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Provide immediate crisis intervention services for victims of crime and their families. To provide or refer for treatment problems releated to the crime, such as PTSD, chemical dependency, and depression. Provide prevention education programs to the general community. Provide traiing and consultation services to the professional community, specifically those who work with crime victims. Provide advocacy for victims to work through the legal and clinical issues related to their victimization. Encourage the apprehension of offenders and appropriate legal and/or clinical resolutions.
The Victim Assistance program provides the community with comprehensive victim assistance services. volunteers offer assistance to victims of crime and their families as they cope with the emotional and physical aftermath of violence and abuse. Services provided include a 24-hour hotline, 24-hour victim advocacy and community education programs.
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Home is where the care is
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- Published 6.07.14
|Amal Kumar Dasgupta, 94, and wife Indrani, 83, get their blood pressure checked at their Golf Green home. Their daughter, a Lake Gardens resident, engaged Tribeca Care for the Dasguptas in consultation with their US-based son. Two ayahs come to look after the elderly couple in shifts. Picture by Sanjoy Chattopadhyaya
The Chatterjees of Jodhpur Park live on their own. The husband, a diabetic in his 70s, is recovering from a hip surgery. He has a nurse coming in every day to monitor his parameters and medicine intake, while a physiotherapist makes him do the mandatory exercises. A doctor drops by when the nurse flags for attention. His son, living away in the UK, does not have to depend on his weekly calls back home to find out how his father is doing. An emailed report reaches him every Saturday, with details of his medical status. It is not his mother who sends the mail but a homecare agency which he has engaged for his parents' care. He can rest easy that they will take steps in case of a medical emergency as well.
With children flying the nest in search of career opportunities, the elderly in Calcutta are living alone at home in greater numbers. And to look after them, private agencies are coming up with far better management and accountability than the local nurse-ayah centres.
According to market analyst Frost & Sullivan, the Indian healthcare industry was valued at $79 billion in 2012 and is expected to reach $160 billion by 2017. The largest slice of the pie comprises healthcare delivery services.
"India has a 144 million geriatric population, second only to China. Fifty-one per cent of this number die of chronic diseases like cancer, diabetes and cardiac ailments. Because of advanced diagnostics, diseases are getting detected early and people are living longer. So there is a long period over which disease management is required," said Ganesh Krishnan, co-founder and chairman of Portea Home Medical Care Services. In his estimate, the home healthcare market is worth about $2-4 billion and in the next 10 years the size of the industry would grow to over $15 billion in India.
The IIM Calcutta graduate, based in Bangalore, who calls himself a "serial entrepreneur", detected this demand after selling off his last online venture, Tutorvista, in 2013 for $213million in what he says is the largest ever exit in the education sector in India.
Portea is already present in 18 cities, including Calcutta. "Seventy per cent hospital visits can be treated at home," he said.
An NRI trio of Elina Dutta, Prateep Sen and Tamojit Dutta, along with a couple of friends, started Tribeca Care, a healthcare-at-home platform. They launched the facility in Calcutta last year with Prateep relocating to the city from the US. "We want to make it viable here before expanding to other cities," said Elina, a former advertising professional who shuttles between Dubai and Calcutta.
Mission Arogya, an NGO which has set up the Kolkata Medical Emergency System website (www.kmes.in) with a Rockefeller Foundation centennial grant it won last year providing people with real-time data on ICCU bed availability in hospitals, is also venturing into this sector with Arogya Homecare Services, which will see a formal launch on August 1.
"We have started providing continuity of care for patients returning from hospitals. This way, patients need not overstay at hospitals, thereby raising their bills. Hospitals too can admit new patients if beds get vacated sooner," said Mission Arogya co-founder Rajib Sengupta. Their second service in the pipeline is emergency retrieval. "We are tying up with institutions with advanced life support ambulances, which have ICU monitor and resuscitation kits, other than the usual oxygen and stretcher. We are training paramedical staff so that they can rush with an ambulance if a situation arises."
Nurse with GPS-enabled device
And Calcuttans are ready to pay for such a service. "When we wanted to come here, everyone warned us that Calcutta is price-sensitive and price realisation would be lower. If you look at e-commerce figures for instance, the city lags behind even Chandigarh and Pune. But we have got the biggest response from here," said Krishnan of Portea.
"It proves Calcuttans are ready to spend for what they perceive is important. Since it is usually the children who engage such services on behalf of parents, it shows family values and attachment are higher here than in other metros," he added.
Perhaps the number of children having left home in search of jobs too.
What is novel about these companies is the professional approach they bring to a traditionally unorganised sector. "For every patient getting discharged from hospitals to our care, we appoint a care transition manager. He is responsible for setting up the infrastructure at the patient's home — the bed, devices, oxygen cylinder… whatever his needs be," said Tamojit Dutta.
Tribeca has divided the city into sectors and created a panel of 15 general physicians. "These days it is tough to make doctors come on call. Our empanelled doctors will do home visits for emergencies in their area," Elina said.
Each of Portea's health workers carries a GPS-enabled smartphone. "Thus we know how far he is from the patient's home. We have developed an app by which the readings get recorded in our centralised database. If a patient's blood sugar level, for example, is found to be high, the system issues an alert and the doctor in our headquarters has a discussion with the on-site health worker about remedial measures. The patient's son sitting in the US gets to know that his mother's sugar has been checked and the findings are sent via email and SMS," said the Portea chairman.
Mission Arogya, which has a no-profit no-loss revenue model, wants to ensure that the service stays within the reach of the middle class as well. "Ours is a pay-for service model, not a subscription-based one. If a client wants us to scale up in any way, like use webcam and video conference to provide regular health updates to near and dear ones, we will do so," says Sengupta, a Jadavpur University software engineer who is also pursuing research in bio-medical informatics at the University of Nebraska, Omaha.
Hospitals are largely welcoming of the development. "All these years we had no such service in Calcutta. People are at last thinking about it. With the number of patients with chronic illnesses on the rise, this is the answer," said Arindam Kar, director, critical care, Medica Superspeciality Hospital, who has voluntarily trained a team of advanced nurse practitioners of the hospital to look after released patients at home for over two years now.
"This is a pay-for service and the patients are taken to the hospital if needed," Kar added.
Each nurse is in charge of about five-six patients and is the one-point contact for all their medical needs. They instruct the ayahs engaged by the patients on duties like changing of oxygen cylinders, taking a call on whether a doctor needs to be called and facilitating appointments and blood sample collections.
Explaining why domiciliary disease management is beneficial to hospitals, he says the average realisation per occupied bed is far less for patients with chronic illness like Parkinson's disease or bed sore than for those with acute illness requiring operation or investigations.
"After two days of stay in a hospital, if a patient with urinary tract infection is prescribed an antibiotic which has to be infused over an hour, he would find it taxing to stay back just for that. In such a case, it would suit both him and the hospital to have him treated at home," Kar said.
Quality of caregivers
One problem area seems to be the lack of quality and accountability of the primary caregivers. At Tribeca, the senior-most nurses are direct employees of the company but the rest are sourced from nurse-ayah centres. "In the first batch of ayahs that we trained, a lot either left soon after or did not deliver," Tamojit recalled. Tribeca Care tried out about 40-45 agencies from which the number of supply points has now been filtered down to 15. "We can't handle a 300-strong ayah workforce. We'd rather have 30 nurses in our employ and work with agencies that we trust."
But Portea does not believe in outsourcing. "We give the health workers a three-month training at a centralised location spending a lot of money. We can't control quality unless they are our own people," Krishnan said. The company has a 700-strong workforce across the country.
This lack of accountability has kept Mission Arogya from including ayahs in its portfolio of services. "Our nurse will teach the ayah engaged by patients how to take care of them, like changing the catheter," said Sengupta.
Service bouquet
Elderly patients are asking for more. Mission Arogya will soon start delivering laboratory services and medicines to the doorstep. They will also take orders for medical equipment like medical mattress, Nimbus bed, bipap ventilation and insulin.
"We are trying to do dialysis at home but that will depend on logistics and location of the client," said Sengupta. Portea also offers equipment on hire and pharmacy deliveries.
Tribeca Care is even devising a package that will include services of lawyers and accountants. "For the elderly, tax returns to groceries, everything is a problem. They are requesting for these services. We help with technology, too, like setting up Skype for clients to talk to relatives abroad," Elina said.
"We even dabbled in property management as some clients needed help in disposing of property. We are also thinking of starting packaged tours for the elderly who are fit to travel," said Prateep.
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Portea Medical
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In recent years, Citrix has executed a number of fundamental changes that refocus and reposition XenServer as a platform for cloud infrastructures and desktop virtualization more than data center use. More recently, though, Citrix has also shown it will respond to market feedback. With the release of XenServer 6.5 in January 2015, numerous features have been brought back from retirement, or avoided retirement or deprecation.
Irrespective of these moves, it is clear Citrix is no longer investing to keep up with market leaders VMware and Microsoft — at least for traditional server virtualization in the data center. Instead, it is focusing on making XenServer an attractive hypervisor for cloud infrastructure (optimizing integration with its own CloudPlatform offering) and for desktop virtualization (supporting XenDesktop and XenApp).
For cloud infrastructures, the Xen hypervisor will remain the most widely used architecture for public infrastructure as a service (IaaS) cloud providers, if for no other reason than it is used by Amazon Web Services. The goal for Citrix is to leverage cloud providers to grow its business with Citrix CloudPlatform (the commercially supported version of Apache CloudStack). Enterprise adoption of open-source cloud infrastructure remains nascent, and Citrix's strongest competitor in terms of technology and market perception is OpenStack, which has traditionally been associated with Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM). Moving XenServer to full open source was a required step not only to become competitive in this market, but also to potentially rejuvenate community investment in XenServer. At the same time, Citrix continues to demonstrate its commitment; it manages the open-source project and community for XenServer. However, while CloudPlatform has several hundred customers (about half being service providers, which makes monetization challenging), Citrix has hurdles to overcome. These include the community support, industry buzz and vendor marketing muscle being put behind OpenStack. Unless Citrix can increase its own community, or gain alliances with major vendors, it will struggle.
In desktop virtualization, XenApp and XenDesktop are widely used, but VMware vSphere continues to be more broadly used as the underlying hypervisor. Citrix, with a free back end, has an opportunity to reduce VMware's influence and to potentially make Citrix-only desktop and server virtualization attractive (especially with smaller customers). While this is a good defensive strategy for Citrix, monetizing this strategy for growth remains a challenge. Furthermore, the growth of Hyper-V as a back end adds another challenge.
Citrix and Microsoft have an intriguing relationship. While Citrix supports Hyper-V and has a long-term partnership with Microsoft, winning at the desktop layer is important if Citrix wants to further expand its management, automation and cloud business. As a result, Citrix's go-to-market strategy regarding how XenServer both competes with and complements Hyper-V remains confusing for many customers and channel partners. Regardless, it is apparent that Citrix is willing to sacrifice the server platform to maintain its desktop virtualization business.
For server virtualization alone, the reduction in virtualization functionality weakened XenServer's competitiveness. XenServer 6.5 addresses most of these concerns. However, Gartner inquiries on XenServer for server workload virtualization have declined. Time will tell if the repositioning in XenServer 6.5 is enough to rejuvenate market interest for enterprise server virtualization.
The success of CloudPlatform or XenDesktop/XenApp is less reliant on the success of XenServer; however, as a core underlying virtualization technology for these products, XenServer can potentially help accelerate Citrix's success in both areas, and enterprises can rely on Citrix to maintain investments in XenServer that specifically help their CloudPlatform or XenDesktop businesses.
- XenServer is a good product offering at zero cost (except for paid support).
- Citrix has a large opportunity in the telecom and cloud service provider markets that rely heavily on open-source Xen today.
- Citrix has a large reseller channel.
- Marketing execution and reach are limited for XenServer, while industry perception favors competitors.
- Citrix faces open-source software (OSS) competition from KVM and OpenStack, and it must further develop the community and vendor support.
- XenServer does not have a strong business model for monetization to cover future investments.


