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(Ed. Note: For the complete Yarmouth-Greely softball playoff game, with additional photos and a box score, see theforecaster.net)
The drama came fast and furious on the baseball and softball fields last week, a week which culminated with just one local squad, Greely baseball, still standing.
Greely's year?
Greely baseball won 31 combined games in 2012 and 2013, but couldn't get past the semifinal round. This spring, the Rangers are closing in on their first championship since 2009.
Greely went 13-3 in the regular season and wound up second in Western B. Last Thursday, in the quarterfinals, the Rangers hosted No. 10 Yarmouth, which had beaten seventh-ranked Gray-New Gloucester, 5-3, in a preliminary round game last Tuesday (Jordan Brown threw a three-hitter to earn the win and Luke Klenda had three hits).
Greely would eliminate the Clippers, 4-0, and end their season at 9-9, as Will Bryant threw a two-hit shutout and Mike McDevitt, Chaz Reade and Bailey Train all drove in runs.
The Rangers advanced to Saturday's semifinals where they hosted No. 3 Poland, a team which beat them in the regular season, but this time, Greely scored three runs in the first, added two in the fifth and got another shutout, this time from Connor Russell.
"It was a nice humid day, so the arm feels good," Russell said. "I could have gone nine innings."
"Connor was very poised," Greely coach Derek Soule said. "He seemed in control, both emotionally and physically because of the location of the ball with all his pitches. He was as good as he's ever been."
In the first inning, Tom Bucholz started it off with hit and was followed Sam Porter's double. Train singled and scored Bucholz. Porter came home with the second run on McDevitt's single. Reade then smacked a single, scoring Train. The Rangers then put it away in the fifth, as Cal Soule had a key RBI hit.
"From the first inning, we wanted to play with a lot of intensity and fire," Derek Soule said. "It was awesome to see the fire in their eyes in the first inning."
Greely met No. 1 Lincoln Academy (14-4) in Wednesday's Western B Final. The teams don't play during the regular season. The Rangers had beaten the Eagles in all three prior playoff meetings (a 15-8 romp in the 2009 regional final was the most recent).
If Greely can get to the state game, it will play either Caribou (13-6) or Old Town (12-7) Saturday at 11 a.m., in Bangor.
Freeport was ousted in its first playoff game, 8-3, in a Western B prelim at No. 8 Wells. The ninth-ranked Falcons took an early 2-0 lead, but couldn't hold on and finished 7-10.
In Western A, Falmouth made its first foray into a new class' postseason and as the No. 2 seed, won its opener, 6-0, over No. 10 Westbrook, the defending state champion, in the quarterfinals last Thursday. Addison Foltmer threw a six-hit shutout, Connor MacDowell had three hits and Connor Aube doubled.
The Yachtsmen then welcomed No. 11 Windham Saturday for the semifinals and became the third straight upset victim of the Eagles, falling, 4-2. Aube singled and doubled, but it wasn't enough as Falmouth's season ended at 15-3.
High drama and heartache
Yarmouth's softball team saved its best for last this spring and almost shocked the world.
The Clippers, who won their final six games to wind up 10-6 and fourth in Western B, welcomed No. 5 Greely for what proved to be a marathon quarterfinal round game last Thursday. The Rangers had eliminated Yarmouth from last year's playoffs and rallied to beat the visiting Clippers, 5-4, during the regular season, but this time, Yarmouth had the last word.
The Clippers took advantage of 17 Greely walks and five wild pitches, got a clutch relief pitching performance from Mari Cooper, a timely RBI hit from senior Monica Austin and a late three-run home run from Kallie Hutchinson to outlast the Rangers, 15-11, in 2 hours, 45 minutes.
"There was one point where I thought I'd have a heart attack," Austin said. "In the third inning, it was like 6-o'clock already, but we just never give up. It means a ton for Yarmouth in general. We lost to (Greely) in playoffs last year and it's a huge rivalry. It's absolutely amazing."
"I didn't think I'd pitch at all," Cooper said. "Yesterday, I could barely walk. Today, I thought I'd be a last resort. I went out there in the middle of the game and started warming up and felt good, so I kept going. I was willing to do whatever it took."
"This means a lot, especially for the senior class which has held the program together," Hutchinson said. "We have the talent and we have the ability to come back and be scrappy and aggressive and resilient."
"It's huge for the program," Yarmouth coach Amy McMullin added. "It's exciting. We got this far last year and didn't win, so our goal was to get past what we did last year. It was crazy. Not what you'd think for a playoff game."
Greely got three hits apiece from Kayley Cimino and Haley Felkel (who also had a splendid defensive game), but saw its season end at 11-6.
"It was quite a battle," Rangers coach Jessica Brady said. "A really long game. I thought the girls did well to combat the situation we put ourselves in. I always thought we had a chance. I knew we'd get runners on and could score. We just couldn't score enough today. If you'd told me before the game we'd have 11 runs, I would have said that would be great."
While Greely fell short of getting back to the state final, it had its moments this spring.
"I thought we had a great season even with our ups and downs," Brady said. "The conference was so well balanced this year. There wasn't a lot of dominant pitching, so it just depended on the day. We want to keep learning and getting better. The girls have been great. We'll hope to go further next year."
Yarmouth moved on to play at top-ranked, undefeated Cape Elizabeth Saturday in what proved to be one of the most memorable semifinals in state history.
Few gave the Clippers a chance, especially after the Capers beat them, 6-3 and 13-4 in the regular season, but not only did Yarmouth hang tough, it took a five-run lead to the final inning.
Trailing, 1-0, in the top of the fourth, Austin delivered Yarmouth's first hit, a home run, and the game was tied. Hutchinson then singled in Michelle Robichaud to put the Clippers on top, 2-1. Cape Elizabeth rallied to lead, 3-2, but in the top of the sixth, Hutchinson delivered another key hit, a single to score Melissa Levinson and Cat Thompson. After Cooper worked out of trouble in the bottom of the sixth, Yarmouth appeared to ice its win in the top of the seventh, as Abby Nielsen hit a solo home run, Austin crushed a two-run homer and Thompson went deep as well to make it 8-3.
Needing just three more outs for arguably the biggest win in program history, the Clippers could only manage two.
The potent Capers scored two runs, but Yarmouth was just one out away when Cape Elizabeth put two on for standout junior shortstop Ashley Tinsman, arguably the state's most dangerous hitter and Tinsman delivered, with a game-tying home run. Before Yarmouth could recover from that blow, two pitches later, Tess Haller homered and just like that, the game was over, 9-8, and the Clippers' thrilling season was done as well at 11-7.
Falmouth earned the No. 6 seed in Western A, but lost its preliminary round game last Tuesday to No. 11 Marshwood, 8-3, to finish 10-7.
Sun Journal staff writer Randy Whitehouse contributed to this story.
Sports Editor Michael Hoffer can be reached at [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter: @foresports.
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Greely freshman shortstop Moira Train tags out Yarmouth sophomore Eleanor O'Gorman on a steal attempt during the Clippers' 15-11 quarterfinal round playoff win last week.
Yarmouth sophomore Cat Thompson is all smiles as she rounds the bases after hitting a home run Saturday in the Western Class B semifinal round at undefeated Cape Elizabeth. The Clippers were on the verge of a seismic upset, taking an 8-3 lead to the bottom of the seventh inning, but the Capers rallied with six runs to prevail.
