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Chris Hicks: Take high road with Parker and Stone's musical
HerrimanUltimateFrisbee Herriman, UTFeb. 26, 2011 9:12 a.m.
While I was on my mission (1992-93), a Lutheran pastor in Maple Grove, MN, dedicated an entire sermon one Sunday to bashing Mormons. It was very "anti". One little old lady in the congregation who had been a devout Lutheran all her life found the sermon so outrageous she just couldn't believe it was true. So she started investigating the church and even called up the missionaries. Within 6 weeks she was baptized. She was educated, smart, a little fiery, and very capable. She added a lot of strength to that little ward.
Moral of story: Ridicule, anti, and over-the-top opposition to the church always brings new converts--even though it also brings unpleasantness to the members. I believe there will be new converts as a result of this offensive musical, even if it's in an indirect manner. Maybe just because it will bring more publicity to the church.
Rae M. Taylorsville, UTFeb. 21, 2011 8:06 p.m.
@jenna1218 | 11:34 a.m. Feb. 18, 2011, Provo, Utah:
"The fact that it pompously believes itself to be the only true church makes outsiders want to dig deeper into the doctrines and history."
Don't people of other religions have a similar reason for belonging to their churches? And just how are we pompous? I see pomposity in other churches, but I allow people of other religions to believe how, what and where they may. Ane more thing: I believe my religion to be the only true religion on this earth, but I am not pompous about it. We have been instructed to be humble about this, as many good religions espouse much that is good.
I suspect the other contributors took exception as I did, to your blanket statement that we are pompous.
IKnowMoreAboutTheatreThanYouDo Pleasant Grove, UTFeb. 21, 2011 1:49 p.m.
At least CONSIDER this Trey Parker quote:
We wanted to make this [show] not just cynical and Mormon bashing, but hopeful and happy....
Bells Fulton, MOFeb. 21, 2011 7:23 a.m.
The sad thing is that there are people who will believe the most rediculous things about the LDS religion. No matter whether it is funny or entertaining, it is sad that there are people who will believe the negative and look for the negative. I get the strangest questions at times about my religion and I wonder where on earth they got their information.
I remember as a child asking my mother that question. Why do people spread untrue information about the church. She said that when you live as close as we do to the teachings of our Heavenly Father, Satan has a temper tantrum and will do everything he can to throw out a hoax to confuse people.
nyca411 Menlo Park, CAFeb. 20, 2011 1:10 a.m.
Why in the world would I pay big bucks -- or even $25 for the cheap seats -- to see a musical that mocks the beliefs that are sacred to me, and is littered with obscenities? Why would I pay anyone to belittle, mock, and ridicule my beliefs? I can think of better ways to spend my money that will actually uplift people and improve lives.
I'm all for being lighthearted and not taking myself (or the "Mormon Culture") too seriously, but I think religious beliefs deserve a modicum of respect, even if you disagree with or don't believe the theology.
I'll go see "Book of Mormon: The Musical" when Parker and Stone produce "The Koran Musical: Mohammed Does Manhattan."
And I agree with another poster: I don't need to see this musical in order to say it's inappropriate, in the same way that I don't need to view pornography to say that it's inappropriate. Sometimes, all you need is a little common sense.
SpanishImmersed Mesa, AZFeb. 19, 2011 11:07 a.m.
I remember the joke my baptist friends used to tell growing up about the guy who gets to heaven and when being led to his eternal reward, is cautioned by Peter to be quiet passing the next room full of tranquil happy people. Later the guy asks who were they? and Peter answers, oh, they're the mormons, they think they are the only ones up here!
Glen Dickey New Boston, NHFeb. 19, 2011 10:21 a.m.
I fully embrace non-theistic philosophy AND I have a number of LDS friends. It is my observation that other peoples metaphysics almost always look strange, if not humorous, to people outside of the tradition. That isnt likely to change anytime soon. If you stop at the rhetoric then we are all diametrically opposed but if you look past the rhetoric at the behaviors then maybe we are all a lot more alike than we suppose.
LDS Person: I dont murder people.
Non-theist: Yes, murder is wrong.
Non-theist: I really hate Arsonists.
LDS Member: Me too
You get the picture.
The LDS hierarchy is smart to give the advice they have.
jenna1218 Provo, UTFeb. 19, 2011 9:10 a.m.
To Mayfair- You know, while it certainly can be difficult to stick around Utah County while living an honest life, it's my hope that by doing so, more people like me might realize it's worth the attempt. I am confident with where I stand and feel no desire to scamper off to a state just so I can blend in better. I may not believe the LDS Church is all it claims to be, but that doesn't stop me from loving its people. Deep down, you're all great. (Even if you would prefer that all the former-believers just leave town...I realize we make you uncomfortable, but that means there's a lot to learn from us!) Despite everything, I love Utah. And I'm glad you find that to be 'interesting'.
barbara Carlsbad, CAFeb. 19, 2011 9:04 a.m.
maybe it's just a big, smutty road show.
LDSinSC Duncan, SCFeb. 19, 2011 7:27 a.m.
I think the Church should use it as free advertising. Have the missionaries wait outside the doors when the shows over and hand out cards. Who knows how many people will leave being more curious about the Church. And I'll admit. I'm flattered that Joseph Smith is one of the "Super Friends" on South Park along with Jesus, Buddah, Shiva and others.
Mayfair City, UtFeb. 19, 2011 4:28 a.m.
I find it so interesting that you (and those who obviously feel as you do) continue to CHOOSE to remain living in a state (not to mention a town) that contains so many tainted, flawed and delusional people.
MovieMaker Columbus, GAFeb. 19, 2011 1:25 a.m.
The Book of Mormon on Broadway? Been there, done that. In 1912!
This is By: Ardis E. Parshall - June 08, 2007
excerpted from a paper read at the 2007 Mormon History Association meeting,
Early in 1912, Orestes Bean opened an office above the George M. Cohan theater on Broadway, and began assembling the cast and crew for Corianton, rechristened An Aztec Romance. He hired Harold Orlob, a Salt Laker who had built a successful Broadway career, to write new music, and he hired some of New Yorks best designers to translate his sketches into scenery and costumes.
After toying with the idea of opening in Philadelphia and Washington, and then bringing An Aztec Romance in triumph to Broadway, Bean decided finally to open in New York City, in Oscar Hammersteins Manhattan Opera House a theater which, while not technically on Broadway, was considered by New York audiences and critics as part of the Broadway theater world. An Aztec Romance opened on September 16, 1912.
(by the way it folded after six performances, but a movie version was later made)
MenaceToSociety Draper, UTFeb. 18, 2011 5:03 p.m.
How many members of the LDS Church who get angry at LDS themes in South Park episodes also think the South Park episodes about Scientology are hillarious? For those who fit this description, hypocrisy comes to mind. You really can't laugh at and criticize other religions, then get all offended when someone laughs at and criticizes your own religion.
JanSan Pocatello, IDFeb. 18, 2011 3:01 p.m.
I am not going to see this because I am not one of those people that can afford to just get on a plane and go to NY to see a play. If I were in NY I could think of other places I would much rather see then this play.
I have heard that it is suppose to be pretty bad.. that the songs are pretty crass that is another reason I wouldn't see it.
