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What is the definition or description of: zygote?
Merger sperm/egg: The union of sperm cell and egg cell forms a new cell which is called the zygote. This single cell represents the beginning of each of us as a human being. ...Read more
Zygote (Definition)
The union of sperm cell and egg cell forms a new cell which is called the zygote. This single cell represents the beginning of each of us ...Read more
In which location does the formation of a zygote occur?
It depends on how: early or late in your ovulation cycle the sperm penetrated the ovum. Early on, the fertilization generally occurs in the oviduct, or Fallopian tube, then the zygote travels towards the uterus within the next 48 hours. Spermatozoa can stay viable in the uterus for 72 hours. Thanks for trusting in HealthTap. ...Read more
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Do you believe in destroying a zygote thru abortion?
Faith issue: For the religious trained to believe that life begins at fertilization, loss of any fertilized egg or fetus is a killing. A few religions say life begins at implantation - mormons for instance. Many say nothing. If the death of a fertilized egg is abortion, than your diety is the big perpetrator since about 70-85% of ferilized eggs pass out without implantation. None of this is in the bible. ...Read more
What is zygote intrafallopian transfer?
ZIFT: Zygote intrafallopian transfer (zift) is a surgical, laparoscopic, procedure where a zygote is placed in the female's fallopian tube. The zygote continues to grow and migrates to the uterine cavity where it implants. ...Read moreSee 1 more doctor answer
Can being tipsy harm the egg, zygote, or baby?
Toxic effect: When ethanol is broken down in the body, byproducts including acetaldehyde can have a direct toxic effect on tissue formation.Some are more susceptible than others. The severity alcohol effects correlates directly with the intensity of alcohol exposure. There is no known safe level of alcohol consumption but occasional exposure is common & most kids with that history are fine. ...Read more
What comes first: blastocyst, zygote, or blastula?
Zygote: Zygote is first. It happens upon fertilization. ...Read more
Who could benefit from zygote intrafallopian transfer?
Old treament: Zift, or zygote intrafallopian transfer is an old technology that is no longer in use. It is more invasive than routine ivf because it requires abdominal surgery (laparoscopy) and pregnancy rates are lower. ...Read moreSee 1 more doctor answer
Who discovered the zygote intrafallopian transfer (zift)?
Zift: Not exactly sure. See: http://harvardmagazine.com/1997/11/f.science.htmlGet a more detailed answer ›
What is involved in zygote intrafallopian transfer (zift)?
ZIFT: Zygote intrafallopian trasfer (zift) is a laparoscopic surgical procedure where zygotes are placed in the fallopian tube of the female partner. The zygote will continue to grow and eventually migrate to the endometrial cavity to implant. ...Read more
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The exercise will help members of the Kidderminster Civic Society identify buildings of historical interest which may not be on the local heritage list and could benefit from inclusion.
The list is used to identify significant heritage buildings and sites and strengthen their role in the planning process.
The first in a series of meetings to complete the survey will take place tomorrow starting at 11am at the car park on the corner of New Road and Castle Road.
Those attending are encouraged to bring a clipboard and a digital camera and should email Stephen Bagust on firstname.lastname@example.com or call 01562 636134.


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In terms of blogging, 2016 was a wonderful year for this blog and me. What I did the whole year? Well, I read books, blogged about them, met new bloggers, and read their intriguing blog posts.
In terms of blogging, 2016 was a wonderful year for this blog and me. What I did the whole year? Well, I read books, blogged about them, met new bloggers, and read their intriguing blog posts.
Will 2017 be the year we finally get our hands on The Winds of Winter? I am eagerly waiting for it and I am sure you excited too. Thus, while we both wait for George R. R. Martin to finally disagree with Game of Thrones TV show's producers and to show gratitude towards the thirst of his fans and readers, we still have plenty to read and crave for in particular genre of science fiction as well as fantasy.
Continue reading "Science Fiction and Fantasy Books to Read in February 2017"
Writing a review of Meditations is a hard task since there is too much to describe and discuss in one post considering the idle length of a blog post, or of a book review or to have your attention till the end of the post, but it is not enough. I rejected the idea of writing a review before writing this review, several times. But as Marcus Aurelius said:
At dawn, when you have trouble getting out of bed, tell yourself: 'I have to go to work – as a human being. What do I have to complain of, if I'm going to do what I was born for – the things I was brought into the world to do? Or is this what I was created for? To huddle under the blankets and stay warm?'
Marcus Aurelius was a Roman Emperor from 161 to 180 AD. He is considered one of the most important Stoic philosophers and what we read today as Meditations is actually a personal notebook written by Marcus, for himself. He divided his work into 12 shorter volumes that comprise today the Meditations. One might question, what to learn from a man who is now a part of wandering dust, who is dead for almost 18 centuries? Wisdom. Wisdom is the crux of life.
In each of the 12 volumes, Marcus' writing is clear as he describes the virtue of one's life as a plot that progress as the essence of how universe as a whole works. In his journal, he reminds himself with understanding of universe is recursive in nature.
Everything have always been the same, and recuring, and it makes no difference whether you see the same things recur in a hundred year or two hundred, or in an infinite period.
There is no point in loathing how one's life is and Marcus writing helps one in endurance. He offers wisdom on how tackle endurance without affecting one's mental or physical state, constantly reminding us of the solo life we have. From the start of the book, Marcus focuses on the logos, the reasoning, the rational part of our minds, our thoughts our actions, each totally depended on one another. He emphasis the importance of work and discourages the distractions and desires we all have to deal in time. The presence of oneself, the conscious moment, and in that moment he encourages one to be patient and control our actions accordingly. His words shine a beam on the tolerance of nature and how one dislikes, disapproves of another, and reminds us that everyone have faults, thus, one should not concentrate his physical and mental energy on anger.
