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PORTLAND, Ore. (Clean Edge) -- Clean Edge and NASDAQ's three benchmark clean-tech stock indexes each gained ground down last week with the NASDAQ Clean Edge Green Energy Index (CELS) up 2.33 percent, the NASDAQ OMX Clean Edge Global Wind Energy Index (QWND) gaining 0.12 percent, and the NASDAQ OMX Clean Edge Smart Grid Infrastructure Index (QGRD)1.31 percent higher from the previous week.
The overall market saw moderate movement last week -- the S&P 500 gained 0.58 percent, NASDAQ grew 0.87 percent and AMEX Oil ended the week down 1.59 percent.
CELS,up 2.33 percent for the week and 36.08 percent higher than a year ago, tracks U.S.-listed clean-energy companies and is divided into four categories: advanced materials; energy intelligence; energy storage and conversion; and renewable electricity generation and renewable fuels.
In the advanced materials sector, three component companies were in positive territory with the remaining two down.Energy intelligence had 18 components up, four down, and two unchanged. In energy storage and conversion, five components were in positive territory and two lost ground. For renewable electricity and fuels, 13 components were up and four were down from the previous week's close. CELS' best performer for the week was fuel cell developer Ballard Power Systems (BLDP), gaining 24.90 percent. Rounding out the top five CELS performers were power conversion product maker Power-One (PWER), up 15.92 percent; solar wafer manufacturer ReneSola (SOL), rising 15.43 percent; Chinese PV solar cell maker JA Solar Holdings (JASO), gaining 10.60 percent; and LED and solar equipment provider Veeco Instruments (VECO), up 10.43 percent. CELS' worst performer last week was electric motor developer UQM Technologies (UQM), declining 17.23 percent. Other worst performers included solar PV laminate maker Energy Conversion Devices (ENER), falling 6.58 percent; utility network provider ESCO Technologies (ESE), losing 6.09 percent; geothermal energy developer Ormat Technologies (ORA), down 5.17 percent; and solar PV product manufacturer SunPower Corporation (SPWRA), losing 3.90 percent. QWND, up 0.12 percent last week and 27.24 percent higher in the last 12 months,includes companies that are primarily manufacturers, developers, distributors, installers, and users of energy derived from wind sources. Of QWND's 21 pure play components, 12 saw gains last week, eight lost ground, and one remained unchanged. QWND's best pure play performer for the week was Denmark-based wind energy producer Greentech Energy Systems (GES), gaining 9.95 percent. Other top pure play performers included energy delivery technology developer American Superconductor (AMSC), up 9.51 percent; wind energy product and service provider Broadwind Energy (BWEN), rising 8.67 percent; renewable energy developer Gamesa Corporacion Technologica (GAM), gaining 6.54 percent; and advanced composite material developer Gurit Holding (GUR), higher by 5.24 percent.
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This 5-star property offers access to a business center and meeting rooms. This Edwardian hotel also offers a fitness center, a steam room, and a rooftop terrace. Parking is available onsite for a surcharge. A total renovation of this property was completed in May 2010.
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Hudson - This restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
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24-hour room service is available.
Recreational amenities at the hotel include an indoor pool, a sauna, a steam room, and a fitness center.
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Category Archives: Clinical Mental Health - Forensic Counseling
The alarming news of another military service member going on a shooting rampage killing and wounding other service members on a military base is unnerving. For us Latinos it is especially upsetting to know that Iván López, a Latino, perpetrated the recent Ft. Hood shooting. I do not care for highlighting a person's ethnicity or culture in these tragic events, but I feel that I have a responsibility as a Latina, a veteran, and a mental health professional to state the obvious that others are already commenting on.
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Two new studies published in the journal Sleep have found a link between sleep duration and depression.
Depression is a serious, debilitating illness that's also one of the most commonly-diagnosed mental disorders. When you're first diagnosed, you may feel both relief (finally, a name for your pain) and overwhelmed (what the heck do you do next?).
Depression is now considered common, affecting about 340 million people worldwide. Although treatable, about half of all cases of depression go undiagnosed and unaddressed. Situational sadness is a typical and normal reaction to events, such as a recent loss, and is simply part of the human experience. Rather than suppress situational sadness, it is best to work through these periods with help from friends, psychotherapists or counselors. A more serious medical diagnosis is clinical depression – it can also be triggered by a recent loss or other sad event, but then grows out of proportion to the situation and persists longer than is appropriate, affecting emotional health. Clinical depression often requires other forms of treatment in addition to counseling and therapy.
One in 10 Americans say they have depression. Learn about depression facts and figures, find out who is at risk, and see beyond the numbers.
While psychotherapy remains the gold standard for treatment of post traumatic stress disorder (see for example, Foa EB et al, Effective Treatments for PTSD: Practice Guidelines from the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. New York: Guilford Press; 2008), medications are often used to alleviate the symptoms of the illness. Since we last visited the topic of pharmacologic treatment for PTSD (TCPR, June 2007), there's been some interesting research on this subject, including the use of antibiotics, steroids, and even the drug of abuse, ecstasy.
Only a minority of individuals exposed to trauma will develop PTSD. In attempting to determine the individual risk factors for PTSD, researchers have begun to observe natural recovery from trauma. One potential difference between those who recover naturally and those who continue to experience distressing symptoms might have to do with avoidance: cognitive, emotional and behavioral.
The cognitive model suggests that the belief that the world is excessively dangerous coupled with beliefs about personal incompetence is important in the development of PTSD (Foa & Rothbaum, 1998). Following a traumatic event, such beliefs might be reinforced and therefore lead to avoidance of everyday, previously normal tasks such as grocery shopping, socializing, and traveling by car. Additionally, beliefs about the importance of maintaining strict control over distressing emotions and thoughts might also be factors mediating the development of PTSD (Ehlers & Clark, 2000). Following a traumatic event, these beliefs might lead to attempts to avoid thoughts and memories of the traumatic event and the associated upsetting emotions.
