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About 350,000 residents have lost wildfire insurance in recent years, as a series of catastrophic fires have swept the state of California and insurance industry struggles to keep up with climate change.
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After the worst wildfire season ever, changes to local land use and state insurance rules essentially ensure that the same thing will happen again.
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Having charged low rates during years of bumper development, the National Flood Insurance Program worked at cross-purposes with itself while development continued on.
Risk-management experts are seeking creative ways to finance resilience investments that prevent damage from natural disasters. Insurance markets, with their direct stake in protecting homes and businesses, can be key partners in this effort.
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Local governments and utilities are overexposed and underinsured relative to an increasing threat from severe weather events. The Brookings Institution has released a report on a new funding tool to help meet these challenges.
A class-action lawsuit filed by Farmers Insurance Co. against the city of Chicago raises questions on municipal responsibility to prepare against 'foreseeable risk.'
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The Insurance Information Institute released a report detailing the insurance payouts for natural disasters in 2013. Oklahoma and Texas topped the list, with $2 billion and $1.5 billion, respectively, in payouts.
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"Canada is getting hotter faster than ever before and at a faster rate than almost any other country," reports Anna Mehler Paperny, and the country's infrastructure, public health, and economy are vulnerable to unforeseen impacts.
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FEMA has redone official maps of flood-prone areas across the country, designating some as flood zones for the first time.
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'Pay as you drive' insurance will soon be a reality in California, surviving the state senate as a voluntary program that environmental groups say will encourage people to drive less by saving them money on their car insurance.
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New census figures have been released, showing a rise in median household income and more people with health insurance. But experts warn that the figures do not account for the recent slump in the economy.
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Scissor Sock Giveaway
***THE GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED***Hi everyone!
After finding the pattern in my stash, making tons (or what feels like tons anyway) for friends, blogging the tutorial, one of you can now be the proud owner of a ready-made scissor sock! There are so many variations on this, you can use any colour you like. I had so much fun making these, I just had to share one with you :)
When I finished this lot I really wanted to keep all of them for myself ;) But really, sharing is caring right? *holds onto them for a bit longer*
Here are some of the ones I made:
Aren't they adorable? I couldn't even pick a favourite... I have some more but some people they're intended for read this blog so I can't show them yet.
Back to the giveaway. Here is what you can win:
It's the scissor sock from yesterday's tutorial! Made from cupcake fabric in pink and blue, with polka dot detail and glass beads, this beauty can be yours :)
You have several chances to enter the giveaway:
- follow my blog and leave a comment that you're following (current followers also please leave a comment) - MANDATORY
- tell me who you would make a scissor sock for and why
- share the giveaway on either facebook/twitter/pinterest, and share the link in the comment (1 for each share)
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- have a look around my blog and tell me your favourite post and why
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Sciennes Primary School was built in 1892. It stands adjacent to the Royal Hospital for Sick Children and serves the communities of the Grange, Sciennes and Mayfield, on the south side of Edinburgh. The school is co-educational and non-denominational. The catchment area has a small proportion of association homes, the majority of housing being owner occupied. There are 22 classes, and the current roll is 665 pupils. 15% of our pupils are bilingual and approximately 20% come from outwith our catchment area. We celebrate and greatly value the wonderful diversity in the Sciennes family.
Our school is a beautiful example of Victorian architecture, but can provide challenges for learning and teaching in the 21stCentury. We have invested resources to create additional teaching areas to support individual and group learning opportunities. The school has a large hall, one general-purpose room, a two room library, ICT learning centre and science base. We are very fortunate to have a swimming pool situated in the basement. Three portable units house four classrooms to the rear of the building. An 'outdoor classroom / garden' has been created. There is a dining hall and kitchen area where our pupils are provided with school lunches. The dining / small hall is also used for learning and teaching and is the base for the Sciennes After School Care Scheme (SASCS). The small hall was refurbished to create a high quality dance studio / PE area and a new Dining Hall opened in August 2017. We consider the latest development will contribute to helping us reach target for our pupils to enjoy two hours of physical education. We have created a beautiful 'quiet area' in the playground to enhance experiences for children.
The Headteacher (HT), Mr Andrew Hunter, is supported by three Depute Headteachers (DHT) – Ms Anstruther P1-3, Mrs Crolla P4 and Ms Gallagher P5-7. Currently, Mrs Crolla is also supporting Initial Teacher Education at Edinburgh University part time. Ms Pearmain has been appointed Principal Teacher. There is one full time and one part time Support for Learning Teacher (SfL), one part time English as An Additional Language teacher (EAL) and one Bilingual Support Assistant. The school also has teachers who provide Science and a number of student Assistants supporting Modern Languages. In 2017-2018 we have two PE teachers three days a week and a swimming teacher once a week for P3 – P7. All classes have benefited from an increase in PE opportunities, including curriculum swimming, tennis, skiing, dance and rugby. Our Active School Coordinator made a very effective contribution to enhancing experiences during and outwith school. We are fortunate to have good facilities in our local community.
The Youth Music Initiative (NYCOS) provided a music / singing teacher for P3 classes. Pupils from P4 – P7 received tuition in violin, viola and wind instruments and P4 and P5 will again have an eight week block of ukulele tuition funded by Creative Scotland. A Music Showcase is planned for the end of May at Marchmont St Giles. In session 2018-2019 we will continue to have a PE specialist and maintain an increase PE teaching. We will maintain learning opportunities in tennis and dance.
The school greatly benefits from the support of a part-time Business Manager, Mrs Saara Reid, who forms part of the Senior Management Team.The school is served effectively by our Administrator(Mrs Brenda Ellis), Clerical Assistants, Pupil Support Assistants and Service Support Officers. We are also fortunate to have very good catering and cleaning staff.
A range of services and agencies support the work of the school. The Sciennes After School Club Service (SACS) provides care after school, at a new Breakfast Club and during school holidays. The holiday club service supports children and families from other local schools. IN 2017-2018 a new weekly Homework was established.
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Arrays are lists of items of varying variable types. Arrays can be both single-dimension and multi-dimensional.
Working with arrays
Creating (declaring) arrays
Declaration of an array refers to when an array is created in a script. An array can either be declared as empty, or it can be declared with already created elements. When an array is declared as empty as in the example below, it has no elements, and has an element count of 0. When referring to items within an array, the order runs from left-to-right, beginning with the number 0 (0,1,2,3).
