Over the past decade, legislation and enforcement have contributed substantially to the increasing trends in child safety seat and seat belt use. A comprehensive strategy that includes community-based interventions, primary care counseling in the primary care setting, legislation, and enforcement is critical to the improvement of proper safety restraint use and decrease in the incidence of MVOI.
Other Relevant USPSTF Recommendations
The USPSTF currently recommends screening for alcohol misuse and counseling targeted to those patients identified as risky or harmful drinkers.1
Other Considerations
There is good evidence that community and public health interventions, including legislation, law enforcement campaigns, car seat distribution campaigns, media campaigns, and other community-based interventions, are effective in improving proper use of child safety seats, booster seats, and seat belts.
Links between primary care and community interventions are critical for improving proper child safety seat, booster seat, and seat belt use.
Research Needs
On the basis of the effectiveness of legislation and community-based interventions in increasing child safety seat and seat belt use, increasing booster seat use will probably require similar interventions. Randomized, controlled trials (RCTs) of counseling interventions are needed to clarify the effectiveness of counseling parents and children in the primary care setting to improve proper use of child safety and booster seats.
Burden of Disease
Motor vehicle-related injuries are the leading cause of death for children, adolescents, and young adults between 3 and 33 years of age in the United States and of unintentional injury-related deaths for persons of all ages. Adolescent and young adult drivers have the highest MVOI fatality rates, even when controlling for vehicle miles traveled. Increasing the use of occupant restraint devices, such as child safety seats and lap-and-shoulder safety belts, and reducing alcohol-impaired driving are among the most important behavioral methods to reduce motor vehicle-related deaths.2
The rising prevalence of restraint use over the past decade is considered a public health success.3 A combination of public health interventions, including state legislation, media campaigns, and primary care counseling, has contributed to this increase in child safety seat and adult lap-and-shoulder belt use. In the mid-1990s, state regulations mandating child safety seat and lap-and-shoulder belt use were put into place. All 50 states currently have laws requiring safety seats for infants and children, and 49 states and the District of Columbia have adult seat belt use laws, but only half of the states that have these child safety laws include guidance for children 4 to 8 years of age in booster seats. State legislation largely varies, such as permitted unrestrained travel for different specific circumstances or the inability of drivers to receive a citation from the police unless they have been stopped for another traffic violation. States with primary enforcement have increased restraint use by 12% to 23% and have decreased motor vehicle-related fatality rates.
The current prevalence of restraint use is more than 90% for children 1 to 3 years of age; however, proper use of car seats in infants and children is estimated to be only 20%.4,5 For children 4 to 8 years of age, booster seat use is less prevalent—premature advancement to seat belts occurs, leading to an increased risk for injuries.2 When used correctly, child safety seats reduce fatality risk by more than 70% for infants up to 1 year of age and 54% for children 1 to 4 years of age.2 Variation in restraint use depends on the occupant's sex, age, seating position, economic status, race, and ethnicity. Restraint use for children younger than 9 years of age is complicated by the additional need to correctly use the age-appropriate car safety seat or belt-positioning booster seat.5 Between 20% and 84% of the time, misuse is severe enough to compromise the effectiveness of the child safety seat or booster seat.
