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Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Robert Whitaker: Dangerous in America - Part II
Nevertheless, the strands of his argument held together, and his concerns matched our concerns. Essentially, Whitaker had made a strong "case to answer" that our meds may bring on the very conditions they are supposed to prevent. Nearly two years following the publication of his book, in the absence of psychiatry failing to answer his case, I concluded two months ago that "Whitaker stands as the most authoritative voice on psychiatric treatment."
I strongly urge everyone to read Whitaker's book, discuss it with your friends, do your own research, and reach your own conclusions. The life you save may be your own.
In his last two posts on his blog Mad in America, however, Whitaker appears to have lost touch with both the facts and the people he purports to serve. As I reported yesterday, in a piece posted on Jan 12 Whitaker egregiously misreported the facts of an NIMH-funded study in support of his own idiosyncratic white whale hunt.
But who has time to fact-check Whitaker? Especially those willing to take him at his word.
Nevertheless, one of his own readers smelled a rat. In a comment to his post, Don B noted "his approach to the whole problem of mental illness comes off as the outsider who knows it all about what he has never personally experienced."
Don's post is long and involved, but the gist of it involves his resentment over Whitaker thinking that "he knows what is best for me. If he is politically correct, he wouldn't dare tell a woman that he knows how it feels to get raped or to have a miscarriage. But like many others, he does not shrink from telling those of us with mental illness what choices to make."
As if to prove Don's point, in his next blog post Whitaker makes the bizarre and totally irresponsible claim that the NIMH is advancing some kind of eugenics agenda. I'm not making this up. It's actually in the title of his post, that reads in full: "The Taint of Eugenics in NIMH-Funded Research Today." Apparently, NIMH research is warped from the outset, and Whitaker's proof for this is a repetition of his nonsense from his previous post about no miracle cures in the last 30 years.
In Whitaker's own words:
[NIMH head] Insel's list tells of a research enterprise devoted to identifying what is genetically wrong with the "mentally ill." As the history of eugenics reminds us, that is a pursuit, unless it is handled with great care, that can engender bad social policy and a great deal of harm.
Right, Whitaker, and President Obama is a Muslim born in Kenya ramming European socialism down our throats.
Okay, Whitaker, reality check: There is something wrong with us. Profoundly so. Otherwise, I would be employable. Otherwise, a dear friend of mine would not have thrown himself in front of a train. Otherwise a friend from my past would not have shot himself with a gun. Otherwise, someone I know would not be sitting in a prison cell as I write this. Otherwise, otherwise, otherwise ...
Do you think mental illness is a fucking picnic, Whitaker? I know you have done a lot of talking, but have you actually done any listening? Do you actually know what it's like when you can't get out of bed in the morning? When the mysterious force inside your head that is keeping you there is every bit as strong as all the gravity Newton could ever contemplate?
Shut up, Whitaker. I'm not finished: Do you know what it's like when your brain goes on strike? To be clinically dead but breathing? Or to experience a psychic pain so intense that, yes, the one way out - the unthinkable - is the totally logical choice?
Or maybe it's the other way around. Your brain runs away from you. Suddenly, you're thinking and feeling and doing all kinds of crazy shit. Try living inside of my head for one second of that, Whitaker. I dare you to write your stupid shit after that.
Wait, there's more. The finger-pointing, the ostracism, the social isolation. That's right, Whitaker, when something goes wrong - yes wrong - the people around us do not exactly respond with the same forbearance as Father Damien in a colony of lepers. And there we are, our lives in ruins, left to pick up the pieces.
And - oh, yeh - our families, our loved ones, our friends and colleagues. For one second, Whitaker, can you even begin to imagine what mental illness does to these innocent bystanders?
One day, Whitaker, we should sit down and have a beer together. Then I can tell you all this to your face.
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Hi! I was just wondering what Whitaker's position on the question of existence of mental illness actually is. Does he, like Szasz and activists such as Mindfreedomvirginia at http://lunatickfringe.wordpress.com , maintain that mental illness doesn't exist since as a concept it's utterly unintelligible? Like the notion of a four-sided triangle for instance. Or does he believe it exists, only it's over-diagnosed and treated with ineffective and highly harmful methods/drugs?
- February 1, 2012 at 1:01 PM
- John McManamy said...
Hey, Gittele. He is dangerously close to the nonsense the nihilist fringe spouts, and he clearly panders to this crowd. His associations with Mindfreedom are public record, as is his uncritical support of their party line.
He does believe mental illness exists, but it is clear he is clueless about its devastating effect.
His critique of psychiatry is informed and valid and validates our concerns. But in order to sustain his critique and his livelihood his writings have entered the realm of the irresponsible.
- February 1, 2012 at 2:29 PM
No, Gittele, since I have actually sat down with Whitaker, I know that his position on the concept of mental illness isn't extremist. He actually believes that there could be some biological basis for it, especially in some people.
- February 1, 2012 at 2:32 PM
Thanks very much for that to both of you. I found it rather confusing when I'd listen to his talks as he never seems to make his own position on this matter clear enough.
- February 1, 2012 at 4:06 PM
- Gianna said...
John...what you say about Bob is completely untrue...he understands mental illness and the devastation very well...and is concerned that the treatments used today make it worse.
I know Bob very well...what you're saying seems libelous to me actually and it kind of pains me as well.
- February 2, 2012 at 6:45 AM
- John McManamy said...
