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My blues showed up today, the bed is prepared and ready. I expect to have it done by dark. I plan to loop a soaker hose down both sides of the bed under the mulch. Bed length is approx 40 ft = approx 80 ft of hose. I will water by hand after the initial planting, but going forward, how long and how often under "normal" circumstances would you run that hose each week? I have no idea how much water comes out of a length of soaker hose. Any guesses? 1/2 hour a week? I recall soaker hose discussion by Blueboy or Fruitnut some time ago, but the search function isn't too kind to me today.
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- Posted by bamboo_rabbit 9A Inverness FL (My Page) on Thu, Apr 19, 12 at 17:14
Not a fan of soaker hoses myself, I tried them many moons ago with the blues and it did not work well but hey maybe that is just the sand here. Just make sure if you use it that it wets the entire bed. Strips of wet soil and strips of dry soil will lead to dead plants. I much prefer micro irrigation heads. 40 foot run of tubing with a head aimed at each plant or spinners that will cover the entire width of the bed. |
- Posted by blueboy1977 9 (My Page) on Thu, Apr 19, 12 at 22:27
Hey Blackrag, I took regular garden hose and punched holes in it every 2 inches with a nail and then coiled the hose around the plant. I would guess about 15ft of hose coiled into a 3x3 raised bed and covered with 3inches of pine bark mulch. I also made sure to punch the holes only on one side of the hose and made sure the holes point up. The idea is to soak the mulch on top of the hose which gives a even water pattern. Its worked very well so far. In your case you could do the same or just move your soaker hose around alittle bit to get even watering. Right now Im having to water my raised beds about every 4 days and potted plants every 2 or 3 days unless it rains. In the summer I will water every morning. Good luck! |
If the soaker hose is pressure limited to 25-30 psi and is located under 3 inches of pine bark mulch I have had great success. First year make sure the hose is very close to the plant. Future years you can space it away. Of course watering can vary based on many factors but if you water every 2-3 days for 15-30 minutes that should be sufficient. The mulch is very key and bigger pine bark chips are less likely to harbor voles vs. pine mulch. |
Thanks for all your replies. I appreciate it. Chad |
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Pinault-Printemps-Redoute on Wednesday named Polet to replace Domenico De Sole as president and chief executive officer of Gucci Group, reaching, as widely expected, into a universe far from the realm of luxury goods. Currently president of Unilever's $7.8-billion ice cream and frozen food division, the 48-year-old Dutch national assumes the helm of Gucci Group July 1, trading brands like Popsicle and Ben and Jerry's for Yves Saint Laurent and Bottega Veneta.
"I'm very confident in Robert's ability to face the challenges and be an extraordinary leader for our group," Serge Weinberg, ceo of PPR, told WWD here before an extraordinary shareholders' meeting called to discuss the French company's $2.5 billion tender offer for the outstanding shares of Gucci. "He's been very successful in business because of his talent to energize people."
Polet's appointment ends months of speculation and overshadowed the meeting, which was perfunctory. Polet, meanwhile, was being kept under wraps and not talking to the press from his office at Unilever in London.
Appearing confident and happy, Weinberg defended PPR's decision to recruit from outside the fashion and luxury sector, insisting that to hire a brand manager would have been a mistake. He noted that De Sole himself had a background in law before joining Gucci. "The question is not about products. It's about the talent. That's the difference between an entrepreneur and a specialist and we were not looking for a specialist.
"We were not looking for someone to do the job of our chief executives," Weinberg continued, alluding to the prowess of Gucci brand ceo Giacomo Santucci and YSL chief Mark Lee and the group's other brand chiefs. Weinberg will act as interim ceo of Gucci Group until Polet arrives. Weinberg said that Polet would start meeting with brand ceo's ahead of his arrival this summer.
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- 'US economy is just one giant hedge fund' (RT, Oct 3, 2013):
American lawmakers have colluded with Wall Street executives to build an economy that no longer works in the best interest of, or even needs, the majority of the American public, according to RT financial host Max Keiser.
RT: There's a lot of hype and some would say overreaction around all of this but the tell-tale sign is the markets. They haven't reacted negatively. Is there really a crisis here?
