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A random variable is called discrete if it can assume finite number of values. If two bulbs are selected from a certain lot, the number of defective bulbs may be 0, 1 or 2. The range of the variable is from 0 to 2 and random variable can take some selected values in this range. The number of defective bulbs cannot be 1.1 or or 3 etc. This random variable can take only the specific values which are 0, 1 and 2. When two dice are rolled the total on the two dice will be 2, 3, …, 12. The total on the two dice is a discrete random variable.
Discrete Probability Distribution:
The probability of some interval can be calculated by adding the probabilities of all points in the interval. For example.
(i) for (ii) for Example: A digit is selected from the first 8 natural numbers. Write the probability distribution of where is the number of factors (divisors) of digits. Solution: It is assumed here that the probability of selection for each digit is . We can write:
The information in the above table can be summarized as below in the form of table of probability distribution.
The probability of is 4/8 which has been obtained by adding 1/8 four times. Similarly the probability of 4 is 2/8 which has been obtained by adding 1/8 two times.
Here It is assumed here that the two bulbs are selected independently because there is very large number of bulbs in the factory. According to multiplication law of independent events, we have
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There seems to be some confusion of when and how to stake a tree.
This is a good article that will clear the air for some of us. Dave |
Here is a link that might be useful: Staking
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Very informative article Dave, thanks for posting |
I very rarely stake my trees. If I do it is only for a couple of weeks to a month until the soil is good and firm against the tree. I've never had any problems with them blowing over because of not staking. |
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oh the children.. the children.. they need to be held up forever.. lol one thing the article did not address.. or did so superficially.. was that if properly planted.. and suitable size.. THEY DONT NEED STAKING... IMHO .... the only trees that need staking are overly large transplants ... simply the height to root mass ratio, one might say ... a sailboat sail.. with little to hold them stable until it can grow the requisite roots ... or planting in bad clay .. where the root mass gets flooded.. and losses integrity .. leading to movement ... most things simply do not need it .. though of course, i dont buy large stock ... ken |
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I've been running a little experiment, trying to grow chiles under a mix of sunlight and LED lighting: one habanero growing on my windowsill, and another next to it, getting slightly less light but under a set of high-power blue LEDs during the evening and early night. The plant under the LED does seem to be growing slightly faster (I should now switch them to see if the other starts growing faster), but a few days ago I tried lowering the LEDs to fairly close to the plant, and think I may have burned one of the leaves.
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It does look similar to sunburn. I would just leave it. |
Yea, most of the leaf is still functional, so leave it. I wonder, though, why the lower leaf would burn and not the uppers. Was the source set off to the side so that that leaf was face-on? Do you know what the spectrum of the LED is? Maybe a lot of ultraviolet? And what is that you're growing in? Looks like some sort of petrified berry. Or maybe wasp galls. |
It's in a bit of a growth spurt, so that leaf was more prominent on Monday when I moved the LED. I took the photo two days later. The others have grown since, and it has drooped. The LEDs are 460 nm, +- 10 nm half power, three of which I mounted on a heatsink and hung above the peppers. There should be as good as no ultraviolet, but I don't have the tools to actually confirm this. Can give you the model number if you want, however. I'm actually growing in generic potting soil and a bit of perlite. The balls are LECA, which I use as a top covering to prevent the soil from drying out too much, and prevent anything else from growing. I've since discovered these forums, so will try some other mixes with my next batch. |
Looks like it's dealing with the burnt leaf without a problem. Two plants in the photo below: the lower one below the blue light, the upper one next to it. Lower one gets less sunlight, but an extra 5 hours of blue a day. I think it was the smaller one when I started, but now it's got quite a few more shoots. These white habaneros grow quite slowly. |
Remember, a watched plant never grows. So sing to them with your eyes closed. |
I know, I know :P I have limited space, however, so I'm looking for anything that'll make them grow more bushy. |
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Many will know Squire for his musical achievements with The Stone Roses and The Seahorses. During his music career Squire never stopped painting but it wasn't until 2004 he began to focus solely on visual art.
Having trained as a model maker 25 years ago, Squire's visual art career has consistently developed, through abstraction to a more minimal style during the past year. Squire is fascinated with the texture and the transformative properties of the medium he uses, often resulting in the layering and decaying of materials.
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Hi everyone,
So this is a Wordpress Site and is my first shot at a commercial website. Please let me know what you see, don't see, would want to see:)
P.S. The "Store" is made on Shopify by modifying the code. So its on a completely different platform that I had to try to mimic. Some stuff like the slideshow doesn't work based on shopify limitations:/
Looks pretty good. What modifications did you make in Shopify exactly? Was it just adding the slideshow on the home page? I know some shopify themes have slideshows like that. I'm actually writing a review and doing a video walkthrough on Shopify today after playing around with it for a couple weeks. It's a great system.
