According to a Washington Post article released tonight, US Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. and the Department of Justice (DOJ) are searching for a way to charge Wikileaks' Julian Assange under the Espionage Act, or probably any other act they can find that might fit. They sure do want the people to live in the dark or accept what they say as gospel! Read the article in the Post HERE.
I have read through many of the leaked cables. The main question that I have at this point is what type of classification system are these people using? The cables designated as secret and those categorized as confidential that I have read just do not fit the bill. I am feeling that they classify this stuff as secret and confidential just so no one can read it and not for any real reasoning at all. So one diplomat is gossiping about another – that falls in the category of embarrassing; not espionage. I am openly questioning the system of classification used by government officials and diplomats.
Anyone that regularly reads this blog knows that I quit participating in the vote anyway, but it seems that the Obama administration has forgotten promises of accountability and open government. They seem to consider all of us kindergarteners that can't handle reading a little bit of their embarrassing gossip.
Make sure that if you do vote in the U.S. you select your candidates cautiously, and anyone that advocates charging Assange under the Espionage Act or any other act should be OUT – if you appreciate the First Amendment of the United States Constitution.
Monday, November 29, 2010
Sunday, November 28, 2010
New Research: a New Factor Influences the Probability of Teen Drug Abuse
Over the years there has been an increase in substance abuse which has led to an increase in substance and drug addiction. As teens begin to abuse substances more often, parents are beginning to wonder what influences teen drug use. Many factors can influence the likelihood of a teen experimenting with drugs. New research has found a new factor that is not commonly heard of in most of the information currently available.The national center on Addiction and Substance abuse at Columbia University has found new research which identifies a new factor that can influence teenage substance abuse. According to the new research, family dinners can influence the probability of a teen using drugs. When teens who have family dinner often, five to seven times a week, are compared to teens who have family dinner infrequently, less than three times a week, the findings show that the teens who have dinner infrequently are twice as likely to expect to try drugs in the future. Seventy-two percent of teens believe that having frequent family dinners is important. Teens that do not often have family dinners are found to be twice as likely to have used tobacco, twice as likely to have used alcohol, and one and a half time likelier to have smoked marijuana. Teens that have family dinners are less likely to have friends who participate in substance abuse.
If you or someone you know is struggling with prescription drug abuse or addiction and is in need of help, Inspirations Teen Rehab offers a flexible and affordable teen addiction treatment program. Our aim is to treat the whole person, and not just an isolated symptom. During the addiction treatment process we will work with the teen to identify the factors that may have contributed to the prescription drug abuse and addiction – home, friends and medical history. We also believe that families have a vital role to play in the recovery process, and each addiction treatment program has a place for family participation, to educate them in the treatment process and to equip them for their role as supporters.
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Teens Abusing Depressants
Teens usually abuse depressants to experience euphoria. Depressants are also used with other drugs to add to the other drugs' high or to deal with their side effects. Teen abusers take higher doses than people taking the drugs under a doctor's supervision for therapeutic purposes.When a teen abuses depressants their mental functioning and judgment are impaired causing confusion and amnesia. Therefore, teens abusing depressants will have no recollection or events that occurred while under the influence. So, many times you will see the misuse of depressants to facilitate sexual assault. Also, abuse of depressants reduces the teen's reaction time.
Teens can rapidly develop dependence on and tolerance to depressants, meaning you need more and more of them to feel and function normally. This makes them unsafe, increasing the likelihood of coma or death.
As the abuse of depressants can relax the muscles, unwanted physical effects may occur, such as: slurred speech, lack of coordination, weakness, headache, lightheadedness, blurred vision, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, low blood pressure, and slowed breathing. Unlike barbiturates, large doses of benzodiazepines are rarely fatal unless combined with other drugs or alcohol. But unlike the withdrawal syndrome seen with most other drugs of abuse, withdrawal from depressants can be life threatening.
High doses of depressants or use of them with alcohol or other drugs can slow heart rate and breathing enough to cause death.
Common Depressants: Valium®, Halcion®, Ativan®, Klonopin®, Restoril® and Rohypnol®
Depressants Street Names: Barbs, Benzos, Downers, Georgia Home Boy, GHB, Grievous Bodily Harm, Liquid X, Nerve Pills, Phennies, R2, Reds, Roofies, Rophies, Tranks, Yellows
Common Depressants: Valium®, Halcion®, Ativan®, Klonopin®, Restoril® and Rohypnol®
Depressants Street Names: Barbs, Benzos, Downers, Georgia Home Boy, GHB, Grievous Bodily Harm, Liquid X, Nerve Pills, Phennies, R2, Reds, Roofies, Rophies, Tranks, Yellows
In the early stages of drug use/abuse it is difficult to separate typical adolescent behavior from chemically induced behavior. Some teens may not show obvious symptoms even in more advanced stages, and the parent may only sense something is wrong. Most teens, however, will exhibit many of the signs above, which can develop over a period of a few months or years. If you sense something is not right with your teen, we recommend that you take action to prevent a tragic outcome. Teen addiction and behavioral problems can be so severe that they can only be properly addressed with professional help in a controlled environment, such as our Teen Residential Addiction Treatment Center and Specialty School/Academy.
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Teen Cocaine Abuse and Addiction Treatment
Cocaine Street Names:Coca, Coke, Crack, Flake, Snow, Soda Cot, Blow, C, Marching powder, Nose candy
Cocaine is a strong addictive stimulant that produces an intense euphoria. Teens can abuse cocaine by snorting or injecting it into the veins after dissolving the powder in water. They can also abuse cocaine/crack by smoking it alone or mixing it with either marijuana or tobacco. Teens also abuse cocaine in combination with an opiate, like heroin, a practice known as "speedballing." Although injecting into veins or muscles, snorting, and smoking are the common ways of using cocaine, all mucous membranes readily absorb cocaine. Cocaine users typically binge on the drug until they are exhausted or run out of cocaine.
