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"The door is closing. I am very worried – if we don't change direction now on how we use energy, we will end up beyond what scientists tell us is the minimum [for climate safety]. The door will be closed forever."
No, that was not President Barack Obama or his Republican Challenger Mitt Romney speaking in the presidential debate. It was Fatih Birol, the renowned chief economist of the International Energy Agency, speakingabout the pressing need to transition away from fossil fuels.
You'd be hard pressed to hear either of the presidential candidates make a statement like that. Or any statement on climate at all.
Those concerned about climate change were sorely disappointed during Tuesday night's town hall-style debate when both the candidates and the moderator — CNN's Candy Crowley — failed to address the issue of climate change, even during a lengthy and heated exchange about energy issues.
"I had that question for all of you climate change people," said Crowley in the post-debate coverage. "We just, you know, again, we knew that the economy was still the main thing so you knew you kind of wanted to go with the economy."
Obama started off the debate with a strong nod to renewable energy, explaining that we need to invest in "solar and wind and biofuels, energy efficient cars." But after a voter asked about gas prices, both Obama and Romney proceeded to battle over who could drill more fossil fuels. (At one point, the two men closed in on each other, pointed fingers, and raised their voices over how much oil production had increased).
Obama separated himself by focusing on the need to develop more renewables and lower consumption of petroleum through better efficiency measures. But when talking about why he believes those investments are important, he never mentioned the reasons that alternatives to fossil fuels are so important.
Perhaps Australian climate scientist Will Steffen can explain: "This is the critical decade. If we don't get the curves turned around this decade we will cross those lines. We are on the cusp of some big changes. We can … cap temperature rise at two degrees, or cross the threshold beyond which the system shifts to a much hotter state."
Below is the full discussion on energy issues. Can you find the mention of climate? (Don't strain too hard. We've already ruined it for you — there are none).
QUESTION: Your energy secretary, Steven Chu, has now been on record three times stating it's not policy of his department to help lower gas prices. Do you agree with Secretary Chu that this is not the job of the Energy Department?
OBAMA: The most important thing we can do is to make sure we control our own energy. So here's what I've done since I've been president. We have increased oil production to the highest levels in 16 years.
Natural gas production is the highest it's been in decades. We have seen increases in coal production and coal employment. But what I've also said is we can't just produce traditional source of energy. We've also got to look to the future. That's why we doubled fuel efficiency standards on cars. That means that in the middle of the next decade, any car you buy, you're going to end up going twice as far on a gallon of gas. That's why we doubled clean – clean energy production like wind and solar and biofuels.
And all these things have contributed to us lowering our oil imports to the lowest levels in 16 years. Now, I want to build on that. And that means, yes, we still continue to open up new areas for drilling. We continue to make it a priority for us to go after natural gas. We've got potentially 600,000 jobs and 100 years worth of energy right beneath our feet with natural gas.
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Florida's miles of beautiful beaches may be natural wonders, but they're not entirely natural. State and federal governments pour millions of dollars every year into piling fresh sand up on those beaches. And now, reports the New York Times, some of Florida's beach areas are running out of raw material ("Where Sand Is Gold, the Reserves Are Running Dry," by Lizette Alvarez).
"In South Florida—Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach Counties—concerns over erosion and the quest for sand are particularly urgent for one reason: There is almost no sand left offshore to replenish the beaches," the paper reports. "In these communities, sand is far from disposable; it is a precious commodity. So precious, in fact, that it has set off skirmishes among counties and has unleashed an intense hunt for more offshore sand by federal, state, and local officials who are already fretting over the next big storm. No idea is too far-fetched in this quest, not even a proposal to grind down recycled glass and transform it into beach sand. The once-shelved idea is now being reconsidered by Broward County."
The problem is local, not statewide: To the north in St. Lucie County and Martin County, there's still plenty of sand. Fifty years' worth, in fact, according to a Federal estimate. But those counties are not inclined to share. " 'What happens in 50 years when all that sand is gone?' asked Frannie Hutchinson, a St. Lucie County commissioner. 'Where are we supposed to go then? I told them to take their sand shovels and sand buckets and go home and come up with a better plan.' "
It's not just about sunbathing, said Jason Harrah, an Army Corps of Engineers project manager who oversees Miami-Dade beach restoration. " 'These beaches, people think they are recreational, but they are storm damage reduction,' Mr. Harrah said. 'They are meant to sacrifice themselves for the loss of property or life. In the event we have that kind of storm, we wouldn't have the means to replenish them.' "
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Everything below is based on a new fundamental law that I figured out. If you reverse everything within a system then relativity everything stays exactly the same unless it's viewed from an external frame of reference. The curved space-time caused by gravity in the general theory of relativity also applies to ordinary acceleration. There is absolutely no difference between an object following a straight line in curved space-time and an object following a curved path in flat space-time. Gravity creates inwards curvature which pulls all masses towards each other, rather than conventional acceleration caused by outwards curvature. Gravity is a force of mass rather than energy which is why it's so much weaker than electro-magnetism.
The reason why General Relativity and Quantum Mechanics don't work together is because General Relativity's wrong. Singularities are not places where the laws of relativity break down. They're places that the laws of relativity prevent from ever being reached. A black hole is a four dimensional bubble of space-time, with the event horizon representing the physical boundary imposed by the speed of light that increases size the more space-time there is between the it and the observer. The concept of curved space-time hasn't been applied correctly and the result is a description of gravity that treats falling objects as equivalent to objects at rest in the sense that a falling object isn't under the influence of a force. This leads to objects being able to accelerate beyond a relative velocity of the speed of light when the pass the event horizon of a black hole, which is impossible.
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Just One Thing: A Simple Way to Make Changes to Your Life
Published on - April 16th, 2012 (by J.D. Roth)
As part of my recent vow to do what I love, I've been spending a lot more time with friends. Lately, for example, my friend Castle and I have been meeting once per week to hike though Portland's Forest Park.
One bond that Castle and I share is a desire to improve our lives. Just as I've lost fifty pounds over the past couple of years, she's in the middle of a weight-loss journey. But it's more than that. I'm constantly trying to become a better person, and so is she.
Last week on our walk, she shared the secret to her recent success.
Just One Thing
"For me," she said, "the key is to continually try new things. Have I told you about my Just One Thing project?"
"No," I said. "What is it?"
"Well," she said, "it works like this. Nearly every day — not every day, but most days — I try to do one new thing, or I try to do one thing differently. It doesn't matter what it is. It can big or it can be small. But the key is, I'm trying to do something different."
"Like what?" I asked. "What sorts of things are you're trying?"
"Well, take eye contact, for instance. I realized a few weeks ago that I wasn't maintaining eye contact with people. It's because I'm shy, but it might come across as if I don't care about people. So, I decided one day to practice keeping eye contact."
"How'd it work?" I asked.
"It was amazing," Castle said. "People responded much more positively to me. Of course, some guys see the eye contact as flirting, but mostly this is a change I want to keep. See, I don't keep all of the changes I make. The goal is just to try something new for one day. If I don't like it, I don't need to continue. But it doesn't hurt me to try anything for just one day, right?"
"You know, I kind of like this idea," I said. "What else have you done?"
"Well, some days I try a new exercise at the gym. Some days I try a new food. Some days I try something new with my art. But often it's something simple, something that might even seem silly. Like I decided to wear lip gloss again. Don't laugh. I used to wear lip gloss all the time, but I stopped for some reason. It's a small thing, but I find it makes me feel more put together. I tried it for one day, and now it's back to being part of my daily routine."
