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There are many sources that condition us for passiveness, aggression and passive aggressiveness. You could write a lengthy blog on how religion, environment, and culture can cause these behaviors, but my intentions for this post are to help us undo this conditioning so that we can move into much healthier relationships with spouses, family, friends and strangers. Communicating assertively allows us to express our thoughts and feelings without attacking or hurting others in return. We are then prepared to listen to others more empathicly, while also handling putdowns constructively and standing up for ourselves.
Communication Styles
Passive Aggression generally makes itself known through various communication methods, both verbal and/or non-verbal. It is generally easier to spot it in others than it is to recognize it in ourselves. Besides passive aggressiveness, we might also be outright aggressive and/or passive in our communication at times, which may be hurting ourselves and others. I have identified some forms of each of these communication styles below for your reference and introspection.
Aggressive Communication Behaviors and Styles
Controlling, critical, domineering, impatient, bossy, disapproving, insensitive, intimidating, relentless, pushy, always right, threatening (verbal or non-verbal).
Aggressive communication usually attempts to guilt, shame, or otherwise manipulate through hurtful verbiage using "You" and "Why" messages:
"You <insert: need, should, better, have to, always, never>..."
"You <insert: move over, be quiet, shut up>..."
"Don't [you] <insert: do that, think that, feel that, say that>..."
"Why <insert: don't you, haven't you, can't you,>..."
Passive Communication Behaviors and Styles
Withholds information, thoughts, feelings, needs, and/or wants. Avoidance, deferring, fearful, sensitive, intimidated, or soft spoken. Uses victim language that avoids or defers responsibility. Communication exhibited by passiveness:
"I can't..." "I don't know" "I don't care" "I have to..." "I gotta..."
"Whatever" "Maybe" "We'll see" "Sorry"
Passive Aggressive Communication Behaviors and Syles
Subliminal or confusing messages intertwined with their speech that can be belittling and mean, but with a smile. Tone of voice often communicates their disapproval without outright saying it. Communication styles exhibiting passive aggressiveness:
Sarcasm, guilting, teasing, gossiping, joking in a sexist, racist or bigoted manner
All of these communication styles and behaviors usually end up hurting ourselves or others at some point. When being passive, our lack of assertiveness regarding our thoughts, feelings or needs usually leads to resentment, distrust, un-fulfillment and depression. When being aggressive, we directly guilt, insult or hurt others, which says more about our happiness level than it does theirs. When being passive aggressive, we send out mixed, confusing messages where we say one thing, while feeling or thinking another, using our tone to subtly hint at our disgust or other feelings. More importantly, all these styles avoid communicating our feelings assertively, without hurting others or ourselves.
The good news is that once identified, we can begin to practice assertive communication, validating our feelings and fulfilling our need to be heard or understood. Some of the easiest relationships to observe aggressive, passive, or passive aggressive communication are with our own spouse or children, such as when we tell a child "you need to clean your room", or "you better pick up your laundry". These may seem like harmless parenting styles, but they fail to communicate in a way that doesn't manipulate or hurt others.
Assertive Communication Styles
Assertive communication removes the hurtful aspects of the other communication styles and simply states how you feel about something. It also establishes clear expectations and boundaries by stating what you want, need, or won't put up with. This allows you to communicate in a non-attacking manner while making your feelings, needs and wants known, without sarcasm or subliminal messages. Further communication and listening skills can help stop criticisms and insults from others, while reinforcing more desirable communication styles with appropriate expectations and boundaries.
Use "I" messages to state your thoughts, feelings, wants, needs, preferences, decisions, desires, plans, expectations and so forth. For example, if your child uses language that you disapprove of, instead of saying "You shouldn't say those words", try "I feel disgusted when you say those words". This helps the child (or whomever) realize how their actions or words affect others without attacking or labeling them as "bad". You can followup such a statement with "I would prefer you use these other words that are less offensive when you feel upset", or some other appropriate feedback recommendation that can help them know what speech or actions are okay in your presence. It is up to us to teach others how to respect our boundaries. None of us are mind readers and often we are unconscious of how we influence others. You can equally use "I" messages with spouses, friends or any relationship that could benefit from the clarity this communication style provides.
"When" messages are when you state a given behavior and how that behavior affected you. Example: "When you leave a mess in the kitchen, I feel frustrated and used". This again allows for you to communicate how you feel, think, or otherwise affected by an undesirable behavior in others without resorting to your own aggression, passiveness or somewhere in between that ends up hurting yourself (being taken advantage of) or hurting others (attacking, resenting or guilting them etc).
When others make demands or requests of you that you are not okay with, you can make that known best through short, concise, and unapologetic "No" messages. The fewer words the better, as giving them too much information will just have them trying to find ways to negotiate or arm wrestle you back into fulfilling their request. Just repeat the same "No" message for each time they repeat their request. Studies show it usually takes 3-5 times of just saying "No" before they give up. Those numbers approach infinity the younger the person making the request, as children can be relentless in asking for something. In those cases, you may have to intervene by making it clear that their repeated demands may have their own consequences, such as a time out, grounding or revoking of some other privilege. An example of a "No" message is as follows: "No, I cannot babysit your kid today". Notice that no reason was given for why they cannot babysit. Giving them a reason or excuse just allows them to try get you to change your mind and put off whatever else you had plans for, or get you to give something you aren't in a place to give.
The more you practice identifying communication styles that are passive, aggressive or a combo of the two, and replace them with assertive styles, the more natural they will come to you, and before long you may notice a shift in your own levels of confidence, security and peace, as well as note a shift in how others act around you. Assertive communication is all about respecting yourself first, while maintaining a respect for others to own their decisions and responsibility.
To communicate most effectively, we also need to pay attention to how we listen to others, so that we better understand what they are experiencing, and whether they want anything in return from us. Whenever anyone comes to us with something that is bothering them, it is important that we listen in a way that gives them what they are seeking, or else they may stop coming to us and look for other outlets that may be considered less safe.
Empathic Listening
Most often when we decide to air our thoughts or feelings to a confidant, we merely want to be heard, validated and accepted for what we are experiencing. We want someone to verbally wrap an arm around us and say, "Sounds like this really bothers you", or "I can see why you feel that way", or "You must be excited for winning that game". Empathic listening focuses primarily on what the person is feeling, helping them know that it is okay for them to feel that way, and that you care. 9 times out of 10 they aren't looking for you to solve their problem. Too often we jump first to problem solving mode instead of just validating thoughts and feelings.
Clarifying Listening
At times you may not understand at first what someone is expressing, feeling or thinking. In these times, it helps to restate what you heard or understood, and ask if you heard/understood correctly. Some simple statements for clarifying are as follows: "What I heard/understood was this..., is that correct?" or "Let me make sure I heard you correctly. You're saying..., is that right?" You can repeat this further if they explain it differently each time, helping to narrow down the communication gap as sometimes what we say is not what we mean, or what we hear isn't always what others intended. This also helps the other person feel that we care about what they are trying to communicate, and that we are listening instead of just tuning out and pretending to care.
Feedback Listening
Feedback listening expresses how what the other person said affected how you feel or think. This can involve the "When" and "I" messages discussed above under Assertive Communication. Example: "When you expressed how you feel, I feel..." or "I feel closer to you when you share your thoughts/feelings with me". Feedback listening also expresses whether you're ready to hear more, or if now is not a good time: "I am too upset to discuss this right now. Can you give me an hour to calm myself and then I will be ready to listen?"
Problem Solving or Advice Giving
This is usually the last listening style people want to hear in response to their sharing a problem or experience. For this reason, it is handy to ask them directly whether they would like your advice, input or perspective. They may not be looking for you to solve their problems, but for someone to hear and validate them, to connect with them. This is often the first thing we want to do when a spouse or child comes to us with something that is troubling them. For this reason, we are often surprised when they express to us that they don't want us to fix it, but just to be heard. I know this was confusing to me at first when my wife mulls over some problem from her day with me. Our left brains want to solve everything, and are the dominant hemisphere most of us approach life from. So to re-emphasize, ask them first for permission to share your input. Here are some tips for giving advice:
Handling Criticisms
Criticisms, putdowns and insults come in many styles, and can be recognized as uninvited, destructive comments that damage our self esteem, destroy relationships and drain our psychological energy. Criticisms can come from anyone, but seem to be most destructive when they come from ourselves, our spouse, family or friends. Self-criticisms are especially harmful because we can repeat the criticism to ourselves silently to no end, even to sabotaging our relationships and well-being. We can deflect and dissolve criticisms by invalidating them, followed by reinforcing our self worth and value. We can also turn criticisms into constructive feedback if the source is someone we trust and value the opinions of.
To stop criticisms and put downs, we first need to recognize them, some of which we may have internalized and no longer recognize as hurtful, as we've grown to accustomed to hearing it. The tone, body language or eye movements can be good indicators of putdowns and criticisms. More importantly, our feelings and body's response to the hurtful comments can clue us in to being putdown or criticized. Putdowns often incorporate blanket statements with words like "always" or "never", such as "you never help get the kids ready for bed". Once we determine that the comment expressed was intended to hurt us, we then jump at the opportunity to invalidate the comment, verify what the sender intended, and validate our worth.
