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Friday, September 29, 2006
Like a lot of people attempting to consistently write an online journal, I often suffer from blogger guilt. I feel bad that I don't post more, don't post longer entries and wait too long between entries. Though the biggest obstacle is laziness, I also find it overwhelming to know where to blog. It seems that everywhere I turn someone is offering me a chance to setup a blog, I could set up a blog on my website. I could use the blog on Myspace. Of course, I also have this Blogger account for blogging. It seems that blogs are becoming so popular that they might soon be offered as an upgrade to you value meal at McDonald's. "Would you like a blog with that?" It all makes me a little anxious. I guess the most important thing is to simply remain consistent. However, when you wonder if you have any readers it can be tempting to set up a blog somewhere else. "I am sure people would love my blog on myspace!" If you do setup another blog, you might set yourself up for another kind of blogger guilt, that is, the feeling that you are cheating on your first blog. I am always tempted to write in the myspace blog, but then what would I have left over for this blog? There is one temptation I just don't think I could resist. If Dunkin' Donuts starts handing out blogs with their coffee, then I will most certainly end up with yet another blog to feel guilty about neglecting.
Wednesday, September 27, 2006
How I drew the ire of a Canadian mayor
I have spent the last few weeks in Winnipeg, Manitoba (middle of Canada, just above North Dakota). My girlfriend lives here and I also will be performing this weekend. Through my girlfriend I met mayoral candidate Kaj Hasselriis. Hasselriis has been an activist for many years, bringing attention to issue like transportation and immigrant rights. Kaj is a young candidate with some really exciting plans for the city of Winnipeg. The incumbent in the October 25th election is Sam Katz, who came to power largely on the back of his business contacts (that's nothing new, eh?). Wanting to somehow help Kaj and his campaign I offered to write a theme song. Kaj accepted my offer, we recorded the song and he even invited me to play the song at a press conference. The song does include some digs at Mayor Katz, such as the line, "You can't be a leader by dragging your feet, you can't be a mayor by buying your seat." The song was fun, it got the point across, I thought that might be the end of it. However, on Sunday morning I opened up the Winnipeg Sun and found that they had run a large picture of Kaj and me at the press conference, a copy of the lyrics and an aritcle in which Katz comments on the lyrics of the song. Needless to say, Katz wasn't a big fan of the song. He made some comments about how a kindergartner could have written a better song and how the lyricist shouldn't quit his day job. To hear the song, go to kaj.ca. What makes the whole thing so funny is that if Katz hadn't commented, there probably wouldn't be a story. It certainly wouldn't have been featured on page 2. Rather than dismiss it Katz gave the song, (and Kaj's campaign) more crediblity simply by acknowledging it. As the incumbent, Katz has been doing his best to ignore Kaj's campaign and I am glad that he was irritated or upset enough or caught off-guard enough that he had to comment on the song and in doing so bumped the story up to page 2. The next day the Sun ran an article in which they said "the mayor seems a bit cocky" and mentioned that "Three weeks into the race toward the Oct. 25 vote, the incumbent has been all but invisible on the pledge and platform front..." Speaking of day jobs, Katz might need a new one on October 26th. Go Kaj!
Monday, September 18, 2006
How the Cosby Show taught me about my African Heritage
I saw a rerun of the Cosby show today and I got to thinking about what makes that show so great. First of all, what other show could make a little white kid from Wisconsin like myself (who up until the age of 10 had never even seen a black person) look at a black man as the ideal father. My girlfriend likes to talk about all the things she learned from the Cosby show, things like the importance of humor, the value of family and how to appreciate her African-American heritage. The thing is, my girlfriend isn't African-American, she's a white girl from Canada. But that's what I love about the Cosby show. It made you want to be African-American. I have heard people criticize the Cosby show for being unrealistic in portaying the experience of Black people in America. Sure, there are not a ton of black families (or families of any ethnic makeupg) that have both a doctor and a lawyer at the head of the household. But sitcoms have never been know for being realistic about things like that. What about all the white kids with unstable jobs living in their enormous apartment on "Friends?" In the sitcom world even the poor characters live in half a million dollar houses. It's par for the course. Besides, I think that the Cosby show helps show us what is possible and breaks open our perceptions. It reminds us that there is no reason why a black family should not be prosperous. Too often we see black people portrayed as poor, violent and helpless. But not on the Cosby show. And the Huxtable family became such a big part of our lives that their circumstances no longer seemed unusual. A family with a black doctor and a black lawyer (later a judge)? On the Cosby show it seems perfectly normal. That is the positive side of a show that is supposedly "unrealistic." It can make us rethink our expectations. In the episode I saw today, Theo wants money for a trip to Egypt. His friends tell him that since his parents are "loaded," surely they won't hesitate to give him the money. When Theo approaches his parents they tell him that yes, THEY are rich. Cliff then says, "YOU have nothing." I love that they actually address the fact that they have money. They don't pretend they are struggling, the way so many characters in sitcoms claim to (as they sit in their million dollar apartments). Instead of turning you off to the Huxtables their honesty only makes you admire them more. And the Huxtables were always honest, but not in that feel-good way that they were on "Full House." I remember a scene in which Theo shows his report card to Cliff. Cliff isn't happy with Theo's poor grades. Theo tries to guilt Cliff into letting him off easy, saying something like, "I'm doing my best and I just wish that you could accept me for who I am. Even if I don't get good grades, I'm still your son. " Then there is a pause. We wonder what Cliff is thinking. Might he let Theo off? Then Cliff says, "Theo...(pause)...that is the STUPIDEST thing I've ever heard!" And with that he walks out of Theo's room and shuts the door. That was part of what was so great about Cliff and Claire Huxtable. You always knew where they stood. They told they loved you, but they also told you when they thought you were stupid. Here's to the Huxtables for teaching white kids across North America about family, humor and for reminding us of why we are proud to be black (even if we're not).
Friday, September 15, 2006
"Jesus Camp" clip
It's hard to find the words to describe how scared and angry this makes me. Check out the Trailer for the movie http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RNfL6IVWCE
Article on "Jesus Camp" Documentary
Little terrors on rampage in 'Jesus Camp' By Sheri Linden LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Few personality-trait combinations are more obnoxious than narrow-mindedness and condescension - especially in children. The compelling documentary "Jesus Camp," which Magnolia Pictures opened in select cities Friday ahead of its New York and L.A. bows Sept. 22, demonstrates how those qualities are being cultivated in a generation of pintsize proselytizers. Beyond their deadly earnestness, these children of the evangelical Christian right are being groomed as soldiers in a self-declared culture war to reclaim America for Christ. Those who have been born only once might find it easy to laugh off Jesus-themed hip-hop numbers or Adam & Eve Barbie dolls. But filmmakers Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady, who also focused on children in last year's poignant "The Boys of Baraka," provide a fascinating glimpse of kids' role in the evangelical movement's political agenda. Pastor Becky Fischer granted the filmmakers access to her Kids on Fire summer camp, a 5-year-old program in North Dakota where first-graders to teens are variously entertained, broken down and preached to. Wielding everything from PowerPoint to plush toys to illustrate the wages of sin, the impassioned Fischer has a clear-eyed view of children as malleable material, ripe for the inculcating. When they're not speaking in tongues, pledging allegiance to the Christian flag or blessing a cardboard cutout of George W. Bush, the kids rally round to hear Fischer and others entreat them to "join the war," "fix the sick world" and fight abortion (tiny fetus dolls serve as preachers' aids). At the center of "Jesus Camp" are three home-schooled Missouri kids: 12-year-old mullet-haired Levi, saved at 5 and already preaching; 10-year-old soldier's daughter Tory, who loves dancing to Christian heavy metal, not always solely for the spirit; and the smuggest member of this brigade, 9-year-old Rachael, who breathlessly approaches strangers to talk about Christ. Perhaps she'll get that nail-salon job she shrewdly envisions as a good way to Bible-stump; perhaps grown-up life will temper her single-mindedness. Or maybe Rachael will end up as resolute as the "enemies" she's being trained to oppose - martyrdom for Jesus, she enthuses, would be "really cool."
