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Oakland A's rally past Boston Red Sox in ninth…
Oakland A's rally past Boston Red Sox in ninth inning
By Bay Area News Group and Joe Stiglich |
PUBLISHED: July 3, 2012 at 3:30 p.m. | UPDATED: August 15, 2016 at 1:06 p.m.
Coco Crisp got the A's going in the first inning Tuesday, then he won the game for them in the ninth.
His sacrifice fly scored Cliff Pennington to give the A's a come-from-behind 3-2 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday before a sellout crowd at the Oakland Coliseum.
Crisp opened the bottom of the first with his sixth career leadoff homer. After that, the A's spent most of the night floundering at the plate, including a bases-loaded opportunity in the eighth inning that came up empty.
But they rallied in the ninth against Boston closer Alfredo Aceves (0-6) after trailing 2-1. The A's will go for a sweep of this three-game series Wednesday afternoon, bouncing back nicely after dropping three of four in Texas.
Crisp said the grit the A's showed in the ninth is characteristic of the team's mentality in the late innings.
"Everybody is in the dugout with their batting gloves, ready to go," he said. "It kind of goes from one guy to the next, that winning vibe."
The A's built their winning rally on a string of impressive at-bats.
Chris Carter led off the ninth with a two-strike single to left. Pennington would follow with a one-out single to move Carter to second, and pinch-hitter Brandon Moss ripped an 0-2 pitch up the middle to score Carter and tie the game.
When Boston center fielder Ryan Kalish misplayed the ball for an error, runners advanced to second and third. Crisp then skied a deep fly ball to center that easily scored Pennington for the game winner.
"He's the guy you want up in those situations," A's manager Bob Melvin said.
Carter, in a first-base platoon with Moss, singled in his final two at-bats and came up big defensively, too. He made a diving catch of Nick Punto's bunt attempt in the top of the ninth and doubled Mike Aviles off first. On the next pitch, catcher Kurt Suzuki nailed Kalish trying to steal third.
Carter said he carried that momentum to the plate to lead off the bottom half.
"I had a lot of energy going into that at-bat," he said. "I was kind of amped to win the game there."
Bartolo Colon, in his first start back from the disabled list, threw six innings and allowed two runs (one earned) on five hits.
Veteran reliever Brian Fuentes had a crowd of teammates surrounding his locker saying their goodbyes Tuesday after the A's designated him for assignment.
The A's have 10 days to try working a trade for him. If they are unable to do so, they're expected to release Fuentes, who was 2-2 with a 6.84 ERA in 26 appearances this season.
His departure opened a roster spot for Colon.
Fuentes, who earlier this season became just the sixth left-hander to reach 200 career saves, had seen his role diminish in the bullpen as lefties Jerry Blevins, Sean Doolittle and Jordan Norberto have taken on bigger roles. The move didn't catch him by surprise.
"I kind of figured something like that would eventually happen," Fuentes said. "I know my performance this year overall hasn't been great if you look at the numbers. I believe I'm better than that. Time will tell if someone else feels the same."
Fuentes is owed about $2.5 million through the rest of the season, so dealing him won't be easy unless the A's kick in a portion of cash. He has a $6.5 million club option for 2013 that can be bought out for $500,000.
The A's will be on the hook for his salary if they can't swing a deal.
All-Star rookie reliever Ryan Cook talked about what a positive clubhouse leader Fuentes was, and the impact Fuentes had on him.
"Everything from how to handle yourself on the field to how to handle yourself in your family life," Cook said. "It just kind of tears me up to see him go."
A's co-owner Lew Wolff was in attendance Tuesday and said the team has the financial capability to add payroll at the trade deadline if the team were in contention.
However, there's nothing to suggest the A's will be buyers as the July 31 nonwaiver deadline approaches. If anything, the A's are likely to dangle veterans such as Crisp, Suzuki, Colon and reliever Grant Balfour as trade bait.
The A's have shuffled their rotation with Thursday's day off. Lefty Travis Blackley will be skipped during this weekend's series against Seattle, meaning he won't pitch again until after next week's All-Star break.
Tommy Milone will move up and pitch Friday on five days' rest. Jarrod Parker will go Saturday and Colon on Sunday. Both will be on regular four days' rest.
Blackley has been excellent of late for Oakland, but he's also been hampered by a sore back, so he could benefit from the extra rest.
Outfielder Collin Cowgill, on the disabled list since June 23 with a sprained left ankle, did full baseball activity Tuesday. He's eligible to be activated Sunday but is likely to require a rehab assignment, so his return will come sometime after the break.
Pitcher Brandon McCarthy was happy with the collection of items he and his wife, Amanda, were able to gather for an auction held at the Coliseum on Tuesday to benefit victims of the Colorado wildfires.
The event raised $10,066, with an online auction slated in the coming days.
The McCarthys went to high school in Colorado Springs, where the fires have hit hard.


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The Art Of Losing Marc Burrows , March 15th, 2021 09:33
With guest vocals from James Dean Bradfield (and drumming from Sterling Campbell, it's nonetheless Catherine Anne Davies's own production skills that make her second Anchoress album so special, finds Marc Burrows
The Art Of Losing by The Anchoress
"Ouch," sings Catherine Anne Davies, right at the starter pistol, "this is going to hurt". Any good iconoclast knows to put their manifesto in the first line, and in her persona as The Anchoress, Davies is always iconoclastic about her own trauma.
She's absolutely right as well. The Art of Losing really fucking hurts. It hurts more as it goes along. The whole record is a processing plant for rage and pain, sharpening it to a point, adding the cruellest barbs and driving it into your skin. Deeper it goes, hurting more with every tap of the sonic mallet. Right through the wrists and ankles, right against the rough wood of the cross, right through the side. Every line is a thorn, a nail, the whole Lance of fucking Longinus. And you know what? You're going to love it, you absolute sadist.
By the time you get to '5am', an astonishingly raw piano piece that uses the fluids and viscera left in the aftermath of miscarriage, domestic violence, and sexual assault to illustrate a pain shared by women everywhere, you're going to be a sobbing mess. Amanda Palmer would sell her Instagram followers to have written something this powerful. It's cathartic sobbing, though. You'll feel better for it.
Davies is present in three forms here, spectrum-split into her own Trinity. First is the confessional singer-songwriter. That's our entry point. She spins a melody and turns a phrase with the best. The record is full of grade-A pop earworms, as on the humdinger chorus of 'Show Your Face', or the nagging refrain of the title track. Her lyrics are confessional and raw at times, but they're also clever. As with her debut, Confessions of a Romance Novelist, she knows how to weaponise clichés for effect. At one point she rhymes "monopoly" with "existential melancholy", and she's absolutely aware, as a PhD in queer theory and literature, that a portion of her audience is going to crack up at the audacity, the nerve, the gumption.
Then there's Davies the musician. She plays almost everything here, which means the drama and energy of her confessionals are channelled into the playing. She has a light-touch as a pianist and an angular attack as a guitarist (the howling middle section of 'My Confessor', for example, is brutal), and she knows how to serve the song.
Finally, there's the Holy Spirit; Davies the producer, and that's probably her greatest asset. As much as you could strip these songs down to piano or guitar and they'd work fine, The Art of Losing works because it has an immaculate sonic identity. It's a dense, dark record that rewards a pair of really good headphones. Davies uses vintage synths and rotating speakers to create unsettling, liquid moments, reflecting the warped and distorted moods of her narrative.
There's so much delicious drama here – the chilly, Bowie-In-Berlin wave that hits with the chorus of 'The Exchange', the spiky, compressed attack of 'Show Your Face', or the breathing space of the instrumental interludes that divide the record into chapters.
To say this is Davies' masterpiece is to suggest she might never better it, so let's not make that assumption. It's certainly someone's masterpiece though. Possibly yours, if you can bear it. Make no bones, this is an astonishing work. All the more so, because there are some that will always dismiss a woman like Davies; a leopard-suited, kohl-eyed intellectual glammy who's guested with the Manics so often Nicky Wire called her "our Tammi Terrell", got Bernard Butler to bust out his Suede-era chops on their excellent collaboration In Memory of My Feelings, and toured as a member of Simple Minds. A lesser artist could be ghettoised as an Accessory For Men; though the fact her first Manics collaboration was singing the Traci Lords part on a live version of 'Little Baby Nothing' suggests she's well aware of the risks of such perceptions.