Here's a couple thoughts after a quick look at your site.
Hope that helps
I re-coded some liquid files on shopify so that it would mimic the look of the activechick store. I expanded the header dimensions, changed the background files, photoshopped the navigation bar blue etc. If you work with shopify and wordpress you'll be able to tell that building the sites was ground up on both.
The slideshow is in the header so it has to appear on each page. The time delay for it to prime is an issue but not sure how to fix it since its in the header so probably can't.
Thank you for the review though!!!
I agree with webeminence, take the "active chick" text out of the top center. Its redundant and detracts from other elements of the page.I would also make the tag line smaller and move it under the logo. That would balance out the header a little more.I'm not sure how I feel about the nature conservancy logo. I get that perhaps it is a part of this company and their commitment to the environment however it is out of place. I would put stuff like that in the footer or out of the way somewhere. It doesn't look like it is supposed to be essential to the brand. The site appears to be about being active and not helping the environment.
Work on making your menu below the banner stand out more. It gets lost in everything else. Try a larger bolder fond for the text in the menu items. Make a gradient and use that as the background. I would take the link to home out of there as well. A common web convention is to have the logo linked to the home page and people definitely don't need to see it if they are home any way.
The linked text "help save the planet – Shop active chick" also gets lost. If you are wanting people to see that and click on it, I would make it more prominent and make it a button and not a link.
Lastly, the different logos are a cool idea for the different activities but the problem is they all look the same. When I first saw them I though the page was still being developed and those were test logos or something. I would find a way to make them look different. I would also organize them in a different way than the square you have going on right now.
Check out this book.
http://books.google.com/books/about/Don_t_Make_Me_Think.html?id=g1QBFJxB_eECIt's a fast read and it has tons of good information on web conventions and design and usability. It will help show you some common mistakes you might be making.
Hope those suggestions help,
Bad points:
>Worst load time> Confusing - have to spend some to look for my particular category>Again - that category page has loading problem>Un-attractive product images
Good:>Inventory / categories
First your logo looks dull, Categories your products properly,Use attractive color combination and sharp images.
The logo is a little fuzzy as is the picture on the left, Embrace Life. Take the Risk.
And I would remove the WordPress text and link from the bottom right hand corner.
I would then but your products on the home page and remove the square blocks going into the different sections of the site. That should be on the left hand side of the page and not dominating the main section of the web page.
Starting from top to bottom of the page:1. I like the logo2. The background image is of low resolution and may be you should go without it.3. The fonts throughout remind me of a word document and feel quite unemotional. Especially the ones in the navigation menu.4. I really like the idea with the category buttons looking like the logo. Their arrangement and style are not easy on the eye though.
Hope this helps. Best of luck!
When it comes to website design and crafting an overall user experience, you have to focus on a few elements. You will lose the reader when you try to do too many things at once. The overall design looks disjointed. You are trying to accomplish so many things at once. The background outdoor image takes awayfrom the power of the central elements.The sliders are disjointed and don't really tie-in to the central theme of your site. Even your centraltheme is confused-are you helping people achieve a better lifestyle? Or are you saving the planet?
The static side image for the slider is also problematic. It says 'go for it' but the sliders are all over the place. I would focus on a cleaner design and a more focused approach. Also, the cartoon icons don't cut it. This is one clear example where throwing too many things at the viewer ends up in confusion and absolutely no brand identity.
Do the following
1) Sit down and figure out what your brand's values are
2) Figure out how your design can push those brand values forward
3) Figure out how your logo design can push those brand values forward
4) Figure out how your header design can push those brand values forward
Hey chgeorge,
I must say your website is a good attempt for your first shot at building an ecommerce site! Its great that you are working on a blog and a social media presence - these are essential in engaging the public and creating brand awareness. I also particularly like how your products are categorised under different personalities, which makes it easy for customers to identify themselves with a specific personality!
However, I do think there's still more work to be done in perfecting your store. On top of the suggestions mentioned above in the read, may I suggest the following:
1) Cleaner product photos. You should use a standard background (eg. white) when taking product photos, and crop it with a fixed dimension before uploading to your store. At present, the product pages look a bit messy with photos of different sizes and colours, which doesn't look professional.
2) Aligned About Us page. Most first-time visitors to your e-store may not know what you are exactly selling, and would visit the "About Us" page next. At present, the alignment of the copy in the "About Us" page looks disjointed, making it hard for visitors to read. You might want to re-consider the number of images used and align the text properly.
