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Saturday, January 23, 2016

Steve Miller: Attorney Elyse Tyrell has been Jason Hanson's "Trustee" since his exploitation began in 2006

By Steve Miller
January 22, 2016

LAS VEGAS - Attorney Elyse Tyrell has been Trustee for cerebral palsy victim Jason Hanson for over ten years according to multiple COURT MINUTES that begin on June 13, 2006 and continue through March 25, 2015.

Tyrell is presently serving as a Commissioner on the Nevada Supreme Court Guardianship Commission, and touts this prestigious position on her resume posted on her law firm website.

Jason Hanson turned twenty one on Sept. 21, 2010, but continued being under an unnecessary trusteeship nonetheless with attorney Tyrell and her client private guardian Jared E. Shafer controlling every penny of his assets even though Jason was gifted intellectually and did not need trustees to handle his finances.

This means that Tyrell was Trustee at the time her client Shafer squandered Jason's 1,200 sq. ft. wheelchair accessible condominium without Jason's knowledge or consent for only $47,000 when comparable units in the same development were selling for $135,000 - $175,000.

In the meantime, Jason was placed into a group home at taxpayer's expense even though his family had provided him with a house and adequate funds for his support.

Now, Tyrell wants Jason to "pick up" a check that she's been holding without his knowledge or consent since March 2015 that purportedly contains the remaining proceeds from the $80,000 trust Jason's grandmother set up for him before her death.

It will be interesting to see how much of Jason's grandmother's bequest remains after Tyrell and Shafer deduct their "fees."

Below is an example of one of 12 pages of COURT MINUTES listing Tyrell as Jason's Trustee during the entire period he was being exploited, and documents showing the squandering of his house: - SM

Steve Miller: Jason Hanson Cautioned!

Yesterday, while cerebral palsy victim and former ward of the court Jason Hanson was waiting in the Nevada Supreme Court lobby just prior to testifying before the Guardianship Commission, his erstwhile Trustee and Guardianship Commission member Elyse Tyrell approached him to say, "Hi Jason, I've got your money!"

Tyrell has been holding Jason's trust account without his knowledge for almost one year, an account set up by his grandmother that in 2009 contained approximately $80,000. Several court observers believe she and her client, private guardian Jared Shafer, were possibly waiting for Jason to pass away so they could keep his trust money, but got caught yesterday when Jason showed up in his electric wheelchair with a cadre of supporters including several attorneys.

During the hearing Tyrell acting as a Commissioner stated on the record that she had been holding Hanson's inheritance at her law office, and he should come there to pick it up. She also announced she is deducting her legal fees from the account. Attorneys are cautioning Jason not to sign any documents including a gag order or hold harmless agreement prior to receiving his funds. Jason also has no idea how much Tyrell and her client Jared Shafer may have converted from his trust during the seven years they controlled it. Jason will now have to hire an attorney to ensure he is treated fairly by his former and present "trustees." Yesterday was one more example of why the Commission was formed, and why their power must be expanded to include the ability to initiate criminal prosecution.-  ~Steve Miller

Jason's testimony in full:
Before I begin, I wanted to thank the members of this commission for giving me the opportunity to speak. I’m a disabled Las Vegas resident who is in need of your help.

On June 27th 2008 I was informed by telephone that my father died. Jared Shafer was the person who contacted me. He said he was the administrator of my late father’s estate. I attempted to contact Mr. Shafer on several occasions after his first phone call.

Mr. Shafer’s attitude toward me was very condescending. He was rude, arrogant and wouldn’t answer my questions and ended my calls by hanging up on me. When I asked about my house, he refused to talk about it. A close friend gave Shafer a list of my personal needs but the items on this list were ignored with no explanation.

Mr. Shafer also became the trustee of my supplemental needs trust, created by my then guardian, Francis Fine. Francis never provided me any accounting either. I believe that Fine and Shafer used the funds from my trust which was created for me by my grandmother. There was over $80,000 in this trust and none of the funds have ever been accounted for. I have not received any money from this inheritance.

Shafer sold my father’s house and the personal contents without my consent or knowledge during his time as trustee. I have no idea what happened to all of this money because I have received no accounting or information on the sale of the family home.

I was told not long ago that Elyse Tyrell became the new trustee after Shafer gave it up in 2014. I have not received any accounting or information from Elyse Tyrell. It is painful for me to learn that Ms. Tyrell is on this Commission.

I was never provided with an attorney, even when I asked for one. I have not benefited from the sale of my father’s home or the remaining funds in the trust. My father made the home wheel chair accessible for me so that I could live as a normal person. Why should I live in a group home now when my father left a house and money for my care?

I am competent, intelligent and I know my civil rights have been seriously violated, especially my ADA rights.

I believe that Jared Shafer stole from me by lining his pockets; other victims report receiving identical treatment from him. Please understand Mr. Shafer can only accomplish this through the assistance of highly unethical and greedy attorneys who sold their souls for the right to take money from helpless victims who can’t fight back.

I believe that Shafer and his associates are amoral and disgusting people preying on the disabled victims they are supposed to be protecting. They act like a hoard of greedy demons and at the center of this corruption is the devil himself, Jared E. Shafer.

I’m only one voice and it is my hope that my case will open the door for countless guardianship victims who can’t fight back. Please make these people accountable for their actions.

The goal of elder justice dangles within reach

By Barbara Peters Smith

"I know she steals my silverware, but at least she comes every day."

Terry Fulmer, president of the John A. Hartford Foundation, quoted these words of her former patient in a Grantmakers in Aging webinar this week, "Making Elder Justice a Reality." The poignant mix of vulnerability and pragmatism at work here is no doubt familiar to a lot of elders and their caregivers, and it illustrates the difficulty of finally doing something meaningful about the complex problem of elder abuse.

Kathy Greenlee
Joining her in the talk was Kathy Greenlee, U.S. assistant secretary for aging and a passionate advocate for raising the profile of elder abuse. The fact that abuse can be physical, emotional and financial complicates the work to combat it, Greenlee said.

"When we talk about an estimated 10 percent of older adults having abuse every year, the number is so large that it becomes a bit numbing," she said. "We are decades behind other fields, such as domestic violence and child abuse, and we really need research in every direction to help us form a response."

Since the passage of the 2010 Elder Justice Act, in concert with the Affordable Care Act, the ball started rolling slowly but is picking up speed. Greenlee is working with a coalition of some 12 federal departments and agencies to put together the first federal "home" for adult protective services.

"It's significant," she said. "At a federal level we've had an office for child protective services for decades." But for adults, "we have 50 different approaches. It creates a patchwork across the country and gives us no real sense of what the national picture looks like, in terms of data and quality."

Even with better research, it won't be easy. Greenlee cited a new report by the Frameworks Institute that was designed to answer her question of "why not everybody in the world is as enraged as I am about elder abuse." The provocative report highlights the thin line between protection and paternalism:

"When thinking about elder abuse, people assume that it is up to younger people to make decisions for older people. When this mode of thinking is active, the public understands older people as objects to be cared for and protected, rather than as actors with voices and minds of their own. These understandings not only fuel ageism but also make it hard for the public to understand how older people’s integration and participation in the community can help to prevent elder abuse."

Hospital price check
The march to greater transparency in health care costs continues: The Florida Hospital Association has unveiled a new section of its “Mission to Care” website, with information on hospital prices and quality. The website also provides context for the cost data and emphasizes that patients should contact their hospitals, physicians and health plans for accurate out-of-pocket estimates.

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The goal of elder justice dangles within reach

Seniors Grow Old Waiting for House to Act on Crucial Legislation

By Paul Downey

Last summer we applauded the Senate’s unanimous re-authorization of the Older Americans Act and expected the House to concur. Signed into law more than 50 years ago by President Lyndon B. Johnson, this significant piece of legislation has contributed to the economic well-being and quality of life for millions of our most vulnerable seniors.

The OAA provides funding to community-based organizations that help nearly 12 million people annually with services such as home-delivered and congregate meals, caregiver support, preventive health, transportation, job training and elder abuse prevention. It is a lifeline for our most honored citizens providing them with the dignity that they have earned.

However, instead of celebrating Congressional re-authorization on the OAA’s 50th Anniversary, there has been no movement since being received by the House Education and the Workforce Committee six months ago. Two members of San Diego’s Congressional delegation — Rep. Duncan Hunter, a Republican, and Rep. Susan Davis, a Democrat – sit on this committee.

The last time Congress reauthorized the OAA was in 2006. The legislation expired in 2011 and although funding has been carried out through continuing resolutions, it has not been adjusted for inflation or the growing number of poor elderly Americans. Since 2006, the number of Americans over the age of 60 has grown by 20 percent. Congress has not kept pace with funding these critical senior programs — meaning less is being spent per capita on seniors today than in 2006.

This is an extremely shortsighted approach. Supporting the health, wellness and independence of our nation’s seniors should not be a political issue.

Studies have shown malnourished seniors take more medication, have higher rates of chronic medical conditions, and are more likely to fall and break bones. In addition, Medicare and Medicaid are the primary funding sources for malnourished patients, who have hospital stays nearly twice as long as those of well-nourished patients. Simply put, investing in programs like senior nutrition keeps people healthy and ultimately reduces public healthcare costs.
Please call, write or visit Hunter and Davis asking them to seek immediate action on OAA re-authorization in their House committee. While you are at it, reach out to the rest of the delegation and encourage them to step up and do right by our seniors. It is time to end partisan gridlock and fulfill America’s promise from 1965 to take care of elderly adults with the greatest social and economic needs.

For two decades, Paul Downey has been the president and CEO of Serving Seniors, a nonprofit agency dedicated to increasing the quality of life for San Diego seniors living in poverty for the last 45 years.

