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Singapore, Singapore, 06/30/2008 - Studies exploring potential predictors of post-traumatic stress disorder (PSTD) following major trauma have resulted in varied conclusions.

While a number of risk factors such as injury severity, demographic factors and compensation-related factors have been identified, none is strong enough to reliably predict which patient will develop the disorder.

PTSD is characterized by flashbacks of the event, anxiety, and social withdrawal. Victims of major trauma are at significant risk of developing PTSD, with about 15% developing the disorder within a year of the injury.

A study in the July issue of ANZ Journal of Surgery titled “Predictors of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder following Major Trauma” by Professor Ian Harris et al. argues that the lack of consistency of previous PTSD studies is a result of methodological flaws such as selection bias, and poorly defined diagnostic criteria.

The authors investigated the association between injury severity, demographic and compensation-related factors with the development of PTSD and found that the disorder was also independently associated with having an unsettled compensation claim, their use of lawyer services and the placement of blame on others for the injury.

Another study in the same issue of ANZ Journal of Surgery claims that there is no existing risk factor model that enables an accurate prediction of how patients will be affected psychiatrically in the aftermath of the injury.

Author of “Predictors of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder after Major Injury”, Professor Alexander Cowell McFarlane says, “The inconsistencies in PTSD predicators suggest the pivotal role of health-care professionals in the identification of patients at risk of developing psychiatric disorders.”

He adds, “While risk factors should be considered, the traumatic events are sufficient Amex Platinum Card to elicit symptoms in the individuals. …continue reading

Source: Washington Post (Original Article)

When it’s time to rest from weeding and watering, consider some books on landscaping that will educate you about How I Met Your Mother dvd planting techniques, what to install and how to design.

Source: RedOrbit (Original Article)

Urban Adolescents’ Postschool Aspirations and Awareness
Posted on: Wednesday, 25 June 2008, 03:02 CDT
By Scanlon, David Saxon, Karyn; Cowell, Molly; Kenny, Maureen E; Perez- Gualdron, Leyla; Jernigan, Maryam The young adult years (approximately the age when one leaves high school to age 23) are pivotal to adult life success. They are the years when adolescents typically assume dramatic increases in responsibility for self-direction in areas such as socialization, independent living, citizenship, employment, education, and mental and physical health. From initial experiences in those years, the young adult lays foundations for how his or her life will progress in various domains. The purpose of the present study is to document urban adolescents’ understanding of their aspirations and means for reaching them in their young adult years while still early in their high school years. The authors investigate whether there are differences based on if the students have a learning disability. Keywords: transition; adolescent; urban education A young adult who, upon leaving high school, enters into employment, a postsecondary education to prepare for a profession, or a “churning process” of trying to determine what he or she would like to do (Osterman & Iannozzi, 1993, as cited in Lindholm, 2006), is more likely to establish initial well-being financially and in independent living than peers who do not. Population statistics indicate that those who earn a college degree are more likely to have year-round, full-time employment, earning on average $23,000 more than a high school graduate (Olson, 2007), are better prepared for financial security in their adult years, and have healthier interpersonal relationships (Scanlon & Mellard, 2002). Yet the allure of foregoing postsecondary education to earn money immediately after high school is hard to resist for many young adults, particularly those growing up in poverty (Lindholm, 2006). Aussie Credit Cards Career, education, and family aspirations held …continue reading

Source: PR Web (press release) (Original Article)

The wellness industry is now reportedly a $500 billion dollar industry - representing a 250% growth in just a 5 year period (The Wellness Revolution, Paul Zane Pilzer, Wiley 2007). This meteoric growth is indicative of just how much individuals desire and are seeking a change to the status quo that has accepted stress, pressure, and lack of energy as a way of life. With this mind, Transformations Holistic Learning Center has announced an alliance with the Institute for Professional Empowerment Coaching (iPEC) to bring coaching and coach training to a large population of wellness seekers.

Voorhees, NJ (PRWEB) June 25, 2008 — Transformations Holistic Learning Center - founded last August with the vision of helping individuals, families, and communities actualize their highest potential while contributing to the greater good - has announced an alliance with the Institute for Professional Empowerment Coaching (iPEC) - the national leader in coach training and personal and professional development headquartered in Shrewsbury, NJ.    

The alliance was initiated by Scott Rosen, Transformations President and CEO, who decided to look for a coaching organization that emulated the same values and goals as Transformations. Transformations is the Delaware Valley's premiere education resource, offering world-class motivational speakers and programs and diverse services which help individuals bring balance to the physical, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual parts of their lives. After interviewing many schools, Rosen personally chose iPEC and was amazed at the similarities between the two companies.

Bruce D Schneider, MCC, Founder and CEO of iPEC couldn't agree more, stating that "Transformations is absolutely aligned with our mission of raising the consciousness of the world, one person at a time. Everyone — every single person — has significantly more potential within FLIGHT 29 DOWN dvd themselves than they realize. Our Life …continue reading

Source: Seattle Times (Original Article)

Summer’s here: Time for basking on the beach with a good book. And with so many of us in “staycation” vacation mode, that may mean traveling no farther than the backyard and plunking down with a meaty best-seller or a riveting murder mystery. Good enough.