3) Better organised home page. It is not clear from first sight that the categories below the menu bar are clickable. You might want to indicate somewhere with a caption that goes something like "Click on the category that suits you to view the products we can offer you!". Moreover, I see that you have a gallery page with photos of satisfied customers using your product. I really like that idea, but I think you can achieve more effect with it by placing the gallery on the home page.
Good luck with your store and let us know how you're getting on!
Nice job! Just a few initial responses:
I'm not sure I like the slideshow. I was confused at first and thought that the pictures were pop-ups. I think your better off choosing one of the pictures with some text saying embrace life, take the risk. I'm not sure what the Nature Conservency image at the top-right has to do with the site. Maybe put this on another page with links?I think your menu bar would be better off on top of the slide show. It might be more eye catching if you built a little more contrast with the text. Maybe slightly bigger, bolder, or a white color would contrast against the blue.I couldn't really navigate well around the site, but I take it you are still working on it.
Hi, Your website looks good.But, you can make it look more professional.The logos of your product arrangement is good, but they are very small and not visible easily.
There are some nice elements to the design but here is what I'd suggest.
Hope this helps!
my first 2 second impression was, what does the big text do next to your logo, and why is it blurry. Next thing my eye dropped was the 'Proudly powered by Wordpress" please get rid of that. Last comment, when I went to the shop I lost your menu because it changes colour. In my opinion, your menu is the thread through your page, it doesn't really matter where it is but it needs to be visible and consistent at all time. For the rest, the loading speed was fine and category view was clear and easy to navigate to product viewKeep up the good work =)
A lot of food feedback above.
It looks as though you are using 2 separate sites.
On the Wordpress site there is a horizontal scroll bar (on my monitor anyway) looks to be caused from
for Active Women
 - it's in the top right of the site.
When into the Shopify section of the site, the logo is no longer a link back to the homepage (just had another look and see the top half of the page pretty much, is an image - guess that's what you meant by not being able to get the slideshow to work).
A lot of stuff has been mentioned above so I'll leave that for now.
Good luck with the site.
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Posted by Derek on 22nd May 2014
I'm a ski instructor so tend to tear up bases early and late season.
Every ribbon repair I've made still there.
First clean gouge in base ... I use acetone and a small brass toothbrush.
Next score up gouge with a small stiff steel brush.
If core shot or at edge first thinly coat core or metal with metalgrip string (very soft).
Score it up again with your stiff steel brush.
Now you're ready to fill with repair ribbon.
Not the easiest to apply ... very sticky.
I use 75 watt Solder gun with a double loop tip.
Ribbon takes a while to melt.
It will never get super runny.
Just work it in and let it build proud.
Leave overnight then smooth.
I know everything hardens in 10 mins but I find letting the job sit 12 hours works.
I never get a pulled fill.
I use a sureform blade to hit the highs.
Then with a super sharp, very stiff steel scraper work from tip to tail until smooth.
Keep your scraper sharp as you work.
Iron in and hot scrape yellow wax a few times.
Restructure base and finish with a scotchbrite pad and you'll never know repar is there.
Posted by Gavin on 27th Mar 2014
I filled a core shot on my board with this stuff, easy to work with, very durable, however took two attempts as the first time I didn't get the p-tex hot enough. After fixing my mistake I have rode on it for 27 days though eastern "Glades" (out west they would be kiddie snowplow trails) and hitting rocks and stumps this stuff has stayed in
Posted by Unknown on 24th Mar 2014
It's tough stuff Hard to scrape Holds awesome Every repair I ever made still holding
Posted by Rusty G. on 19th Mar 2014
Way better than drip candles. More durable and makes for a cleaner repair with no carbon blotches in the material. Of course you need an iron to melt it in, but in every way a better way to treat base gouges.
Posted by Tony on 19th Dec 2013
went on easy, a little gummy but much harder than a candle, gave it a great test, another rock and it held in with only a scrach, seems as hard as original base material.
Posted by Unknown on 23rd Jan 2013
this ribbon needs the right amount of heat
Posted by Unknown on 21st Jan 2013
Fairly easy to apply, but it is already cracking after one day of use. I am new to repair so maybe i did something wrong. It's definitely better than a drip candle though.
Posted by Nick on 11th Jul 2012
I used this ribbon to repair a deep base gouge on a used pair of powder boards I bought. This stuff works so much better than the crappy "light & melt" P-tex sticks. Just use a wood burning iron with a spade tip to melt the ribbon & draw it into the gouge. Done in about 3 min - Nice!
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If done right this can repair just about any depth of gouge you can punish your board with. It's pretty amazing.