Full Article & Source:
Seniors Grow Old Waiting for House to Act on Crucial Legislation

Nursing Assistant Fired, Charged After Posting Nude Video of 93-Year-Old on Snapchat

Photo by: Arman Zhenikeyev
Clarification, Jan. 19, 2016: This post has been clarified to explain how imprisonment in Wisconsin consists of both confinement behind bars as well as extended supervision.

A former nursing assistant at a Wisconsin assisted-living facility has been charged with a felony for allegedly taking a video of a mostly naked resident and posting it on Snapchat — the latest in a series of cases in which dehumanizing photos of seniors have been posted on social media.

The employee of Parkside Manor in Kenosha posted a video of a 93-year-old woman with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia sitting on a bed “in a bra and no underwear and no pant[s],” according to a criminal complaint filed last week in Kenosha County. She admitted her action to the facility’s executive director and said “it was immoral and very terribly wrong,” the complaint said.

The employee, Grace Riedlinger, 21, was fired and faces a charge of taking a nude photo without consent, for which she could be sentenced to 1½ years in prison and two years of extended supervision. She could not be reached for comment; her mother said an attorney had advised the family not to discuss the matter.

Last month, ProPublica identified 35 instances since 2012 in which workers at nursing homes and assisted-living centers have surreptitiously shared photos or videos of residents, some of whom were partially or completely naked. At least 16 cases involved Snapchat, a social media service in which photos appear for a few seconds and then disappear with no lasting record. The latest incident adds to those figures.

In a written statement, Parkside Manor’s operator said the company launched an investigation as soon as it learned about the incident and notified state regulators. The employee was terminated and the facility alerted the police department.

“The termination of this employee is consistent with our zero tolerance policy relating to actions contrary our code of conduct,” said David Richey, senior regional director of operations for Senior Lifestyle Corp., in the statement. “Actions such as this will never be tolerated at our community. Our code of conduct contains very specific guidelines to govern employee behavior and includes policies regarding social networking and the use of technology that the employee in question clearly violated.”

Rebecca Dutter, supervisor of Adult Protective Services in Kenosha County, said she was devastated by the incident.

“For those of us who work in this field, it’s such a violation of everything we do, knowing that a client was violated like this,” she said. “I guess it’s our worst fear. We’ve always hoped that it wasn’t happening here.”

After ProPublica’s article last month, U.S. Sen. Joe Donnelly, D-Ind., called on the Senate Aging Committee to investigate the issue. “It is troubling and disturbing that some seniors are unwillingly and unknowingly victims of exploitation and abuse on social media by some nursing home workers,” Donnelly, who serves on the aging committee, said in a statement. “That is why I am asking the Aging Committee to use all appropriate tools and resources to investigate this issue.”

Annie Clark, a spokeswoman for Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, who chairs the Senate Aging Committee, said, “Sen. Donnelly has raised a significant issue, and the Senate Aging Committee is currently inquiring into the troubling findings outlined in the ProPublica report.”

Collins and Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri, the committee’s ranking Democrat, requested a review by the Government Accountability Office of all guardianship abuses last September and anticipate a hearing on the issue later this year.

In the Parkside Manor case, the criminal complaint says Riedlinger told a police officer that on January 5, the resident was “giving her a hard time getting changed over for bed.” The resident “was playing tug of war with her and she thought it was funny so she took a video of the encounter and uploaded the video to Snapchat under her ‘story’ section,” the complaint said. (The story section of Snapchat allows users to share videos with all of their friends for 24 hours, as opposed to sending photos or videos to only selected contacts.)

The facility was alerted to the videos by a woman who attended school with Riedlinger and was her Snapchat friend, the complaint said.

The Kenosha News first reported the incident last week.

Dutter of the county’s Adult Protective Services said she hopes senior living facilities will re-evaluate their policies about employees using cell phones around residents.

“Facilities are going to have to figure out some way of eliminating the accessibility of their staff members to do such a thing,” she said. “There are some really, really, good, wonderful skilled nursing assistants, and I don’t want this to be a black eye to all of them, because I’m sure they are disgusted and outraged like the rest of us are too.”

Full Article & Source:
Nursing Assistant Fired, Charged After Posting Nude Video of 93-Year-Old on Snapchat

Friday, January 22, 2016

New Illinois Laws Effective January 1, 2016

Public Act 99-0070

"Illinois Representative David Harris Introduced House Bill 2505, legislation that protects adults against guardianship abuse, signed by Governor Bruce Rauner on July 20, 2015.”

House Bill 2505 sponsored in the Senate by Senator Steve Stadelman amends the Illinois Probate Act of 1975 by limiting the powers and duties of a temporary guardian.

HB2505 Synopsis As Introduced:
Amends the Probate Act of 1975. Provides that a temporary guardian shall have the limited powers and duties (instead of "all of the powers and duties") of a guardian of the person or of the estate which are specifically enumerated by court order.

Public Act 99-0070

“The temporary guardian shall have the limited powers and duties of a guardian of the person or of the estate which are specifically enumerated by court order.”

NASGA Director Sylvia Rudek conferred with Representative Harris on House Bill 2505. NASGA enthusiastically supports Representative Harris’ and Senator Stadelman’s efforts and very much appreciates their commitment and legislative actions on behalf of the elderly and disabled of Illinois and victims of unlawful and abusive guardianships.

Representative Harris
Senator Stadelman

Review the new laws that will take effect on Jan. 1, 2016

Commission on Law and Aging American Bar Association

READ Bill Status

NASGA Members in Legislative Action

Steve Miller: Estimated $160,000 Missing From Jason Hanson's Estate

Elyse Tyrell
LAS VEGAS - While cerebral palsy victim Jason Hanson was under the Clark County Family Court ordered trusteeship of Attorney Fran Fine, private guardian Jared E. Shafer, and attorney Elyse Tyrell , his trustees and guardians either participated in, or looked the other way, as an estimated $160,000+ was stolen from Jason's estate according to newly discovered Clark County court records.

Former Clark County Family Court Judge Fran Fine was court appointed in 2007 as Jason's guardian seven years after being found guilty of unethical conduct by the Nevada Commission on Judicial Discipline, and removed from the bench for life.

Ex-judge Fine was only one of the highly esteemed professionals assigned as fiduciaries over Jason Hanson's estate until he reached adulthood. The others included Patience Bristol who was later imprisoned, Shafer who is currently under investigation for exploiting his wards, and Judge Charles Hoskin and Hearing Master Jon Norheim who were recently removed by the District Court Chief Judge judge from hearing future guardianship related cases.

SEPTEMBER 14, 2007

In the Matter of the Guardianship of the estate of JASON HANSON, minor ward, and pursuant to NRS 159.078 respectfully represents the following to this Honorable Court:

1. On the 13th day of February, 2007, an Order of the Court was entered appointing FRANCES ANN FINE the Guardian of JASON HANSON's estate.
3. JASON HANSON's estate consists of a blocked custodial account held with Charles Schwab in the approximate amount of eighty thousand dollars ($80,000.00).

Jared E. Shafer
On October 7, 2013, Jared Shafer presented the very past due and one and only Accounting of Jason Hanson's Trust to the Clark County Family Court for approval.

Jason was not notified of the hearing and had not received a copy of the Accounting. He had previously asked Hearing Master Norheim to appoint him an attorney for all future hearing, but Norheim refused which is a blatant violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

The court blindly approved the Accounting that neglected to mention the Charles Schwab account containing $80,000. The Accounting only stated that Jason's estate had a beginning balance of $48,963.24 that consisted mainly of the undervalued ADA equipped condominium Jason was supposed to inherit from his father that Shafer sold for only $47,000 without Jason's knowledge or approval.

Jason Hanson
Following the court's blind approval of the Accounting, Jason was presented with a check for $8,913.65 which comprised the total balance of his inheritance. At the hearing, no mention was made of why Jason's house was sold at a discount when other Key Condominiums on Lindell Rd. sold that year between $135,000 and $175,000, and no mention was made of the disposition of the $80,000 held with Charles Schwab.
~Steve Miller

In my E-Brief entitled "Estimated $160,000 Missing From Jason Hanson's Estate," published on January 20, 2016, I erroneously reported, "Following the court's blind approval of the Accounting, Jason was presented with a check for $8,913.65 which comprised the total balance of his inheritance."

It has since been confirmed that Mr. Hanson did not receive $8,913.65, and in fact has not received any proceeds from the 2009 sale of his father's handicap accessible house for the discounted sum of $47,000 without Jason's knowledge or consent after Jason had reached the legal age of consent, or any proceeds from his trust account held with Charles Schwab in the approximate amount of eighty thousand dollars ($80,000.00) that was set up by Hanson's grandparents.

The highly discounted sale of Hanson's Lindell Rd. house, and the whereabouts of the $80,000 will be discussed at the Nevada Supreme Court Guardianship Commission meeting on Friday, January 22, at 1 PM in the Nevada Supreme Court courtroom located on the 17th floor of the Clark County Regional Justice Center on Lewis Ave. in downtown Las Vegas.

Jason Hanson will appear at the hearing to ask his former Trustee, attorney Elyse Tyrell who is a member of the Guardianship Commission, to explain the whereabouts or disposition of the assets from his Charles Schwab account; discuss the highly discounted sale of his house without his consent; and ask why he was not provided an attorney after he requested one during a 2014 hearing in Clark County Hearing Master Jon Norheim's court - a clear violation of Jason's rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act?

Full PETITION, and Jason's full TRUST

Lawmakers turn attention to opioid abuse

Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill
Drug abuse in the United States has become a growing threat, and Washington has taken notice.

Only a few sentences into his State of the Union address last week, President Obama cited “battling prescription drug abuse” as one issue in which a divided Congress might find bipartisan agreement.

In Missouri, that seems to have already begun.

On Tuesday, Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill led a field hearing in Jefferson City addressing what she termed an epidemic of opioid addiction in the United States.

