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She might be affiliated with musical greats, such as Jefferson Starship and Janice Joplin, but Cathy Richardson is definitely her own act.
The rock singer with a powerful voice will perform at 6 p.m. July 4 as part of Crystal Lake's Lakeside Festival.
"It's going to be a lot of fun, a high-energy show," said Richardson, who will take the stage with the Cathy Richardson Band.
Richardson starred as Joplin in the original Off Broadway show, "Love, Janis." That performance led to her touring with Janis' original band members Big Brother and the Holding Co. on the Summer of Love 40th Anniversary Tour in 2007.
And, in turn, that led to a tour with the legendary classic rock band Jefferson Starship.
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"Janice (Joplin) was a cool experience," she said. "It was never my intention to go out and be Janice Joplin. I always liked her and used to cover her songs. This play kind of came along and it took me on a whole other journey and changed my life in a lot of ways.
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While her solo work tends to be more Americana sounding, more blues, folk and soul, she said Macrodots has more of a modern rock sound with influences of classic rock bands, such as Aerosmith and Led Zeppelin.
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"The thing I love about the Cathy Richardson band is there are no musical rules we have to follow," she said. "I've written a ton of songs and put out a bunch of records over the years. I'm into experimenting, opening it up, letting the band members do their things with my songs.
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A Grammy nominee and award-winning singer, songwriter, producer, actress and designer, Richardson is among numerous artists taking the festival's stages through July 7.
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Along with the usuals – carnival rides, a petting zoo, Saturday's Kids Decorated Bike Parade and Ice Cream Eating Contest, Dole Mansion tours, the parade and fireworks to cap off the event on Sunday - this year's festival will include a visit by Tommy the Hawk and other Chicago Sports Team Mascots.
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Linnea Arvidsson, illustrated how the OHCHR supports human rights mechanisms wherever it has a presence in the world. She noted that "the most important criteria for the OHCHR is that the government wants it there." Fred Kirungi, Public Information Officer at OHCHR New York, demonstrated how diplomats could use the OHCHR website to gain access to information unavailable to the general public.
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I propose that race realists launch an international Human Biodiversity Day. The idea would be to discuss HBD issues in new and different venues, preferably running the gamut from African IQ deficits and criminality to the ability that Asians can healthily carry more body fat than other groups (as mentioned in Mr. Sailer's "Is Love Colorblind?" article).In the comments, he discusses the idea and the optimal date with other familiar bloggers and readers of the Steveosphere.
It sounds gimmicky, but, as much as SWPLs are loathe to admit it, that's what raising awareness is about. It's a crowded field. Searching Wikipedia, you'll find that just about every calendar date is something-or-other day. Today, for example, is Cesar Chavez Day. Consequently, the vast majority of these special day designations are obscure, known only to niches taking a particular interest in them.
The likely fate of HBD Day, at least in its seminal years, is just as well. It'll provide cover for those bringing it up to others previously unaware of its existence, allowing them to present it tactfully and in accordance with the sensibilities of their targets. This requires some finesse, of course, and mileage will vary. In most situations, I'd suggest being less bold than Blode does. Rather than starting with group differences in average IQ and criminality, test the waters by explaining your fascination with biological diversity, and then move into the least explosive hatefacts like racial differences in BiDil utility (and the related discussion of race as both social and biological concepts) and anatomical expressions of human sexual dimorphism, then into west African athleticism, etc, progressively introducing more and more 'controversial' subjects as the situation merits.
There are lots of variations on the SWPLish celebrate diversity theme, and HBD Day could easily employ yet another one: Celebrate (human bio)Diversity!
As for the specific date, I'm on board with whatever Blode and company decide. We might also consider birthdays, say Francis Galton's on February 16th, during a slow time of the year and also in the middle of Black History month, or a few days earlier, on the day Darwin was born.


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No other region in India shows the devotion of the Hindus for sacred naturalsymbols. With its holy mountains, lakes and rivers this area provides a natural beauty and with this aplenty of pilgrim centres too.
Uttarakhand is typical with its nice valleys set on rivers, its holy mountains like the Nanda Devi and the Hill Stations eg. Almora or Nainital.
Starting in Rishikesh at Laxman Juhla, after stocking up with supplies for the next few days, following the road along the mighty and holy Ganga River. Passing small towns with many tent camps by the river for rafting tourists set on the lovely banks of Mother Ganga. Children are collecting wood or grass spending curious looks on me and my packed bike. But after the first shock they wave their hand in enthusiasm to get my attention and shouting out a loud ´hallo´ into my direction. The road is a steady up and down, but not so bad while following the Rivers and the stunning views compensate every drip of sweat. Some Prayag- towns, like Devaprayag and Rudraprayag are on the way. Some stretches are in very poor condition because of construction work. After a lot of dust I reached Karnaprayag, where the turn off up to the Valley of Flowers on Hgw 58 is. But I decided not to go, because of the weather. So I followed the road further east with Almora as the next destination. First it is an easy ride further along a river set in a beautiful gorge, but sudden the road leaves the river and a long ascent starts. It is a long final pump for the destination today. Gwaldam. Further to Kausani first its going down. Through empty rice paddies, it is wintertime. Passing by Baijnath with some ancient very beautiful temples. From there the ascent starts again to the lesser known town of Kausani. On the way is a teafactory, with a viewpoint, where I enjoy an impressive overlook around the Nanda Devi Range over the fertile valley and the breathtaking mountains in the background. Kausani I reach around noon and I make a lazy day, watching the snowcapped mountains from the hotel veranda while sipping delicious tea. The ride from Kausani starts with a descent too and changes later with a climb up to 1800m above sea-level to Almora, passing brown and grey wintersuffered landscape. The town of Almora itself is quite busy and lack of charm, but it provides almost everything a hungry cyclist is looking for, so I decide to have a rest day here, before heading to the famous hill station of Nainital. It is a final cycling day to this lovely set town, which is surrounded by mountains and a lake in the middle. But around Christmas Nainital is overcrowded, and unfortunately, it is Christmas time now. I spend a few more days with relaxing and some nice walk in the nearby hills. Then I leave the mountains for the plains. It is a rush going down, and with water in my eyes I say goodbye to the mountains for this time.


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Hi Maj!
Thanks for the editing!
I'm still not quite sure about how to include information for gays and lesbians into the article -- on the one hand, we don't want to stray from the templates, which don't provide for a section on gay and lesbian information. So it seems prudent to include it under the other headings like "See", "Drink" etc.
On the other hand, you probably do want to mark certain places clearly as "gay" or "lesbian", for two reasons:
So I guess there's three options:
If this is a general issue, this is perhaps better discussed under Gay and lesbian travel or in this style guide.
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Well, this has come up before and I think the way to go is just to mention that it is a gay/lesbian/fetish/yuppie/etc bar in the listing for the bar. I really dont like the idea of having a seperate Gay article. I can't imagine ending up in a gay bar or seeing "gay sights" (whatever that would be) is any worse than ending up in a yuppie bar, or a dive bar when you thought you we're goign somewhere hip or posh. Do we really want Cologne/Older Peoplem, Colonge/Blondes, Colonge/People with dogs? I think if San Francisco can handle gay-stuff and not-gay stuff (where are the bi-s supposed to drink anyway? ;-)) in the same happy rainbow colored template, than so can Cologne. You might want to take a look at the Wikitravel:Manual of style for more about how articles are broken up. thanks Majnoona 13:17, 1 Mar 2004 (EST)


