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The Genuine Canon 20x HD Video Zoom Lens
In a world where format technologies are constantly evolving, one of the most important components is the lens. Canon is known as a high-end optics company, first and foremost. Canon lenses are indisputably among the very best in the world. At the end of the day, it doesn't really matter what technological magic is happening behind the lens, or what creative genius is unfolding in front of it, for that matter, if the glass through which the light is passing is not manufactured to the very highest of standards.
The standard lens of the XH A1S brings features which give the user unprecedented control over zoom, focus and iris settings, delivering an even higher level of creative expression. Clearly identified by the black finish and red stripe around the front element, this Genuine Canon 20x Video Lens with Professional L Series Fluorite is a part of Canon's professional quality lenses. The 20x HD fluorite lens features an SR multi-coating which minimizes ghosting and veiling of the image, and ensures the highest level of resolution and color fidelity. The focal length range of the standard lens is equivalent to 4.5 - to 90mm (in 35mm photography terms).
Any filters with the 72mm thread size can be screwed directly on the front of the lens, even with the lens hood attached.
This new lens brings the highest levels yet of focus, zoom and iris control, in a redesigned system made for ease of operation and a wide range of control.
Increased weighting of the ring also provides smoother control, along with smooth zoom start and stop to eliminate any choppiness in the shot. Select from three settings, High-, Normal- and Low-speed, on the more responsive manual zoom ring. The response of the focus ring is also selectable, with Slow, Normal or Fast options. To further add to the level of choice, the rotational angle of the zoom, between Wide and Tele is selectable. Choose 45°, 60°, or 90°, depending on your needs. You may also use manual focus during the zoom whether you are in Manual Focus or AF Mode.
With the push of a button and a counterclockwise turn, you can activate either of the two neutral density filters. The 1/6 option takes down the exposure by 2 1/2 stops, while the 1/32 option reduces the light intake by 5 stops. There are two primary reasons why you would want to employ these filter options: practical necessity and aesthetic choice.
Helpful Hint:
Oftentimes, if you're shooting in bright, sunlit exteriors, you'll need to engage an ND filter in order to get a proper exposure. In normal operation, the lens itself only stops down to F9.5 before closing. This is to prevent diffraction, but you can override this by turning off the
iris limit
control. If this is inadequate, and the image still looks overexposed, then the neutral density filters will bring the brightness down to a more manageable level.
An extremely useful function on the XH A1S is the manual iris adjustment ring. It allows you to adjust your f-stop with the same hand and in the same manner as you focus and zoom. You can thereby control all aspects of the image with your fingertips, while keeping the camcorder steady.
Along with the high-quality optics, this feature is the third big reason to love the Canon XH A1S. The Canon system delivers a superior optical solution that does not degrade the image in any way. Unlike electronic image stabilizers that reduce jitter by digitally moving the image, the Canon lens features a gyro sensor that detects motion and activates an Optical Compensation system. This shifts a group of elements inside the lens which immediately counteracts the motion and eliminates jitter and shake. As a result of this advanced interactive process, your shots will be much more graceful and controlled, even when using maximum zoom in your shot.
Helpful Hint:
It is recommended that you test in your shooting situation when using the camera on a tripod or a similarly controlled head to decide whether to keep the stabilizer turned on. Under these circumstances, the stabilizer may overcompensate for the already smooth moves that you are making.
This feature allows you to set either a focus point or a specific focal length, and then execute a "rack-focus" or a "zoom" to that pre-selected point during the shot. For example, if you want a distinct rack focus effect, you would first switch the "Position Preset" slider from "Off" to "Focus". Then, eye-focus on whatever part of the frame you want to have in focus at the end of the shot. Slide the bar labeled "On/Set" (beneath the "Position Preset" control) to "Set". Now you're ready to begin your shot. Focus on anything else in the frame that you need to, and when you want the rack-focus effect to kick in, simply slide the "On/Set" bar in the "On" direction. This can be done repeatedly over multiple takes; the "end-point" for the focus is saved until you set a new value, or until you switch the "Position Preset" bar to "Off". You can select the speed of the rack focus (high, medium, or low) in the CAMERA SETUP page of the menu.
The same process applies for setting a zoom effect. Instead of racking focus; however, the lens will zoom to the desired focal length when the "On/Set" bar is slid in the "On" direction. You can select the speed by using the main zoom handle controls on the camera body. Set the zoom to "constant" mode and use the "Fast/Slow" toggle to find the desired value (from 1 to 16). Whatever speed you select in the "Constant" mode will determine the speed of the "Preset" zoom effect, even if you switch the main controller to "Variable". If you keep the main control on "Constant", however, you can actually adjust the speed during the zoom by using the "fast/slow" toggle.
Helpful Hint:
These presets are useful even if you're not looking for a specific rack focus or zoom effect. If you're doing a "talking head" interview, for example, you may want to get a solid eye-focus on your subject, and then lock that focus point into the preset. Now you're ready for anything; if you have to pan away to grab another detail that may require a focus adjustment, you can be confident that when you return to your subject, you can hit the preset slider and return to the precise focus point without worry.
You can choose Auto Focus or Manual Focus on the lens itself, regardless of which mode the camera is in. In other words, even if you're in "Manual" mode, you can set the lens to "Auto Focus". Similarly, even in "Auto" mode, you can set the lens to "Manual Focus". The only exception will occur if the "Green Box" mode is selected on the camera body, in which case the lens will be placed into "Auto Focus" by default, even if "Manual" is selected.
If you are in "Manual Focus" but find yourself in a situation where you need a little help from the lens, you can use the "On/Set" slider control that is directly above the "AF/MF" switch. By moving this slider to the right, you will temporarily activate the "Auto Focus" mode until the slider is released. The focus will then revert back to the "Manual" mode.
The lens provides a subject-distance read-out in your viewfinder. This function gives you the same, useful subject distance information you get from reading the markings on the barrel of a front focusing lens.
MOD (Minimum Object Distance) FUNCTION:
The lens includes a Minimum Object Distance (MOD) feature, which creates an auto focus range suitable for normal shooting situations from one meter to infinity. This feature prevents the lens from focusing on dust particles that can occasionally appear on the surface of the lens. For macro applications, the AF range can be extended to a minimum focusing distance of 20mm.
The focus preset function lets you manually focus on your subject, then store that information in memory. Once the focus is set, you can then capture shots in which you change your focus from infinity (or some other distance) to your subject - using three different speed settings.
The zoom preset function lets you preset the focal length of your lens, and then store that information in memory. This feature is useful when you want to preset a focal length for the end of a shot - for example, when you want to zoom in on your subject.
The one-push AF function is used when you want to fix the focus on a particular subject using AF. This feature is very helpful, for example, when you are tracking a specific person in a shot that includes many people moving in different directions.
The built-in ND filter lets you select one of two neutral density levels (1/6, 1/32), giving you the flexibility to obtain optimal results under a wide variety of lighting conditions. An ND warning display even alerts you to bright conditions that can result in the deterioration of image quality.
