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Hadfield, K., Ungar, M., & Nixon, E. (in press). Rethinking discourses of family and stability. Journal of Family Social Work.
Ungar, M. Amarasingam, A., & Morgan, S. (in press). Barriers to violence and pathways to resilience among Canadian Indigenous youth. Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health.
Wu, Q., MA, T., Emond, A., Foster, K, Gatt, J, Hadfield, K., Mason-Jones, A., Reid, S., Theron, L., Ungar, M., & Would, T. (in press). Acculturation, resilience and the mental health of migrant youth: A cross-country comparative study. Public Health.
Ungar, M. (2018). Systemic resilience: principles and processes for a science of change in contexts of adversity. Ecology and Society 23(4):34.
Hadfield, K. & Ungar, M. (2018). Do changes to family structure impact child and family outcomes? A systematic review of the instability hypothesis. Journal of Family Theory & Review. DOI: 10.1111/jftr.12243
Sanders, J., Munford, R., Boden, J., and, Liebenberg, L. (2018). The same but different? Applicability of a general resilience model to vulnerable youth. Youth and Society.
Theron, L. & Ungar, M. (2018). Limiting the impacts of child abuse and neglect by understanding which supports matter most: A differential impact approach. Child Abuse & Neglect, 78, 1-3.
Ungar, M. (2018). The differential impact of social services on young people's resilience. Child Abuse & Neglect, 78, 4-13. Doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2017.09.024
Allan, R., Eatough, V., & Ungar, M. (2017). "Now I know the terrain": Phenomenological exploration of CFTs learning an evidence-based practice. Contemporary Family Therapy, 40(2), 164-175. doi:10.1007/s10591-017-9448-4
Cox, R., Irwin, P., Ungar, M., & Dixon, T. (2017). Children and youth's biopsychosocial health in the context of energy resource activities. Environmental Research (158), 499-507.
Hadfield, K., Ostrowski, A., & Ungar, M. (2017). What can we expect of the mental health and wellbeing of Syrian refugee children and adolescents in Canada? Canadian Psychology, 58, 194-201.
Liebenberg, L., Ungar, M., & LeBlanc, J. C. (2017). The CYRM-12: A brief measure of resilience. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 104(2), e131-e135. doi:10.17269/cjph.104.3657
Panter-Brick, C., Hadfield, C., Dajani, R., Eggerman, M., Ager, A. & Ungar, M. (2017). The Child and Youth Resilience Measure: Validation for use with Arabic-speaking refugee and war-affected youth. Child Development. doi: 10.1111/cdev.12868
Ungar, M. (2017). Which counts more? The differential impact of the environment or the differential susceptibility of the individual? British Journal of Social Work, 47(5), 1279–1289.
Ungar, M., Connelly, G., Liebenberg, L., & Theron, L. (2017). How schools enhance the development of young people's resilience. Social Indicators Research, 1-13. doi:10.1007/s11205-017-1728-8
Ungar, M., Hadfield, K., & Ikeda, J. (2017). Young people's experiences of therapeutic relationships at high and low levels of risk and resilience. Journal of Social Work Practice, 1-17. doi:10.1080/02650533.2017.1384999
Ungar, M., Hadfield, K., Amarasingam, A., Morgan, S., & Grossman, M. (2017). The association between discrimination and violence among Somali Canadian youth. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. Doi:10.1080/1369183X.2017.1374169
Ungar, M. & Ikeda, J. (2017). Rules or no rules? Three strategies for engagement with young people in mandated services. Child & Adolescent Social Work Journal, 34(3), 259-267.
Van Rensburg, A., Theron, L., & Ungar, M. (2017). Using the CYRM-28 with South African young people: A factor structure analysis. Research on Social Work Practice, 1-10. doi:10.1177/1049731517710326
Collie, R. J., Martin, A. J., Bottrell, D., Armstrong, D., Ungar, M., & Liebenberg, L. (2016). Social support, academic adversity, and academic buoyancy: A person-centered analysis and implications for resilience and academic outcomes. Educational Psychology. Doi: 10.1080/01443410.2015.1127330
Munford, R. and Sanders, J. (2016). Understanding Service Engagement: Young People's Experience of Service Use. Journal of Social Work.
Ramos, H. & Ungar, M. (2016). Focusing on Refugee Children and Youth will Make a Difference. Canadian Diversity, 13(2), 17-19.
Allan, R., Eatough, V., & Ungar, M. (2015). "I had no idea this shame piece was in me": Couple and family therapists' experience with learning an evidence-based practice. Cogent Psychology. Doi: 10.1080/23311908.2015.1129120
Allan, R., Eatough, V., & Ungar, M. (2015). "Oh this is what It feels like": A role for the body in learning an evidence-based practice. Humanities, 4, 861-884.
Henry, S., Henaghan, M., Sanders, J. and Munford, R. (2015). Youth in Youth Justice Interventions: Wellbeing and Accountability. Youth Justice, Advance Access: Doi: 10.1177/1473225414562636.
Lal, S., Ungar, M., Malla, A., Leggo, C., & Suto, M. (2015). Impact of mental health services on resilience in youth with first episode psychosis: A qualitative study. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 1-11. doi:10.1007/s10488-015-0703-4
Lachance, L., Bray, J., & Ungar, M. (2015). Brief report: Wisdom 2 Action events as a route for dissemination and network building. International Journal of Child and Youth Resilience, 3(1), 117-124.
Li, Haibin, Liebenberg, L., and Ungar, M. (2015). Understanding Service Provision and Utilization for Vulnerable Youth: Evidence from Multiple Informants. Submitted to Child and Family Social Work.
Liebenberg, L., Theron, L., Sanders, J., Munford, R., van Rensburg, A., Rothmann, S., & Ungar, M. (2015). Bolstering resilience through teacher-student interaction: Lessons for school psychologists. School Psychology International. Doi: 10.1177/0143034315614689
Liebenberg, L., Ungar, M., & Ikeda, J. (2015). Neoliberalism and responsibilisation in the discourse of social service workers. British Journal of Social Work, 45(3), 1006-1021.
Martin, A. J., Bottrell, D., Armstrong, D., Mansour, M., Ungar, M., and Liebenberg, L. (2015). The role of resilience in assisting the educational connectedness of at-risk youth: A study of service users and non-users. Submitted to Journal of Research on Adolescence.
Munford, R. and Sanders, J. (2015). Components of Effective Social Work Practice in Mental Health for Young People who are Users of Multiple Services. Social Work in Mental Health.
Munford, R. and Sanders, J. (2015). Making Sense of their Experiences and Taking Control. Qualitative Social Work, Advance Access: Doi: 10.1177/1473325014565149.
Sanders, J., Munford, R., Anwar, W., Liebenberg, L., & Ungar, M. (2015). The role of positive youth development practices in building resilience and enhancing wellbeing for at-risk youth. Child Abuse & Neglect. Doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2015.02.006
Ungar, M. (2015). Patterns of family resilience. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy.
Ungar, M. (2015). Practitioner Review: Diagnosing childhood resilience: A systemic approach to the diagnosis of adaptation in adverse social ecologies. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 56(1), 4-17.
Ungar, M. (2015). Social ecological complexity and resilience processes. Commentary on 'A conceptual framework for the neurobiological study of resilience.' Behavioral and Brain Sciences.
Ungar, M., McGrath, P., Black, D., Sketris, I., Whitman, S., and Liebenberg, L. (2015). The Contribution Participatory Action Research Can Make to Knowledge Mobilization in Psychosocial Services for Children and Families. Qualitative social work.
Ungar, M., Theron, L., Liebenberg, L., Restrepo, A., Tian, G., Sanders, J., Munford, R., and Russell, S. (2015). Patterns of Individual Coping, Engagement with Social Supports, and Use of Formal Services Among a Five-country Sample of Resilient Youth. Children and Youth Services Review.
Ungar, M., Whitman, S., Hart, A., & Phipps, D. (2015). A simulation exercise to problem solve knowledge mobilization strategies for youth services. Gateways: International Journal of Community Research and Engagement.
Allan, R. & Ungar, M. (2014). Developing a measure of fidelity for an ecological approach to family therapy. Journal of Family Psychotherapy, 25(1). 26-41. Doi: 10.1080/08975353.2014.881688
Lal, S., Ungar, M., Malla, A.K., Frankish, J., &Suto, M.J. (2014). Meanings of well-being from the perspectives of youth recently diagnosed with psychosis. Journal of Mental Health, 23(1), 25-30.
Liebenberg, L., and Ungar, M. (2014). A Comparison of Service Use among Youth Involved with Juvenile Justice and Mental Health. Children and Youth Services Review, 39, 117-122. DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2014.02.007
Liebenberg, L. Ungar, M., and Theron, L. (2014). Using video observation and photo elicitation interviews to understand obscured processes in the lives of resilient youth. Childhood, 21(4), 532 - 547. DOI: 10.1177/0907568213496652
Liebenberg, L., Sanders, J., Munford, R. and Thimasarn-Anwar, T. (2014). Validation of the Hektner Future Emotions Questions as a Scale for Use with Youth in New Zealand. Child Indicators Research. DOI 10.1007/s12187-014-9269-z.
Munford, R. and Sanders, J. (2014). Negotiating and Constructing Identity: Social Work with Young People who Experience Adversity. British Journal of Social Work, Advance Access: Doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcu059.
Porcelli, P., Ungar, M., Liebenberg, L., &Trépanier, N. (2014). (Micro)mobility, disability and resilience: Exploring well-being among youth with physical disabilities. Disability and Society. Doi: 10.1080/09687599.2014.902360
Sanders, J. and Munford, R. (2014). Youth-centred Practice: Positive Youth Development Practices and Pathways to Better Outcomes for Vulnerable Youth. Children and Youth Services Review, 10.1016/j.childyouth.2014.08.020
Sanders, J. & Munford, R. (2014). The interaction between culture and opportunity: A New Zealand study. In Theron, L., Ungar, M. & Liebenberg, L. (Eds.) Youth Resilience and Culture - Commonalities and Complexities. USA, Springer.
Sanders, J., Munford, R., Liebenberg, L. and Ungar, M. (2014). Peer Paradox: The Tensions that Peer Relationships Raise for Vulnerable Youth. Child and Family Social Work, doi: 10.1111/cfs.12188.
Sanders, J., Munford, R., Liebenberg, L., and Ungar, M. (2014). Consistent Service Quality: The Connection between Service Quality, Risk, Resilience and Outcomes for Vulnerable Youth Clients of Multiple Services, Child Abuse and Neglect, 38, 687-697. DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2013.10.024
Sanders, J., Munford, R., Liebenberg, L. and Henaghan, M. (2014). Show some emotion? Ethical and emotional tensions in undertaking research with vulnerable youth. Field Methods,26,239-251. DOI: 10.1177/1525822X13516842
Stevens, K., Munford, R., Sanders, J., Liebenberg, L., & Ungar, M. (2014). Change, relationships and implications for practice: The experience of young people who use multiple services. International Journal of Child, Youth and Family.
Theron, L.C., Liebenberg, L. and Malinidi, M. J. (2014). When schooling experiences are respectful of children's rights: A pathway to resilience. School Psychology International, 35(3), 253-265. DOI: 1177/0142723713503254
Thimarsarn-Anwar, T., Sanders, J. & Munford, R., Jones, G. & Liebenberg, L. (2014). Rethinking late and lost to follow-up participants: The Youth Transitions Study. Journal of Youth Studies, 17(5), 626-641.
Ungar, M., Liebenberg, L., and Ikeda, J. (2014). Young People with Complex Needs: Designing Coordinated Interventions to Promote Resilience across Child Welfare, Juvenile Corrections, Mental Health and Education Services. British Journal of Social Work, 44, 675-693. DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcs147
Urry, Y., Sanders, J. and Munford, R. (2014). The 'right time': negotiating the timing of interviews with vulnerable young people. Journal of Youth Studies. DOI:10.1080/13676261.2014.944120.
Ungar, M., Russell, P., & Connolly, G. (2014). School-based interventions to enhance the resilience of students. Journal of Educational and Developmental Psychology, 4(1), 66-83.
Cameron, A., Theron, L., Tapanya, S., Li. C., Lau, C., Liebenberg, L., & Ungar, M. (2013). Visual perspectives on Majority World adolescent thriving. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 23 (1), 149-161.
Lal, S., Ungar, M., Leggo, C., Malla, A.K., Frankish, J., &Suto, M.J. (2013). Well-being and engagement in valued activities: Experiences of youth with psychosis. OTJR: Occupation, Participation, and Health, 33(4), 190-197.
Liborio, R. & Ungar, M. (2013). Resilience as Protagonism: Interpersonal Relationships, Cultural Practices and Personal Agency among Working Adolescents in Brazil. Journal of Youth Studies. DOI:10.1080/13676261.2013.834313
Liebenberg, L., Ungar, M., & LeBlanc, J. C. (2013). The CYRM-12: A brief measure of resilience. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 104(2), 131-135.
Liebenberg, L., Ungar, M., &Theron, L. (2013). Using video observation and photo elicitation interviews to understand obscured processes in the lives of resilient youth. Childhood. Available at: chd.sagepub.com. DOI: 10.1177/0907568213496652
McLuckie, A., Allan, R., & Ungar, M. (2013). Couple and Family Therapy within the current pan-Canadian context. Contemporary Family Therapy. doi 10.1007/s10591-013-9264-4
Sanders, J., Munford, R., Liebenberg, L. & Ungar, M. (2013). Multiple service use: The impact of consistency in service quality for vulnerable youth. Child Abuse and Neglect, 38(4), 687-697.
Theron, L. C., & Donald, D. R. (2013). Educational psychology and resilience in developing contexts: A rejoinder to Toland and Carrigan. School Psychology International, 34, 51-66. doi: 10.1177/0143034311425579.
Thimasarn-Anwar, T., Sanders, J., Munford, R., Jones, G., & Liebenberg, L. (2013). Re-thinking late and lost to follow-up participants: the New Zealand youth transitions study. Journal of Youth Studies, 16(23). DOI: 10.1080/13676261.2013.836593
Ungar, M., Ghazinour, M., & Richter, J. (2013). What is Resilience Within the Ecology of Human Development? Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 54(4), 348-366. DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.12025
Ungar, M., Liebenberg, L., Armstrong, M., Dudding, P., & Van de Vijver, F. J. R. (2013). Patterns of service use, individual and contextual risk factors, and resilience among adolescents using multiple psychosocial services. Child Abuse & Neglect, 37(2-3), 150-159.
Ungar, M. & Liebenberg, L. (2013). Contextual Factors Related to School Engagement and Resilience: A Study of Canadian Youth with Complex Needs. Journal of Child and Youth Development, 1(1), 3-26
Ungar, M., & Liebenberg, L. (2013). Ethnocultural factors, resilience, and school engagement.School Psychology International, 34(5), 514-526.
