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The graying of the baby boomers
Jonathan Rollins October 15, 2008
The graying of the baby boom generation is a good news-bad news proposition for the counseling profession.
The good news? Numerous mental health experts believe baby boomers have largely come to disregard the stigma that their parents once so strongly attached to mental health services. As a result, many professionals anticipate that baby boomers will readily partake of counseling services as they deal with issues of aging.
That should make counselors stand up and take notice, especially considering that the 78 million members of the baby boom generation will begin turning 65 in 2011. According to statistics from the Institute of Medicine (IOM), the number of adults age 65 and older in the United States will almost double between 2005 and 2030 to more than 70 million, constituting almost 20 percent of the population.
American Counseling Association member Chris Johnson, a professor of gerontology and sociology at the University of Louisiana-Monroe (ULM) Institute of Gerontology, believes aging baby boomers could do much in the coming years to move counseling — and particularly gerontological counseling — even more securely into the mainstream.
The bad news? Johnson and other counselors worry the profession isn't truly prepared to fully seize this opportunity.
"Are we ready for the number of Americans age 65 and older to almost double?" asks Johnson. "Are counselors readily equipped to handle that? Do they understand the biology of aging and the multiple changes that seniors go through? The baby boomers present us with a demographic imperative, but when you look at the sheer numbers, it's amazing that many counselor education programs ignore gerontology courses — especially gerontology counseling courses. The baby boomers are going to be more willing to see counselors than their parents, and I think gerontological counselors are going to be in high demand."
Carolyn Greer, president of the Association for Adult Development and Aging, a division of ACA, agrees with that assessment. "Anytime you're looking at such a large segment of the population, you better be paying attention. More and more counselors are going to be faced with this person who is older and who is confronting concerns about aging," she says. "But from the AADA perspective, there are not as many gerontological counselors as there need to be, and gerontology has not been given as much attention in counselor education programs as perhaps it should."
The newly revised standards of the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP), which were officially adopted last July and will go into effect July 2009, reflect this seeming lack of enthusiasm for gerontology among counselor education programs. In a column for the August 2008 issue of Counseling Today, CACREP Executive Director Carol L. Bobby and CACREP Director of Accreditation Robert I. Urofsky noted, "The 2009 Standards delete the program area for Gerontological Counseling because few counselor education departments have sought accreditation for this specialization."
While the 2008 IOM report Retooling for an Aging America: Building the Health Care Workforce doesn't focus on counseling, it predicts that as baby boomers age, "they will face a health care workforce that is too small and critically unprepared to meet their health needs." The report urges initiatives to boost recruitment and retention of geriatric specialists and emphasizes that more health care providers need to be trained in the basics of geriatric care. The same report says about 4 percent of social workers specialize in gerontology — roughly one-third of the estimated need.
Mary Finn Maples, a past president of ACA who has written and presented extensively on baby boomers and gerontological counseling, says counselors across the spectrum — from mental health and couples counselors to career and addictions counselors — should anticipate that aging baby boomers will impact their work. "But gerontological counselors who are prepared to work with the aging and their special needs will be of optimum necessity," says Maples, professor emerita of counseling and educational psychology at the University of Nevada, Reno. She adds that she wants "potential gero-counselors to understand the urgency that exists in helping this 'silver tsunami' that is headed our way. … I would like to encourage skilled and experienced counselors to consider receiving training and preparation in working with this unique and very special population."
In that vein, Johnson invites interested counselors to learn about the 18-hour online gerontology certificate offered through the ULM Institute of Gerontology by calling him at 318.342.1467 or visiting ulm.edu/~gero/.
Climbing the Medicare mountain
Beyond questions of whether most counselors are properly prepared to help baby boomers address issues of aging is the problem of Medicare reimbursement.
"Medicare is the nation's largest health insurance program, covering more than 40 million beneficiaries — mostly senior citizens. Obviously, with the graying of the baby boom generation, there are going to be millions more Medicare beneficiaries over the coming years," explains ACA Director of Public Policy and Legislation Scott Barstow. "Medicare covers the services of psychologists and clinical social workers, in addition to psychiatrists and other physicians, but it doesn't cover counselors. Consequently, with the graying of the baby boomers, this is going to mean there are millions and millions of people counselors can't get reimbursed for seeing. That's a big problem."
If the situation remains status quo, Barstow says, when baby boomers turn 65, they will have the following choice: paying out of their own pockets to see a Licensed Professional Counselor or having their visits to psychologists, psychiatrists or social workers covered by Medicare. For counselors in group practice, there are some ways around the Medicare reimbursement lockout, he says, "but if you're in private practice, that's a huge segment of the population that you're going to be missing out on at some point."
Barstow is optimistic that LPCs can achieve Medicare reimbursement, but not until they grasp the seriousness of the situation and start to consistently and energetically advocate for themselves in large numbers. ACA is currently lobbying congressional offices and urging all state counseling branches to get their members engaged in grassroots work in support of Medicare reimbursement of counselors (see Washington Update, p. 12).
"We're very, very close, and I think we've got a good chance of getting in next year," Barstow says, "but it's not going to happen if counselors don't get upset about it and take action. Other people — related professions — aren't going to do the work for us."
To achieve this goal, Barstow urges counselors to call their senators and representatives and ask them to cosponsor S. 921 and H.R. 1588, respectively (both pieces of legislation are known as the Seniors Mental Health Access Improvement Act). For more information, visit the ACA website ( counseling.org) and click on "Public Policy," then "Current Issues" and read the position paper on "Medicare Coverage of Licensed Professional Counselors."
"I think Medicare reimbursement is a major concern to professional counselors," says Jim Cook, assistant professor and director of the professional counseling program at McKendree University and a member of ACA, the Association for Specialists in Group Work and the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision. "As an educator, I fear that some very talented students will avoid counseling older adults because of a concern that their interests and skills will not translate into jobs as private practitioners. I also believe that Medicare reimbursement is important to our sense of identity and morale as professional counselors who work with aging populations. For professional counselors who work in situations in which they must bill under other mental health professionals, I think it sends a message that a counseling degree is a less valuable degree. Gaining Medicare coverage would help level the field with our mental health colleagues, while also expanding employment opportunities for counseling graduates."
"One of the greatest things that could happen would be for counselors to be recognized by Medicare," Greer confirms. "Counselors are at risk of being shut off from baby boomers, and that's not a good thing. That's a fifth of your possible population. But beyond reimbursement, we also ought to look at it from a societal standpoint. What are the implications? What impact might that have on our society if these aging baby boomers can't readily access counseling?"
While Greer says much of the stigma surrounding mental health services has dissipated during the baby boomers' lifetime, she thinks some stigma still remains concerning seeing psychiatrists, who are covered under Medicare. More important, she says, counselors are generally more accessible than other mental health professionals currently covered under Medicare, such as psychologists and clinical social workers, especially in rural areas. Greer hopes politicians will give weight to the issue of accessibility when considering legislation that would include counselors under Medicare. "If you have such a large portion of your population that is aging, why wouldn't you want to ensure that they have some access to mental health care?" she says.
Johnson, who maintains a part-time private practice in which he works with middle aged and older couples and individuals, doesn't see Medicare reimbursement of counselors as a critical issue. Generally, he says, baby boomers will enter their later years better off financially than previous generations and will likely carry private insurance rather than relying solely on Medicare. In addition, Johnson believes baby boomers are what he terms "better shoppers for health services," in part because of their generally higher levels of education. Instead of automatically accepting the cheapest alternative, he says, they search for higher quality services that will meet their needs and pay close attention to credentials when choosing service providers. Johnson thinks this generational mind-set will steer many baby boomers toward professional counseling services, even if those services aren't covered under Medicare.
Still, Johnson is a proponent of counselors and marriage and family therapists attaining coverage under Medicare. "And with the number of counselors and MFTs out there, we have the potential to change the current situation," he says.
Johnson says many baby boomers have also indicated a preference not to have their mental and emotional issues treated with drugs. This is to the advantage of counselors, he says, not only in earning the trust and business of baby boomers, but also as another justification of why Medicare should cover LPCs. "Many psychiatrists are treating with drugs, not therapy," he says. "This is costly for the government and also puts this population at risk of overmedication, especially as their metabolism slows down. So you have both a biological argument and a financial argument for including counselors."
The biggest concerns for those turning 60
According to a U.S. Census Bureau study cited by AADA President Carolyn Greer, those individuals who are turning 60 are most concerned about:
Losing their health
Losing their ability to care for themselves
Losing their mental abilities
Running out of money
Opportunity comes knocking
Despite the obstacles, those who work with baby boomers and older adults are energized by the opportunities this population presents to the counseling profession. "It's really an exciting time for counselors right now as we transition to this huge demographic change," Johnson says.
The baby boomers' sheer numbers, their openness to counseling and the fact that they are entering a new and challenging stage of life have some professionals anticipating that an unprecedented demand for counseling services could be just around the corner. In other words, the opportunity may exist for counselors to make themselves indispensable in helping aging baby boomers confront a wide spectrum of issues — and perhaps increase awareness of counseling as a valuable service for succeeding generations in the process.
Greer believes the graying of the baby boom generation offers real opportunities for counselors to prove their effectiveness, not only as practitioners, but also as advocates. She points out that numerous studies have forewarned of the burden aging baby boomers will place on the U.S. health system, while mostly ignoring or glossing over the issue of mental health care. "That's a major place where counselors can come in, looking at and raising awareness of the mental health angle," she says. "We also need to work with other groups, such as AARP, for example, to make sure they recognize that counselors are a valuable resource for the aging population."
In addition, while Greer serves as president of AADA, the division is creating downloadable brochures on topics related to aging that counselors, doctors and other service providers can display in their offices for clients. The hope is to reach aging clients while simultaneously educating other service providers about the unique needs of baby boomers and older adults. "We need to get doctors to recognize that healthy aging is not just about the physical, but also the mental and emotional," Greer says.
Of course, for the counseling profession, awareness needs to be raised on the home front as well. "With this population … there is a need for trained professionals to assist older adults and an opportunity for counselors to expand their current practices," says ACA member Wendy K. Killam, associate professor and director of the community counseling program at Stephen F. Austin State University. "The opportunities include not only providing mental health counseling services, but also career counseling and consultation services."
But taking full advantage of these opportunities will require the counseling profession to make some adjustments, according to Maples. "The unique characteristics of this group will cause paradigm shifts in both training and practice of counselors who work with baby boomers," she says. "Often, counselors do not realize the uniqueness of this population. We will never be effective or successful if we look at counseling as 'one size fits all.' Each client or group of clients brings specific characteristics to the counseling relationship."
"Likewise," she continues, "as in any counseling relationship, cultural and ethnic considerations must be uppermost in the counselor's mind — and actions — when working with baby boomers. If counselors do not possess and demonstrate multicultural competencies and applications, they will not be effective with their clientele. All clients come from unique cultures, and it is (incumbent) upon the effective counselor to practice this knowledge in all counseling relationships. As a colleague of mine says to all of his students, 'All counseling is multicultural!'"
Major baby boomer issues
You don't have to specialize in working with baby boomers to guess that issues surrounding retirement loom large for this age group. Often chief among their concerns is how they will survive financially.
According to a March 2007 United Nations study, life expectancy in the United States is expected to increase from 78.5 years in 2007 to 84.5 years in 2050 (for comparison, U.S. life expectancy was 70.8 years in 1970). "So one issue baby boomers are facing is can they actually afford it financially to live longer," Greer says. "Some of them are reaching 60, 65 and realizing, 'Social Security is not even going to begin to pay my bills.' They may not have prepared for their retirement adequately, particularly for living 20 to 30 years past retirement age. They can really experience a lot of stress from that. They're saying, 'Retirement is upon me, but it doesn't look like the pie in the sky I was expecting.'"
On the basis of the statistics, many baby boomers will either delay retirement or reenter the workforce in some capacity after retiring. According to the U.S. Census Bureau's 2008 Statistical Abstract of the United States, 5.5 million individuals 65 and older were in the workforce in 2006; that number is projected to reach 10.1 million by 2016.
"There are a number of baby boomers who are going through career transitions," Killam says. "It is not uncommon for a person to retire, only to then return to the workforce in a different position to help supplement retirement income. The reasons for this are multifaceted. Some people need the extra income, while others find that retirement does not provide meaning in their lives."
"It can be very difficult for an experienced worker to have to take orders from a young person," she continues. "Counselors can assist older adults in coping with making transitions and with exploring career options in terms of transferability of skills. … This age group has job skills that, even if the job has changed, the skills are transferable to other jobs. The key for the counselor is helping the client to understand how to apply the skills in a new environment."
In many instances, Johnson says, finances aren't the only shock to the system baby boomers experience upon retiring. "The question is also how couples prepare for the married part of retirement," he says. "Are they well prepared to live together 24 hours a day? That can create havoc in a home."
Many men, in particular, aren't truly ready to retire, he says. They haven't developed many hobbies outside of work, and, other than their wife, most of their friendships were based at or around work as well. "So the husband tends to rely on his wife for all of his intimacy and friendship needs," Johnson says, "and she can become overloaded."
In addition, he says, retired males often experience a lack of purpose. "The husband may suddenly want to rearrange everything in the kitchen when he has never shown any interest previously," Johnson says. "Again, this can cause tension and fights." In his practice, Johnson often sees older male clients who, in the winter when they can't get out and work in the yard, become depressed, in large part because their level of social engagement is decreased. In some cases, he says, this leads to chronic TV watching or even a dependence on alcohol, gambling addiction or other pathologies.
Cook likewise contends that social interaction is a vital cog in healthy aging. "I think it is important for professional counselors to understand the unique needs of the aging person. For example, physical limitations often affect social functioning and vice versa," Cook says. As baby boomers age, he explains, they encounter a number of social transitions (the death of a spouse, retirement) and physical transitions (problems with walking, hearing loss, vision difficulties) that make life more challenging. "Subsequently, our world sometimes gets smaller and smaller," he says. "For example, after a man's spouse dies, he may no longer think it is important to walk downstairs to watch TV or visit the local park on weekends, physically limiting his world. Or a woman stops having dinner with her family because she cannot hear the conversations around her, socially limiting her world. Interventions that examine the interplay of the aging person's physical/social world are needed to fully understand and treat the problems of the aging person. From our research (conducted by Cook and his colleagues), we believe that counseling groups are such an intervention."
Depression is another common problem for older adults, and Greer wonders whether baby boomers might struggle with this even more. "This group never thought they were going to grow old," she says. "They picked up on the concept of exercise and fought to stay young, as evidenced by the rise in plastic surgery. They said to themselves, 'I am just not going to get old like my parents.' But now, they're having to accept that reality." Counselors will need to take a different approach with the baby boom generation, she adds. "Counselors should recognize that this is a different stage of depression than they have seen in younger clients," she explains. "It's related to the baby boomers' acceptance of their own mortality and the aging process."
But counselors also need to look for other issues that may be triggering depression and stress among baby boomers. In many instances, Greer says, this involves evaluating what is happening in the rest of the baby boomers' family system. For example, she says, many baby boomers are helping to raise their grandchildren because their adult children have either returned home or are not responsible parents. In the years ahead, Greer also suspects that counselors will see many baby boomers trying to serve as caregivers for their spouses who have Alzheimer's. Maples adds that some baby boomers feel the squeeze on both sides, not only trying to assist their adult children or grandchildren, but also trying to provide care to their own elderly parents.
Then there are issues that might not readily spring to mind. For instance, Maples says, because of growing health problems as they age and the ease of obtaining prescription drugs, many baby boomers struggle with alcohol and drug abuse.
"And believe it or not," Johnson says, "many baby boomers need some sex education." As a cohort, he says, baby boomers have been more sexually active than their parents and desire to remain sexually active in their later years. With drugs such as Viagra helping to make this desire a reality, health professionals have witnessed a steady increase in the number of sexually transmitted diseases among middle aged and elderly populations over the past decade or so, Johnson says. He attributes this to many baby boomers having outdated views of sex and protection from STDs. For example, with the risk of pregnancy gone after menopause, many baby boomers don't think there is any reason to practice safe sex with different partners, never considering the possibility of picking up an STD, he says. "But in these leisure communities, do you think all those single people are abstinent?"
Touching a chord with baby boomers
As is the case with almost any client population, employing effective counseling skills with baby boomers is only part of the equation. A significant number of baby boomers aren't likely to waltz into any counselor's office unless that counselor first uses effective outreach strategies.
"How do you meet them?" asks Chris Johnson, who came to the University of Louisiana-Monroe to start the school's gerontology program and who, as a private practitioner, specializes in working with clients who are middle age and older. "First and foremost, you possess a specialization in gero counseling that you can market to senior populations. Then you give talks at churches where the young-old and middle-old are more likely to hang out. You give talks at the local chamber of commerce and clubs. You go to the Council on Aging and offer free seminars. You go to hospitals and offer free seminars. You write a column on topics of aging for your local newspaper."
Johnson recommends that counselors write about or present on some of the following topics sure to pique the interest of many baby boomers.
Marriage and the later years
Sex and impotency
Caregiving issues
Suicide/suicide prevention
Dementia, delirium and depression
Finding meaning in the later years
Developing social networks in the later years
Personality disorders in the later years
— Jonathan Rollins
Working with baby boomers
In Maples' opinion, spirituality is one consideration that doesn't receive enough attention in connection with the baby boom generation. Maples believes, based on studies she has conducted since 2005, that "baby boomers are seeking a greater sense of meaning in life than any group before them." She is quick to point out that "spirituality," in this case, "should not be equated with religion, except as an individual chooses to include it." With some exceptions, she says, baby boomers are not turning toward organized religion for answers to life's questions or challenges, yet this group does identify their quest for meaning and purpose as being spiritual in nature. "Baby boomers seek fulfillment in more creative and unique ways," Maples says, "such as through nature, maintaining physical health, reading, having spiritual mentors, seeking resolution to life's problems within themselves, but not necessarily solving them — thereby leading them to seek counselor assistance."
Interestingly, she says, this search for meaning doesn't seem to be limited to baby boomers in the United States. In 2003, while teaching counselor education in Guatemala, Maples found that her students, the majority of whom were baby boomers, and their baby boomer clients often "spoke of being rootless and purposeless in their lives." In fact, she says, many of them described themselves as "existing" rather than "living." And when Maples presented a Learning Institute on spirituality and wellness in baby boomers at the 2008 ACA Conference in Hawaii, she says the session attracted baby boomer attendees from 12 different countries.
Yet Maples has also found that even counselors who care deeply about helping their clients resolve issues related to spirituality and meaning are often unprepared to do so. "Hence my plea for more effective training of counselor education graduate students and professors to work with those searching for life, career and relationship fulfillment," she says.
But Maples has also observed that baby boomers often tend to be in a hurry. Perhaps for that reason, she says, life coaching is becoming more attractive to this age group, as are online delivery models. "I find that my certification as a distance counselor has been extremely helpful in working with these clients," she says.
In large part to address the unique needs of baby boomers, Maples and two other colleagues recently started a new business called TLC Inc., which stands for Transition Life Coaching. One of the women is a certified financial planner and will handle financial coaching for baby boomer clients. Another colleague who has a doctorate in counselor education and is the assistant dean of a medical school will handle the wellness aspects of life coaching. And Maples says she will "deal with clients making transitions — in their careers, in their geographic locations, to retirement, experiencing the empty nest syndrome, seeing loved ones die, seeking meaning in life and having to make life changes. … Baby boomers, because of their great numbers, are ideal candidates for this type of assistance."
Ideally, counselors would undertake some preventive work with baby boomers, but the reality is that counselors will most often find themselves helping these clients with "how can you get through this?" Greer says. "Generally, people don't pay attention until they're in the problem. So baby boomers are going to need more aftercare from counselors."
One exercise Greer finds effective is to have baby boomers and mature clients draw an "age line" so they can review significant points from throughout the course of their life. She has them talk about the challenges they faced along the way and discuss how they overcame them. "I try to help them see the positives that emerged from those challenges," she says. "This gives them insight into their coping skills."
"The counselor needs to be equipped with and knowledgeable of brief therapy and also understand family structural issues," says Johnson, who likes to use genograms with baby boomers and mature clients. He says a repertoire of cognitive and behavioral therapies and family systems therapy are very useful. In marriage therapy with this population, he acknowledges using some of John Gottman's ideas (such as the "four horsemen of the apocalypse" — four key problems that lead to divorce) blended with transactional analysis and rational emotive therapy.
Based on research that he and his colleagues have conducted, Cook recommends counseling groups as particularly effective interventions in working with baby boomers and older adults. "I believe that groups with an emotional element are able to move the client to process life experiences," he says. "Counseling groups in particular are perfect interventions because they can be used as a vehicle to tap the emotional aspects of the aging person's physical and social experience. These groups can be used as a platform to promote a connection between the knowledge of living a healthy lifestyle with the behavior of living a healthy lifestyle."
Counselors also need to be aware of their own attitudes in working with baby boomers and aging adults, Killam adds. "It is important for the counselor to be sensitive to the needs of the client and to not impose his or her values on the client," she says. "Too often, people — including counselors — have an image in their mind of what older adults are capable of doing and, if not careful, one's biases may negatively impact the counseling process."
Jonathan Rollins is the editor-in-chief of Counseling Today. Contact him at jrollins@counseling.org.
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Adult Development & Aging, Spirituality and Religious Values
Getting educated on psychopharmaceuticals
By Kathryn Foxhall October 14, 2008
Depending on the incidents or data one has reference to, psychopharmaceutical use in children and adolescents today is helpful, harmful, overenthusiastic or downright scary. And all of those factors are valid reasons for counselors to know more about the medications and how they are used, say many counselors and researchers.
"Most counselors, as far as we know, are not trained in psychopharmacology," says Elliott Ingersoll, president-elect of the Association for Spiritual, Ethical and Religious Values in Counseling, a division of the American Counseling Association. But he asserts that the issues surrounding that subject add up to the biggest mental health issue of our century.
It's a current fact that many children and adolescents are taking psychopharmaceuticals, say people studying the issue. According to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), the use in children of several types of psychotropic drugs has increased sharply. Likewise, a number of counselors say a significant portion of their child and adolescent clients are on medications for mental health problems. "Whether we want to accept it or not, it's reality," says Jason King, a Utah counselor who has written on the subject.
Ingersoll notes that a class he teaches at Cleveland State University on psychopharmaceuticals is half filled with school counselors who "have so many kids coming in on meds that they feel they are not prepared and they want more training."
Given the high prevalence of prescriptions, it's ironic that another reason counselors need to know more about these medications is the paucity of scientific information on how they work in children. Until the mid-1990s, there was little research related to children on any medication, including psychotropics.
"It is revealing that the dramatic increase in pediatric use of psychotropics preceded the expansion of research," said Benedetto Vitiello, chief of the child research branch at NIMH, in a 2007 journal review. And although pediatric medication studies have increased significantly over the past 13 years, particularly with incentives in national legislation, Vitiello said, "The overall approach to pediatric psychopharmacology research remains reactive rather than proactive and practice-driven rather than theoretically informed by the most current neuroscience findings."
That's why counselors' mindfulness of medication can be very important, said Vitiello in a recent interview with Counseling Today . "What counselors also should know is, when you start a medication, you don't know, really, that it is going to help the patient. So, it is in some ways an experiment. And everyone needs to try to gather the information in order to determine eventually if the medication is helpful or not. And the counselor can be of extreme relevance
Talking to doctors
Counselors particularly need to understand psychotropic medications so they can coordinate with physicians on patients' care, commenters say. As it is, says Vitiello, the two professions "live in two different worlds. They don't share the information. And, therefore, they don't coordinate. And that is not optimal."
"Oftentimes," he continues, "the counselor actually spends much more time with the patient than the person who prescribes the medication, so there is a lot of information that the prescriber — the psychiatrist, typically, or the pediatrician — can gather from this feedback from a counselor."
ACA member John Sommers-Flanagan, a professor of counseling at the University of Montana, points to studies showing that, often, physicians treating patients with depression spend no more than 15 minutes a session with them.
Particularly in light of that, Vitiello says, counselors who know about medications and side effects may be able to detect safety issues. He notes, for example, that sometimes a patient beginning an antidepressant can feel restless or panicky or have insomnia, and those types of effects might come up in the discussion with the counselor.
But in addition, say researchers, counselors can simply keep physicians informed about patients' progress.
King finds doctors are often happy to coordinate with a counselor. "Physicians love it because they have a hard time, a lot of times, working with these patients," he says. Physicians sometimes tell him they have no idea how patients are doing after they have been prescribed psychotropic medications, he adds.
Coordination is possible
Several researchers and counselors also emphasize that coordinating with physicians not only is possible, but also may be easier and more successful than counselors think.
Ingersoll, for example, recently supervised a school counseling student working with a child who was on various medications that could be expected to put her to sleep. And, indeed, the girl was falling asleep in class. As information broker, Ingersoll says, the counselor needed to understand the child's meds and then take what he calls a resourceful "one-down" position in talking to the doctor.
He suggested the student counselor obtain the clearance form needed for sharing information with the physician and then tell the doctor, "I am really hoping that you can give me some quick education, but I also had a couple of quick questions for you." When the counselor in training told the physician she had heard the medications' side effects might include sleepiness and that the child was falling asleep in class, the doctor agreed to lower the dosages, which helped enormously.
That need for resourceful communication is another reason medication knowledge is important for counselors, Ingersoll says. "The counselor needs to quickly and succinctly articulate the concern," he stresses, "and do so in a way that's more likely to increase the probability of the doctor saying, 'Oh, this person is just caring about the client.'"
Sommers-Flanagan advises counselors to make "very clear reference to specific symptoms that you have observed, trying to be balanced and objective. Be respectful, but be assertive. You have a unique perspective. You actually sit with or play with or talk with the child or adolescent for a much longer period of time than the physician. And let the physician know, 'I would like to be a helpful set of eyes for you.'"
Sommers-Flanagan also suggests that counselors take a hint from physicians who coordinate with other physicians. When counselors begin treating a patient who is on medication, they might write a short note to the physician and possibly consider sending updates every few weeks. That cultivated relationship can prove helpful if a counselor later thinks that medications need to be adjusted, he says.
King says that while some counselors, particularly those in private practice, may hesitate to actually refer patients for assessment for prescription medication, it is a standard practice among his colleagues. If a patient is not responding in therapy and agrees to the need for an evaluation for medication, he says, "I type up a brief letter that gives the diagnosis and my recommendations for certain medications, and I give it to the patient, and the patient will take that to the physician." Often, he says, the physician will then call him and begin a collaboration.
"It's actually a really easy process," he says. In fact, he adds, that kind of coordination has led physicians to refer patients to him.
Talking to patients
Counselors also need to understand medications so they can talk directly to clients about them, contend some counseling experts.
Adolescents and their parents know a lot about medications already because of TV commercials, ads in magazines and information on the Internet, King says. At the very least, he believes counselors need to know more about the topic than the general public. He says the knowledge he gained in taking a psychopharmacology class as he earned his master's in mental health counseling has helped him to answer client questions, make recommendations and clarify some myths.
Sommers-Flanagan says he may inform clients that although a certain medication can be very effective, for a small number of people it "can have side effects that make you feel really uncomfortable from the inside out, really kind of awful." He might also mention that some people on medications have strange and violent thoughts and make clients aware that, if that happens, they should tell him, their family or the psychiatrist.
"The purpose is not to frighten them," he says, "but to inform them, because, obviously, they deserve that information. These are not medications that are neutral. They have an effect."
Ingersoll says counselors can also help patients deal with reticence or ambivalence over taking psychopharmaceuticals.
"What we can do is become good information brokers in our role as advocates," he says.
King says some clients have told him that they are planning to get off of a medication. "And I say, 'Don't. Talk to your prescriber first.'" He then informs the clients of the side effects they could experience if they stop taking their medications abruptly. He also documents in his case notes that he covered that information with his clients.
Those incidents underscore that, in many instances, King may be more likely than the prescribing professional to be aware of when a patient wants to stop taking a medication or wants to take a higher dosage. That's important, he says, because, "I have a better opportunity to actually intervene."
At the same time, Ingersoll asserts that what counselors should or are even allowed to say about medication is not laid out well in legal and ethical guidance. Indeed, he thinks professional organizations need to give their members "a kind of a protocol on what a counselor can and cannot do with regard to medication."
Standing up for counseling
Sommers-Flanagan says counselors also need to know about medications so they can be knowledgeable in standing up for the counseling profession. Having long analyzed the science behind antidepressants, he says, "It's really important to remember that the effectiveness of what we offer — counseling — is at least as powerful as the antidepressant medication in the long run. And we should not be shy about saying, 'We have something really helpful to offer.'" And, he emphasizes, counseling does not include some of the negative side effects that antidepressants sometimes exhibit.
Along the same lines, Ingersoll asks a thought-provoking question: "When was the last time you saw a commercial for counseling?" Sometimes, he asserts, counselors need to serve as the brake for all the information the pharmaceutical companies feed into the consumer culture.
Sommers-Flanagan also urges counselors to pass along an important message to clients: "This pill is not the skill. Let's teach you how to deal with difficult emotions, because you are going to have difficult emotions in your life. And we all need to learn how to deal with them."
More than the mechanics
Ingersoll also warns that counselors need to educate themselves broadly about the psychological, physiological, cultural, social and developmental aspects of psychopharmaceuticals. A general course on the medications, he says, might have the "mechanisms of action, the side effects of the meds, the parts of the brain they are supposed to work on." While that's a start, he says, that type of information doesn't cover some of the main issues.
If counselors believe that advocacy is part of their job, Ingersoll asserts, "You really have to understand the dynamics of the pharmaceutical companies, the politics of diagnosing children with adult disorders. And you have to be able to ask a question: Was this person appropriately assessed? Were they appropriately diagnosed? Did the parents understand the potential side effects of the medication?"
He warns counselors to look for the agenda in any piece of information. On the one hand, he says, a TV commercial for a drug is not a good source of information. On the other hand, he cautions, there are also groups with rabidly antipsychiatric agendas.
"Be prepared to dwell in complexity," Ingersoll says, "because where the mind and the brain are concerned, we do not have simple answers, and that is a good thing. So if you have an absolute certainty about what is going on, you are probably wrong."
The expanding research
To make things more complex, counselors may also need to continually reeducate themselves about psychopharmaceuticals, because what's known about them may change rapidly in the coming years. One reason for this is that since the mid-1990s, when Congress discovered that "Children are not little adults," more funding has been made available for studies of medications in children.
Another factor is that medical research is reaching some real landmarks. For example, over the last two years, genomics researchers have been surprised at the explosion in findings linking genetic variation to health conditions. Connections already have been made for obsessive-compulsive disorder, autism, post-traumatic stress disorder and schizophrenia. A major purpose for that research is the discovery of new molecular medication targets.
At the same time, researchers worry that those genetic findings will be overinterpreted before science really knows enough about them. As NIMH's Vitiello says, "It's not ready for prime time."
Brain imaging studies and research on brain chemistry are also likely to continue having implications for medications.
Kathryn Foxhall is a freelance writer living in Washington, D.C. She has more than 30 years of experience writing on topics of health and health policy. Contact her at kfoxhall@ix.netcom.com.
Kids and psychopharmaceuticals
How should counselors educate themselves about psychopharmaceutical use in children? Following are some resources that experts recommend.
Current medical literature
Several researchers advise counselors to go directly to the current medical literature to read about psychotropic medications. PubMed at the National Library of Medicine site (nlm.nih.gov/) indexes all biomedical research. Using that search engine's "Limits" to look for "review" articles on a topic, the reader can find overviews as opposed to incremental research.
Benedetto Vitiello of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) does caution that while review articles and textbooks are helpful, they can age very quickly, given the speed of the research. He also suggests that when studies are in the news, counselors can go to PubMed to read at least the research abstract for further understanding.
Counselor educator John Sommers-Flanagan recommends the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry for regular updates.
Counselor educator Elliott Ingersoll advises reading any study critically. For example, look for the authors' affiliations and try to determine if a pharmaceutical company funded the study, he says. Journal articles usually include indications of any significant monetary relationship. Also look to see if the article was published in a journal or a journal supplement, because journal supplements are sometimes totally funded by pharmaceutical companies, Ingersoll says.
Know the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders( DSM) to understand the language of symptoms, Ingersoll says. But, he cautions, also understand that the younger the child, the less accurate the DSM will be. It's also helpful to simply obtain the pocket version that includes the symptom list, he says.
Counselor Jason King recommends Ingersoll's book, coauthored by Carl F. Rak, Psychopharmacology for Mental Health Professionals: An Integral Approach.
Experts also recommend Basic Psychopharmacology for Counselors and Psychotherapists, by Richard Sinacola and Timothy Peters-Strickland, and the PDR Drug Guide for Mental Health Professionals.
Sometimes, popular books can be "a little over the top," but still informative, Ingersoll says. For example, he recommends Our Daily Meds by Melody Petersen, which is about the pharmaceutical industry.
"Look at websites that are both positive and negative about medications. You will find both — and lots of them," advises Sommers-Flanagan. "Google searches or other kinds of searches about the specific medications will give you a glimpse of what the pharmaceutical companies are saying, which will be very positive." Look also at what some of the watchdog groups are saying, even those that are scathing critics of psychiatry, he says.
In addition, the NIMH website ( nimh.nih.gov) has news and other information about medication-related findings, behavioral interventions and other research.
Vitiello recommends the websites of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry ( aacap.org/) and the American Psychiatric Association ( psych.org/) for background on the most commonly prescribed drugs.
The National Institutes of Health also offers a list of sites with extensive information on specific pharmaceuticals at nlm.nih.gov/services/drug.html.
King recommends Epocrates.com for information on drugs and side effects.
Ingersoll recommends Critical Think Rx (criticalthinkrx.org/), a site that recently came online and for which he consulted. It includes learning modules on psychopharmacology, including some of the broader issues, he says.
Counselors and others also recommend looking online at the most recent treatment guidelines for mental health treatment and medications. Possible sources are the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, the American Psychiatric Association, NIMH, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
Sommers-Flanagan calls continuing education workshops, such as those provided by the American Counseling Association, essential for counselors. King suggests taking advantage of the offerings of companies that provide continuing education credits, as well as workshops presented by professional speakers nationwide.
— Kathryn Foxhall
Professional Issues, psychopharmaceuticals
Exercising our rights
Richard Yep October 2, 2008
Next month, more than 120 million voters will cast a ballot for president of the United States. In addition to those who have voted in several previous elections, there will be a large number who will be casting a ballot for the very first time. Call me an optimist, but I think that when you vote, you are empowered. So, regardless of who you vote for, I hope you will exercise the right to do so, keeping in mind that many people living outside of the United States do not have the same rights and privileges.
You might agree with me that many public policy makers and other government officials just don't have a very clear idea about what professional counselors actually do, nor do they understand the extensive training, expertise and background that counselors possess. I am hoping we will continue working toward ensuring that those who serve as public officials will indeed know what you do, and that is why I am challenging you to get involved.
To make things a little more "real" for those outside the profession, I ask you to make sure that all elected officials know about the great work performed by counselors. Whether you work in schools, private practice, community agencies, rehabilitation facilities, hospitals, corporations or other settings, you can do much to empower your profession, and do much for your clients, by letting those involved in public policy know about the good work professional counselors do.
I also encourage you to "get involved" with what we here at the American Counseling Association are doing to advocate for the profession. You can help educate public policy decision makers about the importance of counseling services, including those being provided each and every day to members of the military, to the public at large, to those who can afford such services and to those who cannot. Advocating for your profession and for those whom you serve is critical to moving our agenda forward.
We also need to look at how to form coalitions with those who will advocate with us on issues of common concern. Sometimes, pairing professional organizations with consumer groups can create a very strong voice for the advocacy of counseling services. If you need more information about the issues on which ACA is working or guidance on how to improve your advocacy skills on behalf of the profession, go to counseling.org/publicpolicy or call our highly trained public policy staff at 800.347.6647 ext. 354.
Speaking of elections, in just another month or so, you will also be asked to cast a ballot for the next ACA president-elect. You have some highly qualified and dedicated members running for that office this year. There are also a number of open seats in divisions and regions. Please take a moment to read through the questions and answers from the president-elect candidates (see p. 38), and make sure you follow the directions on how to cast your ballot. Remember, voting is empowerment, so why not take advantage of the opportunity?
ACA has been fortunate to have some wonderful leaders over the years. During my time with the association, I have been honored to work with more than 20 men and women who have served as ACA president. I want you to know that one of our "stars," Dr. Ken Hoyt, who served as ACA president in 1966-67, passed away at the end of August. Our deepest condolences went to his family. I know that many in the profession have noted the incredible contributions that Ken made to the improvement of counseling. In next month's issue of Counseling Today, we will be profiling the life and work of Ken Hoyt.