Alcohol use plays an important role in motor vehicle-related fatalities. Thirty-nine percent of MVOI deaths in individuals 3 to 34 years of age are related to alcohol. More than 80% of alcohol-impaired driving episodes reported by people also include binge drinking.6 Evidence from multiple time-series studies demonstrates that raising the legal drinking age or lowering legal blood concentration limits can statistically significantly reduce alcohol-related, fatal crashes.2
Effectiveness of Counseling to Change Behavior
There is fair-quality evidence from 1 group-level controlled clinical trial (CCT) that a combination of community and clinical interventions aimed at increasing the correct use of restraints reduces the risk for MVOI by 39.2 injuries per 10 000 children per year; however, the independent contribution of the primary care counseling interventions could not be determined. On the basis of 13 CCTs and RCTs, there is fair-quality evidence that, among infants and children up to age 4 years, behavioral counseling interventions are effective in increasing short-term, correct use of infant and child safety seats at the time of hospital discharge or within 2 months after initially delivering the intervention.2 Two fair-quality CCTs and 2 fair- to poor-quality CCTs or RCTs demonstrated that counseling by pediatricians during well-child clinic visits increases the self-reported proper use and observed correct use of restraints for at least 2 months. Three of these studies with follow-up at 4 months or later showed no statistically significant increase in restraint use in the intervention group compared with the control group.7-9 One fair- to poor-quality group-level RCT demonstrated that well-child clinic education in addition to coercion, incentives, and rewards by nonphysician primary care clinic staff and health educators results in a 10% higher rate of observed infant and child safety seat use at 12 months after program initiation in the intervention group compared with the control group that received usual well-child clinic education only.10 Investigators of 1 fair- to poor-quality RCT and 1 fair-quality RCT evaluated the effect of counseling pregnant women during the last trimester of pregnancy and measured self-reported use or observed correct use at discharge after delivery, at 6 to 8 weeks after delivery and discharge, or at both times. In 1 study, an intervention of education plus car seat distribution, compared with education only, resulted in an increase in observed correct use at discharge. At 6 weeks after discharge, the difference was not statistically significant. In the second trial, self-reported use at 2 months did not statistically significantly differ between a counseling education group and control group.11 Trials demonstrate that car seat distribution in addition to educational interventions provided in the inpatient peripartum setting results in greater differences in use than do educational interventions alone.2
Two studies of counseling interventions in primary care settings for older children and adolescents have been published. One fair-quality CCT of children 5 to 19 years of age who were not wearing their seat belts en route to the office visit reported short-term improvement in observed seat belt use among the children immediately after pediatrician-delivered counseling.12 A fair-quality RCT reported no difference in seat belt use by fifth and sixth graders who received education through an office-based injury prevention program that involved counseling and a written family contract, compared with a control group that received similar information that targeted alcohol and tobacco use at 12 to 36 months.13
No RCTs have been conducted for behavioral counseling for booster seat use in the age group of 4 to 8 years in the primary care setting. Investigators of 1 fair- to poor-quality RCT evaluated booster seat education with and without distribution of a free booster seat in the emergency department.14 The study demonstrated high self-reported use in the education plus distribution or installation group compared with education only and control groups; however, it has limitations in internal and external validity. A 2006 Cochrane Collaboration meta-analysis demonstrated that interventions outside of the primary care setting that included distribution and education, incentives and education, and enforcement components resulted in 2-fold increases in the use of booster seats.15
One RCT addressed the effects of counseling adults to use seat belts. Investigators of this fair- to poor-quality RCT studied adults who watched a 6-minute film, and they compared self-reported seat belt use at 6 months between the group that watched a film on seat belt use and the group who watched a film of comparable length that did not mention seat belt use.16 Self-reported seat-belt use increased equally in both the control and treatment groups. However, strong evidence suggests that safety belt laws, primary enforcement strategies, and enhanced enforcement strategies increase seat belt use.17
No evidence has addressed the effect of behavioral counseling interventions delivered to all patients in the primary care setting in reducing driving while under the influence of alcohol or riding with an alcohol-impaired driver.
Potential Harms of Counseling
There is no evidence on harms of counseling in the primary care setting, with respect to the use of age- and weight-appropriate restraints or the avoidance of driving while under the influence or riding with alcohol-impaired drivers. Potential harms are estimated to be none to minimal in magnitude.
