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Inspirational aquariums: Sanjeev Kumar's 'other' beauty
We've featured Sanjeev's colossal and mouthwatering rainbowfish aquarium before - and we were so over-awed by that set-up that we almost let this other tank of his fall off our radar, says Nathan Hill.
However, revisiting our archives we reconnected with it and are convinced it's worth a second, third and, yes, even fourth look!
The tank itself is a custom made acrylic by Neptunes measuring 115 x 82 x 75cm/45 x 32 x 30" high, and costing some £1,200.
Heating and filtration are combined in an Eheim 2180, which Sanjeev bought off eBay for £200.
Lighting is facilitated by a Pacific Sun Mettis, specifed for freshwater usage. It's a 200w model, but Sanjeev has control of the output and it runs at about 80% capacity for seven hours daily.
At the time this unit cost £900.
To recreate the substrate you'd want to invest in a good 20 litres or more of TMC's Nutrisoil underneath. That'll cost you about £90 and maybe £25 for a layer of sand over the top.
A trip to a garden centre will enable you to select a good handful of choice, large cobbles to make up most hardscape and some bigger pieces of bogwood will add the centrepiece. Budget about £50 to £80 for hardscape, or up to £150 to recreate with the kinds of wood Sanjeev has picked up here.
He has opted for a variety of rainbowfish, such as the lovely Melanotaenia pygmae (pictured above) and Chilatherina alleni (pictured below) but you could consider a bulk buy of two or three of your favourite species. M. boesemani can be picked up for £6 or £7 a head, and the charming M. praecox can be snapped up for around £5 each.
Get a fire extinguisher with a TMC valve to sort your CO2 and that will cost you around £89.99, plus maybe £15-£25 for an extinguisher. Then you can grow most plants on yourself from a few pots, bunches, or even a couple of mother plants if you haven't the patience to wait and replant.
Hydrocotyle sp. Japan will fill in gaps, with Echinodorus tenellus on the base. Hygrophila pinnitafida can be strategically placed and the only plant to buy big is the slow growing Microsorum Java ferns to cling to the wood. Get two or three mother plants for the best value.
Price: It's not the cheapest, but a tank like this could set you back around £2,800.
Check out Sanjeev Kumar's larger rainbowfish aquarium.
Take a look at some of our other inspirational aquariums:
Why not take out a subscription to Practical Fishkeeping magazine? See our latest subscription offer.
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Most people are choosing to have concrete driveways as it can be sometimes a little easier to work with and yet it seems as though many aren't sure what to look for today. It's hard to know which option is going to be best for your driveway as you have many available. However, you have quite a few options to consider such as asphalt and concrete but which is better? Read on to find out the pros and cons of both asphalt and concrete for your driveway. You might find a few surprising facts.
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Asphalt is generally a lot cheaper as it can start as cheap as only two dollars per SQ FT which is really great whereas concrete is around three dollars. However, costs can vary to say the least depending on how large your driveway is and who you go to. Concrete can require far less maintenance which is great but any repairs can be a little tougher to repair at any one time. Asphalt on the other hand often requires more maintenance but is far easier to make repairs. Driveways can look very nice with both however.
What Happens When You Repair Cracks?
In most cases, concrete driveways look nice but when cracks appear it can be difficult to fix and make the cracks less noticeable. When you have cracks in the concrete you can find the patching up is harder to deal with …

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Who am I? And Why should you care? Well, to sum myself up in one sentence, I'll follow the example of a writing mentor of mine (Randy Ingermanson) and make it sound like a promo for a fiction book:
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He sat in the grass for a while longer, staring through eyes like wet church glass and just inhaled steadily while his heart beat; a broken and worthless instrument.
Joe sat up on his knees, smiled and mouthed his undying love for his long suffering bride, and stood with a moment of vertigo. It was time to go home. Time to go back to the house that was now an empty, cavernous shell, just like his own life, now. Angel was gone, and Joe had one thing left to do.
In 1997, Joe Porter met Silvia Angel at a bar. Often meetings based around mutual love for alcohol and pool rarely got beyond one night stands, but somehow, some way, the two had clicked. Time soared for the next two years and before they knew it the couple were shopping at Bed, Bath and Beyond for wedding gifts. The wedding itself was a stunning, unforgettable affair with a royal air and everything lovers of the Medieval enjoy: costumes, period-specific food, horses, swans, crowns... regal to say the least. The nuptials and reception party lasted well into the following day until everyone finally succumbed to weariness and went their separate ways. Joe and 'Angel' (she hated Silvia and took to being called to her now former surname) went home and spent the evening opening gifts and consummating their new relationship.
The gifts were all unwrapped, save one. It was neither the biggest nor the most unusual, but, at the same time, it seemed to be the one they collectively avoided without really realizing it until the very end. It was round, roughly the size of a tea saucer, and tightly wrapped in nondescript, white paper. Yet, even with all the commonality about it, it resonated with something neither could quite explain. And they didn't. No one spoke, but Joe held it up, rolled it over in his hands with a quizzical expression, and shrugged as he began to separate the tape from its moorings. Angle stayed his hand with a look of fearful dismay and quickly shook her head. Joe smiled, and gave her a solemn cock-eyed glance and removed the remainder of the paper. In his hands lay the most unusual piece of (what, artwork?) that he'd ever seen. Angel then seemed to physically pull away from the disc-shaped object as an invisible cloak of fear enveloped her.
It wasn't precisely ugly, but it surely wasn't something either would consider beautiful or even very cool, but it was a gift from -well, this was the odd part: neither could find an attached tag or card announcing from whom it came. Despite that fact, they still decided to display it lest the giver come over at some point and ask about it with undesirable results. It was given a small stand like a picture and set over the fireplace on the mantle. They stared at it longingly yet fought to tear themselves away. It's etched runes that ran the circumference of the disc seemed to thrum and pulsate with a deep, horrible red; a red that nothing of this Earth should rightly be hued. It was a dull, unpolished pewter elsewhere and had an almost unkempt, filthy quality about it that, for all intents and purposes, made the casual viewer feel ill and dizzy and not right at all. Yet, they were prodded -somehow- to keep it. And so they did.
As with many lucky couples, Joe and Angel fell even deeper in love. They spent as much time together as they conceivably could. They were able to find jobs with matching schedules, 9-5, and never let an evening conclude without love making and sharing of one another. They stole long, passionate kisses in public places as they coyly darted their glances at those not nearly in as deep of love as they. They began to skirt danger by having sex in locations where it was even a little more than just taboo: airliners, restaurant washrooms, friends bathrooms and bedrooms, public parks, and darkened bars in corners where no one could see them. They were rebellious, but neither cared and they began thriving off the thrill of the spot. Joe seemed to be the most adept at securing a location that seemed just out of the views of prying eyes. But even so, they still enjoyed the simple fact that they could, at any time, be caught. And so it continued, as often as it could, the sex where shadows only dwell. And little by little, things began to change.
Angel began getting sick a fair bit more often than, say, a normal person of her typical health. She felt weak, drained, older... she took to far longer stays in bed when she wasn't at work. A chore in and of itself. Angel made several trips to her OBGYN and was told that there was nothing discernibly wrong with her. The only thing she was told was to change her diet and pick up her exercise routine. But nothing helped and her failing health and rising ills turned her into but a shell of her formal self. Her and Joe's sex life began to slowly fade. It was too uncomfortable. Even their kisses seemed lifeless and drab. Especially those offered by Joe in the candle light of the family room. Especially those felt by the disc above the fireplace. The disc that pulsated with the rapidly declining heartbeat of Angel.