"So, not all of the things you try need to be life changing?" I asked.
"Not at all!" said Castle. "In fact, most of them are silly little things that don't make a huge difference, things like wearing lip gloss or making eye contact. But the thing is, even if no one change is earth-shattering, taken together these small changes make me feel better about myself. These little changes make life fun. They make it interesting."
One Thing at a Time
Though Castle is using the Just One Thing approach to make small daily changes, I think the idea can be applied to larger parts of life.
For instance, what if instead of making one small change each day, you made one large change every month? What would that be like? Sure, it's more difficult to commit to a change for thirty days, but that's still a short enough time that most people could commit to make most changes. But it's a long enough time that if the change is successful, it will have become a habit.
What sorts of changes could you try for just one month? How about taking your lunch to work instead of buying it? What about biking or taking public transportation instead of driving? You might try going to bed early and getting up early. Or committing to exercise for 30 minutes every day. Or not spending any money on impulse.
The beauty of doing Just One Thing for a day (or thirty days) is that you can focus your attention on that thing — and ignore everything else. You may recall that I'm a recent convert to the one-goal-at-a-time method of change. I used to try many things at once, but I found that doing so made me distracted. I couldn't put my full attention into any one thing. Now when I want to change, I focus on just one thing — sort of the way Castle tries just one thing at a time. My success rate is much higher at making changes this way.
Self-improvement isn't easy. Because it's so easy to remain complacent, change can be tough. But sometimes there are ways to make change more effective. I think Castle's Just One Thing method is one of them.
When you decide to make changes to your life, how do you go about it? Have you tried something like Castle's method before? Do you find that it's more effective focus on just one thing? Or do you have better luck when you attack multiple changes at once? What methods do you use to make sure changes stick?
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I agree. Self improvement is never easy, why? Because we are fighting man's default response to everyday life, seeking the path of least resistance. With this, if we want to continue to improve, we simply choose to take the path of most resistance. I have always had a bad relationship with food, and money. BEFORE. But whenever I tried to achieve so many things at once in these areas, i simply failed. stop and just give up. Focus is a powerful tool. A lot of people would agree. (or disagree).
I try to make changes that I can stick with. After a while, these changes become default.
Focusing on one thing at a time I think is great strategy. We all have incremental improvements we can make. This week I'm going to focus on staying in closer touch with family!
Remember Billy Crystal in City Slickers? Curly told him life was about "one thing." I like what your friend did. Rather than jumping in and getting overwhelmed with new experiences, she is taking gradual steps to lessen the routine of life. I love throwing in a different lift or exercise every time I work out keeps the body fresh, and workouts from being mundane. Thanks for the great read!
Doing one thing at a time sounds like a good plan for success. I've had someone tell me to make my goals, and pick one to jumpstart. I haven't implemented it yet, but I intend to.
I like the approach of taking things one step at a time, or even one change at a time. Given that many of us seem to have the ability to get comfortable with our circumstances and habits, it takes work to make changes quite often.
Just like multitasking, it's not always effective to make many changes at once. Stick to one at a time, focus on it with your thoughts and feelings, and you can have a better chance of success.
Good stuff here! I've been (quietly) blogging about my self improvement 30x30x30 project – 30 challenges for 30 days for 30 months. Going well so far after nine months, some are definitely more challenging than others. JD was one of my major inspirations for last month, "Financially Fitting". The most fun challenge yet was getting in the ocean every single day. Feel free to check it out, comments welcome.
I like this idea a lot. I know that I have sometimes (oftentimes) got stuck in a comfortable rut — like staying in a relationship for too long because it's comfortable and you're afraid to start all over again. But staying with the same old thing just because it's comfortable is rarely the best plan. I like the idea of making simple, incremental changes as a way to find out what works best for you. I will try this!
I like doing the one new thing every day. I went through that phase and then I couldn't find very many more small things. At the time I wasn't ready to make big changes like you suggest.I think I might try it though, but I am going to go with medium changes for a week instead.
I've been trying to shake things up with my brain. I'll find a new way to walk to work, write a list with my non-dominant hand, take a new route through the grocery store, rearrange the furniture, move the stuff around in the fridge, or get lost on purpose. Anything to get me thinking and keep my brain from going on automatic pilot. Normally, I'm really bogged down in routines and this helps me mix things up. I've found that it helps me keep open to new things.
This reminds me a lot of an idea I came across on Google+. Here is the link.
It basically encourages us to pick 12 things we'd like to accomplish (one each month) and work on it every day. At the end of the month you can stop doing it and do something new the next month or you can continue and add something new.
It's a really cool idea and has helped me to focus.
I decided to do my new year's resolutions in the form of one thing a month. It has been absolutely life-changing. I've started to get on top of my schedule in a way I hadn't been before; I started to get things accomplished at work; and people have noticed the change! Hell, I have noticed the change – since I'm pleased with myself more often now.
Very good attitude. But I would also prefer to try something bigger every month. I don't know if I could come up with something every day. And after 21 days something becomes a habit, so you could create a new positive habit every month (or lose a bad one, that can be something new too)
I'm trying the make-a-new-habit-in-30-days method. I was really successful with my first challenge – brushing twice and flossing once everyday. I made a little check-off chart and hung it on the bathroom mirror. I told my husband closest friends so they could remind, encourage, and praise me. And I did it, and continue to do it three months later without any effort.
Why did it take me so long to change something that will save me money and pain (literally!) over the long run? Because change is hard, and what's even harder is admitting to yourself that you need to change.
I've tried a couple of other 30-day challenges but for various reasons (read: excuses), I haven't accomplished them yet. After some reflecting, here are some of the things that I feel made the tooth care change successful and that I'm going to use going forward:
1) Ask for help. Help comes in many forms. It may be actual physical help, like talking to a financial adviser or hiring a trainer at the gym. It may be telling your family, friends, or coworkers about what you are trying to change so the they can offer you emotional support.
2) Try, try, try again. The changes that haven't happened for me aren't off the list. I have identified them as things that are important improvements that I need to make in my life. Eventually I will move them back to the top of the list.
3) Practice makes perfect. I've read a lot recently how willpower is like a muscle that has to be exercised to work at full capacity. So when big change seems overwhelming, I make a small change – like walking the dogs even when the weather is nasty.
4) Be easy on myself. This is the hardest for me, because I tend to really beat myself up when I perceive that I've failed at something. To achieve number four I now know that it really takes working hard at numbers one through three, and reflecting on my successes.
Good luck everyone on continuing to make positive changes. This bright-smile lady think reading GRS is a great start!
One thing I can add to your 4 suggestions is to make it easy on yourself by supporting your change at a time when you find it easy. Simple example: I wanted to eat fruit daily. Just the intention was not succesful, since I kept forgetting it in the morning and didn't feel like eating after dinner. However, I did remember my intention in the evening. I recently took advantage of that by placing a piece of fruit next to my wallet each evening, and now I act on it instinctively.
Great post! I can't say I try something new every day but I love the idea. I've never considered small changes like improving eye contact as something I can focus on for the day but sometimes those are the things that can really improve the quality of your relationships. I've had a few goals sitting on the back burner and it's time I put them into action one day at a time. I like the approach of trying something new and if you like it continue implementing it into your daily routine (exercise, a new food you like, etc.) and if you don't like it simply discard it.
