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Our strategy
Our strategy focuses on key elements that keep our business model running.
People and culture
Focusing on people development
Our success is a result of the commitment, skills and ingenuity of our 5,000 people. They bring fresh thinking and customer focus to every aspect of their work.
Our core values of innovation and integrity shape our strong culture. This provides the foundations and required alignment for us to successfully work towards our strategy, fulfil our purpose and continue to build a sustainable and successful Group.
Our focus
With 5,000 employees globally, we are focused on a new internal communications strategy to ensure effective communication, engagement and feedback across the Group. We also have a renewed focus on learning and development, and leadership and management training, complemented by a new performance review process.
What we have achieved in the past year:
- We launched our global Wellbeing Programme to help support our people around the world and help employees manage their work-life balance
- We conducted a UK-wide engagement survey to obtain employee feedback about working at Renishaw; we expect this to be rolled out overseas during the year
- Global HR business partners have been established to support our different regions, allowing us to have greater focus on people development
- Nearly 200 STEM ambassadors, including graduates and apprentices, continue to support our educational outreach initiatives.
Continuous R&D
Taking a long-term view
For Renishaw, research and development has always been at the heart of our business, typically investing between 13% and 18% of revenue annually in R&D and engineering to maintain leadership in our various technologies. Patent and intellectual property generation is core to new product developments and our six in-house patent attorneys are key members of our development teams.
'Apply innovation' is deeply embedded in our culture. We have continued to protect our core businesses with exciting new patented technology and process developments, while also diversifying into new product and market areas. We also work with key universities to supplement our core specialities.
We are prepared to take a long-term view with R&D and, as our Director of Group Technology, Geoff McFarland, says, "It requires a passionate belief in the ultimate commercial viability of the technology, and the ability to hold your nerve, because the length of time from fledgling technology to commercial launch is regularly underestimated."
Our focus
The current technology focus continues to to be on products that help our customers to improve measurement performance, enhance the performance and efficiency of their products, increase speed of operation, increase measurement capability and are easier to use.
What we have achieved in the past year:
- 29 new patent applications filed and 103 previously filed patents granted during the year
- Designed for biological and clinical research, the new Renishaw RA816 Biological Analyser was launched during the year
- A new servo positioning head for CMMs is used within the automotive market for body-in-white measurement
- For high-end XY stages that require multiple interferometer feedback axes, our new multi-axis periscope (RMAP) enables accurate six degrees of freedom measurements.
High-quality manufacturing
Investment in efficiency and infrastructure
We are a highly vertically-integrated organisation with significant in-house manufacturing capabilities. With high-quality manufacturing plants located in the UK, Ireland, India, Germany, the USA and France, we are able to deliver exceptionally robust and reliable products to our customers, which have been tested to our exacting standards.
As a manufacturer operating in a high-mix/low-volume situation, with a strategy of delivering exceptional customer service, our approach has been to maintain as much control as possible of our supply chains. This has been achieved through a combination of in-house manufacturing (using in-house automation and our own products), duplication of critical processes, dual sourcing and strategic long-term partnerships with our third-party suppliers. We also have supply chain management teams based in China, India and Ireland.
Our focus
We strive to ensure our products are designed to optimise manufacturing capability, whether in relation to our machining and assembly processes, or that of third-party suppliers. We invest in people and resources to meet the output requirements demanded by turnover growth and to improve our cost of sales performance.
What we have achieved this past year:
- In Ireland we continue developing intelligent manufacturing systems using smart factory concepts and in-house developed process control systems, while displaying real-time data for production outputs, product yields and process monitoring
- At the Woodchester site we installed the first of a new generation of in-circuit test platforms to improve throughout on PCB (printed circuit board) functionality tests
- In Wales we added to our in-house capabilities for cutting tool and large part manufacture, and installed a second automated cell with robot loading for encoder ring machining.
Global customer support
An essential part of our customers' world
We are passionate in the belief that excellent customer support delivers success. Our customers can be global, with an order being placed in one country and the product shipped to the eventual end-user, who could be located on a different continent. By having 'local' global support through our wholly-owned subsidiary network and long-term distributors, we are able to assure customers that whatever needs, we are able to support and assist them, resulting in a positive return on their investment.
We are very focused on having a long-term relationship with our customers. It is not just about a sale but also supporting and helping our customers develop their processes and improving the quality of their product output.
We continually review our support policies and create new services to help our customers in their changing markets. Our aim is not just to meet customer requirements, it is to exceed their expectations.
Our focus
Through the life cycle of all our product ranges, we are focused on providing innovative services to support changing customer expectations and market requirements. We are flexible with our approach, and support customer needs from initial purchase right through to obsolescence, regardless of global location. We are continuing to grow our support network.
What we have achieved in the past year:
- 150 visitors attended our Manufacturing in Aerospace open day at our world-class Innovation Centre in Gloucestershire, UK, where we led discussions on the future of aerospace and how manufacturers should prepare to meet the expectations of this growing industry
- We formally opened our new Additive Manufacturing Solutions Centre in Pliezhausen, Germany, with two solutions networking events for customers from key sectors including: machinery and plant engineering, automotive and aerospace
- We opened new facilities in Ningbo, China and Istanbul, Turkey, enabling us to demonstrate our metrology products to customers in these locations. We also officially opened our new office in Nuevo León, Mexico.
Delivering solutions
Meeting market demands
Our business has transitioned over recent years from primarily being a supplier of products to capital equipment manufacturers, to becoming much more focused on delivering a full solution directly to end-users. We aim to truly understand our customers' needs, allowing us to offer a cost-effective, efficient and easy-to-use solution.
This requires our sales force and technical support teams to be ever more knowledgeable, not just about what our products do, but also how they can be applied to benefit our customers' processes and practices.
Our global network of Additive Manufacturing Solutions Centres is typical of our differentiated approach. We work collaboratively with companies that intend to deploy AM in production, supporting them from conceptual design, through product and process optimisation, to pre-production scale-up and production deployment. As well as AM machines and application engineering support, customers benefit from our expertise in machining, metrology and finishing operations.
Our focus
We are focused on the levels of integration that we can bring to our customers' manufacturing environments, especially those looking to bring connectivity and the intelligent use of data within their manufacturing processes.
What we have achieved in the past year:
- Adoption of quad laser AM systems is enabling Knust-Godwin (USA) to reduce oil and gas customers' lead time from concept to commercialisation from 24 months to just eight months
- Integrating Renishaw's RLE10 laser encoder has dramatically improved the positional accuracy of Yagishita Giken's (Japan) multi-core optical connector inspection machine from 0.1 micron to 0.01 micron resolution
- Senior Aerospace Weston, Lancashire, UK has used renishaw's Equator gauge to cut inspection times per part by around 75% and introduce more comprehensive component traceability.


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Tuesday is my creativity night - the night of the week I set aside to sing, paint, play piano, write or just play in some other way I often neglect. Last week was my first time in a long while returning to my choir and it was an amazing reminder of just how much I love to 'make a joyful noise' and how easy it is for me to neglect doing the things that make me feel the me-iest.
Tonight I am 'just' blogging. Of all the creative things I love to do, blogging is the one I do the most frequently. Sometimes it feels like cheating since it's not really a stretch to blog. And, recently it hasn't been frequent enough. I feel like when I don't journal - either online or in one of my lovely bound journals - thoughts get stuck in my head. They languish in back eddies. They stagnate and die.
And then the reminders start. The twitter DMs and Facebook posts - where's the blog? Are you blog bogged? And the reminders that people read this make me want to not say anything. It's easy to be frank when I think no one is out there.
The thing is, I love blogging mostly, but lately, I just want to mull things over. Work has been amazing and somewhat intense. I'm adjusting to working 5 days a week again, to growing and stretching in my new position, and to the opportunity and challenge that having a job I really care about is. It's an honour to contribute to a great organization that contributes to our community. An honour, and a little bit of self-imposed pressure that I'm trying to let go.
Being a mom never ends even though both my beautiful BBs are stretching their wings. There are growing pains. And great triumphs.
Meanwhile, I'm having my own growing pains and great triumphs.
