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Lansdown, R.V., Ottley, T.W., Phillips, E. and Rumsey, F.J. 2016 Atrichum angustatum in Britain - its status and conservation. Field Bryology 116: 10-19.
Lansdown R. V., Kefalas K. & Bazos I. 2016 New information on the status and distribution of Callitriche pulchra (Plantaginaceae), including a first record from Cyprus. Willdenowia 46: 379–385. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3372/wi.46.46306
Lansdown. R.V., Sayer, C.D., Shaw, M.M. and Stevens, P. 2016 Two new occurrence of Najas marina outside its traditional British range. BSBI News 131: 18-19.
Lansdown, R.V., Houri, A., Kavak, S., Machaka-Houri, N. and Smith, K.G. 2014 Freshwater plants. In Smith, K.G., Barrios, V., Darwall, W.R.T. and Numa, C. (Eds.). 2014. The status and distribution of freshwater biodiversity in the Eastern Mediterranean. IUCN, Cambridge, UK, Malaga, Spain and Gland, Switzerland.
Lansdown, R.V. 2012 The conservation of aquatic and wetland plants in the Indo-Burma region. In Allen, D.J. Smith, K.G., and Darwall, W.R.T. (Eds.) The status and distribution of freshwater biodiversity in Indo-Burma. IUCN, Cambridge, UK and Gland, Switzerland.
Lansdown, R.V. 2011. Conservation of ribbon-leaved water-plantain: Current status, the species recovery programme and future outlook. Natural England Commissioned Reports, Number NECR074. Natural England, Peterborough.
Lansdown, R.V. and Turland, N. 2010
Callitriche lenisulca
Clavaud. In Greuter, W. and Raus, T. Med-checklist Notulae, 29. Willdenowia 40: 29.
Lansdown, R.V. 2009 Nomenclatural notes on
(Callitrichaceae) in North America. Novon 19(3): 364-369.
Lansdown, R.V. 2008 Red duckweed (
Lemna turionifera
) new to Britain. Watsonia 27(2):127-130.
Lansdown, R.V. 2008 The bryophyte flora of Elliot Nature Reserve, Swift's Hill. The Gloucestershire Naturalist No. 19: 40-48.
Lansdown, R.V. 2008 A field guide to the riverine plants of Britain and Northern Ireland. Environment Agency, Hatfield.
Lansdown, R.V. 2007 The identity of
subgenus Batrachium in the River Itchen. Environment Agency, Southern Region.
Lansdown, R.V., Stewart, N.F., Kitchen, C. and Kitchen, M.A.R. 2006 The status and conservation of stoneworts (characeae) in West Gloucestershire (v.c. 34) and North Somerset (v.c. 6). Watsonia 26: 145-169.
Lansdown, R.V. 2006 The genus
(Callitrichaceae) in Asia. Novon 16: 354-361.
Lansdown, R.V. 2006 Notes on the water-starworts (
) recorded in Europe. Watsonia 26: 105-120.
Lansdown, R.V. 2004 Evaluation de l'état de santé des populations de flûteau nageant (
Luronium natans
(L.) Rafinesque) au sein du Parc Naturel Régional de la Brenne. Unpublished report to the Parc National Régional de la Brenne, France.
Lansdown, R.V. and Jarvis, C. 2004 Linnaean names in
L. (Callitrichaceae) and their typification. Taxon 53(1): 169-172.
Lansdown, R.V. and Wade, P.M. 2003 Ecology of the floating water-plantain. Conserving Natura 2000 Rivers: Ecology series No. 9. English Nature, Peterborough.
Lansdown, R.V. 2002 Alien aquatic plants in garden centres. BSBI News 89: 50-51.
Lansdown, R.V. and Evans, S.B. 2000 Three-lobed crowfoot
Ranunculus tripartitus
DC. in Wales. BSBI Welsh Bulletin 68:21-22.
Lansdown, R.V. 2000 A preliminary report on the ecology and distribution of threatened British wetland plants in southern continental Europe. Plantlife Report No. 144. Plantlife, London.
Lansdown, R.V. 1999 A terrestrial form of
Callitriche truncata
(Guss.) subsp. occidentalis (Rouy) Braun-Blanquet (Callitrichaceae). Watsonia 22(3):283-286.
Lansdown, R.V. and Bruinsma, J. 1999
Callitriche palustris
L. new for Britain and Ireland. BSBI News 82:18-19.
Lansdown, R.V. and Stewart, N.F. 1999 The conservation status of tassel stonewort (
Tolypella intricata
) in Britain. Interim Report No. 1. Plantlife Report No. 122. Plantlife, London.
Lansdown, R.V. and Pankhurst, T.J. 1999 A guide to the identification of difficult aquatic plants of the New Forest. Environment Agency (Southern Region), Winchester.
Lansdown, R. and Pankhurst, T. 1995. Coastal gravel as a source of
Cochlearia danica
on inland roadsides. BSBI News No. 69:17-18.
Lansdown, R.V. and Topping, D. 1994. Policy and practice for collection, transport and treatment of highway run-off. Proc. Standing Conference on Stormwater Source Control: Quantity and Quality VII. School of the Built Environment, Coventry University, Coventry.
Lansdown, R.V. and Rajanathan, R. 1993. Some aspects of the ecology of
bitterns nesting in Malaysian ricefields. Colonial Waterbirds 16(1): 98-101.
Lansdown, R.V. 1993. Embracing impact assessment in the east. Environment Risk February: 26-28.
Lansdown, R.V., Seale, W. and McLoughlin, J. 1992. Vocalisations and displays of the hooded pitta
Pitta sordida
. Natural History Bulletin of the Siam Society 39(2):93-102.
Lansdown, R.V. 1992. The status and conservation of the sumatran heron
Ardea sumatrana
. Heron Conservation Newsletter 5:11-12.
Lansdown, R.V. 1990. Little-known oriental birds: The Chinese egret. Oriental Bird Club Bulletin 11:27-30.
Lansdown, R.V. 1989. Displays of the sumatran heron
Ardea sumatrana
. Colonial Waterbirds 12(1):113-114.
Lansdown, R.V. 1989. The Kota Belud Bird Sanctuary. In Parish, D. and Prentice, R.C. (Eds) Wetland and Waterfowl Conservation in Asia. AWB/IWRB, Kuala Lumpur.
Lansdown, R.V. and Pankhurst, T.J. 1989. Gurney's pitta and lowland forest conservation in southern Thailand. Internal ICBP Report, BirdLife International, Cambridge, UK
Lansdown, R.V. 1988. Some displays, calls and associated morphology of the cinnamon bittern
. Colonial Waterbirds 11(2):380-310.
Lansdown, R.V. 1987. Extensions of the known breeding range of the yellow bittern
Ixobrychus sinensis
. Forktail 3:61-63.
Lansdown, R.V. 1987. INTERWADER Species Status Report: The sumatran heron
Ardea sumatrana
. Asian Wetland Bureau, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Bergmeier, E., Blockeel, T., Böhling, N., Fournaraki, C., Gotsiou, P., Jahn, R., Lansdown, R. and Turland, N. 2011 An inventory of the vascular plants and bryophytes of Gavdopoula Island (S. Aegean, Greece) and its phytogeographical significance. Willdenowia 41:179-190.
Bilz, M., Kell, S.P., Maxted, N. and Lansdown, R.V. 2011 European Red List of Vascular Plants. Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg.
Crouzet, N. and Lansdown, R.V. 2008 Un Callitriche negligee
Callitriche lenisulca
Clavaud. Le Monde des Plantes. 497: 29-31.
Evans, S.B. and Lansdown, R.V. 2000 A review of available information on the management history of
Ranunculus tripartitus
populations. In Fitzgerald, R. and Stewart, N.F. Three-lobed water crowfoot
Ranunculus tripartitus
report for 1999. Plantlife Report No. 157. Plantlife, London.
Gretton, A., Kohler, M., Lansdown, R.V., Pankhurst, T.J., Parr, J. and Robson, C. 1994. The status of Gurney's Pitta
Pitta gurneyi
, 1987-1989. Bird Conservation International 3(4):351-367.
Hafner, H., Lansdown, R.V. and Kushlan, J. 1996 Action plan for the conservation of the Ardeidae. Heron Specialist Group and International Waterbird and Wetlands Research Bureau, Slimbridge, UK.
