Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Disarray, millions along in huge swath of US without power in superstorm Sandy's wake
An emergency personnel carries an elderly
resident from flood waters brought on by Hurricane Sandy in Little
Ferry, New Jersey on Tuesday.
.Adam Hunger/Reuters photo Sandy Cuts Wide Swath of Damage ...New Jersey took a particularly severe hit. Portions of the famed Atlantic City boardwalk were reduced to splinters, the casino town itself all but submerged. The Seaside Park roller coaster lay twisted in the Atlantic Ocean. Countless homes were damaged or destroyed.
"The level of devastation at the Jersey Shore is unthinkable," Gov. Chris Christie said in a news conference...Read complete article.
Photos: Animals rescued from Hurricane Sandy
A
fireman carries a residents dog to safety from flood waters brought on
by Hurricane Sandy in Little Ferry, New Jersey, October 30, 2012.
Millions of people across the eastern United States awoke on Tuesday to
scenes of destruction wrought by monster storm Sandy, which knocked out
power to huge swathes of the nation's most densely populated region,
swamped New York's subway system and submerged streets in Manhattan's
financial district. REUTERS/Adam Hunger Photograph by: Adam Hunger, Reuters Photos
Whitecap chief accepts medal for First Nation, ancestors
Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper (L) and Chief Darcy Bear of Whitecap Dakota First Nation take part in a War of 1812 National Recognition Ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa October 25, 2012.
Photograph by: Blair Gable, Ottawa Citizen.
photo By Charles Hamilton, The StarPhoenix
Two hundred years after thousands of aboriginal people
helped defeat American forces in the War of 1812, Canada is officially
recognizing the contribution of Saskatchewan Dakota First Nations.
In Ottawa earlier this week, representatives of the Standing Buffalo Dakota First Nation, Wahpeton Dakota First Nation and Whitecap Dakota First Nation accepted flags and medals from the Canadian government on behalf of their communities.
"If you think about it if we lost the war we would have a United States flag flying over us, we would have Barack Obama as our president," said Whitecap Dakota Chief Darcy Bear. "But we don't. We have an independent nation because of those warriors and those soldiers who fought together. "
The war was fought mainly in the western Great Lakes, Niagara and St. Lawrence regions.
But descendants of aboriginal people who fought alongside the British eventually settled in Saskatchewan.
Bear said only now, 200 years later, are people realizing the significance of the war and the contributions his ancestors made.
"A lot of people think in 1867 somebody flipped a switch and there was Canada.
"But we had humble beginnings," Bear said.
"We have to reflect and remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice. It's very significant that Canada has come forward and presented these medals in honour of our ancestors."
Whitecap Dakota was just one of 48 First Nations and Metis communities recognized for their role in the War of 1812. Bear and others were presented with medals by Gov. Gen. David Johnston.
"It was good to be there and accept on behalf of my community, but also on behalf of my ancestors. I'm very proud of the role they played in creating Canada," Bear said.Read here.
War of 1812
In Ottawa earlier this week, representatives of the Standing Buffalo Dakota First Nation, Wahpeton Dakota First Nation and Whitecap Dakota First Nation accepted flags and medals from the Canadian government on behalf of their communities.
"If you think about it if we lost the war we would have a United States flag flying over us, we would have Barack Obama as our president," said Whitecap Dakota Chief Darcy Bear. "But we don't. We have an independent nation because of those warriors and those soldiers who fought together. "
The war was fought mainly in the western Great Lakes, Niagara and St. Lawrence regions.
But descendants of aboriginal people who fought alongside the British eventually settled in Saskatchewan.
Bear said only now, 200 years later, are people realizing the significance of the war and the contributions his ancestors made.
"A lot of people think in 1867 somebody flipped a switch and there was Canada.
"But we had humble beginnings," Bear said.
"We have to reflect and remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice. It's very significant that Canada has come forward and presented these medals in honour of our ancestors."
Whitecap Dakota was just one of 48 First Nations and Metis communities recognized for their role in the War of 1812. Bear and others were presented with medals by Gov. Gen. David Johnston.
"It was good to be there and accept on behalf of my community, but also on behalf of my ancestors. I'm very proud of the role they played in creating Canada," Bear said.Read here.
War of 1812
Source: Canadian Museum of Civilization.
A year before the War of 1812, in a desperate
fight against U.S. expansion into native lands, Tecumseh and his allies
took on the Americans at the Battle of Tippecanoe.