Yet, there was another change going on, and it was within Joe. Just as Angel was aging and slowly succumbing to the ravages of her failing health, Joe seemed to be something of a 'Super Hero'. He had begun a standard, low-impact workout routine to be there with Angel as she attempted to fix herself. But as her results only sided with the worse, Joe began to bulk up, add muscle mass, and generally become a guy he'd never in a million years suspect he'd become. His health was just as impressive: lower cholesterol, little to no fat, and the cleanest bill hes ever seen. He was stronger, faster, and felt years younger. But it was all useless and just as meaningless as he could do little more than watch as his beloved soul mate, Angel, became a ghastly husk. Joe still loved kissing his wonderful wife, and often, as he did in front of a crackling fire made to keep Angel warm -even in the summer- he swore he saw, from the corner of his eye, the strange disc vibrate and glow with that sickly, bloody red.
It became all too obvious to Joe and Angel as he held her in his arms and gently, softly pecked her lips. Joe knew, now where this evil had originated. Joe knew, now that the gift, the amulet, in their family room was responsible. But Joe was defiant if he was anything else, and Joe had no intention of letting the amulet win without a sucker punch.
Angel was thin -better to say she was emaciated. Her illness had leached every useful bit of muscle from her weakening body. Her skin had gone ghostly pale and as thin and fragile as rice paper. Even at its surface, the blood that still, barely, scarcely, pumped through her dying veins could be seen in hues of purplish blue. Her lips sloughed away from her rotting gums that still held onto the last of her diseased teeth. Her arms and legs hung limply from her atrophied form as they spilled like limp jelly from her nicest dress; a dress Joe had long since given up on seeing her in again regardless of just how much he loved her in it... so very long ago. And now Joe intended to make love to his wife one final time. He could feel her slight heart giving up, giving in to him. For it was Joe; Joe and his kisses, his love, his sex, that stole from her. Joe robbed Angel of her very life.
And the Amulet was the catalyst. The evil. The pure, horrible evil that dwelt within the amulet made Joe its slave. Each and every time Joe professed his love for his bride physically, and even mentally, he would unwittingly steal from that which kept her alive. He would steal from an Angel's soul.
Joe and Angel -against their most basic emotions- fought the devil that dwelt inside the amulet and they made love. They bonded together for the very last time. As Joe came, and as he felt Angel give all that was left of her once beautiful form, the repugnant disc flashed a ghastly red, and then shone nothing but the deepest gray. Angle died in her husband's arms just as it was meant to be... though it was far, far too soon.


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If you teach math or science and are interested in application problems or project-based learning, read on. If you teach other subjects but are interested in what engineering can offer your students, read on too. There are some great organizations and publications in the engineering world that might be of use to K-12 teachers, but sometimes the lack of an "engineering" course in high schools makes it harder to see the link than, say, between high school physics and university physics.
I'm always on the lookout for ways to bridge the gap between those worlds, as well as ways to strengthen understanding of how science and engineering are separate but complementary. In light of that, here's a bit of info about the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), for those who might like to check it out. You don't have to be an engineer to join, and most of their publications are written for a broad audience (reading level similar to Scientific American, not Nature).
K-12 Working Group and Annual Conference
The ASEE maintains a working group of K-12 educators and higher-ed faculty who develop resource materials and school programs. The group puts on a workshop at the annual conference every year (I haven't attended, but I hope to check it out). The benefit I've found here is mostly meeting the people, not using the lesson plans (I found them a bit simpler than I was looking for) but your mileage may vary.
Prism Magazine
The ASEE's monthly magazine, Prism, is a highly readable blend of technology news and educational practice. The current issue's topics include innovative course designs (Motorsports, Game Development, Engineering Disasters), snake-like robots, assistive technology for disabled athletes, and an article called "Scientist as Mad Artist: An engineering educator merges dissent and avant-garde design." My students and I regularly use this for project inspiration.
Journal of Engineering Education
This is the ASEE's peer-reviewed international research journal. I started writing this post today because an article in the latest edition caught my eye: "Problem-based Learning: Influence on Students' Learning in an Electrical Engineering Course." Their results included that "participants' learning gains from PBL were twice their gains from traditional lecture. Even though students learned more from PBL, students thought they learned more from traditional lecture. We discuss these findings and offer implications for faculty interested in implementing PBL." I was able to access the full text without logging in (let me know if the link doesn't work). Another interesting title in the table of contents is "Elementary School Students' Conceptions of Engineering." Lots of food for thought.
If you check these out, let me know whether they're useful. I'm interested in your thoughts about what would encourage collaboration between K-12 and higher ed in engineering and technology fields.
A really interesting series of comments is happening over on Shawn Cornally's blog Think Thank Thunk about teachers and students communicating through Facebook.
The central question seems to be:
Can my Facebook account model an appropriate way for my students to live in the online world?
At the same time, some of the themes that emerged seemed to imply (probably inadvertently) that
- either a community trusts its teachers completely or distrusts them completely
- either I friend students on Facebook or I can't be a good model of online living
- either I friend them on Facebook or I am a Luddite who shuns the entire online world (or, worse, I am hypocritically pretending to be one)
- either I have a rapport with my students, or I don't. There might be different levels of rapport, but there aren't any different kinds.
- they make better decisions when I'm around; this is a good reason to friend students on Facebook
- my online life and in-person life are inextricably linked; this is a good reason to friend students on Facebook
- Facebook is strictly for socializing
- nothing about Facebook is inherently social
- including social media in the curriculum is inherently detrimental
- including social media in the curriculum is not in any way detrimental
I hope this doesn't come across as inflammatory to any of the comment authors. I can relate to most of these sentiments, including the contradictory ones. And I realize that people post simple statements in short blog comments that can't be expected to tell the whole story. At the same time, I think it's worth digging into how we talk about social media in education, and whether our conclusions follow from our premises.
My point is that "online" isn't a single place that we can make generalizations about, and we need to develop a much more robust language to discuss it. Picking a path through the shifting ground of an emerging technology requires us to discern the subtle differences in the terrain. I think this is in the spirit of Shawn's opening paragraph where he writes that "searching for information has never been difficult for them but discernment is." Let's be honest: it's difficult for all of us.
This is going to get long, so I'm going to write first about some things that I think are red herrings.
Non-issue #1: The word "friend" is a smokescreen
Yes, but that's not the problem. Following someone's feed on Facebook doesn't have to be strictly social; it could be about business or philanthropy or whatever (see especially Facebook's effect on the 2008 American primaries, or the recent Egyptian revolution). Let's stop calling them "friends" and start calling them "contacts." It doesn't help us answer the central question.
Non-issue #2: Facebook ≠Online
Let's be careful about talking as though Facebook is the only online space that matters, or is representative of the entire online world. It confuses our debate.
Have you noticed that the strong feelings that come up around Facebook don't seem to come up when we're collaboratively editing a Wikipedia page, making a GoogleDoc, or even commenting on each others' blogs? Not only is Facebook only one of the online interaction possibilities, it's one that has a uniquely problematic model (Part 2 — coming soon). Focusing on the content of Facebook's status updates while ignoring its underlying structure is like solving a math problem without noticing that it's about a nine-pound orange. As with pseudocontext, this generalization can lead our thinking toward "bizarre unrealities" such as "Facebook is only about socializing" or "Facebook has nothing to do with socializing." My way of staying conscious of exactly which part of the online landscape I'm talking about is to spell Facebook and other tradenames with a capital letter — it reminds me that it is a registered mark owned by a corporation, not a generic label for an idea about society (that would be "social media"). Use mine if it helps or make up your own reminder.
Non-issue #3: The problem is not the perception of inappropriateness or the threat of lawsuits
As educators, we not only have to do right; we also have to be seen to do right. But that's no truer online than it is offline. This is a problem; but it is not the problem.
