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Craps and roulette are the most popular online casino games. Craps is a game played in casinos similar to poker. Instead of using chips, players are able to use virtual chips supplied by casinos. Roulette is a slot machine game where the player is dealt a set of numbers and is given a short amount of time in which to get the most winning numbers possible. These may be the exact numbers that have been picked. If the timer runs out, the player will forfeit all of their virtual money.
These two free online casino games are available online. However, you must be aware. It is crucial to be aware of the game’s odds. It is also important to follow the rules and regulations applied to these free spins or else, they could end up getting changed in a way that could affect the amount of money that is paid out. Also, when using free spins at online casinos it is crucial to understand that the user must be ready to deposit any money they have to bet.

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Thursday, June 7, 2012
Our eating disorders & psychodrama book is on its way!
I'm thrilled to report my new book with psychodramatist Linda Ciotola, M.Ed., TEP, titled “Healing Eating Disorders with Psychodrama and Other Action Methods: Beyond the Silence and the Fury,” has just been accepted for publication by Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
We don’t yet know the publication schedule but we're excited and want to share the good news. We think it is the first book to address the topic of eating disorders and psychodrama and in addition to clinical applications, we will be including some great new info about incorporating education, yoga, movement, nutrition, Reiki, family constellation work, mindfulness and more.
We are both psychodramatists and psychodrama trainers, and representative of the many fields -- mental health, education, law, business and consulting -- that use the valuable method of psychodrama. I am a licensed clinical social worker, psychotherapist and personal growth coach and Linda is an educator, fitness trainer and yoga instructor and the founder of Healing Bridges in Maryland.

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Janey Godley stars in 'Alone' one of 6 shorts which launched Scenes for Survival this week - 40 plus short digital artworks, created by a host of leading Scottish performers, writers and directors working remotely from their personal spaces of isolation, celebrating the brilliance of Scottish theatre.
Produced by National Theatre of Scotland in association with BBC Scotland, Screen Scotland, BBC Arts’ Culture in Quarantine project and Scotland’s leading theatre venues and companies, with support from Hopscotch Films.
You can watch that short here:
And the launch of Scenes for Survival including all six shorts below:
Scenes for Survival Hardship Fund
The Scenes for Survival Hardship Fund is a fundraising campaign launched by the National Theatre of Scotland in association with the Federation of Scottish Theatre, other sector bodies and leading Scottish Theatre organisations, to raise money for those in the sector who have been hardest hit financially and are experiencing drastic economic and emotional hardship.
The National Theatre of Scotland is working with the Federation of Scottish Theatre and other sector bodies to ensure equitable distribution of money raised.
All donations to this fund will go directly to provide support for those most impacted within Scotland, be they actors, writers, creatives, musicians, technicians or any others within our industry.
A sector-wide call out with information and details of how to apply for support from the SFS Hardship Fund will be launched at the end of July 2020.
We would be grateful if you would consider making a small donation to the Scenes for Survival Hardship Fund. Thank you for your support.
To donate please click here: https://www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/events/scenes-for-survival/#donate

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- Former World Heavyweight Champion Alberto Del Rio celebrated his 36th birthday yesterday. Del Rio noted that he spent the day working and watching UFC 160.
- WWE.com has an article looking at the 25 greatest managers of all time. Bobby "The Brain" Heenan topped the list, followed by Paul Heyman, Jimmy Hart and Freddie Blassie. Captain Lou Albano rounded out the top 5. You can check out the full list at this link.
Who do you think is the greatest wrestling manager of all time? Sound off below.