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HAT YAI, SONGKHLA — Thai police said on Friday that they have arrested four more Thai fishermen allegedly involved in the killings of two Indonesian naval personnel aboard a fishing boat in Indonesian waters last month.
News reports have said the Indonesians were killed on March 9 after boarding the Thai fishing boat as part of checks of vessels in Indonesian waters. Their bodies have not been found.
The case has strained relations between Thailand and Indonesia and put pressure on Thailand's fishing industry, which fishes heavily in Indonesian waters. Thai newspapers have reported that Indonesia has cracked down on Thai trawlers by more rigorously enforcing regulations on fishing in its waters.
Pol Lt Gen Chakthip Chaijinda said four fishermen suspected in the killings were found on Thursday on a boat in waters near Thailand's southern Narathiwat province. Three other suspects out of 12 for whom arrest warrants have been issued were arrested last month.
Pol Lt Gen Chakthip said the newly arrested men confessed but insisted they were ordered to act by the ship's captain, who remains at large. He said police found hammers and knives believed to be used in the killings.

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You are hereElections
Climate Change a 'Fabrication'? Ask a Wintering-Over Hummingbird, or Check out Your Daffodils
By Dave Lindorff
On my Yahoo home page today, there was a picture of the globe, and an instant poll asking me to check one of two choices: Yes or No, Do you believe global warming is a real threat?
I don't usually waste my time on these things, but there was that tantalizing link to "See the results," and you had to vote to see them, so I voted.
Booing the Golden Rule
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. An important rule to live by. So is this corollary: Friends don't let friends watch presidential primary debates.
I think the clip at this link is a safe dose bit.ly/xVAIF6 and I have survived it myself or I would not urge it on others.
I recommend it to you only because I believe it is important for us to stop and ask what it means for a group of people who tend to promote both Christianity and the combination of Christianity with politics to have just booed the golden rule.
Mitt Romney's Hard-Right Agenda
Mitt Romney's Hard-Right Agenda - by Stephen Lendman
Currently, five Republican presidential aspirants remain. Weak support caused others to suspend campaigns or drop out.
In November, voters have unpalatable options between a lawless/crime boss/militarist/pro-war/anti-populist/morally corrupt president, and a rogue's gallery of alternatives looking more like a police lineup than legitimate candidates.
The Republicans' Rancid and All-Too-American Dance With Racism
By Linn Washington, Jr.
As the racist rhetoric oozes from Republican presidential candidates, why are comments contained in Ron Paul newsletters from the 1980s and 1990s being widely considered more offensive than current bigoted banter uttered by Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum?
One answer to that question is a politics where partisan criticisms are directed at crippling certain candidates feared as rising stars.
Thus when Congressman Paul began percolating up in the Iowa Caucus polls late last year, news of his caustic comments in those decades-old newsletters became headline news coverage.
Making Sport of Our Future
by WALTER BRASCH
One of the fun things sports writers do is try to predict the winners and scores of upcoming games, from high school through the pros. For special "look-at-us-we're important" bonus points, they create lists of "Top" teams and rank them, both pre-season and weekly.
Sports writers have some kind of genetic mutation that leads them to believe they know more about sports than the average schlump who spends almost $200 a year for a newspaper subscription and as much as $500 a year for all-access all-games everywhere cable coverage. However, the reality is that even the best prognosticators—sports writers love big words when they can pronounce them—have a record about as accurate as the horoscope on the comics page.
Santoromney and Rove Call Election for Romney, But Paul Wins
From Daily Caller:
In Clinton County, Rove said, a missing vote tally prompted observers from the Romney and Santorum camps to huddle together and agree on what the reported totals should have been. Their consensus, which Fox News later confirmed through a second source, was that Romney prevailed by 18 votes.
That scenario overcame a previous four-vote Santorum edge and appeared to award Romney a 14-vote victory. When Iowa GOP Chairman Matt Strawn made the final announcement at 1:34 a.m., however, he said the margin was just eight votes. Strawn also cautioned that precincts have two weeks to officially certify their results.
Hours before the margin between the two top finishers reached photo-finish dimensions, Santorum, the former Pennsylvania senator, led an emotional speech to supporters with a clarion call of "Game on!" Santorum told his crowd that he was taking his surging campaign to New Hampshire in an effort to solidify his role as the conservative alternative to Romney.
Montana Supreme Court upholds state ban on corporation spending
HELENA — The Montana Supreme Court on Friday overturned a lower court's ruling and reinstated the state's century-old ban on direct spending by corporations for or against political candidates.
The justices ruled 5-2 in favor of the state attorney general's office and commissioner of political practices to uphold the initiative passed by Montana voters in 1912.
Western Tradition Partnership, a conservative political group now known as American Tradition Partnership, joined by Champion Painting Inc., and the Montana Shooting Sports Association Inc., had challenged the Montana ban after the U.S. Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. The U.S. Supreme Court decision granted political speech rights to corporations.
District Judge Jeffrey Sherlock of Helena ruled that the U.S. Supreme Court decision rendered the Montana ban unconstitutional.
But the Montana Supreme Court's majority saw it differently and overturned Sherlock.
"Citizens United does not compel a conclusion that Montana's law prohibiting independent political expenditures by a corporation related to a candidate is unconstitutional," Chief Justice Mike McGrath wrote for the majority. "Rather, applying the principles enunciated in Citizens United, it is clear that Montana has a compelling interest to impose the challenged rationally tailored statutory restriction."
The court held that corporations are not deprived of political speech by the Montana law.
They can form political committees, as many other groups have done, but must file reports disclosing where they raised their money and how they spent it. They also can hire legislative lobbyists.
"The many lobbyists and political committees who participate in each session of the Montana Legislature bear witness," the majority opinion said. "Under the undisputed fact here, the political committee is an easily implemented and effective alternative to direct corporate spending for engaging in political speech."
Infiltrating Congress
I cannot stress sufficiently that we will best move Congress toward peace and justice by keeping it at arm's length and pressuring it without self-censorship, compromise, or entanglement with one or the other of its two branches: the Democratic or Republican. We are engaged in a long-term campaign to undo a plutocratic war state. Moving that campaign forward in the general culture is more important than which criminal enterprise has a majority of seats: the Democratic or Republican.
Has America's stolen election process finally hit prime time?
By Bob Fitrakis & Harvey Wasserman
Better than Obama: Why the Establishment is Terrified of Ron Paul
By Dave Lindorff
It's fascinating to watch the long knives coming out for Texas Republican Rep. Ron Paul, now that according to some mainstream polls he has become the front-running candidate in the Jan. 3 GOP caucus race in Iowa, and perhaps also in the first primary campaign in New Hampshire.
Russian v. US Elections
Russian v. US Elections - by Stephen Lendman
Russia's December 4 elections filled 450 State Duma seats, Russia's Federal Assembly lower house.
Claims of electoral fraud followed. All elections have irregularities. At issue is whether results are comprised. Election monitor Golos accusations were spurious. America's National Endowment for Democracy (NED) funds it. It supports regime change in non-US client states.
Republican Security Advisers Tied to $40 Billion in Contracts
National security advisers to the Republican presidential candidates have ties to defense, homeland security and energy companies that have received at least $40 billion in federal contracts since 2008.