Last week, Republican Sen. Roy Blunt spoke about the issue on the Senate floor, noting that the problem has especially grown among American veterans prescribed painkillers to deal with their service-related injuries.

News reports have pointed to the White House forming an interagency federal effort, headed by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, to look at the prescription drug and heroin problems in rural America.

A statistical starkness emerges from this. A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report issued this month revealed “a 200 percent increase in the rate of overdose deaths involving opioids” between 2000 and 2014. In 2014, more than 47,000 drug overdose deaths occurred in the United States.

The CDC also pointed to 12,000 members of the Baby Boom generation dying from drug overdoses in 2013, a number that tops the deaths caused by car accidents or flu and pneumonia. The Aging Committee has taken on the issue because of the projection that, by 2020, 5.7 million Americans older than 50 will require treatment for substance abuse.

Opioids, such as Vicodin and OxyContin, serve as pain management drugs in many treatment regimens.

“Prescription drug abuse and heroin use is a major public health crisis that affects every community across this nation, and has unfortunately claimed the lives of many Americans,” McCaskill said at Tuesday’s hearing.

“Studies show that four out of five people who abused prescription opioids eventually transition to heroin as pills become too difficult or expensive to obtain. Today’s prescription opioid abuser could easily become tomorrow’s heroin user.”

Blunt, who chairs the Senate Appropriations subcommittee that deals with federal health-care programs, reinforced this, saying that the path between prescription drug abuse and heroin use has become well-traveled.

“We have made a new commitment to this issue with new programs that are targeted to combat opioid abuse ... with almost three times the investment that the country made before,” he told fellow senators. “This is truly becoming an epidemic, and we need to deal with that epidemic sooner rather than later.”

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Lawmakers turn attention to opioid abuse

Thursday, January 21, 2016

Guardianships: A Broken Trust: Helen O'Grady: Lawyer Agahst as Savitt Withdraws $30,000

Thomas Mayes of Boynton Beach sought legal advice in a dispute with his two brothers over his mother’s health care and finances. His attorney, Clifford Hark of Boca Raton, recommended [Elizabeth}Savitt as a guardian for his mother, Helen O’Grady.

Even with Savitt as guardian, it was Mayes who made his mother’s doctor’s appointments, managed her transportation, readied her house for sale — all tasks he thought Savitt should have handled.

After Mayes’ mother died, Savitt recommended that the family urge the court to appoint her curator of the estate, telling them it would save money for her to temporarily manage it until the family disputes were settled.

Once that happened and Mayes became personal representative of the estate, he said he could not get Savitt to pony up details of his mother’s financial picture and relinquish control.

Elizabeth Savitt
Before Mayes could get a grip on his mother’s finances, Savitt starting withdrawing money, court pleadings show.

She wrote herself a check for $1,725 and another for $1,745 to Hazeltine for fees before a judge approved it, according to a pleading filed by attorneys. Hazeltine said Savitt obtained an order allowing her to write the checks, but the order Hazeltine referenced said nothing about fees, court documents show.

Then Savitt took without proper court approval $30,000 to be “held in trust” by her and Hazeltine.

“This action is so beyond the realm of reasonable conduct that I can hardly express myself right now,” Mayes’ attorney, Christopher Salivar, said in a series of emails to Hazeltine.

Mayes’ lawyers, Andrew M. Schwartz and Salivar, told the court that Savitt actions amounted to the unlawful taking of O’Grady’s property.

“The foregoing actions in and of themselves fall within the textbook legal definition of conversion.”

Mayes agreed. “To me, I thought it was a criminal act. They were intentionally stealing it. This is how they make their money.”

Judge Edward Garrison ordered Savitt and Hazeltine to return all but about$2,600 of the $30,000.

Full Article and Source:
Guardianships: A Broken Trust

Guardianships: A Broken Trust: Lorraine Hilton: Son Accused of Abuse Gets Money From Savitt

In the case of retired decorator Lorraine Hilton, Savitt’s actions benefited Hilton’s son Robert, who was accused of physically abusing and stealing from his mother, according to court documents. [Elizabeth] Savitt’s attorney Hazeltine persuaded Hilton herself — who had advancing dementia — to agree to a guardianship.

Her other son, James Hilton, learned in March 2013 that Savitt had taken control of his mother’s assets, though Lorraine Hilton had a living trust established in 2007. Lorraine Hilton in a declaration for a preneed guardian explicitly stated that she didn’t want her son Robert taking care of her.

James Hilton sought to intervene as an emergency guardian. He also wanted a restraining order against his brother, Robert. James Hilton cited incidents such as an “accident” in which Lorraine Hilton broke her hip and Robert left her at the hospital and left the state, court documents say.

“I am truly alarmed that a judicial process has been put in place there without me having been duly contacted,” wrote James Hilton, who died in February.

Robert Hilton declined to comment. Billing documents in the case indicate his many demands on Savitt, such as for $20,000 of his mother’s money to buy a warehouse.

Billings from Savitt and Hazeltine memorialize phone messages from Robert Hilton left for Savitt in which his mother can be heard weeping in the background. On another, she called when all of sudden Lorraine Hilton let out “a blood-curdling scream and cuts off.”

Savitt resigned after James Hilton came forward. James Hilton objected to Savitt’s final accounting, accusing her of funneling money to Robert Hilton.

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Guardianships:  A Broken Trust:  Lorraine Hilton:  Son Accused of Abuse Gets Money From Savitt

Guardianships: A Broken Trust: Robert Wein, Costly Try at Annulling Marriage

The case of Robert Wein illustrates the often savage nature of guardianship cases. Family members say [Elizabeth] Savitt splits families into camps by pursuing what is called “staged litigation,” settling disputes in court to run up fees.

On one side is Daniel Wein, Robert’s brother.

The other side is Robert’s wife, Vita, and Jodi Rich, Daniel’s estranged daughter.

Rich said all Savitt has done as guardian is “bill, bill, bill” and criticized her lack of success in tracking down$700,000 in promissory notes owed to her late uncle, who died Dec. 1. Robert Wein was worth up to $3 million, according to court documents.

Though married in 1958, the couple renewed their vows in 2014 and obtained a Florida marriage license. Daniel Wein believed his brother divorced Vita, 82, and wasn’t competent enough to remarry. So for the last months of Robert Wein’s life, Savitt — as his guardian — focused on undoing the union of this elderly couple in a fight over what would be a lucrative estate.

Vita, as a spouse, can claim one-third of Wein’s estate. Daniel claims Vita Wein and Jodi Rich are interested only in that money.

“She has been guardian for 12 months and hasn’t done anything except try to dissolve the marriage of these two elderly people who had been married for 58 years,” said Rich before Wein’s death. “So there are two marriage licenses. Who cares? What’s the difference? They wanted to end their life together.”

Emails show Savitt discussing with Daniel Wein trying to get the authority to annul Robert’s marriage, contending he and Vita were divorced and that she tricked him into remarrying in 2014. Savitt also was trying before Robert’s death to amend the trust to give Daniel $150,000.

“Daniel and Savitt, they are in bed together,” Rich said. “We have a lot of evidence.”

Litigation on the marriage issue resulted in an expensive 2½ hour court hearing and depositions before the matter was dropped unceremoniously by Savitt at a hearing in August.

Elizabeth Savitt
“Savitt is the culprit here. She is the one who caused all the problems,” Rich said. “She shouldn’t be a guardian.” Daniel Wein, though, praised Savitt for protecting his brother’s assets.

“I don’t know how she handles her other cases; I know with this, particularly with my brother, they have been aboveboard,” he said.

Vita Wein, though, has pressed Savitt to explain her actions.

In a June 10 deposition and in his motion for Savitt’s removal, Vita’s attorney at the time, Rosenwater, repeatedly tried to get the judge’s wife to say why she hadn’t filed one invoice in the case in eight months but took $17,000 without prior court approval.

When Savitt refused to answer a question about whether she had any objections to a critical report to the court on Wein, Rosenwater was exasperated. “She can’t answer. It’s amazing,” he said.

Full Article and Source:
Guardianships:  A Broken Trust:  Robert Wein, Costly Try at Annulling Marriage

Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Guardianships: A Broken Trust: Savitt's Home, $308,000 Staves Off Auction

In 2011, just before the Batson case, [Elizabeth] Savitt became a registered professional guardian. Savitt and Colin’s financial picture — replete with foreclosures, debt and liens — started to improve.

Savitt’s path from tennis professional to professional guardian didn’t require much heavy lifting. She completed 40 hours of training, put up a $50,000 bond for her firm Savitt Guardians and submitted to credit and criminal background checks.

The Department of Elder Affairs registered her as a professional guardian in 2011 despite a pending foreclosureon a home she owns in Delray Beach.

Savitt passed the credit check after telling the department that she was in a dispute with her lender and wasn’t past due because of “neglect or oversight.” It wasn’t until November 2014 that her dispute was settled with ajudgment of foreclosure, sending the house to the auction block.

Elizabeth Savitt
Six days before the home was to be auctioned off in March, she came up with $308,000 to satisfy a delinquent home equity loan, court records show. She didn’t make payments for several years on the $250,000 loan and rented out the home for a portion of that period.

Vassallo found the timing of the $308,000 payment suspicious. “I want to know if any of my father’s money went to her foreclosure case,” he said. When he told Judge French his concerns, a May 21 hearing was abruptly ended.

Despite the delinquencies, Savitt said she paid off the home equity loan on her property before the note was due. “I do not know how many professional guardians are debt free as I am,” she said.

Most of Savitt’s cases are in front of Judge French. Two of French’s ex-wives have described Colin and French as good friends who once planned a vacation together. The two judges have lunch together frequently in Delray Beach.

