text: Pure whitehat. I already have Adsense/VCM and NB. The site makes good money I think....around $4 per thousand visitors (is that good?) but i can't help thinking I could be making more. I don't want to use any blackhat as most of my visitors come from Google high se placement (and we all know how touchy they can be!!!) The site is Graphics related


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Less than 5 years experience • Advertising & Marketing Services
The Smell of Spring and our huge HOLLYWOOD Local Ad Sales and Management Position is in the Air With A $182,000. Income.
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Sell ads into our upscale Hollywood Direct Savings Publications and blend local, neighborhood Advertisers in print, mail and online with the blockbuster BIG new release movies, six times a year.
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"Monrovia Modern is a beautiful and perceptive book. It will appeal to both architecture and anthropology scholars concerned with ruins, violence, material culture, photography and West African politics." — Pauline Destree, Allegra Lab
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"Urban modernity was always about inhabiting the interstices concretized by the tensions between political imaginations and built forms. Monrovia is replete with forms that impose or elude, often arbitrarily without narrative. Danny Hoffman engages lives that treat the city's ruining and remaking of modernity as bookends for an incessant hesitation, perhaps inability, to commit to invented futures of any stripe. In this hesitation there can only be a politics of lives enduring inexplicable, fragile yet stalwart orders persisting beyond their material ruin." — AbdouMaliq Simone, author of, For the City Yet to Come: Changing African Life in Four Cities
"In this adventurous and provocative book, Danny Hoffman sets out on new theoretical and methodological paths to capture 'urbanity' within the modernist ruins of postwar Monrovia. Stepping away from the lenses of poverty, corruption, and infrastructural decay through which the African city is so often viewed, Hoffman takes Monrovia's inhabitants' lives seriously on their own terms and in light of the impossible possibilities imposed upon them by the liberating dreams of modernist architecture." — Filip de Boeck, author of, Kinshasa: Tales of the Invisible City
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Have a Pirate Adventure with Playdate in a Box
The end of school is right around the corner. I know that my kids have only a few days left and they cannot wait to start their summer adventure. We've already been busy planning day field trips in our local area, scheduling playdates with friends and looking into boredom busters.
Today, I want to share with you a fun and lively boredom buster from Artful Playdate. Their wonderful Playdate in a Box packages will have your kids experiencing adventure after adventure this summer. Special thanks to them for sending over the Pirate Adventure for us to review and share with you. As always, the opinions found in our posts are ours.
Artful Playdate Inc. inspires children to use their own creative imagination and is the creator of the Playdate in a Box for kids ages 3 and up.
The Playdate in a Box series offers easy, memorable and educational playdates for children. Playdate Specialists have created activities that empower parents and caretakers to provide enriching and fun playtime for your child and his or her playmates.
The Pirate Adventure Box features:
1 Sealed Mission Scroll
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4 Crayons
2 Pirate Daggers
2 Decorate Your Own Sliding Pirate Telescopes
2 Create Your Own Treasure Maps
10 Sticky Foam Shapes
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2 Create Your Own Pirate Hooks
(with 2 foil squares and 2 cups)
(Contents may vary slightly from those pictured)
We cannot say enough about this box full of fun. It's craft time and playtime all rolled into one. Kids get to exercise their creativity and then they get to exercise their imagination on their Pirate Adventure. The quality is such that you can use this kit over and over for endless hours of play. Why not have an entire Pirate day and find pirate cartoons, plan a pirate lunch and then top it off with your Pirate Adventure from Artful Playdate.
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Slonim: BPF activists charged with crossing the street in the wrong place
On 13 June, two activists of the Belarusian Popular Front Party, Aliaksandr Harasiuk and Pavel Sevastsyan, were detained by a road policeman while going to the city park by pavement. He demanded that they got into his car for drawing a report about a violation of the traffic rules.
According to Mr. Harasiuk, the policeman behaved quite boldly. He didn't introduce himself, raised his voice. Naturally, the fellows were indignant at his accusations, as far as they hadn't crossed the street at all.
They started arguing with the policeman, and he called another police car, by which they were driven to the police station, where the report was composed.
Aliaksandr Harasiuk says that taxi drivers who had allegedly stood nearby and witnessed the violation gave testimonies as witnesses. On 19 June, the activists were issued with writs to court (this very day BPF members gather in Slonim to commemorate Valovich and other participants of the anti-Bolshevik uprising who had perished in the Slonim area).
Moreover, according to Mr. Harasiuk, he was detained out in the street the following day after his return from Berlin, where he was a member of the delegation of young Belarusian politician. As said by him, cameraman of the Belarusian TV vigilantly shot their delegation at the airport on return to Belarus.


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Sympathy Messages
Use these Sympathy Messages to help express your condolences at a time of loss and grief. Requirements: Windows Phone 8.1, Windows Phone 8
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Skype Messages Sender Communicator - the most powerful messages sender tool. Created for webmasters, marketers and if you only want to chat with the online Skype users worldwide. Webmasters can send the site's links and messages to millions online targeted Skype users worldwide. Multi threads...
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Our software flashes the messages on your screen at a pre-defined frequency that can be noticed only by your receptive subconscious mind. The messages are flashed no matter what you do on your PC. Does not matter whether you play a game or work anything. Whether, you're typing something or...
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Using Kernel for Outlook Duplicates is the easiest yet safest way to remove duplicate messages of MS Outlook. This result oriented software easily detects all duplicate items of multiple mailboxes simultaneously and allows you to manage them as per your requirements through various options. Once...
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Retrieve Deleted Text Messages utility offers back up of mobile phone sim card memory with service provider name and ICC-ID identification number with location. Advance Retrieve Deleted Text Messages program is easy to use and even you don't require any prior technical training to operate this...
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WordPress does not allow your users to communicate with each other. Some forum plugins can add this functionnality but are quite heavy, do other things and updates might not be focussed on improving the messaging features. This is why User Messages is born: a plugin to facilitate communication...
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Resetting Device RTC-100 for DVB-SAT-Receivers
Kód: R95150
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RTC-100 is a device used for resetting individual DVB-Sat-Receiver in head stations equipped with receivers of that kind. The device works on principle that the lack of audio signal for a defined period of time results in momentary switching off the receiver's power. This way, being employed in SMATV/CATV head stations, the item monitors the operational state of individual receiver, and restarts it when a hang up occurs. Therefore, the station becomes self-reliant, not depending on human-operator service. In practice, the hang up is the most common failure within head stations using separate digital receivers as the source of channel signals.
The only effective way to restore the operation of a receiver, now then the channel, is the restart, forced by the dedicated device.
RTC-100 efficaciously controls receiver - it detects hang ups and reconditions normal work.
Operating method
The process of control a receiver is based on monitoring its audio signal. The procedure is divided into three stages: 1.- if a fading occurs, the device counts its time, and after 60 seconds of the lack of signal resets the receiver, switching it off and on; 2.- when any audio signal has not further emerged, the device waits for 15 minutes, until it resets the receiver again; 3.- in a case of subsequent, continuous lack of signal the receiver is being restarted every hour has passed. Of course, when a signal is detected, the device undergoes to the first stage. The standard periods of time can be changed to special order by the producer (TELKOM-TELMOR).
The RTC-100 unit is similar to extension cord, having mains plug and ~230V outlet to power a digital receiver, and two RCA sockets (cinches) to connect to audio output of the receiver and audio input of a modulator. Green-lighting LED is signaling that the device is in working order.
Operating remarks
After the connections have been properly made, the device works autonomously, not demanding any service. The maximum output power rate is limited to 50W (the maximum power consumption of controlled receiver).
Modes of operation:
1. If a fading occurs, the device counts its time, and after 60 seconds of the lack of signal resets the receiver switching it off and on.
2. When any audio signal does not further emerge, the device waits for 15 minutes, until it resets the receiver again.
3. In a case of subsequent, continuous lack of signal the receiver is being restarted every hour has passed.
Diagram showing the way of the device's application
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Resetting Device RTC-100 for DVB-SAT-Receivers
Kód: R95150
Az iskolai vezeték nélküli hálózatnak hozzáférést kell biztosítania az internethez az iskolaépületben és elegendő sávszélességet kell biztosítania a... bővebben »
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It's that time of year again, yes it's time for the Irish Bog Snorkelling Championships!!
