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Are You a Toxic Parent?
These are five warning signs you may have crossed the line, and what to do about it. It's never too late to change bad patterns.
Parenting is a hard gig; we all know and accept that. But sometime in the last few decades, we also started to accept the idea that parents will mess up their kids in ways that require a lifetime of therapy. It's time to be the parenting generation that changes all that, and starts raising kids who don't have to recover from their childhoods as adults.
Raising an extreme child is enough to push most rational adults to the brink of insanity, without adding the idea of toxic parenting to the mix. But even though it feels like we already have too much to manage, it's essential that we model positive and appropriate behavior for our children.
When we became parents, we didn't receive an instruction manual or an explanation of what to expect with each kid. Every child, even within the same home, may need different things from different parents, and this can be difficult to navigate.
These are five signs that you are crossing boundaries into emotionally toxic territory and some solutions to turn things around.
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1. They fill the role of an adult.As our children grow older and gain maturity, we give them additional responsibilities in the family. But are we piling on too much too soon?
Example: You ask your seven-year-old to keep an eye on your five-year-old after school until you are home at 5:30pm. Or, you let your child stay up late on a school night to listen to you complain about your boyfriend.
What to do: First, assess how you were parented. Were you expected to take on tasks that were beyond the scope of your age at the time? If so, you don't have to emulate what you experienced. When you realize where your parenting patterns come from, choose a practical place to make a change.
When it's age-appropriate, a child may be trusted with babysitting a younger sibling, but that maturity doesn't happen by age eight. Children shouldn't be expected to be a caregiver or housekeeper, outside of their daily chores. Seek out an after-school program suitable for your kids and your budget.
Additionally, your children shouldn't be expected to listen to conversations about inappropriate adult topics, like your financial hardships, or relationship woes. Children aren't your shoulder to cry on—that role should be filled by a trusted adult friend.
Asking kids to take on more than they are able to handle emotionally or physically is toxic parenting. Making small changes as you go will improve your relationship with your children and ease the transition for you.
2. You make them feel guilty.We teach our children to be kind to others and to do unto others as you would have done unto you. The Golden Rule, right? But when we do things for our kids, are we expecting something in return? Are we making them feel guilty about actions or situations beyond their control?
Example: Your teenage son wants to go to the football game on Friday night, but you are lonely because your long-time relationship went south a few weeks ago. You tell him he can go, but that if he needs you, you'll just be at home by yourself waiting until he gets there.
What to do: First, apologize. If your children are old enough to understand that you've made a habit of doing things like this with them, own it and say you are sorry. Trust me. It will go a long way—as long as you change your behavior going forward. Then, make sure you slow your brain and think before you speak when similar situations arise in the future.
3. You mock them in public.It makes me cringe when I see this happen.
Example: Tommy has been acting out all morning at your parents' house on Thanksgiving. He has finally had it and throws an all-out temper tantrum on the kitchen floor, screaming that he is so mad. You respond by getting down near his face and saying in a high-pitched mocking tone, "I'm so mad! I'm so mad! Does that really help you here, Tommy!?"
What to do: It is one thing to be at the brink, and it is another to jump off willingly. I have been there—in the trenches, hour three of a complete disaster of a day with my extreme child. I know that all-bets-are-off feeling that creeps up when you've been hit and screamed at, called names, and had things thrown at you. But it is not OK to make fun of our kids ever and it is downright embarrassing and damaging to do it in front of others.
Kids, at any age, understand this is inappropriate behavior because we ask them not to speak like this to their friends when they are tots on the playground. First we must apologize. We need to explain that our behavior wasn't appropriate, and we were just exhausted and angry. Even parents make mistakes.
Then, we need to enlist a trusted friend, spouse, family member, or someone who can "tag in" when we find ourselves approaching that breaking point. They can help you find a quiet place when you need to regulate your emotions before you say or do something from which it might be difficult to recover.
4. You ask them to keep secrets.Our children are not our friends. I don't know how much more plainly I can say it. No matter how much we love our kids or how young we had them, until you are both mature adults, you cannot maintain a healthy friendship with your children. It will be mentally damaging for one or both parties.
Example: You tell your child about a shopping trip when you spent too much money, and then ask him to keep it from his dad.
What to do: We can be confidants to our kids and provide a safe space for them to tell their secrets and share their stories, but that road is one-way.
If you have already confided in your children as if they are your adult friends, approach them and let them know that you recognize that they may be mature enough to handle the information you told them, but it wasn't right of you to ask them to keep something a secret. No matter how much they may want you to tell them secrets, they don't need to hear the ones rated PG-13 or beyond.
5. You don't maintain age-appropriate boundaries.In our society of smart phones, social media, and instant gratification, it is difficult not to see our teens, or our middle school children, as mini adults. But remember, parents, they aren't. Their brains are still developing, and they can't make mature decisions yet. I mean, remember when you were 10? Yeah, I'll let that thought marinate for a while.
Example: Your 12-year-old wants to stay up and play video games on the Internet. You want to sleep, so you allow it—even though you haven't set the parental controls on his new gaming system yet. That 12-year-old can now view just about anything while having conversations with other people online who are playing the same game. The scary part? Most of them aren't likely to be 12.
What to do: It is important for us to acknowledge when we overstep a boundary, fail to set an appropriate boundary, or just make a mistake with our kids. An honest apology goes a long way toward making your child, regardless of age, feel like he or she is important to you.
If you have questions about what is age appropriate, ask your friends, your pediatrician, or an online forum. Think about whether or not you feel comfortable with what your child is doing. You are the parent.
Everything is born out of love—either from the presence or the lack of it. Maybe you were raised in an abusive, neglectful, or codependent household so you are parenting the only way you've ever known. We can be a product of our environment, but we do not have to be.
Consider these insights into toxic parenting and evaluate yourself honestly. Are there things you could be doing better? Do you owe your children an apology? Humbling ourselves in font of our children can be one of the most powerful acts we ever model for them. It is never too late to make a change.
The impact of compassion education
Kristen Gracia
November 30, 2018
People often comment on the wonderful feeling they get when they visit our school. They exclaim, "This school feels so good," or, "There is such a different vibe on your campus." I usually smile and nod knowingly, agreeing with them that our school is a very special place. Recently a visitor was struck by the same thought but wanted to know more about why it feels the way it does. The answer is easy: we model, teach and practice compassion.
Nowadays, no one would argue about the importance and value of social-emotional learning being taught in schools. From parenting blogs to education publications, SEL is supported by mounting research and is widely encouraged. However, many still consider these skills soft, and I beg to differ. Teaching skills and creating a school climate where students feel safe to take academic risks and feel valued and connected to their community as well as empowered and encouraged to take positive action to help others is anything but soft. Compassion is a measure of strength.
But what does this look like in practice? We like to say, "Empathy plus action equals compassion!" Our compassion education efforts begin the moment students arrive to school and continue throughout the school day. For example, before students cross the threshold of the classroom, teachers greet them by name to help connect with them and get instant feedback on how they are feeling. We call this practice Every Student, Every Day. It captures our purpose.
We use literature in an intentional manner to help students embrace diversity and understand varying perspectives. This develops their empathy bank. Teachers facilitate class circles to build community, which in turn becomes a space for students to practice compassion. First by listening to their classmates' dilemmas and challenges, and then by collaboratively brainstorming solutions.
Another classroom tool we use is The Compassion Project, a free curriculum offered by EverFi. Teachers and students from our school participated in the development of this coursework. The curriculum helps foster meaningful, face-to-face classroom conversations.
As you embed SEL into the fabric of instruction, you will see a ripple effect on your school climate; it will affect the way students, staff and parents connect and contribute on campus. Better yet, these positive effects will continue to grow and multiply over time, resulting in a strong school community.
A quick word of caution for school leaders: SEL is not an extracurricular activity; it is not "the icing on the cake." Creating an environment where students can thrive socially and academically means prioritizing SEL -- integrating it across all content areas and building it into the routines of every day. SEL must be the solid foundation on which the "cake" is built.
As a school principal, I am seeing the results of prioritizing and embedding these skills throughout our students' elementary school experience. I see a noticeable increase in student confidence, voice and ownership, to name a few. Compassion is not age-dependent and with practice it is accessible to all, which makes elementary school the perfect time to begin this journey. The most exciting observation is that many students are beginning to see themselves as part of the solution, rather than bystanders to the world's problems and the suffering of others.
Our work as educators has important implications for our students' well-being and future. When students feel safe, valued and empowered at school, they will not only excel academically and socially, but also grow into capable and confident adults who will share their voices, take action and serve others. I often imagine our students growing up and applying these skills. Then I think about how much happier, connected and helpful our world will be as a result. People would never wonder why it feels so good, because they would already know the answer. Compassion.
Kristen Gracia is the principal at Oak Knoll Elementary in Menlo Park, Calif.
Chronic stress at school can make kids (particularly those with ADHD or LD) dread going — and change their brains for the worse. But parents and teachers can help alleviate the stress that is stopping these bright kids from succeeding.
