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Lauer, Gen. DeLong falsely suggested generals "can't say" Rumsfeld is "incompetent"
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NBC Today co-host Matt Lauer and retired Gen. Michael P. DeLong falsely suggested that the seven retired generals who have recently advocated for Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld's resignation "have a problem with his personality" but "can't say that he's incompetent." In fact, at least two of the generals have specifically cited incompetence as a reason Rumsfeld should resign or be fired.
On the April 17 broadcast of NBC's Today, co-host Matt Lauer and retired Gen. Michael P. DeLong falsely suggested that the seven retired generals who have recently advocated for Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld's resignation "have a problem with his personality" but "can't say that he's incompetent." In fact, at least two of the generals -- Gen. Paul D. Eaton and Gen. Anthony C. Zinni -- have specifically cited incompetence as a reason Rumsfeld should resign or be fired.
As Lauer noted, DeLong -- who served as deputy commander of United States Central Command during the Iraq war -- wrote an April 16 New York Times op-ed defending Rumsfeld. Asked by Lauer why the retired generals were speaking out against Rumsfeld, DeLong responded: "All I can tell you is that part of this, from what I can read, is they don't like his management style." Lauer then asked: "So you're saying this could be as much about personality as it is about competence? That, in fact, they have a problem with his personality, that they find him a little bit condescending, maybe even dismissive, but they can't say that he's incompetent?" DeLong answered: "You asked me the question, and that would be what would be my guess." DeLong added that Rumsfeld is "very competent."
But in a March 19 New York Times op-ed, Eaton, who was "in charge of training the Iraqi military from 2003 to 2004," wrote that "Rumsfeld is not competent to lead our armed forces." Eaton continued: "In sum, he has shown himself incompetent strategically, operationally and tactically, and is far more than anyone else responsible for what has happened to our important mission in Iraq. Mr. Rumsfeld must step down."
DeLong was well aware of Eaton's op-ed; on Today, he told Lauer: "I tried to put an op-ed piece in The New York Times about the 1st of April in response to a Gen. Eaton article." On the April 15 broadcast of Today, NBC chief Pentagon correspondent Jim Miklaszewski reported that "Eaton calls Rumsfeld 'incompetent strategically, operationally and tactically.' "
In addition, Zinni, who formerly served as commander-in-chief of Central Command, has repeatedly cited incompetence as a reason he would fire Rumsfeld.
From the April 7 broadcast of PBS' The Charlie Rose Show, with guest host and New Yorker staff writer George Packer:
PACKER: You have called for Secretary Rumsfeld to be fired because of the failures in Iraq. Why, and what could a replacement do that he's not doing?
ZINNI: Well, just to be clear, I was asked who I might fire, and I gave that view. I'm not on any campaign or -- that's the president's decision. But I think it's important for two reasons. One, you know, I grew up in an organization where accountability was important. The military looks back at itself and critiques itself, critiques its decision-making, its leadership. And we are very hard on ourselves in that respect. Accountability to us, the captain of the ship, the commander of the unit, you know, everything we learn from the very beginning is you accept not only responsibility, but you are willing to stand up and be held accountable. And accountability means you need to be held accountable for decisions that are done and exercised through bad judgment or through incompetence or through arrogance or through discounting information that you should have taken into account.
From the April 4 broadcast of NPR's All Things Considered, with co-anchor Robert Siegel:
SIEGEL: Tony Zinni has made no secret that he thinks Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld should be fired for two reasons.
ZINNI: One is a matter of accountability. The second is in order to move forward with a new face, not find ourselves constantly defending the past, not bringing with us whatever baggage comes with the past decisions that were made and the mistakes that were made, to show it's a fresh start, that they're open to new ideas, I think that's necessary. I have nothing personal against Secretary Rumsfeld.
SIEGEL: You're saying it's a distraction, you're saying?
ZINNI: It's a --
SIEGEL: For him to still be secretary of defense?
ZINNI: It is a distraction, and the constant issues of no one being held accountable. Everybody gets a Medal of Freedom, everybody goes home. It's stuff happens, fog of friction of war. When many people believe, me included, that it's much more serious than that. These were decisions based on negligence. We have to question the competence of decisions, the advice that was taken and available and not taken. So, I think there has to be accountability. But that's my view. I'm not on any campaign or calling for anything. I was asked my opinion and I gave it. That decision belongs to the president.
Other retired generals, while not actually using the word "incompetent," have criticized Rumfeld's "absolute failures in managing the war," his failure to "understand the dynamic of counterinsurgency warfare," and his "disastrous" war planning and execution.
Retired Gen. Charles H. Swannack Jr., who commanded the Army's 82nd Airborne Division in Iraq, was quoted in an April 14 article in The New York Times:
Maj. Gen. Charles H. Swannack Jr., who led troops on the ground in Iraq as recently as 2004 as the commander of the Army's 82nd Airborne Division, on Thursday became the fifth retired senior general in recent days to call publicly for Mr. Rumsfeld's ouster. Also Thursday, another retired Army general, Maj. Gen. John Riggs, joined in the fray.
''We need to continue to fight the global war on terror and keep it off our shores,'' General Swannack said in a telephone interview. ''But I do not believe Secretary Rumsfeld is the right person to fight that war based on his absolute failures in managing the war against Saddam in Iraq.''
General Swannack, by contrast, continues to support the invasion but said that Mr. Rumsfeld had micromanaged the war in Iraq, rather than leaving it to senior commanders there, including Gen. George W. Casey Jr. of the Army, the top American officer in Iraq, and Gen. John P. Abizaid of the Army, the top officer in the Middle East. ''My belief is Rumsfeld does not really understand the dynamic of counterinsurgency warfare,'' General Swannack said.
Retired Gen. Paul K. Van Riper was quoted in an April 15 Washington Post article:
The grievances aired by half a dozen retired flag officers in recent days resonated with many military veterans. "I admire those who have stepped forward, and I agree with the arguments they are making," retired Marine Lt. Gen. Paul K. Van Riper said in an interview yesterday. "I count myself in the same camp."
Van Riper, a lifelong Republican who voted for Bush in 2000 but did not vote in the 2004 election, said Rumsfeld has failed in a number of ways, including "disastrous" war planning and execution and fostering a poor command climate.
