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The monkey does not lie. The next president of the United States of America will be Donald Trump.
Trump's surprise victory at the polls on Tuesday left many across America shellshocked as he took to the stage in the early morning hours of Wednesday to announce that he planned to do "a great job" as president to all of the American people. Meanwhile, across the ocean, Chinese netizens flocked to social media to discuss what the hell had just happened.
Here's a sampling of some popular comments on various Weibo threads:
"Once again this proves that the strategy of 'encircling the cities with the rural' is the correct revolutionary road to seizing ultimate national victory."
"Trump has become America's Mao Zedong!"
"This is a transcendent victory! It's a victory for Chinese netizens! It's a victory for mysterious Eastern forces!"
"The whole world is celebrating right now because America voted for this idiot."
"America, we have good news: It's a boy!!!"
"Election day in the US is the one day that Chinese people finally get to discuss politics."
"The American drama is over, time to switch over to the Korean one."
According to SCMP, media coverage of Election Day in the US was muted in China — just like during the three presidential debates in September and October. One source said that Chinese websites and news outlets were told by censors not to provide any live coverage and to avoid "excessive" reporting on the voting, hoping to limit the "possible influence from Western ideas and democracy."
However, this trainwreck of an election has proved a godsend for Chinese propaganda, allowing state news media to freely attack both candidates and trash the American political system in general. On Monday, People's Daily published an editorial with the headline: "No matter who wins, US presidential election reveals 'ill' democracy. The opinion piece argued that:
"History will deem this election the most dark, chaotic and negative one in the past two centuries. It certainly will not be viewed as a victory of democracy."
Party tabloid the Global Times also published an editorial earlier this week, explaining that it didn't really matter for China who won the election:
No matter who sits in the White House, the dynamic between China and the US will not be changed. Nor will the pattern of integrated interests and the Democratic and Republican parties' understanding of US-China relations.
Once Trump takes office, China will face more challenges at the economic and trade level. If Clinton wins, she will set more strategic and geopolitical obstacles.
But the overall situation will not change much, as China has experienced US leadership changes several times. Both countries know how to get along with each other during a transitional period.
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While things may look bleak at the moment, we can at least look forward to Xi Jinping's next visit to the White House.
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This giant human-scaled nest was a short listed proposal for the new City Hall Plaza in Richmond BC. Mama was conceived to reference the fact that part of Richmond's identity is connected to the migration of millions of seabirds and human beings (as home of the Vancouver International Airport). Mama is a home to come back to, and fabricated from the "scavenged" buildings materials from the city hall itself. Railings, for example, become the grass-like edge to the nest and two bent street lights provide a protective eye to those nestled below.
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HP Enterprise Group Channel Chief Richardson on exec changes, challenges
Terry Richardson, channel chief for the HP Enterprise Group, weighs in on executive turnover, challenges the company is facing and his goals.
Last month, SearchITChannel caught up with Scott Dunsire, Hewlett-Packard Co.'s vice president and general manager for Americas Channel with the Printing and Personal Systems (PPS) Group. This month, we take a closer look at the other side of the house, the Hewlett-Packard (HP) Enterprise Group and its channel chief, Terry Richardson, vice president of U.S. sales at HP.
Since the interview with Dunsire just a little over a month ago, there has been yet more change at the top. The head of the HP Enterprise Group, Bill Veghte, created a new position and appointed Sue Barsamian as senior vice president of worldwide indirect sales. No newcomer to the organization, Barsamian is a 25-year veteran at HP.
The HP Enterprise Group's fortunes have been on par with those of the PPS Group and the Enterprise Services Group. In the third fiscal quarter, the Enterprise Group had a revenue decline of 9% year over year. Networking revenue was flat for the group; server revenue was down 11%; business-critical systems revenue was down 26%; storage revenue was down 10%; and technology services revenue was down 7%. Seventy percent of HP's worldwide revenue goes through the channel.
Richardson is one year into his tenure as channel chief. We talked to him about channel partner sentiment as HP continues to steady its course.
Richardson joined HP in 2010 as director of OEM sales, where he helped drive storage sales through the channel. Prior to taking his current position in September 2012, he served as vice president of U.S. storage channel sales at HP.
Can you address the executive changes at the Enterprise Group?
Terry Richardson: There were two primary changes. The first big one was Bill Veghte replacing Dave Donatelli as the head of the Enterprise Group. For channel partners, the good news is that because Bill was formerly the chief operating officer, not only did he understand HP, but he was the core architect of the overall strategy of the company and very in tune with the strategy of the Enterprise Group.
So from a strategy, product growth direction, it's full steam ahead [with] no change at all. The reality is that we have a product portfolio that Donatelli managed that's in excellent shape and has never been better or richer. Where Bill will drive a lot of focus is on our route to market and how we optimize things inside of Enterprise Group to make it easier for partners to do business with HP. He's meeting with partners to understand what's on their mind. … I think he'll be a very visible executive in the channel.
The most recent change within Enterprise Group is the naming of Sue Barsamian. She's a strong, proven leader with a nice balance of strategic and operational skills. She will continue to do the things that will accelerate our indirect growth around the world. She's a really good advocate for the partners and those who have been clamoring for simplicity. Sue will also take a broader view of distributors and the synergy of the distributors we do business with around the world.
What are the current challenges for HP Enterprise Group?
Richardson: In no order of importance … it starts with competition and the competitive market. HP enjoys a pretty strong position in most of the market segments that we play in, but all are highly contested and we've seen some aggressive competition. We have been market share leaders in the server category and we have a lot of people trying to take share from HP, contrasted to our position in networking and storage, where we're not No. 1, but we're trying to grow aggressively to gain market share.
Internally, we have some challenges with the size and scale of HP, and we hear from our partners that we're a large and complex organization -- and we are.
Terry Richardson, vice president of U.S. sales, HP Enterprise Group
Internally, we have some challenges with the size and scale of HP, and we hear from our partners that we're a large and complex organization -- and we are. We got a good start this year on trying to streamline the resources that we assign to any given partner. But we still have work to do on some of our business processes and some of the tools available to channel partners, especially for configuration and quote, and our portal. These are on the list of planned investments but are not yet delivered.
The third challenge is delivering profitable growth for the company. That's a statement that holds across HP as you follow where we are in the multi-year turnaround strategy that Meg Whitman laid out. We're looking forward to FY14 as the year we really start to drive growth and until we deliver that, it remains in the challenge category.
How has your first year in this position gone?
