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Schema Therapy was developed by Dr. Jeffrey E. Young for use in treatment of personality disorders.
Schema Therapy is intended for use when patients fail to respond or improve after having been through other therapies, for example, Dialectical behavior therapy. It can also be used to treat major depressive disorders, and other psychological issues of individuals and couples.
Schema therapy developed from CBT as applied to axis-1 disorders. When trying to apply the same techniques to axis-II disorders clinicians found limited efficacy and began to integrate techniques from other approaches. Schema therapy is therefore a combination of many different therapy techniques, some of which include Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, experential methods (notably Gestalt therapy, object relations, psychoanalysis, mindfulness,[1] Dialectical behavior therapy, interpersonal relation skills, discussion one-on-one, group discussion, and constructivism. Schema Therapy also borrows extensively from a range of theoretical concepts and methods from Transactional Analysis and developmental theories. Schema therapy is best regarded as an integrative therapy rather than an eclectic therapy as some effort has gone into developing the translations between different approaches and providing a unified theoretical underpinning.
Schema Therapy is based on a theory that childhood and adolescent traumas are the most likely causes of Borderline Personality Disorder and other similar personality disorders. The approach assumes that children have basic needs which, when not adequately met, result in the development of dysfunctiona schemas and coping strategies.The approach of Schema therapy emphasizes patients, psychiatrists, and therapists building bonds of trust with each other.
As opposed to some of the more widely known and popular therapy methods, Schema therapy is most often used and considered a specialty form of therapy in the treatment of personality disorders, most commonly borderline personality disorder.[citation needed]. The approach has been found to be effective with Cluster B, Cluster C and paranoid personality disorder .
Definition of maladaptive schemasEdit
Young uses the concept of Schemas as it is defined in Cognitive Psychology, and as such, schemas can be either healthy or maladaptive. In a sense, Schema Therapy ultimately seeks to replace maladaptive schemas by more healthy schemas.
Maladaptive schemas, according to Young, are defined as and relate mainly to the lack of basic emotional needs met in childhood and a lack of appropriate relationships, bonds, and behaviors of the parents, caretakers, and others involved in the life of a growing child.
Maladaptive schemas are considered a pattern of established (from childhood) unstable reactions/behaviors to any given situation in life. Maladaptive schemas may be made up of revisited (sometimes obsessively) memories of past hurt, tragedy, fear, abuse, neglect, unmet safety needs, abandonment, or lack of normal human affection in general. Thus, as an adult, Schema "modes" may become nearly reflexes as the patient is seeking approval due to unmet childhood needs.
Maladaptive schemas can also be bodily sensations associated with such traumas (and/or flashbacks such as with PTSD). The ways of which a person may view him or herself in combination with difficulties establishing one's true identity, body image, and/or one's ability (or lack thereof) to properly or happily socialize with others (as they were never taught/never learned as children) can be considered "Schemas", as well. Schemas may also cause feelings of inadequacy leading to seemingly dramatic, inappropriate, dysfunctional, or generally disruptive behaviors in response to what a "healthy adult" may deem as every day scenarios or situations.
How does schema therapy work?Edit
The basic philosophy of Schema Therapy is that if basic safety, care, guidance, and affection are not met in childhood then as adults these patients feel a void emotionally and thus the schemas begin to develop and often lead to unhealthy/unstable relationships, poor social skills, unhealthy lifestyle choices, self-destructiveness, and overall poor functionality.
By building caring bonds and enforcing self-examination, Schema Therapy aims to help a person to gain the self-confidence needed in order to achieve their ultimate goals. This therapeutic approach attempts to create a peaceful environment in order to help patients to feel more comfortable during discussion groups and lessons.
Schema modesEdit
Schema Modes are defined as emotional states and ways of coping which every human being experiences at one time or another. Life situations that we find disturbing, arouse bad memories, or offend us, or personal topics/situations to which we are sensitive, are referred to as "triggers" that tend to bring out the somewhat explosive behaviors of patients involved in this type of therapy.
According to Young, people suffering with personality disorders especially tend to be hypersensitive and may be "triggered" by a simple image, word of offense, sound, etc. These "triggers" may produce states of being which often lead to reactions perceived as inappropriate and/or overreaction by the general public. Reflection upon a schema of their own dislike instinctively and often brings about the "Flight or fight" response. Schema Therapy's Philosophies of caring and comfort help to step in when someone is "triggered", replacing a self-destructive reaction with a healthy coping skill.
Schema Therapy works with such emotional individuals by focusing on identifying roots of lack of personal self-control, impulsivity, lack of attachments with peers or family, and to positively help a patient build self confidence and to eliminate any self-destructive reactions effectively, as the patient gains healthier coping methods.
Identified modesEdit
Some of the identified Schema modes of which patients and clients are educated about via therapy are as follows
- Angry child- This mode is fueled mainly by feelings of victimization or bitterness, leading towards negativity, pessimism, jealousy, rage, and so forth. While experiencing this schema mode, a patient may have urges to yell, scream, throw/break things, or possibly even self-injury/harming others. The "angry child" is enraged, anxious, frustrated, self-doubting, feels unsupported in ideas, and vulnerable.
- Impulsive Child - This is the mode where anything goes. Theoretically if an individual is having an "identity crisis" or moments of depersonalization this mode might come into play. Behaviors of the "impulsive child" may include: reckless driving, substance abuse, cutting oneself with lack of suicidal thoughts, gambling, fits of rage such as: punching a wall when "triggered" or laying the blame of whatever circumstance upon innocent peers. Unsafe sex, rash decisions to run away from a situation without resolution, tantrums perceived by peers as infantile, and so forth are a mere few of the behaviors of which an "impulsive child" might display. "Impulsive Child" is the rebellious and careless schema mode and can lead to conscious suicidal thoughts if not stopped.
