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As a first time mother, I always have this need to seek out reference material regarding my son's overall health. I subscribe to babycenter.com that'll give me weekly updates on my son's progress and milestones. One thing I noticed since he was about 2 years old was his lack of speaking sensible words. Yes, he babbles a lot, says "mommy" and "daddy" a lot but he was not speaking in phrases yet. I have raised this concern to John and assured me that our son is right on track. BUT still I was uneasy.
So last February, during Peewee's annual check up I raised this concern again to his pediatrician. And lo and behold, my maternal instinct was right – that Peewee has developmental delay. A lot of things went swirling in my head when the pediatrician handed us a recommendation letter for a developmental pediatrician for assessment.
Is he autistic?
Did I did something wrong during my pregnancy?
Is it my fault that's why he's not speaking/conversing?
John saw the worry in my eyes. And I think the pediatrician did too. Alas, the pediatrician's assessment wouldn't point near autism. But this still needs to be confirmed by the developmental pediatrician. The pediatrician suggested that we make an appointment to the developmental pediatrician as soon as possible because these appointments will make you wait for as long as a year. The pediatrician also recommended that we have Peewee undergo occupational therapy while awaiting for our appointment for the developmental pediatrician.
We managed to get the soonest appointment for Peewee's assessment last May 17th – a day before my birthday. Drawing close to our appointment, I have had shed a lot of tears enough to fill Hoover Dam. A lot of things went through my head. Afraid of the results of his assessment, anxious what will happen to my son and happy that finally I will know how to address his condition.
Peewee was getting occupational therapy a month prior his assessment. Some much nice things to say about his therapy center that I think I will write a separate post for them. God bless their souls – such angels on earth. Going back to this assessment – Dr. Theresa Arranz-Lim assessed Peewee and said that he has developmental language delay with possible motor planning difficulties. She also recommended for Peewee to continue his occupational therapy coupled with speech therapy and start school already. She assured me that his condition, given the right therapy, he will outgrow.
Since his therapy, Peewee has been very talkative and we encourage it. Saying 3-4 word phrases (and commands!), very observant ("look! sun is missing!) but he still can't tell us how his day was or tell accounts of his day like.
For now, I wait and anticipate the day he'll tell me how his day went. Or tell me that he met a girl and show his "putuy" LoL. Basta any kwento will do.


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Slasher-Movie Economics
A vicious, savage, axe-wielding killer stalks the political landscape, yearning to draw blood, slash victims, and amputate limbs. That's not my description of austerity economics – that's how its fans talk about it.
"Austerity" is defined as "the trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures)." Austerity economics, on the other hand, is the practice of denying others things that they need while at the same time ensuring your own continued privilege and comfort. This practice is usually accompanied by a round of self-congratulation for showing such courage and discipline. Its usually sinister spell has seduced Republicans into aiding and abetting felons with budget cuts that would make them de facto accomplices to a thousand crimes. And what the president's about to do will literally send chills down a million spines.
Anne Applebaum nearly worked herself into a case of the vapors when Austerians got elected in Great Britain, when she palpitatingly repeated the phrases used by journalists there to describe the new government's budget. The new British leaders, said journalists, were "axe-wielders" who were inflicting "vicious," "savage," and "swingeing (sic) cuts." (Is that what "bangers and mash" really means?)
"Articles about the nation's finances are filled with talk of blood, knives, and amputation," Applebaum gushed, before adding enviously: "And the British love it." What does she do for relaxation, watch autopsies? (We discussed Applebaum and other austerity-fetishist pundits in greater length here.) Vicious, savage, amputating, bloody cuts. Why do Brits get all the fun?
They don't – not anymore. While Ms. Applebaum takes a cold shower, let's take a walk through an austerity-haunted nation, where terror lurks behind every policy proposal and your best friend might turn out to be your worst enemy.
I wish I were joking.
Felony Friday: The New Republicans' Get-Out-of-Jail-Free Card For Criminals
Tony Montana, this is your lucky day! The fictional drug czar Al Pacino played in Scarface would love the list of cuts that Republicans on the House Appropriations Committee just proposed. They range from the needlessly vengeful (why focus on eliminating a tiny amount like $2 million from the Minority Business Development Agency – just to keep 'em in their place?) to the potentially catastrophic.
Case in point: Why cut thirty million dollars, an insignificant amount in overall budget terms, from the fund for "Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies"? According to the National Oceanographic and Aeronautical Administration (NOAA), damage from coastal floods and storms costs an average $11.4 billion per year, which is nearly four hundred times as much as the cuts would save. NOAA also reports that there's a roughly 1-in-20 chance of a fifty billion dollar event occurring in any given year. In what alternate universe does it make sense to cut thirty million dollars from a fund that helps reduce costs of much greater magnitude, and which helps save lives in the bargain? Good thing NOAA is there to collect the data we need to plan for future disasters.
Oh, wait. They want to cut three hundred and thirty-six million dollars from NOAA, too.
This is exactly the kind of anti-government thinking that gave us Katrina and "heck of a job, Brownie." The other cuts on the list are pretty disastrous, too, but it's the "Tony Montoya cuts" that really caught my eye: $74 million from the FBI. $256 million from "State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance." $600 million from COPS, another program that gives grants for state and local policing. And more than half a billion from the IRS. That won't just help tax cheats and money launderers. It will also impede the government's ability to collect much larger amounts in revenue than these cuts will save, resulting in a bigger deficit than ever.
The Republicans even want to cut $330 million from the Treasury Forfeiture Fund, which isn't even an expense item. It's revenue. That's the fund that administers all the assets seized by U.S. Customs, the Secret Service, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF), the IRS Criminal Investigation unit, and the Coast Guard. Watch some old Miami Vice episodes if you want to picture the sorts of things they collect during a smuggling bust or drug raid: cash, yachts, cars, planes – even the long, sleek "Cigarette" boats that Don Johnson somehow managed to drive at full speed without getting a single drop of water on the rolled-up sleeves of those pastel Armani jackets.
What are they going to do with all that stuff: Give it back?
Oh – they want to cut the budget for "food safety and inspection services," too. Want some fries with that e. coli?
Grandma Souljah
We are all Sistah Souljah now – especially you, Mom.
Sistah Souljah was the rapper and writer against whom Bill Clinton "triangulated" so successfully in 1992. Democratic Senators, including Dick Durbin and Kent Conrad, seemed to invoke the same spirit when they met with their Republican counterparts this week for a budget-cutting party. That led to some nostalgia for the welfare cuts that Clinton "successly" supported four years later.
These Democrats are pushing hard to revive the economically discredited and wildly unpopular Simpson/Bowles deficit reduction proposals – a set of suggestions which Politico, like so many others, mistakenly describes as "the recommendations of last year's presidential debt commission." (The Commission was deadlocked and failed to issue any recommendations.)