The Burg TV is Hilarious
http://theburg.tv/blog/about/ My friend Bob McClure sent me a link to this show is part of on the internet called the Burg. I did the obligatory "I better check it out because he's my friend" click and it turns out that it's amazing. So funny and smart. It's a comedy about life in that hipster's paradise know as Williamsburg, Brooklyn. You should check it out.
Wednesday, September 13, 2006
Battle of the Bulge: UK versus US
On my recent trip to Scotland I was not surprised to find that there were fewer obese people than in the US. Everyone knows that we Americans are fatter than the rest of the world. What did suprise me was that while there are less obese people there are also less people walking around with chiseled abs and defined biceps. In America we so often see overweight people and uber-fit people walking side by side. They seem to be more moderate on both ends in the UK. In Scotland you don't walk down the street in the morning and see the joggers and power walkers on every corner like you might in the US, but you also don't see obese people stopping at the corner to catch their breath like you might in the US. Maybe part of this is due to how young we are as a country. We're like a teenager on a crash diet. One day we are binging on fatty foods and sweets, the next we are renewing our membership at the gym. For myself, I would prefer to be satisfied with the middle ground. One thing is certain; all our focus on body image doesn't seem to be helping us stay healthy in the US.
Friday, September 08, 2006
Scotland Wrap-Up
I just recently returned from Scotland, where I performed "Pentecostal Wisconsin" as part of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. I had planned to keep an ongoing account of my experience at the festival, but it was difficult to just find time to eat let alone to reflect and compose a blog entry. Now that the festival is over I have some time to do that. How do you describe the Edinburgh fringe? First of all, it's the largest arts festival in the world. This year there were over 1800 shows in the festival. It's quite hard to comprehend the size of it, even for someone who has seen it. The largest fringe festival in Canada, to give some perspective, contains less than 200 shows. The Ottawa and Victoria Fringe festivals in Canada both had less than 50 shows in their festivals this year. In Edinburgh, my venue alone had nearly 100 shows. The fringefestival in Edinburgh also lasts a lot longer than many festivals. This year it ran from August 2 - August 28, making it much more of a marathon than a sprint in comparison with a week long festival. In the month that I was there I performed the show 26 times. It was by turns exhausting, exhilarating, tiring, energizing, frustrating and inspiring. Edinburgh actually has several festivals all going on at once. There is the Edinburgh International Festival, around which the "fringe" of performers who had been rejected from the International Festival decided to make their own festival, giving rise to the now much larger Edinburgh Festival Fringe. There is also a book festival and a film festival as well as the Edinburgh Military Tattoo (a demonstration and spectacle of military groups from around the world). Together these events make Edinburgh festival central in August. One of the biggest surprises I had in Edinburgh was finding out how much money is involved in the Fringe there. There are many shows with big budgets and big producers. The festival is entirely open. You pay a fee to be listed in the official Fringe program and once you find a space you are in business. The openess of the festival is both a blessing and a curse. You see everyone from high school groups to famous or semi-famous actors performing. A couple years ago Christian Slater appeared in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" at the Edinburgh Fringe. For the more well-known acts there is a lot of money spent on publicity. One of the first surprises I had was spotting a taxi that had a huge ad for a fringe show plastered on the side. The other major surprise was discovering how popular stand-up comedy is in Edinburgh. If you are a comic, especially a comic in Europe, Edinburgh is the place to be in August. Stand-up seems to be the number one draw in the festival. The major struggle that nearly everyone faces in Edinburgh is getting an audience. As part of the Fringe you are competing not only with the other 1800 shows in that festival but also with the other events taking place as part of other festivals. The smallest audience I had was 3. The largest audience I had was 23. If you want my definition of "humbling," it would be performing for an audience of 3 people. Humbling is also the word I would use to describe the feeling you get when you are trying to hand out a few free tickets and people actually turn you down. It wounds the ego a bit when you find that, quite literally, you can't even give tickets away. That said, I was very encouraged to hear the response from the UK audience. Many people posted reviews of my show on the Edinburgh Fringe website and it was very rewarding to be able to see that though the audiences were small, they were also quite appreciative. I also managed to garner some good reviews from critics in Edinburgh. The List magazine and the daily Three Weeks both gave my show 4 stars out of 5. I also received some kind words about the show from Time Out London, The Stage and Broadway Baby. The New York Times even mentioned the show in an article they did covering the themes of this year's Edinburgh Fringe. So I guess the most obvious question is this: would I do it again? Yes, I would do it again. In fact, part of me wants to do it again just so that I can put to use all of the things I learned about doing Edinburgh this year. It would be wonderful to go into it not being the rookie. However, doing a show in Edinburgh is expensive even when you have a venue producing your show the way I did. It makes it difficult to project when I will have the opportunity and finances to make it there again. One thought really helped keep me going when I felt discouraged in Edinburgh. It's easy to be a performer when you have crowds lined up around the block, but it may be a truer test of your commitment to see if you can find a way to summon the energy to perform for a handful of people. At one point when my audience looked like it was going to be particularly small for the day's performance, someone asked me what my minimum number was to perform the show. As in, how many did I have to have in order to not cancel that particular performance. That was an easy question. I only need one person to perform for, not counting myself (or Jesus). I have tried to think through exactly how I feel about my experience in Edinburgh so that when people ask I have an articulate answer for them. So far an atricuate summary has alluded me, but I will give it another shot. Edinburgh was like a really long, challenging run. There were times when I thought I was going to tire from exhaustion and there were also times when I felt I could run forever. Now that it is over I am a bit sore and I need some time to rest and reflect, but, that said, I know that I am much improved for having completed the race. One last example (please forgive me for the following analogy from a man who will never face any pain anywhere near that of childbirth). I have heard women talk of promising themselves during labor that they will never have another baby, that they will never put themselves through the pain of giving birth again. Inevitably they also mention that once the baby is born and it's all over, they don't remember the pain so much as the pride they felt holding the baby in their arms and they find themselves willing to do it again. I am not sure what the parallel for me in terms of the baby, but I guess it's the pride I feel in the show and having had the opportunity to perform it overseas. I can also tell you this. As I was standing in line at the airport, ready to leave Edinburgh, I found myself already brainstorming plans for how I could come back in the future, making plans to have another baby. Hopefully next time the baby will have audiences lined up around the block to see it.


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Today, the White House reveals its gun control proposals. The gun lobby's wasted a month on amazingly self-destructive PR moves; the House GOP has come out early, warning about excutive orders, but remaining murky about what bills it could support.
David Frum climbs aboard the "Republicans are gonna have to cave on the debt limit" train, which is occasionally conducted by my colleague Matthew Yglesias.
Alex Seitz-Wald has been filing some incredible stories about the Sandy Hook "truther" movement. We can't say how big it is, but we shouldn't be surprised anymore when something useful for gun control advocates becomes, in the mind of opponents, a "false flag" conspiracy. The latest dispatch introduces us to Gene Rosen, who comforted some children who escaped from the school and is now harassed by truthers.