I love this quote: "Do one thing each day that scares you." — Eleanor Roosevelt
I like this series. I have goals upon goals upon goals, and I focus on one at a time until it's time for the next one. One thing a day? That is easy. Castle should start a blog.
If it's one thing I've learned, it's that all of these "simple" life improvement tricks don't work at all.
I tried to make it a point to make more eye contact while running for office. While I seemed to do it more, I also forgot to do it more often than not. And plenty of times I made eye contact, only to find it uncomfortable and avert within a few minutes.
I mean, just to use the example given.
The thing is, motivation is always the missing link. Often, you may think you have a "problem", such as eye contact, but when it comes right down to it, if it doesn't matter to you, and it doesn't make things better for you, then it ain't going to happen. And for most of us, most of these "things wrong with us" aren't really wrong with us at all — just someone else telling us they are and using it as a convenient scapegoat for your other problems, which are ultimately completely unrelated.
Matt Cutts did a great TED talk about his 30-day challenges, where he tries to do one thing every day for 30 days. The video is up at TED. It's only five minutes, but he's done some really interesting things.
It sounds like Castle has a great idea there. It certainly does not hurt to try some things for a day to see how it goes.
This is a great article because it offers a terrific solution on how to handle change in our multifaceted lives.
My husband taught me to outline my goal(s) for what I want to accomplish each day. This simplifies my life considerably.
I will act on this advice, given today, for my larger life goals.
Thank you Crystal and J.D.
When I make changes they are always small changes. One small change at a time. It works for me.
There's some neuroscience around this that can be found in books like The Power of Habit. It can be used for good purposes to "fix" yourself (if you think you need fixing) or to market to you – like how Target sucks in customers and keeps them coming back:
There's some research behind the "just one thing" approach – Kelly McGonigal's book "The Willpower Instinct" explains it well – very good book and she has a good blog on Psychology Today as well.
I don't like the idea of one new thing a day. It sounds like a lot of work. I would be more receptive to a new thing a month. If it works for her, then that's great.
Perhaps I can try it for 2 weeks and see how it goes. Life is just too busy… I know that's an excuse, but it's true.
Like the philosophy! I've been an ardent albeit silent follower of GRS over the last three years in trying to kill off the debt and this month became cash neutral for the first time in my adult life. I guess it's also important to remember the other stuff too though. The things that can change our mindset and distract from the daunting challenge of paying off the experiences that for whatever reason we didn't pay for upfront at the time. The small changes are the one's that add big value to life later down the line and there is a lot more to them than money! Keep up the good work.
Congrats on being cash neutral
I like this idea. Although I think I would get caught up in picking what thing to work on each day rather than picking one thing, focusing on it and making changes to the point where it becomes a good habit.
Love this post. I would not necessarily want to do it every day for the rest of my life, but I love the idea of doing one new thing a day for a month at regular intervals (e.g., every six months) and then maybe in other months focusing on trying to break one bad habit or start one new good habit. I am going to try this next month. I have noticed that as we get older people get really set in their ways and I think that this is a good way to keep an open mind and attitude in life.
I've done this for years, but not in a systematic way. Instead of asking, "What new thing will I do today?" I try to build it into my routine. So at the grocery store, I might think, "I have never tried that fruit/vegetable. Ok, that's a new thing", or "I haven't walked around that path at work today – guess that's a new thing." Sometimes it does scare me – to make a phone call or follow something I've been wanting to do. Sometimes I drop it – not interested in trying bacon jam again!
After trying small changes for quite some time, I am now more content with a huge amount of changes at the same time. One of my objectives is to cut down on mindless entertainment consumption (tv, internet, …). I found that if I simply reduce the time spent on that, eventually it will return, because of a resulting vacuum of time that wants to be filled. The last time, I decided to already claim that time by starting a number of medium-large scale projects at the same time (fitness, house improvement, additional study, recreational reading, and a number of hobbies). Due to the amount of projects, there always is something I enjoy picking up at a given day, and the resulting time claim automatically results in lesser tv and internet (and interestingly, more energy). And by keeping busy with multiple projects, I avoided a previous pitfall of losing temporary interest in a single project and then dropping it all, instead of putting it on hold until I have fun with it again.
I recently quit drinking all soda. I used Lent as my motivation for that. This month I am trying to spend less money by cutting out the trips to the convenience store while I am working(I work 4-8 hours a day in my car) and not buying fast/restaurant food. This one has not been as successful as the soda, but has definitely been much improved over the past. I think I will keep working on this one for another couple of weeks until the habit of stopping for a drink/snack is broken. The problem with this goal is that it requires me to actually work on more than one habit at once. I have to plan, shop, and cook ahead. If I weren't so busy, it might be easier.
I do like Castle's idea though. We have a local DJ that is doing one new thing/day for a whole year.
What a great idea! The changes can be small and seem insignificant but by doing them it makes the person feel like they accomplished something that day (even though it was small). And usually for me the more things I feel like I accomplish the better I feel about myself.
I disagree strongly with the author of the article. People are dying of hunger, famine. Millions and billions are living on less than $2 a day for their food, clothes, and huts.
The author is proudly talking about spending $1300 a year on dog.
Wouldn't it be nice to spend some money on the poor, the destitute and the orphan of the world?
Share your wealth with humans. Only in America folks. Even in America, many decent and good folks live only on one meal a day.
Wake up to the reality of life, folks.
You probably will not publish my comments but I had to say those things.


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Pequot Lakes High School senior Michael Ryan was selected as the Sub-Section 24 male AAA winner last week, activities director Marc Helmrichs announced.
Ryan was selected as the male candidate from Pequot Lakes High School in early January and recently was selected along with Katianne Brockphaler of Sebeka to represent Sub-Section 24 at the section level.
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Crow Wing County Auditor-Treasurer, Laureen Borden, announced that marriage license applications may be made by same-sex couples beginning Wednesday, July 17. Licenses will not be valid for use until Aug. 1 as per Minnesota statute. Both parties must appear in person to submit an application with specific information required by statute - including identifying information, information about a previous marriage and any requested name change.
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Kelly Clarkson finally got her big moment like this on Friday, December 14th, accepting a proposal (and huge rock) from boyfriend/talent manager/country-music-prince, Brandon Blackstock. The overjoyed pop-country star took to Twitter on Saturday afternoon, revealing the big news in a jubilant tweet. She tweeted, "I'M ENGAGED!!!!! I wanted y'all to know!! Happiest night of my life last night! I am so lucky and am with the greatest man ever :)"
Her excitement continued a little bit later, when she revealed a photo of the huge new piece of bling taking up major real estate on her left hand. She wrote, "Everyone has been asking about my engagement ring, so here it is :) It's a yellow canary diamond with diamonds around it and Brandon designed it with Johnathon Arndt!"
For those keeping score and playing six degrees of Kelly Clarkson, her ring was designed by the same guy who made Carrie Underwood's stunner, while her new fiance manages Blake Shelton, while being the stepson of Reba. Talk about some major country connections!
Congrats to the happy couple. We can't wait to see wedding pics!


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Ricardo Pacheco | Born in 1974 | Painter ~ Illustrator
- Digital illustrations for Sardinha em Lata production company.
- Works/Participates on several Web Design projects.
- Various illustration projects.
- Individual exhibition "Migração" at Biblioteca-Museu Republica e Resistência.
- Collective exhibition at Gallery Prova de Artista.