Look them right in the eyes (use a mirror if the putdown sender was yourself), and then respond in one or more of the following ways:
After addressing the intent of the message, again make eye contact and make a verbal validation of yourself to the sender, such as "I am a smart/good/loving/other person. I have the same rights as everyone." Followup with a pat on your back and another silent or verbal affirmation to yourself, for example: "I love myself just as I am" or "I am perfect just as I am".
Turning Criticisms into Feedback
If the criticism or putdown came from someone you trust or value the opinion on, you can help them turn the putdown into a constructive criticism by validating them and inviting further discussion. Use the steps below to setup further feedback with the person giving the criticism:
You can then take their message to heart if you see validity to it, or choose to ignore it if inaccurate.
As we strive to eliminate aggression, passiveness, or passive aggressiveness in ourselves, we can create a much more authentic and peaceful existence for ourselves and those we interact with. We can't control the actions or words of others, but when we communicate assertively, we can provide a positive environment for understanding, respect and love to grow. The most important listening we can do is empathic, validating the person's thoughts, feelings or experience as valid and important to them. Putdowns from ourselves and others can be detrimental to our self-esteem and well-being. We usually have to teach others what our boundaries are and how we would like them to act towards us. Deflecting criticism, not taking feedback personally, and affirming your self-worth can make a big difference in how you feel about yourself.
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Thanks Mike. I'll try to do a better job of expressing myself in the future. Sometimes I allow my "hot" buttons to grab ahold of me, and I should learn better, like I have with mormonism and my family. I've learned if it makes them happy, and I know they don't want to engage, I simply state I'm glad they had a good experience on Sunday. I need to learn to do this with other issues as well, as everyone on this site knows. If I've offended any with my political blogs, I am sorry. We are all entitled to quiet, well thought out opinions, and many opinions from the other side have been very well thought out.
This is one of the more helpful posts I have read on how to deal with passive/aggressive behavior. That term has always been somewhat confusing to me. I am curious Mike, in one paragraph why do you think we have such an issue with this as post-mos and what is it in Mormonism that breeds this behavior. I will be copying this to use in the future. Thanks for taking the time to write it!
Great article. Thanks.
Hi Cathy. Thanks for the comment. Due to the guilt inducing nature of Mormon doctrine, I think Mormonism is inherently aggressive and passive aggressive. In general, you're expected to accept every calling, not say "No" when asked to volunteer, and your worthiness is constantly under scrutiny by leaders and/or self-righteous members. Also, since Mormons try to appear "nice" while bending your arm to get you to fulfill some request, passive aggressive tactics are almost automatic. "Sister Jensen, the Lord really needs you to play the piano for the Primary. I would hate for Him to withhold blessings for not being willing to serve." And then you have the clicks and gossip circles that can get quite passive aggressive. The self-righteous crowd is often trying to one-up each other through various means of displaying just how devoted they are and making sarcastic or teasing comments about one thing or another.
As for ex-Mormons being passive aggressive, it's a programmed behavior that doesn't always dissolve automatically even when removed from the environment that created it. Society and culture can also influence passive aggressive behavior, as well as still dealing with TBM family members or friends. We often avoid assertive communication because we've been instilled by Mormonism that direct responses are offensive, rude, contentious or inappropriate. So we default to passiveness or passive-aggressiveness, or if pushed too far, aggression. Good news is that we can choose to recognize whether we have these less effective communication habits and then do something about them.
Perfect explanation Mike--years ago, I attended a FAIR conference and a lady gave a really good talk about "blindspots" and how we all have "blindspots" in our life that we must have others point out to us. Fortunately, a fellow student pointed out my "blindspot" for the Book of Mormon and the rest is history. This blog helps me to be more aware of how I might exhibit this "passive" behavior--even years after leaving. I will be thinking about this all day. I still smack myself occasionally when I think back on times I accepted callings that I had neither the talent nor time for and the burden they became on my large family. It really is a "sick" way to live life. Thanks again for pointing out a "flaw" that I can address.
P.S. I met you once at an ex-mo event and your wisdom far exceeds your years! Plus I really do need to come up with a new name--I pulled this out of thin air at a time I was too afraid to post anywhere
Thanks again Cathy. And trust me, I have to work at this stuff the same as anybody. But knowing alternative methods is half the battle, so I share what I can and if it helps others, great! If not, keep trying new things cause something is bound to work for each of us at some point. Glad you found the article helpful.
I can think of no other church where you are expected to do a job you aren't interested in, nor qualified for. The angst it causes mormons when they take such callings is enough to drive them crazy. And having to put extra time in for preparation when they could be spending that time with family or just themselves is wrong. Of course, we all know of those who never prepared for anything.
Excellent and lengthy article! People telling me I "need" to do something or asking "Why don't you...[what they think I should be doing]" has bugged me for years. Now it has a name!
This was an incredibly well-times post. I've been dealing with some passive-aggressive Mormons. I've been trying to really not to react in kind. I was in a more attacking mode toward the beginning of my apostasy, but I didn't let it leak to any current members... since I've gotten more confident (in my own skin) I'm trying to be direct.
So to the ladies who tell me "you need to come back", I merely say "no thanks."
To the people who say "I miss you", I say "You know where I live, what my telephone number is, and/or what my email address is..." I leave the ball in their court though, because I figure I should leave it to their comfort level.
To the people who call me an apostate, I just say, "so, what's your point?"
The honesty so far has been disarming. They don't know what to say, or they realize (if they're smart) that I'm still me.
Thanks MikeUtah for your blog post. Excellent advice. I have comment about your post. When we use language such as: "I feel disgusted when you use those words" or "When you leave a mess in the kitchen, I feel frustrated and used", it implies that our disgust or frustration is coming from something external to ourselves. It could imply we have very little or no control over our emotions.
In reality, these and other emotions originate from inside us. Someone or something does not cause them. The meaning we give to the things that happen to us is what initiates them. We can choose to be disgusted and frustrated OR we can also choose to be loving and cooperative. When we change our mind about the meaning of life's experiences, the ups and downs of the emotional roller coaster we generate inside can be flattened out or changed to one of peace and tranquility. My eventual goal is to look at everything that happens to me as neutral. Neither right or wrong, neither good nor bad.
I don't want to imply that using the "I" messages are not helpful. They are absolutely essential and a step in the right direction in taking control of your life. Eventually we will take a step beyond the "I" messages and realize emotions and feelings are not created by others but are conceived inside our mind.


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CINCINNATI (AP) -- A 58-year-old man has been jailed without bond after he allegedly made a threatening phone call to a downtown Cincinnati school.
Bruce Alexander was in Hamilton County Jail on Saturday on a charge of aggravated menacing. Police arrested him Friday. They say he threatened to hurt students in a call to CSR Academy, a K-8 charter school.
He is due in court Dec. 27. His attorney didn't immediately return a telephone call for comment.

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Perhaps one doesn't expect a lot of queer-ish hard rock from Milwaukee, but fortunately …Silenze fills that gap (and yes, the ellipses is part of the band name). Out guitarist Spencer Fellner sent me this new track for the band's upcoming album. He and fellow out member Roxanne Jeske lead the guitar onslaught as drummer Sky Byrd does vocal duty on this track. Byrd and bassist Bud Letendre would be the non-gay part of the band.
I was surprised how mellowed out the track is, but in very good ways. I had heard their 2010 album The Sound of One Hand Clapping which showed potential but still with a bit of greenness in their drive to rock godliness. Here they've developed a patience in their delivery of "Take This Life" that in Clapping may have just sounded slow. It has that rawness of an unsigned band but it's an impressive and mature leap this time around.


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There's a small tag Blu-Tacked to the back of the toilet cubicle door here at the Digital Life Laboratories. It's like a dog tag, only it's bright red and it has the name Xperia written on it – not a terrible name for a dog, I suppose, but a much better name for a Sony mobile phone.
When I walk into the cubicle (something I've been doing a lot these past few days, though it's not what you may think), I swipe my Xperia phone on the tag, and automatically (magically, really) the phone is set to silent mode, a "Do not disturb" text message is sent to all my staff, the phone's Wi-Fi and Bluetooth are turned off, and a game of Spider fires up and appears on the screen.
Solitaire in solitude, at last! It's my favourite part of the working day.
The dog tag, as you may have guessed, has a tiny near-field communications (NFC) chip in it, and the NFC reader in the new Xperia P phone has been programmed to perform all those steps automatically (magically, even after the trick is revealed) every time it comes in contact with the tag.
If I could program the NFC system to put the phone into airplane mode (an option that's sadly lacking in the phone's easy-to-use automation system), I'd do that too.
Another Xperia tag, a black one, is taped to my desk. When I get back to the desk after my ablutions, I tap the phone on the black tag, and the Wi-Fi and Bluetooth are turned on and the phone is set to loud mode.
Such are the joys of NFC, a technology that both Sony and Samsung (which has NFC stickers a little similar to Sony's tags) are now embracing ways that may actually make sense to ordinary consumers. A tag by your bedside table, a tag on your car's dashboard, maybe one in the kitchen to call up your favourite recipe site when your hands are covered in flour, and you'll be set.
Of course, there's more to the Xperia P than just automated solitaire, as killer a feature as that may be. It's actually quite an appealing little phone all round, with enough unique features (or at least, unique-to-Sony features) to make it stand out in a busy Android smartphone market currently ruled by the brilliant HTC One X and Samsung Galaxy S III (SGS3).