Writing, performing, and producing The Art of Losing should disabuse that notion for good. She's learnt from her mentors, sure – that opening line-as-manifesto trick nods to Generation Terrorists' "You need your stars" – but it's hard to think of another artist who has taken such personal ownership of their material. Davies' fingerprints are on every note here, even if she's doing so via Stirling Campbell's drums or James Dean Bradfield's guitar and voice on the record's most notable guest spots.
The Art of Losing has been in the can for a couple of years now, delayed by the pandemic. It's been worth the wait: this is a special record. They don't come along very often. Quotable, immersive, moving, imaginative, delicate, and dramatic. A stellar achievement.
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In this post: The family room needs to serve several purposes from functional to beautiful. These simple changes will help you decorate with casual elegance.
The first go round was two years ago, when we moved into our new home and I got down the basics of how I wanted to decorate. I solved the key issues of furniture placement and how I wanted each room to function, as well as setting the general tone of design style.
In the interim, we tackled some larger renovations like the kitchen makeover and butler's pantry, but as time passed and those projects got completed, I started to look at my living areas and knew they were ready for some refinement. As we got acquainted with the house, my design vision crystalized and I've been itching to start fine tuning.
Last year I started with some updates to the dining room, but the family room still eluded me. I've been wanting to get it right for a while now and I think I'm finally close. The best part is, all it took was a few simple changes to make all the difference in the world.
Inevitably there will be those that like the old way better. I can live with that. But I have to be true to my own taste.
For the most part, I was happy with the key pieces of furniture in the room. We replaced the coffee table last year which made a huge difference in adding French character to the space. But I was still struggling with the overall look. Something was off.
I've always known the room would be much prettier if I had two sofas or a couch and some scattered chairs. But we use this room daily and we really love having the huge sectional, despite the fact that it dominates the space. We enjoy nestling into its corners and we're unwilling to change it out.
So I had to look at it with fresh eyes.
The best way to do that, and something I highly recommend to anyone restyling a space, is to move all the decorative items out and to look at what's left as if approaching it for the first time. That means every pillow, every vase, every tchotchke. I cleared off the coffee table, mantel, sideboard and sofa, and moved the pieces that were standing on the floor, as well.
And lo and behold, the first thing I noticed is that I loved the clean look of barely there neutrals and wanted to maintain that clean, calm spirit. I also knew there was something holding me back from attaining that look.
My beautiful chinoiserie vases that have been on my mantel since I got it were pulling the room in a separate direction. I love them. I'm going to keep them. But they had to go from this space, because they were saying one thing, while the rest of the room was saying something else. My mantel needed patina and these distressed finial urns satisfied that need.
With that out of the way, the next area to tackle was the sofa. I wanted a washed linen attitude with soft neutral colors and I began scouring the market for pillows. I settled on a selection of mostly linen pillows, including the soutache scroll, above, and a cross weave linen lumbar. In the corner, for interest, I added a printed velvet damask and I've got two more pillows on the way with pom pom tassel corners.
I've noted in my kitchen, that I love working with shades of white, as it makes it really easy to change the mood of the space with pops of color. The blue and white vases made that difficult, as did the floral pillows I had before. Now everything harmonizes and can easily be moved in a new direction. I enjoy updating seasonally as this near blank canvas opens the door for different looks. Here, I'm playing with pinks, simply by adding spring flowers, but I can just as easily move in any number of directions as the spirit strikes me.
The coffee table vignette was also bugging me, although this version uses many of the same elements. The segmenting in quadrants feels neater to me and I wanted mostly things that serve a purpose. The silver box holds the TV remotes and the candle and potpourri are for fragrance. The photo books are popular with guests (they're of my travels) and that just leaves the dried flowers as purely decorative. I'm still not sure it's 100% there, but it feels closer to an intentional display.
I promised a reader a few weeks ago that I'd be sure to show my TV in an upcoming post. It sits over a console table we drilled holes in for the components and you can see the speakers in the corners of the room, as well. The sound in here is amazing and watching a movie rivals watching it in a theatre.
I keep very low decorative items on the console to avoid blocking the screen. The vintage ribbon here and antique scissors add charm to the silver bowl.
I also re-styled my planter stand which has never really been filled appropriately for the room. The draped white flowers full the tub well and are more in line with my creamy white palette.
The tiny Swedish table in the corner was another area starting to get overrun with tchochkes, so I cleaned that up a bit, as well. It's a good spot for fresh flowers in the taller vase, as I wanted to keep the coffee table vignette nice and low.
This view of the mantel well defines my vision, mixing gilding and patina in neutral shades to bring casual and elegance together. One simple white fur pillow on the French chair is all it needs to finish off the picture.
But there's still one thing I'm aching to change and I won't feel done until I do.
I'm ready to let go of the pale yellow walls and bring in my favorite Tapestry Beige. But we just painted 2 years ago so I'm not sure hubby is ready to justify the expense. One day I'm just going to grab the bucket and get to work myself. But then I look at the huge fragile mirror and think twice about DIY-ing the job.
Still… to be sure, they will soon be tapestry beige walls!
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So pretty Lory. Casual and comfortable.
I love all the changes! So beautiful!
I think it looks great! Love neutrals for all the same reasons. I know you'll love it when your walls are painted. I tried a pale yellow many years ago. That little crush lasted about 6 months. I feel ya!
Oh yes, I cannot wait! Honestly, the hallway is worse than the family room, because it's a deeper shade. it. must. go.
Love the changes! So fun!
I think it is beautiful. It is amazing to me though, with just those few changes in color, the walls don't seem as yellow.They took on a completely different look with the blues. I really thought you had painted them the TB. I think I'd live with it for awhile. I love it. I also checked on that beautiful rug and it is sold out :>( It looks wonderful with the sofa and floors. Your style is beautiful as always ! It looks even more amazing.
I love all the changes. You absolutely must paint those walls now. It will be quite a transformation.
Like Kathy, I checked on your rug but it's sold out. I think I would like a size bigger, in any case. I really think it would elevate the elegance level in my great room so I'll be keeping an eye out.
Thanks, Joanna! Yeah, I'm pretty convinced about the paint. It will likely have to wait until after the master bath renovation, because I don't want anything to prevent that from happening… 😉 But soon! Re the rug, I will keep an eye out for it elsewhere and provide the link if I find it. I know I've seen it in several places.
I have a master bath renovation coming up myself. Saving my pennies first to get what I desire not what I can afford. I'll watching for your pics to come. I may steal some of your ideas. ?
Thank you for the promised TV! 😀 It shows it really is a beautiful, functional, FAMILY space that people live in–not just a pretty room to look at. I love that you chose to highlight that gorgeous fireplace with an equally gorgeous mirror and mantle clock, and situate the TV somewhere else in the room. I know it can be challenging to arrange seating that accommodates that, but who wants to stare up at a TV for the length of a movie, or have it the focal point of their space?
The renewed decor is lovely. I have a preschooler and a toddler, so I'm still a few years away from having pretty decorative objects on low tables (omg, scissors at kid height!?!), so seeing your rooms is like taking a wonderful adult vacation!
And, yes, I too had little ones at one point, so I know what you mean about needing to be careful. That's not an issue for us now, but the scissor is up on the console table, not on the coffee table, if that makes any difference.
Great changes! Just a thought but since you're paring down, I kinda see a fig bush or something of that sort where the Swedish table is now.
It just seems like some "statement" greenery would bring in another level of texture. ???
Lory, I had to chuckle reading your post as I, too, had exactly the same dilemma! Like you, I love both the country and formal English and French styles, and found myself going too far formal in the family room. It's difficult with these open floor plans to stay elegant and cohesive, yet not too over the top one way or the other. As far as your sectional goes: there should be spaces in our homes that fulfill our need for comfort–that is what our homes are for. Your sectional is lovely and certainly fits in with the style you are going for. Enjoy it! I'm coming for that gorgeous candlestick LOL! Please disclose where you found it. Can you believe we are having all these warm temps in Feb.? The Bradford pear trees are already getting their buds. Hugs!
There's so many things to love about this room, I don't know where to begin. You've done a marvelous job! That gorgeous box for hiding the remotes is brilliant! Love the little scissors. I've always been fascinated by scissors, in general. The only thing I would change, and I realize it's a quirk of mine, is that I wouldn't have potpourri in the house at all. Potpourri is made up of decaying living things, like herbs, flowers, fruit, etc. It has never felt like good feng shui for the house; plus it's a pain to keep the dust out of it. I use beautifully scented infusers and candles throughout the house instead. I, too, am eager to paint my walls in a neutral, perhaps soon. Thank you for inviting us into your lovely home.