- Selected for the "Prémio Jovem de Artes Plásticas" at Centro de Artes e Espectáculos da Figueira da Foz.
- Continued oil painting practice and research.
- Participation in various projects as Freelance Web Designer.
- Worked on interactive cd-roms of artist portfolios. 2004
- Collective Exhibition at the Cultural Center of Cascais of 2003 Art Finalists of
Faculdade de Belas-Artes da Universidade de Lisboa (Academy of Fine Arts of Lisbon University).
- Collective Exhibitions at Gallery 55 in Cascais.
- Graduates in Painting by the Faculdade de Belas-Artes da Universidade de Lisboa
- Participation as illustrator in a German edition of Portuguese poetess Adilia Lopes "Clube da Poetisa Morta".
- Musical composition and sound arrangements for short-films and installations (university projects).
- Works/Participates on several Web Design projects.
- Starts working as a Freelance Web Designer with Devnet (www.devnet.ws).
- Selected for the VI Bienal de Fotografia de Vila Franca de Xira (Vila Franca de Xira's 6th Photography Bienal).
- Collective Exhibition at Casino do Estoril's Gallery, for the XII Salão de Primavera (XII Spring Salon).
- Collective Exhibition at the Meridien Hotel, in Lisbon.
- Works as technical assistant at the Faculdade de Belas Artes da Universidade de Lisboa.
- Begins Painting course at the Faculdade de Belas Artes da Universidade de Lisboa.


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From The Quarterly, Spring 2013
Marina Picciotto, Ph.D., leading a team of researchers at Yale University, has made an exciting discovery in the search for the biological causes of depression and anxiety. Their discovery points to the importance of a signaling system in the brain that was not previously believed to be central in causing depression.
For decades, many scientists have favored a theory of depression that stresses the impact of abnormally low levels of a signal-carrying chemical, called serotonin. The new research by Dr. Picciotto's team shifts attention to a different signaling chemical, or neurotransmitter, called acetylcholine.
Millions of depressed people take anti-depressant drugs called SSRIs—an acronym for selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors. Prozac®, Paxil®, Celexa®, Zoloft® and other SSRI medications act to keep message-carrying serotonin molecules from being rapidly reabsorbed by nerve cells. By allowing serotonin to float for longer periods of time in the tiny spaces between nerve cells, called synapses, scientists have theorized the SSRI drugs promote signaling by compensating for abnormally low serotonin levels.
Dr. Picciotto's new research, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in February, turns attention to fluctuations in levels of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine and the larger chemical signaling system it is part of, called the cholinergic system.
"Serotonin may be treating the problem," Dr. Picciotto says, "but acetylcholine disruption may be a primary cause of depression. If we can treat the root cause, perhaps we can get a better response from the patient."
Her team's experiments demonstrate that abnormally high levels of acetylcholine in the brain can cause depression and anxiety symptoms in mice. In the brains of non-depressed mice—and people—an enzyme called acetyl- cholinesterase (AChE) is produced to lower acetylcholine levels. The team showed that when depressed mice were given Prozac®, AChE levels were raised, and abnormally high levels of acetylcholine were thus brought under control. This adds a new dimension to understanding how and why SSRI anti-depressants can alleviate depression.
Yet many depressed people do not get a therapeutic benefit from Prozac® or other SSRI medications. Dr. Picciotto's research suggests this may be because the root problem is not, after all, low levels of serotonin, but rather, high levels of acetylcholine. By experimentally blocking the "ports," called receptors, where acetylcholine molecules "dock" with nerve cells in the brain, the team was able to reverse depression in mice.
In still other experiments, the Yale team showed how interruptions in acetylcholine signaling in the brain area called the hippocampus—important in memory and mood—promotes depression and anxiety in mice.
While the relation between the serotonin and acetylcholine signaling systems is not yet fully clear, this new research opens a new possibility to treat the cause of depression and not just its symptoms. With the new hypothesis that it is the disruption of acetylcholine, and not serotonin, that sets depression in motion, further research studies can be undertaken to determine if medications that target acetylcholine rather than serotonin, are more effective in treating depression.
Marina Picciotto, Ph.D.
Charles B. G. Murphy Professor of Psychiatry,
Professor of Neurobiology and Pharmacology,
Assistant Chair for Basic Science Research, Psychiatry,
Yale University;
1996 NARSAD Young Investigator Grantee,
2004 NARSAD Independent Investigator Grantee
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Diana Bei replied on Permalink
Acetylcholine Receptors can be activated by Acetylcholine in both ways on binding and releasing from AchR. Artificial disrupting Acetylcholine activities acting to AchR, would disrupt human emotion balance. Have you seen when the Olympic sporters are extremely too happy to cry but unable to laugh when they are received the award for golden plates to their winedon the top of the first games in Olympic campaigning? This is a typical instance of when large amount of Acetylcholine are binding on AchR to cause caused too much activations of mAchR on activating releasing Acetylcholine to feedback suppressing AchR activities. Only at this point, AchE hydrolysis Acetylcholine from binding of AchR could moderately down the sportor's emotions.
Isabella_Ringen replied on Permalink
First, congratulations to Marina and the Team!! Way to go, folks!!! We who suffer from depression are eternally grateful for your work. You have no idea.
The conclusion I draw from these research results is that depression appears to arise from either too much acetylcholine or from too little acetylcholine. Therefore, would it not be ideal to seek within the cholinergic system for the REGULATOR and target how to ASSIST THAT? If we can understand the cholinergic system's acetylcholine regulator, someone might devise a treatment or medication that assists its stable functioning. That might help people prone to major depression AND those with bipolar mood disorder. (I'm guessing bipolars - or at least ultra-rapid cyclers - experience wildly swinging levels of acetylcholine, since clearly that too is some problem of dysregulation.) Even if I'm wrong about the bipolar mood disorder operating similarly, stabilizing the acetylcholine regulator would at least HELP MORE PEOPLE: those with too much acetylcholine AND those with too little acetylcholine.
Also, could you please, in conversations, advocate replacing the term "mental illness" with "neurological disorder?"I am not unusual in my experiences as a "mental patient." Like most "mental patients" (another goodie), I have been judged and abandoned by 99% of my (former) friends; and most of my family. Their brains work fine, and they assume mine is the same; so they don't see why I can't do what they do. Most people apparently see depressed peoples' negative thought patterns and words as an attitudinal issue, a thought-based or "mental" problem, so they expect us to just change it. They don't understand our attitudes and thoughts are just symptoms caused by a severe ORGANIC DYSFUNCTION.
"Mental illness" doesn't connote that to people. Identifying it more correctly as a Brain Disorder or Neurological Dysfunction reminds the listener that THE BRAIN IS AN ORGAN, A VERY IMPORTANT ORGAN that can render us pretty darn dysfunctional when it doesn't work right. It also indicates that depression is a MEDICAL condition, not laziness or a bad attitude, that actually does render us unable for long periods to think clearly, clean our homes, put things away, cook for ourselves, do laundry, keep up with bills, keep up our appearance, or even take baths.