Max Keiser: I think we should take the words of Warren Buffet to heart. He basically described the Federal Reserve Bank and the American economy as one giant hedge fund. And he is absolutely correct. The way that Wall Street, Washington, and these large funds approach America is as a trade that is backed by $120,000 or $130,000 of debt and that debt gets traded around every day. And the whole initiative here is to buy hedge funds and try to squeak out profits, and they don't really care who they hurt in the process. Remember America is run by what I call financial jihadists who are basically suicide bankers. Warren Buffett, of course, is one of these suicide bankers and America, from the outside of course, looks like they're trying to commit financial suicide. But that's what a financial jihadist does, or a suicide banker. They blow themselves up for their cause and in this case it's market fundamentalism, a belief in the profit – not the prophet.
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I have a Dreadnaught clone brewed. It has been fermenting about 10 days. 65-68 degrees. I checked gravity today & it was 1.060 started at 1.102 I used the so4 two packages. As the recipe called for. Is this normal fermentation or should I be concerned. I was gonna tranfer to secondary in 14 then dry hop another 14. Any ideas? Cheers
Probably fine. For a beer that big. I'd def leave it in primary at least 3-4 weeks (and personally I'd dry hop right in primary and not bother with secondary).
You could raise the temp to speed up fermentation and make sure that yeast doesn't drop out as it is prone to dropping early. At this stage it won't effect your ester profile.
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So nobody thinks it's weird that S04 has only chewed through .040 in ten days?!?! It's been rapacious the two times I used it. As for a big beer, I just made a barleywine at 1.102 and WLP099 took it down to 1.022 in four days. That being said, I don't think there's much to be done beyond (as Tarheel pointed out) raising your fermentation temp. It's not uncommon to let it rise to 70-71 to get a bit more enthusiasm from the yeast.
I would have expected it to ferment more than it has in ten days, but I don't quite think it's cause for concern yet. Overall though I will say I wouldn't personally choose S-04 for a beer like this. S-04 is not very attenuative and flocs out too early. Best bet at this point is to wait a few more days then check SG. If it's decreasing leave it alone. If it's not, swirl the yeast back into suspension and raise the temp a few degrees.
Thanks for posts. I will see if I can post a recipe. I found it in BYO clone recipe mag. I've never done a beer this big so all info helps. Thanks
Probably not the place but here's the recipe I used. 5 gal Boil 6.5 gal Time 90 Grain 17.5 OG 1.097 FG 1.030 SRM 7.2 2 row 16.25lbs Melanoidin 1.25 Warrior .53 60min Simcoe .62 60min Centennial .72 45min Centennial .72 30min Cascade 1.6 15min Irish Moss 15min Yeast nutrient 15min Dry hop Cascade 1.5 7-14 Days. Wyeast 1968 (I used so4 because its the equivalent in dry to 1968) Sparge Target says 159 but I found that high should be 152-154 in my opinion I had to add a cup n half to hit gravity of DME. Sparge 170


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This playlist is best listened to while wearing a parka and holding a nice mug of hot chocolate. No mini marshmallows though. This way you get a taste of what true seasonal affectiveness disorder is like.
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You saw it and laughed out loud. Maybe you saw it and went, "Ewwwww!" I'm talking about the now infamous Go Daddy ad from the Super Bowl.
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We put a new HP Media Center in our kitchen -- attached to a Samsung DLP TV and an Onkyo Reciever (plus the cable box) which, all together create quite an elaborate TV-watching, Computer surfing, Surround sound, CD playing & TiVo-style programming System.
Problem is that the 3 boxes create quite a build up of heat in the cabinet (100-103 degrees)---which I think is causing problems with parts of the components. How have you dealt with this problem?? Internal fans, a "laptop cooler," metal shelf racks...etc? The cabinet IS closed on all 4 sides--seems HP and/or the installer should have anticipated this--but I don't know. CB |
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You need to vent the cabinet. Lifespans of electronics are cut short by heat. High density electronics areas require fan forced cooling. The air must be drawn in and exit out. Computer case style muffin fans can be used. Make sure you get a quiet one. There are kits available now with thermal sensors and power supplies to make this a nice DIY project. |
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Trump Taj Mahal's Ego Lounge will play host to eight former 'Playboy' Playmates when they appear in a midnight meet-and-greet Saturday, Jan. 14.
