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So they compromise everyone. How far will Darrow go?
That's the question. What is he willing to do? Especially in Morning Star where he does become more thoughtful, he does learn all these lessons and become wiser.
I'm sure you've read Shelley's Frankenstein…
Yes. I was surprised it was so accessible. I thought it would be so pretentious. It was so pulpy and so good!
There's a great new version by director Bernard Rose, where he uses Shelley's text as the monster's internal narration – but there's a dichotomy of the monster being simple, doing brutal things, yet talking (or thinking) in such an erudite way. With Darrow, did you find that you had a character who was doing brutal things and thinking too much about it?
Yes, I had to fight against that a lot.
Darrow has a penchant for several different things: one is violence. He likes it more than he says he does – and that's his internal struggle. He actually likes rage. It's where he finds himself. When he and Cassius are sitting there talking and realising that without war they are nothing – that's the strange thing about it for him. Something he hates, defines him – and he likes it a little bit.
But there is that inner poet in him to a degree – it would be a very barbaric type of poet, not like a Roque – and I think that contrast is what makes it interesting. He's always having to rein himself in.
I don't want him doing these grand soliloquies on war or something like that – he's a character built off kinetic action, a character built off velocity and momentum. The second momentum slows in the Red Rising series you see yourself looking at things differently. The entire book is about building up momentum. But every now and then it is nice to have him step back and look at it.
It's good for the reader as well.
Yes, for the reader, but also to make him realise that there is that tension inside him, there is that fear of war, there is that understanding of what he's doing in a kinder degree than his outer actions would appear.
And that's something you've commented on when you're scripting him for the movie…
Exactly. He looks like a sociopath.
He doesn't look like a sociopath…
He is a sociopath! Multiple personality disorder!
You have written a majorly sociopathic character who is put into situations where that sociopathy sometimes gets mellowed – sometimes he finds other ways of being, rather than following his natural sociopathic instincts…
Yes, and the characters around him, the Golds around him, are the ones oddly that make him less of a sociopath, and they save him. Where would he be without Mustang, without Sevro's loyalty? He would have gone off the deep end long ago…
And at the start of Morning Star we see what happens when Sevro doesn't have Darrow!
Without Darrow to temper Sevro, Sevro's the same way. A lot of times you need the two people to balance each other in that respect. But the funny thing is the savage Sevro makes Darrow less savage. Which is a lot like life – my crazier friends teach me to be more calm.
So how are you getting round that in the scripting?
A lot of it has to do with simplifying the overall story so people know how direly he needs to do something and what lengths he will go to to get it done. It's all about setting up the stakes, and then the mission because then the actor will show you the tension. Unless the audience knows why it's so important, why it matters so much, why he cares so much, his actions are inexcusable.
It's like Maximus in Gladiator – he feels that everything he does is justified because of the righteous indignation. That was sold because it was such a powerful performance, such good direction and the music. As a writer of scripts, I've been realising that I'm not responsible for all of that. So a lot of it is downplaying it in the script; I'm not responsible for the music, not responsible for the acting. I'm only responsible for setting it up so the other people can do their bit. It's actually doing less, which is very interesting.
A lot of book writers try to do too much when they write scripts, and my initial takes on it were too much. I've got much better at it now because I've realised that you have a team of people…
They're fleshing out the skeleton you give them.
Exactly. You're making a skeleton: it's all structure. It's not beautiful words, it's setting up the stakes, setting up the relationships and letting it unfold.
Presumably there'll need to be more dialogue than in the book?
Presumably yes. Dialogue, but also Darrow is at his most powerful when he's alone a lot of the time in terms of his own struggles, and that's how you see the reflection.
Which works fine for a radio play…
For sure. But that's why Marc Forster has constantly referenced Lawrence of Arabia: it's almost at its best during its silences. One of my favourite scenes is when the audience realises that Lawrence is lost to a degree when he's wearing the white tunic and he's on top of the coach and he's drunk on his own power. You realise he's a little bit gone.
He's gone native in the literal sense…
Exactly. He believes his own myth. Those moments are the ones you try to build up to in the script.
Is it going to be more multiple POV or are you going to make some poor actor be in every scene?
I think that mostly it will stick with Darrow, but a lot will decide on the script that Universal decides to go with. My second draft, we stuck with Darrow, and I think they're most comfortable with that because it is such a large world and unless Darrow's experiencing it, it's hard to really connect with it.
One thing I noticed with Golden Son particularly was the age of the protagonists. We know they're teens in Red Rising; but it comes as something of a shock to be reminded in Morning Star that Darrow's only 23.
Did you think he was older or younger?
Older. He's not really in a society where people marry at 12 so 23 is mature. Is that something you had to keep an eye to keep him "young"?
To a degree. Darrow is in a great part inspired by Julius Caesar and Alexander. Alexander had already led a cavalry brigade of his father's and killed the Sacred Band of Thebans when he was 16. I remember reading this thing about him weeping because he was so sad to see them dying – he wanted them to surrender, but he had to kill them. I remember thinking how quickly that would age a man.
The people who went to the Great War as teenagers…
…were old men at 21. That's something I've been able to rely on a lot of times but I wanted to mature the plot and I wanted the characters' ages to reflect that. I also wanted it to be believable. I didn't want it all to take place within two years, or one year.
One of the great things about Star Wars is it pops in when the story's good. It doesn't play around with timelines – whenever the story's getting good, it pops in. The Empire Strikes Back – in media res, right in the middle of the action, and it's fantastic it does that I wanted to be able to do the same thing with Darrow's character.
A lot of times, the early book he was written so maturely for a 16 year old, but look at the banter that the guys have – it's all about dicks and shit and piss.
He felt an older character in Golden Son…
He was 19-20. Probably the biggest difference is in the writing: I wrote the first one when I was 23, and the second when I was 26. There was a gap there where I had to sell it and I did other things. That is reflected in the writing.