Losing the respect of all my friends worsened my depression. I've lost all trust in people who claim to be loving. Everybody talks about love, but I have yet to find anybody willing to help me. I've turned to public and private agencies for help but do not meet their age or income guidelines (since they don't take into account the cost of prescription meds). I see a counselor thanks to insurance, but home care isn't covered by my insurance. I've spent entire days calling number after number suggested to me as a possible source of help but have over and over been denied access to desperately needed home support services. Some won't help because I have Medicare. Others won't help because I don't have Medicaid. And "Unless you are in a wheelchair," said the lady at the only local charity doing such work voluntarily, "you don't need help." This kind of ignorance is hurtful and harmful. When I began to develop sores that spiraled across my body , the dermatologist just snarled at me in disgust, "It isn't scabies. Go home and clean your house!" Her insult is typical - and frustrating. People just don't seem to know depression is a MEDICAL disorder, an organ dysfunction which renders us unable to solve problems, take action, seek happiness, etc. We deserve help just as much as people with different organ problems; for example, the pancreas. The world doesn't insult diabetics, refuse to help them, or demand that they just change themselves.
As for me, my doctor now reports I'm malnourished (affecting my decision making and increasing the fatigue from the depression). Bugs have been nesting in my skin and house seven months now. I am covered with large sores and scars despite four head-to-toe coatings of pyrethrin (poison) cream and four Ivermectin tablets (the poison in Frontline) the doctors prescribed. Despite my using bed bug spray and lice shampoo. Despite diatomaceous earth on my carpets. My house is nasty, the kitchen piked with unwashed dishes and rotting cat food; my piles of stuff continue to grow. I rarely eat real food, and the house has been more than I can handle for along time. I wander room to room trying to bring order but have trouble making decisions and never finish things I start. Haunted, haggard eyes stare back in the mirror. The ironic thing is I'm educated, I'm bright, and when I was well I was a teacher for many years at the toughest school in the city, upholding with love and dedication the safety net for "at-risk" teens. Now I'm the one "at-risk," but it seems there's no safety net for me. It's no wonder so many of us commit suicide.
So you see, it's very important to change what we call this. Until the public really groks that it's a medical condition, we who suffer depression will continue to be by and large treated with disdain.
Helen Daff replied on Permalink
Isabella Ringen How can I reach you? I don't know if you will see this or not but I am interested in this topic and would like to talk to you .
Tracy Walker replied on Permalink
Isabella, How well said & how sad! I feel your pain. As one well educated woman to another, I REALLY KNOW EXACTLY HOW YOU FEEL! I was a very successful Psych/Mental Health RN ( of all things ) It was my passion, as a single mom of a child ( adult ) with bipolar & a teen with dyslexia, ADHD & central auditory processing disorder, I now feel like the blind leading the blind. I suffer from MDD, ADHD, GAD, insomnia & sleep apnea. I'm also being tested for RA & have osteoarthritis. I'm 53 yrs young & I have asked, begged, cried, pleaded, prayed, hoped for, researched & sought help for myself as well as for my son. But to no avail. In addition I am also a veteran, as I was an officer in the Navy Nurse Corps. I echo your EXACT DESPAIR & desperation. I have helped so many young & old alike. But as stated there is no help to be found. Please don't give up hope. Because I know there has to be help in the near distant future.
Welly replied on Permalink
In your article you write: "For decades, many scientists have favored a theory of depression that stresses the impact of abnormally low levels of a signal-carrying chemical, called serotonin.". That is completely incorrect. The serotonin hypothesis of depression has been disproved over 30 years ago, before Prozac even came to market. There has been absolutely no conclusive or circumstantial evidence that serotonin and depression are linked.
Cory replied on Permalink
Hundreds of clinical trials prove otherwise. Show me your studies and data from over thirty years ago, and tell me again how relevant that is in today's medicinal progressiveness.
Bob A. Fettucini replied on Permalink
I wonder how this relates to nicotine, seeing as how that boosts acetylcholine. I'm depressed, smoking helps ...sometimes.
D. Sommer replied on Permalink
You know, it's interesting. I haven't had depression recently (it runs in my family) but when I did, I would wake up one day saying "holy crap, I haven't smoked a single cigarette in over a week, and I didn't even realize it!" Now, I don't smoke more than two or three cigarettes a day, but the desire (I wouldn't really call it a craving the majority of the time) will still hit me at least once a day, even If I'm abstaining.
Perhaps my Acetylcholine levels were out of control, suppressing the desire to smoke at all?
David H. replied on Permalink
The results of the study reported in this article are encouraging for increasing our understanding of the neurochemical mechanisms related to depression. However, there are many forms of depression and I suspect that most of the primary neurotransmitters act together and affect each other in myriad ways we still don't know about. In addition, the actions of secondary messengers and other possible influences must be taken into account. Psychiatric illness cannot be accurately pinned to any single neurotransmitter.
These findings might help explain why taking substantial doses of choline supplements over a course of months seemed to precipitate episodes of increased, chronic depression in me. I had started to take choline supplements as a possible aid to cognition and mood, but my mood worsened during the time I was taking these supplements. This is a casual observation. I'm not familiar with the science of how choline supplements might affect acetylcholine in the body, but my understanding is that there may be a correlation.
In line with the study reported in this article, it might be wise to observe and document the experience of people and animals treated with acetylcholine agonists like piracetam, celastrus paniculatus, and other nootropic compounds. The increased popularity of supplementation with alleged nootropic substances over the past few decades may have ramifications for this type of investigation. In addition, if supplementation with acetylcholine agonists were to lead to rising incidences of depression, as this study suggests it might, this could become a public health issue.
JR replied on Permalink
I have always been doubtful that "low" serotonin causes depression. I do, however, believe low serotonin causes anxiety. For one, SSRIs work better for anxiety disorders, which are more chronic than depression. As someone with OCD, I have noticed that SSRIs do help with anxiety, but flatten mood and increase sleepiness, which is.....DEPRESSING. I have been on SSRIs for 15 years, and have not slept normally since starting them. Problem is, when I stop or switch, the anxiety comes roaring back. I LOATHE these drugs but am now dependent on them....
rosie rock replied on Permalink
Researchers always seem to concentrate on internal mechanisms and never on the external factors that can cause illness. There are only a few external agents - viruses, parasites, toxins, fungi, bacteria, radiation, nutrition [food], pharmaceuticals and gases that have an effect on us and if you trace the cause of all illnesses you always eventually get back to one of these root causes. Depression isn't caused by serotonin imbalance or acetylcholine imbalance or any other sort of endogenous chemical imbalance, it is caused by attack viruses and bacteria, poor nutrition, low frequency radiation, parasitical ivasion [lyme's disease for example causes depression] and drugs like statins, ACE inibitors, proton pump inhibitors and so on.
It is about time researchers stopped this drugs are the cure for everything approach and started to look for rrot cause and realise the drugs are one of the causes of illness


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Found this a a high school, 3 units in this room routinely gets over 100° in summer at this location. Yes this was an engineers idea.
Is that a package unit in an attic?
Love the gas heat exhaust blowing inside, thats nice..
Originally Posted by Pete838
Is that a package unit in an attic?
It's more like an enclosed roof cavity, but pretty much where the attic would be if there was one.
So whats the big deal?
Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people.
Theodore Roosevelt
at least the outside air intake is by the louver
It`s better to be silent and thought the fool; than speak and remove all doubt.
Its hidden from the copper thieves and the taggers
Is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted.
A positive attidude will not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worthwhile.
Hmphhhhh its most likely that too much hot air is getting trapped in there and causing the units to mess up. They should open that up so it can get air.
Tell the engineer he needs a bigger rooftop on the outside of that building to keep the rooftop inside the building cool.
A/c for ur a/c..... Just said that on another post,awesome!!!!!