// Example of an empty array
_myVariable = [];
_count = count _myVariable; // Output: 0
// Correct syntax
_myFilledVariable = ["Weapon1","Weapon2"];
_count = count _myVariable; // Output: 2
// Error: Unexpected ","
_myErroneousArray = ["Weapon1","Weapon2","Weapon3",]; // The last element in an array must exclude the ","
Multi-dimensional arrays
Multi-dimensional arrays are arrays within arrays. Associative arrays (i.e. "x" => [1,2,3],) are not a part of the language, however they can be approximated by creating a structure with a first element as a string and subsequent elements as arrays.
// Multi-dimensional array example
_multiArray1 = [["Item1",1,2,3],["Item2",4,5,6]];
_count = count _multiArray1; // Output: 2
_count = count _multiArray1 select 0; // Output: 4
// Associative array approximation
_assocTypeArray= [["Item1", ["My","Array","Elements"]],["Item2",["Smell","Like","Fromage"]]];
_count = count _assocTypeArray; // Output: 2
_count = count _assocTypeArray select 0; // Output: 2
_count = count ((_assocTypeArray select 0) select 1); // Output: 3
Referencing and setting element values
Unlike in other languages, referencing elements within script is performed with the use of the select function. As script functions allow stacking of functions, select can be used multiple times, provided that each select returns an array which can be selected.
//Selecting an element from a single-dimensional array
_mySingleArray = ["Select 0","Select 1","Select 2"];
_myArrayElement = _mySingleArray select 0; // Output: "Select 0" (string)
// Selecting from multi-dimensional arrays
_myMultiArray = [["Array1Elem1","Array1Elem2"],["Array2Elem1","Array2Elem2"]];
_selectFirst = _myMultiArray select 0; // Output: ["Array1Elem1","Array1Elem2"] (Array)
_count = count _selectFirst; // Output: 2
_selectSecond = (_myMultiArray select 0) select 0; // Output: "Array1Elem1" (String)
If you want to change the value of an element within an array, then the set function must be used.
// Set example
_mySingleArray = ["Item1","Item2];
_myFirstItem = _mySingleArray select 0; // Output: "Item1" (String)
_mySingleArray set [0,"Foo"]; // mySingleArray Output : ["Foo","Item2"]
_myFirstItem = _mySingleArray select 0; // Output: "Foo" (String)
If the index given by the set operator is out of bounds,
- If the index rounded to a negative number, then an Error Zero Divisor message will be displayed in game.
- If the index rounded to a positive number, then the array will resize to incorporate the index as its last value. Each element between the last valid element, and the new set element, will be the null type
Array variables behave the same as Object references, and differently to String, Number and other variable types. An array variable holds a pointer to an array, or in other words, the location of an array. Any number of different variables can refer to the same array.
Adding (appending) to arrays
Appending to arrays is done by the use of the + operator in the same way that a string is concatenated. However, each time + is used, a new array is created. In Arma 3 "array + array" operation has been significantly optimised and is very fast. You can also add array to array using append command. To just add an element to an existing array in ArmA3 use pushBack.
// Example of adding two single-dimensional arrays
_arrayOne = ["One"];
_arrayTwo = ["Two"];
_arrayThree = _arrayOne + _arrayTwo; // Output: ["One","Two"];
_arrayThree = _arrayOne append _arrayTwo; // Output: ["One","Two"];
_arrayFour = _arrayOne append ["Three", "Four"]; // Output: ["One", "Two", "Three", "Four"];
_count = count _arrayThree; // Output: 2
_arrayOne pushBack "Two"; // ["One","Two"]
_count = count _arrayOne // Output: 2
Looping to access elements
To loop through elements within an array, the for or forEach functions can be used. The for function is useful for when you want to loop over a finite number of items, such as if you have only 20 units and want to loop from 1 to 20. For can be used along with the count function to loop through an array of any length. forEach provides a function which doesn't require a number to be provided or a condition; it will take the input of an array and run through each element automatically for you.
In the for function, the user creates a variable inside quotes, such as "_x", which then refers to the current number as the for goes through the loop. In the forEach, the function creates a Magic variable called "_x", which refers to the current item in the array as the foreach goes through the loop.
//For Example
_myArray = ["One","Two","Three","Four"]; // 0 = "One", 1 = "Two", 2 = "Three", 3 = "Four"
_myCount = (count _myArray) -1;
//If we count the array, it will say "4", but we don't have an element "4" in the array, but we have 0,1,2,3. So remove 1 and we have the correct amount.
for "_x" from 0 to _myCount do
_currentElement = _myArray select _x; // Selects 0,1,2,3
//The output will be:
The foreach loop has a strange syntax, but nonetheless performs the same function. The forEach function 'begins with a bracket rather than with the forEach function name ({}forEach;).
//forEach example
_myArray = ["One","Two","Three","Four"]; // 0 = "One", 1 = "Two", 2 = "Three", 3 = "Four"
} forEach _myArray;
// The output will be:
// "One"
// "Two"
// "Three"
// "Four"
This is done by the + unary operator. It copies an array, and sets the array variable to point to this new array.
_array1 = [1,2,3] _array2 = +_array1
Now _array1 and _array2 point to 2 different arrays, both of which have the contents [1,2,3].
Note that a deep copy is made using the + unary operator.
_a = [[1,1,1],[1,1,1]]; _b = +_a; (_b select 0) set [0, 4];
Now _b is an array [[4,1,1],[1,1,1]], while _a is still [[1,1,1],[1,1,1]], meaning that a sub-array gets copied (deeply) instead of copying a pointer to the same/original sub-array.
Take a note that arrays are as immutable as objects, assigning a variable to another variable referencing array, does not copy it.
b = [1,2,3];
c = b;
b set [0,4];
diag_log b;
diag_log c;
// both will output [4,2,3]
If you modify your array by reference, it's not necessary to set the variable using the setVariable command, because you already changed the original array.
object setVariable ["myVar",[1,2,3]];
_array = object getVariable "myVar"; //[1,2,3]
_array set [0,-1];
object getVariable "myVar"; //[-1,2,3]
command: _array = object getVariable "myVar";
works as: _newarr = _oldarr;
and returns only a reference to the array, instead of copying it.