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Philadelphia is known to be a city conducive for walking so I booked accommodation in a hotel in the centre, within walking distance of most of the things we wanted to see. We hired a car to make the two hour journey there, and it was very interesting navigating the one way narrow streets of Philadelphia to find our hotel. We then parked the car in the hotel garage and didn't take it out again for three days, preferring to either walk or take the purple Phlash tourist bus which travels between twenty different stops which hit the highlights for most tourists and for the bargain price of $1 or free for seniors.
Now it's not that I am a bad navigator and I can certainly read maps, but the old scientist loves the maps and seeing where we are, mile by mile. So usually I drive and he navigates and both of us are happy. To go to Philadelphia you take the New Jersey Turnpike and to get to that road you have to cross the Hudson River. In actual fact it starts at the end of the George Washington Bridge but last time we took that bridge it took forever to get across, so very cunningly we decided to cross the river higher up, at the Tappan Zee Bridge, go down the west side of the river and meet up with the NJ Turnpike at the GW Bridge. Simple, right? Well the old scientist misdirected me at the Tappan Zee Bridge turnoff and put me in a little town at the side. No problem, round again and across the bridge. Down the west side of the river and here we were at the end of the GW bridge, with a myriad of possible lanes. Which road do we take, I demanded. This one, no that one? Next thing I knew we were on the approach to the GW bridge going back into Manhattan! As I paid the toll I asked the person in the booth how to get back to New Jersey. She gave me very precise directions, which of course made me realize that I was not the only idiot who had done this. In fact, the three cars in front of me, with New Jersey number plates, went through exactly the same manoevres to get back there. Needless to say the old scientist was fired as navigator and he sulkily read his book in the back seat. Navigation was taken over by my son, the chartered accountant, and several hours later we arrived at the hotel.
So what was my overall impression of the city itself? I loved it. Walking about the streets, I found it had a very nice feel. There were trees and flowers everywhere. It seemed wherever you walked, suddenly you came across a green space, with a park full of trees and a fountain and there were many pieces of public art displayed throughout these parks and elsewhere in the city. This is due to the vision of William Penn who in the late seventeenth century planned five open-space parks for the centre of Philadelphia. His plan for Philadelphia was one of the earliest city planning ventures and the city was laid out on a rectangular grid system which makes it a very easy city to navigate.
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My brother, sister and I recently were left half of an estate. My aunt received the other half. Out of nowhere, old credit card debts from six years ago are claiming to have a right to take my inheritance. Can credit card companies take any of my money without my authorization or without talking to me? Also, do my brother and sister and I have to sell the property if we don't want to? Thank you.
Dear Pete,
It isn't clear from your question if the credit card debt mentioned is yours, but for purposes of my answer, I'm going to assume it is. The short answer is no,your creditors cannot take money from you or force you to sell your property. However, your creditors can sue in court to collect the debt and if they win the case, the court can grant a judgment for the amount owed. With a judgment,the creditor can petition the court for wage garnishment or bank account levy orders or to place a lien on real property owned by you. However, to legally collect the debt, the statute of limitations (SOL) in the state where you reside must not have expired. To determine the statute for your state, read the CreditCards.com article "State statutes of limitation for credit card debt."The good news is that only a few states -- Montana, Wyoming, Iowa, West Virginia and Rhode Island -- have statutes longer than six years for credit card debt.
After six years, it is much more likely that collection companies rather than your original credit card issuers are seeking to collect what you owe. Collection companies often attempt to locate persons whose debt they own by researching public records. The awarding of the estate to you, your siblings and your aunt would have been probated in a court and, therefore, the proceedings are public record. That could be the reason why "out of nowhere" you were contacted about the unpaid accounts. Keep in mind that although the debts may be past the statute of limitations,some collectors will attempt to sue anyway, and you must be present (or submit information to the court) to use the SOL as your defense.
So,unless the collector has already received a judgment, your inheritance should be safe. I recommend that you get free annual copies of your credit reports from the major credit bureaus at AnnualCreditReport.com and review what is going on with these credit card accounts. If a judgment has been issued for any of them, it will be listed in the public records section of the credit report.
Depending on when the original accounts went delinquent (typically 180 days without payment), the credit card accounts and the collection accounts associated with them may be about to rotate off your credit report. Credit bureaus are supposed to remove them seven years from the date of first delinquency. But don't forget, even though you may be spared the pain of all that negative history on your credit, I would not bet on the collectors following suit. You may be harassed concerning these debts for many years to come. You do have rights under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to stop the harassment, however.
You might consider using some of your inheritance to pay what is owed. You could negotiate a settlement for each of the accounts. If you choose to do that, just know that you will restart the statute of limitations clock on that debt. Make sure you have the deal in writing before you pay and keep proof of payment just in case the debts come back to life in the future. That way, you will not have to worry about being hassled by collectors, and you will have paid at least an agreed portion of what is owed.
Take care of your credit!
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BISMARCK – Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring says new federal guidelines for school lunches do not address the nutritional needs of many children and should be revised especially in regard to restrictions on meat protein.
BISMARCK – Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring says new federal guidelines for school lunches do not address the nutritional needs of many children and should be revised especially in regard to restrictions on meat protein.
"The guidelines are currently based on a "one-size-fits-all" formula without consideration of individual needs, especially those of physically active and growing students," Goehring said. "The guidelines deprive these students of sufficient calories and protein for healthy growth and mental alertness."
Goehring, who left that Wednesday, for the annual meeting of the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) in Des Moines, IA, said he would introduce a resolution for NASDA, urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture to reassess and revise the new dietary guidelines implemented through the National School Lunch and Breakfast program.
"I believe my counterparts from other states will be supportive," Goehring said. "This issue has raised concern in other states besides North Dakota."
Goehring said he believes the new guidelines are well-intentioned, but fall short of providing a comprehensive policy for educating students in healthy living. He also said the health care profession should be part of the dialogue because of its knowledge of child growth and development.
"Overly restrictive guidelines in the school lunch program will not solve the serious, national problem of childhood obesity," Goehring said. "What is needed is a more comprehensive approach, including dietary education and increased physical activity, to help students adopt a healthier lifestyle."
Goehring said he is especially concerned about children who are receiving subsidized meals.
"Unlike children whose parents have the means to supply them with additional nutrition, especially protein, the children getting subsidized meals have no such resources," he said. "For many of them, school breakfasts and lunches may be the most nutritious meals they get that day, and now it is suggested we reduce essential elements from their diet."
This press release was included as a sidebar inclusion with the GateHouse Centerpiece story published in the Devils Lake Journal today, November 21, 2012.


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Was James Franco Stoned At The Oscars?
James Franco's rep speaks out about rumors the actor was high while hosting the Academy Awards
James Franco raised eyebrows at the Oscars with his lackluster performance alongside the overeager Anne Hathaway. Some people even went as far as accusing the actor of being stoned the entire time. Want to know the shocking truth?
"James does not drink or do drugs ever," Franco's rep tells E! Online's Marc Malkin. The actor was reportedly "exhausted" from juggling school and Oscar rehearsals, flying between both coasts to do so.
Speaking of his school, James has started a feud with the Yale newspaper after a reporter criticized his Twitter account. The actor posted a picture of himself on his blog with "F*ck the Yale Daily News" scribbled across his face. Reporter Cokey Cohen who had written that James's tweets "sort of suck" in an article entitled "Franco, #getittogether" replied to the actor's photoshop efforts in a new article, "Franco, #wellplayedsir". Cokey writes he's "convinced that James Franco's whole life is a form of postmodern performance art" and so his "Twitter fits right in."
Even though his overly relaxed attitude as one of the Oscar hosts may have frustrated Anne Hathaway, it's great to hear of a celebrity standing up for his sobriety. What do you guys think of this latest news?