WWE 2015 Hall Of Famer In Action, NXT Talent On Being The First Arab-Canadian Diva, WWE In Syracuse
Neville Surprises Child Crimestopper On TV Show, Bad News Barrett Says He Is A "Big Fan" Of Neville
More On Hulk Hogan Returning To The Ring At WrestleMania, Vince McMahon "Looking Forward To It"
Floyd Mayweather Relinquishing His Titles, Mayweather - Big Show, Reporters Banned From Fight, Tyson
Tyson Kidd On Which WWE Hall Of Famer Has Helped Him, Teaming With Cesaro, Making It To WWE
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ESPN Host On Why She Is No Longer A WWE Fan
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Hulk Hogan Cleared To Compete At WrestleMania 32?, Notes And Photos From Hogan In Australia
CM Punk Has Second MMA Scrimmage, AJ Lee At Roufusport
Backstage Update On Original WWE KOTR Plans, LuFisto Tries Out For Tough Enough, The Rock

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What am I evoking? What’s my contribution to what I’m experiencing? These can be great questions for coaches, facilitators and leaders. How often have you sat in a meeting, for instance, and thought, ‘I am so bored.’ It’s one of those moments where you can feel so much energy being drained out of you, so much oxygen being sucked out of your lungs, that it almost hurts physically. You’re desperate to get out but can’t think of a polite and convincing enough excuse to exit the room.
Or maybe you’re in conversation with a colleague, with a coach or in a training workshop and thinking, ‘This is such a waste of time. I’m not getting what I need from this.’ Such experiences can create a sense of life, of work, of relationships, of outcomes happening to us. It’s as if we are passive recipients at the mercy of others’ actions and behaviour. It can leave us feeling helpless, powerless and hopeless. And I’m wondering…is there another way of framing and stance-taking in this?
So here goes: ‘What’s your contribution to what you’re experiencing?’ ‘What do you need to receive and give your best?’ I often pose these questions when working with leadership teams. At first, I see puzzled faces but, when the penny drops, the difference can be transformational. It’s about disrupting normal personal and cultural patterns of belief and behaviour. It’s about challenging and supporting proactivity, ownership and influence. It’s about choosing. It’s about waking up.
There’s a skill in learning to engage, negotiate, contract and lean into the experience like this - and it takes practice: ‘I would find this more purposeful and worthwhile if….’ ‘I would like to focus our attention on X…’ ‘How about we do it this way instead…then I could bring something useful to it?’ ‘If we could break for 10 minutes, I could come at this with so much more energy.’ Take the initiative: Seize it. Shape it. Make it happen. What’s your contribution to what you’re experiencing?
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NEW STUDIES ADDED
Title: Epigenetic Modulation of Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis by Extremely Low-Frequency Electromagnetic Fields
Location in PEMF Global Library: Stem Cell Folder, Neurological Folder
Applied Frequencies: 1-100 HZ, with a focus on 50Hz
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Abstract: Throughout life, adult neurogenesis generates new neurons in the dentate gyrus of hippocampus that have a critical role in memory formation. Strategies able to stimulate this endogenous process have raised considerable interest because of their potential use to treat neurological disorders entailing cognitive impairment. We previously reported that mice exposed to extremely low-frequency electromagnetic fields (ELFEFs) showed increased hippocampal neurogenesis. Here, we demonstrate that the ELFEF dependent enhancement of hippocampal neurogenesis improves spatial learning and memory
Conclusion: Our present study points to ELFEF stimulation as a good tool to enhance hippocampal neurogenesis and improve hippocampal-dependent memory functions in mice. The optimization of stimulation protocol and the characterization of ELFEF’s mechanisms at molecular levels in the animal model appear pivotal for translating results to humans. Our study identifies a novel molecular mechanism responsible for ELFEF-induced enhancement of hippocampal neurogenesis, which is of potential relevance for future stem cell-based therapeutic approaches. The discovery of the new CREB/NeuroD1 axis may be also relevant for treatment of brain disorders associated to alterations of these transcription factors.