Jermy, A.C. and Lansdown, R.V. 2000 Pillwort Survey 1985-1987: confidential site data. 2 volumes. Plantlife (on request), London.
Leach, S.J., Pollock, K. and Lansdown, R.V. 1999
Tolypella prolifera
discovered in N. Somerset (V.C. 6). BSBI News 80:28-29.
Patzelt, A., Lansdown, R.V. and Knees, S.G. 2015 The status and distribution of wetland-dependent plants in the Arabian Peninsula. In García, N., Harrison, I., Cox, N. and Tognelli, M.F. (compilers). (2015) The Status and Distribution of Freshwater Biodiversity in the Arabian Peninsula. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland, Cambridge, UK and Arlington, USA.
Reed, M.D, R.V. Lansdown, and T.C.G. Rich. 2008. The species of
(Papaveraceae) in Texas, including
F. densiflora
, first records from North America. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 2(2):1347-1351.
Rumsey, F. and Lansdown, R. 2012 Identification: Duckweeds and other simple floating plants. British Wildlife 23(5): 326-334.
Startin, J. and Lansdown, R.V. 1994 Drainage from highways and other paved areas. Journal of the Institution of Water and Environmental Management Vol. 8(5):518-526.
Stewart, N.F., Fitzgerald, R., Lansdown, R.V. and Jermy, A.C. 2000 The conservation of pillwort
Pilularia globulifera
in England. Interim Report No. 2. Plantlife Report No. 151., Plantlife, London.
Stewart, N.F. and Lansdown, R.V. 1999 The conservation status of great tassel stonewort
Tolypella prolifera
in Britain. Interim Report No. 1. Plantlife Report No. 121. Plantlife, London.
Stewart, N.F., Lansdown, R.V., Fitzgerald, R. and Jermy, A.C. 1999 The conservation status of pillwort (
Pilularia globulifera
) in England. Interim Report No. 1. Plantlife Report No. 130. Plantlife, London.
Whilde, A. and Lansdown, R. 1984. Some results from an intensive winter atlas survey in the west of Ireland. Irish Birds 2(4):521-525.
Williams, P.J., Lansdown, R.V., Pankhurst, T.J. and Stewart, N.F. 2003 The status of tassel stonewort (
Tolypella intricata
) in 2002. Plantlife Report No. 224. Plantlife, London
Lansdown R, Anastasiu P, Barina Z, Bazos I, Çakan H, Cakovic D, Delipetrou P, Matevski V, Mitic B, Ruprecht E, Tomovic G, Tosheva An, Kiraly G 2015. Review of Alien Freshwater Vascular Plants in South-East Europe. In: Rat M, Trichkova T, Scalera R, Tomov R, Uludag A. (Eds.) ESENIAS Report 2015 - State of the Art of Invasive Alien Species in South-Eastern Europe. University of Novi Sad Faculty of Sciences, Department of Biology and Ecology, Novi Sad, Serbia East and South European Network for Invasive Alien Species, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Lansdown, R.V. 2015 Ranunculus subgenus Batrachium (DC.) A. Gray In Stace, C.A., Preston, C.D. and Pearman, D.A. Hybrid flora of the British Isles. Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland, Bristol.
Lansdown, R.V. and Phillips, E..L. 2014 An annotated checklist of the bryophytes of Cleeve Common, Gloucestershire. Ardeola, Stroud, Gloucestershire.
Lansdown, R.V. 2014 A provisional red data book of bryophytes in Gloucestershire. The Gloucestershire Naturalist No. 25, Special Issue. Gloucestershire Naturalists' Society, Gloucester.
Lansdown, R.V. and Preston, R.E. 2012
Water-starwort. In Baldwin, B.G., Goldman, D.H., Keil, D.J., Patterson, R., Rosatti, T.J. and Wilken, D.H. (Eds.) The Jepson Manual: vascular plants of California, second edition. University of California Press, Berkeley.
Lansdown, R.V. and Christenhusz, M.J.M. (published online) 2011 6.
L. In Davidse, G., Sousa Sánchez, M., Knapp, S. and Chiang Cabrera, F. (Eds.) Flora Mesoamericana: Solanaceae a Caprifoliaceae 5(1): 18-22 (ined.).
Lansdown, R. V. 2010 ["2009"].
Callitriche pulchra
Schotsm. Pp. 169–171 in Phitos, D., Constantinidis, T. & Kamari, G. (eds.), The Red Data Book of Rare and Threatened Plants of Greece. Hellenic Botanical Society, Patras.
Lansdown, R.V. and Bosanquet, S.D.S. 2010 Riverine plants as biological indicators. In Hurford, C., Schneider, M. and Cowx, I. Conservation monitoring in freshwater habitats: A practical guide and case studies. Springer, Berlin.
Lansdown, R.V. and Pankhurst, T.J. 2010 Monitoring the Ranunculion Habitat on the River Itchen: Practical Application and Constraints. In Hurford, C., Schneider, M. and Cowx, I. Conservation monitoring in freshwater habitats: A practical guide and case studies. Springer, Berlin.
Lansdown, R.V. 2009 A field guide to the riverine plants of Britain and Ireland. Ardeola, Stroud, Gloucestershire.
Lansdown, R.V. 2009 Callitrichaceae. In Sell, P.D. and Murrell, G. Flora of Great Britain and Ireland: Volume 3 Mimosaceae-Lentibulariaceae. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. UK.
Lansdown, R.V. 2008 Water starworts of Europe. BSBI Handbook No. 11. Botanical Society of the British Isles, London.
Lansdown, R.V. and Brummit, R.K. 2007 Callitrichaceae. In Heywood, V.H., Brummit, R.K., Culham, A. and Seberg, O. Flowering plant families of the world. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Lansdown, R.V. 2006 Ecological profiling as a means of improving mud plant conservation. In Leach, S.J., Page, C.N., Peytoureau, Y. and Sandford, M.N. Botanical links in the Atlantic Arc. Proceedings of an Anglo-Hiberno-French meeting arranged by the Botanical Society of the British Isles. 8th-12th May 2003. BSBI Conference Report No. 24. BSBI, London.
Lansdown, R.V. 2002 Water-starworts (
). In Preston, C.D., Pearman, D.A. and Dines, T.D. (Eds.) New Atlas of the British and Irish Flora. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Lansdown, R.V., Mundkur, T. and Young, L. 2000 Herons in south and south-east Asia. In Kushlan, J.A. and Hafner, H. Heron Conservation. Academic Press, London.
Lansdown, R.V. 1998
. In Rich, T.C.G. and Jermy, A.C. Plant crib 1998. Botanical Society of the British Isles, London.
Hafner, H., Lansdown, R.V., Kushlan, J.A., Butler, R.W., Custer, T.W., Davidson, I.J., Erwin, R.M., Hancock, J.A., Lyles, A.M., Maddock, M., Marion, L., Morales, G., Mundkur, T., Perennou, C., Pineau, O., Turner, D., Ulenaers, P., van Vessem, J. and Young, L. 2000 Conservation of herons. In Kushlan, J. and Hafner, H. Heron Conservation. Academic Press, London.
Hurford, C. and Lansdown, R.V. 2010 The Implications of Observer Variation for Existing macrophyte Recording Methods. In Hurford, C., Schneider, M. and Cowx, I. Conservation monitoring in freshwater habitats: A practical guide and case studies. Springer, Berlin.
Perennou, C., Lansdown, R.V. and Hancock, J.A. 2000 Herons in south and west Asia. In Kushlan, J.A. and Hafner, H. Heron Conservation. Academic Press, London.
Min Tien-lu and Lansdown, R.V. 2008 Callitrichaceae. In Wu Zhengyi and Raven, P.H. (Chairs of Editorial Committee) Flora of China Volume 11. Oxalidaceae through Aceraceae. Science Press, Beijing and Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
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Re: Cleaning up SRFI 105 MUSTard (mostly) Per Bothner 29 Sep 2012 20:57 UTC
On 09/29/2012 01:42 PM, David A. Wheeler wrote: > But if I understand your concern correctly, it sounds like you're arguing that bold+caps is too strong. That's plausible enough. I worry that  is too uncontrolled, no telling what it will do. I can't predict what future browsers will do with , even if every browser today made me happy. If we're talking about styling, most SRFIs using the standard SRFI "template" start out all wrong: The big
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25 Feb 2012
This is the extraordinary love story of Clare and Henry who met when Clare was six and Henry was thirty-six, and were married when Clare was twenty-two and Henry thirty. Impossible but true, because Henry suffers from a rare condition where his genetic clock periodically resets and he finds himself pulled suddenly into his past or future.
