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Miwa Sado found out, putting in 159 hours in overtime a month in pursuit of the good life can kill you!
The good life can be defined so many ways by as many slices that we can only begin to ponder its complexity. One culture may place more emphasis on relationships, another on status and still another money. Much of our images of an ideal life are socially constructed.
For many of us, the good life is very personal but is often matched against the wishes of our social networks. Where one group of friends may seek sports glory another group could view musicians as having the ideal life. Our needs often seek a type of alignment with the needs of our group.
The good life is that which makes us feel as though we are living meaningful lives of value where you wake up every morning excited to pursue your goals. It is a life we would be happy to live again if given the chance. Our lives are seen as valuable when compared to the lives of others and we find out we are "winning".
Work is important but so is the enjoyment of life from the fruits of one's work. Unless you are engaged in deep and meaningful work pursuits chances are your complex interests have outlets beyond your daily tasks. It is rare to find a job that fulfills all your needs. It is likely even rarer to find old people wishing they worked more hours.
Thus the good life is only partly work but also partly something else such as family, friends, travel, health, spiritual, and meaning. The good life is a culmination of at least a few things of which money and status are only a few. Its subjective difference apparent when comparing good life perceptions among simple and more complex societies that maintain similar psychological streams across different times and places.


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The wait is finally over – for US Macintosh users, at least. Apple is finally shipping its stunning Cinema Display, "the largest LCD ever brought to market". Apple UK were unavailable for comment on availability on this side of the Atlantic.
The Apple Cinema Display is a 22-inch all-digital flat panel that features a sharp, "distortion-free" image and impressive wide-format design. Combined with the new all-digital Power Mac G4, Apple claims the Cinema Display "creates the ultimate system for creative professionals".
"The Apple Cinema Display is the best looking, best performing all digital flat panel ever made," said Phil Schiller, Apple's vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing.
"Combined with the industry-leading high-performance graphics engine in the new Power Mac G4, the Cinema Display provides design and publishing professionals with an ideal system to perform the most demanding tasks."
The Cinema Display, which incorporates LG Philips LCD Co.'s 22-inch Active Matrix LCD, is – according to Apple - twice as bright, twice as sharp and has three times the contrast of CRT displays, plus zero flicker. Its display data is supplied digitally from Apple's Power Mac G4 computers, and it provides an integrated two-port hub that allows users to quickly and easily attach USB peripherals.
The Cinema Display comes in a stunning clear enclosure that complements the Graphite-coloured Power Mac G4.
Slim in design, the display can feature two full-sized A4 pages on the screen simultaneously - a key feature for design and publishing professionals who demand a large virtual workspace. LG.Philips last month announced mass production of the LCD.
In addition to the Apple Cinema Display, Apple is also shipping a new 15-inch, all-digital Studio Display that features a digital video interface that is compatible with all configurations of the new Power Mac G4 line.
The Apple Cinema Display is sold exclusively through The Apple Store, and must be bundled with a new Power Mac G4 computer. As soon as it becomes available in the UK, you'll be able to get the Cinema Display with the 450MHz Power Mac G4 for £5,198, ex VAT (£6,107.65 including VAT).
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Parents of Swaffham boy who has battled rare blood disorder for seven years prepare for transplant
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For the past seven years teenager Archie Ramshaw has been battling an extremely rare blood disorder which has seen him have more than 150 blood transfusions. Reporter Rebecca Murphy spoke to his family as they prepare for the next stage of his journey.
In October 2010, the life of Archie Ramshaw changed forever.
Then aged just seven, Archie was diagnosed with a rare form of anaemia known as Congenital Sideroblastic Anaemia.
The condition means Archie's bone marrow is unable to produce healthy blood cells. Sideroblastic Anaemia stops Archie's body transferring the iron in his blood into haemoglobin, which red cells need to transport oxygen efficiently.
Now aged 14, the teenager, who lives in Swaffham with his older brother Harry and mother and father Theresa and Craig, has had more than 150 blood transfusions and takes 11 tablets a day.
The transfusions have resulted in him contracting several blood and bone marrow viruses and he has had to have his spleen removed.