The intensity of cocaine’s euphoric effects depends on how quickly the drug reaches the brain, which depends on the dose and method of abuse. Following smoking or intravenous injection, cocaine reaches the brain in seconds, with a rapid buildup in levels. This results in a rapid-onset, intense euphoric effect known as a “rush.” By contrast, the euphoria caused by snorting cocaine is less intense and does not happen as quickly due to the slower build-up of the drug in the brain. Other effects include increased alertness and excitation, as well as restlessness, irritability, and anxiety in some users. Physiological effects of cocaine include increased blood pressure and heart rate, dilated pupils, insomnia and loss of appetite. The widespread abuse of highly pure street cocaine has led to many severe adverse health consequences such as cardiac arrhythmias, ischemic heart conditions, sudden cardiac arrest, convulsions, strokes and death. In some users, the long-term use of inhaled cocaine has led to a unique respiratory syndrome, and chronic snorting of cocaine has led to the erosion of the upper nasal cavity.
Tolerance to cocaine’s effects develops rapidly, causing users to take higher and higher doses. Taking high doses of cocaine or prolonged use, such as binging, usually causes paranoia. The crash that follows euphoria is characterized by mental and physical exhaustion, sleep, and depression lasting several days. Following the crash, users experience a craving to use cocaine again.
Overdose effects include agitation, increased body temperature, hallucinations, convulsions and possible death.
In the early stages of drug use/abuse it is difficult to separate typical adolescent behavior from chemically induced behavior. Some teens may not show obvious symptoms even in more advanced stages, and the parent may only sense something is wrong. Most teens, however, will exhibit many of the signs above, which can develop over a period of a few months or years. If you sense something is not right with your teen, we recommend that you take action to prevent a tragic outcome. Teen addiction and behavioral problems can be so severe that they can only be properly addressed with professional help in a controlled environment, such as our Teen Residential Addiction Treatment Center and Specialty School/Academy.
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Most Popular Prescription Drugs Abused by Teens
According to Prescription Drug Abuse, prescription drugs are the second most commonly abused category of drugs, running a close second behind marijuana and well ahead of cocaine, heroin and methamphetamines. In 2000, about 43 percent of emergency room visits for drug overdoses occurred because of the misuse of prescription drugs. The top 10 most abused prescription drugs may be listed in differing order depending on the statistical information used.
Hydrocodone
Hydrocodone belongs to the class of drugs called opioids, which are used for pain control in individuals who have moderate to severe pain. Opioids can be taken by mouth, crushed and snorted or injected. A number of deaths have been reported with injection of drugs intended for slow release in the body such as OxyContin, which is a derivative of hydrocodone. Opioids may cause constipation and drowsiness and can depress the rate of breathing and lead to death.
Codeine
Codeine is another opioid. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), codeine may cause respiratory depression and arrest, nausea, confusion, constipation, sedation and coma. The Drug Enforcement Administration says codeine is the most widely used narcotic in medical treatment and is one of the starting materials used to develop hydrocodone. It is usually taken in pill form and can be found in combination with acetaminophen or aspirin or as a cough suppressant in liquid form.
"Xanax"
"Xanax" is used for anxiety disorders, panic disorders and anxiety caused by depression. Drinking alcohol with "Xanax" increases the effects of the alcohol. According to drugs.com, "Xanax" is habit forming and should never be prescribed for people with a history of abuse or addiction to prescription drugs. Side effects can include risk-taking behavior, depression, hyperactivity, light-headedness, seizures, muscle twitching, jaundice and less frequent urination.
Adderall
Adderall is another stimulant that gained national attention when the son of former Vice President Al Gore was arrested for possessing Adderall, marijuana and Valium. Adderall is used to get a speedy high or "pull an all-nighter" to study.
Ritalin
Ritalin is a stimulant designed to increase alertness, attention and energy. It is commonly prescribed to children who have attention deficit disorder but is now a drug of choice among college students who are interested in staying up longer and studying harder. According to NIDA, the medication is usually taken orally, but people also dissolve it and inject the solution. However, it contains insoluble fillers that can block small blood vessels and cause tissue death.
Valium
Valium is the registered brand name of Diazepam. It is an anti-anxiety drug that changes the chemical balance in the brain and is often prescribed for alcohol withdrawal, shakiness, agitation and muscle pain. According to Prescription Drug Abuse, it is very common and easy to obtain. The body builds up a tolerance over just one month. Symptoms of abuse depend upon how long and at what level the person has been using the drug.
If you or someone you know is struggling with prescription drug abuse or addiction and is in need of help, Inspirations Teen Rehab offers a flexible and affordable teen addiction treatment program. Our aim is to treat the whole person, and not just an isolated symptom. During the addiction treatment process we will work with the teen to identify the factors that may have contributed to the prescription drug abuse and addiction – home, friends and medical history. We also believe that families have a vital role to play in the recovery process, and each addiction treatment program has a place for family participation, to educate them in the treatment process and to equip them for their role as supporters.
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Diagnosing and Treating Teen Behavior Problems
For most parents and professionals, it is comforting to have a point at which teen problematic behavior can be identified or diagnosed. For most people, this denotes the beginning of the search to find a solution and an understanding of the behavior. For insurance companies and subsequently, mental health professionals and medical doctors, a diagnosis is necessary to establish a basis for which insurance payment for treatment or therapeutic services can be granted. Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) and Conduct Disorder, are commonly diagnosed disorders for teenage behavioral problems. There are other disorders associated with behavioral issues such as Adjustment Disorders, Mood Disorders, and Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADD/ADHD).
A diagnosis is not the only source or beginning point for which teens, parents, and professionals begin to work toward a solution. Therapeutic approaches such as Solution Focused Therapy, Brief Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Psychotherapy, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (to name a few), are also the first steps towards solutions and healing for everyone involved.
TEEN BEHAVIOR TREATMENT PROGRAM
Inspirations Teen Rehab has created a behavioral treatment program for teens and families. The behavior treatment program includes therapeutic methods and skill building activities that are effective in working with adolescents:
• Psychotherapy
• Solution-Focused Therapy
• Trauma Therapy
• Individual Therapy
• Group Therapy
• Family Therapy
• Recreational Therapy
• Art Therapy
• Music Therapy
• Anger Management Skills
• Stress Management Skills
• Coping Skills
• Decision Making Skills
• Motivational Skills
• Communication Skills
• Team Building Skills
• Life Skills
• Physical Exercise Program
• Therapeutic High School Academic Program
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• Therapeutic High School Academic Program
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Saturday, November 27, 2010
The Ahmed Ghailani Verdict
I do not pretend to know the real facts in the case and to be honest, I have not read the 149 page indictment, but this isn't really about the details of the case anyway; it is about the extreme overkill and sensationalism exhibited by prosecutors in this case and most all other War on Terror cases and the use of torture to obtain a false confession. It is also about the future of War on Terror prosecutions. The indictment can be read HERE.
