text:
Alan Shalleck knew a thing or two about storytelling: how to engage his audience and build suspense, how to bring a character to life. He honed those skills in the pioneering days of children's TV and directed the first animated shorts featuring Curious George.
That all took place when Shalleck lived in New York, a family man with a wife and two sons. In South Florida, though, Shalleck lived out the second act of his life: divorced, broke, and lonely. He turned himself into a children's book reader called "Gramps" who would show up at libraries, schools, and bookstores wearing a straw hat and spectacles. The children would cluster around the sturdy gray-haired man, offering to turn the pages of his book and trying to climb into his lap.
But in South Florida, Shalleck also emerged with a more private and less conventional persona, as a devotee of spanking. In early 2006, the 76-year-old ran a personal ad in the Fort Lauderdale gay magazine 411 that read:
To endure the outrageous pleasure/pain of a mighty hand, paddle or cane OTK [over the knee]. That is the quest. Let's go beyond and stretch limits to tears of joy.
Satisfied that his prose would arouse the curious, Shalleck signed his middle name, Jay, and added his phone number. And the curious called.
That's why, as the Steelers pounded the Seahawks on Super Bowl Sunday two years ago, Alan Shalleck's alter ego was awaiting a flogging at his trailer home in Boynton Beach. It would be, he hoped, a kinky test of endurance, one of many romps. Shalleck was to be the master that night, with a younger man bent over his knee. He'd thwack and smack until that fella's bare tush was crimson, until he couldn't take another hit, until someone cried "uncle" — when the fantasy would end. At least, that's how it was supposed to transpire.
It didn't. The playmates that February night, enticed by Shalleck's ad, thwarted his rules. They came seeking cash, reasoning an older man would have money stashed somewhere in his home. The spanking session turned bloody: Shalleck would die from multiple stab wounds. His killers grabbed jewelry, checkbooks, and anything else that seemed valuable and fled, leaving Shalleck's body on his driveway like a bundle of trash. It would be nearly two days before anyone noticed him there.
Shalleck had been barely scraping by. His career in TV and film had ended a decade earlier in personal bankruptcy. There were no royalties rolling in. He lived modestly off Social Security checks and a part-time job as a bookseller at a Borders store.
The night he died, Shalleck spoke one last time on the phone with his old college buddy Jerry Stiller, the actor. That was the sort of friendship that he'd boast about at cocktail parties but not to his spanking partners. There was no need to chit-chat with playmates or even know their names. Several fetish acquaintances say they didn't learn of Shalleck's showbiz ties until after the murder. Likewise, plenty of friends never guessed he might be fooling around with men. And paddles.
Shalleck wouldn't even discuss his spanking fetish with gay friends. He told them they couldn't possibly understand and empathize with his true desires. Jerry Bailis, a friend of 35 years, says Shalleck was an old-fashioned guy stuck somewhere in the 1930s with his Cole Porter tunes. Bailis, who is 72 and openly gay, says his friend was just beginning to acknowledge that men might be the objects of his desire.
Shalleck kept his facets separate, like mismatched swatches of fabric that form an intricate quilt. Few who were close to him ever glimpsed the whole pattern. His sons, David and Adam, and his ex-wife, Joan, are so alarmed by the sexual details surrounding his death that they don't want to talk much about the man, especially because he worked with kids. "He was a professional at entertaining children," says David Shalleck, who at 46 is the eldest son. "I hope to God down there [in Florida], they don't perceive someone with a dark side as anything other."
Alan Shalleck was born in Manhattan in 1929, the youngest of three boys. He told friends that he was a "mistake baby" conceived many years after his siblings and that his mother wished he were a girl. She didn't want him to get dirty playing outside, he claimed, so he never got into sports. He grew up on the Upper West Side and then moved upstate to study drama at Syracuse University.
In 1950, he got a job in the CBS mailroom in New York. From there, he moved into production of network shows. In Jerry Stiller's memoir Married to Laughter, he recalls marrying Anne Meara in 1953 before Manhattan Municipal Judge Ben Shalleck, his buddy Alan's uncle. Since the judge was once married to Broadway singer Lillian Roth, Stiller wrote, his presiding over the ceremony "seemed to stamp the moment with some sort of showbizzy significance." Shortly after the wedding, Stiller remembers Alan arranging for the young couple to appear on The Price Is Right, where Shalleck was assistant director; they won a turkey.
But Shalleck wanted to work in children's television. He clinched an associate-producer role on Winky Dink and You, an innovative Saturday-morning show on CBS that encouraged kids to connect the dots of climactic scenes by drawing on a plastic sheet stuck to the TV screen via static electricity; the main character, Winky Dink, was a wide-eyed pixie who needed kids to, say, draw him a bridge so he could cross a river. The show, which ran from 1953 to 1957, is considered the first interactive TV program.
Then, in 1960, singer/actress Jane Norman approached a CBS station in Philadelphia with an idea for a children's show. She'd dress like Peter Pan, fly around, and hang out in a forest with an owl named Oggie and with Fliffy the butterfly. The show, Pixanne, ran for 16 years, and Shalleck got to direct some segments. He also worked as a stage manager for Captain Kangaroo. David Shalleck compares tagging along with his father at CBS production sets to "going into Toyland."
In 1977, Shalleck saw a chance to strike out on his own when Hans Augusto Rey, illustrator of the Curious George books, passed away. Shalleck approached Hans' widow, Margret, with an offer to direct George's animated television debut. Margret agreed.
Hans and Margret Rey published the meddlesome monkey's first adventure in 1939 while they were living in France, where the monkey went by the name Fifi. The husband-and-wife team concocted the tale together, with Hans painting the watercolor illustrations and Margret fussing over the words. Just before the Nazis stormed into Paris in 1940, the Reys, both German-born Jews, fled on bicycle. The manuscript for Curious George was one of the few belongings they took with them. The couple traveled to Spain, Portugal, and Brazil before settling in New York City that year. In 1941, Curious George hit American shelves.
The original story is a series of mishaps that commence when an inquisitive monkey ambles into the trap of a poacher (The Man in the Yellow Hat). The man acts as both captor and protector as George stirs up trouble by almost drowning on the ocean voyage from Africa, accidentally summoning the fire department, escaping from jail, and floating into the sky holding a cluster of red balloons. The story ends with the man paying off an angry balloon vendor before tucking George under his arm and carrying him to his new residence, a big-city zoo.
The Reys, who had no children of their own, penned seven Curious George tales together, the last of which, Curious George Goes to the Hospital, was issued in 1966. The creative process was so tedious that each time the couple completed a new story, they'd vow not to do another. By the late 1970s, when Shalleck approached Margret Rey, people who grew up with Curious George had become parents, and they were ready for a fresh spin on the character.
The Shalleck-Rey collaboration was a window into the bizarre. Shalleck would "spend entire weekends and weeks" at Rey's house in Boston, recalls longtime friend Bailis. "Margret Rey would jump around acting the stories out, and he would write them down. She was the monkey." Margret Rey was also a fierce protector of Curious George's image. A monkey ought not talk, she insisted, and George should keep puffing his beloved pipe, even if it inspired kids to smoke tobacco.
To bankroll the TV series, Shalleck turned to Canadian investor Richard Lafferty. The 104 Curious George TV shorts that Shalleck directed resemble an old-fashioned picture book. The images are frozen, like pages, and the action is moved along by a single narrator's voice. Each episode lasts five minutes. The shows first aired in Canada, between 1979 and 1982, and then in the United States on Nickelodeon's Pinwheel program in 1984 and Disney's Lunch Box and Circle Time shows in 1989.
Together, Shalleck and Rey also crafted 28 books based on the film plots for publisher Houghton Mifflin. Rey hated them. "The drawings are bad and the stories are bad. They're just third-rate," she told a Newsday reporter.
Shalleck wasn't terribly fond of working with Rey. "She was a spoiled little child, but people would put up with her because she was so talented," he once told the Palm Beach Post. Shalleck said he got a flat, one-time fee of $500 per story. In another interview with the Post, he recounts scolding Rey in public: "Once when we were having lunch... she was so rude to the waiter that I snatched her wig off and told her to behave. It was next to a spanking."
In 1991, Rey sued Canadian investor Lafferty for marketing videocassettes of the Shalleck TV shorts without her consent and without paying her royalties. Lafferty countersued. Rey's finicky ways, Lafferty asserted, obstructed his attempts to capitalize on various Curious George merchandising deals. Rey decided, for instance, that a plush doll designed by Eden Toys was "junky" and that the monkey depicted on a Sears prototype pajama appeared "plump." Both products suffered commercially because of her exacting standards, Lafferty alleged. In a 1993 decision, the First District U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that while Rey could be overly meticulous and irascible, as a creator of the Curious George brand and owner of the copyright, her concerns were legitimate.
Around the same time, in the early 1990s, Shalleck had borrowed beyond his means to produce a beloved video project called Pepito's Dream. The 27-minute drama, based on a story by John and Margaret Travers-Moore, is about a boy who dreams of making a speech at the United Nations to plead for world peace. With creditors breathing down his neck, Shalleck filed for bankruptcy and moved to South Florida.
That's where Gramps, the storybook reader, was born. Gramps was an energetic showman — no cane or rocker here! — who liked to share the stage. Rather than telling the children to stay still and hush up, he'd invite them to lean forward and shout their favorite parts. Gramps would intentionally mangle lines of cherished books so the kids could correct him and feel involved. And he read each word with a dramatic flair that made it seem like the plot was unfolding inside that very room. By the end of storytime, the kids would often pile onto his lap.
Gramps enjoyed the attention. He gave newspaper interviews and signed copies of Curious George books with the words "Stay Curious." Judy Stunda, the children's librarian at the Lakewood Branch Library in St. Lucie County, still has a picture of Shalleck hanging from his 1997 visit. "He was wonderful," the 62-year-old librarian remembers. "You could tell he connected with the kids. It's like an extra sense — children know when you really like them or not. They knew that he liked them."
When he could, Shalleck charged a fee of $100 an hour. He needed the extra income. Shalleck frequently complained to friends about his meager finances and having to work well into his retirement years. When Gramps got bookings, friends say, the black rain cloud over Shalleck's head would suddenly lift. It was like he needed to be around children. Toward the end of his life, he mostly read for free, driving as far as Pahokee to enthrall children.
The night Alan Shalleck died, his close friend Mike Rayber pulled up to his trailer, which was partially obscured by overgrown sea oats. Cars lined the street for Super Bowl parties, and the yells of sports fans masked the rustling of leaves and gentle clink of wind chimes that typically filled the air.
Rayber drove Shalleck to a Boynton Beach Tony Roma's for a late celebration of Rayber's 59th birthday. Shalleck paid. With Rayber, Shalleck could let his guard down. They'd met more than a decade earlier when Shalleck answered a personal ad that Rayber had written. Rayber told police that he saw himself and Shalleck as homosexuals but that Shalleck had trouble reconciling the idea in his mind. "I don't know that he necessarily considered himself gay."
Rayber said Shalleck would often beg him for a spanking, and that, on occasion, he would reluctantly indulge his pal. Shalleck had entrusted him with keys to his trailer and an important task: Rayber was to dispose of Shalleck's "toys" in the event of his death so his grown sons wouldn't find them. Both assumed he'd die of natural causes.
Shalleck's neighbors in Royal Manor Estates, a tidy 55-and-over community, had long before surmised that he might be gay. Denise Zajac, a tiny blond 59-year-old who lives due west of Shalleck's old trailer, waves one hand like a crossing guard as she searches for the best words to describe why she suspected Shalleck was having homosexual trysts. "He had a lot of traffic in and out. You know, people traffic — men. Young, old, black, white — whatever. Day, night, morning. C'mon, something's going on. We figured out what type of lifestyle he was leading." At that, her husband, Tom, looks up from the football game he's engrossed in to add: "He had more guys going in there than a locker room."
But who would have imagined the spanking sessions? Whenever a guest arrived, Shalleck would crank up the music — sometimes opera or soul — to mask the howls of a man getting his tail whipped.
Standing in her Florida room, Denise is just six feet from the driveway where Shalleck's battered body was dragged and abandoned after the assault. The Zajacs say they didn't hear or see any sign of struggle the Super Bowl Sunday that their neighbor was killed. Nobody noticed Shalleck's corpse, covered with black garbage bags next to his blue Honda, until Tuesday.
Across the street, 80-year-old Russell Hall remembers his wife, Charlotte, who passed away in 2006, intuiting that Shalleck was gay the moment she met him. "We're both pretty broad-minded people. She liked him, and so did I... He was closet gay, I guess. He never discussed it with us."
The Halls would entertain Shalleck with a cocktail or two at least once a week. Vodka tonic, with lime. He'd unload negative thoughts that had him feeling down, and the Halls would try to cheer him up. He was envious of the couple's adoring relationship with each other and their kids. "He wasn't too happy with his life, the way it had gone," Hall says.
Shalleck often came bearing gifts, souvenirs from his travels or presents around the holidays. The last Christmas gift, a ceramic jazz pianist and drummer, sits in the corner of Hall's TV room. Hall squints his pale-blue eyes as he reflects on the fate of his friend. "Too bad he had to get hooked up into that stuff — the gay lifestyle. 'Course, he could have been straight as a die and still had that happen. You never know in this day and age. There are a lot of predators out there."
Jim Sirman shudders to think he might have been at Shalleck's house the night of the murder. Could he have prevented the crime? Or would he have been killed too? The diminutive 56-year-old already had a date on Super Bowl Sunday, so he had turned down Shalleck's invitation. Sirman made plans to meet on Monday night instead, but then he couldn't reach his play pal by phone. This was odd. Sirman says Shalleck was usually so eager before a play date that he would phone several times that day to confirm the encounter. It was a 50-mile drive to Boynton Beach from his home in Davie; Sirman decided not to make the trip.
Sirman rang Shalleck again on Tuesday, and a Boynton Beach homicide detective returned the call. "My heart sank," he recalls. "I knew it had to be about Alan."
The two men, both divorcees and fathers, met through a loose-knit South Florida spanking club of roughly 20 men. At first, Sirman says, he was turned off by Shalleck. He seemed pushy. Aggressive. Once, Sirman even saw him jump into an ongoing role-play game between two men at a spanking party; such uninvited interruptions are a big no-no in the fetish community.
But a persistent Shalleck phoned him perhaps ten times until finally the younger man agreed to meet for a private, one-on-one session. Sirman inquired about health problems and established safe words: green for go, yellow to slow down, and red for stop. They got together perhaps three times before Shalleck was killed. Sirman says he gets off hearing older men moan, scream, and squirm under his flat hand or the swift swat of a paddle. And Shalleck liked to be dominated. The sessions would go on for hours. "He had one of the toughest bottoms I've ever seen," Sirman remembers. "It was like leather, his ass."
Members of the spanking club, spooked by the homicide, disbanded for a while. Beating one another relentlessly was suddenly unappealing after one of their brethren got pummeled and knifed to death. Those living in the closet were so terrified of being outed after police came knocking at their doors to ask about Shalleck that they never returned to the club.
Gossip began to circulate in Fort Lauderdale's large gay community about the two men who confessed to the murder, Rex Ditto and Vincent Puglisi. Some wondered whether the duo might have been responsible for unsolved murders in the area.
Vincent Puglisi, a 54-year-old fast-food cashier, and his unemployed 29-year-old lover, Rex Ditto, were about to be evicted from their Oakland Park home when they decided to visit Shalleck in early 2006. The men had been dating for only a month. Both had prison records, Puglisi for burglary and Ditto for assault and arson.
Combing through a list of recent incoming phone calls to Shalleck, Boynton police found that Puglisi had rung three times. Puglisi went in for questioning with cuts all over his hands. Ditto showed up wearing a Fossil wristwatch that belonged to Shalleck and sneakers with soles that matched a bloody print at the crime scene. By Wednesday evening, just 36 hours after the body was discovered, Puglisi and Ditto had confessed.
Puglisi told police he had met Shalleck a year before the murder after reading the "catchy" spanking advertisement in 411 magazine; Puglisi was "curious to see just how kinky he was," so he got together with Shalleck on a few occasions.
Puglisi says he and Ditto discussed robbing and killing Shalleck before they ever traveled north to Boynton Beach; Ditto insists the plan involved only spanking. Each blames the other for Shalleck's murder.
Both agree that upon arriving at the trailer, around 11 p.m., they watched a porn video. Ditto says it depicted older European men spanking white teenaged boys. At Shalleck's behest, Ditto stripped down to his white silk women's underwear and bent over his host's knee. Then, the man they knew as "Jay" slipped off Rex's underwear and began smacking him, first with his bare hand and then with a wooden paddle.
Ditto eventually pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and robbery with a deadly weapon and was sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole. Puglisi turned down a plea and is expected to stand trial in April, when Ditto has agreed to testify against him. Puglisi's attorney advised him against granting an interview to New Times. Meantime, Ditto agreed to discuss Shalleck's murder with New Times at Everglades Correctional Institution, which is nestled amid the sawgrass near the Miccosukee casino in Miami.
A burly inmate with tattooed arms and a female corrections officer stood watch as a wiry-built Ditto shuffled into a large meeting room wearing royal-blue canvas loafers, baby-blue scrubs, and a flimsy black yarmulke. The seductive face from the booking mug shot had gone gaunt and was partially obscured by a thin beard. His tousled locks had been shorn. Prison had erased Rex Ditto's good looks.
According to Ditto, after a few minutes under an oar-like paddle, he couldn't take any more corporal punishment. But when he asked for a timeout, Ditto says, Shalleck told him he'd have to withstand the thwacking "till the sun comes up." That's when Ditto, who says he's a diagnosed schizophrenic, claims to have heard voices. He's a nasty man, they said. Hit him in the head.
Ditto grabbed the paddle and clobbered Shalleck in the forehead. A pissed-off Shalleck began choking him, Ditto says, and the two fell to the floor while they struggled. Ditto says when he hollered for help, Puglisi came with a kitchen knife and began stabbing Shalleck. As the assault dragged on, Ditto says, he decided it was time for a mercy kill; he plunged a knife in circular pattern all around Shalleck's genitals, aiming for the kidneys. Shalleck was stabbed in more than 40 places, including the anus.
In his statement to police, Puglisi said he never struck Shalleck. Rather, he witnessed Ditto bludgeoning Shalleck repeatedly over the head with the paddle, then held the victim down while Ditto fetched a steak knife. He watched Ditto take up blade after blade, each of which either broke or bent under the pressure of the thrusts. And as he punctured the old man, Ditto repeatedly said, "The son of a bitch won't die." All the while, Shalleck begged for his life.
Robert Gershman, Ditto's attorney, says he thinks the men were equally culpable — and that life in prison was the best deal Ditto could hope for in a death penalty case. "This is probably one of the most gory and gruesome scenes anyone will ever see," Gershman says, remembering the crime scene photos. "The bathroom was covered in blood from floor to ceiling, and there was a handprint smeared down the length of the wall. It was like something out of a horror show."
Ditto and Puglisi dragged Shalleck's body out to their car. They planned to transport it to the Everglades, leave it for the gators. But they got spooked and took off when a security guard drove by. Then they dumped the bloody knives and paddles in the New River in Fort Lauderdale and burned some of Shalleck's belongings in their backyard in Oakland Park. Their haul was meager: $80 in spare change wrapped in paper, some jewelry, and a check they forged to themselves for $450. Shalleck's checkbook showed only $500 in his checking account at the time of his death.
Five days after Shalleck's murder, Curious George made his big-screen debut in a long-awaited Universal film produced by Ron Howard. One of the scenes, when the monkey climbs onto a dinosaur skeleton in a museum, was borrowed from a story line developed under Shalleck's direction.
In the months leading up to his death, friends say, Shalleck was trying to find a lawyer to help him fight for a payout from Houghton Mifflin and Universal, but to no avail. The movie earned $14.7 million on its opening weekend at the box office. Shalleck and his heirs wouldn't be seeing a piece of that action.
Alan Shalleck's two sons arranged for their father's burial in Westchester County, New York. The wooden casket was interred on February 14, 2006. There was two feet of snow on the ground that day, David Shalleck says. The funeral wasn't well-attended.


