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CONNECTICUT - Sen. Joseph Lieberman, running as an independent, has a 53 percent to 33 percent lead on Democratic anti-war challenger Ned Lamont. Lieberman, a three-term Democratic incumbent, lost the party primary in August after Lamont attacked his support for the Iraq war.
MARYLAND - Democratic Rep. Ben Cardin leads Republican Lt. Gov. Michael Steele by 45 percent to 37 percent in the race to replace retiring Democratic Sen. Paul Sarbanes.
MISSOURI - Republican Sen. Jim Talent leads Democratic state Auditor Claire McCaskill by 43 percent to 39 percent in a contest that has been close all year.
MONTANA - Democrat Jon Tester leads Republican Sen. Conrad Burns 46 percent to 42 percent after Burns suffered a series of problems, from returning donations from associates of convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff to comments seen as insensitive to some ethnic groups and to out-of-state firefighters.
NEW JERSEY - Democratic Sen. Robert Menendez, considered vulnerable after polls showed a tightening race, leads Republican challenger Tom Kean Jr. by 45 percent to 35 percent.
OHIO - Republican Sen. Mike DeWine has pulled into a dead heat with Democratic Rep. Sherrod Brown at 41 percent each. DeWine had been trailing in other recent polls.
PENNSYLVANIA - Rick Santorum, the third-ranking Senate Republican, trails Democrat Bob Casey Jr., the son of a popular former governor, by 48 percent to 36 percent.
RHODE ISLAND - Sen. Lincoln Chafee, a moderate Republican in one of the most Democratic states, trails Democratic challenger Sheldon Whitehouse by 45 percent to 41 percent.
TENNESSEE - In a race for the open seat of retiring Senate Republican Leader Bill Frist, Democratic Rep. Harold Ford Jr. and Republican Bob Corker, the former mayor of Chattanooga, are deadlocked at 40 percent each.
VIRGINIA - Republican Sen. George Allen has survived a series of recent campaign missteps to take a 48 percent to 37 percent lead over Democratic challenger James Webb.
A new poll by USA Today/Gallup shows McCaskill up by 3 percentage points over Talent, 48 percent to 45 percent, among likely voters.
This Reuters poll is dated Oct. 5th, which means that it may have been conducted prior to the impact of the Foley scandal.
you cannot project races off one polling result
I am not sure about the validity of tradesports, after the incredible volatility which it suffered in 2004 on election day. It probably has some predictive value, but I am not sure how much.
I am not sure about the validity of tradesports, after the incredible volatility which it suffered in 2004 on election day.
Let's look at their polls vs. RCP, who, heck, has a right-wing rep if anything
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Donald W. McAfee will celebrate his 80th birthday with a reception for family and friends 2-4 p.m. Saturday, at the Simpson Old Time Museum, 207 E. Randolph. Western wear is appropriate and encouraged. Cards may be sent to 1730 Centennial Court, Enid, OK 73703. He request no gifts.
Don was born March 5, 1933, in Lewistown, Mo., to Lawrence W. and Myrle Brace McAfee.
After graduating from Lewistown High School, he attended Kirksville State College (now Truman University) for four years. He then entered the Army, being stationed in Albuquerque, N.M., and Fort Monmouth, N.J.
Following his discharge he taught school for two years, then worked in union negotiations and Human Resource Services in Iowa and Oklahoma, before moving to Enid in 1976, where he worked for George E. Failing Co. as Human Resource director until he retired in 1998.

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Healdsburg Police said they are not getting involved in a probe of the details surrounding the euthanization of the dog Posey at despite earlier published reports that they would be looking into it.
Healdsburg Police Department's Lt. Matt Jenkins said Friday the department has not been asked to investigate whether the Healdsburg Animal Shelter broke the law in making a decision to euthanasia Posey, the mixed-breed dog that was destroyed on Dec. 21.
"We have not received a directive to investigate," Jenkins said. Jenkins added that even if the request had been forthcoming, the department likely would have deferred such work to experts in the animal welfare field.
"The determination to euthanize an animal is one we leave to the experts," he added. "We contract with the animal shelter for their expertise, and they had their experts make that determination."
Healdsburg Mayor Susan Jones confirmed with Healdsburg Patch Thursday that she had asked City Manager Marjie Pettus for an investigation as to whether a city ordinance had been broken.
"There was an allegation that they [HAS] had broken the law," Jones said. "We take that seriously."
It was not immediately clear what occurred after Jones' made her request to Pettus. Pettus was unavailable for comment Friday due to city office closures.
The story broke on Dec. 30 when dogthusiast.com writer Jen deHaan wrote that Healdsburg Animal Shelter had broken Hayden's law by not turning Posey over to a 501(c)(3) organization that put a rescue hold on the dog.
"The Healdsburg Animal Shelter in Sonoma County calls itself a No-Kill shelter on their website, but they recently killed a savable dog, Posey, despite an offer from a reputable 501(3)(c) rescue that offered to take her," deHaan wrote on the website.
An email obtained by Healdsburg Patch indicates that All Aboard Search and Rescue did place a rescue hold on Posey.
