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Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Multiple Sciences. From ¨Ethics. What We Still Know After a Skeptical Age¨

Urban morphology analysis based on fractal geometry. By Myriam B. Mahiques
Whatever I´ve written about urban morphology, is strictly based on interdiscipline. I´m copying here almost all chapter of ¨Multiple Sciences¨ -p. 50- from the book ¨Ethics. What We Still Know After a Skeptical Age¨, by Charles Siegel (Berkeley, California, 2009) as I consider it very important for any researcher in the field of urban morphology.
¨As physical determinism became more influential, however, the nineteenth century developed the new sciences of economics and evolutionary biology, which began to rival the claims of physics to be the totalizing science that could explain everything. Marxists claimed that the laws of economics were the key: we could
understand a society’s ideas about politics, about ethics, and even about the physical sciences as an intellectual superstructure that was based on that society’s economic substructure. Marx himself was unclear about the status of the physical sciences, but by the beginning of the twentieth century, there were Marxist pragmatists who argued that there were no objective sciences, that even sciences such as physics could all be explained as the result of economic interest and could be true only in the sense that they were historically successful. Evolutionists claimed that theories of Darwin were the key to understanding everything. Herbert Spencer said that the development of the stars from diffused gas, the development of animal species, and the
development of human societies, could all be explained by using the same basic law – the natural tendency to evolve from simpler, less differentiated forms to more complex and differentiated forms. Undifferentiated clouds of gas evolved into systems of stars and planets. One-celled organisms evolved into animals with specialized organs. Primitive societies where people all performed the same economic roles evolved into modern societies where people perform specialized economic roles. During the twentieth century, Darwinian pragmatists argued that human intellect is another trait that people evolved in order to survive, so it does not give us any objective knowledge: even sciences such as physics can only be true in the sense that
they are useful for the success of the species. There have been at least three sciences which philosophers claimed were the one key to understanding the universe: physics, economics, and evolutionary biology. But these three sciences have different laws, and the laws of one cannot be reduced to the laws of another. It should be clear that each of these sciences is based on a different body of observations – which means that each theory explains only some of our observations, and none explains everything. (....)
Today, individual sciences are discovering their own limits. Chaos theory has shown that we cannot predict precisely the behavior of complex systems, and quantum mechanics has shown that there is a random element
to physics. These developments in physics have exploded Laplace’s idea that the laws of physics could let us predict the future, even the future of systems made up purely of matter in motion.(...)When we look at all the different sciences that exist today, it should be clear that each science chooses a body of observations that it can make sense of. Physics, evolutionary biology, and economics have become sciences because each has a theory that explains the observations it deals with, but they can do this only because each focuses on its own subject, on the one piece of the universe that it can explain, and ignores many other things that we observe. For example, physicists look at the behavior of inanimate matter, not at animal behavior or human behavior.
Today, physicists are working on what they sometimes call a “theory of everything” that would unify relativity and quantum theory, but despite the name, no one believes that this theory could let us predict future human
behavior or predict future political developments. It is hard for us to imagine that, in Laplace’s day, many philosophers and scientists thought that Newtonian physics could, in principle, let us do just that: they thought that predicting future human history is the same sort of problem in physics as predicting future eclipses of the moon, except that it requires more data and more complex equations.
Today, we should be able to see that none of the sciences can explain everything. Each has picked out a mind-sized chunk of our experience to explain. Each has picked out its chunk precisely because it is a chunk that we are capable of understanding.¨
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Wednesday, July 29, 2009

You Are Fired - Freedom of Speech at Work - 7/29/09

Since I retired from the Air Force seventeen years ago, (is that possible?) I have had several jobs. I am not sure if that is because I am so diversified or because I have no real skills or direction. Regardless of the reason, though I have done lots of different things, I have never been fired from a job. On the contrary, I am often promoted against my will. I have quit several jobs for various reasons. The biggest of which is that I am in a place in my life that I will not work anywhere that causes me to dread going to work. That was my main reason for recent egresses.

I said that I have never been fired from a job. That is no longer true. I was recently terminated from employment as a shuttle bus driver for the American Hospitality Academy. My dismissal had nothing to do with my job performance. Actually, according to my charges, I was the most popular driver. I was sacked because I write this blog. It seems the content of my posts was unacceptable. My violation was considered “Gross Misconduct” and was described:

“On July 9, 2009, AHA Management was notified by concerned students about a blog that was written by Richard Wainright. Due to the nature of the comments made in the blog and for the safety and well being of our students, Richard is (to) be terminated from the American Hospitality Academy.”

I was totally shocked at this as I really enjoyed the job, though it paid absolute crap. There was no reference to job performance at all. I had never missed a pick-up, had an accident, or treated any student with anything but respect. I enjoyed daily contact with intelligent young people from all over the world. Though I was grossly overqualified for this position, I had intended on doing it every summer until my driving skills diminished with age.

Those of you who have read my blog through its life would agree that the contents of my writing, though not profane, are not always for all audiences. But let’s keep in mind that these are college students, often in their final year of school. Most are in their early to mid 20s. In many ways they are more sophisticated than I. One of their recent parties was called an “ABC” party. “ABC” meaning “anything but clothes.” I don’t think that anything I wrote corrupted these young people.

The drivers that they have kept employed include a man that is in the early stages of dementia, often forgets to pick up interns, and is frequently mean and unreasonable to them. Students have confided in me that sometimes they fear for their lives as he drives wildly and carelessly. Another driver tried unsuccessfully to extort money from a student. This was reported to me and I immediately informed AHA management and student leadership. Another driver is a member of some religious cult and uses her position to try to push her unwelcome moral views on students. This was also reported to me. It seems though my writings have made me a bad influence, interns often took me into their confidence. It is also curious that the aforementioned actions by other employees are acceptable behavior and they continue to be employed, but my writing is gross misconduct and cause for termination. Well, there is certainly no danger of any of them writing a blog. That would require coherent thought and stringing sentences together. In retrospect, a company that has that warped of a concept of what is acceptable conduct does not deserve me for an employee. But I will miss the interns. They enriched my life.

Friday, July 24, 2009

55 Flash Fiction Friday - 7/24/09

Each week G-Man of 55 Flash Fiction Friday challenges us to write a story using only 55 words.

Night was falling in rural Maine. “There’s one more property to show you. It's been vacant for a long time though it is grossly underpriced.” Fog sealed the darkness as they passed a tiny cemetery. The eyes of a huge Saint Bernard glowed in the headlights. Buddy Holly blared from an ancient Plymouth Fury's radio.

Thursday, July 23, 2009

Discount Spiritual Advice - 7/23/09

Do we really want to bargain shop our Spiritual Advice? You can do that in South Carolina.

Thursday, July 16, 2009

Hickory North Carolina - 7/16/09

I am visiting Hickory North Carolina for a few days. The very funny comedian, Jon Reep, is from here and much of his act relates to Hickory being a small hick town. By my standards it is far from a small town. This is coming from a guy that grew up in Smelterville, Idaho. The ultimate small, hick town. My measuring stick as to whether I am in a small town or a city is whether or not they have a Hooters. There is one Hooters in the entire state of Idaho.

The metro area of Hickory is roughly the population of Wyoming (which contains no Hooters). It does have a small town atmosphere though. While the bowels of most cities are great places to become a victim of crime, Hickory’s downtown has been developed and is a wonderful place to explore. It gives the impression of a city park. While there, we stumbled upon the Olde Hickory Tap Room and had a great dining experience. Even though it was midweek, this place was happening. I can’t wait to experience it on the weekend.

But hick town it may be. I am staying at the Marriott. I had some things to mail and approached the desk to get direction to the post office. There were three clerks at the desk. They looked at me like I had asked for the coordinates of Vulcan. They came to the consensus that they indeed could not provide me any usable information. Unbelieving, I further inquired. I was told that even though they know how to get to the post office, they could not tell me how they do it. I think Columbus had a better idea how to get to India than these ladies to get across town.

But they were helpful. They said they had stamps and offered to mail the correspondence for me. Relieved, I asked if they had a scale so we could apply the appropriate postage. They did not have a scale but said they just guess the postage. Since I wanted the parcels to actually get to their destination, I declined their offer. One of them then opened a binder and handed me a slip of paper that had directions to the post office typed out. It was older than the photo on a real estate agent’s business card but proved helpful. Instead of street names/numbers it used landmarks: Outback Steak House, ABC store, green house, white church, brown dog. No references to any street names/numbers.