Originally Posted by Starwarsith88HVAC
Hmphhhhh its most likely that too much hot air is getting trapped in there and causing the units to mess up. They should open that up so it can get air.
Precisely why it's on the wall of shame.
Every customer you take for granted today will be someone else's tomorrow.
I have seen that done with a old package york heatpump with a drain pan built under it for winter defrost water . It was installed for close to 25 years and worked but was a pain to work on . I eventually yanked it out and installed a split . And it was at a school office .
how do these things get by the inspectors?
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ROTHSCHILD, Wis. (WSAU) -- Wisconsin's Conservation Congress convention was held in Rothschild Friday. The congress was discussing resolutions from the recent county meetings and possible fish and wildlife rule changes.
Governor Scott Walker addressed the group. Afterwards, he commented on how the state is working hard to offset spearfishing with more stocking through the Walleye initiative. "That's why we've been aggressive in trying to bring together not only DNR fish hatcheries, but private fish hatcheries, even tribal and municipal fish hatcheries and aquaponics programs to get more fingerlings, which leads to more fish."
Governor Walker says the state has a very high goal for stocking walleye. "We went from 40,000 fingerlings to 440,000 as of last November. Our goal over the next several years is to get up to three-quarters of a million, and we think that will bring great success for people who want to have success fishing."
Walker says the work of the DNR and the Conservation Congress is invaluable to help with next year's wolf hunt. "Make sure we're monitoring the population accurately. That's a concern whether it's with deer, bear, wolves, or others out there. It's something we obviously hear not only from those sportsmen and women, but we hear from farmers, we hear from homeowners and others out there. For us, we want to make sure we have an accurate count and a successful harvest."
The Wisconsin Conservation Congress is the only statutory body in the state where citizens elect delegates to advise the Natural Resources Board and the Department of Natural Resources on management of natural resources.


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Caroline Manzo has been pretty darn open when it comes to discussing the cheating allegations made against her husband, Albert Manzo. To give her credit where credit is due, what goes on in her marriage isn't any of our business. Any hints she deigns to drop about it, that's entirely her prerogative.
Still, Caroline ruffled some major feathers when she intimated that she could see her husband of over 30 years being unfaithful. It was less the revelation that was surprising and more the shrug-worthy way the woman shared the intel. But Caroline's a notoriously cool customer.
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Her kids upon hearing the news that daddy may have strayed once upon a time had their own reactions to share. It seems they believe their mother when she says that the comment she made during the reunion wasn't a big deal. As you can imagine knowing her gang of jokers, their responses weren't exactly teary.
Son Chris Manzo (head clown) spent far, far too much time photoshopping a picture that he later posted to Instagram. "Shocking PROOF is the ongoing scandal of my father's cheating ways," he somberly captures ... this photo of Ted, the animated bear of cinematic infamy, wearing a bra and dancing upon an oblivious Albert. Obviously no one in the family is taking this whole scandal too seriously. That should be something we all take into consideration before we continue gasping in horror.
Do you think Caroline was being serious about Albert's past?
I think she is not only serious but that she knows he cheated. I mean, come on, if I was a reality star and I said that about my hubs, he would be none too pleased. Its almost like she knew someone was about disclose that he cheated so she said this as a disclaimer to save face. If you are in a loving relationship you dont always asume your other half is cheating. She doesnt have a good relationship with Albert. She actually said on the show that its good she and Al spend so much time apart. Its the only way they are able to stay together. Huh? I love being with my husband. Married 5 years in Feb
Who cares. It's something that's between them and no one else. Like he's the only one that might have ever done that to his wife or vice versa. They can live the way they wish. In other words, so what!!!!!
Sorry..when you commit yourself, your family and your life to a reality show and get paid a buttload in return you make it everybody else's business. Who ever heard of Caroline Manzo, or even cared, before this? I always got the feeling that he can't stand her and is just putting up with her..Maybe he is gay like his brother who was "Married" to Dina.. Not a rumor.. Look it up!
She never said he cheated, she said she wouldn't say he never would (had) because basically those words could come back to bite her in the ass.
If one knew for sure one would never put that out there. You only need to watch their exchange with each other to tell he's not in love with her.. I saw it from the get go in Season one.
Who The F---k cares! It's no ones business! And do you think Albert would still have legs if he did cheat on her? LMAO
The house of Manzo takes a hit or two? No one knows what goes on behind closed doors...Being on a reality show will have eyes & rumors aplenty....People always wanting to hear the worse and if there's a hint of something that involves sex ....look out...everyone & everything will be up for grabs. I wish the Manzo's the best!
Oh yes she was very serious about Albert... You know what, when I listen to her about Albert cheating and being together for so long, I kind of fellt for her, because she was and is still Hurt about Albert cheating and you could see it on her Face.... But like I always say " To each there Own " see now I would never go for that, if I would find out that my Husband of being together for almost 30 years and married for 26 years is cheating , I would pack his bags and when he would come home ( he is an Over the road Trucker ) I would say to him in a calm Voise " Here is all you stuff, turn a round and walk out the door and say nothing " That is me tho, I do not know what Caroline and Albert have going , they do seem very Happy just ones in a while when he tells her to shut up I see the expresion on her face and it looks like she is scared of him..... They are a very tied Family and like I said " To each there Own " we really do not know the whole Story about Albert and Caroline ...


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I don't know if it's good or bad that she doesn't look very quote-unquote Korean. Since I'm not a 19-year-old Korean-American on AsiaFinest.com or a North Korea public official I won't get bent out of shape about that, but I just remember the comments made by North Korean dancer Lee Myong-ae after meeting Lee Hyori in 2005, as quoted in the Chosun Ilbo:
In an interview with a local broadcaster at the scene of the shoot, Cho thanked her fans, saying she knew she had many in South Korea as well. However, the dancer toed her country's party line on cultural and racial purity by saying Lee was "beautiful, but with her dyed hair and everything, she doesn't look like a Korean woman."
Um . . .
Hmm, if there's one thing North and South Korea can both agree on, its the importance and joys of racial purity. But with international marriages taking place today with increasing frequency, with more biracial children being born, and, hell, with Korea's long yet unacknowledged history of genetic mixing, I think people should warm to the idea that "looks Korean" can mean many things.
If you're interested you can browse loads of other photo galleries on the official Miss Korea site. It's kind of weird because if the women weren't wearing sashes that say "2008" on them I'd have guessed the photos were taken in 1994. Or 1974. LOL at this one . . . don't tell me they had a sexy dance competition at the prestigious Miss Korea contest. Incidentally, you can browse photo galleries of past Miss Korea pageants, all the way back to 1959, here. The gallery from 1957 just contains two pictures of posters, like this:


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It's not too late to correct a tax return error
Taxpayers who forgot a deduction or credit don't have to live with the consequences. You can file an amended return and get a refund of your overpayment.
This post is by Kimberly Lankford at Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine.
Q. When I was doing my 2012 tax return this year, I realized that I could have claimed the child-care credit for my son's summer camp expenses in 2011, but I didn't know I qualified then. Is it too late to get the money?
A. It's not too late. You have up to three years after the due date of your return to file an amended return and claim the credit.
The child-care credit is a frequently overlooked tax break for people who have kids under age 13 and pay for child care so they can work or look for work. The cost of a nanny, babysitter, day care, preschool, before-school and after-school care, and day camp during summer and school vacations can all count.