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I've been reading here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc163473.aspx
I don't know very much about SQL (and I don't really need to learn to do more than simple tasks on a regular basis), so I'm having difficulty deciding how to construct a query that I can save for UPDATE statements.
What I need to do is add in the RegExp functions and then use that to create a RegExp string that will find all HTML tags. But I have no idea where to start constructing. I will need to be able to use captures as well. Can someone show me how to construct the functions from the link above and then how to use them in an update statement? This really is just a one time thing, so I don't really want to spend a week learning UDFs and whatnot... I prefer to focus my time on client-side development.
I'm using SQL 2005 and the columns I'm trying to use are what I think is TEXT datatype, but they're labeled TEXT in one place and MEMO in another (I don't have access to the actual server).
Don't expect to be able to use captures in any DBMS. A RegExp in any query is a last resort for data searching. When you say capture, I presume you want to return an array of matches, nothing I know of that is possible in any SQL instances.


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Oh man, things are so crazy. I've been working my butt off to get top 100 on #mfc and it's very exciting. I've never tried before so I have all kinds of butterflies and excitement.
I've met so many new people so far this month, I feel like MFC is all I think about. It's my crack! AHHH <3
February has also been the month of wigs it seems :P
Worn 3 new looks seen here:
I love playing dress up, it's very inspiring.
If anyone has any screen caps from the epicness that has gone down in my chatroom this month, please send them to me. I'm seriously regretting not taking screen caps.
I do have one... but it's only a small piece of the epicness... from a crazy yellow wall that went down.. here:
I'm so mad MFC wouldn't let me scroll up and cap the entire thing. I would have loved to keep that in my good memories folder <3
Anyways, that's what has been up this month. MFC MADNESS <3 I'm loving every second of it... speaking of which, I gotta sign online soon :P


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1 cup flour
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup sour cream, at room temperature
1/2 cup blackberries
1 tablespoon canola oil
1/2 tablespoon sugar
1/2 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
pinch salt
1 egg, at room temperature
Whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in a medium sized bowl. Stir together sour cream and milk in a measuring cup. Whisk in the egg, vanilla and oil. Add the wet ingredients to the dry and stir to combine. Stir in the blackberries. Follow the instructions included with your waffle iron to complete the waffles. For most large, Belgian-style waffle irons you would use 1 cup of batter for each waffle.
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BurghThing wrote:So Orpik getting high sticked is OK when we have a 3-0 advantage on PPs, but Malkin gets a weak high stick because that makes it "fair"
Welcome to socialist hockey.
Its always been that way. A team gets 2 or 3 PP's in a row you know the refs are looking for anyway to call them the other way. Happens every single game. That is how the NHL operates.


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This article, entitled "So THIS Happened..." comes from Erin Ferris at Chasing Roots.
You know when you love an article of clothing, and you follow the cleaning instructions closely to take really good care of it so you can continue to wear it for years to come? But then for a reason that can't be identified, following the cleaning instructions closely to take really good care of it goes array, and just like that the article of clothing you loved now fits your five-year-old daughter instead of you?
Yep, that happened to me.
I loved my orange and gray striped sweater. I washed it, per the instructions on the label, in cold water on the gentle cycle in the washing machine and never dried it. And after each washing it came out looking like new, until that one time it didn't.
That one time it came out looking like a sweater that belonged to Hallie, or maybe even a sweater that belonged to one of Hallie's dolls.
Tom and I stretched it out just enough for me to get it on, hoping that by wearing the damp sweater I could ease it back in the direction of my size. Ha.
It took both of us to pull the sweater over my head and jam my arms into the sleeves. Once I had the sweater on, it was so tight that I could not put my arms down. They stuck out like scarecrow arms and stayed there without me exerting even an ounce of effort. I looked like that little boy in A Christmas Story, except where he was immobilized by his winter snowsuit, I was immobilized by my shrunken sweater.
And then it took both of us to get me back out of the sweater after my attempt to stretch it out failed.
It just goes to show that sometimes, following the instructions doesn't work out for the best...
On the plus side, at least I won't need any sweaters for the next seven or so months…the 90's have arrived in Texas!


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Ross Solly's Political Panel discusses Australian sport's corruption shame
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It has been described as Australian sport's darkest day.
Yesterday, the Australian Crime Commission's year-long covert investigation was revealed to the world, exposing a raft of illegal activities - doping, fixing and cheating - across multiple levels of sport, from which no code is immune.
Ross Solly asked a panel of sports specialists about what this means for sport and the fans who love it: Heather Reid, CEO of Capital Football with over 30 years experience in the game; Andrew Fagan, CEO of the ACT Brumbies, and Grandstand's Tim Gavel.
Michael Costello, CEO of ActewAGL, also joined the discussion, to give his view as the head of a corporation that sponsors a number of sporting teams.


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Basel, Switzerland: Juan Martin del Potro denied Roger Federer his hometown Swiss Indoors title for the second straight year, winning the final 7-6 (3), 2-6, 6-4 on Sunday.
The top-seeded Argentine clinched the title when Federer could not return a forcing forehand.
Federer had hoped the raucous support at Basel, where he is a five-time champion, could help revive his difficult season but has now won just one title in the past 14 months.
Still, the sixth-ranked Swiss edged closer to securing his place in the eight-man lineup at the ATP World Tour Finals in London starting a week from Monday.
Del Potro earned his fourth title this season, all on his favored hard-court surface. He also won at Rotterdam in February, Washington D.C. in August and Tokyo this month.
With this loss, Federer still has only one victory against a top-10 opponent in 2013. That was back in January, against then-No. 8 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the Australian Open quarterfinals.
Federer will likely confirm his London place at the Paris Masters next week, where he is seeded fifth and has a second-round match against Kevin Anderson of South Africa or Mikhail Youzhny of Russia.
Though the 32-year-old Federer still holds a 13-5 record against del Potro, he has lost the last three including the 2012 Basel final.
On Sunday, Federer lost the first set despite playing some of his best tennis this week.
After del Potro forced a 5-3 lead with the first break, Federer responded with four straight points on his opponent's serve and shouted in triumph.
Facing two set points in the next game, Federer hit an ace and won a long, slugging rally that brought a yell of delight from the sold-out crowd of 9,200.
Still, del Potro dominated the tiebreaker helped by two net cords in his favor, and clinched the set when Federer sent a forehand wide.
Federer leveled the match with much less drama in the second set, after breaking to take a 2-0 lead with a forehand crosscourt winner.
He broke again to clinch the set, set up by a pinpoint forehand winner, and got a standing ovation as he headed back to his seat.
Federer quickly wasted the advantage of serving first in the decider, despite saving a break point with a leaping backhand overhead winner after del Potro's deft lob. He double-faulted to give del Potro a second opportunity and then hit a forehand long.
Del Potro spurned a good opening to lead 5-2 when he netted a forehand approaching the net after Federer's drop shot sat up invitingly.
Serving for the match, del Potro hit an ace to set up three match points, and converted the second with strong ground strokes to move Federer around the court.