I found the post office with relative ease but did realize the difficulty the clerks were having in offering me assistance. The street numbering system in Hickory is one of the most original and confusing I have ever encountered. For instance, there is a 3rd Ave SE, a 3rd Ave SW, a 3rd Ave NE, and a 3rd Ave NW. None are directly connected. It is easier to get around Baghdad negotiating IEDs.

I was relieved that the post office utilized a scale and did not guess the postage. I think my shipments have a 50/50 chance of arriving at the desired addresses. And that is about all we can hope for.

Saturday, July 11, 2009

Baseball on Television - 7/11/09

Today I watched the Fox broadcast of the Yankees and Angels and though my Yankees got drubbed it was one of the most enjoyable games I have ever watched. What made it so pleasant was that for most of the game there were no announcers. I do not know if it was a technical problem or not but it made the game amazing. I often turn off the sound during a televised game to avoid the inane comments of the announcers. What made this broadcast even superior to a muted version is that I could still hear the sounds of the ballpark. It was just like watching it from the stands. I could hear the crowd, the crack of the bat, and the pop of the ball into the catcher’s mitt. I could hear the Angels fans boo Alex Rodriguez as he hit two home runs.
While announcers were essential to a radio broadcast, they are totally unnecessary for television. There is not one announcer that enhances the game for me. They spend most of their time stating the obvious. “That pitch was high and outside.” Really? I could have sworn it was low and away. Then they feel the need to fill any silence with ridiculous statistics and minutia. I don’t care that Jorge Posada bats .400 on Tuesdays following a new moon or that the Yankees are undefeated when leading by 10 runs in the ninth inning.

I can see and interpret all important aspects of the game without assistance, as can anyone who is enough of a fan of baseball to actually watch an entire game.

One of the most absurd aspects of televised broadcasts these days is the interview of managers between innings.

Announcer: “So, what does your team have to do to win this game?”
Joe Girardi: “It is important that we score more runs than the other team.”
Announcer: “What can Joba Chamberlain do to reduce his pitch count and number of walks?”
Joe Girardi: “He needs to throw more strikes.”
Thanks so much for that insight.

I hope Fox plans more of these announcerless games. I don’t usually watch baseball unless the Yankees are playing but I might start. Not really, when the Yankees werer not at bat I went over to CMT and watched my favorite film, Field of Dreams.

Thursday, July 9, 2009

55 Flash Fiction Friday - "I Wish This Was Fiction" - 7/9/09

Each week G-Man of 55 Flash Fiction Friday challenges us to write a story using only 55 words. This week I am writing a true account. I could not make this up.

I needed a late night snack
I grilled a slice of delicious Indian naan flatbread
I reached into my spice cabinet for cinnamon
This is when it all went wrong for me
I scattered a significant amount on the steaming bread

In bad light, Old Bay looks just like cinnamon
It tastes nothing like it

Monday, July 6, 2009

I have met the enemy and I like them - 7/07/09

I consider myself to be open-minded. I have traveled well and have been introduced to many cultures. I am not, by nature, a racist or a bigot. I evaluate each individual I come in contact with by their actions, never on their race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, color of their eyes, accent, etc. I am proud to have raised three kids with the same values.

But, as many of my countrymen are, I am guilty of bigotry. In my mind, I lump the Middle East together: Iran, Iraq, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Libya, Jordan……….et al. All the Arab nations, to me, have all become one big lump of dirt and sand, indistinguishable. Much like Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and the Dakotas to me. The only difference is that I really don’t hate anyone from those God forsaken states. But, since 9/11, I have a knee-jerk reaction to anyone wearing a ghutra.

I have not had much contact with Arab people. I have been to the Middle East but only as a military member working on logistics and weaponry that would be used to shock and awe them back into the Stone Age. I avoided any but essential contact with the citizenry.

I have recently begun working with the American Hospitality Academy, where I have come in contact with young people from many countries. Three of the current interns are from Lebanon. The only things I knew about Lebanon was the Hezbollah (bad), hashish (good), Tony Shalhoub (a favorite actor), and Khalil Gibran (wonderful wisdom). The sad thing is that I probably knew more about Lebanon than 95% of my countrymen.

I have had the opportunity to talk to these students and as a result have done some research on Lebanon. I have found that Lebanon is 30%-40% Christian, depending upon what account I read. I am not saying that as necessarily a positive thing as Christians certainly have wreaked their share of havoc around the world. I am merely stating that Lebanon is not totally a Muslim nation.

It is also not a pile of drifting sand. Lebanon has ski resorts, rich agricultural regions, and coastal plains. It is a very complex country with diverse cultures coexisting.

I have derived much pleasure from talking to these three people and they are among my favorites of the 100 interns that I work with. Their names are Ghaith Semaan, who goes by Gus (probably because we are too stupid to pronounce his real name), Krystel Ghanem, and Nour Mazraani. None of them have C4 strapped to their body (I have checked) and none of them are carrying hashish (I have asked).

Gus is the first Arab man I have ever spoken with other than from the back seat of a taxicab. He is an absolute gentleman, intelligent, respectful, and likeable, with a great sense of humor. I have become very fond of him and we often seek each other out for discussions. I intend to learn much more from him.

Krystel (left) is the most totally beautiful woman I have ever known, bar none. Her obvious outer loveliness is complemented by a charming persona, and a lovely soul. My day is never complete without seeing her bright smile and captivating eyes. Lucky for me, I see her nearly every day.

I have not gotten to know Nour (right) as well, but she, too, is an exquisite young woman that one cannot help but like. We joke about my early mispronunciation of her name, which is pronounced “Newrrrrrrrrrrr”. I don’t have the ability to roll the “r” enough to satisfy her. Looking back on my relationships with women, a focused rolling of the “r” could have had great benefit. Not everyone will get that.

The mission statement of the American Hospitality Academy includes “fostering international goodwill and friendships.” The intent is that the goodwill and friendship occur between the interns. A collateral benefit of the program is to teach a very old dog, new tricks. I have grown as a member of the human race from my contact with these fine ambassadors of a culture that I would have gone to my grave despising for no good reason.

Thursday, July 2, 2009

South Carolina - I Love Her - Too Bad about the People - 7/2/09

I absolutely love living in Myrtle Beach but it is sometimes awkward admitting to being a resident of South Carolina. Any national publicity always results in us looking like a bunch of booger eating morons. I know you have probably seen this clip but a few years ago our representative to the Miss Teen USA Pageant embarrassed us all by her inability to coherently answer a simple question. Someone please translate her comments for me. I think at one point she said something about Osama. One of our best and brightest?

Our governor, Mark Sanford, has proven to be a complete jackhole on the national stage and we elected this tool to our highest office twice. He is the face of South Carolina.

But today I had the opportunity to experience South Carolina stupidity firsthand. A brand new bridge over the Intracoastal Waterway was opened and the ribbon cutting was yesterday. This is one of the signs for the traffic flow for the new bridge.

How embarrassing is this? Someone made the sign, someone approved the sign, someone hung the sign. One sign could have slipped through the rigid Department of Transportation quality control, but two?

There is an advantage to living in a state where an IQ above the temperature reading qualifies one for MENSA. I enjoy being one of the smartest people in the state. No question why all the best colleges and universities in the Carolinas are in North Carolina.

The really bad thing is that I am certain this stupidity is not limited or indigenous to South Carolina.

It is just where I am able to observe it daily.

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Sunday, January 4, 2009

another new layout to share

Just love this October Afternoon range - Mia at her 8th Birthday in 2008! Thanks for looking dear friends
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Francine said...

hi marelle thatnx for dropping by my blog...sounds like you live in a gorgeous part of the world..lucky you!!!

Kathie said...

That is a wonderful LO girlfriend!! I really love it. Photo is great too :) clever little chicky that you are!! Thanks for dropping by sugar chat soon.

Lisa said...

Beautiful job Marelle.

How did things go with Rudely Interrupted while they were here in the states? Let me know!


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Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Does Speed Effect Your Ranking?

This post is going to be quick and we can go over this more as you have questions but I just read about Google's new project Caffeine which should be effective soon.  They want to make the internet FASTER. So in a nutshell if your site is fast then you may get a "little bonus" as far as ranking is concerned as Matt Cutts put it in the interview he did in November at Pub Con in Vegas about how speed could effect your ranking.