Digby highlighted an important passage in the Politico piece, about proposals that include Draconian cuts to Social Security: "For Obama it could be the equivalent of Bill Clinton's famous welfare reform deal — only on steroids." Even worse, now there's a report that President Obama is doubling down on the "Grandma Souljah" strategy by slashing the energy assistance fund for low-income people (from $5.1 billion to its 2008 level of $2.57 billion.) The Administration's arguing that energy costs are down from their 2008 highs, but this isn't a bloated program and oil costs won't stay lowered. Poverty has reached record highs in this country – largely thanks to the executives that the President so assiduously courted at the Chamber of Commerce last week – so more people need fuel assistance.
Maybe this is another front in the "welfare reform on steroids" war, to use Politico's phrase. Cutting fuel subsidies to 2008 levels would accomplish several goals for the White House: It would further distance it from core Democratic values, allow it to triangulate against the nation's poor (many of whom are also elderly), and enable it to slavishly mimic Republican rhetoric yet another time. (That's an accomplishment that seems increasingly precious to the Administration.)
Incidentally, common side effects of steroids include increased and uncontrollable aggressiveness, acne, high blood pressure, hair loss, and shrinkage of the testicles.
Whatever you thought of Clinton-era "welfare reform" – I didn't think much of it – its perceived popularity came from the fact that many white Americans continue to think that welfare recipients are different, frightening, undeserving – the Other. It's madness to think that Social Security cuts will be equally popular with those voters, since most of the folks on the receiving end of those cuts are people who seem just like themselves – and who, in fact, will be themselves someday. What's more, voters will remember that they've paid for those benefits all their lives, so it's absurd to expect that they'll think of themselves as "undeserving." Poll after poll has confirmed that the public opposes Social Security cuts by enormous majorities.
And in a nation where nearly two-thirds of the public thinks that the Federal government doesn't do enough to fight poverty, Obama's move to cut oil assistance for poor people isn't just cynical. It's also politically foolish. Cutting fuel subsidies? Even Mubarak backed down from that idea.
Confidence Man
This has been coming for a long time. According to a Reuters report, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner said that "a deal between Republicans and Democrats at the end of last year to extend tax cuts helped spark more confidence among (business) firms." That deal will add $700 billion to the Federal deficit (and more than half of its benefits will accrue to the richest 5% of Americans.) But wait … Secretary Geithner said last August that the private sector needs to be given "confidence" that "the United States (will) cut its deficits over time." So which is it? Does confidence go up when the deficit is reduced, or when it's increased?
Back in 2009 Geithner joked about being a "fiscal hawk" while adding that "the President explicitly rejects (emphasis mine) the notion that Social Security is an untouchable politically …" And while the Administration has insisted that its Social Security "reforms" would only be used to stabilize the program itself, the Administration's decision to suspend Social Security payroll taxes blurred the line between Social Security and general taxation for the first time in history. The Simpson/Bowles plan actually cuts taxes for the wealthy and for corporations, supposedly in the name of "deficit reduction," while at the same time slashing Social Security benefits.
This is Bizarro-World economics, the exact opposite of what's needed. Studies show that the wealthy will save most of their newfound riches, while Social Security beneficiaries will spend most of their benefits. It would have made much more economic sense to end tax breaks for the rich and use the money to give Social Security recipients a multi-hundred-billion dollar benefit increase instead.
It's not too late to do something sensible. Any government program that provides income to lower- and middle-income people will lead to increased consumer spending. That, in turn, is the only thing that will persuade US businesses to release the two trillion dollars of cash they're holding, which they'll need to hire new employees and purchase raw materials to meet the increased demand.
More consumer spending = more jobs = more growth = real confidence. We should jump-start job growth now and deal with the deficit later. (The taxes paid by all those newly-employed workers will help with that.)
To be fair, Geithner went to the World Economic Forum at Davos and tried to hold back the pack of well-heeled wolves that's always baying for deficit reduction – except, of course, when deficit reduction is against the pack's self-interest. So let's give him points for nerve, and for fighting the good fight on behalf of short-term stimulus spending while he was there. But Geithner's "confidence" logic is pretzel-shaped. And neither President Obama nor Senators Durbin and Conrad will thrive, either politically or morally, by deploying a "welfare reform on steroids" plan against their own people.
Perhaps Geithner, the President, and these Senate Dems see themselves as the last line of defense against the real fiscal zealots, making deals with devils to ease the suffering of the angels. But there's a time for peace, as Ecclesiastes says – and, as he does not say, a time to open up a can of common-sense economic whup-ass on your political opponents. Instead these Democrats are repeating right-wing talking points with so much fervor that it's increasingly hard to tell if they're defending us from the killer, or if we're in that scene from Scream where we find out the killer is more than one person.
Feinting to the right doesn't seem like a smart strategy for Democrats, since it means alienating their core voters while abandoning popular programs. But if they insist on making "bipartisan" gestures or want to act like they're having a Sistah Souljah moment, then hey: knock yourselves out. Problem is, they don't seem to be acting. They're reading their lines with a little too much conviction. Maybe they should remember Tony Montoya's famous rule: Don't get high from your own supply.
People could freeze to death next winter. There's a killer afoot, all right – a misguided economic fad that's could have deadly consequences. Republicans no longer feel they need to hide their lust for killing government with the death of a thousand cuts. And something has gone seriously wrong inside the Beltway when so many Democrats can convince themselves that their path back to popularity lies in cutting Social Security and leaving poor people freezing in the dark.
That's not just horsesh*t. It's horsesh*t on steroids.
This post was produced as part of the Curbing Wall Street project and the Strengthen Social Security campaign.

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A pair of Akron Aeros made the Eastern League all-star team in outfielder Carlos Moncrief and designated hitter Jesus Aguilar. Each should find a spot waiting on the opening day roster for the Clippers in 2014.
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Carlos Moncrief is batting .288 (118-for-381) with 25 doubles, seven triples, 16 home runs, 73 RBIs, 74 runs scored and 12 stolen bases in 123 games for the Akron Aeros this season.
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No. 6 Miami RedHawks 1 @ Northern Michigan Wildcats 2
F Jimmy Mullin, MIA: 0-0-0, E, 0 PIM, 4 SOG
Season totals: 18 GP, 2-5-7, -2, 8 PIM
Jimmy Mullin continues to get his shots at the opposing net, but his goal totals aren't rising just yet. Miami outshot the Wildcats, 44-24.
Colorado College 4 @ No. 7 North Dakota 3
F Brendan O'Donnell, UND: Did not play
Season totals: 18 GP, 1-5-6, -3, 12 PIM
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RPI Red Hawks 1 @ No. 5 Quinnipiac Bobcats 1
F Matthew Peca, QU: 0-1-1, +1, 6 PIM, 2 SOG
Season totals: 20 GP, 6-5-11, +5, 20 PIM
The Bobcats didn't get a win, but extended their unbeaten streak to 15 games (13-0-2). They are 10-0-1 in the ECAC. Matt Peca (pictured) had an assist and three minor penalties.
