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Written by David Richards
21/06/2007 | 07:58 |
Category: HOME
Retailers are claiming that Microsoft has had to handle a failure rate of over 30% with their Xbox 360 console. More than 100 consumers have written to SmartHouse complaining of either poor service from Microsoft or total failure of their gaming console. One consumer was even given back a refurbished unit in exchange for their original Xbox console
Several months ago SmartHouse raised the issue of potential problems with the Xbox 360 after several readers wrote to us complaining of persistent failures. Even one of our testing Xbox 360 systems that we use to review software failed and had to be returned to Microsoft for repair. Other consumers have complained of sending off their Xbox for repair only to get a different re furbished unit back.
During the past few weeks SmartHouse has received email after email from Xbox 360 owners complaining of problems. Ironically a lot of the problems seem to appear after 12 months of use.
Steve & Jo Kitcher wrote" Just to let you know that after 13 months, just outside of warranty, I have the "rings of death". Next step for me is to find out repair cost and contemplating going to PS3"
Ron Harris wrote "I have had my Xbox 360 exactly one year and now I have got the ring of death and it won't even boot up".
Andrew & Kathryn Smith of Sydney claim to have had a torrid time with Microsoft over the failure of their Xbox 360.
In an email to Smarthouse they wrote" My Xbox 360 suffered a hardware failure so I contacted the XBOX Support Centre (located in India) and was advised to send it back to the repair centre located in Regents Park (NSW). 2 weeks later what I thought was my XBOX 360 was sent to me with a letter stating "....We have repaired YOUR Xbox video game system per the terms of the warranty and are returning the system to you...."Upon opening the package I found that it was in fact not my Xbox 360 as it was dirty and the serial number was not the same as the one I sent to them!
I called the support number to query this and after being put on hold for some time the consultant advised me that the console I received was a "refurbished" Xbox and I was then asked if I was having problems with the console? .
I said no however questioned why my console wasn't returned to me and why I was sent a second hand box instead. The consultant then said "Sir if you have any problem with this console then to quote the reference number and call them back. I advised that I wasn't satisfied with this as I don't know the history of the replacement box and would be taking this further.
I called the Department of Fair Trading to enquire as to whether the practice was allowed, and I was advised that it was not and I was entitled to one of the following : 1. My Xbox repaired and returned, 2. A new replacement box or 3. My money refunded if unsatisfied wit the service/repair
when I called Microsoft back I talked to a "supervisor" who informed me that regardless of what I thought he was of the opinion that they had in fact done the right thing. However he would consult with his colleagues and call me back. I also advised the supervisor that his opinion had no bearing on my rights as a consumer in Australia. The call-back hasn't happened yet.
I also asked how I would go about receiving a refund as I was unhappy with the service and receiving a second hand replacement console and was advised I would need to go back to where I bought it from.
I then called the store I purchased the console from and was advised that to receive a full refund I would need to obtain a return authorisation number from Microsoft.
When I then called Microsoft to obtain the Return authorisation number I was told they would not provide me one as this was only available after 30 days of purchase.... Buyers Beware I will be contacting Department of Fair Trading to pursue this further. According to Microsoft there is no problem with the Xbox 360 despite Smarthouse receiving over 100 emails of complaint. They say "There is not a single root cause or systemic issue with any Xbox 360 console but we continue to look at ways to make improvements to our products and services.
"Microsoft takes its customers' feedback very seriously and we are doing everything in our power to address concerns brought to our attention," the spokesperson said.
www.current.com.au wrote recently According to an EB Games store manager, who wished to remain anonymous, failure rates for the Xbox 360 have dropped in recent times but still outweigh hardware failures for competing consoles.
"We are definitely getting faulty hardware returns of the Xbox 360, but no-where near as much as we used to when it first came out," he said.
"On initial launch, it was close to 30 per cent of our [Xbox 360s] were coming back faulty".
A Sydney retailer said "Out the Nintendo Wii, the PS3 and the Xbox 360 the Microsoft product is the only one that we have had constant problems with. In fact when we sell the Xbox 360 we tell customers to contact Microsoft if they "Ever have a problem".
"At one stage we were getting calls everyday however this has slowed down. The failure rate must be well over 30% which when you look at a PC or iPod the failure rate is less than 2%.
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|Sweet 16 offers good value and durability in a basic Synthetic Gut. This string provides a lively response with good tension maintenance.
Comments: Pretty good as a in full bed in a Prince Tour 100 16x18 at 58 lbs. If you have arm problems, it
might be a good idea to try this string. I'm using synthetic strings to keep playing until I heal and hopefully go back to a
poly hybrid.
From: David, 10/16
Comments: I am a string junkie. Hell, I'm a twelve step string junkie. Switched from a Fischer 105 to a Asics
109 teardrop and went through about 20 different strings, primarily polys and guts looking for the right hybrid combination
with little success. The feel was all wrong and very little positive cupping. My buddy said to try Forten sweet sixteen and
string it a little looser and I would get a good gut feel with good cupping and pop. After a little experimentation up and
down the spectrum, I arrived at the perfect combination, at least for my Asics 109 (and larger) which is 52 lbs in the mains,
54 lbs in the crosses and stringalings in the sweet spot. I have three racquets and rotate one each set and the string keeps
getting sweeter after two months. Some fraying but not in the areas where I use stringalings. Buy a reel for 49 bucks and
you can string sixteen racquets. I plan to restring one racquet every month so I will always have a fresh one. Much better
than paying 50 bucks for a gut string job and then have it break in your bag.
From: Bill, 9/15
Comments: I have been playing for over 25 years and can't believe how much value you get for the Forten
Sweet 16. It is a good all around string, especially for the middle age player who can't handle the stiff poly strings any
longer due to arm problems. This string offers good comfort, feel and control. I usually get about 6-8 hours of play from a
set of Forten. This acceptable for a 4.5 player that hits with good pace and spin.
From: Ken, 6/15
Comments: Simply didn't do the job. It's as stiff as the polys but doesn't have it's advantages. To me, this
simply didn't suffice. It breaks after two days of play, which correponds to 8 sets. I really preffer the Kirschbaun's SG 15 in
with some other 16 poly. It is softer on the arms and lasts longer.
From: Marco, 11/14
Comments: I used to sell strings and I tried so many types of strings, from the expensive to the affordable
For me, this string is almost comparable to the qualities of an expensive gut string or a soft poly (like the Tourna Big Hitter
As always, you need to find out for yourself what tension works best for your racquet (and your style of play).
From: Bong, 5/14
Comments: Price and durability are the only positives for this strings. Plays horribly and will ruin the string bed
any hybrid combination.
From: Andy, 10/13
Comments: Best synthetic cross string I have tried yet. Soft and durability is good.
From: Bob, 4/12
Comments: Look no farther, this string is very good and you can't beat it for the price. It is comfortable and
solid as
a rock. Some costly multi-strings are to soft or lose tension quicker. All you have to do is string it tight for more control or
for more power. With a solid middle and a few strands covering over it; you have less problems to have flat shots. This is
similar in
my opinion to the old fashion Prince sythetic gut with more zest. The 16 gauge will give you a truer weight setup. Have fun
From: Don, 3/12
Comments: I agree with most people's comments. I've been using this stuff for years. Forten makes great products and at under $3, the Sweet 16 is difficult to beat. Plays great across the entire racquet and is also one of my favorite strings for a hybrid. It strings up very easy. The string is limp and soft but makes a pretty durable cross string since it keeps a lot of ploys from moving on the mains. On playability, this string rivals many strings that are 3X the price. Good combination of power, feel and control!
Full Bed: - 60 lbs
Main (Poly/Co-poly - 52lbs)
Cross (Sweet 16 - 58lbs)
Racquet: Yonex RDIS 300
NTRP: 4.0 - 4.5; All court style
From: Darin, 9/11
Comments: Awesome string very soft and all around great!! Definitely recommend it to anyone!!