It's time to look back upon the best of Confessions of a Readaholic 2015- 'best' being the composition of articles you read and shared most and those I took pleasure in writing.
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2015 is going well for me in terms of reading. I have already some books ahead of my schedule to read 125 books this year and I am confident that I will be able to complete the challenge before the year comes to an end. This year I have read a variety of books. Fiction, non-fiction, many kind of sub-genres. Another good thing to happen is I have met many fellow bloggers who from time to time recommend me titles that I would have not known otherwise and I have picked some of them and I am glad and thankful for their recommendations.
Thus, here I am evaluating ten best books I have read so far in the year.
Laura van den Berg's debut novel FIND ME is a rare novel. You won't find it on everyone's bookshelf, and if you do, make a plea to let you read it, stop everything, and start reading.
The steadiness of this novel is will make you fond of the writer.
One of the best Rankin's book.
Norwegian Wood
Mesmerizing Murakam's words.
Anne Lamott's book is necessary for anyone who aspires to write for his own inner peace.
Another mesmerising Murakami's mesh for a reader to experience. His words, the structure, the flow of text, the plot, and the characters together build that mesh.
Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption
It's Shawshank Redemption and it is as good as the movie.
Zero to One presents at once an optimistic view of the future of progress and a new way of thinking about innovation.
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
A great fiction story for the love of books.
The Letters of Vincent van Gogh
One of the most amazing collection of letters I have ever read.
2014 has been a mixed bag year for me in reading. I have read a variety of authors, especially a lot of new authors this time, took non-fiction seriously and some interesting books on recommendations. My challenge to myself to read 100 books this year is on track and so far, as the year comes to half, I have read 49 books.
The challenge bar on the goodreads.com tells me that I am "one book ahead of the schedule" which means I am doing well. Thus, here I am evaluating ten best reads I had so far in the year.
10. Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
Winner of Man Booker Prize 2009, Wolf Hall is amazing story written surrealistically from the POV of Thomas Cromwell.
9. The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum
An exciting thriller, unfolds the story of an identity-less man. If you like the movie, you will love this book.
8. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
An important book in the history of man kind. Totally sci-fi and easy to visualize. True story which suites every era of man kind. Continue reading "TOP TEN TUESDAY: Top Ten books of 2014"
The summer has become hotter with the start of the FIFA World Cup 2014. Four days already and more than 40 goals in groups stage fixtures. Yesterday, Germany was fun to watch though. Thus, in the time of this major event, I have concluded a list of ten football (soccer) books a reader ( also a Football Nerd) can read when not watching the fixtures.
The Damned Utd by David Peace
Extraordinary sport's writer, David Peace's extraordinarily inventive novel tells the story of a world characterized by fear of failure and hunger for success set in the bleak heart of the 1970s.
Soccernomics by Simon Kuper & Stefan Syzmanski
Using insights and analogies from economics, statistics, psychology, and business to cast a new and entertaining light on how the game works,Soccernomics reveals the often surprisingly counter-intuitive truths about soccer. Continue reading "TOP TEN TUESDAY: Ten Books to read in the time of the World Cup"
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Personal musings of the day to day life of an SBM in 2017
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Blogging about relationships, friendships, and the art of genuine integrity and character!
I am the vine; you are the branches. The one who remains in Me and I in him produces much fruit, because you can do nothing without Me. John 15: 5
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An Introduction to Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, 2 edition
Behavioural Experiments
At the 2004 conference of the European Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies, there was a symposium entitled 'Where is the B in CBT?'. This chapter will outline an answer to that question, i.e. the place of behavioural methods in current CBT. We shall focus on one specific area where behaviour change is crucial: behavioural experiments (BEs), a CBT strategy that can be used to great effect in most if not all problems. Another common behavioural technique in CBT, activity scheduling, is described in the chapter on depression (Chapter 12), because that is where it is most widely used.
What are BEs?
The following discussion of BEs draws heavily on the recent volume devoted to the use of BEs in CBT, to which all three of the present authors contributed (Bennett-Levy, Butler, Fennell, Hackmann, Mueller & Westbrook, 2004). We shall adopt Bennett-Levy et al.'s operational definition of BEs:
Behavioural experiments are planned experiential activities, based on experimentation or observation, which are undertaken by patients in or between cognitive therapy sessions. Their design is derived directly from a cognitive formulation of the problem, and their primary purpose is to obtain new information which may help to: test the validity of the patients' existing beliefs about themselves, others, and the world; construct and/or test new, more adaptive, beliefs; contribute to the development and verification of the cognitive formulation.
(Bennett-Levy et al., 2004, p. 8)
This means that BEs are designed, like experiments in science, to generate evidence that will help us decide what hypothesis is best supported. But instead of testing scientific theories, BEs in CBT are designed to gather evidence that will help patients test the predictions that follow from their unhelpful cognitions or to test elements in a formulation. Chapters 7 and 8 have already addressed verbal methods for exploring cognitions and expanding the range of evidence that the client considers. BEs offer us a way of taking this a step further, by exploring beliefs through action and observation rather than just through verbal discussion, and by helping the client generate new evidence. BEs are therefore often used to follow up verbal discussion. Having explored a particular negative cognition and generated possible alternative views during a session, BEs may offer a useful way of testing out and consolidating these conclusions. They can help the client gather more cogent evidence as to whether the original negative cognition or the new alternative offers the best (most accurate or most helpful) view of a situation.
