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Parenting Therapists in 85718
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Jamie Lakin
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, RPT-S, BCD
"I work with children, adolescents and adults using primarily a client-centered approach. I specialize in Play Therapy with young children. Depending on client needs, we can work cognitively or in expressive arts modalities as well. I am also certified to provide Interactive Metronome Training (for ADD, learning and processing disorders, sensory integration, etc).
(520) 293-3934 x1
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Andria J Jennings
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW
"Whether you are experiencing a problem that needs immediate attention, or you are finally ready to confront a long-standing issue, finding the right provider is the next important step. I work with individuals, couples and families dealing with depression, anxiety, stress, relationship issues and parenting, as well as adolescence/ phase of life issues, blended families and other change of life/adjustment issues. My goal for the therapeutic partnership is to help clients enhance their strengths and develop new skills to overcome obstacles to their emotional health and achieve their full potential.
(520) 333-4669
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Tanya Hillman
Counselor, LPC, LASAC, CRC
"I have experience working with adults and couples and I provide treatment for clients with serious mental illness (including psychosis), addictions, depression, anxiety, trauma, grief and loss, mood and personality disorders as well as providing forensic treatment for sexual offenders. I utilize both individual and group modalities. I am passionate about creating genuine therapeutic relationships with those I serve and am committed to helping clients work, step-by-step, towards happier, healthier lives. I am a Licensed Professional Counselor, Licensed Associate Substance Abuse Counselor and a nationally Certified Rehabilitation Counselor.
(520) 447-3968
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Jennifer Dvoskin
Psychologist, PsyD
"I have experience working with teens, preteens, and adults facing a variety of challenges, including anxiety, problems at school, behavior problems, relationship issues, friendship struggles, and substance abuse. I have trained and worked at one of the world's best substance abuse treatment centers for adults, and have provided inpatient treatment to children with addictions and behavior problems. I believe in the value of psychotherapy and understand that everyone is different. I tailor each therapy session to each individual client's needs.
(520) 441-8495
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Judith Henderson
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, MS, ACSW, QCSW
"My view is that lasting change comes through self understanding. I help people in a safe, non-judgemental environment to develop a greater sense of control over their lives, leading to a happier future. As a psychoanalytic therapist, I am best suited to help people who are curious about themselves and others. Current neuroscience shows us overcoming emotional problems usually involves a process of understanding underlying issues. I take into account the entire person, not just symptoms, treating adolescents and adults with a variety of emotional difficulties. My office offers privacy for professionals and others are concerned about confidentiality.
(520) 837-1094
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Tina LeMarque-Denison
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MA, MSW, LCSW
"In this complex world of multitasking and high expectations, change is fast-moving and constant. Whether voluntary or involuntary, transitions in life, relationships, living situations, and employment can be some of the most solitary yet potentially rewarding crossroads we face. With expert guidance and support, you will be able to identify and focus on the issues that are most important to you right now, maximizing your potential to grow from your experiences. In this serene space you will find comfort and make sense of whatever is going on in your life.
(520) 505-1441
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Adrienne Segall
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
"I am a psychotherapist with 24 years of experience and an advanced degree in psychoanalytic treatment. I believe that people can improve their circumstances. I offer my training and expertise to journey with you in working through difficult situations in a compassionate and thought provoking environment. Here you can address barriers to feeling better and understand yourself in a way that allows you to grasp how things came to be as they are. With this deeper understanding, improvements that matter in relationships, work, the inner world of the self, and life can be made.
(520) 829-9490
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Dan Stone
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, LISAC, CT
"I have been working in the field of substance abuse, mental health and grief and loss for over 20 years. Through training and experience I have developed an ability to work with clients who have experienced profound loss. My experience in both inpatient and outpatient settings has provided me with skill in treating addictions, codependency, depression and life transitions.
(520) 403-4114
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Annie Farnsworth
Psychologist, PhD
"New skills and ideas can be developed for connecting with others and managing emotions by working collaboratively with a skilled therapist-- leading to greater hope and action. I help individuals dealing with a range of difficulties and stressors such as relationship or work related problems, loss, family of origin concerns, trauma, or medical illness.
(520) 441-3103
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Brian J. Ramirez
Psychologist, PsyD, NP
"As both a clinical psychologist and a psychiatric nurse practitioner, my practice offers the unique opportunity to receive comprehensive psychological services including diagnostic assessment & evaluation, psychotherapy, psychiatric medication, and psychological testing from one provider. I work from an integrated bio/psycho/social/spiritual framework and tailor my approach to meet the specific needs of each patient. I work with individuals from all age groups, and I have specialized training with child and adolescent populations.
(520) 293-1445
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Marianne Curtis
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW
"I am mindful that the decision to engage in therapy is not always an easy step to take. But the experience can be rewarding and even life changing. It often is the most effective and fruitful when your therapist is skilled at asking the right questions and hearing what is not being said, while working in partnership with you to establish meaningful goals that will help you move in the direction you would like to go. Whether you are struggling with depression, anxiety, loss, feelings of helplessness or confusion, such challenges are easier to face with the right support and a compassionate ear.
(520) 447-3329
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Frances R Bernfeld
Marriage & Family Therapist, MEd, LMFT
"The complexities of families and relationships have intrigued me ever since I was a young girl. Even after 30 years of practice in the field of Marriage and Family Therapy, I am still intrigued and challenged to find creative ways to solve the difficulties we all encounter in our relationships with others. As a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Arizona I have been a member of the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) since 1981. I am a Past President of the Arizona Division of AAMFT. I am in private practice working with individuals, couples and families.
