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Secondary Wounding
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Posted 29 January 2002 - 09:37 PM
Here;'s more; it could be helpful and it would be good if anyone wanting to do the exwercises could stay safe.
L xxx
Overcoming Secondary Wounding Pt II
(Ive adapted some of the examples given to reflect the experiences of survivors of sexual assault; the author makes reference to other types of traumas as well).
Identifying Secondary Wounding Responses
*Denial and disbelief.
Statements such as Youre exaggerating, That could never happen or simply I dont believe it. People who respond to you in this way are denying the reality of your trauma
In denial, people do not believe your story. When you are being discounted, people do not deny that the traumatic even occurred. However, they minimize its effect on you or the magnitude of the event.
And example might be, something like yeah, but what youre talking about wasnt nearly as bad as the girl down the road. You should be thankful. Or the author cites and example of a woman having trouble responding sexually, and her partner says, How could one little rape have affected you that much? I know some women who have been raped three of four times, but they still like sex
It might also include the friend who ridicules you for being afraid to go into pubs.
*Blaming the victim
When you hear things like but what where you wearing? You must have provoked it
Ignorance of trauma and its effects plays a major role in secondary wounding experiences. People are also often ignorant about possible economic, social and psychological consequences of trauma.
And example of this might be the person who believes that rape by somebody youve had sex with before is not rape at all, or who interprets your PTSD symptoms as craziness or self-pity, insisting that you should just think more positively and get over it.
One of the social consequences of being victimized is being labelled a victim. Once you are labelled, there is a tendency for others to interpret most, if not all of your emotions and behaviour in light of that label.
Examples of this might include not being given a promotion in your place of work because the boss is aware of your PTSD history; even though you could more than adequately fill the requirements, its assumed that you will be too unstable. You might also hear comments about, Oh, you know she tends to be a bit neurotic about things after what happened, etc.
Most secondary wounding experiences feel cruel. Therefore it is often difficult to assess whether the secondary wounding arises from a desire to cause pain, or whether it is caused by ignorance, generalization or some other secondary wounding process. In many cases, a mixture of cruelty and some other process is at work as some of the preceding examples illustrate. Sometimes the fact of your PTSD may be used by people you know. In the absence of trauma, they would have found something else to use as a weapon against you.
An example might include somebody who brings the fact of your rape up in front of others because they want to embarrass or humiliate you in some way. What has happened to another board member, being harassed and ridiculed on another site, is an example of secondary wounding by deliberate cruelty along with ignorance.
**To what Matsakis has written, I would add another category of secondary wounding, and I would call it:
This is when somebody insists on you telling him or her every little detail because they are getting a thrill from your trauma. It is also partners who might start to engage in rough sex-play once they find out you were sexually assaulted. This could be coupled with ignorance; Oh, she must like the rough-stuff etc. It is the pathetic losers who come onto this site looking to get off.
(I think some survivors experiences of legal process have are a good example of secondary wounding which can entail several of the above categories).
Identifying Your Secondary Wounding Experiences
You need a journal for this. In it, list as many secondary wounding experiences as you can remember, including any current ones, one experience to a page. You will need to leave space for analysing and commenting on each experience.
When you have finished, review your list and categorise each experience as denial or disbelief, discounting, generalization, victimizing, ignorance or cruelty etc. Include as many labels as apply, for example a single experience can contain elements of many of these categories.
After you have completed the labelling for each experience, identify your emotional response. Did you have no feeling at all? Did you experience irritation, anger, hurt, disappointment, disgust, desire to retaliate or any other feeling? List as many feelings as apply.
Now take some time to reflect on the process you have just been through. Were you surprised at how many secondary wounding experiences you have endured? Did the labelling process help to ease the pain, or did it make you more furious and sad?
Did any of the secondary wounding experiences ignite your anger, lower your self-esteem, or make you feel hopeless or helpless? In your journal, write more about these particular experiences. Once these feelings are faced, their intensity may be lessened. You will likely never feel neutral in the midst of a secondary wounding experience or when you are remembering one. If you can feel your feelings, you are going to feel angry, sad, powerless, betrayed and a host of other emotions. But that does not mean that you are hopelessly bound to the past and will never feel joy again.
2. Secondary Wounding-Your Attitudes Today
In your journal, do some writing on how your secondary wounding experiences are still affecting your life. More specifically, for each experience, consider whether or not that experience had the following affects:
1.Did it alter your views of your social, vocational and other abilities?
2.Did it change your attitudes towards certain types or groups of people and/or certain government or social institutions?
3. Were your religious or spiritual views affected?
4.Did it affect your family life, friendships, or other close relationships?
5.Did it alter your ability to participate in groups or belong to associations or your attitudes towards the general public?
6.Now look at what youve written and ask yourself which of these attitudes do I wish to retain? Which of them are in my best interest to reconsider? Which ones would I like to discard because they hamper my life in the present?
Secondary Wounding and your activities
Suppose that one of your worst secondary wounding experiences was being treated like the criminal, rather than the victim in court. Now someone owes you several thousand dollars and in order to get it you need to take that person to court.
If you hadnt had the experience that you has in court, you would probably have already begun the paperwork for the lawsuit. However, because of your hatred of courts and fear of being once again denied justice, you procrastinate about pursuing the litigation.
At this point, what do you think is in your best interest avoiding the courtroom with all its secondary wounding memories and the risk of repeated victimization, or pursuing the thousands of dollars you are due?