Richardson: First and foremost, I'm really privileged to lead this organization for HP because we have some phenomenal partners. It's a large and diverse channel community and a tremendously strong group. I'm also pleased to have a really strong team in my channel organization so these two things made it a good first year.
I say this recognizing full well that there's a lot more to do. I laid out a couple of big goals at the start of [the] year. In one of my first conference calls with the channel, I tried to summarize my strategy and guiding principle in nine words: Make it predictable; make it profitable; make it simple. That's where I was going to focus my efforts and my team's efforts and how I'd advocate inside of HP on their behalf.
As I look over the past 11.5 months, we've made good progress on those three goals; on two of [the three goals] we've made substantial progress. On the predictability goal, we've greatly improved field engagement across all of our businesses. So when partners are in the field hand in hand with our HP field reps, that's been a very good experience. We also formalized our rules of engagement earlier this year, and that's gone a long way in improving the customer experience. We'll continue on that in the new year because I know that we can even do better.
On the profitability side, an area that you can imagine is very important to partners, we've made good progress, particularly around changes that we made to the PartnerOne program and how it benefits partners. We have a simpler and more predictable compensation plan for partners as to how they make money with HP. And, we continue with our goal of having the most profitable partner program in the enterprise segment of the business.
Each of the business units, throughout the year, offer incremental incentives to help drive more margin to channel partners who are doing the types of things that we want them to do. Whether it's an incentive for winning over certain competitors, or selling certain products, as we went through the year we looked for as many ways as possible to drive more profitability through the channel.
On the simplicity side, we did some good things relative to PartnerOne -- making that simpler, with no caps or gates associated with our benefits program -- but we're still not done yet in the area of tools or process. The good news is that we stood up Salesforce.com this year in the company. The tools and processes that we're going to bring out in FY14 are well-funded, but we didn't get them done this year.
What are the things you didn't get done that you're going to carry over next year, and what's new that's on tap for partners for next year?
Richardson: The carryovers [are around] being simpler to do business with, i.e. enhancements to the partner portal, improved pricing tools, deal registration.
For next year, [my] overall goals … are to drive accelerated growth above market rate; take share of wallet across the servers, storage and networking categories. One thing that the partners will see in the new year is a very specific focus by HP to generate demand for partners. We're making changes to the orientation within our call center in Arkansas. There'll be an enhanced team whose job will be to drive, generate leads and pass opportunities to partners.
[One] other announcement that was made at the time of the Bill Veghte appointment that didn't get as much play: We elevated Henry Gomez to take over all of marketing in addition to communications. The company laid out very explicit instructions that the reason [Meg Whitman] made that change was in a large part due to, what she believed was, a lack of focus on driving awareness and creating demand of HP in the marketplace -- and by extension of driving demand for HP products, solutions and services for channel partners.
So we're working now and we'll be launching on Nov. 1 new programs that drive demand for our channel partners to help drive the accelerated growth that we're looking for.
The other thing that we'll start to go public on is a focus on converged solutions. What Dave Donatelli introduced and what Bill Veghte is continuing is a group that's being led by Tom Joyce to focus on converged systems and solutions. So we'll bring to market new solutions that are really focused around the big bets that HP is making. There'll be converged infrastructure solutions, cloud-based solutions, [and] big data solutions. [They] are going to be really well-timed and well-thought-out with the channel in mind because many of our partners already do or have a great appetite to do more with HP in the solutions category.
We already announced the enabling software that we call OneView -- a common management platform across our infrastructure products … and we'll be delivering that in addition to these packaged solutions, and that will be done with the channel in mind.
My [last] area of focus is to make sure we have a very clear and articulated strategy around our services business in the channel. We have our ServiceOne program, but we want to do some things to bring more clarity of the opportunity for our partners to participate in service delivery for and on behalf of HP.


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As you might have noticed i didn't post this and its been just over a month since we got hitched and with everything going back to normal i finally had time to finish my Top Tips for a stressed out Bride.
Yep they do in my case not only a week before the wedding but also ON the day itself so your table plan won't be looking how you imagined it after 6 people dropping out leaving my 10person table down to 4 I decided to scrap the table 14 all together and moved the 2 couples onto spare places on 2 other tables.
you are allowed to be as late as you want.
because the church was in a valley in the middle of nowhere my dad even drawn a little map
for all the drivers just in case.
This is one of my biggest regrets i forgot to take a picture of us with my dearest Godmum,
The best thing what you can do is write a list and then pass it onto a good friend, SIL etc so she can tick them off as they are taken. My brothers Girlfriend was actually the one who told my Godmum to stand next to us in the big group picture so i do have this one to treasure and hopefully i can get a zoomed in copy of just the 3 of us made out of it.
5. Take some Time Out with your new Husband.
Even if its just 5 minutes, take him outside and let it all sink in!
This is another thing we somehow didn't find time too. But nonetheless we had a amazing day and we reflected when we went on our mini honeymoon instead.
6. Ask for Help!
I decorated the Hall for 7 hours the day before the wedding and although i did have help from about 7 people i had so many friend come up to me afterwards saying they would have loved to help us but didn't wanted to bother me, seeing as i was so stressed out. So i guess i should have ask for more help and everything would have been a tad easier and more relaxed so call in the troops to help you decorate and do last minutes bits the last few days before your big day!
7. Who needs favours??
From early on whilst planning our big day i decided to scrap the favours (well tell a lie, actually i did wanted to fill a basket with little organza bags filled with a memory stick and a little note so guest could take our wedding play list home with them upload it and put their pictures of our day onto it and send it back to us) and i am so so happy i did it saved me time, money and guess what everybody i have talked to after the wedding told me that they haven't even noticed it. Its not really a common thing to do in Germany anyway. I think you are giving your guest the best present ever with having them here for your big day and celebrating your marriage and your love for each other!
I hope those Tips will help any future Brides!
Happy Wedding Planning!
From a very happy Bride!


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The Gathering of the Community
The Apostolic Greeting Pg. 185
Hymn: He's Got the Whole World
The Collect of the Day
The Proclamation of the Word
First Reading: 2 Kings 2:1-2, 6-14
Psalm 77:1-2, 11-20
Second Reading: Galatians 5:1, 13-25
Hymn 500: Sister Let Me Be Your Servant
The Gospel: Luke 9:51-62
Sermon Topic: Do Unto Others
- and the song written by Billy Bragg
Sunday School Appreciation
The Prayers of the Community
The Prayers of the People
The Confession and Absolution Pg. 191
The Peace
The Celebration of the Holy Eucharist
Hymn (offertory): Children of the Light
Prayer over the Gifts
Eucharistic Prayer 2 (from the US Episcopal BCP)
The Lord's Prayer Pg. 211
The Breaking of the Bread
Lamb of God
- Spirit, Spirit , Spirit of Gentleness
- Make Me a Servant (P177)
The Sending Forth of the Community
Hymn 73: One Bread, One Body
Prayer after Communion
the doxology
Hymn: Forever
The Scattering (Mark 4:20)


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How to Give a Vote of Thanks at a Seminar
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You are giving a vote of thanks at an upcoming seminar. You may have a few butterflies as you contemplate getting up and speaking in front of an audience. Unlike your other speeches and presentations, you cannot prepare the entire vote of thanks beforehand.
