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In looking back in my journal over the last year, I saw a lot of references to being impatient, and that impatience turning into anger. I looked for clues to see what I was impatient or angry about, but there weren't many there; just snippets of phrases and alot of angry faces drawn on the pages. Random entries:
"Anger and bitterness tend to make us break our commitments, not get better at them." Nicole Johnson
"I open my mouth to scream, but no one hears for there is no sound. Give up all the other worlds except the one to which you belong." Ann Kidd Taylor
For me, it was a three to four year period of being angry and impatient with just about everything around me. My husband, my son, even the dogs could at any moment set off an invisible trip wire. I had no idea where this was coming from, and prayed alot for them to change so they wouldn't upset me. The breakthrough came when I started to pray for God to change me, not them. He began to show me areas where I was lacking; not spending time with Him in the Bible, not asking His direction or seeking His guidance about my next step.
Slowly, because I needed to be slowed down first, He began to speak from His Word.
"You have no part or share in this ministry because your heart is not right before God." Acts 8:21 "The acts of the sinful nature are obvious:...hatred, discord,....fits of rage..." Galatians 5:19-20 "Those controlled by the sinful nature cannot please God." Romans 8:8
I started to see my sin, denying it at first, but admitting He was right, I was not in a Godly place. My prayer began to change as I sought His wisdom, His patience, His Image. I found myself getting less angry, less impatient. I started thanking Him for the things I saw around me, little things like finding the time to do art work, or write a paragraph for an upcoming article. He, again, had saved me from a close call, accepting a sinful life as 'that's the way it is'.
I don't think it's a coincidence that DANGER has anger in it.


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Conan O’Brien will invade Comic-Con when he becomes the first late-night host to broadcast his show from the famed San Diego convention – but you’ll have to wait until next summer, The Wrap reports. Conan will film a week of shows at the Spreckles Theater in downtown San Diego from July 8th – 12th, 2015.
This year’s Comic-Con will take place July 24th to the 27th. You can recap last year’s nerd-tastic festivities with our rundown of the event’s 10 biggest revelations, as well as our look at the most outrageous costumes in San Diego.
A year’s a long time to wait for Conan to take over Comic-Con, but this year you’ll be able to catch O’Brien outside his show when he hosts the MTV Movie Awards this Sunday at 9 p.m. EST. O’Brien announced the gig during an episode of Conan where he presented “some of the most prestigious awards an artist can receive”—an Oscar, a Golden Globe, a BAFTA, even a Nobel Peace Prize—before shoving them all off his desk and calling them garbage. “There’s only one award in the world that truly matters. I’m talking, of course, of the MTV Movie Award,” he said, brandishing the beautiful Golden Popcorn trophy.
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Sometimes you run out of things to write about, I guess this is one of those times. I thought I would all give you an insight into one of my favourite things. This ,my friends, is my dog Lottie. It may seem odd that I am writing about my dog on a uni blog, but let me tell you the thing that most people miss at uni are their pets. I have friend that are counting down the days to go home just to see their pet. You see it’s different with animals you can’t just call them up, they don’t understand!
Lottie is a lurcher cross and the most adorable dog ever. She has been following me around constantly since I got back and she will until I got back to uni on Monday morning. I swear there is nothing better than the unconditional love you get from your pet when you come back from somewhere. My flat does feel pretty empty in the evenings when I don’t have her sitting on my bed.
The thing is about a pet is that they never question you, they trust and love you with no thought. When I’m on a bad low I am certain that 90% of the time my dog can make my day that little bit brighter. In fact after I was a bit down today just cuddling up to her while she was asleep made me feel better.
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Hi Dr. Miyasaki,
I have never and I mean never had such an awesome experience with an dentist the way I have with you. The care and concern you give to your patients is sincerely given with a loving heart. How you treat your patient at each visit is always with such great care and this is very important when being under the care of a doctor. There is NO DOUBT that recommending you to other friends and family is a must. I don't know of anyone who has felt so comfortable with their dentist. You have given such understanding and patience when it came to my situation. I was at the end just not knowing who to turn to or if I would be given a chance to receive service to repair my teeth especially without having insurance. Though you seen the neglect you never judged me or my situation but instead welcomed me with open arms and leaving no worries. This is something to SMILE about and you better believe I do! I am grateful.
For anyone that has ever been afraid of the dentist due to a prior bad experience, you nee to see Dr. Miyasaki to change your life. The minute you meet him, he puts you at ease. He is patient, understanding and truly cares about his patients and gives them the best dental care. He is at the top of his field in terms of skill, service and patient relations. I had to have a bridge done because I had a severely cracked tooth that hurt so badly and was beyond repair. The whole experience with Dr. Miyasaki has cured my dental phobia. Not only was the procedure well-done, he made sure I was comfortable the whole time and truly cared about how I felt before, during and after the procedure. He even called me at home to follow up on how I was doing afterwards. His heart is really into what he does and his skill is at the top of his field. I recommend him highly.
Dear Dr. Miyasaki:
I cannnot thank you and your staff enough for the fabulous work you did in seeing me through my dental procedure. I am so grateful to have my confidence, self-esteem and most importantly-beautiful SMILE! I was fortunate to have the support of my husband Paul throughout my ordeal. back in December when all the teeth were removed I raelly had a hard time looking into the mirror. But, I could not turn back and had to move forward no matter what. It was hard getting used to the dentures at first but I gradually got accustomed to it and within time the adjustment was so much better. There are still some foods that I cannot eat because they will stick to the dentures but overall I'm doing well.
My dental problems started when I was 12 years old. Since that time I've never been back to the dentist until I got the courage to make an appointment to come into your office. Growing up, from elementary, intermediate and high school i never had any friends. The boys back hen called me "corroded." I never did smile and when I'd talk sometimes I would over my mouth. Often, people could not understand my speech because I would not open my mouth wide enough so it was like the words were lost and I would have to repeat myself. It wasn't until the teeth were falling out about two years ago that I knew I had to do something. I could not continue living the way I had but that was then.
Today, I smile more and a better person to be around. My husband has noticed how much more happier I am. So, with that said, thank you Dr Miyasaki for your patience and never makeing judgments and making me feel better.
Dear Dr. Miyasaki:
Wow!! My teeth look like a beautiful makeover! You did an outstanding job with many hours of work to get my teeth where it is today. Thank you ever so much and for working diligently so that I can have my confidence back and smile too. It just seems so surreal.
Again, thank you and your staff from the bottom of my heart!
With a smile always
Aloha, Dr. Miyasaki! This is the first visit to a dentist that I've ever had that I've felt no pain whatsoever. It was the best dental visit I've ever had in my life! I can't begin to tell you how much I appreciate your skills as a dentist. I want you to know that I consider you to be my dentist now and I am going to be bringing my family and myself for the rest of my life. Thank you very, very, very much for what you did for me. And please thank Darlene and your assistant. I would just like to give you a big warm aloha, and God bless, and you guys are the best!!!
P.S. I slept soooo good last night!!