In contrast, natural recovery from trauma might be enhanced by a willingness to return, over time, to normal activities. This behavior may strengthen beliefs about personal ability to manage difficulty, that other people are not generally dangerous, and that even extremely uncomfortable emotions are manageable.
One CBT approach for PTSD systematically and strategically recreates this recovery process by targeting the tendency to avoid feared situations and distressing recollections and emotions. By systematically approaching the avoided stimuli, the individual can learn the same lessons as the person who recovers without intervention. With the assistance of a skilled cognitive behavior therapist, individuals can acquire more accurate and helpful beliefs about themselves, others, and the world following the experience of a traumatic event.
Ehlers, A., & Clark, D.M. (2000). A cognitive model of posttraumatic stress disorder. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 38, 319-345.
Foa, E.B., & Rothbaum, B.O. (1998). Treating the trauma of rape: Cognitive-behavioral therapy for PTSD. New York: Guilford Press.
Latinas are one group most likely to suffer from clinical depression.
Depression can strike anyone, regardless of age, gender, or ethnicity, but when it comes to rates of depression, women fare worse than men, and Latinas are at an even higher risk of clinical depression when compared to non-Hispanic white women.
Much of the gender disparity can be attributed to how differently men and women respond to stress in their lives.
Depression in Latinos is a serious issue despite the cultural belief the condition is minor.
Latinos are more likely than other ethnicities to experience a major depressive episode, according to data from the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). But when it comes to depression in Latinos, not only are there barriers to proper care, but there is also a certain stigma surrounding depression–and mental illness in general.


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On Sept. 26, Detroit-based physical theatre company, The Hinterlands, will begin performing their new play, "The Circuit," described as "an ecstatic variety show for the outcasts of the Internet age." A "high-octane-seize-no-prisoner" take on vaudeville, every aspect of the show — the book, the music, and the performance space itself — has been carefully crafted by the company for maximum effect.
Since 2009, co-directors Richard Newman and Liza Bielby have toured their plays on three continents; earning numerous accolades and funding from several major foundations.
Asked to describe the play, Bielby and Newman respond, "Think the Marx Brothers meets David Lynch meets the New Dance Show meets Bikini Kill meets something you've never heard of." They promise "door prizes and Faygo." Bielby and Newman enfuse "The Circuit" with a new cast of collaborators including designer Zeb Smith, choreographers Haleem 'Stringz' Rasul and Torri Ashford, sound designer Jon Brumit and performer Barney Baggett.
Performances of "The Circuit" commence at Play House, "a formerly vacant house that has been converted into a neighborhood rehearsal and performance space," Newman told the Michigan Citizen. "It is definitely not a normal theatre."
Designed by The Hinterlands in collaboration with architect Gina Reichert, Play House was two stories high before the collaborators removed the second story "in order to create this vast, Cathedral like quality within the house."
"I hope there is a palpable sense of surprise and delight that people can experience once they step inside … a kind of reward that you get for looking a little deeper than what is on the surface. I think we take this approach in our performances as well — by looking at forms that appear to be one thing on the surface — Vaudeville, the Western — and then are something else entirely when you really enter into them," said Newman.
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You have Catullus making a commonplace argument, one, actually, that all of us have used in one way or another many times, but one that entirely ignores easily observable human nature.ReplyDelete
Catullus: And I am saying that, as an adult, I am in a better position than anyone else to determine what is good for me.
This is actually seldom true. It is a rare person who knows what is good for him or her. Why else do doctors have such a hard time convincing patients to live a healthy lifestyle.
I have complete access to all of my experience. I know my circumstances perfectly. I understand what hurts me, what gives me pleasure, and how much.
The foundation of modern psychology is that this is never true. Much of our experience is buried so deeply that we are unaware of it, most of our circumstances are beyond our understanding, and we often and very perversely confuse what hurts us and what is truly pleasurable.
My ability to recognize my own good, even if it is not perfect, is better than anyone else's.
This may sometimes be true, at least in part, but it is often (perhaps even usually) the case that an outside witness can see more dispassionately and judge more clearly.
Hence my right to personal liberty, my right to pursue happiness on my own terms.
I regard this as a distinct and fearsome curse. To leave me with no other terms but my own is to leave me vulnerable to my own weaknesses and without any rational defense against myself. That is scary.Replies
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Yes, okay, in some ways you're right. I'm mostly just not willing to allow Germanicus to be the outside authority who sees me more clearly than myself. I've been in the position of finding myself in the grip of my own weaknesses, free of all rational defenses, and I agree that it's tremendously scary. The only problem is that I've never really been able to gain all that much benefit from other people's rational defenses. So much of what passes for reason is really just rationalization...perhaps all of it is. Another man's reasons for what another man does may or not be useful to me in any way, and besides, in the moral cacophony of civil discourse one may find reasons for and against nearly any course of action. In any case, I've never found any way of deciding what is or is not true without throwing myself into the situation and seeing how I fare. Afterwards, once I know I've made a pig's breakfast of my life, then I'm perfectly able to see why and to be sorrowful, and sometimes even to repent...but beforehand, I never know whose admonitions are true, and whose are paranoid, and whose are simply wrong.
That is mostly my own experience as well -- but only mostly. You are right that I an responsible for my own decisions, and that I have to do the best I can to make the best decisions. You are right that I can't afford to let others make my decisions for me. However, it would be the height of foolishness to reject the opinions of others just because I didn't think of them myself, as it is highly probable that others know more about parts of me than I know myself. No, I never know for sure which views are the most accurate or the most helpful. That means I need to listen to them all, and then do my best to evaluate and decide. It's not easy.
