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Smashing cover letter? Check. Outstanding CV? Check. Caught the attention of a recruiter? Check. After all that hard work, you've reaped some rewards - good for you. But now what?
Though the prospect of a telephone interview may seems easy (no awkward handshakes or frantically consulting Google Maps) there are a few things to consider if you want to really impress a recruiter with your skills. And as much as confident communication and enthusiasm will help your interviewer identify your social skills and fit within a company culture, it's also important to recognize the role the recruiter plays in your job hunt journey, what they're looking for, and what mutual gains can be made from your conversation.
Speak Articulately And Relay Basics About Skills And Experience
Give a comprehensive but brief overview of your skills and experience; your recruiter will want to know that you meet the requirements for the job, and especially if this is just an intro call, they're not looking for detail (they'll save that for the in-person job interview) but rather a way of identifying suitability for a role. That said, analyzing the job description is important to make sure you're tailoring your discussion to suit those requirements.
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This may seem like an obvious one - make sure you're applying to the right role! It happens more frequently that you'd think that folks get on the phone and have no idea which job they're discussing. If you're working with a recruiter and don't yet know what company is advertising for the role and therefore can't research the company and its culture, then don't be afraid to express passion for your career aspirations (assuming you're reasonably interested in the opportunity). But watch out for coming across as fake, since a recruiter will be able to tell if you're feigning interest for the sake of a well-paid job.
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If you're unsure about anything – speak up! There's no point wallowing in uncertainty when something needs to be clarified, your recruiter won't mind. They'd much prefer that you were transparent and direct that waste their time and their client's time.
Understand The Recruiter's Role In The Process
Knowing your recruiter's stake in the process will allow you to strategize more effectively. Remember they're compensated for filling a position for a client so when they phone you up, they're clearly impressed by your CV and credentials and they're already on your side. Be honest, open and communicate enthusiastically about specifics concerning the job description and you'll get on just fine. A recruiter is there to support you throughout the process so don't be afraid to make use of that.
Be Personable
There's nothing worse than sounding dull, droning and unenthusiastic, whether you're in a customer service or interactive role or not, it's important to be well mannered and skilled at communication. It's your time to shine – you need to sell yourself to the recruiter, so be wary of how you sound when you speak. If you're unsure, try a practice through and record yourself, that way you'll be able to hear more objectively how you're coming across.
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- Measurements: 45cm (H) x 35cm (W) x 28cm (D). Seat height: 25cm
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As a progressive and transparent law enforcement organization, the Scottsdale Police Department works diligently to evolve and grow with the community that we serve.
I'm excited to share the latest developments of the Scottsdale Police Department's on-body camera program and some additional information related to equipping our officers with on-body cameras.
The department-wide on-body camera deployment strategy has been based primarily on budget constraints, as well as developing, implementing and managing the challenges presented by any new program of this size.
Implementing the on-body program in increments has allowed us to productively and efficiently troubleshoot the various technical, legal and policy issues related to the deployment of these cameras.
The Scottsdale Police Department began a pilot program in 2013 using 10 head-mounted cameras. This program evolved into the on-body program that it is today, which currently consists of approximately 100 on-body cameras deployed on officers throughout the city.
The majority of these cameras are assigned to patrol officers, however, specialty units such as the K-9 Unit, the Bike Unit and the DUI Unit are also utilizing on-body cameras. Additionally, all new officers are assigned an on-body camera upon completing the academy.
With budget approval, we are hoping to purchase and deploy an additional 100 on-body cameras during fiscal year 2016-17. Full implementation of the on-body camera program will consist of all patrol officers and patrol support assignments.
Benefits of on-body camera use:
• Provide real-time evidence gathering
• Act as an impartial eyewitness
• Increase public trust through transparency
• Assist in the civil defense of officers accused of unprofessional conduct, abuse of authority or excessive force
• Provide efficiency in prosecution
• Uphold our standards of service and professionalism
Since Sept 2015, three documented incidents involving complaints on officers have been cleared as "exonerated" or "unfounded" as a direct result of on-body camera footage.
Citizens tend to behave better when they realize they are on camera, and more than one citizen has withdrawn a complaint entirely once they were confronted with the fact that there is video footage of the incident in question.
In today's climate, on-body cameras are the public expectation.
The Scottsdale Police Department continues to be a forward thinking and progressive agency and we enthusiastically employ the on body camera program. While the on-body cameras are a great use of technology, it is important to note that it cannot replace an officer's perception or prior experience.
When viewing on-body camera recordings, one must keep in mind that most cameras do not follow the officer's direct line of site or peripheral vison. An officer may perceive or predict things in their environment that the camera cannot see.
Also, as with all technology, it may fail to operate at times and must only supplement the officer's investigation, not replace it.
The Scottsdale Police Department has been fortunate to collaborate with other Valley agencies and the Maricopa County Attorney's Office to share information and develop best practices related to all aspects of on-body camera usage. We are confident that we've developed and implemented a program consistent with the standards our community has come to expect from the Scottsdale Police Department.
For additional questions or information please contact the Scottsdale Police on-body camera program manager Sgt. Brian Reynolds at 480-312-8179 or email@example.com.
Editor's note: Rich Slavin is the commander of the Scottsdale Police Department. His column is reprinted from the spring 2016 Scottsdale Police Newsletter.


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Eddy Cue, Apple's senior vice president of Internet software and services, takes the stage to unveil updates to the company's media player, iTunes. Users can expect changes to the desktop version of iTunes in October. Changes in the iOS 6 version of iTunes, the App Store, and the iBookstore are slated for September 19.
According to Apple, in the last nine years, 20 billion songs have been purchased from iTunes, which is available in 63 countries.
Also according to Apple, 66 percent of iTunes downloads stem from iOS devices, such as the iPad and iPhone.
The iTunes Store has been redesigned for the iPad to feature bigger tiles across the top.
An image of an iPhone displaying the new iTunes Store in portrait mode.
The iTunes Store on the iPhone features big app pages and Facebook integration.
Aside from the redesign, Cue said that users will be able to preview songs for 90 seconds while browsing.
iCloud will now be built-in with iTunes. The left-oriented source list is gone, replaced by a drop-down menu. Albums expand like folders similar to those on iOS and OS X.
The new iTunes will display an expansive grid of albums.
When you click on an album, track listings will seamlessly pop up on the interface.
The interface when browsing in Artist mode looks similar to the Music app on the iPad.
iTunes Store integration enables users to view other albums from within an album.
Users can also see an entire music library and a playlist at the same time.
When dragging an album from the list, iTunes will bring up a little tab to the right to help users create playlists.
The "up next" feature enables users to see what's next on the playlist queue in a pull-down menu.
Search has also improved. Entire albums are pulled up in a search query, but you can home in on individual songs as well.
