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Domestic Violence is no joke. Glamour and the National Domestic Violence Hotline are working on a campaign called, “Tell Somebody Campaign”. Click on the video below to learn more about what you can do to help stop domestic violence in your area. http://www.glamour.com/tell-somebody/video/2011/05/tell-somebody-help-put-an-end-to-relationship-violence #DVWarrior

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“Up and at em’! It’s finally Friday! This is Erika Gonzalez with We Are Austin Morning’s FACEBOOK TOPIC OF THE DAY: A Houston couple has had their kids taken away from them because for the last 3 years, the family has been living in a storage unit. The 12-feet-wide and 25-foot-long structure comes equipped with [...]

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Symptoms of Compassion Fatigue Some of the tell tale signs of compassion fatigue are listed below. Lack of enjoyment in day to day activities Not deriving any joy from things that used to excite the person earlier Difficulty in concentrating in any task Feelings of anxiety and perpetual fear Feelings of irritability triggered by trivial [...]

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Empathy can be literally defined as: em·pa·thy [ émpəthee ]    understanding of another’s feelings:the ability to identify with and understand somebody else’s feelings or difficulties attribution of feelings to an object:the transfer of somebody’s own feelings and emotions to an object such as a painting [ Early 20th century. < Greek empatheia "affection, passion" ]  Ashoka Fellow Molly Barker, Founder of Girls [...]

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The National Child Traumatic Stress Network provides a great fact sheet resource to Domestic Violence  and Children:  Questions and Answers for Domestic Violence Project Advocates, answering such questions as: How do children react to domestic violence? What are some typical short-term responses? What about children’s responses in the long term? What are the factors that [...]

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Domestic violence cases seem to prevail in spite of all the efforts of the advocates across the United States and throughout the world; however, that doesn’t stop the advocates from continuing to try.  One focus has turned its head towards the affects upon childhood trauma.  One such foundation taking this focus in their hands is [...]

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Marsys’ Law created as a result, in California, when a woman was lured back to her ex-boyfriend who claimed wanted to get back with her and make up but in actuality had a shotgun ready to kill her when she entered his home.   This event was a great opportunity to learn more. PASADENA – [...]

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Recently attended a child custody inservice presented by Barry Goldstein and Dr. Mo Hanna (who, incidently co-authored the book called Domestic Violence Abuse and Child Custody).  Dr. Hanna also speaks to childhood trauma in her part of the presentation.  The statistics presented in this video by Makers of Memories foundation are, indeed pretty staggering and [...]

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In 2004, when a suburban hit me in an intersection and spun me around, my knees hit the steering wheel hard.  At the time, I didn’t have medical insurance; just the PIP insurance with your normal coverage of auto insurance policy.  When it was discovered a month after the accident that my swelling in my [...]

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$31,244 is the average income of 90% of the income earners, which has only seen a change of 1% during 1970-2008.  As you climb the chart to see other ranges of earnings, the population gets smaller and smaller, but the change of income earned during this same time frame is increasing higher and higher.  Something [...]

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Just happened upon this today.  You’ll just need to read the article to understand the full scope:   Reposted article for quick viewing here: In case you hadn’t heard the latest news to make you doubt the basic humanity of the people around you, several years ago a 16-year-old cheerleader from Silsbee High School in Texas [...]

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Oh, my! I just can’t believe that it has come down to discussing politician’s many love lives and infidelities, and let that drama get in way of what is truly underlying on the the important aspects of getting us out of this economic “bliss” and recession. Don’t get me wrong — when we vote a [...]

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OMG, just read a blog posting that an author stated that, “There is an oft-repeated, but false, myth that Super Bowl Sunday is the worst day for violence against women.”  Of course, the author then adds, “Would that it were that easy.  Domestic violence doesn’t care what day it is.  It is an every day [...]

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Making lists doesn’t always put our world in order, but it certainly helps us to feel more orderly. ~ Anonymous lol.. I don’t know how many lists that I have written over the years, but it has certainly made me rest better at nights very often so that I could have a renewed perspective of [...]

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Just something inspirational to share with you today: “I Wish You Enough Recently, I overheard a father and daughter in their last moments together at a regional airport. They had announced her departure and standing near the security gate, they hugged and he said, “I love you. I wish you enough.” She in turn said, [...]

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On January 9th of this year, a posting was made by Timmy called “You want what?”.   In the posting he states:   Today’s Kick in the Ass goes to an anonymous person, or asshat, who filed a claim against the federal government for of $3 quadrillion for over damage from the failure of levees and flood [...]