This year's event again takes place at Alice's Loft and Cottages Self Catering in Doohamlet, Castleblayney, County Monaghan on Saturday 9th September starting at 2pm and full time whistle approx. 6pm.
The Championship will be co-hosted with The Blayney Academy Soccer Club who are planning a fun family day out with Obstacle Courses, face painting, BBQ, 40Ft Mud Slide and much more. Not forgetting the chance to be crowned the fastest Bog Snorkeler 2017.
Bog snorkelling is a sporting event that consists of competitors completing two consecutive lengths of a water filled trench cut through a peat bog, in the shortest time possible. Competitors wear snorkels and flippers and complete the course without using conventional swimming strokes, relying on flipper power alone.
This event is open to anyone brave enough to experience something different.


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General Information
How to place an order
Both our readymade and bespoke doors may be purchased online. Our readymade doors are manufactured for an internal face fix installation, unless otherwise stated by the customer when placing the order. The sizes advertised are for doors suitable for an opening of this particular size and we allow for the extra height and width required.
If ordering a tailor made door, before checking out online, you will be directed to complete a self survey form. After your purchse has been made, we will contact you to confirm your order. If you have not heard from us within 24 hours (excluding weekends and Bank holidays), please call us on 0191 4155888.
Doors may also be ordered by telephone by phoning our sales department on 0191 4155888.
Secure online payments are made through RBS Worldpay. We also accept credit card payments over the telephone, cheque, bacs and chaps payments.
Bank details for customers wishing to pay by bacs or chaps:-
Account name: Autoroll UK LTD.
Sort code: 60-22-52
Account Number: 73558702
All customers will be sent a VAT invoice.
Goods maybe collected from our factory in Washington, Tyne and Wear. Small items will be despatched with Royal Mail or a similar courier company normally on a 2 to 3 day service. We deliver most doors on our own transport where possible. We only deliver to UK Mainland. Delivery is normally 5 to 15 working days, once cleared funds have been received.
We only install our doors in the North East of England.
Terms and Conditions
AutoRoll UK Ltd. has made every reasonable effort to ensure that all information provided on the Autoroll UK LTD. web site on the internet is accurate at the time of inclusion. However should there be inadvertent errors, we apologise and will take every step to rectify it. Autoroll UK Ltd accepts no liability for any inaccuracies in the Autoroll UK Ltd. website. Due to constant development, we reserve the right to change specification without prior notice.
Autoroll UK Ltd. accepts no liability for any direct or indirect damages of any kind, as a result of information obtained directly or indirectly from the Autoroll UK Ltd. website.
Making a purchase
Autoroll UK Ltd will accept no responsibility for any inaccurate sizes given by the buyer. If any errors are made, while ordering, it is the buyers' responsibility to inform us, so that we can correct the mistake. Delivery is normally 5 – 15 business days from receiving cleared funds. Once the goods are delivered, it is the buyers' responsibility to inform Autoroll UK LTD of any damages within 48 hours of receipt of delivery. Autoroll UK LTD will not be held responsible for any damages which are reported after the 48 hour period.
Terms of Sale
1. Definitions
1.1 'Buyer' means the person whose name and address appears in the space overleaf.
1.2 'Conditions' means the terms and conditions of the sale set out in this document and any special terms and conditions agreed in writing by the Seller.
1.3 'Delivery Date' means the date specified by the Seller when the goods are ready for collection or to be delivered.
1.4 'Goods' means the articles which the buyer agrees to buy from the Seller.
1.5 'Price' means the price for the goods excluding carriage.
1.6 'Seller' means Autoroll UK LTD.
2. Conditions applicable
2.1 These Conditions shall apply to all contracts for the sale of Goods by the Seller to the Buyer to the exclusion of all other terms and conditions including any terms or conditions which the buyer may purport to apply under any purchase order, confirmation of order or similar document.
2.2 All orders verbal or written for Goods shall be deemed to be an offer by the Buyer to purchase Goods pursuant to these conditions.
2.3 Acceptance of delivery of the Goods shall be deemed conclusive evidence of the Buyer's order and acceptance of these Conditions.
2.4 Any variation to these Conditions (including any special terms and conditions agreed between the parties) shall be inapplicable unless agreed in writing by the Seller.
3. The Price and Payment
3.1 The price shall be the price set out overleaf. The price is inclusive of VAT which shall be due at the rate ruling on the date of the Seller's invoice.
3.2 Trade accounts – The price is inclusive of VAT which shall be due at the rate ruling on the date of the Seller's invoice.
3.3 Non trade accounts – invoice must be settled in full before manufacture.
3.4 Supply and fit invoices must be paid in full on the date of installation.
4. The Goods
4.1 The quality and description of the Goods shall be as set out overleaf.
5. Warranties and Liability
5.1 The Seller warrants that the Goods will at the time of delivery correspond to the description given by the Seller. Except where the Buyer is dealing as a consumer (as defined in the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 Section 12) all other warranties, conditions or terms relating to fitness for purpose, merchantability or condition of the Goods and whether implied by statute or common law or otherwise are excluded.
5.2 The seller shall not be liable for any consequential loses or any other losses or damages, financial or otherwise incurred by the buyer (directly, or indirectly,) as a result of goods supplied under the contract of sale, liability being limited to replacement, repair or modification of goods that fail to perform in accordance with the company's published data. The Seller shall not be liable for any consequential or offer loss or damage as a result of such replacement, repair or modification of the goods.
5.3 The Seller will accept no responsibility or warrant any parts that may become damaged, as a direct result of severe weather – frost, snow, high winds or flooding.
6. Delivery
6.1 Unless otherwise agreed with the Seller, the Goods shall be delivered to the Buyer at the Buyer's address.
6.2 Damages must be reported to the 'Seller' within 48 hours of receiving delivery of goods.
6.3 The seller will make every effort to keep to delivery dates but such dates and periods of time should not be the essence of the contract. The seller shall not be responsible for any loos, damage or expense that may result from late delivery.
7. Cancellations
7.1 Any cancellations made by the buyer, after confirmation of the order with the seller for bespoke made to measure items, will be subject to a 50% cancellation fee at the managements discretion.
7.2 No refunds will be given on bespoke 'made to order doors' once delivered unless the goods are faulted or damaged.
7.3 Under Consumer Protection (Distance Selling) Regulations 2000, a buyer has a 7 day 'cooling off' period from date of delivery. In which time the 'buyer' should notify the 'seller' that he wishes to cancel the contract and a full refund will be given including delivery. However, if the goods are not faulted and the 'buyer' simply has had a 'change of heart' about the product - the buyer is responsible for the return delivery costs.
Autoroll UK LTD guarantees all of its products from defective manufacturing for a period of 12 months from date of purchase. This is subject to correct installation, maintenance and operation of the product. This excludes general wear and tear.
Damaged goods must be reported within 48 hours of delivery.
Goods must be returned to Autoroll UK LTD. where they will be inspected and either repaired or replaced. Autoroll UK LTD will not be held responsible for any costs incurred in the removal and replacement of faulted goods. For your protection, we recommend you use a recorded delivery service when returning goods.
Returns address:
Autoroll UK LTD.
Pinewood Business Park
Wilden Road
Tyne & Wear
Please note: In the event of us sending you a replacement for any damaged, defective or incorrect goods, you must return the original goods to us within 14 days of the delivery of the replacement. Provided you return the goods to us within 14 days. You will have nothing more to pay. However, if for any reason you do not return the original item to us by the end of the 14 day period, we reserve the right to charge an amount equal to the price of your original order to the payment card used for the order.
This returns policy does not affect your statutory rights.
Photographs and videos contained within this website are the property of Autoroll UK LTD and use of these images would be considered as a copyright infringement in violation of the Copyright, Design and Patents Act of 1988


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Here is an app note from Microchip describing how to setup, and implement slave I2C communication on Pic devices with MSSP modules. It also features assembler code for PIC18s and PIC16s.
