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Sliders for the 4th of July
I asked Mike what he thought would be a good idea for a burger themed party. He said, "Call everyone before the party and ask them exactly what they'd like on their burger - customized." Hum... that seems like a lot of work - I'm not running a restaurant.
I thought that making a variety of mini slider burgers would be a better way of letting everyone try some new twists on our favorite combinations. This is a great party idea for the 4th of July - a new twist on the classic grilled burger.
Get all of the recipes for each burger :
Bacon & Avocado Burger
Caramelized Onion & Blue Cheese Burger
All American Burger (similar to a Big Mac!)
I've made thousands of sliders in my day - literally. During my catering days, sliders had just hit the scene and every Bride and hostess wanted sliders. They were a little time consuming to make, but very budget friendly - which I loved, of course. I found that the best (and easiest...) way to make them in mass quantities is to form them with an ice cream scoop and broil them on a baking sheet in the oven, similar to meatballs.
makes 18 medium sliders
3 pounds of ground beef
1 tablespoon of sea salt
1/2 tablespoon of black pepper
1 tablespoon of dijon mustard
1 tablespoon of steak sauce
1 egg
18 mini buns
In a large bowl, combine beef, salt, pepper, mustard, steak sauce and egg with your hands. Be careful not to compact the mixture. Form 18 patties and place them on a baking sheet. Place in the oven under the broiler on high for 5-7 minutes. Remove and place the patties on buns on a clean baking sheet. Cover with foil. Keep them warm in a 250 degrees oven for up to 30 minutes.
To make the party really easy, you can have everyone make their own. Print these signs to help your guests come up with tasty creations.
Click on the image at the left to be directed to the full-sized image to print.
What are your favorite burger combinations? My favorites are (left to right) : Bacon & Avocado Burger, Caramelized Onion & Blue Cheese Burger, and the All American Burger (similar to a
Big Mac!)
Get all of the recipes for each burger :
Bacon & Avocado Burger
Caramelized Onion & Blue Cheese Burger
All American Burger (similar to a Big Mac!)


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Dancing with the Stars Live Show in Las Vegas
Vogue posted about the Dancing with the Stars Live Las Vegas show previously, but we're starting to get more and more details about the show. So, I thought I'd do a little update post. The show is starting with a 12 week run beginning Saturday, April 14 and you can see all the specific show dates and times on tickemaster. I love the idea of a permanent DWTS Las Vegas show even better than a Dancing with the Stars tour which they've done in the past.
Dancing with the Stars: Live in Las Vegas is being directed by Amy Tinkham and choreographed by Jason Gilkison (you might know him from So You Think You Can Dance). The show will run 80 minutes and will be at the Tropicana Las Vegas. I think the Tropicana Theater is a great place for the DWTS show in Las Vegas.
Dancing with the Stars alums that will be featured in the opening run, include Carson Kressley, Joey Fatone, Kyle Massey, Sabrina Bryan, Tia Carrere, Dmitry Chaplin and Lacey Schwimmer. They'll also have a "Las Vegas Troupe" dancing with them in the show. From the pictures we've seen on Twitter and embedded below, we can see Iveta Lukosiute, Anya Garnis, Ryan DiLello, Jaymz Tuaileva, Armen Way, and Janette Manrera. We think Artem Chigvintsev and Pasha Kovalev might be in the troupe as well, but can't quite tell from the picture. (Note: Props to Courtney for identifying many in the pictures) Quite a few past So You Think You Can Dance and Burn The Floor dancers in the troupe, but with Jason Gilkison involved it makes a lot of sense.
Tickets are on sale NOW and range from $40 – $89 plus tax and applicable fees. VIP packages are also available for $165 and include a top-price table seat on the floor, exclusive Dancing with the Stars: Live in Las Vegas merchandise and a post-show meet and greet and photo opportunity with the cast. Tickets are available on Ticketmaster.
The best news of all. This Friday I'll be seeing the DWTS Las Vegas show! I'll see if I can get some pictures and video from the show and possibly before or after.

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When the piston rod is at rest and held in position by fluid, any amount of flow passing the piston can result in an unintended movement of the piston rod and cause drift. Although piston seal leakage is a possible source of drift, internal valve leakage, external system leakage and flow between the piston and rod static connections should also be carefully checked. In some applications, a minimal amount of flow passing the piston seal within specified limits is permitted. This accepted flow allows the use of piston seals of low friction designs and materials or split slide rings for easy installation.


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Studio Nicholson Low Top Sneakers
Fashion industry veteran Nick Wakeman launched her ready-to-wear label Studio Nicholson in 2010. A graduate of the Chelsea College of Art's Textile Design program, the London-based designer has since distinguished herself with her penchant for high-end materials and the versatility of her 'modular' separates. Wakeman's clean-lined, uncomplicated garments are frequently inspired by the purity of traditional Japanese architecture and the ease of the European menswear uniform. These influences have been further distilled in the brand's polished menswear collection, launched in 2017. Crafted in luxurious end on end cotton, refined shirting boasts immaculate tailoring and subtle details like band collars and modified hems, while rib knit merino wool lends sumptuous appeal to essential pullover styles. Sophisticated outerwear, constructed in heritage textiles and understated tones, acts as the structural linchpin of a flexible, well-balanced wardrobe.
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I am looking everywhere for horror news. Everywhere. With the exception of something with Ashley Olsen called "Beastly", there's no news. None. Oh, there's plenty of news about Anthony Hopkins playing Odin in the "Thor" adaptation, or that "Men in Black 3" is moving forward, but nothing that is remotely horror related. Um... Cameron Diaz might be remaking Mel Gibson's "What Women Want". That's pretty damn scary. "Twilight" is getting re-released in theaters. UGH.
I know that some of you are probably freaking out right now, but, you know... BREATHE. It'll be okay. Here's an idea: how about trying out some new genre this weekend? You're life can't all be horror and, if it is, chances are you're highly unemployable. Why not try a nice romantic comedy? I watched "The Proposal" the other night and found it absolutely delightful!