From: John, Miami, FL, USA, 02/11
Comments: I like this better than X-One Biphase and frankly any other string I've used including gut. It's
but the feel of this string is incredible. This string is unlike any other synthetic gut.
From: Jay, Birmingham, MI, USA, 01/11
Comments: I keep finding myself coming back to Forten Sweet 16 & 17 anytime I stray away from it. I went to
BB & had wrist pain after 3 months. I tried some soft multi's, but most had no power. Forten Sweet is the best of both
worlds...and dirt cheap.
From: Steve, SC, USA, 01/11
Comments: Best cross for hybrid stringing! I use it with sppp17 as my main. Great consistency, durability, and
production. It's my best set up for serving and topspin forehands, and I've tried a lot of multi and other copolys. This is a
string for its price!
From: Alex, Muskegon, MI, USA, 11/10
Comments: I love this string. It is great! Very durable, and it has great feel. I love it not only for the price, but
because it is great string. I have used it as crosses with black code, red code, and gamma syn gut. It is the best string I
have ever
used. I wish they would come out with more colors. With my big forehand, I have already grooved the code and the syn
gut, but
this stuff isn't even phased! No notches at all and it doesn't move either. But it and try it, you will not be disappointed.
From: Mark, GA, USA, 09/10
Comments: Great synthetic gut for the price. It plays well in the crosses with a hybrid setup and also for those
prefer more feel it is also crisp and playable in a full set. If your looking for durability don't go with the full set. Though a full
only last about 5-6 hours it is worth the price in every way.
From: Christopher, Miami, Florida
Comments: Very comfortable synthetic, excellent overall value. I think it makes an excellent cross for copoly
hybrids. Most customers love it. It's my go to value cross.
From: Michael, Ft Meyers, FL. 11/09
Comments: Very nice feel in a hybrid with a stiffer poly/copoly. But it just didn't hold tension very well at all. It
would be a great choice for the price if you string your racquets on you own, instead of having to pay $10-20 for often
with the quick tension loss in this one.
From: Alex, TN, USA. 04/09
Comments: Nice soft synthetic, incredible value. My string of choice for crosses in any hybrid setup.
From: Mark, Syracuse, NY. 1/09
Comments: I've played with a lot of different string over the years including Babolat and Klip natural gut;
hybrids including Luxilon and Babolat polyesters. It's strange to me that Forten Sweet 16 and 17 are as good or better in
playability, power, control and feel than anything I've used. It feels so much like Babolat gut to me with a little more power.
always go back to it, and it's my string of choice. I am baffled as to why it's not used more on tour. I know it's used a lot by
players. Maybe Forten doesn't offer sponsorships to pros. Durability is good in warm temperatures, but it can break more
in colder weather. It's also great used as a cross string with polyesters and kevlar. As for the price, $2.99 per set,
From: Nick, Utah, California and Greece! 1/08
Comments: Second with Mores in Sun Valley. Perfect cross on Hurricane 17
Main. Almost like putting naturals or multifils. on cross. Plays softer and last longer than
Prince Syn. with Duraflex 17 as cross. Tension maintains well. Strung at 54 lbs on POG mid.
4.5-5.0 Player.
From: Paul CA, USA 07/05
Comments: This string is quite durable for its price, but playability is horrible. It
just feels dead and doesn't respond, after it
losses tension, it won't break! Only good for beginners, but then again, the price is
unbeatable, especially in a reel. Strung at 60 lbs. on a
Wilson Pro Staff 6.0 Mid.
From: Derek, San Francisco, CA, USA. 03/05
Comments: This is quite possibly the best string I have ever hit with. It is crisp
feeling and clean hitting. For me, it has a perfect blend of control and power. I string it in one
piece at 65 in the 6.1 classic and the 5.0 stretch. I found it to be average in the durability
category. I broke them in about 8 hrs of play. I don't worry about that with the decreased cost
of this string. I recommend it to anyone who is looking for a solid synthetic that is easy on the
arm as well as on the wallet. I am a solid 4.0 and spend 8-10 hours a week on the hard
courts, and as little time as possible on the green stuff.
From: Joseph, Gastonia, NC, USA. 2/04
Comments: This string has above average power, feel & playability for a
synthetic gut string. Durability is average but the price is excellent. Possibly the best of the
"cheap" strings.
From: Dudley, Ocean, NJ, USA. 12/03
Comments: Don't let the cheap price trick you! This is a durable and great string
for its price. It supplies pop and good feel.
From: Chris, Long Island, NY. 7/03

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Skip to comments.Defending Mitt, Smacking the MSM: Refreshingly Honest Commentary
Posted on 09/17/2012 8:07:15 AM PDT by Kaslin
The mainstream media may have outdid even their own gutter level standards in obsessing over Mitt Romney's statement(s) about the still growing crisis in the Middle East rather than the "the fact that you have Islamic flags being hoisted over American Embassies, the fact that an American Ambassador is dead," as exasperated liberal commentator and Obama supporter Kirsten Powers even had to fume about during an interview with Fox's Megyn Kelly (below). "It is just absolutely, utterly insane," Powers nearly screamed in frustration over the shameless incompetence of her liberal media colleagues.
You know the Obama-sycophants in the liberal media have crossed over the line when even one of their own can no longer defend them.
Thanks to some of the cable news outlets and the courage of a treasured few leaders, it is possible to find some honest commentary if you're patient enough to sort through the rest of the garbage.
For example, Charles Krauthammer didn't mince words during a Fox interview you can watch by clicking here.
"What we are seeing on the screen (video images of the Cairo Embassy chaos) is the meltdown, collapse of the Obama policy on the Muslim world," Charles Krauthammer said. "The irony is that it began in Cairo, in the same place where the speech he (Obama) made in the beginning of his presidency in which he said, you wanted a new beginning with mutual respect, implying under the other presidents, particularly Bush, there was a lack of mutual respect. Which was an insult to the United States, which had gone to war six times in the last 20 years on behalf of oppressed Muslims, in Kuwait, in Kosovo, Bosnia, Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere."
"So to imply that we somehow had mistreated Muslims which was the premise of his speech and how the Iraq War had inflamed the Arab world against us. Well there was no storming of the U.S. embassy in Cairo in those days," Krauthammer added. "What we're seeing now is al-Qaedaistan developing in Libya, meltdown of our relations with Egypt, you have riots in Yemen, attacks on our embassy in Tunisia. This entire premise that we want to be loved and respected, we'll apologize, has now yielded all of these results and these are the fruits of apology and retreat and lack of confidence in our own principles," Krauthammer concluded.
And, there was the brilliance, experience, and candor of Rudy Giuliani on CNBC when asked about the appropriateness of Romney's response:
"If it were me, I would have been way more over the top than he (Romney) was. I would have been outraged even more. I think the President of the United States feckless policy in the Middle East is naïve, almost childish support of these movements without any real regard for what is going to come after," the Mayor of New York at the time of the 9/11 attacks.
"Politics is part of our world. You get it wrong, people die," said Giuliani. "My experience with Islamic extremist terrorism which dates back to about 1972...when we become complacent, when we appease, they attack."
Giuliani went on, "President Obama has decided we can appease. I don't think it's working. I think what we see every night on television is a result of President Obama's feckless policy in the Middle East. His naive idea of politics and not really having a good enough understanding of who these people are; what these people are."
The overwhelming weight of message from the biased, anti-American, pro-Obama media is outrageous. I'm continually asked, "Why doesn't the Romney campaign say
.." fill in the blank. The truth is Romney, Paul Ryan, the campaign staff, surrogates, and however few reasonable commentators can find enough air time to speak out are saying it the problem is that if you only go looking in the mainstream media's political garden, you'll have to pull up a whole lot of weeds before you come across that one perfect rose.
50 days to judgment day
My High School English teacher would have ripped the first sentence to shreds.
Come on, fellow conservatives. Let's write clearly and well.
Lets make sure that arrogant pos occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave gets his eviction notice.
Yeah, instead of outdid, the author should have written outdone.