Not that the Xperia P is exactly in the same league as those two. For starters, at $447 outright, it's a couple of hundred dollars cheaper, and with just a 4-inch display, it's a good deal smaller than the One X and the SGS3 (which have screen sizes of 4.7 inches and 4.8 inches, respectively).
But bigger isn't universally better when it comes to screens. Sony has added a feature it calls WhiteMagic to the Xperia's display, which is meant to make the screen bright and legible even when it's outdoors.
To our great surprise (given the naff name), WhiteMagic appears to work. Sitting the Xperia P next to an SGS3 in bright sunlight, with both phones set to maximum brightness, the Xperia P was indeed a good deal brighter and easier to read than the SGS3. Which is indeed saying something, given the high quality of the Samsung screen.
Like the NFC automation, WhiteMagic is magic, too, albeit of a lower order. I can't remember a mobile phone ever being as usable outdoors on a sunny winter's day. (For our summer review of the Xperia P, stay tuned.)
The phone has another nifty, some-might-say magic feature, too, which will make a great deal of sense to ordinary consumers, or at least to any consumer who uses their phone as a camera. With the phone in standby mode, Sony claims you can take a photo in just 1.5 seconds, simply by holding down the phone's camera button.
Normally you'd have to wake up your phone, unlock it, find the camera app then take the photo – a process that, on the fastest phone on the market (again, the SGS3), took roughly seven seconds in our tests.
And we only got that time when our tester had his finger hovering over the camera icon even before the phone was switched on. Having to find the camera app can add a few more seconds, blowing the "sleep-to-snap" time out to nine or 10 seconds, which is an eternity when you're trying to capture some quickly passing moment.
In contrast, our tests of the Xperia P consistently produced sleep-to-snap times of 2.2 seconds. Given that our tests were done manually and include our ever-slowing reflexes, Sony's claim of 1.5 seconds sounds about right.
That doesn't mean the phone is a speed demon in other respects, though. It's got a dual-core, 1 GHz processor, which on paper as well as in our benchmarks is a good deal slower than the quad-core, 1.4 or 1.5 GHz processors appearing in top-end phones. Our GeekBench 2 test of the Xperia P, for instance, produced a score of 874, which is not at all bad but nowhere near as good as the 1706 scored by the SGS3.
But then again, Xperia P is a much cheaper than an SGS3, so it's only fitting that it should be beaten in one of our tests. What do you expect? Actual magic? That costs extra.
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Effect of Rosuvastatin on Endothelial Function
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- How to Read a Study Record
Rosuvastatin belongs to a class of medications commonly called "statins" which are medications given for high low density lipoprotein (LDL) 'bad' cholesterol to prevent atherosclerosis (hardening of blood vessels) and lower risk of heart attacks and other circulation problems. Recent studies in the general non-HIV infected population have shown that the beneficial effect of statins in preventing circulation problems is larger than would be expected from lowering of LDL-cholesterol alone. It has been suggested that the additional beneficial effect of statins may be due to the anti-inflammatory effect of statins.
The risk of heart attacks and other circulation problems may be high in HIV infected individuals. This may be due to the inflammatory stress effects of HIV. The main purpose of the study is to see if rosuvastatin will have a beneficial effect on the circulatory system in HIV infected individuals even in those who do not have high LDL cholesterol levels. Therefore, in HIV-infected individuals with normal or low LDL cholesterol levels but with evidence of low HDL cholesterol levels which may be a sign of low grade inflammation, the study will look at whether 3 months of rosuvastatin will lead to improvement in brachial artery flow-mediated dilatation (FMD), a marker of early atherosclerosis (hardening of the blood vessels).
|HIV Infections Cardiovascular Disease
|Drug: rosuvastatin
|Phase 2 Phase 3
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Pilot Study of the Effect of Low-Dose Rosuvastatin on Endothelial Function, Oxidative Stress and Inflammatory Parameters in HIV-Infected Individuals With Low HDL Cholesterol Levels and Low to Normal LDL Cholesterol Levels
- Change in Flow Mediated Dilatation (FMD) of the Brachial Artery [ Time Frame: 3 months ]
- Change in HIV Biomarkers of Immune Activation to Include CD38 and CD69 Expression on T Cells and CD16 and CD69 Expression on Monocytes [ Time Frame: 3 months ]
- Change in Mitochondrial-specific Oxidative Stress (Mt-specific 8-oxo-dG) and Oxidative Phosphorylation (OXPHOS) Protein/Enzyme Activity [Complex I and Complex IV] Levels [ Time Frame: 3 months ]
- Change in Glucose Homeostasis and Insulin Resistance as Assessed by Oral Glucose Tolerance Testing [ Time Frame: 3 months ]
- Change in Total, HDL and LDL Cholesterol and Triglyceride Levels [ Time Frame: 3 months ]
- Change in hsCRP [ Time Frame: 3 months ]
|Study Start Date:
|September 2009
|Primary Completion Date:
|January 2015 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: rosuvastatin
rosuvastatin 10 mg qd increased to 20 mg qd as tolerated
Drug: rosuvastatin
rosuvastatin 20 mg tablet, 1/2 tab qd increased to a full tablet qd as tolerated x 6 months with optional extension to 2 years
Other Name: Crestor
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- HIV infection
- Age > 18 years old
- On stable antiretroviral therapy for > 6 months with no plans to change therapy during the treatment phase of the study
- Plasma HIV RNA < 50 copies/mL
- Karnofsky performance score > 70 within 30 days prior to study entry
- Ability to understand and sign informed consent
Following laboratory values obtained within 30 days prior to randomization:
- Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) > 750/mm3
- Hemoglobin >/= 8.0 g/dL
- Platelets >/= 50,000/mm3
- ALT (SGPT) and AST (SGOT) < 2.5 x ULN
- Fasting glucose < 126 mg/dL
- TSH < 3.0 mIU/L
- HDL-C < 50 mg/dL in men, < 55 mg/dL in women
- Direct LDL-C </= 130 mg/dL
- Calculated creatinine clearance > 50 mL/min
- Willing to be treated with rosuvastatin or be on an observational arm for a minimum of 3 months
- Female subject must not participate in a conception process (active attempt to become pregnant) or be post-menopausal. If participating in sexual activity that could lead to pregnancy, the subject must use contraception while receiving study medication and 30 days after stopping the medication
Exclusion criteria
- History of past cardiovascular event
- Acute illnesses or active AIDS-defining opportunistic infection (OI) within 30 days prior to entry
- Other chronic illness including diabetes, autoimmune diseases, and endocrinopathies
- Serology positive for hepatitis B surface antigen or hepatitis C antibody
- Signs and symptoms of liver failure
- Receipt of supraphysiologic glucocorticoid therapy within 3 months prior to study entry
- Use of lipid lowering agents within 30 days prior to study entry
- Receipt of an HIV vaccine or investigational agents
- Pregnancy or breast-feeding
- Presence of any active malignancy within the last 5 years
- Severe Hypertension (Systolic >/= 180 or Diastolic >/= 110 mm Hg)
- Use of oral postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy
- Known hypersensitivity to rosuvastatin
- Active drug or alcohol dependence
- Any acute illness within 30 days prior to study entry that, in the opinion of the site investigator, would interfere with participation in the study.
- Use of lopinavir/ritonavir (Kaletra) as part of current HIV antiretroviral regimen
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00986999
|United States, Hawaii
|Hawaii Center for AIDS
|Honolulu, Hawaii, United States, 96813
|Principal Investigator:
|Cecilia Shikuma, MD
|Hawaii Center for AIDS, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii
|Responsible Party:
|University of Hawaii
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00986999 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
R01HL095135 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|Study First Received:
|September 29, 2009
|Results First Received:
|January 20, 2015
|Last Updated:
|January 20, 2015
Keywords provided by University of Hawaii:
HIV infected
treatment experienced
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections
Cardiovascular Diseases
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immune System Diseases
Rosuvastatin Calcium
Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors
Anticholesteremic Agents
Hypolipidemic Agents
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Enzyme Inhibitors
Lipid Regulating Agents
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If you haven't tried any of The Sisters Grimm series, I'll fill you in a little. Sabrina and Daphne Grimm are sisters who find out The Grimm Brother stories are actually a history of all the crimes committed by fairy tale characters. The girls are part of a long line of detectives from the Grimm family whose job it is to investigate the fairy tale crimes. In each book the girls do some sleuthing to figure out which fairy tale characters have been behaving badly.
In Book Seven, The Everafter War, things are really heating up in Ferryport Landing. Prince Charming is gathering an Everafter Army to protect the city from the mysterious "Master" who threatens to use an army of his own made up of evil fairy tale characters.
As the story begins, Sabrina and Daphne's parents wake up from a sleeping spell. Everybody is happy for about 5 minutes…until the girls' Dad and their Grandmother disagree about whether the two girls should be involved in the "family business". What their Dad doesn't understand is that he has been asleep for a couple years – the girls are already up to their eyeballs in the growing conflict and already in danger.
