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New FDA Web Page Lists Disposal Instructions for Select Medicines

Posted by Andy Alt

FDA NEWS RELEASE

For Immediate Release: Oct. 14, 2009

Media Inquiries: Christopher Kelly, 301-796-4676, christopher.kelly@fda.hhs.gov
Consumer Inquiries: 888-INFO-FDA

New FDA Web Page Lists Disposal Instructions for Select Medicines

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today launched a Web page for consumers with information on how to dispose of certain drugs, including several high-potency opioids and other selected controlled substances. These medicines have the potential to be harmful, even deadly, in a single dose if taken by someone other than the intended person.

Assertive Bill of Rights

Posted by Andy Alt

This list is for anyone who thinks they could use some tips on how to be more assertive; it helps to more clearly define what one’s assertive rights are. They seem to expand on one basic right: the right to be human.

I don’t know what number 7 means though.

1. I have the right to be the ultimate judge of my own behavior, thoughts, and emotions, and to take the responsibility for their initiation and consequences upon myself.
2. I have the right to offer no reasons or excuses to justify my behavior.
3. I have the right to judge whether I am responsible for finding solutions to other people’s problems.
4. I have the right to change my mind.
5. I have the right to make mistakes – and to be responsible for them.
6. I have the right to say, “I don’t know.”
7. I have the right to be independent of the goodwill of others before coping with them.
8. I have the right to make decisions without using logic.
9. I have the right to say, “I don’t understand.”
10. I have the right to say, “I don’t care.”

http://www.bpd411.org/billofrights.html

Here is an alternate but similar version:

Empty-Nest Workshops – Learning to Live (and Love) in an Empty Nest

Posted by Andy Alt

This article recently appeared in TIME magazine. Below is an excerpt; click the link to read the full article on TIME’s web site.

Learning to Live (and Love) in an Empty Nest
Monday, Aug. 24, 2009
By Bonnie Rochman

[...]

There’s a growing cottage industry of experts who contend that sending kids off into the great wide open deserves at least as much attention as preparing to have them in the first place. Community centers and churches around the country are tuning in to the problem and hosting seminars in which parents try to reignite their relationship and figure out how to move forward as a twosome. Marriage therapists Claudia and David Arp call this stage “the second half of marriage.”

[...]

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1916284,00.html

Northfield Grief Support Coalition Updated Brochure for Groups and Special Events 2009-2010

Posted by Andy Alt on October 6, 2009

Barbara Knaak has sent me the brochure for the Northfield Grief Support Coalition’s groups and special events for 2009-2010 (for detailed information about the group, visit http://northfieldmn.wordpress.com/resources-g-m/northfield-grief-support-coalition/):

Children with Autism and Asperger’s 13th Annual Training Event

Posted by Andy Alt on October 6th 2009

TinaMarie Lugo sent me the following: (I apologize for not getting it posted sooner; she sent it on Sep 24th)

Greater Minnesota Family Services

13th Annual Training Event

Children with Autism and Asperger’s Diagnoses

Presented by:

Dr. Elizabeth Reeve

NAMI Presents: Children’s Challenging Behaviors in Faribault, Waseca, St. James, Albert Lea

Posted by Andy Alt

The following information is sourced from the SCCMHI blog:

NAMI Presents:

Children’s Challenging Behaviors

• Are you concerned about your child’s behavior?
• Are you looking for resources and information?
• Are you curious what behavior is ” typical” and what isn’t?

Let’s get together and talk about our children’s challenging behaviors, learn new parenting strategies, discuss ideas for support and self-care, and connect with other parents for encouragement and hope!

Carl Arnold’s Northfield divorce counseling site mentioned in St. Paul Pioneer Press

Posted by Andy Alt on Aug 5, 2009

The link to the full article is below the excerpt.

By Molly Millett
Updated: 07/31/2009 03:59:56 PM CDT

It’s Carl Arnold’s job to make sure all’s fair in love and war — he’s a divorce lawyer.

And he blogs about it!

Sounds juicy, huh? But the divorce attorney and family mediator of Lampe Law Group in Northfield is cautious about his online musings — the divorce and family law blog at AlwaysFamilyCenter.com is meant to be informational, not confessional. We asked him to expand on his thoughts about love lost.[...]

Link: When marriage goes bad, family law attorney steps in to ease the pain

The Pioneer Press is also giving Carl the opportunity to answer Family Law questions on their mom blog at http://forums.minnmoms.com/index.php?topic=1123.msg9381#msg9381

The headlines of recent posts (RSS Feed) from Always Family Center appear on the right-hand column of this blog (if you scroll down).

Ranking of Nursing Homes in Northfield MN

Posted by Andy Alt on August 4, 2009

The Northfield News published a story titled Nursing homes ranked average and above (by Suzanne Rook, July 31, 2009).

As mentioned in the article, the source of the rankings was an audit done by the State of Minnesota.

Northfield City Hospital & Nsg

Northfield Care Center Inc

Three Links Care Center