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Friday, June 9, 2017
HMFMC242 Think Pink
We've had a couple of major life things happen in our life recently & I thought for sure I'd be back into a nice, normal routine by now. hahahaha!!!! The current House Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge is ~ Think Pink. I had every intention of getting this card made for last Sat... National Donut Day, but it didn't happen, better late than never. Besides, any day is a good day for a donut! LOL
Stamps: Donut Bliss House Mouse
c/s: white, pink
copics, Stickles, Seeing Spots ef
Until next time!
Labels: Donut Bliss House Mouse
3 comments:
- Sue said...
Sweet card, love how you colored up the donut for the pink challenge. Embossed background looks awesome too. Thanks for sharing with us for the House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge. Hope life settles for you soon.
- June 11, 2017 at 11:37 AM
- aussie aNNie said...
Your Mousey project is adorable and so cute, thanks for entering into our challenge this time, please join us again. {aNNie} GD for House Mouse and Friends
- June 11, 2017 at 11:35 PM
- Lorraine A said...
Gorgeous card Misti :-) such a cute image and I love the embossed background and layout, very cute :-)
Thanks for joining us on the House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge 🐭
Lols x x x
- June 12, 2017 at 6:35 AM
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Taking between 5 and 20 minutes before start up chime.
When it's running - everything seems fine, but my Mac Pro takes an age to do the self test, sometimes it doesn't start at all after 10 - 15 minutes.
Sometimes there will be a long wait - followed by the case fan ramping up to full RPM (alarming) then the start up chime and a normal boot.
I've stripped the mac down removing all third party bits, replaced updated graphics card with the original, tried the stock ram (completely different set), disconnected all hard drives and PCIe cards.
I made an apple hardware diagnostics USB stick for this model. It froze a couple of times on the initial hardware probe but passed with no errors twice, but the start up issue still persists.
I restored the upgraded RAM, GPU, SSD etc, and the behaviour didn't change, however AHD did pick up on a PCIe temp sensor error - on researching this it seems this is a false lead and simply due to my third party GPU sending back unexpected readings. Other people with the same GPU get the same error and their systems are fine.
Done NV Ram reset, SMC reset, Logic board battery replacment.
So I've got a Mac Pro that can take 10 minutes plus to get to the point where there's a start up chime, but once it's running, there appears to be no issues. It makes me nervous though because there is obviously some issue there, probably with the firmware or hardware and I find it difficult to get on with work knowing that there's a problem which may start manifesting in other ways.
I had the CPU's upgraded to 2 x 6 core 3.46. Originally this machine was 2 x 6 core 2.93.
Has anyone got any ideas?
Is this a good question?


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Juneau, Alaska (KINY) The 4,000 passenger Norwegian Bliss will start trips to Alaska in June.
CoastAlaska News reports that the ship will carry up to twice as many as the current cruise ships that visit Juneau. There has been a trend of sending more tourists to Alaska by sea. In 2019, the 5,000 passenger Ovation of the Seas is scheduled to bring trips to our state.
Local tourism officials estimate a steady climb in the number of tourists in the next decade, possible reaching 1.5 million, a 33% increase from the current number of visitors.
The Bliss will have week long round trips out of Seattle with stops in Southeast at Ketchikan, Juneau, and Skagway.
The Ovation of the seas has advertised amenities like skydiving, surf simulators and robotic bartenders.
The Bliss will offer the largest go-kart race track on the seas and a 20,000 square foot observation lounge with 180 degree views for passengers to see the landscape of Alaska.