It will be interesting to read the reviews of it, I remember the Mountain Meadows movie.. I don't think that I read one good review.. and I read many of them outside of LDS writing.
It is what it is.... we will deal with as we always have... it will not make any difference to the LDS gospel and if people fall away because of it then their testimonies were not that strong to begin with. We have been warned that things are going to get tougher for the church.. we should be prepared for this. Take on the armour of God and deal with it in a way that would please Christ. He went through much worse then this.
Hanksboy Cottonwood Heights, UTFeb. 18, 2011 2:47 p.m.
I disagree with one thing Chris says. This WILL impact the Church...in a very positive way. There is nothing detractors can say or do that does not create curiosity. Where the Church is concerned, there is no such thing as bad publicity. This will be provide another peashooter for Salt Lake Tribune readers, apostates and others to take their worn and tired pot shots but in the end the Church will benefit.
Utes21 Salt Lake City, utFeb. 18, 2011 2:35 p.m.
Oh who cares already! I bet more baptisms and referrals come from this play then anything else! I have met three people who joined the Church because they saw the South Park episode, and one was a missionary in my mission. Thanks Parker and Stone those three are amazing members!
Lets fret about more important stuff like taking care of our families and supporting one another in the Gospel. I love being a missionary this only creates opportunities for us to tesify and teach about the restored gospel.
jenna1218 Provo, UTFeb. 18, 2011 2:19 p.m.
Dreylon- I was referring to Hicks's statement that the creators have a 'strange fixation' with the Church that they can't get over, and another comment by Windsor that this fixation is 'enlightening'. Enlightening as to what? Since when is being interested in something a strange fixation? I love learning about Ancient Rome but does this mean I'm strangely fixated by it? (Granted, I'm not satirizing it in musical form.) What if I'm fascinated by North Korea's Kim Jong-il or WWIIs Nazi regime? To you, the LDS church is your faith, your life, your eternity- it's everything really. But to others (such as Parker & Stone), it's a complex religious institution that's interesting to study and fun to satire. End of story.
(Also, I don't believe God is a 'god of chaos' but a god of simplicity, goodness, and all-encompassing love. Religion is the means by which humans sort out life and explain death. I don't believe God is Mormon, or any particular religion. I believe He wants us to find peace, in whichever form it comes)
Dreylon Yuba City, CAFeb. 18, 2011 12:22 p.m.
Yes it is just so pompous to believe in the idea of being the one true church instead of just wholeheartedly embracing the idea that God is a god of chaos. I really don't see how your loss of faith in something factors into the discussion of a play written by a bunch of guys whose shows easily shave off IQ points based on the pure stupidity of the material covered regardsless of who they are poking fun at.
Bill McGee Alpine, UTFeb. 18, 2011 11:53 a.m.
OK, so Parker and Stone have NOT always been very accurate in their portrayal of Mormons. Their movie Orgazmo portrayed an LDS missionary looking for a job so he could earn enough money to pay the fees for marrying his girlfriend in the temple. Not even close. He goes on to naively become an adult film star, with "stunt doubles" performing the actual sex.
As for The Book of Mormon musical, my guess is that they will get portions of LDS doctrine wildly wrong, either because they don't know/don't care, or they just take license with the facts to accommodate the story requirements. But I'm not going to guess. I actually have tickets to the show, and I am flying out to see it. I figure that of all my friends and acquaintances that will be discussing this and plan to have opinions about this, one of us ought to at least know what we're talking about.
This should go double for anyone writing for a public newspaper, in my opinion.
sisucas San Bernardino, CAFeb. 18, 2011 11:53 a.m.
Let's face it, we're an easy target.
jenna1218 Provo, UTFeb. 18, 2011 11:34 a.m.
I find it a bit hilarious how faithful LDS members like to pretend people are "obsessed" with the Church, or "can't leave it alone"...as if this just has to prove it's true...because otherwise why would they take the time or care about it so much? Well, I'll tell you why...like someone else wrote, the Church is fascinating. The fact that it pompously believes itself to be the only true church makes outsiders want to dig deeper into the doctrines and history. (Usually they realize it's not what it claims to be.) For people who grew up in the Church and later left, it's still in their blood; they have family and friends who are still part of it. They may not believe it anymore, but they still find it interesting, like to discuss it, & keep up with the news stories. (And not because they subconsciously feel it's true, I can tell you that much.)
cactusflats American Fork, UTFeb. 18, 2011 11:27 a.m.
Hey folks, welcome to the big time. Jews and Catholics have been skewered for centuries. Mormons apparently are in the mix now too. Congratulations.
And, hey, any making light of the Mormon origin stories would have to do the same to anybody's faith story, including the largest and oldest religions on earth. An ark carrying two of every animal?
Bottom line is that these guys are amused and confused by faith, and they are paid handsomely for pointing out their biases to others.
hatuletoh Sugarhood, UTFeb. 18, 2011 11:11 a.m.
I have a passing acquaintence with Mr.'s Parker and Stone, and I can tell you that the reason they keep returning to Mormonism is because they find it fascinating. Specifically, they find its origin story, history, and social morays to be very strange, and yet this strange (to their minds) belief structure produces people who are often more kind, ethical, and happy than others.
If you're at all familiar with their works, you'll notice that while Mormon beliefs are often laughed at, Mormon characters themselves are frequently selfless protagonists who save the day or rise above the other characters because of their guilelessness. They're almost always shown as better than the rest of the world, if a bit naive.
They really do admire Mormons, unlike many of the myriad groups they skewer (i.e., Scientologists). "Orgazmo" is probably too extreme for most D-News readers, but I do recommend "Cannibal! The Musical!", made for $20K in Central UT when Parker and Stone were on college spring break. It's rough around the edges and not well-paced, but it's not too gory (except for a single scene) and has many hilarious Utah-centric jokes.
Johnny Triumph American Fork, UTFeb. 18, 2011 10:32 a.m.
Just leave it alone, it'll amount to nothing and it'll have zero effect on the Church, unless we help it have effect.
Joseph Smith:
The Standard of Truth has been erected; no unhallowed hand can stop the work from progressing; persecutions may rage, mobs may combine, armies may assemble, calumny may defame, but the truth of God will go forth boldly, nobly, and independent, till it has penetrated every continent, visited every clime, swept every country, and sounded in every ear, till the purposes of God shall be accomplished, and the Great Jehovah shall say the work is done.
Sarah B Bountiful, UTFeb. 18, 2011 10:16 a.m.
I watched the Big Love episode while living in Cali b/c I had a lot of non-member friends and neighbors, some of whom had asked me about the Temple. I wanted to see exactly what was portrayed so I could refute anything that was erroneously depicted. I've had friends tell me of outrageous lies they've heard about what goes on in the Temple. While I don't think it was appropriate to air, I will say it was handled beautifully and accurately. It made me cry b/c I'd never seen it from an outsider's perspective. My response to my friends questions "Yes, and isn't it beautiful, I feel so blessed." Negative publicity doesn't hurt the church, in fact quite the opposite.
gnrl39 South Jordan, UTFeb. 18, 2011 10:11 a.m.
I'm always happy when a portrayal of Mormonism hits the national stage. Many times someone who might not know much about the church then has questions and are interested enough to want to find out more.
I don't think you'll hear many missionaries grousing about the publicity.