If your New Year's resolution was to curtail carousing into the wee hours and ogling smoking hot women, you might want to consider putting that off for just a little while longer. Or at least until this Saturday night's (Jan. 14) Party with the Playmates has effectively left town and moved on to its next destination.
Party with the Playmates is a new concept created by the New York City-based CEG Talent. Eight former Playboy cover models, including 2011 "Playmate of the Year" Claire Sinclair (age 20, from Los Angeles), will arrive at midnight for a special meet-and-greet at Trump Taj Mahal's Ego Lounge. Admission to the lounge is free, but you must be at least age 21 and you must bring your own camera for photo opportunities.
The tour starts in North Dakota and stops in Atlantic City on Saturday before migrating up to Edmonton, Canada.
"[CEG] has a rather large roster of various Playmates we've worked with throughout the years and we came up with a great bunch of girls who were interested in going on tour," says Scott. "They're all friends who have known each other from various appearances at the Mansion — a couple of them roomed together in Miami, Florida, some others knew each other from Texas.
"We wanted to get a group together that was close personally and try to make this a life experience they'd enjoy — sort of traveling to new parts of the world with friends and having a good time while doing it. And I'm sure everybody who comes out to see them will have a good time too."
Along with Sinclair (Miss October 2010), the tour will include five other former Playboy monthly cover models and two "special edition" cover models.
"Playboy puts out multiple magazines besides its regular monthly edition, so some of the girls who are not Playmates are those who appeared on the covers of the special editions [which include Playboy's Lingerie, Hottest College Girls, Hot Housewives, Cyber Girls, Voluptuous Vixens and others]."
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We have decided we can't move from our house just yet. I was looking forward to starting some new gardens in a new house so now I am going to start changing what I have.
The first one to get worked on is the North boulevard. Even though it is on the North side it gets a lot of sun, (we are on the Northeast corner of our block). I want to keep the height down to under 24", have lots of color and texture. Of course the plants have to be able to survive the snow, salt and sand that the plows pile on them. Any and all suggestions please. zen |
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Some perennials that are somewhat salt tolerant. Sea thrift (Armeria maritima) 'Powis Castle' Artemisia 'Silver Mound' Artemisia ) 'Karl Foerster' reed grass (Calamagrostis acutiflora) Cheddar pink (Dianthus gratianopolitanus) 'Elijah Blue' Blue Fescue Grass (Festuca glauca) Lenten rose (Helleborus orientalis) Daylily (Hemerocallis spp.) Hosta Candytuft (Iberis sempervirens) Sea lavender (Limonium latifolium) Lilyturf (Liriope spicata) Fountain grass (Pennisetum alopecuroides) Sedum 'Autumn Joy' (Sedum spectabile) Little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium) Barren strawberry (Waldsteinia fragarioides) Adam's-needle Yucca Yucca (Yucca filamentosa) Obviously some of these wouldn't work but maybe some of them. Little Bluestem Carousel is a shorter variety about 30 in. when in bloom or less. |
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The following are listed some of the longer blooming salt tolerant flowers: Yarrow get a lemon yellow - gorgeous with blues Campanula (Bellflower)self seeds Chrysanthemum - lemon yellow or "yellow quill" Hemerocallis (Daylily) Monarda (Bee Balm)red or fuchsia invasive - plant in its pot Penstemon (Beardtongue)"Red Huskers" - beautiful blousy white bloom Sedum (Stonecrop)common edger with yellow bloom You may have noticed I stuck with a yellow, blue, white color scheme with a jolt of red or fuchsia. I would suggest adding an annual blue spike like dark "angelonia"for consistent color from planting to frost. You might want to add some of the rust resistant zinnias for a blast of color. |
Thanks for the ideas. I will look up the ones I don't know and start planning soon. Planning gardens get's me through the winter. I didn't get a notice when you answered I will have to check what is up. |
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I know what you mean, planning my containers and additions or changes to my beds keeps me going till I see green again. Sure wish we could get some rain. |
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Aug 4th 2009 10:19AM you're an ass. his cat died! i have three cats(two kittens, one 17 year old cat. she's invinvible haha) and the day that any of them die would be a dark day indeed. besides, it's just a vanity pet. it's not like it actually effects the game. sure, he's one step closer to an achievement. big deal.