Ungar, M. (2013). Resilience after maltreatment: The importance of social services as facilitators of positive adaptation. Child Abuse & Neglect, 37(2), 110-115.
Ungar, M. (2013). Resilience, trauma, context and culture. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 14(3), 255-266.
Ungar, M. (2013). The impact of youth-adult relationships on resilience. International Journal of Child, Youth and Family Studies, 4(3), 328-336. DOI: 10.1177/1524838013487805
Allan, R., & Ungar, M. (2012). Couple and family therapy with five physical rehabilitation populations: A scoping review. Australian Journal of Rehabilitation Counselling, 18(2), 107-134.
Elias, M. J., & Theron, L. C. (2012). Linking purpose and ethics in thesis writing: South African illustrations of an international perspective. In J. G. Maree (Ed.), Complete your thesis or dissertation successfully: Practical guidelines (pp.145-160). Cape Town, South Africa:Juta.
Lal, S., Suto, M., & Ungar, M. (2012). Examining the Potential of Combining the Methods of Grounded Theory and Narrative Inquiry: A Comparative Analysis. The Qualitative Report, 17(41), 1-22.
Liebenberg, L., Ungar, M., & Van de Vijver, F. (2012). Validation of the Child and Youth Resilience Measure-28 (CYRM-28) among Canadian youth. Research of Social Work Practice, 22 (2), 219-226.
Liebenberg, L., Didkowsky, N. & Ungar, M. (2012). Analysing visual data using grounded theory: An exemplar of the Negotiating Resilience Project. Visual Studies, 1(27), 59-74.
Sanders, J., Munford, R., & Liebenberg, L. (2012). Young People, Their Families and Social Supports: Understanding Resilience with Complexity Theory. In, M. Ungar (Ed.), The Social Ecology of Resilience: A Handbook of Theory and Practice (pp.233-243). New York, NY: Springer.
Ungar, M., Liebenberg, L., & Ikeda, J. (2012). Young people with complex needs: Designing coordinated interventions to promote resilience across child welfare, juvenile corrections, mental health and education services. British Journal of Social Work. doi: 10.1093/bjsw/bcs147
Ungar, M., Liebenberg, L., Landry, N., & Ikeda, J. (2012). Caregivers, young people with complex needs, and multiple service providers: A study of triangulated relationships. Family process, 51(2), 193-206.
Ungar, M. (2012). Camps helps make children resilient. Camping Magazine, Sept/Oct, 24-27.
Ungar, M. (2012). Researching and theorizing resilience across cultures and contexts. Preventive Medicine, 55(5), 387-389.
Cameron, A., Theron, L., Ungar, M., & Liebenberg, L. (2011). Adapting visual methodologies to identify youth protective processes in negotiating resilience across cultures and contexts. Australian Community Psychologist, 23 (2), 68–84.
Liebenberg, L. & Ungar, M. (2011). Ethical concerns regarding participation of marginalized youth in research. Bulletin of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development, 1 (59), 24-27.
Montoya, N., Restrepo, A., Duque, L. F., & Ungar, M. (2011). Predicting resilient adolescents and youths: Validation of ascreening test in Colombia. Issues in Comprehensive Pediatric Nursing, 34, 1–22
Theron, L., Cameron, A., Lau, C., Didkowsky, N., Ungar, M., & Liebenberg, L. (2011). A 'day in the lives' of four resilient youths: Cultural roots of resilience. Youth and Society. doi: 10.1177/0044118X11402853
Ungar, M. (2011). Comme vincere un sistema iperprotettivo [How to stop overprotective parenting]. Special Issue: Parent protection and emancipation. Famiglia Oggi, 2(Mar-Apr), 8-15.
Ungar, M. (2011). Community resilience for youth and families: Facilitative physical and social capital in contexts of adversity. Children and Youth Social Services Review, 33, 1742–1748.
Ungar, M. (2011). The social ecology of resilience. Addressing contextual and cultural ambiguity of a nascent construct. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 81, 1-17.
Ungar, M. (2011). The Social Worker: A Novel: The Advantages of Fictional Re-presentations of Life Narratives. Cultural Studies Critical Methodologies, 11(3), 290–302.
Ungar, M., Duque, L.F. & Hernandez, D.M. (2011). Focus groups and longitudinal evaluation of intervention outcomes: Results from the Medellin Early Prevention of Aggression Program. International Journal of Multiple Research Approaches, 5 (1), 40-51.
Ungar, M. & Liebenberg, L. (2011). Assessing Resilience across Cultures Using Mixed Methods: Construction of The Child and Youth Resilience Measure. Journal of Multiple Methods in Research, 5 (2), 126-149.
Ungar, M., Theron, L. & Didkowsky, N. (2011). Adolescents' precocious and developmentally appropriate contributions to their families' well-being and resilience in five countries. Family Relations, 60 (2),231-246.
Didkowsky, N., & Ungar, M. (2010). Using a development-in-context approach to conceptualize the impact of sociopolitical restructuring on youth resilience in Russia. Youth and Society.
Didkowsky, N. Ungar, M., & Liebenberg, L. (2010). Using visual methods to capture embedded processes of resilience for youth across cultures and contexts. Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry,19(1), 12-18.
Lee, T.Y., Kwong, W.M., Cheung, C.K., Ungar, M. & Cheung, M.Y.L. (2010). Children's resilience-related beliefs as a predictor of positive child development in the face of adversities: Implications for interventions to enhance children's quality of life. Social Indicators Research, 93(3), 437-453.
Liborio, R. & Ungar, M. (2010). Resiliência oculta: a construção social do conceito e suas implicações para práticas profissionais junto a adolescentes em situação de risco [Hidden resilience: The social construction of the concept and implications for professional practices with at-risk adolescents].Psicologia, Reflexão e Crítica, 23(3), 476-484.
Liborio, R. & Ungar, M. (2010). Children's labour and work as a risky pathway to resilience: Children's growth in contexts of poor resources. Psicologia Reflexao e Critica, 23(2), 232-242.
Liborio, R. & Ungar, M. (2010). Children's perspectives on their economic activity as a pathway to resilience. Children and Society, 24, 326-338.
Ungar, M. (2010). Families as navigators and negotiators: Facilitating culturally and contextually specific expressions of resilience. Family Process, 49(3), 421-435.
Ungar, M. (2010). Aspetti generali e culturali della resiliencza nei bambini e nei giovani. Revista Sperimentale di Freniatria, 84(1), 109-122.
Ungar, M. (2010). What Is Resilience Across Cultures and Contexts? Advances to the Theory of Positive Development among Individuals and Families under Stress. Journal of Family Psychotherapy, 21(1), 1-16.
Ungar, M. (2009). Overprotective parenting: Helping parents provide children the right amount of risk and responsibility. American Journal of Family Therapy, 37(3), 258-271.
Ungar, M. (2009). Resilience practice in action: Five principles for intervention. Social Work Now, 43(August), 32-38.
Ungar, M., Barter, K., McConnell, S., Tutty, L. & Fairholm, J. (2009). Patterns of disclosure among youth. Qualitative Social Work, 8(3), 341-356.
Ungar, M. & Liebenberg, L. (2009). Cross-cultural consultation leading to the development of a valid measure of youth resilience:The International Resilience Project. Studia Psychologica, 51(2/3), 259-268.
Ungar, M., Tutty, L., McConnell, S., Fairholm, J. & Barter, K. (2009). What Canadian youth tell us about disclosing abuse. Child Abuse & Neglect, 33(10), 699-708.
Hartman, L., Little, A. & Ungar, M. (2008). Narrative inspired youth care work within a community agency. Journal of Systemic Therapies, 27(1), 44-58.
Little, A., Hartman, L. & Ungar, M. (2008). Introducing 'the narrative construal of reality' and 'the club of life'. International Journal of Narrative Therapy and Community Work, (1), 46-48.
Little, A., Hartman, L. & Ungar, M. (2008). Creating a narrative-based practice culture: Phoenix Youth Programs Case Study. Residential Treatment of Children and Youth, 25(4), 319-332.
Ungar, M. (2008). Resilience across cultures. British Journal of Social Work, 38(2), 218-235.
Ungar, M., Brown, M., Liebenberg, L., Cheung, M. & Levine, K. (2008). Distinguishing differences in pathways to resilience among Canadian youth. Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health, 27(1), 1-13.
Ungar, M., Liebenberg, L., Boothroyd, R., Kwong, W.M., Lee, T.Y., Leblanc, J., Duque, L. & Makhnach, A. (2008). The study of youth resilience across cultures: Lessons from a pilot study of measurement development. Research in Human Development, 5(3), 166-180.
Cameron, C.A., Ungar, M. & Liebenberg, L. (2007). Cultural understandings of resilience: Roots for wings in the development of affective resources for resilience. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Clinics of North America, 16(2), 285-302.
Carrey, N. & Ungar, M. (2007). Resilience theory and the diagnostic and statistical manual: Incompatible bed fellows? Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Clinics of North America, 16(2), 497-514.
Carrey, N. & Ungar, M. (Eds) (2007). Resilience. Monograph for the Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, Vol. 16(2).
Little, A., Hartman, L. & Ungar, M. (2007). Practical Applications of Narrative Ideas to Youth Care. Relational Child and Youth Care Practice, 20(4), 37-41.
Ungar, M., Brown, M., Liebenberg, L., Othman, R., Kwong, W.M., Armstrong, M. & Gilgun, J. (2007). Unique pathways to resilience across cultures. Adolescence, 42(166), 287-310.
Ungar, M. & Costanzo, L. (2007). Outsider and insider supervision: Addressing the barriers to MFT supervision. Journal of Systemic Therapies, 26(2), 68-83.
Ungar, M. (2006). "Too ambitious": What happens when funders misunderstand the strengths of qualitative research design. Qualitative Social Work, 5(2), 261-277.
Ungar, M. (2006). Nurturing hidden resilience in at-risk youth across cultures. Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 15(2), 53-58.
Ungar, M. (2006). Practising as a postmodern supervisor. Journal of Marital & Family Therapy, 32(1), 59-72.
Armstrong, M., Birnie-Lefcovich, S. & Ungar, M. (2005). Pathways between social support, quality of parenting and child resilience: A transactional model. Journal of Family and Child Studies, 14(2), 269-281.
Ungar, M. (2005). Pathways to resilience among children in Child Welfare, Corrections, Mental Health and Educational settings: Navigation and Negotiation. Child and Youth Care Forum 34(6), 423-444.
Ungar, M. (2005). Resilience among children in child welfare, corrections, mental health and educational settings: Recommendations for service. Child and Youth Care Forum, 34(6), 445-464.
Ungar, M. (2005). A thicker description of resilience. The International Journal of Narrative Therapy and Community Work, (3-4), 89-96.
Ungar, M., Clark, S., Kwong, W.M., Cameron, A. & Makhnach, A. (2005). Researching resilience across cultures. Journal of Cultural and Ethnic Social Work, 14(3/4), 1-20.
Ungar, M., Dumont, C. & MacDonald, W. (2005). Risk, resilience and outdoor programming for at-risk children. Journal of Social Work, 5(3), 319-338.
Ungar, M., Lee. A.W., Callaghan, T. & Boothroyd, R. (2005). An international collaboration to study resilience in adolescents across cultures. Journal of Social Work Research and Evaluation, 6(1), 5-24.
Campbell, C.G. & Ungar, M. (2004). Constructing a life that works: Part One. The fit between postmodern family therapy and career counselling. The Career Development Quarterly, 53(1), 16-27.
Campbell, C.G. & Ungar, M. (2004). Constructing a life that works: Part Two. An approach to practice. The Career Development Quarterly, 53(1), 28-40.
Ungar, M. (2004). A constructionist discourse on resilience: Multiple contexts, multiple realities among at-risk children and youth. Youth and Society, 35(3), 341-365.
Ungar, M. (2004). Bullies and bullied alike. Relational Child & Youth Care Practice, 17(3), 5-10.
Ungar, M. (2004). Surviving as a postmodern social worker: The 2P's and 3R's of practice. Social Work, 49(3), 488-496.
Ungar, M. (2004). The importance of parents and other caregivers to the resilience of high-risk adolescents. Family Process, 43(1), 23-42.
Ungar, M. (2004). The peer pressure myth. Relational Child and Youth Care Practice, 17(1), 11-17.
Ungar, M., Manuel, S., Mealey, S., Thomas, G. & Campbell, C. (2004). A Study of Community Guides: Lessons for Professionals Practicing With/in Communities. Social Work, 49(4), 550-569.
Campbell, C. & Ungar, M. (2003). Deconstructing knowledge claims: Epistemological challenges in social work education. Progressive Human Services, 14(1), 41-60.
Smit, A. G. & Liebenberg, L. (2003). Understanding the dynamics of parent-involvement in schooling within the poverty context. South African Journal of Education, 23(1): 1-15.
Ungar, M. (2003). Deep ecology and the roots of resilience: The importance of setting in outdoor experience-based programming for at-risk children. Critical Social Work, 3(1), 18-43.
Ungar, M. (2003). Lessons on "otherness": Reflections on family therapy while travelling with children through the Middle East. Journal of Systemic Therapies, 22(4), 1-14.
Ungar, M. (2003). The professional social ecologist: Social work redefined. Canadian Social Work Review, 20(1), 5-23.
Ungar, M. (2003). Resilience, resources and relationships: Making integrated services more family-like. Relational Child and Youth Care Practice, 16(3), 45-57.
Ungar, M. (2003). Response to letter to the editor from Dr. Geoffrey Greif, re: "A deeper, more social ecological social work practice." Social Service Review, 77(2), 309-311.
Ungar, M. (2003). Qualitative contributions to resilience research. Qualitative Social Work, 2(1), 85-102.
2002 and earlier:
Ungar, M. (2002). A deeper, more social ecological social work practice. Social Service Review, 76(3), 480-497.
Ungar, M. (2002). Alliances and Power: Social worker-community relationships. Canadian Social Work Review, 19(2), 227-244.
Ungar, M. (2001). The Unapologetic Qualitative Social Work Researcher: A Critical look at Research Methods and Questions. Social Work and Social Sciences Review 9(2), 17-24.
Ungar, M. (2001). The social construction of resilience among problem youth in out-of-home placement: A study of health-enhancing deviance. Child and Youth Care Forum, 30(3), 137-154.
Ungar, M. (2001). Constructing narratives of resilience with high-risk youth. Journal of Systemic Therapies, 20(2), 58-73.
Ungar, M., Teram, E. & Picketts, J. (2001). Young Offenders and their communities: Reframing the institution as an extension of the community. Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health, 20(2), 29-42.
Ungar, M (2000). The myth of peer pressure: Adolescents and their search for health-enhancing identities. Adolescence, 35(137), 167-180.
Ungar, M. & Teram, E. (2000). Drifting towards mental health: High-risk adolescents and the process of empowerment. Youth and Society, 32(2), 225-252.