text:
JEE Latest Articles (View All)
|Karnataka B.Tech Admissions 2024: Know Admission Process
|JEE Main Online Preparation in Myanmar (Burma)
|JEE Main Chapter Wise Weightage for the Last 10 Years
|How to Prepare for JEE at Home - Best Tips to Prepare
|JEE Main Tips and Tricks + 2024: Study Plan, Strategy
|JEE Main Eligibility Marks in 12th Standard
|Most scoring topics to prepare in JEE Main
|Most easiest topics to prepare in JEE Main
|Most important topics for JEE Mains for getting cut off
|Time Required To Prepare For JEE Mains Syllabus
|Dates for Engineering College Admissions in India for NRIs 2
|JEE Main 2023 Question Paper with Solution PDF
|About Free Problems in Physics by A A Pinsky [PDF]
|About Arihant Skills in Mathematics For IIT JEE
|About Free OP Tandon Chemistry Book (PDF)
JEE Coaching Classes
Coaching classes for Physics, Chemistry and Maths...
Thrusted By NRIs in UAE, Saudi, Oman, Qatar...
Get Free JEE Analysis Session
JEE Community
Browse through thousands of JEE Questions asked by Parents and Students.
Contribute to existing questions or ASK YOURS
Book A Free Session With Expert!
Mr. Gagan Narang
JEE Subject Expert for Physics & Mathematics. 10+ Years of experience with NRI students...
Dr. Anju Verma
Ph.D in Chemistry and an expert guide for JEE aspirants worldwide. Her sheer knowledge is commendable.
Mrs. Nutan Sheikh
NIT Graduate with 8 years of experience in teaching Mathematics to students for SAT & JEE
Mr. Abdul Brar
An iconic faculty for JEE aspirant for Physics and Chemistry. Had taken sessions for more than 1000 students so far
CIWG & DASA App | Share On Facebook
CIWG & DASA (Android Version)
Get updated with DASA & CIWG app. Be it fee structure, eligibility, cutoff, registration procedure, streams etc. You will find It all here.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
My SciELO
Services on Demand
- Cited by SciELO
- Access statistics
Interface - Comunicação, Saúde, Educação
Print version ISSN 1414-3283
ZOBOLI, Elma Lourdes Campos Pavone. Medical education: university business, not that of the pharmaceutical industry.Translated byPhilip Sidney Pacheco Badiz. Interface (Botucatu) [online]. 2008, vol.4Selected edition, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1414-3283.
The link between medical schools and the pharmaceutical industry is intricate and controversial, as the article "Medication/Drug promotion and advertizing in teaching environments: elements of the debate" clearly shows. Medical students are a vulnerable group to the predatory marketing action of pharmaceutical industry. They might believe that the only possible therapy is medication and this could contribute to increasing the value of medication. The continuing medical education supported by pharmaceutical industry can influence the routine of prescribing drugs. Thus, we agree with the argument for complete prohibition of this activity within teaching environments to preserve medical education of this hazard influence.