The iTunes mini player's look has been updated, for when you want to shrink iTunes on the desktop.
Though the window is collapsed, users can still search in iTunes even when it's in mini mode.
Files from the iCloud, as well as downloaded media, are displayed together in a fully integrated window.
Here, a clip from "The Avengers" shows how users can watch movies from both their computers and their iCloud storage.
The new iTunes Store page looks similar to how it appears on iOS.
Again, similar to iOS, you can hear a preview of a song while browsing other parts of the iTunes Store.
Users can also research and discover artist information, including tour dates and purchasing details.
In summation, the desktop version of iTunes will have iCloud integration, an updated iTunes Store, and a more streamlined design.


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About Me
Nate Bernardo
Searching for adventure and bringing stories to life through the lens.
Nate Bernardo is a commercial photographer based out of the San Francisco Bay Area. He has a passion for documenting the beauty of Mother Nature and her beautiful sights. From landscapes, to travel, to fashion, Nate is well versed in the intricacies of capturing "the moment." You'll always find a camera strapped to his hand or shoulder, always looking to capture that perfect fleeting moment.
Work Experience
Photo Intern - Young & Hungry Agency - 2019
Spring Show Student Liaison - Academy of Art University - 2019
B Camera Operator - Sari Dress Tent Documentary - Edwin Vargas - 2018
Photo Assistant - Sari Dress Tent; Adrienne Pao, Robin Lasser - 2018
B Camera Operator - The Factronauts; Bryan Hewitt - 2018
Photo Intern - Young & Hungry Agency - 2018
Spring Show Student Liaison - Academy of Art University - 2018
Photographer/Videographer - Infinite Aquarium 2017-Present
Volunteer Photographer - Golden Gate Yacht Club Youth Sailing 2012-2017
Photographer - Neptune Aquatics 2012-2015
Lead Photographer & Reporter at the John F. Kennedy High School Titan Tribune 2009-2012
Accolades & Publications
Academy of Art University Spring Show - 2019
Council of Fashion Designers of America: CFDA+ Design Graduates - Antidote - 2018
notjustalabel.com - Antidote - 2018
Council of Fashion Designers of America: Fashion Future Graduate Showcase - Antidote - 2018
City College San Francisco Online Education - 2018
Academy of Art University Spring Show - 2018
ANTIDOTE by Jennifer Wang - 2018
Academyart.edu - 2018
Academy of Art University Spring Show - 2017
Sustainablesiren.com - 2016-2017
Happinez Magazine Germany - 2016
Academy of Art University Spring Show - 2016
Fairmont San Francisco Student Showcase - 2015
Academy of Art University Spring Show - 2013
Finalist, Photographers Forum The Best of High School and College Photography 2013
Changing Tides Golden Gate Yacht Club - 2012
Client List
Happinez Magazine
Underground Agency
City College San Francisco
Infinite Aquarium
Golden Gate Yacht Club
San Francisco Civic Music Association
Hawaii Visitors and Convention Bureau
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When was the last time you opened a new package of crayons or paints? The anticipation of using these implements. The smell of the item fresh from the packaging.
When was the last time you created visual art? What medium did you use?
When was the last time you considered creation?
The beauty and majesty of a sunset…
The fine details of a flower and how it knows just when to bloom….
The beauty of the human form responding to music….
God created it all including us, on purpose, for a purpose. Lean into the purpose and find the beauty you were meant to be.
"I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well." – Psalm 139:14


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Love is one of the most powerful emotions we experience. Perhaps this is why so many semi percious stones are linked to this strong emotion. Garnet is one of the very popular stones that has strong connections to the power of love. The name comes from the latin word for Pomegranate, because garnet crystals in rocks looked like pomegranate seeds. Garnet can be found in many areas of the world including the United States, India, Australia and Brazil.
Garnet has historical and mythlogical background. During 19th century, garnet became very fashionable. Legends claim that garnets are healing stones and can cure skin problems and help regulate blood flow. Other powers associated with this stone include protection and strength.Garnet: Powers include healing, love friendship, protection and strength
Black Hills Gold Garnet Jewelry
More collection available at Black Hills Gold Gemstone Jewelry section. Most of the gemstone jewelry designs can be customized with garnet stones.


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The Big Lamp Brewery has been in existence since 1982 and is the oldest micro brewery in the North East. Its first brew was the ever popular Big Lamp Bitter in 1982 which was brewed for The Red House pug on the Newcastle Quayside.
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If the New Labour years were the "nice years" with ever increasing levels of public expenditure, is the Cameron / Clegg era, and the associated big cuts the "new dark age"?
Brendan Barber, the current moderate, likeable, and effective General Secretary of the TUC warned on the opening day of the annual Trades Union Congress conference 2010, on 13 September:
"that big cuts would make Britain a dark, brutish and more frightening place."
The opening of the TUC's 142nd congress – the first under a non-Labour government since 1996 – comes amid concern among trade unions about the speed and scope of the coalition's programme to reduce the £155bn public sector deficit. Most Whitehall departments have been ordered to plan for savings of between 25% and 40% ahead of the comprehensive spending review of Wednesday 20 October 2010.
Delegates debated a motion calling for the TUC's General Council to "support and co-ordinate campaigning and joint union industrial action, nationally and locally, in opposition to attacks on jobs, pensions, pay or public services". Different unions are threatening to call strikes on the same day(s) if the cuts are not scaled back however legislation brought in by the Thatcher government make it very difficult for unions to create a second "winter of discontent".
The TUC's view is that the cuts were necessary to pay for the deficit and said they were a "savage and opportunistic attack on public services" which "goes far further than even the dark days of Thatcher".
Mr Barber added: "These are not temporary cuts, but a permanent rollback of public services and the welfare state. Not so much an economic necessity as a political project driven by an ideological clamour for a minimal state."
In fairness the current Government maintains, (and opinion polling data seems to indicate that the public supports this approach at least for now), that such cuts are necessary in order that the markets continue to lend to the UK and we do not have Greek style junking of our national credit rating. The political choice they have made in prioritising reducing the deficit and eradicating it within four years does mean that the Government will probably be seen as the "government of cuts" and its time in office as the "age of austerity" by future historians. Cameron and Clegg have spotted this and are trying to talk positively about the economy and the society they wish to create post cuts, but such is the scale of the cuts that it is inevitable that its time in office will be seen through this prism. And its political opponents will seek to label's its term in office, as Sir Winston Churchill put it: "a new dark age".
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The Sydney Bears have announced that Vladimir Rubes has stepped down from the head coach position due to family commitments. Rubes has held the position since 2000 and played for the club until the end of the 2013 season, amassing a total of 399 points in 239 games.
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Stone Rake
Posted on 27 Apr, 2019 by STH
Stone Rake is suitable for leveling soil and raking stones to one side. It is easy to use and takes alot of the hard labour out of the work.