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During their residency, the artists used materials they found in the attic at the Headlands to create three new works. Slide Inversion creates a kind of hybrid instant archive, overlaying images of Headlands past and present. Film inversion has a tiny camera riding the ever-spinning wheel of a film projector to create a whirling image. And Video Inversion uses a found crate to house an endlessly spinning and clicking VCR. Speaking of these work, the artists explain, "In these sculptures, we have taken the usual instruments of the pervious generation of image projection equipment and transformed them into image creators." (From Headlands Center for the Arts website and residency-related materials.)

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Five attackers were shot and killed by Kenyan forces and 11 suspects are currently in custody.
Three days of national mourning have been declared starting from Wednesday.
Somali terror group al-Shabab claims it carried out the attack - in which six Britons have been killed - in response to Kenyan military operations in Somalia.
In his speech President Kenyatta placed the death toll at 72 including 61 civilians, six security officers and five "terrorists".
Mr Kenyatta said: "Fellow Kenyans, we have been badly hurt and feel great pain and loss, but we have been brave, united and strong. Kenya has stared down great evil and triumphed."
"As I had promised earlier, we have ashamed and defeated our attackers. That part of our task has been completed by our multi-agency security team.
"I promise that we shall have full accountability for the mindless destruction, deaths, pain, loss and suffering we have all undergone as a national family. These cowards will meet justice, as will their accomplices, wherever they are."
He also said that three floors of the luxury shopping centre have collapsed during the final stages of the operation and at least three bodies are still trapped in the rubble.
But while he said "the worst" of the crisis was now over, it was unclear whether Kenyan security forces had accounted for all the militants.
Earlier, al Shabaab, the Somali terrorist group which carried out the attack, claimed that its fighters were still resisting and holding a number of hostages.
There has, of yet, been no official confirmation of whether one of the dead attackers is Samantha Lewthwaite, who was married to 7/7 suicide bomber Jermaine Lindsay.
Speculation is rife that Lewthwaite, known as the "White Widow", helped mastermind the attack.
Friends and family of the radicalised British housewife have reacted with shock to the rumours she could be behind the horrific attack.
Lewthwaite's grandmother was taken to hospital after hearing the reports while others have said they are "astonished and amazed" about the reports.
London's Scotland Yard have confirmed a team of officers are headed to Kenya to help with "post incident procedures" including gathering evidence and supporting the work of coroners.


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National Guard has announced the end of its motorsport sponsorship in the American NASCAR and IndyCar championships, meaning that its current sponsorship of the Rahal Letterman Lanigan IndyCar team will stop at the end of the year.
The announcement will come as a major blow to the RLL squad, which loudly trumpeted its $12 million sponsorship deal ahead of the 2014 season. National Guard joined the squad after a six-year stint with the now-defunct Panther Racing team, which was forced to close its doors after being unable to secure the funding needed to compete this year.
Panther Racing subsequently launching legal proceedings against National Guard, IndyCar and RLL, which still remains outstanding. It raised allegations of bid-rigging and other irregularities were at play in National Guard's decision to switch camps.
If it's perhaps of any consolation to Panther Racing, National Guard's association with RLL has failed to deliver the team the lift in performance this year. Aside from driver Graham Rahal's podium finish on the streets of Detroit, it's been a troubled, uncompetitive year for the outfit. The second-generation racer languishes in 18th place in the Drivers' Championship standings in yet another underwhelming season.
The team's performances have had nothing to do with National Guard's decision to pull the pin on its sponsorship in motorsport, which follows a broader exit from other categories it sponsors, including fishing and motorcycle racing.
"Significantly constrained resources and the likelihood of further reductions in the future call for more innovative and cost-effective ways of doing business," acting director of the Army National Guard, Major General Judd H. Lyons, said in a statement announcing their decision.
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Drift Trikeby Aethyna Sep 28, 2015 | 1 Votes | 3 Played | 0 Reviews 9 rate Try your hand at trike racing and race downhill at breakneck speed in this amazingly exhilarating game, Drift Trike! Navigate through various race courses while drifting to fill the speed boost meter and perform cool tricks. Don't forget to collect stars and M bonuses to earn more points along the way! Play now! Play Now Similar Games Played
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Why do people only race in cool-looking sports cars when trike racing is so much fun? Try your hand at trike racing and race downhill at breakneck speed in this amazingly exhilarating game, Drift Trike! Navigate through various race courses while drifting to fill the speed boost meter and perform cool tricks. Don't forget to collect stars and M bonuses to earn more points along the way! Are you good enough to get that coveted number 1 spot and move on to the next level? Well, you won't know until you've given Drift Trike a spin! Try it today!
Ready to start racing... or should I say... drifting? Well, to get started you should first know that Drift Trike requires shockwave to run and thus, it might be best to try the game out on Firefox or a browser that is other than Chrome. After all, you'll need the game to work to be able to enjoy playing it!
Once the game's loaded, it is highly recommended that you check out its controls first. You'll be using the arrow keys to steer your trike in this game. However, it can be really difficult to turn corners when your trike is going at maximum speed. Hence, there are several other keys that you should be aware of. For example, you can drift (which will allow your trike to move a lot faster) around corners using the "X" key. With drift, you can easily overtake the other AI players, provided that you don't crash into anything in the process.
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The race courses in Drift Trike are very interestingly designed as they are filled with interactive objects like hay bales, and barrels of water that will slow you down when smashed into. They are usually placed in the middle of the road or beside ramps. Ramps, on the other hand, help by giving your trike a boost. There are also plenty of more solid items on the road, such as parked vehicles, other players' trikes, or even the barriers at both sides of the road. If you slam into these more solid items, there's a chance you may get flipped over. If that happens, you'll be "respawned" at the closest respawn spot, but the spawning process will take some time, causing you to lose a lot of ground to the other players.
As mentioned, there's a leaderboard in the game which lists out the daily, weekly and monthly high scores of all the players who have enjoyed the game recently. Interestingly, you can even challenge these other players to a race via the leaderboard – there's a challenge button right beside their respective rankings. Unfortunately though, there are no options for you to buy new trikes or customize your own trike since Drift Trike is a pretty simple (but fun) game by design.
Drift Trike has over 100 thousand monthly active players, but surprisingly, it has a lot less likes on its unmaintained Facebook fan page. That being said, if you enjoyed the game very much and would like to discuss tips or tricks with your fellow players, you might have better luck by checking out the forums over at Miniclip's own game portal instead.
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Chris Hayes, right now, is in the thick of some very thick things. His nightly show on MSNBC, "All in with Chris Hayes," wrestles with questions of political ethics and foreign-power collusion and all the other storms swirling around President Trump and jolting Americans out of years of civic apathy. Hayes' ratings, preceding Rachel Maddow nightly at 7 p.m. CT, are the strongest they've ever been, which means his profile is probably as high as it's been.
What many Chicagoans might not know is that formative years for Hayes, now 39, were spent here. He came to Chicago in 2001, a freshly minted Brown University graduate looking to make his mark in theater. Instead he gravitated to journalism, working for journals with a progressive bent. And he stayed until 2007, when his wife, Kate Shaw, the daughter of longtime Chicago TV journalist Andy, got a clerkship with Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens.