A client with social anxiety had the belief that he looked 'peculiar' (and that others would therefore disapprove of him). One piece of evidence for this belief was that he noticed when he went into the canteen at work that other people 'stared at' him. His response was to look down so as to avoid their gaze, to sit and eat alone and to focus closely on his plate. During CBT sessions, an alternative account was developed, namely that perhaps people tended to look at anyone who entered the canteen, because they were curious, rather than this behaviour's being exclusive to him and due to his 'peculiarity'; and, furthermore, that maybe his subsequent avoidance of looking at other people meant that he had no opportunity to observe whether this was true. This discussion led on to a BE designed to gather evidence about which account was most convincing. It was agreed that he would enter the canteen as usual but this time try to keep looking up and count roughly how many people looked at him. Then after he sat down, he would make an effort to continue looking around and to count how many people looked at anyone else who entered the canteen. He was able to do this and, somewhat to his surprise, found the new alternative belief amply supported. Some people in the canteen seemed to look up at anyone who entered, and there was no evidence that he attracted more curiosity than anyone else. He found this helpful in beginning to question the belief that he was 'peculiar'.
Another client with social anxiety was worried about the consequences of blushing during social interactions. She believed that if she blushed, other people would be bound to make negative judgements about her, for example that she was silly, or abnormal. Although she had occasionally been teased about her blushing, no one had ever actually expressed a negative evaluation because of it, but she tended to dismiss this on the grounds that they were just being kind to her. This client found it helpful to do a survey experiment. A question about reactions to people blushing was carefully constructed so that both she and the therapist agreed that it was reasonably unbiased (i.e. not obviously expecting either negative or positive responses – for example, not starting off with 'Would you think badly of such a person?', but a more neutral 'Would blushing have any impact on your opinion of such a person?'). Then the therapist distributed the question sheet to a number of work colleagues and friends to collect their responses – for this client, it was important that the people surveyed did not know her and were therefore less likely to be 'kind' in their answers. She found that most people thought blushing was quite charming and that the worst anyone thought was that someone blushing might be anxious and that they would therefore tend to feel sympathetic.
Behavioural experiments compared to behaviour therapy
BEs are derived from CBT's behavioural legacy, and some BEs may look like traditional behavioural methods such as exposure in vivo to anxiety-provoking situations. However, it is important to remember that the aims of, and the conceptual framework surrounding, BEs are quite different from traditional behavioural therapy. In the latter, the most common conceptual model is of exposure leading tohabituation. To put it in very crude terms (with apologies to learning theorists, whose ideas are actually far more complex than this) the idea is that exposure to anxiety-provoking stimuli leads to the anxiety response gradually dying away as the person gets used to the situation. An analogy sometimes used is that if I suddenly make a loud noise, you will probably be startled, but if I repeatedly make a loud noise every 10 seconds for the next 10 minutes, then you will probably gradually stop being startled and react less.
In contrast to this model, BEs in CBT are quintessentially a cognitive strategy, explicitly aimed at generating information and/or testing out beliefs, not at promoting habituation of anxiety responses. If we consider the treatment of someone with agoraphobia and panic who fears supermarkets, both traditional behaviour therapy and CBT might suggest that it would be useful for the client to visit a supermarket, but the goals and thinking behind the strategy (and hence the exact procedure to be followed) would be quite different:
- Behavioural exposurewould aim for the person to learn a new response to supermarkets, which would involve staying in the situation long enough (and repeating exposure often enough) for the anxiety response to die away. No particular attention would be paid to thoughts or beliefs; all that would be thought necessary is for a client to overcome his avoidance for long enough for habituation to occur. In order to assist this, exposure would usually be graduated, i.e. working up a hierarchy of increasing levels of anxiety, trying to make sure that he was not too anxious at any point (although there is also a form of exposure known as flooding, in which clients are exposed to the most fear-provoking situation from the beginning).
- If using a behavioural experimentwithin CBT, the visit to a supermarket would follow a cognitive understanding of the person's negative predictions about what might happen. The primary goal of the visit would be to help him test out these negative beliefs by seeing whether what he fears actually happens: does he actually collapse/die/pass out, or whatever it may be? His level of anxiety, although of course an important clinical concern, would not be the primary focus during the experiment – or at least not unless being anxious played a part in his negative beliefs (e.g. 'If I become very anxious I will lose control and go mad'). In the latter case, it might actually be important to an adequate BE that he did become very anxious, in order to test out this belief. Therefore, although it still might be clinically necessary to tackle the situation in a graded way, neither this nor repeated exposure is essential to a BE: the heart of the matter is simply to test out thoughts and beliefs as thoroughly and convincingly as possible, and this can sometimes happen with just one experiment.
Part of the appeal of BEs in CBT is that they offer a possible way of getting around a common problem in interventions that depend primarily on verbal methods, namely responses like, 'Well I can see intellectually that this is a more logical way of looking at it, but it still feels like my negative thought is true'. By testing out thoughts and beliefs in action, rather than just through words, BEs can help to develop a more 'gut feel' kind of learning. They are also useful in almost every kind of psychological problem, in contrast to exposure, which is focused on anxiety problems.
Efficacy of BEs
The evidence on whether BEs are any more or less effective than exposure is limited at present. In a recent systematic review – the first on this topic – McMillan and Lee (2010) included 14 relevant studies, covering panic, social anxiety, OCD and specific phobias. Although they are appropriately cautious in their conclusions because of various methodological problems, their summary is that 'there was some evidence that behavioral experiments were more effective than exposure alone …' (McMillan & Lee, 2010, last line of Abstract). More and better evidence is needed, but this is the best we have at the moment.
Figure 9.1 Types of behavioural experiment
Types of behavioural experiment
We can usefully distinguish two dimensions along which BEs may vary: hypothesis-testing versus discovery BEs; and active versus observational BEs (Bennett-Levy et al., 2004). Putting these together, we have a diagram of possible BEs (Figure 9.1).
