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Ok so i joined the gym, which i told you about. Really got into it as well and then i got the flu. Seems to always be something stopping me in my tracks these days. All the baby stuff seemed to go on forever and to be honest it was STILL on going for a long time. I have an confession to make. I was bad. Well you know I was at the hospital for my scans etc etc. And the last time I was there I had the miscarriage confirmed and felt really anxious and scared? Well I was told to go back for a scan again to make sure everything had gone naturally.... and I didn't go back. Agoraphobia really is a total nightmare. Even though you KNOW you need to go somewhere, it can seem almost impossible. Obviously the last time i was there had really put me off going back. Where was brave Lynn who was up for tackling anything?? Well she was hiding for a couple of months. Totally in denial.
So weeks past with everyone on my back saying 'have you made an appointment, have you made an appointment'. It was too much pressure. So i lied and told my parents I had been to the hospital and been given the all clear (they were away for a few days so i could have gone while they were away). Eventually the stress and guilt got too much and I called my doctor.
I thought that if i went to see her she would just say 'Ah well lets send you for a scan' and i was dreading it because I really didn't think i could manage it but luckily she didn't do that this time. I should mention that I was worried something wasn't right as my pregnancy tests were all still saying i was pregnant and i new that wasn't right. So I finally seen my doctor last week and was given a thorough check over. She took bloods, she done swabs, she ran tests. And the result? Well my hormone levels are dropping, but very slowly, hence the positive pregnancy tests. That should sort itself out. And yes I did have an infection! Oh Lynn Lynn Lynn Lynn. Burying your head in the sand does not work! Luckily all i need to do is take a course of anti-biotics. It could have been worse though. I could have been left infertile so I know I cant be taking risks like that in future.
So then I began the drama of taking the pills again. We all know how much i LOVE pills. Not!! I shouldn't bother reading the leaflet that comes with pills, but i always do and it scares me every time. Usually if they say it can effect my breathing I wont take it. My breathing is how i keep myself calm so i don't like anything that messes with my breathing. This one, however, said it would make me drowsy. Well fantastic! I don't DO drowsy. I don't want to feel any way but alert. So that was off putting. But the clincher would have been when i seen that it could cause hallucinations. We all want that don't we? Especially when we suffer from anxiety. Well it took a couple of days for me to suck it up and take the damn things. OBVIOUSLY I have had none of the side effects, even though i knew i wouldn't have any, i was still stressing. Now i take them every time I am meant to and I even look forward to taking them because I feel them working and feel my body healing!
So i spent last week with the flu. It was a struggle. I felt VERY agoraphobic one day. In fact that's not true. I felt very ANXIOUS. I am telling myself that i am no longer agoraphobic. I stuffer from anxiety, this is true, but i don't fear going outside anymore. I don't fear supermarkets, big buildings, crowds, and i can handle queues to a certain extent. My only agoraphobia moments are traveling a big distance from home, but i think that's more about habit. I haven't been travelling far for so long that the thought does scare me. And I am certain that if I went far I would panic about it but I wouldn't necessarily flee for home like I would have in the past. So last week I was feeling anxious. I was feeling frustrated too that I haven't been travelling as far as I was when i was taking my driving lessons. I hadn't been close to Gerry's house or into Paisley since the visit to the hospital. but to stay sane I tried to cut myself some slack. Ok, I hadn't done those things but I had still been going out everyday. I still went to the gym which was new. I still went out to lunch, seen friends etc. I was pretty much still doing everything, apart from driving a little bit further. The pregnancy, the miscarriage, the flu all affected that, but it doesn't mean i wont do it again. In my head I remembered back to when i was housebound. I was really worried that U would end up that way again. I was avoiding the hospital, avoiding my driving lessons, and it was avoidance that caused me to be agoraphobic in the first place. The thought of ended up stuck at home again terrified me so i decided to act. I got my diary and wrote a plan for the week. There were silly things i was avoiding but I decided to write them down and make myself achieve them over the next 7 days.
- Book driving lesson
- Phone Doctors
- Drive round town everyday
- Walk every day
- Listen to Paul McKenna every night
- Phone Aunt (i had meant to visit her once but didn't go and hadn't been in touch since)
- Book Dentist
- Phone Occupational Therapist Karen
- Phone Hairdresser
- Make Fiona's invites
- Go to Gym 4 x
Ok Fiona was having a party and asked me to make her invitations. I had put it off and put it off thinking the party was months away but received a text asking if the invites were ready. Ughhh. Finally I spent a full day making 70 handmade cards for her. Very Fancy the were and I was very pleased with them and surprised how well they turned out. I ticked that off. I got my hair cut, ticked that off. Dentist grrrr, booked it, went, had a root canal. Had avoided it so long, even sitting in the waiting room i wanted to bolt, but I didn't. Got it done, no pain relief, but none needed, it was fine and I was told I don't need to go back now for 6 months YEY! Ticked it off. I had got a bit lazy with Paul McKenna. When things are going good you can let these things slip a little but I felt I needed that wee routine again so hes been coming to bed with me at night. Driving lesson is booked, been to the doctors like i said. Phoned Karen the occupational Therapist and had a meeting with her. That had all stopped due to the pregnancy/miscarriage/flu, but now we are back on track.
So basically i done everything on the list. I think the list was a great idea. My head was all over the place with the things that needed done but that helped me to see more clearly. Then you have the sense of achievement when you have ticked everything. Once again I tell myself that agoraphobia will not win as long as I face up to things and don't be AVOIDING again.
I also went to the local pub quiz with my brother last week and really enjoyed that so we are both going there together every Monday that we are free... I am always free obviously but he might have to work. We will see how that works out. My other brother is planning to move to New Zealand for a year with his girlfriend, so in an effort to save his pennies he has moved back home for a while and renting out his house. His dog George has been staying between our house and his girlfriends house and im enjoying that. He is such a miserable looking thing but i love him to pieces and I think he likes me cause he follows me everywhere and likes to sleep on my bed (although Gerry says hes not allowed on the bed, i actually dont mind and what he doesnt know doesnt hurt him. Dont tell him lol)
Finally, today I visited my Auntie. I was meant to go a few weeks ago and missed it (that's when I was having the car trouble). I kept meaning to phone her then forgetting so was feeling VERY guilty about it, but today i finally dropped by for a visit. I am ashamed to say I also have an uncle who lives in my town and also I see him now and again when he is with my dad, i never see his wife or his daughter, my cousin Olivia. Today though when i went to my aunts she phoned them, told them I was there and they popped by. My uncles wife, Linda doesn't feel like my aunt. They only met in my teens so she seems more like a girlfriend, and the fact she is only 34 makes me feel like she is more of a friend. Anyway, it turns out that Linda doesn't have many friends in this town and since i too have been moaning about my friends lately it seemed like a good idea that Linda and I should meet up. So, being a member at the sport centre, we have arranged to meet on Wednesday for a body attack class. Linda tells me this is like aerobics or something but i am game. I will be awful no doubt. Last time i went to a class the pensioner in front of me completely showed me by dancing away while i was collapsed on the floor looking like i was having a seizure! So I am happy about this. A new friend. I think it sounds like we both need one. And little Olivia. Well she isn't so little anymore. She is now 15 and I was so angry to hear that she is starting a new school tomorrow. Angry because she is making the move due to bullying. I hate bullies, i really do. Olivia's best friend suddenly turned on her one day and beat her up in full view of the rest of the school. Other people decided to get involved and also get some punches in. And so it went from there. She has been receiving threats via text, has been hit several times and finally it got too much when they started making knife threats and even taking knives to school. I am so angry but what can you do? They have told the teachers and they don't seem to be very helpful at all and so now she is moving school. It is probably the best solution, taking her away from them completely and now she can get on with her life. her new school is in a better area so I really hope it works out well for her. I will be checking on her in future now. I feel so bad that all this was going on and I knew nothing about it.