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Keg King Kegerators – Save $25 – Designed for Homebrewers – draft OR fermentation
Keg King Kegerators, the first line of Kegerators Designed for Homebrewers. They have loads of features including the ability to operate at either draft serving temperatures or fermentation temps.
- Your choice of 1, 2, or 3 Faucet Stainless Steel Intertap Forward-Sealing Faucets
- Stainless Steel Air Cooled Tower
- Digital Thermostat with wide 26 – 82° F temp range
- Robust MKIII CO2 Regulator included
- CO2 Tank holder mounts on back of kegerator (tank not included)
- Stainless Steel Door
- Drip Tray is removable for easy cleaning
- Glass Rack
- Stainless Steel Floor for additional keg support
- Includes beer and gas tubing
- Removable shelf if you want to use it as refrigerator
from MoreBeer: "Keg King Kegerators with flow-control stainless steel Intertap faucets and stainless steel towers are an amazing value. They also feature digital controllers, stainless steel doors, stainless steel floors, rolling casters, tower cooling fans, glass racks, robust MKII regulators, and more.
Keg King is an Australian company who started making kegerators a decade ago for the Australian market. Because the owners of Keg King are also homebrewers they designed this unit to have an extended range digital controller that can adust internal temperatures from 26 – 82°F. This allows homebrewers to use it for fermentation and is something that other kegerators don't do. The digital controller always displays the temperature and is easily adjusted from the front of the kegerator with the door closed. It's cool.
These are newest Series 4 Keg King Kegerators which features more power and a new more efficient compressor. This upgrade came after years of selling kegerators into very warm Australian climates where a little more muscle was needed. This is also pefect for the USA where we can see some very warm climates across the country.
All Keg King kegerators come with Intertap faucets mounted on a stainless tower. These faucets are the newest, most advanced, forward sealing, beer faucets on the market today and will work perfectly for years. This model includes the flow control version of the all stainless faucet. Maybe the flow control on a kegerator is a little overkill but then maybe, just maybe, having a kegerator at all might be overkill. We know how you roll. The flow controls can be awesome when you have overcarbonated beer or generally want to perfect your pour.
Other unique features on a Kegerator in this price range is the tower fan which blows cold air up into your tower to reduce foaming issues. The MKII CO2 regulator is super beefy and consistent in delivering accurate pressures. Most Chinese made regulators experience creep where the pressure increased over time. This is by far the best CO2 regulator we have seen made in China. The stainless floor is nice touch as is the glass rack which holds pint glasses horizontally or Belgian style tulip glass up side down by the stem. We show the tulip glass in the picture by the pint glass slide horizontally into that rack. Way cool.
We've looked on the interwebs, and when you factor in fast and free shipping, you are getting the very best value on a kegerator in the USA. Plus your getting MoreBeer! service if something happens in shipment. We double box the unit with foam pads and have very little shipping damage. However we are going to deliver this to you via Fed-Ex ground so damage is possible. If damage does happen just call us up and we will work with you to take care of it."
I have a Keg King Kegerator and it's awesome… See: Hands on Review: Keg King Kegerator!
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Note: There is apparently some sort of name change in the works for this lineup. MoreBeer is now referring to these as "Kegerator with Stainless Steel Intertap Faucets" or "Kegerator with Flow Control Intertap Faucets". Whatever they're called they're made by Keg King and they are awesome.
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Stocks surged Tuesday as another bleak dose of economic data raised hopes that the Federal Reserve will take additional measures to stimulate the economy.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 322.11 points, or three percent, to close at 11,176.76. The steep gains were disturbed momentarily by a magnitude 5.8-magnitude earthquake in Virginia. Tremors were felt on the East coast, through Washington, D.C., and up to New York City — but the earthquake failed to rattle investors, as stocks climbed in the final trading hour.
The Standard & Poor's 500-stock index rose 38.53 points, or 3.4 percent, to 1,162.35, as energy, technology and consumer discretionary stocks registered the strongest gains. All 10 of the S&P 500's sectors finished in positive territory. The technology-oriented Nasdaq Composite rallied 100.68 points, or 4.3 percent, to 2,446.06.
Another round of dismal economic reports prompted hopes that Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will employ more accommodative measures to boost the economy. The Richmond Fed's regional manufacturing survey showed sharply declining economic activity this month. New home sales also dropped for a third straight month and fell to the lowest level since February.
The downbeat reports have put more of an emphasis on Bernanke's scheduled speech in Jackson Hole, Wyo., on Friday. Investors hope Bernanke will be more open to new easing measures, but at the same time are unclear as to what the central bank may have in store.
"There's definitely a tint of optimism that he'll pull a rabbit out of his hat," said Michael Church, president of Addison Capital. "He did it last summer. My concern is the Fed wants to be careful that they're not directly reacting to the stock market."
Many analysts say the Fed does not have as much political support to announce a third full-fledged bond-buying program, commonly known as quantitative easing, or QE3.
"I scratch my head in thinking what Bernanke is going to do or say at this point," said Maury Fertig, chief investment officer at Relative Value Partners. "I'm more concerned that if they put a QE3 in place, what if the market yawns? Then what?"
Traders said the earthquake on Tuesday was noticeable but did not have much of an impact on trading. Stocks initially pared gains right after the quake, but recovered quickly. "We felt it here," said Jonathan Corpina, senior managing partner of NYSE floor broker Meridian Equity Partners. "It felt like there was a subway train going underneath the building. Everything was vibrating."
He said everyone paused for about 20 seconds before it was "business as usual."


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Entry 3 – 10/17/15
00:50 – In my room
Tonight was great. Ramen it was. I love this place, always full of hipsters and interesting people. My brother says I'm turning into a hipster. Maybe I am, so what ? A new hat and shoes won't change me. I means it's not like I have a personality. I'm pretty sure I don't. But my bro thinks it's funny. He doesn't know what I'm going through.
A little though before going to bed : "have courage and be kind". I know, this is Cinderella but I just love her. She's always been my favorite princess. I have all the movies, the cartoon, the books. I don't know why I love her so much. Maybe we have so much in common. Like people don't treat her as she is, but as they think she is. They make up they're own idea about her and that's not fair. This moto is what I live on. I mean the courage is long gone, I have no strength, no confidence. But kindness is all I ever thought of. I would do anything to not upset someone, even if this someone is a hater. This is probably my biggest flaw. I just can't say no to people. But I'm still working on that.
Speaking of, I am currently organizing a halloween school dance and I am freaking out ! What if no one comes ? Worse of all? it's for charity and we need the money, like badly to help a school in Sierra Leone. Ahhhhh…this is suppose to be vacation not torture…Oh God… 3 more years to college.
And even then, I live in a small town. A very very small town…and I've been with the same people for 11 years now at school. Yep, I even have pictures of me and a boy in my class (to whom I never speak) taking a bath as babies. How embarrassing is that ? Anyways, we're probably all going to end up going to the same university together and hang out when we're old and married and bring our children to the parc together. Then we'll die together. BECAUSE WE'RE STUCK TOGETHER.


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Tuesday, September 27, 2011
A lost day.
Yep, that well describes my day. I had great plans of getting a good portion of the office cleared out (catch all room for awhile now) and then I was to paint on some custom ordered signs I have waiting for me in my studio. I started these 3 weeks ago, too many things cropping up and eating up my time. Not one thing on that list got done.
On the up side, the electrician came today and fixed our flickering light and no outlets working in the entire living room and office problem. It did not take long and,thankfully, cost much less than I ever thought it could. Phew! My budget is safe. I was never so happy to wrap up extension cords and remove them to the garage, instead of them snaking around from one side of the house to the other.
My hibiscus is valiantly trying to bloom, the lower leaves are already turning yellow from a couple of below 50 degree nights but it is as lovely as can be.
I thought for sure some hungry deer would make their way thru my garden and chomp it down to nothing but so far they have not nibbled on it or anything else in a few weeks.
I had given up on getting any blooms from this cosmos. I had tossed the seeds out rather late in the season and then when it was first ready to bloom I did have some deer browsing thru the garden one night, and the nipped off all the buds. But it is one determined plant, and I am so glad it is, I had not seen a double cosmos like this before.
The nights are definitely getting cooler, I actually had a fire going this morning to break the chill in the house, just a small one. Then the day warmed up quite nicely to 82 degrees. I made sure to go out and enjoy a bit of garden time, not many warm days left.
The morning glories out by the chicken pen are still greeting me with fresh unique blossoms each morning. I sure hope to glean some seeds from these to have more next year, I just love them!
Some are purple and white then they fade into a rose color while the others are speckled and striped in blue with a rosy throat.
I made up another batch of my oven roasted tomato sauce, I photographed it and will share that post tomorrow. At least I plan on posting it tomorrow but with the way things crop up to rob me of my time it may be a couple more days. The point is I WILL get it done for you.
Good night all…
5 comments:
Your flowers are still so beautiful! It has been so rainy here and we are supposed to get frost this weekend. I have had many days like that, but, like you said it will get done. :)ReplyDelete
I hope you have a great day!
Oh Pamela your last lingering flowers are so beautiful !! I'm so dreading that first frost-along with the others-another month would be grand!! Good luck with a "list"--I keep trying-but life does get in the way!!ReplyDelete
I gasped when I scrolled down to your morning glories! So beautiful! I love the varigation. I've been trying to grow morning glories on my chicken house for a long time, but I think wild birds come and eat the seeds. Those "wild" morning glories all about the neighborhood are surely mine, don't you think?ReplyDelete
Your hibiscus looks very happy. Would never know that it's been shivering! And your morning glories are beautiful with the stripes! They are so invasive here, I don't dare plant any, but every time I see a morning glory in picture, I wish I could. They are such a pretty flower.ReplyDelete
Everything is beautiful and sure sounds like you are keeping busy. There is always something to throw me off track. Sometimes I just throw my hands up and go with the flow. Have a great rest of the week. TammyReplyDelete


