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Although we encourage all students in need of assistance to make an appointment to meet with one of our counselors in person, the information below may be helpful in understanding common mental health challenges and exploring helpful behaviors on your own.
Nicole Elden, Psy.D., Assistant Director of Student Counseling Services, discusses how feelings of stress, worry and anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic may be affecting you in new and challenging ways, and provides some strategies which may help you cope.
Below are some helpful links which may help you to maintain and manage your emotional well being during this challenging period:
The National Grad Crisis Line - 1-877-GRAD-HLP(472-3457)
National, free, confidential crisis hotline for graduate students. Also available through Skype (international).
SAMHSA's Disaster Distress Helpline – 1-800-985-5990 or text 66746 to connect with a trained crisis counselor
New York State Office of Mental Health Emotional Support Line: 1-844-863-9314
The Emotional Support Line provides free and confidential support, helping callers experiencing increased anxiety due to the coronavirus emergency. The Help Line is staffed by volunteers, including mental health professionals, who have received training in crisis counseling.
Headspace.com/NY -In partnership with Gov. Andrew Cuomo, this is a free meditation and mindfulness resource tailored to New Yorkers
Pandemic Motherhood (video on VIMEO)
Your 'Surge Capacity' Is Depleted — It's Why You Feel Awful
Five-Minute Coronavirus Stress Resets (NY Times)
Coping with the Stress of a Pandemic: A Mental Health Guide for CUIMC Students
Coping with COVID-19-related stress as a student (APA)
How To Answer Your Kid's Coronavirus Question, 'When Will This Be Over?' (Huffpost)
How to use social distancing to get closer to your friends and family (Mashable)
Grief and COVID-19: Mourning our bygone lives (APA)
Five Ways to View Coverage of the Coronavirus (APA)
Is there a right way to worry about coronavirus? And other mental health tips (The Guardian)
Living With Mental Illness During COVID-19 Outbreak– Preparing For Your Wellness (MHA)
6 Expert Tips Parents Can Use To Manage Behavioral Challenges During COVID-19 (Blunt Therapy)
Self-care for parents in a pandemic: Finding the time when you don't have it (CNN Health)
Tips for Parents on Coping with COVID (Columbia University)
Talking with Children About Coronavirus (Columbia University)
Coping With COVID-19 Anxiety: Frequently Asked Questions (CUIMC)
How You Can Take Care of Your Mental Health During the Coronavirus Pandemic (CUIMC)
Seven crucial research findings that can help people deal with COVID-19 (APA)
COVID-19: 5 Tips to Face Your Anxiety (Allencomm)
Coping in the era of coronavirus: A webinar for students (APA)
How to Engage in Social Connection While Socially Distancing (Esther Perel)
How to Cope With the Mental Health Impacts of COVID-19 (Goodtherapy.org)
Staying Healthy in a COVID-19 World (Psychology Today)
Managing Anxiety and Stress (CDC)
Keeping Your Distance to Stay Safe (APA)
Seven crucial research findings that can help people deal with COVID-19 (APA)
How to keep coronavirus fears from affecting your mental health (CNN Health)
A Brain Hack to Break the Coronavirus Anxiety Cycle (NY Times)
Welcome to Marriage During the Coronavirus (NY Times)
Esther Perel's Advice for Couples Under Lockdown (The CUT)
What To Do If Your Family Or Friends Aren't Taking Coronavirus Seriously (Huff Post)
How To Stay Calm And Productive While At Home During The Coronavirus Outbreak (Elle)
Living with worry and anxiety amidst global uncertainty (Psychologytools.com)
What is anxiety?
Everyone experiences anxiety now and again. Challenging situations naturally trigger fight-or-flight responses, such as rapid heartbeat, sweaty hands, cool extremities, and increased alertness. However, anxiety disorders cause more intense emotional and psychological discomfort. Sufferers feel helpless, and instead of coping and resolving tension naturally, they feel overwhelmed and think the worst possible things will happen. Anxiety is the largest mental health problem in the US.
What are the symptoms of anxiety disorder?
What causes anxiety disorder?
Anxiety disorder is frequently triggered by a sudden crisis or troubling event. Otherwise, the disorder may be caused by a more permanent aspect of life, such as:
What's the difference between everyday nerves and anxiety disorder?
Everyone experiences a little anxiety in stressful situations, like a first date, class presentation, or job interview. Such nerve-racking situations can cause sweaty palms, butterflies in the stomach, rapid heartbeat, and blushing. However, there is good reason for this nervousness which passes without serious physical or psychological consequences. Anxiety disorder, on the other hand, is a medical disorder that strikes without warning and can hinder daily activities. People who suffer anxiety disorder feel inexplicably overwhelmed by fear and physical distress. Efforts to reduce these symptoms often disrupt daily routines, and personal and business relationships.
What are the different types of anxiety disorders?
How is anxiety treated?
What should I do if I have a panic attack?
Will anxiety disorders get worse if left untreated?
Unfortunately, yes. People who suffer from anxiety disorders often begin to fear panic attacks themselves, resulting in agoraphobia. Agoraphobics avoid situations they believe trigger panic attacks and from which escape would be difficult or embarrassing. This leads to an increasingly restricted life. For example, a person may refuse to go grocery shopping because she had a panic attack in the supermarket. Without treatment patients may enter a vicious cycle of increasing fear.
Why is it important to reduce stress?
Stress is the body's natural response to challenging situations, causing muscles to tense and the mind to be more alert. The burst of adrenaline gives you energy to meet your goals. However, if stress does not subside and continues to upset your daily life, the effects can be serious. You may experience problems eating or sleeping, headaches, neck aches, backaches, increased use of alcohol and/or other drugs, upset stomach, fatigue, poor concentration, nightmares, and frustration. Stress affects many bodily functions, especially your immune system. Excessive stress is believed to be a factor in illnesses ranging from colds and flu to heart disease.
Methods to reduce stress:
From Princeton University, by permission: princeton.edu/uhs
What is depression?
It's normal to feel sad at times, but clinical depression is a serious disorder requiring treatment. You can't just "snap out of" clinical depression – it's an illness, not a sign of weakness. Depression is associated with reduced levels of the neurotransmitter serotonin, impairing the body's ability to respond quickly to external situations. In other words, your brain cannot respond appropriately to information from the external world that unceasingly bombards the senses. Fortunately, antidepressant medication can restore chemical balance in the brain by raising the level of serotonin. Tackling the root of depression through medication and counseling is important for the well-being of the whole person. In fact, depression not only causes emotional changes, but also affects behavior, physical health and appearance, academic performance, social activity and the ability to handle everyday situations. Women are twice as likely as men to suffer depression.
What causes depression?
Not all causes of depression are known, but scientists generally agree that certain biological and environmental factors increase the likelihood of depression. Studies have shown that individuals with depressed family members are more likely to develop the disorder. Biological factors include personality traits, chemical imbalances in the brain, and changing hormone levels. You are more likely to suffer depression if you are pessimistic, have poor coping skills, or have low self-esteem.
Elements of your environment that may contribute to depression are difficult life events, such as divorce of your parents or death of a loved one, physical illness, and lack of support from friends and family. Although behavior patterns are usually a result of genetics and environment, they too can be considered causes of depression. Such behavior includes abusing alcohol or drugs and holding unrealistic expectations.
What are the symptoms of depression?
If you experience symptoms of depression for more than two weeks it's very important to seek help.
What is Bipolar Disorder?
Bipolar disorder is characterized by extreme changes in mood, thought, energy and behavior. It is more than just mood swings. Severe emotional changes can last for hours to months. Unlike people who suffer clinical depression, people with bipolar disorder experience "highs" distinguished by periods of mania, which are intense bursts of energy or euphoria. In such a manic state, patients usually experience extreme optimism, self-confidence, aggression, and grandiose delusions. Thoughts race through their minds and they feel little need for sleep. They exhibit poor judgment, short attention spans, and risky behavior. Bipolar disorder usually appears during adolescence, but people of all ages can suffer from the disorder. Research has found that bipolar disorder affects an equal number of men and women, and it's found in all races, ethnic groups and social classes. Like clinical depression, bipolar disorder often runs in families.
