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Scholar, professor, and author Roger T. Ames will talk about the importance of Asian Studies in a public speech Tonight at 8 p.m. in Hays Hall Room 104. The title of his talk is "Here Comes China: Understanding China through its Culture."
Roger T. Ames is Professor of Philosophy and editor of Philosophy East & West. His recent publications include translations of Chinese classics: Sun-tzu: The Art of Warfare (1993); Sun Pin: The Art of Warfare (1996) and Tracing Dao to its Source (1997) (both with D.C. Lau); the Confucian Analects (1998) and the Classic of Family Reverence: A Philosophical Translation of the Xiaojing (forthcoming) (both with H. Rosemont), Focusing the Familiar: A Translation and Philosophical Interpretation of the Zhongyong, and A Philosophical Translation of the Daodejing: Making This Life Significant (with D.L. Hall) (2001).
He has also authored many interpretative studies of Chinese philosophy and culture: Thinking Through Confucius (1987), Anticipating China: Thinking Through the Narratives of Chinese and Western Culture (1995), and Thinking From the Han: Self, Truth, and Transcendence in Chinese and Western Culture (1997) (all with D.L. Hall).
Recently he has undertaken several projects that entail the intersection of contemporary issues and cultural understanding. His Democracy of the Dead: Dewey, Confucius, and the Hope for Democracy in China (with D.L. Hall) (1999) is a product of this effort. Almost all of his publications are now available in Chinese translation, including his philosophical translations of Chinese canonical texts. He has most recently been engaged in compiling the new Blackwell Sourcebook of Chinese Philosophy, and in writing articles promoting a conversation between American pragmatism and Confucianism.


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A Biblical Foundation for Mentoring
Mentoring can be defined in a variety of ways, but it is not a new concept. We find such a relationship throughout the pages of Scripture. Moses served as a mentor to Joshua, Jesus equipped His small band of disciples, and Paul invested personally in men such as Timothy, Titus and many others. Ken Horton offers as a starting point this definition: "Mentoring is a mutually encouraging relationship distinguished by the power of example (1 Cor. 4:16; 11:1), the wisdom of humility (Jam. 3:13; 1 Pet. 5:5-7), and an attitude of enthusiasm (Rom. 12:1; 3 John 4). These are experienced by both parties as God works His transforming purpose in them."
Rowland Forman, in The Lost Art of Lingering, adds, "Investing spiritually and intentionally in another person (or group) isn't just another good idea; it is at the heart of authentic discipleship. … The mutuality implied in the biblical one-anothers begins to be folded into our relationships in Christ as we come together to listen and learn, rather than talk and teach."
Some other common definitions for mentoring include:
"At their best, mentors nurture our souls. They shape our character. They call us to become complete men, whole men, and, by the grace of God, holy men." —Howard and William Hendricks, Iron Sharpens Iron
"Mentoring takes place when a person senses a need for growth and seeks to learn from someone who can assist his or her development." —Barbara Neumann, D.Min dissertation
"Spiritual mentoring is a triadic relationship between mentor, mentoree, and the Holy Spirit where the mentoree can discover, through the already present action of God, intimacy with God, ultimate identity as a child of God, and a unique voice for kingdom responsibility." —Keith Anderson and Randy Reese, Spiritual Mentoring


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Anonymous wrote:i'm really excited sbout the movie.i've even have a dream about it couple of monthe ago& i hadn't seen only 2 pics for it .it's wierd .
i 've a lot of dreams about Jim.has anyone dreamt about Jim too?
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"Fun With Dick And Jane" trailer online!!
Discuss this movie. Available on DVD and PSP.
Charades , pop skill , Water hyacinth , named by a poet. Imitation of life.
I saw a preview of it the other day and it looks super funny. I can't wait. I'd see it now-unedited-if I could. That would have been incredible to watch the filming of it.
I wanna know where Jim lives and if is possible meet him
[color=red]hi! im Guglielmo from Italy and i'm 17
i watched all Jim's movies and a believe in his lifestyle and that he is a wonderful person not only on the movie set. i studied all his faccial expressions in his movies and i have a picture of all they, 'cause i want to learn all them. it is very hard! something only Jim can do!
I have a dream, help me to reach it! i want to meet Jim, stay with him, speak with him! i have another dream: work with him in future, cause i wanna be a Director!! can you say me were he lives and his real address? i want to go in ASA from Italy only meeting Jim!!!! Please answer me!!! [color=red][/url]
Everyone on the board has the same dream Guglielmo.
But his address is private. Celebs are very protective of their privacy.
You can read the FAQ's here for some info and stories by people who have met him.
"When in doubt, tell the truth."
Mark Twain
I can't wait until this movie comes out!!!! Jim Carrey has been my favourite actor since i was 5 years old!!! I think this will be a big break for Jim!!! Good Job Jimmy!!!
The trailer looks great! I'll never tire of the histrionics That jump into the swimming pool makes me feel he still has water in his ears....
I wish it showed the kid trying spanish. Tea looks great too.
FWD&J trailer...
I finally saw it when I went to see the Bewitched movie,
they were both great, but I would've liked to see Jim as
Darrin, he'd be Smokin!
Anyway, its my birthday & Im making a tape for Jimmy,
an audio letter, and I wanna finish it & get it in the mail.
When I blow out my birthday candles at my party tomorrow
night, Ill be wishing to see Jimmy again, it took 5 years for
the wish to come true the first time, and then twice for the
2nd time I saw himlast Dec.
g2g Jims whipped puppy, Carol Carrey (Im Jimlover1,but
it wouldnt let me use that)
I was thinking that!?
I saw the trailer the other day! It looks great! I was ill when I saw it...made my day!
Quirky was just being funny cause of how all of Jim's movies have been abbreviated lately so she made up one
Churn. churn, churn
Nice trailer.
But is it? Fun that is?
You're still looking sad Jim.
Knowing what you know and knowing what you promised, when you were rich enough, what are you doing?
Give those notes to your lawyers Jim, after all you did swear allegeance to your new country, didn't you?
I am sure you would have told your new country of the problems which brought you to America, would'nt you?
It would be unfair to the 'following' not too, do you agree?
Pease Puddings hot!
What about a film of a man who attacks spiritual masters, and then, one day, hangs one of his students in his estate after luring the manager away in a rage with a car chase?
Then, after enticing and entrapping his focus of lustfull attentions to that same estate, he terrorises it , forcing himself upon herlife, wherever he chooses, and eventually because he can't win, he manipulates himself into her life, torturing, terrorising and even murdering to influence a hold upon her life anf forcing himself into the lives of those who promised help when they were rich enough, influencing them against their innate kindness, courage and sincerity.
Is this your style?
Give your notes to your lawyer please, there might just be a film in it.
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The deadline to sign up for healthcare as part of the Affordable Care Act is tonight at midnight.
Centers across the CSRA were extra busy today as people rushed to fill out their applications.
Center administrators say they've seen a steady flow of people all day and many made appointments ahead of time for help.
Jeff Drake, the executive director at Christ Community Health Center, says it's because people were making sure they had all the details figured out before they signed up.
"I think a lot of people initially didn't know what was going on with it, so it took them a while to get educated about it. and then to be educated about the deadline. Then once the deadline was here everybody just decided they needed to take care of it all at once," he says.
Drake also says if for some reason people started the application and couldn't finish or the site shut down while they were filling it out, they can log back on tomorrow and there will be an option available that will allow them to complete the forms.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) – A police bomb squad detonated 17 homemade explosive devices found in an apartment on Wednesday after officers spotted an explosive liquid in a man's car during a routine traffic stop, authorities said.