For over 35 years, I've carried out comprehensive neuropsychological evaluations of kids and young adults, seeking to confirm, clarify, or rule out a diagnosis of ADHD. I've focused on the relationship between attention and the learning disabilities that often go along with ADHD. My role as a diagnostician has been to identify a pattern of neurocognitive weaknesses and strengths, so that I can help my clients and their parents better understand how they learn best.
An important part of the neuropsychological evaluation is to teach students what they can do to overcome or work around impediments to efficient learning and manage stress at school. This process is helpful, but it often falls short of my goal of helping a client change his or her learning trajectory. Many times, after I used test results to explain a client's learning profile or convince a student that he or she had the cognitive capability to do well in school, I heard, "If I'm so smart, why do I feel dumb all the time?"
I felt compelled to find an answer to this question, and set out to do that.
The Missing Piece of the Puzzle
If you're the kind of parent I've come to know, understand, and respect over the years—the parent of a child with ADHD or LD—you've probably heard the following words from your child:
"I hate school! I don't want to go. You can't make me go!" "I hate my teachers, the kids are mean to me, everything we do is stupid!" "They try to teach us stuff I'll never need. It's so boring!"
Getting your kid off to school in the morning can be traumatic for the family. Cajoling, soothing talk, and bribery aren't always enough to get your kid into the car or on the bus. How many times have you given up and said, "OK, you can stay home, but this is a one-time deal!" Then the tears dry up (yours and your child's), the mood gets calm, and things seem back in balance. But you know the problem has not been solved. Your spouse shakes his head as he leaves for work, and you feel like you've failed again. Your kid seems relieved, but you sense that she feels like a failure, too.
If you haven't figured out why this happens over and over again (even though your child is a bright kid who acts like an angel as long as she's not asked to do anything related to school), I have the answer. I've come to believe that stress is a key factor in solving the ADHD/LD puzzle. I believe that a better understanding of stress among parents, teachers, and learners is the key to unlocking academic potential. Such understanding will lead to a more satisfying, productive life.
It's a sad fact that many students with LD or ADHD have more failures than successful moments in school, and this affects their attitude toward learning and their behavior. A student with impediments to learning needs a developmentally appropriate level of knowledge about his own cognitive profile. Without it, he is likely to attribute his lack of success to a lack of ability or intelligence.
Repeated bouts of fear, frustration, and failure in school create stress that builds up over time. This state of mind is actually neurologically damaging. It impairs brain function by fouling up the brain's chemistry and even shrinking critically important neural brain tissue, making problems with learning and attention worse.
Chronic stress decreases memory and cognitive flexibility, as it increases anxiety and vigilance. This ratchets up a student's alert level and gives rise to a protective defensiveness. As a result, too much energy is put into escaping the threat by avoidance, resistance, or negativity (see "Stress Tests").
When teachers, administrators, and parents misread this behavior as willful or oppositional—not the defensive, protective stance of a student trying to avoid looking inadequate—they compound the problem by casting the student as a bad kid. Most students would rather be thought of as a "troublemaker" or a "class clown" than as stupid, and many, therefore, live up to their reputations.
We are equipped with the ability to perceive threatening events in our environment (stressors), and to respond in ways that keep us safe. A saber-tooth tiger at the mouth of the cave meant trouble for our ancestors. Their senses were so sharp that they knew the beast was there even before the firelight revealed its menacing eyes or large teeth. This early-warning system helped them stave off or escape from danger. We are equipped with the same protective mechanisms that kept our ancestors alive and allowed us to develop as a species. Faced with real or perceived fear, we respond by fighting or fleeing. This is not a conscious choice; under stress, the so-called fear centers deep within our brain (most notably the amygdala) go on high alert.
When the fear centers of the brain are activated, the area of the cortex in the front part of the brain, called the prefrontal cortex, is de-activated. The prefrontal cortex, along with the basal ganglia and the thalamus, controls the executive functions (organizing, planning, and executing tasks efficiently) that are critical to learning. In kids who are already at risk for academic difficulty because of ADHD, the secondary impact of stress puts them in a tailspin. Just when they need this important part of the brain, it shuts down. When stress goes up, cognitive ability goes down. In fact, research shows that chronic stress is associated with a larger amygdala and a decrease in the size of the cerebral cortex, suggesting that repeated, highly negative experiences actually re-form the architecture of our brain.
The mental relationship a child has with a challenging task in great part determines how he or she deals with what comes his or her way. When kids believe that they have little control over a task, and they are about to look ignorant or incompetent (yet again), this triggers the stress response. When a kid's brain is sending the message that "This is too difficult! There's no way I can do this!" the task becomes their saber-tooth tiger. Fear centers go on high alert, and the thinking part of the brain shuts down in the service of survival. It's a circular, self-perpetuating cycle of fear, avoidance, and escape.
In my book Nowhere to Hide: Why Kids with ADHD & LD Hate School and What We Can Do About It, I use the term "saving F.A.S.E." to explain this phenomenon. Thousands of kids around the world are caught up in this cycle of defeat. Hundreds of teachers are reacting in absolutely the wrong way and making the problem worse. Only when children and adults understand this, and know how to break the cycle, will things get better.
The impact of stress on the brain is not all bad. Tolerable stress helps the brain grow and can inoculate a child from the negative impact of stress in the future. The key is to interpret the cause of stress so that it can be managed effectively. This means using stress as the fuel for success and not letting it turn inward to erode confidence and competence.
Neuroscientist and Nobel laureate Eric Kandel, M.D., explained that just as fear, distress, and anxiety change the brain to generate sequences of destructive behaviors, the right interventions turn the cycle around. That's what my DE-STRESS model aims to accomplish.
It includes the following steps:
> Define the condition. Make sure that the adults involved in the child's life understand and agree on the cause of the challenges. If there are "dueling diagnoses," valuable energy is wasted on disagreements, legal challenges, and "doc-shopping" to resolve differences of opinion. The adults need to come to some consensus about the child's condition. A plan built on guesses or misinformation is destined to fail.
> Educate. Informed adults (parents, psychologists, teachers) need to educate the child about the nature of his/her challenges. Only an informed child can be a self-advocate.
> Speculate. Think about how the child's strengths and assets, as well as his challenges, will impact his prospects going forward. Think ahead: What's going to get in the way of success and what should be done to minimize disappointments and derailments?
> Teach. Educate the child about how to use strategies that will address his specific needs and maximize his success. Give the student the tools he needs to take this bull by the horns and wrestle it to the ground.
>Reduce the risk. Create learning environments that focus on success and that minimize the risk of failure (small classes, individualized attention and support, providing time and space to reinforce learning, decreasing distractions).
> Exercise. There is scientific evidence that physical activity reduces stress. Make sure that the student is engaged in a regular program of physical activity. Collect evidence that shows that exercise enhances mood and learning.
> Success. Replace doubt with confidence by creating a learning environment that allows the student to experience success more often than failure. Make sure that fear, frustration, and failure are overshadowed by successes. Show the child that confidence and control are by-products of being competent. Help the child internalize a mantra: "Control through competence."
> Strategize. Use what you and your child have learned about achieving success in order to plan ahead. Find opportunities to confirm that confidence and a stress-reducing sense of control come naturally from feeling competent. Teachers and parents should make learning from errors part of the plan, and help the child move from strength to strength.
Unless students have the opportunity to learn skills that allow them to bypass or overcome learning weaknesses, they are likely to exhibit the fight-or-flight response. Fortunately, the changes in neuronal circuitry associated with chronic stress are reversible in a healthy, resilient brain. Appropriate interventions like the ones mentioned above are simple, cost no money, and can result in re-setting the brain to a healthy state. Looking at stress through this lens will lead to better learning, enhanced self-esteem, and improved behavior.
The ADHD/LD label is not as disabling as one's view of the label's meaning.
Students who know they have a learning disability but who identify with the negative aspects of that label experience what researchers Claude M. Steele, Ph.D., and Joshua Aronson, Ph.D., call "stereotype threat." Kids worry constantly that they will do something to confirm the stereotype that students with ADHD/LD are less competent than other kids.
Gabrielle Rappolt-Schlichtmann, Ed.D., and Samantha Daley, Ed.D., M.Ed., at the Center for Applied Special Technology, in Wakefield, Massachusetts, are currently working on projects funded by the National Science Foundation to better understand stigma and stereotype threat in the classroom. They have found that when students in a research project have to identify as having a learning disability before starting an academic task, they perform more poorly than a similar group of students who are not asked if they have a learning disability. Some take this as evidence that it is the label itself that is disabling, and make a case for not using it.
I believe that when a student does not understand his or her condition (in other words, his or her label), this can lead to a self-assigned label: "I have ADHD. I can't focus well enough to do math. I'm stupid." This is more disabling than the terms ADHD or LD.
My work in schools supports my view that stereotype threat, and the stress it causes, can be countered with positive self-attributions related to the disability label. Having had the opportunity to visit hundreds of programs for kids with ADHD/LD across the U.S., I have seen that those schools and teachers that give self-awareness and self-advocacy training, coupled with specialized approaches that lead to helping the student master academics, have found an antidote to stereotype threat that can be a central feature of the ADHD/LD profile.
Stress Tests
These behaviors are good indicators that your child may be under stress at school:
> Refusal to do the work (passive or aggressive negativity)
> Devaluation of the task ("This is so stupid")
> Acting up or acting out to direct attention away from the challenging task
> Acting "in" or becoming sad and withdrawn
> Exhibiting signs of anxiety (sweaty palms, tremors, headaches, difficulty breathing)
> Becoming engrossed in a task in which he is successful or one that's fun (refusing to stop writing a story or doing a drawing, turn off a video game, or to take off a headset and stop listening to his favorite music)
> Efforts to encourage ("I know you can do this") are met with more resistance
> Asking an adult to stay close and help with every problem (over-dependence)