Proposed as a motion at a meeting, ceremony or other event, this brief formal expression of thanks must be based on the actual speech or presentation given by the previous speaker.
Research the speaker before the day of the seminar. Check out his website or blog and read a few of his recent articles. Write any interesting points in a small notebook that you will bring with you to the seminar.
Listen carefully to the introduction of the speaker. Do not repeat any of these points in your vote of thanks.
Focus on the speaker's presentation and the audience response. Select two to three main points that captured everyone's attention. Jot these down in your notebook and think about how you can incorporate them into the vote of thanks.
Wait for the applause to die down before starting the vote of thanks. Deliver a variation of the following initial statement: "Mr. Chairman, ladies and gentlemen. On behalf of Gordon Enterprises, I wish to extend a heartfelt vote of thanks to David Robinson for his inspiring presentation, 'Spectacular Second Acts.'"
Insert the two to three main points after the initial statement. Do not repeat parts of the presentation verbatim or discuss whether you agree with the speaker's views. Instead, focus on the positive audience response. For example: "Along with everyone else present, I was impressed by Susan's ability to simplify financial jargon. We will return to our workplaces with a renewed vigour and determination to attack those pesky numbers."
End the vote of thanks with an appropriate concluding sentence. For example: "Thanks, again for an outstanding seminar. I would now ask the audience to express their appreciation in the usual way."
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- Speech Topics Help: 18 Vote of Thanks Examples
- "The Art of Public Speaking"; Stephen E. Lucas; 2009
- Place your small notebook on the podium. Refer to it occasionally.
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At Cavalry we don't view the building as the church. The church is comprised of those who confess Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. The church is the people, not the steeple. The building is a tool that the Lord has entrusted to His church and we are to use it wisely and wisely take care of it. Our goal is to have a building that is functional first and foremost. Function takes precedence over comfort. Recently we upgraded the thirty-five year old flooring in our fellowship hall. This space is a place where we can meet together, study the Bible and pray together, watch kids play together, eat together, and spill food on the floor. The building is just a tool. It's supposed to get dirty with use. It isn't sacred. God doesn't dwell in between walls but among His people (Eph. 2:18-22). That's a long introduction for these pictures. Take a look and we would love to have you to join us as we strive to follow Jesus in this world.
Bill & LauraJean Phillips
4/25/2016 08:51:27 pm
Looks really, really nice, Mike! Spent many, many hours in that basement when I was director of FLOC (For Love Of Children) Day Care Center and Bill was often upstairs in his office...April of 1986 to April of 1993. LauraJean
Mike Hyatt
4/26/2016 06:27:49 am
Thanks LauraJean. You and Dr. Phillips spent a lot of years at Calvary. Thanks for your faithful service!
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Album #45: "Saturday Night Fever Original Soundtrack" — Various Artists (1977)
"I always hated Saturday Night Fever because it forever ruined the white suit." — Tom Wolfe
"You should be dancin', yeah" — The Bee Gees
A review in four part harmony
1) What the hell were we thinking? I don't mean, "why did anyone ever like disco" but — "why did anyone hate this movie?" (Beyond Tom Wolfe and his somewhat-justified loathing.) Clearly no one who ever screamed "DISCO SUCKS!" actually saw "Saturday Night Fever" — a dark existential affair where the music served as much to ironically undercut the bleak, nihilistic lives of its characters as it did to get their asses out on the dance floor. Sure it had disco and dancing, but it also had a gang rape, ethnic violence and someone plunging to their death from a bridge. Are we having fun yet? Far from being some cheesy flick exploiting a craze (which, yes, it did eventually become) "Saturday Night Fever" had gritty cinematic aspirations born out of the '70s auteurism of "Midnight Cowboy" and "American Graffiti" — in many ways an updated "Rebel without a Cause" for the Me Generation. If any argument remains, one of the fairest assessments of the quality of a movie is how easy it is to satirize, and "Saturday Night Fever" has been endlessly parodied —especially it's cocky, strutting opening scene:
Then again, one of the reasons most of my 8th grade friends never saw the movie when it first came out was it's R rating. In an effort to capitalize on both disco and the soundtrack's popularity, "Saturday Night Fever" was eventually rereleased Rated PG with most of the violence and bad language left on the cutting room floor — and leaving it open to arguments of simply cashing in on the disco craze. "Saturday Night Fever" was the 1970s hitting bottom: It tried to have its quaalude and eat it too.
2) Spin the bottle. Whatever you thought about disco or this movie, there was no escaping the soundtrack. You couldn't turn on a radio in 1977 or 1978 without hearing a cut from it. It was the No. 1 album for 24 weeks and spun off at least five #1 singles. Heck, even songs cut from the movie and the soundtrack — such as Samantha Sang's "Emotion" — were Top 10 hits. Most of my friends had a copy, and I remember Side 1 was in heavy rotation the night we played Spin the Bottle (ironically, of course) down in Anne Dunlap's basement. And if you ever needed an 11-minute cut of The Trammps "Disco Inferno," you were set. The soundtrack also had one of my all-time Guiltiest Pleasures, the epically awful/awesome "A Fifth of Beethoven" by Walter Murphy. (If it pleases the court, let the record show that Walter Murphy's LP was the first album I ever bought with my own money, and as it is nowhere on this final countdown, this is my only chance to play his one and only #1 hit. Number One, do you hear me? At some point in American history, this was the most popular song in the country. The only possible explanation is that everyone was on drugs.)
3) No escape. Of course, none of this explains why this album is in my 50/50 countdown, or why I still like it 35 years later. Quite simply, I was on drugs. In the spring of 1978, I spent several weeks hopped up on goofballs after tearing a muscle in my lower back trying out for the track team. The first week I spent recuperating at home — drugged out on the biggest muscle relaxers you've ever seen — with little to do except read "Lord of the Rings" and listen to the radio. The potent combination of pain killers, epic fantasy and Top 40 pop forever fused in my brain and that was that. When I think of Dungeons & Dragons or The Hobbit, even now, I don't hear "O Fortuna" but Yvonne Elliman.