(520) 704-6756
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Pamela Hays
Counselor, MBA, MA, LPC
"I provide psychotherapy to individuals, adults, couples, families, adolescents and children. My general areas of interest are anxiety, depression, addictions, relationships, eating disorders and trauma, obsessive compulsive problems, autism and related disorders, ADHD and behavior problems in children and adolescents. My experience has been that psychological change and changes in life circumstances become possible and more probable when a person understands how their mind works; how thoughts and feelings influence what happens internally and in relation to others. Therapy can help a patient obtain a greater degree of control in managing feeling states and the thoughts related to these.
(520) 549-4145
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Susan Warren
Counselor, MA, LPC, LISAC, CHT, NCC
"Since 1973 I have worked with individuals, couples, families, and groups. I specialize in trauma, depression, anxiety, low self esteem, phobias, OCD, PTSD, communication skills, conflict resolution, eating disorders, & recovery from addictions. State/Nationally licensed/certified Counselor, a Trauma Specialist, and Clinical Hypnotherapist and use CBT, DBT, EMDR, EFT, Clinical Hypnotherapy, Resourcing/Brainspotting. Establishing a therapeutic relationship is very important in working with my clients at their own pace, helping them to become more confident & happy, by mastering life skills. Teaching them how to use the techniques so they can use them in the future for any challenging situations.
(520) 216-4650
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Cathy L Zipperian
Counselor, MS, LPC, LISAC
"If you're ready for a kick-butt therapist, let's talk. I teach, support, inspire, give homework -- and hold you accountable for making progress. Advanced techniques in EMDR will restore stability -- FAST... You will have fun again -- SOON & heal your traumas -- FOR GOOD. "Big T" and "little t" trauma work will pay off. It will require an investment of both time and money, AND you are worth it. Plan to both cry and laugh -- a lot!
(520) 401-5995
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Maureen Maxon
Counselor, PhD, LPC
"For over 20 years, I have worked successfully with individuals, couples, families, children, adolescents and groups, in private practice and in-hospital, to achieve their therapeutic goals. I offer you a warm, supportive environment where you can safely explore your feelings, thoughts, and problems. I will engage with you in a highly interactive style and provide direct feedback. I especially enjoy working with couples to improve their lives together, and guiding people who are in search of a healthy relationship. I'm ready to help with DEPRESSION, ANXIETY, TRAUMA, RELATIONSHIPS, PTSD, DIVORCE and TRANSITIONS for clients of ALL ages.
(520) 441-6949
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Joel Ackley
Counselor, MA, NCC, LPC, ACS
"Are you feeling sad, frustrated or isolated in your marriage or relationship? Do you feel like you are arguing or fighting a lot? Feeling angry but not sure what to do? Has there been times when you just want to get out of the relationship? Sometimes relationships go sideways when we don't want them to. You may get stressed, exhausted or confused, You are not alone! Many people that we have helped have the same or similar feelings and have received care, support, and someone who accepts and seeks to understand you as a human being. Begin the healing.
(520) 441-3102
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Michelle A Ellis
Psychologist, NCSP, PhD
"I am a licensed clinical psychologist and certified school psychologist . I have over 25 years of experience across a variety of settings including outpatient clinics, psychiatric hospitals, residential treatment for children and adolescents and group homes for adjudicated youth. Years ago I was also a teacher and special education director. I have spent the last 17 years working in community mental health with children, adolescents and adults as well as with adults in the prison system. It was time for a change and I am excited to be going into private practice!!
(520) 441-2459
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Joyce Selenkow
Counselor, MA, LPC
"My approach in treatment is current, my manner is open, gentle and direct. I maintain a small case load which allows me time to meet my client's individual needs. I enjoy my work, and I welcome a telephone conversation to help you find direction, and to provide us both with the opportunity to get a sense of our potential to successfully work together.
(520) 990-3122
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Karen Faitelson
Counselor, MA, MSC, LAC, NCC
"Everyone wants to be heard, understood and validated. Life can be very stressful and scary, leading to feelings of helplessness, hopelessness and worry, and resulting in anxiety and depression. Transitions can be overwhelming and confusing: examples might include complicated relationships, marriage, parenting & child-rearing, separation & divorce, surviving affairs, sexual orientation issues, going away to college, academic pressures, graduating, career choices & job searching, starting a new job, empty nest issues, midlife or existential crises, menopause, job-losses, retirement, aging, terminal illness, caring for the sick or elderly, losing a child or parent, grief & loss, loneliness & isolation, and mortality issues.
(520) 314-4207
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A few questions about hearth insulation and mass
Hello all!
I am beginning to build a 36" pompeii. I already have the base poured and am ready for the hearth insulation.
Question 1: Does 4" of vermiculite concrete have about as much insulation value as 2" of FB board or SuperIsol?
Question 2: I have some firebrick splits around from a maple syrup evaporator I no longer use and am wondering about putting a layer of them under the the regular size hearth brick for some added mass. We are big bread fans in addition to pizza lovers and I thought a little more mass might be nice for baking bread. And it seems to me like having close to the same amount of mass on the hearth as there is on the dome would make sense. Am I right or wrong? Also......could anyone give me an idea of how much longer it would take to heat the oven with this added mass?
This is a great forum and I am so glad I found it before I started on a Allan Scott oven which would've had way too much mass for me!