Families say they are also frustrated by the lack of transparency in the guardianship cases of their loved ones. It's not unusual for key documents regarding the guardian's activities to be sealed.

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Guardianships:  A Broken Trust:  Savitt's Home, $308,000 Staves Off Auction

Guardianships: A Broken Trust: The High Cost of Family Discord; Fees Blossom in Couret

The families involved in guardianship cases are often broken. Brothers hate sisters. Fathers characterize their own daughters as evil for opposing them in court. It’s not unusual for many family members to hire lawyers themselves, accusing one another of scheming to get the riches of the incapacitated senior.

Families who spoke to The Post say [Elizabeth] Savitt exploits those rifts to pursue litigation that drives up her fees. Savitt’s attorneys, though, say it’s the family rancor that necessitates costly actions in guardianships, such as removing a sibling from a trust of a senior.

“I don’t know if they seek out cases where there is family dysfunction, but they certainly take advantage of it,” said Bruce Rosenwater, a West Palm Beach attorney who sought to remove Savitt from a guardianship.

Elizabeth Savitt
Some family members applaud Savitt. The husband of one of her wards, Dolores Thur, said she’s been a good caretaker and his wife’s assets have been documented painstakingly. Lester Thur, 84, says he doesn’t think any criticism of Savitt is justified even though his wife’s case is under investigation by the clerk, which has questioned several items in the annual inventory, including double-billing.

In five Savitt cases The Post examined, however, family members said the judge’s wife seemed more interested in the money from the estate than caring for the incapacitated senior.

The cases involved Brooklyn plumber Vassallo, 87; Kansas schoolteacher Helen O’Grady, 83; New York accountant Robert Paul Wein, 89; Chicago-area decorator Lorraine Hilton, 94; and Gwendolyn Batson, 89, a retired school administrator who lived in Lake Worth.

O’Grady died in 2012, Batson in 2013 and Wein died Dec. 1, but the other two are still alive and under the power of Savitt.

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High Cost of Family Discord:  Fees Blossom in Court

Guardianships: A Broken Trust: Gwen Batson: Savitt Clears House With Husband's Order

In a case The Post wrote about in April, [Elizabeth] Savitt along with attorney Sheri Hazeltine — who represents Savitt in many cases — hauled out belongings from Gwendolyn Batson’s Lake Worth home. Photos show they took nearly everything but the chandelier. Wearing badges with the word “guardian,” they invoked an order signed by Judge Colin, witnesses told The Post.

Colin’s order appointed Batson’s brother and sister-in-law as emergency temporary guardians for Batson in late January 2012, court records show. That decision would be oreversed by a successor judge, but not before Savitt and Hazeltine in mid-February broke the lock on the home that Batson lived in and seized all of the belongings.

It turned out the home and much of the property seized didn’t belong to Batson but to restaurateur Skender Hoti, a Kosovo native who had taken care of Batson for decades. To get appointed emergency temporary guardian, Batson’s brother, Kenneth Davis, claimed Hoti had taken financial advantage of his sister. Colin agreed, noting in his order that immediate action needed to be taken to safeguard Batson’s belongings.

But if Hoti was taking advantage of Batson, it was a long con. Their relationship spanned decades. She traveled to Kosovo to attend his wedding and was a fixture at Hoti’s Lake Worth restaurant, Little Italy. Hoti claimed the guardianship was a means for Davis to seize his sister’s properties.

Davis used Colin’s order — employing the judge’s wife to help — to seize all the possessions in the home where his sister lived.

Elizabeth Savitt
As Savitt and others moved items into a truck, Hoti called sheriff’s deputies who stopped them. The two argued that they had authority from Judge Colin but the deputies said the order was insufficient, that they needed what is called a writ of possession.

Hoti said he saw Savitt scream at deputies: “You can’t do that. I’m a judge’s wife. I’m Judge Colin’s wife."

Three days after the seizure of Hoti’s property, Colin recused himself from the case.

Savitt wasn’t Batson’s guardian, yet Judge French approved paying her $1,500 of Batson’s money. The clerk questioned the expenditure more than a year after the house was cleared out and then Savitt submitted a bill, court documents show.

Hoti said even though deputies made them return his possessions, he later found valuables missing: jewelry, firearms and about $18,000 in cash.

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Gwen Batson:  Savitt Clears House With Husband's Order

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Guardianships: A Broken Trust

Reporter John Pacenti
by John Pacenti, Palm Beach Post Reporter

Judge Martin Colin is married to guardian Elizabeth Savitt. She manages the lives of seniors who can’t take care of themselves.

With her career choice comes complications … and accusations – her husband’s influence over her lawyers; another judge, his daily lunch companion, approving her fees; and her taking money from the seniors before any judge approves it.

Guardianships:  A Broken Trust

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The Past Hot Water Over His Wife

The Couple's Financial Picture

Guardianships: A Broken Trust: Judge, Wife Benefit From Frail Seniors' Money

The savings of incapacitated seniors flow into the household of Palm Beach County Circuit Judge Martin Colin.

This occurs courtesy of Colin’s wife — Elizabeth “Betsy” Savitt. She serves as a professional guardian, appointed by judges to make decisions for adults who no longer can take care of themselves.

Savitt makes her money off the nest eggs of the elderly, many suffering from dementia and put in guardianships in the same Probate & Guardianship Division where Judge Colin wields considerable influence. His fellow judges approve Savitt’s fees.

Savitt has taken money from the elderly people whose lives she controls without first getting a judge’s approval as well as double-billed their accounts, a Palm Beach Post investigation has uncovered in court records. Families of some of the seniors say the judge’s wife and her attorneys drum up unnecessary litigation that runs up fees, benefiting herself, the judge and her lawyers.

Judge David French
Savitt doesn’t appear before her husband, but Judge Colin does oversee other guardianship cases where he is responsible for safeguarding the finances and well-being of these “wards” of the court. Colin’s colleague, Circuit Judge David French who lunches with him regularly, has overseen almost two-thirds of Savitt’s cases. Some lawyers who have opposed Savitt in Judge French’s courtroom say he didn’t disclose that Savitt is the wife of a fellow judge or his social connections to the couple.

The lawyers Savitt has hired to represent her also practiced before her husband in other cases, where he had the power to approve their fees. A former Florida Supreme Court chief justice and a law professor say this constitutes, at minimum, an appearance of impropriety and should be investigated.

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Judge, Wife Benefit From Frail Senior's Money

Guardianships: A Broken Trust: Judge's Wife Accused of Taking Fees Before Court OK's Them

Elizabeth "Betsy" Savitt, a tennis pro turned professional guardian for incapacitated senior citizens, profits from her marriage to a sitting judge, a Palm Beach Post investigation has uncovered.

As the wife of Palm Beach County Circuit Judge Martin Colin, Savitt wields power in her husband’s Probate & Guardianship Division, where guardians are appointed to take over the lives of seniors no longer able to care for themselves. Fees for guardians and their attorneys are paid from the assets of their elderly wards and approved by the court.

In several cases, Savitt has taken tens of thousands of dollars from their accounts without prior court permission, The Post found in court documents.

The chief auditor for Palm Beach County's clerk and comptroller says that in about 800 guardianship cases he's reviewed, only one guardian has taken money without first getting court approval: Judge Colin's wife.

Some of the seniors’ family members express frustration with what they say are unnecessary legal disputes pursued by Savitt that drive up fees for her and her lawyers, depleting their loved one’s assets. In addition, they say Savitt funneled cash and assets to family members accused of financially, or in one case, even physically abusing the senior she is sworn to protect, court documents show.

In December 2014, Savitt held a “mini estate sale” advertised on Craigslist at Judge Colin’s address. “Cleaned out a home and selling all I could find,” the ad said. A lawyer said in court that he was concerned the items belonged to one of the seniors.

In another case, court records show Savitt, working for a family guardian, seized items inside a home and helped load them onto a moving truck. A lot of the items, however, belonged to the homeowner and not the senior. Sheriff’s deputies and a judge made Savitt and her attorney return the items.

Savitt doesn’t appear in front of her husband. She does appear in front of his colleagues.

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Judge's Wife Accused of Taking Fees Before Court OK's Them

Monday, January 18, 2016

Steve Miller: Jared Shafer Victim Jason Hanson to Testify Friday at Guardianship Commission Meeting

Jason Hanson, 26 year old cerebral palsy victim of private professional guardian Jared E. Shafer, will testify this Friday before the Nevada Supreme Court Guardianship Commission.

Hanson will tell the commission how Shafer stole his ADA equipped house and inheritance while he was under Shafer's trusteeship.

Following Hanson's presentation, Steve Miller will testify that one of the Guardianship Commission members, attorney Elyse Tyrell, was Hanson's successor trustee after Shafer. Miller will inquire how Tyrell failed to provide her client, Hanson, any accounting of the disposition of his assets that included her fees, and to whom the proceeds from the sale his house and proceeds from his trust were distributed.

Here is a video of Jason telling his story to videographer Mike Christ and ombudsman Steve Miller:

The hearing is open to the public.

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The Jason Hanson - Jared E. Shafer Story:  "Special Administrator" Jared E. Shafer Takes House and Inheritance From 24-Year-Old Man With Cerebral Palsy

Financial exploitation cases burden seniors, Indiana

In a matter of months, a caregiver wiped out an Indy woman’s savings.

Julie Lagos
 Julie Lagos swiped an Indianapolis woman’s credit cards to pay for tattoos, body piercings, a 60-inch TV, furniture rentals and a racing vehicle for her boyfriend. Lagos even charged the filing fee for her divorce to the 79-year-old’s Chase card.

All in all, Lagos was accused of spending more than $150,000 of the older woman’s money. Perhaps even more disturbing was their relationship: Lagos was hired to be the woman’s caregiver.

In a matter of months, Lagos had turned her client’s savings into her personal playground.