text:
What is Vewd Documentation?
Welcome to the Vewd Developer Documentation Portal. It provides app and device specifications, tools, tutorials and guidelines on how to develop for the Vewd Ecosystem, which includes the Vewd Core, Vewd App Store, Vewd Snap and the Vewd Certify program.
The Vewd browser engine has been deployed on a wide range of devices over a large number of years.
Since 2012, the Vewd App Store has been the primary channel for distributing apps, and for a device to support the Vewd App Store requires compliance with the Vewd App Store integration specification. This helps to create a common platform for all app developers.
Recently, with the Vewd Certify Program initiative, Vewd is taking further steps to unify Vewd-based devices to a common set of features and behavior, defined in Specification for Devices. The first devices supporting this full profile will be deployed in early 2017.
The Specification for Devices was designed to be backward compatible with the legacy Vewd App Store specification, in the sense that apps written according to the legacy specification should work on DCP-compliant devices. Apps that use the more recent features in the Specification for Devices may not work on legacy devices.
As an app developer, you can make a choice about which specification to follow, based on which features your app requires, as well as where, how and when you want to deploy your app.
Features available
The following table illustrates the features that are supported in each of the two device profiles. The table reflects the set of features that are available on all devices. Some devices may support features that are marked as not being available. Apps may still use these features if they are available, but must not rely on them.
Pre 2017 devices
4.9 Certified Devices (2017 devices)
Screen resolution
1920x1080 and 1280x720
Available on most devices
MS Smooth Streaming
Available on most devices
MS PlayReady
Available on most devices
Available on most devices
MSE (Media Source Extension)
Not available
Un-prefixed EME (Encrypted Media Extensions)
Not available
Available on some devices
WebM with VP9
Not available
Available on many devices
Not available
Available on many devices


text:
So this time I took girl 11 year old girl and Kim took 13-year-old boy and we got out all the laptops. 15 year old boy and I had worked together one on one before so we had him print out the pages he was going to work on and proceed on his own. Kim and I pulled the appropriate pages up on our laptops, and then our 11 year old, and 13 year old pulled the softwares up on the laptops they were using and entered in what Kim and I showed them. It worked well to have the page being entered on our computers and then work with them to enter it on theirs. Amazing/sad/lucky that we have so many computers to work on this with. Thus the problem that started the whole situation in the first place. But it is proving useful now.
My daughter isn't quite as much of a computer person as the rest of the family is. She is much more into her friends and being outside. Thus she hasn't developed the typing skills that the rest of us have. It was really slow going, often going back to correct capitalization and spelling. I taught her to use control c and control v to cut and paste things when she needed to enter them in. I think she must have known that before, but just hasn't used it all that often. It was slow but she definitely was proud of her accomplishments. We entered four pages of family group sheets with all of the source notations. I think she would have kept going had we not been interrupted by something else we needed to do.
Moving along. They aren't fighting me or saying they don't want to do it. I'm kind of surprised. I expected more of a fight. Especially with extraction--not the most exciting part of family history. And I especially expected more complaining about doing correct source citations. Perhaps I've explained to them well enough that these are the bread crumbs that we are going to follow later to be able to build on Great Grandpa's work? I don't know if any of that really sunk in. Being the children of a librarian, probably some of it did sink in. But whatever it is, I'm just glad they aren't complaining about it. They really aren't as adverse to this as I would have thought.


text:
High nitrogen liquid fertilizers have been a controversial issue in organic farming in the past few years. In fact, one manufacturer of a high nitrogen liquid fertilizer has pled guilty to fraudulently adulterating product (Biolizer XN, made by Port Organics) with prohibited materials. Additional requirements now apply to high nitrogen liquid fertilizer use in organic production. The Directive from the National Organic Program (PDF) is available online.
As a result of this NOP directive, CCOF's liquid fertilizer policy requires any liquid fertilizer product with a nitrogen claim greater than 3% to be approved by OMRI or WSDA. Use of any high nitrogen liquid fertilizer that has not been verified as compliant with the December 14, 2009, NOP guidance may put the certification of your operation, land, or products at risk. Read CCOF's liquid fertilizer policy announcement.
Please be aware that you cannot use any input material in your organic production until it has been:
- Listed by OMRI/ WSDA AND added to your OSP Materials List by CCOF
- Submitted AND approved by CCOF, and added to your OSP Materials List. Use the CCOF Material Review Request Form.
Background on Liquid Fertilizer Issues
Per the directive published by the National Organic Program (NOP) on December 14, 2009, all manufacturers of high nitrogen liquid fertilizers must be inspected and approved in order for organic farmers to continue using their products. The NOP notice includes specific audit, approval, and other requirements for approving the use of liquid nitrogen fertilizers above 3% nitrogen. The previous 100-yard separation requirement between synthetic and non-synthetic nitrogen sources is removed under this guidance.
On February 20, 2009, the NOP released a notice stating that it was no longer confident that the liquid fertilizers Marizyme and Agrolizer, manufactured by Port Organic Products, Ltd., were in compliance with NOP regulations. The NOP then took additional steps to protect the organic community by requiring third party reviewers, such as OMRI, to implement a detailed audit and inspection protocol for all high nitrogen liquid fertilizers effective October 1, 2009. Read the full NOP announcement.
To provide supplemental information for CCOF's liquid fertilizer approval policy, we launched an initiative to test a variety of liquid fertilizers. This initiative tested Nitrogen Isotope Ratio in addition to other screens to help identify materials of increased concern. CCOF is currently supporting research being done by a UC Davis professor to develop improved testing and identification methodologies.
CCOF is extremely pleased that the NOP has taken these important steps to ensure the integrity of organic foods is protected. We have a long history of action regarding this issue and have advocated and spoken out strongly while working with a variety of regulators, clients, farmers, and manufactures to help protect organic growers and consumers. We have brought suspicious materials to the attention of several different bodies including WSDA, OMRI, and CDFA while keeping the NOP apprised of developments. For more information on this issue, read "Organic Liquid Fertilizers – Friend or Foe?" in the spring 2007 issue of CCOF's Certified Organic magazine.
We will keep you informed of changes or developments as they arise by posting them in this area of the website. For a current list of materials recognized by CCOF as compatible with organic production, please visit the OMRI website or the WSDA website.
Download CCOF's May 2009 Liquid Fertilizer Notice, which includes a list of prohibited materials.


text:
We usually think of woolly mammoths as purely Ice Age creatures. But while most did indeed die out 10,000 years ago, one tiny population endured on isolated Wrangel Island until 1650 BCE. So why did they finally go extinct?
Wrangel Island is an uninhabited scrap of land off the northern coast of far eastern Siberia. It's 37 miles from the nearest island and 87 miles from the Russian mainland. It's 2,900 square miles, making it roughly the size of Delaware. And until about 4,000 years ago, it supported the world's last mammoth population. For 6,000 years, a steady population of 500 to 1,000 mammoths endured while their counterparts on the mainland disappeared.
It's truly remarkable just how recent 1650 BCE really is. By then, the Egyptian pharaohs were about halfway through their 3000-year reign, and the Great Pyramids of Giza were already 1000 years old. Sumer, the first great civilization of Mesopotamia, had been conquered some 500 years before. The Indus Valley Civilization was similarly five centuries past its peak, and Stonehenge was anywhere from 400 to 1500 years old. And through all that, with all of humanity in total ignorance of their existence, the mammoths lived on off the coast of Siberia.
So then, what finally killed off the mammoths? That's been the subject of a four-year research project by British and Swedish researchers, and they now believe that the final extinction of the mammoths was not inevitable, that they could have survived indefinitely if a couple circumstances had worked out differently. Co-author Love Dalen explained to BBC News:
"We wanted to find out why these mammoths became extinct. Wrangel Island is not that big and it was initially thought that such a small population could have suffered problems of inbreeding and a lack of genetic diversity. But the problem is mammoths don't display that much genetic variation - especially towards the end of their line. The DNA investigations found there was a 30% loss in genetic diversity as the population levels dropped - but that was to be expected. But when we examined the samples from the island, there reached a point when this reached a plateau and there was no more loss. This stage continued until the creatures became extinct. This therefore rejects the inbreeding theory. The mammoths on the island were isolated for nearly 6,000 years but yet managed to maintain a stable population."
Instead, Dalen and the rest of the team believes some drastic change must have occurred on Wrangel Island to kill off the mammoths, and there are two likely culprits: humans and climate. Archaeological evidence suggests that humans reached Wrangel Island at roughly the same time the last mammoths vanished, but there's no evidence yet to indicate that they ever hunted the mammoths. The more likely answer is climate change, which as a side effect might well have made it easier for humans to reach the island to serve as witnesses to the mammoths' final days.
Whatever the exact cause of the mammoth extinction, the fact that they did not succumb to inbreeding is very good news for conservation. According to the Dalen, this means that a small population of even a large animal can maintain genetic diversity and survive indefinitely on a small piece of land. And hey, if anyone ever does figure out how to clone a mammoth, I've got a very good idea where we should put their nature preserve.
Molecular Ecology via BBC News. Image by Catmando, via Shutterstock.