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G Adam Wilcox, MIN: Win, 17 saves on 20 shots
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After an insurance company denied their claim for a cracked foundation, Stephanie and Richard Diehl say they might have to walk away from their Union Beach home. iPHONE VIDEO BY KEN SERRANO
Stephanie and Richard Diehl, like many residents hit by the storm, say the insurance payments and possible state grants aren't enough to the cost of rebuilding their homes.
UNION BEACH, N.J. -- After Stephanie and Richard Diehl bought their split-level home here in 2007, they were charmed by the neighborhood, where residents gravitated to front stoops to talk about life while the ocean breeze reminded them why they moved to this bayside town.
But after Superstorm Sandy flooded and wrecked the house, an insurance company denied their claim for a cracked foundation. Then the state placed them on an waiting list for a grant to elevate the structure.
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Do they stay or do they go? They are leaning toward leaving: walking away from their mortgage.
"We would love to go back there, just knock it down and build something and be able to go home," said Stephanie Diehl, 43, an office manager for a carpet importer in Secaucus. "But we're at the point where there's no way we could pay for it."
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Asked how often he encounters clients walking away from their homes and mortgages, Keyport bankruptcy attorney Warren Brumel said, "Every day."
"It's very common," Brumel said. "The combination of the FEMA benefits and flood insurance and homeowners' insurance payments is just a fraction of the total cost of rebuilding the house. Clients are telling me, 'I have $80,000 in checks but it's going to cost $130,000 to rebuild.'"
About 100,000 homes need to be elevated in New Jersey, according to the state Department of Environmental Protection. So far, only 7,500 homeowners have received grants to lift their homes, although many victims hope for future funding. (It's unclear how many of those 100,000 houses are vacation homes and not eligible for grants.)
Robert Trautmann, a Red Bank attorney who represents flood insurance claimants, said insurers working for the National Flood Insurance Program are paying 24 to 26 cents on the dollar of actual damage.
A Federal Emergency Management Agency spokesman said no official figures substantiate that assertion.
"FEMA won't be satisfied until every claim has been paid for all covered losses," FEMA spokesman Dan Watson said. "Adjusters are paid in such a way that rewards paying out full claims as quickly as possible."
For the 74,387 flood insurance claims made in New Jersey, the average payment with a closed claim was $52,617, according to the NFIP.
In a bind
The Diehls received $108,537 for damage to the structure from their insurance company — money their mortgage company is holding. But a contractor told them they could not rebuild until the structural damage from the cracked foundation was repaired.
They have no money to repair the foundation, the Diehls said.
They have considered selling the property "as is," but they have heard that there is no demand for homes that close to the water.
"Nobody wants to buy around here," Stephanie said. "The storm is too fresh in everyone's minds."
They were approved for a U.S. Small Business Administration Disaster Loan of $86,000 but felt they had no way to pay it back, Stephanie Diehl said.
They paid $294,000 for the 1,700-square-foot, three-bedroom, two-bathroom home built in 1962 and the 100-foot-by-100-foot lot. They owe $260,000 on it.
"We were happy to have it," said Stephanie Diehl, a native of Hudson County, like her 41-year-old husband, who is a maintenance worker in the Little Silver school district.
They are mulling hiring a public adjuster or a lawyer to fight their flood insurance company over the denial for the cracked foundation. They are also exploring filing for bankruptcy.
Brumel said a bankruptcy filing will appear on a credit history for up to 10 years. But to people whose credit is already ruined, it doesn't matter much.
"It's the difference between being dead and very dead," he said.
The storm
On Oct. 29, the Diehls left their home at 6 p.m., after the water on their property rose to 3 1/2 feet. They each grabbed a duffel bag and waded through the water to their cars, parked on higher ground. They waded back to rescue their two cats. The water quickly topped 8 feet.
"We got out just in time," Stephanie Diehl said. The home was heavily damaged. The wallboard walls were sodden.
When they returned, "I just stood there with my mouth open, crying," she said.
After the storm, she was diagnosed with Bell's palsy, she said, which is the weakness of muscles on one side of the face. Its cause is unknown, but Diehl attributes it to the stress of Sandy's damage to the home.
After the storm, they noticed the foundation cracks. One crack is an inch wide and about 6 feet long. It runs through the actual concrete blocks, not along the mortar seams. The other crack is about 3 feet long and about a half inch wide.
Were the cracks caused by the flood? The Diehls had ample reason to believe so because the walls and floors were stable before, they said. But an engineer working for the insurance company handling their flood claim contended the cracks in the foundation were pre-existing.
The Diehls now rent a one-bedroom apartment in Keyport for $955 a month while they still face a $1,500-a-month mortgage.
Their payments were suspended during a Sandy-based moratorium, but they are now in a dispute with their mortgage company, which told the Diehls they owe $12,000 in back payments.
In the kitchen of the Keyport apartment they have a folding table and two lawn chairs.
They had no flood insurance to cover the possessions they lost in the storm.
They long for the days of playing dominoes on their front stoop with neighbors.
"Everybody was friendly," said Stephanie Diehl. "It's a small, tight-knit community. There were a lot of parties."
But with no money to fix the foundation or elevate, the couple remains uncertain of whether to walk away or even when to decide.
"I feel like I'm being duped," Richard Diehl said.
"We put all that money into flood insurance and they're not helping us. I'm being punished for a natural occurrence."


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I don't know what has happened this week but our baby girl is quickly turning into a child. She communicates more (words AND sign language), whines more, jumps more, climbs more and loves on us more. She's become obsessed with dogs and will wake up in her crib with her high pitch "ruff ruff" call. "Moo and Ruff Ruff" are her favorite and we're working on "Meow and Quack". Although she's giving us a run for our money, she's our bliss.
Sunday, March 24, 2013
This Girl is on Fire
I don't know what has happened this week but our baby girl is quickly turning into a child. She communicates more (words AND sign language), whines more, jumps more, climbs more and loves on us more. She's become obsessed with dogs and will wake up in her crib with her high pitch "ruff ruff" call. "Moo and Ruff Ruff" are her favorite and we're working on "Meow and Quack". Although she's giving us a run for our money, she's our bliss.
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Thursday, March 21, 2013
Pudding Cookies
Y'all know I love Instagram and the wealth of knowledge I've gained from others about talents, products & food. This recipe is one of those things and after many requests I thought I'd pass along the goodness.
Pudding Chocolate Chip Cookies
- 4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 2 cups butter, softened
- 1 1/2 cups packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 2 (3.4 ounce) packages instant vanilla pudding mix
- 4 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 4 cups semisweet chocolate chips
- 2 cups chopped walnuts (optional)
1. Preheat oven to 350. Sift together the flour and baking soda, set aside.
2. In large bowl, cream butter, brown sugar & white sugar. Beat in the instant pudding mix. Stir in eggs and vanilla. Blend in the flour mixture and add chocolate chips!
3. Bake 10-12 minutes. Edges should be golden brown and may not seem completely done. Each batch makes about 4 large dozen cookies and freeze really well.
