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Debbie Szatkowski knew she wanted to settle in Tyler; her sister lives here, and Ms. Szatkowski, recently retired from NASA, was beginning to need more help with their mother.
But when she started looking for a place to build a home, she found her choices were limited.
"I knew I wanted to build," said the retired engineer. "But finding a lot was very difficult for us."
She settled on a builder, Mike Pardue, after touring his house on display in last year's Parade of Homes. That was easy, she said. Finding the right location, with an available lot, was tougher.
"It was either Oak Hollow or The Crossing," she said. "Hollytree was tied up. There just weren't any other lots to choose from. The Crossing was more appropriate for us. So that's where we're building."
Ms. Szatkowski's experience is a good indicator of how the housing market fared in 2016. It was a record year, with brisk sales and steadily increasing prices. But there are some pressures - fewer available starters and mid-size homes, a dearth of lots for builders and a rising population - that could mean some market distortion in the future. Demand is clearly outstripping supply.
Pardue, who is building Ms. Szatkowski's home, said builders are having trouble keeping up. Pardue builds both custom homes and spec houses.
"We can't even start a new (spec) house without selling it before it's even finished," said Pardue, who has been building homes since 1993. "And we get three or so custom plans we bid on each week. Things are just selling like hotcakes."
In 2016, a record number of Smith County homes sold. A total of 2,539 home sales closed, compared to 2015's 2,492 (that was also a record year).
Kyle Smith, who chairs the Greater Tyler Association of Realtors, said the numbers are healthy.
"In 2016, we saw a lot of buyers searching a limited market of available properties," Smith said. "What that meant was a shorter time on the market (for homes), higher prices and competitive offers on properties. That helped push prices up."
In fact, the average price was more than 4 percent higher than last year. The average sales price for 2016 was $208,329, compared to 2015's average of $199,568.
That's true of the median sales price, as well. The median sales price for 2016 was $175,000, up 4.48 percent over 2015's $167,500.
The median home price is the midpoint of home sales prices - in 2016, the selling price of the 1,270th home sold. It's a useful gauge, because it isn't skewed by unusually high (or unusually low) home prices.
Another useful gauge is the average days-on-market. That figure was 62 for 2016, down from the 67 days the average home stayed on the market in 2015.
"We had a great year," said GTAR's Smith. "We had good numbers - even with the tight market and a lack of inventory, we still saw record sales. That should push us unto 2017 with a strong, healthy market."
Yet there are some troubling indicators, he acknowledged. For one thing, credit remains tight.
"There are a lot of banks with huge reserves right now," Smith said. "They're sitting on the money and not making anything on it. It's a sad thing for the businesses and homeowners. That means buyers are not able to capitalize on good interest rates when it's really in their interest to do so."
Yet that could be changing.
"We saw a lot of people in the 2005-2009 (Great Recession) timeframe who lost homes or who had other credit issues arise," Smith said. "This has put people into a recovery period. They're coming back into the market now, and they're looking at a home as a good long-term investment."
Consumer confidence is higher, he added.
And if President Donald Trump makes good on his talk of rolling back some of the financial regulations put in place in response to the recession, "That would put money into the housing market," Smith said.
Still, it's not tight credit that is the most serious challenge facing the Tyler and Smith County housing market. It's lack of inventory - particularly starter homes and mid-price houses. That's where the demand is. But it's not what's being built.
According to the Texas A&M Real Estate Center, about half of all homes sold in Smith County last year were priced between $100,000 and $199,999. Those figures match 2015, with slightly more homes in the $150,000 to $199,999 range (the uptick in that number is explained by rising home prices.).
Of the remaining homes sold, more are priced above $200,000 than below $100,000. And nearly 7 percent of the homes sold in 2016 cost $400,000 and up.
"I can tell you as a builder, if you were set up to build homes in the $180,000 to $200,000 price range, those would sell like you wouldn't believe," said Pardue. "So why isn't anyone doing it? One of the reasons goes back to lots. The lots just aren't there. Developers haven't put in subdivisions - at least yet - for those start homes."
And the lots in existing subdivisions - the ones that are available - are so expensive, they drive up the cost above what new homebuyers and young families are able to afford, Pardue said.
A market demand this big just begs to be filled, said GTAR's Smith.
"No one in Tyler, right now, is building affordable housing," Smith said. "Builders are building $300,000 to 400,000 and up. We have very few options at $250,000 and below. We need someone to step in and build those homes."
And eventually, someone will, he said.
"Commercial real estate developers look for a market to have a minimum of 100,000 population within the immediate market," Smith said. "And just recently, in the last few years, we have hit that mark within Tyler. Now we're seeing the big chains and big box stores coming into Tyler. And I think soon we're going to see the big home builders coming in from outside, because no one here is filling that void."
Population is one of the factors putting pressure on the real estate market. People are moving to Tyler and Smith County, and the housing market can't keep up.
Tom Mullins, at the Tyler Area Economic Development Council, said Smith County gained about 3,500 in 2016.
"Approximately half of those are new births, and half are new residents," Mullins explained. "And they all need someplace to live."
Trend charts show that Smith County and Tyler continue to draw people, from young people coming for the colleges and universities, to young families coming for the health care jobs, to retirees like Ms. Szatkowski.
That's what builder Mike Pardue sees.
"I'm building for people coming from California, from Dallas-Fort Worth, from Houston," he said. "I'm building for some younger professionals, who are moving up into a larger, nicer home."
But the lack of available lots within Tyler means he's spending more and more time in his truck to accommodate all those new home buyers.
"I've got two lots in Lindale I'm building on, and I have one in Bullard," he said. "Lindale, in fact, is very hot now. You might see a shortage of (developed) lots there soon."
But there's more space, even within Tyler proper, he added.
"I think eventually you'll see people get serious about development on the west side of town," Pardue said. "There's still a lot of land out there. And as you see more (commercial) development out that way, I think you'll see the residential follow."
Smith agreed, saying he expects the strong housing market trend will continue this year. But current trends also could mean significantly higher prices as demand outstrips supply.
"There's a lot of pent-up demand," he said. "And that could mean a real increase in pricing. That's not something that would happen quickly, but it's something we could see toward the end of 2017."
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Nestled away in a small village oasis, these properties epitomize the warmth and charm associated with the area. Set in the hills of pretty Islamlar offering incredible views of Kalkan Bay, the Ottoman styled house and charming villa will be a sensual treat of Turkish rugs, and traditional ornaments creating a romantic haven - just for two, or a relaxing getaway for small families. The hidden and unpretentious allure of Islamlar Village (5 min walking) also beckons – from trout restaurants and boisterous tea houses full of friendly locals to the dramatic walking trails along the Lycian Way. Sophisticated Kalkan (15 min) with its array of exotic restaurants and shops can be reached easily by car, so too the superb beaches of Kaputas (25 min) and Patara (25 min).
I truly hope you will enjoy your time in Islamlar whether by yourself or with a loved one. If you have any recommendations to make the experience better for others or yourselves then by all means please let me know and I will do whatever I can to make it happen.
Me and my wife needed a place outside of the country where we could relax and spend quality time together. After much searching into various other countries, we came across this cottage, and after the third visit decided to purchase it. There's few properties such as this one that offer a mountain point vantage overlooking the Mediterranean set within a traditional Ottoman village. This advantage as well as the culture, and friendliness of the local people were the deciding factors for us.
The main benefit that I get out of staying here is that I feel recharged when it is all over. There's no stress, everyone is kind, the food is as organic as it gets since it is all made centrally in the village, and the only sounds you hear at night is water cascading down the mountain sides. This village is genuine, and peaceful. If one wanted to enjoy something a little more upbeat though then Kalkan is a 15 minute ride down the hill.
Check in is from 3pm on the day of arrival and check out is by 11 am on the day of departure. If you have an early or late flight in/out though, just email me in advance please and we can work something out.