But it would take a year and a half to file criminal charges — and many cases never get that far.

Indiana’s underfunded and understaffed Adult Protective Services system is so swamped that it struggles to investigate all but the most egregious and clear-cut cases of financial exploitation, an IndyStar investigation has found.

Multiple officials told IndyStar that financial exploitation cases, which are among the most complex and time-consuming to investigate, often sink to the bottom of a priority list when APS investigators are facing allegations of horrific abuse or neglect.

Officials in one APS unit told IndyStar they have open financial exploitation cases that are up to seven years old. The victims are safe, they say, but investigators haven’t had time to pursue criminal charges.

That problem is expected to get worse. The number of financial exploitation cases in Indiana rose 33 percent in the past decade, according to Michael Patterson, executive director of Indiana APS.
“It’s going to be a drain on our resources if we don’t get a handle on it,” he said.

The National Adult Protective Services Association estimates that 1 in 10 victims of financial exploitation ends up on public assistance, such as Medicaid. Research indicates victims also are more likely to be hospitalized and more likely to move into nursing homes.

Indiana saw 1,277 financial exploitation cases involving elder adults in 2010 alone, compared with just 110 bank robberies, according to state records. Bank robberies that year resulted in losses of less than $1 million. Financial exploitation: $38 million.

Nationally, older adults lose about $2.9 billion each year through financial abuse and exploitation, according to a 2011 MetLife Study of Elder Financial Abuse.

Demographic changes are behind the numbers. First, the population is aging. And, second, pensions have become less popular, meaning retirees handle more of their own savings.

“It’s a tempting target: declining health plus money,” said Orion Bell, president and CEO of CICOA Aging and In-Home Solutions.

Legislators are considering several bills that would make it easier to investigate and prosecute financial crimes. But prosecutors say APS needs more investigators to handle the cases it has now, let alone those coming from the “silver tsunami” of aging baby boomers.

‘You’ll have to talk to Julie’

Lagos met her client, a woman with dementia, while working for a home care company in the Indianapolis area, Marion Superior Court records state. When the company went out of business, the woman asked Lagos to continue to provide services through a private agreement.

In 2009, the client’s power of attorney agreed to pay Lagos $200 for three visits per week. She helped with the woman’s personal care, grocery shopping, house cleaning and errands.

About a year later, in June 2010, the elderly woman opened a new Bank of America credit card. Lagos was added as an authorized user in August.

In one month, the Indianapolis woman’s credit card balance ballooned from zero to $19,175.20.

A Bank of America fraud analyst called Lagos, who said she was the older woman’s caregiver. Then she provided a fake address.

The analyst also reached out to the cardholder to ask about the large purchases. The woman told the analyst she didn’t know anything about the transactions but said she wanted Lagos on the account.
She started to cry.

Don’t call again, she told the analyst.

The analyst called Indiana Adult Protective Services on Oct. 12, 2010, to report suspected financial exploitation.

The next day, APS investigator Joie Davis visited the 80-year-old woman, who cracked the door open, the chain lock still attached. Davis flashed a badge and ID.

“You’ll have to talk to Julie,” the woman said, quickly shutting the door. Davis knocked again, repeatedly, but the woman wouldn’t respond.  (Continue Reading)

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Financial exploitation cases burden seniors, Indiana

Sunday, January 17, 2016

Tonight on T.S. Radio: Nancy Madore, Author of "The Ethics of Judge Nadeau"

Hosted by Marti Oakley & Debbie Dahmer

Guest: Nancy Madore author, The Ethics of Judge Nadeau

The Ethics of Judge Nadeau is the TRUE story of a judge who presides over York County Probate Court in York, Maine. The premise of the book is that—in spite of the Maine Board of Overseers' rulings to the contrary—the behavior of Judge Robert M.A. Nadeau is unethical. Referencing real exhibits, orders and depositions in actual court cases, The Ethics of Judge Nadeau provides a bird’s eye view into the logic and reasoning behind behavior so incredible it will take your breath away. This candid and (often) humorous account of Robert Nadeau’s antics (in and out of the courtroom) is as entertaining as it is shocking.

The Ethics of Judge Nadeau is based on the premise that there are some things a lawyer should never do—especially if he’s a judge—because they are either unethical, illegal, or just plain wrong.

Links to actual court documents, depostions, court orders, and BAR findings can be found here:

How can anyone read through these documents and not be enraged at the abuse of this particular judge and the cover-up by the BAR oversight boards which have condoned his outrageous behavior. This is a cover-up! And this so-called "judge" is still sitting on the bench!

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Cops Bring Month’s Worth of Groceries to Old Man Who Phoned 911 Hungry

Police officers went above and beyond their duty to help an elderly, disabled man who hadn’t eaten in two days.

The 79-year-old called the Mount Pleasant Tennessee Police Department as a last resort after, he says, a caretaker took off with his social security check.

Four officers spent $160 out of their own pockets to make sure he had food for a month, until his next check arrived. They then showed up at his house with armfuls of groceries.

Afterwards, they started a food pantry at the station, just in case they can help other people in similar situations.

“We’re out here to take care of the public at large and that doesn’t always mean stopping a car,” Patrolman Mark Billions told WKRN News. “Sometimes it’s us doing little things like this.”

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Cops Bring Month’s Worth of Groceries to Old Man Who Phoned 911 Hungry

CJD Finds Ex-Traffic Court Judge Broke Conduct Rules

The Court of Judicial Discipline has found the ex-administrative judge of the Philadelphia Traffic Court, Michael Sullivan, brought the judiciary into disrepute with his role in a ticket-fixing scheme that pervaded the court.

The disciplinary court ruled Thursday that Sullivan had violated several rules governing the conduct of magisterial district judges, prejudiced the proper administration of justice and brought the office into disrepute. The opinion and order, which was written by Judge Jack A. Panella, also set a sanctions hearing for Feb. 5 in the Commonwealth Court courtroom in Harrisburg.

Although Sullivan and several other ex-Traffic Court judges had been found not guilty in the federal prosecution stemming from the same ticket-fixing allegations, the Judicial Conduct Board had contended that Sullivan's conduct violated the state constitution and the state's Rules Governing Standards of Conduct of Magisterial District Judges.

Following a disciplinary trial in November, the court agreed that Sullivan had violated the conduct rules and said he played a large role in a system of "special consideration" for Traffic Court defendants who were politically connected, or friends and family members of the judges and court employees.

"The process afforded to his friends and family, and those with political connections, was different from that given to other members of the general public. In short, respondent and the colleagues who joined him in this system were 'fixing tickets,'" Panella said. "A more apparent case of conduct which brings the judicial office into disrepute is difficult to perceive."

Sullivan's attorney, Samuel C. Stretton, said he was "shocked" by the opinion, and said it did not take the facts of the case into consideration.

"The court's not supposed to start out with an agenda," Stretton said. "They totally ignored the undisputed facts in this case."

Stretton said Sullivan, who only has a high school education, had been taught by other judges that the system was proper procedure, and said that none of the police officers who appeared before Sullivan ever objected to the fact that Sullivan discussed citations with defendants before trial.

"He only gave mercy to the people who deserved it," Stretton said, adding that he plans to file objections to the court's findings.

The court's findings come on the heels of Sullivan pleading guilty to paying employees of his tavern under the table.

Sullivan entered his plea in early December before U.S. District Judge Eduardo C. Robreno of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania for failing to report and pay payroll taxes for employees of the Fireside Tavern, a South Philadelphia bar he co-owned. Sullivan could face up to a year in prison as a result.

In 2014, Sullivan and five other former judges were the focus of a two-month criminal trial for the ticket-fixing scheme.

At the conclusion, Sullivan, Chester County Magisterial District Judge Mark A. Bruno and businessman Robert Moy were found not guilty of fraud and conspiracy charges. Four other former Traffic Court judges beat the government's ticket-fixing charges but were convicted of lying.

The disciplinary court's opinion primarily focused on how Sullivan treated a case involving a friend, and another case involving a bartender who worked at the Fireside Tavern.  (Continue Reading)

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CJD Finds Ex-Traffic Court Judge Broke Conduct Rules

MDH report highlights senior care drug diversions

Drug diversions in health care facilities accounted for about 20 percent of the 141 substantiated allegations of abuse, neglect, or financial exploitation of vulnerable adults between July 2013 and June 2014, according to a new MDH report.

MDH investigators substantiated that 14 health care workers diverted drugs from 27 vulnerable adults in the one-year period ending June 2014. MDH received a total of 192 drug diversion allegations involving thefts from individuals and facilities during this time. Allegations are considered substantiated when a majority of the evidence supports a finding of fault.

“Drug diversion and prescription abuse is a growing area of concern nationally and in Minnesota,” said Minnesota Health Commissioner Dr. Health Ed Ehlinger. “We want patients to be aware of the possibility of drug theft, we want workers to know it will not be tolerated, and we want providers to help prevent it by using best medicine management and tracking practices.”

This is the first year MDH has collected these data as part of its report on the maltreatment of vulnerable adults (PDF). In previous vulnerable adult reports, MDH included drug diversion cases in the financial-exploitation category but did not break them out separately. MDH investigates allegations of drug thefts from individuals under Minnesota’s Vulnerable Adults Act, whereas MDH investigates thefts from facilities under different regulations.

About 70 percent of the substantiated cases of a worker taking medications from a vulnerable adult occurred in nursing homes. The rest occurred in assisted living facilities or care provided in homes. In all of the cases, MDH investigators found the individual workers at fault for the diversions, rather than the facilities. After finding evidence of a drug diversion, facilities typically notified the police and terminated the employee. Some facilities also took steps to prevent future events, such as daily narcotic counts, narcotic counts between shifts, training nurses to identify the signs of drug diversion, changing locks on medication storage boxes, and requiring two staff members to sign off on medication flow sheets.

