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Personal Trainers are typically under-educated with little understanding of the fields of study relating to their job. Frighteningly, any chump with a few hundred bucks and a manual can become certified. Because of this prevalence of underachievers, trainers are forced to fabricate ridiculous ideas of what they should be doing with clients, and in fact, what the purpose of a trainer really is. Following is a list and descriptions of the most frequent offenses personal trainers commit, giving the industry a bad name, and leaving me with funny things to write about.
The Bar Molester
This awful training behavior is so commonplace, that it has become expected from clients and actually mistaken as useful. Poor trainers don't have much to do while a client is performing a set, so in a combination enforcing their own self worth and the client's dependence; the trainer will assist the client with each and every repetition. The lat pulldown is a steadily abused culprit, but most trainers find a way to manhandle just about every exercise they incorporate. The trainer stands behind the trainee and pushes down on the bar every rep, while on some mental vacation staring at T 'n A in the cardio area, often playing "Would I, or Wouldn't I?" No logical reason exists for a trainer to have his or her hands all over the weight. Tracking a client's progression is impossible when an accurate distinction cannot be made between how much the trainee is lifting vs. the trainer. This type of trainer is usually poor at record keeping, because they are either too lazy, or don't understand the paramount value in the slightest. Or what paramount means. Typically, the trainer will just ballpark a random weight, if it's too heavy, they do more of the work, if it's too light, they just leave their hands on the bar anyway to 'guide the weight'.
I've come to realize that trainers will invoke this embarrassing maneuver for one of two reasons. The first, and more sinister of the two, is simply client dependence. The trainer is conditioning the client to need the trainer, and actually cause them to believe that they could not possibly lift weights without the trainer right there molesting the bar throughout the entire set. This dependence obviously increases neediness, and since a trainer that uses this method typically doesn't have much to offer a client with regards to tangible results, they use this trick to keep them signing over another $80/hour, week after week. The second of the two types of bar-molesting trainers is the typical gym rat that couldn't find another job. This trainer isn't smart enough to do anything like this for the sake of client retention, but he's seen every other trainer at the club and on TV do this, so he/she thinks this is what personal trainers do. This is a sad, sad soul. This is the same person that would try to cheat on tests off of his neighbor, not paying attention when the teacher would mention that an "A" and a "B" test would be given out, to make sure the person sitting next to you would have a different test. Another F? I need to start sitting next to smarter people.
Exception(s): When a client is learning a new exercise, and struggles to respond to verbal cues, it can be very helpful to grab a hold of the implement with them and guide them through a few repetitions. However, the key here is letting the bird leave the nest. You must let go of the weight and let them perform the movement by themselves after they understand the movement. If you can't teach a client a movement with verbal and acute physical cueing, you're either a lousy trainer or you need to consider a more sedentary hobby, like crossword puzzles. Or maybe you should both just go to the mall. The second, and very rare exception, is assisted/forced reps. This is an advanced method that should be used extremely rarely, and only with advanced clients. Otherwise, it's an excuse for being too lazy to come up with effective training modalities. Which leads me into the next topic…
Mr. Intensity
Instead of researching effective training variations, trainers love to use forced reps to bring up the intensity or something equally ridiculous. Aside from the fact that intensity has everything to do with percentage of 1 rep max (1RM), and nothing to do with how hard a set is, this method is awful for a number of reasons. Again, a lot of it has to do with dependence. Clients are conditioned to believe they can't get an effective workout unless they train past failure, with the trainer helping them complete extra forced reps at the end of a set. Any reasonable strength and body composition goals can be achieved without ever completing a single forced rep. In fact, I can count on one hand the times I've used forced reps in my own workouts: it certainly isn't a secret to unlocking the magic door to a super-physique. It is, however a great way to prolong recovery and promote excessive soreness. So many wonderful methods of extending sets and exercise manipulation exist; this just screams lack of knowledge. And, coincidentally is often accompanied by actual screams. And now to expand on another briefly mentioned point…
Record Keeping is for Accountants
Tracking clients' workouts is so rare that it astounds me. I've even heard this referred to as a negative thing as in "You won't find any of those damn clipboard trainers here". What? You also won't find an IQ in three digits. Workouts should be planned, the more detailed the better. A trainer should have a general guideline of the exact exercises, sets, reps, rest periods and loads written out before the workout starts. This is of course subject to change during the workout based on performance, injuries, etc, but it needs to be tracked and improved upon every single workout. This is the trainer's main job! Progression should involve an increase of around 2% in load every workout, or an increase in volume, density (decrease in rest periods, or completing more work in the same time frame), perceived exertion of a set, or a combination of many other variables. But just taking a client through a bunch of exercises with the intent of 'kicking their ass' is a joke and guarantees nothing in the way of progression or results of any kind. Clients don't know the difference, as long as they feel like they worked hard they think they're getting their money's worth. And when they're still fat and weak four months later, the trainer can always blame their diet. Speaking of tracking…
Measurements are for Tailors
Lack of confidence coupled with laziness tends to fuel this tire fire. A client should have body fat and midsection circumferences taken at minimum once per month. And I'm not talking about handing off a bioelectrical impedance unit, waiting for 3 beeps and writing down a number. A caliper test needs to be administered, the more sites the better. I prefer a 9-site test, which not only gives you an idea of where they are losing or not losing, it can also give a great idea of any hormonal imbalances that need to be addressed. Midsection circumferences (widest and narrowest points) should be used to track visceral fat gain/loss. I've seen clients' abdomen skinfold stay the same or even go up by a millimeter when they've lost an inch or more from the circumference around the same area. Unless the client has done zero abdominal strength training and somehow lost a significant amount of muscle in the area (highly unlikely), you can bet this means that his or her body has been removing visceral fat before the subcutaneous fat. This would have shown up as a lack of progress if calipers were the only method relied upon. Trainers are often scared to perform these tests regularly because it's an all out fraud alert if the client doesn't (and often won't) see any progress. And when they do perform the tests, the trainer typically improves the results for the sake of the client. Most trainers are so poor at proper caliper usage; that this is a shot in the dark anyway. A good trainer should be able to take 5 clients body fat measurements on a 9-site test, record all the numbers, then start over with a blank sheet and get the exact same numbers on all 5 clients, down to each millimeter (trust me, there's no way to memorize all of these). That's 45 numbers that should match up; most trainers will come up with around 20 matching. If you can't come up with at least 40, you're not training any of my clients when I'm sick. Luckily, I never get sick.