"it's sort of fair to say that if you're a fast site, maybe you should get a little bit of a bonus."

So if your site is loading slow this could cause your site to perform bad for users and in return your site may have a negative effect on how your site is ranking.

In saying that, I know your next question must be: How do I know if my site is slow?

Have no fear, Google is here!  icon_killbill

Google has a page that list a lot of resources you can use to check your site's speed. They also provide links to sites that you can use and there is also a Firefox add on that you can use to check your site's speed called Page Speed. .

Visit the following to find out which tools are available:

Now is the time to start getting serious about your site ranking possibility. With personalized search and now Google Caffeine just keep in mind that Google will always be making changes so don't let that discourage you. Just make sure you are keeping current with the changes and making sure that your site is relevant to the keywords that you are trying to rank for.

So whip out that to do list and put search engine optimization at the top and give your way of thinking a major make over. Especially if your goal is to get more traffic from being listed on Google's top search engine pages.

Take a peek at the link below to find out more about this and tell me your thoughts:

As Google changes, you can change too ...... and for the better!
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Yvonne Belisle
October 9th, 2001, 07:30 PM
I need a bit of help. Up top I am a larger woman and I have a problem. THe skin below my parts gets rubbed raw and bloody. I have tried baby powder, cornstarch, and nothing works. With or without a bra this occurs. With a bra it goes farther in a line without it covers a wider space. I am tired of losing skin. Any tips?

October 9th, 2001, 07:39 PM
My mother had a similiar problem-- she developed a nasty infection. She went to the doctor, who gave her a cream for it, which helped a little, but it finally got to the point where she had to go in and have a breast reduction. What did your doctor say?

Yvonne Belisle
October 9th, 2001, 07:48 PM
My first thought was fungle infection since it's a hot moist area. The dr checked and said that it was fine but that the salts and acids in my sweat was rubbing away the top layers of skin he suggested gold bond or baby powder but they were not effective. There have been checks done to make sure nothing is wrong that can lead to infection and he told me to dry them several times a day. That has cut back on it but I am very acidic especially near my period and aparently in some sensitive spots my skin does this. I have taken to using a scrub brush on them and it hurts like **** but it has reduced some of the damage since there is less to rub and abraide no dead skin to add to things and AI use eucerin on them when I'm done. It still happens but not as bad. Currently I use the scrub brush and lotion plus when they are dry I use goldbond medicated. Help owies!!! I don't want to loose them I like them the way they are except for this.

October 9th, 2001, 11:29 PM
Well..for one thing, I would DEFINATELY wear a Cotton Bra, if possible, when you do wear one. Perhaps a sports bra. You should probably wear a bra almost all the time, except when you are sleeping, so that it will absorb some of the acidic sweat. Definately Cotton, synthetic fibres are so incredibly abrasive, plus..I remember you saying you had a rayon allergy. Could your bra's contain some of these synthetic fibres??? So..wear cotton. I know someone who gets the same thing, between his theighs. And the doctor told him to switch to the boxer/briefs, to absorb the sweat..all 100% Cotton, too. So..that might help. You should also change the bra, once a day if possible.

Yvonne Belisle
October 9th, 2001, 11:48 PM
They don't come in my size that way but I can try using a piece of cotton inside them.

October 9th, 2001, 11:58 PM
you could try tanning. i used to get a pretty bad rash when i shave but after tanning it is gone. i go a couple times a week maybe 3. i know some people will say it causes cancer and wrinkles but in small sessions it will improve your skin also helps with break outs just make sure to prop you tits up so the light gets to the area and start out with no more than 10 minutes
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October 10th, 2001, 12:41 AM

I don't have this problem, however I think if you cannot find 100% cotton bras, maybe a cotton shirt or cloth will do? I mean under your shirt during the day maybe fold up a cotton shirt or cloth and "tuck" it under your breasts. That way the bra won't be rubbing on you, and you'll still have cloth "protecting" your skin.

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Yvonne Belisle
October 10th, 2001, 12:48 AM
there has to be something other than using them as arm warmers to keep air cerculating that will work so I'm going to try everything I can in sequence till I find something.

October 10th, 2001, 01:03 PM
You can get a man's undershirt tank top. They come in 100% cotton. Some joggers have that problem with their thighs rubbing. As someone suggested, cotton helps absorb. As well, they use a petroleum jelly there to cut down on the friction.

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October 10th, 2001, 01:12 PM
I love calendula ointment. She should only use that as a temporary salve though, since she doesn't want to lock in any moisture, i would think. Basically, if you do go with an ointment, yvonne, i would apply a VERY thin layer..don't glob it on. You need your skin to breathe:)

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I love calendula ointment. She should only use that as a temporary salve though, since she doesn't want to lock in any moisture, i would think. Basically, if you do go with an ointment, yvonne, i would apply a VERY thin layer..don't glob it on. You need your skin to breathe:)

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October 10th, 2001, 02:52 PM
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October 13th, 2001, 04:16 PM
Yeah, this sucks, it used to happen to me too. Hmm....are you sure your bra is well fitted? That could be causing troubles too.

I guess I just got used to it, and built up tough skin. lol I find that underwires help a bit.

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October 13th, 2001, 04:18 PM
They fit as well as they can

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The Score window is automatically formatted to display the components of the score (such as QSOs, zones, and country multipliers) in the current contest.

The Score window has an independent font resizer - the up/down arrows in the upper right corner - and is now resizeable. If you reduce its size so that not all the contents can be seen on-screen at once, scroll bars will appear to allow you tosee parts of interest without re-sizing.

With a right mouse click, a menu will appear

  • Copy all - Copy all info to the Windows Clipboard.
  • Print to file - Print the score summary to a file.
  • Help - Show the user manual section for this window (Internet required).

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Wednesday, February 11, 2015

HighPointe nursing home neglect case closes with last two sentencings

More than nine months has passed since a hidden-camera investigation led to the arrest of 17 workers at a Buffalo nursing home.

It was late April and the employees – a registered nurse, seven licensed practical nurses and nine certified nursing aides – stood accused of neglecting a bedridden man under their care.

One by one, each of those 17 former workers at HighPointe on Michigan pleaded guilty and has been sentenced, ending a story that cast yet another critical spotlight on nursing home care across the region.

“The treatment of the victim in this case was shameful, and I am pleased that those who were responsible have been held accountable,” Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman said in a recent statement to The Buffalo News.

Initially charged with felony crimes, the defendants ended up pleading guilty to misdemeanors or violations. With one exception, a nursing aide who went to jail for 15 days, each was sentenced to community service.

As part of their sentences, they are required to take part in a “scared straight”-style program intended to educate other nursing home workers. State officials said the 17 will talk about their failure to adequately care for their patient and how that led to their arrest and prosecution.

“They worked in the most difficult, short-staffed unit,” said Charles J. Marchese, a defense lawyer in the case. “It was a very unfortunate situation, which I do not believe had to be handled criminally.”

The allegations against the 17 workers revolved around a single patient, a 56-year-old man suffering from Huntington’s chorea, a neurological disease that left him bedridden and totally dependent on the nursing staff at HighPointe.

With the help of footage that came from a camera hidden in the man’s room, state investigators accused the nurses and nursing aides of ignoring their responsibilities. They said nurses failed to check on him and dispense pain medication, and aides failed to provide incontinent care and give him liquids.

The workers also faced allegations of falsifying documents to conceal their neglect.

Kaleida Health, which runs HighPointe, fired the 17 workers and removed the facility’s director and director of nursing. It also took steps to improve hiring practices and the education and training of workers there.

“As an organization, it is important to note that we took swift and appropriate action," said Kaleida spokesman Michael P. Hughes. “As we move forward now, we can continue to focus on the patients and residents that we serve here at HighPointe on Michigan.”

The convictions began in mid-June when Cynthia Kozlowski, an LPN, became the first defendant to plead guilty to falsifying business records.

Over the next several months, several other LPNs – Shateeka Stevens, Marlene Sims, Jamie Cunningham, Michael Howell and Heidi Bowens – pleaded guilty to the same crime.

Prosecutors also secured plea deals with seven certified nursing aides. Rubetta Harrell, Kenissa Henderson, Mariah Robinson, Margaret Glass, Amanda Stuart, Nicole Baker and Hazell Clegatt pleaded guilty to falsifying business records.