Stone Rake is powered by a Honda petrol engine with a hydraulic powerpack for the stone rake
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Install power saving home windows in your house. They'll lower your vitality payments while keeping you cool in the summertime and heat in the winter. Additionally they improve the worth of your own home as buyers love new power saving facilities. Take the time to choose windows which are visually appealing and fit your private home's motif. If it's essential do some work on your home however aren't sure the place to begin, this text is for you! Learn on to find out what simple, straightforward steps you'll be able to take to embark on a home enchancment mission on your house! Remodel your own home simply, preserve studying!
Make sure to offer satisfactory lighting when designing your new or updated toilet. Typically individuals focus extra on the fixtures and do not contemplate the lighting till it is too late. Should you add lights by the mirror and lights on the ceiling, make sure that the bulbs could be replaced easily. Updating an outdated kitchen might be as straightforward as replacing the cabinetry. This may be performed by yourself, but keep in mind to ensure to check for the entire screws which can be holding your present cupboards in place. Lower the caulk that's sealing it to the wall previous to eradicating them, and you'll have a pleasant easy surface to put in the new ones.
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Category Linkin Park
The One that Got Away
Waking up
Disc: don't own em, don't know em, never happened.
A/N: Thanks to everyone who reviews my stuff, *hugz you all*. I got talked into rewriting this after I started it and deleted it coz i thought it was shit.
**Italics** are flashbacks to Chester's past.
Chester stared at the TV blankly, not seeing it at all as he listened to Sam bustle around their large kitchen, preparing a dinner that no one would eat. He felt numb. Tuned out, as if someone had thrown up an invisible screen around him blocking out the rest of the world, and trapping him inside with his thoughts.
He should have knocked.
He didn't usually knock, which is why he had just walked into his sons room. He really didn't expect to be greeted by the sight that had lain before him. Quite literally.
He really should have knocked.
It had been another day at the studio. One of the bands signed onto his label had run into another snag on their European tour, and he'd been called in to sort it out. It had been a really long fucking day. He had almost burst a blood vessel when he found out the 'snag' had been the lead singer getting caught in the hotel elevator with 2 hookers.
A really long fucking day.
It was nine pm before he had gotten off the phone with their media guy, and a frustrating half hour drive later he was back home, wife bitching about how he never help around the house, and the dog attempting to send him face first into a table lamp. He swore the dog had something against him.
He had walked upstairs then, each step taken to the beat of Samantha's nagging, taking him closer to the one reason why he put up with her shit. The reason why he had quit Linkin Park to begin with. His life. His son.
He hadn't knocked. Didn't usually need to, but at that point he wished to god that he had, because as he opened the heavy wooden door to Draven's bedroom, he heard the unmistakable sounds.
"Ugh…yessss, harder!"
"Baby, you're tight…Feels good…"
"Fuck me, just…. Oh god!"
He knew, just by the sounds of skin on skin. Just by the strong smell of sex in the air indicating that the two people had been at it for quite a while. The moans. The sharp intakes of breath, sex noises that had once been so familiar, now sounding alien coming from someone else. His own son no less.
He should have stepped away then, just closed the door and walked away, but the need for visual conformation was overwhelming and he had leant in.
A split second was all it took. The image of Draven's head flung back on the pillow, hands clutching his best frind Chris's back like it was a lifeline, the look of pure bliss on the young mans face. As the couple on the bed moved together. Chester was in shock; Draven had known Chris since they were both kids.
He ran. Shutting the door behind him, quietly so the teenagers didn't notice him, and retreated to the living room, his shock hidden behind the careful mask that he always seemed to wear, and calmly switching on the TV.
"Was Draven ok?" Sam's voice just about penetrated the hazy fog surrounding his brain, and shock made it so he almost couldn't answer her. Thankfully, he regained his senses a second later and turned to his wife, smiling blankly at the woman he was supposed to love, and replied.
"Seemed happy enough."
Apparently satisfied with his answer, the blonde announced she would make dinner and swanned off to the kitchen, leaving Chester sitting in front of the TV, just staring. He looked at his shoes. Black skater shoes this time, mostly hidden by the black bondage pants he was wearing. He frowned; he was always wearing black now. Had done for years.
He tried to focus on that. The colour of his clothes, fresh ideas for new hairstyles, even the lame ass game show blaring away on the screen in front of him, but he couldn't get the image out of his head. It was as if the whole scene had been put on a loop with surround sound.
**"Baby, you're tight…Feels good…"
"Fuck me, just…. Oh god!"**
It all played out like some big ugly car wreck, and he saw the five seconds of horror over and over again. Draven's head flung back, beads of sweat forming on the eighteen year olds strong neck as the body on top of him moved fluidly, as if they had been in that position many times before. His son's hands clutching at the back under them. Strong back, belonging to his best friend.
Draven was gay.
His son was gay.
His. Son. Was. Gay.
Chester felt like crying. Screaming. Cursing. He couldn't, so he just sat there and watched the scene in his mind over and over again.
Soon, too soon for his own peace of mind, the people changed. Draven's strong shoulders and slender frame, inherited from god knows where morphed into a slighter, paler form. The shock of dark hair into bleach blonde spikes. Blue eyes, Sam's eyes, melting into brown and unfocused without thick glasses.
The friend changed to. Still tall, still tanned, but the thick muscle stretched over the frame was now older than a teens, and more compact. Strong hands that gripped the legs of the person under them turned finer, artists hands. The light brown hair changed to pitch black, and the moans in the room deepened. The words were no different, but there was something else.
**"Baby, you're tight…Feels good…"
"Fuck me, just…. Oh god!"
"So hot…you look…oh…I l…shit!!"
"Holy fuck, there…oh god…oh!"
"It's ok Mike, I love you."
"Love you too Ches. Love you too." **
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The final project of the quarter is a relief printmaking assignment. You will be carving your own linoleum block and printing in class. The point of printmaking is the multiple and creating an edition.
Online assignment this week is to research a printmaking artist, write a little about him or her, and post a link. There are 4 different types of printmaking:
Intaglio - Literally means "to carve into". A copper plate is carved or etched and ink is put into the lines which is then pulled out with the use of a press.
Relief - Carving a wood or linoleum block to create recessed lines. Ink is deposited on the top, uncarved layer and printed on paper without a press.
Serigraphy - A matrix is made on stretched silk and inked through with a squeegee. This has more commercial applications, t shirts and what not. Also known as silkscreen.
Lithography - Mystical science based off of grease and water don't mix. A limestone block is etched with Nitric Acid and printed using a very flat surface. Not to be trifled with.