The decision is yours. It may be that if you receive some healing assistance for your secondary wounding experiences, you will be able to tolerate the aversive ness of being in court.
Counselling can assist you in differentiating you past experience with the present situation. And with support, you might be able to manage any PTSD symptoms that emerge as a result of placing yourself back in that setting.
On the other hand, you might decide that you simply cant handle it. Youd rather do without the money than subject yourself to another courtroom experience. This is not cowardice. Rather, it is a respectable, life preserving decision. At all times, it is very important for you to know and respect your limits, and not be pushed into activities that are emotionally overwhelming or otherwise destructive for you.
Your emotional health comes first, not some inner voice that says you should be able to handle anything. This is the same voice that has probably been telling you you should have been able to go through the trauma and everything thats happened since without it getting to you. You just arent strong enough.
This should has no basis is emotional reality. But even after you let go of this unrealistic expectation of yourself, others may still believe in it. They may encourage you to do things you know are not in your best interest, or denigrate you for letting your fears and neuroses or skeletons from the past control your life.
Close your ears to these voices and listen to your own inner voice the one that knows what youve been through and what you can tolerate.
With hat caution in mind, list the activities that your secondary wounding has taught you to curtail or avoid in your journal. Then for each of them do the following:
1. Ask yourself whether at this particular time in your view (not someone elses) you can tolerate the activity. What will be the emotional cost? Is it worth it?
Once again the main point is to realize you do have a choice. During the original trauma and the subsequent secondary wounding experiences, you had either no choices or very few, or all the options available were so aversive they were not really choices.
2. For each of the activities you have decided you currently cannot tolerate, or do not feel its in your best interest to attempt, consider whether counselling or some other form of assistance might make them more tolerable. Do you want to make the attempt? If you dont feel you can or want to, you may wish to in the future when you are further along in your healing process.
Posted 29 January 2002 - 05:11 PM
"As important to the healing process as other people are, it's an unfortunate truth that often people do more harn than good....Instead of being supported, you may have been made to feel ashamed of having been part of a traumatic event....of your reactions....or symptoms you have developed as a result, or even asking for help.
Secondary Wounding occurs when the people, institutions, caregivers and others to whom the trauma survivor turns for emotiomnal, legal, financial, medical or other assistance respod in one of the following ways:
Disbelief, Denial, Discounting
Coomnly, people will deny or disbelieve the trauma survivor's account of the trauma. Or They will minimize or dicount the magnitude of the event, it's meaning to the victim, it's impact on the victim's life.
Blaming the Victim
On some level, people may blame the victim for the traumatic even, thereby increasing the vicitm's sense of self-blame and low self-esteem
Stigmatization occurs when others judge the vicitm negatively for normal reactions to the traumatic event or for any long term symptoms he or she may suffer. These judgements can take the following forms:
*Ridicule or condescension towards the survivor
*Misinterpretation of the survivor's psychological distress as a sign of deep psychological problems or moral or mental deficiency or otherwise giving the survivor's PTSD symptoms negative or pejorative labels.
*An implication or outright statement that the survivor's symptoms reflect his or her desire for financial gain, attention or unwarranted sympoathy.
*Punishment of the victim, rather than the offender or in other ways depriving the victim of justice.
Denial of assistance
Trauma survivors are sometimes denied promised or expected services on the grounds that they do not need or are not entitled to such services.
Overcoming Secondary Wounding
Secondary wounding experiences can be just as painful and powerful as the original traumatic event. Just as you need to heal from that event, you will need healing for any secondary wounding experiences as well.
Healing from secondary wounding experiences requires first that you be able to identify what hit you-what secondary wounding you experienced-and then that you be able to distance yourself from the negative responses of others involved in those experiences.
The distancing needs to be achieved on both the emotional and the mental level. On the emotional level, the goal of distancing is for you not be be devastated by the experience. In all likelihood, you will still be troubled by other's insensitivity, but you can learn not to allow them to destroy you emotionally.
On the mental level, the goal of distancing is that you will be less likely to believe the negative judgements of your worth theat secondary wounding experiences can so easily generate.
You need to learn that generally, the rejection, humiliation or attack says more about the ignorance, insensitivity, fears or prejudices of the other persdon than anything about you, and that it reflects larger societal problems, incuding the prevalence of blame the victim attitudes.
If you learn the technique of viewing your secondary wounding experiences from this perspective, you will have some armour agaisnt the pain involved in may interactions.
A second technique you will need is that of countering the negative messages of those who lack understanding and compassion with affirming self-talk of your own. Together, these two approaches will enable you to gain a measure of objectivity. This in turn gives you increased control of your life, by acting as a brake on two destructive but legitimate reactions many trauma survivors have to secondary wounding experiences. The first reaction is sinking into helpless-hopeless thoughts and feelings; the second is being overwhelmed by the urge to strike back, verbally or physically
Countering the negative messages of secondary wounding is not done effortlessly or quickly. Such experiences always trouble you to some extent. But you can make progress in affirming your worth as a person and your strengths as a trauma survivor, in addition to increasing your objectivity and control.
Naming the Demon
To help achieve some distance from the secondary wounding experiences you have already had and will probably have in the future, you need to learn to name the demons of those experiences. For example, instead of acting on your feelings or allowing yourself to become increasingly hopoeless, you can tell yourself, "It's not my fault this person is treating me with so little respect and appreciation of my difficluty.
Maybe if I can figure out this demon's name I will know what I'm dealing with. Just what kind of secondary wounding is this anyway?