Many devices in the PICmicro family have a Synchronous Serial Port (SSP) or Master Synchronous Serial Port (MSSP). These peripherals can be used to implement the SPI TM or I2C communication protocols. The purpose of this application note is to provide the reader with a better understanding of the I2C protocol and to show how PICmicro devices with the SSP or MSSP modules are used as a Slave device on an I 2 C bus.
Be careful with the source code provided. Also note differences in different versions of MSSP realization in PIC devices (some flags do not go off in newer MSSP module used eg in some PIC18s and PIC24th). Check conditions, be careful with clock stretching and learn exactly when to release the clock line – otherwize it's not going to work.
Seconded. Read the app note carefully, determine if your pic has an SSP or MSSP, and study the sample code. It's better to follow the state machine model given than to be clever and roll your own.
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|Hair Biomarkers as Measures of Maternal Tobacco Smoke Exposure and Predictors of Fetal Growth.
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|PMID: 21330286 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher
|INTRODUCTION: Most biomarker studies of the effects of maternal smoking on fetal growth have been based on a single blood or urinary cotinine value, which is inadequate in capturing maternal tobacco exposure over the entire pregnancy. We used hair biomarkers to compare the associations of maternal self-reported smoking, hair nicotine, and hair cotinine with birth weight for gestational age (BW for GA) among active and passive smokers during pregnancy. METHODS: We collected maternal hair in the immediate postpartum period and measured nicotine and cotinine concentrations averaged over the pregnancy in 444 term controls drawn from 5,337 participants in a multicenter nested case-control study of preterm birth. BW for GA Z-score and small for gestational age (SGA) were based on Canadian population-based standards. RESULTS: The addition of hair nicotine to multiple linear regression models containing self-reported active smoking, hair cotinine, or both explained significantly more variance in the BW for GA Z-score (p = .01, .03 and .04, respectively). Similarly, women with hair nicotine, but not cotinine, at or above the median value had a significant increase in the risk of SGA birth (odds ratio: 3.07, 95% CI: 1.25-7.52). No significant association was observed between maternal passive smoking and BW for GA based on hair biomarkers. Conclusions: Hair nicotine is a better predictor of reductions in BW for GA than either hair cotinine or self-report. Our negative results for passive smoking suggest that previously reported small but significant effects may be explained by misclassification of active smokers as passive smokers based on self-report.
|Nisha D Almeida; Gideon Koren; Robert W Platt; Michael S Kramer
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For you, little sister!
When you came, you complete us.
Poppie, Mommie, big Arjaye and little Jaemie.
Sometimes naughty, sometimes nice, Most important thing, you grew up good and wise.
Miles and miles apart, life took us.
I became the nomad, you became the guru.
I travel with people, you teach the people.
Really… flying and teaching, how can it mix?
Hey, we are the very best example!
Together, we did,
We complement, we exist.
You are the best travel buddy i got, I am your best student.
Love and life aspects, even im older, so what?
Sharing and learning, celebrating and idling.
Of all the similarities, what got us going,
Most are the abstracts, parallels and contrasts.
Seeing not eye to eye at times, our interest varies, our trait collides.
Misunderstandings, disappointments, but what sweeter and better than reconciliations and making ups?
I learn, you learn.
Nothing can beat that if we manage bad habits to burn.
Life in this world is better with you.
Every memories, every experiences, every bits and pieces.
Life may give me more choices and surprises,
But i will never trade the day when you came and be the cutest sister.
Those round eyes and big wide smile , all bundled up… Ooohhhh they just took our breaths away.
Looking at you now, prettier and sweeter, all grown up…
Ooooohh you still take breaths away, mine and most admirers out there.
I will always be here for you, little sister.
Happiest birthday!
God bless always!
I love you forever!
❤ ❤ ❤
Weekly Photo Challenge : ADVENTURE
Amazing Niagara!
We are sooooo blessed to experience this one of a kind adventure at least once in our lifetime. But we really don't mind if we'll have the chance to come back again. Really.
(Marj and i, about to board the Hornblower at Niagara Falls. 2nd to tick in our bucket list in CANADA.)
TRAVELS & ADVENTURES: EDGEWALK, CN TOWER, Toronto, CANADA
2 Days in Toronto means 2 activities ticked off in my bucketlist.
CN Tower is not only known for the picturesque view of the city through its viewing deck, not only for the 360 degrees revolving restaurant, but most importantly so for experiencing one heaven of a heart-pumping activity called the edgewalk.
Edgewalk is a guided stroll around the tower. It is a suspended 20-30 minute walk at the roof of the CN Tower restaurant 553 meters high above the ground. The package for the price of 175 C$ plus taxes includes the walk, certificate of completion, a video dvd copy and 2 printed copy of photos taken during the walk. USB for other pictures is optional. You can have it for an extra charge of 25 C$.
My best girlfriend, Marjori and I decided to try it for ourselves.
Skeptical at first, but excitement filled our system as soon as we hit the base camp, the starting point where they geared us up , jumpsuit, harness and all. Test for alcohol in the system is a must, and nothing should be in your pockets like phones or wallet, and nothing in you even like jewelries or hair pins. An orientation was held for safety reasons.
Then we were all set, ready to go up, up and away. Steven, our guidemaster, with Dave and Jenny triple checked our harnesses before they sent us out to the big, high, wide world. Tell you frankly, I am much more excited than scared. Really, I was almost always flying because of my work, but not like these, suspended just with the harness, nothing to hold on to, in a walkway not as wide as. But still, this was a new experience for me. The adrenaline was kicking hard.
The crew with us consisted of brothers Scott and Greg, lovers Cris and Nicole, father and son, Dave and Andrew, and yours truly, friends Arjaye and Marj.
Up there, we can see the different angles on a birds eye view of the city. The roofs of the skyscrapers, the bodies of water and buildings and structures. The air, the wind, the sun and the sky, we can feel them all. In heights like that, you tend to panic sometimes and thoughts of falling or ropes breaking can consume you, that was why Steven always cracked some jokes to release the tension, plus the group's encouragement helped us to enjoy the moment. In the end, we all nailed it, successfully!
Overall, it is a must-try. People like us, adventure-seekers, will truly appreciate EDGEWALK.
You should see how we conquered the fear of heights , once and for all, through this compilation. One breath-taking, thrill of a lifetime , unforgettable experience. I am glad I did this! WE ARE REALLY PROUD OF US!
48. ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK by Piper Kerman
Now watching: ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK Season 1 Episode 5 : THE CHICKENING
I must say that i am pretty much enjoying the first few episodes of this not so latest series of Netflix. I know, it is already on it second season since it premiered last year, but I just got my hands on it last month. And boy, ive been impressed! It was an overhaul version of the book that i just read last month, but still I am quite thrilled to see these girls come alive in the tv screens. Well, they did a lot of changes, major ones, like the names and the sequences of events, plus the characterization of each and every people Piper met while doing her time in jail, but still I cannot shake the fact that i already did have an idea before i watch them on tv. This version is quite more explicit than its written counterpart, since it is more visual and vivid, seen by the naked eyes. But honestly, im hooked. Taylor Schilling is really fit for the job.
I am really looking forward for more wonderful episodes of OITNB. Not that i want to experience it myself in real life, though!
"With a career, a boyfriend, and a loving family, Piper Kerman barely resembles the reckless young woman who delivered a suitcase of drug money ten years before. But that past has caught up with her. Convicted and sentenced to fifteen months at the infamous federal correctional facility in Danbury, Connecticut, the well-heeled Smith College alumna is now inmate #11187–424—one of the millions of people who disappear "down the rabbit hole" of the American penal system. From her first strip search to her final release, Kerman learns to navigate this strange world with its strictly enforced codes of behavior and arbitrary rules. She meets women from all walks of life, who surprise her with small tokens of generosity, hard words of wisdom, and simple acts of acceptance. Heartbreaking, hilarious, and at times enraging, Kerman's story offers a rare look into the lives of women in prison—why it is we lock so many away and what happens to them when they're there. — goodreads"
A MEMOIR. the first that i was able to read one. in all honesty, i was excited to read this because of its Netflix's adaptation. i heard about the book mainly because of the show. As much as i wanted to dive into watching, i would really want to have a headstart by scanning through it. hence, i listened into its audiobook counterpart. What did i get? Yes, a true-to-life-story, personal experience, blow-by-blow updates of a day-to-day life inside prison. Though it was very factual and informative, i lost track of all the names and their doings. Yes, some of them stuck to my mind because Piper was constantly mentioning them, but unfortunately, the way she sometimes narrated, truly confusing. Jumping from one topic to another, the flow was just frustrating to follow through. it was because she wanted to put all of those details, even the most minute ones, to emphasize, or rather to squeeze in the one year chock of informations about her imprisonment.
