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The field of leveraging and fostering these individual relationships via the Web is often called Community Management. Many people vow to be experts in the space, but very few of them have been involved in social
media as heavily and early as ReadWriteWeb's Content Editor Marshall Kirkpatrick. I asked for his advice on how companies who may be struggling with social media can get started or become more effective with it:
MICHELLE: When did you first get involved in social media? How has the social media space evolved since you first engaged in it?
MARSHALL: I've only been doing this for about five years. I came from the nonprofit world and thought social media tools would be good to learn about so I could help bring them into that sector. I blogged as I learned and eventually started getting work blogging, more than the consulting I originally envisioned. When I got involved in all this it was a lot more marginal, we were all very scrappy. There were a surplus of freaks all trying to get or create a relatively small number of jobs in the field. Now social media is far, far more mainstream. Everyone's more professional and there are far more marketing and PR people involved. On the up side, I did get to meet Neil Young once because of all this. I didn't see that coming. So I guess you could say it was always weird, but now it's getting really weird.
MICHELLE: Blogs and Twitter are integrating marketing, product development, customer service roles for companies into one Community Manager role. In a large company, what is the most efficient way for a Community Manager or Managers to delegate these tasks so as to make the customer happy?
MARSHALL: I think it's best for all the traditional roles to stay intact and for a new position to be created that bridges all the different departments with social media as the glue. The Community Manager contributes to almost every department in a company but needs unique social-media specific skills and experience.
MICHELLE: What steps should companies take to best empower their Online Community Managers to make the best decisions?
MARSHALL: Let them speak freely in public. Let them spend their time however they see fit, as long as they are getting results. Expect a lot from them but understand the way they are being pulled in many directions on both sides of a wall – inside and outside the company. Understanding their job is helpful. Reading our Guide to Online Community Management is a good way to accomplish that.
MICHELLE: I find a lot of larger companies' social media efforts to be somewhat "gilded", where the negative comments get ignored and the positive comments get rewarded. What are your thoughts on this?
MARSHALL: That's probably not a sustainable strategy for too long. Even if you can maintain it for a while – it's no way to make the most of your engagement with social media. That requires as much authenticity as you can muster, in order to build relationships, in order to harvest the gains. This isn't just another broadcast medium to push your marketing message through – this is people baring their hearts and minds to each other. (Really!) There's good business development opportunities there, but only if you connect meaningfully with other people.
MICHELLE: Can you name a great example of how a company capitalized on an opportunity presented in the social media sphere?
MARSHALL: Smart people strengthen relationships between themselves and sales leads, vendors, possible hires, analysts, press and other people of business interest through social media all day every day. One of my favorite stories is about Lucia Willow, Community Manager at Pandora. Twitter is larger than Pandora now, but for most of the time she was on the site that wasn't the case. Lucia says that she's used every social network out there but Twitter offers her "the best bang for the buck." When Pandora was facing a possible end to their business because of rising licensing fees, Lucia was able to mobilize scores of people on Twitter to engage with Congress over the matter and pass it on to their friends. It ended up saving not just that business, but potentially many other innovative small companies at risk as well. Twitter users are unusually fast-acting and engaged, Lucia told us. That's just one of a number of case studies included in our Guide to Online Community Management.
Michelle Greer is a Web marketing strategist/geek in Austin, Texas. Case studies of her work have been featured in Mashable, Yahoo News, O'Reilly Radar, and the Austin American Statesman. You can find her tips on marketing and social media at michellesblog.net.


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Agnes L. Kleman, 72, Hatley, died Tuesday, July 13, 1999, at Community Health Care, Wausau Hospital, while under hospice care.
Services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at St. Ladislaus Catholic Church, Bevent. The Rev. Herbert Zoromski will officiate. Burial will be in the parish cemetery.
Friends may call from 4 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the church and from 9 a.m. until the time of services Friday at the church.
The Schmidt-Schulta Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements.
Mrs. Kleman was born April 12, 1927, in the town of Bevent, daughter of the late Walter and Mary (Mazuch) Kurszewski Sr. She attended Polk School in Bevent until the eighth grade.
She was married to Ernest Kleman on Nov. 10, 1945, at St. Ladislaus Catholic Church. He survives.
She was a member of St. Ladislaus Catholic Church. She enjoyed gardening, traveling and making quilts.
Besides her husband, survivors include two daughters, Joyce (Vernon) Borth, Wisconsin Rapids, and Deborah (Larry) Ganski, Bevent; three sons, Elroy (Fran) Kleman, Michael (Janice) Kleman, and Dennis (Joan) Kleman, all of Bevent; 10 grandchildren; two sisters, Martha (Thomas) Check, Milwaukee, and Frances Burant, Plover; and one brother, Alois (Irene) Kurzewski, Shantytown.
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Community Crops May 2012 NewsletterGardening is in full swing in the community gardens and across Lincoln. Flowers are blooming everywhere, vegetables are in the ground growing, and everyone is looking forward to a delicious harvest. Some people are already harvesting abundant crops of spinach, lettuce, radishes and kale. Many of the farmers' markets in Lincoln are opening, and there's plenty to buy -- asparagus, spring greens, bread, cheese, eggs...the local food season is back in full swing!
The 15 community gardens are filled up for this year--we had an overwhelming response and have matched up all the plots with gardeners for this year. We're quite excited about all the new partners we are working with for gardens this year, including First Presbyterian Church. Go to our Gardens Page for a map of all the locations.