What is Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)?
Seasonal affective disorder is a form of depression that affects people during part of the year when they aren't exposed to much daylight. A lack of light disturbs the neurotransmitter systems. Similar to other types of depression, SAD causes changed sleeping and eating patterns, loss of interest in sex, social withdrawal, pessimism, and inability to concentrate. Students who suffer SAD may notice a drop in grades during the winter. Therapy and medication used to treat ordinary depression works for SAD, but the most effective treatment plans address the root of the disorder by exposing the eyes to certain wavelengths of light.
What is the treatment for depression?
The most common and effective means for treatment is a combination of psychotherapy and medication. A good therapist can help you modify behavioral and emotional patterns that contribute to your illness. Medication improves your ability to cope with life's problems and restores your sense of judgment. Some patients fear that using drugs will change their personality, but most people who take antidepressants find relief and "feel like themselves" again.
What can I do to relieve feelings of depression?
Many find exercise helpful in relieving depression. Others find help through laughter, perhaps from a funny movie, and spending time with people they like. Avoid pessimists who worry excessively. Participate in activities you enjoy, write a journal, and keep pictures of your favorite people with you. Bear in mind that clinical depression requires professional treatment, and these self-help tips may have limited effect on your mood if you suffer a chemical imbalance in the brain.
How can I help a friend who may be depressed?
Having support from friends and family is essential for individuals suffering depression. Remember that you aren't responsible for your friend's depression, but you can help alleviate the symptoms. Show you care and want to find help for your friend. However, be careful not to be overbearing and controlling – your most important role is as a listener. As you listen to your friend, be supportive – don't deny or minimize your friend's pain. Be honest that your friend's behavior worries you because it's not a trivial problem, but remind him or her that depression is a highly treatable disorder that affects many people. When discussing the subject, stay calm and withdraw if you start getting frustrated by your friend's denial or lack of change.
Becoming a new parent is a life-changing, exhilarating and joyous experience. It is also likely to be challenging and exhausting at times, even under the best of circumstances.
Juggling parenting and graduate school brings its own unique challenges. Student parents, or parents-to-be, often wonder how they will be able to continue their studies, stay on track to complete their degrees, and support themselves and their new family in the process. They wonder whether faculty and advisors will be supportive of their dual roles, whether single friends will drop away, and whether family will be able to offer help. They wonder whether they will resent their schoolwork because it takes precious time away from the baby, or whether they will resent the baby because they are interfering with their studies. They wonder if anyone else can understand their concerns and has had this experience.
The answer to the last two questions is a resounding yes. If you are a graduate student parent, you may be in the minority but you are definitely not alone. Roughly 26% of doctoral students nation-wide become parents during their graduate school years. Most graduate students are pursuing their degree during at least part of their child-bearing years, and some face important decisions about becoming a parent during these years. Those who do become parents can experience both the pros and cons of having a child while in graduate school.
On the plus side, graduate school does offer potentially flexible time arrangements that don't exist in a 9-5 job. You may have the option of taking a leave of absence, or modifying your course load. You have some control over when qualifying exams are scheduled. If you hold adjunct teaching positions, you may be able to adjust your teaching schedule (although this must also be balanced with the need to earn income). If you have finished your courses and are working on a proposal or dissertation, you may have maximum time flexibility. In a two-parent household, your partner's type of employment, work schedule and earning capacity obviously play a role in determining the freedom you can both have in taking time off for the baby.
On the down side, there may be significant financial pressure if you need to take time off from school and/or teaching and there is no paid maternity leave available. It is easier to carve out time for your studies if you can pay for childcare, but if you are providing all the child care yourself, then it may seem close to impossible to do work while caring for the baby at the same time. You may have the fear that if you slow down, you will simply sputter to a halt and never finish, joining the dreaded ranks of ABD's in adjunct purgatory. You may feel that your working partner or spouse does not understand the pressures you are facing, seeing only the positive side of having time with the baby and a flexible schedule.
While these challenges exist, there are ways to ease the burden and maximize your ability to succeed in graduate school with baby in tow. Here are a few suggestions:
1. Ask for help
Evaluate your extended family situation and determine whether grandparents or other family members are able to offer concrete help. Sometimes grandparents welcome being an active participant in the baby's care. If a family member is able and willing to provide some babysitting, be clear with them about the agreed-upon schedule. For example, if they offer to help out on Tuesdays, make sure there is a specific and regular time frame during which they are responsible for the baby. Make sure they understand that you are counting on them for this period of time. If you find that it's not working for either party, be open and direct about it and renegotiate a new schedule. If you are using that time to work on papers or a dissertation, you may find that you need to leave the house and go to the library or other work space. Otherwise, you may end up interacting with the baby or becoming distracted with household tasks.
If family members are not available to help, you may locate or start a parent group in your neighborhood. Pediatricians' offices often provide a wealth of information about childcare options, and may be a good starting point for finding or creating such a group. A few families can get together and share childcare responsibilities. While this option may be less than completely reliable when baby gets sick or other unexpected circumstances arise, it also offers the potential for mutual support and companionship for the new parents.
Day care provides another option. There is a range of day care possibilities, from part-time to full -time, in centers or private homes. If you choose to explore day care, seek out recommendations, visit the sites, check their credentials and make sure you are comfortable with the environment. When you find a day care situation you feel good about, you can leave your baby there knowing she will be well cared for during your absence. Babies can benefit from and enjoy the contact with each other, assuming they are also getting enough of the individual attention they need.
If you can afford it, hiring a private babysitter or nanny is always an option. Sometimes families get together to share a private babysitter in order to manage costs. Once again, check references, interview the potential caregivers and make sure you are comfortable with the help you are hiring. A responsible and caring babysitter can become an important part of your family, and can come to love your baby and provide much nurturing. The baby benefits from having another adult in his/her life, and also benefits from having parents who are less stressed and can provide quality time when they are there.
2. Be realistic about your goals
Parents-to-be may plan out their work and childcare schedules in advance, only to find that it all goes out the window when the baby is actually here. There is no way to know ahead of time what caring for your baby will really be like. It's good to have a plan for how responsibilities will be handled, but it is also good to be flexible and willing to reconfigure that plan if you need to. Some things, like whether you will be taking a leave of absence from a work situation, must of course be arranged in advance. Other things, like how much time during the day you will devote to writing your dissertation proposal, may be revised (in either direction). It can be helpful to keep in mind that infancy doesn't last forever, that these are precious times to enjoy together with your baby as much as you are able, and that his needs will change and some will lessen as time goes on.
If you have the expectation that you will write for two hours in the morning while the baby naps, you may find that his nap schedule is not so predictable and that those two hours were spent trying to feed him or soothe him to sleep. Or you may find that when the baby does sleep you are too exhausted to write, and need that time to catch up on sleep yourself. On the other hand, the baby may fall into an easy schedule which allows you to use those bits and pieces of time productively. Some babies are better at entertaining themselves than others. One baby may coo at a mobile or other toy contentedly for an hour while you work, while another baby may fuss and want to be held. These are temperamental differences and not a reflection on your skills as a parent. When you have a good sense of your baby's temperament and schedule, you will be better able to set realistic goals about how to manage your time. When the schedule changes because baby is growing older and his needs and capacities are changing, you can revise your goals accordingly.
3. Communicate with your department and/or advisor
Make sure your department, and especially your advisor, knows what is happening in your life. Be open with them about your plans and how they will affect your work schedule and time frame for completing your studies. Your advisors may be parents themselves, or they may have worked with other students who have become parents while in school. In any case, they should provide understanding and support, and be willing to brainstorm with you to figure out a workable plan moving forward. If you find that your advisor is unsupportive for any reason, find someone else in your department to talk to, and/or consider changing advisors.
4. Remember that children are resilient
Some new parents love spending time with their baby, but also love being able to put on normal clothes, get out of the house and regain their other identity as a student, teacher or other professional. When they come home, they feel good about their accomplishments for the day and enjoy reconnecting with the baby and being together.