Spooked cow tramples Palestinian at Muslim feast
A bull attacks a boy after running away from Pakistani
butchers trying to slaughter it, on the first day of the Muslim holiday
of Eid al-Adha, or "Feast of Sacrifice", in Karachi, Pakistan, Saturday,
Oct. 27, 2012. The boy was slightly injured according to the
photographer.
- Associated Press
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- A spooked cow killed a Palestinian man who was trying to slaughter the beast on Saturday during the Muslim celebration of Eid al-Adha, a Gaza health official said.
Muslims around the world slaughter sheep, cows and goats, during the four-day holiday that began Friday, giving away much of the meat to the poor. The Muslim holiday commemorates the sacrifice by the Prophet Ibrahim, known to Christians and Jews as Abraham.
But accidents are common as people frequently buy animals to slaughter themselves instead of paying professional butchers. The festive atmosphere at the site of the slaughtering also tends to make the animals fidgety...Continue reading...
Muslims around the world slaughter sheep, cows and goats, during the four-day holiday that began Friday, giving away much of the meat to the poor. The Muslim holiday commemorates the sacrifice by the Prophet Ibrahim, known to Christians and Jews as Abraham.
But accidents are common as people frequently buy animals to slaughter themselves instead of paying professional butchers. The festive atmosphere at the site of the slaughtering also tends to make the animals fidgety...Continue reading...
The little pill that could cure alcoholism
When an alcoholic doctor began experimenting with Baclofen, he made what could be the medical breakthrough of the century.
"...The truth was that Ameisen, for all his successes in life, was consumed
with self-loathing and shame. He was a hopeless alcoholic – hopeless in
the sense that, though he seemed able to achieve anything else he put
his mind to, he could not stop drinking. Despite running a thriving
private practice in New York, in his late thirties he had become a binge
drinker and by 1997 was regularly being admitted to hospital. He tried
any treatment available: tranquillisers including Valium and Xanax,
antidepressants and specific alcohol
medications including Antabuse and Acamprosate. He underwent
acupuncture and hypnosis, took regular exercise and practised yoga. He
attended cognitive behavioural therapy and up to three meetings of
Alcoholics Anonymous a day. But his drinking only got worse: "The more I
drank to ease my anxiety, stave off panic and counter draining
insomnia, the more I had to drink for the same effect." No longer
trusting himself to treat his patients responsibly, he stopped working
altogether. Finally his doctors told him he had "at best" five years of
life left..."...Read complete article here...
Monday, October 29, 2012
During Lockout, N.H.L. Coaches Try to Fill Free Time
By
DAVE CALDWELLSYOSSET,
N.Y. — The Islanders’ Jack Capuano was back on the ice Monday
with his assistant coaches for a practice that included drills and a
spirited scrimmage. Only the Islanders were missing. Wearing a
blue Islanders cap, jacket and pants, Capuano conducted the
third of six scheduled sessions of an adult hockey clinic, open to those
who paid $30 a session. About 20 skaters, including a man in an
Islanders “fish sticks” jersey, took part.Capuano said later that he was
enjoying the clinic, even though he would
much rather be coaching the Islanders. But the N.H.L. lockout
continues, and many of the league’s 29 other head coaches are also
biding their time. With Friday’s announcement that the N.H.L. has canceled all games through November, they will be doing so awhile longer...Continue reading...
Magic of the animal kingdom captured in vivid photo entries that some photographers took weeks to snap
The photos are entries to the European Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition and are among a field of almost 12,500 entries by photographers from 27 countries.
The winning image, titled 'Stargazer', is a night shot of white-tailed deer in winter at their feeding place in Finland...Photos here...
Saturday, October 27, 2012
Amazon Wildlife Cameraman Charlie Hamilton James has Bot Fly Removed From Head
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The Amazon is full of potential problems. One of them being a Bot Fly. Charlie Hamilton James brings home a Bot Fly living under his scalp.Read here.Monsters Inside Me 2. Charlie Hamilton James - Nature and Wildlife Photographer
The Amazon is full of potential problems. One of them being a Bot Fly. Charlie Hamilton James brings home a Bot Fly living under his scalp.Read here.Monsters Inside Me 2. Charlie Hamilton James - Nature and Wildlife Photographer
Friday, October 26, 2012
EXCLUSIVE: CIA operators were denied request for help during Benghazi attack
By Jennifer Griffin.