Or, even better...how about turning off the TV and taking your puppy to the dog park? Yeah! Get off your fat, unwashed ass and cavort and frolic with your loving pet. He could die at any minute. Do you want the guilt of having this loyal companion die of loneliness while you watch "Evil Dead 2" for the 30th time? Don't have a dog, volunteer at an animal shelter. DO SOMETHING PRODUCTIVE, YOU FUCKING WASTE OF SPACE.


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We must recognize these DREAMers for their loyalty, hard work, and the positive contributions they have given to America. We need to make sure that they get the opportunity to follow their dreams of a good education, and reward their devotion and love for our country. They are Americans in every way except birth.
Let us not forget the welcoming words of the poet, Emma Lazarus, whose poem, The New Colossus, is inscribed on the Statue of Liberty's pedestal...
But our DREAMers are not necessarily poor or tired. They are young and vibrant and enthusiastic.
When did our attitude toward immigrants change?


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Pirates drop lawsuit against Cumberland County Civic Center trustees
Private meeting leads to decision to drop legal action
The Portland Pirates hockey team has dropped its lawsuit against the Cumberland County Civic Center board of trustees over a tentative lease agreement.
The decision to drop the lawsuit came after a private meeting this week between the Pirates' new majority owner, Ron Cain, and Neal Pratt, chairman of the board of trustees.
Cain said he and Pratt agreed "to meet privately in hopes of finding a common-sense approach" to resolving their differences. Cain, who replaced Lyman Bullard as majority owner last month, said the goal was "to strike a balance between the team's business needs and the Civic Center's financial obligations."
Pratt said the trustees' "objective has always been to act in the best interests of (Cumberland County) taxpayers." Hearing Cain's comments about finding common ground convinced him that having another meeting was a responsible step.
The civic center, originally built in the 1970s, is in the midst of a $33 million upgrade and renovation.
The lawsuit sought to have a judge enforce the terms of a five-year lease agreement that was reached between the Pirates and the trustees last spring but was never signed.
The team later announced that it would play its entire season at The Androscoggin Bank Colisee in Lewiston.
Asked whether the Pirates might play at the civic center before the season ends, Pratt said he did not know.
"I don't know what (the team's) commitments are in Lewiston," he said.
Neither side would comment about future negotiations, but the general manager of the Colisee said the team is not leaving Lewiston this hockey season.
"Certainly, the Pirates will be here for the remainder of the season. We have 25 more home games to play. It's all good. Should, in their negotiation with Cumberland County, they reach an agreement, then the under-20 will move from Saco up here for next season, " Colisee General Manager Jim Cain said.
Officials from the Pirates and the Civic Center said they plan to meet again in the future.


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Stories with Grandma Jean-Whittwood
Under the Orange Tree
- Date: 03/04/2020 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
- Location: Whittwood Branch Library
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If a Capital One credit card is not in your wallet, here's your chance to change that and learn about the Capital One credit card offers available. Capital One is a diversified financial services company offering a broad array of credit cards, savings and loan products in the US, UK, and Canada. They also have retail branch locations. Capital One offers credit cards for people with excellent, good, average and limited credit, students, those looking to rebuild credit and small business credit cards. Some cards offer reward points, miles and even cash back.
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Summer scams you need to know about
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Most of you know scam artists will try almost anything to separate you from your hard-earned cash. While you're relaxing and enjoying your summer, don't forget to be on guard.
The Better Business Bureau's Eastern Michigan office said some scams are even more common in the summer months. WDIV-TV's Ruth to the Rescue worked with the BBB to come up with the hottest scams of the summer and how you can avoid them.
Don't let a scam ruin your vacation
One of the most heartbreaking summer scams can ruin your family vacation if you're not careful. Scam artists will try to sell you properties that don't exist, or properties they don't really own. You don't want to show up and find out you don't have a place to stay.
Jill Norander had a good friend who was almost caught in that type of a vacation con. Her friend was searching for a place to stay online.
"Maybe a week later, somebody else emailed her, 'Do you want to book this? We'll give you 25 percent off if you book it right now.' She thought it sounded a little weird. She contacted the owner and, yeah, somebody had hacked into their email," Norander said.
Melanie Duquesnel, CEO of the BBB's office in Southfield, Mich., said when searching for an online rental, you must check out the reviews.
"Look at those comments. Make sure the place was clean, that it was as advertised to be, and the service was great," Duquesnel said.
Another thing to keep in mind when looking for that perfect vacation spot, while you may need to put a deposit down, never pay the whole price upfront. Also, it's smarter to use a credit card to make the payment, just in case you need to challenge the charge later on.
Duquesnel also said you can purchase extra protection. "They actually have insurance that will cover you to go to another place to stay," she said.
Concert ticket trouble
When that big summer concert comes to town, make sure you've got the real thing when it comes to your tickets.
If you go shopping online, beware of scam artists who might try to sell you fake tickets. Before you start looking, Duquesnel said you need to make sure you have your facts straight. Some fake tickets will look authentic, but key items will be incorrect.
"The date will be different, it won't be the actual concert date. Again, you have to be really diligent. You have to do all your homework, know exactly when the concert is supposed to be," she explained
She also said you want to be able to hold and feel the tickets. Don't accept anything someone wants you to print out unless it's from a legitimate ticket site, like StubHub or Ticketmaster.
Summer job scams
School is out and the kids are looking to earn a little extra cash. But don't let that job cost you. If you're looking for a summer job, you may be a target for scammers.
Ashton Swinton of Detroit thinks the scams are annoying when looking for a legitimate job.
"I'm actually looking for a job and I would prefer not to see all these Internet scams," Swinton said.
To avoid this scam, be suspicious of unsolicited job offers -- most employers won't come looking for you. Also, never give out personal information before you're officially hired. Be sure to investigate your potential employer before you even apply. Sometimes, a simple internet search of the company name will give you a heads up that a certain company has been the target of complaints in the past.