My artist is Johanna Mueller. She works out of the gallery "The Lions Nest" in Colorado. Her work is about the spirituality of animals. She typically works in the medium Wood Engraving which falls under the Relief group. Her work is intrinsically detailed and full of movement and color. She recently has moved more towards collage, embracing the multiple aspect of printmaking. A bit from here artist statement.
" Enhanced by printmaking's history of narrative, my work delves into the shared histories of humans, as told by animals. These compositions are full of animals within animals, a reference to animal cognition and spirits within animal bodies. "


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During South By South West I had the privilege of getting to meet an Irish band called Dark Room Notes (they stayed at my girlfriend's house for the week. Really great band, really nice people.
They told me about a band called Villagers (also from Ireland) who was going to perform after them at an Irish showcase during the week. So I stuck around to see what the hype was all about. It turned out to be just one little guy playing a little classical guitar.
He was amazing, everyone in the room was so taken aback when he began to sing. So, I found this video of his and I'd like to share it with you . . .
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Short Stature in a Population-Based Cohort: Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Functioning
OBJECTIVE: The goal was to determine whether there were significant differences between children of normative versus short stature in behavioral functioning and peer relationships, according to teacher and child reports.
METHODS: The study included 712 boys and girls in the sixth grade, from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development. Main outcome measures included Achenbach Teacher's Report Form internalizing, externalizing, and total scores; Children's Depression Inventory scores (child report); Life Orientation Test-Revised scores (child report); Child Behavior with Peers questionnaire asocial with peers, excluded by peers, and peer victimization subscale scores (teacher report); peer social support and victimization scores (child report); and relationships with peers score (teacher report). In bivariate comparisons, these outcomes were compared for children of relatively short (height of <10th percentile) versus nonshort (height of ≥10th percentile) stature, and effect sizes were calculated. Multivariate linear regression models adjusted for maternal education, income/needs ratio, race, and gender.
RESULTS: Effect sizes ranged from 0.00 to 0.35. Short children reported marginally higher levels of self-perceived peer victimization, compared with their nonshort peers. There were no significant differences in the rest of the outcomes for children of short versus nonshort stature, in either unadjusted or adjusted models.
CONCLUSION: Although short children from a population-based sample reported marginally higher levels of self-perceived peer victimization, they did not differ from their nonshort peers in a range of social, emotional, and behavioral outcomes.
Monitoring of linear growth during childhood represents one of the most important tasks for pediatric providers, with the American Academy of Pediatrics recommending measurement of a child's height and weight ≥20 times from birth through middle childhood.1 Children with growth that falls outside the normative values for stature, particularly children with short stature, defined as a height ranging from <3rd percentile to <10th percentile,2 raise concerns for both pediatric providers and parents. When the child is healthy, parental concern about height often is rooted in the perception that shorter children experience more problems in social, emotional, and behavioral functioning. However, parents may be misattributing these difficulties to short stature when actually they are related to other stressors.3
Previous studies reported that short children have higher rates of behavioral difficulties and lower social competency, compared with children of normal stature.4–6 However, interpretation of those studies was limited by several factors. Some studies included children with growth hormone (GH) deficiency or other syndromes, which made it unclear whether the underlying pathologic condition or short stature are responsible for the difficulties in psychosocial adjustment.5–7 Other studies lacked details regarding subject recruitment and subject nonresponse rates,4,7 which led to uncertainty regarding the representativeness of the samples.8 More recent studies have suggested that short children have normal psychosocial adjustment and the behavioral or social difficulties identified might have been attributed inappropriately to the short stature.9–11 Behavioral and peer-relationship ratings from most studies were mostly self- or parent- reported10–12 or were based on populations from a single medical center.5,10,11 Finally, previous studies included cohorts of children with heights of <3rd percentile. Pediatric providers, however, are confronted more commonly with families concerned about their children with less-extreme short stature (eg, height of <10th percentile), a population that is seeking evaluation for short stature in the pediatric specialty clinic setting13,14 but for which there are relatively few data regarding potential differences in behavioral and social functioning.
We are unaware of studies that have evaluated the relationship between psychosocial adaptation and stature among children of diverse socioeconomic status drawn from a variety of geographic areas. Furthermore, few studies have used both teacher reports and child reports. We sought to test the hypothesis that there would be no significant differences in social, emotional, and behavioral functioning between children of short stature (defined as <10th percentile) and those of nonshort stature in a recent, large, population-based cohort of children of diverse socioeconomic status drawn from 10 geographic regions in the United States.
Study Group
We used the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development, a population-based, longitudinal study of child behavior and development.15 Recruitment procedures were described previously.
The main predictor was height at sixth grade, as measured by trained research assistants.16 We focused on height at 11 years of age because children often present with concerns about height at this age,14 and adolescence is thought to be a period when psychosocial stress associated with short stature is increased.17 Height z scores adjusted for age and gender were calculated by using the 2000 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention growth charts.18 Short stature was defined as height of <10th percentile, nonshort stature as height of ≥10th percentile, and average stature as height between the 25th and 75th percentiles. Comparisons between children with heights of <5th and >5th percentile could not be performed because of the small number of children with heights of <5th percentile (n = 11).
Child Behavior Problems (Teacher Report)
Behavioral problems were assessed by using the Achenbach Teacher's Report Form (TRF), as previous studies have evaluated potential differences in parent-reported internalizing and externalizing child behavioral difficulties on the basis of stature.4,6 The TRF is a validated standardized questionnaire that assesses behavioral problems among children.19 Scores are reported as T scores, with a mean of 50 and a SD of 10. Higher scores are indicative of more behavioral problems; a score >60 is considered borderline clinically significant.20
Childhood Depressive Symptoms (Child Report)
Because some studies examined potential differences in children's risk for anxiety/depression on the basis of stature,7 we evaluated for depressive symptoms by using the Children's Depression Inventory (Short Form), a 10-item questionnaire administered to children.21 Scores range from 0 to 20, with higher scores indicating more depressive symptoms. Scores of >8 for girls and >10 for boys are classified as well above average.
Optimism (Child Report)
Studies also evaluated potential differences in children's self-concept on the basis of stature4–6; therefore, we evaluated a measure of optimism by using the Life Orientation Test-Revised.22 Children were asked to respond to questions (Appendix⇓) by using a 4-point scale (1 = not at all and 4 = a lot), with reverse coding as appropriate and with higher values indicating more optimism (actual scores in this sample ranged from 7 to 24).
Peer Relationships
Previous studies evaluated the potential influence of stature on children's social withdrawal and social competence.4,5,23 Therefore, we assessed peer relationships by using teacher reports from the asocial with peers, excluded by peers, and peer victimization scales of the Child Behavior with Peers questionnaire.16,24,25 Questionnaire items were answered on a 3-point scale (0 = not true, 1 = sometimes true, and 2 = often true) (Appendix⇑). Scores are calculated as the mean of component items, with a possible range of 0 to 2 and with higher scores indicating more problem behaviors.
