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Objectives: This study aimed to describe the limitations in information-processing skills observed among persons with schizophrenia performing daily tasks and to explore whether subgroups of participants have similar profiles based on these functional limitations. Methods: Eighty-two participants with schizophrenia living in the community were assessed during their performance of a daily activity (meal preparation). Measures included a performance-based assessment for evaluating information-processing skills—the Perceive, Recall, Plan, and Perform System of Task Analysis—community functioning and symptom assessments, and neuropsychological tests from the Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery. Research participants were classified as having high efficiency or low efficiency according to their score on the performance-based assessment and were compared on the functional, cognitive, and symptoms variables. Results: Participants committed various errors, and functional limitations, namely problematic information-processing skills in the perceive, recall, and plan quadrants, were observed during the daily task performance. Participants from the high-efficiency group were more independent in their living skills and more successful in attaining residential independence compared with participants from the low-efficiency group. The only cognitive test that differentiated both groups was the visuospatial associative learning test. No differences were found in the severity of symptoms. Conclusions: Findings suggest that both performance in a daily task and memory—and specifically associative learning capacity—provide key information for the level of residential independence. Interventions aiming for the efficient use of information-processing skills during daily tasks among persons with schizophrenia should be carried out accordingly. (Psychiatric Services 60:817–822, 2009)
People with schizophrenia consistently report some impairment in their performance of daily activities (1,2). They often complain about the effects of cognitive difficulties, such as attention and memory problems, on their daily life (3). Many perceive that being involved in daily activities supports a sense of competence and pleasure (4) and that this influences their quality of life (5,6). Consequently, independent living and ability to perform daily activities are identified as treatment outcome priorities by persons with schizophrenia and are major criteria for recovery from this disorder (7,8).
Studies using performance-based assessments of functional capacity, such as the Test of Adaptive Behavior in Schizophrenia (9) and the UCSD Performance-Based Skills Assessment (10) and its brief version (11), have found that functional capacity is associated with other global measures of functional outcome and predicts residential independence (9,10,11). If performance of daily activities is important for residential independence and the quality of life of persons with schizophrenia, then more specific information on the limitations that impede their performance is needed.
Unfortunately, the small number of studies that have focused on functional limitations provide insufficient information on the observable behaviors affecting the mastery and competence of daily activities. This gap can be partly attributed to the daily-activities assessments used for global indictors of performance (12,13,14,15,16). When more specific information was obtained with these assessments, methodological limitations restricted the generalizability of results (17). These studies are therefore limited in their usefulness to guide rehabilitation interventions for persons with schizophrenia.
To establish appropriate treatment goals and interventions for these clients, it is mandatory not only to identify the functional limitations that have the most impact on performance of daily tasks but also to gain an understanding of the variability of functional limitations within a group of persons with similar psychiatric diagnoses (18). Taking these considerations and the limitations of previous studies into account, we were guided for this study by two main questions. First, in daily task performance, what are the functional limitations among persons with schizophrenia? Second, do subgroups of participants have similar profiles based on the functional limitations revealed during the performance of a daily task?
For this descriptive study, two psychiatric outpatient clinics were designated as recruitment centers in the Montreal area of Quebec. Between January 2006 and February 2007, a total of 82 persons with schizophrenia, referred by their mental health teams, agreed to participate in this study. Inclusion criteria included having a DSM-IV diagnosis of schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder confirmed by a treating psychiatrist, being between 18 and 60 years old, living in the community, being familiar with meal preparation, speaking French, and displaying a stable state without any major medication change for at least two months before the study. Persons presenting with a major physical disability, a current substance abuse problem, cognitive deficits of organic origin (such as dementia), or mental retardation were excluded. This study was approved by the ethics committees of the hospitals where it took place. After complete description of this study to the participants, written informed consent was obtained. Participants were remunerated $30 for their expenses.
Clinical assessment. The Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) (19) was used to assess the severity of symptoms.
Cognitive functioning assessments. Four subtests that came from the Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery (CANTAB) (20), with CANTAB Eclipse version 2.0, were administered, and specific indexes were used: motor screening, which measures visuomotor coordination by mean latency time; the paired-associates learning task (PAL),where recall is measured with the first-trial memory score and learning is measured by the total errors adjusted score; Stockings of Cambridge (SOC), which measures planning with the number of problems solved in minimum moves; spatial working memory, which measures visuospatial working memory with the number of errors made between searches as well as with a strategy score that indicates the use of a more systematic strategy. The interference score of the Stroop Color-Word Test (Golden version) was used to assess selective attention (21).
Community functioning assessments. We used the Independent Living Skills Survey (22) interview format of the French self-report version of the questionnaire (23). The Multnomah Community Ability Scale was completed by the clinician (24). The French version of this tool was used (25).
Performance-based assessment. The Perceive, Recall, Plan and Perform (PRPP)System of Task Analysis is a standardized, criterion-referenced assessment (26) and was administered for the assessment of information-processing skills during daily activity performance. In stage 1 of the PRPP System, errors of accuracy, omission, repetition, and timing are identified during performance. In stage 2 of the PRPP system, which is the focus of this article, cognitive task analysis is used to determine the efficiency of information-processing skills underlying the performance of tasks. These information-processing skills are categorized into four quadrants: perceive, recall, plan, and perform. Each quadrant is divided into three subquadrants, containing either two or three "descriptors" or skills. A total of 34 observable behavioral skills are considered individually or cumulatively to identify processing strengths and deficits and are scored on a 3-point rating scale. A global PRPP system processing score and specific PRPP system quadrant scores are calculated. For the purpose of this study, functional limitations were defined as problematic information-processing skills. This performance-based assessment has demonstrated its utility in the assessment of persons with schizophrenia, and a more complete description of the tool and its psychometric properties appears in two recent studies (27,28).