- Detached Protector - This schema mode is based in escape. Individuals in "detached protector" withdraw, dissociate, alienate, or hide in some way. This may be triggered by numerous stress factors or feelings of being overwhelmed. The lack of coping skills when a person is in a life situation involving high-demand or a chain of thoughts/emotions revolving obsessively often can trigger "detached protector." Stated simply, the patient becomes numb in order to protect oneself from the harm or stress of that which they fear is to come/fear of the unknown in general. Mistrust is often a culprit in "triggering" such fears.
- Abandoned Child - The "abandoned child" is a schema mode in which a person may feel defective in some way, thrown aside, unloved, obviously alone, or may be in a "me against the world" mindset. Feeling as though peers, friends, family, and even the entire world have abandoned a person are the things which live within this schema mode. Behaviors of individuals stuck in "abandoned child" include, but are not limited to: falling into major depression, pessimism, feeling unwanted, inferiority complexes arising, feeling unworthy of love, and personality traits perceived as unchangeable flaws are the ways of the "abandoned child." In this mode suicidal idealization, suicidal tendencies, hypersensitivity to criticism/compliments, stubbornness, avoidable behavior, and the "why bother?" attitude all make up "abandoned child."
Rarely, a patient's personal perceived flaws may be intentionally with-held on the inside. When this occurs, instead of showing one's true self, the patient may appear to others as "egotistical", "attention-seeking", selfish, distant, and may exhibit behaviors unlike their true nature. In this mode, the patient might create a narcissistic alter-ego/persona in order to escape or hide the insecurity from others. Due to fear of rejection, of feeling disconnected from their true self and poor self image, these patients (who truly desire companionship/affection) may end up pushing others away. This rare behavior can also be a self-soothing (yet unhealthy) self-therapy technique. It feeds the "abandoned child" delusion and becomes hazardous in the end.
- Abandoned child is a self-defeating mode as a whole. The person feels defective and abandoned, thus may abandon their own self and choose to remain "abandoned" as it is what they believe they know and therefore comforting.
- Punitive Parent - The Punitive Parent schema mode is identified by beliefs of a patient that they should be harshly punished perhaps due to feeling "defective", or making a simple mistake. They may feel that they should be punished for even existing when "punitive parent" takes over the psyche. Sadness, anger, impatience, and judgmental natures come out in "punitive parent" and are directed to the patient and from the patient. Even a small and solvable issue or unrealistic perfectionist expectations and "black and white thinking" all bring forth the "punitive parent." The "punitive parent" has great difficulty in forgiving oneself even under average circumstances in which anyone could fall short of their standards. The "Punitive Parent" does not wish to allow for human error or imperfection, thus punishment is what this mode seeks and what it desires.
- Healthy Adult - The "Healthy Adult" schema mode is what Schema Therapy strives to help a patient achieve as the long-lasting state of well-being. The "healthy adult" is good with decision making, nurturing, comforting, ambitious, sets limits and boundaries, forms healthy relationships, takes on all responsibility, sees things through, and enjoys/partakes in enjoyable adult activities and interests with boundaries enforced, takes care of his/her physical health as well, is rational, a problem-solver, someone who thinks before acting, someone aware of their self worth, well-balanced mentally, emotionally, and physically. The "healthy adult" is grown up and loves his/herself. In this schema mode the person focuses on the present day with hope and strives towards the best tomorrow possible. The "healthy adult" forgives the past, no longer sees oneself as a victim (but as a survivor), and expresses all emotions in ways which are healthy and cause no harm.
The ultimate goal of schema therapy is to help patients to learn to react and live as healthy adults, while over-coming fear-driven lifestyles. Schema Therapy teaches self-discovery, self-discipline, and stops patients from using abnormal or harmful coping styles impulsively.
See alsoEdit
References Edit
- ↑ Dr Chris Lee and Graham Taylor. Introduction to Schema Focussed Therapy. therapist-training.com.au.
Further readingEdit
Key textsEdit
- Reinventing Your Life: The Breakthrough Program to End Negative Behavior...and Feel Great Again by Jeffrey Young, Ph.D. and Janet Klosko, Ph.D.
- Schema Therapy for Borderline Personality Disorder Publisher: Wiley & Sons Joint Author: Arntz, Arnoud Joint Author: Genderen, Hannie van Translator: Drost, Jolijn
- Schema Therapy: A Practitioner's Guide (Hardcover) by Jeffrey E. Young PhD, Janet S. Klosko Phd, and Marjorie E. Weishaar Phd
- Schema Therapy: Distinctive Features by Eshkol Rafaeli, PhD, David P. Bernstein, Ph.D., and Jeffrey E. Young Ph.D. (Publisher: Routledge)
- Cognitive Schemas and Core Beliefs in Psychological Problems: A Scientist-Practitioners Guide by Lawrence P. Riso, Pieter L. du Toit, Dan J. Stein, and Jeffrey E. Young
- Integrative Brief Therapy: Cognitive, Psychodynamic, Humanistic & Neurobehavioral Approaches (Practical Therapist Series) by John Preston
- Schema modes and childhood abuse in borderline and antisocial personality disorders [An article from: Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry] by J. Lobbestael, A. Arntz, and S. Sieswerda
Rafaeli, E, Bernstein, D.P. & Young, J. (2010). Schema Therapy: Distinctive features. London: Routledge. ISBN 978041546298
- Young, J., Klosko, J. and Weishaar, M.(). Schema Therapy: A Practitioner's Guide.