There are basically six types of secondary wounding respoinses; those showing denial or disbelief, those that involve discounting, those in which the victim is blamed for his or her problems, those that exhibit ignorance, those stemming from sheer cruelty and those involving generaliuzation or labelling.
Once you are able to identify the reposnses of others alng those lines, you will be better able to view thse reactions for what they truly are. Giving them a name will increase your ability to cope with secondary wounding experiences in a constructive manner and will lessen, though not eliminate, the pain and humiliation.
...And I will be back later to post some exercises from this book, my friends. But I hope the above at least validates and offers a little hope.
Lou xxxx
[edited to unbold the last part - Aoife]
(Edited by aoife at 11:28 pm on Jan. 29, 2002)
Posted 29 January 2002 - 09:03 PM
I am so glad you posted this! What a brilliant idea.
I had an absolutely horrible secondary wounding experience:
I went to work, facing my fears as bravely as I could and I felt very fortunate when a woman at work offered to her listening ear. After having a panic attack at work, which is so common among survivors, this woman was certain I should take time off. Furthermore, she began to vociferously critise the coping mechanisms I had used.
As if she knew what rape felt like and how one should deal with it!
I'm so glad you posted this.
With love,
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Posted 22 September 2006 - 04:08 PM
If only I had known
Posted 19 January 2007 - 12:20 AM
I had my boyfriend arrested for Domestic Battery after he assaulted me. His best friend, who is a gay man , spread rumors about me. He said that I was nothing but a jealous bitch . He accompanied my boyfriend to court when I attempted to obtain a restraining order. The Judge implied that I was there only to seek revenge, since several years prior to this incident I filed a restraining order against another individual.The restraining order was denied.
The entire experience was extremely humiliating. The gay man and all of his friends, accompanied by my ex-boyfriend, paraded in front of me at my place of employment, because they knew that I couldn't do anything.
The local Domestic Violence Council offered little support, saying they could not accompany me to court. They have no counseling sessions here- just some poorly run 'peer support' group.
2. Did it change your attitudes towards certain types or groups of people and/or certain government or social institutions?
I was so humiliated by this experience that I eventually dropped the criminal charges. I just could not face another session in court. Again, the Domestic Abuse Council advised me to go and "stand up for my rights"., but they refused to accompany me to court, and had very little to offer in the way of supportive services.
This story has an even worse ending. I eventually moved back in with this man , after I dropped the charges. He continued to abuse me. In his Men's Anger classes, he learned not to hit me. Instead, when he was angry- which was every day- he threw things at me and called me names. I called the police on him twice, but did not have him arrested-mainly due to my financial dependence on him. I actually loved him, but his actions were so demeaning I just grew to hate him.
We eventually split up, and then he continued to stalk me at my place of employment throughout the summer. I really hate this man. He has done a lot of damage to me.
3. Were your religious or spiritual views affected?
I hate to say this, but I really have begun to question God.
Why, when I am trying to do the right thing, did this person just continue to harrass me and stalk me?
I made it clear to him after we broke up that I wanted no further contact with him. I moved to an undisclosed address, but this is a small town and he knew where I worked. He harrassed me all summer by going by my place of employment- honking at me.
4. Did it affect your family life, friendships, or other close relationships?
He was so controlling and abusive of me, I felt cut off from my family. They live in another state, but he never let me call them.
He did not let me attend 12-Step Meetings, accusing me of sleeping with all the men there. If I was late coming home from work or the store, he would accuse me of "walking up and down the street and s---ing everybody's d--k." I once had to report this to the police after an espescially bad episode, and I was so humiliated.
It shames me to think that I would even be involved with this person.
I gave him all the money I made for rent. He spent most of it on drugs. I feel like such a victim and a loser.
5. Did it alter your ability to participate in groups ?
I will never be friends with my ex. He is toxic. He is mean. He has one of those Jeckle/Hyde personalities. He seems very sweet and shy when he is sober. People like this guy. I am having a very difficult time forgiving him, because he was so mean. The stalking just made it that much worse. I feel like I have not been able to get on with my life.
I never go anywhere where I would have a face-to-face encounter with my ex. At this point, I have made a lot of friends, and I have a good support system. . This time I would not hestitate to have him arrested if he harrasses me face-to-face. He has made my life a hell. I do not feel sorry for him.
6. Now look at what you've written and ask yourself "which of these attitudes do I wish to retain? Which of them are in my best interest to reconsider? Which ones would I like to discard because they hamper my life in the present?"
I need to work on forgiveness.
I am very grateful for this web-site. I felt very alone and isolated until I found Pandora's Aquarium. The Domestic Violence Services in my area are so inadequate.
Posted 27 August 2007 - 08:01 AM
My abusive ex-boyfriend is still stalking me.
This has gone on for a year and a half now. He just recently escalated the stalking again, and I was advised to obtain a Restraining Order. The last time I did this my Ex blamed me, his friends blamed me, the Judge blamed me. I can't go through this again. The thought of going through the Court System gave me panic attacks for a week. The Domestic Violence Council here gives lots of advice, but no support.
I have read this article again and again. It has been extremely helpful. My choice for today is to allow him to harrass me rather than subject myself to humiliation in court.
Thanks for being there.
Posted 17 May 2008 - 11:45 PM
I am a primary sufferer; she is a secondary wounder...to me.
Posted 17 March 2013 - 06:55 AM
Edited by EVH, 06 June 2013 - 04:55 AM.