All cognitive assessments were administered by trained evaluators. The daily task performance assessment was completed by either of two occupational therapists with experience in psychiatry who were located in two outpatient clinics and trained in the use of the PRPP system. Both therapists observed and rated participants during the meal preparation task, which included the preparation of meat, potatoes, and a cake and instructions that all dishes be ready at the same time (27). A maximum delay of ten minutes between completion of the first and last dishes was considered acceptable, but participants were not aware of this criterion. All participants were met in the occupational therapy department kitchen in the hospital where they were recruited. Each participant answered a brief questionnaire created for this study, the "familiarity with the meal preparation task questionnaire," which was used in evaluating the participant's level of familiarity with each dish. The scale ranges from 0, "never used the kitchen or cooked this dish," to 3, "cooks this dish regularly (every month or more often)."
To answer the first research question, about functional limitations, descriptive statistics, including means, frequencies, and standard deviations, were calculated for all sociodemographic, clinical, cognitive, and functional variables. PRPP system descriptors with mean scores below 2, indicating that the descriptor behavior negatively affects task performance, were defined as problematic PRPP system descriptors. To answer the second research question, about specific profiles among subgroups, the sample was divided according to the score obtained on the PRPP system. Participants with a score equal to or higher than 85% of the PRPP system maximum total score (≥86.7 out of 102) were considered highly efficient, and those with a score lower than 85% of the PRPP system maximum total score (<86.7 out of 102) were considered to have low efficiency. The cutoff was thought to represent a level of mastery, with the allowance that mastery does not exclude the presence of minor performance errors. A cutoff score for mastery level at 85% has been generally accepted in the criterion-referenced assessment literature (29,30). Both groups were compared on functional, cognitive, clinical, and sociodemographic variables with t tests and Pearson's chi square. Because these analyses were still at the exploratory level, statistical significance was set at p≤.05.
Fifty-two (63%) participants were men, with a mean±SD age of 41.70±9.90 years. Fifty-seven (69%) were unemployed, and 40 (49%) were living independently, alone in either an apartment or a room. The average number of years of education was 11.71±2.90 years. Seventy-five participants (91%) were Caucasian, one (1%) was Asian, two (2%) were Haitian, and four (5%) were African.
The PRPP system revealed a number of errors committed by the participants at stage 1 of this assessment. The most common errors were accuracy errors (13.71±5.82 errors). These were noted when an attempt to complete a step in the meal preparation became problematic or when the quality of the outcome was questionable. Other types of errors were less frequent (repetition errors, .52±.87; omission errors, 1.68±1.59; and timing errors, .73±1.27). Having the dishes ready at the same time was problematic for 32 (39%) participants, who took longer than the acceptable delay, and 37 (45%) participants did not choose to start the task with the dish that took the longest to prepare (the cake).
When these errors were analyzed in stage 2 of the PRPP system, difficulties in the plan and perceive quadrant descriptors, as well as in a number of recall quadrant descriptors, were most significant (Table 1). Descriptors such as "modulates," "searches," and "recalls steps," to name a few, obtained mean scores below 2 out of a maximum score of 3.
The high-efficiency group included 36 participants, and the low-efficiency group included 46 participants. Results from the comparison of these two groups on main variables are presented in Table 2. The high-efficiency group differed significantly from the low-efficiency group on all functional variables. Both groups also differed on the proportion of persons living independently: significantly more persons were independent in their housing in the high-efficiency group (25 independent versus 11 dependent; 69% of group independent) than in the low-efficiency group (15 independent versus 31 dependent; 33% of group independent) (χ2=10.96, df=1, p=.001).
The high- and low-efficiency groups differed significantly on the PAL visual memory test, specifically on the learning scores (total errors). There were no significant differences between these two groups on the severity of symptoms, gender proportions, age, years of education, and time to psychiatric follow-up.
Because familiarity with meal preparation was significantly different for both groups, and familiarity was thought to possibly affect performance on this daily task, a generalized linear model was tested to control for the effect of familiarity on PRPP system scores. High-efficiency group scores were still significantly different from low-efficiency group scores on PRPP system total scores (χ2=114.05, df=1, p<.001) and on the perceive (χ2=23.93, df=1, p<.001), recall (χ2=86.77, df=1, p<.001), plan (χ2=89.24, df=1, p<.001), and perform quadrants (χ2=45.68, df=1, p<.001).
This study was designed to explore functional limitations in the context of task performance by persons with schizophrenia and whether different profiles are defined by these functional limitations. This study was different from previous studies of functional capacity of persons with schizophrenia—some of which also included a cooking task (9,14,16,17)—in that the description of limitations included specific information-processing skills. This level of detail was made possible with the use of a performance-based assessment that is skill oriented, the PRPP system of task analysis, which uses a cognitive task analysis. Moreover, results from this study suggest that the information obtained about these limitations closely reflects real-world functioning. Participants who belonged to the high-efficiency group retained residential independence for the most part and had more autonomous community tenure than participants who belonged to the low-efficiency group. Hence, this performance-based assessment captured the "here and now" level of capacity, notwithstanding practice or experience with this meal preparation task.