Three other defendants also pleaded guilty, but to different charges. Nursing aide Tiffany Heard-Williams was convicted of a willful violation of health laws, and LPN Rochelle McNeair-Tisdale was convicted of endangering the welfare of an incompetent or physically disabled person.

The last two defendants to take pleas were Natalie Galbo, the only registered nurse charged in the case, and Ruteasha McCray, a nursing aide. They were convicted of disorderly conduct, a violation, and McCray was sentenced to 15 days in jail.

Marchese said the workers took the fall for Kaleida, which failed to provide its staff with the proper training and resources to adequately do its job. He also claims the victim, who has since died due to causes unrelated to the case, did not suffer any kind of physical harm.

“The individual patient suffered no injury,” Marchese said, “and to my knowledge, was never harmed.”

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It is good to see abusers held accountable.

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Neglect is physical harm!


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Donn Handicap Kicks Off New Racing “Tour” on Fox Sports 1

The February 9 running of the $500,000 Donn Handicap, the first major race of the year for older racehorses, will kick off “The Jockey Club Tour on FOX” series of races, which will be televised on FOX Sports 1 during 2014. The new series includes eight other telecasts that will feature several of North America’s most prestigious races for older horses as well as the $10 million Dubai World Cup, the world’s richest Thoroughbred race.

The announcement of the 2014 schedule was made today by David Nathanson, general manager and chief operating officer of FOX Sports 1 and FOX Sports 2, and Ogden Mills Phipps, chairman of The Jockey Club.

While the nine telecasts will predominantly feature older horses, there will also be prominent races for 2-year-olds and 3-year-olds. The Toyota Blue Grass Stakes Day from Keeneland will provide fans the opportunity to watch contenders on the 2014 Triple Crown trail and the Saratoga Special from Saratoga Race Course in August will showcase 2-year-olds that might compete in the 2015 Triple Crown.
Each telecast will include at least two top stakes races featuring the leading horses in North America. The complete list of all races, as well as the names of the on-air talent for the shows, will be announced in the near future, pending final approval from all necessary organizations.

The partnership between the FOX Sports Media Group and The Jockey Club is a multi-year agreement that was announced in August 2013. FOX Sports 1, America’s new sports network, launched on Saturday, Aug. 17.

“We’re excited to begin our relationship with The Jockey Club on February 9 with live coverage of the Donn Handicap on FOX Sports 1,” said Nathanson. “FOX Sports is planning to take a fresh approach to horse racing coverage with a focus on the horses, jockeys, trainers, owners and horseplayers that make the sport one of America’s best pastimes.”

“As we have often stated, increasing the national television presence of Thoroughbred racing continues to be a key component of our fan retention and development efforts under the America’s Best Racing banner,” said Phipps. “This uniquely structured series will help casual fans follow the stars of our sport beyond the Triple Crown and into the summer and fall as many of them aim for the Breeders’ Cup. The inclusion of the Dubai World Cup certainly brings the sport’s international flavor to the series, and we are grateful to all of the participating racetracks for making these races available for our series.”

The agreement also includes international and Spanish-language rights, including the ability to air races on FOX Deportes, the nation’s leading Spanish-language sports network.

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High-end seniors homes — featuring Tai-chi and Mahjong — gaining popularity among Chinese-Canadians

Rising demand for high-end seniors housing among Chinese-Canadians is breaking the cultural stereotype that all Asian seniors want to live with their children

NICK PROCAYLO / Vancouver Sun

VANCOUVER — Rising demand for high-end seniors housing among Chinese-Canadians and Americans is breaking the cultural stereotype that all Asian seniors want to live with their children.

Vancouver-based Element Lifestyle Retirement says its Opal community in the Cambie and King Edward neighbourhood has been inundated by inquiries about the $90-million project even though construction hasn’t yet started.

“We are seeing tons of interest in Opal, and we feel bad because we have to tell them, ‘Sorry, we are not taking deposits yet,’” said Candy Ho, vice-president of Element. “I think part of it is because of the neighbourhood we are in, and it also shows (Chinese seniors) may be breaking a new barrier in the lifestyle they are choosing.”

The trend isn’t isolated. In July, Aegis Living launched the $50-million Aegis Gardens in the Seattle area, marketing its 110 units to Chinese seniors, including those in the Vancouver region. The facility features Tai-chi programs, Chinese calligraphy workshops, Mahjong game nights (in addition to bingo), and on-site Chinese chefs who prepare traditional dishes like barbecue pork buns and three-cup chicken to cater to specific tastes.

Chinese seniors may be breaking a new barrier in the lifestyle they are choosing

At the time of the launch, Aegis CEO Dwayne Clark said others were skeptical about the potential in the market, given cultural tendencies for Chinese seniors to stay with family. But Aegis’s first such facility built in Fremont, Calif. became one of the company’s most popular developments, which led to the one in Washington state.

Traditionally, Chinese culture emphasizes the elderly staying in the same household as their adult children. Multiple generations living under the same roof is often seen as the ultimate symbol of the Confucianist ideal of filial piety.

But David Chuenyan Lai, professor emeritus of geography and an adjunct professor of Asian studies at the University of Victoria, says that stereotype is outdated.

“That’s the wrong concept,” said Lai, who has long proposed the development of “economically integrated” communities where multiple generations live, eat and shop close to one another, instead of everyone living under the same roof.

“Many Chinese families are more or less integrated into Canadian society. Some stay together in one house because of cost … but it depends not on tradition, but rather incomes and resources.”

Many of these new seniors developments are more high-end than conventional seniors homes and are marketed as lifestyle experiences. Shuyu Kong, associate professor of the Asia Canada program at Simon Fraser University, said the trend isn’t confined to overseas Chinese communities. Costly seniors condos are popping up in wealthy cities like Shanghai, Hangzhou and Guangzhou, and consumers are buying in despite the increased costs, she said.

Kong has not only observed the “independent Chinese seniors” phenomenon, she has lived it. Kong’s parents moved in with her soon after she arrived in B.C. in 2008. But they decided — as soon as they sold their apartment in Shanghai — that they would prefer living in a condo in Metrotown by themselves.

“They wanted more convenience, and not me having to drive them around,” Kong said. “They wanted to have their own lives if they could afford it … they (the elderly) are choosing to live by themselves.”

But she added the change in lifestyle does not mean the Chinese cultural focus on family has changed — rather it has adapted.

“Cultural values last a long time,” Kong said. “When you see new immigrant families from Mainland China, many like to stay together … Once people see different values, they do take on new ideas. But the value is still there — you still have parents buying homes for children for them to be close, to set up different things in their lives. That doesn’t change quickly or completely.”

Cultural values last a long time

That desire to live apart from — while still being close to — their children can be seen with the Opal development. Ho said one of the reasons it has attracted Chinese seniors is the location, which is minutes from Oakridge, South Granville and Kerrisdale — neighbourhoods where Chinese-Canadian families are increasingly taking root.

“Seniors like to stay in the same neighbourhood as their kids,” Ho said, noting Opal is open to all cultural groups, not just Chinese-Canadians.

It is also the reason Element designed Opal to be a “cross-generational” community, where stores and services will be catered not solely to the elderly, but to all demographics. In that way, the development would not only be a seniors community, but one where younger generations participate in everyday life — an aspect crucial for attracting the Chinese-Canadian elderly demographic.

Opal is awaiting final approval from the city and plans to start construction in Spring 2016, with a tentative opening date of late 2017/early 2018. Ho said the multi-generational concept will also make its way to a second development, dubbed Oasis, in Langley Township in the coming years.


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The National Shared Housing Resource Center (NSHRC) is a clearinghouse of information for people looking to find a shared housing program in their community. We are dedicated to expanding the availability of non-profit shared housing programs around the country.

NSHRC does NOT register individuals looking to share their home or those seeking housing nor do we have any legal authority over shared housing programs listed on our directory.

The shared housing Match-Up Programs (also known as homesharing) listed in the directory are independent from NSHRC and we provide this online directory to connect individuals with available housing resources.

Non-profit organizations can be added to the Directory if they meet the following criteria:

•  They are a non-profit 501(c)3 under IRS rules or operating under the umbrella of a non-profit corporation.

•  They are a homesharing match-up program with agency staff or volunteers who are trained to screen program applicants which may include a one-on one process of interviews, background and reference checks.

•  They offer a one-on-one matching service between people who have an extra room in their home with those who are looking for housing.

•  They help Home Sharing Matches define a Home Sharing Match agreement.

•  They provide follow-up support to Home Sharing Matches.

