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30 Harrowing Days in Rehab for Facebook Addiction
Facebook makes you feel like you're doing something while doing nothing and, yet, in its own way, makes you too tired thereafter to actually do something. It's a lot like filling out a moveon.org petition.
The problem is, the person who wrote that was me. And it just seems, I don't know, unseemly to quote yourself...
So consumed by writer's block and boredom, I decided to kill time by taking this Facebook Addiction quiz. To my great surprise, I learned that I was 56 percent addicted to Facebook! I know! Me. An addict. Sure, 56 was still a better score than my recent crystal meth urinalysis, but I knew from all the media's reporting that Facebook addiction was a far more serious condition. So I did what any responsible columnist would do: I checked myself into a 30 day rehab program for addicts like me. The following is a true account of my harrowing adventure.
DAY ONEThe first day got off to a rocky start. I sat in a circle with a counselor and other Facebook addicts. Their sunken black eyes peered out from pale, gaunt faces. Our counselor David, a middle-aged man with a ponytail, led the discussion. In the days to come, I would learn to respect David. He'd seen some dark times way before most of us had had our first social media high. Once a successful businessman in the 90s, David had lost everything. Until eight years ago, he was still turning tricks in public restrooms just to score ten minutes of Internet time on Friendster. But I didn't know that then. On that first day, he was just some guy busting my chops.
Hello, everyone. I'd like to introduce a new member of our group.
Hey, everyone. My name's Gladstone.
And nothing. That's the full name. I just go by Gladstone.
No, I mean, "I'm Gladstone and I'm …."
The creator and star of Hate By Numbers?
No. No one knows what that is. I mean, "I'm Gladstone and I'm a Facebook addict."
Hey, only 56 percent!
At that point, an older woman named Natalie chimed in. I could tell that she had been quite attractive in her day. But now, her once full lips had become thin and dry from too many Facebook groups. She'd become the kind of chick who'd join anything.
Percentages don't matter, Gladstone! An addict's an addict!
Oh, well, sure you say that. I mean, you're probably shooting like 90 percent. Tell me. Are you jonesing for a Farmville fix right now?
Gladstone! That kind of hostility will not be tolerated. And Natalie's right. An addict's an addict.
Fifty-six percent! I'm less addicted than like nine out of 10 of you. I don't even know why I'm here!
Suddenly, Pedro, a middle-aged man with thick plastic-framed glasses and a thin suspicious mustache broke the tension.
Excuse me, David. I know this group is about Facebook addiction, but I was wondering. How do you know if you're addicted to MySpace?
Simple. Tell me, Pedro. It's 2010. Do you still have a MySpace account?
Then you must be addicted.
He's right, Pedo. I mean, Pedro.
By Day 15, I was starting to appreciate the meaning of my addiction. Natalie, now almost 30 days sober was starting to regain her looks, and it turned out this "older woman" was actually seven years my junior. In fact, I'm not sure if it was her addiction that aged her prematurely, or if I'd just forgotten what people over 22 look like from all the time I'd spent around Facebook teens. In any event, although it was against group policy, she and I had been having sex in a seldom used broom closet. I'd explore her body, taking my cues from her while she moaned things like "dislike," "like" and "omg, they need to invent a 'please don't stop' button!" Not to brag, but Natalie was reaching climax at rehab so often, that if the Internet were allowed there, she would have had to ditch Facebook for a more real time Twitter account.
In any event, on Day 15, we explored the origin of my problem:
Today, I'd like to talk about why we began using Facebook in the first place. Gladstone, why don't you begin?
Yeah, it's stupid. I didn't even want to. I did it just to promote my website. Like networking.
So you joined for professional reasons, but then you got hooked on what? The quizzes?
Uh, no, I'm not a 14-year-old girl.
The apps like Farmville?
No. See above.
Connecting with old friends?
No. I barely know any of my Facebook friends in real life.
Then what?
Well, I guess I got hung up on women telling me how great I was.
Oh, but Gladstone. It's the Internet, don't you realize that eight out of 10 of those women look hideous in real life and/or have a penis?
I thought about what David said for a moment. In my heart, I knew it was true. Slowly, I turned and spoke the truest sentence I knew.
I like those odds.
There have been many proud moments in my life. Calling Jessica Simpson a fat and untalented. Ironically pretending to strike a blow for Judaism against the Black Eyed Peas. And, of course, murdering Daniel O'Brien. But Day 30 of my treatment, when I was declared clean and sober, would have to be like nine or 10 on the list. Definitely top 20.
In 30 days, I'd learned that Facebook was one huge masturbatory time suck. Yes, of course, I already knew that at the beginning of '09 as evidenced by that quote at the start of the column, but now I learned it again. And it was taught to me by someone who was paid to say it, so it's that much more true.
I also learned techniques for dealing with the cravings. For instance, now when I want to play scrabble at three in the morning, instead of going online, I wake my wife and take out the board game. And if I want to play scrabble with someone I don't know, I ask her to wear that wig and talk in a German accent. By the way, it turns out that that chick Natalie was my wife. I knew she looked kind of familiar. I just hadn't seen a lot of her in the last two years, what with the HBN and social media-ing we were both engaging in.
I approached the center of the circle and held up my sobriety medal with pride. David was quick to offer support.
Gladstone what the hell are you doing? Sit down.
I just wanted to thank you all for believing in me. This medal means a lot.
First of all, we don't give medals. And secondly, if we did, you wouldn't get one. Just this morning, I caught you trying to update your status on a calculator.
Well, if I didn't graduate, how did I get this medal?
You won it at some stupid reading and you never take it off because you're a huge narcissistic loser.
Good one, David. But if I'm such a huge narcissistic loser than why would someone as cool as I think I'm so great? Yeah, you think on that.
So I left the treatment with Natalie/wife and medal in hand, proud of conquering my addiction. Understandably, the group was saddened by my loss. Pedro called out.
Gladstone! Don't go. How will we live without being part of your life?
Oh, don't worry friends. I'll keep you posted on... (wink) Facebook.
The group stared back blankly, and I recovered gracefully from my faux pas.
Um, I mean, not Facebook. Twitter. No. Um, a letter? Yeah, like with paper and stamps and stuff. That still exists, right? Cool. I'll drop you line.
And with that, I closed the chapter on my days of addiction and started my new life.
Help Gladstone battle his addiction by visiting his revamped website and/or subscribe to his site's feed. You can also follow him on Twitter and, of course, stalk him on Facebook. UPDATE -- Facebook friends almost maxed out. Why not join the Gladstone/HBN fan page and stay abreast of Gladstone/HBN events?


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A judge has refused to suppress the statements Ali-Mohamed Mohamud made to police in the hours after an officer found Mohamud's 10-year-old stepson beaten to death last April in the basement of his Guilford Street home.
State Supreme Court Justice Christopher J. Burns also will allow evidence collected from the home and Mohamud's workplace to be admitted in his upcoming murder trial, expected to begin Monday.
"No force, duress or promises were made to the defendant to induce the statements and admissions," Burns said in his suppression ruling.
Mohamud's written police statement has not been read aloud in court. But a prosecutor previously told a City Court judge that Mohamud admitted beating his stepson to death.
Jury selection for the murder trial began Thursday and is expected to conclude today.
Prosecutor Thomas M. Finnerty, chief counsel in the Erie County District Attorney's Office, told prospective jurors that Abdifatah Mohamud was struck about 70 times with a hardwood baker's rolling pin. The blows to his head and body caused the "devastating amount of injuries that boy sustained," Finnerty said.