Child reports of peer victimization and social support from peers were drawn from the Peer Victimization, Social Support, and Bullying Questionnaire.25–29 Children responded by using a 5-point scale (never, hardly ever, sometimes, most of the time, or always) (Appendix⇑). Higher scores indicate greater peer victimization or social support.
Previous studies tested for differences in children's social relationships according to stature30; therefore, popularity was assessed by using the Relationships with Peers scale.31 Teachers ranked the child's popularity among same-gender children and a score was generated, accounting for the number of same-gender children in the class.16 Scores range from 0 to 1. For example, in a class of 10 same-gender children, the most popular child would have a score of 1 and the least popular child would have a score of 0.1.
Gender (female versus male) was included as a covariate because studies have shown that more boys than girls are referred to specialist clinics for short stature.14,32 Additional covariates included race (other versus white), income/needs (ITN) ratio, and maternal education (in years). The ITN ratio is represented by total family income relative to the poverty line for a family of a particular size; families with ITN ratios of <1 are considered poor.
The initial sample was composed of 1364 children; by the sixth grade, 1077 families remained in the study. Seven hundred eighty-four children had complete data for height and TRF scores in the sixth grade. Children who were retained a grade (n = 62), skipped a grade (n = 5), or had missing information about their school status (n = 5) were excluded from the sample, because assessment of an association between stature and behavioral functioning or peer relationships could be biased by the inclusion of children who were not at the same stage of growth and development as their classmates.33 Those with complete data who were included in the analysis (N = 712) did not differ from those without complete data who were excluded from the analysis (n = 652) with respect to ITN ratio (P = .93) or height at first grade (P = .54). Compared with those who were excluded from the analysis, those who were included were more likely to be female (53.0% vs 43.3%; P = .0003), to be white (83.2% vs 77.5%; P = .01), and to have mothers with more years of education (14.5 vs 14.0; P = .0001).
Analyses were performed by using SAS 9.1 (SAS Institute, Cary, NC), with separate analyses for each outcome measure (T scores for the TRF results and raw scores for the other measures). Unadjusted linear regression analyses were performed to assess the associations between stature and each outcome, and effect sizes were calculated. Adjusted, multivariate, linear regression models for each of the behavioral outcomes included the main predictor, that is, stature (short versus nonshort), and the covariates gender, race, ITN ratio, and maternal education. Separate models evaluated the interactions between stature and gender, between stature and maternal education, and between stature and ITN ratio. Because our definition of nonshort stature included tall children at the upper end of the height spectrum and tall children are assumed to be at a particular advantage with regard to stronger peer relationships and behavior,34 we also performed analyses comparing short children with children of average height (height between the 25th and 75th percentiles), as well as analyses using height z score as a continuous variable.
Finally, logistic regression models were used to evaluate outcome measures dichotomized into abnormal versus normal groups. Adverse outcomes were defined as T scores of >60 for the TRF total and subscale scores and Children's Depression Inventory scores of >8 for girls and >10 for boys. Scores in the highest quartile defined adverse outcomes for the asocial with peers, peer victimization (both teacher and child reports), and excluded by peers subscales. Scores in the lowest quartile defined adverse outcomes for the optimism, social support from peers, and popularity scales.
Our sample size provided 80% power, with an α value of .05, to detect a 0.5-SD difference in the outcome measures between short and nonshort children, which we suggest provides adequate power to detect clinically significant differences. To assess whether the differences between short and nonshort groups were clinically meaningful, we calculated Cohen's effect sizes for each of the outcome measures (Table 1). Cohen's effect size does not depend on the sample size and often is used to show the magnitude of the differences between groups. The small effect sizes (effect sizes of 0–0.35) indicated that there was no clinically meaningful difference between the short and nonshort groups.
The sample (N = 712) was 47.1% male and 83.2% white. The mean age was 11.9 years (SD: 0.3 years), the mean length of maternal education was 14.5 years (SD: 2.4 years), and the mean ITN ratio was 4.0 (SD: 2.9). There were no significant differences for short versus nonshort children according to gender, race, maternal education, or ITN ratio. Table 1 shows unadjusted bivariate comparisons for the outcome measures according to stature. The analyses failed to show any statistically significant differences between short and nonshort children. Effect sizes of stature on each outcome are shown in Table 1. The small effect sizes (effect sizes of 0–0.35) indicated that there was no clinically meaningful difference between short and nonshort groups.
Table 2 shows the relationships between stature and outcomes after adjustment for demographic characteristics. We detected a statistical trend suggesting that short versus nonshort children reported marginally higher levels of peer victimization (β = −0.25 ± 0.13; P = .052). When we dichotomized the outcome measure of peer victimization into normal versus abnormal groups, short children were more likely to fall into the abnormal group (odds ratio: 2.46 [95% confidence interval: 1.08–5.60]; P = .03). Apart from this trend for a single measure, short stature was not a significant predictor of the other outcomes. Tests of interactions between stature and gender, between stature and maternal education, and between stature and ITN ratio did not achieve statistical significance (data not shown). We also evaluated short versus average stature and evaluated height z score as a continuous variable in these models and found no main effect of stature (data not shown).
Despite the statistical trend for short stature to be associated with increased self-perceptions of peer victimization, this was not associated with poorer adaptation, as we failed to find that short stature was otherwise associated with adverse behavioral outcomes or peer relationships, as reported by either teacher or child, even after adjustment for demographic covariates. These findings are congruent with previous studies showing that short children may report higher rates of teasing or victimization but do not experience significant psychosocial problems attributable to their short stature.17,35
Teasing is a normative experience for children36,37; however, we speculate that short children who receive comments from peers such as "midget," "shrimp," or "shorty" may perceive this teasing in a more-personal way. Furthermore, these comments may be reinforced by parents who verbalize concerns about their child's height and its possible negative impact on social functioning, in the present or in the future. However, short children in our study were no different from their nonshort peers with respect to exclusion by their peers, social support, popularity, asociality with peers, teacher report of peer victimization, childhood depressive symptoms, or externalizing or internalizing behavioral problems.
The strengths of this analysis include the use of validated behavior and peer relationship measures, the use of teacher-reported as well as child-reported ratings, and the fact that the sample was a large, population-based cohort of children of relatively diverse socioeconomic status and geographic origin. The results of this study challenge the assumption that children who are shorter than average experience a poorer quality of life, as reflected in social, emotional, and behavioral functioning.
These data have clinical utility for pediatric providers confronted with short children in a variety of clinical scenarios. As the primary providers for children with chronic diseases such as attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder or asthma, pediatric providers often prescribe medications that result in improved disease control but may have untoward adverse effects on growth. Although the data are mixed, some studies have shown that both stimulant use by children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and inhaled corticosteroid use by children with asthma can be associated with temporary growth deficits.38–41 The results of our study allow providers to reassure parents that temporary decreases in growth, leading to short stature, are unlikely to have a significant impact on their child's quality of life.