This is done by the - binary operator. It takes 2 arrays, and returns a new array that contains all of the items in the first array that were not in the second array.
_array1 = [1,2,player,2,"String","String",3]
_array2 = [2,player,"String"]
_array3 = _array1 - _array2
The result is that _array3 is a new array which has the contents [1, 3].
- Subtracting an array from itself will always return an empty array [].
- Nested arrays cannot be subtracted - i.e. the following does NOT work:
_a1 = [[1,1],[2,2],[3,3]]; _a2 = [[2,2]]; _a3 = _a1 - _a2; // will still return [[1,1],[2,2],[3,3]]
Workaround: You can remove nested arrays by first replacing them with a non array variable.
_array = [["first","hello1"],["second","hello2"],["third","hello3"]];
_array set [1,-1];
_array = _array - [-1];
// _array will now contain: [["first","hello1"],["third","hello3"]]
Arma 3: Subtraction from MultiArrays in Arma 3 works:
_a1 = [[1,1],[2,2],[3,3]]; _a2 = [[2,2]]; _a3 = _a1 - _a2; // will return [[1,1],[3,3]]
Quirks and errors
Index rounding
In OFP script, indices are rounded to the nearest whole number. A bounday case (X.5, where X is any whole number) rounds to the nearest even whole number
Boundary cases:
-0.5 rounds up to 0
-0.5 <= index <= 0.5 rounds to 0
0.5 rounds down to 0
0.5 < index < 1.5 rounds to 1
1.5 rounds up to 2
1.5 <= index <= 2.5 rounds to 2
2.5 rounds down to 2
2.5 < index < 3.5 rounds to 3
3.5 rounds up to 4
Other indices follow this pattern.
When an Array index is out of Range
If a rounded index refers to a position in an array that is invalid:
- If the index is negative, an Error Zero Divisor error message will be displayed.
- If the index is positive, the returned value will be of the null type.
Accesses which are out of bounds:
_array = []; _element = (_array select 0)
_array = ["element"]; _element = (_array select 1)
_array = ["element"]; _element = (_array select -1)
Accesses which are in bounds:
_array = ["element"]; _element = (_array select 0)
_array = ["element"]; _element = (_array select 0.1)
_array = ["element"]; _element = (_array select -0.3)


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A suspenseful tale of an Amish man who will risk all to protect the woman he loves.
Mark Fisher has returned home to Hart County, determined to put the past behind him. Two years ago, after being wrongly accused of assault, he left the Amish community, though never forgot his home. When the one person who had helped him through his rough times asks for help, Mark returns. But it is pretty Waneta Cain who makes him want to stay...
Neeta is one of the few people in Hart County who doesn't believe Mark is guilty of hurting anyone. However, his worldliness and tough exterior do make her uneasy. As she begins to see the real man behind all the gossip and prejudice, she wonders if he is the man for her.
Just when Mark starts to believe a new life is possible, a close friend of Neeta's is attacked. Once again, everyone in the community seems to believe he is guilty. But what hurts most is Neeta's sudden wariness around him. When another woman is hurt, a woman who is close to both Neeta and himself, Mark fears he knows the real culprit. And time is running out. Will Mark be able to find him before Neeta becomes his next victim?
My review:
I enjoyed this story of second chances and suspense! It was interesting to see how someone would come back from being thought guilty of a horrific crime to trying to fit in with a community again and show they were innocent. Gossip is a terrible thing and has a life of its own and that was really shown here as Mark's constantly accused of things and looked at with suspicion because of his past. I found it surprising and frustrating how some people could be so judgmental and sure that he was guilty of everything when they had no proof and even knew he had been cleared of the past crime. Neeta ended up losing friendships over this attitude because she stood up for him and they didn't want to hear it. I also found it interesting to see how Mark reacted to the situation and to different relationships in his life because of his childhood and the unpredictability and neglect he suffered. He had a hard time opening up to people and sometimes reacted in negative ways. I was somewhat surprised by some advice his preacher gave him. Most was good, but there was something he said that seemed out of character for a Christian. I liked the different conversations about forgiving, not judging, second chances and looking beneath the surface. I was really surprised that Neeta's parents, Mark and her boss weren't more worried about her biking to and from work by herself after 2 attacks and when she herself had been threatened, though I don't think she ever told her parents about that. I also thought she was very naive about an incident that happened. I was also a little surprised at Mark for something he does at the end of the story. Other than those instances, I really liked both her and Mark. There's talk of prayer, forgiveness and knowing God was with her. There's a little bit of romance and some suspense. I thought it worked well as a stand-alone, though it's book two. I would recommend this story if you like Amish books or suspense.
I received this book free from Litfuse Publicity in exchange for an honest review.
I received this book free from Litfuse Publicity in exchange for an honest review.
Shelley Shepard Gray is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, a finalist for the American Christian Fiction Writers prestigious Carol Award, and a two-time HOLT Medallion winner. She lives in southern Ohio, where she writes full-time, bakes too much, and can often be found walking her dachshunds on her town's bike trail.


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Build your job search network
Networking is an essential component of any successful job search—but it requires calculated planning.
Professional networking is about making contacts and building relationships that can lead to jobs or other work-related opportunities. Thoughtful networking provides a focused way to talk to people about your job search. Done right, it can help you obtain leads, referrals, advice, information, and support. It is an essential component of any successful job search, but it requires calculated planning.
The good news for older job seekers is that by virtue of more years and more experiences, you generally have an edge over your younger counterparts in the scope of your networks. But older workers may be less experienced in identifying and using those contacts, however. Here are some pointers on how to build and sustain your employment networks.
Know how to make your pitch
A key part of effective networking is being clear about your employment goals. A careful self-assessment can provide pertinent information about who you are and what you want when communicating with contacts. Prepare talking points and practice delivering them, whether you have 10 seconds for an elevator pitch, 60 seconds for a commercial, or 10 minutes for an informational interview.
Keep track of your contacts
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As Barack Obama takes the oath and is inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States, many are anticipating a new era of socially relevant science and technology. Having run one of the most technologically savvy campaigns in recent times—possibly ever—Obama's transition teams continued to break new ground in using technology up open up the process of government. And throughout the campaign and transition, there has been an emphasis on scientific integrity, and using science and technology in the service of society.