Non-issue #4: The problem is not just people's preconceptions about social media, or inexperience, or lack or imagination, or technophobia
There are people who are uninformed about or afraid of social media, and there are those who just can't imagine its usefulness in the classroom. Obviously, no technology matches everyone's teaching style. Also, it's easy to develop a knee-jerk reaction to nay-sayers, since explaining the difference between Facebook and Twitter for the 92nd time can feel as exasperating as explaining that the Red Hot Chili Peppers are not the same as Aerosmith. Not. At. All. Mom. 😉 These are not good reasons to assume there are no legitimate critiques.
Non-issue #5: Online communication is not inherently richer than offline
Online communication can be deep or shallow. So can offline. Even the process of integrating the online and offline parts of our lives is not inherently an enrichment. This reminds me of debates about interactive whiteboards. As with EIWBs, it's worth asking "does the pedagogy demand it?" And then being very careful with our answer.
Non-issue #6: Do I need to know about their breakups?
This is a perfectly legitimate question, but I don't think it helps us figure out the answer to the central question. Some questions I propose instead:
- Do my students need me to know about their breakups?
- Would my students benefit from a private space to discuss their breakups where they are not monitored by authority figures?
- Do my students even notice that their breakup updates are going to their teachers?
- How does this affect the kind of rapport we have, and how does that rapport affect their education?
Conclusion, Part 1
We owe it to ourselves and our students to critique communication technology. That critique must be respectful, informed, and nuanced. "Technology X is good/bad" or "they just don't realize its potential" or "just trust me" are not going to cut it. And we'd better learn to do it fast, because our students need to know how to critique it too.
Have you ever heard of the "smart grid"? Our power grids are overloaded already, and our power needs keep increasing. There are already rolling brownouts or massive failures happening in some places. "Smart grid" technologies are a new way for power companies to sell and manage power, and for users to buy power, by monitoring how much is needed at what times and changing the price of power depending on heavy use. For example, power is in high demand from 9-5, but much less in the middle of the night. If power was cheaper at night, would people be motivated to run their dishwashers and clothes driers then? What happens as more people buy electric cars: will the power grid be brought to its knees because everyone comes home at 5pm and plugs in their cars at the same time?
Smart grid meters and appliances are already being rolled out in Ontario and California. They have great promise to help us control our power needs. They do it by installing sensors in homes and businesses that monitor people's use, collecting all of that information via computer networks, and adjusting either the supply of power or the cost of it. The downside: smart-grid-enabled appliances are loaded with sensors that report to the power company. They know how many showers you take, they know how often you run your furnace, and whether you've used the drier this week. Will this lead to a more democratic sharing of resources, or a police-state of constant surveillance?
The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers has teamed up with a game design company called Foresight Engine to create a massively-multiplayer game to simulate the problem over the next few days. You should play. It's free, and fascinating. Read some background info or just try it. Game play starts today at 1pm Atlantic (noon Eastern), but you can sign up now if you want. You'll find me in there as ShiftingPhases. Good luck…


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The Copenhagen lads manage to give the ball to their back to attack the thirteen channel. Their tall, rangy fullback enters the line and runs straight into Cahal. For an outside back, Cahal loves to tackle. He drops his shoulder and cuts the poor Viking in half. I can just imagine his broad shoulder hitting the Viking's hard abs. I'd like to see him make that tackle with them both naked. Hmmm. You can hear the lads on the sidelines oohing, as the hit comes in.
That really was a big hit. It makes me smile. The poor fullback spills the ball, and it's a quick turn over ball for us. It's moved left into a gap, and the backs run it under the post. Simple. I think we only made two or three tackles, turned the ball over and scored.
The try is converted, and the Vikings look shell-shocked. They restart by sending it long and straight to my pod. The ball is quickly moved to the outside half, who leathers the ball downfield to Bjorn.
Ah sexy Bjorn, he has a sudden rush of bravery and decides to run it at us. That's leading by example. Now that's what I love, a hot Viking running at me. He really is something. Something I really have to fuck. Do I cut him down and potentially ruin my chances of a good shag, or do I show him who the daddy is?
Fuck it. I only know one way to tackle, and that is by giving it my all. Just as I line him up, he sidesteps me. The little bollix. Thankfully, Sean is there to save me from my embarrassment , and brings him down with a hard thump.
That is just about the closest I come to getting my hands on Bjorn. Fate is conspiring against me. Poor Bjorn hobbles off injured later in the first half.
"Don't worry, you can stick your tongue up his ass later. Just try and focus on the game." That cunt, Sean, never misses a thing. But he is right. I'll have him later, even if I have to tie him up and put a spreader bar on him.


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A New Body Bag for the Exquisite Corpse
I was too nice in my recent comment. To be honest, I was holding back because of their link to us, but here's the truth: the Exquisite Corpse is a journal run by a bunch of has-been insider dipshits. The old Exquiste Corpse had at least one cool feature: the "body bag" section where they listed and sometimes snarked their rejected poets. They would also collage lines from rejected poems into exquisite corpses of a sort, which was a pretty original thing to do with rejected work. The poems they actually published have sucked for as long as I've seen the journal. A lot of crap by people trying to sustain their pet movements--neo-beat poetry, neo-Black Mountain School. Partisan hackery. Drivel (now with cutesy introductions beneath the inks). And t' boot--they cut their one cool feature--the "body bag" is no more.
Then there's this: remember how I said that we were listed as the top site in their "hot links" section? And I teased them--and ourselves--a little in the process? I guess they couldn't take it, tame as it was. Now, if you go to their ever-so-cleverly-named "hot links" section, you see this at the top of the list:
"Sincere apologies to those of our unsuspecting readers who followed the recent Poetry Snark link from our website and were treated to a pile of talentless and offensive dribble. We'll screen link requests far more thoroughly from now on!"
Rock! Exquisite Corpse hates us! Does this come straight from the mouth of Andrei Codrescu, or is it from some lesser crony? I wonder what they found offensive. I wish they would have told us so we would know where we're succeeding. Regardless, I'm thrilled to be snarked by the Corpse, pathetic and uncreative as their snark may be. Let me call your attention to something else: Trochee sent out a few requests to random journals to link to our site, and Exquisite Corpse took him up on it apparently without even looking at our blog! You tell me, gentle readers--has the content of this site changed that significantly in the last two weeks, when they first listed us as a "hot site?" Yeah, better "screen more closely," EQ. No wonder you suck so bad--do you even read your submissions? Apparently, you just publish (or link to) ones with titles that catch your eye.
The same day the Corpse took down the link, the far more traffic'd Contemporary Poetry Review (http://www.cprw.com) listed us as their recommended site of the month. Whatever. We also had the most visitors ever by far that same day. I wonder how long we'll last on the Contemporary Poetry Review. And also, did they check out the blog before linking to us? Do you really love us CPR? Well, whether tis true love or not, just to satisfy my curiousity, will you post a comment to this thread and just say that yes, you checked out this site before posting the link?


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Mike says: Life has been rough but I'm planning on sticking to it for a few more decades. I still have cancer. It's moved to my liver. The chemo is working but it leaves me sick, in pain, nauseous, tired, and with a constant bad taste in my mouth. And I'm bald. But I have friends and family supporting me all the way and I'll be whipping this stupid disease in 2010. One more operation and a few more chemo treatments.
And the dogs? Oh they are just for 'cute." (To make up for Uncle Arthur's Doinke.)


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OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! *deep breaths* OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG !!!!
Yes, it actually happened....
*twirls around in a circle*
This has happened so fast, I can barely believe it. I came back from RWA Nationals at the beginning of the month with my list of the top five agents I wanted to query. I signed up for Query Tracker, sent out the letters, and settled in for the wait. I'd been down the road with my first novel and prepared myself for the long haul.
