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Receive Jeffris Family Foundation Grant
April 4th, 2016
The Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum has received a $38,232 Heartland Fund matching challenge grant from the Jeffris Family Foundation of Janesville, Wisconsin. The Jeffris Family Foundation assists the development of historic sites for nonprofit organizations in small towns and cities in eight Midwest states, including Indiana.
The grant will fund 50% of the cost of a Historic Structure Report for the former Auburn Automobile Company administration building, built in 1929 in Auburn, Indiana. The building is part of the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Facility National Historic Landmark designation. The building is a highly treasured artifact in the museum collection and is one of the finest examples of art deco architecture in the Midwest.
"We are grateful to the Jeffris Family Foundation for this generous grant to secure a plan that will be our road map for the stability and preservation of this building for generations to come," said museum Executive Director Laura Brinkman. "The report will provide written documentation about current conditions and will offer treatment recommendations and remedies that are appropriate for a National Historic Landmark site."
Founded in Janesville, Wisconsin in 1979, the Jeffris Family Foundation is dedicated to preserving regionally and nationally important historic buildings and decorative arts projects for future generations. The Jeffris Heartland Fund supports quality planning for restoration projects leading to capital campaigns for restoration work.
Auburn Automotive Heritage, Inc., doing business as Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum is a 501(c)3 educational organization in Auburn, Ind.


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Link to the "lesson": Sam's TED-Ed lesson – "Cloudy Times Ahead…the Future of Education in a Digital World"
Like Amani, I too am determined to complete this MOOC…and my digital artefact is also rather hastily put together. I used TED-Ed lessons, which allow you to create a lesson around any You Tube video you like – also very easy and fun to use!
I second Amani's comments about how the MOOC inspired me to keep learning and how I'm noticing the themes of the MOOC everywhere!! Check out last night's news piece from the ABC…couldn't fit better I they tried!
Also, big thanks to the EDCMOOC teachers and USYD team! I have very much enjoyed the experience!

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The Temple of Athena Aphaia (Greek: Ναός Αφαίας) is located within a sanctuary complex dedicated to the goddess Athena Aphaia on the Greek island of Aegina, which lies in the Saronic Gulf. Formerly known as the Temple of Jupiter Panhellenius, the great Doric temple is now recognised as dedicated to the mother-goddess Aphaia, who became associated with Athena. It was a favourite of the neoclassical and romantic artists such as J. M. W. Turner. It stands on a c. 160 m peak on the eastern side of the island approximately 13 km east by road from the main port.
Aphaia (Greek Ἀφαία) was a Greek goddess who was worshipped exclusively at this sanctuary. The extant temple of c. 500 BC was built over the remains of an earlier temple of c. 570 BC, which was destroyed by fire c. 510 BC. The elements of this destroyed temple were buried in the infill for the larger, flat terrace of the later temple, and are thus well preserved. Abundant traces of paint remain on many of these buried fragments. There may have been another temple in the 7th century BC, also located on the same site, but it is thought to have been much smaller and simpler in terms of both plan and execution.
Significant quantities of Late Bronze Age figurines have been discovered at the site, including proportionally large numbers of female figurines (kourotrophoi), indicating – perhaps – that cult activity at the site was continuous from the 14th century BC, suggesting a Minoan connection for the cult. The last temple is of an unusual plan and is also significant for its pedimental sculptures, which are thought to illustrate the change from Archaic to Early Classical technique. These sculptures are on display in the Glyptothek of Munich, with a number of fragments located in the museums at Aegina and on the site itself.
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and also part of the ABC Wednesday meme,
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This is a blog where I post my favourite photographs from around the places I've visited. I am an amateur photographer and I am ever learning as I go along!
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Step 1 Fold the scarf according to the basic fold 3 and then fold it again to form a sort of hoop.
Step 2 Let the scarf dangle around your neck with the hoop on one side of the shoulder.
Step 3 Take the other end (A) and bring it towards the hoop.
Step 4 Let A pass through the hoop to make a European loop.
Step 5 Tighten the loop to get the complete effect.
This knot can be made shorter by folding the scarf in half again after the first time. This type of knot goes well with a short jacket, which you can also tuck the scarf into and zip up. This is one of my personal favorites.This one of Carlos Antonio's favorites from our range.


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Hey Mars,
Do you, would you or have you ever lied to your children to protect yourself or them? If not, then perhaps to protect another close member to the family? Even a small one or that "little white lie", so we believe it to be. I was always told, "once a liar, always a liar." Is this true? Well, its not to me. I cannot pinpoint any particular time that I've lied to my son because I have, but nothing major. Then what is "major"? I will also admit that I have withheld the truth. You know that, don't ask, don't tell policy, sounds familiar right?
Now let me make something clear! If my son don't ask me, I'm sure not going to divulge any unwarranted information. Trust me, my son is 20 now and he is treated as an adult given the truth and all. I never was big at lying, it just never sat well with me. Most folks would say I'm too honest, but I've learned over time that I cannot say everything that comes to mind because most of the time the truth does hurt. Believe me, keeping my big mouth shut took years of practice and is still in the making.
The truth, when its absolute, hurts! but so does a lie. So, when do you tell the truth? Another cliche is, "there's a time for everything." Oh, that's biblical too; read the book of Ecclesiastics. Here's one more, "you shall know the truth and it shall set you free," now that's absolutely true. The latter verse is contingent upon remaining in Jesus' word.(John 8:31-32)
The difference between the truth and a lie to me, is that the truth eventually finds a resting place but a lie doesn't. Then were so twisted that we really don't want to know the truth even when its staring us in the face. We're so used to being lied to and being liars. I feel we just love the drama. Come on mothers, some of us can be honest enough to confess the times when we asked that so call man of ours, "tell me the truth" and "are you seeing her?" I can laugh now because the truth was staring me in the face. I've found that when I decided to choose the truth over his lying behind, I was better over time. Oh, yes I was free and I'm still free!
It's about choices and coming to the realization that our sons and children deserve what's right. Although it may hurt, like some us, he'll or they'll make it.
My prayers are if and when I have to tell him the truth regarding topics of a sensitive nature, please let me proceed with caution. I'm saying all this because I tell my students, at work, that they cheat themselves when they copy others work. And mothers when we lie to our sons about topics of a sensitive nature such as who's his father, is he black or white, have you (mom) ever taken drugs to get high, the list can get extensively painful, so please proceed with caution. Oh, am I adopted? yea that's a popular one! You already know the answers but that one about, who's my daddy? Well, you should be prepared because rooster do come home to crow.
This topic of lying is of a very sensitive nature. Liars can, do and have breed other liars. Also, lies in the end hurt and I would like to believe that even our worst intentions is not to emotionally scar our sons. They do, will and presently have enough to deal with, so let's not add injury to pain. Start by not trying to be someone that your not; in other words if you have issues let him know. You are human! You cry, get pissed off and can use a few choice words. At the end of the day, your not always proud of the some of the choices you've made, but your still his mother. Don't try to be "Mother Teresa" either and damn him to hell every time he has an indiscretion. As for you moms that know and need to always wear your 'miserable patch', on your back, stop taking "it" out on him. I like to say, "if I didn't cause it, then I sure don't want to feel the effects".
Now, if you have found yourself in any of these situations then please, let's make some adjustments. Start by making minor changes in how we deal with sensitive topics because some cannot be avoided. Remember to watch how you respond, our sons can read signs very well. Emotions can be explosive...Practice being positive, be around progressive(not aggressive) people who live productive lives. Read, meditate, pray, laugh and treat yourself to something nice. You deserve it!
Lastly, break the cycle of lies but for once in your life; tell the truth!
Sincerely, Jerri of Mars
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Friday, December 10, 2010
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Intel CEO Brian Krzanich disclosed during an analyst event last week that it will have its first discrete graphics chips available in 2020. This will mark the beginning of the chip giant's journey toward a portfolio of high-performance graphics products for various markets including gaming, data center and artificial intelligence (AI). A typical graphics architecture and chip development cycle is three years for complex design, so even hitting the 2020 window with engineering talent is aggressive.Intel did not go into detail about what performance level or target market this first discrete GPU solution might address, but Intel's executive vice president of the data center group, Navin Shenoy, confirmed that the company's strategy will include solutions for data center segments (think AI, machine learning) along with client (think gaming, professional development).


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The governors represent people who have an important stake in the school. These include parents, teachers, non-teaching staff, the local education authority and the local community. There are elections to choose parent governors and teacher representatives. Some governors are nominated by Lancashire County Council. The governors in turn elect a chair and vice-chair annually. In Coppull, we choose to purchase clerking services from the County Council's Governor Services.
The governors make the important decisions about the future direction of the school and children's centre. We agree the policies for the school.
We hold meetings of all governors at least once each term, but much of the more detailed work is undertaken by sub-committees. We co-opt some other people to help on these committees, for example, parents who use our children's centre.


