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Multiple Myeloma Research Consortium (MMRC) Honors University of Michigan with 2010 Center of the Year Award
Norwalk, CT — December 3, 2010
The Multiple Myeloma Research Consortium (MMRC) today announced that it has awarded the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center the 2010 MMRC Center of the Year Award. The award was presented to Dr. Andrzej Jakubowiak, the leader of the MMRC clinical research activities at University of Michigan, at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology (ASH) in Orlando, Fla. The MMRC Center of the Year Award recognizes the outstanding efforts of an MMRC Member Institution, and its clinical research team members, in advancing the field of multiple myeloma research and drug development. It is the second time the MMRC has honored the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center with the MMRC Center of the Year Award.
In awarding the 2010 MMRC Center of the Year Award, the MMRC evaluated its 13 Member Institutions' myeloma clinical trial activities during 2010, including the number of MMRC clinical trials launched, the speed at which clinical trials were opened, and the number of patients enrolled by that center in clinical trials conducted within the Consortium trial network. MMRC Member Institutions were also evaluated for their contribution of new clinical research ideas and institutional engagement in the MMRC.
"The MMRC Center of the Year Award recognizes for the second time the University of Michigan and, in particular, Dr. Jakubowiak and his clinical research team, for their incredible efforts to ensure that more effective treatment options will be there when multiple myeloma patients need them," said Kathy Giusti, Founder and CEO of the MMRC and a multiple myeloma patient. Under the leadership of Dr. Jakubowiak, Associate Professor of Internal Medicine and Director of the Multiple Myeloma Program at the University of Michigan, the Michigan site has opened several clinical trials with the utmost speed and efficiency. Dr. Jakubowiak, in particular, was recognized for his strategic stewardship of pharmaceutical and biotech partners and for his leadership in catalyzing and advancing highly innovative pre-clinical and clinical research ideas.
"I speak on behalf of my entire clinical research team when I say it is an honor to receive this distinguished award once again from the MMRC," said Dr. Jakubowiak. "We are proud to be part of such a uniquely collaborative and highly respected model for accelerating the development of new treatment options for multiple myeloma patients, and will continue to work urgently to bring patients the next generation of therapies."
The MMRC Center of the Year Award bestows a one-year grant to fund an on-site Multiple Myeloma Project Coordinator to provide project management support to enhance the efficiencies of the MMRC clinical trials conducted at the University of Michigan. Each year, the MMRC awards over $1 million in grant support across its member institutions to provide project management support for MMRC trials conducted at each center.
About the Multiple Myeloma Research Consortium (MMRC)
The Multiple Myeloma Research Consortium (MMRC) is a 509(a)3 non-profit organization that integrates leading academic institutions to accelerate drug development in multiple myeloma. It is led from MMRC offices in Norwalk, Conn., and comprises 16 member institutions: University of California, San Francisco, City of Hope, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Emory University's Winship Cancer Institute, the John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack University Medical Center, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Mayo Clinic, Ohio State University, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, University Health Network (Princess Margaret Hospital), University of Chicago, University of Michigan, Washington University, Baylor Sammons Cancer Center, Sarah Cannon Cancer Center and Virginia Cancer Specialists. The MMRC was founded in 2004 by Kathy Giusti, a myeloma patient, with the help of the scientific community. The MMRC is an affiliate organization of the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF), the world's leading funder of multiple myeloma research. The MMRC is widely recognized as an optimal research model to rapidly address critical challenges in drug development and to explore opportunities in today's most promising research areas–genomics, compound validation, and clinical trials. The MMRC is the only consortium to join academic institutions through membership agreements, customized IT systems, and an integrated tissue bank. For more information, please visit: www.themmrc.org.
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Why Our Heating Bill Ballooned This Winter
Published on - April 9th, 2009 (Modified on - October 5th, 2009) (by J.D. Roth)
Kris and I own an old house. During the winter, the cold air seeps in through cracks in the windows and beneath gaps in the doors. We've done what we can to keep our heating costs low, and we make a handful of additional improvements every year, but I still feel like we're living in a "drafty old barn" (to quote George Bailey).
Sometimes all of our hard work goes for naught. For example, we recently hired contractors to repair some rotten siding. As they were working, they discovered this:
This heating duct leads to an upstairs bedroom. Note how the duct itself has pulled away from the funnel-shaped bit beneath the floor register. There's a two-inch gap where the hot air was escaping. For the past several months, we have essentially been heating our basement. Kris and I could have gone for years without noticing this; to see the gap, we would have to look straight up while walking down the steep basement stairs.
My heart sank when the contractor pointed out the problem. I wondered how much this had cost us.
You'll recall that I've automated some of my bill payments, including our natural gas. In theory, I'm supposed to check the statements every month. In reality, I haven't done so since I switched to automatic payments last spring. Because of this, I never knew there was a problem. Checking the statements now, however, I can see that we've used a lot more energy in 2009 than we did in 2008.
- January — 2008: 98.3 Therms ($124.23), 2009: 144.7 Therms ($213.07)
- February — 2008: 120.5 Therms ($156.95), 2009: 146.6 Therms ($208.23)
- March — 2008: 104.5 Therms ($133.71), 2009: 128.8 Therms ($181.36)
During the first three months of 2008, we used 323.3 Therms, which cost us $414.89 (or about $1.28 per Therm). During the first three months of this year, we used 420.1 Therms, which cost us $602.63 (or about $1.43 per Therm). We used an additional 96.8 Therms this year, an an increase of 30%. Wow. Using that cost of $1.43 per Therm, that's an additional $138.42 we've paid for heat.
Here's a screencap that shows a graph of our energy usage:
There's no way to tell exactly how much of our increased heating bill is due to the gap in the ductwork, but my guess would be "much of it". (I guess we'll find out next winter.) It's true that I've been working from home this year, but I worked from home in March 2008, too. And I don't mess with the thermostat. When I'm cold, I don't turn up the heat. I bundle up.
Once again, I'm encouraging you to learn from my mistakes. Make a periodic check of your heating and cooling system to be sure everything's functional. And if you've set up automatic payments, be sure to check your statements on a regular basis.
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I am living in India. And here is very Hot… We have to do same exoenses but after Air Cooling Systems…….!!!
It was also an unusually cold winter here in PDX. We too saw a jump in our heating bill in December, January, and February, just because the heater had to kick on a lot more often even to maintain low temps.