Recommendations of Others
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Guide to Community Preventive Services,18 known as "The Community Guide," recommends child safety seat use laws, community-wide information and enhanced enforcement campaigns, and distribution or incentive programs plus education programs to increase safety seat use in infants and children. The Community Guide recommends safety belt legislation, primary enforcement laws, and enhanced enforcement programs to increase seat belt use in adolescents and adults. The Community Guide recommends 0.08 blood alcohol concentration laws, lower blood alcohol concentration laws for young drivers, minimum legal drinking age laws, sobriety checkpoints, mass media campaigns, school-based programs, and alcohol server intervention training programs.
The American Academy of Family Physicians supports the counseling of all parents and patients older than 2 years of age about accidental injury prevention, including the use of child safety seats and lap-and-shoulder belts; encourages the development of uniform standardized tests to determine alcohol or drug impairment in all U.S. states; and encourages its members to take an active role in developing strategies to promote the increased use and availability of restraint systems, including air bags. The American Academy of Family Physicians also supports primary enforcement of occupant restraint system legislation, encourages authorities to document the use of occupant restraint systems, and encourages the media to report use as appropriate.19
The American Medical Association supports mandatory seat belt use laws that do not simultaneously relieve automobile manufacturers of their responsibility to install passive restraints and supports education of state medical societies about these laws; discussion of MVOIs between physicians and their patients; and the use of active, approved restraints for both adults and children.20
The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that clinicians provide up-to-date, appropriate information for parents on car safety seat choices and proper use.21
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommends that clinicians counsel all women on the use of seat belts; that pregnant women be counseled on proper seat belt fit during pregnancy and proper use of a car seat for their infant; and that adolescent women be counseled to avoid driving or other situations requiring full attention after drinking or riding with a driver who has been drinking.22-25
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (http://www.nhtsa.gov) recommends education, training, enforcement, outreach, and legislation to increase proper restraint use by children, adolescents, and adults. It recommends community and legislative interventions for and screening and clinical counseling of patients who drink heavily to reduce alcohol- and drug-impaired driving.
1. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Screening and behavioral counseling interventions in primary care to reduce alcohol misuse: recommendation statement. Ann Intern Med 2004;140:554-6. [PMID: 15068984]
2. Williams S, Whitlock E, Edgerton E, Smith P, Beil T. Primary Care Interventions to Prevent Motor Vehicle Occupant Injuries. Prepared for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality by the Oregon Evidence-based Practice Center, Portland, Oregon. Evidence Synthesis No. 51. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; August 2007. AHRQ Publication No. 07-05103-EF-1. Accessed at www.ahrq.gov/serfiles.htm on 7 August 2007.
3. Motor-vehicle safety: a 20th century public health achievement. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 1999;48:369-74. [PMID: 10369577]
4. Glassbrenner D. Child restraint use in 2004—overall results. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; 2005. Accessed at http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/pdf/nrd-30/NCSA/RNotes/2005/809845.pdf on February 2007.
5. Decina LE, Lococo KH. Misuse of Child Restraints. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; 2004. Report no. DOT HS 809 671. Accessed at www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/research/Misuse/images/misusescreen.pdf on 31 May 2007.
6. Quinlan KP, Brewer RD, Siegel P, Sleet DA, Mokdad AH, Shults RA, et al. Alcohol-impaired driving among U.S. adults, 1993-2002. Am J Prev Med 2005; 28:346-50. [PMID: 15831339]
7. Guyer B, Gallagher SS, Chang BH, Azzara CV, Cupples LA, Colton T. Prevention of childhood injuries: evaluation of the Statewide Childhood Injury Prevention Program (SCIPP). Am J Public Health 1989;79:1521-7. [PMID: 2817165]
8. Kelly B, Sein C, McCarthy PL. Safety education in a pediatric primary care setting. Pediatrics 1987;79:818-24. [PMID: 3554131]
9. Reisinger KS, Williams AF, Wells JK, John CE, Roberts TR, Podgainy HJ. Effect of pediatricians' counseling on infant restraint use. Pediatrics 1981;67: 201-6. [PMID: 7243445]
10. Liberato C, Eriacho B, Schmiesing J, Krump M. SafeSmart Safety Seat Intervention Project: a successful program for the medically-indigent. Patient Educ Couns 1989;13:161-70.