The trick is going to be to maintain this momentum in the new administration. Obama has surrounded himself with a top-notch group of science and technology advisors, and this, combined with a desire to get science and technology back on track, bodes well for the new Presidency. As BBC News reported this morning, scientists are optimistic that Obama has what it takes to reposition science and technology within government and society. And yesterday's USA Today noted that "Scientists are hopeful that Obama, who has called for increased research spending, will bring a new dawn [to science]."
Of course, realizing the promise of a new scientific dawn will not be easy. Where will the money come from? What should the top priorities be? Will robust long-term science strategies be established? How will citizens be effectively engaged in the science and technology enterprise?
The USA Today piece explores some of these concerns (and does it well), and in the weeks and months to come, these and other issues will be aired more fully as the euphoria of Obama's election dies down and reality sets.
But today, it's time to celebrate the inauguration of a new president who has repeatedly emphasized the importance of science and technology for everyone.
On that note, rather than continuing to pompously pontificate on science and technology in the new administration, I'm going to sit back and enjoy the historic events of the day.
And in the spirit of a social media-savvy [soon not to be] president-elect, I will be eschewing the crowds of DC, and following the inauguration on the web. You can follow 2020science and others on Twitter as the day proceeds—just use the tag #inaug09.
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I've been looking for an excuse to use the Nanobama image since it hit the headlines some weeks back. The image, made by John Hart, Sameh Tawfick, Michael De Volder, and Will Walker, was constructed from an etched "forest" of carbon nanotubes. Given the science and technology focus of the new administration, this seemed a great reminder of the potential of emerging technologies, and the challenges of translating that potential into safe and successful solutions to real issues.
I know this because I have just read a fascinating assessment of nanotoxicology publications by Barbara Harthorn and colleagues at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
You should read it.
Except that you can't—unless you subscribe to the Journal of Nanoparticle Research, or work somewhere that does. Or you are willing to fork out $34.00 for the paper.
Since leaving the lab nearly four years ago, my empathy with those without ready access to the scientific literature has grown. With the exception of a pitifully small handful of publications I subscribe to, I now have to beg copies of interesting-looking papers from better-connected colleagues. And I'm not alone in this… Read the rest of this entry »
Introducing MINChar—a new community initiative to support effective material characterization in nanotoxicity studies.
Here's a tough one: Imagine you have a new substance—call it substance X—and you run some tests to see how toxic it is. But you're not quite sure what substance X is.
You know that it is a powder, and it is supposed to have chemicals x y and z somewhere in it. But you don't know how small the particles are, what shape they are, whether chemical z is on the surface of the particles or inside them, whether the particles all clump together when shoved into the test system or whether they can't get far enough away from each other after being administered, or whether there is something else present in substance X that really shouldn't be there.
Now imagine your tests show that substance X looks like it could be rather dangerous. How do identify which aspect of the material is causing the problem, so you can go about fixing it?
Or imagine someone else wants to repeat your work. Or they want to compare your data with another study. How do you know that the substance being used in other studies is the same as substance X, and not simply a crude approximation?
The scenario is somewhat hypothetical, but the issues are very real. And they have dogged the field of nanotoxicology for over a decade. Read the rest of this entry »
The pains and pleasures of tweeting science and technology innovation, 140 characters at a time.
Five days, 539 words and 3,447 characters later, the Twitter experiment is over. Did I succeed in communicating on emerging science and technology in 700 characters a day? I'm not sure. The whole exercise was harder than I expected. Trying to come up with something interesting and relevant five times a day was a challenge. Thursday was a particularly tough day—and the entries show it!
But at the end of the exercise, I must admit it was fun. And even though tweeting will never supplant full-on blogging for communicating stuff in depth, it clearly has a place.
I'm not sure I would do a five-day stint like this again, but the medium is clearly open to innovative use. And with some thought, could be used to convey more complex information than trivial thoughts and web links. Personally, I think my writing-style took a dive with the constraints imposed by the character-limit and serial-posts. But I was surprised at how much could be crammed into 140 characters, with some thought. And while the experiment had many flaws, I think there is scope to use Twitter and similar formats in ways that lead to engagement on issues with some depth. Read the rest of this entry »
The National Research Council of the National Academies releases its review of the National Nanotechnology Initiative Strategy for Nanotechnology-Related Environmental, Health, and Safety Research. And it's not pretty.
Most people acknowledge that innovation is vital to economic and social prosperity. But what do you do when science and technology innovation are in danger of being stymied by bad habits and misguided thinking? One solution: apply a little tough love. Something a new report from the US National Academies does in spades.
By the end of the next US administration, there will be an estimated seven billion people on the planet, all wanting food, shelter, and water, and most of them striving for a first-world quality of life. With dwindling natural resources and an environment struggling to absorb humanity's assaults, old technologies are coming to the end of their shelf life. Energy security, curing cancer, quality of life in old age, plentiful clean water, climate change—none of these challenges will be met without science and technology innovation.
More to the point, without a constant stream of science and technology innovation, the economy will be starved of the knowledge-capital so desperately needed for stability and growth.
Given this backdrop, you would think that the US federal government would be on top of spotting and navigating around potential barriers to innovation. Yet according to a new report from the National Research Council of the National Academies, the feds seem to have their collective heads in the sand when it comes to ensuring investment in science and technology research delivers sustainable results… Read the rest of this entry »
Navigating the minefield of airborne nanoparticle exposure
Nanotechnology—like other emerging technologies—presents a dilemma: If you're making new substances with uncertain health risks, how low is low enough when it comes to managing exposure?
The issue is raised in the current edition of Nature Nanotechnology by Vladimir Murashov of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), and former NIOSH-director John Howard. But the question has been bubbling along for some time.
And it's an important one. Uncertainty over safe workplace practices is bad news for nanotech businesses trying to do the right thing—especially small start-ups that don't have the resources to work out their own bespoke solutions. It's not much better for regulators—as the gap between emerging technologies and solid information on their safe use widens, how do you craft new approaches to protecting people's health and the environment? Read the rest of this entry »


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MOST visitors reach for their cameras when they first glimpse the cluster of historic buildings at Philipsburg Manor in Sleepy Hollow. A narrow bridge crosses over a pond, leading to a whitewashed fieldstone manor house. With its large wheel in the water, a weathered wooden mill sits at the foot of the bridge, and a rustic barn is off to the side.