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Lawrence Leads LPGA Florida Sectional Qualifier After First Round
VENICE, Fla., Sept. 29, 2009 – Liebelei Lawrence, of Greece, grabbed the lead today after the opening round of the second LPGA Sectional Qualifying Tournament. The former Vanderbilt University collegian carded a score of 4-under 68 on the Bobcat Course at Plantation Golf & Country Club to move to the top of the leaderboard.
"I was a nervous wreck this morning, but after I made a big par save from 12 feet on my first hole, it helped my mindset," said Lawrence, 23, who has spent the last 10 months working in sales for a Tennessee athletic compression sock company. "It feels really good to get that number today, but I know that tomorrow's a new day."
Born in Greece to a Greek mother and an American cargo pilot, Lawrence moved to the United States at age 16, and enrolled at the David Leadbetter Golf Academy in Bradenton, Fla. She played on the women's golf team at Vanderbilt and worked for the start-up company after graduation in 2008. She didn't turn professional until two weeks before the LPGA's Sectional Qualifying Tournament in California earlier this month, missing the cut there.
And while she never conquered her nerves at the California Q-School, Lawrence found more comfort today with her four birdies and steady opening round for a one-stroke lead over Tiffany Joh, of California; Tiffany Tavee of Arizona, Blair O'Neal, of Arizona; Shasta Averyhardt, of Michigan; and Jennifer Gleason of Florida, all at 3-under 69. Averyhardt was the only player among the top six leading scorers who played on the Panther Course today. The rest played on the Bobcat Course.
"I had a really bad week at Mission Hills (for the California sectional) and it's been a long time since I've shot anything good," said Joh, 22, a rookie member of the Duramed FUTURES Tour and a former All-American at UCLA. "Getting adjusted to this profeional level is a lot about expectations. It takes time, but it feels good to finally play well."
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This week's sectional tournament at Plantation Golf & Country Club has a field of 112 players competing on the Bobcat and Panther courses. The 72-hole sectional follows the LPGA's first sectional tournament held earlier this month in Palm Springs, Calif., at Mission Hills Country Club.
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Supervision Styles that are Perceived and Preferred by Supervisors and Supervisees: Case Studies |
Li-Ching Hung Cary Stacy Smith Hung, Li-Ching: I received my Master's degree in Community Counseling from the University of Mississippi in 2000. Upon receiving my degree, I moved back to Taiwan, my native country, where I worked as a psychotherapist for three years. I moved back to the United States in 2003 and began work on my Ph.D. I am currently a Ph.D. student at Mississippi State University, and my areas of expertise include multicultural counseling and counseling education, and supervision. Smith, Cary Stacy: I also received my Master's degree in Community Counseling from the University of Mississippi in 1999. After employment as a psychotherapist at a local Community Mental Health Center, I moved to Taiwan where I taught counseling and English at Kaohsiung Medical University for three years. I moved back to the United States in 2003 and began work on my Ph.D. at School Psychology of Mississippi State University. My primary areas of expertise include assessment and adolescent psychopathy. Based on a program presented at the ACA Annual Conference & Exhibition, March 26-30, 2008, Honolulu, HI. Little research exists concerning whether a supervisor and supervisee's individual preferences for a specific supervision style influences the supervisory process. By treating a supervisory style match as a mediating variable that influences the supervision outcome could open new avenues of theoretical investigation. Such information could be helpful for graduate counselor trainees with little experience with supervision. An enhanced understanding of the entire process could effectively enhance communication during each stage of the supervisory relationship. Related Research Many definitions exist for supervision (e.g., a result of factors encompassing one's training and disciplinary focus, an integral part of training, but different from, counseling, teaching, and consulting, though similarities exist (Bernald & Goodyear, 1998; Douce, 1989). One standard definition is that supervision is a formal process based on the relationship between supervisor and supervisee, while the former's role is to help the latter acquire appropriate professional behavior and therapeutic competence gained through, and examination of, the latter's professional activities (Hart, 1982; Loganbill et al. 1982). Supervisors are expected to provide leadership, mentorship, and directional support toward supervisees (Roberts & Morotti, 2001), but many novice counselors think that supervisors "just tell counselors what to do," regardless of the counselors' individual needs. Many supervisory styles exist while "style" is a preference used by supervisors to help supervisees learn requisite skills and knowledge (Bernard, 1997). The decision whether to use a specific style depends on the supervisee's needs, as well as the context of the supervision experience (Bernard, 1997; Holloway, 1995). For instance, the Adaptive Counseling and Therapy (ACT) model, the emphasis is on both relationship and task behavior, and it provides four supervisory styles: (a) the Technical Director style, (b) the Teaching Mentor style, (c) the Supportive Mentor style, and (d) the Delegating Colleague style (Hersey & Blanchard, 1977). The Technical Director style provides a high degree of direction with a minimum of support . This means the supervisor primarily provides the supervisee directions on relevant issues, whereas little attention is focused on the supervisee's feelings. For the Teaching Mentor style, supervisors focus on supervisee feelings and case conceptualizations, as well as the supervisee