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(Actually written 1/2/08:) I saw a bumper sticker the other day and was puzzled slightly by what it said — “Those who abandon their dreams, will discourage others.”  Although I wrote it on my hand, and later on in my datebook journal I received as a Christmas gift, it just didn’t make sense to me [...]

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In Slate.com there was a cartoon that indicated the lack of US cooperation with the Global Warming issue.  With Al Gore’s campaign for the “Inconvenient Truth” that he has been doing in the past few years, you would think that the prospect of US’s involvement with the global warming issues would be higher.  What this [...]

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Although I have run across this blogger, known as “Midnight Dancer”, on another social site (currently called Fubar and fka Cherry Tap & fka Lost Cherry), his blog entitled “Let’s Dance Through Life: Love, Honestly, and the Internet” has a posting called “No Guts, No Glory” and poignantly states: It has been said many ways: [...]

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and the overreaction of the criticism of his message to wish everyone a Merry Christmas in one of his recent messages on tv.  This video is from the Today Show appearance… [YouTube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKMDJ46G4M4] It is such a shame that folks have to be intimidated by expressing a simple greeting based on their religious belief.  Gone are [...]

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What happend to the giving of the lump of coal in the stocking??? Can you imagine the psychiatrist bill in overcoming a child’s potential emotional impact from being degraded and humiliated by carrying a balloon marked “Naughty!”???  Of course, on the other hand, if the child deserved it though, is it good to hold them [...]

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In an article in the Austin American Statesman on Tuesday, December 18th, the author of the article, Charles Taylor, starts off saying in his analysis of the book by Elizabeth Bumiller on Condoleeza Rice: An American Life: “The subtitle of Elizabeth Bumiller’s biography “Condoleezza Rice: An American Life” tells you everything you need to know. The [...]

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When I was little, we had lived up in Ft. Meade, Maryland, on Suzie Court.  When it snowed, it would snow very hard and we would have feet upon feet of snow — unlike where I live now in Texas where we are lucky if it snows above 3-5 inches!! lol….. We would go sliding [...]

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I am often wondering what this truly is. What is normal, afterall? For a person that works the typical 8a-5p shifts, sleep hours might be 9p-6a…or something of that nature. However, for the person working the night shifts, it may invert drastically. As for me, my hours shift according to the day… sometimes working day [...]

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Does anyone actually achieve their dream job — or, is it just merely a figment of everyone’s imagination? While someone may be doing the job they absolutely love to do, it may not pay all that well and they have to struggle to make ends meet.  Additionally, family members or friends may look down upon [...]

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those at the Justice for Children program.  “It is the position of Justice for Children that PAS is junk science. “P.A.S. per se (not “parents lying about abuse allegations”) is not a syndrome.   People lie on the witness stand every day but that does not make it a syndrome.   Various credible studies have documented that [...]

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I know that they have talked about it for a while… and you have been able to purchase a kit online and send it off to the various DNA labs, but now (in accordance to the Houston News Station) they are available over the counter as well? What do you think about that? I am [...]

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See the inspiring speaker, Barack Obama, as he spoke in Austin on February 23, 2007: [YouTube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45jM2DKwCKI] What could be better than watching the next President of the United States at a classic Texas hillside ampitheater? It’s going to be beautiful weather, and we look forward to seeing you this Saturday afternoon at The Backyard. Who: [...]

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While raising my daughter, I grew up in a world that we tried to make sure that we made our children feel important although we were raising them often in two income families or a single parent family; oftentimes, overcompensating to make up for lost time.  Sometimes though there are children who have been raised to [...]

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Lol… anyone who remembers the old Memorex commercials may know what I am talking about here!! lol…

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  Seriously, I wish it were ever that simple!! LOL!!!  

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“Grace will lead me home” – the title of the book she is promoting and speaking out about domestic violence, bringing home to a lot of victims of domestic exactly the fears, trials and tribulations that they have faced and feared.  Check out her story in these YouTube videos:     [YouTube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcZg2_BDZKo] – Robin Givins Story, Pt 1 [...]

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Sent to me by a friend…. check it out. Be cautious and be safe!!! Nanny Who Answered Online Ad Found Dead Man Police Believe Posted Wanted Ad Is In Custody In Minnesota SAVAGE, Minn., Oct. 29, 2007 (CBS/AP) Police say an online ad seeking a nanny may have cost a Cottage Grove, Minnesota, woman her [...]

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“Asabe Ladagu, a Christian widow in this capital city of Borno state in northern Nigeria, has survived without income the past 16 months. It was that long ago, the former librarian told Compass, that Muslim administrators at Ramat Polytechnic forced her into early retirement – without pay – after she and others requested land to [...]