Beware some door-to-door sales
Summer is also a popular time for door-to-door sales people to start knocking on your door. While many are legitimate, have your alert on high when they stop by.
Smart consumers should never purchase bigger items or services just because someone passes through their neighborhood.
"Unless you are in the market for what they're trying to sell you, tell them, 'Thank you and have a great day,'" Duquesnel said.
Other things to keep in mind
- Don't answer the door at all if you're home alone. True scam artists might work in pairs, one to distract you at the front door, while another enters the home in back and steals your belongings.
- Ask to see a door-to-door sales license to determine if they're legitimate.
- If someone is pitching you an expensive product or service, be sure to get two more estimates. If you do your homework, and you still like the price and the product, at least you're making an informed decision.
- If you have any second thoughts: "Any time a salesperson comes into your house and sells you something, you have three days to change your mind. That's three business days," Duquesnel said.
- Click here to search for businesses and charity reviews
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Braves Agree to Terms with Outfielder Jason Heyward on Two-Year Contract
ATLANTA - The Atlanta Braves announced today that they have agreed to terms with outfielder Jason Heyward on a two-year contract, thus avoiding salary arbitration. The deal runs through the 2015 season and financial terms were not announced.
Braves Executive Vice President and General Manager Frank Wren said, "Jason is an important part of our organization and we're glad that we were able to agree on a multi-year contract."
Heyward, 24, posted a .254 batting average with 14 home runs and 38 RBIs in 104 games for the Braves in 2013, his fourth season in the majors. He batted .333 over his final 31 games of the season (since July 28), including .322 in 29 games from the leadoff spot in the batting order (with three leadoff home runs). Heyward suffered two separate stints on the disabled list in 2013, as he underwent appendectomy surgery in late April and then sustained a fractured jaw when he was hit by a pitch in late August. The two DL stints cost him a total of 49 games.
A 2012 National League Gold Glove winner, Heyward was the Braves' top draft pick (14th overall) in 2007 and made his Major League debut in 2010. He has played in 532 career games, with a .259 batting average, 73 homers and 234 RBIs.
The Braves now have two remaining players on their 40-man roster who are still in the arbitration process for the upcoming season - right-handed pitcher Craig Kimbrel and first baseman Freddie Freeman.


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Thursday, August 19, 2010
Wake up Jerry! WE WON!
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Nice of you to give Ike a little colorReplyDelete
That's the least I can do. I mean...we follow a team that does the least they can do too. LOL!ReplyDelete
Joe - I know this has to be getting especially rough with the team falling more and more out of contention, but I commend you for sticking with it. We all still look forward to this every day, and hey - you never know. It'd take one hell of a miracle for this team to come back into contention, but crazier things have happened!ReplyDelete
I feel a bit queasy myselfReplyDelete
joe--i love your work! your daily excellence reminds me of all the wonderful art director/illustrators i worked with during fun times on Madison Avenue. MAD MEN --the good years! thanks for your die hard diligence and visual insight. you make the season bearable... regards, dogmanReplyDelete


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IRONMAN 70.3 Bariloche will begin with a 1.2-mile (1.9-km) swim through the waters of Lake Moreno. The lake is surrounded by stunning views of Andes Mountains and the Llao Llao Hotel resort making it a truly unique and beautiful course. Athletes will then embark on a challenging double-loop, 56-mile (90-km) bike course that travels down Bustillo Avenue towards the Centro Civico, going through the Circuito Chico. Finally, athletes will take on a 13.1-mile (21-km) run course, on 12 de Octubre Avenue alongside the shore of Lake Nahuel Huapi with a breathtaking view of the mountain scenery, leading up to the finishing line in the Civic Center of the city.


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By Caroline McGraw Dec 06, 2011 0
The Basics of Behavioral Support
When an individual with autism is engaging in problematic behavior, such as self-injurious biting, name-calling or lashing out, what can parents, teachers and other support team members do to help? Creating a Behavior Support Plan (BSP) can help families who are feeling defeated by difficult behaviors. With the help of professionals, parents and support teams can craft and implement behavior support plans that respect the individual's dignity, promote consistency and enable the individual to choose different behaviors.
For some parents and caregivers, this piece will serve as a review of Behavior Support Plan principles that they have encountered previously. However, addressing the principles of behavioral support in an adult context is an important, often-overlooked step; strategies must be age-appropriate and the individual with autism may well be actively involved in the creation and implementation of their own BSP. These plans are not limited to children, as they play a significant role in the success of adults on the autism spectrum. For parents and caregivers who are unfamiliar with the principles of BSPs, this article will serve as a primer.
What is a Behavior Support Plan?
Behavior Support Plans are created for individuals when certain aspects of the individual's behavior become problematic. When certain behaviors consistently prevent individuals with autism—with or without intellectual disabilities—from desirable outcomes (learning, growing, maintaining personal safety and connecting well with others), BSPs can help the individual's team to respond wisely. BSPs are not solely for adults on the autism spectrum; they are meant for any individual whose behaviors consistently interfere with their ability to lead a fulfilling life. For example, informal BSPs may be employed for issues such as anger management, emotional eating, and compulsions of various kinds.
At its core, a BSP is a system set up to enable significant members of an individual's life to change their inconsistent, emotion-based response to problem behaviors to ones of forethought and consistency, in hopes that their new responses may, in time, alter the individual's problem behavior. In this way, BSPs are also an important bridge toward healthy relationships. At their best, BSPs represent a pre-meditated effort to respect and care for an individual. As Charles Clark, an individual who lives in a residential placement in Virginia, says of his informal behavior support plan, "It's my Love Plan. It's how my family members show me love."