But amid these queasy, uneasy economic times, why not indulge in some financial brain food, as well?

Here’s a sample of some of the best personal-finance books that have come across our desk in the past year or so:

“The Best Investment Advice I Ever Received” by Liz Claman, Business Plus ($12.99). Don’t take just one great investor’s advice: Try a dozen. And many more, including Warren Buffett, Jim Cramer, Suze Orman, Steve Forbes, Vanguard’s John Bogle. The author, a CNBC business-news anchor, has culled some of the best investment advice from some of the biggest financial gurus of our era.

Claman, who grew up watching her physician father pore over the daily newspaper stock listings, said she wrote the book to give people like her dad the insights from Wall Street insiders.

Quote: “Don’t look at stocks like a marriage. When you buy a stock, you are just supposed to date it, sell it when it’s up and, whatever you do, don’t marry it.” (Howard Lutnick, CEO, Cantor Fitzgerald)

“True Self, True Wealth” by Peter Cole and Daisy Reese, Atria Books ($16.95). As local experts in “financial psychology,” this husband-and-wife team unpack the emotional baggage that often thwarts our best intentions to manage money wisely. Based on their experiences as family therapists as well as finance experts (he’s a chartered financial consultant), the couple spell out 10 “money scripts” — the habits and attitudes inherited from our parents — that can play havoc with our financial lives as adults.

Once you’ve untangled those knotty issues, the book’s second half offers practical, common-sense ways to achieve financial and emotional security. It’s Citibank Gold Credit Card the perfect marriage of money and …continue reading

Source: The Jersey Journal - NJ.com (Original Article)

The Waterfront Corporate Center, known as the Wiley building for its tenant, the publishing company of that name, is getting a third building, the New York Times is reporting.

Though the developer, SJP Properties, does not have a tenant yet, the Times notes that the company is seeking “a major tenant” and that “companies from Manhattan have made visits in the last few weeks.”

The article discusses how the commerical real estate market in New Jersey, as elsewhere, is slumping, but that the Hudson County waterfront - often a safe port in an economic storm - programming is doing better than anywhere else in the Garden State.

Source: TAXI Design Network (Original Article)

German-Korean Cooperation Forum on Design

Icograda Design Week in Torino 2008

AOL Wins Coveted Apple Design Award

TASCHEN Presents: Web Design: Interactive & Games New Book Release

Tate Britain Presents: Francis Bacon Exhibition

AGDA Presents: Before and After (SA)

Rockport Publishers Presents: Design Secrets: Furniture New Book Release

Design Awards Winners’ Symposium: Projects Winners

MoMA Presents: Van Gogh and the Colors of the Night Exhibition

Mark Batty Publisher Presents: Celebrity Vinyl New Book Release

Wolda and Eulda Winners at “Syzygy” Conference in Barcelona

The Hayward Anniversary Talk

Call For Entries: Pentawards Deadline Extended

The Art Institute of Chicago Presents: Henri Cartier-Bresson Exhibition

First “Best of DAC” Winners Announced in Anaheim

LG Secret Makes Second Stop in Latin America

Vancouver Photo Workshops Presents: Location Photography and Lighting Workshop

The London Festival of Architecture 2008

Call For Entries: Corel “Your World, Your Voice” Contest

P.S.1 MoMA Presents: Arctic Hysteria - New Art from Finland

Hot Job of The Day: Jr. Graphic Design Artist / Flash Designer, Denver

Saatchi & Saatchi London Hires Smith & Santana

New MFA in Interaction Design Offered at SVA in Fall 2009

Leo Burnett Vietnam Appoints Award-winning Evans Sator as Creative Director

Nokia Simplifies Mobile Advertising with Launch of Nokia Advertising Alliance

TASCHEN Presents: Package Design Now New Book Release

Extensis Offers a Modern Approach to Centralized Font Management

Rockport Publishers Presents: Design for Special Events New Book Release

Tate Britain Duveens Commission: Martin Creed

Opening of Dymaxion Study Center and Buckminster Fuller’s Fly’s Eye Dome

Corbis Adds New Selection of mythbusters dvd User-generated Clips

Philippe Lamarre Awarded Phyllis Lambert …continue reading

Source: TAXI Design Network (Original Article)

Saatchi & Saatchi London Hires Smith & Santana

New MFA in Interaction Design Offered at SVA in Fall 2009

Leo Burnett Vietnam Appoints Award-winning Evans Sator as Creative Director

Nokia Simplifies Mobile Advertising with Launch of Nokia Advertising Alliance

TASCHEN Presents: Package Design Now New Book Release

Extensis Offers a Modern Approach to Centralized Font Management

Rockport Publishers Presents: Design for Special Events New Book Release

Tate Britain Duveens Commission: Martin Creed

Opening of Dymaxion Study Center and Buckminster Fuller’s Fly’s Eye Dome

Corbis Adds New Selection of User-generated Clips

Philippe Lamarre Awarded Phyllis Lambert Design Montréal Grant

Big Game Hunting – AGDA NSW Nuts & Bolts (NSW)