"I am a nonprofit and [I] help troubled dogs and am putting a rescue hold on Posey," Quinn stated in the email marked Dec. 20, 2012, the day before Posey was euthanized.
While Healdsburg Animal Shelter chairman Bill Anderson has stated that Quinn refused to give a physical address to HAS animal services director Judi Adams, Quinn disputes that statement.
"I was going into a meeting when we were on the phone," said Quinn. "I told her [Judi Adams] I had to get permission to give the facility's physical address.
"Judi said she would get back to me after she talked with her board of directors, and I said I would give her the address at that time," Quinn said.
"She never called back, and they euthanized Posey later that day," Quinn said.
Quinn runs All Aboard Search and Rescue, a rescue organization that specializes in troubled dogs, particularly pit bulls.
Quinn said she was contacted by a Healdsburg Animal Shelter volunteer who had worked closely with Posey and who asked her to place the rescue hold. The volunteer strongly believed that the dog could be rehabilitated, Quinn said.
The volunteer, who no longer works at the shelter, declined to be identified publicly.
The volunteer said he also contacted Green Dog Rescue Project for help for Posey. Green Dog founder Colleen Combs, who also runs King's Kastle animal care facility, said she declined to place the rescue hold, as she had been sent a letter from the Healdsburg Animal Shelter last year stating they did not wish to work with her organization.
In recent days, an apparent disagreement has surfaced in the interpretation of Hayden's Law which falls under the Food and Agricultural Code of California.
As reported Wednesday by Healdsburg Patch, "the decision to euthanize a dog named Posey at Healdsburg Animal Shelter was HAS Chairman Bill Anderson said.
Anderson said Posey's situation fell under Food and Agricultural Code law section 31108.5 (b), which governs animals surrendered by owners because of a history of aggression.
Adams, the HAS animal services director, said Friday that the code referred to by Anderson was determined by the HAS animal welfare team of experts to be the appropriate code section and was applied in the Posey case. Adams listed the relevant code section as follows:
"Upon relinquishment, the dog may be made available for immediate euthanasia if it has a history of vicious or dangerous behavior documented by the agency charged with enforcing state and local animal laws."
Adams said the shelter did document everything and "we followed all the protocols set up by our advisory board," she said. The shelter did not euthanize Posey immediately, but instead tried to work with Posey for three months, Anderson said.
However, deHaan on dogthusiast.com disputes that Hayden's law did not apply in a second article, written Jan. 2, 2013.
According to deHaan, owner relinquished dogs are protected in the same manner as strays under Hayden Act provisions 31108 and 31752.
The following is a portion of Section 31108, as supplied by deHaan:
(b)…any stray dog that is impounded pursuant to this division shall, prior to the euthanasia of that animal, be released to a nonprofit, as defined in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, animal rescue or adoption organization if requested by the organization prior to the scheduled euthanasia of that animal. The public or private shelter may enter into cooperative agreements with any animal rescue or adoption organization. In addition to any required spay or neuter deposit, the public or private shelter, at its discretion, may assess a fee, not to exceed the standard adoption fee, for animals adopted or released."
DeHaan continues in the article:
"Then they have the following section, which then applies those same rights to owner-relinquished cats and dogs (like Posey) [in section 31754]:
"…any animal relinquished by the purported owner that is of a species impounded by public or private shelters shall be held for the same holding periods, with the same requirements of care, applicable to stray dogs and cats in Sections 31108 and 31752…"
According to Quinn, All Aboard Search and Rescue had a commitment from both an experienced trainer and the volunteer to provide the training and desensitization Posey needed. The organization is a registered 501(c)(3) and carries liability insurance, she said.
Healdsburg Patch Editor Keri Brenner contributed to this story.
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In expressing our views about the importance of the individual and his freedom in a free America, we have pointed out how essential a total separation of church and state is to our concept of democracy. We have also tried to show how religiously inspired puritanism has been allowed to subtly undermine certain of our most precious freedoms. Nowhere is this more insidiously dangerous than in the continuing erosion of our Constitutionally guaranteed rights to free speech and press, for it is these freedoms that assure the protection of all our other freedoms. It is for this reason that we are personally opposed to censorship in any form.
The U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights assure these freedoms and our legislatures, courts and officials of government continue to pay lip service to their protection, but in the brief lifetime of this nation, exceptions have been introduced—small cracks in the wall that encircles and protects our democracy's ideals—cracks that will surely spread, and thus weaken and eventually destroy the wall, if they are not mended.
The right of the individual to speak and write what is on his mind—to express himself freely and without fear of any action against him by his government—does not allow for any exceptions. "It is time enough for the rightful purposes of civil government," wrote Thomas Jefferson, "for its officers to interfere when principles break out into overt acts against peace and good order." Our speech and our press cannot be half free or they are not truly free at all.
We have quoted Jefferson, James Madison, Justice William O. Douglas, Judge Thurman Arnold, and Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy on the importance of free and unhampered speech and press to our democratic way of life. We have shown how the U.S. Supreme Court has continually upheld these freedoms, but we have also pointed out an exception that the highest Court—itself composed of fallible men, influenced by our puritan traditions—has allowed to coexist with these Constitutional guarantees, thus making us truly only half free.