I'm working my way through a great little book - if the Buddha dated - and while I don't know how much is sinking in it's illuminating and a welcome change from trying to figure out for myself what gets in the way of my letting love in. Last night I started to really wonder - am I more afraid of being loved or of not being loved? How that question has repeatedly shown up is in vacillating between being strong and independent ("I don't need you!") and being desperate and clingy ("I'm nothing without you"). So I say things I don't mean and send mixed signals and confuse myself as much as anyone who is inclined to get close to me. I'm saying things like "it drives me nuts when people act like they are in a relationship after 3 dates" and then wanting the reassurance of the instant relationship, even though my experience has been that doesn't work.
I know, and I hope you know, neither of those extremes are me. I'm the girl in the middle - dancing, laughing, singing, painting, strong and connected, alive and shining. In all my relationships - whether you kiss me or not.
Miss Lady told me a brilliant theory recently. She said it comes from Chinese philosophy, but then she says that about a lot of things. ♥ Anyway, the analogy is one that speaks to me: love is like a cauldron hanging over a fire. It doesn't take very long to bring a small cauldron to the boil, but it will soon boil dry. And if it's removed from the heat the smaller cauldron cools down quickly. On the other hand, it may take a large cauldron longer to boil in the first place, but it can take the heat for longer and will retain the heat long after the initial fire burns out.
(I think Miss Lady probably sounded much wiser and more zen-like when she said it.)
So maybe this blog post isn't creative. Maybe I should have worked on my painting or played my piano. And here it is, none-the-less. The title may seem more optimistic than realistic at this point. But I know that when I'm really me - the girl people gravitate to, me unleashed and uncensored by my fears - I shine and sparkle. Tonight I'm not that. But I am here, holding a small spark protected in the palm of my hand. Nurturing the ember and urging it on so I can let my little light shine again.


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Posted by Lee T. on Thursday, 13 February 2014, at 10:28 p.m., in response to Re: What was the MV of the original....., posted by Steve Gabrielli on Thursday, 13 February 2014, at 6:46 a.m.
Well curiosty got the best of me and I sacrificed a BH round to check the loading. It is indeed smokeless.....25.0 g of a short grained extruded powder I believe to be IMR 4198 (or similar) with no filler. Checking the Hodgen loading site, 27 gr of 4198 is the closest listing to the 1250 MV. It's also the lightest load of any powder in the table. I also pulled down a turn of the century UMC .45-55-405.....54.5 gr of loose (no caking) BP that fills about 3/4 of the case. I'm REALLY tempted to fire a couple of these, I have about 50 loose and 2 unopened boxes.
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"It's been a dream project — but it's been a long dream," says Jay Keasling, a biochemical engineer at the University of California, Berkeley. Seven years ago, he and his team genetically engineered yeast to produce artemisinic acid (D.-K. Ro et al. Nature 440, 940–943; 2006), a precursor to the best malaria treatments available: artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs). Synthetic biology, Keasling hoped, could produce the drug more cheaply and reliably than natural sources, benefiting the roughly 200 million people infected with malaria each year.
Keasling's pipe dream has turned into a drug pipeline. In 2008, Paris-based pharmaceutical company Sanofi licensed the yeast that he helped to develop, and at an artemisinin conference in Nairobi last month, Keasling learned that the company had produced almost 39 tonnes of artemisinic acid — the first industrial-scale deployment of synthetic biology for drug production. The stock could be converted to at least 40 million treatments, says Keasling.
But the elegant science faces some messy realities. This year will see the end of one of the main funding routes for ACTs — the Affordable Medicines Facility — Malaria (AMFm) programme, run by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria in Geneva, Switzerland. Its demise may not leave enough alternative funding to pay for the extra treatments made possible by the semi-synthetic process. Furthermore, if Sanofi's product is rushed into pharmacies at similar prices to existing products, it could disrupt an already volatile market (see Nature 466, 672–673; 2010). "If it's brought in too fast it could create huge shortages, because people will stop producing the natural stuff," says Malcolm Cutler, technical adviser to the Assured Artemisinin Supply System initiative, which organized the Nairobi conference.
The sweet wormwood plant, Artemisia annua, has until now been the only source of artemisinin. Drug-makers convert the natural product into derivatives that are more easily taken up by the body, and then combine them with other drugs to prevent the malaria parasite from developing resistance. Since 2005, when ACTs became the preferred treatment of the World Health Organization (WHO), governments and health policy-makers have encouraged farmers in China, Vietnam and elsewhere to grow A. annua to meet rising demand. But the dependence on erratic donor funding, along with a production cycle that can take a year and a half from planting to drug production, has made it difficult to manage that supply. Last year, a bumper crop of A. annua and fears of declining funding sent artemisinin prices plummeting (see 'The cost of progress').
Yeast make ACT production faster and more manageable. The microbes are not affected by weather, and they churn out artemisinic acid that is readily turned into semi-synthetic artemisinin, which Sanofi or other makers can convert into ACT ingredients such as artesunate. The whole process takes less than three months. "You get an order, you fire up the bioreactors, and you ship it out," says Keasling. Sanofi hopes to get WHO approval for semi-synthetic artemisinin in the coming months, says Ponni Subbiah, a drug-development programme leader at PATH, a global health organization based in Seattle, Washington, which has funded and coordinated the development of semi-synthetic artemisinin.
But funding for ACTs is uncertain. In 2012, the AMFm subsidized about 60% of the world's total supply of the drugs. With an unusual approach — supplying most of the drugs through small, for-profit pharmacies, rather than public clinics — the programme got more ACTs into circulation. But donors were not convinced that the drugs were reaching the neediest patients. In November 2012, the Global Fund announced that it would merge the AMFm into its broader malaria campaign (see Nature 491, 508; 2012). With so many demands on aid funding, some health experts worry that support for ACT distribution will falter.
Fabienne Jouberton, AMFm's senior officer for price negotiations, acknowledges that it will probably become much more difficult for A. annua growers and drug manufacturers to plan ahead. Rather than negotiating with a single body — the AMFm — they will have to assess demand separately in each individual country. "It's not optimal," she says.
For now, artemisinin costs about US$400 per kilogram, and the semi-synthetic version is unlikely to be much cheaper. But Sanofi announced at the Nairobi meeting that it plans to produce 60 tonnes of the compound in 2014, alarming A. annua growers and extractors, who said that the new supply could take more than one-third of their market. Sanofi and its partners are adamant that for the next several years, semi-synthetic artemisinin will be deployed only to smooth out market fluctuations, and will be sold at a 'no profit–no loss' price of $350–400 that is unlikely to undercut other suppliers. The conference "almost felt like a price-fixing meeting", says Keasling wryly.
He is convinced that, eventually, the price could be lowered by making the fermentation process more efficient. Fitful funding is all the more reason to provide cheaper ACTs, adds Keasling, who would like all such drugs to be made using the semi-synthetic process. But he agrees that gradual introduction is necessary to avoid driving conventional producers out of business — at least "until we have enough installed capacity to take over the entire world supply".
- Journal name:
- Nature
- Volume:
- 494,
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- 160–161
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To dream that you are hugging someone symbolizes your loving and caring nature. You are holding someone or something close to your heart. Alternatively, it may indicate your need to be more affectionate.
To dream that someone is hugging you suggests that you need to let down your guard and allow your true feelings to show. It also means that you need to allow yourself to heal emotionally.
To dream of hugging represents a person, behavior, or situation that you are embracing. Feeling good being close to something or someone. Showing or receiving sympathy. Choosing to accept or take something into your life. Agreeing with someone or the embracing of ideas. Hugging may also reflect appreciation or relief you feel that a problem is over. Enjoying something you missed.
Positively, hugging could reflect feelings of relief or elation to be away from a dangerous or terrible situation. Appreciating what you have after experiencing something bad. Wanting eagerly to feel close to something positive after a crisis, trauma, or bad experience. Missing someone or something dearly.
Negatively, dreaming about hugging may reflect a wish for sympathy when you know you don't deserve it. Experiencing your enemies getting sympathy and support. Being too needy, insecure, sensitive, or desperate. Embracing bad behavior.
Alternatively, hugging may reflect having your feelings acknowledged by someone else. Ideas or experiences that give you comfort.
To dream of hugging Jesus Christ represents your embracing of sacrifice in your life. Feeling good about making a big change or getting rid of problems. Alternatively, it may reflect your acceptance of faith into your life.
Example: A woman dreamed of being told not to hug someone because they would come back to life. In waking life she was experiencing a death in her family and felt that embracing discussing the person's life only made them feel the full effect of their death more powerfully.