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Most children who are born with a hearing loss can be diagnosed through a hearing screening. In other cases, hearing loss in children is caused by factors like infections or trauma, and the problem doesn't emerge until later. At Nemours, we take a team approach to caring for your child, using the most innovative pediatric assessment techniques to determine a child's hearing needs.
Early identification and management of hearing loss in children is crucial to minimizing delays in speech, language and cognitive development. Team members from different specialties across Nemours collaborate to create solutions to treat and meet your child's needs.
Health professionals who may be involved with diagnosis and treatment of hearing loss in children include:
- audiologists
- ear, nose and throat (ENT) doctors
- speech and language pathologists
- behavioral health experts
- deaf educators
- neurologists (doctors who treat problems of the nervous system)
- geneticists
We also strive to make things as easy and convenient as possible for you and your child. For example, because our doctors and therapists are all under one roof, your child can often have multiple appointments scheduled in one day.
Locations & Doctors
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Hours: Monday–Wednesday: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Thursday: 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
For Appointments: (850) 505-4735
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- photo ID
- medical and pharmacy insurance cards
- preferred pharmacy name and phone number
- names and dosage of all medications, including over-the-counter medication, your child is currently taking
- guardianship and custody papers, if a legal guardian rather than a parent accompanies your child
New Patients
Bring these forms for your first appointment:
- Authorization for Treatment and Release of Information (PDF)
- Assignment of Benefits (PDF)
- Notice of Limited Liability (PDF)
Returning Patients
Nemours Auditory Processing Evaluation Form
- Case History Form (PDF)
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- Authorization for Treatment and Release of Information (PDF)
- Assignment of Benefits (PDF)
- Notice of Limited Liability (PDF)
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- Patient Presents Without Legal Guardian (PDF)
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Note: A parent or legal guardian must be with a child for a first visit.
Resources for Patients & Families
- Insurance We Accept: See accepted insurance, listed by location.
- Pay Your Bill: Use online bill pay or send by mail.
- Financial Assistance: Get help with your child's health care expenses.
- MyNemours: Access your child's medical record online.
A child with hearing loss or impairment may be able to hear some sounds or nothing at all. Impairment means something is not working correctly or as well as it should. People also may use the words deaf, deafness, or hard of hearing when they're talking about hearing loss in children. At Nemours, we have board-certified audiologists who are specially trained to perform evaluations on children with hearing, balance and other ear-related problems.
Signs of Hearing Loss in Children
Hearing screening should begin at birth. Even if your newborn passes his or her first hearing screening, it's important to track hearing milestones your child should reach in the first year of life:
- most newborn infants startle or "jump" to sudden loud noises
- by 3 months, a baby usually recognizes a parent's voice
- By 6 months, an infant can usually turn his or her eyes or head toward a sound
- by 12 months, a child can usually imitate some sounds and produce a few words, such as "Mama" or "bye-bye"
As your baby grows into a toddler, signs of a hearing loss may include:
- limited, poor, or no speech
- frequently inattentive
- difficulty learning
- often increases the volume on the TV
- fails to respond to conversation-level speech, or answering inappropriately to speech
Nemours audiologists will assess a child's hearing by doing different types of tests. If it's found that a child has hearing loss, the audiologist will recommend treatment and suggest the family work with a special team. This team will figure out the best way for a child with hearing loss or impairment to learn and communicate.
How Hearing Loss May Affect a Child's Speech Development
It's important to remember that we speak because and as we hear. Even a mild hearing loss in a child can cause speech and language development to be affected. Proper care and management of hearing loss is critical to providing your child with the most optimal listening capability. Most children will perform to the best of their ability when they can understand and can communicate.
Types of Hearing Loss
Conductive Hearing Loss occurs when sound is blocked from traveling through the hearing pathway, from problems such as middle ear fluid or wax build-up. Generally, this type of hearing loss is temporary. Common causes of conductive hearing loss include otitis media with effusion (i.e., fluid), "congestion" in the middle ear space (i.e., Eustachian Tube Dysfunction), wax build-up, or a structural problem such as very narrow or closed ear canals or a hole in the eardrum.
When your child has a hearing evaluation that shows conductive hearing loss, a medical evaluation should be conducted by a physician to determine the cause and appropriate treatment. In most cases, if and when the problem is resolved (i.e., middle ear fluid dissolves, wax is removed, etc.) the child's hearing will return to normal. This should be verified by repeating the hearing evaluation. In some cases, conductive hearing loss in children may be permanent, and careful monitoring by the audiologist is necessary. Depending on the child and the hearing loss, amplification may be recommended.
Conductive hearing loss in children typically ranges from mild to moderate degree, and this can fluctuate from day to day as well. When communicating with your child that has a conductive hearing loss, it may be helpful to reduce background noise as much as possible and allow for facial cues to help get the message across (i.e., talking from "room-to-room" should be avoided when possible). Keep in mind that speech sounds may be muffled or inaudible to your child at times, and therefore using the above mentioned communication strategies, as well as gaining the child's attention, and keeping good eye contact, will likely help improve communication. It is important to follow the recommendations given by the Physician, including any medications or instructions.
Sensorineural Hearing Loss (SNHL) occurs when there is damage to the inner ear, or the pathways from the inner ear to the brain. There are no medical or surgical treatments for SNHL, and typically, this type of hearing loss is permanent. Common causes of sensorineural hearing loss in children include hereditary factors, ear trauma, noise-induced, syndrome-related, or from certain illnesses.
When your child has a hearing evaluation that shows sensorineural hearing loss, a medical evaluation should be conducted by an Ear, Nose, and Throat (ENT) physician to determine the cause and appropriate treatment. In addition to the ENT evaluation, imaging of the ear to look for structural problems and a genetics evaluation may also be requested. Close monitoring by the Audiologist is necessary, and serial appointments are critical to determine if the hearing loss is stable or progressive (worsening). Depending on the child and the hearing loss, amplification may be recommended. It is important to diagnose and treat hearing loss in children as early as possible, as it can affect speech and language development, general learning skills, and overall well-being.
SNHL hearing loss in children typically ranges from a mild to profound degree. Even with appropriate amplification, sounds may sometimes still be difficult to understand for the child. When communicating with your child that has SNHL, it may be helpful to reduce background noise as much as possible and allow for facial cues to help get the message across (i.e., talking from "room-to-room" should be avoided when possible). Keep in mind that speech sounds may be muffled or inaudible to your child at times, and therefore using the above mentioned communication strategies, as well as gaining the child's attention, and keeping good eye contact, will likely help improve communication.
Mixed Hearing Loss occurs when both conductive and sensorineural hearing loss are present at the same time. In most cases, a permanent sensorineural hearing loss is present, and then a temporary conductive overlay that is typically short-lived (such as an ear infection) may appear, causing the hearing loss to be worse. Once the conductive issue is resolved, the hearing typically goes back to the baseline point.
Noise Induced Hearing Loss is the result of exposure to loud sounds over a period of time or to an extremely loud blast. The damage occurs to the tiny hair cells in our inner ear, and can create sensorineural hearing loss in children. It is typically painless, and occurs gradually over time. This concept is important because there are no signs of damage while the damage is being done. Therefore we must use education as our tool to parents and children, to prevent the damaging effects of noise to their ears.
Children often do not know how to safely use their technology, such as iPods, mp3 players, gaming devices, etc., and can harm their hearing as a result. On a survey commissioned by the American Speech Language Hearing Association (ASHA), more than half of the high school students polled reported at least one symptom of hearing loss. Another study showed that children's use of entertainment media is on the rise and listening time is growing each day.
Children can enjoy their devices while protecting their delicate ears.
The three main rules are:
- Limit the daily listening time, and include listening breaks for quiet time.
- Turn down the volume (half volume is recommended).
- Be a good role model to others by modeling safe listening habits.
Treatment for Hearing Loss
If your child is diagnosed with hearing loss or other hearing impairment, our audiologists will make appropriate recommendations based on your child's specific needs and impairment.
Hearing aids are the primary nonmedical treatment for hearing loss in children. The most common type of hearing loss involves outer hair cell dysfunction and hearing aids allow an amplification of sound to overcome this problem. A hearing aid's basic components are the microphone, amplifier and receiver.
Types of Hearing Aids
There are several hearing aid styles, although it is common practice to fit behind-the-ear hearing aids in children. There is no single style or manufacturer that is best. Hearing aid selection is based on the child's individual needs. If a child has bilateral hearing loss (both ears), two hearing aids are usually worn.
There are few styles of hearing aids. They include:
- Behind the Ear (BTE): These hearing aids are most often used with children and can be used for all degrees of hearing loss from slight to profound
- In the Ear (ITE): ITE hearing aids are custom made to fit into the concha, or bowl of the ear, and the ear canal
- In the Canal (ITC): ITC hearing aids are custom made to fit in the canal only
As a general rule, ITE and ITC hearing aids are typically not fit on children due to their growing and changing ears.
Benefits of Hearing Aids
Hearing aids can provide access to hearing speech and nonspeech sounds that might not be heard without them. Hearing speech as well as environmental sounds will provide increased safety for your child. Without hearing aids, your child may not be able to hear sounds such as smoke alarms, cars approaching, car horns, or other safety warnings.
Hearing the sounds of the world, including speech, will also likely improve your child's speech and language development.
All children with hearing loss should be seen by an ENT (Ear, Nose, and Throat) physician. A doctor will need to provide "medical clearance" for hearing aid use, making sure there is no medical reason why your child should not wear hearing aids. There are several reasons why a device should not or cannot be placed in the ear. In these cases, there are alternative amplification systems.
For some children with hearing loss or hearing impairment, background noises and distance can interfere with hearing and understanding. FM amplification systems can be used by children with hearing aids as well as those children who are not candidates for hearing aids.
FM amplification systems (also called auditory trainers) increase the Signal Noise Ratio (SNR) by bringing the speaker's voice directly to child's ear, enabling the speaker's voice to be heard above the level of background noise, regardless of the speaker's distance from the child.
FM systems consist of a microphone, a transmitter (or mic-transmitter combination), a receiver, and some method of routing sounds from the receiver to the child's ear.
An FM system may be recommended for use in a child's school classroom in order to improve hearing in group or noisy environments. It can also be fitted for personal or home use.