Well, I totally didn't need to spend that money for that QueryTracker premium membership (although, I highly recommend it--great program) because...
Two weeks later, I got an offer of representation from none other than ...
The fabulous Sara Megibow of the Nelson Literary Agency!!!!!
Needless to say, I accepted. She had great things to say about my book and has terrific input on how to make it even stronger. I'm so looking forward to working with her.
Now, my head is still spinning, so I apologize that this post is neither insightful nor coherent. I promise I will totally go in to details about how it all happened, how blogging played a part, which book I was querying, and what's going on now.
Right now, though, I'm too busy doing this....
**Today's Theme Song**
"Beautiful Day" - U2
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Therapeutic assessment, also known as collaborative assessment, is an innovative approach to psychological evaluation, which relies on collaboration between the assessor and client (and therapist, if applicable), as they work to help clients re-conceptualize their lives and move forward in their healing. Assessment is used as a brief psychotherapeutic intervention. Benefits to patients include accelerated symptom change, increased hopefulness about their problems, improved self-esteem, increased satisfaction with assessment, and better compliance with treatment.
In traditional assessment, psychological tests are used for diagnosis, treatment-planning, and treatment evaluation. The emphasis is on the collection of standardized data by an "expert", who compares this data to norms and conveys conclusions to the patient and/or to a treatment provider.
In therapeutic assessment, psychological testing is more than just the collection of useful data. The goal is to make the assessment a positive and useful experience for the client, and to help create positive therapeutic changes for the client and to enhance the impact of future psychotherapy.
Therapeutic assessment was developed by psychologists Stephen Finn, PhD, Constance Fischer, PhD, and others. "Through collaborative exploration, clients experience themselves as having options, as being agents." (Fischer and Finn, 2008) The client learns that he or she can change his or her life.
The core values of therapeutic assessment are:Collaboration (between assessor and client)
Openness and Curiosity
Therapeutic assessment can lead to positive psychological change for many clients
Research has demonstrated that after a therapeutic assessment, many clients experience less distress and have higher self-esteem. In addition, valid and useful test data are collected, which may be used for diagnosis, treatment planning, or documentation of change after treatment.
Documented benefits1 to clients, from research on therapeutic assessment include:
- Decreased symptoms in adults, children, adolescents, and couples
- Increased self-esteem
- Increased hope
- Better compliance with treatment recommendations after assessment
- Better treatment alliance with a subsequent psychotherapist
(1 For details, go to www.therapeuticassessment.net )
Steps in therapeutic assessment
In the Initial Session the assessor and client develop questions, i.e., what the client wants to learn from the assessment. Background information is collected. Therapists, if involved, also suggest questions. Questions are also solicited from parents of a child or adolescent.
Psychological testing (cognitive, achievement, and/or personality) is administered using standardized procedures.
In an Assessment Intervention Session, non-standardized tests, tests used in novel ways, or family exercises are used to help clients to discover answers to their questions.
A Summary/Discussion Session is a collaborative effort by the assessor, client, family, and referring therapist to jointly discover and refine answers to assessment questions.
Written Feedback Provided to Client. A letter is written to the client, addressing his/her questions. Children are typically provided results in the form of a fable, written specifically for them..
Follow-up Session, 4-8 weeks after the summary discussion, to consolidate gains.


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Welcome to our website
As the Principal, I am proud and honoured to welcome you to Blessed William Howard Catholic High School. Now part of The Painsley Catholic Academy, the largest multi-academy in the Archdiocese of Birmingham, our school faces an exciting future.
We welcome all students into a happy and thriving learning community, with a real commitment and strength in working in partnership. I take the trust that parents place in me to care, guide and educate every child at BWH very seriously.
As a Catholic High School, we offer a unique education which places Christ at the centre of everything we do and helps us to secure strong learning foundations throughout the school. Read more...
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Urban Lines: Fish Where You Are (Trailer) from TwoFisted Heart Productions on Vimeo.
Thanks to a reader for sending. Urban Lines: Fish Where You Are (Trailer):
TwoFisted Heart Productions partnered with Freestone Entertainment to create a film on the tidal Potomac River that counters common stigmas and stereotypes of fly fishing. Four fly fishermen in Washington, D.C. demonstrate that fly fishing is more than an individual pursuit of the catch, more than once-a-year or once-in-a-lifetime trips out West or to exotic locations abroad. In an unlikely setting of concrete vistas, population density and traffic nightmares, the Potomac River proves that adventure and epic fishing are available to everyone on a daily basis. D.C. fly fishermen have embraced that concept through an online community that provides a 21st century, Web 2.0 take on passionately protecting our water resources for the future and connecting with the people around us. It's about thinking globally and fishing locally. Otherwise, it's just another sport.
Check out the Fly Fishing Film Tour here. Coming to Arlington Cinema and Drafthouse in March (ticket info here.)


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The LuLac Edition #3293, September 06, 2016
This is fast becoming a race but to me if this keeps up, we might have a replay of the year 2000. I have said this on TV back in July after the conventions. But Clinton has at least 5 paths to 270. Trump on the other hand has monster majorities in red states. Now some are populated heavily, others are not. But picture this scenario:
Trump carries his red states by incredible majorities. Clinton makes it to 270 and beyond but not with big majorities. You might have Trump winning the popular vote and Clinton winning the electoral.
After Labor Day, elections tighten. While this year has been the most unconventional in all aspects, this isn't one of them. If it happens, you read it here first.
It was a fun night at the old ball park the other night when Friends of Matt Cartwright gathered for a baseball evening of fun and politics. Here are a few photos.


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Pastor Decides to See for Himself
Office worker Trysch Koester was calling churches to schedule meetings for our missionaries in Florida. She spoke to Pastor Rucker of Christ Community Church in Pompano Beach. Pastor Rucker had learned of Jews for Jesus in 1974. He had read the book, Jews for Jesus, outlining how our ministry began at the tail end of the Jesus Revolution." The pastor explained that he had always thought of our ministry in conjunction with the hippie movement. His impression of doing personal evangelism out on the streets seemed to fit that perception. He'd never thought to invite us to his church because he had always assumed that we would not fit in or have anything to offer his congregation, who were rather conservative people.
Yet this pastor did not dismiss Trysch's call. He decided to come down to our Fort Lauderdale office and check us out for himself. The experience was not at all what he'd expected. He was surprised by the office layout and how organized the workplace was. He found our literature winsome, gospel oriented and very catchy. He observed that the tone was direct but not pushy. He explained to our Chief of Station, Steve Cohen, that for years he'd had the impression that all we did was meet with street people. He knew that most of the early Jews for Jesus had come from a sixties counterculture, and he still pictured us in that mode.
God bless that pastor for taking the time to meet us and learn whether his perceptions were correct. He saw that we have indeed grown beyond our beginnings. He wanted to know when we could come to his church because he realized that we did have something to offer his congregation. You see, he lives in a community where there are many Jewish people, yet they have no Jewish believers worshiping with them. He asked Steve Cohen, "Will you come and help my congregation understand the need for reaching out to our Jewish neighbors?" He then offered to help us make contact with other churches in the area.
In November, Steve Cohen spoke at Christ Community Church. Pastor Rucker announced the meeting widely to his congregation and to the public. Steve was delighted that he also had the opportunity to address the adult Sunday school class; the questions they asked were sincere and probing. A few days later, one church member volunteered to help out at our Fort Lauderdale office a couple of evenings a week. The basis for a good friendship and mutually beneficial ministry now exists.
Pastor Rucker could have easily held on to his opinions without ever meeting us in person. It takes a godly person to do what he did. There are many good pastors who could bless and be blessed by Jews for Jesus. Some of them have not yet taken the time to see that we are indeed family and co-laborers with them in Christ. Won't you pray that more of them will take the time to see for themselves what the ministry of Jews for Jesus is about?