Posted 17 March 2013 - 11:19 PM
Posted 18 March 2013 - 02:26 AM
I'm so sorry for what you've been through and for all the secondary wounds I understand you and feel your pain although I'm a female victim. I was working as a interpreter for the police for a while and I met many male rape victims/survivors so i do believe you with my whole heart. Keep reaching out for the help and support you need! We're here to listen and to understand.
Feel free to contact me anytime if you need someone to talk to or to sit with you through the tough times.
Take gentle care!
((bowspearer)) if ok
Posted 18 March 2013 - 06:56 AM
Honestly here's a real kicker for you. I was brutally psychologically abused by primarily female family members from the age of 6 until the age of 29 and taught by my mother for most of that time that her approval by family members was more important to her than my well-being (she had her own child abuse issues). I was sexually abused at my year 10 school camp and my year coordinator hauled me into her office on the following school day, blasted me and compared me to "women who cry rape". Most of my relationships have had been treated horribly.
Four and a half years ago I broke free of an 18 month long, brutally psychologically abusive relationship that involved serial sexual violence where the psychological coercion she used even involved using my child abuse as a weapon.
Now you would think that at the end of all that, I'd swear off women and subject myself to a life of solitude. Yet somehow I reached a point where I realised my past abuse had messed up my radar so to speak- made me seek out toxic people who would treat me in the way I'd been taught I deserved to be treated.
When I realised that, I went against my instincts, met the most wonderful woman with the most beautiful heart and soul who has loved me in a way I never dreamed I could be loved only a few years ago. That was a little over 3 and a half years ago and we've been engaged for just over a year.
She really worries about my secondary woundings when they happen and I know her feeling so helpless about how what I've been through affects me really breaks her heart, but the truth is that even though the scars are there, even though they'll always be there and the triggers will be there to some extent, she's brought me back to life. I know I need a support group like this for the sexual violence I endured (and possibly even one for battered men), but if it wasn't for her, I wouldn't be anywhere near where I am now.
Sorry for derailing this thread that much, but my response kind of sent me off on a tangent.
Edited by bowspearer, 18 March 2013 - 06:59 AM.


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---- — MALONE — Gun owners took aim at New York's new gun law Thursday, suggesting they ignore the provisions, join the NRA and write to elected officials to get it amended.
About 75 people turned out to the Malone Middle School to the first of two sessions about the Safe Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act (SAFE Act) law from Sheriff Kevin Mulverhill.
The next session will be from 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the Harrietstown Town Hall in Saranac Lake.
In addition to Mulverhill, the first hour of Thursday's forum included remarks from Acting County Clerk Kip Cassavaw, County Director of Community Services Suzanne Goolden, Legislature Chairman Billy Jones and gun-shop owner Mike McDonald.
The final hour was a question-and-answer period where owners asked about assault-weapon confiscation, privacy policy and registration requirements, but most wanted to comment on their rights.
"This isn't about our guns. It's about our grandchildren's," said Mike Fournier of Malone, adding that Second Amendment rights are even more strongly worded in New York's Constitution than in the federal Constitution.
"I will never comply, ever," he shouted, which was met with rousing applause.
A section of new law upgrades the penalty to a D class felony for possession of ammunition clips that hold more than 10 bullets.
Fournier stood to read from a list of crimes that are considered less severe than that: luring a child; choking someone; third-degree rape; neglect; unlawful imprisonment; forcible touching; and arson, for example.
"Thirty laws in New York State are less serious than a 10 (expletive) bullets in your gun," he said. "I will not comply."
Many questions had no answers because the county officials said they have not been told by Albany how things should be handled.
One man who didn't identify himself asked about passing his guns on to his wife and son and wanted to know if they would be confiscated or if he'd lose a long-owned weapon if, when attempting to register a gun, it has features that are now considered illegal.
Others held up pieces of gun butts or grips and questioned how attaching a small piece of plastic such as these could change the classification of a rifle, pistol or semi-automatic weapon from legal to illegal under the SAFE Act.
Another audience member encouraged those attending to join the National Rifle Association for the $30 fee because "they will fight for our Second Amendment rights."
He also asked them to consider sending as little as $5 to the State Rifle and Pistol association to help fund its pending lawsuit against the state to repeal the gun law.
When asked if a trooper can confiscate his gun if a man is walking on his own property carrying an unregistered assault weapon for target practice, State Police Sr. Investigator Chris Keniston of the Troop B gun unit said the person would be warned they have 30 days to register it or the police can go in and take that one gun, but not any others.
Attendees were also encouraged to write to their elected officials to let their stance against the gun law be known.
Mulverhill added that both Sen. Betty Little (R-Queensbury) and Assemblywoman Janet Duprey (R-Peru) voted against the SAFE Act.
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The price tag of cleaning up after Hurricane Sandy has risen to a hefty $7.6 million for the Town of Smithtown.
Smithtown Supervisor Patrick Vecchio increased his prior estimate of $5.3 million to $7.6 milllion for Superstorm Sandy's cleanup after Tuesday's board meeting.
"We still are working to remove some tree stumps and debris," he said.
The Town of Smithtown has revised the estimated cost of Hurricane Sandy twice so far in the cleanup process. On Nov. 26, Highway Superintendent Glenn Jorgenson told Patch that he expected storm cleanup would cost the town approximately $4 million and would last until Christmas. However, that was before Highway Department crews started their second sweep through the town collecting debris.