- Honeybees with Dr. Marion Ellis: Thursday, May 10, 9 am to noon, UNL East Campus
- Herbal Society Plant Sale, Saturday, May 5, 9am-1pm, Warren United Methodist Church, 1205 N. 45th
- Film Screening: Food Beware: The French Organic Revolution, Saturday, May 5, 7pm, Meadowlark Coffee, 17th and South
- Community Crops Plant Sale: Saturday May 12, 9am - 12pm, at Bodhi Organics (1st & Garfield)
- Nebraska Statewide Arboretum Sale: Saturday, May 12, 9am-12pm, UNL East Campus
- Organic Container Gardening and Hydroponics: Monday, May 14, 6:30pm – 8:30pm, Bodhi Organics (1st & Garfield)
- CSA 101: Thursday, May 10, 9 am to noon, Antelope Church of the Brethren
- Drip Irrigation: Thursday, May 17 (date changed!), 9am - 12pm with Warren Kittler at Sunset Community Farm (SW 40th and F Street)
- Give to Lincoln Day Donate to Community Crops on May 17 during this city wide philanthropy event organized by Lincoln Community Foundation
- Simple Organic Gardening: Saturday, May 19, 10:00am – 12:00pm, Antelope Garden (3645 Sumner St.)
- Celebrate "Art in the Garden" at Noyes Saturday, May 19, 11:00-12:00 pm, Noyes Art Gallery
- Cover Crops: Tuesday, May 22, 9am - 12pm with Justin Jones at Sunset Community Farm (SW 40th and F Street)
- Birding at Sunset Community Farm: Sunday, June 3, 7:30am-9am with John Quinn at Sunset (SW 40th and F Street)
- Garden Gala, Saturday, June 30, 10am-2pm, Antelope Church
- Feast on the Farm, Saturday, August 25
- Farm Walk, Friday, September 14(NOTE DATE CHANGE)
Crops UpdatesHere's just a few things that have happened in the last month:
- We want to THANK all of the Community Crops supporters for participating in the Earth Day Groupon for water in the community gardens. Through your support we raised $630 for the garden water bills. Groupon donated an additional $1,000 to the cause!
- We want to THANK the Lincoln community for great support of the community gardens. We have two and a half gardens of 15 fully sponsored for the 2012 year. Our current community garden sponsors include the Near South Neighborhood Association in memory of Denise Kjar, Union Bank and Trust, INSPRO Insurance, and Harding and Shultz Law Firm.
- Jessica, Matt, and Lacey have trained the garden site coordinators and hosted 9 garden orientations last month. There is a waiting list of over 100 people interested in gardening next year.
- Warren just finished the last of 9 classes for the 2012 Farm Training Program. Be sure to look for us and our beginning farmers at the Old Cheney Road Farmers Market.
- Jennie has been working with the Mickle Youth Urban Gardeners. This past month they already had more orders than what the hoop house could provide. Thanks to the Lincoln Elks Lodge No. 80 for assisting with the purchase of a tool shed for the youth!
Community Crops Plant SaleSaturday, May 12, 9:00am-12:00pm, Bodhi Organic Garden Supply, 1st and A
Don't miss your chance to select from an amazing array of vegetable varieties at the Community Crops Plant Sale, including many types of tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, cabbage, chard, kale and other vegetables! Perennials galore--including pitcher sage, everbearing strawberries, raspberries, various sedums and globe thistle. Herbs, house plants and some beautiful containers. Enter the raffle to win a variety of prizes, including some beautiful large potted plants.
Plant donations are still being accepted. Bring them Friday, May 11th to the Community Crops office, or contact us to arrange a drop off earlier at firstname.lastname@example.com or 474-9802.
Tools AcceptedCleaning out your garage? See a great deal at a garage sale? Crops will take any useful garden tool. If you have any hoes, shovels, hoses, trowels or spades in good condition, let us know! With all our new gardens we need plenty of tools for everyone. To arrange a donation, please contact us at email@example.com or 474-9802.
GIVE TO LINCOLN DAYOn Thursday May 17th, Lincoln will come together for Give To Lincoln Day. sponsored by the Lincoln Community Foundation. We need YOU to join us. It's 24 hours of unprecedented giving to nonprofits and your chance to help make a real difference, right here in our community.
If you care about local food access, building community, healthy living, greening urban spaces, sharing diverse cultures, revitalizing habitat and reducing food costs, then you can help sustain Community Crops which works so diligently to improve our community. Show your support through Give To Lincoln Day, and your gift will be increased by a challenge matching fund.
Please show your support on May 17th by donating online at Give to Lincoln Day. Thank you for your generosity. Please help us spread the word!
Old Cheney Road Farmers' MarketSundays, 10am-2pm, 55th and Old Cheney
The Old Cheney Market just opened and has a great array of produce and local products. Every week there are more producers, and more delicious food to enjoy. Stop down to visit the Community Crops booth--we've got delicious greens and radishes for you, along with some healthy vegetable transplants this month.
Community Crops CSA -- Last chance!Maybe you've thought about the Crops CSA--Community Supported Agriculture. It sounds like such a great idea to get a box of fresh produce every week, and all you have to do is pick it up once a week. All the food is grown using organic methods, and is picked the day you receive it, so you know it is good for you. The food is being grown by Crops beginning farmers and staff, so you know your money is going to support entrepreneurs and expanding local food in Lincoln. 2012 CSA sign-up forms are available. The deadline has been extended to May 7 or until it fills up, which could be sooner. Sign up now.
Order your Crops apron today!We're taking orders until May 14th for Community Crops aprons. 100% cotton natural aprons with the Crops logo printed in green. Use yours while cooking, or gardening!
Keep up to date on CropsSign up to get notice of these newsletters and other great events, once a month from Crops. You can also choose to get notice of volunteer opportunities. Sign up at our Newsletter Page. You can also join our ever-growing page on Facebook and invite your friends.