I had a similar problem (drip in tub – but hot water drip). I saw my gas bill getting higher but since all my bills (electricity, oil, etc.) had been going up I didn't look into it. I finally did I noticed how much our usage had gone up (only use gas for hot water and stove). Fixing the drip cut our bill in half!!! If only I'd seen it sooner….
The green in me is sad for earth that so much energy was wasted. But there isn't much green in me so I'm just glad you caught the problem and will save a few bucks.
Ouch, J.D.! Thanks for provided an honest example of why automating too much can end up costing us money. We had this exact situation happen in one of our rentals. Luckily (or not so luckily), the heating bill went up about 75%, so it was hard for me not to notice right away!
You should look into putting some insulation around those ducts if they are running through an unconditioned (basement or attic) space. That will save you some money down the line as well.
Think positive– the problem was found now, not later . . .
Excellent and easily forgotten tip, J.D. I love the convenience of automatic payment and paperless statements, but it does lead for many of us, myself included, to skip the step of poring over the details of the monthly paper bill.
We had a similar mishap a couple of years ago with our water bill. At some point in the late fall the water hose at the back of our house had been used and coiled up and put away, but the water hadn't been turned off at the spigot. Since the hose had a spray nozzle and was already coiled over the holder, we never noticed. This ended up drip, drip, dripping slowly for at least two months.
Come December, the weather got cold enough to freeze the water and split the hose at the spigot, leaving the water to gush out full-force for at least several hours, possibly even a full day. Again, since the water was in the back of the house, we just didn't notice. It wasn't until I was lying in bed and I heard the low hissing sound of water running through the pipes that I said "What is that?" I traced the sound to the back of the house where water was gushing out of the back spigot.
Our water bill that month was $123, up from a standard $9 to $15 in the winter. And looking at the previous two months, they'd been up as well, around $20 or so. This is an amount that is normal in mid-summer, and it just hadn't clicked that "Wait, that's awfully high for October." If it had, then the December bill wouldn't have happened.
This is the exact reason I have refrained from automatic bill payments. I know myself well enough that I just won't look at the statements! However, I realize I am missing out on the rewards that would accrue by funneling bills through my dividend credit card. So far, I haven't been willing to make the change. Fundamentally, I don't care for the idea that these businesses can "pay themselves" incorrectly and it is up to me to notice.
We recently had a home energy audit done by a home inspector that uses thermal imagining. Besides things that weren't much of a surprise, he found a huge insulation gap in our attic ceiling that has been costing us for sure, plus discovered that builders only insulated half of our crawl space. We'll be fixing all these problems this spring and I'm sure we'll see big benefits during next year's cooling and heating seasons.
It stinks to get news like that, though it's good to go ahead and get it fixed. Our house is 45 years old and when we bought it 5 years ago the heat came from a large oil (read expensive) furnace. We couldn't get over how much oil we were going through just to keep the house warm. It cost us a fortune that first year.
We had some contractors come out to price a new, more efficient furnace. In looking over our system they found large gaps in the duct work in our crawl space and one area that was completely disconnected, much like J.D.'s.
It's unbelievable how much we've saved in heating costs since we had the duct work repaired and the furnace updated. If we hadn't been interested in replacing the furnace at that time, God knows how long that duct work would have been leaking hot air before we found it.
JD – I agree it was great to find the broken ductwork, but you *should* be slightly heating your basement anyway. Any HVAC folks will tell you its best to heat in layers, so you want some heat in your basement otherwise you will be overheating the upstairs to compensate and your floors will feel cold and damp from condensation.
Remember hot air rises. If you don't heat your basement, I bet the first few inches of the first floor are very cold, which is a pretty ineffective way to heat. Plus when they are cold, they will draw the moisture out of the air making the air dryer and "colder" feeling, thus requiring you to overheat in compensation. Plus your basement would be cold and damp, requiring you to run a dehumidifier more often, and possibly fighting mold/mildew problems.
I suggest getting that fixed, but you might want to have an HVAC professional come out and see what is the best setup for your house. If there are no vents in the basement, you might want to have a couple installed.
Another factor that I didn't notice in your evaluation is average ambient temps during those three months. You need to know how much colder this year was in order to fully compare heating usage with last year.
Rule of thumb is that it takes 8% more energy for every 1 deg (C) warmer you keep it.
We just found out that exterior landscaping from the prior owners has resulted in a sunken porch corner and bowing foundation wall. We've been in the house two years and only just noticed what was going on when we had to replace the furnace last year and converted from gas to oil (the big oil container was placed under the same corner).
We removed the problem (railroad ties trapping water toward the house), but we're stuck with a somewhat obvious aesthetic imperfection. Unless we want to shell out $30,000 to excavate and rebuild the wall. My solution is $40 of shrubbery to disguise the sunken porch corner, and to not look up to see how the porch ceiling dips forward.
In Milwaukee, our bills from We Energies combine our gas and electric charges. We pay by check but are on a budget plan in which our payment is the same amount each month even though our actual cost is higher or lower. What I love about our budget payment is that the monthly amount gets adjusted twice a year based on estimated cost and our useage (just went down from $322/mo to $209/mo for the next six months), AND it includes a chart and a graph that show our useage for the month compared to the same month last year, a comparison of our actual charges, and the average daily temperature. If our cost or useeage is up or down, I always look to see if it was much warmer or colder than the year before. Sometimes it's the weather that makes a difference — not a problem with the heating system — and sometimes it's just the cost of natural gas. Our electrical use and cost have both gone up. Although I nag my husband to turn off the lights in unused rooms, I suspect some increased useage is from our new plasma TV.
I would suggest that you have your energy company do a free energy audit. Find the places where your home is leaking energy and use their suggestions to fix those areas.
One thing we did to make our home more comfortable this winter is to put plastic over a few drafty windows that didn't have blinds that would prevent its application. It's the kind of plastic that you use a hair dryer to make tight. (I'm sure you've seen it in the hardware store.) One place we did this was in my husband's office, which is in a 1930s addition built over a slab rather than the full basement. It made a world of difference in the warmth of that room. In our livingroom, we used weatherstripping cord around all seven windows. Previously, we could put our hands up to the windows and feel the cold air in a steady draft. The weatherstripping ended the draft and made that room so much more comfortable. There are two windows we never open and I'm thinking we should just leave the weatherstripping on all year.
This summer or fall, I want to reinsulate the attic floor. Beside making our house warmer, we'll get a tax credit for doing so, too.
