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 Author Thread: How to cool the planet?
 prairiephotos
Joined: 12/31/2006
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How to cool the planet?
Posted: 7/4/2008 6:43:58 PM
Everyone could start smoking Kools.
 Prairiephotos
Joined: 12/31/2006
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South Dakota
Posted: 5/16/2008 10:06:26 AM

since we just had snow the other day!!!!
You need to be sending that snow up here to ND!
 Prairiephotos
Joined: 12/31/2006
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Are we ready for another Tunguska event?
Posted: 5/16/2008 9:57:40 AM
A Tunguska event would only be a problem if it occurs over a metropolitan area. To anyone interested in Near Earth Objects, I suggest you join the Cambridge Conference mailing list. Do a Google for CCNet.
 Prairiephotos
Joined: 12/31/2006
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2012 Pole Shift
Posted: 5/16/2008 9:48:13 AM

I am looking forward to it because of all the cool Aurora Borealis!


I'm hoping for in increase in geomagnetic activity by the end of the summer. I haven't shot any decent aurora photos in over a year!
 Prairiephotos
Joined: 12/31/2006
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Autism and art
Posted: 5/16/2008 9:40:26 AM

Artists are very special individuals in general. We often live in a world of chaos, and tend to communicate differently than non-artists. We're emotional, passionate and need to be creative in everything that we do. A lot of artists have emotional, mental or physical disabilities - many suffer from depression and use art as therapy - so you are not alone in this.


That is so very, very true!
 Prairiephotos
Joined: 12/31/2006
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Autism and art
Posted: 5/16/2008 9:34:35 AM

if you were wondering what my work is like and want to see them, im affraid i have no website to show them at the moment as i have no knowledge on how to. so if you want to help me contact me and ill see what we can do


I am a smoker so I can not reply to you however if you care to send me a message I can put you in touch with an amazing artist who happens to be autistic. She is also very talented in web design. She is very busy so would not be able to build a site for you however she can get you pointed in the right direction.

Consider getting your own domain name and site of your own. Deviant art is ok, but if you want to stand out you need your own site. The web provider I use for my sites is very inexpensive and has excellent service. A domain name and web space will only run you about $25 per year.
 Prairiephotos
Joined: 12/31/2006
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What can i do with Bacon fat?
Posted: 3/11/2008 12:24:52 PM
Yea!!! I just bought 15 lbs of bacon at $.99 per pound. That will keep me going for a few weeks.

My cholesterol is 139.
 Prairiephotos
Joined: 12/31/2006
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Is this safe to eat
Posted: 3/9/2008 9:53:50 PM
I would eat them.
 Prairiephotos
Joined: 12/31/2006
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What can i do with Bacon fat?
Posted: 3/9/2008 9:49:01 PM
I fry buttermilk donuts in lard.



Hmmmm donuts.
 Prairiephotos
Joined: 12/31/2006
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How would you feel about a WOMAN with a GUN?
Posted: 3/9/2008 7:40:49 PM
Most of the women I have dated are gun owners. I don't know many people who do not have guns.
 Prairiephotos
Joined: 12/31/2006
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How is the rose working for us old farts?
Posted: 3/9/2008 6:34:18 PM
I accidentally sent a rose when I replied to an email from a forum member. I didn't click the rose thing, so I am not sure how it happened.
 Prairiephotos
Joined: 12/31/2006
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borderline personality disorder-any info?
Posted: 3/9/2008 4:02:56 PM
but couldn't the tendency of the emotions to override cognitive thinking lead to a belief in the grandiosity of self? (if they feel it acutely enough, it must be true).

and the identity disturbance, if pronounced enough, couldn't that lead to delusional thinking?

and suppose, that, in addition, the individual heard voices and had difficulty distinguishing between dream and waking states. that doesn't really fit the bpd model, but, it could happen concurrently, yes?




I am not feeling very well today so I will have to keep my post short however I do want to respond as best I can.

BPD is an extremely complex personality disorder and can certainly occur in conjunction with other personality disorders and mental illnesses. In fact, I have never seen anyone who only had BPD and no other issues.

Many personality disorders and mental illnesses can be very difficult to diagnose because many of the symptoms overlap. For example, it is not unusual for someone who is severely depressed to hear voices. They may hear someone calling their name, or a voice telling them that they are worthless. They may even hear their own voice in their head, telling them that they should kill themselves. However those symptoms may also be due to a psychotic disorder and have nothing to do with depression.

