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August 1, 2015
Drivers faced some traffic delays in Bryan because of an accident where police say a motorcycle went underneath a pickup.
Police say the accident happened around 2 p.m. A motorcycle was going north on the feeder road of Earl Rudder Freeway towards Briarcrest Drive.
Investigators say the motorcyclist wasn't paying attention and hit the red pickup in front. Investigators say the motorcycle and driver went underneath the pickup.
Luckily, the driver did not have any major injuries.
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Jan. 30, 2006
WORCESTER, Mass. - Junior center Kaitlin Foley (Albany, N.Y.) was named the Patriot League Player of the Week, as announced by league officials this afternoon. Foley led the Crusaders to two wins last week with key conference victories over Colgate (75-62) on Jan. 24 and at Lehigh (69-63) on Jan. 28. This is Foley's first career award.
Foley poured in a game-high and a career-high 23 points on 9-of-11 (81.8 percent) shooting from the floor on Saturday night to lead Holy Cross to a six point victory at Lehigh. She was 5-for-7 from the field in the first half and collected 13 of the Crusaders' 29 points at the break. She then shot a perfect 1.000 percent (4-for-4) from the floor in the second and added four rebounds and two steals. Foley was most recently coming off a game-high and a then-career high 21 points in the Crusaders' 13 point win over Colgate last Tuesday night. Foley was 9-for-13 from the floor and 3-for-3 from the charity stripe, while grabbing a team-high eight rebounds in 31 minutes of action against the Raiders.
Foley is 18-for-24 (75.0 percent) from the floor in her last two outings (both wins) and has averaged 22.0 points in each game. The New York native, who is currently ranked fourth in the Patriot League in scoring (14.5 points per game) and second in field goal percentage (52.9 percent), also helped the Holy Cross defense hold both the Raiders and the Mountain Hawks to less than 65 points, while forcing 39 turnovers in the Crusaders' two game sweep. The Crusaders are currently on a three-game winning streak, which is their longest of the year.
Foley has set and passed career-highs in points five times this season (18 at Northeastern; 19 vs. Western Kentucky; 20 vs. URI; 21 vs. Colgate; 23 at Lehigh). Her previous career-high was 12 at Army in 2004. Foley leads the team in points (276 points), points per game (14.5 points per game), field goal percentage (52.9 percent), and blocks (15 blocks). She is second on the team in both rebounding (6.1 rebounds per game) and steals (33 steals). The six-foot-four center, who only averaged 10.9 minutes and 3.1 points last season, has started all 19 games for the Crusaders this year.
Holy Cross is in the middle of a three-game road trip and is traveling to Annapolis, Md., for a 7:30 p.m. game at Navy's Alunmni Hall on Tuesday, January 31.

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One Pot Summer Clam Bake
From WSWHE BOCES Chef Instructor Maureen Clancy
Prep Time 10 minutes Total Cooking Time: 40 minutes Yield: Serves 6
• 1 cup water
• 1 1/4 cups dry white wine, you can also substitute wine for alcohol free dish using Seafood stock OR use a gluten free beer such as Red bridge for gluten free option
• ½ stick butter (4 TBS.)
• 2 TB. Seasoning salt
• 1/2 cup chopped fresh parsley
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh oregano leaves
• 6 cloves garlic, peeled, smashed
• 2 large shallots, quartered and peeled
• Couple pinches of Red-pepper flakes (optional)
• 2 lemons, quartered squeeze in the juice • Add : 1 1/2 pounds small baby red, white or fingerling potatoes
• 1 # smoked sausage, kielbasa cut in 2 inch chunks (Note :you can use a combination of other sausage :hot, sweet Italian sausage , chicken ,turkey, chorizo, breakfast links)
• 6 ears corn, shucked and halved
• 5 dozen clams, scrubbed clean
• 1 pound shell-on extra-jumbo shrimp (16 to 20)
1. In a 12-quart stockpot, add the first 10 ingredients. Bring it all to a boil.
2. Add potatoes, cook 8 minutes.
3. Add sausage, corn, clams, cover the pot and cook until clams have opened, 10 to 12 minutes.
4. Add shrimp in a single layer, cover, turn off heat, and let sit until shrimp are opaque throughout, about 3 minutes.
5. With tongs, transfer shellfish and vegetables to a large serving platter on your picnic table.
6. Garnish with additional lemons & melted butter
7. Pour broth into a bowl ,Serve shellfish and vegetables with remaining lemons and broth for dipping
This can be made "Crock Pot Method" and this can be all put together the night before. Prior to the preparation par cook potatoes in boiling salted water for 12- 14 minutes. Then proceed with the recipe adding all ingredients except the clams & shrimp. Cover and cook for approx. 1 hour & 30 minutes on medium setting.
Add clams & shrimp on the top the last HALF HOUR OF COOKING. Serve with broth & butter.
Optional Ingredients: Any type of seafood or shell fish can be added or substituted: mussels, oysters, and crab claws, lobster etc.


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UPDATE: Warmer Temperatures Expected, Urban Flooding Likely
Some neighborhoods in Kitsap saw light snowfall Christmas morning, but by afternoon the cloud coverage was broken up, giving the sun a chance to peek out and start what meteorologists say will be "the thaw" from recent snow storms.
In a special weather statement issued Thursday morning, the National Weather Service warned that residents in Kitsap and other parts of Western Washington could begin to see flooding in areas by Friday and Saturday. The flooding would be a result of melting snow as milder, wet weather moves in.
"On Friday and Saturday Western Washington will make the transition back to more seasonal late December weather, rain with highs in the lower- to mid-40s," the statement said. "This change to milder, wet weather will likely be messy as the current snow and ice on the ground in the lowlands thaws."
Similar to what happened last year on Dec. 3, when large amounts of recent snowfall began to melt due to warmer temperatures and heavy rains, the weather service is predicting rain will melt the lingering snow and ice.
Unlike last year's deluge, the weather service is not calling for excessive rainfall. Any local flooding will likely be a result of clogged ditches and drains still filled with ice and snow. Drivers should continue to use caution, as some roads may have standing water on them until the drains are cleared.
Also unlike last year, temperatures are expected to rise slowly into next week, meaning the snow will not melt all at once. The weather service also said no river or stream flooding is expected.
Homeowners with flat roofs should also take caution, because the rain will only make the wet snow heavier and likely add stress to the structure. If possible, try to remove snow from flat roof tops to alleviate some of the weight.
While the snow stuck around in Kitsap long enough to allow for a rare "white Christmas," by next week weather patterns show most of the expected snowfall will remain in the mountains — where it belongs.
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That's not bad for only being released five days ago. It isn't mentioned what software was sold with those systems, but if it is anything like the launch in the U.K. it was just Windows.
The Eee PC Box is certainly cheap, but not the cheapest we've seen desktops in recent years. Asustek is selling on more than just hardware, and it seems to me as they get closer and closer to mainstream hardware that the Eee lineup was simply a way to get an edge in midrange hardware, ultimately letting the small-budget, small-system category be filled up by their competitors such as MSI.