Birding at Sunset Community FarmSunday, June 3, 7:30am-9am with John Quinn at Sunset Community Farm (SW 40th and F Street)
Please join us for a morning birding workshop exploring the community of birds at Sunset Farm. We will focus on identifying locally nesting species and discuss why sustainable urban farm habitats are key to preservation of some of our most important, yet common, Nebraska bird species. The workshop is appropriate for beginning or advanced birders.
Dr. John Quinn is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the UNL School of Natural Resources with research emphasizing concerns related to biodiversity conservation and sustainability; in particular avian ecology, agroecology, and the role of birding as a medium for environmental awareness and education. Of special interest is how agricultural landscapes in Nebraska can be structured & managed to maintain food production while conserving biodiversity and enhancing ecosystem services.
The bird workshop is free, but pre-registration is appreciated. E-mail firstname.lastname@example.com or call Crops at 402-474-9802.
Art in the Garden at Noyes Gallery: May 19You're invited to see garden themed art for our special event, "Art in the Garden," presented by Community Crops and the Noyes Art Gallery for May 19, 2012, Sat. 11:00am-12:00pm at the Noyes Art Gallery. We will be celebrating local art, local growers, and community.
Presenting artists will be Mike Montag & Tom Sitzman. Community Garden participants will be present to talk about gardening and the garden art projects. This event is featuring the artwork from Mike Montag, Tom Sitzman and Mike Fluent, who will have sculptures displayed at the three Community Crops Community Gardens this year: 14th and Hudson, 46th & Pioneers, and United Lutheran at Fremont & 59th.
Produce from the Gardens/Farm will be available for samples at our event. Please come and enjoy and bring your friends. You can learn more about the local community gardens, art walk's that in include the gardens, and the connections between Crops and Noyes. Help us spread the word about this fun social event. Ask for details at email@example.com.
Mowing to Growing project featured on BYF
The Hawley neighborhood block where we held the Mowing to Growing class was recently featured on Backyard Farmer. If you missed the class, this is a great way to see this amazing project. Watch now.
Crops profileAnother in a series of profiles written by Andrea Anthony featuring Community Crops partners ~ volunteers, farmers, gardeners and staff.
Eric, a father of three and a student from Nebraska Wesleyan studying Organizational Communication, came to Community Crops through a Senior Research Project on servant leadership. His goal for his class project was to find something that would leave a lasting impact on an organization. After a conversation with Paul from Mo Java, Eric was introduced to Matt Gunther, AmeriCorps Member at Community Crops to explore opportunities for his class project. Eric and Matt discussed how gardening is related to art and the benefits of connecting local artist and the Community Gardens. Eric choose to do his project with Community Crops with two project goals of getting the community gardens into the art walks, and getting art placed into the gardens. He worked with Pepe, the Lux, and Noyes Art Gallery.
Julia at Noyes helped take ownership in finding some artists and in May, there will be three gardens with artwork. The artist made pedestals and Matt helped install the concrete for the art pedestals. The artists with work on display are Mike Fluent, Mike Montag, and Tom Sitzman. Eric wants to see this continue and said he is "so excited everything turned out so well. Everything for the Art in the Garden just clicked together." Eric plans to stay involved with Community Crops and would like to invite you to meet the artists that have art in the gardens on May 19 at Noyes Art Gallery from 11am-12pm.
Breanne, a UNL textiles and design masters student, recently became involved with Community Crops. Through her friendship with Matt Gunther, AmeriCorps Member at Crops, she learned about some of the growing needs with in Community Crops.
Last year, Breanne had a garden plot at 14th and Hudson. In the interview she explained that she learned to garden from her grandmother. She always wanted a house and garden and this was giving her a chance to grow something while she's in school. During the growing season she enjoyed playing with the kids of the other families with garden plots near hers. She also really enjoys crafts and helped Matt brainstorm new ideas to incorporate art into the Community Garden. They worked together to come up with some new projects for youth art in the gardens around Lincoln. This year Breanne painted a mural to be placed in a community garden.
Breanne thinks that the garden enables people to get together, it is a great way to meet people and a unique form of exercise. Gardening has also helped Breanne financially. She said that she's not financially hurting but it is always nice to have free food and find ways to save money.
"What's not to love about gardening? I believe in supporting healthy lifestyles and hope to grow more food in the future. I am from Omaha and even there we don't have something like Community Crops to help people grow their own food."


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St. Charles College, a complex containing nine contributing buildings, sits high on a commanding site, known historically as Cloud Cap, overlooking Baltimore to the east. Seen from a distance, the main group appears as a single campus structure dominated by the domed chapel. The main complex consists of six interconnected buildings, three of which form the central group: Chapel, Administration Building, and Old Dormitory. Each has a rusticated stone first floor and upper levels of buff brick with stone trim which rises to a uniform roof or cornice line. The Chapel forms the western wing, the Administration Building the center, and the old Dormitory the eastern wing. This portion of the complex shares a roughly similar architectural style all reflective of the Italian Renaissance, with colossal stone columns rising two stories; stone entrance porches on the Chapel and Administration Building; pedimented windows; and brick pilasters. The three buildings reflect a unity of purpose and common architectural scheme. Directly behind the Administration Building are three additional buildings: the Dining Hall, connected by a passageway; the Convent, physically attached to the Dining Hall, and finally the Power House, across a lane from the complex. West of the Chapel is a low two-story stone and shingle building which dates from the 1880s. East of the old Dormitory and connected to it by a covered passageway is a modern dormitory constructed in 1961. Frederick House, a 2 1/2-story frame farmhouse which existed on the property when it was purchased in 1885, became a faculty residence.