On a wintry day last month, guides were dressed in layers of sweaters and capes -- and britches for men, long wide skirts for women -- that might have been worn at the midpoint of the 18th century, the time the calendar is set here. But most of the people who lived at Philipsburg then probably did not have a minute to admire the view. They were slaves.
Back then, Philipsburg was the center of Adolph Philipse's commercial business, which involved trade between New York, the West Indies and Europe. In 1750, when he died, his probate inventory listed 30 sheep, 6 spinning wheels, silverware, pewter dishes, 3 feather beds and 23 men, women and children. Although slavery was legal then in the colonies, it was unusual for one family to have more than two or three slaves.
The Philipse family was among the wealthiest in New York. Adolph Philipse was a member of the New York Assembly. They were also among the largest slaveholders in the area, perhaps in the Northeast. In addition to their dealings in grain and farm goods, they engaged extensively in the slave trade.
A National Historic Landmark that is now a living history museum, Philipsburg Manor is closed for the winter. But when it reopens on March 3, its tours and hands-on exhibits will more closely reflect its actual history: The Philipses were rarely there. The property was managed by an overseer, who was a nearby tenant farmer. Skilled slaves who spoke several languages ran the international shipping operations, as well as the mill and the dairy.
Many New Yorkers associate slavery with the South, and are shocked to hear of the institution in their backyard. Chris Moore, a historian at the New York Public Library's Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem, said that when the British Parliament granted the New York colony a monopoly on the bolting, or sifting and production of wheat in 1680, the demand for slave labor in the Hudson Valley increased significantly. Just before the Revolutionary War, New York was second only to Charleston, S.C., as an urban center of slavery. There was little difference between a manor and a plantation, according to several people involved with Philipsburg Manor.
''My father was a history teacher, and I didn't know that slavery was a Northern phenomenon,'' said Waddell Stillman, president of Historic Hudson Valley. ''I'm not going to accuse anyone else of ignorance.''
Historic Hudson Valley operates Philipsburg Manor and five other landmark sites in the area: Sunnyside in Tarrytown, Van Cortlandt Manor in Croton-on-Hudson, Union Church of Pocantico Hills, Montgomery Place in Annandale and Kykuit in Pocantico Hills.
''We want to make people understand this world, to make them touch it, so a 300-year history is not so remote any more,'' said Margaret Vetare, manager of reinterpretation for Philipsburg Manor. ''This is an American story we're telling, not someone else's story.''
Although the reinterpretation has been a continuing effort for about seven years, the changes will be most evident this season, with more nuanced explanations and expanded use of drama to convey themes of slavery, international commerce and cultural diversity in early New York.
When Ms. Vetare and the Philipsburg guides speak, they use the term enslaved Africans rather than slaves, and in describing events on the site, refer to them by name. (The names appeared on Philipse's inventory.)
''We try to imagine how people saw themselves,'' said Ms. Vetare. ''I don't think people thought of themselves as slaves. They were men and women, they were African people. Enslavement was imposed on them.''
Although the guides, or interpreters, are dressed in period outfits -- with many of their garments woven and sewn on the site -- they are not in character. They speak to visitors as contemporaries. But third person-speak shifts to first person when scripted vignettes are presented during the course of a tour.
In ''Trying Times,'' a pair of interpreters play Albert, the overseer, at his desk in the main house, and Susan, the enslaved woman who was head of the dairy operations. Their dramatic conversation, in which Susan seeks permission to visit a family member who had been sold, expresses some of the complexities of their relationship and the under-the-surface resistance and negotiation that goes on between them.
When another vignette, ''North and South,'' a dialogue between a Northern slaveholder and the representative of a Southern slaveholder, was recently staged in the barn, surrounded by cows and oxen, a cat strolled in front of the actors, stage left and right. Michael Lord, senior site manager of Philipsburg Manor, who wrote the vignettes and sometimes acts in them, said that ''it can be difficult to play the nasty characters,'' and affirmed the educational importance of the vignettes to make the issues more concrete.
''We need to understand and respect the culture, not shy away from its ugly aspects,'' he said. The vignettes grew out of improvisations and have been reviewed by the African-American Advisory Board, a group of local supporters offering guidance to the African-American history programs at Philipsburg Manor.
''There's no more difficult subject in our society than the issue of slavery,'' said Hopeton White, a member of the advisory board and commissioner of the Theodore D. Young Community Center in Greenburgh. ''We don't talk about it intergenerationally, interracially, or within families. It's the elephant in the room that nobody wants to confront. The great divide is still there. We have progressed marginally as a society but not substantially.''
Mr. White said he hoped the efforts at Philipsburg Manor will ''start the honest conversation among us.''
WHEN the property reopens, the most visible changes will be at the 1680's Manor House, which will be reconfigured to resemble the center of commerce it was. Visitors will enter through the basement, where the dairy and slave cooking quarters are, rather than through the front door. Some of the rooms now furnished with period pieces will instead feature reproductions that can be touched; certain spaces depicting the family's life style will remain. The front hall will serve as a resource center with copies of documents, like the 1750 inventory and advertisements for runaway slaves.
Other buildings include the working barn, an authentic structure moved to the site from elsewhere in New York; a tenant farmer's house, a new building that houses demonstrations and activities; and the mill, recreated in 1960, on what was once the powerful Pocantico River, now known as the Mill Pond.
Peter Curtis, the miller at Philipsburg, keeps the mill going year round. The mill produces between 500 and 1,000 pounds of flour annually, which is about what Caeser -- the miller in Philipse's time -- and his crew did in an hour. In 1740, they produced about 30,000 pounds in a six-day workweek. Mr. Curtis apprenticed for five years with the fifth-generation English miller who ran the Philipsburg mill for 20 years before taking over its operation in 1989. These days, he guides groups through the mill, explaining its workings. The corn and wheat flour is sold at the mill and is used for baking there.
Few visitors to Philipsburg Manor have heard of the Philipse family, which may have to do with their choice of sides in the Revolutionary War: They were Loyalists. In 1779 the property was confiscated, and in 1883 Frederick Philipse III (the great-nephew of Adolph) fled with his family to England. For some years, the property was owned by the Beekman family, then later by the actress Elsie Janis. The property was in receivership in 1940, when John D. Rockefeller bought what was then called Philipse Castle and opened it to the public in 1943.
