What small-town America thinks of Sarah Palin Nov 10, 2009
Near Keystone, S.D., the base of Mount Rushmore National Monument was an apt place to gauge the power of Palin mania. One way or the other, the November election will put a definitive crack in the white male monolith of the American presidency, as seen in the four 60-foot faces towering above. (Salon)
Wiesel slams tea partiers Nov 7, 2009
" Not surprisingly, Goyette basically said yes, and a few minutes later, there was Liddy again, talking about how secure the stuff was. And the budget for my big retirement party, sometime in the early 2040s, got bumped up a bit. The gold mania didn't actually start with the ad boycott. The market value of the commodity has been since Obama took office back in January, and it's now trading for around the highest prices it's seen in 10 years, a bit more than $1,000 an ounce. Even the mutual fund... (Salon)
Is It Bipolar Disorder or Depression? Learn the Signs Nov 6, 2009
Some have less intense mood swings called hypomanic episodes, while others may experience mixed episodes in which feelings of depression and mania exist simultaneously, Ablow said. Treating depression and bipolar disorder. (Fox News)
Sex & amnesia ... not a soap opera Nov 6, 2009
This was during the Michael Phelps mania, when the swimmer seemed to be everywhere. "Are you sure there is an Olympics?" Alice asked again. (CNN)
Architect brings transparency to W Hotel, Cambridge library Nov 1, 2009
The W s interior suffers from a mania for what the W folks call theming. I was told that the Living Room should remind me of stone garden walls, climbing ivy, campfires, paved sidewalks, the Public Garden, Harvard and MIT, Boston granite, village elm trees, neon lights, stage prosceniums, and I forget what else. (Boston Globe)
Garrison Keillor Oct 31, 2009
Evidently some people were disappointed that Dick Cheney didn't receive the Nobel Peace Prize, and believe me, I sympathize -- I thought Philip Roth should've gotten the literature prize instead of that grumpy Romanian lady with the severe hair -- but it was Mr. Obama whom the Norwegians wanted to come visit Oslo in December and stand on the balcony of the Grand Hotel and wave to the crowd along Karl Johans Gate, and, face it, Mr. Obama is going to draw a bigger crowd than Mr. Cheney would have... (Salon)
Fighting the Flu: Do Hand Sanitizers Work? Oct 30, 2009
There are in fact few negative consequences about this hand-sanitizer mania sweeping the country, although the gels do have their limitations ... And people seem to use hand sanitizers often so much so that, from a public health standpoint, although proper hand washing is technically superior than alcohol gels most of the 00000104 time, hand-sanitizer mania will likely be a more effective means to reduce disease transmission. (Fox News)
Shire presents study findings on its ADHD treatments at psychiatric meeting Oct. 29-30 Oct 30, 2009
Aggression, new abnormal thoughts/behaviors, mania, growth suppression, worsening of motion or verbal tics, and Tourette's syndrome have been associated with use of drugs of this type ... Aggression, new abnormal thoughts/behaviors, mania, and growth suppression have been associated with use of drugs of this type. (EurekAlert!)
Are the Tea Partiers good or bad for the GOP? Oct 30, 2009
" Drudge is also helping lead the charge on the second part of the GOP's messaging about this. They're hoping to convince voters that Democrats are keeping the public from finding out what's really in the bill, and in order to do that on Thursday they focused on the event Pelosi and her fellow senior House Democrats held to announce the bill, decrying their decision to bar members of the public who weren't invited. Of course, the Democrats had good reason to do so -- some protests had been... (Salon)
Let the vampire backlash begin! Why do we keep regurgitating the same old... Oct 30, 2009
Alas, Vampire mania is nowhere near over. In fact, it appears we're at some sort of absurd vampire apex; even the damnable "Twilight" thing has a few more movies to go before total flameout/burnout, before 10 million teen girls finally make it through puberty and switch back to real boys, and before millions of neglected boys can step away from the Succu-Dry and go back to real girls so that all will be right with the world. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