Re: A few questions about hearth insulation and mass
OK....I decided to use calcium silicate boards for insulating the hearth. But, I'm still wondering about adding mass under the hearth. Especially in relation to baking bread. Does anyone have any advice or other input to give me about it?
Re: A few questions about hearth insulation and mass
If you want more mass, you can turn the firebrick on their sides for the floor, giving you 4.5" of mass, but unless you plan on multiple batches, you will spend more time firing than it is worth.
Re: A few questions about hearth insulation and mass
Hi Geek,
Ask this question in the Pompeli Oven Construction tab. It is much more active. But to answer your question, at least from my perspective. I have 2" of FoamGlass topped with 1 1/2" of CaSi with a 3" thick high density fire brick floor. The HD bricks and increased thickness seems take longer to saturate but once charged they also seem to hold the floor heat. I would think 2" of CaSi is your min. There is no significant insulation gained by the splits but does add mass consider more CaSi or a V-crete layer under CaSi. My two cents.
Re: A few questions about hearth insulation and mass
The way I perceive we will be using the oven is this: Starting with pizza then after that one or two batches of bread then possibly on occasion some smaller pastries. would the standard 2.5" hearth handle that fine?
I'm still wondering if more floor heat is better for bread or doesn't it really make that much of a difference?
Re: A few questions about hearth insulation and mass
Standard hearth will easily handle what you're describing. When people talk about "multiple batches" of bread, they usually mean production-level quantities, not the 10kgs (20 one pound loaves) you're going to bake in two batches.
Re: A few questions about hearth insulation and mass
Re: A few questions about hearth insulation and mass
Adding mass under the floor as you suggest will result in slower heat up of your oven floor and negate the usefullness of your insulation to a point. Think of it this way. The added mass will heat up only by drawing the heat away from your floor. The insulation under your "mass" will allow for longer heat retention but will do nothing to aid in the heating of your floor. As for baking breads (I too am a fan) I don't think that the added mass that you are talking about will be that benifitial, but of course I don't know what your plans are. Just saying that I have been able to use my oven to bake bread after I was done with making pizzas.
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Surrounded by 7km of unbroken, white sandy beach and lapped by the gentle azure waters of the Pacific, this resort, on Malolo Lailai,15km from Nadi, is an affordable heaven on Earth. Great water-sports, massage and diving lessons are just some of the treats that await!
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Sister Cities kicks off 25th anniversary year
This year of 2014 marks the 25th anniversary of the formal establishment of Sister Cities of Durham.
In 1989, Durham Sister Cities formed partnerships with Durham, UK; Kostroma, Russia; and Toyama, Japan. Since then, we added Arusha, Tanzania, in 1991; Zhuzhou, China, in 2012; and Kunshan, China, in 2013. Here are some of the events and programs that will focus on this year's theme of "Durham and the World: Journeys Toward World Peace."
Our Toyama Committee will host a second visit by students from the Toyama, Japan, College of Foreign Languages, Feb. 23 – March 14. We had a successful visit last year when 32 Japanese students were hosted by 27 Durham area families. We will again arrange English classes in partnership with Durham Technical Community College, and provide cultural activities and tours with members of the Toyama committee, DTCC and the host families. This year approximately 20 students with two faculty will come. If you are interested in hosting one of the students, please contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com
We will have our second annual "Tea Tasting" program in the fall. This is a popular event, with each of our city committees providing tea and snacks that reflect their Sister City's host country.
We will continue our monthly articles in "The Durham Herald" section of the Sunday edition of The Herald-Sun.
We will again partner with the Durham County Library with our presentations in the popular Humanities Series programs. Last year's programs focused on Russian literature, Chinese opera, a documentary program with Arusha and our international quilts project. More information will be available in the library publications.
In April, our Zhuzhou Committee will again host a visit by elementary school students from Zhuzhou, China. We anticipate partnering with several elementary schools in the Durham area as we did last year.
Throughout the year, our Arusha Committee will be developing programs to provide school uniforms and school supplies for a group of orphans. They will continue to support a women's sewing business they helped establish to provide some economic independence for that group.
Our Kostroma Committee has been invited by their counterpart in Russia to send a delegation to join them as they celebrate the 25th anniversary in Kostroma.
On June 26, we will have a recognition night at the Durham Bulls game, with the Durham Children's Choir singing the national anthem.
Our Durham, UK, Committee is working with the Office of Community Engagement at Duke and with the Durham Children's Choir to host a July visit by the Chamber Choir of Durham University in England. They anticipate performances at Duke Chapel and other venues in the area.
In September, our Toyama Committee will again host medical residents from Toyama in partnership with the Duke Hospital system. We also hope a medical person from Duke will travel to Toyama. This exchange program has been successful for a number of years.
We continue to work with the Sarah P. Duke Gardens for plans for developing a Chinese Garden in the Asiatic Arboretum.
We will be working with the staff at City Hall to have displays of our international quilts and some of the art and artifacts from our Sister Cities.
An exciting new venture is our newly formed Youth Committee within Sister Cities. This will consist of area high school and college students interested in international programs both abroad and here in Durham, as well as participating in the youth programs in Sister Cities International. If you are interested in participating, please contact us at email@example.com .
In the fall, we will have a banquet to celebrate our 25th Anniversary, with awards reflecting our mission of building mutual understanding between Durham, NC and our international city partners.
Sister Cities of Durham actually began with a Durham, UK, connection in 1975. This was not very active until a group of Durham residents formally established our Sister Cities of Durham program in 1989. All of our partnerships have been signed by the mayors of the respective cities. If you are interested in participating in any of our activities or joining one of our Sister City Committees, please contact us at email@example.com.