4) "Watch the hair!"
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Open? Regionals?How much do you know about the various stages to get to the games. Do you know you can participate in the first stage of the Crossfit games? Read the article below to help you know what's all the chatter about at your box.
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Today we closed the gym so our coaches could have a sabbatical day. It was a day of doing no work and taking time for ourselves. We are very thankful that our community here at Los Amigos are willing to be flexible with their schedules so we can do this. With the demands of a business, family and just life in general we should all be thinking of how we can take time for ourselves and not just a two week vacation sometime in the year. We are one of the only nations that don't do this on a regular basis and as you read the article posted here you see the consequences of our hectic lives. Being healthy isn't just about exercise and food.When was the last time you took a whole day, (or two), to enjoy doing nothing productive?
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Andrews is the home of Air Force One and SAM FOX (Special Air Missions), and it also hosts more than 60 separate organizations, including the Air Force District of Washington (AFDW), the Air Force's emergency response coordinator in the National Capital Region, the 89th Airlift Wing (The President's Wing), as well as units from their Navy partners, and the Air Force Reserve and the Air National Guard. In addition, both the Army and Marine Corps have units on Andrews. The command of the Base is charged to the 11th Wing. The Base is also home to the 79th Medical Wing, serving as the command for the 779th Medical Group, including Malcolm Grow Hospital on the Base and links with the combined services medical system in the National Capital Region. The 11th and 79th Wings report directly to the Commander, Air Force District of Washington, in order to more efficiently protect our Nation's Capital.
Also known as "The Gateway to the Nation's Capital," Andrews has seen kings, queens, heads of state, prime ministers and military leaders from over 50 nations fly on its aircraft and transit through the base over the last several years. Andrews is also the first stop in the United States for all military troops wounded on foreign soil. They are given emergency medical treatment and evaluated to determine whether the wounded need to be sent to a specialized treatment facility or can be moved to a hospital closer to home.
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Datebook: January 13 – William Brydon Becomes Sole Survivor of First Anglo-Afghan War 160 Years Ago
The First Anglo-Afghan War was fought between British India and Afghanistan from 1839 to 1842. It was one of the first major conflicts during the Great Game, the 19th century competition for power and influence in Central Asia between the United Kingdom and Russia, and also marked one of the worst setbacks inflicted on British power in the region after the consolidation of British Raj by the East India Company. It is considered one of Britain's worst disasters in Asia before Japan's invasion of Malaya and capture of Singapore during World War II. The final stand took place at Gandamak on the morning of January 13, 1842 in the snow. 20 officers and 45 British soldiers, found themselves surrounded on a hillock. The Afghans attempted to persuade the soldiers that they intended them no harm. Then the sniping began, followed by a series of rushes. Captain Souter wrapped the regimental colors around his body and was dragged into captivity with two or three soldiers. The remainder were shot or cut down. Only 6 mounted officers escaped. Of these, 5 were murdered along the road. In the afternoon, the British troops in Jalalabad, watching for their comrades of the Kabul garrison, saw a single figure ride up to the town walls. It was Dr. William Brydon, an assistant surgeon. Part of his skull had been sheared off by an Afghan sword and he survived only because he had stuffed a copy of Blackwood's Magazine into his hat to fight the intense cold weather. The magazine took most of the blow, saving the doctor's life. He was the only member of the army of 4,500 men to reach safety at the British garrison.
It's Friday, January 13
Monday the Paducah Chapter of the NAACP's Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. celebration starts at 10:15 a.m. with a march from the Robert Cherry Civic Center proceeding east along Park Avenue to the MLK Monument for a wreath laying. The annual luncheon follows at the Civic Center.
Henry Countians commemorate Monday's holiday with a prayer breakfast at Quinn Chapel AME Church at 218 Church Street in Paris followed by a march from there to the Henry County Court House for more speaking. At 6 p.m.Rev. Thomas Taylor, Union Grove Baptist Church keynotes at the closing ceremony for the day at Allen Temple CME Church on Warren Street.
Murray's Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast begins at 8 a.m. Monday at the Woodman of the World, 330 CC Lowry Drive. MSU students participate in a day of service from noon to 5. At 10 a.m. Pastor Rinzee Stansberry of Mount Olive Baptist Church in Ridgeway, South Carolina remembers Dr. King in the Curris Center Ballroom.
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The Occupy movement is changing.
NPR reports the movement is attempting to discover the next phase of their nationwide movement.
Kentucky~A local High School is headed to the State Championships- Go Cardinals! The Paducah CVB offers help to the expo center. Hospital officials don't want us to know the details of their merger. Sen. Paul looks to save small river ports with his new bill.
Illinois~ Metropolis may be changing healthcare companies.
Tennessee ~ Henry County went door to door checking up on sex offenders.
Datebook: September 6 – McKinley Fatally Shot 110 Years Ago
The assassination of President William McKinley occurred on September 6, 1901, during a meet and greet at the Temple of Music on the grounds of the 1901 Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. He was shot twice by anarchist Leon Czolgosz. Initially, he appeared to be recovering from his wounds, but died on September 14, 1901, and was succeeded by Vice President Theodore Roosevelt. After McKinley's murder, Congress passed legislation to officially charge the Secret Service with the responsibility of providing physical protection for U.S. presidents.
It's Tuesday, September 6
Glema Mahr Center for the Arts commemorates the 10th anniversary of the events which occurred on September 11, 2001 with a combined community choir and orchestra program at 6 p.m. Sunday. Special guests are composer and soloist Dr. Mike Harland and soloist Teresa Harland. The Glema Mahr Center is on the campus of Madisonville Community College.
The Paris Henry County Arts Council presents the Bethel University Renaissance Theatre production of "Steel Magnolias". The play starts at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday at Krider Performing Arts Center 650 Volunteer Drive, Paris. Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for students 18 and under.
Hopkinsville Mayor Dan Kemp hosts a Community Conversation next Monday from 5:15 to 7 p.m. at Hopkinsville Middle School. The program includes details of the new city building and other projects. The Hopkinsville High School Choir performs and there will be light refreshments as well as a door prize handcrafted by a local artist.
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the morning cram [sickly coral edition]
Evolution kicks it into high gear: Coral can now get sick from humans.
NPR reports that bacteria in the human gut is making Caribbean Coral sick and is making its way into the ocean through sewage runoff.