The same things happened to my nephew Riley. Since he was moving into high school after the summer holidays he went for 2 'taster' days at what would be his new school. On the last day he was walking home and was beaten up by 3 boys. It turns out that the leader of the little group is from a well known family in his town. The family are notorious for causing trouble and being in prison etc. To put it politely they are a family who you don't mess with. Over the summer break Riley's parents had to search for a new school who would take him on at such short notice. He just couldn't go back to the school originally planned. Its so sad. Riley is the most amazing little kid and he wouldn't harm a fly. Bully's eh! Well he has now moved to his new school and made a whole bunch of new friends and I just pray it works out for him.
Anyway i have rambled enough for tonight. I hope you are all well, relaxed and happy. Catch up again soon xxx
Oh and if anyone remembers reading last year about Luke's mum being attacked while driving her car one day (in front of the children) well i am happy to report that it went to court and the women was found guilty. She was charged with assalt and made to pay a fine. Justice!


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Rockefeller Museum
One of Jerusalem's architectural masterpieces, the Rockefeller Museum was built in the days of the British Mandate. Merging Western and Eastern traditions, the magnificent building houses archaeological collections of rare beauty.
The Museum is suitable for a variety of events, including receptions in the entrance hall, guided tours, and dinners around the pool in the inner courtyard.
Up to 200 participants
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Art Garden
The Billy Rose Art Garden, designed by the Japanese-American sculptor Isamu Noguchi, synthesizes different cultures – those of the Far East, the Near East, and the West – against the backdrop of Jerusalem's dramatic landscape. The Garden's collection features works by such great artists as Henry Moore, Pablo Picasso, and Auguste Rodin.
Receptions, dinners, performances, and conventions can be held in the Art Garden.
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Bergman House
The private home of international art collector Charlotte Bergman was built on the Museum premises in the 1970s. The International Style house boasts a view of the pastoral Valley of the Cross and of the Knesset.
The house, with its original artworks, is suitable for gala events for connoisseurs.
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Model of Jerusalem in the Second Temple Period
The Model of Jerusalem in the Second Temple Period greets visitors upon entering the Israel Museum campus. An integral part of the Shrine of the Book complex, the model recreates Jerusalem at the height of its glory in 66 CE, prior to the Great Revolt against the Romans and the subsequent destruction of the Temple. At dusk, the area is enveloped in Jerusalem's magical atmosphere and enjoys a unique view of the city's skyline. The site is suitable for dinners and receptions complemented by a lecture or performance in the adjacent Dorot Auditorium, or a "live marketplace" reenacting daily life in Jerusalem during the Second Temple period.
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Ticho House
Ticho House, situated in Jerusalem's downtown core, is one of the first houses in Jerusalem built outside the Old City walls. Named after the renowned ophthalmologist Dr. Albert Ticho and his wife, the beloved Israeli artist Anna Ticho, the House with its collections and its library was bequeathed to the people of the city to serve as a cultural and recreational center. Ticho House's upper gallery and library are ideal locations for lectures and concerts, followed by lunch or dinner in the restaurant.
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Dorot Auditorium
The splendid new Shrine of the Book auditorium, adjacent to the Second Temple Model, features state-of-the-art audiovisual equipment. It is suitable for conventions, lectures, performances, and special events.
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Monday night's GOP candidate debate, co-sponsored by the Tea Party Express, may have been political in its focus but it was "Sports Night" at heart – pure primetime storytelling.
Producers took a page from the playbook of its time-slot competition, "Monday Night Football" – from the raucous crowd warm-up act to the pop-singer-wobbly rendition of the national anthem and the booming shout-outs of each player's, er, participant's, moniker (the Libertarian! The Businessman! etc).
The subtext of this political soap: A tale about the tea party itself.
"What other splinter party has ever had its own debate on prime-time television?" says Richard Laermer, author of "2011: Trendspotting." While he knocks the candidates for seeming unprepared for the rough-and-tumble of the questions, he says, "the tea party is telling its story" – that it is a force to be reckoned with – "loud and clear."
"That CNN would partner with them" sent a broad message of legitimacy, adds Clyde Frazier, professor of political science at Meredith College in Raleigh, N.C., saying, "clearly, it also sends a message of influence."
Monday night underlined what most political observers have understood ever since the midterm elections in 2010, says Alan Abramowitz, professor of political science at Emory University in Atlanta.
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The tea party is "a reflection of the long-term growth of polarization on both ends of the political spectrum, especially in the increased conservatism of the activist base in the Republican Party, and will be a factor in whoever is nominated," he says, noting that in the most recent Gallup poll, more than half of all Republican voters say they support tea party values.
James Hedtke, author of "Lame Duck Presidents: Myth or Reality," concurs, saying the tea partyers' passion and tendency to vote will make them a particular force to be reckoned with during the party's search for a candidate.
"The passionate forces tend to turn out in the primaries and caucuses," says Dr. Hedtke, chair of the history and political science department at Cabrini College in Pennsylvania, noting that in most states, voter turnout hovers at around ten percent in this early process. "That makes this group particularly influential in choosing the candidate," he notes, while at the same time presenting a challenge for the larger Republican Party.
"The danger for the Republican Party," says Mr. Frazier, "is that to the extent that the tea party is in control, it could drive the party over a cliff," nominating a candidate that cannot win in a general election.
However some political analysts say the tea party's influence will wane.
"The tea party supporters will no doubt have some influence on the first few primary contests but they will not be a power throughout the country," emails Jerry Kremer, a former Democratic congressman from New York and chairman of Empire Government Strategies, a political consulting group. "The more exposure the tea party gets, the more they turn off mainstream and independent voters in both parties.... The tea party supporters won't count in the end."
The audience responses Monday night and in the previous debate suggest that the eventual nominee is going to have a hard time keeping his or her party coalition together and win over more moderate voters, Seth Masket, political science professor at the Univeristy of Denver, says via email.
He adds, "people who cheer at claims that Social Security is a Ponzi scheme or that the Fed chairman is guilty of treason or that the uninsured should be left to die will simply not be content with a nominee who tacks to the center to try to win swing states."
It was the audience, not the candidates, who made it clear who was in charge, Mr. Laermer adds, with the rowdy boos and applause creating a soundtrack of tea party values for the night.
The rowdy tone of the debate was a taste of things to come, says Republican strategist Matt Mackowiak, president of Potomac Strategy Group, who has worked with tea party groups.