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Dear Friends,
I wonder what History will make of the first six months of 2017? The tragic events of the three terrorist attacks in London and Manchester have shown us once again just how vulnerable we can be to the deliberate actions of others, while the devastating fire also shows that even non-deliberate actions may still have tragic consequences. And the election result has shown us that what appeared to be a certainty can so easily change to give us uncertainty. But despite these quite different events what is clear is that we must have hope as we move into the second half of the year.
Hope that peace will return not just to this country but to all parts of the world. Hope that, in the future, there will be a significant and meaningful look at people's concerns. Hope that the uncertainty that prevails about the future of this country, and its relationship with Europe and the rest of the world will gradually become clear, and be acceptable and beneficial to everyone.
At Trinity, we too must have a hope and vision for the future just as our 5 émigré Scots had, now more than 122 years ago, when they made plans for the building of our church here in Freelands Road. Everyone can play their part, for in the words of Sydney Smith, the English wit, writer and Anglican cleric, "It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can only do little – do what you can".
The summer is a great time for "recharging the batteries", and even though the school holidays may not now be quite as significant for most of us, there is somehow still the feeling that it is the "end of the year" and a period of rest before everything starts again in September.
Having concluded the Scoping process it is now time to move on taking the advice once again of Sydney Smith. "Take short views, hope for the best and trust in God". Or, in Paul's words in his letter to the Romans, "May you overflow with hope through the power of the Holy Spirit".
I hope that you all have a very happy summer.


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The Mobo's this year was in Scotland, normally its in London. To be honest with you… I COULDN'T TELL THE DIFFERENCE! The reason I couldn't tell the difference is because The Mobo's has always been unprofessional and the performance's are Never up to scratch! If u compare The Mobo's to "The Brit Awards" "The MTV VMA Awards" even the "BET Awards" U WILL SEE A BIG DIFFERENCE AND THE LACK OF PROFESSIONALISM! (Check me out with that big word!).
The first performance if iCan remember was from Tinchy Stryder, and to be honest… I didn't even watch it – because to me… It was Sh*t from when he got on the stage! He had some Lights flashing around him, and iDon't even like Tinchy Stryder to know what song he was singing! If he performed the song he did with Amelle from Sugababes, iWould have been more interested because that song is OKAY compared to his song featuring N-Dubz. The performance was so wack to me, that iWent to go prepare some food! He wasn't worth watching in my eyes! (Sorry Tinchy Fans it's just the way it is!)
After Tinchy performed it was time for the "Best Newcomer" award. If iRemember right The Nominee's were
- Jade Ewen
- Alexandra Burke
- Master Shortie
- Laura Izibor
iLike Alexandra Burke and iAm a BIG FAN of Master Shortie! JLS… Well, U know – Do iNeed to say any more really? Anyway The Winner is going to be announced and iWas really hoping Alexandra Burke would win, because iKnow Master Shorties fan base isn't that large YET! But we All know who won! JLS! -sigh- iFelt to change the station there and then! Sorry all u JLS fans but Beat Again was a BAG OF CHEESE! Anyway well done JLS for winning Best Newcomers. While i'm on the Topic of JLS, lets talk about their performance! All I'm saying is… it was the stage performance of the "Beat Again" video! AND I DON'T LIKE THE DANCE MOVES! THEY R A BAG OF CHEESE! and they look… Oh… Just Don't get me started! iDon't wanna offend NO-ONE! But JLS need to hire a New Choreographer and some back-up dancers A.S.A.P. Plus iHeard how they was Lip Syncing which doesn't surprise me because its only Aston that can Sing in that group! So another Bag Of Cheese event for JLS! Well Done Boys! Not only did JLS win Best New Comer, they also won Best Song for "Beat Again"
I've gotten so deep into the Performance's iAlmost forgot to mention the Host's! Reggie Yates and Keri Hilson. In my eyes The Mobo's are very LUCKY they got Keri Hilson to host that school talent show! Reggie looked different, and sounded different to me (maybe that's because iDon't listen to Radio 1…?) Anyway people at my college was talking about Reggie's Navy blue trousers. They was saying how they never matched his outfits and all sorts, but iWasn't really paying attention to this whole awards show to actually see what He had on. But Keri looked CLASS! Until she did a costume change and put on Silver lipstick she looked like she should have been on Star Treck! (Still Love Keri Though)
While we on the subject of Keri Hilson, she did a little… erm… iDunno what U would call it… A Remix? Or a Mix? I'll run with a Mix… She did a mix of "Energy" and "Knock You Down" Without a doubt Keri Hilson can perform! She is a GOOD Performer, Singing Live!? OUCH she might as well Lip Sync! And iLike Keri Hilson's music – but it is nothing but the truth that Keri Hilson cannot sing live! Everyone knows that in the middle of Knock You Down Ne-Yo's version is nearly everyone's favorite verse! So – EXPLAIN TO ME HOW THE HELL TAIO CRUZ IS SINGING NE-YO'S VERSE IN THE PERFORMANCE!? iWas sitting in my chair IN SHOCK! Taio came out of NO-WHERE and started singing the verse! iWas thinking to myself… Ne-Yo has had 3 Studio Albums and they've sold MILLIONS! Taio Cruz has sold ONE album and he hasn't even Cracked America yet! Taio needs to sit down in my eyes! And iKnow it gave him a BOOST that he got to perform with Keri Hilson and got a chance to sing Ne-Yo's part in the song! Taio Cruz wasn't even Nominated for BEST UK ACT – So – in my eyes he does need to sit down!
Okay moving on swiftly. Its time for Best Album. The Nominee's are
- 808's and Heartbreaks – Kanye West
- Catch 22 – Tinchy Stryder
- Catch Me If U Can – Bashy
- I Am… Sasha Fierce – Beyonce
- Uncle B – N-Dubz
I'm expecting the winner to be at least Beyonce, Bashy or Tinchy Stryder. Me and Kanye have beef from the VMA Awards so he doesn't get no expectation! The Winner is … Uncle B – N-Dubz! WHAT!? Sorry – come again!? Once again Sorry N-Dubz Fans… But they are a BAG OF CHEESE! N-Dubz are given the microphone to give their speach, and this is where Mobo's became a SCHOOL TALENT SHOW! Dappy decides to Thank EVERY NAME UNDER THE SON (Over Reacting) But he literally was! He was hogging the microphone saying who he would like to Thank! Like he isn't in a Band with 2 over members and they have people they want to thank as well! While i'm on the Topic of N-Dubz their Performance was a BAG OF SH*T! What was Dappy wearing!? He had a Taliban scarf around his head with that STUPID (YES ITS STUPID! IT DON'T GET WASHED!) HAT ON TOP! Someone needs to sack Dappy's stylist A.S.A.P! He looked like a right FOOL! The Mixed Raced dude in the group (iDon't know his name I'm not a FAN!) Has better swagger than him! iCan't wait for N-Dubz to be dropped from there Record Label and I'm being Serious! Not only did N-Dubz win Best UK Album they also Won Best UK Act (Rolls Eyes)
Beyonce looked like a Ghost in her Video for winning Best International Artist and Best Video for Single Ladies. That's all iCan say about that! LOL!
On the Topic of Beyonce… Kelly Rowland time! Kelly's Performance proves that the Mobo's isn't professional and is a Polished version of a School Talent show! Kelly was set perform her Number One Single "When Love Takes Over" With David Guetta. iPersonally had the impression that Kelly was about to Tear it up with her performance. Well… Just see for urself! iFelt sorry for Kelly because she is Professional! and iKnew she had that performance on LOCK. She didn't show no sign of discomfort till after something went wrong! At first iThought she forgot the lyrics. But my heart does bleed for Kelly! This is what she had to say about it on Twitter:
"@KELLY__ROWLAND OK. So, I'm at the MoBo's and getting ready to have a GREAT show with David and the MoBo's F'd my sound up!!!!! PISSED!!!!!" http://twitter.com/KELLY__ROWLAND/status/4509881088
"@KELLY__ROWLAND HONESTLY, that just makes me work harder! But, what I will say is the MoBo's owe me an apology!!!! I was LIVID after the show!" http://twitter.com/KELLY__ROWLAND/status/4509900650
"@KELLY__ROWLAND I wanted you guys to be the 1st to hear it from me! rehearsals. were fine. soundcheck. was fine. performance, wad a struggle at 1st" http://twitter.com/KELLY__ROWLAND/status/4509932358
"@KELLY__ROWLAND But, I got through it!!!!!!!! So—–It happens! The next show will be Better!——–TRUST!!!!!!!!!" http://twitter.com/KELLY__ROWLAND/status/4509957942
So Kelly Rowland has proven that the Mobo's is unprofessional and is a polished version of a School Talent-Show! But Kelly went HARD during the performance!
On a Positive Note!
Shaheen Jafargholi showed the WHOLE of the Mobo Awards, what a REAL performance sounds like and how U r supposed to act during an Awards show! Shame on Dappy! A 14 Year old showed u how to behave and Shaheen hasn't even released an album called "Uncle B" yet! Shame and Disgrace! Shaheen sang another Michael Jackson song at the Mobo Awards. His performance was apart of the Tribute to Michael Jackson along with Jermaine Jackson's Performance.
Peter Andre also made me proud! He was doing all the backstage hosting, and he was good! Especially when Dappy came trying to be Ghetto and all sorts, Peter looked scared iHave to say LOL! But he did a Good job!
Another positive note is Alexandra Burke looked Good. Especially presenting at her First Award show with Lemar. She looked ever so Good. My Mum thinks her Dress was way to short but that's mother's for U! In my eyes she looked Good 🙂 Bless her!
Overall All I Can say about the Mobo's Is
"After I Watched the MTV VMA Awards, I Was inspired… After I Watched the Mobo Awards I was uninspired – Malachi Campbell-Hare"