Kentucky~ Purchase kids are pulling out the stops on their ACT's. Todd P'Pool gets some backing from Virginia's Attorney General. Man kills himself and daughter. A huge hospital merger may change reproductive options for women. Early Childhood Education advocates say don't forget the country.
Illinois~ The Cairo bridge is a no no this morning. Jesse White says the fifth term is the charm.
Tennessee~ Henry County officials were audited for taking the drug dealer's seized car for a spin. A Tennessee man commits the first self-inflicted drive-by. Tennesseans asked to evaluate their kids' textbooks.
the morning cram [nuclear wasteland edition]
In Sweden, nuclear waste disposal sites have become tourist attractions.
NPR reports that the Swedish nuclear industry has taken its toxic waste sites from protested hidden facilities to scientific field trip locations.
Kentucky~ A Paducah kid won another karate contest (I wouldn't mess with him). Lanes are closed on US 45 in Paducah. Daviess County is becoming more disabled friendly. More Post Office closings are predicted (say it ain't so Ms. Cleo). Guardsman Miller gets life for murder. Jack Conway is suing Daymar for screwing college kids.
Tennessee~ A man is crossing the nation on horseback (WHOA NELLY!). Blue Cross Blue Shield says stolen info hasn't been used.
the morning cram [deadly GPS edition]
Could over-dependency on GPS guidance systems lead you to your death?
NPR reports that sometimes GPS systems are wrong, and when that happens in the wrong place, it could end up being fatal.
Kentucky~ No smoking in Murray schools (not even in the boys room). A Symsonia woman died in a car accident. KY 121 Bypass is closed in Mayfield. Trials begin today for Fort Campbell soldier. State officials are meeting to figure out the finances (good luck). The state pays too much for meds too. More homes are empty throughout the state.
Illinois~ Papayas can make you sick.
Tennessee~ Clarksville water tastes "earthy" (yum). A Henry County man drowned in Kentucky Lake. The state gets more money for education.


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Annie is a timid young woman in an abusive relationship. After a particularly nasty incident, she flees to the safety of the beach house occupied by her two old friends, Stevie and Rose — who happen to be in the middle of shooting a documentary on witchcraft. When the three girls decide to stage a fake séance for the project, they accidentally unleash something sinister. Soon the girls are haunted by visions of an demonic witch with mysterious intentions...or maybe Annie's abusive boyfriend is just seeking his own personal revenge...? What begins as a creepy game of cat-and-mouse soon turns fatal as dead bodies begin to pile up...and one of them will reveal a grim secret that unlocks the mystery behind the resurrection of the witch known as Lilith!
2001 • Color • 77 mins. • Horror/Thriller • Rated R • Region 0 • NTSC DVD-9 Format
Cat. No. TD-1103 • Distributed by Tempe Video • Re-Release Street Date: June 10th, 2003
- Widescreen 16:9-enhanced transfer (1.85:1 aspect ratio)
- Dolby Digital 5.1 surround mix
- Three running feature commentary tracks: Director J.R. Bookwalter and star Debbie Rochon, stars Tanya Dempsey, Brinke Stevens & Paul Darrigo, and producer Tammi Sutton, director of photography Danny Draven & crewmember Jeffrey W. "Spud" Scaduto
- Home movies (34 mins., presented in 16:9 aspect ratio)
- Debbie Rochon interview (23 mins.)
- Cast interviews with Tanya Dempsey, Paul Darrigo and Tina Krause (10 mins.)
- Bloopers & outtakes reel (16 mins., presented in 16:9 aspect ratio)
- The Eyes of Debbie Rochon behind-the-scenes footage (10 mins., presented in 16:9 aspect ratio)
- Behind-the-scenes still gallery
- Kelley Sweet still gallery
- "Burning of the Salem Witches": 1979 Super-8mm short film with commentary by director J.R. Bookwalter (3 mins.)
- Cast & crew filmographies for Debbie Rochon, Tanya Dempsey, Tina Krause, Paul Darrigo, Brinke Stevens, J.R. Bookwalter, Tammi Sutton and Danny Draven with a special hidden easter egg on two pages!
- Tempe DVD trailers for VENGEANCE OF THE DEAD, WITCHOUSE 3: DEMON FIRE, SKINNED ALIVE, EDDIE PRESLEY and BLOODLETTING
- Insert with introduction by director J.R. Bookwalter and weblink to MP3 soundtrack and PDF screenplay
"Despite having a microscopic budget, the film masks it well...a solid effort that trumps the vast majority of its direct-to-video brethren. Tempe Video may just now be dipping its toes into DVD, but I can't recall a company of any size roaring out of the gates with a disc comparable to this. Regardless of what you may think about the film, there's no denying that WITCHOUSE 3: DEMON FIRE is easily among the most impressive special editions ever assembled for a horror movie." - Adam Tyner, DVDTalk.com
"J.R. Bookwalter's Tempe continues to represent the high end; just look at what's packed into their WITCHOUSE 3: DEMON FIRE disc. Whew! The movie itself admirably stretches its limited means, with a couple of genuinely creepy moments..." - Michael Gingold, FANGORIA #210
"In my review for WITCHOUSE 2: BLOOD COVEN, I stated that the DVD had set a high watermark for quality in direct-to-video releases. Well, indie horror auteur J.R. Bookwalter must have read that statement, as the newly-released WITCHOUSE 3: DEMON FIRE goes even further in terms of bells and whistles. A fast, fun film which offers some suspenseful scenes (the seance in particular) and above-average (for the genre) performances...much better than many of the Hollywood horror flops which have come out in the past decade, so fright fans might want to check this one out." - Mike Long, DVD Review
"Why does everyone seem to think that in order to have a good movie, you have to spend $100 million? WITCHOUSE 3 and director J.R. Bookwalter are out to prove the world wrong. I thought I had this film figured out a number of times, but was sadly mistaken and pleasantly surprised with the ending. Bookwalter does a fantastic job of drawing you in and then whipping the rug out from under you...one of the coolest DVDs that you'll be proud to add to your collection. WITCHOUSE 3: DEMON FIRE is a must-see!" - Wes Menzel, Second Balcony
"A very pleasing spooky thriller that's now being released on DVD with a plethora of extras. My favorite thing about this movie is its great cast...lovely Brinke Stevens is the ghastly witch Lilith and looks very creepy in her top-notch makeup and provides the film with lots of chills. This is one of the best roles I have seen Debbie Rochon in and her scenes with Brinke at the climax of the film are my favorite. Add to this some fine editing, good directing and some nice camerawork along with a good storyline!" - Mike Haushalter, Secret Scroll Digest
"A very insular and claustrophic feel and once again J.R. Bookwalter can stand proud at being able to work a low-budget production into a 'real' movie feel...a well-rounded production very much in the vein of the true modern American horror genre that Hollywood seems to have forgotten about in a sea of mainstream dross. An entertaining slice of low-budget viewing...get under the skin of the new wave of genre moviemaking and check this baby out!" - Alan Simpson, Sex Gore Mutants