Title: Impact of electromagnetic fields on stem cells: common mechanisms at the crossroad between adult neurogenesis and osteogenesis
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Applied Frequencies: 1-75Hz
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Abstract: In the recent years, adult neural and mesenchymal stem cells have been intensively investigated as effective resources for repair therapies. In vivo and in vitro studies have provided insights on the molecular mechanisms underlying the neurogenic and osteogenic processes in adulthood. This knowledge appears fundamental for the development of targeted strategies to manipulate stem cells. Here we review recent literature dealing with the effects of electromagnetic fields on stem cell biology that lends support to their use as a promising tool to positively influence the different steps of neurogenic and osteogenic processes. We will focus on recent studies revealing that extremely-low frequency electromagnetic fields enhance adult hippocampal neurogenesis by inducing epigenetic modifications on the regulatory sequences of genes responsible for neural stem cell proliferation and neuronal differentiation. Considering the emerging critical role played by chromatin modifications in maintaining the stemness as well as in regulating stem cell differentiation, we will also attempt to exploit epigenetic changes that can represent common targets for electromagnetic field effects on neurogenic and osteogenic processes.
Conclusion: With regard to neurogenesis and ostegenesis it is becoming increasingly clear that these processes rely on the activation of specific and complex transcriptional programs whose regulation may provide a cellular candidate for therapeutic intervention. In this context epigenetic mechanisms play a critical regulatory role translating a wide array of endogenous and exogenous signals into persistent changes in gene expression in both NSCs and MSCs. ELFEF stimulation has been recognized as effective tool in promoting both neurogenesis and osteogenesis and studies performed so far on NSCs point to chromatin remodeling as a critical determinant in ELFEF’s induced pro-neuronal gene expression. The literature here reviewed suggests that epigenetic regulation of bone-related gene may seemingly mediate the effects exerted by EFs on osteogenesis.
Title: Impact of extremely low-frequency magnetic fields on human postural control
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Applied Frequencies: Various Hz from 1-100HZ. Focus on Extremely low.
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Abstract: Studies have found that extremely low-frequency (ELF,less than 300Hz) can modulate standing balance; however, the acute balance effects of high flux densities in tis frequency range have not been systematically investigated yet.
Conclusion: The main aim of this study was to explore the effects of a time-varying magnetic field exposure (including the power frequency) on human postural control. Since this effect is hypothesized to be mediated by the induced electric field in the vestibular system, AC electric stimulations (ACGVS) were also studied. DC electric stimulation known as DC-GVS was used as a positive control. The first important result was the confirmation that the positive control condition elicited the expected effects. Indeed, DC-GVS produced a de-stabilizing effect on the volunteers both in time domain characteristics (increased path length, area, coronal velocity) and frequency domain characteristics [increased absolute power density spectrum in both low frequency band (0–0.5 Hz) and medium frequency band (0.5–2 Hz)]. More importantly, this effect was confirmed as dependent on the side to which the stimulation occurred. These results were similar to previous findings of DC-GVS postural control modulations. Previous studies using weaker fields, but longer exposure durations reported that ELF MFs may modulate postural stability, revealing an effect on standing balance. Therefore, in future studies, it might be more appropriate to investigate lower frequencies (1–10 Hz), which the vestibular system might be more sensitive to, as suggested by the findings of Hlavacka and Njiokiktjien (1985).
Title: The effect of prolonged exposure to low frequency electromagnetic fields on mechanical activity of isolated aorta of male rats
Location in PEMF Global Library: Cardiovascular Folder
Applied Frequencies: 50Hz
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Abstract: Electromagnetic fields (EMF) have been proposed to affect cardiovascular system. This study was designed to assess the effects of long term exposure of extremely low frequency EMF of 100 and 500 µT on vascular activity in rats
Conclusion: It seems that prolong exposure to LF- EMF alter vascular response to vasoactive factors via adrenergic receptor pathways

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MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WMBF) – Brookgreen Gardens in Murrells Inlet has been named one of the top 10 public gardens in the United States by travel website TripAdvisor.com.
The list, which is based on reviews and opinions to the site, lists Brookgreen Gardens sixth, just behind the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum in Tucson, Arizona.
Brookgreen Gardens was opened in 1931, features the country's first sculpture park, and is now a National Historic Landmark.
"Designed in the shape of a butterfly, themed gardens feature four seasons' worth of horticultural surprises, including perennials, roses, and a stunning array of shrubs and trees," states the TripAdvisor description.