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Twilight at the lake house
Around the bonfire with friends
Sipping, talking, laughing…
For now, all is well.
I hold this shining moment:
So glad I hung on,
Despite the pain,
The hopelessness,
The not knowing how to go on.
If I had ended it all
15 years ago
I would have missed
This sweet Spring night –
The sun saying goodnight to the trees,
Spending time with friends I never knew I'd meet,
Finally feeling happy to be alive.
By Kerry Vincent © 2009


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Cartoons and plates
My great friend Mitch in New York sent me this the other day, and I had to share….food blogging is now being satirised in the Wall Street Journal. Very impressive.
So after our blogger meet up, I popped into Thai Kee IGA (check out Helen's post from a while back with her great pics) in the Market City complex to go on a hunt for interesting plates. Why? Well, my friend Phil sent me some pics of the most gloriously decorated cupcakes I've ever seen! These cupcakes were made by Lolo at VeganYumYum, whose blog I was fascinated and inspired by. She wrote a post about photographing food, and mentioned the importance of the right dishes, and suggested buying just one or two plates/dishes that you like for your photographs, instead of whole sets, so you end up with a range of interesting backgrounds, but suggests the majority be white, as obviously white always looks so good. So this is what I got, all for under $50! I love Chinatown!
I know, they're patterned and coloured, but they were so pretty!
October 12, 2008
I *love* that Wall Street clipping! If only!
And I do love browsing the crockery aisle at Thai Kee. I tend to stalk op-shop kitchenware – I've picked up lots of random bowls and plates with food photography in mind. Most are $1-$2 and it's quite amazing what you can find.
October 13, 2008
That cartoon is funny and so true. I think I can even see a camera bag on the guy's shoulder 😉
As for those knitting cupcakes, they're nothing short of absolutely amazing!
October 13, 2008
Hi Helen, my mission is now to improve my crokery collection as well as take better photographs!
Lorraine, I too was blown away by those knit cupcakes..so intricate…
Belle, I know what you mean. I felt like a complete amateur at Yum Cha when everyone pulled out these huge cameras!
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So when are you going to make those cakes?
I did pass it on to you for nothing… 😉
I'll shoot it for you!


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The Saint Louis area was plagued by spring storms this year. Driving around town, we still see home after home in need of repairs to roofs, siding, guttering and more. We've received several calls from owners of DH Custom Homes and Hayden Homes residences. Their homes are in need of storm damage repair and they've turned to DH for advice and direction. We're proud to know that our homeowners see us as an on-going partner and we're here to support them as they restore their homes after the spring storms. Continue reading for several things to consider when selecting an individual or company to assist with repairs.
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We recently delivered a completed luxury custom home in Creve Coeur, Missouri. The home was a customized version of our Whitekirk 1-1/2 story design from the DH Custom Homes Designer Portfolio. This particular home was built to include features from our Signature Portfolio collection.
We recently began construction on a classic custom home in Kirkwood, Missouri. In this neighborhood, homes tend to feature large, livable front porches that add to the curb appeal. Keeping with the spirit of the neighborhood, DH Custom Homes is building a beautiful covered front porch for the new home, providing an elegant entry and area in front of the home for outdoor dining and relaxing.
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Summer Camp & Language Immersion in Costa Ballena, Cadiz, Spain (photo gallery)
Our Summer Camp and Language Immersion Programme are an enjoyable and exciting way for teenagers (aged 12-17) to learn Spanish in Costa Ballena, Cadiz, a land of sun and beautiful sandy beaches; truly, a bringing together of the best of Spain.
Our Spanish and British students lived and studied together in Costa Ballena, benefiting from not only an improvement in another language but also from an international relationship.
Find below some pictures of our Spanish and British students during our social programme (summer 2014), which includes excursions as well as cultural, sporting, and other fun activities designed to keep the students inspired at all times.
They really had an amazing time on holiday while learning a language. An exceptional and educational trip that the students will always remember.


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|Anonymous | Wed Nov 02, 2011 @ 11:23AM
More great advice from the Savvy Sisters. Although I would have to take a pragmatist's angle on your point about freeing all content, Heather. I'd love it if our clients always aimed to produce brilliant content and allow it to flow around the web, powered by nothing more sinister than its own value, and unrestricted by considerations of data capture.
Sadly though, there are different aims: some are based on long-term awareness, others on short-term leads. And in the latter case I'd have to subdue the free press hippy in me and advocate data capture.
But to endorse the other points above, none of this works if the content isn't well focused, well planned and well executed.


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The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (the DSM) is the book used by psychiatrists to identify and diagnose patients with psychological problems and mental illnesses. The world of Psychiatry is constantly changing, so every now and then, a new edition of the DSM is published to provide needed updates. The fifth edition, the DSM V, came out on May 18, 2013. There were many changes to many different disorders, and among those was Borderline Personality Disorder, which I often call Dyslimbia. Most of what changed was the format of the diagnosis process rather than the symptoms themselves. Even so, I think it would be appropriate to review the DSM V's criteria for Borderline Personality Disorder.
The defining traits are categorized into five sets: 1) Problems in "personality functioning" which is then divided into two categories, problems with self and problems with others. 2) "Pathological personality traits" (recurring emotional and behavioral traits due to mental illness), which is then broken into three categories: negative emotions, disinhibition, and antagonism. The other three categories are simply conditions of the disorder's appearance, which I will briefly cover after we examine categories one and two. For the purposes of this blog post, we will examine category one. Next, we will examine the second set of symptoms as well as the three conditions attached to the symptoms. By breaking everything down, we will be able to see the symptoms in detail.
Category 1: Personality Functioning
Cat. 1, Group 1: Problems with Self
Problems with self include identity issues and difficulties with self-direction. Symptoms under identity issues include the feeling of not knowing who you are, feeling like your identity changes a lot, beating yourself down with criticism, feelings of emptiness, and, of course, "dissociative states under stress." (See my blog series about dissociation if you don't know about it.) As for self-direction, this refers to how people with Borderline have unstable or frequently changing life plans, interests, dreams, or even morals.
I will provide examples from my own experience as someone suffering from Borderline Personality Disorder. Throughout my entire life, I have beaten myself down with criticism, never believing in myself. Even when I won writing contests in college, even when I was constantly among the top students in my college classes, I still felt like I wasn't doing enough and that I was actually an unintelligent person. Developing a solid sense of self (who I am) took years, since I often thought, said, and acted on completely different values. I was only able to find myself by dissociating and thinking of myself as being five "personalities" (or five different mindsets) in one person. At any given time, I am a mix of two or three of those five sides of me. Figuring out who you are, when different sides of you seem so completely incompatible, is a common struggle for those with Dyslimbia.
(For a time, in college, I also frequently experienced dissociation such as depersonalization, derealization, and even a few isolated cases of dissociative amnesia. These symptoms are under control now. If you're curious about dissociation and what it means, see my blood series about dissociation.)
Cat. 1, Group 2: Problems with Others
Interpersonal issues have been split into problems with empathy and problems with intimacy.
People with Borderline Personality Disorder are perfectly capable of empathy, and in some cases, I believe we can be more empathetic than normal people given our heightened capacity for emotions. Nevertheless, when we are under stress or having mood swings, we have trouble understanding what others are actually feeling and what they need. Borderlines have a strong negative bias, often believing that others think negatively of them when no such negative feeling exists. To some, this interpretation bias could be considered a lack of empathy.
Here's two examples you may be able to identify with. We'll start small. The other day, I decided to wear mascara even though I very rarely wear any makeup. When my sister later asked if I was wearing mascara, I didn't want to answer. I wanted to lie. To me, it seemed obvious that my sister had seen how bad I was at putting on makeup, and she was going to criticize me. However, I read my sister completely wrong; she actually wanted to say that the mascara looked good on me. With my negative bias, that never even occurred to me.
A more extreme example is my relationship with my father. Time and time again, I believe that he resents me or thinks poorly of me because of my inability to hold down a job. Often, I go for a few days without having any real talk with my father, even though we live together, because I feel like I "know" that he is disgusted with me. When I finally work up the courage to talk to him again, and I mention feeling useless, he is always supportive. He tells me that he knows I am trying, that I'm getting psychological and psychiatric help, and that he's glad he is able to live with me. This never ceases to amaze me, since I always go back to thinking that he must think badly of me.
As for intimacy, this refers to the Borderline's "intense, unstable, and conflicted close relationships." Symptoms and markers include being distrustful, having fear of abandonment, sometimes interpreting things as abandonment that are actually not, and being too needy. In addition, there is the phenomenon sometimes called "switching," where the person with Dyslimbia switches between idolizing someone and intensely hating someone. Having more balanced feelings toward someone is difficult for us; we are do-or-die, hate or love, worship or revile. Sometimes the intense feelings of loving someone result in becoming too obsessed with them and their lives, while the feelings of great dislike can result in complete withdrawal from the relationship.
For a classic example of the "switching" phenomenon, look at my first major romantic relationship that went on from age nineteen to twenty. While it is natural to absolutely adore one's significant other, my idealization of my boyfriend and my emotional reliance on him reached unhealthy levels, to the point where he was my only support system. (Friends and family were out of the picture.) When that boyfriend broke up with me– and it was rather sudden from anyone's viewpoint– I felt so hurt and angry that I refused to talk to him. I badmouthed him to everyone I knew. I wasn't able to stop hating him until a full two years later, and even then, our friendship was sensitive and rocky. This is only one example of a lifelong pattern.
In addition, when I feel I have been abandoned, it destroys my world, leading to self-injury and long episodes of Major Depressive Disorder. It has been almost two years since my best friend stopped speaking to me because she no longer wanted to be friends with an atheist; two years have passed, and I still think of her and miss her every few days. This preoccupation with abandonment is a classic symptom of Dyslimbia.
That's all for Category 1, Problems in Personality Functioning. This category covers the symptoms that were numbered 1, 2, 3, 7, and 9 in the older DSM IV. Next time, we will examine category two, "Pathological Personality Traits," which includes three groups of symptoms: negative emotions, impulsivity, and hostility.