I agree with JimZ #12. Heat in a basement is not what I consider wasted heat. Perhaps your upstairs bedroom didn't have the flow of air it has now, but the basement likely benefited from the "leak", unless it is the kind of basement where the wind blows right through it! So, don't beat yourself up too bad J.D. I'm betting your bills would've been the same whether that duct were attached or not. It was a long, cold winter in most parts of the country.
We insulated our 100+ year old house (near Boston) this past November. We had no insulation to speak of and lots of cracks in our fieldstone foundation. It was painful to write the checks to the contractor, but WOW have we seen savings in our gas utilization. I ended up canceling our balanced billing, because we had been overpaying so much that we ended up with a $1k credit on our account. It will take a while to pay for itself, but I feel better now that we're not paying to heat our basement, attic, etc.
I live in Las Vegas and about twenty years ago my wife and I sold a house we had lived in for about 5 years. We loved the house except during the first summer we noticed the south west part of the house-where the kitchen was-was always hot. When we outgrew the house and decided to sell it, the buyer wanted a home inspection and when the inspector went into the attic, he noticed the vent to the kitchen had been disconnected and was cooling the attic. It is then that we remembered we had a guy in the attic after we first bought the house to install a ceiling fan in the living room. He apparently took the vent and placed it in his direction to keep himself cool during the installation. I can't even imagine what it cost me over the five years!
What if we are renting? How can we help change the amounts we are paying on heating and cooling without spending a lot of money?
I doubt that the duct problem caused the higher costs, though it did probably cause you to be colder in that bedroom. After all, you don't mess with the thermostat. The increase in your bill was probably just do to the cold winter and increased energy costs. On the positive side, just think how cozy you'll feel next winter when the problem is fixed.
Thanks for all the great posts. I am the stay-home-mom and "financial manager" for a family of five in Bend Oregon. I've been reading GRS for a few months now and you've really helped me to reduce my family's debt, get us on-budget and saving for the future.
JD – One way to head things like this off, and to set up a gee-whiz pretty cool way to monitor your usage in the future is with an energy tracking device. My dad installed one a few months back and is happy with the results (he is an analytical nut like me). It's expensive around $140 but may pay dividends if it makes us pay more attention to our usage, find ways to conserve, and find problems like your duct disconnect sooner. It attaches to the fuse box and transmits usage data through your electric lines to a readout display wherever you would like. There is also a linked software application that tracks historical information and provides readouts and charts of usage, time of day, costs per hour, etc. Necessary…no, fun and awesome…yes. Here is a link to the system. http://www.theenergydetective.com/what/overview.html He is going to send me some photos of the setup and I will post some more details.
Shelli says: "After all, you don't mess with the thermostat."
Though if the heating unit has to stay on longer to reach/maintain the thermostat temperature because some of the warming air is going elsewhere, then I'd think that would affect the costs.
…be glad you found that leak now rather than later! I'm sure many people in older houses have leaks that go unnoticed for years.
Here's my graph – http://www.davedarling.com/gasusage.png (I love my gas supplier – their online account provides two years worth of history with graphs)
You can see that we managed to cut our gas bill significantly this year – I did a massive insulation and heating system upgrade under a Canadian government program (eco energy retrofit).
The savings are going to add up for years to come, and I got about $8000 back for my efforts (spent about $12,000 total, so only $4000 out of my pocket). I'd highly recommend that any Canadian with an older home look into this program.
At least in Pennsylvania, winter 2009 was colder than winter 2008. Up through February in 2008 there were 4,114 degree days here. And up through February in 2009 there were 4,747 degree days. That's about 15% more heating to provide, which might explain some of your bill difference.
It is easy to figure out if you are using more energy this winter compared to last – lookup the degree days on your utility bills. Then you can figure out a therm/degree days (or is is degree days/therm?) to see if efficiency has dropped. Of course that won't prove the leak caused the drop in efficiency.
You attribute the higher heating bills to this disconnect in the piping, but if the house is old, chances are, the disconnect didn't happen just within the last year. Many other factors could be the cause of the increased heating bill.
Additionally, just because you have something-anything on autopay doesn't mean that you shouldn't be keeping an eye on the bill somewhere. You don't need to log into the utility's site to findout how much your pay every month. Check your payments via your credit card statement or checking account. I have some on auotpay and some aren't. Don't trust my cable company to get my bill right, so I don't pay until I've inspected the bill. It's easier to correct a mistake before you've given them your money rather than after.
I am a dinosaur who still receives paper utility bills. I like to review the utilization chart. Every few months I clip one from the bill and put it in a file, so I can stay on top of our electricity usage. I do comparison checks on a year over year basis.
Monitoring it pays off. After we got our new computer last winter, I started using the PC while watching our new-to-us giant tv. And over the winter months I noticed my electricity usage was up over last winter. As a result I've buckled down, either watching tv or using the computer, and my electricity usage is nearly back to normal.
We have been closely monitoring our electric bill for about 3 years now in an effort to cut down our bill (after we got an unexpected $600 bill one month)! By looking at it every month, it has really caused us to change our behavior. In the last 12 month period we saved about $1200 over the previous twelve month period!
D'oh! I think you guys are the only Oregonians I "know" who even have a basement. Probably a good idea NOT to be heating it — an unheated basement is great for root vegetable storage.
Studies show that sitting in a cold room burns more calories. Think of it as a way to diet.
We had a similar thing happen with our electric bill (unfortunately during a time we were incredibly busy/traveling a lot so it took a while to be resolved). We had gotten our usage down to bare bones (to save money and to be greener) at $45/month, when ever so slowly our electric bill started creeping up again. The first month it went from $45 to $60 ("Hmmm…well maybe we had the computers on longer last month"), the second month it went to $95 ("Okay, something must be wrong – let's look into getting one of those watt-hour meters and see where the problem is"), the third month it went to $160 ("Let's call customer service yet again, the problem absolutely must be on their end!"). The fourth month it skyrocketed to $300.
At that point we had exhausted our resources and the power company's too (we were also put on a 6 month waiting list for a home energy audit, but that wouldn't help us in the short-term). We were at a loss and horribly worried. After paying the fourth month, we realized we were on track for a $550 bill for the next month. Conveniently during this discussion we noticed something – the electric water heater kept cycling on and off constantly ("It's never done that before….").
We rent our cottage, so we called our landlords and they sent someone out. Seems the problem wasn't the water heater either (though it was the reason the bill was higher and it was getting worked to death) – it was a few pipes in the crawl space under the house. The hot water pipe to the outdoor shower had cracks develop in it…some of those cracks (presumably within the past two months given the $300 bill and potential upcoming $550 bill) had blown into holes.