Let me know how you like them! Also, I've used chocolate pudding mix and they were extra yummy. Next time I plan on using banana!
Sorry I can't remember who I found this recipe through to give proper credit because you deserve it!
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Monday, March 11, 2013
Taking a Little Time
Our reality at the moment is not ideal... for us. Cony works really long days, 6 days a week. I work every day and not able to see M3 until after she wakes up from her afternoon nap. We're doing what we have to do at the moment, and I'm grateful (beyond words) that we have the resources we do. We're finding the balance and I finally took a little time to capture Baby Girl in real time.
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Friday, March 1, 2013
Learning and Communicating
I've been thinking a lot about my communication skills (or lack thereof) and how quickly our little Firecracker is learning. She'll take any opportunity to play with our phones and pretend she's talking to someone. She only says "Dadda, Dadda" so I assume she's trying to talk to Cony. She'll even go to her little play table and sit in her own chair like she's holding a conference. The other afternoon I picked her up when she wanted my phone and I wouldn't give it to her and she looked at me for 10 seconds and I could see her mind just working up a storm. She then surprised me by putting her left hand over her left ear and her right hand over my ear and started talking. We were having a very own conversation with our "ear phones". How she came up with that idea, I'll never know. We've worked on sign language with her from the beginning and "more" has become her favorite new word. Slowly but surely working on "thank you" and "please".
I'm delighted she loves to brush her teeth but not so delighted when she runs to our bathroom, climbs on the toilet and grabs both of our toothbrushes in both hands to alternate brushes in her mouth. Don't get me wrong, it's the cutest dang thing... until I think about her hands just being all over our toilet.
We've been in our house for five weeks and on Monday I just found the motivation to clean our room. It's not perfect, but you can see the floor. Unfortunately, we both hate our bed and have found we sleep better on our sofa. Pretty sad indeed. As I think about all the things that need to be done before Miss Olive arrives, I would love to have our room completely decorated/cleaned/organized more than any other room (including the nursery!). I think people underestimate the power of a beautiful master bedroom on their relationship.
Included in that list of things to do is take a photo with Madelyn with my "real" camera. I haven't taken one since before we left Connecticut. It's been our way to document her growth and development and have missed out on so much in the last two months. Photography has been heavy on my mind the last few weeks and the important role it plays in our life. And I'm not just talking about our personal life, I mean everyone's life.
Looking back on this week and being blessed with more hours at work and other job opportunities AND being able to reschedule appointments, it's reminded me that just because someone didn't buy us a new car doesn't mean we weren't blessed with exactly what we needed...
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Cognitive-behavioural therapy and SSRIs (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors) are effective treatments for PTSD. There is also evidence that eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) works. Some other kinds of counselling may be helpful in your recovery from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). But more evidence is needed to support these other treatments for PTSD.
Group therapy
Many people want to talk about their trauma with others who have had similar experiences.
In group therapy, you talk with a group of people who also have been through a trauma and who have PTSD. Sharing your story with others may help you feel more comfortable talking about your trauma. This can help you cope with your symptoms, memories, and other parts of your life.
Group therapy helps you build relationships with others who understand what you've been through. You learn to deal with emotions such as shame, guilt, anger, rage, and fear. Sharing with the group also can help you build self-confidence and trust. You'll learn to focus on your present life, rather than feeling overwhelmed by the past.
Brief psychodynamic psychotherapy
In this type of therapy, you learn ways of dealing with emotional conflicts caused by your trauma. This therapy helps you understand how your past affects the way you feel now.
Your therapist can help you:
- Identify what triggers your stressful memories and other symptoms.
- Find ways to cope with intense feelings about the past.
- Become more aware of your thoughts and feelings, so you can change your reactions to them.
- Raise your self-esteem.
Family therapy
PTSD can impact your whole family. Your kids or your partner may not understand why you get angry sometimes, or why you're under so much stress. They may feel scared, guilty, or even angry about your condition.
Family therapy is a type of counselling that involves your whole family. A therapist helps you and your family communicate, maintain good relationships, and cope with tough emotions. Your family can learn more about PTSD and how it is treated.
In family therapy, each person can express his or her fears and concerns. It's important to be honest about your feelings and to listen to others. You can talk about your PTSD symptoms and what triggers them. You also can discuss the important parts of your treatment and recovery. By doing this, your family will be better prepared to help you.
You may consider having individual therapy for your PTSD symptoms and family therapy to help you with your relationships.
For more information, see the topic Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
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Big biz takes on tea party, gently
Big Business swore this would be the year it would wrestle back the soul of the Republican Party from the grip of the tea party.
No more Todd Akins. No more government shutdowns. And no more third-party groups running roughshod over the Washington agenda.
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But with primary season looming, the big threats from Big Business appear to be just that.
"They can turn, but they can't turn quickly," explained veteran K Streeter Denise Bode, who said business is like an aircraft carrier. "The business community, in general, tends to not make big shifts."
( PHOTOS: The tea party celebrates 5 years)
Business isn't taking on sitting lawmakers responsible for grinding legislative business to a halt on Capitol Hill. It isn't backing many candidates early. And it hasn't cowed conservative groups fueling challenges to incumbent senators.
The result: Tea party groups are launching rebel campaigns nearly unchallenged by the big money of corporate America. A new breed of conservative is marching up to Congress who doesn't much care that the Republican Party is supposed to be the party of Big Business.
Take the primary race between tea partier Rep. Justin Amash and pro-business challenger Brian Ellis. Ellis isn't getting much help from industry donors, even though Amash would be a great candidate to defeat, sending a message to the insurgent wing of that party that business means business.
In interviews, more than a dozen Republican lobbyists and operatives said they think business is missing a crucial moment to course correct the Republican Party and make a dent in the Washington gridlock.
( Earlier on POLITICO: Texas tea party struggling)
"All of this is just happy talk by the business community," said one veteran business lobbyist. "First off, they are reluctant to go against incumbents. No. 2, they are reluctant to go against Republican incumbents. If that person is defeated in a primary and a Democrat wins, they view it as a worse position for business."
And while Republicans are not in serious danger of losing the House this year, and they still have a real shot at retaking the majority in the Senate, the pro-business wing of the party is struggling to maintain its influence inside a party that's moving further and further away from the principles that defined it for decades.
"We need to take the party away from extremists who don't believe in the realities of compromise and negotiation," said David Herro, a Republican donor who doesn't think the establishment has taken back the reins. "I do think we are making progress — but are not there yet."
( Also on POLITICO: Young Guns gear up)
A prime example of the gap between what business says and what it does is unfolding in the Amash race in Michigan. Establishment operatives identified Amash early as a possible sitting Republican to target, since he has made a name for himself ginning up opposition to party leaders on everything from raising the debt ceiling to government spying.
Downtowners even mapped out a game plan: Find a pro-business challenger with in-state industry support and the deep financial backing of K Street and key trade groups in order to mount a credible campaign against Amash.