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Not just from a lore standpoint, but from a gameplay standpoint. Taking races out would be a step backwards, which is too much of a negative than the positive taking the lore route would be.
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I was wondering: My figs trees are currently dormant and I live in zone 9. Is it ok to start cuttings now or should I wait a few more weeks? Not sure if it would be better to wait until spring gets a little closer. Right now we are having a warm spell in the mid to low 70's. |
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When trees are dormant, you can start taking cuttings. I live in zone 10b (Ft Myers, FL) and started taking cuttings in November. They are ready to re-pot now. In your area since it is cooler they might not start growing but they root and as soon as the weather warms up they will start growing. Sal PS; do you have many varieties? We could swap |
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Cuttings are usually taken during dormancy but the best time to take cutting is just before the dormancy breaks in spring before the buds are opening. This also avoid long period of storage or taking care of rooted cutting if cuttings are taken and rooted early, before spring/summer. |
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Thanks for the input. Warm weather comes in spurts during the winter so I think the trees may break dormancy early. Sal--the variety of fig I am propagating (from Italy) is from a young tree so I will only have a few cuttings to work with. I would love to trade for other varieties but I will have to wait till next year when I have more scion. However, I am kicking myself because I lopped my Kadota a couple of weeks ago and didn't even think about using the cuttings for trading (I hadn't planned on propagating it). They are too dried up now. Next year I should have Kadota and the italian fig available for trade. |
- Posted by MadameMeow 9 (My Page) on Sat, Feb 2, 13 at 18:43
I pruned my small (15gal pot) Violeta De Bordeaux a few weeks ago, not realizing these trimmings could root. Is it too late to put them in media (probably Al's 5-1-1) to root? If not, how long do you let them 'try' before giving up? thank you for advice; I love this variety of fig and want MORE! |
I usually set old cuttings in very warm water, leave them there for a day and then proceed to root them. I keep them in a plastic bag in the dark till they show small starts of roots then plant them directly in growing medium. or after the warm water soak put them directly in the soil in a cup or whatever container or in the garden even if no frost is expected. In the house they start in a cool room about 60 farenheit , so far this year it has worked well and no mold problem. All the best with your Violette de Bordeaux |
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a while back, someone had posted that ordinary food dye could be injected into the flower stalks of a phalaenopsis to dye the flowers. I just tried this on my plant and it works! It will take an awful lot of dye to get full colour saturation, and the stalk has track marks, but so far no flowers have fallen off, and no leaves or roots have died. just thought you all might like to know that this doesn't appear to be harmful to the plant, this is it's 2nd week of having dye in its system. ashes |
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I treasure my Phals for the exact coloring and markings they have naturally. Sometimes, mass production growers dye Phals for the big box stores. You're the first individual I recall who's colored a Phal. WhiteCat8 |
I think that dyeing tends to shorten the flower life of most things quite a bit. Plants that are sprayed with dye/pigment such as poinsettias definitely tend to abort the flowers/bracts much faster than ones that are not. A regional chain of "superstores" here in the midwest was promoting their blue phals for Mothers Day. Quite a disgusting abomination IMHO, and most of them were pretty dead looking in the store already, whether it was the dye or just the fact that, like any big box, they abuse the plants, is hard to say. |
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Join BGSP and guests in Wellfleet this July 2-6 for four days of Back to Basics: Transference and Countertransference. Monday through Friday (with Wednesday off to go to the parade, the beach and the student barbecue) conferees will enjoy presentations by students and faculty from the Boston, New York and Vermont institutes. BGSP clinical faculty will lead discussions exploring definitions, theory, process and technique, and will welcome views and opinions.