Learn more about Brookgreen Gardens here: http://www.brookgreen.org/


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Engineering consultant Steve Balistreri and his brother Nick set out to create a compendium of automotive knowledge. A repository of nearly every vehicle project out there, for nearly every vehicle: homebuilt 240SX drift missiles, Dodge Challenger burnout machines, 1,000-horsepower Supra dyno queens.
How to build a stick-shift Lexus SC300 into a drift car. How to install HIDs on a Chrysler Town & Country. How to make a shift knob out of wood. What the torque specs are on a Toyota Tacoma.
You get the idea.
The ambitious project took the brothers Balistreri the better part of five years. The build projects are culled from an entire Internet's worth of forum threads, which Steve personally trawled himself, picking and choosing threads for accuracy and informativeness. (A rating system is coming soon, he said.) "Up to this point all the threads donated were from people we sought out and asked personally after seeing what they wrote," said Steve Balistreri. "This is obviously a labor and time intensive process mostly done by my brother and I."
The site grew organically. People began sending the brothers links to their own projects, and the two began dutifully categorizing them. A failed Kickstarter campaign in 2014 stymied them, but two years later, the site saw a thorough redesign.
The result, at DIYAuto.com, is a slick collection of vehicular projects, organized by make and model, supported by so much information: technical specs, data tables, wiring diagrams, owner's manuals, model timelines, even vintage MotorWeek reviews. For an engineer like Steve—who once worked at Chevrolet developing the transaxle for the Corvette Stingray—so much information, so neatly categorized, is exactly what he's used to.
"My first project car was a 1969 MG Midget I bought for $1,200 and brought back from the dead," he said. "When I started working on the site about five years ago I decided it would be hypocritical to drive a new reliable car so I've mostly owned older, more interesting, higher mileage cars. Now I daily drive a 1999 BMW 5-Series wagon that just passed 222,222 miles a few weeks ago."
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About the Queerupnorth sound walk
Using interviews from the archive of one of the world’s first LGBT arts festivals, Queer Up North, this sound walk explores Manchester’s place in the past 30 years of queer history. Using the city streets as a starting point it explores current and historic issues for the LGBT community through the eyes of prominent queer artists like Patrick Gale, Maureen Duffy, QBoy and Del LaGrace Volcano. The sound walk is built on Sonic Maps.
Initially the idea of the walk had been to explore the history of buildings in Manchester’s gay village, however after exploring the archives further it was clear that both geographically and thematically it would be beneficial to travel slightly further afield. This sound walk will lead you from HOME, through Oxford Road, Sackville Gardens and Canal Street; exploring ideas of liberation, allyship, intersectionality and representation.
Queer Up North ran in from 1992 – 2009. All the clips in this walk come from interviews with people involved in organising and performing at QUN in 2006-2007. The clips in this sound walk are only snippets of the fascinating and prescient interviews, many of which are scheduled to be published in full at British Library Sounds in 2023.
This sound walk has been made by University of Manchester MA student intern Hannah Mackinlay. If you are interested in this topic you may like to read blog posts by other team members such as Pride, Protest, Action, Art! , or Lgbt+ Activism And Legislation In Cumbrian Oral Histories. And if you enjoy sound walks of the area you may like to explore our other offerings in Chorlton, and Heaton Park.
About sound walks
Sound walks use the GPS capabilities of your phone or device to activate audio tracks as you explore a map. You don’t need to download any software to go on the walk – any browser on your phone will be able to play content based on your location. If you can’t make it to the centre of Manchester, you can listen to the tour from a computer or device at home and instructions on how to do this are bellow.
If doing the walk in-person we advise using headphones and walking at a gentle and leisurely pace. When you walk into one of the circles on your map a new audio clip begins, it does not end if you walk out of the circle but may be interrupted by walking into a new circle before the last is finished. There are 13 stops on this tour. You may of course walk any way you wish but we have mapped out a rough geographical and thematic route.
Content Warning: This is not a family walk – there is discussion of some sensitive topics and use of colourful language!