I was trying to write him older, but I was also trying to write him more Gold. His diction's different. I wanted it to evolve. It's an interesting balancing act trying to keep the same character, keep him still from the gutter, and also a mental aristocrat and thinking in the same way.
Which is where a first person unreliable narrator works so well!
I've done that! Now I want to try multiple POVs.
How much of the plot of the original trilogy did you know when you wrote Red Rising?
I knew all the major signposts along the way. I knew how book 1 would end and I knew the endpoint of book 2. Beginning book 2 was the hard part – the temptation was to show the Academy where he goes to learn the ships but I didn't want to repeat the success of the first book. I've seen that done and I don't like it because I roll my eyes. I wanted to do in media res, jump in the action there.
The overall story, I had vague notions in my head because I don't really outline – much to the chagrin of my editor. He tears his hair out!
They're making me outline the next book: he sits me down for three days and we just outline. It's so much better than doing it by myself. The hardest thing is making a decision as a novelist because there are so many paths you can go down. If someone is smart about the subject matter and they've read everything, it's the best thing because they can tell you you're skimming too close to the surface of someone else's story.
The hardest thing is that characters have to shape plot in the Red Rising world; plot can't shape them. That's why the POV is such a great tool because you're with the character as he moves the plot. If he's not moving the plot, then it's not the interesting POV book you want, then it's a literary novel.
What have you read recently that's inspired you?
I'm constantly reading non-fiction, to try to keep the well fully supplied. Everything Jared Diamond writes, I read the first 100 pages of every Gladwell book – and I've been reading Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie, a wonderful book.
I was reading Gormenghast for a while, but you're always reading Gormenghast – you've never really finished it. I reread Catcher in the Rye recently, trying to go back to the literary classics that inspired me when I was younger.
I've got Ulysses on my bedside table – I've not tried it in years. It's just sitting there, mocking me silently. I bought it three times, then I lose it!
And I've started the Preacher comics in time for the TV show. I'm really obsessed with Daredevil – the themes they built in that are so good…
[and as Pierce is led off for his next interview, we're still discussing the Marvel Netflix shows…]
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The Center for Advanced Studies at Wheeler High School has accomplished something no other high school in Georgia can claim. It is both STEM and STEAM certified by the Georgia Department of Education.
On Tuesday, the school celebrated its status as the first in the state to achieve STEAM certification when State School Superintendent Richard Woods visited the school to officially recognize the honor with a banner for the school display. r
The "A" in STEAM adds the arts to STEM, an acronym for science, technology, engineering and math.
"Most of the jobs coming into the state are STEM and STEAM-related," Woods told the audience of students in the magnet program.
During the program, several teachers and students talked about how adding the arts to the STEM education enriches the experiences for students. Two students discussed and demonstrated how they incorporated biology with dance. Another duo talked about designing and building the set for the school's performance of "High School Musical" last spring.
"STEM and STEAM programs better prepare you for the opportunities presented before you," Superintendent Chris Ragsdale told the crowd. "Our job is to make sure when you leave Wheeler High School we have prepared you to be successful."
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US economy grew 3 percent in final quarter of 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. economy grew at a solid pace in the final three months of 2011 but that growth likely slowed in the first three months of this year as businesses cut back on restocking their shelves.
The economy grew at an annual rate of 3 percent in the October-December quarter, the fastest pace since the spring of 2010, the Commerce Department reported Thursday. The government's third and final look at fourth quarter growth was unchanged from the previous estimate. Slower growth in exports than previously estimated was offset by stronger growth in business investment.
Economists believe that growth slowed to around 1.5 percent in the current quarter. For the year, economists at JPMorgan believe the economy will grow 2.2 percent, slightly better than last year's 1.7 percent expansion.
Growth at that level would be far below what economists believe is the pace needed to make sustained gains in employment. The unemployment rate has dropped to 8.3 percent from 9 percent in September. But Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke cautioned in a speech Monday that the U.S. job market remains weak despite strong hiring in the past three months. He said for the hiring gains to be sustained, the economy needed to grow at stronger rates.
For the fourth quarter, consumer spending, which accounts for 70 percent of economic activity, expanded at an annual rate of 2.1 percent, led by strong gains in car sales. Business investment rose at a 5.2 percent annual rate, pushed higher by companies rushing to make equipment purchases before special investment tax breaks expired at the end of the year. That was nearly double the estimate the government made a month ago.
But this new-found strength was offset by a reduction in the estimate of export growth. U.S. exports grew at an annual rate of 2.7 percent in the fourth quarter, down from an estimate of 4.3 percent a month ago.
Bernanke's comments on Monday cheered investors because they were seen as a strong signal that the Fed was not close to making any changes in its plans to keep interest rates low for years.
At its January meeting, the Fed said it expected to keep its benchmark for short-term rates near zero until the end of 2014. It reaffirmed that commitment at its March meeting, but investors had grown concerned that the recent better-than-expected economic data might trigger the Fed to start raising rates earlier than planned.
Bernanke said in his speech on Monday that while the increased hiring was encouraging, it was too early to tell whether it would last.
In an interview with ABC News on Tuesday, Bernanke said, "The recent news has been good, but I think we need to be cautious and make sure it is sustainable."
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Montpellier, a pioneer of ecological urbanism Montpellier is one of the most important cities of France in terms of population. It is located in southern France, in the very heart of the Languedoc-Roussillon region and about 12 kilometres away from the Mediterranean Sea. Montpellier is a fast expanding city, and it is one of best places to experience the art de vivre of the southern region of France. This makes Montpellier an ideal holiday destination as well as a renowned student city. Montpellier is a pilot city for ecological urbanism in France. Discover its wide pedestrian area and blue decorated tramways. You'll be amazed to learn that its trams are designed by artists including Garouste, Bonetti and Christian Lacroix. Montpellier can also be visited by using the bike along the brand new bike path that follows the Lez River. The bike is also great to visit vineyards or to go to the beach. Learn more about Montpellier


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Kellogg's is recalling about 10,000 cases of its Eggo Nutri-Grain Whole Wheat Waffles due to a possible listeria contamination, according to a notice on the Eggo website.