PDMP Information for prescribers..... We have been working with NarxCare (ApprissHealth) Reports over the past several months!
Basic Comparison of NarxCare Reports and Virginia PDMP.
Turn around time: 1. Narxcare Reports = about 10 seconds; 2. Virginia PDMP = about 45 seconds.
automatically for provider with data from EMR. Still SLOW but useable.
2. Virginia PDMP = 95%.
from State PDMP. We have had to go to PARTIAL NAME searches for some patients if correct reports are not found. THAT IS VERY CUMBERSOME. HINT: for your State PDMP - if you are not getting the correct report - don't get frustrated as we did!! ( We had patients that have ongoing prescriptions for scheduled drugs and NarxCare reports were 100% correct but VA PDMP reports were bringing up the wrong patient (same name and DOB but different residence and different prescriptions!). It took a call to VA PDMP to sort this out. Patient had a Middle initial on the First Name line - - without that initial - we kept getting the wrong patient - and NO choice of patients with the same name. Answer - Partial First and Partial Last name search. Gave us the 2 patients and we could then select the one we wanted. Frustrating and cumbersome - but it worked!
As providers, we expect to put in the most accurate data and get the most accurate results. We have to understand the vagaries of aggregate data and the searches. So, when your PDMP does NOT return your expected patient - don't get flustered - use PARTIAL NAME SEARCHES! Partial Name searches can be the 1st 3 letters of Last name and 1st 3 letters of First name and then the DOB!!! You might then get what you need to find!
I will give you some illustrations of Partial Name Searches in another blog! I will also give prescribers some help with performing queries and analyzing data in upcoming blogs. Visual Data representation of PDMP reports is much more useful to me - I will show you some of these in upcoming blogs!
PDMP query - it's the law! Make the PDMP work for YOU!