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Semmelweis was outraged by the indifference of the medical profession and began writing open and increasingly angry letters to prominent European obstetricians, at times denouncing them as irresponsible murderers. His contemporaries, including his wife, believed he was losing his mind, and in 1865 he was committed to an asylum. In an ironic twist of fate, he died there of septicaemia only 14 days later, possibly as the result of being severely beaten by guards.He effectively figured out germ theory and how to combat it. And was so angry at the medical community for not accepting his conclusions that he wrote enough irate letters attacking them that they locked him up, beat him, and he died of an infection. He basically was the guy who put medicine in the black. It was the case prior to him, that alternative medicine practitioners did better than traditional medicine because alternative medicine kept you away from traditional medicine which killed you. That you could bleed on a battlefield of a wound and stand a better chance of surviving than if you were taken to a clinic. Women would have children in the street rather than go to the clinic staffed with doctors and would beg to go to the midwife clinic. Prior to the 19th century, medicine was worse than voodoo because for as weird and nonsensical as voodoo is, they didn't kill you unlike medicine. Today we are very cognisant of this. The reason for the reliance on outpatient surgery is not high turn over and getting patients out as quick as possible for the sake of money, but because hospitals are not safe places to stay for long periods and the sooner they can boot you out the better your rates of avoiding post-op infections.
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Saturday, March 7, 2009
2 More Sleeps
Yes, that's right - just two more sleeps until the best and most anticipated event on the Australian craft calendar opens! The Melbourne Stitches and Craft Show. The fantastic team at Living Creatively have been doing an amazing job putting together a brilliant show for us. You can read all about what they have planned here.
We have been making up gorgeous kits for our Workshops.
We've even had the paparazzi come knocking at our door! If you double click on the photo you can read the article. We especially love the opening paragraph "Two hip young mums have set out to make sewing less daggy." With hip and young being the operative words!!!!! We really must have made an impression on the very youthful journalist!!!!
As well as our Stand (225), Audrey and Maude will be conducting two workshops during the Show and you can find the details here. Tickets and booking workshops can all be done online or at the Show.
Simple Reversible Tote Bag - a very simple and easy introduction to sewing. All materials supplied in the kit - $27.00. Sewing machines will be available for use thanks to Brother.
Classes - Wednesday and Thursday - 9.30 am - 11am Craft Lab 9
and Friday 3.30 - 5.00pm Craft Lab 9
Children's Applique Canvas (8+) - a delightful and easy project for children (boys and girls). Create your very own wall hanging in this fun and simple class. All materials supplied in the kit - $17.00
Classes - Saturday and Sunday 12.00 to 1.30pm in Craft Lab 3.
Come on in - we'd love to see you. Stand 225
Melbourne Showgrounds 11 - 15 March 2009. 9 - 5 daily.
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- Jodie said...
Great article. I was in the local paper this week.....you know it isn't going to be good when the first word of the title is "wacky".
2 more sleeps ...I kind of can't believe it !!! Can I get your autographs again this year?
- March 8, 2009 at 9:12 PM
- Beth said...
Congrats on the good publicity. Oh, how I wish I could hop on a plane and come to the show (and soak up some warm weather)!
- March 9, 2009 at 3:52 AM
- Troischats said...
Hi Audrey and Maude - I dropped in to see you today (Saturday) at the show and was so nice to meet you both! Consider this the un-lurking of me on your blog.
- March 13, 2009 at 8:53 PM
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Sunday, 9 January 2011
The Beauty Diet and Project 15 Pan Update
Also finished is my Hello Kitty shower get - that's lasted almost two months! I'm not sure whether to keep the bottle (which was completely impractical but looks cute) or to chuck it. It was a pressie from Mr TBBB and it is cute, but I am a woman in my 30s, so how much do I really need it in my life? I'm not a Hello Kitty devotee, so perhaps I should chuck it...hmmm.
Well ladies, you will be proud of me. I have undertaken not one, but two trips where shopping temptation was shoved in my face, but I was strong and resisted! On Friday I had to go to Cardiff city centre for work - no meetings or anything, I just needed some photos and to check the location of a couple of shops. I don't know Cardiff very well, but whilst I was wandering around, I spotted House of Fraser. I'm on a mission to get my hands on Across The Universe nail polish from Deborah Lippmann sold in their Apocatherie section, so without even thinking about it I popped in. However, like the Bristol and Bath HoF, they didn't have any Lippmann polishes, so I left empty handed. I did have to storm past the Tom Ford counter and slip out a side door because, although I've made loads of comments that I wouldn't shell out £36 for a Tom Ford lippy, in reality, I so would! Yesterday my friend asked me to go round the charity shops with her to pick up any bargains. I did spot a brand new tunic from Next that was very 'me' for £8. However, I resisted and I only forked out a fiver on my lunch.
I did have £18 worth of Boots points, which I thought would keep me going for ages in essentials. However I now have less than a tenner left after buying essentials I needed: earplugs, tampons, savlon, ibruprofen and lunch one day (bad girl). I don't think I need any more bits this week though.
I've been making a big effort to use up the makeup products I selected for Project 15 Pan. I can see that some will be easier to use up than others! I'm getting through my foundations and face powder, but eyeliner really does last forever, despite going for a kohl-heavy look everyday this week! I've also been sporting a fetching blue eyeshadow look daily, which is completely destroyed by lunchtime as the Elf Eyelid Primer I'm using up doesn't work at all with my eyes! Hopefully some of them will run out soon...
Thanks for reading! xx
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- Claire@Eyelining said...
You're doing well! I was very naughty and hauled today... but it's the first time I've done so since November (apart from 2 MAC pencils but shh..) No more buys for me this month! Recycle the bottle :p You'll only look at it in a month and say 'why did I keep this?' x
- 9 January 2011 at 18:34
good on you!!!
your doing so well! I tried this but i change my makeup/ beauty products so often that i hardly ever finish them. I should make way more effort with this x
- 9 January 2011 at 20:12
- Hannah said...
this is a really good idea, probably something I should be doing!
I have tagged you in my versatile blogger award post by the way, just so you know :) x
- 10 January 2011 at 14:57
- Vintage and Cake said...
I love this post, I think I will have to do this just use up everything I have as I have so much that just gets left on the shelf ! Than more a heap of stuff to replace it ?! because I have forgotten I have it. AWW I love the hello kitty maybe refill it ...? Or just chunk it if it's just taking up room. Sorry I am in clear out mode, just need to detox the house and my wardrobe haha. My eye liner run's out so quickly :/ so maybe I use to much haha
- 11 January 2011 at 02:19
I really admire you self-discipline!
I think I will try not to buy any make-up this year, only mascara and foundation. I hope I will succeed in resisting novelties...
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"We kind of stopped talking after he called me a man."
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Killer Grips
Heroic Hamsters
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| TDI: No Pain, No Game
TDA: Rock N' Rule
TDAS: The Final Wreckening
| TDI: 19th
TDA: 9th
TDAS: 1st/2nd
|Shin (Who Can You Trust? - The Princess Pride), Geoff (One sided-attraction on his side), Mal (One sided attraction on his side)
|Abigail, Katie, Zoey, Dawn, Brick, Izzy, Anne Maria, Shin, Cody, Leshawna, Robert, Harold, Jo, Sierra, Mike, DJ, Courtney, Mal, Jasmine, Shawn, Laurie, Gwen, Geoff
|Heather, Vanessa, Alejandro
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Bridgette, labeled The Surfer Girl was a camper on Total Drama Island Do Over as a member of the Rabid Ducks. She was a contestant in Total Drama Action Do Over as a member of the Killer Grips. She did not qualify for Total Drama World Tour Do Over. She is a camper in Total Drama All Stars Do Over as a member of the Heroic Hamsters.