•  Their goals are consistent with the goals of NSHRC including, but not limited to, fair housing laws.

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Washington Nationals (1-4, 5th NLE) v. Florida Marlins (3-2, 3rd NLE)
7:10 pm, Sun Life Stadium, Miami, FL
John Lannan (1-0, 1.80) v.Josh Johnson (1-0, 2.70)
Weather: Partly sunny, breezy. 84 degrees.

The Nationals face Josh Johnson, who led the N.L. with a 2.30 ERA in 2010, looking to salvage the final game of the three-game set.  Johnson has never lost the Nats in his career, going 7-0 in 13 starts with a 3.27 ERA and 1.156 WHIP.  Granted, these Nats are different than years past, but it shows the quality of pitcher they face trying to end a four-game skid.  And with the Nats second to last in runs per game so far in 2011, they have their work cut out for them tonight against a quality pitcher.
Taking the hill for the Nats is their only starter to record a victory this season, lefty John Lannan.  The five-year pro looks to build off his first start, holding the Atlanta Braves to one run on five hits in five innings.  Lannan has never started a Major League season 2-0.
Manager Jim Riggleman is playing around with his lineup card again today, sitting Michael Morse (2-for-17 with one walk and no extra base hits) in favor of Layce Nix, who will bat eighth.  Rookie catcher Wilson Ramos (5-for-10) is in the lineup as expected, as he is alternating days with Ivan Rodriguez for the first dozen or so games, but he's been pushed up into the No. 5 hole, occupied by Morse the first five games of the season.
NATIONALS:  Desmond-6, Werth-9, Zimmerman-5, LaRoche-3, Ramos-2, Ankiel-8, Espinosa-4, Nix-7, Lannan-1.
MARLINS:  Coghlan-8, Infante-4, Ramirez-6, G.Sanchez-3, Morrison-7, Buck-2, Helms-5, Bonifacio-9, J.Johnson-1


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Shoulder Surgery Ends LaRoche's Season

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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Washington Nationals GM Mike Rizzo confirmed Tuesday night after the Nats 8-6 win over the St. Louis Cardinals that 1B Adam LaRoche will indeed have season-ending labrum surgery Thursday under the care of team doctors.

"We had a meeting with our medical staff today and Adam and his representatives and the decision's been made for Adam to have surgery.  He's gonna have surgery Thursday here in Washington by Dr. [Wiemi] Douoguih and he'll begin his rehabilitation and if all goes right he'll be 100 percent by beginning of spring training."

"Obviously we're hoping it's just a clean-up," Dr. Douoguih said.  "But we'll be prepared to do everything needed to get him healed and properly treated and get him back for spring training next year."

The rehab process will depend on what the doctors find once they get into his shoulder.  If they only need to do a clean-up procedure, LaRoche's recovery will be 3-4 months.  If the damage and repair is more extensive the recovery will take up to 6-7 months.

"[LaRoche] was disappointed, frustrated that he couldn't help the club more than he had," Rizzo added.  "He feels that he let his teammates down. But this guy did everything he could to stay on the field.  He's a tough guy and tried to battle through it and just couldn't perform enough to do it and the pain after the rehab just didn't allow him to continue."

"Everything we did was to try to safely get [LaRoche] out there and produce this season," Dr. Douoguih explained.  "As soon as we recognized that this was something more problematic we did a standard program, we shut him down, put him on anti-inflammatories. We then progressed to an injection. We shut him down after that and gradually tried to work him back in.  Everything we did was gradual, really textbook.  Unfortunately he just wasn't able to get through that and he's now requiring surgery."

LaRoche's season ends after 43 games where he hit .172 with five home runs and 15 RBIs.  The Nats signed the veteran first baseman to a two-year, $16 million contact with a club option for 2013 this past off-season.


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Friday, March 19, 2010

Red Bellied and Downy woodpeckers 3/18/10

While outside it is clear that spring is in the air. This red bellied woodpecker is back building a nest cavity and while doing that. A pair of downies almost ran him over doing the chase. At one point his mate showed up and was checking out what he was doing. And a 3rd downy got in the act as well.

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Thursday, July 28, 2011

The other day I was at the library digging around for some material for a subject or two that I wished to write about.  Well I like to go deep into the basement of the facility where the light is not so good...and for some it is somewhat ghostly feeling.  Anyway I go there and right away I get engrossed in a few books or articles of naval history...and before I know it the day has passed me by.

This is what happen to me on this article....I happened on to it and thought it would offer some of the readers some 'insight' to the history of the 'Catapult' that is something in awe everytime I see a jet depart from those flattops.

This article may not be to the liking of everyone may be a tad too detailed....but it was an article that was written back in the mid 50's and it does provide the reader with history on this device...and how it all came about.

What I found most interesting was putting myself in the shoes of these pilots that was part of the first experiences of getting this device "up and running."  Can you just imagine how many times that plane they were on....did not make it up as high as desired......hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm....them guys had guts!!!!

Anyway Mr. Reader...if you'd care to give this article a going over....just click on the link below and it will take you right to the rather long .pdf file.

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Online Narcotics Anonymous open meetings / Re: NA Literature
« Last post by crystalm on January 05, 2017, 02:34:48 PM »
hello. Ive been trying to find a chat online. Im going to try it out and hopefully it helps. I am so lost.  :(
Online Narcotics Anonymous open meetings / NA Literature
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Not World approved Dr Phil written,but real experience of recovering addicts
 Nasalden is an effort to make available to the NA Fellowship literature that many Members have never even heard of, much less enjoyed the blessings from reading. All  have come from Loving and Caring Members who invested their time, talent and treasure to develop these writings.
There are two basic types of Books here.
 Those written by "Addicts for Addicts" in the "Open Participatory" style that was used for Our "Basic Text". All of these books are printed and sold just slightly above cost to cover expenses such as shipping materials and loss due to damage. The costs associated with running the site (the monthly fees) will be factored in the accounting.
 Then we have "Original Works" produced by Members such as Autobiographical and Historical Accounts of our Fellowship.
 Both type of books will have a "Free Digital Download" option so we can make these wonderful Labors of Love available to as many persons as possible.
The chat has been inactive a while.
We once had a six person group chairing meetings.But  folks stopped committing to the process..the other chairperson died,
and I tried doing it on my own,but nobody showed up for meetings.
Anyone that wants to commit let me know and we can work out a time.
New Board / Re: Where to start
« Last post by scotttl84 on March 27, 2016, 11:13:09 PM »
I'm out.. I need more help than this.. My family is on the line..
New Board / Re: Where to start
« Last post by scotttl84 on March 25, 2016, 01:04:37 AM »
Thank you. Glad I decided to check one last time. Sorry to hear about your loses. It's a really rough time for me. Feeling to urge to go find some oxy and just make everything go numb so being away from my girl and my kids doesn't hurt so much.
Online Narcotics Anonymous open meetings / NAWOL : Trust
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Learning to trust is an ability that does not develop overnight. We have learned to trust from relationships with our personal self, our Higher Power, our sponsor and other clean addicts in NA. As our faith in a power greater than ourselves increases so does our ability to trust. We work the Steps with our sponsor and we have gained trust and faith in them as human beings willing to help us and not judge us. Having established a relationship with a Higher Power and a sponsor helps us to begin having a relationship with ourselves. We eventually trust God enough to turn over our wills and our lives to divine care. This decision, along with our surrender and new belief, opens many doors for us.

When we trust our feelings and actions, we then learn to trust others but choosing trustworthy individuals may still be a problem for some time. We have to learn discretion in choosing trustworthy individuals. As we surrender, we learn to trust. Unconditional love is experienced when an NA member helps us, expecting nothing in return. We do not trust just anyone, especially our old playmates. NA members prove themselves trustworthy as we get to know them. There is a special bond which forms as our identification with others like ourselves becomes complete. We have to learn not betray them along with learning not to betray ourselves. Of course, as self-destruction and isolation characterize our disease, we have to grow more trustworthy through working the steps. We come to trust God as our understanding grows. So, much of our mistrust is based in fear of the unknown. As we learn, we grow in all areas. No part is separate from the whole. We learn how changing a part of the whole makes a difference to the whole thing.

