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Building and Breaking Trust
Everyone that reads this thing regularly, knows I do a lot of training through game play.
And, not in the surface "Create a reward event to make them work" sort if way.
But, in a profound way. Almost a spiritually fulfilling way. It impacts so many different levels.
Gives activity which is physically healthy.
Gives psychological fulfillment, as the activities let them express their natural drives.
And we've always said that it builds relationships. Builds the language we will use. Builds fluency in body language for both dog and handler. All that good stuff. I've always thought there was carry over into just living with your dog. Past just the "tired dog is a good dog" line.
Well, now we have a bit of proof!
In this study, they talk about how dogs develop, and LOSE, trust!
Once you read that, you will have a greater understanding of how your "Game" can effect your day to day relationship. When I coach people in play, I constantly use the common phrase "breaking trust" to tell them why not to do certain things. And, on the surface….. It could be about just the game. Like… Giving fair presentations of the toy so they can get it without clipping you. Like moving it enough that they have to "try" but not so much they feel like they "can't". Tugging hard enough that they are in the "fight", and not "overwhelmed……. All that seems to be only Game related.
But this study shows that dogs can learn from how you play and do trivial activities what kind of trust you deserve.
Seems like the Clarity the dogs learn from your Game will effect them in all aspects of your relationship.
A lot of times when I work with a dog, I start with play. And I've always felt it wasn't just "play". But us really learning one another. Build trust and language, before trying to navigate sticky situations.
Kind of cool when science tells you you're on the right train of thought!
That's it.
Go play with your dog!
I Got Cartoonized!
A person that I did a consult with, had this made for me. It was done by Brandon Steen. Amazing.
Jaxxy's Transition To A Spring Pole
What do I do in a Blizzard?
Transition Jax to Spring Pole!
Lot of people tug. Not that many people use Spring Poles.
The way old school dogmen used them didn't involve control. Let them at it….. Pry them off. All conditioning and gameness. No control.
But, I think they can be used as an obedience reward. Just like tug. Giving access to this type of activity to folks that can't get in there and play The Game themselves. Plus it takes HUGE impulse control.
Jaxxy followed my typical process:
Tug. Ball On A String. Flirt Pole. Decoy Tug. Then Spring Pole.
Each progression requires more responsibility and control under higher and higher arousal, so there's usually a little wobble in self control as they master that test.
The transition to the Spring Pole follows the same ramp up in responsibility.
The toy is kept low so the outs are easier, and I am fairly close, so it doesn't challenge my area of influence too much.
As he gets cleaner & more crisp, I will raise the toy up, and myself away.
Eventually, He'll be swinging like the old school pics.
But…. With solid obedience!
No collars. No food.
Only Social Drive and self control overriding Prey Drive.
Here's Jaxxy's first session.
And Here's a follow up 2 days later. It's his 3rd session:
Faith In Handler Drill
I wrote about this a long time ago. Back then I was calling it "Reverse BAT". But, now I call it the Faith In Handler Drill. After that article, a ton of people have asked me to demonstrate it. Here's a video of me showing to a dog/handler for the first time.
Jaxxy Doing Work.
This video has two purposes. Well, 3.
One is celebrating my little idiot. God dammit I love that dog.
Two, is showing progress to anyone following his little story.
And, last, but not least….. Showing training doesn't have to feel like this piece of shit chore. There was only about a third more of these activities that weren't on film. This really is indicative of the amount of time I "worked" him.
Embed the training throughout the day. Train through game play.
Make it fun for YOU. And then you may do it.
Anyway….. Here's Jaxxy doing some work. Enjoy:
Conditioned Relaxation Is NOT Massage.
OK……. Conditioned Relaxation is one of those hot topics going around. And, in case you've been living under a rock for the last 6 months…… you've seen it. Or, at least heard it described. The typical view of CR goes like this:
"CR is using massage to get a dog relaxed."
Massaging a dog until they relax IS NOT putting relaxation on cue!
I mean….. Yes……. you do need to use massage to get the dog relaxed. But that shouldn't be the way it stays forever.
Look at Sit. I can push the butt to the floor to "create" sit. But if someone says "Did you teach your dog to sit?", you wouldn't say "Sure, watch.", then push their butt down.
If you're still pushing their butt down…… That dog don't know sit!
There in lies the rub (pun).
People see the massage wrong.
The first mistake people make in CR with "touch" is they pet, scratch, or stroke the dog. And that might be "relaxing"…… But not on a Therapeutic level. If I went to a massage therapist and they gently stroked my hair…… Not what I need.
Then, once people realize the therapeutic benefit of touch, they begin to go to "work" on their dogs.
Then comes the second mistake.
Since it works, they keep using it.
Like people that say "My dog knows sit", but they have to have food in hand!
You can get your dog relaxed but you're still relying on the inducting method.
You're still pushing on the butt, or grabbing a cookie for sit!
Like all solid obedience commands….. You want to wean of needing to induce, or coerce!
Have had a number of conversations over the past couple of weeks that has made me realize that people don't "get" the idea that it's an "obedience command".
Some examples:
Woman dreads the toll booth, cause her dog blows up.
I, after suggesting crating the dog till they're past the issue, said "Cool, work his CR until you can use it a the Toll Booth".
She asked, "How am I supposed to massage him from the drivers seat at the toll booth?".
Last night, I was doing a little clinic for a local rescue. Several of the volunteers were clients. And I was talking about dealing with difficult dogs. CR came up. I got a gut feeling the above example wasn't a lone misunderstanding. And, I said…. "You guys know that CR isn't just massaging your dog till they relax".
And, holy shit……. almost every single one of the people that I HAD TAUGHT were shocked. Like…. kinda upset.
Like…… "What the fuck do yo mean it ain't massage?!?!??!"
Now I know break things down well. And, I know that I am very careful in my teaching to avoid misguided learning. And, if my own clients, I taught myself, are confused about that…….
There's no way folks out on the interwebs trying to self teach aren't fucking that up.
And there's no way the skeptic "CR is bullshit" crowd isn't using that as reasons to dismiss.
Hell, that WOULD be bullshit.
You can't give your dog a 10 minute deep tissue massage every time you drive through the toll booth!
But…. you have to induce it to "capture" it.
Food goes up- butt goes down. Once that's reliable you name it sit. Once they "know" it….. you fade off the food.
CR is the same…. Massage to induce relaxation. Name it. Fade off massage.
Both are oversimplified….. there is more to food luring & CR but, you get the point.
Anyway, if you're still reliant on food lures, leash pressure, or butt pushing…… Your Sit isn't "finished".
If you're still breaking out the massage table for a long session…… Your CR isn't finished.
Yeah…. It's kinda the defining feature.
But it's not the "END".
For more info on CR:
Go directly to the source. Kayce Cover!
Chad Mackin covers CR in his Dogmanship Workshop.
And I do it in several of my workshops as well!