Additional materialEdit
External linksEdit
[Schema Therapy Institute website]
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Crown cites overwhelming circumstantial evidence in Surrey Six murder case
A "powerful body of circumstantial evidence" proves that Cody Haevischer and Matthew Johnston are guilty of killing six people in a Surrey apartment tower, the Crown stated during the first day of closing submissions at the Surrey Six trial on Wednesday.
Prosecutor Mark Levitz, speaking in B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver, said Haevischer and Johnston are guilty of conspiracy to kill rival drug leader Corey Lal, and of the first-degree murder of Lal and five others on Oct. 19, 2007.
Included in the slaughter were two innocent victims – fireplace repairman Ed Schellenberg, 55, of Abbotsford, and Christopher Mohan, 22, who lived across the hall from suite 1505, the scene of the mass killing in the Balmoral Tower in Surrey.
The three other victims – Michael Lal, Eddie Narong and Ryan Bartolomeo – had gang and drug connections.
Levitz said the evidence presented by 73 witnesses and 80 days of testimony proves, in part, that the two accused killed Lal as a gesture of loyalty to their fellow gang members.
"Haevischer and Johnston participated in this because they were Red Scorpion members ... They were obliged to assist ... even though they might not have known Corey Lal or had any individual personal (animosity) against him," he said.
The Crown's submission to Justice Catherine Wedge encompassed five volumes, with 10 chapters to be presented in court this week. Defence submissions are expected to start next week.
Levitz referred to the volumes as the Crown's "roadmap" of the case, including what he said are 30 points of fact.
Levitz stated the killings were initiated by Jamie Bacon who, along with Michael Le, was co-leader of the Red Scorpions at the time.
Le had initially gone on trial with Haevischer and Johnston last September, but pleaded guilty in November to conspiracy to murder Corey Lal. He then became a star witness for the Crown.
Levitz said Bacon had a "beef" with Corey Lal, whose group was infringing on the Red Scorpions' drug-trafficking operations, which they wanted to expand from Surrey into Abbotsford, Mission and Maple Ridge.
Bacon had ordered Lal to pay a $100,000 "tax," and when Lal didn't pay, Bacon wanted him killed, Levitz said.
"If nothing was done, it would make the Red Scorpions look weak," Levitz said, adding that the gang fostered a reputation for intimidation and violence.
He said Haevischer and Johnston, along with a third man, who can only be identified as Person X, agreed to do the hit on Lal, and the other five were killed to eliminate witnesses.
Person X previously pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the case and is serving a life sentence, but did not testify at the trial.
Another witness, who can only be identified as Person Y and who is serving a life sentence for two unrelated murders, testified that he was involved in the plan to kill Lal. He also testified to the roles that Haevischer and Johnston allegedly played.
Levitz said this testimony, among others, and evidence that includes cellphone records and video surveillance in and around the Balmoral Tower on the day of the killings proves that the two accused are guilty.
He said the killings were "planned and deliberate executions." Evidence at the trial showed that two guns were used and 19 rounds were fired. The six men were shot either in their backs and/or the backs or sides of their heads.
They were then placed in two groups of three.
Speaking outside of the courthouse, Eileen Mohan, the mom of victim Christopher Mohan, said the trial has been "very emotional," but she has been there every day to represent her son and hope that justice will prevail.
"I don't want another family to go through this and another child to be taken like this," she said.
Closing submissions are expected to last through next week. The judge is not expected to issue her verdict until the fall.
Bacon will be tried separately on one count each of conspiracy to commit murder and first-degree murder. He was living in Abbotsford at the time of his arrest.
Another man, Sophon Sek, is also awaiting trial – on a charge of manslaughter – in the case.


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Liberty Rolls to 3-0 Sweep of Campbell
The Liberty volleyball team celebrated Senior Day with a resounding 3-0 (25-15, 25-15, 25-9) sweep of visiting Campbell, Saturday at the Vines Center.
The Lady Flames improve to 8-17 on the season, including 7-5 in Big South play. Liberty is now in a three-way tie for third in the Big South with two matches remaining. The Lady Flames have won seven straight regular-season home finales. Campbell is now 13-16, with a 3-9 Big South mark after suffering its fifth straight setback.
Prior to the match, Liberty honored five seniors – student manager Logan Shackelford, Jade Craycraft, Lillie Happel, Becca Haraf and Kendle Rollins.
The Lady Flames hit .284 for the match, compared to an opponents' season-low -.023 for Campbell. The hosts also led, 6-5 in blocks, 46-36 in digs and 5-0 in service aces.
Craycraft sent down a match-high nine kills, in addition to 22 assists and nine digs. The setter is now the fifth player in program history with 4,000 or more career assists. Rollins scored eight kills and added four blocks, while Allie Reynolds and Gabrielle Shipe tied for match-high honors with 10 digs apiece. Haraf served up two aces for the Lady Flames.
Alexis Hein recorded five kills to lead the Camels, while Mary Crema collected a team-high nine digs. Lorin Thomas registered three blocks for the visitors.
During set one, Campbell held an 8-7 lead after a Jessica Groen solo block. The Lady Flames then staged a 9-0 run, doubling the visitors' score, 16-8 when Rollins sent down her second kill. Liberty continued to pull away, winning the set, 25-15. The hosts outhit Campbell, .278-.057, in the opening stanza, with Happel and Rollins both scoring four kills and Hein answering with four winners for the Camels.