Kids gain weight on certain meds Oct 30, 2009
Correll says that atypical antipsychotics are sometimes the only thing that can help autistic children with severe aggression, and that the medications are also very helpful for bipolar children with severe mania who aren't helped by mood-stabilizing drugs like lithium. Although Correll agrees that their use is controversial -- especially for treating autistic children's aggressive behavior and outbursts, based on the idea that therapy and other approaches should be tried first -- he argues that... (CNN)
Guard hailed as a hero Oct 29, 2009
The Suffolk district attorney s office sent signals yesterday that its investigation has so far determined there was no wrongdoing on the part of Langone when he shot and killed a patient who was stabbing a psychiatrist at a hospital clinic for treatment of bipolar disorder, a psychiatric condition that can include dramatic swings between mania and depression. It s standard procedure to determine whether charges are warranted in any fatal shooting, whether it be by a police officer or a... (Boston Globe)
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KnowB4Uspeak wrote on Oct 26, 2009 11:41 AM:" Human greed will be the downfall of society. Last time I checked, greed is not a symptom of Bipolar Affective Disorder. BAD is characterized by a steady "normal" mood disrupted by manic or depressed episodes in which mania, depression or both are display in said episodes. Any psychologist that tells that a prolonged crime such as fraud schemes and money laundering was caused by BAD should be shot. I'm tired of people not wanting to accept their... (Green River Star, WY)
Book Review: John Wasik's Cul-De-Sa... Oct 27, 2009
Wasik, notes that 'simple supply and demand economics" were forgotten in the boom. Re-imagining the American Dream Despite the gloom, and perhaps because of it, Wasik finds hope. It's an 'out of the rubble, good will prevail' kind of thing. Increasing fuel costs, environmental concerns and quality of life, along with the lessons learnt from the housing mania, could spawn a different way of looking at the American Dream. Wasik explores new and innovative design in pre-fabricated houses in favour... (Suite101.com)
Zombie Films - An Alternative Renta... Oct 27, 2009
2004's "zombedy" Shaun Of The Dead is on the short list of recent zombie films that kick-started the current undead mania, but this 1985 Dan O'Bannon shocker beat it to the munch. Return Of The Living Dead follows a group of punk rockers as they invade a moss-encrusted cemetery while waiting for their friend Freddy (Thom Mathews) to get out of work at the nearby Uneeda Medical Supply Company. (Suite101.com)
Blueprint: Volunteer opportunities, calendar Oct 26, 2009
Pumpkin Mania, 3:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m., HandsOn Elberton. Usher and box office volunteers, 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m., Elbert Theatre. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Knowledge is the power behind popular eHow website Oct 26, 2009
Demand's portfolio: Websites eHow, Livestrong, GolfLink, Cracked, Trails (adventure travel) and Mania (sci-fi), along with Pluck, a provider of social-media tools for other companies' websites. Outside activities: Investor in three Southern California nightclubs, Air Conditioned. (USA Today -- Tech)
Blogging live on the Atlanta Press Club mayoral debate Oct 26, 2009
6:53 pm October 25, 2009, by Jim Galloway. Updated at 7:58 p.m.: The closing statements by the primary candidates for mayor of Atlanta may have been the most interesting portion of the hour-long debate tonight on GPTV.. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
Aussies will struggle at Olympics Oct 25, 2009
AUSTRALIA and England go muscle mania as the worl'ds best body builders compete for their titles. Tasmania's Shipstern Bluff gave surfers the ride of their lives with huge 6 metre-high waves on. (Yahoo News -- Swimming)
Vyvanse Capsules CII administration through 2 routes demonstrated similar pharmacokinetic profile Oct 23, 2009
New psychosis, mania, aggression, growth suppression, and visual disturbances have been associated with the use of stimulants. Use with caution in patients with a history of psychosis, seizures or EEG abnormalities, bipolar disorder, or depression. (EurekAlert!)