Instructions for Listening Remotely
– We advise using a web browser other than safari as unfortunately it has been known to have glitches
– go to https://sonicmaps.xyz/player/?p=898
– click Open
– click Go when it’s loaded
– click on the icon of the person at the bottom left
– put the icon in a blue circle to start listening to an audio clip
– when the clip plays an accompanying image and transcript of the voiceover will appear
– drag and drop the icon around the map to explore further
Test our sound walks and get a free OBSOLETE SOUND ARCHIVE CD!
Pretty exciting, huh? If you have completed our sound walk in person or remotely in your browser at home we would really appreciate some feedback.
Following your walk please complete the ten questions in this survey and leave your address at the end if you’d like your very own sound archive CD in the post.


A rusty-winged blackbird was surprised to find lunch shrouded in ice.
The snow didn't stop this bluejay from grabbing one of the peanuts I had made available.
The cardinal preferred the black sunflower seeds.
Robin Finds Lunch
This robin was determined to pull the worm out of its hole. I can almost hear the stretching sound.
Sparrow Spotted Me
This little sparrow fluttered right past my head before perching on this icy branch.
This little squirrel seems to be about to shiver from the cold of the icy yard.
Before the water could drop off the twig the temperature stopped it.
The ice also gathered on the back of this tree.
The bud fell off the tree in our front yard to become shrouded in ice on our driveway.


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Creating a Safe Space for Behavior Change
Behavior change is hard. Not only does it require eliminating habits that bring us momentary pleasure in the pursuit of distant goals, but we must often confront those parts of ourselves that make us feel uncomfortable or ashamed.
When clients come to us with goals of improving nutrition or activity habits, these underlying feelings of discomfort often arise. Our responses as coaches can help or hinder our clients’ behavior-change processes. To foster healthy, sustainable change, it’s not enough to simply offer nutritional education or exercise programming. Rather, we must be able to create a space for our clients that allows for the discussion and dismantling of their fears around changing their eating, movement and other lifestyle habits.
This article explores the challenges many clients face when addressing their health behaviors and offers strategies health coaches and exercise professionals can use to navigate them.
Fear, Insecurity and Self-Doubt
Many clients who elicit the help of a health coach have struggled with changing their eating or exercise habits in the past. This may leave them doubtful of their ability to successfully change.
“It’s extremely frustrating for clients to feel they’ve made countless attempts to change a behavior or achieve results that seem elusive,” says Liana Tsirklin, MS, a health coach at Cigna. Clients often withhold these past behavior-change attempts due to embarrassment or discomfort. This concealment can hinder the client-coach connection and limit a coach’s full understanding of a client’s history.
“What most of my clients don’t share is that they’re afraid of failing,” says David Rodriguez, founder of Center Circle Health and Fitness. “A lot of people with chronic health issues, especially when it comes to diabetes or obesity, have tried over and over again to improve their health by dieting and exercising. This fear of failure speaks to an existential feeling of dread, that they are destined or doomed to be fighting this losing battle for the duration of their life,” he says.
To combat these issues, clearly communicate acceptance and non-judgment. Posing questions about clients' past efforts, without scrutiny or criticism, allows these areas to be fully explored. Clients abandon behavior-change plans for viable reasons and understanding these reasons will help both you and your clients construct more appropriate plans for their future.
Further, clients may have fears around the adoption or abandonment of certain behaviors. “I think our biggest fears lie in abandoning habits we’ve had for years, even decades,” explains Tsirklin. “It’s scary to get rid of something comforting and not know what will replace it.”
Feelings of fear and trepidation often hinder the successful adoption of healthy habits. Self-efficacy, one’s belief in his or her ability to master a particular behavior or skill, is highly related to healthy eating habits and physical activity (McAuley and Blissmer, 2000). Research suggests that self-efficacy is important not only in the adoption of new exercise habits, but also in adherence (McAuley and Blissmer, 2000). Similarly, high dietary self-efficacy is related to improved eating habits over time (AbuSabha and Achterberg, 1997). As such, self-doubt, which is antithetical to self-efficacy, is a major roadblock in the development and maintenance of improved eating and exercise behaviors.