A joint MDH and Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) work group charged with improving care for vulnerable adults has selected control and storage of medications as a key focus area. At the direction of the Governor and the Legislature, DHS has also formed an expert work group to address the wide availability of prescription opioids and provide recommendations that will guide Minnesota’s response to the crisis of opioid overuse and abuse.

The Maltreatment of Vulnerable Adults Update includes mistreatment allegations of vulnerable adults occurring in facilities licensed by MDH including nursing homes, hospitals, boarding care homes, supervised living facilities, assisted living providers, home care providers, hospice providers, and free standing outpatient surgical centers. The full report is available at the MDH Health Regulation Division website at Maltreatment of Vulnerable Adults Update (PDF).

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A major challenge to address the maternal mortality issue is the strengthening of awareness campaigns. It has been witnessed that despite an extensive network of infrastructure and significant amount of resources spent on maternal health programmes, maternal mortality indicator does not show a promising picture.

Safe and healthy maternal care is the constitutional right of every women in Pakistan. Maternal health standards surround the respectful maternal care at all levels of pregnancy including prenatal care, safe child birth and postpartum checkups. So, it is the responsibility of the government to ensure these rights by establishing enabling environment to support safe maternal health. The constitutional rights of women health are violated when pregnant as well as birthing women are prone to death due to maternal complications such as mistreatment, illness, injury due to domestic violence, abuse, and renunciations of information and other social and cultural issues. After devolution, it is the obligations of provincial governments in Pakistan to ensure maternal health rights. At a time once most, when different countries are showing drastic progress on maternal health, pregnant and birthing, within this geographical region, women are suffering death and injury at ever-increasing rates.

Although, Women’s health during pregnancy has been an important priority in provincial health plans and programmes in Punjab over the last decade due to the government’s commitment towards achieving the worldwide agenda of Millennium development Goals initially and later the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). There are over 6000 children born every day in Punjab. According to MICS 2018 data, 73.3 percent of the deliveries in Punjab are institutional deliveries. This implies that a large number of childbearing women and newborns account for hospital stays each year, making childbirth by far the most common reason for hospitalization and a cause of public health care expenditure. The efforts for improving the maternal mortality indicator have not been able to achieve the desired outcomes because according to the latest data (MICS 2018) there has been a substantial increase in the maternal mortality ratio. Maternal mortality figures in the Punjab have reached high of 180 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2018, these figures have increased from 178 deaths per 100,000 live births as per United Nation estimates of 2015. This rise in maternal mortality may be due to various inadequacies in the maternal health programmes and policies of the government. The current maternal mortality figures of Pakistan are worse than those of India and Bangladesh. According to recent World Health Organization (WHO) rankings of countries on maternal mortality rates (MMRs), Pakistan ranks at 130 number. The highest MMRs are found in Sub-Saharan Africa (547) and in low-income countries (496). Conversely, the lowest rates of maternal death are found in high-income countries (10), the European Union (8) and North America (12). The global MMR is 216 per 100, 000 live births. Globally, the MMR fell by nearly 44perecnt over the past 25 years, to an estimated 216 maternal deaths per 100 000 live births in 2015, from an MMR of 385 in 1990.

According to Population Council estimates, each year, nearly 8.6 million women become pregnant in Pakistan, of these, 15percent, i.e., 1.2 million women are likely to face maternal complications. Each year, about 14000 women including 6000 from Punjab die due to pregnancy related complications in Pakistan. With this high MMR, Punjab as well as Pakistan would not been able to achieve its Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) target of reducing maternal mortality to 70 per 100,000 live births by 2030. The situation is upsetting for a province which has a relatively larger health infrastructure than the other provinces. Punjab currently has 3913 health facility units which includes BHUs, RHCs, THQs, DHQs, MCHs and teaching hospitals in the public sector and the sector is on average spending 0.8 percent of its GRP on healthcare. Private sector health care delivery is also a major part of health care system in Punjab which caters a major chunk of the population at their ‘Out of Pocket Expenditure’. The share of private sector spending as a percentage to GRP is relatively higher than the public sector with 1.5 percent of GRP. Despite all these spending, one woman loses her life in every 37 minutes in Pakistan and in 100 minutes in Punjab either due to pregnancy complications or during child-birth. Since every mother has the right to stay alive and healthy therefore, maternal mortality is also a crucial human rights issue. As most of the causes of maternal mortality are not only treatable but also preventable, the rising rate of maternal mortality amounts to the violation of basic human rights of health and life. The mothers in Punjab are facing birth complications and the related untimely deaths because there is no focus on raising the demand for maternal healthcare. There were 26.7 percent of the deliveries which were non institutional or home deliveries by untrained personnel. If pregnant women are given awareness about the health benefits of giving birth in a health facility or hospital, the risk factors associated with maternal morbidity and mortality may be reduce.

The risk of maternal death is associated with various economic, cultural and social factors such as maternal age, income, access to health care facilities and regional disparities. The analysis of these factors is very important for both the preventive and curative measures of maternal health care. For example, according to PDHS 2007 data, maternal mortality ratio in rural areas was 1.8 times higher than that of urban areas. Similarly, the maternal mortality ratio in women aged above 40 was observed to be 4 times higher than those aged below 30. The reason being that the older women are more likely to develop complications during pregnancy or delivery. Effective strategies to promote maternal health should therefore not only include health awareness campaigns targeting women in this age bracket but the government should also have specially designed health and nutrition programmes and policies which cater to the needs to these women.


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Atsushi Kitamoto (北本篤史, Kitamoto Atsushi) is a recurring character from the series, Natsume's Book of Friends.

He's a classmate of Natsume and is good friends with Nishimura Satoru, Tanuma Kaname and Natsume Takashi.

Natsume initially rejects their overtures of friendship due to the fear of his ability being found out, he eventually becomes friends with Kitamoto and Nishimura, although they hang around more often with each other than Natsume.

He has short brown hair and eyes. Additionally, he is also a bit taller than Natsume. He is often seen wearing his school uniform consisting of a white collar shirt and grey pants. In the Winter, he can also be seen wearing long coats and a scarf.

His other appearances are depicted when he is out with his friends.

As noted above, Kitamoto is a sensible and rational boy. This can be seen when he gives up on his potential dream career to become a public servant so he can protect and support his family.

He's also rather responsible, scolding his sister, Mana Kitamoto, when she wakes up their sickly father, also scolding her when she attempts to buy doughnuts. He informs her that their mother will get mad but she dismisses this. Another trait is that he pulled over his father's blanket when it had been falling off.

Kitamoto can also be seen as straightforward, humorous and carefree. He tells Natsume that he doesn't have to force himself to hang out with Nishimura if he doesn't want to. At another point in time, when Nishimura accuses Natsume of 'going out' with Taki, he says he'll wholeheartedly support them, resulting in Nishimura's complaints.[1]

He can also be seen as a glutton, stating that he wishes Mana would stop it with the shapes in his lunchbox as he just wants it to be full of food rather than creative and cute.

Kitamoto can also be seen to contemplate. For instance, he had been thinking that he could've lost his family and his home, likewise to Natsume's circumstances.

Natsume Yuujinchou Kitamoto replacing his father's blanket

Kitamoto pulling over his father's blanket

According to Kitamoto, last year, his father had become ill and this most likely rooted a sense of responsibility within him. This is further supported by the fact that he takes care of both his father and his sister, even wishing to become a public servant to protect the two of them.

It is also demonstrated that Kitamoto genuinely takes care of his father rather than some half-hearted effort.

Kitamoto doesn't play a major role within the series besides being one of Natsume's close friends.

Natsume Yuujinchou Nishimura and Kitamoto being disappointed at the transfer student

Nishimura and Kitamoto disappointed that it was a male transfer student

However, in Episode 69, he does play a major role, likewise to Nishimura. It is both him and Nishimura dictating about their first encounter with Natsume. The two close friends had been informed that a transfer student was going to be coming to school and both had high expectations of it being a female. However, they quickly became disappointed when they had realised it was Natsume Takashi.

Natsume Yuujinchou Kitamoto seeing Natsume in the classroom

Kitamoto finding Natsume in the classroom

Their first conversation is when Kitamoto is walking by the classroom and notices that Natsume is reading a book near the corner. He calls out to him, only for Natsume to instantly turn and sharply gaze at him. Kitamoto quickly apologises saying that he hadn't intended to scare Natsume and Natsume also apologises, stating that it was dark and he wasn't able to see who was there. Kitamoto questions if Natsume had accidentally confused him for someone else. During this point in time, Kitamoto observes that Natsume's eyes had seemed like glass beads, fake, without emotion and impossible to read.

The following day, Natsume apologises to Kitamoto again, stating that when he moves somewhere new, he often makes mistakes like that and says he can't distinguish who is who. Kitamoto roughly assumes that Natsume means the people that are bullies and the people that aren't bullies. The two proceed to have a conversation and Natsume comments how Kitamoto is a nice person and says that he'd make nice friends since he's a nice person. Kitamoto realises that Natsume must've had so little communication with others that he didn't know what was embarrassing to say and what wasn't.

Kitamoto and Nishimura finding Natsume's reactions entertaining

Nishimura and Kitamoto finding Natsume's reactions funny

Afterwards, the two became friends and began hanging out with each other as a trio, Nishimura, Kitamoto and Natsume. During their outings, Kitamoto and Nishimura were entertained by Natsume's reactions to several things that they had ended up bringing him everywhere.

They also speak of their post-graduation plans and when Kitamoto briefly reminds Natsume to tell the Fujiwaras' about what he wants to do, he notes that the light from Natsume's eyes faded away. When Kitamoto arrives at home, he thinks to himself that there are times he's scared of Natsume. This is because he becomes aware of the fact that he could easily lose his family and his home.