But so far, that plan isn't coming together. Amash pro-business challenger Ellis hasn't gotten the early backing of the national business community — something that would help raise his profile in the district and also among large donors across the country.
( Also on POLITICO: For old tribes, new farm bill revives old wounds)
The Amash race is just one example of what is happening nationwide: Business interests have yet to effectively threaten tea party candidates, according to operatives tracking the 2014 field.
And the resource disparity is striking. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, once the behemoth in outside spending, is expected to drop roughly $50 million on the midterms. But groups supporting tea party interests, like Americans for Prosperity, have already spent more than $28 million since August blasting Democratic House and Senate candidates for their support of Obamacare. In North Carolina alone, AFP could spend more than $27 million to oust Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan.
Sure, business groups have been adept at launching a public-relations campaign and have had conversations with donors to not contribute to groups, getting plenty of ink on how they won't take it anymore.
But they're playing the way they always have — meeting with potential candidates, trying to persuade more business-centric candidates to run and cutting checks to incumbents facing primary challengers.
( PHOTOS: Lois Lerner returns to the Hill)
In the Amash case, some say business just doesn't want to go up against him and then lose. Business also doesn't want to tangle with the DeVos family, a major Michigan political player whose members include the co-founder of Amway.
Meanwhile, the Club for Growth jumped aggressively into the race. The anti-establishment group has dropped six figures on a radio and TV ad attacking Ellis and has bundled $150,000 for Amash in contributions.
Amash chief of staff Will Adams insists he is hardly nervous over business's plans to knock out his boss.
"It's not clear to me that all of the rumbling from the so-called establishment is anything more than just talk," Adams said, noting that none of the downtown groups have said they were going to go after incumbents. "It's an entirely different operation when you try to take out an incumbent, although I know there are lots of lobbyists and trade association groups unhappy with my boss."


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FlexiROC T45 proves its superiority
Germany's Mineral Baustoff GmbH, a member of the STRABAG SE Group, is one of Europe's leading raw materials producers.
November 5, 2018
Germany's Mineral Baustoff GmbH, a member of the STRABAG SE Group, is one of Europe's leading raw materials producers.
To secure the supply of top class products to its customers the company operates some 200 quarries in Europe producing high quality material such as limestone, granite, gneiss and granulite.
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Mineral Baustoff's purchase of a FlexiROC T45 was mainly due to the rig's low fuel consumption and the outstanding quality of the boreholes it produces.
The FlexiROC T45's ability to collar the holes with extreme accuracy resulting in excellent hole straightness proved to be decisive, especially when compared to other, comparable drill rigs.
Prior to making its purchasing decision, Mineral Baustoff put drill rigs of several different makes to the test. Each supplier drilled a hole in the same geological formation to ensure the comparison would be as fair as possible.
During the test period, the FlexiROC T45 outperformed the other drill rigs in terms of both fuel consumption and borehole quality. Furthermore, the FlexiROC T45 also presented the best user-friendly experience.
"We only work with manufacturers with whom we share the same values."
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Another issue that strengthens the relationship between Mineral Baustoff and its supplier is Atlas Copco's comprehensive range of equipment. Mineral Baustoff not only uses Atlas Copco drill rigs but also the company's robust range of rock drilling tools.
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The flexible and versatile tophammer FlexiROC T45 drill rig has been designed for high performance in demanding drilling applications. Field studies have shown that it requires up to 50% less fuel than the previous model.
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Epiroc operated under the name "Atlas Copco" until January 1, 2018.


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You've probably heard the line about how men think about sex every eight seconds, or about 8,000 times a day. And while that may be true at certain moments throughout the day (those moments being the moments when they're having sex or about to have sex), researchers have found that guys have banging on the brain much less frequently. The study, out of Ohio State University, found that the average male thinks about it about 19 times each day. We don't know what's more surprising—that sex pops into a guy's head less than once an hour (while awake and sleeping) or that a bunch of professors got funding for a study like this.
OK, in all fairness, the researchers were investigating how frequently people think about all "biological urges", not just sex. They learned, based on the assessment of over 160 dudes, that men think about food 18 times a day and sleep 11 times a day.
The female subjects were found to spend less brain power on these biological urges: They thought about sex 10 times a day, food 15 times a day, and sleep 8.5 times a day.
We've gotta be honest: 10 times a day feels on the low-end. We'd love for women to be thinking about sex much more frequently. And not just for the hell of it, but because thinking about sex probably means you're having hot sex. And being satisfied in bed makes you a healthier, less stressed, and happier person. And healthier, less stressed, happier women make better employees, better friends, and better girlfriends. (See what we did there?)
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Monks on lorry with bee hives
A photograph of some of the monks from Buckfast Abbey transporting bee hives on a lorry on the edge of Dartmoor. Soon after the re-foundation of the monastery in 1882, bees were kept at the Abbey and it is likely that bees were kept at Buckfast since Medieval times. Bees were a valuable source of sugar and wax for candles. Early in the twentieth century, a monk set about rebuilding the colonies of bees which had been devestared by a disease. He wanted to use cross-breeding to develop a new bee which would be hardy, disease-resistant and a good honey producer. He travelled all over the world to get breeding stock. The result of all this, as well as experiment at the breeding station on Dartmoor, was the Buckfast Bee?. This bee is a good pollen gatherer, gentle, has a lower tendency to swarm and is disease resistant. Buckfast queens are now kept by beekeepers all over the world. The Buckfast apiaries continue to thrive today and the total number of hives in production is 240 which are spread throughout the locality in 9 apiaries. In 2004, more than four tons of honey were produced.
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Bought a new car at Power Nissan today. Zach McClinton was amazing to work with. He was friendly and fair. He really went out of his way to make sure we were happy with the deal. Great experience. The best car buying experience to date.
Brian L.
The BEST place to buy your car! Very honest and helpful people! Every time i come here i get greeted with a smile! Ask for Bob or Miguel there the best!!! :)
Carolina C.
Had daughters Nissan in service today..
Best staff and best service. We recommend the store to everyone
David S.
POWER NISSAN is where I was introduced to the electric vehicle concept. My wife and I purchased a NISSAN LEAF based on how cost effective it is to own. It is our daily driver, and we love it. This experience has allowed us to get to know the folks at POWER NISSAN over the years. This ongoing support includes great experiences with the service department. The whole package at POWER NISSAN makes for a very good car buying experience. I suggest you make a visit to see if they can help you solve your transportation needs. The POWER Dealerships have very consistently helped us, and will be where we shop for cars in the future.
Mike M.
Had an awesome experience at power Nissan. Richard helped me get out of my old car into a brand new one, if you defiantly want awesome service and someone who is going to work to meet your needs, Richard is your guy!
Paul T.
Very nice dealership facility and friendly employees. Really appreciated William, the Finance Manager.....very professional. Daniel, the salesman was very helpful.
Karen H.