We enjoyed our stay at this property. It had everything we needed and more. We really liked the village lifestyle, the food, and the fantastic views. We are already planning our return.
My partner and I stayed for a week in August and really enjoyed our stay. It has such great views, a nice pool, and a small garden with seating area for meals.
The cottage itself is a wood cabin seemingly modeled off of traditional Ottoman design and has a rustic appearance which we really enjoyed.
Overall, I've given it five stars for being a great vacation property along with an attentive owner that took care of our every request.
Great setting super pool garden needs tending villa needs updating
12 km to Patara Beach or to Kapatas.
Dalaman Airport is a 1:40 minute drive
Antalya Airport is approximately a 3:00 drive
Both drives have nice views, and is pleasant despite the time required
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Starring Jacques Tati, Jean-Pierre Zola, Adrienne Servantie, Alain Bécourt, Yvonne Arnaud, Lucien Fregis, Dominique Marie, Betty Schneider
French film-maker and actor Jacques Tati reprises his character Monsieur Hulot from his 1953 film 'Mr. Hulot's Holiday'. Hulot lives in a small backstreet dwelling which contrasts sharply with his sister and brother-in-law Madame and Monsieur Arpel (Adrienne Servantie and Jean-Pierre Zola)'s excessively modern, suburban lifestyle.
When Monsieur Arpel becomes concerned about the influence Hulot is having on his young son Gérard (Alain Bécourt), he gives his brother-in-law a job at his factory.
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Mae Clair opened a Pandora's Box of characters when she was a child and never looked back. Her father, an artist who tinkered with writing, encouraged her to create make-believe worlds by spinning tales of far-off places on summer nights beneath the stars. She snagged the tail of a comet, hitched a ride, and discovered her writer's Muse on the journey.
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The Kappa Cell (due this Saturday, August 11, at the Lion's Lair) is made up of Don White — a guy best known for his stints in experimental metal band New Ancient Astronauts, outsider progressive outfit Action Friend and mutant funk phenoms the Good Grime Sound System — and James Jewkes and Reid Felecos, a pair of fellow explorers of the otherworldly vistas of analog electronic spaces. Reminiscent at times of Walter/Wendy Carlos's early work, the Kappa Cell captures the dystopian feel of Thomas Disch's Camp Concentration and the sense of claustrophobic hysteria in J.G. Ballard's High Rise while making music that's still darkly entrancing and expansive. And there's a visceral quality to the act in the live setting that takes the sound beyond merely ambient: The rich detail with which these guys color their songs is cinematic in scope and as atmospheric as a mid-morning fog — simultaneously bright and mysterious.
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Heavy clashes erupted between regime and rebel forces in Syria's divided city of Aleppo late Saturday, after a unilateral ceasefire announced by Russia had expired.
Heavy clashes erupted between regime and rebel forces in Syria's divided city of Aleppo late Saturday after a unilateral ceasefire announced by regime ally Russia had expired.
Moscow had extended the unilateral "humanitarian pause" into a third day until 1600 GMT Saturday, but announced no further renewal of the truce despite a UN request for longer to evacuate wounded civilians.
"Members of popular civil committees from regime districts entered the eastern neighbourhoods to try to evacuate the injured but failed," Syrian Observatory for Human Rights head Rami Abdel Rahman said earlier Saturday.
The regime army opened eight corridors for evacuations, but just a handful of people crossed through a single passage, with the others remaining deserted.
Demonstration today in Almashhad neighborhood in besieged #Aleppo affirming that people will stay & won't leave their city #StandWithAleppo pic.twitter.com/sSr9VWLhj3— Dr. Zaher Sahloul (@sahloul) October 22, 2016
More than 2,000 civilians have been wounded since the regime launched its offensive to drive the rebels out of the eastern districts they have held since 2012.
Nearly 500 people have been killed.
The United Nations had hoped to use the ceasefire to evacuate seriously wounded people, and possibly deliver aid.
This is what remains of our childhood memories. - Bana #Aleppo pic.twitter.com/O7NjuxnAzP— Bana Alabed (@AlabedBana) October 21, 2016
But a UN official said Saturday the requisite security guarantees had not been received.
"You have various parties to the conflict and those with influence and they all have to be on the same page on this and they are not," said David Swanson, a spokesman for the UN humanitarian office.
Sporadic clashes between rebels and the Syrian regime and allied forces had been reported earlier on Saturday along frontlines, with some shells falling on both the regime-held western side of the city and the rebel-held east, the Observatory said.
Aleppo has been a major battleground in the Syrian conflict, now in its sixth year.
The regime's Bashar al-Assad, backed by the Russian military, Iran's Revolutionary Guards and an array of Shia militias, wants to take full control of the city.
Regime and Russian forces say they're targeting fighters linked to al-Qaeda from Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, formerly known as the Nusra Front, in eastern Aleppo.
Rebels say the regime and Russia are indiscriminately targeting civilians and civilian infrastructure to take over rebel-held eastern Aleppo.
Statue of Liberty made from bombed rubble of Aleppo, by Syrian artist Tammam Azzam. Devastating. pic.twitter.com/XTFpfSEtSR— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) October 22, 2016


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Tim Fleck continues to do a disservice to those of us practicing responsible journalism in Houston. Now that I've been on the receiving end of his careless, damn-the-consequences reporting, I've developed a keener appreciation of why so many localbusinessmen and businesswomen distrust the media and shy away from dealings with the press.
Fleck writes in his Insider feature ["Round-the-Clock Media Death Watch," February 13] that "DBA, the mostly puffery-stuffed business monthly," won't be "seen again after the upcoming March issue."
Here's the rest of the story: On January 24, Ann Rogers Orkand (my wife) and I announced to our staffers that we were suspending publication of DBA Houston magazine. (Sorry Tim, it hasn't been called DBA since October 1994). That same day, Pierpont Communications, a major local PR firm, distributed a press release announcing the closing and stating the reasons why.
Fleck phoned me on or about February 11. "I have a report that DBA has published its last issue," he told me. "Is this right?" Surprised that he wasn't aware of our January 24 announcement, which was reported by the Houston Business Journal, Channel 13 and others, I told him that we would proceed to publish our March issue, winding up on a high note, and would then put the magazine to pasture. I asked Fleck for his fax number and then faxed the January 24 release to him.
DBA Houston may once have been "puffery-stuffed," as Fleck terms it, but he's three years out of date. Ann and I transformed the magazine, reborn as DBA Houston, into the most reputable, most credible business publication in town. Our final issue, to be distributed with a full press run the final week of February, contains a number of plaudits from local business leaders.
DBA Houston has no financial indebtedness of any kind, paid its staffers and writers in full, including severance for those here for six months or more, and assisted our departing employees in their job searches. Ann and I rejected offers from would-be purchasers of the magazine because we felt they might compromise the editorial standards we'd set for DBA Houston.
And we regret that pseudo-journalists such as Tim Fleck and some of the local TV muckrakers continue to prowl Houston's alleys. Even when the facts were set forth under his nose, he didn't recognize the reality of things. And that bodes poorly for the future of journalism in Houston.
Bob Orkand
Publisher, DBA Houston
Editor's reply: Let's see, all Fleck reported was that your magazine "wouldn't be seen again after the upcoming March issue." You say that your magazine won't be seen after the March issue. Yes, it appears that Fleck was once again engaging in careless, damn-the-consequences reporting, when he could have been out winning plaudits from local business leaders. (As for the "puffery-stuffed" description, it was all too kind.)
Rag On
Slow news week? It must have been if you printed The Insider of February 6.