Fox News has learned from sources who were on the ground in Benghazi that an urgent request from the CIA annex for military back-up during the attack on the U.S. consulate and subsequent attack several hours later on the annex itself was denied by the CIA chain of command -- who also told the CIA operators twice to "stand down" rather than help the ambassador's team when shots were heard at approximately 9:40 p.m. in Benghazi on Sept. 11.
Former Navy SEAL Tyrone Woods was part of a small team who was at the CIA annex about a mile from the U.S. consulate where Ambassador Chris Stevens and his team came under attack. When he and others heard the shots fired, they informed their higher-ups at the annex to tell them what they were hearing and requested permission to go to the consulate and help out. They were told to "stand down," according to sources familiar with the exchange. Soon after, they were again told to "stand down." ...Continue reading...
Hurricane Sandy, the worst storm in 100 Years Seen for Northeast U.S.
A
driver maneuvers his car along a wet road as a wave crashes against the
Malecon in Havana, Cuba. Hurricane Sandy blasted across eastern Cuba on
Thursday as a potent Category 2 storm.
AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa photo
By Brian K. Sullivan and Matthew Brown: Hurricane Sandy will probably grow into a “Frankenstorm” that may become
the worst to hit the U.S. Northeast in 100 years if current forecasts
are correct. Sandy may combine with a second storm coming out of the Midwest to create a system that would rival the New England hurricane of 1938 in intensity, said Paul Kocin, a National Weather Service meteorologist in College Park, Maryland. The hurricane currently passing the Bahamas has killed 21 people across the Caribbean, the Associated Press reported, citing local officials...Read here...
Collin Reid/AP Photo
Residents evacuate their
home as waves from Hurricane Sandy crash in the Caribbean Terrace
neighborhood of eastern Kingston, Jamaica, on Oct. 24, 2012.
A Triple-Amputee Veteran Threw Out The First Pitch For Game 2 And It Was An Absolute Strike
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MARCIO JOSE SANCHEZ/ASSOCIATED PRESS
by Cork Gaines Marine Corporal Nicholas Kimmel, who lost both legs and one of his
arms during his second tour of duty in Afghanistan, threw out the first
pitch prior to game two of the World Series. Kimmel is part of Major
League Baseball's Welcome Back Veterans program.Just seeing Corporal Kimmel on the field was a moving a moment. But then he reared back and threw a perfect strike. And he threw it with some gusto. It was a first pitch that put most first pitches to shame...Read here...
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Animal Pumpkingdom: 10 Amused Animals Enjoying Pumpkins!
by Creature Features
Sure wolves are carnivores but according to lupine logic, if there's a face on the outside maybe there's some meat to eat on the inside. Seriously though, providing pumpkins for wolves to play with stimulates their natural curiosity. Visitors to Seattle's Woodland Park Zoo can observe the gourd-gobbling in person at the zoo's annual Pumpkin Bash. (Animals & Pumpkins image via My Ballard) animals and pumpkins
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Sure wolves are carnivores but according to lupine logic, if there's a face on the outside maybe there's some meat to eat on the inside. Seriously though, providing pumpkins for wolves to play with stimulates their natural curiosity. Visitors to Seattle's Woodland Park Zoo can observe the gourd-gobbling in person at the zoo's annual Pumpkin Bash. (Animals & Pumpkins image via My Ballard) animals and pumpkins
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Canada’s New Pipeline Woes
In the proposed Northern Gateway project, a pipeline similar to this would carry bitumen from Alberta to Kitimat, B.C. Photograph by: Candace Elliott, file photo
, edmontonjournal.com Photograph
By IAN AUSTEN . OTTAWA — AND you thought pipeline politics in the United States were treacherous. Rebuffed by Washington on bringing the Keystone XL pipeline down through the western United States, Canada now finds that its Plan B — to build a pipeline to its west coast for shipping to Asia — has become mired in domestic politics thick enough to rival the tarlike oil it hopes to sell. Getting the oil to the Far East first requires building a $5.5 billion, 730-mile pipeline from landlocked Alberta over a series of mountains to the coast of northern British Columbia. About 220 tankers a year would then navigate some of Canada’s most scenic yet treacherous waters to complete the trip. While opposition from environmentalists and some native groups was always expected, the Enbridge Northern Gateway Project has unexpectedly united British Columbians who normally are on opposite sides. Mistakes by Enbridge, which is based in Canada, have further fueled the resistance. They included missteps at regulatory hearings and the handling of a recent pipeline spill in Michigan, which was sharply criticized by the American authorities... Continue reading...
