tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2735094423029416610.post4815825739817129717..comments2023-10-12T08:55:29.120-05:00Comments on Carol's Southern Spice: Have we spoiled ourselves into dangerous territory?Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10040510292724803196noreply@blogger.comBlogger120125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2735094423029416610.post-19484424598716056422010-02-14T07:42:52.112-06:002010-02-14T07:42:52.112-06:00Good morning Carol
I just put up a new post...Good morning Carol<br /><br />I just put up a new post...Coreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00529671587520012813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2735094423029416610.post-68945198134401616192010-02-14T07:35:01.267-06:002010-02-14T07:35:01.267-06:00I went to look at the site you linked yesterday Ch...I went to look at the site you linked yesterday Chloe and found a link to depression. Very interesting information there. Gives good advice for dealing with depression and seldom recommends use of anti-dpressants except in extreme cases and only until they lift a person to the level where they can use other stratigies.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.lift-depression.com/" rel="nofollow">Lift depression</a>Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10040510292724803196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2735094423029416610.post-33628608591768150742010-02-13T21:16:05.071-06:002010-02-13T21:16:05.071-06:00Coreen, I did not watch "dancing...stars"...Coreen, I did not watch "dancing...stars" when Alollo was on. I think we have only watched it for a year.janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03444805355043272927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2735094423029416610.post-25674022868648167732010-02-13T21:15:00.894-06:002010-02-13T21:15:00.894-06:00Carol, I love the Krewe de Barcus parade. What fun...Carol, I love the Krewe de Barcus parade. What fun. I am sending the link to all our friends who love dogs.janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03444805355043272927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2735094423029416610.post-42644740001940876502010-02-13T21:08:47.198-06:002010-02-13T21:08:47.198-06:00Ivy, How interesting. I just read a novel by Anita...Ivy, How interesting. I just read a novel by Anita Shreve with this theme and set in this era. The name of the book is Sea Glass.janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03444805355043272927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2735094423029416610.post-57109773167607774842010-02-13T20:00:51.567-06:002010-02-13T20:00:51.567-06:00Coreen,
So intrigued by the comments you shared ab...Coreen,<br />So intrigued by the comments you shared about your parents. Especially because the book I'm reading at the moment is about the history of the battle for Civil Rights in my adopted hometown...this town was founded on heavy industry (steel mfg.) which made it a natural target for union organizing by labor-advocates, and union-busting by the industrial owners (calling the shots from the north). Targeting union-sympathizers as communists was an easy way to undermine their sales-pitch to workers. The concept of integration was introduced in the '40s when FDR ordered desegregation of the war-production industries. There was an early intertwining of Marxist-sympathizers (mostly undercover) and civil rights organizers because the Marxists thought their best hope for worker-uprising lay with the most oppressed group. When red-baiting got underway during the McCarthy-era, civil rights advocates took greater pains to disassociate from socialists and Marxists. J. Edgar Hoover's dogged-pursuit of Martin Luther King, Jr. was fueled by his underlying fear of secret communist plots.Ivy Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15280286975346056230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2735094423029416610.post-8957198908331998102010-02-13T19:47:53.409-06:002010-02-13T19:47:53.409-06:00Sorry, that was supposed to be Chloe.Sorry, that was supposed to be Chloe.Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10040510292724803196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2735094423029416610.post-37589835948220985592010-02-13T19:47:27.701-06:002010-02-13T19:47:27.701-06:00Cjloe, did you see that little Chloe from Canada d...Cjloe, did you see that little Chloe from Canada doing the mogals? She was good.<br /><br />Oops, not as fast as the next little girl.Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10040510292724803196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2735094423029416610.post-24029397778049282882010-02-13T19:25:04.173-06:002010-02-13T19:25:04.173-06:00Well, there's so much information here, I don&...Well, there's so much information here, I don't know where to start, so I'll see y'all tomorrow.<br /><br />Enjoyed the read.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2735094423029416610.post-76532483181688589382010-02-13T19:22:34.228-06:002010-02-13T19:22:34.228-06:00Wow! I really enjoyed reading the conversation, a...Wow! I really enjoyed reading the conversation, and I learned a lot from all of you.<br /><br /> When you mentioned Aspergers Carol, I looked it up, and ran across a UK site called MindFields. There was a video there on Aspergers, where an expert lectured on it for about 45 minutes, discussing that, as well as a little about psychosis and more on how we organize ideas, thoughts and perceive things. I learned so much from that guy -- I just love the internet. <a href="http://www.mindfields.org.uk/blog/?p=228" rel="nofollow">http://www.mindfields.org.uk/blog/?p=228</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2735094423029416610.post-63831210128913735582010-02-13T18:25:25.676-06:002010-02-13T18:25:25.676-06:00Years ago, Mary entered one of her dogs in the Bar...Years ago, Mary entered one of her dogs in the Barkus parade. She made the Mardi Gras outfit. That's about the only parade I don't mind going to see. Here is one from NO in 2009.