I had to laugh when I read Tim Fleck's comments concerning la Vita magazine ["Too, Too Much"]. I can't help but wonder how Mr. Fleck can possibly call another publication a "rag," considering the non-newsworthy tripe for which he is famous. Melissa Stevens's explanation for the demise of la Vita was perfectly acceptable to me, but it appears Mr. Fleck thought otherwise. A falling out between Tony Vallone and Ms. Stevens seems highly unlikely, considering I saw them chatting amicably over lunch at Anthony's this week. Also, the mere mention of Maxine Mesinger, Houston's grande dame of gossip, struck me as especially ironic, because that is a title Mr. Fleck obviously covets.
Let's try harder to print some real news for The Insider and not look for controversy where there is none.
Luke Giles
That's Not "Buying Influence," That's Being "Civic-Minded"
The Houston Chronicle redefined the word "hypocrisy" to the highest level in its editorial of Saturday, February 1, headlined "Cash and Carry -- at least admit that big money influences public policy." The editorial criticized Democrats, Republicans, unions and corporate America for using financial contributions to buy access to politicians and shape public policy. So what does the Chronicle call the $128,000 it contributed to the campaign for the downtown stadium [The Insider, "You Should Get Such a Deal," January 23] and the yet undisclosed amount they contributed to defeat Proposition A?
The citizens of Houston should demand that the Chronicle at least have enough respect for the truth to end the pitiful hypocritical charade that campaign gifts do not advance the devices of the press.
David B. Wilson
That Great Fraternity...
I totally disagree with writer Robert Wilonsky's opinion that Spencer Williams's career was tainted by his work on the Amos 'n' Andy show [Film, "The Man Behind Andy," February 6]. The show was well written and performed and was free of vulgarity. It was very funny, and the incredible "Christmas show" should be shown every year during the season. It's just a shame that it was on the air during a very trying time, racially, for our country.
Now, when many blacks are seen daily in the movies and on TV playing the stereotypical roles of drug-crazed murderers -- with no complaint from the NAACP -- Mr. Williams's work should be praised, and reruns of that great show should once again be available.
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I can understand not liking a band because they sound like other bands (I myself tune out the myriad of Pearl Jam clones), but to deride Mess because they "borrow ideas that work" [Static, by Hobart Rowland, January 30] and sandwich their review between that of the "likable quartet" Cresta, whose music "alludes" to three different bands and Bamboo Crisis (FOUR bands to thank) ... well, I think maybe you need to head down to the nearest community college and enroll in an "intro to logic" course.
If you simply prefer Blondie, U2, Throwing Muses, Art of Noise, Ministry, Nitzer Ebb and David Bowie to Green Day, just say so. And if you hate Mess, just say so. But give us a better reason for your dislike than the mere fact that they sound like "Green Day with a slight Texas twang," since you obviously don't mind the fact that bands draw their inspiration from other bands.
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- 4 green onions
- 1⁄4 cup lime juice
- fresh ginger, sliced
- 1⁄2 of a scotch bonnet pepper, seeded and finely chopped (optional)
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 3 garlic cloves
- 2 teaspoons jamaican jerk spice
- 1 1⁄4-1 1⁄2 lbs beef flank steak
- to taste kosher salt (optional)
- to taste fresh ground black pepper (optional)
- For marinade, in a blender combine green onions, lime juice, ginger, Scotch bonnet pepper (if desired), oil, garlic, and jerk seasoning; cover and blend until smooth. Score both sides of steak in a diamond pattern by making shallow cuts at 1-inch intervals. If desired, season steak with kosher salt and pepper. Place steak in a glass dish; spread marinade over the steak. Cover dish with plastic wrap and marinate in the refrigerator for 4 to 24 hours. Drain steak, discarding marinade.
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Gordon Brown
explained the need to take the initiative on changes to party funding,
and particularly to end the spending arms race: in 2005 parties spent a
total of £90 million, up by 40% from 2001, and inevitably this meant
relying on a few wealthy individuals. Elections should be a contest of
ideas, not a chase for money. He would prefer consensus, but no party
would be allowed to block progress. After the media were evicted, a
number of constituency representatives conveyed further feedback from
the grassroots.
But for all of us,
the forum provided a welcome opportunity to return to policy. The prime
minister's speech reiterated Labour's commitment to build three million
new houses, introduce a climate change bill, manage migration, treble
the number of Sure Start centres, extend school opening hours, and
expand places and financial support in higher education. He responded
to concerns about loss of housing benefit as a disincentive to work, and
the lower national minimum wage for younger people.
Tough Choices
There were two sets
of parallel seminars, and choosing between them was difficult. In the
morning I went to Shaping Labour's Green Agenda with Hilary Benn, who
stressed that the consequences of failure to tackle climate change were
unthinkable. Developing countries must play their part, while for
Britain he asked whether a 60% cut in emissions was enough, or whether
we should aim for 80%.
I raised plans to
expand Heathrow, the obligation not to saddle future generations with
long-lasting radioactive waste, and the need to reduce packaging as well
as to increase recycling. Others asked whether "zero-carbon homes"
included emissions from building them, suggested taxing plastic bags,
emphasised the role of unions and business in cutting workplace
emissions, regretted pre-emptive opposition to a Severn barrage from
environmental groups, and looked forward to more micro-generation and
producing gas from organic waste through anaerobic techniques. Energy
pricing structures should charge more for higher use, reversing current
tariffs where the lowest users pay most. Also, joined-up thinking
between departments was essential: greater choice of school means that
more parents drive their children further, and walking or cycling are
less feasible alternatives.
Hilary Benn said
that aviation must be dealt with at an international level, and total
emissions mattered more than where they originated. Nuclear power was a
necessary part of the energy mix, to prevent the lights going out.
Environmentalists could not call for more use of renewables and then
oppose every single practical measure.
Unfortunately this
meant that I missed housing, another top priority. The contemporary
resolutions from conference were referred to the housing sub-group of
the sustainable communities policy commission, which has already looked
at the future of social housing and the need for more affordable
housing. The group will also consider how to ensure quality in new
homes, more flexibility in the use of housing revenue accounts, the part
played by housing in community cohesion, and housing allocations
policy. The sub-group's report to conference is available on the
sustainable communities page of the website, and views should be mailed
to firstname.lastname@example.com
In the afternoon I
went to the seminar which followed up the conference resolution on
Remploy. The government's latest proposals would save 15 workshops,
merge 11 and close 17, with guarantees of no compulsory redundancies and
no cuts in pay and conditions, and a £555 million subsidy over the next
five years. The target for public procurement was set at £400 million,
up from £240 million. The Remploy management, generally considered
responsible for the current situation, were being renewed. The GMB
union was still unhappy, and repeated its demand for no closures until
every worker had made a free choice between redundancy, transfer, or
moving to a mainstream workplace.
Efforts to widen
discussion to the overall employment of disabled people were
unsuccessful. This was unfortunate, as there are 83 other supported
factories, and employer prejudice is still too real. Around 85% of the
2.7 million people on incapacity benefit want to work, and some will be
disabled and entitled to special equipment and other support under the
disability discrimination act. However there was anxiety about seeing
IB claimants as a "soft target", and recognition that the pathways to
work programme is valuable to the individuals, but cannot be done on the
cheap, to save money.
Closing Time
Ed Miliband outlined
progress towards the manifesto, and hoped that the fifteen parliamentary
working groups would liaise with relevant policy commissions. Matthew
Seward and Pat McFadden explained that the joint policy committee would
decide how to deal with amendments to the final-stage documents. I
asked again for better feedback to members, and was again told that the
party does not have the resources, and that I was demanding a perfect
activist democracy which had never existed and never would. In fact
there are forum members who would be willing to help, and I still do not
think it is fair to require local parties to complete a 30-question
survey, including how they have reported back to members and the
community, when they themselves get no response from national level.