"This is a group that speaks up for itself," he says. "This is who they are, they are disruptive."


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Oswego County Surrogate's Court
How to Proceed When a Loved One Dies
The Surrogate's Court maintains jurisdiction over all actions and proceedings relating to the affairs of decedents. This includes the probate of wills ( testate) and administration of estates ( intestate).
Type of Proceedings:
Probate - Decedent Left a Will (and estate assets of more than $30,000.00)
Administration - Decedent did NOT leave a Will (and estate assets of more than $30,000.00)
Voluntary Administration / Small Estate Affidavit Program - For estates with assets less than $30,000.00 (with or without a will)


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Edward Watson as Crown Prince Rudolf and Mara Galeazzi as Mary Vetsera in Mayerling © ROH / Bill Cooper 2009
Royal Ballet Principal Mara Galeazzi will give her final Covent Garden performance in Mayerling on Thursday 13 June, and you can watch it live on BP Big Screens at towns and cities around the UK.
The Italian dancer joined The Royal Ballet in 1992 and became a Principal in 2003. In her 21 years with The Royal Ballet she's danced major roles in a huge number of classical and contemporary works: appearing in The Firebird, Swan Lake and Romeo and Juliet as well as creating roles in Wayne McGregor's Infra and Cathy Marston's Tidelines. She also performed as a guest artist with Stuttgart Ballet, Teatro dell'Opera in Rome and Scottish Ballet.
Off-stage, Mara founded Dancing For The Children, a charity that raises funds for grass roots charities in Africa.
Mara's farewell as Mary Vetsera in Mayerling completes something of a circle as it was the role she made her Royal Ballet debut. To celebrate this - and to flag our Pointe Shoe Appeal alongside her Mayerling partner Edward Watson - Mara is offering a pair of her performance-worn pointe shoes as a prize in a competition open to those that make a donation of any size to the appeal:
Watch Mara demonstrating how ballet dancers prepare their shoes for performance
We all wish Mara well for the future.
If you've got any comments and wishes you'd like to send Mara for her final performance, send them via the comment form below.


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SHELBY � Only the ending was sour for Shelby�s Chad Holbrook in his homecoming return.
One night after being the featured speaker while also being one of three inductees into the Cleveland County Sports Hall of Fame, Holbrook�s South Carolina Gamecocks suffered a 7-6 baseball loss to Gardner-Webb Tuesday night at Shelby�s Veterans Field at Keeter Stadium.
Since it came after a three-game sweep for the No. 15-ranked Gamecocks in a Southeastern Conference series over Kentucky that moved South Carolina into second place of the Eastern Division, Holbrook was perplexed at a performance that featured four errors and poor offensive execution.
�We�ve had a bad loss or two,� said Holbrook, the 1989 Shelby High graduate who played high school and American Legion baseball on the same field. �And we played with passion and enthusiasm and played very well the last three games leading up to tonight. So tonight was kind of unexplainable and inexcusable at the same time.
�Credit Gardner-Webb. They had some competitive, good at-bats. (But) we can�t make those plays defensively and win the game. They ran into an out and we threw it into the dugout. Division I baseball players that are on scholarship have to make those plays. We got what we deserved. They out-competed us and played with more passion.�
With four league series remaining on the always-challenging SEC schedule � at LSU this weekend, home to Vanderbilt (May 3-5) and Georgia (May 10-12) and at Mississippi State (May 16-18) � the road certainly doesn�t get easier for the Gamecocks.
�There were balls that were hit hard,� Holbrook said of his team�s 13-hit offense. �But, you know, we�re up 6-4 and we�ve got second and third. And we can�t move (anymore runners). We could�ve still won the game � as poorly as we played � if we could�ve done better with runners in scoring with less than two outs.
�It�s disappointing. It�s a disappointing performance by our team tonight and we didn�t deserve to win.�
Holbrook was speaking of 10 runners being left on base and the seventh-inning situation in which Gardner-Webb reliever Mitch Warner got a strikeout and flyout to leave runners stranded on second and third base.
But as disappointing as Tuesday�s loss was, Holbrook admitted his pride with his hometown ballpark.
�I want to congratulate the people of Shelby for promoting the event,� Holbrook said. �It was a great crowd and a great atmosphere. That�s why we wanted to do it. And we�ll do it again because of the way they treat us and the atmosphere. I just wish we would�ve performed a little better for the people that came out to watch us.�
Richard Walker: 704-869-1841; twitter.com/JRWalk22


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Sent to me by one of my faithful correspondents - a blog by a young woman who has dedicated herself to travelling 100,000 miles in one year in order to dine on 100 fabulous meals. Reminiscent of Julie and Julia - for sure. Too reminiscent of Julie and Julia? - up to you to decide.
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All Quiet On The Northern Front
Ajani Burrell (GMAT Instructor and Part-time Spy)
Marquette, Michigan (Latitude: 46.56N by Longitude: 87.41)
Friday, March 14, 2008
10 am EST
The Mission
- To test a variety of keypad shortcuts to see if any could be used to more efficiently navigate through the screens.
- Enjoy myself thoroughly.
The Experience
For those of you who might not recognize the city or coordinates above, I took my test in the largest city in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. We sit on the beautiful (and frighteningly cold) Lake Superior, which has a maximum depth of about 1300 feet and more than 2,700 miles of shoreline. Superior is the largest body of fresh lake water in the world, but sadly, the average temperature of all this water is about 40 degrees Fahrenheit (4 degrees Celsius for you metric system-philes).
Lake Superior affects just about every aspect of life in Marquette, but on my test day the old dame was in an accommodating mood. The sky was clear, the air crisp, the sun out. Well, the sun was out when I went in to take my test. She was still hiding when I woke up at 7:30 to place my call to the car rental company to come pick me up (that's a whole other story; I don't own a car, haven't for years; it makes winter interesting). Nevertheless, the car rental company was prompt and I arrived at the test center a half hour early for my 10 am sitting.
- Arrive & lock all possessions in locker
- Provide valid ID(non-citizens must provide passport not drivers license)
- Take digital mugshot
- Submit to digital thumb scan
The building was small and quiet (4 testing stations), but the staff were exceptionally friendly. We went through the registration process smoothly, though with all the finger printing and pictures and such I felt like I was trying to go through airport security with a Mag-lite flashlight strapped to my leg. The guy that signed me in got me squared away and then passed me on to the second guy, the Guard. We got everything done early so I even was able to start my joy-ride fifteen minutes early.
Anatomy of the Experience
Analysis of an Argument
The first essay was the Analysis of an Argument, in which one newspaper editorialist argued against building a new shopping mall in Town X based on the fact that similar (in size) Town Y built a similar shopping mall to disastrous effects (increased arrests for a wide range of crimes, increased traffic congestion, the closing of smaller traditional retailers) in the town. I put aside my disdain for Analytical Writing and my longstanding distrust of anything that smells even remotely like a mall and tried to give the old argument a go. It went swimmingly, though I felt a little dirty afterwards for pushing the cause.