The book was really an eye opener for me. though, it happened at the other end of the geographical world, far from my local home, i believe it doesn't fall far away from the realities and actuality of the situations, also happening in every prison cells in my country and others. the book revealed most of the unfairness and mistreatment, racial discrimination, impartialities of the justice system.
Though, Piper seemed to get away from the harsh truth of being confined in jail, by being helpful and friendly to everybody, by constantly using her good and charmed looks, by befriending who's who while inside, and by being tagged as rich, blue-eyed, white blond who almost got everything she wanted, there was no mistaking that still, she lost some of her good months away from her family and loved ones. nobody dreams of going into jail, thus i assumed that in that one year, she really learned her lesson well, along with other useful crafts she did inside.
The conclusion tugged my heart, as the reconciliation with Larry gave a wonderful feeling. i just wish she mentioned more of the life outside, especially with all the bonds she formed with other inmates, i just wish she remained in touch with them. because in a lot of ways, these women had impart life wisdoms to her that she will carry through and remember for the rest of her life.
I'm glad, somehow, i knew one Piper Kerman out there.
47. SECOND CHANCE SUMMER by Morgan Matson
The plot is not something as new and not extraordinary. In fact, it has the common theme of family, love and friendship drama. Just the heavy topic of death hovering the lead page. But the simplicity of how it is written, of how it is centered on one place, made the story personal, heart-melting even.
It mainly focused on the family aspect. While struggling to accept the fact that a loved-one might be gone in 3 months or four, the whole Edwards family went back to their old summer house in Lake Phoenix, after 5 long years. Mom, Dad, Big brother Warren, Little sister Gelsey and Mid-child Taylor. All were used to the comforts of the city and their individual busy lives there that when they found out that Dad has stage 4 cancer, it was decided that they should spend the summer, the "maybe-last summer" together in the familiar and homey place of their lakehouse.
Unwillingly, Taylor, was half-heartedly dragged home due to some personal reasons. She left some unfinished business 5 years ago, and would not want to confront her fears. It allegedly involved Lucy, her former bestfriend, and Henry, her first love. Now that she came back, meeting them was inevitable. But the fact that Taylor knew she was the one at fault before, she had to make some amends and rekindle the friendships.
The summer was just like any summer. Beach, dock, movies under the stars, bicycle rides, flip-flops, kisses, falling stars, ice cream and cake and more. But the best thing about Taylor's summer was the chance that she got to make all things right. With her family, especially with her dad. I love the scenes when they sneak out to have their quality time, like breakfasts and getting to know each other questions. I really loved that! I was overwhelmed with the fact that they get to say their respective goodbyes. That while facing and accepting death is not an easy thing to handle, the whole family faced it together. They had the best last summer together!
Henry and Lucy and Warren and Gelsey and other sub characters made the story more interesting. I was just quite disappointed on how the revelation of Taylor's not wanting to go back because of what happened 5 years ago turned out. I just thought it was that silly. But when i come to think of it, it was very Taylor. Because she was this person who always run away when the going gets tough, when life for her becomes hard. It was not a good trait of her, and i hate her for that. She was that coward in every little thing.
This is a story about family. And love between them, between friends, between lovers. This will make you appreciate more the life that you have and the time that you get to spend with your loved ones. Don't waste opportunities when you can be with your family and friends dear to you. Always show them that you care. Always tell them that you love them. Because no matter how easy going your life maybe now, you don't know when the time will be up. You don't want to have regrets in the end.
Over all, the writing is simple and easy to comprehend. The vivid details made you know more about the characters and the setting. The fact that i love the beach and the sun and summer. Plus the fact that i get to learn classic movies to watch out for, Casablanca and the Thin Man. I learn to appreciate the book not only for the story itself but the things i get to learn from it. Now, i know what to do with my lazy coffee bondings with friends and families, get to know more with q & a's. 🙂
NOW WATCHING CASABLANCA. Thanks SECOND CHANCE SUMMER for introducing this to me.
I have a full copy here, though. But i'm sharing you the trailer of the Youtube link, anyway.
My favorite quote:
"Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, she walks into mine. — Rick"
"Awwwww… wait, quick info. I've been to Casablanca, Morocco already. My stay was short and sweet, cultural and of course, a taste of modern times, year 2006. Casablanca movie was year 1942, a lot had changed already. Still, i enjoyed it though. CLASSIC! — arjaye"
43-46. UNEARTHLY, HALLOWED, BOUNDLESS, RADIANT by Cynthia Hand
Angels, angel-bloods. Humans. Bonds. Family. Love. Adventure. Destiny. Free-will. Loyalty. Go0d versus Evil.
"In the beginning, there's a boy standing in the trees…
Clara Gardner has recently learned that she's part angel. Having angel blood run through her veins not only makes her smarter, stronger, and faster than humans (a word, she realizes, that no longer applies to her), but it means she has a purpose, something she was put on this earth to do. Figuring out what that is, though, isn't easy.
Her visions of a raging forest fire and an alluring stranger lead her to a new school in a new town. When she meets Christian, who turns out to be the boy of her dreams (literally), everything seems to fall into place and out of place at the same time. Because there's another guy, Tucker, who appeals to Clara's less angelic side.
As Clara tries to find her way in a world she no longer understands, she encounters unseen dangers and choices she never thought she'd have to make between honesty and deceit, love and duty, good and evil. When the fire from her vision finally ignites, will Clara be ready to face her destiny?"—goodreads
angels and angel-bloods. this is just a smooth sailing book with action just in the climax. written good as an introduction to their world, this is quite easy to comprehend. it doesnt bombard you with information overload. dull at times, but curiosity kept me on my toes, just because my first read about angels was a fail at that. so this unearthly, it redeemed the status of angels as one that i would like to know, and explore about. what they can do and what are their purposes interacting literally in the human world. and if they do fall in love with a human, like Carla did with "i will not name yet", what will happen? say, this a new realm that i want to dive into, not aggressively but calmly. 🙂
and im telling you… the twist at the end, made me question about destiny. 🙂
"For months Clara Gardner trained to face the fire from her visions, but she wasn't prepared for the choice she had to make that day. And in the aftermath, she discovered that nothing about being part angel is as straightforward as she thought.
Now, torn between her love for Tucker and her complicated feelings about the roles she and Christian seem destined to play in a world that is both dangerous and beautiful, Clara struggles with a shocking revelation: Someone she loves will die in a matter of months. With her future uncertain, the only thing Clara knows for sure is that the fire was just the beginning."
Boy, i wouldn't have imagined that this will up a notch.. but it did, in my opinion and in the state of my heart where Ms. Hand left after i closed the last few pages. Hallowed left me almost breathless, though no heavy climax or action needed to support that. Just the feelings of each and every character, enough to put my heart in its most saddest form. Like something was squeezing the life out of it, my heart was tattered and shredded into heavy pieces. Why o why did she have to do it? I had this heaviness since she gave me the scenario of Clara's next vision right at the first chapter. Imagine the struggle?! I had so many speculations, and i fear for them to happen. I was afraid for it might come true. What she thought of losing might be happening on my next turn of a page. And i dreaded that. Every troubled situation they were in, I prayed that Clara will be as tough as. But when it finally did happen, i cannot say if i am relieved or devastated. I was in denial, for quite a few minutes. After all, the revelations and the happenings and the decisions made were a lot to take in. But It cannot be the end for everything… I refuse to believe that. No matter how righteous everyone's decision, it just can't be the end of it. 😦
and i'm telling you… it kept me sullen for quite a few hours, mulling over how this one ended. it just cannot be that sad!