One of the more interesting aspects of BPD is that many of them process information differently than most people, and this can be mistaken for delusional thinking. When I go to the grocery store and buy a carton of milk the clerk will usually smile and say "have a nice day." I then thank the clerk and do not give it another thought. However someone with BPD may perceive that smile as a sneer, and hear sarcasm in the clerk's words. Sine we interpret the world around us based upon the information which we take in, someone with BPD may see the world quite differently than most.

Identity disturbances are not uncommon with BPD, but in my experience it tends to be more of a critical self-image rather then a grandiose one. When grandiose thinking goes far beyond an inflated self-image and enters the world of the impossible, my first suspicion is mania.

What you are describing doesn't seem like BPD. I think the person is more likely to have bi-polar. If that's the case it's a good thing. BPD is almost untreatable, bi-polar is quite treatable.

Also, if the person in question is male you can almost totally rule out BPD. It occurs in men only very, very rarely. In my 20 years of working in the field I saw only one occurrence of BPD in a man.
 Prairiephotos
Joined: 12/31/2006
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When you've dug yourself in a hole how do you get out?
Posted: 3/9/2008 9:56:27 AM

Subsequently I have dug myself into a hole and told him I can't be friends with him anymore. I want more from this man than he can give me. Three different times I emailed him telling him I couldn't be friends with him any longer because of my feelings for him. Each time he responded later in the day or the next day. My last email to him, I told him to stop responding. And he has complied with that.


You told him (three times) that it is all or nothing. Then you told him to stop writing. You dug a very deep hole.

I seriously doubt that you can fix this broken friendship. However you can learn from this lesson and not repeat it with others. You lost a friend because you demanded something from him which he did not want to give.
 Prairiephotos
Joined: 12/31/2006
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Say AA and watch them run
Posted: 3/5/2008 1:55:03 PM
I have no trouble dating women in AA as long as they have been sober for at least a year and are actively working the program.
 Prairiephotos
Joined: 12/31/2006
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Dating someone with a different religion?
Posted: 3/5/2008 8:59:37 AM

My lady is deeply spiritual while I am a much more level headed guy. I feel sorry for her, not being able to stand on her own two legs, needed to "believe" in all this fantasy stuff, being so weak...but I love her and will always support her.

Respect, it comes down to respect and maturity.


How is belittling her belief system respectful?
 Prairiephotos
Joined: 12/31/2006
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BPD - What would you do?
Posted: 3/5/2008 8:44:12 AM

However, if she tells me that she is BPD after 5 months of dating and I like her, yea I will help her.


To anyone familiar with the disorder, BPD will almost certainly become apparent within five days of dating. For those not familiar with BPD it may take them a bit longer to start seeing all of the red flags.

It would take a very high level of denial to date someone with BPD for five months and not be aware that she has some VERY serious issues. But even if you did know that she has BPD and wanted to help her, you can't.
 Prairiephotos
Joined: 12/31/2006
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Led Zeppelin, anyone here attend?
Posted: 3/5/2008 8:13:07 AM
I thought Zeppelin was great when I was young however over the last 30 years it has lost it's appeal.

But the Viking Kittens are amusing: http://www.vikingkittens.com/
 Prairiephotos
Joined: 12/31/2006
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Honest opinions on country music please
Posted: 3/5/2008 7:53:30 AM
Johnny Cash was very good, and I liked some of the older Country & Western like Ernest Tubb, Bob Wills, and Marty Robbins. However since about 1980 there has been very little Country Music that I can tolerate and almost none that I like. Most of it makes me want to put a bullet through the radio.
 Prairiephotos
Joined: 12/31/2006
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MBTI Types & Attraction: Is there a connection?
Posted: 3/3/2008 10:28:33 PM
The Myers-Briggs is not based on science and has a very low level of reliability, so I guess people can pretend it means whatever they want it to mean.

It's based on Jungian psychology which most psychiatrists and psychologists today do not regard very seriously.
 Prairiephotos
Joined: 12/31/2006
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Heart breaks
Posted: 3/3/2008 9:46:16 PM

How long does it take to go back to normal and stop thinking about the situation 24/7? Theres a pit in my stomach and I can't eat.