"Filled with suspense, this story is very well written. The acting was terrific and the chemistry between the actresses is some of the best I have seen. This film left me satisfied and entertained. Above all this has added to my amazement of Bookwalter's work. Check this one out if you enjoy suspense, a nice story, and great acting." Den of Doom
"...one of the finest I've ever seen for the money they had. Director J.R. Bookwalter has done many cool horror flicks over the years, but I think this is his finest work yet. A true accomplishment. Debbie Rochon does some astounding things in this film in terms of acting, she is usually great but I was really impressed with her here...the ending floored me. I have to say it's cool to see an indie horror flick that doesn't depend on T&A to keep the audiences' attention. This is a solid DVD, overflowing with great extras and a movie chock-full of grade-A acting." - Gonzoriffic, Reviews You Can Use
"The film moves along at a surprisingly brisk pace, leading up to a wickedly fun climax in which director J.R. Bookwalter stages his first catfight since Jennifer Huss and Ariauna Albright duked it out in 1996's POLYMORPH. Very good score I might add. The cast does a pretty good job, too — most notably relative newcomer Tanya Dempsey as the naive and uncertain Annie. The DVD is downright awesome." - Michael B. Scrutchin, Flipside Movie Emporium
"I really dug this flick! Now listen up indie filmmakers because this is how it's done right. Shot on a nine-day production schedule, this movie capitalizes on its shortcomings. It relies on strong acting from all of its actors (hats off to them all but particularly to Tanya Dempsey and Debbie Rochon for pulling off the range) and a strong script. The effects are minimal but effective. Hats off to director J.R. Bookwalter for making a movie that is entertaining and scary." - Brett Kelley, B-Side Hollywood
"WITCHOUSE 3 is the latest flick from cult director J.R. Bookwalter and in my opinion is his best effort...Bookwalter gives us a fairly interesting and fast-paced script that kept me in my seat. A pretty tight flick with a cool twist at the end. I can safely say that I was never bored and enjoyed every minute of the flick! Check it out!" - Jason Powell, Burnout Central
"The movie is a powerhouse of horror actresses...this is an actor's movie, without a doubt. The joy of this movie is watching the clever interplay between the actresses. Bookwalter and cinematographer Danny Draven work hard to establish a creepy mood through stylistic lighting and camerawork. Fans of the three main actresses are highly encouraged to check out this entertaining movie." - Mike Watt, eOpinions
"It is very rare that a company would take such care in releasing a title of theirs, and Tempe Entertainment really went the extra mile in getting this one released to the public...they produce DVDs as if they were the #1 DVD releaser out there. This is a good film, and an excellent DVD." - Allhorrormovies.com


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There are some really nice touches to Snapchat's onboarding process. You can view the full Snapchat onboarding process (and many others) here.
The logo sticks its tongue out at you when you tab 'Sign up'. How can you not be won over? 🙂
This ghost finding mission is a fun alternative to the traditional CAPTCHA (which are the opposite of joy to use).


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Insects that Are Beneficial for your GardenWise Blog Team
While many insects are perfectly happy to munch away on your herb garden, many insects are actually beneficial, and they'll help to keep your garden healthy and safe. Here's a quick list of some beneficial insects.
Ladybug: The orange spotted ladybug is a common insect found throughout North America (there are over 400 species found across the continent). Ladybugs typically eat aphids and other smaller, soft-bodied insects that dine on leaves and other plant parts. Ladybugs also love flower nectar and pollen, so they can often help to pollinate certain plants too.
Lacewing: Lacewings may not be as pretty as ladybugs, but they're just as helpful. Lacewing larva has an enormous appetite, and they love to snack on moth eggs, caterpillars, mites, scales and aphids—all insects that enjoy eating leaves and other plant parts.
Ground Beetles: These big guys are especially helpful. While they usually hide out under plants, logs or rocks during the day, at night they come out to feed on root maggots, snails and slugs.
Spiders: While spiders might scare you, they're actually extremely beneficial for the average garden. Spiders, as predators, hunt a variety of smaller insects, including many common pest species like aphids and scales. Most garden spiders aren't poisonous, and ones that are—like black widows—typically won't be found hanging out in an open garden, basking in the sun. Black widows prefer dark, sheltered areas, such as woodpiles, garages, and basements and underneath rocks or natural clutter.
Many people are often tempted to use pesticides or other chemicals to keep their gardens pest-free. However, by relying on friendly insects—like ladybugs, which you can actually purchase at your local gardening store—you can keep your garden safe without having to use any potentially toxic chemicals.
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How Obnoxious Should You Be For a Good Cause?
This is a tough, tough question for the average non-profit or social good practitioner to ask. When you really believe in a cause, you feel there is no point at which you are being too obnoxious, and no amount of asks are too much. Often, causes have touched their representatives personally, in deeply emotional and often physical ways. I understand. This cause, whatever your cause is, has become a touchstone for you. You don't understand why it isn't more important to more people. You have no fear when it comes to being pushy about it, and you have good reason. I get it. We all get it. We may not share your exact experience but we, your audience, as it were, understand. Even so, there is a point at which it is too much volume. At some point, even if we like you personally, or like your cause, or have friends, colleagues or relatives affected by your cause, we, the general public, tune you out.
How then, do you know when it is too much? This question becomes even more difficult, and more important to figure out, on social platforms. Whether your cause is politics or cancer, AIDS research, helping abuse victims, or any of a million causes in between, it only does your cause a disservice to not know the answer.
They key is to differentiate global influence from localized support, and interact accordingly. If the average user sees a few updates per day from you about said cause on various platforms, and is not being asked for anything, but helped to understand what is going on, that will begin to give you traction. That's great, you need awareness and the general desire to help to increase before you make your ask. If you then make your ask, after establishing your depth of knowledge about the cause, and do so multiple times a day, there is a point at which people will no longer "see" you. People are hard wired to filter that way.