All the Grimms, Dad included, are caught up in the conflict when The Prince organizes the rebels to make a final stand against their deadly enemy. Who exactly is "The Master" and what does he/she hope to accomplish? It can't be anything good. (And you won't believe who it is!)
There is a whole bunch of these in the Sisters Grimm series. The author says he hopes to write 9 or 10…no news yet on when #8 might come out.
#1 The Fairy-Tale Detectives (This one is a bonus book – 30 points!)
#2 The Unusal Suspects
#3 The Problem Child
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I'm excited...my super craptacular shrine is nearing completion! My Buddha rupa is due to be delivered tomorrow. I attached a photo of what the rupa "looks" like (because stuff RARELY looks the same in real life as it does in a photo posted on the Interweb!)
I picked a standing Buddha because that is an image that has always impressed me more than the various other positions I've seen the Buddha depicted in (sitting, lying on one side). There is a statue outside of Wat Buddhavas (here in Texas) of a standing Buddha which has always inspired more devotion in me than the much larger, golden sitting Buddha inside the shrine room. I have always preferred the Thai Buddha image (with the classic pointy head) over others I have come across. I really don't know why, but the Thai style always seemed to me to make the Tathāgata much more exalted looking. I know that his having both hands held outwards means something, but I forgot and to be honest I really don't care...I picked out an image that would inspire the most devotion, and also as a reminder of the truly awesome figure that Gotama Buddha was and that I too am capable of becoming "fully human" in this life or another.
Now if I can just find a decent altar cloth! No idea where to even start looking...any suggestions? And I am on a budget here people! Starving college student! Thanks!


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AMY Cooper brought the curtain down on a successful 2014 Worcester County Championships for Evesham Swimming Club.
She produced a fine 800-metre freestyle display in Hereford, smashing her personal best by 16 seconds to clock 11 minutes 05.10 seconds for fourth place.
The British Age Group categories (BAGCAT) rankings at the end of the championships made good reading for Evesham with three nine-year-olds in the top seven girls out of 31.
Mollie Cresswell was ranked fourth, Rachel Egan sixth and Sophie Pettit seventh. Cresswell and Pettit collected with medals.
Kieran Cooper finished eighth out of 26 10-year-old boys, while 11-year-old Luke Perry was fifth out of 23 with Toby Vale 10th.
Thirteen-year-old Martha Bailey made fourth place out of 33 girls and secured a medal in her championship debut.
Charlie Waites ended the competition fifth out of 24 swimmers in his age group alongside his medal collection.
It was then back to normal for the youngsters with 11 joining acting head coach Andy Mabbett for long-course training.
The nine to 14 year olds were put through their paces in a 3,400m set, focused on technique, at Coventry's 50m pool.


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Fruita shows off fast-tempo offense in tourney opener
It's the future of girls basketball, Fruita Monument girls basketball coach Richard Atkins said, and the Wildcats used the up-tempo, fast-breaking style of offense Thursday to defeat Fountain-Fort Carson 68-43.
For the Wildcats (3-1), it was a good way to play their first game of the Wildcat Invitational at Fruita Monument High School.
The Wildcats, without starting guard Lauren LaBonde, who will return for the Wildcats' 6:30 p.m. game today against Columbine, were led by Sam Parks' 20 points.
Katelyn Kemp led the Trojans (1-3) with 11 points, including three 3-pointers.
Like many of the Wildcats' guards who would stand outside the 3-point line for an outlet pass before passing down low once again, Parks also streaked downcourt and found many open layups. Pass, pass, pass, layup: It's how Atkins wants it. And the players seemed to love it.
"We have a lot of depth and quick guards, and we're a well-rounded team," Parks said.
Parks knew she'd have to put points on the board without LaBonde. Still, Fruita came one basket short of its goal.
"Seventy points, here we come," said Kassidy Fair, who had five points. "That's our goal."
Of course, players such as Fair love playing the up-tempo game, which Atkins has installed in his first year, that could soon help the Wildcats reach their goal of 70 points in a game,
"I love it," Fair said. "I think we're all seeing the floor real well, and it's really starting to pay off for us. We've definitely been working on our ball-handling and just being able to look up while we're coming down the floor, so we can see players ahead of us and get high-percentage shots."
But Atkins knows Fruita must make more easy shots. For example, on a third-quarter sequence, Vanessa Herrera blocked a shot, and Eden Laase, who finished with eight points, grabbed the loose ball and made an outlet pass to Mariah Love. What followed was four missed shots, although each was contested, and three offensive rebounds before Fair was fouled on a shot.
Fruita, with one more basket, would have eclipsed its highest point total of 68 last season in a win over Central.
"I think this up-tempo game is the future of girls basketball," Atkins said, "That's the way the boys evolved. And I'm kind of a North Carolina fan; old (Tar Heels men's coach) Dean Smith, his philosophy was: You try to give different defensive looks, so when you come to play us you have to prepare for all of those."
Tigers ride first half to win
The first three quarters was the orchestra of cuts and passes and finished layups that makes the Grand Junction High School girls basketball team go.
Shafer Rubalcaba and Sydni Brandon had 11 points apiece as the Tigers (5-0) defeated Air Academy 43-30.
Grand Junction plays Carbon County, Utah, at 5 p.m. today.
Brandon and Elisha Jahnke, who had seven points, constantly fed the post for Rubalcaba and Sarah Wilkinson for easy layups as Grand Junction took a 31-12 halftime lead.
"It was just everyone looking for each other, and we started playing for each other and connecting," Jahnke said. "It's just fun. You don't think about it, and everything clicks."
Air Academy featured 6-foot-1 Kassady Huffman, who scored 22 points, going 8 of 10 from the free-throw line.
Behind Huffman, the Kadets (2-2) managed to regroup and, although sometimes going into a full-court press, hold Grand Junction to eight second-half points — zero in the fourth quarter.
But the Tigers already had put the game away, scoring 14 field goals, most of them layups.
"We just tried to look for open spots," Rubalcaba said. "(Air Academy) just didn't see me down there. Just fake one way and go the other."
Also for Grand Junction, freshman Tori Catlett had six points.
Carbon County beats Columbine
Jennee Martinez had 10 points and Shelby Croasmun added nine as Carbon County, Utah, defeated Columbine 46-30 for its first win of the season in four tries.
Bridge Snow had a team-high 10 points for Columbine (1-2), which took a 5-2 lead after the first quarter.


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| 66 of 127 people found the following review helpful:
Curtains way up for 'Curtains', Mar 05, 2007
|reviewer: firstname.lastname@example.com from new york
|What one would look for in musical comedy, they will find in "Curtains." Mix together terrific acting-dancing-loads of laughs- two (not one two) show-stopping numbers ("thataway" and 'its just business')ad you have a smash musical comedy. If your'e not laughing out load, you're smiling all the way through. David Hyde Pierce and Debra Monk are, as always, outstanding. But you can't take your eyes off Karen Ziemba, shes that good in the "thataway" number. There should be a bigger pause so the actors get the proper applause for that number. All featured players are excellent. Hint: Speed up the ending bows. It takes to long and ruins the quick action fun of the evening. This is the type of musical that Broadway used to have before we went Opera-or Miz. Its fun and I hope it has a healthy run. I, for one, plan to see it again.
| 66 of 123 people found the following review helpful:
Great fun evenings entertainment, Apr 30, 2007
|reviewer: Geoffrey and Pauline Wanstall from England
|We saw the show on our last night in NY and we are so glad we did! We are great English fans of David Hyde Pierce in Frasier and he was quite amazing! We had no idea he could sing and dance so well too!! The cast are all so talented and the story quite different for a musical but very entertaining. We could only get seats in the rear of the mezzanine but the view was perfect and (so importantly) we could hear every single word spoken and sung. If you like musical theatre don't miss this one!
| 65 of 123 people found the following review helpful:
Don't Miss This Show!, Mar 18, 2007
|reviewer: Adria from Ocean, NJ USA
|What a delight to see a broadway show that makes you forget about the outside world for a while... The dancing was incredible, the costumes spectacular, the sets superb, the singing and orchestra fantastic! Just a wonderful wonderful musical that you shouldn't miss!
| 62 of 119 people found the following review helpful:
The Quintessential Broadway Show, Mar 11, 2007
|reviewer: Denise from New Jersey
|I go to about five Broadway musicals a year, so I'm pretty judgmental about the shows I see. I had no idea what to expect when I went to see Curtains in previews, but I came out of the theater smiling, humming, and excited about this wonderful show. It really has it all--incredibly appealing and talented cast (many of whom I recognized from TV), memorable musical numbers, awesome lighting, staging, and costumes. David Hyde Pierce and Karen Ziemba are incredible, but Debra Monk is my personal favorite. I would buy tickets again just to see her in the "It's just show business" number. I loved the way in which the stars came out for their final bows--I didn't want to leave the theater anyway! Thank you, Cast, for signing autographs after the show!
| 62 of 119 people found the following review helpful:
AWESOME PURE ENTERTAINMENT, Jun 01, 2007
|reviewer: Claire from Wales, UK
|I came all the way from Wales, UK to see the show, all I can say is it was worth it. It was so great to see a funny show, with fantastic songs, so many of the new musicals are dark & miserable. The cast was outstanding, Debra Monk was phenomenal, it has prompted me to write my first ever fan letter at the age of 38!!! PLEASE come to London so I can see it again.