But many people struggle with mixed feelings about this balancing act. You may feel guilty about the desire to leave the baby and go to work. Or you may feel the pain and/or guilt of separation when you are away from the baby, and wish you could be with her all the time. These feelings can plague you on both sides, leaving you more stressed than you would like. It can be helpful to remember that there is no single right way to raise a child. Some parents stay home full time, others work full time and others do something in between. Healthy, happy and secure children exist in all of these households. It really is the nature and quality of your relationship with your baby or child that is most important. Children are remarkably resilient and adapt to a wide variety of situations. They can be resilient when they feel loved, when there is a predictable routine and rhythm in the household, and when their parents are reasonably secure in their own ability to care for them.
5. You are not alone
It is worth repeating that there are others out there who face the same challenges. Seeking out support is key in managing this time in your life. Sharing the experience with other new parents can be comforting, fun and enjoyable. It can provide social time for both parent and baby, and a chance to swap information, commiserate (and laugh) about the inevitable frustrations and mishaps, and also share the joy of this time in your life. Whether you connect with other families informally or through a group, this can be a very positive part of your life as a new family.
In addition, there are other sources of help. Your pediatrician's office is a great source for information sharing and networking among new parents. Neighborhood parks and playgrounds are ready-made meeting places. Local Y's and community centers often offer various kinds of parenting events and information.
Here at the Graduate Center, the Wellness Center offers Parenting workshops in the fall and spring semesters (see our Workshop page for the schedule). We are also available to meet with you individually if you feel it would be helpful to talk to a counselor about your concerns. Feel free to stop by the Wellness Center office, Room 6422 to fill out a Request for Services form.
What is Procrastination?
Procrastination is the avoidance of doing a task which needs to be accomplished. This can lead to feelings of guilt, inadequacy, depression and self-doubt. Procrastination has a high potential for painful consequences. It interferes with the academic and personal success of students.
Why do Students Procrastinate?
• Poor Time Management. Procrastination means not managing time wisely. You may be uncertain of your priorities, goals and objectives. You may also be overwhelmed with the task. As a result, you keep putting off your academic assignments for a later date, or spending a great deal of time with your friends and social activities, or worrying about your upcoming examination, class project and papers rather than completing them.
• Difficulty Concentrating. When you sit at your desk you find yourself daydreaming, staring into space, ruminating about your relationship, family conflicts, etc. instead of doing the task. Your environment is distracting and noisy. You keep interrupting yourself for snacks, breaks, etc. Your desk is cluttered and unorganized and sometimes you sit/lay on your bed to study or do your assignments. You probably notice that all of the examples you have just read promote time wasting and frustration.
• Fear and Anxiety. You may be overwhelmed with the task and afraid that your work will not be good enough. As a result, you spend a great deal of time worrying about your upcoming exams, papers and projects, rather than completing them.
• Negative Beliefs such as; "I cannot succeed in anything" and "I lack the necessary skills to perform the task" may allow you to stop yourself from getting work done.
• Personal problems. For example, financial difficulties, problems with your romantic partner, etc.
• Finding the Task Boring.
• Unrealistic Expectations and Perfectionism. You may believe that you MUST read everything ever written on a subject before you can begin to write your paper or thesis. You may think that you haven't done the best you possibly could do, so it's not good enough to hand in.
• Fear of Failure. You may think that if your work is not superlative, you are failure. Or that if you fail an exam, you, as a person, are a failure, rather than that you are a perfectly ok person who has failed an exam.
How to Overcome Procrastination
• Recognize self-defeating problems such as; fear and anxiety, difficulty concentrating, poor time management, indecisiveness and perfectionism.
• Identify your own goals, strengths and weaknesses, values and priorities.
• Compare your actions with the values you feel you have. Are your values consistent with your actions?
• Discipline yourself to use time wisely: Set priorities.
• Study in small blocks instead of long time periods. For example, you will accomplish more if you study/work in 60 minute blocks and take frequent 10 minute breaks in between, than if you study/work for 2-3 hours straight, with no breaks. Reward yourself after you complete a task.
• Motivate yourself to study: Dwell on success, not on failure. Try to study in small groups. Break large assignments into small tasks. Keep a reminder schedule and checklist.
• There's no such thing as time management! So why should you read the rest of this handout? Because there is such a thing as self management and that's the key to making time your ally rather than your enemy.
• There are only 24 hours in your day, just the same as everybody else's. So how do you end up frustrated, angry, behind in your work, and dead on your feet? Maybe because you are not sure how to use those 24 hours to your advantage.
Step #1
If using your time wisely is a problem for you, you probably have the sense that you're not sure where it all goes. It just seems to go! A good place to start, then, is to keep track of how you use your time. Find or make a weekly schedule and faithfully keep track of how you use your waking hours for one week. The results will probably surprise you.
Step #2
The next step is to take several more of these weekly schedules and do some planning. You'll discover, among other things, that if you get seven hours sleep a night, you have 119 hours per week to do everything you need to do. That, of course, includes going to class, studying, work or teaching, eating, social activities, family responsibilities, personal hygiene, exercise, time-in-transit, etc. Be sure to schedule time for all these in your 119 hours. Then try sticking to your schedule for a week. This should give you a good idea of where your real priorities are!
If you have trouble, chances are there's a culprit lurking somewhere, dodging your every move. Chances are this culprit's name is Procrastination. Procrastination masquerades in a million disguises. Among the more common of these are:
o "One more day won't make any difference; I'll just put that off until tomorrow."
o "It won't matter if I'm a few minutes late; no one else will be on time."
o "I can't start on this paper until I know just how I want the first paragraph to read."
o "I work best under pressure."
o "I'll watch just 15 more minutes of TV."
o Fill in the blank:"____________________."
• Learn to say NO once your priorities are set. Turning down an invitation doesn't mean you'll never be asked to do something again. Weigh the consequences. Making a decision based on what you know is best for you at the time leads to greater respect from your friends and colleagues.
• Stay away from the phone when you're trying to get work done. Turn off your cell phone or pager. If it's really important, they'll call back.
• Stay away from email and instant messaging and internet browsing. Limit how often you check these things.
Schedule / Plan Ahead
• Use a monthly calendar to help you allocate your study time on the weekly schedule. At the beginning of each semester, spend an hour with your calendar to enter all important dates. As you receive course syllabi, enter the dates for papers, projects, exams, etc. on your calendar. Then estimate the time needed to prepare for each of these. The rule-of-thumb is "plan ahead by working backwards."
• By counting backwards like this, you'll be surprised how well you're using your time and how much better your result will be when you're not under pressure. And, by being honest with yourself and taking account of all your priorities, you'll be able to include social and relaxation time and not feel guilty.
• At the start of each week, transfer important items from your calendar to your weekly schedule. This helps you to avoid things that might otherwise sneak up on you.
• An alternative to a paper calendar is to use an electronic calendar. You could use the one on your computer (e.g., Microsoft Outlook), phone or other electronic device. Set alarms to remind you when to do things.
• Be sure to schedule time for your fitness routine and for study breaks. Your brain works best when it has sufficient oxygen. Your concentration is enhanced when you go hard at a task until you feel yourself fading. Then Break! A good rule-of-thumb is to work for 45 minutes and then break for 15. But watch yourself! More than 15 minutes is more than a break!
Suggestions such as these don't lead to enslavement by a calendar. It may sound awful, especially if you're a skilled time mismanager. But it actually leads to a greater sense of freedom and accomplishment because you're in control. That's all self-management is--managing your life more effectively. By following these suggestions, you'll be happier, more satisfied, and more productive. Try it--you'll like it!
• One last thing: WEAR A WATCH!
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When you experience or witness an event that is traumatic for you, you may feel intense fear, helplessness, terror, or horror or you may find yourself just feeling numb (not feeling anything). Sometimes, you may not realize that you have been traumatized. You may be in shock or unaware of the impact of the event.
During the days or months following the trauma, you may find yourself re-experiencing the event--in dreams, feelings, daydreams and/or other conscious thoughts--or trying to avoid any setting that may remind you of the trauma. You may feel detached from those around you. You may have difficulty sleeping or find yourself sleeping much more than usual. You may have trouble concentrating--keeping your mind on what you are doing. You may feel unusually fatigued, anxious, sad or depressed.