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Government spends more, but_
POLITICIANS constantly remark that there are no votes in science, so it was a
relief to find the Australian government's 1993-94 budget was a reasonable one
for science. The total spending on R&D is now lú35 per cent of total
economic activity, as measured by the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). This is
the highest figure ever.
But comparisons with other countries are still worrying. Australian research
expenditure is still low by the standards of most of the countries in the club
of rich nations, the OECD. The only countries which spend less are Ireland,
Spain and New Zealand, which is at the foot of the table with a figure of only
Oú87 per cent of GDP.
Since the budget was tabled, some observers have remarked that it would be
more sensible to compare Australia with its Asian neighbours rather than the
OECD. But even that comparison does not bring much cheer.
For the first time, this year's tables also include some non-OECD nations in
our region. The figures show that Taiwan and South Korea now spend a larger
fraction of their economic output on R&D than Australia. Singapore is below
Australia, but above NZ. Even India and China are only slightly lower than NZ
in the fraction of their GDP that goes to research.
The problem in Australia and NZ is still the low level of business expenditure
on R&D. Public science is funded at about average level for OECD countries:
Australia a bit above, NZ a bit below. But the table of business expenditure
shows NZ at the bottom of the OECD and Australia only two places higher. Among
the Asian nations only India and China were below NZ.
Australian spending on R&D in the private sector as a fraction of GDP is only
about two-thirds that of Taiwan and about 40 percent of the level in South
Korea. And the NZ level is about half that of Australia.
THE FINE print of the budget often tells an interesting tale of political
priorities. How governments spend their money is the most honest statement of
what they see as important.
The past 10 years has seen a dramatic expansion of rural research. Funding has
doubled in real terms. Health and medical research has been given the same
sort of boost. But funds for studies in the areas of energy and environment
have declined 20 per cent, despite an allocation of A$10 million for
greenhouse research. And transport now gets less than half the amount of 10
years ago. It is not clear these changes reflect general community views.
Funds for the new cooperative research centres (CRCs), which are intended to
bring the research community together with private sector partners, will
double this year to about A$90 million. And that support is due to
increase to nearly A$150 million in two years time.
But there are critics of the CRCs. The senate select committee on employment,
education and training is conducting an inquiry into higher education
research. Some of the submissions have suggested that the CRC funds could be
better spent in smaller amounts spread around the research community.
THE BUDGET papers always repay detailed reading. Side by side with the dry
statistics of allocations of funds, there are snippets about the achievements
of public science.
The latest budget statement reports a study by CSIRO scientists of methane
production by cattle. Digestion of plant material causes cows to burp and fart
vast amounts of this greenhouse gas. Researchers have estimated a typical cow
produces tens of thousands of litres of gas a year. But their calculations
are based on measuring cows in special chambers. The unusual conditions might
have influenced the results.
A new technique has made it possible to test methane emissions under natural
conditions. The work shows that the amount of gas produced is greater than
previously suspected_more than 500 litres a week. With a cow in the backyard,
I could dispense with my gas cylinder.
The study also found the problem is related to diet. Cows fed grass emit two
to three times as much methane as those given a high quality diet of oats and
lucerne. Now if they were fed beans_
TELEVISION news bulletins usually feature a separate presenter for the
weather. The script always includes explanations of the weather that sound
vaguely scientific: areas of high pressure, upper level troughs, masses of
moist air and so on.
But sometimes I think they try just a little too hard. The other evening I
watched as a presenter, looking earnestly straight at the camera, told the
expectant millions that the low temperature the previous night "was due to
cooler air". I'm glad I found that out; there was I thinking the low
temperature was due to warmer water.