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Is This The End Of The American Dream? – Guest Post
The early days of the Internet were a great time for those who had hopes of living the American Dream. In fact, the Internet made the world feel a lot smaller, and the American Dream became the dream of people from all over the world. Sadly, the dreamy period was short lived. First, the DotCom bubble burst, and then, just a few years later, the USA entered a long and serious recession. Around the same time as the US recession, Europe hit trouble too, and life became hard for everyone – office workers, home owners, small business owners, and investors alike.
Be Your Own Boss
Before 2011, the American Dream was alive and well, with start-ups springing up all over the place. Terms such as IPO, web fulfillment, and venture capital weren't bandied about with the frequency that they appeared during the DotCom boom, but they were part of most people's vocabulary.
Middle aged people who had taken a break to raise children didn't just look to jump back into their careers; they considered starting their own business instead. Young people with free time and good ideas would test the waters with web based businesses while looking for full time jobs. If the business failed, at least they'd have something to put on their portfolio.
Sadly, last year saw an end to that culture of ambition and dreams. Career breaks aren't an option at the moment, as people are reluctant to leave their jobs even briefly – who knows if there'll be any jobs to come back to? Older workers who thought they were taking a little time off are now facing the prospect of being forcibly retired, and recent graduates are now in a position where they must take anything they can find, even call center work or a job flipping burgers, because there's simply no other way to pay off student debt.
Keep Dreaming, Just Smaller
However, there is hope for the next generation. Those who are fortunate enough to not have large outstanding debts may find that their low outgoings are a huge advantage. They are in a position to be flexible, try new things, and take the initiative; something that people who are slave to their credit card debt cannot do.
Starting an online business doesn't have to be expensive. Business hosting accounts don't cost a lot, and modern CMS software and web fulfillment packages are easy enough for even people without a technical background to use. A good idea, some initiative, and an investment of time (something every unemployed person has) is all that you need to test out a business plan. If it works, that's great. If it doesn't, all you have lost is the cost of the hosting and the domain.
Few successful businessmen achieved great results with their first idea. It's normal to have to go through several iterations before you succeed, but the lessons you learn from your failures can be applied to future plans, until you find one that works. The best thing about the internet is that once you have one technical and web fulfillment setup working, it's easy to apply it to other ideas, and that speeds the process up significantly.
The most important lesson from 2011 is that you should never stop dreaming, and never stop trying.
This post was written by James Harper on behalf of Hallmark Consumer Services who provide outsourced web fulfillment to businesses of all sizes. James writes about business and the internet.Copyright secured by Digiprove © 2012 Mitch Mitchell

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I took this to a meeting recently and was surprised with how many compliments it received. I needed a dip to go with some fresh vegetables, and hummus was just too boring.
So I did a variation of vegan mayonnaise and added kimchi juice. The full kimchi flavor didn't come through enough, though, so I also added cayenne, vinegar and lemon juice, garlic and ginger, the same ingredients in kimchi itself.
It ended up being fairly runny, even with the addition of some tofu to thicken it up. Even so, the flavors were addictive, and the touch of heat at the end won it high praises.
The vegetables we used were just carrots and sugar snap peas, which are in season now (Spring). I found a big bag at the warehouse store and decided to try them raw. They were devoured faster than the carrots.
Sweet, crisp, and good for you…how often does THAT happen?!
I'll have to play with the recipe to get a thicker texture, because it doesn't stay on the vegetables well. This is more like a dressing or sauce. But it tastes fabulous, so I recommend you give it a try anyway.
Vegan Kimchi Dip
1 cup tofu
1/2 cup kimchi juice (squeeze the liquid from some kimchi)
4 teaspoons sugar
1-1/4 teaspoons salt
1/4 teaspoon cayenne
2 cloves garlic, chopped
1 Tablespoon ginger, chopped
1 Tablespoon lemon juice
2 Tablespoons vinegar
1/2 cup canola oil
1/4 to 1/2 cup chopped kimchi (optional)
Put all ingredients except kimchi into a blender. Blend until smooth. Stir in kimchi if using. Chill.
The mixture will thicken slightly as it chills, but it's still quite runny.
Serve with vegetables such as carrot, celery, tomatoes, sugar snap peas, mushrooms, cucumber, zucchini, broccoli, sweet peppers.


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Friday, April 21, 2006
Boston by stevegarfield, uploaded from flickr.
Top of the Hub.
Carol took me on a surprise date tonight to the Top of the Hub. I remember years ago, going here and having a horrible meal.. I swore never again to set foot in there. So tonight, we drive into Boston and Carol makes me take may glasses.
I have no idea where we are going.
We get to the Prudential and there is a 20 minute wait to get to the Top of the Hub. We wait, and when we get up there I see that it's all new. It was really great and I had a Jacob's Creek Shiraz from Australia and we shared a pizza. What a view!
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In case you missed it, I was recently interviewed by Stoic Writer.
Also, today a really great interview with Cirsova contributor Michael Tierney went up at Castalia House. Some great insight into the comic business, plus Michael has a 4 volume art history Edgar Rice Burroughs that will be going live for order this week.
I'm not ready to share it quite yet, but I'm working on fleshing out my WWII B/X system. If I'm lucky, I'll get to test it out this friday. If not, maybe two weeks from friday.
I don't really have a concrete scenario in mind, yet, so I hope my players will just be stoked by the prospect of firing off a few rounds from an M1 Garand at a Stegasaurus before they get trampled to death.


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Palm Desert, CA
No one prepares salmons, prawns and other cuisines from the sea quite like we do at Le Donne Cucina Italiana. Visit us tonight for a dinner you'll fondly remember.
Grilled salmon topped with a lemon and caper sauce.
Clams, mussels, calamari and shrimp served in a Red or White sauce.
Large prawns grilled with herbs and olive oil.