So essentially – much like J.D. heating his basement – we had been watering (with hot water) our crawl space for several months. (Our landlords pay the water bill every month and had noticed their bill getting higher too, but they just assumed we were taking a lot more showers!) Given it was winter (and given we've never needed to go into the crawl space), we had no way of knowing there was a hot water bath under there. But trust me, if this happens again? That's the first place I'm going to look! (And in the meantime, we see this as a great lesson for when we own our first house.)
I was just commenting to my family about how the last two months have been great for energy savings. This past summer, my heat pump (which also serves as air conditioner) broke. I had the option to repair a 15 year old system for several hundred dollars, or replace it for several thousand. Since I was in a good position to do so, I selected the most efficient system and replaced the old one. Ever since, I've been comparing electricity usage and cost to the previous year each month. And every month, I've saved some money. In the last two months, I've saved about $55 each month, with over a 30% decrease in electricity usage. Of course, outside temperatures play a big role, but my electricity web site also shows "heating degree days" and "cooling degree days" to give you an idea of how much cooling and heating the system had to provide. Now… at the current rate of monthly savings, it will take a decade to pay back what I paid for my system, but it's also new with a decade long warranty on parts and labor. The older system could've repeatedly needed repairs, or worse, just needed replaced before long anyway. Utilities can be a major recurring expense, and it feels great to reduce them consistently! And… in my state, electricity rates are set to go much higher in 2010 and 2011, so my savings will increase without the usage levels having to further decrease.
Does your bank have a notification/email option? I have automated my bills (all through USAA) and i get an email when the bill is paid. They include the amount, dates, all other pertinent info. It helps because i tend to forget to check on the automation too! You may want to look into it.
We're just finishing up another cold Michigan winter (of course, now we're into another cold Michigan spring!) and another winter of NOT sending a single dollar to the energy company for heat. I cut, haul, split, stack, and burn all my own wood from our acreage, and although it's an incredible amount of work, I find it satisfying on several levels. First, of course, is the fact that rising energy costs don't cause me much concern. Second, during a particularly cold spell, or even a colder than usual winter, we just burn more wood – it doesn't cost us any more money. Third, being out in the woods working is very much my form of therapy. Fourth – every step of the process is great exercise. Finally – there is simply no heat quite so nice as that from a hot, burning stove.
Since I'm a teacher, I use the summer months to do all my wood work. Currently I'm about two years ahead.
Even though I manage our forest for sustainability, I know I won't be able to do this indefinitely – physically it's simply too demanding, and there will come a time when I'll no longer be able to do it. But until then, it's saving us literally thousands of dollars a year.
I didn't read all the posts but I noticed our energy usage (and costs) were up this winter compared to 2008. I didn't think the weather would have that much effect but that's the best explanation I have.
Wow. Been reading your blog for ages and this is the first time where I actually feel good about my practices when compared with you – I check my auto-pay statements. Its a relief to remember that even *you* make mistakes. Phew.
That might not be the only reason your bill was high. Our electric company raised our rates over 12% this winter. It was also an especially cold one too. My bill was easily $100 higher than I've EVER seen it.
I had a similar problem with water in the basement of a rental property my wife and I own. Conventional wisdom says you should always get at least 3 bids. We got two and both had quoted us at about 2k to fix the water problem. When I was about to grudgingly pony up the extra money – my wife wisely said, you always say to get three bids – so we got the third one. An older man, around 70, looked at the basement for 5 minutes and said, you just need a little quikcrete by that doorway, you can probably fix it yourself for around ten bucks. He wouldn't take any money for pointing out the obvious. I thanked him…and my wife. I felt like a fool but was glad to save the extra $1990;)
We have had an unusually cold winter here in the midwest which resulted in the use of more natural gas, yet my heating bill has been lowerdue to reduced natural gas prices. I am not sure how much of your increased bill can be attributed to the ductwork. Unless your thermostat is in the room where the ductwork was heading. I have had to heating and air contractors tell me that closing off registers to unused rooms does not result in any less usage of energy. The only room that matters is the room where your thermostat is. The upstairs bedroom does not know that the basement was being heated.
Even in a newer home you can have problems with heating air conditioning, and water usage. I have started with a walk through and around the house every three months. I am in Florida so we do not deal with snow, but I deal with the effects of salt water. This last walk through I found a leak in the hose bib I had replace two years ago. unsure why it is leaking as I have not used that one recently. Temporary repair is a hose cap until I cant get to the store tomorrow on my weekly errand day.
My repair basket includes an extra toilet flapper, hose cap, duct tape, PVC indoor plumbing glue and pieces of pipe. I also use my leaf rake in the attic after big storms (Hurricanes) to level the insulation.
We had the same thing happen with one of our heat ducts, but it was in the attic – that's worse. We put it back together and sealed it up with some metal duct tape. It's a good idea to go over the ducts visually once or twice a year, you never know what you may find.
J.D. – As busy as you are, new blog idea!
Interesting article about paying attention to automatic bill paying and how it may have triggered you to have found this on your own sooner. However I agree with Ragnorok that based on your statements there is no way you can make this comparison and state that the duct is the cause of your increased heating bill. This defect could have been in place since you moved in, a year after, two years, etc. Additionally you didn't check average temperatures over the time period to see if you "needed" more therms. My possibly faulty recollection is that this has been a colder winter in general than last year, which would easily explain the results.
I had a similar issue on new construction. It wasn't until I was finishing my basement some years after I'd bought the house that the HVAC guy I hired showed me a sixteen inch square duct section that had been missing on my return over the furnace (tucked nicely among the joists so I couldn't see the gap unless standing back to the furnace and looking straight up). I'd been sucking in a good chunk of return air from the basement since the house had been built. What I noticed is a difference in the following months air conditioning and heating bills. That is what I would recommend you take careful note of, and then you can compare that to what you had in the past to see if there is an effective difference.
By the way, given this duct didn't have tape on it to help secure the joint, have you checked all your other connections for leakage?
Since I'm in grad school, keeping track of bills is especially useful, as there isn't exactly a surplus of money to around. In the first three months of '09, my gas bills were $58, $59, and $71 respectively, or $188 in total. My April bill, however, was $39, and since turning the thermostat four degrees down (from 70 to 66), I'm hoping my May bill will drop below $30. The warmer weather should help too.
Watching the numbers is a good way to minimize the amount of money one spends.
did you notice in your post about keeping heating costs down you noticed the extra heat in the basement, but you thought it was from uninsulated pipes?