| 61 of 123 people found the following review helpful:
Wildly entertaining!, Mar 18, 2007
|reviewer: Valerie from Beachwood, NJ
|This show is a definite must see for musical comedy fans... David Hyde Pierce is amazing, as is Debra Monk. I thoroughly enjoyed every single minute of this show. The theatre is beautiful and the show within a show premise is so wonderfully entertaining. The sets are all stunning... I especially loved the "dream" scene with Nikki and her Detective - it reminded me so much of the old Ziegfield days. Everything about the show is total genius... even the conductor is terrific!! All I can say is... don't miss this show. It is sure to get a Tony award... no matter what, in my opinion it is a winner!!!
| 61 of 118 people found the following review helpful:
One of the best Broadway shows ever!!!!, Apr 01, 2007
|reviewer: Linda Gengaro from Bloomfield, N.J.
|I didn't think it possible, but David Hyde Pierce surpassed his performance in Spamalot with his brilliant portrayal of the detective in Curtains. The entire ensemble was outstanding, with singing and dancing that rivals any other Broadway production I've ever seen. The witty script kept everyone entertained and laughing throughout. I had premium seats for the performance I attended, and although I'm definitely not sorry I did, I think even those people seated in the Mezzanine had a great view of the stage. Can actually say that it is a show that I would see and enjoy a second time around. I highly recommend it to any fun loving person looking for an entertaining night on the town. I rate this as one of my favorite Broadway shows ever, right up there with Wicked. Would be suprised to find anyone who sees this show to say they didn't love it!
| 60 of 120 people found the following review helpful:
Great performances, wonderful music; pure fun!, Mar 22, 2007
|reviewer: GAIL from Metuchen, NJ
|If you are a musical comedy fan, treat yourself to a performance that is so much fun you'll be laughing and smiling for hours after the curtain falls. The performances are terrific and the energy of the cast is contagious. Four of us went and we all enjoyed it equally. Go and have a wonderful time!
| 60 of 121 people found the following review helpful:
The Best Musical Comedy I Have Ever Seen!, Mar 17, 2007
|reviewer: Carol from New Jersey
|This was the most clever, at times tender, hysterically funny musical comedy I have ever seen! The entire cast was extraordinarily talented from their comedic timing to their sensational voices and dance numbers! This was entertainment at its finest. Even the final curtain call was a masterpiece -- paying attention to clever nuances that continued to entertain. (I don't want to give anything away.) I smiled all the way home! I am not one for seeing a Broadway show twice, but I can't wait to see this one again!! David Hyde Pierce, I love you!
| 60 of 116 people found the following review helpful:
Best show in town!, Mar 29, 2007
|reviewer: Jennifer Fernandez from Norfolk, VA
|I left the theatre in sheer amazement. It has been awhile since I have seen a musical that embodied all the elements that make it a hit. Curtains has captured not only those elements, but the audience as well. From start to finsh, Curtains is a delight!
| 60 of 120 people found the following review helpful:
Musical Comedy At Its Best, Apr 10, 2007
|reviewer: John from Los Angeles, CA
|This is a great and fantastic musical with a combination of boffo music, comedy and performances. David Hyde Pierce is the star and glue of the show but the show is well cast. Another great Kander and Ebb musical well directed and choreographed. There were several of us who saw the show and believe it should be a Tony contender as a show and David Hyde Pierce certainly as the lead male. It is a show you can see over and over again and the energy of the audience cannot help but draw you in.
| 60 of 122 people found the following review helpful:
Make this a must see if you visit NYC, Nov 02, 2007
|reviewer: Biffo from UK
|First time family trip to New York from UK. Decided to see this show - it is fantastic a glorious mix of comedy and musical. Certainly no shortage of laughter with the audience virtually queing up to give a standing ovation. This show and all the cast deserve your attention - you will not be disappointed.
| 59 of 118 people found the following review helpful:
Fantastic!, Mar 26, 2008
|reviewer: Cate from TN
|This musical was amazing! I went to see it and it was my first show on Broadway. Although my groups definition of family friendly didn't match the ticket place's, we all enjoyed it. I bought the soundtrack and can't stop listening to it. The songs are catchy and easy to remember. The acting was phenomenal! Everything was just great!
| 57 of 114 people found the following review helpful:
Wonderful Entertainment, Apr 27, 2007
|reviewer: DB from Boston, MA
|We so enjoyed this play. The actors were wonderful, professional, talented and funny. The time went by so fast and we just loved it. We were so glad we picked this play over all the others playing in New York at that time. David Hyde Pierce is just as wonderful as he was on Frazier, and Debra Monk; well she stole the show and all the other actors were so talented. It was wonderful and I highly recommend it.
| 56 of 111 people found the following review helpful:
If you liked Oklahoma! ..., Mar 23, 2007
|reviewer: Jonathan Kutner from Dallas, TX USA
|This is a fun show with lots of song and dance, a playful plot (which is a play within a play), and very good acting. There's one memorable song ("I Miss the Music") sung by a wonderful tenor; the others are nice but not memorable. My wife and I left the theater smiling and glad we went (on the spur of the moment) the night before opening.
| 55 of 111 people found the following review helpful:
Curtains are very up, Apr 18, 2007
|reviewer: Seymour Tenenbaum from Oceanside, New York
|What a joy to see something that is neither politically correct nor offensive. Just a silly musical that you can enjoy with a production number thrown in just for the fun of it. And it has a score that you can remember and actually hum. Thankfully, the cast plays no instruments; they can sing and dance and they do it extraordinarily well. The entire cast does an outstanding job with a special thanks from me to Karen Ziemba who is truly incredible.
| 55 of 112 people found the following review helpful:
comedy/musical at it's best, May 16, 2007
|reviewer: Anonymous from Anytown, AT 55555
|In New York recently on holiday, I decided to go and see this show and this proved a wise choice. What a fantastic show! The musical numbers were superb and there were a lot of laughs. David Hyde Pierce (Niles from Frasier) was superb and had great support from the large cast. Another actor from Frasier (Gill Chesterton!) had some great lines as well. The show was a bit Calamity Jane meets 42nd Street meets a traditional whodunnit. Well worth going to see.
| 54 of 112 people found the following review helpful:
the best ever, Apr 30, 2007
|reviewer: JUan Cervantes from Minneapolis, MN
|we came all the way from minnesota to see this play and it was worth it..very professional. loved NYC
| 54 of 110 people found the following review helpful:
Make this a must see if you visit NYC, Nov 02, 2007
|reviewer: Biffo from UK
|First time family trip to New York from UK. Decided to see this show - it is fantastic a glorious mix of comedy and musical. Certainly no shortage of laughter with the audience virtually queing up to give a standing ovation. This show and all the cast deserve your attention - you will not be disappointed.
| 51 of 107 people found the following review helpful:
The Wedding Singer with Constantine Maroulis, May 29, 2007
|reviewer: Kirsten S. from PA USA
|I saw The Wedding Singer at the time when Constantine Maroulis was playing the part of Sammy. I'd say it was a very entertaining musical with excellent singers, especially Maroulis. :). This is a good show for any age in my opinion. I went with my mother. She's 40. I'm 14. We both adored it.
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In the fourth episode of our seven-part documentary series, The Coaches, UEFA.com speaks to the likes of Carlo Ancelotti, Gérard Houllier, Arsène Wenger and Roy Hodgson about how they handle communication with and among multinational squads.
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Novel Approach Enhances Control System Upgrade
Measures to Mock-Up Wiring and Limit Project Scope While Incorporating Operational Improvements Provided Significant Benefits
This article was orifinally published in our sister magazine Chemical Processing.
One of our active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) plants in Indianapolis relied on an obsolete Measurex distributed control system (DCS). In late 2007 we replaced it with a DeltaV DCS. In doing the upgrade, we used some fairly unusual techniques to minimize shutdown duration and total cost.
The fixed-product batch facility has 13,400 input/output (I/O) points divided into seven control rooms. It was decided to convert a single control room first. Upgrading just a small portion of the plant kept the size of the project team small. This allowed project managers to select personnel who were very knowledgeable both about the control system and the manufacturing process.
The control room chosen for the upgrade contained 1,450 I/O points and governed plant purified water distribution, buffer make-up and distribution, column chromatography, crystallization and a clean-in-place system. The majority of these unit operations, while already sequenced, weren't linked to each other within the Measurex DCS as part of a larger recipe. Besides lower-level sequencing, the existing automation included automated materials reporting to an enterprise resource planning system.
The upgrade process
In addition to the normal scope definition process, project managers quickly developed a scope-limiting tool titled the "Just Say No List." It consisted of all the items that plant management agreed could jeopardize an on-time conversion. The list included items like implementing an asset management or manufacturing execution system and adding new instruments and remote workstations. Any request for a change in scope went through a formal process; this required development of a business case justifying the proposed change in scope and project managers' approval. Some changes got the go-ahead— for instance, moving control of a piece of equipment from a programmable logic controller to the DeltaV DCS. With the scope of the project effectively limited, managers formed three lower-level project teams, for software, hardware, and commissioning and qualification (C&Q). Figure 1 shows the rough project timeline.