Example 2: A man dreamed of hugging his mother closely in a hospital. In waking life he was relieved that a terrible ordeal was over with and wanted desperately to enjoy feeling safe again with a stable life.
Example 3: A woman dreamed of hugging her father happily. In waking life it was the one year anniversary of his death and she was enjoying remembering him.
Example 4: A man dreamed of hugging his wife. In waking life she originally wanted
to leave him and get divorced after he cheated on her. When she got stuck on medical probation for a psychological problem and was forced to stay home unable to leave him he began to like having her in this state because it meant she could never leave him.
If you dream of hugging, you will be disappointed in love affairs and in business. For a woman dreaming of hugging a man, she will accept advances of a doubtful character from men. For a married woman to hug others than her husband, she will endanger her honor in accepting attentions from others in her husband's absence.
To dream that you are behind someone suggests that you are offering your support and encouragement for someone. Alternatively, it refers to emerging subconscious thoughts and feelings.
To dream that you are left behind represents feelings of rejection or not fitting into a group. It may also highlight fears of not being able to keep up. You are questioning your abilities and/or may not be utilizing your full potential. If you left something or someone behind, then it indicates that you are ready to let go of the past and move forward.
To dream that you are behind someone, suggests that you are offering your support and encouragement for someone. Alternatively, it refers to emerging unconscious thoughts and feelings.
Grinding or pressing nuts or seeds to extract their oils or butter in a dream means money and prosperity. Pressing ripe olives in a dream represents one's homeland. Pressing olives for their oil in a dream means relief from burdens or overcoming adversities, or it could represent true scholars, satisfying one's carnal desires, engaging in wrongdoing, receiving guidance, seeing the light, walking away from darkness into light, or it could represent one's earnings or benefits. Pressing sesame seeds or walnuts in a dream means prosperity and financial growth. Sesame oil in a dream represents a pious person who admonishes people and entices them to break their attachments to the world or to its temporary pleasures. Pressing sesame seeds in a dream also represents a successful businessman. Extracting hazelnut compound in a dream means money which is earned with hardship or it could mean money that keeps growing.
If one finds himself incapable of carrying a conversation out of exhaustion from speaking, or if he refrains from talking either about good or bad, and if this happens inside a courthouse in a dream, it means that he will give up his alibi and loses his case to his adversary, or it could mean that he will become poor and dependent on people's generosity or that he will become childless.
Escaping from danger or surviving a would be fatal accident in a dream denotes one's devotion, religious awareness, fasting, charities and good deeds.
Desisting from evildoing in a dream means trusting in God Almighty, turning to Him for one's needs, and victory over one's enemy.
Running away from something in a dream means turning to God Almighty and seeking refuge in Him for safety and protection. Running away in a dream also could meanreceivingan appointment, or it could mean repentance from a sin, or it could mean one's death. If one sees himself running away to escape from an enemy he fears in a dream, it means that he will be safe. If a man of knowledge or a scholar sees himself running away from an enemy in fear in a dream, it means that he will be asked to sit as a judge, or to govern. If one sees himself running away but has no fear in the dream, it means his death.
Pressing grapes to make wine in a dream means corruption and evil.
To dream that you are in debt signifies imbalance, struggle, worry and trouble in some personal situation or business matter. Alternatively, it may indicate that you are putting too much demands of others.
To dream of being in debt represents a overwhelming sense of obligation, struggle or worries. It may also reflect feelings of needing to bring restitution to a situation that you feel guilty for. Feeling that you have to return a favor. Feeling that you have to respect someone or something.
Alternatively, dreaming of being in debt may represent a situation that feels horrible because you can't do anything you really want until a situation is balanced.
To dream of not wanting to pay back your debt may reflect resentment of having to respect a person or situation. Negatively, it may be a sign that you are being dishonest or falling back on your promises.
To dream that others are debt to you may reflect feelings of being owed favors, opportunities, or respect. Negatively, it may be a sign that you are worried about someone cheating you or never keeping a promise. Negatively, having others in debt to you may be a sign that you are demanding too much from others.
Paying one's debt in a dream means returning from a journey. In a dream, debts signify humiliation, abuse and insults. If one sees himself paying his debts in a dream, it means that he will reestablish his connection with his relatives, strengthen his blood ties, feed the poor, solve a difficult problem, acquire a better understanding of religious matters, or return from a trip. If one sees himself paying a debt in his dream but could not recognize it in wakefulness, such debts then represent his sins for which he is responsible and answerable whether he committed them knowingly or unknowingly and their consequences will always hunt him unless he repents. Because of that, the person will suffer in this world in the form of adversities, sickness, fines or other worldly losses. Paying a debt or satisfying a just cause in a dream means feeding a hungry person, reuniting one's family or returning from a journey and returning from a journey in a dream also means satisfying a just cause.
Debt is rather a bad dream, foretelling worries in business and love, and struggles for a competency | but if you have plenty to meet all your obligations, your affairs will assume a favorable turn.
To dream that you escape from jail or some place of confinement signifies your need to escape from a restrictive situation or attitude. Alternatively, it suggests that you are refusing to face your problems. You are avoiding the situation, instead of confronting them.
To dream that you escape from injury from an animal, or from any situation, signifies your good health and prosperity. You will experience a favorable turn of events.
Dreaming that you are unable to make an escape represents a feeling of helplessness or not being able to escape from life's problems and stresses. Consider the significance and symbolism of where or what you are trying to escape from. The dream may also point to a lack of direction or confidence.
To dream of trying to escape a situation or room may represent your eagerness or desperation to change your waking life circumstances. Dissatisfaction with the way things are. Finding an easy way out may not an option for you. Your wish to avoid something unpleasant. Trying to get away from something you feel stuck with. Feelings about consequences being too severe. Avoiding confrontation or a dramatic situation. Trying to avoid a difficulty.
Negatively, trying to escape something in a dream may reflect your attempt to avoid responsibilities. It may also reflect your wish to get away with something wrong you know you are guilty of.
To dream of escaping prison, cages, ropes or shackles represents a new sense of freedom from something that was limiting your choices or independence. A new opportunity has arisen. Avoiding continuing repression. A release from a stressful situation. Liberation of creativity.
To dream of trying to escape people who are trying to catch you represents problems you are trying to avoid dealing with at all costs. An eagerness or desperation to avoid embarrassment or unpleasant consequences. You don't want to deal with a problem right now. Negatively, it may reflect a refusal to confront your problems head on. Avoiding having to think or feel something right now.
To dream of someone trying to escape you represents feelings about people eluding your control or problems that may be getting out of control. Feelings about losing control over your bad habits. Feeling that it's difficult to keep a problem controlled.
If one sees himself walking across hills in a dream, it means that he is trying to escape from danger.
Dreaming of escape from injury or accidents, is usually favorable. If you escape from some place of confinement, it signifies your rise in the world from close application to business. To escape from any contagion, denotes your good health and prosperity. If you try to escape and fail, you will suffer from the design of enemies, who will slander and defraud you.
To dream that you are silent indicates an inability to express yourself. You may feel inhibited in voicing your opinion and how you really feel. Alternatively, the dream refers to a situation in your waking life that has left you speechless.
To dream that someone is silent means that you are unsure about this person's intentions. Perhaps you are still trying to understand them. There may be a sense of uneasiness.
To drink juice in your dream represents the gift of life and vitality.
To dream of drinking juice represents situations or experiences that are effortless. A lot of something happening at once. Not having to work or try very hard to experience something.
Pressing grapes to make wine in a dream means prosperity and a good harvest. The same interpretation is given for pressing sugar cane or other fruits. If a poor person sees himself pressing grapes to make wine in a dream, it means that he will prosper. If one sees everyone pressing grapes to make wine, or pressing olives for their eating oil in a dream when the economic conditions are down in one's homeland, it means economic recovery. If a scholar or a student on the path, or a prisoner sees that, it means that they will escape from a potential danger. If a lender sees that, it means that he will recover his money from people. If a student on the path sees that, it means that he will succeed in his quest for knowledge. If a bachelor sees that, it means that he will get married and have many children. Making wine in a dream means good luck with one's acquaintances, or earning unlawful and tainted money.
To see a lion in your dream symbolizes great strength, courage, aggression and power. You will overcome some of your emotional difficulties. As king of the jungle, the lion also represents dignity, royalty, leadership, pride and domination. You have much influence over others. You also need to exercise some restraint in your own personal and social life. Alternatively, a lion represents your need for control over others. You have to be in charge.