Robert Wilson, 29, was booked on felony possession of a destructive device, police Sgt. Rudy Lopez said. Authorities said there were no signs he planned to use the devices. They believe he acted alone and had no apparent link to terrorism.
Wilson was described as a "hobbyist, lone wolf, tweaker" on probation for a weapons violation, said Los Angeles police Deputy Chief Michael Downing, who heads the department's counter-terrorism and special operations bureau. A small amount of methamphetamine was also found in his apartment.
"He's not in any federal databases, not associated with any groups or gangs," Downing said. "He's just kind of a loner and it was probably more experimental."
Wilson built the explosives because he was curious about them, Sgt. Frank Preciado said.
The bomb squad went to an apartment complex in the Palms neighborhood of west Los Angeles after officers stopped Wilson for improper vehicle registration on Tuesday night and spotted a suspicious clear liquid, Lopez said. A bomb squad analysis showed it had explosive contents.
Officers also found a .45 Colt handgun and narcotics in the car. That discovery prompted the search of the man's apartment. The complex and three surrounding buildings were evacuated, and several blocks were sealed off.
Officers found explosive devices _ primarily pipe bombs and their component parts in various stages of construction, Downing said.
They detonated them on a nearby closed-off street behind a bunker.
Residents were directed to a nearby shelter during the evacuation that lasted throughout the day.
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This is a quickie - how old we you when you were first TAUGHT about evolution.
In the UK, it was in advanced biology - an optional class for school leavers and I was about 17 at the time - in 1980. (Oh god, I'm old!)
I didn't understand it: accepted it, yes, but didn't understand it.
Anyone who knows me well might find this surprising, because I didn't bother looking at evolution proper until a couple of decades back - while researching something completely different.
These days, evolution is taught in secondary schools (at least, it should be) which puts it in the age 11-16 or 11-18 depending on when the child started.
Dawkins thinks - and I heartily agree - we should introduce this cornerstone of Biology in primary science - so I wonder, how many people hear came to understand Darwin later in life?
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Yes, yes we do; and we love making fun of them too.
My wife (ex) works with one and she's given up on asking us over for meals after I insulted one of their prophets.
How old you when you learned the names and capitals of all 50 united states or the countries of Europe. Or about the Cold War Or the area of a triangle. I was the kid who found lists of banned books to get good reading ideas and still how no idea how much controversy the religious fundamentalists stir up over evolution. I was in an advanced Biology class in High School (Illinois). It was my Freshman year first class of the day; I was not awake. We spent a whole week on it. On the first day our teacher read a script saying something to the effect of "evolution is not believed by everybody". She read it with out interest and had a bored look on her face... she was not happy she had to read that; science was her passion. But no one had any objections. Not only did we learn the science of evolution but also the history of it. Gregor Mendel, scopes monkey trial, genetics and the lot of it... it was fun.
I don't quite have all of the capitals, but I learned all 50 states, alphabetically, in 1st or 2nd grade. We had this stupid song for it. Did the trick, though.
Yeah, I grew up in the northwest suburbs of Chicago, myself. The religious lunatics held pretty much no sway over my school system, until I moved down here.
Okay, we've told when we were taught evolution. When were we taught that our first ancestors were blue-green algae, also known as pond scum? How do we feel about it?
I said earlier that I learned about evolution in a university museum in the mid-1950s. I learned about pond scum maybe twenty years ago in a book about evolution.
I feel great about it. Now, instead of being a pessimist (having fallen from an Xian state of grace, being born with original sin, etc, etc, etc), I can be an optimist. My ancestors very slowly improved their lot and I can do a bit more of the same.
i really dont get why xers have this thing with evolution, i became an atheist entirely because of the problem of evil, evolution had nothing to do with it.
after all they can completely ignore the instruction of christ to love thy enemy, not much love for the taliban out there, but the creation myths in genisis are so important????
because as my mother's pastor told me when i asked him. "I believe that evolution is inherently Anti-Christ and I hope that you do not believe in it." This after I gave the church a basic run down on Darwin's theory of evolution of course lol. The fact that these people don't realize that I'm an atheist by now is fairly amusing to me.
But I do share your sentiment Carl about the problem of evil, at one time in my life I was very willing and actually did believe that God's hand is what guided or at least started evolution and it fit very well into my personal set of beliefs. (even with humans for that matter lol)
Honestly? I don't think, at the root of it, that the creation myth is what is important. What is important is the idea that we are special, hand-crafted by God-- and evolution says no, we are the product of a natural process for which God is entirely unnecessary. It says humans are not all that special, that we don't have a purpose or place in the universe that is above the rest of the life forms on this planet or any other. It shatters the most comforting part of religion-- God's Plan. Of course, you could believe that God used evolution as the tool by which he shaped man, which is what most Christians do.
Of course, the other problem is that if the story of Adam and Eve is metaphorical, the doctrine of original sin is hard to make work, and without that, many Christians' explanation of Christ's sacrifice is out the window. What did Christ die for, if Eve never ate that apple?
Personally, evolution had no effect on my belief, or lack there of, in gods. For me it was the problem of evil, the doctrine of original sin (which I have always found abhorrent), and causality-- if I could see every cause and effect that led to something, why did people feel the need to say "thank God for [whatever]"? I was an atheist long before I ever thought about how evolution interacts with faith... but I do see how it can be a terribly threatening idea.
I'm basically self-taught. Evolution was never specifically taught in any science or biology class that I can remember. I went to school in small, conservative mining towns in Colorado and Montana. As a girl, interest in science was actively discouraged, and my devout Seventh-Day Adventist family considered evolution to be the work of Satan. I was interested in geology and paleontology and all the biological sciences from an early age and I remember surreptitiously checking out books on these subjects from the public library and hiding them under my mattress to read at night, like a teenaged kid hiding porn. This was in the 1970s - hardly the Dark Ages. It makes me angry that I had to do this and that my curiosity was discouraged.
Even though I accepted that evolution was a fact by the time I finished high school, I didn't really understand how natural selection worked until I read Richard Dawkins' book The Blind Watchmaker as an adult. I wish I had learned this as a child!
I think that the fundamentals of critical thinking and logic should be taught along with reading and math in the earliest grades. These abilities are crucial to an understanding of any science. Evolution basics should be introduced starting in kindergarten. Any kid can understand how natural selection works if presented in simple terms and with interesting videos or demonstrations.
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Wabash College alumnus Chris Denari '83 has been named the new play-by-play broadcaster for the Indiana Pacers basketball team. The veteran announcer replaces Al Albert, who has resigned to pursue other opportunities.
Denari will provide play-by-play for all Indiana Pacers' television broadcasts. In order to do so, he must step down from his announcing responsibilities with the Indiana Fever WNBA franchise and the Butler University men's basketball team.
Denari played basketball at Wabash and was a member of the 1982 National Championship team. A member of Sigma Chi and an English major while at Wabash, his career has included public relations work in Butler University's athletics department and the Midwestern Collegiate Conference. He is currently the sports director at Indianapolis Fox affiliate WXIN 59. Denari is also part of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway radio network and does post-game work for the Indianapolis Colts.
Denari has been the lead voice for the Indiana Fever WNBA franchise since its inception in 2000. In April 2004, the Indiana Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association named him as Indiana's 2003 Sports Broadcaster of the Year.
Breaking away from Butler University will be most difficult for the versatile sportscaster, who has served for the past 17 seasons as the voice of Bulldogs' men's basketball team. He has called all five of Butler's recent NCAA tournament appearances, including its trip to the 2003 Sweet Sixteen.
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Rainbow Potluck!!