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Pope Francis called climate change a moral issue and demanded action to reverse its effects. CBS News correspondent Dean Reynolds reports.


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Favourite Games of the Half-Year (Part 1)
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So, with the first half of 2010 coming to a close I took a moment to reflect on some of my favourite games which have really made gaming worthwhile during these first sixth months of what could be a very succesful year.
In Fourth Place...
It was all there:
- Two of the greatest Sci-Fi franchaises, ever.
- Two of the greatest Sci-Fi creatures, ever.
- A studio returning to a franchaise who had already made one succesful installment.
Well, personally, I didn't enjoy the original Aliens Versus Predator (PC) and massively preferred Monolith's sequel. However, from the trailers that were being shot out to promote the game I had some hope at least. (This was despite the fact that I knew that Rebellion released the train wreck of a game Rogue Warrior recently.)
There are many reasons why the game was nowhere near as good as it could have been. The main reason for me personally, was that Rebellion didn't take full advantage of what each of the Alien and Predator franchaises had to offer. In both the Alien and Predator franchaises there are interesting characters that we grow to care about as well as becoming interested in the xenomorph enemies. The game offered none of that and didn't take full advantage of what each of the franchaises had to offer. I never really saw the interesting characteristics of the Predator or the fear factor of the Alien come into play during any of the campaigns, which were all far too short.
I could go into huge detail about everything that was wrong with Aliens Vs Predator but there are a couple of reasons that I have included it in this list.
I love both the Alien and Predator film franchaises, (except Ressurection, that was just awful), and in turn loved Aliens Versus Predator 2. And whilst Rebellion could've done a massively better job in terms of taking advantage of all of the characters it was still very cool to sneak up behind an unsuspecting Marine and rip out his spine... and then stroke it.
In Thrid Place...
I was, and still am a long time fan of the original BioShock. BioShock was so unique of a title that I couldn't possibly have not fallen in love with it. The unique setting and interesting characters really drew me into the world of Rapture, as well as its well told story. Whils it might not have been the game that Ken Levine promised me it was still a blast to play through. (So much so, that I went back and immediately played it again after finishing it.)
So, when BioShock 2 was announced, like the majority of the community, I was sceptical. I just didn't see a need for there to be a sequel for BioShock and that if there were to be a sequel it would only tarnish the sparkling goodness of the original or fall short of its predecessor. Then, when I heard there would be multiplayer (which was being developed by Digital Extremes) I thought that all hope was lost.
Thankfully, I was proven wrong, for the most part. Whilst BioShock 2 inevitably fell short compared to BioShock it was still a good game in its own right. 2K Marin had successfully expanded on what made the original BioShock so good whilst introducing new mechanics to the gameplay at the same time. Though I do believe that they could've done a few things better, (I really didn't find Sophia Lamb a particularly interesting villian), they could've done many things a lot worse.
Part 2 coming soon!


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IT SHOULD have been a coming-of-age moment. In December 2006, Anshe Chung, the most prominent of Second Life's entrepreneurs, was interviewed about her burgeoning property portfolio, which she says is worth more than $1 million. It was a milestone to mark the emergence of a mature and corporate side to virtual worlds. But then, for a full 15 minutes, the virtual room in which she was being interviewed was invaded by flying penises.
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The Importance of Being Earnest
by Oscar Wilde
Gwendolen Fairfax
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Gwen and Cecily
Like the two male leads, Gwendolen and Cecily also have a lot in common. There's the Ernest thing: marrying a man named Ernest seems to be the founding principal of their lives. The two women even say it in unison: "Your Christian names are still an insuperable barrier. That is all!" (III.29) Gwendolen and Cecily both keep a diary, which they believe would pretty much stand up in a court of law as proof of whatever they say. And both are willing to fight tooth and nail to get what they want, though not in front of the servants. Neither Cecily nor Gwendolen has much of a character arc, because the absurd plot simply unfolds to their advantage. In the end, Cecily does have to make do with an "Algernon." So we guess Gwendolen wins since she alone ends up marrying an "Ernest."
Why did Oscar Wilde make them so similar? Because his main interest was satirizing the society that produced women like them – not the individuals themselves.
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"You don't think there is any chance of Gwendolen becoming like her mother in about a hundred and fifty years, do you Algy?" (I.227) Jack asks in the first scene. Bad news, Jack. You may not be able to see beyond the blond ringlets and cute Victorian corset, but the signs are all there. Gwendolen is opinionated and forceful like her mother; she bosses Cecily around with ease. Gwendolen also has strong ideas about social protocol, which we see in the first scene. Jack's marriage proposal has to be exactly right:
Yes, Mr. Worthing, what have you got to say to me?
You know what I have got to say to you.
Yes, but you don't say it.
Gwendolen, will you marry me? [Goes on his knees.]
Of course I will, darling. How long you have been about it! I am afraid you have had very little experience in how to propose. (I.161-165)
The City Girl
Gwendolen has been raised in the city and is polished and sophisticated. She enjoys this advantage over Cecily, whom she considers a country bumpkin. There are a number of hilarious town vs. country barbs in their tea scene, the least veiled of which happens here:
Do you suggest, Miss Fairfax, that I entrapped Ernest into an engagement? How dare you? This is no time for wearing the shallow mask of manners. When I see a spade I call it a spade.