Aloha Dr Miyasaki and Staff, Mahalo for your wonderful aloha and caring for your patients. My experience was wonderful and your staff were so maika'i and kind. Keep that wonderful spirit of Aloha always. From the moment I step foot in the door I could feel a gentle, warm and generous heart from everyone, mahalo. Dr. mahalo for the beautiful red rose to welcome your new patients. I left feeling good about myself, knowing that I have met wonderful new friends. Mahalo Darline and Verna see you both soon.
I've always be terrified to go to the dentist. With the awful experiences I've had in my childhood. Dr. Miyasaki and his awesome staff made me feel so comfortable and unashamed from my very frist visit. With the work done so far, I am blown away, with the wonderful care they took of me to make me feel very comfortable. I tell everyone I can about the royal treatment I receive, every time I go. It's so funny, cause now I can't wait to go to my next appointment. Awesome, loving care done there and I am confident that I'm in excellent hands and can't wait to see the end results.
Thank you for making me feel so welcome and comfortable. I am so glad that I had the courage to finally make the appointment. I knew eventually that I would have had to. I just wish I did so earlier. I know how important it is to take care of your teeth and mouth so I should have known better and now wait so long. I was so impressed and happy when I left the office, I couldn't stop talking about it to my family. Dr. Miyasaki and his staff are so polite and friendly which helped me to feel so comfortable. Offering me a choice of beverage, a beautiful rose, wow...I really felt special. I know now, I have nothing to fear because I will be in the best of hands everytime I'm there. Much mahalo and God bless you all.
Fabulous!!!! Great, great work by Dr. Miyasaki and his excellent staff. I have a lot to smile about now. Thank you, again, Dr. Miyasaki. I thank god that I found you one day online. I believe everything happens for a reason and I am sure glad that "you" happened to be the very skilled dentist that I stumbled upon!!! Hope you all have a blessed and wonderful Easter Sunday with your families!!! I'll see you folks in May!!!
I had two molars drilled and filled and never even felt the Novocaine process for each...if I hadn't needed to keep my mouth open I could have fallen asleep. I have NEVER had an experience this peasent at a dentist office in 50 years of going to them. I have had exams more uncomfortale than this was. Mahalo!
I've been a patient of Dr. Miyasaki for several yeras and continue to be impressed with his dental treatments. His staff is very friendly. Dr. Miyasaki is considerate of my budget concerns. Most importantly, he always makes certain I am comfortable during procedures. He always provides excellent care!! I am so glad to have found a great dentist in Hawaii!
I am one who feared goin g to the dentist because of 1-finances 2-Pian 3-agony of waiting till it's your turn even though you had a scheduled appointment and 4-being brushed of as a client and told to just have a seat someone will be with you. As soon as I entered this office there was a welcoming feeling that I had from the friendly staff. My appointment was scheduled at a specific time and at that specific time I was beeing seen. Being that it was my first visit the norms would be to sign a whole stack of papers so that they know wh o and what type of patient their dealing with. What I found to be most settling to me was that they didn't have me fill out a whole bunch of papers they actually sat me down and asked me, so I had a more one on one experience. The funny thing was the office that my husband and I tried, the first thing that came out of thier mouths was basically, "You get insurance? How you going to Pay?" Here it wasn't like that apparently if you don't have the funds up front they actually can work with you on a payment type thing. the overall visit was a plus for us. "Us" meaning we left the office as new clients to their list. Now both my husband and I after 11 years finally can say we have a family Dentist. Thank you Dr. Miyasaki and staff.
I actually enjoy my dental visits. I'm so excited to see my end results. Dr. Miyasaki and his staff are so friendly and caring. They know how to make you feel welcomed an very comfortable. I LOVE MY DENTIST.
After many years of putting off going to the dentist because of past, traumatic experiences with another dentist, I did some research on Sleep Dentistry and realized that it was the only solution for me. My case was so extreme because of pain and swelling in my gums. My overall oral health was not good, which was probably the cause of my high-blood pressure. Taking the first step in making an appointment to consult with Dr. Miyasaki was the best thing I could do for myself. I was extremely impressed at the end of my first visit due to Dr. Miyasaki's courteous and caring staff. Every courtesy was extended to insure that I was comfortable and stress-free. The gentle demeanor of Dr. Miyasaki was what impressed me the most, unlike my previous dentist, as he instantly put me at ease to reassure me that he would help me to improve my dental health.
My husband and I were so amazed that after each of my sessions of Sleep Dentistry, I awoke literally pain-free and trauma-free with no side effects whatsoever. There was even no swelling or bleeding after extracting several teeth including my wisdoms. I am so impressed by the whole procedure and would highly recommend Sleep Dentistry to anyone who is afraid or have been putting off the dentist for many years. The best thing about it is that you don't remember anything during the procedure so there is no trauma at all.
Many thanks to Dr. Miyasaki and his staff for giving me back my confidence in achieving good oral health and giving me back my smile!
I just wanted to first of all let you know how pleased I am with the way my teeth turned out. Can you believe it, someone actually said to me "You have NICE TEETH!!" :=) I owe it all to you! You are very precise and very professional with the work that you do, and I appreciate that very much. I have finally met a dentist whom I can say "it was money well spent" about. YOU ARE AWESOME!!
Thank you so much again for a job well done!
I have always been plagued with teeth problems as a result of exposure to Tetracycline when I was a kid. My teeth was sensitive, discolored and looked tarnished for years. I hate to smile and could not tolerate any hot or cold drinks.
I now have sparkling teeth, a beautiful smile and a big boost to my confidence. I have received a lot of nice compliments from my friends and family.
Dr. Miyasaki is very professional and attentive to my needs and problems. His staff is also very wonderful and courteous.
Thank you Dr. Miyasaki!
Dear Dr. Miyasaki,
You are nothing short of a genius in my view. I can’t express enough gratitude. You’ve changed my life. I haven’t had nice teeth for so long... I need to practice a wide smile because I’ve learned to squelch a smile to hide my teeth. Your staff has been supportive, kind, and super tolerant of this crazy lady, me. What else can I say to all of you?
Mary, Pearl City
Dear Dr. Miyasaki,
Thank you very much for your gentle care in taking care of me. I missed you very much. I will always cherish the beautiful smile you gave me by fixing my front teeth. I was always afraid of the dentist, but I want you to know that you are the best. I took a trip to Vegas to relax before the holidays and saw this tie and couldn’t resist it. Please wear it when you take your family out to dinner.
My friends are telling me how young and attractive I look now with my new, white, pearly teeth. I feel happy as a lark thanks to the expertise of Dr. Miyasaki and his caring assistant.
It happened while I slept sound and snug in the chair with my feet up. I felt nothing, heard no one, and dreamed away. When I awoke, I had a row of fine, straight, and glossy white (not “choppers”) teeth. They look and feel real.
Having had terror-filled and painful episodes in the dentist chair as a child, I was an especially nervous Nellie. I ran away from so many dentists disappointing my family who were close to calling me Miss Cry Baby.
Dr. Miyasaki and his staff have a nonjudgmental approach to dentistry, and I recommend Sleep Dentistry for others like me.
Dear Dr. Miyasaki and Staff,
Thanks to each and every one of you, I was able to get the much-needed dental work I have been putting off for many years. Your caring, patient, and understanding ways helped me feel at ease, while your competence and hard work gave me nothing but confidence in knowing I was getting the best possible care with great results. Having all my dental work done has been a tremendous relief for me, and I can’t possibly thank you enough. I smile a lot more because of you!