We caught up with Hayes late last week, amid his show's coverage of new revelations from Special Counsel Robert Mueller and credible allegations of vote fraud in North Carolina. What follows is an edited transcript.
Q. Greetings, and let me get the provincial stuff taken care of right away. Does your experience here still resonate with you, the exposure to this city and its politics?
A. 100 percent. Last night I made a joke on air about the North Carolina ballot scheme, that it made me blush even as someone who came up covering Chicago politics. No question, the editors of The Reader and In These Times, they really formed me — just, even the most basic blocking and tackling, you know: 'Oh, you're curious about a thing? Go, show up at someone's door. Give them a call. Ask them some questions. Find out some stuff.' What a great place for, you know, political reporting and outsized stories and outsized characters and scandal and intrigue.
Q. All of which has been transferred to the national stage now.
A. Yeah, there's a certain kind of shamelessness that comes with machine politics that I think there's some connection to. You know the Richard Daley, the father, quote about nepotism, like, 'I can't hire that person just because I know his mom?' Like, how outrageous.
Q. So is the parallel you're drawing between the Cook County Democratic machine here and the contemporary GOP?
A. I don't want to oversell that parallel, but here's what I would say: There was a shamelessness about the Daley machine, in versions 1.0 and 2.0, that was kind of like, 'We don't have anything to apologize for.' They could never be caught because they were never really trying to hide it, you know? And there's something similar now I think at the national level. 'Hey, we got you. You're busted. The Saudis got 500 rooms at your hotel. You're caught.' It's like, 'Yeah, what's wrong with that?' To me, there's some similarity there.
Q. Any holdovers from your days in Chicago theater? I mean, that's a pretty cutthroat world.
A. My theater training I think is with me everyday because I perform for a living at some level, making a show. There's lights and a call time and a collaborative entity, there's a stage manager. So all of that I think is both Chicago theater and my theater upbringing in high school and then in college.
I think Production Workshop (theater company at Brown) is genuinely one of the most formative and important experiences in my life. It was probably the most important education I got in college, in terms of a practical sense for adult life. A huge amount of it was getting together with other people in a room to have a meeting to make a decision -- which basically is what all adult life ends up being.
Q. And getting along with other people.
A. I literally have that meeting every morning in my life. We have an editorial meeting and instead of being 19 and being, like, 'What shows should we choose?' It's, 'What story should we do?' There's 20 stories in six slots in what order and we've got to make an affirmative decision. Some things we will do, some things we will not and how do we collectively reason through that?
Q. How do you keep 'All In' distinct from the MSNBC shows hosted by Chris Matthews and Rachel Maddow and Lawrence O'Donnell? Do you all fight it out for topics and guests in the middle of the day?
A. 'All In' is a show that loves learning and exploring and exchange. My favorite show is where I walk off and I had an interview, and I'm like, 'No, I didn't know that. That was not the answer I thought I was going to get.' And I think that's what the audience really craves. There's this kind of, I think, passionate inquiry, like I'm genuinely trying to figure things out. We're all trying to figure things out and our desire to figure things out is informed by a set of values about what a just society looks like.
And I hope there's a kind of lightness to it, even in the darkest, most serious times. This is life-and-death stuff. The fate of the planet in, you know, literal and non-hyperbolic senses is hanging in the balance. You need light in the darkness. You need light and lightness and a sense of self deprecation and humor. And I think that's also part of how we distinguish ourselves.
Q. Can you think of one of those moments recently where a guest taught you something or told you a new way of thinking about something?
A. Just last night, the (absentee ballot diversion) story in North Carolina, which I've been trying to get my head around. We had a great local reporter on who explained how the scheme worked. I kind of understood it before, but he sort of walked through it, and it clicked for the first time: 'Oh, wow. That really is shameless, illegal.'
Q. A nightly hour seems to the outsider like a lot to program. Given what's been going on in the past couple of years, and the past couple of weeks in particular, it probably goes by pretty quickly. What's your theory of the show? What promise are you making to viewers?
A. We're separating the wheat from the chaff in terms of what's important and what's not important. And clarifying the sort of spine of facts. And, like I said before, to sort of explore and engage while we're doing that. It's not a sermon.
Q. You want people to be carried along while you're exploring.
A. Yeah. And learn from the people that we have on and sort of discover together. It's a very polluted environment. The air quality is bad from an informational perspective. And what we're promising is fresh air. Clean, clean air. Oxygen to breathe.
Q. I imagine you're something like the 'Simpsons' writers. You have too much material to deal with. You have too many jokes.
A. Oh, every day, basically. And there's an entertainment and attentional imperative. I always say to people, yes, we're competing against, you know, Anderson Cooper and Tucker Carlson or whoever. But we're also competing against everything that's on TV and everything that's ever been on recorded TV at any time. It's 8 o'clock. You can watch a basketball game, which is probably what I would be inclined to do. You can watch 'The Sopranos.' You can watch 'Friends.' There's a show about pimple popping that I just learned about the other day. So there's a degree to which it has to be an enjoyable thing to do.
Q. You might not want to tell too many people about the pimple popping show. But, yeah, these have been good ratings years for you, the Trump years.
A. Yes. In the sense that they've been good for New York Times subscriptions and the Washington Post. They've been good for the traffic of websites. They've been good for cable news. They've been good for late-night talk shows. They've been good for, like, donations to the ACLU, and they've been good for voter turnout and volunteerism and the general level of civic engagement. To me, it's all a seamless fabric. That's all connected.
A direct correlation is that in 2014 ratings were low. We probably had, I think, a quarter as many viewers as we do now -- maybe a third -- and the 2014 midterms were the lowest turnout midterm elections in recent memory. And I think those two things are just different sides of the same coin.
Q. I was writing about Stephen Colbert a little while back and said something to the effect of, 'Yes, Trump has boosted his ratings, but I get the genuine sense he would be willing to trade those in if it would mean a president who isn't threatening so many norms.' Do you have a bit of that conflict yourself?
A. It's not even a question about whether I would wish for a healthier American democracy and political situation and lower ratings. The one thing, though, that I think is important, the thing that I wouldn't want to wish away, is the degree to which people are paying attention. The question is, how do you transfer that even in periods that don't feel like constant crisis? But, yeah, that's not really a close call for me.
Q. It's also got to be kind of thrilling in a way to be telling this absolutely vital story at a time when, you know, people are paying attention at unprecedented levels.
A. Yeah, it is. Although I have to say, my personal experiences is that I feel the weight of it more than I feel the exhilaration. When I step back, it's like, Wow, this is amazing that I'm here in this moment. You look at old footage of the news anchors on the day that Nixon resigned and stuff like that -- not that Trump is going to resign -- but just that it's such an important moment. I feel the weight of it, and I want to do right by it.
Q. There's got to be a kind of trial-and-error process in figuring out how to handle this moment. Can you think of a significant, or minor, course correction you've had to make?
A. One thing I think that we've evolved on is, I don't care about palace intrigue. We would do 'so and so is about to be fired' early on. That is actually genuinely a story and it does matter who has the president's ear, perhaps this president more than any other, actually. Whether it's North Korea or trade or immigration, who's the last person to talk to him makes a difference.
But on a certain level I've been led astray too many times by 'John Kelly's on the way out.' Or, you know, there's this certain genre of story about the craziness behind the scenes of the Trump White House that I think we quickly learned, that's just the background equilibrium. And I'm not going to cover that.