A critical step in overcoming self-doubt is acknowledging its existence. “Inquire about the origins of this doubt,” urges Tsirklin. “Was there a related or unrelated ‘failure’ earlier in the person’s life that made them lose their confidence in their abilities to achieve their goals and succeed?” Digging into these stories provides an opportunity to affirm and support your client. One method for enhancing self-efficacy is via verbal persuasion, where coaches or trainers simply encourage their clients and let them know they believe in their ability to succeed. “Often, when clients come to us, it is a last-ditch effort, as they feel they have tried everything,” says Tsirklin. “When we support them and express our confidence, it can help them develop confidence of their own.”
The adoption of small, manageable steps is crucial in building self-efficacy in the early stages of behavior change. Clients, understandably excited about a lifestyle shift, often want to implement dramatic behavioral changes. However, large-scale modifications are more likely to lead to overwhelm, burnout and abandonment of new behaviors.
“Clients often have a fear of making mistakes, as if going off plan or anything less than complete adherence will negate their progress,” says Rodriguez. “They often view their behaviors as black-and-white, when in reality it’s a spectrum of shades of grey. Helping them learn that their health is the result of the aggregation of their decisions, rather than the result of a single decision, can relieve the anxiety of needing to be 100% on plan all the time.”
Further, mastery experience, which comes from successfully completing small steps, is an integral strategy for reinforcing self-efficacy (Artino, 2012). When clients achieve small successes, they are able to build on these feelings of accomplishment to create longer-lasting change.
If the fear and self-doubt go unchallenged, however, they can become insidious, holding your clients back from fully embracing change for fear of falling short. In discussing their concerns, you can challenge their self-limiting beliefs and build a supportive system that allows for the exploration and adoption of healthier behaviors.
Explicit Verbiage and Implicit Beliefs
The words you use and the beliefs you convey impact what your clients divulge. When clients feel they can share their successes and failures without judgment, they are more likely to be forthcoming about their process.
“Our clients look up to us and see us as experts. They may see us through a lens of perfection, which generates a fear of judgment. As such, they may not be truthful about their actions, which ultimately doesn’t allow us to help them reach their full potential. We must establish a judgment-free zone to make way for honesty, transparency and true progress,” says Tsirklin.
One useful technique is conveying the message that your client cannot fail. Many clients who fear “failing” their coach withhold slip-ups. To reduce this occurrence, have a discussion about the behavior-change process. Describe the normalcy and likelihood of setbacks, and share that any perceived “failure” is just a learning experience.
For example, if a client comes to a session without having completed a single day of his or her intended physical-activity routine, you can frame this as an opportunity for learning. You might question what barriers got in the way, how the client felt about the missed activity sessions or what would make the activity feel more doable. Similarly, if a client comes to you claiming he or she overate one evening, you might explore how the client was feeling. Did he or she have a stressful day? Did the client argue with his or her spouse? Or you might pose questions around physical precursors. Did the client skip out on breakfast or eat a light lunch? In this way, clients are more likely to be honest about their behavior and better understand their triggers.
Your nonverbal communication also affects client behavior. When a client discloses a deviation in his or her plans, what do your body language, tone of voice and eye contact convey? Does the client feel unconditionally accepted, despite his or her behaviors? Psychologist Carl Rogers, founder of client-centered approaches to psychotherapy, suggests that the ideal condition to promote change occurs when clients feel safe and supported and when they believe their environment allows them to work through their problems openly. Rogers notes three conditions that create this setting: empathy, acceptance and genuineness (Csillik, 2013). Acceptance involves a practitioner’s unconditional positive regard for his or her client, such that the valuation involves the individual’s inherent worth as a person, rather than the behaviors he or she performs. When a client is not offered this kind of acceptance, progress is disrupted (Csillik, 2013).
“It’s important to validate clients’ feelings of apprehension toward change,” says Rodriguez. “Change is scary, but it is also important. You can’t expect to be different doing the same thing you’ve always done. I remind clients that if they try something and it doesn’t work, that doesn’t mean it’s a failure. All they’ve done is create data.”