Authorities have said the blows shattered the boy's skull.
Defense lawyer Kevin W. Spitler asked prospective jurors if they had the courage to render an unpopular not-guilty verdict, like the one by jurors who acquitted Dr. James G. Corasanti of manslaughter and hit-run charges earlier this year.
"That's the kind of courage I'm going to ask you to demonstrate," Spitler told the jurors.
Before Spitler questioned the prospective jurors, Burns had said it was OK for the defense lawyer to refer to the Corasanti jury "as long as it's measured."
Finnerty did not object to Spitler mentioning the public reaction to the Corasanti verdict as long as Spitler did not specifically mention Erie County District Attorney Frank A. Sedita III or anybody else by name.
Shortly after the Corasanti jurors delivered their verdict, Sedita said at a news conference that he was "absolutely astonished" by the verdict.
Sedita said "candidly he was shocked" by the verdict, but that's not criticism, Finnerty said.
"I respectfully disagree," Spitler replied.
Spitler told Burns he felt questioning jurors about the Corasanti verdict was important because he fears jurors may fear being criticized like the Corasanti jurors were if they return an unpopular verdict.
Burns said he wants jurors who are "not intimidated" by any comments or criticism from anybody.
Nine jurors were chosen Thursday, with the remaining three jurors plus alternates expected to be selected today.
At last month's suppression hearing, a detective testified about what the defendant told him.
At Buffalo Police Headquarters, after his arrest, Mohamud seemed despondent but cooperated with detectives. "He said, 'I loved my kids,' " Detective Sgt. James Lonergan recalled at the hearing.
Mohamud then said, "Shoot me here," as he pointed to his forehead, Lonergan testified.
Officers who responded to the scene said Shukri Bile, the boy's mother, gave permission to search the home. She told police that her husband was the last person to see the boy.
A police officer who was investigating the mother's report of the missing child found Abdifatah in a fetal position in the blood-spattered basement, his hands and mouth duct-taped.
Based on what police heard at the scene, a detective issued a pickup order for Mohamud, a security guard employed by U.S. Security Associates who worked at The Buffalo News.
Police arrested him at The News and turned him over to homicide detectives.
Lonergan has said he read Mohamud his Miranda warning at 12:33 a.m. April 18. Mohamud began his statement to police at 12:55 a.m. and ended at 2:24 a.m.
After the statement, Mohamud gave permission for police to search his locker at The News and to search his car. At 4:52 a.m., Mohamud let a detective collect a DNA sample.
"The police properly obtained both verbal and written consent to search the property from Ms. Bile," Burns said in his ruling. "There was no force or deception used in obtaining the consent."
Burns also said that "the prosecution has produced credible, trustworthy evidence and has sustained the burden to establish beyond a reasonable doubt that the statements and admissions made by the defendant were voluntary."
Mohamud was fully and fairly advised of his constitutional rights, and he waived his rights to remain silent, Burns said.
"The statements made by the defendant were his own free and voluntary statements," the judge said.
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A second example is from a student who worked in Americorps for a year. On one of the group's spikes (trips out), she went to Cleveland where Americorps had rented some rooms in a hotel for the group to stay in while they worked in Cleveland. The hotel turns out to have been a crack house. Her personal statement began, "I used to live in a crack house." She linked her statement to the reality versus the appearance of law.
I am sure that the admissions people, on beginning to read these statements, did not sigh, "Oh, gosh, here's another Khmer Rouge statement. Why can't these people write something to keep me awake?" or "Another crack house statement! Boy, do I get tired of these!"
Two other memorable statements are one which described a conversation with Mother Theresa and one which told about working in the City Jail for the Public Defender's office.
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The Stars, with new owner Tom Galardi willing to spend dough this summer, will go after Ryan Suter and Zach Parise, but still think Detroit has the inside track on Parise, whos absolutely No. 1 on their shopping list (how about Parise and Pavel Datsyuk on the same line?), with Suter No. 2 as they look to Nick Lidstroms eventual retirement. One thing Detroit has that other teams dont: a winning tradition.
Must be a serious thought if the Parise talk is still around. Isn't Parise a center? What do you think the lines will look like if he signs (top 6 wise).


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The 6 Greatest Lies Ever Told by Children
#3. "[Some Celebrity] and I Hang Out All the Time"
This one usually shows up when that one slightly weird kid casually starts name-dropping celebrities that she knows personally. Whether it's through a mutual acquaintance or a summer camp before the celebrity got famous, the implication is that the liar is a cool person who definitely shouldn't be shunned quite as much as she has been. The exact celebrity varies with the age group and the times; these days, I imagine it's probably preteen girls bragging about knowing Justin Bieber. Do preteen girls still like Justin Bieber? Or is it just weird older women now?
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"He's still pretty hot, but yes, less so now that he's an adult."
It's not hard to see why these lies crop up. They attract attention -- positive attention! -- and for the weirder children who have trouble getting people to notice them when they're not cramming things into their noses, it's a tempting lie to explore. And it's an exploration that can be very effective, at least when it's carefully deployed, with the classic child-lie hallmarks that make it hard to verify, like distant meeting locations and a lack of photographs because no one had a camera that day.
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"I would have gotten a picture, but Nicki Minaj is a very private person, and also I left my camera with her as a going-away present."
#2. The Touch of Death
There isn't a child around who doesn't have at least one friend who swears that they know (or know someone who knows) how to kill someone with a single touch. Whether it's a kick to the sternum, a sensual caress of the collarbone, or simply reaching in and tearing out the heart, there's one badass on every playground who swears it can be done.
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"Was it pigtail yank first, then chin poke, or was it ... STOP CRYING."
Brockway touched on this before, and he summarized it perfectly: These lies are essentially the nuclear-deterrent strategy of playground confrontations. When confronted by such a claim, a bully has to ask himself, "He's probably lying. But what if he isn't? Is this Fruit Roll-Up really worth my life?"
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"Actually, yes. A Fruit Roll-Up is worth it. This is my hill to die on."
#1. "My Uncle Works at Nintendo"
The most powerful of all children's lies, the one lie that binds and rules them all. It hinges on one immutable fact: A child who knows more about video games is a superior child.
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"Yeah, I got all 151 Pokemon, plus the seven secret PokeMEN, so you guys should probably start anointing my feet."
And every time a kid told a lie about a video game, it was backed up by his "uncle who worked for Nintendo." By now you'll see the pattern: It's just plausible enough, and it's hard to quickly disprove. Who knows what anyone's uncle does? While you might be able to find out what a friend's dad does, there's no feasible way to find out anything about their uncle. He could be a farmer or an astronaut or a public drunk. But he never was. He always worked for Nintendo.
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"Nephew, I can't keep risking my job to impress some 7-year-olds, and ... oh, what the hell. Man, do I have a weird need to seek the approval of 7-year-old boys. What's that? No, just thinking aloud. That's not the code. Don't tell anyone I said that."
He was a mysterious and distant genius who knew how to unlock every secret character, how to access every hidden level, and even the secret incantations necessary to turn any character, from Lara Croft to Samus Aran to Kirby, completely nude.
"No, this is the last time, nephew. I was not supposed to put that in the game. I have a serious problem, and you calling me every day is not helping. Goodbye forever. Well, yes. Forever until Thanksgiving."
Chris Bucholz is a Cracked columnist and, although this is going to sound really unlikely now, does actually have an uncle who works for Nintendo. Join him on Facebook or Twitter, where he'll share the secret Metroid code that lets you take Samus on a coffee date in which she's visibly uncomfortable the entire time.


