text: NAMI Lubbock An Affiliate of the National Alliance on Mental Illness & NAMI Texas A Grassroots Coalition of Families, Friends, and People Living with Mental Illness P.O. Box 6854, Lubbock, TX 79493-6854 (806) 783-9268 http://namilubbock.nami.org November/December 2005 Volume 18, Issue 10 Thank you, Thank you, Thank you NAMI Lubbock Officers As the year begins to draw to a close, I reflect back over what NAMI has accomplished this year and President how we can do better next year. Shortly after our elections last month, the current board and the Dr. David R. Gibson incoming board members met together. I was quite pleased at the positive attitudes I saw and think that the new board will pull together quickly and provide the leadership we need for our affiliate. Vice-President Let me take this opportunity to thank those folks who have served NAMI Lubbock for the past 2 or Bruce Roark more years either as a board member or an officer. We have four members ending their board service to NAMI Lubbock and I wish to thank them first. Frances Smith – Frances, as secretary, you recorded all Secretary the minutes for board meetings and somehow you managed to keep us current on what we did at the last Frances L. Smith meeting so we didn't repeat ourselves over and over. Thank you for your service. Daphna Simpson – Daphna as treasurer you made sure we met our financial obligations and provided knowledge about the Treasurer tax regulations we needed. Your quick work, on the spur of the moment, got our Federal ID number re- Daphna Simpson, C.P.A. established and you were the only one among us that knew how to make that happen so quickly. I am sorry to see you move away, but I understand this is what is best for your family. Thank you for your Directors service. Waltraut Zieher and Mark Smart – thank you both for your time and effort on behalf of NAMI Andy Gibson Lubbock. You have made a difference for us. Erin Graham Moving up in responsibility is Erin Graham as the new secretary and Nell Humphrey as the new treasurer. I appreciate the two of you stepping up and am looking forward to working with you both. Nell Humphrey Joining the board will be Sheryl Bybee and Harriet Roark. Janet Harvey was elected to the board but Mark Smart has already had to resign due to a possible conflict of interest, but she will still be around to provide Waltraut Zieher guidance and advice as needed. I will appoint her replacement shortly. I also want to thank DeAnna Gibson for all her efforts in producing this newsletter. It is a true labor of Membership Chair & love. I also want to thank Bruce Roark for being my vice-president and Andy Gibson for serving on the Newsletter Editor board as well as being the consumer network director. Last, but not least, thanks go to Andy and Erin DeAnna Gibson for keeping the website updated and current. Thanks for that presence in the information age. Come to the Christmas party next month (see page 2) and meet all these hard workers yourself. Maybe you will find something you can do to make a difference concerning mental illness on the South Plains. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year in 2006. I believe there are going to be some neat things happening in the first part of next year that will make us even stronger than before. David This month's meeting will be on Tuesday, November 22nd. Donna Erwin, with Bristol-Myers Squibb, will present our program, "Medicare Modernization Act and Implications for Mental Health." She will also cover the general rules of the Medicare Rx program for retirees. 6:30p.m. - Support groups - NAMI C.A.R.E. (consumers) - With Hope in Mind (family members and friends) 7:15p.m. - Program (All monthly programs are open to the public.) 8:00p.m. - Announcements LOCATION: Oakwood Baptist Church, 6002 Ave. U (60th and Ave. U) Due to the construction, please enter the church on the west side. Look for the "NAMI Lubbock" sign. Reminder: The monthly meetings of NAMI Lubbock are on the fourth Tuesday of the month, which is not necessarily the last Tuesday of the month. T hank you… As we enter this season of thanksgiving, there are some organizations and individuals that NAMI Lubbock is very thankful for: Oakwood Baptist Church, who graciously provides a place for all our monthly meetings, education classes, and support groups; Lubbock Regional Mental Health Mental Retardation Center, who provides the printing and mailing of all our NAMI Lubbock newsletters, as well as some other printing needs, and also gave financial assistance for traveling expenses to the NAMI National convention in June and the NAMI Texas conference in October; and All the education teachers, support group facilitators, and the outgoing and incoming members of the NAMI Lubbock Board of Directors, who strive to put NAMI's purpose into action in the Lubbo ck area… support, education, and advocacy. r nvied… Y ou' e I t : W hat N A M ILubbock Chri m as Part st y W hen: Tuesday,D ecem ber 20 ,at7: m . th 00p. e: W her The Gi s bson' hom e ( 1 798-793 ) 4203 87th St one bl eastofQuaker reet ( ock ) i Br ng: Snack or dessert"fnger f i ood" nexpensi w r An i i m f or un f ve apped Chr st as gitf a f gitexchange Please note: There will not be a December monthly meeting. Support groups will meet throughout the Christmas holidays except on December 20th, the evening of the Christmas party. Weekly Support Groups Family Support Group With Hope in Mind is provided for family members and friends of people living with mental illness. Facilitators: Phyllis Pusser and Bruce Roark Oakwood Baptist Church Tuesday evenings, 6:30 – 8:00p.m. 60th and Ave. U For more information, call 793-8576 or 797-2579. Note: On the fourth Tuesday of the month, WHIM will meet in conjunction with the NAMI Lubbock meeting (see page 1). Consumer Support Group NAMI C.A.R.E. is provided for individuals with a serious mental illness diagnosis or a related disorder. Facilitator: Andy Gibson Oakwood Baptist Church Tuesday evenings, 6:30 – 8:00p.m. 60th and Ave. U For more information, call 783-9268. Note: On the fourth Tuesday of the month, NC will meet in conjunction with the NAMI Lubbock meeting (see page 1). Can Brain Scans See Depression? researchers remain optimistic, but they wonder what the data add up to, and whether it is time for the field to rethink its By Benedict Carey / Published October 18,2005 approach and its expectations. "I have been waiting for my work in the lab to affect my job on the weekend, when I practice as a child psychiatrist," They seem almost alive: snapshots of the living human said Dr. Jay Giedd, chief of brain imaging in the child brain. psychiatry branch at the National Institute of Mental Health, Not long ago, scientists predicted that these images, who has done M.R.I. scans in children Monday through Friday produced by sophisticated brain-scanning techniques, would for 14 years. "It hasn't happened. In this field, every year you help cut through the mystery of mental illness, revealing clear hear, 'Oh, it's more complicated than we thought.' Well, you brain abnormalities and allowing doctors to better diagnose hear that for 10 years, and you start to see a pattern." and treat a wide variety of disorders. And nearly every week, Psychiatrists still consider imaging technologies like it seems, imaging researchers announce another finding, a M.R.I., for magnetic resonance imaging, and PET, for positron potential key to understanding depression, attention deficit emission topography, to be crucial research tools. And the disorder, anxiety. scanning technologies are invaluable as a way to detect Yet for a variety of reasons, the hopes and claims for physical problems like head trauma, seizure activity or tumors. brain imaging in psychiatry have far outpaced the science, Moreover, the experts point out, progress in psychiatry is by experts say. its nature painstakingly slow, and decades of groundwork typically precede any real advances. But there is a growing sense that brain scan research is still years away from providing psychiatry with anything like PROMISING, the kind of clear tests for mental