ACT News

Local nonprofit to serve as statewide resource for mental illness - 2004-08-18 - Cincinnati Business Courier

Much of my administrative duties at work over the past year involved overseeing a planning grant from the Health Foundation of Greater Cincinnati designed to explore the feasibility of incorporating Assertive Community Treatment services into our existing array of services. Nice to see the Foundation obtaining this important task.

Dungeons & Dragons turns 30.

Dungeons and Dragons is now 30 years old. Here is an article describing how it all started. While I haven't seen a D&D book or die for several years now, I remember playing D&D quite a bit in Junior High. It was never considered "cool" and I remember a lot of talk at the time that it was "of the devil". Nevertheless, it was in my opinion a truly imaginative game and allowed us teenage boys to express our creativity and learn about topics we would have otherwise never approached.

Behold, the Leader of the Free World, George Bush

"I'm honored to shake the hand of a brave Iraqi citizen who had his hand cut off by Saddam Hussein." —Washington, D.C., May 25, 2004

"Security is the essential roadblock to achieving the road map to peace."—Washington, D.C., July 25, 2003

"I glance at the headlines just to kind of get a flavor for what's moving. I rarely read the stories, and get briefed by people who are probably read the news themselves."—Washington, D.C., Sept. 21, 2003

"There may be some tough times here in America. But this country has gone through tough times before, and we're going to do it again."

"I promise you I will listen to what has been said here, even though I wasn't here."

Explainer: Your questions answered.

MSN Slate Magazine

I find this Slate feature to be quite informative.

Pills, Talk Help Adolescent Depression

More research supporting combined approach of medication and therapy to treat depression.

Come on in, the water's fine. Zachary (4) and Nicholas (2) (August 04). 

Synchronized Sports?

I've really been trying, but I just don't get the whole synchronized sports thing. Everytime I've sat down over the last couple of days in an attempt to catch some of the Olympics, this odd "sport" of synchronized diving has been on. I'm not saying that this "sport" doesn't take incredible skill or training, but we have apparently reached our creative limits in developing new sports when the best that can be generated is synchronized diving. Heck, there is a whole realm of untapped sports if we can simply create a new sport by synchronizing it. I submit for the IOC's approval the following new sports to be included for the next Olympiad: synchronized ice dancing, synchronized vaulting, and the next sure to be sensation, synchronized ski jumping.