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What does a day in the life of a Sneaky Chef Household look like meal-
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I hope you answer this question, it would be vital for my home!!!
I LOVE that question, Stephanie! That's the best email I've gotten in a long time...this is for a typical day in my house - I must admit, a little prep ahead of time goes a long way toward easier weekdays when schedules are busy - not sure if you have my books, but I cook out of all of them....although I end up using my first book a lot (and my newest book, coming out in January-see below):
School Day 5-minute Breakfast: Breakfast Ice Cream (from my first book-blue border) - frozen chopped banana/frozen strawberries/Greek yogurt/touch of honey and milk in mini food processor - puree to "soft serve" consistency; serve in a parfait glass with a little squirt of organic whipped cream for fun!
Lunch box: Quick Fix for Tuna Fish Sandwich (from my first book - blue border) - mix chunk light tuna with skinless/boneless sardines and my White Bean Puree/touch of light mayo and a little wheat germ - add chopped celery or dill, if desired; serve on whole grain bread. Carrot sticks/apple or applesauce on side.
After-school snack: Red pepper slices with light ranch dressing/plain nonfat Greek yogurt dip (I try to do less and less Ranch, more and more plain Greek yogurt) or No Doc Guacamole (guac with my Green Puree mixed in - I keep my purees made in baggies in the freezer); they also love the homemade corn chips (just brush corn tortillas with olive oil, salt, cut into triangles, bake for 10-15 minutes on 400 degrees until crisp)
Dinner: Saucy Turkey Meat Sauce (from my first book - blue border) over whole grain pasta (one of my girls is gluten-free now, so we make 2 kinds of pasta) - served with a romaine salad with olive oil and vinegar (they'll eat it if I call it a "Caesar Salad" and add grated Parmesan)
Dessert: a "sometimes" event - My Say Yes to Sorbet (also book 1) - frozen berries and pom juice in food processor; or an orange or an ice pop from one of my books - sometimes I just pour chocolate coconut water into popsicle molds and freeze - they love this too (so do I - and very few calories)
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WASHOE COUNTY, Nev. - School counselors are available to help students and staff members across the Washoe County School District in the wake of the tragedy at a Connecticut elementary school last week.
School police officers are also available to answer questions about specific safety measures at individual schools designed to prepare students and staff for any emergency.
"We are deeply saddened to hear about the tragedy in Connecticut," said Superintendent Pedro Martinez. "The safety of our children and staff is always a top priority, and we work diligently to ensure our classrooms and schools remain secure at all times. Our hearts are with our colleagues and the entire community in Newtown, Connecticut."
"We have a highly-trained team of professionals that is committed to doing everything possible to keep our schools safe," said Washoe County School Police Chief Mike Mieras. "We continue to work with our school family of staff members and students on training and safety measures to be used in the event of any emergency. We are working to promote a culture where everyone has a responsibility to be vigilant and focused on safety.
"We urge students, parents, and community members to contact us if they see any suspicious activity or have any concerns. Students may call School Secret Witness at 329-6666 and provide confidential information, or text information to us if they have any concerns or suspicions."
The Washoe County School District has security measures in place at all schools:
• In 2011-2012, WCSD began instituting a SIRT (School Incident Response Team) program at schools. These teams are comprised of the principal and staff members who are trained in medical emergencies, logistics, and sheltering in case of any emergency.
• WCSD holds regular evacuation, earthquake, and safety drills supported by ongoing training at every school in the District.
• Officer Tracy Moore is assigned as a full-time emergency manager for WCSD. He is a specially trained in emergency management, and coordinates emergency procedures, drills, and training sessions in all schools and District offices.
• School police officers regularly patrol campuses to watch for any signs of suspicious activity and provide assistance as needed.
• All visitors are required to check in at the school office.
• All outside doors and gates are secured during school hours.
• All staff members are trained to identify and report any suspicious activity immediately.
• There is an established Code Blue Team at every school, comprised of clinical aides and staff members who are trained in CPR.
"All of us - adults and children alike - are struggling to process what happened," said Katherine Loudon, coordinator of counseling services for WCSD. "Children have fears and concerns, and parents can help by answering their questions with honest information that is appropriate for their age. Counselors will remain at schools to provide help, reassurance, and support to students and staff."
Additionally, counselors are encouraging parents to help their children cope with their feelings and fears in the following ways:
• Keep routines as normal as possible. Children gain security from the predictability of routine, including attending school.
• Limit children's exposure to television and the news.
• Be honest with children and share as much information with them as they are developmentally able to handle.
• Listen to their fears and concerns.
• Reassure children that the world is a good place to be, but that there are people who do bad things.
• Parents should help children reaffirm positive attachments and relationships in their lives.
The Washoe County School District has set up a link on its website which contains resources for parents, students, and staff. Visit http://www.washoe.k12.nv.us/community/school-safety-resources?_lang=en for more information.
Parents who have questions and concerns may contact their children's school counselor, principal, or teacher for information and help. There are also a number of resources online for parents and their children, including:
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By Doug Bradley, NAMI HelpLine Coordinator
One of the biggest stories in mental health over the past few years has been the proposed revision of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). As the main guide used by psychiatrists, psychologists, and social workers in the U.S. to diagnose mental illness, the DSM is an important factor in our mental health system. The manual often influences what type of care people get (or should get), how practitioners are reimbursed, and how people diagnosed with mental illness view themselves and their recoveries.
While the DSM-5 has not been finalized, there are several big changes from the last manual (DSM-IV) starting with the title. The American Psychiatric Association (APA) used roman numerals (i.e., I, II, III) on previous editions but will now use Arabic numbers (i.e., 1,2,3) for two reasons. Firstly, Arabic numbers are more universally recognized. Secondly, updates to the manual will be easier to track. Prior changes were denoted by abbreviations such as –R or –TR, which did not indicate which came first. New updates will be denoted DSM-5.1, DSM-5.2, etc., to clearly show which version is latest.
Another noticeable change is the lack of axes (e.g., Axis I for mood, anxiety and thought disorders; Axis II for personality disorders) to classify illnesses. The DSM-5 work groups felt that there was no scientific basis for this separation and abandoned the axis system for this version.
Instead, an attempt has been made to group similar disorders into 20 categories. However, there have been changes to the familiar DSM-IV groupings. The former "Mood Disorders" chapter is now divided into two sections: "Depressive Disorders" and "Bipolar and Related Disorders." A brand-new category is "Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders" which includes OCD, hoarding, compulsive hair-pulling, Body Dysmorphic Disorder and others. While all these disorders can cause anxiety, their main distinguishing features are repetitive thoughts and behavior. Also, as the treatment for them is often different than for other anxiety conditions, they have been separated from Anxiety Disorders , which in DSM-5 still contains Panic Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, etc.
Some other changes are elimination of Aspergers as a separate disorder and merging it into Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The section on Personality Disorders has changed with new criteria for some and the elimination of Schizoid, Paranoid, Histrionic and Dependant Personality Disorders. Researchers feel that people in these categories rarely needed professional help and that many of their symptoms could be better described by the remaining personality disorders. Also, two controversial diagnoses (Attenuated Psychosis and Mixed Anxiety-Depression) have been kept but are in a section for topics needing further study.