On Thursday evening, attend a special guest appearance by renowned French psychoanalyst Myriam Szejer, M.D., author of Talking to Babies: Psychoanalysis on a Maternity Ward (2005). Dr. Szejer has done groundbreaking work with at-risk newborns and depressed or struggling parents. Her presentation promises to be memorable.
Students, faculty, friends and family are welcome to come for learning, cookouts, the annual bonfire, the farewell dinner and visits with new and old friends - all set in the natural beauty of the outer Cape.
For more information please call BGSP at 617-277-3915
BGSP will launch the new Master of Arts in Psychoanalytic Counseling program in September, 2007. The program provides students with comprehensive master's level training in mental health counseling with a specialization in psychoanalytic studies. The program builds on the existing Master of Arts in Psychoanalysis program, providing a grounding in psychoanalytic theory and an appreciation of unconscious motivation and the unconscious forces at work in psychic and interpersonal functioning. In addition, the program introduces students to psychoanalytic aspects of treatment, including psychopathology and clinical techniques. Graduates meet the educational requirements for licensure in mental health counseling in Massachusetts including course requirements, practicum and internship experiences.
This program is ideal for the student interested in practicing as a licensed mental health professional within a psychoanalytic framework at the master's level. In order to gain an understanding of the range of treatment approaches in clinical settings, students explore multiple theories and clinical methods in addition to the psychoanalytic model. Students receive clinical supervision from experienced mental health professionals both at the school and at their clinical placements.
Full time-students may complete the 68-credit program in four semesters and one summer session; program courses meet once a week in the evening or during the day on Friday and Saturday.
Graduation requirements include completion of 19 3-credit courses, a 100 hour practicum, and a 600 hour internship. In addition students undertake a personal analysis as part of their training. Most students complete a research paper at the culmination of the program.
Required courses provide the student with a thorough understanding of the facets of mental health counseling, including theories of counseling; developmental studies; psychopathology; assessment, diagnosis and treatment planning; ethics and professional practice; group dynamics; and human diversity. Psychoanalytic courses provide a basic foundation in psychoanalytic theory and an appreciation of the unconscious forces at work in mental health and psychopathology. The psychoanalytic approach to intervention is emphasized and compared with other mental health counseling approaches.
Graduates are prepared to practice in a variety of mental health settings, and may choose to apply for further training in psychoanalysis through the BGSP Doctor of Psychoanalysis or Certificate in Psychoanalysis programs.
For more information please call BGSP at 617-277-3915
The School-Based Program (SBP), a collaborative effort of BGSP and the Boston Institute for Psychotherapy (BIP) will be concluding another academic year of service to Boston's school children. This year the program was under the directorship of Mr. William Sharp, a doctoral candidate in the clinical program at BGSP.
Therapists staffing the program, many of whom come from the BGSP clinical program, served over 100 patients weekly through individual therapy, family consulting, and large classroom groups in Boston elementary, middle and high schools. Next year, the SBP will be expanding to serve after-school programs and juvenile facilities.
This year was the first time that clinicians carrying a caseload in the SBP were able to take a class at BGSP. In the Fall of 2006, therapists took Dr. Joan White's Working with the Difficult Child. In the Spring, they took Dr. Audrey Jones' Supervision of Child and Adolescent Cases.
The SBP has also been asked to sponsor on-site training for teachers, administrators and paraprofessionals in the schools we serve. Hoping to learn how to listen, explore, and make modern analytically informed interventions with children who are resistant to learning, the teachers will be taking courses that earn them graduate credits from BGSP. Dr. White will be teaching the classes, set to start at the Early Learning Center-West in October of 2007.
For information about the program or if you are interested in working in the schools this Fall, contact William Sharp at email@example.com.
Contributed by Mr. William SharpOn Friday May 18th Dr. Fred Busch from the Psychoanalytic Institute of New England came to BGSP for a presentation entitled: Talking with Strangers: A Clinical Dialogue of the Technique of Ego Psychology. Dr. Siamak Movahedi of BGSP moderated the presentation, which consisted of Busch's analysis of several sessions of process notes submitted in advance by Mr. Max Cavallaro, an advanced candidate in BGSP's doctoral program. In addition to his interpretation of the case material, Busch discussed how and why he would make particular interventions.