Some Useful Strategies for Dealing with Your Reactions
First, recognize that you have been exposed to a traumatic event and that it is bound to affect you in some way. Remember that there is no right or wrong way to think or feel about the traumatic event. Any reaction you have is valid. Be accepting of your own feelings and reactions as well as those of others. Different people may react in very different ways.
Talking to others about the event can be very helpful. Tell sympathetic family or friends about your experience. Don't feel over-responsible: Try to understand what your limitations were at the time of the event. People tend to feel that they should have reacted differently or done something to prevent or to lessen the impact of the incident. Be aware that in traumatic situations, most people react in the best way that they can based on their ability and their awareness at that exact moment in time.
Sometimes the trauma has affected your friends and family, and they may not be able to help you or even listen to you. In fact, they may also need someone to talk to.
Counseling Can Be Helpful
Take advantage of individual and group counseling services available to you. Counseling can help you make sense of your experience--to understand how the trauma has affected you and to understand your feelings and reactions to it.
From Brooklyn College, by permission: pc.brooklyn.cuny.edu
All of us experience the death of a loved one or friend at some point in our lives, and each of us is affected by that death. Our individual reactions may differ. After the death of a loved one or friend, a normal process of grieving takes place. Often grieving takes place in stages. Different emotions are experienced during different stages of this process. The stages of grieving are different for each person. Some of the emotions that can be part of this grieving process are:
Not everyone experiences the same feelings or stages, nor with the same intensity. There is no one "right way," no necessary order to stages, nor is there a correct time period for this process. Grieving may progress over a period of two years or even longer, depending on many individual factors, such as depth and length of relationship with the loved one or friend.
Some people may experience disbelief at hearing about the death of their loved one. They may believe that the person should not have died. They may have difficulty imagining life without that person. "They were too young." "They were too good." "They were too healthy. "I can't survive without him/her." All of these are common reactions.
Many people have a need for religious services and other rituals which promote the grieving process, provide social support and allow a death to be validated. These rituals provide a time for family and friends to support each other and to say goodbye to the deceased person. Different cultural or religious traditions have different rituals. Examples of these rituals include holding a wake where the body is displayed or sitting Shiva in which the family is given comfort through home visitations by friends. Some people display a picture of the deceased in their home, perhaps surrounded by candles and flowers. Other examples include holding a memorial service, writing in a journal, visiting the grave site. All of these can help healing.
It is very beneficial to have support when experiencing a loss. A bereavement support group can share information of all kinds, from legal issues, to the simple knowledge that other people have similar feelings, to a different perspective on your experience.


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The Myth of the High Rate of Divorce
A few years ago, my wife and I celebrated our 25th anniversary. It is the second marriage for both of us and the relationship has only grown stronger over the years, teaching me more about love and trust and dependence then I ever imagined.
Reaching this special "silver moment" spurred me to look around and think about the number of friends we have who also have great second marriages and led me to question the alleged statistic that more than 60 percent of second marriages end in divorce. I also thought about how many friends we have who are still in their original marriages and appear to be very happy. Thus, I decided it was time to do some research on divorce rates.
In the process of preparing for this article, I learned what I had long suspected. The commonly quoted numbers are overstated myths, the more accurate numbers reflect complex factors, and that our society really has two very separate divorce rates, a lower rate (by half) for college-educated women who marry after the age of 25 and a much higher rate for poor, primarily minority women who marry before the age of 25 and do not have a college degree. (Most of the research focused on women; the little I read about men suggested similar outcomes.)
The Statistics
A false conclusion in the 1970s that half of all first marriages ended in divorce was based on the simple but completely wrong analysis of the marriage and divorce rates per 1,000 people in the United States. A similar abuse of statistical analysis led to the conclusion that 60 percent of all second marriages ended in divorce.
These errors have had a profound impact on attitudes about marriage in our society and it is a terrible injustice that there wasn't more of an effort to get accurate data (essentially only obtainable by following a significant number of couples over time and measuring the outcomes) or that newer, more accurate and optimistic data isn't being heavily reported in the media.
It is now clear that the divorce rate in first marriages probably peaked at about 40 percent for first marriages around 1980 and has been declining since to about 30 percent in the early 2000s. This is a dramatic difference. Rather than viewing marriage as a 50-50 shot in the dark it can be viewed as having a 70 percent likelihood of succeeding. But even to use that kind of generalization, i.e., one simple statistic for all marriages, grossly distorts what is actually going on.
The key is that the research shows that starting in the 1980s education, specifically a college degree for women, began to create a substantial divergence in marital outcomes, with the divorce rate for college-educated women dropping to about 20 percent, half the rate for non-college educated women. Even this is more complex, since the non-college educated women marry younger and are poorer than their college grad peers. These two factors, age at marriage and income level, have strong relationships to divorce rates; the older the partners and the higher the income, the more likely the couple stays married. Obviously, getting a college degree is reflected in both these factors.
Thus, we reach an even more dramatic conclusion: That for college educated women who marry after the age of 25 and have established an independent source of income, the divorce rate is only 20 percent!

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Whooping cough cases climb in Texas
Texas health officials say the number of people sick with whooping cough statewide is on track to reach the highest level in more than 50 years.
The Texas Department of State Health Services on Tuesday urged people to make sure they are vaccinated against the highly contagious disease that causes a severe cough.
There have been almost 2,000 cases reported so far this year, with the annual total likely to surpass the recent high of 3,358 cases in 2009. Two infants have died from whooping cough this year. Both were too young to be vaccinated.
Whooping cough spreads easily through the air when an infected person breathes, coughs or sneezes. While infants are most at risk, people of all ages can get whooping cough.


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Labor Economics: An Austrian Perspective
The minimum wage was a hot topic in the 2016 presidential campaign. By law, on January 1, 2017, the first group of Seattle workers reached $15 per hour with an average of $11 per hour in the rest of the state. Proponents in Washington and across the country claim that the increase will reduce poverty and income inequality, and finally allow workers to afford housing and everyday essentials. This is in spite of the accepted economic principle that wages are a result of the marginal productivity of the worker, not housing costs and disparity in incomes. Is this social interference economically sustainable?
In "Labor Economics: An Austrian Perspective," you'll get a clear, unpoliticized, understanding of what is being exchanged in labor contracts and where labor derives its value. In lectures by Peter Klein, Mark Thornton, Walter Block, and Ben Powell, you'll learn about guiding principles for entrepreneurs' hiring decisions, the pernicious effects of minimum wage laws and other labor market interventions, and why "sweatshops" are the best available option for many workers.
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Top 2013 scams report: new trends in telemarketing fraud, credit cards, and more
As posted on January 23, 2014 on fraud.org
Worry about consumers' vulnerability to fraud attacks has never been so great, with new headlines about the growing millions of Americans whose personal information has been stolen appearing every day. With fraud vulnerability on the minds of many, the experts at the National Consumers League are releasing a report about scam trends from 2013—some good, some bad, and with new warnings for avoiding fraud.
New trend: Fraudulent telemarketers a top concern
For years, the most frequent way that consumers reported coming into contact with scammers was via websites or email. In 2013, however, the most frequent way that scammers approached consumers was over the telephone. More than 36% of complaints to Fraud.org indicated that the phone was the initial method of contact, up from just over a quarter of complaints in 2012.
Fraud on the rise: Refund and recovery scams
Losing money to a scammer is bad enough. Unfortunately, consumers who fall victim to con artists often find their way on to lead lists that scammers buy, sell and trade amongst themselves. Scammers using the "refund and recovery" fraud will pitch victims through phone calls and direct mail claiming that can recover their lost money. The catch is that the victims need to pay a fee to "recover" the losses. In fact, the pitch is just another scam designed to get even more money from victims. In 2013, this scam was the fastest-growing type of non-Internet scam reported to NCL's Fraud.org campaign.
Top scams continue to thrive: Fake Check Fraud, Bogus Internet Merchandise and Sweepstakes Scams
Nearly three quarters of all complaints to Fraud.org in 2013 fell into just three categories – Fake Check Scams (24.23%), Internet Merchandise Scams (23.04%) and Fake Prizes/Sweepstakes (22.76%). Fake check scams remained the top complaint in 2013, but scammers appear to be increasingly relying on bogus Internet merchandise and bogus sweepstakes (such as the infamous Jamaican lottery scam) to defraud consumers.