Just like #27, how do you know when the gap happened? If it didn't occur sometime between last year and this one, then you actually could have been paying for that leak for years…!
How's that for good news?
Misery loves company, LOL. Some years back, I had a critter, probably a possum, get into the crawl space and detach a heating duct. It was pretty noisy, so it didn't take long to detect the problem — being able to look down the floor vent and see dirt below was the dead give-away! But getting into the mostly-sealed crawl space to fix the duct was another matter. I was just more restrictive in my heating until I could fix it. If it had not been for the noise, the problem probably would have gone undetected for much longer.
As for utility bills, I don't have any of them on auto-pay. I want to be forced to actually look at the bill, and I always compare it with both last month's bill and last year's bill for the same month. Our natural gas bills have a nice online feature whereby they tell you how much of a change in your monthly bill was due to the weather, and also changes for other components. This is what the one from March looks like:
* The weather decreased your bill by $8 – $13.
* Your gas usage decreased for this bill.
* Your energy charges were $9.14 lower for this bill.
* Other Gas service charges/credits were $0.57 lower for this bill.
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Justin Bieber has been caught up in some sticky situations lately, no doubt. From his monkey troubles, to allegedly spitting on a neighbor, the Biebs hasn't had an easy go of it. Some of it can just be chalked up to haters and hype, but this weekend, he made a made a big huge faux pas that can be blamed on no one but the boy wonder himself.
It happened yesterday when Justin was in Amsterdam, and decided to visit the Anne Frank House. While there, he spent about an hour touring the museum with some friends and his bodyguards. All well and good, but then he went and signed the guest book. You won't believe what he wrote.
According the museum's web page, he wrote: "Truly inspiring to be able to come here. Anne was a great girl. Hopefully she would have been a belieber."
Oh yes, he did ... in the book of one of the most famous Jewish victims of the Holocaust. Someone in his camp told TMZ he did it because he read she was a fan of pop culture during her time, but that does little to justify the pompous, self-promotional nature of his comment. Is there really any other way to read it?
The uproar over his note has been swift, strong, and well deserved. Some of the comments on the Anne Frank House Facebook page read:
Way to turn an inspiring moment into something about yourself.
What a immature and disgusting thing to write in her book! As an American I am truly sorry he went there and did this!
Grow up, Bieber. The world desperately needs more people like Anne Frank - not you. You would do well to become a true fan of Anne, rather than worry about whether Anne would have been a fan of yours.
And they go on ... and on. I'm sure he did it without thinking, but he really should have thought harder before writing that.
I'm not a huge Justin Bieber fan, but I always have had this soft, protective spot for him. I hate to see him bashed senselessly, as he so often is. This time, however, I think he deserves it. I hope he does the right thing and apologizes, and perhaps makes a big old donation to the museum.
What do you think of the note Justin Bieber wrote -- outrageous or understandable?
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He's such a little immature twat. Karma will come back and bite him.
Why did they even let him in?
Oh Jesus... What an idiot! At the same time, he is 19 years old and most 19 year old guys I have ever met have been idiots. Hopefully he will outgrow his idiocy....SOON.
i used to stick up for him because i knew he donated a lot to charity and did nice things for fans. but lately...ugh. kid needs to go take some time off and stop being dumb.


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Federal and state law prohibit a business from selling a security unless: (A) the security is registered with the SEC, or (B) an exemption from registration is applicable. Registration is expensive, so nearly all businesses try to satisfy an exemption from registration. Historical exemptions have made it difficult for businesses to receive investment from "non-accredited" investors and flat out prohibit "general solicitation" (i.e., public advertising of the investment, including advertising on the Internet). Those historical difficulties, however, have recently been eased. Read More ›
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I agree with the previous reviewer. I was very disappointed with the lack of flavor and the dryness of the cake. I also reviewed the buttercream icing which was much too thick to make an attractive cake. Overall I would not make this cake again because I have many chocolate recipes that are superior!
Chocolate-raspberry Cake
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This four-layered chocolate raspberry cake features a tangy raspberry filling and a rich foolproof buttercream icing. Top the cake with fresh raspberries for a simple and elegant presentation.
Yield: Makes 12 to 16 servings
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- Calories: 642
- Calories from fat: 56%
- Protein: 6.7g
- Fat: 40g
- Saturated fat: 24g
- Carbohydrate: 70g
- Fiber: 2.3g
- Sodium: 298mg
- Cholesterol: 205mg
- Double-layer chocolate cake
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- Split the layers of the double-layer chocolate cake, making four total. Spread each of the first three with raspberry jam (about 1/3 cup on each). Stir raspberry-flavored liqueur into foolproof buttercream to frost cake. Garnish with raspberries.
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Good Vegetarian Recipes Starring Brown Lentils?
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Q: I had a brain lapse at the grocery and forgot that I prefer french (Puy) lentils in my standard lentil soup because the brown ones turn to mush. Now I have two pounds of brown lentils! Got any good vegetarian recipes starring brown lentils?
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Make a dish where the lentils are supposed to be mushy, like a dal. Mark Bittman's recipe is a good one, as is this one from the New York Times.
Another good thing about dals: they freeze well!
I'm not a huge fan of lentil soup, but once had a fantastic one w/ brown lentils at a Moroccan restaurant. What made it special was tomato purée added to the broth and lots of fresh cilantro- very savory. Sorry I don't have a recipe, but maybe an existing one can be tweaked!
Make these easy and delicious tacos:
I make a take on veggie Moussaka, subbing lentils and mushrooms for the meat in the base. I am sure there is an actual recipe out there, but I just made up up based off a meat-based recipe.
These are some of my favorites:
Lentil Soup (with vegetable stock instead of chicken): http://atexasbelle.blogspot.com/2013/09/lentil-soup.html
Warm Lentil Chickpea Salad:
Lentil, Carrot, and Kale Salad:
Make Snobby Joe's:
The brown and green lentils don't turn to mush unless you try hard, are you perhaps talking about the red ones, which are pretty much self-pureeing?
I use brown (or green) lentils to make a veggie bolognese. I soak the lentils first thing in the morning until dinner time, then I cook them in the tomato sauce for about 30 mins. It's easy, hearty and tasty and it freezes very well too.
I used to make a really nice pate with red lentils (the self-pureeing comes in very handy) but I haven't made it in years. It was also good as a dip.
Lentil chili. Make it in the crock pot with all the stuff you'd put in regular chili (tomatoes, peppers, onions, garlic, corn, etc.). Serve over brown rice or eat plain. If you eat dairy, grated sharp cheddar cheese is good over it.