The exception is sex and the courts have ruled that "obscenity" is outside the protections of the First Amendment. We have argued, however, that so-called obscenity cannot and must not be considered outside the protections of our law or the law itself will soon break down and the broader protections of speech and press inevitably disappear. We argued that "obscenity" can never be satisfactorily defined and that the Supreme Court's definition, while curtailing the most wanton, wholesale censorship, is nonetheless, in the words of Supreme Court Justice Douglas, "too loose, too capricious, too destructive of freedom of expression to be squared with the First Amendment." Justice Douglas stated further that the Supreme Court's standard for obscenity as what offends "the common conscience of the community" would certainly "not be an acceptable one if religion, economics, politics or philosophy were involved. How," asked the Supreme Court Justice, "does it become a Constitutional standard when literature treating with sex is concerned?"
It clearly should not, for we have shown that no true community standard or "common conscience of the community" exists. As Justice Douglas has stated, "Under that test, juries can censor, suppress and punish what they do not like.... This is community censorship in one of its worst forms. It creates a regime where, in the battle between the literati and the Philistines, the Philistines are certain to win."
What is more, even if a satisfactory community standard ever could be established, that is no argument for suppressing other minority opinions. For the High Court has ruled that the Constitution rightfully protects even the most unpopular and distasteful ideas and history has shown us that some of our greatest literature and art met with public disfavor when it was first produced and was banned and censored as "obscene" in other times and places.
We have previously established that our founding fathers did not intend "obscenity" to be outside the protections of the Constitution. Jefferson stated, "The press, confined to truth, needs no other restraint...no other definite line can be drawn between the inestimable liberty of the press and demoralizing licentiousness"; Madison wrote that to make a "distinction between the freedom of and the licentiousness of the press" would subvert the First Amendment.
Last month we attempted to show not only the impossibility of ever adequately defining what is "obscene," but also demonstrated how the charge of "obscenity," once established as being outside the protections of the Constitution, can spread to include philosophical, political, social, medical, religious and racial ideas of which the censor does not approve.
Lastly, we pointed out that the very premise upon which the censorship of "obscenity" is based—that "obscene" and "pornographic" literature and art include acts of sexual violence and crime—is without foundation; there is, in fact, a serious school of scientific opinion that believes that "obscenity" actually makes a valuable contribution to the mental health of a society, since it may act as an outlet for sexually repressed desires that might otherwise take the form of overt sexual offenses in the emotionally unstable or maladjusted. Drs. Eberhard and Phyllis Kronhausen subscribe to this belief, as does noted sex authority Dr. Albert Ellis. A report by a committee of Brown University psychologists (Drs. Nissim Levy, Lewis Lipsitt and Judy F. Rosenblith) concluded, after reviewing all available U.S. research on the subject: "There is no reliable evidence that reading or other fantasy activities lead to antisocial behavior." Dr. Benjamin Karpman, chief psychotherapist at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Washington, D.C., stated in a report before the American Medical Association, that "contrary to popular misconception, people who read salacious literature are less likely to become sexual offenders than those who do not, for the reason that such reading often neutralizes what aberrant sexual interests they may have."
The Drs. Kronhausen wrote in their book, Pornography and the Law: "Erotic books may fulfill several eminently useful and therapeutic functions. We have already elaborated on the principle of catharsis through vicarious participation by reading. It always strikes us as strange that this ancient idea should be considered by some to be so novel and highly controversial. And as far as we know, the concept is at least as old as Aristotle, who recommended that Athenians go and watch the tragedies in the theater to avoid succumbing to antisocial impulses. We believe that this may apply equally to the antisocial sex impulses which are often given free rein in so-called 'hard-core obscenity'...."
Supreme Court Justice Brennan has written, in a decision in an obscenity case: "Implicit in the history of the First Amendment is the rejection of obscenity as utterly without redeeming social importance," then, based upon the professional scientific opinions cited herein, it can be argued that—since all erotic literature and art may have some therapeutic value as a release for sexual tensions—no work can ever be judged "legally obscene," because—by this definition—no such thing as "legal obscenity" can ever exist.
Justice Black and the Constitution
In a recent interview, Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black expressed his personal views on our American ideal of absolute freedoms of speech and press. The occasion of the interview was a banquet in New York City honoring Justice Black on his completion of 25 years of service on the United States Supreme Court. The interview was conducted by Professor Edmond Cahn, of the New York University School of Law, who stated in his introduction: "Hugo Black [is] one of the few authentically great judges in the history of the American bench.... He is great because he belongs to a select company of heroes who, at various crises in the destiny of our land, have created, nurtured and preserved the essence of the American ideal.
"...The torch of [such a man's] spirit leads first a few, then the vast majority of his countrymen...toward freedom, equality and social justice.