Cats Somewhere in Time, UTFeb. 18, 2011 10:03 a.m.
I don't think the Church is all that worried about this production. We've had these things happen since day one.
The fact is, we usually get a lot of converts from these sorts of things. People get interested and look into to it. They find out the things they have seen and heard are either gross distortions or out and out lies and they end up joining the Church. This has happened time and time again.
When the Mountain Meadows Massacre movie came out a few years ago, some members were worried. In fact, the movie was a terrible disaster, got terrible review and was a big flop. This musical might do the same thing.
Whatever it is, we should just all ignore it and go on. Christ will not allow his work to be destroyed. The Church will continue to thrive.
Mukkake Salt Lake City, UTFeb. 18, 2011 9:05 a.m.
I think for all the statements about how the LDS Church's response was "dignified" and "taking the high road", something needs to be realized: Just like mentioned in this article, the church rarely makes an official statement on negative media portrayals, this musical and Big Love being some of the few exceptions. The Church issued no statement on "8: The Mormon Proposition", probably cause it was poorly made and few people saw it.
Which is my point, the fact that the Church made a statement, no matter how terse and dismissive it tried to be, shows that they are genuinely worried about it, just like they were with the Temple Ceremony episode of Big Love.
The LDS Church was afraid of the Big Love episode because it showed an aspect of LDS belief and practice that is generally unknown, especially to new and potential converts, and is seen as potentially dissuasive to converting and retaining new members.
What exactly it is about this musical that has the LDS Church worried is anyone's guess, as few know the exact details yet. But these guys are film makers and the musical could get made into one, with mass release.
Ernest T. Bass Bountiful, UTFeb. 18, 2011 7:29 a.m.
If its true why is everyone so embarassed about it? They never make anything up, they've always followed right along with the history, good or bad.
bgl Santa Monica, CAFeb. 18, 2011 7:27 a.m.
I know that, at the Tony Awards--the musical numbers of the shows nominated are the highlight of the evening and one of the most widely talked about moments of the awards season. If this musical is nominated--that alone could bring a huge amount of attention to this production. This show is already receiving Tony buzz. Would watching the Tony's be taking the high road?
SLC gal Salt Lake City, UTFeb. 18, 2011 7:21 a.m.
Stone/Parker have always treated the church with what I like to call affectionate disrespect. And South Park episodes in general usually end with some type of moral/lesson learned.
I think if anything, it's going to bring in at least a few members driven by curiousity if nothing else
OnlyInUtah Cottonwood Heights, UTFeb. 18, 2011 6:26 a.m.
I agree that "He didn't need to see it to discuss that topic".
I haven't seen it and neither have any of you.. but we are discussing it. If we shouldn't discuss it until after we've seen it then done of us should be commenting about it here.
You're all ridiculously spouting off your "feelings" of love or hatred for the Church.
Move on children.
Esquire Springville, UTFeb. 18, 2011 6:06 a.m.
The more folks are defensive and scream about the play, the more attention it will get. Plays come and go all the time in NY, and the vast majority of them never get that much attention. Shut up about it and it will likely fade away unless it is really good, which I doubt. There's just too much competition and out of towners are looking for something more spectacular. So, if you object to this play, just shut up and let it ride out.
windsor City, UtFeb. 18, 2011 5:45 a.m.
"...do seem to have a strange fixation with the LDS Church that they just can't get over."
They and so many others.
If the LDS and their church are just a bunch of nut cases, who have always invented, made up, and believed such ridiculous drivel--you have to ask yourself then WHY IS IT that everyone from atheists, satirists, and public figures all the way down to those who claim they couldn't care less about the church as well as ex members who have chosen to leave the church CAN'T seem to just LEAVE IT ALONE??
That STRANGE FIXATION that they JUST CAN'T GET OVER in and of its self ought to be enlightening.
JoeBlow Miami Area, FlFeb. 18, 2011 4:23 a.m.
Must agree with myslc.
I saw the southpark episode.
Was there any areas that you (LDS) felt were outright false about your beliefs?
There is plenty of fodder in the LDS faith. The episode could have been much more demeaning.
The episode quote from the earlier post is really not that denigrating, is it?
my slc Newport Beach, CAFeb. 17, 2011 11:09 p.m.
Seek to understand:
"An no, he doesn't need to see what he is writing about. His point of view (I know they don't teach this in the schools anymore so I don't expect you to know it) was related to how we should respond to this musical in the most productive way. He didn't need to see it to discuss that topic."
That is one of the most frightening things I have read in a long time.
You don't need to see it, read it, etc to respond? Just respond in the way "we should"?
my slc Newport Beach, CAFeb. 17, 2011 9:59 p.m.
Perhaps "South Park" and "Book of Mormon" writers are not as anti LDS as you believe? A quote from South Park, "All about Mormons"
"Look, maybe us Mormons do believe in crazy stories that make absolutely no sense, and maybe Joseph Smith did make it all up, but I have a great life. And a great family, and I have the Book of Mormon to thank for that. The truth is, I don't care if Joseph Smith made it all up, because what the church teaches now is loving your family, being nice and helping people. And even though people in this town might think that's stupid, I still choose to believe in it.
The reviews from the January preview are indicating that The Book of Mormon promises to be a funny and great show.
NorthboundZax Makanda, ILFeb. 17, 2011 9:03 p.m.
Well, I seem to have read the same article as bgl. I think that Hick's reviews are usually insightful and give a good feel for the value of a production - not the case here. To grouse at Parker and Stone's 'obsession' of LDS, despite acknowledging that they have satirized many different groups over the years, some at much higher intensities, just comes off as lame and the antithesis of thought he typically puts into his reviews. Maybe the production will be turn out to be "boring and puerile", but at least that would have been a more worthwhile review than the complaining that we LDS are being persecuted via musical.
Kami Bountiful, UtahFeb. 17, 2011 8:51 p.m.
Of course they have been there and done that! But as long as people are willing to pay to see the humor, they are going to keep on keeping on here! I think we should all just lighten up and not make any big deal out of it.
BYR Woods Cross, UTFeb. 17, 2011 8:34 p.m.
From what few articles I have read about the play, by I assume non-LDS columnists who have seen a few scenes, preview (whatever), the play sounds boring and puerile.
Seek to understand Sandy, UTFeb. 17, 2011 8:34 p.m.
bgl - I cannot fathom that we both read the same article. Mr. Hicks' piece had no angry undertone whatsoever. Do you know about "projection"? This is where you take your own emotions and attribute them to someone else. This must be a classic case because no where in the article does anger appear, even in tone or implication.
An no, he doesn't need to see what he is writing about. His point of view (I know they don't teach this in the schools anymore so I don't expect you to know it) was related to how we should respond to this musical in the most productive way. He didn't need to see it to discuss that topic.
bgl you appear to be someone who has some anger of your own to deal with.
bgl Santa Monica, CAFeb. 17, 2011 7:58 p.m.
Mr. Hicks--your high road taking seems to be seething with fetid anger just beneath the surface. It's like you are typing the words--it's just a Broadway musical-with your teeth tightly clenched and beads of sweat dripping down your brow. If you REALLY want to take the high road, why don't you wait for it to come out, go see it and THEN comment on it. Hopefully, with a good sense of humor. But with good humor or not--we really should SEE the things we are writing about, shouldn't we?