Hypothesis-testing versus discovery
Hypothesis-testing BEs are perhaps the closest to the classical scientific experiment. In such experiments we either start from one hypothesis, or from both of two relatively clear hypotheses – often known as Theory A and Theory B. Theory A is the client's initial belief or explanation, for example 'People look at me because I look peculiar'. Theory B is the new, alternative belief, often based on the CBT formulation or perhaps worked out during a CBT session between client and therapist, e.g. 'People look at anyone coming into a room, out of curiosity – there is nothing special about me'. When we can state at least one of these hypotheses reasonably clearly, then we have the necessary conditions for a BE in which the aim is to find some clear evidence bearing on the hypothesis. We may either test Theory A or Theory B alone (the question to be tested is then 'Does this theory correctly predict what happens in this situation?'); or we may compare the two theories to see which one works best in predicting the observed outcomes – as in the canteen experiment above. The aim is to find some predicted consequence of the hypothesis that is in principle observable so that the client can tell whether his prediction comes true.
Hypothesis-testing experiments are the most common, and often the most useful, but clients sometimes have no clear hypothesis to test, perhaps because they have not yet worked out a clear statement of their negative cognitions or because they can't yet even conceive of an alternative. In such cases it may be useful to do discovery BEs, aiming to explore in a more open-minded way 'What would happen if I did X?'. For example, 'What would happen if I were to talk a bit more openly about myself to other people? How would I feel? How would they react? Perhaps I can find out …'.
Active versus observational
The second distinction is between:
- BEs in which the client is an active participant, in the sense of going out and actively doing something to generate information – often something different to his usual behaviour.
- BEs in which the client is observing events or gathering already available evidence rather than actively doing something different.
The canteen experiment is an example of an active experiment; the blushing survey is an example of an observational experiment.
Observational experiments can include therapist modelling, where the client observes the therapist doing something, so that he can see what happens without too much 'risk' to himself:
For example, a client who fears collapsing in a supermarket might find it useful to observe what happens. After identifying what the client's negative predictions are, therapist and client can go to a supermarket together, the therapist can pretend to collapse, and the client can observe what actually happens.
Many other kinds of information-gathering are possible:
A client with social anxiety was worried about not having anything important or clever to say. He found it useful to observe how other people carry on conversations, which led to his realising that most ordinary conversations are pretty mundane, not necessarily containing profound topics or deep thoughts.
It may also be useful for the client to gather information from books or the Internet.
A client with claustrophobia found some detailed information on the Internet about the risks of suffocation in confined spaces, including a calculation of how long one might survive in an airtight room!
Most classic behavioural experiments fall into the top-left quadrant of Figure 9.1 (Theory A), but there are useful examples in the other quadrants as well. See Bennett-Levy et al. (2004) for a comprehensive collection. Using one or more of these approaches, the aim is to work out something the client can do, in or between sessions, that will help him generate or gather more evidence relevant to his negative cognitions.
Planning and implementing behavioural experiments
Careful planning is a crucial preliminary to most successful BEs. There are several essential components:
- Ensure that both you and the client clearly understand the purpose and rationale of the experiment, and always plan experiments collaboratively. BEs should not be unilaterally assigned in the last two minutes of a session, nor should they be done just because a protocol says you should be doing them! They should grow out of the session as a logical way to move things forward. Remember, it is desirable to involve the client in thinking about BEs and homework: 'Given what we've been discussing in this session, what do you think might be useful to take this further between now and the next session?'
- Particularly for hypothesis-testing experiments, spend time getting clear about what cognition(s) are to be tested and the client's negative predictions about what might happen. This step is crucial, because a BE aimed at a poorly defined cognition will rarely be effective. For example, your client may fear approaching a particular situation without safety behaviours, and his initial prediction may well be something vague, like 'It will be awful'. You are unlikely to be able to test this prediction, because it is not precisely defined. How can you or the client tell whether it is 'awful' or not? What exactly constitutes 'awful'? Furthermore, this kind of BE may indeed turn out to be 'awful', at least in the sense that the client feels anxious. It will usually be much better to work out a clear prediction such as, 'I will collapse' or 'People will laugh at me': something that (a) distinguishes between the belief to be tested and possible alternatives; and (b) can be developed into reasonably clear criteria that will enable both client and therapist to determine unambiguously whether it has happened.
- Having identified a clear cognition, have the client rate how strongly he believes it on a scale from 0 to 100% (0% Not at all, to 100% Absolutely certain it's true) to provide a baseline against which any change can be measured.
- Choose the best type of experiment to test the cognition, e.g. an active experiment or an observational experiment. Partly this decision will depend on what point the client has reached in shifting his thinking and how threatening the experiment appears to him. Observational BEs are often less threatening and therefore may be a useful first step before moving on to active BEs.
A survey experiment for a man with body dysmorphic disorder involved getting a number of people who did not know him to look at photographs of him and several other people to see whether he was singled out – as he feared he would be – for the 'ugliness' of his nose. As is common in such experiments, the wording of the questions to respondents needed careful consideration so that the questions were meaningful without leading respondents to any particular response. In this case he agreed that he did not want respondents to be focusing especially on him or initially on noses, so early questions were framed along the lines of 'Do any of these people's faces seem unusual in any way? If so, in what way?'; only later did the survey ask respondents to rate noses specifically.
- In planning BEs you need to pay reasonable attention to safety and risk. This should be done in a balanced way, bearing in mind that CBT is about realistic thinking, not generalised positive or negative thinking; and that the risks of doing a particular BE need to be weighed against the risks of notdoing it (in terms of potential reduced treatment efficacy and therefore an increased risk of continuing to have significant anxiety problems). It is important not simply to feed your client's anxiety by suggesting excessive caution, but it is equally important not to ignore significant risk. So, for example, you need to take care with experiments involving strenuous physical exercise if there is any reason to suppose your client has relevant physical problems (e.g. pulmonary or cardiac problems – if so, ask the GP or other doctor for a physical assessment); or if an experiment involves walking down the street to test a fear of being attacked then you obviously need to be reasonably confident that it is in fact safe (e.g. it is a street where most people would not hesitate to walk). Keep a sense of proportion. We need to consider significant risks but we also need to remember the message we often give to patients: that not much in life is absolutely 100% safe!