Super Spotters
Back in the day when I was a young(er) pup, I recall an encounter with a fellow trainer at a health club that has always stayed with me. He approached me as I was teaching an advanced client how to perform a proper hang clean. His eyes were glazed over in a mix of confusion and fear, and he finally found the words to ask me, "So, how do you spot a client when they're doing this? From the front, or from the back?" Many trainers feel as though their job title is interchangeable with 'Professional Spotter'. This typically goes hand in hand with the Bar Molester. They feel as though they need to hover on top of a client during every rep of every set, in case something goes horribly wrong. Of course the right answer to his naïve inquiry, was, you don't spot a hang clean, you stay the hell back and let them do the set! I always hoped I'd get a chance to find this trainer spotting a client performing Romanian Deadlifts from behind, and I could walk by spouting out, "boww chicka bow bowwwww" porn music. Again, when in doubt, get your hands off the bar. Let the client perform the set, and observe their movement patterns looking for muscular imbalances and dynamic postural deviations. In other words, do something useful.
Isolation Nation
Such a better place the world would be, if trainers would stop relying on isolation (single joint) exercises with their clients. Beginners particularly (which makes up the largest percentage of almost any trainer's client base) have almost zero use for isolation exercises (see exceptions at the end). Most novices want to drop body fat, and increase lean body mass to something in a healthy range. Isolation exercises are about as metabolically demanding as smoking a cigarette, and activate a far smaller percentage of the total motor unit pool compared to compound movements. Why perform cable tricep pressdowns when you could have them doing dips? If they're too out of shape for dips, use an assistance dip station. Even bench dips can be a useful introduction exercise; as long as the intent is to increase strength and neural control enough to move them to parallel bar dips (bench dips place the anterior joint capsule of the shoulder in a vulnerable position). A narrow grip bench press is another viable alternative. Dumbbell curls? Why? Use narrow grip supinated pulldowns, they activate more muscle fibers in the bicep and are immensely more metabolically demanding! If you ask a client why they are performing curls, extensions, etc, they typically will inform you of their intent to tone the area. When I tell a female that dips will be working her triceps (among other things), a typical response is "Oh, then I want to do hundreds of these!!" This is with the false hope of that saggy tricep fat being left behind at the dip station, which of course is a saddening hope. Every compound pressing movement will be working the triceps, every compound pulling/rowing movement will be working the biceps. Squats, deadlifts, etc will work the quads and hams exponentially better than knee extensions and hamstring curls. Does a client really need to be doing dumbbell flyes when they can't even perform a bodyweight push up? No. Hundreds of great compound exercises exist, and progress will be much faster if these are utilized in place of isolation movements.
Exception(s): Now, after a client becomes more advanced and is looking to add more muscle to a certain area, isolation exercises can be a great tool in the toolbox. Aside from local hypertrophy, isolation exercises can be highly useful at correcting imbalances or fixing postural deviations. I almost always include single joint rotator cuff exercises in a beginners plan, as this area is typically grossly underdeveloped compared to the internal rotators. The Rhomboids and Serratus Anterior can also be isolated to improve shoulder balance. Speaking of compound exercises…
Safety Dance
Many of the popular certification programs discourage the use of big movements like squats, deadlifts, bench presses, etc. while encouraging the use of leg presses, machine chest presses, hamstring curls and knee extensions. This is to minimize the apparent danger of the former exercises. This tends to be enforced by training managers at clubs to minimize injuries and potential law suits. When these exercises are performed, they are taught with a shortened range of motion to 'increase safety', such as the quarter squat and the bench press lowered to 90 degrees of elbow flexion. Short ROM alternatives eventually cause chronic shortening of the muscle fibers which can lead to injury and severe joint imbalances. Again, laziness prevails. Exercises such as these recruit a large number of muscle fibers and teach the client extremely useful neural patterns that they need to be using on a daily basis. The alternatives tend to further imbalances in favor of the prime movers, add no benefit to neural enhancement, and offer no more safety than the former exercises when properly taught. The take home message is, learn the proper form on the full range of motion of the big-bang exercises, and learn how to properly teach them.
Exception(s): Machine alternatives and short range of motion exercises can be used effectively if used occasionally as ancillary exercises, not replacements. Clients need to be taught the more difficult free weight movements first, not the other way around. Learning how to leg press will offer the nervous system zero help in learning a deadlift, and can actually make it harder to develop the neural patterning to grasp the movement. Master a deadlift however, and the leg press can be performed more effectively and safely.
Richard Simmons Warm-Up School
In another so-common-it's-accepted act of silliness, trainers tend to force their clients into performing a cardio warm up followed by general static stretching before weight training workouts. Cardio based warm ups (the typical 2-5 minute jog/bike/etc. recommendation) are not only useless before strength training, they're counterproductive. This is a great way to warm up the wrong energy systems, a warm up for strength training should involve *surprise*…strength training. Performing multiple, progressive, low-rep warm up sets of the first exercises for each cold muscle group in a workout will not only increase safety of the exercise, but also allow for increased loads to be used if performed correctly. If you haven't read "Warming Up to a Great Workout in '07", it provides a detailed overview of effective warm up protocols for various types of training, so I won't go over all of the details again here. If you haven't read it, do it now! Static stretching weakens the muscles before they are about to be called upon for maximal force output, not a brilliant plan…and can actually increase chance of injury.
Exception(s): As stated in the article, static stretching of antagonists or chronically tight musculature that will cause a deviation in proper technique can be effective. Dynamic stretching and PNF movements can also be very helpful if performed correctly. When performing high rep workouts, cardio warm ups and static stretching tend to be less counterproductive, but still not useful in most cases.