Great thinkers of the world and their warnings about Islamic violence
Washington Times Communities.By Bob Taylor A little research shows that the Western world has been dealing with the complexities of the Middle East and its primary religion for hundreds of years as evidenced by the words of many of our most prominent historical figures. Here is what some of them had to say.
1: "Bolshevism combines the characteristics of the French Revolution with those of the rise of Islam. Marx has taught that Communism is fatally predestined to come about; this produces a state of mind not unlike that of the early successors of Mahommet. Among religions, Bolshevism is to be reckoned with Mohammadanism rather than with Christianity and Buddhism. Christianity and Buddhism are primarily personal religions, with mystical doctrines and a love of contemplation. Mohammedanism and Bolshevism are practical, social, unspiritual, concerned to win the empire of this world.” Bertrand Russell (1872 – 1970)...Continue to read...
Israel says 79 rockets fired at it from Gaza
Repeated attacks ... a rocket is launched from Gaza towards southern Israel. Photo: AFP * Netanyahu threatens stronger Israeli military action
* Hamas says Israel venting anger over Qatar ruler's visit
By Jeffrey Heller
JERUSALEM, Oct 24 (Reuters) - Palestinians fired dozens of rockets into Israel from Gaza on Wednesday and an Israeli air strike killed a militant, a day after the Emir of Qatar made a rare visit to the enclave's Hamas leadership.
Hamas claimed responsibility for some of the rocket and mortar bomb attacks, prompting some Israelis to wonder whether it had been emboldened by the Qatari visit on Tuesday that broke the Islamist group's diplomatic isolation.
In recent months, Hamas has largely held its fire when other militant factions have launched cross-border rocket attacks, but the sudden upsurge in violence stoked fears that the hostilities could escalate further.
Hamas accused Israel of stepping up air strikes in the Gaza Strip, a move it said was meant to convey Israeli anger over Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani's visit, and pledged to "continue to hold a gun ... until Palestine is liberated".
Israel said it was "astounding" that Qatar, a U.S.-allied Gulf state, would take sides in the Palestinian dispute and endorse Hamas, branded by the West as a terrorist group. Hamas seized the Gaza Strip in 2007 from fighters loyal to the Fatah faction of Western-backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas...Continue reading...
Watch a Galaxy Form Over 13 Billion Years in Only 2 Minutes
by
.NASA has released a stunning simulation video that shows how a single disk galaxy such as the Milky Way develops over a span of 13.5 billion years, beginning with the Big Bang and leading up to today.
A disk galaxy, which is described as a flattened circular volume of stars, is color-coded in this captivating clip to show its history and development process...Continue reading...
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Captain, the German Shepard, sleeps on his master's grave for six years straight years
Photos: Winter weather arrives in Saskatoon
It was a snowy commute for cyclists, October 23. Photograph by: Greg Pender, The StarPhoenix
Photos: Winter weather arrives in Saskatoon
Last of the Mohicans - End Scene
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- Russell Means, 1992, in “The Last of the Mohicans.” photo
Russell Means, Who Clashed With Law as He Fought for Indians, Is Dead at 72
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By
ROBERT D. McFADDEN .
Russell C. Means,
the charismatic Oglala Sioux who helped revive the warrior image of the
American Indian in the 1970s with guerrilla-tactic protests that called
attention to the nation’s history of injustices against its indigenous
peoples, died on Monday at his ranch in Porcupine, S.D., on the Pine
Ridge Indian Reservation. He was 72. The cause was esophageal cancer, which had spread recently to his
tongue, lymph nodes and lungs, said Glenn Morris, Mr. Means’s legal
representative. Told in the summer of 2011 that the cancer was
inoperable, Mr. Means had already resolved to shun mainstream medical
treatments in favor of herbal and other native remedies...Continue reading...
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“When a woman grabs my braids and says "How cute!" I crab her breast and say "How cute!" She never touches me again!”Russell Means, quote. Where White Men Fear to Tread.https://vimeo.com/47232709
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Sharrky, the chick magnet dog.
HAPPY FAMILY: Sharky and Max-Arthur relax with some of their young feathered friends.