From the April 17 broadcast of NBC's Today:
LAUER: You wrote an op-ed in Sunday's New York Times basically supporting Secretary Rumsfeld, saying he listens to his military commanders and makes tough decisions based on their advice. You are also obviously appearing with us this morning. Have you been asked by Secretary Rumsfeld or anyone else in his administration to be here on his behalf?
DeLONG: No. In fact, I tried to put an op-ed piece in The New York Times about the 1st of April in response to a General Eaton article. And all I was trying to do was set the record straight, and straight meaning, this is how I saw Secretary Rumsfeld when I worked with him.
LAUER: Let's talk about these six, and by some counts, seven retired generals who have spoken out now calling for Secretary Rumsfeld to resign. Clearly you know that they claim they're not part of an organized effort. They also say, general, that it pains them, it pains them as military men to speak out against the Pentagon. Why do you think, then, doesn't it indicate that there's something very important, in their minds, going on that they would say the things they're saying?
DeLONG: I really don't know what their motivation is. It could be anything. All I can tell you is that part of this, from what I can read, is they don't like his management style. And his management style is a tough management style. He's tough to work with. He is a micro-manager. But he is very effective. So --
LAUER: So you're saying this could be as much about personality as it is about competence? That, in fact, they have a problem with his personality, that they find him a little bit condescending, maybe even dismissive, but they can't say that he's incompetent?
DeLONG: You asked me the question, and that would be what would be my guess. Because his management style, like other senior military people -- he's very competent but very dogmatic and tough when he deals with people. But, from what I've seen, when we ran the war -- and the two people that worked the war with the secretary were [now-retired Gen.] Tommy Franks and myself -- when it came to matters of tactics and strategic thought, he went with us if there was any disagreement.
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A Comparison of Splendor vs. Mariner of the Seas: Carnival Splendor Cruise Review by Cookie154
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A Comparison of Splendor vs. Mariner of the Seas
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As background, we have cruised on Royal Caribbean's Mariner of the Seas before and absolutely loved it. There is no comparison. The reason why we decided to try the Carnival Splendor this time was for a few reasons; 1)Camp Carnival for my grandkids, 2)the water slides and mini golf and teen programs (more family oriented we heard), and 3)just to try something different.
First, the dEcor of the Splendor is ABSOLUTELY awful. We tried to keep an open mind even though the garish dEcor of the Carnival Splendor hits you everywhere you look. It has been called the pink ship, and for good reason. There are pink donuts everywhere, elevators, walls, ceilings. It is just awful. It's not even bad taste glitzy, it's just bad taste... and it's everywhere! There are what look More like sunny side up eggs plastered all over the ceiling of the main dining area. The whole ship is gaudy and tasteless and in your face. We all agreed that we don't know what they were thinking when they designed and decorated this ship. It is horrid. By contrast, the RC Mariner of the Seas is a gorgeous ship and well laid out. The Mariner is classy.
The best thing the Carnival Splendor has going for it is its staff. Our dining room head waiter and his assistant were excellent. Our room steward was top notch. Everyone we encountered were friendly, polite and courteous. The ship is amazingly clean. But... we found this to be true of the RC Mariner of Seas too.
On the RC Mariner of the Seas there is a beautiful center promenade area full of shops and eateries and where they had fun parades. The Splendor doesn't have this. Instead, the Splendor seems jumbled. Like, for example, at times you must walk through a smoky casino with your kids just to expedite getting somewhere. That shouldn't be the case. The Splendor has only one gift shop and one expensive jewelry shop and one very small library with only one table. All of the lounges are clustered together instead of spread throughout the ship.
We tried to find a "game room" on the Splendor and could not. The tables are too small in any of the lounges when they are not being used and the library always had someone who had beat us to that one and only table. One evening my husband found "The Board Room" which is a conference room. He asked someone if we could use it to play cards and they said yes. So, we were the only four people in this windowless room and it was strange. We had fun teasing each other because various things would happen, like a closet door open and shut on its own, the clock suddenly started to go around fast, etc. We laughed that it must be the haunted Board Room! The next time we wanted to play there we were told we couldn't as they were going to set up to use it the next day. So we ended up going to the Lido Buffet and just finding a table there. Other people were also using this area to play games. It just seemed like a shame that there wasn't a dedicated "Game Room" so we could all meet there and maybe meet others who wanted to play games.
Next, I'll talk about the food. The dinners in the Main Dining Room are excellent on both the Carnival Splendor and the RC Mariner of the Seas. On a scale of one to ten, ten being highest, I would give RC Mariner of the Seas a ten and Carnival's Main Dining a nine. The service, as I said, was excellent, but a bit better on RC Mariner. The Lido buffet on the Carnival Splendor was good, but not great. I think they tried to provide too many different ethnic styles of food and didn't excel at any of them. In fact, some of the smells were just too much. There was a Mongolian grill which we had really looked forward to that turned out to be a big disappointment. We love to go to the Mongolian grill restaurants and pick out our veggies, meats, and choose from 20 different sauces so we were expecting the same thing. Not so. The Splendor's Mongolian grill had three sauces to choose from, Black Bean, Spicy Thai, and Spicier Szechuan. No teriyaki, no bar-b-q, and the smells were terrible coming from there. There was also Indian cuisine which looked unappealing and a Mexican burrito line. The other choices were pizza, burgers and hot dogs, and deli sandwiches. The deli sandwiches were really good. We had hot pastrami and corned beef sandwiches several days. The main food on the buffet was usually dry, bland and uninspiring. They did have really really good fried chicken one day though. Most of the time the breakfast pastries and bagels were hard and dried out and the fruit didn't look or taste good. On the RC Mariner of the Seas there seemed to be a better quality of food and our family really enjoyed going to Johnny Rockets!
Now for the entertainment. Hands down the winner is RC Mariner of the Seas. The entertainers on Carnival's Splendor were amateur by comparison. After seeing a few shows, we opted to skip the rest. We are usually easily entertained, but it was that bad. The cruise director on the Splendor needs to get new jokes and they need more fun activities for all ages. On the Mariner, the cruise director was very funny and we had a great time at all the fantastic shows. They even had terrific Ice Skating Shows on the Mariner!