Chachi Charlottesville, VAFeb. 17, 2011 7:25 p.m.
Stone and Parker's portrayals of Mormonism usually depict it as a ludicrous religion based on obvious fairy tales--but Mormons as nice people. But in pointing out how such a patronizing message is definitely negative towards Mormonism and only slightly less so towards Mormons, I hope not to stir controversy. I wholeheartedly agree that the correct approach to this is to ignore this and not encourage the South Park boys with any more attention than they deserve.


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Didn't they? Revisit the lede from Time's now-famous article. No school official is quoted using the word "pact," but in the context of describing a conversation with school principal Joseph Sullivan, Time offers this: "All it took was a few simple questions before nearly half the expecting students, none older than 16, confessed to making a pact to get pregnant and raise their babies together."
Simple enough, no? Er, no. From last night's Gloucester Daily Times:
School Superintendent Christopher Farmer said he had never heard the term "pact" from students, parents, teachers or administrators at the high school and planned to investigate whether the agreement was real or a product of the national media.
"I had never heard the term 'pact' until Time magazine wrote it," Farmer said. "All we knew was that there was a small group of girls who were not disappointed in the idea of being pregnant. I had never heard of any kind of communal effort that girls were trying to get pregnant."…
In an interview Friday, June 6, the last day of school, Sullivan described to the Times the group who had become pregnant as a social "clique" of girls who wanted to have babies. Sullivan has been on vacation this week and cannot be reached…
[One parent] said her daughter knew some of the girls involved and suggested that any "pact" between them had been made after they were pregnant and was to stay in school and raise the babies together.
The GDT's editor published his own separate piece yesterday affirming that no one ever used the term "pact" with them either, although their own initial report on the pregnancies from March has Sullivan claiming that some upperclassmen told him younger students may be getting pregnant on purpose. Evidently a lot hangs on that "may." Or does it? The freakiest part of the story isn't that the girls might have formally coordinated, as freaky as that would be; it's that, coordination or not, more than four times the usual number are pregnant and at least a few — "nearly half," according to Time, again seemingly citing Sullivan — did it on purpose. Which is worse, the possibility that they're in cahoots or the possibility that they're not, that 18 pregnancies were just a product of peer pressure, copycatism, and an unusual strain of teen pregnancy themes in entertainment over the past year?
While we're at it, two other questions. First, where's Sullivan? Suddenly there's global media attention for what's happening at his school and he seems to be the source for most of the freakiest details about pacts and intentional pregnancy — and yet he just happens to be on vacation this week and can't be bothered to interrupt it to take some questions? I wonder if the vacation was planned or if his superiors "suggested" it. Second, is Farmer playing dumb in the blockquote about not knowing anything about a pact or "communal effort"? Watch this clip of him describing some of the girls being "together, talking about becoming pregnant, and that being a positive thing for them." Maybe this really is nothing more than people needing to be more precise with the words they choose … or maybe it's all true and they're so humiliated they're going to try to put the genie back in the bottle with denials after the fact.


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Eureka flag banned at A-League matches
Melbourne Victory supporters have been banned from flying the Eureka flag at A-League matches because it is considered to be a political symbol under the league's regulations.
Descendants of the Eureka Stockade oppose the move but the Football Federation of Australia has forced Melbourne Victory to tell its supporters the flag is banned because it is a political symbol, Fairfax newspapers reported.
Fans with the flag will be ejected from Docklands Stadium and will have their flags confiscated, Fairfax said.
Victory supporters have displayed the standard, first flown by rebel goldminers at the Eureka Stockade in Ballarat in 1854, since the club's inception.
"The Eureka flag was actually the first emblem of the first Victory supporters' group. We've had the Eureka flag at our games since day dot, and all of a sudden it's got political connotations and we can't fly it," said Blue and White Brigade supporters' group leader Adam Tennenini.
Mr Tennenini said security guards at Saturday's game against Sydney FC at Docklands told him anyone with a flag would be banned from the next home game on November 21, but supporters planned to defy the ban.
Victory chief executive Geoff Miles said the club backed supporters.
"We believe that the flying of Eureka flags really isn't adversely affecting, polarising or disenfranchising our supporters or opposition supporters," Mr Miles said.
The Eureka flag has been used by many political groups since the rebellion, but the flag was now listed as an object of state significance on the Victorian Heritage Register and was named an icon by the National Trust in 2006, Fairfax said.
Paul Murphy, founder of Eureka's Children, a group consisting of descendents of Eureka, said the flag was a symbol of unity.
"Whenever you see the flag, whether it's farmers in Mildura, soccer fans or on building sites, it simply means, 'I'm pissed off with whoever's in charge'," Mr Murphy said.
"It's an act of free expression and I would encourage those supporters to fly it as an act of defiance, with the best wishes of the Eureka descendants."
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There are a collection of folks here from MIT who are involved in a project called "Future Boston",which is tasked with building tools to facilitate the upcomingchallanges facing the city. In particular the MIT Department of UrbanStudies and Planning and Boston.com are sponsoring contests to see who can build the best mashups in the following areas:
- Innovation Landscape: Plots geospatialboundaries of a fast innovating hub
- Visualize the ""Innovation Landscape"
- Show change over time
- Identify key trends and exceptions
- Model Maker: Detects the development capacity ofa region
- Interpret "live on the ground" of ScienceCity using rich, parcel level data and multiple data sources
- Talent Scout: Maps newly-admitted degreecandidates to companies
- Investor:Matches dollars to opportunityTap administrative data ad publicdatasets about landuse, ownership, infrastructure, buildings, etc.
- Engaging public in deeper understanding of urban fabric and urban futures
- Envisioninglife along MassAveCity (now and in the future) from the point of viewof students, employers, universities, investors, etc.
- Technical: Push the boundaries of web mappingand information visualization
- Visualization
- Aggregation
- Educational: Use technology to tell a storyabout life in Boston, MA,and the country and visualize how it could be different.
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Ray J Slams Bobby Brown's Sister For Claiming He Gave Whitney Houston Cocaine
11 death , saying her interview was "rife with false statements." "Though Leolah Brown was nowhere near the Beverly Hilton hotel on the day Whitney Houston died, [HLN's parent company] CNN proceeded to broadcast an interview with Ms. Brown in which she falsely claimed that Ray J was at the hotel and contributed to Whitney Houston's death," Ray J's attorney said in a statement released to E! News last night. MORE: Whitney Houston Cause of Death Revealed: Accidental Drowning and Cocaine The statement continued: "Even the most minimal inquiry with anyone actually in contact with Whitney would reveal that Leolah Brown had been out of contact with Whitney for more than a year and was nowhere near the scene on the day of her death." What ticked off Brandy 's little brother was the fact that Leolah told Dr. Drew Pinksy that she witnessed Ray (real name William Ray Norwood Jr.) leaving the "So Emotional" singer's hotel room "hiding his head" on the day she died. "Why is he hiding his face? He's always trying to show his face when he's with Whitney. Why now?
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Secrets trail an American soldier from his Depression upbringing to the cold winter battles in the Ardennes Forest in the last months of World War II, and through the postwar decades, as he struggles to keep his family from being torn apart while keeping the truth buried close to his heart. Clay Brock, proprietor of Jake's Tavern, has endured terrible losses throughout his life. In 1964, he is working to build a life for his wife and son, only to see everything he's worked for threatened by forces beyond his control.