The teenager is now starting to build up a resistance to the transfusions and they have left his organs riddled with iron. He has to have a needle inserted into his stomach for 10 hours a day to remove the excess iron from his body.
Mrs Ramshaw said the only way forward for Archie is a bone marrow transplant, which will replace the damaged blood cells with healthy ones.
She said: "There is no other option. If we carried on the way we are he would not make it to his adult years. It could be really good or it could not be good and something we don't want to think about. If it does not work and Archie is still here, we don't know what is next."
Mr Ramshaw added: "There are big risks with the surgery. The whole bone marrow transplant is another journey. Hopefully when we come out of the other side of this we can focus on where he wants to be."
Archie's transplant is set to take place at St Mary's Hospital in London this year.
He will spend part of that time in isolation and could be in hospital for a number of months. Recovery could take up to a year.
Mr Ramshaw, an IT project manager, said the transplant will be "ugly".
"He will end up with sores in his mouth and he will lose his hair," he said. "The side effects from having this aggressive chemotherapy will be awful. And there will be the added complication of the liver fibrosis which will make it even more risky."
The couple said Archie is starting to get "fed up" with trying to manage the illness along with the pain, side effects and school.
"Up until a few weeks ago he was happy and smiley but he is just fed up," said Mrs Ramshaw, who is a community healthcare assistant and is also studying for a nursing degree.
"He sees all his hospital friends coming into hospital and going out. You also see the other people who come in for a transplant and don't come out. Archie has witnessed all of this so he must be terrified."
The couple said they hope after the transplant that the Nicholas Hamond Academy pupil can carry on as a "relatively normal teenager" and get back to enjoying football and going out with his friends.
"We hope that once he has had the transplant he will not have to have blood transfusions. We are hoping that he will not have to have the needle into his stomach for 10 hours every night," said Mr Ramshaw.
"We are hoping he will not have to take the copious amounts of medication on a daily basis just to manage the side effects of the treatment he is having to manage the illness that he has got."
The family have worked out it will cost around £8,000 to fund travelling, parking, hotels and food over a six month period while Archie is in hospital.
To help towards the expenses the family have started a fundraising page and so far nearly £5,000 has been raised.
Mr Ramshaw said: "My primary focus is to ensure that we fund as much as possible for all the additional costs throughout the transplant so that we can spend time with Archie, by his bed, where he needs us, without having to worry and stress about finances."
Mrs Ramshaw added: "The support we have had has just been fantastic. I cannot believe how big it has got. My main aim was to bring awareness and if we got donations then that would be amazing."
To donate visit the Ramshaw's fundraising page more information about Archie and his journey can be found on his website or Archie's Bone Marrow Transplant on Facebook.
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Esther Woolfson is, in the nicest possible way, potty about birds. And she is interested in their existence not as you or I might be, merely in the ornithological sense, but in birds as sharers of human living space.
As one brought up on a rural smallholding to which the local people brought for harbourage a stream of stricken avians – the concussed gull, the unfledged house sparrow and the, alas, irreparably broken-winged peewit – I am familiar with the mental condition that simply cannot say 'no' to any bird that is proffered.


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Felix Salmon, on Facebook's acquisition spree:
Zuckerberg knows how short-lived products can be, on the internet: he knows that if he wants to build a company which will last decades, it's going to have to outlast Facebook as we currently conceive it. The trick is to use Facebook's current awesome profitability and size to acquire a portfolio of companies; as one becomes passé, the next will take over. Probably none of them will ever be as big and dominant as Facebook is today, but that's OK: together, they can be huge.
The difference I see: Warren Buffet buys companies with a track record of profitability.
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French social media users may not post exit poll results of Sunday's election until after all polls close, and disobeying that rule could result in the cancellation of some results, according to French media reports cited by the Guardian and others. The French polling commission had confirmed that social media sites fall under current rules under which French media are prohibited from publishing polls or exit poll results between midnight on the Friday preceding election day until all voting stations have closed on Sunday, France 24 had reported earlier. This coming Sunday is the date of the first round of the presidential election between incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy, and his opponent, François Hollande.