Crime, Justice,
Citizenship and Equalities Policy Commission, 5 December 2007
Actually this is not
a problem for our commission, which received no submissions at all in
the six weeks before our meeting. I know members care about pre-trial
detention, prisons, asylum, migration, party funding, electoral systems,
Lords reform, human rights, and other home office and constitutional
issues, so when you mail me, please send a copy to email@example.com
The commission met
the movers and seconders of conference resolutions on equalities and
equal pay. UNISON brought detailed briefings, and Oxford West &
Abingdon representatives pointed out that more than half of
undergraduates were women, but five years after graduating, their pay
was already 15% behind their male colleagues. The BME Labour (formerly
black socialist society) spokesperson was mainly concerned with getting
more ethnic minority MPs and councillors, which is indeed a matter for
the commission, though not part of the motion.
For reasons I don't
entirely understand, the fur then really began to fly. UNISON was
criticised for not including evidence on mental health and disabilities,
though this was not part of the motion either. Others suggested hearing
opposing views, for instance from Digby Jones, or headteachers whose
schools would be bankrupted by higher wages. And UNISON was angrily
accused of making threats for saying that these discussions were a test
of the new policy-making process, where I thought it was merely a
statement of the obvious. It looks like it will be an interesting year,
in more ways than one.
Questions and
comments are welcome, and I am happy for this to be circulated to
members – and supporters - as a personal account, not an official
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Bad Therapy offers a rare glimpse into the hearts and mind's of the profession's most famous authors, thinkers, and leaders when things aren't going so well. Jeffrey Kottler and Jon Carlson, who include their own therapy mishaps, interview twenty of the world's most famous practitioners who discuss their mistakes, misjudgements, and miscalculations on working with clients. Told through narratives, the failures are related with candor to expose the human side of leading therapists. Each therapist shares with regrets, what they learned from the experience, what others can learn from their mistakes, and the benefits of speaking openly about bad therapy.
Reviewer:Gary B Kaniuk, Psy.D.(Cermak Health Services)
Description:Experienced, master psychotherapists share their failures in therapy and what they learned about themselves and their clients in the experience. The material in the book was gathered through phone interviews and specific questions structured the process.
Purpose:According to the authors, "The major premise of this project was that if we could get the most prominent practitioners and thinkers in the field to talk about their worst work, then perhaps this would create a forum for others to discuss their lapses, mistakes, misjudgments, and failures more openly and constructively." These are very worthy objectives, which the book meets.
Audience:The authors really do not say whom the target audience is. However, I believe that all psychotherapists would benefit from this book, regardless of level of experience. Graduate students would benefit as well because it is never too early to learn from the mistakes of others. The authors and contributors are more than credible authorities in the field. They are the experts, the movers and shakers in the field of psychotherapy research and practice.
Features:The book covers informal discussions with expert psychotherapists who focus on mistakes they have made in clinical practice. These experts come from different theoretical orientations. They seem to be very honest in their assessment of their shortcomings and give suggestions for what they could have done differently.
Assessment:The book is simply delightful. The contributors, well-known experts in the field, are very candid and it is obvious that they have reflected on and learned from their mistakes. It is very readable and enjoyable. I found myself not being able to put it down. It is a book that you can easily learn from and I believe it should be required reading for courses in psychotherapy.


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I, Zombie: The Chronicles of Pain Trailer (1998)
"His soul was the last to go." 01 January 1998 Drama, Horror 79 mins
A young man, while out on a field trip, gets bitten by an ill looking person. When he comes back home he starts getting sick and a slow but steady degeneration begins in his body. He is turning into a zombie. He leaves his girlfriend and moves into his own place. In order to survive he needs to eat human flesh. Against his own consciense, he kills people and eats them in his living room. But things start getting worse as his degeneration progresses.
Watch the official I, Zombie: The Chronicles of Pain 1998 trailer in HD below or find more I, Zombie: The Chronicles of Pain videos on Vidimovie.


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Clinton's New Hampshire win
Warning: This post was published more than 9 years ago.
I keep old posts on the site because sometimes it's interesting to read old content. Not everything that is old is bad. Also, I think people might be interested to track how my views have changed over time: for example, how my strident teenage views have mellowed and matured!
But given the age of this post, please bear in mind:
- My views might have changed in the 9 years since I wrote this post.
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I know I'm weeks late – that's life, I guess – but may I remind you of what I said after Iowa:
I'm no expert on US politics, but I don't see how you can write off a candidate who is nationally polling at 41%, versus a nearest rival at 24% … Perhaps the results from Iowa mean less than many pundits suggest
I just felt the need to gloat, there – I know it's not pretty.
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Founder Equity
There have been several articles written about founder equity recently, sparking the debate over whether or not founders should split equity equally. Given the fact that most if not all of the arguments on the subject revolve around hypothetical problems and anecdotal arguments, I am surprised to see so many people taking a stance on one side of the fence or the other.
If it is the founders that are most important to getting a startup off the ground, it follows that the founders' relationship is one of the most important determinants of success.
Founders equity plays a signficant role in defining that relationship. Healthy team chemistry necessitates checking your ego at the door, and how you split shares sets the stage.
Ultimately, you should do what's best and fair for your company. A startup is people, and thus equity should be determined based on your team's unique relationships, commitments, and circumstances.
There is no formula for people.


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J ust one year ago, a bipartisan consensus appeared to exist for an historic overhaul of the nation's troubled welfare system. That consensu s rested on three themes: giving states the flexibility to experiment with creative approaches to ending dependency; mandatory "workfare" requirements; and a crackdown on fathers who ignored their financial responsibilities.
Unfortunately, the consensus w as hijacked in Congress by lawmakers who have used the rhetoric of reform to cloak what is little more thani an attempt to raid the federal Treasury. Despite the deceptive rhetoric, the current I reform proposals from the leadership in Congress, especiall y the primary House legislation championed by New York Democrat Thomas Downey, are anti-work, anti-family, and in a profound sense, anti-poor. The measures would suck millions of additional American families into the mire of welfare dependency and then cre a te a fencel to keep them from climbing out. While claiming to promote work, House Democrats actually would prohibit states from establishing work requirements for welfare recipients and cripple the few successful dependency reduction program enacted durin g the Reagan era. Rather than join in this masquerade pretending to be welfare reform, it is time for lawmakers to work to design new legislation that builds on the three original reform themes.
Encouraging Dependence. The current welfare system is in desp er 'ate need of reform. Yet latest proposals from the House leadership show that-their solutiorr-to- these problems is "more of the same." Virtually every bad liberal welfare idea of- the last twenty years has now reappeared in the guise of reform. For ex a mple, the House bill would provide federal financial incentives to spur states to raise welfare benefit levels, a principle which is endorsed by New York Senator Daniel Moynihan, the chief architect of Senate legislation. Yet higher welfare benefit levels simply make work even less attractive and so encourage more families to become dependent on welfare. Congress seems determined to ignore, the evidence demonstrating this effect. During the last decade the numbei of children 'in poverty in states with low A id to Families With Dependent Children i (AFDC) benefits has declined while the number of poor children in high benefit states has increased dramatically. Some experiments have found that an increase i in welfare has resulted in a decrease in the earned i ncome of welfare recipients of as much as $80 for each $100 in added benefits.
Raising welfare benefits by as little as 20 percent nationwide could expand the AFDC population by a third, adding one milli on families to the welfare rolls; increase the number of female-headed families in the U.S., by 20 percent; and increase the divorce and separation rate nationwide among young families by 66 percent.
Another bad idea in the reform al is to require 1 all s tates to establish ,propos s i AFDC for intact, two-parent families (known as AFDC-UP). 'All available evidence indicates strongly that two-parent welfare increases the rate of family break-up. The reason: including two-parent families in AFDC makes more f amilies accustomed to the idea of welfare dependency. This undermines the role and status of the working father in the affected families by demonstrating that ithe father as breadwinner is dispensable. Controlled experiments indicate that extending AFDC- UP to all states could increase the separation rate among affected families as much as two-thirds.