Bonus: RADIANT (a novella #2.5)
"Clara is desperate to get away—from the memories that haunt her in Wyoming and the visions of a future she isn't ready to face—and spending the summer in Italy with her best friend, Angela, should be the perfect escape. . . .
For as long as she can remember, Angela has been told that love is dangerous, that she must always guard her heart. But when she met a mysterious guy in Italy two years ago she was determined to be with him, no matter the costs. Now she must decide whether she can trust Clara with her secret, or if telling her the truth will risk everything she cares about."
THAT summer in Italy. a nice escape to yes! a quick novella, entertaining to read but not in a "must-to-be" sense. because with or without this facts or infos about angela's affair with phen, the trilogy will still harbor the same result. after reading, it didn't alter my opinion on angela or phen's character. wit or without this RADIANT, the trilogy is complete as it is.
'The past few years have held more surprises than part-angel Clara Gardner could ever have anticipated. Yet from the dizzying highs of first love, to the agonizing low of losing someone close to her, the one thing she can no longer deny is that she was never meant to live a normal life.
Since discovering the special role she plays among the other angel-bloods, Clara has been determined to protect Tucker Avery from the evil that follows her . . . even if it means breaking both their hearts. Leaving town seems like the best option, so she's headed back to California – and so is Christian Prescott, the irresistible boy from the vision that started her on this journey in the first place.
As Clara makes her way in a world that is frighteningly new, she discovers that the fallen angel who attacked her is watching her every move. And he's not the only one. . . . With the battle against the Black Wings looming, Clara knows she must finally fulfill her destiny. But it won't come without sacrifices and betrayal."
oooh..what a ride…oops a flight, is more fitting! hehe Angel-blood clara and all her adventures made me like this series more. I can truly say that every thing fits perfectly into its places. the words, the scenes, the characters. not forced, but was presented in a very smooth way. oh i just loved each and one of them. the story itself is quite predictable but boy, there were a lot of times that i never saw things coming. some were sudden and drastic turn of events but flowed smoothly at that, leaving a transition of one feeling to another heartfelt and tugging moments right at the core of your soul. i loved how Ms. Hand played about the love conflicts. it was just the ideal way. and the revelations, they kept on coming without warning. so you were left craving for more of Clara, Christian, Tucker and Jeffrey.
finales can make or break a series. BOUNDLESS passed that stage with flying colors.
I never would have imagined that i would like this series more than i am willing to admit. But i did! I LIKED UNEARTHLY, I FELT FOR HALLOWED, AND BOUNDLESS CLOSED THE DEAL. i may not tell you whom clara ended with, but this i will leave you to think about. "because, he is my home." now, destiny or not, your guess is as good as mine, when i just started on this. to know how will it happen, that is your quest. But i am a sucker for happy ever afters, i just want you to know that. 🙂
Go, fellow readers, read and find out for yourselves!
As for me, this a good break for scouting for more paranormal angelic readings.. hence, angels redeemed their likable status for me. Thank you Ms. Cynthia Hand.
TEASER TUESDAYs (July 15, 2014)
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:
• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) "teaser" sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn't give too much away! You don't want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers.
this is mine,
"… but most of all, i was trying not to think about the fact that we had been told, by experts who knew these things, that he had approximately three months left to live."
SECOND CHANCE SUMMER by MORGAN MATSON


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Bill Brown - Founder
Bill Brown is the founder of BEX Live, he sees the organisation as one of the national vehicles to tackle economic inequality. It is well documented that the black pound is worth more than £10 billion in the UK. He is encouraging more people of colour to start businesses where real wealth can be attained to create a product or a service, rather than be perpetual consumers.
Marcia Reid - BEX LIVE Associate
Marcia is the founder and owner of Vision 2 Reality event management which provides an event and planning service. Marcia has been a BEX Live Associate since 2013.
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Consultant Coordinator for Hair and Beauty Extensive experience in the hair and beauty industry, currently lecturing in further education. Responsible for coordinating BEX Hair and Beauty 2016.
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JB Designs Part of BEX Live as graphic designer for their promotional work such as flyers, tickets and posters. Has a BA HONS in graphic communication and multiple years in the graphic design industry.
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Carlson-Bradley, poet, Hillsborough
Martha Carlson-Bradley was born in Gardner, Massachusetts, and received her MFA in Writing from Warren Wilson College and a PhD in English from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In 2000 she was awarded a St. Botolph Foundation Grant and nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Her extensive reading schedule has included many local venues, such as the Dell Rossi's Reading Series in Dublin, Poetry Hoot Series in Portsmouth, AVA Gallery Readings in Lebanon and New England Voices Series at the Toadstool Bookshop in Milford. Season We Can't Resist, her first full-length book of poems, will be published in 2007 by WordTech Editions. Her chapbooks include Nest Full of Cries, a poem sequence based on Hansel and Gretel, and Beast at the Hearth, based on three different versions of the Beauty and the Beast tale; both chapbooks were published by Adastra Press. Her works have appeared in such magazines as New England Review, Worcester Review, Carolina Quarterly, Yankee Magazine, and Marlboro Review.
board trustee and director of publications at the New Hampshire
Writers' Project, Carlson-Bradley currently works as
a freelance book and magazine editor and as a freelance writer,
with pieces recently published in The Wire and The
Occasional Moose. Her uncle is acclaimed New Hampshire
visual artist, E. Thor Carlson of Newport, NH.
work is predominately lyric in nature--emphasizing timeless,
single moments of insight and associations of images, ideas
and feelings-but my lyric poems are often strung together
in sequences that suggest a narrative line. I strive for language
that is both lush and spare-and though my poems touch on the
personal, I'm committed to writing poems that connect
to worlds much larger than my own personal history, such as
the worlds of nature, science, history and folklore."
here to read one of Martha Carlson-Bradley's poems
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Thursday, August 29, 2013
CPDT Study Session #6: Why Do Dogs Do That?
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
CPDT Study Session #5: How Did Dogs Become Dogs?
Sunday, August 25, 2013
Kathy Sdao Seminar: Letting Reactive Dogs Choose
|Not drowning!
Saturday, August 24, 2013
Review: Orijen Tundra Freeze-Dried Dog Food (Courtesy of Chewy.com!)
I love freeze-dried food for backpacking trips. A full day's worth of calories for the Maisy Dog only weighs 2 ounces! For those of you who have hiked for many miles with everything you need on your back, you'll know why this is so exciting.
I reconstituted the Orijen and another freeze-dried food using cool water. Even though the package recommends warm water, I used the cool water as it's just more true to what happens in the back country. Both foods needed to be broken into smaller pieces in order to dissolve.
Then I set the Orijen down next to the other freeze-dried food, and the Orijen was a CLEAR winner. Maisy chose it time and again, no matter how many times I shuffled the two bowls around.
So it's two thumbs and four paws (plus one ear) up for Orijen's freeze-dried food!
Tuesday, August 20, 2013
CPDT Study Session 4: Puppy Development
|5 months old and venturing off on her own.
In all this reading, I discovered a sneaky truth: there are no hard-and-fast timelines, nor even agreement on what each stage is called. The first part wasn't really a surprise, but I was a bit taken aback by the fact that there are so many ways to break down a puppy's development. I'm going to try to synthesize this material into something cohesive, but you should keep in mind that these periods can overlap, and that the breed of the dog will influence the timelines.
Neonatal Period, birth to 14 days
The neonatal period is rather boring, truth be told. In this stage, a puppy's eyes are closed and he is functionally deaf. He is completely dependent on his mother, and researchers have found little to no classical conditioning happening at this stage (at least, not in a way they could use). The puppy's task at this time is to develop some basic mobility and sensory awareness.
Transitional Period, 14 to 21 days
The transitional period begins when the puppy's eyes open and ends when he startles at noises. This usually takes place between 2 and 3 weeks. The pup's eyes will be a hazy or cloudy blue color, and will remain that way until 6 to 8 weeks. The teeth begin to form this point, and the sensory capabilities continue to develop.