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Below is the poem entitled Lost Souls which was written by poet
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He did not hear
life's sweeter callings, he saw dark
He did not hear
his soul lost, no God to revere
wanting, needing, hurting, hating
no course left, rage not abating
He did not hear
The children cry
for the angry son brought them death
the children cry
their was no time for long good bye's
twenty babies, he took their breath
his mother, teacher with the rest
the children cry
They are left now
as the bells of Christmas toll on
they are left now
in homes and churches they bow
crowds kneel to pray by Christ's manger
His compassion comforts strangers
They are left now
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We saw some changes this offseason, but one thing remains the same as it ever was: if the Canucks are the late game and the Leafs are the early game, the Leafs game is going to go to a shootout. Sure enough, we missed the Kypreos intro, the debut of the weird lightsaber stanchions, and the anthem as the Leafs and the Senators went to penalty shots to decide the second point. It never fails. Infuriating.
Finally, Hockey Night in Canada turned things over to Vancouver. Three minutes later, Ladislav Smid had bowled over both Sedins with one check, Jeff Petry had burned by Alex Edler then beaten Roberto Luongo with a bad angle shot, and Kevin Bieksa had lost an edge, inadvertently tripped David Perron as he was falling, and put the Oilers a powerplay goal from a two-goal lead. Go back, I screamed. Go back right now. Fortunately, the Canucks recovered from that rough start in a hurry, putting together a pretty decent first home game. And I watched this game.Continue Reading —›


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LeBron James and learning life's lessons
The Cleveland Cavaliers would have never won a championship with LeBron James.
The Cleveland Cavaliers will win a championship with LeBron James.
Name an athlete who has done what he has done. No athlete in American history has dealt with more hype from an early age. There was talk that he might leave school early for the NBA. HIGH SCHOOL!
A number one overall pick to his hometown team. Very few experience pressure like that. Although he struggled at times, he has learned from every mistake and become a better person. Very few can say that about themselves.
The list of failed athletes due to overrated talent, burned out, drugged up, self-centered is frighteningly longer than the LeBron list. He shouldn't have run off the court avoiding the Celtics. He shouldn't have burned the Cavs with a phone call from "his people" five minutes before his announcement on "The Decision." He shouldn't have tried to revive Jim Gray's career.
Other than Jim Gray, he's admitted every time he's wrong and comes out a better person. We've been able to sit back and watch a 17-year-old boy--under tremendous pressure to make mistakes that hurt his PR but not expose some tragic character flaw-- grow into the definition of a man.
It's not because he's going back to Cleveland that he deserves so much praise. It's his reasons. Remove any feelings you had about LeBron James before reading, and focus on two things: how he feels about leaving and why he said he's coming home.
When you're done reading, remember this...he's 29 years old.
What man can read that and not learn how to be a better man?


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August 1, 2015
Three people are dead and a fourth seriously injured following a head-on collision in Grimes County.
The wreck happened about 3:20 p.m. Monday on Highway 105 one mile west of Plantersville. The Department of Public Safety said a Pontiac passenger car travelling west crossed the center line and hit an east-bound Ford pickup.
All three passengers in the car, two males and one female, were pronounced dead at the scene. The female driver of the pickup was air-lifted to St. Joseph Regional Health Center in Bryan.
The names of the deceased are being withheld pending notification of next of kin. The name of the injured driver was not released.
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text: November 3, 2014 The largest ever Ebola outbreak is underway in several countries in West Africa. It began in the country of Guinea and was officially diagnosed in March 2014. At that time Ebola spread to Liberia and Sierra Leone. There has been imported cases to Nigeria and Senegal. However, there are no current outbreaks in these countries. Senegal just completed their 45 day clearance period and is disease free. For many years, Wheaton College has had a communicable disease plan in place. In consultation with the World Health Organization, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and International SOS (ISOS), Wheaton College's medical and travel security services provider, Student Health Services is monitoring the Ebola virus. There are no cases of Ebola within our campus community. However, as a precaution, Wheaton's Global and Experiential Learning Program (GEL) has not approved any travel to these affected countries. SHS has communicated with all students, faculty and staff who are traveling internationally for personal reasons to avoid nonessential travel to the affected countries of Sierra Leone, Guinea, Liberia, and Nigeria. Although the risk of transmission during air travel is low, students, faculty and staff who return to campus following international travel should be aware that travelers from countries classified as Category 1 may be detained at the US borders and should check current policies related to their travel by asking their travel agent or referring to the US Department of Travel. What is Ebola? Ebola is a virus that has five viral species. Each species is named after the country or area where it was first discovered. Ebola was first discovered in 1976 near the Ebola River in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Ebola is a serious and often fatal disease. It is spread through direct contact with the blood or body fluids of a person who is infected and sick, showing symptoms of Ebola. It can also be spread by contact with objects, such as needles, that are contaminated with blood or body fluids of an infected person. It is not spread through air, food or water. What are the symptoms of Ebola? Fever (greater than 100°F) Severe headache Muscle pain Weakness Diarrhea Vomiting Abdominal (stomach) pain Unexplained hemorrhage (bleeding or bruising) Symptoms may appear anywhere from 2 to 21 days after exposure to Ebola, but the average is 8 to 10 days. What is the treatment for Ebola? Currently there is no treatment. Symptom support through good nutrition and intravenous fluids has been the most successful. What are other reliable resources? There is a variety of information currently on the world wide web. However, not all information is reliable. Please take caution to search for reliable information. Centers for Disease Control World Health Organization International SOS Ebola disease video from ISOS: http://vimeo.com/user20751789/review/106782984/87e645b4f8 Please direct non-medical questions related to the Human Needs and Global Resources program to Laura Yoder, PhD, Director, Email: email@example.com. Please direct non-medical questions related to future international travel to Global and Experiential Learning (GEL), 630-752-7309. For further medical questions, please contact your local Department of Health. If you are a student with further questions, feel free to contact Student Health Services at firstname.lastname@example.com or 630-752-5072. Faculty and staff with health questions should contact their local physician or the Department of Health at 630-682-7400. The College will continue to monitor the situation. Any updates or changes will be reflected on this website. For those traveling domestically and internationally, you may read more information here >>


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Students in the Honors College have the opportunity to graduate with distinction in their major. In addition to completing all general requirements for the Honors College, these students must complete 12 credits of honors course work in their major program, including a senior research project worth at least 3 credit hours.
The following students graduated with distinction in Spring 2013:
Mohamed Abdelhakiem, Cell & Molecular Biology
- Senior Honors Project: Nanoproteomics: The Study of Nanomaterials and their Interaction with Proteins
- Project Mentor: Dr. Robert Delong, Assoc. Professor of Biomedical Sciences
Lauren Bansbach, Environmental & Evolutionary Biology
- Senior Honors Project: Differences Between Rural & Urban Springs in the Ozark Plateau Region
- Project Mentor: Dr. Beth Bowles, Bull Shoals Field Station
Maria Jones, Cell & Molecular Biology
- Senior Honors Project: The Effect of Exercise Intensity on Plaque-Load, Soluble β-Amyloid Levels, and Behavior in the Tg2576 Mouse Model for Alzheimer's Disease Living in Enriched Environments
- Project Mentor: Dr. Scott Zimmerman, Assoc. Professor of Biomedical Sciences
Zachary Schmitz, Political Science
- Senior Honors Project: The Impact of Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission on National Elections in the United States
- Project Mentor: Dr. Kevin Pybas, Assoc. Professor of Political Science
Kelly Truax, Theatre/Acting
- Senior Honors Project: A Book & Booklet for Barestage: An Expansion and Further Depiction of the Development of Theatre for Social Change as it Pertains to the Missouri State University Organization, Barestage
- Project Mentor: Dr. Telory Davies, Asst. Professor of Theatre
Julie Wrocklage, Religious Studies
- Senior Honors Project: World Religions Lived in Missouri
- Project Mentor: Lora Hobbs, Religious Studies
Please join us in congratulating these students on their outstanding original scholarship!