11mitin rim-tation- Moreover, the House legislation, like Senator Moynihan's recently unveiled proposals, do no more than pay, lip service to the idea of all owing states to devise their own experimental welfare systems by consolidating funds from dozens of overlapping federal anti-poverty programs. The House prop@sal has no decentralization whatever, and the Moynihani plan so limits state experimentation, and the federal program that could be included, as to make decentralization meaningless.
Neither bill actually requires signii-ficant participation by welfare recipients in work or training. Recent state initiatives which have proved,highly successful in redu cing dependency--such as required job search--are restricted. - Indeed, mandatory workfare would be barred under the House bill. Instead the, emphasis would be on gold-plated training and social service strategies that never have proved cost-effective in helping the poor--but do, of course, provide employment to the social services industry now busily lobbying on Capitol Hill.
Senator Moynihan's plan, admittedly, does contain a few welcome proposals to beef up parental support enforcement. But lawmakers wh o sign on to his plan will doubtless find, after Senate floor action and a conference with the House, that the few good provisions in the Moynihan plan are overwhelmed by expensive liberal baggage.
lawmakers and Administration officials committed to funda mental reform of the welfare system should not allow themselves to be stampeded into supporting legislation that is long on reform rhetoric but short on reform. America's poor deserve better. The White House should send a clear signalithat there is no hop e of salvaging these proposals and will veto the bills in their current form. The opportunity for major welfare reforms comes rarely and changes enacted this year or next could affect Americans for a generation or more. Thuslit is vital that legislation ac hieve real reform rather than repeat and enlarge the mistakes of the past. It would be better to have no legislation than bad legislation.
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Not long ago I had a conversation with a manager in the amusement business. When the conversation turned to employees, I was shocked by his primary concern. It wasn't theft, turnover or wages -- though I have no doubt they play a part in his management role. What concerned him was motivation. As he aptly phrased it, "You have to get them to 'buy in.'" What he meant was getting them to value the job beyond the weekly paycheck.
He understood that most of his employees were young, many in school, and would assuredly leave, after working for him a short period of time, for college or another career with better opportunities. For many of his employees, his business was a brief stop along their career paths that would likely vanish from their resumes and LinkedIn profiles in very few years. What's more, they understood this, too. Yet, they were the primary contact with his customers. If they sleepwalked through their shifts doing the minimum, his customers would likely have a less than great time. They needed to "buy in" to the business and be made to feel that they have a stake in a customer's experience.
This concept is no small thing; neither can it be easily codified for a manual. Young employees are particularly cynical. Raised on satirical comedies like "Office Space," in which enthusiasm for a job is ridiculed and indifference rewarded, they don't have to read too many headlines to have that view reinforced. Company loyalty, however noble, would also seem to play less of a role these days. For better or worse, young employees see themselves as in business for themselves. Not bound by the kind of obligations that likely come later, such as mortgages and children, they are largely footloose and fancy-free agents with notoriously short time horizons.
Given these not altogether pleasant realities, the task of motivating young employees requires a large dose of creativity. As my recent acquaintance put it, "You have to make them feel they have a cool job." While their friends may be flipping burgers or serving coffee, they're doing something with more social caché among their peers.
This is not a new concept. Having spoken to many family entertainment center owners and managers over the years, I've noticed that quite a few of the more savvy offer "cool perks" and rewards to employees. These can range from limited free play for younger siblings or significant others to gift cards for local businesses. Over the years, I have also met FEC operators who run regular game competitions among employees, during which they allow the employees to curate the music.
Another way to get young employees to buy in is to solicit suggestions for the business itself. It's important to note that suggestions have to be solicited. Managers have to ask. What's more, those suggestions that are implemented -- and frequently they are good suggestions -- should be rewarded in some fashion. For those operators hiring employees soon destined for college, it should also be noted that implemented suggestions could be included on school applications and résumés to indicate business experience.
None of these concepts is new, least of all the idea of getting employees to buy in. What may have been forgotten is the value those young employees bring to a business. The challenge for managers has not changed all that much. But bringing out the best in employees requires managers to bring out the best in themselves.
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Torrio Cook was a one-man show for Eastside Tuesday night, and No. 2 Cedar Shoals made the Eagles pay for it.
The Jaguars used a balanced team effort to defeat Eastside 80-67, despite Cook's 45-point performance.
Four players scored in double figures for Cedar Shoals (20-1, 7-0 in Region 8-AAAA South), led by Chris Kupets' 21 points.
"We really played as a team tonight," said Jaguars guard Luvonte Rhines, who scored 19 points. "Nobody had a really big game, but everybody had a balanced game and that helped us get our confidence."
After five ties and five lead changes in the second quarter, Cedar Shoals led Eastside (8-14, 2-5) 41-40. But the Jaguars outscored the Eagles 22-6 in the third quarter, during which Kory Kilpatrick made three 3-pointers.
Kilpatrick finished with 15 points, and Torrey Ball had 11 points and 10 rebounds.
"We haven't been playing well in the third quarter in any games," Cedar Shoals coach Ron Link said. "I said (to the guys before the game), 'Let's make sure we win the third quarter tonight.' We won the third, and (almost) the fourth. But the first was awful and the second was not good."
Cook entered the game averaging 25 points in the Eagles' previous four games, and he was hot from the start against the Jaguars.
Off-balance 3-pointers, floaters from the baseline, bruising layups in the lane. The senior made them all look effortless on his way to 28 first-half points.
Link, who is in his seventh season at Cedar Shoals, can't remember an opposing player scoring more than 45 points in a game.
The previous high score by an opponent this season was Rockdale County senior Justin Riggins' 30-point effort in a 78-63 Jaguars' victory on Jan. 16.
"(Cook) just really went off," Link said. "He didn't miss anything, hardly. We tried everything. We tried man, we tried the zone, but he got in the zone. Everything clicked."
Link said teams are starting to play at a higher level against Cedar Shoals, who moved up a spot in this week's Class AAAA state rankings.
That's fine with Rhines.
"I think we're finally getting respect around the state," Rhines said. "We've got to hold our spot and the fact that we're No. 2 shows a lot. We've got to play like we're No. 2 now and keep it going."
No. 2 CEDAR SHOALS 80, EASTSIDE 67
EASTSIDE (67)-Cook 16 7-11 45, Clanton 6 4-7 16, Maddox 1 1-2 3, Latimore 1 0-0 2, Robinson 0 1-2 1. Totals 24 13-22 67.
CEDAR SHOALS (80)-Kupets 7 4-5 21, Rhines 8 1-2 19, Kilpatrick 5 1-2 15, Ball 4 2-5 11, Oglesby 2 2-3 6, Roseboro 2 0-2 5, Ervin 1 1-2 3. Totals 29 11-21 80.
Eastside 20 20 6 21 - 67
Cedar Shoals 16 25 22 17 - 80
3-point goals-Eastside 5 (Cook 5), Cedar Shoals 10 (Kilpatrick 4, Kupets 3, Rhines 2, Ball 1). Records -Eastside 8-14, 2-5 in Region 8-AAAA South, Cedar Shoals 20-1, 7-0.
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|I thought the rock pools added character.
|Definitely an interesting front.
Later that night as I was unwrapping the bubble paper, I received a shock. In my haste to buy this stone I had failed to look at the back of the rock.
|The back of the stone. Had I looked at the back of this stone in the shop I probably would not have bought it.
|A 30 year old Chinese pot.
|Our first step was to cover the pot with sand.
|Next, position the stone a little forward of center to make space for the bamboo at the back.
|Stone positioned with bamboo planted at the back. Starting to take shape.
|Adding more soil in the caved-in section of the rock. I found another rock and we decided to include it in our creation. It is meant to serve as another distant mountain, hence the different style and color. Not sure if it works?
|Adding moss to hold everything in place. In among the bamboo plant we included some small rose bushes that are yet to bloom. When they do, I think they will add a nice splash of dark red to the landscape.
|After a nice watering with a fine holed watering hose.