Set two went back and forth early on, before Liberty took command with a 13-4 rally which put the Lady Flames ahead, 18-10. Haraf, Craycraft and Douglas all served up aces during Liberty's decisive run, and the home team cruised to a 25-15 set-two victory and commanding 2-0 lead in the match.
Nzea McQuitery led all players with four kills during the second set. Liberty hit .237, compared to .103 for Campbell, while the Lady Flames served up four aces.
Liberty jumped out to a 20-7 lead in the final frame, allowing head coach Shane Pinder to remove his seniors for one last salute from the Vines Center crowd. The Lady Flames claimed the set, 25-9, sealing the 3-0 match sweep. The hosts outhit Campbell, .381 to -.292, in the third set.
Liberty returns to the road for its final two regular-season matches, playing at UNC Asheville on Friday at 7 p.m., before traveling to face Gardner-Webb, Saturday at 4 p.m. Both matches will help determine seeding for the 2013 Big South Volleyball Championship.


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HOUSTON - Scientists are developing a birth control pill for men, which means women may no longer need to take the pill to prevent pregnancy.
The drug is currently in experimental phases across the country, but scientists said they are close to making male birth control pills a reality.
Local 2 investigated the community's reaction to male birth control as a viable contraceptive by talking with a group of college freshmen and asking if men would be willing to take the pill to prevent pregnancy.
"I'm not necessarily opposed to the idea," said John Bigelow. "But I'd have to find out the efforts of it and how reliable it is in order to have an opinion on it."
"I would trust women more (about taking the pill regularly) because of how they are more on schedule," said Kaitlyn Tuohy, a college student.
Scientists working on compounds meant to block a cancer-causing gene found that male mice became infertile, producing far fewer and less mobile sperm. It's just one of many findings throughout the world that could broaden the choice in contraceptives.
"For a lot of guys, that might be a scary concept, that you can be infertile for a couple of weeks," said Dr. Mehmet Oz, a surgeon and TV personality. "But that said, the idea of having a pill instead of an operation that's not easy to reverse, is an appealing one."
According to Planned Parenthood, more than 99 percent of sexually active women between the ages of 15 and 44 have used birth control at some point.
Birth control pills do not protect against sexually transmitted diseases.
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Jean Paul Gaultier Fall 2013
For the first time in many a moon, Jean Paul Gaultier left his grandiose showroom in the Marais to show at the Salle Wagram, the evocative nineteenth-century dance hall where Bertolucci shot Last Tango in Paris and where Gaultier showed a total of 40 men's and women's collections in the early years of his career.
Gaultier described the gesture as "symbolic in some way," and a celebration of his return to the manufacturer Gibo, with whom he collaborated as a wild-child designer in the eighties, and his collection paid homage to that lively decade. The show was bookended with outfits styled around armorial cuirass bodices inspired by the cardboard tailor's dummies that students in a dressmaking graduation class might drape their designs on, the press studs at the seams allowing them to be fitted to various body sizes. For Gaultier these were "tender and hard at the same time," and he iterated them in a variety of fabrics from leather to heavy shot taffeta to gleaming metallic Lurex. There was also a spirit of the eighties in the broad-shouldered jackets and batwing-sleeved georgette dresses, and the print of the smoky-eyed silent-movie star that was also woven into the knits, but this runway was generally more Alexis Carrington Colby than Betty Blue. There was grown-up luxury all around: A tailcoat in matte black alligator suggested the insouciant luxury of the designer's work for Hermès, and the show featured a luxurious profusion of Saga furs. These ran the gamut from the one-sleeve off-the-shoulder shrug to the blonde fur patchwork short coat, cinched at the waist and worn with sprayed-on golden pants, to a maxi mink coat elaborately worked in intarsia to echo the set design of silhouetted Parisian archetypes striking poses on the city's balconies. Those intarsias, however, spelled Gaultier's name.


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Lady Gaga Is a Sports Fan!
Of all the places one could find Gaga, this is probably the last we would think of.
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Lady Gaga really is just like us! While the New York City native was back home this week, she decided to take in the New York Mets baseball game. Of course, this being Gaga, she had to cause a stir.
Lady Gaga showed up for the game wearing the studded bra she wore in the video for "Telephone," with a pair of matching panties and a leather jacket. The outfit was understated for the star, who wore only sunglasses on her face. What, you thought she'd wear a Mets cap? Not a chance!
Gaga was sitting just behind home plate, but she got angry when she became the focus of photographers' attention. Then she burst out into an impromptu performance of "Paparazzi" that ended with her throwing herself onto the field.
Just kidding! You'd believe it though, right? That's not exactly how it went down. After an angry Gaga got into a fight with a few onlookers, she moved her posse to a luxury box, where she was later spotted giving photographers a few choice hand signals.
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Friends and family of a popular 'Kingston legend' paid their final respects at a funeral ceremony last week.
Churchgoer and father-of-one Anthony Vassell died at West Brompton Hospital aged 46 following heart problems earlier this month.
More than 300 people attended the religious ceremony at Kingston Crematorium on Friday, June 20.
Son Theo Ganderson said: "We had a really good turnout. It was more celebratory than any other funeral I have been to before. There were a lot of old friends and family reunited.
"His friend Ray Carlton read a really nice speech. He told stories about his life and said how much he was loved by his friends – how we seemed to be the central piece of every friendship. He had a good send off.
"I was very close to my dad, especially over the last few years. I will always remember how funny he was and how he always looked on the bright side of life.