My daughter found the Camp Carnival staff to be rude and so we didn't leave my grandkids there much. They did go a few times and did some fun activities, but this area needs improvement. The same goes for the Teen Activities. My two teenage daughters didn't want to go to the teen dance and I asked them why not. My daughter said, "Mom, we looked in there and saw a lot of bumping and grinding and dirty dancing, aren't you glad we decided that wasn't for us?" I said yes, of course. But I'm very disappointed that there aren't more coordinated activities on these cruise ships for teens. On the Mariner, our daughter's said that there were some groups of kids that were very cliquish and didn't accept others. I think the cruise lines should work harder to make the teen programs more inviting and fun for everyone with more activities throughout the day and evening. This is an area that definitely needs improvement on both cruise lines, in my opinion.
The ports were fun on both trips. We had a great time. The best shore excursion we had was in Puerto Vallerta where we hired our own driver and van and for $25 each he took us on a 6 hour custom tour of the area. We saw a beautiful restaurant with an awesome cliff diver and we ate authentic food at a nice little cafe in Mismaloya. Our driver was very nice and informative and stopped to let us shop when we wanted and where we wanted. It was great! The only thing we discovered in Mexico is that you need to bring cash. US dollars are accepted everywhere and we were able to negotiate some really great deals on souvenirs from the vendors.
We didn't know before going that most places in Mexico wouldn't take our credit card or wanted to charge us like an extra 10 percent if we wanted to use it. So we had to get cash on the ship. We discovered the best way to do this is in the casino when the ship is out to sea. Just go sit at a slot machine and put your fun pass card in and authorize it for some extra cash (up to $200) then play a bit and then cash out and get your remaining money from the casino window without being charged any additional fees. Otherwise, the debit machine on board charges way too much in fees.
In Mazatlan and Cabo we took shore excursions that we booked through the ship and we did not have near as much fun. Our Mazatlan tour guide told us not to buy anything from the vendors at the cliff diving area before we got off the bus as "they are selling lesser quality items". It was heart breaking to walk past all of the people trying to sell their wares to us and practically begging us to look and buy. After that our guide dropped us off in an expensive area to shop. It became obvious that these were the shops that had paid the tour to stop here. There were no good deals and we wasted much of our time here. It was very annoying to say the least. Practically the same thing happened in Cabo. My last comment is about the Captain's of the two ships. I don't even remember the name of our Captain on the Carnival Splendor. He was dry and rarely heard from. The best, most fun, interesting Captain is Captain Johnny on the Royal Caribbean Mariner of the Seas! He found many ways to make us smile or laugh and presented interesting information in a humorous way. We salute Captain Johnny!
So, as you may be able to tell, we enjoyed the Royal Caribbean Mariner of the Seas experience much much more than the Carnival Splendor. Even if RC costs a little bit more, it's worth it. Less
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Cabin review: 1275
Good use of space in the cabin. The bathroom was as roomy and as well laid out as could be expected. We liked having a flat screen TV on the wall instead of taking up room in the cabin. We really liked having an adjoining room with our two teenage daughters. It gave us all our privacy but yet we could open the door between the rooms and all be together to talk. It also made it seem roomier. The decor of the Carnival's Splendor's rooms were a big disappointment though. For being a fairly new ship, the bedspread and throws looked old, faded and worn.
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Parties may be hosted at home, the office, or inside one's couch fortress at the office; they include 15 medium cups of soft-serve fruit and a choice of three dry, high-fructose-corn-syrup- and hydrogenated-oil-free items on the side, such as granola, chocolate chips, and pretzel rods.<p>
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The team at Chloe's Soft Serve Fruit Co. hews to a philosophy of simple, healthful ingredients: nothing but fruit, filtered water, and a touch of organic cane sugar goes into their sweet, creamy treats. Plopped into pretzel cones or towered into sundaes, the non-dairy, gluten-free, fat-free dessert comes in more than 12 varieties, including tangerine, blueberry, mango, pumpkin, and dark chocolate made with cacao seeds of the cacao fruit. Creations may be sprinkled with generous helpings of high-fructose-corn-syrup-free toppings such as nuts, fruit, salty tidbits, or miniature top hats.


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Hoover Dam Bypass Tour
Learn how concrete is bringing this impressive Colorado River Bridge project to life. Learn the history and challenges of the Hoover Dam Bypass from the project's contractor and about the history of the original Hoover Dam project 75 years ago. A tour of the Hoover Dam Visitor's Center and a special below-the-dam tour will be included. Concrete historian Luke Snell will explain how concrete brought the original Hoover Dam project to life in the 1930s. Bus transportation and box lunch provided.
Tours are Sunday, Jan. 31, 12:30–5:30 p.m. and Friday, Feb. 5, 1–6 p.m. Buses leave from Door 9 at the South Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center. Cost is $105, including lunch.
CIM Auction
The Concrete Industry Management (CIM) National Steering Committee (NSC) is again hosting an unreserved auction on Thursday, Feb. 4. Registration begins at 11 a.m. Concrete industry-related items will be auctioned, with all proceeds benefiting the CIM program. Last year's auction raised $300,000.
The CIM NSC, the CIM Patrons Groups, along with World of Concrete Show Management, Hanley Wood Publications, and Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers, will sponsor the auction. For more, visit www.concretedegree.com.
World of Concrete Producer Center
Once again this year, concrete producers have an opportunity to spend some extra time with exhibitors who are especially in touch with their needs. Be sure to visit the Producer Center in the North Hall. Exhibitors include manufacturers of mixing equipment, admixtures, and technologies. Producers will want to spend some extra time in this area.
View a sample of products these exhibitors will have on display.
Women in Concrete Breakfast & Forum
At the fifth annual Women in Concrete Breakfast & Forum, 8-10 a.m., Wednesday, Feb. 3, industry leaders will provide a women's perspective on "Breaking Down Barriers." Speakers will tell how they became involved in the concrete industry, motivating moments, and how to be a leader in difficult times. Along with this informative content, the gathering provides an opportunity for professionals to network.
Presenters will be Susan Lane, Program Manager of Bridges and Transportation Structures at the Portland Cement Association; Kathy Reissig, Marketing Manager, Stone Construction Equipment, and Erin Williams Christie, Environmental Director, Ready Mix USA.
Cost is $80 before Dec. 29; $105 after Dec. 29 and onsite.
Mack Truck Safety Competition
Ready-mix truck drivers will display their driving skills at Mack's skills challenge outside the Las Vegas Convention Center. In this exciting event, drivers navigate through a course of simulated situations they would encounter on the job. Drivers will show their expertise by maneuvering through parallel parking, tight turns, and stopping as close to a line as possible. Winners each day receive great prizes. The event, presented by TCP, runs Tuesday, Feb. 2, through Thursday, Feb. 4.