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Saturday, August 29, 2009
2009 O-Pee-Chee Blaster Pack
Miguel Tejada - 1) I like the card; Miggy looks all intense, ready for the pitch. 2) There's enough scoreboard showing that we should be able to play What Game Is This From. Who is up for it? First one with the correct answer gets a few cards from my collection.
Adam Wainwright - About to throw a breaking ball. Pujols squats in the background.
Randy Wolf (Black Border) - I admit, I like getting one black-bordered card per pack. I have no rational explanation. Apparently the contrived parallels approach can work even on someone as stony and stubborn as me.
Cincinnati Reds Team Checklist - Good lord what a beautiful view.
Francisco Liriano - Conspicuously not showing a slider grip.
Endy Chavez - How is this guy still playing in the big leagues? He's a terrible hitter, and his defense isn't great. He did make one of the all-time best postseason catches in the 2006 NLCS.
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- Brock said...
Love this feature!
I'm going with August 10, 2008. The 61 on the scoreboard represents Livan Hernandez and he's certainly bad enough to give up nine runs in a start.
Retrosheet backs me up:
- Brock said...
To clarify, that would make the game on the card a 13 to 4 Houston win at Cincinnati.
Good day for the Astros, so-so for Tejada (1 for 5, but with 5 assists in the field--by product of his intensity, no doubt).
- skoormit said...
Looks like Brock is entirely correct. Here's something really interesting: in that SD-COL game, Livan was pulled immediately after giving up a home run to Jody Gerut that made the score 9-0. So there was a very short span of time during which the scoreboard would show Livan's #61 and the 9-0 score. Brock, send me an email (skoormit at gmail) and let me know who your favorite teams/players are and where I should mail a few to.


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After the storm of recession, dead calm. Sales have flattened for the top 50 fmcg giants of today but a few are speeding along.
As recession battered global markets, the world's biggest fmcg companies proved their mettle. Huge, efficient and diverse, they ploughed through 2008's economic storm – as with 2007's spiralling inflation – virtually unscathed. So, with the black clouds retreating, the relative calm of 2009 would be no challenge – right?
Wrong, The Global 50, compiled by OC&C Strategy Consultants, are labouring under some of the toughest conditions yet: stagnant consumer demand, volatile commodity prices and – on a scale note seen before = slick and effective local competition in emerging markets.
Overall sales growth dropped from 13.3% in 2008 to just 0.6% in 2009, while SAB Miller, Dean Foods and FrieslandCampina saw double-digit sales declines. Four of the five biggest grocery companies experienced a dive in sales. Profit margins also suffered …
Seizing Growth on the Rebound (FMCG India Index 2009)
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Mint Green & Salmon: Vintage Afghan, Footstool & Retro Chairs
The riot of color continues! This morning it's mint green and salmon, which some would say should stay in Florida. I think it could be amazing.
• Boaz, AL: Vintage Afghan- $36
• Los Angeles, CA: Milo Baughman Chairs - $1500
• Tarrytown, NY: Mid Century Footstool - $35
• Brooklyn, NY: Retro Salmon Chairs - $350
• San Francisco, CA: Dwell Striped Rug - $175
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The Doors, one of the most influential and controversial rock bands of the 1960s, were formed in Los Angeles in 1965 by UCLA film students Ray Manzarek, keyboards, and Jim Morrison, vocals; with drummer John Densmore and guitarist Robby Krieger. The group never added a bass player, and their sound was dominated by Manzarek's electric organ work and Morrison's deep, sonorous voice, with which he sang and intoned his highly poetic lyrics. The group signed to Elektra Records in 196... Read more


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Urbanización Aloha Golf, s/n.
29660 Nueva Andalucía, Marbella, Malaga (Andalusia)
Tel.:+34 952907085
This entertaining course requires precision and a strong stroke. The holes are not excessively long, with a few exceptions. This is a narrow course with numerous hazards and very carefully placed trees. Play is also complicated by the rough, and some rather steeply sloping greens, perfectly suited to skilful players.
General Information
Opened in: 1975
Designer: Javier Arana
Setting: Coast
Number of holes: 18
Par for the course: 72
Information on services
Changing room, Club house, Practice range, Restaurant, Shop, Swimming pool
Type of golf course
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Former Intermix CEO Wants Rupert Murdoch To Overpay By Even More
from the take-the-money-and-run dept
Remember how Rupert Murdoch was building a new internet empire built around his recent purchase of Intermix? Well, he might have to build that empire without Intermix and its popular MySpace offering. Intermix's former CEO and largest shareholder is apparently claiming that Murdoch has undervalued the company and is trying to buy a significant share himself to block the deal. Really, what this is about, is that he's hoping to force Murdoch to raise the price even higher than it already is. Of course, many people thought that Murdoch was already overpaying -- but since that half a billion dollar deal, we found out that companies with almost no revenue, but plenty of hype, could go for multiple billions, so it sounds like this guy is upset that Intermix sold out before the bubble was fully inflated.