In December 2012, Vecchio offered a revised $5.3 million estimate, which was 'only an estimate' as he expects that number to increase.
Despite cleanup work still continue, the supervisor said he expects the $7.6M estimate to be relatively close to the overall bill sent to the Federal Emergency Management Agency as efforts are winding down. FEMA will reimburse Smithtown approximately 75 to 80 percent of Sandy's final cleanup costs, according to Vecchio.
The new $7.6 million price tag make Superstorm Sandy more than five times more costly than Tropical Storm Irene, which cost Smithtown $1.3 million in 2012.
Across Long Island, many townships have yet to announce their cost for Sandy's cleanup. The Town of Brookhaven has not finished totalling its costs, and has not offered a final estimate.
Town of Smithtown taxpayers will not feel Sandy's potential impact until the town's 2014 budget is drawn up, as Vecchio said FEMA can take up to one year to send out reimbursements. The town recieved its $1 million check from FEMA for Irene's $1.3 million bill in June 2012.


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Giant hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum) is an invasive herb in the carrot family which was originally brought to North America from Asia and has since become established in the New England, Mid-Atlantic, and Northwest regions of the United States. Giant hogweed grows along streams and rivers and in fields, forests, yards and roadsides, and a giant hogweed plant can reach 14 feet or more in height with compound leaves up to 5 feet in width.Giant Hogweed sap contains toxic chemicals known as Furanocoumarins. When these chemicals come into contact with the skin and are exposed to sunlight, they cause a condition called Phytophotodermatitis, a reddening of the skin often followed by severe blistering and burns. These injuries can last for several months, and even after they have subsided the affected areas of skin can remain sensitive to light for years. Furanocoumarins are also carcinogenic and teratogenic, meaning they can cause cancer and birth defects. The sap can also cause temporary (or even permanent) blindness if introduced into the eyes.
If someone comes into physical contact with Giant Hogweed, the following steps should be taken:
If a reaction occurs, the early application of topical steroids may lessen the severity of the reaction and ease the discomfort. The affected area of skin may remain sensitive to sunlight for a few years, so applying sun block and keeping the affected area shielded from the sun whenever possible are sensible precautions
- Wash the affected area thoroughly with soap and COLD water as soon as possible.
- Keep the exposed area away from sunlight for 48 hours.
- If Hogweed sap gets into the eyes, rinse them with water and wear sunglasses.
- See a doctor if any sign of reaction sets in.PLEASE, DO NOT JUST READ AND SCROLL! THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT AND POTENTIALLY LIFE-SAVING INFORMATION!!!
Extra note: if you live in Oregon, New Jersey, Michigan or New York and see one of these, call your state's department of agriculture to report it, and trained professionals will come kill it before it can produce seeds and spread.
Frankly, if you see one in general, probably call your DOA and see if there's a program in place.
Do not burn it, because the smoke will give you the same reaction.
If for some ungodly reason there isn't a professional who can handle it for you (and please, please use a professional), the DOA of New York has [this guide] for how to deal with it yourself.
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Re-reblogging because I checked Snopes, and not only is this shit true, but the text on this is pretty much the same as it is there! Stay safe, kiddos.
According to the US Department of Agriculture, these are currently the states and provinces in North America where Giant Hogweed is present. Even if your state/province is "clear" that doesn't mean that it is not there. If you see Giant Hogweed in your yard or anywhere please call your DOA! This stuff is mad deadly!
Also here is a human for size reference. Since they are huge it should be easy enough to see and spot when fully grown.
The burns can also be very bad, far worse than any poison ivy. Just Google 'Giant Hogweed Burns' and you'll see. It can cause bad blistering, red painful rashes, and more. Please be careful of this plant!
I haven't seen this stuff in years, luckily. My mother had us terrified of this shit.


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JOPLIN, Mo. —
Construction that will close roads in the area where Mercy Hospital Joplin is being built was the focus of an open house conducted Thursday by the hospital and its contractors.
While residents in the area agree that builders have been open and accessible about plans for the project, some said they still have concerns about how quickly fire vehicles or ambulances will be able to respond to emergencies in the area when roads are closed.
Construction is on schedule for the new Mercy Hospital, which will replace tornado-demolished St. John's Regional Medical Center. Plans call for the hospital to be completed in March 2015 near 50th Street and Hearnes Boulevard.
Dozens of residents from the area attended the open house in a building at the former Messenger College to talk with hospital officials and builders, and to view designs including plans for road closings during parts of the construction project.
Starting in March, phases of the project will limit access on portions of 50th Street and Indiana Avenue to local traffic, and there will be times when portions of the streets will be closed.
"I think they'll be able to address it, but I'm concerned about fire protection in the area of Brookwood Drive and Calvary Baptist (Church) when 50th Street is shut down," said Brad Long, 1611 E. 50th St., a member of the Leawood Village Board of Trustees.
Dave Wunderlin, 5006 Brookwood Drive, said he is afraid that emergency crews might have to take the long way around to get into his subdivision, which is just south of the new hospital campus.
"They're saying the fire department could come from the (Joplin) station at 33rd and Texas, but Redings Mill is a lot closer," said Wunderlin, who is a member of the board of the Redings Mill Fire Protection District.
Both Wunderlin and his wife, Margaret, said officials connected with the project have been accessible to residents in the area and have attended meetings at residents' homes to answer questions. Dale and Fran Owen, also trustees in Leawood, said hospital officials have attended meetings of the village board.