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This is the simplest way to cast a baitcaster can not get a backlash.
So this is an old video, but I gotta say… good instructions. I finally decided to pick up a baitcaster. I've always been a spinning reel guy. I watched your vid and was casting without backlash right away. Thanks!
Very nice. You did a good, simple, and easy to understand explanation of how to cast with this. A friend took me out fishing a few years ago and handed me a baitcaster reel. We went out to the big lake where I spent the first hour untangling the line after every cast. I quickly got the hang of it and used it quite effectively afterward. I forgot how it worked since then, so I'm glad I watched this video. I will go out and try it this weekend.
Nice video. I think a lot of people are intimidated by baitcast setups because of backlashes, however if they set the drags correctly(as you depicted) backlashes should rarely occur.
Thanks for the explanation, just getting into fishing and bought a baitcaster, didn't know it was anything more than a nice feeling reel. Time to go buy the right line and keep practicing.
Thanks for explaining it. I just picked up a bait caster and have been trying it with 17 lb fluorocarbon line. Gonna switch over to the 30 lb braided to make it easier. Thanks again!!!!!
The OG Flair videos coming in clutch🤙🏽 always come back to this one whenever I need to re assure myself or think I'm doing something wrong.
You have the wrong set up for a right handed dominance.
I love your videos, but I love it even more when u said "a 45 degree angle" and your rod was almost parallel to the ground. 4:07. Lol. Please keep doing what your doing, your videos are great and I love to watch them.
Best how to ive seen. Good stuff! Great tutorial!
Great vid. Bought a bait cast rig last week and went straight to the river to try it out. What a mess I had. Gave up because I knew I had to be doing something wrong and broke out a fly rod I had with me. Went home and watched a few vids then went in the back yard to practice and was able to get in some good casts. It was amazing to me how many experts (?) cast and retrieved with their strong hand. That is so clumsy looking. After watching this vid I changed a couple of thingsI was doing and am casting much better. Thanks.
You said casting into the wind make sure your brake system is very high is that correct?
I hear that radioactive in there, 2018??
Thank you for the great instructions. Received the reel for Christmas, juster started using it in August. Thanks for the advice.
who's watching in 2017? jesus Andrew you grew so much !
Thanks. I just learned where I was messing up.