To keep his family from breaking apart, he must confront the very secret he has kept buried. For Clay, the war has never been over, and his foxhole buddy Jake Burnett never far from his thoughts. At two crucial points in his life, as a young father and later as an old man at the dawn of a new and unfamiliar century, his memories draw him back until he must confront them and speak the truth. But at what cost?
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B.S./B.A. in Urban Ecology
The undergraduate degree in Urban Ecology focuses on exploring the interrelationships among social, environmental and economic systems, with an aim toward enhancing the vitality and sustainability of places and communities. For those seeking work at the graduate level, it also provides preparation for the Master of City & Metropolitan degree.
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The field of Urban Ecology helps communities understand the complexity of issues that affect daily quality of life as well as the long-term health of the environment. It is a highly interdisciplinary field and the workday usually brings a variety of different activities including analytical work, community meetings, problem solving, and administrative actions. The undergraduate program in Urban Ecology will prepare students well for professional careers in environmental and sustainability planning, urban planning, public health, public policy, and community development.
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Court House News
May 13, 2014
The NSA claims it has complied with a court order to preserve evidence in a challenge to its secret surveillance program – under its own reading of plaintiffs' claims, which the plaintiffs dispute.
The government told the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) in March that it did not believe the evidence preservation order in Jewel v. NSA, a challenge to the security agency's telephone surveillance of U.S. citizens, applied to its current telephony metadata collection practices.
It claimed that the seven-year-old Jewel litigation extended only to surveillance authorized by President George W. Bush without FISC oversight. That program is said to have ended in 2007.
Plaintiffs were appalled by this reading of the complaint, and at an emergencyhearing, U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White agreed to extend a temporary retraining order, forbidding the NSA from destroying metadata until the dispute is resolved.
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OCA Treasurer announces that balance of Church's 9/11 Funds have been distributed
The Treasurer of the Orthodox Church in America, Priest Michael Tassos, announced today that a check in the sum of $151,500.00 was sent to the New York Disaster Interfaith Services (NYDIS). This represents the sum of money remaining in the OCA's 9/11 Fund, which had not been allocated.
Approximately $285,000.00 was collected by the OCA in the wake of the 9/11 tragedy. The distribution of these funds became a priority for the current Holy Synod and Metropolitan Council. This final payment comes from the OCA's Unrestricted Endowment Fund, replacing the portions of the 9/11 Fund which had not been previously distributed.


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The DMT ExperiencePosted by Greg at 11:03, 13 Oct 2011
In my review of Rick Strassman's book DMT: The Spirit Molecule (posted way back in the mists of time), I noted that "it is the case studies in the latter part of the book that make it something special." As with the near-death experience, listening to experiencers' direct testimony of this 'otherworld' is compelling stuff.
If you haven't already seen the recent documentary based on Rick Strassman's book, then I recommend you watch this 10 minute segment from it on YouTube, in which the volunteers from his research study describe in their own words the DMT experiences they had:
On a sidenote, you might notice that the clip opens with a description of the 'hum' that often heralds the onset of the experience - something I wrote about in my Darklore article "Her Sweet Murmur". Rabbit-holes, rabbit-holes everywhere, which one shall we explore today...?
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An interesting 10 minutes, especially if you ignore the graphics and concentrate on what the volunteers are saying. I was struck however, by the profile of the people involved: they seem to be well educated and able to express themselves, but are they a sample that would not influence the experience of taking the 'medicine'? None said they had no idea what was coming, and to me it seemed that their individual experiences reflected their (possibly) preconceived ideas and or expectations.
However, taking a look at a 10 minute section with out seeing the whole could have given a false impression.
So I would love to know if similar results would be experienced by someone who did not know what they were taking, ie a control person to evaluate the other volunteers experiences against.
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Perhaps these were the most eloquent of the test subjects? Wouldn't be much of a documentary if all you showed were some wide-eyed fools yelling to the camera "And then it was like BAM! and I was like WHOAA!" ;)
It's not the depth of the rabbit hole that bugs me...
It's all the rabbit SH*T you stumble over on your way down!!!
Red Pill Junkie
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So I would love to know if similar results would be experienced by someone who did not know what they were taking, ie a control person to evaluate the other volunteers experiences against.
I don't think that would ever get past an ethics board, let alone the FDA approval process.
Though that wouldn't stop the CIA from doing it...
Kind regards,
You monkeys only think you're running things
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Really lovely stories. It is obvious that everyone needs to experience such realities though not in such a brutal and often terrifying manner. The drugs are still crude, blunt instruments. Eventually we will figure out ways to more gently introduce the mind to these experiences, and that is when the real human revolution will happen.
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Hello Nostra, here's the full 73min at youtube
To me it's become clear that DMT provides all life a way to connect, stay in touch with the Creator Realm. For us humans having the highest consciousness around, it provides a conscious way into this realm. In fact anyone could visit the creator realm just take a DMT trip, it's obvious these trips are shaped by what a traveler can handle and/or wants to learn. We have been a part of the DMT path during our evolution from the beginning of time of life on this planet. It's a simple and beautiful system even topping the DNA coding that has our geneticists hooked. Theoretically it will enable us to communicate with all other life (fauna & flora) snd any aliens as i suspect they too will have DMT reception and probably use that for telepathic connection between themselves and others.
"We are such stuff that Dreams are made on". -The Tempest Author
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I'm not sure how much it helps to attempt to illustrate the interesting descriptions being given, with someone else's artwork and special effects, which while suggestive of the experience, really doesn't do it enough justice. Given the choice, I'd rather just watch them talking, and try to imagine what they're describing.
For instance: Some of the things I saw during my single verified LSD experience some time in my teens in the mid-1970s (though I'm not sure how much LSD and DMT experiences compare, since I've never taken DMT), with a couple relatives and their friends, resembled some of the more geometrical images shown, but mine were encrusted with moving images of actual things I'd seen in my life up to that age, or extrapolated from what I'd seen. Among other things, I saw large, long, sliced-up tubes, some of which were passing by me, and some of which were receding upwards directly away from me, composed of immense numbers of rings, somewhat resembling images of DNA strands that show the molecules encrusting the strands, but without a helical structure, and with a central empty area that seemed to be inviting me to travel up it and observe the surrounding rings (which I did a little). It seemed as if all the millions of things I was seeing attached to those rings, were trying to communicate with me at the same time, trying to tell me to remember the lessons I'd learned during the real-world experiences that they derived from, and also trying to tell me to keep thinking about those experiences to come to new conclusions. While instructive, the quantity was a little much for me to handle all at once. Maybe a smaller dose would have been wiser.
I say "single verified LSD experience" since other things I took a few times after that, which I was told were LSD, may not have been, judging by their mostly simple speedy quality. Lesson: you need to more than know your source--you need to be able to personally verify what it really is, to a level of reasonable certainty.
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Never took DMT or LSD, but did mushrooms a few times around 20 years ago. One noteworthy experience: girlfriend drove me to the local bowling alley not knowing I'd eaten mushrooms with my friend. After visiting some friends there we sat and talked - and it truly seemed as though I was connected with her inner consciousness, knowing and feeling in advance everything she was saying - like an author's omniscient point of view... but of course that could be merely subjective fantasy. The interesting verifiable weirdness came next...