The recalled waffles were sold in 25 states, including Georgia, Massachusetts, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
Recalled products come in a 10 count box, have the UPC code 280040370 and a best if used by date of Nov. 21, 2017 or Nov. 22, 2017.
"The recall is a result of routine tests that the company conducts which identified the potential for contamination," the notice said. "As soon as the company learned of a potential concern, it moved quickly to identify any foods that might be impacted and resolve the issue."
Listeria can cause severe illness, including fever, headaches, stiffness, nausea and abdominal pain. It is most dangerous for young children, the elderly and pregnant women.
There have been no reports of illness to date.
Affected customers are asked to discard the product and contact the company or a full refund by calling 1-800-962-1413, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. Eastern Time or by going to Kelloggs.com for more contact information.
No other Eggo products are affected.
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There are only 13 more shopping days until Christmas, but for most toy drives in the San Francisco Bay area, the deadline is looming over the next several days to ensure less fortunate children and teens receive gifts in time for the holiday.
If you're already out shopping, consider picking up a new toy, or grabbing an extra gift card (much easier for teens), to donate to one of the many drives. Here's our extensive list of local holiday toy drives, their drop-off locations, needs, and deadlines, organized by area.
For donating new or like-new books, check out our previous post on the Gift of Reading, which has drop-offs mostly in the South Bay, with one in Redwood City. Deadline is Sunday, Dec. 16.
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Project Reference Number: 2017-3-UK01-KA105-046477
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Project Partners: Germany, Portugal, Spain and Northern Ireland (UK)
The Youth Worker TEAM Project is funded through Erasmus+ KA1 Youth Mobility for 8 Month project from the 1 January 2018 – 31 August 2018.
The TEAM Project will develop the capacity of youth workers to participate in and encourage youth in their community participate in Erasmus+ activities in order to promote personal development by improving their skills, enhance their employability and gain cultural awareness.
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EU does not want a complete review of the rules of organic agriculture
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Latvia to focus on 'long-term agricultural production'
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EU Council supports organic sector demands on agriculture
|Agrozona (BG), 18 December 2014
Organic aquaculture: EU postpones clarification origin of juveniles
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Plenty of change in short political week
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European organic organisation: "The best and cheapest way to safeguard organic farming and non-GMO crops, is to prohibit GM cultivation"
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Large coalition against total revision of the organic regulation
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MEPs and Council strike deal to give stronger rights to ban GM crops
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IFOAM EU urges for radical review of the proposed organic regulation
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IFOAM EU on GMO proposal: Governments should be able to protect their national interests
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IFOAM EU letter on organic aquaculture
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The future of organic processing discussed at IFOAM EU conference
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Organic processors in Paris: European conference demands changes to the planned organic regulation
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|Organic-Market.info (EN), 24 November 2014
|AgriHolland (NL), 20 November 2014
MEPs vote to strengthen GM opt-outs
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DG Sanco responsible for Sustainable Food Communication
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IFOAM EU Director calls proposal for a new EU regulation 'overambitious'
Biojournaal (NL), 14 November 2014
|Drimble (EN), 14 November 2014
Organic regulation debate with Martin Häusling
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European Parliament approves new commissioners
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ICEA's Antonio Compagnoni elected representative of IFOAM EU Council
|Greenbiz.it (IT), 11 November 2014
|Olio Officina Magazine (IT), 11 November 2014
IFOAM EU publishes position on new organic regulation
|Drimble (NL), 11 November 2014
Environmental concerns can justify GMO bans!
|Agri.EU (EN), 11 November 2014
|Organic-Market.info (EN), 11 November 2014
EU Parliament votes to give European countries legally solid right to ban GM cultivation
|GmWatch (EN), 11 November 2014
Organic agriculture in Europe is growing
|Fruchtportal.de (DE), 29 October 2014
Organic industry leaders confirmed for Nordic Organic Food Fair 2014
|Organic-Market.info (EN), 22 October 2014
KRAV wants to Swedish government to take a stand against the EU organic regulation proposal
|Mynewsdesk.com (SE), 14 October 2014
GMO ban by Member States possible in the future?
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Paris: 3rd Organic Processing Conference
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IFOAM EU to present new project to avoid GMO contamination in organic and natural food
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Risk-based organic controls
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7th International trade fair for organic and regional food - Natura Food 2014
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Organic: a strategic sector for Italy and Europe
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Italy aims for organic legislation deal by end of December
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Countering climate change in agriculture
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Organic is booming in the EU, but we are falling behind
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Organic sector says 'no' to a complete revision of the organic regulation
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Opportunities for innovation in organic farming
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Proposed new organic sector rules 'inadequate', says sector
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Organic farming overhaul in Europe may boost research
|American Association for the Advancement of Science (EN), 26 March 2014
Stakeholders welcome EU organic proposals, suggest amendments
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Organic farmers concerned about seed
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IFOAM EU 10th anniversary interview with Director Marco Schluter
|Organic-Market Info (YouTube interview, EN), 10 November 2013
Commission looks at possible revamp of organic farming legislation
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The Good news: it has been estimated that three out of four women with high blood pressure know they have it
The Bad news: for women with high blood pressure is that fewer than one in three are doing anything about it. AND, it has been estimated that more than half of all the woman alive today will die of heart disease.
High Blood pressure, or hypertension, is one of the leading risk factors for heart attacks. Some experts consider it an indication that blockage of the arteries is already present.