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French law prohibits the media from publishing polls or exit surveys between midnight on the Friday before election day until all the voting stations have closed on Sunday - 8pm in cities and 6pm in towns. The French commission for opinion polls has ruled that Twitter and Facebook fall within the legal definition of media and are bound by the law.The Journal du Dimanche headlined an article about the situation: "Twitter fera-t-il bugger l'élection?" (Will Twitter crash the election?)
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'Tomorrow People': Jason Dohring on Playing John's Darker Half and a Guy 'Unhinged'
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John Young has met his match on The Tomorrow People.
After exploring Cara's past, The CW drama turns its focus on the de facto leader of the Tomorrow People in the Oct. 30 episode, "Kill or Be Killed." Set on fighting back against Ultra, the organization that wants to wipe out his kind, John's past comes bubbling to the surface when the vengeful Killian McCrane, a dangerous operative with whom he had ties at Ultra, comes back to town on a fiery rampage after years in hiding.
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In a chat with The Hollywood Reporter, Veronica Mars alum Jason Dohring -- who plays Killian -- discusses playing a character described as the "dark version of John," why Killian decided to return now and what a Killian/John team-up would look like.
How would you describe Killian McCrane?
The way it was described to me was Killian is the dark version of John. He and John were both children, in a sick way, of Jedikiah. He raised these guys, he brought them up, he changed them to his own ends. They're both dealing with it in a different way. John just wants to separate from the humans and Killian just wants to wipe them off from the face of the Earth. It's the first story in The Tomorrow People where in essence it vindicates the agenda of the bad guy. You can see that although Killian's this dangerous, unhinged, paranormal guy who wants to inflict injury on the human race, he's doing it out of revenge on [Jedikiah] who genetically programmed him to protect humankind.
Killian and John do represent opposite ends of the spectrum.
Absolutely, and yet they grew up together so they have all that backstory. I think John was treated more fairly there, which is also why Killian takes his aggression out on the world.
Is there an aspect to Killian's personality or his perspective on the world that played into why he went down a much more destructive path?
For sure. I created different things that happened to Killian that made him feel more alienated so it would make sense to play the role. I would create different things that would happen at Ultra: What kind of drugs [were used]? What kind of torture did they use on this guy?
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The differences between Killian and John are apparent, but how are they similar?
They both have a freak quality and it was a small group of children that were picked up for that purpose. When you have that kind of bond, that's what you're seeing in the episode. These guys do have a past where they can relate to each other and he's probably the only guy who can relate to Killian.
Is there a part of him that wishes he turned out more like John?
He has different opinions of John. I'd like to believe that there was some good quality in him. I think he thinks that John is weak. He thinks he's light years ahead of John in ability to fight and power. He was shaped how he was shaped. I don't think he thinks he was the worst qualities of John.
Why did Killian pick this particular moment to resurface?
That's a good point. I don't know if I gave too much attention to that as I could have. Maybe he was just waiting to find out how he felt, getting his feelings under control. Now that he was away from Ultra for a while, the more he stewed on it, he turned his vengeance to Jedikiah and what he was trying to do. [For him] Jedikiah equals human race, which then equals destroying the human race. That's sort of his thinking.
If Killian and John teamed up for the same cause, what would that look like?
I asked about that too. If they teamed up, they could destroy humankind. I think there's a screw loose with this guy [Killian]. He thinks humankind is dangerous and those people who drugged him at Ultra are the ones who are trying to destroy him and turn him different than what he is and harness his powers.
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The quality of dementia care in hospitals has featured in many newspapers. The Times reported that campaigners have said, "Patients with dementia are staying too long in hospital and receiving 'disgraceful' care that worsens their condition." The Daily Telegraph said that "one in three never go back to their own homes and are discharged to a nursing home instead."
The news stories are based on a report from the Alzheimer's Society, which surveyed a large number of carers, nursing staff and nurse/ward managers on the quality of care given to people with dementia. Although the report gives the current opinion of a broad cross section of these groups of people, it cannot be considered a consensus. The figures that have been quoted by the newspapers should also be considered as the collective opinion of those surveyed.
However, the people who were surveyed are among the most experienced in the care of people with Alzheimer's, and their overwhelming opinion is that hospital care needs to be improved. The society has made several objectives to achieve this aim.
What is the basis for these news reports?