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Wednesday, January 13, 2010
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Had he put his full attention to it, Sean Johnson could have been quite a basketball player. Tall, athletic and active around the basket, he started for Brookwood as a sophomore.
Coaches saw his potential in that sport, but Johnson and others knew his future was even brighter on the soccer field.
So he jumped at every opportunity to further his soccer career, even if it meant missing time from basketball. He accepted an offer to play for Jamaica's under-17 national team (his parents are natives), and recently played for the U.S. Under-20 World Cup championship team, satisfying a dream to play for his home country.
Another of his soccer goals could become reality today. The 20-year-old is an expected early selection in the MLS SuperDraft.
"Obviously the higher you go, the better," Johnson said from the Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., MLS Combine, which concluded Tuesday. "Hopefully I just end up with a good team and a good situation."
Johnson is one of 172 players in the league's draft pool -- that also includes Norcross grad Steven Kinney -- and he is considered one of the top prospects. Athletic enough that he played forward for his high school teams at Brookwood, his size and reach make him an ideal goalkeeper.
While some in the draft pool are eligible because their college careers are ending, Johnson is in a more elite group. He is one of 12 players signed by MLS as its 2010 class of Generation Adidas, which signs promising players (who don't count against MLS teams' salary budget) and gives them grants to continue their college education. All 12 players are between the ages of 18 and 20.
Nine Generation Adidas signees, including MLS rookie of the year Omar Gonzalez and No. 1 pick Steve Zakuani, were selected in the first round of last year's draft.
Johnson, who will attend today's draft at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, has a good chance to follow that path today. He left Central Florida early for the opportunity.
"I could only say I've dreamed about this since I was a little kid," Johnson said. "You dream of getting your name called and signing a professional contract. It's all close to becoming a reality so it's kind of surreal. I'm just going to soak it up and enjoy it."
Kinney, who graduated from Elon College in December, is more in limbo at today's draft. He isn't sure if he'll be selected, but his chances were improved by the MLS Combine, where he was one of only 76 players from the draft pool to earn an invitation.
The former Norcross standout is a steady defender. He played center back in college, but can play all across the back line.
"I'm not too sure about the draft," Kinney said. "Hopefully the combine will improve my chances. I'm just hoping for the best and we'll see how it goes."
If pro soccer doesn't work out, the 22-year-old has a good backup plan. He graduated from Elon last month with an accounting degree.
The first hour of today's MLS Draft will be aired live on ESPN2, while the remainder of the coverage will be on www.MLSnet.com. Another coveted prospect in the draft also is a Georgian, Jack McInerney. The 17-year-old Alpharetta resident joined Johnson on the under-20 national team and in the Generation Adidas class.
More like this story
- Chicago drafts Kinney, Johnson ( January 14, 2010 )
- Brookwood's Zimmerman signs Generation Adidas deal ( December 25, 2012 )
- Brookwood's Zimmerman a first-round pick in MLS Draft ( January 17, 2013 )
- Brookwood's Zimmerman expected to go high in MLS Draft ( January 16, 2013 )
- HAMMOCK: Fire show local future ( July 21, 2010 )


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5.0 out of 5 stars for anyone, this book is amazing!!
I can't say enough good things about this book. I was diagnosed 10 years ago with depression and recently have gotten worse, this book literally fell into my hands at the bookstore I work at. It was a wonderful gift from God, I bought the book that day, and I'm sooo glad.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Practical Tips to Undo Depression
This book gives practical tips as to how to undo depression. However, the subtitle, "what therapy doesn't teach you and medication can't give you," is misleading. I bought the book expressly for the purpose of finding an alternative solution to therapy and medication, when in fact, the author DOES recommend therapy and medication-- sometimes both at the same...
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars for anyone, this book is amazing!!,
"sallya3" (Michigan USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Undoing Depression (Paperback)
I can't say enough good things about this book. I was diagnosed 10 years ago with depression and recently have gotten worse, this book literally fell into my hands at the bookstore I work at. It was a wonderful gift from God, I bought the book that day, and I'm sooo glad.
This book is great for anyone, those suffering from depression, those loved ones have depression, and any mental health professionals. I wish I could buy a bunch of this book and hand it out to people. It's given me more hope than I can explain for my my recovery. I know it's going to take a lot more work than just reading this book, but Dr. O'Connor helps you realize that in this book.
Please, if you are suffering from depression, pick up this book, Dr. O'Connors' insight is amazing, he's been there himself and seems to write about so many feelings I've thought and felt. He knows where we've been and he's helping me get where I want to be.
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Thoughts and Actions That Can Overcome Depression,
Donald Mitchell "Jesus Loves You!" (Thanks for Providing My Reviews over 127,000 Helpful Votes Globally) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Undoing Depression (Paperback)
The author is quick the point out (and he is correct) that this book will not improve or cure depression by itself. You need professional help for that. Instead, the purpose of this book (which it magnificently addresses) is to describe what the depressed person and the depressed person's family and friends need to be doing to provide the maximum likelihood of overcoming depression. That's a reasonable promise and premise for a book on this important subject, and you can begin to overcome your ignorance (and the harm it can bring) by reading this book and acting on its advice.
First, the bad news. Depression is increasing. Worse still, the younger someone is, the more likely that the person will experience depression sometime. Even worse, many people are undiagnosed, and suffer alone with their affliction.
Second, the good news. Around 70 percent of all those suffering from depression will improve with either drug therapy or mental health treatments. Those who get both do even better.
Third, more bad news. Depression tends to recur for many people.
The voice addressing these issues is an expert one. He is a psychotherapist who runs a community health center. More importantly, he has suffered from depression himself. I doubt if you can get more direct access to what depression is all about than from Richard O'Connor. I admire his caring to share so much of his own pain with us, and respect him enormously for this gift he has given us all.
Depression is currently under reevaluation. No single paradigm seems to capture all of its elements. Undoubtedly, an improved scientific model for it will emerge. There are signs that it can have roots in disturbed relations between Mother and child, family dysfunction, possibly genetic disorders of brain chemistry (like using up seratonin too rapidly), other traumas, and poor thinking habits. Who knows what else may turn up?
Many people try to deal with this problem too much on their own. Families often put up with the depressed person's behavior, not knowing what else to do. Others reject the depressed person, which will usually make the situation worse. O'Connor lays out common sense guidelines that should make a diference: for depressed people, for those who care about them, and for those who treat them.