Hey, Gianna. Thanks for your comments. All writers need feedback from their readers. We ignore readers at our own peril. This cuts two ways: You are welcome feedback for me. Mr Whitaker needs to interpret my last two blog pieces as welcome feedback.
Here is a question for you: Do you honestly believe - as Whitaker writes - that the NIMH research is tainted with eugenics?
I didn't think so.
Hopefully, as someone who knows Whitaker very well, you will challenge him on this. You will tell him, for his own good, that he cannot spout this kind of nonsense and expect unconditional support from people living with mental illness.
You have followed my reporting on Whitaker's Anatomy of an Epidemic. I don't expect everyone to agree with my analysis, but I think you will acknowledge I made a good faith effort to present his talking points to my readers. Despite a lot of misgivings about how he presented the facts, I was supportive of his book.
I also burned a lot of bridges in my unambiguous condemnation of at least one of his self-appointed critics, Alan Nierenberg of Harvard, in particular, whose behavior I characterized as "sick."
You know me well enough, Gianna, that when I criticize Whitaker I am not just making things up. You may take issue with the conclusions I draw, but you know I have my facts right. Yes, these last two posts make very painful reading. I can't even begin to relate how painful it was for me to write them.
Whitaker went way over the line. No one else is fact-checking Whitaker. I sincerely wish someone else was. This job sucks. It's a waste of my time. It exposes me to hate mail and no end of stress.
There is way too much party line, ideological purity thinking in the entire mental health community, be it psychiatrists or those who are critical of psychiatry. Everyone is expected to step into line, accept uncritically the party line, or join the "other side."
People forget - at all times our getting well and staying well is the real issue. It's not about what you or me or Whitaker or Nierenberg think - it's about the person who could be or brother or sister.
We are smart enough not to hero-worship psychiatry. We also need to be reminded not to hero-worship others who claim to speak on our behalf. Skepticism is our best defense.
I honestly have no proof that Whitaker understands mental illness and its devastation. I don't see this in his writings. The last chapter of Anatomy supports the view that mental illness has no biological basis. His entire book cheap shots those who have been devastated by mental illness in their families.
It's right there in his own words, Gianna. If you are Whitaker's friend, you need to talk to him. I know these issues concern you, too. You know exactly what to tell him.
- February 2, 2012 at 8:41 AM
- Gianna said...
I am unfortunately stranded on the road right now...I'm traveling to get medical care to treat the gross and devastating illness I have...the illness that psychiatric drugs caused.
I'm stuck in a hotel because I'm too sick to keep driving. I've been seriously ill for many years now.
Anyway...I'm not in any shape to argue with you now...far sicker than usual, but I came upon you PERSONALLY bashing Whitaker...and so I said something.
anyway...maybe when I'm well enough to get home (hotels suck when you're very sick...all you want is your home) I will come back or contact you otherwise...but frankly I'm tired...very very tired and the only reason I do my blog now is that I am still mostly homebound and have nothing else to do...
I'd really like to move on...
in any case, Bob is fighting for me and all those like me and you are misunderstanding him. That is all the energy I have now.
Peace to you. I don't hold your opinion against you, by the way...I just know you don't have all the facts and that you are reading into what he writes about eugenics...he didn't actually say some of what you said he said.
also this fight has many fronts and no one can cover all at all times...you know that, I'm sure.
- February 2, 2012 at 8:59 AM
- John McManamy said...
Hey, Gianna. I understand. I sent you a private email. Please feel free to contact me. I promise - no fighting.
- February 2, 2012 at 9:49 AM
- Corinna West said...
I know Bob too and he does truly believe emotional suffering is real and that there are many ways to help, including careful, sparing and judicious med use. Yes, indeed, we are ostracized and separated from society, I just wrote a poem with this line in it.
..."We be people people with little greed because we've overcome poverty. It's the lesson we learned as we watched our future get burned. So now we build a new one. Sharies stories, vision, finding new wisdom in our excision. From society, that allows us to see anyone who bleeds. Comapssion? We take action. It's the massing of our movement, asking civil rights completely congruent. With our human worth. We see people in crisis as just giving birth....."
Here's my summary of problems with genetic research.
- February 3, 2012 at 9:20 AM
- John McManamy said...
Hey, Corinna: "With our human worth. We see people in crisis as just giving birth." Love it!
One day I know we'll meet up at a conference or an event. You will have your poetry. I will have my didgeridoo. I'm serious.
- February 3, 2012 at 10:21 AM
- Unknown said...
As someone "diagnosed" with mental illness and on SSDI as a result of being prescribed multiple medications, I feel the need to speak out. Robert Whitaker's book saved my life. At one point, I was prescribed EIGHT medications for "Bipolar Disorder" and "Generalized Anxiety Disorder." I put these things in quotes because I no longer accept them as valid. I have had symptoms of anxiety and depression since childhood. I also have underlying medical conditions that are at the root of such symptoms, including food allergies, sleep disorders, and a thyroid imbalance. I struggled through life for years without knowing the cause of my symptoms. When my son was born, ten weeks early (weighing 2 lbs, 11.9 ounces), my anxiety and depression went through the roof. I begged my doctor to test my hormone levels; instead, I was but on Paxil. My symptoms were identical to Postpartum Thyroiditis, but no one checked my thyroid. I was saddled with the Bipolar label...and medicated into a stupor. I was a Special Education teacher. When I lost my job in 2009, I was taking about 5 medications at the same time. Within a year, I was put on three more. Wellbutrin, Lexapro, Lithium, Lamicatal, Klonopin, Depakote, Trazedone, Adderall...who could possibly function with so many medications? Not me. I got worse and worse. I read Robert Whitaker's book in the spring of 2011, after weaning myself off Lithium. It was the first book I was able to read in ten MONTHS. I was horrified to recognize the truth of my own experience in his carefully researched work. I am now off all medication and finally able to think straight.