[Satirically.] I am glad to say that I have never seen a spade. It is obvious that our social spheres have been widely different. (II.295-29)
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By Matthew Chapman, marketingmagazine.co.uk, Tuesday, 15 January 2013 12:00PM
Cowdry, who has been with the mobile operator for 13 years, will remain at O2 for the next few months to ensure a "smooth transition", as the Telefonica-owned mobile brand seeks a replacement.
An O2 spokesman said a search for a replacement has already begun, and added the company "will take the opportunity to look both externally and within the Telefonica group".
Cowdry will join in May and report into Camelot UK Lotteries managing director Andy Duncan. She will hold the role of marketing and consumer director and have overall responsibility for the consumer insight and marketing of The National Lottery and additional games within the portfolio, including scratchcards.
She has been brought in to replace Bateson, who has been transferred to a commercial director role at consultancy arm Camelot Global Services.
Duncan said: "As the steward of the UK National Lottery and all its game brands, we have an enormous responsibility to the nation to keep the brands as fresh, as engaging and as relevant as possible.
"The position of marketing and consumer director for The National Lottery is a unique and exciting role and, in this position, Sally will be responsible for further developing the brand to ensure it ultimately drives further sales growth and returns to National Lottery Good Causes."
During her tenure at O2, Cowdry oversaw the introduction of the brand's first pay monthly SIM-only scheme, the launch of The O2 and its Priority scheme, which gives customers special access to music, sport and retail experiences.
Cowdry joined BT Cellnet, which was rebranded to O2 in 2002, from BAA-owned Heathrow Express in 1999.
Camelot has made the high-profile appointment as it seeks to fend off competition from Richard Desmond's Health Lottery. In August, Desmond triumphed in a bitter legal dispute, which saw Camelot claim the Health Lottery should not have been awarded a licence by the Gambling Commission.
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But I wanted to get my Hunt up before I crash. We spent most of our day at our local annual carnival/fest. It was HOT. And expensive. But the kids had a crazy good time. So good, in fact, that they went to bed at 7:15 tonight, without even putting up a fight.
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Hooked on trains and sharing their craftMost of the men in the Newport Model Railroad Club got into trains at a young age — either because they lived near railroad tracks, or were given a train set for Christmas, said member David Blume.
By: Patricia Drey Busse, South Washington County Bulletin
Most of the men in the Newport Model Railroad Club got into trains at a young age — either because they lived near railroad tracks, or were given a train set for Christmas, said member David Blume.
For Blume, it was both.
He and the other members of the club get together twice each week to painstakingly craft miniature landscapes, buildings, tracks, bridges and train cars. And this weekend, they'll showcase their work for the public in open houses Dec. 26, 27 and 29.
At the annual open houses, Blume said he likes to watch little kids react to seeing a caboose or passenger train — things they probably wouldn't see in real life anymore. And he also enjoys hearing the recollections the trains stir up in older folks.
"It's the memories that seem to ignite people and I like seeing that."
Housed in its own building next to Newport City Hall, the Newport club's layout contains more than 3,000 feet of track, 250 switches, 100 locomotives and 800 freight cars. Recently added is a staging yard on the lower floor where the trains start from and return to.
It gives members a place that's out of view to switch out the different trains.
"Upstairs, people get to see several trains go by, but they might never see the same train go by twice," he said, "so it almost looks more realistic as far as the operations. It's not just around and around and around."
With so much track and so many trains, the five or six club members who run the operation during the open houses use headsets to communicate with each other to avoid any collisions. The setup uses digital command control, which allows the operator to have independent control of each locomotive with a handheld throttle.
The group funds its activities through monthly dues, and by organizing three flea markets for model railroad paraphernalia vendors each year at Woodbury High School.
Blume said some people characterize what the club does as "playing with trains" but it goes much deeper than that. Many of the cars and landscape elements have been carefully replicated from old photos, he said.
"Some people build model cars, some people build planes, some people like to do scrapbooking," he said. "This is kind of an art form in action."
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Ed Kolpin was a tough act to follow. He lived to 97, smoked almost every day, once skinny-dipped in the reflecting pool at the Taj Mahal and sipped Cuban rum with Errol Flynn. But for Jeanette Kolpin, his cherubic, mild-mannered daughter-in-law, filling his shoes at the Tinder Box—the smoke shop Ed morphed out of his father's Santa Monica pharmacy in 1928—since his death in 2007 is about keeping the legacy alive.
Jeanette is the widow of Ed's son, Ed Kolpin Jr., and when her husband passed away in 1995, it was soon clear she'd be the one to run the business. "He knew I'd try to at least do the best I could do to keep the store open. Others would've just sold the place," she says. The current store, a cottage-style building on Wilshire, has been selling its wares since 1947.
Kolpin Senior's cult of personality is no secret. Marilyn Monroe, who rarely smoked, used to enjoy dropping by to hang out with the good ol' boys. Though she saw Kolpin as a fatherly type, he said she once flashed him, which for a guy who was pumping iron at Muscle Beach before there were tourists and jetting off to Spain for a glimpse of Ava Gardner, was on par with his mystique and zest for living.
George Burns and Bing Crosby were regulars—the latter even had Mr. Kolpin fashion 16 handmade pipes. Robert Downey Jr. dropped in the day Iron Man opened. But the Tinder Box is more than a repository of Hollywood lore. It's a sanctuary for smokers in a city that doesn't want them. And since Ed Senior passed away, Jeanette has been charged with the conflicted task of helming one of California's oldest tobacco shops against the headwinds of irony. It is even illegal to smoke 20 feet from the store entrance itself.