Kirstan was on Bill Hemmer's program this morning, and she was basically making the same comments.
Who stole Kirstan's libbrain and replaced it with a commonsensebrain?
If she keeps this up, the Libs will pull her membership card.
I'm a high school English teacher and I concur. "may have outdid," lol. It's a nice, juicy run-on sentence.
I heard Kirsten Powers on XM Serius Radio on the way home from dinner last night and couldn't believe what I was hearing. The liberal powers-that-be (no pun intended) will probably slap her silly today and she'll go back to spewing the same leftist drivel she usually spouts from now on. But, it was refreshing while it lasted.
I done noticed that myself.
We still actually have English teachers in high schools?
This comment is from a grandmother who still diagrams sentences when reading. And is able to spell, write and speak in complete sentences in spite of surviving grades 4-8 in a two-room schoolhouse. Two teachers with two grades each, plus 2 bathrooms. And horror of horrors, our 7-8th grade teacher was Jewish and we actually sang Christmas carols from a tiny booklet.
Well congratulations to Kirsten Powers for speaking the truth. She is right on in her remarks. Can't believe she said it but...she IS right on! Good job Kirsten. I have a new respect for you for speaking to what is right and in defense of Freedom of Speech.
Hey, she was probably very nervous in putting out her views on this. Give her a break. Sometimes I get so emotiional and type so fast that I make mistakes too. We All DO!!!So what?
I would think the message right now is much more important than an incorrect word. When such a powerful message from someone like Ms. Powers who is usually opposite from my view I personally accept it and admire her defense of our Freedom of Speech.
I have been making this point for years. People continually say "Why don't the Republicans fight back?" What they do not see, is that when the Republicans fight back, the MSM refuse to publish/print/broadcast it.
I cringed at "may have outdid".
And, well...what?
Surprisingly, even in elementary and middle schools. My daughter just started HS this month, and she has been correcting my writing for years! It's actually amusing, because I've been doing it to her father for years! of course it is not so amusing when she does it to me on FaceBook! Both her friends and mine get a big kick out of it - especially my friends from HS who had the same OCD nun as an English teacher who drilled diagramming into us!
All of us could benefit from a good editor looking over our shoulders.
I guess I am just stupid.
If I get the message I could care less about the syntax.
It seems like Townhall.com has no editors. This is the second article from them today that has horrid grammar.
Come on guys, Google apostrophe and see how to use it. Don't give the other side ammo like this. You're asking for the messenger defense against your arguments. They'll say 'look at their writing, there are several errors per paragraph in that piece; you can't trust anything they're saying if they can't even use fourth grade grammar'.
I totally agree.
He's writing about the media's "gutter level standards". Maybe he is mocking them by using the word "outdid". The rest of his writing looks pretty good.
>>This comment is from a grandmother who still diagrams sentences when reading. And is able to spell, write and speak in complete sentences in spite of surviving grades 4-8 in a two-room schoolhouse. Two teachers with two grades each, plus 2 bathrooms. And horror of horrors, our 7-8th grade teacher was Jewish and we actually sang Christmas carols from a tiny booklet.
You're talking to a teacher that previously taught narrative essay writing with a pre-writing exercise, today taught proofreading and editing, and then forced the thirty kids in each class to proofread and edit for 45 silent minutes. Tomorrow, the kids rewrite their essays.
They may not like it, but they know to come in, shut up, and write correctly - or it's public humiliation time.
You are a teacher after my own heart! Hurray for you. It's refreshing to know that somewhere a teacher is still in control! I'm sure there are many more of you we don't hear about. Many of my friends are teachers and talk about parents who come in and fight with them about their child's grade. One even admitted writing her child's paper and arguing she knew it was right. That she would even admit it is scary. We read here about college freshmen needing remedial reading classes. They graduate with high self esteem but not much else. You remind me of my high school French and algebra teachers. It was impossible to fake your way thru their classes. I still remember my French after 63 years! Your students will never forget you—you are doing them a great service. Congratulatons!
Diagramming is still great for using I or we. I love Dennis Prager who says it's one of his passions. Our local weekly newspaper apparently has no editor; the errors in it are astonishing. The previous one passed away about 12 years ago. Nothing got past him. Guess I missed my calling; errors leap out at me from just about every book I read. I think Dick Cheney's autobio has been the only exception.
My husband's daugher-in-law went to Catholic school. She said her 3rd grade class had 60 students and that it was a very orderly, mannerly classroom.
I'm really bad - I make corrections in books.if they are my own, right on the page, if the book is someone else's or from the library I use post-it notes.
I spent 12 years in Catholic schools and through 4th grade we had between 50 and 60 in a class. It wasn't until I was in HS was I ever in a class with less than 35, never mind less than 20 like some of my daughter's classes have been.
As you mentioned to another poster, there are teachers who actually do teach, and teach properly. Alas, few ever hear of them. I have tried to make a point of letting the PTB know how I feel about the exceptional teachers my daughter has had, they deserve the credit. I also have found that by doing so, on the few occasions I have had a serious issue with a teacher my concern was not blown off.
I truly feel for teachers who are subjected to the type of parents, usually mothers, who will not accept the fact their precious angel is not all that.
Have you see this here?
While typing this I recalled two of my seventh grade teacher's examples. One was talking about the rule of never ending a sentence with a prepostion (she never told us what the punishment would be!) and giving us the quote "up with with I have been fed". The other was from a student who was writing a paper "I could smell my mother in the kitchen frying hamburgers". Still makes me laugh after all these years. Fortunately I've forgotten those little traumatic experiences of early childhood! Guess I should say I got over them.
No I hadn't seen that. I do remember when I was in elementary school (66-74) there was a girl in my class who was a Buddhist. No special arrangements were made for her, and while she did not attend Mass on Sunday with the class (as the rest of us were required) she did attend when we went during class time.
The author of the article posted is Bob Beauprez, not Kirsten Powers.
I took it as poetic license to set a tone.
Obama's Foreign Policy:
Keep feeding the alligator in the hopes that he eats YOU last.
Rationality still lives... who-da-thunk...
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The Great East Japan Earthquake happened at 2:46 P.M. on this day 3 years ago.
The Great East Japan Earthquake happened at 2:46 P.M. on this day 3 years ago.
Terrie's Take is a selection of Japan-centric news collected and collated by long-time resident and media business professional Terrie Lloyd. AkihabaraNews is pleased to present Terrie's learned perspective; we all could use another take on the news - here's Terrie's:
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Japan is awesome especially when it comes to food, culture, entertainment, and of course, geeky techie things, however Japan is not awesome at all regarding the coffee situation. It is usually very bitter or extremely watered down and diluted. One of the most popular types is called "American" at a regular cafe. If you order this, you're basically getting bitter coffee diluted with hot water.
Chinon's first camera release in 20 years!
Retro-looking but high-tech video camera - Bellami HD-1 - will be released on March 22 by Chinon. The price is ¥89,250. It is able to shoot movies in full HD quality. Shooting is started by pulling the trigger.
Now an LED USB mouse that glows in 7 colors is available at Shanghai Donya.
It romantically changes its color among 7 colors every 5 seconds once the USB cable is connected to a PC. If you want to keep your favorite single color turned on, you can lock it. And when you don't want it to start glowing, it can be set not to glow.
Not Only are They Everywhere...
Japanese taxis are the most beautiful (and expensive) pieces of road-candy you could ever hope to see.
They exist in their own little auto-industry universe, still rocking the far-forward wing-mirrors for optimizing both the driver's sight-lines and the passenger's privacy.
Keystone Technology's LED vegetable garden system is a cultivation system for indoor plant factories which uses LED lighting instead of sunlight. The most defining feature of the system on display at the company's showroom in Yokohama is its 3-dimensional use of space.
More spring seasonal drinks will be sold from March 19 to April 15.
The hot drink "Creamy Vanilla Latte with Lemony Swirl" and the cold drink "Creamy Vanilla Frappuccino with Lemony Swirl" will be available ONLY in Japan.