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Monty Python-Life of Brian (1979)
Director: Terry Jones Starring: Jones,Terry
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Category Keywords: Ancient World Black Comedy British Farce Recommended Religion Satire Theatrical Release
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|After slaying the arthurian legend in their now classic holy grail, the pythons set their sights on the greatest story ever told. Blind faith, virgin birth, crucifixion, nothing is sacred in this epic send-up of ancient times, which draws on the cornball biblical blockbusters of the 1950s.
Editor's NoteMonty Python delivers a scathing, anarchic satire of both religion and Hollywood's depiction of all things biblical with their second--and tightest--full-length film. The setting is the Holy Land in 33 A.D., a time of poverty and chaos, with no shortage of messiahs, followers willing to believe in them, and exasperated Romans trying to impose some order. At the center of it all is Brian Cohen (Graham Chapman), a reluctant would-be messiah who rises to prominence as a result of a series of absurd and truly hilarious circumstances that parallel the life of Christ--providing ample opportunity for the entire ensemble (John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, and Chapman) to shine in multiple roles as they blaspheme and mock everyone and everything from ex-lepers, Pontius Pilate, and the art of haggling to crazy prophets, Roman centurions, and crucifixion.Directed by Python Terry Jones, MONTY PYTHON'S LIFE OF BRIAN is an uproarious biblical parody that does to ancient Rome what THE HOLY GRAIL did to the Middle Ages. Rome is run by pathetic wimps, liberation fronts fight with each other over acronyms, and gladiators put on bloody children's matinees as the people search desperately for someone to lead them out of their life of misery and poverty. And Brian is that man. Sort of. Well, not really. Chapman excels as Brian, a simple, quiet man suddenly thrust in the role of leading the revolution--while constantly being yelled at by his shrew of a mother.
Cast & Crew
|Monty Python Cast
|Graham Chapman
|Gwen Taylor
|Terence Bayler
|Terry Jones
|Kenneth Colley
|Carol Cleveland
|Michael Palin
|John Cleese
|Eric Idle
|Charles McKeown
|John Cleese - Screenwriter
|Eric Idle - Screenwriter
|Michael Palin - Screenwriter
|Roger Christian - Art Director
|Julian Doyle - Editor
|Peter Biziou - Director of Photography
|Eric Idle - Composer
|Graham Chapman - Screenwriter
|Terry Gilliam - Screenwriter
|David Howman - Composer
|Geoffrey Burgon - Composer
|John Goldstone - Producer
|Andre Jacquemin - Composer
|Terry Jones - Screenwriter
|Terry Jones - Director
Plot SummaryMonty Python's comic take on the New Testament tells the tale of Brian Cohen, a highly unlikely candidate for messiah-hood who has the miserable luck of always being in the wrong place at the right time. Born in Nazareth, baby Brian is mistakenly visited by the Three Wise Men, who were actually looking for a different infant--the one born down the street in the glowing manger. Brian leads a fairly normal life while growing up: He works as a vendor at the local coliseum, gets involved in terrorist activities, and paints anti-Roman slogans around town, but he soon finds his life changed forever when he is abducted by aliens and taken on an excursion through the cosmos. Upon his return, a group of locals decide that he's the messiah and begin worshiping him--but he wants them to start the revolution without him.
Memorable Quotes
|"What is myrrh? It sounds like some kind of animal to me. Something with horns..."----Mandy (Terry Jones), Brian's mum
|"What was that?----Gregory (Terence Bayler) |"I don't know. I was too busy talking to Bignose."----Cheeky (Eric Idle) |"I think it was 'Blessed are the cheesemakers.'"----crowd member |"Ah, what's so special about the cheesemakers?"----Mrs. Gregory (Carol Cleveland) |"Well, obviously, it's not meant to be taken literally. It refers to any manufacturers of dairy products."----Gregory
|"Hear that? 'Blessed are the Greek.'"----Spork |"The Greek?"----Gregory
|"If you want to join the People's Front of Judea, you have to really hate the Romans."----Reg (John Cleese) to Brian (Graham Chapman)|"I do!"----Brian |"Oh yeah, how much?"----Reg|"A lot!"----Brian|"Right...you're in."----Reg
|"I'm Brian!"----Brian (of course, you silly person)
|"He's not the Messiah! He's a very naughty boy!"----Mandy speaking to a crowd about Brian
|"You are all individuals!"----Brian to a huge crowd of his followers|"We are all individuals!"----the crowd
|"Apart from the sanitation, medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh water system, and public health...what have the Romans ever done for us?"----Reg (John Cleese) to others in the People's Front of Judea (not to be confused with the Judean People's Front)
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Our twitter follower @TheOnlyMinx asked me to write about seasonal affective disorder
I had a tweet from one of my follower @TheOnlyMinx who is an awesome lady and also follows Frank, her writing and mine to. She has S.A.D and asked me to write something about it, which of course I said I would (I will write for anyone!). I really hope that I do not disappoint her so here goes – wish me luck!
As I write, it is a beautiful autumnal day. Autumn is my favourite time of the year. The trees are greens and golds and reds. There is that smell in the air. I get to cover up (I look better with more clothes on, I promise you not just my body confidence issues :S). I live in the middle of the countryside so I can feel the effects of the changing weather. I moved here from a VERY large city and I noticed a tension in EVERYTHING (lambs, cows, sheep, humans, dogs – everything) during the Spring time, then something just popped and it all resorted back to normal. It was my first real experience of what is called Spring Fever. But Autumn is definitely my favourite. Nights in snuggled up in front of the TV. Stodgy comfort stews. Bonfire night. Toffee apples. Heaven!