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It was a cold wintery day in Riverside, Ca. I was losing light rapidly. I only had a few minutes while the wedding planner was tapping her foot right behind me. I went straight to my go-to shot on a golf course, and the result was gorgeous
Caption: canyon crest country club wedding
Artist: Tony Gillilan
Copyright: Tony Gillilan
Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark III
Lens: EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM
Shot at 24 mm (shot wide open)
Exposure: Manual exposure, 1/200 sec, f/4, ISO 1250
Flash: Off camera, Fired
Keywords: canyon crest country club, golf course, wedding
Date: December 11, 2016 4:41:30PM
Location: Riverside, California, United States
Latitude/longitude: 33.948508, -117.333513
I have seen this shot many times by other photographers. I have been waiting for the opportunity to prove I could make this shot happen, and even better than I have seen it done before. Finally, by chance, a bride booked me for the location – The Coronado Community Center. I already knew in my head that it would take three lights, I just wasn't sure where I was going to put the lights. I knew that I had to have one on a small lightstand right behind the couple, and one to camera right of the couple. The third light was going to go where? Well, after testing the shot with my assistant, I figured out that the third light went in the front of the fountain at camera left.
I did all this during the wedding. While everyone was eating we grabbed three lights, and stands and went out and fired a few test shots. After I was ready to go, I simply went inside and asked the couple to come out for great night shot. I think I took 4 frames, and the one below was my favorite. There is no "Photoshop", this is pretty much right out of the camera with the exception of some brushes in Lightroom.
I could not believe that the shot was that simple. Just a few test shots, and then bam.. nailed it!
Caption: Coronado Community Center Wedding
Artist: Tony Gillilan
Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark III
Lens: EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM
Shot at 24 mm
Exposure: Manual exposure, 1/200 sec, f/5.6, ISO 800
Flash: Off Camera, Fired
Keywords: Coronado, coronado community center, san diego, wedding
Date: April 15, 2016 7:50:54PM
Location: Coronado, California, United States
Latitude/longitude: 32.677116, -117.171884
The sun was going down, and we were on the golf course. The bride wanted something special in the middle on the green. I took my small lightstand with one strobe on it, and placed it strategically behind the couple. I had done this many times in the past, so I knew what I was going to get. When I pulled the trigger, and showed the bride, her eyes lit up.
Caption: Los Coyotes Country Club Wedding
Artist: Tony Gillilan
Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark III
Lens: EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM, Shot at 24 mm
Exposure: Manual exposure, 1/40 sec, f/4.5, ISO 800
Flash: Off Camera Strobe, On, Fired
Keywords: 9th hole, backlit, bride, golf course, golf green, groom, los coyotes country club, night photography, silhouette, strobist, wedding, wedding strobist
Date: November 6, 2015 5:15:07PM
Location: Buena Park, California, United States
Latitude/longitude: 33.888124, -117.977122
Caption: Radio City Music Hall
Artist: Tony Gillilan
Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Lens: EF20mm f/2.8 USM
Exposure: Auto exposure, Aperture-priority AE, 1/160 sec, f/2.8, ISO 800, Compensation: +2/3
Flash: Off, Did not fire
Keywords: manhattan, neon, new york, new york city, night photography, radio city music hall
Date: October 20, 2011 6:39:30PM
Location: Midtown Manhattan, New York, United States
Latitude/longitude: 40.759888, -73.980268
Wayfarers Chapel wedding. I shot this at 9pm in the evening. The exposure was almost 2 seconds. I had the couple freeze during the exposure, and used a low power strobe to help make them pop. To the naked eye it was pitch black, I couldn't see very much at all. I had to use a flashlight to focus before taking the shot. I had no idea that the clouds and stars were there before I took the shot. I was pleasantly surprised with the resulting image. Very minor adjustments were made in Photoshop.
Caption: Wayfarers Chapel wedding
Artist: Tony Gillilan
Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark III
Lens: EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM, Shot at 28 mm
Exposure: Manual exposure, 1.6 sec, f/4, ISO 2500
Off Camera Flash: On, Fired
Keywords: bride and groom, long exposure, night, night photography, stars, strobist, wayfarers chapel, wedding, wedding photography
Date: September 26, 2015 9:04:24PM
Location: Rancho Palos Verdes, California, United States
Latitude/longitude: 33.743270, -118.377730


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As Martinus Publishing has some new contributing authors, I'll be conducting interviews to help promote their anthologies/works. Today, I'm interviewing James S. Dorr, an exceptional author who contributed the short story Avoid Seeing a Mouse to "Altered America." Thank you for taking the time to be interviewed.
MTI: Starting off, could you tell our readers a little bit about yourself?
JAMES S. DORR: I was born in Florida, grew up in New Jersey, went to school in Massachusetts, and currently live in Indiana, which pretty well covers the area east of the Mississippi. I am a short fiction writer and poet with nearly 400 credits both recognizable and obscure, from Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine to Yellow Bat Review. I also have four collections published, Strange Mistresses: Tales of Wonder and Romance and Darker Loves: Tales of Mystery and Regret from Dark Regions Press; the all-poetry Vamps (A Retrospective) from Sam's Dot/White Cat; and most recently The Tears of Isis from Perpetual Motion Machine Publishing, of which I may speak a bit more later. I've also had some training in art, worked on set design in theatre - these being back in college days - and currently play tenor recorder and lead a Renaissance music group.
MTI: Now, getting down to business; what first compelled you to weave fiction, and what's your favorite type of story to write?
JSD: I did quite a bit of writing for college publications, along with occasional illustrating and cartooning and, as a graduate, was editor at one point of a campus arts magazine. From there I went into technical writing/editing, but, losing that job during the Reagan Recession of the '80s, went into freelancing primarily real estate, consumer, and business topics. However I had been a science fiction fan and had also toyed with amateur fiction so, recession ended, I got a "regular" job and started to put my writing activity primarily into fiction and poetry. By that time I was also more hooked on darker approaches so, while I still do occasional sf (as well as mystery - and lots of crossing genres) most of my writing today falls into horror/dark fantasy
MTI: Tell me, if you had to pick just one author who has influenced or inspired you, who would it be?
JSD: If only one, I would have to say Ray Bradbury who, harking to my answer just before, also bridged both science fiction and horror. But I would also add Edgar Allan Poe as an early influence and, expanding the range a bit, the poet Allen Ginsberg and German playwright Bertolt Brecht in terms of technique as well as subject.
MTI: Your story, Avoid Seeing a Mouse, appears in Altered America, an anthology of alternate histories. The fictional accounts in this collection let us imagine what it would be like if something had happened differently at different points in history. Tell us a little about how your story changes history.
JSD: At midnight on New Year's Eve, 1999, the Egyptian gods return to Earth - or more specifically Memphis, Tennessee for starters - and not the nicest of their deities either. While we'd thought the worst thing that could happen would be our computers going haywire. Of course, though, it's more complicated than that, bringing in a one-night-only wrestling exhibition in the Pyramid Arena, "Cat Country" at the Memphis Zoo, a solar eclipse, and a romantic breakup over a mouse that's been spotted in the Pink Palace Museum.
MTI: If you could go back in time and try to change any one historical event (aside from killing Hitler/stopping WWII-almost everybody tries that), which would you choose?
JSD: I would try to have someone whisper in President Nixon's ear not to end the Apollo moon landing program but, instead, to let NASA build on it. Perhaps by now we'd have people on Mars.
MTI: Indeed, the space program has not lived up to its potential. Conversely, name a historical event that you would never want to see changed/would go back in time to stop somebody from changing it.
JSD: The Buddha Gautama's meditation beneath the bodhi tree. No, I'm not a Buddhist, and yes, things that happened hundreds of years before Christ are (to say the least) not well-documented, and individual events may be distorted by many retellings or even made up. But Siddhartha Gautama himself does appear to be historical and, in some way, presumably came up with what became the "Noble Truths" of Buddhism. These principles subsequently spread from the India-Nepal border to cover the world, at the least in proclaiming that there's such a thing as moderation - and that moderation is okay. From this may come much of the teaching of Jesus (caravans constantly crossed through the Near East) and hence at least the more peaceful parts of Christianity. Also from this comes the possibility that people can compromise rather than fight, something we might do well to remember more often today.
MTI: Shifting back to your writing, can you tell us a little about what you're working on right now?
JSD: These are, indeed, exciting times! I mentioned before that we might come back to my new collection, The Tears of Isis. As it happens it is now an official 2014 Bram Stoker Award® nominee for superior achievement in a Fiction Collection, which even though the competition against it is fierce, could conceivably win. (Hey, moderation doesn't mean we can't still have contests - just that we try to be friendly about them!) So much of my time has been involved with the awards, reading other people's work including in other categories, deciding which works I'll vote on myself, and now as voting ends making plans to get to World Horror Convention in Portland, Oregon where the winners will be announced. And with that, trying to keep a high profile for The Tears of Isis as well as keeping in touch with the publisher for any plans he might have for extra publicity.
MTI: Other than your story appearing in Altered America, do you have any other works being published in the near future?
JSD: And yet life goes on. The biggest news is I have a new story, inspired by a tour I took at last year's World Horror Convention in New Orleans, speculating about a sort of local historical urban legend which has been accepted by Daily Science Fiction. The story itself is a short horror tale titled "Casket Girls" and, while I don't have a publication date yet, readers can subscribe to DSF for free at http://dailysciencefiction.com (whereupon one can also search on my name in their archives for two more stories). Then, earlier this month, I've just had two zombie stories accepted as reprints by Big Pulp and The Pun Book of Horror, respectively, "Cold, Lifeless Fingers" and "Olé Bubba and the Forty Steves."
MTI: On a lighter note, have you watched any good television lately?
JSD: Oddly enough, with a season of new horror or horror-related TV shows, I haven't really watched any of them. I tend more to watch news and documentaries, the latter partly for ideas, then kick back sometimes and watch DVDs later at night. (Two exceptions, though, I do make a point of watching The Daily Show and The Colbert Report on the Comedy Channel when I can - horror enough in their own ways sometimes.)
MTI: What sort of music do you enjoy?
JSD: For listening, jazz (particularly traditional New Orleans style, as well as the "cool" jazz of the 1950s and after); for playing, Renaissance dance music.
MTI: What are three of your favorite movies?
JSD: First, Nosferatu, the original German expressionistic silent with Max Schreck and still the creepiest adaptation of Dracula made (one warning, though - some cheaper DVDs are truncated American versions with about a half hour cut out); second, La Horde, a French film about corrupt police officers having to join forces with gangsters they'd first come to kill when a zombie apocalypse breaks out in Paris, both scary and funny, ultra-violent, and, even though none of the characters are particularly likeable, strangely engaging; and third, Cabin in the Woods, a deconstruction of certain horror movie clichés revealing their mythical underpinnings and how what these hide can be far more frightening.
MTI: You have the attention of potential readers? In conclusion, do you happen to have any words of wisdom to share with them?
JSD: Let this be a plug for Altered America too: If you enjoy an author who's in an anthology, buy the book if you can. Assuming you also enjoy the concept, chances are you'll like the other stories with it. If so, then tell your friends about it - and lending it to a friend is okay too, but ask them, if they like it, to tell their friends about it as well. Also, if you really enjoy a book, consider writing a review.
Then for readers who might want to know a bit more about me, I have a blog at http://jamesdorrwriter.wordpress.com . All are welcome to stop by and explore around and, should the spirit move them, leave comments.
MTI: Excellent advice! Thank you for the excellent interview, Mr. Dorr. For those who want to check out his story and many other Alternate Histories, pick up a copy of Altered America.