"This is what happened at the very birth of our country.... It was the same kind of inspiration that gave us our national Bill of Rights. The original Constitution, drafted at the Philadelphia Convention, contained no bill of rights. The Federalists contended that though bills of rights might be necessary against emperors and kings, they were needless in a republican form of government. They argued that the people ought to repose trust in popularly chosen representatives. But Thomas Jefferson indignantly referred them to the words of the Declaration of Independence, which announced that governments derived their just powers from the consent of the governed: words to be taken literally, absolutely and without exception. He declared, 'A bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on earth.' His demand succeeded, and the Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution. The Bill of Rights protects us today because Jefferson stood firm on the inspired text.
"Then there is the next momentous episode, the series of court decisions in which Chief Justice John Marshall held that acts of legislation that violated the Constitution of the United States were null and void. What was the clause on which Marshall relied in asserting this awesome power for the Supreme Court? It was the provision, to which all Americans had pledged themselves, that the Constitution of the United States must be 'the supreme law of the land.'
"President Lincoln also drew guidance and inspiration from a single basic text. He opposed the institution of slavery because, as he said, the country was dedicated to the proposition that 'all men are created equal.' Our own epoch has again demonstrated the explosive validity of that proposition.
"What does one see happening in each of these historic instances? The majority of the people, at least at the beginning, are wont to say that though the basic text may embody a fine ideal, it cannot work in practical application. They say it is utopian, visionary, unrealistic. They remark condescendingly that any experienced person would know better than to take it literally or absolutely. Accepting the words at face value would be naive, if not simple-minded. In 1776 Worldly Wisemen of this kind said that while the colonists might be entitled to the rights of Englishmen, they ought to put their trust in the King and Parliament and submit to a few convenient adjustments in the interest of imperial security. In 1788 they said that while a bill of rights might be desirable in theory, the people must learn to show confidence in their rulers. Why not leave it all to a majority, whether in Congress or in the Supreme Court? In every generation, the lesser minds, the half-hearted, the timorous, the trimmers talked this way, and so they always will. Ours would be a poor, undernourished, scorbutic freedom indeed if the great men of our history had not shown determination and valor, declaring, 'Here are the principles to which we are dedicated. Let us hold ourselves erect and walk in their light.'
"It is to this rare company of inspired leaders that Hugo Black belongs. He has been inflamed by the political and ethical ideals that Jefferson, Madison and other libertarians of the 18th century prized the highest.... He draws his inspiration from the First Amendment in the Bill of Rights, which forbids the government to abridge our freedom of speech, freedom of press, freedom of religion and freedom of association.... [These freedoms] are, to him, the meaning and inner purpose of the American saga.
"Justice Black's major premise and point of departure is the text of the Constitution, which he emphasizes in all his decisions. He believes that the main purpose of the Founders, in drafting and adopting a written constitution, was to preserve their civil liberties and keep them intact. On their own behalf and on ours, they were not satisfied with a fragment or fraction of the basic freedoms; they wanted us to have the whole of them.
"Some people display a curious set of values. If government employees were to come into their homes and start slicing off parts of the chairs, the tables and the television set, they would have no doubt that what was happening was absolutely wrong. Not relatively or debatably, but absolutely wrong. But when the same government slices their civil liberties, slashes their basic freedoms or saws away at their elementary rights, these people can only comment that the case is too complicated for a doctrinaire judgment, that much can be said on both sides of the matter, and that in times like these the experts on sedition, subversion and national security know what they are doing. (Sometimes I wonder whether it is quite fair to assume that experts know what they are doing; perhaps it would be more charitable to assume that they do not know.)


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iggie, congratulations. I can't believe you will get to speak with Tessa and Scott in person.
I can post till the cows come home (and sometimes feel I go a little overboard) but all of a sudden I have no idea what to ask them.
iggie, I do like the idea for suggestions for an exhibition but aren't V&M's programs from next year done or at least they already know what they are skating to?
I (like a few others) still want to see a really great, edgy, slinky, sultry Blues number. No matter how many years have passed and V&M have done some amazing programs including the epic Carmen, the Blues CD from junior worlds (which doesn't really count as a true program) is still one of my favorites. At the very least, I wish the Blues would have been used as the CD at some point during this quad. As good as the CD was back then, just think of what it would look like now after how much Tessa and Scott have progressed in their technical skill and maturity/expression. I'd also like to see another tango for the same reason.


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Women's Lacrosse Clinic Waiver
Springfield, Mass. - June 19, 2012 - The Springfield College women's lacrosse program will be holding a Summer Prospect Clinic on Thursday, August 16 for girls lacrosse players who are currently in high school.
The clinic, which will consist of on-field training and games and costs $30, will officially begin at 4:00 pm and lasts until 6:00 pm. There is also an optional admissions presentation and tour of campus which will take place at 2:30.
Those who are interested please send mail and the flyer above to:
Springfield College Women's Lacrosse
Kristen Mullady
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Federal officials say more than 1,600 Oklahoma residents have successfully signed up for health insurance coverage in the first two months of the troubled HealthCare.gov website.
Oklahoma finance officials say collections to the main operating fund used to pay for state government continue to trail the official estimate, a trend that could lead to budget cuts for state agencies if it continues.