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So beautiful! What a fantastic idea :)ReplyDelete
This is so so fun! I remember you posting about the rainbow potluck last year and loved the idea back then.ReplyDelete
All the contributions are so creative and yummy-looking, especially your gorgeous rainbow lasagna :D
O my gosh, this looks amazing and so tasty. What a lovely and sweet tradition! And bonus kitties are always a bonus.ReplyDelete
I LOVE this idea SO MUCH!!! Especially since our Memphis gay pride parade was held this weekend. I wish I'd have gone to a rainbow/pride potluck!! I MAY steal this idea for a Memphis potluck one day. :-) We have the "magical traveling vegan potluck" here, and we rotate houses every month. But we should totally do a rainbow theme one time!!!ReplyDelete
That is pretty amazing! The tomato and cantaloupe gazpacho and that ice cream sound super great!ReplyDelete
WOW! That all looks so YUM!ReplyDelete
~Have a lovely day!
How fun! That's such a cool idea for a potluck! Everything is so colorful, rainbow indeed. :-)ReplyDelete
everything looks amazing and that rainbow lasagna is genius!!ReplyDelete
I love this idea for a potluck! I may not be able to stop thinking about rainbow lasagna until I make it also!ReplyDelete
Wow this looks soo colorful! I love that your friends are eating as healthy as you are.ReplyDelete
I love your rainbow potlucks, everyone is always so unbelievable creative!ReplyDelete
I like all the dishes but chickpea salad is more energetic and healthy. I am thankful for getting food recipe ideas and will give it a try.ReplyDelete
Who needs the gold at the end of the rainbow when you can score all this beautiful food!!ReplyDelete
I love the rainbow potluck! I wish our trip had coincided with it, that would have been so cool! Everything looks amazing and I'd totally have been in the kitchen with you eating that presto bread - so perfect.ReplyDelete


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You know how in trashy films when aliens abduct someone and replace them on earth with an identical imposter – there's always a moment when the imposter gives themself away by answering a question in a way the real person wouldn't causing a friend or relative to become suspicious? Well, I think the CCM (Caked Crusader's Ma) had such a moment this week. It was Thursday and we were speaking on the phone when she asked me, "What are you baking this week?". I replied that I hadn't really thought about it yet. Long pause. "It's Thursday and you haven't thought about it yet?" asked the CCM, concern starting to seep into her tone. Don't panic my lovely readers, I haven't been abducted by aliens. For some reason no recipe had grabbed me. And then I saw this one.
Pastry, jam and coconut. Perfection. Particularly lovely is the layer of sticky, meringue like coconut. There is a lovely mix of texture – the firm pastry base, the sticky jam and coconut filling topped off with the crisp toasted coconut flakes.
The pastry layer is pressed into the tin, so no need for any rolling:
Next is a generous layer of jam:
Finally the coconut toppings:
Personal milestone: typing out this recipe was the first time I have correctly spelled "desiccated" without spellchecker reminding me that it doesn't have two S's in it!
Cake doesn't look much more traditional than this:
For the pastry base:
100g unsalted butter
200g self raising flour
50g caster sugar
2 egg yolks – save the whites for the topping
For the topping:
7 tablespoons raspberry jam
3 egg whites
100g caster sugar
150g desiccated coconut
Optional: toasted coconut flakes to scatter on top
How to make:
- Preheat the oven to 180°C/fan oven 160°C/350°F/Gas mark 4.
- Grease and line a deep baking tin approximately 18cm x 27cm.
- First make the pastry. Rub the butter into the flour until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs.
- Stir in the sugar, then add the two egg yolks.
- Bring the dough together and add up to 2 tablespoons of water to get a nice moist dough.
- Press the dough into the base of the tin. I use bulldog clips to hold the paper lining to the edge of the tin. If you don't do this, you will find the paper moves about as you're pressing the pastry into the tin.
- Spread the jam evenly over the pastry.
- Now make the topping. Whisk the egg whites until very soft peaks start to form. Keeping the whisk going, gradually whisk in the sugar until you get to the soft peak stage.
- Fold in the desiccated coconut and spoon over the jam and pastry.
- Scatter with coconut flakes (optional).
- Bake for 20-30 minutes until the coconut toppings looks set and just starting to turn golden. Mine took 30 minutes.
- Cool in the tin.
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June 2012 InBox Letters to the EditorPosted in Features on June 1, 2012
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I just got my Mar. '12 issue, and on page 72 there is a photo of (I think) an M715 Jeep truck in the upper left corner with a guy in sandals standing on the front bumper. Anyway, I'm looking to make a front bumper for my '89 F-350 Diesel out of a big beefy C-channel, and I was wondering if there were any more pictures of this truck. The shackles on this bumper are intriguing. Any info you can give would be awesome. Thanks for a great magazine, you give me hope that someday my project truck will get done.
Southwick, MA
That is indeed an M715, after being driven from Los Angeles to the Chile Challenge in Las Cruces, New Mexico, a long time ago, way back in 1999. That truck is gone, but plenty of others like it abound—and yes, it is a simple C-channel with big shackles on beefed-up brackets. Oh, and that guy in the sandals? That's me doing a clutch job on the truck after it spit out on the Continental Divide. Sounded like squirrels inside.
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Edward, your truck would be more than welcome on the UA if you built it to our specs. Basically that means lockers front and rear, at least 35-inch tires, and a self-recovery winch out front. There's more to it than that, but you can go to goo.gl/NGYZj to see the latest rules and info. That being said, as you have seen, almost any vehicle can be made to participate in the UA. After more than 10 years of putting the event on, we have had nearly every make and model on the trip. Oh, and we have mentioned the problem with the Contact Us page before to our web team, but it fell on deaf ears. Thanks for asking, and we'll mention it to them again.
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I have flipped through or read my February copy of 4-Wheel & Off-Road several times. Each time I come to the "Famous Jeeps & Events" article I get a little teary-eyed. Too many good memories for an old codger.
There is one thing that keeps bugging me though. The picture of Jimmy Nylund's "'51 M38-A1." The A1 version of the M38 was a round-fendered CJ-5 body type. Obviously the picture isn't an M38-A1. I do have to hand it to old Jimmy though. He must have been a heck of a body and fender man. Reworking that M38 grille into a nine-slot arrangement and then fitting in the small headlights must have been quite a project. Not to mention the "Willys" Bondo'd onto the side of the hood. And look at the cowl. He obviously worked way into the night (or several of them) welding and sanding to get rid of the battery box. I especially commend the safety rework of the gas tank filler. The smaller MB/CJ size will keep big fellas from poking their hand into the tank for a cool one.
Speaking of M38s, I've got a '52 and I think I'll cut it up and add a few inches to the wheelbase. Keep up the good work.
R. L. Raber
Hanford, CA
P.S. I've been seeing Rick Péwé's 455ci Buick-powered flattie in the background for many years. If you need some page filler, do an article on the history of that rig, including buildup decisions that brought it to the pristine specimen that it is today.
Oh just wait until Jimmy sees what we called it! But then again, maybe that is why we did it? In fact, it isn't even an M38, but a CJ-3A with an MB grille, a CJ-3B windshield, and Sweden Sucks lettering. We have been wheeling with him since he wandered into my 4x4 shop in the early '80s, and still can't figure out why. And yes, we plan on bringing my '45 jeep back to life. It has been a bit forlorn sitting in the back 40.
Reader Rave
Whiz-Bang Sucks
This is the first time I've ever written in. I've been tempted many times lately (to bitch) but the Mar. '12 issue blew my socks off—finally back to an issue I would consider archiving. I can remember years ago I used to save almost every issue due to the great tech articles truly worth saving, useful for just about any rig, not just the latest Jeep JK. For the past couple years your "tech" articles have been so lacking I actually canceled my subscription to one of your sister magazines and I was probably going to just let my subscription run out with you guys. Tech articles featuring the installation of a lift kit on a late-model Jeep? Come on, that's not a tech article. It's a glorified advertisement. I could afford a new rig and deck it out with all the whiz-bang U-joints, high-buck transfer cases, and store-bought custom axles, but that's not what the core of four-wheeling is about and those are not the people who made your magazine successful. Please don't forget that.