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What if CAPCOM made a PUZZLE QUEST game? This is what it would look like..
marvel075 Posts: 53 Match Maker
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You know how Capcom and Marvel has been going at it for years? I made a little character chart of CAPCOM characters if they had a CAPCOM version of Marvel Puzzle Quest. tell me what you think and which characters you want me to add on. The link down below will let you view the characters i've made.


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Tuesday, May 6, 2014
The newest pet
insert heavy sarcasm here. They sleep out in the garage. They don't eat much. They don't need exercise. They don't even need that much attention. All they require is that someone else be on bird-alert...so they don't get eaten. Ha.
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The Caballero Revisited: Postmodernity in The Cisco Kid, The Mask of Zorro, and Shrek II
Although by the 1990s the Robin Hood heroes embodied by the Cisco Kid and Zorro had been absent from cinema screens in North America for a number of years, they had not disappeared from the popular imagination. Luis Valdez, who was to direct The Cisco Kid in 1994, had long been fascinated by the figure of the rebel bandit. His darkly comic 1986 play I Don't Have to Show You No Stinking Badges! features Hollywood extra Buddy Villa, who has made a career of portraying stereotypical Mexicans in Hollywood films. The highlight of this less than illustrious but lucrative career was his role as a defiant bandit opposite Humphrey Bogart in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre. This play continued an exploration of stereotypes of the Mexican bandit that also informs Valdez's 1982 drama Bandido! The American Melodrama of Tiburcio Vásquez, Notorious California Bandit. In the foreword to the earlier work, Valdez expressed his desire to recover the figure of Vásquez from the stereotypes propagated by Western conquest fiction. He also notes that his decision to concentrate on Vásquez was largely due to the fact that his story was far less well known than that of Joaquín Murrieta, whom he describes as a "legendary icon, even among Anglo-Americans."1 Murrieta was instead to become the inspiration for a new Zorro in Martin Campbell's The Mask of Zorro (1998). Prior to this film, the character of Zorro had appeared on the small screen in the comedy series Zorro and Son in the early 1980s and in the 1981 parody Zorro, The Gay Blade, which starred George Hamilton as both Don Diego Vega and his outrageously campy gay brother.
The release of the 1990s Cisco and Zorro films was preceded by Robert Rodríguez's El Mariachi, a film that has much in common with them despite its more contemporary setting. Rodríguez's debut feature centers on a nameless mariachi who is mistaken for a hit man known as Azul, known for carrying his weapons in a guitar case. Azul has recently broken out of prison in order to kill his former partner, Moco, a North American drug lord who double-crossed Azul and cheated him out of his share of a deal. The mariachi becomes embroiled in a web of violence and deception and relies on his wits and skill in battle to defeat his corrupt adversaries. He evolves from being a journeyman musician to a lone warrior who is the sole embodiment of honor and decency in a border community on the verge of implosion because of corruption and drug trafficking. He is further distinguished by being the only character in the film with a sense of identity and a reverence for Mexican traditions, as his interior monologue at the opening of the film makes clear: "Desde que era pequeño siempre quise ser un mariachi, como mi padre, mi abuelo y mi bisabuelo . . . Mi idea era seguir sus pasos hasta el final y morir con mi guitarra en la mano."
Like El Mariachi, The Cisco Kid and The Mask of Zorro also focus on protagonists who deal with difficult circumstances, particularly corrupt regimes, and engage in violence, but whose actions are not motivated by self-interest but by a desire to defeat the evil potentates whose actions are destroying their environs. Eric Hobsbawm's groundbreaking theories on the social bandit, a figure motivated by a desire to avenge the oppression and racism endured by his community, find a parallel both in the 1990s caballero films and in El Mariachi. Furthermore, his ideas are useful in elucidating the motivation behind Valdez's (and other filmmakers') enduring fascination with the bandit character. As Hobsbawm points out, there was a glaring discrepancy between attitudes toward the bandit north and south of the border. Commenting on the emergence of the popular myth of the bandit during the reign of Porfirio Díaz in nineteenth-century Mexico, he notes that "Thanks chiefly to Pancho Villa, the most eminent of all brigands turned revolutionaries, this has brought banditry a unique degree of national legitimacy in Mexico, though not in the USA, where in those very years, violent, cruel and greedy Mexican bandits became the standard villains of Hollywood, at least until 1922, when the Mexican government threatened to ban all films made by offending movie companies from the country."2
Another crucial aspect shared by Valdez and Campbell's films was the long cinematic tradition that they continued and the way in which references to it enhanced them. By both acknowledging the past films that inspired them and incorporating intertextual references to them, The Cisco Kid and The Mask of Zorro manage to be both part of a rich cultural legacy and utterly contemporary.
This tendency toward referentiality is a key aspect of Valdez's The Cisco Kid, which continues and renews the Cisco filmic tradition. Valdez, a former farm worker, was the founder of the Teatro Campesino and a key figure in the creation of Chicano cinema. Valdez has had his greatest success to date with La Bamba, a musical biopic based on the life of Ritchie Valens. No other Chicano film has had the box office success of this film while simultaneously bringing serious issues, such as the exploitation of farm workers, the difficulties associated with assimilating into North American culture or rejecting it, and generational gaps between Mexican American parents and their children, to a mainstream audience. Such was the success of La Bamba that critics suggested that it was a watershed that would lead to the development of a Hispanic Hollywood. This did not come to pass, but its overwhelming appeal has been something of a mixed blessing for Valdez in that Chicano audiences continue to expect a great deal from his subsequent films, which have not achieved anything near the level of commercial and critical acclaim enjoyed by La Bamba. The response of many Chicano commentators to The Cisco Kid has been less than overwhelming. David R. Maciel and Susan Racho, in their article "Yo soy chicano: The Turbulent and Heroic Life of Chicanas/os in Cinema and Television," while expressing reservations about La Bamba's suggestion that the American Dream can only be achieved through "accommodation or near assimilation," praise it as a creative and commercial success.3 The Cisco Kid does not fare nearly as well in their estimation. Its success is limited, they argue, to "the purely entertainment level of a movie made for television."4 Moreover, it is considered to have "a flawed script, uneven performances, and a not-so-successful Chicano interpretation of Mexican traditions, history, and folklore."5
The mainstream press was somewhat more encouraging in its response to the film. Todd Everett suggests that it is Valdez's "most accessible project yet, with even wider potential appeal than La Bamba."6 More significantly, he locates the appeal of the film in the tradition of the Cisco Kid series, noting that "it's a welcome return for the characters and should bring knowing smiles to fans of the Duncan Renaldo-Leo Carrillo interps in the '50s."7 This is, in fact, the key to the appeal of the film, despite the fact that, as a brief summary will demonstrate, it is hampered by its overreaching plot.
Valdez's film introduces viewers to the Cisco legend against the backdrop of the struggle between France and Mexico in 1867. The supporters of President Benito Juárez are battling the occupying French armies of Napoleon II, who has appointed the Austrian Emperor Maximilian as the puppet ruler of Mexico. Cisco first appears as a prisoner in a French jail, where he meets a priest named Pancho while both are on their way to be executed by a firing squad. Cisco recounts that his troubles began when he tried to rescue a prostitute named Libertad from a French army brothel. Although Pancho is less forthcoming about his past, we soon learn that he is a Juarista. The pair escapes as a group of Mexican gunmen disrupts the executions, and they ride on a burro to a nearby village. Here they encounter a French tax collector whose henchmen terrify the local people into paying them a tithe of 100 pesos. Cisco and Pancho overpower the tax collector and demand his loot. He takes them to a bedroom, where they meet Dominique, the beautiful niece of the commander of the French army, General Dupré. The duo argues over the fate of the money, which Pancho wants to return to the people through the Juaristas, while Cisco wants to keep it. Pancho prevails. Fearing that their dispute will escalate, the cowardly tax collector offers Dominique to Cisco on the condition that he himself escape unharmed, but Cisco refuses to take advantage of the situation. It is at this point in the story that Cisco finds his signature flamboyant suit, which he takes from the tax collector's wardrobe.
The men then ride to the Juarista camp, where Pancho learns that a poster has been issued offering a reward for his arrest. Cisco speaks with the Juarista leaders and makes a deal to sell them guns that he can obtain from Texan confederate renegades. In the following scene, two of the Texans, Washington and Longquist, have an interview with Dupré, who is holding them on suspicion of gun running to the Mexicans. He agrees to free their men and give them each a hacienda if they complete a mission for him. The villagers of San Miguel, an important strategic location that blocks the access of the French to the sea and is ruled by the Juaristas, worship an image of the child Jesus called El Niño, which was fashioned from gold taken by the conqueror Cortez from the Aztec emperor Moctezuma. The Texans are to steal the statue, robbing the Indians of the will and strength they believe it gives them, thus ensuring a French victory. The camera cuts to a procession in the village of San Miguel leading to the church, where El Niño is exhibited only once a year, on Christmas Day. Cisco and Pancho arrive at the village, where Cisco learns that Pancho is not a father in a religious sense but the head of a substantial family. They all go to church, but the ceremonies are interrupted by the Texans, who steal the statue and leave the church in flames, having killed the priest and a number of worshippers. Cisco saves Pancho's daughter from the fire, then they set out to recover the statue.
It is at this point that Cisco, who has previously refused to get involved in the political struggle, decides to fight with the Juaristas. In the town of Cueros, he and Pancho encounter the confederates in a cantina and a fight breaks out; as Cisco and Pancho are about to overcome the Texans, Pancho is captured by a bounty hunter but is rescued by Cisco. After leaving the bar, they learn that there is a competition in the local bullring for the best caballero and that the winner will attend a ball in the governor's palace, where Pancho is sure El Niño has been taken. Following an impressive display of horsemanship, Cisco wins the contest and he and Pancho attend the ball. While Pancho rescues El Niño, Cisco romances an increasingly compliant Dominique. The pair's perfect mission is thwarted, however, when the tax collector recognizes Cisco and they are forced to flee. The Texan renegades capture them and take them to a French brothel, where the prostitute Cisco had previously defended, Libertad, aids their escape. Meanwhile, Dominique is kidnapped by another of the renegades, who leaves a ransom note to make it appear that Cisco is the kidnapper. Cisco and Pancho, unaware of this development, return to the Juarista camp with both El Niño and the much-needed guns. Cisco asks one of the Juarista leaders, Doña Josefa, for money and a receipt from Benito Juárez to confirm that he has received the guns, much to the disgust of both Doña Josefa and Pancho. Cisco's apparent greed, which he explains as a need to clear his name of being a bandit north of the border, leads to a fight between the men. At this point, a Juarista horseman comes to warn the camp that Dupré and the entire French army are coming.
The Mexicans prepare for battle as Cisco learns of Dominique's kidnapping and rushes to find her. Pancho, meanwhile, rides through the countryside displaying El Niño in a successful bid to inspire men to join the battle. Cisco finds the Texans in the same bar in which Pancho was captured by the bounty hunter and rescues Dominique, taking her to the safety of the Juarista camp. Cisco and Dominique make love. The following day, Cisco is instrumental in helping the Mexicans defeat the French, killing Dupré and defeating his right-hand man and Dominique's fiancé, Lieutenant Colonel Delacroix. Soon after this decisive battle, Juárez arrives at the camp and personally thanks Cisco. Doña Josefa gives Cisco the money and the letter and, with a notably softened attitude, asks him to join their struggle. Cisco takes his leave of Pancho outside the latter's house, as he had promised his wife Rosa that he would give up his life as a freedom fighter and settle down. Cisco departs and bids farewell to Dominique, who is returning to France. As Cisco rides forth, Pancho catches up with him and the pair joins forces once more.