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features on my wish list
- tethering, either remote or by usb but please unlock it!
- ability to remove facebook contact details (some of my friends have old phone numbers in their profiles etc and it gets confusing)
- flash
- shockwave
If you can get me those I will be very happy.
Pint for the developers that tick all the boxes.

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The mission of the Clear Creek ISD Department of Special Services, the innovative leader in inclusive education, is to ensure that each student discovers and develops his or her unique talents and interests while realizing personal success and positively impacting their world through a new system distinguished by:
shared ownership,
personalized learning,
person-centered planning,
enhanced continuum of supports, and
extraordinary educational experiences.
• Each student sustains a fulfilled life actualizing his or her personal talents and interests.
• Each student optimizes his or her potential by continuously setting and achieving individual learning goals.
• Each student actively enriches and advances his or her community and greater society.
We Believe
We believe in educating students with disabilities in the least restrictive environment. Each student has access to an appropriate learning environment and an opportunity for education with non-disabled students to the maximum extent appropriate at his or her zoned school or at a site as close as possible to his or her neighborhood school.
Supporting Our Parents
Parent Support Services - CCISD Department of Special Education Services in collaboration with parents are proud to present a variety of ways parents can be involved with their child's education. Please use our navigation on the LEFT to view all of our support material.
Special education services are provided at all Clear Creek ISD campuses. Specialized programs are strategically located throughout Clear Creek ISD for students in need of a district class placement. These are known as district classes. If your home campus does not offer the specialized program your child needs, Clear Creek ISD will provide transportation to the most appropriate program to meet the child's individual needs.
If a student has previously received special education services, the Clear Creek ISD home school of your child will hold a temporary Admission, Review and Dismissal (ARD) Committee meeting upon the student registering for school so that the student may start receiving services immediately.
If a student has not previously received special education services, but you are concerned that a disability may exist, you may request a Student Success Team (SST) meeting to consider ways to meet the student's needs.
If there is documentation identifying a disability requiring specialized services immediately for the student to be able to attend school, it is suggested that parents contact the campus principal in advance of the time the student is to start school. Reports from hospitals, previous schools and teachers, and other sources will be helpful in determining the needs of your child.
CCISD also employs a Section 504 Coordinator to ensure all students with disabilities are provided equal opportunities to succeed. To be served under Section 504, a student must be determined to: (1) have a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities; or (2) have a record of such an impairment; or (3) be regarded as having such an impairment. Section 504 requires that school districts provide a free appropriate public education (FAPE) to qualified students in their jurisdictions who have a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities.