Thanks so much!
When I came across the ad on sleep dentistry I was apprehensive, to say the least. It had been 30 years since my last visit to a dentist. Justly so, at least from my perspective, for I had every phobia imaginable, fear of needles, restrictive position in the dental chair, gagging & pain! Dr. Miyasaki and staff explained everything fully and relieved most of my concerns. But the proof was in taking two small tablets an hour before each of my dental procedures. Absolute magic. I slept through the entire thing, no fear, no pain, no side effects.
Dear Dr. Miyasaki,
Thank you so much for your kindness and generosity in providing me with the partial plate that enhances both my looks and my dietary possibilities.
When my former dentist refused to proceed after I had paid for expensive evaluations then rendered them useless - with a big up front payment and more to be paid before the final visit, I had my first experience with a doctor whose values are clearly focused on personal wealth rather than patient health. It has been disheartening to say the least.
You provided a needed reminder that at least some in the medical field care about their patients, listen to and accept information based on their personal experiences without seeming to feel threatened as "the authority".
I tell all whom I know and those who remark on my teeth about the quality of your work and care. I hope some are smart enough to act on my recommendation!
Dear Dr. Miyasaki,
For the years I have known you, you were always kind and have given me a lot of attention. Words cannot express my thankfulness.
If not for you, I would be looking old and ready to fade away. Thanks to you I feel young...
Anyway, to show my appreciation I went to the commissary and bought some fruit for you and your wife to enjoy. My own choice.
I think it will take a while to finish it up but try your best to stay healthy!
If I can be of any help please feel free to ask me.
Again, thank you from the bottom of my heart. I will never forget a good friend like you!!

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text: On a walk around the neighborhood this morning, we bumped into a high school classmate (fellow clarinet player). She invited us over to see her chickens. One of them laid her first egg yesterday. Eric had a blast feeding them grape tomatoes from the garden. They also had an enthusiastic golden retriever puppy named Maggie.


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The opinion of the court was delivered by: MCGLYNN
Plaintiff instituted this action to recover damages it claims to have sustained as a result of the defendants' breach of the no-strike provision contained in the parties' collective bargaining agreement.
Defendants moved to dismiss the complaint on the ground that plaintiff was required to submit its damage claim to binding arbitration. By order dated February 1, 1980, I denied the motion to dismiss for the reason that the arbitration provisions of the contract applied to employee or union grievances only.
Thereafter, defendant filed an answer denying the substance of the plaintiff's complaint and, in addition, asserted a counterclaim for damages contending that the work stoppage was not a strike but a lockout in violation of the contractual no-lockout provision.
Before the court is the plaintiff's motion to dismiss the counterclaim on the ground that the union and its members failed to exhaust the remedies provided by the collective bargaining agreement.
The rationale underlying the ruling of February 11, 1980 is fairly straight forward and begins with the proposition that ". . . arbitration is a matter of contract and a party cannot be required to submit to arbitration any dispute which he has not agreed so to submit." Atkinson v. Sinclair Refining Co., 370 U.S. 238, 241, 82 S. Ct. 1318, 1320, 8 L. Ed. 2d 462 (1962), quoting from United Steelworkers of America v. Warrior & Gulf Navigation Co., 363 U.S. 574, 582, 80 S. Ct. 1347, 1352, 4 L. Ed. 2d 1409 (1960). At the heart of the matter, therefore, is the language of the grievance and arbitration provisions contained in the parties' collective bargaining agreement. Section 2 of Article XI of the parties' collective bargaining agreement (pp. 17-18 of Exhibit "A" to plaintiff's Complaint) provides that any grievance relating to "the interpretation or application of this Agreement" shall be processed in the following manner:
(a) The grievance shall in the first instance be taken up with the foreman by the department steward. The foreman shall render a decision thereon as soon as possible . . . ;
(b) The grievance shall then be presented by the Shop Steward to the Plant Superintendent or his nominee . . . ;
(c) The grievance shall be referred to the appropriate Union official for presentation to the appropriate official of the Employer. . . . If no agreement is thus reached, arbitration may be requested within twenty (20) days of the event complained of. . . .
This language has been interpreted by the courts as not requiring an employer to submit a dispute and, in particular, a claim for damages resulting from an unlawful strike, to the grievance and arbitration procedure. In Affiliated Food Distributors, Inc. v. Local Union No. 229, 483 F.2d 418 (3rd Cir. 1973), cert. den., 415 U.S. 916, 94 S. Ct. 1412, 39 L. Ed. 2d 470 (1974), the employer brought an action against the union to recover damages for breach of the no-strike clause of its collective bargaining agreement. The union claimed that the parties had bound themselves to arbitrate any dispute. In reversing the district court's stay of the action pending arbitration, the Court of Appeals in analyzing the language contained in the agreement concluded:
Initially, any grievance "may be taken up by the Union Steward(s) with a representative of the department involved, or with an official of the Company.' At the second stage, "the Business Representative of the Union shall take the subject matter up with the Employer.' Thus, at both stages the initiative is with the union. It would be a strained construction at best which would attribute to the parties the thought that a company official would refer an employer's grievance to a union steward who would, in turn, refer the grievance to "a representative of the department involved' or to "an official of the Company'.
In short, we think it may be said with positive assurance, as in Atkinson ( Atkinson v. Sinclair Refining Co., 370 U.S. 238, 82 S. Ct. 1318, 8 L. Ed. 2d 462 (1962)), that the arbitration clause of this collective bargaining agreement is not susceptible of a fair construction that the parties bound themselves to arbitrate employer grievances of the kind here involved. 483 F.2d at 421. (Emphasis in original.)
To the same effect are Judge Cahn's decision in Welded Tube Co. v. Electrical Workers, 91 LRRM 2027 (E.D.Pa.1975), (". . . we find that a fair construction of the arbitration agreement shows with positive assurance that the parties did not intend to bind the company to arbitrate the dispute in question . . . .") and the decision in Friedrich v. Local No. 780, IUE, 515 F.2d 225 (5th Cir. 1975), (the grievance ". . . machinery is clearly oriented exclusively toward employee initiated disputes . . . . Such employer disputes as a claim for damages for breach of the no-strike clause was not intended to be resolved through these procedures . . . .").
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The Personality Assessment Inventory test (PAI) is a clinical assessment test for adult persons for assessing their personality. Leslie Morey invented the test in the year 1990. It has been heralded as one of the greatest tests to be invented for the sake of personality assessment.
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The PAI test, as is commonly referred to, is a clinical assessment test used by psychologists in the appraisal of a grown-up person’s qualities prior to a general psychoanalysis. It is viewed as a comprehensive test because it covers many constructs that relate to many mental disorders in humans. Although it qualifies as the best test ever, the personality assessment inventory analysis has both its strong and weak points.
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To prove the above claim, the study will use journals published concerning the PAI system as the source of their critique of the system. Journals are one of the most authoritative publications in academic circles because of the thoroughness they give any work before accepting it for publication. In any case, before a researcher’s work is published, the work must meet certain standards that are acceptable in the research world. This approval can only be done through interrogation.