Oklahoma's Secretary of Finance Preston Doerflinger released figures on Wednesday that show collections to the state's general revenue fund trail by nearly 8 percent the official estimate upon which the state budget is based. So far for the first five months of the current fiscal year, collections have trailed the official estimate by about 6.5 percent.
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The essence of the budget deal reached by Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., and Rep Paul Ryan, R-Wis., is better understood by looking at what's missing, rather than what's included in it.
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Numbers released by the Obama administration show enrollment in health exchanges edged up in November, but the uptake remains far short of the administration's initial targets.
Roughly 264,000 people signed up for private insurance coverage last month through the federal and state exchanges, according to data from the Health and Human Services Department. That brings the total to about 364,000 for October and November.
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A leading congressional deficit hawk says a bipartisan budget agreement hammered out on Capitol Hill is mostly a patch-work approach that fails to address wasteful spending that is contributing to a ballooning federal debt.
Republican Sen. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma says the accord announced by GOP Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin and Democratic Sen. Patty Murray of Washington state likely was the best that could be achieved, but says he can't support it.
Leaders in the Osage Nation are criticizing an Obama administration decision to allow companies to seek the authorization to kill and harm golden and bald eagles without penalty.
The wind energy industry requested the change, and the federal government announced its decision last week. The announcement drew sharp criticism from the Osage Nation, which says eagles should be protected because of their religious and ceremonial significance to Native Americans.
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A college basketball player who won $20,000 by hitting a half-court shot during an Oklahoma City Thunder game can keep the money.
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics announced Tuesday that Cameron Rodriguez could keep his winnings for use as a scholarship. Rodriguez is a sophomore forward for the Southwestern College basketball team in Winfield, Kan.
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"A must read for anyone in stress"
I got this book as a place to start in CBT. I was surprised on how much was packed on the first 30 minutes of listening. Everyone should get this. This is one of the most revolutionary transformations I've ever experienced in my lifetime with such simple ideas. It gives you the tools to make sense of everything that happens to you.
This book will become your new best friend.
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Productive suggestions are provided for living a happier more fulfilling life. Action steps are defined to help a person take a more constuctive, positive appraoch to solving their problems and resolving emotional difficulties.
Since this is a learning self help book, it helps one to become their own therapist of sorts. A lot of good analogies provided but no main characters are described.
It is over two and one half hours in duration it certainly is interesting enough to listen to all in one session. I have listened to the entire audio many times now in it's entirety and plan to listen to it again to reinforced the principles of CBT. With each listen I gain another insight to improve the way I view a particular situation.
Perhaps if the audio was longer and the author had gone into more examples to help absorb the principles it would have been better.
"Healing therapy"
Some good rational ideas that work. Didn't finish it because I was healed after half an hour.
"Great starter book for CBT"
I have listed to this book several times and put many of the lessons to practice. The book brings up great points and the narrator is enjoyable to listen to.
Moving further from work extended my daily commute... thank God for Audible.
"Disappointed to realize --- an abridged reading"
I have had prior exposure to CBT concepts, so this book really didn't teach me anything new. But it did provide some nice reinforcement, and the principles described appeared sound.
This was one of my first Audible downloads, and I didn't notice the "Abridged" status. Although I'm not familiar with the unabridged work, at just over 2h, this version seems *heavily* abridged! If it wasn't for this, I would probably have assigned four stars.
Middle aged; long University course (science based), and long service as a professional. Cynical and very interested in the real world.
"OK I guess"
This boof didn't really answer many questions for me, nor did it hold my interest.
"Too Obvious"
Well what can I say, the authors advocate applying common sense to common problems. Absolutely nothing new here, nothing of note.
"Not the full book"
Having quite a bit of time on my hands I was expecting lots of detailed information (knowing this is not a small subject to have a book on). Unfortunately the audiobook all went too quickly and then noted to the listener at the end that 'this was just a taster to inspire you to buy the full dummies book for all the details of CBT'
Hence I felt a bit short-changed. And as I dont fancy paying for the book in addition to the audiobook, this was probably a bit of a waste of money.
However, the information that is carried across in the audiobook is well presented, just not everything!
"Excellent Introduction"
This audiobook is an absolute excellent introduction to CBT. Easy enough to follow, but yet engaging revealing and at times enlightening to the human condition. The narrator was a joy to listen to, so overall a very worthwhile addition to anyone's library who is interested in this theory.
"CBT for Dummies"
This book swiftly outlines the key components of CBT and in doing so, arms the reader with highly valuable and usable tools to fight negative thoughts and reflexes.
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STOCKPORT — Richard "Pete" Dale Wilcox, 65, of Stockport, formerly of Bloomfield died at 11:23 a.m. July 18, 2013 at University of Iowa Hospital, Iowa City
He was born in Pulaski on Nov. 21, 1947 to Hubert and Inez McMains Wilcox and married Sheryl Barker on Oct. 7, 1969 in Memphis, Mo. They divorced in 2000 and remained friends.