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- Beginners 4pm - 5pm
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Beginners are expected to learn the basics of jumping on trampolines and principles of air movement. Our staff run through some fun drills and exercises to get jumpers moving and having fun.
Intermediate jumpers will be trained by staff and given advice on stepping stones before trying some tricks. We give you a correct understanding of basic body movement in the air for maximum results. If jumpers are starting to gain confidence with hand springs and rolls, this is the perfect time to come down and solidify their skills.
The advanced class is dedicated to any of our jumpers who want to push themselves a little further or have something specific they want to work on. We work with jumpers to safely perform tricks they would like to learn.
Jumpers are welcome to join any class regardless of skill level in case they are not able to make a particular session. We aim to accommodate any jumper at any time!
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They were there when we needed them. They served us all and kept us safe. Yet hundreds of thousands of American veterans, home from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, at times can not access basic treatments and get the support needed to enable them to transition back into civilian life. They need our help. It's our turn to serve them.
Welcome Back Veterans (WBV) was created to inspire Americans to give back to our returning veterans and their families. The mental health issues they face are well documented, but too many people still don't know about Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) -- or what we can do to assist these great men and women.
By giving everyday Americans the tools they need to make a difference, creating a national network of clinics to provide the best care to those who deserve nothing less, and funding groundbreaking research to limit the scope of PTSD, WBV is committed to supporting our returning heroes. All of us can play a part. Join us and find out how at WelcomeBackVeterans.org.
For more than a century, Major League Baseball has been an integral part of society. America has embraced baseball as its national pastime throughout the game's unparalleled history. As a social institution with important responsibilities, Major League Baseball realizes that this mantle affords special opportunities.
MLB is honored to make community service and social responsibility a part of all that Major League Baseball stands for to generate awareness and heighten the social consciousness of the importance of giving back.
As part of that obligation, Major League Baseball recognizes and appreciates the enormous sacrifice made by the brave men and women in our armed forces with their Welcome Back Veterans initiative.
With the ability to reach millions of patriotic Americans at ballparks, on television and through the Internet, MLB hopes to showcase this very important issue and help our veterans in their transition from the battlefield back to their lives at home.
Volunteer Organizations
In partnership with the American Legion Auxiliary, provide support to veterans and military families in service activities connected to poverty alleviation. In coordination with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Voluntary Service, help to mobilize volunteers who will provide assistance to hospitalized veterans, as well as respite care for older veterans and their families.
American Red Cross
Volunteer at the Red Cross and change a life, starting with your own. Across the United States, more than half a million Red Crossers help save lives by assisting disaster victims, providing CPR/AED, First Aid and water safety courses, involvement in youth clubs, donating blood and supporting military service members and their families. Contact your local Red Cross to find out volunteer opportunities and programs in your community that are serving people in need. (1-800-RED CROSS or visit www.redcross.org)
Blue Star Families
Support military families through our service programs, such as Books on Bases, where volunteers read to and distribute free books to military children, and Care Packages for the Families Back Home, which sends morale and support to the spouses and children of deployed service members.
The Mission Continues
Honor fallen veterans through Veterans Tributes, where volunteers learn about the fallen veteran's life and legacy, perform community service in his or her honor, and write a letter to the veteran's family. Volunteer opportunities include care package drives, park clean ups, and other meaningful acts of service.


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For the last several weeks, my wife and I have been trying to schedule a family trip to The North Coast of Taiwan, but we had encountered a number of obstacles. The first obstacle was a typhoon that was scheduled to impact the Northern Area of Taiwan. The second was that we are the parents of teenage girls, who have actual lives; they were involved in a number of little trips and adventures on their own. We've lived on the island for two years and have done very little in the way of seeing the island because we've been busy with work and all that we do.
But finally, our schedules came together and we loaded up our daughters, our little dog and our two charges, (my wife baby-sits) and took a road trip to the northern beach cities. Our intended destination was Fu Long Beach, the famous site of the Hohaiyan Rock Festival in the Gongliao District. But unfortunately, I couldn't handle the arching bridge that connects the beach to the landmass. Almost 30 years of Muscular Dystrophy makes some things difficult, but undaunted we changed direction and headed back towards Taipei, where we landed At Yen Liao Beach Park.
Yen Liao Beach Park is a beautiful Sandy beach about three and a half kilometers west of Fulong beach. But it's not all about sand and beach. Located on the site is an ancient building, a coffee shop, pool, children's water park, and a second floor patio over the coffee shop to see the ocean, without getting sand in your shoes. There is an admission into the park, but off-season, it's only $60 NTD (about $2.00 USD). We picked an interesting time to visit, as Typhoon Roke churned, north of Taiwan on its way to Japan. The result was some of the biggest surf I've seen in a while.
A typically nice Taiwanese woman ran the coffee shop. We were really the only people there at the time and she was kind and gracious, the only problem being that she added ten years to my age and gave me the senior discount, so much for my idea that I still look young and dashing. In my mind, I'm still in my twenties but apparently I look a bit older than that.
The drive from Taoyuan City took about an hour, but we went on a Monday after the rush hour traffic to Taipei had dwindled away. So we traveled smoothly and quickly, north on the #1 National Freeway, north on 62 and east along the coast on Scenic Highway 2. The scenery on the 2 was breathtaking at some points. Huge surf smashing on the rocks and surf breaks; Shear cliffs right down to the road and in some cases to the Sea itself. There were small fishing villages along the road with fishing boats tied up in the harbor and a number of scenic overlooks that looked over the more impressive, and beautiful parts of the coastline.
We thoroughly enjoyed the day's outing, my daughter declaring, "This is the best day I've had since we've been in Taiwan." My wife and I vowed that we would embark on other Monday trips, now that we've seen it's possible and even delightful to take the little ones and teenagers with us. If you're planning to drive around in the scenic areas of Taiwan and can do it, I would recommend going on a weekday, while everyone is at school or work. This same drive would have taken probably two, possibly three hours each way on Saturday or Sunday. Fulong Beach can easily be reached on Taiwan's excellent rail system, it's about an hour and a half from Taoyuan City to Fulong on the train, even on a weekend day.
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Yen Liao Beach Park
Photos by Chris, Brenda, Elizabeth and Emily Banducci
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2006-06-19 Intel Woodcrest DP server version of Conroe. Will have FBD (Fully Buffered DIMM) which is said to allow for "stupidly large amounts of RAM". Said to be planned for future Macs. Will be named 5160, 5150, 5140, 5130, 5120 and 5110.
2006-07-27 Intel Conroe Major redesign of the desktop chips based on the mobile chip Merom. Should use the same bus as Merom and Tukwila. Part of the Averill platform. Said to be used in future Macs. Will be named E6300 (1.86 GHz, 2MB, $210), E6400 (2.13 GHz, 2MB, $230), E6600 (2.40 GHz, 4MB, $315) and E6700 (2.67 GHz, 1066 MHz, 4MB, $529). A value-segment version known as Conroe-L will be introduced in 2007-Q2. Will also be used in Uniprocessor Xeon chips (3040, 3050, 3060, 3070)
2006-07-27 Intel Merom Mobile processor succeeding Prescott-M and Yonah built on a 65 nm process. Accompanied by the Crestine chipset. Recent rumours claim that Merom is a major new core design with multiple cores and, depending on version, 2-4 MB of cache, which will also form the base for the next desktop chip, Conroe. Said to consume about 45W.
Earlier said to launch in 05-H2 or 2007, prototype chips has been out since May of 2006.
Merom is part of the Santa Rosa Centrino platform, succeeding Napa. Said to be used in future Macs.
Bus speed to go up to 800 MHz in 2007-H1.
Will be named T7600, the T7400, the T7200 and T5600.