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You are a manipulative woman with an agenda.ReplyDeleteReplies
I'm really curious, and I gotta know: which agenda do I have?Delete
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Hey Catullus and Germanicus! Before Shelia gets too far into the room, let me sit down and join you for a few minutes. I will place myself diplomatically in this third chair which is neither on one side of the table or the other, since I have no intention of being polemical, much less partisan. I wish merely to add to the discussion. Waitress, I'll have a glass of red wine, and a round for my friends here: something that has been aged to a sage and guileless dryness—not one of those French harlequin affairs. After all, we are talking about authenticity.
I have been increasingly interested in the relationship between experience and objective truth and your discussion has touched on this topic extensively. You see, in the Catholic press, there has been much hay made over relativism, that is, the fear that society (whoever that is) has abandoned the idea of an objective moral standard. The word has not come up so far in your conversation, but in many ways relativism is what is at the heart of your debate. I know well your distaste for Christianity, Germanicus, but trust me, the Christian intelligentsia is cheering you on in this debate. And so am I, when it comes down to it. I think the natural law approach, which you most ably expound, is a good way of explaining the moral laws that govern the universe.
However I think that relativism is something of a Cervantean windmill. People do not behave as moral relativists, much less epistemological relativists. It is true that more and more people see no moral difficulty with gay sex, but that is not relativism. Nor is it relativism when those same people get upset when others try to put limits (moral, legal or otherwise) on what they see as their private affair. To say, "don't go around imposing your morality on me" or "you can't tell me what is right or wrong," is equally not relativism; it is distrust of authority. It is an echo of what you said, Catullus when you suggested that no one knows better than yourself what is good for you. Germanicus is making a metaphysical claim about truth. Catullus making an epistemological claim, not primarily about what it is possible to know in principal, but what he himself knows about the moral order and, more importantly, whether Germanicus or anyone else is in a position to claim that he knows any better. Imagine if everyone in the world pretty much agreed that there was a lost continent of Atlantis somewhere, but no one could agree where it is. Most people would come to the conclusion that it would be best to let everyone search for Atlantis in his own way. Go ahead and search at the bottom of the Atlantic, if you want, I'm going to search in Mongolia and neither of us is more likely than the other to find it. This is not a claim about whether Atlantis exists or not, or whether it is in principle findable. It is only an assessment of our present state of knowledge. This assessment may be unduly pessimistic, but that is another argument.
I seem to be approaching the maximum word count. Let me pause and take a sip of wine.
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Let me continue: I like what you said, Catullus, about happiness, which is an experience, as a criterion of moral truth. Even more important what you said about relationship; giving and receiving love as the fulfillment of human nature and the source of joy. The word relationship is the key. The problem with objective truth is not that it doesn't exist (no one believes that: that straw man has been thoroughly annihilated; it is time to take him down off the city gates and give him a decent burial). The problem with objective truth is that it is not static; it is an ever evolving relationship. It is not a landscape that we contemplate (as Li Po put it, "We sit, the mountain and I, until only the mountain remains.") It is a flowing source of life within us, a scorching fire, a motherly caress. Truth is a passionate lover, who will
do anything to charm us. The relationship I have with truth is utterly unique to me. The deepest truths in my heart, the things that make me who I am and which motivate my actions and drive my desires, are incommunicable. Reason and language are useful tools, but they are inadequate. I have learned these things through giving and receiving love and by experiencing truth, joy and beauty.
I suspect that what people are really saying when they say, "don't impose your morality on me" is that they don't feel these deep and personal truths are being respected by their interlocutor's natural law argument. This is why, at the same time affirming the validity of rational inquiry into moral truth, the Catholic Church also insists on the inalienability of the human conscience. It is never right to try to force someone to act against their most deeply and authentically held convictions.
So yes, Germanicus, that moral law really is there, objectively. Truth is rational and internally coherent, but it is more than that. Truth is a living person, and He dwells within us.
"the solution isn't to convince them to just let it all go and sink back into the clutches of desire. The solution is to help them to get through it, to help them reach the point where they're no longer enslaved by sexual desire."ReplyDelete
You make desire sound so bad. Why do you make desire have clutches instead of sweet, generous hands? And do you say people sink into it, instead of flying or dancing their way to it?
Hmmm, mutual desire. You can feel the blood running through your veins. Desire is a good thing to have. You don't get enslaved by desire, for goodness' sake, same as you don't necessarily get enslaved by happiness or by hope, and you don't get enslaved by going to the gym to have a good health.
"if you really love someone, you should want to be able to express your love for them, and to receive their love for you, in freedom."
Amen to that!
Uh-oh. This is starting to sound catholic. As in if it's gay, then it's by definition not responsible because the catechism says so.
"As human beings, rather than as animals."
Yeah, definitely catholic. Only animals have gay sex, not humans! Religious anti-reality at its best.
"That sex should serve the good rather than being mistaken for the good."
"The good" being of course the social agenda of the catholic church. Thanks, no thanks.Replies
"Uh-oh. This is starting to sound catholic. As in if it's gay, then it's by definition not responsible because the catechism says so."Delete
Don't like the Catechism? Fine, then look up Same-sex males on the Center for Disease Control website for a dose of reality about the divorce between love and lust and what it causes.
Theodore, you should start by explaining Melinda how much God loves lesbian sex. :)Delete
Hey Jose,ReplyDelete
I'm commenting from my brother's account because I'm a conscientious objector to the Google-opoly and I'm not willing to sell out so I can comment on a blog.