Byron at Power Nissan was the best car dealer we have ever dealt with. I never thought I would put the words honest and car dealer together. It truly was a hassle free car buying experience. We had to bring the car back to get detailed. It was after a couple days before we brought it back. In that time, we realized the passenger doors didn't lock. When I brought it in for the detail I told them about the doors. I figured it didn't hurt to ask. To our surprise, they fixed the doors and detailed the car. Eric N. and his staff did such an amazing job with the car, we asked about bringing our Honda in for a detail as well. Great team all around. We will be seeing them when we are ready to get another truck. Thank you!
Joellyn W.
Amazing experience, which isn't a word often associated with buying a car. I live two hours from the dealership and did my shopping over the phone. Byron was excellent, didn't promise me the moon, but did his best to give me the best deal upfront (over the phone) he could knowing I had options. Trying to be as honest as I could about my trade in, he offered a tremendous amount on it without seeing it. After seeing it, he didn't change the offer, knowing I'd driven the two hours hoping for a better deal than Power Nissan's competitor an hour to the south. I appreciate the honesty and willingness to work with me so I didn't have to waste time going back and forth to try and get the monthly payment I needed. I would definitely go there again, willingly driving the distance for a salesman who will go the distance to get me what I need. Byron listened to me over the phone where I mentioned in passing I had children. He instinctively knew the reason my wife and I needed (and requested) a car with a camera was because of them. He didn't even try selling us a vehicle without.
Michael E.
Daniel Benjamin was very friendly and super helpful! Being young customers, he walked my girlfriend and I through leasing our first new car. He took us through each step, was very personable, and did his best to get us the best deal he could. We will definitely be back!
Ask for Daniel Benjamin, you will not be dissapointed!
Brandon S
I leased a Nissan Leaf from Power Nissan and the whole experience was great. Working with Bob Lacy and negotiating a great deal on the vehicle was easy. The hardest part was choosing which trim I wanted. The numbers were all clearly laid out and I walked out with a car that I could afford.
James M.
We drove though the lot just to see what they had. We were able to get out and look without a sales person bothering, or pressuring us. We ended up dealing with Miguel who was the complete opposite of the typical salesmen stereotype. We actually had fun buying a car from a dealership 😲 Thanks again Miguel!
Scott B.
Working with Big Tim Barnett was a pleasure. I have not settled on a vehicle yet and am shopping around but have found my dealer. In multiple interactions with other stores and dealerships i felt blown off and poorly handled. wasting time driving to locations for a vehicle i called ahead about to only find out its on another lot. At Power Nissan Tim Barnett was the difference maker i could tell from the initial phone call that he knew what i wanted and so far has helped me find a few viable options. Working out the fine details now but Tim is the reason i will be dealing with Power Nissan going forward. Thanks for the Great Experience. P.S.A. to future buyers Ask for "Big" Tim Barnett for the best deal and more important the best buying experience.
Flo H.
I purchased my Nissan Versa Note back in May 2015. I originally went to the dealership to look at a used car. I saw the listing online and was very interested in purchasing this vehicle. At the dealership I was able to look at all the cars I was interested in, test drove several used cars and one new car. (You guessed it, the Versa Note). My salesman, CJ was personable, funny, and answered every question I had. I moved forward with with purchasing a used car, and took it home for the night. After driving it the next morning, the check engine light came on. CJ helped me reassess the situation, went through the process again, and I purchased a brand new Nissan Versa Note, which I love.
CJ was fantastic, and I drive a car that is a beautiful blue and a great fit for my driving needs. Thanks!
Alyssa Donnelly
My husband and I just bought a car today and the experience we had topped any other. Richard ledgerwood was patient, kind, honest and supportive. He showed us every car we wanted to see even if it was on a different lot. He even let us move our car seat from car to car to see which fit best. I still can't believe how hard the entire staff worked to get us into our perfect car for the perfect price! Thank you Power Nissan! And thank you Richard for making it happen!
Jessica L.
My very first time buying a car was from Richard Ledgerwood, I struggled and had doubts that it would even happen, Richard helped me stay positive, even with the time it took, every car he has helped me get into I have loved. Any time someone asks about where to go to buy a car I refer them to Power Nissan and to go to Richard, he was patient with me and did anything and everything he could to help me. I have always received positive sayings from Richard and honesty. I couldn't of asked for anyone better. Thank you Power and thank you Richard.
Shelly P.
I bought my first new car here. I was happy at first...when I went looking to trade it in, I found a car, almost exactly like the one I traded for the new one (I received $1500 trade) they were selling for $12,500. It had MORE miles than what I traded. Well, they need to make money too. Anyway, the used car I was looking at purchasing was a 7 yo Mercedes and I was trading my 2 yo Sentra. The Mercedes did NOT have the amenities my Sentra has and it is older with 2x the miles. But, if they came down on the asking price, I could have lower payments, and that was what I was really looking for. The "manager" did not want to drop the price AT ALL but offered to sell me a Caprice with almost the same miles as the Mercedes and even older and even less amenities. The fact is, the "manager" did not want me to have the Mercedes. Why? Ask him. I am not good enough I guess, in his opinion to drive a high-end car, even if I can afford it. They have lost my business and all business from my friends and family. They discriminate.
Miguel Cobian is a excellent salesmen. He made us feel like he was doing everything to make sure we where happy with the choice of car. My son lost his wife in a fatal car accident leaving him with two small children. Miguel again was very helpful and understanding the need to have a safe and reliable car for my son and his children. Miguel has made me a believer that there is GREAT salesman with GREAT customer service. I tell everyone who is looking for a car, to go Power Nissan and ask for MIGUEL COBIAN. THANK YOU MIGUEL FOR MAKING OUR EXPERIENCES A GREAT ONE!!!!!!!
Miguel is a great salesmen. He answered all of our questions. He has helped so many of our family members they all say the same. Thanks.
Juan Pelayo
i buy 3 cars from Miguel Cobian he is alway give us a excellent customer service, and make us happy with our new car. Vanessa Caballero
My vehicle was totaled on 10/12/14. I needed a vehicle right away. I knew Bob Lacy for several years. I called him up and within a few days, he called me with one. Power Nissan lowered the price of the vehicle, a 2004 Chevrolet Aveo. Bob did not get a commission for this sale, but he put the customer ahead of profit. If this is the way Power Nissan does business, I will, I shall recommend them to all my friends. You did a great job, Bob. Thank you.
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After one of the world's best Final Fantasy XI guilds had to throw in the towel after a marathon 18 hour plus battle left them exhausted, physically ill and — most importantly — non-victorious, Questions Were Asked.
Clearly concerned that their customers might be in danger of A) doing themselves a mischief and B) not having fun anymore, Square Enix has responded with a series of changes to the MMO "to prevent such battles from exceeding a certain predetermined length of time"
In a post to the official site entitled "Regarding Specific Notorious Monsters" Square has announced that the major league bosses Pandemonium Warden, Absolute Virtue and Jailer of Love (all of whom would make excellent Emo album titles) and their associated pets will be modified in the game's September update.