News articles state that Ghailani was charged with 285 counts, and not 308, so I must believe that 1) 23 counts were dismissed prior to trial; or 2) Ghailani was not charged with all of the counts that his co-defendants were charged with.
The New York jury acquitted Ahmed Ghailani on all counts except for one: Conspiracy to destroy U.S. property.
While this sounds like a victory of sorts, he will end-up receiving the lengthiest possible sentence on the one count and is unlikely to ever be released from U.S. custody anyway. What is significant in the case is that the jurors were instructed to throw out any evidence that the court deemed inadmissible because it was obtained through illegal torture. Is there legal torture? Hell, I am just using the court's wording.
The victory in this case is that a New York court, and obviously the presiding judge, has stated clearly that evidence obtained through torture is not evidence at all. False confessions will not be accepted!
I'm not even going to name the judge as the angry, torture-happy warmongers out there will need to find it on their own.
What U.S. military interrogators and U.S. prosecutors must have done to this man is unimaginable to me. We must appreciate the jury for acquitting Ghailani on all but the one count. I am only sorry that they couldn't acquit him on that one count also to send a clear message to U.S. prosecutors and the U.S. military forces that torture will not get them what they want and it is 100% unacceptable in a so-called free country. I only wish they had considered how important that message would have been to the entire world – forget the blood-thirsty warmongers I seem to encounter all too frequently. Just forget them because they do not deserve a minute of my valuable time.
Now for the real problem with the verdict:
The usual hard-liners will fight tooth and nail to make sure that there will never be another War on Terror trial in U.S. courts again. Every future case will be tried by a military commission. As with the Omar Khadr case and so many others torture will be absolutely acceptable to the warmongers in a military commission trial. And I have little doubt that the Obama administration and U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder will help the military keep the cases in its kangaroo courtrooms.
I feel good that a New York federal judge and a jury have decided that torture is not acceptable. The rest of it is another story…
Image: Old globe and Iraq 2007 © Marty Heitner / 2010 © iStockPhoto.com
Friday, November 26, 2010
At a Loss for Words
It is noticeable that I haven't been posting lately on this blog, but I am really at a loss for words these days. There is so much injustice to write about that I am unable to pick what is most important anymore. I feel that much of the U.S. population is on mind altering prescription drugs and any possibility of interactive discussion on any forum is out.
I started a thread on Amazon's forums to solicit donations for the Bradley Manning Defense Fund and that was beyond a total failure. I have come to the realization that the majority are pro-war and back the military and the U.S. government regardless of evidence of complicity or war crimes committed by soldiers. Stated simply, these people do not give a rat's ass and back their boys and girls in anything. It is all about the mission to them.
I encountered several responders that found pleasure in creating straw man arguments – as if anyone asked what they thought; it was a thread to remind people of Manning's plight. All they did was attack, call me names, and state things like, "I'd volunteer for the firing squad...." And yet another claimed to have bounties on Manning's and Julian Assange's heads – dead or alive. One peppered me with one stupid question after the other, demanded that I respond, and then attacked me when I did. He had back-up. Several twisted every little thing I stated, and of course I stated plenty in responding to the bullshit questions.
On the other hand, these straw man attackers had no issue with donation to a for-profit coffee company that services canteens for the military throughout the Middle East. The company claims to give a soldier a "cup of joe" for each donation of $2 and encourages contributors to pay for 5 or 10 cups. These morons would actually prefer to contribute to a war profiteer than to help a fellow soldier that is facing life in prison have a real defense, and all except one of the attackers actually convicted Manning already.
Does anyone in their right mind believe that Manning will have any semblance of a fair trial in a military court of justice? These hard-line military personnel and their families want Manning dead, so weighing the evidence is clearly out.
I haven't addressed the plight of Bradley Manning on this blog yet, but I do intend to within a few days. If he did turn over the documents and the Collateral Murder video, he is a real hero in this false War on Terror. Anything released by Wikileaks is merely a confirmation of statements I have made since late 2001, but the video did enlighten a few that were still in the dark, for what that's worth. Really – let's not pretend that Americans will get off their asses and demand accountability or anything close to it. It is so much easier to ride down the middle of the road claiming not to support war, but to support troops. Face it – if you support an all-volunteer force in wars then you support those wars.
I am just sick and tired of the hypocrisy that I encounter in this country. But I will be gathering my thoughts and words and posting more on the topic in short time.
I started a thread on Amazon's forums to solicit donations for the Bradley Manning Defense Fund and that was beyond a total failure. I have come to the realization that the majority are pro-war and back the military and the U.S. government regardless of evidence of complicity or war crimes committed by soldiers. Stated simply, these people do not give a rat's ass and back their boys and girls in anything. It is all about the mission to them.
I encountered several responders that found pleasure in creating straw man arguments – as if anyone asked what they thought; it was a thread to remind people of Manning's plight. All they did was attack, call me names, and state things like, "I'd volunteer for the firing squad...." And yet another claimed to have bounties on Manning's and Julian Assange's heads – dead or alive. One peppered me with one stupid question after the other, demanded that I respond, and then attacked me when I did. He had back-up. Several twisted every little thing I stated, and of course I stated plenty in responding to the bullshit questions.
On the other hand, these straw man attackers had no issue with donation to a for-profit coffee company that services canteens for the military throughout the Middle East. The company claims to give a soldier a "cup of joe" for each donation of $2 and encourages contributors to pay for 5 or 10 cups. These morons would actually prefer to contribute to a war profiteer than to help a fellow soldier that is facing life in prison have a real defense, and all except one of the attackers actually convicted Manning already.
Does anyone in their right mind believe that Manning will have any semblance of a fair trial in a military court of justice? These hard-line military personnel and their families want Manning dead, so weighing the evidence is clearly out.