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SKOWHEGAN — More than five years after their Palmyra home was damaged by fire, the couple who lived in the house has been charged with arson.
Trevor Louis Turner, 41, and Carissa Jo Turner, 38, both of 19 Libby Hill Road, were arrested Wednesday on a warrant after indictments by a Somerset County grand jury. They are charged with starting or causing the fire to collect the insurance, according to court documents.
Arson is a class A felony, punishable by up to 30 years in prison.
Fire was reported at the Turners' two-story, gambrel-roof home about 1 p.m. Sept. 17, 2007. No one was home when the fire was reported. Flames already were coming through the walls and windows when firefighters arrived.
Edward Archer, an investigator with the State Fire Marshal's Office who was in charge of the case, referred all questions Thursday to the Somerset County District Attorney's office. He would not say what led to the charges 5 1/2 years after the fire or how evidence leading to the arrest and indictment was gathered.
District Attorney Maeghan Maloney said details of the investigation will not be discussed until the couple goes to trial. She said it was a difficult case to investigate and that the Turners were fully cooperative with the investigation.
Sgt. Timothy York, of the State Fire Marshal's Office, who supervised the investigation in 2007, said at the time that extensive damage to the home made finding a cause all but impossible.
At the time of the fire, Newport Fire Chief Fred Hickey declined to estimate the damage but said it was substantial.
The Morning Sentinel reported at the time that Trevor Turner had left two of his four dogs inside the house. Hickey said someone had freed the dogs and started removing bicycles, motorcycles and other equipment from a nearby shed when Turner arrived.
The family had lived in the home for 13 years. Trevor Turner said at the time that he was unsure how the fire started, but he recalled a problem with a circuit breaker in recent weeks.
"Whenever it rained a little bit, it would always trip," he said.
Turner had left work at North Country Builders earlier in the day. He picked up his wife at home around noon to go to Hartland. The couple had been in Hartland for less than an hour when they started back home, according to the newspaper story.
"We were coming up the road and I saw (the fire)," Trevor Turner said at the time. "The sky was filled with a black smoke."
The Turners are set to be arraigned today in Superior Court in Skowhegan. They remain held at the Somerset County Jail in East Madison on $10,000 bond each, according to a jail intake worker.
They are scheduled to meet with a defense attorney and a prosecutor at 11 a.m. and to go before a judge at 1:30 p.m. via video conference from the jail.
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After weeks of not getting anywhere with presentations before Ocean City and Worcester County governments and even Governor Martin O'Malley, the Ocean City Hotel-Motel-Restaurant Association took a creative approach to an obvious solution.
Officials came before the Ocean City Mayor and Council this week to proposed increasing the 4-percent room tax rate to 4.5 percent and using a portion of the revenue from the increase to bolster the town's marketing and advertising effort. Although it will not be a popular proposal among some folks, there really is no better way to raise immediate funds to increase advertising and marketing for Ocean City. The time is now to address next summer and the situation needs immediate focus and attention.
Under the Proposed Restructuring of Ocean City Room Tax, a five-year growth plan was thrown on the table. The .5-percent increase would go into effect in January of 2008 with 1.4 percent of gross room revenues dedicated to advertising the first year; 1.6 percent in year two; 1.8 percent in year three; 1.9 percent in year four and 2 percent year five and beyond. The remaining room tax money will go to the General Fund. Any additional tourism grants from the county and state would be used in the advertising budget. Based on a $250 million figure, which was reportedly slightly lower than gross room revenues in fiscal year 2006, the first-year ad commitment from the city would consist of $3.5 million. Under the proposed plan, the city's advertising allocation, based on room revenues, would flatten out at $5 million by 2013.
The plan is reasonable because the facts are grim here. Tourism is not what it once was in Ocean City. It's not where it needs to be. It's not a reason for panic, but a declining trend is evident in the summer months. Sure, there is some more business in the shoulder months than there once was, but those sales in hotels, golf courses, restaurants, bars and retail stores do not make up for the shortening peak season. Too much business is being lost in the traditional summer window.
Longtime Ocean City motelier Susan Cropper said it well this week when she said, "I'm not even sure if it's a four-week season anymore." Cropper is most likely referring to the two weeks at the end of July and the first two weeks of August. She said the peak season used to be eight to 10 weeks (late-June through August) and it's now shrunk to less than a month and that's bad news for Ocean City business people. It will not cut it.
Ocean City essentially needs to re-invent its brand and re-introduce it far and wide. To do that, money is needed and a lot of it.
Ocean City's general strength and attraction lies in the fact that it's a safe and clean beach town, one that is fun for families. While cultivating that fresh image, there needs to be a reason to come here besides that. All that "destination marketing" needs to focus on that, but it also needs to touch on events and attractions to get people here throughout the year. The marketing needs to have a broad appeal.
Ocean City's crown jewels are the beach, the Boardwalk, the ocean and bays, the amusements and the convention center. Supporting all those general concepts are the unique and quality businesses in the area and the services that town provides. All that combines to make Ocean City a fun place to vacation. Add into that special events that attract new visitors to Ocean City, and we are getting somewhere.
On the surface, the increase in the room tax means the cost to vacation in Ocean City just got a little more expensive for visitors. Detractors will certainly have an issue with that. Increasing the cost of a vacation is never a good thing in a competitive vacation-dollar market, but not recognizing the writing on the wall and understanding the consequences is far worse.
There will be plenty of eyebrows raised over the increased room tax proposal, and we understand why, but more marketing money is needed to promote Ocean City far and wide, and so far this is the best proposal with the most immediate results.


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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The Harvard men's squash team, under the direction of Mike Way, Gregory Lee '87 and Russell Ball '88 Endowed Coach for Squash at Harvard University, has announced the addition of five student-athletes to the program. The recruits hail from three countries, the United States, U.K., and South Africa, and two states, Connecticut and New Jersey.
The newcomers will join 20 returners from the 2011-12 team that posted a 16-4 overall record and 5-2 mark in Ivy League play. Harvard concluded last season with a third-place finish at the College Squash Association Team Championships, its highest finish in the last five years.
Walker Evans, Greenwich, Conn./Groton School
Lettered for four years in squash ... Played in the No. 1 and No. 2 position throughout high school ... Earned all-league honors in 2010, 2011 and 2012 and was the team's MVP as a senior ... Ranked as high as No. 9 in the boys under-17 division ... Team finished as high as No. 13 at nationals ... National Merit Finalist ... Harvard Book Prize award winner in 2011 ... Enjoys classical piano ... Father, David Evans '76 ... played squash at Harvard ... Sister, Wynee Evans '11, rowed for the Radcliffe women's lightweight crew.
Sam Goldberg, Englewood, N.J./Dwight-Englewood School
Reached a national ranking of No. 3 for BU17 squash and No. 7 for BU19 squash ... Bare Hills Gold Squash champion, Hyder Trophy Men's 5.5 finalist and harrow Juniors Gold champion in 2011 ... Finished in third place at the Junior Championship Tour-Great Lakes in 2010 ... Honored on the Deans' List ... Winner of the National Hispanic Recognition Award in 2011 ... Captain of the Dwight-Englewood Mock Trial Team for three years ... Group leader at StreetSquash in Harlem, N.Y. ... Enjoys cooking, skiing, wakeboarding and business ... Brother, Alec, is a member of the Columbia squash team.
James Matthews, Greenwich, Conn./Brunswick School
Played varsity squash for three years at Brunswick School ... Also participated in varsity cross country for four years and varsity track for two years ... Earned the Tri-Varsity Award as a junior and senior ... Won the Scholar Athlete Award three times ... Honorable mention All-Fairfield Athletic Association in cross country ... Finished first in Division II nationals as a sophomore, fourth in Division I as a junior and second in Division I as a senior ... Division II New England champion in cross country in 2010 and 2011 ... Ranked No. 4 in New England Division II track in 2011 ... Member of the Cum laude society ... AP Scholar with Distinction ... "Master Writer" at Brunswick ... Co-Editor-in-Chief for the school's newspaper ... Peer Leader and Peer Tutor ... Enjoys jazz music, creative writing and playing the saxophone and clarinet ... Mother attended Harvard College.
Matt Roberts, Cape Town, South Africa/Chesterhouse
Played Western Province First League squash ... Captained cricket, hockey and squash teams ... Top school cricket player and provincial hockey player ... Started playing squash in 2007 ... Ranked No. 1 in South Africa U19 and won the U19 national championship in 2011 ... Captained the U19 South Africa team at the All-Africa Junior Squash Championships and finished third in the individual event ... Captained the U19 Western Province Squash team to gold at the national Inter-Provincial Tournament (IPT) in 2011 ... Went unbeaten for four years at the IPT event from 2008-11.
James Watkins, Cheltenham, U.K./Pate's Grammar School
Member of the Old Patesians Senior squash team from 2009-12 ... Represented England in junior squash on two occasions ... Regular member of the Gloucestershire Junior County team ... Reached a national junior ranking of No. 4 in England ... His Gloucestershire Junior County team won the National County championship four times ... Coached the boys' under 15 county side team in 2010-11 ... Qualified senior county level referee ... Completed a 1,000-mile cycle ride for charity in 2010, cycling the entire length of the UK ... Father, Paul, represented England and Great Britain under 21s in water polo and played rugby for Gloucestershire county ... Mother, Candy, represented Gloucestershire in tennis and squash.


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[A] key to understanding Kennedy's role as a swing voter is simpler: He just really, really likes the power. In his book Closed Chambers, Edward Lazarus, a former clerk for Justice Harry Blackmun, writes that Kennedy bragged about his ability to occupy one of the pivotal positions on the court, deliberately and craftily espousing views at conference that would make him a "necessary but distinctive fifth vote for a majority." Like O'Connor, Kennedy may be a legal politician before he is an ideological purist. And with O'Connor soon to be out of the picture, Kennedy may now get the chance to really make some constitutional hay.How much will Kennedy be affected by knowing that we think Roberts will influence him? On New Year's Eve, responding to a commenter who opined that Kennedy will control the Court, I wrote:
All of which raises another question now bandied about by hard-core court-watchers: What will happen when the good-natured and temperate Chief Justice Roberts begins to work his twinkly charm on Kennedy? Is it possible that while Scalia's insults helped push the conservative Kennedy toward the left, the tractor beam of Roberts' niceness may pull him back into the fold? That's certainly the hope of the political right. But if today's opinion in Gonzales is a harbinger of things to come, Roberts has some fairly heavy-duty twinkling ahead of him.
Even though I've said things like this myself, I think it underestimates the intellectual and charismatic powers of the new Chief Justice. So I want to make a different prediction for what 2006 will be like for the Supreme Court: Kennedy will work with John Roberts to forge a newly coherent moderate-conservative position. The project of creating an articulate moderate position will be so compelling and promise such benefits that Stephen Breyer will contribute his formidable skills, and we will see the era of fragmented, ad hoc decisionmaking come to an end.Of course, that's prediction melded with hope. I hate to think the justices craft idiosyncratic positions to gain attention and power. Majority opinions that clearly articulate legal doctrine are too important. If Lazarus's characterization of Kennedy were true -- and I can't say that it is -- we should be bitterly critical of him.
But we should see that there are legitimate ways judges analyze legal issues that will situate them in the middle. You can be a faithful judge without being what Litwick calls an "ideological purist." And the opposite of "ideological purist" is not "legal politician." In fact, the "ideological purist" may well be too much of a "legal politician."