Since the approval of GH therapy for idiopathic short stature by the Food and Drug Administration in July 2003, pediatric providers are likely encountering an increasing number of parents inquiring about GH therapy for their child.42 GH is currently approved only for short but otherwise healthy children in the bottom 1.2 percentile of the height distribution.13 However, it has been noted anecdotally that an increasing number of parents are seeking evaluation for off-label use of GH therapy, even for children of moderate short stature (eg, 5th to 10th percentile). The results of our study may reassure some parents of children with moderate short stature that such treatment is not warranted to improve their child's quality of life.
Our inability to detect an association between stature and psychosocial adaptation contrasts with the findings of Stabler et al,6 who reported higher rates of internalizing and externalizing behavioral problems and lower social competency among 166 children who were referred to a large number of subspecialty pediatric endocrinology clinics for evaluation of short stature (height of <3rd percentile), including 80 children with idiopathic short stature. However, that study was based on a sample of children from the National Cooperative Growth Study, a postmarketing database of children treated with GH for which participating centers were self-selected. Furthermore, that study did not include information about subject recruitment and nonresponse rates for the sample, resulting in the potential for sampling bias.8
Other studies based on clinical samples are more consistent with our findings. Sandberg et al10 evaluated a consecutively recruited cohort of 264 children of diverse racial/ethnic and socioeconomic status who were referred to a pediatric endocrinology clinic because of short stature, defined as height of ≤5th percentile. Those authors found that short stature was not associated with clinically significant psychosocial morbidity. In another clinic-based study, Zimet et al11 evaluated a sample of 41 consecutively recruited children who were evaluated for short stature (the majority of whom had height of <5th percentile), and they did not find significant psychosocial adjustment problems, compared with published, population-based normative values.
Previous population-based studies also lend support to our findings. In a cohort of 956 children in grades 6 to 12 in a public school district, Sandberg et al17 found no significant differences in peer ratings of friendship, popularity, or reputation for children of short stature (height percentile of ≤5th percentile), compared with average stature (height between the 25th and 75th percentiles), and found no evidence for a moderating effect of gender. Given that clinical samples are characterized by overrepresentation of boys,14,32 increased referral rates for boys may be prompted more by negative stereotypes of short boys and men than by actual moderating effects of gender on the relationships between height and behavioral and peer outcomes.
We note that interpretation of the absence of significant interactions should be performed with caution, given the number of short children in this sample. We also evaluated height z score as a continuous variable, which would give additional power for examination of the associations. Finally, we examined whether short children were more likely to function in the abnormal ranges of these measures. With the sole exception of child report of self-perceived peer victimization, we did not find an association, which confirmed our findings of a lack of differences between short and nonshort children, even at the extremes of behavioral functioning.
Limitations of our study include the small number of children with height of <1.2st or <5th percentile and the narrow age range of the children; it is possible that outcomes between short and nonshort children may differ across the age spectrum from early childhood to late adolescence and adulthood. In addition, given that the timing of the pubertal growth spurt varies, we recognize that some children might have had only transient shortness and might be destined to reach a more-typical adult height. Provision of reassuring information regarding behavioral and social functioning to parents of these children remains important even if the short stature is transient. Finally, given the public policy ramifications of GH use for idiopathic short stature, we recognize that additional studies are needed to evaluate behavioral and psychosocial outcomes for children with heights in the bottom 1.2 percentile.
Pediatric providers may reassure families that children with stature in the lower ranges of height from a population-based sample do not experience poorer social, emotional, or behavioral functioning, compared with their taller peers. Therefore, changes in management or pursuit of subspecialty evaluation purely on the basis of concerns about psychosocial adaptation seem to be unwarranted. The primary approach for otherwise-healthy children for whom concerns are raised regarding the social, emotional, or behavioral impact of short stature remains reassurance.
Dr Lee was supported by National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases grant K08DK082386 and the Clinical Sciences Scholars Program at the University of Michigan. This project was supported by American Heart Association Midwest Affiliate grant-in-aid 0455563Z to Dr Lumeng.
- Accepted May 6, 2009.
- Address correspondence to Joyce M. Lee, MD, MPH, Pediatric Endocrinology, Child Health Evaluation and Research Unit, University of Michigan, 300 NIB, Room 6E08, Campus Box 5456, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5456. E-mail: joyclee{at}umich.edu
This work was presented in part at the 88th Annual Meeting of the Endocrine Society; June 24–28, 2006; Boston, MA.
Financial Disclosure: The authors have indicated they have no financial relationships relevant to this article to disclose.
What's Known on This Subject:
There is a paucity of data regarding potential differences in behavioral and social functioning for children of moderately short stature (height of <10th percentile).
What This Study Adds:
This study found that short children did not differ from their nonshort peers in a range of social, emotional, and behavioral outcomes, which suggests that there is little, if any, association between short stature and social, emotional, or behavioral difficulties.
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PRINCIPIA SCACCHORUM, Part 8: Bricks in the Wall, or How Chessmen Interact
Why do some teams, despite having capable, powerful, smart members, show collective ineffectiveness and failure?
Well, the same may be true for the men we are leading into chess wars.
Q) How can we improve their collective intelligence for more battles we, as well as our students, can win?
A) By learning and mastering the chess DNA alphabet (wait, say what?)
In the same way the structure of DNA is founded on four DNA bases: G, C, A and T, your position on the board is based on four piece interactions: A, P, R, I (think of April, a beautiful spring month).
The way the DNA bases are ordered determines the makeup of the genome. Similarly, the way four chess bases (A, P, R, I) are ordered determines the nature of the structure, configuration, organization, arrangement, grouping, positioning, etc. the pieces form on the board when we play chess. They are bricks in the wall.
Here is our CHESS BASICS HIEARARCHY LIST to which three new piece interactoins, as per GM Averbakh, are added:
1) Chessmen
1A) Control/attacking effect
1B) Body effect
1M) Mobility
2) Relationships with Friends and Enemies
2A) Attack (including threat of attack and multiple attack)
P) Protection
R) Restriction
I) Interposition (block, cover, pin)
2K) Kill (capture)
3) Collective direction (goals)
Attack (A)
This is the generic piece contact, the Alpha and Omega of chess. Geometrically speaking, it is a line segment defined with two endpoints: the attacking piece's location and, either an empty square, or an enemy piece, that happen to be in the attacker's line of force.
Functionally, the space around an attacker, as well as other pieces in it, experience an effect (force) due to the presence of the attacker (a physicist may say, the force space/field is warped).
Chess autors may also use terms like control, pressure, offensive contact, etc. for the attacking contact.
