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APRIL 9th to APRIL 23rd, 2012

THE QUAKER STATE AFFAIR
by DAN ROMAIN

SYNOPSIS:

What happens when “some day” finally arrives?
A mysterious explosion in Taiwan. Nuclear secrets stolen from Los Alamos. China’s manifest destiny at hand.
In the near future, America and China go head-to-head in a battle of technological bluffs, setting in motion a chain of events that could lead to skyrocketing oil prices, the end of the dollar, the American way of life, and the republic itself. The only man who might have an answer in the midst of the international crisis is Patrick “Mac” McDaniels, a world-renowned physicist who wants nothing to do with the government. Has he been conducting revolutionary energy research in secret? And if so, will McDaniels be America’s salvation—or its ruin?

THANKS TO AUTHOR, DAN ROMAIN

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Mailbox Monday, Meme, Monday Memes, Musing Mondays

Monday Memes

CMash April 9, 2012 7 Comments

April is being hosted byCindy’s Love of Books

Mailbox Monday was created by Marcia of A girl and her books and is now on tour. According to Marcia, “Mailbox Monday is the gathering place for readers to share the books that came into their house last week. Warning: Mailbox Monday can lead to envy, toppling TBR piles and humongous wish lists.”

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Events, Holiday

Happy Easter

CMash April 8, 2012 5 Comments

Happy Easter from our house to your’s.

I hope you all have a very Blessed Easter!!

Today’s Sunday Salon will be taking a hiatus due to the holiday.

Guest Author

Guest Author Lois Hoitenga Roelofs

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The ladies at WOW have done it again!! They are touring with another remarkable woman, and today we have the pleasure of her company, as she visits and tells us about her book. So lets give a warm welcome to Ms. Lois Hoitenga Roelofs.

ABOUT LOIS HOITENGA ROELOFS

Lois longed to fly the friendly skies but in 1968 ministers daughters did not become stewardesses. They chose practical careers like teaching or nursing. For the entire first year of nursing school, Lois made weekly calls home to beg her parents to let her come home. Then her instructors decided she had a bad attitude. Despite her lukewarm feelings about a nursing career Lois set out to prove those cranky old instructors wrong.

Loiss attitude, as well as her feelings about nursing, changed radically during her over 30 year career. She retired in the year 2000 as professor emerita from Trinity Christian College with Bachelors, Masters and Doctoral degrees in nursing. But even that wasnt enough classroom time for Lois. She recently completed three years of the University of Chicago Basic Program of Liberal Education for Adults. She now spends her days writing and being a happy grandma.

You can visit the author at her website here.

GUEST POST

Changing Minds about Mental Illness

When I was a young mom, forty-two years ago, I left my husband and two young kids for an overnight to find myself, only to find myself hospitalized two days later on a psychiatric unit diagnosed with anxiety.

After realizing I was missing the adult stimulation of my prior nursing career, I went back to school for advanced degrees in nursing. Later, for nearly fifteen years, I taught mental health nursing to senior nursing students. I spent hundreds of hours on inpatient psychiatric units mingling with the patients.

When I’d meet patients that knew me, they would, without fail, say, “You won’t tell anyone you saw me here, will you?” Of course not. I understood. I had told only a few people myself of my hospitalization.

So I know about the mind-set surrounding mental illness. The hush-hush. The stigma. And it’s always been a mission of mine to help reduce that stigma.

What about you? Have you or a loved one ever been diagnosed with a mental illness? How did you feel? What did you do? Whom did you turn to? How did or does the stigma of mental illness affect your life?

When we do not know that mental illnesses are brain disorders similar to physical illnesses being disorders, for example, of the heart, liver, or pancreas, it’s what we don’t know that leads to our “fear of the unknown.” And it’s that “fear of the unknown” that leads to the hush-hush, the stigma surrounding mental illness.

So how can we begin to take steps to change minds in our society about mental illness? Let’s take an example: your friend tells you her college-age daughter, Mackenzie, has been diagnosed with schizophrenia. What can you do?

1. Listen. Do not judge. Your friend needs support.

2. Offer to walk along with your friend into this new world. Maintain her confidentiality. Do not gossip about her or her daughter with others. Attend “open” support groups with her.

3. Adopt the same attitude that you have toward physical illness. If the clinic physician at Mackenzie’s college diagnosed her with strep throat, would you advise against antibiotics?

4. Make it your mission to learn about schizophrenia. An easy place to start is the National Alliance on Mental Illness (www.nami.org). NAMI’s site presents information covering all mental illnesses, explaining their physical (structural and functional brain changes) as well as other causes.

5. Educate yourself on public policy issues. Observe what’s lacking for your friend. Is it access to care, availability of care, insurance coverage? Write your congressman. Make a difference.

Is there something you already do to educate others about mental illness? If so, thank you! And know that people living with mental illness and their families and friends, will appreciate that you are educating yourself, being their support, and advocating on their behalf.