Software. The software team comprised two process control engineers from Lilly's central corporate engineering tech center who were familiar with DeltaV, one plant process control engineer who knew the process and equipment being converted, and several contract system integrators. All assigned internal resources were dedicated to the project and were very experienced with either the existing Measurex DCS and its current operation or the functionality of the new DeltaV DCS. The selected system integrators previously had worked either in the plant being converted or on other corporate DCS projects. The software team prototyped the proposed design; the aim was to be consistent with ISA S88.01 [1] and include all documentation outlined by GAMP [2]. The prototype helped minimize rework by allowing operations, engineering, quality control and the software team to agree on an initial design before large amounts of work were expended.
This initial prototype wasn't a 1:1 conversion of the existing Measurex DCS software. While it was important to retain the knowledge built into the system over the years, it was equally important not to squander opportunities for improvement afforded by implementing a modern DCS. To avoid introducing unintended risks during startup, only improvements that wouldn't affect the quality of the API were made. For example, when automating a pH adjustment, the team designed an algorithm that mimicked current operator technique. We used many sources, not just the existing Measurex DCS code, to generate the first pass of the requirements and design for the new DeltaV DCS. Other inputs included existing software requirements and design documentation, process historian data, standard operating procedures (SOP) and manufacturing tickets. The process team, consisting of representatives from operations, process engineering and tech service, as well as a dedicated senior operator, then reviewed this documentation in great detail. Once the process team approved the documentation, coding began.
The requirements, design documentation and coding standards all were very specific. This specificity resulted in very few surprises with the initial software delivered. The plant automation engineer on the team assessed this software using a process simulator and suggested some changes. Once these were made, the process team examined the software via the simulator. Following this review, the software was formally tested with the process simulator. This served to minimize any surprises during commissioning and qualification.
Hardware. With the scope of the hardware portion of the project effectively limited by the "Just Say No List," the hardware team verified the landing points of all existing I/O, documenting results in a controlled project I/O database. All I/O for this particular Class I, Division 2 control room was run from the field into a central secured I/O room above the dedicated operator workstation area. The general hardware strategy was to remove the Measurex DCS field termination boards, control modules and computer system, terminate the wires onto generic termination modules and then connect these modules to the new DeltaV DCS termination boards and controllers using multi-pin connectors whenever possible.
Operations elsewhere in the building required the purified water handled by this control room well before the project would be completed; so the team developed a different strategy for the 230 purified-water I/O. New wires were run from the field devices to a prefabricated field panel. This setup allowed electricians to simply swap the wires at each device as soon as the shutdown commenced without having to terminate the wires in the panel.
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I was going to tag this onto one of the other threads but decided some of this is pretty important.
First, I have all the picked players up to Grant Hill entered on rosters. One of the other commish's (or several) may want to double-check that I have those correctly. In the KL I saved TT instead of KT for someone - I'd hate to, say, give Frank Slade Jerome instead of Lebron James.
Second, I'll be gone for about the next 3 hours. This afternoon/evening I'll start changing the draft order for later rds to match what's on the draft thread. That'll take a while - in the KL I only had 60 and it still took over an hour. Here we're talking over 200.
One of the things you may want to consider (I think Ken suggested this) is cutting off the 24-hour draft at the end of a round. There's a setting for how many keepers to enter and right now I have it at 4. I'm not sure what happens if we start a draft in the middle of a rd - will it let us set a 4th rd draft order if we're in the middle of it? - but I don't really want to find out.
And if any other commish's want to work on the draft order feel free - if 3 of us each took 3 rds it would go quicker (if having 3 people changing orders at the same time wouldn't blow up the site). But I'm bach'ing tonight - if I need to do all of it I can.
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If you can't be on the site for the draft you can go on now and pre-rank NBA players. The players that have already been picked will still show up so you'll have to work around it. If you have those set, even if you can't be on tomorrow, the site will auto-draft for you from that order - I hope. I think Ken did that in the KL so he can say how that worked. The players that have been added to rosters will disappear when the draft starts. And once the draft starts you'll be given the chance to build a draft queue which acts like contingency lists did on sports.ws.
Which brings us to the biggest monkey in the wrench. For whatever reason, the closest time offered by the site to when we want to start is 6:30 AM tomorrow morning. Next closest is Tuesday. Now I don't know why this is but it did the same thing when I was setting up the KL draft - and then weekend times suddenly appeared. I HOPE the same thing will happen here but if it doesn't commish's will need a backup plan.
Also, someone will need to check draft orders shortly before the draft - I had to enter the KL order 3 times. The last time was Friday evening (we started the draft at 9 the next morning) and that one held up.
I'm planning on being de-commissioned tonight unless Hicks & co desperately want help during the draft. I can be there tomorrow, not Sunday though.


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SWINDON Robins suffered a heavy Elite League defeat in the opening leg of their double-header at Poole Pirates.
The hosts dominated the meet, which is also doubling up for the Elite Shield, with only captain Troy Batchelor claiming a heat win for the Robins, who now must overturn a 22-point deficit if they are claim the Shield this evening at Abbey Stadium (8pm).
Pirates' Chris Holder gets off to a flying start on the south coast and led all the way holding off Peter Kildemand in the opening heat as the hosts take a 4-2 lead.
Charles Wright came flying off the tapes to lead from start to finish with Steve Worrall chasing hard in the second, while Robins' reserve Dan Greenwood was unable to hold off Lee Smart for another 4-2 to the hosts.
In heat three, Troy Batchelor was unable to catch Pawlicki as the hosts took their third successive 4-2.
Nicolai Klindt and Steve Worrall managed to work together to force Smart into fourth, but Poole's Vaclav Milik led all the way for a drawn heat four.
Holder got off to another fine start in heat five and Simon Gustafsson and Batchelor struggled to get close to the Pirates number one in another 3-3 to give the hosts an 18-12 lead.
However, there was high drama in heat six when Pawlicki and Milik crashed on bend two of the opening lap.
The crashed left Pawlicki requiring lengthy treatment on the track before heading to hospital for CAT scan, while Milik was excluded from the re-run and Maciej Janowski came in as the injured rider replacement.
The Pirates captain held off the challenge of Kindemand and Morris, who was having a meeting to forget.
Grajczonek led all the way in heat seven, while Robins' reserve Dan Greenwood managed to fend off a valiant attempt from Wright to take third.
Milik again crashed out in heat eight, on the same bend and was once more excluded from taking the tapes on the re-run leaving Grajczonek keep Batchelor at bay for another heat success for the hosts.
Wright got off to a flying start and led all the way in the ninth heat, but Greenwood crashed in the final lap as he tried to hold on to third place.
It took until the 10th heat until the Robins finally registered their first with captain Batchelor holding of Pirates number one Holder, who had won his previous two heats.
The Pirates pair of Janowski and Milik got off to a flying start and hold off a battling effort from Kildemand in heat 11 for a 5-1 to make it 39-27.
Klindt battled through to take second place in heat 12, but Grajczonek eased home for the win and the seventh 3-3 heat of the meet.
Janowski managed to hold off the challenge from Kildemand to make it a 5-1 for the hosts in heat 13.
It was an easy win for the Pirates' Milik with Wright coming in to take second and make it a maximum in the penultimate heat.
Batchelor and Klindemand were picked by Alun Rossiter for the final heat, but it was Janowski who claimed yet another heat win for the hosts as they took 3-3 for a 56-34 success.
Poole Pirates: Chris Holder (3-3-2-3= 11), Josh Grajczonek (1-3-3-1'-3-0=11+1), Pzemyslaw Pawlicki (3=3), Vaclav Milik (3-FX-FX-2'-3=8+1), Maciej Janowski (1-0-3-3-2'-3=12+1), Lee Smart (1-0-1=2), Charles Wright (3-0-3-1-2'=9+1).
Swindon Robins: Peter Kildemand (2-2-1-1-1'=7+1), Nicolai Klindt (0-2-1'-2=5+1), Troy Batchelor (2-1'-2-3-2=10+1), Simon Gustafsson (2-2-0-1=5), Nick Morris (0-1'-0-0=1+1), Dan Greenwood (0-1'-F=1+1), Steve Worrall (2-1'-2-0-0=5+1).


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Enjoying music with AirPlay® around the house
Kristen is a former copywriter for Crutchfield. She wrote copy for both the web and catalog, covering a variety of home A/V products that included speakers, camcorders, and Blu-ray players. She also wrote a number articles and blog posts for the Crutchfield Know Zone.
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Ralph wrote a great introduction to Apple's AirPlay a couple of months back. As an example of how you can use it, I thought I'd share with you some of the ways that AirPlay works in my house.
AirPlay with our home theater system
You can see our Apple TV on top of our home theater receiver.
The room where we enjoy AirPlay the most is in our living area. I call it a "living area" because in our tiny apartment the kitchen, living room, and dining room are all open to each other. Our home theater setup consists of an older Onkyo receiver and our Mirage Nanosat® 5.1 home theater system (among other components).
These speakers work great for our space! They're compact enough to fit nicely in our living room, and spread sound in a wider, omnidirectional pattern than our old speakers. This makes it possible to hear great sound whether I'm on the couch or in the kitchen, without having to crank up the volume and disturb the neighbors — proof that you can still enjoy great sound in a tiny apartment!