I wanted to fill up those natural rock pools.
|A close up of the new improved back.
|A sparse covering of moss in the front is a nice touch.
|Finished product. Maybe a blood rush is ok if you go with your gut feeling?


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|Reviews for The Thrill of the Hunt
| ViCkYcUlLeN108 chapter 5 . 9/25/2009
plz hurry luv it gr8 story
| BellaCordelia chapter 2 . 4/17/2009
Edwards adventures continue! This is hilarious!
| Gasaway Alley chapter 2 . 4/16/2009
Oh, What's in the bag?
| bellasblush chapter 1 . 4/14/2009
lol, yeah I bet they would fight over who gets to help him! Men buying for their women is just plain SEXY!
| BellaCordelia chapter 1 . 4/11/2009
Oh, this could be hilarious and scary at the same time! I look forward to more and to see Emmett and Rosalie visit Edward and Bella.
| Gasaway Alley chapter 1 . 4/10/2009
Aww, poor Emmett. Hope Edward survives Victoria Secret! Cute start to the BS sequel.


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The police found his body in the early afternoon, hanging by his belt from a tree, with a note in his wallet expressing his grief at the deaths of his students.
On Wednesday morning, 52-year-old Kang Min-gyu, the deputy headmaster of Danwon high school outside Seoul, South Korea, had been having breakfast with his teenage charges in the cafeteria of the Sewol ferry as it made its way to the holiday island of Jeju.
His text messages back to his colleagues at the school suggest he did everything by the book.
"Water is rushing in," he wrote at 8.55am, shortly after the distress call was first made. "The boat is leaning 15 degrees, the coastguard is here, all the students have their life jackets on," he wrote at 9.11am.
But while Mr Kang and 75 students were rescued, 14 died and another 236 remain in a watery grave, trapped inside the submerged hull.
"Surviving alone is too painful while 200 remain unaccounted for. I take full responsibility. I pushed ahead with the school trip," his note said.
"I will once again become a teacher in the afterlife for my students whose bodies have not been discovered."
After the police cut down his body, he was taken across the road to the Jindo funeral parlour and cremated. His ashes, according to his wishes, will be scattered on the ocean where the Sewol sank.
The news of his death caused barely a ripple inside the Jindo gymnasium, where Mr Kang had stayed with hundreds of parents, waiting for news from the rescue operation.
As hope has faded, the gymnasium has become a cauldron of anger and despair. On Friday, medical staff darted around the hall, attending to parents convulsing and screaming in grief. At least 20 parents have had treatment for shock at the local hospital, a doctor said.
Relatives were quick to blame Mr Kang and other teachers for the fate of their children. "I saw him on Thursday afternoon around 4pm," said Kwon Hyeok-ryung, 55, whose brother-in-law was also a teacher at the school, but is still missing.
"He felt a lot of responsibility, and he was under a lot of pressure. The parents blamed him for surviving. They screamed: 'How can you be a teacher and let your students die? How can you live with yourself?' They were grabbing him, trying to beat him."
Around an hour after Mr Kwon saw Mr Kang, he walked out of the gymnasium and disappeared. A police search began during the night.
Students' belongings remain on their desks as they left them in a second year classroom at Danwon High School on April 18 (GETTY IMAGES)
Meanwhile, prosecutors were busy on Friday night filing arrest warrants for Captain Lee Jun-seok, 69, the third mate who was steering the ship at the time of the disaster, and another crew member. The three are likely to face criminal charges of deserting their ship after being among the first to leave the boat.
Kang Hye-sung, 31, the crew member who made the fatal announcements telling passengers to remain where they were, said he had been following orders from Captain Lee. "It was so hectic in the ship that I couldn't even think to make any judgment," he said.
At the wharf in Jindo, hundreds more parents and relatives continued to hurl abuse at South Korean officials as the hunt for survivors became an operation to retrieve corpses.
"You have stopped the rescue, now you just want to pull out dead bodies!" one father screamed at a police liaison officer.
"I have not slept because we parents have had to do everything ourselves," said Kim Hoonmin, 42, whose daughter is still missing. "Last night I went out to the site until 2.40am. We hired a robot submarine to try to shoot video of the inside of the boat so divers could analyse it," he said.
"And we wanted the robot to clear a path for divers. But why do we have to do these things? Why aren't the officials doing them?
Roughly 200 civilian divers, many of them military veterans, have arrived at the wharf to volunteer to help the operation.
Some teams managed to retrieve bodies trapped in the external areas of the ship but were forbidden by the navy from going inside the ship in intensely treacherous conditions.
"The visibility is down to seven inches," said Kim Suho, 42, the chief of one civilian dive team. "But that is not the problem. The problem is the currents are swirling inside the ship so that it is impossible to open any doors. And there is a vortex of turbulence under the ship at a depth of 110ft which sucks divers down."
The civilian and navy divers have succeeded in securing guide ropes around the ship to help them manoeuvre in the darkness and silt within. On Friday night, Korean media reported that divers had reached the third floor of the ferry, where the ship's cafeteria lies, and the second floor car port and container hold.
High pressure hoses were also piped into the ship to pump in oxygen, in the faint hope that it might reach survivors trapped in air pockets.
A giant crane arrived at the site to haul the ship out of the water, but the salvage operation will not begin until the parents on the wharf and in the gymnasium have consented and could take months. "The crane has nothing to do with the rescue," said Mr Kim. "It is just to save the ship, not to save the students. If they lift it, anyone who is alive might die."
At the wharf, lines of ambulances gathered waiting to ferry victims to local hospitals and a makeshift morgue was assembled. As night fell, a huge floodlight was installed to allow parents to inspect the bodies that were expected to emerge before morning.
Progress was so slow, however, that only three bodies were brought back to the wharf during the day's operations. As they were stretchered out, a huddle of parents peered over them to try to identify them, before a woman screamed and buckled. "They found her, they found her," she sobbed, clutching two others for support and standing in the middle of the road in blank horror.


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Muscle Cells
Section 2 -- The Plasma Membrane
aka The Cell Membrane
Holds the cell together
Maintains Homeostasis
Controls what enters and what leaves the cell.
The Key is Selective Permeability
The membrane has the ability to let some things pass through, while others stay in or stay out.
The membrane is a phospholipid bilayer
-- two layers of lipids
with a phosphate group.
The hydrophilic polar heads are attracted to water while the hydrophobic nonpolar tails are repelled by water.
This allows the lipids to line up as a protective membrane.
The membrane contains a lot more than just lipids.
are also
Cholesterol helps keep the lipids from sticking together so that the membrane has better fluidity.
Carbohydrates act as receptors for chemical signals.
Proteins in the membrane can act as anchors, signal transmitters, or contribute to the selective permeability of the membrane.
Proteins that span the entire membrane and move materials into or out of the cell are called
transport proteins.
The plasma membrane is described by the fluid mosaic model -- it's made up of a lot of different stuff and it all moves around.
Inside the cell is a semi-fluid substance called Cytoplasm.
All of the cell's internal parts are called Organelles.
The organelles float in the cytoplasm, but they are held in place by a supportive framework of thin protein fibers called the Cytoskeleton.
The cytoskeleton is made up of microfilaments and microtubules that disassemble and reassemble to allow for movement.
The Nucleus
The nucleus is the management
center of the cell.
It contains the DNA -- instructions for making all of the proteins needed to function.
The nucleus is surrounded by a double membrane called the Nuclear Envelope.
The Nucleolus is located within the nucleus, it is the site of ribosome production.
Ribosomes translate the DNA code and make the proteins as the DNA instructs.
Ribosomes make proteins!
They are made up of protein and RNA.
They do not have a membrane.