Dreaming of a dead lion refers to your fall from power or status.
To dream that you are attacked by a lion suggests that a force may be driving you to self-destruction. You need to overcome these challenges and obstacles.
To see a black lion in your dream represents a negative force. You or someone else is using their position of power to do harm.
To see a white lion in your dream highlights your majestic power. A white lion may also indicate sudden awareness of the power you hold.
A lioness in a dream represents ignorance, pride, affectation and perfidy. Seeing a lion without being seen, means escape from harm one may fear, attaining knowledge and growing in wisdom. A struggle with a lion that does not lead to one's death in a dream means observing a long lasting diet caused by an illness. If one fights with a lion and eats or snatches off a piece of his flesh, bones or hair in a dream, it means that he will attain success, leadership, wealth or conquer his enemy. Sleeping beside a lion in a dream means safety from illness, or protection from one's enemy. If one sees a lion inside his own house in a dream, it means that he will gain the upper hand, or it could represent longevity and a high position in the world. A lion entering a town in a dream means a plague that will strike such a town.
This dream indicates greatness, elevation and honour. You will become very important among men. You will become very powerful and happy.
Dreaming of a lion, signifies that a great force is driving you. If you subdue the lion, you will be victorious in any engagement. If it overpowers you, then you will be open to the successful attacks of enemies. To see caged lions, denotes that your success depends upon your ability to cope with opposition. To see a man controlling a lion in its cage, or out denotes success in business and great mental power. You will be favorably regarded by women. To see young lions, denotes new enterprises, which will bring success if properly attended. For a young woman Dreaming of young lions, denotes new and fascinating lovers. For a woman Dreaming that she sees Daniel in the lions' den, signifies that by her intellectual qualifications and personal magnetism she will win fortune and lovers to her highest desire. To hear the roar of a lion, signifies unexpected advancement and preferment with women. To see a lion's head over you, showing his teeth by snarls, you are threatened with defeat in your upward rise to power. To see a lion's skin, denotes a rise to fortune and happiness. To ride one, denotes courage and persistency in surmounting difficulties. Dreaming you are defending your children from a lion with a pen-knife, foretells enemies will threaten to overpower you, and will well nigh succeed if you allow any artfulness to persuade you for a moment from duty and business obligations.
To dream of your back, represents your attitudes, strengths, burdens and stance in the world. It may also relate to stress and pressure that someone is putting on you.
To see a naked back in your dream symbolizes secrets that you may have kept from others or aspects of yourself that you have kept hidden and shielded away. Consider the phrase, "watch your back!"; this dream may be telling you to do just that. Traditionally, seeing a back in your dream, forewarns that you should not lend money to anyone. In particular, lending money to friends will cause a rift in your relationship.
To see a person turn their back on you, signifies that you will be deeply hurt as a result of envy and jealousy.
To dream of a back represents a burdens, stress, or pressures you feel. You possibly have secrets you don't want to devulge to others, painful memories, or responsbilities that have to be paid.
Example: A young woman dreamed of having to carry her mother on her back. In waking life she was living in Nazi Germany and felt that because her mother was full Jewish (she was half Jewish) that her mother was going to be a burden to support
To dream of a back represents a burdens, stress, or pressures you feel. You possibly have secrets you don't want to divulge to others, painful memories, or responsibilities that have to be paid.
Example: A young woman dreamed of having to carry her mother on her back. In waking life she was living in Nazi Germany and felt that because her mother was full Jewish (she was half Jewish) that her mother was going to be a burden to support.
In a dream, the back of a human being represents what people hold for him of praises or blame, acceptance or rejection, honor or humiliation, or it could represents one's debts. Seeing the back of a human being in a dream also means following his tracks or practices. If a positive look manifests therein, such as a sweet fragrance or the emergence of a radiant light, or if it turns into iron in the dream, it signifies one's gratitude regarding his own condition. In a dream, the rear side of the human being represents his outward appearance or what renders the human being accept- able, or it could represent his garment, an ostentatious person, a show of grandeur, pride about one's social class, a show of being wealthy, the surround- ings of one's house, the outskirts of a town, the outer display of one's religion or his school of thought. A broken back in a dream means fear, distress and sorrow. If one sees his rear side dark in color, black or red in a dream, it means that he may suffer from physical abuse and beating during a fight. Seeing one's own back in a dream also could mean buying new clothing, or it could mean feeling strong because of one's knowledge, his son, power, political connections, wealth or property. Seeing one's back in a dream also could mean to repudiate one's wife. If one's back is seared or cauterized in a dream, it denotes stinginess, or it could mean that he fails to comply with God's rights upon him. If one sees his back bent in a dream, it means a misfortune. If one sees the back of his friend in a dream, it means that his friend will turn his back to him at times when he needs him most. If one sees the back of his enemy in a dream, it means that he will be guarded against his threats. If one sees the back of an old woman in a dream, it means that the world is turning its back to him. If she is in her middle age in the dream, it means that he is seeking something hard to obtain. If she is a young woman in the dream, it means that he is expecting something and must be patient to acquire it. One's back also represents old age. Back pain in a dream means poverty, sickness, debility, imprisonment of one's boss or the death of a brother. One's back in a dream also represents one's dependence on a strong person. If one sees himself carrying a heavy load on his back in a dream, it means debts, or a vicious neighbor. A broken back in a dream means losing one's strength and power, or it could mean one's death. If a sick person sees his back broken in a dream, it means that the person who is taking care of him may die shortly, or it could mean that he will suffer from poverty. Carrying burdens over one's back in a dream means sins. Carrying a coffin or a load of merchandise over one's back in a dream means carrying forgotten debts that will surface at awkward times. Carrying wood over one's back in a dream means backbiting, slandering people and reporting lies. Carrying a heavy load over one's back in a dream also means having many children with little money to sustain them. Seeing a hunchbacked person in a dream means prosperity, longevity or having a large family.
Dreaming of seeing a nude back, denotes loss of power. Lending advice or money is dangerous. Sickness often attends this dream. To see a person turn and walk away from you, you may be sure envy and jealousy are working to your hurt. Dreaming of your own back, bodes no good to the dreamer.
To dream about your back denotes your attitude and outlook when it comes into contact with those around you.
To dream that you are abandoned suggests that it is time to leave behind past feelings and characteristics that are hindering your growth. Let go of your old attitudes. A more direct and literal interpretation of this dream indicates you have a fear of being deserted, abandoned, or even betrayed. It may stem from a recent loss or a fear of losing a loved one. The fear of abandonment may manifest itself into your dream as part of the healing process and dealing with losing a loved one. It may also stem from unresolved feelings or problems from childhood. Alternatively, the dream indicates that you are feeling neglected or that your feelings are being overlooked. Perhaps the dream is a metaphor that you need to approach life with "reckless abandon" and live more freely.
To abandon others in your dream suggests that you are overwhelmed by the problems and decisions in your life.
To dream that you are abandoned represents feelings of being neglected or overlooked. It may also reflect something in your life that you were confident about suddenly being unavailable.
You may also have a fear of being deserted, abandoned, or even betrayed. The dream may stem from a recent loss or a fear of losing a loved one.
The fear of abandonment may manifest itself into your dream to reflect insecurities or issues with self-worth.
When you dream of being abandoned, it means that you have to forget your past and focus on your future. You've got to let go your past. The meaning of this dream is showing, that you have a fear of being wasted, left alone of the ones you love. You shouldn't be afraid of people neglecting your feelings. The meaning of dreaming that you are abandoned, might mean that you're suffering from recent lost or are afraid of loosing someone you love. The fear of abandonment might mean that you are getting better already, from what you've suffered before and are moving forward. This dream also can be the meaning of something you've suffered as being a child. When you abandon other people in your dream it can mean that you are shocked by the decisions you made earlier in your life. The main thing you have to do is to move forward in your life and do not regret for something you did or didn't do.


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Lucy, the 3.2-million-year-old human ancestor discovered in Ethiopia in 1974, is one of the most complete early hominin skeletons ever found. Still, despite the skeleton's completeness, debate continues about how Lucy got around: Did she spend most of her time walking on the ground or climbing in trees? In a new study, scientists studying Lucy's upper limb bones have found that she likely spent more time in trees — and was a more capable climber — than later hominin species like Homo erectus and Homo sapiens.