ABOUT THE BOOK

Synopsis:

Lois Roelofs describes herself as a rebellious ministers daughter, a reluctant nurse, a restless mom, and a perpetual student who eventually became a fun-loving teacher of mental health nursing. During her forty-year nursing career, she cared for patients and taught nursing students in primarily mental health and medical-surgical settings. As a caregiver, she learned the value of caring for herself and did so by changing jobs to suit her interests, going back to school more than once to feed her crave for learning, and seeking professional help when personal and family crises invaded her life.

You will be amused, saddened, and inspired as you read this intimate and introspective memoir. Plus you will learn the importance of faith, family, and friendshipwhatever your professionand come away with a new appreciation of caring for yourself as well as caring for others.

You can see my review here.

Just Thought You Should Know:

Caring Lessons would be the ideal gift for a nurse celebrating a flurry of nursing holidays in May:

· National RN Day (May 6)

· Florence Nightingales Birthday (Mary 12)

· National Nurses Week (May 6 to May 12)

· Nursing Month (May)

· Nursing School Graduations (May)

Mental Health nursing and personal mental health issues are also a sub-plot of this memoir and May is Mental Health Month.

THANKS TO THE AUTHOR, LOIS HOITENGA ROELOFS
I HAVE ONE (1) COPY OF HER MEMOIR TO GIVE AWAY.

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I received a copy of this book, at no charge to me,

in exchange for my honest review.

No items that I receive

are ever sold…they are kept by me,

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INTERNATIONAL GIVEAWAY ENTRY PAGE “CARING LESSONS” ENDED

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APRIL 7th to APRIL 21st, 2012

CARING LESSONS
by LOIS HOITENGA ROELOFS

SYNOPSIS:

Lois Roelofs describes herself as a rebellious ministers daughter, a reluctant nurse, a restless mom, and a perpetual student who eventually became a fun-loving teacher of mental health nursing. During her forty-year nursing career, she cared for patients and taught nursing students in primarily mental health and medical-surgical settings. As a caregiver, she learned the value of caring for herself and did so by changing jobs to suit her interests, going back to school more than once to feed her crave for learning, and seeking professional help when personal and family crises invaded her life.

You will be amused, saddened, and inspired as you read this intimate and introspective memoir. Plus you will learn the importance of faith, family, and friendshipwhatever your professionand come away with a new appreciation of caring for yourself as well as caring for others.

THANKS TO AUTHOR, LOIS HOITENGA ROELOFS

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GIVEAWAY ENTRY PAGE “THE HUNT FOR KSM” ENDED

CMash April 6, 2012 16 Comments

APRIL 6th to APRIL 20th, 2012

THE HUNT FOR KSM
by JOSH MEYER and TERRY McDERMOTT

SYNOPSIS:
Only minutes after United 175 plowed into the World Trade Center’s South Tower, people in positions of power correctly suspected who was behind the assault: Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda. But it would be 18 months after September 11 before investigators would capture the actual mastermind of the attacks, the man behind bin Laden himself.
That monster is the man who got his hands dirty while Osama fled; the man who was responsible for setting up Al Qaeda’s global networks, who personally identified and trained its terrorists, and who personally flew bomb parts on commercial airlines to test their invisibility. That man withstood waterboarding and years of other intense interrogations, not only denying Osama’s whereabouts but making a literal game of the proceedings, after leading his pursuers across the globe and back. That man is Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, and he is still, to this day, the most significant Al Qaeda terrorist in captivity.
In THE HUNT FOR KSM, Terry McDermott and Josh Meyer go deep inside the US government’s dogged but flawed pursuit of this elusive and dangerous man. One pair of agents chased him through countless false leads and narrow escapes for five years before 9/11. And now, drawing on a decade of investigative reporting and unprecedented access to hundreds of key sources, many of whom have never spoken publicly-as well as jihadis and members of KSM’s family and support network-this is a heart-pounding trip inside the dangerous, classified world of counterterrorism and espionage.

THANKS TO ANNA, AND THE GENEROUS

PEOPLE AT THE HACHETTE BOOK GROUP

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Aloha Friday, Meme

Aloha Friday

CMash April 6, 2012 8 Comments

Hosted by An Island Life

From An Island Life:
In Hawaii, Aloha Friday is the day that we take it easy and look forward to the weekend. So I thought that on Fridays I would take it easy on posting, too. Therefore, I’ll ask a simple question for you to answer. Nothing that requires a lengthy response.
If you’d like to participate, visit An Island Life answer the question and then post your own question on your blog and leave your link below. Don’t forget to visit the other participants! It’s a great way to make new bloggy friends!

It has been in the news for weeks now. What are your thoughts on the Trevon Martin/Zimmerman incident? Should Zimmerman have been arrested for murder? etc.

Giveaway, Winners

And the winners are……..

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……of Forever’s Western Double Giveaway

Quinn by R.C. Ryan and Catch Me A Cowboy by Katie Lane

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