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December 12, 2016
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Shiggy bops drawbacks. I'm serious. I have been searching through basic literature on both vaudeville dance steps and the major propaganda techniques. I will explain.
I wanted to find a basic category of propaganda for the position taken by Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings and the Dallas Citizens Council on the Trinity toll road in the upcoming City Hall elections.
They're not telling people they support the toll road -- not the one the Federal Highway Administration just approved, not the one the city has been trying for a decade to get the feds to approve. In fact, Rawlings and the Citizens Council won't touch that one with a 10-foot pole.
Stephen Young demonstrated in his piece here yesterday that the FHWA recently approved a design called "3-C," a six-lane (or more) limited access high speed toll road along the river. That is specifically what they approved. That is the only thing they approved. But Rawlings and the Citizens Council won't say they support 3-C.
See also: Mike Rawlings, Philip Kingston and the Trinity Toll Road, Somebody's Either Wrong or Full of It
Rawlings and company say they support the "Balanced Vision Plan," a softer, smaller, more sinuous park-like design adopted by the City Council in 2003. The problem is, there is no Balanced Vision Plan. Not any more.
Dallas never told the FHWA or the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers or the Texas Department of Transportation that it wanted to build the "vision plan" road. In its applications to the feds, Dallas has said consistently that it wants to build 3-C.
3-C is nothing like the vision plan's road. In case anybody had any doubts about that, a committee of 10 past presidents of the American Institute of Architecture's Dallas branch did a side-by-side comparison of the plan's road with 3-C. Their study shows that it's like the difference between Turtle Creek Boulevard, a winding, leafy, park-like ride by the water, and Stemmons Freeway, a blaring, stinky blast-furnace expressway.
Here is the propaganda conundrum. Rawlings and the Citizens Council don't want the voters to elect candidates who will vote down the proposed toll road along the Trinity River downtown. Rawlings and the Citizens Council support the toll road. The only toll road anywhere on the horizon, the only one approved by the FHWA and under consideration by the corps, is 3-C.
But they don't want to have to say they support 3-C. Would you? Think about it. "People of Dallas, we urge you to support the blast-furnace, truck-exhaust option along the river, not the park we promised you when you voted for the bonds in 1998."
So they are saying three things instead: 1) We support the Balanced Vision Plan. 2) We don't know what 3-C looks like yet. 3) We haven't made up our minds yet.
The direct rebuttals, point by point, would be:
1) You can't support the Balanced Vision Plan, because it does not exist. You didn't submit it to the feds. You submitted 3-C. The only plan that exists in the real world is 3-C. Saying you are backing the plan is like saying you are backing John Wayne. John Wayne is dead. You can't support dead things or dead people. And, by the way, please have some respect.
2) No, no, not true: You do know what 3-C looks like. We all know what it looks like. The feds know. The parameters of 3-C have all been laid out in detailed federal documents, and, as Stephen showed you yesterday, we have pictures. We know exactly what 3-C looks like.
There's sort of a caveat here. You say you could build 3-C slowly. Do you mind if we skip over that one? Because, you know, you might as well promise to build it badly, so it will maybe fall apart soon, or leave out chunks of it so people will drive off the edge and not want to drive on it again. Again, please, let's be grown-ups.
3) You haven't made up your minds. OK. What is that supposed to mean for the rest of us? If you, Mike Rawlings and the Citizens Council, haven't made up your minds yet about the toll road, is it your sincere belief that the rest of us are compelled somehow to wait for you? Is it like, "On your marks, get set...?" No fair making up your mind before the pistol? We've been talking about it for almost 20 years.
And, look, please think about this from our point of view. You say you haven't made up your minds yet. You're all over town saying you haven't made up your minds. It's like billboards. Mayor Mike, waving down at us from above the freeway: "Nope! Still thinkin', guys." Why would you go to such elaborate lengths to tell us you haven't made up your minds yet, if you hadn't made up your minds yet?
The final shoe to drop, the findings of "the dream team," are supposed to be unveiled in the next week or so according to the mayor. The dream team is an assemblage of outside experts put together by the mayor and the Citizens Council in what was promised as a public process to see if 3-C could be fixed.
None of the promised public meetings took place. All of the proceedings of the dream team have been conducted with a secrecy worthy of the Masons. In fact, why didn't the mayor and the Citizens Council just ask the Masons? Their opinion on the toll road might have more credibility than the work of a bunch of fee-hungry consultants sitting around dreaming up sales pitches like a scene from Mad Men.
I have checked around. The dream team didn't even try to talk to Angela Hunt, for example. Former council member Hunt is both a subject matter expert and the city's most influential political leader on this question. Failing to consult her -- failing even to try -- strips the dream team of even the fig leaf of legitimacy it might have hoped for.
And this: Dream team so what? The only thing on the books is still 3-C. Is the dream team going to come up with some kind of ceremony that will make 3-C disappear? At least until after the election?
My original question: What category of propaganda is this? I sorted through 50 of them, and I couldn't find one that felt like the right fit, so I had to come up with my own. And, gosh, just think of it: Maybe 10 years from now political scientists will have to add a 51st category, just for Dallas.
I call the form of propaganda being practiced by the mayor and the Citizens Council on the Trinity toll road: shiggy bops drawbacks. Shiggy bops drawbacks is a conflation of two tap-dance steps that I have borrowed from vaudeville.
Us: "Mr. Mayor, you continue to say we don't know what the toll road will look like, but Stephen Young in the Observer published pictures the other day. What do you say to that?"
Long pause. Deer in headlights.
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Mayor: "Hey, looka here!" And he's off: tappety-tap-tap, shiggy bops, all over the place, arms flying, incredible movement, now the drawbacks, toes like machine guns, one more shiggy bop and a final deep bow.
Mayor: "Whatta you think?"
Us: "Cool."
There's my concern: I think it may work.


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Compiled by Sen, November 20, 2015.
As previously reported, on the morning of November 8, three assailants on a motorcycle attacked a Bahai man, Ruhul Amin, who is active at the Rangpur Bahai Centre. On November 18, a very similar attempted assassination in the same city targetted a 64-year-old Italian physician, Piero Parolari, who was shot in the neck by three assailants riding a motorbike. Mr Parolari is assistant pastor of the Dinajpur parish. He was attacked as he was cycling to Saint Vincent Hospital to provide free treatment to tuberculosis patients.
The SITE Intel Group, a US-based terrorism monitoring organisation, has stated that Islamic State, speaking via twitter and the Amaq News Agency, has claimed responsibility for both these attacks, in addition to three recent attacks that killed Rahma Ali, a politician [not confirmed ~Sen]; Cesare Tavella, an Italian aid worker working for a Christian organisation based in the Netherlands, and Kunio Hoshi, a Japanese agricultural worker.
With regard to the latest attacks, the district Detective Branch's officer-in-charge Rezwan Rahim said they have nothing concrete right at the moment, not even a clue.
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Blogging about baseball and hockey cards without a scanner lends to some difficulties.
I will admit, however, I do not hate it nearly as much as I intended.
The use of digital (handheld) photography for posting cards does have one perk, in which the repetitive narrative of "the scan doesn't do this card justice" is completely thrown out the window.
Bowman Platinum is one of those sets, along with many refractors from Topps and Bowman Chrome and Finest, in which scanning the cards doesn't quite give the true light-bending properties of the card.
Take this Brett Lawrie relic-auto. While the sticker may not be incredibly obvious in a scan - neither would the eversweet rainbow stock of the card. This is a blue parallel, numbered to /199, and I landed it for the price of what a base version usually runs. There are also green (eww) and gold parallels, but since Brett is rocking the Jays deep blue batting practice Jays jersey (which matches the swatch! rejoice!) the blue version looks the best other than the base refractor, which seems kind of rare lately.
But what is it that I love the most about this card? Check out that autograph. For Brett Lawrie, that thing is immaculate. Let's take a look at his more recent inkings:
|Ugh. This may taint my quest for the reverse-box of 2013 Tribute.
|What the hell is that
|AHH! Look away!
The thing is, Brett Lawrie collectors, or possibly autograph collectors in general, have taken notice. Brett's Red Bull-induced autographing process since 2011 (I am assuming the '12 Bowman Platinum in the first picture is from a set of 2011 stickers) has led to lower values of his cards, rather than the cleaner, crisper autographs you find on the early-2012 and 2011 releases. Perhaps this coincides with his call-up in late summer of 2011 and the flurry of off-field action he may be seeing, including appearances, endorsements and so on. He is the Canadian Jesus, after all.
Oh, and in case you're wondering what those other clean autographs look like, behold 2012 Gypsy Queen:
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and his 2011 Bowman 1stie:
|This would make no one blue.


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The Clueless Hunt
The Artist Shed is participating in The Clueless Hunt, woo hoo!
Now don't get too excited, this hunt is a tricky one which will require skill and patience.
Why you ask? Because you won't know where the next landmark will take you…DUN DUN DUN! Also you will have two hints at each location and one of those hints may lead you to a decoy…You Suck! (Just kidding).
But if you persevere you can end up with some awesome Spring themed prizes for only $1 Linden.
This is what I have to offer:
The Clueless Hunt is lovingly organized by Bayview Hunts and runs from March 1st to March 31st.
Visit HERE for hints and locations.
Happy Hunting!