Not unexpectedly, the participants had difficulties in the different stages of information processing. Limitations in skills such as searching, locating, recalling steps, and identifying obstacles had an impact on the execution of steps in the meal preparation task. Selective attention and visual search deficits have been consistently reported among persons with schizophrenia undergoing neuropsychological testing (31,32,33). Behaviors related to decision-making, problem-solving, and error-monitoring abilities have been reported to be deficient among persons with schizophrenia (34,35,36). Findings in this study suggest that functional limitations identified during a performance-based assessment may present a more ecological perspective of the difficulties encountered by these persons.
Problems in the perform quadrant of the PRPP were less frequent and less severe than in the other quadrants for this sample. The group had less difficulty to start (initiate), continue, and persist in the task, and we observed almost no perseverative behaviors (problems with "stop"). It is possible that this type of structured task, with specific instructions and with a given level of complexity, did not elicit problems related to initiation, effort, motivation, and persistence that are known to be problematic for some people with schizophrenia (9,37,38).
The results regarding the differences between the high- and low-efficiency groups highlight the importance of one specific cognitive characteristic. Only one neuropsychological test, the visuospatial associative learning test, differentiated the high-efficiency group from the low-efficiency group, with the high-efficiency group having better scores on this test. These results suggest that the capacity to memorize and to learn is one of the key characteristics of functional capacity and that a greater capacity to retain information may increase the chances for better community tenure. These findings are in line with the research literature on cognition and community functioning that emphasizes the importance of assessing long-term memory and learning potential, which evaluates learning as it occurs within the assessment session, for community functioning (39).
Similar results were obtained in another study. Stip and collaborators (40) used neuropsychological tests of attention, memory, and executive function to compare persons with schizophrenia, who were grouped on the basis of their performance on daily tasks and on their level of residential autonomy. As in our study, they found that only the long-term memory test differentiated the groups and that no significant differences were apparent between the groups on the executive function tests. The authors suggested that the most autonomous persons may have developed specific mnemonics and strategies to help them negotiate day-to-day problems, as could have been the case in this investigation.
Findings from this study should be considered in regard to further development of rehabilitation interventions and strategies. If this performance-based assessment is helpful in capturing how limitations affect task performance, then it may be useful to target these specific problematic skills in rehabilitation interventions. Moreover, interventions could be developed to further support the generalization of these skills to a variety of tasks. For example, teaching and training of processing skills such as "searches and locates" could be integrated into actual or new strategies for daily living skills. Findings from this study tend to support the importance of learning ability relative to functional capacity and real-world outcomes, such as the greater degree of residential independence in the community. Authors have suggested specific approaches that take into account the impact of these types of deficits on the design of procedures to enhance learning, such as errorless learning strategies and modeling (41). Recently, learning potential has been recognized as contributing to the prediction of rehabilitation outcome (42) and to work skills acquisition (43).
One limitation of this study is the relatively high number of comparisons and tests, which creates an elevated risk of type I error. Our study was considered to be at the exploratory level; therefore, the analyses for which the significance level was relatively low may be best viewed as needing further exploration and research. At one of the sites, the occupational therapist conducted the cognitive and functional assessments with some participants because other evaluators were unavailable, because of room scheduling, or to accommodate participants' availability. However, the occupational therapist was aware of the potential risk of bias; also, the computerized cognitive assessment was thought to diminish the risk of bias because results were calculated by the computer program and were not known before the end of data collection. As for functional assessment, the PRPP system task analysis grid developed for this study was, therefore, especially useful to avoid bias.
Not surprisingly, the classification into high and low efficiency according to the PRPP system scores did not perfectly discriminate between persons who lived dependently versus independently. Although performance efficiency in meal preparation was helpful to differentiate the level of housing independence of the participants, obviously more daily tasks should be assessed before determining the need for supervision and the level of within-community functioning of persons with schizophrenia. Also, different types of supervision are offered by health services organizations, therefore enabling more dependent persons to live on their own. Other problems, such as substance abuse, nonadherence to treatment, and absence of family members or social network, may be reasons for requiring a more structured environment.
Skill-oriented assessments are needed to better evaluate functional capacity in behavioral and measurable terms (44). Moreover, Bellack and colleagues (45) have suggested that rehabilitation should focus on improving functional skills rather than cognitive capacities. Findings of this study suggest that a performance-based assessment, the PRPP system of task analysis, was useful to identify limitations in a number of information-processing skills during performance of a daily task. These findings add an ecological perspective to the body of research literature on cognition and function in schizophrenia that is mainly based on neuropsychological testing results. Toward the development of rehabilitation interventions, these findings underline the role of learning ability as a determinant of independent functioning, supporting the current research focus on learning potential. Different strategies should therefore be developed for the teaching and training of these functional skills to persons with schizophrenia.
This study was supported by a grant from the Fonds de la Recherche en Santé du Québec.
The authors report no competing interests.
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A Kabbalah leader -- who hobnobs with the likes of Madonna and Ashton Kutcher -- sexually attacked a woman and then threatened to "f**king kill" her if she told anyone ... according to the woman, who's just filed a multi-million dollar lawsuit.
Jena Scaccetti is suing Yehuda Berg -- co-director of L.A.'s famed Kabbalah Centre -- claiming he was her spiritual advisor and Kabbalah teacher when he groped her and threatened her in October 2012.
According to the lawsuit ... Berg -- a married father of five -- invited Scaccetti to dinner at his mother's apartment, claiming he could help heal her kidney stones.
Scaccetti claims Berg complained to her about his life at the Kabbalah Center and began trashing other teachers at the Centre... even describing his sister-in-law as a "c**t" and a "star-f**ker."