BiographyBridgette grew up in a small west coast town and it shows. She was surfing before she could walk and when she walks, the other surfers can't help but to check her out. She may be as pretty as a daisy, but she's only coordinated on the waves. On land, she's kind of klutzy. She's been responsible for more than a few wipeouts on her surf team (and they were all on land!). Luckily she's also got a healing touch. Bridgette's strongest attributes are her sense of humor and her creativity. She's a pretty laid back, go-with-the-flow girl, who's best friend is her mom. They both love flowers, crystals, and everything else that is part of Mother Nature's beautiful bounty. Bridgette's mom is proud of her not only because she's a giving person, but she's also on the honor roll at school. Bridgette signed up for Total Drama Island because she always tries to open herself up to new opportunities. She's already kite surfed off the coast of Peru, helped build houses in a third world country, and spent a summer making rugs in a Monastery in Nepal. Bridgette's goal is to keep the vibe flowing a goodly way. That's why she volunteers at the local animal sanctuary. Everyone there loves her, and truly believes that not only does she understand animals, but that she can communicate with them. She's known as the "budgie whisperer." Bridgette hopes that her time on Total Drama Island will spread the message of body surfing and cosmic love to a larger audience.
Total Drama Island Do-Over
Bridgette was placed on the Rabid Ducks where Geoff immediately became attracted to her, and where she became immediately attracted to Shin. In Not Quite Famous, Geoff and Bridgette were assigned to lead the team after a mishap with Sierra. Bridgette spent her time healing Sierra with Shin's help and ditching Geoff. In The Sucky Outdoors, Sierra notices how much Geoff likes Bridgette, and wants to ship them together. Beth is asked to get the two to fall in love in Up The Creek. She convinces both Bridgette, and Geoff to send letters to their loved ones, being unaware of who Bridgette actually liked. Bridgette's letters were intercepted by Alejandro, who used them to make Geoff jealous and eliminate Shin, after they hooked up in Who Can You Trust?. Bridgette bonds with Geoff when he consoles her, later revealing it was he who got Shin eliminated. The friendship ends between the two. Bridgette bonds with Dj, Zoey, Cody, Charlotte, Gwen, and Trent during the merge. Bridgette vows to be stronger and not weak, not wanting to be seen as dependent. She openly allows Chef to cut off her ponytail during a challenge in No Pain, No Game. Her sacrifice causes others to see her as a threat, and they vote her off. She roots for Dj in the finale.
In the TDIDO special, Bridgette teams up with Shin and Geoff, unhappy with Geoff. They later get involved in the final crash and qualify for Total Drama Action Do Over.
Total Drama Action Do-Over
Bridgette is made the leader of the Killer Grips when she won with Gwen the challenge in Alien Resurr-eggtion. She later becomes angry with Gwen when she makes Shin co-captain on the Screaming Gaffers. Bridgette makes her team and befriends Dj again, Brick, Trent, Abigail, and Tyler. In 3:10 To Crazytown, Bridgette talks with Shin about if they'll make it to the merge together this time. Shin makes a promise, and later forms an alliance with Chef, in order to ensure that happens, which Bridgette doesn't know. Bridgette keeps her team in a winning streak until Owen, Abigail, and Noah's eliminations. She comforts Dj when he breaks up with Katie. Bridgette starts realizing that the stress of being team captain is getting to her, and lets Brick lead the challenge in Full Metal Drama. In Oceans 13...Now 14, Bridgette is thrown in a safe, where she gets hungry and tired. She's passed out when her team finds her, leaving co captain, Trent, to lead the team, who gets eliminated later on for doing poorly. At the merge, Bridgette hapilly reunites with Shin. They work side by side, until Bridgette asks Izzy to spy on Shin because she feels something is being hidden from her. Izzy is eliminated, but Brick finds out and rats on Shin. Bridgette is astounded that Shin would lie to her, and the two break up in The Princess Pride. Bridgette later thwarts Vanessa's alliance by getting Anne Maria to turn on her. Vanessa orchestrates Bridgette's elimination in Rock N' Rule as revenge. Bridgette votes for Dawn in the finale and gets back together with Shin.
In the TDADO special, Bridgette and Gwen now kick whaler's butts in their own TV show. Bridgette and Shin have broken up again, but this time, they don't say why. Bridgette does not qualify for Total Drama World Tour Do Over after she leaves the bus crash to find help.
Total Drama World Tour Do-Over
Bridgette did not participate in the game, but she did comment as a member of the peanut gallery in the Total Drama Aftermath show. She remains very unverbal and is a tentative listener. Bridgette and Shin revealed in that season that they stayed broken up because Shin was gay and had used Bridgette as a beard. Not wanting to attract attention, Bridgette stays quiet. She roots for Beth in the finale, but swaps to Courtney later on.
In the TDWTDO special, Bridgette chats with Gwen and helps patch up tension between her and Geoff. Bridgette is harshly scolded by Heather when Alejandro flirts with her. Bridgette ends up being enlisted into Total Drama All Stars Do Over.
Total Drama All Stars Do Over
Bridgette arrived on All Stars and was instantly met with teasing since she was Shin's mask. Shin met with Shin on multiple occasions to talk about their situation. In Heroes Vs. Villains - Part 1, Bridgette was made a member of the Heroic Hamsters. Bridgette's clumsiness caused havoc in Evil Dread when she accidentally knocked a concrete statue piece onto Mike's head, which unintentionally unleashed Mal from Mike's subconscious. Bridgette was guilt-ridden until Mike woke up in Saving Private Leechball. There, Bridgette began excessively apologizing, and even hesitantly took Mike's side after Zoey's mysterious claims of an assault by Mike. In Can I Get A Rescue To Go, Please?, she turns against Mike when he abandons her in the woods, her fear. Shin is eliminated, but not after she helps raise his spirits by acknowledging him as a hero after saving Courtney. In Moon Madness, Bridgette is affected by the blue moon and turned into a darker, sinister version of herself who takes an instant liking to Mal. After the switch, she's disturbed by Mike, and calls it an accident. Mal takes it seriously, and vows to make Bridgette his girl. Mal completely takes over in Suckers Punched and begins advancing on Bridgette in later episodes. Bridgette is informed by Cody and Sierra of Mal's true nature. After her friend's eliminations, Bridgette becomes desperate and turns to the villains once the merge hits. She befriends Harold and Jo who protect her from Mal in You Regatta Be Kidding Me. Every time Mal wins immunity, he brings Bridgette to the spa hotel, where she avoids him and barricades herself in her room. In The Obsta-Kill Kourse, Duncan hopes to side with Bridgette in order to help himself stay away from Mal. He unintentionally sacrifices his game to save Bridgette. Bridgette decides to sneak into the spa hotel's secret room during the challenge in The Bold And The Booty-ful to find Mike's therapist's contact. She intends to call him, but can only get reception from Mt. Looming Disaster, which is the location of the semi final challenge. Bridgette throws Mal off guard by pretending to give in to his advances, but ultimately ditches him to Jo's wrath in order to reach the top and call his therapist. There she learns that Mal is the main personality, and after confronting Mal head on, she talks him down while Jo officially eliminates him. In the finale, Bridgette faces Jo and receives her helpers, Heather, Alejandro and Zoey. Heather and Alejandro intend to sabotage her, but she evades them. At the end, nobody chooses to try and stop Bridgette, all liking her, even the villains. In her ending, Bridgette splits the money with everyone except Alejandro and Heather, the people who tried to stop her anyway. In Jo's ending, Bridgette congratulates her, and all ride away from the island, regardless of ending.
- Bridgette has, at some point in the series, outranked everyone from the first generation of canon contestants.