However, for many it's just hell on earth. Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is where a person experiences mood changes with the onset of a new season. Affect is a psychiatric term for mood, not that you become super efficient or anything like that! It can happen in any season. I have a friend who always goes low in mood during the summer months, however, it is much more common for people with this disorder to become low in mood during the autumn and winter months. Listed below are some of the range of symptoms you can get. As always it's not exhaustive and comes from 2 different trusted websites :
- Low mood, worse than and different from normal sadness
- Negative thoughts and feelings
- Guilt and loss of self-esteem
- Sometimes hopelessness and despair
- Sometimes apathy and inability to feel
Sleep Problems
- The need to sleep more
- A tendency to oversleep
- Difficulty staying awake during the day and/or disturbed sleep with
very early morning wakening
- Fatigue, often incapacitating, making it very difficult or impossible to carry out normal routines
Over Eating
- Craving for carbohydrates and sweet foods leading to an increase in weight
Cognitive Functioning
- Difficulty with concentration and memory
- The brain does not work as well, or as quickly
Social Problems
- Irritability
- Finding it harder to be with people
- Tension
- Stress is harder to deal with
Loss of Libido
- Less interest in sex and physical contact
Sudden Mood Changes in Spring
- Sharp change in mood
- Some experience agitation and restlessness and/or a short period of
hypomania (over activity)
- No dramatic mood change but a gradual loss of winter symptoms
OK Here is the really crappy thing: it comes back. For those of you lucky enough not to have experienced clinical depression before please read my entries on depression and suicide to get a flavour of what it's like. Having depression is a bit like being an Easter egg: looks nice and normal on the outside but once you take the wrapping off it's just hollow and disappointing on the inside. Coping with depression just once is hard enough but having to live with the knowledge that it is a long term condition takes the biscuit!
As those of you who follow me on twitter, or who have read my book (blatant book plug) will know I have had cancer and have to live with the fact that it might return. I guess that qualifies me as having a long term condition. Anyway, having a long term condition like SAD is kind of like pacing yourself for a marathon. I frequently say to my patients, and myself when I want to go and splurge on chocolate or wine, that sensible is not glamorous, sensible generally is not fun, sensible is definitely not fair. However, sensible keeps me alive, sensible helps my mental health, sensible ensures that I see tomorrow with my lovely family.
Any long term condition requires you to be as healthy as possible. That means eating the right sorts of food. People who have SAD tend to want more carbohydrates. A way around this is to keep a record of what you eat. It need not be as prescriptive as they do at Weight Watchers but just keeping a note of what you put in your mouth. There may be a pattern to it that you were unaware of before. If there is, then it can be planned for. I am not suggesting having a set amount of carbs per day, but perhaps a weekly upper limit that you are comfortable with. So if you want to pig out on Wednesday that's ok but try not to on Saturday – you get my drift? If carbs are your weakness, clean out and detox your kitchen, if it's not there you can't eat it! Food is my weakness, I eat too much.
Micro nutrients. Vitamins A,D,E,K; C and B complex and the full range of minerals is essential to proper brain function. Vitamins C and B complex are water soluble so you urinate them out daily and it can be very difficult to overdose on the (please don't go trying or I will laugh at you, you complete plank!). Vitamins A,D, E, and K are fat soluble, which mean that they require fat to be absorbed into your body. In return they can be stored in your fat supplies, thus making is easier to take too many. That said the western diet is so shitty that most people NEED a radical overhaul of it to even get anything close to the correct balance of nutrients. Which is why supplement companies make a fortune! There is plenty written on the internet about food and mood. Most of it is quite good and sensible; don't go for any weird and wonderful advice because it is normally shit; you have been warned. For a more technical take I would recommend 'Changing Minds, Changing Diets' by Courtney Van de Weyer. It was published in 2005 so the research is a little dated but the principles are there and it is easy to read, if you like that sort of thing (I am an unashamed geek – deal with it!).
What to do. Roughly a portion of carbs is the of your fist. Yes that's right small isn't it. One portion per meal! A portion is meat is about the same as a computer mouse, a portion of cheese is only the of a match box. The rest should be fresh veg, cooked so that it retains its goodness; not to a uniform yellow where if you put your ear close to it you can hear crying from the last vitamin alive because it is lonely! So boring things keep you healthy: at least 5 portions of fruit and veg per day, smaller portions than you are used to, keep a food diary.
Light boxes. These are sometimes recommended for suffers of SAD. The theory behind it is that the body requires more of the right kind of light that is not always readily available during the winter months. There are dawn lights which start to brighten up the room at a set time in the morning helping sufferers get out of bed, as sleeping loads and finding it difficult to get up in the morning are symptoms of SAD. There is evidence out there that this can help. However, if it works for you, great, but it does not work for everyone. On top of that the benefits may only be slight and go unnoticed until you stop using the light box. My personal stance would be that if it's not doing you any harm keep going, unless you really don't want to, then stop. Simple really.
Exercise. OK I am no exercise Nazi I promise. I have been everything from a couch potato to and exercise fanatic and back to a couch potato, and all points in between. I know that when you don't feel like it, even a slow walk around the block is a huge effort but I do know that usually after I've done it I feel mentally a bit better. Cardio is the key. Doing weights and stuff like that requires a lot of mental focus and motivation but dragging your sorry arse out for a 15 minute walk is do-able. Most places have classes on and going with a mate is a great way of ensuring that you at least go. If it is only one class per week that is one evening where you are not slumped in front of the tv seeing if you can really overdose on Pringles (I've tested that one out and I can tell you that it is NOT possible no matter how hard you try). Mix it up, keep it fun. If you don't enjoy the exercise you won't do it. I don't care if it's Zumba or pole dancing, tap dancing might be your thing…anything to get your body moving and have a laugh!