In her lawsuit, Scaccetti claims Berg then plied her with Vicodin and alcohol and started hugging her and touching her legs. She says he asked if her genital region "...was Brazilian or shaved" ... and made the move to seal the deal.
The woman claims in the lawsuit she resisted his advances and Berg got angry, saying he would "f**king beat the whole right side of [her] until [she was] blue" and that he would "f**king kill you."
Scaccetti now wants justice with a dollar sign -- she's suing for $15 mil ... plus another $40 mil in punitive damages.
We've reached out to Berg and the Kabbalah Centre ... so far no word back.
Kabbalah is a cult and Madonna is a skank
All religions are organized controlled cult!! Seek within
Two Madonna stories back to back. She is soooo desperate for attention. As usual.
But that's what they do those devil worshipers? Control minds, abuse and mass destruction
A Jewish guy in Hollywood. You have to be joking with me Harvey.
Her word ```` against his
good luck lady
I hope you have a secret recording
i know nothing about the woman or the rabbi, but i DO know that legit rape victims file police reports, not lawsuits
Always a jew involved,Was his Highness,Adolf Hitler,really wrong,i think not,and President Lincoln should have been beheaded for what that mole face did,instead they name a sedan after him………Jimmy Hoffa would have shown them……Lachem
15 million dollars because you accepted his drugs and booze and then when you didn't want sex he yelled at you?.. Here is an idea.. don't accept drugs.. yeah kind of illegal of him to offer, just as much as it was illegal for you accept... but yelling at you .. that's worth 15 million... LMAO
Whenever I play Monopoly, I wear a yamaka. I usually win ! Shalom !!!!!!
Everybody has a belief system; no one is immune to nasty followers.
When we out someone or something - allege something?
We can expect vehement denials - disbelief and the like.
Then you get blamed - all the textbooks have this.
Then you face the discrediting-procedure of ur life.
Their group lines up against you.
As this is also a violation of group psychology/groups.
Where your allegation is SO threatening?
If enacted it would change the group dynamic/chemistry.
Confuse everyone about their new-actual-role.
Complicating it?
...various group members benefit financially from the accused perp/perps.
So it's in THEIR best interests for the group to remain intact.
But it's still worth it.
It's a way to take-your-power-back.
From those who either stole it or tried to.
Now I know nothing about this particular sitch.
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And me, I have a Brazilian.
I am so sick of stupid women like this. Obviously, she did not file a police report and over a year later, with no witnesses, she makes these allegations and for such a ridiculous amount so she is guaranteed plenty of publicity for her claims. Blow it out your ear, you skank!
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The Dolphins lost starting quarterback Chad Henne midway through the first quarter of Sunday's game at San Diego when he injured his left shoulder on a botched running play.
Henne had completed three of his first four passes for 27 yards with one interception when he turned to hand the ball to backup running back Lex Hilliard and Hilliard apparently didn't realize his number was being called. Henne had no choice but to try to get what yards he could and scrambled up the middle. When he was tackled by defensive lineman Shaun Phillips after a 1-yard gain, he reached over and grabbed his left shoulder.
Medical trainers came running out and took Henne to the locker room; when he left, he was holding the shoulder awkwardly. He returned several minutes later but remained on the sidelines as Matt Moore, who replaced him at the time of the injury, took the Dolphins downfield to a touchdown and an early 7-0 lead.
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Five days remain for fans to vote their favorite players into the Pro Bowl, and absent of a late flurry of votes, several Dolphins players may get shut out of the NFL's all-star game.
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The Badger Trust has been granted a judicial review of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs' decision to allow badgers to be culled in England.
Mr Justice Irwin granted permission for the review at the end of last week because evidence shows that a cull may in fact worsen the spread of bovine tuberculosis. The case is now expected to come before the High Court of London in June 2012.
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Badger Trust solicitor, Gwendolen Morgan from Bidmans LLP said: "We are pleased that the court has given the Badger Trust's challenge the green light on all three grounds. The badger cull as proposed would make matters worse at great cost to farmers."
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Now I know I live pretty much in the country and the farmers have had a difficult time this year but the mud by me is getting out of control. I've just rode my cycle down a half mile section of national speed limit road that was hard to tell the field from the tarmac. A sign warning motorcyclists had been put up but as it was starting to rain my view was that it is dangerous for motorists and lethal for bikers. I called 101 and reported it to the police and suggested they close it before someone is hurt or killed. They said they would send someone out to check it out but it shouldn't come to this......Is this bad enough country wide for MCN to start a campaign to get us all reporting it?
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same here, I was lucky enough to have background in trials/trail riding before i took it up on the road, bandit was sideways the other day as I hit mud. not nice.but, ultimately, i pay my road tax, I didnt dump it in the road so why arent farmers forced to clean it up..if the culprit is found surely you could claim...
Just reading up on it. It appears under the highways act they must use approved signs and then have it cleaned up.....even if this means a contractor must be paid. I'm not sure the police were aware of the law on the call I had with them. I'm not really sure how serious they took me. I'll check it out tommorrow
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found a triumph bonneville wedged in a barbed wire fence over at blackburn no sign of rider ! then i heard the moans, he had gone a good fifty foot in the air through a barbed wire fence on mud i had trouble keeping traction on in a car, it catching these bastrds that is the trouble they do it then vamoose into the distance.fucker can and do kill people to save a few quid.
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its everywhere at minute i went out sunday just gone and theere was mud everywhere and leaves also
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Beelady says:
I have taken the long way round to work for over a month now, just to avoid the worst of the mud.