By showing our clients unconditional positive regard, irrespective of their adherence to eating or exercise programming, we establish a safe setting where clients can openly grapple with their struggles and move in the direction of authentic change.
Weighing the Pros and Cons
It can be mystifying to coaches when clients struggle to change their eating or exercise habits. The advice and activities we outline are clear and evidence-based and we devise them to fit within the context of our clients’ lives, so it’s easy to feel frustrated when they forgo them.
One often-overlooked consideration is the benefit clients receive from performing their current behaviors. All behaviors, even seemingly unhealthy ones, serve some need or they wouldn’t be performed. When we struggle to understand why clients continue to perform unhealthy behaviors they claim to want to give up, we should question what benefits they are deriving from those behaviors.
For example, a client plans to go to the gym after work three times a week, but at your next meeting, the client shares that he or she went home to watch television and snack each night instead. Rather than questioning why the client didn’t make it to the gym, you could explore what needs are being met by the client’s current behavior. For this client, it may not be the drudgery of exercise holding him or her back, but the comfort of a nighttime routine he or she is not yet ready to relinquish.
Exploring the drivers of your client’s behavior can illuminate unmet emotional needs. While addressing these needs is outside your scope of practice as a health coach or exercise professional, this process can help your client recognize and attend to his or her emotional needs. Only when the needs fueling an unhealthy behavior are known and met can a sustainable replacement behavior persist.
To promote this exploration, encourage your clients to ask two questions when reflecting on past behaviors they wish to avoid: What am I (or was I) feeling, and what do I need? This allows them to recognize their unmet needs and develop a catalogue of strategies with which to address these needs.
One of the core constructs of the Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change (Figure 1), a behavior-change theory that suggests that clients move through defined stages of change, is decisional balance (Figure 2). This process involves the exploration of the pros and cons of both changing and not changing a behavior. For example, a client who wishes to quit eating fast food for lunch and instead bring home-cooked leftovers would explore both the benefits and costs of eating fast food as well as the benefits and costs of bringing food from home. This allows the client to deepen his or her understanding of current behaviors and to determine if his or her ideal plan is feasible. This clarity helps clients choose the most appropriate action plans for their goals, habits and lifestyle.
Figure 1: Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change
Figure 2: Decisional Balance Worksheet
Meet Your Clients at Their Level
In her book, Daring Greatly, shame, courage and vulnerability researcher Brené Brown writes, “Vulnerability begets vulnerability. Courage is contagious.” Brown’s phrase is the synthesis of her years of research—that one person’s vulnerability encourages that of another, and that this vulnerability can help foster connection and act as a catalyst for change.
This philosophy can be applied to your clients. By appropriately sharing your own struggles, you encourage your clients to be open and honest with theirs. If it feels uncomfortable or inappropriate to self-disclose, an alternate strategy is to share similar tribulations and triumphs of other clients, with their permission.
Ultimately, the process of health coaching involves meeting your clients wherever they are to guide and support them toward healthy change. This often requires dismantling fears, questioning self-doubt, offering encouragement and praise, framing failure as a learning experience and digging into their deeper wants, needs and motivations. By creating a safe space for change, you allow this process to unfold, moving clients toward the healthy behaviors and outcomes they desire.
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Health Coach Certification [certification program]
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AbuSabha, R. and Achterberg, C. (1997). Review of self-efficacy and locus of control for nutrition- and health-related behavior. Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 97, 10, 1122–1132.
Artino, A.R. (2012). Academic self-efficacy: From educational theory to instructional practice. Perspectives on Medical Education, 1, 2, 76–85.
Csillik, A. (2013). Understanding motivational interviewing effectiveness: Contributions from Rogers’ client-centered approach. The Humanistic Psychologist, 41, 4, 350-363.
McAuley, E. and Blissmer, B. (2000). Self-efficacy determinants and consequences of physical activity. Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews, 28, 2, 85–88.


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In the April BLS jobs report, the big numbers are: 115,000 jobs showing poor job growth and the unemployment rate dropping a tenth of a percent to 8.1% mainly from those exited from the labor force by the BLS. Jobs for February were revised up 19,000 from 240,000 to 259,000 and for March 34,000 from 120,000 to 154,000, a total upward revision of 53,000. Read below the fold...