Several sessions were included in which Cavallaro was in the process of studying his countertransference resistances. The patient often came into these sessions in a flurry and the room was highly charged with both libidinal and aggression actions, and symbolic expressions. The process notes showed the difficulty Cavallaro was having in tolerating his own feelings of tension, and allowing for the patient's process to unfold unimpeded by his interruptions. He felt that he was basing his interventions on a drive theory model where he was focused on modulating the stimulation level in the room. The problem, Cavallaro felt, was that he was very anxious in these sessions and often responded verbally and impulsively, in a sense modulating his own tension and not the patient's. Busch analyzed the details of the sessions and constructed an understanding of the patient's communications based on his theoretical background of Ego Psychology.
In Busch's words:
How might I deal with this situation, if I felt bombarded by my myriad feelings? I would wait. There are many things going on, and I would want to wait to see which strand of these many stories the patient might focus on, or my countertransference would lead me to see as central. It might be that I end up primarily feeling bombarded by intense feelings. It is only by waiting can we know which feeling the patient might be best ready to deal with, or might be being expressed via action language leading to a countertransference reaction.
There are two theories dictating my view. In terms of listening to the patient's associations, this is basic to the ego psychology I've written about, which states that t patients will tell us what they are safest in approaching, or why they can't approach anything. In terms of action language, I've written how the earliest thinking is action thinking. Therefore the more regressed the patient, the more likely he or she will communicate in action language. As we empathically listen to the patient our own thinking becomes regressed, leading us to be swayed by the patient's unconscious messages.
Cavallaro found similarities to the contact functioning in Modern Psychoanalytic technique in Dr. Busch's approach in which he waits for the patients' associations, believing that they will tell us what they feel safest in approaching. What Dr. Busch describes as the regressed patient 'communicating in action language' may be comparable to Modern Analysts seeing resistance as a form of communication.
Dr. Busch recommended that Cavallaro work on being more silent in sessions, allowing for the patient's process to unfold and tailoring his interventions based on his own feelings, but also remembering to stay 'in the neighborhood' of the patient's discourse. Cavallaro thanked Busch for his 'incredibly supportive and gracious' response to his case material.
Contributed by Mr. Max CavallaroCongratulations to Mr. Barry Waterson for winning the Vermont Association for Psychoanalytic Studies 2007 Research Award. The award was conferred for his dissertation project "Treating Children with Affect Regulatory Disorders in Public Schools". Waterson is a student in the Doctoral Program at the Vermont Graduate School of Psychoanalysis, a branch of the Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis. With this research project, Waterson demonstrated the effectiveness of a psychoanalytic intervention program in the public schools for the treatment of children with the diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD.) While working on his dissertation, Waterson also completed a fellowship at the Research Training Program at the Yale Child Center.
Prior to completing his dissertation, Waterson, who is already a Certified Psychoanalyst, served as a school consultant where he treated a number of children with affect regulatory disorders observing that although these children were distractible and hyperactive, they did respond favorably to certain types of interventions. "When language and imagination were integrated into the therapy, then impulsivity decreased."
Waterson continues to apply understandings of modern psychoanalytic theory to a public school intervention program for students with affect regulatory disorders. In addition to his school consultant role, he maintains a private practice in a rural setting, where he treats a variety of different age groups with a broad range of psychopathology.
VGSP students have won the VAPS Research award twice in the three years it has been in existence.
Dr. Eugene Goldwater gave the morning workshop entitled Dealing with Difficult People: A Therapeutic Approach. Goldwater says, "Difficult people disrupt our emotional equilibrium and challenge both our self-image and the security of our feeling of connection to others. We may encounter them in our professional lives as clients, co-workers, supervisors, or students, or in our private lives as family members or friends. We may even be forced to recognize that the difficult person in a relationship is ourself!"
In the workshop, Goldwater outlined the basic principles of "emotional self-defense"-how to protect one's emotional balance and well-being (and professional attitude, if that applies) in the face of intrusion, criticism, and provocation.