Friend, I am sorry you struggle with what I know to be hellish conditions. I continue to struggle myself. I understand your rage, to an extent, because I felt the same way. Something is wrong and it is intolerable. And to hear someone criticize the medications...well, we feel like they are our only hope. But the truth is that the medications DO NOT WORK. Your anger is valid, but misplaced. Robert Whitaker is not saying that "nothing is wrong" or that you should "snap out of it." He is simply unraveling the truth, which is that medications are brain-disabling and that humane care in a supportive environment is worth considering. I believe that there are underlying PHYSICAL conditions that must be uncovered in order for us to recover...plus many people (myself included) need help in coping with patterns of behavior and thought that do not serve us well. Robert Whitaker is NOT the enemy. He is a hero in my eyes. I hope that you are able to sort this all out, because you are merely killing the messenger.
- February 6, 2012 at 7:10 AM
- Corinna West said...
I had to look didgeridoo up. I didn't know if it was PG rated or not. But it looks sorta like a flute.
- February 6, 2012 at 12:43 PM
- John McManamy said...
Hey, Corinna. I'm a big advocate of the didge and drums etc in mental health recovery. Most didges are approx 4-foot long pipes that produce resonant drones and vocal rhythms. The didge is an excellent meditation aid, particularly for people with racing brains like mine. It also activates the relaxation response (thanks to the exhale being longer than the inhale - straight out of the yoga playbook). Plus a million other beneficial effects.
New Agers use it extensively for chakra balancing and cleansing.
I play my didge in drum circles just about every weekend. Next weekend, I'm going to a didge gathering out in the country. I've also played it with Native American flute, chanting, chimes, harmonica, oboe. I'm very serious about wanting to hook up with poets. I've viewed your poetry videos. My didge and your poetry would go great together.
I'm looking forward to putting my own didge videos together, and when I do I'll let you know. In the meantime, should you come across any didge players - and I know you will now that it has come to your attention (it always works this way) - well, enjoy the didge experience. :)
- February 6, 2012 at 1:47 PM
- John McManamy said...
Hey, Corinna. I accidentally posted this earlier today on a different thread. Here goes:
Hey, Corinna. I neglected to get back to you on your piece on genes you posted on WordWorks. I generally agree, but with this proviso. The gene research is coming in loud and clear on our vulnerability to stress. It's all about the environment. Our genes influence how we react to the stuff around us.
So the traditional gene research looking for mental illness genes is highly suspect. But stress is complicit in depression, anxiety, psychosis, etc.
Also, epigenetics - which is all about switching on and off genes in reaction to environmental influences - now appears to be the main event (till we find another main event).
Take home message - yours is the same as mine: Work on our stress. Think of ourselves as being vulnerable to stress rather than simply having mental illness. Work on our vulnerability with every recovery tool we can, with all we've got, and maybe we start turning our lives around.
I'm really glad you're getting the word out ...
- February 6, 2012 at 6:46 PM
- Gianna said...
on the subject of epigenetics I posted this documentary:
I think it leaves one with more questions than answers but as I said there, it's a good little intro.
To suggest Bob doesn't know anything about epigenetics is another one of your close to libelous claims. I really don't undertand sliming someone you've never met as you've done (and have continued to do since this post). It's really hard for me to understand what you're going for here...and as a journalist it's downright irresponsible.
Genes are not deterministic...though environment in conjunction with some genes can be (to some extent...neuroplasticity suggests one can again change it)...that's one hell of a development in my opinion...
- February 6, 2012 at 8:24 PM
Reading this post was really quite startling, this is my first post in the 'Blogosphere', because it scares me half-to-death. You have profoundly mis-understood that which about Whitaker was written. Once again he was giving heed to the same scientists that have gotten the treatment have mental ill-health to where it is now.
I was pronounced as having a 'broken-brain' in 1980, [Dsm-III, APA 1980]perhaps then I ought to discontinue writing because of that pronouncement?
You mention Obama, and the 'birthing' issue in your post. What your own wrong-headedness most reminded me of was Presidential Candidate John McCain, shaking his head, in utter disbelief, when an atendee at a rally said Obama was of Arab descent. McCain shook his head and said into the microphone "No Ma'am" and defended his opponent very robustly. I would like to do that: I haven't read anything so profoundly wrong-headed in years. I too would say you were skating on thin legal ice, This is not mere critique: it is slander.
Like some of the posters on here I am glad to have Whitaker writing for us. I have been in the revolving-door system of mental health for over twenty years. When you say that Whitaker has not experienced mental health and therefore cannot write in a robust fashion about it, you are silencing a vast tranche of non-fiction writers and almost all fiction writers; is that what you would wish to do?
To indicate that Whitakers' work should largely be invalidated because he has been spared psychological problems is profoundly, horribly, naive. Have the read the work Of Professor David Healy?
A practicing psychiatrist who lives in the UK, as do I, perhaps the most trenchant critic of 'med-check' psychiatry and the 'biobabble' that has become the lingua franca of present day psychiatry. Should his studied and scholarly work equally be ignored as he has no document psychiatric malady.