"There must be some way to morally shame these people, because there were 20 dead children lying an eighth of a mile from my window all night long," he said, choking back tears. "And I sat there with my wife, because they couldn't take the bodies out that night so the medical examiner could come. And I thought of an expression, that this 'adds insult to injury,' but that's a stupid expression, because this is not an injury, this is an abomination."
Christian Heinze unleashes his inner Andy Kaczynski and reminds us that GOP moderation guru Jon Huntsman had tried to remake himself as a conservative.
And Philip Roth rates his own books.

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Delaware Supreme Court Holds That Boards May Adopt Fee-Shifting BylawsJune 10, 2014
In ATP Tour, Inc. v. Deutscher Tennis Bund, the Delaware Supreme Court recently found that a provision in a Delaware corporation's bylaws, if drafted for a proper corporate purpose, may provide that the losing party in intra-corporate litigation must pay the winning party's legal fees.1 While the proper corporate purpose determination hinges on the individual circumstances of each case, the court noted that "[t]he intent to deter litigation . . . is not invariably an improper purpose." We bring this opinion to your attention because of the potential planning opportunity it bestows upon corporate boards that have the power to adopt bylaws unilaterally. We also note, however, the conditions and potential drawbacks to such a bylaw provision.
What is a fee-shifting bylaw, and why did the Court find it facially permissible?
A fee-shifting bylaw is simply a provision in a corporation's bylaws that requires the losing party in intra-corporate litigation (such as a suit brought by shareholders against the company) to pay the winning party's legal fees. There can be more nuance to what is considered to be "winning," however. For instance, in ATP, the bylaw provided that the plaintiff would be liable for the defendant's legal fees if the plaintiff did not "obtain a judgment on the merits that substantially achieves, in substance and amount, the full remedy sought."
The ATP Court applied common law principles relating to contracts in finding that the fee-shifting bylaw at issue was not per se invalid. Generally speaking, under the "American Rule," the losing party in a lawsuit is not responsible for the winning party's legal fees. However, states such as Delaware, New York, and New Jersey permit parties to modify this rule by contract, and provide that the loser is responsible for the winner's legal fees.2 Corporate bylaws are considered to be contracts between the shareholders and the corporation. Thus, the ATP Court found the bylaw provision at issue to be no different than any contract clause permitting fee-shifting.
What are the limitations on the Court's ruling?
Just as important is what the Court did not hold, the Court did not make a finding on the issue whether that particular bylaw was permissible under the circumstances of the case at hand. Such an analysis would involve a determination as to whether the bylaw was "adopted by the appropriate corporate procedures and for a proper corporate purpose," a determination that will now have to be made by the court that certified the issue to the Delaware Supreme Court. Thus, the ATP holding does not give directors carte blanche to pass a fee-shifting bylaw in all instances. In particular, directors must remember that in adopting a fee-shifting bylaw, they remain bound by their fiduciary duties to the corporation and shareholders. This means that they cannot adopt a fee-shifting bylaw if doing so would constitute a breach of their duty of loyalty to the corporation and the shareholders.
The Court did, however, provide some guidance on the "proper purpose" question when it noted that "[t]he intent to deter litigation . . . is not invariably an improper purpose." In that statement, the Court appears to be indicating that the general intent of a corporate board to prevent excessive shareholder litigation is not improper. However, the board might cross a line if it passes a fee-shifting bylaw in order to deter a specific lawsuit challenging improper conduct of the directors, or the directors attempt to entrench themselves in office. Such actions could arguably be a breach of the duty of loyalty.
What is the broader significance of the ATP holding?
Though ATP was decided in the context of a tennis-tournament scheduling dispute, it is likely to have its largest impact on mergers-and-acquisition litigation – which often pits dissident shareholders (and their attorneys) against corporate boards. Critics of these lawsuits decry them as often-frivolous actions that force companies to settle with the plaintiffs solely to avoid substantial litigation costs. It is possible that fee-shifting bylaws will serve as a deterrent against inappropriate shareholder litigation.
Does ATP apply to corporations formed in New York or New Jersey?
The ATP holding only applies to Delaware corporations. However, because of the high regard in which the Delaware Supreme Court is held on matters of corporate law, it is possible that a court may apply the reasoning of the ATP opinion even if it is considering an issue under New York or New Jersey law. The law of both of those states contains the same underlying elements as the ATP opinion -- i.e., bylaws must be passed for a proper corporate purpose and fee-shifting by contract is permissible. Accordingly, while no New York or New Jersey court has yet opined on this issue, it is likely that the ATP holding could be persuasive authority in a dispute under New York or New Jersey law.
Can corporations use the ATP holding to their benefit?
In Delaware corporations where boards have the power to adopt bylaws unilaterally, it may very well be that a bylaw provision providing for fee-shifting in the event of unsuccessful shareholder litigation would be upheld (and while there is less certainty, there is still good reason for New York and New Jersey corporations to implement such a bylaw provision). However, before adopting such a bylaw provision, the board must be comfortable that its purposes for passing the bylaw are proper. Additionally, Delaware, New York, and New Jersey law all provide that a majority of shareholders may overturn a bylaw adopted by the board. Thus, if a majority of shareholders are against the bylaw, they could presumably overturn it once it is passed (thus limiting the efficacy of the fee-shifting bylaw). Also, in the case of public companies, it remains to be seen whether proxy advisory firms will react adversely to directors voting in favor of such bylaw provisions.
1 --- A.3d ----, 2014 WL 1847466 (Del., May 8, 2014). While the ATP case involved a non-profit corporation, the holding appears to be equally applicable to for-profit corporations. It should also be noted that the ATP opinion did not address one of the underlying issues in the case, which was whether the fee-shifting bylaw provision could be preempted by federal antitrust law.
2Mahani v. Edix Media Grp., Inc., 935 A.2d 242, 245 (Del. 2007) (Delaware law); North Bergen Rex Transport, Inc. v. Trailer Leasing Co., 730 A.2d 843, 848 (N.J. 1999) (New Jersey law); Hooper Associates, Ltd. v. AGS Computers, Inc., 548 N.E.2d 903, 904 (N.Y. 1989) (New York law).
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If you're a business owner, you're probably wondering about this headline? If you don't sell, how are you going to churn a profit, how will you make a living and take care of your family? How will the circle of life continue? After all, why should I help people? What is in it for me?
In keeping with the famous quote by the sales & motivational guru, Zig Ziglar who aptly said "Stop, selling. Start helping", I am merely trying to let you know that in a world where advertising messages are a dime a million, brands that actually want to help their customers, end up getting most of the business.
And what better way to help your customers, than putting out quality content that they will appreciate and share? I have been advocating the benefits of quality content for a while now and I see that some big names in Kuwait are seeing the light – finally. Instead of publishing push content on their digital channels, they are now focusing on pull content by telling stories about their company or their brand.
So what are the key drivers to building good content that attracts customers and engages with them? I am not a marketing guru but a hands-on marketer who is learning through research and experimentation. In the new world of digital marketing media, there is no fixed way of achieving success. The key is to keep trying different combinations and figure out which one suits your brand the best. So here is my take on what should help you get your content marketing initiative off the ground.
First, since most of your content marketing initiatives are going to be rolled out through social media, make sure you have a content strategy. Of course, nothing is written in stone, and chances are you will probably chop and change stuff as you go along which is absolutely normal. The key is to have a direction for you to move forward.