Starbucks Japan - 2014 "SAKURA" latte and frappuccino
This week it's Sony flirting with yet another game of catch-up, Panasonic is taking their smartphone game to India, and tiny cracks have been found in some of the wings Mitsubishi Heavy Industries makes for the 787 Dreamliner, which is not a game at all.


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He stole the guns. That's the point. He didn't buy those guns, he stole them. If he would have tried to buy them, he would not have been able to. Current regulations already in place would have prevented him from purchasing any of them.
If his mom, a legal and responsible American, would have been prevented from buying them, then he would have either stole whatever guns she had or stole someone else's guns. The fact that he had an assault rifle didn't matter in this case.
If you're shooting a bunch of little kids, a shotgun, pistol, rifle, assault rifle, doesn't matter, any of them are going to do the job.
If the guy would have got into a shootout with a bystander who was trying to help, and he used an assault rifle that he legally purchased to out gun the potential hero, that would be something to consider. But if he's executing a bunch of unarmed little kids with a gun that he stole, then putting additional regulations on legal purchasers of that type of gun is not going to help.


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By Michaela Gibson Morris/NEMS Daily Journal
TUPELO – After a decade of lessons, the nation's first Green Houses at Traceway Retirement Community have largely lived up to the dream.
"I really do feel like this is home," said Clyde Biddle, whose wife Sara is one of the pioneering group who moved into the first four 10-person homes on the north side of the west Tupelo campus.
Conceived as a way to deliver skilled nursing care on a human scale that empowered elders and their caregivers, Traceway was the first place in the nation to take the model to reality.
"It's not sterile," Biddle said as he held Sara's hand. "It's not an institution."
Traceway's Green Houses will celebrate their 10th anniversary with a block party from 3 to 6 p.m. Sunday and the community is invited. New York State geriatrician Dr. Bill Thomas, who with his wife Jude Thomas, developed the concept and helped nurture its incubation in Tupelo, will be a part of the celebration.
"We've come a long way," said Marie Mister, one of the original Shahbazim – a term Thomas coined from the Persian for royal falcons to reflect the importance of the caregiver's role in the Green House. Now there are 10 Green Houses, which completely replaced the nursing home that used to be housed at Cedars Health Center.
"We can see the difference," said Bridget Bumpis Lee, one of the original Shahbazim, who now serves as the Traceway Green House guide, who the teams of Shahbazim report to.
In a traditional nursing home, the certified nursing assistants who provide the bulk of the direct care are at the bottom of the organizational chart. The Green Houses relies on collaborative teams that surround the elder and the Shahbaz with resources, support and tools. It's very hard to fight the top-down culture, but it has had great rewards, said Steve McAlilly, president and CEO of Traceway's parent Mississippi Methodist Senior Services and driving force behind the organization's venture into the Green House concept.
"I've come to believe that you can't change a culture," McAlilly said. "You have to replace it."
Even though the Shahbazim are doing a lot – caring for the needs of the elders, cooking and light cleaning, the smaller, human scale of the Green Houses encourages more interaction.
"In the Green House environment, there are more relationships," said Jerry South, executive director for Traceway Retirement Community. "You don't see those in a traditional nursing home environment."
Traceway had been on the verge of building a new nursing home to replace Cedars Health Center when McAlilly heard Thomas speak about the Green House concept. He said it took incredible courage on the part of the Traceway and Methodist Senior Services boards to consider a new direction.
"Without that vision and openness, it wouldn't have happened," McAlilly said.
Mississippi Methodist Senior Services has Green Houses in Raymond and Yazoo City and more planned for its coast campus in Gulfport. Across the country, 146 Green Houses have opened; 32 states can claim a Green House project in operation or in the design stage.
"It's not just a fresh coat of paint," said Susan Frazier, the national Green House Project, chief operating officer. "We're going to change the way folks will age in long-term care in America."
The Traceway Green Houses have directly nurtured many of the projects across the country.
Patti Foldager, the Green House guide for Providence Seward Mountain Haven in Seward, Alaska, remembers being initially skeptical until she heard Bill Thomas speak and saw the Green Houses for herself in Tupelo.
"I couldn't wrap my head around the concept," she remembered.
A dietary director at the time, she remembers being blown away at the calm way a Shahbaz fixed an egg for a late-riser and then shared an orange with another elder.
"This looks nothing like a long-term care center," she remembers thinking during her visit.
The Traceway Green Houses directly inspired many of the choices the Seward team made for their project.
"I wanted our houses to look like Tupelo," Foldager said. "I wanted it to look like home."
The change wasn't easy, but it has been wonderful, she said.
"I think people are happier," Foldager said. "I see more activity. I see more relationships."
Researchers tracked the Green House residents and compared them to residents on another Mississippi Methodist campus. The Green House elders had better outcomes, better quality of life and the staff had higher satisfaction.
"It was compelling enough that Robert Wood Johnson Foundation was willing to put down $10 million," to encourage a replication of the Green Houses in every state, Frazier said.
10th Anniversary Block Party
WHEN: 3 to 6 p.m. Sunday
WHAT: BBQ lunch, entertainment, activities, special ceremony at 4 p.m.
WHERE: Green Houses on the Traceway Retirement Community campus
PARKING: Upper Traceway parking lots and Renasant Bank on West Main Street will be available; shuttles will run to the Green Houses.


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Home > Case Studies > Awards > IPA Effectiveness Awards 2010
Rewarding campaigns that demonstrate payback of marketing communications
Recognised as Adland's most rigorous awards scheme, entrants have to prove that their communications strategies have worked in hard business terms.
Hovis - "As good today as it's ever been."
The top award went to MCBD for this campaign, which revived one of Britain's oldest brands.
Overall, the campaign's ROI was £5 per every £1 spent, and year-on-year sales also rose by 14%.
BT Total Broadband - Total success
KFC - Fresh chicken, fresh users
Virgin Atlantic - Still red hot
Heinz - Maintaining leadership
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Best Media: The O2
Best Multi-Channel Paper, Best New Learning: TDA Teacher Recruitment
Best International: HSBC
Best Short Term Effect Paper: Self-Assessment
Best Dedication to Effectiveness:
Gold: Wispa
Silver: Cadbury Dairy Milk
Berocca - Sickness to health
Kodak - An unlikely David
Barclays - One small step
Forevermark - Diamond Bride
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Department of Health - How the Stroke Awareness campaign acted fast
Waitrose - Appealing to the UK recession consumer via a new branded range
Sainsbury's - Challenging customers to "Feed your family for a fiver"
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(October 16) Today we're celebrating . . . National Mammography Day
"Save the Tatas!"
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and today is a special day for eduction and information about preventing breast cancer through annual mammograms.
During the month of October many radiologists offer discounted or free Mammograms.
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KHL: Ovechkin's sick dangle, Yakupov has 18 in 18, Kulemin scores, and more
Steve Dangle
November 29 2012 10:25PM
Remember yesterday when I said I'd bring you some of the games we missed the day before? Here they are! Plus a brand new one with Ovechkin making a KHL defenceman look like a scarecrow. Just disgusting.
Ovechkin brings video games to life. Holy crap.
Nail Yakupov now has 18 points in 18 games with another 2 in this one.
Kulemin scores but Malkin is in the box in OT and Magnitogorsk falls to Vityaz. Also, Danny Markov beats the crap out of someone.
And a hard-fought shootout game between Traktor and Severstal.
November 29 2012, 10:50PM
Пьяный Кулак!
November 30 2012, 01:51AM
I was the guy yesterday that didn't read your comments and complained about the lack of Yak.
Yak is back and I appreciate it!
December 01 2012, 10:35AM
So we're supposed to say it "ya-KU-pov"?


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Ball change puts new spin on beach World Tour circuit
OTTAWA – One of the topics of discussion amongst the players on the beach volleyball World Tour circuit is the new Mikasa ball, the VLS 300, which will be used starting this season and the all the way up to the 2012 Olympics.