Unfortunately, nearly half of all women over fifty-five have hypertension, by age sixty-five, that proportion rises to 60 percent. Controlling high blood pressure helps to lower the risk of heart attack and stroke by about 30 percent, but to do this, most patients need to be on blood pressure medication for life.
Vedic Meditation and Your Blood Pressure
There is some good news for women with high blood pressure, especially, those who want to avoid or reduce their dependence on medication. Vedic Meditation can be very effective at lowering blood pressure.
Vedic Meditation can lowers blood pressure by about as much as taking a blood pressure medication: by about ten points systolic and six points diastolic.
Vedic Meditation is good not only for your heart but for disease prevention in general.
The regular practice of Vedic Meditation strengthens the body's inner intelligence in a holistic and integrated way, leading to healthier, more balanced functioning not only in the cardiovascular system but in the immune system, central nervous system, and probably other systems of the body as well.
Issues for Women – Continued:
Oral Contraceptives
Women using oral contraceptives usually experience a very small increase in both systolic and diastolic blood pressure …
Many pregnant women with high blood pressure have healthy babies without serious problems. However, high blood pressure can be dangerous for both the mother and the fetus …
Preventing Problems During Pregnancy
If you are thinking about having a baby and you have high blood pressure, talk with your health professional first …
Preeclampsia is a condition that is primarily caused by increased blood pressure and protein in the mother's urine. Unfortunately, there is no single test to predict or diagnose preeclampsia …
Hormone Replacement Therapy
A recent study indicated that blood pressure does not increase significantly with hormone replacement therapy in most women with and without high blood pressure. However …
Benefits of Weight Loss
Being overweight is a risk factor for health problems such as diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and triglycerides, arthritis, gall bladder disease, gynecologic problems, some cancers, and even lung problems …
You owe it to yourself and loved one's to learn more about the cause of high blood pressure in women. And how to manage blood pressure naturally.
Do You Have High Blood Pressure?
Then you need to read this book, by New Zealand author, Dr. David Lovell-Smith.
In this book, Dr. David Lovell-Smith describes how his patients successfully used diet, lifestyle changes, and Transcendental Meditation to bring their blood pressure down.
This book offers new hope and insight for those with high blood pressure but it is not for hypertensives alone. The knowledge which Dr. Lovell-Smith presents in his book is timely and relevant, and its exposition is long overdue.
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Mother says she was beaten up at holiday display in Lake Mary
Woman said parking lot dispute led to assault at City Hall holiday lights
A Lake Mary woman said she was attacked Sunday night near the city holiday light display on Lakeview Avenue.
"It's a tradition for us to go see the lights and spend that time together as a family and the fact that they tarnished that is upsetting," Christine Beckwith said.
Beckwith was with her three children and was admiring the lights at City Hall when she was beaten up over a parking spot, police said.
"I had said, 'I can move my car. It's not a problem, just relax,'" Beckwith said. "And then they started cursing at me and us."
Beckwith said two young women attacked her because she parked her car over the white line, apparently too close to their car.
"(They punched) me in the face, scratched at me and pulled my hair," she said. "Their comments were, you know, if I call the police that I wouldn't be spending Christmas with my family."
Beckwith's 9-year-old daughter, Courtney, saw the incident and said she had her own idea of punishment for the two women. She gave Santa a description of the suspects and even told him what "cruddy attitudes" they had.
"I wrote a letter to Santa saying I wanted them on the naughty list, but he probably already knows," Courtney said.
Both women had curly black hair, spoke Spanish and English and drove away in a white Honda Civic with a Christmas wreath on it.


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Counselling clients with disordered eating : a qualitative study of the therapists' perspective (2015)
Type of ContentTheses / Dissertations
UC Permalinkhttp://hdl.handle.net/10092/11392
Thesis DisciplineCounselling
Degree NameMaster of Counselling
PublisherUniversity of Canterbury
AuthorsParish, Tiffanyshow all
Limited research has been conducted into counselling clients who experience difficulties with disordered eating at the sub clinical end of the disordered eating spectrum, in contrast to at the clinical end of the disordered eating spectrum where diagnosed eating disorders present. This current study sought to provide a unique perspective on working therapeutically with clients throughout the disordered eating spectrum by investigating therapists' perspectives of their work with such clients. Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis was used as the methodology in conducting this research. Three practicing counsellors participated in semistructured interviews through which rich and detailed data was gathered. Analysis of the data revealed four themes: therapists' perspectives of their clinical role; therapists' practice with clients experiencing disordered eating; therapists' perspectives of clients' experiences with disordered eating; and therapists' perspectives of educational aspects of therapy. Overall, the findings suggest that therapeutic work with clients with disordered eating is complex and highly individual and the methods and approaches employed by therapists working with these issues ideally reflect this. Detailed descriptions of the four themes are discussed in relation to existing literature. Implications for practice and possible further research suggestions are also outlined.


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text: |THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA The Department of Mathematics at The University of Iowa invites applications for a full-time instructional track faculty position starting in August 2019. Responsibilities include contributing to the Departmentâs multidimensional educational mission, teaching undergraduate and graduate courses, and making service contributions to the Department, University and the discipline. Continued professional development is also expected and supported. The course load for this position is three courses per semester. A Ph.D. in a Mathematics field is required by the start date for this position. Prior teaching experience is required. Selection will be primarily based on evidence of excellence in teaching. Screening of applications will begin January 1, 2019. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Application instructions: The application process is a two-part process. Failure to complete both parts of the application process will constitute an incomplete application. Only complete applications will be reviewed. 1. Apply online at http://www.mathjobs.org . To apply, please submit an application and all supporting materials electronically. No paper submission is needed. Applications must include the following: a completed AMS cover sheet, a cover letter, a complete vita, three letters of recommendation, a teaching statement (2-3 pages), and a statement of professional interests (2-3 pages). In the statement of professional interests, please describe how you can contribute to the departmentâs missions beyond teaching. At least two of the recommendation letters should address the candidate's teaching. Reference letter writers should be asked to submit their letters online at http://www.mathjobs.org . 2. Apply online at http://jobs.uiowa.edu/ . Refer to requisition #73514. Applications must include the following: a completed AMS cover sheet, a cover letter, a complete vita, and name and contact information of references. The Department of Mathematics and the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences are strongly committed to diversity; the strategic plans of the University and College reflect this commitment. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment free from discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, national origin, age, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, religion, associational preference, status as a qualified individual with a disability, or status as a protected veteran. The University of Iowa is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.