Thank you, Maria! Interesting attitude about potpourri. But really, one can say the same about all wood furniture then. I guess you're not into dried flowers… 😉 I think of it as extending their life, rather than decay.
I know, it's totally illogical. My friends have pointed out the same thing. As I said, it's just one of my quirks. But truthfully, what I saw first in your room was the overall feel of openness and comfort, with some classy elements thrown in. I loved it.
What an excellent idea to clear out the entire room excepting the big furniture pieces and then you can get a vision of the room as you would like it. Phew! How's that for a run on sentence? Lol I've been struggling with my family room, as well. It's not that I don't like it, as is, but I need a change.
Your room looks lovely in mostly whites. I love the finials on on your mantel and the simplicity of just the two of them a great clock. I've pinned your coffee table styling for reference. I agree on keeping the sectional. We want pretty in our family room while not giving up comfort.
I love it! I love your house and enjoy these updates you are making to bring everything into your style and taste. I have to admit, now that you've moved them, the blue and white vases, although beautiful, always seemed wrong in this room. I like the urns fit with the neutral palette and the French flavor much better.
I enjoyed looking at the photographs–you have created a beautiful space. I am curious about the absence of any lamps–do you use a ceiling fixture, or did you remove some of them for the shoots? Thanks.
Thank you for the kind words!! We do have overhead lighting, which I love for functionality, but I enjoy the look of lamps and chandeliers, too. I add them in most of my rooms, but in the family room, the sofa is so dominant that there really is no space.
Lory, I love your French Country style, which I love, and have been following your blog for years. In your redesigned family room, I have one question? With the TV at the far end and the sofa facing the fireplace, the French chair next to the fireplace, how are you able to comfortably watch the TV?


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Introducing Dixie O'Day and also, of course, his friend Percy! This dashing duo are always getting into adventures - here they enter the All-Day Car Race little knowing what is ahead of them! Dixie and Percy run into all sorts of peril, as does their arch enemy, Lou Ella. But who will win, and will Lou Ella get her comeuppance?
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Fonseka's Arrest And Release: On The Inclusivity-Clause Of Historiography
By Malinda Seneviratne –
The word in the street is that the former Army Commander, Sarath Fonseka will be released, not 'someday' but within the next few days. In February this year, I wrote about the man in the context of history-writing. That note included some comments about his politics, his personality and the world of political machinations he stepped into without any preparation whatsoever. I believe it warrants a re-read.
Dr. Udaya Meddegama, Sinhala Department, University of Peradeniya, once wrote a poem about the Mahawamsa, clearly the most comprehensive account of what happened in this island. Those who vilify it cannot counter it with any other account written with scholarly rigor that can match it and flounder in a sad process of myth modeling, extensive cross-quoting and other cheap propaganda devices wrapped as historical account.
They claim it was written by 'racist Buddhist monks'. The breadth and depth of the tract is such that it would warrant an entire Department or even School (like those in India dedicated to the study of the Mahabharatha and Ramayana), but Sri Lanka lacks historians and people with academic vision. Vilification is easier. Such people would be humbled if they read the meticulously researched commentaries of Kuliyapitiye Prananda.
Meddegama observes: the 'Sinhala' race was fathered by the ruffian son of a patricidal and incestuous father whose mother's sexual fascination was bestiality. Some start to a 'racist' account written by a chauvinist. The Mahawamsa, then, is an unforgiving narrative.
History's players are never one dimensional; the chronicler should not be swayed by great deed to footnote or erase blemish; not in hero and not in usurper. If history is indeed written by the winners for the glorification of winners, then the Mahawamsa is quite a poor account.
The above preamble was provoked by the second anniversary of former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka's arrest and talk of updating the chronicle to include that which came after and especially the struggle to free the nation from terrorism. History will remember and forget and the particular mix of the two is never predictable. Key facts, however, can and must be recorded.
Fonseka played an historic role. Fonseka, thereafter, lost it. He was hero, undoubtedly, and he was villain too. Undoubtedly. The villainy dilutes heroism but rigorous chronicling is unmoved by such things.
The man's ambition, inflated self-worth, political naiveté etc., and a now proven inability to operate in unfamiliar terrain cost him dearly. His mean-spiritedness, treacherous and irresponsible ways don't exactly make him paintable in heroic colours alone.
He did not win it all single-handedly, but he was key enough to warrant special mention, as much as the Navy and Air Force Commanders, the Defence Secretary, the political leadership of President Mahinda Rajapaksa and those who stoutly resisted all efforts to derail the drive on the diplomatic front did. Perhaps less, all things considered, but certainly not more.
He has immense spoiler-potential as I have argued: 'He has been flip-flopping so much about the white-flags story that no government tasked with safeguarding a nation's sovereignty can afford to risk mouth-shooting from Fonseka; not because truth should be suppressed, but because he cannot be trusted to be honest. He can lie in order to exact revenge for perceived wrongs and has proved he is not above putting vengeance above nation. And he's not Private Fonseka, he's the former Army Commander. Even a lie from a mouth that big can have disastrous consequence for nation and citizen.' (Daily Mirror, October 20, 2010).
I also stated the following: 'All this is irrelevant when placed in the context of the overall framework of the law. Laws should not be broken or twisted and principles should not be selectively applied even in the best interest of the country because it creates bad precedent. Regardless of the 'necessity' element, there is clear ill-will in the execution of proceedings against Fonseka and it does not matter whether the man intended to slaughter the Rajapaksas and their friends within 24 hours of being elected President (if that had happened of course).'
We are talking history here though, not law. There were many others who erred and in far more serious ways. Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan aka 'Colonel Karuna' for example. There is a time to fight and a time to forgive, forget and move on, but even these things are irrelevant to the spirit of the law. 'Karuna' is officially a 'good boy' now; Fonseka is officially a 'bad boy'. But history, when it is recorded, must mention both good and bad. Either way, both warrant mention, for happy and unhappy reasons. Write them out, or write them partially, and the error will amount to misinforming generations yet unborn. It may not matter, but it could. That is the danger.
A story is not story enough when key incident and key player are written out. It must include the soldier who laid down life for country, the LTTE cadre who marked the earth and memory with his or her heroism, the errant combatants, the suicide bomber, the criminals against humanity and those who marshaled forces to win back a nation, civilization and a tomorrow for our children. In all their colours, with all the good and bad, the unforgettable and forgettable.
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Ralf Sheldrake / May 19, 2012
…History is the Past.. which will never come back for us to make any corrections… Even our education is based on the past …. which somehow threatens to suffocate me ….
Isn't there something better to do to step into the future ? …. .. like HOPE, INNOVATION, IMPROVISATION, …. than delving into the History which is the sad Past …..
Come on … let's be more Optimistic of the Future with Hope, Courage & Enthusiasm ….
Donald J Gnanakone / May 19, 2012
Errant combatants? There were thousands of soldiers who have erred from the 250,000 strong forces including the Police for the whole 30 year war.
The captain of the team was General Fonseka. He knows a lot about the war crimes and crimes against humanity. Until the end of 2009, he was part and parcel of that murderous regime, and government. So much as his claims to be the War Hero, The War Crimes also will haunt him for life. Not just one government but two since he was a permanent resident of the USA when such crimes were committed in Sri Lanka.
The call for independent international investigations is not just to punish the war criminals. But for the country and communities to know the truth, serve some justice and have a closure so that such crimes are never perpetrated ever again to any of the communities. This is not about sending the murderers and rapist to jail.
Or those who used chemical and banned weapons.
So why is the resistance?
The fear about Fonseka is that he might expose the War Criminals and that all know will lead to the full chain of command right to the first family and first citizen. lol. This cannot be done in 3 years for the IC and UN. It could take 17 years like the Yugoslavs, Lord's army, Taylor, or in Cambodia and Sudan. But the resoluteness of the world is already there and it will continue despite the firece fight the Singhalese put up like in Geneva for that harmless resolution.