First, my philosophy is a combination of late Stoicism and Platonism -- if it sounds "Catholic" it's because there was a lot of cross-pollination between Stoicism and Christianity in the latter half of the Imperial period.
As for why I describe desire as having "clutches," it's because I do have a certain experience of it. Yeah, I agree that up front its hands seem "sweet" and "generous," but as soon as you try to get out of those hands, it's a totally different story. Then it's like "Captain, we have a problem. I know those ladies on the rocks are singing real nice, but the ship is about to crash." Only by that time it's too late to resist, and you're going into the rocks whether you want to or not. Hence my use of the words "clutches" and "sink."
I'm sorry you've had bad experiences, but isn't that something related to you personally, rather than to desire in general? Shouldn't you work on that part of your personality? It seems lazy to ascribe one's own defects to universally bad properties.Delete
Desire is good. It keeps the world going. Clinically depressed people lose desire. Apathetic people lose it, too. When shy people want to talk about it they use euphemisms like "hopes and dreams and aspirations". They are more socially accepted by the christian majority, but it's desire nonetheless. You just need to be able to handle it, the same way you handle hope so you don't become a naive fool by hoping unrealistic things.
Shouldn't you personally learn to get a hold on yourself when the sirens sing?
Hey -- I'm using Shel's account this time 'cause I'm over at her house.ReplyDelete
I think it's important to distinguish between Eros and Aphrodite. Desire as such is, as Socrates says, the primary motive which draws us towards the Good, the Beautiful and the True -- "hopes, dreams and aspirations" if you need to get cheesy about it :) You see, however, to be equivocating between desire in that sense and sexual desire, which is a very particular kind of desire that can really easily act as a simulacrum of the Good, the Beautiful and the True. So then instead of dancing upwards towards the heavenly vision on the wings of Eros, people end up grubbing around in clubs and bars trying desperately to get another erotic fix.
p.s. w/r/t my personal defects -- I'm on it :)
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I'm currently in a 5, almost 6 year relationship that including living together for the majority of that time. It seems as if the relationship is on a cycle that just keeps repeating over, and over, and over again. After two years, we broke up after I felt like things were too bad to mend. At the time we lived with his parents so it was hard leaving but not as hard as it is when you actually share an apartment together. At that time I was leaving because I felt overwhelmed by the relationship, I was upset by his actions at the time, he wasn't working, he had lost a lot of confidence & ambition. He has emotional issues that keep him from being able to connect on a certain level & communication has always been difficult. I ended up leaving but coming back about six months later after going through a health crisis that left me vulnerable. When we got back together though, things seemed to go well for another two years before it all started all over again.
This time things are a little different. The same issues are there which is disturbing because I realized that I feel the same way now as I did three years ago. That tells me that in the matter of three years, nothing has truly changed despite any disguise that it has. Sure small advancements have been made, but the bottom line is that I somehow have landed right back in the same spot I was in 2009. The circumstances have changed but the underlying issues are the same: my man is afraid of commitment, isn't ready to grow up & has no idea how to control his emotions or anger. Issues of the same nature have continually come on, been talked about, "gotten over" and put away. That cycle has become so monotoneous, so exhausting, so overwhelming. I keep thinking that things are changing, that we are growing, that we are moving forward but now, in the past week, I've realized that I might be wasting my time.
The biggest problem right now is that at 27 & faced with a lot of health issues I'm thinking about true commitment & what i want out of my life. At this point in a relationship, I feel like there should be some inclination of whether or not marraige is probable as that is something I really, really, really want. This whole time I thought that was a goal of OURS together, that we both wanted that with a family, etc etc. Up to this point, I knew he had hesitation but I had no idea just how much the whole thing scared him. The reason it's truly come up now is that I am ready for that step with someone, I am ready to move forward. I've finally gotten a good job, got my BA degree, am making big girl decisions like buying a car on my own...but I don't think he's there with me at all. He's got a good job but all around seems like he couldn't care less about anything else i do (marraige, money management, settling down, family, kids, etc). Those are things I can't lie about: I want that. And I want it with someone who wants it too, the last thing I want is to force him into ANYTHING because I'd rather go adopt a child on my own then have him father one against his better judgment. That's just completely wrong.
One of the hardest aspects (as if it all isn't difficult) is that we live together, share everything...it's like the sensation of questioning a divorce. At this point I feel like we've talked so many times to no-avail where I've told him bottom line "this is what i want to change, this is what needs to happen" so many times, but things despite quick changes seem to always go back. My friends are tired of hearing it, as they have all told me what their bottom line opinion is: he's not going to change. I'm just so angry that he's made me become this bitter, that he can't give me what I want, that after all this time he's still not sure if he wants to take the next steps. I have had so many good times despite the bad & this is the longest relationship I've ever been in & the only man I've ever lived with. At this point he isn't clued in to how serious I'm feeling about this, despite the fact that the conversations have spawned little by little hinting at my displeasement over his anti-marraige stance.
Am I wrong for feeling upset about all this? How in the world do I begin to process such a big change? Help!!


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It's been kind of crazy this week w/ posting at the same time/double posting... I'm going to rant that my husband is on his (what I call) Mother's day golf vacation. I don't mind his going away like this because I do it and he deserves it. But, this trip is always right before Mother's Day and my son has to get back from college w/ his year long supplies, plus my daughter is in the school play so there's a lot of shuffling around for me. His timing could be better! I'm teaching my fitness class today. I'm a lame duck since the class is going away and I can't get motivated to come up w/ something that outside the box. I have a couple of advice clients after but I really need a nap and it's just 8am!