One of the things I love most about lentils is that they freeze really well. I make a big pot of it, then portion it out and freeze it for lunches.
Just remembered I also came across this recipe recently, which uses red lentils
How about buying some French lentils and using them half and half to give your usual favorite soup recipe the texture you crave.
Slice some thin half-moons of 3-4 onions and put them in a pan with olive oil and a little butter and let them caramelize for about 45-50 minutes. Saute garlic in a slick of olive oil, add some bell pepper and soften. Add your lentils, a bay leaf or two, pepper, and whatever other spices strike your fancy, and pour water over the whole thing, so the lentils are covered, and turn the heat up to medium/medium-high. Cook the lentils while the onions caramelize and set your rice cooker for some brown rice (or a grain of your choice--I happen to have brown rice on hand all the time!). Pour a glass of wine. Sip it while you keep an eye on all of the above and sort the mail/feed the cat/boogie in your kitchen where your neighbors can see. Add water to the lentils periodically, if they look like they're drying up.
If you time it well, everything should finish at about the same time. The onions should have reduced to a tiny remainder of their bulk, the lentils should have retained their shape and be cooked through to a pleasant texture, but not mushy, and your grain of choice will be an excellent base for the above. Serve with a couple crumbles of salty feta (if you're me), or a melty cheese (if you're my partner), and enjoy! You can scale this to however many you need to feed, but I like to make a lot, since it carries and reheats well for work lunches!
Mushy lentils make a great veggie lentil loaf.
I love brown lentils! They don't get nearly as mushy as red ones if you keep an eye on them. These are delicious either by themselves or on toast or a sweet potato:
I also make a 'salad' of brown lentils, roasted beets, some kind of green (kale, spinach, whatever), goat cheese or feta, and toasted pecans or walnuts. Throw your favorite vinaigrette on top. So filling and good!
I add cooked lentils to a saute of onions, celery, thyme, and fennel. Serve wam on top of escarole with blue cheese, walnuts, and a sprinkle of vinegar.
Also, here's a heaty lentil salad that we love:
and this lentil loaf is so good and so retro-1970s:
warm (not "wam")
hearty (not "heaty")
Good lentil loaf recipe: http://whatdoiknow.typepad.com/recipes/2009/06/comfort-food-vegan-not-meat-loaf.html
we make a lentil and brown rice casserole that's really easy and surprisingly delicious. it's from a betty crocker vegetarian cookbook. you cook lentils and brown rice together w/ some water/broth in a casserole dish for 50 minutes or so; then you add some sort of green veggie (frozen broccoli or green beans) for 30 minutes. stir in a bunch of cheddar cheese at the end. it sounds/looks boring but tastes so good.
lentil sloppy joes are a good suggestion, too. and you can also do the lentils w/ baked eggs that are often featured here.
Lentil Hummus:
In a food processor, blend cooked lentils with a can of chickpeas, garlic, olive oil and some tahini to create a lentil hummus. This works particularly well with red lentils, but brown should be very tasty too if they are cooked through enough.
Mujaddara! I think that's what cupofnimbus described so well above. We eat it with full-fat greek yogurt on top. Even the kids love it!
Living on a farm that raises lentils, we make a lot of lentil dishes... You can use lentils in tacos or sloppy joe's, anything that you may use ground beef or turkey in. Lentils are wonderful in the way that if you cook them with spices they tend to soak up all the flavor. You can also use them in a salad, I really like this one http://aggieskitchen.com/2013/04/16/mediterranean-lentil-salad/. Lastly, one of my go to lentil side dishes (it goes with EVERYTHING and is fast to make is: http://www.cooklocal.com/2010/04/22/green-lentils-with-a-pan-cooked-halibut-afterthought/ It's amazing, everyone in our family loves it.
I second (third?) mujaddarah (which is lentils, wheat bulgur, and chopped onions cooked until dark brown in olive oil with salt)! We eat it with applesauce and/or cottage cheese, but the friend who taught it to me serves it with vegetable curry and mango chutney. I like to add shredded cabbage to the browning onions for an even more veggie-rich dish.
This extremely delicious Vegetarian Shepherd's Pie recipe features brown lentils:
I make it monthly and my meat-eating partner also loves it. I double the recipe and make it in a 9x12 pan. Yummmmm!
All the Greek style lentil soups are better with brown lentils then there's mujadarra which has already been mentioned but most middle eastern dishes use the brown lentils and if you're going to make a lentil based veggie burger only brown lentils have a enough heft and mushiness to stick together. I always have the brown lentils as well as the puy lentils in my pantry.
We LOVE lentils in my home! This is my traditional recipe (which I also puree for baby)
http://www.bitesforbabies.com/recipes/indian-inspired-lentil-puree/ but I've tweaked it and made this: http://www.bitesforbabies.com/recipes/chicken-potato-and-dill-lentil-stew/ (as well as adding precooked sausage links in it! yum!)
This is one of our favorite dishes that uses brown lentils...I tend to add more liquid and cook longer than the original Cooking Light recipe. Also great even if you don't add bacon!http://whatscookinerndog.blogspot.com/2009/01/bacon-onion-and-brown-lentil-skillet.html


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Archdiocese of Cincinnati.
Reprinting prohibited
by Katharine Bird
AIan had his first drink at the age of 13 during
one of his parents' Saturday prefootball parties. His parents
were horrified when he acted slightly intoxicated. Other guests
thought it was "cute."
He took the next step toward becoming a problem
drinker when he moved, at 15, to a large metropolitan area
1,000 miles from his lifelong smalltown home. Anxious about
finding new friends and scared he wouldn't be accepted, Alan
followed along when a new acquaintance invited him to an after-school
beer party. Soon these beer parties became routine in his
By 17, Alan was losing interest in his schoolwork
and the extracurricular activities he used to enjoy. His once-outstanding
grades were slipping. Alarmed about her son's behavior, Alan's
mother consulted the high school guidance counselor. Their
joint efforts met resistance from Alan, who insisted, "Nothing's
wrong. Leave me alone."
As the year proceeded, Alan's behavior became
increasingly unpredictable. Following his friend's example,
Alan began to skip school, using the excuse that he was "too
tired" to get up in the morning. It was a long time before
Alan's mother realized the real reason-he was "too hung
over" to get up in the morning. He talked about dropping
out of school altogether because it was "too boring."
Sometimes Alan's parents smelled alcohol on
their son's breath or found empty bottles in the wastebasket.