Socialization Period, 3 weeks to ?? weeks
During this period of time, which most sources agree starts around 3 weeks, the puppy's brain develops rapidly. Although a puppy is born with basically all the brain cells he will ever have, the brain volume increases greatly due to the synaptic connections that are being physically formed. The Coppingers did brain scans and found that when a puppy is born, his brain volume is 8 cubic centimeters. By 2 months, it's 50 cubic cm, 80 cubic cm by 4 months, and 100 cubic cm at 12 months, which tends to be its final amount.
The connections that are being formed are due to socialization. This is where the puppy basically learns safe vs. not safe. If he encounters novel people/dogs/animals/surfaces/objects/sounds/etc. and has a good experience, that thing becomes classified as safe. If he encounters something and has a bad experience, that thing becomes not safe. If he doesn't encounter a certain thing at all, it will default to the not safe category. This is where behavioral problems like fear or aggression can come from.
The socialization window ends anywhere from 10 to 16 weeks. Dehasse says that studies have shown that between 3 to 5 weeks, a puppy will investigate just about anything without much hesitancy. At 7 to 9 weeks, the puppy needs more time to overcome his uncertainty (Dehasse uses the the word "fear") and investigate a novel person. At 12 weeks, the puppy can overcome his fear, but only with "active manipulation" from the person. At 14 weeks, Dehasse says that socialization to people is nearly impossible if the dog hasn't already experienced them.
The Coppingers assert that by 16 weeks, a dog's personality is set for life. If he's timid at 16 weeks, he'll be timid at 3 years. They acknowledge that training and behavior modification can change the dog's personality, but are quick to say that the dog will have a social "accent" for the rest of his life. I really, really like that phrase, because it's a great way of describing how a dog can change yet still have lingering effects from the past.
Other things that happen during this stage:
At 3 weeks of age, the puppies begin to play with one another. From now until 7 weeks, they are developing bite inhibition. This is why it is so important that puppies stay with their litter for at least this long.
Mother dogs tend to initiate weaning at about 5 weeks. She does this by growling or snapping at her pups, especially when their sharp little puppy teeth hurt her teats. In response, the pups will roll over in deference. A puppy who is force weaned by being separated from his mom tends to show a reduction in appeasement behaviors; he has literally not learned how to do them. This can create issues in social hierarchies down the road.
House training happens during this stage as well. In the neonatal period, Momma Dog stimulates elimination. Around 2 to 3 weeks, elimination becomes spontaneous on the part of the puppy, and very soon after, the puppy will leave the bedding area to eliminate. By 8 weeks, the puppy will have developed substrate preferences for elimination. This is why it is so hard to house train a mill or pet store puppy; he has literally learned to pee where ever he is at the moment.
Fear Periods Multiple, but first one 7 to 12 weeks
This is probably where the biggest variation between puppies occurs. Although puppies will go through several fear periods- defined as a time when the puppy is especially sensitive to bad experiences- they vary in timing and number. Dehasse argues that the first fear period begins when the socialization period ends; around 12 weeks. The Coppingers, on the other hand, suggest that the first fear period starts around 7 weeks.
The owner's job during this time, whenever it happens, is to prevent or minimize bad experiences as much as possible. Bad experiences tend to be traumatic at this time and has a lifelong impact on behavior. There is at least one more fear period (and sometimes more than one) between 6 and 14 months, which roughly correlates with puberty.
Hierarchy and Status Development, 3 to 4 months
Bennett and Briggs were the only ones to label this as a separate developmental period, although Dehasse did allude to it. During this time, dogs start to figure out who they are in relation to other dogs. They also begin teething during this time as their incisors come in.
Flight Instinct or Exploration Period, 4 to 8 months
Puppy develops some independence during this period. He changes from the sweet shadow that follows you everywhere to no longer needing the immediate protection of his owner. This manifests itself as a desire to explore territory, and he will venture further and further away. This is the period where dogs begin to "blow off" their recall cues and find being chased a grand game!
Puberty, 6 to 12 months
During this time, pups begin to figure out all things sexual. An unspayed female will go into heat for the first time around now. Dogs will also begin to show wariness of the unknown. Dehasse says this isn't so much a behavioral fear as it is a cognitive process.
Social Maturity, 1 to 3 years
Social maturity very much depends on the breed, with smaller dogs tending to enter social maturity before bigger dogs. During this time, we see the effects of the earlier periods, and especially the results of our socialization efforts (or lack thereof) and experiences during the fear periods. This means it's when reactivity or aggression tends to rear its ugly head.
Sunday, August 18, 2013
Kathy Sdao Seminar: 10 Ways to Get Behavior
|Picture is unrelated. But beautiful!
Friday, August 16, 2013
CPDT Study Session #3: Important or Not?
Last weekend, I read Excelerated Learning by Pam Reid. As a side note, this was the first book I ever read on dog training, and it took me two months to get through it… and even then, I didn't understand much of it. This time around, it took less than two days, and most of it was review.
But there was one section that I found very enlightening (and which I cross referenced against several other books): the processes of habituation, adaptation, and sensitization. Each of these is a way that a dog determines whether or not something is important or not, and how to respond.
Habituation happens when a dog "gets used to" something. Typically, the stimulus they get used to is something that initially causes either a startle or orienting response ("Woah, what's that?") but not outright fear. Through repeated exposure, the dog learns that the stimulus is not important and quits reacting to it.
The author gave the example of dropping your keys on the kitchen floor; the loud noise would likely cause your dog to jump or whip around to look at what just happened. If you were to drop your keys every thirty seconds, your dog might realize that nothing bad happens to him, and so the noise has no significance. This is habituation.
Habituation is prone to spontaneous recovery. That is, if your dog habituates to the sound of dropping keys on Monday, but then you don't drop them again until Friday, chances are pretty good that he would startle or look for the source of the sound again.
Learned irrelevance is similar to habituation. When a dog has learned that something is irrelevant, he doesn't react to it. However, unlike habituation, the stimulus originally caused little (if any) reaction. This means that stimuli that have been subjected to learned irrelevance are not susceptible to spontaneous recovery. The most common example of this is a dog learning that cue words have no consequence or meaning because they've been introduced so poorly or repeated so often.
Although adaptation is often used interchangeably with sensitization, they are not the same thing. I have a decent collection of books on dog training and ethology, and even so, only this book and Ken Ramirez's book on animal training distinguished between the two.
Adaptation does not involve learning (as habituation does). Instead, it is a physical process in which the sensory neurons get overloaded. For example, people who smoke typically don't notice the smell that clings to them while non-smokers notice it right away. This is because the smokers have adapted to the smell.
The opposite of habituation is sensitization. Instead of getting used to something, the dog's reaction to the stimulus becomes stronger. Using the example of the keys, if a dog is becoming sensitized to them, each subsequent time you drop them, he will go startling to more intense reactions like barking or running away.
This is part of why expecting a dog to "just get over" something can backfire; instead of teaching them the stimulus is nothing to worry about, they get worse. Stimuli that elicit strong emotional responses tend to sensitize. The problem, of course, is that you don't always know when something will do this. If your dog was a rescue, and if his previous owners threw keys at him to punish him, he might have a strong response to that and sensitize to it.
Of course, it may have nothing to do with a previous experience; anxious dogs are likely predisposed to sensitization instead of habituation. The author notes that sensitized dogs tend to over-react to many things, and often this is a very generalized response instead of stimulus-specific.
Finally, since we're talking about the idea of "just get over it," a discussion on flooding is worthwhile. Also known as response prevention, flooding is an extinction procedure in which the dog is forced to be around a stimulus the startles or scares it. Because the dog is prevented from escaping an uncomfortable stimulus, they often get worse; being trapped is scary.
This isn't to say that flooding never works- it can- but the author states that it only works if the dog becomes exhausted and unable to respond. Personally, I am so not interested in doing that to my dog, but even if was willing to do it, the risk of learned helplessness is too great.
Learned helplessness happens when a dog is subjected to aversive stimuli that has nothing to do with his behavior, his behavior has no effect in preventing or stopping it, and he's unable to escape. Dogs who develop learned helplessness become shut down and "just take it."