John Farnen, executive director of strategic projects for Mercy, said hospital officials and contractors have worked with emergency agencies in planning the street closings. He said 50th Street will be closed for six weeks, but the closing will be in the summer so there will be minimal impact on Joplin's South Middle School on 50th Street just to the southeast of the hospital site.
"They'll be able to come down Indiana from 44th Street," he said.
Mike White, assistant chief of the Redings Mill Fire Department, said crews currently have a four-minute response time to the school property.
"If we have to reroute, it will add more time," he said. "I feel like we're both in the public safety business, and surely we can come together."
Dan Barnowski, project superintendent with McCarthy Building Cos., general contractor on the hospital, said access for emergency vehicles can be addressed as the project moves forward.
"Our main concern is safety, and that includes safety of the residents," he said.
Farnen also pointed out that the project will widen roads around the hospital, eliminate hills to improve sight distance, and add sidewalks.
"The roads will be safer, for people who drive and walk," he said.
The campus, which is to include an eight-story hospital and a five-story clinic, will be built to withstand an EF-5 tornado. The 875,000-square-foot structure is estimated to cost $335 million.
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ROCK HILL — A Rock Hill man told police that one of two men trespassing on his property used the bathroom in his driveway Tuesday evening.
At about 7:20 p.m., police were called to a Hutchinson Street home and spoke to a man, 60, who told them he saw two men run past his house before one of them yelled, according to a Rock Hill police report.
When he walked towards the end of the driveway, the man told officers he saw one of the men, wearing a green shirt and long khaki pants, squatting at the end of his driveway, using the bathroom on the side of the road, the report states.
At the same time, the mans daughter and granddaughter arrived at the house and also saw the man in the compromising position, police said.
The homeowner confronted the man, who told him he would return and clean it up later, the report states. He then ran down the street.
The man got into his truck and followed the suspect down Annafrel Street, where the suspect ran behind some houses, the report states. The homeowner found the other man who accompanied the bathroom-user sitting on the porch of an Annafrel Street house.
Police spoke with the second man, who said the man who used the bathroom lives in the Boyd Hill area, the report states. The victims daughter told police that the suspect might be from a nearby homeless shelter, but she did not know his name.
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CORRECTION: The name of economist Carmen Reinhart was misspelled in a previous version of this story.
President Obama has amped up his rhetoric on the job-creation front. He could use some new blood to help him turn it to action.
On Thursday in Michigan, Obama vowed, "Over the coming weeks, I'm going to be putting out more proposals, week by week, that will help businesses hire and put people back to work. And I'm going to keep at it until every single American who wants a job can find one."
Fourteen million Americans are looking for jobs, which means Obama's going to need some bigger ideas. For that, he could use a full-strength economic team. Obama's top economic adviser, Austan Goolsbee, has decamped for his old teaching job in Chicago. His Commerce secretary left for China. His Treasury secretary is stretched thin; the chair of his National Economic Council is smart and savvy but not, technically, an economist.
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It's a bad time to play short-handed. Growth is sputtering. Markets are trilling. A frustrated public sours more every day on Obama's economic leadership. And Obama seems to have little chance of winning congressional approval for some of his existing proposals, such as major new infrastructure spending, because of near-record gridlock between Democrats and Republicans in Washington.
The president needs more than new advisers: He needs some bold new advice.
Here are five bold-thinking economists, each nominated by several left-leaning economists surveyed by National Journal as good candidates to fill Goolsbee's shoes as the chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers.
Paul M. Romer. An NYU professor (no relation to former CEA Chair Christine Romer) and an architect of so-called Modern Growth Theory, which deals with how innovation drives economies forward. Romer's research transcends the binary spending debates currently dominating the Capitol. He's interested in the much broader questions of how and why economies grow, and how to harness the power of marketable new ideas to drive growth, especially in a wealthy countries that are struggling to adapt to the rapidly changing economic realities of globalization.
As Romer wrote a few years back: "The challenge now facing all of the industrialized countries is to invent new institutions that encourage a higher level of applied, commercially relevant research and development in the private sector." That's not a partisan challenge, and a suite of policies to address it could do wonders for America now and in the future.
Daron Acemoglu. An MIT professor who wins raves from academic counterparts for his intellect, although some doubt that he would want to join the government-policy fray on the inside. Like Romer, he is big into theories of catalyzing innovation and growth – and he's not shy about offering suggestions.
In a blog post this week for the Harvard Business Review, Acemoglu assessed America's jobs and debt woes and declares "The Real Solution is Growth." He frets about patent protection, the pace of innovation and the diversion of top talent to the financial world.
His proposed solutions: Encourage more high-skilled immigrants to settle here, fund more efforts to commercialize research and focus on green energy (an Obama favorite). "All of this is easier to say than it is to do," Acemoglu writes, "but that's no reason not to use these principles to help us climb out of our current hole."
Amir Sufi. Professor at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business (Obama! Chicago!), and a leading thinker on the oh-so-troubled housing market. Sufi has written extensively on the damage the foreclosure onslaught has inflicted on the U.S. recovery, and he has argued convincingly that the economy won't kick back into gear until housing prices are stabilized.
"The optimal policy response can only be formed if we know why the economy remains weak," Sufi wrote in a Bloomberg op-ed this summer. "And in making the diagnosis, it is crucial to check ideology at the door and instead be guided by the data. And the data tell a compelling story: The main factor responsible for both the severity of the recession and the subsequent weakness of the economic recovery is the deplorable condition of the U.S. household balance sheet."