Ms. Elizabeth Dorsey gave the afternoon workshop, Ethics -Dilemmas in Every day Practice. She writes in the brochure, "Social workers and other human service providers practice ethics in every interaction with a client. Each offers an opportunity to injure the client or to endanger the treatment. Each contact also offers the possibility of contributing to the goals of the individual. Clinicians are subjected to the pressures for destructive action from external sources, from the presentation of the client, and from within themselves. While working with the full force of the impulses in the consulting room, can we trust our training and clinical judgment to define the Parameters of "proper" behavior? For example, is it ever appropriate to touch clients? May we use the transference to gain personal satisfaction, material goods, or secret information? Should we embark on a personal relationship with a client or discharge him/her because of our personal discomfort with the material? Some of the answers seem obvious and are dealt with in the detailed codes of the mental health professions and laws governing practice in most states. But, what if an action seems required on the part of the therapist to advance the treatment, to keep the patient in the room, or to protect others outside the room? Is some action required by law that could interfere with or end the treatment? When and with whom is consultation about a case appropriate? How much may the therapist reveal?"
In the workshop, she encouraged participants to identify situations that evoke the potential for non-therapeutic action in the everyday practice of psychotherapy or other caregiver situations. Having recognized such situations, participants could then discuss constructive alternatives.
Contributed by Dr. Eugene Goldwater, Ms. Elizabeth Dorsey and Ms. Jennifer AndrewsThe current exhibition at Gallery 1581, Inner Life, opened on May 4th to an overflow crowd. Featured artist and curator John Baker, a psychoanalyst who "discovered art by accident" is currently a professor of art history at Massachusetts College of Art. He gave a talk and slide show on Realism, Surrealism and the Depiction of the Inner Life followed by a lively discussion of the intersection of art and psychoanalysis. The exhibit will run through November, 2007.
Gallery 1581 is sponsoring Art Talks, a series of monthly discussion groups for artists. This discussion group provides an opportunity for artists to meet and talk about topics of enduring interest to creative people. Participants may attend the entire series or drop in with a prior call to a group leader. Discussions are shaped by group interest and may include readings or guest lectures on such topics as: balancing art and other commitments, accessing creative energy, understanding self and others as artists, expressing a vision, success and creativity, and just doing it.
Groups will meet at BGSP from 6:00 to 7:30 pm on July 9th, August 13th, September 10th and October 8th, 2007. For more information call 617-277-3915.
Choosing a President from the Heart and the Mind: Who Will Americans Emotionally Choose?
I have started asking people about their emotional responses to candidates, Democrats, Republicans and Libertarians, with an interest in how they react to the candidate and in how this may be connected to their feelings about authority or how it may be an expression of oneself.
Living in New Hampshire, one is offered a multitude of opportunities to meet the numerous presidential candidates. They are down the street at a local school or you can meet them up close and personal in your neighbor's living room. So I have caught the campaign bug early. I decided to watch the recent Republican and Democratic debates to get a sense of who's who. As I watched all of these people, I started wondering about the role of emotional induction, identification, and object or narcissistic transference in a voter's choice of candidates. Although voters can base their decisions on party or individual platforms, it would seem that the emotional response to the person holds great power in one's choice or rejection of a leader. This, of course, is not a new idea. Some of the more interesting commentaries are ones that take emotional responses into consideration. Who is more "presidential" or more "down to earth" or "authentic" in the eye of the voter? And which characteristics help or hurt them?
It is unfortunate that we do not have the luxury of having each of these people on the couch over a period of time to study the inductions and know the true character. For most, we see rehearsed sound bites or moments in a televised debate. And how much are voters influenced by media attention to the celebrity candidates at this point in the campaign? Some of us will have more data, given more exposure to certain contenders. New Yorkers, of course, will have their experience with Giuliani to go on, and people from Massachusetts will have theirs with Romney. And what did Vermonters think of Dean? But even this familiarity will produce an idiosyncratic response from the individual voter.
The 2008 election is of great importance to this country in these times. Who will be our next president? At this point in the race, there are many choices. In New Hampshire, only 8% of Democrats most likely to vote have committed to one candidate. How will the remaining 92% decide?