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This week we're reminded of the connection between our core company values and gratitude.
Here at CiTTA, a foundational company value is that of cultivating mindfulness. We're intentional in our mission to catalyze sustainable growth for social changemakers, and we do so with a mind of gratitude for our clients – the purpose-driven organizations and people who work hard every day to change the world for the better.
'We also bring a strength-based methodology to our consulting services, respecting and being grateful for the rich experience our clients already bring to the table when we meet.
The social and environmental problems our clients work to solve are daunting. But as Albert Schweitzer said, our hope can be "rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted that flame within us." So this holiday week, above all, we want to express our appreciation to all of our clients and partners driving positive impact, who have repeatedly rekindled that flame within our hearts and minds. Thank you for letting us take part in your journey!


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Psycasm is the exploration of the world psychological. Every day phenomenon explained and manipulated to one's own advantage. Written by a slightly overambitious undergrad, Psycasm aims at exploring a whole range of social and cognitive processes in order to best understand how our minds, and those mechanisms that drive them, work.
My posts are presented as opinion and commentary and do not represent the views of LabSpaces Productions, LLC, my employer, or my educational institution.
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In 1994 Monk and friends investigated why people on mobile phones are annoying. You know what I'm talking about. When you're sitting on a train just minding your own business and you heard the dingle-dingle of someone's phone and you just know you're going to hear all about someone's baby / Saturday night / shopping list / job. FSM, that's annoying. Seriously, when my phone rings I keep it as quick and as quiet as possible, often returning the call as soon as I'm in a more appropriate setting. On a side note: I'm so glad we no longer have novelty ring tones. Did you ever hear the female orgasm one go off in a public space? Yeah, good one buddy. You and your mate might think that's cute on the work site, but on a bus it's another story...
Anyway, Monk and friends (1994) investigated why this was so damn annoying. Was it due to the volume of the speaker? Are mobile phones just more salient (attention capturing) than normal conversations? Do people have biases against people who publicly use mobile phones? Or was it something else?
By cleverly staging a conversation on a train (or at a bus stop), either with one person on a mobile phone, or with two people in situ, then asking folks nearby to give rating regarding volume, intrusiveness, content, salience and capturing (i.e. 'I found myself listening to the conversation') they were able to tease out the situation. It turns out that
the thing that pisses us off most is the fact we only hear one side of the conversation. They inferred this because the main effects of volume wasn't significantly different between conversations, nor was intrusiveness, or content. People, however, did find themselves drawn into one-sided mobile phone conversations more. Now there was some complicated interactions, such that results differed slightly when people were on phones (and rated on intrusiveness or salience), but the main effects (the big, over-arching things) were absent.
This effect was later replicated by Monk and (some different friends) later that year. This time they added a third condition - a face-to-face conversation in which only one side of the conversation was audible [the methods are not clear how they exactly made this happen]. Yet, they found similar results in the one-sided face-to-face condition as they did in the phone condition.
They argue that is has something to do with hearing only one side of the conversation, and being drawn into it because it's not complete. There's not a lot of theory behind it, I must admit it (at least expressed in the paper) but they suggest the mechanism at play is the same mechanism that is active when we hear a question.
Perhaps this commitment to understand is in some way automatically triggered when hearing only
one side of a conversation. For example, hearing a question could be particularly intrusive if one does not
immediately hear the answer of the other person.
- Monk, Fellas & Ley (1994b)
Part of me wants to offer an alternate idea. Spoken language must, in many ways, share elements with written language. Now we're very good at not paying explicit attention to the world around us. People might be chatting, writing, jogging, waiting, kissing, or begging and we can walk right past and never give it a second thought. We may register it at the time, but we file it in the mental category of 'not relevant to me'. Sometimes you might hear your name (by coincidence) or something that you know, like a Bar or Street, or a Location, and you immediately tune back in, with varying levels of prior comprehension. Yet their may exist a contrast with a one-sided conversation. Think of a time when you say two businessmen on a train chatting - what were they talking about? Now think of a time you saw someone (audibly) mumbling/talking to themselves - what was s/he talking about? My guess is that you can pull snippets about the mumbler, but not the businessmen. I know I can.
So here's a written analogue. It's called a stroop task. The idea is to as quickly as possible name the colour of the ink the text is written in, from top to bottom, column by colum. Try it:
It's really quite challenging. It's based on the fact that we humans (at least those of us who can read) are so practiced at reading that when presented with a word it's an explicitly difficult operation to suppress that ability.
I reckon something similar is going on, that's why we're drawn in. We understand language, and we frequently filter out anything that's not relevant to us. Half because it's not relevant, but half because it's totally expected, banal and predictable.
If I'm right that leads to a bunch of interesting hypothesis.
1) Unpredictable conversations (even when we can hear both sides) are more intrusive than predictable ones. Think of a public argument you may have witnessed, even one that wasn't especially loud. Could you tune it out?
2) Conversations that don't make sense to you are harder to tune out. I know I can talk some world-class bullshit with my friends, replete with obscure in-jokes and tangential references. Is that more intrusive and salient that a conversation between two businessmen, all other things constant?
3) How about a totally mundane conversation, but with certain key-words (say, all proper nouns) expressed in a different language, or even code. Suddenly something barely worth your attention (and likely still is unworthy) has an unpredictable element. Can you tune it out?
Here, of course, I'm talking about salience, not about annoyingness. Perhaps these conversations are annoying (particularly 2, and to some extent 1), but I bet they register high on the explicit measure of 'I found myself listening to the conversation' which was Monk's DV (Dependent Variable, or, explicit measure of effect). What about you? Have I missed the point? Is my mechanisms wrong (that it's difficult to suppress attention when are hard-wired comprehension module is violated)? What other findings does this infer?
In the mean time, the next time you see some dick with a mobile phone, try to guess what they're talking about. Maybe you could introspect a little and workout if it's more (or less) annoying depending on their topic. Maybe if they're talking about dinner and you're a foodie you're less bothered than if you're a foodie and they're talking about rock-climbing. My guess is that the better you comprehend the one-sided conversation, the less it bothers you...
Monk, A., Fellas, E., & Ley, E. (2004). Hearing only one side of normal and mobile phone conversations Behaviour & Information Technology, 23 (5), 301-305 DOI: 10.1080/01449290410001712744 Monk, A., Carroll, J., Parker, S., & Blythe, M. (2004). Why are mobile phones annoying? Behaviour & Information Technology, 23 (1), 33-41 DOI: 10.1080/01449290310001638496
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Interesting topic. I think I find myself trying to fill in the blanks- kinda quessing what is being said on the other side, so maybe that's why I find it annoying and hard to tune out.
I also think it is a reverse intrusion of privacy. It's TMI, over-sharing. I really don't want to know that you were worried about getting paid or what your mom said.
I've worked in cubicles and that takes a lot of getting used to- having to hear everyone else talking and being self-conscious of them hearing me. But I actually stopped listening to everyone else's conversations. And I learned not to worry about them listening to me. You have to since you have no choice.
I wonder if a lot of the worst offenders work in cubicles and have become trained to not care about what the rest of us think when they are on the phone?
I usually just insert myself into their conversation. That usually gets them off the phone.
haha! Yeah I don't mind usually unless they are being pompous assholes and want everyone to know how important they are or being very loud with an inappropriate converstaion.
"the thing that pisses us off most is the fact we only hear one side of the conversation."
aha, I knew it! I've been saying that this is the key element for years. And I think the reason is simple- you are repeatedly 'sensing' that someone is there that you should hear but don't. What also keeps drawing back your attention is the fact that the conversation seems to end, as you hear complete silence for a while (if you're lucky), and then suddenly starts up again. This happens repeatedly so you never really know when it's really over. Finally, there is a different quality to the conversations in real life (as opposed to the apparently similar conversations used in the study) which adds to the irritation- the staccato quality to many phone conversations: all the "sure. uh huh. yeah. um, okay. okay. sure. what's that? oh, okay. " etc. and announcement of mundane details "oh hi! we're at the bagel shop! The one on fourth street!" right in your ear as you stand in line and person behind you gets a call.
" as they did in the phone condition."
I am not at all surprised, I also find this irritating. Also when two people talk in whispers, in an attempt to be less intrusive, I actually feel it's more intrusive. If they just spoke in a normal voice it might not be annoying at all. It would be easier to tune out. It makes sense that conversations we may wonder about on some gut level "who is he talking to?" "why are they whispering?" would be difficult to tune out.
Sorry, quote should say "they found similar results in the one-sided face-to-face condition as they did in the phone condition"
Not to be a nitpicker, but don't you mean (2004) rather than (1994)?