Editor's note: This prompt or one very similar to it can be found on page 777 of the Official Guide for GMAT Review 11th Edition. Anyone who is concerned about the AWA should go through these prompts because GMAC continues to reuse prompts
Analysis of an Issue
I did not attempt to fight the good fight on this essay, preferring instead to mostly rant about newspaper editors who feel the need try and dictate economic policy for a town on faulty logic. My advice (after a good ten minutes of lampooning the editorialist from the Analysis of an Argument prompt) was that perhaps the editorialist should have gotten a job at the shopping mall in Town X, since he was clearly unfit to fulfill the duties of his current occupation.
Needless to say, my efforts somehow managed to swing a 5.5 on the analytical writing. Not bad, I guess, considering I didn't really write on the prompt for one of them.
The Quantitative section was pretty straight-forward. The expected number of DS and PS occurred, and all of the six major content areas (Basics/Number Properties/Arithmetic/Algebra/Geometry/Statistics) were represented. There were no notable absences from the quant. I had quite a few question types: combination-permutation (3), probability and combined probability, a mixture, combined rates, shared figures geometry, groups (2), simultaneous equations, patterns, exponents, coordinate plane geometry questions (3), roots, factoring and quadratics, percents, standard deviation, and functions.
Below is a description of a few of the more interesting problems I encountered, as well as questions from our database that would help one prepare for them:
Editor's note: Questions have been altered to preserve the integrity of the GMAT.
1. DS Groups: From a class, 180 students take either math or science. 120 take math and 100 take science. How many took math but not science?
(A) 50 took science but not math.
(B) 75 took only science.
[Similar to Bell Curves QID: 164]
2. PS Patterns: If 2720 is multiplied out, what is the units digit?
[Similar to Bell Curves QID: 9029, 9030, 9031]
3. PS Combined Rates: Two machines working independently on a project can complete the job in 16 days. Machine A does in 14 days, Machine B does it in 18 days. If A works 2 days and then stops, how long does B have to work to finish the job?
[Similar to Bell Curves QID: 2861, 2866, 2868]
4. PS Probabilities A & B are two of 6 workers. If two workers will be selected to participate in a survey, what are the odds that both will be selected?
[Similar to Bell Curves QID: 8661 (Are there others? I fee like there are)]
5. DS – # Properties/Decimals Is the units digit of N equal to 3?
(1) N/1000 has hundredths digit 3.
(2) 100N has thousands digit 3.
[Similar to Bell Curves QID: 9027, 9028]
6. PS Combination-Permutation: All products from a particular store have a three digit product code, comprised of 2 letters from a through e and either a 1 or 2. If the letters can repeat but the letters cannot be separated by the number, how many possible product codes are there?
[Similar to Bell Curves QID: 2626, 2631, 2633]
7. PS Combination-Permutation: 12 people are either going to be put into committees of 6 or committees of 5. What is the ratio of the total number possible six-person committees to total possible five-person committees?
[Do we have anything like this? It's kind of a pattern/ratio/comb-perm prob]
8. DS Line Q passes through the origin and has the coordinates (a, b) and (a , –b)� [OR something like that]. Is the slope of line Q negative?
(1) a = -b
(2) a = b
[Similar to Bell Curves QID (these aren't really exactly like this question, but they start to get at the concept; I'll have to write new): 3011, 3012, 5059]
9. 3 red balls, 3 blue balls and 3 yellow balls are put into a bin. If three balls are selected randomly one after another without replacement, what is the probability of selecting exactly 1 blue ball and 1 red ball?
[Similar to Bell Curves QID: 867, 2308, 2309]
The verbal section was straight-forward, but had a higher level of difficulty set of questions. The reading comprehension passages were typical in their density of language and organizational structure. Reviewing reading comprehension strategy sections in the GMAT Center would help prepare you to tackle these questions.
One passage was about environmentalism, but contained a discussion of a particular environmental response theory. The theory was discussed, and a particular aspect of that theory was discussed and eventually used as the crux of a disagreement between opponents and proponents of the particular theory. This was the most difficult of the passages, primarily because the language used was relatively abstract and the line of reasoning between deciding on environmental action and the particular aspect of the theory was stretched across the entire passage.
Another passage dealt with the development of ceramic pottery in Native American populations in the Southwestern United States. The passage dealt with historical and archeological evidence used to assess when (and why at that time) pottery was introduced. The focus of the passage was more on why the pottery was introduced when it was as opposed to simply determining when.
Another passage dealt with possible interpretations of evidence surrounding causes of the Bubonic Plague in the middle ages.
The last passage dealt with the economic and social dynamics of men and women, particularly married couples, with regard to estate and tax law. This passage was longer and more convoluted. This passage was made difficult largely because the connections between the evidence cited and the claims were often hard to spot. The passage focused primarily on the role of tax collectors and the relative autonomy of tax collectors, which made analyzing evidence from tax rolls difficult.
The questions for these passages were relatively straight forward, and included questions that asked what the purpose of the highlighted portion was, what the role of a particular paragraph was in the passage, or what the passage said about a particular topic.
The critical reasoning questions had a couple things of note. One bolded question included parts of the passage that were the counter-claim and the evidence that would support the primary claim. Another question was a complete the argument question, but rather than ask for a conclusion it asked that you complete the argument with reasoning why an expected situation or decision should be made based on the evidence given. Essentially this question wanted you to interpret evidence and make an inference.
[Similar to Bell Curves QID: 8979, 9032]
The Sentence Corrections questions seemed to have a higher concentration of modifier-based questions than is normally expected. Some of the modifiers could be tricky (deciding between which, that, or a gerund to begin the modifier). You should review the modifier strategy section in the Bell Curves GMAT Center and do modifier problems to increase your efficiency in this area.
[Similar to Bell Curves QID: 9033, 9034]
Parting Thoughts
I spent several minutes trying out various key combinations to see if any keyboard shortcuts would work. Guess what? They don't. Forget about crtl + n or alt + spacebar, or any of those useless function keys. It seems as though the people at GMAC want to make this process as tedious as possible. The only place you can use keyboard keys is once you've clicked the Next button with your mouse and the pop-up box comes up asking if you'd like to proceed to the next question. Here (and only here as far as I can tell) can you use a keyboard shortcut. This is the same short cut that can be done on the GMATPrep software, so if you'd like to get comfortable with using that shortcut practice it there before going into the real thing. For my money, that shortcut is almost more of a waste of time than the mouse, since you have to move your hand from the mouse to the keyboard. My advice: just get comfortable with the electronic rodent. It doesn't have rabies, I promise.
Final Scores
Verbal: 38 / 84%
Quantitative: 47 / 81%
Total: 690 / 90%
Analytical Writing: 5.5 / 83%
Until next time. Enjoy your GMAT Preparations
Editor's note: The mission assigned to Ajani was not to achieve the highest score possible but instead to achieve that which would get most test-takers considered at all business schools, this way he will see a wider range of questions and questions that are relevant to the vast majority of test-takers. By assigning specific test-taking missions to our teachers BC gains better insight into the nuances and content of the GMAT as well as the continued efficacy of our strategies. Though all our GMAT instructors have received scores at or above the 98th percentile, we feel that real benefit to our students comes more from exploring the trends and variations in the content on the GMAT than from having "bragging rights" of our teachers getting questions that 99% of test-takers will not encounter.