Pete lived most of his life in Davis County, going to school at Indian Hills Community College and Kirkwood Community College and worked at Mid-States in Milton as a welder and a truck driver in the area, American Tank in Bloomfield and All-States in Memphis. He served in the Navy from 1965-68 during the Vietnam War. Pete had been a member of the VFW in Bloomfield and a member of the Saddle Clubs in both Drakesville and Bloomfield. He loved his family, enjoyed collecting coins, fast horses and faster cars.
He is survived by two daughters, Serena Sherod (David) of Birmingham and Samantha Wilcox-Zimmer of Stockport; five grandchildren; a great-grandchild; two brothers, Jerry Dean Wilcox of Redwood, Calif., and Lawrence William (Barbara) of Lacrosse, Wis.; a sister, Martha Droz of Raleigh, N.C.; and his little dog, Moll, who was his constant companion.
He was preceded in death by both of his parents; two sisters, Marilyn Bride and Ann Beitz; and four brothers, Francis James, Farrell "Willie", Leonard "Buzz" and Loren "Buck" Wilcox.
His body has been cremated. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at Stockport Methodist Church; the Rev. Herb Shafer officiating. Private family burial will be in Kilbourne Cemetery.
Visitation will be open from 12-1 p.m. Saturday at the church with the family present prior to the service.
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Entrepreneur for the past 15 years, Peter Lojko most recently founded Watercove Networks and served as its President and CEO prior to the sale of the company to Alcatel. Lojko worked for Excel Switching Corporation, which was acquired by Lucent and at the American Mobile Satellite company. Lojko began his career at New England Telephone and NYNEX Mobile.
Peter Lojko is the chair of the Men's Golf Committee and on the Board of Governors at Wentworth by the Sea Country Club. Lojko is a strong proponent of youth development and has experienced the impact golf had on his personal life growing up. Lojko was a local caddy and was captain of his high school golf team for two years. His coach helped instill the core values that The First Tee teaches way back in the 70's! Lojko has a BSEE from the University of Lowell and an MBA from Suffolk University.
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A Goalie is Needed
Posted 28 October 2011 - 01:10 PM
Let's try and steer the Good Ship New-Fathers-Miss-The-Playoffs back to her original course.
So, is a new goalie needed for this team to make the playoffs? Win the Stanley Cup? If so, who do we trade for, and who do we trade away?
"I am the sword in the darkness... I am the watcher on the walls...
I am the shield that guards the realms of men..."
Posted 28 October 2011 - 01:10 PM
touchy subject?
I think the taking of Cialis implies that no matter how touchy you get with the subject, there are no results.
- 55fan likes this
"Push the dirt off your jersey then go for the cup or the trophy or the ring, champion no matter what."
Posted 28 October 2011 - 01:13 PM
Alright everyone. I think we've had enough fun at the OP's premise without contributing to the topic.
Let's try and steer the Good Ship New-Fathers-Miss-The-Playoffs back to her original course.
That ship was launched with several gaping holes in her hull, captain. She sank long ago.
Edited by Crymson, 28 October 2011 - 01:14 PM.
Posted 29 October 2011 - 06:29 PM
Posted 30 October 2011 - 12:46 AM
conklin looks bad.
very bad.
we can't play jimmy into the ground in the regular season again.
finding a better backup goalie isn't a bad idea at all. IMO.
Posted 30 October 2011 - 08:05 AM
Posted 30 October 2011 - 09:03 AM
Harding, but if your team cannot score, it's not really going to matter.
Guys, who was better last night: Howard or Harding?
Howard isn't the problem and isn't going to be off the team anytime soon.
Edited by SouthernWingsFan, 30 October 2011 - 09:04 AM.
Posted 30 October 2011 - 09:40 AM
It is a team problem in this case. Unless you get an uber goalie to save them (Dom's busy), you won't find the spark they need in the nets.
Howard and Conklin are fine. They need some help from our super-stars, however.
"There is no passion to be found in playing small -- in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living."
Nelson Mandela - RIP 1918-2013
Posted 30 October 2011 - 12:19 PM
I'd also like a burger with a side of extra large PANIC.
That's what I was thinking.. this post hit the panic button so hard it damn near BROKE! Ty's not great, he's been up and down, he seems to be better the more games he plays, which is pretty oridnary for a backup goalie in a team without a 1a, and 1b situation. Backups usually do better the more they play. You can't know what you've got unless they play more than 2 games in 3-4 weeks. It's like the panic button is for this guy is as a fan as the "Easy" button is for a Staples customer!
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When the deep snows of 2011 lasted almost 'til April, and a freak October snowstorm left them without power for a week, and a global recession continued to keep garden sales sluggish, Gledhill Nursery President and CEO Sean Powell knew just where to turn for help: the State of Connecticut's new Small Business Express Program, which has just loaned Gledhill Nursery $100,000 in working capital.
"This loan just bailed us out," Powell said today as he toured the 90-year-old family facility on Mountain Road with state Sen. Beth Bye (D-West Hartford), who voted for the multi-million dollar package of business loans and grants last October as part of the General Assembly's comprehensive and bipartisan Jobs Bill.