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Old Baggage: the best novel you'll read this summer
Monday 18th June 2018
Meet Lissa Evans here and fall in love with her novel of heart, mind and humour
It's warm, it's witty, it's wise, it's brimming with 1920s period detail and it's set in Hampstead, no wonder we have fallen in love with Old Baggage, the latest novel from the wonderful Lissa Evans and little surprise, then, that we are delighted to welcome her to the shop to talk about it on 18 June at 7.30pm.
Set in 1928, Old Baggage introduces the reader to the formidable and splendid Mattie, a middle aged former Suffragette, living close to Hampstead Heath and on the look out for a project…after all, what does one do when one has helped to change the world?
Lissa Evans is probably best known as the author of Their Finest Hour And A Half, a World War Two novel which was recently adapted for the cinema and her Crooked Heart book, also set during WW2 is a permanent bestseller here.
Old Baggage brims with Lissa's trademark warmth, fantastic characterisations and beautiful writing. If you haven't discovered her work yet, you are in for a major treat. We can't recommend the book, or her talk, highly enough.
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I absolutely loved hanging out at Gen Con. This was my first year going and I was not disappointed. Saturday morning we decided to hit a couple small publishers and see what they had to offer. One of the great things about just walking around is you find the games that people pour their sweat and tears into trying to bring their games to life. The first game we found was Dragoon by Lay Waste Games.
This was a very interesting game that was simplistic yet confusing. First off, the components were on the far end of the spectrum. The bits were stellar. Your dragon, buildings, caves, scoring markers were all made of heavy metal and colored beautifully. The game just looked gorgeous on the table…..but then comes the boards. The main and scoring boards were made of cloth.
The cloth bag that the game comes in was the scoring board and then the main board can be rolled to be stored easily in the bag. In fact everything was stored in the bag which is a cool concept.
Dragoon is an area control game where each player controls a dragon flying around claiming towns or cities and causing terror on humans and trying to collect the most gold. The game is quite simple. You have 3 actions to spend each turn and specific actions cost 1-2 points. You can play as many cards as you want for free. Your object is to gain the most gold. This is done by razing towns, controlling towns and finding treasure.
At the beginning of each round you have to place new towns out on the board. The board is set up in a grid pattern, so you roll 2 dice and place the town where the two numbers meet. If a town is supposed to go where a town already is, the tile is flipped over revealing a city…..which gives you more gold. For every town you control at the end of each round you have the chance to gain gold based on a die roll.
Like so many area control games it seemed most beneficial to go last in a round. All of the actions focus on gaining gold. Placing temples allows you to control the town, meaning the people of that town are now worshiping you. Razing a town only gives you one gold but could be a good way to get rid of a town your enemies control.
There is combat in the game. Like the rest of the game, combat is simple. You roll a die and then if anyone has battle cards to play they play them one at a time and who ever has the highest result wins. The cards that you have and can play are cool. They give you many extra bonuses that can be very beneficial when played at the right time. Some allow you to claim a town next to one that you have already claimed. Another one allows you to fly back to your cave from anywhere on the board. They are a nice subtle touch that makes your strategy more easily handled.
The confusing part comes in the price. When we got done playing our demo we asked how much it was and were taken aback on the price….$70! I am not saying that the miniatures are not worth it, but I struggle trying to find a reason why I would spend so much money on such a simple game just because the bits are excellent. In my opinion this game would have been great at a $25 price point with wooden or plastic bits. I probably would have come home with it. It is such a shame that a nice game like this was completely dismissed due to the price. The art is great, the game is smooth and it is just overall a solid and fun game!


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Governor Perry's Planned Day Of Prayer Is Wrong
Governor Rick Perry's participation in an organized day of prayer and fasting has put him at odds with various groups, including many religious organizations. Read more after the break.
Perry is teaming with the controversial American Family Association, an evangelical Christian group, for the event. Here's a quote from Courthouse News:
"The prayer rally orchestrated by Governor Perry violates the Establishment Clause by endorsing religion over non-religion, as well as by endorsing Christianity over non-Christian religions," the Freedom From Religion Foundation says.
Now, that's from a group that wants NO religion. The problem is, even other religious groups, including Christian groups, don't like Perry aligning himself with the AFA. That is where my opinion comes in.
I don't believe religion has any place whatsoever in government. Religion shapes your beliefs and morals and having it twice removed before it reaches government is good enough. How are you ever going to come up with something that makes Christians-Jews-Muslims-and so on happy if you can't even make ONE of the groups happy with its sub-groups.
Let me put this another way, what do you think would happen if we organized a "National Day Of Satanism" for our government? Well there you go. You either have to let everybody celebrate their beliefs, or no one gets to celebrate their beliefs. Religion is far too difficult a topic for anybody other than an individual to wrestle with. I think each persons religious beliefs are as different as fingerprints, even if they go to the same church. To try to put on any event with any religious bent at all would leave you with one of two things-something so polarizing that only a few like it, or something so watered down it's pointless to have.
And for the faithful, I have this. Pray. Pray now. Pray whenever or where-ever you want. You don't need a reason or a specific place or time. You have a right to believe what you want to believe as long as you respect everyone else s right to believe what they want to believe.
As for Governor Perry, I question the abilities of someone who'd make this kind of divisive decision in the first place.