Florida congressman confronts Paul Broun over ACORN Oct 23, 2009
And I think it s unfortunate that the mania that exists on the other side of the aisle regarding this one organization, and we know why that mania exists, it s because they ve registered an awful lot of Democrats, continues to distort and waste the time of this committee and many other committees here in Congress. Enough is enough. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
No paper tickets at Miley Cyrus concert, confusing some Oct 21, 2009
It looked like the usual Miley Mania -- wide-eyed kids, excited moms, not-so excited dads -- but it's how they all got inside the New Orleans concert that left many dazed and confused. "We are implementing what is known as paperless ticketing," said Alan Freeman, general manager of the Superdome and New Orleans Arena. (WWLTV.com, LA)
Mother Gives Up Custody Of Mentally Ill Son Oct 19, 2009
At times, Alexs anger and rage is very destructive and violent, said Theil, saying its difficult to describe the mania that takes over her son. She said ultimately it was his safety that pushed her to severe legal ties with him. (7 KETV Omaha)
Ceded lands legal issues discussed Oct 19, 2009
Enjoy a mix of Hawaiian, classical, musical theater and jazz standards at "Music Mania!!!" It's a benefit concert by the UH-Manoa Mortar Board from 7:30 to 9:15 p.m. Saturday at Orvis Auditorium. Tickets are $10, and benefit the Waikiki Health Center. (Honolulu Advertiser)
"Harry Potter" lifestyle all too familiar (30) Oct 18, 2009
To read a Herald and News blog about Harry Potter mania, click. Reader Comments. (Klamath Falls Herald & News, OR)
Let The Madness Begin John Biever/SIKalin Lucas returns to lead a Michigan State squad that lost to North Carolina in the finals last season.Tom Izzo may doubt the Spartans' hype, but it's hard to put Kalin Lucas and Co. below number two in the season's first Power Rankings. So who's number one? Luke Winn has the story. Oct 16, 2009
" To explain: It was April 6, and Kansas had yet to add Xavier Henry, nor was it 100 percent certain that Aldrich or Collins were coming back to school. Michigan State had what seemed like the best 1-4 in the country locked in -- Lucas, Durrell Summers, Raymar Morgan and Delvon Roe -- and was the best available option. Izzo added, in that speech, that he doesn't even think the Spartans are a top-five team (due to the leadership void created by Travis Walton and Goran Suton's departures) or the... (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- NCAA Basketball)
Glenn Beck in No Spin Zone Oct 10, 2009
Glenn Beck on H1N1 Flu Vaccine Mania. Friday, October 09, 2009. (Fox News)
J&J wheels and deals, awaits new product approvals Oct 10, 2009
The Food and Drug Administration also approved a once-monthly injectable version of J&J's schizophrenia treatment Invega, and it approved Invega pills for a new use, schizoaffective disorder mania or depression on top of schizophrenia symptoms such as delusions and hallucinations. Earlier this month, the European Union approved Simponi, a successor drug to the blockbuster biotech treatment Remicade for rheumatoid arthritis and other immune disorders. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
Talking Points Oct 9, 2009
Thursday, October 8: Glenn Beck has a thing or two to say about the H1N1 flu vaccine mania. Plus, Karl Rove analyzes whether Obama has control of the Afghanistan chaos. (Fox News)
Gore Vidal: US will have a dictatorship soon Oct 5, 2009
Today religious mania has infected the political bloodstream and America has become corrosively isolationist, he says. Ask an American what they know about Sweden and they d say They live well but they re all alcoholics. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Reduce Stress as Your DIY Wedding A... Oct 2, 2009
Do not hesitate to ask those around you to assist you in your effort to escape from matrimonial mania. Because your friends know your special day is approaching, they will naturally be interested in wedding planning updates, and they may even think you will revel in sharing the details. (Suite101.com)
LSD Returns--For Psychotherapeutics Sep 25, 2009
This joy at having fathered LSD was tarnished after more than ten years of uninterrupted scientific research and medicinal use when LSD was swept up in the huge wave of an inebriant mania that began to spread over the Western world, above all the United States, at the end of the 1950s, Hofmann groused in his 1979 memoir LSD: My Problem Child. For just that reason, Hofmann was jubilant in the months before his death last year, at the age of 102, when he learned that the first scientific research... (Scientific American)
Nickels seeks laws to keep guns from kids and criminals Sep 22, 2009
Originally published Thursday, January 4, 2007 at 12:00 AM. The timing was coincidental, but hours after a student was shot dead at a Tacoma high school, Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels called on Washington. (Yahoo News -- School Violence)
‘Big Fan’ shows the hang-ups of a sports radio caller Sep 18, 2009
The character s sights are too low, his mania too small-time. Come on - it s sports radio, the last refuge of the barstool blowhard. (Boston Globe)
Did ACORN work in Afghanistan? Sep 18, 2009
This ACORN mania is simply catering to the lowest IQs in the GOP. But I wouldn t have thought you were including yourself in that low achieving group. Here s a thought: if you Republicans are so concerned about fraud, why aren t you asking why we went into Iraq in the first place, costing us thousands of American lives and over a trillion dollars. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