<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRH7ajmxGFUCarolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10040510292724803196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2735094423029416610.post-21296319497561500622010-02-13T18:17:18.879-06:002010-02-13T18:17:18.879-06:00"Carol, we don't file the bankruptcy til ..."Carol, we don't file the bankruptcy til the fees/costs are paid in full...."<br /><br /><br />Smart move Coreen but then you are an attorney!Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10040510292724803196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2735094423029416610.post-89968868840135774352010-02-13T18:14:17.382-06:002010-02-13T18:14:17.382-06:00Crew of barkus parade? never heard of that one...m...Crew of barkus parade? never heard of that one...maybe some pics on the net somewhere, the<br />nola.com?<br /><br />Carol, we don't file the bankruptcy til the fees/costs are paid in full....Coreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00529671587520012813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2735094423029416610.post-47867357105005967132010-02-13T18:08:27.416-06:002010-02-13T18:08:27.416-06:00I'm not sure if they did that for the event or...I'm not sure if they did that for the event or just for the practice today. That Whistler is fast and furious.<br /><br />Some of my favorites events are the snow boarding, the aerials, and the ski jumps. Love that Carrot guy. <br /><br />Awww, I missed the Crew of Barkus parade today. It's where all the dogs dress up in costume and have a parade. Everyone throws doggie bisquits to the dogs. <br /><br />Uhhh Coreen, if you do mostly bankruptcy cases, do you ever have any problems collecting for your services??? Seems that might be a risky specialty for an attorney.Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10040510292724803196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2735094423029416610.post-13699458785483798512010-02-13T18:00:19.643-06:002010-02-13T18:00:19.643-06:00Did they move the events to different courses
or m...Did they move the events to different courses<br />or modify the whistler?<br /><br />Tonight Apollo Ono? will skate...pretty sure he won dancing with the stars with the blonde dancer I always liked...<br /><br />Where's your sister or Jan...they will remember...<br /><br />I want to see the curling...I get such a kick<br />out of that event...it looks so easy, but this<br />am saw the nbc guy trying it, he almost fell<br />over, trying to glide the 'stone' on the ice sliding on 1 leg & said last time he did fall over...& the sweeping in front of the stone, don't know the logic of how it helps it run toward the bullseye, but I find myself wishing for it to get a little closer as it starts to slow up....Coreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00529671587520012813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2735094423029416610.post-77787915636849751882010-02-13T17:54:08.975-06:002010-02-13T17:54:08.975-06:00While those pesky congresscritters really tried
to...While those pesky congresscritters really tried<br />to limit the filing of bankruptcies in 2005....they did make it more difficult, more<br />costly. <br /><br />Their intent was to limit the Chapter 7s filed<br />& make debtors file a Chapter 13 which they<br />changed to make a debtor pay a portion of the<br />credit card debt....but there remains ways to<br />still file a Chapter 7, which allows a complete<br />discharge from the obligation to pay any of<br />the credit card debt (unsecured debt)...just<br />more complicated, more costly...but still available in most cases, but not all....Coreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00529671587520012813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2735094423029416610.post-40558475666260355542010-02-13T17:53:12.370-06:002010-02-13T17:53:12.370-06:00They have also moved the luge event to a less fast...They have also moved the luge event to a less fast track, I think. Boys go to the girls and girls go to the junior track. That Whistler track was much faster than any other track. At least that is what I think I heard.Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10040510292724803196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2735094423029416610.post-72400223682896058632010-02-13T17:50:14.827-06:002010-02-13T17:50:14.827-06:00Yes, I just heard that Coreen. There always more ...Yes, I just heard that Coreen. There always more to the story. Maybe a little rage problem?Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10040510292724803196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2735094423029416610.post-33067303114643915832010-02-13T17:47:43.632-06:002010-02-13T17:47:43.632-06:00Don't know about the meds, Carol, but neither ...Don't know about the meds, Carol, but neither the designer/generic jeans are a big help!!!<br /><br />I know I'm a broken record, but it is always<br />about the $$$$$<br /><br />By the way, did you catch that the Alabama<br />prof also killed her brother in 1986? accidently with a 12 ga. shotgunCoreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00529671587520012813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2735094423029416610.post-75969451599097936992010-02-13T17:34:37.192-06:002010-02-13T17:34:37.192-06:00And what does filing bankruptcy allow these days? ...And what does filing bankruptcy allow these days? Can people still get out of paying their debts, except by negotiating with the credit card cos or other cos they owe? I thought that writing off debts wasn't allowed anymore.Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10040510292724803196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2735094423029416610.post-7903980559315721362010-02-13T17:23:13.833-06:002010-02-13T17:23:13.833-06:00Coreen, very interesting. I've recently been ...Coreen, very interesting. I've recently been seeing patients coming in on Presiq. I wondered which company was getting ready to lose their patent and came up with a new model. The other day I looked up who manufactored that drug. It was the same company that makes Effexor. Your article said that is is an improved model in that it requires a lower dose with a better side effect profile. Another way to grab the big money? <br /><br />Effexor did cause some problems with high blood pressure so maybe Presiq will be safer. But there are cheaper models by other companies. But if your insurance pays $150/month for your anti-depressant, will you feel like you are getting a better medicine? Will it make you feel better? If you pay $100 for those designer jeans, rather than $30 for the generic ones, does you ass look better in them? <br /><br />When Prilosec got close to the OTC generic coming out, they developed Nexium. It was suppose to be soooo much better. I heard a pharm PhD say that he didn't think it was really any better, just a lot more expensive and a way for the company to hold on to the big bucks.Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10040510292724803196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2735094423029416610.post-62720293346152511402010-02-13T17:00:50.751-06:002010-02-13T17:00:50.751-06:00Carol,
Here's a look at the market share of t...Carol,<br /><br />Here's a look at the market share of the various antidepressents...This is the crux of<br />the matter for me...<br /><a href="http://www.wikinvest.com/concept/Antidepressant_Drug_Market" rel="nofollow">antideprssent drug market share</a>Coreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00529671587520012813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2735094423029416610.post-29757363338103138402010-02-13T16:54:50.449-06:002010-02-13T16:54:50.449-06:00Carol, try this link, I must have highlighted the ...Carol, try this link, I must have highlighted the wrong article that I had saved....but I think the stats are still not later than 2005...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.usnews.com/health/family-health/brain-and-behavior/articles/2009/08/03/antidepressant-use-in-us-has-almost-doubled.html" rel="nofollow">Antidepressant use in u.s. has almost doubled</a>Coreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00529671587520012813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2735094423029416610.post-50813118448229610372010-02-13T16:48:20.205-06:002010-02-13T16:48:20.205-06:00Let's see what can I say...
Carol, your view ...Let's see what can I say...<br /><br />Carol, your view of rirght & wrong is not necessarily incorrect, however, the law is not<br />so clear cut...<br /><br />If your shoplifters are in jail, <br />they are paying for the crime...while their<br />motives may have been noble in their eyes, they violated the criminal code.<br /><br />While those that run up that credit card,<br />think they will be able to repay it & intend to...they don't think that at some point not having enough money to pay it...there is no violation of criminal law. <br /><br />A PD could certainly raise the issue of why<br />a person stole to try to lower the penalty to be imposed.<br /><br />When I was in law school, one of my courses was<br />working in the prosecutor's office in Bpt. & yes, the dregs of humanity passed through that<br />court, from simple breach of peace, prostitutes, DWIs, to murderers,robbers,<br />were all arraigned in our court. The Part A <br />crimes---murder, rape, etc. were transfered to<br />the other building for trial, but the minor offenders were tried in that court....<br /><br />I always thought I could be a prosecutor never a public defender...but finally knew I really did not want to be involved in criminal law at all....<br /><br />Unfortunately, it is difficult to know sometimes what is the 'right' side of the law...Depends on one's perspective....<br /><br />I also learned I did not want to do divorces...you can separate the couple's finances, but the emotional aspect that goes along with divorcing couples is just not for me, & divorcing couples can tend to get vicious & nasty at times...I'd rather represent bankrupts any day....Coreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00529671587520012813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2735094423029416610.post-28664001626652656632010-02-13T16:47:04.194-06:002010-02-13T16:47:04.194-06:00Coreen, I think you linked the wrong site for that...Coreen, I think you linked the wrong site for that antidepressant use article. The link you listed goes to the same one as you linked in an earlier comment about the DMS-V stuff.<br /><br />If you noticed, most of the statistics on antidepressant use came from 1996-2005. I can't find any newer data even though the articles are newer. I would bet good money that since 2005 that use has significantly increased. <br /><br />And, not to be misunderstood again, if they help, I'm all for people using them. If any of my inmates want one, I'm more than happy to prescibe one. If I think they would help, I prescribe one. And the SSRIs don't cause people to do stupid things and they don't knock people out so they aren't likely to be abused or misused like some other drugs are. <br /><br />For many of my peeps at the jail, as soon as they find out the SSRI won't put them to sleep at night, they don't want it any longer. They want something that puts them to sleep. That's when I know it is more likely insomnia and not depression that their dealing with.Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10040510292724803196noreply@blogger.com