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The Killing of a Sacred Deer is stranger and more intense than any psychological thriller in recent memory.
The movie opens with the jarring, incredibly realistic, full-screen shot of a beating human heart during open heart surgery. Colin Farrell is the surgeon, Steven Murphy, and we soon see him meeting with a teenage boy, Martin (played by Barry Koeghan of Dunkirk). It seems to be a warm, mentoring type of relationship. But early on, Martin shows up unexpectedly at the hospital to see Steven, who is clearly uneasy. They bump into another doctor and Steven lies and says Martin is a friend of his daughter's from school. We spend the first act of the movie wondering who this boy really is, why Steven extends such kindness to him, and what event in their past has brought them together.
Steven's wife Anna (played by Nicole Kidman) is an opthamologist, and they have a happy, comfortable life with their two children. Steven invites Martin over to meet the family and have dinner. He is an awkward and unusual boy, but at times articulate, and you get the feeling, perhaps cunning. Martin returns the invitation, inviting Steven to his mom's house for dinner. Alicia Silverstone has only one scene as Martin's mother, but she is fantastic as the sad and desperate widow.
By this point, we have learned some details of their shared history, but it's not until Martin lays it all out for Steven that we know everything that's happened and what must now be done. I won't go into the plot any further than to say this conversation sets into motion the chain of events that thrusts the movie firmly into the territory of psychological thriller.
The movie's unusual title refers to a Greek myth, which I won't explain because it so closely mirrors the plot.
Yargos Lanthimos is a director with a distinct style, and he makes some indelible choices here. Usually when you notice the score in a movie, it's either because it's very good or very bad. This score seems terrifying in and of itself, and it's used perfectly, amplifying tension that has already been created by the action, rather than relying on the score to create the tension artificially as so many horror movies today do (A Quiet Place, for example).
It's unusual that all characters deliver their dialogue in a way that is flat and detached. It sets a tone and shows these characters inhabit a common world, where extremely unusual things don't sound all that unusual sometimes. It's an artistic choice as deliberate as giving a horror movie a blue hue in color correction, but much more difficult to sustain with a cast of actors over the course of the whole movie.
Visually, there are several tracking shots through the white hallways of the hospital that reminded me of Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey, but there are far more shots that leave an impression because they are so original. There is a long, overhead shot of Nicole Kidman and their young son Bob (Sunny Suljic) descending an escalator that builds tension better than any series of quick cuts and jump scares could have achieved.
Yargos Lanthimos is a master, and The Killing of a Sacred Deer is a dark and wonderful achievement.
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|Yargos Lanthimos
|Yorgos Lanthimos, Efthymis Filippou
|121 minutes
|Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman, Barry Keoghan
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Hullo again, good people of Teh Interwebs! It is I, the bringer of peevishness and fail!
When we last saw Our Hero, she was planning on Making A Plan. And given that that was a month ago, you may ask yourself, "Did she? DID she? DID SHE MAKE A PLAN??"
Welllllllllllllllllll… ::insert high-pitched, mostly doubtful, exhaling noise here::
Eh, not so much.
Well, not so much A PLAN in the proper sense of the word. More like organization. Which is kind of like a plan. Except I didn't really have to do anything.
So… no.
Okay, let me start from the beginning. Of April, when we were still losing our shit a little bit from being OMG TIRED AND RUNNING AROUND A LOT. And a plan was needed.
A PLAN, to break us out of our rut, our inertia, and get us ticking along comfortably and getting things done once again. So do you know what we did?
We went on vacation.
Well, it WAS the beginning of April, and generally speaking, when faced with the prospect of That Girl's birthday — which is in early April — we try to go home to Nova Scotia to celebrate it with her extended family. She doesn't get to see them more than twice a year, so if funds permit, we go. (Except last year, when we combined that with a family wedding and her birthday in Cuba.)
We were resigned to spending her birthday here at home, though. Flights within Canada are getting to be prohibitively expensive, even at the best of times. We had very little money and BDH's work was off the hook at the time. However, hope springs eternal, and so I happened to look at the WestJet website one day — where, as it happens, we got a relatively last-minute deal in a seat sale. So off we went.
SO, that organized our first bit of April.
Once we returned from vacation, That Girl was healthy and back at school and back to a regular schedule of appointments. Which was good, obviously. But then, also around that time, our tax refunds came in, and both BDH and I decided it was time to get OUR shit together, health-wise. And so we became slaves to FitBit watches. And the FitBits have imposed some organization on our lives that we had not been able to do previously.
We are being slapped around by wristwatches.
We are pushed to climb as many stairs as we can in a day. We are pushed to fit exercise in. We are pushed to balance our eating with our calories burned. And we are pushed to beat each other's daily steps or stairs or whatever. It has been good, having this instantaneous reminder and accountability, always with us. We've needed it.
But it does push you to get your shit together, because OMG THIS STUFF TAKES TIME.
You start to plan to walk when you might not. You block time to get on the treadmill. I find reasons to climb the stairs more often in the course of a day. BDH takes the most circuitous route he can find to go to the bathroom while he's at work. That Girl asks to go for walks so I can get my daily steps to 10,000, which she knows is an important milestone, so we do things like walk between library and dollar store and bulk store on a Saturday morning — I get steps in, and she gets a dollar store toy in the bargain.
And, in having these little goals to hit, it helps to organize your day a bit more for you.
So that was unexpected.
Another thing that has changed how I go about my day and impose organization on my chaos is that with the change of seasons (specifically, April to May), our electricity billing rates change. This means that electricity now becomes more expensive during the middle of the day, between 11 and 5. So from today until October or November, I must plan my day accordingly to use the necessary appliances — doing cooking, baking, dishes, and the like — before 11 and after 5, in order to keep costs down.