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Photographer Simon Bray's latest activity, Loved& Lost, explores knowledge of loss.
Bray expected conference participants to find a photo of themselves with their lost loved one before returning to the location to replicate the image.
I'm regarding a photo of me with their own families on the highest level of Beacon Fell, in Lancashire, which was close to where we lived at that time, about 1978.
It's one of the only photographs I have of all four of us together, as usually one of my parents would be taking the picture.
My daughter didn't know what had happened to my brother – and I had to tell her that Uncle Geoff had died – and she said: "Oh Mummy, you're the only one left who lived in your room when you were little, " which was just such an amazing road of putting it – she cut right to the truth instantly, like only small children could.
I remember when my mum croaked, I felt winded by the thought that I would never interpret her again – ever – not just that I wouldn't encounter her again, but for ever and ever. That was really hard.
Life is never the same again.
In this photograph, I am a daughter and a sister – and I'm no longer those situations.
Friends have said to me: "Oh but "you think youre". You're still your mum's daughter. You're still Geoff's sister" But actually I'm not really. I am my pa and my mum's daughter. But no-one thinks of me as a daughter. No-one calls me their sister.
So, your identity changes for ever and I can say I had a brother and I know what it feels like to be a little sister and I know what it feels like to have a father and to be a father's daughter – but I am no longer those things and that is really hard.
When someone dies, it can be so astonishing and you feel like it ought to be very very noisy, like parties banging drums and playing trombones and call, and actually it's very quiet because that person's gone so you don't hear their singer anymore.
After the funeral, you are left in a very quiet situate – sometimes that can feel incorrect because the notions aren't very quiet.
I do think that having knowledge such suffering and loss has helped me to have a much more profound acknowledgment of beauty.
It feels like formerly you've been to a target of such hurting, you have a deeper understanding of countries around the world around you – and I just, well, I look on life differently.
The original photo( left) was taken at Hillsborough, home ground of Sheffield Wednesday Football Club. It was at a Bristol Rovers game in League One, the season that we beat Sheffield United to promotion to the Championship.
From persons below the age of 12, Hillsborough was the thing I did with my father. For the next 20 strange years, come what may, most Saturdays, I would go back and me and Dad would go to the match together and sit in the same tushes, with our season tickets. Those two fannies, 97 and 98, Row R, South Stand, they're our seats.
Hillsborough is one of these old floors in among the terraced mansions. So, you'd merely find a parking space wherever you can and walk down the hill, over the bridge and into our sets.
Then, we'd chat to the people we'd sat around for the past 15 times or so. Dad had all sorts of routines – he wouldn't have a shower on match date, he ever wore his Sheffield Wednesday boxer shorts, he'd ever have his hat in his container so if we weren't doing well it was: "Right, it's meter for the hat, " so he'd employ his hat on.
He'd been diagnosed at the end of October and he'd deteriorated that season – but he was there on the last play.
He was very ill though. Sheffield Wednesday had abode up and he simply kind of sat down. He kind of had a little look around and only began to cry and I think he reckoned at that point that could well be his last tournament.
I don't contemplate the weight of the situation had escaped anybody. He was really upset – and as my best friend envisioned that, they all started crying and then it was just a bit of a gondola crash from then on. It was just a exceedingly harrowing moment.
On returning to the ground for the photograph, we were playing Charlton. We scored firstly and that was the moment that, for the past 20 odd times, we'd jump up and hug and just go crazy and shout and precisely be a bit laughable quite honestly.
But as I hopped up that day, it was great to learn the football and trash, but it was a bit flat. Although, it was nice to think: "Yeah, we've scored. Lead on, Dad. There you go."
It was a good intentional space of reflecting, which is really health. It's important to take time to think about him – but when do you do that?
They were one of the points that I first "ve fallen in love with", because I like geeky glasses and on his profile illustration on the Guardian Soulmates, where we first fill, he has these on and I pondered, "I like this guy, he looks like Jarvis Cocker."
Taken in May 2012, the original photo is of us on the seawall in Penzance [, Cornwall ]. Having assembled online and transmitted for around six months I moved from my home in Germany.
It was just a normal night. He had been at work and I wasn't is currently working on the time so I was always hanging around for 17:00, waiting for him to get home.
It was still really exciting were informed that we were together and simply that I had moved over here. We precisely became for a tread like we did most evenings.
He was very funny and I think it was the feeling of mood that brought us very close quite quickly because that is actually connects you I fantasize.
After Paul passed away, I returned to Penzance to restage the photograph in the same site and to talk about Paul and the time that we had together.
When you[ the photographer] asked me about taking that drawing with my eyes closed, it was as if the inside of my eyelids was a film, there were all these personas – Penzance together with Paul, expending Mazey Day together, stepping along Sennen beach, taking a tour to Falmouth together – Cornwall is just so connected to the relationship.
I just wonder what's it like for other people as you're going through the process of treating everything there is?
There's a distinct before and after. There's this cut-off object and you think: "Is this where the world has got to stop? " But it doesn't.
This is where everything changed in your world – but the world only stopped on spinning and spinning. That's one thing that loss does – you really don't care about others.
It's a very greedy process – selfish in the self-centred process – you listen a lot more to what you need.
You can get through a whole week and "re going to be fine" – I'm all right most dates – and then one evening, it exactly reaches you.
It's difficult to know where to go with it.
Where do you go with those apprehensions? Where do you introduce them? Do you let them out? Do you want to fight them? Do you want to try to explain them and rationalise it? Sometimes, you simply feel like giving in to it, and just staying in berth for a week.
Loved& Lost is at Oriel Colwyn, Colwyn Bay, Conwy, until 18 August.
You can see more of the Loved& Lost project on Simon Bray's website.


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I have mostly fond memories of Christmas. Mom and dad made it a great time with their delicious chocolate chip cookies, some with oatmeal. Skip the raisins, please. What a way to ruin a great cookie! We had steamed shrimp on Christmas Eve. Stockings hung on the stair rail leading to our family room, where the SKH Christmas tree was loaded with decorations (usually by mom). My brother and I would just toss the tinsel on the tree.
As Christmas drew closer, more and more presents appeared under the tree.
As kids, my brother and I were up insanely early on Christmas Day, but forbidden to wake mom and dad before 7:00 a.m. We were never able to last that long.
Many years later, after I had become a Christian and started learning the ways of Christian faith, Living Word's traditions became so powerful for me.
Thanksgiving Cardboard Testimony Sunday is like a warm-up for this season.
We have loved being a part of the Christmas – It's Not About Us and Seasons of Service ways of generosity through Living Word.
Becky and I ring the bells for the Salvation Army every year.
We do Operation Christmas Child and help with other presents.
The Christmas Eve services at Living Word are so beautiful and meaningful.
The Christmas Eve offering is so important in helping those in need. We love celebrating the "Yay Gods" for the generosity of our congregation.
On the home front, there are many (and I do mean many) Nativity sets everywhere in our house. I love every one of them, even though I do have a few favorites.
Other seasonal favorites include:
Attending Christmas parties with friends…
Eating Becky's chocolate cookies and steamed shrimp (the tradition continues)…
Seeing the Trans-Siberian Orchestra at Hershey whenever possible….
Listening to Handel's Messiah…
Singing "Joy to the World" (my favorite Christmas carol, and loving the Lincoln Brewster rocking out version of it)…
Watching Dicken's A Christmas Carol (the George C. Scott version, of course)…
With everything leading to Christmas Eve services and worshipping Christ the King, born of a virgin, laid in a manger, with (if we have eyes to see) the shadow of the cross looming over that manger…
I love everything about the Surprising Gift of Christmas. I pray you will, too. And may this Christmas be your best Christmas ever.
In the Spirit of Christmas,
Pastor Brian
- Sermon Backing on "The Way of Love" - October 27, 2020
- Sermon Backing on John 20:21-23 - October 12, 2020
- Jesus' Mission to Tell the Truth (Sermon Backing) - October 7, 2020


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Bram Stoker's Dracula at Actors Theatre
Actors Theatre of Louisville 316 West Main Street, Louisville, Kentucky 40202
Bram Stoker's Dracula at Actors Theatre
His fangs are bared. His eyes glow crimson. Louisville's favorite vampire is back! Based on Bram Stoker's gothic tale of the immortal Transylvanian count and his unexpectedly feisty human prey, this fast-paced, fright-filled adaptation is a Halloween treat that drips with suspense—and even more blood.
Audience Advisory: Violence including physical combat, bloodshed and murder.
Age Recommendations: 11+
For more information call (502) 584-1205 or visit actorstheatre.org