Once the US courts take a bite on their own citizens who do not enjoy the immunity, that will be "Game Time". The day of reckoning could be much faster than people like Malinda think!!!!
yohan ranjith perera / May 19, 2012
who is milinda [Eited out] milinda playing double game his friend is milinda moragoda the traitor who sold our country
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Bandu de Silva / May 19, 2012
tlease do not be in a hurry to write the real histoey of the recent war related events. It cannot be done objectively till the actors are around with us.It will be like Mahanama's account of Parakramabahu I who ignored that the King was not as brave as he makes out.He did not take to the field but sent his Generals to fight against that valiant woman Queen Sugala who held the Rohana for years fighting sword in hand on horse back against many of P'Bahu's Generals.Mahanama hid the defeats of his General Lankapura who had to return after his troops contacted Syphyllis (Upasagga, must be Upadamsa in south India) and reverses in Burma.
one should read a book like Dr Upali Wickremeratne's recent historiogrphy entitled " Hearsay& Versions in British Relations with the KAndyan Kingdom, March 2012, Vijitha Yapa, to realisee the new approach to histeriography. Upali with his experience as Legal Council as a Bar-at Law of the Lincol's Inn, in addition to his scholarship and teaching experience in England, brings in the English Law of Evidence for the first time to re-examine a number of vexed issues like the first White Flag issue in Kandy over which the reputation of Kandyans remained besmeared for long, Plimatalavve's and Ehelepola's and Mahanayake's roles.In his new aproach,the author did not spare re-examination of any evidence but even found fault with the conclusions of his mentor, historian Dr. Colvin R de Silva whom he accused of accepting British sources without scrutiny.
So let us leave the writing of real history to the progeny. it is their right to do afer the dust has settled. Let us not wrest it from them. Whatever we write now will remain only 'opinions' and not history.
jerry / May 19, 2012
SF has been punished by God for the crimes he caused on the Tamils now its the turn of Mahinda & Family to serve their part of the sentence, so let us wait & see what happens. Ho! Ho!
Anti-B.S / May 20, 2012
Malinda Seneviratne:
It is your turn, as one of the prime opportunistic apologists for a corrupt and evil lot,to twist in the wind even as the Rajapaksas pay your keep at The Nation.
Perhaps, while you are killing time, you should tell your readers that the paper you are now the Editor in Chief of is owned by a Wickremesooriya who is a cousin of your President and the brother of the man appointed by the same President as Ambassador to Washington.
In this case, success makes strange and interesting bedfellows1
bo / May 20, 2012
Load of rubbish written here by a hired writer. He writes for a pay. We don't need to see the events through your eyes man, we have seen it all as they happened. The public know more about SF. It is the very people like you who feted and worshipped SF, who slung mud at him. Typical behaviour of Sinhala bigots.
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But right now I'm standing on the Japanese pavillion at EPCOT center. I drove up here last night. I'm going to be here today, tomorrow - and then I'm driving back to my parent's place in Jupiter. And then on Sunday I fly home. But I decided to get away and I like EPCOT. I just had dinner at the Japanese pavillion - good food.
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Would've transcribed this for ya, but I must not be on the cool kids' list ;) Have fun!
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2016, 2018, Donald Trump	— September 10, 2017 at 10:14 am
What do scared House Republicans know that we don't?
Three big retirements inch Dems towards taking 24 seats — could Upton and Trott be next?
Make no mistake: Picking up the 24 seats Democrats need to flip the House in 2018 is going to be tough.
It's going to be tough because the GOP has gerrymandered America for its pleasure while building up massive campaign infrastructure that doesn't take midterms off. It will be tough because the press will do everything it can to make Trump seem sane, even though he's doing everything he can to suppress voters while doing almost nothing to prevent Russian hacking.
And it will get a lot tougher if Republicans pass tax breaks for the rich that will flood new confidence and millions and millions of dollars into Republican coffers.
But perhaps Republican members of the House of Representatives know something we don't know.
NBC News reports:
On Wednesday, Rep. Dave Reichert, R-Wash. — whose district broke for Hillary Clinton in 2016, 47.7% to 44.7% — announced he wasn't seeking re-election. The next day, Rep. Charlie Dent, R-Pa. — the leader of the moderate House Republicans, whose district went for Trump, 51.8% to 44.2% — made the same move.
Add these two winnable seats to that of Ileana Ros-Lehtinen of Florida, who represents a district Clinton won by almost 20 percent. She announced her retirement during the previews of the Trump Administration.
House GOP is dreading more retirements. 2 names we heard repeatedly over last 24 hours: UPTON & TROTT (MI)https://t.co/0FZKF5KBQm
— Jonathan Martin (@jmartNYT) September 9, 2017
Trott is the most "vulnerable" GOP House Member in Michigan but still has a +60 percent chance of winning, according to Decision Desk HQ, the first poll watchers to publish a model for 2018's House elections. In the same model Upton has an almost 80 percent chance of holding his seat.
But take incumbency away and suddenly the man behind that model proclaims…
We moved two GOP seats to Tossup this week. Expect two more, MI11 & MI06, soon.
Trump is literally scaring Republicans away from office https://t.co/VWE9OupTWK
— G Elliott Morris📈🙂 (@gelliottmorris) September 9, 2017
There's this from Swing Left:
12 new Swing Districts:
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NY-24
TX-32
VA-02
WA-08#FlipTheHouse 2018https://t.co/QR8pfxiEsl
— Dr. Henry Jones, Jr. (@Indy_Resists) September 9, 2017
And this from the Decision Desk HQ blog:
If there is any sign of momentum building for Democrats heading into 2018, it's the number of candidates running in Safe Republican seats. That's exactly what is happening in Wisconsin's fifth district, where a third Democrat has joined the race to depose Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R).
We know the SEIU is investing big to increase progressive turnout in Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania — key states for winning back the House and redistricting into the next decade. We also know Trump is also slightly more popular in these states that made him president, though still far from popular.
What I'm wondering is what these retiring House Members know that we don't.


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Peninsula Home Care deploys Community Health Workers in Somerset County
Jul 29th, 2015 · by Jenni Pastusak · Comments:
Living in a rural area like the Eastern Shore has its benefits and challenges. Easy and convenient access to healthcare and community resources is one of those challenges. People in Somerset County, like other rural counties on the Shore, may have to travel over an hour to a regular follow up appointment with a doctor or to get lab work done. Overcoming these healthcare obstacles can be quite the challenge when facing them alone.
Peninsula Home Care in partnership with Peninsula Regional Medical Center is going above and beyond as the first home care agency in the region to offer community health workers as advocates to community members by providing support in everyday health decisions.
"While community health workers do not replace our team of skilled nurses and therapists who treat patients in the home, they add another level of care by serving as a liaison between healthcare, social services/resources and the community," said Nancy Bagwell, Peninsula Home Care branch director. "We want the community to know that they do not have to be a home care patient or homebound to receive care and support from a Community Health Worker. CHWs are available at no cost, to anyone in the community with a health-related need."
"These are lay individuals with a strong connection to their community," said Lisa Widmaier, Community Health Worker Trainer, Eastern Shore Area Health Education Center. "They are leaders in their church, volunteers in local non-profits and someone with the same life experiences as the clients they are serving. This provides a sense of safety and trust for the community health worker who is entering the client's home and personal space to provide care."
Over the last year, through a cross learning effort, PRMC has engaged Peninsula Home Care, the Wicomico County Health Department and MAC Incorporated (the Area's Agency on Aging) in efforts to reduce readmissions to the hospital and provide proactive and preventative care in the home.
"Hospitals in the state of Maryland are fully capitated," said Karen Poisker, PRMC's vice president of population health. "More patients in beds does not generate more money. In order to maintain the health and wellness of our community and reduce the number of readmissions, the hospital is following an innovative model focused on education, goal setting and personal care and have already measured dramatic positive responses and results."
That's because of people like Shawntell Mitchell, one of three Community Health Workers deployed by Peninsula Home Care who is currently providing care to 81-year old Ms. Francis, a client who was referred for CHW services by her doctor.
"I look forward to visits from Shawntell," said Ms. Francis. "It breaks up my day and gives me someone to talk to. She helps by keeping an eye on me. Makes sure I am doing what I can on my own to stay as healthy as I can."
"I ask her a lot of the same questions every time I visit her," said Shawntell Mitchell. "How are your legs feeling, did you check your blood pressure today, what did you eat today, did you drink your Ensure and plenty of water? I enjoy spending quality time with her. She can call me and I can call her anytime. She makes my day."