It's important to distinguish between a formal BSP and an informal BSP. Informal BSPs can be created by family members, teachers, or caregivers who understand the basic principles of behavior management. Formal BSPs, however, are governed by a stricter framework. Formal BSPs are typically written by psychologists, therapists or behavior analysts, and are implemented by an individual's support staff. Furthermore, formal BSPs are required in certain circumstances. For example, in the District of Columbia, an individual with intellectual disabilities who is taking psychotropic medications and receiving residential services through a Medicaid Waiver must have a formal BSP in place, and it must be reviewed annually. Regulations such as this are in place to prevent abuse of psychotropic drugs, and to ensure that behavioral strategies and supports are being utilized to address problem behaviors.
The Function of Behaviors
One of the foundations of thinking about supporting an individual with autism behaviorally is to understand the idea that each behavior has a purpose, or a function. Some behaviors, for example, may be intended to access a desired item or to avoid something unpleasant. Other behaviors may be attempts at gaining attention. Others are inherently pleasing to the individual. Knowing the function of a problematic behavior guides the creation and use of a BSP. (The function of a behavior is not the same thing as its origin. In other words, the origin of a behavior may be a problem with sensory integration or trauma such as bullying, but the function of the behavior may be to escape a current situation.) To this end, a professional may conduct a Functional Behavior Assessment (FBA)—a data-based analysis of the behavior—to help understand how to proceed in changing it.
The ABCs of Behavior Support
How does the support team gather data and document instances of problem behavior? A simple tool such as an "ABC" sheet (Antecedent, Behavior, Consequence) is often used by support professionals to log instances of problem behavior, and report on the essential elements of the event.
To complete the first section of the form, parents, staff and other support team members log the antecedents—that is, the things that came before—to the behavior. They ask themselves questions such as: What was going on before the behavior occurred? What was happening in the surrounding environment? What events or actions directly preceded the behavior? Was there a change from the usual routine? Had the person recently been ill? Were they hungry? They ask questions to determine what the individual's external and internal environment was like before the behavior in question occurred.
An example of a behavioral antecedent might be an obvious event, or trigger, such as a fire alarm, flashing light or other disturbance. Did something occur that caused sensory discomfort or overload? Or did a change in routine or plans impact behavior? The setting event to a problem behavior might be something that seems innocuous to an observer; for example, the behavior may be triggered by having one staff member assist them instead of another. Different individuals have different physical and psychological triggers, and what unsettles one person may not affect another.
As Richard Boesch, a clinical psychologist and supervisor for a DC-based behavioral support team says,"There are certain people who, because their threshold for stimulation is so low, may get set off by a fairly 'normal' level of sensory input. However, there are also people who have really high sensory thresholds, and their challenging behavior may be due to needing greater levels of [sensory] input." In describing this second type of individual, Boesch uses the example of an individual with autism who needed to go outside and swing throughout the school day, because the rocking motion of the swinging provided them with the sensory input and stimulation they needed to remain calm.
Documenting antecedents is a vital part of preventing problem behaviors, because it allows support staff and parents to understand aspects of causation and to see the beginnings of a behavior. A specific individual's problem behavior may have a myriad of triggers, or there may be just one. In addition, the antecedents may be external and visible, or may result from an internal process, such as a biochemical imbalance or a psychological struggle. Whatever the probable antecedent, data collection can help the support team get a better idea of what is actually taking place. Once the antecedents have been identified, the support team can begin setting up systems to prevent further instances of problem behavior. "Really beginning to understand the setting events, the triggers that lead to behavior, is where most of the effort needs to be focused," observes Boesch.
Once the antecedents have been examined, the support team must look at the behavior itself. What, exactly, is the individual doing that is problematic? On the ABC sheet, staff and parents describe the behavior in objective terms. What took place? What did the individual do or say that was problematic? It is necessary to describe the behavior objectively, writing, for example, "The individual threw a book," instead of, "The individual was angry." The first is a statement of observation; the second is an inference based on observation. The degree of difference between the two may seem slight, but it is significant; statements of observation can help educators, staff and parents to examine the problematic behavior based on data rather than suppositions about the feelings of the person with autism.
Finally, the ABC sheet asks the staff member or parent to examine the consequences of the behavior. They need to ask: What happened after, or because, the behavior took place? Was the individual ignored? Did they receive a great deal of attention, positive or negative? Did the behavior cause them to gain something desirable? Note that the term "consequence" does not refer to a punishment. It refers to the results of the behavior, whatever they may be. As with antecedents, this is an important section because it can help clue the individual's support team into why the individual exhibits their particular problem behavior. For example, does an individual's swearing always result in the attention of teachers and students? If so, the problem behavior (swearing) is resulting in a consequence that the individual finds pleasurable. In behavioral terms, the behavior is being "maintained" by attention as "reinforcement."
Crafting a BSP
When creating a BSP, it's important to remember the basic principle governing behavioral supports: No one can force or coerce any true, lasting change in another person's behavior. One can, however, respond in such a way as to promote a different behavior. Additionally, when parents and educators begin a BSP, expectations for rapid positive change often arise. However, behaviors formed over long periods of time do not disappear overnight.
As a person with autism approaches adulthood, BSPs that were implemented during childhood may no longer function well. Additionally, families and support teams may now be able to actively involve the ASD adult in the formation and implementation of the support plan. If the person with autism is able to be a participant in creating and implementing the BSP, it is often very helpful for parents and caregivers to enlist the support of a professional. Allowing adults to work alongside professionals to form their own plans gives them a sense of ownership and fosters greater independence. The process often allows adults to develop a greater sense of self-awareness. The professional may be able to help the person with autism understand what's triggering and maintaining the problematic behavior and may gain insight into what responses from others are most helpful. Unlike BSPs that are put in place for children (who are often unaware of the BSP's existence), BSPs that are put in place for adults have greater potential to be a collaborative effort. For instance, adults with ASD may be able to read and review their plans regularly, document their own behaviors, or assist support team members in filling out ABC sheets. Tasks like these help individuals to remember the purpose of the plan, and be accountable for its implementation. These collaborative plans are often most successful, as many adults on the autism spectrum can offer their support team valuable insights into their particular needs.