...... Outer back cover.
FIRST SENTENCE (Prologue): Claire: It's hard being left behind.
MEMORABLE MOMENT (Page 66): "So there are two of you?"
"Not exactly. There's always only one me, but when I'm time traveling sometimes I go somewhere I already am, and yeah, then you could say there are two. Or more."
KEEP IT OR NOT?: This will be returned to my mam.
Passed on by mam, this novel has spent many a month gathering dust on my TBR mountain. The reason why? Firstly, I couldn't remember ever having read a bad review and I was worried I was going to be left disappointed and, secondly, my mam (who normally has the same tastes as myself) thought it was the best thing since sliced bread and, you guessed it, I was worried I was going to be disappointed ........ and disappointed I was.
I confess that I just don't get time travel as a concept but Henry's 'adventures' seemed totally ridiculous to me. Without giving too much of the story away ........ surely it's impossible to meet yourself whilst time travelling? I seem to remember Husband dearest mentioning something about the effect this would have on the Space Time Continuum. Anyway, as I said, ridiculous.
Told by both Henry and Clare at different points in their lives, I'm not too sure how well this worked either - part of me thinking it worked pretty well and another part arguing that it only added to the general confusion that is The Time Traveler's Wife.
Ok, so some would argue that, leaving the whole time travel thing aside, this was a beautiful love story. Perhaps so but not for me it wasn't. The trouble being I just didn't get (or even particularly like) Henry or Clare. Finding them both to be selfish individuals, I'm afraid their relationship just didn't do it for me at all.
Then there was the fact that just too many things didn't add up. Henry magically shedding his clothes as he travelled I could sort of understand (I mean can you imagine the sheer horror of turning up in last season's fashion!) but why did he always seem to return to Clare having been ........ you know what I'm not going to say anything more on the matter or this post is going to end up riddled with spoilers - lets just leave it at I really didn't enjoy this novel.
One mam and I are going to have to agree to disagree about, as I commented on FaceBook in order for me to enjoy a book it doesn't have to be 'real' but it does have to be believable and I'm afraid this wasn't.
12 comments:
- joan said...
oh i'm with your mam on this one I'm afraid, loved it and the film, even though like all films the book is definetley better.
Did I tell you I've been chosen to be a giver on world book day!!! my chosen book is The Book Thief
- 25 February 2012 at 15:52
- Karen said...
I haven't read the book but the movie seemed just as annoying to me.
She was making out with him in one place while he was still sleeping upstairs.
I just could not wrap my brain around all the craziness enough to fall for the love story.
As a general rule (with a few exceptions) time travel never works for me.
- 25 February 2012 at 16:19
- Kelly said...
As I've mentioned before on my blog, I do take issue with the idea of time travel. Still...this was a book that I both loved and hated. I loved the story, but hated knowing how it would have to end.
They did a pretty good job with the movie version of it, too.
Sorry you didn't enjoy it.
- 25 February 2012 at 16:32
- short poems said...
What an article! Thank You! It was so interesting! It covered things I did not know about and MORE!
Marinela x
- 25 February 2012 at 19:01
- naida said...
I do want to read this at some point, and I haven't seen the film yet because I want to read the book first.
Sorry you didn't enjoy this one. I wonder about the issues concerning the time travel. I may find it all hard to beleive myself.
- 25 February 2012 at 20:34
- Brandileigh2003 (Blkosiner's Book Blog) said...
I enjoyed the movie, but haven't tried to read the book yet.
Thanks for honest review.
Brandi from Blkosiner's Book Blog
- 25 February 2012 at 22:07
- Suko said...
I haven't read this but I did see the movie a while ago. Thanks for your honest review.
- 26 February 2012 at 00:32
- GMR said...
Hmm...despite the bad aspect I gotta say, I'm still curious. Though you stated you had never read a bad review of it, I have mostly seen those in the negative. Still...may have to check it out for myself. Thanks for antoher viewpoint though!
- 26 February 2012 at 04:32
- Alexia561 said...
Have to agree with Husband dearest on this one, as I'm pretty sure you can't meet yourself in the past (or future). Something about a paradox.
I read this one awhile back and seemed to like it well enough, but understand your point about Henry and Clare being on the selfish side. Haven't seen the movie, but will probably watch it when it finally comes to TV.
- 26 February 2012 at 04:45
- kavita said...
I was not impressed by the movie so I am sure that I am not going to read the book .
- 26 February 2012 at 09:47
- Jenners said...
Oh dear. I loved this book … LOVED it … so I'm sad you didn't love it too. Oh well. : )
- 26 February 2012 at 20:54
- MadPriest said...
It is the travelling forward in time that is most problematical. What this book ultimately proposes is that time is tape being played that cannot be altered, that there is no such thing as free will, choice and possibility. Most theorists who dabble in theories of time travel do not believe travelling forward in time is possible for the simple reason that the future hasn't happened yet and so there is nothing to travel to.
- 28 February 2012 at 11:12


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Police shootout in Miramar ends with man's death
Miramar police have identified the man shot and killed in a late-night confrontation with police on Tuesday.
He was 28-year-old Jean N. Printemps of Miramar, according to Miramar Police Department spokeswoman Tania Rues.
She said Printemps died in the two-door silver Honda he'd carjacked in the 1400 block of Southwest 97th Avenue in Pembroke Pines about 10:40 p.m. Tuesday.
Police said four people had been in the car but the suspect was alone when two Miramar officers in a squad car found him in the Mirabella development, Northwest 21st Street near Palm Avenue.
Rues said at least one officer and perhaps both fired their weapons, leaving the suspect "dead at the scene.''
She didn't identify the officers, a man and a woman, but said they'd been "relieved of duty pending investigation,'' standard practice in police-involved shootings.
"We did recover a firearm from the vehicle,'' Rues said.
The Broward Medical Examiner's Office has the suspect's body and police impounded the car, she said.
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Yay! Two more pages done! Maybe I'll actually finish this years December Daily! I've been combining my love for Instagram photos with digital scrapbooking and I'm loving the frame the IG photos have around them. It's also nice to toss in a square photo to offset the rectangular photos. It adds something extra to the page. Believe it or not, I've used alot of FREE mini kits I've downloaded over the last couple of years. You'd be amazed how much free stuff is out there! Couple that with lots of free fonts available and digital scrapbooking is a pretty nice and affordable alternative once you invest in a good program like Photoshop Elements. As long as you organize your kits, papers, and other elements, time can be spent quite efficiently!
For digital credits, just click on the images and it will bring you to the link on my Flickr Photostream.
My son made some paper boobs the other day! Funny kid!
And the kids love playing with the Kinect. They enjoy dancing and Just Dance 4 has helped them to spend time dancing which makes me happy because they get less tv and get some exercise!
When I can, I try to pull images from the internet to add to my pages. It really adds a special touch and is something that cannot be easily achieved with traditional scrapbooking. Oh how I love digi!
Don't worry, come January, I'll have some non-digi shares for you! LOL!
Have a wonderful week my friends!
Thursday, December 13, 2012
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The way I shop is apparently pretty weird. I don't just go to a store and buy something I like. That would be too easy, you see. It would also be too expensive. I just feel like doing a little bit of research, and maybe even doing it yourself, is worth the savings. When I wanted to update our kitchen light, I did a lot of research first. Here's how my shopping process goes:
Since I already had a chandelier with three lights, why on earth would I buy a brand new chandelier?? Sure, the old chandelier was super outdated and looked out-of-place in my kitchen, but buying a whole, new, expensive chandelier would be wasteful and illogical. How could I possibly tell people that I write for SeeDebtRun and make poor financial choices as such?!
Instead, I decided to bust out the glue gun and make my own little DIY capiz shell chandelier.
The first step was purchasing a pair of capiz shell light shades for about $19 each from World Market (At last glance, they are no longer available, though they still have the larger version sold for $69.99! I recommend searching for capiz shell wind chimes as an alternative). The shells were bright, golden hued, and lovely, and were already pre-strung in columns of varying lengths, which was perfect for my needs. If trying this project on your own, you could also find capiz shells not already strung together (usually sold by the bag) and string them yourself for additional savings!