The ball was introduced at the Sanya Open in China last November. Like their international counterparts, Canadian players have been working hard adjusting to the new ball in their off-season training.
Annie Martin of Sherbrooke, Que., and Marie-Andrée Lessard of Ville LaSalle, Que., were among the players to test the ball in competition last season on the World Tour.
"Our initial reaction in competition was the ball felt a bit heavier and wasn't affected as much by the elements, especially the wind," said Lessard. "On contact such as services and defence you have to give it a bit stronger punch."
Jesse Lelliott of Kelowna, B.C., and his partner Ben Saxton of Calgary will play their first match with the new ball next week at the season-opening stop on the World Tour circuit in Brasilia, Brazil.
"We've been practicing with it," said Lelliott, who placed second last week with partner Ben Saxton at a stop on the NORCECA (North and Central America) beach volleyball circuit. "It's a change, the ball is different.
"You need to contact it just perfectly or it will go wildly out of control. So it's a lot more difficult to keep the jump serves in the court. But you can also serve it harder, so the players that a strong serving technique will probably be able to capitalize on that."
With total prize money of $7.02 million, the 2010 SWATCH FIVB World Tour will include 16 women's events and 14 men's tournaments including Grand Slams offering $600,000 prize money and bonus pool in Russia, Norway, Switzerland, Austria, Poland and a new Grand Slam in Rome, Italy – the venue for the 2011 SWATCH FIVB World Championships.


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Charity with Chinese Characteristics
Adam Chodorow
Arizona State University (ASU) - Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law
August 1, 2012
UCLA Pacific Basin Law Journal, Forthcoming
Over the past 30 years, scholars and activists have called on the Chinese government to ease the registration and oversight rules governing non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and to increase funding for such organizations by, among other things, broadening the charitable deduction. While China has made significant progress in this regard, the government continues to throw up roadblocks for NGOs, suggesting that it has not fully embraced this path.
This article considers the extent to which the justifications for a broad charitable deduction adduced in the West make sense in China. The goal is to develop a normative basis consistent with Chinese values and interests that Chinese authorities would find compelling and which might lead to additional efforts to develop China's civil sector. This article also considers the extent to which China's political and social culture may affect such efforts, concluding that, even if China were to adopt Western-style laws governing NGOs and provide for a broad charitable deduction, China's culture would shape both how government officials implement the laws and how the Chinese people respond to them, leading to a system of charity, but one with Chinese characteristics.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 52
Keywords: China, Chinese law, charity, charitable deduction, exempt organization, NGO, non-governmental organization, civil society, comparative law, tax law
JEL Classification: H20, H23, H24, H41, H50, I30, K34, L30, L33, P20, P30, P50, Z10
Date posted: August 2, 2012
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Constitution-Making Process Workshop for Candidates of Constitutional Drafting Assembly (CDA) in LibyaFeb 9, 2014
Constitution-Making Process Workshop for Candidates of Constitutional Drafting Assembly (CDA) in Libya
February 9, 2014: Tripoli, Libya: The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) organizes a series of workshops in partnership with UN Support Mission in Libya for 560 Candidates for Constitutional Drafting Assembly (CDA) under a theme "Inclusive Constitution" from 1st–9th of February 2014 in the Corinthia Hotel, Tripoli.
The workshop provides the CDA candidates with basic information on constitutional concepts and on constitution-making processes. Four constitutional experts from the Arab region are facilitating the workshops and provide theoretical concepts on constitution, human rights and gender equality as well as examples and case studies from other countries of the region. The participants who are coming from different parts of Libya are divided into eight groups and each group of around 60 candidates are undertaking a one day training workshop.
In the opening ceremony of the workshops, UNDP country director said that offering training to all CDA candidates recognizes the critical role that they will all play in the constitution-making process, either as elected members of the CDA or as instrumental civil society leaders. He further emphasized that "the constitution is the framework of the social contract between Libya and its people with the ultimate aim to provide the political stability and social justice." He highlighted the importance of supporting both the CDA and civil society in their engagement in the constitution-making process. Public participation in the process is critical to ensure the ownership and inclusiveness of the new constitution which is why all of the candidates are important.
The overall objective of organizing such workshops is to make the candidates to actively participate in the constitution making process, either as elected members or civil society acting outside of the assembly representing of their geographical locations. Already plans are underway to raise the awareness for elections to the 60-member constitution-drafting Assembly that will be held on 20th February 2014. The High National Election Commission (HNEC), a national counterpart for UNDP, in elections will launch a campaign on mass media as one of the measures to make the public fully aware of the poll and its importance. To this effect, UNDP has been working in pre-election preparations to support the national counterparts and civil society organizations.
The current roadmap for the political transition in Libya includes process of drafting of a new constitution by a Constitution Drafting Assembly (CDA) to be elected by the people directly. The new constitutional draft will be approved by popular referendum according to the roadmap.
The workshop is relevant as it coincided with the announcement for commencing the election campaigns for CDA. Dr Reida El-Oakley, one of the participants of the workshop described the training as one of the support that the UN is providing to Libya's transformation into democracy. He further underlined that the workshop was really interesting, refresher and informative. "I can say that I have gained knowledge about constitution making process, its practical implementation as well as experiences of other countries in drafting inclusive constitution", said Dr El-Oakley. For some of the participants, the workshop was really a prompt initiated by UNDP in supporting the candidates to upgrade their knowledge in constitution. "The refresher course will help me in my future efforts to serve the Libyan people and thanks to UNDP for organizing this", said Dr Reida El Oakley, candidate for Toubreg, El-mukhaili and Guppa and other nearby poll stations.
Many participants are benefiting from series of trainings provided by UNDP Libya. Mrs. Khadigja Mohammed, a CDA candidate from Benghazi, noted that the coming few months Libya will witness a paramount event in its history. She added that "as the country is on the verge of organizing national election for CDA she finds the workshop extremely timely, providing her with an opportunity to gain knowledge on the constitution-making process, systems of government and governance, and the rights of minority groups and women in constitution" and thanked UNDP for its timely support.
As part of its backing to the tarsntion to democrassy process in Libya, UNDP started its support through awareness raising, dialogues, round table discussions with civil society and academic community. In 2013, as part of the preparation for elections, UNDP in cooperation with University of Tripoli/Faculty of Law organized a seminar "Constitutional roadmap in Libya under a theme promises and expectations. In addition to this, UNDP has provided support to civil society with a focus on outreach and civic education. To ensure women's participation in constitutional review process, a training of Facilitators' workshop aimed at building the capacities of local facilitators who will run local dialogue sessions was conducted by UNDP for women in 20 locations throughout the country. Moreover, UNDP organized several skills building initiatives focusing on women candidates for Constitutional Drafting Assembly (CDA). The workshop targeted women candidates to provide and equip women with relevant advocacy and lobbying tools useful in election campaigns.
Libya's legislative body, the General National Congress, in February 2013 resolved the long-standing dispute over the manner in which members of the Constitution Drafting Assembly (CDA) would be selected. It opted for the election of a 60-member body and currently 684 approved candidates are running for the seats. Six seats are reserved for women and another six for the three minority communities.


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The Buffalo Bills have been operating all off-season like a team that is set on taking a quarterback in the 2013 NFL Draft. Between all the private workouts and pre-draft visits, the Bills are familiar with just about every quarterback available in this year's draft.
Following up on the discussion revolving Kevin Kolb, WGR's Joe Buscaglia and Brian Koziol dish about the quarterbacks available and who might fit the Bills.