Q. You have said the closest analog to Trump, you think, was in Italy. What does the Berlusconi in Italy story tell us about what we might expect here, if anything?
A. It's pretty depressing. I mean, he never really was held to account. An economic downturn ultimately spelled his political end, but I don't think he ever faced the level of judicial or legal accountability that he deserved. And I think there's a degree to which, if you look at Italian politics right now, which are a mess and in which really dangerous, right-wing forces are ascendant, he helped to break Italian politics.
Q. So do you see those kinds of aftershocks happening here, whatever the resolution is with 45?
A. I really worry about that. I worry about a sort of permanent constituency for basically blood-and-soil, white ethno-nationalist politics that looks like the Lega Nord (Italy) or, you know, the AfD (Germany), or UKEP (United Kingdom). I don't worry about that. It's here. It exists. I think that that'll probably be a durable part of American politics, you know, whatever happens to Trump.
Q. I want to be sure to ask about the whole MSNBC-Fox News equivalency thing. The standard for people to say is, 'Things are so polarized, with Fox News on one side and MSNBC on the other.' Do you think drawing that equivalency is fair or accurate?
A. It's a ridiculous comparison. First of all Fox News is the product of Roger Ailes, may he rest in peace. And Roger Ailes was two things: He was a right-wing political operative and a TV guy. Fox News was expressly a political project. That is not true of MSNBC. Bill Gates was part of the founding. It's not a political project of anyone. The other thing about Fox is it's a monopoly enterprise. Monopolies lead to all kinds of excesses, and Fox is a good example.
Q. How significant is what is happening right now, with regards to Trump and the Mueller investigation material coming out in a more concentrated, detailed fashion.
A. I pendulate between different ways of thinking about all this. There's some sense in which it always feels like the precipice. It always feels like a meltdown. It always feels like he's cooked. And then he's not. And every day you get up and he's still the president of the United States, the most powerful man in the world.
At the same time, the facts are incredibly damning. And I'm now at the point where I think the facts are likely to show serious wrongdoing and criminal activity. They already have. But I think more. I think we will probably learn most of what they did, because I don't think they're that careful. And it's a totally open question how the political system deals with it.
People forget that it was the Nixon tapes that brought him down, even though one of the Nixon burglars basically blew the whistle, you know, a year before he has to resign. And then John Dean gets up under oath and basically exposed the whole thing. And it's like, 'Well John Dean says this, the President says that.' Then ultimately it's the tapes that bring him down.
Q. It took that much, and that was in a much more chivalrous era in politics. So what is coming down the pike?
A. We will be tested. The trains may be coming at each other slowly, but it's going to happen. The facts are going to be damning. The facts are going to come out. And there's going to be a question about whether the rule of law is going to hold. And on top of that we have 12 years to cut carbon emissions by 50 percent.
Q. But keep that show light, Chris.
A. I try.
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Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie (D) has lost his primary to state Sen. David Ige (D).
The Associated Press called the race for Ige, who was leading Abercrombie by 67 to 32 percent.
Abercrombie is the first incumbent governor to lose a primary this year, and the first since 2010 to do so.
The former congressman had faced sagging approval ratings as he sparred with Democratic state legislators about budget priorities and education funding.
Ige capitalized on unhappiness with his leadership and his decision to appoint his lieutenant governor, Brian Schatz (D), to the Senate instead of Rep. Colleen Hanabusa (D-Hawaii), despite a deathbed request by beloved Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) that she replace him.
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Democratic Governors Association Chairman and Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin (D) thanked Abercrombie for his work in office before attacking Aiona, tying him to his former running mate, former Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle (R).
"The last thing the people of Hawaii need now is to go back to the failed Republican policies of the Lingle-Aiona administration. On their watch, unemployment surged to the highest level in a quarter century, a $732 million surplus was turned into a $1 billion deficit, and Furlough Fridays gave the state the shortest school year in the nation," he said in a statement. "David Ige won't allow that to happen again. He will lead in the tradition of strong Democratic governors who are working every day to create jobs, strengthen the middle class, and expand economic opportunity to all."
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Drugs are a global problem. Historically this issue has been addressed by the prohibition of drugs, from cannabis to heroin, cocaine, and so on. Prohibition is used in most countries, how strictly that is enforced varies. Many countries have decriminalized drugs on some level, mostly the use of cannabis for recreational or medical use. However, there are more harmful drugs to consider in this debate.
The number of drug induced deaths are staggering in some parts of the world, and we can no longer rely on prohibition as the only answer. Portugal has led the charge on reforming the laws on all drugs and the overall approach to combating their drug problem, by decriminalizing all drugs in 2001. The focus has turned away from viewing drugs as a criminal concern, and instead treating it as a public health concern. The lower numbers of deaths related to drugs are a result to this new approach as illustrated below.
Today in Portugal if you are found with possession of drugs, instead of incarceration you will likely receive a citation, in addition you will have your case reviewed by a panel of legal advisers, social workers and physiologist to determine the best treatment. The approach is to rehabilitate, not punish or incarcerate.
The question is, how has this worked? Based on the numbers, this new approach has been met with great success. A paper published by by the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank, 5 years after instituting a decriminalization regime supports this. They have shown decreased drug use among teens, decreased HIV cases related to intravenous drugs, while the number of individuals seeking treatment as nearly doubled. The removal of the criminality of drug use, has brought the underground world to the surface, unafraid of legal repercussions and thus seeking help.
According to the Cato paper new HIV infections in drug users fell by 17% between 1999 and 2003. There have also been a decline in deaths related to heroin and other similar substances. For example, in 2000, the number of deaths from opiates (including heroin) was 281. That number has decreased steadily since decriminalization, to 133 in 2006. That is more than a 50% reduction. In 1999, prior to decriminalization the total drug related deaths was near 400, in 2006 it was down to 290, and even more impressive based on the 2017 findings as illustrated in the above graph, there were a mere 60(6 per million, population approx. 10 million). These are just a few statistics mentioned in the Cato paper, while there are many more you can clearly see the realized benefit. Over the past 16 years, Portugal has continued to see positive results. While this is not an end all solution, statistically it has proven to be a step in the right direction.
Globally we must come together to address this, we can learn from the efforts Portugal has made. The war against drugs is not against the users, it is against the dealers and the traffickers. Whatever the solution, incarcerated addicts are just that, and when released they will likely still be addicts, now with a criminal record, and so the cycle continues. With the focus on rehabilitation, be it through decriminalization or other means, the traffickers and dealers will lose their customers, then and only then will we get ahead of this war.


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Android 5.0 Lollipop Coming Soon to Nexus 5, Nexus 4, Moto E, Moto G, Moto X, and Others!
Google on Wednesday introduced the new Nexus smartphone and tablet alongside announcing the general release of Android 5.0 Lollipop. The company also took the world by surprise by launching the first Android TV device, the Nexus Player.
The search giant confirmed that Android 5.0 Lollipop, which powers the Google Nexus 6, Google Nexus 9, and Nexus Player (with a version optimised for TV-watching), will be available on previous-generation Nexus devices "in the coming weeks," specifically the Nexus 4, Nexus 5, Nexus 7 (possibly for both the 2012 and 2013 versions), the Nexus 10, and Google Play Edition devices.