11. Serwint JR, Wilson ME, Vogelhut JW, Repke JT, Seidel HM. A randomized controlled trial of prenatal pediatric visits for urban, low-income families. Pediatrics 1996;98:1069-75. [PMID: 8951255]
12. Macknin ML, Gustafson C, Gassman J, Barich D. Office education by pediatricians to increase seat belt use. Am J Dis Child 1987;141:1305-07.
13. Stevens MM, Olson AL, Gaffney CA, Tosteson TD, Mott LA, Starr P. A pediatric, practice-based, randomized trial of drinking and smoking prevention and bicycle helmet, gun, and seatbelt safety promotion. Pediatrics 2002;109:490-7. [PMID: 11875146]
14. Gittelman MA, Pomerantz WJ, Laurence S. An emergency department intervention to increase booster seat use for lower socioeconomic families. Acad Emerg Med 2006;13:396-400. [PMID: 16531596]
15. Ehiri JE, Ejere HO, Magnussen L, Emusu D, King W, Osberg JS. Interventions for promoting booster seat use in four to eight year olds traveling in motor vehicles. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2006:CD004334. [PMID: 16437484]
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17. Dinh-Zarr TB, Sleet DA, Shults RA, Zaza S, Elder RW, Nichols JL, et al. Reviews of evidence regarding interventions to increase the use of safety belts. Am J Prev Med 2001;21:48-65. [PMID: 11691561]
18. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Guide to Community Preventive Services. Accessed at www.thecommunityguide.org on 12 February 2007.
19. American Academy of Family Physicians. American Academy of Family Physicians Policy & Advocacy policies: safety. Accessed at www.aafp.org/online/en/home/policy/policies/s/safety.html on 31 May 2007.
20. American Medical Association. Policy H-15.982. Mandatory seat belt utilization laws. In: Health and Ethics Policies of the AMA. Accessed at www.ama-assn.org/ad-com/polfind/Hlth-Ethics.pdf on 31 May 2007.
21. Selecting and using the most appropriate car safety seats for growing children: guidelines for counseling parents. Pediatrics 2002;109:550-3. [PMID: 11875159]
22. ACOG Committee Opinion. Primary and preventive care: periodic assessments. Obstet Gynecol 2003;102:1117-24. [PMID: 14672497]
23. American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Guidelines for Perinatal Care, 5th ed. Elk Grove Village, IL: American Academy of Pediatrics; 2002.
24. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Primary and preventive health care for female adolescents. In: Health Care for Adolescents. Washington, DC: American Coll of Obstetricians and Gynecologists; 2003:1-24.
25. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Substance use. In: Special Issues in Women's Health. Washington, DC: American Coll of Obstetricians and Gynecologists; 2005:113.
Members of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
Corresponding Author: Ned Calonge, M.D., M.P.H., Chair, U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, c/o Program Director, USPSTF, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 540 Gaither Road, Rockville, MD 20850.
Members of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force*: are Ned Calonge, MD, MPH, Chair (Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Denver, Colorado); Diana B. Petitti, MD, MPH, Vice Chair (Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, California); Thomas G. DeWitt, MD (Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio); Leon Gordis, MD, MPH, DrPH (Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland); Kimberly D. Gregory, MD, MPH (Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California); Russell Harris, MD, MPH (University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Kenneth W. Kizer, MD, MPH (National Quality Forum, Washington, DC); Michael L. LeFevre, MD, MSPH (University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, Missouri); Carol Loveland-Cherry, PhD, RN (University of Michigan School of Nursing, Ann Arbor, Michigan); Lucy N. Marion, PhD, RN (Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia); Virginia A. Moyer, MD, MPH (University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas); Judith K. Ockene, PhD (University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts); George F. Sawaya, MD (University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California); Albert L. Siu, MD, MSPH (Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York); Steven M. Teutsch, MD, MPH (Merck & Company, West Point, Pennsylvania); and Barbara P. Yawn, MD, MSc (Olmsted Research Center, Rochester, Minnesota).