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The holiday of gratitude is coming this week. But even though Thanks is in the name, some may not feel very thankful if they are working rather than spending time with friends and family on Thanksgiving.
Many people are working on Thanksgiving Day as well as other holidays, some providing necessary services so we can enjoy the holidays, while others are working to earn extra money and benefits.
Although everyone appreciates people working in necessary support services, many Americans are not supportive of stores being open on Thanksgiving. Retailers open on holidays to keep up or get ahead of what other stores are doing. What do you think about the trend toward retailers opening on Thanksgiving to get ahead? Is it a service to customers and employees or just another way to make a profit?
Traditions are important to many people and change can be disruptive. "It is healthy for employees to get a day off during the holidays, especially for Thanksgiving Day because it really is a time to show gratitude." said W. Ballard, the Assistant Executive Director for Organizational Excellence for the American Psychological Association. Can you be grateful for your job while working on a holiday especially one with Thanks in the name?
For those who choose a career where they know they may be working on holidays to help people in crisis and emergencies, they are often thankful they can be of service on holidays. Those without families in the area who want to earn extra income are thankful for their jobs in retail.
Whether you are working or expecting someone for dinner who ends up on the job, you can create a holiday of giving thanks for the opportunity to work.
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Question: Dear Luise: Thanks in advance for letting me post my story. I was married for 24 years and had two children, one of each. My husband took his life after I asked him for a divorce because I was tired of his unfaithfulness and verbal abuse. The next day after I asked for a divorce, my husband took his life. My children were already adults and I have talked to them prior to asking for a divorce. They had witnessed his affairs and the verbal abuse over their teenaged years. At the time they were behind me 100%. After their father's death I met another man and we got married. My oldest, daughter, and my current husband butt heads all the time because she tends to be bossy and disrespectful to me. Even with this attitude towards me, we still had always been close until I remarried. We spent a lot of time together and I was a major part of my grandchildrens lives when they were small. My son accepted my current husband completely and they had a great relationship. But my son had problems with alcohol and drug abuse and took his life 7 years after his father did. This was the hardest thing I ever had to deal with in my life and my husband has always been there for me. My daughter runs hot and cold with me. We will get along for a few months at a time then I won't hear anything from her for months. This has been going on since 1998 when her Dad died. My grandchildren have grown up without me being around much due to her reactions to me and I'm afraid, there has been a lot of bad talk about me. They are teenagers now and even though when I do see them, they act like they miss me and love me, but they have a better relationship with her husband's family than my husband and I. This is their stepfather's family and not their real father. She has kept them away from their real father and talks very poorly about him even though he's not a bad person. I think he has just given up on trying to have a relationship with his kids even though he pays his child support and has tried hard to be a part of their lives also. Another issue I have dealt with since my first husband's death is with my own family. It seems like they have pushed me away also and I rarely hear anything from my sisters. We live five hours away from each other and since I remarried, they don't come to visit us. I email them to check on them and their families and all I get back are forwarded junk emails from them. I do talk to one of my neices on a regular basis but the rest of my neices and nephews have nothing to do with us. My husband is a wonderful man. He's very good to me and he is good to my daughter and grandchildren when they are around. A few months ago, we decided to move from our big house to a smaller house and went through all of our belongings to filter out. My daughter and her husband helped us move and we gave them a lot of things. I gave her all of the heirlooms from her father's family and a lot that I had for her from my own family and what I had purchased over the years. I felt like she should be able to enjoy them now and not have to wait until I die to have them. She was very helpful and I appreciated all the work they did and told them numerous times that we appreciated them. Now, she is back on one of her moods of not wanting to talk to me again. We gave her husband almost all of her Dad's tools and belongings and she still wanted more. When her father died, she took all of his gun collection and anything she could carry off that belonged to her dad. I never commented on it but there were things that I could have still used like some of the tools. She sold the gun collection and kept the money. I also could have used the money from the sale of his gun collection because his insurance paid for his funeral and there wasn't much left over for me to use on our bills. I had a very hard time paying bills and keeping my house. I didn't say anything about that to her because it wasn't really that important to me to cause a big fight over. My husband has told me numerous times she acts like she thinks everything of mine is hers and that I have no right to have anything from my first marriage. Her father and I never separated so I'm not sure why she feels that way. I worry myself sick over her moods because I never know if I am "in or out". It's a constant rollercoaster ride for me. I have become disabled this last year and had to quit my job and career. I worked for many years in a very stressful job and between that and the suicides of my brother, my first husband and my son, I have a lot of anxiety and have panic attacks a lot. I have been diagnosed with post traumatic stress syndrome along with back problems. I have had surgery on my back and have constant pain with it. This is why I am disabled.I have been through counseling and take medication for this but I try very hard not to let this affect my attitude or life. I also want to add that when my current husband and I married, he had custody of his two children and I helped raise them. They were 8 and 10 and are now adults also. They treat me very well and both have said I am their real mother because I raised them and have always been there for them. I thought at one time my daughter might have been jealous of them but she has a good relationship with them so I don't really think that is the case. I am just at my wits end. Between my daughter, grandchildren and my sisters, neices and nephew, I feel like I have no family anymore. I think I could fall off the face of the earth and none of them would even notice or care. I just don't know how to handle this anymore. I'm sorry this is so long but I wanted you to know the background. Oh, also, after my first husband died, I found out through my kids that their dad had physically abused them. I was totally unaware of this and if I had known, I would have taken the kids and left immediately. I sometimes wonder how I could have been married to a man for 24 years and yet not really know him. When the police found him after he shot himself, there were drugs in his vehicle and I had no idea he was using drugs either. I know this is a lot to comprehend, but this has been my life for the last 13 years. If I didn't have God to fall back on and my husband for his support, I think I would have taken my life years ago. I have been that desperate at times. Living through my son's suicide has been a long process but I am grateful for the 29 years I had with him even though I miss him every day. He had his problems but he was a very loving, funny and kind person. Thanks for reading all of this and I look forward to your answer. S.
Answer: Dear S.: All you can do is accept the choices others make no matter how terribly their decisions impact you. I honestly don't know how I would deal with what you have had to go through.
Enjoy what you have around you that matters and treat yourself kindly. You deserve so much better than what you have had to go through. Blessings, Luise


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About SLBeeps
About Me
I'm a Speech and Language Pathologist (SLP) in California. I work a school setting with children who have moderate-severe disabilities. A friend encouraged me to start this blog. She told me to just start writing and click "Publish," which is good because if this had to be perfect I wouldn't even be getting started.
Tada! I started it!
I love tech and figuring out how to use apps in novel and engaging ways with my students. I'm a continuing education fanatic and go to ASHA every chance I get. Parent/staff education is one of the most rewarding parts of my job, and I hope I can do some of that here!
About SLBeeps
As a group, SLPs are known (to ourselves, anyway) for being very type A. That is, we are polished, prompt, organized, perfectionistic, and driven. Those of us who don't have the color-coordinated polka-dotted organization of our peers sometimes felt like outsiders.
I started a Facebook group for these outsider/type B SLPs. I eventually had to close it to new members because I was getting ten membership requests an hour (seriously!). That's when I realized that a lot of us feel this way. We were so happy to have found each other that we developed a shorthand for referring to ourselves. Type B SLPs evolved to SLBs and SLB peeps and SLbeeps eventually.
But what about evidence on A/B typing?
(There is none. )
In anticipation of some concern, yes, I'm aware that the A/B distinction is not solid science, or even loosely science. Cardiologists in the 1950s developed a theory about who was more likely to have heart attacks. They called these highly strung people type A. Anyone else was a Type B
Per Wikipedia (so take that with a grain of salt) scientists have discredited the A/B as having anything to do with cardiovascular health, with the exception of a subset of Type A people who have a lot of hostility.
In short, A/B typing has all the scientific import of your Hogwarts House. Like Hogwarts Houses, it can be a useful shorthand to express how we see ourselves. In the vernacular, Type B means something more specific, a looser, calmer, more go-with-the-flow personality. Those are the perspectives that I (and, I hope, in guest posts, some of the beeps) want to bring to you with this blog.
Wait, So You Don't Like Evidence?
I love evidence! I work hard on staying up to date. Sometimes (often) I like pop psychology. I think knowing myself better makes me a better SLP. Am I using pop psych on my students and sorting them into these categories? No. I am not.
- My priorities with evidence are as follows:
- First: do no harm (There is a considerable difference, in my mind, between interventions that are proven to be actively harmful and those that are proven to be ineffective.)
- Second: waste no time.
- Third: don't overlook cultural competency, especially when it comes to dialect.
- Fourth: don't forget to have fun!
Following Evidence-Based practice helps me feel good about doing the first three so that I don't miss out on the fun!


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It looks like Westworld may be heading east, as we all hoped it would.
One of the biggest HOLY MOTHER OF GOD moments in the Westworld Season 1 finale was the reveal that there was at least one more theme park run by Delos Incorporated, presumably where rich guys could go live out their wildest fantasies if the cowboy theme of Westworld wasn't their thing.
We don't know the name of the park, only its initials: SW. But given that we saw full samurai warrior gear on display, fans have guessed that the initials stand for Samurai World, Shogun World or Sensei World, and the park would be set in feudal Japan. Naturally, the next question was "Are we going to see Samurai World in Season 2? Because that would be awesome." Well hold on to your katanas, because here's the biggest proof yet that we will.
Everything We Know About Westworld Season 2
Actor Hiroyuki Sanada (Helix, Lost) has joined Westworld for multiple episodes in the second season, the actor's rep confirmed to TV Guide. We also know that his character's name will be Musashi. Hardcore fans of Westworld will be familiar with the name because of... a toy.
SDCC 2017 Exclusives Wave 10: HBO - Game of Thrones & Westworld! https://t.co/2Cx21K9fZG pic.twitter.com/TCnsH3bPHb— Funko (@OriginalFunko) June 29, 2017
At this year's San Diego Comic-Con, figurine maker Funko revealed a new model based on a Westworld character named Musashi — who could be the legendary swordsman Musashi Miyamoto — and the figurine was all decked out in samurai gear. It was an odd announcement because it seemed spoilery and we had never met the guy, yet here he was already immortalized in plastic. But the character was never confirmed to exist beyond the Funko figurine, and we were all left to only hope and pray.
Now that we know Sanada — who, by the way, has a history of playing samurai on the screen — has joined the show as Musashi, it's almost 99-percent certain that we'll at least get a taste of Samurai World, unless Musashi somehow finds his way into Westworld, which opens up whole new levels of insanity. Hey, we saw a dead tiger in Westworld in the Season 2 trailer, so anything can happen.
Westworld returns in 2018 on HBO.