Greensite Luncheon and Forum
Hosted by TCP and CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION magazines, this program allows contractors, producers, and architects to share ideas on sustainable building. With the growing demand for greener construction techniques, this luncheon connects interested contractors with experienced professionals who have surpassed these challenges. We also will recognize the 2009 Green-Site Project of the Year winners, in conjunction with the show's GreenSite exhibit.
The event takes place noon-2 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 4. Cost is $80 before Dec. 29, $105 after Dec. 29 and onsite.
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Speakers are Michael Lepech, assistant professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Center for Sustainable Development and Global Competitiveness, Stanford University; and Phil Williams, vice president, Technical Services and Sustainability, Webcor Builders. Panelists include Martin Bhatia, founder of OM Development; Kevin MacDonald, vice president of engineering services, Cemstone Concrete Products, and Sarah Mojzer, associate AIA and LEED AP, SM Architecture.
John Deere Load America
Watch as pre-certified drivers demonstrate their operating and safety knowledge of front-end loaders. The competition includes a series of activities designed to test contestants' skills, including figure-8 pattern driving, accurate rear-stops, and more. Contestants will be judged on how quickly, safely, and accurately they complete the course. Presented by TCP, the event takes place Tuesday, Feb. 2, through Thursday, Feb. 4, in the Gold Lot in front of the North Hall.


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Who to play, who to run from and some player news and notes in
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The 49ers Tim Rattay returned to practice this week and will start against the Seahawks, but you may want to consider other alternatives as he faces a tough Seattle secondary.
Running Backs
The Eagles will have Brian Westbrook back in the line up after he missed last week's game due to a cracked rib. The running back returned to practice on Thursday despite feeling pain. He can do no further damage to the ribs so how much he plays will depend on how good he is feeling.
It is uncertain whether Duce Staley will be able to play against his former Eagles team. He will be a game-time decision as he nurses a tight hamstring. There is a good chance he'll play, but he will be limited which makes Jerome Bettis a highly attractive play for the Steelers this week.
If you've been enjoying the run put on by Vikings rookie Mewelde Moore, it's time to find a replacement. Moore will be held out of Monday night's game with an ankle sprain and will most likely lose his starting spot for good. Michael Bennett starts this week with Onterrio Smith and Moe Williams backing him up. Whoever gets into a groove will stay on the field making all Vikings running backs a risky pick.
Keep on eye on the Panthers running back situation. Stephen Davis will be a game-time decision after a very positive week of practice. If he is unable to go, Brad Hoover would start and Joey Harris would play a prominent role in the offense as a change of pace back again.
Even though he is listed as questionable, Thomas Jones is out Sunday and could miss the next few weeks making Anthony Thomas an excellent rental. Thomas had 144 total yards last week and the Bears will look to control the clock against the Giants.
Tyrone Wheatley returns to his starting role against the Panthers in place of Amos Zereoue who did an adaquete job filling in.
Wide Receivers
Just in case you didn't get the memo, Randy Moss is out Monday night because of his strained hamstring. Marcus Robinson becomes the number one guy for fantasy purposes.
The Seahawks receivers are making the team trainers work overtime this week. With Bobby Engram and Jerry Rice likely to miss the 49ers game, Darrell Jackson will be forced into action with a sprained ankle. If the Seahawks get the passing game going it will primarily be through Koren Robinson.
Once again, the Lions will enter Sunday's game against the Redskins not knowing if they will have their star rookie Roy Williams. Williams is a game-time decision and it would probably be better to bench him this week after he burned many fantasy owners last week.
The Bengals have placed Peter Warrick on the injured reserve which makes T.J. Houshmanzadeh a decent back up for the remainder of the season.
Tight Ends
After initial reports that he might play, the Ravens will be without Todd Heap for the sixth straight game.
Start: Chargers WR Eric Parker -- He is going to be given more room with Keenan McCardell now on the other side. And he proved it Sunday with 13 catches for 138 yards the past two games. Many of them came in traffic, and he held on to the football despite getting hammered.
Sit: 49ers TE Eric Johnson -- He saw double coverage on just about every pass play against the Bears. Johnson, who is not known as a physical tight end, was beaten up by linemen and linebackers at the line of scrimmage before getting to the safeties, who had primary coverage. As a result, Johnson had his worst game, with one catch for just 9 yards, and doesn't have the passing game around him to draw less attention any time soon.
Start: Browns WR Andre Davis -- He practiced Friday and coach Butch Davis said he expects him to start after missing a game with a toe injury.
Sit: Vikings RB Mewelde Moore -- He was downgraded to questionable Friday with a sprained left ankle and missed practice for a third consecutive day. Moore was already looking at decreased carries with Onterrio Smith returning from a suspension and Michael Bennett in his third game back from injury.
Start: Bucs RB Michael Pittman -- He expects to have an increased workload Sunday against Kansas City with the injury to FB Mike Alstott. Pittman, who had 109 yards against Chicago, will fill Alstott's role in short-yardage and goal line situations.
Sit: Eagles RB Brian Westbrook -- It's tempting to start him after the Eagles said Friday that he's likely to play. What coach Andy Reid didn't say was how much Westbrook would play. He might carry a full load - or he might get only a few snaps.
Start: Seahawks WR Jerry Rice -- Yes, he sprained his ankle last Sunday. But he felt very good in practice by the end of the week and fellow receivers Darrell Jackson and Bobby Engram will either be out or limited Sunday. Plus, Rice is going back to San Francisco and facing backup corners forced into starting roles due to injuries.
Sit: Bears RB Thomas Jones -- He has a foot injury that will keep him out Sunday, and quite possibly three weeks. If you're looking for a short-term back for your roster, Anthony Thomas proved last Sunday night he can produce when given the opportunity.
Start: Cardinals WR Anquan Boldin -- He is expected to start in the team's three-receiver set in Miami. Boldin played in about half the offensive plays last week in Buffalo and performed well in his season debut.
Sit: Jets WR Wayne Chrebet -- He was downgraded to questionable with a sore lower back and did not practice Friday. He will be a game-time decision.