"Ed was very business oriented...Kind of like, 'Get their money and go.' But I realized these guys wanted to socialize."
On Saturdays at 11 a.m., regulars meet to share a box of doughnuts and pass the day puffing and chatting about everything from the nation's economic peril to the best types of briarwood pipes. The group runs the gamut of male Angelenos—neurologists and antiques dealers to construction workers and clerks. The vice that is their passion is also the force that binds them.
Saturday usuals also seek the dying breed of tobacco expertise that now rests with Jeanette and Leo Reyes, the store manager. Their wealth of knowledge, which grew from Ed Senior's obsession with pipe and cigar smoking—and his disdain for the more quotidian cigarettes—is alive and kicking. The store's pipe and tobacco blends are still hand-blended using an old cement mixer in a mysterious backhouse called the Warehouse of the Seven Sins. The formulas are kept in "the bible," a book of custom blends that dates back to the 1950s. This creed, along with Kolpin Senior's penchant for teaching college kids the art of blending, is not lost on Reyes, one of the kids Ed hired. He recites his teacher's famous edict: "Do it my way—I've made all the mistakes."
It was Reyes' idea to bring in doughnuts for his best customers. "Ed was very business oriented," he says. "Kind of like, 'Get their money and go.' But I realized these guys wanted to socialize."
"He was a tough bird," says Jeanette. In fact, when Ed's black Cadillac would pull up in the driveway, someone would call out "redrum"—which is murder spelled backwards and a reference to Stephen King's The Shining—and everyone would get to doing what they should've been doing before the boss walked in. But for Reyes, cultivating the community was worth the risk of getting Ed pissed off at his store's softer side. "You have to have a haven where nobody is going to judge you."
But the post–Ed Kolpin era hasn't always been seamless. Leo has worked at the Tinder Box for 22 years and has been manager for the last 10. There was an awkwardness when Jeanette, who had focused on bookkeeping and packing, became his boss. "She is a giving person," says Leo. "But she didn't have the necessary guidance; she was thrust into this. Sometimes I'm a little too strong because of my experience, and we'll clash, but overall, she is a beautiful human being."
Again under the threat of higher tobacco taxes, Jeanette must somehow make good on her promise to her husband to keep the store open for another 10 years. Why? "For the guys. Ed always felt all the guys here were like family," she says. Sometimes the guys still yell "redrum" as a joke when she pulls up, but nothing could be more ironic. While Ed Senior has his devotees, Jeanette is not far behind. "She's a sweetheart," says Saturday regular Kennedy Smith. "She's kind, generous and treats all the guys the same." With that kind of fan base, another 10 years may come easier than she thinks.


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Critical Review by Bettina L. Knapp
SOURCE: A review of Passion simple, in World Literature Today, Vol. 67, No. 1, Winter, 1993, pp. 152-53.
Specializing in French and comparative literature studies, Knapp is an American critic, educator, and the author of several critical books, including studies of Jean Genet, Jean Cocteau, Anaïs Nin, and Emile Zola. In the following, she provides a favorable assessment of Passion simple.
Minute and interestingly objective is [Passion simple,] the detailed account of the feelings, sensations, and thoughts a woman experiences as she awaits her lover's call or visit. Unlike Marguerite Duras, whose prose is imagistic, cadenced, meaningfully repetitious, and haunting in its verbal recordings and rerecordings of her protagonist's affects. Annie Ernaux's sojourn into sex is straightforward and classical, stylistically speaking. Rather than dealing with the mysteries surrounding the notion of passion, we are invited to share in the iteration of its harsh realities. In this regard, Passion simple is somewhat reminiscent of Cocteau's monologue written for Edith Piaf, Le bel indifférent.
Ernaux involves her reader in a barometric depiction of the gamut of erotic feelings the protagonist feels for her lover. Neither career, nor friends, nor intellectual concerns are of import; only those moments spent in lovemaking matter. Her life revolves around the hours spent sitting by the telephone waiting for a call from her man, refusing to run the vacuum cleaner or hair dryer for fear of drowning out the longed-for sound of the bell; or she rushes to return home from work or shopping, hoping to hear that very special voice, et cetera. The protagonist is also very careful not to leave any telltale signs of her presence—such as a strand of hair—on her paramour's clothing, for fear his wife might discover their relationship. Although sexual encounters are not depicted in detail, Ernaux's explicit vocabulary lends just the right touch to her enticing and deeply poignant confession.
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At the time you burn or copy a video and other media to a blank DVD-R, you must officially close, or "finalize" the DVD-R so the disc can be playable in a DVD player or another device compatible with a DVD-R. Most third-party software and systems will automatically finalize DVD-Rs at the time you create them, however, some systems such as Windows will require you to finalize DVD-Rs manually.
Method 1 of 2: Finalizing a DVD-R in Windows 7
1Click on the "Start" button on your Windows 7 desktop.
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3Click on the name of your disc-burning drive in the left pane of Windows Explorer.
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1Click on the "Start" button located on the desktop of your Windows Vista computer.
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When I was a little girl, I used to dream of visiting castles and horse back riding through emerald green fields along cliff sides and through Sherwood forest type settings.
This was inspired by British grandparents (from London), my love of Robbin Hood as well as the book Scarlett (the sequel to Gone with the Wind).
Back in those days, they were merely fantasies I'd entertain in my mind and hardly had a thought these dreams could come true and one day I'd be here, living my dreams to the fullest.