The Endoplasmic Reticulum
Also known as ER, the endoplasmic reticulum is where important macromolecules (carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins) are synthesized in the cell.
Some ER has ribosomes attached, which appear as bumps. This is called "Rough ER."
Endoplasmic Reticulum without ribosomes is called "Smooth ER."
The Golgi Apparatus
After proteins are put together in the ER, they are transported to the Golgi Apparatus for packaging.
Lysosomes contain digestive enzymes that can break down wastes.
Lysosomes can attach to vacuoles and breakdown the contents.
They also defend against invading bacteria and viruses by digesting them.
The Centrioles
Centrioles are made of microtubules and they aid in pulling the cell apart during cell division.
The Mitochondria
The mitochondria are the "powerhouses" of the cell. They create the energy the cell needs to work.
A mitochondrion has both an
outer membrane and a highly
folded inner membrane.
The mitochondria harness energy by breaking down fuel molecules -- mostly sugars and creating new molecules that can take that energy to where it is needed in the cell.
Plants are made up of cells too, and they have most of the same organelles as animal cells...
Chloroplasts are like the solar panels of the plant.
They capture light energy and convert it into chemical energy through a process called photosynthesis.
Chloroplasts have a double
membrane and contain disks
filled with chlorophyll -- a
green pigment
that traps the light.
The plant cell also has a
Cell Wall.
This is a rigid structure made up of a carbohydrate called cellulose that surrounds the plasma membrane.
The cell wall provides protection but also structure and support, making the plant cell less flexible.
Movement: Cilia and Flagella
Cilia are hair like projections on the outside of some cells.
A Flagellum is longer, and uses whip-like movements for motion.
Section 4 -- Cellular Transport:
How things move within a cell, or from cell to cell.
Diffusion of solutes across the membrane is called
Facilitated Diffusion
(also known as passive transport)
It utilizes transport proteins to move molecules, but does not require any energy.
One method is...
-- particles move randomly from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration.
Concentration is the amount of solutes in the solvent.
Osmosis: The diffusion of water across a selectively permeable membrane.
In the cell, water is the solvent, with many different solutes.
When osmosis occurs, water (the solvent) moves across the membrane, but the solutes do not.
Water diffuses, or moves from areas of high concentration (more water/less solutes) to areas of low concentration (less water/more solutes). This is referred to as "moving down the concentration gradient."
When water is entering and leaving a cell at the same rate, it is said to be in an Isotonic Solution.
In this case, the concentration on both sides of the membrane are the same.
-- Water (solvent)
-- Salt (solute)
Isotonic Solution:
Net movement of water is equal.
When a cell is in a solution with a lower concentration of solutes outside the cell (higher water concentration outside), then it is said to be in a Hypotonic Solution.
In this case, there will be a net movement of water into the cell, causing it to swell, increasing the pressure.
Too much pressure can cause the cell to burst.
Plant cell walls protect them from bursting under pressure.
Hypotonic Solution:
Hypertonic Solution:
into the cell
out of the cell
Chapter 7 -- Cellular Structure and Function
Section 1 -- Cell Discovery and Theory
Relate advances in microscope technology to discoveries about cells.
Compare compound light microscopes with electron microscopes.
Summarize the principles of the cell theory.
Differentiate between a prokaryotic cell and a eukaryotic cell.
Section 2 -- The Plasma Membrane
Describe how a cell's plasma membrane functions.
Identify the roles of proteins, carbohydrates, and cholesterol in the plasma membrane.
Section 3 -- Structures and Organelles
Identify the structure and function of the parts of a typical eukaryotic cell.
Compare and contrast structures of plant and animal cells.
Section 4 -- Cellular Transport
Explain the processes of diffusion, facilitated diffusion, and active transport.
Predict the effect of a hypotonic, hypertonic, or isotonic solution on a cell.
Discuss how large particles enter and exit cells.
Section 1 -- Cell Discovery and Theory
In 1665 Robert Hooke created a simple microscope and observed a piece of cork.
He thought it looked like it was made of tiny rooms -- he called them cells.
Today we know that the cell is the basic structural and functional unit of all living things.
A few years later, Anton von Leeuwenhoek found living things under the microscope -- also made up of cells.
After a lot of observations by a lot of different scientists, the Cell Theory was eventually created.
The Cell Theory:
1. All living organisms are composed of one or more cells.
2. Cells are the basic unit of structure and organization of all living organisms.
3. Cells arise only from previously existing cells, with cells passing copies of their genetic material on to their daughter cells.
We couldn't have done it without the Microscope!
A Compound Light Microscope combines the power of multiple lenses -- each multiplying the magnification.
Up to 1,000X
In the 1940s the electron microscope was invented. It uses magnets to aim a beam of electrons at cells.
Transmission Electron Microscopes (TEM) transmit electrons through a thin slice of cells, producing a black and white 2D image.
Scanning Electron Microscopes (SEM) can scan the surface of an object, producing a 3D image.
The Scanning Tunneling Electron Microscope (STM) gets extremely close to the specimen and can even produce images of atoms.
It also has the benefit of being able to look at live specimens, unlike the TEM or SEM, which can only look at a dead specimen.
Two main types of cells:
-- have no nucleus or organelles with membranes.
single-celled organisms
-- have nucleus and membrane-bound organelles.
multicellular organisms
some single-celled organisms
Prokaryote -->
<-- Eukaryote
It is believed that Eukaryotes came about when one Prokaryote engulfed another.
This is called The Endosymbiont Theory
The cell uses Vacuoles for packaging any products that need to be transported or stored. The vacuole can travel to the cell membrane and expel its contents out of the cell.
Channel Proteins are always open and allow molecules to flow through based on size.
Carrier Proteins change shape to let molecules through based on fit.
In other words, molecular movement causes a substance to spread out or disperse, until it reaches dynamic equilibrium
(...that means even on all sides, but still moving).
When a cell is in a solution with a higher concentration of solutes outside the cell (lower water concentration outside), then it is said to be in a Hypertonic Solution.
In this case, there will be a net movement of water out of the cell, causing it to shrivel up.
Cells in isotonic solution
Cells in hypotonic solution (swelling)
Cells is hypertonic solution (shriveling)
Sometimes a cell needs to move solutes across the membrane
the concentration gradient.
This requires energy and is called Active Transport.
Usually a carrier protein
called a pump is used.
Some pumps can only
move one type of solute,
others can moves two -- either in
the same direction or opposite directions.
The Sodium-Potassium ATPase Pump!
(Na+/K+ ATPase)
This transport protein is actually an enzyme that uses ATP to transport 3 sodium (Na+) ions out of the cell against the concentration gradient. It also transports 2 potassium (K+) ions back into the cell.
The Na+/K+ ATPase Pump also allows for
coupled transport
of sugar molecules.
The Na+ that has been pumped out of the cell can flow back in along the concentration gradient, and sugar can hitch a ride, allowing the sugar to flow against its gradient without using energy.
Larger molecules can enter the cell by becoming engulfed in part of the plasma membrane, and then pinching off on the other side -- this process is called
Waste particles can leave the same way -- this is called
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Here are some common expressions related to "pay".
pay raise / rise = when you get more money in your job. The difference between "raise" and "rise" is that "raise" implies that you needed to negotiate for it, while "rise" means that the increase was somehow automatic.
back pay = when you are paid for work in the past. This often happens if your union negotiates a back-dated pay raise (a pay raise that starts from a previous date).
equal pay = when men and women are paid the same for the same work.
pay scale = the range of pay within a company or sector.
severance pay = pay you get when your contract is terminated earlier than originally agreed.
sick pay = pay you get when you are ill and not able to work.
overtime pay = extra pay you get for working extra hours.
take-home pay = the final amount of money you earn after taxes etc are paid.