Secondly, it is not always about original content. With all the meetings, appointments, Snapchat stories and tweets, we don't have time to consistently create original content but that doesn't have to spell doom for you as a marketer. Utilizing content that is available online is a great timesaver and enables you to spend less time creating it and a bit more time curating it. Just make sure you do two things. Credit your sources for the usage of their content and equally importantly, make sure you spin the content by writing a byline or two to link it to your business or industry. There is a certain knack to doing this, and you may not get it right the first time, but once you get the hang of it, you will automatically start getting attention.
If you absolutely can't figure out how to do this, apps like Crowdfire should be able to help you get curated content that you can readily post after briefly reviewing it. They have a free version that you can test out but I recommend the paid version for better results and the ability to remove all Crowdfire branding.
Third, not everything you post needs to be about your industry or your product. It doesn't hurt to post funny, informative or viral content on your social feeds. What this does is, it puts you in the line of conversation with a new audience and this is where you can try and gently make an impression and win some new followers.
Finally, one big mistake I see people make is that they don't spend enough time mining the data on their platforms. Publishing content is good but it is merely 30% of the social media game. Most platforms give you the ability to look at trending hashtags. What you should be doing is monitoring those hashtags and looking up users or brands that share interests with yours and then find context to start a conversation. You can do wonders on LinkedIn like see where people went to school or if you are part of the same business group. Finding common ground is the essence of any conversation, whether it is in person or online, and this is a fantastic tool you can use to talk to your potential customers base once you get the hang of it.
Remember, it is no longer about the convenience of technology but is more about capitalizing on a cultural shift that has begun to reshape the way we do business worldwide. Putting your content out there is a great way of positioning yourself as an industry leader in your field and earning your customer's trust.
Barry Rodrigues is Head of Marketing & Product Development at Future Communications and an associate advisor with the International Advisors Group in Kuwait. For comments, please email Barry at [email protected].


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Newport - a city on the rise »
Newport Social Care Workforce Development Partnership (SCWDP) represents the social care sector within the Newport area assisted by Coleg Gwent, the University of South Wales, independent social care trainers and Newport City Council.
Newport SCWDP aims to promote the Welsh Government ethos of 'one sector, one workforce', ensuring that the workforce has access to relevant qualifying and non-qualifying training, information and guidance.
The SCWDP links to the Greater Gwent Regional Workforce Development Board through the Gwent Transformation team and Newport social services training manager.
Read the Greater Gwent 2017-18 Social Care Workforce Development Plan (pdf)
Read the SCWDP Communication Plan 2017-18 (pdf)
Browse and book training courses online.
Telephone: (01633) 233627
From the M4 - leave the motorway at Junction 26 and follow the A4051 for Newport, take the second left on to Brynglas Road, continue up the hill and Brynglas House is on the right.
From Newport city centre - follow signs for Cwmbran, at the Harlequin roundabout take the second exit, keep in left-hand lane then continue forward onto the A4051, take second right on to Brynglas Road, continue up the hill and Brynglas House is on the right.


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Nina Sublatti convincingly won the Georgian national final with her self-written song Warrior against four competitors and thus will represent her country in Vienna in May. In her song and video clip, she shows her power and strength, both vocally and personally.
As early as 2009, Nina Sublatti already received an offer from a modeling agency and worked as a model, with famous designers and photographers. She worked with various bands, and gave concerts in different parts of Georgia.
In 2011 Nina started cooperation with Georgian Dream Studio, and two years later she participated in the Georgian Idol show. in the framework of the project, she worked with Bravo Band and Georgia State Symphony Orchestra. Nina became the winner of the project and received an invitation from London Institute of Music (highest level of vocals).
The same year she entered the Academy of Arts named after Apolon Kutateladze, department of interior design. In 2014 Nina worked with Bravo Records and recorded her debut album Dare To Be Nina Sublatti. The album, from the release date until now, two years later, is still first in the charts.


text: I've been having a lot of battery life issues on my d1 lately. I purchased a brand new OEM battery and it didn't help at all. I put my phone on the charger every night because it doubles as my alarm clock. I get up around 7, normally check fb and this forum before going into class, sit in class for an hour and then head home. As soon as I start playing games or browse the internet the phone battery starts dying very fast. Today I've played no games at all, browsed web for about an hour plus a couple of text messages and after 5 hours its at 10%. I leave GPS on all the time because I have a fear of losing my phone or having it stolen and having GPS turned off. I have the screen brightness on auto. What can I do to get better battery life? I mess with the phone quite a bit but even at moderate use it seems I can't get 8 hours out of a full battery. I feel like its gotten worse as I've owned it too even after a new battery. Sent from my Droid using DroidForums App


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Thursday, 4 February 2010
Three Stages of the Writing Process
I have been writing for a good few years, and I have written several books left at various stages from outlines to second or even third drafts. But it was only since last year that I got serious about taking writing as a career and not just a vague dream or a hobby. So since last year, I have been examining my processes, and trying to find what works for me. When I was writing my first draft of this book last November for NaNo2009, I had a pretty solid plan in mind. Finish the book, edit for two-three months, start submitting. Solid plan. Or not, as it turned out. While I was getting frustrated with POV decision and daunted by editing, I realised that deadlines are meaningless if they don't produce good result; they are also meaningless if they are unrealistic. That's when I started to think consciously about the whole process of writing a book, from thinking of an idea to finish the final edits and polish and declaring it ready for submission. That brings me to… Three Stages of the Writing Process 1. brainstorming / outlining 2. writing 3. editing This will be a three part post starting tomorrow where I will talk about these three stages, as I see them. I hope you will find something useful in them, and I look forward to hearing your opinions/experiences about these three stages as you see them. Disclaimer: All opinions and views are subject to change with experience.
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"Or not..."ReplyDelete
Yeah, me too, obviously. Ugh.
Looking forward to your posts on these...
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Yeah, I just wanted to take time to write them properly, so thought better not rush it, or they probably won't make sense :P
Yeah I thought this process would be a bit quicker myself... LOL Good stories take time :o) Looking forward to the posts :o)ReplyDelete
For me, the brainstorming/outlining and writing stages take a fraction of the time the editing stage does.ReplyDelete
I'll really be looking forward to your posts!
You can't rush the editing, however tempting it is to declare a book "finished".ReplyDelete
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Admittedly, I have very little experience upon which to base a judgement of this music or performance. These pieces by Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992) are orchestrated for marimba quartet (including a variety of non-pitched percussion) and the most "Tango" of instruments, the bandoneon (sounds similar to an accordian). The project of orchestrating Piazzolla's music is explained by Carrefour: "Sonority and melody are Carrefour's primary concerns, and therefore as a marimba ensemble we experience music making more intimately connected to the piano or the human voice than only to percussion instruments. For us every possible rhythmic impulse comprises myriad opportunities to play with the subtle and complex colors encapsulated in a single vibration… These ideas perfectly served the music while at the same time shedding new light on these timeless pieces." As someone who until this recording never gave Tango a second thought, I can say that the results are very engaging. Pieces such as " Buenos Aires hor cero," " Soledad ," and "Anxiety (from 5 Tango Sensations)" are intricate and exciting music that move far beyond the newcomer's obvious expectations of "dance music." The sheer range of sounds, the fluidity with which they are integrated, and the particular sonic characteristics of the marimbas make for a distinctive and memorable performance. One interesting thing to note is that this is the first recording a new musical instrument, the "Grubbophone," which is described as having a "sound color between that of a marimba and a double bass, but with a much lower range."