When Lucy and other Australopithecines were walking around Ethiopia 3.4 million years ago, they may have encountered another hominin species that still climbed trees and also walked, but with a gait more like an ape than their bipedal neighbors. The tantalizing new discovery of a few fossil foot bones shows that at least one species retained an opposable big toe, one million years after the grasping feature was thought to have disappeared.
Ardipithecus ramidus was a hominid that lived in Ethiopia's Afar region 4.4 million years ago. After spending more than a decade studying the species, scientists can now provide a sketch of what the hominid looked like:
Brain: Ardipithecus had a brain size similar to that of a female chimpanzee, about 300 to 350 cubic centimeters.
Stature: Standing 120 centimeters tall and weighing 50 kilograms, Ardipithecus was about the size of a chimpanzee.
At 4.4 million years old, Ardipithecus ramidus is not the oldest known hominid. In 2002, scientists announced they had discovered a hominid skull from the Sahel region of Chad. Named Sahelanthropus tchadensis, the species dates to about 7 million years ago. And a few years earlier, scientists had announced the discovery of several hominid fossils, including a thigh bone, in Kenya that dated to about 6 million years ago. They named the species Orrorin tugenensis.
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Police and military officials on Monday said a series of suicide car bombings by Islamic State militants targeting a military outpost in Anbar Province have killed eight soldiers and injured six.
The sources said the Monday morning attack west of Anbar's provincial capital Ramadi involved three vehicles, including two fuel trucks, AP reported.
The outpost was home to a joint contingent of army soldiers, policemen and allied Sunni militiamen.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.
Late on Sunday, the Iraqi military said in a televised statement its warplanes had targeted IS positions in northern and western Iraq in what it called "qualitative" strikes, including one that targeted a meeting by members of the extremist group in the town of Tel Afar.
The US and its allies stage daily airstrikes on IS targets in the group's self-declared caliphate based in Iraq and Syria. A drone strike last month killed a senior IS leader in its Syrian stronghold of Raqqa.
However, despite more than 5,500 airstrikes since August 8, 2014 that have killed an estimated 15,000 IS insurgents, it is estimated the group still has 20,000 to 31,500 fighters as new recruits flow into the region.


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Alsisar Mahal is the battle hardened palace in the town of Alsisar near Shekhawati. Earlier Alsisar Mahal was the residence of the Thakur of Alsisar, which is recently renovated and refurbished into a luxurious heritage hotel. Alsisar, famous for castles, Havelis and Cenotaphs is a small town surrounded by semi arid desert, situated in the north-western part of Jhunjhunu district in Rajasthan. It originated in the form of small Havelis' collection in the town and later developed in the form of huge havelis which today stands tall and leaves a history behind them.
There are hundreds of havelis in this area which bear the wonderful fresco paintings in various everlasting colors and designs. Each speaks with full throated ease about the glorious past of Shekhawati. They are the masterpiece of art and architecture created centuries ago. This is the reason the land of Alsisar Mahal is popularly known as open art gallery.
Shekhawati means Garden of Shekha of Land of Shekhawat Rulers. The Rulers of the Shekhawati's Thikanan were the Shekhawat sub clan of Kachwaha Dynasty of Jaipur Princely State. Shekhawats was the most prominent among all the Kachawas of Jaipur. The Inhabitants of Shekhawati are considered brave, sacrificing and hard working people.
Shekhawati region offers peace and serenity to its visitors, famous for its marvellously painted havelis. The havelis of Shekhawati are major tourist appeal because of its striking architecture, and frescoes that are seen almost everywhere, the graceful interiors and massive parapets. The frescoes seem to narrate an interesting tale in a colourful manner. The entire Shekhawati region radiates with such frescoes and it is precisely this reason the it is often called as open air art gallery.


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HST699: The United States in Vietnam, 1945-1975
15 credits (Semester 2019-20: Autumn)
Module Leader: Andrew Lee
Module Summary
The Vietnam War remains one of the most divisive episodes in modern history. It was a war fought without censorship. It was a war that pushed the American Imperial project to its very limits. It was a war in which thousands of students took to the streets to burn their draft cards in acts of defiance. It was a war that exposed the socio-economic division at home with the vast majority of those drafted to fight and die overseas coming from working class and African American backgrounds. And it was a war that the U.S. ultimately lost.
America's longest war, the Vietnam conflict, continues to evoke conflicting interpretations, meanings and memories. It is the aim of this module to chart the contentious history of the Vietnam War from 1945 to 1975.
Module aims
This course examines the role of the United States in Vietnam from 1945 to 1975, focusing on the foreign policy objectives and domestic political considerations which led to direct military engagement and which sustained the US war. You will consider the modernisation and limited war theories which fuelled US intervention in Southeast Asia, and will seek to understand the character of the Vietnamese revolution. You will examine relevant, often highly contentious, historiographical debates, and will analyse the role of the Vietnam experience in informing US foreign policy in the years following disengagement. We will also look at the protest culture that emerged in the wake of Vietnam, looking at the birth of the anti-war movement, draft resistance and popular cultural responses to the war. By analysing how public opinion and domestic political issues affected US policy in Vietnam, you will gain a greater understanding of the process of American foreign policy-making and how American longest war fundamentally altered society.
Learning outcomes
By the end of the module, you will be able to demonstrate:
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The module will be taught in five, two-hour classes, each based on one of the following topics: The Vietnamese revolution and US Cold War doctrine; Americanisation of the war; G.I. Experience; Domestic politics and protest culture; Détente, the Nixon Doctrine and the legacy of a lost war. There is a rich and growing literature relating to the Vietnam War and to each of these topics, which relate to wider discussions of the nature of historical enquiry and investigation of modern history. You will, in addition, have individual tutorial contact with the module leader to discuss your chosen topic for the written work.
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Students will prepare a 3,000-word paper relating to at least one of the key themes of the module.
Selected reading
- George C. Herring, America's Longest War: The United States and Vietnam, 1950-1975 (4th edn., 2002)
- Christian G. Appy, Patriots: The Vietnam War Remembered form all sides (New York: Viking, 2003).
- Christian G. Appy, Working Class War: American Combat Soldiers and Vietnam (1993)
- Michael Herr, Dispatches (London: Picador, 1978).
- Michael S. Foley, Confronting the War Machine: Draft Resistance during the Vietnam War (Chapel Hill: North Carolina University Press, 2003).
- Frederick Logevall, Choosing War: The Lost Chance for Peace and the Escalation of War in Vietnam (1999)
- Robert Buzzanco, Masters of War: Military Dissent and Politics in the Vietnam Era (1996)
- Melvin Small, Antiwarriors: The Vietnam War and the Battle for America's Hearts and Minds (2002)
- Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones, Peace Now! American Society and the Ending of the Vietnam War (1999)
- Michael Hunt, Lyndon Johnson's war: America's Cold War crusade in Vietnam, 1945-68 (1996)
- Arnold Isaacs, Without Honor: Defeat in Vietnam and Cambodia (1998)
- Tom Wells, The War Within: America's Battle over Vietnam (1994)
- Marilyn B. Young, The Vietnam Wars (1991)
- Brian Van DeMark, Into the Quagmire: Lyndon Johnson and the Escalation of the Vietnam War (1995)
*The content of our courses is reviewed annually to make sure it's up-to-date and relevant. Individual modules are occasionally updated or withdrawn. This is in response to discoveries through our world-leading research; funding changes; professional accreditation requirements; student or employer feedback; outcomes of reviews; and variations in staff or student numbers. In the event of any change we'll consult and inform students in good time and take reasonable steps to minimise disruption.


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As I look over leaders in ministry, I am hearing more and more about allegations about immoral behavior between a student pastor or leader with a student. I think that it is important to set boundaries for you and your testimony. Here are some boundaries that you must set in your ministry:
- Never drive a teen girl home anywhere by yourself This is a very important boundary. This is where relationships occur. I am not against having relationships with teen girls, but when you are by yourself with a girl in the vehicle, there is no accountability. If that teen girl said something (possibly even untrue) against you, it is your word vs. her's. Your ministry is ruined. Always have someone in your car, preferably your wife.
- Never have a personal conversation with a girl by yourself– What I mean by this is that if a girl comes to you discussing problems with her boyfriend or something, that is where you call a teen girl leader or your wife to counsel her. I say the same thing to our lady leaders about the teen boys. This puts you above approach about anything that could be said regarding you and the morality of the teen girl.