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Motorola, now the official OEM partner for the Nexus 6, is not too far behind, revealing it will be rolling out Android 5.0 Lollipop for several of its smartphones. The list includes the Moto X, Moto X (Gen 2), Moto G, Moto G (Gen 2), Moto G 4G LTE, Moto E, Droid Ultra, Droid Maxx, and Droid Mini. Motorola smartphone owners can check out more details about Android 5.0 Lollipop update on the company's support page.
Google, on the other hand, has also confirmed that an updated Android 5.0 Lollipop images for Nexus devices will be available for developers starting Friday, specifically the Android 5.0 Lollipop Developer Preview along with the final Android 5.0 SDK.
Android Developer's official Twitter handle announced the news and said, "Developers, get ready for Android 5.0 Lollipop! Check back 10/17 for Android 5.0 SDK & updated Nexus preview images."
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There are four basic types of business entities: sole-proprietorships, partnerships, corporations, and limited liability companies, each with its own advantages and disadvantages. Consider these factors when choosing which is right for your business: Tax aspects, legal requirements and the potential for personal liability.
A sole-proprietorship is a business that is owned by a single individual (or by a husband and wife) that is not a corporation or a limited liability company. There are no legal requirements to comply with in order to create and maintain the business structure. The biggest disadvantage is that you, the business owner, are held personally liable for the debts of the business. This means that if someone sues your business and obtains a judgment against it, you will be responsible for paying it even if it exceeds the entire worth of your business. You should evaluate the potential risk of this kind of liability for your type of business to determine whether you should operate as a corporation or limited liability company instead. An attorney who practices in the area of business law can help you make this determination and can also help you understand which business structure makes the most sense for you from a tax perspective.
A partnership is a business that is owned by more than one individual (not a husband and wife) that is not a corporation or limited liability company. Nothing is required to establish the business as a partnership, it happens automatically when two or more people own a business that is not a corporation or a limited liability company. However, it is a good idea to have a written partnership agreement which spells out the commitments of the parties, including how much and what they will contribute to the business, how they will draw profits and share losses, and who will have authority and responsibility for making various decisions among other things. If the owners of the business do not make a written partnership agreement, state partnership law determines the obligations of the owners.
A corporation can be owned by one or more individuals. Each state's laws spell out the requirements for setting up a corporation in that state. Generally, establishing a corporation involves drafting Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws and issuing stock. The Articles of Incorporation are filed with the State and a Certificate of Incorporation is issued to the business. The main advantage of operating a business as a corporation is that the liability of the owners for the debts of the corporation is limited to their investment in the business. The biggest disadvantage is that the business must adhere to the corporate structure by conducting shareholders and directors meetings, which can be cumbersome for a small business.
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Each state's laws spell out the requirements for operating a business as a limited liability company. The basic structure of an LLC is that it combines the management aspects of a partnership with the liability advantage of a corporation. This makes it a very desirable structure for a business. However, like a corporation, there are legal requirements that must be met in order to preserve the status of the business as an LLC. Special care is also required in establishing the LLC to make sure the desired tax status is obtained. You should consult an attorney who practices business law to establish your limited liability company. Also see Advantages and Disadvantages of LLCs.


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assalam u alaikum . I learned Tajweed but when i recite QURAN my teacher says i am not that good. What should i do?
Wa alaikum assalaam wa rahmatullahi wa barakaatuh. May Allah give you the best recitation and be pleased with you. Ameen. Make lots of dua' in sujood and especially the last third of the night.
First, listen to the comments your teacher gives you about your recitation and what is incorrect and how to fix it.
Second practice it, plus listen to known masters of tajweed such as Sheikh Al Husary and Sheikh Abdullah Basfar.
Third, write down the mistakes your teacher says you have and work on them one by one, recording yourself and listening to the recitation of one of the masters reading the aayah, then listen to your recording.
Fourth, have another teacher listen to you if you still feel you haven't improved after a few months. Sometimes one teacher has a different technique which helps you.
Most important, don't give up and don't feel frustrated. The goal to read the Qur'an correctly is a lofty goal and we may be tested on the way.
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text: The Impact of 2008 Olympic Games on Economic Growth in Beijing Abstract The modern Olympic movement, produced in the late 19th century, has become the largest event for peaceful purposes in human history. Into the 80s of the 20th century, the trend in commercialization of the Olympic Games becomes clearer, and the economic value of the Olympic Games becomes more apparent. So, what mechanism of the Olympic Games organized to affect the economy in host city? How to analyze the economic impact of the Olympics? What effects of the economic impact of the Olympic Games are reflected? How much the effects of the economic impact of Olympic Games? These are the questions the paper will study and try to answer. The dissertation is divided into two parts: basic theoretical analysis, empirical study of the economic impact of the Olympic Games. Olympic Games will bring both the positive effects and negative effects on the economy in the host city. In the positive effects, the direct impacts include the promotion of the GDP growth in host city, employment growth and development of related industries, investment climate improvement; indirect effects include enhancement of human capital, promotion of regional economic development. Negative impacts mean the idle sports facilities, damage to urban beneficiaries live, and spending more on other aspects of social extra. Study and learn from the experience on the previous Olympic on economic and social the positive impacts in host cities and host countries, compared to the economic effect to promote the development of these circumstances in the Olympic host city, it is recognized the view that economic effects of the 2008 Olympic Games is expected to be with a tremendous impact on the economy in China and Beijing. Finally, a time series model and the production function model are established to analyze the success of the Beijing Olympic Games on the economic growth. Keywords: the growth of economy and Beijing Olympic Games; employment; investment Table of Contents Abstract 2 Chapter 1 Introduction 5 1.1 Background and significance 5 1.1.1 Research background 5 1.1.2 Research significance 6 1.2 Aims & objectives 7 1.3 Research methods 7 Chapter 2 Literature Review 8 2.1 Concept of Olympic economy 8 2.2 Economic impact of Olympic Games on host city 10 2.2.1 Positive impact of Olympic Games on the economy in host city 10 2.2.2 Negative impact of Olympic Games on the economy in host city 17 2.3 Data analysis of the impact of Olympic Games on host city 18 2.4 Descriptive prediction on the economic impact of Beijing 24 Chapter 3 Research Design 26 3.1 Sample selection 26 3.2 Modeling 28 3.2.1 Time series model of GDP in Beijing from 1978 to 2008 29 3.2.2 Time series model of employment in Beijing from 1978 to 2008 32 3.2.3 Time series model of investment in fixed assets 36 3.2.4 Production function model 41 Chapter 4 Results and Discussions 45 4.1 Regression model selection of panel data 45 4.2 Panel data results and analysis 47 Chapter 5 Conclusions and Recommendations 49 References 51 原文链接:2008北京奥运会对经济的影响转载请注明出处:优易论文


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hmmm...this is the place I will work through some of the more personal aspects of my journey through ptsd. Some are not polite or pleasant,--hence the anonymity--but they are mine. Everybody's different. Maybe you will relate, maybe not. I am not a professional, I am just offering my own experiences.
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This is sort of the "best of" section where I'll link to the blog entries people seem to read the most. Perhaps I ought to have a page on "What is PTSD" but lots of others have already done that, so I'll just my favorite, a glossary from the Sidhran Institute [link checked 7/12/20].