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I need a nap, too! I was at my girlfriend's house until 12 midnight last night! We were just chatting away and dancing all evening after a nice sushi dinner. I have to admit that my memory is fading and I have a hard time finding the words for the steps - I can't tell if that is from hormones, stress, and/or early onset dementia. Call me neurotic, but after attending the Alzheimer's meeting, you just never know - the youngest Alzheimers case is in their 20's.
Anyways, dh came home early from work to make sure he "caught me" before I went out dancing, and presented me with a Mother's Day card and flowers. I think that was his way of apologizing and letting me know that he knew that he said some things in anger/hurt that should not have been said. I saw a side of him that I surely do not care for, and after learning from my first marriage, I know that I will never NEED a man in my life again, but I certainly can WANT one. I have gained a certain sense of independence where I know that I can get along just fine on my own. I didn't feel that way during my first marriage.
Aaaahhhh...work today, possible lunch with a girlfriend (I lost her home phone number...dumb-dumb-me,) massage tonight, and maybe dogtraining, or maybe I chill out with dh since I leave for the weekend to see my mom for Mother's Day. Also, I may (or may not) have to come back early on Sunday to meeting with my new lawyer to go over my case. I am coming to understand that lawyers, if they are high in demand, are continuously juggling several cases at one time, and I am going ot have to make sure that my lawyer is on top of all of my issues! At the prices I am paying, I certainly do hope so, at least!
Make it a great day, everyone!!!
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Jean, that is definitely unfortunate timing. Maybe though he had to do a bit of the same while you were skiing this winter?
SJ, wonderful memories of your mom. Thanks for sharing.
FSN, if DH doesn't know "you need counseling" is a trigger for you, you must tell him and explain why. Unless he's a soul-less beast, he will make an effort to stop saying that. Re: counseling and being "the big person" - look at it from an empowerment stance. Therapy will help YOU deal with frustrations at home and that may or may not carry over into your marriage. Look at therapy in a completely selfish way - not that you are an ineffective partner/person but simply that you are learning more effective coping and communication skills. You've been doing more things for yourself lately - let this be one of them.
Despite not feeling awesome, I worked like a demon yesterday to get everything squared away from being gone. Got the trailer completely clean and it now sits ready for DH to go to BM. Got all of my crap put away and a significant amount of laundry done. I also finished a contract for a client who was very pleased (always a nice feeling).
I worked so hard yesterday partly so I could take it easy today. I've got an appointment with my allergist this evening so I'm going to leave a few hours early to do "adult" things... pick up prescriptions, go to the chiropractor, get emissions tested on my car. WHEN DID MY LIFE BECOME SO EXCITING?
Those things aside, I'm going to call my mom and rest. Probably do a little bit of work.
|Thu, 05-08-2014 - 12:24pm
WOOOO I had to turn on the AC yesterday and thought of Gym. lol It was so nice to be hot. I had a pork butt in the crockpot simmering in bbq sauce and it just felt so summerish.
Fresh, I too worry about dementia in myself. It is rampant in my family and I know if it's caught earlier enough they have some treatments available to slow it down. I had to get a new family doctor recently and I made sure she knew about it just in case. She said she will start screening me every year to look for signs.
My pulled muscle is feeling better and I am considering going for a light jog today. If I can't do it then I am going to volunteer to help out at the 5K this Saturday rather than run it. At least I will get to be part of it.
|Thu, 05-08-2014 - 3:27pm
One of my real life friends sent me the funniest picture today and I just have to share it with you girls. You know my mom lives across the street from me and I have many problems with that. Just last week she called me to come over three times to help her "fix" her TV. All three times she had pushed the wrong buttons on the remote and turned her TV on the wrong channel so her cable wasn't showing properly. I was ready to take her remote away! LOL
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GR, yeah, my husband had to do what I normally do in the evenings while I was skiing, except I had to plan everything, get rides for my daughter, get the dog walkers, etc. But, coming home from a year of college is a big deal (and all the assorted stuff) and the play is a big deal and they didn't happen when I was gone, nor was it close to Father's Day! I honestly have no problems w/ his golfing/guy vacations. It's just the timing for this one. I think one of the things about moms' functions is that we plan for when we go away. Dads just go.
FSN, has the therapy helped you? Not that I'd write it off if it hadn't because it could be a matter of finding the right one. If all the guys in your life are telling you that, it makes you think either you're picking the wrong guys or there might be something they need to share in therapy with you!
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Hahaha, I so need that! I don't get why there are so many control buttons when fewer would be better. Who needs four remotes???
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That's interesting what your sister learned about "magical outcomes." It reminds me of a study I'd read that the people who are least happy in life have an idea how people should respond or what they should be doing. It reminds me of my mom and to some respect my husband. Both will tell me, "Well, I would have xxxx but you didn't." Sorry to disappoint what's in your head?
The people in the class are upset that they're closing the fitness classes but they understand. It's been operating at a loss (and a headache) for the studio for years. A long time ago, they were super popular classes, especially in the evenings when moms would bring their children to the studio and then do a class. I heard it was so popular that getting a step was hard. So, the studio kept it going out of loyalty to the few women who come and it was nice of them but we always knew this would come. They've asked if they could pay more to keep it going but I think it's gotten to be a headache for the studio between dealing w/ cancelling classes for the weather, finding subs, etc. It's sad because some have been coming for 25 years!
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|Sun, 06-06-2010 - 1:52am
|Sun, 06-06-2010 - 7:21am
For some reason, there are men who like to have a "virtual" relationship only, with no intentions of meeting. I don't understand it myself--what's the point, but there it is.
If he can't seem to find time since January to meet you, I think it's safe to say it's not going to happen. It's up to you whether you just ignore him or send an email wishing him a nice life.
|Tue, 06-15-2010 - 1:59am
To me this sounds like a clear case of trying to blow you off. If not, then I don't know what it is. I wouldn't have anything more to do with him if I were you.