*Members of the Task Force at the time this recommendation was finalized. For a list of current Task Force members, go to http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/about.htm.
Disclaimer: Recommendations made by the USPSTF are independent of the U.S. government. They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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Requests for linking or to incorporate content in electronic resources should be sent via the USPSTF contact form.
Source: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Counseling about proper use of motor vehicle occupant restraints and avoidance of alcohol use while driving: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement. Ann Intern Med 2007;147:187-93.
Current as of August 2007
Internet Citation:
U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Counseling About Proper Use of Motor Vehicle Occupant Restraints and Avoidance of Alcohol Use While Driving: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement. August 2007. First published in Ann Intern Med 2007;147:187-93. http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf07/mvoi/mvoirs.htm


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Unfortunately it is a known issue in all versions of BW (Windows and Mac) :(
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Unfortunately it is a known issue in all versions of BW (Windows and Mac) :(
We hope soon to provide a download for users without DVD drives. 12GB!! We'll keep you all posted.
The old installer would leave processes running. You have to restart your Mac to get rid of them. Try restarting your Mac, and then re-run the installer dmg.
10/25/2013 11:30 AM update: The signed version is now posted!
The native Mac version (BibleWorks Mac Installer) is now compatible with OS X 10.9 (Mavericks).
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We need to get the installer signed, so until then you may get an "unidentified developer" message. Here's the workaround:
In the Finder, locate the Applications | BibleWorks icon.
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The native Mac version (BibleWorks Mac Installer) is now compatible with OS X 10.9 (Mavericks).
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A test installer addressing this is posted! See http://www.bibleworks.com/forums/showthread.php?5737-9-25-2013-Test-version-posted-Adjust-font-size-in-Verse-Tab-and-CHM-module-windows
Good news! We have a test installer which allows you to adjust the text size in HTML windows. To try it out, follow these steps:
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Good news! We have a test installer which allows you to adjust the text size in HTML windows. To try it out, follow these steps:
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Sorry for the delay. CodeWeavers is investigating and hopes to get back to us this week. We have another experimental build in which the font size is adjustable, but other things are broken in it....
When you start the program, it should show ("MCW 9r3-14)" in the lower left corner. If you open Help | About it should show the same thing.
If you do not see that, please close BibleWorks, re-run...
The minimum requirements are 10.7.4 or higher, but it seems odd to me that once installed it would show r13 instead of r14. What is the exact filesize of your dmg file? Also, you you re-run the dmg...
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Endive leaves, being naturally scooped and crunchy, make a refreshing alternative to potato chips.
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|Antidepressant Medication as a Risk Factor for Type 2 Diabetes and Impaired Glucose Regulation: Systematic review.
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|PMID: 24065841 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review
|OBJECTIVE Antidepressant use has risen sharply over recent years. Recent concerns that antidepressants may adversely affect glucose metabolism require investigation. Our aim was to assess the risk of type 2 diabetes associated with antidepressants through a systematic review. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Data sources were MEDLINE, Embase, PsycINFO, The Cochrane Library, Web of Science, meeting abstracts of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes, American Diabetes Association, and Diabetes UK, Current Controlled Trials, ClinicalTrials.gov, U.K. Clinical Research Network, scrutiny of bibliographies of retrieved articles, and contact with relevant experts. Relevant studies of antidepressant effects were included. Key outcomes were diabetes incidence and change in blood glucose (fasting and random). RESULTS Three systemic reviews and 22 studies met the inclusion criteria. Research designs included 1 case series and 21 observational studies comprising 4 cross-sectional, 5 case-control, and 12 cohort studies. There was evidence that antidepressant use is associated with type 2 diabetes. Causality is not established, but rather, the picture is confused, with some antidepressants linked to worsening glucose control, particularly with higher doses and longer duration, others linked with improved control, and yet more with mixed results. The more recent, larger studies, however, suggest a modest effect. Study quality was variable. CONCLUSIONS Although evidence exists that antidepressant use may be an independent risk factor for type 2 diabetes, long-term prospective studies of the effects of individual antidepressants rather than class effects are required. Heightened alertness to potential risks is necessary until these are complete.
|Katharine Barnard; Robert C Peveler; Richard I G Holt
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It's that time of year again, parent-teacher conference season, when home and school join forces for the betterment of our students.