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Dear all
It is time to talk about the elephant in the room - Labour Party suspensions. Around 8,000 people according to some.
There may be many reasons some members are still suspended from the Labour Party, stuck in limbo, but a lack of useful, pertinent information to those affected is just one cruel aspect of this sorry state of affairs.
Legal concerns and matters may be part of the problem but we members are just ordinary folk. We are not in it for the money, the power and the glory.
We have our own life stresses and strains. When we opt to commit to a political party we deserve some respect.
People join for many reasons and yes some do so mischievously. But the majority join the party to show support and pay for the privilege.
In some cases they work their socks off trying to get the Labour Party message out and representatives elected. If they then respond angrily on social media using a word that the party machine has suddenly decided is off limits, such as TRAITOR, do they deserve suspension?
When the party has trawled back over time following anonymous complaints regarding party members the affected member is scuppered.
But as previously stated if you feel a person has betrayed you or broken a promise TRAITOR is a very fitting word.
Those MPs who vowed to support Mr Corbyn when he was elected September 12, 2015, but did anything but, fit that category to perfection.
But as #LabourPartyPurge2 drags on tempers are fraying and people are resigning - enough is enough and who can blame them for quitting.
A sensible way forward would be an amnesty of sorts. The abuse timer reset, as after all in many cases it was simply angry debate and not abuse.
That would allow a date to work from. No more trawling back over social media just a clean slate and new era following your re-election in 2016.
Allowing the current situation to drag on is destructive.
It means people listen to Chinese whispers and gossip. That results in more anger and the downward spiral circle continues to whirl out of control. It is not rocket science.
It makes some conclude the party is still split, that a further leadership challenge could follow and it provides the mainstream media with ammunition all making Labour's electability a distant dream.
For the sake of us all we need to hit the restart button.
With so many factions working against each other little wonder people are 'speaking with their feet' and resigning.
Who will respond to this open letter? Will anything change for the better in 2016? Or is the Labour Party just too big for its boots now.
Party suspensions need putting to bed. Time to move on and work toward election success with all hands to the pumps.
The writer is not suspended. But she has Labour values which means she cares about those that are. Do you Mr McNicol?
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An amnesty is the most sensible and mature way to go. Also an agreement that party discipline in the future will be fair and equal. Anger, violence and ruseness is not acceptable but neither is disloyalty. If the MP s don't behave what do you expect. We will never win the general election but if the rebels think that will defeat the left wing they are very much mistaken.
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Thanks Barbara an ammesty would go some way towrad unity imo
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A complete amnesty for all those suspended immediately and a dressing down for those MPs who are not content to follow the wishes of the people who elect them as representatives.
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Wonderful letter. Top work.
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The PLP needs to recognise that they can either support Jeremy Corbyn or join us all to witness the metamorphosis of neoliberalism into fascism. It's begun here and in the USA with Trump's election. Time to take sides.
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Now is the time for all those recalcitrant Lab MPs to get behind Corbyn
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Well for the most part I've been eating okay for food but I just feel I'm eating too much. Yeah yeah I know, I had surgery and there's no way I'll be eating as much as pre-op... but I mean even still there's a too much. I should not be grazing all the time.
I made sort of a homemade banana pudding just because I wanted something sweet. I took some sugar free cheesecake pudding mix with a little bit of bread crumb and banana and a spritz of whipped cream (it has no sugar or carbs) and I eat like 3 or 4 spoonfuls and I'm full. It's very dense. The bread crumbs are the only bad part of it and I didn't use that much. I figure the carb in that small amount is the least of my worries at this moment.
I did get a SF hazelnut creamer for my coffee that I actually REALLY love. Since I got my Keurig I've had fun trying different coffees but when it comes down to it the special ones are too expensive for every day use so I started a bit of a "drink station" where I just sort of slowly accumulated various Sugar Free creamer variations. Actually the caramel macchiato one is pretty bitter tasting and weird. I don't like it. I do like the SF milk chocolate one (these are powder creamers by Nestle or whatever) but it's sort of a taste I need to be in the mood for (makes it taste like hot chocolate). I like plain flavor and the hazelnut best so far. If I'm not mistaken, those are the only flavors besides french vanilla (I DO NOT LIKE VANILLA FLAVOR UNLESS IT'S ICE CREAM WHICH I CANNOT EAT) that I've seen at our stores. Kind of a super bummer because I wish I had more flavors. Maybe one of you thoughtful viewers can check your store and see if they have any other neat SF powder creamer flavor?
Anyway so I mean.. it's just a weird portion issue. I am slowly coming out of my carb cravings since I don't have anything to eat that's bad. I was 100% a no grain gal but actually I was introduced to quinoa and I really love it. I don't think these carbs are bad for me and it doesn't send me into a carb frenzy at all. It's a nice filler and replacement for things like rice, similar to how I now use spaghetti squash for pasta. It's nice to have something like that. It's crunchy no matter how long I cook it but I like the texture a lot. It's also nice to have more recipes to try.
Tonight I'm cooking quinoa and mixing it with a bit of lemon juice, olive oil, feta crumble, kalmata (spelling??) olives, red pepper, chick peas and diced tomato. This is some recipe a good friend gave me from Betty Crocker from http://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/quinoa-and-vegetable-salad-gluten-free/54f3ea4d-29e4-4d12-9437-472f754852a7
So that's tonights dinner for me. Lunch was a premade Wal-Mart salad the santa fe something or other. Lettuce, cheese, chipotle dressing, a few shreds of some kind of tortilla chips and some diced onion and tomato. I know these are probably not the best choice if I choose to use the dressing that comes with it and the chips shreds or croutons on other versions but it's very minimal. It's not an excuse, it's just me trying to dwindle down back to where I pick these parts out of my food.
I just feel I could be doing better. I get cloudy in my brain when all these other foods are there. I open the freezer to pizza breads instead of the chicken breasts and ground beef rolls I have underneath. I don't have horrible temptation in that way of seeing it uncooked but what it does to me is confuses me on what I can put together to make something healthy. Why can't I just pop shit into the oven and not do any work??? I love the Atkins frozen meals but holy hell are they fucking expensive or what? Even the $1 coupon doesn't do it much justice the darn things are still about $3. I know that's not a lot for an entire meal and sometimes enough for 2 for me, but I'm comparing this to say Lean Cuisine that's like $1.50 or less for a meal. You know???
But anyway. Just sort of feeling it heavy lately. I did start moving back down on the scale. Was at about 267-268 and now I was 261 yesterday in the evening no less (you're usually lighter in the mornings after you pee since you've digested everything etc). So that's a good sign.
I am slowly approaching my 100 pounds down mark. When I hit 253 pounds it will be exactly 100 lbs down and yes, I do notice and feel it. I just still am fat. About 90% of all the other girls and ladies who I had VSG with around the same time and others just in general in some Facebook support groups that I see online on a regular basis, all started about my current weight now so they're all getting under 200's already into the 199 and less and I'm just like oh hi, I'm now where you started and we have nothing in common. Please shoot me directly in the face while I try not to "compare". It's hard though, not because I don't think I can do it but because I hate the fact that I was so much bigger before I even got control back of my life and I'm angry that I can't be like them RIGHT NOW and be enjoying smaller sizes again. I think I'm about to outgrow my last pair of size 24's. Or maybe they are 26.. I dunno but they fall off my hip. Even some shirts that I could never wear before that had been in my closet for what seems like forever are getting too big. I'm gonna be a true blue 2X/XXL soon and not just by chance of make or model of it. While everyone else is like now 12/14/16 and I can't even remember the friggin' day I was that size. I know, I know.. boo hoo woe is me get over it because it's not like I won't be there someday. I KNOW THAT! I just, you know.. wish I could be enjoying it RIGHT NOW at 8 months out like these girls are. 100 lbs down from 261 is 161. That would be my ideal weight had I done this surgery back when I was in the 260's. That's just where I get hung up on.
Blaaaaaaaaaah. I wish healthy eating was easier. I just never know what to make. I get sick of putting tomatoes, onion and a meat together in the oven or sauteeing them etc. It's just the same thing over and over. I don't have a lot of $$$ for real fancy stuff. I think the quinoa is the most fancy I've gotten. Yes I know google exists for recipes but it's just hard to filter through all the ones that require an odd or end ingredient that I don't have and probably have no reason to afford.
Well I don't want to keep whining like a baby so I think I'll end this now.
But I will end it on a lighter note. Since I've last posted I got into a new art and craft. It's a medium called resin that starts as a liquid that you mix with a hardener and over the course of some hours it hardens into a kind of plastic type material. You put stuff in it and can make jewelry etc depending on the type of mold you have since you have to have one for it. I also do a bit of polymer clay sculpting. What's so special about this though moreso than just the fact that I started playing around in it is that it sort of took off with me, I feel a lot of stress relief but also lots of fun doing it and I'm going to rent a spot at a local event in Dahlonega, GA in April and try to sell some of my pieces. I'm so excited so I have a lot on my brain to organize it all and get things ready for that and make my own displays since I'm too broke to buy nice ones :)