One of these shades I left as is, since it would eventually become the base of my new chandelier. For the second wind-chime, I removed all of the strands one by one and laid them out in rows.
The easiest path to many solutions often involves the one that introduces the least amount of change. I decided to reuse as much of the old fixture as possible, including the electric connections, the base, the hanging chain, and the actual part that holds the light bulbs. In addition, the old light fixture had a metal ring that hung around the lowest point, which previously held a glass bowl.
I took the metal ring off of the old fixture and used a hot glue gun to attach the separated capiz strands all the way around the ring. The strands were three different lengths, so I alternated them all the way around the ring, giving the the whole fixture a nice layered appearance. When I re-attached the metal ring with the strands attached, the whole fixture looked beautiful– but it wasn't quite complete.
The last step was to to attach the second wind chime to the bottom of the fixture, where it would hang directly below the light bulbs. We used fishing line to connect the wind-chime to the rest of the light fixture. Having this additional layer really gives a more filled-out appearance as the light passes through all of the golden capiz shells.
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Josh Heaton is taking the biggest step of his time with home-town club Preston North End after a decade of climbing through the ranks at Deepdale.
The 18-year-old central defender signed professional terms with PNE this summer and has been working with the first-team squad since their return to pre-season training last week.
Heaton is set to feature in some of North End's friendly games over the coming weeks and pulling on the Preston shirt at senior level will be a big thrill for a player who started out at Under-7s level.
"I first played for Preston in the Under-7s and signed when I was in the Under-8s group," Heaton told the Evening Post.
"I've just kept moving up through the age groups and I was buzzing when the club told me towards the end of last season that they were offering me a professional contract for this year.
"So for much of my life I've been involved with Preston and I've always been a supporter, going to a lot of games.
"To have the chance to have people watching me play is unbelievable.
"When I reported in for pre-season training I was a bit nervous because I'm the only one from my age group.
"But everyone welcomed me and it is up to me to earn the respect and trust of the others.
"This season I want to do the best I can, hopefully challenge for a place in the squad.
"If it means going out on loan to learn the game and come back better, I would do that.
"I improved a lot as a player last season and I might improve even more this season, so I'll see how pre-season goes.
"I might play well or I might struggle a bit – I'll take each game as it comes and try and learn from them."
Heaton, a former pupil of All Hallows Catholic High School in Penwortham, spent time on loan with Tamworth in the Conference North last season.
His spell at the Lamb Ground was very much a learning curve and an experience the teenager thoroughly enjoyed.
"I started most of the games during my time there – we had a good run of wins and finished just outside the play-offs," said Heaton.
"It gave me a taste of what to expect and was tough because I had only been playing Under-18s befotre then.
"In my first game I got a real battering but I slowly improved, getting a lot of encouragement from Tamworth's manager Andy Morrell and from the staff here at Preston.
"The loan spell toughened me up – it was good to have a battle for 90 minutes.
"Some of the strikers I played against had played at a decent level before dropping down the league.
"Playing against them was an eye-opener and hopefully can stand me in good stead."
Meanwhile, North End season ticket holders are reminded that they have until Saturday to reserve their usual seat.


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Monday, February 4, 2013
Holland Canter Interview
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Holland Canter is still new to competing but in a short time has really made her presence felt. I first saw Holland after she did USA's. I saw some photos and felt she had some real potential. Then after seeing the package she brought to Nationals I felt safe in saying she definitely has pro card potential, not if she wins it, but when she wins it. Holland to me really falls into the saying "the sky is the limit".
Q: Can you talk about how you got started in the gym?
A: My parents enrolled me in gymnastics when I was about four years old. I was a gymnast for eighteen years of my life. I got a full-ride scholarship to the United Sates Air Force Academy and had the opportunity to compete on a D-1 level for four years. Afterwords I was in Vegas one weekend and met a trainer and he asked if I did bodybuilding. I said no that I had just graduated from college. I wasn't into anything yet after gymnastics. He gave me his card and we started talking and that is how I started lifting.
Q: What made you decide to compete?
A: After I met my first trainer, Rick Dobbins, he told me I should look at pictures on-line and read articles and look into the sport. I did a lot of research and was lifting in the gym and got interested. That is how I got started.
Q: A lot of girls I interview say that after that first show, competing becomes like an addiction, was that the case with you?
A: Yes! I competed in my first show last January and I won the Iron Man Naturally and have not stopped training since. I haven't taken a full off-season. I have been pretty much addicted since last January haha.
Q: A lot of girls with the gymnastics background go towards fitness, why did you pick physique?
A: Fitness requires a whole lot of extra time. I am an officer it the United States Air Force and it is a full-time job. I just don't have the time to do a whole routine, train the routine and lift weights at the same time.
Q: At USA's you took thirteenth, obviously not where you would have liked, was it hard to not get down on yourself?
A: I was a little upset but that is why I decided to do Nationals after USA's, I couldn't end the season like that. I wasn't really too down on myself, I could see what I needed to improve on, posing was the big thing. I knew with better posing I could do better at my next show. So I wasn't too upset.
Q: Besides the level of competition, was the national stage any different for you than previous shows?
A: I wouldn't say so. The wait was the biggest difference. I get anxious before I go on stage and get a little worked up. But I would say it is about the same very show. After pre-judge I come off stage and have no idea what is happening. I think it is because I am a new competitor. But I would say it is the same for every show.
Q: Then you did USA's and I thought looked much better, would you agree and if so where were you better?
A: Yes I think I looked much better. I think it has to do with weight training longer and more muscular development. I started squatting a lot more and concentrating on heavier weights. I got a new trainer, Andrea Holliday, and she really honed in on my nutrition. I wasn't cardio'd out close to the show and really stuck to my diet and had more time to work on my muscles.
Q: Did the improved posing just help show everything better also?
A: Oh yeah! I practiced posing a million times more and showed off my muscles a lot better. Andrea helped with that. We did a lot of pictures and a lot of phone calls on how I was supposed to pose. I had my first posing session with a coach right before Nationals so I was still new to everything and never had a coach with me in person.
Q: Physique is still new, does it make it hard when judges may not still know what they are looking for?
A: I don't think it is the same for me since I am still so new. I just bring my best package and don't concentrate on what they exactly want. I am working on making my muscles look the best they can and concentrate on my nutrition. I never tried to change my look. I love Dana Linn Bailey but like when she went to figure and tried to make her appearance smaller and now in physique can look more like herself. I just try and look myself and not concentrate on what they want.
Q: Do you know when you want to compete next?
A: I think I am doing Jon Lindsey's show in Culver City March 9th. I have friends doing that show and they want me to do it with them. I am training now and should be ready. I haven't signed up but I think I am doing it.
Q: Where do you want to be better at for the next show?
A: Definitely keep working on my shoulders. They need to be bigger. A smaller waist of course and my abs. I used to have really good abs when I was a gymnast and then they kind of fell of this past year so I have been doing a lot of abs since Christmas. My quads, develop that sweep, my back can get bigger, my lats can get bigger, but mostly my shoulders and abs.
Q: Is the pro card the goal or is it more if it happens it happens?
A: I have thought about that question a lot because people keep saying "gotta get that pro card." Girls have been doing this for years and striving for that. I think I am just so young and haven't been competing that long. A pro card would be awesome but I think I enjoy competing more than the goal of being a pro. It is amazing to be the best and be a pro, I don't wanna say I don't wanna win.
Q: When you are at the gym do you get the stares or attention?
A: I work out at my base gym and everyone knows me as who I am and leave me alone or just say "whats up LT." I work out with my husband a lot and they don't bother us. Right now I am at a different base in San Diego and am getting a lot of stares and "who is this chick working out in here?" They ask em to stop them haha.
Q: If you could spend one day training with someone you have never trained with, who would it be?
A: Definitely Dana Linn. She is a beast and my motivation. She posts videos on Facebook and me and my husband watch. She is so strong and a motivator and has no shame in her muscles. She is a good role model for strong women.
Q: Anyone you want to thank?