4:2 and having fasted forty days and forty nights, afterwards he hungered.
4:3 And the tempter coming up to him said, If thou be Son of God, speak, that these stones may become loaves of bread.
4:4 But he answering said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word which goes out through God's mouth.
4:6 and says to him, If thou be Son of God cast thyself down; for it is written, He shall give charge to his angels concerning thee, and on [their] hands shall they bear thee, lest in anywise thou strike thy foot against a stone.
4:7 Jesus said to him, It is again written, Thou shalt not tempt [the] Lord thy God.
4:9 and says to him, All these things will I give thee if, falling down, thou wilt do me homage.
4:10 Then says Jesus to him, Get thee away, Satan, for it is written, Thou shalt do homage to [the] Lord thy God, and him alone shalt thou serve.
4:11 Then the devil leaves him, and behold, angels came and ministered to him.
4:16 -- the people sitting in darkness has seen a great light, and to those sitting in [the] country and shadow of death, to them has light sprung up.
4:17 From that time began Jesus to preach and to say, Repent, for the kingdom of the heavens has drawn nigh.
4:19 and he says to them, Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.
4:20 And they, having left their trawl-nets, immediately followed him.
4:22 and they, having left the ship and their father, immediately followed him.
4:23 And [Jesus] went round the whole [of] Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the glad tidings of the kingdom, and healing every disease and every bodily weakness among the people.
4:24 And his fame went out into the whole [of] Syria, and they brought to him all that were ill, suffering under various diseases and pains, and those possessed by demons, and lunatics, and paralytics; and he healed them.
4:25 And great crowds followed him from Galilee, and Decapolis, and Jerusalem, and Judaea, and beyond the Jordan.


