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Psyc: Nervous System Communication Model

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Communication Circuits

Psyc: Keep Your Grit

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Psyc: Mood Change Process

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Psyc: The 8 Fear Threat Reactions

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Psyc: Maslow's Needs ...Joseph's Wants

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Veteran: VHA and Emergency Treatment at a non-VA facility.

Business Rules Analysis of the VA and Constitutional Law The Veteran's Administration denied at veteran the medical expenses for a veteran's visit to a non-VA facility emergency room. The medical reason for the visit is not relevant except to know the visit occurred as an adverse condition and the VA accepted the visit as a ligament cause.  Even though the veteran is eligible for ER treatment, the veteran may not receive benefits to pay the hospital bill. The VA's interpretation of the law separates eligibility from the actual distribution of benefits. In other words, being eligible for benefits is not a guarantee of benefits. The word benefits is an overloaded term that has a slightly different meaning in different contexts. The rules that govern VA benefits start with Constitutional Law. The VA administration interprets the law to create Department regulations used to conduct the business operations defined by the law. Within the Department are many business o

In the beginning

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The title of this blog is "A Man and His Ideas". Everybody has ideas. Over the years, I collected a few. Some of the blog entries are prose, some are just a drawing or a picture. The URL name for the blog is ideas.resipso.com. The term resipso is Latin slang for res ipsa loquitur , which means "the thing speaks for itself." Lawyers use the term to argue negligence. But, in nature and art, the presence of the thing speaks for itself to create a personal affinity with the thing. For an idea to be a thing, the idea needs some substance that allows others can hear it speak. Res Ipso This Blog is about my experiences, collections of thoughts and ideas. In May 2019, I was 70. While the calendar counting of age does not disturb me, in fact, just the success of making another year is exciting. During the natural progression of age, our bodies make many changes. The strength of youth changes to the strength of canes. Because of the show shrinking of the brain, some p