We went to play a pinball machine, only 3 balls on horribly hard machine, never previously lasted more than a minute with very few points. I was slightly past the mushroom's peak intensity and had settled into a comfortable joyful mellowness. That first ball lasted several minutes - no matter what I did it would not go down the middle or side channels and the points just kept rising. It felt as though I was truly connected with the machine - not so much the machine as an object, but as if the energy all around it and me were in harmony. My girlfriend commented you're good, I just started laughing because I wasn't good on this machine. I won a free game with that first ball which I'd never even gotten a fraction of the needed points after 3 balls before. Finally it drained. Hers drained immediatlely. My second one again lasted like five minutes or more, same phenomenah and I won two more games. I was laughing out loud at the absurdity of not being able to lose and was barely even trying now since it just flowed.
By the time of my 3rd and final ball - I felt the effects of the mushrooms beginning to diminish and as they did so did my connection to the energy around the machine and the points stopped rising as I started hitting dead parts of the bumpers and then the last ball drained ending the game. Once the mushrooms' effects were gone, a feeling of isolation and disconnectedness returns compared to the sensations under the influence - truly disconcerting.
My interpretation of this incident is it is related to winning streaks and the like - that sometimes our energies of our mind/body harmonize with the energies around us and in effect we are able to affect matter which is in effect energy itself - not like telekensis, but more like a mutually agreed or partnership in shaping reality in the immediate vicinity however fleeting. In this case the mushrooms were the aid, but meditation, spirituality, and other avenues exist. I had one other similar objectively verifiable occurrence that lasted several days and no drugs were involved, but will save for another time... Ultimately our place in and the operation of our universe/reality is far more than our five senses or traditional physics knows at this time and likely DMT, LSD, Mushrooms and possibly other substances open those doors of access for us...?
Greg H.
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So The Who were inspired by YOU!
It's not the depth of the rabbit hole that bugs me...
It's all the rabbit SH*T you stumble over on your way down!!!
Red Pill Junkie
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If I may include some of my own commentary on DMT, Carl Jung, and the Entities:
The entities of the DMT experience appear to exist as autonomous manifestations of some sort of primordial state of matter and consciousness. They represent a state of "energy" which is utterly exempt from the laws of physics as we know them, as such that they marvel us with their incredible feats of dimensional manipulation. They continually extol sheer effortlessness in shocking us with "insights" which quite literally blow the lids off of our minds. Often this sort of overload of input during a DMT experience results in our immediate shock and subsequent denial, which leads to our forgetting of the experience itself; quite literally, we reject the experience as impossible and possibly psychotic.
Oftentimes, the entities appear to be "waiting" for us; welcoming us back, so to speak, to this autonomous land of infinite potentiality and dimension-free imagination. Upon entry into this DMT state, the Elves seem to weigh our consciousness almost immediately. Now whether or not they are strictly personal manifestations is not actually knowable; however, the vast consensus - the similarity of religious accounts that span thousands of years - it is these psychic facts which we cannot ignore. These beings litter our worlds religions and mythologies; they are the "little" representatives of the collective unconscious; they are the fairies and elves of the world's countless myths. These beings, as understood by Jung, were the Devil's fallen angels of the unconscious; Lucifer - the bringer of light - they are his workers; communicating to us the contents of our unconscious for the purpose of fulfilling the great alchemical opus that has spanned the entire duration of the Universe which exists within the human mind. They urge for the reconciliation of the opposites; the final consummation of Eternity; the realization of the Ouroboros. They help mankind achieve this by facilitating our evolution through the mechanized release of unconscious psychic contents.
The final achievement; the heiros gamos of the human mind and subsequently, the human race, lies upon these entities which either grant us, or deny us entry to the Godhead - they are it's protectors.
The Book of Enoch
"And he (angel Michael) translated my spirit into the heaven of the heavens,
And I saw there as it were a structure built of crystals,
And between those crystals tongues of living fire.
And my spirit saw the girdle which girt that house of fire,
And on its four sides were streams full of living fire,
And they girt that house.
And round about were Seraphim, Cherubim, and Ophannin:
And these are they who sleep not,
And guard the throne of his glory.
And I saw angels who could not be counted,
A thousand thousands and ten thousand times ten thousand,
Encircling that house,
And Michael, and Raphel, and Gabriel, and Phanuel,
And the holy angels who are above the heavens,
Go in and out of that house"
They weigh our worthiness with their trickster-like macabre playfulness, which is meant to shake us from our rigid complacency. They are the Tykes of the Aeon; God's mischievous elves which are the living Logos. They exist within our unconscious, in my argument both on a personal and most of all, on a collectively shared level. Shamans who enter this state often get right down to business with these entities, because they have gained the control of their manifestation through emptying their psychic "closet," so to speak. The entities appear to be a distraction to those of whom intentions are either suspect or utterly destitute of any true spiritual context. Those who enter this state without any true purpose will be met with entities who may seemingly torture you with their "negative" energy and shocking visions; or they may go easy on you and just seemingly "play around" with you. To those of the pure in heart and poor in spirit, however, they seem to welcome you with open arms and try to acquaint you as gently as possible. They grant you entry and take care of you while you are in this state. A feeling of great love and comfort is often felt by people whom are open to the entities and are harboring no pent up "darkness" (negative psychic contents) within their respective being.
From Carl Jung's Red Book:
What serviceable forms rise from your body, you thieving
abyss! These appear as elemental spirits, dressed in wrinkled
garb, Cabiri, with delightful misshapen forms, young and yet old,
dwarfish, shriveled, unspectacular bearers of secret arts, possessors of ridiculous wisdom, first formations of the unformed gold, worms that crawl from the liberated egg of the Gods, incipient ones, unborn, still invisible. What should your appearance be to us? What new arts do you bear up from the inaccessible treasure chamber, the sun yoke from the egg of the Gods. You still have roots in the soil like plants and you are animal faces of the human body; you are foolishly sweet, uncanny, primordial, and earthly. We cannot grasp your essence, you gnomes, you object-souls. You have your origin in the lowest. Do you want to become giants, you Tom Thumbs? Do you belong to the followers of the son of the earth? Are you the earthly feet of the Godhead? What do you want? Speak!"*
That is Carl directly addressing the entities. For more, visit my website in my signature. I hope this post wasn't too long.
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I loved that pinball story. I do not doubt for a minute it happened just as you said either.
We are eventually going to be able to bring on these states by subjecting the body to a certain vibration or blend of vibrations, and then we will be faced with a decision about whether or not to place ourselves permanently in that kind of space. We already face the question of "soma" in the form of antidepressants and the like, but this will be a tougher decision because just about everyone will want the little box or chip or whatever that puts out the groovy vibe that feels so good.
Actually, those of us who work with orgonite, ormus, and even stones already know something of how it works and can work even better. These substances are crude compared to what we will engineer with vibration. It doesn't have to be a device carried on the body either. We can already make mobius coil devices that sweeten the atmosphere of a home and even a city block, so the decision may even be more 1984-ish and involve neighborhood towers putting out waves that alter the body in a huge variety of ways. We already know that cell phone towers can funk up a whole neighborhood, but the corollary to that is that they can also sweeten it, and "gifting" the ground at the foot of the towers in effect is already accomplishing this. We are already there., but probably the future developments in vibrational effects will create much less subtle states approximating that of the hallucinogen but without the coming down and the hangover.