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Ratchet and Clank Adoption Movie Review
Ratchet, an unassuming Lombax, hopes to leave his job as a mechanic's assistant to join the Galactic Rangers in their quest to save the galaxy from the villainous Chairman Drek– and the Rangers have an opening. However, Ratchet is very small, and the heroic leader Captain Qwark, ridicules him and sends him away. However, with the help of Clank – a defective robot that Chairman Drek cast away – Ratchet saves the day, and is thrust into membership with the Galactic Rangers. However, Qwark becomes jealous of Ratchet's growing popularity, and his jealousy leaves him vulnerable to manipulation by the Chairman, who is hungry for power.
The Adoption Connection
Ratchet does not know his own history; he was found by the mechanic who he assists, and does not know where he came from. He bonds with Clank when he realizes that they both were found with "no notes, no message, no name."
The mechanic with whom Ratchet lives fills somewhat of a father-like role for him.
Ratchet is initially discouraged, believing that he cannot be a hero. His father figure tells him, "To be a hero, you don't have to do big things, just the right ones." In doing the right things, Ratchet truly proves himself to be a hero.
When Ratchet starts to blame himself for something that went wrong, a character gives him sage advice, "Blaming yourself and taking responsibility are two different things." Self-blame leaves you feeling bad; taking responsibility avoids the question of blame, and focuses on improving what went wrong, and doing it better next time.
It could be disillusioning to some when Ratchet's hero does not live up to Ratchet's expectations.
Ratchet and Clank is a positive, fun movie that has some good messages for young viewers. It seems best suited to kids between the ages of 5-10.
What do you think makes someone a hero?
What is the difference between taking responsibility for something and blaming yourself for it? Can false blame stop us from taking responsibility?