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Posted 08 July 2013 - 19:30
In my garage I have a genuine front wing recovered from Silverstone years ago, near Abbey. I'm pretty sure it's from Fangio's Alfa 159, or it might have been Villoresi's. They were both sponsored by Thrifty Car Rentals weren't they?
Anyway, the wing flew off and landed right in my lunchbox. It was really painful.
£50 and it's yours, or I can do two for the price of three.
Honest John
Posted 08 July 2013 - 19:44
Posted 09 July 2013 - 06:37
Not only NOT Works drawings, but PRINTS (20 off), this isn't apparent unless you bother to read well down the page. No, I don't know why I did...
I do love this bit: "BRM QUATER SCALE DRAWRINGS (2) BY AUDLY WOOD"
Posted 09 July 2013 - 06:49
How nice to be reminded of Barry on this glorious sunny morning. Actually I think he had a scrape of paint off the barriers.
Puts me in mind of Barry Waterhouse (I think it was) who was going to restore a Lancia D50 from a bit of Pirelli tyre tread and a gallon of Monte Carlo seawater.
RIP mate.
Edited by Supersox, 09 July 2013 - 06:51.
Posted 11 July 2013 - 00:28
Posted 11 July 2013 - 08:59
For your ennertainment Gennelmen:
Oh dear...
Posted 12 July 2013 - 20:01
Shipped in 2 boxes. I received the first box yesterday, containing 10 AY. All were in dust jackets and in excellent condition. Lots to read !
Posted 13 July 2013 - 07:38
How nice to be reminded of Barry on this glorious sunny morning. Actually I think he had a scrape of paint off the barriers.
RIP mate.
Do you remember that enormous intercooler he had on the Uno? The powers that be wouldn't let him run it in the Italian Intermarque series, claiming that it improved the performance. Barry said "No it just stops me blowing the engine up so often so its an economy measure".
You went too young my friend.
Posted 13 July 2013 - 09:56
F5000 Trojan T101
Posted 31 July 2013 - 16:42
I don't know what that is, but it sure as heck isn't a Ferrari. Some sort of home built body but I'm not sure about the frame. Someone said it has some Jaguar front end parts.
I was just curious what the folks here thought of it. Also if anyone can spot any Ferrari in it.
Posted 31 July 2013 - 17:31
What a strange project.
Posted 31 July 2013 - 19:33
Posted 08 September 2013 - 22:07
Lotus 7 in a box! http://www.ebay.co.u...=item4612a18928
Posted 31 October 2013 - 18:17
lads, I've just bought this item on Ebay, I think it's a presentation medal / coin for the 1952 Mille Miglia.
As you can see, on one side it has the Autombile Club d'Bescia crest, on the other a date stamp and the 19th (I think) MM logo. Probably barking up the wrong tree, but would there be any way of finding out just who was presented with these medals, I'm presuming at least every finisher received one?
Posted 31 October 2013 - 18:42
Sorry to disappoint, but there quite alot of about, many fake.
Posted 31 October 2013 - 18:51
It looks like a finisher's medal to me, Gary. Would it be between 4 and 5 cms in diameter? As Guido says, there seem to be a lot around, regularly appearing on eBay.
Posted 31 October 2013 - 20:13
I don't think there's any disappointment, it certainly looks and feels old. Yes Alan around 5cms across, will look neat framed.
Posted 01 November 2013 - 03:00
Lets hope its genuine but as already mentioned there are many fakes around,one of the main checks is the weight as whilst there are many photo's of these medals around its not only hard to determine the original weight its also difficult to replicate.
The Ebay one looks cast to me whilst this one(if genuine) looks forged but i'm obviously no expert.
Edited by Ian G, 01 November 2013 - 03:08.
Posted 23 November 2013 - 16:58
Damon Hill's Lola F3000... http://www.ebay.co.u...=item3a87ba8170
Posted 23 November 2013 - 21:16
but is it real or fake??
Posted 23 November 2013 - 21:22
The steering column mount looks genuine but I think the rest could be be fake.
Posted 24 November 2013 - 09:25
Damon Hill's Lola F3000... http://www.ebay.co.u...=item3a87ba8170
That's expensive. Looking at the photos it is going to take either a lot of manhours or a lot of money to get that pristine and fit to run. Then there is the £20k plus for an engine. May look good on paper but they are heavy old things.
Posted 24 November 2013 - 11:14
Posted 31 December 2013 - 19:07
If you are into '70s and '80s GP racing, a nice batch of transparencies (including copyright) from the Daniele Amaduzzi archive
Posted 14 January 2014 - 23:12
Relatively cheap copy of Chris Nixons " Racing the Silver Arrows " currently on
Posted 09 February 2014 - 07:00
I know several TNF readers also have interests in aviation, some of whom may be interested in this volume of lecture notes on the Britannia Airframe from 1959/1960 a friend of mine has for sale.
Posted 11 February 2014 - 11:29
Here's a real bargain for someone with plenty of time on their hands. Worth every penny...of the starting price.
The description says that it has leather seats, but they could just be the remains of the previous owners.
Posted 11 February 2014 - 21:21
"as you can see vehicle needs repairs". Rather an understatement!
Posted 03 March 2014 - 12:35
I thought TNF members would be proud of this West Kingsdown householder who felt that a batch of 1970s Brands programmes should be buried for posterity. Presumably an enthusiast with a keen sense of how future generations might study the sociological significance of Maidstone & Mid-Kent MC race meetings? Or did said enthusiast tell his wife he'd taken all his memorabilia down to the tip, when in fact he'd hidden it in the flowerbeds? Or was it her who did the burying? Did she finally snap, incinerate the Autosports and store the programmes three feet under? And did they find the body?
Edited by john winfield, 03 March 2014 - 12:36.
Posted 03 March 2014 - 17:39
Posted 23 May 2014 - 02:32
In keeping with the spirit of the upcoming weekend, here's a 1967 Gerhardt-Ford which was driven by Al Miller to 28th place (DNF after 74 laps).
There's some description of its restoration in the listing, and apparently the Gerhardt trailer is included:
Is this car well-known in the vintage Indy Car community? It appears to have no vintage racing history.
Apparently, Lorenzo Bandini was originally booked to drive. Al Miller replaced him after the fatal Monaco accident.
Edited by Emery0323, 23 May 2014 - 02:35.
Posted 23 May 2014 - 17:28
Really like the look of this: http://www.ebay.co.u...=item4620740ec8
Scrolling through the Seller's other items there are many other Jesse Alexander gems. I hadn't realised what a great photographer he is - some wonderful images.
Posted 24 May 2014 - 02:39
Emery0323: If you would like to contact me I may be able to put you in touch with somebody who can help you. I was friends with Jim Brokensha when he restored this car and I gave him a copy of the book that Ford produced on the four cam Ford engine. Be cautious who you deal with...