Five of former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney's 41 national security and foreign policy advisers have links to companies that last year alone received at least $7.9 billion in federal contracts, according to data compiled by Bloomberg Government analyst Christopher Flavelle. Of that, $7.3 billion came from the Department of Defense.
Romney and former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich of Georgia, who are leading in the polls, have advisers who sit on the board of directors of BAE Systems Inc., which has received at least $37 billion in U.S. government contracts since 2008, the most of any of the companies with ties to Republican national security advisers.
William Schneider, an adviser to Gingrich, and Michael Chertoff, who counsels Romney, serve on the board of the U.S. subsidiary of BAE Systems Plc, Europe's largest defense contractor. The American company makes the Army's Bradley Fighting Vehicle and provides information technology systems to American intelligence agencies and repair services to the U.S. Navy.
The Weakness in Caucusing Uncommitted
Here's the weakness in this plan:
"Occupy Iowa Caucus" Urges Democrats to Back "Uncommitted" Slate
Occupy Activists Arrested in Obama Iowa Headquarters
Eight people affiliated with Occupy Des Moines were arrested this afternoon at the Iowa Democratic Party headquarters in Des Moines.
The eight, whose hands were zip-tied behind their backs, were placed in a police wagon and transported to the Des Moines police station, where they were cited and released.
Each was to be charged with criminal trespassing, which is a misdemeanor. They did not resist arrest and were escorted out of the headquarters at 5661 Fleur Drive without incident.
Occupy protesters rally at Obama's Iowa headquarters
Des Moines, Iowa (CNN) - Occupy protesters in Des Moines were joined by members of Veterans for Peace outside of President Barack Obama's Iowa re-election campaign headquarters Saturday, calling on the president to end all foreign wars and cut the U.S. military budget in half.
Using the people-powered megaphone the Occupy movement calls a "mic check," some 35 protesters spoke with a unified voice.
"To fulfill the Occupy Wall Street movement's call to return our country's economic and political life back to the 99%, we will need a president who will make the dismantling of the U.S. military empire their number one foreign policy priority," they said.
Protesters had planned to commit an act of civil disobedience, by entering Obama's headquarters and staying put, but were thwarted because the campaign office was closed.
Rather than be discouraged, however, they said the closed office was a victory.
"We know this office is open on Saturdays ... they knew we were coming, and President Obama is afraid to deal with us," said Frank Cordaro, a protester.
A call to the main number at the Des Moines office was not answered on Saturday.
As the Iowa Caucus heats up, so too will the protests in and around Des Moines. The local Occupy movement says it expects hundreds of people from across the country to join its protests in what is being dubbed "Occupy the Caucuses."
From CNN
Occupy activists stake camp at Obama office
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Occupy Des Moines activists on Saturday vowed to shut down President Barack Obama's campaign offices and set up a camp outside they plan to maintain around the clock.
"We have every intention to keep this place closed down until we are satisfied," said Frank Cordaro, an activist and founder of the Catholic Worker group in Des Moines.
Try Not to Think of a Newt
The current President and Congress are destroying our Constitutional rights, our planet's climate, and the vestiges of a social safety net, and you are obsessing over a freak show of self-hating homosexuals and anti-intellectual intellectuals jumping through hoops in a corporate media circus with Ringmaster Donald Trump. Is this a good use of your time?
My Pal Norman Solomon
By Jeff Cohen
What an exciting trip I just took up and down the beautiful North Coast of California. But I wasn't on vacation. Nor harvesting pot. I was campaigning for my buddy Norman Solomon for Congress.
Over the years, Norman and I have written hundreds of columns and three books together. He cofounded FAIR with me.
Today he's building an amazing, grassroots campaign – more a movement than just a congressional campaign. Call it "Occupy Congress." If he can win in 2012, he'll be unbeatable forever in that progressive district . . . another powerful Bernie Sanders or Barbara Lee in Congress.
Norman's got one need above all else right now: MONEY. He needs it this month. Please send anything you can.
Rocky Anderson for President of the United States (on Rachel Maddow Show)
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Rocky Anderson for President of the United States
Catch Rocky on Rachel Maddow Show at 9:40 tonight.
From the Salt Lake Tribune:
Disgusted with what he calls the corrupting influence of corporate money and militarism in politics, former Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson is launching a new national political party and will likely be its presidential nominee.
"The end game is changing public policy in the interest of the people of this country. It's changing our government," Anderson said. "This is about taking on the two corporatist, militarist parties and in the process bringing the people of this country together so they can see that their interests, by and large, are really aligned."
Anderson said he will likely be a candidate for the presidential nomination for the new party — which is yet to be named. He said the formation of the party will be announced next week "and shortly thereafter, I'll be announcing my candidacy." He has already started filling out paperwork for a presidential exploratory committee.
Once the announcement is made, he said a major effort to get on the ballot will start soon in all 50 states. The focus will first be on Mississippi and Vermont, which have a Jan. 1 deadline, but a relatively low bar to get on the ballot, Anderson said.
Illegitimate Egyptian Elections
Illegitimate Egyptian Elections - by Stephen Lendman
Last February, Mubarak's 30-year dictatorship ended. Another one replaced him. Egypt's military holds absolute power.
Authoritarian dominance is unchallenged. Elections are more theater than real. Egypt's multi-round complex process complicates them further. So do logistics. Understanding what to do is daunting.
Bribing the Poor to Win Votes: We Could Use Some of This Kind of 'Corruption' in American Politics
By Dave Lindorff
What a devilishly sneaky guy that Jose Danial Ortega Saavedra is!
Why this president of Nicaragua, and former leader of the Sandinista rebels in their successful 1979 overthrow of U.S.-backed dictator Anastasio Somoza Debayle, in order to win re-election this fall, as he appears to have done, according to the New York Times, "shrewdly adopted policies aimed at pleasing his base of poor and working-class Nicaraguans, including supplying them with government-donated food"!
Why of all the nerve! What a crook and a scheister! Imagine catering to the needs of the poor in order to win an election. How low can a politician stoop?
The Emperor Has No Clothes
Our campaign for Congress has climbed into second place. The presumed frontrunner keeps socking away corporate cash -- he recently had a PAC fundraiser just a few blocks from the Capitol -- while I refuse to take a single dollar of corporate PAC money.
Our strength is at the grassroots. At the same time, we need more resources to get our message out: No to Wall Street power. Democracy not "corporatocracy." Healthcare not warfare. A sustainable future.
Can you pitch in?
I'd sure appreciate whatever you can do. To contribute, or for background info, please click here.
Thanks a lot --
P.S. -- Can I win? The latest polling results say YES. But I need your help!
Never Look Back: Herman Cain and Il Duce
By John Grant
We're living through an interesting juncture in history. On one hand, there's the amazing bottom-up Occupy Movement, and no one knows quite where and how far it will go. Then, there's the field of Republican neo-Know-Nothing, nativist candidates with each one tripping over the other to be more divorced from facts, history and reality. The strutting, cock-of-the-walk Herman Cain is currently the most interesting of this pack.