How to control mood disorders Sep 16, 2009
When a mood is too low, it is known as depression and when it is too high it is called mania ... While the high levels of mood behaviour may lead to mania, a significant fluctuation in the level of serotonin may fluctuate the mood, depending on the chemical imbalance, says Dr H K Chopra, senior consultant, medicine and cardiology, Moolchand Heart Hospital, New Delhi. (India Times, India)
An Unhinged Right Wing. But Why? Sep 14, 2009
Its peculiar blend of paranoia, mania, fantasy and misanthropy has been given full rein these past few months ... Tell it to the Iraqis, the Vietnamese, The Grenadans, Panamanians, Afghanistanis, Venezuelans, and Americans, all of whose rights to privacy and freedom are challenged daily by the modern "conservative". (CBS News)
Entrepreneur sees future - on his iPhone Sep 13, 2009
Michels is among the tech-savvy masses hoping to cash in on app mania. He's also a member of the Phoenix iPhone Developer Group. (AZCentral -- News)
Hannah Tuomi on the rebound, back to health Sep 7, 2009
Vandy Mania caught up with Hannah to talk about then and now. VandyMania: Hannah, youre a junior now ... Don't miss any news or features from VandyMania. (VandyMania.com)
Warriors Spirit In Full Effect Sep 6, 2009
HONOLULU -- Fans were excited for the barbecued grinds and to celebrate Warrior Mania. Gates opened an hour earlier Friday afternoon, allowing Warrior fans time to cram in their own style of pregame warm-ups. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Mr. Paulson goes to Washington Sep 3, 2009
Further evidence for Chu's diabolical mania comes from where you'll see that he is obsessed with all kinds of subversive plans to destroy the U.S. economy by encouraging energy efficiency and promoting weatherization and steering DOE funds to battery R&D and such-like. So maybe the NRCC has a point. (Salon)
World's 'Thriller' dance record? Mexicans beat it. Aug 31, 2009
Michael Jackson mania was a balm to a city battered by swine flu and its reputation for violence, one so desperate for tourists that it has offered them free health insurance on visits here. "It shows we are a city that is tranquil, full of life, one that wants to have fun," says Alejandro Rojas, the city's tourism director. (Christian Science Monitor -- World)
No beef with Julia's kitchen Aug 31, 2009
With the Julia mania has come an odd sort of attention for Landsverk, a former lawyer, and her family. There are the lurkers outside their windows, snapping pictures of the house; the person who left a stick of butter (Child s favorite ingredient) on their fence post; and the reporter who knocked on their door to ask what it s like to cook on the site of hallowed culinary ground. (Boston Globe)
Three cheers for discrimination Aug 31, 2009
The Rudd Government, with its mania for micro-management and government control, is merely accelerating the process. The latest contributions from commissioners Broderick and Calma evoke for me the observation of Philip Howard, author of the 1994 bestseller The Death of Common Sense, in his new book, Life Without Lawyers, that ''society faces a crisis of authority brought on not be too few rules, but by too many. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
A manscaping backlash has begun Aug 27, 2009
However, we re still saddled with an unfortunate, lingering side effect from 2003 s metrosexual mania - excessive manscaping. It was during metro-mania that men were hit with a barrage of images (hello The 40-Year-Old Virgin ) that told them that having the same amount of body hair as Robin Williams was not attractive to women. (Boston Globe)
How One Blue Dog Turned Pink Aug 24, 2009
Time was, Baron Hill was best known for his jump shot and tenacious defense when he was starting at guard in the heartland of basketball mania, the Hoosier state ... A few months back he got the rush from the Obamaniacs to vote -- first in committee and then on the floor of the House -- for a cap and trade scheme that the Holy One himself has oft promised would bankrupt the coal business and cause utility bills to skyrocket. (Human Events Online)
Global brands turn to China's young amid slump Aug 24, 2009
That was all the more impressive because it was a gain over the same period in 2008, when the Beijing Olympics sparked sports mania that helped to push up Nike's sales by 60 percent. Companies are pushing ahead with expansion in China even as some cut back abroad. (Muscatine Journal, IO)
Questions For Mr. Axelrod and AARP, Big Pharma and All The Special Interests Funding The Push For Obamacare Aug 21, 2009
The mainstream media is part of Obama mania. http://cooperscopy. (Townhall.com)
Swine flu and your sex life Aug 15, 2009
Sexual life requires close physical intimacy and that is getting affected because of flu mania ... Even the release date of some movies has been postponed because of flu mania. (India Times, India)
Schering-Plough gets approval for Saphris Aug 15, 2009
Bipolar disorder, which affects about 10 million Americans, involves alternation between episodes of depression that can last for several months and sometimes-shorter periods of mania, or elation. Both disorders often surface when a person is in their teens or 20s. (NJ.com -- News)
News from the YMCA: Aug. 14 online editon Aug 15, 2009