Mitchell underwent sixteen, three hour sessions of training provided by the Eastern Shore Area Health Education Center based in Cambridge, Maryland. Lisa Widmaier, a community health worker trainer administered the training to all three Peninsula Home Care community health workers from March to May of 2015.
"We cover everything from public health concepts, advocacy, health literacy and safety to diffusing conflict and how to promote behavior change in clients," said Widmaier. "We train them to use a technique called motivational interviewing. You can't tell a client what to do but you can guide them to make good decisions. We also provide self-care for the CHW's through stress management and time management."
In addition, each CHW is responsible for shadowing PHC nurse navigator, Kelly English in the field for an extended period of time before serving patients on their own. English's training is focused on health related scenarios such as chronic disease self-management and fall prevention.
The three Peninsula Home Care CHW's are provided through a doctor's referral at no charge and available to provide services and support to community members in Worcester, Wicomico and Somerset counties. People receiving services are not required to be identified as home bound or fit the same criteria as home care patients. For more information, call Peninsula Home Care at 410-543-7550 or visit peninsulahomecare.com.
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Kris Aquino Makes an Emotional Return in "Kailangan Ko'y Ikaw!"
byRocky Chua - Thursday, April 11, 2013
After being apart from her husband and kids for a long time, Queen of All Media Kris Aquino is all set to intensify the nights of TV viewers as her character Roxanne finally returns to her family in ABS-CBN's top-rating drama series "Kailangan Ko'y Ikaw."
Watch out for the heart-pounding events in the lives of the characters as they discover that Roxanne is still alive.
What will Bogs (Robin Padilla) do when he finds out that his wife has returned?
Will Ruth (Anne Curtis) still be able to stop her heart from falling for the only man she has ever loved?
After having another chance to live longer, is Roxanne going to return to the life that she left behind, or is she going to sacrifice her own happiness for the sake of her sister and family?
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Accessible services – are services that are affordable, located nearby, open during evenings and weekends, sensitive to individual and cultural values, and can handle consumer demand without placing people on a long waiting list.
Acute - in relation to an illness, means arising suddenly with intense severity of relatively short duration.
Adjustment disorders – are characterized by inappropriate or inadequate adjustments to a life stressor; the symptoms may be similar to the symptoms of other mental disorders, including depression, anxiety, and/or behavioral symptoms.
Advance directives - set out a patient's wishes in writing concerning their care or treatment.
Advice - means recommending what to do.
Advocacy - promotes the cause of another person to secure the services they require and their rights.
Affective - means related to or resulting from the emotions.
Affective disorders - are a class of disorders characterized by disturbances in mood or the emotions; also called mood disorders; includes bipolar disorder, cyclothymia, depression, dysthymia.
Aggressive behavior - is verbal and/or physical actions or serious intentions, the consequences of which are likely to cause actual damage and/or distress.
Agoraphobia – is often related to panic disorder and is characterized by a fear of being in situations that might provoke a panic attack, or from which escape might be difficult if one occurred.
Alcohol abuse - means a pattern of alcohol use leading to significant impairment or distress; see also substance abuse and substance dependence.
Alzheimer's disease - is progressive dementia caused by destruction of brain cells. It usually occurs later in life.
Amnesia – means temporary or permanent loss of memory.
Anorexia nervosa - is an eating disorder characterized by refusal to eat or eating too little to meet ones daily caloric needs.
Antipsychotics - are a group of medications used to treat psychotic illnesses.
Anti-social personality disorder – is a personality disorder characterized by chronic antisocial behavior and violation of the law and the rights of others; see also personality disorders.
Anxiety disorders – are a class of disorders characterized by abnormal or inappropriate anxiety; includes panic disorder, agoraphobia, specific phobias, social phobia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder, and generalized anxiety disorder.
Apathy – is a lack of emotion or interest in things one would ordinarily consider Important; it is a symptom of several mental health challenges.
Appeal process — is a series of steps you must follow to get a decision about services reviewed and changed.
Assertive outreach - is an approach to engaging with individuals with a severe mental health challenges who may be difficult to reach; it involves providing services in the community that are accessible 24 hours a day and visits to service users in their own homes.
Assessment - is the gathering and appraisal of information in order to identify a person's needs and strengths.
Atypical antipsychotic medications – are newer medications used to treat symptoms of psychosis. They are chemically different from previous medications used and are thought to be less likely to cause involuntary movement side effects.
Autonomy – means to be self-governing.
Best practices – are activities or programs that are in keeping with the best available evidence regarding what is effective.
Bipolar disorder – is a serious affective disorder, typically beginning in adolescence or early adulthood, in which dramatic swings between manic "highs" and depressed "lows" alternate with periods of normal mood; also called manic depression.
Case manager – is the health care professional who works directly with consumer or children and their families to coordinate various activities, services and supports, and acts as the consumer's primary contact with other members of their treatment teams; also called rehabilitation specialist, service coordinator, social worker.
Case management – is a service that helps people arrange for appropriate services and supports. A case manager coordinates mental health, social work, educational, health, vocational, transportation, advocacy, respite care, and recreational services, as needed.
Child protective services – is a service designed to safeguard a child when abuse, neglect, or abandonment is suspected, or when there is no family to take care of the child. Help delivered in the home include financial assistance, vocational training, homemaker services, and daycare. If in-home supports are insufficient, the child may be removed from the home on a temporary or permanent basis.
Chronic - in relation to an illness, means developing slowly or of long duration.
Clinical psychologist – is a mental health professional with highly specialized training in the diagnosis and psychological treatment of mental health challenges.
Clinical team – is a multi-disciplinary team of mental health professionals under the leadership of a clinical supervisor.
Clubhouse - is derived from the Fountain House model of psychiatric rehabilitation; it is a club that belongs to everyone who participates in it, providing supportive companionship and opportunities for employment.
Cognitive/cognition – means the general ability to organize, process, and recall information.
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) - is a talking treatment designed to ease stress from emotional problems; it addresses personal beliefs which may result in negative emotional responses, concentrating on understanding behavior rather than the actual cause of a problem.
Cognitive disability - is where a person experiences a loss of functioning that causes difficulties for them in undertaking basic activities of daily living.
Cognitive disorders – are a class of disorders characterized by significant negative changes in the way a person thinks and/or remembers; includes delirium, dementia, amnesia, etc.
Collaboration - is where professionals and/or agencies with linked functions work effectively together on common issues, including the provision of care to an individual person.
Community – is a group of people residing in the same locality or sharing a common interest.
Community care - is the provision of services and support for people who are affected by a range of problems, including mental health challenges, to enable them to live as independently as possible in their own homes or in other home-like settings.
Community mental health agencies (CMHAs) – are groups of professionals providing mental health services for a locality.
Comorbidity – is the occurrence of two or more disorders at the same time; see also co-occurring disorder, dual diagnosis.
Compulsive behavior/compulsions – means performing repetitive and often senseless acts, often in response to an obsession; see also obsessive compulsive disorder.
Confidentiality – is the protection and proper use of patient information. Information given or received for one purpose may not be used for a different purpose or passed to anyone else without the consent of the provider of the information.
Consumer - is a term to describe someone who uses or has used mental health services because of mental health challenges or a disability; within service provider organizations, also called a Peer.
Continuum of care – is a term that implies a progression of services that a consumer or child moves through, usually one service at a time. More recently, it has come to mean comprehensive services. Also see system of care and wraparound services.
Contract - is any agreement enforceable by law.
Coordination - means bringing people together to work together efficiently.
Coordinated services – means that several child-serving or consumer-serving organizations talk with the family or consumer and agree upon a plan of care that meets the child's or consumer's needs. These organizations can include mental health, education, juvenile justice, adult criminal justice and child welfare. Case management is necessary to coordinate services. Also see family centered services and wraparound services.
Counseling - aims to help people develop insight into their problems and identify resources within themselves that they can use to cope more effectively with their situation; see also psychotherapy.
Criminal justice system - includes all agencies involved in criminal justice including the police, probation service, courts and prisons.
Crisis - is a time of extreme trouble.
Crisis residential treatment services – are short-term, round-the-clock help provided in a non-hospital setting during a crisis.
Cultural competence/culturally appropriate services – means a set of values, attitudes and practices held by an organization or individual service provider that are sensitive and responsive to cultural differences. These differences can include race and ethnicity, national origin, language, beliefs, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, physical disability, or family values and customs.