Sonic curiosity was the reason I ordered this SACD, and I was not disappointed. The "Producer's note" got me excited right away: "...The pieces recorded on this SACD have a wide dynamic range from the whispering and barely audible to the loud and brash." Initial caution is advised when setting the playback volume. Basically, the sonics on this SACD qualify it as a true audiophile reference recording. If you are auditioning audio gear, it is one of three or four SACDs you should have with you. The dynamics are absolutely stunning. They are not big swells of sound like one gets with orchestral music, but rather the kind of exhilarating transient dynamics that I would guess are only possible with expertly recorded pitched percussion. The background is absolutely black. In fact, it is actually spooky. Despite the fact that the mechanical sounds of the bandoneon are retained for authenticity (the bandoneon is featured on about half the tracks), the overall sound has an almost eerie quality of emerging out of, and receding back into, nothingness. That said, the recording achieves a very good sense of depth in the few places where the music is given a context of extra-musical sounds, such as the lead-in to " Buenos Aires hora cero." The different sounds blend and integrate in ways that enhance the musical collaboration, and yet retain their distinctive sonic and spatial characters.
Recommended for Tango fans and general music lovers; highly recommended for curious audiophiles.
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I've spent more time than ever at home these days, but it feels like I've been gone deep and far away. Been trapped between rainy periods and sunny spots, road trips and strange illnesses; times good enough to not care about this kind of place, to forget my other commitments and responsibilities.
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Kolkata: Likening the "conflict-riddled" relationship between India and Pakistan with that of "saas-bahu" relations, Pakistan's High Commissioner Abdul Basit on Wednesday hoped Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to his country for the SAARC summit would lead to resumption of peace talks.
"Indo-Pakistan relation is riddled with conflicts and issues. Despite the abundance of mutual goodwill, we have not allowed this relation to grow as normal. We talk to each other for years... one little incident on the Line of Control and we stop talking to each other like saas and bahu," Mr Basit said in Kolkata at an event.
"The next summit will be in Pakistan and we hope that it will be a huge success because all SAARC leaders will be there. One hopes that PM Modi's visit to Pakistan would add more to it beyond the SAARC issues," he said.
The envoy said Indian Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar's meeting with his Pakistani counterpart Aizaz Ahmed Chaudhury was very positive and would lead to "something tangible".
Even as he asserted it was an opportune time to carry forward the momentum, Mr Basit said Pakistan was not in a hurry and would wait for India.
"If India feels it is not yet the right time to talk, we can wait... but we will like to see this engagement to resume as quickly as possible. We are also not in a hurry in that sense," he said.
Following media queries, the diplomat subsequently clarified that he did not intend to trivialise the relation by likening it to 'saas bahu' and even apologised.
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Volkswagen's new Polo raises the bar for hatches
The new Polo still costs more than the Swift and i20 and cannot match Maruti on value for money or Hyundai on features. However, it is a better performing car than the peers by a distance.autos Updated: Aug 01, 2014 15:03 IST
As the only small car in its portfolio, the Polo was Volkswagen's first major launch and also its major disappointment. As a global product, the Polo had a lot going for it: a classic design, robust build and unmatched ride and handling. But VW was so new to India that it did not pull off the execution of its plans well. Launching the car a week before a Union Budget when excise cuts were expected was proof enough. In its second innings, has VW given the Polo enough chutzpah to script a comeback? We find out.No major change, inside or outside
It is never easy to provide a radical makeover to a time tested classical design like the Polo's. The dimensions remain more or less the same and so do the overall design and stance. It gets new front and rear bumper but beyond the chrome strip, there is nothing significantly fresh. There are some modifications inside the cabin. The steering wheel has turned flat at the lower end, mostly seen in sports-oriented cars. Also on show are a brushed aluminium finish on the central console and new buttons and instrument panel. It still boasts very good build quality and impeccable fit and finish. The lack of flamboyance only aids its case. The major grouse — cramped rear seats — are still unaddressed. Though the wheelbase is marginally increased and the front seats are scooped out; seating three at the rear is still a squeeze.
New diesel engine makes it a true-blue hot hatch
The new Polo retains the 1.2litre petrol engine that like most other cars with similar specifications, feels under-powered. No change on that front. The talking point is the replacement of the lazy 1.2-cylinder diesel engine with a more adaptive 1.5-litre motor. Essentially, they are both part of the 1.6 litre mill that does duty on the Vento. In the old edition, one cylinder was removed to make it a 1200-cc motor. This time the stroke has been reduced without compromising on the overall size. The result is impressive. The new Polo is a power-packed performer, with no trace of the infamous turbo lag of the older version.
Power and torque output also bump up and are now almost at par with segment topper Hyundai i20.
But the Korean car feels too raw in handling, as the softer suspension leaves the car unsure on how to handle all that torque. In the Polo it is a best fit. The suspension allows you to make full use of the low end torque that spreads out well to 2,500 rpm. By that time you are already into mid three-digit speeds. There is no wobble or disconcerting bounce as the car has enough grip to counter any curve or bend on the road. For all the prowess of the Swift diesel and the turbocharged energy of the i20, the new Polo now easily takes the trophy as far as diesel hatches are concerned.
With the new i20 due in a mere 10 days, Volkswagen has returned the ball in the Korean side of the court, with enough top spin.
In India, the Polo was always priced on the higher side. It questioned the buyer — do you want a well-built, safe and balanced car, or one that costs less and offers more features? The fate of the car as an also-ran in a crowded premium hatchback segment proves which way the consumer went.
The new Polo does little to change that aspect. It still costs more than the Swift and i20 and cannot match Maruti on value for money or Hyundai on features. The diesel engine, though, alters one variable in the equation. It is a better performing car than the peers by a distance, and the price premium now seems justifiable. It may not burn the sales charts yet, but Polo's second innings may be jollier than the first.
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My poor husband suffered terribly after watching Skyfall. He doesn't normally eat popcorn as his stomach is not a fan but a kindly friend gave us a huge bucket. So by the time the initial chase sequence was over and the iconic opening credits montage had begun, he'd scoffed half the bucket. Supposedly, he was so engrossed and heady from the action he didn't know what he was doing.
A small price to pay one would say in the viewing of what may, according to the fans, or may not be, according to some critics, the greatest Bond film yet. Pulling in $60 million in seven days in the UK, it has just beaten out the previous record-holder, 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2'. This year being the 50th anniversary of the Bond films, and Skyfall the twenty-third in the series, the makers wanted to bring all the key Bond elements together to make the longest-running film franchise in history as exciting today as it was in 1962.
So we have the breathtaking opening chase scene—best watched away from the popcorn bucket—the gorgeous women, the impossible escapes, the menacing villain and the suave sophistication that is only James Bond. Interestingly enough, the screen-writing team of Neal Purvis and Robert Wade, veterans of Bond films, along with Academy Award®-winner John Logan must have decided that technology is so yesterday. It's a bold move that Bond is not delivered his usual gadgetry but simply supplied with a gun and a 'radio' via his new young upstart Quartermaster Q (Ben Whishaw).
Despair not as the film sets out to prove that a Bond film's greatness requires only James Bond, a nemesis and action. In fact we are reminded throughout that he may be older, less fit, battle-scarred and possibly redundant, yet with his experience nobody does it better.
After the opening chase where things go terribly wrong, Bond (Daniel Craig) is presumed dead. Even worse, he and fellow agent Eve (Naomie Harris) have allowed key information to fall into enemy hands. She is relegated to a desk job and James takes a secret break. When an unknown terrorist wreaks random havoc by bombing MI6, releasing secret agents identities on the internet, and targeting M (Judi Dench) with threatening messages, Bond returns. M's career is also in danger from Gareth Mallory (Ralph Fiennes) who is sent in to manage her out of her job.