The author sees depression as a disease and as a social problem, "an illness to be treated professionally and a failure of adaptation that we must overcome through self-determinination." He outlines important principles for the depressed person: (1) Feel your feelings (depression is the suppression of feelings -- acknowledging those feelings often causes depression to improve). (2) Realize that nothing comes out of the blue (your depressed state has a root cause that you should look for in an event or situation). (3) Challenge your depressed thinking by questioning your assumptions, especially ones that center on meaningless perfectionism. (4) Establish priorities so that your energies go into what will be on what's most important to you. (5) Communicate as directly as possible to everyone around you. Depressed people are often poor communicators who don't get their emotional needs served. With better communication, they can experience a more supportive emotional environment. (6) Take care of your self. Learn to enjoy yourself. (7) Take and expect the right responsibility for yourself -- for your own actions. Depressed people often feel guilty about things that they have no responsibility for (like the death of a parent or the divorce of their parents). (8) Look for heroes. These role models can empower you to see the way to improve, especially if they were also depressed like Lincoln. (9) Be generous. Helping others puts your own situation into perspective. (10) Cultivate intimacy. This means letting down your defenses so people can see you as you are, and accept you for that. Depressed people often feel disgusted with their true selves, and hide that self from everyone. (11) Practice detachment. Depressed people are often overly critical and pessimistic. Seeing things in the proper perspective can heal a lot of inappropriate pain. (12) Get help when you need it. This may be the most important piece of advice since so many people do not.
The book is filled with personal examples and case studies of people the author has treated, which help make the points easier to understand.
I was astonished to realize that there is no self-help network like there is for alcoholics and those with other mental and behavioral problems. The author shares some experiences with having established such groups that can be a prototype for creating such a network in the future. I think that is an important priority for improving the mental health of our society from what this book shares.
Mental health professionals will find good advice for overcoming the parochialism of whatever discipline they originally trained in, to create links to the other treatments the depressed patients need. Those who provide therapy discussions will benefit from the author's own assessments of how therapies helped or did not help him. The therapist as caring adult is emphasized above the particular technique used.
I was fascinated by how often this book pointed out problems related to stalls that most people have such as poor communications, procrastination, misconception, disbelief, tradition, independence, purposelessness, wishful thinking, and avoidance of the unattractive. The depressed person seems to have more of these at the same time than the people I work with. Yet both groups have in common that they have not yet learned the stallbusting techniques that can improve or overcome these stalls. To some extent, the lack of understanding of how to focus our minds is one of the causes of depression in our society. So here is another reason to learn the questions and focus that can enormously improve personal and organizational effectiveness. I rate this book a 2,000 percent solution stallbuster, and hope that you will read it and apply its lessons. Whether you are depressed or not, we all will encounter depressed people and this book can make us more helpful to them.
Since reading this book, I have been greatly helped by it in understanding the depressed people I know. Following the advice here, they have made progress in moving away from depression. I am very grateful for having obtained this valuable knowledge.
Help everyone to walk, look, and feel on the bright side!
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This review is from: Undoing Depression (Paperback)
O'Connor's book is a tremendous breath of fresh air if you've read other books on depression that assume that depression (never mind who is dealing with it) comes from the same old Freudian reasons. Nope. O'Connor recognizes that depression comes from multiple sources: chemical, nature, nurture, habits (both bad and "good"), and he offers practical (rather than just theoretical) ways to approach the practical problem of depression. Can you give 5% more attention to the issues that affect you? Are you willing to give yourself 5% more notice? Even if you think you don't deserve it? Your willingness to try could make the difference between hopeless repetition of methods that don't work and hopeful experimentation that can make you more of a participant in your own life.
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5.0 out of 5 stars wonderful, insightful, easy and interesting read,
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This review is from: Undoing Depression (Paperback)
I had a LOT of positive things to say about this book, but if you are reading this review you probably dont want to read the same things over and over again, and I would merely repeat the very well written positive sediments that are already written in these reviews.
The one thing I would like to add is that unlike most books on depression which tend to get technical or boring, this book is filled with enough personal and professional anedotes that it is surprisingly interesting. You look forward to reading this book each night.
Dr. O'Conner bravely reveals his painful experiences with depression, in an honest and humble manner. And honesty is a strong point in this book. He makes no ridiculas promises about overcoming depression, he just fills this book with many, many pieces of excellent and solid pieces of advice.
I suffer from minor depression but my husband suffers from chronic depression and this book has helped me to help my husband in many ways.
Thank you Dr. Conners
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3.0 out of 5 stars Practical Tips to Undo Depression,
Melanie Hawthorne "MelHanie" (North Bellmore, NY) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Undoing Depression (Paperback)
This book gives practical tips as to how to undo depression. However, the subtitle, "what therapy doesn't teach you and medication can't give you," is misleading. I bought the book expressly for the purpose of finding an alternative solution to therapy and medication, when in fact, the author DOES recommend therapy and medication-- sometimes both at the same time! As an ardent promoter of non-medication solutions to depression, this book was a disappointment. However, the author provides practical tips to combat depression, and as a doctor, admitted that he struggles with depression himself. Reading about the author's personal battle with depression makes the purchase of this book worthwhile. Otherwise, if you are looking for an alternative solution to therapy and medication, look elsewhere because it is recommended everywhere in this book.
5.0 out of 5 stars Undoing the Doing,
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In the book "Undoing Depression", Dr. Richard O'Conner has given people a light, a ray of hope, and an in-depth understanding to a condition from which many Americans suffer.
The one thing that strikes you the minute you open the book it Dr. O'Conner's straight forward, honest way of writing that both envelops and comforts you at the same time. He uses the pronoun "we" quite a bit, building up the idea of a community of people with you who suffer with you. Depression can be such an isolating illness; the fact that there are millions of others who share the same thoughts, feelings, and moods is a blessing.
Each chapter has gems of wisdom that I found myself reading and re-reading constantly, trying to learn and understand his ideas. In these are the source of great knowledge, all designed to propel you forward in understanding what's occuring inside of you and more importantly, how to break that cycle and move forward. He directly address emotions, relationships, the self, and other concepts in easy to read chapters. He is honest but also fair minded, both of which I appreciated.
I have encountered other books on depression, but this one is practical, user friendly, and full of "can use" information. Anyone suffering from the dibilitating effects of depression can rest assured that there is hope, and combined with treatment options available to everyone today, can find the place where the clouds are really behind you.
5.0 out of 5 stars depressed teenager,
Adam Chen (Mercer Island, WA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Undoing Depression (Paperback)
I'm a depressed teen who went through all of the major depression and now have chronic depression, mostly. My life went to shambles because of my depression, and I mostly kept all of my bad habits from that old depression, namely that I thought feeling 'bad' was a normal feeling ('feeling bad' is not feeling sadness, sorrow, or normal worry but feeling sour and feelingless all the time).
I think he kept the whole thing pretty real throughout the whole book, encouraging us to see where our lives basically fall apart at random events (mine was neglect and abuse) and how basically everyone runs into problems, and that most depressives just get really unlucky. But having gone through it himself and knowing where it comes from, he seems to have mastered a lot of the things, and just from that I give him an A for confidence to come out and say all of this stuff. I think anyone could benefit from the book, but for most depressives who are in major depression, don't you dare touch this. It's an amazing resource for the post-depressed who struggle with depressive habits, but it's a terrible tragedy for people who are depressed. It will probably only make them worse as they continue to think about how 'good' they'd feel recovering. For them I just recommend lots of relaxation and therapy, and time to get over it.
Good luck to anyone who reads this book. (It's an easy read.) May your depression be swift to leave and/or may you gain whole understanding of the problems that depressed people have.