The first few heart breaks seem to take forever to heal, but every heart break is different. There is no way to tell you how long it will take. As you heal you probably will not even notice the progress that you make until one day you will realize that you haven't thought of her for a day or so. Then you know that you are moving on. Good Luck.
 Prairiephotos
Joined: 12/31/2006
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What can i do with Bacon fat?
Posted: 3/3/2008 8:51:43 AM

I love a good fry...but man...say Poutine to me....and my arteries just start to harden at the thought!.... sorry MtlMale..... must be for the strong at heart and high metabolism


That can be adicting but it is the patatoes I try to avoid, not the bacon fat! LOL

But my grandfather was a French-Canadian potato farmer, so it's in my blood (in more ways than one!).
 Prairiephotos
Joined: 12/31/2006
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single men in their 30s living alone with a dog
Posted: 3/2/2008 6:22:02 PM
The quickest and easiest way I have ever found to meet women is to go into town with my White German Shepherd and take him on a walk through a park. The women approach me and they initiate the conversation. My cousin refers to my dog as a "chick magnet."
 Prairiephotos
Joined: 12/31/2006
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Any suggestions for Louis Riel Day traditions?
Posted: 3/2/2008 5:54:57 PM
This is probably the best online biography of Louis Riel.

http://www.shsb.mb.ca/Riel/indexenglish.htm
 Prairiephotos
Joined: 12/31/2006
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Any suggestions for Louis Riel Day traditions?
Posted: 3/2/2008 5:50:16 PM
While Riel was in exile in the USA he spent one winter in a cabin east of present day LeRoy, North Dakota. When my great-grandfather left St Boniface and moved to North Dakota he occupied the Reil site.
 Prairiephotos
Joined: 12/31/2006
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ART pet peeves
Posted: 3/2/2008 5:15:19 PM
When people post my work on their websites.
 Prairiephotos
Joined: 12/31/2006
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Why are most men afraid of the M word?
Posted: 3/1/2008 9:04:14 PM
I want to get married, and because I want to get married I am not interested in perusing a relationship with a woman who does not want marriage. I am quite happy to date women who are opposed to marriage or a woman who is not compatible with me. But it's just a date and nothing more. I will not get serious about anyone unless there is the potential for marriage.

The large majority of people who get married stay married. We are constantly told that half of all marriages end in divorce. That is almost true, slightly less than half of all marriages end in divorce. However that is not the whole story. Many people who get divorced are married and divorced multiple times.

I want to get married, however I will not get married until I am entirely certain that I am with the right woman.
 Prairiephotos
Joined: 12/31/2006
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Are Caucasians decendents of Arabs ?
Posted: 3/1/2008 9:08:43 AM
Long before anyone knew of DNA physical and social scientists as well as politicians broke all of mankind into three races: Negroid, Mongoloid, and Caucasian. Negroid was the easiest to pigeon hole, it included everyone who was black. However they always did have trouble explaining how black people ended up in Australia and New Guinea. Mongoloid included all East Asians and Native Americans, and some anthropologists did include the black skinned people from Australia. From the start the Caucasians presented classification problems. Including all of the light skinned northern Europeans was easy, however the farther east and south one looked the skin became darker while the Caucasian facial features remained the same.

Some held the belief that the light skinned Europeans represented the "pure" Caucasian race and that those with darker skin were the result of racial pollution from the other two races. That resulted in laws which prohibited marriages between races and during the first half of the last century Eugenics (racial hygiene) became quite popular.

Fortunately mankind is starting to outgrow those old fashioned racial ideas and recent science is showing that what had been thought to be pure is actually a rather complex genetic soup. The old classifications still do have some use. Physical and forensic anthropologist can look at bones and get some idea of what a person looked like and where they may have been from. But if we go back to our two thousandth or so great-grandfather we are all related, and he's black.
 Prairiephotos
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Weather Control and droughts
Posted: 2/29/2008 10:04:27 PM
Read the first paragraph:


Use of environmental modification techniques for hostile purposes does not play a major role in military planning at the present time. Such techniques might be developed in the future, however, and would pose a threat of serious damage unless action was taken to prohibit their use. In July 1972 the U.S. Government renounced the use of climate modification techniques for hostile purposes, even if their development were proved to be feasible in the future.
 Prairiephotos
Joined: 12/31/2006
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Are Caucasians decendents of Arabs ?
Posted: 2/29/2008 4:59:27 PM

DNA has shown the path we took with little or any margin of error. It was out of Africa and the Mediterranean was not an obstacle. Some of the first to see America were from France by way of the Atlantic coastline who migrated as far as Peru, if I remember correctly, approx 20,000 years ago.