techniques. With the Supportive Mentor style, the supervisor focuses on supervisee feelings, not case conceptualization, and watches supervisee techniques used with clients. The Delegating Colleague style centers on the supervisor expecting his/her supervisee to exhibit an emotional awareness, as well already possessing adequate counseling skills and techniques. During supervisory sessions, little support or direction is given (Bernard, 1997). Empirical studies indicate beginning counselors often feel overwhelmed due to preparation for meeting clients, interaction during the sessions, and the desire to impress by displaying adequate skills. Thus, a novice counselor's anxiety could be ameliorated if the supervisory relationship suits his/her needs, while increasing his/her competency (Skovholt & Ronnestad, 2003). Bernard and Goodyear (1998) wrote that supervisory roles are multifaceted, and overall, they fall into two categories: 1) supervisors providing support or 2) providing direction (Steward, Breland & Neil, 2001). Supervising novice supervisees demands a high degree of support, while specific counseling skills are demonstrated. Methodology The majority of published research regarding supervision is based on surveys, while the data analysis is primarily quantitative (Hart & Nance, 2003). In general, quantitative research has limitations, such as the data not providing a detailed and rich perspective. Thus, in this particular study, a qualitative study was conducted in order to examine supervision style issue from based on richer data. Participants Nine individuals participated in the study and all were graduate counselor trainees enrolled at a major Southeastern university. Three female, full time doctoral level students, age ranging from 33 to 69 participated as supervisors. Two majored in community counseling while one majored in rehabilitation. All possessed ample mental health professional experience, and all received supervision during their master's level work. During this study, each supervisor supervised five master's level counselors. Six supervisees participated (three majored in community counseling, two majored in school counseling, and one majored in student affairs.) Five were female and one was male, with ages ranging from 22 to 45. Five were master's level students enrolled in the counseling skills course, while one was a practicum level student. Each was required to complete ten supervision sessions with their supervisors, with each session lasting 50 minutes. Data Collection Data collection occurred through two sources: (1) open-ended interviews with three doctoral level supervisors and six master's level supervisees, and (2) three videotapes of supervision sessions from each supervisor and supervisee dyad. Interviews The three supervisors were interviewed face-to-face based on a supervisor interview protocol developed by the researcher, which occurred at the end of the fifth supervision session, was audio-taped, using a semi-structured interview that lasted 90 minutes . The interviews posed a series of parallel questions concerning what typical supervision session entailed, so that supervisors' and supervisees' perception of supervision style match could be compared, contrasted, and complemented with data from videotaped supervision sessions. An initial set of interview questions were developed after carefully reviewing the existed literature (Hart & Nance, 2003; Ladany, Walker, & Melincoff, 2001; Steward, Breland, & Neil, 2001). These questions were reviewed by two panel experts in the department in which one of the authors was enrolled. Before each interview, the four styles of the ACT model were explained in detail. In order to recruit supervisee participants, we asked the supervisor participants' help in gaining their supervisees' permission to participate in this study. We randomly selected two supervisees from each supervisor, along with their permission to participate in this study. Interviews were scheduled based on the supervisee participants' convenience, with the interview occurring at the end of their fifth supervision session. Videotaped Observation Each supervisor and supervisee had ten videotaped supervision sessions due to each supervisee having 2 clients, with each lasting approximately fifty minutes. Three supervisor/supervisee sessions were randomly selected for the purpose of observation, focusing on the style each supervisor applied to his/her supervision session, the overall supervision effectiveness, and supervisee therapeutic skills progress. Data Analysis Audiotaped interviews were transcribed and checked for accuracy against original recordings. Each supervisor/supervisee pair yielded 10 to 15 pages of audiotape transcripts, with a mean of 13 pages, with each being written separately to retain the holistic nature of the supervision. Each interview report was labeled based on supervisor and supervisee identity (e.g., Supervisor A, and two supervisees A1, A2). The same principle applied to supervisors B and C. In addition, each interview report was sent to supervisors and supervises for an accuracy check prior to a cross-case analysis. Multiple sources of evidence and triangulation were employed, and a converging line of inquiry was developed to enhance validity and reliability, as well as to safeguard against researcher bias (Yin, 1984). For example, data from one source (e.g., interview) and perspective (e.g., supervisor) were compared with data from another source (e.g., videotapes) or perspective (e.g., supervisee). Interpretation based on data from several cases is more compelling than that from a single case study (Marshall, & Rossman, 1999). Three categories were developed for data analysis. Supervision style preference and match referred to the perception of supervision style by supervisors and supervisees at the beginning and end of each supervisory session. Supervision effectiveness referred to supervisor and supervisee supervision style match, supervision goals, and expectation similarity. Therapeutic professional development referred to how well supervisors' supervision style