Culture – is the integrated pattern of human behavior that includes thoughts, communication, actions, customs, beliefs, values, and institutions of a racial, ethnic, faith or social group.
Cyclothymia – is a lesser form of bipolar disorder with less extreme highs and lows; see also bipolar disorder.
Day treatment - includes special education, counseling, vocational training, skill building, crisis intervention, and recreational therapy, provided in conjunction with other mental health services.
De-escalate – means to lower the intensity of a situation; often refers to a way of communicating with a person when they are upset or in crisis.
Deinstitutionalization – is the process of releasing individuals from psychiatric institutions.
Delirium – is a temporary state of cognitive disturbance and fluctuating consciousness resulting from medical conditions such as a high fever, intoxication, shock, or other causes. Symptoms may include anxiety, disorientation, hallucinations, delusions, and incoherent speech.
Delusion – a symptom of many mental health challenges, a delusion is an illogical belief that is held strongly, even in the face of evidence that it is false.
Dementia - is an irreversible deterioration of brain function, affecting memory, thinking and reasoning. It is frequently seen in older patients, and is usually accompanied by emotional disturbances and personality changes. See also Alzheimer's disease.
Depression – refers to a spectrum of mood disorders, ranging from passing sad moods to serious, debilitating disease requiring medical treatment. Major (clinical) depression is a "whole body" disorder, impacting the patient's emotions (feelings of guilt and hopelessness or loss of pleasure in once enjoyed activities), thinking (persistent thoughts of death or suicide; difficulty concentrating, remembering, or making decisions), behavior (changes in sleep patterns, appetite, or weight), and even their physical well-being (persistent symptoms, such as headaches or digestive disorders, that do not respond to treatment); see also bipolar disorder.
Disability – is a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on a person's ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities.
Discharge plan - is a care plan for people being discharged from a hospital or residential center.
Discharge planner – is the person on the hospital or residence staff who makes plans for an individual's health care outside of the hospital; this can be a nurse, doctor, resident/intern, or social worker.
Disclose – means to share or make known.
Dissociative disorders – are a class of disorder characterized by a disruption in consciousness, memory, identity, or perception, often following a traumatic event; includes dissociative amnesia (memory gaps related to trauma or extreme stress); dissociative fugue (where an individual assumes a new identity after a traumatic event); depersonalization disorder (where a person feels that their body does not belong to them); and dissociative identity disorder, also known as multiple personality disorder (the presence of two or more distinct personalities within one individual).
Diverse – means differing from one another.
Diversion - refers to the movement of an individual from the criminal justice system to health and/or social care.
Drop-in centers - are venues without structured activity where consumers can socialize.
Drug dependence - occurs when an individual persists in using a drug despite problems related to the use of the drug, such as legal, health, family, occupational or other problems resulting from the drug use. It can be diagnosed either with or without physical dependence, which means issues of tolerance to and withdrawal from the substance.
Psychiatric Association – Psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, and other health and mental health care providers use this reference book to understand and diagnose mental health challenges.
Dual diagnosis – can mean the combination of mental health challenges with other conditions, including alcohol abuse, drug abuse, a learning disability, or a physical disability. Also called comorbidity or co-occurring disorders.
Dyskinesia – is an impairment in the ability to control movements, characterized by spasmodic or repetitive motions or lack of coordination; it is often seen as a side effect from antipsychotic medications see also tardive dyskinesia.
Dysthymia – is a lesser, but more persistent, form of depression; see also depression.
Early intervention – is a process used to recognize warning signs for mental health challenges and to take early action against factors that put individuals at risk.
Eating disorders – are a class of disorders characterized by disturbances in eating behavior; includes anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa.
Eligibility criteria - are guidelines used when a person seeks mental health services to determine the priority of their need and the degree of risk, in order to make decisions about the appropriate use of services. These may include age, disability, income, or type of insurance.
Emergency and crisis services - a group of services that is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to help during a mental health emergency. Examples include telephone crisis hotlines, suicide hotlines, crisis counseling, crisis residential treatment services, crisis outreach teams, and crisis respite care.
Empathize – means to identify with or develop an understanding of another's situation, feelings, or motives.
Empower - means to give authority, control and confidence to a previously disadvantaged group or person.
Epidemiology – is the study of statistics and trends in health and disease across communities.
Evaluation – is the systematic investigation of the value and impact of an intervention or program.
Evidence-based – means programs that have undergone scientific evaluation and have proven to be effective.
Factitious disorder - is a mental disorder where an individual intentionally produces or feigns symptoms in order to assume to "sick role" and be cared for or pitied by others.
Family-centered services – are services designed to meet the specific needs of each individual child and family; see also appropriate services, coordinated services, wraparound services, and cultural competence.
Family focused — means an approach to designing and providing services that views the child as a member of a family and recognizes that everyone in a family can be affected by how the others act, what they say, or how they feel or are doing in school or work. Decisions about services are made considering the strengths and needs of the family as a whole as well as the individual child with a mental health challenge.
Family support services – are services designed to keep the family together, while coping with mental health challenges that affect them. These services may include consumer information workshops, in-home supports, family therapy, parenting training, crisis services, and respite care.
Forensic psychiatry - means psychiatry pertaining to or connected with courts of law.
Frequency – refers to the number of occurrences of a disease or injury in a given unit of time.
Gatekeepers – are those individuals in a community who have face-to-face contact with large numbers of community members as part of their usual routine; they may be trained to identify persons with mental health needs and refer them to treatment or supporting services as appropriate.
Generalized anxiety disorder - is a disorder characterized by a pattern of excessive worry and anxiety that is difficult to control and is accompanied by increased physiological arousal (such as restlessness, muscle tension, sleep disturbance, irritability, difficulty concentrating, or being easily fatigued).
Goal – is a broad and high-level statement of general purpose to guide planning around an issue; it is focused on the end result of the work.
Hallucination – is a false or distorted perception of objects or events, including sensations of sight, sound, taste, smell, or touch, typically accompanied by a powerful sense of their reality.
Health care - is medical and nursing care.
Health promotion – enables people to increase their control over the factors that influence their health, thereby improving their health.
Holistic - means considering the whole person in the treatment of their illness; i.e. their physical, emotional, psychological, spiritual and social needs.
Home-based services – refers to help provided in a family's home either for a defined period of time or for as long as it takes to deal with a mental health problem without removing the child from the home; these can include parent training, counseling, and working with family members to identify, find, or provide other necessary help. Also called in-home supports.
Homelessness - describes people living in a broad spectrum of unsatisfactory housing conditions ranging from cardboard boxes and park benches through night shelters and direct access hostels to bed a breakfast accommodation or even sleeping on a friend's floor.
Hospital leave – is the right to leave the hospital grounds temporarily, often with a family member or care provider; leave must be approved by the hospital staff.
Hypomania - is where someone is mildly manic (high); see mania.
Impulse control disorders – are a class of specific disorders where it is impossible or extremely difficult for an individual to control impulses, despite the negative consequences; includes intermittent explosive disorder (failure to resist aggressive, violent or destructive impulses), kleptomania (stealing objects that are not needed), pyromania (starting fires for pleasure or relief of tension), pathological gambling, and trichtillomania (pulling out one's own hair).
Imminent – means likely to happen at any moment.
Independent living services – refers to support for a young person living on his or her own, which teaches youth how to handle financial, medical, housing, transportation, and other daily living needs, as well as how to get along with others. Services may include therapeutic group homes, supervised apartment living, and job placement.
Individualized services – are services designed to meet the unique needs of each child and family, taking into the needs and strengths, ages, and stages of development of the child and individual family members; see also appropriate services and family-centered services.
Inpatient hospitalization – refers to mental health treatment provided in a hospital setting 24 hours a day, usually for purposes of diagnosis/evaluation or acute short-term treatment when an individual is in crisis.
Institutionalization - is where people have been conditioned by living and being looked after in a particular place for a long time; it is normally applied to people in hospital but can equally applied to people cared for in their own homes where they have most things done for them.
Intake - is the process an agency or program uses to find out about a consumer or child and family for the first time and determine their eligibility for services; also called initial referral; see also eligibility criteria.
Internalization – means to take in information, beliefs, or attitudes and make them personal.