text:
The close up of the entire year is nearing. The calendar year's stop appears a long way away, with the required time to get items done. Once you arrive at the final outcome of an calendar year, this is a fantastic time and energy to think about our earlier calendar year or so. The close up of the entire year is a seriously strong time.
Maintain a specialist attitude at in history by how you dress, how you speak, how you carry yourself. Whether it's possible to get time in aspect, it will nourish all of you, particularly if you retreat near to the ocean. Perhaps it is time to truly get sucked in and focus on the issue. Drill down in for the long haul, and you will be greatly rewarded as time passes. The times associated with paper-pushing tend to be more than! It's incredibly genuine, while you generally do not need a particular time and energy to trim trees and shrubs. There's still time and energy to take full advantage of duty deductions in 2008 and in addition gain from the higher deductible limitations next calendar calendar year.
Now aNew season is a functionality that's celebrated by folks all over the world. People blessed in a particular year are believed to share some of the personalities of this specific creature. Everybody celebrate latest year within their very own design and within their very own method. For instance, the brand new Years Eve celebrations that we are aware and take pleasure in began due to the opinion that what one do on the 1st day of the entire year could affect their good fortune. In virtually all countries, it really is considered as start of a fresh calendar year or so. Every New Calendar year brings significant amounts of hope and happiness for everybody.
You'll discover there is no such calendar season. The most typical reason to select a fiscal year or so that doesn't finish on Dec 31 would be to represent the all-natural seasonality of one's group. The fiscal yr doesn't have to be similar to the calendar 12 months. 5 Personal Yr Get prepared for the remarkable and exciting calendar season! Personal Year or so (2) If you are in an individual Year (2), you'll get time and energy to consolidate your programs, and numerous prospects to cooperate with various other individuals. You might start having your better year but at at any time.
Corporate events ensure it is simpler to conquer such hurdles. They're a terrific way to encourage employee proposal. Most corporate activities are sorted out towards the final outcome of this calendar season or the economic calendar year or so. A corporate occasion at the close up of the entire year is a considerable means to identify high performing workers and motivate various employees.
You should be mindful with nearly all retirement programs. Before you produce your finances, you need to define your resources of revenue. Is likely to personal life, it might be possible to possess by with out a budget, however in your company, this is a recipe for personal bankruptcy. Once you end your budget, desire to is for this to balance. Within my present school, there is a budget establish per teacher yearly. The defined gain program may be the best suited for someone looking for a massive taxes deduction. Defined Gain plans may be a superior choice for companies who have to conserve probably the most money possible over a tax-deferred basis.