It is because of Healy that 'antidepressants' have the UK equivalent of a 'black-box' It is because of Healy that GPs in the UK are instructed not to prescibe 'antidepressants' as first-line therapy for mild-to-moderate depression. These are astonishing triumphs, yet Healy, as mentioned, has no history of psychological disorders. Should we then lose the ground we have gained? I do not think that we should.
Some of what you have written is amongst the most profoundly disturbing things I have read about mental ill-health in those twenty years, from any source. I will perhaps continue to periodically read your blog. But I will do so to counter posts like the one you made.
We you have been gravely disserviced by the 'mental health' industry should more than almost any group of which I am aware heed the words of Santanyana: "Those Who Forget History Are Doomed to Repeat It".
- October 7, 2012 at 5:41 AM
- John McManamy said...
Hi, David and welcome to Knowledge is Necessity. To address your concerns: You appear to be defending Whitaker by criticizing quack psychiatry and by praising David Healy.
I have no arguments concerning either quack psychiatry or David Healy. I have strongly attacked psychiatric conventional wisdom here and elsewhere. I have also cited Dr Healy for his work, and have held him up as a model for using the facts to open our eyes.
The problem is Whitaker is no Healy. He may say what we want to hear, and in our enthusiasm we don't check his facts. I have checked his facts. They seriously do not support the thesis of Anatomy of an Epidemic.
Nevertheless, he hit on just enough home truths for me to be conditionally supportive of him.
I urge you to take a look at the blog post of his that initiated my post. It is outrageous. It is a disgrace. The last thing we need is our recovery movement is mindless hero-worship and rigid conformity to party lines.
Anyway, I welcome your comments and encourage a spirited dialogue. But look at the reader comments on this page. No one - no one - has actually defended Whitaker by defending him point for point regarding the piece he posted on his blog.
Read his post. The NIMH "tainted by eugenics"? As I said, Whitaker is no Healy.
- October 7, 2012 at 8:36 AM


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Atletico win Europa League
- Atletico Madrid win the Europa League final in Bucharest, Romania
- 2010 winners beat Athletic Bilbao in an all-Spanish final on Wednesday
- Falcao scored two goals in a man-of-the-match performance
- Colombia striker was also a winner last year with Portugal's Porto
(CNN) -- Atletico Madrid beat Athletic Bilbao 3-0 in Wednesday's all-Spanish final of the Europa League in the Romanian capital Bucharest, thanks to two stunning first-half goals from Radamel Falcao.
The Colombia striker was top scorer in Europe's second-tier club competition last season as he helped Porto take the title, netting the only goal of an all-Portuguese final, and he has had a similar impact this time.
He came close to scoring a hat-trick when he hit the post, before Brazilian midfielder Diego scored a late goal on the breakaway.
While the build-up to the match focused on both clubs coming from the same league, that tells only half the story -- their philosophies, history, catchment area and even language are a country apart.
Athletic is a Basque team to its marrow, based in the northern city and made up exclusively of talent nurtured in its youth academy or from players who can trace their ancestry to the Basque country.
The region has long walked a different beat to the rest of Spain, having a distinct language, culture and history. The terrorist group ETA has taken hundreds of lives fighting for Basque independence.
But in that context, Bilbao's Argentine coach comes from a different planet.
Marcelo Bielsa is arguably the most innovative coach in world football. Known for his intellect, temper and idiosyncratic behavior on the sidelines and on the training pitch -- which has earned him the nickname "El Loco" -- Bielsa has had to rely on tactically out-thinking his opponents rather than outspending them.
The highlight of the campaign came in an earlier round when Bielsa's team ripped English champions Manchester United apart over two matches.
For the final "El Loco" was up against Diego Simeone, who played for Bielsa when he was in charge of the Argentina national team.
But it was Bielsa's young protege who came out on top as Atletico Madrid won the title for the second time in three years, largely thanks to the performance of Falcao -- who scored a record 17 goals in 14 games in last season's competition.
His two goals gave Madrid a decisive advantage, curling home a left-foot effort and then executing a wonderful drag-back to leave his defensive opponent on the turf before lashing the ball into the net.
"Falcao forgot what he did last year and because of that he could live the moment he did today," Simeone, who was appointed coach in December, told reporters after the match.
"I've known Radamel since he was a boy -- I had him at River (Plate in 2008), we won a league together. I love him as a person and admire him. There's no ceiling to his ambition."
In the second half, Bilbao besieged Madrid's goal without having many clear cut opportunities. Instead Madrid waited and broke on the counter attack, scoring a third and effectively ending the contest with five minutes to go.
By then even the usually boisterous "El Loco" sat quietly on the bench, resigned to his fate.
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By Kara Duffy
July 30, 2013
Quincy, FL - Wildlife rescuers say they're facing a dilemma. They're seeing an increase in animals that need help, but a decrease in donations.
Folks at the St. Francis Wildlife Association in Quincy, Florida are working around the clock to nurse wild animals, back to health.
Stephanie Neumann, Executive Director St. Francis Wildlife: "We're trying to make sure our wildlife survives, so we can put them back out in the wild where they belong."
Neumann and other rehabbers, say too many animals as of late, and not enough money and space prevent them from doing that.
Neumann: "This year, we're actually down about 20,000 dollars from membership donations and our animal intake has drastically gone through the roof. It's the end of july right now, and we've taken in about 1700 animals...that's a lot of animals."
Chet Powell, Executive Director of Georgia Wildlife Rescue Association: "It's look pretty scary, we're having to refuse animals, refuse taking in animals because we're out of space and money."