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Oom-pah, Oompah or Umpapa is the rhythmical sound of a deep brass instrument in a band, a form of background ostinato.[1][2]
The oom-pah sound is usually made by the tuba alternating between the root (tonic) of the chord and the 5th (dominant) — this sound is said to be the oom. The pah is played on the off-beats by higher-pitched instruments such as the clarinet, accordion or trombone. Oompah is often associated with Volkstümliche Musik, a form of popular German music, and with polka. In triple time genres such as the waltz it is oom-pah-pah.
The musical Oliver! contains a song named "Oom-Pah-Pah", which is named after the oom-pah.
A more modern variation is the playing of contemporary pop and rock songs in an Oompah style, by bands such as Global Kryner (Austria) and Oompah Brass (UK) who dubbed the style "Oompop".[3]
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- ^ Oompah, The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English, 2008
- ^ "Oompah". YourDictionary.
- ^ "Oompah Brass".
Oompah Brass are now the world's leading (and only) exponents of 'Oom-pop', known for their Bavarian-style re-working of songs like Guns 'n Roses', Paradise City and Madonna's Material Girl.
Search Traditional German Oom-pah band on YouTube for some good examples of Oom-Pah
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uh ha..emo fuckin weekend ive found out alot of shit i never new..wierd!...its kinda gay wen ur thinking everything is all cool and all this shit that was always there that u never saw hits u in the face..ive been through them all this weekend..anger,being jealous,sadness,and realizing that lifes not all about fun and shit and dont take shit for granted!!ever!!!i mean it u write that shit down!!!i have some things i need to work on im still sitting here confused and lost but ill get on track soon!!well on a brighter note i found an old thermal in the garage white and pink lace!!its so+awesomelikewhoa!! <3 for percy i gotta meet him and jhonny dangerous didnt mean to scare u!!S O M E T H I N G T O T H I N K A B O U T1)RELATIONSHIPS,FRIENDSHIPS2)ANYONE BUT URSELF3)IF WHAT MAKES U HAPPY MAKES U TRUELY HAPPY OR ITS JUST A FIGMENT OF YOUR IMAGINATIONA DREAM THAT WAS DREAMT THE NITE BEFORE LASTA KNIFE TO MY HEART U GAVE IT SOO FASTLAST NITE I CRIED SO HARD IN MY SLEEPUR LOVE IS PRETEND MY LOVE IS FOR KEEPS ONE TEARONE SEVERED HEART...THERES NO SUCH THING AS FOREVER + <3 me +
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When trying to decide what to wear for this weeks Aussie Curves theme of 'purple' I was rather shocked to find I didn't own too many items of purple. I LOVE purple! My two main purple items are actually a jacket and cardigan, and while it WAS raining whilst I took these pictures, it was still too warm to put on a jacket or cardigan. Hehe, I took my Purple post pictures in the rain. Purple rain, puuurple rain.
This top was bought back when I was living in Adelaide, which is why you can see it's a little big. I'd decided I needed some 'basics' after I hurt my back. I remember that this top cost me all of $12, I picked it up in a black as well.
I decided to play around and do something different with my hair, I dug out my old extensions & well, seeing as they didn't match my hair, thought I'd plait them together to create a kind of ombre/dip dye effect. I don't think it turned out too bad. I can't wait for my hair to grow!
It was nice being able to sit outside and watch the rain, while still a little humid, it was a lot better then some of the 45 days we've been having. Emily decided to join me. Also, I am so in love with my jelly sandals!
Look how white my legs are! I'm kind of worried about my upcoming trip, I think half my luggage will be packed full of sunscreen!
Top – Big W | Skirt – ASOS Curve | Belt – Torrid | Earrings & bracelet – Lovisa | Shoes – Jelly Beans
Love that skirt and your plaits so cute! Im going to get me some jelly sandals! Cant decide on the colours though lol. Your such a cutey!
you look so Cute! I really love that Belt!! Do you change your hair colour often? matches the outfit
As beautiful as always! I'm loving those hair extensions! Xx
Omg… your hair..looks…. amazing!!!!! You look amazing!!!! Love it.
I love those jelly sandals. I used to have a pair in grade 5, and my inner eleven-year-old desperately wants another pair.
Very cute outfit! I NEED some of those jellies. Super cute.
Adorable, as usual! Loving the dip dye effect of the hair too!
Colour combination here is perfection! Really that belt and your hair, just amazing. I wish I was more eloquent right now.
Jelly shoes=adorbs! Your hair is amazing, btw.
Love the purple – and that hair!
I love your outfit! Your hair is awesome and I love that ombre effect :O
Saw you hair style on instagram last week and LOVED it. Looks super cute. What an awesome outfit, that top and skirt are paired perfectly with you belt.
Brilliant look. It really suits you. And your hair extensions are ridiculously awesome.
Hee, thank you! I thought i'd experiment with something different with my hair, I'm glad it turned out so well!
I had to dig around to find this belt, I was originally wearing a black one and it didn't look quite right. I then remembered I had this one and thought it went well with the colours!
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Oh I love my Jelly shoes!!
Heheh, you are adorable! xox
Thank you sweety!
These shoes are so great! I want to collect more!
I was never allowed a pair so I'm now reliving my youth and for $30 I don't see why I shouldn't!
Hee, thank you!
I'm kinda loving the extensions too! xox
I chance my hair maybe 3 times a year, I used to do it nearly monthly but I'm trying to keep it healthy. I play around with wigs and extensions though!
I want ALL the colours of the Jelly shoes! I figured for $30 I could collect a couple different colours, but the clear glitter ones were first on my list!