That idea is a matter of hot debate among anthropologists and so far it seems that most still fall on the side of an Asia only migration to America. However there is some MtDNA evidence which suggests that there is also a European connection, as well as similarities between the American Clovis and European Solutrean stone technology. Personally I believe that there is a good possibility that some prehistoric Europeans managed to make it to America
 Prairiephotos
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Are Caucasians decendents of Arabs ?
Posted: 2/29/2008 4:44:04 PM
I read somewhere that the Celts had a caste system similar to the system found in India and the some believe them to have common origins. We do know that the Celts resided in Asia Minor, so it's not too far of a stretch to suspect they may have been connected to the Indians. Modern DNA testing could probably confirm or rule out that theory.
 Prairiephotos
Joined: 12/31/2006
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Are Caucasians decendents of Arabs ?
Posted: 2/28/2008 9:02:55 PM

ever notice how the Afghans look like Caucasians?


Here is a story about the famous "Afghan Girl" from the National Geographic cover.

http://www.famouspictures.org/mag/index.php?title=Afghan_Eyes_Girl
 Prairiephotos
Joined: 12/31/2006
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Are Caucasians decendents of Arabs ?
Posted: 2/28/2008 8:53:44 PM
We often see Caucasian used as synonymous for "White" however that is not accurate. As a racial group Caucasians include Northern Europeans, but it also includes many people from Central Asia, the majority of people on the Indian Sub-Continent, and the Mediterranean regions. Given the population of India today it is probably accurate to say that most Caucasians are not "white."
 Prairiephotos
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Corn.. is it really just feed for pigs?
Posted: 2/28/2008 8:38:40 PM
Other than fish and sea food I can not think of anything that is commonly eaten by humans that has not been genetically modified by humans.
 Prairiephotos
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Are Caucasians decendents of Arabs ?
Posted: 2/28/2008 8:30:21 PM
Caucasians probably originated in Central Asia in the Afghanistan-Uzbekistan region and then expanded south and west from there. People usually think of Caucasians as "white" however many, perhaps most, Caucasians are not very light skinned. Caucasians are not descended from Arabs, however Arabs are Caucasians.
 Prairiephotos
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Corn.. is it really just feed for pigs?
Posted: 2/28/2008 7:56:35 PM

Which of course meshes well on the time scale with the sudden increase in heart disease, obesity and diabetes in Homo sapiens.



Diabetes and other health issues are a serious problem on many reservations now however I am not aware of any studies which correspond the prevalence of heart disease, obesity and diabetes among Pre-Colombian American Indians with their development of corn.
 Prairiephotos
Joined: 12/31/2006
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Corn.. is it really just feed for pigs?
Posted: 2/28/2008 12:32:04 PM

My nutritionist swears corn and its by products is one of the worst foods that humans began to eat. It has very little nutritional value and was originally grown so that we could feed it to pigs in her opinion.

Any truth to this? What's your opinons on corn?



Your nutritionist is obviously not a historian. People in the Americas were eating corn for many thousands of years prior to the introduction of hogs to the Western Hemisphere.
 Prairiephotos
Joined: 12/31/2006
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Meteorites
Posted: 2/28/2008 12:18:48 PM

The underlying question is if science can entertain the thought of life being brought to Earth from outerspace. How much more is it a stretch of thought to consider that life could have been ejected from Earth into space from one of it's metor impacts? If a rock from Mars can be found on Earth, then why not a rock from Earth making it to the surface of Mars? And if so, then such a rock who's origin is known to come from a planet that does substain life could have already established a foothold on a planet such as Mars?



It is possible, although it is less likely for microbes from Earth to make it to Mars than for Martian microbes to reach Earth. The Earth is much larger than Mars, so any impact large enough to eject material beyond Earth's orbit and into a path that would intersect with Mars would have to be quite substantial. The heat generated from such an impact event would probably kill anything that did manage to leave Earth.
 Prairiephotos
Joined: 12/31/2006
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Meteorites
Posted: 2/28/2008 12:08:02 PM

Columbus - scientifically speaking - couldnt possibly succeed according to main stream scientists because he would reach the edge of the world and then fall off the edge .... (Occam's razor ?)