illness that were hoped for. NOT YET "I think that, with some notable exceptions, the PRACTICAL community of scientists was excessively optimistic about how quickly imaging would have an impact on psychiatry," said Researchers have Dr. Steven Hyman, a professor of neurobiology at Harvard scanned the brains and the former director of the National Institute of Mental of patients with Health. "In their enthusiasm, people forgot that the human illnesses including brain is the most complex object in the history of human depression, schizophrenia and inquiry, and it's not at all easy to see what's going wrong." attention deficit For one thing, brains are as variable as personalities. disorder, hoping to In a range of studies, researchers have found that people find patterns. But with schizophrenia suffer a progressive loss of their brain so far, scanning cells: a 20-year-old who develops the disorder, for example, has not yielded might lose 5 percent to 10 percent of overall brain volume reliable ways to over the next decade, studies suggest. diagnose or treat Ten percent is a lot, and losses of volume in the frontal disorders. lobes are associated with measurable impairment in schizo- (From top: phrenia, psychiatrists have found. But brain volume varies by WDCN/University at least 10 percent from person to person, so volume scans of College London; patients by themselves cannot tell who is sick, the experts say. courtesy of Studies using brain scans to measure levels of brain Bernard and Sally activity often suffer from the same problem: what looks like a Shaywitz; courtesy "hot spot" of activity change in one person's brain may be a of Dr. Mayberg.) normal change in someone else's. "The differences observed are not in and of themselves outside the range of variation seen in the normal population," said Dr. Jeffrey Lieberman, chairman of the psychiatry department at Columbia University Medical Center and After almost 30 years, researchers have not developed any director of the New York State Psychiatric Institute. standardized tool for diagnosing or treating psychiatric To make matters even more complicated, many findings disorders based on imaging studies. are disputed. In people with severe depression, for instance, Several promising lines of research are under way. But researchers have found apparent shrinkage of a part of the imaging technology has not lived up to the hopes invested in it temporal lobe called the hippocampus, which is critical for - in the 1990's labeled the "Decade of the Brain" by the memory. But other investigators have not been able to American Psychiatric Association - when many scientists replicate this finding, and people with injuries to the believed that brain scans would turn on the lights in what had hippocampus typically suffer amnesia, not depression, been a locked black box. psychiatrists say. Now, with imaging studies being published at a rate of For problems like attention-deficit disorder and bipolar more than 500 a year, and coercial imaging clinics opening in disorder, the experts say, psychiatrists have much less research some parts of the country, some experts say that the on which to base their theories. technology has been oversold as a psychiatric tool. Other Most fundamentally, imaging research has not answered the underlying question that the technology itself has raised: - well, shame on us if we suggest that. The brain is a very big which comes first, the disease or the apparent difference in place and we had better have a very good idea of what we're brain structure or function that is being observed? doing before holding this out as a treatment." For a definitive answer, researchers would need to follow Many people would rather not wait for the science of thousands of people from childhood through adulthood, taking imaging to mature, however. At clinics in California, brain scans regularly, and matching them with scans from Washington, Illinois, Texas and elsewhere, doctors offer brain peers who did not develop a disorder, experts say. Given the scans to people with a variety of conditions, from attention- expense and difficulty, such a study may never be done, Dr. deficit hyperactivity disorder, often called A.D.H.D., to Hyman said. depression and aggressive behavior. One investigator has used imaging research to fashion a Dr. Daniel Amen, an adult and child psychiatrist based in small, experimental psychiatric treatment. Newport Beach, Calif., said he performed 28,000 scans on In a series of studies of people with severe depression, Dr. adults and children over the past 14 years, using a technique Helen Mayberg, a professor of psychiatry at Emory University called Spect, or single photon emission computed tomography. in Atlanta, found a baf- In an interview, Dr. Amen said that it was unconscionable fling pattern of activity. that the profession of psychiatry was not making more use of Using PET scanning brain scans. "Here we are, giving five or six different technology, Dr. Mayberg medications to children without even looking at the organ found sharp dips and we're changing," he said. spikes of activity in about He said the scans had helped him to distinguish between a half-dozen areas of children with attention deficit problems who respond well to these patients' brains as stimulants like Ritalin and those who do poorly on the drugs. their moods improved In a series of books and medical articles, Dr. Amen argued while they were taking that the images helped convince people that the behavior either antidepressant problems had a biological basis and needed treatment, with drugs or placebos. drugs or other therapies. "They increase compliance with treatment and decrease Marty Katz for The New York Times the shame and guilt" associated with the disorders, he said. Dr. Jay Giedd has done scans for years. He is waiting for more progress. At the Brainwaves Neuroimaging Clinic in Houston, The changes were similar in all patients, but it was doctors use the scans to diagnose and choose treatment for a difficult to tell how the scattering of the dips and spikes were range of psychiatric problems, according to a clinic related. spokeswoman. And a variety of doctors advertise the imaging By analyzing the peaks and valleys on the scans as part of services, particularly for attention-deficit disorder, on the a circuit - networked together, like a string of Christmas lights Internet. But the experts who study imaging and psychiatry - Dr. Mayberg found that one spot in particular seemed to say there is no evidence that a brain scan, which can cost more modulate the entire system, like a transformer or a dimmer. than $1,000, adds significantly to standard individual She confirmed the importance of this spot, called Brod- psychiatric exams. mann area 25, by scanning the brains of mentally healthy peo- "The thing for people to understand is that right now, the ple while they remembered painful episodes from their lives: only thing imaging can tell you is whether you have a brain while sad they, too, showed increased activity in this area. tumor," or some other neurological damage, said Paul Root In March, Dr. Mayberg and a team based at the Rotman Wolpe, a professor of psychiatry and sociology at the Research Institute in Toronto reported on six patients who had University of Pennsylvania's Center for Bioethics. had electrodes implanted in their brains next to Brodmann area He added, "This imaging technology is so far from prime 25. time that to spend thousands of dollars on it doesn't make any All had been severely depressed for at least a year, and sense." they had responded poorly to available therapies. The The big payoff from imaging technology, some experts implanted electrodes, often used to treat Parkinson's disease, say, may come as researchers combine the scans with other produce a current that slows neural activity, for reasons techniques, like genetic or biochemical tests. By radioactively scientists do not yet understand. marking specific receptors in the brain, for example, research- So far, the researchers reported in the journal Neuron, ers are using brain scans to measure how brain chemicals four of the six people have shown significant and lasting known to affect mood, like dopamine, behave in people with recovery; all four are still on antidepressant drugs but at schizophrenia, compared with mentally healthy peers. reduced doses. And all four have returned to work or their Imaging researchers are also studying depression-related usual routines, Dr. Mayberg said. circuits to see how they may arise from genetic variations The widely reported experiment has generated more than known to put people at risk for depression. 