And that's your quick crash course on what happens when a dog decides if something is important (or not). Anyone else out there read Excelerated Learning? What was the biggest thing you took away from it?
Tuesday, August 13, 2013
Review: Nature's Variety Instinct Raw Boost Minis from Chewy.com
- They are actually training-treat-size. I wouldn't have minded if they were about half this size, but they are just fine as they are. (I tried to break them in half, but because they are dehydrated, they crumble pretty easily. I didn't try using a knife. I probably should have, but honestly, I'm too lazy for that.)
- At 2 calories a pop, they're easy on the waistline.
- The ingredients are great, although dogs with allergies will want to check the ingredients; it's not single-source protein and it has a few fruits/veggies/supplements that could give some dogs problems.
Finally, Chewy.com told me to tell you that there is a Rafflecopter giveaway available. I don't really get all this new-fangled technology stuff, but "rafflecopter" is an awesome name, amirite?
Sunday, August 11, 2013
Kathy Sdao Seminar: See and Mark the Behavior You Like!
|Kathy works with a small group on their skills!
Friday, August 9, 2013
CPDT Study Session #2: Schedules of Reinforcement
Continuous Reinforcement Schedules (CRF)
Most training starts here, with the continuous rate of reinforcement. This means that every time the dog does the behavior, he gets reinforced. It works best during the teaching phase, and it helps establish a strong contingency between the behavior and the reinforcer.
If you use a continuous reinforcement schedule, keep in mind that these behaviors are quite susceptible to "extinction," which means that if you stop reinforcing the behavior, the dog is going to stop the behavior. Since it can be difficult to be sure that you reinforce every instance of a behavior, this schedule is a bit impractical. This is why most trainers switch to some kind of variable reinforcement schedule, but it is possible to use a continuous rate for the life of an animal (indeed, it's what the Baileys- arguably some of the best animal trainers of the 20th century- used most of the time).
Partial (or Intermittent) Schedules (PRF)
There are several types of partial (sometimes called intermittent) reinforcement schedules. Although each type is distinct from the others, they do have several things in common. These are used when a continuous schedule is simply too cumbersome, for whatever reason. They are more resistant to extinction, and they typically feel more "natural" to people. You do need to be cautious that you don't "thin" the schedule too quickly as this will cause "ratio strain" and degrade the quality of the behavior.
Fixed Ratio (FR)
A fixed ratio is when the reinforcer is given after a certain number of behaviors. The number after the abbreviation informs you how many behaviors need to be done before reinforcement is earned. For example, an FR5 means the dog must do five sits (or whatever) before receiving his treat.
Fixed ratios will produce high, steady rates of responding due to their systematic, consistent, and predictable nature. That said, fixed ratios also have a "post reinforcement pause" where the dog will briefly stop doing the behavior immediately after being reinforced. Their response time will increase as they approach the next opportunity for reinforcement. If your ratio is very high (such as an FR400), the post reinforcement pause will be longer.
Variable Ratio (VR)
In a variable ratio, the frequency of treats given is variable from trial to trial and should happen after an unpredictable number of times. It's typically done around an average number of times. For example, a VR4 would mean that the treats are given approximately 1 out of 4 responses. During a series of behaviors, the treat may be given on the 2nd repetition, the 6th repetition, and then the 4th repetition.
Variable ratios yield high, steady rates of responding, and there is a much lower rate of post response pauses. This schedule is also more resistant to extinction and useful for fading out a fixed ratio schedule. That said, a truly variable ratio is difficult to achieve as we humans tend to be pattern dependent.
Fixed Interval (FI)
In a fixed interval, reinforcement is given after a certain period of time. An FI5 would indicate that reinforcement is given for the first correct behavior after 5 seconds (or minutes, depending) has passed since the last reinforcement.
Interval schedules (both fixed and variable) are great for teaching duration behaviors. A fixed interval is prone to extinction, though, and has a pronounced post reinforcement pause. In this case, the pause is "scallop-shaped;" the behavior levels off in the first bit of time, and then increases in frequency as the time for reinforcement comes due. This is similar to a student checking the clock more frequently when class is almost over.
Variable Interval (VI)
In this schedule, reinforcement is given on an average amount of time, which means the first correct behavior after an unpredictable amount of time has passed is reinforced. Like the variable ratio, a VI4 would mean that the reinforcement happens approximately every 4 seconds (minutes, etc.), but that the amount of time elapsed will change from trial to trial.
This schedule produces a slow, steady rate of responding, although you don't tend to get a particularly high rate of behavior. It has good resistance to extinction, making it particularly good for fading out a fixed interval schedule. Like the variable ratio, it can be difficult to be truly unpredictable.
When I get around to it, I'll post about the differential reinforcement schedules. There are quite a few of these, and they are arguably more interesting than these more basic schedules. But for now- what are you guys studying?
Wednesday, August 7, 2013
Soul Mates
|Photo by Laura.
Sunday, August 4, 2013
Kathy Sdao Seminar: The R in Dog Training
|The camera caught me mid-reinforcement!


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by Eric Darnell Pritchard
Yesterday a friend text me a link to actress Janet Hubert's (affectionately known as "Aunt Viv," the character she originated on the 90s sitcom "The Fresh Prince of Bel Air" starring Will Smith) video message criticizing Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith after Pinkett Smith released a video to Facebook called "We Must Stand in Our Power." In the video, Pinkett Smith discusses the problem of the lack of diversity within the Academy Awards, a program of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, for inviting Black celebrities to perform or present the awards though Black actors, writers, directors, and other professionals rarely receive Oscar recognition. Pinkett Smith ends the video saying Black people should boycott the Oscars and other such awards, and invest in the Black communities award shows and programs, indicating that she would not be watching the Oscars and sending a shout-out to her friend Chris Rock, who will be hosting.
The summary of Hubert's major claims go something like this: 1) Jada Pinkett Smith could care less, she's just a mouthpiece for her husband who is salty he didn't get nominated for an Oscar, 2) Will Smith don't care about other Black actors, which Hubert says is evidenced when he allegedly did not go get her and the rest of the cast the same raise he got when they were on "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" together back in the day when he was asked by the cast to do so, and 3) the world has way more problems going on and boycotting the Oscars is inconsequential in comparison.
First, I take issue with Hubert reducing any woman, and in this case another Black woman, to being a mouthpiece for a man simply because she is expressing her opinion. The degree of misogyny and violence in this very premise is so disappointing because we all love Aunt Viv and expect more. It is also not true. Jada Pinkett Smith does have a record of being vocal about a number of sociopolitical issues going back many years, including comments on education, human trafficking, and rape culture. One may not always share Pinkett Smith's perspective, but she is not one that has not had an opinion on a matter of social and political consequence and not said a word. She and Will Smith have hosted the BET Awards, and produced films and television shows featuring other Black artists. Pinkett Smith's being vocal about social and political issues is not the thing that makes Hubert diminishing her as a mouthpiece problematic; what makes it problematic is that reducing her to a talking head is dehumanizing and disrespectful no matter what.
Even if Will Smith is just mad he didn't get nominated or if Pinkett Smith is mad because of the same, it wouldn't change the truth on which Pinkett Smith's critique is based. This is what people need to focus on, not on whether or not we think the Smiths are ideal people to make the critique. The response to this clear problem is on everybody, not just them, and to say we don't have to do anything about it because they are insincere in their critique and whining just because Will Smith didn't get nominated is dangerous and politically naive. The stakes of this conversation as so much more than that, and it is an opportunity too raise people's consciousness and get something accomplished regardless of whether or not you like the person speaking up. Also, Will Smith hasn't said a word, Jada Pinkett Smith is the one calling stuff out.Those who pay attention to Black pop culture know that this is not uncommon with the Smiths, Jada Pinkett Smith tends to be the one paying attention and speaking out (no shade on Will). Why should Jada Pinkett-Smith's critique be dismissed because of Ms. Hubert's grievance with her husband?