I haven't addressed the plight of Bradley Manning on this blog yet, but I do intend to within a few days. If he did turn over the documents and the Collateral Murder video, he is a real hero in this false War on Terror. Anything released by Wikileaks is merely a confirmation of statements I have made since late 2001, but the video did enlighten a few that were still in the dark, for what that's worth. Really – let's not pretend that Americans will get off their asses and demand accountability or anything close to it. It is so much easier to ride down the middle of the road claiming not to support war, but to support troops. Face it – if you support an all-volunteer force in wars then you support those wars.
I am just sick and tired of the hypocrisy that I encounter in this country. But I will be gathering my thoughts and words and posting more on the topic in short time.
Monday, November 15, 2010
Over the Counter (OTC) Teen Cold Medication Abuse
DXM is a cough suppressor found in more than 120 over-the-counter (OTC) cold medications, either alone or in combination with other drugs such as analgesics (e.g. acetaminophen), antihistamines (e.g. chlorpheniramine), decongestants (e.g. pseudoephedrine) and/or expectorants (e.g. guaifenesin). The typical adult dose for cough is 15 or 30 mg taken three to four times daily. The cough-suppressing effects of DXM persist for 5 to 6 hours after taken. When taken as directed, side-effects are rarely observed.DXM when abused in high doses causes euphoria and visual and auditory hallucinations. Some of the many psychoactive effects associated with high-dose DXM include confusion, inappropriate laughter, agitation, paranoia, hallucinations and other sensory changes, including the feeling of floating and changes in hearing and touch.
Abusers take various amounts depending on their body weight and the effect they are attempting to achieve. Some abusers ingest 250 to 1,500 milligrams in a single dosage, far more than the recommended therapeutic dosages described above. Illicit use of DXM is referred to on the street as "Robo-tripping," "skittling” or “dexing." The first two terms are derived from the products that are most commonly abused, Robitussin and Coricidin HBP. DXM abuse has traditionally involved drinking large volumes of the OTC liquid cough preparations. More recently, however, abuse of tablet and gel capsule preparations has increased. These newer, high-dose DXM products have particular appeal for abusers: They are much easier to consume; they eliminate the need to drink large volumes of unpleasant-tasting syrup; and they are easily portable and concealed, allowing an abuser to continue to abuse DXM throughout the day, whether at school or work. DXM powder, sold over the Internet, is also a source of DXM for abuse. (The powdered form of DXM poses additional risks to the abuser due to the uncertainty of composition and dose.) DXM is also distributed in illicitly manufactured tablets containing only DXM or mixed with other drugs such as pseudoephedrine and/or methamphetamine. DXM is abused by individuals of all ages but its abuse by teenagers and young adults is of particular concern. This abuse is fueled by DXM’s OTC availability and extensive "how to" abuse information on various web sites. The 2006 Monitoring the Future (MTF) showed that 4%, 5%, and 7% of 8th, 10th, and 12th grade students, respectively, reported nonmedical use of DXM during the previous year. This was the first year MTF added DXM to the survey for students.
Long-term abuse of DXM is associated with severe psychological dependence. Abusers of DXM describe the following four dose-dependent "plateaus:"
Plateau Dose (mg) Behavioral Effects
1st 100–200 Mild stimulation
2nd 200–400 Euphoria and hallucinations
3rd 300– 600 Distorted visual perceptions Loss of motor coordination
4th 500-1500 Out-of-body sensations.
Most DXM-related deaths are caused by ingesting the drug in combination with other drugs. DXM-related deaths also occur from impairment of the senses, which can lead to accidents.
Teen Drug Treatment for OTC drug abuse and addiction is found in a teen drug rehab that incorporates an individual treatment plan and an educational component for Over The Counter drug abuse, in the teen drug rehabilitation program. The purpose of choosing to send a teen to a teen drug rehab is to address the drug abuse behavior immediately and prevent permanent damage to the teen. In teen rehab, teens will learn the skills necessary to live a fun sober life. Teens will gain an understanding of the cycle of addiction, gain knowledge of the 12 steps to recovery, cultivate individual accountability for daily life responsibilities, and begin to focus on family life and participation in the family, respecting and adhering to family structure, rules, boundaries, and guidelines. Teen rehab also provides numerous therapies to address issues that may have led to a teen “self medicating”. Therapies include individual, group, family, trauma, coping skills, education, music and art therapy, as well as a variety of experiential and holistic therapies.
If you know or suspect a teen is abusing or addicted to Over The Counter drugs, call for help. Inspirations Teen Rehab is a nationally recognized adolescent drug treatment center, designed to meet the needs of teens and their families.
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Why do people cut? - Cutting Treatment / Self Harm
Although cutting may provide some temporary relief from a terrible feeling, even people who cut agree that it isn't a good way to get that relief. For one thing, the relief doesn't last. The troubles that triggered the cutting remain — they're just masked over.
People don't usually intend to hurt themselves permanently when they cut. And they don't usually mean to keep cutting once they start. But both can happen. It's possible to misjudge the depth of a cut, making it so deep that it requires stitches (or, in extreme cases, hospitalization). Cuts can become infected if a person uses non-sterile or dirty cutting instruments — razors, scissors, pins, or even the sharp edge of the tab on a can of soda.
Most people who cut aren't attempting suicide. Cutting is usually a person's attempt at feeling better, not ending it all. Although some people who cut do attempt suicide, it's usually because of the emotional problems and pain that lie behind their desire to self-harm, not the cutting itself.
Cutting can be habit forming. It can become a compulsive behavior — meaning that the more a person does it, the more he or she feels the need to do it. The brain starts to connect the false sense of relief from bad feelings to the act of cutting, and it craves this relief the next time tension builds. When cutting becomes a compulsive behavior, it can seem impossible to stop. So cutting can seem almost like an addiction, where the urge to cut can seem too hard to resist. A behavior that starts as an attempt to feel more in control can end up controlling you.
There are better ways to deal with troubles than cutting — healthier, long-lasting ways that don't leave a person with emotional and physical scars. The first step is to get help with the troubles that led to the cutting in the first place.