Animals experts say the early arrival of Spring and extremely hot summer have also contributed to the problem.
Chet Powell: "You've got babies coming at longer intervals and at odd times; it just creates a problem."
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What's the point of sarcasm if you're going to be upfront about it? It's usually easy to call sarcasm, but sometimes you have to admit you've fallen to Poe's Law if people don't get it. I usually just stick a smiley at the end. But I stopped using it because I know a lot of people who use smileys as a way of being passive-aggressive. Like sometimes putting a smiley may turn out to be doubly insulting in certain situations.Maybe we just have to use apologies more often? Even a brief "sorry" can disarm a conversation.
Yeah I do get sick of the toxicity on forums, I have rather conservative views politically, spiritually and socially. If I voice those views even in a way where I am neither directly responding to anyone else or attacking them I get flamed by some Leftist who despite claiming they preach tolerance is anything but, I find that is a common thing to happen.
Don't worry, I hold several right-leaning views when it comes to the economy, and so long as you are able to efficiently articulate your perspectives, you will find nothing but respect from people here on this forum.
This may just be me, but I've run into plenty of incidents where exactly the opposite is the case. The person is polite and well spoken, and seems like a completely rational and nice person, but the stance they are holding is just frankly disgusting.
Do you give this basic respect to, say, White Supremacists, for example? We both agree that they are entitled to their opinions, but are they also entitled respect?
I'm afraid I don't understand the way your using the word 'respect' here. I've never heard it used this way before.Of course I think that two people in a structured debate should be treated equally, regardless of what their saying. Is that what you mean by respecting their views? Sorry if that's not it, this is just a very strange phrasing I'm not aware of.
would you flame or disrespect a Muslim radical or Black Panther or do you only disrespect people who you feel don't match your politics?
I get flamed by some Leftist who despite claiming they preach tolerance is anything but, I find that is a common thing to happen.
people start with the "Nazi" or some other stupid supposed insult
counter an argument or comment start ranting "Nazi" or some other bile, once they do that the argument is over and they also forget historically that the Communists were far worse anyway.
I dunno. I cant Quite find myself to be insulted by that language. When quoted by itself I guess it stands out more, which is the point of quoting it by itself, but I'll be honest, without using word search it took me a few re-reads on my phone to find the offending passages since it didn't stick out to me initially. Maybe my reading comprehension isn't non-violent enough.
Well, they're not insults, they're just underhanded little barbs. "Would you ... disrespect a Muslim radical or Black Panther or do you only disrespect people who you feel don't match your politics?" That's a loaded question; brings to mind, "Do you still hit your wife?" There's a suggestion in the phrasing: "Your political views align with those of Muslim radicals and the Black Panthers," subtle but present. It's not strictly and insult, but it's certainly a dishonest way to communicate.Bringing up the political party of your detractors in what was otherwise a mostly apolitical thread is absolutely not the right way to behave if you want to keep things civil and polite, and "Leftist" is not language that you commonly see people use to describe themselves. Stereotyping people / exposing your bias in a neutral forum is not a very good way to show that you want to be polite.Nobody else has spoken about Nazis, but on two occasions Lost Boy has lamented that people like to call him a Nazi (not that it's even an insult to be called a Nazi, see, "supposed insult", see "the Communists were far worse anyway," as if the crimes of the Soviet Union and other communist regimes somehow mitigate the atrocities committed by WW2 Germany, etc.I'm not saying, "I'm insulted." I'm not even saying, "These are especially insulting." What I'm saying is, "If you want people to treat you with respect, maybe behave respectfully."
Quite often it is used in a way that defines someone as a perfectionist even, and yes it is also used in the same way as that other N word which is also used to try and put people in their places and silence debate.
What I did was examine the language you use and how it may relate to your experience of having people treat you in a manner that you find disrespectful. If you "choose to take insult," well, those are your words, not mine. Make a different choice?
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I have to admit, it was a long time before I learned to love eggnog. As a kid, I found the holiday classic to be completely confusing: Why didn't it taste like a vanilla milkshake? It looked like a vanilla milkshake, kind of. Why didn't the brown powder on top taste like chocolate? And so on.
But now that I've developed a taste for nutmeg and appreciate the value of a good winter cocktail, I feel very differently about eggnog. My philosophy? If you're gonna do it, don't do it halfway -- that's why I love Paula Deen's recipe for Mama's Eggnog. Yes, Paula Deen! And no, there isn't any butter in this nog (but there is bourbon, which is better). Cheers!
6 eggs, separated
3/4 cup sugar
1 pint heavy cream
4 pints milk
1/2 pint bourbon
1 tablespoon vanilla
In a bowl beat the egg yolks with the 1/2 cup of sugar until thick. In another bowl beat the egg whites with 1/4 cup of sugar until thick. In a third bowl beat the cream until thick. Add the cream to the yolk, fold in the egg whites, and add the milk, bourbon, vanilla, and a pinch of nutmeg if desired. Chill in freezer before serving.
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With Innocent Sin, there are a lot of flashback scenes from when the cast were kids that will explain their affinity for personas and all of that.
It's no secret that Innocent Sin was my favorite Playstation RPG, and the story/characters were a big reason. I loved the music too (okay, except for Aoba Park. Aoba Park's theme was better in Eternal Punishment).