By bringing up the fact that Will Smith didn't get the entire cast a raise on "The Fresh Prince of Bel Air," Ms. Hubert makes her critique personal while simultaneously accusing the Smiths of being selfish. I do not want to call her bitter, because she has the right to her experience and to share it as she sees fit. I do wish she'd find a way forward for her own wellness since this feud has been over twenty years old now, but it's her life and her right to it. So let's just accept as a thought project that Will Smith is everything Janet Hubert says he is, this would not be the time to make it about that unless you do so in a way that forwards the conversation about the racism of the Academy Awards at the same time seeing as though that conversation is actually getting some play in this moment. Ms. Hubert could have been like 'I don't like his ass because he didn't give me no coins, but the Academy Awards are still racist and sexist …' because she knows they are, clearly. She could even have aired him out for her grievances with him and challenged them to do more on the matter. But instead she let's the fact that she wants to shame him get in her own way, and by extension everybody's way, and ends up silencing his wife's very valid critique of the industry's racism and lack of diversity, the same industry Hubert herself is critical of in the same video.
The argument Hubert makes that what is happening with the Academy Awards is not important in comparison to all the other issues happening in the world, and those specifically effecting Black people, is the most problematic point. The issue with the Academy Awards is institutional/structural racism. That is a problem. No, Oscar Racism is not the same as police brutality. It is also not cisgender and transgender Black women, children and men being killed with impunity in the streets just because they are Black. It is not poverty. It is not a lot of things that are awful and need our attention, but it doesn't mean it isn't important. All these things are connected and part of the same system. It is a different head on a multi-headed monster that needs to have its head knocked clean off its shoulders for real systemic and social change to take place. These are facts.
Ms. Hubert saying "people have real problems" was a dog whistle to people who do not have the economic resources and social support of Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith to encourage people to turn their heads to the criticism of Pinkett Smith. This is dangerous because it puts people in the position of having to turn their heads to being vocal about a change that could be in their own best interest or the best interest of other people who are dealing with racism in the film and television industry, and by extension, to turn their heads to the psychological violence of a lack of representation in the industry and recognition for ones good work. It matters. It is basically a call to have us dismiss what Pinkett Smith says about the academy on the basis of them being rich and successful. The fact that they are rich is such a non factor in whether or to we call the Academy Awards out for their mess. That's the issue at hand. Let's all focus.
As for Jada Pinkett Smith's video, I am here for much of what Pinkett Smith expresses. The Academy Awards have clear race bias when it comes to the history of nominations and awards. That bias is even more clear even comparing the number of Black men that have been nominated and/or won an Oscar to Black women. There are so many receipts to these facts it would be an insult to even have to debate anyone about it, but let me give you a few. Exhibit one, only one Black actress, Halle Berry has ever won the Academy Award for Best Actress. There is one White woman, Katherine Hepburn, who won that same award 4 times. Furthermore, outside of Hepburn the entire list of best actresses are White women.
Exhibit two, someone recently commented that Halle Berry and Denzel Washington being awarded Best Actress and Best Actor in the same night in 2002 was proof that things have changed for the Academy Awards from the past, and I'm like, ummmm, NO! How many years have a White man and a White woman done that very thing year after year? Answer: Pretty much every year, the exceptions being the handful of times one of those two awardees had ben a person of color but the other was again White. And saying "a handful of times" is generous. Those are good odds, if you're a White actor or actress in Hollywood. Not so good if you are a person of color, and certainly not if you're a woman of color in Hollywood. So Pinkett Smith and everyone who is outraged by the Academy Awards is clearly right on this front.
Where I think Pinkett Smith misses the mark is the following. First, many Black artists and Black people have already had this very same call for Black people to invest in our own awards shows, art programs, and so forth. Actress, comedian and producer Mo'Nique, who won an Academy Award for the film "Precious," has said in interview that while she sees why the Oscar is so important to people for her winning the NAACP Image Award was her big moment. Many others have said and feel the same. So this is not a new observation or call. I am glad, however, that Pinkett Smith feels it is time for she and other A-list Black Hollywood people to do the same. May I suggest Pinkett-Smith and any Black actors who join her start by petitioning the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Cheryl Boone Isaacs, the Oscar Awards producer Reginald Hudlin, and Pinkett Smith's friend Chris Rock? They could ask the three of them, not because they are Black but because it is right and they are in leadership roles within the Academy and Academy Awards, to make some hard decisions about how to address this problem today and not just show up to work and say "this is wrong" but the show must go on, which is basically what they are saying. I mean, the fact that Boone Isaacs can only say she is disappointed with the lack of diversity (she said the same thing last year when the #OscarsSoWhite campaign emerged by the way, and ain't a damn thing change!) and Rock makes a joke via Twitter about the Oscars being "the White BET Awards" (boy, bye!), shows the sea of sickness in which we are swimming when dealing with racism in Hollywood.
I also disagree with Pinkett Smith's statement that the Academy has the right to honor and invite whomever they choose. If the decision they make is one that is discriminatory and reflection of deeply held structural racism as an institution, and clearly this is the case (see above receipts), then they do not have the right to continue as they have been. It has to stop. Saying that Black people need to invest in our own award shows is fine, but that doesn't mean that the Academy gets to go about the business of not being accountable to diversity and social justice. No, ma'am. These things go hand in hand. Change has to come to the Academy Awards, and Black Hollywood celebs who have valued it over the Image Awards and other Black created and operated honors need to do better. It's not either or, it's both and.
What I would have liked is to see not just Pinkett Smith and Spike Lee (who also announced a boycott of the Oscar's via instagram) be the two who piped up individually, but to see Black Hollywood collectively come together and say "No more!" Imagine what it would do if Pinkett Smith, Lee, and other Black celebrities and allies wrote and signed an open letter detailing the decades of discriminatory practices within the Academy Awards and demanding change. Imagine what it would look like if the NAACP were to say, we will hold the Image Awards on the same day as the Oscars every year and ask all Black artists, Black people and other people of color and White allies to do the same. Their is precedent (though not nearly the same as what is happening with the Oscars, so I do not mean to draw a correlation of sameness) that offers a good model they might pursue. I was but a child when in 1991 when 1,603 Black women took out a full-page advertisement in the New York Times referred to as "African American Women In Defense of Ourselves." The ad came in the wake of the hearing regarding Clarence Thomas's sexual harassment of Anita Hill. During the hearing politicians, the media, and general public were responsible for so many historically inaccurate, pathologizing, and demonizing comments about Black women and Black womanhood that the petition these women made helped put the voices of Black women in the center of their own stories in the public, and not continue to be misrepresented and talked over (as Hill had literally been talked over in the hearings and how Black women were and still are) in everyday life. This is what it means for people to come together publicly and say enough is enough.
Yes, one persons critique does matter on its own, but when you have the social and economic resources to draw support from others toward the good it should be used. Black Hollywood, and by this I mean the collective, are in this position, and I wish they would exercise it for the good of social change in the ways many Black people without the same social, political and economic resources do so everyday. I think Pinkett Smith knows as much given her request, but it can be more than what she has proposed and it can be organized and occur on a much larger scale.
What I do not think that Black Hollywood is willing to confront is that the racism of the Academy Awards depends on their silence and it has bought that silence for years for many of them with the promise of maybe they too winning an Academy Award if they play nice. At the very least it has promised them work (however meager that work is) if they keep their head down, mouth shut, and continue to play the game. I still believe that the only reason Viola Davis didn't win an Oscar for "The Help" was because she did interviews talking about the lack of diversity in the industry during the period when everyone is campaigning for an Oscar. She risked it then and is still risking it now because it is the right thing to do, others should do the same they have nothing to lose whether they realize it or not because here is the truth: meritocracy, even in Hollywood, is a myth that does not and has never benefited Black excellence, so just doing the work ain't gonna get you a thing. So, you might as well speak truth to power and sleep well, with or without an Oscar.
Black hollywood needs to look to their Black actor ancestors, in particular Paul Robeson, Ruby Dee, and Ossie Davis to name only a few, who made decisions to speak up for the truth of social injustice all over the world even when it cost them professionally, socially, and politically. In fact, today's celebs do not even have to start by being an activist global citizen like Robeson and his wife Eslanda Goode Robeson, or getting thrown in jail for civil disobedience like Dee and Davis. They can start at home with their other A-list friends by saying enough is enough and doing something about it right where they stand.