That the Earth was round was common knowledge long before Columbus. By the time he sailed to America no educated person believe it to be flat.
 Prairiephotos
Joined: 12/31/2006
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Weather Control and droughts
Posted: 2/27/2008 9:52:43 PM
There is no weather control however there is weather modification, and it works quite well for hail suppression. I am fortunate enough to live in a county which participates in this program. They can't stop all of the hail but they do a very good job at preventing large hail.


The North Dakota Cloud Modification Project : http://tinyurl.com/2fhma5
 Prairiephotos
Joined: 12/31/2006
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Ancient ice shelf snaps free from island (caused by global warming?)
Posted: 2/27/2008 9:41:27 PM
The Crisis du Jour is now Global Cooling.



TEMPERATURE MONITORS REPORT WIDESCALE GLOBAL COOLING

Over the past year, anecdotal evidence for a cooling planet has exploded. China has its coldest winter in 100 years. Baghdad sees its first snow in all recorded history. North America has the most snowcover in 50 years, with places like Wisconsin the highest since record-keeping began. Record levels of Antarctic sea ice, record cold in Minnesota, Texas, Florida, Mexico, Australia, Iran, Greece, South Africa, Greenland, Argentina, Chile -- the list goes on and on.

No more than anecdotal evidence, to be sure. But now, that evidence has been supplanted by hard scientific fact. All four major global temperature tracking outlets (Hadley, NASA's GISS, UAH, RSS) have released updated data. All show that over the past year, global temperatures have dropped precipitously.

A compiled list of all the sources can be seen here. The total amount of cooling ranges from 0.65C up to 0.75C -- a value large enough to wipe out nearly all the warming recorded over the past 100 years. All in one year's time. For all four sources, it's the single fastest temperature change ever recorded, either up or down.

Scientists quoted in a past DailyTech article link the cooling to reduced solar activity which they claim is a much larger driver of climate change than man-made greenhouse gases. The dramatic cooling seen in just 12 months time seems to bear that out. While the data doesn't itself disprove that carbon dioxide is acting to warm the planet, it does demonstrate clearly that more powerful factors are now cooling it.

Let's hope those factors stop fast. Cold is more damaging than heat. The mean temperature of the planet is about 54 degrees. Humans -- and most of the crops and animals we depend on -- prefer a temperature closer to 70.

Historically, the warm periods such as the Medieval Climate Optimum were beneficial for civilization. Corresponding cooling events such as the Little Ice Age, though, were uniformly bad news.

http://www.dailytech.com/Temperature+Monitors+Report+Worldwide+Global+Cooling/article10866.htm



I think it's a bit premature to become too worried about this one. Much of the recent concern is based upon an extremely low level of sun spot activity. However we are at the low end of the eleven year sun spot cycle, so things are expected to be rather quiet. During the peak of the last solar cycle the alarmists were concerned about too much solar activity and some were predicting a "double" cycle. I expect that over the next year or so we will see a gradual but steady increase in sun spots. I hope I'm right. More solar activity means more fun with my ham radios and better aurora borealis photos (and less chance for Global Cooling).
 Prairiephotos
Joined: 12/31/2006
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he hurt me
Posted: 2/26/2008 10:48:50 PM
I had to read that three times in an attempt to determine what you were trying to say. Some punctuation would help.

You are not going to get over him until you get him out of your life. Stop taking his calls. Get an unpublished number and do not share it with anyone who has any contact with him.
 Prairiephotos
Joined: 12/31/2006
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super-easy recipes for a beginner with ADHD
Posted: 2/25/2008 9:28:42 PM

I've recently been chatting with someone who suffers from a variety of conditions including ADHD. Her diet is mostly preprocessed microwavable meals and the additives and poor nutrition in these are very likely to be partly responsible for her illness.


I am severely ADD. I have a degree is Special Education and used to teach independent living skills to adults so I am somewhat familiar with the abilities and needs of people with ADD and ADHD.

You do not specify what her other conditions are so I will just comment on the ADHD aspect. ADD and ADHD people tend to blow off things that are not interesting to us however we will devote a great deal of time and energy into things which we do find interesting. If she does not like to cook she is probably not going to be interested in doing much more than convince foods. But if she spends some time cooking and discovers that she likes it, she will likely find that she can cook anything.