"If I could say anything to him I would tell him how much I loved him and how proud of him I am."


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THE poignant story of how three brothers all died in the First World War has emerged after their medals were put up for sale.
The Legge brothers from Chilfrome, near Maiden Newton, joined the Dorsetshire Regiment in 1914 and fought alongside one another.
They served at Gallipoli where two of them, Private Bertram Legge, 30, and the youngest brother Private Cyril Legge, 21, died on the same day during an assault on the Turkish trenches at Suvla on August 21, 1915.
Middle brother George went on to win the prestigious Military Medal for gallantry on the battlefield. He was killed in October 1918 in France.
The loss of their three sons had a devastating impact on their parents, Charles and Mary Legge who had two other sons, Frederick and Thomas, and daughter Kate.
The tragic tale has come to light after a descendant decided to put the service medals of all three brothers up for auction.
They all consist of the 1914-15 Star, the Victory medal and the British War medal. George Legge's group includes his Military Medal.
Being sold with them are their three memorial plaques that were issued to the next-of-kin of all British service personnel who were killed in the war.
The medals are being sold by Special Auction Services of Newbury, Berkshire today.
Auctioneer Neil Shuttleworth said: "One can't imagine what it would have been like for their parents to receive the news that both sons had been killed at the same time.
"The middle brother George survived the Gallipoli campaign and he must have been inspired by his brothers' deaths because he went on to win the Military Medal.
"He nearly made it through to the end of the war but was killed just four weeks before the Armistice.
"It is a very sad story."
A SET of First World War medals awarded to a military nurse are going on sale in Dorchester today.
The medals were discovered at a local house by a relative who was clearing it after the owner died.
She thought they may be of interest after seeing the recent BBC television series Crimson Fields, centred around the lives of serving nurses in France.
Amy Brenan, a valuer at Duke's Auctioneers in Dorchester, said: "Though these are the standard medals, very few come to the market that are engraved to the edges with a woman's name."
The lot includes a Victory medal and 1914-15 star.


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Mrs. Ella Best, Dies at Home
Mrs. Ella Margaret Best, 68, died at 9:15 this morning at her home east of Lexington. She had been ill three months. Mrs. Best was born Feb 16, 1880 at Mayview. Her father was Steve Davidson, born at Mayview, her mother was Mrs. Mattie Ashord, a native of Lexington.
She was a member of the Lexington Methodist Church. She is survived by her husband, Joseph S Best, of the home; two sons, John H. Best, Portland, Oregon and Delbert Best, Lexington and four daughters, Mrs. Virgil Rhodes and Mrs. Pryor Hoakum, both of Kansas City, Missouri, Mrs. Jewells Swafford, Lexington and Mrs. Emil Freking, Lexington. Also surviving are three brother William Davidson and Louis Davidson both of Excelsior Springs and Henry Davidson, Camden; two sister, Mrs. Walker Stanley and Mrs. Al Harris, Lamont, California, 16 grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
Funeral Services will be held at 2:20 o'clock, Wednesday afternoon at the Temple Chapel. Services will be conducted by the Rev. J.F. Winton, of Kansas City, and the Rev. Lee Sexman of Lexington.
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Edgewater Networks and Metaswitch Networks are working together to provide a system that service providers can use to enable VoIP services in the enterprise market.
The solution integrates Edgewater's Voice-over-IP (VoIP) monitoring and installation solution, EdgeView, with Metaswitch's SIP-based MetaView system. The two products combine to deliver simplified, scalable provisioning and enhanced visibility into the performance of today's VoIP networks.
Many enterprise customers have a heterogeneous mix of IP phone devices from different manufacturers in use. These environments are costly to install and maintain as there is no standard interface across all of the manufacturers that can be used to automate provisioning or perform advanced diagnostics, the two vendors said.
"Today's service providers are challenged by the complexities of provisioning VoIP services due to the lack of a consistent, programmable interface across different IP phone devices and manufacturers," said Edgewater CEO Dave Norman. "As a result, VoIP services installations are often labor intensive, error-prone and expensive to scale in a manner that supports the business objectives of the service.
Edgewater's EdgeView solution complements Metaswitch's Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) solution by enabling the deployment of SIP-based IP phones from a wide variety of phone vendors such as Cisco, LG, and Polycom. The solution eases installation by allowing the end-user to simply plug a phone into a network powered by Edgewater's EdgeMarc ESBCs and then follow a series of intuitive voice prompts. EdgeView then authenticates the user via Metaswitch's Multimedia Telephony Application Server and automatically updates the phone's software and the subscriber's phone configuration. The customer is instantly on-line and ready to make calls, the two vendors said.
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A Cheaper Way to 4K: Intel's Collage Driverby Ian Cutress on 1/11/2013 11:16 AM EST
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zdw - Friday, January 11, 2013 - linkAny idea if those Lenovo Displayport to Dual Displayport adapters will work with most any system?
I know a lot of Mac users who want that functionality. Reply
DanNeely - Friday, January 11, 2013 - linkMore generally, are these two port MST hubs, or something else? Reply
repoman27 - Friday, January 11, 2013 - linkThey are not MST hubs. They are DP 1.1a based and should work with most any system. Several other vendors such as Dell and Matrox have had similar offerings for quite some time. They appear as a single larger display to the host system and then split the image and re-drive portions of it to the connected displays. Reply
SunLord - Friday, January 11, 2013 - linkI'm pretty sure this isn't an MST hub and more like the Zotac dp to dual HDMI adapter . If it was an MST hub it wouldn't be limited to 1080p max per monitor but support up 2560x1600 at least Reply
Arnulf - Friday, January 11, 2013 - linkI thought "collage" refers to Intel's graphics drivers as a whole, more specifically to how they appear to be cobbled together from various pieces of scrap and then tossed away and later recycled in yet another collage. Reply
powerarmour - Friday, January 11, 2013 - linkTouché...