Implementing a BSP
The initial stages of a BSP may be the most difficult for the individual and their support team alike. Based on the analysis of the function of a problematic behavior, the BSP will outline what should happen when the behavior occurs. A good BSP will focus not only on decreasing problematic behaviors, but on increasing alternate acceptable ones. Removing whatever has been maintaining the problematic behavior can actually initially result in an escalation of that very behavior. For example, when parents, teachers and support personnel begin to ignore a behavior that was maintained by attention, individuals may actually increase the frequency and intensity of problem behavior, hoping to evoke the desired response once again. (This is often referred to as an "extinction burst.") Providing an alternate, acceptable behavior often increases the probability that the individual will abandon their previous problem behavior. According to Boesch, "If you're just trying to extinguish a behavior by removing reinforcement, [the individual] will try harder. If you're providing an alternate behavior, you might not see the same surge."
Accurately assessing the function of the problem behavior will also impact the progress of the BSP. Alternate behaviors are hard to provide without understanding the function of the one that needs to be decreased. For example, if the support team believes that the individual's behavior is attention-seeking, when it is actually a behavior designed to avoid something unpleasant, providing an alternate attention-seeking behavior will not be helpful. What should parents and support teams do if the function of an individual's problem behavior is not discernable? Boesch states, "It may take time to sort out what additional things are going on that are contributing. Try not to be frustrated, maintain consistency, and see what you can glean from situations where the behavior does occur."
Understanding Responses
In simple terms, responses to behaviors—problematic or otherwise—come in two basic forms: reinforcing and punishing. Reinforcing responses are those which increase behaviors, while punishing responses decrease behaviors. Everyone has their own unique constellation of "reinforcers" and "punishers." It is important that families and support teams work with professionals to understand what the individual with autism finds reinforcing. These are the things that will drive the BSP's plan for behavior change.
When creating and implementing a BSP, consistency of response is key. When support teams meet to create BSPs, psychologists and team leaders emphasize the need for uniformity, with good reason: If an individual's behavior is rewarded in one setting and ignored in another, the problem behavior may actually become more entrenched. This phenomenon is due to the fact that the strongest type of reinforcement is "random intermittent reinforcement"—that is, occasional, unpredictable reward. To understand this, think about playing a slot machine. If every time a player inserted a coin and pulled the arm the machine spit out $5, the player would get quickly bored and stop playing. But if on some occasions the machine gives nothing, but on other occasions the player wins a jackpot, the player is more likely to continue to play. Boesch notes, "It just takes one person to keep a behavior going [via their intermittent reinforcement]. That being said, it's almost impossible to block this entirely, and so it's important to cultivate the alternate behavior. Make another behavior more valuable, more reinforced." For this reason, it is important for support teams to maintain consistency, offer alternate behaviors, and create realistic plans, with reinforcement plans that can be maintained over time and across people and environments.
Further Support Principles Specific to Autism
The principles of behavioral support remain consistent across varying levels of intellectual and emotional intelligence. However, a few principles are helpful for offering behavioral support to individuals with autism specifically.
First, individuals with autism often have challenges in the area of interpreting emotional content. As such, making inferences about another person's feelings based upon facial expressions and gestures is a constant challenge. In order to offer behavioral supports for individuals with autism, particularly individuals who struggle with violent or self-injurious behavior, it is vital for support staff and family members to remain as calm as possible. When they do so, they not only give themselves a better chance of responding rationally, but they also ease the struggles of the individual that they are assisting. For an individual with autism, trying to interpret another person's heightened emotional state, while simultaneously maintaining calm behavior in a situation they find overwhelming, is extremely demanding, if not impossible.
Next, when supporting an individual with autism, it is imperative that sensory issues be taken into account in the BSP. Sensory issues are often triggers, and as such, individuals need ways in which to calm their bodies and minds. For example, the opportunity to calm down by utilizing a quiet room or a makeshift "squeeze machine" may prove invaluable for an individual with an overstimulated sensory system. By the same token, providing opportunities for individuals to receive higher levels of sensory input can be equally beneficial, as in the previous example of an individual who needed the rocking motion that swings provided to remain calm and focused.
Finally, behavioral support plans are designed with the individual in mind, but they can also help support team members. Individuals with autism may need to engage in behaviors that society does not consider "normal," and this need can be difficult for some loved ones to accept. As such, a BSP allows team members to focus on their responses to specific behaviors. This renewed focus can alleviate the team member's anxiety, and reduce their desire to control (or "fix") the individual with autism's behavior. In this way, Behavior Support Plans can indeed become "Love Plans," empowering support staff and family members to nurture relationships by responding calmly and consistently to an individual's problem behaviors.


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Stocks: Wilshire 5000, S&P make new highs
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The broad Wilshire 5000 index, which tracks all stocks available for trade, hit an all-time high Thursday morning, the first major sign that the painful bear market of 2008 and 2009 has finally been undone.
Thanks largely to a powerful rally in shares of smaller companies, the Wilshire 5000 added 72.44, or 0.5%, to 15,842.65 in early trading, pushing it over its all-time high of 15,806.69 set Oct. 9, 2007. At the close, the index was off its high but still up 15.12 to 15,785.33.
Traders and investors looked to this major milestone as a sign that the bull market has finally beaten the nasty bear that shredded trillions in investors' wealth. A breathtaking $10.7 trillion in wealth has been created during the market's rally from its March 9, 2007 low -- roughly how much was wiped in what was the worst bear market since the Great Depression.
"It is a broad index which would say that this rally in the stock market has reached into many sectors of the economy, many different companies, both big and small, and many types of businesses," says Jerry Webman, chief economist at OppenheimerFunds. "All that suggests that it is a broad advance and could signal a turn back toward the stock market from retail investors."