Two notes before we begin. First, I am not a professional. I have kept this blog to share my experience with PTSD, but I cannot help you directly if you are suffering from PTSD. I only check in here intermittently and it breaks my heart to see someone plea for help and get no response. Please, if you are in crisis, call 911. If you are looking for treatment or direct help, please contact the Sidran Institute. They are an excellent resource and can help you find appropriate treatment. If you are finding out about PTSD in yourself or another and want to know what my experience has been, read on.
Second, if you make comments that contain negative statements about people at various facilities by name, I will not publish them. Stay general, and even say there are problematic people to avoid, but no names. Probably best to leave out names of people you consider praiseworthy too. Self-promoting comments or links to link farms or anything that is the least bit suspicious will be deleted. I err on the side of caution. That said, there is a wonderful compendium of knowledge and wisdom in the comments, so thank you to all who have shared there over the years, and please feel free to continue commenting as you see fit. They are one of the great rewards of writing this blog!
People in crisis often want to know where they can get help. Grounding exercises for PTSD can help get us through the short term. Here is a way of finding US and global treatment centers that specialize in PTSD. That is of course assuming you are privileged enough to have access to these resources. Not everyone is. And in case I forget next winter, here are some tips on PTSD and the holidays. One of the most disturbing symptoms of PTSD is flashbacks, especially when they result in "non-epilectic seizures" or what a doctor might have called "pseudo-seizures," though there is nothing "pseudo" about them.
If you are looking to help a loved one diagnosed with PTSD, you might want to read my open letter to someone looking to help a loved one with PTSD. My partner, who is a key part of my loving and supportive network of friends, has been absolutely critical to my ongoing recovery, and I share some of the ways she has both helped me when I could not help myself and some of the unfortunate costs she has paid as a result of my PTSD. It is a hard road, but we have come through stronger than ever, so there is hope.
Picking a therapist can be difficult for someone with PTSD, because often times the PTSD itself messes with our pickers. Through necessity and trial and error and generous borrowing of other people's wisdom, I've come up with a brief subjective guide on how to choose a therapist for ptsd. It contains links to some other, less subjective guides too.
Along with getting medical and psychological help, medication helped get me stabilized even though I was really resistant to it because of being a recovering addict. I wasn't resistant to trying Effexor, and kind of wish I had been (see Battle of the Effexor and Joy of Meds: Effexor withdrawal) I have quite a bit to say about PTSD and 12-step programs. While 12-step programs saved my life, I found that their one-size-fits-all model did more harm than good after the initial haze of the drugs and alcohol wore off. There is more than one type of addict (and some more on the subject here). And although it claims not to hew any one denominational line, it is based on Christianity in some ways that were harmful to my recovery. I finally decided to leave 12 step approaches, a difficult decision. In hindsight, however, some of the most exploitative folks I ever met were from the halls of twelve step rooms and the addictions recovery industry. Spiritual and psychological abuse are real and create huge barriers to recovery.
Betrayal bonds form a major part of PTSD as I have experienced it, so I've spent a lot of time writing about them. You might have heard of this as Stockholm syndrome. They take a number of different forms. Fully understanding the nature and effects of betrayal was key to beginning my recovery from PTSD. While the guy who wrote the book on betrayal bonds associates them with sexual addiction, I have found this ain't necessarily so.
If you are interested, I can tell you more about my PTSD. Some days are still rough (skin-crawling, time-wasting, losing time, etc) but I have found a certain amount of recovery, and my life is once again bearable, even enjoyable on good days. And I'm still here, yes still here, and even now, still here. Partly it depends on which dogs I feed. It also helps to have a loving and supportive network of friends. Oh, and to stay far away from toxic relationships.
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Take care, keep up the good work. Your site has great information about resources for PTSD.
Many suffer, your blog offers and provides help. It comes from personal experience which helps the readers of the blog!
Great work at GettingBetter, stay in touch!
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Look at the bright side 12/31/09 has not come yet. Any way you have great insight and was wondering what are your thoughts about a child moving every 2 years of there life and changing schools? Can this cause trauma in itself? ThanksReplyDelete
I would not presume to judge whether anyone's experience was traumatic or not...I didn't think my experience was traumatic until the effects of PTSD forced me to deal, so I would say figure it out for yourself by the effects in your life if that makes sense.ReplyDelete
It's interesting. Thank you for your efforts and your openness. I've read through a lot of your information and find it very "helpful" that isn't the right word but it's closest. I don't suffer from PTSD but someone I love very deeply does and when you mentioned "stay away from toxic relationships" I wonder how you do it or judge what's toxic. My friend as far as I can tell 99% of the the time only really responds to "toxic" interactions. Her rationalizations and commitment to them is so strong. She refuses to acknowledge they are toxic even after they prove to be exactly that. It repeats and repeats. As far as I can tell she only has toxic interactions with men. Me included. Even the good aspects of our friendship got twisted up. I feel really bad because a few times I said to her "the fact you like him and talk about him so much proves to me he's an asshole" she said "how do you know you haven't met him?" My reply cruelly was if "you like he's an asshole." The most amazing part is the things she says about the men she get so wrapped up in. She actually talks about the weird shitty things they do or say and laughs and almost feels complimented. I really wish there were more resources for people in my position. I feel so powerless to understand and be supportive in a way that helps. For years I tried to be understanding and patient and non-critical. But when the same things happened again and again and again. I feel I simple was unable to grasp exactly what she feels and I reacted (I believe) in the exact way she feels she deserved to be treated. How could I understand? It makes no sense to me, do a thing once it doesn't work, ok. Do it twice it doesn't work no problem, I try a different tactic. She does the same thing continually with the exact same results.ReplyDelete
It is the most heartbreaking thing I have ever experienced in my entire life. Absolutely devastating to see it coming like a tide knowing I would have to wait months for her to return to the state that I understand.
So if all the realtionships are toxic how do you avoid them?
Just expressing my frustration and applauding your bravery. I know this is a long hard road.
Thnx fr yr comment, cap'n, and nice truck. As far as exploitative relationships go, I still have a tendency toward them, but I bounce things off my friends who either do not have abuse issues or have different ones than me, but whom I have learned over a long haul that I can trust. Over time, I have gotten a bit better at recognizing the exploitation quicker, but I used to joke that I could find the sickest person in a 12 step room every time; it would be whomever I was attracted to. Getting out of 12 step rooms was a big step forward for me. Now I share healthy things with my friends rather than mental problems. Not saying my friends don't have problems...they are people too, just that is not the basis of the friendship as in 12 step rooms.ReplyDelete
Anyway, you ask what can be done, but like my recovery from drugs an alcohol, no one else could help til I was willing, until I had hurt enough to be open to trying things differently. But especially with the stuff that happened while I was in recovery, it was lifesaving that a few real friends were around who perhaps didn't always understand, but stuck by me and gave me a clue about what a real friend might be. Now they have become the loving and supportive network of friends that I depend on. Gonna stop here before it turns into a post, which I don't have time to write right now :) Thanks for reading and commenting and I hope things turn around for your friend.
Thanks brother for your reply. I appreciate your point of view. From what I have seen you must have come a long way. It seems the compulsion to ignore what people who either don't have PTSD issues or different issues say when it comes to interactions. The self destructive or self defeating part seems built in.ReplyDelete
Of course the relationships are toxic. That's the toughest part of seeing it from the outside. It makes no sense whatsoever and honestly feels like the interactions are thought out and intentional From what I've seen, the compulsion to do the exact thing that is going to hurt is far stronger than listening to friends or even asking a friend. You really should be proud. Often attacking the people that care and express concern. It feels like a lose / lose situation. You lose if you speak up and lose if you don't. Either one ends in pain all around.