But Alan always downplayed their concern. "Don't worry
about me. I'm O.K., Mom," he said again and again.
The situation reached a crisis when Alan's parents
received a phone call from the police station early one morning
saying that Alan had been arrested for driving while drunk.
The officer added that he had resisted arrest, which would
count against him in the courtroom. During the weeks and months
following that phone call, Alan and his parents went through
a lot of soul-searching. Finally, with the help of family
counselors and prodded by the juvenile court system, his parents
were able to make an honest appraisal of what really was going
on with their son and how they could cooperate to help him.
Is Alcohol Really That Much of a Problem?
Slowly and painfully over the next year and
a half, Alan made some important changes. A family counselor
helped him work on such crucial issues as self-worth and personal
identity. As he began to understand himself better, Alan was
able to put his dependence on alcohol and on his drinking
buddies in perspective.
To gain perspective on the situation yourself,
the following statistics may prove helpful:
According to a study released in June
1991 by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,
eight million U.S. junior and senior high school students
are weekly users of alcohol.
According to the New York State Catholic
Conference 1989 policy statement on chemical dependency, more
than 30 percent of child and adolescent suicides can be directly
linked to depression caused by drug and alcohol abuse.
According to a 1981 Department of Health,
Education and Welfare report, three million youths have problems
at home, in school or on the highways because of alcohol.
To bring those statistics home, look around
you. How do you and your friends handle the question of alcohol
and other drugs? When you go to parties and to school events,
what's the drink of choice? Is it soft drinks or juices or
punch? Or is beer an expected part of partying?
How often at school-sponsored sports events
do you see people drinking, sipping from thermos jugs that
could contain coffee or hot cocoa but really hold wine coolers
or rum and Coke? Their behavior blows their cover.
One teen, commenting on the amount of drinking
among her high school friends, says that drinking is routine
at parties. "Some kids get totally drunk every week,"
she says.
I interviewed several alcohol abuse counselors
for Youth Update. All agree that alcohol abuse is reaching
epidemic proportions, affecting every family, every parish
and every neighborhood in the United States.
Yes, the Problem Is Greater Than You Think
Addiction counselors report that getting teens
to recognize a problem with alcohol or other drugs often is
the hardest part. Especially in the case of alcohol abuse,
people tend to conspire in denying that there is a problem.
A pattern of denial about alcohol abuse in the home may already
exist. How often have you heard an adult-your mother, a favorite
aunt or uncle perhaps-say, "Thank God my kid just drinks!
At least I don't have to worry about drugs."
Even when people are willing to admit there
is a problem, they want to think it is someone else's problem.
The typical attitude is: My neighbor is fine. This doesn't
happen in my neighborhood. For you, too, the problem is complicated
by your desire to fit in and follow along with what your friends
and others your age consider acceptable.
Perhaps you have been a witness to the following
scenario or one like it: It's Friday night at the school homecoming
dance. You are there with your friends, dancing and eating
pizza. Though there are strict rules forbidding drinking on
school premises and no alcohol is brought into the gym, you
see some people you know disappear at intervals during the
evening. It's common knowledge they are going out to their
cars for alcohol.
You see your friend Jessica get more and more
flushed and high-spirited as the evening passes. Soon the
word goes around that she is getting out of control. But she
also is the center of attention, dancing with one football
player after another and seemingly having a wonderful time.
Monday morning, you hear another friend say
to Jessica, grinning broadly, "Boy, Jessica, you really
got plastered last night!"
Too often, getting drunk is greeted with admiration,
not disapproval. This admiration makes it mighty difficult
for you to admit that you or a friend might have a problem
with alcohol. Few of you seek help on your own initiative,
counselors say. Often some sort of intervention or crisis
is needed before the addict will confront his or her abuse.
Usually you agree to seek help only when a family
member, friend or employer puts on pressure. Then, with your
back against the wall, you might agree to got help just to
stop that person from pressuring you.
That's what happened, finally, to Maria. Drinking
was becoming for her the only way to party. Her personal worst
came the night her high school won the basketball regional
title against all odds. Hysterical with joy at their team's
victory, Maria and her friends went to her home to celebrate.
They drank shots of vodka followed by beer chasers.
When Maria's parents returned home, the party
was all over. Most of her friends had left the house. Only
Maria and her friend Peter were home: Maria standing outside
the bathroom door pounding on it, yelling at Peter to unlock
the door; Peter, ill inside the bathroom, refusing. Confronted
by her parents, Maria began to cry and begged her parents
to do something to help Peter.
The next day, Maria's parents came down hard
on her. Maria says they grounded her and took away car privileges
for a month. They also insisted that she go with them to talk
with a counselor who specialized in addictions. This proved
to be the start to her recovery.
Where to Find Help
The campaign against alcohol abuse has been
stepped up. Most communities in the United States provide
several places to turn for help.
A quick resource for finding help is
the Yellow Pages of the telephone directory. Alcohol abuse
hotline phone numbers often are staffed 24 hours a day. You
can call the hotline number and find a competent volunteer
who is trained to respond knowledgeably and sympathetically
to your questions. If you are worried that you might have
a problem with alcohol or are worried about a close friend,
you can get information from hotline volunteers on how to
recognize the signs of alcohol abuse. You also can get the
volunteer to give you phone num. bers of treatment centers
and self-help groups such as Alcoholics Anonymous (A.A.).
Remember: The volunteers are nonjudgmental
and compassionate. They only want to help you. You can remain
anonymous throughout the conversation, and you can call as
often you like.
Often high school counselors are specially
trained in helping you to cope with alcohol or drug abuse.
Pick out someone in your school or parish whom you feel comfortable
in approaching. This person could be your favorite teacher
or coach or your parish youth minister. Stop in to see this
person, saying something like "I wonder if I could talk
to you for a few minutes."
One way to introduce the topic is to say something
generic like, "I feel badly aboutor or "I'm really
concerned about-." The adult will take the ball from
there and help you begin to talk about what's bothering you.
As a next step, this person may suggest that you talk with
a counselor or that you attend an A.A. meeting. Such a person,
while protecting your confidentiality, can steer you toward
Parishes and dioceses frequently are
equipped to help fight alcohol abuse. People in parishes are
being trained to help, learning how and where to refer people
in need. Catholic Charities is one source of assistance available
throughout the country. At the least, a parish staff member
can listen and offer suggestions on what you might do next.