I seriously love your hair!! and belt…AND jelly shoes!!
I had such sandals when I was a little girl Now I can't find any of them in my size
This is a very interesting outfit. You look good!
Fantastic belt and your fun pics are wonderful!
you look adorable! i love that your outfit matches your hair colors!
You look like a mermaid with those extensions! You're SO pretty! ^_^
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Lung Health Advocacy includes Asthma, Clean Air and Lung Disease. I hope to provide you with some very easy steps to make a difference along with me!
Here's the secret: Change begins with you and me!
Here's an even bigger secret: Our Senators, Assemblymen and women all represent us and they can't do a good job if we don't speak up clearly and tell them what we need as constituents. We must speak up.
Here's the grand daddy of secrets: A quick phone call, a short email counts and makes a difference. All you need to say is, "I need you to vote yes on….." or "I need clean outdoor for my children please strengthen EPA standards on…"
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Your representatives in Washington need to hear from you about the devastating consequences to our health if Congress doesn't reach an agreement to prevent across the board cuts to key lung health programs at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Environmental Protection Agency and the National Institutes of Health.
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Please check back in February and I will update this page with what is taking place locally in Nevada and Federally along with ways for you to make a difference using up only a few minutes of your time! Trust me, you'll be pleasantly surprised!
January, 2013
Nevada is gearing up to go into Session! Watch out Nevada, we the people, are excited and ready to support good laws that bring us clean indoor and outdoor air and will fight until the end to stop laws that will do otherwise.
October, 2012
All quiet on the Nevada front…but things will heat up in February when our state Legislature meets. I hear the rumblings on the street that there will be all sorts of issues with Clean Air!
March/April, 2012
Getting excited and ready for some grass roots Advocacy training in May!
February, 2012.
Hearts are plastered everywhere this month, which is a great reminder for all of us to take good care of our hearts an that the number one cause of heart disease is smoking. So, please consider the real value of smoking bans.
January, 2012.
Happy New Year! It's time to speak to your legislator. We can't wait until session begins to educate and speak to our representatives. As representatives of the people, they can only do their good work from good information that we provide. Therefore, email or call your representative NOW and tell them how important it is to you to breath in clean air and to protect the Nevada Clean Indoor Air Act! Give them your personal reason as to why you need clean air. They want to hear about their constituent's needs. So, pick up the phone or sit down in front of your computer and share now.Find your legislator
December, 2011.
Thinking, pondering and wondering about who and how folks may try to repeal the Nevada Clean Indoor Air Act. Hum. Strategizing. Dr. John Packham had something interesting things to say this month in the Reno Gazette Journal: Broken Promises to our children: 1998 State Tobacco Settlement 13 years Later. Our great state of Nevada has chosen to NOT use the tobacco settlement funds that were designated for tobacco prevention and cessation to be used on well…tobacco prevention and cessation! Interesting article indeed.
November, 2011.
Governor Sandoval declares November Lung Cancer Awareness Month. Research from the National Cancer Institute has found that in Washoe County an average of 56 of every 100,000 people die of lung cancer each year while 70 of every 100,000 are affected by the disease.
October, 2011.
Get ready friends! Just experienced the most amazing advocacy training. Wow. All I have to say is wow. Can't wait for the next legislative session is all I have to say right now. Stay tuned dear people of Nevada who require good health and no additional costs to our community to support someone's "choice" to have an addition that will take away from my piggy bank.
September, 2011.
Wonderful news: The Peppermill Resort, Spa and Casino has opened up a SMOKE-FREE pub serving pub food and spirits. Needless to say, we are all so thrilled about how this business is catering to those of us who understand all the medical warnings and want to live clean healthy lives, enjoy a show, dinner, a nice swim and maybe a Guinness!
All quiet on the Clean Indoor Air Act for now, but it is quite interesting watching local business responding to the fight last June regarding AB571. Even though it passed, I am not seeing smoking coming back to some of my favorite spots. Maybe, the proponents of repealing the Nevada Clean Indoor Air Act should think twice before the next fight. Maybe, just maybe no one really cares?!? Hum…food for thought.
August, 2011.
Just moving forward with a heavy heart this month. A dear friend's mother passed away from a very brief and rough fight with lung cancer. She smoked for 40 years. The statistics are true. She did die 10 years before her peers. Yesterday, as helped clean out her house, I tossed into the garbage at least 10 ashtrays. Some large enough to a dozen cigarettes. She tried to quit smoking this spring–too late. Sigh. Update: another older friend passed at the end of this month from Emphysema–the stats are true.
June, 2011.
June 17th, 2011. We lost. Governor Sandoval just signed AB571 into law. I am very sad and angry at the dirty politics: remember Tom Collins said in April that a gentleman's agree is in place. Well, he was right. The good news is that we have HUGE power to make a difference still. It's easy. Just don't patronize those businesses that have smoking in the building. Do you really think a business owner will keep smoking for a small group of smokers, while a larger group of non-smokers spend their dollars at competitors? Stay tuned for what the citizens of Nevada will be doing!
June 13th, 2011. Click here for a very well done "guest" editorial that was printed in the Las Vegas Sun this last weekend.
June 10th, Hoping for a veto. Still waiting to see if Governor Sandoval will Veto AB517. It is highly unlikely, but I believe in never giving up. I did hear back from my Assemblyman as to why he voted for AB571, when he told me he would vote against it. His reasoning fortunately, did not have all the facts, so I can see why he voted for it. The lesson was we need to educate our legislators better. He was given bad information and then voted for it. Currently working on my polite rebuttal to him.
June 7th, Even more bad news. Late last night the Nevada Senate passed AB571. Unfortunately, my Senator voted for the bill–even after his staffer stated earlier in the day and for the last month, that he would absolutely never support this bill. The Good news: the battle is not over…Please email Governor Sandoval and ask him to VETO AB571! click here to email your request.