Yours is a smart and sensible way of approaching the relationship thing. Good for you for working on it and getting there. I used to joke a little how my friend could find the biggest loser in any given room the same way as you. I'm serious and I mean this I'm seriously convinced there is some subtle thing that is being conveyed. Body language or ?? Not being predator or prey per say, I don't see it but I tell you it honestly looks like a magnet pulling a ball bearing across the floor. If there was one person in the room who interacting with would cause that switch to flip. Guaranteed they would make contact and of course the thing would happen. I swear it is like seeing a person under hypnosis. That isn't a joke or any attempt at levity. It is like watching a force of nature in action. Like no matter how hard they try they want that switch to flip, you can watch the focus change and body language shift, almost a sense of determination to make this thing happen with that person.
It would often take effort and work to pursue the interactions where doing nothing would have had positive results. One of the rare times in life doing nothing would have far better results than doing something. It almost felt like there is a hunger for unhealthy relationships. Which I guess there is......
I hope you feel very proud and draw strength from knowing what you are accomplishing. From what I've seen the wrong relationships are a huge factor in undoing progress really quickly. They help alienate and cause shame which is a perfect way to perpetuate more of the same.
take care and thanks for your blog it's helping me come to terms with the things that have happened and not take them so personally. I doubt you will draw comfort from this but loving someone with PTSD is a really hard thing. (not in any realm to be compared with having it but nonetheless really really hard on the other side)
It's cliche but it truly is like watching a train wreck in slow motion but the worst part is you see it coming around the bend and no matter how hard you scream that train is gonna crash no matter what the guy screaming on the side does. That's heartbreaking.
Especially when they pick themselves up dust off and get stable only to do it all over again. As if they live in some parallel world where a different logic is at work and it really makes sense. Just not from where you are standing.
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"I doubt you will draw comfort from this but loving someone with PTSD is a really hard thing. (not in any realm to be compared with having it but nonetheless really really hard on the other side)"
I'm am very much aware of how difficult my PTSD has been on my partner and I'm forever grateful she stuck with me through the worst of it. It made all the difference and ultimately made us both stronger better people for it, but she could have certainly done without my PTSD! The train wreck analogy is apt from both perspectives...it feels that way for the PTSD-er too. I constantly used to and still occadionally do still walk around with an impending sense of doom. David Bowie wrote a song, "Always crashing in the same car" the title of which has always summed it up for me.
- AnonymousJuly 16, 2009
This blog is so very helpful! I found it just when I needed it. It helps that you are someone who actually suffered/suffers with PTSD. I am sorry for all the hell you have been through. I am glad you found the strength to manage your symptoms. Your writing is clear and relatable to me. Thank you.ReplyDelete
You are welcome. I'm glad you find it useful.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 07, 2010
I appreciate your blog. After reading, I have taken steps to try to work through my own PTSD issues. I have begun The Betrayal Bond and, while very difficult, find that it is helping me already. I am grateful because, had I not stumbled upon your blog, I would have not tried again - I have experienced some of the bad side of professional assistance, myself.ReplyDelete
I had developed a considerable denial of my PTSD diagnosis because the treatments and facilities were so ineffective and damaging that I couldn't believe I actually had what they said I did. I don't know if that makes any sense...
I am beginning to feel a small niggling of reemerging hope, thanks to you.
Good luck with your recovery! I am glad you found the blog useful. Having the very people who are supposed to help you hurt you more is one of the hardest things things to get through for me, so I appreciate your troubles and hope you are able to foster a loving and supportive network of people you can trust to help you through this time.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 13, 2010
I know it's been awhile since the last interaction on this page, but I just wanted to leave a comment nonetheless.ReplyDelete
I've been reading your blog since September and I can say it's been very helpful for me. I don't suffer from PTSD, but my husband does. Apart from me, there's no one else close to him who knows the extent of his condition. I'm the only one who lives with him, and thus, the only one who really gets to witness everything firsthand.
Your blog has given me so much insight into what PTSD sufferers go through.
In fact, it has inspired me to create my own blog: www.livingwithptsd.wordpress.com. I made this blog for people who are like me -- the family members and loved ones of PTSD sufferers.
There's so little you can find online to help people like me... so I decided to take matters into my own hands and do something... in the hopes that somewhere along the way, somewhere out there, there's someone who like me, is reaching out to the universe and asking for help on how to help me survive this as well, without giving hope on my husband and helping him through this.
More power to you, and please do keep on writing. People like you give me hope that better days do come.
Thanks for your comment and the link. I read a little of your blog, and got a little insight into how rough it is for the people who have acted as our caregivers too! I know my partner suffered from secondary trauma issues, but came through, and things got better as I slowly got better. I hope the same for you and that the trauma you are suffering stays secondary and that your partner gets better too.ReplyDelete
- FH girlApril 21, 2011
You may find this documentary to be useful to watch: http://www.fisheadmovie.com/watch1ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 04, 2011
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I am suffering from PTSD. My rocket launcher blew up on me when I was firing shoulder fired rockets in the desert while serving in the Marines.ReplyDelete
I am writing about my story with PTSD. You can visit it here and perhaps guest post on it from time to time.