(Photo: Helen Jürlau Arnold / www.HelensPets.com)
Sharky the Pit Bull Terrier
The Colon Club is a nonprofit organization dedicated to raising awareness of colorectal cancer in out-of-the-box ways.
by Yellowbird.
After my HIPEC surgery, doped up on mega morphine, my Daughter came to my room when I woke up early one morning. Our conversation went something like this:
: "hi, mom." "Hi Ash. Didn't we drink a keg of beer last night?" "Hmm. I don't know Mom, why don't you tell me about it?" "Yeah, I bought a keg of beer for $20.00, we drank three beers and I tipped the guy $17.00." (Some kind of morphine-induced math was going on here, it seems)
My daughter just laughed.
Other hallucinations I experienced included seeing my cat laying at the foot of my bed in the hospital, conversations about the queen of England, and I was convinced that the IV poke was talking to me. That HIPEC requires some serious drugs! More funny tales here.
After my HIPEC surgery, doped up on mega morphine, my Daughter came to my room when I woke up early one morning. Our conversation went something like this:
: "hi, mom." "Hi Ash. Didn't we drink a keg of beer last night?" "Hmm. I don't know Mom, why don't you tell me about it?" "Yeah, I bought a keg of beer for $20.00, we drank three beers and I tipped the guy $17.00." (Some kind of morphine-induced math was going on here, it seems)
My daughter just laughed.
Other hallucinations I experienced included seeing my cat laying at the foot of my bed in the hospital, conversations about the queen of England, and I was convinced that the IV poke was talking to me. That HIPEC requires some serious drugs! More funny tales here.
Puppies kept lost Alabama boy warm in woods, rescuer says
(NBC
News ) "I knew if anyone was going to find the boy it was going to be
the mother of the puppies and I all I had to do was follow the mother
dog," Swinney said.
An Alabama man
credits a dog and her four puppies for helping rescue a 10-year-old boy
with Down syndrome who was lost in the woods for 18 hours.
“Those puppies kept him company, they kept him warm and comfortable,” Jamie Swinney of Hackleburg, Ala., told NBC News on Thursday. “We don’t know what would have happened to him had the puppies not been with him. And credit goes to the mother dog for leading me to the boy.”...Continue reading, photos...
“Those puppies kept him company, they kept him warm and comfortable,” Jamie Swinney of Hackleburg, Ala., told NBC News on Thursday. “We don’t know what would have happened to him had the puppies not been with him. And credit goes to the mother dog for leading me to the boy.”...Continue reading, photos...
Birds Photographed Like Human Models
When Bob Croslin asked to take portraits of the feathered tenants at the Suncoast Seabird Sanctuary
in Florida, the staffers in charge thought he wanted to snap a few
pictures of birds through the bars of their cages. That was not what
Croslin had in mind. Instead, he planned to photograph injured birds as
he might human models, setting up on-location studio at the sanctuary.
Getting birds to pose in front of a backdrop under lights is a
challenging task. It was a bit easier in this case because his models
were accustomed to being visited by humans. Still, birds will be birds.
The injured animals would often get nervous and poop on the backdrop. Or
they would simply attack Croslin and the handlers...Read here, photos.
Extreme Animal Portraits: Wildlife Photographer Of The Year Winners
Winner, Animal Portraits — An alligator is seen at Myakka River State Park in Sarasota, Fla. Like cats, alligators have a tapetum lucidum at the back of each eye — a structure that reflects light back into the photoreceptor cells to make the most of low light. When light shines into alligators' eyes, the pupils appear to glow red. Picture show here.
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Saturday, October 20, 2012
Why Do They Hate Us? The real war on women is in the Middle East.
BY MONA ELTAHAWY
In "Distant View of a Minaret,"
the late and much-neglected Egyptian writer
Alifa Rifaat begins her short story with a woman so unmoved by sex with
her husband that as he focuses solely on his pleasure, she notices a
spider web she must sweep off the ceiling and has time to ruminate on
her husband's repeated refusal to prolong intercourse until she too
climaxes, "as though purposely to deprive her."
Just as her husband denies her an orgasm, the call to prayer interrupts
his, and the man leaves. After washing up, she loses herself in prayer
-- so much more satisfying that she can't wait until the next prayer --
and looks out onto the street from her balcony. She interrupts her
reverie to make coffee dutifully for her husband to drink after his nap.
Taking it to their bedroom to pour it in front of him as he prefers,
she notices he is dead. She instructs their son to go and get a doctor.