- Have a strong relationship with your wife– This relationship must be strong in private so it will overflow into your public relationship. When you are out with your students, you and your wife must have a strong loving relationship. The teens must see that you and your wife are in love!
- Keep your wife informed– Your wife deserves to hear every conversation you have with a teen girl. If you need to keep something that you talked about with a teen girl, then it has gone too far.
- Be careful showing affection with your teen girls– I am always careful when teen girls come up to hug me. I think you have to be careful. I always do a one hug side thing and make sure even before that happens that there are other people around. I never hug a teen girl if someone is not there. I also never initiate a hug, they have to initiate it.
- Do not counsel a teen girl alone– This is where your wife needs to join you or another lady leader. If a teen girl randomly comes into your office, make sure the door stays open and try to get someone there for accountability purposes.
These boundaries will keep you "above approach" and get you on the other side of any allegations. In today's society, people are accusing leaders of so much. Therefore, we must try to be above each one of these thing and never put ourselves in a position for an allegation to be made.


text: Agencies Agency Apologizes for Promoting Burgers on Twitter With an Image of a Journalist Executed by Isis Valor Media client Z-Burger quickly deleted the message this weekendBy Patrick Coffee|July 24, 2018 Valor Media founder Michael Valor (above) apologized for the inappropriate image in a series of videos released to Twitter.Twitter: @ValorCorpShare By Patrick Coffee|July 24, 2018 Share Michael Valor, founder of Raleigh-Durham, N.C.-based digital agency Valor Media, issued a series of apologies on social media following reports about a tweet that his shop posted to promote client Z-Burger over the weekend.The tweet in question featured an image from a video released by Isis in 2014 that depicted American journalist James Foley moments before his execution. The still had been altered to include the line, "When you say you want a burger and someone says okay lets hit McDonalds," along with an image of a burger and the line, "You disgrace me."According to a statement issued by Z-Burger founder Peter Tabibian, the tweet was deleted approximately one hour after it went live and as soon as he learned of its existence. A message from our owner - Peter pic.twitter.com/09yMYBYBHK — zburger (@zburger) July 22, 2018 A second message stated that the image was created and published by Valor Media "without expected oversight by Valor's managers" and that no one at Z-Burger saw it before it went live. pic.twitter.com/P6e4sQ7Ha1— zburger (@zburger) July 22, 2018 Z-Burger is based in the Washington, D.C., area, and local blog the Washingtonian first reported on the story Aug. 23. Michael Valor quickly shared the post and issued a series of apologies in both video and written form after promising to explain what had gone wrong. The Z-Burger account also shared these videos. Part 1 : Valor Media Apology #DC #Washingtonian #news @washingtonian @willsommer pic.twitter.com/ipU5yETLF8— Michael Valor (@ValorCorp) July 23, 2018 Part 2: Valor Media Apology : @washingtonian @willsommer pic.twitter.com/8pvYWK1j6b — Michael Valor (@ValorCorp) July 23, 2018 Final : Valor Media Apology @washingtonian @willsommer ???? hope this helps shed some light . pic.twitter.com/3xr3vJbOZY— Michael Valor (@ValorCorp) July 23, 2018 One of the initial Z-Burger tweets encouraged followers to contact Tabibian directly; he has not yet responded to a request for additional comment.Adweek reached out to Valor, who sent a written statement. "Being a career advertiser, this is a nightmare. Being a human, this is pain in my heart. Being a proud American, this is a difficult situation to swallow," Valor wrote. "I'm a young media company owner who as of four days ago owned one of the fastest growing media companies in the triangle of North Carolina when I received an alarming text about content that went up within the hour."Valor went on to explain that his agency, which reportedly employs eight, had recently doubled its workload but "did not have the proper processes for quality assurance and content checks.""We hired an art director approximately three weeks ago to help handle all of the new incoming work in which one of her tasks was to repurpose memes for over 200 tweets in the upcoming 30 days," he continued. "From what I'm told, a caffeine-fueled late night turned into a faulty copy/paste of a Google burger meme that our art director was unaware of being an actual physical event, and an ignorant assumption was made with lack of thought." In a Twitter response to Adweek, he wrote that the art director may have mistaken the image for one taken from a TV show.Valor wrote that this mistake led to "pain for many including myself and especially the family" of James Foley, adding that he scheduled a call to apologize to them directly on Wednesday.He apologized to the client as well as "anyone and everyone offended by content like this being released.""I just want to make this abundantly clear: I work very hard to be the best person I can possibly be and out of 100,000 moments in my life, this is one that has made the largest mark," Valor wrote, promising to his clients and the Foley family that "nothing like this will ever happen again" and encouraging others to contact him directly (his email address was included in one of the Z-Burger tweets explaining the situation).A subsequent tweet by Valor appeared to refer to the negative attention his company has received since news of the image first attracted notice over the weekend.Continue ReadingPages: 1 2 Share https://adweek.it/2mEwGRn copy Patrick Coffee @PatrickCoffeePatrick Coffee is a senior editor for Adweek. Adweek Adweek


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From the earliest conception of westernised family therapy in the mid to late 20th century, where directive, structured models dominated practice and literature, to the shift to neutrality and curiosity, where systemic theory started to become more mainstream, through the safe and sometimes unsafe uncertain times of constructionism, to the present day, where appreciation of past and present are coming together, exciting and ultimately useful concepts abound.
Critical Realism
Combining these very different ideas need not lead to confused thinking or to confused practice. Instead the unique contribution of each can be embraced.
Paramodernism, and Pocock's advocacy of Critical Realism (the recognition that both real and constructed contributions to family functioning multiply interact), opens renewed access to an already open door. Taking psychodynamic theory as an example, which pre-dates systemic family therapy in evolution yet lives on today; this can be spotted weaving its influence over the decades, sometimes in disguise and sometimes for only its stark absence.
Contemporary archaeology offers systemic therapy a compelling example of paramodernism. Instead of an early 20th century team just looking at a recently unearthed clay pot and wondering what its visual appearance and proximity to others reminded them of, many different disciplines are now brought together. Geophysics and soil science, carbon dating, knowledge of cultural artefacts, stories and other evidence provided from ancient documents and carvings, pollen analysis, human DNA from local populations, etc. – each had evolved in independently of one-another, but would now be combined to deepen any 21st century archaeology's approach to understanding the pot.
Far less boldly, in 1985 the 1st edition of Integrated Family Therapy had brought together three theoretical models then in current vogue which for the ten years before had been largely practiced separately. Minuchin's Structural model, with its account of family boundaries, subsystems and explorations of emotional closeness and distance, was incorporated into other family domains (roles, behavioural management and family affect-regulation) that had been deconstructed by the McMaster group in Canada. As we describe elsewhere, a further layer of the model had taken key defensive and relational themes from the psychodynamic model.
Mono-model Approaches
Standing independently, each of these three models had been extremely useful for trainees and practising therapists during their early careers, able to concentrate on just one at a time.
For example, psychodynamic theory had not been taught to structural family therapy trainees in Philadelphia, nor to those learning the McMaster model in Hamilton, Ontario (although many of their trainees were quite familiar with psychodynamic concepts). Those training in London had been taught primarily from a psychodynamic perspective; structural concepts became of interest until these were trumped by strategic ideas. This type of development ultimately often led to 'either/or' positions, where working from only one perspective or from another did not sufficiently reflect the complexity of family difficulties.
So the 1st edition's integration of models had brought some synergy and a genuine celebration of multiple perspectives, capturing more of the complexity of emotional and behavioural functioning within families. Integrating the models had mattered because, however valuable each were, the sum of each does not equal the whole.
This edition of Integrated Family Therapy holds on to this fundamental framework of 'both/and' positions, and assimilates additional perspectives taken from the many developments over the thirty years since the 1st edition was published. This includes:
- McGoldrick's emphasis on the family life cycle
- Byng-Hall's focus on Inter-generational attachment patterns and family scripts
- attention to Burnham's Social GGRRAAACCEEESSS, which considers power and privilege in therapeutic relationships
- consideration of therapeutic safety and Mason's position of Safe Uncertainty as optimal for therapeutic change.