The news stories are based on a report called Counting the Cost , which was commissioned by the Alzheimer's Society. The charity reports that there are 700,000 people with dementia in the UK and that their care varies considerably. This report is part of the charity's 'Putting Care Right' campaign, which aims to improve the quality of care for people with dementia.
The Counting the Cost report surveyed 1,291 carers, 657 nursing staff and 479 nurse/ward managers from general wards in hospitals across England, Wales and Northern Ireland. All members of the Alzheimer's Society (about 21,000 people) were also asked to participate. The ward manager/nurse survey was sent to all ward managers and nurse managers who were identified from two databases.
People who agreed to take part completed questionnaires on the quality of care given to people with dementia. The majority of respondents were from England (91% of carers, 89% of nursing staff and 86% of the nurse managers).
The report also used evidence from national reports, a systematic review of dementia care in hospital general wards, and other published research.
What did the report conclude?
The report is extensive and only a summary of its main findings are presented here:
- At any one time, a quarter of hospital beds are taken by people over the age of 65 with dementia, and 97% of nursing staff report that they always or sometimes care for a person with dementia.
- Across England, Wales and Northern Ireland, there is considerable variation in the quality of dementia care on general wards, with some being excellent and some demonstrating neglectful care.
- 86% of nurse managers said that people with dementia are hospitalised for longer periods than those admitted for similar medical conditions without dementia, and 49% of carers said that the duration of care was longer than expected.
- 47% of carers reported deterioration in the person's physical health and 54% reported deterioration in dementia symptoms while they were in hospital.
- Over a third of people with dementia who were previously living in their own homes are discharged to a care home.
- 77% of nurse managers and nursing staff said that antipsychotic drugs were always or sometimes used to treat people with dementia in hospital. However, up to 25% of them thought that the drugs had not been appropriately prescribed.
- 77% of carers said they were dissatisfied with the overall quality of dementia care provided. Key areas of their dissatisfaction were:
− Nurses not recognising or understanding dementia.
− Lack of personal care.
− Patients not being helped to eat and drink.
− Lack of opportunity for social interaction.
− Patients and carers not having as much involvement in decision-making as they would like.
− The person with dementia not being treated with due dignity and respect.
- Nursing staff had concerns about:
− Managing patients with challenging or difficult behaviour.
− Communication difficulties.
− Not having enough time to spend with patients and provide one-to-one care.
− Problems with patients wandering around, and not being able to ensure patient safety.
- The report predicts that supporting people with dementia to leave hospital one week earlier than they currently do could result in savings of at least £80million a year.
Are these opinions widespread?
This report offers a broad cross section of the current opinion of carers and healthcare providers on the state of hospital care for patients with dementia. However, it cannot be considered a consensus as it is not clear exactly what proportion of those professional staff who were asked to participate did so, although the report says that the response level was high.
The report also notes that carers who responded to the questionnaire may have been more likely to have had a bad experience and, therefore, may not represent all carers' views. Because of these factors, it is difficult to say exactly how representative these figures are of dementia care as a whole in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Despite this, the report has identified key areas where improvements in care for people with dementia are needed.
Does this mean that hospital care for people with dementia is bad?
Although the survey looks at hospital care, it doesn't take into account each individual's situation. For example, various medical and social situations may influence decisions of whether to discharge a person from hospital to their own home or to another place of care. In many cases, it is not until a person with dementia is admitted to hospital that medical and social services become aware of their situation and recognise that they may need additional care. Admission to a care home should not always be assumed to be a bad thing. In some cases, it may lead to an improvement in the care of the person and give them opportunities for increased social interaction and a better quality of life.
In many cases, the medical reason for the person's admission to hospital (e.g. infection or fall) and the unfamiliar environment may lead to some deterioration in both their physical and mental state. Although the carers' survey identified many areas of dissatisfaction in the quality of nursing care provided, this should not be assumed to be intentional neglect by the healthcare professionals. Survey responses by nursing staff identify many of the challenges that they face in providing care. Recognition of these challenges provides an opportunity to address these issues.
What does the Alzheimer's Society aim to do next?
The charity states that it aims to:
- Gain NHS recognition that dementia is a significant issue and that certain areas of care need to be improved.