300 requests from people to be considered for the operation, And as always, the technology itself is improving: a new she added. generation of M.R.I. scanners, with double the resolution "It's very important to understand that this is power of the current machines, is becoming more widely experimental, and the next step is to replicate what we did, available, Dr. Lieberman said. with a placebo, and that could send us right back to the "With increased resolution, we'll be able to do more drawing board," Dr. Mayberg said in an interview. sensitive and more precise work, and I would not be surprised The findings so far are encouraging, she said, "but the if anatomy alone based on volume will be a diagnostic idea that this is something for every severely depressed patient feature," he said. "We have gained an enormous amount of knowledge from thousands of imaging studies, we are on the experience. Often, patients with PTSD will endure threshold of applying that knowledge, and now it's a matter of sleeplessness and have a general feeling of estrangement, all getting over the threshold." of which converge to impair their daily lives. But for now, neither he nor anyone else can say when that will happen. Trying to forget ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Trauma victims often have exaggerated fears. And they can be resentful and angry about their experiences. They Revisiting Trauma Needs Trust, Security, wonder, "Why me, why was I raped?" Or, "Why did I have to Kinship go to war and see and participate in terrible things?" And what these patients generally want most from By Menninger Clinic staff treatment is to erase the memory of trauma that keeps playing over and over in their heads. They want the trauma gone. Yet, Trauma patients want to rid their minds of painful since trauma etches itself into the fiber of memory, forgetting memories, but forgetting may not be the goal. is virtually impossible. Senior Menninger psychologist Jon Allen, Ph.D. likens Menninger regularly admits trauma patients who have the quest of forgetting to a pink elephant. Tell a group of been in treatment elsewhere, yet continue to search for relief people not to think about the pink elephant and it's assured from the agonizingly adverse effects of stress- and anxiety- that each member will not think about anything else. In any related illnesses. Patients may have had experiences that case, forgetting is not really the key to recover. involve rape, assault, terrorism, war, emotional or physical Trauma survivors naturally want to rid themselves of the abuse or they have been victimized by catastrophic natural frightful memories of a life-threatening event. Since that goal events such as tornadoes, hurricanes or floods. But trauma can is essentially unrealistic, the goal then is to contain the have less conspicuous origins. In some cases, an individual's memories as a method of coping with them. traumatic reaction is delayed and is brought about by an event "Of course, while avoidance is a natural wish of the that might not seem to be a jarring or sudden emotional shock, traumatized person it's really being able to cope with the stressors associated with aging, for example. memories in mind that is the goal," said Dr. Allen, author of Our reaction to stress depends a great deal on upbringing, Coping with Trauma, Hope Through Understanding (second genes, lifestyle and how these factors have influenced our edition). levels of resilience. A single experience involving trauma is difficult in and of Treatments itself, but when we have been emotionally victimized by a series of traumas over a period of time, one more experience Menninger clinicians reflect positive results from treating may be sufficient to leave us suffering the adverse effects of a trauma using a range of individual and group therapies in stress-related mental disorder. which patients confront their frightening experiences and "We all have our limits and our limits vary," said Lisa relive them in safety and security and under the influence of Lewis, Ph.D., Menninger's director of psychology. controlled therapeutic conditions. These carefully designed approaches, often with the addition of antidepressants and A brain that remembers other medications, can relive the symptoms brought about by trauma. The effects of trauma pose difficult challenges. A So how do patients recover from trauma without suffering significant life event, surviving a crash, for instance, may further damage when confronting the experiences that evoke damaging emotions that lead to a clinical illness, which provoked the trauma in the first place? is especially possible if one trauma is preceded by others, even In Restoring Hope and Trust: An Illustrated Guide to over the course of a long life. Mastering Trauma, three Menninger-trained clinicians have Think about how the brain often responds to old songs written a handbook that educates patients about the that evoke familiar emotions. We may not have heard the song importance of trust. Written by social worker Kay Kelly, for many years, yet the moment we do, we recall our initial MSW, LSCSW, and Menninger psychologists Drs. Lewis and feelings as our minds revert to those memories when the song Allen, the book suggests that persons who suffer trauma do made its first impression. So it is with experiencing the effects need to process their experiences. But several components of trauma. must be in place for effective treatment. Consider aging military veterans who experienced World War II up close. By the time these veterans have reached their • Patients must feel safe, that is, their daily environment 70s, 80s or 90s, many of their friends have died and they are must be reasonable secure and safe. For example, abused themselves vulnerable as they feel the weight of their own women and children cannot continually return to the same mortality. abusive atmosphere. "For these combat veterans the aging experience is close • Trauma patients need to learn strategies that enable them enough to resembling the battlefield that some are developing to control their anxieties that stem from the emotional posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) late in life," Dr. Lewis disruptions caused by trauma. Deep breathing, taking said. walks, working out, reading, cooking and interacting with PTSD is only one of the trauma-related disorders that pets – all of these hold the possibility of restoring a sense evoke a host of psychological symptoms that may include of self-control. nightmares and flashbacks in which victims relive their initial • Patients can help themselves by establishing relationships at various levels. They need to build a network of support among others, relationships that are critical to restoring an Schizophrenic Anonymous individual's grounding in a community and anchors them in a benign present, making it less likely they will fall Schizophrenics Anonymous of Lubbock is an back into the terrifying past. affiliate of the national Schizophrenia Foundation. It • The three preceding factors are the groundwork necessary is a local self-help support group for persons with to proceed with the last element, the actual processing of schizophrenia or related disorders. Attendance is free the trauma. The idea is to enable patients the ability to and groups are run by voluntary leadership. move the trauma to another level, to change the shape of it and take its power away. This group meets each month on the "By being securely anchored i n the present, you can think second Thursday at 7:00p.m more clearly and rationally about what the trauma means fourth Thursday at 3:00p.m. than you were able to do at the time of its occurrence," Dr. Lewis said. The meetings are held at Lubbock Regional This process of making sense of what happened also MHMR Center at 1502 10th Street (10th and Ave. O). entails reworking the meanings that have become embedded in the trauma. So rather than thinking, 'I am to For more information, call Mark at 748-1896. blame,' or 'no one can be trusted,' beliefs can be changed to ones that are more accurate and flexible. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ How to Simplify Your Holidays from a A HUGE Thank You… "Therapist"… …goes to the following sponsors of the • If you are already feeling down about something, NAMIWalks Donor Appreciation Dinner held you should be aware that the holidays are probably September 27, 2005: going to make it a little worse. Know that the holidays will pass quickly and you'll go back to coping with that sadness as you have before. • Use relaxation techniques to stay calm. Slow, deep breathing will keep your stress responses to a minimum. Take little relaxation breaks frequently. • Do your best to focus on the positive. Have fun! ('Tis the season to be jolly, after all!) • If you give yourself enough time, and I know there's never enough time, you will do better than if you try to do it all at the last minute. (This one has taken many of us years to get down to a science). • Let it be okay to not do it all. Lower your expectations of yourself and of others. Delegate and ask for help. Decide to do less. Family Photo of Lubbock • Decide to spend less. • Make time to exercise (take a walk, ride your bike, Wiley's Bar -B-Q or just stretch) during your day. • Remind yourself that no one is going to look to see if your baseboards are clean. Cut down on the number of things you have to clean before you have company! (And if someone notices your baseboards, A true friend knows your weaknesses but shows you remind yourself not to sweat the small stuff … your strengths; feels your fears but fortifies your faith; remember that most of it really is small stuff!) And sees your anxieties but frees your spirit; recognizes your disabilities but emphasizes your possibilities. do have a happy, festive holiday season. William Arthur Ward Ο Ο Ο Ο Ο Ο Ο Ο Ο NAMI Lubbock and the Lubbock Legends would like to thank all of their contributors for the 2005 NAMI Texas NAMIWalks for the Mind of America Event. Because of your generosity, the Lubbock Legends and NAMI Lubbock ranked 1st in team fundraising and 2nd in affiliate fundraising in the state of Texas with a total amount of $6,795 (and counting)! Of that amount, NAMI Lubbock will get to keep over $6,100! Thanks again to following contributors: David and Jerri Adams Nancy and Rick Anderson Anonymous* Erin Graham* David Reed Anonymous Nancy Graham Ambrosia Catering Anonymous Ellen L. Haas Judy Ribble Anonymous Paul E. Haas Austin Rigsby Dr. J. Davis and Cora Armistead Sue Ann Hansford* Bruce and Harriett Roark* Ron and Kim Arrington Al Harris Jane C. Runell Sharon Barton Melvin and Juanell Harris Renea Samples Randy Bayless** Janet Harvey* Edwin L. Schulz*** Sara Bennett Brad and Candace Haymes* Brian Shannon* Sissy Bennett Kay Herring Jay Smart* Mary Ann and Katrina Brauer Jessie and Liz Hodge Mark and Karen Smart* Kathy Buckberry Paul and Sallie Holmes Frances Smith* Sarah Butler Jeff Horn Mr. and Mrs. Jim Snell Alan and Cheryl Bybee Nell Humphrey* Tom Spoonts Bill and Judy Bybee Laura Indergard Pam Steen Denise Bybee Hilary Johnson Harold and Linda Stout* Sheryl Bybee* Shawn and Alison Johnson Bonnie Terrell Carol Call Michael Jones Reba A. Terry The Cannon Family Custom Sound Works Dr. Ann Thompson Shawn Cannon The Kelley Family Dietary Consulting Services Davin Carel* Rev. and Mrs. Larry R. Kelley Holly Turner** Rick Carel Diana Kern Best Discount Pharmacy Lauren Cashman Lori Laub Jan and Grayson Van Horn Danette Castle* Debi Layne Irasema Velasquez Kay Castle Noel LeCrone Velasquez Insurance Rex Castle* Noelle LeCrone Maria Vega Noel Clark Cindy Lucas Denise Via Marcy Mayberry* Direct Healthcare, Inc. Carlsbad Mental Health Center Ron Mayberry Randy and Denise Via Don and Pam Cosby Edmund and Carolyn McGee Darrel and Mary Vines* Michael and Cathy Crain Mendi and Lance Melton James and Sue Wagner The Dalton Family Walker and Veronica Metcalf* Dr. John V. Ward Dr. Elizabeth Davidson* Beth Moore John V. Ward, Jr., DMD Kathy Dodgen Lee and Doris Motl Sarah Webster John Elliott** Cherry Myers* Rose Mary Wiley Anne Fields Connie Myers Carole Williams Seth and Amy Fisher Tim and Geanie Olson Robert and Judy Williams Dr. Jim Gamble*/** Dr. Brent Paulger Roy and Jane Henry Wilson* Andrew D. Gibson* Mr. and Mrs. Ed Peacher, Jr. Dr. David R. and DeAnna Heather Peacher* Gibson*/** Trey H. Peacher Tracey Pineda *NAMI Lubbock Member(s) Greg and Gretchen Gibson Jerry L. Gibson Linda Platou **NAMI Texas NAMIWalks Kilometer Beth Glass* Cathy Pope* Sponsor Michelle Glover Annette Popovich ***NAMI Texas NAMIWalks Supporter Mike Godwin Mr. and Mrs. Grady Preston Brain Disorders . . . ·Often strike people during their most productive years. ·Are not caused by weak character or poor parenting. ·Can be managed with support, education, and proper medical treatment. Schizophrenia: Symptoms may include hallucinations and delusions, poor judgment and reasoning, disconnected and confusing speech. Open Your Mind Bipolar Disorder: Depression: Great energy and enthusiasm, Loss of interest in daily grandiose ideas with poor activities, suicidal thoughts or judgment, impulsive behavior, tendencies, lose of appetite, rapid switch to severe despondency. depression. Mental Illnesses are Brain Disorders Anxiety Disorders: A variety of disorders including Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Agoraphobia. A pattern of inappropriate stress responses which rob capacity to take in new information, plan appropriate response and carry out complex activities. NAMI Lubbock Membership _____ Individual/Family Membership $20 _____ Benefactor $50+ _____ New Member _____ "Open Door" (limited income) $5 _____ Professional $25 _____ Renewal Name __________________________________________ Please check all that apply: Address ________________________________________ I am a mental health consumer. I have an adult child with a mental illness. City _________________ State ______ Zip ___________ I have a minor child with a mental illness. I have a sibling with a mental illness. I have a spouse with a mental illness. Home Phone _____________ Work Phone ____________ I have a parent with a mental illness. I have a friend with a mental illness. Email Address ___________________________________ I am a professional care provider. Permission to publish name as member? Yes No Mental Illnesses I am interested in: NAMI Lubbock, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Bipolar Disorder Dues payment includes membership in NAMI Lubbock, NAMI Texas and NAMI (National), along with newsletters from all three levels. Depression All annual dues and contributions are tax deductible. Schizophrenia or Schizoaffective Please make checks and money orders payable to NAMI Lubbock, Inc. OCD and/or Anxiety Disorders Mail to: NAMI Lubbock, Inc. P.O. Box 6854, Lubbock TX 79493-6854 Other _________________________


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Aubry's a sellout! Shes so fake now and straight up ho-ish! I guess she thinks she's cute now, but she looked alot prettier before all the boobs and lips. She must have been an undercover ho from the beginning but Diddy didnt catch that sh*t!
oooo yay and then their kids can have a silicon party play date!
Aubrey would totally make a GREAT godmother.
This of course if by "godmother" you mean "Bimbo" ....and by "GREAT" I mean "Please make out with me."

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Kiera Stone wrote: Whats the point in everyone begging for comments? Seems to me you don't earn it that way by asking people to comment your photos etc.