Housing policy, it just so happens, has vexed this administration as much as, or more than, any economic issue.
Carmen Reinhart. Senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, but you know her as the coauthor, with Harvard's Kenneth Rogoff, of the most widely respected book in Washington about the financial crisis: This Time is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly.
Reinhart is a deficit hawk, which would increase her appeal to Republicans and anger some Democrats. She also happens to be generating some seriously creative ideas lately on how the United States can power through the sort of protracted slog that she and Rogoff contend typically follows a major financial meltdown. For example, Reinhart told Bloomberg's Al Hunt this month that one of the best ways to accelerate recovery would be forgiving debt for low-income households.
She also lines up with Obama on taxes, telling Bloomberg: "Average tax rates have to be higher, and Democrats have to accept that raising marginal rates may not be the way. But I think the tax issue has to be put on the table."
Rob Shapiro. Chairman of the economic consulting firm Sonecon, and a former adviser to President Clinton and Vice President Al Gore, among others. He brings D.C. insider cred but also a fairly loud voice urging Obama to think big on economic policy.
Perhaps most intriguingly for Obama, Shapiro sees job-creation policy and politics intertwined, writing: "The president can lay a foundation for stronger job and income gains in a second term — if he's reelected — by campaigning for a new economic program."
In a recent blog post, Shapiro urged the president to "offer up a new program of 'Big Ideas' that directly takes on jobs, stagnating incomes, housing values, and the nation's debt." He advocates a deeper cut in the payroll tax, a new government lending agency for small business, bridge loans for struggling homeowners, and funding for community colleges to offer free IT training to anyone who wants it.
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'Reckless' legislation
The Road Worrier's story about raising the speed limit on some highways to 75 mph ("Speed-loving legislators want 75 mph limit" June 18) provides ample cause for worry.
I drive the speed limit (or a little over) when it's posted at 70 mph, but car after car passes me. Today, the de facto speed limit exceeds 75 mph with many drivers going more than 80.
Increasing the posted speed limit will encourage even more aggressive, coercive driving with the likely result of increasing numbers of accidents, injuries and deaths.
Sen. Neal Hunt's proposed legislation is plain reckless.
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She rode in on a pink unicorn!
You know Jessie right? If you don't I have one question... just what is wrong with you? Dear, darling, tiny Jessie is the force of sweet nature behind CakeSpy, a land of all things wonderful, sugary, pink and unicorn filled. Her book is out and you really should buy it. I mean really... you should. Her recipes are fun. Pure 6 year old, let loose in a sugary factory, fun.
She hit up San Francisco while on her book tour and I was lucky enough to finally meet Jessie after years of following her. I have to say, she was sweeter than any Halloween candy I could have crammed in my face. Omnivore Books was filled with lovers of her drawings, her recipes and her humor. She gave away sox, tote bags and wisdom of the ages i.e. "frosting makes everything better." And really... the girl is not wrong.
So go now... buy your copy. Pass out from a sugar coma. It's ok... you'll dream of unicorns.


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Greggmar Swift continued his preparation for the 2013 NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Indoor Track & Field Championships at the Alex Wilson Invitational Saturday, winning his semifinal heat and the finals of the 60 meter hurdles at the University of Notre Dame.
Stacia Weatherford, Leeann Michl, Kimyanna Rudolph (pole vault, 13-feet-2 1/2), and Dustin Betz (mile, 4:05.96) each established career best efforts as the second day of the meet was conducted in the Loftus Sports Center.
Swift cruised to the win in the finals with a time of 7.15 seconds. Virginia Tech's Jeff Artis-Gray was second with a time of 7.82. Sycamore Adarius Washington ran 8.10 to finish fourth in the finals.
Weatherford dominated her heat in the 400 meters with a time of 53.80 with her closest competitor, Iowa State's Dana Christensen, finishing in 56.77. Weatherford's time is the second fastest in school history and just behind record holder Alicia Miller, who ran 53.25 in 2004. Clemson's Marlena Wesh was the overall winner in 52.98 with Weatherford seventh out of the 24 runners competiting.
Michl also posted a career-best effort as she finished ninth overall in the women's 800 with a time of 2:07.01. Her time is the third best in Sycamore history, just behind Erica Moore's 2:04.94 set in 2008 and current Indiana State women's coach Angela (Bruecker) Martin who ran 2:06.19 in 2000.
North Central graduate Shelby Higginbottom also ran in the women's 800 and finished 30th overall with a time of 2:13.41 which was just four-hundredths away from her career best of 2:13.37.
Rudolph cleared the 13-foot barrier for the first time in her collegiate career as she tied for third in the women's pole vault with a career best height of 13-feet-2.5-inches. She tied Indiana State's Nicole Hope who competed unattached as she has used up her eligibility for the indoor season but will be available for the outdoor campaign. Rudolph now ranks fifth on ISU's all-time list.
Richelle Kimble finished in eighth place by clearing 12-feet-2.75-inches (3.73 meters).
Betz ran a career best 4:05.96 in the men's mile which placed him 17th overall in the race but also moved him to second on the Indiana State all-time list. Jeremiah Vaughan holds the Sycamore record at 4:04.04. Corey Hahn also raced in the event and finished 32nd with a time of 4:13.06.
On Friday, Jessica Zangmeister edged closer to the Indiana State record in the women's 5,000 meters as she closed out her indoor season with a career-best time of 17:05.02.