"I really got a strong sense that the state is trying to help small businesses," Powell said. "I got a great feeling as soon as I received the acceptance letter."
"I knew this Jobs Bill was going to pay dividends as soon as I voted for it," Bye said. "Gledhill Nursery has been a West Hartford institution for 90 years. If there was ever a place to plant a state loan with the hopes of seeing growth, Gledhill is the place."
Gledhill's garden center and gift shop is using the $100,000, low-interest (2%) loan to help make payroll and to pay for tens of thousands of dollars in spring inventory. Powell said state loan "kept us from laying off people."
"It gave us a big breather. Normally we have more cash on hand in the spring, and we were tapped out," Powell said. "If our accountant hadn't known about this state program I don't know what would have happened to us. We would have had to go to our regular banks, and I don't now if we would have been approved."
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy announced May 16 that Gledhill is just the latest in a series of small Connecticut companies that are benefitting from the Small Business Express Program (EXP), which is providing $100 million to help Connecticut's small businesses hire more employees and fund capital investments. The program, administered by the state Department of Economic and Community Development, offers loans and matching grants to Connecticut companies with fewer than 50 employees.
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The man whose driver's license was revoked for life in 2005 — after 17 convictions for drunken driving — continues to defy the law and judges' orders with no apparent consequences.
In 2005, a judge gave Charles Stefanilo a break, sentencing him to five years in jail, instead of seven, but placed him on probation for 25 years. If he violated the terms of his probation — including that he never get behind the wheel of a car again — he would be sent back to jail for another two years.
But it didn't take long for Stefanilo, who lists addresses in Peabody and Medford, to ignore the driving ban. After getting out of jail, he bought a canteen truck and went into business. He said he hired other people to drive the truck, but in 2011, he was arrested for driving it himself. The judge gave him another break and another warning — if he drove again, he really would go back to jail.
He drove again. This summer he rear-ended a car in Charlestown with his canteen truck.
His probation officer asked for a warrant to bring him into custody for violating his probation. Just weeks before the court hearing, however, the probation department reassigned Stefanilo to a different officer, who agreed that he should simply be placed back on probation and ordered — once again — not to drive. No one knows why; the probation department refuses to say. But a judge went along and let him off again.
This is a man who has endangered the public for more than 30 years, all the while thumbing his nose at the law. If, as he claimed in 2011, he has been sober since going to jail in 2005, that's a great step forward. But it doesn't excuse his repeated defiance of court orders.


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The butternut squash is superfree, but the soup overall won't be as it will contain other ingredients, such as stock, which aren't superfree.
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NORMAN — Joao Vale de Almeida spoke Tuesday to University of Oklahoma students and the general public about "Transitions in Europe and America: The Future of EU-US Relations."
The event was sponsored by the European Union Center, with support from the College of International Studies and Department of International and Area Studies.
Almeida is the head of the delegation of the European Union to the U.S. Prior to his appointment in Washington as the European Union's ambassador, Almeida served as the director general for external relations at the European Commission, the European Union's executive body.
As the most senior official under the authority of the High Representative and Vice President Baroness Ashton, he helped formulate and execute the EU's foreign policy and prepare for the new European External Action Service, which was introduced by the Treaty of Lisbon.
From 2004 to 2009, Almeida was the head of the cabinet for European Commission President José Manuel Barroso. He accompanied Barroso in the European Council (EU Summit) meetings and coordinated with private offices of heads of state and governments in all 28 EU member states.
Almeida began his presentation by explaining what major transitions he thought would take place in the upcoming year in the U.S. and the EU.
Such transitions will include a political transition in the U.S., as Barack Obama's effectiveness as a president can begin to be measured while he's in the middle of his second and last term, and an elections transition in the EU, as about 510 million people are called on to elect 700 new positions, including the president of the European Union Commission, the president of the European Union Council and a new representative of foreign affairs, Almeida said.
Almeida discussed the possibilities of the United States and European Union continuing to work together so they are ahead of these transitions.
"Who is going to call the shots of the world economy? Should the largest market determine how it will work, like China or India?" Almeida said. "We (European Union) want to increase the chances of having a say."
Electric cars and nano technology have no current regulation, Almeida said, asking attendees who will make the first move.
Almeida then noted the current deal signed in November — which is about to be implemented — to stop Iran from having nuclear weapons, as well as the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership trading agreement as examples of the way the EU and the U.S. can make a difference.
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I cover investing, entrepreneurial growth and philanthropy.
There is something every company can learn from Apple—and it has nothing to do with product design. As a company, Apple has established a winning culture. It attracts the brightest employees, which in turn have helped the company attract a loyal following of millions of customers. (Remember the Service Profit Model? I wrote about it here).
Due to its ability to fully engage its core mandates of innovation and creativity, Apple's culture transcends the company's boundaries to create an enterprise value that is greater than most nations.
Apple is not alone. Famous entrepreneurs through the ages have built enduring companies based not just upon their fine inventions, but on the ability to build a culture that attracted and retained loyal employees and satisfied customers.
