A Seemingly Fatal Attraction Between Sad Souls

“Even the darkness has arms,” sings the band Barr Brothers.[1] Depression is a mental disorder defined as persistent feelings of sadness that result in decreased energy and lack of interest in activities. Depression affects about 6.7% of people in the U.S.[2] One of the most difficult aspects of depression is figuring out how to cope with it. Therapy is one step, but what can a depressed person do when they are alone to feel better? Depression necessitates a healthy outlet that allows the individual to purge intrusive feelings. Listening to sad music can help ease the intensity of depression. It seems contradictory that depressed people would want to listen to music that makes them sadder, right? However, it is my belief that sad music has become a cathartic way to express negative feelings. A quick search on Google provides you with countless websites offering advice on how to help a loved one with depression because no one really knows how. A slip of the tongue can actually do more harm than good. Sad music is important to our modern culture and lives because it validates the invalidated. One of the major symptoms of depression is feeling lonely. The depressed individual feels as though those close to them do not understand what they are going through. To an extent, they are right. Depression is very hard to comprehend by someone who has not experienced it. This invisible barrier between the depressed person and their loved one isolates the two from each other. Music gives a voice to the silent and a peek into what they are really going through. Specifically, sad music can provide support and acceptance when others cannot. In this way, sad music promotes social progress because it lends a voice to those silently struggling with mental health issues. Through my research, I will argue that sad music is a form of validation for people with and without depression because it provides catharsis and comfort in times when both are needed. I will support my argument by referring to specific studies on the effects sad has on people

Chalk, Cheese, and Cloth: The Settling of Quaker Communities in Seventeenth-Century Wiltshire

The underlying geology of Wiltshire was responsible for the county\u27s contrasting farming and settlement patterns of the seventeenth century, and gave rise to its distinctive north-south \u27chalk and cheese\u27 divide. These particular characteristics, which also shaped the road networks and the location of the cloth-producing industry, played a significant role in determining the way in which the early Quaker movement developed within the county. This paper not only places the development of Wiltshire Quakerism within the context of the county\u27s topography but also identifies the influence of other factors, such as patronage and the presence of other religious groups, on the settling of the network of Quakers\u27 Meetings

The human Y chromosome; Towards a physical map in terms of overlapping cosmid clones

This thesis describes the construction and analysis of a cosmid library specific for the human Y chromosome. The purpose of preparing such a library is to provide a source of ordered overlapping clones for use in the identification of genes, analysis of chromosome structure, and perhaps, as a starting point for the sequencing of the chromosome. Approximately 2,000 cosmid clones containing inserts derived from human DNA have been identified in a library prepared from a somatic cell hybrid containing the Y chromosome as the only human material. These clones have been analysed in two principal ways. Firstly, hybridisation to various characterised DNA fragments has identified cosmids containing known repeat elements and single copy DNA sequences which have been previously assigned to regions of the chromosome by deletion mapping. Secondly, a unique 'fingerprint' has been produced for each clone; band patterns of Hint I digestion products separated by polyacrylamiae gel electrophoresis have been analysed by computer to detect overlapping clones. A significant proportion of the chromosome is represented in this way

What Does Forum Shopping in the Eastern District of Texas Mean for Patent Reform?, 6 J. Marshall Rev. Intell. Prop. L. 570 (2007)

The Eastern District of Texas has recently become a rocket docket for patent litigation owing to the adoption of Judge T. John Ward’s local patent rules. However, the disproportional amount of patent cases filed in the Eastern District is evidence of plaintiffs forum shopping. Notwithstanding the benefit of forum shopping in creating, by default, patent law expertise in certain district courts, the existence of forum shopping illuminates the reality that patent law application is not uniformly applied throughout the district courts. This comment proposes a mandatory post-grant opposition proceeding occurring at the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences of the Patent and Trademark Office when a defendant in a patent infringement case claims invalidity as an affirmative defense. The unification of patent law application would result because all district courts would defer to the Board’s finding under an administrative standard of review, after which, there would be no incentive to forum shop

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: Healing Mindfully

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is a mental health disorder that has had some pretty significant changes over history. Affected populations, symptomatology, among other things have changed with the disorder as more has become known. Although not every individual who experiences a traumatic event will develop Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, it is imperative to be aware of the effects of trauma. Trauma affects a fairly significant (5%) amount of the general population of children and adolescents ages 13-18. However, when one looks into the youth that are incarcerated in juvenile detention centers, the amount of youth who meet the criteria for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder rises markedly (10-30%). Because of these numbers, it is imperative that juvenile detention centers implement some trauma informed care in their facilities. There are well researched treatment modalities for trauma and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, however there is also literature that supports mindfulness-based interventions as adjacent treatments