As people following the creation of DSM-5 know, this process has been more contentious than past revisions. Opponents of the new manual feel that thresholds for the diagnosis of many disorders have been lowered and many people whose behavior is not currently considered "disordered" will now be labeled as ill. For example, some fear that the removal of the "grief exclusion" from Major Depressive Disorder will cause a normal and necessary part of life to be treated as a sickness. The APA has tried to address this issue by adding a note to the proposed criteria for depression clarifying that while grief itself is not a disorder, grief and depression can co-occur. Since this difference is not noted explicitly in the criteria, however, some feel that practitioners may overlook the distinction.
On the other hand, the new definition of ASD may result in fewer diagnoses. This possibility concerns some who feel that children may lose their ASD diagnosis, ending their eligibility for public programs that their parents have found useful, if not invaluable, for their children's development.
Critics also claim that researchers have not done all the testing needed to validate the new criteria, perhaps to meet deadlines in the development of DSM-5. The APA counters that more field work and validity testing have been done for this revision than for any in the past. It also claims that there has been more input, partly thanks to the internet, from many mental health professionals and the public. Opponents say that while the APA has accepted much input, it has disregarded most from outside the association.
How will the new DSM affect the practice of psychiatry and people living with mental illness? Will it change who is considered to be living with mental illness? The maddeningly vague answer is that we will only know after DSM-5 is released in 2013. The intent of the authors of the manual, and the hope of everyone touched by mental illness, is that the new DSM will produce more accurate diagnoses leading to better treatment. The fear is that many normal behaviors will be considered symptoms of illnesses resulting in unnecessary labeling and intervention. Ideally, DSM-5 will make for better diagnoses, allowing practitioners to identify and treat mental illness before it shatters people's lives, yet without wrongly labeling others. It's a tall order but, at the very least, both sides in this debate will have learned much on how well this process has worked and how it can be improved in the future.


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Dr. Jason R. Jividen, assistant professor of politics in the Saint Vincent College Alex G. McKenna School of Business, Economics, and Government, gave an invited talk for the annual R. Gerald McMurtry Memorial Lecture Series at the Duncan School of Law in Knoxville, Tennessee on November 9. The series is sponsored by Lincoln Memorial University's Abraham Lincoln Institute for Leadership and Public Policy. The talk was titled, "The Lincoln Image and the Idea of Equality in American Presidential Rhetoric." "The talk briefly surveyed and critically discussed presidential appeals to Lincoln's ideas about equality as a paramount political good," Dr. Jividen commented. "In presidential rhetoric, Lincoln's understanding of equality is often misunderstood or misrepresented and this has significant consequences not only for how we might understand Lincoln, but also for how we understand the legitimate ends and means of American republicanism."
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5 Things to Remember When Your Life Goes to Hell
If there's an upside to spending most of your life in abject poverty and soul-sucking alcoholism, it's that you become an expert in shit-handling. Many of you out there can testify that it doesn't make you panic any less when personal disasters do pop up, but it seems like the more frequently you fall into a sewer, the more skilled you become at battling the turtles that reside within.
But no matter how skilled we get at handling a good old-fashioned clusterfuck, there are still some basic reminders that we could all use when we're right in the thick of it. For instance ...
#5. This Is Temporary ... Even if the Problem Isn't
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I need you to understand right off the bat that this article isn't about life-shattering catastrophes. There's a major difference between having your car suddenly start smelling like devil farts and the doctor telling you that you have Parkinson's disease. But for this point, I want to talk about both levels of severity because, realistically, you're going to encounter both at some point.
My aunt Brenda was diagnosed with terminal cancer a few years ago, and she reacted exactly how you'd expect: denial, panic, fear -- all the natural emotions that humans go through when progressing through grief. Now, I don't want to bring you down, so before we go any further, here's Lexy and Stephany singing "This Feels Like Love."
Better? If not, watch it again. All of it. For the rest of you, let's skip ahead to when Brenda accepted her situation and made peace with it. Once that happened, she told me, "All of this is temporary. It sucks that I have cancer, but the problem is never the situation -- it's how we handle it." That really hit home for me because I never looked at it that way before. We are creatures who excel at adaptation, even when things are their most dire. Especially when they're the most dire. But the initial burst of panic and fear inhibits that perseverance ... and that is where the problem seems the worst.
When Brenda said that it's only temporary, she didn't mean that her cancer was going to suddenly decide to stop being a douche and leave with an apology. She meant that the chaos and negative emotions don't last very long. That once you're able to clear your heart and your head, these things become so much easier to deal with.
So two weeks ago when our car broke down like the asshole dick licker that it is, I had to remind myself that it's not the end of the world. It's a problem with a definite solution, and panicking isn't a part of that equation. Then a week later my wife needed all four of her wisdom teeth pulled and we had to deal with it all over again. Where's the money going to come from? How much is covered by insurance? The only day that's open at the dentist is the day of my article deadline. How in the living fuck are we going to handle this? Do I have to start selling crack? Again?
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"I'm sorry, did you say 'discount'?"
And that's where Brenda's foresight still helps me to this day. Her lesson reminds me, "Hey, dipshit. Calm down. Take a breath. This is fixable, but only after you get past the panic. You're solving nothing by freaking out. It's all temporary. Just be glad your mom didn't name you 'Brenda.'"
#4. "It Could Be Worse" Is a Bullshit Phrase
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One of the most common replies I hear from someone who's just been used as an emotional dumping ground is "Hey, it could be worse." We hear it so much that sometimes we even say it to ourselves when shit hits the fan. And I'll be honest here -- if it helps ease your mind and gets you past the panic, then by all means continue saying it. But that doesn't mean that it comes without downsides.
Obviously, the problem could be worse. The airline pilot could decide to start up the jet right as you're fucking the engine. You could have just been runner-up in a game of "I Bet You Can't Stab My Chest." You could be Lexy and Stephany's manager:
More times than not, the problem I see with the phrase is when people use it to downplay their (or someone else's) current problem. "God, can this day get any worse? I have to come up with an extra hundred bucks to get my tire fixed. Rent is due. All the food in my fridge is covered in a glowing purple fungus ... OK, just take a deep breath. This could be worse. Let's just relax and get my mind off of it for a bit."
It's a means of delaying the problem until you're stable enough to handle it, and at first glance that sounds logical. But the problem is that normal humans actually need to go through those stages of grief as a process because grief isn't just a thing that happens when someone you love dies. It encompasses any loss, no matter how small. It's just hard to recognize that we're going through it sometimes because small losses generally mean a fast grieving process.
But think about the last time you had a problem with hotel reservations or a mix-up with your luggage at an airport or your stunt motorcycle suddenly petered out. For most of us, our initial reaction is telling the person behind the counter, "No, that can't be right. Check again." Or in the case of the bike, trying to kick start it 25 times in a row, knowing full well that it's not going to magically rumble to life and scale that flaming ramp. That's denial, and it's the first stage of grief. It's almost always followed by the rest of them, too. Anger that this bullshit is happening to you, and then acceptance.
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Dude, it's just chalk. It breaks all the time. Get over it.
Putting off that process only delays the part where you get past it and dive into finding solutions. "OK, let's take this one step at a time. Grenades won't help, so let's put those away. I fully plan on setting this place on fire later, but my lighter was in my bag. So I'll need to stop at the store ..."
Of course, if you're not careful, there's danger even in allowing yourself to go through those stages. So we have to remind ourselves that ...
#3. Venting Is Necessary, But It Can Come With Consequences
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Keeping your composure during an emotional butt fucking is ideally what you want, but let's face it, we don't live in a world of theory. Reality for many of us dictates that when the world drops a crisis turd in our happy soup, we're going to flip out. Again, it's natural. If you don't let some of that out, you're setting yourself up to be an emotional time bomb.