Protection (P)
The contact established between a player's pieces for mutual defense, or safekeeing. The term is a little bit of a misnomer (namely, I have noticed that my students - when I use the term protection before expanding on what it really means - get under a false impression that the "protected" piece is absolutely safe, even when attacked by a lower value enemy).
In reality, the defensive contact is not protecting the friend from capturing by an attacker. It keeps the friend safe only if the attacker's relative value is greater than the attacked, "protected" unit. In other words, this mechanism allows the protecting friend to recapture, thus keeping the material balance. For axample, Re1 is attacking Pe5, while black Re8 is guarding it. If White takes Re1xe5, an attacking conact is established between Re8 and Re5. Thus, Re8xe5 follows.
This logic only applies in "normal" chess times. When a combination is about to release, the opponent may sacrifice one of his attackers for a lesser value enemy unit. This is typically done to direct the movement of the protector, which would consequently lose control over some important squares/lines, which in turn achieves the attacker's power superiority in the critical sector of battlefield where the attack is developing.
Restriction (R)
There are two kinds of restricting the movement of pieces.
a) By use of force. The control effect chess pieces produce (1a) limits freedom of movement of enemy pieces. For example, Re1 is controlling the e-file. Black's Qd8 is restricted to move to e7/e8, unless there is a reason for sacrifice.
We see that restriction is just a consequence of an enemy piece controlling a square/line which puts our pieces to danger of capture if they move there. It is applicable to enemy pieces only. Again, this also applies only in "normal" times.
b) By physical presence. This is nothing more than our previously defined body effect (1b). It applies to both friendly and enemy pieces. For example, Re8 is attacking (checking) Kh8. The black h7 and g7 pawns are restricting their King's movement to escape. So mate.
Interposition/block/cover/pin/ (I)
The three contacts discussed so far have only two pieces (or a piece and square) involved. Interposition features three (rarely two) pieces lining up: an attacker, a blocking piece, and an actual target (w: Rd1; b: Pd5, Qd8). Not only a piece can be targeted (like Qd8 above), a target could also be a square, e.g. in case black d5-pawn takes a white enemy on c4/e4, there may be a possible mate along the back rank, Rd1-d8).
Pin is not an elementary contact strictly speaking. In reality, it is just a double attack. Multiple attack is any combination of attack and threat of attack (or coming-next-move, one-move-away, indirect, concealed attack). In the above example, Rd1 is directly attacking Pd5, while Qd8 is under threat of attack from Rd1, in case Pd5 takes on c4/e4.
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For your students to beef up the game, get them learn and master this chess alphabet asap till it becomes second nature (using a new, modern, redesigned teaching method).
That would signify the point out of Level One, the gate that separates Chess Kindergarten from the rich grassy Meadowlands of Chess where everybody can enjoy forever!
Art by Mariano Degano, Italy
Tags: chess education, chess teaching, chess basics, chess fundamentals, piece interaction, piece contacts, piece relationships


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State university hosts 'Pornfest'
Sadomasochism promoter lectures for 'Outdoor Intercourse' week
A state university is helping its students "sort out sexuality issues" with an annual week-long event featuring a porn film festival and a guest lecture by an activist in the BDSM – or bondage, dominance and sadomasochism – "community."
Ad last year for Western Washington University's campus event.
Western Washington University in Bellingham held its 11th annual National Outdoor Intercourse Day observance this week, with offerings such as condom hunts and a masturbation information table.
The student-run Sexual Awareness Center sponsored events focused on educating students about available resources the school offers on sexual topics, according to the campus newspaper, the Western Front.
"Our goal is to help students sort out sexuality issues with clear and concise information," said center coordinator Lauren Luttrell, a senior at Western. "We want to get students communicating about sex. This is a perfect opportunity to do that in a safe, fun and open way."
Lutrell told WorldNetDaily brochures were distributed to inform students of the "repercussions of sex outdoors."
"It's so people know, if they choose to do it, what the legal consequences would be," she explained.
Did anybody "celebrate" National Outdoor Intercourse Day in this way?
"We didn't see anybody," she said. "I'm sure some people did."
'Alternative' expression
Meanwhile, guest speaker Allena Gabosch, director of the Wet Spot, a "sex-positive" community center in Seattle, lectured Tuesday on dispelling the "myths" surrounding polyamory – having sexual relationships with more than one person at a time.
Regarded as a "sexual activist," Gabosch leads a group promoting activities such as the weekly "Pansexual BDSM Play Party" and workshops such as the "Whip Enthusiasts Group."
In a December interview with the Seattle alternative weekly The Stranger, Gabosch was asked, "How would you describe yourself sexually?"
She answered: "[A] bisexual, polyamorous, masochistic switch who is only submissive to her 'Daddy.' I'm currently without a primary partner. But I have two secondary partners, my Daddy and my boi, and several other wonderful people I play with, so I keep quite busy! Recently I've become a bondage aficionado, and have spent a lot of time all tied up."
Gabosch also is listed as corporate treasurer for The National Coalition for Sexual Freedom in Washington, D.C., an organization "committed to altering the political, legal and social environment in the United States in order to guarantee equal rights for consenting adults who practice forms of alternative sexual expression."
The group's website says it is "primarily focused on the rights of consenting adults in the SM-leather-fetish, swing, and polyamory communities, who often face discrimination because of their sexual expression."
Apparently, even Gabosch favors some discrimination, however.
A blurb about the group's "Women-Only Play Party" states, "It is with our sincerest love, and our desire to create a special, once-a-month women's space, that we make the following request:
"For those who no longer seek to be women, and are taking personal action to that end, please be respectful of this event. We encourage you to attend other fabulous Wet Spot parties such as the TranscenDance, the Grind or the popular Pansexual BDSM Play Party."
Presenting 'objective' information
Hanako Lombardi, assistant coordinator of the Sexual Awareness Center, was enthusiastic about Gabosch's appearance on campus this week.
Western Washington University campus
"She has a voice that really makes you want to listen to her," Lombardi told the student newspaper. "Her stories make you feel as if you are right there experiencing it. She is very excited to come to Western."
Lombardi emphasized the activities are chosen to present information to the public in an "objective" way, and students are not forced to attend.
Yesterday, the center planned to present "Pornfest," which included a display and "Porn and Popcorn," a showing of award-winning pornographic films along with discussion sessions.
Lombardi told WND the event's purpose is not to promote pornography.
"It's providing a safe space for students to come and view films and debates about porn," she said. "We want them to decide for themselves what they believe porn is – where the line is drawn between porn and erotic art."
She admitted porn on campus is controversial.
"The Sexual Awareness Center is the one to push the envelope on the topic, but we are going to do it safely and wisely," Lombardi told the student paper.