A: Definitely my husband. He has been there for me through this whole experience and is my number one fan and supporter. My family back at home for their un-ending support. Even if I was competing in a chess match my family would be there with pom-poms. I have a great fan base for sure.
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- Research
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Pictorial Representation of Illness and Self Measure Revised II (PRISM-RII) – a novel method to assess perceived burden of illness in diabetes patients
© Klis et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2008
- Received: 23 May 2008
- Accepted: 27 November 2008
- Published: 27 November 2008
The Pictorial Representation of Illness and Self Measure (PRISM) has been introduced as a visual measure of suffering. We explored the validity of a revised version, the PRISM-RII, in diabetes patients as part of the annual review.
Participants were 308 adult outpatients with either type 1 or type 2 diabetes. Measures: (1) the PRISM-RII, yielding Self-Illness Separation (SIS) and Illness Perception Measure (IPM); (2) the Problem Areas in Diabetes (PAID) scale, a measure of diabetes-related distress; (3) the WHO-5 Well-Being Index; (4) and a validation question on suffering (SQ). In addition, patients' complication status, comorbidity and glycemic control values(HbA1c) were recorded.
Patients with complications did have marginally significant higher scores on IPM, compared to patients without complications. Type 2 patients had higher IPM scores than Type 1 patients. SIS and IPM showed low intercorrelation (r = -.25; p < .01). Convergent validity of PRISM-RII was demonstrated by significant correlations between IPM and PAID (r = 0.50; p < 0.01), WHO-5 (r = -.26; p < 0.01) and SQ (r = 0.36; p < 0.01). SIS showed only significant correlations with PAID (r = -0.28; p < 0.01) and SQ (r = -0.22; p < 0.01). Neither IPM nor SIS was significantly associated with HbA1c. The PRISM-RII appeared easy to use and facilitated discussion with care providers on coping with the burden of diabetes.
PRISM-RII appears a promising additional tool to assess the psychological burden of diabetes.
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- Coping Effort
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Living with a chronic disease like diabetes requires considerable psychological adjustment. Failure to adjust adequately to the disease may have negative consequences for the patient's quality of life, possibly resulting in suffering. An important outcome of this adjustment is the amount of suffering that a disease potentially causes. Although suffering is frequently mentioned in the medical literature, its definition and characteristics are often implied rather than defined. One definition that has been frequently cited is that of Cassell [1]: 'a state of severe distress associated with events that threaten the intactness of the person'. From this definition, it follows that the extent of suffering is not merely determined by the severity of the illness itself, but rather by the perceived threat it poses to the intactness of the self, i.e. the impact and meaning a disease has for a patient. In addition, personality factors are assumed to play an important role in coping with the illness [2].
The Pictorial Representation of Illness and Self Measure (PRISM), has recently been introduced as a generic measure of suffering [3]. This 'circle test' consists of a rectangular sheet of paper, with a yellow disk in the bottom right corner. Patients are instructed to imagine that the sheet represents their life, and the yellow disk their self, and to place a red disk which represents their illness, somewhere on the sheet, to reflect the position of the illness in their life. The distance between the centers of the two disks is labelled the Self-Illness Separation (SIS). Following Pincus and Morley [4], a separation between illness and self schema is assumed to signify a healthy adjustment to the illness.
The PRISM, assessing the subjective position of one's illness in relation to the self, seems to match this definition rather well. Indeed, a study among lupus patients found support for this 'enmeshment hypothesis' [5]. However, as the PRISM is a rather abstract instrument, and no golden standard measure of suffering exists, its validation yields serious problems. Nevertheless, studies in patients with rheumatoid arthritis [6], chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [7], systemic lupus erythematosus [8], psoriasis [9], vitiligo [10], and chronic pain [11] have provided evidence suggesting that PRISM measures aspects of suffering, and a validation study with over 700 patients from different disease groups showed PRISM to have good test-retest reliability, and to be sensitive to therapeutic change [12]. In addition, the PRISM has been found useful in differentiating alcohol-related disorders [13], and in assessing post-traumatic growth in bereaved parents [14]. Because the measure is generic, it allows for comparison of suffering not only across different diseases, but even including problems of a different nature. In a recent pilot study, using a modified version of the PRISM, substantial differences in SIS were found between different diseases, with breast cancer and lung disease patients reporting higher SIS than whiplash and infertility patients [15].
In the current study we aimed to assess whether a modification of the original PRISM task, the PRISM-RII [15] is a feasible and valid instrument for measuring suffering in people with diabetes. Diabetes was chosen, since this condition is a highly prevalent chronic disease that is known to cause considerable distress, related both to the symptoms and complications of the disease as well as the daily demands of self-management [16–18].
Much similar as in the Wouters et al. study [15], in the present study the original PRISM was also modified in three ways, without changing the conceptualisation of the measure. First, the single red illness-disk was replaced by three different sized illness disks (respectively smaller than, equal to and larger than the self disk), from which respondents were asked to choose one. This yielded an additional variable, the Illness Perception Measure (IPM), operationalized as the size of the chosen disk. IPM is hypothesized to measure the perceived severity of the illness. In addition, as a second variable SIS was computed measuring the perceived position of the illness in the patient's life. A second revision implied that the yellow self-disk was moved to the middle of the sheet, in the center of a large printed circle. This was done to make the visual analogy of the relative positions of illness and self more intuitive; it is easier to envisage that the self is located in the centre of one's life than in the bottom right corner. In addition, in our experience with the original PRISM, several patients put the illness disk in the center of the sheet, commenting that their disease took a central position in their lives. Finally, the PRISM-RII was administered computer-based.
If the PRISM-RII is a measure of diabetes-related suffering, the following predictions should be confirmed. First, as the amount of suffering is likely to be moderated by disease status, patients with diabetes related complications or comorbid disorders might be hypothesized to report more intrusiveness compared to those without complications or comorbid disorders, which might be reflected in a smaller IPM and higher SIS values. Second, SIS and IPM should be moderately intercorrelated, without suggesting redundancy. Finally, IPM and SIS are expected to be moderately related with measures of well-being and diabetes related distress, confirming convergent validity.
Patient sample
Three-hundred and eight diabetes patients participated in this study. The whole sample had a mean age of 50.7 years (SD = 16.9, range 19–89). Both sexes were equally represented. One-hundred and nineteen patients were diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. These patients had a mean age of 43.6 years (SD = 14.4, range 19–82). One-hundred eighty-nine patients were diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. These patients had a mean age of 59.8 years (SD = 13.1, range 28–89). Of the whole sample, 46% had at least one diabetes-related complication. Patients completed the questionnaires as part of the annual review at the Diabetes Outpatient Clinic of the VU University Medical Centre (VUMC) in Amsterdam, the Netherlands [19]. The study was approved by the Medical Ethical committee of the VUMC, and all participants gave written permission to use their (anonymous) data for scientific purposes.
The Pictorial Representation of Illness and Self Measure Revised II (PRISM-RII)
Problem Areas in Diabetes (PAID)
The Dutch version of the PAID [20] was used to asses diabetes related distress. For each of its 20 items, patients are requested to indicate how problematic these aspects of diabetes are for them, ranging from 0 (no problem) to 4 (a big problem). The Dutch version of the PAID has been shown to be reliable (Cronbach's alpha.95). Total score is calculated by summation of scores, standardized to a 0–100 range.
World Health Organization 5 Well-being Index (WHO-5)
The WHO-5 is a brief measure of well-being that consists of five positively worded items rated on a 6-point scale ranging from 0 (not present) to 5 (constantly present). Total score is calculated by summation of scores, standardized to a 0–100 range. The WHO-5 covers positive mood, vitality, and general interests. The measure has been derived from the WHO-10 and has good psychometric properties [21–24]. Also, both the WHO-10 and WHO-5 have been validated in diabetic patients [25, 26].
Suffering Question (SQ)
The participants additionally were requested to answer the question 'How much do you suffer from your diabetes?' on a 5-point scale, anchored by not at all (0), and very much (4). This question served to evaluate content validity of the PRISM-RII.
Biomedical parameters
Medical data were retrieved from the patient charts. Patients' most recent HbA1c values were documented as an index of glucose control (reflecting the past 6–8 weeks). Values below 7.0% are considered satisfactory. In Addition, the presence of diabetes-related complications (nephropathy, neuropathy, retinopathy, and ulceritis), and comorbidity (e.g. hypertension, rheumatoid arthritis) were documented. For statistical purposes, both variables were scored as 0 (no complications or comorbidity), or 1 (one or more complications or comorbid diseases).