Meanwhile, the more familiar Standard & Poor's 500 index briefly pierced 1,500 for the first time since December 2007. A decline in unemployment claims was the news that showed the labor market is on the mend and was enough to spark the rally. The S&P 500 inched up 0.28 point to 1495.09. The S&P has gained in each of the past seven trading days. The Dow Jones industrial average closed 46.00 points higher at 13,825.30.
Not all investors were celebrating the market's return to its former highs. Investors who poured into Apple shares last year are feeling pain, not gain. Shares of the digital gadget maker plunged $63.51, or 12.4%, to $450.50 as investors showed their disappointment in the company's dramatically slowing growth.
The weakness in Apple was enough to drag the Nasdaq composite index down 23.29 points to 3130.38. Apple accounts for 9.9% of the index, giving it a big weighting.
Apple predicted that its sales would grow just 7% in the current quarter, as iPhone sales peak and the company lacks new products to introduce. That's a let-down for a company that has regularly posted growth rates above 50%.
The Labor Department reported that the number of Americans applying for unemployment aid fell last week to the lowest since January 2008. Applications dropped 5,000 to 330,000. The four-week average also hit a five-year low.
Netflix jumped 42%, or $43.60, to $146.86. Analysts had expected rising expenses to lead the provider of movies and television shows to post a loss in the last three months of 2012. But Netflix said late Wednesday that it turned a profit with the help of 2 million new subscribers.
Microsoft and Starbucks are scheduled to report after the closing bell.
In the market for U.S. government bonds, the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note edged up to 1.84% from 1.83% late Wednesday.
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This goal came off a corner kick in the 88th minute to put the New York Red Bulls up 2-0 on the Montreal Impact.
It wound up being more than just eye candy and was the eventual game-winner because the Impact scored a goal in the second minute of stoppage time. Henry, who accounted for all of New York's offense, also scored in the closing minutes of the first half.


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On a motorcycle tour of his South Sudan neighborhood of thatched straw lean-tos and mud huts, many of them sprouting makeshift television antennas, Santino Deng gestures to a group of children busily rolling up straw fences and packing up wooden poles.
"They're preparing for the demolition tomorrow," he explains, as if this is an everyday occurrence. There is resignation in his voice after months of trying to convince the state government to reverse its decision to raze his neighborhood near the state government's office. His efforts did not bear fruit. Asked where his family would go tomorrow when the government came to claim the property he has lived on since he returned from Khartoum in 2003, he shrugged and said, "I think we will go to my brother's house, because we don't have anywhere else to go."
Despite his best efforts to find out why the government wants to relocate hundreds of residents in the an area called "Zirrah" in Aweil, the capital of Northern Bahr el Ghazal state, Deng and his community have been left in the dark and told simply that they must relocate, at their own expense, to plots on the outskirts of Aweil that they must pay for. Deng says his family doesn't have money to buy a new plot, and besides, he says, "it's bad land that floods every rainy season. We just want to stay where we are." If he does move to the new plots, Deng will find himself near the 11,000 (and counting) southerners who are camped out near town, waiting for the government to decide where exactly they can settle permanently. Over the past three weeks, these new arrivals have constructed a makeshift village, setting up tea stands and shisha parlors under trees and making do with 15-day rations provided to them by the World Food Program.
Sadly, South Sudanese people are accustomed to living their lives on the run. Millions of southerners fled their homes during the latest north-south civil war, escaping aerial raids by the northern Sudanese army or running from Khartoum-backed southern militias, who cleared vast swathes of territory to enable oil companies to begin exploiting the south's significant reserves amid the chaos created by decades of near-continuous conflict.
The latest round of population movements and displacement is related to the south's long-awaited and hard-won independence vote earlier this month. Last August, the Southern Sudanese government unveiled its ambitious plan to bring southerners living in northern Sudan home en masse in advance of the referendum. At that time, the southern ministry in charge of the effort said it would bring home 1.5 million southerners before the vote. United Nations agencies and aid groups that had assisted the return of more than 2 million southerners since the war ended in 2005 quietly began panicking at the prospect of such an enormous population influx during the run-up to the south's independence vote. Aid workers and UN officials would speak at length off-the-record about their reticence to participate in a returns process that would inevitably be viewed as politically motivated by the Khartoum government and the international community, but most refused to discuss their concerns publicly.
The southern government did not succeed in bringing home as many of its people as it had hoped, but it did kickstart a mass population movement that is continuing in the aftermath of the vote, through both "assisted" (government-sponsored) and "spontaneous" migration by bus and barge. During the weeklong referendum, returnees were streaming into the south at a rate of more than 2,000 people per day. While the flows have decreased slightly in the past couple weeks, the new arrivals are placing enormous stress on "host communities" across the south, where the vast majority of the population lives on less than a dollar a day and there is already not enough sorghum or greens to go around.
In urban centers like Aweil, which has only a few kilometers of paved roads, local government officials are struggling to plan for the arrival of thousands more of their people while hardly managing to keep up with the demands of providing basic services like water and electricity to the population. Santino Deng, who was himself a "returnee," can understand why his fellow southerners want to come home to be part of the new nation of South Sudan, which will declare independence this July if all goes to plan. But he seems skeptical of his government's ability to provide for all of its peoples. "We as the people don't have any power," he says. "It's up to the government," he concludes dejectedly, watching as his neighbors break down their huts and prepare for their next journey and perhaps more time on the run.
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Most of us tend to order a pizza based on the amount we plan to eat—and there's nothing wrong with that—but if you're trying to make your pounds stretch as far as they can, your best bet is to just order the biggest one you can buy. Why? The increase in size to cost always comes out in your favour. Here's why.
Over at NPR's Planet Money blog, Quoctrung Bui explains:
One day last year, an engineer and I went to a pizza place for lunch. The engineer told me he wasn't very hungry, but he said he was going to get the 12-inch medium instead of the 8-inch small — because the medium was more than twice as big as the small, and it cost only a little bit more. This sort of blew my mind.
...The maths of why bigger pizzas are such a good deal is simple: A pizza is a circle, and the area of a circle increases with the square of the radius.