Tell someone about your cutting problem. People who have stopped cutting often say the first step is the hardest — admitting to or talking about cutting. But they also say that after they open up about it, they often feel a great sense of relief. Choose someone you trust to talk to at first (a parent, school counselor, teacher, coach, doctor, or nurse). If it's too difficult to bring up the topic in person, write a note. Identify the trouble that's triggering the cutting. Cutting is a way of reacting to emotional tension or pain. Try to figure out what feelings or situations are causing you to cut. Is it anger? Pressure to be perfect? Relationship trouble? A painful loss or trauma? Mean criticism or mistreatment? Identify the trouble you're having, then tell someone about it. Many people have trouble figuring this part out on their own. This is where a mental health professional can be helpful.
Ask for help. Tell someone that you want help dealing with your troubles and the cutting. If the person you ask doesn't help you get the assistance you need, ask someone else. Sometimes adults try to downplay the problems teens have or think they're just a phase. If you get the feeling this is happening to you, find another adult (such as a school counselor or nurse) who can make your case for you.
Contact professionals/facilities that will help you with your cutting problem. Most people with deep emotional pain or distress need to work with a counselor or mental health professional to sort through strong feelings, heal past hurts, and to learn better ways to cope with life's stresses. Although cutting can be a difficult pattern to break, it is possible. Getting professional help to overcome the problem doesn't mean that a person is weak or crazy.
Inspirations Teen Rehab Therapists and counselors are trained to help people discover inner strengths that help them heal. These inner strengths can then be used to cope with life's other problems in a healthy way.
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People don't usually intend to hurt themselves permanently when they cut. And they don't usually mean to keep cutting once they start. But both can happen. It's possible to misjudge the depth of a cut, making it so deep that it requires stitches (or, in extreme cases, hospitalization). Cuts can become infected if a person uses non-sterile or dirty cutting instruments — razors, scissors, pins, or even the sharp edge of the tab on a can of soda.
Most people who cut aren't attempting suicide. Cutting is usually a person's attempt at feeling better, not ending it all. Although some people who cut do attempt suicide, it's usually because of the emotional problems and pain that lie behind their desire to self-harm, not the cutting itself.
Cutting can be habit forming. It can become a compulsive behavior — meaning that the more a person does it, the more he or she feels the need to do it. The brain starts to connect the false sense of relief from bad feelings to the act of cutting, and it craves this relief the next time tension builds. When cutting becomes a compulsive behavior, it can seem impossible to stop. So cutting can seem almost like an addiction, where the urge to cut can seem too hard to resist. A behavior that starts as an attempt to feel more in control can end up controlling you.
There are better ways to deal with troubles than cutting — healthier, long-lasting ways that don't leave a person with emotional and physical scars. The first step is to get help with the troubles that led to the cutting in the first place.
Tell someone about your cutting problem. People who have stopped cutting often say the first step is the hardest — admitting to or talking about cutting. But they also say that after they open up about it, they often feel a great sense of relief. Choose someone you trust to talk to at first (a parent, school counselor, teacher, coach, doctor, or nurse). If it's too difficult to bring up the topic in person, write a note. Identify the trouble that's triggering the cutting. Cutting is a way of reacting to emotional tension or pain. Try to figure out what feelings or situations are causing you to cut. Is it anger? Pressure to be perfect? Relationship trouble? A painful loss or trauma? Mean criticism or mistreatment? Identify the trouble you're having, then tell someone about it. Many people have trouble figuring this part out on their own. This is where a mental health professional can be helpful.
Ask for help. Tell someone that you want help dealing with your troubles and the cutting. If the person you ask doesn't help you get the assistance you need, ask someone else. Sometimes adults try to downplay the problems teens have or think they're just a phase. If you get the feeling this is happening to you, find another adult (such as a school counselor or nurse) who can make your case for you.
Contact professionals/facilities that will help you with your cutting problem. Most people with deep emotional pain or distress need to work with a counselor or mental health professional to sort through strong feelings, heal past hurts, and to learn better ways to cope with life's stresses. Although cutting can be a difficult pattern to break, it is possible. Getting professional help to overcome the problem doesn't mean that a person is weak or crazy.
Inspirations Teen Rehab Therapists and counselors are trained to help people discover inner strengths that help them heal. These inner strengths can then be used to cope with life's other problems in a healthy way.
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Thursday, November 11, 2010
New Censorship Trends in the US
Anderson Cooper is running again on CNN as I type. It is Anderson Cooper and his sidekick Amber Lyons that bashed Craigslist all over the place and succeeded in getting the online publisher to remove the "adult services" and the "adult gigs" categories as I described in Censorship by False Light. Well now the censors are after Backpage.com with the same reasoning of a 14 year-old runaway being pimped on the website. They have titled this attack "Children Sold for Sex on the Internet".
Some lousy bimbo (a woman in Missouri) pimps this 14 year-old runaway and the entire world of adult business in the US is under attack. The reality is that this girl ran away from home and met a bad person – this happens every day everywhere. How does this give Anderson Cooper and Amber Lyons the right or the platform to pursue any online publisher that offers adult businesses ad space?
As with Craigslist, the people at Backpage are being harassed and pursued with a vengeance. The target is really adult business though, and that is obvious. I posted a few days ago about a new form of censorship in Google Maps on my Blueprint Blog. When did the words sexy and stripper become "naughty" words according to Google? I am picturing some ancient prune in the background deciding what is good for all of us, and let's face it – the US depends on Google these days.
Now Anderson Cooper is back to attacking Amazon. Well, my books are distributed by Amazon and my company is the publisher. Granted, the book described by Cooper is abhorrent, but now the show is going after Amazon to remove other books.
They have really gone crazy with this. I have never heard of any pedophile reading a book for instructions so in my opinion this is being blown way out of proportion. It is a flippin' book for crying outloud! There are people posting on forums everywhere demanding a list of books be removed from Amazon or threatening that the company would be boycotted. So now we have the censors controlling what books will be sold where. Why not just burn them all – I'm sure these groups can find something wrong with lots of books, and that includes many classics and the Bible.
What I am really sick of hearing is the crowd that claims to not want to ban any books, but finds reason to ban that particular pedophile book. Well it looks like they've now expanded that but to include other books in the demands of banishment to Amazon, again under threat of boycott.
Do you really believe it will stop with a couple of pedophile books? Not a chance, and the earlier pursuits of the show prove that.