But we have to be careful when and how we do it. In the last month, my wife and I have gone through about $1,500 worth of unexpected emergencies, mostly involving the aforementioned car and teeth problems. Since I work from home and her teeth are in her head, my wife was in the center of every financial setback. And each time I got the bad news that we needed to spend more money to clean up all of the dicks life was spray painting on our walls, I got more and more stressed. I needed to vent.
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The neighbor girl is kind of a shitty listener.
It is so easy to forget in those moments that the other person is just as stressed as you over the disasters. And it's even easier to forget that even though you're only venting your frustrations to "get it out of your system," he or she can take it as "It's your fault that we're in this predicament! Why do you keep causing all this financial headache?!"
Even if they're not directly involved with the crisis, how often have you heard someone say, "Hey, don't take it out on me!" I couldn't even attempt to put a number to it.
It's in those times that you absolutely have to remember that you're talking to another human. And that human is processing everything you're venting. It's incredibly important that they understand that you're not mad at them. That sometimes, you just need someone to listen while you bitch. That sometimes, your venting means having to drop someone with a German suplex while screaming, "OOOOOH YEEAAAAH!"
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"And then the hot water went out right in the middle of my shower!"
But keep in mind what we talked about earlier. How at the beginning of the disaster, everything feels chaotic. You're panicking. Logic feels like an enemy. If you can help it at all, it's best to vent when that dust has settled a bit. If you've given yourself enough time to really wrap your head around the problem, you're going to sound a whole lot less like a frothing lunatic, and a lot more like someone who just needs to talk it out.


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LOS ANGELES — In mathematical terms, divide the circumference of the world by its diameter, and you have pi. In Hollywood terms, add a United Nations mix of ingredients and you have the blockbuster "Life of Pi."
With 11 Academy Awards nominations — second only to "Lincoln" with 12 — and the sort of global box-office receipts normally reserved for superheroes, "Life of Pi" is one of the most unusual megahits ever to hit the big-screen. Approaching $600 million at the box office worldwide, the film is by far the top-grosser among the nine best-picture nominees — with $200 million more than "Les Miserables" and "Django Unchained," its closest rivals.
"Life of Pi" has action, suspense and spectacle, but it's a thoughtful, contemplative, internalized film, a philosophical and even cryptic story that touched something in the worldwide psyche resulting in business in the realm of more traditional hits like "The Hunger Games," "Men in Black 3" and "Brave."
Though backed by 20th Century Fox, the film has an international sensibility that "Life of Pi" director Ang Lee hopes will gradually become part of everyday business in Hollywood. "It's a global movie culture. The mainstream cinematic language was largely set up by Hollywood, Americans, therefore it's American. Some European directors, but it was an American spirit," Lee said. "I think the film language that's established here, that's the biggest obstacle when you try to do something different. You know, the world views things differently. They have different life experiences."
As does the talent behind "Life of Pi." The film is based on the best-selling novel by Canadian author Yann Martel.
Lee grew up in Taiwan, went to film school at New York University and has become one of Hollywood's most-eclectic filmmakers, turning his martial-arts epic "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" into a critical and commercial smash and winning the best-director Oscar for "Brokeback Mountain."
Along with Lee, who's up for best director and best picture as a producer on "Life of Pi," the film's Oscar-nominated collaborators include American screenwriter David Magee, Canadian composer Mychael Danna, Chilean cinematographer Claudio Miranda and Indian lyricist Bombay Jayashri, who sings the theme song, which she co-wrote with Danna. The film's largely Indian cast is led by newcomer Suraj Sharma as teenage Pi Patel and Irrfan Khan as adult Pi, with French superstar Gerard Depardieu and British actor Rafe Spall co-starring.
"Every big movie doesn't need to be American. This movie had virtually nothing American about it," said Gitesh Pandya, who runs the website Boxofficeguru.com.
"Life of Pi" follows the spiritual journey of an Indian youth who creates his own multicultural, interdenominational world view by embracing Hindu, Islamic and Christian beliefs and practices. Pi Patel's faith is terribly tested after he's shipwrecked on a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger — the story offering an even more terrible narrative as Pi later relates an alternate version of his adventures.
Sounds like the stuff of an intriguing lower-budgeted arthouse film. But shot in 3-D with expensive computer animation to create a lifelike tiger and other creatures, "Pi" cost a whopping $120 million with no guarantee it could ever pay for itself. 20th Century Fox executives ultimately decided it had enough international appeal to justify the risk.
FILE - In this Monday, Feb. 4, 2013 file photo, Ang Lee, nominated for best picture and directing for "Life of Pi," arrives at the 85th Academy Awards Nominees Luncheon at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, in Beverly Hills, Calif. With 11 Academy Awards nominations, second only to ìLincolnî with 12, and the sort of global box-office receipts normally reserved for superheroes, ìLife of Piî is one of the most unusual megahits ever to hit the big-screen. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)×


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Israel Vote Weakens Premier
TEL AVIV—Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his allies were sharply weakened in election results Tuesday, pushing him to try to form a coalition government with his opponents that stands to be more moderate but less stable.
Mr. Netanyahu's two-party bloc was forecast to win the most seats in the Knesset, and he is still most likely to lead a third term, but the surprise rebuke means he is likely to seek alliances with parties at opposite ends of the political spectrum. Those ascendant parties are at odds over major issues, such as whether to support a Palestinian state, to continue building West Bank settlements and to curtail ultraorthodox rights.
If the exit poll numbers are confirmed, as they generally have been in past elections, the vote will stem a more than decadelong decline of more moderate Israeli parties. Those parties generally support restarting long-stalled peace talks with the Palestinians.
Israel's right-religious political bloc looks set to see its majority in Israel's 120-seat Knesset shrink from 66 seats to as few as 61, exit polls show, underlining Mr. Netanyahu's need to make concessions in a new coalition.
The Israeli leader appeared to acknowledge that Tuesday's results reflected popular discontent with the status quo. "The results constitute a chance to carry out changes that Israeli citizens are waiting for," he said. "Tomorrow we start over."
In an address after the vote, he said preventing Iran from getting a nuclear weapon would be his top priority in a new term, followed by reducing high living costs and improving the economy. In a nod to his likely new partners, he said pursuing peace would be his third priority.
The election's biggest surprise was Yesh Atid, or There is a Future party, which was formed just last year by a centrist former television anchor, Yair Lapid, and is forecast to take second place with 18 seats, from none. Political observers said they couldn't recall a rookie politician ascending the ranks so quickly.
Mr. Netanyahu's two-party bloc was forecast to have plunged to 31 seats from its current 42.
"I think it's a very clear statement that the people of Israel want to see a different direction," said Yesh Atid candidate Rabbi Dov Lipman.
Mr. Lapid is a potential Netanyahu ally, but has made opposition to government entitlements for the ultraorthodox one of his signature issues. That could complicate Mr. Netanyahu's efforts to win over the religious parties he has relied upon as partners.
Late Tuesday night, Mr. Netanyahu called Mr. Lapid and urged him to join forces, according to Likud Party minister Limor Livnat.
Yesh Atid Party candidate Kerin Alharar said the party will wait to hear Mr. Netanyahu's offer before making a decision, but said they would be unlikely to join a government that didn't pledge to reopen Palestinian talks.
Tzipi Livni, whose newly created Hatnuah Party scored seven seats, is another potential Netanyahu ally. During the campaign, she focused on forging a peace accord with the Palestinians.