Kitamoto speaking to the teacher after school

Teacher speaking to Kitamoto after school

The following day, Kitamoto is confronted by a teacher about his post-graduation plans, questioning why he wants to become a public servant. This is most likely because of the sense of responsibility he feels towards his family. He lies and says the career piqued his interest and that he hadn't informed his family when prompted. This results in him having to stay back after school to meet the teacher. Although the scene isn't displayed, Kitamoto explains his circumstances to the teacher and they state that what he wants to do is important as well regardless of his family circumstances. Kitamoto contemplates, questioning whether it's really ok for him to not do anything to protect his family and wonders about losing them like Natsume had.

Just as Kitamoto is about to head back home, he overhears Natsume speaking to someone, unbeknownst to Kitamoto, it is the youkai. It demands Natsume to assist in finding the bell that it dropped but Natsume refuses, requesting for him to go home and stating that the youkai should just find the bell itself. Kitamoto begins to hear Natsume struggling and runs to help him. However, upon entering the classroom, the youkai flees and Kitamoto also realises no one is there. He states that he thought someone had been threatening Natsume and invites him to head back home together.

Natsume Yuujinchou Kitamoto finding out there's no teachers in the school

Kitamoto discovering there are no teachers at school

The two attempt to head home, however, the front door is locked. Natsume states that he'll go find a teacher they can open it but rather heads to the classroom where the youkai previously was. During this time, Kitamoto also searches around for a teacher, unbeknownst to the fact that the youkai most likely sent them into a parallel world of sorts as all the teachers are missing. Even when calling out, he realises that no teacher answers and comments that it was strange how no one was present. At the same time, Natsume is in the classroom, informing the youkai that he'll assist in searching for the bell for the condition of releasing Kitamoto so he can head back home.

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Natsume within the grasp of the youkai's power

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Kitamoto finding the youkai's bell

While Kitamoto is still searching for a teacher, he finds the youkai's bell and recalls Natsume speaking about a bell. He hears the sound of a door rattling from a distance which prompts him to head back to the classroom where he had found Natsume being supposedly threatened. He hears Natsume shout in response and opens the door to discover Natsume within the grasp of the youkai's power.

Upon movement to defend himself against the youkai's wind, the bell resounds and the youkai instantaneously launches itself towards him and snatches the bell. At that moment, the gush of wind ends and Natsume comments that it was such a bad whirlwind and that it went out the window, meaning the youkai had gone out the window. Kitamoto reluctantly agrees, saying that it was crazy, doubting that it was a whirlwind.

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Natsume thanking Kitamoto for saving him

However, he seemingly dismisses this and asks Natsume if he's alright. Natsume thanks Kitamoto for coming to save him. Kitamoto thinks to himself that it was a strange sight, almost as if they were deceived by a fox. This probably implies that the youkai was in the form of a fox. He realises that the front door had been open again and that the teachers were back and the two head back home once again like their original plans had intended.

Whilst walking home with Natsume, Kitamoto notes how calm Natsume had looked and felt as though he were someone far away as though he lived in a different world. They begin speaking about their post-graduation plans again and Kitamoto states that he wasn't really sure about a lot of things and Natsume agrees.

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Natsume stating that he wants to stay here forever

Natsume says that he doesn't ever want to leave this place and acknowledges that it's probably impossible. He states that he loves this place and once again, he repeats that he wants to stay here forever. Kitamoto thinks to himself that it was probably how Natsume had truly felt and that it was more important than anything. He also wonders if he could be a little more honest with himself as well, even if he may not have been able to find an answer.

Nishimura encountering Natsume and Kitamoto on his bike

Nishimura encountering Natsume and Kitamoto on his bike

The two encounter Nishimura riding on his bike who questions if they literally left the school just now. However, he proceeds to say that he doesn't know what to do post-graduation despite saying he wanted to go to the city and get a girlfriend previously. He then asks if Natsume and Kitamoto would listen to him.

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  • When he first appears in the anime, he is in the same class as Natsume in Second year 2, Class 2 (2-2) with Natsume. However, at another point of time, he is seen together with Tanuma in Second Year 2, Class 5 (2-5).
  • His academics abilities are not impressive, but proficient.

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"Sometimes people have a little bit of trouble separating reality from a television show," Kress told MTV News when we sat down with the actor in our offices late last week.And in fact, after Kress and Moore announced their wedding, both of their instagrams were flooded with comments more about Kress' fictional relationships, than his real one."Honestly, the only things that kind of bother me are more the people who will go on London’s stuff and say, 'I hate you, you’re horrible because Freddie's supposed to be with Sam,'" Kress added.And there is a fine line between being jokingly upset about TV show characters' relationships, and actually projecting anger onto someone deemed "responsible." On the show, Freddie pined after Carly since the pilot, and their entire "more than BFFs" relationship culminated with Carly spontaneously kissing Freddie during one of the last scenes of the finale. Gibby: Well you know, Sam and Freddie are always hanging out together now, Carly: Yeah? Freddie: [ignores Carly] Some things are more important than ham! Sam: And I say a gentleman should happily treat his chick to a smoothie no matter how enormous! So don't go thinking I'm gonna have to take-- [Gibby holds up the puppy and the puppy licks her nose] Aaaaaw! Freddie: [barges in] Good Carly's here, lets ask her Sam: After I get some ham Carly: What's going on? Freddie: T-Bo gave us a gigantic smoothie then tried to make me pay 36 bucks for it. Carly: If a guy really likes a girl and they're dating, I think it's nice for the guy to give the girl an enormous smoothie now and then.. Carly: But nice girls don't demand things from guys they're dating Freddie: BOOM!

Sam: And anyway, have you ever had the lasagna at Pini's? Carly: [annoyed] I'm just supposed to sit here and wait for you guys to have a fight, so I can settle it? [guy walks away] Carly: If you guys can't learn to work things out on your own then, you shouldn't be dating at all! Nathan Kress was only 14 years old when he started filming the hit Nickelodeon show "i Carly." Soon, he became a household name, with his character Freddie Benson stuck in the midst of an internet ship war amongst fans.And even though the show ended a little over three years ago, fans still haven't slowed down with "Creddie" (Carly & Freddie) and "Seddie" (Sam & Freddie) shipping."It was basically an abusive relationship with Sam...It was this weird kind of love/hate thing going on, and personally, especially after seeing all of that play out and then comparing it to marriage and everything else, I can't imagine anyone wanting to be married to someone where that’s a normal thing." Even though he's only been married for about a month, Kress' relationship appears to be the exact opposite of Freddie and Sam's situation.

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Emergency Dental Services

When our teeth are healthy and functioning well, it can be easy to take them for granted. When pain or injury occur, it can be difficult to know what steps to take and where to go if we’ve never been in that situation before. Let’s explore how to identify a dental emergency and what to do if it occurs.

In emergency situations involving tooth breaks, loss or other injury, we suggest aiming to seek emergency dental care within 30 minutes of the injury or trauma. In cases of severe pain, we suggest seeing a dentist as soon as possible.

When an emergency occurs, see the closest available dentist. For example, sports related knock-outs or similar traumas should be treated at the most accessible clinic to the site of the incident. If your regular dentist is a 45-minute drive away and you’ve lost a tooth, see the closest available dentist to where you are at the time. Delaying intervention by a dentist could result in a tooth being unsalvageable.

What is a Dental Emergency?

Severe Pain

Extreme pain in the teeth or gums represents an emergency. Whether we can see an injury or problem is less important than the severe pain itself which is an indication of something (like an infection) going on beneath the surface.

If you perceive an unfamiliar sensation in the gums and discover a pustule (pimple) on the gums this is considered an emergency because it indicates an infection inside the tissue which has the potential to be dangerous. This is also known as a dental abscess.

Foul Taste With Pain

If you are experiencing pain and swelling along with a foul taste coming from one area of the mouth, this is another indication that an infection could be lingering below the surface. Not all pustules present as a ‘balloon’, you may have slow seeping around the infected tissue. Often accompanied by inflammation of the tissues.

Broken Tooth

Teeth that have broken away around a cavity or when eating something hard. Teeth that have broken are often fixable, so get yourself to an emergency dental appointment without delay.

Cracked Tooth

Cracks in teeth that cause sharp pain during use could be cracked into the pulp and root system. This is critical to rectify before infection occurs.

Knocked Out Tooth

Teeth that have been knocked out of their sockets by sustaining a blow are considered emergencies.

Lacerations Or Cuts

Severe tongue bites and lacerations of the oral tissues are emergent, particularly when bleeding won’t stop.

Broken Jaw

If you think you have broken your jaw, seeing a dentist or emergency room physician immediately is recommended.

Extremely Loose Tooth

If your tooth has lost its stability due to trauma or infection, it needs to be seen urgently to increase the chances of saving the natural tooth.

What is Not a Dental Emergency?

Small Chips or Cracks

Small chips or cracks in the teeth that are not causing discomfort is not considered emergent. You can discuss options for treatment at the earliest available non-emergent appointment time with your dentist.

Loss of Restoration

If you’ve lost a restoration such as a filling, temporary crown or bridge, you may not need to see a dentist right away. If you are experiencing discomfort from a lost filling, placing a small amount of dental wax or sugar free gum over the area where the filling has been lost will act as a protective barrier to decrease your discomfort until you are able to see your dentist. Similarly, your lost temporary crown can be replaced onto the prepared tooth with a small amount of Vaseline to assist the crown in staying in place until an appointment can be made with your dentist.

Lodged Food

If you have something stuck between your teeth that has not been able to be removed using dental floss or rinsing, call your dentist to arrange a non-emergent appointment at your earliest convenience. Avoid poking at the area with tools or implements, as you may risk damage to the enamel or surrounding tissues.

Minor Aches

Dull pain that is remedied by over-the-counter medications do not need to be seen emergently.