But now for the good, like your March article on the low-buck tire mount ["Ranch Raptor's Secure Spare"]. Yeah, it's not fancy, but you could apply that to just about any rig. I love the use of the threaded pipe and mounting flange.
Then there was "Jeep Axle Swapping on the Cheap." Just the pictures of the jig table alone were phenomenal.
"Heat and Beat Barbeque" was hands-down the best I've seen you guys do in a long, long time. It's the simple tips that are priceless, like using a radiator hose clamp to draw a straight line around an axletube or using your barbeque to heat up parts. Beating on the Cs with a sledge—that's what I'm talking about. Bravo! Going into detail on how to measure it out and cut it right is what we are looking for. I know in the end you mentioned that maybe it wasn't as good as a store-bought unit, but last time I checked they weren't willing to trade for a slightly used set of Swampers and or maybe some bend time on your bender or maybe an old winch you had lying around. Please keep up the good work.
Vancouver, WA
Tire Dilemma
I recently helped a friend install some new wheels and tires. I have worked in a tire store years ago. I was wondering why a lot of aftermarket wheels have such small lug holes that a regular lug wrench will not fit. In fact, some wheels barely let a thin wall socket fit. I guess I am turning to you to shed some logic on this subject.
Kelly Wood
Via email
Some people just don't get it, or never had to change a tire themselves. There is no excuse for such an obvious goof, and we have run into it numerous times. We have also found that a high-quality socket that gets its strength with good metal is usually thinner than a cheap socket that uses bulk for strength, so spend some coin and get a good socket.
Reader Rant Review
So I just read through my new issue of your great magazine and see the email about how "Irresponsible & Cruel" it was to encourage a 14-year-old to go off-road (In Box, Mar. '12). WTF? This person goes on to say that it will lead him to be a selfish, poverty-stricken kid. They rambled about how four-wheelin' will make him a hazard to society. I personally got my first truck at 13 and it helped me to be reliant on myself and work with my hands, which is a great life skill. The writer also says that this kid won't appreciate nature. Well, I have found that off-roaders like myself love the outdoors and always leave places cleaner that they found them. All I'm saying is that off-roading has helped me get through life and gain many skills I will use till I die. Also, why the hell is that person reading your mag if he is a damn hippie?
Via email
Trevor, dude, chill. The guy is on our side. It was a tongue-in-cheek letter. Sarcasm. Really!
Dodge Steering Dilemma
Regarding the article on the Dodge Ram 2500 4x4 steering upgrade ("Dodge Control: Better Steering for 3⁄4- & 1-Ton Rams") in the Mar. '10 issue by Ali Mansour, the part numbers don't quite add up. I ordered the package from the Dodge dealer, and the T-type linkage is not included. KLM Performance sells a kit, but it is considerably more expensive. Can you provide the missing part number?
Via email
Ali Mansour replies:
It appears that Mopar has made a few revisions to the link system. My local Dodge dealer said the updated part number is 52122362-AF for the T-link steering (the application was a '09 Dodge Ram 2500 4x4). That was only for the T-link bars. Since the kit from KLM Performance (www.klmperformance.com) actually lists the Mopar PNs on the website, I believe it is the same genuine Mopar Parts you would get from the dealership. KLM just saves you the hassle of trying to buy parts through a dealership without having a matching VIN (sometimes that can be a hassle).
Here are a few other sites that also list the steering kit for sale.
• www.moparsupercenter.com/dodge-ram-03-to-2010-2500-3500-steering-upgrade-kit-pn-52122362x52122362x.html
LowBall Goof
In "The 3rd Annual JK Experience," Mar. '12, you guys took the Black Bear Pass outside of Ouray. You say, "The trail runs up into the dizzying elevation of 1,280 feet." Actually it should say 12,480 feet! I used to have a '98 Wrangler and have traversed almost all the trails in Southern Colorado, including Black Bear Pass. I had to trade my Jeep for an Aveo. Can you believe that?! Anyway, great magazine! Keep up the good work.
Clifton Backey
Williams, AZ
Say No to Lift Blocks
First off, I am a huge fan of your magazine and love the wide variety of builds you guys write about. Looking through the Apr. '12 Whoops! Edition I got a kick outta the '80 F-150 on page 29, "Axle Chucker." I believe this should be the official Why Not to Run Stacked or Large Rear Lift Blocks Truck. The blocks look like they're at least 6 inches tall! My guess is that all the damage it did cost more than a set of rear leaves or a shackle reversal, but that's just my 2 cents. Keep up all the good work. I look forward to the new issue every month.
Kevin V
British Columbia, Canada
Good eye, and don't forget that you should never use blocks in the front, because if they pop out your steering goes to heck as well.
Vintage Jeep Run?
I was wondering if you could do a real Ultimate Adventure with nothing but Willys Jeeps and with a maximum tire size of 31 inches. This to me would be a great adventure. I would love to see it.
Steve Pelszynski
Via email
Yes, we have thought of doing a vintage run with real Willys. Even V-8s are OK as long as they are vintage swaps (no LS or Hemi engines). Keep reading, and thanks!
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|Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
|Rockstar North
|Rockstar Games
|Release dates
[1] 26th October 2004 [2] [3] 29th October 2004 [4] [5] 29th October 2004 [6] 25th January 2007 PC [7] 7th June 2005 [8] [9] 10th June 2005 [10] [11] 10th June 2005 Xbox [12] 7th June 2005 [13] [14] 10th June 2005 [15] [16] 10th June 2005 Xbox 360 (download) 10th October 2008 Apple Macintosh [17] 12th November 2010
|PlayStation 2
|Carl Johnson
|State of San Andreas:
|Year Set:
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is a Rockstar North-developed video game, and so has references to storylines and characters from both Grand Theft Auto III and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. It is set in the fictional state of San Andreas. By far the largest and most complex playing field of any GTA III-era game, San Andreas consists of three fully-realized cities: Los Santos, San Fierro and Las Venturas, and includes vast expanses of countryside, forests, a desert, and even a mountain and many hills. The game is centered around the return of Carl Johnson (also known as CJ) to his gang (the Grove Street Families), and their subsequent return to power.
Synopsis EditEdit
The protagonist of GTA San Andreas, Carl Johnson (CJ)Added by GTW-George:"Five years ago Carl Johnson escaped from the pressures of life in Los Santos, San Andreas... a city tearing itself apart with gang trouble, drugs and corruption. Where film stars and millionaires do their best to avoid the dealers and gangbangers. Now, it's 1992. Carl's got to go home. His mother has been murdered, his family has fallen apart and his childhood friends are all heading towards disaster. On his return to the neighborhood, a couple of corrupt cops frame him for the murder of a police officer. CJ is forced on a journey that takes him across the entire state of San Andreas, to save his family and to take control of the streets."
- ―The Rockstar Games Website
Gameplay EditEdit
San Andreas is similarly structured to the previous two games in the series. The core gameplay consists of elements of a third-person shooter and a driving game, affording the player a large, open environment in which to move around. On foot, the player's character is capable of walking, running, swimming (the first GTA game in which diving and swimming without drowning is possible), limited climbing, and jumping, as well as using weapons and various forms of hand to hand combat. Players can operate a variety of vehicles, including automobiles, boats, airplanes, helicopters, trains, tanks, motorcycles and bicycles. Players may also import vehicles rather than steal them.
CJ is Grand Theft Auto's most customizable protagonist due to the possibility in-game to change his clothes, tattoos, hairstyle and even his body mass in which he can be fat, skinny or muscular. Later GTA III-era games eliminated much of the customization, swimming, and climbing abilities enjoyed by CJ.