5.0 out of 5 stars This book is all about helping you to get better,
Joseph Townsend "the rake" (Hattiesburg, Ms. USA) - See all my reviews
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I have put up with depression for most of my life. I still enjoy life, but I just assumed that the depression won't ever get much better, so I take my medication, work, enjoy hobbies, family and friends to the best of my ability, but still...this book along with Michael Yapko's Breaking the Patterns of Depression will give you the insights, the practical techniques and the principles that will help you to start to get better, really better. I love the way O'Connor makes this book so completely accessible without "dumbing it down" and the 12 principles at the end are worth memorizing (I have done this). Perhaps the single most important thing I learned is the the need for depressed people to stop being afraid of their emotions - to realize how emotions, both happy and sad, are such limited things that will pass quickly as we move on with our lives. Depressed people, for a variety of reasons, use defense mechanisms that cause problems down the road, and although this may sound so simple, it is also very important to learn (and relearn if necessary). Highly reccommended.
1.0 out of 5 stars I Am A Little Concerned About This Book,
By A Customer
This review is from: Undoing Depression (Paperback)
I only partially completed reading this book, I became a little concerned with the references and information and therefore had to put it down. On the other hand, this book is a easy read, with smooth flowing sentences.
I use a depressgenic style of thinking myself, and I have read well over 300 books from psychology texts to regular self help. I did find some interesting things in the book, but continued to be concerned over some of the references in the book i.e. Siegleman. There are other attributional therorists that have put forward better theories, but they remain unmentioned.
I was tring to find this person's educational background in this book and I could not, usually this information is easy to find. The reference is to psychotherapist but unfortunately I believe anyone can meet this criteria.
I would recommend Yapko's books on depression. I would not recommend the hypnosis as the evidence to support that hypnosis helps depression appears to be unfounded.
5.0 out of 5 stars O'Connor Excellent on Depression and Negativity,
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This review is from: Undoing Depression (Paperback)
The reading public seems to have become well aware that Richard O'Connor's book "Undoing Depression" is a truly excellent and very helpful approach to understanding and dealing with that powerful negative force -- depression. I want to add a related point, which concerns O'Connor's other book, "Active Treatment of Depression." Although that book is aimed at therapists, I would recommend it also as a follow-up for any reader who appreciated "Undoing Depression." Reading his 2 books in sequence is a doubly helpful process. As psychologists become more aware of how depression is usually embedded in a broader pattern of negativity -- worry, anxiety, pessimism -- readers can benefit from those broader, related insights. For example, The Positive Power of Negative Thinking by Julie Norem updates traditional cognitive therapy with new understanding of 'constructive pessimism' as a cognitive-emotional experience. And, as other reviewers have pointed out, the cognitive therapy classic Feeling Good is still useful today. So don't miss O'Connor's 2 books, and related titles may help with the broader psychological context.
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During a press conference Feb. 5, John C. Bernardi, executive director of the local nonprofit organization, announced the fundraising campaign team not only met its goal, but exceeded more than they could have imagined.
"We're announcing we exceeded our goal, raising $740,700," said Bernardi.
The $70,000 boost was attributed to several business and individual contributions being "much more than expected," said Bernardi, who credited attention to the issue being raised by the local media.
"We found it to be quite a challenging year for a number of reasons," Bernardi said, citing the troubled national economy and reductions in the local workforce. "On the other hand, we also saw many various successes along the way and saw many campaigns coming in above what they had last year."
"We certainly experienced our share of people stepping up to the plate and recognizing that the needs are very great right now," he added.
Jamie L. Basiliere, who chaired this year's fundraising campaign team, said that increase in support will go a long way with the dollars raised for the United Way and its 33 partner agencies.
"I'd like to thank the community at large who gave to the campaign," said Basiliere. "People gave very, very generously and it's been a great experience, thanks to the community."
Both Basiliere and Bernardi also credited the work of the campaign team in reaching out to local businesses, organizations and individuals to make reaching the goal a reality.
"It was truly a team effort," said Bernardi.
The next step for the United Way is for its allocations committee to determine the amount of funding that will go to each of its partner agencies. That process will begin later this month and conclude in mid-March, said Bernardi.
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Death is the one event in life that will eventually happen. It is also the one for which we are least prepared.
If you have a fancy house and your refrigerator has wooden panels to make it look like the rest of your cabinets, you can stop reading.
I've never been good at crazes. Some of them were over before I found out.
Summer is the season that gives us so many good memories, especially from our childhood.
In my early days of Sunday school, I remember hearing about Paul and Silas, who were singing and praising the Lord in prison.
I don't know if I ever called Tom Robertson by his first name, except on the radio.
I have an assortment of nicknames and titles, but the one I love best is Daddy.
All sorts of legends surround the origin of our nation's flag.
When we were children, we played "Mamas and Daddies" or "House." It was a time when we would act out, in our own way, how grown-ups live within a family.
The Social Security Administration is out with its list of the most popular baby names of 2013.
When I was a kid, it towered over the heart of downtown, but then, taller buildings came and dwarfed it.
There are names for parents in the animal world that are periodically used. In horses, you have a mare and stallion, sometimes referred to as the dam and sire. Donkeys have parental terms like jack and jenny, which are really not fair to people named Jack or Jenny. In deer, you have a doe and a buck.
The necktie has been loved and scorned by men for generations.
About 6:30 in the morning, the TV and radio news outlets announce the pollen count for the day. It is measured by the number of grains of pollen contained in a cubic foot of air.
There were times in my life when my mama said those four words that needed no further explanation: "Because I said so."
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Robbie Basho
|Robbie Basho
|Birth name
|Daniel R. Robinson Jr.
|August 30, 1940
|Baltimore, MD, U.S.
|February 28, 1986(aged 45)
|Guitarist, Singer, Composer
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Robbie Basho (August 31, 1940 – February 28, 1986) was an American composer, guitarist and pianist, and a proponent of the acoustic steel string guitar in America.
Basho was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and was orphaned as an infant. Adopted by the Robinson family, Daniel Robinson, Jr. attended Catholic Schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore and went on to study at University of Maryland College Park. Although he played the euphonium in the high school band and sang in middle school and high school ensembles, his interest in acoustic guitar grew during his college years, as a direct result of his friendships with fellow students John Fahey, Ed Denson, and Max Ochs. In 1959, Basho purchased his first guitar and immersed himself in Asian art and culture. It was around this time that he changed his name to Basho, in honor of the Japanese Poet, Matsuo Basho.[1]
Basho's vision was to see the steel string as a concert instrument and to create a raga system for America. During a radio interview in 1974, promoting his album Zarthus, Basho discussed his music in detail. He described how he had gone through a number of "periods" related to philosophy and music, including Japanese, Hindu, Iranian and Native American. Zarthus represented the culmination of his "Persian period". Basho asserted his wish, along with John Fahey and Leo Kottke, to raise the steel-string guitar to the level of a concert instrument. He acknowledged that the nylon-string guitar was suitable for "love songs", but its steel counterpart could communicate "fire".