So, for example, a 16-inch pizza is actually four times as big as an 8-inch pizza.
And when you look at thousands of pizza prices from around the country, you see that you almost always get a much, much better deal when you buy a bigger pizza.
They also include an interactive graph that compares average pizza prices from pizzerias and chains across the country. You can drag the slider at the bottom of their graph to see exactly how much larger that bigger pizza is compared to the smaller ones, and at the average prices for each, how much you actually come out ahead. For example, One 18-inch pizza has roughly the same area as 1.7 14-inch pizzas or 5.1 8-inch pizzas, To get the same amount of pizza you get in an $18.68 (£11.16) 18-inch pizza, you'd have to spend an extra $5.29 (£3.16) on 14-inch pizzas, or an extra $23.09 (£13.79) on 8-inch pizzas. See how the numbers add up? It's almost universally a better deal—mathematically, mind you—to just get the bigger pizza.
Of course, this is a mathematical exercise—a rational, logical method of determining how to get the most return on your pizza investment. Obviously it doesn't make sense to buy a massive pizza if you can't eat it all, don't want to overeat, or have no way to store the leftovers. Hit the link below to see the original piece, and to play with the Pizza Calculator and see the maths for yourself.
74,476 Reasons You Should Always Get the Bigger Pizza | NPR Planet Money via The Consumerist
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Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Sketch Books for Everyone, and Everyone for a Sketch Book
Our two sketch book rules: (1) You may not tear pages out of the sketch book; (2) You must fill in every page of your sketch book before I will give you another. Yes, I am in charge of sketch book supply and demand.
Matt's the only one who actually "sketches" in his sketch book, of course--you've seen other evidence of his great artistic merit. I, however, am the only one who creates pretty much no artwork of any kind in my sketch book. As far as I'm concerned, my sketch book is instead the Great and All-Powerful Book of Lists:I adore it. Ample and bountiful pages for lists of every kind and dimension, bound in a book small enough to keep in my back pocket, permanent enough for me to keep and refer to and not lose, communal enough that I can write in it while the girls work in theirs, special enough that I can take the care to fancy it up.
And yes, I get stickers, too.
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I got one of those Moleskin books for Christmas last year, and I love it, too! I just mine as a journal more often than not. I also like to write down story ideas in it, in hopes that someday I will actually write a book.
- December 31, 2008 at 10:14 AM
- julie said...
You are totally going to write a book.
- January 2, 2009 at 10:55 AM
If that's true, I'm going to need a good editor--I just re-read my above comment and, wow, typo city.
- January 2, 2009 at 10:59 AM
- cake said...
moleskin is the cat's meow. their slender, pocket sized date book, with a built in pocket on the back cover, is something i search high and low for every year, and will accept no substitutes.
a friend gave me a couple of hand-bound, blank books that she made, and i have turned one into a bread baking journal. i think i want to make some more, to use as notebooks for other projects.
- January 3, 2009 at 9:00 PM
- julie said...
A bread-baking journal sounds awesome. I so want to want to have a bread-baking journal, you know?
- January 4, 2009 at 2:56 PM


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Chansdad necesitaba un nuevo diseño de impreso o envases y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 32 diseños de 11 diseñadores freelance.
Metro Kitchen
We are a take out and delivery fast service restaurant out of Philadelphia, USA. We would like to send out the menu flyers and postcards to households in our delivery zone to increase our sales as well as improve our brand recognition.
We want a menu flyer that has unique characteristics which will tempt the consumer to look at the flyer / tempt the consumer to see what we offer ..
We need non traditional / non classic design something new or different
We liked some of the menu designs that are available here
Also some on Inkd website ( search for restaurant )
Note that we do not have any pictures of our dishes, also we do not want any pictures to be on the menu -- that is old school.
College students
General consumers
We will need the designs in various file formats
psd, vector, ai etc.. and other print ready format
All the fonts used should be supplied
Color codes used should be listed.
We prefer us letter size and legal size
As these are going to be distributed , if there is an area for coupons it will be great !!!!
Trifold is what we are aiming for , but coupons if present it would be 4 fold , 4th fold for coupons
Content for the menu should be used from the attached menu file ( THis is a work in progress and our chef is still working and finalizing the menu ). We might need the menu updated before the last revision.
Also once we choose a print shop , help is saught to get the files in the print shop desired format ..bleeds, etc...
Fonts and colors used in the logo :
font type
Kitchen = Rapier LET
color guide
gold = c 27 m 35 y 71 k 2
mustard yellow = c7 m24 y98 k0
red gradient
dark red = c28 m93 y87 k28
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New Typhoon Heads To Korea; North Korea Already Reels
Just as another typhoon headed toward the Korean peninsula, North Korea on Friday summarized the damage from the late summer storm season – 300 dead and another 600 injured or missing.
North Korea's state news agency said that the worst damage came from the typhoon called Bolaven that swept over the peninsula on Aug. 28 and 29.
That storm alone killed 59 people and left about 26,320 people homeless after about 8,000 houses were destroyed by rain and flooding.
For a country that is so poor and inefficient that each year's summer storms leave it a disastrous wreck, North Korea provides strikingly precise data about the damage.
Since mid-June, storms and floods damaged or destroyed 87,280 homes and left 298,050 people homeless, its news agency said.
It did not say whether they were temporarily homeless from, say, floodwater, or indeed needed entire new homes.
Among the other damage, 92 drinking water systems were ravaged and 16,900 trees knocked down. "More than 17,150 square meters of railroad were washed away and over 300 sections of railway [were] covered by landslides, with scores of tunnels and railway bridges damaged," it said.
Now comes Typhoon Sanba, which is heading north from the Philippines toward Okinawa this weekend and the Korean peninsula by Monday. It is a stronger storm than Bolaven, which was billed as the biggest in a decade but didn't turn out that way.
Stars and Stripes reporter Dave Ornauer on Okinawa warns that he's never seen a storm as intense as Sanba is shaping up to be.