Socialisation. Strangely people find me easy to talk to and tell me their problems – it makes me good at my job. Of my friends in real life (as we say on twitter) we have an agreement that we go to each other with our problems. That old nagging feeling of 'well everyone has a lot on their plate' has been done away with and replaced with 'I would be offended if they did not feel that they could come to me with their problems so I will share mine with them'. Having a network of people to turn to is a good plan, even if it's just to get you out of yourself and away from your negative thoughts. Planning nights out, or days out is a great way of breaking up weeks and the monotony of feeling so low. It gets you involved in the world around you, gives you things to aim for.
Professional help. It is out there and available, rather than bore the pants off you even more and make this rather long blog entry longer. Please see my other post on depression. From a clinical perspective I have no worries about someone with SAD coming to see me in the winter and being discharged from my caseload in the summer.
SAD like clinical depression is way more than feeling a bit blue for a couple of days. It is a dark, deep, pit of blackness – pretty damn hellish! If you suffer from it and have been diagnosed, I suspect that this post holds no surprises for you. If you think you have these symptoms get your ass to a health care professional and stop diagnosing yourself off the internet *rolls eyes*. Try and take care of yourself, you are special even if you don't feel like that today.
Kerry x
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|Fri, 11-16-2012 - 8:49am
Good morning ladies, its Friday!!! How will you spend your weekend?
|Fri, 11-16-2012 - 9:24am
Got to go pick the kid up today. Not my favorite thing to spend 7 hours in a car today. I looked at Greyhound's rates. Just crazy. It's $74 one way (there's this card that she can get a 20% off fare, but that still makes it around $60) and the trip takes 5.5 hours. It costs us about $40 (we use a tank of gas) and it's only 3.5 hours one way. And I can get her when class is done- the bus that she could take leaves at 5 or something. I kind of wish she'd make a relationship with the girl down the hall that graduated from the SAME HIGH SCHOOL as her and we could at least share driving. Whatever, I think she likes us coming to get her.
Becca left last night and they got to where they were going fine. She posted a picture from her hotel room this morning. It's been a really good experience for her, but I seriously hope this teacher doesn't decide to do this again until Becca's graduated. It was $120 for her to go- we had NO fundraising whatsoever. I don't know if the parent's associaton kicked in anything or not. A couple of the Junior parents were mad b/c they've got Ring Dance tomorrow another expence and, they aren't getting home until at least 10pm tonight .
|Fri, 11-16-2012 - 9:25am
|Fri, 11-16-2012 - 10:26am
Good morning. DH and I are going over our calendars for the next 2 weeks. He happily found my cell phone after tracking it down using the GPS. I didn't even know it was missing-oops. We'll start school in a bit and then it's off to bowling practice this afternoon. Tonight DH and Zeph are attending an event called Physics Slam where 5 physicists have 12 minutes each to put together a poetic, humorous, engaging presentation of their branch of physics. At the end the audience will vote who wins. It looks to be a clever evening and I wish I could go but Buffy doesn't handle alone well. Eventually she will.
Zeph has a science class in the morning. I'll be working on the house. DH WILL go to Goodwill and then wipe clean my parents computer since I have someone picking it up on Monday. I have lots of housekeeping to do and a holiday grocery list to make. The yard needs one more mow for the year. We plan on having a family movie night.
Sunday, DH has to bring our old surround sound system/receiver to my SIL. Once we shuffle some storage containers, one car should fit in the garage! More cleaning and for me. DH and Z are taking a physics class on udacity and they have an experiment to do outside and a wrap up lesson to watch afterwards.
|Fri, 11-16-2012 - 10:29am
Good morning ladies. DH left last night for an all day job out of town today. So I had both kids this morning. Jordyn had a pep rally at school for play offs and (hopefully) was getting up when I left this morning. I am only working a half day, we have the afternoon off for the bad traffic for the first F1 race to be held in the city this weekend and all the festivities around it. I am going to stop and pick up a christmas present or two, get my eye brows waxed and go home to get some work done around the house. Then I am going to pick up Emma and take her to the store to pick up a gift for the birthday party she is going to tomorrow, pick up Madison and then we are going home for a quick dinner. Tonight Emma's school is having a movie night, so we're going to see that. Jordyn has a play off game to attend 2 hours away, they are leaving school early, stopping for dinner at Chili's then to the game.
Tomorrow, Jordyn has to work from 1-5, Emma has a birthday party from 12-2:30, and I am hoping to coordinate all that around a garage sale at the house to get rid of a bunch of stuff before the holidays. Hoping DH and I can go grocery shopping tomorrow evening.
Sunday, football and chores. Jordyn's mini level 2 team is competing on Sunday, so she's traveling down with one of the other coaches for that competition. I need to find out if she gets paid an hourly rate for going to these competitions or if she just gets a bonus at the end of the season.
Have a great one!!
|Fri, 11-16-2012 - 11:24am
Morning. Tim is home today, so I took Matthew to school. Later I ran back to the school and picked up Matthew's proof of enrollment form so he can take his driving permit exam on Monday. Got some good advice to go to a Town not too far away to do it cause they have mor machines and you get in and out pretty quick. Not too much going on today, I didn't get my car back yesterday so hopefully today. I am suppose to have lunch with my mom but Tim wants to keep the car so I need to see if she can come and get me. I hate asking her to do that. Anyway...what can I do?
Saturday is Matthew's 15th birthday and I am cooking him a Thanksgiving meal for his dinner. My mom will come over and we will be passing out gifts I suppose. Then we are going to watch the Movie Tarzan per Matthew's request. 13 years ago I took him to see it and it was his first movie to ever see. It's a special movie to us, it also has a song in it that speaks from my heart to him that I get all mushy over. LOL
Sunday will be the down day to our crazy Saturday. LOL Probably some raking again like last weekend.
|Fri, 11-16-2012 - 4:58pm
|Fri, 11-16-2012 - 6:53pm
Hi everyone! Just checking in. I have been working my heinie off between school and Bible Quest and trying to keep the house from looking like an episode of Hoarders...