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Yes, I am now a Mrs! As of September 20, 2014, that is. And I will most definitely give a full synopsis of our wedding day but right now, way too much has gone on and thinking about discussing it all at this moment seems...overwhelming. So let me collect my thoughts and we'll get back to it. Plus...I want to wait until we get our official photographs because I know they'll capture the day unlike anything else!
But for now, because I can't resist, here are a couple of my favs my aunt took from her point of view:
I know this is a short post, particularly since I've been on a such a blogging hiatus. But rest assured, wedding planning is over and I have regained my life back. Hallelujah!
And in other exciting news, I have some major things going on with LSM. So for now, blog posts are at a halt. But the revamping that's coming is much needed and will be a more fresh approach to my blogging life. Hopefully you'll agree!
I've missed blogging and can't wait to share what I've been working on. Love you all! .
P.S. if you care to, check out our hashtag #Knighted92014 on Facebook, Instagram, or my Pinterest Board for more of our wedding photos taken by our guests!


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Being in the military during the past decade of war has been tough for many service members, but the life of peacetime service soon to hit combat-tested troops will present its own challenges.
The military will be cut substantially in the next few years, with a reduction of 80,000 from the Army and roughly 20,000 from the Marines.
But the brass can't just hand out pink slips. Instead, top leaders are making changes that will make garrison life pretty annoying — at least for junior enlisted troops — so they leave the service at the end of their contracts without even the thought of reenlistment.
Nowhere is this more apparent, at least on the Marine Corps side, than from an internal email sent out Tuesday detailing new guidelines for "leadership focused actions" from Brig. Gen. James Hartsell, who was relaying the latest from the Commandant of the Marine Corps.
There are a number of things mentioned in the email: The general wants junior Marines to read some publications on leadership, have better criteria for promotions, and wants "our NCOs [noncommissioned officers] and leaders out from behind their computers and in front of their Marines!"
The most notable part of the email comes at the bottom, which is labeled barracks-related actions. The new guidance offers changes that are sure to make life a whole lot less fun, especially in the barracks (military-speak for what are basically dormitories).
"Marines who do not want to live up to our standards will be held accountable," he writes. That last word, accountable, may not mean "you're fired!" right away, but it certainly makes it easier to choose who it's going to be.
Single sergeants and corporals, who previously were able to get out of the barracks and be paid a housing allowance, will once again be forced back into the barracks. A place where, the general writes, officers and other leaders are to "regularly conduct visits in the Barracks between the hours of 2000-0400."
It gets worse. From the email:
4. There will be two NCO's on every deck in a Barracks and there will be a Firewatch posted on every deck.
5. There will be no TV's or video games allowed in the Watch standers place of duty.
6. Units will establish an Interior Guard with a SNCO in charge of the Interior Guards training.
In a nutshell, many more Marines are going to be sleeping less and walking aimlessly around the barracks starting soon.
"The Intent of this refocused effort of reinforcing NCO leadership in our Corps is to instill improved Good Order and Discipline," writes Hartsell, "and to help address the problems of Hazing, Sexual Harassment/Assault, and Suicide."
And from Stripes, there's a new policy hitting the Army in the next 30 to 60 days concerning tattoos and grooming standards. In short, ink on new recruits is going to be heavily scrutinized, and existing soldiers will have to submit paperwork to get theirs "grandfathered in."
Sergeant Major of the Army Raymond Chandler says its a matter of "maintaining a uniform look and sacrificing for the sake of the force."
But let's focus on that last part, sacrifice, for a moment.
Some observers have noted the Army's habit of changing its policies depending on its recruiting needs. The previous change was in 2006, when the Army loosened requirements on tattoos during the height of the Iraq and Afghanistan war efforts. Under those regulations only tattoos that covered the face or head were banned.
This time around, the policy shift comes amid U.S. government preparations to downsize the military as troops withdraw from Afghanistan and the looming prospect of severe funding cuts to the armed services.
It's not just tattoos. There are a ton of changes coming to the Army's uniform policy, to include the necessity to be clean shaven at all times (even off duty and when on leave), a more restrictive haircut policy, and the specification of civilian clothing standards off duty.
If you are depending on the Army for great fashion sense, you're going to have trouble. Not surprisingly, soldiers are offering a mostly negative reaction to the changes.
The combat veterans of the past few years are about to get hit with the garrison life reality they missed because everyone was busy fighting the bad guys.
From Tom Ricks, who posted an observation from one of his readers in 2010 that still applies:
"Garrison life is the pits. The difference is now we (combat vets) have seen the "other side/combat." Nothing pushes up urges to kill yourself like spending 10 hours of work/admin paperwork for every one you're out at the range or training, or doing risk assessments to drive your car to a town that doesn't suck for the weekend, having your car inspected, having your room inspected, asking your boss if its okay to go outside of the 60 mile radius for the weekend, sitting through your pre/post deployment health assessment, sitting through power point suicide prevention classes, "reunion" classes, etc. Nothing beats mass punishment too. You have to love being called in after a 90 hour work week on your weekend b/c someone else got a DUI."
So with the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan winding down, military leaders are bringing back the "garrison life" of years past that will certainly help the mission of downsizing — whether troops like it or not.


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LAKE FOREST – If you or your family would be willing to accept an organ donation, you should be signed up as a donor, Rancho Santa Margarita mother Ani Taylor told the Lake Forest City Council Tuesday.
Taylor, whose 7-month-old daughter Ruby Jane died in 2011 waiting for a liver transplant, asked the council to draw attention to the issue by proclaiming April as DMV/Donate Life California Month.
The council agreed to do name the month and presented Taylor with a certificate in recognition of her efforts as an ambassador with the Donate Life California organization.
The Taylors' baby, who was buried in El Toro Memorial Park, was the inspiration for the Ruby Jane Foundation, which has inspired more than 3,000 people to sign up as organ donors, Taylor said.
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During the weekend, even Ars takes an occasional break from discussing Wi-Fi patent owners or the latest Nokia phone. Weekend Ar(t)s is a chance to share what we're watching/listening/reading or otherwise consuming this week.
Moving across the country comes with an inherent opportunity cost—there's only so much space in your storage unit of preference (suitcase, car, duffel bag...). Shirts get left behind. Furniture goes up for sale. And if you, like me, lack foresight... gaming consoles gather dust at parents' homes. My main gaming device now is an iPad.
The biggest issue with this? Most (if not all) hyper-anticipated, hyper-advertised games are console-based. Reading about the insane Mass Effect 3 happenings is much less exciting than experiencing the game and forming your own opinion. Even when there's a game I 1) can get justifiably excited for and 2) know will come to the iPad, I'm left waiting longer than fellow gamers.
Case in point: Amanita Design, makers of the fabulous Machinarium. When the game became available for my device last fall, it gave me everything I want in an iPad gaming experience. To start, it's a single player, non-social experience. I can enjoy it whenever I like without depending on others or waiting for someone to respond (the Words With Friends or Draw Something variety is not for me). Controls are simple—pure point and click, like the Goosebumps' Escape From Horrorland of my youth—which is important on iPad. But gameplay is exploration- and puzzle-based. Icons change when you approach items you can interact with, minigames exist to provide hints. Simplicity doesn't translate to ease in Machinarium. It's enough of a challenge to keep me engaged for lengthy gaming sessions (sorry Scribblenauts).
The main selling point of Machinarium though, may be its aesthetics. The soundtrack caught on so strongly that someone wrote a Wikipedia entry for it. The visual design won the 2009 Independent Games Festival award for art and it gets referenced in virtually any mention of the game.
It's a fully realized game that was then offered for the iPad 2. It happens to work within the device's constraints, from both a gamplay and aesthetic standpoint. The interwoven thread with those two lenses is the narrative, a slowly revealing but lush story worth finishing. The gameplay dictates that each puzzle solved is just part of a larger enigma, clue by clue is earned until you see the full picture. And, as the initial Ars review put it, it's an engaging tale worth finishing. "You're a robot who has been trapped in some sort of prison-like facility and you need to escape... Though initially appearing to be nothing more than a cute adventure starring quirky robots, the game slowly reveals itself to be a touching tale of separated lovers and a crumbling society straining underneath an oppressive leadership. Think of it as Wall-E meets 1984 with a steampunk makeover."
Next up for Amanita, in mere weeks, is Botanicula. The trailer doesn't reveal much, but it promises many of the traits that made Machinarium the best iPad gaming experience I've ever had: an exploratory game set in a world that looks and sounds gorgeous (hopefully Botanicula's gameplay follows its predecessor's suit). Without my console, it's the most I can hope for. Computer gamers get it on April 19; here's hoping iPad isn't too far behind.


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LocationMae Sot, Provincia de Tak, Tailandia
Project team StudentsMarta de las Heras Martínez, Luis Rodríguez Carnero, Alejandro Buzo, Maria Nuñez and Eduardo Novo
ConstructionGa Yaw Ga Yaw
Area72.0 m2
Project Year2012
Text description provided by the architects. The armed conflict that has persisted for decades in the Karen State of Myanmar results in a daily flow of refugees and immigrants to neighbouringThailand. In the Thai town of Mae Sot, a few kilometres from the Burmese border, numerous schools and orphanages offer accommodation and education. One of these centers, the CDC School (children development center) under the tutelage of Mae Tao Clinic organisation, hosts more than 500 students.
The lack of space, and in many cases, the need for immediate accommodation for new students forced the school to present a new model of temporary low cost dormitoriesthat are easy to assemble.
Funded by the Embassy of Luxembourg in Bangkok, the first of 4 dormitories was built in April 2012 within 4 weeks. With a capacity of 25 students, the building meetsthe modus vivendiby fitting into the local environment in which it is located. The interior layout ensures anopen and airy space that offers semi-privacyand includes storage space for up to 3 students. The materials used are locally available and well known for their users, which allows easy maintenance and results in low cost.