text:
Services on Demand
Related links
- Cited by Google
- Similars in Google
SA Orthopaedic Journal
On-line version ISSN 2309-8309
Print version ISSN 1681-150X
SA orthop. j. vol.10 n.2 Centurion Jan. 2011
Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease: the results of a prospective clinical trial comparing the outcomes of surgery and symptomatic treatment for patients presenting at age 5 years or younger
A SchepersI; AF RobertsonII
IHonorary Adjunct Professor
IIAdjunct Professor. Division of Orthopaedics, University of the Witwatersrand
It is widely recommended that children with Legg-Calvé-Perthes (LCP) disease aged 5 years or younger be treated non-surgically. Studies have nevertheless shown that this group does not have a universally good outcome. A prospective clinical trial was started in 1978, using lateral subluxation (extrusion) of the femoral head in the fragmentation stage of the disease as an indication for surgery. A review of 71 patients with 73 involved hips treated at age 5 years or younger shows that children who present with a Catterall 4/Herring C classification, as well as the presence of lateral subluxation, do better following a Salter innominate osteotomy than a comparable group that was treated with intermittent analgesics, rest and physiotherapy.
Key words: Perthes' disease, Salter osteotomy, age under 5 years, untreated controls, outcomes
The treatment of Legg-Calvé-Perthes (LCP) disease continues to be controversial with disputed and uncertain outcomes reported. The work by the Perthes Study Group reported by Herring, Kim and Browne1 dealt with children 6 years of age and older, and did not include the younger age groups. The treatment recommended for children 5 years or younger by Kim2 in a review article is non-surgical, despite reports that this group does not have a universally good outcome.3-6 It would be beneficial to be able to define accurately which children are likely to have a poor outcome, and whether any treatment can change this.
Rosenfeld, Herring and Chao6 reporting on 188 hips showed that the prognosis in this age group is favourable with 80% having a good result, and that patients with a Herring lateral pillar classification B-C or C have a less favourable outcome. Of note is that all their patients were treated conservatively. Fabry, Fabry and Moens5 reported on 36 hips in 30 patients with more than 50% presenting with a Herring C or Catterall 3 or 4 classification. They found a high percentage of poor results and stated that 'young age is not a free ticket to a good result'. A meta analysis of the literature led them to conclude that a comparison of results is difficult due to different final evaluation methods, an absence of exact numbers and omission to mention the severity of the cases.
In 1971 Catterall7 described what he termed the 'head at risk', and based on this formulated guidelines for the future management of LCP disease. Following this work a protocol for the treatment of LCP disease was formulated at the Transvaal Memorial Hospital for Children in Johannesburg, and surgery was recommended for children with a head at risk. In 1978 the senior author (AS), modified this protocol on going into private practice, and adopted lateral subluxation (extrusion) of the femoral head as the only indication for surgical intervention. Our aim in this study is to evaluate the treatment protocol that was followed, and to determine if surgery has a role to play in this young age group.
Material and methods
Between 1978 and 1996 the senior author (AS) treated 87 patients with 89 involved hips at the age of 5 years or younger. The prospective protocol used was that hips with no lateral subluxation (extrusion) of the femoral head would receive only symptomatic treatment irrespective of classification or of the degree of femoral head involvement. At the time the Catterall classification was used to determine the extent of femoral head involvement. Acetabular coverage was assessed on the AP X-ray and was expressed as the percentage of the femoral head that was covered by the acetabulum. Lateral subluxation was considered to be present if the acetabulum covered less than 90% of the epiphysis.8 Those hips that presented with lateral subluxation in the fragmentation stage of the disease had surgery recommended. Pre-operatively an arthrogram was done. If the femoral head was spherical and containable, a Salter innominate osteotomy was performed. If the femoral head was either aspherical or noncontainable then a Chiari osteotomy was performed (algorithm, Figure 1).
The current study is a retrospective review of these patients' radiographs. Of the 89 involved hips 16 were excluded as they were not followed up until either full bony reconstitution of the epiphysis was present or skeletal maturity had been reached. Of these ten had no treatment, and six had Salter osteotomies. That left 73 hips for evaluation. The X-rays at initial presentation were re-classified using both the Catterall7 classification and the Herring9 lateral pillar classification. The Stulberg classification as modified by Herring to assess the final outcome was used.10
All patients had their gender, age at presentation, side of involvement and age at final follow-up recorded, as well as the percentage subluxation on the arthrogram (Table I). On arthrogram the lateral subluxation was confirmed with a range between 7% and 39% (average 26.1%). A Stulberg I or II was classified as a good result, Stulberg III a fair result and Stulberg IV and V as poor results.
Forty-six patients with 48 involved hips received no treatment other than symptomatic. Of the 48 hips 28 had no lateral subluxation, whereas 20 of the hips did develop lateral subluxation. These 20 were not treated surgically for three reasons. The parents either refused surgery, returned for follow-up much later than requested, or the treating surgeon (AS) misread the X-ray. The remaining 25 patients with lateral subluxation were treated by means of a Salter osteotomy. All the patients were 5 years old or younger. There were 53 males and 18 females (Table I). No patients in this age group met the criteria to perform a Chiari osteotomy.
Eighty-five per cent of the hips that developed lateral subluxation were initially classified as a Catterall 4 or Herring C. Of the non-subluxed hips, 46.4% were a Catterall 4 or Herring C (Table II).
Results (Table III)
Of the 28 non-subluxed hips there were 25 good results (Stulberg I or II), and three fair results (Stulberg III). Eight of the good results were initially classified as a Catterall 4/Herring C, and all three fair results were a Catterall 4/Herring C. Of the entire group, 46.4% were Catterall 4/Herring C. A typical result is shown in Figure 2.
Of the 20 subluxed untreated hips there were five good results (Stulberg I or II), 11 fair results (Stulberg III) and four poor results (Stulberg IV). Three of the good results were classified as a Catterall 4/Herring C, and ten fair results were a Catterall 4 and Herring C. All four poor results were a Catterall 4/Herring C. Eighty-five per cent of the entire group were a Catterall 4/Herring C. A poor result is shown in Figure 3.
In the group of 25 subluxed hips that were treated by a Salter osteotomy there were 18 good results, five fair results and two poor results. Thirteen of the good results were a Catterall 4/Herring C, and the remaining five a Catterall 4/Herring B. All five fair results were a Catterall 4/Herring C. The two poor results were a Catterall 4/Herring B, and a Catterall 4/Herring C. Seventy-six per cent of the entire group were a Catterall 4/Herring C. A good result is shown in Figure 4.
When comparing the two sub-groups with lateral subluxation they are seen to be very similar in initial classification. The results of the surgically treated group are better than the non-surgical group.
Fabry, Fabry and Moens concluded from their meta analysis of the literature that 'hips affected by LCP in children in the younger age group are not protected from severe involvement'.5 They report on 78% poor outcomes for patients with a Herring C classification in this age group. They found it very difficult to compare their results with others reported in the literature. The age groups vary from under 4 years of age to under 6 years, and the Mose method to assess outcome was not uniformly applied.
The severity of head involvement was not always listed, and the Catterall classification alone was used. This classification has been criticised for its poor intra- and inter- observer accuracy,11-13 which has been found to be better with the lateral pillar classification.14
Rosenfeld, Herring and Chao6 found that severity of head involvement was more predictive of a poor outcome. They found that 48% of the Herring C group had a good outcome, but did not distinguish those with or without lateral subluxation (extrusion) as done in this study. In addition their patients' treatment was not standardised to a definite protocol, and all were treated non-operatively. They stated the patients 'received minimal treatment for the disease'. Herring, Kim and Browne1 found that non-operative treatment equated to no treatment in the study of older children.
Canavese and Dimeglio15 reported on a large series of 166 hips in children under 6 years of age. They used only the Catterall classification, grouping them into Catterall 1 and 2, and Catterall 3 and 4.
They did not treat their Catterall 1 and 2 patients, and further evaluated their Catterall 3 and 4 patients with a bone scan and MRI. Patients with Conway16 type-A changes were treated conservatively, and patients with Conway type-B changes with a containable femoral head and lateral extrusion (subluxation) on MRI and arthrography were treated surgically with a Salter innominate osteotomy. They found no difference in their results between the conservative and surgically treated groups of the Catterall 3 and 4 cases using the Stulberg and Mose method of outcome evaluation, but did find that the Catterall 4 group fared worse than the Catterall 3. Eighty per cent of Catterall 3 hips had a good result as compared to 51% Catterall 4 hips. They concluded that young children are not protected from severe disease and a poor outcome.
Ismail and Macnicol17 found that the Herring classification and sphericity of the femoral head on arthrography were the best predictors of a good outcome in their study on 81 hips. They had only 15 (18.5%) hips with a Herring C classification and 16 (19.8%) with a Catterall 4 classification. The age of onset of their patients ranged from 2-and-a-half to 9-and-a-half years, and roughly half (40) of their patients were treated by Salter innominate osteotomy. They note that younger patients more often had spherical heads, but their indications for performing an arthrogram or an osteotomy are not listed aside from stating that bilateral disease or repeated episodes of stiffness are a 'relative indication' for surgery. They do not distinguish patients with lateral subluxation that were treated or not.
Using only lateral subluxation (extrusion) of the femoral head as an indication for surgery our results are different. This may be due to using both the Catterall and Herring classifications for initial evaluation. In the non-subluxed (mild) cases there was a preponderance (15) of Herring A and B classifications (53.6%), with 13 Catterall 4/Herring C classifications (46.4%). All three of the fair results were a Catterall 4/Herring C. Nevertheless it appears that hips without subluxation do not need any active treatment, and certainly not if the Herring classification is A or B.
In the more severely involved hips with lateral subluxation there is a preponderance of Catterall 4/Herring C classification, with 17 (85%) in the untreated group and 19 (76%) in the surgically treated group. If one looks at only the Catterall 4/Herring C hips, then the results of the untreated hips is three good (17.6%), ten fair (58.9%) and four poor (23.5%).
Comparison with the surgically treated group shows 18 good (72%), five fair (20%) and two poor (8%). In both groups the Catterall 4/Herring B hips fared better, with only one of six poor (16.7%) in the surgically treated group.
It would be interesting to study all patients with an MRI, and separate the group with damage to the growth plate and see how their results compare to those with an intact growth plate, following a strict treatment protocol. De Sanctis, Rega and Rondinella18,19 showed good inter- observer reliability to establish physeal involvement and lateral extrusion (subluxation) using MRI, and an ability to predict a poor prognosis. Lateral extrusion was found by Green, Beauchamp and Griffin20 to be a good predictive sign, and although this has been the finding in our study, it is not widely accepted.
We conclude that the Salter innominate osteotomy improves the outcome in the treatment of Catterall 4/Herring C hips with lateral subluxation (extrusion) in children 5 years of age or younger. We acknowledge that further investigation such as MRI could be useful, and a prospective randomised trial should be performed to accurately establish the efficacy of treatment for LCP disease in this age group.
1. Herring JA, Kim HT, Browne R. Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease. Part 1: Classification of radiographs with use of the modified lateral pillar and Stulberg classifications. J Bone Joint Surg (Am) 2004;86-A:2103-20. [ Links ]
2. Kim HKW. Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease. Review article. Journal AAOS 2010;18(11):676-86. [ Links ]
3. Schoenecker PL, Stone JW, Capelli AM. Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease in children under 6 years old. Orthop Rev 1993;22:201-208. [ Links ]
4. Snyder CR. Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease in the young hip: Does it necessarily do well? J Bone Joint Surg (Am) 1975;57-A:751-59. [ Links ]
5. Fabry K, Fabry G, Moens P. Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease in patients under five years of age does not always result in good outcome: personal experience and meta analysis of the literature. J Pediatric Orthop B 2003;12:222-28. [ Links ]
6. Rosenfeld SB, Herring JA, Chao JC. Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease: A review of cases with onset before six years of age. J Bone Joint Surg (Am) 2007;89A:2712-22. [ Links ]
7. Catterall A. The natural history of Perthes' disease. J Bone Joint Surg (Br) 1971;53B:37-53. [ Links ]
8. Klisic P, Seferovic O, Blazevic, U. Indications for treatment in coxa plana. Int Orthop (1977); 1: 33-35. [ Links ]
9. Herring JA, Neustadt JB, Williams JJ, Early JS, Browne RH. The lateral pillar classification of Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease. J Pediatric Orthop 1992;13:281-85. [ Links ]
10. Herring JA, Kim HT, Browne R. Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease. Part 1: Classification of radiographs with use of the modified lateral pillar and Stulberg classifications. J Bone Joint Surg (Am) 2004;86-A:2103-20. [ Links ]
11. Hardcastle PH, Ross R, Hamalainen M, Mata A. An assessment of observer error and prognosis using the Catterall classification. J Bone Joint Surg (Br) 1980;62-B:428-31. [ Links ]
12. Christensen F, Soballe K, Ejsted R, Luxhoj T. The Catterall classification of Perthes' disease. An assessment of reliability. J Bone Joint Surg (Br) 1986;80-B:310-14. [ Links ]
13. Ritterbusch JF, Shantaram SS, Gelimas C. Comparison of lateral pillar classification and Catterall classification of Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease. J Pediatric Orthop 1993;13:200-202. [ Links ]
14. Podeszwa DA, Stanitski CL, Stanitski DF, Woo R, Mendelow MJ. The effect of pediatric orthopaedic experience on inter observer and intra observer reliability of the herring lateral pillar classification of Perthes' disease. J Pediatric Orthop 2000;20:562-65. [ Links ]
15. Canavese F, Dimeglio A. Perthes' disease. Prognosis in children under six years of age. J Bone Joint Surg (Br) 2008;90-B:940-45. [ Links ]
16. Conway JJ. A scintigraphic classification of Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease. Semin Nucl Med 1993;23:274-95. [ Links ]
17. Ismail AM, Macnicol MF. Prognosis in Perthes' disease. A comparison of radiological predictors. J Bone Joint Surg (Br) 1998;80-B:310-14. [ Links ]
18. De Sanctis N, Rega AN, Rondinella F. Prognostic evaluation of Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease by MRI. Part I: The role of physeal involvement. J Pediatric Orthop 2000;20:455-62. [ Links ]
19. De Sanctis N, Rega AN, Rondinella F. Prognostic evaluation of Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease by MRI. Part II: Pathomorphogenesis and new classification. J Pediatric Orthop 2000;20:463-70. [ Links ]
20. Green NE, Beauchamp RD, Griffin PP. Epiphyseal extrusion as a prognostic index in Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease. J Bone Joint Surg (Am) 1981;63-A:900-905. [ Links ]
Reprint requests:
Prof A Schepers
Suite 7, Kenridge Medical Centre
Wits DGMC
Eton Road
Parktown 2193
Tel: +27 +11 726-4459 Fax: +27 +11 482-4352
Email: email@example.com
The content of the article is the sole work of the authors.
No benefits of any form have been received from a commercial party related directly or indirectly to the subject of this article.


text:
Rosenthal, Wacha slated to pitch Saturday
JUPITER, Fla. -- Trevor Rosenthal and Michael Wacha, two of the organization's more exciting young right-handers, are scheduled to pitch in the Cardinals' Grapefruit League opener against the Marlins on Saturday. First pitch is scheduled for 12:05 p.m. CT.
Both pitchers will be limited to about 40 pitches, meaning that they will toss two innings apiece, if efficient. From there, they will build up their pitch count in subsequent spring starts.
For Rosenthal, the outing will mark his first in a game since he shined in the 2012 postseason. Ranked as the club's No. 4 prospect, according to MLB.com, the right-hander threw 8 2/3 scoreless innings out of the 'pen during the playoffs, and he impressed enough at the Major League level last year to get an opportunity to compete for a big league rotation spot out of camp.
Wacha, the Cardinals' top Draft pick in 2012, prepared for his first Grapefruit League appearance with a live batting practice session on Wednesday. It was the second time this spring that Wacha has thrown live BP.
Though Wacha -- the Cards' No. 6 prospect -- is not competing for a big league roster spot, this will be his first opportunity to pitch in a game environment in front of the Cardinals' Major League coaching staff.
Matheny has not announced his pitching plans beyond Saturday. He also has not confirmed which position players will make an appearance in the Grapefruit League opener.