Mini Sports Mania and Sports Mania camps. Additional sessions have been added for the popular Mini Sports and Sports Mania summer camp at the Lynch/van Otterloo YMCA. ... Both the Mini Sports Mania (ages 5-6) and Sports Mania (grades 1-3) classes will be offered as one-week sessions. (Swampscott Reporter, MA)
Health Care Goes Electronic Aug 14, 2009
Inside Buffett Mania Warren Buffett, CEOs, and 31,000 shareholders meet in Omaha for this year's biggest financial bash. All Episodes. (Forbes -- Business)
Stupidity without borders Aug 13, 2009
But who among us can concentrate on niceties like "Rules of Golf" like that when, on July 31, the world seemingly changed forever when Bloomberg reported that "The value of shares traded in China surpassed the combined amount in the US, UK and Japan for the first time on record, a sign of 'speculative mania' among investors who pushed the Shanghai Composite Index up 82% this year, according to Grantham Mayo Van Otterloo & Co's Edward Chancellor.". What this actually means is that a whole lot of... (Asia Times Online)
Hillsboro Woman Indicted In Deadly Knife Attack On Daughters Aug 13, 2009
The Physicians Desk Reference states that SSRI antidepressants and all antidepressants can cause mania, psychosis, abnormal thinking, paranoia, hostility, etc. These side effects can also appear during withdrawal. (KWTX.com, TX)
SEE THEM SWEAT IN NEW JERSEY... Aug 12, 2009
" we catch-up with the Godfather of boxing, Lou Duva, who candidly recalls his humble beginnings in the fight halls of Paterson, rising through the boxing ranks, and some of his fondest memories in a storied career in the "sweet-science (The Drudge Report)
Recordings key to Wells ruling Aug 4, 2009
"To be clear, I still find, as I did previously, that Ms. Diehl-Armstrong suffers from bipolar disorder and the mania she suffers as a result of that disorder causes her to become psychotic when attempting to deal with Mr. Patton, rendering her incompetent," Patton said in his 30-page filing, in which he proposes the language the judge should use. "My point here is that I also believe that Ms. Diehl-Armstrong's personality disorder can also constitute a mental disease or defect whose symptoms... (Erie Times-News, PA)
Psych Drugs Gaining Widespread Acceptance Aug 4, 2009
"Fifty years ago, psychiatric drugs were something you'd take only if psychotherapy failed. Today, psychotherapy often isn't affordable, and the nature of treating symptoms has shifted toward medications. When these drugs work -- for anxiety, insomnia, depression, mania -- they can be miraculous for that person. But, none of them work universally.". SOURCES: Ramin Mojtabai, M.D., Ph. (MEDLINEplus)
FDA Approves INVEGA(R) SUSTENNA(TM) for the Acute and Maintenance Treatment of Schizophrenia Aug 1, 2009
It currently markets prescription medications for the treatment of schizophrenia, bipolar mania, schizoaffective disorder and the treatment of symptoms associated with autistic disorders. Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc is a member of the Johnson & Johnson family of companies. (PR Newswire)
Never mind the policies, just admire the six-pack Jul 31, 2009
What is intriguing about Sarkozy is the way that his mania for jogging, which would once have been regarded as a private eccentricity, has become inextricably linked to his political fortunes. He wanted to project the image of the super-fit man of action. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Everything Elvis: Woman makes collecting memorabilia life's work Jul 31, 2009
Mabe recognizes the humor in all this, but also her own role in the mania. "I see it as a religion," she says. (Athens Banner-Herald)
3,000 record low temps set in July... Jul 27, 2009
Further evidence that "man-made" global warming is BS, and the efforts to "prevent" it have nothing to do with a supposed problem, and everything to do with a bunch of megalomaniacal elitist, socialists using every ridiculous excuse they can dream up to destroy individual freedom and capitalism for their own acquisition of power and control over people's lives. Because after all, who knows better than them, the smartest people in the room, just ask them, how people should live their lives. (The Drudge Report)
NFL Notebook: T.O. mania erupts as Bills open camp Jul 26, 2009
It wasn't at all bad on a muggy day in suburban Rochester, N.Y., for the Bills and their fans, who got a firsthand taste of T.O. mania. More than 5,000 fans combined to attend the team's two practice sessions, and a majority of them were clearly there to see Owens make his public practice debut in a Bills uniform since signing with the team in March. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
Tips for visiting amusement parks for less Jul 24, 2009
Place an obit: (559) 441-6228. Web Search powered by YAHOO. (Fresno Bee)
Homeowner turns to song, Web Jul 24, 2009
"Looking back, it's fairly easy to see that they got involved in the mania of the time and made a bad decision," said Kaufman. "The problem is that under normal economic circumstances they wouldn't have bought the property in the first place.". (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
China's demand bendscopper's value Jul 23, 2009
It is likely that copper prices are now near their high for the year, although a finishing blow-off peak is not ruled out, depending on specialist manipulation of popular market sentiment and the degree of mania the extrinsic events feed into non-expert investment decisions. It is more likely, however, that any such sentiments will be reflected in the prices of precious metals rather than base metals. (Asia Times Online)