Mark F. Rockefeller, chairman of Historic Hudson Valley, which was founded by his grandfather, John D. Rockefeller, in 1951 (then called Sleepy Hollow Restorations), spoke with pride about his grandfather's forward-thinking preservation efforts and the family's interest in telling the Philipsburg story in full.
The reinterpretation has been financed in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. In November, Historic Hudson Valley presented its John D. Rockefeller Jr.'s Founder's Award to Richard D. Parsons, the chief executive of AOL Time Warner at a dinner that raised $375,000 for African-American history programs at Philipsburg Manor.
Mr. Parsons has a long connection to the Rockefellers. He began his career as an assistant counsel to Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller, Mark Rockefeller's father, and was a White House aide in the Ford administration when Rockefeller was vice president. When he was living temporarily at a guest house on the Rockefeller estate, he learned that his late grandfather, who died when he was 3, had been the head groundskeeper on the estate.
For Mr. Parsons, the Philipsburg site provides ''a clearer sense of how the country did come together on the backs of different cultures, with lots of diverse influences,'' he said in a telephone interview. ''I think a lot of positive can come out of that, not just so that the future can learn from the past but that people can see in a more accurate and enlightened way how this amalgam of American reality is just that, not a product of one cultural strain.''
Although Philipsburg may be the only living history site in the North where reinterpreting 18th-century slavery is a major focus, said Ms. Vetare, other museums and historical societies have begun exploring related issues, some with exhibitions. She described Colonial Williamsburg as a kind of model for living history museums. ''We share a founder and a founder's vision,'' she said, referring to John D. Rockefeller. ''They have been doing a lot of exciting, innovative, research-based programs.''
Visiting Philipsburg can demonstrate the connections between landscape, geography, history and public memory. Ms. Vetare reported that she feels a responsibility to honor the lives of the past.
''I start from the position that slavery was the most evil institution you can imagine,'' Mr. White commented. ''We never try to sugar coat. But in spite of the deprivation, look at what they accomplished with nothing. Can you image what these people could have done if they were free? I'm in awe of them and recognize that I'm here because of them.''
Mr. Curtis, the miller, said that he feels a connection to Caeser in terms of his skills and sense of responsibility toward the mill. Sometimes in winter, he goes upstairs in the mill and looks out toward the Hudson River. ''You get a sense of the beauty of the property, and can imagine when there were no railroad tracks cutting through,'' he said. ''You can picture this plantation right next to the river.''
Telling the Story as Others Lived It
BRENDA HUNDLEY doesn't think of herself as an actress. In fact, she first started playing the role of the enslaved woman Susan in the vignette ''Troubled Times'' at Philipsburg Manor a bit reluctantly, filling in for a friend who had gotten sick.
''I've learned a lot,'' said Ms. Hundley, who lives in South Nyack. ''I feel very good about doing it, about the education other people get from seeing it.''
In the vignette Susan tries to persuade Albert the overseer to grant her a pass to leave Philipsburg. Their interaction is complex and layered, for although Susan is virtually powerless, she knows that her skills are critical to the running of Philipsburg. Subtly, she suggests if she is not permitted to go, there might be some problems with the butter.
During the week, Ms. Hundley is a real estate broker, managing properties in Manhattan. On Saturdays when Philipsburg is open, she is in costume at the site, working as an interpreter and acting in the vignettes.
About taking on the role of a slave, Ms. Hundley said: ''I don't have a problem with it. That is part of my people's background. If anyone is going to tell the story, why not let it be us?''
Playing Susan, she explained, is counter to her own personality. ''I'm not a submissive person,'' she said, ''I have to be very meek.'' She is pleased that the audience gets to learn about what really went on at a place like Philipsburg.
A question-and-answer period follows each vignette. Often, people express surprise that someone like Susan can read. In the scene, she reads a receipt on the overseer's desk and learns of the sale of some of her fellow slaves.
Each time she does the scene it is a little different, depending on the audience and the person acting with her. When she plays the vignette with Jack Sutherland, who has a theater background, as the overseer, she gets most emotional.
''Sometimes I just want to punch him,'' she said. ''He comes across as so real.''
Mr. Sutherland, a retired lawyer who teaches law at Mercy College, has done a lot of community theater. He plays in ''Trying Times'' and ''North and South,'' and has stepped into both the role of the slave owner from the North and that of the representative of the Southern slave owner.
He finds acting in the vignettes rewarding. ''Because the audience is learning something, it makes it that much more interesting,'' he said. ''The vignettes take people off balance.''
That he is portraying people whose values he doesn't share doesn't bother him. ''We're portraying history,'' said Mr. Sutherland, who lives in Eastchester. ''I'm neither apologetic nor guilty. I'm conveying as much as any actor would.''
The scenes are short and tight, so there is not much room for improvisation. Mr. Sutherland said the language can sometimes be shocking for viewers, like the talk of ''breaking in'' slaves who might be troublesome. In writing the pieces, Michael Lord drew on period literature to use the language and syntax of the time, sometimes using direct quotations from personal narratives, traveler's accounts or advertisements about runaway slaves.
Mr. Lord said additional vignettes have been prepared and will be performed when Philipsburg reopens this spring; some are based on visitors' questions.
One new vignette may involve Caeser the miller, played, perhaps. by Peter Curtis, the current miller. Mr. Curtis says that in his everyday duties he is often asked by visitors if he is a slave. He said his answer is that the interpreters are not role-playing but, rather, they are teachers.


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Kendrick Meek said tax cuts for the wealthy would cost the middle-class $6,000 a year
In the three-way race for the U.S. Senate in Florida, both Republican Marco Rubio and independent candidate Charlie Crist favor extending the current tax rates for the wealthiest Americans. Democrat Kendrick Meek, on the other hand, favors President Barack Obama's plan to raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans.
After Rubio defended the tax cuts, Meek made the case that raising taxes on the wealthy reduces government debt, and that actually helps the middle class.
"Middle-class families throughout America have to pay $6,000 per year to pay for the tax cut that he's talking about," Meek said. "That's before the finance charge from China, Japan, or India. I think it's important that we look at leveling with the people of this state, not just the cake-and-ice-cream, deregulation, everyone-should-get-a-tax-cut kind of way. If we are going to govern, we must govern in a responsible way, because we are putting our children in a position that no other nation's children will be in as it relates to paying back this debt."