Intervention – is a strategy or approach that is intended to prevent an outcome or to alter the course of an existing condition (such as providing lithium for bipolar disorder or strengthening social support in a community). Intramuscular injections - are the administration of long-acting medication through injections into muscles.
Managed care – is a way to supervise the delivery of health care services. It may specify which service providers the insured consumer or family can see and may also limit the number of visits and kinds of services that are covered by insurance.
Mania - is abnormal elevation of mood and over-activity seen in bipolar disorder and other affective disorders. It may include the one or more of the following characteristics: tremendous activity and energy levels, an inability or unwillingness to sleep, a rapid flow of ideas, rapid speech and movement, inflated self-esteem, impulsive decision-making, irrational spending of money, lack of inhibition, bizarre behavior, and/or intense insights not normally experienced. See also hypomania, bipolar disorder.
Meaningful occupation - is occupation which is suitable for a person and which they would find personally rewarding.
Means – in the context of completing a suicide/safety assessment, is the instrument or object whereby a self-destructive act is carried out (i.e., firearm, poison, medication).
Media - is the term used to describe TV, radio, newspapers and journals.
Mental disorders due to a medical condition – is a way of classifying a mental health problem or symptom that is a secondary symptom of a physical problem (e.g., depression due to a thyroid problem that causes chemical imbalances in the body).
and the other people in their lives; evaluate their challenges and problems; explore choices; handling stress; relate to other people; and make decisions.
outreach approaches to the care of individuals with severe disorders.
Mental incapacity – is an inability to make decisions for yourself.
Mortality – is the relative frequency of death, or the death rate, in a community or population.
Motivation - is an incentive to do something.
Motivational Interviewing- Motivational Interviewing is a collaborative conversation to strengthen a person's own motivation for and commitment to change.
share their experiences and feelings about mental health challenges and generally help each other; also called self-help groups.
care needs of a population.
Negative symptoms – are symptoms that take away from what is considered "normal," such as lack of drive or initiative, social withdrawal, and apathy. The term is usually used in reference to schizophrenia.
Neuroleptics – are a group of medications used to treat psychotic illnesses.
differences of race, gender, sexuality, disability, age, etc.; see also cultural competence.
ancillary staff 24 hours a day.
to be achieved in a plan; it narrows a goal by specifying who, what, when and where or clarifies by how much, how many, or how often.
reason; see also obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Obsessive-compulsive disorder – is a potentially disabling anxiety disorder in which individuals become entrapped in repetitive patterns of thoughts (obsessions) and behaviors (compulsions) that are senseless, distressing, and extremely difficult to overcome.
Occupational therapist – is a person trained to provide therapy through creative activity that promotes recovery or rehabilitation.
Occupational therapy - assists people to achieve their maximum level of independence though creative or vocational activities and skill-building.
Outcomes - are measurable results, such as a change in the health of an individual or group of people that is attributable to an intervention.
Outputs - are the range, quantity and quality of services provided.
Outreach programs – are programs that send staff into communities to deliver services or recruit participants.
Panic attack - is a discrete period of intense fear or discomfort in which at least four of the following symptoms develop: accelerated heartbeat, sweating, trembling, shortness of breath, feeling of chocking, chest pain, nausea, dizziness, fear of dying or losing control, numbness, or chills or hot flashes.
Panic disorder – is an anxiety disorder in which a person experiences panic attacks and develops a concern about having additional attacks. People with panic disorder may develop agoraphobia.
and believes others are trying to do them harm.
Parent Advocate — is an individual who has been trained to help other families get the kinds of services and supports they need and want. Parent advocates are usually family members who have raised a child with a behavioral or emotional problem and have worked with the system of care and many of the agencies and providers in your community.
Partnership - is working closely with others to achieve agreed common goals.
Patient – refers to a person receiving services in a medical or hospital setting, including inpatient mental health facilities. See also consumer.
Peer – is a term often used by service providers for an individual who receives mental health services; see also consumer.
Personality disorders – are a class of mental disorders characterized by an enduring pattern of thinking, feeling, and behaving which is significantly different from the person's culture and results in negative consequences.
Pharmacist – is a person licensed to sell or dispense prescription drugs.
Phobias – are a group of anxiety disorders characterized by intense, irrational fears, either of particular things or situations, such as snakes, heights, confined spaces, water, or flying (specific phobias) or of being embarrassed or humiliated in a social setting (social phobia).
Physician assistant – is a person certified to perform certain duties of a medical doctor, such as prescribing medication, performing a physical examination, or ordering diagnostic tests.
Plan of care – is a treatment plan especially designed for each consumer or child and family, based on individual strengths and needs; it establishes goals and suggests appropriate treatment and services.
Policy - is a plan of action or an agreed position adopted by an organization.
Positive symptoms –are behaviors that add to what is considered "normal," such as delusions, hallucinations, disorganized thinking and agitation; the term is usually used in reference to schizophrenia.
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) - can occur after one is exposed to a traumatic event, such as war, natural disasters, major accidents, or severe abuse. The person may then develop an intense fear of related situations, heightened general anxiety, flashbacks and/or recurring nightmares.
Prevention – is a strategy or approach that delays or reduces the likelihood of onset of a mental health problem.
Primary care services - is the local network of primary health care and/or local social services centered around a health center.
Primary mental health care clinician – is the health care provider whom an individual sees the most for his/her mental health care; this may be a doctor, physician assistant, psychiatrist, psychologist, nurse, therapist, case manager, or social worker.
Private sector – refers to profit-making agencies; compare to public sector and voluntary sector.
Protective factors – are factors that make it less likely that individuals will develop a disorder; these may include biological, psychological or social factors in the individual, family or environment.
Provider - is any organization, agency, group of people or individual who supplies a service in the community, home or hospital in return for payment.
Psychiatric disorder – see mental disorder.
Psychiatric resident – is a licensed medical doctor who is being trained in a psychiatric specialty at a hospital.
Psychiatrist – is a licensed physician who has completed special advanced training in diagnosing and treating mental disorders following graduation from medical school.
Psychiatry – is the medical science that deals with the origin, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of mental disorders.
Psychoeducation – is education offered to those with psychiatric disabilities and often their families with the intent of helping them to better understand and cope with their psychiatric disability.
Psychologist – is a non-medical professional who has completed graduate education and training and is qualified to perform psychological research, testing, or therapy.
Psychology – is the science concerned with the individual behavior of humans, including mental and physiological processes related to behavior.
Psychosis – is a group of symptoms in major mental health challenges that include loss of contact with reality, breakdown of normal social functioning, and extreme personality changes. Psychotic episodes may be short-lived or chronic and worsening. People affected may experience hallucinations and/or delusions.
Psychotherapy – is a form of treatment for mental disorders based primarily on verbal communication between the patient and a mental health professional, often combined with prescribed medication; see also counseling.
Psychotic disorders – are a class of disorders characterized by psychosis, delusions or hallucinations; includes schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder.
Public sector – refers to any facility maintained or controlled by a central government, local government, or other statutory body; compare to private sector and voluntary sector.
Rapport – means a friendly relationship with a basis of trust.
Rate – is the number per unit of the population with a particular characteristic, for a given unit of time.
Rehabilitation - restores skills (e.g., vocational, social, or daily living skills) through treatment or by training.
Regressive behavior – describes thoughts or actions that are typical of earlier life stages, such as infancy or childhood.
Residential care home - provides accommodation with board and personal care, which is registered and inspected by the local authority.
Residential supervisor – is a person in charge of a group home or a unit within a residential treatment facility who helps with the problems of daily living, checks to be sure that residents take their medications, and knows how to handle crises when they occur.
Residential treatment centers – are facilities that provide treatment and supervision 24 hours a day to groups of consumers or children with serious emotional disturbances. Treatment may include individual, group, and/or family therapy as well as behavior therapy, special education, recreation therapy, and medical services; also called therapeutic group homes.
Resilience – refers to the capacities within a person that promote positive outcomes, such as mental health and well-being, and provide protection from factors that might otherwise place that person at risk for adverse health outcomes.
Respite care – is a temporary break for the caregiver of a child, an older adult, or someone who is ill or disabled. This can be a formal service where a trained caregiver takes care of the person for a while, or informal help provided by a friend or relative.
Review - means a critical look at what exists.
Revise - means to change what exists.
Revised Codes of Washington (RCW's) – are laws that the state government creates; see also Washington Administrative Codes (WAC's).
social factors in the individual, family and environment, and are especially significant for children.