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Study Summaries
Match the names of the researchers with what their study was about (the title of the study)
- Created by: Minxeh
- Created on: 01-06-14 13:19
The Cambridge Study of Delinquent Development - Longitudinal study of 411 boys in London
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Theory of Differential Association
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Wikstrom and Tajfel
Peterborough Youth Study - Cross sectional snapshot study to test factors on what makes young people commit crimes
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Yochelson and Samenow
A Study of Thinking Patterns in Criminals - Investigating whether criminals think differently to non-criminals
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Moral Development in Children - Moral development progressing in stages in children, e.g. pre-conventional etc
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Gudjohnson and Bownes
Attribution of Blame and Crime Type - Which type of offender feels the most remorse?
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The Development of Anti-Social and Aggressive Behaviour in Children - Review of research articles on the biological bases of anti-social and aggressive behaviour in children
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Genetic Abnormality and Violent Behaviour - MAOA Gene linked to violence and abnormal behaviour
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Wilson and Daly
Homicide Rates and Life Expectancy - A correlational study investigating the links between life expectancy and homicide rates, and life expectancy and income inequality
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Internal and External Features in Facial Recognition - 2 Experiment study, Lab exp.
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Weapon Focus - Lab experiment with 2 experiments.
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Field Test of the Cognitive Interview Technique (CIT) - Uses police detectives
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Police Officers' Ability to Detect Lies - 99 Police Officers
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Inbau and Reid
"Nine Steps" Interrogation Technique
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A Case of False Confession - 17 year old made to think he's guilty of murder, sexual assault and robbery of 2 old ladies.
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Canter 1
The Organized/Disorganized Typology of Serial Murder: Myth or Model? - 100 cases of serial, sexual homicides committed by 100 US Serial Killers
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Canter 2
A Multivariate Model of Sexual Offence Behaviour - 27 Sex offenders
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Canter 3
The Case of John Duffy
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Gillis and Nafekh
The Effects of Community-Based Employment on Recidivism (re-offending)
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Prison Suicide in England and Wales - 442 unnatural deaths
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Haney and Zimbardo
USA Prison Policy - Review and Improvements
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Mair and May
Experiences of Offenders on Probation Orders - Interviewing 1213 offenders on probation, what do they think?
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Sherman and Strang
Restorative Justice and Re-Offending Prevention - To review RJ programmes and reach conclusions about effectiveness
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Stereotypically Black Features and Likelihood of Receiving the Death Sentence
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The Impact of Cognitive Skills Programmes on Reconviction - Female offenders
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The Impact of Anger Management Programmes - Male Offenders
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Ear Acupuncture's Effectiveness in Treating Prisoners' Drug Addiction - 350 Prisoners in 6 High Security UK Prisons
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Compliance with a Medical Regimen for Asthma - A test of the Health Belief Model (HBM)
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Analysis of Self-Efficacy Theory of Behavioural Change - Snake Phobics
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Generalized Expectancies for Internal versus External Control of Reinforcement - Skill based tasks
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Chip Pan Fire Prevention
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Bicycle Helmet Laws and Educational Campaigns
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Janis and Feshbach
Effects of Fear-Arousing Communications
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Bulpitt and Fletcher
The Importance of Wellbeing in Hypertensive Patients
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Fluoxetine for Depression in Diabetes - A randomised double-blind placebo-controlled trial
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Funhaler Spacer: Improving adherance without compromising on delivery
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Social Psychological and Neuroendocrine Stress Reactions in Highly Mechanised Work
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Comparison of 2 Modes of Stress Measurement: Daily Hassles and Uplifts versus Major Life Events
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Geer and Maisel
Evaluating the Effects of the Prediction-Control Confound - Violent death pictures
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Holmes and Rahe
The Social Readjustment Scale - Marriage, Bereavement, Divorce etc
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Cognitive Modification of Test Anxious College Students
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EMG Biofeedback and Tension Headache: A controlled outcome study
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Effects of Social Relationships on Survival for Women with Breast Cancer
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The Diagnostic Statistics Manual and the International Classification of Disorders
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Rosenhan and Seligman
Defining Abnormality
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Ford and Widiger
Sex Bias in the Diagnosis of Histrionic and Antisocial Personality Disorders
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Gottesman and Shields
A Critical Review of Recent Adoption, Twin and Family Studies of Schizophrenia: Behavioural Genetics Perspectives
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Watson and Rayner
Conditional Emotional Reactions - Little Albert
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A Systematic Investigation into Depression - 50 Depressed Patients
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Karp and Frank
Combination Therapy and the Depressed Woman - Drug Treatment and Therapy combinations for treating depression
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Successful Treatment of a Noise Phobia in a 9 Year Old Girl with Systematic Desensitisation - Lucy and fear of loud noises
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A Randomised Controlled Study of Cognitive Therapy for Relapse Prevention for Bipolar Affective Disorder
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Other cards in this set
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Theory of Differential Association
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Peterborough Youth Study - Cross sectional snapshot study to test factors on what makes young people commit crimes
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A Study of Thinking Patterns in Criminals - Investigating whether criminals think differently to non-criminals
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Moral Development in Children - Moral development progressing in stages in children, e.g. pre-conventional etc
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Hope you are all well and enjoying the sunshine!
The next meeting is this Sunday 27th March where we will have a talk and demonstration of Pulsing - a rhythmic form of bodywork given by Richard Lawton.
With many clients aches and pains stemming from being too static, sedentary and stiff it reminds us that bodies are meant to move, so why do bodywork treatments tend to be static?
During a Pulsing session the practitioner keeps the client's body moving in a gentle rocking motion, while performing a sequence of skeletal stretches that challenges tight muscles to soften and joints to mobilise.
As the client surrenders into the movement tensions can simply unravel. Afterwards they invariably report feeling nurtured, deeply relaxed and energised, with a greater sense of aliveness, lightness and freedom
of movement.
Richard Lawton is a qualified psychotherapeutic Deep Bodywork practitioner (Entelia Institute for Creative Bodywork) and a certified Postural Integrator (ICRI/ICPIT). He is one of the few people in the world to be certified as a Pulsing Master practitioner (Pulsing Associates). Richard has treated me on many occasions and I can honestly say the results blow me away. This promises to be a fantastic evening!
Please post a reply or email me at email@example.com to confirm you are coming..
Meeting venue as usual is the Vitality Centre, 155-157 Merton Road, London, SW18
Hope to see you on sunday!
|Lynn Blackwell
Apr 4 2011 1:55PM
|Just to thank you for the interesting meeting that you put on for the members........
I know how much effort goes into these things !!!
The pulsing bodywork was quite different to anything I have seen and I found it fascinating and enjoyed myself immensely. It is so good to experience different therapies in an informal way..........
Keep up the good work , Annalisa. Kindest Regards.......Lynn. Central Sussex Coast Group.
|Annalisa Zisman
Apr 5 2011 12:27PM
|Great meeting you to, hope to meet you again really soon
|Richard Lawton
Apr 10 2011 12:58AM
|Glad you enjoyed the evening, Lynn!


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Tuesday, 6 June 2017
for my Special Friend
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Hope you are having a nice day. Sue
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Love the color combo you opted for this card!
Thank you for playing along with us over Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - we all are happy you took time to join us!
Hope to see you again!
Have a great day,
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NHL betting pro Ross Benjamin offers up two games for top NHL free picks on totals for the matches tonight. Join him as he discusses hockey odds with the best totals value for the Coyotes vs Maple Leafs and Anaheim vs Sharks matches this evening.
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text: So I wonder whether youve tried a guilele. I bought a guitar and promptly returned it when I realized how much harder it would be to learn. Plus having to give two names to chord shapes. Bleeyuckech. My decrepit old mind has a hard enough time with one name. But I wonder about guilele. I cant seem to abide linear tuning on any of muh yukes. I think if I had a guilele Id be there. Linear tuning plus more bass muscle. And.. the same chord shapes. It cant be that simple, can it.