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Virgil and Phyllis (Wiens) Litke will celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary Saturday.
The couple married June 15, 1948, at Ebenfeld Mennonite Brethren Church in rural Hillsboro.
They have spent all of their married life on a farm southeast of Hillsboro, purchased by his father in 1919.
Along with farming, they started Litke Products in 1970, a company they still own and operate.
The couple had four children: the late Sharon Litke; Glenn and Sheila Litke and Brenda Jordan, all of rural Hillsboro; and Sidney and Priscilla Litke, Port Washington, Wis.
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Diamonds on my damn chain! It ain't hard to tell!
[Hook: Young Jeezy] + (Woman) + {Fabolous}
Diamonds in my damn chain! Diamonds in my damn chain!
(I'm like ooh daddy, I see you with that damn thang')
(Got my vote, I'm feelin' ya campaign)
(I like you but, I really like your damn chain!)
Diamonds in my damn chain! Diamonds in my damn chain!
{It kinda explains the way she be actin'}
{She liked my necklace so she started relaxin'}
{Now that's what the fuck I call a chain reaction!}
Yo, you think they like me now, wait until the light hit me
I bet the house somebody girl spend the night with me
They gota love it, if not, then I guess they haters
This kinda necklace will turn on the investigators
They ain't got one problem with this
Square facewatch look like Sponge Bob on the wrist
One white, one gold, one nice, untold
You can look but don't touch, Guns might unload, now
I respect them thugs who get they jackin' on
But we squeeze set every slug that we be packin's long
Ya boy got the drug money we be stackin on
Lotta carrots, not the one's Bugs Bunny snackin' on
Got em getting close and, lookin' like I scooped up-
-the Titanic chain, from the bottom of the ocean
I play them diamonds well when I got dat jewelery on
They should call me Carat Jeter, maybe Canary Bonds
[Young Jeezy]
Damn, what happened? he blindin' everybody
Hey it must be Jeezy out shinin' everybody (yup)
Get ready for the show, you can call me the light man
(Diamonds on my damn chain!) You can call me the bright man
See I dont do Breitlings, I do AP's
Yea I spend G's on all these VV's
Blowin' on chief, yea I got it from Harlem
12 carrot pinky ring, shit I got it from Robbin
Step it up a notch, iced out ski mask
Place in the projects to hide my weed stash
Dominican chick, shit I got her from Fab
Yellow stones in my chain so I call it the cab
Yo, maybe it's them VV's, cuz' they sets Susters'
Sit on the next bus like that show on MTV
The waves on the chain
Make a nigga fly like the wings on a plane
When you sittin in between 'em
They hidden when you clean em', glistenin when you seen 'em
Beemin' through the tints when I'm sittin in the "Phenom"
Oops! I mean Phantom, my words got tangled man
But this tiger striped watch'll make ya bitch a Bengals fan
We all know Jacob, check the shit he did
He spent more time, "Making The Band" than Diddy did
You feel my campaign, then drop your old spouse
I'm out in DC, at the "White and Gold House" (White and Gold House)...
Wanna convince me love, Secret Service meet with some of that Lewinsky love
She saw the chain, gave me brain, no strain ever since
Now that's what the fuck I call a good "Chain of Events"! Nigga
Diamonds on my damn chain! It ain't hard to tell!


text: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 New in the Literature: Electrical Stimulation and Pressure Ulcers (Ostomy Wound Manage. 2012;58:30-44.) High-voltage pulsed current (HVPC) improved the healing rate of recalcitrant Stage II and Stage III pressure ulcers in patients enrolled in a prospective, randomized controlled clinical study in Poland, according to an article published in Ostomy Wound Management. Research to compare the effectiveness of using cathodic and anodal stimulation combined or alone, and to determine the optimal duration of these 2 types of electrical stimulation, is warranted, say the article's authors. Patients admitted for care and eligible to participate in this study received standard supportive care and topical treatments covered with wet-to-moist dressings. Patients assigned to the treatment arm of the study also received HVPC (100 V; 100 μs; 100 Hz) continuously for 50 minutes once daily, 5 times per week. Over a 4-year period, researchers enrolled 26 patients in the treatment and 24 in the control group. Researchers followed patients until healing or for a maximum of 6 weeks. Wound tracings and measurements were obtained weekly. Ulcers had existed for an average of 3.17 and 2.83 months in the treatment and control groups, respectively. Most were classified as Stage II (17 in the treatment and 16 in the control group) with an average baseline size of 4.54 cm2 and 3.97 cm2, respectively. Wound areas and linear measurements decreased significantly in both groups, but increases in granulation tissue were significant in the treatment group only. Wound area, linear measurement, wound volume, and granulation tissue changes were statistically significantly greater in the treatment group than in the control group starting in the second week of treatment. Week 6 surface area change was 88.9% (SD 14) in the treatment group and 44.4% (SD 63.1) in the control group. Correlation coefficients between changes in wound surface area, longest length, and longest width were R = 0.96 and R = 0.98 in the treatment group and R = 0.94 and R = 0.89 in the control group. Comments Wet to dry dressings are NOT standard of care!! I would have found this to be a much more clinically relevant study if they would have compared E stim to a hydrocolloid on the Stage II and maybe a non selective debridement ie enzymatic and appropriate dressing on the Stage III. Posted by Phyllis Rampulla on 3/30/2012 3:39 PM It says they did wet to moist dressings which would imply moist wound healing was used. The hydrocolloid comparison is valid as it could have promoted granulation tissue over the wet to moist dressing. Posted by CGT Vance on 4/1/2012 10:48 AM


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[UPDATE: This story was originally published on May 29, 2012.]
It makes our hearts swell to see dads getting so many props lately — from the men of Modern Family to spying all those celeb-pops pap shots (how frickin' cute are Orlando and Flynn Bloom?). And it's no wonder why these paternal pics make us melt the way they do. Your father may have taught you how to ride a bike, balance your first checkbook, or even wiped away the tears of your first heartache — they just always seem to come in clutch when you need 'em most. So, in keeping with the pappa love, we've rounded up a bevy of loving local dads that deserve a sincere shout-out. Bonus: These dudes have dapper in spades! Check out our snaps from the scrapbooks of TenOverSix owner Joe Cole, Living Things frontman Lillian Berlin, and a bunch of others, all snuggled up with their kiddos. Upon first awww-inducing glance, they all pretty much make us want to start a family of our own (we can only hope to snag such a catch!). Start clicking and get your phone handy, because this adorbs slideshow will have you yearning for your pops like no other.
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A few reasons I think we can all calm down about "Big Love."