But a Bond film is all about the action and breathtaking stunts. Javier Bardem describes watching Craig take on the role: "There is some physicality to my role but of course mine compared to Daniel's was nothing. And he does the action scenes so easily. From the outside, watching him, I was thinking, 'If I were you, I wouldn't be doing that!'" Bardem laughs.
Stunt Coordinator Gary Powell, appreciates the advance in digital technology and computer graphics, but prefers Bond action to be real. He says, "Though the opening sequence lasts only twelve minutes on screen, it took three months of rehearsals and two months of filming to produce. Standing on top of a train, travelling at 50 kilometers per hour, fighting with Ola Rapace going over a bridge, was probably a stand out moment."
The humour and wit is back, as well as an iconic car—which had the audience applauding. If there was ever a movie to see in the cinema it is 'Skyfall'. You don't hit fifty looking this good by resting on your laurels. Buckle up, put the popcorn under the seat until you feel it's safe—you'll know when—and join the world in their love affair with this iconic character who still has what it takes to kill and thrill.
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Check out our review of Titanfall.
The minimum PC specs required to play Titanfall are actually very reasonable, as Respawn Entertainment's Vince Zampella confirms on Twitter. The game is an Xbox console exclusive – meaning Xbox One and Xbox 360 – but of course you can also play it on PCs equipped with Microsoft's widely used operating system. As long as you've updated your PC for gaming sometime in the last five or so years, you should be good.
According to Zampella, Titanfall will run on Windows PCs equipped with and AMD X2 2.8GHz or Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4GHz, 4GB of RAM, 512MB of video RAM, and a Radeon HD 4770 or GeForce 8800GT graphics card. Most of those individual parts were released as far back as 2006. The only hitch is that you'll need to have progressed beyond Windows XP by now. Titanfall only supports 64-bit Windows 7, 8, and 8.1.
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Sunday, 9 June 2013
CBe 2013 5 / D. Nurkse, A Night in Brooklyn
from 'The Present':
And she who was driving said,
We know the coming disaster intimately but the present is unknowable.
Which disaster, I wondered, sexual or geological? But I was shy:
her beauty was like a language she didn't speak and had never heard.
Then we were in Holyfield and it was the hour when the child
waves from a Welcome mat, his eyes full of longing, before turning
inward to his enforced sleep. We waved back but we were gone.
I rashly said in January that I'd do a blog post about why CBe is publishing each of this year's books, so here we are again, but really for this one there should be no need. Starting with small presses, and more recently with Knopf, Nurkse has many books in print in the US and publishes regularly in both US and UK magazines. There is no good literary reason why his work hasn't been introduced to the UK by a mainstream publisher – in the way that, for example, Faber (and Secker before them) has published Charles Simic, or Cape has published Sharon Olds. I did suggest this to editors at both those places, and in each case there was admiration for the work but a no to publishing. In 2011 CBe published one of Nurkse's early books, Voices over Water, to which rights had reverted to the poet himself, and it was shortlisted for that year's Forward Prize. A Night in Brooklyn, published in the US by Knopf, is his most recent book. I'll leave the rest of the post to some of the US reviews:
Philip Levine, Ploughshares: 'The voice behind these poems is certainly Nurkse's, but more often than not I feel it's that deepest voice we hear rarely if ever and then only in poems, the voice of those closest to us, those we love and care for and who–because they are human–remain mysteries: "All my life I have been dying, of hope and self-pity, / and an unknown force has been knitting me back together." No one is writing more potently than this.'
Richard Hoffman, Solstice: 'A Night in Brooklyn is a rich and deeply textured investigation of the intersection of memory, imagination, and history. It offers its humane and elegaic vision with the tonal range of a mature artist who has forged a voice by turns sorrowful, passionate, whimsical, and reflective. This is the finest book yet of one of our finest poets; no serious reader of contemporary poetry can afford to overlook it.'
New York Times: 'These are not easy poems, but they don't play tricks on the reader, either. Stay with one and it will unfold into a meditation on birth, death, longing or loneliness.'
Tina Chang, Brooklyn Poet Laureate: 'Walking through these poems is like having a mythical landscape lit with as much brilliance as there is deep shadow. Filled with sensual beauty and fierce urgency, these poems usher the reader through "the doors, the stairs,/ the streets, the endless city".'
And click here for a link to Nurkse talking about the book, and five poems from it, on the Gwarlingo site.
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Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA says it has grounded one of its new Boeing Co 787 Dreamliners to allow technicians from the US company to "make it more reliable." Norwegian spokesman Lasse Sandaker-Nielsen said on Saturday that the plane "has not been reliable enough and passengers have been subjected to too many delays." He declined to detail any of the technical glitches encountered. In the meantime, the Scandinavian low-cost carrier will lease an Airbus SAS A340 to fly on its two new long-haul routes between Stockholm, New York and Bangkok. Norwegian Air Shuttle has ordered eight Dreamliners, but only received two so far.
Mazda issues US recall
Mazda Motor Corp is recalling 161,400 midsize cars in the US because the doors can open while they are being driven. The recall affects Mazda six car models from 2009 through this year. The company says the door latch mounting screws can loosen, which can stop the doors from latching. If the latches come loose, a door ajar light will warn drivers. Mazda traced the problem to improper tightening at the factory or uneven door surfaces. The company will notify owners and dealers will put on a thread-locking adhesive and tighten the screws. The recall will start sometime next month. Mazda says the problem has not caused any crashes or injuries.
Key Yemeni pipeline fixed
Yemen's main oil export pipeline has started working again after damage caused by a bomb attack earlier this month was repaired, security and oil sources said on Saturday. Tribesmen attacked the pipeline in central Maarib Province on Sept. 14 — their fourth assault on it in a month — halting flows to the Ras Isa terminal on the Red Sea. Groups often damage or destroy pipelines to press Sana'a to provide jobs, settle land disputes or free relatives from prison. The impoverished country, which relies on crude exports to finance up to 70 percent of budget spending, is struggling to reassert state control against one of the most active franchises of the al-Qaeda network.
German inflation beats Spain
Inflation in Germany, the guardian of price stability in the eurozone, is outstripping that of Spain by the widest margin since the creation of the EU's single currency. Spanish consumer prices rose 0.5 percent this month from a year ago, compared with a 1.6 percent increase in the bloc's largest economy, according to a EU-harmonized price gauge. The 1.1 percentage-point difference exceeded the 1 point spread that opened between the indices in June 2009, during the first wave of the global financial crisis, according to Germany's Federal Statistics Institute's press release on Friday.
CME delays market launch
CME Group Inc, the world's largest futures exchange, delayed the introduction of its planned London-based market for the second time because of a "technical issue around the delivery of physical currencies." The company said it is working with UK regulators to gain recognition for the exchange, known as CME Europe, and gave no new start date for the venue, according to a notice to customers obtained by Bloomberg News on Friday. CME said in June that the venue would begin operations on Sept. 9. Earlier this month, it pushed back the date to yesterday.


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Some of the most popular home items that you can hear about these days are sectional sofas. These sofas have become a hit over the past few years because of the spatial revolution that took place in the interior design industry. In these modern times, one of the most common obstacles that interior designers need to tackle is space; they needed to address this issue and come up with solutions that fit the needs and wants of every contemporary home. A sectional sofa is one of the innovations that found immense support.