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We've grown enmeshed like two trees rooted in the same earth
inseparable unless we leave some part of ourselves in each other
I keep telling myself that I need to write something about the past two years. I have, in a way. I wrote becoming. It was about parts of my passage, some of it so heavily coded that you would only decipher the details if you knew me very well. But becoming was also about far more than just the past two years, it was really about the past eleven years and my fears for the next twenty. Am I a good mother? Do I love my mom? Do I love my husband? Am I becoming something better or worse than who I used to be? Becoming is a rite of passage, a collection of battle scars. I feel like I need to tell the truth directly because while I am repentant about some things and conflicted about others I don't want to feel ashamed about any of it, and there are people in my life that know a lot about what exactly happened but have very little to hold on to about why.
Here's the thing: my husband and I spent almost a year separated. It was a very dark time in my life. I felt completely wrecked. I knew we couldn't go on living in the same house together. I was suffering from what I later found out may have been a mild kind of post-traumatic-stress disorder. I was constantly hyper-aware of everything, couldn't sleep, and felt panicked every time I was in the same room with my husband. It felt like every time we talked about what was wrong it made things worse. I was starting to question my sanity and I was starting to get darkly suspicious of him. I worried that he might really, truly, physically hurt me. I worried that I might completely break down even if he didn't. I felt so completely lost. So I left. I didn't know what else to do.
Then, the internal questions. Does this mean I'm a failure as a wife? Am I a bad Christian? What do I say to the kids? What will become of me? How will I make it through the next few years? The years after that? Will there ever be a time that I feel whole and happy? It was the best and worst year of my life. It was the worst in that I was working 36 hour work weeks and going to school full time. I had to schedule my time with my own children so that I didn't forget to interact with them. And my home got to be the kind of home I wanted it to be. The TV wasn't on all the time, we ate dinner at the table, we felt happy and safe together. (Aside from the big gaping wound just beneath the surface inside of me, that always seemed to split the stitches at the least opportune times.) It wasn't fun to have to struggle for a GPA I could be proud of; like the time I forgot to print my homework because I'd worked two twelve hour night shifts over the weekend and only got about four hours of sleep before coming in to school, massive migraine in tow, and had to go beg my teacher for full credit. Thankfully the instructor understood, but I'll never forget the look on her face when I confessed to being a single mom with an infant and two kids in school, that I was so unsure of my own capability to get through school. She just said, "you're getting through," and left it at that.
My husband and I ended up reconciling, and that in and of itself has led to a lot of difficult questions. He continues to do the work that is needed for our relationship to get better, but as in all things it waxes and wains and I have to stomach my doubts. I have to wonder if I've made the right choices. I have to wonder if our relationship will ever be what we both dream and believe it could be. I have to wonder how we'll put that year behind us, how we'll ever fit back together now that we've lived and grown separately.
Is this cold flesh moving once again until rot corrupts and the stitches no longer hold the form together?
Or is it soft and sacred as a newborn baby's face with the scent of fresh birth still lingering in it's hair?
What do we call ourselves?
And then I look at all of the growing and changing that has happened, and even with all of the scars I realize that I would not give up this experience. When I was first considering the reconciliation a friend of mine asked me what I would say to the 19 year me if I could find her and talk to her. Would I say run? Would I say go for it? Whatever I would say to myself then should be what I say to myself now, that friend said. But I realized that if I could find the 19 year old me and talk to her I would tell her to never stop believing that love can change everything, and I don't want to stop believing that now. It's completely foolish to believe that the changes are always what we want, that the love is always perfect, that the end result is always purely good. We're human, and sometimes humans hurt each other. We're made of flesh and that flesh can scar. We have our own motives and sometimes we're blinded by them.
But even in the moments where we kill each other, kill ourselves, in our selfishness there is still beauty that can be born there. The stories of the Bible are stories of corruption and renewal, death and rebirth, slavery and exodus, captivity and freedom. It comes in a cycle as people live and forget, lose and remember. And those stories in the end are what all humanity shares. We're all on the same journey. And I look at my husband and realize that he can love me despite never fully understanding what went wrong, and I can love him without knowing what changed, and we can both live with our past without believing it has cursed our future, and then I trust God.
I barely remember parts of the past two years, especially the almost-year I spent alone. Huge parts of it are already lost to me, probably because the immense amount of stress I was under. My brain would go on autopilot. I'd drive home and put the car in park and not remember driving there. I'd look at the clock at work and realize four hours had passed that I could barely remember, but when I panicked and double checked I'd been doing my job. I'd wake up in the morning and not remember having gone to bed, but there I was. And throughout that whole process I learned to relax because I just knew that someone out there must really love me, and want me safe.
I can remember the moment I realized it would be okay. And it was, it has been. It will continue to be. And my biggest question, the one I've struggled with the most? You know the one, I'm sure. "What am I becoming? It is better, or worse?" It makes me smile, because the one thing I've learned more than anything else is that if you move towards God you could never become worse. Little things happen to remind me of how I used to react, what I used to think and feel. I realize that I am not who I used to be, and as I trust myself more I can learn better how to trust others.
I think I died, somewhere in that year alone. Not my physical body, obviously, but somewhere deep inside of myself some version of who I was died. Sometime in one of those moments where my conscious brain just shut itself off and hid, some part of me died. And I'm okay with that, because it's part of the journey. I think it was the part of me that doubted the most, that wanted to hold on to its hate, that wanted revenge, that thought that I shouldn't have to share the blame in what went wrong.
But when I snapped out of it, late at night, and wondered how I'd ended up in bed safe and warm with my daughter in my arms, I heard a voice tell me it would be okay now.
And it has been.
Every tree knows it was once a seed covered by earth,
Dead and then not dead, not undying.
*Pieces of poetry from a larger work called "you wouldn't call a tree a zombie", written a month after the reconciliation.