To get AirPlay in our living room with our older receiver, we use an Apple TV® connected to our wireless router. We can browse music on our computers — either music we own or music clips on iTunes® — and listen to our songs through our home theater speakers while the cover art displays on our TV. The Apple TV also lets us use our TV screen and Harmony remote to browse our iTunes music collections stored on our Macs — no matter where they are in the house. We've even used it to show off vacation photos and home movies of our beagle to friends and family.
Of course, this means our computers have to be on and iTunes has to be up, which isn't a huge deal (since we're usually on our computers), but it is a little clunky. For a simpler solution, I can use my iPhone to control and stream music to the home theater as well — no computer necessary. It's great when I'm reading and want to put on a soundtrack to create the right atmosphere, or when I'm busy cooking in the kitchen and need something to sing to. I can control what's playing from my phone, regardless of whether I'm in view of the TV or receiver or not.
We have the Mirage OmniVibe with the Apple AirPort Express
set up in our guest room for easy wireless music streaming.
In other rooms
We also use AirPlay in our guest bedroom/office. We have a Mirage OmniVibe iPod® dock/speaker in there, which we originally purchased as an iPod dock. We've since added an Apple AirPort Express to the speaker via a stereo mini cable — something you can do with pretty much any powered speaker.
It allows us to choose the guest room speaker in the drop-down menu for AirPlay on our phones and iPad® for instant streaming. It makes a really great atmosphere for studying or for web-surfing, and the OmniVibe sounds so much better than our computer speakers.
At a friend's house
Where else do we use AirPlay? My brother- and sister-in-law have an Apple TV as well, so when we go over to their place and want to share our music or new YouTube videos, we just have to use our iPhones® to send it to their home theater system. There are no cables, tiny iPod speakers, or thumb drives to deal with. And it's really great for larger get-togethers — when the music stops, someone else can control the tunes for a really unique party mix!
Of course with a lot of the newer products coming out with AirPlay, it's even easier to stream your tunes directly to your receiver or a powered speaker (no Apple TV or Airport Express involved). So where do you use AirPlay? Use the comments field below to share your stories.
UPDATE: We've had the Zeppelin Air floating around with some of the Crutchfield employees, so I took the opportunity to snag it and try out its AirPlay feature for my system. Rather than dismantle the Mirage speaker in our office, I decided I'd just add the Zeppelin Air to our bedroom, for a truly whole-house audio system. I won't talk a lot about the sound — you can read either Ralph's review or Marshall's review to find out more about that. Though I will say the bass was more defined and smoother than our Mirage OmniVibe, which probably had something to do with the Zeppelin's built-in subwoofer with its own amplification. The extra bass was a great addition to some of my more soulful ADELE tunes and beat-heavy Glitch Mob tracks.
On the whole, I found the setup to be slightly less friendly than I would have liked. The quick start directions were easy enough, but after two failed attempts at setting it up automatically, I had to manually configure the set up. The problem seemed to be that it wasn't recognizing the separate SSIDs (the public name of a wireless network) in our network — we have one for 2.4 GHz and one for 5 GHz. I'm not the wireless geek in the family (my husband is in IT), so this was a bit frustrating for me. Especially since my Mac, iPhone, and nook color™ have all never had a problem finding the right 2.4 GHz SSID for our network. If your wireless network is more straight-forward than mine, you may not have this problem. But it's something to keep in mind if the automatic configuration doesn't work right away.
Another hiccup: the Zeppelin Air requires a wired connection to set up (the cable is included), and my Macbook Air doesn't have an Ethernet port. I was lucky enough to have my work laptop (a Dell PC) on hand, but if you only have an Air (like me) or an iPad, then this speaker probably won't work for you. (Unless, or course, you purchase Apple's USB-to-Ethernet adapter, which I've never had a need for until now.) On the plus side, I only had to configure the wireless setup once, even though I moved the speaker around the room to different outlets. So you could technically borrow a friend's laptop if you had to, and use their Ethernet port/Internet browser to set the Zeppelin Air up for the first time.
Once it was up and running, the ease of a single speaker with just a power cable was wonderful! I really do hate additional wires, and the sleek-looking Zeppelin Air looked right at home with our minimalist aesthetic. If you're even remotely interested in creating a great-sounding AirPlay or whole-house audio system like mine, have access to a computer with an Ethernet port, and want a premium speaker to do the job, then I suggest you check out the Zeppelin Air.


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TPWD Stands Down After Hurricane Gustav
East Texas appeared to have dodged a bullet by this Tuesday, as thousands of evacuees returned to their homes, hundreds of Texas game wardens prepared to de-mobilize and several state parks that had closed prepared to reopen in the wake of Hurricane Gustav's passage.
For Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, as for various local, state and federal agencies, it was a case of better safe than sorry. In the post-Katrina world, most organizations in the region reviewed and improved their preparedness and response plans, and by all accounts those plans rolled out flawlessly with Gustav.
More than 230 TPWD game wardens equipped with high-clearance vehicles and shallow-draft boats were pre-positioned to respond to rescue and evacuation requests in East Texas and Louisiana as Gustav rolled ashore. While hundreds of thousands of southeast Texas residents did evacuate ahead of landfall, most were returning home or preparing to do so Tuesday.
According to Lt. Col. Craig Hunter in TPWD's Law Enforcement Division, game warden teams in Tyler and at Camp Allen were released from storm duty Tuesday morning, with expectations that the rest will soon be released to resume their regular duties Wednesday.
On Tuesday, Gustav's remnants were spinning over Arkansas and extreme Northeast Texas and forecasts predicted 2-to-5 inches of rain in the region. The National Weather Service warned of possible minor to moderate flooding on some East Texas rivers, such as the Neches, Sabine and Sulphur, if rainfall reached the higher estimate.
Gustav's impacts contrasted sharply with what happened in 2005 after Hurricane Katrina hit, when 53 Texas game wardens rescued more than 5,000 residents of New Orleans, including about 1,500 patients at Charity Hospital. After Hurricane Rita the same year, game wardens spent weeks delivering food and water to residents of East Texas and assisting local authorities with maintaining law and order. This July, more than 70 game wardens responded to Hurricane Dolly, which struck deep South Texas.
"I think everyone's breathing a sigh of relief that we did not have a repeat of Katrina or Rita," said Hunter. "However, there are three more named storms out there now, and we are just now entering the peak of hurricane season. We hope we won't be needed, but if we are, TPWD will be ready."
The TPWD State Parks Division Incident Command center became active Sunday, coordinating information and response for dozens of parks affected by Gustav. By late Monday, 10 state parks in southeast, east and northeast Texas were closed. Lake Livingston reopened at 8 a.m. Tuesday. Sea Rim near Port Arthur is still closed for repairs, having shut its doors after Hurricane Rita. State parks in Region 4 (Southeast Texas) slated to reopen Wednesday include Martin Dies Jr. and Village Creek. Seven parks in Region 8 (Northeast Texas) remained closed Monday but were projected to reopen Thursday, including Atlanta, Caddo Lake, Daingerfield, Lake Bob Sandlin, Martin Creek Lake, Mission Tejas and Tyler.
Assistant State Parks Director Dan Sholly said, "It was pretty routine as hurricanes go, which is good news for state parks. No major infrastructure issues or facilities damage have been reported so far except for a few downed trees."
By Tuesday, about 500 evacuees had been reported staying in state parks. Cooper Lake State Park had the most: 99 evacuees occupying 22 sites at the South Sulphur Unit and six occupying two shelters at Doctors Creek Unit. Lake Tawakoni reported 31 evacuees in 13 campsites and Purtis Creek had 23 evacuees in five campsites. Some central Texas parks reported hosting a number of hurricane evacuees, including Garner (43) and Inks (45). Evacuees from storm-damaged areas were allowed to tent camp at no cost in Texas State Parks, and they could stay in cabins or screen shelters at discounted rates.
Employees in TPWD's Coastal Fisheries, Inland Fisheries, and Wildlife divisions were likewise busy with Gustav preparation and response. Several offices and sites along the coast and East Texas were evacuated temporarily, but most were either reopened Tuesday or planning to be open for business as usual Wednesday.