Statistical analysis
Means and standard deviation of the various self-report measures were calculated. Differences between male and female participants and between type 1 and type 2 diabetes were examined for all measures using Student's t-tests. Mean differences in scores on the PRISM-RII, WHO-5, and PAID between patients with and without complications and/or comorbidity were tested using Students t-tests, as an indication of discriminant validity.
Convergent validity of the PRISM-RII was assessed by calculating mutual Pearson's correlation coefficients between SIS, IPM, PAID and WHO-5. The validity of PRISM-RII for both type 1 and type 2 diabetes was evaluated by computing these correlations for each subtype. Fisher-z transformations of these correlations were used to examine whether these correlations differed significantly from one another.
Means and standard deviations of SIS, IPM, SQ, WHO-5, PAID, and HbA1c.
Whole sample
Type I
Type II
t-test for differences
Mean (SD)
Mean (SD)
Mean (SD)
129.6 (99.2)
118.7 (89.2)
136.5 (104.6)
1.8 (0.7)
1.7 (0.7)
1.9 (0.7)
1.7 (1.2)
1.6 (1.1)
1.8 (1.2)
64.0 (21.8)
66.6 (16.7)
62.5 (24.4)
23.2 (19.5)
19.9 (16.3)
25.2 (21.1)
7.9 (1.1)
7.9 (1.1)
7.9 (1.1)
Type of diabetes
Compared to people with type 1 diabetes, people with type 2 diabetes had a significantly higher IPM score (t = -2.34, p < .05), and scored significantly higher on the PAID. There were no significant type of diabetes differences for SIS.
Complications and comorbidity
Patients with complications had a marginally significant higher score on IPM (t = -1.76, .05 <p < .10), than patients without complications, but SIS did not differ significantly (t = -.045, n.s.). Patients with complications had significantly higher scores on the PAID (t = -1.97, p < .05), and SQ (t = -2.96, p < .01), and significantly lower scores on the WHO-5 (t = 2.01, p < .05). Patients with comorbid disorders scored significantly higher on the PAID (t = -2.31, p < .05), but did not differ significantly on any of the other measures.
Convergent validity
Correlations between PRISM-RII measures and SQ, WHO-5, PAID, HbA1c and age.
The aim of the present study was to evaluate the validity of the PRIMS-RII as a measure of suffering in people with diabetes.
Although the concept of suffering is abstract, the vast majority of patients was able to complete the PRISM-RII without any difficulty. As for validity, although the PRISM-RII variables did not differentiate between patients with and without complications and comorbidity, both measures were moderately related to diabetes-related distress, as assessed by PAID, while IPM was additionally associated negatively with well-being. In contrast, no association was found between well-being and SIS. This may be related to the more general nature of the well-being construct as measured with the WHO-5, covering issues such as vitality and interest in daily activities. Indeed, there is currently discussion whether generic well-being questionnaires are suitable for use in specific illness populations [27, 28]. Another possibility is that the relationship between quality of life and suffering is more complex than assumed. Well-being is a construct emphasizing, in particular, positive emotions, whereas suffering is a construct focussing mainly on negative mood states. This difference might be important, since it has been well established that the presence of negative affect does not necessarily imply the absence of positive affect and vice versa [29]. In that sense, it could be that the positive construct of well-being and the negative construct of suffering might be relatively independent of each other. Alternatively, it has been suggested by Cassell [2] that the ability to give meaning might be a key factor in suffering. More precisely, according to this view a low quality of life is only experienced as suffering if the patient experiences a low quality of life and lacks the capacity to give meaning. Future studies should be specifically designed to test this intriguing hypothesis.
We failed to find an association between the PRISM variables and HbA1c as a measure of glycaemic control. This is not unexpected, as HbA1c values do not translate into tangible symptoms, particularly not in patients with reasonably well-controlled diabetes. The fact that the presence of diabetes-related complications and comorbidity was associated with elevated levels of emotional distress but only marginally or not at all with PRISM-variables is counterintuitive. It would suggest that PRISM is less sensitive to diabetes-specific burden than for example the PAID. Moreover, SQ also differed significantly between patients with and without complications, while it was significantly associated with IPM or SIS. More precisely, and as might be expected, a high score on SQ (indicative of more suffering) was related to a lower SIS and a higher IPM. This might be considered as supporting the content validity, i.e. whether PISMR-II is a 'pure' measure of suffering or perhaps also reflects adaptation or coping. Support for this hypothesis further comes from the comments of the patients, who frequently referred to (the success of) their own coping efforts (e.g., "I make sure my diabetes does not become too big an issue in my life"). In a previous study among individuals with problematic alcohol use, Reinhardt et al. [13] also found SIS to discriminate between different levels of readiness to change, which also reflects coping efforts. SIS was partly predicted by age, indicating older people on average having higher SIS scores. This finding suggests more successful adaptation to the disease with increasing age. In additional analysis we controlled for disease duration, showing that this factor per se did not predict SIS, nor did it attenuate the significance of age as a predictor of SIS.
Further research into the content validity of PRISM-RII is warranted, including cognitive debriefing sessions. It is not clear if using a single question on degree of suffering in this context is indeed helpful. First, it should be obvious that the concept of suffering is not easily measured with only one (direct) question. The response to this question hinges entirely on the respondents implicit conceptualisation of suffering, which may differ considerably among patients. Also, suffering may have a strong negative connotation. Perhaps when asked bluntly, suffering is a 'hit or miss' construct, meaning that it is hardly possible to suffer a little bit, as suffering is always associated with serious discomfort. Although responses on the SQ did not approach a binomial distribution, 26% of subjects reported a large amount of suffering, whereas for SIS, 38% of subjects responded in the lowest quarter of possible responses (from 0 to 80), indicative of a large amount of suffering. These differences in distribution also argue in favour of measuring suffering with a visual and indirect method such as the PRISM-RII.
The PRISM has been proven useful in measuring aspects of suffering in several groups of patients, and can be used to compare data across different diseases. However, less is known about how to interpret the relationship between SIS and IPM, which intercorrelate only moderately. SIS is intended to measure the perceived relationship between the patient's self and the illness, which serves as an indicator of suffering. For SIS, a whole or partial overlap of the illness disk with the self may be indicative of a high level of suffering, or, more precisely, strong efforts to cope with living with diabetes. Patients report a variety of explanations in cases of overlap, including "diabetes is a part of me and my life, that is why it overlaps". IPM is intended to measure the patients' perception of the magnitude or severity of the illness. It is tempting to speculate about the correspondence of IPM and SIS with, respectively, problem focused coping (coping efforts to reduce or neutralize the impact of a stressor, in this case the disease) and emotion focused coping (leaving the stressor as it is, but try to better deal with the stressor and its consequences). On the other hand, it could be argued that IPM is more strongly related to PAID and WHO-5, because these latter measures assess the negative impact of diabetes on well-being. Indeed, IPM correlated more strongly with these measures than SIS. Future studies specifically designed to address this issue will yield additional valuable information about the PRISM-RII.
The PRISM-RII might be a feasible and valid instrument to capture aspects of diabetes-related suffering, unrelated to objective illness characteristics. The PRISM-RII is easily administered, and offers a good starting point for clinical conversations. Future studies should confirm whether PRISM yields additional relevant information to existing measures of psychological well-being and insight into the patients' illness perceptions. The non-verbal PRISM-RII is a promising tool that can be used both in research and clinical settings, in particular also patients with language problems and, maybe, children.
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Work to transform an area of land at the Tommy's Field allotment site in Morpeth has been carried out by staff at the Morpeth branch of Marks & Spencer (M&S).
Stores across the North East were given the task of finding a project local to them that would generate a long lasting benefit to the community under the M&S country-wide Spark Something Good initiative.
They were each allocated £500 and the team at Morpeth located a need for improvements at one of the allotments within Tommy's Field.
This renovation would see raised beds being constructed, giving access to those with disabilities, and a bench installed as a resting area.
Nine members of staff from M&S Morpeth gave up their time over two days to take to the field.
They worked relentlessly despite heavy rain on both days and managed to achieve an outstanding transformation.


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What Is Akathisia?