She was not the only Sycamore to have an outstanding day on the first day of competition. Maurice Lyke, who had a slow start to the indoor season due to injuries, closed out his indoor season on a strong note, tying his career best leap in the long jump with a distance of 24-feet-7-inches (7.49 meters).
Zangmeister finished 16th overall but lowered her personal best 5K time by four seconds. She remains second behind ISU record holder Jessica Crowder (Wayton) who ran 16:59.86 in 2005 on the same Notre Dame track.
Lyke ranks third on the ISU men's long jump all-time list. Frankie Young holds the school record at 26-feet-1.75-inches (7.97 meters) with Ron Smith second at 24-feet-7.75-inches (7.51 meters).


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Office of International Programs
Liz Hannum, Study Abroad Coordinator
Lincoln Hall 201Northern State University1200 S. Jay St.Aberdeen, S.D. 57401
1. When should I start thinking about the classes that I will take while I am abroad?You do not need to select classes until after you have received preliminary approval to study abroad. The courses that are offered by each program should play a critical role in your decision about which program is best for you. Here are a few things to think about as you research potential programs:• Do the courses offered by this program fit with my academic plans? • Will the courses offered through this program fulfill requirements that I need before I graduate? If not, will I have time to complete these requirements upon my return to Northern? • Will this program help me to fulfill requirements within my major? • How will the courses offered by this program contribute to my academic goals and/or professional aspirations?
2. What are the guidelines for choosing courses? You are expected to enroll as a full-time student in your off-campus program or university. Full-time is defined as equivalent to 12 Northern credits.All courses, including internships, require approval from the appropriate College Dean. In accordance with NSU policy on transfer credit, your grades will be recorded on your NSU transcript as they appear on the transcript from your host institution. This means that you will receive letter grades for your work abroad, which will be counted in your cumulative GPA.
3. How do I get credit for the classes that I take abroad? Students studying abroad register for the course titled EXCH. Students who study off-campus with a Northern Approved Program need to obtain approval for the courses they will be taking off-campus before they leave for their off-campus experience. There are a few different ways to obtain approval for the courses that you will be taking:First, you can check the Previously Approved Course List, which is a list of all of the courses that have been approved by Northern State University department chairs within the last five years. You can click on the link below to view the list:Previously Approved Courses –In Progress Second, if a course that you wish to take is not on the Previously Approved Course list, you must obtain approval from the chair of the department under which your course would be taken if it were offered at Northern. (i.e., A student taking Eastern European Economics in Prague would need the signature of the chair of the economics department.)
4. Is it difficult to get approval for courses that are not on the Previously Approved Course list?No, not at all. All you need is the signature of the department chair under which your course would be taken. Some department chairs may ask for a description of the course or a sample syllabus, but this information can typically be found in the program catalogue, on the program website, or in the Office of International Programs. If you have any trouble locating this information, contact us and we will assist you.
5. What happens if I change my mind about taking a class after I have turned in my Transfer of Credit form or after my program has begun?It is not uncommon for students to change their minds about taking certain classes, just as students might drop or add classes here at Northern. As soon as you know that you will be replacing one class with another, check the list of previously approved courses to see if the course has been taken in the past and is already approved. If your course is not listed there, notify the chair of your department and the dean of the college. This will insure that you receive credit for the new course you have chosen.


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FILE - In this Jan. 22, 2011 file photo, Maria Shriver, right, and her husband, actor and former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, stand amid family members and other mourners as they leave the funeral Mass for her father, R. Sargent Shriver, at Our Lady of Mercy Catholic church in Potomac, Md.,
Arnold Schwarzenegger is quoted in an interview in Germany's top-selling newspaper saying he's still in love with his estranged wife, Maria Shriver.
The actor and former California governor is quoted in Tuesday's Bild newspaper as saying that despite their separation, he spent Christmas with Shriver and their children.
Schwarzenegger is cited as saying "we're not fighting any war: I still hope for reconciliation; I still love Maria."
Shriver filed for divorce last year after 25 years of marriage following Schwarzenegger's admission he fathered a child with the family's housekeeper.
He has also acknowledged other affairs.


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That's a Wrap: Global X Games 2013 Come to a Close in LA; Oakley Athletes Win 8 Medals
There's nowhere quite like Los Angeles. It doesn't have Aspen's trees or Brazil's jungles or Barcelona's architecture or Munich's floating MegaRamp, but none of those places have a "scene" quite like LA. It's a place where – at least for four days – the sun was always out, the stars were always in attendance, the streets were always packed, and the parties always went late. And fortunately for the X Games crowds, in the homeland of Hollywood, the drama was ever-present.


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Morning guys
Been mooching around for a few weeks now so thought I'd better post!
After years of driving SEATs I've been offered a company car. Choice was between a Golf, V40 or A3 and after a lot of research I've decided on the A3 Sportback 1.6TDi Sport in Amalfi with cruise, park system plus and tyre pressure monitor
The lease company should order it in the next couple of weeks and hopefully I'll get a short build date - should get it for the September plate change although given comments from you guys it might be new year before it's here!
Really looking forward to the new motor, had the 1.6TDi in a previous Leon and it's a cracking little engine, nippier than you'd think and obviously great on fuel and tax for the company car driver. I always thought the SEAT needed a 6-speed box so the A3 driving experience should be great
Great site by the way!
I feel another countdown thread coming on...