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Germany considering export insurance for new quake-vulnerable Brazilian nuke
Despite Fukushima the German government intends to use tax funds to secure the construction of a Brazilian nuclear power station in the middle of an earthquake area. The Campact online action organization is calling on people to protest against the imminent decision.
Estimated 250,000 in "biggest ever" anti-nuclear protests in Germany
More than 200,000 people took part in anti-nuclear protests in Germany on Saturday on the eve of state elections where criticism of Chancellor Angela Merkel's nuclear policies has already given her opposition the edge. Organisers called it the biggest anti-nuclear demonstration Germany has seen, with police estimating 100,000 turned out in Berlin alone. Hamburg, Munich…
Nuclear waste wasting billions of German taxpayers' euros
A cash-strapped German state will fork out billions of taxpayers' euros to deal with nuclear waste produced by an industry two out of three Germans want axed.
Nuclear waste train ran 934 km through Germany
A train has just carted 56 tonnes of highly radioactive nuclear waste, including 16½ kilograms of plutonium, 934 kilometres from a recycling plant in southwest to a storage hall in northeast Germany. Depending on the kind of isotope, less than 10 kilograms of plutonium is needed for an atom bomb. Activists who tried to stop…


This page started off as a set of links to information about various gadgets, along with some digital photography. It's due for some revisions, for most everything here is ancient history. There used to be links to a few digital photographs from this page. The images still exist, but now they're accessed from the photographs page.
Nikon LS-1000 Super Coolscan High-quality desktop scanner for 35mm film. This scanner has long since been discontinued and replaced with even better products.
Casio QV-10 Digital Camera It was the first digital camera to have a color LCD screen, a feature that's now de rigeur on every digital camera. Like many first-of-its-kind products, though, it was a great idea with some really serious problems.
VideoGuide Now discontinued, VideoGuide was a set-top box which received TV listing information. VideoGuide remains one of the slickest pieces of consumer electronics I've encountered.
Ricochet A flat-rate wireless Internet service available in several metropolitan areas (at the time this article was written: Washington, DC, San Francisco, and Seattle), Ricochet worked well and was based on really neat technology. The company (Metricom) cratered in the .com implosion, however, so the service currently isn't operating near me. The new owners of the technology (Aerie Networks) tell us that the service will return to some areas soon, but it seems to me like an idea whose time has past.
Event DJing A tutorial introduction to the fine art of DJing parties. I did a lot of this in college. The article has been updated once since then (to address more modern equipment like minidisc recorders); it needs to be updated again in order to cover digital music (MP3 files and the like) as well as some of the more-sophisticated CD players now on the market.
X-10 One of my servers uses an X-10 computer interface to control numerous devices in my home. The original link pointed to a page describing lots of the details of interfacing computers and X-10 controller. That site's now long-gone; I've replaced it with a pointer to an information site that may be of some use. Think carefully before giving X-10 any business, though; they've been around forever and they make a pretty good product--but they also were one of the early pioneers in browser pop-up ads and aggressive email advertising. The Internet is not a better place for their existence.
VAX/VMS on Linux One of the first computers I ever used was a VAX 11/7xx series machine. It's now possible to run old VAX software (including the legendary VMS operating system) on a variety of platforms including Linux through SIMH, a really well-thought-out hardware emulation system. This document provides step-by-step detail for getting VAX/VMS up and running on a Linux machine.
The Sony Vaio TR2A is a really nice laptop. It's absurdly difficult, however, to do a Windows XP install on this machine from scratch, at least if you want all of the hardware to work. This document contains instructions for doing it, plus (at no additional charge) some ranting about how stupid and unnecessary this is.


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Iranian President Speaks Out Against Hard-Line Critics
April 29, 2014 12:44 GMT
Iranian President Hassan Rohani (file photo)
Iran's President Hassan Rohani has derided hard-liners in his country who are critical of his style of governance and his attempt to reach out to the West.
Speaking in a live state television broadcast on April 29, Rohani said his hard-line critics do not speak for Iran.
Rohani has faced a backlash stemming from rising prices of fuel, utilities, and basic foods. It is increasingly coming under attack from Iran's ultraconservatives
Rohani did not list examples or name any specific factions who are critical of his rule.
But he said his critics should reveal their political identities and "speak on behalf of their own faction," rather than hiding behind "the Iranian nation" mantra.
Hard-liners oppose Rohani's efforts to work toward a compromise on Iran's nuclear work, which Western powers suspect is aimed at secretly trying to build nuclear weapons.
Based on reporting by AFP and an Iranian state TV


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Black Clouds & Silver Linings es el nombre del décimo álbum de estudio de la banda de metal progresivo Dream Theater, lanzado a través de Roadrunner Records el 23 de junio de 2009. El álbum cuenta con dos singles, una edición especial de tres discos con el álbum estándar, un CD con las versiones instrumentales de las canciones del álbum y otro CD con seis versiones, así como un LP de vinilo, y una caja recopilatoria especial. Es el último álbum con el baterista y miembro fundador Mike Portnoy, quién abandonó el grupo el 8 de septiembre de 2010.

Antecedentes
Dream Theater comenzó a trabajar con el álbum en octubre de 2008. Mike Portnoy describe el álbum en su foro como "Un álbum de Dream Theater con "A Change of Seasons", "Octavarium", "Learning to Live", "Pull Me Under" y "The Glass Prison", todo en un álbum...". Jordan Rudess más tarde explicó: "Hemos de entrar un poco en el dominio gótico sobre este álbum, no hay nada como un muy, muy potente y fresco sonido de coro". En un show con Eddie Trunk, Mike Portnoy dice que el álbum dura alrededor de 75 minutos, y consiste de "cuatro épicos y dos singles". La canción "The Shattered Fortress" sería la canción final de la suite de Mike Portnoy "Twelve-step Suite" completando la suite con los pasos X, XI y XII. La banda luego apoyaría el álbum en una gira mundial. "A Nightmare to Remember" y A Rite of Passage" se habían ya podido escuchar antes del lanzamiento del álbum, aunque se habían quitado dos minutos del comienzo de la canción "A Nightmare to Remember". El primer single es "A Rite of Passage", lanzado el 11 de mayo, y su vídeo fue lanzado el 8 del mismo mes.

La canción "Stargazer" (Rainbow), el medley "Tenement Funster", "Flick of the Wrist" y "Lily of the Valley" (Queen), "Odyssey" (Dixie Dregs) y "Take Your Fingers From My Hair" (Zebra) y "Larks' Tongues in Aspic Pt. 2" (King Crimson) fueron lanzados todos y cada uno como un sencillo. "To Tame a Land" no aparece como sencillo por ser una canción de un álbum tributo a Iron Maiden, llamado Maiden Heaven: A Tribute to Iron Maiden.

Según Metal Hammer, este es el mejor y más equilibrado álbum en una década. Este fue nominado para ser el álbum del año por la revista Classic Rock.