If only they'd put similar effort into making sure their drivers were more compatible with D3D/OGL in general, instead of the rare few folks that will be using 4K capable display outputs in the first place. Reply
frogger4 - Friday, January 11, 2013 - linkWouldn't it be perhaps easier to just get a Radeon HD 7750 for ~$100, and not have to worry about the whole adapter and driver mess, since an eyefinity setup like that is supported right out of the box. It's cool that this will now be possible with intel integrated, but that seems like it could be more trouble than its worth compared to the alternative. Reply
ImSpartacus - Friday, January 11, 2013 - linkYes, I want to know why this is better than Eyefinity. Reply
Guspaz - Friday, January 11, 2013 - linkBecause it does't require a discrete graphics card to do so, and Intel's iGPU supports hardware 4k decoding, while most discrete graphics cards don't yet. I know for nVidia, only the high-end stuff like the 670+ claims 4K support. Reply
repoman27 - Friday, January 11, 2013 - linkLast I checked AMD's 4K decode was broken, but the ability to drive 2x2 displays was there. NVIDIA can handle decode with Kepler, but can't output to more than 3 displays in a single large surface configuration.
I would think this would work on any IVB motherboard that had at least 1 DisplayPort and 1 dual-link DVI output; there doesn't seem to be any need for Thunderbolt. Reply
powerarmour - Friday, January 11, 2013 - linkMy GTX 650 seems to decode 4K test video fine, so I assume all Kepler hardware does. Reply
nathanddrews - Friday, January 11, 2013 - linkAll Kepler GPUs support 4K. Reply
Kevin G - Friday, January 11, 2013 - linkThe advantage of this technology would for mobile devices or small form factor devices where adding GPU isn't an option for 4k resolution.
Then again, this is for Thunderbolt which could be used to add an external PCI-e chassis. You'd be limited to 4 PCI-e lanes of bandwidth but for most workloads this wouldn't be an issue.
It is kinda odd that this is appearing first on traditional desktop motherboards where such functionality would be better served by just getting a discrete card. Reply
vicbee - Friday, January 11, 2013 - linkAm I the only one puzzled by the apple to oranges comparison here?!? Putting monitors next to each others is in no way equivalent to a single display, 4k or not. Am I the only one bothered by the 3 to 4" crossing the screen?? Reply
Death666Angel - Friday, January 11, 2013 - linkNope. To me, this is just Intel's take on Eyefinity, so they are a couple years late. Comparing single monitor setups (which is what 4k to me means... one monitor with a vertical resolution of around 4k pixel) to a multi-monitor setup is just weird. Reply
mfenn - Friday, January 11, 2013 - linkAgree. This is nothing new, AMD and Nvidia been able to do this for years. Reply
RamarC - Friday, January 11, 2013 - linkPanasonic showed a 20" 4K win8 tablet CES. so a 20" 4K monitor should be ready by late summer.
http://ces.cnet.com/8301-34439_1-57562882/panasoni... Reply
DanNeely - Friday, January 11, 2013 - linkDepends on the price; has anything on that leaked yet?
Also there's no guarantee that just because it's available in a giant tablet/all in one that we'll be able to get it as a stand alone display without paying a gouge tax. ex The handful of 15" standalone capacitive touchscreen monitors are priced only just below a low end 15" touchscreen laptop.
Also, I'd really like something in the 30-35" range to replace my current 2560x1600 main monitor. Reply
Paulman - Friday, January 11, 2013 - linkThere's Ian, for you... he's like Panasonic: just slightly ahead of our time... Reply
Death666Angel - Friday, January 11, 2013 - linkThat's DR. Ian Cutress. :D Reply
Paulman - Friday, January 11, 2013 - linkSorry, I forgot. He's a REAL doctor, too (PhD). Not one of those MBBS/MD's (physicians) ;) Reply
IanCutress - Sunday, January 13, 2013 - linkTechnically D.Phil., but only because Oxford does it a bit differently. :) Reply
Ammaross - Friday, January 11, 2013 - linkIf the whole point of the exercise was to toss $1400 out trying to get a 40" 4K monitor setup, the first question is "Why not just get a 4K screen near the 27" mark for near the same price?" and "Why not just run a dual Catleap monitor setup since you want to be cheap anyway?" Just sayin. Reply
repoman27 - Friday, January 11, 2013 - linkThe problem is that the LCD display market is bizarre right now, which was Ian's initial beef. There are a million 1920x1080 and a few 1920x1200 panels in the 21-27" range for $100-600, and then you jump up to 2560x1440 at 27 inches or 2560x1600 at 30 inches for $600-$3000 (unless you go the Achieva Shimian or Yamakasi Catleap route). The only 4K displays available are about $10,000, although Sharp has announced the 32" PN-K321 at 3840x2160 which is only supposed to cost a mere $5200 or so.
In terms of sheer pixels/$, you can get 8.3 MP of IPS goodness for only $580 right now. Pair that with a couple of the Lenovo DisplayPort to Dual-DisplayPort adapters at $80 a pop, $48 worth of cables from MonoPrice and an el-cheapo quad display mounting solution for around $100. You've got yourself a 43" 4K display for $888, so long as you can ignore the bezels running through the middle of the picture. Reply
scook9 - Friday, January 11, 2013 - linkThose DisplayPort adapters look ALOT like the MST hubs that were teased to us when Radeon HD 6000 launched and are still vaporware.