The campus Sexual Awareness Center is described on the school website as "An Associated Students Resource and Outreach Program" that "offers confidential support information and referrals on a variety of topics including: sexual health, sexually transmitted infection, birth control and abstinence, sexual harassment, intimacy, and many more!"
In a 1999 interview with the student newspaper, the center's coordinator at the time, Kerri Sanchez, explained the thinking behind the annual event's name.
"Even though it has a controversial name, we really promote it as communication because the origin of the word intercourse is an old English word that means communication," she said.
"It's actually illegal to have intercourse outdoors," Sanchez noted, "so that's why we promote the communications part."
Lombardi told WND the center planned to show last night the porn film "Urban Friction," which she described as a "romance."
An online reviewer of the movie said, "If you are into adventurous sex and fantasy play, this movie is for you."
A member of the campus chapter of Campus Crusade for Christ, Ann Slothower, told the school newspaper students feel uncomfortable knowing pornography will be shown on campus.
"Pornography does not promote a healthy view of sexuality," she said. "Human sexuality is completely exploited in pornography. It also promotes sexual violence. I would never support pornography on campus."
Lombardi said representatives of campus Christian and Jewish groups showed up to hand out literature promoting their view of sexual morality.
"They did their thing, we did ours," she said. "We each realized the other had the right to be there."
She described the Western campus as a "very receptive community" where people who want to learn about church and people who want to learn about sexual topics each can find resources.
A taxpayer concern?
Lutrell told WND she is not familiar with the origin of National Outdoor Intercourse Day, but thinks it is observed on other U.S. campuses.
She said funding for the Sexual Awareness Center and this week's activities, which cost about $400, is from student fees, not tax dollars.
The center's overall budget for the year is $3,100, she said, which mostly went toward buying condoms, lubricants, gloves and dental dams.
As WorldNetDaily reported, some Pennsylvania lawmakers have tried to block funding to Penn State University for holding similar events.
Last year, the school featured an outspoken advocate of pedophilia and sadomasochism at a women's health conference. In 2001, campus groups held a "Sex Faire" that included "orgasm bingo" and a "tent of consent." The previous November they hosted a "C–-fest," which intended to reclaim a derogatory word for a woman's body part.
The Western Washington campus newspaper's online edition included a message board with responses to its article this week on National Outdoor Intercourse Awareness Day.
One reader wrote: "This is what our tax money is paying for? Disgusting!"
Another said: "It's great to see that taxpayer dollars are so effectively managed. Maybe if our esteemed universities portrayed themselves in a more professional manner serious about educating, the public would respond accordingly when voting to fund education initiatives."
WND attempted to reach members of the Washington state legislature's higher education committees for comment, but calls were not returned by publication time.
Some politicians might have little to say about an event condoning freewheeling sexuality.
Gabosch was asked in an interview in a 2002 book called "Trendspotting" whether a shift in "political tides" might cause trouble for her unusual Seattle group.
She said, "Possibly, but you know what, we've got politicians as members. Face it, no matter how repressed you may act in your public life, if you are sexual you are sexual."
"Our world is opening up," Gabosch continued. "I've been speaking for eight years at a local community college about SM and also about polygamy and non-monogamy. Eight years ago my response was a lot more negative. 'Oh my God, she's gonna burn in hell … ' And I'm very low key when I talk.
"Now I get students coming up to me afterwards asking how do I get a hold of you? I get students in the class admitting to being interested where they never would before."
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Belle Isle Aquarium hosts Koi Festival on Saturday
Detroit's Belle Isle Conservancy is inviting the public to its second Koi Festival from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
The free event at Belle Isle Aquarium, 3 Inselruhe Avenue, offers visitors a chance to play traditional Japanese games, make origami fish and watch cultural performances, coordinators said.
The gathering is a holdover from the group's koi transfer, which involved the community moving a collection of the Japanese carp to and from the Belle Isle Aquarium basement biannually because an outdoor lily pond couldn't sustain the fish through the winter, coordinators said.
Fundraising at the annual Garden Party on Belle Isle made renovations of the pond possible last year, allowing the koi to stay outdoors throughout the year, the conservancy said.


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Post-truth is a new term and it is defined as "relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief."
Typical post-truth strategies include fake news, constant repetition of untruths, blaming of the innocent and generally rendering the truth as of secondary importance.
In larger organisations, this sort of behaviour is given the derogatory term "political" – it just hasn't been seen in politics (ironically) on the public stage until recently. All the signs were that this sort of behaviour was on the wane with the advent of authentic leadership and constant reinforcement of company values.
We need to be vigilant though – and leaders need to act swiftly if they see any similar behaviours no matter how insignificant they may appear.
We have seen how social media has driven up bullying behaviour in teenagers and there are instances where it has been used to for good and bad effect in organisations already.
For some leaders it will be tempting to utilise some of these techniques – which let's face it are nothing new – as it might seem to be more acceptable or justified bearing in mind recent events. This behaviour may even produce short term results – however the return of tyrannical behaviours will damage more than a few careers.
For whatever reasons, there are a few major experiments going on in the world right now that will lead to lots of learning opportunities because the results will be inescapable.
In a post-truth world though there is a danger that these learning opportunities are lost and poor results are blamed on the messengers, previous leadership, and anyone else who doesn't have a stake in the story.
The only defence against this is good leadership – especially from the top.
Everybody in the organisation can help and HR especially can advise leaders on how to tackle potential internal politicians, here are some tips on how to manage these sort of behaviours:
- Call out the wrong behaviours as soon as they occur
- Create a safe environment – both for the perpetrators and whistle blowers
- Use careful language – avoid giving perpetrators more ammunition
- Maintain a sense of calmness
- Identify if there is any actual grievance that is driving these behaviours
- Set clear standards of behaviour and consequences
Strong leadership has probably never been needed as much as it is now – let's hope our selection processes are more effective than democracy.
About Simon Coops
Simon Coops has been an active player in the transformation of the HR services market in Resourcing, HR Consulting and Executive Development for over 25 years. He was a founder of Talisman, an international Search and Selection company, which was acquired by Penna in 1998 where he worked until 2007, when Acuity Coaching was founded.
Simon has consistently introduced new ways of addressing markets and mobilizing resources around the needs of corporate clients, including managed services and outsourcing and is passionate about transforming the Executive Development market and giving organizations access to best practice solutions on a global basis.


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"Activate... Hero Shield!"
— Captain Hero, before grabbing a random civilian to absorb gunfire for him, despite being bulletproof himself, Drawn Together
Lesson 3: When using a human shield, grab a fat guy.
— ''Andreas Darlton's thoughts on this trope while massacring a group of war criminals with an antiaircraft machinegun.
Gunfight in the morgue, rule one: Don't hide behind the thin guy.
— Frank Castle mentally chiding a mook doing so (while using a not-noticeably-thicker corpse for as a shield), Welcome Back, Frank


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