There are some who limit the ask to two times a day or even one – that is much easier for the average user to absorb. In general, experienced cause advocates know exactly how much, and when, to push or to push a little extra. The problem begins when you get a handful of folks who think they are helping by pushing a constant, unending stream of updates about the cause. If your cause comes across the average user's radar 180 times in a day, by 100 – 180 unique sources (the key word being unique), while some people may find it obnoxious, they can still see the number of varying touch points and recognize they are seeing your reach – your global influence – in action. Mentally, they are more forgiving of seeing your cause appear that way. They may even be more likely to want to join in supporting you as a result. Conversely, if they see 180 updates regarding your cause from the same 5 people, so to speak, you know your cause will be passively filtered out as people think those people are too noisy, or actively filtered out by silencing your keywords using various online tools like Tweetdeck and others like it. You don't want that to happen!
How do you, as a champion of your cause, prevent that? One way is to avoid strictly numbers based drives, such as "xx number of tweets, Facebook updates, etc will be dollar matched" and encourage modified versions, such as "xx number of UNIQUE tweets, Facebook updates, etc will be dollar matched". Another way is to be unafraid of pulling aside your more avid, and occasionally more obnoxious, supporters and asking them to space it out a bit for you, for the greater good of the overall goal. Yet another is to encourage a more in depth way to participate, that isn't update based at all – perhaps a blog post drive or other information based effort. However you choose to handle the issue, it will keep your cause form becoming part of the social media noise and give it a better chance at succeeding long term.
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Alicia C. Staley July 12, 2010
Well, this is very timely for me. I've just spent the weekend and lots of tweets for #tweet4ywca. I feel it's a great cause, but the length of the campaign has made it difficult to sustain. I know the tweets reached quite a few people and generated a great discussion about domestic violence issues. My main focus is on cancer related causes, but was very interested in seeing how this campaign played out. I'm taking lots of notes and really appreciate your insightful comments!! Thanks for being a wonderful voice in the social media space.
geechee_girl July 12, 2010
Yes, the Tweet for YWCA cause was one of a total of three this weekend that sparked the post. Taking that one under account for now, since you replied, I'm someone who advocates heavily on domestic abuse issues, and even though it's a topic near to my heart, a few things happened: 1) *I* tuned it out after one RT for it due to volume coming from only a few of the same folks and not a variety of new folks, and it's a cause I care about, so that's rare 2) I started seeing more folks complain about the hashtag volume than there were talking about the cause 3) I started to get annoyed, and that's from someone who is used to seeing a repetition of topics online. Imagine how someone who isn't was feeling. It occurred to me it was a simple issue to solve for the future, so I jotted off a little post I hoped would be helpful 🙂
geechee_girl July 12, 2010
(and it makes it doubly hard to find yourself annoyed at a cause spearheaded by someone or someones you consider a friend, at least for me) 🙂
Alicia C. Staley July 12, 2010
— one last comment too! I was very surprised by the number of DMs I received asking why I was supporting a domestic violence campaign. Apparently, lots of tweeps thought it was odd that I was supporting something other than a cancer cause. Interesting feedback! Thanks again for your thoughts!!
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Botanical Society of the British Isles (BSBI)
British Dragonfly Society (BDS)
British Trust for Ornithology (BTO)
Harrogate & District Biodiversity Action Group (HDBAG)
Lower Ure Conservation Trust (LUCT)
Pinewoods Conservation Group (PCG)
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)
Yorkshire Naturalists' Union (YNU)
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General Links
Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT)
Identification and recording
BTO BirdTrack – now the preferred way to report sightings of birds
British Bryological Society (BBS) – includes open access to identification guides to all British mosses and liverworts
British Mycological Society (BBS) – includes open access to identification keys to most of the larger fungi
iRecord – the Biological Records Centre service for recording observations of wildlife in the UK
iSpot – the Open University citizen science website where you can upload pictures of UK and Irish wildlife you cannot identify – others will often very quickly confirm their identity!
Yorkshire Moths – distribution maps of moths (macro and micro) throughout Yorkshire. Access is free – just create your own account, log in then start looking for species of moths (via the "Page Index") and see their distribution in the county. A fantastically useful resource and regularly updated.


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|VIDAS enzyme-linked fluorescent immunoassay for detection of Salmonella in foods: collaborative study.
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|PMID: 9170649 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE
|The VIDAS SLM method for detection of Salmonella was compared with the Bacteriological Analytical Manual (BAM)/AOAC culture method in a collaborative study. Twenty laboratories participated in the evaluation. Each laboratory tested one or more of 6 test products: milk chocolate, nonfat dry milk, dried whole egg, soy flour, ground black pepper, and ground raw turkey. No significant differences (P < 0.05) were observed between the 2 methods. The 2 methods were in agreement for 99% of 1544 samples analyzed. Of the 20 samples out of agreement, 8 were VIDAS SLM positive and BAM/AOAC negative, and 12 were VIDAS SLM negative and BAM/AOAC positive. The VIDAS SLM method for detection of Salmonella in foods has been adopted first action by AOAC INTERNATIONAL.
|M S Curiale; V Gangar; C Gravens
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|Title: Journal of AOAC International Volume: 80 ISSN: 1060-3271 ISO Abbreviation: J AOAC Int Publication Date: 1997 May-Jun
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|Created Date: 1997-07-02 Completed Date: 1997-07-02 Revised Date: 2008-03-17
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MPS ARE HOPING that a bill reducing sewerage rates will go to the plenum by the end of the month.
The proposal aims to recalibrate the applicable sewerage rates because, as the rates now stand, the amount payable to local authorities would shoot through the roof due to the updating of property values.
Sewerage rates are calculated based on the market value of a property.
The matter was discussed on Monday at the House Interior Committee.
As part of Cyprus' bailout agreement with international lenders, authorities here completed the revaluation of some half a million properties in 2014.
As a result, Immovable Property Tax (IPT) was to be paid based on up-to-date values (2013); however the new rates were never actually levied.
Despite the property revaluation, IPT paid for 2015 and 2016 was still based on the market value of properties as at 1st of January 1980.
And last year, a law was passed slashing IPT payable for 2016 by 75 per cent. Additionally, MPs voted to scrap IPT altogether thereafter.
But sewerage rates continue to be based on a property's market value – the updated 2013 values.
By way of example, a property previously valued at €50,000 would pay around €260 in sewerage fees annually.
The same property could now be valued at, say, €280,000.
This means the applicable sewerage fee would also have to be increased by several factors – unless the rates were recalibrated, which is the purpose of the bill under discussion.
Disy MP Nicos Nouris said the goal was to lower the sewerage rates so as not to overburden property owners.
But, he added, those owners who were found to have concealed the true value of their properties would be penalised and charged more than the rest.