Many of us did not trust others simply because we did not trust ourselves. We could never tell for sure what we would do! Our addiction prostituted our wills, desires and values. We lose what we abuse. There are several levels of trust. We earn trust, gain trust and sometimes expect trust. For us an addict, feeling worthy of trust comes from living with spiritual principles. All of the spiritual principles of NA are equally important. People respond to us in a more positive manner today. We check our personal motives in our conscience in order to determine whether we are living in recovery or addiction. Are we open to the problem or the solution? While some learn trust from a sponsor and others close to us in the Fellowship of NA, we all receive guidance and instruction from someone. We share and grow in the process. Listening to others share in meetings opens us up to new experience and when the things we learn work, our capacity to trust increases.

We wonder what happens to our secrets when another member gets loaded. Will they lash out and try to cause us problems? Usually not is the answer. Not because of any virtue, it is just that active addiction makes planning hard. We forget how our isolation and insanity makes us unpredictable. Do not let your imagination control what your think or act upon. Certainly defensive moves can trigger unwanted effects, so don't draw attention to yourself. For some reason, we are also poor predictors of what other people will do. Our ultimate faith and trust must be with a power greater than ourselves. We trust that a loving God will work things out, just like when we were new and at our lowest point. .

Trust has to do with the commitment of being true to one another. Our need for help is intense because growth in recovery moves us into areas of life where we lack personal experience and self-confidence. Often we try to live by what we saw on TV or heard from another person instead of talking with our sponsors or other members. This is where some of our mistakes come from. We have to stay close to someone, either a sponsor or friend, who can help us if we have trouble or are prone to make mistakes. Three answers will come up frequently when we don’t know what to do: honesty, open-mindedness and the willingness to try. These spiritual principles tell us what to do in all kinds of situations where we feel threatened and want to be dishonest, narrow-minded and don’t really even want to try! The important thing is that we keep trying and asking for help until we begin to succeed. We will succeed if we keep trying, in almost every case. This means that even when we think we have failed, we should keep trying. This is where spiritual courage is necessary. Just believing God will take care of us makes a change for the better right away.

"If at first we don't succeed, we try, try and try again." We check with our sponsor and friends to find out if we are getting off-track. It may be that we just need to give it a little more time. Trust is the key to doing many of these things. Unless our belief system includes the idea that a loving, all powerful God is looking out for our well being, letting our guard down may seem foolish. When we replace our defect of fearfully hiding the truth with a dependence on the Spirit, we can expect some changes.

Many addicts tend to barter minimal good behavior with their 'enablers' to get their approval and support. Sometimes we use 'strategic disability' and pretend to need help. There will always be opportunities for us to manipulate people but as we grow in conscience, we notice how this makes us feel. This guilt game takes over our life. Manipulating others causes us to feel guilt. This guilt makes it hard for us to find someone who comes across as trustworthy. Many, if not all, of us played variations of this game during active addiction. It is the habitual dishonesty that causes many of the problems. Principles eventually replace this manipulation. Then, we can go forward in life without harming others. We still get what we need, we just earn it instead of taking it from others. The games we played in active addiction taught us not to trust people. When we are sneaky, the whole world seems corrupt. So, we have to learn to trust again. How can we reach tomorrow’s blessings if we are stuck in yesterday's games?

For many of us, learning to trust started by sharing with a few select members and then only small bits at a time. One of the most important of these few select members was a sponsor. The more we share and let our guards down, the more we found that other addicts understood and could relate to us. The more we are willing to share, the more a part of NA we feel and our trust grows proportionately. Another aspect of trust is to trust the NA way of life as well as our Higher Power's Will for us. Things may not always go the way we want because God can say no or show us another way. Life seems to go better when we can trust God's Will for us and we just show up to do our part. Sometimes we learn a lot about trust by taking a service position in our home group. Simple things like emptying ashtrays, making coffee, and setting up for a meeting help us get off to a good start. Being able to share our feelings without having to keep our guards up helps the old life drop away and makes room for the new!

From living a non-caring and non-feeling life to having someone tell us, "Yeah, that happened to me also," or "I love you and it's going to be OK", is quite a change. One of the great advantages in our newfound freedom is the ability to experience intimacy with others. We were people who used to manipulate others but we can grow into someone who is trustworthy. It is 'risky business' to trust others but it is certainly better than never trusting again. Trust is an accurate indicator of our renewed health and recovery. We have to trust ourselves before we can trust someone else. We may want to take a simple look now and then to make sure the response we are getting matches up with the signals that we put out. We owe it to ourselves to evaluate the situation honestly. Honesty works because it eliminates confusion and if there is a price, we pay it. By doing this, we learn not to take things we don’t want to pay for.

Some of us deliberately study our facial expressions and body language for this purpose. We have picked up habits, traits, or mannerisms that are offensive to other people and they protected our isolation in active addiction. We are mostly unaware of these habits. Self-examination turns up some things we can do without! Distance making behavior is a real factor we need to acknowledge. At some point of time in recovery when we want more people in our lives, we can change the way we do things. Feeling forced to play the role of 'victim or victimizer' is an example of this. We become trustworthy and we grow in our ability to trust others. We can find many more choices today. We are freer. Going to extremes eats up a lot of our energy and gives us very little comfort or clarity. When we stop depending on crises to keep others from getting too close to us, we experience changes for the better. We have more time and money to do what we want.

Our common welfare depends on our capacity and willingness to love and support one another. We are never alone. We get scared and may do stupid things yet we learn to make amends and look for ways to get over our pain and distrust. Trust is a tool for living. Without this tool, we will not be able to interact with other people in healthy ways. The all-or-nothing approach to living hinders personal progress. We don't have to trust people who are not trustworthy. We don't have to place our recovery in jeopardy in order to demonstrate trust. Do no hang out with people who are still using or relapsing. Let someone else help them. We all need people that are on our side and will not betray us, no matter what. Scarred is a word that looks like scared. Our scars are pictures drawn in our flesh and on our souls by the pain that we have survived. The scars on our emotional self are visible in our actions and reactions to others. It is a sad fact that the pain of an unusually hellish moment will stay with us until we 'face it.' It causes us to use 'pain avoidance' to prevent a situation that would, at best, be difficult to duplicate even if we tried. Realistically, we can process what happened and what we need to stay away from to avoid this type of repetition. We get on with our lives, rather than feeling permanently crippled by our past pain. We may even be aware that some of our avoidance is foolish but just act out of instinct until we can think things through. Well, this is your clean time, go ahead and think things through so you can live better.

Trust is required if we are to participate in the processes of healthy living. We have rediscovered long dead dreams in the 'springtime' of recovery that only the clean know about. We trust those with whom we share. Addiction is dream death. We need humane support in order to let our issues surface. We can then haul them into full view. The aspects of our mental and spiritual existence that were drowning in active addiction can flourish in the light of recovery.

Personal service goes far beyond helping us learn how to stay clean. It revives the things we wanted to do when we grew up but did not get a chance to develop because our addiction intervened and sucked up all of our energy. Recovery is actually a 'coming out' of our spiritual nature. When we discover something spiritually important to us, we have to share it or express it in some way with someone who will affirm the reality of our experience. Otherwise, we might stay where we are at and find it impossible to do more than stir the kettle of character traits without having the ability to throw out spoilage and add some new stuff. Personal service is the acknowledgment of our spirituality starting with our first surrender and going forward with us into this new life. Others give us their personal service until we learn how to do it for others.

We acknowledge the real person in another human being. We recognize a little of ourselves in them and a little of them in us. We know that this inner person could not control what happened when they were loaded - they were powerless. We have to be able to separate what we did while using from who we are in order to regain hope and trust for ourselves. The major trouble generally goes away almost as soon as we stop using but the refinement of recovery takes a lifetime.

From this point, recovery becomes straightforward and sensible. Why we use and how we lose the obsession may seem to be mysterious but recovery shows and speaks for itself. Our inner being surfaces more frequently and once free it begins to dominate our thinking and behavior. Our fellow recovering addicts accept in us what they have learned to accept in themselves. We know that we are different people clean and that the laws, which we were up against while we were loaded, are no longer a problem. It is humorous to watch someone who was a burglar in active addiction complain about someone else stealing their toothpaste. They get so indignant!

Life on the surface can be much different than it seems. As our ability to come out and share our real self with others increases, we expand the circle of friends with whom we can exchange trust safely. We see exactly how we replenish or deplete our own resources. Helping others helps us. We find that we often find ourselves helping others with exactly the things that caused us problems in the past. Trust is what we need to support us in our effort to obtain a personality change. We need others who have no ulterior motives to provide the references that we need so that we can tell fact from fantasy - the real from the unreal. Learning to trust others is simply part of the process of learning to trust ourselves.