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How do you like my rose garden? I grew (and drew) it myself :))) I've seen this design on a few different blogs over the past month or so and decided to give it a try as well, seeing how I couldn't possibly figure out a way to make that base green polish look cool by itself. I dotted on the "roses" using a peach and lavender nail polish, then detailed the shadows or "petals" with a red and purple nail polish, respectively. To make the detailing lines fine, I applied the polish with a toothpick and also used Sally Hansen nail art pen in black. The following two pix were taken with my iphone camera, under fluorescent lighting in the bus, so the colors are pretty true to life.
Check out the rest of the pix!
Surprisingly, I found this design very wearable. The color combination isn't very bright from afar, so it totally matches any outfit or style. In the week of playing in my "rose garden", I found that this nail design made me feel incredibly whimsical -- it added funk to everyday outfits and made formal ones more playful and fun. I got tons of compliments and am very inspired to try another design... any ideas?
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Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The City of Cape Town on Tuesday launched a public participation process about a major proposal to commemorate the life and work of former South African President Nelson Mandela with a statue and exhibition at City Hall.
The proposed project – the installation of a statue of Mandela and a permanent exhibition at the City Hall – forms part of the National Liberation Heritage Route, an initiative of the National Heritage Council and the National Department of Tourism.
"The purpose of the public participation process is to engage with our residents about the intended memorialisation of Mandela," said Councillor Brett Herron.
The city council has proposed that a statue be installed on the balcony at the City Hall where Mandela delivered his first public address following his release after 28 years in jail.
In addition, the city plans to fund a permanent exhibition at the City Hall, consisting of interpretive panels, audio-visual equipment, and interactive displays, to commemorate the Nobel Laureate's legacy and to honour the organisations and people who were involved in the liberation struggle and the transition to democracy.
Alan Winde, the Western Cape Minister of Economic Opportunities, said Mandela remains one of the world's most beloved icons.
"His journey after his release from the Victor Verster Prison to the City Hall where he made his address is of important historical significance. Through leveraging this unique heritage, we can build an attraction which will draw visitors to our region and spread his message of tolerance. We know this message remains especially relevant both here at home and abroad," he said.
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Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by the lovely ladies at The Broke and the Bookish. Every Tuesday we create a list inspired by a particular topic! This week is a V-day freebie so I've chosen to talk about love stories! There's also a few quite here and there.
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenI couldn't make a list of love stories without including Pride and Prejudice! I love Lizzy and Darcy and I really hope more people would give it a go - even though it's a classic. It's a classic for a reason and I just love it!
"In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you."
Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
As you can probably tell from the header I have a good amount of Rowell's books on my list this week. She writes cute contemporary romances and all of her books (or the 4 I've read so far) has practically become instant favorites - except Eleanor & Park, it's a cute story but not as good as her other books.
A nerdy romance - what's not to love?
"Happily ever after, or even just together ever after, is not cheesy," Wren said. "It's the noblest, like, the most courageous thing two people can shoot for."
Landline by Rainbow Rowell
Well again, Rowell. Landline is my most recent read by her - which was way back in 2014! And I definitely have a lot of cute and romantic quotes from that book! I absolutely love that this is about a couple who are already married - I love the memories and I love the old love! I definitely think this is a must read - even if you're uncertain about the magical realism part (I know I was)
"I love you more than I hate everything else."
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
I was actually quite hesitant to read The Night Circus, I'd put it on my TBR so many times before and then suddenly it was a book club pick (for tomorrow's book club actually) so I 'had' to read it. To make myself want to read it more I bought myself a copy for my Christmas money and I definitely enjoyed it!
Even though it's about this game of magic there's also a love story in it - both behind the scenes and in the forefront. I didn't expect to love it as much as I did but I did! I am quite amazed by the love story in the story since it's both prominent and hidden at the same time. It's quite cute actually.
"I have been surrounded by love letters you two have built each other for years, encased in tents."
A Little Something Different by Sandy Hall
I read this back in December 2014 and absolutely loved it! I love how it's a lovestory told from 14 different point of views, including a bench and a squirrel, but not from the 'couple' itself. It's all seen from the outside and that makes it wonderfully different!
"She is a picture of a girl falling in love. There;s no way they're not getting together now."
Attachments by Rainbow Rowell
Fine, the last book by Rowell! Attachments were actually my first read from Rowell! I picked the title from a TBR jar and with a quite hesitant step, I found the book and started reading - I might have finished it on the same day but who knows? I absolutely love this book! It's so cute and even though it has some creepy aspect (come on, he reads her emails. *cough* Joe Goldberg, You *cough*) it's also quite cute!
"I'd know you in the dark," he said. "From a thousand miles away. There's nothing you could become that I haven't already fallen in love with."
How to Love by Katie Cotugno
If you're uncertain whether to read this because you've read 99 Days by her, then read this - it's sooo much better! And again, if you're unsure which one to start of those two books - only read How to Love that is my final advice!
How to Love quickly reserved a spot on my 'best of 2014' list. It's such a deep and emotional book and I just loved it. Even though it's about teen pregnancy and well, bad breakups, it quickly redeems itself and become oh so good!
Is it ironic that it's on my list even though it says 'not a love story' on the back?
"Kissing him feels familiar but also new, a song they haven't played on the radio in a really long time."
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Jane Eyre is actually my current read and I'm only 70 pages in. I'm correct in assuming it's a love story, right? It's definitely not indicating anything yet since she's only 10 years old but I remember something about a Heathcliff... Or am I completely wrong? Please don't spoil anything for me!
I have two quotes from The Carrie Diaries by Candace Bushnell and Tiger Lily by Jodi Lynn Anderson
My parents met in a library. After college my mother was a librarian. My father came in to borrow some books, saw my mother, and fell in love. They were married six months later.
- The Carrie Diaries, Chapter 10
"You love me," she said. "That's enough. We love each other."
"Yes. Yes, that's true." He smiled. "We are a love story."
- Tiger Lily, Chapter 5


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Thanks to a Harvard Business Review tweet I recently read about leadership, I learned Gallup's State of the American Workplace indicated that currently only 30 percent of the U.S. workforce is engaged. Could this mean the remaining 70 percent are zombies?
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Here is what Gallup revealed about the remaining 70 percent:
· 50 percent of employees simply put in their time (a.k.a. just show up and collect a paycheck).
· 20 percent act out their discontent in counterproductive ways.
According to Gallup, poor leadership is the root of the problem. Consequently organizations are under performing due to the low employee engagement, thus negatively impacting our economy. Gallup estimates that the malcontents, disgruntled employees, costs our economy an estimated half a trillion dollars a year. It sounds like management needs to sharpen their leadership skills.
Do you know any zombies?


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WESTLAKE, OH (WOIO) - Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced Friday a lawsuit against the operator of Storm Lake Tactical, an online seller of gun-related products and accessories. The lawsuit accuses the Westlake-based business of failing to deliver products to consumers.
"Businesses have an obligation to fulfill their promises to consumers," Attorney General DeWine said. "They can't simply take money and then fail to either deliver the goods or provide a refund. In this lawsuit, we are seeking restitution for affected consumers and an end to these practices."
According to the lawsuit, Midwest Retail LLC, which does business as Storm Lake Tactical, sells products related to shooting, reloading, and gunsmithing.
The Attorney General's Office is aware of 14 consumer complaints against the business with reported losses totaling more than $2,900. In their complaints, consumers said they paid the business for products they never received.
The lawsuit, filed in the Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court, charges the business and its owner, Chad Bowerman of Lorain, with failure to deliver, a violation of the Ohio Consumer Sales Practices Act.
In the lawsuit, the Attorney General seeks restitution for all affected consumers, an injunction to stop further violations, and civil penalties.
Attorney General DeWine reminds consumers to research businesses' reputations before ordering products or services from them. Consumers can check complaints on file with the Ohio Attorney General's Office and the Better Business Bureau.
Consumers who suspect unfair business practices should contact the Ohio Attorney General's Office at 800-282-0515.
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Watch Rich The Kid's new video for "Check Out My Dab."
Rich The Kid continues to drop off new visuals in support of his recently-released Flexin On Purpose mixtape. After hitting us with visuals for "No Ceilings" & most recently "Plenty Paper," the Quality Control rapper decides to return with another one for "Check Out My Dab."
With his pockets full with bread & a fresh pair of Yeezy Boosts on, check out the way Rich dabs in this stuntastic visual above. And if that ain't enough for you, get a tutorial of the ATL dance itself in our exclusive chat with Rich The Kid below.
Flexin On Purpose out now on HNHH.