Basho credited his interest in Indian music to hearing Ravi Shankar, whom he first encountered in 1962. Basho died unexpectedly at the age of 45 due to a freak accident during a visit to his chiropractor, where an "intentional whiplash" experiment caused blood vessels in his neck to rupture, leading to a fatal stroke.[2][3]
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Robbie Basho's dexterous, finger-picked guitar technique was influenced heavily by sarod playing, and the studies he undertook with the Indian virtuoso Ali Akbar Khan. Basho employed unusual open tunings, including a number of variants on "open-C" (CGCGCE) and played a 12-string guitar, in order to recreate the drone that is a notable feature of his beloved Indian classical music. Basho's guitar melodies were often created using Eastern modes and scales, but his work contains a broad range of noticeable influences, from European classical music to blues (in his earlier period) and ballad styles of America.
- 1965 The Seal of the Blue Lotus (Takoma)
- 1966 The Grail & the Lotus (Takoma)
- 1966 "Contemporary Guitar" (Takoma)
- 1967 Basho Sings (Takoma)
- 1967 The Falconer's Arm I (Takoma)
- 1967 The Falconer's Arm II (Takoma)
- 1969 Venus in Cancer (Blue Thumb)
- 1971 Song of the Stallion (Takoma)
- 1972 The Voice of the Eagle (Vanguard)
- 1974 Zarthus (Vanguard)
- 1978 Visions of the Country (Windham Hill)
- 1979 Art of the Acoustic Steel String Guitar 6 & 12 (Windham Hill)
- 1981 "Windham Hill Sampler '81" (Windham Hill)
- 1981 Rainbow Thunder: Songs of the American West (Silver Label Recording)
- 1982 "Basho's Best" (Basho Productions)
- 1983 Bouquet, MC (Basho Productions)
- 1984 Twilight Peaks, MC (The Art of Relaxation)
- 2007 "Indian II" (Vanguard)
- 2008 Bonn Ist Supreme, CD Live! (Bo'Weavil Recordings)
- 2012 "Twilight Peaks" (Smeraldina-Rima CD/VINYL reissue 2012)
- 2013 "Omar Khayyam Country (Live)" (Grass-Tops Recording DIGITAL single 2013)
- 2013 "Land Of Our Fathers" (Grass-Tops Recording DIGITAL single 2013)
- 2013 "Visions of the Country" (Gnome Life Records VINYL reissue 2013)
- 2013 "Visions of the Country" (Grass-Tops Recording CD reissue 2013)
- 2014 "Art of the Acoustic Steel String Preview" (Grass-Tops Recording DIGITAL live EP 2014)
- 2014 "Art of the Acoustic Steel String Guitar 6 & 12" (Grass-Tops Recording CD reissue 2014)
- ^ a b Basho Biography http://www.bluemomentarts.de/bma/rbasho/en/
- ^ "Basho's passing". Yahoo! Music Groups. December 20, 2007.
- ^ "The Cosmos Club". Washington City Paper. July 7, 2006. Archived from the original on June 27, 2008.
- ^ Yona, Yair Bonn Ist Supreme – The Holy Ghost Live!Small Town Romance
External links[edit]
- Robbie Basho Archives, biography, discography, tunings, notes, articles, spotlights
- Robbie Basho Archives (german version) + [Steffen Basho-Junghans]
- RobbieBasho.net (entry into the main Robbie Basho resources -listed below + robbiebasho film)
- Robbie Basho Memorial Library
- http://RobbieBasho.com (A leading resource for information/content pertaining to Robbie Basho)
- Yahoo! discussion group
- Robbie Basho at AllMusic
- Robbie Basho tribute biography & music sample


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I have a suggestion. Try thinking about the work you do as an employer, a leader, a creator of corporate culture like this: Every person you hire and nurture at your company now is a "future former employee."
What do you want that former employee's internal story to be, looking back at their years of working for you? Remembering how they were hired, how they were employed, even how they separated or were separated from the company?
Think of each person you hire as "your future former employee"
Extend that even more: What would your employees' families and friends say about your company? Would they say you watched out for them, gave them opportunities to advance, involved them in designing their own work? Actively supported them in their goals, even, for that matter, kept track of what those goals were in the first place?
Did you just just use them to fill a gap in your org chart or did you value their input and the judgment and humanity involved, in doing great work, no matter how modest the task in question?
Are you a Starbucks or a Target, a Walmart or a Costco?
What about much less subtle issues, the literally life and death, bankruptcy vs. not issues: Do you want to be remembered as someone in a position of power at Walmart or Target will be remembered, for having actively recruited people to work fewer than 30 hours–and then dropping their health benefits, using politics as cover?
Do you think that sportsmanlike language you called them — "our team members" — will stick with your future former employee, or the bitterness of having to hold a bake sale to cover medical costs after they contracted a debilitating illness?
My guess is that you'll feel better (in this visualization and in real life) knowing you'd acted more like Starbucks or Costco: That you had committed to offering insurance for all workers, and then made sure that happened, regardless of number of hours regularly worked? How would the employees themselves feel? And their families? And the communities they are parts of?
These are heavy duty questions, but far from hypothetical. Most of us have former employees (through their choice, through our choice, and through the unfortunate vagaries of life in the world of corporate mergers and disintegration). Some would say nice things about us. Some otherwise. And, I have to be honest, I think it makes a difference.
You're only on this earth a short time. Ditto for those you employ. Let's make it a good time.


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I went to Pampano almost kicking and screaming. Who eats in midtown!! I was very pleasantly surprised. The food was good and nicely presented. However what made our dining experience so special was the service. From the moment we walked in until we walked out everyone was very pleasant, professional, and most importantly nice. What a treat! It was very refreshing and a pleasure to spend an evening at Pampano. I will absolutely go back and definitley on my own free will.
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Oh my! My meal at Pampano was delicious. The lobster taco appetizer and the guacamole were to die for. And the striped bass was out of this world. If you want flavor that explodes in your mouth and keeps you begging for more then Pampano is the place. I'll DEFINITELY go back!
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18 months ago I decided to stop trying to sell my services and instead try to create useful content that helped people. I did this by transforming my main lead generation site (this one) into a blog covering web topics for small business owners.
Marketing people refer to it as content marketing. The concept is that you create a lot of useful content and you build a following in the area you work in. This is not only useful to build an audience to potentially market to but also because Google is looking for authority and more authority should mean better search engine rankings.
This has certainly been the case for me and my business but there have also been some surprising consequences.
Who is Bolt Creative
Bolt Creative are an award winning San Francisco based independent game company and creator of the massive hit iPhone game "Pocket Godâ€. See this wikipedia entry for more.
Pocket God has sold over 6.5 million units and has spread to other platforms, such as Android, iPad and Facebook.
When Apple announced their 10 billion app downloads Pocket God was 3rd on the list! Here is a screenshot.
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Late last year as a result of taking this new approach to marketing I sought out a few other blogs around the world to write articles for.
I created a post on the open source CMS competition between WordPress and Joomla! and Weblogs Tools Collection agreed to publish it for me. The post was called How WordPress Beat Joomla and while it was somewhat controversial it did open up a good discussion on the site and was also translated into Russian!
But another thing happened as a result of me posting that article. The online project manager for Bolt Creative happend to read the article. He liked it and was interested in using WordPress for his site and after some discussions engaged us to build their new website.
The new site brought together their hugely popular Blog (migrated from Blogspot) and showcased all of their products and offerings in a multi-device friendly theme (previous site was built on Flash).
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Content marketing is one of my passion areas in fact my business doesn't do any other form of advertising.