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|2010-03-04, 07:52
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Has it ever occurred to you that some people may be at a lack of words for what they experience? Did you ever think that maybe when people say "this is deep" it's because they can't describe it any other way? Like when they say Fallout 3 is innovative, or GTA is fun...
In any case, and let it be made clear (because I'm likely to have branded the series as "deep" in the past, although I can't recall saying that), I enjoy Bakemonogatari for how well it's written and for how refreshing the characters are. I can see how those strong points could be mistaken for depth, though. It's not deep, it's just... well, better than the common tripe we're used to see. Remember, we're in a world where Clannad Afterstory is considered to be a masterpiece of storytelling by many...
|2010-03-04, 09:04
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less qq; more pewpew
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Location: Philippines
Clannad was the best story of its genre at the time -- and perhaps even 'til now. Yes, the ending might be hard to follow for those who had not played the game and had not paid full attention to the details in the anime, but as Jason said:
Its not the best ending.
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|2010-03-04, 09:14
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I desire Tomorrow!
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Also, the "not the best ending" hardly justifies the "best story" but I suppose in the end it's up to individual taste. Clannad COULD have been the better story though, I'll hand you that.
Of course when we say a medium should hold its own alone, without the need to turn to the adapted material to fill in the blanks or that the blobs of light are one of the lamest things a human mind could think about in terms of a story element or an ending, we're bad trolls who troll the nice peace-loving Clannad fans...
As far as Bakemonogatari goes, I doubt it's telling a concrete story so there's no point comparing the "story" to others. It's the character interaction through dialogue and the use and/or subversion of a number of stereotypes that caused it to kill the competition, even when SHAFT admitted it was aired unfinished.
|2010-03-04, 09:56
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In the end, nothing is perfect. Because as soon as we reach the "perfect level" we aimed at, we come up with some new criticism, some new "perfect level" to aim at. And this is why we tend to see better things as years pass by. I don't blame Clannad for not being perfect, but it's kind of strange that I, with little experience in anime (clannad was my 5th show, IIRC), can see flaws and other people cannot... Or don't seem to be able to.
|2010-03-04, 11:20
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Not sure how Clannad and Bakemonogatari relate but neither animes have the best stories. Nevertheless, it does not mean that I did not immensely enjoy them. Characters are the most important aspect in any entertainment form be it anime, movies, TV series. You can have a good story, but if the characters are bad, it will be of poor entertainment value. The same cannot be said for shows with good characters but average stories, they will likely still be liked. How the story is told is also more important than the plot content itself, which often comes hand in hand how the characters are portrayed and developed.
Both Clannad and Bakemonogatari had "a story", neither superb nor terrible. In the case of Clannad was the simple life story of Okazaki, going through high school shenangians to friendships to love to marriage to childbirth to raising a family. How it was handled however, was superb. Clannad After Story episode 18 is a clear example of a simple, yet cliche situation executed masterfully.
Bakemonogatari on the other hand is the story of Araragi and his relationships with different girls and their troubles (and oddities). The story is not any more deep than this and I am pretty sure the author didn't intend it to be. Nevertheless, the character interactions and dialogue is what made the show.
If people want to see good story animes, there are looking in the wrong directions if they seek that in Clannad or Bakemonogatari. You are better off searching for animes such as Death Note or Higashi no Eden. Nonetheless, I enjoyed these two animes as well but different reasons. I repeat, you do not need to have an original or revolutionary story for a piece of entertainment is good as long as it is executed well.
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|2010-03-04, 12:28
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|2010-03-04, 12:39
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|2010-03-04, 14:04
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|2010-03-04, 14:50
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|2010-03-04, 14:59
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I am not sure where the similarities between Clannad and Bakemonogatari were found:
One had a huge budget, while the other abysmal.
One had the most predictable and boring direction, while the other experimented.
One drugged for 40 episodes reshuffling previous plots, while the other was at one layer sarcastic about cliches and on the other a quite intriguing insight into growing up.
One barely covered it's budget, while the other returned multiples to the producers.
One is based on moe-blobs, while the other on freaks
Should I continue?
|2010-03-04, 15:15
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Age: 32
Plot-wise they're quite similarly structured. "Guy goes out and helps a bunch of girls with their problems one at a time." And I don't think Bakemonogatari can honestly be said not to have any Moe-blobs. I think it's quite meaningful to compare them actually, if not primarily because of the differences you're pointing out. They're quite different takes on the same basic genre or whatever you want to call it.
|2010-03-04, 15:25
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And moe-blobs? hm, probably depends on your definitions ... IMHO, even Nadeko that got shafted, had a more complicated personality than all the girls in KyoAni adaptions combined
|2010-03-04, 15:38
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No, I said "Guy goes out and helps a bunch of girls with their problems one at a time" which is quite a bit more specific.
a) Guy is singular, girls is plural.
b) Guy "goes out" to help them. He goes out of his way to. He makes it his mission. This eliminates quite a bit of the harem genre that have completely passive protagonists who might only help by accident or by getting caught up in something.
c) A bunch of. There are more than a few. It isn't merely a single love interest, or even a love triangle.
d) Problems. The girls all have their own idiosyncratic problems that can be fixed. No girl would be "okay" if left alone. No one is well-adjusted.
e) One at a time. The plot moves in arcs centering on one girl at a time. Unless the girls are paired up to specifically have overlapping problems, you don't see their problems being resolved incidentally along with someone else's. They require the undivided attention of the guy to be resolved.
f) I guess I didn't say this, but both Clannad and Bakemonogatari share the idea that the male lead also has his own problems, but can only fix, or even notice, these problems through his interactions with the girls. This serves as the main arc of the story.
|2010-03-04, 17:41
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My take is that Clannad was a rehash/reshuffle of Air and Kannon, ... hell your average galge or harem; while Bakemonogatari, played on a completely different level, using the same plot start ... a harem.
Dunno, how often do you hear lines, you have a harem because you're a vampire, which on another level implies that the girl saying it has fallen for the guy exactly because of this reason, which on yet another level we know it is not true
I really do not want to give countless examples of bad scripting in Clannad, it would just be mean to those that had not suffered the hundreds of Clannads before it
|2010-03-05, 15:18
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May/June 2005
According to Nelson Mandela, who spoke about the disproportionate burden of HIV infection on women at a recent event in South Africa, the world wide epidemic of HIV is taking on the face of a woman.1 Due to their status in society and for physiological reasons discussed in greater detail below, women are disproportionately at risk for HIV infection, and this is particularly true for women who are incarcerated.
The overall prevalence of HIV infection among U.S. women is approximately 0.2%; incarcerated women are 15 times more likely to be HIV-infected compared to women in the general population. In several states, nearly one in 10 incarcerated women are HIV-infected. At year-end 2002, 3% of all incarcerated women in U.S. state prisons were HIV-infected, compared to 2% of incarcerated men in U.S. state prisons (see table 1). More than 10% of female inmates in two states (New York and Maryland) were known to be HIV-infected.2