HBO's series "Big Love" features a contemporary family of polygamists trying to cope with living in contemporary society. This week it was announced through a TV Guide article that the next episode will depict aspects of the LDS temple endowment. When I first heard about this I was a little upset, annoyed, and downcast about it. Then I remembered this isn't the first time something like this has happened regarding the endowment, or LDS temples in general. There have been videos and books almost since the beginning attempting to portray the endowment (Think The God Makers, for example, in addition to many 19th century pot-boiling exposé publications we've long since forgotten about). One fascinating example of the infringing upon LDS sacred space occurred when a disgruntled member snuck into the Salt Lake Temple at night and took photographs, then attempted to blackmail the Church for the pilfered pics. Instead of paying up, the Church commissioned James E. Talmage to write The House of the Lord, and included beautiful color photographs in the book, thus taking the wind from the sails (sales?) of the sneaky entrepreneur.1
Still, this feels like an invasion of privacy, uncomfortable, sad, upsetting, unjust, inconsiderate to many members of the Church. As news about the upcoming episode spread I soon received several chain emails urging a boycott and invitations to Facebook groups to shout out in opposition.
Here's the way things work: Big Love wants a ratings boost so they decide to pull the ace from the sleeve so to speak and do something controversial. They release this "story" to TV Guide, which is basically nothing but a PR publisher itself (no offense, TV Guide, but I really don't care for you!). TV Guide doesn't take much time, I imagine, in looking into the ramifications of the article and picture they published, but follow the lead of those who sent the press release to them. They just want to fill the space in TV Guide and keep the ad revenue coming in; I don't believe anyone there is out to do harm. The PR folks try to drum up as much noise as they can to generate interest, hoping for some juicy controversy to fill some news pages and reports (hopefully reports on HBO affiliated news outlets). In news and PR, as my journalism professor says, "follow the money."2
The Church soon released a statement in response called "The Publicity Dilemma." For the most part I liked the statement, there were only a few things I'd change about it. It says, in part:
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as an institution does not call for boycotts. Such a step would simply generate the kind of controversy that the media loves and in the end would increase audiences for the series. As Elder M. Russell Ballard and Elder Robert D. Hales of the Council of the Twelve Apostles have both said recently, when expressing themselves in the public arena, Latter-day Saints should conduct themselves with dignity and thoughtfulness.Some have criticized the Church for making this statement how or when it did. I have mixed feelings about it myself, but I believe (especially considering the above quote) the release was meant as much (if not more) for members of the Church. Don't raise a stink, don't act outraged and shake your fist, the statement seems to say.
A second purpose for such a release deals with the way media outlets tend to operate. The statement provides media outlets with an official statement rather than Public Affairs having to field a bunch of phone calls and requests for interviews and statements. Had the church made no statement, or even something specific and short like "no comment," that would become the news. Again, Big Love is trying to drum up publicity, this is a PR driven campaign to get viewership, and some journalists love controversy, even if they don't really understand what the circumstances are. The Church's silence would become the story, just as the Church's statement has.
BYU professor Daniel C. Peterson described a positive way to view the situation:
In May 2007 Richard Bushman participated in the Pew Forum's biannual Faith Angle Conference on religion, politics and public life, discussing Mormonism and politics. The temple came up, and Bushman provided some interesting thoughts:
It's far better to be talked about, on balance, than to be ignored. Even negative publicity is better than apathy. Dr. Karl G. Maeser, effectively the founder of BYU and of the Church Education System, became interested in the Church after reading a piece of hostile anti-Mormon propaganda in his native Germany. The first wife of Leonard Arrington, the prominent Mormon historian (and official Church Historian), became interested in the Church after reading Vardis Fisher's quite-negative novel Children of God. And I personally know a few people whose conversion stories followed a similar pattern.
Will this episode damage our image among many viewers? Possibly. But we're never going to convert most of the people in the world, anyway. Will it create curiosity in some viewers? Inevitably.
We should be alert to take advantage of this opportunity for the building of the Kingdom.3
So, this too shall pass. And in the meantime it gives us members a chance to talk a little more about the Temple, and hopefully it will also make us think a little deeper about the temple as well.
The way I put it comes out of a conference we held when the Manhattan Temple was dedicated in 2004. We wanted to have a scholarly conference to mark that occasion, so we got Jonathan Z. Smith, a very distinguished scholar of ancient religion, and others to come, and we talked about it. Smith talked about how we call this a sacred space. How do you define a sacred space?
That's a very interesting question: How do you create a sacred space? The theme of the conference was, how do you do it in the modern city, where there are all sorts of groups? Just like time is set aside on the Sabbath devoted to God, can you have space set aside that's devoted to God? Mormons have become very good at that. Before you can go to the temple, you can't simply be a member of the church. You have to see your bishop. Every two years you have to talk with your bishop who will ask you a set of questions. Are you committing adultery? Are you honest in your dealings with people? Do you believe in God and Christ? And so on down the list. It's a worthiness interview, and you have to have a recommend to get past the front door of the temple. Once you get past that door, you immediately go to a changing room where you shed your outer clothes and put on special white clothing. In the temple you speak in whispers. You don't speak aloud. And then outside the temple you don't talk about it at all. Some people think of this as secretive in the sense of hiding things. But for Mormons, it's all part of the process of creating a sacred space. When you walk in there, life is different. You just feel things are on a different plane.
When you come out, it's not usually an overwhelming vision you have experienced, but you feel elevated. It becomes very important for Mormons to go into that space, just like practicing the Sabbath, keeping it holy, has an exalting effect on human life. So that's the way I look at the temple ceremonies.
Mormons know you can go online, get every last word of the temple ceremony. It's all there. So it's not like it's hidden from the world. Anybody can get it. But among us, we don't talk about it that way. It means something to us. It means a lot.4
Finally, the Church posted this video on LDS.org, and I think it's a nice way to end. Take a look:
Kent Walgren, "Inside the Salt Lake Temple: Gisbert Bossard's 1911 Photographs," Dialogue 29 (3) Fall 1996: 1-43.
Some have speculated the move was also a little bit of "payback" due to the furor over California's proposition 8, an initiative involving gay marriage. See David Banack, "Big Love hits below the belt," Beliefnet.com, March 11, 2009.
Daniel C. Peterson, posted to the MormonApologetics.org message board, March 13, 2009.
Richard Bushman, "Mormonism and Politics: Are They Compatible?", Pew Forum, Monday, May 14, 2007. Bushman touched on the same thing in March 2008 at Weber State University in a talk called "The Intellectual Prospects of Mormonism."
Kevin Barney at By Common Consent liveblogged during the episode. See "Liveblogging Big Love." A transcript of sorts was done at Mormon Mentality by DKL. See "The Controversial Big Love Episode." From the sound of it, the show was rather inaccurate on several levels and rather than being an artful, respectful portrayal (despite what Big Love folks said) the piece was clearly pejorative. Some noted it was the other aspects of the episode that bothered them more than the endowment depiction; the way church leaders were portrayed in a "Love Court," the impossibility of the situation even taking place, casting the Church in a fearful-of-the-truth light from the top to bottom, etc. Guy Murray at Millennial Star blog pointed out some problems, "Big Lies on Big Love." Blake Ostler said HBO's actions are "morally equivalent" to pornography. He has some strong words for HBO, but check out his reasoning: "Big Pornography."


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