Schizoaffective disorder - is a mental health challenges in which symptoms of both schizophrenia and a manic, depressed, or mixed episode occur at the same time.
Schizophrenia – is a complex and severe mental disorder, which results in abnormal thinking and behavior, including hallucinations (especially hearing voices), delusions, paranoia, social withdrawal, distorted thought processes, and inappropriate or "blunted" emotional expression.
Screening – refers to the administration of an assessment tool to identify persons in need of more in-depth evaluation or treatment; see also eligibility criteria, intake.
Screening tools – are those instruments and techniques (questionnaires, check lists, self-assessments forms) used to evaluate individuals for increased risk of certain health problems; see also eligibility criteria, intake.
Seclusion - is the supervised confinement of a patient alone in a room, which may be locked.
Self-harm – refers to the various methods by which individuals injure themselves, with or without suicidal intent, such as self-laceration, self-battering, taking overdoses or exhibiting deliberate recklessness; also called self-injury.
Self-management - is where a patient manages their own illness and treatment, including recognizing the need to seek help if there are indications of relapse.
Serious – in reference to mental health, means something is important and demands consideration.
Serious emotional disturbances – are diagnosable disorders in children and adolescents that severely disrupt their daily functioning in the home, school, or community. These disorders include depression, attention-deficit/hyperactivity, anxiety disorders, conduct disorder, and eating disorders.
Service – is a type of support or clinical intervention designed to address the specific mental health needs of a consumer or a child and his or her family. A service could be provided only one time or repeated over a course of time.
Service plan — is a written document that lists and describes all the services and supports a consumer or child and family will receive. Typically, service plans also include information about the consumer's strengths, problems, and needs; describe what the services and supports are designed to accomplish; and explain how and when progress will be assessed. Also called individual service plan or treatment plan.
Severe – in reference to mental health, means something that is violent, extreme and making great demands upon an individual, family, or service provider.
Sheltered work - is work provided for people with a mental health challenges or developmental disability in protected or well-monitored settings, outside the usual workforce; compare to supported employment.
Side effects - are the unwanted physical effects of taking medication.
Sleep disorders – involve abnormalities in the amount, timing or quality of sleep (dysomnias) or unusual behavioral or physiological events related to sleep (parasomnias).
Social services – are organized efforts to advance human welfare, such as home-delivered meal programs, support groups, and community recreation projects.
Social support – refers to assistance that may include companionship, emotional backing, cognitive guidance, material aid and special services.
Social worker – is a graduate of a school of social work who holds either a bachelor's or master's degree and who is trained in effective ways of helping the people living with mental health challenges, and other groups in need of assistance. See also case manager.
Solvent abuse - is where people get "high" through breathing in fumes from butane, aerosols, glues or other products; see also substance abuse and substance dependence.
Somatoform disorders – are mental disorders where the symptoms suggest a medical condition, but where no medical condition can be found by a physician; also called psychosomatic illnesses.
Spiritual - relates to the spirit or soul as distinct from physical matters; it includes religion but goes much wider to embrace, for example, art and music.
Split personality – is a slang term often inaccurately associated with schizophrenia and Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) sometimes mistakenly referred to as multiple personality disorder.
Stakeholder – is anyone, including organizations, groups and individuals, that is affected by and contributes to decisions, consultations and policies.
Statutory - relates to organizations set up by law, statute or regulation (e.g. county council, local authority).
Stigma – is a general term for the widespread fear and misunderstanding of mental health challenges, together with the stereotyping and negative attitudes toward those who suffer from them.
Street drugs – means drugs that are not prescribed by doctors for the person using them; also called illicit drugs.
Strengths -_ are the positive characteristics of any individual, child or family, including things they do well, people they like and activities they enjoy.
Subpoena – is a written legal order.
Substance abuse - is the use of a substance (e.g., alcohol, prescription drugs, street drugs, solvents, etc.) to the point that it has a negative impact on one's life (e.g., leads to fights, arrests, relationship problems, etc.); compare to substance dependence.
Substance dependence – is addiction to a substance (see above); i.e., the substance is taken more frequently, in higher doses, in inappropriate situations, or in spite of the user's desire to quit; compare to substance abuse.
Suicidal act – is a potentially self-injurious behavior for which there is evidence that the person probably intended to kill himself or herself; a suicidal act may result in death, injuries, or no injuries; also called a suicide attempt.
Suicidal behavior – refers to a spectrum of thoughts and behaviors that include suicidal thinking, suicide attempts, and completed suicide; also called suicidality.
Suicidal ideation – means self-reported thoughts of engaging in suicide-related behavior.
Suicide – means the act of intentionally killing oneself.
Suicide survivors – are family members, significant others, or acquaintances who have experienced the loss of a loved one due to suicide; sometimes this term is also used to mean suicide attempt survivors.
Support - means to help provide for and encourage a person.
Supported employment - is where a person is supported (usually by an organization or program) to obtain and retain open employment in the community; compare to sheltered work.
Supported housing - is where residents have their own accommodation, but a member of staff is available to provide support when necessary.
Symptom – is a reported feeling or specific observable physical sign of a consumer's condition that indicates a physical or mental abnormality.
System of care — is a coordinated network of agencies and providers that make a full range of mental health and other necessary services available to consumers/Peers or children with mental health challenges and their families.
Tardive dyskinesia – is a neurological syndrome caused by the long-term use of psychoactive drugs. It is characterized by repetitive, involuntary, purposeless movements such as grimacing, tongue protrusion, lip smacking, puckering and pursing, rapid eye blinking, rapid movements of the arms, legs, and trunk, and involuntary movements of the fingers.
Telecommuting – means participating in work activity from home using a computer linked to the workplace through the Internet.
Treatment - means a medical or psychological therapeutic intervention.
Treatment team- is a group of professionals, service providers, family members and/or support people who meet to develop, implement and review a comprehensive service plan for an adult consumer or child and family.
Unintentional – means an injury that is unplanned; also called accidental injuries.
Utilization management guidelines – are policies and procedures that are designed to ensure efficient and effective delivery (utilization) of services in an organization.
Voluntary organization - is an organization that is governed by and usually operated by unpaid members and is registered as a charity.
Voluntary sector - refers to the activities of voluntary organizations; compare to private sector and public sector.
Volunteers - are unpaid helpers, who may have their expenses reimbursed; generally they need to agree to conform to the practices of the organization they are helping.
Washington (RCWs), the laws that the state legislature has created.
Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) – refers training on and use of the Wellness Recovery Action Plan developed by Mary Ellen Copeland.
Wraparound Services – are individualized community-based services that focus on the strengths and needs of a child and family. Wraparound services are developed through a team-planning process, where a team of individuals who are relevant to the well-being of the child (such as family members, service providers, teachers, and representatives from any involved agency) collaboratively develop and implement an individualized plan of care, known as a wraparound plan.
Youth – an individual who is between 12 and 18 years old. This definition varies in different parts of the state, nation and by organization.
Youth Culture – The norms, values, language and music that defines who a young person is.
Youth In Transition – A young person between the ages of 16 and 24 generally. This term is applied to youth who are aging out of the youth systems and moving into adult systems which includes education to higher education and does not necessarily mean that a young person who is in the mental health system will automatically move into the adult mental health system.


Anytime Fitness is pleased to announce a global partnership with Special Olympics. Anytime Fitness will encourage the owners and staff members at nearly 5,000 gyms to voluntarily support Special Olympic athletes worldwide.
Anytime Fitness and Special Olympics share a common belief that exercise can be beneficial, in all sorts of ways, to virtually anyone. Regardless of fitness level, ability or location, Anytime Fitness and Special Olympics are inclusive organizations that open their doors to others, meeting people wherever they are along their fitness journey, helping them get to a healthier place – Anytime, Anywhere, Anyone.
We will be inviting Special Olympics athletes to train in Anytime Fitness gyms. We will encourage individuals with and without intellectual disabilities to participate together in "Unified" group training sessions at Anytime Fitness Gyms.
We will sponsor and coach our local teams. We will host hydration, flexing, and stretching stations at Special Olympics events.
We will organize fundraisers inside the club and in the community for Special Olympics athletes and teams.
We want to be our local team's biggest fans by coordinating cheer squads for local athletes and teams.
Your local gym may be supporting Special Olympics athletes in a variety of ways. To learn how you can get involved talk to a gym manager.
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