Incarcerated women have higher prevalence rates of HIV infection than incarcerated men because the behaviors for which they are incarcerated put them at risk for HIV infection.3,4 They are often injection drug users (IDUs), sexual partners of IDUs, have supported themselves through sex work, and more often than not, they have been forced to have (unprotected) sex or trade sex for housing and food.5 Women who are more likely to be HIV-infected in the U.S. also belong to subgroups of the population that are at increased risk of incarceration: women living in poverty, women who lack marketable job skills,6 and certain ethnic groups (African American, Hispanic). Many of the women at highest risk for HIV infection are unaware of their risk, have little or no access to HIV prevention, and are afraid, for fear of violence, to ask their partners to use condoms.7
Mental illness is a common co-morbidity for HIV-infected incarcerated women. A number of studies have linked prior childhood experiences of abuse and neglect with women's healthcare needs, mental health needs, and HIV risk behaviors. According to self-reported data, 33%-65% of incarcerated women in the US report prior sexual abuse and 19%-42% report a history of childhood sexual abuse.9,10 These percentages are likely under-representative of the prevalence of abuse histories among incarcerated women, but they are still two-fold higher than the prevalence of such histories among women who are not incarcerated.
Mental health problems contribute to the high prevalence of HIV infection among incarcerated women and make the management of their HIV care substantially more challenging. In a recent US study, 25% of women discontinued highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) for at least six months during study follow-up of five years, and women who discontinued HAART were more likely to be depressed than those who did not discontinue medication.11 Access to treatment for depression may be helpful for improving the management of HIV-infected incarcerated women.
Since many incarcerated women have experienced childhood sexual abuse and adult sexual trauma, gynecological and obstetric examination takes special care and sensitivity. Some of the issues that may interfere with the examination of sexually abused women include their need to trust the examiner, their need for control (wishing to control the time and place of the exam), their fear of disclosure, and their fear of having their body touched during the exam.12 Sensitive gynecological healthcare providers are critically important members of the correctional HIV management team.
HIV transmission estimates vary by the type of exposure. Per-event transmission probability estimates are 0.7% (about one in 150) per episode of intravenous needle or syringe sharing, and 0.09% (less than one in 1,000) after a mucous membrane exposure (such as a splash to eyes or mouth). The risk for HIV transmission per episode of receptive penile-anal sexual intercourse is estimated at 0.1%- 3.0%, while the risk per episode of receptive vaginal intercourse is estimated at 0.1%-0.2%. While published estimates of the risk for HIV transmission from receptive oral exposure do not exist, instances of suspected transmission have been reported.13,14
Data has suggested that men with HIV infection are biologically more likely to transmit HIV than women, due to increased genital shedding of HIV-1, leading to the thought that male-to-female transmission is more efficient than female-to-male transmission during asymptomatic infection (early in HIV disease). However, the risk of transmission during symptomatic infection does not appear to vary.15 In a recent study in Uganda, plasma HIV RNA levels and genital ulcer disease, but not gender, were the main determinants of HIV transmission.16 There is also recent data that shows higher levels of HIV in semen versus female genital tract secretions. Collectively, these data may suggest that women are at a greater risk for infection as compared to men.
Additionally, incarcerated women, in general, and HIV-infected incarcerated women in particular, have remarkably high rates of STIs and gynecologic infections, which are associated with higher risks of HIV infection.15 At year-end 2003, 1.8%, 6.3%, and 7.5% of incarcerated women tested positive for gonorrhea, chlamydia, and syphilis, respectively.17 In younger women, cervical ectopy (extra mucosal tissue around the entry to the cervical canal) makes the cervix more vulnerable to HIV infection.18
High rates of STIs are associated with high risk for HIV infection for three main reasons:
High rates of syphilis among incarcerated women have prompted a number of studies assessing methods of syphilis screening and treatment in the correctional setting. Several studies have shown the efficacy of administering qualitative rapid plasma reagin (RPR) testing for syphilis.19,20 A study conducted at a New York City jail found that qualitative nontreponemal syphilis testing, online access to the local syphilis registry, and immediate treatment (if indicated), following admission, increased the rate of syphilis treatment from 7% to 84% of cases.21
Testing for or making a diagnosis of an STI provides an important opportunity for healthcare providers to counsel inmates about the issue of HIV transmission. HIV testing should be offered at each HIV encounter. Rapid HIV testing (see table 2) is a particularly important tool for getting HIV-infected women into care; more than 98% of individuals are able to receive their test results and most enter care following rapid test diagnosis.22
Between 1998-1999, 1,400 women gave birth within prisons. During this time, in Georgia alone, more than 150 women who entered prison were pregnant.24 Both the number of HIV-infected women giving birth in prisons and the extent of prenatal screening for HIV infection that is performed in federal and state prisons are unknown at this time. Even though mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV has been all but eradicated in the U.S., MTCT still occurs among high-risk women who seek care late in the course of pregnancy. Between 280-370 U.S. babies continue to be born each year with HIV infection.25 Prior to the institution of MTCT prevention, transmission from HIV-infected mother to child ranged from 16%-25% in North America and Europe. Today, the risk of perinatal transmission can be less than 2% with effective antiretroviral therapy (ART), elective cesarean section as appropriate, and formula feeding.
The correctional setting clearly provides a critical opportunity to reach women who may not have accessed pre-natal testing in the community and routine pre-natal screening in correctional settings may be cost-effective.26 According to standards set forth by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), thorough and non-judgmental discussion of HIV testing and ART is a required component of all pre-natal care.27
Certain aspects of long-term incarceration, such as shelter, food, and sobriety may be health promoting for high-risk pregnant women and have been reported to improve their pregnancy outcomes.28 However, few correctional facilities allow women to house their infants in a nursery at the institution after delivery (residential programs for infants exist in only 11 states and select federal facilities). Most correctional facilities remove newborns from their mothers during or immediately after the hospital stay.
Most incarcerated women are mothers and were the custodial parent of a minor child prior to incarceration. In 1998, 70% of women in jails, 65% of women in state prisons, and 59% of women in Federal prisons had at least one child under the age of 18 at home. The total number of minor children whose mothers were in federal or state prisons increased from 61,000 in 1991 to 110,000 in 1998. In 1998, 84% and 64% of minor children whose mothers were in federal and state prisons, respectively, lived with their mothers before their mothers entered prisons. Women are allowed to receive visits by their children. However, these visits are infrequent; 56% of women do not see their children at all while they are incarcerated.29 The impact of this separation on the wellbeing of the mother and the bond between the mother and infant deserves further study.
The prevalence of HCV is much greater among incarcerated populations than the general public. The incidence of HCV in the US general population has been estimated at 1.8%, while the incidence among state and federal facilities in 1999 was 2.1%. Incarcerated females typically have high rates of HCV infection. In 1994, 63.5% of female inmates entering the California correctional system were found to be anti-HCV positive, compared to 39.4% of male inmates.30 Testing for and appropriately treating HCV and hepatitis B virus (HBV) co-infection among incarcerated females should be a routine component of HIV care.31 For more information on testing and treating HCV and HBV, please refer to CDC's Sexually Transmitted Diseases Treatment guidelines -- 2002.32,33