DH is at deer camp for the weekend and the kids left for the Northeastern Minnesota Synod Middle School Gathering (they are part of the group that organizes this event) yesterday afternoon, so it's just the dogs and me at home this weekend. I'm getting some cleaning and laundry out of the way tonight. I also plan to color my hair, paint my nails and watch "The Help" so I can write a comparison essay of the movie and the book for my College Writing class. Tomorrow I am hoping to get a large portion of a project completed, and Sunday I will probably work on science. Currently getting all As (hurray), and I am registered for spring semester with College Writing II, Astronomy, Digital Photography, and Sociology. All my classes will be online except for College Writing, so that will cut down significantly on the amount of driving I will have to do.
Also, what in the world happened to the boards? I've been trying to get on with my iPad with no success, and it was like pulling teeth to get here tonight on my laptop.
|Fri, 11-16-2012 - 7:35pm
Hi everyone. It was a hectic but good day at work for me. After work, I went food shopping
Kayleigh had an awesome day, of course she posted the good news about her acceptance and scholarship on FB so she was getting many congrats and got to tell her guidance counselor and favorite teacher.
Ian had a regular school day.
We don't have any special plans for the evening. I picked up a rotisserie chicken, per Ian's request, he is building a fire. I am going to relax. Ian is packing for his scout campout
Tomorrow morning, we are all going to a scout breakfast. After, I plan to go buy a couple of holiday gifts and then come home and clean for a while. Ian and Dh will be going straight to a scout overnight campout from the breakfast. Kayleigh is having 2 or 3 friends over for dinner tomorrow night, I am making tacos.
No plans yet for Sunday.
|Sat, 11-17-2012 - 10:03pm
I got my car back finally this morning! Yay! It was so nice to run my errands in my smoke free car. Tims car smells like cigarettes. Bleh! Matthew has had a great stress free play games all day kind of day. No chores, no demands and I guess he threw in no shower. Sigh,oh well. Maybe I can get him in there tonight. LOL
Also, update on nephews wife. Tim told me they have had issues feeling like thier kids are left out, I know what he's talking about but they seperate themselves from the family group. So, it's thier own doing. She totally over reacted and to be honest I do not need anymore family drama and am thinking of staying home and not going to Ohio. I have had enough to last me a lifetime and I do not need crap from Tim's side too. Told her so.


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Although corticosteroids are commonly prescribed after cataract surgery, they may not be necessary. The new topical NSAIDs are at least as potent, safer, and require less frequent dosing.
Ocular inflammation after cataract surgery is characterized by pain, redness, and often by some temporary loss of visual acuity. Beyond the immediate discomfort to the patient, however, is the more significant danger that the inflammation may produce permanent vision loss as a result of cystoid macular edema (CME).1 Typically seen 3 to 4 weeks after surgery, CME results from the release of prostaglandins by damaged tissue.
In cataract surgery, most of the damage is from prostaglandin release in the anterior chamber, which may seep into the posterior segment, sparking inflammation there. With improvements in surgical instruments and techniques, today's cataract surgery rarely creates such direct insult to the posterior segment. However, if the inflammation in the front of the eye can be controlled following surgery, there is nearly zero chance of significant inflammation developing in the back of the eye.
Inflammation Control
Topical corticosteroids and topical nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are the two main options at surgeons' disposal for controlling postoperative ocular inflammation. While both drug classes decrease inflammation, they have different properties and different mechanisms of action.
Steroids block the inflammatory cascade at an early stage: the arachidonic acid pathway activated by tissue damage. But to be effective, steroids need to pass through cell membranes and enter the nucleus, which is limited because of their lipophobic nature. In addition, steroid side effects include intraocular pressure (IOP) elevation, delayed wound healing, and increased susceptibility to infection.
NSAIDs block cyclooxygenase (COX-1 and COX-2), enzymes that convert arachidonic acid into the prostaglandins that directly mediate inflammation. NSAIDs enter cells readily and effectively shut down prostaglandin formation; within its class, the brominated NSAID bromfenac penetrates cells particularly well. The traditional caution with ocular NSAIDs is that some have been associated with punctate epithelial keratitis and even corneal melt, although the latter has been very rare since the 1990s.2
Steroid Plus NSAID?
Most often, an NSAID is prescribed in conjunction with a topical steroid, but whether steroids and NSAIDs truly act synergistically has been controversial. Some older studies reported that the addition of a weak NSAID improved the effects of treatment with a weak steroid. However, those findings might be explained simply from the suboptimal dosing of either drug. The mechanisms of action suggest that a strong NSAID and a strong steroid should have a similar, non-additive effect, since both are blocking the same pathway, albeit at different places. Indeed, recent studies have found that the newer and stronger NSAIDs, such as bromfenac, are at least as effective as topical steroids for treating inflammation.3,4
These findings raise the question: which class of drug to use following surgery? In my clinical practice the question arose as a very practical matter a few years ago, when the provision of free topical steroids in cataract kits was stopped. Since we knew we would need to write prescriptions for all antiinflammatory medications, we decided to prescribe bromfenac on the theory that it was less expensive overall, and that a topical steroid could be added later if necessary. After a few months, it was clear that we had not had any occasion to prescribe a steroid. At that point we began a retrospective study in our clinic comparing the outcomes following bromfenac (Bromday®; Bausch + Lomb) administration with those following prednisolone (Pred Forte®; Allergan) in the setting of cataract surgery.5
We reviewed 442 eyes, 225 treated with bromfenac and 217 treated with prednisolone. Patients operated on between January and August 2010 had been treated with prednisolone beginning on postoperative day 1, with tapering after 3 to 4 weeks. Patients operated on from September 2010 to May 2011 were prescribed bromfenac beginning on preoperative day 2 and continuing until the bottle was exhausted (about 4 weeks). Antibiotics (gatifloxacin and azithromycin) were started at the same time as the antiinflammatory and were continued for 1 week after surgery.