We were interested in fact-checking Meek's statement that "Middle-class families throughout America have to pay $6,000 per year to pay for" tax cuts for the wealthy.
A little background about tax cuts: In 2001, President George W. Bush promoted tax cuts as a way to return money to citizens because the federal government was running a surplus. In 2003, Bush promoted the extension of some of those tax cuts as a necessary economic stimulus after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11. But Bush lacked the votes in Congress to permanently change the tax code, so the laws that passed stipulated that the new, lower tax rates would expire in 2010. That means the rates for everyone will automatically go up in 2011 unless Congress takes action.
President Obama campaigned on a platform to renew tax cuts for the middle class and to let tax cuts expire for individuals who make more than $200,000 and couples who make more than $250,000. Meek, currently a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives, supports that plan. The Obama administration has released detailed budget estimates showing that higher tax rates on the wealthy will generate $678.3 billion over 10 years.
Obama's proposal raises the income rates on the top brackets from 33 and 35 percent to 36 and 39.6 percent. But he also proposes a few other provisions affecting high earners, such as increasing their dividends taxes and capping tax exemptions. The nonpartisan Tax Policy Center crunched the numbers on the proposals in Obama's 2011 budget and found the following:
- For taxpayers who reported income between $200,000 and $500,000, the average tax increase would be $1,422. Their average federal tax rate, including payroll taxes, would go up from 24.4 percent to 24.9 percent.
- For taxpayers who reported income between $500,000 and $1 million, the average tax increase would be $17,627. Their average federal tax rate, including payroll taxes, would go from 25.5 percent to 28 percent.
- For taxpayers who reported income over $1 million, the average tax increase would be $148,970. Their average federal tax rate, including payroll taxes, would go from 29.6 percent to 34.4 percent.
Getting back to Meek's statement, Meek said that tax cuts for the wealthy would "cost" middle-class taxpayers $6,000 each. We should note that keeping the lower tax rates in place doesn't technically "cost" the government anything. Rather, it's money that the government doesn't collect. Given the current fiscal imbalances, though, any reduction in tax revenues without cutting spending puts the country more into debt.
Meek said he wasn't counting interest on the debt, and that it would cost middle-class taxpayers $6,000 per year. We know that over 10 years, the tax increase for the wealthy totals $678.3 billion, so $6,000 per taxpayer per year means there are ... (hold on a minute, we're punching the numbers into our calculator) ... 11.3 million middle-class taxpayers -- a laughably small number.
There are about 157 million taxpayers in total, so using this math, Meek's middle class would be disturbingly small -- less than 10 percent of all taxpayers. Democrats like to say that the middle class is shrinking, but we don't think even Meek would suggest it's less than 10 percent. We suspected Meek meant $6,000 per family over 10 years.
And in fact, when we ran our analysis by the Meek campaign, they admitted he misspoke, that he meant to say over 10 years. They used a 2007 Census estimate of 116 million households in the United States.
In rating our item, we should note that some Republicans object to saying that tax cuts "cost" anything. It's not spending, they say, it's money that belongs to the people. Still, if the country is deficit-spending, it's foregone revenue that will have to be made up for some way. But this philosophical debate is a side note to our fact check because Meek said the tax cuts for the wealthy would cost middle-class families "$6,000 per year." That number is way off, by at least a factor of 10. Meek's campaign admitted he flubbed it. We rate Meek's statement False.


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Friendly therapists who live locally
Therapy 4 Kids has been in business since 2006
Problem Solvers
Helping your child succeed, breakthrough and go places
Parent Friendly
We love working with parents who want what is best for their child
Scott & Jennifer Harmon
Owners - Occupational Therapists
Scott and Jennifer Harmon are both Occupational Therapists. They have been blessed with 6 kids. They opened Therapy 4 Kids in 2006, providing Speech, Occupational and Physical Therapy. Click below to follow Therapy 4 kids on Facebook.
What We Do
Speech Therapy
Request Speech Therapy
Helps your child:
Speak clearly so you and others understand what they are saying.
Understand concepts and the meaning of what others are saying to them.
Put multiple words together to form sentences that make sense.
Express themselves which will improve their bad behaviors. Problems making themselves understood lead to frustration and anger.
Produce sounds and say words correctly.
Voice quality, volume, and pitch.
Drooling, eating and swallowing.
Improved self-esteem and quality of life.
Improve school skills.
Improve problem-solving.
Occupational Therapy
Request OT
Helps your child:
Attend to tasks and do better in school.
Have better movement and coordination.
Do better in school.
Improve handwriting.
Improve reading.
Improve keyboarding.
Be independent with dressing and self-help skills.
Confidence in abilities.
Not being overwhelmed.
Improve social skills and appropriate behavior.
Time management.
Physical Therapy
Helps Your Child:
Run / Jump
Improve ball skills
Improve Strength / Coordination
Not being so clumsy
How Therapy 4 Kids Started
Back in 2006 (and even to this day) options for pediatric therapy in Faulkner county, Arkansas were limited to the city of Conway. Even there, therapy was limited to a couple of large developmental pre-schools.
The options for therapy were to go to a very large developmental pre-school that may be 20 or more miles away. What if parents wanted their child closer to them? What if they wanted to keep them at home or choose a local pre-school?
After Scott and Jennifer Harmon (owners) heard about children having to travel long distances to receive therapy, they decided to open a clinic in Greenbrier, Arkansas. The response was very positive and Therapy 4 Kids has been blessed to serve Greenbrier and surrounding areas since 2006.
A few years after opening our Greenbrier clinic we opened a second clinic in Conway, Arkansas. We opened this clinic to give parents an option of receiving therapy in an outpatient setting. Our therapists also treat in local pre-schools
We treat many kids in our clinics whose parents choose to educate them at home. We also treat children in local pre-schools and public schools. Whether you homeschool your child or have them in a local pre-school we can help.
What We Are For
Parents being involved and informed about their child's therapy
Having fun while working on skills
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Technology – in moderation
Hard work and accountability
Respect for others – We love please, yes ma'am, and thank you
Taking time to read a book
Saying "Way to Go!" with a job well done or well attempted
High fives
More bubbles
A fun song
Running, jumping and climbing
Giving more positive feedback than negative feedback
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What We Are Against
Bad attitudes and disrespect
Saying "I can't" before you even try
Thinking an ipad will fix any learning problem
Technology as a babysitter
Giving punishment and never giving love and affection
"Professionals" who guilt you into putting your child into pre-school when you want to keep them at home.