I would be very interested in your thoughts and examples that illustrate the power of emotional response, conscious and unconscious, in the voting process. I am also looking for references from psychoanalytic literature on this topic. My plan is to share this information in a follow-up article in News and Notes.
Contributed by Patricia HugenbergerThe second issue of the student magazine The Contact was released in May filled with a variety of articles, essays, poems, illustrations, etc. Featured in this issued is an interview with CMPS analyst and faculty member Murray Sherman. The magazine includes contributions from all of BGSP's affiliated institutes. Congratulations to all those students who have worked so hard to bring us The Contact.
To get a copy, email: email@example.com
A conference, Connecting With the Difficult Child, is being planned by BGSP for Saturday, Oct.13 and Sunday, Oct.14. The conference will be sponsored in part, by Wheelock College and will be at the Wheelock College auditorium.
The program is ideal for educators and clinicians seeking ways to expand their approach to working with the difficult child and to understand the influence of the group as a therapeutic learning experience.
Doctoral graduates and doctoral candidates will describe their work with individuals and difficult populations and the research discoveries that enfolded from these experiences. Presentations include: work with the ADHD and dysregulated child, interventions that promote language development; work with the autistic and aspergers syndrome kids, and presentations that demonstrate the evolution of the classroom as a group.
In addition, a panel of teachers will bring together their experiences in the use of modern psychoanalytic theory and technique in the understanding and management of aggression in difficult classes.
Conference participants will be invited to present cases for professional feedback and small focus groups will explore innovative and effective applications of modern psychoanalytic interventions and generate ideas for school-based programs.
Contact BGSP and/or Dr. Joan White, Coordinator of the Program for Educators for more information.
New play by a psychoanalyst deals with the early history of psychoanalysis and the mechanisms of racism. It postulates a 20-year old Hitler meeting Jung and Freud: Freud and Hitler face to face.
A new biography examines Erenest Jones, psychoanalyst and Freud biographer: Freud's Wizard: Ernest Jones and the Transformation of Psychoanalysis. See the review by Dennis Lythgoe.
The online book review site, Bookslut has an extensive Interview With Mark Solms, one of the primary figures in neuro-psychoanalysis
On the occasion of Freud's 150th birthday, Newsweek had a cover: Freud Is Not Dead and several articles, including: The Therapist as Scientist: "Before inventing psychoanalysis, Freud dissected fish and studied the anatomy of the human brainstem." And: Freud in Our Midst: "On his 150th birthday, the architect of therapeutic culture is an inescapable force. Why Freud-modern history's most debunked doctor-captivates us even now." Also an interview with Eric Kandel, a neuroscientist who was very influenced by psychoanalysis: Interview: Biology of the Mind: "A Nobel Prize winner on psychiatry, Freud and the future of neuroscience."
New play about the life of psychoanalyst Melanie Klein.
The Jakarta Post publishes an article on the benefits psychoanalysis could bring to Indonesia: On the couch by Simon Pitchforth.
Marital rows 'harm heart health'.
A poor work environment predicts future depression, a five year longitudinal study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology demonstrates. "Women with low influence at work and low supervisor support were at increased risk for severe depressive symptoms… Among men, job insecurity predicted severe depressive symptoms." Psychosocial Work Environment and Incidence of Severe Depressive Symptoms: Prospective Findings from a 5-Year Follow-up of the Danish Work Environment Cohort Study.
Rat Study Shows Dirty Better Than Clean.
Autism study finds father's age a factor
In a landmark study, psychoanalytically-oriented researchers demonstrated that a time-limited psychodynamic psychotherapy was surprisingly effective for anxiety disorders, as reported in the New York Times: In Rigorous Test, Talk Therapy Works for Panic Disorder. See the abstract of the paper, published in the American Journal of Psychiatry.
Newsday features updated developments in psychoanalysis: Psychoanalysis reinterpreted: To help keep Freudian therapy alive, researchers are using modern science to measure the process
New research details far greater brain plasticity than previously thought possible. It turns out that "mere thought" can change brain functioning. In fact, mentally practicing a golf swing resulted in the same changes as did actually practicing with a real club: How The Brain Rewires Itself
Contributed by Stephen Soldz