Good news: Credit cards a more frequent payment method
In general, talking about increases in fraud trends isn't usually a good thing. This trend, however, is a good sign. Credit card transactions are generally the safest way to pay due to consumers' ability to dispute charges that turn out to be fraudulent and be made whole by their credit card company. In the past, fraudsters have typically preferred wire transfer services. However, consumer reports to Fraud.org indicate that scammers are increasingly getting paid via credit card transactions. In 2012, payment via credit card was reported in just over 18% of complaints. In 2013, credit card payment jumped to more than a third of complaints (34.76%).


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Last week Mech Warfare Veteran Upgrayd came to Trossen Robotics to solder a batch of the new Mech Warfare transponder boards (You can see a video of him soldering the first batch of boards here.) In no time flat he had the boards built and ready to get sent out.
This year Mech Warfare is using a new custom built score keeping system – the MWScore System. Designed by Upgrayd, the MWScore System is completely open source (the MWScore Server, the transponder PCB files, and the transponder firmware are available for download here.)
The transponder interfaces with several force sensing resistors to register hits against the mech. These hit are reported to the MWScore Server via an Xbee connection, and displayed on the central server. The hit also triggers the new LED sub-board, that will flash 4-ultarbirght LEDs whenever a hit is registered. More details about the system are available at the MWScore site and this TRC forum post
Here's a video of the scoring system in action.
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The following message was sent by Dr. Tom Marsh (Dept. of Physics, University of Warwick) to the AAVSO Discussion Group on Wed., Aug. 15, 2001:
Dear Observers,
July 26, 2013
Carey Chiselbrook (CCY; Georgia, United States) reports via the AAVSO Forums that the WZ Sge-type variable UZ Bootis is in outburst. It was observed visually at magnitude 12.8 on 2013 Jul 26 02:00 UT (JD 2456499.58194). The outburst was confirmed by Walter MacDonald (MDW; Ontario, Canada) imaged the field and found UZ Boo at V=12.69 03:25 UT (JD 2456499.6394). Observations of UZ Bootis -- both visual estimates and CCD time series -- are encouraged throughout the outburst.
August 25, 2012: Dr. Nikolaus Vogt (Universidad de Valparaiso, Chile) has requested photometry and spectroscopy of the novalike (VY Scl subtype) cataclysmic variable TT Ari in support of upcoming observations with the Canadian Microvariability and Oscillations of Stars (MOST) satellite.
October 25, 2011
Event: Outburst of the UGWZ Candidate BW Scl


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Thursday, 2 December 2010
Baby It's Warm Inside
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hi hen, lucky you!! your quilt is fab and snuggly, no wonder you already have a taker for it! I'm stuck in the York shop,third day now! Sue has opened the whitby shop her neighbour got her there by tractor!!! jennyxReplyDelete
Love the pics - you all look so snuggly and warm even though it's so cold outside. Stay safe and warm xxReplyDelete
I think that Flo and I may follow Munchkins lead this afternoon......zzzzzzzReplyDelete
It all looks so pretty doesn't it?ReplyDelete
The kitties & Munchkin look very cosy & happy.
We are in just about the only small snow-free pocket in the UK! It's cold but no snow....yet!
Aww what a lovely post. Bless your cats what are they like loving to be in on the act ;-) Their gorg by the way and so is your lovely quilt and i have to say i love the look of your sewing room and the rows of fabric i could see with a lovely view. We had 2 inchs of snow this morning so it was a fun walk to work and school, its the biting wind that gets you though. Take care Dee xReplyDelete
We've got similar levels of snow in West Yorkshire - and similarly snuggly cats. I'm somewhat glad to see I'm not the only one who has to deal with furry sewing "helpers"!ReplyDelete
The quilt looks gorgeous ! love the pictures especially of your cats !One bunch of happy warm cosy cats !ReplyDelete
How lovely and cosy and snuggly. xReplyDelete
Bella,like your furry friends,is spending most of the day curled up...on the sofa no less! Your garden looks much like ours.I think we must have a foot of snow on the roof of the summer house now..and it's still falling.ReplyDelete
Keep warm and cosy under your gorgeous quilts! :o)
Your quilt is lovely. I have been working on one now for ~ahem~ a year and a half. Can't seem to find the time to sit and finish it! LOL!!!ReplyDelete
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It was lovely to see you, Mr H and Munchkin at the fair on Sunday. So glad the snow didn't appear then. Love the photo of Charlie Boy, his face says it all! My 2 cats haven't known what to do with themselves today and kept pacing up and down my desk then on to the window to watch the birds feeding. Miss P's school was shut too today much to her delight!
Isabelle x
Gosh, I must have been a cat in another life...I'm exactly like your Vorey. Cold and wet? thanks, but no thanks. I too have been staying in the last couple of days.ReplyDelete
And wow! you have an actual juke box?! How wonderful must it be...
I have the same problem with furry friends interupting crafty pursuits. Your quilt looks lovely great for snuggly under in the cold.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous2 December 2010 at 20:45
I could look at your pictures all day! Your cats are just all so adorable, wonderfully cute and cuddly. So funny (but I'm sure annoying for you!) to see them all over your quilts and sewing; isn't that cats all over though? I'm with you on the snow - looks so pretty but I would rather be indoors. Lucky Munchkin having a day off - even luckier if there is no school tomorrow!ReplyDelete
Hey Hen, you have the loveliest view from your sewing room.ReplyDelete
Doubt I would get much done in it, I would just enjoy looking at the view.
Your quilt looks fab.
Sounds like the cold warm might be over between the furry fellows and their relationship is warming up.......
- Anonymous2 December 2010 at 20:56
Amazing - beautiful photos, I'm sure it is nicer to look at than to experience, however living in Australia where we never experience this, I am jealous.ReplyDelete
Love your quilt. Your cats look very happy...ReplyDelete
I just adore your kitty pictures! I posted one today as well. :o) Your quilt is gorgeous and your sweet little guy looks nice and cozy under it. :o)ReplyDelete
I hope you have had a nice week, keeping warm. :o)
Sincerely - Tricia
My cat is the same- every quilt is HIS from the moment I lay the fabric out to cut it!ReplyDelete
He will only sit on a lap that has a quilt/blanket on it- no fun in Summer, but this week,very good to have a large hot cat and blanket on the knees.
Hi Hen,ReplyDelete
Your quilt looks heavenly, beautiful fabrics you have used. ( No surprise there then!) Glad you are all snuggled in at home together,
Sarah x
Hi HenReplyDelete
Lovely pictures. We should all take tips from the cats, they ALWAYS know where the warmest places are!
Julie xxxxxxxxxx
Hen I love coming to visit at your house, I always feel snuggly and cared for, lol. Would you like to adopt me?ReplyDelete
It is perishing isn't it Hen? Keep warm and hjave a cosy weekend xReplyDelete
What better way to spend a snowy day! Enjoy the snow, here in Nova Scotia it is raining and above normal temps! So looking forward to winter...ReplyDelete
We all love a storm day to snuggle with the critters and a good book.
Love your blog, always feel like I'm visiting a friend.
Thanks for sharing.
Brr! :) The kitties look so cozy! We had a week of snow, and days off from school. It seems that home is twice as nice when snow is about. :)ReplyDelete
Oooh snuggley and VERY warm!ReplyDelete
hasn't the snow been magnificent?! It's so beautiful. And i love how it slows life down, which quite frankly is just what I need at the mo!ReplyDelete
Thanks for your comment, hen about editing on iphoto. Yes, I have discovered all those features, thank you, but the thing I find a real faff on the mac is resizing and having to export and import them again and not knowing which one is where! I would have thought there'd be an easier way, but apparently not!
My goodness! There is more snow in London than there is in the capital city of Canada. It is beautiful though...and perfect for putting a person in a Christmas fram of mind. I love the new calico quilt!ReplyDelete
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I have a CF-1KB barcode reader connected to an RS232 to PS/2 adaptor and a PS/2 to USB adaptor. I'm not sure how the device works so I'm trying to figure it out by looking at what information I'm getting from the device.