My family farm. We also ride bikes and take a lot of care about taking our machinery on the road. We all know how dangerous mud can be.
Shame all my farming neighbours don't share the same point of view. The law does say it must be kept clean but nothing ever gets done unless we complain. Mr B and I are the only ones who ride on some of the back lanes. We can't leave home unless we do, Our neighbours are nice friendly people but I don't think they really understand how it feels on a bike, however we try to explain the problem.
It's one of the drawbacks of living in the sticks and we are used to it but it's still scary when you're faced with a mile or so of slippery stuff twice a day.
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I got caught out on the way home from work in the dark. I knew a section of road where there was mud and was expecting it, but prior to that I approched a sharp right hand bend and right on the exit there was muddy track coming out of a field. No warning sign, Because my headlights were aiming straight ahead into the hedge I couldn't see the mud at all.
I lost the front end slightly but saved it.
Kind of put me off riding through the lanes in the dark.
I've still had no call back from the police....I'll be going out in a while and I'll go that way for a look
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the main problem was when a high court judge made a stated case on this that cleared farmers from blame,,however this has now been reversed and the farmer IS liable and report it to the LAuth and if they dont do summat about it then they themselves are liable and them checking it in a car is not good enough!!! So if you see a biker or cyclist having this problem then stop and support them in the complaint,,even court proceedings..
just rose my cycle through offending road and its now a mud bath.......so we have:
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Ever hear a word so often that it practically loses its shock value? That's exactly what happens in The Heat, and it's unfortunate to say the least. The considerable good will that Bullock and McCarthy generate as comediennes goes out the window when nearly every other word is an expletive. It's not that you expect these characters to abide by a Christian moral code, but the absence of good taste in how McCarthy's character speaks is still appalling... and unnecessary.
It's undoubtedly progress when women are starring in comedies that don't involve playing the girlfriend or attending a lavish wedding by the time the credits roll. It's even more noteworthy that The Heat's leading ladies are the age (Bullock and McCarthy are both in their 40s) where women are commonly classified as "too old" by Hollywood standards, so kudos to the filmmakers for that.
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- Language/Profanity: Just shy of 200 f-bombs, plus equally enthusiastic use of God's name paired with da--. Other profanities, including he--, bit--, da--, motherfu---- and sh--, are scattered throughout. At first, Bullock's character stops short of spouting off an expletive (just "f" for fu-- or "motherf" for motherfu----), but by the end she starts sounding a little like her new partner.
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- Sex/Nudity: Crude references/jokes involving male/female genitalia and on one occasion, oral sex. A married man/father of five is arrested while trying to solicit a prostitute. Mullins calls the man's wife who isn't the least bit surprised by the news because he's done it before. The typically buttoned-up Ashburn unsuccessfully tries to seduce a perp in a club. Some discussion of Mullins' previous sexual exploits and Ashburn's lack thereof.
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Lukid's music is similar. Concerned with the everyday yet fascinated by weirdness, global yet intensely particular to modern multicultural London, he's been producing digital music of singularity and wit since his 2007 debut. That came out on Werkdiscs, the label ran by Actress / Darren Cunningham, and recent 12"s have come out on his own GLUM label. His most recent work is the soundtrack to Personal Best, a film about Olympic hopefuls from London.
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It's all of the moods. A rollercoaster ride through the human condition.
Please could you highlight a couple of the songs you've included and why?
Here We Go Magic Over The Ocean. Their first album has been a big influence on a lot of what I've made since i heard it. I've not been in to anything else of theirs as much, but BNJMN sent me this track from their latest album. Really beautiful and simple I think. The female vocals that come in in the 2nd half kill me. Tapes Ghetto Rock – I play this constantly. Not nearly got sick of it yet. Insane brilliance.
You have a new album on the way. This is very exciting. Could you tell us a bit about it?
It's called 'Lonely At The Top'. My goal was to put together an album that had an arc to it, a beginning middle and an end. I wanted it to be varied, with ups and downs and strikes and gutters, but with a very specific overall mood tying the room together. I wanted to make something that you want to listen to all the way through, repeatedly, which I think is something that is quite difficult to achieve with electronic music. I don't know if I achieved my goal, but goddamit I tried, and when push comes to shove, what more of me can you ask?
What's going on in the world of GLUM?
GLUM is on hiatus while the sun is out. We will be back to soundtrack your bleak, bleak winter.
Also, congratulations on the Personal Best soundtrack. Dream film score gig?
Thank you, it was a great thing to get a chance to do. Dream film score gigs: Coen brothers, Charlie Kaufman, Spike Jonze, Andrew Dominik, Jacques Audiard, Herzog, more Sam Blair.
What new music should we be filling our ears with right now?
King Louie I'm Arrogant
And old music recommendations?
Del Shannon Runaway
Finally, any top tips for enjoying the British summer?
Keep your expectations low and don't complain about the Olympics.