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What To Do In Certain Dental Situations?

Oral Pain

Never use heat to treat pain in the mouth or jaw. Heat can draw blood to the area, cause increased inflammation and can potentially worsen the pressure in an abscess causing further pain. For severe dental pain, use an ice pack on the outside of the mouth and/or hold ice water in the mouth to assist in decreasing inflammation and pain until you can have the cause of the pain diagnosed at your emergency dental appointment.

If you see either a weeping or a contained white head on the gum line, you likely have a dental abscess.  These infections below the gum line need to be seen before they become systemic or put the tooth at risk. Avoid extremely hot or cold beverages and rinse your mouth frequently with lukewarm salt water until you can see your dentist. Abscessed teeth frequently require root canals or tooth extraction and are likely to require antibiotics as well. Avoid taking ibuprofen-based pain relievers like Advil, as these medications can complicate dental procedures because they have blood-thinning properties.

Breaks & Cracks

Collect all pieces of your tooth, rinse the pieces and your mouth gently, taking care not to lose any pieces. Place the pieces in the cheek pocket until you can see a dentist or transport the pieces in a clean container full of cold milk.

If your tooth is cracked and causing pain, avoid chewing on that side until you can see your dentist.

Knocked Out Tooth

If you have had a tooth knocked out of its socket, act quickly. Begin by holding the tooth by its crown (never by its roots). Gently rinse the mouth and tooth being careful not to remove tissue or clean the tooth aggressively. Gently place the tooth back into the socket, applying gentle pressure by closing the mouth to keep the tooth in place. If the tooth does not go back into the socket, store it in your cheek or a clean container of cold milk and head directly to the nearest emergency dentist.

Oral Cuts

If you have injured the tissues of the mouth and require stitches, rinse the mouth gently and apply gauze and gentle pressure to lacerations or injured tissue. Get to the nearest dentist, or, your nearest emergency room may be able to offer treatment to injured tissues.

Broken Jaw

If you suspect that you’ve broken your jaw, immediately apply ice to minimize swelling and head to your nearest emergency dentist or emergency department for diagnosis and treatment.

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Writing For An Exam Essay - Get The Answers For Your Professor

Writing For An Exam Essay - Get The Answers For Your ProfessorYou've heard of his teacher and you want to take his exam and with this you need to write an effective exam essay. If you don't know anything about the subject, it's time to find out more. Wake Tech has a guide for you to ace your test and this is a good thing.It's been recommended that Europe, Africa and Asia are the most famous areas for writing an exam essay. This is because these subjects give a very specific type of requirement for you to get an AB grade. Wake Tech is a software designed to help you prepare for the exam, while improving your writing skills. So, firstly you need to find out what these subjects are.It is a world of massive cultures and is shaped by every element known to man. There are many countries, with diverse social conditions and lifestyles. With a little research you will discover the kind of environment you need to write an exam essay.Germany is one of the best places to go, because there are ma ny different varieties of people. You can see how different they think, which is different from your own thought. The pace of life is very fast here, so there are hardly any days in which you won't be able to sleep.In Europe you have the UK, France, Belgium, Holland, Denmark, Italy, Luxembourg, Austria, Switzerland, Poland, Portugal, Iceland, Spain, Poland, Cyprus, Malta, Lithuania, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Romania, Portugal, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo. Each of these countries has its own culture and does have their own individual set of traits. The environment they live in is similar to that of the U.S.A.The Scandinavian nations are known as the lands of giants, which makes them the dominant world power, but the same can be said about the other countries in Europe. And the biggest nation of the world is the United States of America. The majority of the population is made up of Hispanic people. So, w hen you are preparing for your exam you need to be aware of the classifications of the topic you are working on.The Wake Tech program is used by many professional exam writers and has proved to be an effective tool. The best thing about this software is that you can use it anytime you need a quick set of papers for your own purpose. Take the opportunity and find out more about the program.

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Cute 3D artwork by French artist Nicolas Lesaffre. Nicolas has been working in this industry since 10 years, specializing in 3D animation directing, character design, illustration and photorealistic 3D print work. He has collaborated with collaborate with many of the worldwide adverstising agencies ( Ogilvy, TBWA, BBH, BBDO, JWT, Leo Burnett, Eurorscg BETC … ) and clients – Mc Donalds, Motorolla, Volkwagen, Duracel, Nissan. He’s now located in Hong Kong and partner of Mecanique Generale Film, mecanique-g.com, in Paris.

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FRIENDS Reunion Special Officially Coming to HBO Max

If you needed a new incentive to sign up for the upcoming HBO Max service, this news might just be the thing to push you into subscribing. Not only will the entire ten season run of Friends be available exclusively on the brand new streaming service, but now the original cast is returning for a brand new reunion special after fifteen long years. It is set to debut in May of this year.

Original series stars Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry, and David Schwimmer will all return to the iconic sitcom’s original soundstage, Stage 24, on the Warner Bros. Studio lot in Burbank for a celebration of the beloved series, which helped to define a decade for millions of fans across the globe.

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Despite many fans hoping for a movie or series of episodes that bring back the actors to their iconic roles, this actually won’t be an in-story reunion, but will instead be an unscripted cast reunion special. So if you’re hoping to find out what happened to the characters of  Rachel, Monica, Phoebe,  Joey, Chandler, and Ross, well, that will have to remain a mystery for now. The returning cast will all serve as executive producers on this special, and Ben Winston will direct.

In a statement, HBO Max’s Kevin Reilly said “Guess you could call this ‘the one where they all got back together’ — we are reuniting with David, Jennifer, Courteney, Matt, Lisa, and Matthew for an HBO Max special that will be programmed alongside the entire Friends library. I became aware of Friends when it was in the very early stages of development and then had the opportunity to work on the series many years later and have delighted in seeing it catch on with viewers generation after generation. It taps into an era when friends – and audiences – gathered together in real time and we think this reunion special will capture that spirit, uniting original and new fans.”

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Last year, Friends celebrated its 25th anniversary, and there were even special screening of episodes in select movie theaters. Fans have never let go of their affection for this series, which continues to pull in huge numbers in syndication. Although the cast have all gone on to lucrative careers outside of the series, fans will forever connect them to the show that turned them all into household names. Although fans have been hoping for a movie or an “event series” instead, it’s always possible that this cast reunion sparks a conversation that leads the cast into considering something along those line in the future. So Friends fans, don’t give up hope just yet.

For those who are wanting to catch up on the classic Friends episodes, sister WarnerMedia network TBS recently announced that for the next four weeks every episode of Friends will air on TBS and livestream on the TBS app, weekdays from 10:00am – 4:00pm. Additionally, the network has curated an experience for fans offering the best of the series on their digital platforms.

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Classic Tex Avery Cartoons Restored and Coming to Blu-ray

One of the greatest pioneers of animation’s Golden Age of the ’30s through the ’50s was the one and only Tex Avery. Where Disney cartoons were safe wholesome fun for the whole family, and Looney Tunes were wild but not too wild, Tex Avery’s animated shorts were just flat out bonkers. And more than just a little bit horny.

Now, according to a report over at Animation Scoop, it looks like Warner Brothers is bringing those classic cartoons to Blu-ray in glorious high definition at long last.

Cover art for Warner Archives' ipcoming Tex Avery Blu-ray collection.

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Warner Archive Collection has restored several of Avery’s classic MGM cartoons of the 1940s and early 50s, from brand new 1080p HD masters made from 4K scans of archival elements. And you won’t have to wait long to see them either, as they’ll be available to purchase on Blu-ray starting on February 18th. These were created using brand new 1080p HD Masters from 4K scans of archival elements.

This release is called Tex Avery Screwball Classics Vol. 1, which suggests we are going to be getting a volume 2 at some point in the near future. You can check out the new Blu-ray cover art above, and you can pre-order your copy by clicking here.

The always randy Tex Avery wolf has become an internet meme some 70 years later.

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For those of you possibly too young to know, Tex Avery was a legendary animator was an instrumental factor in the creation of animation icons such as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and other Warner Brothers Looney Tunes characters. But he left Warner Brothers for rival studio MGM in the forties, where he created some of the most memorable animated shorts of all time. He never felt quite appreciated at Warners, and MGM let him cut loose and go nuts. Of course, now Warner Brothers own the old MGM library, so it all came full circle anyway. You’ve seen that GIF of wolf with his eyes poppin’ out on social media? That’s a Tex Avery creation.

This first volume of Tex Avery Screwball Classics contains 19 cartoon shorts, including the following:

Red Hot Riding Hood is one of Tex Avery's more infamous toons from the '40s.

Red Hot Riding Hood
Who Killed Who?
What’s Buzzin’ Buzzard?
Batty Baseball
The Hick Chick
Bad Luck Blackie
Garden Gopher
The Peachy Cobbler
Symphony in Slang

Tex Avery's Screwy Squirrel was one of his most famous creations.

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Featuring Screwy Squirrel:

Screwball Squirrel
The Screwy Truant
Big-Heel Watha
Lonesome Lenny

George and Junior was Avery's riff of popular big dumb guy tropes of that era.

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Featuring George & Junior

Hound Hunters
Red Hot Rangers

Tex Avery's Droopy Dog remains a staple of late night Cartoon Network showings to this day.

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Featuring Droopy Dog:

Dumb Hounded
Wags to Riches
The Chump Champ
Daredevil Droopy

This seems like a lot, and it is over two hours long in total. But there are still tons of other Tex Avery animated shorts that could fill up a second and third volume easily. Among them are his brilliant spoofs like The House of Tomorrow and The TV of Tomorrow, a series of animated shorts that threw more than a little shade at Walt Disney’s futurist toons. Those old Disney cartoons were made to glorify the modern luxuries of the Atomic Age, and were more than a little hokey. We fully expect to see this in a future Blu-ray compilation down the road.

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