June 5th, More bad news. AB571 was passed in the Assembly but in the most frustrating and shocking way: Speaker Oceguera called for a vote and when the bill did not come up with enough votes to pass…he called for a vote two more times until he got the votes that he wanted. What does this mean: our representatives voted one way and then changed their votes..on the floor. This is Nevada government at a low point.
AB571 will now move to the Senate, where I hope our Senators are more savvy and will not pass this bill. Call your Senators folks!
June 1st, Bad news. AB571 was passed in the Ways and Mean Committee today and will voted on the Assembly floor tomorrow. I'm a tad miffed at my representative who indicated that he was against the bill in addition to the other offices that offered "support". They actually all voted FOR the bill. As a voter, this does not settle well with me. The fight will continue though. Once it is passed in the Assembly it goes onto the Senate…where we will bombard our Senators with fresh emails and calls.
May, 2011.
May 27, 2011. AB571 is in the Ways and Means Committee's hot little hands. If possible, email each member and tell them to OPPOSE AB571 and that you do not support any bill that will weaken the Nevada Clean Indoor Air Act!
Here are the email addresses for the Ways and Means committee members. The first letter is the initial of their first name and the rest of the word is their last name (i.e., paizley is Assemblyman Aizley). I can't figure out for the life of me how to enlarge this cut and paste–sorry!
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May 26, 2011. Keep emailing your Assemblymen and woman! Nevadan's check out this story in the Las Vegas Sun, there is a very clear example of how this bill is written so confusing that we can easily end up with children and second hand smoke together in a restaurant. Las Vegas Sun Damon Report
"Proponents of the bill argued it would allow establishments that already allow smoking to serve food, as long as they don't allow minors.
But while that may be the bill's intent, it likely would also allow some taverns that serve food and allow children to once again allow smoking.
"You can certainly read it that way," said Sean Higgins, lobbyist for a coalition of tavern owners and slot-route operators, who proposed the legislation. "But that is not the intent."
Several of Higgins' clients built a wall to separate their smoking bar customers from their food customers. Children are allowed in the restaurant portion of the business. Higgins said he wrote the legislation to allow those businesses to serve food in the bar and continue to allow children in the restaurant."
May 23, 2011. We need to continue asking EVERYONE w to OPPOSE AB571! There was a hearing in the Ways and Means Committee today and it looks like we still need a strong voice from the people.
It truly takes less than one minute to voice your opinion and even provide comment if you like.
Share Your opinion with Legislatures here
PLEASE OPPOSE AB571–We do not want to encourage any more smoking in NV when Tobacco Related Health Care Costs are $565 Million per year!!
How can we keep cutting our school costs but allowing our State's health care burden grow?
How can we say yes to something (smoking) that has been scientifically proven to change our DNA! (I will post story on 5/24/11)
May 21, 2011. We have lift off! AB 571 was introduced late Friday! This is the bill that will weaken the Nevada Clean Indoor Air Act. Please click on Share Your opinion with Legislatures and say that you OPPOSE AB 571. Your opinion will be forwarded to your representative. Run…do it now! The first hearing is set for Monday morning at 8am! Tell your mother, tell your friends…tell everyone!
May 18, 2011. Please read my blog for today as the Nevada Clean Indoor Air Act is at risk. We all must take action since clean air effects those of us in Nevada who breathe.
May 13, 2011. SB421 will permanently remove all funds for Tobacco Cessation and Prevention from the Tobacco Master Settle Agreement (MSA) funds the State of Nevada receives annually. Am I the only that can see irony and how wrong this is? Please use the link above to OPPOSE SB421 or call your legislator to voice your opinion!
- Nevadan's spend $565 Million on tobacco related health care costs
- In 1999, 33% of Nevada's youth smoked, then thanks for the MSA funds, that rate dropped to 13.6% in 2009.
- Tobacco is the NUMBER 1 preventable cause of disease
- For every dollar spent, Nevada has the average potential return on investment of $1.31


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Rumor: Doomsday One of the Five Villains in BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE
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It's getting hard to keep up with all of the villains (and heroes) rumored to be participating in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Heck, it's hard enough keeping up with the rumors about who wrote which version of a fake script that all of this info may or may not be coming from. And now there are fresh rumors that Doomsday will be making an appearance in the film, perhaps as one of the five villains people claim are on tap for this franchise installment.
Hit the jump for more on the possible Batman v Superman Doomsday appearance. The film stars Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Gal Gadot, Jesse Eisenberg, Amy Adams, Laurence Fishburne, Jason Momoa, Holly Hunter, Callan Mulvey, Tao Okamoto, Scoot McNairy, Diane Lane, and Jeremy Irons. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice opens in theaters on May 6, 2016.


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Personaly, I think the world of "Damnation Decade" is a quite great setting - but does´nt it loose a lot of potential with Faust & Hiko beeing overrun by the Collectivists ?
I suppose, a divided Faust consisting of a "democratic" western and a collectivist eastern part teeming with secret agents of a lot of nations, conspiracies by former fascists and a kind of "Berlin Wall" could be really interresting. Inspirating movies could be "The Odessa-File" or "Und Jimmy ging zum Regenbogen".
Inspirations for "faustian" Sci-Fi-Elements could be "Welt am Draht" and "Das Millionenspiel". The last one is unfortunately very hard to come by, but this movie is the direct ancestor of "Running Man" with Arnold Schwarzenegger and has a distinct black and mean feeling that could fit perfectly into a DD-campain . (All those movies can be found within the Internet Movie Database. Unfortunately, I cannot post URLs yet.)
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