"She returned to the living room and poured out the coffee for herself.
She was surprised at how calm she was," Rifaat writes. In a crisp three-and-a-half pages, Rifaat lays out a trifecta of sex,
death, and religion, a bulldozer
that crushes denial and defensiveness to get at the pulsating heart of
misogyny in the Middle East. There is no sugarcoating it. They don't
hate us because of our freedoms, as the tired, post-9/11 American cliché
had it. We have no freedoms because they hate us, as this Arab woman so
powerfully says...Continue reading...
A brave Arab woman stands up for Israel
The Times of Israel has published a fascinating interview with a brave young Arab woman from a small town in the Galilee region who has dedicated her life to defending Israel in the public arena.
Boshra Khalaila is hardly the only Israeli Arab to speak out on behalf of her country, and her own story is very representative of the hurdles many Israeli Arabs must overcome if they wish to freely speak their mind regarding the Jewish state.
But some simply cannot remain silent any longer.
"I am a liberal, free woman, with all the rights that I could enjoy," stated Khalaila. "I compare myself to other women my age in Jordan, the [Palestinian ruled] territories, Egypt, any Arab country. They don’t have the rights that I have: freedom of expression, the right to vote. They are forced into marriage at a young age, and religious head covering, despite their own convictions. With me it’s the opposite; I have everything."Read the full interview.
A New Breed of Therapy - Pacific Standard Online
It’s not just dogs anymore. Horses, goats—even rats—have joined the growing field of animal-assisted therapy.
October 12, 2012 • By .
Ellen Kinney opens the barn door for Dahlia and Duncan. Two black-and-silver pygmy goats, each about a year old, prance out. Kinney has trained them to respond to a clicker, so that Dahlia seems to dance while Duncan jumps up and down from a plastic chair.
Those aren’t their best tricks. Dahlia and Duncan work as therapy animals at the Barking C.A.A.T. (Center for Animal-Assisted Therapy) Ranch in Lakewood, Colo. Among the ranch’s clients is a teenage girl with severe social anxiety who works with the goats, getting to know and be comfortable with them, going for walks in the park with them (and a therapist). When others ask her about the goats (and they always do) the girl introduces them, sparking natural, unforced conversations.
“Here she gets to build a whole new confidence and competencies that she didn’t have before,” says Kinney, who manages clinical services at the ranch. “It’s just really changed her personality. Since she’s been working with us she goes out to dinner with her family and has reconnected with her friends.”...Continue reading...
Ellen Kinney opens the barn door for Dahlia and Duncan. Two black-and-silver pygmy goats, each about a year old, prance out. Kinney has trained them to respond to a clicker, so that Dahlia seems to dance while Duncan jumps up and down from a plastic chair.
Those aren’t their best tricks. Dahlia and Duncan work as therapy animals at the Barking C.A.A.T. (Center for Animal-Assisted Therapy) Ranch in Lakewood, Colo. Among the ranch’s clients is a teenage girl with severe social anxiety who works with the goats, getting to know and be comfortable with them, going for walks in the park with them (and a therapist). When others ask her about the goats (and they always do) the girl introduces them, sparking natural, unforced conversations.
“Here she gets to build a whole new confidence and competencies that she didn’t have before,” says Kinney, who manages clinical services at the ranch. “It’s just really changed her personality. Since she’s been working with us she goes out to dinner with her family and has reconnected with her friends.”...Continue reading...
Learned Helplessness
By wisequack “A cloudy diagnosis is no match for a sunny disposition.”
On the rare occasions when I need to make amends on the home
front, I find it easiest to buy roses. The florist and I have
subsequently become fast friends. “You’re late today Doc,” she smiles,
“will that be the usual?” Her pleasant face winces as she sweeps the
thorns off the stems, pricking her busy fingers yet again. I was
reminded of the old adage I’d heard a thousand times as a child; “Get
your fingers out of there!” as well as the other old adage, “Instead of
complaining that roses have thorns, be grateful that thorns have
roses.”
“A cloudy diagnosis is no match for a sunny disposition.”
On the rare occasions when I need to make amends on the home
front, I find it easiest to buy roses. The florist and I have
subsequently become fast friends. “You’re late today Doc,” she smiles,
“will that be the usual?” Her pleasant face winces as she sweeps the
thorns off the stems, pricking her busy fingers yet again. I was
reminded of the old adage I’d heard a thousand times as a child; “Get
your fingers out of there!” as well as the other old adage, “Instead of
complaining that roses have thorns, be grateful that thorns have
roses.”