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Revlon Grow Luscious Plumping Mascara Reviews
Some resultsThis mascara did show some results. I also really like the way it wears on the lashes - separates, stays put, etc. However, it dries out in the tube really quickly. After about a month it becomes really difficult to apply and the product on the brush gets really clumpy. — 4 years, 5 months ago
Better than expectedI purchased this product on clearance as part of a combo pack on clearance at CVS for $2. I had low expectations after trying their Double Twist mascara, but was pleasantly surprised. It has not made my lashes grow, but it has improved their condition. The formula lasts well, especially for not being waterproof. It does not have a chemical smell like other mascaras. It will not be replacing my regular mascara but it is nice for a change. Buy it on discount, but don't pay full price. — 5 years, 11 months ago
WATERPROOF REVIEWI recently purchased this mascara on a whim - my mom uses the regular version and insisted I try it. I did get amazing length after my standard three coats; however, I had racoon eyes and eyelash loss after 6 hours or so. I would continue to use as a regular mascara, but not as waterproof, asuming I don't lose more eyelashes. — 6 years, 10 months agopixie_dust | 492 reviews
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Major failAll I can say about this mascara is false claims to the max!!! Lashes will be 200% more plumped? Total bs. This mascara is super clumpy and flakey and the wand is horrid. The only thing this mascara really does is somewhat lengthen the lashes but the bristles on the wand are spaced much to far apart to get a voluminous look. Even with 5 yes 5 coats this still looks wimpy and barely there on my lashes. — 4 years, 5 months ago
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96% Longer? NOT!Borrowed this from a friend whe the airline lost my luggage and so I had no makeup or anything for 3 days. Mascara was very clumpy, wand was awful and it just looked like a mess on my eyelashes. All Revlon mascaras smell terrible to. — 6 years, 5 months ago
Nice Winter MascaraThis winter has just been brutal on my hair, skin and nails so I have been looking for products that either will add moisture or at least, not take it away and make things worse. I bought this mascara not so much for making my lashes grow as to prevent them from getting worse. This mascara fits the bill. I haven't had any issues with clumping but that could be because I wipe the wand to remove ...read morethe excess mascara before applying it. I like the big brush as it really gets into the lashes and makes them fuller and longer. Again, I didn't buy this to make the lashes grow so I can't speak to if that effect is true however, my lashes are no longer as brittle and aren't breaking or falling out the way they did before I started using this mascara. It doesn't flake or smear and has lasted on me all day. All in all, I will repurchase this product and also recommend it. — 4 years, 5 months ago
Excellent for Volume without clumps!I was actually surprised at the reviews on this page of users who didn't like this mascara or had issues with it, i.e. flaking, "traveling" etc. I have used this all summer, and not the waterproof formula, and I love it. Granted, it's not Dior Show (nothing is as good as that one, nothing! LOL) but the brush is large, it has yet to clump on me or dry out and my lashes are healthier/fuller than ...read morewhen I used a different brand. My skin is very oily too but it never ran under my eyes either. I would highly recommend this mascara, especially if you, like me, just don't see the point in spending over $15 for a product I am going to toss every 3 months, empty or not. — 6 years, 10 months ago
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Hmmmm.....Do I think this is a product that's going to "help" my lashes in any way other then providing a coat of mascara on them...No. However it does provide a decent amount of mascara on my lashes, doesn't flake or smudge. My lashes do look "full" after about 3 coats, which isn't bad. Even though I bought the regular formula - not the waterproof formula - it's difficult to remove and I noticed some re...read moresidue even after a good cleansing. Would I buy this again....Maybe in a pinch, but chances are, probably not. — 6 years, 9 months agoSwoldierGirl72 | 342 reviews
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Giving Away Your "Declutter" to People Who Want It
Part of the new American dream is a world where we have what we need—but we also don't have the clutter that we don't need. This blog, and two subsequent ones, will guide you on thoughtfully giving your unwanted things to people who need them.
How I got started:
I began giving away my unwanted objects when I started the financial integrity program recommended in Your Money or Your Life, by Vicki Robin and Jo Dominguez. Giving away my stuff was hard. But it helped to know that the material objects went to people who would use them.
I would love to tell you about my discipline after my decluttering project—how I maintained my beautiful home. Unfortunately, the stuff piled up again and I am now in a new round of decluttering. My experience might encourage you to thoughtfully give things away that you don't need—even though it's easier to just throw things in the trash!
A few suggestions:
Be kind to yourself as you decide what to give away.
Be kind to yourself as you accept the need to give away things that connect you to your past. It can be emotional. For example, I hung on to a large metal fan for several years. It took up half a shelf in my closet. It belonged to my Grandmother Helen Gilman, who has passed away. Glancing at the fan would remind me of sitting with her at the kitchen table, hearing the swish of its blades and feeling the waft of its breeze.
Robert Harper, who takes care of my computer, mentioned that he works for a charity that gives furniture to people in need. He volunteered to transport my fan there. I agreed and took a picture of the fan for my memories.
As he drove off, I wanted to run after the car and shout, "I want my fan back!" I wish I could film that imagined scene to use it as a comic illustration of how it feels to give up your stuff.
Now I have space in my closet. Maybe the fan is creating memories for another child.
Giving things to friends, family, and community members
Giving things to people you know requires tact. The desire to get rid of something must be overcome with a desire to be helpful.
What works for me is telling people what I have without putting the person on the spot. Make it easy and gracious for them to refuse. Here are some examples;
- I have some beautiful soap in a bowl that I got from X store. I loved it once, but now it doesn't seem to fit with my decor. It's beautiful—the same as it always was. It needs a new home.
- Do you know anyone who could use a fax machine that works? I just bought a 3-in-1 printer and would love to find a person who could use my perfectly good fax.
Unless people show an immediate interest, change the subject.
Another good practice is letting people know your needs without asking for items. Your friends may have things that they want to get rid of and would be thrilled to give them to you. And once the conversation is started, they may tell you their needs, allowing you to give or lend your stuff.
Small-scale ways of sharing
Many simple projects can be done through your community groups.
For example, a friend of mine recently told me about "Recirculation Sunday," which happens from time to time at her church. Everyone brings things that they are not using and puts them on a table. Then other people can take what they want.
"The idea," she explained, "is that everything has spiritual energy. You take things you are not using that are energy drags. Then someone gets it and they get energy from it."
Some communities have places where people give and take items. An apartment near me has a ledge where people leave stuff—and it always disappears.
I once went to an environmental meeting and brought things that needed to recirculate. I announced that an item was being offered, gave it to the person on my left, and let it be passed from person to person until someone took it.
Here are some other ideas to try:
- Hold an object potluck. Ask people to bring things to your home that they want to give away. And let people take objects that they want to have.
- Trade "re-gift" piles with someone who is not in your social network. If you have new items that would make good gifts, consider giving them to someone who doesn't know your friends—so they can re-gift them without risk of social embarassment. And maybe they would do the same for you.
- Mention your giveaways on social networking sites such as your Facebook page.
My next two blog posts, on "Donating your 'Declutter' to Charity" and "Freecycling: Don't Throw it Away, Give it Away" will cover other ways of parting with your objects. By thoughtfully giving your unwanted stuff away, you are helping humanity and helping yourself to be happier—a win-win endeavor for sure!
Dale S. Brown works on a portfolio of projects that empower people both in personal growth and political power. She lives in Washington, D.C. and is a published author of five books in addition to being a guest blogger for the Center for a New American Dream. Her early blogs describe how frugality financially empowered her, enabling her to take an early retirement at age 50 and live on her income. Her blog combines her personal experience with research and interviews.
Past blogs from Dale S. Brown:
Minimizing Monthly Expenditures: A Key to Financial Freedom
Making the Potluck a Success in Today's World
My Story of Frugality: Breaking My Economic Dependence on My Job
Spending Strategies: How Frugality Helped Me Cut Costs and Gain Freedom from Work
Are You Being Frugal, or Just Plain Cheap?
Thanks. I have seen various references to places that take stuffed animals for kids overseas, artwork for kids in hospitals, etc. But I don't have a comprehensive list. Wonder if that kind of thing could go into a future blog on this subject.
Posted by Rachel at June 14, 2012 at 10:59am
I think the job of getting our things to people who need them is an important part of the "good deed circle." I am so glad that you are both doing what you are doing.
Posted by Thanks Joanna and Ellen at June 5, 2012 at 2:20pm
I've been decluttering my semi-hoarded life for a while and I have to say the best part has been our frequent trips to the humane society's thrift shop or to the local chartiy that sets the homeless up with furniture and apartments. It's so good to know that as we get rid of our stuff, someone else (or some shelter animal!) is getting something they really need.
Posted by Joanna @ I won't be a hoarder too at June 4, 2012 at 3:50pm
It is such a great feeling when something finds its true home. I hung onto a red, swanky-looking dress for years. It was never a great color for me and I no longer have the figure for it. A friend brought his tango partner to my birthday party, and I encouraged her to try it on. She's a real looker and can truly carry off a dress like that—and she did!
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My name is Joshua and I am a sixteen year-old student enrolled in a high school in South Australia, Australia.
I have an assignment for the subject of Studies of Society. This assignment requires me to:
1. Explore the idea of religious culture and its contribution to youth identity and social identity.
2. Consider and evaluate some of the different beliefs and values associated with religious affiliation.
I am required to conduct an interview with a person from a particular religion or faith (such as a follower of Buddhism, a member of the Islam faith, etc.) and use the acquired information and responses to develop an analysis report of cultural diversity in contemporary youth culture. I am to pay particular attention to the the question of "to what extent does religion influence identity as a young Australian in contemporary Australian society?".
I decided to choose Buddhism as my topic predominantly because I find it to be a particularly interesting faith and way of life. I chose to use an internet forum to go about conducting an interview due to the reasons of of not personally knowing many people of seperate faiths, and due to personal shyness and anxiety of conducting a public interview. I found this site via a Google search and thought it would be helpful.
I require an actively-practising Buddhist, who is living in Australia and is under 25 years of age. The interviewee must consent and give permission for me to use contents of the interview in my project. The interview questions themselves range from general questions about the faith, to questions regarding the impact the faith has on a member of society.
I was referred to this site by the New Buddhist forum, who advised that this site might be of help to me since several members are living in Australia.
I greatly appreciate anyone who is willing to help. If this is considered an inappropriate notion for this site, my sincerest apologies.