So after many years of searching, failing, and watching the game get snatched before my eyes numerous times, I finally got my hands on SMT: Nocturne. Now I just need to get Digital Devil Saga 1 and 2 and I can at least start to feel complete.A question, though : For someone whose only SMT-verse experiences are the Persona series, some bits of Strange Journey and DS:Overclocked (working on both at the moment), and the Imagine MMO, what should I expect from this?


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George Zimmerman: Not Guilty for Trayvon Martin Murder
A non-guilty verdict has been reached for George Zimmerman, who was tried for second degree murder and manslaughter for the death of Trayvon Martin.
The 29-year-old neighborhood watch coordinator for a gated community shot the 17-year-old teenager on February, 26, 2012 in Sanford, Fla, in what he claimed was self defense.
The murder trial began on June 10 and took around a month to reach a verdict.
"You have a little black boy who was killed," Benjamin Crump, an attorney for the parents of Trayvon said in the courtroom during the trial. "It's going to be reported in history books and 50 years from now, our children will talk about Trayvon Martin's case like we talk about Emmett Till."
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Men's tennis looks for first undefeated conference season since 2009
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (April 13, 2012) – The No. 73 ETSU men's tennis team will look to conclude the regular season with an undefeated Atlantic Sun Conference record on Saturday when it brings in USC Upstate on Senior Day at the Buddy Hartsell Tennis Center.
Match time is scheduled for 11 a.m., as ETSU (11-8, 8-0 A-Sun) will try and build upon its 11-game winning streak which began on Feb. 25 with a 6-1 victory over Appalachian State. An ETSU win on Saturday would earn the Buccaneers their first undefeated A-Sun season since running through the league in 2009.
As part of the Senior Day ceremonies, ETSU will honor its graduating class of Sander Gille (Kuringen, Belgium), Jeremy Bonnevalle (Keerbergen, Belgium) and Robin Akser (Ornskoldsvik, Sweden) before the start of the match.
With two victories at home last weekend, the Buccaneers improved their flawless A-Sun record to 8-0.
On Friday against Mercer, ETSU dominated with a doubles sweep before taking five of the six singles points in straight sets. The only blemish on ETSU's day was at No. 1 singles where Jesus Bandres (Caracas, Venezuela) fell in a match tiebreak 2-6, 6-3, 1-0 (10-6). It was just the second A-Sun match of the season in which ETSU surrendered a point, the other coming Match 17 in the 4-3 win against North Florida.
Against Kennesaw State the following day, the Bucs took every point in a 7-0 sweep to win their 11th-consecutive match. The shutout was ETSU's seventh of the season, all of which have come through its last nine matches. The only one coming in non-conference action happened on April 3 when ETSU handed then-No. 73 Radford just its fourth loss of the season, 4-0.
Two of ETSU's seniors, Gille and Bonnevalle, hold the Bucs' best, active winning streaks having each won their last 11 matches. Gille also holds the team-lead in overall and dual wins at 19-8, 13-5 dual, and is also one of three Buccaneers with an 8-0 A-Sun record – Bonnevalle and Rogerio Ribeiro (Sao Paulo, Brazil) being the others. Bonnevalle is 18-10 overall, 12-5 dual, but also holds ETSU's top doubles winning streak having won his last six of those matches. The first four paired Bonnevalle at No. 2 with junior Juan Ramirez (Asuncion, Paraguay), but the two most recent came last weekend alongside sophomore Jorge Varon (Valencia, Venezuela).
USC Upstate (11-8, 4-4 A-Sun) will be fighting for its spot in the 2012 A-Sun Championships. The Spartans currently sit fifth in the league standings, a half game ahead of FGCU (3-4 A-Sun) and Lipscomb (3-4 A-Sun). With the Eagles and Bison scheduled to face each other Friday, a Spartan victory on Saturday would ensure USC Upstate another trip to Johnson City, Tenn., next weekend. If ETSU wins, USC Upstate's fate will be left to pending results and potential tiebreakers.
The Spartans enter Saturday as winners of their last two matches. Last Friday, they welcomed Kennesaw State to Spartanburg, S.C., and defeated the Owls 5-2, and then downed Mercer 4-3 on Saturday.
Ramiro Blanco holds USC Upstate's best spring singles record. Blanco – who is on a four-match winning streak – boasts a 14-3 record through dual play with an 11-3 mark at the No. 1 position.
Last year, ETSU and USC Upstate met in the first match of the conference season as the Bucs pulled out a 4-3 thriller. With the match tied 3-3, Blanco had a chance to serve out the victory, but Bandres broke and went on to win the third set in a 7-5, 2-6, 7-5 final at the No. 2.
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1. Importing/editing Camtasia video files into Premier CS4-best CODEC?cellobella Oct 18, 2009 8:13 PM (in response to the_wine_snob)
I would like to import Camtasia 3 video files into Premier Pro CS4 for editing. Two questions: 1) what is the best file format to export from Camtasia for editing in CS4, and 2) what codec should be used in creating files for export from Camtasia for best results in editing with PPCS4? I tried exporting the files as .swf's (swf object) and that format was not recognized by CS4 when I tried to import. After editing, I will be posting the files on the web as demo/instructional videos.
I'm not sure the platform/computer specs come into play much related to this question, here they are just in case:
Windows Vista OS:
Intel core i 7 processor (64 bit)
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8MB Level 2 Cache
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 video card
High Definition Audio Chipset
7.1 Channel Surround Sound
10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet Network
Expansion bays: 2 (1 free) External 5.25" bays; 2 (2 free) External 3.5" bays; 2 (1 free) Internal 3.5" bays
Expansion slots: 2 (1 free) PCI Express x16 Graphic Interface slot; 1 (0 free) PCI Express x1 Interface slot; 1 (1 free) PCI Express x4 interface slot
2. Re: Importing/editing Camtasia video files into Premier CS4-best CODEC?the_wine_snob Oct 19, 2009 12:09 PM (in response to cellobella)
Jeff Bellune just posted some great comments and a link to his tutorial in your post in the CS4 forum.