For a week now, Cain has been denying the obvious, that as leader of the National Restaurant Association he "sexually harassed" -- ie, hit on -- three women who worked under him who were offended by the attention and wanted nothing to do with him. Despite all his vague and contradictory dismissals, his prurient assertiveness was persistent and obnoxious enough that the Restaurant Association felt it had to pay a total of $80,000 to two women -- who are now legally silenced from telling their side of the story.
By Bob Fitrakis & Harvey Wasserman
Tuesday's most important vote is the repeal of Ohio's vicious anti-labor Issue 2.
Polls show the repeal winning by 20% or more. But will it---like the 2004 presidential election---be stolen by a 1% intent on crushing working people and stealing huge sums of money?
Like Wisconsin's millionaire assault on the bargaining rights of public unions, the thoroughly bought Ohio legislature has passed a draconian law aimed at crippling the organizing ability of working people.
The attack has the loud, persistent support of Wall Street's hand-picked Governor John Kasich, who made millions as a Foxist commentator and Lehman bond dealer. Among other things, Kasich helped pawn $400 million in Lehman's junk bonds onto the Ohio teacher's pension fund, making him a multi-millionaire. Control of that money would be directly affected by the outcome of this referendum.


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Men bowl through to next round
Posted: February 14, 2013|
Clarrie Dunbar's men booked their place in the knockout stages of the Wessex Indoor Bowls League competition with a 122-60 victory over Nailsea last weekend.
It was the Standerwick club's fourth successive win in the competition and they will finish top of the Central Region standings should they beat Weston St Andrews by 16 points in the sixth and final group game on February 24.
Last weekend's match was tight at first, with Nailsea three shots up after five ends, but Clarrie scored 37 shots to their opponents' six between ends ten and 15 to open up a decisive lead and take all 16 points.
Rink scores at Clarrie: Mick Maslen, Trevor Bachelor, Terry Perkins & Russell Francis 24 – J Couch 21; John Freeman, Glyn Jones, Alan Totterdell & Keith Bailey 40 – B Holloway 8.
Rink scores at Nailsea: Andy Taylor, Mike Sawyers, Steve Wiltshire & Craig Doughty 28 – D Gregory 21; Alex Shadwell, Brian Hawkins, Dale Taylor & Andrew Colebrooke 30 – D Crawshaw 10.
Clarrie's men were also in Somerset County League Division 1 action against table-topping Watchet and edged to a superb 82-72 victory to claim 12 of the 16 available points.
Rink scores at Clarrie: Mick Maslen, Keith Windel, Russell Milne & Alan Totterdale 11 – I Trunks 19; Greg Smith, Andrew Hancock, John Freeman & Glyn Jones 31 – N Savage 16.
Rink scores at Watchet: Norman Guffick, John Smith, Brian Hawkins & Fred Pope 24 – A Rendall 11; Peter Hooley, John Jones, Mike Sawyers & Keith Bailey 16 – A Sully 26.
Clarries' ladies, meanwhile, progressed to the third round of the Somerset Women County Indoor Bowling Association Double Rink competition with a 44-35 victory over local rivals Purnell.
Jeanette Hocking's rink recorded a decisive 21-shot win at home, meaning a late surge by Purnell skipper Ann Chivers' rink in the away fixture proved to be in vain.
Rink score at Clarrie: Marcia Hartley, Ann Jones, Ailsa Midwinter & Jeanette Hocking 30 – J Gullick 9.
Rink score at Purnell: Sadie Farrell, Nicki Keefe, Teresa King & Wendy Ivory 14 – A Chivers 26.
Clarrie's ladies will be looking for more knockout success on Saturday when they take on Clevedon in the Optika Top Nine, the regional inter-club national knockout competition.
Clarrie will also be looking to reclaim the Mixed Annual Challenge Trophy when they entertain Somerset under-25s on Saturday (2pm).
But the big event at Standerwick this weekend is Saturday's showdown between Clarrie colleagues John Freeman and Russell Francis in the regional men's singles final, with a place at the national finals at stake.
For more information, visit www.clarrie.co.uk or call 01373 830092.


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Our Campus
The Washington and Lee campus is renowned for its beauty, charm, and historical significance. In 1972, the front campus was designated a National Historic Landmark by the Department of the Interior, only the third college campus in the country to be so designated. The main campus consists of approximately 50 acres. In addition, W&L has about 40 acres of playing fields, 215 acres of unimproved land, and 17 acres in various sections of Lexington. Newly acquired property adjacent to the main campus includes Belfield (2.5 acres) and Peniel Farm (90 acres).
The Washington College group comprises the three oldest buildings on the campus: Washington Hall (renovated in 2012), Robinson Hall (under renovation), and Payne Hall (renovated in 2011). These three buildings, together with the general academic buildings Newcomb Hall (renovated in 2010) and Tucker Hall form the Colonnade, one of the University's most picturesque features and a National Historic Landmark.
Lee Chapel, constructed under President Lee's supervision, faces the Colonnade. University events take place regularly in the 500-seat auditorium. Named a National Historic Landmark in 1961, the building includes the Lee family crypt and a state-of-the-art museum with exhibitions that trace the history and heritage of W&L.
Other principal buildings on the front campus are the Lee House, also built to Lee's specifications and five antebellum houses. The latter group includes the Lee-Jackson House, home to the Office of the Dean of The College; the Morris House, the University's guest house and seminar/reception center; the Reeves Center, which exhibits the university's important collection of ceramics; the Gilliam Admissions House; and the Hotchkiss Alumni House, a former faculty house renovated through the contributions of alumni).
Also located on the front campus is the Watson Pavilion, which houses an authentic Japanese tea room that is used as a classroom by the department of East Asian Languages and Literatures. Buildings on University Place (below Letcher Avenue) include the Center for International Education, the Financial Aid Office, and the offices of the Lee Chapel museum.
Buildings on the Stemmons Plaza include Huntley Hall, the James G. Leyburn Library, duPont Hall, Reid Hall, and the Science Addition along with Howe Hall and Parmly Hall science buildings. Between Huntley Hall and Graham-Lees Hall is Holekamp Hall, renovated in 2007.
The John W. Elrod University Commons is also located near Graham-Lees Hall, a first-year residence. The Commons contains the University Store, Career Development Center, Student Affairs, the Marketplace dining hall, Café '77 and a convenience store, Stackhouse Theater, student organization offices, meeting rooms and lounge spaces. Across Washington Street from Graham-Lees are other first-year residences Frank J. Gilliam Hall and John W. Davis Hall, and Newton D. Baker Hall, which houses faculty offices. The Student Health Center is located on the first floor of Gilliam and Davis residence halls. Letitia Pate Evans Hall, the University's formal dining room, is adjacent to the residence-hall complex and is connected to Early-Fielding, which includes offices for Auxiliary Services, Counseling, Human Resources, Institutional Effectiveness, Special Programs, and the University Registrar, and the Student Executive Committee suite.