Ted, 41, had brought his son into the office with an ear
infection. But glancing at Ted, I noted his eyes were yellowish and
inquired as to how he’d been feeling. “Just fine Doc. The yellow is
probably ’cause I’ve got to find your washroom in a hurry” he joked.
Concerned, I conducted a few tests to discover to my dismay that Ted
was breeding pancreatic cancer, a brand of cancer that scares every
doctor. When I visited him a few days later in the hospital, he grinned
at me and declared he was doing great. “I have my own TV, the nurses
are top notch and the food is superb.” Either this man was sicker than I
thought or he’d been given an enormous amount of mind-altering drugs.
But the nurses were likewise drawn to Ted’s upbeat nature, explaining
that he never, ever complained. Two months later he was back in
hospital, the cancer and the treatment having left him gaunt and
wasted. “Look at this, Doc, thinnest I’ve been in years.” As I tried to
discuss the gravity of his situation, he interrupted and reminded me
“Everyone has to die sometime and I’ve lived a very rich life.” A few
weeks later he died. Several nurses went to his funeral.
Taking the chart out of the door I noted that my first patient of
the day was Ruth. I knew what to expect. Unhappy Ruth would blame
someone else for something gone askew, would want a CT scan for every
sniffle and complain that she was never well. I don’t recall ever
having heard Ruth laugh or even having seen her smile. Constantly beset
by a myriad of “problems”, she reeked pessimism from every pore...Continue reading...
Alcoholism twice as deadly for women as for men
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By Trevor Stokes
MyHealthNewsDaily Contributor
Alcoholism may be twice as fatal for women as for men, according to a new study from Germany.
The women with alcohol addiction were five times more likely to die during the 14-year period of the study than women in the general population were. Among men with alcohol addiction, the death rate was about double that of men in the general population...Read study here...
By Trevor StokesMyHealthNewsDaily Contributor
Alcoholism may be twice as fatal for women as for men, according to a new study from Germany.
The women with alcohol addiction were five times more likely to die during the 14-year period of the study than women in the general population were. Among men with alcohol addiction, the death rate was about double that of men in the general population...Read study here...
The Martyrdom of Joseph Smith - Christian Research Institute
By: Eric Johnson
This article first appeared in the Christian Research Journal, volume31, number3 (2008). For further information or to subscribe to the Christian Research Journal go to: http://www.equip.org
Critics and supporters agree that the veracity of Mormonism hinges on Joseph Smith, Jr. (1805-1844), the founder and first prophet of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the LDS or Mormon Church). Smith began his own church with just six people and saw it grow and thrive, despite the many persecutions it endured. He and his brother Hyrum Smith were murdered on June 27, 1844, by an armed mob, an event that has prompted Mormons to classify them as martyrs. It has caused others, however, to raise the question whether someone who dies in a gun battle fighting against his enemies can be considered to be a martyr. A close examination of the term reveals that one must meet specific requirements to be considered a martyr, which involve, for example, the reasons why one is put to death and the way one faces such a death. An investigation of the reasons why Smith was murdered and the actions he took to avoid this fate inevitably makes it difficult to maintain that Smith was “like a lamb led to the slaughter.”...Read article here...
Friday, October 19, 2012
The Beatles - 'I'm Down'. Tigers rout Yankees
The Associated Press
2012-10-18
New York
Yankees' Robinson Cano reacts after striking out in the first inning
during Game 4 of the American League championship series against the
Detroit Tigers Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Matt
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I Am A Cat by camelsandfriends
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Amboseli Trust for Elephants rescue baby elephant
![Baby Elephant Rescued From Well [VIDEO]](http://s1.ibtimes.com/sites/www.ibtimes.com/files/styles/article_large/public/2012/10/18/instagr.am_.jpg "Baby Elephant Rescued From Well [VIDEO]")
What did you do today? Because these people pulled a baby elephant out of a well and reunited it with its mom.
The group is the Amboseli Trust for Elephants and this is the best animal-related video you’ll see all week.
“We rescued this young eight months old calf early this week. Luckily the report came in early in the morning and we were able to get there quick before the mother was forced to leave by herders arriving to water their cattle. It was a happy ending as we were able to reunite the calf with her mother,” says ATE...Read here...
Thursday, October 18, 2012
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