Barnum and Bailey Workout
If you've ever been unfortunate enough to be caught in front of the T.V. when any show involving personal trainers infiltrates your living room (a few recent reality shows come to mind), you may have noticed the similarities between the personal trainer's workout techniques and a drunken carnival. Personal Trainers on T.V. are there to entertain you, watching somebody workout really shouldn't be very exciting. Wacky exercises, throwing punches, running to the bathroom to throw up overpriced soy-smoothies purchased at the juice bar…it's all nonsense. Clients come to expect this, and trainers hand it over. The most nauseating offenders are the 'stability exercise' trainers that ensure the majority of the client's exercises are performed with one arm, one leg, standing on a bosu ball, blindfolded, with a woodpecker on their shoulder beak-fucking their ear as a final distraction technique. These stability exercises are a complete joke, and have little to no place in the gym for 99% of the population. The 1% of the population that could use these movements include pirates (but only the ones with peg-legs), professional jello-wrestlers, people that play volleyball on row-boats, and people that enjoy being completely un-appealing to potential sexual partners. Stability can be achieved by learning proper inner unit bracing during movements such as squatting, deadlifting, or anything on the feet. Unilateral exercises on the ground (not bosu balls or swiss balls) can be another effective technique to help the trainee learn stability while using an exercise stable enough to allow for strength gain as well. The collection of ridiculous stability exercises typically performed requires such a small percentage of the trainee's maximum strength, that clients will commonly become weaker by using these frequently.
Exception(s): Sensible unilateral (single limb) exercises can be very useful for beginners, intermediate and advanced trainees. Here are some of my favorites:
- Unilateral Romanian Deadlift
- Unilateral Hyperextension
- King Deadlift (bodyweight only one-leg deadlift, non working limb travels backward)
- Pistol Squat (bodyweight only one-leg squat, non working limb travels forward)
- Decline/Incline Step-Ups
- Split Squats (Bulgarian Split Squats)
Swiss balls have a place in training when used judiciously as well; most trainers just have no idea what this place is. Bosu balls have no place in a weight room whatsoever. For increasing knee stability, a folded towel or 1-3 sit up/yoga mats can be placed under the working foot of unilateral exercises such as the split squat. This works great in re-habbing various knee injuries after phases of solid-ground unilateral stability have been achieved. Whether or not you use a personal trainer, chances are you know a friend or family member that does…do them a favor and have them give this a read before they write that next check. Good trainers are out there, it just takes a bit of work to find them. Certifications don't mean a thing, but typically avoiding ones like ACE, ACSM, and NASM in favor of NSCA, CSCS, and ISSA would be a good start.


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Mass Times
8:30am Seven Days a Week
6:15pm Tuesdays and Thursdays
Saturday 5:00pm
Sunday 8:30am, 10:30am, 12:30pm and 7:00pm
Sunday at 11:00am at St. Francis of Assisi in Tofield, AB
Parish and Office Hours
Sunday-Saturday 7:30am-8:30pm
Please note: On statutory holidays the office is closed, however, the parish is open for regular masses.
Christmas and New Year Mass Times
December 24
Christmas Eve
4:00pm – Sanctuary
4:00pm – Parish Hall
6:30pm – Sanctuary
6:30 pm – Parish Hall
9:00pm – Sanctuary
Midnight – Sanctuary
Christmas Day
OLPH – 8:30am, 10:30am, 12:30pm & 7:00pm
Tofield – 11:00am
December 31, 2019 Mary Holy Mother of God
New Year`s Eve
Vigil Mass 5:00pm
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
6:00pm – 8:00am January 1, 2020
Holy Day of Obligation – January 1, 2020
Mary Holy Mother of God
OLPH – 8:30am, 10:30am, 12:30pm & 7:00pm
Tofield – 11:00am
30 minutes prior to weekday Masses
9:30am to 11:00am Saturday
Find us at: https://www.facebook.com/olphsherwoodpark/
Register at OLPH Parish
Stewardship Directory
Parish Financial Report
Marian Gift Shop
Religious books and other articles are available for purchase after week-end Masses.
The shop is open following the 5:00 pm Mass on Saturday and after the 8:30 and 10:30 am Sunday Masses.
During the summer months the shop is only open on Sundays after the 8:30 and 10:30 am Masses.
OLPH Staff
Monna Senez
msenez @ olph.ca
Pastoral Assistant
Anniversary Blessings
Irregular Marriages: Annulments
Life after Divorce
Marriage Preparation and Wedding Rehearsals
Newly Wed Group
Parent Care and Share
Welcoming Ministry
Betty Donovan
Pastoral Assistant
Baptism Preparation and Celebrations
Bereavement Support
Pastoral Care: funeral arrangements, communion, visits to sick and nursing homes
Infants' Memorial Mass
Natalie Lavigne
Pastoral Assistant
First Reconciliation Preparation
First Communion Preparation
Lorraine Dotto
Administrative Assistant
Booking of equipment
Papal Blessings
Parish Directory information
Sacramental records and certificates
Scheduling of all rooms and meetings
Ruby Fiorini
Evening Administrative Staff
Brenda Renneberg
Evening Lock Up Staff
Carol Brassard
Weekend Staff
Parish Pastoral Council
- Helps set the direction for Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish.
- Coordinates communications and activities among all parish groups.
- Meetings are held monthly and are open to all parishioners who may address the Council with proper permission of the Chairperson.
- Each member-at-large serves a three-year term on a revolving basis so that a third of the members are appointed each year.
- The various parish groups are under the umbrella of the Council. The groups are autonomous and set their own goals. Parish Pastoral Council members represent and act as liaisons between the groups and the Parish Council.
- Please refer to the PPC Bulletin pull-down menu for the minutes of the Parish Pastoral Team Meetings.
For more detailed information about these or any other ministries, you may call the Parish Office, or you are welcome to pick up a complete Stewardship Directory, which includes contact names and telephone numbers, from the Parish Office. You can download a copy of the Stewardship Directory on the front page of our website.
What is a PPC?
Every October, our parish "installs" a new PPC at every Mass over a period of two to three weeks. Unless
you've served on this venerable body, you've probably asked: Who or what is a PPC? A quick Google of TM search reveals a myriad of possibilities:
- Pay per click
- Production possibility curve
- Pollution prevention and control
- Polyester powder coating
- Pirate Party of Canada (really!), and more!