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Two senior Ola executives — Saikiran Krishnamurthy, senior vice-president, growth and Joy Bandekar corporate president of new initiatives — have quit the company, reports the Economic Times. We've written to Ola and will update this when we hear from them.
According to the ET report, Krishnamurthy will now be working on his own venture, while Bandekar will move to work in the B2B e-commerce startup Udaan as its founding partner. Bandekar will, however, take up an advisory role at Ola, according to the report.
Prior to joining the company from Flipkart in September 2017, Krishnamurthy served as a director at McKinsey. Bandekar also joined the company from Flipkart in December, 2015.
Ola's recent hires and exits for 2018
- In July, Ola appointed Simon Smith as Managing Director for its operations in Australia.
- In May, Ola's COO Vishal Kaul resigned from the company to join a new organisation. Kaul had joined Ola in January 2017.


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Smugglers always try to bring in consignment of cocaine by devious means. One of these is by using the waterways. The drugs have ready markets and sell at a premium and coastal police remain alert to intercept them. That is how the US Coast Guard played an important role to foil a smuggling attempt. They stopped a narco-submersible in the Pacific Ocean. It was carrying nearly 5,000 lbs of cocaine, with a street value of approximately $69million. According to the Coast Guard, a maritime patrol aircraft flagged a suspected narcotic-trafficking semi-submersible in the water. That was in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Subsequently, the US Coast Guard entered the scene. They intercepted the vessel in international waters and its team took over control of the vessel. There were four suspected smugglers in the vessel and the law took over before they could sink the sub.
It was a big catch of contraband
The consignment of cocaine was in the form of bundles wrapped in fabric. They were in the form of bricks for ease of handling and were removed from the smuggler's vessel. It was a joint operation involving the crews of US Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf and Harriet Lane. They transferred the cocaine from the vessel of the narco-traffickers to that of the military. The Coast Guard is active in the Eastern Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Basin. Their mission is to patrol known drug transit zones along the coasts of Central and South America. In 2018, the Harriet Lane helped seize 17,203 pounds of cocaine. The value of the seizure was $260million.
War against drugs an ongoing effort
Drugs are harmful to society because they lead to an increase in crime apart from health issues. Hence, the world is always waging a war on those who operate the smuggling rings. Agencies like the US Coast Guard and Harriet Lane play a vital role in containing the menace.


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Soldiers who were sent to disinfect nursing homes had found people "completely abandoned, or even dead, in their beds," the defense minister, Margarita Robles, revealed Monday. More gruesome discoveries followed, including the revelation of two dozen deaths in a single nursing home in Madrid.
Madrid — Spain prides itself on being a tight-knit society that respects parents and grandparents, where powerful bonds across generations mean that the elderly play an integral part in family life, beyond just helping to look after grandchildren.
So even in a country besieged by the coronavirus epidemic, where the death toll overtook China's on Wednesday, the news this week about Spain's nursing homes has come as a particular shock.
Soldiers who were sent to disinfect nursing homes had found people "completely abandoned, or even dead, in their beds," the defense minister, Margarita Robles, revealed Monday. More gruesome discoveries followed, including the revelation of two dozen deaths in a single nursing home in Madrid.
Amid the thousands of tragedies created by the virus, the stories emerging from those homes have shaken the nation not only for their horror but for undermining the view the Spanish had of themselves.
"We have really kept a welfare state and a strong family support structure, but this terrible news coming from nursing homes must also force us to acknowledge some very serious deficiencies," Marina Subirats, a well-known Barcelona-based sociologist, said in a telephone interview.
El País, the country's leading newspaper, wrote in an editorial that the deplorable situation in some nursing homes had exposed "a bitter black hole in our welfare state."
Another source of pride for the Spanish has been the country's robust public health care system; last year, a study ranked Spain as the world's healthiest country. But that part of the national self-image has also taken a beating from a pandemic that has overwhelmed many hospitals and sickened thousands of health care workers.
Spain's official death count from COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, climbed Wednesday to over 3,400, almost 300 more than in China. Only Italy, at more than 7,500, has had more fatalities, but Spain's toll is growing faster. On Wednesday, 738 died in Spain, versus 683 in Italy.
The growth of new infections and deaths appears to be leveling off in Italy, the hardest-hit country, but in much of Europe and around the world, they continue to accelerate. Spain reported about 8,000 new cases on Wednesday, a new high, raising the national total above 47,000, compared to about 5,000 new infections in Italy, which has had more than 74,000.
Spain's government has not said how many bodies or neglected residents have been found in nursing homes, but Spanish public prosecutors are investigating possible criminal neglect.
At least 24 people were reported dead Wednesday at a nursing home that had been disinfected by the army over the weekend, in the Madrid district of Chamartín. Two other Madrid homes have recently been similarly decimated.
In the Madrid region, over a fifth of the nursing homes have had cases of coronavirus, authorities said Monday. Compounding the problem, dozens of their infected employees are now isolated at home.
Countries across Western Europe, which have some of the oldest populations in the world, are struggling to protect the most vulnerable among their aging people — while also acknowledging that the crisis among the elderly, particularly in nursing homes, might be far worse than anyone knows.
In Italy, authorities have conceded that their coronavirus death toll did not include those who had died at home or in nursing homes. Similarly in France, officials have said that only those who died in hospitals had been recorded as pandemic-related — a practice they said would change in the coming days.
Last week, a French organization representing nursing homes warned the health minister that the coronavirus could kill as many as 100,000 people in France, given the current state of the homes.
Subirats, the sociologist, said, "I knew, like most people in Spain, that life was not always easy in a home, but we all had the idea that our elderly were well looked after, and I just did not imagine that some homes simply didn't have any capacity to react to a situation like this."
Fernando Simón, the director of Spain's national health emergency center, on Wednesday acknowledged the cost to Spain of not having managed to protect those in nursing homes. "When the virus enters nursing homes, of course the number of dead rises a lot," he said.
Spain's coronavirus victims have been older, on average, than those in other countries. Over 65% of the Spanish dead were 80 or older, according to a data sample provided from the health ministry, compared to 50% in Italy as of last week, and 15% in China in February.
As nursing homes have come under fire, directors of some of them have accused the government of passing on the blame for its own shortcomings in a crisis that has left doctors, nurses and mortuary employees without the protective gear they need.
In Spain, thousands of health care professionals have been infected, accounting for 15% of the country's total cases, the highest percentage reported by a country. And nursing home workers, like those in hospitals, are not only particularly exposed to the virus, they can also be vectors for its spread.
Jesús Rico, who co-owns a small nursing home in Madrid, said in a phone interview that the regional government had been "talking but doing almost nothing" to help homes survive the epidemic. In response to a request for emergency help, he said, his home received a parcel Tuesday that contained only two gowns and eight face masks, which he called "shameful."
In a statement, the Spanish Society of Geriatrics and Gerontology said that the defense minister's comments were "counterproductive" as they could give people "a negative and biased opinion about the real situation" in Spain's 5,400 nursing homes, in which about 370,000 people live.
Rico acknowledged that there were problems in the industry before the virus, with inadequate health inspections and some homes that run "as a pure business by pirates whose only goal is to spend as little money as possible."
In Catalonia, the northeastern region of Spain, regional authorities are launching their own investigation into two retirement homes near Barcelona where more than 20 residents have died. Over 200 residents have been infected in 70 retirement homes in Catalonia.
Across other parts of the country, regional authorities are now scrambling to evacuate homes or take full control of them.
On Tuesday, a convoy of ambulances transferred 28 infected residents from their home in Alcalá del Valle, a town in the South, while the mayor and the regional administration blamed each other for allowing three people to die inside. The sick residents were taken to a home in La Línea de la Concepcíon, about 80 miles away.
While some regions have been far less affected by the coronavirus than Madrid, clusters are showing up in homes for the elderly almost everywhere. In Alicante province in southeastern Spain, deaths in retirement homes have accounted for 95% of the coronavirus deaths.
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I feel like a gift in my black snowman sweater and Old Navy scarf. #HTP31in31 #gift #doingthework #successhabits #discipline #ineeddeadlines
Stretch. I'm finding that stretching is as important as working out. Now presenting the Husband. Charcoal paper. #HTP31in31 #stretch #doingthework #successhabits #discipline #ineeddeadlines
The thing about being an artist is experimenting. If you're on all the time and everything that you create is for monetizing, then the freedom to experiment feels VERY limited. I say it's time to make BAD art and let the muse have its way with me.
Today's painting for 31 Paintings in 31 Days is my idea of tranquil. Side note: Two of my artist coworkers while working, would look up words on Dictionary. com and use the voice from the site to speak to each other. So hilarious. It certainly did relieve the pressure in our department.
This is from a picture I took of a stream. (squinting helps in this situation as you can not step back from it) A frozen moment in time. Whatever action comes before or after a picture will never be known to anyone but you. An old friend posing, a child in a costume, a family gathering. A breakup soon after the picture, the child has a meltdown, the family walks away in all directions.
To keep in the spirit of the challenge, I'm still using the charcoal paper and I have to keep in mind that I can only put so many layers on it before it gets muddy. These were combinations of all kinds of pastels. Can you guess? My favorites are the Terry Ludwig. Those are the square ones. So soft. Unison, Schmincke, Mount Vision, and Rembrandts.
The last picture is called Smithereens. Dropping pastels are like bombs. Fortunately, they can still be used even in this state, without the hair and pastel dust.