One aspect of GTA III (and the later Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories) that is eliminated in San Andreas is the "Welcome to" screens, which often disrupt game flow in those games; in San Andreas, transition between areas occurs with no such interruption. (This is likely due to the high number of races and other missions that cross into different areas of the state.)
Game InformationEditEdit
- 100% Completion -- Detailed information on how to complete the game 100%.
Grand Theft Auto series chronology of events
GTA 1 Era
1961 – London 1961 1969 – London 1969 1997 – Grand Theft Auto
GTA 2 Era
2013 – Grand Theft Auto 2
GTA III Era
1984 – Vice City Stories 1986 – Vice City 1992 – San Andreas 1998 – Liberty City Stories 2000 – Advance 2001 – Grand Theft Auto III
GTA IV Era
2008 – Grand Theft Auto IV (The Lost and Damned, The Ballad of Gay Tony) 2009 – Chinatown Wars
GTA V Era
2012 – Grand Theft Auto V
- Assets -- Assets are places where you can periodically go to collect a predetermined amount of money.
- Businesses -- There are many different types of businesses featured.
- Carl "CJ" Johnson - The protagonist of the game.
- Cheats -- Cheat codes are available for the PS2, Xbox, and PC versions.
- Collectibles -- Information about the types of items that can be collected.
- Controls -- The controls are different for PS2, Xbox, and PC versions of the game.
- Criminal ratings -- A list of the different criminal ratings in San Andreas and how many points you need to reach them.
- Gameplay Features -- Gameplay mechanics and features in San Andreas.
- Gang Warfare -- Gang Warfare is a tactical section of gameplay which involves taking over enemy gang territories.
- Girlfriends -- Information on all six girlfriends in San Andreas.
- Main Story Missions -- Walkthroughs for all of the main story missions.
- Mods -- Third-party mods add different elements to the game.
- Myths -- List of myths that featured in this game.
- People -- The people who make the gameworld immersive.
- Plot -- The whole plot that makes the gameworld story understandable.
- Radio Stations -- The radio stations heard in-game.
- Restaurants -- See the food-chains in San Andreas.
- Restricted Areas -- Restricted areas such as Area 69 and The Easter Basin Naval Base.
- Safehouses -- All of the accessible safehouses and how to obtain them.
- Places -- Many different locations are within San Andreas, you might want to visit them all.
- Schools -- Information about the types of schooling offered such as the Pilot School.
- Statistics -- Different statistics are used to track your progress.
- Trailers -- Trailers showcasing this game.
- Vehicle Missions -- Missions are available for specific vehicles.
- Vehicles -- A list of the numerous vehicles found in the game
- Weapons -- A list of the various weapons found in the game.
San Andreas GangsEditEdit
Rockstar North conducted massive amounts of research before developing the gangs of San Andreas; this primarily involved talking to DJ Pooh, Mister Cartoon, Estevan Oriol, and hundreds of other well-known faces.
Gangs play a much larger role in San Andreas than they did in Vice City.
- The number of gangs has increased. As well as having the large, dominating gangs, there are smaller, more local gangs.
- Generally, gangs cause a bit more trouble than they did in previous titles -- toppling cars, crowding streets, and using various new methods of attack. In some areas of the map, the player is welcome, and in others, the player is not.
- San Andreas gives you the ability to "take over" areas of the map, and recruit new members into gangs to help and defend you.
Gang members are recognized by their clothing, tattoos, and hand signs. These are useful for two reasons: it allows police to identify a gang set or victim, and it allows gang members to interact with one another. Each gang has its own territory, indicated by street warnings, wall graffiti, or simply violence. In Los Santos, each of the four gangs are split up into different "sets". While not all sets get along, at least there's always plenty of backup available.
Gang Wars & Territory
Winning territory involves gang wars, so this must be done carefully. Enter the area you wish to control, and kill every opposing member in sight. Killing 3 members on foot will provoke a gang war, and the area under attack will flash red on the radar. The opposing gang will attack in three waves to defend their land. Keep a close eye on the radar, and watch where the attackers come from. They may attack unexpectantly or in large numbers, so make sure you have a plentiful supply of health and armor before starting the war. If possible, shoot from long distances or from rooftops.
Survive the three waves, and the area is yours. The area is now highlighted green on the map, indicating your gang has gained possession over it. Similarly, other gangs may try and take your territory; it's up to you to defend it.
Gang wars and territory are introduced during the mission "Doberman". After the mission "The Green Sabre", CJ no longer has the ability to win new territory, or defend his own. This feature returns during the mission "Home Coming", in the Final Missions strand.
Recruit Others
CJ can recruit other members of his gang. The number of gang members he can recruit is based on CJ's respect level, with the game-wide maximum number being 7. There is also a limitation of number of seats in your vehicle. A typical car can carry 2 to 4 people, whereas a coach or bus can hold all 7 members.
While your homies are recruited, you can get them to follow you or stay put. Your homies will return fire to those who attack you, and shoot at rival gang members and cops. They will also participate in drive-by shootings, just like Sweet, Smoke, and Ryder demonstrate in the mission "Drive-By". Don't depend on your homies too much, as they aren't very reliable. They can, however, draw fire away from CJ. CJ can also take a picture of him with his homies.
See the page on game controls to learn how to recruit and control members.
The Main Article GTA San Andreas GangsEditEdit
Tips and TricksEditEdit
- The Helicopter Sniping Trick
- Killing drug dealers is a very good source of money.
- In strip club, stand in front of the stripper and earn money!
- Get Rich Quick Betting Trick
Prior to its release for the PlayStation 2, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas was one of the most highly anticipated video games of 2004, along with Halo 2. San Andreas met most of these expectations, as it was praised as one of the PlayStation 2's best games, with an average review score on 98%, according to Metacritic, tying for the fifth highest ranked game in PlayStation 2 history. IGN rated the game a 9.9/10 (the highest score it has ever awarded to a PlayStation 2 game), calling it "the defining piece of software" for the PlayStation 2. GameSpot rated the game 9.6/10, giving it an Editor's Choice award. San Andreas also received an A rating from the 1UP.com network and a 10/10 score from Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine. As of March 26, 2008, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas has sold 27.5 million units according to Take-Two Interactive. The Guinness World Records 2009 Gamer's Edition list it as the most successful game on the Playstation 2, with 17.33 million copies sold for that console alone, from a total of 21.5 million in all formats. The New York Times' Charles Herold gave the only non-positive review for San Andreas, giving it a 'mediocre' rating of 4.0 out of 10, criticizing the "annoying" mission structure, and the casualness of the intense violence featured in the game.
- PS2 - 17.4 million
- PC - 2.3 million
- Xbox - 5.9 million
Controversy EditEdit
The game has received widespread acclaim for its technical achievements and free gameplay. However, it also received widespread criticism - initially due to its "gangster" elements, which include drugs, prostitution, and murder; but later due to the discovery of disabled interactive sex scenes, nicknamed Hot Coffee, which could be re-enabled using third-party mods. This led to the re-rating by the ESRB of the game from Mature to Adults-Only until a second version, with the sex scenes fully removed, was released.
- GTA San Andreas contains many references to the popular 90s Hood Film "Boyz n' The Hood". Some characters in the game are visually and/or mentally based on characters from the film, as well as some events that take place.
- Somehow GTA Vice City files and beta pics exist in txd folder. The beta files consist of the beta map, beta intro and outro pictures, and beta loading screen.
- The word "fuck" and its derivatives are used 365 times, not counting the soundtrack or random NPC interactions.