While the Pirate Party is intriguing(!), in the Roman Catholic Church, PPC stands for Parish Pastoral Council. In our parish, the PPC acts as an advisor to our pastor, Father Jim, in all matters relating to the well-being of the parish. We work to create a welcoming parish and to promote the work of all parish groups and ministries. We also take a leadership role in planning parish activities and events, like the annual parish picnic, Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper and other special occasions. In other words
YOUR PPC is here to serve YOU!
If you have questions or concerns that you would like brought forward to the pastor or parish team, please contact us by talking to a PPC member (see below) or contact the parish office at firstname.lastname@example.com or 780-467-5470 and ask to leave a message for PPC. We will respond promptly!
As an added note – PPC Meetings are Public Meetings and you are always welcomed to attend. Meeting are 2nd Wednesday of the Month (except July and August) @ 7:00pm in the FKK Room at OLPH Parish.
The 2018-2019 Parish Pastoral Council members are:
- Fr. Jim Corrigan-Pastor
- Fr. Sathia-Associate Pastor
- Fr. Jojo-Associate Pastor
- Maureen Landry – Chair
- Helen Doyle – Secretary
- Ron Ross – Chair, Administration and Finance Council
- Ron Dick-Liturgy Council
- Louise Siracky-Catholic Women's League
- Greg Szott-Knights of Columbus
- Raylene Yuzyk-Parish Team Representative
- Jason Bodnar
- Robert Gaudet
- Fiona Wimmer
- Greg Szott
- Linda Karpala
- Halina Solkowski
Parish History
OLPH Icon in Detail
Painted in tempera on hard nut wood, 21 inches by 17, the original picture of Our lady of Perpetual Help is one of many copies of the famed Hodeguitria of St. Luke. It is however, The One Copy singled out, by Our Lady Herself, for special heavenly favors. You may see it today enshrined above the high altar in the Redemptorist Church of San Alfonso, at Rome.
Meaning of the picture of Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Look at the picture. Frightened by the vision of two angels showing Him the instruments of the Passion, the Christ Child has run to His Mother, almost losing, in his haste, one of the tiny sandals. Mary holds Him in Her arms reassuringly, lovingly. But notice Her eyes. They look not at Jesus, but as us. Is this not a touch of genius? How better to express Our Lady's plea to us to avoid sin and love Her Son?
Christ's little Hands, too, are pressed into Mary's as a reminder to us that, just as on earth, He placed Himself entirely in Her hands for protection, so now in Heaven He has given into Her hands all graces, to distribute to those who ask Her.
This is the principal message of the picture. A Byzantine icon, however, it is replete with other symbols.
- Golden Crown of Our Lady
- Star on our Lady's veil
- Greek initials (five locations)
- Angels
- Mary's Eyes
- Mary's Mouth
- Mary's Left Hand
- Red Tunic
- Christ's Hands
- Falling Sandal
Mary's Mantle is dark blue, this is the colour worn by Mothers in Palestine, Mary is both Virgin and Mother. The entire background is golden, symbolic of Heaven, where Jesus and Mary are now enthroned.
The gold also shines through their clothing, showing the heavenly joy they can bring to tired human hearts.
History of the Our Lady of Perpetual Help Icon
How it got there is a long story. Briefly, at the close of the 15th century, a merchant stole the picture from its shrine on the island of Crete, miraculously weathered a tumultuous sea voyage and finally brought it to Rome. There, before he died, he gave it to a Roman friend, begging him to have it placed in a worthy church. This the friend neglected to do.
Our Lady then appeared, urging the Roman to comply with the request, threatening him with even death. At his wife's bidding, however, the man paid little heed to the apparition. Shortly after, he died.
Next Our Lady appeared to the little daughter of the family. "Go to your mother and grandfather", she commanded, "and say to them: "Holy Mary of Perpetual Help warns you to take Her from your house; else all of you will soon die." The girl relayed the message to her mother. Panic-stricken, the woman promised to obey.
Our Lady then told the little girl just where the picture should be placed: in the church "between the basilica of St. Mary Major and that of St. John Lateran." In solemn procession, on March 27, 1499, it was carried to that church, the church of St. Matthew the Apostle. The same day a miracle occurred, a man's arm, crippled beyond use, was completely restored.
So for 300 years, the picture hung over the main altar in the church of St. Matthew the Apostle, loved by all, renowned far and wide for miracles.
Then came June, 1798. Napoleon entered Rome. The church of St. Matthew was leveled to the ground. The picture disappeared.
For 64 years it remained hidden, almost forgotten, until… one day at recreation, in the Redemptorist home in Rome, one of the Fathers mentioned having read, in an old tome, that their present church, San Alfonso was built on the ruins of St. Matthew's, where once was enshrined a miraculous picture; Our Lady of Perpetual Help. The name startled Father Michael Marchi. He recalled, as a boy, having served Mass in the oratory of the Irish Augustinians at Santa Maria in Posterula. There he had seen the picture. An old Brother had pointed it out to him.
Some months later, in February, Father Francis Blosi, S.J., preaching in the Gesu on "the lost Madonna of Perpetual Help, told how it was Our Lady's wish that the picture be enshrined in the church, "between the basilicas of St. Mary Major and St. John Lateran." Word got back to the Redemptorists. The Superior General was informed. But he waited three more years. He wanted to be certain.
Finally, on December 11, 1865, the whole matter was presented to Pope Pius IX. On January 19, 1866, the miraculous picture was brought once more to the site of its former glory, the church between the two basilicas, now that of San Alfonso. Three months later, it was solemnly enshrined. And on June 23, 1867 it was crowned.
The original picture of Our Lady, reputedly painted by St. Luke, was venerated for centuries in Constantinople as a miraculous icon. It was destroyed by the Turks in the year 1453.


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How would you change the human race?
We currently have routines and habits that have been ingrained into us over many years. Yep we save time, our lives are pretty comfortable, and we're busy busy so convenience is everything (and no judgment here! I'm aware but I still contribute daily to the system I hate)…. But it has got me thinking… what if it wasn't like this? What if the human race had considered nature in its blueprint, and ultimately, considered us?
I would love to ask, if you could change one or two things about the way we live our lives, what would it be?
I think for me, I would firstly remove all plastic. All of it. Don't give us a choice. If it's there, we will use it. Plastic bags, wrappers, containers, single use cutlery – all gone.
And secondly, I would change the media. No more advertising food that makes us sick. No more TV shows that get into our psyche and change the way we think and act. I would like 'real' education to be free and readily available. I would like us to have no choice but to learn what humans, animals and plants need to truly THRIVE. Truths exposed, and solutions provided. Not just in docos, but on mainstream television. Every. Single. Day. No more confusion about what is and isn't good for you. And much, much less drama.
What do you think? If you could change one thing about our society, what would it be?
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Karen has been helping clients purchase and sell homes throughout Northeast North Carolina for over 16 years. A committed RE/MAX Ultra agent with career sales of over $107 million and a solid listing inventory, Karen has built a reputation as a sales leader. The marketing and sales strategy that places her among the top producing agents in Currituck and the surrounding Northeast North Carolina counties has also earned her the honor of being recognized among the Top 100 RE/MAX* agents in the Carolinas (NC & SC)Region, RE/MAX Platinum Club as of 2015 and a RE/MAX Hall of Fame member as of 2013.
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Acoustician Denise Risch monitors the towed hydrophone array on board the Henry B. Bigelow
A towed hydrophone array is deployed during shipboard surveys to detect and record cetacean vocalizations. In addition to helping inform visual survey data, these recordings provide baseline data on the vocalization characteristics of lesser known species. Strategically deployed sonobuoys also provide opportunistic recordings of target species.
Towed hydrophone array being spooled on the ship deck
Lastly, we are investigating the effects of active acoustic technologies, such as the ship's echosounders, on detection capabilities, as well as any behavioral response by marine mammals to the echosounders.
Danielle Cholewiak and Robert Valtierra building a towed array at the SWFSC workshop
Map of acoustic marine mammal detections during a cetacean abundance survey in 2011
Our towed array research is one component of how we are working within the Atlantic Marine Assessment Program for Protected Species (AMAPPS) program. This component focuses on using acoustics to estimate densities for sperm and beaked whales. In addition we are focused on improving visual sighting data and species identification through improved integration and use of passive acoustic data.
Tracking Sperm whales in PAMGUARD:
Top: Bearing-time display in Pamguard. Detected clicks are indicated by triangles. Orange triangles indicate clicks that were manually assigned to one click train series; black triangles represent clicks that are unassigned to individuals. Bottom (from left to right): The waveform display of one selected click (indicated by the gray circle in the top panel), the frequency spectrum, and Wigner plot.
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Whether you prefer shaving, waxing, laser treatments, or depilatory creams to get that smooth, soft, fuzz-free look, here are some healthy skin solutions you should know to get the best results.
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Laser hair removal is permanent – requiring only an annual touch up for maintaining the results. Permanent hair removal requires a series of laser treatments scheduled once a week for approximately four weeks. That's because each laser treatment results in a 15-20% reduction in hair growth depending on the area being treated – some areas, where the hair is coarse, may require more treatments.
Trick: You can speed up the process between treatments by using a prescription cream to slow down hair growth. Prescription products like Vaniqa® are designed to slow down hair growth and are most effective when used in conjunction with laser treatment.
Tip: Laser treatments are not for everyone. First, they are not totally painless and require some numbing or skin-cooling before the procedure. Second, laser hair removal is only effective on dark, pigmented hair. People with red or blonde hair are not good candidates for laser hair removal. The best candidates for successful, long lasting results, are those with lighter skin and dark hair.
Shaving is the most common method of hair removal, performed daily by millions of people every day. The results are short-lived, lasting only about 12-24 hours before the hair begins to emerge again. It's the most inexpensive way to remove unwanted hair, but it can leave your skin nicked, irritated and dry.
Tip: Selecting razors with moisturizing bars above the tiny blades such as Schick Intuition Plus Skin Conditioning Moisture Razor Cucumber Melon, help to control the irritation while moisturizing and conditioning the skin. Always moisturize the skin after shaving – even if you are using 'conditioning shavers'.
Trick: To get a really smooth shave, soak the skin for 5-7 minutes. This softens the hair, making it easier to remove. Don't wait too long though – when the skin becomes too saturated, it swells – making it hard to achieve a close shave.
Depilatory Creams
Hair removal creams are notoriously smelly thanks to the key ingredient, Potassium Thioglycolate. After years of trial and error, today's depilatory creams are less offensive, and many contain skin conditioning vitamin E, anti-inflammatories, and aloe, making them a more attractive option for hair removal that lasts 3-5 days.
Tip: Depilatory creams are ideal for areas that are prone to bumps, like the bikini area. Unlike razors, depilatories do not push down on the hair, preventing bumps from forming. Apply a thick layer of cream to ensure that all hair is removed – skimping on the cream may not remove all the hair.
Trick: Try to avoid depilatory creams with Potassium Thioglycolate which can be irritating to the skin. Look for creams with Calcium instead. While calcium-based products may take a little longer to work, they are less irritating to the skin.
Waxing lasts anywhere from 4-6 weeks. It's ideal for all areas, and is especially suited to the bikini and underarm area. The only draw-back is that the hair needs to be at least a quarter of an inch long before waxing will work. The best waxes are hard, resin waxes because they grab the hair better than honey waxes, and many contain calming ingredients like lavender and azulene.
Tip: Avoid using abrasive scrubs and acids on the skin one week before waxing. Products containing glycolic acid, lactic acid, alpha hydroxy acid, etc., leave the skin thin and fragile, increasing the risk of tearing the skin during waxing.
Trick: Waxing is not painless – and believe it or not, it can be more painful just before your monthly period. So the best time to wax is two weeks before your period for a less painful experience.
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Employment Options Available to International students:
Social Security Information For F-1 Students
Click here for more information.
Social Security Information For J-1 Students
Click here for more information.
In order to have an on-campus, or any other kind of job, you must have a social security number. If you don't already have a social security number, you should
1. Find a job.
2. Ask your employer to give you a letter which indicates his /her intent to hire you and specifies the type of position.
3. Bring the letter to the International Students Office, where you will receive an introductory letter to take to the Social Security Card Center in your borough of residence,from the International Students Advisor.
4. Visit a Social Security Administrative Card Center within your borough, with these two letters, an application form, valid passport, I-94 record , I-20 form,, whether the SEVIS I-20 is from Hunter College or from a previous school and your Hunter transcript.
5. Once you receive a receipt that you have applied for a social security number, you may show it to your employer and begin working.
Where can I find an on-campus job?
Consult an updated list of job openings available. Feel free to stop by the Office of Career Development in room 805 HE for additional assistance.
I am qualified for an off-campus job. What do I need to do?
Similar to the on-campus job procedure, a student needs to find a job and apply for a social security number subsequently. The off-campus job has to be related to the student's major field of study.
Are there any special restrictions for an off-campus job I should be aware of?
An F-1 student may hold an off-campus employment in their respective "declared " major area of study for up to 22 months on a part time basis without any effect on his/her future employment permit after graduation also known as the Optional Practical Training (OPT) card or Employment Authorization Document ( EAD) .
Are there any special circumstances which would allow me to obtain an off-campus job that is not related to my major?
Under Severe Economic Hardship Employment Authorization, an F-1 or J-1 Exchange visitor student is allowed to work off-campus in a position that is not related to his /her major. This authorization allows the student to hold that job for up to 12 months (part time while school is in session), without being deducted from the OPT's 12 month period, even if the number of months the student has held a job exceeds 12 after adding the CPT accumulated hours.
Severe economic hardship can be granted only in the event of unprecedented financial difficulties (e.g. inordinate increase in school tuition, devaluation of the currency from the country of citizenship, sudden death of sponsor, natural disaster).
Working While Studying in F-1 Status
For information on OPT or CPT please click here. If you are currently searching for a job you can create a profile with the Career Development Service on their ORION system and search the database there, be sure to select your Visa type under the section "Work Authorization".
F-1 international students are admitted to the United States for the purpose of attending school full-time. Still, F-1 students may work without violating their student status in the following circumstances
F-1 Student Employment Options
An introduction to employment issues and options for international students in F-1 status at Hunter College.
The most important employment issue to consider is legal (or "authorized") versus illegal (or "unauthorized") employment. Make sure that any employment you plan to engage in is legal, since illegal employment poses a grave threat to your ability to remain in or return to the United States. Also make sure you have the necessary employment authorization before you begin work. Starting work without prior authorization, even if you receive authorization later, constitutes illegal employment. Again, be aware that illegal, or unauthorized, employment renders you illegally present in the US and can have serious consequences. If you have any questions concerning your eligibility or category of employment, please consult with ISO before commencing employment.
Definition of Employment
Employment is any type of work performed or services provided in exchange for money, tuition, fees, books, supplies, room, food or any other benefit. If you receive no pay or other benefit for the work performed and the position is normally an unpaid position, this activity is considered to be volunteer work rather than paid employment.
Employment Eligibility Requirements
Different requirements exist for each type of F-1 employment, but there are basic requirements which must be met for any F-1 employment:
You must currently be in valid F-1 status and in good academic standing at the Hunter College while engaged in a full course of study, except during summer and school holidays.
A student who is out of status is not eligible for F-1 benefits, including employment.
Once employment is authorized, you must maintain your eligibility or you will lose your right to continue employment.
Categories of F-1 Student Employment
On-Campus Employment
F-1 students are generally permitted to work on the premises of the school that issued their currently valid I-20, while attending that school and maintaining their F-1 status. This work is part-time, limited to 20 hours per week when school is in session or full-time during holiday and vacation periods. Work on-campus is a benefit of F-1 visa status and no additional authorization is necessary. Work on one of City University campuses including Hunter College is permissible if it meets certain requirements. Please see the types below as defined by United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS):
Type 1: Employment by Hunter College or another branch of City University of New York
This refers to any on-campus work for which you receive a paycheck (or other compensation, i.e. room and board) from the City University of New York.
Type 2: Other Employment on Hunter College or another unit within the City University's premises
This includes work on Hunter College's campus for an outside contractor if this work provides direct services to students. Please check with ISO if you plan to work for an on-campus contractor.
Type 3: Certain off-campus employment where there is an official educational relationship between Hunter and the off-campus employer
USCIS regulations allow work at an off-campus location provided the location is educationally affiliated with Hunter College
the educational affiliation is associated with your school's established curriculum or is related to a graduate level research project which your school has contracted to perform
the work is an integral or important part of your program of study
Clear documentation about the relationship between Hunter College and the employer is required. Please consult with an ISO advisor.
If you are uncertain whether any proposed employment would qualify as "on-campus" employment as described above, please consult with an ISO advisor.
Curricular Practical Training (CPT)
F-1 students may be eligible for CPT authorization for work experience that is a required or an integral component of the program of study. These experiences may include internships, student teaching, cooperative education programs and practical experiences which are a required part of the student's academic program, or for which academic credit is granted. Students authorized for CPT will receive a new SEVIS I-20 with the CPT notation. For more information on eligibility for CPT and application procedures, please see CPT Information
Optional Practical Training (OPT)
F-1 students are eligible for a total of twelve months of Optional Practical Training (OPT) per educational level. OPT provides an opportunity to apply theoretical knowledge obtained in an academic program to a practical work experience in the US. This employment opportunity must be directly related to your major field of study. Eligible students may apply for "pre-completion OPT" (before completion of program) and/or "post-completion OPT" (after completion of program). Students do not need a job offer in order to apply for OPT. OPT requires the student to have authorization from USCIS before you can begin employment. This authorization can take up to 3 months to obtain. Students recommended for OPT will receive a new SEVIS I-20 with an OPT recommendation notation. For additional information, click here.
Internship with an International Organization
If an F-1 student is offered employment in the form of an internship by a recognized international organization, he or she may accept such employment upon receipt of authorization from USCIS. Examples of recognized international organizations include the United Nations, the World Bank, International Monetary Fund, etc. For more information, consult with an ISO advisor. For additional information, please see International Organization Information
Economic Hardship
F-1 students who experience a serious economic hardship due to an unforeseen change in their financial situation may qualify for off-campus employment authorization. Among the changes that may qualify a student for economic hardship authorization is unexpected loss of a scholarship, significant currency devaluation or large business loss by a financial sponsor. Students must be able to provide evidence of unforeseen economic hardship. For additional information, please see Economic Hardship Information
Volunteer Opportunities in New York City
For international students who wish to participate in volunteer work in any of New York's five boroughs, the Mayor's Volunteer Center (MVC) offers a great database listing hundreds of volunteer work opportunities. Bringing together individuals, corporations, government agencies and nonprofit organizations, the MVC seeks to connect people and facilitate meaningful volunteer opportunities with the goal of improving the quality of life in New York City. This is also a great opportunity for OPT students who wish to maintain their status. Indeed, international students on Optional Practical Training cannot maintain their status if they stay out of work for more than 3 months, and volunteer work can help them fulfill that requirement. Mayor's Volunteer Center: www.nyc.gov/volunteer
CUNY/311 Project
The CUNY/311 Project is now accepting applications for part time employment from International students in legal F-1 immigration status. Both F-1 and J-1 students are eligible to work for the CUNY 311 project as On Campus Employment. F-1 and J-1 New Hires will be processed through E-Verify to verify the identity and employment eligibility of the hired employee. F-1 or J-1 visa holders can be offered employment before they receive work authorization, but are not allowed to work until work authorization is granted. In most cases, work authorization is granted by the Designated School Official (DSO), International Student Advisors Office, or authorized officer, including Alternate Responsible Officer. Please note that the CUNY 311 Project will not provide work authorization for F-1 and J-1 applicants. Visa holders are permitted to work up to a maximum of 20 hours per week while school is in session and full-time during the intercessions. In order to be hired and work for the Research Foundation, an F-1 and J-1 student must provide the following documents: http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/studentservices/is/employment#employment-eligibility-verification-of
Hunter College International students in following declared majors or in graduate and undergraduate level programs in the following disciplines are encouraged to apply: Accounting, Anthropology, Community Health Education, Computer Sciences, Counseling, Economics, Educational Psychology, English, Foreign Languages, Geography, History, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, Statistics & Applied Math, Teaching English to Speakers of other Languages (TESOL), Urban Affairs, Urban Planning, Urban Studies, Women Studies.
Applications are available in Career Development Services (805 East). For more information visit the following web site: http://web.cuny.edu/jobs/student-jobs/jobs/311-proj.html
Tax Obligations
It is tax season again and you may visit the www.Sprintax.com website for more information about which forms to complete to maintain your F-1 or J-1Exchange Visitor , especially if you were in the United States in 2017.
All non-immigrants and their dependents in F or J status are required by law to file an individual income tax return if they were physically present in the U.S. during the tax year. They must make this report even if they had no U.S. source of income. Please be aware that there are penalties for failure to file a tax form. Each individual's situation varies. It is the responsibility of each international student to understand his or her own tax situation. Every year the International Students' Office arranges a tax workshop, where students can obtain the necessary information.
Employment Eligibility Verification of F-1 and J-1 Exchange Visitor students
(New I-9 documentation, expires August, 2019)
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F-1: Academic Students
On-Campus Employment
Students demonstrating employment eligibility as F1 students must currently maintain Hunter College/ The City University of New York F-1 status. The student is eligible for on campus employment for a maximum of 20 hours per week during the academic year and over 20 hours per week during annual vacation (i.e. when classes are not in session).
To satisfy I-9 requirements - The student satisfies I-9 by providing the department with the following original documents (the documents below are all required to satisfy List A-doc#4):
Optional Practical Training (OPT)
An F-1 student with a valid Employment Authorization Document (EAD) either from Hunter College/ The City University of New York or another university is eligible for full or part time employment if it's a non-clerical job and it is related to the F-1's academic major or studies.
To satisfy I-9 requirements-(the documents listed below will satisfy List A-doc#4):
Curricular Practical Training (CPT)
An F-1 student with an I-20 from Hunter College/ The City University of New York or another university is eligible for full (or part) time employment if the I-20 indicates CPT at Hunter College/ The City University of New York. The dates of employment and full/part time, and approved employment site are also noted on the back of the I-20 form. There is no EAD issued for CPT.
To satisfy I-9 requirements- (the documents below are all required to satisfy List A-doc#4):
|Exchange Visitors
J-1 Exchange Visitors- Students with a DS-2019 issued by Hunter College/ The City University of New York
Types of employment:
To satisfy I-9 requirements (students only)- The employee satisfies I-9 by providing the department with the following original documents (the documents below are all required to satisfy List A-doc#4):
J-1-Exchange Visitors-Faculty, Researcher, Short Term Scholar with a DS-2019 issued by Hunter College/ The City University of New York
To satisfy I-9 requirements – The employee satisfies I-9 by providing the department with the following original documents (the documents below are all required to satisfy List A-doc#4):
J-1-Exchange Visitors- Students, Faculty, Researcher, Short Term Scholar with a DS-2019 issued by another institution
| J-1 Academic Training (AT)
J-1 students may work under Academic Training following graduation for up to an 18 month period.They may also engage in AT for 20 hours a week while in school; 40 hours during holidays and vacation period(s). J-1 students should discuss the procedures for obtaining AT with their International Student Advisor/ (J-1 Responsible/Alternate Responsible Officer).


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In my last post, I outlined the ideas of statistical inference: that we have a model, and we have a philosophical scheme that tells us what maths to do to estimate the parameters of the model. But this is not the same as doing this in practice. The equations are often complex, and difficult or impossible to solve (anyone fancy trying to integrate in 1000 dimensions?). Because of this, a lot of methods have been devised for estimating the parameters, and particularly estimating their variability (which, from now on, I will write about as estimating the standard error).
For maximum likelihood, the problem of getting the estimates is an optimisation problem: find the set of parameters that give the largest likelihood. For the simple linear regression, this is easy, because the equations were worked out a couple of hundred years ago, by some French mathematicians trying to work out where Paris was. For more complex models, such as generalised linear models, there are algorithms that have been shown to efficiently iterate towards the ML estimates. In more complex models, more general or complicated search algorithms might be needed (for example, there is the EM algorithm which is useful for dealing with missing data. So useful that the missing data is sometimes invented, in order to use it).
These algorithms only give point estimates. We also want to know the standard error, and there are methods for doing this. Again, it may be that the equations can be derived directly, or can be found with a simple numerical search. For less standard problems, more complex algorithms can be used. Two popular ones are called the bootstrap and the jackknife. They both work by re-sampling the data, and using that variation to estimate the standard error. What is less well known is that they can also be used to estimate the bias in the point estimates.
Even more complex problems have even more complex solutions. For Bayesians, the most common method for fitting their models is a technique called MCMC. This estimates the parameters (actually their full distribution) by simulation. The technique is not simple to explain, but it is used because it is very flexible and for a lot of problems works well in practice. However, this is not the same as a Bayesian analysis: MCMC can be used by frequentists as well, and other complicated methods can also be used to fit Bayesian models (e.g. sequential importance sampling).
So, now we have a model fitted. There is still one part of the process that is often done: model selection. This is not always done, and is perhaps done more often than it should. It also creates a lot of heated debates, which may surprise some of you. That's because model selection is often disguised as hypothesis testing.
A general description of the role of model selection is that it is a way of choosing between different mathematical models for the data, to find the best one. For frequentists there are two principal ways of doing this: null hypothesis statistical testing and using information criteria to compare models.
Null hypothesis statistical testing (NHST) is the method everyone is taught to test hypotheses. What one does is set up a null hypothesis, for example that there is no difference between two groups, and then test whether this hypothesis is supported by the data. If it is, then the null hypothesis is accepted (strictly, it's not rejected), otherwise it is rejected. In one common formulation, whenever a null hypothesis is set up, a more general alternative hypothesis is also proposed: rejecting the null hypothesis means accepting the alternative hypothesis.
Where is the model selection in this? We can take the Harry Potter example, and test the null hypothesis that the change in book length over time is zero. The relevant part of the mathematical model is
mi = a + b Xi
where mi is the expected number of pages, and Xi is the year of publication. The null hypothesis is that b=0. But this is equivalent to this model
mi = a
And mi = a + b Xi is the alternative model for the alternative hypothesis. Hence, hypothesis testing becomes a problem of comparing two models. The models are compared by calculating the amount of variation in the data explained by the two models, and seeing if the larger model (i.e. the one with the effect of time) explains a significantly greater amount of variation.
The alternative method for model comparison uses information criteria. These are measures of model adequacy: they consist of a measure of model fit (the deviance: the smaller the deviance, the closer the fitted model is to the data), and a penalisation term for complexity (the more parameters in the model, the higher this penalisation). The different models being compared are fitted to the data, and the relevant information criterion (e.g. AIC or BIC) is calculated for each one. The model with the lowest criterion is declared the best. If there are several models with similar criteria, they are sometimes all examined, and one of them chosen to be the best, for other reasons (e.g. because it makes sense scientifically).
Both of these methods have their counterparts in Bayesian analysis: hypothesis testing can be carried out using Bayes factors, for instance, and there is an information criterion for Bayesians (DIC. Alas, not the Bayesian information criterion!).
So, there we have it. OF course, this is not all there is in statistical inference: for example, I have not dealt with model checking (i.e. asking whether the model actually fits the data well), and there are many details I have left out. But I hope this give a scheme that separates out the different parts of fitting statistical models, and reduces some of the confusion. To summarise, here is a list of the parts of the process, and examples of the actual methods used in each part:
Wednesday, 1 August 2007
Statistical Modelling: The Bits Pt. 2
In my last post, I outlined the ideas of statistical inference: that we have a model, and we have a philosophical scheme that tells us what maths to do to estimate the parameters of the model. But this is not the same as doing this in practice. The equations are often complex, and difficult or impossible to solve (anyone fancy trying to integrate in 1000 dimensions?). Because of this, a lot of methods have been devised for estimating the parameters, and particularly estimating their variability (which, from now on, I will write about as estimating the standard error).
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So, how did Laplace work out the mass of Saturn?
- 1 August 2007 at 20:02
- Bob O'Hara said...
Err, perhaps he put it on some scales?
OK, it's a few years since I read about the history. I'll have to check the article where I read this, to see what Stigler wrote.
But I'll probably use the same one-liner, because it's funnier. :-)
- 2 August 2007 at 09:03
Sigh ... try again, please.
- 2 August 2007 at 16:08


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Professor Greenberg has research interests in decision making in the criminal justice system, crime victim decision making and eyewitness recall, social influence and social support processes, and the ways people cope with negative life events.
Primary Interests:
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- Attitudes and Beliefs
- Emotion, Mood, Affect
- Interpersonal Processes
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Law and Public Policy
- Persuasion, Social Influence
Research Group or Laboratory:
- Greenberg, M. S., & Ruback, R. B. (1992). After the crime: Victim decision making. New York: Plenum
- Greenberg, M. S., & Ruback, R. B. (1991). Social psychology of the criminal justice system (2nd edition). Dubuque: Kendall/Hunt.
Journal Articles:
- Greenberg, M. S., & Beach, S. R. (2004). Property crime victims' decision to notify the police: Social, cognitive, and affective determinants. Law and Human Behavior, 28, 177-186.
- Greenberg, M. S., Westcott, D. R., & Bailey, S. (1998). When believing is seeing: The effect of scripts on eyewitness memory. Law and Human Behavior, 22, 685-694.
Other Publications:
- Beach, S. R., & Greenberg, M. S. (2001). Paradoxical reactions of property crime victims. In M. Martinez (Ed.), Prevention and control of aggression and the impact on its victims (pp. 385-388). New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum.
- Greenberg, M. S., & Beach, S. R. (2001). The role of social influence in crime victim's decision to notify the police. In R. R. Roesch, R. R. Corrado, & R. Dempster (Eds.), Psychology in the courts: International advances in knowledge (pp. 305-316).
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- Social Psychology and Criminal Justice
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