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Managing nervousness prior to it paralyzes your actions is definitely the finest approach to take care of these feelings. If every problem is resolved with as it arises, the stress can be released and an nervousness attack is usually averted. Think calmly about the problem and decide on the very best course of action.
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Why serve day? We see over and over in the Bible that Jesus was never too busy to make a personal impact in an individual's life. He always took time out of what He was doing to minister to those around Him. So, as our church grows and reaches out into Reading, Pottstown, and Coatesville, we don't ever want to forget our local community, those we live with, work with, and see every day! Serve day give us an opportunity to dive into our community, and love on our neighbors. It is a way for us to show our community a tangible example of God's love. We want to make it as easy as possible for everyone to love on our local community by getting involved and serving! We have tasks that are family friendly and for every skill level. So don't be afraid to sign up to serve on Serve day. We will be serving our community by picking up trash, painting over graffiti in our community, serving at Zerbe Sisters and Hickory House (two local nursing homes), and offering a FREE community car wash. Please signup today for one of our two timeslots and our team will work to find you a great place to serve!
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Villa located (Soi Pasak 8, Bangtao) Leasehold.(Possible to change to Freehold). Land area is 270 sq.m, Living area is 170 sq. m. Decorated living room with L-Shape sofa bed, TV cabinet, dining table with chairs for 4 person and pool access. Kitchen is open plan fully equipped with fridge, microwave and all kitchenware.
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Advancement Council
The Mary Lynn and Warren Staley School of Leadership Studies Advancement Council is a group of alumni, business, civic and student leaders who are committed to the vitality of the Staley School of Leadership Studies at Kansas State University. Members of the Council actively support and promote the mission of the Staley School, "developing knowledgeable, ethical, caring, inclusive leaders for a diverse and changing world."
The purpose of the Staley School of Leadership Studies Advancement Council is to help strengthen its learning, research and outreach programs, improve its facilities, expand its base of support, and serve its alumni. Council members actively participate in the continual assessment of the program's progress and the development of partnerships.
Advancement Council Chair
Casey Carlson
Casey has worked for over a decade in Deloitte's Talent organization. She has served in a number of HR leadership roles working with each of the business lines within Deloitte's organization, and is now part of Deloitte's Global Mobility & Immigration (GM&I) team in a leadership development role. This is a rotational role that is designed to give professionals the opportunity to learn all aspects of GM&I. For her first rotation, Casey will lead the Projects, India to U.S., & Global Visa Desk Team.
Casey is a native of Solomon, Kansas graduating from high school with a class of 17. She graduated from Kansas State University where she received her Bachelors degree in Accounting and Finance and Masters of Accountancy. While at K-State, she helped establish an interdisciplinary minor in leadership studies, the fastest growing and widest reaching academic program at the university. She is passionate about the future of education and plays an advisory role with several organizations focused on secondary education reform. Casey lives with her husband, three year olds and cat in Concord, MA. She and her family enjoy taking advantage of the many beaches, hiking trails, museums and parks in the surrounding Boston area.
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No time to worry about CalPERS
Well done to CalPERS for responding forcefully to a rather silly Stanford policy brief which gets very alarmist about California's pension liabilities. There are so many enormous and immediate fiscal problems facing California right now that it seems utterly pointless to put out a paper saying that the state should inject $200 billion into its pension funds — especially when the logic of the paper is as confused as this:
The CalPERS portfolio has had returns averaging 7.91 percent over the last 25 years, with a standard deviation of 11.91 percent. As expected, the high standard deviation means that 68 percent of the time, returns range from –4.0 percent to 19.82 per cent. Historically, if CalPERS had simply invested in investment grade corporate bonds, the fund could have earned 7.25 percent, only .66 percent less than it has earned with its highly volatile portfolio. This small reduction in earnings would have allowed CalPERS to reduce volatility by a full 7.68 percentage points.
Therefore, in order to avoid future severe underfunded scenarios, we recommend that CalPERS, CalSTRS, and UCRS allocate more of their investment portfolios to fixed income asset classes, thereby reducing risk with a minimal loss of long term investment performance.
I'm not entirely sure where to start on this, but are the Stanford wonks really unaware that the rate of return on fixed-income investments over the past 25 years is largely a function of the fact that interest rates have been declining steadily over that time? And that now they've reached zero, they can't really continue to do so for the next 25 years?
On top of that, the Stanford types seem to think that it makes sense to use a risk-free discount rate to calculate pension-plan liabilities, while even they admit that the assets shouldn't be invested in a risk-free manner.
I do like the way that the Stanford paper tries to look at the probability of a shortfall of various magnitudes, rather than simply boiling things down to one number. But I'm not convinced by the methodology it uses to arrive at those probabilities, or by the way that the paper ignores all the political realities surrounding pension contributions and payouts.
The fact is that a defined-benefit pension scheme is always going to run the risk that it won't be able to meet its liabilities as they come due. The California pension plans constitute an attempt to save hundreds of billions of dollars to pay for the pensions of the state's workers; the attempt might succeed, or it might not.
But right now there are clearly more important and urgent things to do with California's tax revenues than throw them into a pension pot to support the retirees of the 2040s and beyond. CalPERS might not be perfect, but it's a lot less dysfunctional than most of the rest of the state government. Let's get our priorities straight here.