It's not really begging for comments - it's inviting people to come visit your portfolio. Sure comments are nice - and if nothing else, noting which images get comments and which don't does serve as a benchmark too. Let's face it, you could put some great images up and hardly anyone sees them.
It's also an opportunity to network and I've fixed up a couple of shoots just from making connections that way. It also gives me an excuse to browse other portfolios that I otherwise would never see.
Lorin Edmonds wrote: She gone gone gone
They just don't make newbs like they used to...


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3/16/2013 (1 year ago)
Catholic Online (www.catholic.org)
When we walk without the Cross, when we build without the Cross, and when we profess Christ without the Cross, we are not disciples of the Lord. We are worldly. We are bishops, priests, cardinals, Popes, but not disciples of the Lord. I would like that all of us, after these days of grace, might have the courage - the courage - to walk in the presence of the Lord, with the Cross of the Lord: to build the Church on the Blood of the Lord, which is shed on the Cross, and to profess the one glory, Christ Crucified. In this way, the Church will go forward. (Pope Francis)
Catholic Online (www.catholic.org)
3/16/2013 (1 year ago)
Published in Europe
Keywords: Pope Francis, Conclave, Simplicity, Holiness, Evangelical Catholic, Argentina, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Francis of Assisi, St. Francis, Deacon Keith Fournier
VATICAN CITY (Catholic Online)- On Wednesday, March 13, 2013, a surprise of the Spirit stepped forward on that balcony in St. Peters Square and took the name of Francis, in honor of the little poor man of Assisi. The events of the day which followed only further demonstrated the mettle of the man who is our 266th Pope, the successor of the Apostle Peter. They also showed the appropriateness of the name which he selected.
What a treasure Pope Francis has already become in an age filled with self idolatry and politically twisted grandiosity among worldly leaders. He speaks simplicity with both his words and actions. For example, he could have ridden in the Vatican motorcade. There was a beautiful car awaiting him with a license plate from Vatican State - over which he now holds governing authority. It read "Stato Vaticano 1".
After all, some would say, such a car and a motorcade are meant to assure his safety and guarantee his punctual arrival at the next appointment. Those of us in the United States remember that just over one week ago the President of the United States rode in a twenty car motorcade to a Washington DC restaurant just down the street. He dined with two Republican senators and reminded them, as he often does all of us, of his concern for the poor.
Instead, the Pope named Francis chose to ride in a small bus back to his lodgings where he had stayed with his brother bishops during the conclave which elected him to be the successor of the Apostle Peter. The next morning he packed his own luggage, checked himself out - and paid his own bill. How very, very refreshing. Simplicity is countercultural in these days of arrogance and grandiosity.
The First thing Pope Francis did on Thursday morning was to make a visit to St Mary Major and pray for all of Rome. He told us all he was going to do so on that historic Wednesday night, after he asked us to pray over him while he bowed in sincere humility on the balcony overlooking St Peter's square. He grabbed the microphone, veering from the protocol, after those assisting him thought he was finished. He told us:
"Brothers and sisters, I leave you now. Thank you for your welcome. Pray for me and until we meet again. We will see each other soon. Tomorrow I wish to go and pray to Our Lady, that she may watch over all of Rome. Good night and sleep well!"
Of course, that promised visit to St Mary Major followed his cherished time of personal prayer. Reports from friends are that Francis spends two hours every morning in personal prayer. He does not make much of it - just as he does not make much of most things that he doeswithout calling attention to himself.
Things, such as choosing not to live in the residence designed for the bishop in Buenos Aires. Instead, living in a small apartment with an elderly priest where he takes delight in cooking the daily meals. Or, washing the feet of the sick and dying.
At that beautiful Church, Pope Francis placed flowers for the Virgin on the altar. He prayed in silence for a half an hour. He dedicated himself, the pontificate which has been entrusted to him and the whole Church, to Mary, the Mother of the Lord. Like many holy men and women from the earliest days of Christianity, he sees in the Mother of the Lord the model for all disciples. She is the woman whose humble "Yes" brought heaven to earth and earth to heaven.
His first homily on Thursday, at the Mass, celebrated in the Sistine Chapel with his brother Bishops, also reflected the spirit of this simple Pope. The Vatican Press Office provided a translation. It was extemporaneously delivered and came from the heart of the man whom the Lord will use in the months and years entrusted to him to rebuild His Church - so that she can evangelize the world of the Third Millennium which cries out for God's Mercy.
After you read this homily, I am sure you will agree with this deacon, we have been given another treasure from heaven. After the gifts of Blessed john Paul and His Holiness Benedict XVI, the Lord Jesus has shown his love for all of His Church - and His continuing merciful plan for the whole world. The power of the words in this homily are found in their evangelical simplicity, just like the one who delivered them.
Please, take the time to read his words, pray for him, pray for the Church, and rejoice:
First Homily of Pope Francis
In these three readings(Isaiah 2:2-5, 1 Peter 2:4-9, Matthew 16:13-19) I see that there is something in common: it is movement. In the first reading, movement is the journey [itself]; in the second reading, movement is in the up-building of the Church. In the third, in the Gospel, the movement is in [the act of] profession: walking, building, professing.
Walking: the House of Jacob. "O house of Jacob, Come, let us walk in the light of the Lord." This is the first thing God said to Abraham: "Walk in my presence and be blameless." Walking: our life is a journey and when we stop, there is something wrong. Walking always, in the presence of the Lord, in the light of the Lord, seeking to live with that blamelessness, which God asks of Abraham in his promise.
Building: to build the Church. There is talk of stones: stones have consistency, but [the stones spoken of are] living stones, stones anointed by the Holy Spirit. Build up the Church, the Bride of Christ, the cornerstone of which is the same Lord. With [every] movement in our lives, let us build!
Third, professing: we can walk as much we want, we can build many things, but if we do not confess Jesus Christ, nothing will avail. We will become a pitiful NGO (Non - Governmental Organization) but not the Church, the Bride of Christ. When one does not walk, one stalls. When one does not built on solid rocks, what happens?
What happens is what happens to children on the beach when they make sandcastles: everything collapses, it is without consistency. When one does not profess Jesus Christ - I recall the phrase of Leon Bloy - "Whoever does not pray to God, prays to the devil." When one does not profess Jesus Christ, one professes the worldliness of the devil.
Walking, building-constructing, professing: the thing, however, is not so easy, because in walking, in building, in professing, there are sometimes shake-ups - there are movements that are not part of the path: there are movements that pull us back.
This Gospel continues with a special situation. The same Peter who confessed Jesus Christ, says, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God. I will follow you, but let us not speak of the Cross. This has nothing to do with it." He says, "I'll follow you on other ways, that do not include the Cross."
When we walk without the Cross, when we build without the Cross, and when we profess Christ without the Cross, we are not disciples of the Lord. We are worldly. We are bishops, priests, cardinals, Popes, but not disciples of the Lord.