The credit can be worth up to $600 to $1,050 if you have one child, or $1,200 to $2,100 if you have two or more children. The lower your income, the larger the credit, but many people don't realize that there's no income cutoff to qualify.
File an amended return by submitting Form 1040X. You don't need to refile your whole return; you just need to mark the year of the return you're amending at the top of the form, note the changes you're making, and include revised copies of any supplemental forms that are affected (such as Form 2441 for the child-care credit, or Schedule A for changes to itemized deductions).
If the change lowers your tax liability, the IRS will send you a refund, complete with interest (the current rate is 3%) back to the original due date of the return. It usually takes up to 12 weeks for the IRS to process amended returns.
See the Instructions for Form 1040X and the IRS's amended return page for more information. You can check on the status of your amended return after you file using the Where's My Amended Return? tool starting three weeks after you file your amended return.
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COLLIER COUNTY: A woman's one-year-old granddaughter is dead after an apparent drowning. And that happened just a few weeks after her son, the little girl's father, was killed in a car crash.
Pamela Slaby says she's going through incomprehensible grief.
Slaby explained the toddler and her mother were actually living with her until just a few days ago. And she said every time she looked at little Ava, she saw her son.
And now, Slaby says the apparent drowning death of the 15-month-old is something that should've never happened.
"She was my life. I lived for that little girl," said Slaby.
She said even though her granddaughter was so young, she helped her though an unimaginable loss.
"I don't know, without her, if I would've been able to heal," she said.
Last month, the toddler's father, 24-year-old Christopher Slaby, died several days after a crash near I-75 in Naples.
Ava and her mother, Randi MacLeod, were both in the vehicle and both survived.
Soon after, the two moved in with Chris' mother - Pamela Slaby. The grandmother says it saved her life during the difficult time.
"It was part of him, and when I looked at her face, I could see him," she said.
Now, she says that reminder of her son has been ripped away.
Deputies were called to MacLeod's Golden Gate Estates home Tuesday.
Slaby says her late son's fiancée, MacLeod, told her she left Ava alone in a bathtub for just minutes. The baby apparently drowned.
"Any mother knows you don't put a baby in the bathtub with water and walk away – period," Slaby said.
She went onto to explain that MacLeod and little Ava moved into the home just a few days ago. In fact, she said she worried about the move because the home is about a 20 minute drive from her house.
"Chris would be heartbroken. I guess she's with him now," Slaby.
She said the belief that her grandbaby is now reunited with her father is the only thing getting her through the horror of losing them both.
Slaby said that she had a necklace made with her son's thumbprint that she planned to give to little Ava. She found out just Tuesday, the day Ava died, that it was ready to pick up from the jewelers.
It was just another reminder, she says, of how close those tragedies were together.
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Star Trek director JJ Abrams returns to the sci-fi fray with this paranormally exciting adventure with loud echoes of his hit sci-fi production Cloverfield. In 1979, a bunch of young, aspiring film-makers find themselves at the scene of a train crash, the consequences of which wreak havoc on their little Ohio town. Seems the train was carrying highly classified cargo from Area 51, the military base specialising in UFO activity. But it's hard to see the contents staying classified for long... Steven Spielberg boards Abrams' all-action express as producer.Read Review
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Annick Goutal has been churning out remarkable little olfactory wonders since opening the doors of her first boutique on Paris' Rue de Bellechasse in 1980. With seven free-standing stores in the City of Light alone (we prefer the Rue de Castiglione outpost, which boasts over-the-top elegant interiors and happens to be a stone's throw away from Vanessa Bruno), the company has a legacy that lives on through the late perfume maven's daughters, Camille Goutal and Isabelle Doyen, who have been carrying on their mother's passion for fine fragrance for the past 12 years. The latest addition to their Soliflore (single flower) series is no exception. Le Mimosa is meant to hearken back to the opulent decade of the brand's birth, spotlighting the mimosa absolute, a delicate floral essence that is supported by a complementary cast of Florentine iris, anise, peach, and sandalwood for a slightly powdery, creamy, musk-laced aroma. At first whiff, it's nostalgic-conjuring images of a well-appointed vanity circa 1984 and the sweet, soft breezes of Paris in the springtime. The flacon, with its punchy yellow and black polka-dot pattern, is similarly wistful. But dated, it is not. While Le Mimosa may be reminiscent of decades past, on the skin, its appeal is entirely modern—and capable of turning heads in every arrondissement.—Fiorella Valdesolo
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Have You Been Struggling to Get Enough Clients?
Have You Been Negatively Affected by the Economy?
Do you Wonder if You'll Ever Get Out of Survival Mode?
Are You Newly Out of School and Worried About Getting Enough Clients?
If you are struggling with your practice marketing, it's probably not your fault.
Consider these facts:
Many schools are underfunded and understaffed, and they have to focus on making sure you learn the best skills possible. As a result, most schools don't teach holistic practitioners the practice marketing skills they need to succeed.
What is even worse is that even the most prominent schools only spend about 5% of their curriculum teaching practice marketing, and many others do not teach any practice marketing or business skills at all. Imagine if you tried to ride a bike without being taught how, do you think you would be good at it? What about snow boarding? Do you think you would be good at snowboarding if you didn't take lessons? Chances are you wouldn't and you might even get hurt. It is no wonder that practitioners have such a hard time with practice marketing.
As a result, a large number of practitioners struggle throughout most of their career and either burn out or are forced to enter into other professions, which are usually less fulfilling, after only a few years.
Most practitioners are taught to believe that word of mouth marketing is the only way to build your practice, and that is takes years to do so. This is completely untrue and will be explained later on this page.
The popularity of alternative health services continues to grow every year, and this increasing popularity is causing new therapists to enter into the field in record numbers. This market saturation is driving down prices and creating a disaster for alternative health practitioners who don't have good business and practice marketing skills.
There are many gifted practitioners who struggle to make ends meet despite being extraordinarily talented healers.
95% of all small businesses fail and one of the major reasons why is a lack of business and practice marketing skills.
According to statistics, most holistic practitioners are earning less than $35,000 per year and most are not satisfied with the amount of clients they have. This is NOT the picture you visualized when you were in school.
You can do something about it, and things can be different for you.
Does the following sound like you?
Are you tired of worrying about not having enough money at the end of each month?
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If you answered yes to any of these questions, please read on. You can earn a good living in this business and I can help you. There IS a better way.
So who am I and how can I help?
My name is Susanne Runion and I have been involved with alternative health my entire life, and it is extremely important to me. I worked in the computer industry for ten years, and after the dot com crash, I felt like I did not have enough fulfillment in my life. Since alternative health was always my passion, I decided to make a radical change and enter the healing arts. I started off as a massage therapist and changed to hypnotherapy and coaching 9 years later.
My first six months in business were difficult. I had absolutely no idea how to get clients and do practice marketing. I was absolutely sure I would fail. Every month I had no idea if I would be able to pay the rent or not. I didn't go on any vacations, and I worked 7 days a week (4 days a week at my practice and 3 days a week at a job).
Several times, I actually had to ask my parents to borrow money! It seemed like I was always working, when I wasn't seeing my private clients and working my job, I was worrying because I didn't have enough clients or enough money to pay bills.
I had a lot of experiences where I saw firsthand just how powerful practice marketing is and how it can totally transform a business, and once I learned how to successfully market my business, things changed dramatically for me. In a short time, my practice filled up and I often had to turn clients away.