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13 month salary = when you get a double salary in December
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4. It's the time of year when bankers get huge ——– ——- ——-. They can almost double their salary with these.
5. He does odd jobs and gets paid —— —- —–. It's not really legal, but it's only for small amounts.
6. After taxes and contributions, the —– —– —– is quite low.
7. If you're on a decent contract, you should get holiday pay and —— —–. At least that covers you for illness.
8. If you go and work in the gulf, you might get a —– —– salary.
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Back on 4 Fed while everyone was so busy discussing the situation in Egypt, I posted this:
The Shock Doctrine, redirect the attention of the public to some other trivial issue away from what you're doing so when their attention is back and focused, the changes have already been approved and implemented and there's nothing they can do. I wonder what kind of mischief the GOper's were able to gum up because everyone's attention was distracted?
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The Nokia corporation is announced that the Nokia X7 is ready for the world markets. However, not all countries will receive and enjoy the Nokia X7 at the same time. The executives announce that the Nokia X7 is available for pre-order in some countries only such as UK, China, Germany, and Italy. People in those countries can enjoy the Nokia X7 earlier than the rest of the world.
the Nokia X7 is built based on its earlier models but it has the latest version of Symbian OS. The latest Symbian is called Symbian Anna and this latest Symbian has many new features and changes compared to its Symbian^3. The newest Symbian, the Symbian Anna enables portrait QWERTY with a split-view data entry screen. The icons also get refreshment in this latest software. The Nokia X7 has browser that can render pages faster.
Ovi maps feature is also included in the Symbian Anna along with a few tweaks to the Java Runtime. The Nokia X7 is priced pretty expensive, £399 in the UK which is off-contract. The X7 will be shipped to the customers by the end of the month. It has AMOLED screen with 4 inches wide. For the connectivity, it has WiFi, Bluetooth, and GPS. The camera is able to capture image with 8 megapixel resolutions.


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July 22nd, 2005 (San Diego, CA) – Reef announces plans to extend its 10-year relationship with reigning world champion Sofia Mulanovich until 2009. With a signature sandal in the works, a #1 WCT rating, and a fresh ESPY award in the trophy case, the explosive Peruvian surfer will remain a strong fixture on Reef's team for years to come.
Reef's longstanding commitment to supporting Sofia as a world class-athlete and traveling representative of the Reef brand, will cover all aspects of Reef's marketing, including print campaigns, in-store merchandising and even the Reef product line.
Sofia commented, "Reef was my first sponsor when I was 13 years old and I am stoked to continue our relationship. This year is exciting as I have my first signature sandal with Reef, and I am really happy with the sandal and the support Reef has given me."
Sofia blew everyone away with her 2004 performance on the WCT when she claimed the world title, a first for any Latin American surfer. A second world title is well within her reach with 3 WCT titles under her belt, and a 900-point lead separating her from the pack.
Sofia's accomplishments were recently acknowledged outside the world of surfing when she was voted as the 'Best Female Action Sport Athlete' at the 13th annual ESPY awards. Sofia became the first surfer to win the award, and was recognized alongside world-renowned athletes such as Lance Armstrong and Tiger Woods.
Global team manager, Heath Walker, commented on the re-signing, "The decision to renew Sofia's contract was simple. Her caliber of surfing is unparalleled; she has completely elevated the sport of surfing for women, and we are thrilled to have her with us."
Reef is one of the top active lifestyle brands, and the world's leader in authentic, surf-inspired footwear. Since the company was founded twenty years ago, the product offering has expanded beyond footwear to include men's apparel, and a new line of fashion bags for girls. Reef supports world-class athletes, including surfers Rob Machado and Mick Fanning, as well as top wakeboarders Scott Byerly and JD Webb. Reef enjoys a unique blend of the surf and sensuality combined with a fashion sensitivity, all blended together to create a vibrant, irreverent Brand identity. Reef is truly a global brand, and our products can be found in 5 continents in over 100 countries around the world.


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Trump has taken up the "birther" cause over the past two weeks, demanding that President Obama release his birth certificate and saying questions over whether Obama was truly born in the U.S. are legitimate.
Despite the seemingly strong showing for Trump, though, his negatives are higher than any other rumored GOP hopeful's. The poll found 41 percent of New Hampshire Republicans hold a favorable opinion of Trump, while 43 percent view him unfavorably. That's second only to Palin, who's viewed negatively by 39 percent of Republican voters in the state.
With Trump out of the race, Romney holds a sizable early lead in the state, garnering 31 percent of the vote to Huckabee's 15 and Gingrich's 13. Palin is tied with Paul in the fourth spot with 10 percent of the vote, followed by 4 percent for Rep. Michele BachmannMichele Marie BachmannBachmann praises Trump as man of faith Tom Petty dies at 66 Bachmann: Muslim immigrants trying to undermine Western civilization MORE (Minn.) and former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty.
One potential warning sign for Romney, notes Jensen, is the 61 percent of primary voters who said they wouldn't support a candidate who backed a bill on the state level with a mandate to purchase health insurance.
"In five of the six horse-race questions we asked, Romney still leads with those voters, suggesting that most Republicans who follow politics and the 2012 race only casually are not really aware of 'RomneyCare,' " writes Jensen. "It's safe to say they'll be well-aware of it nine months from now, and it's going to be interesting to see if Romney can sustain his support once he's been endlessly bashed over the head with it."
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When I'm not traveling, interviewing adventure seekers or launching new podcast endeavors, you can find me somewhere outside.
I'm an avid outdoorsman and I feel my greatest accomplishment is successfully converting my husband into a fisherman and tent camper. Married in 2013 and sharing a love of travel, we blog together at HaveBlogWillTravel.net.
I definitely have several adventurous passions. I love to travel, love to bowhunt (alone as my husband does not), fish, camp, hike, kayak; I love horror and Sci-Fi movies, fantasy fiction novels, ethnic foods, podcasts, travel and so much more. I own an 1800 pound Percheron named Champ and love to be outdoors. Usually with my smartphone plugged into my ears!
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SURF EASY LESSONS & HIRE is a licensed, G.C.C.C. approved and Academy of Surfing Instructors Accredited Surf School. Garry and his wife Kandy have been operating their surf school at Currumbin since January 1994 and they have run surf classes every weekend and every holiday at Currumbin Alley,( see Google map on home page for location) since January 1994,the only surf school that can claim this! . He has coached and trained thousands of happy customers at this location.
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1340 S Spruce Street, Montebello CA, 90640 (Residential Income)
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Description for 1340 S Spruce Street Montebello, CA 90640
GREAT INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY! 3 separate units, each unit is 2 bed/1 bath with a small yard area. Covered parking in rear.
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GREAT INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY! 3 separate units, each unit is 2 bed/1 bath with a small yard area. Covered parking in rear.
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This drill is meant for the pitcher that likes to swing their post leg out away from their body and find themeslves eventually open up or closing too soon.
How It's Done
Get a folding chair and place the back of it close to the rubber towards the third-base side. If the pitcher is left-handed, place the chair close to the rubber on the third base side of the mound.
Let your pitcher assume a wind-up position and begin their delivery. As the pitcher's left leg rises, watch it as it comes down and through the pitching motion. If the leg hits the chair at any time, one of two things is happening:
- That they are swinging it open, causing the hips to open up too soon.
- They are driving towards the third base side of the plate (first base for lefties) causing them to throw across their body.
Finally, as the plant leg is placed, the arm comes through the slot and the back side is released. To ensure a good back side, the right leg must be lifted high enough so that it clears the top of the chair. This ensures that the pitcher is equaling out the force from their throwing arm.
What's Happening
It's all about physics, specifically, Newton's Third Law: for every action (the arm), there is an equal and opposite reaction (the backside leg).
As with any drill, do this in repetition, even while the athletes are doing pen work. It will pay off dividends later, and should keep the pitcher from some serious injuries.