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As reported by The Hartford Courant, April 14, 2010.
UConn Health Center Gives White-Coat Salute to Dr. Lawrence Raisz
By MaryEllen Fillo
Joining Raisz, in foreground, are, from left, sons Jonathan and Matthew, wife Helen, son Stephen, daughter Katherine and son Nicholas.
Photo by MaryEllen Fillo, The Hartford Courant
Dr. Lawrence G. Raisz just wants people to know there are serious research opportunities at the University of Connecticut Health Center, the kind that make a medical center great.
So it was no surprise that the longtime osteoporosis and bone-disease expert was a little shy Saturday when hundreds turned out to honor him at the facility's first "White Coat Gala" at the Hartford Marriott Downtown.
"I am a little embarrassed by all this attention," said Raisz, a member of the center's board of trustees who sneaked out of the VIP cocktail hour to share a champagne toast with family members who had flown in for the occasion. "My time at UConn, it has been a wonderful 36 years."


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There's really no crafting to this one. BUT, I have provided free downloads of the simple wall art I made! Take a look at the PDFs so you can see the details (patterns in the letters). I found the cute red frame on clearance at Michael's and the others are just a value pack.
Click here to download the two 8.5 x 11 PDFs. These are the red ones – "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas."
Click here to download the 11×17 PDF. This is the white one with "Silver Bells" lyrics.
Only two steps to this one. Well, actually three.
1. Print the designs (the Silver Bells one is 11×17, the other 2 are 8.5×11).
2. Curse when you break a nail opening the frames.
3. Frame and hang!
Merry Christmas! Happy Crafting!


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Enterprise Talk Guidelines
This is what I have learned about how to actually change my own behavior with children to become more authentically me and act towards them in a way that is congruent with my values. You'll find a one page summary of Enterprise Talk and wall charts to post around you as reminders.
Enterprise Talk: a handrail to authenticity and integrity
Authenticity: Am I being aware, open, and present in this moment of stress or am I acting habitually?
Integrity: If I hold certain values, am I behaving in a way that practices those values in this moment of stress?
This is the article I wrote explain the rationale and significance of being intentionally careful when we talk to children. Because we adults are bigger and more privileged, we have to be very careful when we apply power. Download the pdf.
Cultivating Conversations with Children
You know people who children flock to because they enjoy talking to them so much. Do you want to be like that, too? After long study, I finally figured out how to have meaningful conversations with any child I wish. By meaningful, I mean that in a single conversation both the child's life and the adult's life are changed in a beneficial way. This is a complete course of study designed to change adult behavior.
I believe one ought to earn college credits for completing this course of study. If you are currently enrolled in a relevant higher education program, it may be possible to petition for independent study credit by documenting one's work through the challenges linked here.
Levels of Abstraction
Continuing one more step with language as the subject, I offer a slide show presentation of Marion Blank's Levels of Abstraction as applied to commenting and the language present in children's books. Here's how some cultures prepare young children for the world of ideas available in school, the library, and online. No matter what you are searching for at my site, the utility of this may surprise you.It sure changed me.
Troubling Behavior
Leadership and Care is my name for what is commonly called behavior management or discipline, which are ways we often label the strategies employed to deal with troubling behavior. After being educated by over a hundred very difficult children, I found that what I once thought was "correcting them" was not that at all. I found my role to be more accurately described as leadership for the child and the child's community — merging healthy, loving communication and strict, no nonsense acts of care. Civil Rights Data Collection shows more than 8,000 public preschoolers were suspended at least once during the 1011-2012 school year, mostly boys, with Black boys accounting for most of those suspended more than once. This is outrageous. Leadership and Care provides essential professional education to early educators, so this need not happen. I invite everyone in early education to delve into the next 30 pages. Please. You can change your life using this content. I often told my students (both educators and parents) that if they did the work applying each of these steps to their interactions with children, they would know more about addressing troublesome behavior than almost anyone they will ever meet in the rest of their lives.
I believe one ought to earn college credits for completing this course of study. If you are currently enrolled in a relevant higher education program, it may be possible to petition for independent study credit by documenting one's work through the challenges linked here.
Emotion Vocabulary
One handout from the Leadership and Care materials has become widely used across the world.
I put together a one-page list of English words describing feelings organized by category and intensity. View in browser. Download pdf.
Interviewing Prospective Staff
Rather than hire a teacher based on an abstract discussion of values and pedagogy, you can show them these four short videos and see what they truly understand. Each is a sophisticated provocation about the essentials of early childhood pedagogy. The videos reside on Vimeo, so they can be accessed anywhere, and the provocations reside on this page.