- GTA San Andreas is the first Grand Theft Auto game to use strong, and sexually explicit language, i.e. "Fuck", "Motherfucker", "Cunt". It also uses these words more than any other Grand Theft Auto game so far.
- GTA San Andreas is also the first Grand Theft Auto to include many features, such as customizing Carl Johnson in many ways (Clothes, Tattoos etc), ability to go to the gym and gain muscle, swimming, and the ability to go on dates with girls.
- GTA San Andreas was the only GTA III Era whose main storyline centered around urban street gangs (e.g., the Grove Street Families, the Los Santos Ballas, etc.) rather than Mafia families (e.g., the Leone Family, the Forelli Family, etc.).
- GTA San Andreas takes place in the winter, as seen in Saint Mark's Bistro.
- It could be said that San Andreas is more dark and mysterious than its predecessors, due to the inclusion of the desert and countryside, not to mention the several myths and legends in the game.
- BradyGames published the Official Strategy Guide for the game, however the book contains many errors and appears to be based upon a pre-release version of the game. For example, locations of many pick-ups and "hidden package"-style items shown on the maps differ to where they really are in the game, and there are additional pick-ups for adrenaline shown, even though that item is not available in the final game. Some mission walkthroughs also make reference to gameplay elements not in evidence in the final game (such as evading the police during the Madd Dogg's Rhymes mission), and in a few cases, some activities are stated as being unlocked by certain missions despite being available earlier in the game (such as the dancing minigame).
- Sometimes when you're playing the game during a cutscene with people, they will start attacking each other. The vendors also do this when in regular gameplay. This is a glitch and is most likely caused by saving while using cheats.
- This is the only Grand Theft Auto game so far to have a map that spans more than one city, as it features Los Santos, San Fierro and Las Venturas.
- GTA San Andreas is so far the most best-selling game of the GTA III Era (second in the whole franchise) with over 21.5 million sales and in PlayStation 2 (17.33 million copies).


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Output areas (OA) were created for Census data, specifically for the output of census estimates. The OA is the lowest geographical level at which census estimates are provided. OAs were introduced in Scotland at the 1981 Census and in all the countries of the UK at the 2001 Census.
2001 Census OAs were built from clusters of adjacent unit postcodes but as they reflected the characteristics of the actual census data, they could not be generated until after data processing. They were designed to have similar population sizes and be as socially homogenous as possible based on tenure of household and dwelling type (homogeneity was not used as a factor in Scotland).
Urban/rural mixes were avoided where possible; OAs preferably consisted entirely of urban postcodes or entirely of rural postcodes.
They had approximately regular shapes and tended to be constrained by obvious boundaries such as major roads.
OAs were required to have a specified minimum size to ensure the confidentiality of data.
In England and Wales, 2001 Census OAs were based on postcodes as at Census Day and fit within the boundaries of 2003 statistical wards and parishes. If a postcode straddled an electoral ward/division or parish boundary, it was split between two or more OAs.
The minimum OA size was 40 resident households and 100 resident people, but the recommended size was rather larger at 125 households. These size thresholds meant that unusually small wards and parishes were incorporated into larger OAs.
OAs for Northern Ireland had the same minimum size, as for England and Wales, but were based on postcodes as at January 2000. The OAs fit within the 2001 electoral ward boundaries.
In Scotland, OAs were based on postcodes as at December 2000 and related to 2001 wards. However, the OAs did not necessarily fit inside ward boundaries where confidentiality issues made it more appropriate to straddle boundaries. The minimum OA size was 20 resident households and 50 resident people, but the target size was 50 households.
2011 Output Areas
England and Wales:
Maintaining stability as far as possible was key for the 2011 Census. Some modification of the previous OAs and super output areas (SOA) has taken place where a significant need has occurred since 2001 (see "Modification of Output Areas" below).
The total number of 2011 OAs is 171,372 for England and 10,036 for Wales. There are now 181,408 OAs, 34,753 lower layer super output areas (LSOA) and 7,201 middle layer super output areas (MSOA) in England and Wales. This means that 2.6% of the 2001 OAs have been changed as a result of the 2011 Census, along with 2.5% of LSOAs and 2.1% of MSOAs.
Significant points of interest for the 2011 Census are that OAs and SOAs align to local authority district (LAD) boundaries, including those that changed between 2003 and 2011, and also at the border between Scotland and England. 161 OAs and SOAs were modified because they were considered unsuitable for reporting statistics. The average population in an OA has increased from 297 in 2001 to 309 in 2011.
Boundaries are available clipped to the coastline, for mapping, as well as to extent of the realm, for geographic information systems and analysis. All OAs and SOAs have unique nine-character codes, in line with all statistical geographies we provide.
An upper layer super output area (USOA) will not be created for England as part of the 2011 Census OA hierarchy. Data Unit (Wales) has created a set of 2011 USOAs for Wales.
Boundaries are freely available under the terms of the Open Government Licence.
2011 OAs for Scotland were released in September 2013.
Northern Ireland:
In Northern Ireland, the 2001 OAs have been merged to produce new 2011 "small areas" that fit within SOAs. There are approx. 4,500 small areas.
Modification of Output Areas in England and Wales
Changes in OA and SOA boundaries for the 2011 Census have taken place when:
significant population change has occurred since the 2001 Census
LAD boundaries have changed between 2003 and 2011
OA boundaries have been realigned to the England/Scotland border, as should have happened for 2001
areas have been independently assessed as lacking social homogeneity when they were created for 2001
Redesigned OAs and SOAs:
do not align to ward and parish boundaries that have changed since 2003
do not necessarily align to real-world features
contain more than 100 persons and 40 households, even if they contain one or more communal establishments
A number of geography reference data products for electronic download, alongside the relevant stage of 2011 Census statistics release, are available. These include:
digital boundaries of the modified OAs, LSOAs, MSOAs and workplace zones (WZ)
lookups between the 2001 and 2011 OAs, where they have changed
lookups between OAs, postcodes and a number of census output geographies
Thresholds used in Modification (England and Wales)
ONS runs a process to automatically modify those OAs and SOAs whose 2011 Census populations have significantly grown or declined since 2001. If OAs breached a specified upper population threshold (their populations became too large), they were split into two or more OAs using postcodes as building blocks.
Splits were applied where:
an OA population exceeded 625 people or 250 households
an LSOA population exceeded 3,000 people or 1,200 households
an MSOA population exceeded 15,000 people or 6,000 households
There may be exceptions where an area that was above the population threshold could not be split. Where splits occur, building blocks of postcodes were used to create two or more new OAs (constrained to the boundary of the original OAs from which they were created). The use of building blocks (postcodes) is consistent with the methodology applied in 2001, and enabled production of postcode to OA lookups.
Where OAs or SOAs breached a specified lower population threshold (their population became too small and is therefore potentially disclosive), they were merged with an adjacent OA or SOA.
Merges were applied where:
an OA population fell below 100 people or 40 households
an LSOA population fell below 1,000 people or 400 households
an MSOA population fell below 5,000 people or 2,000 households
Using splits and merges of the existing OA and SOA hierarchy, rather than a total redesign, allows better linkage and comparison between statistical outputs for the 2001 Census and 2011 Census.


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Insurance for Global Catastrophes, Whether Asteroids or Climate Change
It's hard to miss an asteroid the size of a truck exploding with all the force of a nuclear bomb. Such a space rock boiled across the sky near Chelyabinsk in southern Russia on February 15.
Space objects are a constant threat to Earth. In the worst case, the dust cloud from a major impact could shut down photosynthesis. No matter how much carbon dioxide humanity spews into the atmosphere, we may be powerless to prevent a kind of nuclear winter from the impact of an even bigger object, like 2012 DA14 which just passed within 17,200 miles of Earth.