- Design BEs so that as far as possible they are 'no lose', i.e. whatever happens, the client will have gained something. If the experiment 'works' in the sense that negative predictions are not borne out, then that is useful; but equally if some part of the negative prediction is confirmed, that can still be useful if we have learned something and now need to think about what made that happen, which in turn can lead to further productive exploration and new BEs.
- For the same reason, try to be genuinely open-minded about the outcome of BEs. Do not approach them in a way that suggests to the client that you already know for sure what will happen. If the BE does not work out the way you predict, then the client may lose confidence in you and may also feel that he must have failed. It is much better to be genuinely curious: 'I really don't know for sure what will happen here, but maybe it won't be as bad as you fear – how about finding out?'
- Similarly, try to anticipate with the client what might be difficult or go wrong and then develop and rehearse strategies for coping with such setbacks. If you are doing a BE involving other's reactions, what will the client do if indeed he does get a negative response? If the BE involves a client with agoraphobia going into a supermarket alone, how will he cope if he does have a panic attack? BEs are much more likely to be helpful if you have considered such problems beforehand.
- Notwithstanding all of the above, do not ignore the potential for doing spontaneous BEs, prompted by something that has happened within a session. For example, when discussing with someone who fears cardiac problems the effects of a safety behaviour like avoiding exertion, it may be possible to suggest doing a BE right now – for example, running up and down the stairs a couple of times to see what happens. Sometimes your client may be more willing to try something on the spur of the moment than he would be if he has a week to worry about it. This obviously needs to be carefully done, and the client must be clear that he can refuse if he wants to, but it can be very productive.
The experiment itself
Experiments may be carried out by your client independently, for example as part of homework, or your client may carry them out with you – in session or outside in the real world. The latter in vivoexperiments can be very useful, both because you can support and encourage your client and because they offer invaluable opportunities for you to learn more about the problems: in vivo BEs frequently generate previously unknown thoughts and beliefs, safety behaviours and so on. If you are accompanying your client, there are several things you can be aware of in order to increase the chances of a successful outcome; if your client is trying a BE alone, then you can make him aware of these factors:
- Encourage your client to be fully engaged in the situation rather than just 'going through the motions'. He needs to understand that usually if a BE does not result in any anxiety (for example, because he is distracting himself or not really pushing against his limits) then the BE is less likely to be useful.
- You and/or your client need to be continually monitoring his thoughts and emotions, both in order to be aware of any changes, whether positive or negative, and to be sure that the BE is going along the right lines. For example, it is unusual for a client to go through a BE without feeling at least some discomfort during it; if he remains completely unaffected, it would be wise to investigate whether he is subtly avoiding, or performing safety behaviours. On the other hand, if there is no positive change at all in the client's thoughts or emotional state during a BE, it may indicate that the cognitions have not really been touched, and it may be useful to think about taking it further, or doing something different.
- As noted above, BEs by their very nature are to some degree unpredictable, and the unexpected can and does happen. You and/or your client need to be flexible and ready to respond to unexpected events.
After the experiment
In order to make the most of a BE, it is important to take time to 'de-brief' and help the client reflect on what happened:
- First, you need to go through with the client what actually happened. What were his thoughts? How did he feel? Did events go as predicted or were there significant differences to his predictions? If so, what were they? Did he still use any safety behaviours to prevent some disaster (if so, it may be important to try again with reduced or eliminated safety behaviours)?
- Second, it is important to help the client reflect on the meaning of the BE. What does this tell him that he didn't know before (about himself, or others, or the world in general)? How can he make sense of what happened? Does it have any implications for how he might tackle similar situations in the future? Are there any follow-up BEs that might be useful to extend or generalise his conclusions? Finally, have the client re-rate his belief in the cognitions tested so that both of you can see whether there has been any change.
This post-experiment reflection can help the client gain the maximum possible value from the experiment and may also help reduce the risk of his devaluing the results of the experiment as old habits reassert themselves.
Below is a record sheet that you may find helpful for you and your client to record the planning and carrying out of BEs (Figure 9.2).
Common problems in behavioural experiments
BEs can be an extremely powerful way of changing cognitions and emotions, but, as noted above, their complexity and unpredictability also mean that there is plenty of scope for things to go in unexpected directions. Many of these risks can be avoided by careful planning and preparation, but this section gives some further ideas about how to cope with some common problems.
Figure 9.2 Behavioural experiment record sheet
Therapist worries
It is important to recognise that therapists, as well as clients, may have worries about BEs. If these become too intense, you may communicate your doubts to your client and thus reinforce his fears. It is acceptable – maybe even desirable – for you sometimes to be pushing your own limits, for example, by doing things in public that trigger your own social anxieties. But it is also important that you approach BEs in a positive and encouraging way: 'This may be a bit scary, but it's not going to be a catastrophe.'
Finding a graceful retreat
Even with the best planning in the world, sometimes things go wrong: the test turns out to be harder than you or the client thought; other people react in precisely the 'wrong' way; or the client's nerve fails him. It is at these times that therapeutic skill and creativity are most needed, to find a way to retreat with grace in such a way that the client does not feel he has completely 'failed'. A good general rule is to try always to finish with a success, no matter how small. If the original aim is clearly too ambitious, try to find a smaller goal that the client can accomplish before finishing the exercise.