Mattingly House, at the corner of Washington Street and Lee Avenue, is home to the Shepherd Program for the Interdisciplinary Study of Poverty and Human Capability and the Roger Mudd Center for the Study of Professional Ethics. Also on Washington Street is Hillel House, the center for Jewish life on campus and the location of the E-Café.
A little farther down Washington Street and adjacent to the first-year residence halls is the Francis P. Gaines Residence Hall. Woods Creek Apartments, located on the back campus, provide additional housing. Across Nelson Street from Gaines Hall is the Lenfest Center for the Performing Arts, composed of Lenfest and Wilson Halls.
Sydney Lewis Hall, on the northern edge of the campus, houses the School of Law, which contains the archived papers of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Lewis F. Powell Jr. and the Wilbur F. Hall Law Library.
The Business Office is housed in the historic courthouse at Two South Main. Communications and Public Affairs and the Office of General Counsel are located next door at Seven Courthouse Square.
Physical education and athletic facilities include Doremus Gymnasium and the Fitness Center, Jonathan Westervelt Warner Athletic Center, and the Duchossois Outdoor Athletic Complex, including Wilson Field, Cap'n Dick Smith Baseball Field, Richard L. Duchossois Tennis Center, Artificial Turf Field, Alston Parker Watt Field, William C. Washburn Tennis Courts, a championship field for men's and women's soccer and women's lacrosse, and other athletic and recreation facilities, including 14 outdoor tennis courts.
University Facilities administrative offices are located next to the maintenance complex on back campus.


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We adopted Lucy from a shelter in July 2009. She was turned in as a stray. She has already been spayed before she was apprehended! So someone took pretty good care of her but never claimed her. The shelter listed her as a "Cattle dog." Well, we thought maybe she was an Aussie. She was even posted here on bcrescue:
Some folks said she looked like an aussie.
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Question by Kook: Why are women so desperate to wear a wedding ring?
I've noticed this trend among girls. They like to pretend they're married by wearing a wedding band. I guess they think it's a sign of maturity or something. Also, I've noticed how married men usually don't wear wedding rings. So, why is it that women wear wedding rings in the first place? It seems like they are trying to show that they're mature or sophisticated, yet it seems very insecure that a person should have to wear a ring to prove they're married. Strange.
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the ring is more so tradition than anything, and a symbol of their unison. im anxious to wear a ring as well but not because itll make me seem 'mature'.. its because of what it stands for. i think in any marriage, if you arent wearing your ring, then thats just signs of trouble ..
cause theyre prettty!
i'm a woman and i don't get it either, i'm actually embarrassed by it. because i've ran into alot of yahoo questions where the woman is Always concerned if he's going to ask her, when will they be engaged, i've been with my partner for 2 years when will he ask him, should i ask him about marriage.
i mean they tend to shove marriage in men's faces alot. i guess they just want to feel like they belong to someone, or maybe its the pressure of wanting kids.
The only time I wear a ring on that finger is when I'm trying to discourage someone from talking to me.
Because women don't think ahead. they jump into something not knowing what they're getting into.
i never knew that people wore them without being married. i guess they want comittment.
Some do it to try and keep people from hitting on them. As far as their preference for it compared to men, women are biologically geared to have a kid a settle into the home. A woman can have 1 baby in 9 months, where as a man can potentially father hundreds of children in that same time span. Marriage is a relatively new practice in comparison to how long humans have been in existence.
I keep trying to talk to this girl named Cel, at the company I work for, but every time she sees me coming she jams a wedding ring on her finger. I don't get it.
Some women wear wedding rings so guys will keep a distance and not hit on them
There are many reasons one of biggest reasons would be that they want to feel connected to you in every way they feel like if you have a wedding ring you just feel more confident and it makes some women feel more cared about its not just women either some men do it to.
I believe we all like to show other we belong to someone are we,are spoken for,meaning we belong to someone.Today wearing a ring doesn't mean nothing rather males are females what ever we see we appoarch lack of maturity has nothing to do with it.Meandon't wear ring some mens in a way is to let you know they are avaible rather marry are not,it's a cake and ice cream game to them.Womens take their vows more at heart than mens does and they are more into having a family than some mens.So this is not been are showing thay are more mature are sophisticated this is about life itself,and how not to waste it but least to enjoy it with someone you love,life is like the hands of the clock,and it is not strange to us all,that ring mean more than you know it is not just a wedding band,If you go to church please ask your pastor the meaning of wedding band.


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Student Representatives: Richard Rueb (2012), Kaitlyn Snyder (2013), Michael Hrdy (2014 )
Convener: Bart Nathan & Chris Burns
Improving the System Leaders (SL) Committee. Randy Canterbury commented on ways that the System Leaders group can be more effective and productive:
a. assure that all System Leaders attend meetings (only 8 of 20 were present)
b. determine how best to work together to oversee the preclerkship, since the System Leaders as a group are responsible for this preclerkship, not merely members' individual system,
c. assure that the curriculum is more coherent overall (the LCME requires a coherent curriculum from matriculation to graduation)
d. assure that clerkship directors review Systems content and give feedback to Systems Leaders
e. set systematic and consistent policies for the preclerkship curriculum
f. create new approaches and practices for the group's work
g. meet more often and with a different focus to accomplish the group's work
h. conduct peer evaluation of System Leaders' work on curriculum
He added that the LCME expects a great deal of UVa, given its status among medical schools, and the School must be ready. Because 2013 will be the database year for the upcoming accreditation review, the LCME will base its re-accreditation decisions on what is in place in August 2012.
Bart Nathan commented that he and Chris had felt the need for many of these changes for some time. He reminded the group that clinicians are paid 10% of their salary all year for their work as System Leaders plus additional salary during their individual Systems. In terms of attendance, it is important for clinician System Leaders to block out these meetings and related activities on their schedules.
Expand scope of System Leader Committee. The Committee needs to determine how best to meet its responsibilities, deciding on the frequency and focus of meeting, the usefulness of retreats, and approaches to communication and decision making.
Among participants' comments were (a) for the detailed work of the Committee, only System Leaders should be present; (b) a process must be developed for System Leaders to know what all Systems are designing into the curriculum, (c) a system must be developed for early preparation and review of all classroom sessions, (d) because MCM and MIS are foundational, everything must read forward and backward from them, (e) varying meeting times should be used so that clinicians can attend, and (f) records must be kept so that the group can track what is said and decided.
New student awards. Don Innes reported on students awards, which are now aligned with the new curriculum. For SMD2014, there will be 10 awards to 7 different students. He added that there is still discussion that most of these awards recognize individual achievement rather than collaborative learning. Two other awards now recognize other qualities—the new Collaborative Learning Award and the existing John Jones Award.
Exam feedback in MSI. Melanie McCollum reported on aspects of assessment in MSI, which led to a wide-ranging discussion of the honor code and students' access to exam questions. At the end of the discussion, it was reconfirmed that (a) students may not discuss questions with anyone while the exam is open, (b) once the exam is closed, they may discuss the questions, and (c) the students may not copy any questions at any time. In terms of reviewing formative and summative examinations, it was reconfirmed that the students may review formatives until the next summative exam, and they may not review summatives at all. It was agreed that these issues and the rules need to be covered effectively in Orientation.