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Just my way of sharing with family, friends, and anyone who will listen, the things that I have learned about my ancestors with a little bit about myself and my own little family in the mix.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Tombstone Tuesday: Caroline Ellison Bryant --My 3rd Great Grandmother's Grave
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That is so awesome you have a headstone on your 3 grandmother's headstone. Not everyone even knows where theirs is laid to rest.ReplyDelete
Yvette, I know, I didn't take this discovery for granted. I was amazed to have had the privilege to find this. I feel blessed to have had the opportunity to walk around Bayview Cemetery in Morehead City. This picture was taken by a researcher who uploaded pictures to Find A Grave in 2011. I didn't realize how small the stone the was until I saw it in person in January. Looks huge here. Beautiful, nonetheless.ReplyDelete
I wish I could find my great grandmother Celia Rice Cleage Sherman's grave. Have no idea where any of my 3x's GG are located. It is a beautiful stone.ReplyDelete


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I have been spending the last 1/2 hour working on this haiku:
Chile sadly hit
People resilient yet
We want to help now
I hope it passes muster.
I am new at this...
.....but none of Amy's links work.........
Do you mean to prior threads?
Hmmm .... they work for me.
This is very good.
I'm not good at poetry or haiku. But I'm good at posting other's works. :^)
Welcome to Amy's Place. Looking forward to seeing more of your work.
I have admired your thread from afar for quite the nonce.
So perchance I shall partake of the beauty it has to offer, if'n you don't mind much :)
When I first became a Christian and started attending church at age 19, I immediately fell in love with singing the great hymns of the faith. My heart overflowed with joy and thanksgiving as we sang of Gods love for us in Christ. Soon one of my favorite hymns (from the late 1600s) became Fairest Lord Jesus! I love the simplicity of the melody and the awesomeness of the One exalted in these words:
Gods Son, whom we sing about in this song, came to this earth, lived a perfect life, and gave Himself for us on the cross (Luke 23:33). He arose from the grave (Luke 24:6) and is now seated at Gods right hand (Heb. 1:3). One day well join in worship with thousands upon thousands and say: Blessing and honor and glory and power be to Him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb, forever and ever! (Rev. 5:13). Maybe well sing Fairest Lord Jesus! too.
Bible in One Year: Numbers 23-25; Mark 7:14-37
This is just beautiful....so springy looking. Lovely quote, too, ladies! Reminds me of the quote "I believe in the sun when its not shining."
Good Morning Amy!!! A brand new month!!! Flowers, Birds, the hope of Spring!
Have a great day. Your Opening is gorgeous!!!!!!
Welcome March!
YOUR graphic is gorgeous Mama Bear! LOL
Love it!
Rus, thank you for this mornings reading. When I was a little girl, we sang that song in Sunday School every Sunday. It is a beautiful song:
Yorkie!!! What a way to start March!! What a beautiful BEAUTIFUL HYMN....yes, and it was one of mama's favorites'!
Thanks for the link.
March - Lion and Lamb
by Joyce P. Hale
MARCH has tumbled on the scene,
exits mild, but enters mean...
Winter waves a fierce goodbye,
while robins promise Spring is nigh.
Daffodils are peeking through...
forsythia is budding, too.
Clouds are racing, sun is cool,
in like a lion is the rule!
Birds all seem to know it's time
to answer Mother Nature's sign;
they listen to an innate command,
and there goes March, out like a lamb.
WOW! What a WONDERFUL graphic!
Thank you ladies, for your lovely opening, today!
Freeedumb, it certainly does pass my muster. I was glued to the tv, and satellites and web cams the whole day, praying for all those who lost their lives or those of loved ones, and those who could still be in harms way with the tsunamis. It is SO sad, isn't it?
I love that graphic, Amy. Flowers sprinkled with snow. I hope we are on the verge of Spring!
Hey .... don't mind at all! Looking forward to having you with us.
Would you like to be added to our ping list?
Thank you, Yorkie.
We are expecting more rain this week but today should be a lovely spring day.
Good morning, Mayor.
Happy Monday .... Happy March.
Thank you for being here for us everyday. We appreciate your daily offerings.
Happy Military Monday, Conor.
Hoping that Spring is on its way in your area. I'm anxious for pretty flowers and the sound of birds.
Have a beautiful day.
Thanks Amy - I'm ready for Spring as well!
Thank you, Polly.
Spring is on its way .... Yea!!
Wishing you a beautiful Monday.
Beautiful, Yorkie. Thank you.
Thank you, Yorkie.
When Lori sent that graphic, it was shouting Spring. It seemed to be the perfect March Opener.
Thank you.
I'm hoping that spring is just around the corner.
Amy, that is just so gorgeous...thank you!
Its really cold today, will get in upper 30's but it will be warming up by Friday and we will get into the middle 50's by Saturday. It can't get here quick enough for me! I'm anxious for a nice 70 degree day!!
I have to get ready and go to Courthouse to pay more taxes. Makes me sick. Dread going out in that cold so bad. We have to pay county and city taxes yearly and they are high!
I'll lurk a while, but thanks for the invitation :)
You got that right! LOL or SIGH!!!!
About says it all, doesn't it! Thank you both!
What a beautiful opening. Thank you!
It is 59 here and should warm up to the mid 60's later.
I'm anxious, too. When was groundhog day? Six more weeks? Real bummer.
I'm trying to finish up some reports that are late. Hope they forgive me. I'm sure they will. The gov't is so understanding. LOL
Hope to see you again soon.
I feel like it is a big SIGH.
Thank you, Tiapam.
Thank you, Tiapam.
I hope Lori gets here to view her pings today. :)
This is lovely, Jaycee.
Jaycee!! What a lovely picture of spring! I can imagine that this is you..looking out your window enjoying the morning breeze!!!!
Awwww, how sweet Polly! I sure am looking forward to taking my coffee to the patio and listening to the birds and watching them. It is such a happy feeling in the spring watching those tiny green leaves growing larger each day until there is complete shade. God sure provides a lot of loveliness for our eyes...(even in winter) although its cold!!
Thanks very much, Polly.
Thanks Amy!
I am going to look at everything after my nap...LOL! I missed my naps....LOL!
JC, I loved your graphic in post #39. A great poet from a long time ago also cherished spring:
Robert Browning (1812-1889)
from Pippa Passes
The year's at the spring
And day's at the morn;
Morning's at seven;
The hillside's dew-pearled;
The lark's on the wing;
The snail's on the thorn:
God's in His heaven
All's right with the world!
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Elder Jed Hinkins will return home July 28 after serving a mission in the Japan Sendai Mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Elder Hinkins will be speaking in sacrament meeting on July 30 at 9 a.m. at the Orangeville Church.
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Skip to comments.Psychiatrists to brand grief lasting longer than two weeks a mental illness
Posted on 02/23/2013 10:54:26 AM PST by Drew68
THE grieving process is in danger of being branded a medical condition if a mourner feels sad for more than two weeks and consults a GP, according to an international authority on death and dying.
At present, mourners can feel sad for two months before being told they have a mental disorder, says Professor Dale Larson. Decades ago, a diagnosis could be made after a year.
In a keynote address at an Australian Psychological Society conference in Melbourne on Saturday, Prof Larson will express his anger about the American Psychiatric Association's new diagnostic manual, DSM 5, which is used in many countries including Australia and New Zealand.
The manual, to be published in May, allows a diagnosis of depression after two weeks of grieving.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.com.au ...
Anyways, stepping out for a little while so don't think I just posted and ran.
Woo-hoo !
Permanent Govt. disability cheque !
Jackpot !
So much the merrier for the medics and pharmaceutical companies.
And, not too shocking that The Culture of Death would want us all to get over deaths as quickly as possible.
See a Priest, get religion, pray.
Forget the shrink.!
He will ask you "How does that make you feel?", charge huge fees for continuous visits, put you on mind altering meeds, and take your guns.
Fresh pickings from the "Get over it, you jackwagon." School of Psychotherapy.
You would have to be crazy to go to a psychiatrist.
It used to be anywhere from a year to two years of morning. Six months was an absolute minimum and you can be sure people would whisper about your lack of proper sentiment.
Please keep in mind folks that there are legitimate mental disorders that people need help for.
Bipolar disorder and schizophrenia are two biggies that require psychiatric help and meds.
Prayer is not going to make it go away.
And never allowed to own a gun!
And, if you look up now you can see the trial lawyers circling like buzzards. (Boss chewed you out? He gave you a mental disorder...)