When connected to my computer, it gives me
[ 3673.610054] usb 4-1: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3
[ 3673.900448] input: Generic USB K/B as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.1/usb4/4-1/4-1:1.0/input/input16
[ 3673.900746] generic-usb 0003:13BA:0017.0003: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.10 Keyboard [Generic USB K/B] on usb-0000:00:1a.1-1/input0
[ 3673.916733] input: Generic USB K/B as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.1/usb4/4-1/4-1:1.1/input/input17
[ 3673.916890] generic-usb 0003:13BA:0017.0004: input,hidraw1: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [Generic USB K/B] on usb-0000:00:1a.1-1/input1
Output from
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sudo cat /dev/hidraw1 gives me either unreproducible gibberish each time I scan something or nothing at all.
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Welcome to the Old Field House Inn
At Old Field House we are a pajama comfortable, lodging where you can enjoy a couples getaway or with the whole family on the Intervale Resort Loop (Rte. 16A), in the heart of the White Mountains just 3 miles from North Conway Village Train Station. Yet the surroundings here are so quiet you would never imagine you're so conveniently located near major towns & attractions.
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From behind the pulp sci-fi name, Dave Pearce's Flying Saucer Attack enact a very English invasion, a benign takeover of the senses. The first to emerge into a haze of the 90s drone rock resurgence, FSA albums like Distance, Further and New Lands take the listener on a forlorn tour, a psychic drive that married Pearce's emotional landscapes with the hinterlands of his native West Country. Covering Cyril Tawney's Sally Free and Easy and Wire's Outdoor Miner in six string blizzards and namechecking Popul Vuh, Pearce drew together the loose threads of bygone psychedelic folk, Krautrock and post punk, the stitches in time of FSA's feedback fabric. Such timeslips were mirrored in the group's reverse logic: where most bands expand, FSA contracted, with early collaborators Rachel Brook and Matt Elliot taking flight to their Movietone and Third Eye Foundation projects. Whether others take tentative steps toward the technological imperative, Pearce swapped the PC's screen burn for the 4-track. An uplifting alloy of therapeutic noise and subliminal whispers, Flying Saucer Attack continue to reverberate long and loud amongst the sound-sensitives tuned into Pearce's alien frequencies.
This band shares a member with Crescent.
- Flying Saucer Attack re-issue Distance, Further and Chorus
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Discover Florence sitting comfortably on one of our mini-vans. We will visit Piazzale Michelangelo with its amazing view over the city before continuing to Fiesole, the wonderful town of Etruscan and Roman roots situated on a hilltop overlooking Florence. During the tour we will see lesser-known suburban areas which are hard to reach on foot, but of artistic and historic interest. Then we will head back to the centre of Florence, where we will see stunning sites enveloped in art and tradition while sitting on the comfortable mini-van: Fortezza da Basso, Piazza della Libertà, San Domenico Church, Fiesole, Piazzale Donatello, Piazza Cesare Beccaria, Piazzale Michelangelo, Santa Croce Church, Palazzo Medici Riccardi, Piazza San Marco and a lot more…
Train tickets; Travel by minivan with air conditioning; Breathtaking view of the city from Piazzale Michelangelo; See surrounding areas hard to reach on foot; Multilingual driving escort; Languages: English, Spanish, Italian, Russian*.
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Murphy begins year with clean slate, new focus
GOODYEAR, Ariz. -- Indians outfielder David Murphy has welcomed a change of scenery with open arms, given the kind of season he endured with the Rangers a year ago. The veteran also signed with Cleveland over the winter because of the team's position as a contender in the American League.
When Murphy looks around the Tribe's clubhouse, he is actually reminded of one of his former teams in Texas.
"The 2009 Rangers were in a position where they were starting to trend in the right direction," Murphy said. "I feel like that's what this organization did last year. They stepped out. They almost won the division and made the Wild Card game.
"They got a short taste of the postseason and I think there's a bunch of guys in here that believe now and are ready to take that next step."
This is when it is worth a reminder that the Rangers went to the World Series in both 2010 and 2011.
Murphy, 32, spent parts of seven seasons with Texas, hitting .275 with a .777 OPS and providing solid defense in the outfield. Last year, however, the left-handed hitter slumped to the tune of a .220 average (.656 OPS) in 142 games. It was a drastic drop-off from 2012, when Murphy hit .304 (.859 OPS) with 15 home runs and 61 RBIs in 147 games.
Over the offseason, Murphy hit the free-agent market and found a two-year, $12 million deal with the Indians.
"I think we're definitely buying in on the bounce-back," Indians manager Terry Francona said,
Murphy will take over as the primary right fielder for Cleveland, which traded Drew Stubbs (last year's right fielder) to the Rockies in December. One possibility is that the Indians will use Murphy mostly against right-handed pitching, while working in righty-swinging Ryan Raburn against lefties.
No matter how the playing time shakes out specifically, Murphy is looking forward to the fresh start.
"I'm really excited," Murphy said. "When the season ended last year, I remember talking to my wife, and obviously you never want the season to end, but that was the one positive. The slate is wiped clean. I get to focus on a new year and getting back to the old me."


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NEW ORLEANS - Grammy-winning R&B singer Fantasia has joined the growing list of musical acts set to perform for New Orleans Super Bowl weekend.
Sherri Shepherd, host of ABC's "The View," and Grammy-winning gospel musician Kirk Franklin, are organizing a gospel celebration with performances by Fantasia, Donnie McClurkin, Marvin Winans and New Orleans' Bishop Paul S. Morton.
The NFL-sanctioned event is in its 14th year and will be held at the UNO Lakefront Arena in New Orleans on Friday, Feb. 1.
The show also will include a performance by this year's NFL "Players' Choice" hip-hop Christian artist Lecrae, as well as the NFL Players Choir made up of about 40 current and former players.
The show will be taped before a live audience and syndicated for broadcast. Ticket prices start at $40.


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Delays in the passing of contentious federal budget measures through parliament appear to have boosted consumer confidence.
The Westpac Melbourne Institute Index of Consumer Sentiment has risen 5.9 per cent in the past three months, taking it to only 1.2 per cent below its pre-budget levels in April.
Westpac chief economist, Bill Evans, said most of the damage done to confidence by the federal budget in May has been repaired.
"Households have also probably been buoyed by resistance in the Senate to many of the unpopular budget measures," he said.
"It would seem that households are now assuming that some of these measures will eventually be moderated or abandoned."
The repeal of the carbon tax has also boosted consumer confidence, Evans said.
The consumer sentiment index rose by 3.8 per cent in August to 98.5 points, after hitting a two-year low in May.
The index has stayed below 100 points for five consecutive months, meaning there are more pessimists about the economy than optimists.
AMP chief economist, Shane Oliver, said improving consumer confidence should help boost retail spending in the second half of 2014.
"Overall, the continued recovery in consumer confidence adds to other indicators in suggesting that the fall in real retail sales in the June quarter is likely to be temporary," he said.
"However, with confidence still low and wages growth staying very weak there is absolutely no pressure from these numbers for the Reserve Bank of Australia to raise interest rates."
More recent consumer confidence data, from ANZ and Roy Morgan, has shown a fall in sentiment in the past two weeks, amid concerns over global tensions and higher unemployment.
Commonwealth Bank senior economist John Peters said weakness in the jobs markets was a key factor continuing to dampen consumer confidence.
The unemployment rate surprisingly shot up to 6.4 per cent in July, from six per cent the month before.
"The state of the jobs market is one of the key influences on consumer confidence," he said.
The Westpac-Melbourne Institute unemployment expectations index showed job security fears eased by three per cent in August, but the survey was conducted the week that the July employment data was released.


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NEW YORK — The San Jose Earthquakes' 3-1 victory (3-2 on aggregate) over the New York Red Bulls on Thursday night wasn't, as it turns out, quite as rare as Halley's Comet.
But that doesn't mean coming back from an aggregate deficit on the road is something we should all get used to. It won't happen a lot because mistakes — in preparation, in execution — like the ones the Red Bulls made don't happen a lot.
They do, however, happen sometimes. Thursday was one of those times.