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Experienced, Zealous Representation for the LGBT Community in Family Law Matters Including Divorce, Adoption, Custody & Support.
Same-sex marriage laws have undergone major changes in the Glen Echo, MD area, and since Jan. 1, 2013, gay marriage is now recognized and legal in the state. In June 2013, the Supreme Court also struck down a key part of the Federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), declaring that same-sex couples who are legally married deserve equal rights to the benefits under federal law belonging to all other married couples.
These are landmark wins for the gay rights movement—but the changes in law also create a new environment, one in which many lawyers lack skill and experience. At Andalman & Flynn, our same-sex marriage attorneys have extensive experience with alternative family law, with a record of success throughout Maryland.
To speak with one of our same-sex marriage attorneys in the Glen Echo, MD area, please contact us.
Divorce for Gay and Lesbian Couples in Glen Echo
The process of obtaining a Judgment of Divorce or a Child Custody Order in an alternative family can seem uncertain and ambiguous due to Glen Echo law only recently recognizing same-sex marriages. While the process can be similar in some ways to that of a heterosexual divorce, it is important to have a Glen Echo, MD same-sex marriage attorney who is at the forefront of this issue and is able to recognize the key differences.
Prenuptial Agreements: Essential Planning for Many Same-Sex Couples
We know that when same-sex couples are contemplating marriage, it is not exactly "business as usual." The system is facing constant changes that can greatly impact the advice we give our clients in Glen Echo, MD.
We've found that one of the most consistent and important pieces of advice we give clients who are preparing to enter into a same-sex marriage is this: keep in mind that your ability to marry is more than just a civil rights issue. Marriage will impact your ownership rights to property and impose life-long obligations on you and your partner. Therefore, we recommend you not only consult with a same-sex marriage attorney in the Glen Echo area before getting married, but consider a prenuptial agreement as well.
A premarital or prenuptial agreement takes into consideration the rights, responsibilities, and risks that comes with same-sex marriage and any marriage in general. Some of the issues that are most commonly addressed in prenuptial agreements for our gay and lesbian clients in Glen Echo include:
- How the planned marriage could impact children (either existing children or those that may be born in the future).
- The "recognition" of the marriage by other states, as only a minority of states presently recognizes same-sex marriage. It is important to know what the legal ramifications are of, for example, getting married in Glen Echo, MD and later relocating to Virginia.
- What the tax implications are. Will titling a home jointly by the parties result in one party being required to pay gift taxes? Will transferring a home as part of a future divorce create an unwanted taxable capital gains obligation?
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- Other economic issues, such as valuation and division of assets, estate planning, retirement benefits, etc.
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Not all states allow gay and lesbian couples to jointly adopt children. Many times, one of the partners in a gay or lesbian couple will formally adopt a child and the parties will continue to live as a family unit with their children, without taking any steps to recognize the non-adoptive parent's legal rights to the child. If the same-sex couple then relocates to a state (or country) that does not acknowledge same-sex marriage, the second parent loses all recognized legal rights to the child.
It is particularly devastating when, following the breakdown of a same-sex couple's relationship, a non-biological parent relocates to a state (or country) that does not acknowledge same-sex marriage, and the non-biological parent's rights to the child are severed. The only way to guarantee parental rights is through "second-parent adoption."
Second-parent adoptions also tend to be important in cases of assisted reproductive technology. When same-sex couples use assisted reproductive technology to have children, their children may have genetic material from one or both parents and may have been carried in the womb of one parent or of a surrogate. Many states will not permit two mothers or two fathers to be listed on a child's birth certificate, even when the child is conceived through assisted reproductive technology.
In Glen Echo, MD, a same-sex, non-biological parent may be able to adopt his/her partner's adoptive or biological child without terminating the first parent's legal rights. This works through a process known as second-parent adoption. Andalman & Flynn same-sex marriage lawyers are well-versed in Glen Echo's second-parent adoption procedures, including intricacies such as knowing which court is the best to file your adoption petition.
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Three Goessel school students and a driver were taken to hospitals after the sport utility vehicle they were in slid on ice and rolled Friday morning between Marion and Hillsboro.
They were on their way to classes in Marion when the vehicle crashed, USD 411 Superintendent John Fast said.
According to the accident report by Marion County Sheriff's Department, Ann L. Thiesen was driving the school-owned 1999 GMC Yukon when it slid on an icy patch of 190th Rd. ¼ mile east of Nighthawk. The vehicle crossed the westbound lane of traffic, went off the road, and rolled before coming to rest upright.
The official accident report and a press release from Fast disagree on the precise time of the crash and how many times the vehicle rolled. Fast said the crash happened shortly after 8 a.m. and the vehicle rolled three times. The official report said it happened at 7:30 a.m. and the vehicle rolled twice. Radio dispatching for ambulances started at 8 a.m.
Thiesen and the passengers, who ranged in age from 10 to 14, were all wearing seatbelts, and none were trapped or ejected from the vehicle in the crash.
Marion, Hillsboro, and Peabody ambulance, Marion fire, and Marion rescue responded to the crash. Thiesen and a girl passenger were taken by Marion ambulance to St. Luke Hospital. Two boys were taken by Hillsboro ambulance to Hillsboro Community Hospital.
Fast said two of the students were treated and released, and one was taken to a hospital in Wichita and kept overnight before being released. Thiesen was also taken to a Wichita hospital for treatment and was released Sunday afternoon.


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Content curation is a needed skill that will only grow in importance as more big brands and publishers flood the Internet with all kinds of content. Curation can be a fun, rewarding and highly effective part of your online marketing mix. Curating content requires skill, tenacity and, above all, an unflinching focus on the needs of your audience.
The biggest temptation all search marketers face is to sell our souls to the Borg and AUTOMATE EVERYTHING.
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Constantly Refine and Refocus Your Curation Strategy:
I like to cram tons of different sources into my content funnel at the beginning of each new curation project. Then, once I'm convinced I've cast my net wide enough, I begin the crucial process of whittling down those sources into a much more manageable list.
Be the Pickiest, Little Curator Allowed by Law:
If you're going to out-curate your competition, every piece of content you serve to your audience has to be exactly the right piece of content.
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Here's an idea that combines the Transition movement's drive to rebuild our local foodsheds with its drive to build new economic structures.
In our local neighborhood in Los Angeles, for the third year running, we are hosting a group purchase of bare root fruit trees. It started on a whim. I was ordering bare root fruit trees for my own yard, and thought perhaps a few others might wish to piggyback on my order. I posted it on our local Transition email loops and suddenly my order had exploded to 21 trees! We qualified for extra volume discounts at the supplier, and the box that arrived on my doorstep the following January was so big that it could easily have contained one of the Lakers basketball players!
We repeated the fruit tree group purchase project a year later, and brought 28 additional fruit trees to our neighborhood (TWO Lakers-size boxes!). It was such a successful model that we subsequently did a group purchase of rain water harvesting barrels.
The fruit tree group purchase didn't start out with the goal of getting the discounts; rather with the idea of getting more fruit trees planted. Transition movement founder Rob Hopkins is big on planting nut trees in his UK town of Totnes. Here in Southern California/Los Angeles, we don't get enough chill hours; most nut trees won't set or produce. But fruit trees -- that we can do, in abundance.
So much abundance in fact, that earlier in the year of the first group purchase, we had created a local harvest-sharing program. Our local neighborhood is one of older houses (established 1940s), many of which have mature fruit trees. People today don't do much canning or preserving, so a bumper crop of fruit was often left to drop, rot, and attract vermin.
Rather than see all that food go to waste, we began inviting neighbors to bring their extra fruit to our community garden on the same days as we did our garden harvests. We encouraged people to bring excess zucchinis and tomatoes, as well as the tree fruit. Many weeks saw cratefuls of lemons, limes, oranges and grapefruits. Extra fruit was channeled to the local food bank. [Photo is of one week's haul to the food bank]
Transition Totnes' agenda with their nut tree planting program was to put in place now the "infrastructure" -- planting the baby trees -- for a perennial food forest. Adapting that idea to our local climate, our goal became to get more fruit trees planted.
The first year, we publicized the group purchase through our email loop. The second year, we chatted it up in our Organic Vegetable Gardening class series as well.
We had people select from the vendor's online catalog, and send their order to us. We insisted on payment up front (so that we weren't faced with fronting any money) and we were very clear about a cut-off date. In these group things, there will always be someone who wants to jump in at the last minute, and those last minutes can stretch on and on. Meanwhile that delays the order of the others, and perhaps might jeopardize them getting the selection they desired.
We were also clear about pick up instructions. The way it works with the vendor we use, is that orders are taken in the autumn and trees are delivered in the cold of January. Bare root trees are relatively tender, and need to be planted a.s.a.p. so that they don't dry out. With 20+ trees arriving on our doorstep, we couldn't hold trees and give them adequate care, so we needed the participants to pick up their stuff as soon as it arrived. We publicized, up front, the likely dates it would be, told people we would contact them by email, and sent out a preliminary warning message when we received the notice that the trees were being shipped. As a result, most people picked up their trees on time.
To keep things clear, we created a little spreadsheet of orders -- who had ordered what -- and calculated the shared shipping cost. Yes, it was a little bit of accounting work, but a small cost compared with the excitement of bringing that many additional new fruit trees into our immediate neighborhood.
The shared fruit tree orders have created a closer knit circle within our regular garden class attendees. People proudly report how their trees are doing. The group purchase project has spawned an interest in other fruit tree related things. We've since planted a mini-orchard of dwarf fruit trees at the community garden.
This past spring we invited my 85-year old father to teach a class session in fruit tree pruning. A surprise lesson within that class was a lecture/demonstration on sharpening and caring for garden tools, a powerful message from the lean economic times of the 1930s and 40s.
Community-based finances can take many forms. When we read the materials coming out of Totnes, it might sound like we all need our own local currency. Not necessarily so. Creating your own currency can be an expensive and complex project. There are many other ways of economic sharing which are far less challenging and can make huge strides toward building a closer knit community.
Group purchases -- whether the afore-mentioned fruit trees or rain barrels, or a monthly bulk purchase of natural foods -- get people working together in ways that differ dramatically from the "I'll do it myself" mindset. Harvest redistribution helps bridge people out of the "mine!" idea into a richer sense of "ours" and "plenty." Used goods swaps or repurposing events help people understand that others can find more useful life left in things the original owners had regarded as cast-off. All of these events stretch our inner sense of property, posessions, and possessiveness.
Events and projects like these help to curb the runaway individuality which has cost us so dearly. In the past, our American individuality has been our prideful self-definition. "I am different, I am unique, Look at me!" This is my property, these are my things, and they're better and bigger than your things (which makes me better and bigger than you). Our declared (and militarily-defended) "freedom" to do as we please -- whether that be making a killer profit or raping the natural resources of other continents or consuming and polluting at opulent levels -- is at the root of many of the world's ills, from biocapacity to global warming to war.
Yet as we face a resource-scarce, energy-depleted, economically constrained, climate changed future, it is clear that we must find the path back to greater solidarity, working with others in ways that those of us alive today have never before experienced. That means letting go of some of that excessive individualism, and group purchasing is a tiny step in that direction.
When bare root fruit trees arive, they don't look like much. They are twigs with scraggly little roots. They are fragile and need immediate tender-loving-care. Once planted, they look a bit ridiculous, like naked sticks in the mud. But as spring arrives, they sprout tiny bright green leaves.
As a gardener, you can't help but get excited over these first delicate hints of new life. A group purchase of 20 bare root fruit trees amidst the massive metropolis of Los Angeles doesn't seem like very much. But maybe it's a tiny sprout, a hint of new life.