Since turning my main website (this one) into a blog I have had some great results including:
- My site now ranks number 1 in Google for 'website design' and is on the front page for 'web design' 'website development' and many more big ticket keywords (at the time of writing – rankings fluctuate).
- Not only have I improved for big ticket keywords I've also tripled the amount of smaller keywords I'm getting traffic for.
- Average monthly visits have tripled and I am getting around 1 web enquiry per day (not counting phone calls).
- My email list has doubled and I am getting close to 100 new signups per month.
- I now have a bit of a point of difference when compared with other web companies and I no longer have to focus on the 1 thing I totally suck at (sales).
The thing I like the most about content marketing however is not many other people are doing it. Sure there are lots of people blogging but I don't see too many small businesses throwing all of their weight behind a content marketing strategy. Methods like Yellow Pages and Adwords are far easier for business owners to just sign off and implement. But for that reason they are hugely competitive and crazily overpriced (see the real cost of Adwords).
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In the Mayan Long Count, the most recent (13th) b'ak'tun (144.000 day cycle) started on the winter solstice of 2012 (December 21, 2012).
In the tonalpohualli, the sacred Aztec calendar, this day (Friday, February 15, 2013) is:
(Correlation: Alfonso Caso - Nicholson's veintena alignment [adjust] )
The significance of this dayDay Cozcacuauhtli (Vulture) is governed by Itzpapalotl as its provider of tonalli (Shadow Soul) life energy. Cozcacuauhtli signifies long life, wisdom, good counsel and mental equilibrium. It is a good day to confront the discontinuities, disruptions, failures and deaths one suffers in life. Cozcacuauhtli is a day for tricking the Trickster.
The thirteen day period (trecena) that starts with day 1-Atl (Water) is ruled by Chalchihuihtotolin. These are 13 days of instability and unexpected events, of accidents and coincidences: these are good days to gamble a little on a long-shot; bad days to gamble a lot on a sure thing. Every day rollercoasters between all-good and all-bad, between rapture and terror. This trecena advises the priest-warrior to perfect the art of shapeshifting: only by mimicking the nature of water do we become an agent of change rather than a target of it. The purified heart casts no reflection in the smoking mirror.
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I knew I read the name Jimmy Lyons somewhere. I'm in Orlando for about 2-3 months. There is a Gracie Barra with some MT instructors with good credentials that I wanted to go to, but I can't afford it. I thought about checking out this place since its close to my home, and then I changed my mind.
Maybe I should stop by to see if the school has changed at all.
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COLUMBIA CITY — Columbia City's No. 1 singles netters are no rookies of the sport.
Seniors Derek Hinen and Celine Rongos have both been playing tennis since they were young.
"When I was five years old, my dad started taking me out to the courts and hitting with me for fun," Rongos said. "After that, I never stopped."
Hinen said his family has played together since he was young.
Both Hinen and Rongos made Northeast Hoosier Conference All-Conference Teams last season.Rongos was also All-District, All-State Honorable Mention and named the Most Valuable Player.
Hinen finished his season in the last round of the regional, just one match away from the state finals.
Rongos has competed in a few tournaments this summer. In Huntington, she advanced to the finals. "I had to resign because I had to attend my cousin's graduation ceremony," Rongos said. She won the Columbia City tennis tournament in the high school girls division.
Though Hinen isn't playing competitively this summer, he said he's taking lessons to put more top spin on his shots and working on his serve. "I play a lot," Hinen said.
Rongos said she's working on improving her quickness, second serve and touching up the basic strokes.
Hinen said he's looking forward to leading the team again this season.
Rongos said next spring she's going to give it everything she's got. "I have nothing to lose," Rongos said. "This year I am going to stay relaxed and enjoy my last year on the team. This is my last chance."
Both players said they were inspired to play tennis by their families.
Hinen said his dad, sisters, cousins and uncles all play. "All of my family members play tennis, either for fun or competitively," Rongos said. "We usually go to the courts as a family when we practice."
Rongos has a younger brother, Niko, who will be playing as a freshman this fall. Hinen has a younger sister, Macie, who played doubles last season for Columbia City, and an older sister, Maddie, a Lady Eagle Alumnus, who played.
While Rongos is fully invested in tennis, Hinen is also a leader on the basketball team. The boys' season begins this month, while the Rongos will have the fall and winter to prepare for her senior year.
"I train with my dad as much as possible and during the winter I play twice a week at Wildwood Racket Club," Rongos said.
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Eligible doctoral students may apply for a grant of up to $5,000 to support dissertation expenses related to research to study the effectiveness of EMDR in one of the following priority areas
1st Priority - Advancing Evidence Based Practice: Increase the availability of quality EMDR research in areas where we already have a foot-hold in the literature but where more evidence is needed. Specifically, those areas are in the use of EMDR Therapy to treat:
- Anxiety
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- Military PTSD
- Phantom Limb Pain
- To enhance recovery from the impact of cardiac events and the diagnosis and treatment of cancer
2nd Priority - Addressing the Global Burden of Trauma: Investigate the use of EMDR in natural or man-made disaster responses, by determining the effectiveness of the following protocols: early intervention protocols, the child or adult group protocols, or the use of EMDR standard protocols in disaster response.
3rd Priority - Building Clinical Evidence: There are a number of areas where EMDR Therapy is being used, clinical observations are positive, and there are some research indicators of success. However, more research is needed to build a body of literature in these populations or diagnostic categories, including but not limited to:
- Addictions
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- Dissociative disorders
- Additional medical/somatic conditions
- Suicide prevention and/or to address the impact of suicide
These priorities apply to research across the lifespan, so that a study might address, for example, adolescent addiction, or geriatric depression.
Doctoral students in social work, psychology, and nursing who have completed their course work and have an approved dissertation proposal are eligible to apply for this grant. As an international organization the EMDR Research Foundation supports applications from students who are citizens of any country who are studying in any country within the fields specified. Applications however must be submitted in English.
Applications are due February 1st and July 1st. The recipients of the award will be notified of their selection by April 15th and September 15, respectively. An electronic copy of each application document is required. Any application received without all required documents will not be reviewed. All materials should be collated and sent together.
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- A curriculum vitae
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- The approved dissertation proposal
- Timeline for completion of the dissertation
- Evidence of IRB approval
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Incomplete applications will not be reviewed and faxed documents will not be accepted. Materials received after the deadline will not be accepted or reviewed. There will be no extensions of deadlines for any individual for any reason. Applicants are advised to keep a complete set of application documents for their own files.
Selection Criteria
A committee of scholars with expertise in research design and EMDR will independently and blindly review each application. The committee will consider the following criteria when evaluating the merits of each application:
1. The degree to which the proposed dissertation addresses the priority areas established by the Foundation as listed in this announcement.
2. The overall methodological quality of the proposed research project. Please note: qualitative and quantitative methods are both valuable scientific approaches. The evaluation of a proposal will be based on the soundness of the methodological choices made in order to most effectively answer the research questions.
3. The potential significance the study has for building knowledge in and strengthening EMDR practice
4. The feasibility of the proposed study and the applicant's ability to complete it in a timely manner.
5. The strength and characteristics of the references
Allowable Dissertation Expenses
The applicant may use the dissertation grant to cover the costs of conducting the proposed study, but may not use it to pay for tuition, travel, equipment, or for one's time. Examples of allowable costs include : instruments, transcriptions, interviewers, coders, software, statistical training or consultation, printing, photocopying, office supplies, postage, travel to interview sites, and incentives for participants.