Posted 25 May 2014 - 15:17
If you've got a couple of minutes of your life to waste, have a dekko at a couple of programmes coming up for sale at 4.46pm. (I can't be bothered to transfer the full "link" title). they're on Sporting Memorabilia , motor sport section, under "other".
Two progs for BARC members meetings in '64 and '65 - presently bids have reached......................£120+ !!!
AFAIK they're not particularly rare, although I admit you don't see them too often. I'd say £12/15 from a dealer, around £10 tops for a private sale. Nowt queer as folk - maybe someone needs them to complete a set.
Footnote - auction just ended and the price stayed at £120.21. The meetings were the 63rd and 66th members' - anything special about them?
Edited by nicanary, 25 May 2014 - 15:48.
Posted 01 June 2014 - 21:40
My pocket money won't quite run to this.
Paul M
Posted 14 July 2014 - 10:28
The Guardian takes years living down its reputation for typos, then somebody comes along and....
Posted 14 July 2014 - 10:42
The Guardian takes years living down its reputation for typos, then somebody comes along and....
St Helens eh? Didn't think anyone north of Islington bought the Grauniad.
Posted 14 July 2014 - 11:49
I am not sure what the rules are about promoting one's own listings on ebay but I have and will continue to put on a load of 60's and 70's race programmes including some that are signed. Current listings include one signed back in 60's by Dan Gurney.
I am not a trader just a collector who has race prep bills to pay!
Edited by SWD, 14 July 2014 - 11:49.
Posted 20 July 2014 - 07:19
For anybody with (quite a few) spare pennies, Pooks of Rothley, aka 'motoringmagpie' on Ebay, are listing some of Bill Boddy's Broooklands racecards. From a quick trawl I can see bound copies of cards for 1908, 1909, 1911, 1912 and 1913.
Posted 27 July 2014 - 19:30
Some very interesting pictures here: http://www.ebay.co.u...=p2047675.l2562
Posted 28 July 2014 - 18:04
Posted 01 November 2014 - 16:38
Posted 20 March 2015 - 10:44
not ebay; but found this on Craigslist.
Lola t160
Posted 22 March 2015 - 12:52
The advertiser avoids a picture of the chassis number but it has 160/6 on the plate.
Posted 26 March 2015 - 08:28
...just a few more parts needed!
Replica 1960 Ferrari 246 Formula 1 chassis.
Posted 21 September 2015 - 20:24
Edit also Nowra and Marsden Park early events. See under newly listed items
Roger Lund
Edited by bradbury west, 21 September 2015 - 20:35.
Posted 22 September 2015 - 08:23
Posted 24 September 2015 - 22:57
For our Antipodean members, there are some early programmes from Warwick Farm, Gnoo Blas , Bathurst and others on e bay here under jaguarmotorracing poster. Sorry but I cannot do a link.
Edit also Nowra and Marsden Park early events. See under newly listed items
Roger Lund
There are people out there with way too much disposable income! About $90 Aussie pesos (landed) for a 1947 "Nowa" program...
Posted 03 December 2015 - 01:22
Independent rear.
Edited by David Birchall, 03 December 2015 - 01:23.
Posted 08 January 2016 - 14:58
Some very interesting 35mm motor racing slides listed on ebay.
Seventies F1 Cevert, Emmo, Rindt, Scheckter.
Some very nice Lotus, BRM and Tyrell shots.


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DANBURY, Conn. - The mother of a 7-year-old girl killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre urged lawmakers Thursday to pass meaningful laws to help prevent another tragedy, winning a standing ovation as officials vowed to act.
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'We ask our representatives to look into their hearts and remember the 26 beautiful lives we lost and pass meaningful laws to help prevent this from happening again,' Lynn McDonnell said, sparking a standing ovation.
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The gunman, 20-year-old Adam Lanza, killed his mother at their Newtown home before going to the school and slaughtering 20 children and six adults. He committed suicide as police arrived.
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Malloy, Newtown First Selectman Pat Llodra, state police Capt. Dale Hourigan and the mayors of Bridgeport and Hartford planned to participate, along with other experts in the fields of mental health, law enforcement and education.
Gun makers and lobbyists weren't invited to participate in the conference, but Blumenthal said gun rights advocates will have opportunities in hearings and other forums to express their points of view.


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The McAllister C-5 Nebula was a protostellar nebula located inside Cardassian space in Sector 71527, approximately seven light years from the Federation border and eleven light years from the Federation system Minos Korva. The particle flux inside the McAllister Nebula prevented starships from staying inside it for more than 72 hours.
In 2369, the McAllister Nebula was used by Cardassian forces to hide their ships in order to begin a sneak attack on Minos Korva. However, this plan was blighted by Captain Edward Jellico, who commanded the USS Enterprise-D on a temporary assignment and detected the Cardassian ships inside the nebula. (TNG: "Chain of Command, Part II")
According to Star Trek: Star Charts (p.47) and Stellar Cartography: The Starfleet Reference Library ("Federation Historical Highlights, 2161-2385"), the McAllister C-5 Nebula was located in the Alpha Quadrant.
In the Star Trek Online timeline, the USS Enterprise-E visited the nebula to conduct research in the year 2390. During their study, scans revealed quantum singularities which hinted at the presence of Species 8472 in the area.
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General cites Bible comment as 'real courage'
Anti-Christian activists step up attacks on religious rights
Given the current threats under a progressive administration in Washington on religious rights, especially for members of military, it took "real courage" for an admiral simply to say he gave a Bible to a hurting soldier and would do so again.
That's according to Gen. Jerry Boykin, executive vice president of the Family Research Council, which was the target of a violent attack by a leftist last year.
Boykin was citing the bold statement by Coast Guard Rear Admiral William D. Lee at Thursday's National Day of Prayer event in Washington.
Lee recalled a recent meeting with a young soldier who had tried to kill himself but survived the gunshot to his own head.
Lee said he knew he needed to respond, and he gave the soldier a Bible.
"The lawyers tell me that if I do that, I'm crossing the line. I'm so glad I've crossed that line so many times," said the admiral, who received a standing ovation.
That statement, Boykin said, is worthy of admiration.
"Rear Admiral William Lee demonstrated real courage yesterday when he spoke at the National Day of Prayer event in the nation's capital," Boykin confirmed.
"I have seen courage manifested in many ways, including the ultimate sacrifice of one's life for one's country, but this type of moral courage is becoming more and more rare," Boykin said. "This is especially true as we live in an environment increasingly hostile toward religious expression.
"The kind of courage that the admiral displayed yesterday is a refreshing reminder that there are still courageous men in uniform. Rear Admiral Lee spoke of rules in the uniformed services that prevent Christians from sharing their faith and he pledged to continue to be open about his faith regardless of the pressure not to. He obviously knows that he has a constitutional right to share his faith unimpeded. Talking about Jesus Christ with interested friends and colleagues should be as natural and protected as talking about sports teams and the weather. That it is now under threat is simply un-American."
Boykin said, "You want a real hero? Just look no further than Rear Admiral William D Lee."
Lee had pledged not to back down from "my right under the Constitution to tell a young man that there is hope."
And he warned that military members need to be prepared for "the storm that I am almost certain will come."