- Bridgette has, at some point in the series, outranked everyone from the second generation of canon contestants.
- Of the first generation of original characters, Bridgette has yet to outrank Charlotte. (Excluding Nathaniel since they never competed together)
- She has not competed against any other generation.
- Bridgette ties with five people for having made the merge most out of any other contestants. They've made the merge three times in six seasons.
- Bridgette has at some point been exiled to Boney Island during Total Drama All Stars Do Over.
|Rabid Ducks teammates
|Alejandro | Abigail | Beth | Bridgette | Duncan | Geoff | Harold | Heather | Jo | Katie | Noah | Owen | Shin | Sierra | Staci | Tyler | Vanessa
|Killer Grips teammates
|Abigail | Anne Maria | Brick | Bridgette | Dj | Harold | Izzy | Noah | Owen | Tyler | Vanessa
|Heroic Hamsters teammates
|Abigail | B | Brick | Bridgette | Cody | Courtney | Harold | Mike | Sierra | Zoey
|Eliminated from Total Drama Island Do Over
|No Pain, No Game
|Eliminated from Total Drama Action Do Over
|Rock N' Rule
|Winner of Total Drama All Stars Do Over
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Lana Del Rey 'Lift Your Eyes' Demo Lands Online
Lana Del Rey lovers and haters will be happy to know that a "new" demo has landed online. Fans will be pleased by the change of pace on this song, in relation to most of the songs of her debut album, while her detractors will pounce on it, since it's so heavily processed, further convincing them that LDR couldn't carry a tune with a thousand arms. The demo is previously unreleased, which is not to say that it's brand new. It's just now starting to circulate widely.
So what does 'Lift Your Eyes' sound like? It centers around that breathy, talking vocal style that LDR is known for, but there are some intense production values and she sings in a lifted, higher pitch. The song has a bit of a dancefloor vibe, too, like LDR is trying to do her indie version of Madonna. It's also more of the Kesha style of pop. Think bad girl gone badder. Essentially, Del Rey's voice is the sonic equivalent of a pout. Ya know, sexy and alluring. She's singing all sex kittenish and like a tease over a glassy beat.
It's the danciest we've heard Lana and there's not much in the way of that throwback style that she's mostly known for. This is more of the gangsta Nancy Sinatra that she is purported to be. The woman born Elizabeth Grant also adopts a hip-hop cadence to her voice.
It's different than much of the lovelorn, yearning and burning stuff that appears on 'Born to Die.'
What do you think of 'Lift Your Eyes,' PopCrush readers? We recommend listening a few times before you render a decision. It's really catchy and certainly left of center.
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The linked Parishes of Belhaven and Spott have a vacancy for the post of Minister.
The Parish Profile for Belhaven and Spott is available below and from the Belhaven Church website at www.belhavenparishchurch.org.uk.
Other relevant documents are available below and on the Belhaven Church website at www.belhavenparishchurch.org.uk.
Applications comprising:
- a letter detailing reasons for applying and an indication of main areas of interest;
- a CV, and;
- contact details of two referees
should be made to the Clerk.
Documents related to this vacancy comprise:
The Parish Profile for the joint charge of Belhaven and Spott
The local church review conducted with the Belhave and Spott Sessions in August 2016
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Nestled between the Columbia River to the south, and the mountains and basalt cliffs of the Gorge to the north, the City of Stevenson offers a welcome respite from the noise and congestion of large cities. Take a stroll and explore the riverfront and downtown Stevenson. Visit our unique shops, restaurants, pub and delicatessens. You'll discover a friendlier, laid back lifestyle reminiscent of earlier decades.
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Earlier this year I bought some seasons of Fringe on DVD. I'd never seen the show before, but I had read some good reviews. I wasn't disappointed as I started to watch season 1. If you're not familiar with the story, this is the summary from IMDb:
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I have just this morning finished watching season 3, and as usual it ends on a cliffhanger that makes me want to start the next season asap. This show has great, quirky characters, which lend humour to much of the show, but it also has high drama, and of course sci-fi / action goodness to keep one hooked.
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Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Gluten Free Pumpkin, Persimmon, Banana Bars
One of my daughters has decided to go gluten-free. It's not a medical necessity. Just a choice. In respect of her choice, I am trying to find recipes for her that she will enjoy (and because gluten free breads and desserts are so expensive at the stores)
Pinterest can be an amazing thing. Easy to categorize and share and search. Anyways....I saw a recipe for Gluten Free Pumpkin Bars and that's what inspired my version.
Btw, if you dont have a banana and a persimmon on hand....use all pumpkin as the original recipes uses. I did it the first time I made these bars and it is amazingly good.
These bars are moist and flavorful. If someone gave me one of these bars and didn't tell me, I'd have no idea that it's gluten free.
Gluten Free Pumpkin, Persimmon, Banana Bars
Printable Version
4 eggs, room temperature
1 1/2 cups sugar
3/4 cup vegetable oil (or a flavorless oil of your choice)
15 oz mashed very ripe banana, pureed persimmon and canned pumpkin combined (I found that 1 banana and 1 persimmon come to about 8 oz. I added pumpkin to make up the remaining amount)
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup oat flour (if you don't have oat flour, use rice flour)
1 tsp xanthan gum
1 cup potato starch (if you don't have potato starch, use corn starch)
2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp pumpkin spice
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
Preheat the oven to 350' F. Grease a 13x10 baking dish.
In a large mixing bowl, using an electric mixer on medium speed, combine the eggs, sugar, oil, pumpkin, banana, persimmon and vanilla extract. Beat until light and fluffy, about 2 or 3 minutes. Sift together the remaining ingredients. Reduce the mixer speed to low and add the dry ingredients to the wet mixture. Mix until smooth. Pour into your prepared dish and bake for about 40 minutes or until a toothpick stuck in the middle comes out clean.
Allow to cool before cutting.
If you're anything like my daughter, you'll eat them as is.
If you're anything like me, you'll grab some icing and smother it before eating it as midnight snack
Note: I've done a small amount of research on oat flour. Often times it is not labeled as gluten free due to the fact that some oat flours are processed in a plant that processes wheat flours and may contain trace amounts of wheat. If this is of concern, please use an alternative flour or confirm that the oat flour you are purchasing is indeed gluten free.
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Antiques Roadshow "El Paso, TX - Hour Three" Host Mark L. Walberg and appraiser Bruce Shackelford discuss styles and values of vintage spurs against the backdrop of Indian Cliff Ranch. At the convention center highlights include a 1775 Revolutionary War canteen; an 1834 last will of historic Alamo fighter Ben Milam; and a 1787 Debbe Poor sampler, the oldest sampler on record from Andover, Massachusetts, valued at $40,000. Part 3 of 3G
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Titanic with Len Goodman Once a welder for the company that built the ship, the "Dancing With the Stars" judge examines the impact of the sinking on the thousands of affected families. He reveals tales from among the handpicked men who helped build the ship and then died with her, and the ship's band. He uncovers the stories of 700 emigrants on board, and descendants of wealthy ancestors who survived the tragedy, only to pay for their lives with their reputations.G
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Saving The Titanic With an ensemble cast and based on eyewitness accounts, this historical drama seeks to tell what happened in the engine and boiler rooms after the collision through the story of nine men from the engineering crew. These men fight to hold back the sea and keep the ship's power systems running even as they learn that all is lost.G


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State Stormwater
State Stormwater Express Review Program
Here you will find the necessary information such as fees, guidance/review procedures, contact information, etc. to help you meet the basic requirements for a prompt and thorough express review.
What is State Stormwater? (Scroll down to "State Stormwater Programs")
Learn more information about the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Phase II requirements for stormwater.