As a child we had very little money, my parents built our home deep in the forest miles away from everyone, to be more connected with nature and possibly so we didn't have to interact with the hectic stresses like other people in society. We had a garden, a wood stove to cook and heat our home and my mother always made our clothing and all meals with her own hands. As result of this, I had found solace in practicing yoga, hiking, swimming in the rivers and reading adventure fantasy and mystery novels from a young age.
The power of the mind is what fascinates me deeply more then anything these days. As soon as we allow a single thought into our mind, we are already on our way to creating the material manifestation in our lives. Most people go around doing this unconsciously, therefore are creating a life by default and wondering why things are turning out this way.
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I have a Netgear Wireless-G USB Adapter WG111 and a Netgear WGT624 v4 wireless router and I am having problems with extremely inconsistent ability to connect to the Internet on a laptop computer. There seem to be two separate issues that arise when I cannot to the Internet, but they appear to be somehow related. BTW, the computer in question is a Gateway 400VTX laptop and the wired computer is an HP Pavilion s7620n PC. There are walls between the router and the laptop, but the connection is fine when I manage to get connected (usually between 76 and 80%) and I have tested the laptop in the same room as the router and the same performance issues still arise.
Often when I start the laptop and the netgear utility attempts to connect to the wireless network, it will instead connect to "hpsetup" and I am not able to connect to the Internet. I do not have an HP wireless printer and the wireless connection on my HP desktop computer is disabled. If I attempt to connect to my wireless network by selecting it and hitting apply in the Netgear utility, it will either not connect to anything or default back to "hpsetup". Occasionally, I can fix this problem by removing and reinserting the USB adapter or through some combination of restarting the computer, shutting it down and removing and reinserting the adapter. Sometimes one restart or shut down will do the trick, other times I have to try multiple times to get it to connect. I also notice that often, but not always, when I am connected to "hpsetup" and I select the Networks tab in the Netgear wireless utility it will show two identically named wireless networks (the name of my wireless network) with different IP addresses. When the connection is working properly, only one wireless network will be displayed in the Network tab.
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Imagine you woke up one day and were told everything you think you know about how to run your business is wrong -- from sales to marketing right down to the way you run your IT department. Everybody told you that young, agile competitors had your business in their sights, and you needed to rethink the way you run your entire business to remain competitive and viable.
That is essentially what's happening today.
Digital transformation and disruption is having an impact on every aspect of business and business leaders across every sector have to come to grips with this and begin to steer their companies in new directions to stay competitive.
It's daunting when you consider it all at once, but experts this week at Digital Pulse in Boston suggested that by taking a steady, methodical approach, you can move your business where it needs to go. But one thing is certain: You need to be doing something.
We've all heard about disruption by now, and the ability to form entirely new companies on the fly using cloud services with much less up-front investment. Just last week, we heard Gartner say every company is going to be an IT company. What they mean is every company has to have digital transformation at the center of its strategy to survive and thrive in the future.
Time to redesign your company?
At Digital Pulse, Razorfish CTO Ray Velez outlined five ways to get your company through a transformation including knocking down silos, forming cross-functional teams, making your brand a service, acting like a start-up, and embracing diversity.
Sure, all those things are easy to say in a speech or write in a blog post, but in most organizations trying to achieve just one of those things is going to take a major cultural shift.
Most companies aren't ready for this level of change. They still think of sales leads in the same way they always have, and do marketing according to a carefully crafted plan. But customers have different expectations and they want to be part of the conversation. They don't want you jabbering at them. They want you talking to them.
That means you have to think of new ways to interact with them to get them excited about your products and services. You have to create brand ambassadors to carry your message for you and you need to engage with them in real time, online where they live. You have to get to know them, and not in a creepy "we know all about you way," but in a way that shows you know who they are and you recognize them as a valuable customer .
IT will not escape
Meanwhile, the role of IT is changing too. Gartner has predicted that by 2017, the CMO will have a bigger technology budget than IT. The digital transformation we hear about is rolling through the marketing department. But while we hear about this marginalization of IT, we see complex systems involving multiple tools and integration with a variety of back-end systems.
We hear that tools will be easy to use and marketing can hit the ground running, yet we see a reality where IT still will play a huge role in how this all works together. It has to.
Yet IT is facing its own levels of disruption as the cloud, social, mobile, consumerization. and bring your own device all have varying levels of impact on how IT does its job and interacts with the organization.
While IT is reeling through these changes, marketing and sales are just as confused by them. And your management? They have to find a way to lead you through all this, while pleasing shareholders and dealing with the political realities such widespread change can bring in an organization.
But wait: There is good news
The good news is that everyone is facing these monumental changes, so making that transformation first could give you a competitive advantage. Yet the shift to digital business is so all-encompassing, so daunting, and so disconcerting that it's enough to make you throw up your hands and give up regardless of your role.
Robert Rose, a consultant at Digital Clarity Group says it's a mistake to think you have to do it all at once. While Rose believes that companies need to find ways to transform marketing, sales, and IT to meet this new level of competition and this new way of doing business, he suggests everyone take a deep breath.
"Build change one house, one grid, one neighborhood at a time and it can really work." Rather than looking at this as entire organizational transformation, pick one area and work on that. Maybe it's something you as an individual can directly control, rather than a huge companywide initiative, but it's important for each person to start somewhere.
Martin Coady, who is Managing Director of Technology at VML, a digital ad agency that helps clients navigate this type of transformation, says it takes a detailed roadmap. As you reach certain milestones, you move to the next one, one step at a time. He says his company literally makes detailed charts and shares them with customers to help them move through this process. If the C suite buys in, it makes it so much easier because there's authority behind the change, which can smooth political battles.