Experiments that 'fail'
If negative predictions do come true, then we can still learn something useful by examining carefully what happened. Was it just an unlucky chance outcome, or did the client do something that produced that result? Is there some other aspect of cognition or behaviour whose effect we have not fully taken into account? Are there subtle forms of avoidance or other safety behaviours that are reducing the impact of the experiment? It is important to use such 'failures' constructively – even negative information can tell us something we can use to make therapy ultimately more effective.
Therapist–client relationship
There are different demands on the therapeutic relationship between a typical office-based therapy and BEs in CBT where, for example, you may be going to a supermarket with your client and falling over in the shop so that he can observe how others react. What professional issues does this raise? What kind of conversation is acceptable when you are outside the office and not 'on task'? It is important to reflect on these issues and discuss them in clinical supervision so that you can arrive at a way of relating that feels reasonably comfortable to both you and the client whilst respecting essential professional and ethical boundaries (see Chapter 3).
- Behavioural experiments (BEs) involve the active gathering or generating of evidence that will help to test our clients' – or our own – thoughts and beliefs.
- BEs therefore offer a way to go beyond purely verbal examination of cognitions by testing them out in the real world. As such, they may lead to more 'gut level' learning.
- There are different types of BE, including hypothesis-testing vs. exploratory BEs, and active vs. observational BEs.
- To help clients get the most out of BEs, it is usually best to plan and carry them out carefully – although there is also a useful role for occasional impromptu BEs, done on the spur of the moment in response to something that comes out of a session.
- BEs sometimes demand an active role for therapists in doing activities with clients outside the therapy office. This can challenge therapists' fears, as well as patients'.
Learning exercises
Review and reflection:
- If you are new to BEs, then take a few minutes to think about your thoughts and feelings in relation to them. You might think particularly whether you have your own worries about doing BEs, as we mentioned above. If so, what could you do about that? Can you come up with any alternative views? Have you any evidence to support or contradict your worries? Remember this is one of those areas where our ownsusceptibility to negative thoughts and beliefs may be prominent, and may block us from trying out effective procedures.
- What are your own views about how to relate to clients when you are doing BEs together outside the therapy office? Reflect on these questions and perhaps discuss them with your supervisor.
Taking it forward:
- If you are new to BEs, or have doubts about them as discussed above, perhaps you can do BEs about BEs. Review your caseload with your supervisor; think about which of your clients' beliefs you might be able to test through BEs; devise appropriate BEs; and then review the results with your supervisor.
- When you try out doing BEs, do they seem to offer any of the benefits to clients that we have suggested above? Do any disasters follow? On balance does the use of BEs seem useful or not?
Further reading
Bennett-Levy, J., Butler, G., Fennell, M., Hackmann, A., Mueller, M., & Westbrook, D. (Eds). (2004). The Oxford guide to behavioural experiments in cognitive therapy. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
The essential guide to BEs, with ideas about conceptualising them, guides to using them in different disorders, and many practical examples of actual BEs used with clients.


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Mr Pegram said: "The merger was an obvious succession planning route for Jim, as he has been looking for a way to hand the business on.
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Noah sitting in the snow
I Love Snow Days!
Super Savings Tuesday!
Now I know what some of you might be thinking...are you really saving money when you are driving to 4 different stores. Fortunately for us, those stores are all within a one mile radius of our house. I made the trip in a total of two hours, and that was really due to driving b/c I was super fast in the stores...or at least I felt like I was. :)
All of the refridgerator and freezer items
All of the panty items plus soda
The list of items I bought includes: 2 twelve packs of Faygo Cream Soda, 4 boxes of assorted pasta, 4 boxes of pudding, 2 Dove deoderants, 2 bottles of Listerine, Reynolds Wrap foil, 2 cans of chicken noodle soup, Windex wipes (have a rebate to make these free), 2 containers of Lysol wipes, Colgate toothpaste, 2 bottles of Soft Scrub, 2 boxes of Corn Pops, Intuition Razor, Head and Shoulders Shampoo (to see if it will help get rid of Noah's cradle cap), Gillette Shampoo, Skintimate shaving gel, 3 jars of Beech Nut baby food, 2 boxes of Ritz Crackers, 2 packages of paper plates, Puffs tissues, Carefree pantiliners, 2 boxes of Beech Nut baby cereal (Rice and Oatmeal), CVS hand lotion, 2 HIP eye shadows, 2 packages of Ball Park hot dogs, eggs, Nestle break-n-bake cookies, Texas Toast, 2 packages of premium dog treats, organic bananas, 3 lbs of pears, and 2 lbs of peaches (all fruit is for Noah's baby food).
Are you ready for the grand totals?? Note that I did two separate purchases at both CVS and Walgreens to get the most out of my savings.
Stores /Money Spent/ Money Saved
Meijer /$11.29/ $10.37
Marsh /$24.68/ $28.79
Walgreens #1 /$18.25/ $11.68
Walgreens #2 /$0.93/ $16.63
Total Products Value: $164.78
Total Spent: $73.75 - I only paid 45% of the products' value
Total Saved: $91.23 (YIPPEEEE!!!) That is a 55% savings!!!
Plus, I have a raincheck for more Beech Nut baby food at Marsh because they were all sold out but the deal was 4/$1. I was told to always ask for rainchecks, and I'm glad I did! I also have a $4 in Extra Care Bucks from CVS to put toward my next purchase. Again, the idea is to buy things on sale and add coupons on top of those sales. My stockpile has begun, and it's looking really good!! I felt so good coming home last night and showing off all my deals to Ryan. I also learned a couple things. First, just because a store (at least the ones I went to) say 2/$5, that doesn't mean you can't just buy one item for $2.50. So, if I have a coupon for $1.50 off one item, and it is on sale 2/$5, I will just buy the one item, making it cost just $1. However, if my coupon is $2 off 2 items, I will go ahead and get both products. Also, when shopping at Walgreens and CVS, you can use multiple Register Rewards or Extra Care Bucks on your purchases. For example, I had a $4.50 RR and $2.00 RR and was able to use both at one time on my purchases. I still need to get out to Kroger today because they are having some great deals and today is the last day before their sales change. Wish me luck in our 10 inches of snow as I head out to Kroger later tonight!!!