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Russell Independent's Preschool Program has achieved an impressive 5 Star top quality rating from state officials based on the Kentucky All STARS evaluation program.
Kentucky All STARS is Kentucky's expanded five-star quality rating and improvement system for early care and education programs. Studies show that children who attend high quality early learning environments have better math, language and social skills. The unified system serves all early care and education programs that receive public funding including child care centers, Head Start and public preschool. Kentucky All STARS is based on Kentucky's Early Childhood Standards and research-based indicators of quality. It recognizes programs that have made a commitment to continuous quality improvement. 1 STAR indicates that a program is performing at a basic level and 5 STARS being the highest designation a program can voluntarily achieve.
"Kentucky All STARS will keep our state-funded preschools on the cutting edge of offering the most effective programs for the children they serve," Commissioner of Education Stephen Pruitt said. "It is vital that these students and all students have a strong foundation on which to build when they start kindergarten so that each and every student can maximize his or her potential and fully benefit from the learning opportunities offered. Quality early learning and development programs are a key strategy in closing the opportunity and achievement gaps that currently exist among our various student populations."
Families can use the rating to easily find a quality early learning and development program for their children. Kentucky All STARS will give parents peace of mind in their child care provider search.


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This is another one of the superb minis by Knightmodels. Their sculpt quality is really unsurplussable. You can see the actor's face in each model, they are wonderful. This belongs to the 72mm. LOTR range.
First of all I undertook the head:
|Eddard Stark? No, I'm afraid you are talking about any other guy...
Once I had primed it all and I begun to put up the pieces I discovered with horror that... there was a piece missing in the box! The right arm was entirely missing. I thought about telling the company, but I knew that I lacked the patience to wait with the model unfinished till the reposition piece (if any) would arrive. So I just sculpted it with green stuff:
|From shoulder to wrist
That implied cloth, chainmail and embossed leather. Well, I tried my best. I think it goes unnoticed once it's painted:
|What a horn
Here you have:
|Not perfect, but I'm satisfied
The model depicts Boromir before the Fellowship comes into Lothlorien, so the cloak is not the Elven grey one, but the Gondorian one. I had to check the movie production pics and I reproduced the pattern:
|Again, not perfect, but good enough for me
I aim to get the whole Fellowship of the Ring when all the characters are released, so you can expect to see some more of these over here...
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Super Prestige 42: Aberdare
The sixth book in the series on smaller municiple operators of South Wales.
This book covers the trams and trolleybuses of the early years through to the motor bus days. Aberdare has been little written about, although there has been some interest in the unusual early trolleybus operation, but nothing so far put forward on that system has been compiled after access to all the many relevant records, until now. Like other welsh municipalities, the services revolved around the shifts of the local coal mines. The story ends with the local government reorganisation in 1974.


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On the very same day you went to the comic book shop to get your copy of MICKEY MOUSE # 1 from IDW, it is also hoped that you picked up a copy of SCOOBY-DOO TEAM-UP # 11! Both are required reading for friends of this Blog!
SCOOBY-DOO TEAM-UP has been my favorite comic book title since discovering it (and some other good comics from both DC Comics and IDW) in March, 2014!
Now, IDW's new Disney comic book line may have altered that dynamic somewhat, but SCOOBY-DOO TEAM-UP is still a title that I anticipate very highly, and never fail to enjoy!
And, issue # 11, is... um... "extra highly anticipated" because of its guest star, Secret Squirrel! I first wrote about it HERE!
And, if you take that last link, you'll find that I pretty much guessed how writer Sholly Fisch would manage to work a funny-animal character like Secret Squirrel into Scooby-Doo continuity!
Yep! He's THAT GOOD AN AGENT, AND THAT GOOD A MASTER OF DISGUISE! ...And don't you just love the way Velma and SS are STANDING ON the bottom panel border!
As usual, we get more great character bits from Mr. Fisch! Including one that references Freddy's fetish from SCOOBY-DOO MYSTERY INCORPORATED.
And another bit so delightfully corny that *I* would have written it myself, in one of my Disney comic scripts, if I had the chance. Click to Enlarge!
There is one thing in this issue that failed to work for me - and, with SCOOBY-DOO TEAM-UP, that's actually unheard of!
Check out the SCALE DIFFERENCE between the Scooby-Doo characters, and the "human" characters from Secret Squirrel, like Secret's Chief, Double-Q...
...And Villain Yellow Pinkie! Why are they so TINY?!
|Velma should NOT be taller than Yellow Pinkie!
Extrapolating from this, would it mean that Ranger Smith, or Officer Dibble are also shorter than Velma? I'd sure hate to think so!
|If so, Velma might be BUMPING HER HEAD on the ceiling of the Ranger Station!
It didn't work this way when the Mystery Inc. Gang met The Flintstones in Issue # 7...
...Or The Jetsons in Issue # 8! Both drawn by the great Hanna-Barbera artist Scott Jeralds.
So why here? It COULDN'T have been Sholly Fisch's intention to have this scale disparity, or he would surely have made mention of it in the script - as he has done so wonderfully in issues past. Example: Robin with Batman, and again in TEEN TITANS GO!
This must have been a "value judgement" on the part of artist Dario Brizuela - and one that I can't say I agree with!
|There's a SPOILER in the dialogue to the LEFT, so I cut it off!
But, don't let those... er, "little things" bother you! Get SCOOBY-DOO TEAM-UP # 11, enjoy it, and share your thoughts on it here!


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Newswire Services - October 29, 2007 - A coalition of human rights groups held a news conference on Thursday in front of the Tournament of Roses headquarters asking the association to deny China's presentation of an Olympic float in the forthcoming Tournament of Roses Parade. In the letter, the coalition recommends the Tournament of Roses include the Human Rights Torch relay (humanrightstorch.org) in the Rose Parade and emphasized their position that Beijing should not be allowed to present an Olympic float in the Rose Parade. Such a float will legitimize Beijing's wanton disregard of the Olympic spirit and ethical values, they said, and will divert attention from its unfulfilled promise to the International Olympics Committee that it will improve human rights conditions in China before the 2008 Olympics Games. The following letter was delivered to the chairman of Tournament of Roses Association by a Pasadena police officer:
Dear Chairman C.L. Keedy and Board of the Tournament of Roses Association:
We, a coalition of human rights groups, re-emphasize our position that Beijing should not be allowed to present an Olympic float in the Rose Parade. Such a float will legitimize Beijing's wanton disregard of the Olympic spirit and ethical values, and will divert attention from its unfulfilled promise to the International Olympics Committee that it will improve human rights conditions in China before the 2008 Olympics Games.
The Beijing Olympic Games is the only Olympics awarded to a host based on that host's promise of human rights improvement. Since the Chinese regime made that promise in 2001, China's human rights condition has deteriorated to the point that it permits the harvesting vital organs from live victims. Furthermore, China has supported repressive regimes such as Sudan, North Korea, and Burma, plunging people there to horrendous human rights conditions.
The Olympic Charter proclaims that the "goal of Olympism is to place sport at the service of the harmonious development of man, with a view to promoting a peaceful society concerned with the preservation of human dignity," and that any "form of discrimination with regard to a country or a person on grounds of race, religion, politics, gender or otherwise is incompatible with belonging to the Olympic Movement." The Beijing Olympics Games, however, represents just the opposite of those principles, and like the 1936 Nazi Olympics, is an Olympics of Shame. The 2008 Olympics will be not a celebration of but rather a mockery of the Olympics spirit.
As a true celebration of humanity, we recommend that the Human Rights Torch be included in the Rose Parade. Starting from Athens, the Human Rights Torch relay has now been carried by citizens through 30 European countries. Presently, the torch is in Great Britain and it is expected that the torch will arrive in Pasadena in time for the 2008 Rose Parade.
Former president of the Czech Republic, Mr. Vaclav Havel, stated on Sept. 5, 2007 that "I support the human rights torch activity, I think this is the hope of our world. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) put huge investments and prepared lots of Olympics projects to cover its persecution of human rights. CCP didn't fulfill the commitment made in the process of Olympic application, that is to improve China's human rights. Hence, it is extremely necessary to make the CCP obey with this promise now."
Torch carrier Pelle Pettersson, Swedish Olympic medalist in sailing, 1964 and 1972, stated, "When one hears about how serious the situation is in China, and there is a possibility to influence the Chinese authorities through activities like this so that the lives of the people can improve, I will definitely support it."
If the Tournament of Roses is to permit the Beijing Olympics float, we urge you to include the Human Rights Torch as a reminder that the PRC government has yet to keep the promises it made to the IOC.
Thank you.