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This product contains methyl gluceth-20, rather than glycerin, so in order for it to moisturize sufficiently, you need to use it in large amounts (Dan recommends 2 full pumps.) However this product contains licochalcone, which isn't a con intrinsically, but is in the sense that the more you use, the more of a yellow tint your skin will have. It will leave a yellow residue on your skin. Viewing my face from the side profile in a mirror, my face looked yellow compared to my neck, which had regular, non-moisturized skin. I did notice though that the licochalcone calmed my skin after I got a sunburn once. This formulation is an oil-in-water emulsification, with jojoba oil being one of the main ingredients. Because of this, it made my skin look and feel a bit greasy. It seems to sit on the skin, rather than to absorb, and doesn't moisturize/take care of flakiness extremely well. Now for the positives: It is lightweight, which makes spreading a breeze, therefore reducing irritation. It is completely non-comedogenic even though it contains Cetearyl Alcohol: I believe this ingredient alone ranks 2/5 in comedogenicity. Anything with a rank below 3/5 is not considered comedogenic, since the risk of pore-plugging is negligible. In order for Cetearyl Alcohol to be comedogenic, it must be combined with ceteareth-20 (which ranks 4/5). It is fragrance free and dye free. As with every other product, one that is perfect for one person may not be for another. We each have our own needs when it comes to moisturizers. This lotion is good, and while perfect for Dan and others, not for me. At any rate, it is one of the best lotions you will find for use with the Regimen.
Because everyone's skin is different, it is impossible to judge whether this moisturizer will work for you. In my case, the moisturizer provided everything as advertised in the first few weeks. However, every day after that I felt no relief at all and eventually stopped using it entirely. For those on the Regimen, it's best to use this until you are almost perfectly clear and then switch to a different moisturizer. I would recommend using Cetaphil Moisturizing Cream as it synergizes well with the Regimen and is priced in the same range as this one.
The common complaint of "shininess" and "yellow coloring" can be argued for but are easily dealt with using a thin paper towel. Other than these two issues, I didn't feel any other side effects.
To sum things up, if you have struggled with dry skin in the past, pass this up. For those whose skin is oily, I cannot speak on your behalf and wouldn't know the results for your skin type. For those who never have to worry about dryness, this product will probably work more favorably for you.
The first problem when i started using this moisturizer was the matte color that it leaves on my skin (i have a very light skin), it wasn't really a problem until the week 4 when my skin started to become more dry and the flakiness out of control, 2 full pumps with 6 drops of jojoba oil wasn't enough for me anymore, i started to use it more than 4 times in the day (and my skin was still dry) it takes A LOT to absorb and i dont have so much time in the morning because of the school, my skin color was like i put mustard on my face, everyone asking me what happened with my skin or if i were on a holiday... I started to search for a new moisturizer and i found the Avène - Clean-AC Hydrating Cream for people who are on an acne treatment and the reviews that i found were good so i bough it, the first day was OK but in the second day it burned my skin, if it wasn't for the burn i will 100% recommend the avene moisturizer because it worked perfect in the hydration and the flakiness and it doesn't leaves the skin shiny but you guys can try it and see if it works on you. Now im searching again a new moisturizer, please recommend me one if you are on the regimen and you arent using dan´s moisturizer.
As many are reporting, this moisturizer is really oily (because of the great amount of jojoba oil in it) and it leaves the skin all day long shining and feeling so greasy. Moreover, like many others, I felt it not moisturizing enough! The yellow color gave such a funny tan on my face that everybody asked me if I had been on a holiday! After seeing the contrast with my neck, they believed I weren't and thought maybe something else had happened to me. Unlike the description, I guess too much jojoba oil breaks me out, that is however individual since everyone's skin is different. So, I switched to another moisturizer by Eucerin and things are getting better now!
I received a free travel kit with my purchase of the AHA+. I wasn't a fan of the BP treatment, but I really like the moisturizer. I have very oily skin, but I know that I still need to moisturize, especially since I'm using a BP treatment (Proactive +) and the AHA+. For me, this moisturizer is the perfect balance between light moisture and too much moisture. It's goes on smooth and my skin absorbs it very quickly. It also has a nice calming effect on my skin. I also like the fact that is doesn't really have a smell. I like to use just the moisturizer in the morning. At night before bed, I mix in a little of the AHA+ with the moisturizer. Works wonders! I'm almost out of the free travel size, so I'll be buying a 16oz bottle of this stuff.
I recently wrote a review on this and decided to update. This moisturizer is terrible. I had high hopes for this moisturizer but it is awful. I received a sample and I was so excited to try it, Okay, the smell is decent but it takes forever to soak in and when it does, my skin is back to being flaky and dry beyond reasoning 20 minutes after I use it. I'm so glad I did not purchase the big bottle. This is a waste of money. I suggest getting a sample before you commit to the bigger bottle. You'll thank me later.
I purchased this with the treatment. I always have a very difficult time finding a moisturizer for my veryyyy sensitive and combination skin that wont break me out and this stuff doesnt! yay what a plus!
however, this stuff takes forever to get absorbed!! I used half the amount recommended, like half a pump, and it still takes forever to get absorbed. Once it is absorbed (a few minutes) my face doesnt feel greasy.
a lot of ppl complain about the colour, but it is no difficult than the famous clinique moisturizer! it doesnt change the colour of my skin once absorbed.
in conclusion, i like this one, i will repurchase as the positive out weight the negative!
I've learned a lot about skin in the last few years (thanks, college!) and the key to moisturizing your epidermis is to slather on the lotion love. Try this: next time you apply sunscreen, smear it all over your face. Be messy. Wait 15 minutes and see how much your skin has absorbed. It's like we're sponges! So be generous with acne.org's moisturizer, too. I've used the regimen for 3-4 years and couldn't be more positive in my recommendation. This moisturizer won't leave you oily (I have combination skin); you will have a dewy sensation though. If you have particularly oily skin, expect this moisturizer to keep you balanced. I notice my oily spots (T-zone) are apparent mid-day, but this is normal for me and not associated with subsequent breakouts as it was before the regimen. If you have the same problem, simply blot with tissue or blotting paper. If you wear make-up, be sure you are not adding to the problem! Find powders, foundation, etc., products with jojoba oil and little to no petroleum or other types of oils. JOJOBA FOR THE WIN!