Over the winter, this was not an issue, because the midday period was cheaper, so I could kind of be a little more laissez-faire about tasks. But now, I have to fit things in at the start or end of the day, when we're also getting ready for school or going to appointments or classes or whatever. So forethought is required.
This morning, I put the ingredients for 2 loaves of bread into the bread maker before I headed out to walk Stinkerbelle to school, so the dough could mix while I was gone. When I got back, I put the bread dough into loaf pans to rise for an hour while I mashed potatoes for dinner, and did a load of dishes, and made meatloaf. I baked the bread once it had risen.
I was able to listen to music and audiobooks on the Apple TV while I got all this stuff done, and crammed it all in before 11 am. I will plan to cook dinner after 5, and fill my midday hours with non-electric-powered jobs like ripping up carpets, getting groceries, and cleaning and tidying up.
And that requires some planning. So, yes. In answer to your earlier question, I DID MAKE A PLAN. Or, not really, but I WILL make a plan. Eventually-ish.
Well… Starting today. I HAD A PLAN TODAY. SO THERE.
But I have to say, even though we've been muddling through April to May having some order imposed on us, it has been good. I have needed the impetus of planning a vacation and a birthday, dealing with family stuff while away, getting our health/exercise/lifestyle back on track, and having to actually consider when I will do stuff around the house to shake off the daily chaos that was our winter.
Sometimes you need the external push to end the inertia. Sometimes, you need something to get you going so you can keep going under your own steam.
But now we are going. We are moving. And we have plans.
And I like a plan. AS YOU WELL KNOW.
A body in motion tends to stay in motion in a straight line unless acted on by an outside force, or so says the definition of inertia. So here's hoping there's no outside force, no wrench in my works, nothing to bung up my plans… for awhile at least.


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A history on CD players
A history
The compact disc was developed in 1979 by Philips and Sony. Philips developed the general manufacturing process, based on their earlier Laserdisc technology, while Sony contributed the error-correction method.
Early compact disc prototypes produced by Philips were 115mm in diameter, with a 14 bit resolution and a 60 minute capacity. Sony insisted on a 16 bit resolution and 74 minute capacity, which increased the size of the disc to 120mm. The reason for the increase in capacity is rumored to be to hold even the slowest versions of Beethoven's 9th Symphony.
Compact discs were first mass produced in 1982, in Langenhagen near Hanover, Germany


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I have a Motorola Dext (Cliq) from Orange network and i have tried many methods/tutorials to gain root access to the phone but all have failed. Can someone please help by providing the exact steps necessary or provide a website that will work.
I have a Motorola Dext (Cliq) from Orange network and i have tried many methods/tutorials to gain root access to the phone but all have failed. Can someone please help by providing the exact steps necessary or provide a website that will work.
Thanks for all your help i was able to root and flash and upgrade using these set of instructions...
Hello Shane, believe me, I've been there. Rooting can be really, really hard. Especially when the guides (although well intentioned and written by brilliant people) have not been fully proof read or streamlined for general consumption. Not that anything I write will be any better. :-)
First, have you seen these directions yet? They involve using an APK root method, which is nearly a one-click affair. If you have and they didn't work, then keep reading.
More than likely your current problems are being caused by a lack of driver support for the DEXT in Windows 7. Basically, according to this post, as of 2009 no driver was available for the CLIQ. Perhaps that's changed in the last three years? Here's a link to Motorola's latest driver update software. Perhaps it will install the correct driver? This is an absolute prerequisite to getting root on your device.
If that's not the issue, I'm going to guess that you're having problems with ADB. Android Debug Bridge. The vast majority of problems that people encounter is with ADB. Specifically, getting the "#" prompt and properly setting up ADB. I'll try to explain what that is here:
ADB is a command line interface that allows you to interact with some very sensitive components within your phone. This is the best guide/installer around for a simple setup of ADB.
Caution is required. You will be entering commands into ADB, line by line. Start by entering cmd into the search bar in Windows. Right click on the program CMD.EXE that shows up in the menu and open "run as administrator".
If you installed everything correctly, you'll want to go to the directory where you installed ADB. It's usually in the C:\ADB directory. You'll follow something like this.
After that you'll follow the root directions as shown in the CyanogenMod Wiki site.
Good luck! And remember to back your files up in recovery mode. And be aware that rooting voids your warranty and runs the risk of destroying your device!
I have tried all these methods and nothing worked. I have tried Superoneclick - it dosen't root the phone, Z4Root - Doesn't install on the phone, i have tried the ADB method and i don't get the # prompt. In my quest to root this phone i have checked all the links that u gave to me. Thanks but none of them worked for me. If this is any help then this is the phone's information. Model Number - MB200, System Version - Blur_Version.1.3.39.MB200.Orange.en.GB, Firmware Version - 1.5. If you need more information just let me know.
Have you tried going to the Windows 7 device manager? If there's a yellow or red icon among your devices, it mean that the proper ADB driver is not installed. And that may be the crux of the problem.
Another common issue is that you do not have USB debugging enabled under applications -> development -> Android debugging
The most common source for not getting the # sign in ADB is not enabling USB debugging.
I'll try again and let you know what happens...
This is the closest i have come so far
when i go into the adb shell a type su i get the # symbol what's next? is the phone rooted now?
What the pound sign means is that you now have total access (root) to the most sensitive portions of your phone's file structure for that ADB session, not for when the phone is in operation. This allows you to install a custom recovery and obtain root access during operation. This is achieved by copying replacement files into special directories within your phone.
When the pound signs are seen, whatever you type into this area can permanently alter your phone, for better or worse.
The reason for this design is, for security purposes, phone manufacturers lock down directories located within your phone's internal memory, such as /system/ to prevent users from damaging their phones. Normally you can't even look at these locations and the majority of folks don't know they exist.
Anyway, rooting is a fairly complex process that one should not pursue unless they have reviewed the necessary documentation thoroughly. It also comes with substantial risk of destroying your phone if not properly carried out. Or if there is an error in the instructions. Or if you are using the wrong set of instructions.