Often an important part of diocesan programs
is prevention or keeping alcohol from becoming a problem in
the first place. The Archdiocese of New York, for instance,
has a program called "Youth Dare to Care" that works
to educate youth on substance abuse and peer pressure and
coping skills. Teens like you go through the archdiocesan
education program and then are sent out to work with slightly
younger youths in junior high school or grade school.
Andrea, now in her 20's, recalls the time some
years ago when her closest friends began to get on her case
about her drinking. Like a lot of teenagers, she had started
drinking by sipping grasshoppers and other drinks that seemed
more like dessert. Then she switched to beer and gin.
Andrea says her three closest friends each came
to her separately, very concerned about how much and how often
she was drinking. They told her they thought she was getting
out of control. They pushed her to quit drinking. Though Andrea
resisted their urgings for several months, they kept after
her. She finally decided that there might be something to
what they were saying, and she was able to quit.
If you are faced with an alcohol problem, what
can you do? The first step is to raise the topic with a friend
or an adult you trust. This will not be easy, but the stakes
are high. What happens in many instances, however, is that
the decision is taken out of your hands. For instance, if
your grades have been slipping or your behavior is getting
out of hand, your parents may recognize something is wrong
and ask you to see a counselor with them.
Other times, a school adviser, perhaps sensing
that something is wrong, might question you about how things
are going. If this happens, respond as openly and honestly
as you can. It can help a lot to unburden yourself.
The adult in whom you confide might suggest
a trained counselor. That professional will listen to what
you have to say and then make an evaluation of what sort of
help is most appropriate in your particular circumstances.
Often the counselor will suggest one-onone counseling.
Other times, the advice might be to join an A.A. group. At
other times, inpatient treatment in a hospital or clinic may
seem best. Under the best circumstances, your parents will
be involved, especially if inpatient treatment is needed.
Parents can be a good line of defense in helping you fight
alcohol addiction.
Self-help groups sponsored by Alcoholics Anonymous
include A.A. groups for the person in recovery, Alateen for
brothers and sisters of alcoholics or children of alcoholics
and Al-Anon for spouses and parents of alcoholics. Self-help
groups such as A.A. can provide you with invaluable assistance
as you start the long journey toward recovery, one day at
a time. Groups provide a place where you can share your pain
and anxieties with others who understand what you are going
Often A.A. and other self-help groups have their
regular meetings in Church-donated space. Catholic dioceses
around the United States often make rooms available for these
All A.A. groups operate under the same rules:
All meetings are free of charge. Nominal
fees are charged for literature.
You are free to join and stay for as
long, or as short, a time as you wish.
No last names are used. Confidentiality
is required. You are told that what you say at the meetings
will be respected and is not to be repeated outside the meeting.
You are listened to respectfully.
You are encouraged to speak at each meeting,
but you may sit in silence if you so choose.
Meetings are friendly. Often everyone
sits in a circle to encourage talking. One reason groups can
prove so helpful to you is because they operate on the self-help
principle: You heal yourselfwhile you help others to heal,
they are helping you. Joining A.A. or a similar group for
addictions can give you much welcome support r you struggle
to make changes in your life.
Belief in God Can Help
Addiction counselors point out that spirituality
and religious belief can play an invaluable role in helping
you to overcome problems with alcohol. A.A. groups from the
very beginning recognized the need to base recovery on spiritual
principles. These groups start from a spiritual basis which
recognizes that people need help in learning to live without
A.A. promotes spiritual growth through the Twelve
Step program. Steps Two and Three focus on spirituality directly.
Step Two says that abusers have come to recognize that "a
Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity."
Step Three says that we have made a decision
"to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God
as we understood him." A nondenominational group, A.A.
is careful not to promote or endorse any particular religion
Belonging to the Catholic Church can be a bonus
in struggling against addiction. The Church's spiritual tradition
has much to say about respect for individual life. This includes
having a healthy respect for your body and an understanding
that you have no right to abuse your body. The Church also
has a strong tradition of supporting people through difficult
moments and times in their lives.
This Youth Update has dealt with facts about
drinking and recovering from alcohol abuse. In our society,
teenagers aren't the only ones who must address this issue.
But you cannot ignore the dangers to you, your health, your
character. This is "news you can use"-to help yourself
and your friends live well into the 21stcentury.
Katharine Bird is a project manager, writer
and editor in Washington. D.C.
Youth Update advisers who previewed
this issue, suggested changes and asked questions of the author
are Dana Cooper, Kim Landrum, Jeremy Landrum, Lori Schrinner,
Rob Schrinner and Kim Smith. All are members of St. Louis
Parish in Owensville, Ohio, where Ginny and Gary Landrum are
volunteer- youth ministers.
Alan's mom took a lot off him. The parents
I know wouldn't give him any more chances to handle booze.
They'd ground him! Do you think his case was handled well?
No, I don't think Alan's parents handled
his situation well. I think the parents were very concerned
about their son but were hoping against hope that no real
problem existed. In short, they didn't want to face up to
the fact that their son was in trouble-partly because they
feared it would reflect on them as parents.
It has been my experience (as a parent
and in interviewing counselors who work with alcoholic families)
that all too often, in real life, people find themselves avoiding
unpleasant truths until something happens that forces them
to confront a situation.
What would be most helpful as a first step
with someone who I know is drinking too much?
Talk to your friend. Tell your friend you
are really concerned about the way he or she is drinking.
Tell your friend you really care about him or her a lot. Try
to get your friend to confide in a trusted adult--a parent,
a school counselor, a parish youth minister.
Most teens aren't going to talk to their
parents first. So how could they possibly get into a treatment
program? Don't you need a parent's permission?
You can go to A.A. meetings without telling
anyone you are going. If you need wheels to get there, it
will be harder, but A.A. group members will try to help you
over the phone and even in getting transportation.
You can approach school counselors and
parish staff without talking to your parents first. It is
likely that they will advise bringing your parents in as a
means of helping you to overcome your difficulties. Help from
your parents should be vital in the struggle to overcome the
hold of alcohol. For inpatient treatment, parents would have
to become involved.
As a general rule, most parents would want
to be included, because they care about you and your well-being.
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Mr Brown apparently intends to present this as part of his response to the MPs expenses scandal – but the scandal had nothing to do with the way MPs were voted into office. It was about the way they behaved once they had been elected. (If there is any genuine scandal about the electoral system, it is the over-representation of Scotland at Westminister but somehow I doubt that Mr Brown will choose to address that outrage.) Reconstructing the electoral system so that a Lib-Lab coalition could never be displaced would be more likely to produce even more complacent arrogance in the political class.
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