System Leaders' comments due to Randy Canterbury. System Leaders were reminded that their comments the future of their systems were soon due. The comments have budget implications.
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The gender equality perspective permeates everything that is done at the Swedish Film Institute: from production funding to the choice of films to promote from the archive, from funding to the screening sector to the recruitment of new personnel. The Film Institute's goal is to be a gender equal workplace, and also to lay the foundation for gender equality in film production.
Pernilla August was Guldbagge awarded for Best Director in 2011 for Beyond (Svinalängorna). Photo: Patrik Österberg
Gender equality has been brought into stronger focus in the 2013 Film Agreement, which means that production funding is to be divided equally between women and men. By the end of 2015, the total amount of funding awarded during the agreement period shall be allocated 50% to women and 50% to men in each of the three professional categories: director, screenwriter and producer.
The Film Institute has drawn up the action plan Towards Gender Equality in Film Production in which we highlight some of the measures and initiatives that will help us achieve our goals. One of the initiatives is Moviement, a mentor and change programme where five well-established female feature-film directors and ten women who to date have each made one feature-length fiction film. The programme, which runs during 2013, is a leadership and strategy course which aims to empower female directors in taking their film ideas through the funding labyrinth to a completed film. Another example is the website Nordic Women in Film, currently under construction, which aims to make female filmmakers in the Nordic region more visible.
In short film, the production funding was equally distributed between women and men in 2012. Of the short documentaries that received production funding in 2012, 53 per cent were produced by a woman and 43 per cent were directed by a woman. However, things are progressing more slowly on the feature-length side. Of the feature-length fiction films that received production funding in 2012, 32 per cent were produced by a woman and 30 per cent were directed by a woman. This is partly because no more than 25 per cent of the applications received are from female directors linked to the project. Discussion and monitoring of the results of production funding awards are taking place, both in production and in the screening sector.
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As part of the several-year initiative, a report entitled Inför nästa tagning (Ahead of the next take) was also produced. Based on conversations with young filmmakers, regional film commissioners and professionals in the industry, the report serves as a basis for the Film Institute's ongoing efforts relating to equality. It shows that gender awareness needs to increase in Sweden's film education programmes, and also the importance of broadening the selection of role models in the film industry, particularly when it comes to directors.
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NHMRC's Prevention and Community Health Committee (PCHC) identified mental health as a key project area, specifically the effectiveness of parenting practices and their role in promoting social and emotional health and well-being in children and later on as adults.
The Office of NHMRC has established the Mental Health and Parenting Working Committee (the Committee) to oversee this work and guide the development of advice aimed at supporting parents of young children as a means of promoting the child's social and emotional development and well-being.
The Committee comprises experts in child health and well-being, family/community health, migrant and refugee health, child abuse and neglect, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health, public health evidence, and members of PCHC. Representatives from the Department of Health and Department of Social Services are also part of the committee in an observer capacity.
Anticipated timelines for key milestones for this work are:
- Evidence evaluation: Late 2015
- Drafting NHMRC Guidance: Early - Mid 2016
- Public Consultation on the draft Guidance: Mid 2016
- Revising NHMRC Guidance post consultation: Mid – Late 2016
- Release final NHMRC Guidance: Late 2016
Mental Health and Parenting Working Committee – Terms of Reference
The Mental Health and Parenting Working Committee will:
- In consultation with a PCHC subgroup, finalise the project scope including the child's age, target audience, intervention/parenting practices, key outcomes and format of advice;
- Consider current Australian and international evidence and initiatives in this area, including gaps, and advise on where NHMRC could best invest its efforts;
- Develop NHMRC advice aimed at supporting parents in the general population, and some additional advice aimed at providing support for parents in high risk and disadvantaged groups;
- Advise on consultation activities and how to effectively engage relevant stakeholders;
- Seek feedback from NHMRC's Prevention and Community Health Committee and Council;
- Consider comments received through consultation on the draft advice and subsequent revisions required;
- Advise on implementation and promotion strategies/activities to ensure consideration and uptake of the advice; and
- Advise on how to assess/evaluate the effectiveness of the advice/document.
The Working Committee is established for the period of May 2014 to 31 December 2015. Members may be re-appointed for additional periods of service to meet the needs of the project.
Member Information and Declarations of Interest
Ms Adele Cox
Declaration of Interest
- Involved in consultancy work for the National Empowerment Project (University of WA), The Nest (Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Project, ARACY), Healthy Mind's Suicide Prevention Community Workshop (Yaandina Family Services), Australian Indigenous Psychological Society, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Mental Health Advisory Group (Department of Health), Australian Suicide Prevention Advisory Council, Australian Indigenous Psychologists Association, Masterclass Cultural Competence Children and Young Peoples Working Group, National Social and Emotional Wellbeing Program Conference (Department of Health and Ageing), Harvest Alliance School for Indigenous Health (Monash University).
- Consultancy roles have included facilitating conferences, developing and implementing programs, community consultation, mentoring, and providing strategic advice.
Dr Carmel Loughland
Senior psychologist, Faculty of Medicine and Population Health, University of Newcastle
Declaration of Interest
- Has received funding from Tour Des Femmes Cyclists for Postnatal Depression Research.
- Has published journal articles on infant health and emotion recognition by mothers.
- Has spoken at conferences/provided speeches and lectures on topics such as parent-infant relationships, infant face processing, parenting with a mental illness, and infant mental health and wellbeing.
Dr Dianne Jackson
Chief Executive Officer: ARACY- Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth
Declaration of Interest
- Is the previous CEO of Connect Child and Family Services.
- Has spoken publicly on parenting support issues and parenting practices.
- Has published journal articles and books on topics such as parenting in the early years, early childhood, parent support, and engaging communities with education.
Prof Graham Vimpani
Head of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Newcastle
Declaration of Interest
- Involved in the Right at Home project (Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth and Victorian Government).
- Board Member for NSW Kids and Families and Good Beginnings Australia.
- Has published journal articles where comments on the importance of good parenting has been emphasised.
- Provides undergraduate lectures and conference presentations where good parenting is a theme.
A/Prof Harriet Hiscock
Senior research fellow and paediatrician, The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne
Declaration of Interest
- Involved in the Right at Home project (Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth and Victorian Government) and the Baby Business program (Victorian Government).
- Holds current NHMRC and ARC research grants.
- Has published journal articles on parenting programs and preventing mental health problems and behavioural problems in children.
- Has provided lectures to health professionals on the topic.
- Has developed material related to the topic as part of Toddlers without Tears Universal Parenting Program.
Prof Helen Herrman
Research Director, Orygen Youth Health Research Centre; Professor of Psychiatry, Centre for Youth Mental Health, The University of Melbourne; Director, WHO Collaborating Centre in Mental Health, Melbourne.
Member of NHMRC's Prevention and Community Health Committee
Declaration of Interest
- Has published journal articles on the status of mental health promotion.