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LeTourneau University engineering major Stephen Wood of Longview, Texas, won second place in the 2013 IEEE Metro-Con Undergraduate Student Poster Competition. Stephen was presenting a poster on the 2011-2013 High Frequency Antenna Coupler (HFAC) senior design project, which was the focus of an electrical and computer engineering capstone course under the direction of faculty sponsor Dr. Joonwan Kim, who also sponsored Stephen at the poster competition
IEEE is the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, an association of professionals dedicated to the advancement of technology and professional development within the field of electrical engineering.
The 2013 IEEE MetroCon was presented by the IEEE Fort Worth Section. The MetroCon took place at the Arlington Convention Center in Arlington Texas on Wednesday, Oct. 9. The MetroCon featured seven tracks on the latest technology developments in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. This year's event featured an exhibits program and a poster competition for area college students.
The High Frequency Antenna Coupler (HFAC) design project featured in Wood's poster was a senior design team project in partnership with Rockwell Collins Inc. (RCI) to create an antenna coupler with more precise tuning than current competitor models. An antenna coupler's purpose is to provide maximum power transfer to antennas of different length for signals of varying frequencies. The final antenna coupler prototype, which was the subject matter of the poster, was implemented and tested with a radio transmission in the 14 MHz band across 675 miles. The transmission was successful, showing the final design to be feasible. Based on the results gathered by the LETU HFAC team, RCI intends to continue the development of this design.
"Projects like this demonstrate that our students graduate with the hands-on technical skills needed to go straight to work for high-tech companies throughout the world," said LETU Dean of the School of Engineering Dr. Ronald DeLap. "Companies like RCI have partnered with LeTourneau for years because they know that our students consistently deliver world-class solutions to complex technical problems."
Other universities competing in the competition included the University of North Texas and the University of Texas at Arlington. A graduate student poster competition was also held concurrently at the MetroCon.
LETU student Tim Hong also attended the undergraduate poster competition presenting a poster on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) scholarship program and retention rates. Each year, IEEE hosts this and many other conferences with the goal of bringing industry leaders and academic professionals together to discuss technology and its global impact.
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It might be tempting to bite into some of that candy and savor this victory over the Patriots, the Steelers' first win over Tom Brady since Facebook was still just for college students.
But when you went trick-or-treating as a kid, wasn't there always some old coot in the neighborhood who dropped an apple into your bag?
What a bummer that was.
Well, the Steelers better not chuck that apple. That apple is the Ravens, who visit Heinz Field Sunday night. As sweet as beating the Patriots is, beating the Ravens is better for them.
If the Steelers lose to the Ravens, winning the AFC North will be harder than getting Bill Belichick to do stand-up comedy. The Ravens would hold the tiebreaker with two wins over the Steelers.
Then, the Steelers go to Cincinnati in two weeks. Like the Ravens, the Bengals are 5-2 and a half-game behind the Steelers in the division.
As liberating as a win over the Patriots is, it will ring hollow if the Steelers can't take care of business in the division and eventually have to navigate the wild-card route to the Super Bowl.
All that said, a win over the Patriots usually signals a deep run in the playoffs. Since 1995, every win over the Patriots has pointed the Steelers to at least the AFC championship game.
It's too early to tell if that will be the case again this year, but we do know that the Steelers now have a showcase victory to highlight their four-game winning streak, a streak in which they haven't been behind since trailing the Titans 3-0 in the first quarter three weeks ago.
Prescription for winning
What makes the Steelers' victory over a Brady-led team so uncanny is the fact that they did it by giving the pretty-boy quarterback exactly what he wants. Plenty of face time. That is, lots of shots of him on the sidelines with his helmet off. You beat the Patriots by keeping Brady off the field.
The Steelers gave the Patriots a taste of their own medicine (doesn't Belichick always look like he's swallowing bitter medicine?) by using the passing game essentially as their running game. The Steelers possessed the ball for 21 minutes, 13 seconds in the first half. Ben Roethlisberger completed 23 of the 32 passes he threw, leading the Steelers to a 17-10 halftime lead.
Roethlisberger threw to nine different receivers in the game (even Jerricho Cotchery caught his first pass as a Steeler). Antonio Brown caught nine of those passes for 67 yards and a touchdown. I thought the Steelers were going to need a punt or kickoff return from Brown to have any chance to win this game. But Brown's more than just a returner now. He's pretty much the Steelers' No. 2 receiver. For the second straight week, he's surpassed a career high for receptions in a game.
A common thread of the Patriots' success over the past decade has been their ability to take away their opponent's biggest strength. Mike Wallace had a reception of at least 40 yards in six straight games. The Patriots made damn sure that didn't happen Sunday. But Wallace still caught seven passes for 70 yards, showing he's a complete receiver.
Heath Miller also caught seven passes, including four for 55 yards on the game's opening drive, prompting enough baritone "Heeeeeaaaath!" rumblings in Western Pennsylvania to register on the Richter scale.
The Steelers' use of the tight end on that drive was a nice little game of "See, We Can Do That, Too." The Patriots gouged the Steelers' defense with their tight ends in last year's win at Heinz Field.
Rob Gronkowski, who scored three touchdowns against the Steelers in that game, still caught seven passes for 94 yards, but the Steelers limited the damage by employing the Cavalry Defense. After the 6-foot-6, 265-pounder caught a pass, one Steeler would hold onto him and wait for teammates to get there and help bring him down. On one play, Troy Polamalu rode Gronkowski like a jockey until the cavalry arrived.
Patriots fans are going to say that Gronkowski should have had a touchdown when he caught a pass at the goal line with 4:15 left in the game. Yeah, it probably was a touchdown, but didn't Gronkowski do enough scoring during the Patriots' bye week?
After getting the ball to the 1 on that play, the Patriots had a dumb spell and managed the clock poorly before finally getting a touchdown with 2:35 left, narrowing the Steelers' lead to 23-17.
Turnover talk
Yeah, it got a little hairy at the end, despite the Steelers' dominance in the game.
Why is that?
To answer that question, we have to have our weekly turnover talk.
Do we really have to do that again, you ask? The Steelers finally got that long-awaited win over the Patriots, can't we reward them by not pointing out their takeaway futility for one week?
No. Because the Steelers once again failed to force a turnover Sunday. The Patriots did get an interception, which put the ball on the Steelers' 8 and led to a touchdown to cut the Steelers' lead to 10-7 in the second quarter.
That means the Steelers lost the turnover battle. That's why their lead was a puny 17-10 at halftime despite all the good they did in the first half. That's why we couldn't be sure of a Steelers win until eight seconds remained in the game.
From the Broken Record Department, the Steelers are the only team in the history of the NFL with just three takeaways through eight games, according to profootballreference.com. At the season's midpoint, they're on pace for six takeaways in 2011. That would be just half of the 12 the Redskins had in 2006. That's the record for fewest takeaways in a 16-game season.
The Steelers join the 1983 Raiders (who won the Super Bowl), the 1971 49ers and the 1945 Lions in going 6-2 despite a turnover differential of minus-10 or worse.
Going the distance
The only other time the Steelers beat Brady, they blindsided the Patriots with turnovers. After taking a 7-3 lead in that game in 2004, they strip-sacked Brady on the first play of New England's next possession and eventually scored to make it 14-3. Then on the first play of the Patriots' next drive, Deshea Townsend scored on a Pick 6, and it was 21-3 in the first quarter before the Patriots knew what hit them.
So instead of knocking out the Patriots with turnovers like they did seven years ago today, the Steelers went the distance with the Patriots Sunday. Without the knockout punch of a turnover, they stood toe-to-toe with them and outpunched them.
For a while there, though, it looked like the Patriots were going to find a new way to beat the Steelers. For all the Patriots' mastery over the Steelers before Sunday, they've never come from behind to beat them during the Brady Era.
Down six, the Patriots had the ball at their own 22 with 19 seconds left and no timeouts. Was Brady going to add a whole new dimension to our frustration with a miracle?
Thankfully, no.
On a play that crystallized the Steelers' stellar coverage of the Patriots' receivers, they rushed only three, but Brady found no one open. Brett Keisel, who already had his customary batted pass earlier in the game, knocked the ball loose. Polamalu punched the ball through the end zone for a safety. It might have been illegal, but that's for Spygate.
Speaking of people who get away with things, Ray Lewis and the Ravens come to town Sunday in a game even more important than this one.


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Elizabeth Stott
Elizabeth Stott has traveled extensively throughout the world, returning to Ithaca after 10 years living abroad. "I recently returned from New York City, where I attended a teaching by the Dalai Lama. We received a book in Tibetan, translated into Chinese and English. We practiced peacefully with his many students, including Chinese practitioners who sang in Chinese. I appreciate more than ever the production of art as a peaceful meditation."