Labor Party leader Shelly Yacimovich pledged to work to unite the left under one banner to keep Mr. Netanyahu out of office, though most analysts believed that was unlikely. Exit polls predicted the party to be in third place with 17 seats, four more than current.
The results mean that if Mr. Netanyahu is successful in forming a coalition, he will be vulnerable to pressure from even the smallest parties. Such a weakened government also would leave the Israeli leader little room to maneuver in dealings with Washington, which favors a two-state solution with the Palestinians and could damage his standing with his hard-line base.
Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon said the poll results suggested Israel's next government might show greater flexibility on the Palestinian peace process.
Mr. Netanyahu said he hoped to form a broad government including parties from across the political spectrum.
Israeli pollster Rafi Smith told Israel Radio that the results indicated the next government was unlikely to endure and was likely to struggle to agree on policy. "It's going to be a short-lived Knesset, a pressure cooker, a national-paralysis-government," he said.
Jubilant leftist politicians said middle class economic discontent and frustration with Mr. Netanyahu's failure to make headway on the peace process coupled with Israel's growing international isolation contributed to his decline.
Some analysts believe Mr. Netanyahu's strength cost him votes. Since most voters believed Mr. Netanyahu was guaranteed to be the country's next prime minister, Likud voters felt safe casting ballots for other smaller parties whose platforms aligned with their beliefs, they said.
- 34 parties compete in the election for the 19th Knesset. Parties must win at least 2% of the vote to pass the threshold for seats in the parliament.
- 5.65 million Israelis are eligible to vote
- 10,132 polling stations open from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., including 195 polling stations in hospitals, and 57 in prisons.
- Israeli law requires public buses and trains to give free tickets to any voter more than 20 miles away from his polling station.
- For the first time, Israelis will be able to follow the vote count in real time on the government's election website or using a cellphone app.
The exit polls, which were conducted by Israel's three leading news channels, have historically proved accurate within a few percentage points.
They showed the ultraright wing Jewish Home party, lead by former venture capitalist Naftali Bennett, scoring 12 seats, slightly lower than forecast. Still, the result was a strong showing for the party, which supports annexing much of the West Bank.
The young, charismatic and unapologetically ideological Mr. Bennett appears to have drawn much of his support from former Netanyahu supporters angry over the prime minister's professed support in 2009 for the establishment of a Palestinian state and his willingness to slow building in Jewish West settlements for 10 months under pressure from Washington.
Despite the weaker than expected showing, Mr. Netanyahu remains virtually unchallenged atop Israeli politics. He is already the longest serving prime minister since Israel's founder David Ben Gurion.
Relative domestic calm after years of violence and a fairly strong economy, which grew 3.3% in 2012, appear to be working in Mr. Netanyahu's favor.
But on the two biggest existential challenges confronting Israel—peace with the Palestinians and Iran's nuclear program—Mr. Netanyahu remains a puzzle.
The son of one of Zionism's most hard-line revisionist intellectuals, Mr. Netanyahu has avoided ceding land for a Palestinian state and has blazed ahead with building in Jewish settlements in the West Bank. But he also withdrew from Hebron in the 1990s and negotiated a prisoner swap and cease-fire with Hamas, leading some to believe convincing some that he could yet prove a Nixon-to-China sort of leader.
Some of his political allies see him as a right-wing ideologue who, despite placating Washington with lip service to creating a Palestinian state, would never carry out such plans. Others believe the opposite: that he is intent on making history by leading Israel to peace.
On Iran's nuclear program, Mr. Netanyahu's bellicose rhetoric has convinced many in Israel and Washington that he favors a unilateral military strike. But his record in nearly seven years of rule suggests otherwise. He never presided over a military operation until the weeklong air campaign against Gaza last year, which ended without a ground incursion.


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An important challenge awaits the Northwestern Wildcats. New Year's Day marks the opportunity for the program to end its 64-year bowl skid and for its winningest-ever senior class to end their collegiate careers with one last win.
With so much at stake, what is on the mind of the team?
"Right now, they're looking forward to having fun," head coach Pat Fitzgerald said.
After a long regular season, that's the perfect medicine for Northwestern. A productive Saturday practice ended with offensive linemen being spun in circles, then running through a gauntlet of teammates while attempting to catch footballs darted at a high velocity.
In the two weeks following Northwestern's regular-season finale, Wildcat players held light workouts and spent little time studying up on Gator Bowl opponent Mississippi State. For the most part, the fortnight was used for rest and relaxation.
"I've tried to stay away from football as much as I can," quarterback Kain Colter said. "I feel everyone needs a break. It's along season and can wear on you. I tried to get a little time away and then come back strong."
Any football player will tell you there's no such thing as '100-percent health' after marching through the schedule. Northwestern's starters get some needed time to recuperate before bowl practices shift to game preparations.
"The last couple weeks, we've been getting our bodies back," said senior guard Brian Mulroe, who started each game this season. "That's been really helpful for the guys that have played a lot of reps each game."
While many Wildcats' bodies may be feeling better, their minds are being warped. It's exams week at Northwestern, leading to all-nighters at the library. After that, football becomes a priority.
"We needed this time to relax and get our bodies back, but also stay in shape," explained Colter.
Once exams are completed, Northwestern will hold its own "bowl week" at home, with festivities including a team trip to Dave & Busters and a Bulls game. The Wildcats will then travel home for the holidays before departing to Jacksonville.
While the Wildcats' focus isn't yet aimed toward the Gator Bowl, earning a victory remains the common goal.
"The one thing that matters is win," said Colter. "We really want to leave this legacy strong as being one of the best teams Northwestern has ever had, and finally get that monkey off our backs."
Northwestern will be refreshed and ready for the bowl game after some quality time with both teammates and family.
"We'll do everything we can do," said Fitzgerald, " to have a great game plan, have the bugs ironed out, have the guys understand what we're doing, play fast, be ready for January 1st, and peak at the right time."
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on September 8, 2012 - 4:04 AM
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Hold Silver accountable and choose a new speaker
Where is the outrage over Sheldon Silver's gross misconduct in handling the sexual harassment case involving Assemblyman Vito Lopez? Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Mr. Law and Order, should be demanding Silver's resignation. The Assembly leadership should put forth a new candidate for speaker, advising Silver that he is no longer fit to lead the Assembly.
We the voting public should ask our representatives what they plan on doing to hold Silver accountable for his actions. By doing nothing, we are by default endorsing his conduct. His actions may be legal, but they are not ethical. In the real world, Lopez would be fired. If an officer of a corporation attempted to resolve the matter as Silver did, he, too, would be fired.
The "three men in a room" style of government must come to an end. This is the type of abuse that can occur when so much power is placed in the hands of so few. Let's rise up and make those we elected to represent us carry our message to Albany. Everyone must be accountable.
Michael P. Ryan
East Aurora
NFTA should continue service to Bills stadium
The Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority has provided "Game Day Express Bus" service to and from Ralph Wilson Stadium on game days for the last 20-plus years. The buses left from five convenient locations across Western New York and would take Bills fans to and from the game for the cost of a "day pass."
This year, the NFTA claims that, due to a bad economy and recent budget cuts, it will be unable to provide the service. Many of the riders on this bus were elderly and benefited greatly from this service. It was also a great way to get to the game without the hassle of driving and paying the outrageous $25 fee to park at the stadium.