The writer will also go through the results of different PAI tests to establish their weaknesses and strengths in assessing psychoanalytically the mental situation of a patient. PAI reports as done by psychologists have details explaining the tests that have been performed and their results.
They indicate the findings that have been made by the test in all fields that have been tested by the psychologist. Thus, anyone with the relevant knowledge is able to analyze the tests and make a conclusion on the findings.
Critique of the Test
The Test is Comprehensive
The PAI test can be described as a very comprehensive test concerning human psychoanalysis because the components used in testing patients using the PAI tests are so broad that they cover almost all areas in mental disorders that are already known and thus need to be covered. The PAI test evaluates 344 items in the human personality that would give the mental position of an individual once they are tested.
This process can be described as comprehensive because the patient will have been evaluated on almost all known areas that need to be evaluated by the end of the test (Morey, 2000, p. 2). Among the 344 items that an individual requires to be tested on, 22 items do not overlap thus making it thorough in testing mental disorders.
Averagely, the test takes one hour to complete, which is an advantage because many psychometric tests take much more time than this while at the same time not being as comprehensive as this test. Therefore, this issue makes the test stand out as comprehensive concerning what has been covered and/or the time taken to cover it.
The advantages coming with comprehensiveness of the PAI system are that is has been made in such a way that it eliminates inconsistencies in the patients’ response because it tests the patient at different levels.
Therefore, it becomes reliable in the sense that it is capable of getting the right information while at the same time eliminating misleading information (Blaise et al., 2011, p. 23). The comprehensiveness of the PAI test model enables psychologists to apply it to any problem they wish to test as long as it has a mental bearing and hence a solution for many mental disorder tests.
The Test is Inclusive
The PAI test is usually administered to clients or patients while answering the questions the way they wish to answer them. This strategy enables patients to own the process of evaluating themselves when answering the questions.
Therefore, they tend to give honest answers. Self-administering of the questions eliminates instances of bias by the person administering the test because, when the patient gives out an answer, it is all that the psychologist will have to work with to come up with results (Douglas, 2001, p. 186).
There are instances when a person administering a test might feel that certain answers should be answered in a certain way. He or she might end up influencing the person being tested to answer according to the psychologist’s view. The PAI test has been prepared in such a way that a person with 4th grade reading skills can be able to use it without the need to be helped to do it.
The way questions have been structured in the questionnaire allows any individual with reading skills to read and understand what is required of them in answering the questions (Douglas, 2001, p. 186). The questionnaire has been formatted in a very simple-to-use manner that would allow even trained technicians to do an analysis of the findings in a very straightforward manner.
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The PAI test can be restructured further to meet the needs of a specific population group by customizing it to fit the cultural practices of the groups as a way of coming up with relevant results that will answer questions from a particular group (Cheung, 1996, p. 182). This case however does not change the structure of the test and/or the purpose it is meant to achieve.
Adults and adolescents
The PAI testing system has been developed for both adult groups and adolescent groups. The main personality assessment instrument test is meant for persons of 18 years and above. The adolescent system known as PAI-A is meant for persons below 18years (Blaise et al., 2011, p. 15) because the different age groups portray different symptoms when it comes to mental disorders. The use of one system for both may distort the results.
Therefore, PAI comes out as a better system among many psychotherapy systems because it offers a customized system for different age groups. Just the same way the system can be customized to incorporate the culture of certain groups, the system has been made in a similar manner to serve specific age groups. The thought processes of different age groups matter. This assertion is also backed by the law in its treatment of people falling within the two age groups.
Adults will answer questions in a certain way concerning their understanding of the law because the law treats the two groups differently (Blaise et al., 2011, p. 15). On the other hand, adolescents as young people have challenges according to their ages. Thus, subjecting them to the adult test might be too much for them.
It is Reliable and Valid
The system has been hailed to be valid and reliable by many experts in the field of psychology and medicine due to its ability to bring out dependable results after testing. The reliability of PAI can be attributed to its applicability on almost all assessments that need to be done on patients and clients with different problems. The reliability of PAI is found in the tests and retests that have been done, which end up coming with the same result.
Consistencies are therefore used to point out the reliability of tests to determine whether they are valid or not. The validity of the PAI test is supported by logic validity in that the test is able to represent different facets that can be found in a social construct. This finding is important because it does not just purport to represent different facets at face value, which would mean face validity in the end.
Blaise et al. (2011, p.3) observe that the validity scales developed for use in the PAI testing system were meant to take care of any random responses that would have an effect on the interpretation of scales. The system was also meant to handle any negative and positive responding that may affect the interpretation of other scales in the chart.
Therefore, the elimination of any possible conflicting responses that may affect scales has made the system reliable because it takes care of responses that might warp the findings of the test. Reliability and validity of the PAI system can be found in the consistency of the high alpha coefficients that come with the full scale (Edward, Steiner & Walfish, 2010, p. 248).
The dependability of the test can also be found in the four-point graduated scale that the test allows an individual to answer from thus making the answers being provided more reliable because the responses are not restrictive to yes/no, which can be misleading in the end.
PAI as Self-Reporting
PAI test has been fashioned in such a way that it allows the patient to do a self-reporting of them, which can be misleading in different ways. The test is usually meant for testing mental disorders. Giving a patient the free hand to fill it out on their own can end up attracting wrong results, which can lead to misdiagnosis (Blaise et al., 2011, p. 34).
Although the test has been fashioned in a way that would eliminate inconsistencies, the test can easily fail if the patient is consistent in providing misleading information thus leading to wrong diagnosis. This case can happen to persons who understand how the test works. They can be described as pathological liars in that everything they say is consistent, although they are systematically inconsistent.
Self-reporting on the other hand can be confusing to some people who may not understand what the questions want. This deduction can be found in the four-point graduated scale that the respondent can choose from in answering the questions (Edward, Steiner & Wlafish, 2010, p.248) because it can be very difficult to choose between the four answers especially the two middle answers that allow one to give a partial response.
The reliability on patients to provide honest answers for the test can also be a challenge to the test because different patients will take different approaches depending on their understanding of the test. This case can make the test become skewed in a manner that not all the needed information will be captured, but just the information that has been found to be consistent. Thus, the test will be inadequate to some point if such inconsistencies make up the larger part of the test.
It does not Measure all Traits
The PAI test has been found to be inadequate in that it does not identify all traits that it might be needed to identify in psychotherapy. It has also been found not to measure all traits that it might be needed to determine. The PAI test does not measure such issues like eating disorders, which are part of mental disarray (Douglas, 2001, p. 185). This failure might therefore force a psychologist to apply other tests to fill this gap.
At the same time, the test cannot be relied upon, as the only form of test that should be used in the diagnosis. Thus, it cannot be used as the final test. It comes with a recommendation that no decisions should be made solely on the findings of the test and that other sources should be consulted as a way of coming up with the final recommendations (Douglas, 2001, p.186).
This issue therefore makes the test partly inadequate because it forms part of the many tests that can make conclusive tests. Therefore, it cannot stand on its own.
The Personality Assessment Inventory test is one of the latest psychotherapy tests to be invented in the field of psychology. It remains a breakthrough story due to the comprehensiveness it offers to the persons being subjected to it along with the person using it.