I worked as a manager at a very upscale day spa in San Francisco. I watched how this small, unknown business totally transformed itself into one of the most successful day spas in the city after hiring a practice marketing consultant and using practice marketing techniques. I learned exactly what it takes to make an alternative health business succeed.
I have been involved with networking groups and events and have seen how numerous alternative health professionals used practice marketing to propel their businesses to great success.
This all completely fascinated me and practice marketing became my obsession. I read over a hundred books on practice marketing, small business and finance. When I wasn't reading, I was trying out all of these techniques and inventing new ones.
I also created a website for my business and was determined to make it a success. I again read many books and spent many hours of trial and error until I found what worked. This resulted in me developing a website for my business that earned my practice tens of thousands of dollars.
Every time I met a new alternative health professional, the first thing I would ask them is what types of practice marketing they do. All of this knowledge enabled me to create a very busy and successful practice in a short period of time in a very competitive market.
I felt compelled to share this knowledge with other practitioners, which is why I created this program.
Read what some other therapists/practitioners are saying:
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Susanne is a colleague of mine and I've seen her succeed in her business dramatically within the past 5 years. She has been an inspiration to me.
I have a successful massage practice myself and reading her book inspires me even more and gives me practical solutions for my practice marketing strategy. Currently, I am working with a business coach - he's very helpful in many different levels - but Susanne's course focuses and pinpoints some of the work my coach and I have been working on for months. I highly recommend her book to every service-related business out there.
Definitely a page-turner."
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Featured Artist Project: SP Weather Station
Opening Reception: Friday, January 17th 6-8 PM
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Panel Discussion: Center for Book Arts, New York
Friday, Februrary 21st, 6:30 pm
Rena Leinberger, Mark Nystrom, and Chad Stayrook. Moderated by Don Russell of Provisions Library.
When it opens like this, up is not over.
Public project commissioned by New York City Department of Transportations (DOT) Urban Art Program and the International Studio and Curatorial Program (ISCP). Junction of Vernon Boulevard and South Queens Plaza, Queens, New York.
February 3, 2012 - Spring, 2014.
Rena Leinberger + Juanli Carrion. International Video Program curated by Rodrigo Alonso.
Y Gallery New York at BA Photo / November 1-4, 2013 / Booth 19 / Centro Cultural Recoleta, Junin 1930 / Buenos Aires, Argentina
Rena Leinberger: Zero Panorama
Contemporary Gallery,
Georgia Southern University
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Curated by Marc Mitchell.
August 19th - September 27th, 2013. Catalog.
Artist Lecture: Monday, September 16th at 5 p.m. / Visual Arts Building Room 2071
Reception: Monday, September 16th from 6-7:30 p.m. / Center for Art & Theatre
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, Flux Factory. Queens, New York. Editioned artist project curated by Heidi Neilson and Natalie Campbell.
Fields of Vision.
Curated by Carl Van Brunt.
Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art. New Paltz, New York.
Opening: Friday, April 12, 5-7
April 13 - June 23, 2013.
Common Contexts
Visiting Artist,
Dickinson College
March 18 - May 3, 2013.
LMCC Swing Space
, New York. March - July, 2012.
Open Studios
, LMCC Swing Space on Governors Island, New York.
July 14 & 15, 2012, 12-5
Break Step,
Radiator Gallery
. Long Island City, Queens, New York. Opening: June 8, 6-8 pm
June 8 - July 8, 2012
Open Studios
, LMCC Swing Space on Governors Island, New York.
May 26 & 27, 2012, 12-5
Young New York
at White Box, New York.
Benefit. May 29, 6-10
Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, Snug Harbor Cultural Center
. Staten Island, New York.
June 18 - October 23, 2011
. Catskill, New York.
Fall 2011.
Heat Island.
Smack Mellon
. Brooklyn, New York. Curated by Natalie Campbell.
June 18 - July 31, 2011
Review: Natalie Hegert.
Dog Days
. ArtSlant, July 3, 2011
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Detroit: A Brooklyn Case Study
Superfront LA
. Los Angeles.
January 20 May 20, 2011
PRETTY VACANT: An Exhibition in a Modern Ruin
Mathematics Collective, 95 4th Street, Brooklyn, New York.
April 30-May 14th
Opening: Saturday April 30th 6-10PM
Groundwork: landscape, materiality and terrain
, Brooklyn, New York
March 25th April 17th
Opening on Friday, March 25th, 6:00-9:00
An Exchange with Sol LeWitt
MASS MoCA
. Curated by Regine Basha.
January 22 March 31, 2011
Rema Hort Mann Foundation,
Buy What You Love
Mariane Boesky Gallery, Chelsea, New York
Thursday, March 24, 2011, 6:30 - 9:30
NurtureArt at ZieherSmith, New York
October 12, 2010
Conflux Festival
, New York City
October 8-10, 2010
Still Action
. part of
Process in Product: Summer Studio
. Organized by Mary Jane Jacob, curated by Elissa Papendick and Libby O'Bryan. Sullivan Gallery, School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
September 27 - October 2, 2010
Central City Artist Project
, New Orleans
at NURTUREart, Brooklyn
September 1, 2010
, Chicago, Summer 2010
dis.place.ment, group exhibition at
Urban Institute of Contemporary Arts
, Grand Rapids, Michigan
April 2July 31, 2010
International Studio and Curatorial Program (ISCP)
, New York City
June - November 2009
Sponsored by the Joan Mitchell Foundation
'NEVERandagain', group exhibition curated by Elissa Levy
November 7 - 15, 2009


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The 7 week old missing infant from Tennessee has not been found, and the search has been called off. Investigators fear that the child is either gravely injured or dead. Cadaver dogs and police have searched diligently for Aniston, but they have no new leads as to the whereabouts of the child.
Andrea Walker is the 33 year old mother of Aniston Walker. She is currently incarcerated after leaving the 7 week old alone with her 3 year old son to take an older child to school. She reports that the child was missing when she returned home, but there was no signs of a break in.
Family members with access to the house were interviewed. The baby was not reported missing immediately upon Walkers arrival back to the home.
It was not the mother, but Aniston's father who reported baby Aniston missing after getting the phone call from Andrea Walker about the missing infant. She left her 3 year old alone again to "go looking for the baby."
Walker was charged with two counts of neglect and 2 counts of abuse.
Toney Armstrong, Memphis Police Director said, "she is a suspect in the disappearance."
Armstrong went on to say, "Realistically, 7-week-old kids don't mysteriously disappear without some circumstances behind it; If this was a teenage kid, if this was even a small child of school age, obviously our hopes would be high. But again, 7-week-old children to not have the means to just disappear."
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What are you doing to keep from getting sick this flu season?
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Zinc tablets, herbal tea and vitamin D are recommended along with Emergen-C.
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With the theme "A New Era: Evolution 2013," this year's Baltimore Black Pride events supported the organization's goals of outreach and education within the black LGBT population of Baltimore. They were the first Black Pride events planned under a new partnership between Baltimore Black Pride and the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center of Baltimore.
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text: Fireworks light up Tower Bridge. Olympic Flame speeds to the Stadium along the Thames. The boat is being piloted by David Beckham who played an important role in bringing the Games to London and has been a big supporter ever since. Carrying the Torch on the boat is Jade Bailey, a young footballer tipped to become one of the sporting stars of the future. It set off from Tower Bridge to make its way to the Olympic Stadium.