"Hopefully, the skeptics who have offered opinions about the extent of hostility toward Christians in our uniformed services will wake up and take notice of what the admiral said yesterday," Boykin said. "He is giving you the truth and it is hard truth that must cause concern among all Americans and not just Christians."
The speech followed a week of controversy after the Washington Post reported last Friday that anti-Christian activists had met with senior Pentagon officials to press for the court-martial of Christians in the military who "promote their personal religious beliefs to their subordinates or to extend preferential treatment for any religion."
The Post said the activists were given assurances that an instruction booklet on proselytizing would be forthcoming within the next few weeks.
According to FRC, since then, the Pentagon has issued several statements, but none has explained what assurances were offered in the meeting and if none were offered, why the Pentagon has not made clear that anti-Christian activist Mikey Weinstein has misrepresented his relationship with the Air Force.
Since Monday evening, more than 130,000 people have signed an FRC petition urging the Pentagon to scrub plans to censor religious beliefs.
WND reported just days ago that the Pentagon announced military members who want to talk about their faith with other members have every right to do so, backtracking on a previous warning against "proselytizing," which it said could be subject to court-martial.
The statement from Lt. Cmdr. Nathan Christensen said the Department of Defense "never and will never single out a particular religious group for persecution or prosecution."
The Pentagon walked back its statement after the Alliance Defending Freedom filed a Freedom of Information Act request for records relating to Pentagon statements on the issue.
"Members of our military should not be denied the very freedoms they fight to defend. Freedom of religion and speech are paramount among those freedoms," said ADF Legal Counsel Joseph La Rue. "We appreciate the Pentagon's clarification, but little or no evidence exists of coercive proselytization in the military, so we are still troubled over what motivated the original comments."
The Pentagon's Christensen said in the statement that the Department of Defense department "makes reasonable accommodations for all religions and celebrates the religious diversity of our service members."
"Service members can share their faith (evangelize), but must not force unwanted, intrusive attempts to convert others of any faith or no faith to one's beliefs (proselytization)," he said.
The Department of Defense, Christensen said, places "a high value on the rights of members of the military services to observe the tenets of their respective religions and respects (and supports by its policy) the rights of others to their own religious beliefs, including the right to hold no beliefs."
He said members are free to exercise their constitutional right to practice their religion "in a manner that is respectful of other individuals' rights to follow their own belief systems; and in ways that are conducive to good order and discipline; and that do not detract from accomplishing the military mission."
The issue surfaced after Weinstein met with department officials and then wrote that Christians in the military are "monsters" who must be stopped from talking about their faith.
Weinstein had declared: "We face incredibly well-funded gangs of fundamentalist Christian monsters who terrorize their fellow Americans by forcing their weaponized and twisted version of Christianity upon their helpless subordinates in our nation's armed forces."
In an interview with Fox News, Weinstein said the military needs to begin prosecuting Christians who share their faith.
"Someone needs to be punished for this," he said. "Until the Air Force or Army or Navy or Marine Corps punishes a member of the military for unconstitutional religious proselytizing and oppression, we will never have the ability to stop this horrible, horrendous, dehumanizing behavior."
It seemed the military was listening, with a statement that, "Religious proselytization is not permitted within the Department of Defense."
Weinstein, according to Fox News' Todd Starnes, told officials at the meeting that U.S. troops who evangelize are guilty of sedition and treason and should be punished, by the hundreds if necessary.
But leaders of the Washington-based Family Research Council said the Pentagon's apparent intent to punish evangelism makes no sense.
"Why would military leadership be meeting with one of the most rabid atheists in America to discuss religious freedom in the military," asked FRC President Tony Perkins in a Fox News interview. "That's like consulting with China on how to improve human rights."
Boykin said, "This has the potential to destroy military recruiting across the services as Americans realize that their faith will be suppressed by joining the military. Our brave troops deserve better. If chaplains and other personnel are censored from offering the full solace of the Gospel, there is no religious freedom in the military."
Ron Crews of the Chaplain Alliance for Religious Liberty told Starnes: "Saying that a service member cannot speak of his faith is like telling a service member he cannot talk about his spouse or children. I do not think the Air Force wants to ban personnel from protected religious speech."
However, Weinstein told the Washington Post that such conversation is a national security threat and "sedition and treason."
Ken Klukowski, a senior fellow for religious liberty at FRC, noted that Weinstein cites Focus on the Family founder James Dobson as "illustrating the extremist, militant nature of these virulently homophobic organizations' rhetorically charged propaganda."
Weinstein concludes: "Let's call these ignoble actions what they are: the senseless and cowardly squallings of human monsters."
Kulkowski pointed out that Weinstein endorses the Southern Poverty Law Center, which publishes a list of "hate groups" that lump together Christian organizations such as FRC with the Ku Klux Klan.
As WND reported, the man who shot a security guard at FRC headquarters last August, Floyd Lee Corkins II, confessed that he targeted FRC because of information provided by SPLC.
Asked by the FBI why he picked FRC to attack, Corkins stated, "It was a, uh, Southern Poverty Law, lists, uh, anti-gay groups. I found them online. I did a little bit of research, went to the website, stuff like that."
FRC said that when Corkins later pleaded guilty to a charge of domestic terrorism, the SPLC "was connected in federal court in this first domestic terrorism conviction in Washington, D.C., under the post 9/11 law."
SPLC has refused FRC's demand to remove the Christian organization from the hate list.
In an FBI interview, Corkins confessed he wanted to "kill as many people as I could."


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4C+00.58: A galaxy harboring a giant black hole about 780 million light years away.
Caption: The close-up view in the inset shows a composite image of the galaxy 4C +00.58 in X-rays from Chandra (gold) and radio waves from the Very Large Array (blue). New data suggest the giant black hole has been flipped around, causing its spin axis to point in a different direction from before. The deep Chandra X-ray image shows hot gas in and around 4C +00.58 and reveals four different cavities -- regions of lower than average X-ray emission -- around the black hole. The X-ray data when combined with the radio information suggests that collisions with other galaxies may have caused the black hole to shift the direction it was spinning.
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You've never contemplated writing a research article since you left college, right? Perhaps writing in your field was something someone else did? No time, interest, or motivation to pursue such a professional endeavor? If you have a passion for your work, you can write that article if you simply approach it in steps. Start with your topic and what would you like to share with colleagues. It could be a therapy approach, new information about a specific population, or facilitating your documentation. Start compiling information through your search engines such as Google Scholar and ASHA's research databases. Start bookmarking abstracts and articles on your topic. You'll discover there are many facets that you never considered–bookmark those too. As you gather information, you'll learn more about your subject.
The next step is to paste your facts or paraphrase them from your abstracts and articles including your article's bibliography into a Word document. You'll notice there are sometimes two, three, or more authors on a specific facet to your topic. This document will be your working template and will give you a basic framework for your article. Your next step is to review and revise your template into a readable paper. As you edit your paper, you'll find yourself moving portions of your research from beginning to end, omitting data, and going back to your search engine to pursue that one piece of information you'd like to add.