ARF Adds New Members to Board of Directors

Worldstudio Announces New Partner and Capabilities

Creativity Now Conference in Stockholm

Gasket Hits Jackpot Gasket with New Treasure Island Resort and Casino Campaign

2nd Seminar of the Sicily Lab

Degree 44 – Design Show 2008

50 Golden Brands Showcased in Brandwidth Designed Microsite

Call For Entries: The Speckie Awards - Deadline Extended

Hot Job of The Day: Senior Packaging Designer, San Francisco

Cannes Lions Presents: Dada, Data, Alpha, Beta: A New Rallying Cry

Effie Success for Toyota and Saatchi & Saatchi

TASCHEN Presents: Seaside Style New Book Release

The Art Institute of Chicago Presents: New Light on Old Masters Exhibition

Southbank Centre Presents: Pecha Kucha Night

Tate Britain Presents: VerbalEyes - Finding a Voice Through Art

Publicis Singapore Clinches First Award at Effie Singapore 2008

Stephen Colbert, will.i.am, David Byrne Prove Less is More at Webby Awards

Rockport Publishers Presents: Building Design Portfolios New Frequent Flyer Cards Book Release

SCAD-Atlanta Presents “Perishable Constructions” by …continue reading

Source: TAXI Design Network (Original Article)

Saatchi & Saatchi London Hires Smith & Santana

New MFA in Interaction Design Offered at SVA in Fall 2009

Leo Burnett Vietnam Appoints Award-winning Evans Sator as Creative Director

Nokia Simplifies Mobile Advertising with Launch of Nokia Advertising Alliance

TASCHEN Presents: Package Design Now New Book Release

Extensis Offers a Modern Approach to Centralized Font Management

Rockport Publishers Presents: Design for Special Events New Book Release

Tate Britain Duveens Commission: Martin Creed

Opening of Dymaxion Study Center and Buckminster Fuller’s Fly’s Eye Dome

Corbis Adds New Selection of User-generated Clips

Philippe Lamarre Awarded Phyllis Lambert Design Montréal Grant

Big Game Hunting – AGDA NSW Nuts & Bolts (NSW)

ARF Adds New Members to Board of Directors

Worldstudio Announces New Partner and Capabilities

Creativity Now Conference in Stockholm

Gasket Hits Jackpot Gasket with New Treasure Island Resort and Casino Campaign

2nd Seminar of the Sicily Lab

Degree 44 – Design Show 2008

50 Golden Brands Showcased in Brandwidth Designed Microsite

Call For Entries: The Speckie Awards - Deadline Extended

Hot Job of The Day: Senior Packaging Designer, San Francisco

Cannes Lions Presents: Dada, Data, Alpha, Beta: A New Rallying Cry

Effie Success for Toyota and Saatchi & Saatchi

TASCHEN Presents: Seaside Style New Book Release

The Art Institute of Chicago Presents: New Light on Old Masters Exhibition

Southbank Centre Presents: Pecha Kucha Night

Tate Britain Presents: VerbalEyes - Finding a Voice Through Art

Publicis Singapore Clinches First Award at Effie Singapore 2008

Stephen Colbert, will.i.am, David Byrne Prove Less is More at Webby Awards

Rockport Publishers Presents: Building Design Portfolios New Citibank Credit Cards Book Release

SCAD-Atlanta Presents “Perishable Constructions” by …continue reading

Source: GoErie.com (Original Article)

Angela Castorena didn’t finish high school.

Growing up in Los Angeles in the 1980s with only a mother and a brother around didn’t really allow time for academics.

In fact, she didn’t make it out of the ninth grade, but now she will be one of 450 Erie County residents to formally receive their general-equivalency diplomas Tuesday night.

“I got into some things when I was about 14 that I really shouldn’t have,” Castorena said. “My family was pretty poor and dysfunctional at the time, and I just couldn’t get focused on school.”

By the time she was 18, Castorena had been a high school dropout for four years and was about to have her first child.

She got married to Jesse Castorena in 1993 and had three more children with him while still in California. Angela Castorena, her husband, and their four children survived the rough times and eventually moved to North East in 2002.

They chose this area because Castorena’s mother, Darlene, had married David Woods of North East in 1995.

Castorena and her young family fell in love with the relatively peaceful child-raising environment of northwest Pennsylvania. Jesse became assistant manager at a local Advance Auto Parts store while Angela stayed home in North East to raise their four children.

For five years, she got her children ready for school in North East every morning and helped them with their studies in the evening as best she could.

But for the 34-year-old Castorena, something was still missing.

Her youngest daughter finished elementary school in spring 2007. That’s when Castorena saw the opportunity she had been waiting for.

“I had tried a few different times since dropping out 20 years ago to go back and get my GED, but for whatever reason it never worked out,” Castorena said. This past fall, she enrolled at the R. Benjamin Wiley Learning Center, 1006 W. 10 St in Erie.

There she met Michelle Collins, who has FLIGHT 29 DOWN dvd taught at the Wiley Learning Center …continue reading