That said, the instructions located within the link you provided are for Linux, not Windows: there are a few key differences that don't permit you to use them by cutting and pasting into an ADB session.
Also, he uses the more complex method of installing the full Android SDK and implementing the ADB commands from within the SDK's tool's directory. This is a crucial difference from some of the directions I've posted.
Another issue complicating things is the downloadable ROM that you will eventually flash. These are CARRIER SPECIFIC - meaning, if you flash the Spain-only ROM instead of the USA T-Mobile ROM, you will have semi-bricked your phone.
I believe on the DEXT that getting # instead of $ during ADB means you have successfully rooted your phone (on the many devices I've rooted, this is so, at least). So you should be able to transfer over the custom recovery and root the kernel. Unless you performed some command line ju-ju, it looks like one of the APK you installed worked.
The instruction guides I've been reading all support using ROM Manager (available in the Play Store) to both root and install a custom recovery. I personally don't like it, but it does seem to work for most people. Read the instructions below to get a better understanding of the process:
Also CyanogenMod officially supports the DEXT. Android 2.3 is available on the DEXT:
If you have any additional questions, I'm more than happy to help.


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The Raw Ones (1965) John Lamb
The Raw Ones (1965)
Genre: Nudist Documentary
Country: USA | Director: John Lamb
Language: English | Subtitles: None
Aspect ratio: 1.33:1 | Length: 68mn
Dvdrip Xvid Avi - 640x480 - 23.976fps - 700mb
Nudist camp documentaries were really in vogue from the late 50's up until the mid 60's. This particular entry holds the distinction of being one of the few that boasts both male and female nudity alike, meaning that there's something for everyone in this flick. We get to see guys and gals in their birthday suits jump rope, work out with weights, snap each other with towels, frolic in a pool, eat watermelon, play tennis, bounce up and down on a trampoline, ride skateboards, and generally have fun sans clothes.
Meanwhile, ubiquitous 70's trailer voice guy Ron Gans tackles narrator chores with his trademark hearty aplomb; he prattles on constantly about modesty vs. immodesty, the positive virtues of erotic literature, and the damaging psychological effects of wearing clothes. Moreover, we also hear some dubious facts about nudists (they are actually very ethical people and a majority of them are married). This film gets pretty preachy with its anti-censorship ranting and of course goes heavy on advocating freedom and independence. The bright hand-held color cinematography by Jack Hill and Robert Wilson gives the picture an attractive sunny look. The stock library score of canned classical music adds a nice respectable touch. An amusing piece of nudie cutie fluff.
The Raw Ones (1965)
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Thank you to all the anglers who have been coming out to fish the weeknight events with TTZ. We had another good turnout last week with 27 teams, once again several overs were caught, Georgetown is fishing the best it has in years. Come on out and join us, going to be a good one tonight!
Last two weeks results are here:
Feltner and Roberts win $620 on Georgetown Thursday | Texas Tournament Zone
Cearly and Mater win Georgetown Thursday with 7.63 lbs | Texas Tournament Zone
Good luck to all and we hope to see you again this week!
Check in will start at 5:00 pm at the Cedar Breaks ramp. Once you register and have your live-wells checked you will be given a chip, then you can proceed to your starting spot. First cast is 5:45 pm. Early casts will result in disqualification. Weigh in will start at 9:15 pm and end by 9:45 pm. Only boats with their chip on the table by 9:15 pm will be allowed to weigh in. The weigh in will close at 9:45PM sharp, you must be in line by 9:45. This will be a best 5 bass tournament. Any combination of largemouth, smallmouth, guadalupe, or spotted bass may be weighed. Lake Georgetown is a slot lake, largemouth between 14-18″ can not be kept. We also have a 12″ minimum on largemouth bass. All other species must be a minimum of 14 inches. Dead fish will not be weighed.
Quick reminder, the Georgetown Thursday Night Angler of the Year will be awarded free entry into the 2017 TTZ Trail events. The winner of the AOY race will be determined using a points system adding each angler's best 15 tournament scores. The angler with the highest total points will win Georgetown AOY.
The top finishing angler will receive their half of entry fees for one TTZ region and the TTZ Championship in 2018. Total value for 4 events and 1 Championship at $100 per event, comes out to $500.
For a full set of the rules go to:
TTZ Georgetown Thursday Night Tournament | Texas Tournament Zone
One rule that we would like to point out regards the slot limit on Lake Georgetown, if you are unfamiliar see below:
— A limit of five bass (largemouth, smallmouth, Guadalupe/spotted) may be weighed in per team. No team may have more than the tournament limit (5 bass) in the livewell at any time during the tournament except during the short timeframe of culling a fish.
— Culling of dead fish is prohibited.
— Dead fish will not be weighed.
— Slot limit applies. Large mouth must be between 12″ — 14″ or over 18″. All other species ( Small mouth, Guadalupe, or Spotted) must be 14″ or greater.
— Weigh in will be at Cedar Breaks boat ramp from 9:15-9:45 pm. Please have your chip on the table by 9:15 and in line with your fish by 9:45 or you will not get to weigh in.
As always we hope everybody can make it out Thursday night, but if not you can watch the weigh in results live on: Texas Tournament Zone
All TTZ Tournaments are sanctioned for Skeeter Real Money!
Don't miss out on your bonus money if you have a Skeeter! The Thursday Night Tournaments are sanctioned for Skeeter Real Money and we paid over $14,000 in Skeeter incentive money the last four years. Where else can you fish a 3.5 hour tournament on a $40 entry and win thousands? With the Tuesday, Wednesday, and Canyon/Dunlap Thursdays Night Tournaments also sanctioned for Skeeter Real Money you now have FOUR TIMES the chance to win more money fishing out of a Skeeter every week!