I would like that all of us, after these days of grace, might have the courage - the courage - to walk in the presence of the Lord, with the Cross of the Lord: to build the Church on the Blood of the Lord, which is shed on the Cross, and to profess the one glory, Christ Crucified. In this way, the Church will go forward.
My hope for all of us is that the Holy Spirit, that the prayer of Our Lady, our Mother, might grant us this grace: to walk, to build, to profess Jesus Christ Crucified. So be it.
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On September 2011, Mashable published an article titled "Why Facebook Will Never Charge You to Use It. Here is Why". The article was a response to a viral "hoax" that was spreading across the internet that Facebook intended to charge users to use its new profile.
Facebook responded to these rumors with the following statement on the 25th of the month, putting an end to all the speculation:
"A rumor on the Internet caught our attention. We have no plans to charge for Facebook. It's free and always will be."
Back in March of 2012, Facebook reported that on average only 16% of Facebook Brand Page posts were read on average by the fans of those pages. For all the money spent on Facebook advertisements, they resulted in a CRT (click-through-rate) of 0.051%. Businesses howled, but they stayed, and they paid. In May of 2012, Facebook began allowing business to "Promote their Posts" after killing off the previous "Reach Generator", a program that GUARANTEED at launch that it would reach 75% of Facebook users that had liked a Brand Page, but only produced an average of 16% reach.
Again, users and Businesses howled, but they continued to stay, many agreeing to pay large sums to reach their audiences each day. The complaints were growing, but remained a murmur until one celebrity noticed that his reach was not growing but falling, although he was posting updates on Facebook on a regular and growing basis.
In June 2012, fed up with what he concluded as Facebook blocking his ability to reach his huge audience of Facebook fans, George Takei of Star Trek fame contacted Facebook about his concerns, and was told "buy more promoted posts." Takei watched his reach dwindle while the number of his posts remained the same, and decided it was due to EdgeRank, the Facebook algorithm that determines who gets to see a user's updates.
That's right, you read correctly, Facebook determines who sees users posts, not the users and you get to pay for this! In June, George Takei established a profile on Google+, where 100% of his messages would be available to his friends at zero cost.
In October, after Facebook stocks had been pummeled all summer by bad earnings reports, Facebook officially announced that "Promoted Posts" would be expanded to all users, at a minimum cost of $7 to post an update that would reach 100% of a targeted audience or group. I have spoken with people at NASA, which has a very large following on Facebook. They are paying upwards of $7500.00 PER POST, to reach 100% of their audience. May I remind you that you fund NASA through your taxes? You are being charged by Facebook to hear from an organization that YOU fund.
Note: To those who have not yet used Google+, all posts, no matter how large the audience, are free of charge to 100% of your followers.
When I talk to businesses about why, in the face of such dismal advertising returns, they are still concentrating their Social Media efforts on Facebook, the answer is the same, about 90% of the time: Facebook Groups.
Businesses on Facebook have come to rely upon Groups to create and maintain specific audiences from which they can focus their communications efforts. It is easily the most effective tool Facebook has for matching Businesses with potential customers.
Facebook Groups represent a place for organizations and individuals to share their common interests, express their opinions, share related content and coordinate activities related to a common cause.
Despite the current dissatisfaction many businesses feel regarding Facebook essentially holding their potential customer information hostage under Edge Rank and promoted posts, many businesses viewed Groups as being effective at the very least in creating a commonality between a business and its curated audience.
A business or organization of any kind did not have a competing option in most cases. Businesses want to be where their customers are. With 1 Billion users, many business owners and managers assumed there was no alternative to remaining on Facebook and paying to erractically reach 5-15% of their audiences through promoted posts.
But no more…
On December 6th2012, Vic Gundotra announced the creation of Google+ Communities.
Upon reading a few posts about Communities followed by the official blog post from Google, I returned to my own Google+ Stream, and announced "The Game is Over."
What if I told you there is now a place where all those things you did from your Facebook Groups to develop a relevant and interested audience for your business, could be done easier, smarter, more effectively, and free of charge?
Google+ Communities, because of the added services available to Google+ Users and integration with all the other benefits of the Google infrastructure, simply blows Facebook Groups out of the water.
There are four types of Google+ Communities available:
Two are private Communities, and another two are Public. Anyone can join a Public Community and create posts, leave comments on others posts, share images and video, join a Hangout. The owner of a public community has the option of leaving the community unrestricted, or can make community membership subject to an invitation, or approval from a Community Moderator.
Here is the kicker: All of the content from a Public Google+ Community is indexed, and discoverable through Search on both Google and Google+. This is something that Public Google+ Community Moderators need to consider when creating their destinations.
For Businesses and Organizations wanting or needing to maintain a level of real privacy, there are two options for Private Communities as well. Private Communities can be restricted to its invited members only, but remaining discoverable by search. Or, a fully private Community can be created, similar to a private YouTube channel, where it can be found only by knowing the specific URL of the Community.
Meanwhile, frustration continues to mount against Facebook for the practice of charging its members to communicate. One member of a Non-Profit group recently expressed his concerns in an open letter to Mark Zuckerburg.
Example: Consider the implications for a Non Profit, or Charitable Organization on Google+, as opposed to Facebook:
Any organization can create a Google+ Community that is open and available to anyone without an invitation necessary. To get the word out, all the moderator needs to do on Google, is share their Community to the Public Stream, which will inform not only 100% their circled followers, but the announcement is now part of the worldwide Google Index, and available through a keyword search, along with the content of every post, every image, every video.
Contrast this with Facebook, where after a Facebook Group is created, the moderator now has to determine whether or not they wish to pay. The price is determined by the number of Facebook friends who might see it, in order to reach 100% of their audience. Consider that this is true not only to announce the Group, but the organization must also pay for EVERY update (promoted post) they make during the lifecycle of the Group's initiative.
For any Business or Organization with their eyes on the bottom line, the choice is clear. You can spend your budget on managing and performing your daily activities from a Google+ Community, with its various ways to allow users to either see you or find you, or you can devote a chunk of your resources to paying Facebook for the right to let all of your friends know what you are doing, with no guarantee of a decent CTR result.
If I were a decision maker for an organization migrating from Facebook to Google+, I may pay to send a single promoted post to my Facebook friends and followers, to let them know that my charity drive now and for the future can be found now be found on Google+. But, if my Facebook friends have any problem finding my Community Based Charitable initiative, not to worry, because they can (duh) GOOGLE IT.
It is not as though someone cannot be a member of both Google+ and Facebook at the same time, so why would an Organization of any kind, pay more for much less on Facebook? In addition, the SEO (search engine optimization) advantages of Google+ Communities cannot be overstated, along with the Google Authorship potential for preventing fraudulent association or duplication with your Google+ Community.
Stop to consider just some of what Businesses can do with the various types of Google+ Communities:
Private Services, Public Services, open to the public, or by invitation only:
Do not forget, Google+ Hangouts can be scheduled by event and run from within a Google+ Community, with Hangout invitations sent to all members automatically. Members of communities do not have to be within their community to share comments and information; they can post directly to their Communities from their public streams.