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Teen Huffing/Inhalant Abuse and Treatment
If you’ve ever come across a smelly marker, you’ve experienced an inhalant. They seem harmless, but they can actually be quite dangerous. Inhalants are chemical vapors that people inhale on purpose to get “high.” The vapors produce mind-altering, and sometimes disastrous, effects. These vapors are in a variety of products common in almost any home or workplace. Examples are some paints, glues, gasoline, and cleaning fluids. Many people do not think of these products as drugs because they were never meant to be used to achieve an intoxicating effect. But when they are intentionally inhaled to produce a “high,” they can cause serious harm.Although inhalants differ in their effects, they generally fall into the following categories:
[b]Volatile Solvents[/b], liquids that vaporize at room temperature
[b]Aerosols[/b], sprays that contain propellants and solvents
[b]Gases[/b], that may be in household or commercial products, or used as medical anesthetics
[b]Nitrites[/b], a class of inhalants used primarily as sexual enhancers. Organic nitrites include amyl, butyl, and cyclohexyl nitrites and other related compounds.
[b]What Are the Common Street Names?[/b]
Common slang for inhalants includes "laughing gas" (nitrous oxide), "snappers" (amyl nitrite), "poppers" (amyl nitrite and butyl nitrite), "whippets" (fluorinated hydrocarbons, found in whipped cream dispensers), "bold" (nitrites), and "rush" (nitrites).
Statistics show that one in five students in America has used an inhalant to get high by the time he or she reaches the eighth grade. The largest demographic to abuse are teenagers ages 12 to 17. The next group that follows them is the 18 to 25 age group. Huffing is extremely dangerous. Huffing involves inhaling volatile substances, in order to get high.
Huffing is an addictive behavior and a growing addiction among the adolescent/teen population. Seek professional assistance immediately. Inspiration’s Teen Rehab specializes in residential adolescent addiction treatment with individualized treatment for “huffing” abuse and/or addiction. A call today can save your teen’s life.
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Teen Marijuana Abuse, Addiction and Treatment
Teens use Marijuana in many ways. The most common method is smoking loose marijuana rolled into a cigarette called a “joint” or “nail.” Sometimes marijuana is smoked through a water pipe called a “bong.” Others smoke “blunts”—cigars hollowed out and filled with the drug. And some users brew it as tea or mix it with food.
Some people mistakenly believe that “everybody's doing it” and use that as an excuse to start using marijuana themselves. Well, they need to check the facts, because that’s just not true. According to a 2009 survey called Monitoring the Future, about 7 percent of 8th-graders, 16 percent of 10th-graders, and 21 percent of 12th-graders had used marijuana in the month before the survey. In fact, marijuana use declined from the late 1990s through 2007, with a decrease in past-year use of more than 20 percent in all three grades combined from 2000 to 2007. Unfortunately, this trend appears to be slowing, and marijuana use remains at unacceptably high levels, as the most commonly used illegal drug.
When people smoke marijuana for years they can suffer some pretty negative consequences. For example, because marijuana affects brain function, your ability to do complex tasks could be compromised, as well as your pursuit of academic, athletic, or other life goals that require you to be 100 percent focused and alert. In fact, long-term users self-report less life satisfaction, poorer education, and job achievement, and more interpersonal and mental health problems compared to non-users.
Many people don’t think of marijuana as addictive—they are wrong. In 2007, the majority of youth (age 17 or younger) entering drug abuse treatment reported marijuana as their primary drug abused. Marijuana increases dopamine, which creates the good feelings or “high” associated with its use. A user may feel the urge to smoke marijuana again, and again, and again to re-create that experience. Repeated use could lead to addiction—a disease where people continue to do something, even when they are aware of the severe negative consequences at the personal, social, academic, and professional levels.
If you are a friend or family member of a teen struggling with marijuana abuse and or addiction, call now for help.It is never too late to prevent and/or stop an addiction. You as a parent of a family member can prevent a tragic outcome. Don't let your child become a statistic.
Teen Addiction Help: 1-888-757-6237
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Some people mistakenly believe that “everybody's doing it” and use that as an excuse to start using marijuana themselves. Well, they need to check the facts, because that’s just not true. According to a 2009 survey called Monitoring the Future, about 7 percent of 8th-graders, 16 percent of 10th-graders, and 21 percent of 12th-graders had used marijuana in the month before the survey. In fact, marijuana use declined from the late 1990s through 2007, with a decrease in past-year use of more than 20 percent in all three grades combined from 2000 to 2007. Unfortunately, this trend appears to be slowing, and marijuana use remains at unacceptably high levels, as the most commonly used illegal drug.
When people smoke marijuana for years they can suffer some pretty negative consequences. For example, because marijuana affects brain function, your ability to do complex tasks could be compromised, as well as your pursuit of academic, athletic, or other life goals that require you to be 100 percent focused and alert. In fact, long-term users self-report less life satisfaction, poorer education, and job achievement, and more interpersonal and mental health problems compared to non-users.
Many people don’t think of marijuana as addictive—they are wrong. In 2007, the majority of youth (age 17 or younger) entering drug abuse treatment reported marijuana as their primary drug abused. Marijuana increases dopamine, which creates the good feelings or “high” associated with its use. A user may feel the urge to smoke marijuana again, and again, and again to re-create that experience. Repeated use could lead to addiction—a disease where people continue to do something, even when they are aware of the severe negative consequences at the personal, social, academic, and professional levels.
If you are a friend or family member of a teen struggling with marijuana abuse and or addiction, call now for help.It is never too late to prevent and/or stop an addiction. You as a parent of a family member can prevent a tragic outcome. Don't let your child become a statistic.
Teen Addiction Help: 1-888-757-6237
http://www.inspirationsyouth.com
http://www.inspirationsteenrehab.com
Addiction Treatment for Young Adults and Adults : 1-888-387-6237
http://www.covecenterforrecovery.com
Adolescents and MDMA/ Ectasy
MDMA (or 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine) is often called a "club drug" because people frequently take it at all-night dance parties ("raves"), bars, clubs, and concerts. Other club drugs include ketamine, GHB (gamma hydroxybutyrate), Rohypnol (flunitrazepam), and methamphetamine. People may take MDMA to have enough energy to keep dancing or partying all night or for a feeling of emotional warmth and a general sense of well-being. MDMA acts as both a stimulant and a hallucinogen. Unfortunately, users may not realize that MDMA may hurt them. In some cases, its abuse can be fatal.