And as well, concepts from the postmodern years broaden the scope of the model into an even greater appreciation of the complexity of family functioning:
- Narrative Therapy recognizes the power of language on the construction of meaning within families and how dominant family and social stories can negate under-developed strengths and possibilities for change.
- Constructivism, which emerged within Solution-Focused Therapy, reminds us that individual and shared emotional states and therefore hope, creativity and optimism can be constructed and developed within families with carefully formulated, sequential questions.
Finally, we also take account of recent dramatic developments in understanding from epigenetics and neuroscience. For example, Seigel's work of interweaving brain-based development and reactions to external and perceived (relational) stimuli. Integration of models would not be complete without taking account these important contributions to our knowledge-base. So these too can be brought into family psychotherapy thinking and practice in considering how to create space within families for planes of new possibility.
This edition of Integrated Family Therapy therefore explores family functioning at multiple levels:
- the broad structure of families and its impact on health and social functioning
- the detail of behavioural and emotional regulation patterns within families
- the way in which defensive and relational intra-psychic mechanisms are enacted within 'here and now' family dynamics, sometimes linked by neurologically-based chains of association to adverse historical experience
- the understanding of how intergenerational patterns and lifecycle transitions impact on family wellbeing
- how power, language and socially constructed meaning can create or block opportunities in families for change
- and how systemic family therapy practice can influence the development of positive emotional states that enhance motivation for change; and how all of this for better and for worse impacts on mind and brain, and vice versa.
Inevitably, every therapist will privilege different aspects of the Integrated model, at different times and with different families. Without an awareness of which domains they are most and least comfortable and what is required to stretch their therapeutic ideology, the unique combination of need that each family brings to therapy is unlikely to be fully, or even adequately, met.
Multiple positions are particularly useful, even vital, to work with complex family relationships. The heuristic value of the kaleidoscope of ever-changing harmonies and nuances an integrated approach offers, compared to the spurious precision provided by any one perspective, lies in the multiple contributions brought to sense-making. That is, the formulation that arises after first contact facilitates clarity of thinking and purpose rather than confused problem-solving.


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One of the great, magic-enhancing mysteries of the fragrance world is of course that we scent-lovers can never find out exactly what's in a perfume. It's Above Top Secret info, for commercial reasons. (Fragrance, unlike other areas of cosmetics, is not bound by the need to label anything but any potential allergens – limonene, geraniol etc. – on the packaging.) So I have no reason to disbelieve Organic Pharmacy when they tell me that their four new fragrances are 100% natural, with no artificial fragrances or colours, phthalates or animal ingredients. But I have to say, it's a serious achievement.
Now, professeur de parfums Roja Dove and I once spent an entire afternoon sniffing our way through dozens of 'natural' fragrances for The Green Beauty Bible (which I co-wrote with Sarah Stacey). I have to say we loathed much of what we encountered. Some were blatantly synthetic, despite the 'natural' spin. Others had zero staying power on the skin. Yet more were simply poor compositions. We eventually settled on a slightly-less-than-magnificent seven fragrances to list in that book – but I can safely say that if Organic Glam's quartet had been up for assessment that day, it would have grabbed the first four slots. These are expert blends: rounded, beautiful, impactful – and they last, on the skin. The Scent Critic doesn't know how Organic Pharmacy founder Margot Marrone's done it – but I take my hat off to her.
Naturally, I have my favourites in the collection: Oriental Blossom is delectably sexy, but it's Oud I'm enjoying most of all. Oud, of course, is having a major fragrance moment generally. Jo Malone's got an Oud, and so has Tom Ford. There are a couple of good Ouds at Avery Perfumery (and I'll get round to those, in the months to come). Deeply, darkly rooted in the Arabic tradition of perfume, oud – a.k.a. agar – is a dark, resinous wood that forms in the heart of trees when they've been infected with a specific type of mold. In defence, the tree produces a dark, aromatic resin – and that's oud, which literally for millennia has been used for perfumery and for incense. It's exotic – and erotic. And yes, it does have a little bit of an 'off' smell if you analyse it too closely – but it's the grit in the oyster, what makes it intriguing. Oud gives the depth that an animalic note used to, and now that the fragrance world's banned the civets and musks, it's more valuable than ever.
Not surprisingly, Organic Glam Oud is very woody from first whoosh. The overture is dry and souk-spicy: cedarwood, chai-like cardamom – and a generous, nose-tingling grind of black pepper. Freeze-framed there, it could be worn by a man – but then a softness drifts in: the powderiness when you open a box of rose-scented Turkish delight, with a touch of Mummy's handbag about it. Within minutes, Oud's become super-sophisticated and girly, all at once. Burlesque, even. And I love, love, love the base notes: generous sandalwoodiness, with vetiver (you know by now how I feel about vetiver), and the chocolate-bar sweetness of tonka bean.
There's definitely a wild-animal-undertone about Organic Glam Oud. Caged tiger. Cheetah-on-a-leash. I am old enough to remember when hip young men wearing flared trousers and silk bandanas would sometimes parade pet lions and leopards down Chelsea's King's Road on jewelled leashes, and I was always a sucker for that underlying sense of threat, as they padded by. Well, this has a little of that purring, dangerous sensuality. The label – on a hefty bottle that's definitely the most glamorous the natural fragrance world has yet seen – may not list the ingredients, but it probably ought have a warning: 'We cannot be responsible for things that happen to you when wearing Organic Glam Oud.'
Definitely not one for the office, anyway. Unless you're looking to seduce Mr. Blenkinsop in Accounts, that is.


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Dear Café Members,
I would like to take this opportunity to post here to let people know how much appreciation and thanks I have for everyone's help in the 1st few weeks of the SAM Skype Directory Project. In just a few short weeks, since we started the project we have had an overwhelming support from not only SAM members like yourselves, but also have had the support of Past Nat'l Presidents, RVP's, Magic Circle and others.
These folks have not only backed the project, but have taken time out of their busy schedules to help us get listings, approvals, & testing of the list.
Personally, we have found it not only to be a wonderful tool but a great way to keep in touch with our SAM friends as well as a way to save money when talking to other SAM officers in regards to SAM projects and initiatives.
For those who may be hearing about this project for the first time, let me give you a little background information.
For those who may not know what Skype is, allow me to explain a bit more.
Skype is a little piece of software that allows you to make free calls to
other Skype users (via computer to computer) . Basically this means that while at your computer with a simple touch of a button, you can talk directly to any other Skype user. You will hear them in real time over your computer speakers as if they are right there with you. They in turn will be able to hear you just from you talking into your computer microphone. It is just that easy. The best part about this, from computer to computer to anyone around the world is totally FREE. It really is a win-win situation for everyone involved. You also have the ability to do conference calls with multiple Skype users at the same time with out costing you anything. For more information on Skype and to download the free application, please go to http://www.skype.com
It is our intention to create a Skype Directory of SAM members around the world. We hope by doing so, it will boost interaction between SAM members and assemblies and an easy and free way of making new friends and keeping in touch with old ones.
However, the success of this project depends upon the help of people like you. If you are already on Skype, and would like to be listed on the directory, please just send me an email (Kelly Peron) at firstname.lastname@example.com. Please put in your email your name, statec/country, assembly (if any) and your skype name.
If you are not currently on skype and would either like more detailed information about it, or would like to be walked thru the process of set up please let me know. It would be my pleasure to assist you in any way that I can. Thank you for your time and support of this project.
When the project is finished, it will ONLY be given out to those who are listed in the directory and have given their permission to share it with other SAM members.
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Pregnancy is such a special time in any woman's life, but caring for the skin during this time requires special considerations!
Teratogens and Product Safety
A teratogen refers to an agent or a factor which contributes to the malformation of an embryo. Drugs and chemicals fall into this category. It's important to be aware of the safety of what you are putting on your skin while baby is on board. Isotretinoin, a Vitamin A derivative found in the prescriptions Accutane and Retin-A are a definite NO. OTC Retinoids and medical grade retinoids are best avoided until pregnancy and breastfeeding are over. You may see it listed as "Retinol" in the ingredients list of your product. It is also important to avoid Salicylic Acid, as it is derived from Aspirin, which has been proven unsafe for children under 12 due to the risk of Reye's Syndrome. While antibiotics such as Doxycycline are typically prescribed by dermatologists for mild cases of acne such as acne vulgaris, your dermatologist will prescribe a different category of antibiotic such as Azithromycin, Cephalexin, or Eythromycin. This is typically only for more extreme cases of painful, cystic acne, which unfortunately can plague you during pregnancy.