"But J.C., I can share files via Dropbox from inside my Facebook Group! I can't live without that feature!"
On Google+, users can share files from Google drive both inside and outside their Google+ Communities.
Users can both link to and distribute documents of all kinds, and even HOST A WEB SITE from their Google Drive with JavaScript support built in. Pow!
Google+ has a huge and thriving Photography community. Imagine how from within a Google+ Photography community, users can not only share files, but actually show and display an entire gallery of images from a single post linked back to Google Docs on that users Google Drive.
Suppose two (or up to ten) persons within a Google+ Community share an interest and want to speak RIGHT NOW to each other? They have the option of starting a video Hangout together, or should one of the two not have a web cam, use Google's Voice services to place a free international call to the other person from within the hangout itself! Did I mention FREE, and no limit to amount of usage?
Google, with the introduction of Google+ communities, has essentially matched or surpassed every level of functionality available on Facebook for a Business to develop its brand, and attract a growing number of followers to its audience.
The additional features of SEO, Authority, and Trust associated with a Google+ presence is a difficult thing to pass up, and I predict that the steady stream of Businesses building a Brand Presence on Google+ will soon, with the addition of Google+ Communities will soon become a flood.
"But, but, J.C., what if I want to place an Ad? I can do that on Facebook, but Google+ can't do that for me."
Well, in that case, I would direct you to my previous article; "Facebook: A waste of time for most advertisers". My findings in that piece help to point out that Social Media is for Branding, not for Selling, which just happens to be the title of my next article. :-)
I believe Google+ Communities will grow like weeds throughout Google's Social Media and Identity Network. Every one of Google's tools either have been, or in the process of being integrated with Google+ for an unmatchable combination of service. After only two days of having Communities available, thousands of them have already been created.
Because Facebook has no public search engine, all content is confined within its forums. Facebook will not be able anytime soon to emulate what Google has done with SEO, Authorship or even Hangouts. You see, the video performance of Hangouts cannot be duplicated without an associated fiber-network between datacenters like those Google has built.
Google+ users connect through this network, away from all of the latency adding routers, switches, repeaters that connect together the rest of the internet. Creating desktop video conferencing for up to 10, or (15 users with a paid Google Apps account) is basically impossible given today's video compression standards. Google has promised HD Hangouts in the not too distant future. I would expect to see those first along Google's Fiber rollout for users in Kansas City, MO.
If your business is struggling to pay for promoted posts on Facebook to grow or maintain an audience, you might want to give Google+ Communities a try. If you need help with that, I have it on good authority, that Communities have already been developed to help Facebook Businesses Migrate to Google+.
"Hmmm….I wonder who might have already created one of those…."
J.C. Kendall is the CEO of TekPersona Corporation About J.C. Kendall
what a great blog. Thank you and I agree on so many levels. And I can't say I am said.
I enjoy FB for private use but I applaud the consolidation Google is putting into place - one of the main challenges so far: too many disconnected places, passwords...rebuilding of connections etc.
Would you allow me to syndicate this blog to http://www.marketingxlerator.com with full accreditation?
Thank you J.C.,
the blog is syndicated here: http://www.marketingxlerator.com/2012/12/10/google-communities-the-last-...
Hi J.C.
What an interesting article! I have great faith in Google and have already setup a Google+ community. However, I can't seem to share files directly from my Google Drive to the members of my community. Has this feature actually been rolled out to all users? Or have I missed something?
Regards, Graham.
J.C., I truly appreciate your ardent advocacy for Google+, but does not the choice of which social network a brand uses - Facebook, G+, or LinkedIn for that matter - have more to do with whether or not their target market is there than whether or not advertising fees are incurred?
Doubtless, the user base for Facebook differs from that of Google+ or LinkedIn. For large brands it may make little difference, but for smaller businesses - e-commerce merchants, for example - I'm not sure G+ is the better option if it comes down to either/or. (That time may come, of course.)
Again, I appreciate your enthusiasm and am learning to appreciate Google+ more myself based on the points you make. I'm just not convinced we need to throw the Facebook under the bus just yet.
you make excellent points. Target audience is the most important factor.
I have to believe though that G+ will now grow, that they have made it so easy for users to use services in connection with each other, without having to use multiple passwords.
My future bet is on G+, at least for B2B marketing,
J.C., I, too, am an advocate for business, especially small business. Facebook, G+, LinkedIn, Twitter, the list goes on, are merely tools that help the businesses I work with achieve measureable goals. In that sense, to refer to me as a "Facebook Defender" is a misnomer.
That aside, your point is well-taken and I do appreciate your insights.
Do you have 3 or 4 examples of major brands using Facebook Groups? I've seen some SMB players use groups effectively but very very few major brands. Now, we all know the value and questions around reach for Facebook Pages...curious about Groups thought.
Google Plus communities are a great way to meet new people who share your interests online. If and when you create a new community, keep in mind if you want it to be private or public; once you make the group you can't change the privacy settings.
Fantastic blog J.C, Very informative!
As a B2B marketer I tend to put a lot of time into twitter and LinkedIn, as my target audience is not on Facebook. Personally I do use Facebook, but am becomming slightly dispondant as it seems to be giving me more and more information that I do not want! As a user this annoys me, and as a marketer I wonder how affective Facebook is?
I need to spend more time with Google+, this article tells me this even more. If not just for the SEO benifits but also for the great features they have, like communities. I would have to say however, that it's not game over for Facebook in a business sense. They have a grapple on the teen demographic, to an extent that google+ maybe never will. If your audience is on Facebook then putting all your effort into Google+ is essentially a waste. Just look at Pinterest, has amazing comercial value, if your customers are on there, and has very little value if they aren't.
So as Paul mentioned, you need to find out where your potential and current customers are online and build a presence on those platforms. Whether that's Facebook, Google+ or even the smaller players like Soundcloud. I am very interested in Google+ though, I think it sits between Facebook and LinkedIn nicely.
Great article; informative and engaging. I have to say though I felt as though it was a one sided argument. Both sites have plus and minuses. No time was spent on most people's main concern of the low number of engaged users of G+. What good is a megaphone in a desert?
A couple of points:
NASA like all government agencies have been paying to advertise across all platforms for a long time. There is nothing different here with Facebook or anything wrong with it. EdgeRank is used to prevent users from being overwhelmed with posts from companies which in essence is no different than a television station limiting the number of commercials seen during a program. Just because George Takei wants to reach 100% of his followers doesn't mean they want to be reached. The key is high engagement by posting relevant and engaging content no matter what the platform.
Like you have said, social media is about branding. A well done and maintained social media page with little or no money spent can be a much more powerful branding tool than thousands spent elsewhere.
I agree with you in some aspects of this post. For example- I don't agree with Facebook making brands pay to reach 100% of their audience. I do think Facebook is headed into a downward slope especially in regards to brand page, However, I do not think Google+ will be what takes Facebook down.