I am so happy with the Regimen, but I did not like the moisturizer. It made my skin flakey. I skipped using the moisturizer, and I noticed my skin was clearer with out it! I then went back to using the moisturizer, and I noticed more bumps and black heads and flakiness. I no longer use a moisturizer and my skin looks great, so this might just be me!
Wow, I'm surprised by all the bad reviews on here! I happen to really like this moisturizer. It's gentle and works well with my combination, sensitive skin. I guess it's a tad bit slow to absorb, as in I wouldn't go out in public without waiting a few minutes because I look shiny temporarily. But that's the only downside! There are some great ingredients in here...jojoba oil, licorice root, Squalane, vitamin E, etc.... It works well under makeup. The price is right too. All around, the whole kit is awesome. Thank you Dan!


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SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — Right-hander Steve Johnson, left-hander Tsuyoshi Wada and infielder Wilson Betemit have been put on the 15-day disabled list by the Orioles.
Johnson, who has a back injury, was put on the DL retroactive to March 23. Wada (left elbow) was retroactive to March 22 and Betemit (right knee) to March 26.
Baltimore also selected the contract of outfielder Steve Pearce from Triple-A Norfolk on Sunday, a day after the Orioles said he had made the opening-day roster.
Of the 25 players on the active roster, only two are new to the team: left-hander T.J. McFarland and infielder Alexi Casilla.
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Today the Seattle Mariners officially named Brandon Maurer as their starter in the Sunday game against the Miami Marlins.
Here is a tweet via Bob Dutton of the Tacoma News Tribune:
McClendon confirms Brandon Maurer will be recalled from Tacoma to start Sunday vs. Marlins.
— Bob Dutton (@TNT_Mariners) April 18, 2014
Maurer started the Spring with a nagging back injury that had him starting slow along with Taijuan Walker and Hisashi Iwakuma.
The Mariners named him Sunday's starter, but he will be on a pitch count seeing as his arm is not yet at 100%.
For those who don't remember Maurer was the 2013 version of Roenis Elias: he made the jump from Double-A Jackson the year prior up to the Big League roster. However Maurer didn't fare as well as Elias has so far this season.
In 22 games with the Mariners in 2013, Maurer posted a 5-8 record with a 6.30 ERA. He started in 14 of the games he appeared in. He gave up 16 home runs in only 90 innings. He walked 27 while only striking out 70.
It was clear last year that Maurer wasn't ready for the MLB. But maybe after a year of experience and an offseason of training, he can provide the bridge until all the injured pitchers get healthy.
For more information on the series, check out the series preview Matt laid out this morning. Also, here is a link to the series preview over at Marlins Maniac, where Admiral Dan Hughes did a Q and A on the series.
Let's hope Brandon Maurer can have a serviceable start even with a pitch count and no Spring Training. Or, at the very least, here's to hoping he doesn't somehow end up on the DL.


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I just have to smh when one of my boss's told me this: He saw a couple standing by our clearance end cap, the things on this end cap are really marked down L O W! they are marked with a neon green label from a price gun……so my boss saw this couple standing in front of the clearance end cap, the man was peeling the neon green labels off, while his meth induced girlfriend who couldnt stand still was moving around like she had cerebral palsy, looking out for employees, while her sophisticated big time criminal of a boyfriend was trying to peel all the stickers off so that they could place them on other things that they wanted!…people?…all I can say to that is: You are a DUMBASS! really???…..that criminal act will woooork. WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU?…I need to find your parents and sock them right in the face, and you know why?….because it should be a crime to multiply and have idiots like you two! your parents should of wore CONDOMS! or have been neutered!
That all customers who want to EXHALE in the direction of my face, should be required to be equipped with a variety of breath mints!
while looking for the waded up dollar bills in their wallet to pay for their items, do they think its ok to start to clean out their wallet of all these little bits of paper, old receipts, gum wrappers, little particles of matter, just plain garbage, and leave it on my clean counter…when your done leaving your nasty mess, you pick up your paid items that I nicely bagged for you, and say, "Can you throw that away for me Hun?" and walk out! EWWWW! no WHOE! yuz a nasty, nasty, ass WHOE! uhhh! hello?! take your nasty ass wallet home and clean it out there. Why you gotta be so inconsiderate?
bathrooms in the town of Santa Cruz. It seems to me that when we are short handed it tends to trigger an abundance of weak bladders. It never fails. Doesnt anyone go to the bathroom before they leave the house anymore?…and how about bombarding the associate thats working the register, and answering the phone at the same time, and here comes that one customer who just has to use the bathroom RIGHT NOW!….."Hello, can I use your bathroom?"…"Here! I know, let me put the customer that's on the phone on hold, and the customer Im ringing up, I'll just tell him to hold on!..because Mr. "I have to PEE right NOW, and so everyone has to wait!" is too rude to go next door to use the PUBLIC BATHROOM!…..Go Home and PEE!
then at least listen to what the answer is. So a customer comes in, as he passes by me he asks where's the cold medicine???…and keeps walking, No hello!, or how are you?, wheres the cold medicine and never stopped to hear the answer….my answer: Its out the door and across the street, up the ramp, keep walking till you see the freeway entrance and then run up the entrance and run across all 4 lanes of traffic, keep doing that till some lucky son of a bitch hits you!!!! LoL!