Does this mean that those are finally going to come to market? If so I consider this a much bigger deal than Intel finally figuring out how to do Eyefinity.... Reply
Kevin G - Friday, January 11, 2013 - linkThese aren't MST hubs as they'll work with DP 1.1a.
Though MST hubs likely depart from their vaporware status this year. The components are out there as several monitors have built-in MST hubs for DP chaining now. Reply
repoman27 - Friday, January 11, 2013 - linkI was going to mention that the Dell UltraSharp U2713H and U2913WM have DP 1.2 HBR and MST capabilities. Are there any others yet? Reply
erson - Saturday, January 12, 2013 - linkYou can add U2413 to that list. Reply
pvdw - Friday, January 11, 2013 - linkHere's how I'd do it if I had the time.
1. Strip the bezels.
2. Cut and join the bezels to create a large bezel for the quad.
3. Remove the portions of the rear casing that block the LCD panel from adjoining.
4. Move any electronics that was there.
5. Create a very thin, clear-lipped bezel for LCD panel touch edge-to-edge. (think clear-plastic keyboard cover type material.
For this to work you'd need monitors with minimal electronic controls, or ones where they could easily be moved/removed without damaging the structure.
Now imagine 4x Dell U2412M with hardly visible centre bezels!! Please somebody do it! Reply


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"Lee District Welcomes You" Signs to be Celebrated
Office of Public Affairs
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Aug. 27, 2003
"Lee District Welcomes You" Signs to be Celebrated
Friday, Aug. 29, at 10 a.m. in the parking lot of St. Bernadette Church, 7600 Old Keene Mill Road, Springfield, the Lee District Supervisor's Office will celebrate the installation of new "Lee District Welcomes You" signs. One of these signs is located directly across from the parking lot, in the median of Old Keene Mill Road.
The Lee District Supervisor will be on hand to speak at the ceremony.
Representatives from Archstone Communities and The Rappaport Companies,
sponsors of the new signage, have also been invited to participate.
Welcoming drivers as they enter Lee District from neighboring districts and jurisdictions, these signs will be placed in the medians of several major roadways. Currently, signs are also located on the Franconia Springfield Parkway and South Van Dorn Street. Others are planned for several locations, including Beulah Street and Telegraph Road, and Franconia Road and Telegraph Road.
The signs feature the Fairfax County seal emblazoned with a Lee District scroll. The signs also remind drivers leaving Lee District to continue to drive safely.
Residents of Fairfax County, and Lee District in particular, are invited to participate in the ceremony to celebrate these new signs.
Lee District is situated on 23.94 square miles of land. It is home to 102,304 county residents.
For more information call the Lee District Office at 703-971-6262, TTY 711.


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Been really busy ... Getting my own safety management consulting company off the ground and prepping for Family Summer Birthday celebration later today. "50's - early '60's themed. I've taken my participation to a different level - I'm going to do a whole Bing Crosby persona - back in the day that the PGA tour event at Pebble Beach was sponsored by and named for Bing. He started the event as a little friendly competition, think in 1948, with friends and pro's mixed in and called it "The Clambake".
Going to be fun - moved an old 26 3/4" CharBroil Magnum grill to nephew's house to cook on - doing ABT's and stuffed mushrooms for my part. Magnum will end up at niece's house after tomorrow.
My first business trip in over a decade takes me to Indianapolis all of next week.
Be back to cook Labor Day weekend and I saw halved small pigs at a local multi-ethnic where I got my jalapenos and mushrooms. Looks like they weigh maybe 12 - 15 lbs. I've never done a whole or split hog. These look just about the right size to try one.
Maybe Labor Day weekend Sunday and want to do a whole packer brisket for Monday.
Looks like I'm missing a lot of good stuff, but I'll try to get caught up one of these days.
Almost 2:00 A.M. and I have to be up at 7:15.
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Liverpool St Helens 46
Warrington 26
INCESSANT rain, gale-force winds and arguably the worst Warrington performance of the season added up to a thoroughly miserable afternoon for Warrington at Liverpool St Helens on Saturday.
The injury-hit Warrington side could find no answer to the dominant LSH pack or the incisiveness of the home side's centre pairing, going behind early to a wind-assisted penalty from 40 yards and struggling to find their footing in the match.
They quickly replied when a clever feint from Zak Lythgoe saw the Warrington forwards set up a ruck in the LSH 22, which allowed Pat Roberts to drift over for a try he converted himself.
Unfortunately for Warrington their defence was not up to scratch against a Liverpool attack on the top of their game, with one of their centre pairing rampaging through to give his side a lead they would never relinquish.
Coach Andy Roberts was in no doubt where the game was lost.
"Obviously, the weather conditions were an important factor and LSH adapted better than we did," he said.
"We really have to sharpen up on our tackling."
Three more LSH tries, often against ineffectual defence, saw the home side close down the game with a half time lead of 29-7.
The second half began as the first half had finished with LSH exposing Warrington's defensive frailties to add a further seven points to their total.
Despite struggling defensively, the visitors did at least find some joy in attack thanks to quickfire tries from Christain White and Roberts, who also added a conversion. Any faint hopes of a Warrington comeback, however, were short-lived.