By the time it hits the Korean peninsula, its winds will have died down from Category 4 to Category 2 speeds, he estimates. Even so, both South and North Korea are well-saturated. And North Korea is in no shape for another big storm.


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Q: Is there anything other than the reason you listed on your website's about page or that you would like to expand upon as to why you think cloth diapering should be more widely used?
A: I switched to cloth (cloth trainers) when Hailey was potty training, but never really considered cloth diapering full time. However when Channing was born, we were constantly battling skin issues. I have very sensitive skin, but his is really bad and his eczema was getting out of control. After changing detergents, disposable diaper brands, and my eating habit (because I thought he might have an adverse reaction to my milk), I finally decided to try cloth diapers. His rash was gone within days!!!
I was very frustrated trying to buy cloth diapers, though, because I was unable to find a store that was able to walk me through all my questions! I didn't know what the different cloth diapering options were and meant (pocket diaper, AIO, AI2, etc). So I decided to open Dearest Diapers and take "Cloth Diapering Education" into my own hands. I am always available to my supporters via email, Facebook and my cell phone number is on my website, so I am available at ALL times! This is very important to me, because I want everyone to get the help and support they deserve, so I make myself readily available. Also the doors to my home are always open! I am more than happy to have locals over to See, Feel, Touch, and Learn about cloth diapers and other Natural Parenting options!
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What do I think of my new Ones & Twos diaper?
I liked the flexibility of this system. I like that it has a built-in soaker, a pocket option for stuffing and a flap to hold a soaker in place if you don't like to stuff. I used the flap option the most, because it was a little awkward to stuff the diaper because of its trimness.
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My favorite feature on this diaper was the laundry tabs. They are really strong and because they are a little heavier then typical hook-and-loop tape, I do not foresee having the rolling issues I have with my other hook-and-loop closure diapers. I do wish that they had a snap-closure option, but the hook-and-loop tape on this diaper is really strong that even I have a hard time opening it, and Little Man has not been able to remove his diaper when I've let him run around without pants.
If you are in the market for a new all-in-one diaper, this should definitely go on your shopping list. I like these diapers enough that I would add a few to my stash for daycare and overnight use as well.
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My mother was Jean Seton LAMONBY. She was born in Berkshire, England, in 1922. Her Mother was Ethel HOUGH (later BROWN), born about 1888, in Cheshire, England. Ethel's parents being William Thomas BROWN from Welford in Berkshire, England, and Mary HOUGH, from Lancashire. He was the son of a Welford grocer and baker. When Ethel was born, William and Mary were not married, but they did marry about 2 years later.
Ethel married George LAMONBY in about 1920. George was born in Bedlington in Northumberland, England in 1884. I do not know much of his early years, except that his mother died when he was young and he was brought up by his maternal grandmother, Jane CLOSE when his father remarried. I also know that he had at least 2 siblings, 2 sisters younger than himself: Alvinza, born on 14 Jan 1885 and Jane Seaton, born in 1887. My grandfather told my mother that she was named after her aunt. I do not know who brought up his sisters.
George fought in the first world war and was invalided out towards the end. He was sent to an institution in Berkshire to recover, which is how he met Ethel. In Berkshire he worked as a gamekeeper.
His mother was Isabella Ann CLOSE, born about 1864 in Shildon, County Durham, England. Isabella married William LAMONBY in 1881 in Morpeth, Northumberland. They were both living in Bedlington at the time. Isabella died, at the age of 24, in 1887. William remarried in 1888.
Isabella's mother was Jane CLOSE, born about 1829 in Mitford, Northumberland. She is described as a confectioner in the UK census of 1881. I do not know her maiden name -I assume she was married as she is noted as such on the census, but her husband was not present for the census, and I have not yet identified him for certain.
William LAMONBY was born in Allendale, Northumberland in about 1850, and he was a coalminer. His father was Joseph LAMONBY, a merchant tailor, born in about 1820 in Wigton, Cumberland, England, and his mother was Ann FINLINSON, born in Bolton, Cumberland (not Bolton, Lancashire). They were married in Wigton, Cumberland on 26th Aug 1843.
Looking for the parents of Charlotte ELIOTT
My great grandmother was Charlotte ELLIOTT. She was born in Radford, Nottingham, England in about 1859. She married my great grandfather, William DICKINSON, in Nottingham in 1878. They had at least 2 children, William and Daniel, in 1879 and 1880. Charlotte is described as a lace hand on the 1881 UK census. So far I have not been able to trace her parents, but there are many Elliotts!
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I hope this article maybe useful to someone who is thinking of starting up in mobile hairdressing and help them to assess which is the best route to take salon based or mobile.
So you have a car, have all your tools a client list and decide to go into the flexible working of being mobile. You can book clients in when you want as much of what will allow get up late arrive home early?
Firstly nowadays if you use a car for business you must have the correct insurance often this will incur a higher premium. There could be an argument that the car is just insured for "personal" use social and pleasure and that if you had an accident that you would just say you where visiting a relative? Insurance companies are more and more tightening there belts and looking for people outside of the scope of this they may ask to prove you where on holiday from work or proof of travel.
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As of Sunday, March 22nd, the golf course, the practice facilities and the Golf Shop will be closed until further notice as we adhere to city, county and state regulations surrounding the Coronavirus and the Safer at Home mandate. Agave Bar & Grill remains closed for dine-in service. However, takeout will be available beginning Friday, March 27, 2020. Online ordering and delivery will be available through GrubHub and DoorDash in the near future. You can preview our new Takeout & Delivery Menu below. The telephone number for Agave Bar & Grill is (818) 951-8771 Ext. 4. Please stay safe and we hope to see everyone back at the club in the near future.
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Nestled at the base of the Angeles National Forest and the only Nicklaus Design golf course in Los Angeles County, Angeles National Golf Club sets the standard of excellence and beauty for all golf courses in Southern California.
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