So if you see me taking care of a customer, in the middle of a transaction, counting money, on the phone…its polite to wait your turn, instead of being rude and asking your question with no regards to the customer Im currently helping, or to the person Im talking to on the phone!….besides your question is right in front of you!?!…just read the aisle sign….R U D E!
I'm called up to open up a checkstand because the line is long. I'll announce to the customers waiting in the long line that, "I can help the next person in line on checkstand 3"!….and no one wants to come over, and How come when the line isn't long and I happen to be up front checking the work clipboard customers will come up to me and ask if I'm open, and Im clearly not even standing in a checkstand AND the line is 2 people long and the first customer is leaving?!?
Why when asking where certain items are in the store do people feel the need to act out the gesture of using the items?…for instance "Where are the toothbrushes" the whole time this person is air brushing their teeth….do they think I'll be able to undertstand English better if they act out the motion of the item they're looking for?….pretty confusing the word toothbrush! might direct them to the front door or something! Cant wait till someone asks me "Hey where's the condoms?" will they use their pinky finger to demonstrate putting on a condom? LoL!


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Treasure Data: Here is to 2013!
As 2012 draws to a close, I look back at the past twelve months and feel both amazed and humbled.
Amazed because our team has accomplished so much: one year ago, we had a handful of customers, and it was just three of us huddling together in our small office in Los Altos (In fact, I had to ask my friend for a portable heater because our office got way too cold).
Today, we have a couple of dozens of customers and twelve teammates who believe in our mission to democratize big data analytics by leveraging the power of open source software (…and yes, our office is a tad bigger and has much better AC now). Last I checked, more than two billion data records flow into our system everyday!
Humbled because I learned first-hand how little I could accomplish on my own.
- Without our stellar engineers, we couldn't have built such a powerful platform in such a short period of time.
- Without our hard-working bizdev and sales team, we couldn't have closed so many partnerships and accounts.
- Without our investors and their wise guidance, we wouldn't have gotten anywhere at all.
- Most important, without our customers who trust us and continue to give us invaluable feedback, we wouldn't exist at all.
So, I'd like to take this opportunity to say what I've been meaning to say all year: thank you for your support.
Happy Holidays everyone!
Hiro Yoshikawa
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Author: Editor/Sunday, August 25, 2013/Categories: General Interest, Bike Reviews & News
Bike magazine, the UK's best-selling monthly motorcycle publication, has named the 2013 BMW R1200GS the 'Bike of the Year'. The R1200GS – the UK's best-selling motorcycle over 125cc – won the magazine's top award and saw off competition from over 50 new motorcycles from around the world.
Bike magazine said: "Making the 'Bike of the Year' selection is tough. More than 50 new bikes were launched this year. This isn't just a pick of our favourites, it's the bikes that appear to make the biggest leap, which re-invigorate a stale market sector and which surprised us most."
In addition to pitching the R1200GS against rival machines in group tests, Bike magazine have completed over 12,000 miles (19,000 km) on a long-term test motorcycle, giving them the perfect opportunity to challenge it in every imaginable condition. Editor Hugo Wilson marked the award by taking the GS loaded with camping gear on a 1,000-mile ride to the Isle of Skye.
"The old R 1200 GS was brilliant, but the new one is more powerful, more agile, better equipped and more user-friendly. This latest, water-cooled model is the most radical reinvention of the 90-year-old BMW boxer line since the introduction of the oil/air cooled eight-valve engine in 1992. At a glance it looks similar to the previous model. In fact, it's completely new.
Adrian Roderick, General Manager for BMW Motorrad UK, said: "It is a fantastic accolade that the UK's biggest motorcycle magazine has recognised the quality of the new R 1200 GS. Even more important is the recognition of the public, who have made the first water-cooled GS the UK's best-selling motorcycle over 125cc so far in 2013. The new GS is a true successor to over three decades of BMW's unstoppable adventure-sports motorcycles."
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Unfortunately for football fans, it has been an all too rare occasion when we get a top-notch film in theaters about our beloved sport. So getting a movie like Draft Day, starring Kevin Costner, is a treat right at the start of the big summer movie schedule. The following is my spoiler-free review of the film.
The idea of being a general manager of a team in the National Football League is the dream of every fantasy football fanatic and die-hard football fan. And there is no bigger venue for GM's across the league than the NFL Draft. And that's where this movie begins.
Costner plays Sonny Weaver Jr., the general manager of the lowly Cleveland Browns. And it's Draft Day. Throughout the biggest day in his personal and professional life, and their franchise's history, we follow Weaver as he's bombarded on all sides by fellow GM's, the team owner, the new head coach, his mother, his ex-wife, his father and the salary cap manager played by the beautiful Jennifer Garner. Oh, and there's that pesky draft to deal with too.
The movie itself is laid out perfectly. Inventive cut scenes make mundane phone calls exciting. The intensity of the film ramps up just enough to give the audience a chance to breath with a little levity mixed in. And the chemistry and interplay between Costner and Garner help ground this entire fiasco in real life. The acting is spot on and I had a fun ride on this roller-coaster of a day with one NFL GM.
For die-hard football fans, this movie is a "must-see". But for those of us dragging in non-football fans to the theaters, the drama between the characters should be entertaining enough to keep most involved. It is without a doubt the greatest football film ever to capture how intense front office management can be. And it does so without a lot of actual football being played. Yes, this movie is basically all-talk, in a good way. So younger and more action-orientated viewers will probably find the terminology and verbal exchanges a bit boring. But if you love the hype and craziness surrounding the NFL Draft, you'll absolutely love this film.