Having been invented less than 25 years ago, it has been adopted and customized by different researchers for different needs while still providing consistent results. The adoption of the system in countries such as China has seen the test being modified to meet some cultural demands of the Chinese people thus making it a preferred test by many psychologists.
Blaise, M. et al. (2011). Clinical Applications of the Personality Assessment Inventory. New York: Routledge.
Cheung, F. (1996). Development of the Chinese Personality Assessment Inventory. Journal of Cross Cultural Psychology, 27(2), 181-199.
Douglas, K. (2001). Validity of the Personality Assessment Inventory for Forensic Assessments. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 45(2), 183-197.
Edward, W., Steiner, D., & Walfish, S. (2010). A Review and Comparison of the Reliabilities of the MMPI-I, MCMI-III and PAI Presented in their Respective Test Manuals. Measurements and Evaluations in Counseling and Development, 42(4), 246-254.
Morey, L. (2000). Personality Assessment Inventory: Clinical Interpretive Report. Psychology Assessments Australia. Web.

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It took 6 years of advocacy and the building of a grassroots movement to make this happen, but with 121 local ordinances already on the books across California, our legislature finally followed the will of the people.
Excitingly, on May 16, 2017, Milpitas City Council in California held a public hearing and adopted the first reading of an Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) foodware ordinance necessary to restrict the provision of EPS foam food service ware and protect public health, safety, and welfare.
In celebration of Earth Day, the Peralta Community College District hosted the 11thannual EcoFest Sustainability Festival at Laney College on Thursday, April 20, 2017. The festival featured over 100 groups including live music, dancing lessons, local programs, environmental companies and non-profits, exhibitors featuring sustainable goods, and food trucks.
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The five-year federal investigation into Penn State's (mis)handling of allegations against Jerry Sandusky has resulted in a record $2.4 million fine for the university, with the Department of Education confluding that Penn State "violated requirements about reporting campus crimes and warning people if their safety was threatened." Forty-five people have come forward with reports of being abused by Sandusky, who was convicted of abusing 10 boys.
The U.S. Department of Education concluded that Penn State largely ignored many of its duties under the 1990 Clery Act.The Education Department was not persuaded by Penn State's claim that "a 1998 report involving Sandusky and a boy in a team shower...wasn't clear that a crime had occurred [thus] there was no need to record it on the crime log."
Ted Mitchell, undersecretary at the Education Department, said transparency about what happens on campus helps ensure that colleges and universities are safe.
"When we determine that an institution is not upholding this obligation, then there must be consequences," Mitchell said.
The Education Department found the school violated regulations when it didn't warn students and employees of the forthcoming charges against Sandusky, who was convicted in 2012 and is due in court Friday as he seeks to have the conviction thrown out or get a new trial.
"In short, a man who was about to be charged with violent crimes against defenseless minors was free to roam the Penn State campus, as he pleased," the report said.
[T]he Education Department noted that campus police recorded far less serious matters on their log, including a man sleeping in a stairwell and a slip-and-fall in a public shower.At least someone in authority involved in this entire reprehensible situation finally had some common sense and basic decency.
"In light of these entries, Penn State's contention that the reported incident of a middle-aged man inappropriately touching an 11-year-old boy, while naked and showering with him, didn't rise to the level for inclusion in the daily crime log strains credulity," the Education Department wrote in its report.
I don't know that this will feel like justice or closure to Sandusky's victims, but I hope it brings them some measure of satisfaction or peace. I take up space in solidarity with them.

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TSA chief to speak at AOPA Expo
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) chief David M. Stone will be speaking at 9 a.m. PDT on Friday at AOPA Expo. The free general session will mark the first time that the head of the TSA has met face-to-face with AOPA members. If you can't make it to Long Beach, California, for the show, look for coverage on Virtual Expo immediately following the event. There will be a recorded audio/video presentation as well a story hitting the highlights in text form.
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has made some last-minute modifications to its alien flight training rule, but much work remains on the fundamental problems with the rule, according to the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association.
"The recent changes are a start but just that and only that," said AOPA President Phil Boyer. "While some of our recommended changes have now been implemented, let there be no question: Significant issues still exist, and additional amendments to the original rule must be made if it is ever going to be appropriately effective and realistically workable. My staff and I will never let go of this issue until substantial changes are made," Boyer vowed.
Some progress was made this morning. In a phone call today with AOPA President Phil Boyer, TSA head Admiral David Stone pledged to keep open the path for continuing dialogue between the TSA and AOPA and pledged to work with the association regarding all remaining issues.
In its original rule, TSA mandated that all 635,000 U.S. certificated pilots - including some 85,000 resident aliens - have their identification and citizenship verified and recorded, among other onerous provisions. Flight reviews and aircraft checkouts for pilots with a U.S. certificate don't now require citizenship verification. The original date for complying with this rule is today, October 20, 2004. Almost nothing has been done to prepare the aviation community for this rule, including instructing the country's 88,000 CFIs who would be required to collect and file the information.
After the recent actions of AOPA, TSA elected to delay the compliance for aliens currently holding an FAA certificate, providing a 60-day exemption to December 19, 2004, with compliance taking effect December 20, 2004. However, aliens receiving training in the United States for the first time must comply with the rule now. That means, starting today, instructors involved in this training will have to meet the new TSA requirements.
As originally written, the rule required flight instructors to verify a "candidate's" citizenship status prior to providing any kind of flight training, including flight reviews, in aircraft weighing 12,500 pounds or less.
"We understand the motive and the rationale for the rule," said Boyer. "But the plan is impossible to execute in the manner and time frame outlined by TSA. And that, among other issues, makes this an unrealistic rule."
Midday today, TSA filed changes to the rule including limiting the applicability of the rule's "citizenship validation" to individuals receiving training for a new certificate or rating. Previously, it required proof of U.S. citizenship for virtually any time an instructor was involved with a flight. Now, after AOPA's efforts, only when an individual is training to receive a new rating or certificate do they need to prove their U.S. citizenship. Any other activity - such as a BFR - does not require proof of citizenship.
At the urging of the association, TSA has also changed the record-keeping requirements for flight instructors and flight schools. The first version of the rule required that flight instructors keep copies of a pilot's proof of citizenship (passport or birth certificate) for five years.
The revised rule - amended after the association affirmed the effectiveness of aviation record keeping throughout the world - now requires that flight instructors review the pilot's citizenship documents and note in the pilot's logbook that the flight instructor has determined that the pilot is a U.S. citizen and eligible to receive flight instruction. AOPA helped amend the rule to allow proof of citizenship to be noted by an endorsement in the CFI's and student's logbooks indicating that the pilot is a U.S. citizen and eligible to receive flight instruction.
"TSA is turning flight instructors into unpaid border guards, throwing up bureaucratic citizenship test obstacles in front of loyal Americans simply wanting to learn how to fly. This rule also potentially treats loyal resident aliens as potential foreign terrorists," said Boyer.
"TSA was formed less than three years ago and understandably doesn't have the accumulated institutional knowledge of more established agencies," Boyer said. "But they chose to create this rule in a vacuum, and by doing so, they failed to tap into the vast knowledge of the aviation industry, the FAA, and other government agencies as to the realities of a fragile flight training industry.