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I saw a wonderful example of Christmas spirit today, and thought I'd share it with everyone. As I was driving home from work, I passed a hotel parking lot and in this parking lot was a woman holding a bunch of bags, trying to get into her car. On the other side of the car […]
Weekly Hypothetical – Horrible Alternatives Edition
Posted by Greg on December 12th, 2011


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During this course we had something called Narrative. Narrative is gathering information and studying the concept of telling a story such as visuals, sounds, stories, characters and concept.
Starting the course, I could not make it the first day due to travel issues all the way from Oslo, so I had to wait 1 day to return home to Kristiansand. Once I arrived the second day, I asked Magnus if there was any group I could participate in and I was referred to a group with 6 people. Fearing we were too many, it didn't become any problem during this course and we did not step on each others feet. In the group was Oscar, Phong, Marcus, Kitti, Lars, Runar and me. After being shortly briefed about what the concept they had come up with, I learned that the name of the group was "Mistakes Were Made" which also reflected back on the story being told.
We used a lot of time brainstorming together and discussing what parts we should include in the story and what not to include. I wrote down all of the ideas we had come up with on a white board and told everyone they could only vote on 1 of the ideas. After the voting we landed on 3 main ideas to include in the story and removed the others that didn't receive enough votes. Now that we had a story briefed, it was time to start writing down what we had been actually discussing. So we all gathered around in the computer lab and created a Google Docs document which everyone can write at the same time. Oscar and Phong wrote most of this because they had put together the entire story and knew it by heart.
Completing task 1, it was time for task 2 which was recording a 30 second film where the bodylanguage was the main focus. So behind camera was Me, Kitti and Oscar. In front of the camera was Phong, Marcus, Lars and Runar. Kitti and I directed most of the movie and explained to the selected actors what to do. This went surprisingly fast due to the fact that Kitti and I already had experience with filming and directing movies.
After recording, it turned out I was the only one with experience of editing movies. After completing High School I learned the entire Adobe Master Collection by heart, and because they had that installed at school I used Adobe Premiere to edit the movie. We also agreed that everyone would draw and submit their storyboard from a scene in the story. So as I was editing the movie the others on the group started drawing their storyboards.
As we were closing in on completing the project, we needed a background audio that correspond with the setting and the mood of our story. Marcus did this part of the project as he had a lot of experience with music and playing guitar. The result was excellent.
The presentation went rather okay in my opinion. I managed to screw up my time schedule for the presentation because I was so afraid of screwing it up the night before. So I arrived 20 minutes late, but just in time to join my group in presenting it.
As for the overall summary, the course was a fun experience and I was pleased with working as a group of 7 people. It's like they say, the more chefs you have for making a meal, the messier it gets. But as for this group I wouldn't say so. I think it went really smooth! Everyone did their job and everyone contributed. To begin with I was scared that it would end up as one big group of organized chaos. It was organized yes, but the group was never chaos.


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- Case report
- Open Access
Pseudobulbar laughter as a levodopa off phenomenon exacerbated by subthalamic deep brain stimulation
- P. K. Chattha1,
- P. E. Greene2 and
- Ritesh A. Ramdhani2, 3Email author
© Chattha et al. 2015
- Received: 3 June 2015
- Accepted: 27 July 2015
- Published: 14 August 2015
Pseudobulbar affect is a common symptom in neurodegenerative diseases and can also result from lesions in cortical, subcortical and brainstem regions. In Parkinson's disease (PD), pseudobulbar affect (PBA) can occur as a wearing off phenomenon, manifested usually as crying without emotionality. In addition, subthalamic (STN) deep brain stimulation (DBS) has been reported to induce PBA in PD patients with no prior history of such episodes.
We present a case of inappropriate laughter lacking mirth as a levodopa OFF phenomenon in a patient with PD, whose laughter also worsened with STN-DBS in his non-medicated state. Levodopa ameliorated his PBA both with and without stimulation.
The case demonstrates pseudobulbar laughter as a levodopa OFF phenomenon that is also exacerbated by STN-DBS.
- Pseudobulbar affect
- Off phenomenon
- Deep brain stimulation
Pseudobulbar affect (PBA) is described as uncontrollable and inappropriate laughter or crying. It occurs without environmental or internal cues and can be conflicting with an individual's emotional intentions. It is commonly associated with neurodegenerative disease (i.e., ALS, PSP) as well as with lesions [1–4] in the cortex, subcortical white matter, and brainstem, oftentimes resulting in dysfunction of the corticobulbar tract. The prevalence of PBA in patients with Parkinson's disease is 5–17 % [5], and has been reported as a stimulation induced symptom in patients with subthalamic (STN) deep brain stimulation (DBS) [6–8]
We report a case of pseudobulbar laughter in a patient with PD as a levodopa off phenomenon that is further exacerbated by STN-DBS.
Case report
A 52-year-old man with Parkinson's Disease with STN-DBS presented with pseudobulbar laughter in the OFF medication/ON Stimulation state. At the age of 40, the patient developed tremors in his fingers accompanied by stiffness in his limbs and asymmetric left side bradykinesia. In the ensuing years, he was plagued by motor fluctuations and dyskinesia with unpredictable offs and freezing of gait. His presurgical neuropsychiatric assessment did not reveal underlying depression or anxiety. He was never treated with antidepressants or antipsychotic medications. On the morning of his implantation of bilateral subthalamic nucleus (STN) DBS at an outside institution, he reports that he had bouts of uncontrollable laughter without mirth for the first time in the surgical waiting area prior to be taken into the operating room. He was supposedly off of his PD medications for at least 12 h at that time. Following the surgery, which occurred without complications, attempts by other clinicians to program his DBS while he was off his PD medications apparently produced inappropriate episodes of laughter. Over the next 9–12 months, though his dyskinesia improved, he continued to have motor fluctuations with no evidence of PBA.
This case describes pseudobulbar laughter as a levodopa off phenomenon. Non-motor symptoms (NMS) of Parkinson's disease include anxiety, mood changes, and panic attacks, as well as autonomic changes [9] (e.g., sweating, abdominal discomfort, numbness, and pain) Such symptoms can occur as an OFF phenomenon that improves with dopaminergic therapy [9]. Pseudobulbar affect is not uncommon in PD especially in the advanced stages. Inappropriate crying is the most common manifestation of PBA in this disease [10] though it is often associated with a state of depression. It has also been described as occurring in the Off medication state [6]. Our patient's bouts of laughter, which lacked mirth, is not only indicative of PBA, but its onset and resolution as a function of levodopa dosing supports it as an non-motor OFF phenomenon. Lack of levodopa tends to produce a dysphoric state, which makes the presence of non-mirthful laugher in such a condition very interesting and difficult to differentiate as a product of an emotional stimulus despite this patient not having a history of depression or being on antidepressants.
Stimulation and Stereotactic Surgical Causes of PBA
Age (years)
Anatomical location
Stimulation parameters
On/OFF levodopa
Pseudobulbar affect
Okun et al. [6]
Left subthalamic nucleus
Monopolar stimulation:
1.5 V, 90 μs, 130Hz
Krack et al. [7]
Bilateral Subthalamic nucleus
Monopolar Stimulation:
Mirthful Laughter
3.6 V/90 μs/160Hz
Right Subthalamic nucleus
Monopolar Stimulation:
Mirthful Laughter
5.0–5.5 V/60 μs/130Hz
Low et al. [8]
Bilateral subthalamic nucleus
Monopolar stimulation:
0.5 V/60 μs/130Hz
Bipolar stimulation:
>1.0 V/60 μs/130Hz
Okun et al. [11]
Right ventral intermedius nucleus (VIM)
The acute worsening of non-mirthful laughter was evident with increased stimulation in our patient through all contacts, though there was a clear propensity for greater effect among the ventral contacts. The STN has several functional regions including: 1) the dorsolateral area, which governs motor control; 2) the ventromedial region that interfaces with limbic circuits. The medial STN is also adjacent to the lateral hypothalamus and embryologically develops along with it. It is plausible that medial STN stimulation impacts cognitive and emotional networks thus triggering PBA. Furthermore, the facial flushing and diaphoresis observed at higher voltages through the ventral contacts, not only supports medial spread of stimulation but also effects on the lateral hypothalamus which could also potentiate it as a limbic release phenomenon.
The fasciorespiratory center lies in the brainstem and was postulated by Wilson [13] that unknown descending cortical pathways, which when disconnected by a lesion, releases voluntary control of the involuntary laughter and crying centers. Cortical, subcortical and brainstem lesions [14] have been associated with PBA, with a quantitative MRI study among MS patients with PBA [15] revealing distribution of putative lesions in the prefrontal, parietal and brainstem. Cognitive studies [16, 17] suggest that the prefrontal cortex is a mediator of emotional expression that receives input from the parietal cortex and also sends projections to the hypothalamus and brainstem. In addition, the cerebellar outflow pathways may also serve as a modulator of involuntary expression of emotion [18]. Therefore, stimulation in fiber tracts surrounding the STN (caudal zona incerta, medial forebrain bundle, prelemniscal, and caudal internal capsule [8]) could possibly inhibit the voluntary brainstem emotional expression circuit, thus resulting in pseudobulbar laughter. The fact that stimulation worsened PBA in our patient further suggests that the emotional expressivity network may have been primed in the OFF state.
This case highlights pseudobulbar laughter as a novel Parkinson's off phenomenon that is negatively affected by STN-DBS, yet ameliorated, like all other non-motor offs, with levodopa.
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Daryl E Bartel, 64, died Saturday at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Hillsboro Mennonite Brethren Church, Hillsboro, with interment preceding the service at 1 p.m. at Hillsboro Mennonite Brethren Church Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at Jost Funeral Home.
Bartel was born July 5, 1952, to Eldon A. and Ethel Marie (Duerksen) Bartel in Hillsboro. He married Darlene Schmidt Aug. 23, 1981, in Hillsboro.
Survivors include wife Darlene Bartel of Hillsboro; son Lance Bartel of Bel Aire; daughter Corissa Mangus of Bellevue, Nebraska; brothers Lynn Bartel of Enid, Oklahoma, and Lonnie Bartel of Iowa City, Iowa; sister Ellen Patry of Whitewater; and three grandchildren.
Memorials have been established for Tabor College or Hillsboro Mennonite Brethren Church.