Many times getting clean leaves us feeling wounded and it takes time for these wounds to heal. In the meantime, we must trust something so why not the Program of Narcotics Anonymous. Since it worked for so many addicts that came before us, we know that it can work for us. In the beginning, we heard that we have to share to stay clean and we trust this even if we share out of a sense of desperation. We fear that we may return to our old way of life. Nonetheless, we begin to trust the things that we were told when we were newcomers enough to try them. Our trust increases after we stay clean for a while. This is partially due to placing a degree of blind trust in a Higher Power long before we became convinced that the Program would work for us. This foxhole desperation can grow into conscious contact with a Higher Power of our choosing.

The ‘disease is between our ears.’ This is a powerful phrase for pointing out and reminding each of us that our spiritual condition is our responsibility. It is one thing no one can do for us. Gossip is a damaging social action. It differs from 'group consciousness' in that it plays up someone's difficulty, error or vulnerability in a negative way. In the recovery context, it can also be like a person who is sick, showing he or she is running a fever because their skin is hot. The "temperature" is a sign they are sick. It can affect our Fifth Tradition in recovery meetings. If a new person hears gossip about others, how long will it take them to become the topic, especially if they have some awful experience to share? It goes against anonymity. A program that specializes in taking in some of the world’s sickest people also takes in some of the world's most sickening people. We tend to persuade others to take our side or viewpoint in things. We need healthy support. An insightful member can hear someone gossiping and get with the person to help them process what they are hearing. This has to be done with care.

One member shares, "One time a newcomer was going over a group problem with me. The group was very upset about a particular member talking out of turn, being slightly disruptive and so forth. I assumed the problem was that he didn't know yet about certain things having to do with the background of the individual he was so offended by. I mentioned that our disease runs in families and that the facial features of the person seemed very like some pictures I had seen recently of persons who were born of parents who were in active alcohol addiction. The slightly distorted features, reduced mental functions, etc. The point of my story is that I might have done better leaving well enough alone. The kid who had been complaining felt so badly about attacking someone disabled like that, he may never have come back. This is one of those rotten little lessons that never come again close enough to recognize and do better. Mentioning it here may be the only time I get to communicate it.

"So, a lot of times for me, I try to look inside, beyond the surfaces, for what is really going on. One of the things I got from the Dune books by Frank Herbert was the idea that the health of a society can be judged by how it treats its dissenters. For me the idea became that a healthy society doesn't need to retaliate against dissension because it is secure in its foundation and doesn't have to react out of fear."

In a society of recovering addicts, we will always have those who challenge and oppose. It is part of the deal. Sometimes they will be right and we will be unable to hear them in time to do any good. But hopefully by surrendering and being open, we will do better. One of the things about this work that I love very much and feel very devoted to, is the way we can reveal - through time - where we are really coming from.

Group consciousness functions by exchanging information and everyone gets to do this. The difference between group conscience and gossip is that group conscience is concerned with helping someone. Gossip only hurts. It causes distrust in others and rebounds on the gossip as well. We get back what we put out. Like a super, global family, we pray for wisdom to flow from a loving God centered mental and spiritual state out from the people who have it, through the people who need it, to reach the people who have never thought of it - for the good of us all.

Much of it comes down to processing things that come up in our daily lives. Something that is considered known, may have been gotten wrong but is so specific that the error means nothing for a considerable time until an occasion to apply it comes along and it fails to work. We need to be able to constantly listen and review what we think we know to catch flaws before they do harm. It usually costs nothing to give someone the benefit of the doubt. It hurts so badly when others expect only bad things of us. It feel really good to know others will back us up, even when we make mistakes. It helps us do better. Some of the things we hear have to be mixed with a ‘grain of salt’ to keep us from jumping to conclusions that may be erroneous or unfair. Judging others on our own experience can really create a lot of problems. Suppose we hear about a love affair. If we are happy in a relationship, we may have a somewhat tolerant, love and let love attitude. If we are frustrated and miserable, someone doing what we secretly want to do can arouse all the wrath of an Old Testament prophet. Recovering drug addicts are wondrously quixotic in this regard.

A former member of the World Service Board of Trustees shared, "At one of the world conventions I got to attend, a married woman was caught in bed with a man. Both were young and good looking. The woman was accusing the man of rape. Before it had gone too far, the person who came in on the lovers ‘in the act’ told me that the woman was on top and nothing visible was holding her in place. She didn't seem like someone being forced. Now the small circle of us recovering addicts who were informed on all this and in something of a position to make a call as to whether it be taken seriously or not were a little protective and bloodthirsty. What kind of animal would assault one of our sweet, sexy, attractive and outgoing little ladies! It was a trip. After the lady shared her impressions of what she had observed, I let out enough to eliminate the legal threats and let the people deal with their foolishness in a more contained manner. I always wished I had been able to console and make sure the guy was ok. In retrospect, it seems he was more likely the one who was ‘taken in’ by the situation and his main defect was in not being able to say ‘no’ to a beautiful woman who was open to his attentions. I hope they both are still clean.

"While there can be no doubt that the damaging effects of irresponsible gossip will continue to exist, there is one more thing to consider: life is different in recovery. I had a member on my couch for a while. He was from the Miami Fellowship and very hotheaded. But he was also very street wise. One time I was sharing my inability to understand what the hell was going on in a particular situation and he cocked his head and looked at me. He liked me and seemed to look up to me in many ways. He said, 'Don't you get it? Dope fiends cover their games with clouds of confusion.' Since that moment, much has become clear to me."

There is a widespread belief that we get back what we give out, so gaining trust is largely a matter of giving trust by being trustworthy. If others suspect our motives, don't know us or have been burnt by us in the past, we just might as well accept it. After all, if someone steals our TV, do we let them stay on the couch? Like everything else, we will get more trust when we can handle more trust. God doesn't burden us with opportunities to get into more trouble. Like many other things, when we don't need it, we can have it. When we don't need to be watched, the attention of others will be redirected to those who do. Trust and trustworthiness are one measure of personal growth.
New Board / Re: Where to start
« Last post by Monkey on March 24, 2016, 03:30:00 PM »
Hey my friend welcome
Glad you are here my friend.
Soon I am going to kick this in the butt and get fully involved.
We had 3 active members on here that were always online.
Over the last year and a half we have lost 2..both died clean.
Anyone that wants to help out mail me, private message me, and you can get a service position,and we can move forward.
New Board / Re: Where to start
« Last post by scotttl84 on March 23, 2016, 01:02:48 PM »
Well I guess it seems that people can read other people's problems and see they are asking for help but offer no advice at all. Looks like I will be going somewhere else if at all. Needed help but no one is offering any. Just reading and moving on as if this is some sort of gossip site to read other  people's problems chuckle and laugh at what someone else is going through in regards to their addiction and problems it has caused and then move on to the next one...
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DDCA Row: Delhi Govt. To Constitute Enquiry Commission

New Delhi; Dec.21:  Delhi government has decided to set up a commission of inquiry to probe alleged irregularities including financial bunglings in the capital's cricket body DDCA.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has written a letter to senior advocate Gopal Subramaniam to head the commission.

Earlier, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Kirti Azad alleged that lots of companies were given crores of rupees by the DDCA and contracts were given out to fraud companies without any verification.

However, Indian opener Gautam Gambhir came out in full support of Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, who has been in the line of fire for alleged corruptions under his tenure as president of DDCA, saying 'lot of good things had happened under his tenure'.

Finance Minister Jaitley, has been accused of corruption by the Delhi Government and former players including Kirti Azad and Bishan Singh Bedi during his tenure as president of DDCA till 2013.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Congress Party has demanded for the resignation of the Finance Minister from the union cabinet to enable an independent probe against him.

YSR Congress, TDP to pitch for no-trust notices in Lok Sabha Today

New Delhi: The YSR Congress and the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) are on Tuesday set to pitch for taking up their notices of no-confidence motion against t...

India Issues 12th Note Verbale to Pakistan on harassment of its diplomatic staff

New Delhi: India on Saturday gave a Note Verbale to Pakistan through its high commission in Islamabad protesting the "intimidation and harassment" of ...

'Dramebazi': Sonia Gandhi's Scathing Attack On PM Modi At Congress Event

New Delhi: Sonia Gandhi, the former Congress president today launched a blistering attack on the NDA government, saying people have now figured that P...