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A lot of you might well be wonder what virtual realism is. Well, in essence it is typically a piece of gaming tools such as a headset that when damaged creates a 3D virtual setting for the user. They've already had fast success with video and processor games. Allow gamers to get fully engrossed into the online experience. But, can this be modified into the world of betting such as slots and table games like poker and blackjack? Find out a small more by analysis on in this article at Divine Slots.
Where Could It Be Used?
The first and most clear answer is for slots table games. One of the great things about playing poker is the amiability factor. Session at a table and interact with other players and the trader adds to the overall knowledge. This up until now has been amazing done by physical casinos to a much better level of victory. However, Virtual realism is likely to make all of that modify by enhancing user practice. With in-store slots already on the refuse this is yet another danger for them, so it will be attractive to see how this one plays out.
We can see this same issue and solution with the likes of online casino games. Since its origins slots has been apparent and marketed as a social affair more than anything else. A chance for people to get out and meet others in a friendly and friendly environment. So, the exact opposite of you lounge out on your sofa playing the irregular game on your phone. Although, with the use of effective reality we could see that environment being recreated. allow for a much more sociable style of play that allow players to interrelate online from the console of their homes just as if they had actually gone to a slots hall.
As well, in terms of game visuals it will absolutely bring them to life for players. We've previously seen the development in graphics over the years. From games like fluffy favorites to now more modern 3d slots like Gonzo's Quest. Using VR would only improve how good these games are talented to appear aesthetically and we know that's an important issue to any game.
The Verdict
All in all, Virtual Reality positively has a place in the online slot site & Casino market. Though just how winning this product and service could be for the trade will remain secrecy for now. We wait for to see the market leaders such as Microgaming and Eye cup looking to take on these and other similar softwares in the future to improve their games even more.


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You can visit me at my booth on Saturday, October 13th, 2018 between 9 AM and 5 PM.
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- Highlights from the Public Consultation on the Unified Approach
- Consultation and Debate Continues on Global Anti-base Erosion Proposal Under Pillar Two
- U.S. Treasury and IRS Finalize BEAT Regulations
- Taiwan Releases New Rulings for Transfer Pricing Adjustments and Exemptions
- Updated Related Party Disclosure Forms in Thailand and Malaysia
On November 21 and 22, 2019, the OECD hosted a public consultation meeting in Paris on the Pillar One "Unified Approach" (with a further public consultation scheduled for December 9, 2019 to discuss the Pillar Two global anti-base erosion (or "GloBE") proposal).
The Inclusive Framework on BEPS agreed in May 2019 on a program of work to develop a consensus solution to the tax challenges arising from the digitalization of the economy, comprising a "two-pillar" approach, involving revised nexus and profit allocation rules ("Pillar One") and the GloBE proposal ("Pillar Two").
In anticipation of what has now become known as Pillar One, the UK put forward what the OECD terms the "user participation" proposal, narrowly targeted at highly digitalized businesses; the U.S. submitted the so-called "marketing intangibles" proposal, which widened the focus to the broader economy; and India proposed a solution based on "significant economic presence".
As none of these proposals on its own offered the opportunity for gaining consensus from the 135 member states of the Inclusive Framework, the Secretariat attempted a synthesis that would bring together the common elements of these proposals, labelled the "Unified Approach" published on October 9, 2019.
This attracted over 300 written submissions from the public, including Duff & Phelps' comments on the public consultation document, comprising more than 3,000 pages of commentary, and these were followed by the public consultation meeting that focused on some of the issues raised by them.
Sessions were devoted to the three tiers of profit allocation under the proposed approach: Amount A (a formulaic attribution to market jurisdictions of the deemed residual profit of the group), Amount B (a fixed remuneration for baseline marketing and distribution functions in the market jurisdiction) and Amount C (profit for market functions in excess of the baseline B, established through the arm's length principle, plus binding and effective dispute prevention and resolution mechanisms), attracting over 100 interventions from the audience.
A spectrum of views was expressed in discussion of Amount A. Liz Chien, head of tax at Ripple Labs, articulated the views of many, when she questioned whether the OECD Secretariat's proposal lost sight of the original problem of the issues associated with digitalization by taking in market intangibles. Others, representing civil society, such as Sol Picciotto, of the BEPS Monitoring Group, felt that the proposals do not go far enough and proposed full adoption of formulary apportionment.
To those who favoured continued adherence to the arm's length principle, Grace Perez-Navarro, Deputy Director of the OECD's Centre for Tax Policy and Administration, stated that, of the three solutions proposed to the OECD, all rejected the arm's length principle and that "we can't go there" (back to the arm's length principle), asserting that "we have moved beyond that" to look at the whole enterprise and to apply a more formulaic approach.
Perez-Navarro acknowledged that there was still much work to be done around definitional issues, e.g. what is meant by "consumer-facing", and the basis on which profits will be allocated. A number of industry commentators cautioned against the complexity of administration of the proposal. Janine Juggins, head of tax at Unilever, made a plea not to apply complexity where there is no or little tax at stake. Considerable support was expressed for the use of group financial accounts as the starting point for any calculations of Amount A and many speakers favored use of a "one-stop shop" to minimise the administrative burden. Industry observers stressed the importance of mandatory binding arbitration, if double taxation is to be avoided, but Thulani Shongwe, the representative for the African Tax Administration Forum, made clear that its member countries would not accept such a measure on grounds of sovereignty.
Summing up after the second day of discussions, Perez-Navarro explained that the Secretariat's aim was to keep Amounts B and C within the arm's length principle, but she acknowledged the need for more detailed guidance and recognized in the case of Amount B that one size is unlikely to fit all cases. She also noted suggestions to set a cap to Amounts A, B and C. Acknowledging many commentators' concerns of the risks of double taxation from overlapping Amounts A, B and C through the interaction of the formulaic elements with the arm's length principle, Perez-Navarro recognized the need to clarify the interaction between the three tiers, while noting the concern expressed by Susanna Ruiz from Oxfam that the application of the arm's length principle under Amount C may undermine the intended certainty of Amount B.
Returning to the theme of the desire among industry commentators for mandatory binding arbitration (MBA) if double tax is to be avoided, Perez-Navarro recognized a need to do better, both with the unified approach and more generally, but noted the concerns of developing nations over MBA. She acknowledged commentators' stress on dispute prevention and stated that the OECD was working towards "something other than MBA that would have an equivalent effect", some form of binding dispute resolution for establishing certainty of tax treatment.
Pascal Saint-Amans, Director of the OECD's Centre for Tax Policy and Administration, confirmed that, in terms of next steps, there will be sessions of the Inclusive Framework at the end of January 2020 and at the end of June/July 2020. At the first of these meetings, the Secretariat hopes to gain the agreement of the 135 Inclusive Framework member states in principle to the two-pillar approach, at which stage the OECD would like to publish an outline of the solution, with the intention of working out the technical details by the time of the June 2020 meeting, in pursuit of the goal of delivering a solution by the end of 2020.
In an interesting codicil to the consultation, U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin sent a letter to Angel Gurria, the OECD Secretary General, on December 3, 2019, in which, while voicing support for the OECD discussions, he expresses serious concerns regarding potential mandatory departures from arm's length transfer pricing and taxable nexus standards, instead proposing that Pillar 1 be made a safe-harbour regime.
Gurria's response, on December 4, 2019 notes with a certain irony that it was U.S. and Mnuchin's personal interventions that steered the international community away from seeking a narrow digital solution and moved the discussions to a broader scope using a more formulaic approach and a new nexus concept. Gurria raises the concern that attempts to work in the novel notion of a safe-harbor regime may impact the ability of the Inclusive Framework to meet its tight deadlines.


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What are the causes of adult acne and how can it be treated?
| Jun 9, 2017 @ 15:55 | Skincare |
Acne is typically associated with teenagers. However, it is common to find adults in their 20s, 30s, and 40s suffering from breakouts. This is skin condition also known as Adult Acne.
In a recent report by the Straits Times1 it has been estimated that up to 50 per cent of women maybe affected by acne at some point in their adult lives.
Adult acne tends to be very persistent as it could be caused by stress and fluctuating hormone levels. In the report, senior consultant dermatologist Dr Tan Hiok Hee stated that women often experience these hormonal changes around their periods and after stopping birth control pills.
Although there are oral medications in the market which help combat adult acne, there could be possible side effects. Other factors such as plans for pregnancy and the existence of other medical conditions must also be taken into consideration.
Professional Facial treatments would be a good alternative to oral medication to combat acne. Carragheen offers a wide range of facial treatments that help combat such skin issues.
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This treatment is suitable even for the most sensitive and acne-prone skin. These plant extracts and mineral complexes help to increase immunity against a variety of skin conditions. The treatment also aids in balancing oil gland sebum production, and boosts skin immunity against the environment.
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1 The Straits Times, Adult acne a common problem that can be effectively treated
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