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Cardiff City's Academy earned their place in the semi-finals of the FAW Youth Cup, defeating Cefn Druids 7-0 at Cardiff International Sports Stadium on Sunday afternoon.
had broken free down the left side to fire over a high quality cross.Tyler Roche slotting home confidently after Ben WatkinsThe young Bluebirds were held back early on with the gale force winds causing both sides issues as they looked to build from defence - the breakthrough finally coming just after the half hour mark with
before firing the ball home off the underside of the crossbar to give City some breathing space in tough conditions.Jake Watkins continued his fine form in this season's FAW Youth Cup, grabbing his eighth goal of the competition in fine fashion. The young forward combined well with fellow attacker Eli PhippsThis lead was increased within a minute as
breaking through down the left side, before lashing the ball home from an acute angle.David TutondaThe hosts added a third just before the half time whistle to take a commanding lead in at the interval - full-back
Kevin Nicholson. The ball cannoned off the crossbar, before Matthews performed a full length diving save to somehow keep out the rebound.Liam Matthews's side refused to rest on this lead following the restart, but could have conceded early in the half but for a brilliant save from keeper
throughout the match, and showcased his attacking abilities to beat his marker and fire past Sean Downes and into the bottom corner from the edge of the penalty box.Brad Wickham and , Ashley Baker had a strong game in defence alongside TutondaTom JamesCity added a fourth goal after fifty one minutes. Central defender
The breath-taking winds at Cardiff International Sports Stadium worked in City's favour on sixty six minutes with forward Phipps scoring his ninth of the tournament with a little help from the blustery conditions - Phipps' curling drive nestling into the top right corner of Downes net.
The sixth goal came after eighty one minutes with forward Jake Watkins getting the goal his all-round performance deserved, slipping the ball past the onrushing Druids keeper after Phipps' exquisite cross field ball had put the striker through on goal.
's dangerous corner slipped through the grasp of Downes and into the net.Will TaylorWith four minutes left to play, City added a fortunate seventh goal as playmaker
and Kevin Nicholson though will be undoubtedly delighted with their team's clinical performance in front of goal as they sealed a spot in the final four.Dick Bate saw City finish the tie with just ten men to dampen the mood somewhat. Gary LaveryA late injury to Northern Irish U17 International
Lavery is being assessed at the time of publishing this report, with all at Cardiff City wishing him the best news possible after a nasty collision.
Cardiff City: Massaro, Southam, Noor.Subs Not Used:Matthews, Wickham, Tutonda (Burridge, 80), Patten, Baker, James, Roche (Lavery, 67), B Watkins, J Watkins, Taylor, Phipps.
Goals:B Watkins (31), Phipps (32, 66), Tutonda (45), James (51), Watkins (81) Taylor (86)
Cefn Druids:
L Williams, Roberts. Subs Not Used:Downes, Edwards, Wear (Mills, 76), Neary, Hughes, Millington, A Williams, Pasco, Smith (J Williams), N Williams, Ford (Moffatt, 73).


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I am so grateful and blessed for the weekend I got to spend at Lake Geneva Camp in Alexandria, MN! For my first ever church retreat in my entire life, I have to say Winter Retreat was uplifting and a truly indulging spiritual experience! Not only did I meet some unique individuals and participate in some awesome activities but I took some huge steps toward my faith. I am proud to say that I had the wonderful experience of being baptized in the Holy Spirit. From the experience, I now fully believe that God does indeed have a plan for me and I intend to follow and thrive in it:) One piece of advice I'd like to leave here is this: If you are internally called to do something good in this world, commit to it, for life should be enjoyed without regrets.
Kameron Wilson
WSU Chi Alpha Sophomore
Growing up in a Lutheran home and attending church, I heard and "knew" about the Holy Spirit. Vaguely. More recently, before even attending Chi Alpha, I watched documentaries and read (a bit) in attempts to understand more about the Holy Spirit, as I'm growing in my faith and making it my own.
I have not been attending Chi Alpha for too long. And the first time I attended my small group, we discussed the Holy Spirit. As intimidating as the conversation was, I was completely interested in and drawn to the idea of being baptized in the Holy Spirit. Although I was, and still am, incapable of understanding the full power, affects, and gifts of the Holy Spirit, I felt extremely encouraged by the idea. The idea that you receive incredible gifts when you are baptized in the Holy Spirit. That you get to spend the rest of your life learning how to personally navigate this new place. That you receive the gift of a direct line of communication to our Father – tongues.
After small group, reading passages on the Holy Spirit, informing myself, and praying, I knew I wanted more of God. I wanted to reach an intimate level in our relationship that I haven't experienced thus far.
Saturday night, at Winter Retreat, I decided to welcome the Holy Spirit into my life. I didn't know absolutely everything about the Holy Spirt – but I was absolutely sure of one thing, I wanted more of God.
As I was waiting to be prayed over, I very simply and sincerely asked the Holy Spirit to come into my life. As I was being prayed over, He answered my prayer. I felt, unlike anything else before, the presence of God. I also felt pure tranquility and joy. It was the first time I had felt freedom.
That night, I:
There are so many ways that the baptism in the Holy Spirit comes about – sometimes in epic experiences, and sometimes much more subtly. And, the initial evidences of this experience vary. But, my experience was, like all others, extremely intimate, humbling, and joy-filled.
The Holy Spirit is literally the Spirt of God. 1 Corinthians 2:10–16 tells us that just as we have a spirit in us that fully knows our thoughts, God also has a Spirit that knows the depths of Him. He's the third person in the Trinity. To me, this is extremely exciting! And, it means that when we ask for more of the Holy Spirit, we are receiving the mind of Christ – something we need much more of. Especially after Winter Retreat and the ways God and the Holy Spirit moved in my life, I believe we should relentlessly be pursuing the Holy Spirit so that we can intimately connect with God in the way that He intended for each and every one of us.
Grace Randles
WSU Chi Alpha Sophomore
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Based on a previous post here, you might possibly think that I don't believe it takes a village to raise a child. You would be right. 🙂 I have seen the village and I would prefer to pass on my values rather than the values of the world. Raising children requires committed parents who are not willing to pawn- off their responsibilities on others. However, this doesn't mean that I think we can raise our children alone in a vacuum. I could never successfully fulfill my role as a parent without mentors in my children's lives.
If you have entered the world of transracial adoption, you know it is one which is not always easily navigated. I can celebrate Chinese New Year and Autumn Moon Festival and Black History month with the best of them. Problem is, I can't be Chinese, Haitian, Liberian, or Native American which are the ethnicities of some of my children.
When Ben had been home only two months, some very dear Deaf friends took him with them to see a neighborhood that goes all out decorating with Christmas lights. To be honest, I was worn out parenting a child who came home with no language. Tantrums due to misunderstandings were the norm in our household and were exhausting. Ben loved being in an environment with an entire family who signed and shrieked in delight tapping the Deaf father on the shoulder while pointing out beautiful light displays that caught his eye. Having Ben interact with others who are in the Deaf world/culture as well as gaining other language models besides mine has been such a blessing in our lives.
When Caleb came home, he didn't speak a word of English and my Chinese was limited to such worthless phrases as "Can you speak English?", "Where is the bathroom?", "I am an American" and my all time favorites from Rosetta Stone of "That is an airplane" and "That is an elephant." I admit the elephant phrase helped me on one occasion in a zoo in China but don't think I have ever used that phrase since. Actually, I'm not even sure that the phrase was helpful in the zoo as Caleb looked at me like "Yeah, duh!"
As gesturing and a Chinese/English dictionary only went so far, I had a dear Chinese friend who stepped up to the plate. When Caleb would become upset and scream for up to 45 minutes at the top of his lungs while hiding under the bottom bunk bed in his room, I resorted to calling Katrina on the phone and pushing the phone under the bed. When he threw it back at me, I would switch it to speaker phone and she would try to talk him down from his tantrum. When he told me he didn't love me, she laughingly told me how to say "I hate you" in Mandarin and said, "Have you heard that one yet? You haven't? That's a good sign." Having the Chinese Cultural Center built in Tucson has also blessed our lives as we have been able to spend time in an environment where Ben and Caleb can comfortably blend in.
With Micheline's adoption, I had new fears. With Ben and then later with Caleb, we already had a few contacts and friends in the Chinese community. When I googled the Haitian community where I live I found an article in the newspaper that showed there were about 35 families here. Not many, and I had no way of knowing how to contact them in a city of 1 million people. I contacted a few Haitian families in a large city nearby because they had a website, but their events consisted of $200/plate black tie dinners. Not exactly an event where I could bring a four-year-old child. One man offered to work with me in keeping up my Creole language skills and wanted a mere $50 an hour. Memories of "Hey you, give me money!" on the streets of Port-au-Prince came flooding back. I politely declined.
The more I spoke with adult adoptees, the more I realized the fact that Micheline was Haitian would probably become irrelevant in others' eyes. They would merely see her as African-American, and no amount of me saying "She is Haitian" would make a difference. The AA community would be the one she would identify with as she grew up but only if I could find someone as a great friend and role model to help her be comfortable in her own skin. We had met a few AA adults and children at homeschooling events and even a few at the library and grocery store, but none of them really wanted to commit to a long-term friendship. Having the same color of skin is obviously meaningless if your personalities don't click. We met some great friends in a multicultural homeschool community, but they all lived 1 1/2 – 2 hours away.
I had heard of the Big Brothers Big Sisters Program for many years but had never had any interaction with them until someone suggested that having a "Big" might be a great idea for Micheline. At first I resisted the idea. If she was having attachment difficulties, wouldn't having another adult in her life just make her resist attaching to us even more? Nothing ended up being further from the truth.
Having a mentor in her life who is African-American has made her do a 180 degree turn. After being a little sister to Shayla, Micheline has become far more accepting of who she is. I know it isn't easy to be in a family where only one sister looks like you and everyone else is of a different race. Since the time she came home I have taught her to look in the mirror while I was putting lotion on her after a bath and say "I am beautiful, I am smart." Regardless of how many times she recited it, she struggled to believe it. On more than one occasion she has told me she wished she had skin like mine. (Funny, because I wish I had skin like hers!) She told me when she is in public with Shayla, "No one stares at me because we look alike…we look like we belong together."
It reminded me of when she was in kindergarten and I showed up to her field day only to have her act embarrassed and ask me to leave. I was hurt at the time that she would not want me there but tried to not let it show. It took her weeks to express to me that it was because I didn't look like her and she didn't want others to know she was adopted. As long as I didn't show up, other children could continue to assume her mother was brown and the questions of "Why don't you look like your mother?" would never happen.
After telling me more than once that she didn't like her brown skin, I mentioned that she might talk to Shayla about it. She came home from an outing with a smile on her face and told me that night, "I feel so much better about being brown. Shayla told me that she likes being brown."
Yesterday, Shayla invited Micheline over to her house for a birthday celebration as Micheline had just turned 12. Micheline was there for SEVEN hours. Xbox dancing, eating out, skateboarding, making Oreo milkshakes and watching movies were just a few of the things on the agenda. Toenails painted turquoise yesterday matched her dress for church today and she was thrilled.
This brings me back to the photo above. When God prompted me to adopt internationally and transracially I told Him I would need help. And He of course came through. I am thankful there are those out in the community who are willing to step out of their comfort zone and take a child under their wing. Maybe even a child who isn't always easy to love due to quirky behaviors. While others are saying "not my child, not my community, not my problem", it is nice to know as Fred Rogers said, "There are those who see the need and respond." And like Fred Rogers, I consider those people my heroes.