You are aware that psychiatric disorders exist and that psychiatrists are necessary to help assist those who are mentally ill?
Just speaking from personal experience and extensive conversations with perhaps one hundred other parents whose kids got killed in combat, it takes 2-3 years to come around a bit. Maybe four years and the clothes fit, thought not well.
You are aware that psychiatric disorders exist and that psychiatrists are necessary to help assist those who are mentally ill?
You are aware that psychiatric disorders exist and that psychiatrists are necessary to help assist those who are mentally ill?
I wonder if Psychiatry is a mental disease..
You know... related to Narcissism or Megalomania
Insurance companies need to fight this insanity...
"Fresh pickings from the Get over it, you jackwagon. School of Psychotherapy."
One of my favorite ads. I've met and talked with R. Lee Ermey. I feel comfortable around Marines, not shrinks.
There is a reason that in the olden days the official time of mourning was one year.
One of those "born agains" that believe medical science is useless and would let your child die rather than taking antibiotics because "God wishes him ill because someone four generations back committed a sin"???
You are an idiot.
There is nothing wrong with praying for the healing of others, even those who have mental illness. It ia an act of Christian love.
The same thing will happen here. Your spouse dies, and you grieve more than two weeks then they will take your guns if you have any.
Everything in this world is now about power, money, and control.
If you denied (that's taking an awful big step) the bi-polar folks and schizophrenia folks access to guns...then half of your mass shootings would likely go away.
In my home town where I grew up...we had a mass shooting from three years ago. Wife, daughter, sister of the shooter, and son of sister...all shoot by the husband. Cops do your basic investigation, and wrap it up...just a mass shooting. Not discussion over what drugs he might have been taking, but some speculation that he was taking a fair amount of pain-killers. Might have been nice to take away his access, but would probably never occur.
Psychiatrists are how the gulag operated and the Stasi....You can make people "think" they are mentally ill. It is actually quite easy.
To allow strangers to label people on "soft" science is evil. Most psychiatry is bogus-—many psychiatrists are mentally ill and is why they go into the business. Good ones are few—and they can help....but most are "Whores of the Court" and bought and paid for by some drug company or political agenda.
It is how the APA is saying that sodomizing boys is "good" for them—like Rush brought up last month. The homosexual agenda is to make people think Good is Evil and Evil is Good and Up is Down.
It is how the APA took homosexual acts off of the mental illness list-—from political pressure—no hard science. In fact, the vile use of the body defies science and Truth. To promote the idea in "Pride" in sodomy in schools is destroying the Logic of children. They will be conditioned into insane "thinking"-—it is why liberals are mentally ill. They are not logical and can't process the Truth.
It is insanity and will collapse culture-—to collapse Truth and destroy the concept of Laws of Nature (basis of USA). Psychiatry hides the Truth and labels—which is Marxist at its core. They destroy the concept of Virtue and Free Will-—which is necessary for Freedom and belief in God.
Yes, there was a reason because you are still dealing with the worse of the grief.
Where does this put Charlie? He's had a good deal of grief since 1950, and still has it...
Yet another expample of just how trivial the members of our society and its leaders have become. I still think of my daughter who died as a child thirty years ago. True I have not taken to bed; but I would say I still mourn her and hope that I will see her again. Their position is NONSENSE!
Disability checks plus gun confiscation! It's a win-win for the libs!
One of those born agains that believe medical science is useless and would let your child die rather than taking antibiotics because God wishes him ill because someone four generations back committed a sin???
You are an idiot.
Everything in this world is now about power, money, and control.
James 5:13-18.
Everything in this world is now about power, money, and control.
But if you want to lop off your wiener and call yourself Susan that's just f**king spiffy!
You are aware that this is just BS to ban people from owning guns?
Grief is normal and we each deal with it our own way. If someone feels they need help with it, that is their way to deal. I lost my husband of 54 years and turned down my primary doctor's offer of anti-depressents and I did just fine. I still miss him after 3 years but I am certainly not in a state of depression and do not believe that I was.
Church, family, friends and music did much to ease the loss, and relocation was also a big help. That's what worked for me. But I know people who have been "on the couch" following the loss of a loved one. I believe it
may be various issues and not grief alone.
Psychiatry has largely been abused as a secular replacement for faith and friends.
Classifying it as "medical science" is a bit generous, as they have poisoned far more children than they've helped.
Your characterization of me and the basis for my opinion is hilarious, desperate, and wrong.
The "science" of liberal psychopaths.
Obama's been president for... how long?
I meant to say, seeking treatment for many years.
Q: What is the name of a paranoid mental disorder that identifies all other individuals as potentially dangerous deviants?
A: Psychology.
A very shy guy goes into a bar and sees a beautiful woman sitting at the bar. After an hour of gathering up his courage, he finally goes over to her and asks, tentatively, "Um, would you mind if I chatted with you for a while?"
She responds by yelling, at the top of her lungs, "NO! I won't sleep with you tonight!" Everyone in the bar is now staring at them. Naturally, the guy is hopelessly and completely embarrassed and he slinks back to his table.
After a few minutes, the woman walks over to him and apologizes. She smiles at him and says, "I'm sorry if I embarrassed you. You see, I'm a graduate student in psychology, and I'm studying how people respond to embarrassing situations."
To which he responds, at the top of his lungs, "What do you mean $200?!"
"You are aware that this is just BS to ban people from owning guns?"
Damn straight! Be VERY CAREFUL what you say to your VA primary care physician with regard to your emotional or mental concerns.
It took a year to get over my dad's passing and I still mourn him. Heck, I tear-up thinking about my former kitties.
You are an idiot.
Where in G Larry's post did he say that? There are idiots around here. It's not G Larry or me...hmmm, that leaves only one.
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While there's no shortage of coffee and lunch locales around the Capitol, many state buildings are home to additional dining options. This post is part of a weekly series of mini-reviews of some of those spots for downtown denizens looking to try something new.
The spot: The Plaza Café, located on the ground floor of CalPERS' Lincoln Plaza North at Q and 3rd streets, is about a half-mile walk from the Capitol. It features patio seating with a waterfall (left) and a large, multi-level indoor eating area (below at right). Come at peak breakfast or lunch hours, and be prepared to wait in line for the grill. My gastric brothers-in-arms for my recent visit, CalPERS board member J.J. Jelincic and Jim Zamora, SEIU Local 1000 spokesman, both mentioned that Plaza Café draws customers from several buildings nearby including the Board of Equalization HQ, the Crocker Art Museum and the state Department of Social Services. The business is open for breakfast (6:45 a.m. to 10: a.m.), lunch (11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.) and snacks (1 to 3 p.m.). Street parking can be a hassle, especially during the three days in the middle of the month that the fund's board meets in an auditorium just a few steps from the cafeteria. Nearby meters charge 25 cents per 12 minutes. The parking garage across the street runs $2.50 per hour, according to CalPERS' website.
The grub: There must a reason that Plaza Café is taking business from other state cafeterias. Maybe it's the locally harvested and organic produce touted on a blackboard at the cafeteria's entrance. Could it be the $5.99 artisan sandwiches? The regularly rotated "global flavors" like the Japanese teriyaki rice bowl ($6.59)? Maybe it's the Bayou wraps with jerk chicken or pork tenderloin with mashed sweet potatoes, red beans, rice, slaw and pineapple salsa ($6.99)? Or it could be the made-to-order pasta, tacos and salads that all run between $6.59 and $6.99. And I haven't even mentioned the grill that was serving a veggie banh mi -- a Vietnamese sandwich -- plus the usual burger-and-fries fare. Safe to say that this is easily the most diverse menu offered by any state cafeteria reviewed by The Dish.
On our plates: I ordered a veggie calzone. Jim sampled the goat cheese with roasted plums and herbs on crostoni (right). J.J. went for the grilled cheese and short ribs sandwich with curly fries (left).
The bill: The food and two soft drinks (Jim didn't buy a coke) plus tax came to $22.45. Note to the Fair Political Practices Commission: J.J. paid for his meal.