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What We Believe
When a child is given to his parents, a crown is made for that child in heaven, and woe to the parents (including caregivers and therapists) who raise a child without consciousness of that eternal crown. Fulton Sheen
God gave us the gift of life, it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of well living. Voltaire


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Do you work at a standing desk?
Some people sit on exercise balls, others on stools. Some people have super fancy ergonomic chairs and others don't have a desk at all. If you work at a desk, are you able to stand at it while getting work done?
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Course Summary
unit one
The Bondage unit sets up the pattern for the entirety of the course: consuming guest videos, articles, and other materials, then doing your own experiment on the subject at hand, then filling out your homework worksheet and (if you are a Star or Mentor player) turning it in to Mr. Sexsmith.
unit two
Got a fetish for punishment? Do you like to entice your top to go harder by disobeying? Or does messing up your dominant's instruction make you quiver? This week, we'll explore three big pieces of discipline: Protocol, punishment, and obedience. What are your motivations for serving your dominant? What keeps you inspired to stay in your position?
unit three
For some, service is both a fetish and a "language of love," a way we express care for other people. We'll explore domestic service, sexual service, and service in community this week, and get clearer about the ways we express our care and devotion to our partners.
unit four
What's it like to receive intense sensation? Are there pain processing techniques you can use to be able to take more than you currently can? We'll explore various sides of receiving masochistic sensation, and explore further ways to continue your submissive studies after the course ends.
Breakdown of Submissive Playground materials
Each unit has two weeks between it to consume as many of the materials as possible, do the experiment, and fill out the homework worksheet.
Unit 0: PRE-COURSE MATERIALS
- Read the Protocol document
- Fill out the Foreplay & Negotiations questionnaire
- Introduce yourself in the Sandbox (the course message board)
- Sign up for the webinar service
- Determine your course folder
- Determine your course object
- Watch Maisha Aza's guest video on submissive stereotypes
- Take the What Kind of S-Type Are You? Quiz
Unit 1: BONDAGE
- Read "Tart Cherry" erotica by Kathleen Delaney-Adams
- Read "Self Bondage" by david stein
- Watch Lee Harrington's "10 Things I Wish I Knew as a Bondage Bottom"
- Watch Madison Young's tips for bondage
- Watch Mx. Sexsmith's demo of a simple bondage tie
Do the experiment!
- Do your submissive journal homework
- BONUS: Fill out the BDSM Checklist
- BONUS: video by rife about getting more kinky play
Unit 2: DISCIPLINE
- Watch the guest video from International Master 2011, Liza, on the types of punishments
- Watch the guest video from International slave 2011, Jody, on what motivates us to submit
- Watch the guest video from Princess Kali on training and discipline
- Watch a short video of SkinDiamond practicing the Kink.com slave positions, and
- Watch an erotic video with Nina Hartley incorporating some discipline play and positions
- Read a document describing all the 12 kink.com slave positions
- Read a queer erotic story, "Call Me Sir," by BB Rydell
Do your experiment!
- Do your submissive journal homework
- BONUS: A worksheet from the (out of print) book Discipline by Lily Lloyd about making new rules & protocol
- BONUS: Integrated Life Matrix infographic
Unit 3: SERVICE
- Watch the guest video from Sejay Chu, professional service sub and experienced switch
- Watch the guest video from rife on cultivating a service mindset for more joy and less resentment
- Watch the guest video from feminist queer master Andrea Zanin on receiving service
- Watch the guest video from International Ms Bootblack 2009 kd diamond on bootblacking and other service skills
- Read an excerpt from "Real Service" by Joshua Tenpenny on motivations
Do your experiment!
- Do your submissive journal homework
- BONUS: Take the Lust Languages quiz and ponder the ways you express and best receive lust
- BONUS: A porn poker scene from Tristan Taormino's Rough Sex 2
Unit 4: MASOCHISM
- Watch the guest video from Tina Horn, queer porn star, about spanking
- Watch the guest video from Tillie King, switch and BDSM educator, on pain processing
- Watch the guest video from Midori, on masochism
- Watch the guest video from Axe, about being more attractive to your dominant
- Listen to the interview with shiris about masochism and pain processing
- Watch the short video "Impact" by Mollena Williams for fun
- Read an erotic story with a cathartic pain scene called "Lost River" by Jeff Mann
Do your experiment!
- Do your submissive journal homework
- BONUS: Theory article, "Pleasure Not Panic: The Art of Processing Pain" by Joseph W. Bean
Unit 5: POST-COURSE
- Fill out the Aftercare worksheet
- Say thank you to a course guest contributor
- Book any remaining sessions you'd like to have
- Further reading & resources PDF
- BONUS: Wrap up any threads in the Sandbox
- BONUS: Download any course materials you'd like for further study
- BONUS: Join our Fetlife group for graduates
- Update your submissive resume with your new training and anything else you've learned


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The high school gymnasium was packed on April 15 with college representatives manning tables covered in their school colors and displaying brochures, information cards and fun facts about their schools. More than 60 tables filled the room, offering something for everyone that visited.
The college fair allowed sophomores and juniors to learn about a variety of colleges and universities as well as facts about athletic recruitment, standardized test prep and military enrollment. The school counselors prepared a list of questions that students could ask to help them make the most of the fair.
High school guidance counselor Faith Keenan said that the college fair allows underclassmen to start getting an idea of what they are looking for before they have to submit applications in the fall of their senior year. "With so many schools in attendance, there is no risk in taking a brochure or asking a question, and often the answers to those questions help students narrow down what they are looking for in a college," she said.
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Representatives from the United States Marine Corps and United States Army were also on hand to provide information about military options. Locust Valley's Director of Physical Education, Health and Athletics Dr. Danielle Turner manned a table to help student-athletes learn about their options for playing collegiate-level athletics.
High school principal Patrick DiClemente said the guidance department did an excellent job of coordinating the college fair. "Our guidance counselors worked hard to ensure that students and their families were able to gather information about many different college experiences," he said, adding that the guidance counselors will continue to work closely with students and answer questions about the college application process.