shaped their supervisees' therapeutic skills, case conceptualization, etc. Results and Interpretation Our results, discussed by category, include all data sources: Supervision Style Preference and Match The supervision style match is discussed based on the ACT model. Supervisors and supervisees shared similarities and differences concerning certain supervision styles. Supervisors Supervision Style Preference Supervisors adapted their supervision style based on supervisee needs and therapeutic skills. Supervisor A stated: "I prefer teaching the mentor style of supervision. My supervisees need a lot of direction and support----they always asked for advice. Supervisor B stated: "My supervisees just don't have enough confidence in the counseling session. They feel more comfortable when I actually tell them what to do. If you don't give them direction, they would feel lost." However, supervisor C preferred the supportive mentor style: "When my supervisees need suggestions, I would express my opinion from a different perspective, but in a way not giving direction." Supervisee A1 is in her 40s and working on her Master's degree in school counseling: "I don't have much experience with counseling. This is my first semester with clients and not observing. I'm a little scared to be on my own, and not sure I say the right thing to my clients. Supervisee A2 is a male in his 30s and working on master's degree in community counseling: "I think it's important to have someone guide me and give me advice. Sometimes I just want to talk to my supervisor and see what she thinks. I feel better when I talk to my supervisor first." Supervisee B1 is male, in his early 40s, and working on practicum: "I always feel anxious when my session is video taped. However, when my supervisor and I watch my tape together, she stops and says, 'now I would like you take what the client just said and paraphrase or reflect.' I really like it because it allows me the opportunity to practice, and learn what to say in my future session." Supervisee C1 was in her early 20s and majored in school counseling: "I have this client, who's older than me, and experiencing marital problems. I don't know what to say so I asked my supervisor to watch my tape and show me how to address the issues the client brought up in the last session. I feel better knowing my supervisor is there for me and not judging my lack of counseling skill." Supervisee C2 was in her early 40s and majored in student affairs: "Although I've worked at the career center and counseled students for the last three years, there are a lot of things I don't know. I like supervision because my supervisor teaches me." Taken as a whole, the supervisors and supervisees shared similar views about supervision styles they preferred and why. While explaining their supervision style preference, supervisors appeared more concerned about supervisee needs in order to development their professional skills. Supervisees preferred certain styles for several reasons, i.e., feeling more comfortable, avoiding mistakes, and wanting to appear confident in front of the clients. Supervision Effectiveness Style Match Two supervisors reported they would try to match their supervision style with their supervisees' unique needs regardless of their (supervisors) own preference. For example, Supervisor A: "I believe our styles match. I'll try to convert to more of their direction, as it's more supportive to what they are choosing to do and what they are comfortable with. For supervisor B, everything depended on the supervisees' therapeutic skills, "It depends on their level. If they go to the right direction, I'm supportive, not directive. However, if a supervisee needs a lot of basic therapeutic direction. I ask the supervisee to practice paraphrase, and reflect what their clients said." Overall, five of the six supervisees felt that their supervision style preference matched with their supervisors. The only one not completely matching expressed developing professional skills is more important than anything else. Supervision Goals/Expectation All three pair of supervisor/supervisee' goals were similar. For example, Supervisor A: "The goal is help the supervisee become more confident so it is more supportive as a supervisor." Meanwhile, Supervisee A1 said "I was expecting my supervisor to help me understand the case better and helps me improving my counseling skills so I can provide service to the client." Therapeutic Professional Development Therapeutic Skills All three supervisors believed their supervision style had been effectively shaped by their supervisee's therapeutic skills. For example, supervisor A stated that she believes her style brings a sense of humor to the session and helps to eliminate supervisee anxiety. All six supervisee reported the supervision sessions helped shaped their therapeutic skills. Supervisee B2 declared, "I feel very comfortable paraphrasing or reflecting what my clients said, and that is very important." Case Conceptualization All three supervisors agreed that their supervisees' case conceptualization ability had improved, partly due to the supervision sessions. Supervisor B reported, "I always spend a great portion of time watching my supervisees' session tape and discussing the case, so I definitely feel their case conceptualization has improved a lot." Her supervisee (B2) confirmed that statement and said "Sometimes I don't know if I have the right idea about what's going on in my session, and my supervisors always watches my tape and discusses it with me, and provides me different perspective in terms of case conceptualization, and I really like that kind of guidance." Conclusions and Hypotheses My data suggests that the supervisors shared similar views regarding the complex purpose of supervision style preference. The study results showed supervisee's therapeutic skills and counseling experiences are the primary factors attributed to the supervision style preference. In addition, supervisors believe supervision style should be flexible, realizing there is a need to adapt their supervision style as soon as their