First of all... I think Google+ has a long way to go before they are even considered on the same level as Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn. Google+ has a lot of users that are forced to use the platform when they sign up for a Google account but how many of the users are active on a daily basis? Very few. And i'm not talking about "active users" who are looking at a Google Places page or some other Google product that has been integrated into G+ so they can skew the numbers of their active users. What G+ lacks is the social aspect of the platform. The normal everyday person isn't using it... Google however does have an advantage because they can force marketers to use their platform because it weights so heavily on search compared to other platforms.They will have to make major changes to the platform in order to gain an active user base similar to that of Facebook, Twitter, or Linkedin. I think that Google failed miserably with the release of Google+... and if Google wasn't the one who launched G+ it would've been scrapped a long time ago. But instead of getting rid of it because it isn't popular amongst the general population, they keep on finding ways to integrate their products into it to force adoption of an unpopular social network.
Great article and guess I will have to take a close look at Google + Communities myself. No wonder our very small businesses have such a difficult time figuring out if sites like Facebook are really worth their time...on the other hand trying to get some of our rural small businesses to go to Google + raises the "oh no another site"... I run a small business development center in rural Arkansas as part of the Arkansas State University College of Business our clients are typically very small, have limited budgets or personnel and less time to stay up on all the changes that occur so they keep paying Facebook for those promoted posts or advertisments even though as you noted so few of their Fans get reached.
For those who plan to stay with Facebook we will look into suggesting they look into Groups. Thanks again
I definitely think you make some interesting points about Google+ communities and why they are better than Facebook Groups. But, you don't have to pay for content in Groups to reach 100% of your audience. Pages, yes. Groups, no. Group members control their notification settings and receive notifications on everything by default (on Facebook and by email). I use Groups quite frequently and I wish we could switch to Google+, but we can't until more people start spending their time on Google+. Users are spending hours a day on Facebook, but we can't say the same about Google+. There are tons of great platforms out there with great features, but you have to go to where the people are. The people are on Facebook.
You mentioned a coffin. So Facebook is soon to die? Uh, yeah, right.
Lots of good info on G+. Opportunistic and unrealistic headline.
You mentioned a coffin. So Facebook is soon to die? Uh, yeah, right.
Lots of good info on G+. Opportunistic and unrealistic headline.
Too bad you forgot one important thing about Google+. There are no real people/customers on Google+. Only online marketeers,businesses and advertisers who are forced to join Google+ to get Ad boosts. Even Google employees hardly use this so called social network. The best and most used social network is not dertemined by how advertiser friendly it is. Google+ will never become a real social network and will always stand in the shadow of Facebook and the next best social network. It doesnt even matter that Google forces Adwords users to make a profile on Google+ to boost their Ads, they will never become true users of the network. It's amazing that a company like Google, who always recommend pretotyping, won't pull the plug out of this epic failure of a network called Google+. If you dont appeal to users who want to dedicate their sparetime to having fun on your network and connecting with friends and family you realy dont have a network at all....... regardless of how many ad's you can sell on this network.
I found this article pretty useful. As a writer who's using social networking to sell books/classes and build brand, I was distressed by Facebook's changes and I've found it significantly less useful. I've experimented with a lot of the social networks and Google+ continues to have a lot of promise, as well as an increasing number of people, particularly internationally.
My main concern is using the time I spend on social networking efficiently. Right now my blog posts propogate to FB and then to Twitter, and I'd love to be able to insert promotion on Google+ into that chain.


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NOM Mails Personal Attack on Gay Comic Fans' Wedding
June 22, 2012 by HRC staff
Post submitted by Eric Cameron, HRC Digital Media Specialist
NOM is stepping up their attacks on loving, committed same-sex couples.
In coordination with Marvel's recent release of the Incredible X-Men #51 – featuring the wedding of Northstar and Kyle – two X-Men "super fans" from Columbus, Ohio, were selected to hold their own wedding in NYC's Midtown Comics.
NOM, unsurprisingly, is outraged about this. The anti-LGBT group launched a personal attack on Scott Everhart and Jason Welker in the opening of their most recent newsletter:
... But something is wrong when huge companies push gay marriage into children's literature in order to make money. Something is wrong when a comic book store decides to host a wedding, again for commercial purposes. And something is really wrong when a man proposes because, well, somebody else is going to help pay for the wedding and it might mean a cool trip to New York City.
Somewhere there may be some foolish man and woman getting married in a comic book store. But nobody else is paying for it and nobody in the media is covering it.
Are we really supposed to believe in the "sanctity" of gay comic book weddings?
NOM's public targeting of a loving and committed couple is shameful though not surprising. HRC wishes Scott and Jason all the best.
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Had a confirmed reservation but the equipment I was renting was not there. Abel was great though he made sure that everything was ready and set up to go the next day. Great person great employee.
Everything was perfect. The staff was very professional and helpful. We needed the truck a little longer so we called to see if it was okay to keep an extra hour. The were very nice and allowed us to keep the truck until it was time for the next renter to pick up. I will continue to use this location for my moving needs. However, I don't plan on moving again anytime soon. Thanks
Allow renter to choose turn in location if there are several in the area of delivery.
Everyone was great!!! The truck ran smooth,very Happy with your service
You do excellent service.
When a customer makes a reservation please specify whether you will email and call the customer to info him of availability and pick up time, or do both. When I made my reservation I was told to go home and wait for a call in about 30 min. The call never came though a text came in without specifics, after over 2 hours I called u-haul and was informed that the details had been e-mailed to me.
Dont be pushy abt time of return, usually uhaul trucks r for 24 hrs no 8hrs.
Owners were friendly. Very nice place. The truck was in good condition and everything went fine.
Abel was so awesome, I have rented from Uhaul several times, and never had the personalized treatment as I got from him. He went above and beyond to let me know that the person renting after me was running late, so I would not have to rush.
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Everything thing was good the customer service was extremely nice. I would go back
Everything was great! Abel got us what we needed quickly and was very knowledgable.
Parking is limited for customers.
When I got the truck the gas needle was below F. I drove a total of 17 miles. When I gas up the truck the needle was above F. An oversight on my part. I think U Haul should have compensated me for this. I shouldn't have to ask. Just do it!
Customer services was helpful nothing to complain about!
They over charged my card, then I got the run around when trying to correct the issue. When I finally got a hold of the manager he seem not interested and didn't seem to care about my problem and rushed me off the phone. Just a horrible customer service experience. The manager could definitely use a customer service lesson with my company
Great customer service and very good at what they do.highly satisfied
nothing. maybe have a more define area to leave truck returns.
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Inform your contact center that this location does have an after hour drop off so they can stop giving misinformation to customers.
NOTHING if every customer is treated that way, equipment kept up(Air condition works great) in truck..
I was charged $10 extra dollars because the employee made a mistake and thought the gas was not were it was supposed to be. I was supposed to be refunded the money but never received it.
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