The one thing that is a common cooking issue for us is distractibility. We are constantly walking away from the stove and forgetting about it until the smoke alarm goes off. I have learned that while I am cooking I need to restrict myself to the kitchen in order to avoid wandering off and starting on another project. Timers are a must.

As for recipes, most of us don't follow them. Like many other activities, we tend to "wing it" rather than following step by step instructions. The only time I ever use a recipe is when I am baking from scratch and need to pay close attention to things like the amount baking powder or a critical cooking temperature.

Regarding special diets, the internet is full of sites claiming that this or that will cause or aggravate ADD. For the most part, that is BS. None of that has been scientifically proven. There is one study which indicates some food additives might aggravate symptoms with a small sub-group of ADHD children, but the study has not ruled out other causes.

She needs to follow a diet suitable to her other medical conditions and not worry about doing anything special for the ADHD. Depending on where she is and what her other issues are, she may be able to get some training or assistance with kitchen skills.
 Prairiephotos
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borderline personality disorder-any info?
Posted: 2/25/2008 3:19:53 PM

does anyone know if a person with bpd would experience delusional thinking ~ imagining theirself as capable of performing all manner of heroic feats? and bragging endlessly about it?


That does not sound like BPD. Grandiose delusions are commonly seen in bi-polar disorder and may be a symptom of a psychotic disorder. However it is very important to remember that many people without mental illnesses also have a delusional over estimate of their own abilities.

Until the past couple of decades BPD was often misdiagnosed as bi-polar, but that was primarily due to the extreme mood shifts which is so common with BPD.
 Prairiephotos
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Rose Glitch??
Posted: 2/21/2008 2:27:22 PM
Thanks!
 Prairiephotos
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Laundry Detergent
Posted: 2/21/2008 7:42:07 AM
The new main brand detergents work well however for the most part they are all just reformulated combinations of the old products that people used decades ago, along with various scents added.

I just buy the cheapest detergent I can find and then use borax and water softeners like Rain Drops. Laundry bluing is great for whites, but you have to add it to the water BEFORE tossing the clothes in the machine. Bluing will stain clothes if it is poured directly on the fabric.

And nothing beats a clothesline for drying.
 Prairiephotos
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How much do you spend on groceries per month?????
Posted: 2/21/2008 7:19:36 AM
I usually buy in bulk too, however I have noticed that some products are actually more expensive in the "economy" size! Nowadays many stores will show a price per ounce on the shelf price tag, so it is always a good idea to double check that.
 Prairiephotos
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Rose Glitch??
Posted: 2/21/2008 7:02:39 AM
Perhaps there is a glitch in the system today.

I received an email from someone, so I sent a brief reply. Later when I was checking my sent messages I saw that it indicated that I had sent a rose.

I deleted that message and replied with another one, however my profile indicates I've sent a rose. My only concern is that someone with an interest in me may view my profile and think I've sent a rose to someone else.
 Prairiephotos
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How much do you spend on groceries per month?????
Posted: 2/20/2008 5:37:11 PM

Thanks to the eco-facsists....TOO MUCH! High demand for corn (for ethanol) has grocery prices sky-rocketing across the board, all to stop "global warming"... DRILL A.N.W.A.R. !!!


Yeah, ethanol is northing more than a cleverly disguised farm support program. The ethanol scam is driving up food prices very fast. Corn prices went through the roof so farmers who used to grow wheat, soybeans, etc are now planting corn. That then created a shortage in all of the other commodities, so those prices are also skyrocketing. The farmers surrounding me have suddenly become rich, but it is going to become much more difficult for people in third world countries to buy food.

As for ANWAR, screw it. New oil discoveries in ND and MT over the past year indicate that the region has more recoverable oil than Iran and Iraq combined. Most of that oil is under farmland, which will make farmers even happier
 Prairiephotos
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Laundry Detergent
Posted: 2/20/2008 7:27:16 AM
I use a lot of Borax around here. It is great for laundry and in the kitchen.
 Prairiephotos
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How much do you spend on groceries per month?????
Posted: 2/20/2008 7:23:43 AM
I spend around $75-100 per month on food. I do not bother with coupons however I do shop the sales. I have a deep freeze, so if I find a good bargain on meat I can stock up.

My food costs are slightly lower in autumn when I can go outside and kill free meat.
 
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