supervisee is ready. They believe that the goal of supervision is not just to help supervisees' shape their therapeutic skills, but most importantly, it helps protect the clients. For most of the supervisees, they looked for more direction from their supervisors so they could feel better prepared when counseling their clients . In this study, supervisors tried to meet their supervisees' needs and expectations through the development of a matching supervision style that supervisees preferred. The study further showed supervisors were more likely to provide guidance when the supervisee was struggling for help, but when supervisees were not asking for direction, supervisors were more likely to show support only. Thus, it can be concluded that a supervision style match helps alleviate supervisees' negative feelings, hence, contributing to a better supervision outcome. Our data is clear on one point: During the supervision, the client's welfare was the primary concern for both supervisee and supervisors. The supervisor prepared the supervisee to provide the best assistance to their clients by giving good counseling advice, demonstrating counseling skills, and providing clear opportunities for supervisees to learn coping mechanisms used with difficulties associated with counseling. Indeed, this study also revealed supervisees' therapeutic skills and case conceptualization improved with more supervision sessions. Limitations of the Data Although our findings are intriguing, they are also limited in at least two ways. First, data drawn from only nine cases at one graduate counselor training program are suggestive rather than conclusive. The supervisors and supervisees in this study were all volunteers, and dedicated to their supervision session. I have no basis for generalizations about graduate counselor trainees at other counselor programs of other institutions. Second, this study only lasted ten sessions. Hearing more stories from other supervisors, supervisees, and sampling more supervision sessions over a longer period, would certainly increase understanding regarding how supervisee needs affected how their supervisors selected certain supervision styles. Furthermore, how a supervisory style match affects supervisory relationships, as well as general supervision outcomes, i.e. reducing supervisee anxiety. Implications and Recommendations The study of supervisor and supervisee supervision style preferences and matches indicated several implications for counselor graduate training programs. Supervision experience can be very complicated and can cause great frustration for both supervisor and supervisee if it is not conducted sensitively and carefully. In mental health clinical training, student supervisors could learn about flexible strategies for supervision style in response to supervisees' needs. An important component of such learning would be the supervisor's self-awareness regarding the adjustment of his/her supervision style based on the developmental progress of their supervisees. In other words, supervisors should observe their supervisees' progress and adjust their original supervision in order the have the maximum supervision outcome. In addition, supervisors and supervisees' supervision style preference might change due to the nature of supervision sessions. A curriculum focusing on this literature, highlighting the efficacy of the style preference in predicting the supervision effectiveness could be offered to counseling supervision students. Further study might evaluate the participants' preference of supervision style twice; one at the beginning of the session, and the other one at the end of the session, rather than assessing only once. References Bernard, J. M. (1997). Supervision training: A discrimination model. Counselor Education & Supervision, 19, 60-68. Bernard, J. M., & Goodyear, R. (1998). Fundamentals of clinical supervision. Needham Heightd, MA: Allyn and Bacon. Douce, L. (1989, August). Classroom and experimental training in supervision. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, New Orleans. Hart, G. M. (1982). The process of clinical supervision. Baltimore: University Park Press. Hart, G. M., & Nance, D. (2003). Styles of counselor supervision as perceived by supervisors and supervisees. Counselor Education & Supervision, 43, 146-158. Hersey, P., & Blanchard, K. H. (1977). Management of organizational behavior: Utilizing human resources (3 rd ed.). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall. Holloway, E. L (1995). Clinical supervision: A systems approach. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. Ladancy, N., Walker, J. A., & Melincoff, D. S. (2001). Supervisory style: Its relation to the supervisory working alliance and supervisor self-disclosure. Counselor Education & Supervision, 40, 263-275. Loganbill, C., Hardy, E., & Delworth, U. (1982). Supervision: A conceptual model. The Counseling Psychologist, 10(1), 3-42. Marshall, C. M., & Rossman, G. B. (1999). Designing qualitative research (3 rd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. Roberts, W. B., & Morotti, A. A. (2001). Site supervisors of professional counseling interns: Suggested guidelines. Professional School Counseling, 4, 208-215. Skovholt, T. M., & Ronnestad, M. H. (2003). Struggles of the novice counselor and therapist. Journal of Career Development, 30 (1), 45-58. Steward, R., Breland, A., & Neil, D. M. (2001). Novice supervisees' self-evaluations and their perceptions of supervisory style. Counselor Education & Supervision, 41, 131-141. Yin, R. K. (1984). Case study research: Design and methods. Beverly Hills: Sage. |
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Lucia Orser: Postsecondary education will be key B.C. election issue in 2013
As we head into a provincial election in May 2013, students across the province are looking back at a lost decade for the postsecondary education (PSE) system in British Columbia. In this time we've seen tuition more than double, major funding cuts, a needs-based grants program scrapped, and interest rates on student loans become the highest in the country.