Lista de canciones

Canciones del álbum normal
 "A Nightmare to Remember" (Dream Theater, Petrucci) - 16:00
 "A Rite of Passage" (Dream Theater, Petrucci) - 8:35
 "Wither" (Dream Theater, Petrucci) - 5:25
 "The Shattered Fortress" (Dream Theater, Portnoy) - 12:49
 X. "Restraint" - 5:23
 XI. "Receive" - 3:56
 XII. "Responsible" - 3:29
 "The Best of Times" (Dream Theater, Portnoy) - 13:07
 "The Count of Tuscany" (Dream Theater, Petrucci) - 19:16

Lista de canciones de la Edición Especial del CD

CD con las seis versiones

El álbum contará de un paquete especial de tres CD, que contará con el álbum estándar, un CD con seis versiones, los cuales son los siguientes:

 "Stargazer" (Rainbow) - 8:10
 "Tenement Funster" / "Flick Of The Wrist" / "Lily Of The Valley" (Queen) -8:16
 "Odyssey" (Dixie Dregs) - 7:59
 "Take Your Fingers From My Hair" (Zebra) - 8:18
 "Larks' Tongues In Aspic Pt.2" (King Crimson) - 6:30
 "To Tame A Land" (Iron Maiden) - 7:15

CD con las versiones instrumentales
Y un CD con las versiones instrumentales de las canciones del álbum:

 "A Nightmare to Remember" (Karaoke Version) - 15:37
 "A Rite of Passage" (Karaoke Version) - 8:35
 "Wither" (Karaoke Version) - 5:27
 "The Shattered Fortress" (Karaoke Version) - 12:47
 "The Best of Times" (Karaoke Version) - 13:19
 "The Count of Tuscany" (Karaoke Version) - 18:47

Box Set Edición Deluxe de Colección
El álbum contará con un box set que contendrá el álbum estándar, los CD con las covers y las versiones instrumentales del álbum, y además:

 Un DVD.
 Un CD con las pistas por separado de cada instrumento, para poder realizar mezclas personalizadas.
 Una alfombrilla de ratón.
 Una litografía de la carátula, numerada (100 box set tendrán una litografía firmada por Hugh Syme).
 Un vinilo de edición limitada de 180 g
 Un doble LP set con una carátula exclusiva de Hugh Syme.
 100 box set tendrán un "Silver Ticket", con el premio de saludar y conocer a cada integrante que compuso el álbum.

Posiciones

Personal
Música
 James LaBrie - voz
 John Petrucci - guitarra y coros
 Jordan Rudess - piano y continuum
 John Myung - bajo
 Mike Portnoy - batería y coros

Producción
 Mike Portnoy y John Petrucci - productores
 Paul Northfield - ingeniero, mezclador, y coproductor
 Hugh Syme - dirección de arte, diseño e ilustraciones

Enlaces externos
 Noticias sobre el álbum en la página oficial.
 Descripción de Mike Portnoy sobre el álbum
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Abu Dhabi and the central bank of the United Arab Emirates have agreed to refinance $20bn of debt that was extended to the Dubai government as emergency aid during its financial crisis and comes due this year, the state news agency said on Sunday.
The debt is being rolled over for five years at a 1 percent annual interest rate, WAM said in an official statement.
The roll-over covers a $10bn, five-year loan which was offered to Dubai by the Abu Dhabi government through two state-owned banks, and $10bn of five-year bonds which Dubai issued to the UAE central bank.
The agreement, which had been expected by financial markets, will enable Dubai to continue spending heavily to develop itself as a regional centre for finance, trade and tourism.
Dubai, one of seven emirates in the UAE, obtained the aid in 2009 after the global credit crisis caused its real estate market to crash, threatening to force some of its state-linked firms to default on billions of dollars of debt.
The neighbouring emirate of Abu Dhabi, which is the capital of the UAE and has vast oil wealth, stepped in to bail Dubai out. Dubai is now recovering strongly, with residential property prices up over 20 percent last year and its stock market rallying about 140 percent since the end of 2012.
This month's roll-over deal "is part of the signatories' attempts to reinforce the competitiveness of the Emirati economy regionally and internationally," WAM said. "It also reflects the positive developments that the local economy of the emirate of Dubai has seen in recent years."
Dubai's $10bn of debt to the UAE central bank had been due to mature this month; in February, Reuters quoted sources familiar with the matter as saying an agreement to roll over that amount had been reached.
The other $10bn of aid, extended through National Bank of Abu Dhabi and Abu Dhabi's Al Hilal Bank, was due to mature in November this year.
Dubai appears to be getting considerably more attractive terms in the roll-over than it obtained during the crisis in 2009; the original bonds issued to the central bank carried a 4 percent coupon.
Some of Dubai's biggest government-related entities (GREs) are working through debt restructurings launched after the crisis, and will have to sell assets to meet repayments in the next few years.
The International Monetary Fund estimated in January that Dubai and its GREs faced about $78bn of maturing debt between 2014 and 2017; this month's agreement takes care of more than a quarter of it.


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Willow Falls #3: 13 Gifts
A gorgeous tale of birthdays and growing up, set in the charmed town of Willow Falls. Think Judy Blume with a dash of birthday magic. Tara is a total shrinking violet. So when she's sent to stay with her aunt's family in the small town of Willow Falls, she thinks it's a good time to start over. She'll be turning thirteen, after all. Perhaps it's time to break out of her shell. But what Tara doesn't know is that this very special town has something big in store for her big day. It won't be a typical birthday. But then again, Willow Falls is hardly a typical place!
An enchanting story of growing up, birthdays and magic
Perfect for fans of Judy Blume and The Babysitters Club
A cosy delight – warm, funny, charming and heartfelt
By a gifted American Library Association award winner
Wendy Mass won an ALA Family Book Award for A Mango-Shaped Space.


Kenny was always interested in music from a very early age.
His Dad played with The Dave Glover band, one of the top Irish showbands in the 1960's, so music was always around his home.
On his 7th birthday, Kenny was given the present of his first pocket transistor radio, at that time, the offshore radio stations were in full swing, so for hours he became hooked on Radio Caroline North and Radio Scotland. The pirate DJ's got him hooked on all the great sounds of the 60's. His ambition to be on the radio took hold of him and when the last legal day for broadcasting came around, as Dave Lee Travis and Tony Prince disembarked from Radio Caroline North for the last time, Kenny was standing, camera in hand, as they climbed from the tender in Ramsey bay, Isle of Man.
He began as a Club DJ in the early 70's, before getting a slot on hospital radio where he learnt the ropes very quickly.
He got his first offer of a job in radio in 1977 with a weekend show before being asked to take over the mid morning show.
Kenny: "I've worked my way up and down the dial over the last 40 years and loved every minute. To join my heroes on UNITED DJs is a terrific thrill for me".
Kenny's musical tastes vary from Bowie to The Beatles and Abba to ZZ Top! The perfect material for his PIRATE RADIO show!