That's closer than some of our Earth-observing satellites.
Big impacts have been trouble for life on Earth since the beginning, perhaps holding back life's first outbreak and pressing the reset button again and again throughout the planet's history. Just as it makes sense to take out an insurance policy against climate change, it makes sense to take out an insurance policy against spaceborne threats by spending a little bit more on the kinds of satellites and telescopes that can spot them.
Of course, the U.S. has been spending less on such observations in recent years. Our inability to adequately see ahead may yet prove our undoing, whether at our own hands or via the kind of massive meteorite that killed the dinosaurs.
—David Biello
[The above text is a transcript of this podcast.]


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Adult Protective Services
Patricia Brownell and Joanne Marlatt Otto
Adult Protective Services (APS) are empowered by states and local communities to respond to reports and cases of vulnerable adult abuse, neglect, and self-neglect. While incorporating legal, medical, and mental health services, APS programs are part of the social services delivery system and incorporate principles and practices of the social work profession.
African Americans: Practice Interventions
Sharon E. Moore
African Americans number about 35 million or 12% of the U.S. population. Their life expectancy is lower than that of White Americans, and despite the educational gains made since mid-1980s, the unemployment gap between African Americans and Whites has increased. Similarly, although the number of African Americans working in white-collar occupations has increased, the disparity in wage earnings between African American and White workers continues. Regardless of social class African Americans are made to be cognizant of their race at all times. Today they are still at risk for social issues such as substance abuse, teen pregnancy, incarceration, poverty, high rates of female headed households, infant mortality that is twice as high as Whites, residential segregation, racism, and discrimination. As daunting as these problems are, the strengths of the African American community have allowed it to thrive even amid arduous circumstances.
Aging: Practice Interventions
Lenard W. Kaye
Social workers address older adult issues at all levels of service planning, policy-making, and delivery and across a wide range of community and institutional settings. While various models of practice intervention with older adults exist, more recently the focus is on the integration of micro and macro strategies with an emphasis on strength-based perspectives to geriatric social work practice. The older adult population will expand dramatically and become increasingly culturally, racially, and ethnically diverse in the future and social work services will need to be sensitive to the variety of issues faced by a more heterogeneous and sophisticated older adult population.
Karen Kayser and Jessica K. M. Johnson
This entry presents the demographic trends of divorce and the social changes that have impacted the divorce rate. A cultural perspective of divorce is provided by analyzing divorce in the context of race and gender and across nations. Current explanatory theories of divorce are described. Research on the consequences of divorce on adults and children is presented followed by the practice implications for social workers. Future directions for policy and research are discussed.
Family: Overview
Sadye L. M. Logan
Families in almost all societies are viewed as the basic unit for coordinating personal reproduction and the redistribution of goals within the larger societal context of production and exchange. They are vulnerable to the rapidly changing economics of the environments in which they live. Universals regarding families worldwide include a delay in marriage, an increase in divorce rates, a decrease in household size and fertility rates, and nontraditional living arrangements. The most studied aspect of families continues to be family diversity, with greater emphasis on an interdisciplinary framework. There is also a movement toward more effective ways of treating families. Placing families in an historical context, this entry discusses evidence-based family interventions, the latest research on families, family diversity, and implications for social work practice and education.
Family: Practice Interventions
Mikal N. Rasheed and Janice Matthews Rasheed
This entry traces the historical, conceptual, and theoretical development of social work practice with families, beginning with the Charity Organization Society and the Settlement House movement. From the 1920s through the 1950s, social work practice was heavily influenced by psychoanalytic theory. However, emerging theoretical frameworks, including systems and ecological theory from the 1960s and the 1970s, shifted the focus of intervention back to the family. The 1970s saw the development of a proliferation of models for family therapy. The emergence of postmodern, constructivist, narrative and feminist thought has had a more recent influence on social work practice with families. Although these theories and models of family therapy have profoundly influenced direct practice with families, there is a renewed interest in what is described as family-centered social work practice. The theoretical foundation of family-centered practice emphasizes a strengths perspective and an empowerment model of social work practice. This approach represents a broad range of interventions that build linkages between the family and key environmental support systems of diverse, multi-stressed, and at-risk families. During the 2000s, attention has shifted to evidence-based practice (EBP). The focus on EBP has been to provide a source of information for clinicians and families to consider when selecting an appropriate intervention for the presenting problem.
Family Preservation and Home-Based Services
Elizabeth M. Tracy and Trista D. Piccola
The history and development of family preservation as a home-based service in social work practice is traced, current research is reviewed, and future practice trends and challenges are outlined in this entry. Family preservation services are described in terms of a philosophy of practice as well as a specified service model.
Family Services
Katharine Briar-Lawson and Toni Naccarato
Over the decades, family services have been one of the overarching features of social work practice, education, and research. Efficacy studies help to reinforce the focus on serving individuals in the contexts of their families and to address intergenerational family systems. Families provide the bulk of services to their members but require tailored resources, effective services, and supports. The growing diversity in families compels more cross-cultural competence, responsive policies, and evidence-based practices. Family service practitioners must increasingly address the social exclusion of many families while integrating economic and employment supports with counseling, skill training, and other interventions.
Family Therapy
Cynthia Franklin and Laura M. Hopson
Family intervention has become an important tool for social work practitioners. This entry provides a brief history of family intervention and important influences as well as a synopsis of current research. Although these interventions require more research to better understand the populations for whom they are most effective, the evidence supports their usefulness in addressing such issues as aggression, substance use, and depression, among others.
Financial Social Work
Reeta Wolfsohn and Dorlee Michaeli
Financial well-being is an individual responsibility in twenty-first century America, even though research reveals a serious inability for many Americans to attain it. Social workers have the education and training to help people modify behavior and a history of working with low-income and minority families, as well as the skills to engage and empower clients, making them the best professionals to help Americans take control of their money and their lives. This article explains how incorporating financial-literacy skills and models of financial behavioral change into the social work curriculum would benefit both social workers and their clients. It describes the financial social work model and an understanding of its relevance to the social work profession.
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We like to think of the human brain as special, but as we reported on Plus last year, it has quite a lot in common with worm brains and even with high-performance computer circuits. But how does it compare to online social networks?
In a recent lecture at the Cambridge Science Festival the psychiatrist Ed Bullmore, on whose research our article was based, put this question to the test. He asked the audience and other Twitter users to tweet during the lecture about the concepts that were being discussed, using the hashtag #csftwitterbrain. At the end of the talk Bullmore displayed the resulting image showing the interconnectivity of the hashtagged tweets, and explained how Twitter networks can be compared to the network formed by interconnected regions of the human brain (see the movie below for more on the brain network).
Representation of the #twitterbrain hashtag following lecture tweets. The lines between the dots represent relationships between users. The circles at the centre of starbursts show Twitter users that have been re-tweeted by their followers.
Like the human brain, the #twitterbrain turned out to be a small world network, meaning that the paths linking any two nodes are relatively short and that there's a high degree of local clustering. This means that information can get around quickly, both over short and long distances, so it makes sense for any information processing network to evolve this feature.
Also like the human brain network, the #twitterbrain network was modular, meaning that its overall architecture can be broken up into a number of modules containing nodes that are densly connected to each other, but sparsely connected to nodes in other modules. "It's been suggested that modularity is advantageous to any information processing system that has to adapt, evolve, or change," says Bullmore. "This is because modularity allows a complex system to change one module at a time without threatening function in other modules."
"We found that the #twitterbrain network was somewhat like the brain network in being small-world and modular with highly connected hub nodes; however the brain network was more clustered and less efficient than the Twitter network. So at first sight there were some points in common and some points of difference between these two information processing networks."
A human brain network.