Akathisia is a movement disorder that can be a side effect of certain drugs that are often prescribed for bipolar disorder, including antipsychotic medications, lithium, and the anti-anxiety drug BuSpar (buspirone). Drugs for other conditions may also cause akathisia.
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Tobacco Cultivation in Colonial Virginia
Tobacco being harvested in the Virginia Colony. By 1612, John Rolfe's new strains of tobacco had been successfully cultivated and exported. Finally, a cash crop to export had been identified, and plantations and new outposts sprung up, initially both upriver and downriver along the navigable portion of the James River, and thereafter along the other rivers and waterways of the area.
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Sometimes I think survivors guilt is the wrong terminology. When a group of army buddies are caught in battle and only a couple survive, the guilt that those soldiers feel is real. They come home feeling like they should have died with their buddies on the battlefield.
In my travels and especially due to the fact that I am a musician, I have been able to participate in many cancer benefits. The hardest ones are always the children. Seeing children dying of cancer when they haven't started living yet is hard. Seeing a young mother in her mid 30s with two small children and stage 4 breast cancer is hard. Telling her to stay positive sounds hollow as she endures treatment after failed treatment. She knows that her children will grow up and she won't be there to see it. Only the most jaded among us cannot be affected by her bravery! Watching our friends die because no treatment worked for them while we have reaped the benefits of multiple successful treatments is hard.
Tony Crispino's motto is stay positive. Jordan's motto was live thrive survive and my motto " live it loud " are all really positive statements but the fact is that although we want to convey that message of hope and we pray the treatments are successful 50% will fall below the median life extension and 50% will exceed it. A small percentage will exceed it many times over.
I do not feel guilty for surviving. I feel righteous anger that others did not. I feel compassion fatigue each time a new guy comes aboard with late stage disease and a poor prognosis. I want to encourage and give hope. Sometimes the results are positive and sometimes not. The higher the Gleason score the harder it becomes to give encouragement. We make friends only to lose them. In the process, a hardening of our hearts occurs. It is a defense mechanism. It is natural. It is necessary.
Yesterday, for me, was a very bad day. I lost a friend I had never met. I felt a kinship with Jordan. Our diagnosis was very similar. We shared the same positive outlook. We exchanged a few emails. We talked a few times. I believed he would do well. He didn't and now he is gone. Why??? Why did he fulfill my original prognosis while I have exceeded all expectations? Not Guilt! Just heart wrenching sadness. He, I believe, is in a better place. My tears are for his family and for myself!
In society we must give everything a name. In the process we marginalize and cheapen what it really is. It is love and it goes beyond cancer and beyond the grave.


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Research With Impact
Evaluating and improving coach education provision across European football
The Challenge
In late 2014, Leeds Beckett University was commissioned to undertake a review of the UEFA Coaching Convention. The Convention is UEFA's European-wide endorsement framework for national association higher level coaching qualifications in football including the Pro, A and B licences. Successful candidates include many high-profile football coaches and players.
The aim of the research was to describe the current take-up of the Convention qualifications across all 54 European national associations, understand each national associations' experiences, want and needs from the Convention; undertake a high-level evaluation of the Convention; and make recommendations for its future improvement and evolution.
Leeds Beckett University demonstrated a good understanding of our complex needs and became an invaluable partner to us, helping us define our expectations more clearly. We were more than happy with the comprehensive process, the friendly cooperation, and the constructive outcome of this study. Despite the time constraints they delivered a very professional study, which considerably helped us to define our future prioritiesFrank K. Ludolph, Head of Football Education Services, UEFA
The Research
The study involved secondary data analysis and interviews with the UEFA expert Jira Panel, other European experts in coaching and coach education and development, and all 54 of UEFA's national associations. The research engaged with the very highest level of European coaching expertise in football including technical directors and coach educators.
In total, 138 data collection exercises were undertaken between November 2014 and July 2015, in many different languages, involving hundreds of hours of discussion and resulting in one of the most comprehensive international evaluations of coach education ever performed.
The Impact
The final report identified a number of recommendations, however, UEFA focused on three aspects in particular: improvements in provision for coach developers who are the front-line deliverers of coach education across Europe; improvements in the mechanisms established for, and take-up of, continuing professional development; and greater clarification of, and education around, the practice/reality based learning concept.
These recommendations were unambiguously adopted and communicated by UEFA at the 2015 UEFA Coach Education Workshop in Bratislava in which all 54 nations were in attendance, and continue to be a key part of their coach education improvements.


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New palm-sized and 4K Ultra Slim PC—NC02U series
Shuttle Inc., the global leader in small form factor computer technology, today announces its smallest line of Ultra Small Form Factor (SFF) PC solution: NC02U series. It is designed for a wide range of applications including home, office and digital signage. These ultra-compact barebones support the latest Skylake-U generation of Intel® processors.
The NC02U series comes with a selection of processors ranging from Celeron, Core i3, Core i5 to Core i7, supporting up to 32GB of dual-channel DDR3L 1600 RAM, SATA 6Gbps, and USB 3.0 for fast data transfer speeds. This series is the first Shuttle model with USB Type-C. Unlike older USB plugs, there is no up or down orientation required so users can insert it either way for more convenience.
Compared to NC01U series, the NC02 series uses new mechanism design for easy installation of memory module and storage devices. Users can simply open both upper and lower covers to install RAM, HDD, and other hardware components. Also, this series can install up to 15mm 2.5" HDD to provide more flexible storage capacity with volume restriction.
With one DisplayPort and one HDMI connection, the NC02U series is capable of support dual-screen displays. All NC02U machines with Intel® built-in HD graphics engine can deliver 4K/Ultra HD content.
The NC02U series offer plenty of I/O ports in spite of their small size: two USB2.0, two USB3.0 (Type A*1, Type C*1), RS232, SD card reader, and Intel® Gigabit LAN interfaces. Built-in two M.2 slots, one (M.2 2230) is pre-install a WiFi card to provide high-speed wireless data transmission. The other (M.2 2280) can install high-speed SSD or other compatible devices for a strong expansion capacity.
Built to operate in a variety of environments, the NC02U series is VESA mountable and can be either mounted behind a display panel, placed inconspicuously atop a desktop, even operate within 0-50 ⁰C ambient environments. This series is 24/7 certified and runs quiet and cool for extended periods of time.
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Anger. Fear. Aggression. The nerd rage are they.
And, yeah, nothing but spoilers ahead, so don't be a fucking tool.
Before I begin in earnest, I'd like to quote Alex DeLarge… "Let's get things nice and sparkling clear."
Star Wars is important to me. It's difficult to overstate its significance in my life, or the impact seeing the first film had on me in 1977. It quite literally changed my outlook, wants, hopes and dreams in a way that can never be repeated. The joy lasted for six years, until May 25, 1983. I walked out of the Kachina Theater in Scottsdale with a feeling of sinking disappointment in my gut that simply got deeper as weeks went on. Empire had been an incredibly powerful experience, and they followed it up with a few hours of… nothing.
And then, of course, the prequels came along, tore open that old wound, and smeared hot, wet feces into it. So you have to understand my relief every time one of these new Star Wars films isn't just bag-of-dogshit-terrible, and maybe that will forever color my perceptions. I will always default to "At Least It Isn't The Prequels." Star Wars is a cultural phenomenon, but it has always been a deeply flawed one. Since 1977, there has been precisely ONE truly great Star Wars film: The Empire Strikes Back. The other 8 (or 10 if you count the Ewok movies, which we don't, do we?) range from Very, Very Good (A New Hope) to… well… "I Hate Sand."
I tend to over-write these things, so if you'd prefer a precis of this review, here it is: The central statement of The Last Jedi is that millennials suck. I'm only partly kidding. Stay with me.
Overall, I really enjoyed Last Jedi. The Rey/Luke/Ren arc is powerful, and both feels like Star Wars, and expands the story, the world, and the mythology. I also thought the Poe/Leia/Holdo arc was strong, as long as you don't mind realizing that Poe is fucking idiot. I don't. It worked for me, because it ties into the central theme… but I'm getting ahead of myself.