Start: Lions RB Kevin Jones -- He is still looking for his breakout game, and he might get it with coach Steve Mariucci talking again about a greater commitment to the running game. The Lions ran only 13 running plays in their 31-21 loss at Dallas and have a very average run-blocking offensive line, which are two things to consider before inserting Jones into your starting lineup.
Sit: Ravens TE Todd Heap -- He is expected to miss his sixth consecutive game with a sprained ankle that is taking longer than expected to heal. Ravens coach Brian Billick said their is nothing structurally wrong with the ankle.
Start: Giants WR Amani Toomer -- He thought he might miss the game last week vs. Minnesota (strained hamstring), but played anyway and said this Sunday he should be at 100 percent strength. "It was a strain, not a pull," he said. "I still had strength in the leg and I could still run. It just hurt."
Sit: Seahawks WR Darrell Jackson -- He has a sprained ankle and will be a game-time decision Sunday. "Jackson is making good strides, so that will be a Sunday decision with Jackson," coach Mike Holmgren said Friday.
Start: Raiders RB Tyrone Wheatley -- He who went down with a shoulder injury in Houston on Oct. 3, and is expected to start for the first time since then. That gives the Raiders the power running game that Norv Turner installed to help shake loose the deep
Jags Deception?
There have been conflicting reports on the status of Byron Leftwich. Originally the Jaguars feared he may be lost for the season, but after further evaluation they have stated it is possible he returns after the week 9 bye. More tests are to be taken and we will have a clearer picture by Monday.
The Ravens will have Jamal Lewis back in uniform as he has finished serving his two-game suspension. Some of the inexperienced fantasy owners panicked and traded Lewis when they learned he was going to be suspended. But veteran owners know that the season is a marathon, not a race and they will be rewarded down the stretch run and into their league's playoffs.
On the injury front, Randy Moss will be held out of this week's game against the Colts. Marcus Robinson is expected to play and serves as the best replacement for Moss. Roy Williams will be a game-time decision again. Playing him is a gamble, but it could be a gamble that pays off. Tim Rattay has returned to practice, but his status is still uncertain. The 49ers are counting on him to play, but there are no guarantees.
This week we have an excellent fantasy rental, the Bears Anthony Thomas. Starter Thomas Jones will be out again this week and could possibly miss a few weeks with a foot injury.
Filling in for Jones last week, Thomas rushed for 98 yards and also chipped in 46 receiving yards. He should have a similar type game against the Giants this week. With a rookie quarterback, the Bears will need to set the tone with the running game against a tough Giants team.
Thomas was the starter for the Bears last season so this is not unfamiliar territory. Should Jones miss an extended period of time, Thomas could give you a spark for the next few weeks. This week you could expect another 100 yards rushing and a few receptions coming out of the backfield.
Just a thought
Very few know Panthers rookie running back Joey Harris. After this week he may be very well known. The scat-back out of Purdue went undrafted after a lustrous career for the Boilermakers as he provided many highlight reel making plays.
With all the injuries that have occurred to the Panthers backs, Harris has found himself right in the thick of things this week as they face the Raiders. The Panthers have lost DeShaun Foster to a season ending injury and Stephen Davis and Rod Smart have been unable to play with injuries of their own.
While Brad Hoover has assumed the starting job, Harris could overtake him with a solid outing this Sunday. In limited action last week Harris carried the ball 9 times for 145 yards earning himself some extra playing time. If you can afford to stash him on your bench until this week unfolds it could be very well worth it. If not, keep a close eye on him and be prepared to make a roster move Sunday afternoon.
Drew Brees (+) - Has shown great maturity in his third season. Maybe drafting Philip Rivers wasn't necessary.
Drew Bledsoe (-) - If there is any way that J.P. Losman is able to return from his _ injury, that will be the end for Bledsoe.
Running Backs
Willis McGahee (+) - Has proved to come full circle returning from knee injury and can be a game-breaking featured back.
Amos Zereoue (-) - With the return of Tyrone Wheatley and Zereoue's lousy performance last week, you will see the carries shift more towards Wheatley.
Wide Receivers
Keenan McCardell (+) - Has been a great fit for San Diego since coming over in a trade for Tampa Bay. He's just getting warmed up.
Jerry Rice (-) - Just when it was thought that Rice would once again be able to contribute, he gets injured.
Tight Ends
Alge Crumpler (+) - Starting to resemble the end we came to know from last season.
George Wrighster (-) - Return of Kyle Brady has diminished his role.
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Advocate leading mental illness support program in Pictou County
Sherry Blinkhorn would like to see a time when talking about mental illness becomes just like talking about the weather.
U.S. Ambassador discovers Pictou County during short visit on Saturday
STELLARTON – The face of relations between the United States and Canada could be seen around Pictou County on Saturday as the U.S. Ambassador to Canada, Bruce Heyman, visited various parts of the area, thanks to an invite from Minister Peter MacKay.
One week after Prince Charles and Camilla brought crowds to the streets of Pictou, another dignitary toured the area as part of a larger trip across the country, stopping at various U.S. Consulates and meeting with political, business and cultural leaders as well as citizens.
Heyman said he's realized that each city in the United States is very different, holding rich traditions and culture, and Canada is the same in that respect.
"What I expect to gain throughout these travels is just to get a better feeling and understanding of the broader country that you have here, which is so beautiful. And knowing that it's the second largest land mass country in the world, I'm only, even after three weeks, not hardly even getting to most of the places we want to go to," he said, adding that he's already making plans for trips to Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick and Newfoundland, even though they weren't on the itinerary this time around.
His tour of Pictou County began at the Museum of Industry, where museum director Debra McNabb and other employees told him about the area's history in coal mining and steel making, how we fit into Nova Scotia's railways, the area's glass making past, as well as other exhibits.
"It's good for them to understand Nova Scotia's history which we can talk about a wide swath of that history in the exhibits that we have, so we appreciate the interest," McNabb said, adding that officials like Heyman can spread the word about the museum.
She noted that MacKay has helped to bring many politicians to the area, and their guestbook of dignitaries is extensive, including visits from former Prime Minister Paul Martin and U.S. Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice.
Heyman, formerly working in investment banking, began his position in April.
Although the time it took for the U.S. Senate to confirm Heyman as the ambassador was extended, Heyman said it has turned out to be a gift.
"I spent so much time studying the bilateral relationship with the United States, meeting with all the heads of the U.S. government. Coming here now, what I was missing was the Canadian perspective," he said.