Hope that his instructions will help you. See why I suggested posting?
Good luck,
3. Re: Editing Camtasia or Camstuido Footage? Some Tipscellobella Oct 19, 2009 12:15 PM (in response to the_wine_snob)
Yes, very helpful. Great suggestion, thanks! But I didn't know how to search for that link you gave me (for example: /thread/508808?tstart=0). I put it into the search box on the forum, and it said "nothing found". What did I do wrong?
4. Re: Editing Camtasia or Camstuido Footage? Some Tipsthe_wine_snob Oct 19, 2009 12:44 PM (in response to cellobella)
From a browser, you should just be able to click on the link, as it's HTML. That will open the article in either a window, or a tab, depending on the setup of your browser.
Good luck,
5. Re: Editing Camtasia or Camstuido Footage? Some Tipscellobella Oct 19, 2009 12:47 PM (in response to the_wine_snob)
Ahhh. Ok.
6. Re: Editing Camtasia or Camstuido Footage? Some Tipssaragayer Nov 10, 2009 10:45 PM (in response to the_wine_snob)
I've tried everyone's advice. I have a camtasia uncompressed avi at 1024 x 768. I want premiere to output that after some basic edits using the premiere's export command. I'd like premiere to export a wmv file, avi, mov.
The problem is that it is always distorted.
I've tried all types of settings. I've played with matching on framerate, resolution, square pixels, .9 pixels. I've tried custom settings to export at 1024x768.
You name it. I've tried different codecs. Nothing works. It is always comes out distorted.
I've tried lagarith lossless codec. The output from camtasia always looks clear, whether it is an avi, wmv, or mov. But as soon as I export from Premiere it looks terrible.
If someone could just tell me that Premiere cannot do it, then I would be fine. I'd stop trying. I'm beginning to think it is not possible to export screencasts in premier at original resolution.
If it is possible, then I would appreciate a step by step guide. I'll even pay for it. I think what I'm trying to do is so simple, but eludes me.
I would so much appreciate some guidance. I am a student who spent a lot of money for Premiere and now it isn't doing what I thought it could.
Thanks in advance.
7. Re: Editing Camtasia or Camstuido Footage? Some Tipsthe_wine_snob Nov 11, 2009 3:26 PM (in response to saragayer)
I think that Jeff Bellune was able to help you a bit. Was that in the PrPro forum, or the Encore forum?
Jeff does a great deal of work with tutorials, and I believe that he uses Camtasia for his tutorial creation, with editing in PrPro CS4.
Unfortunately, I do not have any experience with using video capture programs and editing the resulting files, so can not be of much help. I just posted the link to Dan's article for others.
Now, there are also several folk who frequent the Muvipix forum, who do tutorials, as well. I'd strongly suggest posting to the Community there and see if those users can offer more help.
Good luck, and wish that I could help,
8. Re: Editing Camtasia or Camstuido Footage? Some Tipscellobella Nov 11, 2009 3:32 PM (in response to the_wine_snob)
Yes, Jeff helped and it was on the pr forum. We had a few emails back and forth, but as I recall he had not captured video as it played on a web site.
9. Re: Editing Camtasia or Camstuido Footage? Some Tipsthe_wine_snob Nov 11, 2009 3:40 PM (in response to cellobella)
Glad that he was able to help. He's one of the top contributors (and a MOD) on both the PrPro and the Encore fora, plus the author of one of the best-ever books on Adobe Encore. He also does a ton of tutorials and then edits them with Adobe products.
As for capturing footage from a Website, I wonder if getting the original FLV, MOV, WMV, etc., might not be a better way to go.
Some years back, I had a somewhat similar Project. It was to be a video of a Website w/ embedded video. I created a mockup of the Webpage in Photoshop and then just did a PiP (Picture in Picture) of the motion footage to simulate it actually playing in a Web-based player on the page. Not sure if that sort of thing would help you, but you could also animate an image of a mouse pointer (cursor), to mimmick interactivity.
Just thinking there. If none helps, just ignore my ramblings.
Good luck,
10. Re: Editing Camtasia or Camstuido Footage? Some Tipscellobella Nov 11, 2009 4:41 PM (in response to the_wine_snob)
Yes, I think PIP is probably the way to go when you want to show moving video on a web site. I captured the site before I really knew how to use Camtasia, and I noticed later that the default rate was 6fps, so the video (in a box) looks very jerky, but the rest of the screen looks fine. I haven't tried capturing anything at 30fps, but I was going to do that next. However, putting the video in separately is probably best because a 30fps capture probably takes a long time and results in a very big file that then has to be downsized later.
11. Re: Editing Camtasia or Camstuido Footage? Some Tipsthe_wine_snob Nov 12, 2009 9:51 AM (in response to cellobella)
My use of things like PiP to "simulate" user interaction goes back to before the digital age. We used to shoot ads for HP and always assembled the monitor display from separate shots. Because of the limitations of the films of the day, we learned a lot of "workarounds," and even today I still use some to make things "look" like they are something else.