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Man arrested after brandishing knife at Brentwood Town Centre
VANCOUVER — A man has been arrested under the Mental Health Act, after brandishing a butcher knife at Brentwood Town Centre in Burnaby.
According to the authorities, he had been in the mall for three to four minutes, when he was located with the knife, just before 1:00 p.m. Security guards chased him out of the shopping centre and he was found by police, running down Willingdon Avenue.
The suspect refused to drop the weapon and challenged the police to shoot him. They requested a negotiator.
Eventually, the man lunged toward an officer with the knife, and they tasered him. He was arrested and is receiving treatment at a hospital.
No one was injured in the incident.
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SMART Recovery
SMART Recovery (Self Management and Recovery Training) is an international non-profit organization which provides assistance to individuals seeking abstinence from addictive behaviors. The approach used is secular and scientifically based using non-confrontational motivational, behavioral and cognitive methods.[1] Meeting participants learn recovery methods derived from evidence-based addiction treatments.[citation needed] Substance/activity dependence is viewed by the organization as a dysfunctional habit (rather than a disease), while allowing that it is possible that certain people have a predisposition towards addictive behavior.[2]
SMART Recovery is based on scientific knowledge, and is intended to evolve as scientific knowledge evolves.[3] The program uses principles of motivational interviewing found in Motivational Enhancement Therapy (MET),[4] and techniques taken from Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), particularly in the version called Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), as well as scientifically validated research on treatment.[5]
The organization's program emphasizes four areas (called the 4-Point Program) in the process of recovery: Building Motivation, Coping with Urges, Problem Solving, and Lifestyle Balance.[6] The "SMART Toolbox" is a collection of various MET, CBT and REBT methods (or "tools") which address the 4 Points.[7]
SMART Recovery can be used as a stand-alone primary recovery support program for those seeking help recovering from addictions, but does not insist on being exclusive.[8] The program does not use the twelve steps which make up the basis of the various "Anonymous" self-help groups (e.g., Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), Narcotics Anonymous (NA), etc.) and is generally listed as an "Alternative to AA" or an "Alternative to the Twelve Steps."[9][10][11] SMART Recovery believes that each individual finds his/her own path to recovery. Though listed as an "alternative", it is also suggested as a possible "supplement" to twelve-step programs in SMART Recovery's main program publication, The SMART Recovery Handbook.[12]
Stages of change[edit]
SMART Recovery recognizes that participants may be in one or more of various stages of change and that different exercises may be helpful at different stages.[13]
- Precontemplation - At this stage, the participant may not realize that they have a problem.[13]
- Contemplation - The participant evaluates the advantages and disadvantages of the addiction by performing a cost/benefit analysis.[13]
- Determination/Preparation - The participant decides to pursue personal change, and may complete a Change Plan Worksheet.[13]
- Action - The participant seeks out new ways of handling their addiction behavior. This can include self-help, the support of addiction help group or professional guidance.[13]
- Maintenance - After a few months, the participant's behavior has been changed and now seeks to maintain their gains.[13]
- Graduation/Exit - Once a participant has sustained a long period of change, they may choose to move on with their lives and "graduate" from SMART Recovery.[13]
Side event: Relapse - Although not inevitable, relapses are a normal part of the change cycle and if handled well, can serve as a learning experience in overcoming an addiction.[13]
Incorporated in 1992 as the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Self-Help Network (ADASHN), the organization began operating under the SMART Recovery name in 1994.[14][15]
General operations are overseen by a volunteer Board of Directors,[16] which initially included Dr. Marc Kern.[citation needed] Local groups are run by volunteers known as Facilitators with the assistance of volunteer recovery professionals called Volunteer Advisors. A central office is currently maintained in Mentor, Ohio.[17]
SMART Recovery offers its services for free although a donation is requested and its publications are sold.[18]
The meetings are free for all wishing to attend, and are intended to be informational as well as supportive.[19] Over 1500 weekly group meetings led by volunteer facilitators are held worldwide.[20] In addition, the organization provides online resources and support to the volunteers and those attending the groups and one or more daily online meetings.[21]
Meetings are also held in correctional facilities in many states including: Arizona, California, Florida, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin.
Family & Friends[edit]
SMART Family & Friends is an online or face-to-face support group for Concerned Significant Others (CSOs) of people struggling with addictions. The group was started in September 2010. Its purpose is to address specific issues encountered when a family member or friend tries to reach out and help a loved one [22] and it draws from the work of Robert Meyers' CRAFT Community Reinforcement Approach and Family Training program which differs significantly from Al-Anon in that it is a behavioral program which advocates that the CSO can have a positive impact on the substance abuser. Further, the CRAFT program has been demonstrated in Meyers' research to be more effective than the Vernon Johnson type intervention or Al-Anon, with less negative side-effects and better outcomes, whether or not the substance abuser enters treatment.[23][24]
SMART is recognized by the American Academy of Family Physicians,[25] as well as the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)[26] and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA).[27] NIDA and NIAAA are agencies of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
See also[edit]
- ^ "Religiosity and Participation in Self-Help Groups". The Walsh Group. 2007-10-17. Retrieved 2007-12-11.
- ^ Horvath, AT (October 2000). "Smart Recovery: Addiction Recovery Support from a Cognitive-Behavioral Perspective". Journal of Rational-Emotive & Cognitive-Behavior Therapy. 18 (3): 181–191. doi:10.1023/A:1007831005098.
- ^ Steinberger, H. (2004). SMART Recovery Handbook. Mentor Ohio: Alcohol & Drug Abuse Self-Help Network,Inc. pp. Section 1/Page5. ISBN 0-615-13135-2.
- ^ Miller, W.R.; et al. (1995). "Motivational Enhancement Therapy Manual: A Clinical Research Guide for Therapists Treating Individuals With Alcohol Abuse and Dependence.". Project MATCH Monograph Series. National Institute of Health.
- ^ Hester & Miller (2002). Handbook of Alcoholism Treatment Approaches: Effective Alternatives. University of Michigan: Allyn and Bacon. ISBN 0-205-36064-5.
- ^ Shaw, BR; et al. (2005). Addiction & Recovery for Dummies. Wiley Publishing. pp. 176–177. ISBN 0-7645-7625-9.
- ^ Brooks, A.J.; Penn, P. E. (2003). "Comparing treatments for dual diagnosis: Twelve-Step and Self Management and Recovery Training". American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse. 29 (2): 359–383. PMID 12765211. doi:10.1081/ADA-120020519.
- ^ Hardin, Rosemary (2013). SMART Recovery Handbook. Mentor Ohio: Alcohol & Drug Abuse Self-Help Network,Inc. pp. Chapter 1: Welcome to SMART, Section: How is SMART different from other recovery programs?. ISBN 978-0615852676.
- ^ Miller, W. R.; Kurtz, E. (1994). "Models of alcoholism used in treatment: Contrasting A.A. and other perspectives with which it is often confused". Journal of Studies on Alcohol. 55 (2): 159–166. PMID 8189736.
- ^ Volpicelli, Joseph; Maia Szalavitz (2000). Recovery Options: The Complete Guide. Wiley Publishing. pp. 149–151. ISBN 0-471-34575-X.