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Maryland State High School Fishing Championship
Just in case you weren't aware of these, check out the state championships run by the (SAF) Student Angler Federation. many states have their own championship but Md.s is run in conjunction with others. Read about it here.
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During this year's final All Hands Call held at the Joint Warfare Centre (JWC) on Monday, 18 December 2017, senior leaders along with staff bid farewell to Royal Norwegian Navy Commodore Hans Helseth, who served as the Centre's Special Advisor to Commander for two years since taking up his post in September 2015.
In his farewell remarks, Polish Army Major General Andrzej Reudowicz, Commander JWC, thanked Commodore Helseth for his professionalism, leadership and dedicated service to the JWC.
One of Commodore Helseth's additional duties with the JWC was his key role in the Higher Control (HICON) element as part of the overall exercise management, which is designed to "replicate" organizations such as Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (HQ SHAPE) in order to generate a realistic joint operational picture.
"The last two years at the Joint Warfare Centre have been excellent, including my special task within HICON," said Commodore Helseth after conclusion of the event, adding: "I will always treasure my time here. I really enjoyed working with everyone as part of our collective, 'One Team' ethos. The Joint Warfare Centre is an excellent place to be; it's key to making sure that NATO forces are well-trained and interoperable. But, it must sustain this success and even build on it."
Commodore Helseth joined the Royal Norwegian Navy in 1977, and upon completion of the Naval Academy, he was assigned to the submarine service. Through his military career, Commodore Helseth participated in a number of NATO operations including Sharp Guard (1995), Determined Guardian (1999), KFOR (2001), ISAF (Chief of Staff to NATO Senior Civilian Representative, 2008), and Ocean Shield (2009–2010).
Before his assignment to the JWC, Commodore Helseth served as Deputy Director, International Military Staff Operations (IMS OPS) at NATO Headquarters in Brussels.
Click on the link below to read an interview with Commodore Helseth, published in JWC's The Three Swords Magazine in December 2015.
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And so finally we come to the latest bags analysis! In order to give context, I must say that last year was exceptionally busy both work and family wise. I had planned a few urgent renovations at home but they all had to be put back. I did make a start on the wardrobe editing with the goal of a larger clear out though not as ruthless as going completely Marie Kondo, you understand. I'm just going to focus on the main different types of bag styles and sizes. Continue reading
Wardrobe Resolutions and Goals 2019: Part I
Yes, these are my clothes but the wardrobe is in the hotel we stayed at last Summer. How I wished I could streamline to a wardrobe this size! I accepted I cannot and must move on swiftly to focus on what I can do. Continue reading
Lessons from a Summer of Travel
We vowed to enjoy our home (and garden) and visit more of the UK during the Summers but last Summer ended up traveling more than expected! I grabbed the chance to take my eldest teen daughter to Italy for the first time, just the two of us. Art is one of her subjects and so is pasta … and gelati so off we went!
Start of 2019 Bag Summary
Hello and Happy 2019 to You All!
This post did begin as an End of Year Bag Summary of course … well, here I am again and wishing I'd been able to post a lot more last year.Well what a glorious, glorious Summer we enjoyed in UK, worth every moment staying home for us although we did take the chance to travel abroad twice, more on that later. Continue reading
Closet: The Audit Part MMVXIII
My initial closet audit or re-organisation that began in 2010 was such a large task triggered by lifestyle and location changes during which time I moved house twice in 6 months, that it took until 2014 before reaching a more satisfactory point and then I moved again 3 years ago. Continue reading
The Big Freeze 2018
As promised, this is how the sheepskin gilet looks on me, seen here during a very snowed covered day earlier this week – photo by my Teen Girl who was home because her school was closed.We already enjoyed an amount of ice and snow this Winter and now there's another spell of snow and sub zero temperatures. I've never owned outerwear for extremely cold weather because these conditions used to last only a short period of time and did not occur every year. As you know I am a coat addict and love the range of outerwear that one needs for the UK climate! Continue reading
London February 2018 Part II
After walking across the Millennium Bridge from the Tate Modern in Part I, we arrived eventually at Green Park and Old Bond Street. This is my usual starting point in the West End and I never knew that a minute's detour down St James' Street, is where a certain gentleman's shop is located, The Kingsman x Mr Porter – featured in the films that a lot of teens love – mine included! Continue reading


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La Seu, Barcelona Cathedral is a grand building (read more about La Seu here), like most of the gothic cathedrals. In the cloister garden of the cathedral is a medieval fountain dedicated to St. George, patron saint of Barcelona.
In the fountain is a small beautiful statue showing St. George in fight with a dragon. The cloister was built in the 14th century, I guess the statue also. I haven't been able to track the sculptor. (Picture taken in June 2003.)


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Nobody likes mondays. That's a fact! To light up the mood we have selected 10 luxurious bars from around the globe to give you major luxury bar lighting ideas!
In case you're just a fan of design (or bars), or looking for ideas for your own hospitality projects, this dreamy bars will inspire you!
The I Love Paris by India Mahdavi decorated with black and gold light fixtures has a luxurious yet casual vibe. It's located at the Charles-de-Gaulle airport, so next time you go to Paris make sure to stop by.
This luxurious bar located in The Tilbury Hotel in Sydney is beautifully decorated with gold pendant lights. Gold is always a good idea when it comes to a luxurious ambience. By the interior designer Luchetti Krelle.
Although this one belongs to a restaurant we could not leave it out! The amazing chandelier, that looks like our Empire Chandelier, is the central piece of the Groucho Club dining room. Chandeliers are definitely attention grabbers.
The bar in the King & Duke Restaurant in Atlanta designed by Meyer Davis Studio has a more industrial feeling to it, yet it's still a very luxurious place. Have you looked at the amazing marble bar covered in wood and complimented with the modern lighting fixtures?
Gold and black furniture is amazing to add a luxurious touch to any room, specially if combined with rich colors and complimentary lighting. Bold light fixtures can be the distinguishing element. This bar is located in the Le Coucou in New York City.
See also: 7 Outdoor Luxury Design Ideas
Whiskey Down in Las Vegas has a more antique vibe to it. The round lighting add a classy yet modern to it. If you're a fan of whiskey and you're visiting Las Vegas don't miss the chance to know this place and get inspiration in person.
This opulent bar belongs to the St Regis Hotel Tianjin. And it couldn't look more luxurious. As always gold is a color that stands out in luxury ambiences. The lighting is around the bar oposed to being above.
This modern and luxurious bar, located at Nobu 57, a New Yorker Japanese cuisine restaurant is worth a spot in our selection. The lighting is complimented by the decorative leaf elements, but you could also opt for a leaf ornamented light fixture.
This one must be the classiest of all. This elegant bar integrated in the luxury hotel Alfonso XIII in Sevilla is a design masterpiece with chandeliers and wall lights that match the all ambience.
This dim lighted bar is named The Edison, The name couldn't make more sense give the amount of beautiful luxury lighting fixtures all over the bar. Located in LA and designed by Andrew Meieran this beautiful bar shows the impact lighting can make in a room.
Find more inspiration here.