AOPA had petitioned TSA to defer the rule's implementation until its many problems could be resolved. And key members of Congress, including the chairman of the House aviation subcommittee, Rep. John Mica (R-Fla.), also asked for a 90-day deferral.
"They now have a huge mess on their hands, along with some extraordinarily irate U.S.-certificated pilots, as I can personally attest from the thousands of e-mails and phone calls I've received," said Boyer.
The head of TSA, Rear Adm. David Stone, will learn firsthand what pilots think of the flight training rule when he addresses AOPA Expo 2004 at this Friday's general session in the Long Beach Convention Center.
AOPA has also set up a special e-mail address for member questions to Adm. Stone about the flight training rule. TSA has pledged to answer questions on the rule. "Please send your comments to this mailbox, which has been specifically set up to collect concerns and share them with TSA besides being read by myself and AOPA staff," said Boyer. "The rule created these problems; now it has to be fixed."
What hasn't changed is the requirement that flight instructors notify TSA when a non-U.S. citizen seeks flight training. Instructors must also send TSA a photograph of the pilot applicant, taken by the flight instructor.
"These requirements are absurd. They place an unfair burden on the flight instructor to do a job that rightly belongs to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (formerly INS) and TSA," said Boyer. "Flight instructors aren't trained to be document inspectors like a border guard, nor should they be expected to be mug-shot photographers."
An important issue that must be resolved is for resident aliens, people who hold "green cards" and are lawfully residing in the United States. There are some 85,000 resident aliens with U.S. pilot certificates, and they have essentially the same rights and privileges of U.S. citizens with the exception of voting. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (an agency of the Department of Homeland Security) has already thoroughly investigated their backgrounds, yet they're treated as potential foreign terrorists under the rule.
"It's ridiculous to apply this rule to existing pilots," said Boyer. "Their citizenship has already been established; it's printed right on the pilot certificate. And TSA has had three years now to cross-check the names of certificated pilots against their terrorist watch list."
"A rule this major should have been developed with the input of the industry," said Boyer. "And there should have been time allowed for interpretation and education of those affected.
"AOPA should have been an ally to TSA in developing this rule that was mandated by Congress. And we should have been a part of the education and information efforts on implementing it. We had the model with the Airport Watch program.
"Now TSA has forced us into the position of loud protestor," Boyer said. "They haven't heard anything yet."
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Heads Up: Manchester International Fest
'Dr Dee' to Doctor Who – Manchester will see you now
Sunday 12 June 2011
What are we talking about?
Manchester's third biennial international arts festival, dedicated to new works. Expect mixed-media mash-ups of musical, staged and visual art.
Mix it up in Manchester.
Alex Poots has been festival director since its inception. Damon Albarn composed and performs Dr Dee, a show about Renaissance man John Dee, with direction from Rufus Norris. American avant-garde director Robert Wilson helms a biographical opera, The Life and Death of Marina Abramovic. Punchdrunk artistic director Felix Barrett has joined forces with Steven Moffat and Tom MacRae from Doctor Who to produce a children's show, The Crash of Elysium. Playwright Che Walker gives a narrative structure to The 8th, an eight-chapter pop song performed by Paul Heaton of the Beautiful South, directed by George Perrin of Paines Plough.
Albarn and Abramovic will be performing, the latter accompanied by Antony (of "and the Johnsons" fame) and Willem Dafoe. There's music from Sinead O'Connor, Snoop Dogg, and blind Malian duo Amadou & Mariam performing in the dark. Violinist Alina Ibragimova plays alongside a new stop-motion film by the Quay Brothers, and there's multi-media comedy from Johnny Vegas with Emma Fryer and Kevin Eldon.
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Albarn has told Radio 4 of his "emotional connection" with the mystical Dee, though adds that he won't be "walking around in a ruff and tights". The Guardian described the Punchdrunk show as "every child's dream come true, and every parent's nightmare. You set off on a family day out to what sounds like a well-meaning but dull exhibition [about] the sinking of a Victorian steamer ... suddenly, you find yourself dropped into the middle of a real-life episode of Doctor Who."
In Life and Death..., the role of Abramovic will be played by 12 different performers; the artist will play her own mother.
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You won't get in to The Crash of Elysium unless you have a child with you. Offer to babysit sharpish!
The wide range of work should cater for most tastes.
MIF takes place at various venues, 30 June to 19 July.
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- 1 Keira Knightley topless: Usually conservative actress does own take on #Freethenipple campaign for Interview Magazine
- 2 Oil tanker with $100 million cargo goes missing off Texas coast
- 3 George Galloway left with severe bruising after attack in Notting Hill by man 'shouting about the Holocaust'
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- 5 Brother and sister, Christopher Buckner and Timothy Savoy, arrested for 'committing incest after watching 'The Notebook''
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Posted by Rob Hooton, Vertical Market Expert, Ecommerce, NetSuite APAC
How important is the cloud to the growth of your business? Consider why Hairhouse Warehouse (HHWH), Australia’s leading hair and beauty retailer and salon and beauty services provider, is moving its entire enterprise, including its stores and ecommerce business, to NetSuite's cloud-based OneWorld platform. HHWH is planning a global growth strategy that will expand its market beyond its existing 140 franchise-operated stores not only in Australia but other countries around the globe. Michael O'Connell, CFO of the company, candidly explained why NetSuite's integrated, cloud-based platform is critical to its future plans in a recent webinar: ‘Three Steps to Realising Hairhouse Warehouse's Retail Future.’ O’Connell discussed that the company's IT systems were disjointed and inflexible, unable to support all of the new processes and data sharing that such a massive growth plan would require. The accounting data was in one system, inventory in a second, and CRM, retail and salon services in yet other systems.
"Our business had grown faster than our back end systems could support,” O'Connell explained. “What customers were seeing in our stores - the slick, professional services and look - was not matched by the infrastructure behind it."
That meant employees were less productive, being forced to re-input data into multiple systems, while managers lacked visibility into real-time data and intelligent analysis to guide them in making important business decisions. Obviously, such an aging network of silos could not support the company’s long-term strategic plan.
HHWH has a unique business model where each HHWH location provides multiple types of services, including salon, piercing and beauty services and retail stores, while the company also operates an ecommerce site. This model, combined with the franchise structure of the business, create a complex set of business needs. Individual franchisees needed to operate somewhat separately, depending on their market requirements, but still use the same integrated system and have chain-wide data and benchmarks available for evaluating their performance. O'Connell explained that the company's plan was based on attracting franchise operators in new markets - yet the IT systems could not easily produce even basic benchmark reports on its retail operations to show prospects.
"To generate any management reports, we had to export data out of multiple reporting environments and massage them in Excel," explained O'Connell, adding that even the scheduling of appointments at the store level was done on a paper appointment calendar.
When HHWH executives decided to overhaul the company’s computing systems, they researched potential software providers very carefully, drafting a detailed RFP with HHWH requirements to 35 providers that the upgrade team had identified as offering possible solutions. After receiving answers and vetting the applications, the HHWH team selected a short list of five to invite in for detailed demonstrations and interviews by a large project team composed of employees from all parts of the business as well as franchise owners. As the organisation started to assess the various mobility options with the goal of expanding globally in the future, HHWH decided that a cloud solution was the best option. Based on the detailed vendor demonstrations, the project team selected NetSuite's cloud-based platform to handle its entire operation, from accounting and CRM to inventory and retail.