The Sectional Sofa - A Fantastic Design Idea
The genius of the sectional sofa lies in its ability to utilize space as effectively as no other type of sofa can. As its name suggests, this particular sofa is cut in different sections so that said sections can be moved and placed in different areas in the room, specifically the living room. For instance, the entire sofa can be designed into an L-shape seating lounge; later, when you've grown tired of this arrangement, you can change the entire look of your living room by separating the pieces of the sofa and placing them far apart from each other, achieving a new arrangement and breathing new life into your old space.
Style, Design & Materials
What's even better is that sectional sofas these days are made of different materials, and you can find them in different shapes, sizes, and colors. With so many options at the palm of your hand, you won't have any difficulty finding the sectional sofa that could match the rest of your furniture or would cater to your personal taste. You can find a style of design that would suit the overall look and feel of your living room, giving the space a sense of harmony that is always a welcome quality in any home. A sectional sofa can also have two, three, four, five, or even more seats. This expands your choices even further, giving you freedom to choose a sectional sofa according to the size of your living room. If you have a big space, you can choose a sofa that has three or more seats; on the other hand, if you have to settle with a small space, then you can opt for sofas that come with three seats or less. You can have the width and length customized, if you wish, or even the color and the material. These days, most manufacturers provide custom-making service for sectional sofas.


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Scott Schumann, otherwise known as The Sartorialist, is known for capturing global street style like no other photographer-blogger, and his latest images from Paris fall 2012 fashion week are no exception. Paris is the last of the four major fashion weeks during the fall/winter shows and always seems to provide the most inspiring street style looks.
While Schumann, who is dating French fashion blogger and photographer Garance Dore, produces his 'On the Street' series year round on The Sartorialist, Paris fashion week is arguably the most exciting. Although street style tends to focus on individuality and execution, trends do tend to emerge. In this series, denim on denim, vertical stripes, rainbow-colored pieces, animal prints and platforms are amongst the common looks that appeared on the stylish streets of Paris. The Sartorialist also posts look from New York, London and Milan fashion weeks.
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Existential-Humanistic Psychology and Mindfulness
Existential-Humanistic psychology has played an important role in the treatment of psychopathologies by looking at individuals as a whole person and living in a socially interconnected and holistic world. In order to appreciate how this came about it is important to get an overview of the development of humanistic psychology from a historical, social, and geopolitical perspective. On December 11, 1940 Carl Rogers, at the age of 38, spoke to the Psi Chi chapter of the University of Minnesota - his speech was titled "Newer Concepts in Psychotherapy". This was the origin of humanistic psychotherapies (Cain, 2002). Cain also wrote that this speech received a lot of excitement and also criticism. Carl Rogers would later identify the date of the Minnesota speech as the birth of client-centered therapy. This talk led Carl Rogers to write a book, Counseling and Psychotherapy, which eventually become a landmark in the history and development of humanistic psychology (Rogers & Russell, 2002). These new concepts of humanistic psychology emerged as an alternative to the present day behavioral therapies and psychodynamic processes. The humanists believed that the behaviorists and the psychodynamic therapies did not integrate the goals and aspirations of the clients being treated. This movement was called the "third force" following psychoanalysis as the first force and behaviorism as the second force. Three major strands of humanistic therapy evolved during this process: client-centered therapy (CCT), Gestalt therapy, and existential therapy (Elliott, 2002). Carl Rogers (1902-1987) developed CCT, currently called person-centered therapy (PCT) while Abraham Maslow (1908-1970) developed the human motivational theories that led to self-actualization. Friedrich Perls (1893-1970) and Paul Goodman (1911-1972) were responsible for the development of Gestalt therapy (Strumpfel & Goldman, 2002), while Rollo May (1909-1994) popularized and advanced the existential movement in the United States (Bugental, 1996). All of these therapies focused on helping the individual self-discover the healing process, leading eventually to improved self-esteem. High self-esteem has many positive social benefits: individual happiness (Shackelford, 2001), academic achievement (Schmidt & Padilla, 2003), and supportive social behavior (Schimel, Arndt, Banko, & Cook, 2004).
Core Beliefs of Existential-Humanistic Psychology
Several authors have identified common and unique characteristics of humanistic psychology (Shaffer, 1978; Greenberg & Rice, 1997; Cain, 2002). The five core beliefs that emerge from these authors are: a phenomenological approach; a tendency for a person to attain self-actualization; a holistic perspective and integrated view of a person; that each person has the ability to determine for them what is good and bad; and for the therapist to respect the subjective experience of a person unconditionally. These five major characteristics of humanistic psychology are interrelated and interdependent (Shaffer, 1978).
Phenomenology is the most important core belief of existential-humanistic psychology and psychotherapy. The founders of phenomenology were from Germany: Edmund Husserl (1859-1938) and Martin Heidegger (1889-1976). Using this concept, humanism focuses on the unique conscious experience of each human being. So in order to understand the person one needs to understand their perception of reality (Kendler, 2005). It is very important to understand a person's subjective or conscious experience without any judgment, bias, expectation, or comparison. It is only then that a humanistic therapist can assist a person in dealing with his or her own issues.
According to Abraham Maslow self-actualization implies that a person is experiencing reality with all of their faculties and feeling a sense of connection with the rest of humanity and their (Maslow, 1971). The question is: Who or what is the entity that is going through this experience? It is the self. The construct of self, also called self-concept, plays a very important role for all humanistic psychotherapists. The self is constantly evolving and changing from childhood and eventually it incorporates the self-image into one whole self. Humanists believe that a person has the capacity to change their behavior and have the internal mechanism to heal and grow as individuals. Each person is viewed as an indivisible whole - a gestalt. Humanistic psychology is monistic in its approach and does not believe in the dualism of the body and mind. The person is interconnected and integrated.
Each individual has the capacity to choose and to determine a course of action. There are a number of steps that can reinforce the confidence factor in one's making choices and improving their self-esteem. According to Carl Roger (1965) the client first starts to believe in their abilities to induce a change. Then they develop the confidence in making decisions that will change their behavior and at the same time create the foundation of living a socially dependent life. Choices and will play an important part for a person to function. All humanistic therapies view each person's reality as unique. It cannot be categorized nor can it be compared to someone else's. The therapist must show genuine concern and respect towards the client's subjective experience.


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Ultra-strong optical nonlinearities [PDF]Alessandro Ridolfo, Elena del Valle, Michael J. Hartmann
We study the full field and frequency filtered output photon statistics of a resonator in thermal equilibrium with a bath and containing an arbitrarily large quartic nonlinearity. According to the general theory of photodetection, we derive general input-output relations valid for the ultra-anharmonic regime, where the nonlinearity becomes comparable to the energy of the resonator, and show how the emission properties are modified as compared to generally assumed simple anharmonic regime. We analyse the impact of the nonlinearity on the full statistics of the emission and its spectral properties. In particular we derive a semi-analytical expression for the frequency resolved two-photon correlations or two-photon spectrum of the system in terms of the master equation coefficients and density matrix. This provides a very clear insight into the level structure and emission possibilities of the system.View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1307.5181


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For week 2 of the December Lasting Memories challenges, we celebrated National Ding-a-ling Day (December 12) by scrapbooking about funny people or comedic things. Well, it doesn't get much funnier than the Three Stooges, so I created a layout memorializing the day our church threw a Three Stooges party for our three pastors as a thank you for another year of hard work and love!