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A progress report will be due one year after the funding cycle begins. The award recipient will be expected to provide an overview of progress made toward completion of the dissertation and an accounting of expenditures covered by the grant. An updated timeline should also be provided in the report. Upon completion of the dissertation a final report will be due summarizing expenditures, along with a copy of the approved dissertation.
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Christine Von Der Haar received her Ph.D. from Indiana University in 1985. She also holds masters degrees in journalism and secondary education. Her primary interests include social psychology, media and society, and public opinion. Chris taught her first social psychology class over 25 years ago. And, her book Social Psychology: A Sociological Perspective was published by Prentice Hall in 2005.
Today, Chris also teaches classes on media and society. Her interest in this topic took root at CBS News where she served as the Manager of Surveys for the CBS/New York Times poll. In this position, Chris worked with reporters and producers covering political campaigns and elections. This experience allowed her to observe how two major media organizations operate on a daily basis. It also provided remarkable insight into how the media cover elections and wars.
Chris teaches a variety of sociology classes that allow her to follow her students from their freshman to senior years in college. She considers teaching undergraduate students one of her greatest rewards in life. And, she takes great pleasure in classes that allow students to express their opinions and develop their critical thinking skills. She was honored to receive the Trustees Teaching Award in 2004.


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More Feet on the Ground
More Feet on the Ground is a bilingual educational website that focuses on helping people to recognize, respond and refer students experiencing mental health issues on campus.
Student Health 101
Online health and wellness magazine available for all Queen's students. For the current issue, click here.
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Monthly Archive for October, 2011
Women of Wonder Day expands to San Antonio this weekend
Wonder Woman Day has a new name and a new San Antonio presence in its fight against domestic violence. Heroes & Fantasies in San Antonio will help host Women of Wonder Day Sunday, Oct. 30, from noon to 5 p.m. The annual event auctions original comic art and other collectibles to benefit domestic violence prevention […] [Read More]
Summer Glau joins the Human Preservation Project
Leave it to San Antonio's own Summer Glau to keep fighting the good fight for all of humanity, even when it apparently involves hawking chewing gum. The geek starlet from Firefly and the upcoming LARP horror comedy Knights of Badassdom recently signed on for the Human Preservation Project, an online gaming experience that debuted over […] [Read More]
La Llorona haunts the pages of 'Batwoman'
Batwoman keeps taking me back to my Grandma Lozano's house, and not because my abuela was a redheaded crimefighter with a cape and cowl. Grandma was a great storyteller, and one of her favorites was that old cultural chestnut La Llorona, aka the Weeping Woman, aka the haunting new villain in the pages of the […] [Read More]
Classic 'Star Wars' zombie fun with Cat Staggs
Yes, bringing back the obviously dead Darth Maul for The Clone Wars animated series is just the kind of head-shaking crazy we'd expect from Uncle George at Skywalker Ranch. Then again, maybe Maul will end up like Bicycle Girl from The Walking Dead, a snarling undead torso with just enough dark side in him to […] [Read More]
It's a geek flick Thursday with 'The Thing,' 'Totoro' & 'City of Lost Children'
Our geek flick cup runneth over tonight (that's Thursday, Oct. 13) with three, three, three speculative fiction movies to quench our thirst for horror, anime and steampunk. For you golden goggle lovers out there, the French steampunk flick The City of Lost Children screens FREE at 7:30 p.m. at Alamo Drafthouse Park North. Cosplay is […] [Read More]
Free 'Army of Darkness' screening Sunday, Oct. 16
How 'bout this sugar, baby? Fanboy Flix presents a free screening of Army of Darkness at 6 p.m. Sunday, October 16, at Alamo Drafthouse Stone Oak. But if you have $10 to spare, throw it Austin "Redbeard" Rogers' way for his limited edition Army of Darkness print. Rogers will be on hand to sell and […] [Read More]
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Episode PremiereDecember 18, 2007
DistributorWBTV, FX Network
Show Period2003 - 2010
Production CompanyHands Down Ent., Ryan Murphy Prod., WBTV
Cast and Crew
DirectorElodie Keene
ScreenwriterRichard Levine, Lyn Green
Main Cast
- Dylan Walsh as Dr. Sean McNamara
- Julian McMahon as Christian Troy
- John Hensley as Matt McNamara
- Joely Richardson as Julia McNamara
- Roma Maffia
- Linda Klein
- Kelly Carlson
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- AnnaLynne McCord as Eden Lord
- John Schneider as Ram Peters
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Break Your Date with Death
By: Jim Gorman
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Meet: Two-lane rural road
Death toll: 1,366 motorcyclists
If Death went retail, he'd open a motorcycle dealership. With sales figures doubling since 1998, bikes are booming—as are visits to the E.R., where staff call the brain-dead Easy Riders "donorcyclists." Fatalities among motorcycle riders and passengers spiked 12 percent in 2003, continuing an upward trend that began 8 years ago. In fact, based on miles ridden, a motorcyclist is 21 times more likely to die in a crash than a guy driving a ho-hum Elantra.
Survive it: You're tooling down the road on your motorcycle when an onrushing car turns left in your path. "A lot of guys panic. They lock up the brakes and lay the bike down rather than T-bone the car," says Pat Hahn, a spokesman for the Minnesota Motorcycle Safety Center and the author of Ride Hard, Ride Smart: Ultimate Street Strategies for Advanced Motorcyclists. Bad move. Chrome and flesh slide faster than rubber, so save your skin, literally and figuratively, by staying upright.
"It's almost impossible to flip a bike," says Hahn, recommending that you squeeze the front brake lever "like you're squeezing juice out of an orange." Begin soft, then squeeze progressively harder while steering in a straight line. "Your goal," he says, "is to get the speed down to buy yourself 1 or 2 seconds for the car to turn."
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(Peru, Neb.) Peru State College (PSC) Elementary/Middle Grades Math Methods students recently teamed up with local community volunteers to give 193 third grade students from Auburn, Humboldt-Table Rock-Steinauer, Johnson-Brock, Falls City, and Rockport, Mo., a day of Brain Quest math fun.
Education Instructor and Brain Quest Advisor Gina Bittner said, "The Spring 2011 Brain Quest event marked our 10th consecutive semester of hosting this fun, hands-on math experience. Peru State teacher candidates planned and executed a great event that left participants cheering and full of energy for math! More than 1,179 area third graders have now had an opportunity to participate and we look forward to bringing many more to campus in the years to come."
PSC teacher candidates were divided into small groups where they tackled specific math standards, teaching math concepts in fun, engaging, hands-on, interdisciplinary ways. Each group developed a unique name, activities and materials for their sessions.
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The pair were spotted in the trendy House bar on the city's Leeson Street where they were joined by a group of Rory's friends for a session which ended, insiders said, with a bar bill topping £5,500.
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According to sources Rory and Nadia were seen 'getting close' all night and left the pub alone together just before 3am where Rory had a chauffeur-driven Mercedes waiting outside 'Rory's group had about 15 lads with them and there were a few other girls as well. But McIlroy and Nadia were chatting all night. They were sitting together and laughing and joking. They really didn't care who saw them.'
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