He's only been in the position for a few weeks, but he's beginning to get that perspective, he said.
The first month of the job was a meet-and-greet in Ottawa with the employees of the U.S. Embassy, government leaders and the local community, while his three-week trip has been dedicated to the seven U.S. Consulates.
While in Pictou County with his wife, Vicki, he also visited New Glasgow Town Hall, the Pictou waterfront and DSME Trenton.
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GASTON -- Repairing a 400-foot section of Ind. 28 that is slowly sinking into a bog is expected to cost more than half a million dollars.
This news will come as no surprise to many residents of the Gaston area, which was once home to two swamps that were of nature-preseve quality before being mined.
During a recent meeting with local government representatives, Indiana Department of Transportation officials reported that a section of the highway east of Delaware County Road 600-W, near Wes-Del Middle and High schools, is "basically sinking away."
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Bossier Parish Releases 2012 Crime Statistics
We've heard about Bossier City's and Shreveport's 2012 crime rates. Now we have Bossier Parish's results.
Sheriff Julian Whittington says his office saw a decrease in violent crimes, but an increase in property crimes. Deputies worked no homicides, two rapes and two robberies, along with close to 350 assault and battery crimes.
Major violent crimes against people fell by just over 5.5 percent from 2011. Major property crimes, however, rose 20.5 percent, mainly due to an increase in theft.
Whittington suggests residents remain diligent about keeping their homes, businesses and vehicles locked — to make them harder targets for criminals.


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Update: A top official for President Obama's re-election campaign criticized Rick Santorum today for his comments Tuesday knocking Obama for allowing his daughter to go on a trip to Mexico.
Deputy Campaign Manager Stephanie Cutter told MSNBC that children should be off-limits: "I'm surprised Rick Santorum wouldn't agree with that, and I'll leave it at that."
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Not even presidential children can avoid getting dragged into campaigns these days.
Republican candidate Rick Santorum criticized President Obama today for allowing daughter Malia to take a spring break trip to Mexico at a time that the State Department has issued travel warnings about the country.
"If the administration is saying that it's not safe to have people down there, then just because you can send 25 Secret Service agents doesn't mean you should do it," Santorum told talk-show host Glenn Beck.
"You should set an example," Santorum said. "I think that's what presidents do. They set an example.
Note: Only part of Mexico is under a travel warning; the school trip in question appears to be in an area not under a travel warning.
Santorum and Beck learned about the trip from news accounts. The White House initially would not confirm that Malia was in Mexico and asked some news organizations to remove stories about the trip, citing safety concerns.
The White House later confirmed that Malia was in Mexico after an earthquake struck the country, issuing a statement saying she was safe.
Santorum, who has seven children himself, said he wasn't criticizing the president's daughter, but the president himself because he has a "higher duty" to set an example.
The former Pennsylvania senator faces a big primary test tonight in Illinois against Mitt Romney.
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We're not really going to be talking about sex here. We're going to look at the states of consciousness (or states for short) in which people want sex. In a culture where people are expected to ignore the possibility of sex with most potential partners, we have to expect that sexual behavior won't give us much insight into sexual states. We have to focus on sexual feelings, not behavior.
In academic studies, this view has explored by Swartz (1993) with reference to the difference in the states of consciousness experienced by men and women, and by Davidson (1980), more generally.
Although it's hard for some people to believe, different individuals experience sexual desire with very different intensities. Its not that some people have better controls, its that some have more to control. Nobody can choose how horny they are. While its possible to suppress sexual interest when it appears, nobody can choose how often it happens. There are people who try to suppress all of their sexuality, for example. Some monks and nuns, to name only one such group. They can often stop their sexual thoughts and feelings before they have really formed. But even they cannot choose how often they will have to do it. Mohandas Gandhi, who choose the path of total celibacy, felt he needed to put himself to the test even after decades of practice.
One contemporary spiritual teacher, Paul Lowe, often tells of how he was so horny that sex was simply never out of his mind, but so shy with women that he did not have the courage to ask them to make love with him. The dilemma was so bad that he resolved to kill himself (Lowe, 1988). Eventually, he broke through without a suicide attempt, and began to have the relationships he needed.
Was he just being self-indulgent in feeling his need to be so great? No. He was simply at the extreme ends of two spectrums at once. One was low-self esteem. He thought women would never want him. The other was the spectrum of sexual interest. Sexuality, as its called in clinical parlance. He was experiencing his sexuality almost constantly.
The spectrum runs from a total disinterest in sex, called hyposexuality, to the burning, unrelenting, desire that never lets up, called hypersexuality. Most people, of course, fall somewhere in the middle. And again, I want to emphasize, its not a matter of choice.
Hyposexual individuals often don't have an easy time in life. They are still fully capable of feeling romantic love, often quite deeply. They are liable to think that sex is a crude thing, and that 'real love' should not depend on sex. After all, they can live without it, and still be deeply romantic, so to them, it can look like sex isn't really an important part of a relationship. When they do begin a romance, they find that they are either having more sex than they want to, or imposing a degree of celibacy on their sexually normal partners. This doesn't make for fulfilling relationships.
Hypersexual people also find life challenging, too. Their unrelenting needs can disturb a relationship when they have a relationship, and make them unattractively needy when they don't.
In Woody Allen's film, Manhattan, there is a scene where he is talking to his therapist saying "we almost never have sex. It only happens two or three times a week." Then the film cuts to his partner talking to her therapist saying "we're always having sex. Its two or three times per week!" When two people with differing levels of interest in sex have a relationship, they may end up with each thinking that the other really should change. Each might think that the other is wrong, and believe themselves to be normal. 'Something is wrong with her, she never really wants to have sex.' "Doesn't he find me attractive anymore?' The hyposexual one, already having sex more often than they would choose freely, doesn't do anything to make it happen more often. Their partner begins to wonder why they are always the one to initiate sex.
The hypersexual person is not being self-indulgent. The hyposexual person is not just 'repressed.' Actually, there is no such thing as a right level of interest. Its different for different people, and nobody can change their obsession or indifference about sex just by wanting it to be different. It can change, as we will see, but not by working on sexuality itself. No amount of 'sensuality training seminars' will make sex exciting for a hyposexual person. And no amount of talk therapy will put sex 'into proper perspective' for those who are hypersexual.