One quick example
As proof these transformations can be incremental, one Digital Pulse speaker, Andrew Davis, author of Brandscaping, told a story about how Dominos Pizza has transformed the mundane task of pizza ordering into a fun buyer experience with the pizza tracker. Suddenly, you can see who is making your pizza, when it goes in the oven, when the driver gets in the car and the name of your driver.
Instead of a black box, it's a personalized experience and it's having an impact. People are tweeting about their pizza makers and their delivery people. They are greeting the driver by name when he or she arrives at the door. They feel a part of the experience and it has changed the relationship with the customer simply by putting the customer at the center of the process. It's simple, digital, transformative and brilliant.
Don't forget, people are at the center of this change
Make no mistake, this is a very people-centric process. While technology can help get you where you want to go, it can't take the human element of emotion out of the process. People are going to be upended by such a complete process of change.
It's going to be confusing. People will get upset. Some will refuse to believe the change is happening. They will try to resist in direct and indirect ways, but the way we do business is really changing and people have to understand it will take new ways of working.
You may look at all of this and roll your eyes and dismiss it as just more buzzwords or just another business guru with the latest business approach, but it's more than that. There are real trends out there happening right now and as a business you need to begin to look at where yours fits into the change, and how you can begin that transformation.
The digital reality is here, so you need to start rebuilding your company's processes and business practices around that change. It may as Rose suggested not happen all at once, but it needs to happen -- and even if it's just one step at a time, you need to take that first step and get started.


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This is a great free online only FPS for the PC. IT started out as an expansion pack for Return to Castle Wolfenstein, but was released as a free game by Splash Damage. The graphics were great when first released and hold up decently well these days, but there is a lot of fun to be had in this game.
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When you have a house on a hill, you can be asking for real trouble
May 13, 2014 - Al Derrey, Riverton
It has been interesting to read about the hill slide in Jackson that has evacuated the neighborhood and threatened business down below. Some house can't be lived in.
The way I look at it, there is a reason a hill is a hill. It is not flat ground because some kind of geology or erosion has made it a hill. And when you cut away the side of it even more with road graders for construction like they did there, it is just not going to be as stable as you assume.
I hope that up in Jackson this will lead everyone to take another look at the building codes and land management regulations for building, From the pictures I've seen, I don't think anyone should be surprised that something like this happened around that area, where there have been two famous land slides (Gros Ventre and Hoback), one of them not long ago at all.
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We recently have updated our Safety Catalogue, a brochure focused on Alsina's activity on safety systems. Our resolute commitment to safety extends from the investments in the development of products from our R+D department to the continuous "on site" training of professionals and equipment users. Let's have a look on the information included in this document.
Safety systems = safety work
In the design phase of the formwork systems, Alsina has always taken into account ergonomic factors to improve the operator's activity. In the instructions manuals and in the technical support given on site we have prioritized the safety and productivity against other interests. As a result of this concern we have a worldwide unique Fall Arrest System designed to prevent falls from heights during the assembling and decking process, and we keep working to provide safety features.
ISO 9001:2008 certificate
Alsina runs under ISO 9001:2008 Certificate. The extent of this certification confirms the maturity and effectiveness of our Quality Management System for the Design, manufacture, marketing (sale and rental), and maintenance of formwork equipment to form concrete. Also includes: provide services in jobsites of setting up products, and implantation of collective safety systems.
Certified systems
The full Alsina Group range of products is registered in the ITEC Register of Materials (Institute of Construction Technology of Catalonia). Our Alumecano & Alucubetas slab formwork systems have as product Certificate the Nº 466 Technical Suitability Document, granted by the Eduardo Torroja Institute dated May 30, 2005.
Training and service "on site"
Alsina provides "on site" training; upon client's request our Sales and Engineering Representatives visit on a daily basis many jobsites where, in addition to advise them on the use and assembly of the different formwork systems, they can give training sessions.
Undergraduate Student training
Alsina has been developing for over a decade an intensive training plan orientated to the academic background. These sessions are given by our team. The experience and feedback from these training sessions help us in the task of communicating the progress that Alsina brings forward to the market in both, the improvement of our systems and the forming processes.


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Here's the challenge: as more and more people discover news and content through Facebook-like personalized feeds, the stuff that really matters falls out of the picture. In the Darwinian environment of the hyper-relevant news feed, content about issues like homelessness or climate change can't compete with goofy viral videos, celebrity news, and kittens. The public sphere falls out of view. And that matters, because while we can lose sight of our common problems, they don't lose sight of us.
That problem was one of the main reasons I wrote The Filter Bubble. And today, I'm launching Upworthy, a new website I've co-founded with Peter Koechley (formerly of The Onion), to try to do something about it. Every day, we'll be searching the Internet for the best online content that's highly shareable and clickable and actually important. Hopefully, we can help bring attention and focus to stuff that really matters in a viral format that can reach millions.
Although the site launches today, we've been experimenting with how to super-charge content about stuff that matters for a while. And the cool thing about this stuff is that when you do it right, you can reach far beyond like-minded groups. For example, this inspiring video about gay marriage that we helped draw attention to at MoveOn got seen by over a million people who are against gay marriage. So there's real bubble-popping potential here.
Check it out, and tell me what you think on Twitter at @elipariser. It's really exciting, after spending a while researching and thinking about this problem, to take a stab at doing something about it.