Wherever there are two or more people aligned together there is a culture. Families and neighborhoods have a known culture. Churches, schools, teams, charities, ethnic groups and nations have cultures. Every business has a culture. I define culture as the behavior or conduct between people. Culture, by nature, is closely linked to the collective character and shared values of individuals who make up a group.
In a business setting, culture defines the essence of the organization. It identifies the emotional temperament and physical interface between all employees. It also spans the interaction of employees with vendors, customers, investors and media.
I recall with great displeasure and sadness the loss of a major MarketStar client some years ago due to the poor treatment its leaders received from some of my condescending employees. The client terminated our service contract. The economic loss was in the tens of millions of dollars. Nearly 150 employees lost jobs. Unfortunately, I was to blame even more than several misguided employees. Over time, I had taken for granted the long-standing business relationship and had not paid adequate attention to the client's views or needs.
Our culture, which had been established on the theme of taking care of loyal patrons, had somehow changed to, "It's not about customers; it's about us." In an indiscernible way, we had begun to view ourselves as more important than our clients. As I look back, I note there was also a significant shift in the way employees treated one another. Ill will, contempt, selfishness and greed had become our standard, replacing a more benevolent culture.
We had lost our way and had paid for it. In the midst of self-destruction, we looked at ourselves in horror at what we had become. Sorrowfully, we recognized the wayward drift. We noted, to our chagrin, that our collective personalities had morphed downward.
Prior to our undoing, we had hired leaders and managers who did not share our original culture of teamwork and a client focus. There were heated and frequent debates, confrontations, disagreements and menacing contentions among our employees. A foreign counterculture had slipped under the door and was spreading the seeds of destruction. Stress, sleepless nights and anger became our way of life.
Loyal and dedicated employees who loved our genesis complained, "Alan, we are miserable. We came here years ago to work for you, and have stayed because we loved that culture. Let's return to who we should be."
Over time, we began to correct our missteps and return to the culture that had made us a successful and happy company. The process to change was painful and complicated. It required courage, determination and an unbroken will to make things right. Many leaders and employees were asked to resign; others were terminated. Restoring employee morale and client trust took time. Over the course of several years, the original culture returned and the company has grown beyond our wildest dreams.
What have I learned from this experience? There are three tough lessons I am happy to share:
1. When hiring new employees, it is imperative to clearly describe the culture of the company to every candidate. Be sure every prospective employee understands the conduct and behavioral rules that all employees are expected to honor.
2. I recommend that when the company culture is firmly established it should become non-negotiable. There should be no room to alter or dramatically change a great cultural model. In fact, if an employee chooses not to follow it, I would invite them to find new employment.
3. Finally, if your organization has not established a cultural mandate on how employees behave, I would suggest creating one immediately. Communicate it regularly and be sure it is closely observed.
Your company will be far more profitable with a winning culture. In fact, its very life may depend on that fact.
For more detailed information I have written an e-book on the Characteristics of a Successful Entrepreneur that is available from Amazon or from my personal website at www.AlanEHall.com.
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A business collaboration culture is crucial for any business, but especially as the anywhere, anytime, any device philosophy takes hold. It is this foundation that brings people together and serves as a springboard for innovation. From Avaya's Power of We to GE's Together, We Can campaign, a positive culture also tends to yield a positive customer experience. Some businesses make the mistake of simply providing the tools but the leadership needs to tow the rope or the culture never materializes.
Wonderful article, Alan, thank you!
Hi Alan, I very much enjoyed this article! I appropriate that you took responsibility for the culture at Marketstar and that you took steps to correct it! The signs of a true leader!


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NCEAS Project 2025
Predicting extinction: The dynamics of salmon populations at low densities
- Ray Hilborn
|Further Information
|Working Group
|16th—18th July 1997
|Participant List
|Working Group
|13th—15th April 1998
|Participant List
We propose to combine meta-analysis, the analysis of a large number of data sets to determine the probability of different population parameters, with Bayesian risk analysis to provide a methodology for making predictions about extinction and other risks of low density populations. A NCEAS working group would meet twice to apply these methods to a case study of coho salmon in California and Oregon using existing meta-analytic data sets, and to explore the potential for developing similar data sets for other taxonomic groups.
|Products of NCEAS Research
|Journal Article
|Barrowman, Nicolas J.; Myers, Ransom A.; Hilborn, Ray; Field, Chris A. 2003. The variability among populations of coho salmon in the maximum reproductive rate and depensation. Ecological Applications. Vol: 13(3). Pages 784-793.
|Journal Article
|Bradford, Mike; Myers, Ransom A.; Irvine, J. R. 2000. Reference points for coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) harvest rates and escapement goals based on freshwater production. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. Vol: 57. Pages 677-686.
|Report or White Paper
|Hilborn, Ray. 1998. Report of the first working group on Predicting Extinction. (Online version)
|Data Set
|Hilborn, Ray. 2007. Coho salmon. (Abstract) (Online version)
|Data Set
|Myers, Ransom A. 2007. Coho salmon online data from Myers' stock recruitment database. (Abstract) (Online version)