For some, parent-teacher conferences will be one of the few times you'll speak with your child's teacher this year, while for others this meeting marks the first of many conversations to come.
If you greet parent-conferences with a twinge of anxiety, know that you're not alone. I've had years where I knew I wasn't going to like what I was about to hear. I've had years where I've even cried a little. And this year, even with both of my kids finally on behavioral track, I'm nervous for what this week's parent-teacher conferences will bring.
Nerves aside, it's our job as parents to support our young learners with the help of their teachers.
Come together 1 of 9
Let's take a look at 8 ways we can get the most out of parent-teacher conferences to support our young learners.
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Manage your expectations 2 of 9
Your parent-teacher conference is designed to give you a general idea of your child's academic and behavior performance to date. Generally only 20 minutes in length, standard conferences don't allow enough time to tackle deeper issues. If you have specific challenges and concerns you wish to discuss with your child's teacher, use this opportunity to schedule a follow on meeting.
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Be punctual 3 of 9
With only 15-20 minutes allotted per parent, your child's teacher doesn't have a moment to spare. Arrive on time and silence your mobile devices to give your child's teacher the attention they deserve.
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Talk to your child 4 of 9
I don't like surprises, so I preface every parent-teacher conference with a conversation with my child. "Is there anything I need to know before meeting with your teacher, because I'd rather hear from you first." As much as I dislike putting my kids in this awkward position, I can't tell you how many times they've sheepishly admitted to behavioral wrongdoings and a poor test score or two that never made it home. Knowing these things prior to your conference will better prepare you for what your child's teacher has to say.
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Come prepared 5 of 9
The first six weeks of school has left you scratching your head on a few occasions: Is my kid supposed to bring a book every Friday? How does Accelerated Reader work again? What's the name of that website she told us about on Back-to-School Night again? Jot down your questions so you won't forget to ask when the teacher asks if you have any questions.
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Listen with an open mind 6 of 9
Arguably the hardest part of having school-aged children is hearing your child's teacher mention anything less than complementary about your kid. However, out of respect for your child's teacher and their professional authority, we owe it to our students to listen with an open mind. Remember, you and your child's teacher possess the shared vision of your student achieving their personal best.
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Take notes 7 of 9
Hopefully, nothing your child's teacher reports will come as shocking information, but you're certain to learn a few things about your child's academic progress that you didn't know. Take notes to discuss with your partner and your child after the conference and be sure to inform your child of the good stuff along with areas for improvement.
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Show respect 8 of 9
It can be difficult to show respect to a teacher who has less than favorable details to report - particularly if the chemistry between child and teacher got off to a rocky start. Mutual respect between parent and teacher is vital for the success and academic development of your child. When parents and teachers work together, students win.
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Ask what you can do at home 9 of 9
If your child's teacher advises additional practice in reading or math is needed, inquire about specific resources available. As an academic professional, your child's teacher is a wealth of information who will gladly point you in the right direction.
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Do you have any tips on how to get the most out of parent-teacher conferences?
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GOVERNOR - Gray Davis
For 16 long years, California has stagnated under the reign of two successive Republican governors, George Deukmejian and Pete Wilson - Duke the Dull and Pete the Mean. With the population exploding, the state has built little but prisons, while schools have declined to Mississippian levels. With the population diversifying, the state, at Wilson's prodding, has thrown its social policies into reverse to ensure that its universities and government agencies will become less diverse - in fact, will fade to white.