Good luck,
12. Re: Editing Camtasia or Camstuido Footage? Some TipsTim Kolb Jul 14, 2010 1:40 PM (in response to the_wine_snob)
Unfortunately, apparently Techsmith doesn't have a 64 bit codec...
At this point, I'm editing PPro CS5 tutorials in CS4... as weird as that sounds.
I believe that Adobe includes a CS4 installer with PPro CS5 don't they?
13. Re: Editing Camtasia or Camstuido Footage? Some Tipsthe_wine_snob Jul 14, 2010 3:24 PM (in response to Tim Kolb)
Thank you for sharing that info. Like many suppliers, I feel that they are working on 64-bit, so that CODEC's, Effects, etc., will soon be ready. Maybe by then, MS will have released Win7-64 SP-1, and have fixed many driver issues too.
It is my understanding that yes, CS4 a 32-bit app, is included. Now, what I do not know is if this is an across-the-board inclusion, for CS5 upgrades, full priced program, and all suites, or if there are limitations. I would assume that it is available on the install media, probably as an option and probably on the last, or supplemental disc. However, I have no idea about the download version. Just a guess - it would not be in the download. I would check with Adobe, just to be sure WHERE it is included. I am thinking the suites, as some programs are not yet 64-bit, but it could be in the upgrade, or full program (which will also have Encore, a 32-bit app.).
Good luck,
14. Re: Editing Camtasia or Camstuido Footage? Some Tipsthe_wine_snob Jan 10, 2011 12:53 PM (in response to the_wine_snob)
If one is using PrPro CS5, and the latest Camtasia version w/ the 64-bit TS CODEC's, see Harm's, Jeff's and Todd's replies in this THREAD.
15. Re: Editing Camtasia or Camstuido Footage? Some Tipsborneoguy Feb 22, 2011 9:19 AM (in response to saragayer)
Long shot here....did you ever get this resolved? I'm having the same issue!
16. Re: Editing Camtasia or Camstuido Footage? Some Tipsthe_wine_snob Feb 22, 2011 9:49 AM (in response to borneoguy)
As that poster has not shown back up, I am not sure if he/she was able to sort things out. I know that Jeff Bellune was working with several folk on the PrPro and also on the Encore forum, regarding TechSmith CODEC's, and the editing of the Camtasia material. Perhaps a search in those fora, for "Camtasia" and maybe filter on that poster's screen name, will locate the threads there. I try to link to useful Camtasia discussions, but obviously miss many. If you do locate some additional useful info, please PM me, and I will add the links here.
Good luck,
17. Re: Editing Camtasia or Camstuido Footage? Some Tipsthe_wine_snob Mar 9, 2011 8:52 AM (in response to the_wine_snob)
For FRAPS, another video screen-cap program, there might be useful tips in this ARTICLE.
Good luck,
18. Re: Editing Camtasia or Camstuido Footage? Some Tipsthe_wine_snob Apr 8, 2011 7:29 AM (in response to the_wine_snob)
Here is another FRAPS thread, regarding intermediate CODEC's for editing.
Good luck,
19. Re: Editing Camtasia or Camstuido Footage? Some Tipsthe_wine_snob Apr 11, 2011 1:45 PM (in response to the_wine_snob)
Jeff Bellune has just done a TUTORIAL on using Camtasia footage in Premiere. He has been doing tutorials, using Camtasia and Premiere for some years, and this tells how he does it.
Note that Jeff uses PrPro for this, and the latter part of the tutorial are related to the ability of PrPro to do Sequences, plus the Desktop Project/Sequence Preset, and PrE does not have either of those. One will need to structure their workflow here, to match the capabilities of PrE.
Good luck,
20. Re: Editing Camtasia or Camstuido Footage? Some Tipsthe_wine_snob May 16, 2011 9:09 AM (in response to the_wine_snob)
One PrPro user has just done a TUTORIAL on using FRAPS as a video screen capture utility. This might prove useful to many.
Hope that this helps,
21. Re: Editing Camtasia or Camstuido Footage? Some Tipsthe_wine_snob Feb 24, 2012 8:34 AM (in response to the_wine_snob)
For FRAPS footage into PrElements, this PrE FAQ Entry might prove helpful.
22. Re: Editing Camtasia/Camstudio/FRAPS Footage? Some Tipsthe_wine_snob Jun 3, 2012 9:37 AM (in response to the_wine_snob)
One of the challenges, when using a video screen-capture program, like FRAPS, is that one is usually capturing from a computer monitor, that has a different Aspect Ratio (pixel x pixel dimensions), than standard Video. That is pretty easily handled in Premiere Pro, as one can set up a Project's Frame Size, and FPS to match what their video screen-capture program produces. It is not, however, so easy in PrE, as the available Project Presets are for traditional video, and when there is a different pixel x pixel Frame Size, one has but a few options, and usually leaving some black bars is the best. Usually, to accomplish this, they would choose a Project Preset, that has larger pixel x pixel dimensions, and then Import the video screen-capture footage into that.
The other option is to use Motion>Scale to increase the screen-capture footage, to fill at least one dimension (eliminating the black bars there), but if they wish to fill both dimensions, then something has to give, as the Aspect Ratios are different. Something, somewhere, must be cropped by the Frame Size of the Project, and this is usually not what is desired. Also, one could use the Fixed Effect>Motion>Scale, with Constrain Proportions unchecked, and Scale the height and width independently, but this WILL distort the Clip - might, or might not be what one wants.
For output, one has the option to do cropping, but not all output formats support this - however, some do.