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Rebooting Electronic Literature, Volume 2: Documenting Pre-Web Born Digital Media Main Menu Introduction to Rebooting Electronic Literature Documentation of pre-web works of electronic literature from the library of the Electronic Literature Lab Kathryn Cramer's "In Small & Large Pieces" Documentation of Kathryn Cramer's In Small & Large Pieces Deena Larsen's "Samplers" Documentation of Deena Larsen's hypertext essay "Samplers" Richard Holeton's "Figurski at Findhorn on Acid" Biography of Richard Holeton Tim McLaughlin's "Notes Toward Absolute Zero" Documentation of Tim McLaughlin's "Notes Toward Absolute Zero" Stephanie Strickland's "True North" Documentation of Stephanie Strickland's hypertext "True North" Authors' and Contributors' Bios The bios of those who authored and produced Rebooting Electronic Literature Dene Grigar ae403ae38ea2a2cccdec0313e11579da14c92f28 Nouspace Publications | Washington State University Vancouver
Reader Interview with Ryan House about M. D. Coverley's "Califia"
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This Reader Interview with Ryan House of M. D. Coverley's Califia took place on xxx in the Electronic Literature Lab. [Fix this :It was performed by Nicholas Schiller, Associate Director of the lab and faculty in the Creative Media & Digital Culture program at Washington State University Vancouver. The Traversal documentation includes three video clips of the performance itself along with introductory comments and the question and answer session with the audience that followed the performance. For the performance we used a Macintosh SE (circa 1987) running System Software 6.0.7 and a copy of the work from Grigar's collection. Schiller rehearsed during the weeks leading up to the event. Handling the technical setup on YouTube was Greg Philbrook, the Creative Media & Digital Culture program's technical and instructional assistant. All four of the four research assistants––Vanessa Rhodes, Mariah Gwin, Veronica Whitney, and Katie Bowen––oversaw the social media engagement and photographed the event.]
Reader Interview with Ryan House about M. D. Coverley's Califia, Part 1
The interview with Ryan House starts off with House talking about his experience with Califia. He states that with Califia, he couldn't tell where he was and it was very disorienting, but it still was a large, unique experience. Dene Grigar asks if he felt like the work was open-ended and House answers that the work was very open-ended. Dr. Grigar brings up her curiosity on what makes people click on the things they click on and what catches their eye while reading through electronic literature. House states that he used textual information by clicking on links that had the most relevance to the given path he was attempting to go on. Next, Dr. Grigar and House discuss about the pictorial metaphors in Califia and how much more there is to Califia that he didn't get to go through. The clip ends with House noting that the sounds in the work adds characterization to the characters and the reading experience.
The Q&A interview with Ryan House continues. Dene Grigar asks questions regarding reading Califia on a vintage computer and how it effects the experience. House states that he respects the medium and was delicate with the work. He also mentions that with current machines, we have lesser patience with it. Next, Dr. Grigar and House discuss the game-like experience and glitches in Califia. House notes that there was a lot of architecture in the work, including the Chinese theater. He also notes that he saw the beach as a dead end or a final resting place. Next, Dr. Grigar and House discuss what metaphor House would use to describe Califia and Dr. Grigar also brings up how difficult it is to use an authorial voice when writing a fictional story. The interview comes to an end with House's final words about the work.
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1 2019-06-28T14:10:11-07:00 Interview with Amber Strother about M. D. Coverley's "Califia," Part 2 1 This is part 2 of the interview with Amber Strother about her experience with the Traversal of M. D. Coverley's hypertext novel, "Califia,"held at the Electronic Literature Lab at Washington State University in 2017. plain 2019-06-28T14:10:11-07:00 Vimeo 2019-06-27T13:31:36 video 344852127 Dene Grigar Electronic Literature Electronic Literature Lab Califia M. D. Coverley Hypertext Novel Amber Strother Traversal
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Harrison V. Williams Jr., 86, passed away January 8, 2019 after a short illness. Born in Schenectady, New York on August 11, 1932, he was a resident of Syracuse and Fayetteville, New York since 1942. He was a graduate of the Manlius School in 1950 and received a scholarship to attend the Rossall School in Fleetwood, England, where he studied English literature and English history. He graduated from Rossall in 1951. Thereafter he graduated from St. Lawrence University in 1955. At St. Lawrence University he was active in student affairs. He was President of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, Vice President of the student government, President of the Student Union and was elected to membership in the Omicron Delta Kappa National Honor Society.
11th mission of Honor Flight Syracuse and, escorted by his friend Steve Jacobs, traveled to Washington DC to be recognized for his service and tour the nation's war memorials.
In 1959 he graduated from the Syracuse University College of Law and was admitted to the Bar. Harry began his legal career at the law firm of Coulter, Fraser, Carr, Ames and Bolton and practiced there until 1972. For several years he maintained an office in the Monroe Building and then, in 1983, formed the law firm of Williams and Drexler, located at 407 South Warren Street, Syracuse, NY. In 1992, he formed the Williams Law Firm, PC before joining the firm of Green & Seifter, Attorneys, PLLC in 2001, which later became Bousquet-Holstein at Lincoln Center in Syracuse, NY. He was active in commercial litigation and real estate for many years. He represented Aetna Casualty Co. and Norstar Bank, which merged into the Bank of America and participated as an attorney and partner in the Highland Green Condominium development in the Radisson planned community. As an attorney he provided many pro bono services, including giving seminars to and advising the Citizens Review Board of the City of Syracuse. He was an expert on the many phases of bicycle injury litigations and gave many seminars to attorneys and lay groups on the subject. He was a member of the AARP Legal Services Network and the AARP Litigation Foundation.
He was a member of the Onondaga County Bar Association, the New York State Bar Association, and the New York State Trial Lawyers Association, of which he was a charter member. He was admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court. For several years he served on the Board of Directors of the Onondaga County Bar Association and was Chairman of the Grievance Committee. He served as Town Justice of the Town of Manlius and the Village Justice of the Village of Fayetteville for many years.
Mr. Williams was an active tennis player, swimmer and bicyclist. He played regularly at Eastside Tennis Club (formerly Limestone Tennis Club) in Manlius, NY, Drumlins Tennis Club in Syracuse, NY, and participated in many biking trips in Europe, Vietnam, Cambodia and the United States. He was for many years active in teaching literacy and was President of The Learning Place, a leading literacy organization in Syracuse, NY.
Harry enjoyed a full active life and a distinguished law career until his retirement in August 2018. He leaves behind a legion of loyal friends at Bousquet-Holstein and in the community at large. He is survived by his wife, Mary C. Williams; son, Mark V. Williams of Syracuse; daughter, Sarah Steinman of Cumberland Center, Maine; and two grandchildren, Theo Steinman and Jessalyn Steinman of Cumberland Center, Maine; and his former wife, Marlene Williams. His brother, Craig W. Williams, predeceased him. He is also survived by step-children, Maureen O'Sullivan of San Mateo, California and Peter O'Sullivan of San Francisco, California.
Funeral ceremonies are private. A memorial/celebration of Harry's life will be held in the Spring. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Honor Flight Syracuse, Inc., P.O. Box 591, Syracuse, NY 13209-0591 or Newland Center for Literacy, 1443 East Genesee Street, Syracuse, NY 13210. For a guest book, please visit: www.SCHEPPFAMILY.com.


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Q: j2ee spring mvc best practice for small application I am working with small app that uses spring-hibernate but I am a newcomer to field of spring MVC, I have some questions:
1) using single controller for multiple pages is good practice or should I create separate cont. class for each page.
2) I don't want to use form tag of spring I'm using html forms.
My controller is as follows:
package com.servlets.controllers;

import com.utils.generalUtils;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMethod;
import org.springframework.web.servlet.ModelAndView;

@Controller
public class signin{

    @RequestMapping(value = "/login", method={RequestMethod.POST,RequestMethod.GET})
    public ModelAndView loginForm(HttpServletRequest req,HttpServletResponse response){
        HashMap<String,String> lsMsg = new HashMap<String,String>();

            lsMsg = generalUtils.getInstance().LoginCheck(req);
            for (Map.Entry<String, String> entry : lsMsg.entrySet()) {
                String key = entry.getKey();
                String value = entry.getValue();
                System.out.println("  key -- "+key+"  value -- "+value);
            }
            if((lsMsg.get("Authorized")).equals("true")){
                return new ModelAndView("landing", "message", lsMsg);
            }
            return new ModelAndView("login", "message", lsMsg);
    }

    @RequestMapping(value = "/fergot", method={RequestMethod.POST,RequestMethod.GET})
    public ModelAndView fergotForm(HttpServletRequest req) {  // Not implemented yet
            HashMap<String,String> lsMsg = new HashMap<String,String>();
            return new ModelAndView("fergot", "message", lsMsg);
    }

    @RequestMapping("/register")
    public ModelAndView registerForm(HttpServletRequest req,HttpServletResponse response) throws IOException{
        HashMap<String,String> lsMsgs = new HashMap<String,String>();
        lsMsgs.put("Authorized", "false");
            lsMsgs = generalUtils.getInstance().addUser(req);
            if((lsMsgs.get("Authorized")).equals("true")){
                response.sendRedirect("login.html");
            }
            return new ModelAndView("register", "message", lsMsgs);
    }

}

A: 1) Both way are ok. But you want best practise, so my suggestion is create separate controller class for each page . This is common choice in most cases. On the other hand, if your app is very very small, even if you using single controller is also not a big problem.
Chose which way's core problem is which way can maintain easier in the future and which way is more readable for others.
2) You say you don't want to use spring form tag, ofcourse you can. Take it easy, You can not use any part of spring you don't want to use, it is ok.

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Q: Custom jScrollPane scroll bar can be dragged too low I'm creating a custom jScrollPane scroll bar and I'm having trouble figuring out a way to limit the vertical drag distance to keep it from scrolling below where the div cuts off.
See http://jsfiddle.net/wE8ry/
body
{
background: black;
}

.scroll-pane
{
width: 300px;
height: 250px;
overflow: auto;
background: black;
color: white;
}

.jspContainer
{
overflow: hidden;
position: relative;
}

.jspPane
{
position: absolute;
}

.jspVerticalBar
{
position: absolute;
top: 2px;
right: 3px;
width: 5px;
height: 100%;
background: red;
}

.jspHorizontalBar
{
position: absolute;
bottom: 0;
left: 0;
width: 100%;
height: 5px;
background: red;
}

.jspVerticalBar *,
.jspHorizontalBar *
{
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}

.jspCap
{
display: none;
}

.jspHorizontalBar .jspCap
{
float: left;
}

.jspTrack
{
background: black;
position: relative;
}

.jspDrag
{
background: #fccb00;
position: relative;
top: 0;
left: 0;
cursor: pointer;
-moz-border-radius: 2px;
-webkit-border-radius: 2px;
border-radius: 2px;
-webkit-box-shadow: 0px 0px 2px 2px #985400;
-moz-box-shadow: 0px 0px 2px 2px #985400;
box-shadow: 0px 0px 2px 2px #985400;

}

.jspHorizontalBar .jspTrack,
.jspHorizontalBar .jspDrag
{
float: left;
height: 100%;
}

.jspArrow
{
background: #50506d;
text-indent: -20000px;
display: block;
cursor: pointer;
}

.jspArrow.jspDisabled
{
cursor: default;
background: #80808d;
}

.jspVerticalBar .jspArrow
{
height: 16px;
}

.jspHorizontalBar .jspArrow
{
width: 16px;
float: left;
height: 100%;
}

.jspVerticalBar .jspArrow:focus
{
outline: none;
}

.jspCorner
{
background: #eeeef4;
float: left;
height: 100%;
}

A: Your issue stems from the change you made on the .jspdrag:
box-shadow: 0px 0px 2px 2px #985400;

I assume your hack was for exactly 4 pixels.


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