MDMA is usually taken orally, in a pill, tablet, or capsule. It may also be crushed and snorted or injected. Each tablet contains between 60 and 120 milligrams of MDMA, plus other unknown "fillers."
MDMA is not a safe drug-even if taken only once in a while. It can change the way the brain functions, impairing the senses, memory, judgment, and coordination.
Side effect are:
Confusion
Anxiety
Sleep problems
Heatstroke (hyperthermia)
Nausea
Muscle tension
Blurred vision
Faintness
Chills
Sweating
Teeth clenching
Depression the following day
Teens using MDMA may experience the following:
Forgetfulness
Loss of coordination, dizziness, or fainting
Depression
Confusion
Sleep problems
Dental problems
Excessive thirst
Drugs in general are highly addictive and addiction is a medical condition. A user is trying to achieve the same high that they felt on their first time of use, however, a user can never get the same high. It only takes one use of a drug to become addicted. It only takes one use to overdose or die. Like all medical conditions, treatment is necessary. If you or someone you know is struggling with drug abuse or addiction, call Inspirations Teen Rehab for help. Inspirations offers a one of a kind teen addiction treatment program that is very flexible to fit the needs of each teen including the opportunity to continue their high school academics without losing time or high school credits. The teen drug and alcohol rehab program has been featured on the Dr. Phill show, in a segment called Dangerous Fads in subject of “Huffing” one of teens’ new addiction.
It is never too late to prevent and/or stop an addiction. You as a parent of a family member can prevent a tragic outcome. Don't let your child become a statistic.
Reach out to us. Recovery from addiction is just a click or a phone call away. If the information you are looking for is not found here and you need immediate attention you may contact us:
Teen Addiction Help: 1-888-757-6237
http://www.inspirationsyouth.com
http://www.inspirationsteenrehab.com
Addiction Treatment for Young Adults and Adults : 1-888-387-6237
http://www.covecenterforrecovery.com
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Sex Trafficking and Poverty
I am watching a special on MSNBC titled Sex Slaves: Texas about young women and teens trafficked from Honduras that end-up in the global sex trade. First they are placed in brothels in Mexico and then later moved to cantinas in Texas. The story focus is on Houston.
At one point in the story the narrator speaks about a specific victim and her background of poverty, stating: "Her mother works for a US company (pineapple plantation) in Honduras, taking home the equivalent of US $5 a day in pay." The story continues with the victim talking about her want to buy her mother a car and how the family has nothing and lives in a shack without plumbing.
No plumbing is somewhat common in rural South Texas near the Mexican border; I know as I have lived there. It is likely common elsewhere too. I can always sympathize with true poverty as I have been there, though briefly, but still been there. People that experience real poverty for much of their lives sometimes are unaware of how different life can be and do not strive to escape it, but people that are dropped into such situations briefly often vow to never return at any cost.
I do sympathize with the victim in the story and she is obviously a victim of real sex traffickers and pimps. I do not place all the blame on the sex traffickers though. This victim's mother, like so many others, is a victim of U.S. or multi-national corporations that keep workers at a barely sustainable wage. They can never get ahead to get away from it and are trapped in a world of poverty for life. Their daughters easily fall victim to any moron with a line of crap about a great job in the U.S. Can you say United Fruit Company…
Ah, but United Fruit Company was far from alone in its day. It has since been replaced by something no less evil. Did you know that most U.S. corporations and multi-nationals doing business in Mexico pay Mexican workers an average of $5 a day? These workers suffer in poverty with no viable relief except to travel to the U.S. with hope.
Did you know that U.S. foreign policy is sometimes based on keeping these corporations safe as they conduct business in the poorest areas of the world? We never hated Communism and Socialism as so many have claimed. What we really hated was nationalization. Our wealthy corporate big shits had to steal the land and use it to put money in shareholder pockets while paying a barely sustainable wage to workers that worked in extreme conditions for the worse pay in the world. It is a practice that has continued for centuries now and often our military are the guardians that enforce it.
Some people are aware of this and some are not, but few seem to care in their Barbie world. We can pretend all day that the U.S. despises Fidel Castro or Hugo Chavez because they're Socialists or Communists, but the truth is all in the nationalization and the refusal to hand over the lands to foreign corporations to use and abuse at will.
Wages in Honduras are actually higher than in many areas of the world. I found this great chart: List of Minimum Wages by Country (Wikipedia). Check out where some of the lowest wages are today and you'll understand the heavy U.S. presence and involvement in politics and elections in these areas.
I really sympathize with this victim on the MSNBC show, but I ask you: Who has really victimized this girl and her family? Who or what enabled that severe poverty she grew-up with? What is the World Bank for 10 points? (just like on Jeopardy – a U.S. tv show).
There are other guilty entities and parties in history though. I never have told anyone how or what prompted me to quit grad school, but I will say that my last class involved my presentation on the topic of foreign direct investment (FDI) in Latin America from the late 1800s forward to World War 2. I didn't choose this topic – trust me; It was assigned. Another story for another day…
At one point in the story the narrator speaks about a specific victim and her background of poverty, stating: "Her mother works for a US company (pineapple plantation) in Honduras, taking home the equivalent of US $5 a day in pay." The story continues with the victim talking about her want to buy her mother a car and how the family has nothing and lives in a shack without plumbing.
No plumbing is somewhat common in rural South Texas near the Mexican border; I know as I have lived there. It is likely common elsewhere too. I can always sympathize with true poverty as I have been there, though briefly, but still been there. People that experience real poverty for much of their lives sometimes are unaware of how different life can be and do not strive to escape it, but people that are dropped into such situations briefly often vow to never return at any cost.
I do sympathize with the victim in the story and she is obviously a victim of real sex traffickers and pimps. I do not place all the blame on the sex traffickers though. This victim's mother, like so many others, is a victim of U.S. or multi-national corporations that keep workers at a barely sustainable wage. They can never get ahead to get away from it and are trapped in a world of poverty for life. Their daughters easily fall victim to any moron with a line of crap about a great job in the U.S. Can you say United Fruit Company…
Ah, but United Fruit Company was far from alone in its day. It has since been replaced by something no less evil. Did you know that most U.S. corporations and multi-nationals doing business in Mexico pay Mexican workers an average of $5 a day? These workers suffer in poverty with no viable relief except to travel to the U.S. with hope.