Important Information
- Stormwater Permitting Interactive Map
- Forms and Documents (See "State Stormwater (Post-Construction) Forms and Documents")
- Stormwater Express Flowchart
- Request for Express Review Form
- Express Review Fee Schedule
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Coming 21st October 2017
Working in partnership with No Fuss Events this autumn we bring you the inaugural Loch Lomond & Cowal Way Chase, a 72km gravel road ride or ultra run at almost 50km. Enough to challenge the toughest and most seasoned of athletes, and a great distance for anyone just getting into the world of long distance running, with a 2 person relay option for anyone looking for a more relaxed day out.
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it turns out that socks, for me, are not that complicated to knit after all. or at least they are not as complicated as some people try to make them sound.
however, they are not, for me, a quick knit. rudi gave me some beautiful yarn for christmas, not last year but the year before--i started knitting my first toe-up sock. and then i had to rip it out because i wasn't happy with the toe--the increases were weird to my eye--it took three tries for me to get them to satisfy me. by the time i had knitted the foot and learned to make a short row heel, i wasn't in the mood to stop and fix the one side of the heel that had holes in it. and then ella helpfully took out all four needles and repositioned them at random in the sock leg--something i hadn't gotten around to yet--so i ripped the entire thing back to a ball of yarn and started again.
meanwhile, i was thinking on trying two at one time on two circular needles--to avoid the tedious row counting and gauge gauging and paying attention--but i wanted to knit them toe up and i couldn't find instructions on how to do this with 2 circs--so i got another set of double pointed needles and knit in units. i knit one toe, then the other--i knit 10 or so rounds on one foot, then the other. i still had to count rows but at least i got to use my pretty stitch markers that my dear friend esther had made for me. by this time, i had decided that i would make the top of the foot in K4 P4 ribbing, which turns out to be somewhat tedious. and when i got to the heel, i decided to just do what made sense to me--when i got to the turns, i didn't wrap, i didn't yarn over, i didn't do anything. i just picked up an extra stitch when i got to the gaps and i knit it together with the next one. not fancy, but it worked, no holes, and i was ready to get to the leg.
so i had all this pretty yarn and i wanted to use all of it--which was why i was knitting toe up--so i had the grand idea that these would be knee socks, but after 8 inches of K4 P4, on 64 stitches over 88 rows--after those 5632 stitches--i decided that knee socks were overrated, and hatched the even grander and betterer idea to use the rest of the yarn to make socks for ella.
total elapsed time: 14 months.
now--the problem with knitting socks for a three year old is that three year old feet have a habit of becoming a different size overnight, without warning and without permission. so i hatched the most grandest and bestest plan yet, i would knit tube socks toe up, using a round toe which i worked in reverse and a spiral rib, with the idea that the three year old wouldn't need help putting them on because there would be no heel to maneuver, and when the three year old feet turned into four year old feet--which potentially could have happened before the socks were done--i could just rip out the last couple of rows and knit them longer.
and since i wasn't going to be working a heel, and since knitpicks had finally started carrying very affordable circular needles in the size i needed, it seemed like a logical time to try out the highly-touted two socks on two circular needles. which, for me, turns out to be one of the singularly most fiddly processes i have ever encountered. between making sure i had picked up the correct needle, and making sure the yarn was coming up between the needles the right way and not making a yarn over, and keeping the two yarn balls separated and not wrapped around each other, the socks, or me, and between the mind-numbing tedium of knitting K4 P4 ribbing for 8 inches on 56 stitches over 88 rows--after those 5720 stitches--i have decided that i gave it my very best try and that 2socks/2circs is not for me.
all of which is to say that 19 months after starting the first sock, i now have one complete mommy/daughter set to be mightily proud of and to be bragged on and to be worn to bits.


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Women's No Homework Summer Bible Study
Women's Ministry
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Come enjoy great teaching and connect with other women during this relaxed summer series.
Each evening is a stand-alone session tailored for summer schedules. Whether you're brand new to reading the Bible or a seasoned believer, come be refreshed and encouraged with these fun topics.
July 25
What Makes You Happy DVD by Andy Stanley
Everybody is on a happiness quest. We'll explore three things all happy people have in common and how they can be a reality for you. What makes you happy? It's not what you'd expect!
Aug 1
What Makes You Hear From God DVD by Priscilla Shirer
Hearing the voice of God is what catapults humdrum ordinary religion into vibrant, dynamic living! Learn how to tune your spiritual ears to discern the voice of God.
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What Makes You, YOU! LIVE teaching by Rachel Johnston
Women are constantly bombarded with messages and images telling us who we are or what we should become. Come discover who God says you are, and how His definition brings security, value, and purpose that will transform your life!
Rachel Johnston is the Women's Pastor at Bayside, Granite Bay. She has a passion for reaching others for Christ and helping them reach their full potential in Him through healing, growth, and living out their purpose. She loves teaching God's Word using humor and personal stories in a way that is inviting, challenging, and brings life transformation.
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PIERCE – Pierce County still has no closure regarding the potential for wind development.
Pierce County Commissioners once again delayed approving a countywide wind energy proposal at their meeting on Monday. Commissioners said they are still gathering information regarding what would be best for the county, and said they want to speak with commissioners in other counties about how they've handled wind regulations.
Pierce County originally drafted their proposal in January, after numerous hearings. The potential for wind development in Pierce County has drawn strong reactions on both sides, although zoning administrator Heather McWhorter said Monday most of the people she's heard from of late are for wind energy.
If the Pierce County Commissioners green-light the proposed regulations at their February 26th meeting, they would then formally vote on a wind energy resolution in March.
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August ATC Art -- Monet's Bridge
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There was an exhibit at the Botanical Garden last year of Claude Monet's Bridge and Garden. There were two paintings of his on exhibit also. One was never seen here in the states before. The photo was taken by me at the exhibit. It was an incredible exhibit and the replica of the bridge was just outstanding. The lotus blossoms and water lily's were absolutely gorgeous, as were the other flowers.
Supplies Used:
SNU Altered Life Collection -- Paper-Blue Paint which I placed over my photo and then reduced it to 51% opacity, Butterfly
ABL Waters Edge -- Digital Stickers-Lily Pad, Black Bird
VRA ZIP Printable Halloween Mask Emb -- Lotus Lily Pad
VRA Batik Collection -- Dragonfly


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Sunday, November 15, 2009
More Figures
Labels: figure drawing, oil painting, schoolwork
3 comments:
- ATELIER MIDDELMANN said...
schöne Aktmalereien.
Lg Jürgen
- November 27, 2009 at 5:11 PM
- Moai said...
Thank you, Atelier Middleman! I don't know what the second sentence says, though. I put it through every language at freetranslation.com, but no luck. For the record, I speak English.
- November 29, 2009 at 1:29 PM
- Justin said...
sick-o-licious Moai!
and thanks for stopping by!
and also, the captcha word below is 'wingsalt'. nifty!
- December 15, 2009 at 8:04 PM
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With numerous venues and more on the horizon, PLAYTIME is fast becoming one of Australia's favorite arcade brands. Enticing guests of all ages, they'll find the latest release games as well as some of the old favorites. There's plenty to keep the kids occupied or for the older guests; let their inner child out to play. Attracting not only ad-hoc visitors but also groups for team building exercises and the perfect venue for kids birthday parties.
The fun doesn't stop there. With impressive redemption rooms in each location, guests are able to trade in their points won to redeem prizes. These include everything from family favorite toys and games to high end prizes such as the latest release of home gaming devices. A one stop prize shop which is set to amaze all!
Whether you're the ultimate rally car driver or prefer to take-down those mercenaries in an extreme battle, or perhaps you just prefer to sip on one of our epic milkshakes, you're sure to have a legendary experience at any PLAYTIME venue.