Sexual arousal is an altered state of consciousness, but it's a normal, healthy altered state. The degree of interest in sex is directly related to how much time a person spends in non-ordinary states of consciousness.
One study (Waxman, 1975) found that temporal lobe epileptics (who go into altered states of consciousness, often very intense ones, during their seizures) were much more likely to be hyposexual than others. The normal states of consciousness for these people are different from those of others. They often have lower self-esteem. They tend to be irritable. They have a burning desire to express themselves that comes out through writing diaries and journals or in doing art, sometimes obsessively. They usually have a preoccupation with spirituality, philosophy, and religion.
I believe that what's happening with these people is that they are spending so much of their time in altered states that their consciousness isn't available to the sexual ones. Its already engaged with states that rule it out. Probably there are many states of consciousness that inhibit sexual interest. Others seem to invoke it.
One researcher (Miller, 1986) has even gone so far as to suggest that changes in sexual behavior should be seen as a possible sign of brain injury.
Why should altered states of consciousness rule out feeling sexual so often?
Altered states are almost always either positive or negative. The positive ones range from a mild mania to total bliss. Fear is the most common emotion in the negative ones, and can include anything from mild anxiety to stark terror. When a person is filled with a sense of well-being, a lack of sex won't won't make them feel that anything is wrong. If a person is carrying that foreboding feeling that something is wrong and/or the sense that they're in some kind of danger, sex isn't going to make them feel better. For both types of people, there won't be any sense that sex is a real need.
Others who are prone to altered states have a different pattern for both sexuality and their experiences of non-normal states. For these people, altered states are not an ongoing thing.
They experience altered states once in a while. While they are having an experience, they, like the group that's having them all the time, are not likely to feel sexual. However, when they are not having an experience, they will still have a sensitive trigger for changes in state.
This group will notice the experience, whatever it is, more pointedly than the first. So like the hyposexual ones, hypersexual people often find spirituality compelling.
These people will have exercise the parts of the brain that change their state, giving them more sensitive triggers. They will be more likely to alter their state towards another normal one in their ordinary range, instead of going into non-ordinary states,
For a physically healthy and normal person, one of the most likely directions for consciousness to shift is towards sex. If the trigger is sensitive enough, the person might be very horny anytime they are not having an experience of an altered state. They might labeled as a nymphomaniac, or as having satyriasis (the male equivalent), as though they were being influenced by sex rather than their consciousness.
The evidence that sexuality relates to our states of consciousness is overwhelming.
The temporal lobes are the portions of the brain that manage our states of consciousness. Rhesus monkeys which have had their temporal lobes removed often demonstrated hypersexuality, including homosexual and solitary sexual behavior (Kluver, 1958).
Hypersexuality has been seen in people with lesions in their frontal and temporal lobes (Huws, 1991), and has been observed in association with limbic seizures (Andy, 1991 & Persinger, 1994).
Most TLE seizures begin in the amygdala, an emotional control area (Gloor, 1992), which explains why they have such intense emotions accompanying them. The amygdala has a large number of sexual phenomena associated with it. One of the more interesting is the observation that gay men have more connections between the amygdala on each side of the brain than straight men.
Just as importantly, the amygdala manages our emotions and helps to manage our states of consciousness.
To state a rough rule of thumb, those who spend all their time in altered states tend to be the hyposexual ones, while those who go back and forth tend to be the hypersexual ones.
One behavior worth looking at is voluntary celibacy. The ordained priest, monk, or nun who has chosen not to have sex at all. Ever. Why would someone make such a choice? Because they have positive altered state experiences, and they give them a religious interpretation. Their joy, they believe, is a gift from God.
While they are actually experiencing life as a gift from God, the idea of looking for pleasure or fulfillment in sex or romance seems just stupid. The trouble with this type of celibacy is that it usually depends on regular, positive, religious experiences. When these are absent, or stop happening for whatever reason, the vow that was easily kept at ordination becomes a burdensome travail later on (Slawson, 1973). When these experiences are kindled through prayer, meditation, or contemplative exercises, they are likely to stop if the practice stops. At that point, the change from regular altered states to occasional ones begins, and the person is likely to change from hypo-to-hyper in their sexuality. They might think that God was testing them, or that Satan was trying to bring about their downfall through temptations to 'the pleasures of the flesh.'
If their altered states are appearing as a result of a brain difference, like a tumor, birth defect, head injury, or a sclerosis, then these states are much more likely to endure, and celibacy might be quite natural for such people. Some of the brain differences in these people could be quite minute, and might not create any other traits worth mentioning.
The brain comes in two varieties: male and female. They differ in many small ways, but there is a pattern to these differences. The male brain is specialized for doing one thing at a time, and the female brain is more truly a 'multitasking environment.' Take an average man (if you can find one) and an average woman (if you can find one). Give them both a PET scan. Have them each do something, the same thing, during their PET session, and then look at the brain activity. The woman's brain will almost always show more active regions than the man's brain will. Women 'cross-reference' things through more parts of their brain than men do, most importantly the emotional control centers in the limbic system (Moir, 1991). Women can often see the subtler implications of things more readily than men can. Because the process involves the whole brain, and isn't localized or stronger in its language centers, women can often find it more difficult than men to put their perceptions into words. Women are more likely/able to make associations than men. While many of these associations might be irrelevant to anything practical, there will usually be something meaningful that an 'average' man might miss. The sexual regions of the brain are more likely to be recruited into the seizure in women than men. The point is that the involvement of sexuality in enhanced TL sensitivity is different for men and women.
In fact, the range of epileptic phenomena in wider for women than men. For example, women may have orgasms during TLE seizures, while men do not.
Some readers might object to the way we are using the terms normal, average, typical, and so forth. Many object to what are called 'sweeping generalizations'. The intention here is to state 'rules of thumb'. Rules with so many exceptions that they really can't be called rules at all. These are not rules for obedience, either. They are more like descriptive rules of grammar, which describes how people are probably going to speak, not how they actually speak. I'll bet that there are as few people who 'typify' their genders as there are who speak with perfect grammar. We have to make generalizations if we want to see the patterns in human behavior and consciousness. After that, it is much easier to see what's really happening when a specific person is different from those around them. For many of those who experience themselves as different, their differences can be the source of alienation, low-self extreme, and can hinder the growth of ordinary relating skills. To forbid generalizations is to cut off a potential source of healing for these people. Problems only come up when we forget that our general statements, something like working hypotheses, aren't complete.