The Two Camps of Pregnancy:
Camp One: "My skin has never looked better! I'm glowing!"
Camp Two: "My skin has never been this bad! I am broken out in acne and I have dry patches too!"
While some women experience a boost in their skin's glow from all of the estrogen and other hormones, many women find that their skin has a "freak out"- at least initially as HcG levels triple daily during the first trimester. If you find yourself in the second camp, take heart! There are a few things you can do to safely care for your acne.
- Switch up your cleansing routine-. Make sure to use a foaming or gel cleanser with mild exfoliants in the evening to thoroughly cleanse the excess oil off. Avoid using a salicylic acid wash, as this is on the no-fly list of ingredients. L-Lactic Acid is okay. The Clear Skin Probiotic Cleanser from Eminence is a great choice.
- Change your moisturizer. Choose a moisturizer that is meant for combination skin (oily in the T zone and normal everywhere else). Unless your skin truly is oily, resist the urge to use products designed for acne or oily skin types, as you may end up over-stripping the skin of oil. When this happens, the skin produces more oil to compensate, resulting in a breakout! Homeostasis is the key. A product that is hydrating without being too thick, and my absolute favorite for this phase of life is the Hydrating B5 Gel by SkinCeuticals. You can use this morning and night.
- Exfoliate, Safely. Even though retinol is off the table, there are still some great exfoliants you can use 2-3 times per week to remove dead skin cells and to keep the oil-water balance of the skin in check. An enzyme exfoliant will safely do the trick. I used the Silk Renewing Peel by Silk Therapeutics all throughout my pregnancy and it kept my skin clear and glowing! The peel's only contains 5 ingredients, so you can be sure of the purity of the product and its safety while your delicate baby grows! The active ingredients are lactic and glycolic acid, both have been proven safe for pregnancy.
- See an Aesthetician for a Great Facial and Thorough Extractions. If you do have acne breakouts, do not attempt to extract them yourself and certainly do not pick! The influx of your hormones can make you susceptible to hyper pigmentation after being exposed to UVA/UVB rays, a condition in which the skin stays red, brown or dark for a very long time after the blemish heals. See a trusted aesthetician who will choose the proper exfoliant for you and perform a safe and thorough extraction to clean the skin of sebaceous debris and reduce bacteria. It is important to note that while the High Frequency Machine is used post extraction to kill bacteria (among other uses) this is not safe while you are with child. Ask if they have access to a blue LED light- this is appropriate for pregnant clients and can kill a subtype of bacteria responsible for most breakouts, P.acne bacteria.


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Sharing myself is not my strong point but here it goes... I am a 27 yr old culinary arts student who has been battling bulimia for 14 yrs now. I have absolutely no idea hot to control my urges, I cant remember life without them.
Being a culinary arts major makes things really difficult since I am handling food all the time. Don't get me wrong, I love cooking but am not sure it was such a wise career choice for someone like me. It's too late now though, I am about to graduate with my degree so I can't turn back. I just want to be able cook a delicious meal without having to eat it all if Im not really hungry. Or be able to keep a box of oreos in the cabinet longer than a few hrs. I want to learn how to be strong.
Anyways, for years I have been going through cycles of not being able to control my urges and losing X lbs to getting a grip on them and gaining it all back, and some. I am currently at my highest weight of X lbs and am miserable. I cant fit any of my clothes and refuse to buy new till I lose the weight. Not being able to fit into my clothes depresses me and I once again turn to binging and purging in an attempt to lose weight or just to give in to my demon.
Just like many, I am terrified of the negative effects this disorder has had on my body, mind and soul. I just want to be free and live happy.
Thank you to everyone who has taken the time to read my story. I wish you the best of luck on your road to recovery and will keep all of you in my prayers. God Bless :)
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Human lives and the fate of an entire oppressed nation are at stake. Radiohead must cancel its July 19th gig in Tel Aviv
Supporting this boycott will bring publicity to what Radiohead is going to do and at what cost to the lives of oppressed people, showing that that art and music is not separate from the military boot kicking and the rifle butt beating the oppressed as artists nearby perform to 'their dedicated fans'. Hopefully this petition will help Radiohead's members to listen to their conscience and cancel.
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IT will be showtime for the Financial Services Soccer League this weekend when the Paynet Cup tournament springs into life at the ZB Bank Sports Club in Harare today.
The tournament, which brings together teams from the financial sector — mainly the banks and insurance companies — will have 2017 winners ZB Life battling to defend their title amid intense pressure from rivals such as Old Mutual, CABS, FBC and Stanchart. "It is always a pleasure hosting such events where staff members from various financial institutions get to interact through sport.
"This year's edition comes albeit, some challenges in the economy and Payserv is hailed for its continued support after agreeing to shelve the 2018 gala to a pre-season tournament in 2019.
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Question: My husband and I have owned an investment property for about 10 years now. We lived in it for five years and rented it out for three years. My husband has lived in it for the past two years. Do we have to pay capital gains tax if we sell it now? What can we claim as tax deductions? Thanks, Martha.
Answer: From your question I am assuming you did not have any other properties which you may have wanted to nominate as your main residence. You are allowed to move out of your main residence for up to six years without it impacting on the main residence tax benefit, as long as you do not nominate another property as your main residence.
As your husband moved back in after two years then the property can be sold without a CGT liability. (You advise that your husband moved back in but do not indicate your movements. This could affect the answer, depending on the circumstances.)
While the property was being rented all costs such as interest on borrowings, repairs etc are deductible and the rental income is assessable. The net – if positive – is then taxed half each at your individual marginal tax rates. If negative, you can each reduce your income and therefore your tax, again at your marginal tax rate on half the loss each.
If you had not moved back within six years or had another nominated property as your main residence, then the capital gain between the purchase cost and the market value at the time you moved out would be free of CGT. Any amount of gain above the market value from the time you moved out and the date sold would be taxable.
As you owned the property over 12 months this gain since you moved out would be reduced by 50%. Both you and your husband would pay tax on this reduced amount at your individual marginal tax rate.
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The program aims to prepare practitioners who can work to strengthen families through services and policies supportive of family and community well-being; engage in interdisciplinary learning and coordinated interprofessional practice; provide leadership in the community and in civic life; and encourage and guide the inclusion and representation of Native Americans and members of other cultures in the region.
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Archive for February 9th, 2012
by Pete Talbot
Abortion, birth control, women's health care and religious freedom have all been in the news lately, often in the same story.
As a man, I'm not even sure I get to comment on this but since knotheaded dudes write letters to the editor all the time decrying a woman's right to choose and a couple of Montana Catholic Bishops, neither whom are women, have made pronouncements, here goes.
Let's start with Congressman Rehberg's response to the Obama administration's rule that birth control should be provided in insurance plans for Catholic schools and hospitals:
"This order is government intrusion into the private lives of Americans under the guise of health care reform and infringes on the religious liberty of women and men of faith in direct opposition to the religious freedom enshrined in the First Amendment of the Constitution," says Rehberg.
So, some non-Catholic woman working in St. Patrick Hospital's cafeteria will not have access to affordable birth control because of some archaic religious belief. Talk about infringing on the "religious liberty of women" as "enshrined in the First Amendment of the Constitution," right Denny?
To the uber-Catholic women who happen to work at St. Pats and are opposed to birth control: just don't use it (you can always use the rhythm method. That works, sometimes).
Closer to home, the Ravalli County Commissioners, by a 3-2 vote, are accepting Title X family planning funding. This would seem like a no-brainer — around $40K for birth control, annual exams, pregnancy and pap tests, testing for sexually transmitted diseases, nutrition education and counseling, on a sliding scale.
But of course these commissioners have issues that deal with a lack of parental notification for minors. They're willing to sacrifice low-cost women's health programs for their narrow ideology.
Granted, I'd want my kids to talk to me about their sexual concerns. I'd rather they have access to an STD or pregnancy test, birth control, or sexual education and counseling, if they choose not to confide in me .
Again, I'm always amazed by the less-government intrusion crowd dictating their moral imperatives to the rest of us, via government programs. The overused but accurate "hypocrite" comes to mind.
All this news comes on the heels of the Susan G. Komen controversy. If you believe that attacks by the right on women's health care issues aren't still in play, often under the misnomer of "religious freedom," you'd be wrong.