text:
Fight Ready To Hold Camps For Kids To Combat Bullying, Obesity
Fight Ready, Arizona's leading martial arts academy, is holding a two-week-long summer camp for kids between the ages of 8-14 geared towards anti-bullying and building leadership skills while improving confidence and fitness through the martial arts.
Fight Ready will teach children anti-bullying techniques that will reduce their likelihood of attack, in addition to self-defense techniques designed to effectively and safely disengage from physical altercations.
Domonique Moore, Fight Ready rep, says, "Most of the kids in our program are there for the same reason; they were bullied in school or sports. Almost every year, Fight Ready (formerly the Lion's Den), has offered a martial arts summer camp to our members. This year, I wanted to make a larger impact in the community and reach out to as many children as possible, in an effort to help remove bullying in schools, sports and online."
Through these methods, Fight Ready aims to teach kids how to recognize, refuse and report bullying, as well as to be assertive and build relationships. Studies have found this youth program reduces the occurrence of bullying by 31 percent, and helps cut down the destructive behavior in kids by 70 percent when compared to the national average.
Empowering kids to harness their inner confidence is what this program is all about, and we are very proud to be able to say we make a difference," Moore says.
The camp will also include sports conditioning to improve kids' overall fitness level. This will also give them a competitive advantage in any sport they're currently involved in, or will become involved with, the following school year.
The martial arts portion will cover the basics of wrestling, grappling, Brazilian jiu- jitsu, boxing, muay Thai and judo throws, giving kids a broad, beginner martial arts base.
Pre-registration is required; each session limited to 20 kids:
Session 1: June 4-8 and 11-15
Session 2: June 9-1 and 16-20
Cost: $250
Location: 2954 N Hayden Rd., Scottsdale
Contact: (480) 941-5466


text:
Trader Vic's has been in the news a lot lately. In less than a week one location closed and another one opened. On Thursday, July, 28th Trader Vic's Portland opened it's doors. Then, Saturday, July, 30th Trader Vic's Scottsdale had it's last day of operation. All of this right on the heels of Trader Vic's Chicago silently closing. All this news leaves Tiki fans wondering, what is going on with Trader Vic's? When debating about the future of Trader Vic's what better cocktail to sip than Trader Vic Grog. So the next cocktail in my series of Tiki Cocktail Adventures is Trader Vic's Grog.
Trader Vic Grog is a nice little cocktail, that can be found in Beach Bum Berry Remixed. It's made with Fresh Lemon Juice, Pineapple Juice, Passion Fruit Syrup, Dark Jamaican Rum, and Angostura Bitters. It's a pretty simple cocktail to make.
I would encourage you to do the mint garnish on this one. It adds a really nice aroma to the cocktail. When you raise the glass to your lips the wonderful aroma of lemon and mint, makes you relax and sigh with relief, because you know it is Tiki Time! The pineapple, lemon, and passion fruit compliment the dark rum very nicely. The first one I made I used Coruba Dark Rum. Coruba is my favorite dark rum. It has nice brown sugar, and molasses flavors. It is smoother than Meyers. My second I had with Meyers, and that worked well in this cocktail too.
Trader Vic Grog isn't too sour, and it isn't too sweet. It's a great balance of flavors. If you are just starting out your Tiki bar this would be a great cocktail to start with, because you don't need a lot of ingredients. All the ingredients are easy to get too. The passion fruit syrup might be the only one you have to order online.
And what do I think about all the changes with Trader Vic's you ask? Well, I'm a little worried about their future. They've had quite a few locations close recently. All of the ones that closed were only around for a couple years. Trader Vic's Las Vegas opened in 2007 and closed in 2010. Trader Vic's Dallas ended their 4 year run in 2010. Trader Vic's Chicago closed this summer after only being open 2 1/2 years in it's Gold Coast location, and the Scottsdale location closed last week after five years.
Initial reviews of the new Portland location are good. So I hope they can keep up the momentum for the long haul there. I hope that there is a long term vision that is being executed. What do you think?
So, here's to you Trader Vic's I wish you long term success. Cheers!
P.S. If you are looking for the complete Hai Karate recipe check out Beach Bum Berry Remixed, or if you are really desperate Google it. I just don't give out the recipe since Beachbum Berry worked hard to put the book together. Who am I to give away the recipes.


text:
Recently Jake and I have started thinking more about starting some home renovations. One major thing we would like to do is the bathroom. We both have similar ideas for our dream bathroom. To full fill this dream it will require us putting in a new bath tub one Jake can fit in with his broad shoulders and also some new bath side panel. Our bathroom is in major need of some updating.
We know that our dream bathroom will take a while to be all put together and perfect since we will be doing it little by little. But I would rather us take our time and do the bathroom exactly right the first time so we don't have a ton of sloppy work that needs redone. We will be doing the work in our bathroom ourselves instead of hiring someone to do the work. Lucky for me my father in law built his house so he is very handy and resourceful when it comes to doing handy work.
What are some home renovations that you are planning on doing soon? Will you be doing these improvements yourself or hiring someone to come in and do the work?


text:
In Year 9 after two years of bullying, I admitted defeat, I trudged into the school counselors office and made an appointment.
Asking for help in my eyes was seen as a weakness. I was an independent soul. I disliked playing in team sports and I got annoyed at group projects. Even more embarrassing about the defeat was that, I was going to a counselor! Going to the counselor meant that I must have massive problems.
So with reluctance, I sat down and talked about my bullying problem, the counselor told me that I cannot look like a victim, next time I walk past the bully, look him straight in the eye and keep walking.
I didn't believe that it would work. I gave it a shot anyway. To my surprise it bloody worked! I was so surprised that I ran back to the counselor's office and recounted the event.
From that week out, I started rocking up at the school counselor every week. He was a sounding board for all my thoughts.
I never thought anyone would be able to help me with my personal problems. I thought, as men we were meant to be able to deal with all that emotional stuff by ourselves. I thought that my problems were too small. I was wrong.
Today, I worry that a lot of men still think that asking for help with personal problems is a sign of weakness. To me an attribute of a modern man is someone who is not scared of their feelings and understands when they have a problem and is not afraid to ask for help.
I cannot recommend seeing a counselor enough. Counselors are great because they are not involved with your life so there advice is always impartial. If you have kids, make sure to let them know that they can talk to a school counselor about anything they like.
I was nervous about writing this post, but I found the guts to write it from seeing fellow bloggers Mark(who has a post on becoming a man coming up in the next few days), Matt and Gavin who have shared their feelings in the public forum of online. Thanks guys!
This post is part of Man Week organized by Reach Out. I urge others to lead by example and share your stories about what it means to be a man.


text:
With the holidays safely behind us and packed away in storage boxes for another year, I'm ready to out myself as a bad little culinary enthusiast. [No, not "foodie," that's a dirty word in this household.] Yes, I admit it, I took many shameless shortcuts. While I continued to bake and cook like mad, it was mostly at work for our endless catering requests and special orders, not at home. That's why I was lucky enough to be gifted a main celebratory dish from my favorite local restaurant and place of employment, Health in a Hurry.
A seasonal specialty offered for a limited window of time during the winter, our stuffed miniature pumpkins are both a delight to look at and to devour. Filled to bursting with a hearty melange of brown rice, sunflower seeds, mushrooms, and herbs, this simple yet satisfying dish is excellent as either a main or a side, depending on the rest of the festive feast. Personally, one of these babies on a plate smothered in a sea of chickpea gravy is all I need for a happy holiday, thank you very much.
Then, come Christmas day, I found myself at a loss. Typically celebrated with a yule log of some fashion, I woke up that morning empty handed. However, a few cheap tricks later, and I had a reasonable substitute to present… A savory sushi yule log!
Keeping the theme with red and green fillings of avocado, red pepper, cucumber, and scallion, it was far more simple than my favorites, but it certainly fit the bill. Though truthfully no more than an uncut maki roll, dressed up with parsley "moss" on top and enoki mushrooms for that "authentic" forest-floor look, it was every bit as merry as many simpler bouches de noel.
Alright, so I've aired my edible sins… Now fess up, what culinary shortcuts did you take this past holiday season?


text:
Mama used to fry biscuits. If you had known Mama, that wouldn't surprise you, because she fried every food possible. In the course of her life, I knew her to fry green beans, corn, grits and cornmeal mush.
Should you not know what mush is, it's probably because you aren't from poor Southern mountain people who ate whatever would fill their stomachs. Corn, Mama used to say, sustained them because it grew plentiful in the hard, rocky, nutrient-poor red clay. That's how moonshine came to be, because the resourceful mountaineers figured out how to turn the corn into "likker."
Just before Mama died, corn prices went crazy to the point that all the news shows were talking about the high price of corn.
"I'm glad that I lived long enough to see corn worth something," she said, shaking her head. "My daddy wouldn't believe it. There was a time when you couldn't give corn away. It was practically worthless."
But it could quiet their hunger and that, to the poor Appalachian people, was worth its weight in gold. Many generations of my ancestors knew hunger as a constant companion.
"Did your people really eat dirt?" my husband asks from time to time.
"Perhaps during the Civil War years, there were some mud pies passed around during the most desperate times."
My grandmother once told me that her grandmother had told her of woeful times during that bitter war when the men were gone and food was hard to come by. They sometimes scraped up dirt from the smokehouse floor, where salt had fallen from the curing of hams. They used that salty dirt to season food and keep the hunger slightly at
Mama grew up on mush — a mixture of cornmeal (which they ground themselves), water, butter and salt — and developed a love for what is the substantive, hearty cousin of grits.
"I think I'd like to have some mush," Mama said once or twice a month when I was growing up. I developed a taste for it, too, but when, at 11, I told my best friend's mother that we ate mush at our house, she laughed.
"Oh, you ain't never had mush," she said.
But I did. Many times. It was usually better the second night because Mama would fry the leftovers in a cast-iron skillet with lots of butter. It was delicious, and it was an example of Mama's mountain ingenuity and her lifelong mantra: "Waste not, want not."
Still, of all the things she fried — cured ham, hominy, kale, okra, cornbread, squash, green tomatoes (my favorite) — the one I miss most are her fried biscuits. There weren't many days of Mama's life when she didn't make biscuits. For over 50 years, she made fluffy biscuits every morning by pinching them off by hand, forming them perfectly and placing them on a pan into a hot oven. Fried biscuits were a lazy, quick fix that became her staple after Daddy died. Self-rising flour and buttermilk (no shortening) stirred up quickly and dropped into sizzling grease in a cast-iron skillet. They were delicious hot, but almost as good when cold.
Oh, to be able to count the times that I stopped by her house and wandered into the kitchen to see what leftovers might be in a dish on the top of the stove. To me, eating those biscuits was like some people eating donuts. If there were three biscuits left, I ate all three. If there happened to be leftover crisp bacon, I was in heaven.
I miss those fried biscuits. Yes, I can make them, and sometimes I do. But there was something different about Mama's biscuits and something special about finding the cold ones waiting for me on the stove as though Mama knew I'd be stopping by.
It's a delicious memory.
Mama used to fry biscuits. If you had known Mama, that wouldn't surprise you, because she fried every food possible. In the course of her life, I knew her to fry green beans, corn, grits and cornmeal mush.