The good: This isn't your dad's old state government chow line. Plaza Café's atmosphere is open and bright, and the food's degree of sophistication is surprising. I heard that the soups are terrific, especially the butternut, corn and coconut chowder. Regulars also raved about the blueberry pancakes with ricotta cheese often offered for breakfast. Our lunches received high marks, too, for the most part. J.J. said the meat in his sandwich was "awesome," tender and tasty. His fries were done to his liking, with a nice exterior crunch and a warm, chewy center. Jim said the plum crostoni had a nice blend of the sweet fruit and the garlicky cheese. My calzone was enormous, nearly covering my 9-inch paper plate.
The bad: J.J. wished the bread on his grilled sandwich had been a little crispier. Jim wanted some crunch on his crostoni, too. He suspected that even though the bread bore panini grill marks from its preparation, that it was softened by the cheese and refrigeration. My calzone was an unadventurous mountain of crust packed with ricotta, asparagus and spinach and an unsatisfying smudge of bland tomato sauce.
Grade: 4.5 sporks out of 5.
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Fly through the trees on an experience that is memorable, exhilarating and definitely worth repeating with Common Ground's new Zipline Canopy Tour. As northern Ohio's only world-class canopy tour, this zipline travels through all types of terrain including beautiful meadows and the steep valley walls of the beautiful Vermilion River Valley. It features a combination of fast ziplines, soaring aerial bridges, aerial staircases, foot paths, rappel stations and uncommon views of the natural landscape. The longest zipline is roughly 850 feet. Each guided tour will be 2.5 to 3 hours long and will feature information about the land, its inhabitants and its resources.
The Canopy Tour is scheduled to open mid-June. Tickets are $85 per person. Participants must be at least 10 years old and weigh between 70 and 250 pounds. Online reservations will be available on the Common Ground website beginning in late April. Common Ground is located 5 miles west of Oberlin on Baird Road. Common Ground also offers a ropes course.
More information will become available on the Common Ground website within the next few weeks. Make it a weekend — Common Ground is just 20 minutes from 5 Corners Bed & Breakfast plus enjoy all there is to see and do including the Backroads & Beaches Mulit-Sport Trail (biking, rollerblading, running) and the Vermilion-Lorain Water Trail (kayaking and paddleboarding). Lorain County is a fantastic place to escape reality for a day, a long weekend or even a week! There is truly something for everyone…from zipping through the trees to soaking up rays on a sandy beach. Enjoy fantastic restaurants, fine wines and micro-brews. Take in the beauty of fine art and the rustic appeal of a unique flea market find. Its all right here in Lorain County.


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ABAJO MOUNTAINS: (May 21) On May 16 and 17, Tommi Budd fished Blanding #4. On Saturday Tommi caught four 12- to 15-inch rainbows with rainbow PowerBait. On Sunday, he have a single bite. Sergeant J. Shirley reports excellent fishing with spinners or bait at Dry Wash Reservoir along the Johnson Creek Road, and good pike fishing at Recapture Reservoir.
BENCHES POND: (May 21) The pond is ice-free and stocking should occur by Memorial Day weekend.
BOULGERS POND: (May 21) The ice is off at Boulgers Pond. Last weekend, access was limited by snow drifts. The pond should be stocked by Memorial Day. Try to catch carryover rainbows with nightcrawlers and marshmallows.
CLEVELAND RESERVOIR: (May 21) Todd Munford reports good fishing for carryover rainbows. Todd suggests rainbow PowerBait or a nightcrawler tipped with a salmon egg for bait anglers, or a chartreuse crystal bugger on sinking line for fly anglers.
ELECTRIC LAKE: (May 21) The lake is ice-free. Anglers report fair-to-good fishing. Two anglers landed six cutthroats in under two hours near the boat ramp with a nightcrawler and bubble. Todd Munford describes fishing as fair-to-good on the north side. Try a straight nightcrawler with three feet of leader behind a full bubble.
GIGLIOTTI POND: (May 14) There are is no report for this week, however, fishing was fair-to-good last week. Aquatics Program Manager Paul Birdsey encourages anglers to practice catch-and-release fishing to maintain a high catch rate. When releasing a deeply-hooked fish, it's best to cut the line rather than trying to remove the hook and causing further injury. Tips on catch-and-release fishing are found in the /Utah Fishing Guidebook / on pages 36 and 37.
HUNTINGTON CREEK: (May 21) On May 16, Nathan Duersch fished the right fork of the Huntington and reported slow fishing. His most effective surface pattern was a size 20 blue-winged olive. His most productive wet fly was a caddis. Huntington Creek has special regulations. Fishing from Flood and Engineer's Canyon upstream to the dam is by artificial fly only with a limit of two trout. The left fork from the top of the campground upstream is by artificial fly or lure only.
HUNTINGTON NORTH RESERVOIR: (May 07) Tom Ogden fly fished for four hours from a tube on April 27 and caught only an 18-inch rainbow and a 17-inch largemouth bass. He used a black and green wooly bugger on medium-sink line. He had best luck when casting toward shore, letting the fly sink, and then quick-stripping the line.
HUNTINGTON RESERVOIR: (May 21) The ice has receded and shoreline fishing is possible. Todd Munford recommends a straight nightcrawler and full bubble with a slow retrieve.
JOES VALLEY RESERVOIR: (May 14) A party of DWR anglers fished the reservoir on May 8. The most productive fishing location was just north of the dam. Biologist Daniel Keller recommends using a piece of chub and resting it on the bottom. Daniel was also successful in catching trout with a red and white Daredevil and a gold Jakes Spin-A-Lure. Daniel's party caught a combined total of 18 fish, ranging from 10 to 17 inches. DWR Fisheries Technician Steve Regrutto caught the biggest fish: a 20-inch splake. Shore anglers fared as well as boat or tube anglers.
In 2009, fishing regulations changed at Joes Valley Reservoir. The limit is four trout, only one of which trout may be over 18 inches. DWR fishery biologists hope the new regulation will encourage more angler use while managing the chub population.
The U.S. Forest Service will conduct a prescribed burn west of Joes Valley beginning May 14. You will be able to see fire and smoke for an undetermined length of time.
LA SAL MOUNTAINS: (May 21) Conservation Officer TJ Robertson provided the following reports on May 18:
Dons Lake â Fishing is slow and fishing pressure is low.
Hidden Lake â Anglers report great fishing action. Worms and salmon eggs should work best for bait anglers. Small spinners, like the Jakes lure in silver and green, are also working well. Fly anglers have been using smaller patterns like nymphs or small caterpillars.
Kens Lake â Anglers report good fishing, with the best fishing in the evening. Multiple colors of PowerBait have been working well. Worms, salmon eggs and small marshmallows are also effective. Officer Robertson reminds anglers to use the dumpsters and leave the lake clean. The Bureau of Land Management asks the public to avoid driving on the lakebed. Driving on the lakebed destroys the clay liner.
Oowah â The Lake is open and fishing is great. Baitcasters are doing well with worms and marshmallows. Green, yellow, and rainbow sparkle PowerBait have been the most popular baits. Small silver and green Jakes are the most effective lure.
Warner Lake â The Lake is now open.
LOWER FISH CREEK: (May 21) On May 17, Tom Ogden reported a discharge of 20 fps from Scofield Reservoir dam.
MILLSITE RESERVOIR & STATE PARK: (May 14) DWR Biologist Daniel Keller reports slow fishing. Try worms or rainbow PowerBait.
SCOFIELD RESERVOIR: (May 21) According to Todd Munford, shore fishing is fair with a nightcrawler tipped with a chartreuse marshmallow. Trollers should try an orange triple teaser or a straight nightcrawler. There are special regulations at Scofield Reservoir to control the growing chub problem. See the /Utah Fishing Guidebook / for details.
STRAIGHT CANYON CREEK: (May 14) Anglers report slow fishing, with no recommendations on bait or tackle.