Study Results
In this retrospective consecutive case review, we included eyes with floppy irises, diabetes, very hard nuclei, and 4+ cataracts—no eye was excluded for any medical reason. Eyes were excluded only for inadequate follow-up data. After exclusions, there were 200 eyes in each group. Outcomes examined included inflammation at the 2- and 4-week follow-up visits, presence of CME at 1 month, postoperative IOP elevation (defined as an increase in measured IOP > 5 mm Hg from the patient's baseline IOP at either the 2- or 4-week visit) and best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) at 1 month.
At 2 weeks, 12% of eyes in the bromfenac group had some inflammation (trace cell or greater), not significantly different from the 8% of eyes in the prednisolone group. At 4 weeks, the occurrence of inflammation fell to 1.5% and 2% of eyes in the bromfenac and prednisolone groups, respectively. CME was seen in one eye in the bromfenac group and two eyes in the prednisolone group. (Patients in the steroid group who were at risk of CME [about 20% of the total] were also administered an NSAID.) Mean BCVA was 20/27.2 in the bromfenac group and 20/26.6 in the prednisolone group, a difference that was not significant.
The only difference of importance between the treatment groups was in the rate of IOP elevation. We defined elevated IOP as 5 mm Hg above baseline, a level that is significant but treatable. Of all eyes treated with bromfenac, 7 (3.5%) were seen to have an IOP elevation at 4 weeks, compared to 16 (8%) in the prednisolone group (P = .08). When the eyes that had retained lens fragments (a common correlate of IOP elevation) were excluded, the rate of IOP elevation in the bromfenac group dropped to 2.5%, while remaining at 8% in the prednisolone group (P = .02). When all the eyes with a history of glaucoma—the highest-risk eyes—were examined, 32% (8 of 25 eyes) in the prednisolone group showed an elevation in IOP. By contrast, none of the 17 glaucomatous eyes in the bromfenac group showed any IOP elevation.
Patient Convenience
There are other advantages to prescribing an NSAID in place of a steroid. When using Bromday, patients need only remember their eye drops twice a day: one drop of Bromday and one of antibiotic in the morning, and then antibiotic alone in the evening for the first week. After that, patients instill just one drop of Bromday each day until the bottle is exhausted. This is much simpler than the tapered schedule with steroids: 4 times a day for 2 weeks, then 3 times a day for 1 week, then twice a day for 1 week, and finally once a day for 1 week. Understandably, patients always had difficulty remembering and/or complying with this regimen.
Simplification of the drug regimen after surgery will also save many patients money. Patients with good insurance are less concerned with the actual cost of the drug than with the number of copays they have to make. Assuming the patient will have both eyes operated on within a matter of weeks, we prescribe a twin-pack of Bromday along with a prescription for gatifloxacin (Zymaxid®; Allergan). Each bottle of Bromday will cover one eye; the Zymaxid is enough for both eyes, and so we tell the patient to save the bottle for the second surgery. This way, patients have only two copays, rather than four or more under the previous regimen, and they are appreciative.
Overall, the data from our clinic and elsewhere indicates that a topical NSAID is at least as effective as a topical steroid for treating inflammation following cataract surgery, and probably safer. At our clinic, we have no intention of going back to using steroids for routine surgeries.
On the other hand, it is my impression that most physicians still prefer to prescribe steroids. We suggest that experience can be gained with the NSAID-only regimen by prescribing it first for the patients at high risk of IOP elevation, or consider using a low-risk steroid like loteprednol etabonate (Lotemax® Bausch + Lomb). Ultimately, we think ophthalmology will follow the lead of other surgical specialties, such as orthopedics, where steroids are no longer prescribed following surgery; and the potential problems of tapering, healing delay, and IOP rise will be avoided.
Topical corticosteroids after cataract surgery can be replaced with topical NSAIDs without any loss of antiinflammatory activity and with potential gains in safety. Once-daily dosing and the lack of tapering are major advantages for patient convenience and compliance; and in many cases patient costs can be reduced.
Keith Walter, MD, is assistant professor of surgical sciences–ophthalmology at Wake Forest University Eye Center, Winston-Salem, NC. He is a consultant for Bausch + Lomb and Alcon. Freelance writer Zaid Smith, PhD, assisted in the preparation of this article.
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2. Singer M, Cid MD, Luth J, et al. Incidence of corneal melt in clinical practice: our experience vs. a meta-analysis of the literature. J Clinic Experiment Ophthal. 2012. Available at: http://www.omicsonline.org/2155-9570/2155-9570-S1-003.pdf?aid=3927.
3. Endo N, Kato S, Haruyama K, Shoji M, Kitano S. Efficacy of bromfenac sodium ophthalmic solution in preventing cystoid macular oedema after cataract surgery in patients with diabetes. Acta Ophthalmologica. Dec 2010;88(8):896-900.
4. Miyake K, Ota I, Miyake G, Numaga J. Nepafenac 0.1% versus fluorometholone 0.1% for preventing cystoid macular edema after cataract surgery. J Cataract Refract Surg. Sep 2011;37(9):1581-8.
5. Walter K, Estes A, Watson S, Ellingboe M. Management of ocular inflammation following routine cataract surgery—topical corticosteroid (prednisolone) versus topical non-steroidal (bromfenac). US Ophthalmic Review. 2011;4(2):97-100.


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