He's on the Move!
Noah's First Birthday Party
Noah meeting Baby Kayla for the first time
Candace and Jackson (with his faux hawk) surrounded by kids while opening presents
I Love Saving Money!
My friend Beckie is the goddess of spending wisely. She came over a couple weeks ago to give me her tutorial about how to save as much money grocery shopping. I really thought I had the hang of things...making a menu each week and only buying things that we needed for those meals. While I know I was saving money, I'm going to try Beckie's method for shopping. Rather than buy what you need at that very moment, Beckie's method is to buy things only when they are on sale...and when you can add coupons to the sales in order to get the best prices. Of course you can't always do that...for example with milk...but for most things it does work great. In one shopping trip to Walgreens, CVS (these have some of the very best deals I've noticed!), and Meijer, I spent $83 (I only had $90 left in my budget) and saved $55 with coupons and sale prices. Can you believe that??? I wish I had taken a picture of everything I bought. My favorite deal was getting five 12 packs of Pepsi products and 2 bags of Frito Lay products, which totalled $20 and getting $10 in register rewards at Walgreens. I turned around and bought paper towels and toilet paper and almost got them for free. I was so excited, I laid everything out on the counter and took Ryan on a tour of all our great deals. :) I should also mention that I did my shopping from 9-10:30 p.m. after Noah was in bed so I didn't have to worry about rushing back to feed him. The stores were empty (of course), so it was just me, my coupons, my calculator, and isles of products. :) Here are some really great websites to use:
http://www.thegrocerygame.com/ (I am going to sign up for this program this week - and if you decide to do it someday, say that I referred you!)
The Grocery Game basically does all of the work for you. You have to pay a small fee monthly (like $4 at most I think), and you can find out where to get the best deals on items. It's a weekly list of the lowest-priced products at your supermarket matched with manufacturers' coupons and specials -- advertised and unadvertised. They do all the hard work and research, and present it to you in a straightforward format. My friend Beckie showed me her list, and you wouldn't believe all of the free items you can get by using manufacturer coupons and store coupons/sales. It's pretty wild! You can even make money on many occasions. I'll let you know how it goes when I start. For now, I've just been looking at the weekly grocery ads and writing down everything I want to buy, trying to find coupons to match, etc. Needless to say, it's been a lot of work. I'm really looking forward to trying something more efficient!!
My favorite deal of the day is my new Kitchenaid Mixer! I finally bought one today after eyeing them for the past 2-3 years. The one that was perfect for me is originally $240. Kohls had a deal where I could buy the mixer for $199.99. If I went in today before 1 p.m., I could get an extra 15% off ($30). This brought the price to $169.99. I had a $15 dollar off coupon in my Zoobook. Plus, I signed up for Kohls emails and got to print a $5 off coupon. This brought the price to $149.99. PLUS...my mom got me a $50 gift card to Kohls for my birthday, bringing the grand total to $100!!! Not only that, but Kohls was also offering a $20 Kohls gift card by mail through one of their rebate programs. So, I technically spent $80 out of my pocket since I'm going to get a $20 gift card soon. I'm so excited because I love this mixer AND I got a great deal. These people behind me were watching the lady scanning all my coupons and gift cards, and they were like, "How much did you end up paying?" "That's incredible!" "You must be a super shopper!" It was funny...and it felt really good. :)
So what does this have to do with Noah, probably not a whole lot at the moment. I am hoping, though, that as he gets older, he makes responsible choices with his money, too. I hope that we are good role models for him in this way. I look forward to giving him an allowance each month for doing work around the house. I like the idea of it being monthly rather than weekly. :) Plus, I am excited to help him understand the importance of giving some of your money away. I think it will be neat to see him decide how to tithe his money...whether it's to purchase food for our church's food bank, buy gifts for children at Christmas, cancer research, homeless people, animal shelters, etc....it will be Noah giving some of what he has earned to other people or organizations that really need the money to get their needs met. I'm watching him now, bouncing in his Baby Einstein bouncer, and just thinking how beautiful he is and how much I love him. I really don't think life gets better than this.