The Formations
The Red Bulls eschewed the 4-5-1 manager Hans Backe has become so fond of for a more traditional 4-4-2, using the same lineup and formation that had led to a 1-0 win in San Jose at the weekend. This pushed Mehdi Ballouchy out wide to the left and pushed Joel Lindpere into a central pairing with Rafa Marquez.
Frank Yallop and the Quakes, after the weekend's ineffective performance, made a significant adjustment. The lineup card may have said "4-4-2," but the reality is that San Jose play a unique formation, one that defies comparison to any other team in the league.
[inline_node:322189]Chris Wondolowski is listed as a right midfielder, and he accepts the responsibility of that role on the defensive side of the ball. Offensively, however, Wondo isn't tasked with the typical responsibilities of a midfielder; instead he's simply an attacker who relentlessly gets to the back post
The Quakes make this happen with an ingenious formation. Ryan Johnson (or, later, Eduardo) is played as a bulldozer, dragging the opposing defense all over the field, creating space and time for his teammates, and generally thinking "pass first." Not exactly a traditional No. 9.
Bobby Convey and Geovanni are the playmakers. Scott Sealy plays central midfield in front of d-mid Sam Cronin, but he isn't asked to be a creator. He distributes, applies high pressure, presents himself as an outlet and crashes the near post on crosses. Ramiro Corrales, the left back, pushes into attack at every opportunity.
What ends up happening is a lopsided formation where as many as five Quakes combine on the left side, dragging the opposition out of shape in an effort to get Wondolowski isolated (or, as the case may be, totally unmarked) at the far post.
It works. MLS defenses have become ruthlessly efficient at shutting down traditional center forwards and traditional avenues of attack. The goals-per-game average in the league has dropped sharply over the past five years, and that's why.
So, someone needed to change the dynamics of the game. If central defenders are so good, do what you can to take them out of the equation.
The First Half
All that said, it was a bit shocking to see San Jose start the game by playing down the right flank and getting Wondolowski into 1-on-1 situations with New York's left back Roy Miller. Wondo is good in those situations — he easily got around Miller on his first foray — but it's not what was expected.
It was effective, though.
The Quakes struck paydirt in the 6th minute. Johnson and Wondolowski temporarily swapped spots, confusing New York just enough to give the big Jamaican time and space to serve in a near-perfect cross. Sealy's knock-down fell to the penalty spot, and Convey was able to side-foot it home unmolested.
WATCH: Convey opens scoring
Marquez, who should have been there to clear the danger, hadn't tracked Convey.
This was just the first example of poor execution on the part of the Red Bulls.
In the 45th minute it should have been 2-0 to San Jose. Geovanni won the ball at midfield and quickly played it into space for Johnson down the left-hand side. Sealy made a run to the near post. Wondolowski made a run to the far post.
Miller incredibly left Wondolowski unmarked, choosing instead to drift toward Sealy — who was already accounted for, being blanketed by Tim Ream.
In a stroke of good fortune for the Red Bulls, Johnson overhit his cross. If he hadn't, Wondolowski would have had an unmarked tap-in at the back post.
[inline_node:322659]The Second Half
Neither team changed tactics in the second half, even though Corrales had to go off for a hamstring strain. Convey simply dropped to left back, Johnson to left midfield and Eduardo came up to play the bulldozer role.
New York controlled most of the play for the first 25 minutes, generating multiple chances through Juan Agudelo. The rookie forward looked for all the world like a veteran rather than a guy with less than two full games of MLS experience.
But it was the Quakes that struck first, and again it came from that overloaded left side. It was less a "tactical" goal, though, than it was a moment of pure brilliance form Convey. He turned Ream — who'd been flawless to that point — and walked in on Bouna Coundoul before finishing, emphatically, over the keeper's shoulder.
WATCH: Convey doubles the score
It should be noted that, had Convey decided to cross, Wondolowski was alone at the far post.
The New York response wasn't long in coming. Agudelo slipped between the lines of midfield and defense, received a very nice ball from Miller, and found space in the box after shaking off Jason Hernandez. Convey didn't track Juan Pablo Ángel's back-post run, and the captain had the easiest of headed tap-ins to equalize on aggregate.
WATCH: Ángel responds
Minutes later Wondolowski finally found the chance he'd been searching for. The New York defense had been pushed back deep into its own end, so when the ball came to Convey — 40 yards out on the left side, totally unmarked — he had time to pick his spot.
He picked Wondolowski, who'd cut inside a sleeping Miller and had a free header from 12 yards out. 3-1 on the night, 3-2 aggregate.
WATCH: Wondo wraps it up
For New York, it just wasn't meant to be. Their inability to identify and account for San Jose's biggest threat brought their season to an early end.
Final Thoughts
Whoever San Jose play next will have to be better prepared than the Red Bulls were. The Quakes gameplan is unique to them, but it's something they've done consistently through the second half of the season. It shouldn't have come as a surprise.


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Fugitive National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden won't be getting a taste of Russian life quite as quickly as he'd expected.
After initial reports Wednesday that Mr. Snowden had received Russian government documents allowing him to leave Moscow's airport – where he has been holed up for the past month – came the news that unexplained bureaucratic entanglements would keep the US citizen in the airport's transit zone for at least another day.
The former spy agency contractor – wanted by the US for violating the Espionage Act by divulging the details of secret telephone and e-mail surveillance programs – is seeking temporary asylum status in Russia. Russian lawyers aiding Snowden had expected the government to issue Wednesday papers allowing Snowden to establish residence in Moscow while Russian authorities consider his asylum request. Officials say the asylum decision could take up to three months.
But whether at the airport or in Moscow, Snowden will remain an irritant in US-Russia relations – even though he seems unlikely to make public any more of the US government secrets he is thought to be carrying with him. Russian President Vladimir Putin earlier this month set a cessation of Snowden's leaking activities as a condition for him remaining in Russia.
If Snowden's stay in Moscow stretches into the fall, he would be in the Russian capital at the same time President Obama is scheduled to visit Moscow for a meeting with Mr. Putin. Mr. Obama is set to attend a G20 summit in St. Petersburg Sept. 5-6, and had accepted the Russian leader's invitation to add Moscow to his itinerary for a bilateral meeting.
But with Russia harboring Snowden, furious members of Congress are calling on Obama to demand a venue change for the G20 summit, to snub Putin's invitation to a bilateral summit meeting – and even to keep the US out of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
The White House has indicated that a G20 venue change and an Olympics no-show are not under consideration. But Obama could still decide to opt out of the sit-down with Putin, some US officials suggest – especially since Putin snubbed Obama's meeting of G8 leaders at Camp David last year.
Russia could also move more quickly on Snowden's request for temporary asylum – in which case the fugitive from US justice would have the legal status to make his way to one of the Latin American countries that has offered him permanent asylum. Quick action on Snowden's request seems all the more likely since Putin himself has indicated he prefers to see the young American bid Russia adieu.
But Snowden could still be in Russia for months to come, or even longer. A Russian lawyer who is helping Snowden with his asylum paperwork, Anatoly Kucherena, said earlier this week that Snowden has not ruled out seeking Russian citizenship.
That bit of news has some experts in US-Russia relations suggesting that Snowden might want to research the fates of other Americans fleeing the US justice system who have opted for life in Russia.
Over the past century, a few disillusioned labor leaders, soldiers, and spies fled the US for what was the Soviet Union – expecting a workers' paradise, but instead finding dismal living conditions and obscurity, historians say.
Perhaps the case closest to Snowden's was that of two young National Security Agency employees, William Martin and Bernon Mitchell, who in 1960 defected to the Soviet Union – chosen because it had no extradition agreement with the US – with the aim of revealing to the world details of America's global spying activities.
At first the two were treated like heroes, according to Villanova University political scientist David Barrett. There was a press conference at Moscow's Soviet Journalists Union, where the two whistleblowers announced that the US "gathers communications intelligence from almost all nations of the world," according to Professor Barrett, writing recently in The Washington Post.
Back in Washington, President Eisenhower called the two men "self-confessed" traitors, while Harry Truman said they "ought to be shot" – an expression Snowden himself used in a 2009 social media forum to describe what he thought should happen to leakers.