Because incarcerated women have a high prevalence of HIV infection, multiple sources of HIV risk in their lives, and limited access to HIV testing and counseling services outside of prison or jail, there should be multiple opportunities for women to say "yes" to HIV counseling and education while they are incarcerated (see table 3). However, the incarcerated woman's fear of stigmatization by her peers and correctional staff can have a negative impact on the detection and management of HIV/AIDS in prisons and jails. The closed setting of correctional institutions makes confidentiality difficult to maintain (particularly if a clinic or care provider is identified as being associated with HIV), though total confidentiality should always be the goal. Peer HIV/AIDS education programs may reduce stigmatization among prisoners and increase the general awareness of HIV in the incarcerated female population.34
Factors that are likely to encourage incarcerated women to become tested include concern about the impact of HIV infection on their present or future children, and about having contracted HIV infection in the context of having acquired other STIs. Many incarcerated women may have been tested for HIV during prior pregnancies and may therefore be familiar with the concepts and procedures related to HIV testing. However, younger women (with fewer arrests, fewer pregnancies, and fewer opportunities to interact with HIV testers and counselors) may be less familiar with the concept of HIV testing, and hence, more fearful.
In many facilities the list of "risk factors" will include virtually every female prisoner in the institution. With HIV/AIDS prevalence rates approximately 15 times higher among incarcerated women compared to the general population, HIV testing should be regularly offered and easily available to all women prisoners.
Ideally, correctional management of HIV would include a network of interconnected services that would address the needs of HIV-infected incarcerated women. These services might include clinical medical services, physical and sexual abuse recovery programs, drug treatment, and mental health services. They may also include vocational training and skills building workshops that, by helping women to become socio-economically more powerful, facilitate their ability to continue to effectively manage their healthcare needs and to prevent HIV transmission upon prison release. The opportunity to test and treat HIV-infected pregnant women who are incarcerated should not be missed. Finally, discharge planning programs initiated during incarceration can help connect women to community medical services, drug treatment, support services that provide child care, safe affordable housing, job training and employment opportunities that will all serve to increase their ability to continue to care for their own health needs. Incarceration provides a critical opportunity for the education, diagnosis, and medical care of HIV-infected women and high-risk HIV seronegative women, as well as a critically important public health opportunity to reduce the spread of HIV.
Bloom B, Owen B & Covington S. Gender Responsive Strategies: Research, Practice, and Guiding Principles for Women Offenders. 2003. Washington, DC: National Institute of Corrections.
Boudin K, Carrero I, Clark J, Flournoy VV, Loftin K, Martindale S, Martinez M, Mastroieni E, Richardson S. ACE: A Peer Education and Counseling Program Meets the Needs of Incarcerated Women With HIV/AIDS Issues. Journal of the Association of Nurses in Aids Care. 1999 10(6):90-98.
Browne A, Miller B, Maguin E. Prevalence and severity of lifetime physical and sexual victimization among incarcerated women. Int J Law Psychiatry. 1999; 22:301-322.
De Groot AS & Cuccinelli D. "Put her in a cage: Childhood sexual abuse, incarceration, and HIV infection" in The Gender Politics of HIV in Women: Perspectives on the Pandemic in the United States. J Manlowe & N Goldstein, eds. 1997. New York: New York University Press.
Women, Children, and HIV Web site (http://WomenChildrenHIV.org): The François-Xavier Bagnoud (FXB) Center at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, and the University of California San Francisco's Center for HIV Information created this website, which contains a comprehensive, Internet-based library of practically applicable materials on mother and child HIV infection including preventing mother-to-child HIV transmission (PMTCT), infant feeding, clinical care of women and children living with HIV infection, and the support of orphans.
Anne S. De Groot, M.D., Brown University, has nothing to disclose. Susan Cu Uvin, M.D., Brown University, has nothing to disclose.
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February 1, 2011
WILLIAM LEGG, PETITIONER,v.M. S. EVANS, WARDEN, RESPONDENT.
The opinion of the court was delivered by: Kendall J. Newman United States Magistrate Judge
Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel with an application for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner claims that his federal constitutional right to due process was violated by a 2008 decision of the California Board of Parole Hearings (hereafter "the Board") to deny him a parole date.*fn1
The Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment prohibits state action that deprives a person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law. A litigant alleging a due process violation must first demonstrate that he was deprived of a liberty or property interest protected by the Due Process Clause and then show that the procedures attendant upon the deprivation were not constitutionally sufficient. Kentucky Dep't of Corrections v. Thompson, 490 U.S. 454, 459-60 (1989).
A protected liberty interest may arise from either the Due Process Clause of the United States Constitution "by reason of guarantees implicit in the word 'liberty,'" or from "an expectation or interest created by state laws or policies." Wilkinson v. Austin, 545 U.S. 209, 221 (2005) (citations omitted); seealsoBoard of Pardons v. Allen, 482 U.S. 369, 373 (1987). The United States Constitution does not, of its own force, create a protected liberty interest in a parole date, even one that has been set. Jago v. Van Curen, 454 U.S. 14, 17-21 (1981); Greenholtz v. Inmates of Neb. Penal, 442 U.S. 1, 7 (1979) (There is "no constitutional or inherent right of a convicted person to be conditionally released before the expiration of a valid sentence."). However, "a state's statutory scheme, if it uses mandatory language, 'creates a presumption that parole release will be granted' when or unless certain designated findings are made, and thereby gives rise to a constitutional liberty interest." Greenholtz, 442 U.S. at 12; see alsoAllen, 482 U.S. at 376-78.
California's parole statutes give rise to a liberty interest in parole protected by the federal due process clause. Swarthout v. Cooke, 562 U.S. ___ (2011), No. 10-333, 2011 WL 197627, at *2 (Jan. 24, 2011). In California, a prisoner is entitled to release on parole unless there is "some evidence" of his or her current dangerousness. In re Lawrence, 44 Cal.4th 1181, 1205-06, 1210 (2008); In re Rosenkrantz, 29 Cal.4th 616, 651-53 (2002). However, in Swarthout the United States Supreme Court held that "[n]o opinion of [theirs] supports converting California's 'some evidence' rule into a substantive federal requirement." Swarthout, 2011 WL 197627, at *3. In other words, the Court specifically rejected the notion that there can be a valid claim under the Fourteenth Amendment for insufficiency of evidence presented at a parole proceeding. Id. at *3. Rather, the protection afforded by the federal due process clause to California parole decisions consists solely of the "minimal" procedural requirements set forth in Greenholtz, specifically "an opportunity to be heard and . . . a statement of the reasons why parole was denied." Swarthout, at *2-3.
Here, the record reflects that petitioner was present, with counsel, at the September 17, 2008 parole hearing, that he participated in the hearing, and that he was provided with the reasons for the Board's decision to deny parole. (Dkt. No. 16-1, at 20-95.) According to the United States Supreme Court, the federal due process clause requires no more. Accordingly, petitioner's application for a writ of habeas corpus should be denied.
IT IS HEREBY RECOMMENDED that petitioner's application for writ of habeas corpus be denied.
These findings and recommendations are submitted to the United States District Judge assigned to the case, pursuant to the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(l). Within twenty-one days after being served with these findings and recommendations, any party may file written objections with the court and serve a copy on all parties. Such a document should be captioned "Objections to Magistrate Judge's Findings and Recommendations." If petitioner files objections, he shall also address whether a certificate of appealability should issue and, if so, why and as to which issues. A certificate of appealability may issue under 28 U.S.C. § 2253 "only if the applicant has made a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right." 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(3). Any response to the objections shall be filed and served within fourteen days after service of the objections. The parties are advised that failure to file objections within the specified time may waive the right to appeal the District Court's order. Martinez v. Ylst, 951
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