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Jan 24 (Reuters) - British housebuilder Crest Nicholson said on Wednesday it appointed Patrick Bergin as chief executive and that its full-year pretax profit rose 6 percent.
Crest Nicholson said its current CEO, Stephen Stone, would become chairman, in place of William Rucker.
The builder, which operates in south Wales, London and southern and eastern England, separately said it earned 207 million pounds ($290.3 million) in the year to October, up from 195 million pounds from a year earlier. ($1 = 0.7130 pounds) (Reporting by Radhika Rukmangadhan in Bengaluru; Editing by Gopakumar Warrier)


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Life Model Design is 100% brain based in it's approach. Life Model Design has two key pillars; the 4Rs (Reward, Reflect, Relax, Retain), and the 4Ds (Design, Discover, Decision & Develop). These two pillars separate Life Model Design from any other design thinking process by incorporating key aspects of psychology, physiology and neuroscience.
The first foundational pillar supports a healthy life within Life Model Design. That pillar is called the 4Rs- Reward, Reflect, Relax, Retain. These 4 concepts are critical for homeostasis, a healthy mind, body and behaviors. The 4Rs are always in effect but most people don't know what their 4R Model is. Each individuals 4R model explains what rewards they respond to, how they reflect and ruminate on experiences and ideas and the impact it has on their perspective and behavior, what helps them to relax and recover from the stress of life, and what causes them retain old and new behaviors.
The second pillar supports self awareness and growth within Life Model Design. The 4Ds are Design, Discover, Decision, Develop. These 4 concepts are critical for creating the vision, understanding the reality of the environment in which that vision will live, making the decisions, commitments and sacrifices necessary to enable that vision to become reality. Then putting in the work to make it happen by establishing new behaviors.
The 4Ds happen in an abbreviated fashion almost every time we experience some major growth or development. We have an idea of what we want (design), we may even write it down in the form of a goal. We do a little research (discovery) on it to understand it as much as we can in the timeframe we have to work with. Whatever we learn we use to make a decision, to enroll in the class, to apply for the job, to go on the second date, whatever. Then we go to town and through that experience we grow and develop ourselves.
The 4Ds allow us to do this intentionally, in a process oriented way within our lives for changes that can be very complex or deeply rooted. For example a person may use Life Model Design after they've had a major epiphany in life where they realize they hate their current job and want a career change. Or they are going through a divorce and need to reinvent themselves. Or they've recently had a child and much of their lifestyle is now rapidly changing. There can be several triggers that make Life Model Design the ideal approach. To learn more about the Life Model Design methodology subscribe below and we'll notify you when our online course launches.
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I have a few words on the popular culture of "hacking". First a little background. As a kid my mom couldn't afford to buy us anything besides the necessities, so by age 11, I'd become a regular at the local Library. Learning was my escape from the real world and reading was the gateway to my muse; comic books, sci-fi fantasy, art instruction, technology, and entrepreneurship. By the time I turned 16 I'd become a walking, talking technology consulting business. The twist? I ran a consistent portion of my business on pirated software because unlike books, there wasn't a software library where you could check out photoshop when you had a project to deliver. In order to run my business, I had to hack the system.
Hacking the system isn't a bad thing, it's really quite good and powerful, especially when it is done for good reasons. For example, tech companies depend on hackers to report vulnerabilities in systems, aptly called "Responsible Disclosures". There were some formative hacking experiences of my own life. As a youngster, when I became frustrated with the peer to peer file sharing controversies (Napster getting the smack down) I ran a popular website dedicated to helping people stick it to the RIAA and support independent musicians by purchasing indie music online. While I attended community college part time, I worked a full-time job while running a business on the side (all hacks to support my family) I took occasional breaks from my hustle with my modded PlayStation, Dreamcast and "borrowed" ROMs from friends for "free entertainment". It was a hack that at times offered just enough recreation to help me hold it all together. It all paid off in the end. I was good enough at "hacking wares" that I was offered a position at Adobe doing Quality Engineering to prevent people from hacking their installers. Ironic right? That is all to say that hacking is good for a purpose, but hacking isn't a complete solution to getting ahead in life.
Over the past 5 years, I've mentored and advised people across the country and outside the US about work and life survival struggles. Most sought me out because I am authentic (they can relate to me), helpful (I have tools that I openly share with others) and I'm successful (I have a track record of success in one of the most competitive places in the world). Without being braggadocios- Silicon Valley has treated me well and I've kept pace with the most competitive market in the world DESPITE being a short, African-American woman without any institutional degrees who came straight from the hood. People of all genders, ethnicities, and levels of experience seek my advice not simply because I am successful, but also because of what I have had to overcome in order to achieve success. In their minds, I must have some sort of a secret weapon to overcome the odds. The questions are fairly consistent and usually rank in this order;
- "How have you held your own in such a competitive male dominated tech bro culture?"
- "How have you not been crushed under the pressure of consistent gender and racial micro aggressions?"
- And my favorite "How do you balance being a mother, having an aggressive career and performing significant entrepreneurial and philanthropic activities on the side?".
The answer? I stopping hacking and I started creating my Life Model.
I had to embrace the idea that I didn't know exactly what I wanted for my life, or for my career. I had to be confident in the notion that it was sufficient enough for me to know that what I wanted wasn't what I was being offered. That made my mission much more clear, my mission was simply self-discovery. I released the safety of the bird in the hand and proceeded to search for something that would fill me with zeal, make my heart leap and risk the possible failure of… whatever is out there in the unknown. And I did it with Life Model.
Role models are important when you are on the path of discovery. If you want to do something, knowing who has done it before can be a powerful source of inspiration. Finding role models and mentors whom you can follow their footsteps, and learn from their mistakes is instrumental. The tricky part is when what you want to achieve has never been done before, that means it requires a lot of different types of mentors and intersectional inspiration. You must model bits and pieces of many people and experiences into your own life and lifestyle. This is precisely where the life model made the difference for me. Each little bit of advice or learning applied may have been "hackish" on the surface, but when fused together the hacks build up sustainable practices that help you grow and progress. This growth is much better than simply exploiting systems with hacks which is unsustainable. This kind of growth becomes strategic activity or a key action. We need to talk less about life hacks, and more about our life model and life strategy.
My dedication to my Life Model culminated in the creation of a framework called Life Model Design. It's something I kept to myself for a long time, and when I did share, it was with very close friends who needed help connecting all the dots in their life. Overtime with the insistence of friends I've taken my frameworks and worked with psychologists, neuroscientists, psychoanalysts, medical doctors, teachers, athletes, entrepreneurs, and coaches and they all agreed that it was something I needed to share more widely. I put up a website and started facilitating Work Life Integrity Experiences (workshops) where participants learned to use several tools I developed to gain more clarity and growth in the areas of life that mattered most to them.
Every person who crosses paths with this work leaves with the notion that they can be more intentional, flexible and strategic. They come to know that they don't have to succumb to being a hack. With a life model for your personal life, family and career there will be a body of work, a result, an impact, or a ripple that will change this world for the better stemming from you. Every day that my work helps others reach their potential and achieve more fulfillment & meaning in life is a day where meaning in my life is multiplied. There is so much potential for us to be great in this life, and life model design is the perfect means to that end.
The mission of my life model is to be inspired, to enjoy creating and to do my best for myself and others. What's yours?
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- Half Baths: 1
- Square Feet: 3,237 sqft
- Neighborhood: Augusta Pines - Augusta Creek Ridge
Listing Description
The Katie features a soaring 2-story entry with a beautiful spiral staircase that opens to the living and dining rooms, a spacious family room with 18 foot ceilings and a corner fireplace, a spacious master suite, and a large kitchen that opens to the breakfast area.. Some of this plan's amazing options include a covered patio, a bay window in the master bedroom, a media room in lieu of the tandem garage, an additional bedroom and bathroom in lieu of the tandem garage, a study in lieu of the tandem garage, a covered deck upstairs, an extra upstairs bedroom, and a second media room upstairs. This home features: 2-Story Entry, Spiral Staircase, Living and Dining Room, 18' Ceilings in Family Room, Corner Fireplace, Spacious Master Suite, Optional Covered Patio, Optional Bay Window, Optional Media Room, Optional Bedroom and Bathroom, Optional Study, Optional Covered Deck, Optional Upstairs Bedroom, Optional Second Media Room.