- ^ "SMART Alternative Self-Help Groups Tackle Substance Abuse". Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Retrieved 2007-12-12.
- ^ Steinberger, H. (2004). SMART Recovery Handbook. Mentor Ohio: Alcohol & Drug Abuse Self-Help Network,Inc. pp. Section 1/Page4. ISBN 0-615-13135-2.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Steinberger, H. (2004). SMART Recovery Handbook. Mentor Ohio: Alcohol & Drug Abuse Self-Help Network,Inc. pp. Section 2/Page8. ISBN 0-615-13135-2.
- ^ Lemanski, Michael J. (2000). "Addiction Alternatives for Recovery". The Humanist. University of Michigan Health System. Retrieved 2007-12-12.
- ^ Humphreys, Keith (2003). Circles of Recovery: Self-help Organizations for Addictions. Cambridge University Press. pp. 82–86. ISBN 0-521-79277-0.
- ^ "Board of Directors 2007" (PDF). Retrieved 2007-12-12.
- ^ http://www.smartrecovery.org/resources/pdfs/AnnualReport2013.pdf
- ^ Hovarth, A. Thomas (2004). SMART Recovery Handbook. Mentor Ohio: Alcohol & Drug Abuse Self-Help Network,Inc. pp. Section 1/Page5. ISBN 0-615-13135-2.
- ^ Shaw, BR; et al. (2005). Addiction & Recovery for Dummies. Wiley Publishing. pp. 176–177. ISBN 0-7645-7625-9.
- ^ http://blog.smartrecovery.org/2015/06/30/1500-smart-recovery-meetings/
- ^ "Online Meeting Schedule". Retrieved 2009-05-29.
- ^ For Family & Friends SMART Recovery website. Retrieved 2010-10-18.
- ^ Smith, J.E. & Meyers, R.J. (2004)Motivating Substance Abusers to Enter Treatment: Working with Family Members; Guilford Press
- ^ Meyers, RJ & Wolfe, B. (2004) Get Your Loved One Sober: Alternative to Nagging, Pleading and Threatening by Meyers, Hazelden Press
- ^ "Substance Abuse--How To Recognize It". American Family Physician. 67 (7). 2003-04-01. Retrieved 2007-12-12.
- ^ "Principles of Drug Addiction Treatment: A Research Based Guide". National Institute on Drug Abuse. Archived from the original on 2007-09-10. Retrieved 2007-12-12.
- ^ "Alcohol and Drug Information". US Dept of Health and Human Services. Retrieved 2007-12-12.
Further reading[edit]
- Brown JM. (1998) Self-Regulation and the Addictive Behaviors. in Treating Addictive Behaviors, 2nd ed. Miller WR & Heather N. eds. Plenum Press, NY. ISBN 0-306-45852-7
- Ellis A. & Velten E. (1992) Rational Steps To Quitting Alcohol: When AA Doesn't Work For You. Barricade Books, NY. ISBN 0-942637-53-4
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I don't know about you, but I think it's awesome when high-tech and low energy use come together. Haier's new HyCool refrigerator combines semiconductors and compressor cooling technology to create a cost-effective, eco-friendly minifridge that's downright cool. And really cold.
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GET MORE, PAY MORE? An elaborate test of construct validity of willingness to pay per QALY estimates obtained through contingent valuation
Estimates of WTP per QALY can be taken as an indication of the monetary value of health gains, which may carry information regarding the appropriate height of the cost-effectiveness threshold. Given the far-reaching consequences choosing a particular threshold, and thus the potential relevance of WTP per QALY estimates, it is important to address the validity of these estimates. This study addresses this issue. Our findings offer little support to the validity of WTP per QALY estimates obtained in this study. Implications for general WTP per QALY estimates and further research are discussed.
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SJU and Lower Merion Conservancy Host Fourth Annual Stormwater Management Workshop
Friday, February 28, 2014
by Amanda Sapio '13
PHILADELPHIA (February 28, 2014) — With the vast quantities of rain and snow the Philadelphia area has experienced this winter, knowledge of stormwater management is imperative to control potential downstream flooding, infrastructure damage, habitat destruction and sewer overflows.
To help educate the community about methods and techniques to address these challenges, Saint Joseph's University and the Lower Merion Conservancy will host the fourth annual workshop, "From Rain Barrels to Facebook: A Workshop on Stormwater Management in the 21st Century," on Thurs., March 13, in the Campion Student Center on Saint Joseph's campus. The workshop is free and open to the public. Registration must be completed by Weds., March 5.
"Attendees will learn about new fees connected to stormwater discharge in municipalities, techniques on how to manage and control stormwater on residential and commercial properties, the impact stormwater runoff has on the local watershed and the increasing role of social media and other technologies in connecting people with issues and organizations," says Michael McCann, Ph.D., associate dean of SJU's College of Arts and Sciences. "We hope it will help individuals engage in the decision-making process at the local and state levels on how stormwater costs are assessed, especially because Philadelphia, Radnor Township and other areas now have new stormwater or revised fee structures."
The workshop's focus will be on the use of social media, modern technology and traditional stormwater management methods to develop effective and collaborative strategies ranging from regional institutional partnerships to neighborhood projects.
The day will open with a welcome message from the program's two organizers, McCann and Patty Thompson, executive director of the Lower Merion Conservancy, and a plenary session by Nathan Boon, program associate, the William Penn Foundation. Sessions include:
- Stormwater Issues in our Region: Stormwater Management from Policy, Science and Regulatory Viewpoints by Steven Goldsmith, Ph.D., assistant professor of geography and the environment, Villanova University.
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- Connecting People to Stormwater: Social Media and its' Role in Storm Water Management by Julie Slavet, executive director, Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership, Inc.; Barry Lewis, executive director, GreenTreks; and Linda Dottor, AICP, communications manager, Community Design Collaborative.
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Kitsap Arts & Crafts Festival is the second longest-running festival in Washington State. Now in our 58th year, we are planning ahead for 2017. We'll have artisan craft booths, local food vendors, and Juried and Student Art Shows. Walk on the ferry from Edmonds and you'll be steps away from a good time. Free parking is available.Read More
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Blicky – So Ghetto (Freestyle) [Video]
Montreal, QC – Reps Up's own Blicky keeps the new music coming with the release of this visual for his freestyle over the classic DJ Premier beat. This should hold fans over until the next single off his upcoming "C'est La Vie" EP is released. The project will feature guest appearances from Gunplay, P.Reign, Boi-1da and more, so stay tuned for that. Watch the new video below.
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Blicky – Zoo ft. muGz [Audio]
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Kristen Wiig Talks Life After "SNL"
"SNL" cast member Kristen Wiig wasn't exactly forthcoming when asked on Alec Baldwin's podcast whether this season will be her last on the long-running comedy.
Wiig guested on "Here's the Thing with Alec Baldwin" Monday and was asked how hard it would be for her to leave the show.
"When I do leave, it's not because I'm sick of it and not because I see something better or anything like that," she said. "It's just that it's time. When I do leave, it will be the hardest thing. I mean, you know. You're there for a week and on Saturday night you're sad because you leave these people."
Wiig's contract with the show expires this season. Also rumored to be leaving the show are Jason Sudeikis and Andy Samberg.