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'BTGMX013 – Intelligent Sounds 1995-1997′
Guest mix for London's excellent Bridging The Gap. Previous contributors to the series include talented folk like Kid Kanevil and Tanya Auclair so I feel like I'm in good company. This one's a little off topic for me – the only brief was to have fun and not try too hard to be upfront, so it seemed a good excuse to dip into a corner of the record collection that hadn't seen much play in a while. It's all jazz influenced drum and bass recordings released between 1995 and 1997 and which I bought at the time. It's the stuff that was (I think regrettably) referred to as 'intelligent' at the time, a style of music I've fallen out of contact with really but that I had a fleeting love affair with during those years and so it's a bit of a time capsule for me.
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Good Day At t'Mill
Here are a few iphone pics from the recent Fotofilia CLUB/f2 trip to Sarehole Mill, Hall Green, Birmingham. We were only there for a couple of hours and at least part of that was spent in the cosy little cafe (fresh coffee cake that morning). But it's a nice little place to toddle around with your camera. As usual, I took both my DSLR and my iphone, and as usual, I still haven't edited the DSLR images as yet.
Apparently, a certain young man by the name of Tolkien played around the mill as a child and it was thought to have inspired locations in his books. I can certainly see how the cake might be hobbit-forming. Yes, I know. It's been a long day.
Battle of The Sexes: Bashing The Gums
I often wonder why some of our courses seem to appeal only to men while others appeal only to women. The recent "Gum Prints: The Art of Gum Bichromate" course was fully booked but all of the participants were female. And it isn't the first time this has happened. In fact, whenever I've arranged workshops about so-called "alternative" or "historical" printing processes over the years, the vast majority of participants have been female. Why should this be? (I'd be interested to hear your thoughts).
The leading exponents of this medium worldwide appear to be a healthy mixture of the genders – so is it a British thing? When I mentioned this disparity during the class, it was suggested that men were more interested in "fiddling with their f-stops" or "comparing lens sizes" and whilst this was said in jest (or so I would like to think), perhaps there is an element of truth to it. I have definitely noticed that those courses less dependent on technicality – the more "craft-based" and imaginative "arty" processes – attract more female than male participants.
It would seem to me that women are less interested in the eternal pursuit of technical perfection and instead are more open to a broader concept of what is "right" in an image: are more prepared to put "something of themselves" into the picture. Even when they do take part, men will ask "how can I make this a better quality image?" whereas women will ask "can I print onto fabric?" or "can I apply the sensitizer with something else? Like a sponge?"
Male readers may disagree and as a male myself (who loves these processes), it pains me to think this may be the case. But this is simply what the evidence might suggest.
Still, if you're a fella who'd like to redress this disparity, you'll get the chance by enrolling on the next Gum Printing course on Saturday 11th January.
Footnote: The Gum Bichromate process, if you're curious, is a beautiful "printing-out" process, whereby a negative is produced from a digital image (or at least it is the way I teach it). A mixture of potassium dichromate solution, gum-type glue and pigment is painted onto watercolour paper in subdued lighting and dried. Then the negative is placed onto the paper flattened down with a sheet of glass and exposed to UV light. Finally, the print is washed to "develop" and fix the image.
Is That You?
"Hey David, I noticed you got a mention in Prima magazine!" (message recieved on Facebook from Eileen Clews, a former student and club member).
I knew nothing about it, of course, Prima not (to be honest) one of the magazines I regularly read. So I dashed to the local newsagent and bought the November issue. I scoured the pages over a cappuccino (ignoring the looks of fellow coffee-slurpers) and couldn't find a blimming thing. So I handed it to Rob Manison who'd come along for coffee and a chat, and he couldn't find anything either. Convinced there must either be a mistake, or I was the victim of a wind-up, I finally began to wonder if it had been in an earlier issue so asked everyone I knew (mom, sisters etc) if they had a copy of the October issue and sure enough, there it was, an article about one of my former students Morag Cutts, who attended one of my 10 week "DSLR For Beginners" courses at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens a few years ago and went on to follow that up with a few more of my courses plus an NCFE Level 2 at a local college.
Thanks to Morag for the name-check. Much appreciated!
A Little Experience
I'm about to show you a few images from one of the recent "Model Shoot Experience" events that we ran at Groupon's suggestion. The idea was to offer an alternative deal to the amazingly successful 5 hour "Introduction to Digital Photography" courses for the same price. Group studio shoots are always problematic in that we don't like to have more than 6 participants – this would lead to a lot of standing around waiting, and this being an "experience" I wanted it to be as practical as possible.
Luckily (?), few people went for this deal option anyway so we were able to accommodate everyone on just 2 sessions. I chose Emilie Walt as the model for both, knowing that when a variety of looks within a short period of time was called for, I could always rely on Emilie to transform in seconds. Just as well, this being only a two and half hours workshop.
As ever, once the lighting set-up was changed (by moi), I'd take just a few shots to check the exposure/settings and to demonstrate posing/direction ideas, so these images were taken pretty quickly. Still, quite a range, and the beautiful Emilie never disappoints.
On the whole, these were lovely little shoots, giving (usually) studio novices a gentle and low-pressure introduction to the possibilities of studio lighting with a great model. I'll probably run a couple more of these in a couple of months so keep an eye on the website.
Double-faced: Two Sides To Every Story
You may already have seen these images popping up all over social media of late but just in case you haven't…
From time to time I like to share a project with you that I think is truly unique both in style and technique, and Berlin-based artist Sebastian Bieniek's amazing "Double-faced" series is one such project. The concept is deceptively simple, using an eye pencil and lipstick, Sebastian draws half a face on a model's face and then conceals the other half of their real face from the camera. He then photographs them in everyday situations – on the train, in a cafe, in bed etc.
The effect is most disconcerting. Sebastian doesn't use "photoshoppery" and doesn't use ultra-realistic make-up to create a lifelike representation of the facial features. Far from it, the added features are "primitive" at best – and that, I think is the strength of these images.
The viewer's mind overcomes the very obvious falseness of the "new" side of the face and we almost – almost – accept it as real. But then we realise it's too odd to be real and look again. These images are a kind of photographic trompe l'oeil but with the added psychological twist of their photographic realism of the portrait and setting pitched against the relative obviousness of the drawn-on features.
These images have, quite rightly, attracted international attention and you can find out more about Sebastian's work via the link above or his Facebook page.
Thanks to Sebastian for allowing me to reproduce his work here.


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The Fade Episode 3
The Fade Episode 3 – Listen Now!
In this episode Lore talks with RU486 and our special guest Slothen about a variety of subjects including – a 50 year marriage celebration, An Old Bar review, how we like our steaks cooked, dietary tastes, the struggle of the fading interest in games, Tabletop Simulator, The Loch Ness Monster, The Private live of Sherlock Holmes, Resident Evil Movies, Game of Thrones, and Mount and Blade Warband. Luckily Lore's mic seems to have recovered.
Opening/Closing Song – Jazz by Lee Ho Jun