Editor's note
Currently sewerage rates in Cyprus vary from 0.3% to 0.7%.
For example in the area covered by the Paphos Sewerage Board the rate is 0.5%, comprising a sewerage charge of 0.4% and a drainage charge of 0.1%.
Annual sewerage charges for a house in Paphos with a 1980 taxable value of €60,000 would be:
Sewerage: € 240
Drainage: € 60
Total: € 300
However, the same property could now have a taxable value in the region of €400,000 following the revaluation exercise carried out by the Department of Lands and Surveys in 2013. Unless the rates are adjusted to compensate for the increase, the annual sewerage charges will be:
Sewerage: € 1,600
Drainage: € 400
Total: € 2,000
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We bought our house in 2004 in Parekklisia, we have not got any mains sewage drains, although we we promised connection within 3 years of occupation. We have been paying annual sewage contributions but there appears to be no attempt to complete any sewage system to our road, although there has been some extensive property development in our area of the village.
Your thoughts on this would be appreciated.
Mr and Mrs Andrews
Ed: Everyone has to pay sewerage charges regardless of whether they are connected to a mains sewerage system. The Sewerage Board of Limassol – Amathus publishes details of how its charges are calculated – see
Sewerage Charges and also a map with indicative dates for sewerage and drainage systems.
Your sewerage charge also pays for surface water drainage.
Based on the example, then a 90% reduction is about right 😀
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A Parent's Guide to Teen Depression
Posted on Dec 21, 2011
Although being moody and irritable is often normal for teenagers, depression is not simply a side effect of growing up. Depression is a serious medical condition that affects approximately one in five teens before they reach adulthood and is the leading cause of teen suicide. Parents often feel concerned and unsure of what to do when they think their teen may be depressed. Talking with your teens regularly, listening to what they have to say, and keeping up with their activities, go a long way to preventing and identifying any depression they may be experiencing. In this blog post, Meg Durbin, M.D., an Internal Medicine doctor and pediatrician at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation, offers some insights into depression, and answers parents' commonly asked questions on teen depression and how to help.
I think my teenage son may be depressed. What should I do?
Try to make your teen comfortable by asking questions in a nonjudgmental way. Keep an open mind while listening to what he has to say. Consider asking questions such as: "How are you doing? Are you feeling stressed? Have you been feeling sad or down most of the time?" Helping your teen identify and figure out how to cope with stress (whether academics or peer relationships) is an important part of growing up and an important responsibility for parents. Sharing how you cope with stress can be helpful, too. For example, you could say: "You know, when I feel stressed out, I find that taking a stroll helps to clear my head and calm me down. Why don't we take a walk together?"
My two teenagers are very moody. How can I tell if they are depressed?
Don't be afraid to ask your teen about moodiness or changes in behavior. In addition, look for the following signs and symptoms that can indicate teen depression:
- Persistent mood changes, especially irritability or sadness
- Feeling hopeless, helpless or worthless
- Increased anger, fighting and self-destructive behavior
- Loss of interest in normal activities
- Withdrawal from friends
- Increase or decrease in sleep or appetite
- Excessive or uncontrollable crying
- Difficulty concentrating and making decisions
- Preoccupation with thoughts of death
- Drop in academic performance
My 15-year-old daughter seems depressed. I'm concerned about what she might do to herself. What should I do?
If you are really concerned that your daughter may have serious depression, it's OK to ask whether she has had thoughts of harming herself. Direct questioning about self harm does not push people over the edge and drive them to attempt suicide. In fact, bringing such a discussion into the open can be a relief to someone who harbors such thoughts but hasn't yet sought help. At the same time, don't feel like you have to assume the role of a suicide counselor or therapist: seek help if you are concerned about your daughter's mood or behavior.
My teens are so stressed out about getting into college – getting high grades and doing lots of extracurricular activities to build their resumes. How can I help?
It's very important to help our teens to strike a healthy balance: finding their passions and then working to achieve their goals, while nurturing their emotional needs and self esteem. Colleges and employers are looking for happy, healthy, confident people who have a genuine joy of learning and independent spirit. So, high school is a great time to explore different interests. Colleges neither expect nor want only students who take tons of AP classes and participate in a dozen sports and hobbies. Parents and doctors should encourage teens to set reasonable limits on their commitments: in academics, sports, and other activities. Teens, like everyone else, need unstructured time, to hang out by themselves and with friends. It's a fact that we all function better when we have adequate rest and recreation.
In addition, it's a sign of maturity when anyone – teen or adult – can acknowledge what they really want and need, and learn to cope with pressures that may come from others' expectations. Teens especially need guidance about what others really do expect from them, since they may assume that their parents or teachers only accept them if they are 'perfect.' The message must be that we respect and support our teens: our goal is to ensure that we help teens discover who they are and want to be – and that includes a priority on staying emotionally healthy. Your school's guidance counselors and teachers/mentors understand these issues very well, and, in addition to parents and health care professionals, can help teens strike a good balance that nurtures their love of learning and paths to reach their goals.
I think my son is depressed but he won't talk to me. What should I do?
If you sense your son is holding back or is exhibiting signs of depression, please ask his regular doctor to screen him for depression and other emotional concerns.
- If mild depression is uncovered, your son's physician may be able to manage this directly through supportive counseling and frequent follow-up. Your son's doctor may also refer him to a therapist and/or a psychiatrist.
- If moderate depression is uncovered, your doctor may begin treatment (including supportive counseling and possibly medications) but will typically also refer your son to a psychiatrist and licensed therapist for counseling.
- If severe depression is present, or if milder depression occurs with other concerns (such as attention deficit disorder, eating disorders or severe anxiety), your son should be referred promptly to a psychiatrist.
- If you feel your son is in immediate danger, for example, he is threatening self harm or suicide – call a crisis service organization, such as EMQ Families First at 1-408-379-9085 or 1-877-41-CRISIS, or call 911. You can also take your teen to a local emergency room for evaluation if necessary. Child and adolescent psychiatrists are on duty at several local facilities in the Bay Area, including Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford in Palo Alto, Mills-Peninsula Medical Center in Burlingame, Children's Hospital & Research Center Oakland, Fremont Hospital, Alta Bates Medical Center in Berkeley, and John Muir Behavioral Health Center in Concord.
Let me reassure you, though, that most teen depression is not life threatening and can be helped with relatively simple interventions by caring parents and your son's doctor, along with support from therapists and psychiatrists when needed.
Meg Durbin, M.D., is a board-certified internist and pediatrician at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation, and contributed to this post.
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