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Received this in my email today.  It is comforting that some businesses can and do actually go beyond their call of duty these days; so many don’t.  It is indeed a rare find and we should support those who do. See below for full story: Sears Walks the Walk…   Could we each buy at [...]

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So frustrating is the fear of the unknown.   I remember when I was mentoring a after school program in an Community Program in a poorer segment of Austin (not East Austin) and a young boy had drawn a much worse picture than this child who had been suspended.  While I was alarmed that a boy [...]

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October is domestic violence month. I have a dear friend in Pennsylvania who heard one of Congresswomen speak out with the declaration of Domestic Violence Month and everything uttered out of that woman’s mouth was as if the victim is always a woman. Here, in this video below, sent to me via a Canadian friend [...]

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I know that whenever I have even considered dating anyone from a distance, especially that I have initially met off of the internet, I have sent them no less than 100 questions to complete. In some instances, it has been much longer than that — just short of actually running a background check. Here is [...]

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So many folks feel that, if they get too far into debt, they’ll just file bankruptcy. Discovered this cartoon on Slate.com today, and it couldn’t have been depicted any better….

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1 Cursh Message Wating Find Out Who has a Crush On You Sign Up Today & Find Out! www.CrushRequest.com LOL… Has Google Ads heard of a Spell Check???   Found this above ad in one of the Google Ad Sense Banners. This should go down in the books as “How not to place an ad!”  [...]

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Yuwie is quickly becoming a phenomena of this day and age.  There are many social sites out there, and there are many blogging sites out there…. but, what if you could truly do both…. and make money!!! Yikes, can it really be true??? Yes… Just check this out for yourself and Click Here>>>> for more [...]

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notice that their DO NOT CALL notice is about to expire and their numbers will be fair game once again to hound you during dinnertime about needless stuff once again! Especially, if you are one of those that did the DO NOT CALL notices back in 2003, it is high time that you do it [...]

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Received this in my email today.  It is amazing at what lengths people will go who “think” that they have the rights and authority to do so, when in fact they do not.  Will this guy be held accountable for his actions? What do you think???? **********************************************************************************  Religious words such as God, Lord banned by [...]

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Quite possibly! In response to another blogger’s blog posting, I responded: “It is indeed something to think about… China, Mexico, and many other countries are mass producing things for us…. but, flags have to rise when are products are being imported tainted with things that could kill each and every one of us and the [...]

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Friend reported to me tonight that a friend was arrested in Travis County, Texas, recently on a Class B charge of being an unfit husband and asked me if I had ever heard of such of a thing.  I told him that I have certainly heard of being an unfit parent, but insofar as being [...]

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“Lose your wealth, you lose nothing. Lose your health, you lose something. Lose your integrity, you lose everything.” – Stew Leonard

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I worked for Michael Dell back in the day when it was known as PC’s Limited (off of N. Lamar and Hwy 183),  an Austin, Texas based computer company, as its 13th employee and enjoyed the transition of its growth to Dell Computer Corporation, which is now known simply as DELL. Opening up the Austin American Statesman newspaper [...]

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Well, if you are like this guy, you can creat a webcam for your cat to see “just where does he go” when he goes out and play—See Mr. Lee’s Catcam. It is hilarious to see just where all this cat does go on his adventures outdoors. Be sure to look down at bottom of [...]

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  “I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself.”   – Aldous Huxley

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  “Money is just an excuse to avoid thinking very much about the life you are living.”   – Michael Lewis, Wall Street writer

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I certainly hope so.  Texas has been aggressive against sites, such as MySpace.com, to provide them with the Sex Offenders on their sites, especially after having to sue them for their accountability after some children were attacked by sexual predators when they went to meet them in person.  I am sure that will only make [...]

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This first clip is from Coronado High School for a Environmental Awareness Informercial Project. A bit silly at times, but I think that they drive their point across: [YouTube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BldbzKBE1Iw] and, not so entertaining videos as prepared by Contra Costa Mosquito & Vector Control District Public Affairs Manager Deborah Bass who gives insight into how this [...]

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See the Austin American Statesman’s article, “Emilio’s short life likely to be long remembered: Terminally ill child’s case could influence laws and debate on end-of-life care”. I couldn’t have put it to words better myself. I certainly do hope some laws do get to change. The thing is, it wasn’t just about spending more money [...]

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Your say is needed to make sure that DV programs are funded.  Lifetime is pushing the petition to be signed and states the following: Tell Congress to fund critical programs that help thousands of victims of domestic, dating and sexual violence In just a single day, domestic violence programs served nearly 50,000 adults and children [...]

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