Students in B.C. now graduate with an average $27,000 in debt. This figure comes from a 2009 study by the now-disbanded Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation. As there is a major gap on data collection around student debt, we can only assume that this number has gone up in the past three years.
B.C. has gone from one of the most accessible PSE systems in the country to one of the most mediocre or the worst—depending on what indicators you look at. This year, the University of Victoria is facing a four percent cut in funding, which means another year where students will pay more for less. B.C. has fallen behind other provinces which understand the economic advantages of giving people at the lowest socio-economic level access to a postsecondary education. This is proven to raise people out of poverty and reduces the likelihood that they will access social services and the health-care system, and that they will contribute more through taxes.
When leaders of the major provincial political parties pitch their case to British Columbians next May, they need to put funding for PSE at the top of their agendas if they are serious about economic growth and job creation. The B.C. Liberal record on PSE is not rosy: tuition-fee deregulation, a scrapped grants program, the highest interest rates on student loans in the country, and an emphasis on capital projects at institutions rather than students. The B.C. Liberals need to take a hard look at their current policies and take a cue from other conservative governments that have increased funding (Alberta), eliminated interest on student loans (Newfoundland and Labrador), and instituted a needs-based grants program (Harper government).
The NDP track record for PSE in the 1990s wasn't great either; it instituted tuition freezes but didn't pony up the cash necessary to close the funding gap that ensued. This time, the NDP is off to a good start with its promise to bring back a $100-million needs-based grants program but it needs to commit to eliminating interest rates on student loans. As for the Greens and Conservatives, they are largely silent on the issue and need to step up. As with the Liberals, the Conservatives also need to take cues from their right-leaning counterparts across the country who have strong policies on PSE.
The Where's the Funding? campaign, which represents over 180,000 B.C. students, includes students with a broad range of political views—but we all agree on the key points of needs-based grants, interest rates on student loans, and core funding. Together these initiatives address inequality and allow low-income students who can't get their foot in the door access to a university or college education. Students are fed up with being a bankrupted generation and will be mobilizing over the next seven months to make PSE the key election issue. PSE is the key driver for the future growth and prosperity of B.C., and students rightly see this as being a nonpartisan issue. Each party is equally positioned to commit to making B.C. have the highest quality, most accessible PSE system in Canada. With that in mind, student organizers will be mobilizing their peers to vote education in May 2013.
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The forecast for last night was 35* . I brought into the house a few precious cutting and my double white. Now I do not know what to do. I am concern about my double white who has two seed pods on it and I do not want to loose them. If I put it outside during the day temp between 50-60* and take in it at night if the temps drop into thirties will stress it out?
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Hi Pat- Don't panic- your brug will be fine- if you feel like lugging it in & out that's fine- I don't think it will stress out- they are tropicals & like the warmth. Just do not leave it out when it gets below 40- this time of year is so iffy- In the beginning of fall, when we had a few days where the temp. lows hit 33- & 35, right around 6:30 am, then the sun came up right away at 7 & started warming things. Mine suffered only a little damage- but kept on growing- but now- it's 30 & below by 11 pm, way too long a cold period for our brugs- they will surely die out there.... I finally took mine inside- & guess what- after digging it up a month ago-(she also has a huge seed pod) it's starting to have new blossoms- which I will post here when they open... Don't be afraid- you're right on track! hugs~ kasha77 |
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I know this is late but the buds and pods on my brugs held during a few frosts though the foliage looked like wet kleenex. As long as the temps are only near freezing for a few hours it should be fine. You can schlep it back and forth if you want, it won't stress the plant or you could toss a sheet or other cloth (not plastic) over the plants at night if the temps are going to be cold. |
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I keep thinking I've posted enough pictures, but I couldn't keep from posting this one, because my VH had such a struggle getting started, but now it seems to be doing great! I think VH is about the most perfect red rose I've ever seen, wish it had more fragrance. |
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Slight research glitch detected at BBC Wales who quote the Victorian Society with this on-line story published earlier in the week about how the nation's heritage needs protection.
Among those Welsh buildings apparently nominated for the "at-risk" list is Libanus Chapel in Swansea which was demolished in January this year after a fire. There are several other local anomalies but one that really stands out is the suggested effort needed to safeguard the Slip Bridge. This structure was removed from its supports and re-sited on the foreshore in 2004.
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