This year's Republican gubernatorial nominee, Attorney General Dan Lungren, wouldn't just perpetuate the Deukmejian and Wilson policies. He'd make them worse. While neither as dull as the Duke nor as mean as Pete (which would, forgive us, be no mean feat), he's more rigidly conservative than either. Unlike Wilson, he is zealously anti-choice, a position his judicial appointments are likely to reflect. Unlike either, he's been consistently opposed to environmental protections, voting against the Clean Air and Safe Drinking Water acts while in Congress, and, as attorney general, opposing federal legislation requiring military bases to comply with state environmental laws - the only state A.G. out of 50 to oppose the bill. Unlike virtually every other member of Congress, he actively fought the bill, signed by Ronald Reagan, that provided reparations to Japanese-Americans interned in concentration camps during World War II.
Like his congressional classmate Newt Gingrich, Dan Lungren is first and foremost a right-wing ideologue. Asked about the crisis of public education, he pooh-poohs the need to raise the starting salaries of teachers and argues that private-school vouchers are the real solution. Offered the opportunity to join the omnibus lawsuit against tobacco companies for the billions of dollars they've cost the states in Medi-Cal expenses, he delayed until political pressure compelled him to add California, belatedly, to the list of plaintiffs. Required by law to ban assault weapons in California, he has taken pains to exempt certain weapons and delay their collection. At a time when California's public sector, once the marvel of the world, is in a state of near collapse, Lungren clings to the belief that the state has no proper role in society save to catch and punish criminals. It is a belief utterly at odds with the actual historical experience of California and utterly inadequate to the state's current needs.
This November, fortunately, California has a real chance to stop its spiral of decline. Lieutenant Governor Gray Davis seems poised to lead a Democratic sweep, giving the party control of both the executive and legislative branches of government.
We are, of course, well past the time when such a sweep in itself would have portended a wave of progressive reforms. State government is still constrained by the anti-tax handiwork of Howard Jarvis, progressive forces are still universally weak, and Gray Davis himself is an almost preternaturally cautious political leader. Even though every poll shows public support for more education spending, for instance, Davis has committed himself to virtually nothing specific in the way of education reform during the course of the campaign, lest any position jeopardize his lead. At a time when campaign-finance practices threaten the government's very legitimacy, Davis has offered the most exquisitely incremental reforms. Indeed, this was one of the reasons why the Weekly endorsed Green Party candidate Dan Hamburg in June - a forthright progressive with the proverbial snowball's chance in hell.
June, however, is long gone, and a vote for Hamburg this November only threatens to undo what is clearly, for all of Davis' moderation, the first real opportunity progressives have had in decades to go on the offensive in California. While Davis himself hews to the center, a Davis governorship, coupled with the more overtly left leadership of Speaker Antonio Villaraigosa in the Assembly and Majority Leader John Burton in the Senate, would clearly enhance the prospects for any number of progressive causes. For the first time in two decades, farm workers could look forward to having a state Agricultural Labor Relations Board that won't be the stooge of agribusiness. Health-care activists would find a government willing to craft a plan for universal coverage of children. Champions of living-wage ordinances would be able to turn their attention from city halls to the Capitol. Advocates for rebuilding the state's decaying roads, bridges and aqueducts wouldn't have to line up behind the prison-construction lobby. And there would at least be a chance - which there wouldn't if Lungren wins - that the state will fashion the trade-off it so clearly needs to improve its schools: increasing the funding for teacher salaries and training in return for requiring greater accountability from teachers and principals.
Having served as Jerry Brown's chief of staff, assemblyman from the Westside, state controller and now lieutenant governor, Gray Davis is certainly as prepared to be governor as any candidate in the state's history. On the UC Board of Regents, he led the fight against repealing affirmative action and for domestic-partnership benefits. He has been a consistent supporter of labor and environmental causes.