Anger Being Spread, Only Congress Can Show The Way Forward: Rahul

New Delhi:As the Congress began its two-day plenary session in Delhi this morning, party president Rahul Gandhi targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi'...


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Allahabad HC quashes summons issued against Jaitley

Allahabad, November 5: Allahabad High Court today quashed a summons issued by a Mahoba court against Finance Minister Arun Jaitley for criticising the SC decision of striking down the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC), according to a lawyer representing him.

The HC quashed the summons issued on October 19 after Jaitley's advocate Maninder Singh contended that the summoning order was deliberate misuse of judicial office, according to Nalin Kohli who was a part of the defence team of lawyers.

As per reports, Kulpahar Civil Judge (Junior Division) Ankit Goel, while taking notice of media reports about Jaitley strongly criticising the SC decision on NJAC set up by the Union government, had issued summons for personal appearance of the Finance Minister on November 19 and directed SP of Mahoba to serve the summons.

Jaitley, while reacting to the SC judgement on NJAC, had said that Indian democracy could not be a "tyranny of the unelected".

He had said that democracy would be in danger if the elected are undermined.

YSR Congress, TDP to pitch for no-trust notices in Lok Sabha Today

New Delhi: The YSR Congress and the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) are on Tuesday set to pitch for taking up their notices of no-confidence motion against t...

India Issues 12th Note Verbale to Pakistan on harassment of its diplomatic staff

New Delhi: India on Saturday gave a Note Verbale to Pakistan through its high commission in Islamabad protesting the "intimidation and harassment" of ...

'Dramebazi': Sonia Gandhi's Scathing Attack On PM Modi At Congress Event

New Delhi: Sonia Gandhi, the former Congress president today launched a blistering attack on the NDA government, saying people have now figured that P...

Anger Being Spread, Only Congress Can Show The Way Forward: Rahul

New Delhi:As the Congress began its two-day plenary session in Delhi this morning, party president Rahul Gandhi targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi'...


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Hawks and Knicks have a throwdown

Well, no one hit anyone in their junk, but turns out Celtics-Suns wasn’t the only dust-up Friday night. In the fourth quarter of the Hawks’ comfortable win over the Knicks, two players got tangled up, and punches were thrown.

Now, having known that, what two players would you guess were involved? Wilson Chandler? Zaza Pachulia? Josh Smith? Turiaf? You might guess any of these players. And you would be wrong.

No, the offenders were Marvin Williams and Shawne Williams. Then Landry Fields got involved. Amar’e tried to hold everybody back, and Raymond Felton wound up in there and it was just a mess. Take a look.

So you have to think someone’s going to get suspended over this. Closed-fist swings will almost always get you a game or two, and there’s no star power to cover their trail here. Also interesting was this quote from Amar’e Stoudemire about Al Horford after the game:

“I don’t know what Horford’s thinking. He needs to calm down. He’s not the type of player”.
via Steve Adamek of The Record.

Al Horford versus Amar’e Stoudemire. This is quite possibly the most intellectual feud in the NBA.

James Harden scores 34, Rockets hold off Timberwolves 129-120

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — James Harden had 34 points and 12 assists, and Houston held off a fourth-quarter rally to beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 129-120 on Sunday night for the Rockets’ 26th win in 28 games.

The West’s top team led by as many as 25 before the Timberwolves, holding on for dear life in a tightening playoff race, pulled within five in the fourth. The loss dropped the Wolves into the eighth playoff spot after they started the day in a three-way tie for fifth.

Harden had 11 points in the final 6:34, including a 3-pointer with 58 seconds left that effectively secured the win.

Chris Paul and Clint Capela each had 16 points for the Rockets.

Jeff Teague led Minnesota with 23 points, Andrew Wiggins had 21, and Karl-Anthony Towns and Jamal Crawford each added 20.

The Wolves got a burst of energy after a fourth-quarter scuffle between Gorgui Dieng, Paul and Gerald Green. Green was ejected for coming to Paul’s defense after a frustrated Dieng pushed him down after a foul. With the pumped-up crowd chanting “Gor-Gui!,” Derek Rose had back-to-back layups to pull the Wolves to 109-102. But Paul hit a jumper with Crawford in his face, and Harden easily drove past Dieng for a layup to give the Rockets some breathing room.

Minnesota’s 19-6 run made it 115-110 with 3:58 to play before Trevor Ariza hit a 3, and the Rockets were able to answer every Wolves bucket to hold off the rally.

The game was seemingly over by halftime; Houston shot 63 percent, hit 11 3-pointers and led by as many as 24 in the first half while turning the ball over only three times. Harden had 10 assists in the first half, when the Wolves were as close as three before Houston reeled off a 12-0 run and didn’t allow Minnesota to recover.

Jimmy Butler targeting return to Timberwolves before end of season

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Jimmy Butler could return to the court for the Minnesota Timberwolves before the end of the regular season, if he stays on track with his rehabilitation from knee surgery.

Butler spoke to reporters Sunday for the first time since the meniscus injury he suffered Feb. 23 at Houston . He confirmed an initial recovery estimate of four to six weeks. Even on the long end of that timetable, he’d likely have two games with the Timberwolves before the postseason.

Butler said he’s confident in both his ability to heal in time and the team’s ability to hang on to a spot in the playoffs. The Wolves entered their game against the Rockets in a three-way tie for fifth place in the Western Conference, but no room for a slump.

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Gerald Green ejected for pushing Gorgui Dieng into stands (VIDEO)

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I don’t know why everyone in the NBA is so geeked this weekend. Coaches are getting fined, referees are throwing dudes out left and right. Maybe it’s because most of us recently saw the sun for the first time in five months, although I couldn’t tell you for certain.

As the Minnesota Timberwolves and Houston Rockets went head-to-head on Sunday, something had players on both sides itching. Early in the fourth quarter, Timberwolves big man Gorgui Dieng got into it with Houston’s Chris Paul and Gerald Green.

The incident came as Dieng was being defended by Paul in the low post. Paul was whistled for a foul while trying to get the ball away from Dieng, but even after the whistle blew the Rockets guard did not stop trying to get the ball. Dieng responded by pushing Paul, who fell to the ground as if someone cut the strings on him.

That prompted another whistle from the refs, and a crowd of players ensued. Green rushed to push Dieng, sending the Timberwolves center into the stands.

When the scene settled, Dieng was issued a technical foul and Green was ejected.

After the game, Dieng told reporters he thought Paul’s constant digging for the ball was a cheap shot, so he responded in kind.

Minnesota, energized, tried to make a late push on the top team in the Western Conference but came up just short. Houston beat the Timberwolves, 129-120.

Alvin Gentry, Stan Van Gundy fined $15,000 each for criticizing officials

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All is not right between NBA players, coaches, and the referees. What else is new?

After contentious games on Saturday night, both Detroit Pistons coach Stan Van Gundy and New Orleans Pelicans coach Alvin Gentry expressed their opinions about what they felt was a poor officiating.

Van Gundy — whose team lost to the Portland Trail Blazers as they continued on to their 12th straight win — complained that his players were being “screwed” as they were knocked down, hammered, and hit. Gentry was especially infuriated after a late foul call went against his team as James Harden was hit on the hand while shooting a 3-pointer.

Now, the NBA has announced that both coaches have been fined $15,000 each for public criticism of officials.

Things were slated to get better between the NBRA and NBPA after the All-Star break. The two sides were supposed to have a meeting which discussed some of the more concerning trends that players and coaches have publicly complained about this year. That meeting got moved up to December, with more talks to come later. It’s not clear if they’ve done any good.

Right after All-Star Weekend guys like LeBron James were still making waves about how they are being officiated. Coaches like Doc Rivers continue to openly complain about the referees and draw fines. Van Gundy and Gentry are just the latest additions to the list, and it’s unlikely they’ll be the last before the season ends.

Hell, the end of the game between the Oklahoma City Thunder and Toronto Raptors was just about as bad as we’ve seen all year. In that game, Raptors coach Dwane Casey was ejected after a comment made by a fan sitting near the floor was incorrectly attributed to him.

The NBA lost a lot of veteran officials due to retirement in the changeover to this season, and the transition has been rough. They’re going to need to figure some things out over the summer. I expect bigger announcements about those efforts to come out after the NBA Finals as a means to restore public faith in the officiating crews.