Noah's Playroom
The toy to the left is the one that Dan and Kristen got him for Christmas
One of My Favorite Things
Noah's First Christmas
Christmas for us began on Sunday, December 21st with my mom, Kent, my uncle Tom, and my grandparents. After an awesome church service on God's grace, Ryan, Noah, and I drove down to Martinsville where my mom and Kent live. We had lots of delicious appetizers and had a dirty Santa exchange. Noah got a Leap Frog Activity Table and a cute little outfit from his Nana and Grandpa Bauer. His great grandparents picked out a big stuffed dog for him (you'll see it in a picture later). I thought this gift was especially neat because they gave me a HUGE Nipper Dog (the RCA dog) when I was little. It's fun to think that even after they are in Heaven, Noah will have that big dog to remember them. By the way, Noah had so much fun opening his gifts! He would wave his arms and jump up and down while opening his gifts. It was really cute and unexpected for him to be so involved with opening them at his age! Ryan got a new saw and now won't have to borrow the neighbor's every times he needs one, and I got another Stephanie Meyer book (which I finished two days ago), some fun stuff to do my nails, and a Willow Tree figurine. It was a great day with our family!On Christmas Eve Eve, we were having some pretty terrible weather around Indy. We drove through the city, which was a good thing since 465 got shut down that evening, in order to get to Ryan's parents' house. Noah woke up with about 20 minutes to go in the car and began SCREAMING! I'm telling you, there is nothing so overwhelming as a screaming baby (not fussing - bloody murder screaming) while driving in bad weather. By the time we reached Ryan's parents' house, I just handed Noah over to his Mama and took a little break to unload the car and gather myself. :) We have a tradition that every Christmas Eve Eve, our family and Ryan's sister's family both stay with Ryan's parents (Noah's Mama and Papa). We had a delicious Christmas dinner and just hung out with each other. Noah put up a HUGE fight that night trying to go to bed. Typically, I rock him for a couple minutes and put him in his crib awake. I didn't want him to ever rely on me rocking him in order to get him to fall asleep. We wanted Noah to be able to soothe himself to sleep. Well, this particular night, he just SCREAMED and SCREAMED and SCREAMED! After about an hour of fighting us, he finally went to sleep. I was so exhausted! We woke up the next morning and opened gifts. It was really fun because Ryan and I picked out great gifts for Mady, Mikayla, and Micah, and we loved watching their faces as they opened their gifts. Mady got the Gourmet Cupcake Maker, Mikayla got an Easy Bake Oven, and Micah got this huge race car track set. They were so excited! Noah got a Baby Einstein book, a Polar Bear toy (shown in a picture below), and some money for his savings account. I feel like I'm forgetting something...but I hope not! Kelli's family picked out a little bongo drum toy for Noah, and Kelli also got Noah a Calvin and Hobbs book that has an entire collection of comics. She wrote Noah the sweetest letter inside the book about how Ryan used to love to read Calvin and Hobbs and would just laugh and laugh. It was a really thoughtful gift! Noah got tired about halfway through opening gifts and needed to take his morning nap. So after putting him down, we finished opening gifts and had breakfast. Awhile after that, Kelli's family had to go home to get ready for church, as their church has Christmas Eve services, and Joel works at the church. Ryan, Noah, Kya, and I headed home and just relaxed. I made some Christmas cookies with my awesome cookie press (thanks Kel!), and Noah and Ryan set out a few cookies and some milk for Santa. Then we put the little man to bed. We watched It's a Wonderful Life, a tradition that we started a few years ago, and then headed to bed ourselves.
On Christmas morning, we came downstairs, and Kya got to enjoy her presents first. Then, Noah opened his gifts! Santa brought him a nice toybox...that Santa sure knows what he's doing! He knew we needed somewhere to put all of those toys. :) Ryan and I also bought him a little Sit-to-Stand toy and a car wash toy that he'll someday get to play with in the bath tub. For now, he likes to play with it in his new play room.
Well, that was Christmas this year. Again, most of these details are mostly for Noah as he gets older. We know he won't remember his first Christmas, but at least he'll be able to read about it. We hope you had a very Merry Christmas, too!!


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I'm running Red Hat EL5, printing with CUPS to networked HP Laserjet printers. On a couple of my printers, the first print job prints out fine, then consecutive print jobs don't print (though the CUPS log says they do). Has anyone seen something like this before or has any ideas? Waiting 30-45 minutes allows us to print another job ok.
Jan 9, 2012 at 12:20 UTC
Sounds like a bad driver. Did you try reinstalling?
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Jan 9, 2012 at 10:24 UTC
does it still show it when you do lpstat,
you could do "service cups restart" and see if it kicks out (then put it in a scipt and place it in the cron.daily/hourly)
are your network settings correct (dns/default gateway?) you can do so by cat /etc/resolv.conf"" command
Jan 9, 2012 at 12:20 UTC
Sounds like a bad driver. Did you try reinstalling?
Jan 10, 2012 at 5:42 UTC
Thanks for the response on such an old post. It's appreciated.
I went back and forth with Red Hat on this for a few weeks as well. I've restarted CUPS as well as the server. I've updated to the latest version of CUPS, and also installed the latest driver package for the printer. We were previously using the generic LaserJet driver. The updated driver fixed the issue for console printing, as well as for normal programs such as Firefox. Our ERP system, MFG/PRO, is the only program left with the odd behavior. Unfortunately, it seems to invoke its own printer control strings, and I'm totally clueless as to what those should be.
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Southern men's basketball coach Roman Banks has been looking for more consistency from his team all season.
The Jaguars (4-11) were up and down during a pre-conference schedule comprising 10 road games and four home games.
Even though Southern won its Southwestern Athletic Conference opener against Prairie View 68-56 on Saturday, its performance had its ups and downs as well.
"It's always been about consistency for us," Banks said. "Being consistent, playing hard, playing tough, challenging each shot, coming down and challenging them back on the offensive end. We've got to start being consistent."
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Southern led by as many as six points early against Prairie View, but its turnovers mounted to 13 as the Panthers took a five-point halftime lead. Prairie View led by three midway through the second half before the Jaguars went on a pivotal 18-3 run.
The defensive intensity picked up during the run, the turnovers dwindled to six after halftime, and the Jaguars made 17 of their last 21 free throws. So Southern wound up winning fairly easily despite the uneven performance.
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Southern endured a lot of ups and downs during the challenging pre-conference schedule.
"(Coach Banks) talks about consistency all the time," guard Christopher Hyder said. "We go out there and play hard, but we're up and down so consistency is big with us.
"(SWAC play) is definitely a second season. All the other games go out the window. Conference is the only thing that counts really."
Texas Southern (4-10) finished strong in its own challenging pre-conference schedule, beating then-No. 25 Michigan State by seven, losing to Auburn by one point, beating Kansas State by two and losing to New Mexico State by two.
The Tigers won their conference opener at Alcorn State 72-55 on Saturday.
Last season, the road team won both meetings as Southern won 79-71 in Houston and Texas Southern won 67-64 in the Clark Activity Center.
The Jaguars are playing consecutive home games for the fist time since their first two games of the season.
"We need to take what we've learned and put it all together," Trelun Banks said.
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