The battle on Crait is compelling and looks gorgeous. The duel with Snoke's praetorians is fantastic. Holdo's moment of tactical genius is stunning (though it raises the question why hyperdrive torpedoes aren't a battle-standard piece of kit). And the moment when we realize Leia is the single most powerful Force-sensitive in Star Wars history had me damp-eyed. It makes me genuinely sad that we'll never see what they had planned for Leia moving forward, as this moment was obviously the introduction to something MUCH larger. All of that was great.
My problem with the film is that the stuff that doesn't work really doesn't work. The humor feels forced and slapsticky, which gave me Jake Lloyd flashbacks. The endless array of stupid creatures is… stupid. I love Dark Crystal, but it works because there are no humans to make you aware of what an awesome puppet show you're watching. The Jim Henson workshop does great work, but this isn't Fraggle Rock in Space. The porgs were… fine. The casino on Canto Bight was ridiculous. The nuns on Ahch-To were just too fucking much. I suspect the strong arm of Disney in the background demanding MORE CREATURES TO MAKE TOYS!!!
I realize it was an intentional structural choice in Last Jedi to essentially re-tell Return of the Jedi and Empire in reverse. It even kinda works. But I have a dream: In the future, I'd love to see a Star Wars film that was written with the mandate of not including ANY stock Star Wars set pieces. No cantina scene. No desperate bid to destroy a planet-killing machine. No Jedi being turned. No massive space battle. The result would be fascinating. But I digress.
Last Jedi's biggest problem is, of course, the second act. Finn has absolutely no reason to be in the movie. Rose even less so. The rest of the film is so well done that this overt padding is almost embarrassing. It's obvious that the screenplay was written around the Rey story, after which Johnson made Poe the tip of the spear for what's happening with the
Rebellion Resistance and then realized he had no fucking clue what to do with Finn. As a result, we get a ludicrous, overlong, meaningless McGuffin subplot that results in nothing except fucking up Leia and Holdo's plan.
Jamming this plotline into the seams opens up a lot of new cracks that didn't need to be there. Finn is going to desert to… hang out with Rey? Except, won't they then NOT be able to find their way back to the Resistance? Finn and Rose instantly being the two smartest people in the Resistance and figuring out EXACTLY how the
Empire First Order is tracking them, from where, and how to defeat it? That's just incredibly bad writing. It's the worst kind of plot-convenience theater. "I have to get these two pointless characters out of the way and on their pointless mission. Let's do it quick." Rose's little SJW rant at the fathier paddock, which is just the another of the things Rose has never seen and never done, but is an EXPERT on… like suddenly being an ace pilot. It's all SO BAD.
And, by the way, the tracking through hyperspace that sends FinnRose off on their idiot's errand? It's pretty obvious that was actually a traitor among the Resistance at some point when the script was better. That scene we never see between Snoke and Hux about "the end of a string" was NOT to explain that they have some new tech that Snoke — for some reason — doesn't know about. It was to explain (in private, where the information was safe) that Hux has an informant (or a droid or a tracker or something) on board the Resistance cruiser. It's really fucking obvious. The red herrings are even still in place to indicate the traitor is Holdo, so this change happened late. Would have been so much better.
So, what does it all mean? One friend thinks Kylo Ren's "tear down the old" screed is a commentary on modern politics and the two-party system. Maybe. This film went into production before anyone thought Trump could win, so it would have to be residual Bernie anger to drive that subtext.
Personally, I think the theme of the film is the hubris of youth, and the fallacy of individualism.
Yes. Seriously.
Start by thinking about the real meaning behind Luke's disdain for the vanity and failures of the Jedi. "The Force belongs to all of us" is a very egalitarian, even socialist, viewpoint (so maybe Libby is right about the political commentary). But it's more specific than that; "The greatest teacher, failure is," explains Yoda, and right there, as plain as can be, he tells you what the entire film is about.
Consider; every single NEW YOUNG character ( including Snoke, who acts like a petulant teenager), begins the film with a very
millennial narrow outlook focused on themselves; what do THEY want or need? When do they get THEIR moment? And all of them fail.
- Rey fails to get Luke to return; fails to understand the Force, herself, or her visions; fails to turn Kylo Ren.
- Kylo Ren fails to convince Rey to join him, fails to defeat Luke, fails to destroy the resistance, fails to resolve his conflict.
- Snoke fails to turn Rey, fails to control his apprentice, fails to correctly interpret the future.
- Finn fails to escape the ship, fails to even SPEAK to the correct codebreaker, fails to disable the tracker, and probably fails to kill Phasma.
- Rose fails to have a reason to exist except to fuck up the ONE MOMENT when Finn finally decides to be IN the movie. Just as he's about to do the right thing and sacrifice himself in a smart, noble, effective way, Rose wrecks it so she can have him for herself. Seriously, lady, what the fucking fuck? Are you a soldier or not?
- Poe fails to… well… everything, because he's a brainless, heroic dick…
Even the still-irritating-as-shit BB-8 fails to tell them there's a way out of the base on Crait. It falls to Threepio to give them their way out, which is how it goes for the old farts in Last Jedi. Leia and Holdo always have a plan, and the plan works until the kids fuck it up. Chewie is still able to make the Falcon dance. Yoda appears to smack Luke around and make him quit wallowing in self-pity (and destroy the tree which, BTW, Yoda knows is completely free of Ancient Jedi Texts thanks to Rey). And Luke… has the best moment he ever had in any of the films.
The original characters, the older characters, all understand sacrifice for the greater good. Rey has figured it out by the end, and is finally able to help the hapless Resistance rescue itself.
As I said with The Force Awakens and Rogue One, by and large, The Last Jedi feels like Star Wars to me, and that's the biggest expectation I have. It's still a better film than Return of the Jedi.
As always happens thanks to the internet, there are tons of questions about the movie, theories, retcons, etc. Thought I'd address a few.
Who Is Snoke?!?!?
Everybody is up in arms that Snoke died, and he wasn't revealed to be Darth Plagueis or Grand Moff Tarkin or Luke's REAL father or something else convenient and intricately connected. I'm here to tell you IT DOESN'T MATTER.
Before the Bobforsaken sequels, the entirety of what we knew about the Emperor was that he was Vader's master, and shot Force lightning from his cock. That was it. He didn't have a backstory, a lightsaber, he didn't even have a name. The Emperor appeared in one film as a hologram (and that wasn't even Ian McDiarmid until the Special Editions), and another in his throne room, where he was killed by Vader. He was a powerful, malevolent presence, and then he was gone. That was plenty.
I think people are pissed off about Snoke because they expect everything to be interconnected. It's a movie! Everything has to resolve! It doesn't. And Snoke was never the villain of this trilogy.
(Now, all that being said, I think if you pay VERY close attention, it's pretty obvious who Snoke is… but you'll have to figure that out for yourself. I ain't helping.)
What About Rey's Parents?!?!
Again, I think you're grasping at straws. Remember what Luke said; The Force is for all of us. Doesn't matter who Rey's parents are. Kylo Ren might be telling the truth (and probably is, or believes he is), or he might not. It doesn't matter that Rey isn't Kenobi's daughter or Luke's unknown child. She's powerful, committed, and has a bunch of boring Jedi texts (and probably Luke's Force ghost) to turn her into a true warrior. Maybe not a Jedi, but, then again, Snoke and Ren aren't Sith, either.
Who Were the Knights of Ren and What Happened to Them?
Luke told you Kylo took some of the students with him. They became the Knights of Ren. Then, they became Snoke's praetorian guard.
How Did No One Know Luke Was A Force Ghost on Crait?
I assume Leia did know. Didn't matter. She was seeing her brother for the last time. Johnson certainly clued in the audience given that Luke was younger, wearing his Jedi whites, and not leaving footprints in the salt. Kylo Ren was far too overwrought to even consider it.
Was Snoke Really Responsible For The Force Bond Between Kylo Ren and Rey?
Seems unlikely since it continued after his death. Snoke wasn't a Sith lord; just a very powerful Force sensitive and Sith groupie. Seems more likely the bond between them is a genuine mystery that connects them for as yet unknown reasons.
I should have made it clear when I mentioned that I would be writing something every day that not all of it would be public. We had some fairly major kicks to the gut lately (professionally speaking), and I have had lots to say, but none of it for public consumption. Likewise, I've been very vocal about a lot of things happening in the press, industry and world… but these are things I simply can't print for public consumption.
I might talk about some of the professional drama in days to come. I will resume public posting shortly with my "Last Jedi: review.