- Reduce the number of people with dementia in the acute hospital setting.
- Get each hospital to identify a senior clinician to take the lead for quality improvement in dementia.
- Suggest the formation of specialist older people's mental health teams to liaise with hospital management.
- Reduce the use of antipsychotics in people with dementia.
- Ensure that all patients are assisted in eating and drinking where necessary.
- Ensure that carers are informed and effective in the care of people with dementia.
- Involve people with dementia and their carers, family and friends in their care to improve personal care.
- Start to change the approach to care for people with dementia to one of dignity and respect.
Analysis by Bazian
Edited by NHS Website
Links to the headlines
Dementia patient care criticised.
BBC News, 17 November 2009
Dementia gets worse in hospital.
Daily Mirror, 17 November 2009
Half of Alzheimer's patients come out of hospital 'worse than when they went in'.
The Daily Telegraph, 17 November 2009
Hospital 'makes dementia worse'.
Daily Mail, 17 November 2009
'Disgraceful' care leaves dementia patients in worse condition.
The Times, 17 November 2009
Links to the science
Counting the cost: caring for people with dementia on hostital wards.
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Guinean forest-savanna mosaic
The Guinean forest-savanna mosaic is an ecoregion of West Africa, a band of interlaced forest, savanna, and grassland running east to west and dividing the tropical moist forests near the coast from the West Sudanian savanna of the interior.
The Guinean forest-savanna mosaic covers an area of 673,600 square kilometers (260,100 sq mi), extending from western Senegal to eastern Nigeria, and including portions of Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, and Benin. The Cameroon Highlands of eastern Nigeria and Cameroon separate the Guinean forest-savanna mosaic from the Northern Congolian forest-savanna mosaic, which lies to the east. The Dahomey Gap is a region of Togo and Benin where the forest-savanna mosaic extends to the coast, and separates the Upper Guinean forests of Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Côte d'Ivoire, and Ghana from the Lower Guinean forests of Nigeria and Cameroon.
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The wetlands in the region are rich in birdlife, including iris glossy starling and black crowned crane.
Human settlement
The ecoregion covers large areas of many West African nations including:
- Senegal - much of the southern Casamance arm of the country including the city of Ziguinchor.
- All of inland Guinea-Bissau
- The Gambia - in particular, south of the River Gambia
- Guinea - the band of lowland areas parallel to the coast and then running south-east of the central mountains, including the towns of Fria, Kindia and Kissidougou.
- Northern Sierra Leone including the towns of Makeni and Kabala.
- Côte d'Ivoire - a swathe across the middle east from Touba through the country's second-largest city Bouaké.
- A wide strip across Ghana including the country east of Lake Volta, where the main town is Ho.
- Togo - the southern plateau.
- Benin - the southern areas including the city of Bohicon.
- Nigeria - a large area including the cities of Ibadan, which means where the forest meets the savanna, the country's capital Abuja, Lokoja where the River Niger and River Benue meet, Enugu, and Makurdi.
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So, I sort our laundry into three different baskets: Reds, Whites and Blues, Right! Well my youngest son is red/ green colorblind and has always had a hard time knowing what items go in what basket (as he cannot tell red and green apart). He has been working real hard on this for years. Today with an air of confidence he says to me" OK, I sorted the clothes that I definitely know where they go; but I'm not sure about these last few." I just had to giggle as I look to see all the red and greens in the red basket; and he leaves the tan colored clothes on the floor undecided! … I love my Life!
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Not Just For Internet Trolls- Funny Facebook Trends
Fun for Internet Trolls and Facebookers Alike
Whether you are an evil troll looking for entertainment on Facebook or just an average everyday user, there are many fun and strange trends to delight one and all. From Zombie Gnomes to Owling, you are sure to find your niche among the latest Facebook fads!
Zombie Gnomes
It is the newest and hottest trend in altered art- Zombie Gnomes. From coast to coast, Gnomes are being distorted into gory cannibalistic terrors that feast on other yard décor such as pink flamingos. They are invading the yards of unsuspecting people everywhere and leaving their victims zombified. Facebook users are capturing the antics of these Gnomes and spreading fear into followers on Facebook.