Prof Jane Fisher
Jean Hailes Professor of Women's Health and Director Jean Hailes Research Unit, School of Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Monash University and Consultant Clinical Psychologist Masada Private Hospital Mother Baby Unit
Declaration of Interest
- Has received research grants from Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth, Australian Government Department of Social Services, Victorian Departments of Education & Early Childhood Development and Health, and NHMRC.
- Has published a number of articles regarding Women's mental health during pregnancy and after giving birth, including 'Understanding and responding to unsettled infant behaviour'.
- Has provided presentations that have covered the topic of good parenting and women's/child health.
- Is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist at Masada Private Hospital Mother Baby Unit which uses a structured psycho-educational approach to the treatment of unsettled infant behaviours.
Dr Julie Green
Executive Director, Raising Children Network
Declaration of Interest
- Is a regular contributor on parenting issues in the media (print, radio, online, television - interviews, articles, blogs) as part of employment at the Raising Children Network (funded by the Department of Social Services DSS).
- Director of the Raising Children Network Board.
A/Prof Karen Martin
School of Education and Professional Studies, Griffith University
Declaration of Interest
- Involved in the Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children (LSIC) Steering Committee: DSS Indigenous Clearinghouse Board (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare).
- Has received support for travel, accommodation, meals and incidental allowances for LSIC and also LSIC sitting fees.
Prof Mark Harris
Foundation Professor of General Practice and Director of the Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity at the University of NSW
Member of NHMRC's Prevention and Community Health Committee
Declaration of Interest
- Board Member of inner west Medicare Local.
- Consultancy for self-management guides for BUPA.
- Holds NHMRC research grants.
Ms Michal Morris
General Manager, Centre for Cultural, Ethnicity and Health
Declaration of Interest
- Involved in health translation for families and communities, and Health Directory (online help for parents) for the Victorian Government.
- Is part of a research project - Teeth Tales, funded by the Australian Research Council (ARC).
Dr Shanti Raman
Paediatrician, Sydney South West Area Health Service & South Western Sydney Clinical School
Declaration of Interest
- Receives support by employer to attend conferences/ meetings on the topic, including allowance for subsistence and accommodation.
- Supported by International Pediatric Association to attend annual meetings.
- Runs workshops on cross-cultural Issues, child behaviour and development.
Dr Sue Packer
Community Paediatrician, ACT Health
Declaration of Interest
- Board Member on a number of community organisations concerning the wellbeing of children including: National Association for the Prevention of Child Abuse & Neglect, Kidsafe, Families Australia, Canberra Mothercraft Society (governing QE2), Defence for Children International, Australian Research Alliance for Children & Youth Early Years Chapter.
- Has published articles on child abuse and neglect.
- Has presented numerous times on the topic, for example at Paediatric and NGO conferences re: Trauma and Early Brain Development.
- Has provided expert testimony in Child and Family Courts - Closed courts.
- Member of committees/organisations: Early Brain Development and Trauma; Domestic Violence Prevention Council; International child abuse prevention organisations ISPCAN and BASPCAN; Association for the Wellbeing of Children in Health Care.
Ms Tina Hourigan
Senior Analyst, Child & Family Health, NSW Kids & Families
Declaration of Interest
- Employed by NSW Kids & Families, working in child and family health policy and program management; A particular role in managing the Sustaining NSW Families program. A program of sustained nurse home visiting; As well responsibility for providing child and family health expertise.
- Involved in NHMRC's Centre for Research Excellence – Improving health services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children.
- Involved in the development of NT universal well-child health schedule.
Professor Liz Waters was the Chair of the Working Committee until September 2015. NHMRC acknowledges the input that Professor Waters made to the work of this committee and to public health more broadly.


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TUCSON (KGUN9-TV) - As part of the Bikes for Books program, the Marion McDaniel Masonic Lodge 56 made a special delivery to Amphi elementary schools.
Two bikes were donated to each school, as an incentive to get kids reading. Some schools are holding contests. For every book read, the student gets a raffle ticket to be placed in a drawing for one of the bikes.
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South Sandia Peak is a 12 mile loop trail located near Cedar Crest, New Mexico that features beautiful wild flowers and is rated as difficult. The trail is primarily used for hiking and is accessible from May until October.
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3 months ago
The directions link from AllTrails to Google maps actually shows the trailhead at 3 Gun Springs which eventually connects to the South Crest Trail. You can purchase a Dharma map of the mountains at the local REI store in Albuquerque. the hike to the summit is gorgeous. This trail is challenging. Take LOTS of water. You probably will not be able to find a source of water on the mountain.
Dave W. (172)
4 years ago
Challenging but beautiful hike that starts at the Embudito TH, climbs to Oso Pass and then on to South Peak. The views from the top are spectacular! Oso Pass is a great place to rest and enjoy nature, shaded, amongst pines. The section of trail around the TH is in the open and gets really hot in the afternoon.
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5 years ago
This is an incredible trail. It is not for individuals who are looking to play in the sand and rest under the sun. This is a more demanding trail that will take you deep into the dark places of the Sandia Mountains. This trail is suitable for barefoot hiking once you cross into the higher altitudes. I have seen bears and mountain lions on this trail . . . oh my!


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CCISC Overview
The Comprehensive Continuous Integrated System of Care (CCISC) process (Minkoff & Cline, 2004, 2005) is a vision-driven system "transformation" process for redesigning behavioral health and other related service delivery systems to be organized at every level (policy, program, procedure, and practice)—within whatever resources are available—to be more about the needs of the individuals and families needing services, and values that reflect welcoming, empowered, helpful partnerships throughout the system. The ultimate goal of CCISC is to help develop a system of care that is welcoming, recovery-oriented, integrated, trauma-informed, and culturally competent in order to most effectively meet the needs of individuals and families with multiple co-occurring conditions of all types (mental health, substance abuse, medical, cognitive, housing, legal, parenting, etc.) and help them to make progress to achieve the happiest, most hopeful, and productive lives they possibly can.
In a CCISC process, every program and every person delivering clinical care engages in a quality improvement process—in partnership with each other, with system leadership, and with individuals and families who are receiving services—to become welcoming, recovery- or resiliency-oriented, and co-occurring-capable. Every aspect of clinical service delivery is organized on the assumption that the next person or family entering service will have multiple co-occurring conditions, and will need to be welcomed for care, inspired with hope, and engaged in a partnership to address each and every one of those conditions in order to achieve the vision and hope of recovery.
The Four Basic Characteristics of the Comprehensive, Continuous, Integrated System of Care Model (CCISC)
The CCISC model for organizing services for people and families with co-occurring psychiatric and substance disorders is designed to improve treatment capacity for these individuals in systems of any size and complexity, ranging from entire states to regions or counties, networks of agencies, individual complex agencies, or even programs within agencies. The model has the following four basic characteristics:
System-Level Change
The CCISC model is designed for implementation throughout an entire system of care, not just for implementation of individual program or training initiatives. All programs are designed to become co-occurring capable (or enhanced) programs, generally within the context of existing resources, with a specific assignment to provide services to a particular cohort of individuals with co-occurring issues. Implementation of the model integrates the use of system change technology with clinical practice technology at the system, program, clinical practice, and clinician competency levels to create comprehensive system change.