text:
Homeless Public School Students, by Nighttime Residence
Download & Other Tools
Download & Other Tools
- Definition: Number of public school students recorded as being homeless at any point in the school year, by type of nighttime residence (e.g., 11,189 California students were homeless and unsheltered at some point during the 2018 school year).Percentage of public school students recorded as being homeless at any point in the school year, by type of nighttime residence (e.g., among California students who were homeless at some point during the 2018 school year, 4% were unsheltered).
- Data Source: California Dept. of Education, Coordinated School Health and Safety Office custom tabulation (Oct. 2019).
- Footnote: Years presented are the final year of a school year (e.g., 2017-18 is shown as 2018). A student may be recorded as homeless in more than one school, school district, or county during a school year; as a result, these data may include duplicate counts of homeless students. Data for 2015 are not available due to changes in reporting. The notation S refers to percentages that have been suppressed because there were fewer than 80 total homeless students. N/A means that data are not available. Note that percentages for county offices of education may be less reliable than percentages for other school districts due to fluctuations in enrollment.
Learn More About Homelessness
- Measures of Homelessness on Kidsdata.org
Kidsdata.org presents the number and percentage of public school students recorded as being homeless at any point during a school year, by grade level, and by nighttime residence. The estimated number of homeless public school students in each legislative district also is available. Data on homeless public school students are based on McKinney-Vento Act definitions,* and include students whose nighttime residence is (i) shared housing with others due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or similar reason, (ii) a hotel or motel, (iii) a temporary shelter, or (iv) unsheltered.
Kidsdata.org also presents the number of unaccompanied children and young adults found to be homeless during the national point-in-time (PIT) count of homeless individuals.†* When analyzing data based on the McKinney-Vento Act definitions, please note:
- Data describe students attending classes and participating fully in school activities.
- Data on nighttime residence represent the most recently reported living situation.
- Data may include duplicate counts of homeless students; as homeless students move frequently, it is possible that the same student will be recorded by multiple school districts.
- It is likely that data underrepresent the extent of homelessness among public school students because of sensitivity around the issue of homelessness. Parents or guardians may not want to report homelessness to school staff, and school staff may have difficulty gathering this information. In addition, youth (particularly those who are older) may not self-identify as homeless for fear of contact with law enforcement or child protective services, and/or fear of reunification with parents or guardians.
† Note that federal agencies, researchers, and advocates agree that the homeless youth population remains largely hidden and undercounted. Continuing to improve the inclusion of youth in PIT counts is a key step in better collecting and applying data on homelessness in the U.S. Please see the summary report, We Count, California!: Lessons Learned from Efforts to Improve Youth Inclusion in California's 2015 Point-in-Time Counts, for more information.
- Homelessness
- Family Income and Poverty
- Children in Poverty, by Race/Ethnicity
- Children in Deep Poverty
- Children Living in Low-Income Working Families
- Mothers with a Recent Birth Living in Families in Poverty
- Mothers with a Recent Birth Living in Low-Income Families
- Children in Poverty - Supplemental Poverty Measure (California & U.S. Only)
- Children in Poverty - California Poverty Measure
- Children in Deep Poverty - California Poverty Measure
- Poverty-Reducing Effects of the Social Safety Net - California Poverty Measure, by Program Type and Poverty Level (California Only)
- Families Living Below Self-Sufficiency Standard
- Children Participating in CalWORKs
- Student Demographics
- Food Security
- Childhood Adversity and Resilience
- Housing Affordability and Resources
- Unemployment
- Why This Topic Is Important
On a January night in 2020, 161,548 people living in California (41 per 10,000) were identified as homeless, over 30,000 more than were counted two years earlier. On this night, the state accounted for more than a quarter of all homeless people in the U.S., and more than a third of homeless unaccompanied youth under age 25 (1, 2). During the 2017-18 school year, more than 250,000 California school-aged children were recorded as homeless—not including young children who were not enrolled in public preschool, students who experienced homelessness during the summer only, or those who dropped out of school; this figure represents more than one in six of the record-high 1.5 million homeless public school students nationwide (3).
Homelessness at any point in a young person's life can cause severe trauma, hamper their development, disrupt their relationships, and put their health and safety at risk (4). Homeless children are more likely than others to experience hunger and malnutrition, physical and mental health issues, developmental delays, and academic problems (4). Many of these children and youth are exposed to deep poverty, family instability, drug use, or domestic violence before becoming homeless, and homelessness increases their vulnerability to additional trauma (4, 5). For example, homeless youth are vulnerable to exploitation, physical and sexual victimization, substance abuse, and other harmful experiences (5).
Some adolescents and young adults are at heightened risk of homelessness, such as African American and Hispanic youth, those who identify as LGBTQ, child welfare- and juvenile justice-involved populations, youth without a high school diploma or GED, and those who are pregnant or parenting (2, 5).For more information, see kidsdata.org's Research & Links section.
Sources for this narrative:
1. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. (2021). The 2020 Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR) to Congress: Part 1. Point-in-time estimates of homelessness. Retrieved from: https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/ahar/2020-ahar-part-1-pit-estimates-of-homelessness-in-the-us.html
2. California Coalition for Youth. (2018). California's road map: Preventing and ending youth homelessness. Retrieved from: https://calyouth.org/californias-road-map-preventing-and-ending-youth-homelessness
3. National Center for Homeless Education. (2020). Federal data summary school years 2015-16 to 2017-18: Education for homeless children and youth. Retrieved from: https://nche.ed.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Federal-Data-Summary-SY-15.16-to-17.18-Published-1.30.2020.pdf
4. American Academy of Pediatrics, Council on Community Pediatrics. (2017). Providing care for children and adolescents facing homelessness and housing insecurity. Pediatrics, 131(6), 1206-1210. Retrieved from: https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/131/6/1206
5. Congressional Research Service. (2019). Runaway and homeless youth: Demographics and programs. Retrieved from: https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/RL/RL33785/55
- How Children Are Faring
In California, 277,736 public school students—4.5% of all enrollees—were recorded as being homeless at some point during the 2017-18 school year. This number is up from 2010-11, when 220,708 public school students (3.6%) were reported to be homeless.
Half of all homeless public school students in California were enrolled in Pre-Kindergarten through Grade 5 in 2017-18, while 21% were in Grades 6-8 and 29% in Grades 9-12. Sharing housing with friends or relatives ('doubling up') was the most common type of nighttime residence among homeless students statewide (84%).
During the 2020 homeless point-in-time (PIT) count, 12,172 children and young adults ages 0-24 were found to be homeless and unaccompanied in California, down from 14,161 in 2013. Most of these homeless young people (9,510) were unsheltered, or residing in a place not ordinarily used as regular sleeping accommodation. The vast majority of unsheltered children and young adults were transitional age youth ages 18-24 (8,915), but a substantial number of unsheltered unaccompanied minors were identified as well (595).
- Policy Implications
California faces a homelessness crisis. The state's homeless population is the largest in the nation and has the highest proportion of homeless people staying in unsheltered locations—and numbers are rising (1). Many factors can contribute to a family or young person becoming homeless, such as mental illness, addiction, domestic violence, trauma, disabilities, and involvement with the child welfare or criminal justice systems (1). Policies addressing homelessness operate at several levels; together they can prevent people from becoming homeless in the first place, re-establish stable housing during an episode of homelessness, and end long-term homelessness through permanent housing with supportive services.
California policymakers have enacted a host of policy changes and approved billions in funding to address homelessness, housing affordability, and the housing supply (2). Local jurisdictions also have expanded funding and services to address homelessness and housing affordability (2). While these are substantial steps forward, continued efforts, investments, and coordination across sectors and levels of government will be needed to end the homelessness crisis.
Policy and program options to address family and youth homelessness include:
For more policy ideas on youth and family homelessness, see kidsdata.org's Research & Links section, California Homeless Youth Project, California Coalition for Youth, or National Alliance to End Homelessness. Also see the following topics on kidsdata.org: Family Income and Poverty and Housing Affordability and Resources.
- Supporting and expanding policies that increase the affordability of housing and incentivize the development of new housing for low-income and homeless populations; as part of this, supporting changes to zoning and other regulations to help reduce the cost of new housing construction (2)
- Funding comprehensive support programs to address family and youth needs before there is a risk of homelessness; such programs may include employment or education support, financial assistance, mental health services, substance abuse treatment, parenting programs, domestic violence services, or other support (3, 4)
- Improving the ability of local governments and community agencies to identify families at highest risk for homelessness and to intervene early with coordinated housing programs that offer case management and supportive services, housing subsidies or cash assistance to help families stay in their homes or gain stable housing, and eviction prevention services (1)
- Supporting rapid rehousing programs for those who have recently lost their homes, which may include providing help finding a new home and/or financial assistance with security deposits and rent (1)
- Promoting permanent supportive housing for those experiencing chronic homelessness, such as subsidized apartments with support services for mental health, addiction, health care, job training, and other needs (1, 2)
- Examining systemic factors that place certain young people—e.g., African American, LGBTQ, and systems-involved youth, and those who are pregnant, parenting, or who didn't finish high school—at greater risk of becoming homeless, and strengthening collaboration among child welfare, juvenile justice, education, community agencies, and other sectors (5, 6)
- Ensuring that sufficient, ongoing funding is in place to address youth and young adult homelessness specifically, including community outreach, open access drop-in centers, appropriate shelters or temporary housing, longer-term housing programs, individualized support services, and connections to supportive adults and networks (5, 7)
- Supporting long-term investments to eliminate and safeguard against sexual exploitation and human trafficking, to which homeless youth are particularly vulnerable (5, 8)
- Ensuring adequate resources, staffing, and training are in place for homeless liaisons in K–12 and public college settings to meet the needs of students experiencing homelessness, per federal and state law; also, improving efforts to accurately identify homeless students, a necessary step in order to secure funding and plan appropriate services (5, 9, 10)
Sources for this narrative:
1. Levin, M., & Botts, J. (2020). California's homelessness crisis – and possible solutions – explained. CalMatters. Retrieved from: https://calmatters.org/explainers/californias-homelessness-crisis-explained
2. Johnson, H., et al. (2020). California's future: Housing. Public Policy Institute of California. Retrieved from: https://www.ppic.org/publication/californias-future-housing
3. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (n.d.). Essentials for childhood: Creating safe, stable, nurturing relationships and environments for all children. Retrieved from: https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/childabuseandneglect/essentials.html
4. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, et al. (2016). Policy statement on meeting the needs of families with young children experiencing and at risk of homelessness. Retrieved from: https://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/documents/ecd/echomelessnesspolicystatement.pdf
5. California Coalition for Youth. (2018). California's road map: Preventing and ending youth homelessness. Retrieved from: https://calyouth.org/californias-road-map-preventing-and-ending-youth-homelessness
6. Bardine, D., et al. (2019). Family First Prevention Services Act: Implications for addressing youth homelessness. National Network for Youth & ChildFocus. Retrieved from: https://www.childfocuspartners.com/tools-publications/family-first-prevention-services-act-implications-for-addressing-youth-homelessness
7. John Burton Advocates for Youth. (2019). Youth homelessness in California: What impact has the five percent youth set-aside in the Homeless Emergency Aid Program had so far? Retrieved from: https://www.jbaforyouth.org/heap-youth-2019
8. Congressional Research Service. (2019). Runaway and homeless youth: Demographics and programs. Retrieved from: https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/RL/RL33785/55
9. Hyatt, S., et al. (2019). Supporting students experiencing homelessness: Perspectives from California's community colleges. California Homeless Youth Project & ACLU Foundations of California. Retrieved from: https://www.library.ca.gov/content/pdf/crb/homelessyouth/SupportingStudentsExperiencingHomelessness.pdf
10. Jones, C. (2019). Schools fail to identify thousands of homeless children, state audit finds. EdSource. Retrieved from: https://edsource.org/2019/schools-fail-to-identify-thousands-of-homeless-children-state-audit-finds/620655
- Research & Links
- Websites with Related Information
- California Coalition for Youth
- California Homeless Youth Project. California State Library.
- California Interagency Council on Homelessness. State of California Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency.
- EdSource: Homeless Youth
- Housing California
- National Alliance to End Homelessness
- National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth
- National Center for Homeless Education
- National Clearinghouse on Youth and Family Homelessness. Family and Youth Services Bureau.
- National Homelessness Law Center
- National Network for Youth
- SchoolHouse Connection
- True Colors United
- U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness
- Voices of Youth Count. Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago.
- Key Reports and Research
- Action Plan for Preventing and Ending Homelessness in California. (2022). California Interagency Council on Homelessness.
- California's Homelessness Crisis – and Possible Solutions – Explained. (2022). CalMatters. Levin, M., et al.
- California's Future: Housing. (2020). Public Policy Institute of California. Johnson, H., et al.
- Early Care and Education for Young Children Experiencing Homelessness. (2018). National Center for Homeless Education. Moore, J.
- Family First Prevention Services Act: Implications for Addressing Youth Homelessness. (2019). National Network for Youth & ChildFocus. Bardine, D., et al.
- Human Trafficking Prevention: Strategies for Runaway and Homeless Youth Settings. (2020). Family and Youth Services Bureau.
- LGBT People and Housing Affordability, Discrimination, and Homelessness. (2020). Williams Institute. Romero, A. P., et al.
- Missed Opportunities: Evidence on Interventions for Addressing Youth Homelessness. (2019). Voices of Youth Count. Morton, M. H., et al.
- Providing Care for Children and Adolescents Facing Homelessness and Housing Insecurity. (2022). Pediatrics. American Academy of Pediatrics, Council on Community Pediatrics.
- Pushing Back Against School Pushout: Student Homelessness and Opportunities for Change. (2018). California Homeless Youth Project. Herr, E., et al.
- Stabilizing Families in Supportive Housing. (2019). Urban Institute. McDaniel, M., et al.
- State Laws to Support Youth Experiencing Homelessness. (2023). SchoolHouse Connection.
- State of Homelessness: 2023 Edition. (2023). National Alliance to End Homelessness.
- Student Homelessness in America: School Years 2018-19 to 2020-21. (2022). National Center for Homeless Education.
- Supporting Students Experiencing Homelessness: Perspectives from California's Community Colleges. (2019). California Homeless Youth Project, & ACLU Foundations of California. Hyatt, S., et al.
- Timing and Duration of Pre- and Postnatal Homelessness and the Health of Young Children. (2018). Pediatrics. Sandel, M., et al.
- County/Regional Reports
- Annual Report on the Conditions of Children in Orange County. Orange County Children's Partnership.
- Community Health Improvement Plan for Los Angeles County. Los Angeles County Dept. of Public Health.
- Final Report and Recommendations on Homelessness in Alameda County, California. (2018). Urban Institute. Brown, S., et al.
- Homelessness Assessments. Applied Survey Research.
- Live Well San Diego Report Card on Children, Families, and Community. The Children's Initiative.
- Pathway to Progress: Indicators of Young Child Well-Being in Los Angeles County. First 5 LA.
- Spotlight on the Inland Empire. (2021). Measure of America. Lewis, K.
- More Data Sources For Homelessness
- Annual Homeless Assessment Reports (AHAR). U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development.
- California School Dashboard. California Dept. of Education.
- National Center for Homeless Education: Data and Statistics on Homelessness
- You Count: California Youth Homeless Data Hub. California Homeless Youth Project.
Receive Kidsdata News
New and notable data findings delivered regularly to your inbox.