Once your paper is assembled, ask a colleague to read it to see how the paper flows in form and style. Read it again and revise it again. Now it's ready to be sent to your Perspectives Editor (find the editor for any Perspectives publication under the heading, "Information for Authors." Example: SIG 15's Information for Authors.).
My first article I sent off came back with so many revisions and corrections that I felt like I was back in English 101. I felt deflated and intimidated. My issues included simple grammatical errors, citation omissions, spelling and sentence fragments. The only way I was going to get this information out was to fix my mistakes and improve my first draft. You will feel like giving up. I would recommend that you avoid working on it when you encounter a difficult section, but keep chipping away at it. You will ultimately be rewarded for your efforts, learn a great deal about your topic and professional writing, and have the satisfaction to know you've written your first article.
My editor taught me a lot about professional writing and surviving the process of editing and revision. I kept my first draft with revisions to document my growth as a writer and researcher.
Once your revisions are completed, read it again, and ask your colleague to read it again. You're almost done. You now need to write your article's abstract and submit five questions about your article's content for continuing education credits for other SLPs. You can do this!
I want to take this opportunity to acknowledge my colleagues who encouraged me to attempt my first article: Ann Kulichik, owner at AK Speech, past SIG 15 Associate Coordinator who inspired me to write; Joanne Wisely, Vice President, Regulatory Administration & Compliance for Genesis Rehab Services, who reviewed my articles and encouraged me to keep writing; Grace Burke, Senior Director of Adult Day Services at Life Senior Services, who was the previous editor of Perspectives and guided me through my first article with patience and professionalism and Anna Feezor, Senior Clinical Specialist at Genesis Rehab Services and present Associate Editor for SIG 15 Perspectives. Thank you!
George A. Voyzey, M. Ed., CCC-SLP, is a speech pathologist for Genesis Rehab Services at Maine General Rehab and Nursing Care at Glenridge in Augusta, Maine, a 125 bed skilled long-term care facility specializing in Alzheimer's and other dementia care. Mr. Voyzey also serves as a Master Clinician in the area of dementia, a clinical instructor and mentor. He recently had his fourth article published for ASHA's Special Interest Division 15 (Gerontology) on-line publication, Perspectives, and serves as a coordinating committee member for SIG 15. Mr. Voyzey received his Master's degree in Communication Disorders from Pennsylvania State University in 1983.


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Sharon Osbourne is going green with her girls!
The "Celebrity Apprentice" star and "America's Got Talent" judge confirmed an earlier report by Britain's The Sun that she is planning to turn breast implants into paperweights for husband Ozzy Osbourne.
"It's true," she told Ann Curry on NBC's "Today" show on Monday morning.
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Laura DeMaio put down the phone with a pained expression on her face. Someone had just called her for help with a mortgage payment and had not even thought to apply for unemployment insurance. He had lost his job at the World Trade Center. "I thought I'd just get another job," he told DeMaio.
"That's the typical response I get," she said. "Most people don't even realize the economy is so bad, that they probably won't get a job so easily." DeMaio is a social worker at the Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies, where I am the executive director. She handles dozens of phone calls every day, giving out emergency cash assistance. Requests are typically for the most basic needs -- coverage of rent or mortgages, outstanding medical bills or health insurance premiums, utility bills, food.
She administers to people who have always lived on the edge of poverty. But these days, she is receiving more and more calls from 9/11 victims. It is their needs, we know, that will eventually overburden the entire system
Americans have shown themselves to be extremely generous, sending more than one billion dollars so far to New York after September 11. But New York charities are nevertheless taking it on the chin, caught in a double-bind, and things are only going to get worse.
As we know from the experience in Oklahoma City, when government aid tapers off, victims and their families will continue to require various forms of help, especially mental health counseling. These needs will be compounded by the recession, which will require them to look for job re-training, food aid, child care, and in some cases, shelter.
But ironically, according to advocacy groups, both private and public dollars are being diverted from these regular services, to newly created charities specifically devoted to, in the words of Melissa Aase of University Settlement House Project Home, "disaster funds, trauma, and the fallout of the WTC disaster."
With so many funds for victims, there has developed a kind of donor fatigue for other causes in New York, a city that is well known for its social consciousness and its glittering benefit season. In fact, public perception of priority needs at this time is intensely focused on victims of September 11, with little thought to long-term social service needs in a weakened economy.
The recession, the immediate and feared future losses of revenue, donor indifference, and severe budget cuts are putting nonprofits into survival mode. It is prime benefit season, yet most are being cancelled, or the turnout is so low that charities are taking unexpected financial losses. With few funds available for operations, the overall feeling in the nonprofit community is that within the next year, many New York charities will be forced to pare down key programs and services.
This would be a sad predicament for the people of New York at this time in particular. Social service needs were already enormous prior to September 11. Now, poverty continues to deepen. Nearly 20 percent of New Yorkers live at or below the poverty level. Homelessness is predicted to escalate. Welfare time limits are fast approaching. And, HIV/AIDS is continuing to devastate our neighborhoods, especially communities of color. The poor in fact, are at greatest risk, with the recession hitting low-wage workers most, according to economists.
In the city, job losses from September to October are estimated at over 100,000, and in October, unemployment rose to 5.4 percent. A dire prediction is that the unemployment rate may even reach 7 percent by the end of the year, nearly twice as high as it was a year ago. This does not bode well for low-skilled workers. Nor is it encouraging for people who worked at the World Trade Center and who have now joined the ranks of the unemployed.
The argument that now is the time when low income communities are most in need of government assistance has not gone over well with city or state officials. In anticipation of huge revenue losses because of the attacks and the recession, Mayor Rudolph Giuliani very quickly announced that city agencies would face budget cuts of up to 15 percent. Many agencies do not know how they will be affected. Some are holding to last year's spending levels, but others are operating as if the money will not be there at all. That translates into more job losses. Agencies are getting ready to cut staff. In many cases, loss of a staff person could mean that an entire program is dismantled.
In Albany, where member items (the money given to individual legislators to allot at their own discretion) sometimes fund entire programs, the news is little better. On top of a budgetary process that would be comedic if it were not such a sham, the state barely passed re-appropriations of funds to pay for last year's contracts. At the last minute, the governor, senate and assembly agreed to provide $200 million for social services. That may sound like a lot of money, and in truth, no charitable organization wants to appear callous or insensitive to fiscal policy choices at this time. However, $200 million will not go nearly far enough to meet already existing needs.
Normally, the state spends $500 million a year on social services. That leaves many nonprofits wondering how they are to cope with increasing demand. Those working with the most vulnerable population hope that the city does not return to the crisis from which it worked so hard to extricate itself in the 1970's. Nonprofits have always been a crucial safety net for New Yorkers, but they require investment from both government and private citizens to offer the kinds of services we all hope none of us ever require.
While nonprofits encourage city and state governments to take a second look at the quandary of the social services sector, New Yorkers must rally round the charitable nonprofit community. Each person's involvement and support of the nonprofit sector, however small, provides the lifeblood for our larger community - and indeed, our ability to emerge from this recession and the recent disaster as a stronger, more vibrant city.
Dr. Megan McLaughlin is the executive director of the Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies