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Practitioner training enables core mental health professionals with competence in their own field to enhance their understanding and skills in a specific psychological therapy by learning the theory and methods of CAT as an individual therapy applied to adult mental health. These courses usually last two years and are assessed, leading to accreditation as a CAT Practitioner and eligibility for full membership of ACAT. The courses are held at a number of venues across the country. These courses provide qualification through accreditation with ACAT as a practitioner in CAT in one's core profession and such courses, having been run for the past twenty years, have a track record of providing mental health professionals with basic competence in the full use of CAT. In addition the practitioner training counts as the first two years in the four year process of qualification as a CAT psychotherapist accredited under current regulations by the UKCP. All of the Practitioner Courses (2008 - 2013) and a number prior to that time have been linked with and validated by universities leading to a dual award with ACAT and the University (a Post Graduate Diploma and credits towards MSc qualifications). Since 2013, following a training strategy review, ACAT opted not to continue the university collaboration at Practitioner level and our courses now lead to ACAT professional accreditation; Centre for Workforce Intelligence (CfWI) protected title Psychological Therapist and our two year trainings (CAT Practitioner) are recognised as the first two years of a UKCP registered training.
"I have really enjoyed the course and learned a great deal. I have especially enjoyed the teaching from people who really thoroughly know the model and are clearly motivated to help us learn in a supportive environment. I would highly recommend this course."
All applicants will be expected to demonstrate that they are academically capable of undertaking postgraduate study, having either a first degree or equivalent qualification, or other evidence of academic capability. They will already have (and will be asked to demonstrate) relevant experience of working with people in a mental health setting, and either a qualification in an NHS recognised core profession (e.g. nursing, clinical psychology, medicine, occupational therapy, social work), or evidence and qualification which demonstrates an equivalent level of competence. It is desirable for applicants to have attended an introduction to CAT workshop or equivalent.
Applicants must have the personal qualities that make them suitable for the profession of psychotherapy and have sufficient emotional competence to deal with the psychological aspects of the work. We will be looking for a lively and enquiring mind, an ability to listen and respond with compassion and respect and without prejudice, evidence of self-reflection, self-awareness and a commitment to self-development, evidence of personal stability and appropriate boundaries, and a capacity for constructive working relationships. Applicants will be expected to demonstrate awareness and sensitivity to issues of race, gender, sexual orientation, class and disability, ethnic and cultural difference. It is desirable but not required for applicants to have had a personal therapy experience.
Additional criteria may include
Click here to read more about our entry criteria for CAT Practitioner trainings and information for candidates who may not strictly meet the entry criteria but are interested to explore CAT training.
"An excellent training course which links theory to practice and increases confidence in using the CAT model across presentations. I now have faith in the model, which means hard to work with clients are not so hard to work with".
This is a two-year training comprising a combination of workshops or training days, seminars, peer group work, personal learning, supervision, clinical practice and personal therapy. Experiential work focuses on personal exploration and the development of CAT skills and their clinical application. Trainees must complete a minimum of 8 supervised cases and pass all written work required by the course.
The training days cover eight modules. Each day reflects 'CAT Knowledge in Use' and consists of a combination of preliminary reading, presentations, small and large group work, skills exercises and case discussions as appropriate and covers
The training days are spread throughout each of the two years. Early in the course you will be introduced to the main features of the CAT model and these will be built on throughout the two years. The content of the teaching programme in year one follows the structure of a CAT therapy, with the aim that the teaching topics coincide with the timing of these phases in the first two training cases. Year 2 days deepen knowledge and skills and cover a range of applications of CAT specifically work with more complex cases.
"Giving me the confidence and containment of a model to work with; a sense of community with others working in similar ways; really developing specific skills and knowledge for doing my work in a new way."
Clinical Practice
Trainees are in weekly supervision with an accredited CAT supervisor, usually carry two CAT training cases at a time and must complete a minimum of eight supervised cases. Supervision normally takes place face to face in groups and each case is discussed weekly. It is advisable for trainees who work in specialist settings (e.g. forensic, eating disorders) to gain experience of doing CAT in the area of adult mental health, by undertaking at least two cases in this area. Trainees should aim to accumulate a broad clinical experience in terms of pathology, gender, age, ethnicity and socio-economic group.
Trainees develop the skill to practice 16 session CAT but should also gain experience in variations of the time limit to 8 session and 24 sessions. Of the eight cases required six of these should be of 16 or more sessions. A complete CAT case is one in which all three CAT tools have been developed and shared (prose reformulation, SDR and goodbye letter), other than 8 session CATs when a SDR and 'hybrid' (reformulation/goodbye) letter shared at the end of therapy is a recommended alternative.
Minimum clinical hours for Practitioner Training (excluding follow-ups) must total 128. For many trainees, the supervised clinical practice requirements to see eight clients for CAT can take more than two years. This reflects a variety of factors including access to suitable training cases, drop-outs and work place issues. Trainees are encouraged to plan as effectively as possible to increase the likelihood that they can complete close to two years, by for example ensuring that any necessary placements/honorary contracts are set up ahead of the course start, identifying suitable training cases to start the clinical practice immediately upon starting the course and identifying clients consistently throughout the two years. In some circumstances, trainees may need to consider the cost of additional supervision if there is a need to extend this.
Click here for more information on supervised clinical practice as part of CAT training.
Trainees are expected to attend a minimum of 85% of each element of the taught course. Clinical appraisals take place every six months, four over the two year taught course. Written Work includes:
"The links between theory and practice that ran throughout all aspects of the course.
The availability of resources on the ACAT website.
The structure of the course - the content of teaching and seminars was well tailored to our learning/ZPDs!
The approachable nature of all the course facilitators."
Trainees are required to have an experience of personal therapy during their practitioner training. This is a standard 16 session CAT conducted by an accredited CAT therapist. Trainees must discuss exceptional needs and any exemptions to these arrangements with their course director before embarking on training. It is ultimately a trainee's responsibility to set up arrangements for their personal therapy. A list of therapists practicing privately can be found on the ACAT website. Some courses provide additional listings of therapists who are willing to offer training therapy, but are not otherwise listed on the website as private therapists. The confidentiality of the trainee's personal relationship with his/her personal therapist will be respected other than the personal CAT therapist completing a brief form acknowledging the completion of the personal CAT training therapy.
Click here for further information on personal development and personal therapy as part of CAT training.
Following satisfactory completion of the course and accreditation at the ACAT Exam Board, trainees will be awarded the Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT) Therapist / Practitioner Diploma and will be accredited as Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT) Diploma Therapist / Practitioner.
ACAT has been recognised by the Centre for Workforce Intelligence (CfWI) allowing CAT Therapists/Practitioners to use the protected title Psychological Therapist
CAT Therapists/Practitioners are entitled to use the alternative title "CAT Therapist", in line with the CfWI (Centre for Workforce Intelligence) approval of CAT Therapists/Practitioners as meeting the criteria for Psychological Therapists working in the NHS.
In addition the practitioner training counts as the first two years in the four year process of qualification as a CAT psychotherapist accredited under current regulations by the UKCP.
Further information and application process can be found within each course link. Click here for courses currently recruiting.
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KAMLOOPS — A speedboat operator's erratic driving caused a crash that killed a houseboat driver, a British Columbia judge has ruled.
Leon Reinbrecht was found guilty Tuesday of one count each of criminal negligence causing death and criminal negligence causing bodily harm.
He was charged following a crash on Shuswap Lake on July 3, 2010, when his speedboat collided with a houseboat, killing Ken Brown.
Reinbrecht was riding with two young passengers — his teenage son and his son's girlfriend — following a fireworks display on Magna Bay.
Multiple witnesses testified about seeing a speedboat being driven erratically on the busy lake in the moments leading up to the crash, which followed a post-Canada Day fireworks display.
Defence lawyers repeatedly focused their questioning on whether the houseboat was properly lit. However, the judge found the vessel's green and red national lights and a stern light were visible, as was an interior cabin light.
"Mr. Reinbrecht's conduct in taking two young passengers for a joy ride in the location, condition and circumstances of that night was inherently very dangerous," B.C. Supreme Court Justice Sheri Donegan said in her decision.
"In my opinion, it can properly be characterized as highly reckless conduct which clearly carries with it a reasonably foreseeable risk of immediate and substantial harm."
Brown's sister, Patty Oliver, said outside court that she's relieved with the verdict, five years after her brother's death.
"We all knew in our minds he was guilty," she said after a trial that spanned 30 days over six months.
"It wasn't intentional, it was just stupid."
Oliver said her family and friends, along with people who are still dealing with injuries from the crash, want Reinbrecht to acknowledge his actions.
"You made a mistake. Own up to what you did."
However, it's not clear if Donegan's ruling is the last word in the case.
Defence lawyer Joe Doyle had already filed a charter application putting the court on notice that he may challenge any conviction based on unreasonable delays.
He told Donegan he will await instructions from his client on whether to continue with the application.
While she ruled that Brown was impaired by drugs and alcohol, she said there was nothing he could have done to prevent the nearly head-on crash.

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The city — sliced, diced and served with a dash of sauce
On the runway with Ritu Kumar
At ace designer Ritu Kumar's next fashion show, don't be surprised if you spot ethnic works by students from the Kutch-based Somaiya Kala Vidya.
Ritu Kumar checks out the work of an artisan from Somaiya Kala Vidya
Having recently completed a nine-month course in design, the students showcased their works before Kumar, who was part of the jury that picked the final collections of 11 artisan designers including weavers, ajrakh printers and bandhani artists.
We hear, she promptly ordered the pieces for an upcoming fashion show. Keen to check out some of the exquisite designs? Head to a three-day exhibition at Artisans' at Kala Ghoda, December 21 onwards.
Bringin' the bindi back
Remember Sudha Chandran and her serpentine bindis that made the decade-old television show, Kaahin Kissi Roz memorable? No, we aren't taking a trip down the saas-bahu soap lane.
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We remembered her forehead fashion when we spotted an advert of bookmybindi.com, touted as the world's first bindi portal, on a bus during our commute.
Piqued, we checked it out to find ourselves gaping at an elaborate collection that would give some of our A-list fashion designers a run for their money.
The portal says they customise designs too, depending on your taste, colour and size preferences. While we liked some of the tiny diamond-shaped bindis and even kitschy tikas, we logged out when we spotted a customised pineapple design.
Celebrating Benegal's cinema
As the doyen of parallel cinema, Shyam Benegal turns a year younger at 81, celebrate his oeuvre spanning 35 years at a retrospective organised by Osianama.
A poster of Junoon set in the backdrop of the 1857 revolt
Starting today (until December 20), the festival will take place at Liberty cinema and showcase over 14 of his iconic films including Ankur, Nishant, Manthan, Trikal, Sooraj Ka Saatvan Ghoda and his well-known documentary, Bharat Ek Khoj.
Shyam Benegal behind the camera
The filmmaker will also host master-classes over three days and be in conversation with Naseeruddin Shah and Govind Nihalani. What makes the retrospective more special is that a restored print of his 1978 award-winning film, Junoon, will be screened tonight.
The restoration is courtesy the Kapoor family (Shashi Kapoor was the producer-actor in the film). That sounds like a great gift.
The Goan makeover
If you're in Goa this New Year's eve, don't forget to check into popular 17-year old hotspot, A Reverie at Calangute, that presents itself in a new avatar with changed menu and décor.
A Fish That Swam The Seven Sauces at A Reverie
The restaurant has played host to Mumbai's popular faces including Hrithik Rohan, Shilpa Shetty, Yuvraj Singh and Nandita Mahatani. The new look includes large wooden front doors that open on to a long, white corridor decorated with contemporary art and a tree-lined outdoor courtyard.
Previously inspired by global flavours, the menu has now taken on a more Goan hue. Pick from the Chorizo Bao (Steamed Bao with Spicy Goan sausage filling), The Birds And The Bees (compressed boneless chicken wings with a vindaloo and teriyaki glaze) or try the dessert The Egg But No Egg, which looks like different preparations of egg but does not contain it.
A slice of Japan in the city
Buzz is that Bahrain's popular Japanese restaurant, Ruka, brainchild of restaurateur Raj Shetty is all set to open here next week.
Ruka's outpost in Bahrain
Located at Ramee Guestline Hotel in Juhu, the fine-dine space will serve traditional Japanese cuisine including the sushi, sashimi and flavoured lobsters.
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Adrian, Mich. -- The Siena Heights baseball team swept Grace (Ind.) today.
Final Scores: Game 1: Siena Heights 8, Grace (Ind.) 2, Game 2: Siena Heights 4, Grace (Ind.) 0
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Records: Siena Heights (10-12), Grace (9-14)
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The Saints came to hit this afternoon for game one of a non-conference double header. SHU opened up the scoring in the 2nd inning when Weston Cook singled to right field to score a run. Next batter, Cody Henderson hit a sacrifice fly to right field which would score Siena's second run of the game. Snyder Torres would be next and double for a RBI. Brenden Baker would continue the RBI hits as he double to score Torres. Brendan Green and Connor McCoy each added a RBI single and would put the score at 6-0.
Siena scored two more runs in the 4th inning by RBI singles from McCoy and Logan Nolff. Parker Swartz started the game for Siena Heights and pitched six innings while only giving up one earned run. Grace would score in the 5th and 6th innings but could not get much offense going.
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SHU would continue to hit in game 2 of the double header. Ryley Overacker would have the first RBI of the day followed by a Weston Cook 2 RBI double to put the Saints up 4-0. Taylor Acquista stared for Siena and threw a one hit in 6 innings performance.
- Taylor Acquista threw 6 innings, 1 hit, 5 strikeouts, and 0 earned runs
- Weston Cook went 1-1 with 2 RBIS, 1 walk, and 1 HBP
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If we want to harvest the fruits [and veg] of our efforts in future, it's a week to plant some seeds for above-ground fruits, flowers, seeds.
Best days are Saturday 7th – Sunday 8th January 2017, + Wednesday 11th [here in New Zealand]
Before the full moon on Thursday 12th January 2017.
For those of you in northern parts where it is cold, either sow indoors in pots/trays [a glass-house is wonderful for extending the season]
Down-under we are in summer.Here in Auckland, NZ, the weather is warm so seeds germinate quickly [when kept moist]. It has been dry, with 'showers' rather than soaking rain so seeds and seedlings need watchful attention to maintain soil moisture levels so they grow well.
Now is a great time to talk about
Pumpkins/squashes/zucchini [courgettes]
We have a sequence to provide these over a longer time span:
First we plant 1-2 'Zorro' zucchinis in pots in early spring, inside a plastic-bag 'mini hothouse'then transplant them into a rich, protected garden bed when the soil has warmed up. These are amazingly hardy and prolific [and they are bushes rather than rampant vines].
Second, we plant a number of 'tromboncino squash' seeds into rich, warm soil in the garden in late Spring. These rampant vines will start fruiting later than the Zorro zucchinis – and keep going longer too.
They produce 'crook necked' type squash which are wonderfully tasty when small [less than my hand long] – even better than ordinary zucchinis! Sweeter.
A.N.D the ones we miss grow and grow and grow some more so quickly! There's an in-between stage which is meh – so they go into soup. We leave most of them on the vine to mature. When the vine dies back the squash skin gets harder and harder – these fruit store well. And the flesh gets sweeter and richer – we think they are best baked or made into soup.
There are a number of varieties and we have tried 3 so far:
- Our favorite 'tromboncino squash' is from Running Brook Seeds [only available in NZ]. It is long, tasty, has a dark green skin and stores well too.
- Second is from 'Diggers Seeds' in Australia – nice taste, with light-green skin.
- Another is called 'rampicante squash' [here in NZ] with dark-green skin.
Third, main-crop pumpkins/squash go into warm, rich Spring soil. Their fruit will form hard skins and keep well. There are so many varieties to try!
We do love butternut squash – and some years it's hot enough to grow some here. Some years not.
We found a standard pumpkin here is a 'grey' and can form a nice tasty fruit which keeps well. This one is reliable for us.
Some varieties we used to grow well in Australia do poorly here or are not available at all. This reminds us to choose varieties adapted to local conditions where-ever we are.
Fourth, we use chokos [not a zucc] when and tromboncinos have finished. The chokos are just starting and, when they are very small, thumb-sized, they are delicious replacements for zuccs.
If you wish to save seeds from pumpkins, squash or zucchinis, many cross-pollinate so check out options before beginning.
I'll put together a post about how to save their seeds to get true-breeding results.
We will also sow
- Beans [I sow direct and protect from snails and slugs] We will plant more climbing 'Emu' beans. [PS -As the young beans appear with their first leaves is a great indicator to me to plant the next generation seeds for a continuous supply.]
- Tomatoes [also heat-lovers]. Getting a bit late so maybe plant seedlings. The cherry tomatoes we planted in spring are fruiting wonderfully well. Other varieties we planted late October are growing and some have flowers – there's hope for them yet. I wonder what will grow best this season? For more on our tomato experiments, go here and here.
- Corn! Plant into really rich ground. Early Gem and Bantam have grown well here in the past so we'll see this year.
- Flowers. More sunflowers. Just because…
Hopefully some of what we plant now will do well so we will have a harvest no matter what the weather does – hot/dry/cold/wet.
May your food garden flourish!


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Could it be that America is actually turning less violent? Or are we as violent as ever—but have simply found different ways of assuaging our urges?
By **Anneli Rufus**
From Alternet.Org.
Los Angeles's violent-crime rates are four times lower now than they were 1992. The interesting thing is, nobody can really explain why.
As of December 25, last year, only 293 homicides were reported in LA, along with 781 rapes, 10,734 robberies, and 9,129 aggravated assaults. In 1992, that blood-soaked year of the Rodney King Riots, Los Angeles saw 1,092 murders, 1,861 rapes, 39,222 robberies, and 47,736 aggravated assaults.
These figures echo a nationwide trend. "Crime Rate at 20-Year Low Level," reads a February 24 headline in the Frederick, Maryland News Post. "Major Crime at 39-Year Low in Elgin," the Chicago Tribune crowed on February 22. "Fresno's Murder Rate Is Drastically Down in 2011," announced that California's town's ABC-TV affiliate on February 23. Such headlines are typical these days. Crime's down. What's up?
Theories abound. Various agencies, such as the office of Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, credit themselves with the shift. But in the din of the applause, some of these theories and claims cancel each other out.
Noting that L.A. in 1992 "was like a war zone," LAPD Sgt. Joe Kuns remembers how, that year, no one in their right mind strolled the downtown intersection of First and Main streets for fun after dark. Drug dealers and their customers ruled that corner, he says. It's a different story now. Brightly lit businesses welcome local residents, who wave happily while walking their dogs.
Why? Some would say it's because those drug dealers and their customers are now locked up. According to the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics, the number of drug-related arrests has nearly doubled nationwide since 1992. Drug-related offenders comprised 6 percent of Minnesota's incarcerated in 1989; last year, according to the Minnesota Department of Corrections, they comprised 18 percent.
As for exact correlations between drug violations and violent crime, the jury's still out. A 2009 report by the King's College London International Centre for Prison Studies found that "given the significant costs of incarceration in budget terms, but also in terms of the negative impact on community relations, social cohesion and public health—it is hard to justify a drug policy approach that prioritizes widespread arrest and harsh penalties for drug users on grounds of effectiveness."
Gang violence is being quelled as well. One program alone, ICE's Operation Community Shield, has resulted in over 20,000 gang-related arrests since 2005. Is this helping?
Kuns is quick to assert that assigning any definitive cause to L.A.'s plunging crime rate "would be intellectually dishonest." It's anyone's guess.
"In meetings with professors from USC and UCLA, we've tried to apply methodical approaches to isolate causal relationships between what our department is doing now with what it was doing twenty years ago. I wish there had been a moment when we all looked at each other across the table and said, 'That's it, we've figured it out.' But there hasn't been."
Kuns does credit community involvement. He says the no-snitch code is dissolving as more people than ever call 911 and anonymous tip lines. Los Angeles Sheriff's Department spokesman Steve Whitmore agrees.
Do crimewatch TV shows such as America's Most Wanted spur viewers into action? Do reality shows such as Cops and The First 48 humanize police, making viewers help rather than hate them?
Even in L.A. gang strongholds such as Compton, Lynwood, and Lennox, "people have decided that enough is enough." Admittedly "hesitant to talk about how crime is dropping, because a lot of times the bad guys will hear that and say, 'We'll show them,'" Whitmore also credits "the visual saturation of law enforcement, as the sheriff has flooded certain areas of our county with law enforcement and targeted teams. And technology helps."
Cell phones, texting, and email make crime reporting exquisitely quick, easy, and secret.
Do crimewatch TV shows such as America's Most Wanted spur viewers into action? Do reality shows such as Cops and The First 48 humanize police, making viewers help rather than hate them? In books such as More Guns, Less Crime (University of Chicago Press, 1998), conservative economist John Lott attributes shrinking crime rates to increased legal gun ownership.
Could it be that America is actually turning less violent? Or are we as violent as ever—but have simply found less interpersonal means of assuaging our urges?
Award-winning University of Hawaii anatomist Milton Diamond believes that one powerful tool in reducing at least one type of violent crime is porn—including kiddie porn.
Published last fall in the scholarly journal Archives of Sexual Behavior, Diamond's latest academic study tracked crime in the Czech Republic after pornography was legalized there.
"As found in all other countries in which the phenomenon has been studied, rape and other sex crimes did not increase," Diamond's report reads. In particular, Denmark and Japan "had a prolonged interval during which possession of child pornography was not illegal." When kiddie porn was legal in Denmark and Japan, both countries "showed a significant decrease in the incidence of child sex abuse."
Diamond—who directs UH's Pacific Center for Sex and Society and won this year's Kinsey Award for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, does not approve of actual children being used in porn, but rather images of children produced via artwork or computer graphics.
"It's the lesser of two evils," he says.
"Why would someone commit a crime if he didn't have to? Does he say, 'I'm gonna go out and rape somebody'? Or might he say, 'Look, there's a danger in doing that, and I'm horny, so now I'll masturbate'? If I was a potential rapist, I'd be thinking, 'Why the hell would I want to go out in the cold when I can stay inside and masturbate?' Think of all the problems we could solve this way.
"We can't say that every potential rapist is crazy or stupid. They're reacting to the same things everybody reacts to." Pre-Internet and pre-DVD, "they went out and 'did something' about those reactions," Diamond asserts, but now they can stay safely at home, ensconced with electronic fantasies.
"If I have a choice between having real children abused or having child porn on the Net, I say have child porn and save kids. I want the same thing anti-porn protesters want: to stop child abuse. If porn will do it, I'm for it."
Whatever's curbing crime these days, it's making fools of those who predicted that an economic meltdown would turn America into a Mad Maxian hellzone terrorized by bloodthirsty out-of-work stock clerks.
"Murder, Suicide Rates Climb When Jobs Vanish and Economy Slows," Bloomberg blared, citing a 2009 study published in The Lancet that linked every 1 percent increase in unemployment with a .79 percent increase in homicides. (But according to the same study, every 1 percent increase in unemployment is also linked with a 1.39 percent decrease in car-crash deaths. So in that sense, economic collapse saves nearly twice as many lives as it takes.)
"Why would someone commit a crime if he didn't have to?"
"If you go by the old adage that crime is tied to the economy, then these should be banner years for violent crime," says the LAPD's Kuns. "But it's going in the opposite direction."
According to the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics's annual National Crime Victimization Survey, violent and property crime rates were lower in 2008 than at any time since these surveys began in 1973. According to the FBI's annual Uniform Crime Reports, violent crime declined 6.2 percent nationwide just in the first half of 2010. Broken down by region, murder/rape/robbery/aggravated assault fell by 7.8 percent in the South, 7.2 percent in both the Midwest and West, and a comparatively—troublingly—small 0.2 percent in the Northeast.
"Economic conditions and crime: This is a very complicated relationship," says Stanford University law professor Lawrence Friedman, the award-winning author of Crime And Punishment In American History (Basic Books, 1994). "Dire economic circumstances certainly give some people incentives to commit property crimes. But on the whole, it is hard to show a correlation, especially if you look at the broad sweep of history. The period after World War II was one of tremendous economic growth, and yet the violent crime rate went up dramatically" in the U.S. at that time.
Was it because the war's end brought home a huge influx of young males, the demographic most likely to commit violent crimes? Clearly the perpetrators of all those postwar murders, rapes, assaults and strongarm robberies weren't famished bread thieves a la Les Misérables. This should shatter the romance that most criminals commit crimes not by choice but by necessity.
What spurs crime? Greed. Hate. Opportunity. What stems it?
"There's a growing groundswell of folks accepting their personal ownership of what goes on in their neighborhoods," Kuns says. "Regardless of their station in life, they're taking responsibility for the places in which they live and for a reasonable radius around them. They've realized that although the police are happy to rescue you when we can—that's the fun part of our job—the policing of your neighborhood starts with you."
In some neighborhoods these days, "people literally run out of their houses and try to stop crimes themselves.
"Say every time a crime takes place, we get four or five calls from community members providing information. After a while, the bad guys think, 'The probability of someone seeing me committing a crime and making that call, and thus the probability of my getting caught, is so high that it's not worth committing the crime.'
"It's like game theory."
Copyright 2011 Anneli Rufus
This post originally appeared at Alternet.Org.
Anneli Rufus is the author of several books, most recently The Scavengers' Manifesto (Tarcher Press, 2009). Read more of Anneli's writings on scavenging at scavenging.wordpress.com.
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In September 1966, 10 weavers from Toronto's west end came together to create the Etobicoke Handweavers with the intention to "encourage an interest in hand weaving" and to "promote … workshops in the area". By 1973 they had rented a 90″ wide loom, put on displays and held their first sale. As interest in hand spinning increased they expanded to became the Etobicoke Handweavers and Spinners Guild or simply EHS. Since 1966, EHS has expanded both its membership and artistic practices. Today, members practice basketry, hand dyeing, garment design and creation, felting, knitting and other diverse fibre arts.
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Reculées: quiet and delightful.
These intriguing blind valleys with their remote, abrupt endings embody one of the most representative landscapes of the Jura. There are many of them in this area. In addition to the must-see example of Baume-les-Messieurs, four other blind valleys await you: in Ladoye-sur-Seille, Blois-sur-Seille, Gizia and Grusse.
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Muhammad Ali was not just a phenomenal athlete. Nor was he simply a worldwide beloved celebrity. He was a shimmering prospect of hope for people from all avenues of life. His bravery and ideology, his intelligence and swagger, were greatly important to a vast number of people, particular when these attributes were most vivid, in the midst of his country's fiercest battles for racial equality. It's understandable why his death on Friday at the age of 74 was treated as such a gut punch in the media.
Since the sad news broke, there have already been a lot of tributes to "The Greatest." Rest assured, there will be a whole lot more. When you're picking and choosing which ones to pay attention to, be advised that this 37-year-old homage from comedian-impressionist Billy Crystal is more than worth the 12 minutes it takes to watch all the way through.
This recording of Crystal's "15 Rounds" comes from Ali's 1979 retirement tribute at the Great Western Forum in Inglewood, California. The 68-year-old comedian uploaded the clip to Vimeo on Friday, when news of Ali's poor condition was starting to circulate. It's not so much a stand-up routine as it is a one-man play about the history of Ali's career. Crystal plays all the characters and does all the voices over the course of 15 vignettes—each made distinct by the ringing of a bell. His tribute makes it even clearer why the boxing icon is such an integral brick in the structure of the modern United States.


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My Blog__ Dana, Darcy, Day, Darlene
You're my favourite, and I won't lose you.
While it may seem like all I do is go to movies with my female friends and then write sappy shit about them--I actually am quite a busy person without a disposable income. However, last night I saw another movie and I'm going to write about it again. So judge me, I'm not afraid of you. Just don't do it in my comments feed because I have self harming inclinations when I finish my pill cycle. Just kidding.
I saw Sean Durkin's new festival darling, Martha Marcy May Marlene starring Elizabeth Olsen as a young girl who escapes from a cult. And in all seriousness seeing a film that makes you feel like you are susceptible to the heroine's downfalls can make you very emotional. And I did just finish my pill cycle--not kidding. The cult in Martha Marcy May Marlene uses very little witchcraft, very little religious indoctrination, only a small amount of narcotics. There was something Marxist about their imposed morality that pandered to my heart in a particular way. The right way to live is communal and self-chosen. It should play on the strengths and beauty that you feel are inherently yours--your organic creativity. As Martha becomes Marcy May she is told she doesn't have to do anything she doesn't want to, but that she will find her place in her new family. Marcy May says the same thing to a new inductee.
Martha serves as an implicit criticism to the glass-house life of Lucy (her sister) and Ted (her sister's husband). She goes to live with them on their beautiful lake house in upstate New York once she runs away from the farm she'd been living on for two years. Ted tells her to get a job, but Martha says there are other ways to live. And the way that she is so not wrong made me want to be at that dinner table, urging her to hold onto that. It's not the cult-farm or the glass house in an indestructible binary, but her grasp on what is possible--in life and in her sense of morality-- is so clouded by her anxiety and paranoia. Lucy says to her, "it's not normal". It's not normal to lay in bed next to members of your family while they fuck. And no, it's not normal to live communally with a group of men and women who are raped repeatedly, whose identities are shifted and tweaked every so slightly.
There is an immediately relatable value to the spectrum of realities presented in the film. I feel like I have had conversations with family members who do not connect with my chosen field of study--the lawyers in my clan don't get my Marxism kick. The machoistic men don't understand my inclination for queer theory. There are other ways to live--I wanted to explain this in my youth. And I'm not comparing my family to Martha's sister and her husband. And I am, in no way, comparing my ideals to the sick and disgusting word of Patrick's farm. But I am saying that there was a time when I was submerged in a lifestyle that caused me to withdraw from my family. It involved a sexual relationship with a man and it was totally destructive to me. But the reasons why I held on to that relationship, and the less-than-healthy lifestyle that came along with it, came from a sense that there was another way to live. I got it wrong, but over time I found an alternate route. Not that of my somewhat conservative family / suburban early teenage years. But also not that of my manic depressive, drug using, authority hating, manipulative boyfriend.
I mean, the look on Marcy May's face as Patrick performed that fucking insanely haunting song the day after he raped her for the first time. He says she's just a picture. The song sounds a bit like well respected man. That scene blew me away.
And this isn't supposed to be a love letter to Surkin's character, or to Elizabeth Olsen's performance. Although I commend both. And maybe this blog is getting a little too "Dana's time on the psychoanalysis couch," but the film had me thinking about what it would take to become wholly enamoured with a cult in this way. Through a relationship with a man. The sexual/romantic/paternal bond between Patrick and his women is a hyperbolic expression of any woman who has ever felt like she wanted her professor to be attracted to her. Or any girl who has been held a little too long by an employer. You want to trust and respect them, and you know the sexuality of it is the wrong colour. And you know the connection is always tainted. And you know you can use your body to retain some kind of power. But whatever connectivity Martha and all the other women on the farm crave from him is something, I think, most girls can relate to. Now this is some heavy shit--but the film really presents these deep, disgusting, confused, and mistaken parts of ourselves that we never really like to tap into. Which is why I think it was so spectacularly done.
And I don't want to ruin any endings--but in a way I saw the last scene as a testament to the fact that, perhaps, Patrick was being truthful--being real in a certain way, when he said to Marcy May "You're my favourite, and I won't lose you." That's what I took, while my friend was like, um, he obviously killed them all you fucking idiot. So psychoanalyze me on that one, Freudians.


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When I started Professor Cocktail it seemed natural to assign letter grades when reviewing spirits. It just makes sense: the professor gives grades. But as I've written a bunch of reviews over the past year, I've grown to question the usefulness of a grading scale for booze that mirrors the familiar classroom model. I've asked myself more and more about the differences between a B and a B- spirit, and how they differ from a C+.
Are these differences discernible and meaningful? And, even more importantly, are they useful? Do they give the reader valuable information? I'm not so sure — and if they're not aiding the consumer, what's the point of doing it?
When I write book reviews, something I've done professionally for almost a decade now, I don't assign letter grades or give scores. I just write the review and allow the critique to stand for itself. I don't think it's ever unclear what I think of the book, because the review tells you.
Spirits are a little different, however, because we have to use words to convey flavors and aromas. We're trying to give the reader some guidance on what to expect from a spirit in terms of taste, etc., which is more nebulous than what they can expect from a book or film.
Because of this, I think it makes sense to assign some type of score along with the verbal review for spirits. But I also think it makes sense to use a more streamlined grading scale than what we have been. I think most consumers look to spirits reviews for two kinds of guidance: what to expect, and whether or not they should buy it. A grade can help make the picture clearer.
Out of all the scoring systems I've seen, I like the one used by F. Paul Pacult the best. He awards stars ranging from one to five with no fractional increments. How many stars the spirit receives indicates both its relative quality, and whether or not he recommends it. I like both the simplicity and the utility of this method. So I'm stealing it.
Here is the grading scale that we'll be using from this point on:
Professor Cocktail's Grading Scale
Disappointing: Not recommended
Average: Not recommended
Above Average: Recommended
Superb: Highly Recommended
Classic: Highest Recommendation


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About Me
Hi! Welcome to my online home! My name is Arge, wife to Randy and mom to two wonderful kids. I used to work in the field of Writing and Web Marketing (specializing in SEO, social media, and community management) but have put them off to devote more time and enjoy my current season in life. I am blessed and privileged to be homeschooling my son since his toddler years. My hope and prayer is to continue to homeschool him, and his younger sister eventually, for as long as I can.
I have been blogging for several years, shifting from one platform to another, until my dear husband bought me a .com of my own just so my writings will have a proper home. It's a very thoughtful gift, indeed! On this blog, I share about the mundane and extra special as well as the adventures and misadventures that I go through with the many hats that I wear everyday – wife, stay-at-home mom, homeschooler, breastfeeding mom, gastronome wanna-be, dreamer, crafter, and one of GOD's princesses, saved by grace. I hope to spur on and inspire readers the way I am encouraged whenever I peruse other websites.
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This reel was composed by West Cork accordionist Finbar Dwyer, but is sometimes claimed to be the work of Paddy Fahy. It is on the Kevin Burke and Mícheál Ó Domhnaill album Portland (1982), as well as Mick Conneely's Selkie (1999). It's a two-part reel played AABB, with the A-part in Emix and the B-part in Edor. The name comes from an scenic island in Bantry Bay, in the western part of co. Cork, Ireland. It's off the Beara Peninsula, and known as "Oiléan Béarra" in Irish, and in English "Beare Island" or "Bere Island," which sounds close to Beer Island to me. In fact, the Irish word "Béarra" means Bear, and the island acquired this name in the second century when the King of Munster named it after his wife, from the O'Sullivan-Beara clan, daughter of Heber Mór, King of Castile. Still, today it is officially called "An tOileán Mór" meaning "The Big Island." With a population of about two hundred, it has two ferries and its highest point is Knockanallig. The main harbor of the island is Lawrence Cove, near the main village of Rerrin, or Raerainn in Irish, which is toward its eastern end. In August of 2014 they held the first Bere Island Music and Silence Festival.
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The barrel of Brent's North Sea overcame, the past Thursday, 80 dollars for the first time since November of 2014, pushed by politic uncertain, and the president of the french Total availed that can reach 100 dollars.
In the contracts to July, the Brent's barrel reached 80,50 dollars during a session in the market of London. He closed to 79,30 dollars, a high of 2 cents.
This barrel cost by 50 dollars in May of 2017 – an annual increase of 50%.
Already the price of "Light Sweet Crude" (WTI) to July, closed stabilized in 71,49 dollars.
Patrick Pouyanné, the president of the french Total, said that wouldn't be surprise that "in the next months" it reaches 100 dollars due to uncertainties about the keep of his oil company in Iran.
To Jasper Lawler, London Capital Group's analyst, the increase in prices is "impressive" because it happens when the US increase their exportations of commodity, beyond the expectative of a reduction in the demand – two points that in theory should pull the prices low.
"At the same time, the continuous decrease of production of Venezuela is doing the production of Opep decrease", pointed Commerzbank's analysts.


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Additionally, the production servers are Windows Azure Web Apps (cores basically) which do not allow for custom installations, etc. at least not in an automated and scalable way.
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Can Healthy be Yummy? Smoke House Deli Gives Us the Answer
Chef Saurabh Arora at Smoke House Deli has been busy the past few months trying to figure out the perfect combination of healthy and yummy. The restaurant is trying to break the myth that healthy is not tasty. Paleo, vegan, low glycemic, gluten free, dairy free - they have all the buzzwords down; but can they dish it out? We at Explocity gave it a try to find out if they got it right.
Chef Saurabh says it wasn't easy, "Several months of research has gone into putting the menu together – The prime focus was on giving diners an alternative lifestyle choice in the form of a delicious yet balanced menu with ample choice. Creating a menu that's both nutritionally rewarding and delicious. Months have been spent pairing healthy ingredients together to arrive at a great tasting healthy menu that one can enjoy with absolutely no guilt."
The appetisers on the menu include Paleo Coconut and Seafood broth and the very textually arousing Spinach and Millet soup. Next is the Low glycemic Soy Marinated Tofu and Spinach Sandwich either with Ragi or gluten free white bread, of which chef was unwilling to share the secret. The Super Quinoa salad and the Chicken Salad both were sprinkled with brown rice flakes, clearly the highlight of the dish.
The mains were Jowar Gnocchi with a spicy mushroom fricassee (our pick), White Mushroom and Arugula risotto made with foxtail millet and the Soy milk ravioli. The taste of the Soy milk sauce is something which takes getting used to. All the pasta are gluten free as well. Other mains are Pan seared Rawa with Bhavnagri sauce and the Ras El Hanout Grilled Chicken.
Desert includes Banana Flour Cake and Soy Milk Cheesecake with a Ragi crust. We love the use of the innovative ingredients on the menu ranging from ancient grains, millets, ragi, soy and quinoa. "Although some were difficult to procure, like the Kefir Grains, Banana flour, " Chef confides. Over all a healthy guilt free meal which is difficult not to go overboard with.
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The only thing on my to-do list in Hawaii was to go to a luau,
it's one of my most favorite memories from one of our childhood vacations.
I love the experience of it all and luckily we didn't have to go too far
because they had one at our resort!
I bought Lexi a little grass skirt set the night before and she was dead set on wearing it,
all she wanted to do was to go on stage (not like her at all) and do the dance
and to my surprise they actually had a section of it where they brought whoever on stage
and she was all about it! my favorite part! (clips will be in the video)
finally by the end of the night she took off the skirt


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fried. (not a recipe post)
As you know, I always debate how much – or even whether – to "share" here. Especially the not-so-great stuff. So when the first thing happened, I was like, no. But then the second thing happened, and it was just starting to feel kind of disingenuous to be writing about savory scones and nail polish while………………
So this is what happened. Just so you know.
Noah had a seizure two weeks ago. Because it was a school holiday he was home. And because he had had a seizure before, we at least knew what we were looking at. But this time it came out of nowhere. He recovered quickly and we were very lucky that the pediatric neurologist was on-call that day. He asked us to schedule an EEG and an MRI for the following week.
The EEG was on Wednesday – Noah had to be sleep deprived, which meant keeping him up till midnight and waking him at 5 a.m. (all I can say about THAT is: you really, really need to watch "Madagascar 3" at least four times to catch all of the subtle nuances).
Noah sailed through the test like a champ.
The MRI was on Friday. For that test he needed to be sedated – which is serious and scary no matter what, but especially when it's a child. And again, he was such a trooper. A little loopy upon awakening but overall none the worse for wear. In fact, we were able to leave that afternoon for a long-planned weekend away at a ranch-style resort about an hour north of us. Noah was swimming in the pool that night and having a ball.
On Saturday, Noah:
Rode a pony.
Went tubing (many many times).
Skied down the hill (twice!).
And tried ice skating for almost 2 hours.
And then broke 2 bones in his arm in (wait for it) the bouncy castle.
Many hours in the local ER only to find out that the only orthopedist was many MORE hours away, and couldn't set a child's arm anyway.
But then the stars aligned and a new friend – who "happens" to be a pediatric specialist – spoke to some orthopedists in New York and arranged for us to be seen first thing Sunday morning. Noah was home, in a cast, by lunchtime.
So that's why there's been a little radio silence around here.
I've been playing the head game that we parents play when life throws us curves.
You know the game.
"Okay, at least it's not…….." "Thank god he didn't……." "As long as we don't have to…….".
My beautiful and very talented friend Britta recently wrote about this, and I swear it was a revelation to learn that I wasn't the only one who thought these thoughts.
Yes, it will be a challenging 6 weeks ahead. We need to find out why Noah had a seizure – and what happens next. We had to cancel our trip for later this month. His therapies will be compromised until the cast comes off.
We have found doctors who will give Noah the very best of care.
It's "only" a broken arm. It will heal. He will be as good as new (and he's SO good).
We'll take another trip another time.
He'll catch up on his lessons, etc. (he's five, for god's sake).
And we have had the experience of being so, so blessed to have friends – some new, some forever – who have reached out to help, check in, bring goodies and send us love.
And I'll catch up to myself – eventually.
Thanks for taking the time to listen; we now return you to your regularly scheduled broadcast.
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Hugs, Sheri. My "baby" boy is on meds for seizures. I hope you find answers soon.
Wow Sheri! Noah is keeping you on your toes! Having had plenty of MRIs and an EEG myself, I sympathize having to go thru it with a 5yr old. That would be very hard and worrisome. I hope everything turns ok, and you find what is causing them.
He really had an adventurous weekend too! All that excitement and it's the bouncy house that took him down. 🙁 Poor little man. I hope he heals quickly. Glad you had someone set it on the weekend. The sooner the better.
You have an amazing positive spirit. Thank you for sharing it with us, even when you are going through so much right now.
Sheri, I am so sorry to hear this. I'm thinking of you and your family and am sending a big (virtual) hug your way! I hope things will lighten up for all of you soon.
"Whether to Share"
So few of us do. Though I do enjoy what you share I enjoy most your writing. To be able to write and turn a phrase and have me(or others) understand topic and feelings always makes my day.
I'm glad you shared this, Sherri. Good luck in the next steps of diagnosis (and patience thru the cast!). Thanks for sharing the link to Britta's post…I really needed to read that. Sending positive thoughts for Noah and your family.
What a couple of days you've had. I'm sorry that you've been going through this. I'm thinking about you and your family. Poor little Noah. And to think I always felt gypped because I never broke any bones!
Thanks for sharing so that we can send you our good thoughts and energy.
Oh what a story it was though and glad your support system was where it needed to be. A dear friend told me her son had seizures when he was a little guy. Neighbor's granddaughter too, come to think of it. So so scary. Glad he had some rockin' good fun before he broke himself just a little. I liked Britta's piece very much too. Sometimes we need to be human for a moment before we can continue on being superheroes.
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Sending you love, Sheri. We had a bit of a crazy week with my husband health-wise, and it's amazing how you see a totally different life flash in front of your eyes. We are not totally out of the woods but seem to be in the short term and possibly the long term – hard to tell. I hope Noah is fine and this is just something he will grow out of. He's certainly got a strong momma to be there for him!
Wow! Noah is an awesome kid! How lucky you are. I hope that the seizure was a one-time thing.
I've had a weird week. My brother died suddenly and unexpectedly. I live in Arizona and will be flying to frozen Detroit early Thursday morning to be with my family.
I wish that NY were close enough that I would be able to meet you and remarkable Noah.
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So sorry for what you went through with Noah, but with support it's amazing the positive things that can happen. My son had a seizure when he was about 5 but it only happened the one time. It was scary! One of our grandsons had numerous seizures when he had low-grade fever, and needed to be hospitalized several times. He finally outgrew them! It's hard being a parent and grandparent, but totally worth it! Hang in there!