Can someone at the Bills organization work together with the NFTA to get these buses running again? Please do not leave your fans standing at the curb scrambling for a way to get to the game.
Steve Marsh
Illegal immigrants need to be deported
I was audience to the teletown meeting sponsored by Sen. George Maziarz on Aug. 28. The topic of this meeting was a proposal by Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver called the "Dream Act." This act would allow illegal aliens to apply for college aid in New York State at the expense of the taxpayers.
The nature of a "teletown" meeting, a meeting using phone lines and mass calling as its forum, is to allow call-in questions and comments from constituents on the designated topic. Due to the volume of calls, my question was not chosen and I was not awarded a chance to comment. Almost 5,000 people were in attendance to hear Maziarz repeat his disagreement to this proposal.
If my call had gotten through, I would have asked how this proposed legislation was possible at all. If you are an illegal alien, aren't you supposed to be arrested and deported? The fact that this "Dream Act" was even proposed makes me wonder if illegal aliens are presently living in our state public housing, receiving welfare and all the bounties that come with it and living the lives of "legal" aliens.
Before we deal with affording these people educations, maybe first we should decide what to do about this attempted legislation. Maybe Silver should have to answer to this apparent attempt at "aiding and abetting" criminals.
Doug Hammond
Article on political ads paints Obama unfairly
Balanced reporting got only the faintest of nods in the front-page News article featuring a picture of President Obama with the headline, "Truth torn to shreds by ads." The examples cited in the article are true and worthy of Politifact's "Pants on Fire" rating for two, false for one, and misleading, unfair and untrue for the fourth. However, the claims were made by the campaign or Sen. Harry Reid - not the president.
Better balance would have been achieved if the article had quoted Tommy Christopher's recent analysis of Politifact ratings that stated "Mitt Romney's statements have been judged 'Mostly False,' 'False' or 'Pants on Fire' 46 percent of the time, versus only 29 percent for President Obama. Nearly one in 10 statements by Romney earned flaming slacks, versus one out of every 50 for Obama."
Alan H. Lockwood, M.D.
Romney must provide details on job creation
Now that Mitt Romney is the official candidate of the Republican Party maybe we could finally find out what his mysterious plan for job creation is. He has a plan, he tells us, but what is the plan? The devil is in the details. The president has proposed several job creation plans, but the party of "No" has rejected all of them.
So what is Romney's plan exactly? Who and what will create them? The so-called job creators had 10 years of tax deductions to create jobs - where are they? Now they want even more tax deductions, but if the 10 years were not enough, how much and how long will it take?
Jobs were created under President Bill Clinton with a higher tax rate, why not with a lower tax rate? There is such animosity toward President Obama that it seems the Republicans and their cohorts, the tea party, will do everything in their power to undermine everything he tries to do. I thought these representatives were elected to work for the people's good. When a senator makes a statement that his most important job is to prevent a second term for the president, it is time to wonder if these people know what their job is.
Trudy Weber
Wing-eating contests are a shameful display
While it is commendable that this year's Chicken Wing Festival is donating funds to four deserving local charities, I find it disgusting, to say the least, to see photos of people gorging themselves on food, even if it is our local specialty. I wonder how the poor people of our community feel when they see this blatant excess of food being choked down "for the fun of it" - while they are fortunate enough to put a small meal on their table.
Parents, is this the example of good table manners you want your children to emulate? And God forbid that the people of the Third World countries ever learn that we have so much food here in America that we have contests to see who can eat the most of it while others are starving. Shame on us.
Sister Christine Diensberg, OSF
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Someone who is addicted to drugs or narcotics so much that they are willing to steal or kill for it.
"That dopefiend stole my watch to sell it so he could by some crack!"
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A heroin junky or crackhead.
"dope fiend" does not mean a pothead. Weed is only called dope by those who have never done any drugs, and a fiend is someone hopelessly addicted to a substance so much that they would suck a strangers dick for it.
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Someone addicted to hard drugs (crack, heroin, etc) that fiends for them so badly that they will do irrational and disproportion things to obtain said drugs.
This dopefiend rolled up sucked my dick, gave me a PS2 and Tims for 3 rocks. Also see Dopefiend Rental.
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noun, adj. Desperate and shameless behavior of a drug addicted person. It causes them to lose all values and self-respect and drives them towards their main priority and that is to get high.
because of his dopefiend ways he's picking shit for rocks he had to swallow right before cops searched him
Beküldő: ex-dopefiend 2006. július 18.
One who fiends for junk; i.e. heroin, smack or any other drug that is shot intravenously.
That smack head is such a dope-fiend.
Beküldő: $kot 2007. május 8.
A person (noun) who sneaks around to get or do things to benefit themselves. An active addict looking to score for free. Ex; drugs , money ,your car etc....
The only time she comes around , is to dopefiend her way into the house for money and stuff to steal. Always feeding her addiction off of everyone else
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(verb) Prison/street slang. To blindside someone. To attack and hit someone from the blind side, suddenly and without warning. It implies the actions a dope user as being unpredictable and potentially violent.
"He just ran up from behind and dopefiended on the guy."
"New employees say things at staff meetings that make you just want to dopefiend on 'em."
"New employees say things at staff meetings that make you just want to dopefiend on 'em."
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Why you need to become a 30 minute convert
Swimming is great for your health generally. But ensuring you do a full 30 minutes activity each visit offers swimmers a range of added benefits. So don't miss out. Read on and become a 30 Minute Convert today.
1. Reduce your body fat
Take 30 and burn 200. Swim for just 30 minutes and burn 200 - 350 calories.
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Boost your metabolism in 30 minutes – 30 minutes in the pool is the equivalent of 45-60 minutes of land based exercise.
3. Reduce your blood pressure
Get your heart pumping with half an hour of swimming every week and see a happier, healthier you.
4. Lower your risk of cancer
Combine your 30-minute swim with post-pool intake of protein and you can help lower the risk of cancer by strengthening your immune system
5. Promote your longevity
30 minutes at least once a week can make the difference – research suggests that bouts of swimming for 30 minutes or more can cut the risk of early death.
6. Prevent Osteoporosis
Swimming for half an hour in a weightless environment produces 90% less stress on your joints than most other forms of exercise.
7. Increase your energy
Need more get up and go? Then get yourself down to the pool – just half an hour once a week gives a fantastic boost to your energy levels.
8. Maintain your mental well-being
Get happy – get swimming! Just half an hour in the pool once a week improves mood and reduces stress, anxiety and depression.


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It's a Wrap
All-Alumni Reunions Conclude Bicentennial Celebration
By Holly Foster
Posted June 4, 2012
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Lots of smiles, reminiscing and laughter marked the All-Alumni Bicentennial Reunions that wrapped up on June 3. Saturday's highlights included the annual meeting of the Alumni Association, the Reunion parade, a campus picnic, Bicentennial Colleges and class dinners. Events concluded on Sunday with the moving Service of Remembrance featuring performances by the Baldwin and Reunion choirs.
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Remarks by Alumni Association President Julie Ross '84 and Josie Jones '12, a direct descendant of George Albion Calhoun, Hamilton's first graduate.
Remarks by Chairman of the Board of Trustees A.G. Lafley '69, including the presentation of a posthumus honorary degree to Alexander Hamilton in honor of the College's Bicentennial.
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Incline freshmen girls Amanda Pretti and Annika Hansen and sophomore boy Ian Reeves led the Highlanders with top-10 finishes in a Tahoe Basin League race at Homewood on Monday.