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Augusta Creek Ridge has many amenities including the Augusta Pines Golf Course, a semi private, 18-hole golf club, and open to the public with a 100,000 square foot clubhouse. Dining at Savannah's Steak and Shrimp restaurant is a favorite of many local residents. Nestled on 33 acres, The Augusta Pines Farm offers equitation, hunter/jumper training from lead line to Grand Prix, and full service boarding. Enjoy time outside by the sparkling lakes with fishing pond, community swimming pool, and tennis courts. There is also a beautiful community park that includes a swimming pool, lap pool, splash pool and a clubhouse.
Augusta Creek Ridge is located just 15 minutes from the Exxon Mobil Campus, Anadarko, and Baker Hughes facilities, and 30 minutes to Houston Intercontinental Airport. These new homes are zoned within the Klein Independent School District, students will attend the new French Elementary School, Hildebrandt Intermediate School, and Klein Oak High School. Various daycare centers are also on site in Augusta Pines.
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Kevin Manz started running races three years ago in San Diego, thanks to his natural competitive streak.
"I had a few friends running races and I thought, 'If they can do it, I can do it,'" said Manz, 29, who grew up in northwest Ohio and now lives in Columbus. He plans to run in the Ohio Health Capital City race this May. "I really like that it's an individual sport. I challenge myself; I can always get better."
Manz said he races to keep an eye on his time and make sure he's improving—but there is one more thing.
"I'm definitely partial to races that have medals because I like to collect them," Manz said. "It's something tangible. You like to have something to remember it by, and it's nice to celebrate the achievement that way."
Manz is one of a growing number of runners who choose races that award medals. The popularity of neck bling has become so contagious that nearly every race, big or small, offers some type of finish line jewel.
Just ask Darris Blackford, race director for the Nationwide Children's Hospital Columbus Marathon and Half-Marathon, about what happens when you don't have the bling at the finish line—which is exactly what happened to him last October during the half-marathon.
"It was pretty devastating for people," Blackford said. "When they came across the line and didn't have the medal—it's a big deal. Because of what goes into earning it."
Cap City Race Director David Babner said that the training runners go through, short or long distances, is a big deal and should be rewarded on race day.
"For our demographic to get ready, they've been training over the winter, in horrible weather conditions, to get ready for this thing, and we're going to celebrate them like the champions they are," Babner said. "It's something that really speaks to the celebration."
That hasn't always been the case.
"The mentality in the 1970s, '80s and '90s was much more a sense of competition above all else. Medals were given to the winners only," Blackford said. "Now the whole business has changed. You don't have people in it to win it. Now it's more of a bucket list; everybody's in it for health and wellness.
"Competition and time isn't as critical for many people today. And they want to be rewarded with something fun. It's just that physical manifestation of what they've been through."
Local runner Dave Parsons couldn't agree more. With a collection of over 35 medals, Parsons said the neck bling is symbolic of both the training for the race and the challenge of the race itself.
"My favorite medal is actually a cheap plastic one from the Last Chance for Boston marathon in 2013. It's not my favorite medal because of the medal itself but because of the experience it represents," he said. "I had been injured and came back to knock 28 minutes off my marathon PR and post my first Boston qualifying time. That medal is special to me."
Because it's symbolic, the look and feel of the collector's piece has also become a critical element.
"Our Cap City medal is over 3 inches across and the lanyard is full of color," said Babner, who added that races associated with the Ohio State University always tie heavily back to the school—one year a helmet, the next, a stadium. "The medal has become really the symbol of the event. It's the most important thing. What maybe used to be the race shirt or an award, now it's the medal."
Every runner has a preference for the look and design.
"I like the larger medals; the more weight they have to them," said Manz, who has approximately 20 medals in his collection, which he plans on formally displaying someday. "The more unique they are to the theme [of the race] the better."
Parsons, who's run over 50 races, said he never runs a race just for the medal—but he does enjoy the themed ones.
"A nice medal is like icing on the cake," said Parsons, a runner of five years who's about to tackle his first 50K in May. "I like unique ones that represent the race or location well. And they need the year on them."
And the better the medal, the better the marketing. Because, without fail, medals promote the event through social media.
"[Runners] can show it and they can show it off. And you do see it on their Facebook posts," Babner said.
Now, third-party businesses are even beginning to take advantage of the medal trend. At this year's Cap City Expo, there will be a company selling medal racks.
That'd be just fine for Manz. While he runs because he loves it, he wants a way to show what he's accomplished—and he's glad everyone else has the same opportunity to share that.
"I think it's a good thing that everyone gets a medal. It's unique to the sport," he said. "It shows that no matter what pace you're running, or your goals, you're embraced by the running community no matter where you finish."
Beyond the Finish Line
The finish line. Racers in any sport cross it with varying degrees of emotions—excitement just from finishing, tears due to reaching a goal, disappointment from missing a goal time; all the feelings you might expect as the medal goes around your neck.
But one thing not enough racers plan for is recovery—and how to do it properly.
"There are multiple stages of post-race recovery," said Dr. Kari Brown Budde, a doctor of physical therapy board-certified in sports physical therapy. She runs her own practice, Endurance Athletes Physical Therapy and Sport Performance. "Whether you're racing a 5K or a marathon, you still need that same recovery. You still need to follow all the steps to prevent injury and so you can get right back to training."
Budde said there are three time-based stages of post-race recovery.
"First is the immediate stage—that first five-10 minutes post-race where it's really important to focus on your nutrition again," said Budde, adding that hydration should begin immediately following the race with water or a drink that replaces electrolytes.
Many races have a refueling station just past the finish line filled with carbohydrates like bananas and bagels—all good for recovery so long as your nutrition intake is on a 3-to-1 or 4-to-1 ratio of carbohydrates to protein.
"You should also be doing a dynamic cool down and stretching routine right after your run or your race," said Budde, who offers an example routine on her website (bit.ly/DynamicCoolDown). "You want to get out of the bad form you got into during the race when you started to fatigue."
For example, in a race when you start to fatigue, you start to slouch your shoulders, tighten your hips and sink in. So post-race, you may do some active recovery of backwards jogging and backwards swings, shuffles or arm swings to open you back up.
"When you stop a race, you quickly go from a heated point to not using those muscles, and you cool down really quickly. If you don't slowly get that temp down, it can be a shock to the system," Budde said about why runners are sometimes given something to put over their shoulders after the race. "You're going to start to stiffen up, maybe start shaking. Depending on the outside temperature, you can cool down too quickly."
A post-race cool down routine can also help with the next stage, 24-48 hours after the race.
"That's usually when the delayed onset muscle soreness comes on," she said. "That's from tiny little muscle tears or muscle breaks, which is good because you get stronger, but it can also make you sore."
Budde recommends active recovery over that 24-48-hour span, ranging from a light walk or jog to casually riding a bike. She said static stretching and foam rolling also help.
The final stage is prepping your body for the next event.
"If you have another [race] coming up in a month, you have to make sure you don't sit around for a month in between," she said. "A rule of thumb for running is however many miles you just ran, you want to be cautious for the same amount of days. So if you ran 26 miles, for 26 days after, you shouldn't perform the same hardcore training that led up to your race."
Budde called this strategy reverse tapering. Most racers taper their mileage down just before a race—in reverse tapering, you taper it back up, post-race.
"This stage can be as long as you want it to be," she said. "It's dependent on what you ran and what your next goal is."
And thinking about your goals is one of four questions sports psychologist Jack Lesyk of the Ohio Center for Sport Psychology recommends.
"When you've invested so much of your life to training for this one event, it's not unusual to have a letdown after. You have to deal with a letdown," said Lesyk, a retired marathon runner, who ran such events 14 times. "Some time within 24 hours after the race, where you can sit down within the quiet of yourself, answer four questions."
The first question is, "What did I do well?"
"Even on days you feel disappointed, you probably did a lot of things well," he said. "By writing them down, you can boost your morale and do those things well the next time."
You also need to ask yourself, "What did I do not so well?"
"Even on great days, you probably weren't perfect," he said, adding that this is a great question for goal-setting the next time around.
The final two questions are, "What did I learn?" and "How can I use what I learned to continue improving?"
"You should do the four questions whether [the race] was a wonderful experience or a disappointing one," Lesyk said. "Now you can let the experience fade as you move towards whatever's next."
Hopefully what's next is another race, for which now you'll be better prepared.


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