Poverty\u27s Multiple Dimensions

Poverty is examined historically and multi-dimensionally focusing on the gendered nature of racism and capitalism. Multiple intersections are discussed that undergird poverty\u27s structuralization and institutionalization to maintain capitalism\u27s efficacy. The discussion supports Kunjufu\u27s (2006) assertion that Payne\u27s (2001) poverty model represents deficit thinking. Education and its relationship to poverty to attain social transformation and social justice are addressed. Analysis is done through critical race theory and critical race feminism

Love the Sinner, Hate the Sin Does N\u27t Feel like Love: Exploring Queer Former Catholics\u27 Narratives of Lived Experiences

The Catholic Church is one of the oldest and most widespread religious organizations in the world. Most people are familiar with the Church in some way, but very few know what it is like to be a sexual or gender minority while being raised in a religion as conservative and set in its ways as the Catholic Church. We know that queer people do not stop existing just because one is religious, but not much is known about the sense-making that goes into performing both queer and Catholic identities. Narratives are particularly important tools of both sense-making and performance for individuals, and so these narratives were examined to better understand their experiences. Through interviews and surveys, I listened to queer former Catholics tell their stories and then examined how these participants made sense of their experiences with the Catholic Church as a sexual/gender minority. Results showed a variety of ways the Church teaches and enforces the gender binary and [hetero]sexuality, along with a variety of core shared experiences for queer former Catholics. For participants themselves, results revealed how difficult the queer Catholic identity can be to hold, the inherent burden that comes from being queer, and four thematic stages of ideological integration/deconstruction. These results indicate a lack of support for minority members in the Catholic Church of America, an inherent ideological difference between Hispanic Catholicism and American Catholicism, and a greater need for spaces for queer folks who were raised Catholic to have spaces to share these stories and to find others with similar backgrounds

Eleanor\u27s story: growing up and teaching in Iowa: one African American woman\u27s experience

Eleanor\u27s story is oral history biographical narrative research about the remarkable life of an 81-year old African American woman who was born and raised in Des Moines, Iowa. The study is rich with primary document artifacts from Eleanor Rebecca Powell Archer\u27s personal collection. Primary documents are interspersed within the chapters and in three galleries. Fourteen interviews averaging two and one-half hours in length each were conducted over one year\u27s time.;The Introduction provides a historical overview of the State of Iowa and sets the context for the state into which Eleanor\u27s ancestors migrated and settled. The prevailing climate and attitudes about African Americans in the territory and the state are discussed. Laws and legislation are featured that directed the course of living and education for African Americans in Iowa.;The Preface addresses the literature review, questions investigated, methodology, interpretation and analysis, and rationale and significance of the research.;Chapter contents address Eleanor\u27s ancestors and their origins to the extent that they are known; Eleanor\u27s experiences growing up in Des Moines, her K--12 experiences, as well as her experiences within her community and with her family; Eleanor\u27s experiences as an undergraduate student at Iowa State College from 1936--1941; Eleanor\u27s early professional and teaching experiences; Eleanor\u27s marriage, travel during that time, her children, and her early years as a schoolteacher; Eleanor\u27s life as a schoolteacher in Des Moines; and Eleanor\u27s retirement years and activities.;The Conclusion provides interpretation and analysis through the dual lenses of Critical Race Theory and Black Feminist Thought of Eleanor\u27s life as an African American woman who never sought to teach school, but whose career was dictated by her race and gender. More primary document research is brought to bear in responding to the question, Have things really changed for Blacks in Iowa? Implications of the study and questions inviting further investigation complete the Conclusion. A Bibliography listing all resources concludes the manuscript. Endnotes follow each chapter and also identify resource listings

Exclusionary Politics and the Question of National Belonging

This article builds on recent efforts to cast the understanding of ethnic and racialized tensions less in terms of a coarse logic of racism than within an analytical frame of struggles over national belonging. This theme is developed with respect to intercultural relations in Australia, in all the complexities of its white settler, migrant, and indigenous formations. The article develops a ‘multiscalar’ focus that takes in the global circuits of movement and relationship linked to British colonialism and international migration, through to contests over the meanings, management and stewardship of local places. In so doing, we also highlight some contextually specific versions of ‘whiteness’ whose various mobilizations help to undo a sense of their fixed status as core attributes of Australian nationhood. The article concludes with a case from Jervis Bay, New South Wales, where contested imaginings of, and investments in, appropriate land uses, have given rise to disputes that are productively conceived in terms of a multiscalar politics of national belonging. Although thus grounded in the circumstances of Australian culture, we believe the core argument can be extended (with all the normal caveats) to other ex-British colonial, immigration nations