As a leader in cloud ecommerce software, NetSuite manages over 3,000 ecommerce deployments globally, which equates to over 6 million orders and over 150 million page hits per month.
The first stage of the HHWH rollout, which began in the first half of 2013, was done with NetSuite Financials. That deployment took about 10 weeks and was followed by phase two: in-store testing of the entire ERP suite during June and July, 2014. The final roll out of ecommerce and Retail POS will commence soon.
One benefit that HHWH is looking forward to is access to real-time data on information like inventory stock levels and ecommerce, so that customers who order a product for in-store pickup or ‘click and collect’ don't find out that the product is backordered only after they arrive at the store. It is interesting to note that there is a unique model at play here; omnichannel commerce is being leveraged to drive the franchisees’ core business model – that of selling salon services – which is traditionally very much a bricks and mortar offering.
Another big benefit O'Connell is eager to take advantage of is the new intelligent reporting and the target marketing potential that the NetSuite SuiteCommerce and NetSuite POS (Point-of-Sale) solutions will offer.
“Previously, one of our staff would spend approximately three days every week extracting sales data from 140 of our franchise stores to enable us to calculate, invoice, and direct debit weekly fees from our franchises. The automation of that process with NetSuite means we can now do that in less than half a day,” added O’Connell.
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HHWH will also be able to look at ways to acquire new salon customers through ecommerce, which they had no way of being able to do before.
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Slider use is discouraged. If the size is too large, the ray marching will skip details in the volume and you may notice aliasing, bias or banding within the TFD container. Skip to end of banner. LWSN rendering was broken v0. Emitter Steps parameter – improved turbulence quality – more intuitive turbulence parameters – cubic interpolation for advection parameter – reduced memory usage for rendering as well as simulations with obstacles – save full sim state when sim finishes or aborts to allow continuing at that point regardless of cached channels – more convenient continuing of aborted simulations – ask before overwriting simulation cache – more accurate container adaptation – added Frame Step parameter to allow for frozen, backward, etc. The main features are a Ray Traced Render Mode, which lets you soften edges, even those between objects.
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In this case we will be using one of the example scenes that come with Turbulence FD. So, if using Impact deformer to create ripples, you could use the Difference Map tab to create a vertex map that you reference in a material to give those ripples a different colour to the rest of the object. The step size is an absolute unit, not relative, and turbulencefd c4d mac an appropiate step size also depends on the scale of the scene.
Scroll Roll also turned out to be perfect for growing sprouting objects and growing feathers.
TP integration was broken in R14 – Gravity and Buoyancy parameters are per turbulencefd c4d mac now instead of per second to make them consistent with other force parameters v1. Something like 5 or 6 should suffice. You can create stimulations for cloth, smoke, fire and fluids, for example, and it integrates seamlessly into Cinema 4D.
You should notice that the noise in the shadowed areas on the floor is improved when increasing the number of light samples.
It creates a wrong impression of value ranges in most places. Turbulencefd c4d mac sliders by default. Reviewed in issue of 3D World and receiving a five-star recommendation, Forester is a procedural vegetation creation plug-in that makes an endless turhulencefd of grass, trees and plants, and that also comes with a rock generator and a scattering function, called the Multicloner.
Vertex Map based emission – Particle-based viewport preview – LW: The main features are a Ray Traced Render Mode, which lets you soften edges, even those between objects. Container does not adapt to particles – C4D: Step size reduced to 0. Changes to projects created with previous version necessary: NET clients check for cache files locally before requesting them from their server – C4D: When applied to a mesh, Motion Stretch Deformer — as you might guess — stretches the geometry mad to its movement, creating things like turbulencefd c4d mac trails.
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It provides a set of 65 presets for various animation sequences, which can then be tweaked to suit. The Ray Traced mode also allows you to adjust angles. The default settings took 46 seconds; by tweaking the settings we got it down to just MacOS compatibility issues qt and cudart versions – fixed: Shaders that use C4dd as input need adjustment of the mapping curve: In the Scattering source list, click Channeland then type smoke in the Scattering channel.
Placing the light inside the volume produces bright pixels known as ‘ turbulencefd c4d mac ‘.
Created by Lee Griggslast modified on May 12, VolumeShader not always added when creating a fluid container v0. Scroll Roll Deformer was designed to help create rolling paper and carpet-like effects, says Daniel Fitzgerald, developer at Curious Animal, but he found it was also a fun way to create sprouting animations.
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Once you are happy with the results and are ready for the final render, it is time to increase the number of Camera AA samples. Slider use is discouraged. GUI turbulencefd c4d mac crashes – fixed: GPU simulation not working on some cards – fixed: Smaller and therefore more accurate steps will increase render times while turbulencefd c4d mac steps will render more quickly. Use Scattering for Attenuation.
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MBS Engineering Limited (RC.253283) was incorporated under the Companies and Allied Matters Decree of 1990 on the 31st August, 1994 initially as Amal Engineering Services Limited.
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On Saturday, April 20, Pacifica will hold its Earth Day celebration. Headed up by the Pacifica Beach Coalition, this annual PBC event increasingly brings out thousands of volunteers (6,000 in 2010, 7,200 in 2011 and 8,100 in 2012), to plant trees, create or regenerate gardens, work on habitat restoration and do planned cleanups and projects throughout the City's streets, shopping centers, beaches and bluffs. Those same three years generated 42,200 pounds of volunteer recovered trash and recycle — 11,000 pounds in 2010, 15,000 in 2011 and 16,200 in 2012.
On Friday night, Feb. 22, PBC will hold its fifth annual benefit screening for PBC's Earth Day event, with the presentation of "Surfing for Life." Written and directed by three-time Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker David L. Brown and co-produced by Brown and gerontological social worker and avid surfer, Roy Earnest — also a Pacifican and one of the co-founders of the Pedro Point Surf Club in Pacifica — the film was released in 1999, went on to broadcast on over 130 PBS stations, screened theatrically in 40 cities, and was the recipient of 15 international awards.
Currently in the process of finishing up two documentaries — "Going the Distance: Journeys of Recovery" (a film chronicling survivors of traumatic brain injury), and "Keeper of the Beat" (a film on the life and music of 67 year old drummer, composer, teacher and peacemaker Barbara Borden) — Brown
"The film was conceived by Roy and me, as a film about healthy aging," Brown said, "about having a rich, well-spent life when one is older. These particular seniors follow their bliss through surfing, and following one's 'bliss' is a key ingredient to a healthy life, along with one's attitude on their own aging, being part of community and being in loving relationships. These were among the very strong elements we built the film around." The film shot in Northern California, Southern California, Maui and Oahu, also touches on conflict and regret, and in one surfer's case, struggling to come to grips with the fact that he can no longer surf the 25-foot waves, and must find his "bliss" in the 10-foot waves. Included among the 1999 film's surfers, and their ages at the time, are Fred Van Dyke, 70, a legendary pioneer of big wave surfing, Dr. Shay Bintliff, 64, an emergency room physician and mother of two, Woody Brown, 88, Hawaiian big wave surf hero of the 40s, national flying hero in the 30s and catamaran inventor, and John H. "Doc" Ball, 93, the oldest living American surfer, who at the time of the film was still surfing without a wetsuit in Shelter Cove, in addition to skateboarding.