Demotivational Posters
Demotivational posters demonstrate sarcasm in its finest forms. Facebookers often use these posters to tell their friends, "way to go, you really screwed up." Demotivational posters are a favorite of Internet trolls looking for something to post when they are feeling especially trollish. Many of these posters equate to saying a great big.. DUH.. and are used to demonstrate human stupidity. Nothing makes other human beings feel better about themselves than seeing someone else fail. If you have a friend that has really made a big mistake or if you just want to feel superior to your fellow man, sharing a demotivational poster can always make your day a little brighter.
LOL Animals
Not even an Internet Troll can resist hitting the "share" button on all those cute LOL Animal photos. Almost every Facebook user has posted or shared cute photos of furry little animals who can't spell. Hundreds of thousands of Facebook users share LOL animal photos each day on Facebook whether it is to brighten a friend's day or to just say hello. This is one lasting and adorable Facebook trend that will not any time soon!
Damn You Autocorrect
Damn You Auto Correct is a web site that demonstrates major faux pas spell checkers on cell phones create. It can serve as a caveat to others that auto correct is not always your friend. It is also a funny way to laugh at the expense of others which is an Internet Troll's favorite thing to do.
Hundreds of texts are available to share with your friends and family at www.damnyouautocorrect.com. Here you also find many fun sites with sharable social media from "Invisible Cats" to "Why Parents Shouldn't Text." These are great fun to share or just to make you feel better about yourself.
Dos Equis Guy Parodies
He is.. the most interesting man in the world. This could be why parodies of the Dos Equis Guy are extremely popular on Facebook. His confidence is legendary which may be the one thing that makes this interesting man a target for fun parodies. Everyone wants some of "the most interesting man in the worlds" epic-ness to rub off on them. Sharing his photos are a great way to associate yourself with greatness or to send a message to that cocky friend who needs to take it down a few notches. Either way, the Dos Equis guy is popular among males, females, and Internet trolls.
Owling is the process of "perching" like an owl in a public place and capturing this pose in a photo for Facebook. The more precariously perched you are, the more "likes" you will get. There is a specific page dedicated to this practice. If you are bored or in a trolling mood, take some clever shots of your self perched like an owl on your dresser or on the side of your bathtub. Share these photos with all of your friends who will be so impressed.
Harry Potter vs. Voldemort
Epic Rap Battles
To brighten a friends day, you can share "Epic Rap Battles" featuring Mr. Roger's vs. Mr. T or Dr. Seuss vs. Shakespeare. Epic Rap Battles were made famous when the most popular in the series- Darth Vader vs. Hitler went viral. Historical figures square off in a two minute rap battle in which the grandest of insults are exchanged to a background beat. My personal favorite in this mind blowing series is the Epic Battle featuring Einstein vs. Stephen Hawking.
Hot Turtle Love
Nothing makes your friends quite as uncomfortable as a voyeuristic look at hot turtle love. Most viewers are most surprised to discover how vocal the male turtle is during mating. Whether you wish to cheer up a sad friend or have a giggle for yourself, turtle sex is funny.
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- Zombie Gnomes Bye Bye Birdie by ChrisandJanesPlace on Etsy
Something bad has happened in the garden. The once happy garden gnomes have been infected by a strange virus which has turned them into flesh
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© 2012 Tammy
They are so cute! :-)
Hi Tammy
I had to watch that Hot Turtle Love video, oh my! vocal? i think it is more or less of animal like. I liked the way you looked at the sad moments and how to brighten then on friends....funny , interesting. Voted up and shared.
Those darned internet trolls! :-)
Thanks for a heads up on the zombie gnomes. I do love to keep up with the times. Great Hub, Tammy!
Well I can see a future for the Hot Turtle Love at least lol. Wasn't it a couple of tortoise. lol inter species mating. whatever next?
These funny and strange Facebook trends are always a hoot! lol must get my Owl on sometime soon.
All the votes and thanks for making my day Tammy.