Liverpool took advantage of a sloppy tap-back at a line-out and strolled over, though Warrington did manage to grab a valuable bonus point through Tom Wood before LSH's star centre scored the final try of a day to forget.


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All three of the Decorah eagle eggs have hatched.
The last one began hatching around 9 a.m. Monday and was free of the shell by about 10:30 a.m., according to Bob Anderson, director of the Raptor Resource Project.
"I am completely amazed that this pair of eagles hatched all three eggs due to extreme low temperatures and heavy snows. Once again lots of schools are using the live feed in the class room," Anderson said.
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Lions Drop Opening Match of SSC Tournament
ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla. – The No.27-ranked Saint Leo women's tennis team (14-9) fell to the No.4-ranked and two-seeded Barry Buccaneers (18-1), 5-0, Thursday morning in quarterfinal action from the Sunshine State Conference Tournament from Sanlando Park.Box Score
The loss puts the Lions, who enter the tournament as the No.7 seeded team, in the Friday morning backdraw match where they will be met by the six-seeded Panthers of Florida Tech. The match is slated to begin at 9:00 a.m. from the Sanlando Tennis Complex.
Despite forcing the Buccaneers to play at the top of their game in singles, the Lions couldn't overcome a 3-0 doubles deficit.
Causing the most noise for the Green & Gold in doubles was the No.3 pair ofJeanette McDonald and Adrianna Daszkiewicz as they fell at the No.3 spot, 8-2.
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BATH trio Dave Attwood, George Ford and Anthony Watson have been included in England's 26-man squad for Saturday's RBS Six Nations opener against France.
The trio were included in head coach Stuart Lancaster's party that will travel to Paris on Thursday night as wing Chris Ashton was dropped in favour of uncapped Exeter wing Jack Nowell.
Former Wootton Bassett youngster Jonny May, of Gloucester, was also included in the party.
Ashton was selected throughout the autumn almost by default after injuries to Marland Yarde and Christian Wade limited the options available, but Lancaster's patience has been exhausted and he, alongside British and Irish Lions scrum-half Ben Youngs, has been omitted.
The uncapped Nowell will start on the right wing with May, who has made only one Test appearance, earmarked for the left flank.
Northampton's Luther Burrell is set to make his debut at outside centre, while Ford and Watson could feature on the bench depending on how Lancaster sets up his replacements.
The 23-man match-day squad will be named on Thursday morning with three players travelling as cover.
England's 26-man squad for the RBS 6 Nations match against France: Forwards (14): D Attwood (Bath Rugby), D Cole (Leicester Tigers), D Hartley (Northampton Saints), J Launchbury (London Wasps), C Lawes (Northampton Saints), J Marler (Harlequins), B Morgan (Gloucester Rugby), M Mullan (London Wasps), C Robshaw (Harlequins), H Thomas (Sale Sharks), B Vunipola (Saracens), M Vunipola (Saracens), T Wood (Northampton Saints), T Youngs (Leicester Tigers).
Backs (12): B Barritt (Saracens), M Brown (Harlequins), L Burrell (Northampton Saints), D Care (Harlequins), L Dickson (Northampton Saints), O Farrell (Saracens), G Ford (Bath Rugby), A Goode (Saracens), J May (Gloucester Rugby), J Nowell (Exeter Chiefs), B Twelvetrees (Gloucester Rugby), A Watson (Bath Rugby).


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The new AFC Wimbledon boss Neal Ardley is asking for patience from the Dons fans because he will not dive "two-footed" into making rash signings.
On the back of a 2-1 League Two defeat to Cheltenham at Kingsmeadow on Saturday, Ardley's new men were put through double training sessions this week as Ardley begins to instill his philosophies on the team, and the former Dons midfielder will also use the next few weeks to sort the wheat from the chaff.
But for now every player has the chance to impress the new management team, and only when Ardley has decided on which areas need attention to enable the team to play in the style he wants, will he approach the board with a view to bringing players in.
Ardley said: "When you start guessing which players you want to bring in before you have even assessed the squad, it is not a good plan. You might not know what your weak points are. It is important to ask yourself: how do I want to play, where are we in relation to that and what sort of players and characters do we need to do that. You then assess the squad to work out if you have the players you need.
"If you're on a limited budget, it is pointless jumping two-footed into it and spending the club's money on players that are not going to make a big difference."
He added: "Assessment is main criteria right now, but slowly and surely we'll get some games on to give the fringe players a chance and assess the squad in the next two or three weeks so we can sit down with the board and say this is where we think we're strongest, this is where we think we're weak, this is what we think we need to do to get us out of this mess.
"I hope the fans will stick with us during this time, I've always said that nothing will change dramatically in one week.
Simon Bassey picked the team for the Cheltenham match, which was missing only Sammy Moore from the win at Plymouth Argyle. Byron Harrison scored the Dons' consolation goal in the dying minutes of Saturday's defeat, and he almost grabbed an unlikely equaliser with a last-gasp header that scraped the woodwork.
However, despite the defeat Ardley was in positive mood. He said: "We created a lot of chances and if you grab a goal at the right time it can change the whole complex of a game. But we didn't do that and Cheltenham did. But from what I've read about previous games, Saturday was a very similar scenario to before.
"Saturday was difficult for me, it didn't feel like my team. I was on the bench in name and body only. Other than giving encouragement and getting the boys to be a bit braver, it was hard to talk about specifics because they would not understand what I was saying as we hadn't worked on any of it."
Sammy Moore is still doubtful for the trip to Fleetwood on Saturday, while Pim Balkestein and Mat Mitchel-King remain on the treatment table.