"There is so much I learned from making this film," Brown said. "The friendships between these surfers and the joys of their extended family through surfing, is very moving." Brown has kept in touch with all the seniors, and has done tribute videos on four who have since passed, including Woody and Doc.
"Woody lived to be 96 and was very active until a few weeks before he packed it away," Brown said. "Also true for Doc Ball who was skateboarding till a week before he died." Brown will be attending the Pacifica Beach Coalition's surf movie benefit and said he is very supportive of the organization's work. A project of Pacifica's Environmental Family, a registered nonprofit organization that supports and provides fiscal sponsorship to local environmental projects in Pacifica, the Pacifica Beach Coalition is dedicated to preserving the ocean, coastal habitat and wildlife, and ending litter, through advocacy, education, community building, and citizen action.
Lynn Adams, President of and Environmental Organizer for the PBC, said that every dollar raised from the annual surf movie, is spent on Pacifica's Earth Day event. This year, worldwide, Earth Day places an extra focus on protecting sharks from overexploitation — overfishing, finning and bycatch. As such, some of the money raised from the movie will go directly into Pacifica classrooms.
"We will bring an assembly to every Pacifica school with (shark expert) David McGuire or (marine biologist, campaigner and investigator) Chris Pincetich, to teach the kids about this year's honoree, the shark, and to inspire them to take action for Earth Day and for life," Adams said.
Adams also noted money raised, via surf film night, will be used for PBC's educational giveaways. "These are given to each student and volunteer and includes Earth Hero 'collector' buttons, bookmarks, pencils and a reusable tote bag in honor of the Plastic Bag Ban that takes effect on Earth Day," Adams said. Money will also go to the festival which follows the event (held at Linda Mar State Beach), to help cover the cost of music, stages, posters, flyers, etc. Adams additionally thanked Greg Cochran and the Pedro Point Surf Club for making this event happen.
"Change is inevitable," notes the emergency room doctor surfer in "Surfing for Life." "It's the growth that is optional."
If you go:
Event: "Surfing for Life," a film by David L. Brown and Roy Earnest, benefit screening for PBC's Earth Day Where: Pacifica Performances Mildred Owen Concert Hall, 1220 Linda Mar Blvd.
When: Friday, Feb. 22. Two showings — 6 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.
Additional: Raffle prizes and no host wine and beer Tickets: $15 in advance (recommended, prior years were sell outs). $20 at door, $10 for 16 and under and seniors (65+). Available at Sonlight Surf Shop, 575 Crespi Drive, Café Pacifica, 1821 Palmetto Ave., or online at www.pacificabeachcoalition.org


Up this week, we have three interviews for your perusal. The first, of Lieutenant Atimen of the Tiger, is conducted by Lieutenant Firestarter and is available here. The second examines Lt. Commander Sharee of 118 Ops, as conducted by Lt. Commander Ventu. Finally, we bring you Lieutenant Clack’s new feature, “Breaking the Fourth Wall”, which first examines the OOC goings-on of Greekle. Go give ’em a read!


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The Saint Paul Lutheran Cemetery is located on Ohio State Route 38 south of Marysville adjacent to the the Mitchell Cemetery and is the property of Saint Paul Lutheran Church in Chuckery (Milford Center). This cemetery was started in 1893 when the church was formed. It is a private cemetery open for burial only to members of the church. This cemetery dates to 1893.

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Chris Kenny for Sky News Australia speaks with Antic (Mar 4) about this revelation:
“There’s no data. No medical evidence. No sighting of even medical published reports. … It seems extraordinarily thin, and this is not unique to the South Australian government; this is true of all the state governments,” says Kenny.
SA police dropped their vaccine mandate, while Kenny challenged the SA Chief Health Officer head on here.

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Well preserved chimney dating from 1860-1880 period when mine worked by Eyam Mining Co. The site. Other buildings dating from same period require examinatination. Possible boiler house, powder house etc (1) In 1947-9, the mine was at 104 fathoms level, possibly the deepest in Britain at the time . In 1714 sough started to Old Ladywash. Mine starts in 1740 as vein worked from the west. Frank Rebum, Castlegate Farm was manager at Ladywash and a Glebe Mine Director. Mine closed 1987 and most buildings apart from chimney demolished. (2) Drained via Stoke sough begun 1770, reached Ladywash 1755 (3)
The main surviving feature of interest at Ladywash Mine is the chimney from a demolished horizontal pumping and winding engine house. The engine shaft gives access to an extensive 20th century disused mine; it is not clear how much historic interest remains underground. (6)
Photograph: Peak District National Park Authority (PDNPA). Ladywash Mine.
Bibliographic reference: Barnatt, J. 2004. An Inventory of Regionally & Nationally Important Lead Mining Sites in the Peak District. Vol. 2: Corpus of Sites. p 175-6, Site no. B7.
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Bradley Cooper's TV Show 'Limitless' Gets a Brand New Trailer!
Bradley Cooper leaves the Haymarket Theatre after a performance of his play Elephant Man on Tuesday evening (August 4) in London, England.
The 40-year-old actor will be starring in the show for only a few more days – the 12 week run closes on August 8.
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Like many companies, Safari’s projects are given an internal secret codename that follow a pattern. In Google’s case that pattern is alphabetically ordered confectionary; in our case it’s bird names.
With Safari Flow, an all-new product, we re-architected many of our systems, and we decided to build the user database in Salesforce.com. I realized that we could have some fun whenever a new subscriber joined, alerting the team in the San Francisco office to the good news. So we (OK, I) built Chirpy as a side project, unknown to the rest of the team. Chirpy is a dancing mechanical “bird” who alerts us in a spectacular manner for each new subscription to Safari Flow.
The short version is that whenever a new subscription is created in Salesforce, that event triggers an email to an internal gmail account, which is then picked up by Chirpy. Chirpy – built out of a combination of an old wine box, some oak flooring scraps, a Lego Gearbox, a Raspberry Pi, powered speakers and a lot of cardboard, wire and hot glue – then plays a mating call and spins its spirograph (early Flow Beta testers may recognize these?), all while flapping his wings and flashing some LEDs (Flow colors, of course).
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This amphitheatre is the oldest among those known from the Roman times. Built in 70 BC, just before the colony was founded, on the initiative of magistrates Caius Quinctius Valgus and Marcus Porcius who also had the Odeon built.
It could hold up to 20,000 spectators not only from Pompeii but also from neighbouring towns. The building is located in a peripheral area so as to facilitate the movement of so many people. External staircases with two flights provide access to the upper steps and a downward corridor provides access to the lower steps. The arena is separated from the area intended for the spectators by a parapet which is decorated with frescos of gladiators; the upper part has inscriptions that are still legible with the names of the magistrates who had the steps built.
In 59 AD the cheering of the audience led to a bloody brawl between the people from Pompeii and those from Nocera.
As a result of these riots, the Senate of Rome decided to close the arena in Pompeii for ten years, however, this measure was withdrawn in 62 AD, after the disastrous earthquake struck the city.
Date of excavation: 1748; 1813-1814.