...some of these older hubs in which I have returned to again are absolute classics and as always thank you for your sense of humor, irony, wit and eye-opening facts - yes often truth is stranger than fiction - sending you warm wishes from lake erie time 10:03am
When I first saw this I thought you wrote a whole thing about garden gnomes and how dangerous they are. HOwever, I really like the zombie garden gnome idea. My daughter won't let me have them because she says they are just to mischeiouvious! I have to say - I have seen most of these... except turtle sex. I guess I am lucky! LOL
Oh you know I am always posting stuff like that on FB:) lol I LOVE those funny posters - just one laugh can put me at my best when I am having my morning coffee!
This one did it for me today:) haha! What a terrific idea for a hub!
This is too funny! The best laugh and biggest smile I had all day. Awesome Job!
..me is sad - me see you no more - but me will post this superlative hub subject which you are so awesome at - to me homepage at me FB site - me miss you and would love a visit from you and then me can become I again!!!!!!!
lake erie time 11:32 pm sending you warm wishes and good energy
Great hub and thank you for sharing.
Have to award my 'Up up and away'
Take care and I wish you a wonderful day.
HAHAHA!!! So funny! Just three days ago, my daughters educated my what "trolling" means on the Internet. Oh boy!
I'd like to share this on my Facebook Wall. Thanks again, Tammy!
hahaha!! the turtle sex was so awkward
Funny hub, Tammy. You must have been chuckling all the while you were writing this. Particularly fond of that X-rated turtle video. Who knew turtles were so vocal?
Gosh! I feel old. I have to quickly catch up on these trends - I think! Owling? Really? Voted up!
!!! You are so funny. Seriously, I have spent years fighting off women who can't keep their paws off of him!
Hee hee hee, ho ho ho...Good one Tammy! My hubby actually looks just like Don Equis!
Hilarious and SO true Tammy. I am ashamed to admit my own love of the Internet Troll games and funnies :) Thanks for putting them all together into one Hub for my entertainment. Aaah you gotta love the Internet!!
Alright Tammy, these were great fun to read about! Haven't seen all of them yet but will be looking. The Owling- ha ha wicked good on that. FB couldn't deliver on something very important so i just started using a relatives and dang if i don't like it better that way. It's hard to find serious time on it anymore but these trends should make the effort that much sweeter. Thanks Tammy.
Great topic for a hub! This cracked me up because it's so true.
Owling, huh? Hmm, maybe I'll try to find a tree branch sometime and try that. Hehe. JK. This is cute. I love the demotivational posters and the cute animals. :) Voted up.
Tammy that was brilliant, had a great laugh. My daughter has a couple of friends who go out 'owling', their photo's are a hoot! Great hub, thanks. Voted up.
Fortunately, I haven't posted any of these trends on my wall but that's not to say my wall isn't littered with my friends doing exactly that. I must admit, the animal ones crack me up. They make me smile which is exactly what this hub did. Great job and I know it took some serious time to do!
I guess the owls have taken over from planking. People really will do anything to be liked.
I don't always comment on hubs. But when I do, I make a wild stab at humor.
Liked the hub. Voted up and shared.
My favourites are the LOL cats and the Demotivational posters
Tammy - I didn't know about some of that fun stuff! What a hoot! Oh I will not be doing the owling photo:) lol. Up and everything!
Awesome awesome! I love memes and internet trolling. These sites are all great thanks!
The Harry Potter/Voldemort Rap video was priceless! Funniest thing I've seen in a while.
Great hub, voted funny and awesome.
Imagine the many strange things people do for fun! So funny:)) I have never heard about owling before but I am sure we do it here too. The turtle video is incredible, who knew....
Voting up, funny!
Oh my gosh! I can't believe these are real trends, so funny!
Geez!~ Tammy..that turtle is really expressive... and he didn't care to show off on camera. Facebook nad its trends... I wonder if the White house is connected to one of this trends...Dos equis equals two mates~
I wish you'd warned me in advance about the licentious final video. Although I will say that the female's expression is classic. Voting this Up and Funny.
Wo! The internet is so weird. I've never heard of owling before, does it involve perching only, or do you have to hoot like one too haha? Voted up and funny.
I was really out of trend, I feel so trendy and cool now.
Oh this was just too enjoyable! As soon as I meet some deadlines I'm going to check some of these out. Thanks for the laugh and now back to work for me. Great hub and I will be sharing.