"One possible explanation for the differences is that the human brain is embedded in physical space and will nearly minimise connection cost," says Bullmore. Long distance connections between regions of the brain actually cost quite a lot in terms of metabolic energy and the brain has evolved to keep this connection cost down."The Twitter network [on the other hand] is likely to be less constrained by the extra cost of making longer distance connections (tweets) between people."
Bullmore believes that the difficult trade-off between the complexity needed to ensure high performance and the connection cost that comes with this complexity is what has caused the brain to evolve a particular mathematical structure, known as Rent's rule. It is found not just in the human brain network, but also in the nervous system of a nematode worm and high-performance computing circuits. (You can find out more about this research in the article Wiring up brains.)
Bullmore's Twitter experiment was designed to engage his audience at the Cambridge Science Festival. "It has been intriguing to see the spectacle of watching the Twitter network grow or evolve over the course of several days. And I have learnt a lot about the power of new media to engage and communicate, and the potential scientific value of using Twitter to map and measure social networks." But the experiment also illustrates just how fruitful the new approach can be. Regarding the brain as a network not only puts a range of mathematical tools from network theory at researchers' disposal, but it also allows them to compare brains to the wide variety of other networks, to look for similarities and differences.
A brain network movie
The movie below shows the brain network. Each node of the network represents a different brain region and is colour-coded according to the larger area is located in. Pairs of nodes are linked if the activity of the two regions is found to synchronise a lot of the time during an fMRI brain scan, and the size of nodes represents how many other regions a given node is linked to.
The resulting network is used to analyse information flow in brains of healthy people as well as patients with disorders such as schizophrenia. To better understand these networks, we can decompose them into communities of nodes which are more densely connected with each other than with the rest of the network. This gives rise to a different picture, where the nodes are layed out in space according to the communities they participate in, rather than their location in real anatomical space.
The video shows the transition from a network showing the connections between different brain regions in their anatomical locations, and a new layout emphasising the network's structure, with nodes relocated and re-coloured based on their membership in network communities.


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The extremely cheap, extremely sketchy (putatively) NSX-engine-powered Acura Legend obliterated the dime-a-dozen turbo Civic in yesterday's Choose Your Eternity poll, which is about what we expected. So what if we could find not just an NSX engine but an entire car for cheap (well, maybe entire isn't the right word here, but you get the idea)- what then? Well, then we have quite a dilemma when trying to find something to stack up against the Acura, a car that's equally cool, in spittin' distance of the NSX's price range, and hideously expensive when it comes to part obtainment. Perhaps it's an impossible task, but let's see how things sort out in today's Detroit-versus-Japan matchup!
You want an NSX, and so do I. It's safe to say that you wouldn't be reading this series in the first place if you were the sort who doesn't want an NSX (unless your brand of garage masochism requires engines with carburetors... lots and lots of carburetors, in which case you most likely still think the NSX is a good idea, even if you wouldn't drive an EFI car yourself). But damn! they're expensive critters, and nobody seems to want to sell theirs. However, we looked and looked and finally found an NSX for just $10,000! No, really! Take a gander at this '92 Acura NSX and then try to offer us the usual lame excuses about how you can't afford your own Japanese supercar. This car is available at "a fraction of the price," though the price isn't defined, because it needs a little work. Actually, all it really needs is some TLC- like so many Hell Projects- in order to repair the damage from what looks like a half-completed ripoff-and-chopshop adventure. The engine appears to be there, and no doubt more than 50% of the rest of the vehicle's parts are present as well. How hard can it be to find a pair of NSX doors? You'll find out!
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text: What other country can feel like the middle of nowhere and the top of the world, while simultaneously being the wealthiest and most peaceful nation in the world? Does such a place even exist? In Norway, ja! Natural elements run extreme in this small country – a land of the world's largest fjords, waterfalls, and coral reefs and the most dazzling of skies in the winter or early spring months – but a cool quiet embraces the landscape. Perhaps it is the dramatic brilliance of the land that brings its silence – go for a late-night to early morning drive in Lofoten when you can see the sun saturate the mountains and waters as it sinks, slumbers for a few hours, and awakens to fill the sky with a light brighter than before. In its towns, however, Norway's quiet gives way to an explosion of art, literature, music, history, and cuisine. Head to Hamaroy for Hamsun Days, a week-long literary festival celebrating Hamsun (rumored to have the most extensive Norwegian vocabularies of all time – talk about a man of words!); stroll through the Vigeland Park sculpture garden and Viking Ship museum in Oslo; check into Norway's burgeoning jazz, rock, black metal or pop music scene. Those who prefer the small-town feel can ferry-hop from village to village, spend the night in a lighthouse (Hellisoy Fyr, Fedje) and catch themselves breakfast! For such a tiny country, Norway has something for everyone, whether you're avid skier, indie rock aficionado, or inspired poet…go fish!


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Seaside, the highly celebrated birth place of new urbanism, is ahead of the curve again with its rental management model.
The Homeowner's Collection works hand-in-hand with the town's cottage owners to professionally and uniquely manage and market rental cottages, as well as the Seaside Chapel.
It was in late 2011 that Seaside owner, Max Watson, had noticed that there needed to be a change in the beach community's rental management. Instead of third-party operators managing the town's rentals, Watson thought Seasiders who rent out their cottages should own the company that represents them. And to help carry-out that mission, he called upon Amy Wise-Coble, a local hospitality professional with 20 years experience.
"He felt this was the best way to protect the Seaside brand," Wise-Coble said of the unique management system.
The system seems to be working.
"Our cottage rental return is up 35 percent over the prior year," said Steven Rivelis, a Seaside homeowner who is a shareholder, and on the Board of Directors of Homeowner's Collection.
It's not dollar signs that motivate the Homeowner's Collection, however.
"This group is not driven by bottom-line profit," Wise-Coble said. "The number one priority is proper marketing and representation of the brand. We take pride in not treating our cottages owners or community as a commodity. We work very hard to protect the brand of Seaside, and it is prevalent in every marketing tool that we use. It is this philosophy that will ensure that the community maintains the mystique it has built in the minds of our customers over the years.�
The Homeowner's Collection has more than 30 rentals available for your Seaside stay � each one unique and beautifully designed.
What sets Homeowner's Collection apart from other rental management companies is personal attention, Wise-Coble said.
Two weeks prior to their arrival, guests receive a phone call from the concierge service � Homeowner's Collection partners with EC Concierge � to discuss any special needs they might have. Whether you would like the fridge stocked before your arrival, a beach chair or golf cart rental or even if you need to reserve a babysitter,EC Concierge takes the planning out of your vacation, allowing you to relax and fully enjoy your stay. A week before their visit, guests receive an e-mail with details of their stay including cottage access codes.
"On the day of their arrival, we greet them at the cottage," Wise-Coble said. "We are on-call throughout their stay. It's very personalized and upholds the expectations that come with the brand."
What's great about the Homeowner's Collection business model is that it could work anywhere.
"It's a model that can certainly be duplicated in other communities," Wise-Coble said.
For more information or to book your next stay in Seaside, call (855) 411-1557 or visit www.homeownerscollection.com.


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junglesmacks wrote:Hate nothing. Think of it as contributing to the outing of a devil in pink sheep clothing..
If you haven't already, please just click this link and draw your own conclusions whatever they may be.
i dont hate John, i find his whole meteoric rise quite interesting and somewhat akin to what Burning Man is going thru.
But then again, is Self-Love and Shameless Self-Promotion the same thing?
thats a good question.
did i set this up as a haters forum?
no, it's satire.
did he bring this upon Himself?
you bet your ass he did. he is now Public Domain as far as I'm concerned and is no longer a private citizen, but a Celebrity, and of his own making.
so fire away, or hug him....it's your choice.


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