Jackson Level 2 papers
Glacier, Cocoa & Colonial White cardstock
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Glacier, Barn Red & Cocoa ink
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Milepost Shapes (arrow, star, bracket)
Adornaments Fibers (EK Success)
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: scalloped border
Cricut Artistry cartridge: title
Pattern: Savvy Scallops from StudioJ.com
Challenges: Heart 2 Heart Rewind challenge (I chose to re-visit the Give Thanks challenge, since this layout was all about thanking some special people)


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A comet, a planetary nebula and a galaxy walk into a bar…
Here's a shot of Comet 41P/Tuttle–Giacobini–Kresák passing near planetary nebula M97 and galaxy M108 in Ursa Major on March 22.
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This is a composite of 52 x 120-second exposures.
The images were first aligned and stacked on the star background with a Kappa-Sigma average to remove the comet. Then they were stacked again with the same Kappa-Sigma average, but this time they were aligned on the comet to remove the stars. The results of both stacks were then composited together in Photoshop.


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When fellow IT Business Edge blogger Rob Enderle tweeted this story Friday, he prefaced it with "From news of the weird." And it is certainly weird. Here's the situation.
Neowin.net's Benjamin Rubenstein cites Ars Technica for the news that Mozilla community development director Asa Dotzler is calling for the Firefox faithful to drop Google as their default search engine in favor of Microsoft's Bing. Yes, you read that right: Firefox, the browser that has had a Google search box in the center of its start page for at least as long as I have used it.
In response to comments Google CEO Eric Schmidt made about online privacy in a recent CNBC interview, Dotzler told those who read his personal blog on Thursday (link in the original):
Here's how you can easily switch Firefox's search from Google to Bing. (Yes, Bing does have a better privacy policy than Google.)
And in the next post:
I think that the thing that bothers me most about Google CEO Eric Schmidt's comment is that it makes clear that he simply doesn't understand privacy.
The fact that the CEO of a company that stores so much user information doesn't understand privacy is scary, Dotzler notes. The comment that unnerved Dotzler was, in part:
If you have something that you don't want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn't be doing it in the first place.
Stay tuned to see how/if Mozilla's alliance with Google survives this spat.
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Blackhawks goalie Crawford out up to three weeksby Brian Hedger
BLUES (16-6-2) at BLACKHAWKS (15-8-1)
CHICAGO -- The Chicago Blackhawks have another injury hurdle to clear with the announcement Wednesday that starting goaltender Corey Crawford will be sidelined for up to three weeks with an undisclosed lower-body injury.
Crawford, who didn't practice Tuesday, met with reporters after the Blackhawks' morning skate at United Center while wearing a walking boot on his left leg. He said the injury occurred as he was leaving a concert, but declined to reveal much more.
"I was at a concert the other day and was on the way out, and I missed a step," he said. "I didn't think it was that bad. I got up the next day and it was worse than I thought, so I'm pretty embarrassed about it and frustrated."
Chicago has played the past month without veteran forward Patrick Sharp (lower-body injury), and rookie defenseman Trevor van Riemsdyk is out 3-4 months following surgery to repair a fractured patella. Sharp has skated with the team the past two days and is close to returning.
Crawford, who missed six games earlier this season with an upper-body injury, is 12-5-1 with a 1.87 goals-against average and .929 save percentage. He's eighth in voting in the 2015 NHL All-Star Fan Vote presented by SiriusXM for the 2015 Honda NHL All-Star Game.
"Things were going really well," Crawford said. "Right now I'm just thinking about trying to get back as quickly as possible and make sure I'm right back where I was when I left off.
Starting in Crawford's place Wednesday against the St. Louis Blues (8 p.m. ET, NBCSN) will be Antti Raanta, who hasn't played an NHL game since Oct. 25, when he faced the Blues in a 3-2 loss at Scottrade Center. That outing was in relief of Crawford during his previous injury stint. Raanta's only game since then was with the Rockford IceHogs of the American Hockey League, a tune-up to help with his timing after a long time between games.
Raanta was scheduled to start Nov. 22 at the Edmonton Oilers, during the Blackhawks' six-game "Circus Trip," but missed it with an illness. Crawford started the remaining four games.
"I haven't been thinking [about] that too much," Raanta said. "I got one game in Rockford. I felt good there, so I don't know why I shouldn't feel good when I go out there tonight. I'm having a good feeling. Practice went well, so I'm looking forward."
The Blackhawks recalled Scott Darling from Rockford on Tuesday as a second goaltender. Darling, who is from nearby Lemont, Ill., made his NHL debut at the end of October, and went 2-1-0 with a 1.98 GAA and .933 save percentage in three straight starts.
"It's still really exciting for me to be here," Darling said. "It's a little less nerve-wracking than the first time I was here, but still I'm excited and happy to be here."
The Blues kept injured defenseman Jay Bouwmeester (lower body) off the ice for their optional skate and said afterward he will miss a fifth straight game. St. Louis will start rookie goalie Jake Allen, but veteran Martin Brodeur drew the biggest media huddle after the skate. Blues coach Ken Hitchcock said Brodeur, who signed a one-year contract Tuesday, could start Thursday at the Nashville Predators or Saturday at the New York Islanders.
As for Crawford, the fact his injury could have been worse is no consolation.
"It's a tough bounce for me," he said. "I feel pretty bad about it and I just want to be out there playing hockey. We've got some tough games coming up against some division rivals, some games that I want to be on the ice for. It's pretty tough to swallow right now and I'm just going to work hard to get better."
Here are the projected lineups:
Alexander Steen - Jori Lehtera - Vladimir Tarasenko
Jaden Schwartz - Paul Stastny - T.J. Oshie
Steve Ott - Patrik Berglund - David Backes
Chris Porter - Maxim Lapierre - Ryan Reaves
Barret Jackman - Alex Pietrangelo
Carl Gunnarsson - Kevin Shattenkirk
Scratched: Magnus Paajarvi, Joakim Lindstrom
Injured: Jay Bouwmeester (lower body), Brian Elliott (knee)
Brandon Saad - Jonathan Toews - Marian Hossa
Kris Versteeg - Brad Richards - Patrick Kane
Bryan Bickell - Andrew Shaw - Daniel Carcillo
Joakim Nordstrom - Marcus Kruger - Ben Smith
Johnny Oduya - Niklas Hjalmarsson
Michal Rozsival - David Rundblad
Scratched: Adam Clendening, Jeremy Morin
Injured: Patrick Sharp (lower body), Corey Crawford (lower body), Trevor van Riemsdyk (knee)
Status report: Clendening hasn't played since Nov. 26, after posting minus-1 ratings in back-to-back games during the road trip. … Seabrook participated in the skate after missing practice Tuesday because of an illness. … Bouwmeester, who left St. Louis' practice early Tuesday, rode a stationary bike during the morning skate.
Who's hot: Kane has five goals, seven assists and a plus-10 rating in the past seven games, since being paired with left wing Kris Versteeg and center Brad Richards. … Pietrangelo has one goal and five assists in the Blues' past five games.


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NRT Named No.1 in REAL Trends 500
NRT LLC, the parent company of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, Coldwell Banker Real Estate Services and Coldwell Banker Preferred, has ranked as the No. 1 residential real estate brokerage in the country in both closed sales volume and closed transaction sides by REAL Trends in its 2016 REAL Trends 500, an independently verified compilation of the nation's leading residential real estate companies.
This is the 19th year that NRT has earned this distinguished placement. NRT closed more than 342,000 transaction sides in 2015 and had more than $166.6 billion in closed sales volume, more than the next five competitors combined.
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