Finally, we should look at how hypersexual and hyposexual people can respond to their dilemmas.
The hyposexual person who wants to change should look at the chance that their condition might have to do with epilepsy, and that it might respond to an antiepileptic medication. Many psychiatrists miss the proper diagnoses for the types of epilepsy that can create hyposexuality. An epileptologist is a good place to look for a second opinion.
I know of one case where a woman never experienced sexual desire until she became a massage therapist, and began spending several hours a day doing massage. She had been in an ongoing state of fear for almost 25 years. After doing massage for just a few months, she found that her anxiety had dropped to the point where she found herself feeling horny for the first time. At age 41.
The hypersexual person has fewer options. They, also might respond to antiepileptic medications, but stopping the altered state experience that lie behind their intense sexual interest usually has little appeal. Many people who have contacted me about this issue have said that they feel a stronger need to allow the other states than to lower their sexual energy.
I know of a couple of cases where women have taken up Yoga practice only to find that they became overwhelmed by sexual desire for the first few months of their practice. Other women, with more experience in Yoga, found that their desire had become so low that they almost didn't care if they had sex or not.
This may sound good to some readers, but one such case includes a woman yogi hearing her husband tell her that he wanted her permission to sleep with other women, and that if she didn't give it, she was about to become a single mother. He also bluntly refused to leave his kids and settle for 15 years of paying child support and weekend visits.
Some months earlier, she had told me that one of her goals was to "sublimate" her sexuality through yoga. I asked her how her husband felt about this, and she said that was his problem.
But when he faced his problem, it turned out to be hers as well.
Because hypersexuality seems to rely on going in and out of altered states. One simple measure for these states is to look at how often the person has simple, comon altered state experiences. These include deja vu, and the feeling that there is someone standing behind you, but when you turn to look, you find nobody is there ("The Sensed Presence"). There is also "Jamis vu", the sensation that everything is strange, unfamiliar, or a bit alien. There are 'parasthesias'; like the 'pins and needles' or electrical sensations that run through the body, or the chills that run up one's spine when listening to music or that might fill one's body during orgasm. Then there are vestibular sensations, like vertigo, or the sensation that the bed is moving while you are falling asleep. There is also the experience of sudden bursts of intense emotion.
If a person is hypersexual, they may also be prone to these things, or were prone once in their lives.
This suggests a simple and easy response. When they enter a sexual state in moments when their culture or life circumstance doesn't allow, they should change their state. While a 'shot of whiskey' may have the desired effect for some, a more universal approach seems to be cognitive and emotional training.
And the most popular approach to that, across the world and through human history has been spirituality. Spiritual practices such as yoga, meditation
Because sexual desire seems to associate with activation of the left caudate nucleus (deep) in conjunction with the left temporal lobe (surface), spiritual practices that 'task' the left hemisphere so as to activate other structures deep in the left hemisphere might easily provide cognitive alternatives. Choices that can be made right in the moment.
Language centers are on the left, and spiritual practices that rely on it offer one alternative. Many religions offer reciting prayers as an efecive way to avert 'temptations of the flesh'. Mantra practive- repeating short invocations over and over- is found all through the Hindu and Buddhist traditions.
I once spoke to a "Hare Krisna" Devotee, who told me a story about how he had gone to a woman's home and how she had begun to seduce him, being quite forward with her hands and mouth. He began to become aroused, and remembered his vows. First, in his mind, he began to chant Hare Krishna. In spite of his long sexual deprivation and possibly hypersexual past (he had been a pornography addict), he not only 'dropped' his desire, but had an episode of bliss.
He started chanting aloud, and the woman, he said, threw him out.
He said he felt like he'd been chanting the whole day - "totally blissed out". The high levels of left-limbic activation brought on by sex were 'shunted over' to the language centers on the left surface, which long practice with Hindu chanting had connected to the left amygdala (associated with bliss, ecstacy, and other positive emotions).
It's more likely that (Murphy, 2001) his chanting resulted in a supression of other states that demand activation of large portions of the left temporal lobes and limbic system.
When he wanted to supress sexual desire, he had only to "Chant Hare Krisna and be happy". The same held true for him with anger or his desire for tobacco.
Other left-hemispheric practices include Yoga, Sufi dancing, and service to others. Positive socialization involves having other people around and having conversations, both left-hemispheric 'tasks'.
In principle, solitude, which seems to task the right hemisphere, might turn out to make bursts of sexual desire more likely. The appearance of a trigger, such as an attractive person, or even just a picture of one, could trigger a jolt of left hemishperic activity. It's relative quiet after a period of solitude leaves it open for the task. No need to clear one's mind at that time. The left hemisphere is so available that sexual desire can recruit is many pathways through several structures almost instantly, and supress competing tasks more readily.
Choosing activities that engage many people might easily serve to lessen the intensity and frequency of true hypersexual episodes, most importantly the kind that facilitate high-risk sexual behaviors. A day spent with other people, at work or socially, might easily lessen the chances for risky behavior in the evening. Of course, it warrants emperical study.
Prayer, talking to the god of one's belief, can also re-task the left hemisphere away from sexual desire, being both social (self-and-other) and linguistic.
These are all intervention techniques, but they would need practice before the states they create are available at will.
The most important technique will probably prove to be empowerment training that teaches people how to meet their need in a positive way, instead of fending them off.
The most popular and widespread approach to human psychology throughout it's history has been religion, however backward it's beliefs may often appear. It's not surprising that it's traditional practices, when seen as approaches to 'cognitive and emotional managment', emerge as worthwhile. Not to say that modern science can't do better - anticonvulsant medications can treat hypersexuality in many cases, but when these are not available or practical, a return to traditional religious approaches seems much more practical than surrender to high-risk behavior.
Studies among those who engange in high-risk sexual behavior are in order to test the various hypotheses offered here. Nevertheless, if validated, they might also find that patterns of limbic experiences (as evidenced through questionairres) might indicate specific spiritual techniques for specific individuals.
Both hyper- and hypo- sexuality offer severe challenges, and in spite of the cultural biases that continue to surround them. Insights that take their neural bases into account are bound to offer more effective choices when put into practice than the techniques that appear when they are regarded as either addictions or psychiatric cases. If they are instances of human consciousness at it's extremes, then they can be classified as spiritual dilemmas as much as behavioral problems.
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