Did you know that U.S. foreign policy is sometimes based on keeping these corporations safe as they conduct business in the poorest areas of the world? We never hated Communism and Socialism as so many have claimed. What we really hated was nationalization. Our wealthy corporate big shits had to steal the land and use it to put money in shareholder pockets while paying a barely sustainable wage to workers that worked in extreme conditions for the worse pay in the world. It is a practice that has continued for centuries now and often our military are the guardians that enforce it.
Some people are aware of this and some are not, but few seem to care in their Barbie world. We can pretend all day that the U.S. despises Fidel Castro or Hugo Chavez because they're Socialists or Communists, but the truth is all in the nationalization and the refusal to hand over the lands to foreign corporations to use and abuse at will.
Wages in Honduras are actually higher than in many areas of the world. I found this great chart: List of Minimum Wages by Country (Wikipedia). Check out where some of the lowest wages are today and you'll understand the heavy U.S. presence and involvement in politics and elections in these areas.
I really sympathize with this victim on the MSNBC show, but I ask you: Who has really victimized this girl and her family? Who or what enabled that severe poverty she grew-up with? What is the World Bank for 10 points? (just like on Jeopardy – a U.S. tv show).
There are other guilty entities and parties in history though. I never have told anyone how or what prompted me to quit grad school, but I will say that my last class involved my presentation on the topic of foreign direct investment (FDI) in Latin America from the late 1800s forward to World War 2. I didn't choose this topic – trust me; It was assigned. Another story for another day…
Reflections on Hypocrisy
Some readers of this blog are already aware that I quit participating in the elections. I spent an incalculable amount of time working to get Obama in the White House for one main reason: his intention to immediately end the war once he was in office. There was also the promise to close Guantanamo Bay camps, and to a lesser extent, the promise of universal healthcare.
I never believed that Obama could accomplish the universal health care – face it, there are too many wealthy opponents (mostly Republicans) that would rather people like me just died. I am one of many with no health insurance and serious medical issues, and I have no doctor to go to. I had to decide that I no longer cared.
I did believe Obama when he stated that if the war had not already ended by the time he was in office, it would be the first thing that he would do: END the WAR! Don't recall him saying that? No problem – play the YouTube in this blog's header. The band is nuERA and the song is Head of State. The clip at the beginning is from an October 2007 Obama campaign speech; one that I believed. The clip at the very end is of President Obama post-election.
Are the Guantanamo Bay camps closed? If you think they are it's only because you stopped paying attention; I didn't.
Now I see in the news that President Obama intends to compromise with the conservative Republicans in some off-the-wall attempt to be re-elected in 2012. Excuse me – he has already compromised anything and everything that mattered to me as I spent an incalculable amount of time working to get him elected the first time.
In mid-term elections many Democrats were tossed out and replaced by conservative Republicans, many of the Tea Party persuasion. Are you telling me that Obama doesn't know why this happened, as it will soon happen with his own office? It is because he compromised those that believed in him the most: people like me. He compromised all of his promises and instead escalated more wars. Look at the US presence in the Middle East today as evidence.
I do not give a flying crap who is president anymore – you have that correct – even if it's Tea Party queen Palin. The same goes for each and every Democrat in the Senate and the House that consistently vote in favor of more war spending (they call it defense and military spending), more restrictions on the American people in the form of invasive searches and an end to civil liberties in the form of legislation like renewals of Patriot Act. Apparently I am not alone.
You see, the warmonger Republicans are at least straightforward and honest about their intentions. The Democrats just lied and voted their real thoughts and intentions. Not much worse than liars riding on the backs of the millions that allowed them to be where they are today.
If President Obama doesn't get what he has done here and why things went as they did, well, then he is not as intelligent as I believed. I sure didn't expect him to fix the economy – hell – Bush spent 8 years killing it in various ways.
People often forget about and discard what is no longer convenient in an agenda. Too bad.
I thank wakeuphate29 for the excellent and informative YouTube and nuERA for the timely music of Head of State.
I never believed that Obama could accomplish the universal health care – face it, there are too many wealthy opponents (mostly Republicans) that would rather people like me just died. I am one of many with no health insurance and serious medical issues, and I have no doctor to go to. I had to decide that I no longer cared.
I did believe Obama when he stated that if the war had not already ended by the time he was in office, it would be the first thing that he would do: END the WAR! Don't recall him saying that? No problem – play the YouTube in this blog's header. The band is nuERA and the song is Head of State. The clip at the beginning is from an October 2007 Obama campaign speech; one that I believed. The clip at the very end is of President Obama post-election.
Are the Guantanamo Bay camps closed? If you think they are it's only because you stopped paying attention; I didn't.
Now I see in the news that President Obama intends to compromise with the conservative Republicans in some off-the-wall attempt to be re-elected in 2012. Excuse me – he has already compromised anything and everything that mattered to me as I spent an incalculable amount of time working to get him elected the first time.
In mid-term elections many Democrats were tossed out and replaced by conservative Republicans, many of the Tea Party persuasion. Are you telling me that Obama doesn't know why this happened, as it will soon happen with his own office? It is because he compromised those that believed in him the most: people like me. He compromised all of his promises and instead escalated more wars. Look at the US presence in the Middle East today as evidence.
I do not give a flying crap who is president anymore – you have that correct – even if it's Tea Party queen Palin. The same goes for each and every Democrat in the Senate and the House that consistently vote in favor of more war spending (they call it defense and military spending), more restrictions on the American people in the form of invasive searches and an end to civil liberties in the form of legislation like renewals of Patriot Act. Apparently I am not alone.
You see, the warmonger Republicans are at least straightforward and honest about their intentions. The Democrats just lied and voted their real thoughts and intentions. Not much worse than liars riding on the backs of the millions that allowed them to be where they are today.
If President Obama doesn't get what he has done here and why things went as they did, well, then he is not as intelligent as I believed. I sure didn't expect him to fix the economy – hell – Bush spent 8 years killing it in various ways.
People often forget about and discard what is no longer convenient in an agenda. Too bad.
I thank wakeuphate29 for the excellent and informative YouTube and nuERA for the timely music of Head of State.
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