Veteran's Guide to PTSD and Benefits
- AnonymousNovember 28, 2011
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- AnonymousNovember 28, 2011
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There is great information and sharing on this blog. I wish it were still active as it is probably very helpful for many people. Good and informative blogs can be hard to find.ReplyDelete
I am pretty busy with the rest of my life. I have a few ideas for posts and still ckeep an eye on the comments, just don't have much time for writing here and I have said most of what I needed to and don't want to start repeating myself. Glad you find it useful, and I'll try to post some more soon.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 09, 2012
I was on guard, always. At one point I remember just being to exhausted to fight it anymore. I remember just 'giving in to it', in a way hoping something bad would happen to me so this whole nightmere would end. Then something amazing happened. Nothing. Nothing bad happened to me and from there I started to rebuild myself. I found a psychologist who told me it's ok to cry, to be angry, to be sad, to be afraid, to lock my doors....I got permission and for some reason I needed that. Before I felt 'crazy', wrong to feel these things. I was hiding my emotions. Now I feel like it's my right to feel this way. I deserve this time to break down, cry, hid and HEAL. Best part. I'm starting to recognize my old self again. It's been 5 years. The world has changed for me and truthfully I'm not that egar to step out yet. In my healing I've seen a lot of ugly. Ugly in the system; insurance company's, doctors,employeers,co-workers, etc. I'm unsure of how to overcome this 'new world' that I have uncovered. Initially I was afraid of one person. Then my employeer who lied about me to save a few bucks. Insurance companys were a nightmere. Unqualified doctors. As a PTSD suffer, the trama isn't the only thing that we suffer. In my experience, time,truth and validation was my biggest healer. The enemy, lack of support,money,knowledge and hope. Without these things, it just gets worst.ReplyDelete
Thank you for this Blog, I have struggled with anxiety disorders since traumatic experiences in childhood. Mine now plagues me as OCD, but I still found this site very useful.ReplyDelete
- gonnabfine1dayNovember 27, 2012
Thank you. I appreciate your blog. I found it by accident yesterday and needed to read your posts. Take care.ReplyDelete
Thank you for sharing.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 08, 2013
Thank you for making this blog. I have to say your ability to express yourself in words is astounding; like a good book, you grab someone's interest in how you depict the psychology. It's humanizing. I've been in a hospital, and i've gone through betrayal bonds most of my life, and to see someone else resolving - even if bit by bit- and against clinical norms, is a ray of hope. I was shaking when i found your blog from having to just call the cops for a noise complaint - i can flip a car and not even have high blood pressure, but listening to a few hours of screaming has me puking. Listlessly finding something to do at 2 am has proved rewarding this morning, and I hope you really feel rewarded in yourself for being badass. Be proud of yourself. They were all assholes, and you've got something else going on. The truth.ReplyDelete
Thank you anon, insert whatever the emoji for blush is here. The writing is good to the extent it is because I try to stick with my own experience instead of what you should do. Free advice is generally worth the cost. I am very gratified that my experience and the sharing it has touched off in the comments is helpful to people. It actually helps me heal, so I am grateful to have the opportunity and grateful others find it helpful too. I don't know about THE truth, but I try to speak up about my truth and that is a good process for me. For too long I lived under the illusion of my abusers' constructions ofrealities for me, and stepping out of that is a step into the light for me. LOL, but they were @$$holes though, weren't they.ReplyDelete
Very brave blog. A lot of people are not only afraid to confront the reality of PTSD, they are are afraid to confront some the people and practices who take advantage of many. Thanks for this blog and sharing your experiences.ReplyDelete
Thank you!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 20, 2013
I am new member of your group. Just now having my eyes opened to what my real life is and has been (48 years of that now), I've had a hard time accepting I'm a victim, and an even harder time accepting that those who have victimized and betrayed me were doing just that. My AA sponsor made me go to the local Sexual Assault Center for treatment and that has turned my life upside down. 48 years is a long time to be in denial and learning to be honest with myself isn't easy. For the sake of full disclosure, I did fire my sponsor and stopped going to meetings. I credit her for saving my life, but I have some of the same issues with the 12 step programs as you have mentioned and I've given myself permission to step away from that group for now. The short of it, I've been sexually abused all my life, I have addiction issues (alcohol, drugs, etc.), I received my PTSD diagnosis, and now I'm learning about betrayal bonding. I catch myself trying to talk myself out of continuing my treatment, rationalizing and justifying everything that has happened, trying to explain it all away and trying even harder to take responsibility for the abuse I've received at the hands of others. Even as I type the words I understand it's a learned dysfunction and I need help, but I still catch myself trying to explain away everything. I was terrified when I realized that all the different questions I was being asked that 98% of the time my honest answer answer was yes. I finally told my therapist that I was afraid to be completely honest with her because I was afraid of what would happen if she knew the truth. Confusion, shame, rational, fear, all of these feelings just keep coming. She has given me some tools to help me get re-grounded when I start spiraling, and they have helped. I know I'm on the right road, but it is a very new road and I'm scared.ReplyDelete
Thank you for sharing anonymous, and sorry to take so long to post your comment. If you read this, I hope you are continuing to find your path to recovery. It is slow and hard to see sometimes, as well as difficult, but recovery does happen. I have had some shifts in my thinking about victims and perpetrators and have landed up on the term "survivor" but I don't push that too much either, because as I have gotten better, I slowly learn how to do more than just survive. But survivor as a self identification gave me more room to work with than "victim," because the surviving of the trauma was something I did myself, whereas victimization is beyond me and happens to me. It did, but I found I could get stuck in a sort of helplessness with victimhood, spinning my tires. Being a survivor was like putting chains on the tires and gave me enough traction to begin working my way through the PTSD. Thank you for sharing and thank you for reading.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 08, 2014
Hi Getting Better,ReplyDelete
Well I'm definitely going through an unraveling process now. I had to leave my last job. I was crying all the time and had at least one breakdown.
Nothing has been making sense, everything I try seems to fall apart. And I'm realizing I have major unresolved trauma- compressed energy trapped deep within.
I've been reading a lot of Waking the Tiger- Healing Trauma by Peter Levine. So I've been trying this Somatic Experiencing which has been helpful except sometimes lately I'm getting trapped in the mass of ugly stuff and can't get out- losing hope, etc. My boyfriend is amazing and pulls me out of it, even as I am stubborn.
About ten years ago I had a relationship with an inappropriate person that I know now was a betrayal bond. The aftermath of this was nightmarish. I repeated the scenario many times (5 at least) and always went to the hospital feeling suicidal.
Later I joined some twelve step programs which I dived into vigorously at first and ended up leaving for various reasons. And tried lots of therapy.
And now just general struggles. Feeling pretty alone with what I'm going through. No-one seems to understand. And it's pegged anxiety disorder or bipolar or whatever and I'm tired of trying to explain things.
Thank-you for your blog it is very helpful.
Sorry to be so slow on the comments, and thanks for your kind words. People have mixed results with twelve step programs and with therapists. If you keep trying (if you have the resources to) with therapists, you may be able to find one that understands PTSD. It is a huge help, and just figuring out what is going on with some of the crazy stuff PTSD and betrayal bonds bring is a relief, though the path to healing is long and slow. Hope you are hanging in there.ReplyDelete
I am fighting to recover from C-PTSD, I need you to know just how much you helped me. I read every single post of yours. Followed every single link. For the first time in my life when I found you, I felt less alone. I have vowed to also do my best to let others know they too are not alone. Thank you. From the bottom of my bleeding heart!ReplyDelete
I do need to ask... How are you?
Thank you so much. Writing this blog was part of my path to recovery and I'm glad you found good in it. I am doing fine, thanks for asking!ReplyDelete
PTSD recovery needs time. Though there are a number of resources including PTSD books available for gaining information about the disorder, such blogs touch the hearts of those suffering. They make the PTSD patients feel that they are not alone. My war experiences made me suffer the disorder and urged me to help those who are suffering. I developed empathy for them. Your work is truly commendable. Is Stockholm syndrome a complex form of PTSD?ReplyDelete


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The Lake County General Health District (LCGHD) and Lake Erie College (LEC) have entered into an agreement for sample collection and laboratory analyses of water quality discharging from Home Sewage Treatment Systems (HSTSs) in Lake County.
Discharging HSTSs installed since 2007 are permitted by the Ohio EPA under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) program, and are required to be sampled annually to ensure proper operation and discharging of water quality in accordance with the Clean Water Act and EPA standards. Owners of these systems are also issued annual Operation Permits by LCGHD which include the sampling requirements and payment of an associated fee to cover costs.
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Johnathan Tedesco, Dean of the School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics at LEC, adds "One of my favorite aspects of teaching at LEC is our ability to offer opportunities like this, where our students can be out in the community applying the skills they have learned in the classroom and lab. The experiential aspect is important to us at LEC, so we are excited to be a part of this agreement. Additionally, faculty in our school feel it is of the utmost importance for our students to be both strong scientists and responsible citizens. This type of experience achieves these goals as our students will be applying their science backgrounds to provide a service to Lake County. This is a wonderful way for LEC to serve our community, while our students gain valuable experience to boost their resumes."
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