Efficient Use of Existing Resources
The CCISC model is designed for implementation within the context of current service resources, however scarce, and emphasizes strategies to improve services to people and families with co-occurring conditions within the context of each funding stream, program contract, or service code, rather than requiring blending or braiding of funding streams or duplication of services. It provides a template for planning how to obtain and use additional resources should they become available, but does not require additional resources, other than resources for planning, technical assistance, and training.
Incorporation of Best Practices
The CCISC model is recognized by SAMHSA as a best practice for systems implementation for treatment of people and families with co-occurring conditions. An important aspect of CCISC implementation is the incorporation of evidence-based and clinical-consensus-based best practices for the treatment of all types of people and families with co-occurring conditions within the service system.
Integrated Treatment Philosophy
The CCISC model is based on implementation of principles of successful treatment intervention that are derived from available research and incorporated into an integrated treatment philosophy that uses a common language that makes sense from the perspective of both mental health and substance disorder providers. This model can be used to develop a protocol for individualized treatment-matching that in turn permits matching of particular cohorts of individuals to the comprehensive array of co-occurring-capable services within the system.
This model is based on the following eight clinical consensus best practice principles (Minkoff and Cline, 2004, 2005) which espouse an integrated recovery philosophy that makes sense from the perspective of both the mental health system and the substance disorder treatment system.
Principle 1. Co-occurring issues and conditions are an expectation, not an exception.
This expectation must be included in every aspect of system planning, program design, clinical policy and procedure, and clinical competency, as well as incorporated in a welcoming manner in every clinical contact, to promote access to care and accurate screening and identification of individuals and families with multiple co-occurring issues.
Principle 2. The foundation of a recovery partnership is an empathic, hopeful, integrated, strength-based relationship.
Within this partnership, integrated longitudinal strength-based assessment, intervention, support, and continuity of care promote step-by-step community-based learning for each issue or condition.
Principle 3. All people with co-occurring conditions are not the same, so different parts of the system have responsibility to provide co-occurring-capable services for different populations.
Assignment of responsibility for provision of such relationships can be determined using the four-quadrant national consensus model for system-level planning, based on high and low severity of the psychiatric and substance disorder.
Principle 4. When co-occurring issues and conditions are present, each issue or condition is considered to be primary.
The best-practice intervention is integrated dual or multiple primary treatment, in which each condition or issue receives appropriately-matched intervention at the same time.
Principle 5. Recovery involves moving through stages of change and phases of recovery for each co-occurring condition or issue.
Mental illness and substance dependence (as well as other conditions, such as medical disorders, trauma, and homelessness) are examples of chronic biopsychosocial conditions that can be understood using a disease and recovery (or condition and recovery) model. Each condition has parallel phases of recovery (acute stabilization, engagement and motivational enhancement, prolonged stabilization and relapse prevention, rehabilitation and growth) and stages of change. For each condition or issue, interventions and outcomes must be matched to stage of change and phase of recovery.
Principle 6. Progress occurs through adequately supported, adequately rewarded skill-based learning for each co-occurring condition or issue.
For each co-occurring condition or issue, treatment involves getting an accurate set of recommendations for that issue, and then learning the skills (self-management skills and skills for accessing professional, peer, or family support) in order to follow those recommendations successfully over time. In order to promote learning, the right balance of care or support with contingencies and expectations must be in place for each condition, and contingencies must be applied with recognition that reward is much more effective in promoting learning than negative consequences.
Principle 7. Recovery plans, interventions, and outcomes must be individualized. Consequently, there is no one correct dual-diagnosis program or intervention for everyone.
For each individual or family, integrated treatment interventions and outcomes must be individualized according to their hopeful goals; their specific diagnoses, conditions, or issues; and the phase of recovery, stage of change, strengths, skills, and available contingencies for each condition.
Principle 8. CCISC is designed so that all policies, procedures, practices, programs, and clinicians become welcoming, recovery- or resiliency-oriented, and co-occurring-capable.
Each program has a different job, and programs partner to help each other succeed with their own complex populations. The goal is that each individual or family is routinely welcomed into empathic, hopeful, integrated relationships, in which each co-occurring issue or condition is identified, and engaged in a continuing process of adequately supported, adequately rewarded, strength-based, stage-matched, skill-based, community-based learning for each condition, in order to help the individual or family make progress toward achieving their recovery goals.
Co-occurring Capability Resources
Resources for agencies/programs, clinicians, and system implementation teams developing co-occurring capability or competency can be found here. The steps are based on the principles above, and can be initiated by anyone to organize progress within the scope of mission, job category, and resources.


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Illinois birds, vireos / Jean W. Graber, Richard R. Graber, and Ethelyn L. Kirk.
By: Graber, Jean Weber, - Graber, Richard Rex. - Kirk, Ethelyn L.
Publication info: Champaign, Ill. :State of Illinois, Dept. of Energy and Natural Resources, Natural History Survey Division,[1985]
Contributed by: University Library, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
Subjects: Birds Illinois Vireos
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The structure of the call note system of the warbling vireo /
By: Howes-Jones, Daryl, - Barlow, Jon C., - Royal Ontario Museum.
Publication info: Toronto :Royal Ontario Museum,1988.
Contributed by: Royal Ontario Museum (archive.org)
Subjects: Behavior Birdsongs Vireos
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Studies of Peruvian birds. No. 39, The genus Vireo. American Museum novitates ; no. 1127
By: Zimmer, John T.
Publication info: New York City : The American Museum of Natural History 1941
Contributed by: American Museum of Natural History Library
Subjects: Birds Peru South America Vireos
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Variation in the jaw musculature of the avian family Vireonidae /
By: Orenstein, Ronald I. - Barlow, Jon C., - Royal Ontario Museum.
Publication info: Toronto :Royal Ontario Museum,1981.
Contributed by: ROM - University of Toronto (archive.org)
Subjects: Anatomy Birds Jaws Muscles Vireos
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Welcome to Lochmaben Golf Club, Dumfries and Galloway
Famous for its wildlife and picturesque views of the Kirk Loch, Lochmaben Golf Course is a challenging experience for any golfer. The course is one of the best examples of a parkland course in the area, is very well kept and, due to the excellent drainage work the greens staff have put in , golf is available all year round. ********************************************************************** STOP PRESS LADIES JOH MAR IS RESHEDULED TO SAT 26th SEPTEMBER *********************************************************************
Located only 4 miles from the M74, Lochmaben is well within travelling distance from many parts of the country, with Dumfries and Galloway being a fabulous area to visit.
The attractive 18-hole parkland golf course occupies a historic area around the Kirk Loch. Near to the second green is the site of Robert the Bruce's Castle. Playing the third hole, you can see the remains of the defensive motte.
The par-70 course's signature hole is the 120-yard, 8th hole,which requires a tee shot across part of the Kirk Loch.
A Warm Welcome awaits for you at the 19th, where our Bar and Catering Staff will be on hand to quench your hunger and thirst.
Grab a seat, get a menu, and enjoy the Food and Drink on offer in our Clubhouse.
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