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Snow has begun falling in parts of southern England, prompting fears of ice and disruption in the Monday morning rush hour.
There was expected to be a covering of up to six cms (2.4ins) in some areas.
Paul Mott, a senior forecaster with MeteoGroup, the weather division of the Press Association, said: "We are starting to see some snow in the south Midlands and over the hills of Surrey.
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Sorry I haven't had a chance to write for a while. It's seems like it was just Christmas, and now here we are halfway through March and I'm wondering where on earth the time has flown. In between, Keith has had that horrible cold that's been going on that I've heard referred to as the "100 day cold", we've been to Victoria for the Vancouver Island Sewing show (and managed to hit their snow storm in doing it!), and now I'm just recovering from a slightly shorter version of the same cold. I can hardly wait for spring and some warm weather to arrive!
This spring, instead of printing a full catalogue, we've mailed a "Spring Update" to everyone on our mailing list. This 16 page catalogue supplement went in the mail a couple of weeks ago and is filled with the newest and greatest in our sewing and quilting industry. We've got lots of new embroidery, sewing and quilting gadgets, books and designs and I hope you like them as much as we do!
There never seems to be a dull moment around here. Today I'll be picking Simon Haskins up when he arrives from an event in Nanaimo and we'll be getting ready for his two-day embroidery event here. It's always great to see his new samples, and to learn the new techniques that he and his mother, Jenny Haskins have dreamed up in their studio in Australia.
We've also been busy with all the sewing machines we've been receiving lately. We now are carrying more brands of machines – Husqvarna, Bernina, Elna, and Babylock and so we now can serve our customers with almost all sewing machine brands, making us truly Your Sewing Machine Specialists! Since I love the sewing machine arts, it's great to be able to work with all the different brands. All our staff have been busy participating in training on our new Bernina sewing machines – our service department is being trained as I write!
As you can tell, my time lately has been somewhat limited so I don't have any huge sewing projects on the go right now. I've finished my Moulin Rouge quilt that took up a lot of my time, have a couple of projects that I started quite a while ago for my "Grandmother's Hope Chest", and have done some of that mundane sewing that it seems all seamstresses get asked for – hemming my son's baseball pants and sewing crests on the shirts for his ball team! Percolating around in my head though are several garment projects I'd like to start so when I write next, I'll include some photos and share some of my ideas.At the store, I am working on the current Hoopsister's Embroidered Block of the Month, GooseTracks, and I'm having a lot of fun doing it. We are running a full class in the in each store, and have had lots more interest so we'll probably start another session of classes soon. If you haven't looked at a Hoopsisters embroidered quilt project before, take a look! They're lots of fun to make, pieced, embroidered and quilted entirely in the hoop, and then trimmed and joined together with narrow sashing. The sashings are 1″ wide strips with both raw edges pressed into the centre like bias tape, and here is my favourite tip for these sashings: You'll be using yards and yards of them, depending on how large you make your quilt, and if you try pressing them all by hand, you'll burn your fingers for sure. The absolute easiest way to make them is with the Simplicity Bias Tape Machine. This has fast become one of my favourite tools as it is so fast and easy and the bias tape it makes is perfect every time. We only have to show them off and have a hard time keeping them in stock they work so well!
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-- Question: Is there really good stress and bad stress?
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The North Carolina Board of Elections is set to review changes made in two college towns that could make it harder for students to vote.
The Republican-controlled board on Tuesday will hear appeals of rulings made by elections boards in Watauga and Pasquotank counties.
The Watauga board eliminated an early voting site and election-day precinct on the campus of Appalachian State University. The Pasquotank board barred an Elizabeth City State University student from running for city council, ruling his on-campus address can't be used to establish residency. That ruling could set precedent to challenge the voter registrations of more students at the historically black college.
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A man high on drugs allegedly drove a car into a San Jose Walmart's beer display before grabbing a blunt object - perhaps a metal pole - and began beating customers Sunday morning, before he was arrested.
San Jose police said they received word that a red Cutlass had driven into the Walmart at 777 Story Road at 11:15 a.m. on Sunday. Customers said he crashed right through the store into a beer display.
"I heard this big crash-Crrrr-like," said customer Rick Sorci. "What was that? So I'm looking around and all of a sudden I see all these people screaming and running, like terror on their face. I have no idea what's going on. I'm asking these people, 'What happened? What happened?' They are all screaming running toward the exit. "
Police said on Monday that Haamid Zaid, 33, of Seaside got out of the car, grabbed a blunt object from inside the store and began hitting people with it. Four people were injured, one of them seriously. Sources say a pregnant woman may be among the injured, all of whom were taken to the hospital. San Jose Fire Capt. Reggie Williams said it appeared as no one was hit by the car, but by flying objects. He did say, however, that the bizarre incident took an emotional toll on many who watched it.
Angry and fearful customers stopped Zaid, some trying to hold him down with belts.
Zaid was arrested on four counts of assault with a deadly weapon, hit and run, and being under the influence of drugs. Police said they had no motive to report.
The unusual and dangerous situation was indeed a shock to Sunday morning shoppers.
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... and thanks for visiting the pages for OLPC related matters in Mali. OLPC is the One Laptop Per Child Universal Primary Education project and largest educational project undertaken by Humanity ever. Supported by United Nations, OLPC is an "Open Commmunity" project, similar to the Wikipedia and Open Source Community projects, like Linux, OpenOffice, etc. and it is working along Agenda 21 and Millennium Development Goal nr.2: Bringing Universal Primary Education. To edit text on this page or add pages, log in and and "edit page / save page" button will appear.
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The aim of this educational project is on one hand to bring Universal Primary Education by 2015 as - anno year 2000 initiated - United Nations Millennium Development Goal nr.2. On the other hand, OLPC's mission is to manage the open hard and software project, to bring forward the best possible laptop combination for education: the XO-XServer combination. For this and above approach, - and also a lot of lobbying by the right persons on the right places and time - the United Nations is a Partner in this Open Community project! It is the largest educational project undertaken by Humanity ever, and deemed by many as one of the most inspiring projects out there. Things are moving very fast indeed: 2008 saw the first 3 countries with full coverage, i.e. with all kids age 5 to 12 equipped with these smallest schools in a box-laptops and Australia is now following at fast pace too, over 86.000 eBooks available, all education disciplines covered, etc. etc..
Beaucoup d'inhabitants cherchent fortune ailleurs. Therefore there is a very very large diaspora. We hope that this diaspora will work their way to these pages, set-up, link-up their projects with OLPC, coordinate projects and that they can inspire many in their host countries to come along. It is so difficult in these host countries to develop additional value and hence make money. In many regions in the home country however it is so easy as everything is to be developed.
Also the societies from the host countries will benefit from the Mali diaspora who has one leg in the host country and another still in their countries of origin. Maybe it will start by developing leadership for OLPC, but soon it will be accompanied by exporting technologies, know-how and experience from the host countries along Agenda 21, the MDG's and together you will be able to accelerate bringing the level of quality of life in Mali to a level that will inspire others, existing generations and generations to come.
Please feel free to create links, (sub-)categories or list or start collaborating, teaming up and expanding our and your projects, existing and new ones in one of these (sub-)categories.
Mali is one of the 18 partner countries of Belgian governmental cooperation were selected on the basis of their degree of poverty, aspects of good governance and Belgium's potential for providing meaningful support. The precise criteria for selecting countries are set out in the law on international cooperation, which limits the maximum number of recipients to 18 partner countries. More: http://diplomatie.belgium.be/en/policy/development_cooperation/countries/partner_countries/
Mali is a Least Developing Country as per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Least_developed_country
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A small summer program deployment, 30 XO laptops in the village of Ouéléssébougou, Mali is being followed in this series of blog posts on laptopmag.com.
Former LAPTOP employee Salimata Fandjalan Bangoura is the project manager for OLPC Mali.
Salimata Bangoura announced a final report in French and English on April 1, 2009.
Find new posts via OLPC Mali tag on laptopmag.com.
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Suggestions: The town of Tiby, one of the Millennium Villages.--SvenAERTS 02:07, 29 May 2012 (UTC)
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