Conditions were ideal for racing, with a fast giant slalom course due to clear skies and a firm base, which tested even the most experienced skiers in the competitive league.
Pretti posted the top result for the Highlanders, as she finished third behind South Tahoe's Maia Bickert and North Tahoe's Jessica Tidd with a two-run combined time of 61.93 seconds. Bickert took the win in 60.52 while Tidd finished in 61.57.
Hansen wasn't far behind. She placed eighth in a time of 65.22, while teammate Hannah Laurie was 19th in 72.97.
"Both Amanda and Annika bring a lot of racing experience into their first season skiing in the Tahoe Basin League," said Incline coach Joe Humasti. "The Tahoe Ski Basin has a lot of strong competition this year in both the boys and girls division. Any boy or girl in the top 10 could win a race."
Despite having only three of the four racers that make up a team score, the Incline girls finished fifth with 140 points. North Tahoe's girls took the team win with 196 points. The Truckee girls were second with 193 points and were followed by South Tahoe (191) and Whittell (146). The Douglas girls (132) were sixth and Carson (47) seventh.
In the boys race, Reeves represented Incline well with a seventh-place finish in 63.41. Garrett Driller of North Tahoe won in 58.97 and was followed by Truckee's Addison Dvoracek in 59.89 and Scotty Lebel in 60.59.
Incline senior Kyle Reeves finished 24th in 72.33 and Daniel Lusch was 30th in 79.56.
With only three scores, the Incline boys finished sixth with 250 points. Truckee's boys were first with 211 points, followed by South Tahoe (186), North Tahoe (178), Douglas (166) and Whittell (149). The Carson boys had 91 points.
Truckee claimed the combined victory (boys and girls) with a total score of 404 points. South Tahoe was second with 377, North Tahoe third with 374, Douglas fourth with 298, Whittell fifth with 295, Incline sixth with 250 and Carson seventh with 138. North Tahoe hosted the race.


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Miami's Boom Time
There's a style renaissance afoot in the city of sun, fun and vice. A savvy new guide gives the inside track
LAURE HÉRIARD DUBREUIL may be thoroughly Parisian, but she considers herself a Miami tour guide. "I have so many requests from friends for where to go and what to do," said Ms. Hériard Dubreuil, who co-founded the boutique the Webster, on Collins Avenue, in 2008. "For the past five years, I was always going through my email, cutting and pasting and sending." Since opening store the store, which stocks labels like Givenchy, Balenciaga and Céline, Ms. Hériard Dubreuil has become intimately acquainted with the city, and instrumental in changing the topography of its fashion landscape. Now she's put that body of knowledge into a new guidebook, written with French Vogue contributor Carole Sabas, called "Miami: The Fashion & Friendly Guide."
The paperback volume arrives just in time for the Art Basel Miami Beach fair, which runs Dec. 5-9, and for those dreaming about winter weekend getaways. It's slim enough to slip into a clutch bag but still brims with recommendations from Ms. Hériard Dubreuil and with addresses culled from the little black books of stylish folk who live in Miami or visit frequently. Inside you'll find, for example, actress China Chow's favorite Cuban restaurant (Versailles, 3555 S.W. 8th St., Miami), decorator Kelly Wearstler's antiques dealer of choice (Gustavo Olivieri, 1627 Jefferson Ave., Miami Beach) and a dive bar that counts both singer Cat Power and hotelier André Balazs as fans (Ted's Hideaway, 124 2nd St., Miami Beach).
"The more you go inside the city, the more you discover its layers," said Ms. Sabas, who is a frequent Miami visitor. "With Miami, you have the music scene, like Pharrell Williams and Chris Blackwell. Then you have all the artists. Zaha Hadid is always here. And you have all these entrepreneurs who want to return Miami to the fashion mold."
''The more you go inside the city, the more you discover its layers.''
One of those entrepreneurs is Craig Robins, an art collector and CEO of the real estate firm Dacra, who was responsible for creating Miami's Design District in a once abandoned part of town. Mr. Robins's ambitious plan with partner L Real Estate (an equity fund in which LVMH is a minority investor) is to turn that area into what Women's Wear Daily predicted will be a "subtropical SoHo" with 50 store openings planned through 2014. Louis Vuitton, Céline, Prada and Cartier are already there—having relocated from the tony Bal Harbour shopping center to the north—while Dior Homme will open its doors right before the art fair.
That's strategic timing since Art Basel's fashion factor grows exponentially with each fair. Brands seem to feel required to have a presence there, whether the reason is a collaboration with an artist, a party thrown in honor of one or simply showing off new wares. (For more on that, see the box below.)
It all adds up to an image that transcends the expected look of lots of sequins and even more skin. Another force that's helped to rehab Miami's fashion reputation is Alchemist. Owned by husband and wife Roma and Erika Cohen, the glass-walled store designed by architect Rene Gonzalez occupies a surreal location on the fifth floor of the striking Herzog & de Meuron-designed parking garage at 1111 Lincoln Road.
The store opened in late 2008, during the dark depths of the financial crisis. "We thought, no one needs to buy more clothes right now," said Mr. Cohen. "It needed to be something really whimsical and crazy."
Alchemist also sets itself apart from run-of-the-mill retail with its constantly changing themes—goth glamour one season, jungle prints the next—and collaborations with artists. The couple is now putting the final touches on a second space, on the ground floor of 1111 Lincoln Road, that Mr. Cohen said is inspired by the energy of certain neighborhoods in Tokyo.
The new store, also designed by Mr. Gonzalez, features some lifestyle merchandise, like skin care from Dr. Perricone and Linda Rodin, Cire Trudon candles and juices from local business Jugofresh. The Cohens also teamed up with Damien Hirst's commercial arm, Other Criteria, and with the gallery Fulton Ryder to sell pieces from artist Richard Prince's personal collection, including vintage Keith Haring coloring books.
Ms. Cohen ran down the highlights of new merchandise slated to arrive in both stores: Joseph Altuzarra's ikat prints, Proenza Schouler's iridescent bags, Givenchy's paisley prints and Turkish designer Sevan Biçakçi's meticulously detailed cocktail rings.
Miami's new look clearly involves balance. Alchemist does a brisk business in Rick Owens's stark clothes, but Ms. Cohen added, "we also try to buy a lot of color and bright stuff." Ms. Hériard Dubreuil stocks the best of French luxury brands, but said, "I'm not buying gray flannel suits and business attire. It's the paradise of cocktail dresses—light and colorful. But still something you could wear in the summer in Paris." As she sees it, however, Miami might just be the ideal locale to sport your best pieces: "You don't ever need to wear a coat and scarf. It saves the looks!"
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At Art Basel Miami Beach, the fashion, design and art worlds plays very nicely together
OVER THE PAST few years, Art Basel and its satellite fair Design Miami have increasingly attracted fashion companies keen to get in on the action. This year, Dior Homme will fete its new Design District boutique with the screening of a short film that photographer Bruce Weber made for the brand. Some designers will show new wares to fashion editors: Stella McCartney is staging a presentation to introduce the spring 2013 collection of her Adidas line. Jewelry designer Delfina Delettrez Fendi has an exhibition of her work at the Antonella Villanova gallery, curated by art historian Emanuela Nobile Mino. Fashion houses are also collaborating with artists and artisans, yielding some collectible—if a little pricey—products. Louis Vuitton's Objets Nomade project has 15 travel-inspired pieces dreamed up by designers like the Campana brothers, while Italian label Marni will be showing and selling colorful woven chairs made by former prisoners in Colombia through the Marni Charity Project.
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