text:
Rugby World Cup 2023 France Supporter T-Shirt - Navy
As France look to win their first Rugby World Cup - you can get behind the team and show your support with the France Supporter T-shirt. One of many Rugby Word Cup 2023 t-shirts - display your passion for France as they take on the very best in France in 2023.
A popular part of our France Collection, the t-shirt is; 100% cotton, a relaxed fit with printed logos on the front.
100% Cotton
Official Licensed Product
Relaxed Fit
Printed Logos
Enter your order number and email address to start - Please ensure this is the full order number and delivery address you used to place the order. Follow the instructions and select the items you want to return. Once your request is approved, you will get a confirmation email with shipping guidelines.
If you are looking to have an order delivered into Japan - you have to shop in the dedicated store . The Japanese store is a completely separate store, with a separate stock holding.
However, if you are based in Japan, but you are looking to have your order delivered to anywhere else outside Japan, you can shop with us here. If you have any questions, please contact us here.
Use this popup to embed a mailing list sign up form. Alternatively use it as a simple call to action with a link to a product or a page.
By clicking enter you are verifying that you are old enough to consume alcohol.


text:
Flynn Seeks to Withdraw Guilty Plea
Flynn Seeks to Withdraw Guilty Plea
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Former Trump administration national security adviser Michael Flynn filed court papers Tuesday to withdraw his guilty plea, saying federal prosecutors had acted in "bad faith" and broken their end of the bargain when they sought prison time for him.
The request came one week after the Justice Department changed its position on Flynn's punishment by recommending he serve up to six months behind bars for lying to the FBI during its investigation into ties between the Trump campaign and Russia.
Prosecutors had earlier said Flynn was entitled to avoid prison time because of his extensive cooperation, but the relationship with the retired Army lieutenant general grew increasingly contentious in recent months, particularly after he hired a new set of lawyers. Those attorneys have raised repeated misconduct allegations against the government — which a judge has since rejected — and prosecutors have responded by calling into question whether Flynn truly accepts guilt.
It was not immediately clear how the judge handling the case, Emmet Sullivan, would respond to the motion or whether he would actually permit Flynn to withdraw the plea — an extraordinary step that would presumably enable the government to bring additional charges if merited.
In the court document, filed two weeks before Flynn's scheduled sentencing date, defense lawyers said the Justice Department was attempting to "rewrite history" by withdrawing its recommendation that he receive probation and by suggesting he had not been forthcoming or cooperative.
They asked to withdraw the plea because "of the government's bad faith, vindictiveness, and breach of the plea agreement."
"Michael T. Flynn is innocent. Mr. Flynn has cooperated with the government in good faith for two years. He gave the prosecution his full cooperation," the lawyers wrote.
"He endured massive, unnecessary, and frankly counterproductive demands on his time, his family, his scarce resources, and his life," they added. "The same cannot be said for the prosecution which has operated in bad faith from the inception of the 'investigation' and continues relentlessly through this specious prosecution."
The case has taken a tortured path since Flynn's guilty plea in 2017 to lying to the FBI about his conversations during Trump's transition period with then-Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak.
He cooperated extensively with the government over the next year.
But his December 2018 sentencing hearing was abruptly postponed midway through it at Flynn's request after scathing criticism from Sullivan raised the prospect that he might send him to prison, even though prosecutors hadn't recommended that hearing.
Flynn asked that the hearing be put off so that he could continue cooperating with prosecutors in hopes of avoiding any prison time.
But the Justice Department opted not to have Flynn testify in the Virginia trial of a former business associate, saying that shortly before trial, he changed his account and contradicted his own past statements — making him unreliable as a witness. Flynn's lawyers rejected the government's characterization in their new filing.
A spokeswoman for the United States Attorney's office in Washington did not immediately return an email seeking comment.


text:
For event marketers
Design and execute with confidence in the new event landscape
For hospitality professionals
Adapt and expand your venue's business in the new hospitality environment
Cvent Event Diagramming™
Collaborate with planners to design successful events
Trusted by the best in the industry
Get the most from your events
Maximize the revenue potential of your event program while simplifying the management of each stage of the event lifecycle.
Bring your event vision to life
Successful events happen when everyone is on the same page. Cvent Exchange brings planners and venues together to collaborate on key event decisions.
Transform your group business
Tap into over 280,000 venues on the Cvent Supplier Network. Leverage industry-leading hotel management technology to win RFPs and streamline operations.
Venue sourcing made easy
Find the perfect venue for your next event with the Cvent Supplier Network®. Search over 280,000 global venues, send RFPs, compare bids and impress attendees.
What's new at Cvent
A comprehensive platform for your events
Cvent provides easy-to-use, integrated technology solutions to maximize the impact of meetings and events of all sizes. We help organizations plan and market events, execute onsite, engage audiences and measure and analyze results.
- Plan with simplicity
- Increase attendance
- Ensure your success


text:
December 4th was a milestone in the history of human rights in Kitsap County – It was the 25th Annual Kitsap Human Rights Conference with the theme: "Where we were…Where we are going…"
The conference is planned each year by the Kitsap County Council for Human Rights, and for the last few years has been at the Kitsap County Conference Center on the Bremerton Harborside.
This year's conference included Keynote speakers Leonard Forsman (Suquamish Tribal Council Chair) and Cheryl Nunez (Olympic College's first vice president for diversity and equity).
The varied and insightful breakout sessions included topics on racism, youth violence and suicide, addressing local sexual exploitation, and making communities safe for transgender and gender nonconforming people.
Save the date – on June 23 and 23th, 2016 Olympic College will
hold their 3rd annual diversity conference "Inspire
Instill Ignite"
~ Marcie