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Poll Results
Poll: Be a leading indicator of our collective state of gratitude this Thanksgiving. Click on the statement that best describes you.
|I have so much to be thankful for, the food will get cold on Thanksgiving while we say grace. (5 points)
|These days, I count my blessings instead of my bank balance. (4 points)
|At least, I'm doing better than the turkey. (3 points)
|Thanks for nothing. This year, I'm ingrateful with no apologies. (0 points)
|I'd be thankful except the fat cats have messed up everything. (1 point)
|I'm holding out hope for Thanksgiving 2010. (2 points)
|total votes: 56
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- November 22, 2009
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weldout writes:
For those who have been battling the economy--sooner or later this recession will end. The most important thing in life is the love we have around us and this Thanksgiving, I am truly grateful!
- November 25, 2009
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hankgoodness writes:
We live with glorious beauty all around us - green trees and lawns all winter yet we also have some maples turning bright red at this late time of year. We have a beautiful blue ocean, nice lakes AND gorgeous purple mountains and green hills. We have fresh local produce year round. We get more sunlight than most parts of the world, and it's rarely too hot or too cold (at least in west county). We don't have much traffic compared to most populated parts of this country and many others. In most of the county we get to drive through beautiful farmland to get from one city to the next, rather than industrial wastelands and ghettos.
Our cities' downtown areas, our beaches and harbors are relatively clean and safe; nice places to play, shop, eat or just stroll and watch the sunset. We rarely have to look for long to find a parking place, or hassle with valet parking. Lines at the POs, the DMVs, etc. aren't as long as they are in other places that have as much to offer in terms of entertainment and recreation. (Meaning, there might be more to do in NYC or Orlando, but you have to sit in traffic, pay and wait to park, then wait in line for hours to do just about anything. Or, you could live in rural Iowa with no ocean, no mountains, no restaurants, no lines and nothing to do but shovel snow all winter.)
When we need or want a big city LA is very close, yet worlds away. There are numerous airports nearby. Santa Barbara is just a short drive up our beautiful coast, but we don't have to pay to live there. Flowers bloom here year round. We don't need snow chains unless we want to take a different fairly short drive to go skiing. We don't have a lot of pesky bugs (like mosquitoes, roaches, fire ants, etc.)
We have so much to be thankful for. Ventura county isn't perfect, but of all the places in the world to live, it would be difficult to find a better one.
PS - neither of the adults in our family has a job. We don't have health insurance. We don't own (and aren't buying - YET) our own home, and can't imagine how we ever will be able to afford one here. Our cars are very old, and the engine is going in one. We have no retirement accounts and are almost the age many people retire. We have a young adult child, much younger than us, who will be dependent for life. My blood boils and I want to throw things when I hear what Congress, the White House, and other delusional, in their own minds "masters of the universe" control freaks are doing to our future and our freedom.
In spite of all that, I'm still so thankful to live in what I consider to be the best part of the best country in the world. I'm thankful we have food to eat, a roof and nice warm beds. We even have electricity and running hot water. I wish we had more friends but we do have a few good ones. We have our family. And we still have enough liberty to start little businesses and try to build something. We have faith, hope, and love. For that I'm thankful.
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SOURCE Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration
Former NBC Correspondent Robert Bazell to Give Keynote Address
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., Feb. 20, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In the spring of 2009, 57-year-old Anne Geremia of Princeton Junction, NJ, began to struggle with her responsibilities as a teacher. She had trouble planning her days, she was confused, she couldn't get to meetings on time. Then came the mini-breakdown, and she was asked to take a temporary leave of absence for the remainder of the school year. Anne saw several doctors during this time, but the problems remained, and they had no definitive answers or diagnosis. She returned to work in the fall, only to find within the first week that she couldn't function.
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"My wife, who had been an outgoing, fun-loving woman who enjoyed challenging herself, became overwhelmed with the simplest of tasks, was rather apathetic most of the time and struggled to speak and convey her thoughts," said Anne's husband, Jim. "I took her to specialists in Pennsylvania who gave her a diagnosis of dementia and possibly one called corticobasal degeneration," he recalled.
No longer able to work, Anne applied for and received full-time disability. Two years later, the initial diagnosis was confirmed by a neurologist in New York City. Jim and Anne learned that she had a progressive degenerative brain disease called frontotemporal degeneration that has no real treatment…and no cure.
Frontotemporal degeneration, or FTD, is a disease process that affects the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain. It causes a group of brain disorders that are characterized by changes in behavior and personality, language and/or motor skills and an inevitable deterioration in a person's ability to function. FTD is often diagnosed in the mid- to late-50s, when a person is actively parenting and nearing the height of his or her career.
The Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration (AFTD), a national nonprofit based in Philadelphia, will hold its 2014 Education Conference and Annual Meeting at the Crowne Plaza in White Plains on Friday, March 14. The conference begins at 10 a.m. and concludes at 6 p.m. with a social reception to follow. The presenting sponsor for the conference is TauRx.
Dr. Edward Huey, assistant professor in the departments of psychiatry and neurology at Columbia University, will give an overview of FTD as well as speak about trends and development in the field of FTD research. Robert Bazell, former NBC Chief Science and Medical Correspondent, will give the keynote address.
The education conference features a unique, interactive program, focused on the issues and challenges that may arise at different stages of FTD. Attendees may choose between the following afternoon breakout sessions: newly diagnosed (for caregivers), coping with language changes, coping with behavior changes, comfort care and end of life considerations, and making a life after being diagnosed (for those with FTD).
Registration for the conference is available online at www.theaftd.org. The cost for professionals is $50; family caregivers and those affected with FTD may attend at no charge.
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