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Director Steve Schillig Wins State Award for The Small Business Development Center at Kent State University at Tuscarawas
Steve Schillig, Director of The Ohio Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at Kent State University at Tuscarawas, received the 2018 Ohio SBDC Center Director Award at the SBDC Statewide Conference in Columbus recently.
Additionally, the SBDC at Kent State Tuscarawas received the 2018 Ohio SBDC Honorable Mention Customer Satisfaction Award.
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To celebrate award winners, an evening reception was held at the annual Recognition Awards Program.
During the 2018 Statewide Conference, attendees were able to attend workshops related to the theme Bridges of Excellence, including "Enriching the Quality of Services, Maximizing Economic Impact, Strengthening Our Team, and Enhancing Visibility." The conference featured four concurrent, hour-long sessions for networking and information-sharing among the Export Assistance Network, Administrative Support, SBDC Advisors and SBDC Directors.
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When my son was 8 years old, his psychiatrist taught me to say, "My eyes don't see that, honey." I said it when he confused his imagination and reality. I said it when he wasn't sure what was real. I said it when he needed to know what was rock solid actuality and what was not.
His uncertainty about what was real had begun when he was in preschool. Some days I would pick him up and he'd ask me to sing a song we had learned together in preschool class. I'd say, "I wasn't there, remember?" He'd think for a minute, and sometimes he'd agree. But not always. It was cute but also a little worrisome in its frequency and his intensity about it. It didn't go away as he got older. It simply changed into different forms.
He would insist that he personally knew characters in cartoons or on television. He was quite sure he had lived events he'd only heard about. Then came the day when the numbers on his math paper turned into piranhas swimming on the page. It terrified him so much, he couldn't touch the desk. He was eight.
He was a little boy with a big, scary mental health problem. Sometimes the doctors said it was psychosis, sometimes they said it was mania. Some even said he had a vivid imagination, but they stopped saying that after a few months.
He needed the people he trusted to say that, "No, there is no monster with one eye looking at us. That must be your eyes seeing things I don't see." He needed people he loved to say, "That villain in the movie did not appear in the living room." Instead, I said that the villain was not allowed to leave the movie screen. He needed certainty and unshakable facts. Without them, his fear and anxiety paralyzed or incapacitated him.
I never knew when a fact had to be verified for him and verified in the exact same way. But I got good at it, keeping it simple with no embellishments. I got good at telling him that the truth was the truth just as moms everywhere do. Except we weren't talking about little white lies that a child might tell, we were talking about something far more important. He needed my certainty to become his so he could trust his world that day. We all got on the same page on this, his teachers, his therapist, his doctor and his family. Without that, his anxiety zoomed to the stratosphere.
Not long ago, I saw someone I know on a national television show. She has a brother with schizophrenia and yet she talked about alternative facts as if they were a thing. A real live, acceptable, incontrovertible thing. I looked at the television screen dumbfounded. Yet, it's easy to let terms like "alternative facts" or "fake" or "fake news" slip by us with an eye roll or shake of the head. Or let them weasel their way into our vocabulary, like the person I saw on television.
Parents of children with emotional and mental health issues live with uncertainty and ambiguity every day. We don't know when our child opens his eyes in the morning how the day will go. We don't know if this service will actually work or that treatment will make a real difference. We chafe against this kind of uncertainty but we learn to accept it (mostly) as part of our everyday life.
But we need all the knowledge, statistics and facts we can get. We hang on to them as we build our new normal. We learn to discern true expertise and, when we find it, we are thrilled by it. We might not always agree with it, but we respect it and are glad it's there. We don't heap scorn or contempt on it as if it's 'only' someone's opinion, say about climate change or the value of a work of art. We know that expertise is a close cousin to facts, yet not quite the same since it has the expert's perspective woven into it. That's okay since we have our point of view too.
I've always been a huge believer in telling the truth even when it's hard, inconvenient or unpopular. After my son began having problems I realized his mental health and his ability to trust depended mightily on it. I also came to understand that my expertise was built on a combination of hard won knowledge and experience. There is a lot of value in both my expertise and the experts we rely on to provide care.
Truth is not negotiable for me or my son. It shouldn't be negotiable for any of us. There isn't any alternative.