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There is a great post over at TomDispatch by Dilip Hiro on the US-Pakistan relationship. I say relationship, although Pakistan is often characterized as an "ally," because Pakistan is anything but an ally. The US does have allies, the NATO countries, Japan, and South Korea, and we are committed to their defense through formal treaties. But there is a whole other class of countries that are sloppily and/or deceptively referred to as allies. Read below the fold...
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It looks like the seasonal early year surge in jobs is, as we predicted, wearing off. The big news this month is that the BLS is reporting 120,000 jobs created in March. Traditional media sources were forecasting more in the 200,000 area, and this was itself a weaker forecast than in previous months. Nor was there any good news to be found in the near term revisions for the past two months. It was a wash. The January job creation was revised down 9,000 from 284,000 to 275,000 and the February number was revised up 13,000 from 227,000 to 240,000.
The official U-3 unemployment rate edged down from 8.3% to 8.2%. Read below the fold...
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The BLS jobs report covering February 2012 showed not only a big gain in jobs for the month (227,000) but also revisions upward for both December (203,000 > 223,000) and January (243,000 > 284,000). The unemployment rate, however, remained unchanged at 8.3% reflecting a return to the labor force of some of those the BLS had chosen to define out of it.
So I suppose the important question is how much of this is real. Offhand I would say it is a mixture of stimulative early in the year government spending (remember its fiscal year begins in October) moving into the economy and modeling and margin of error effects. But let's look at the numbers. Read below the fold...
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Last Friday on the 17th, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released its report covering real wages in January 2012. Real wages are inflation adjusted, as opposed to actual nominal wages which can go up even as their buying power decreases due to inflation.
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The first thing to say, as I noted last month, is that the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) jobs report covering January 2012 reflects both yearly revisions in the Establishment (business/jobs) survey and the first incorporation of data from the 2010 Census into the Household (people/employment) survey. This means that comparisons with previous months need to be explained and caveated more than usual and in some cases may not be possible. Read below the fold...
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics' report covering December 2011 is out. The number of jobs created from the Establishment survey is 200,000, an excellent number, but one which reflects strong holiday, hence likely temporary, hiring. In the Household survey, the unemployment rate dropped two tenths of a percent to 8.5%. However, last month's unemployment was revised upwards from 8.6% to 8.7%. Read below the fold...
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4. Initiate forensic audits of financial institutions, investigate and prosecute fraud at all levels (both fraud in lending and control fraud); RICO malefactors Read below the fold...
Submitted by Hugh on Fri, 12/02/2011 - 2:40pm
The Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs report covering November 2011 is out. The big numbers are an extraordinary drop in the official U-3 unemployment rate of 0.4% from 9% to 8.6% in the Household survey and a respectable jobs number, 120,000, from the Establishment survey. Additionally, September's jobs number was revised upward 52,000 from 158,000 to 210,000 and October's 20,000 from 80,000 to 100,000. If you have a good memory, you will recall the original jobs number for September was 103,000. Subsequent revisions have more than doubled it. You can look on this as further good news or as further evidence that BLS figures are becoming increasingly unreliable. Read below the fold...
Submitted by Hugh on Tue, 11/15/2011 - 6:14pm
Just a quick note that my Obama Scandals list hit 300 today. There are a few scandals I never got around to writing up like the jail term deChristopher got for his disruption of an oil lease auction. Contrast that with the hoops Justice Department lawyers went through to try to keep the scudsy Bush-era Scott Bloch from serving any time (item 244). I also never got around to finishing Obama's deficit reduction plan and the Cat Food Commission II. But still a lot of material to remind you of just how bad Obama and our politics are.
Here's the table of contents:
1. Reneged on pledge to filibuster FISA Amendments Act (July 2008)
2. Lobbied for $700 billion Paulson TARP bank bailout Read below the fold...
Submitted by Hugh on Fri, 11/04/2011 - 2:21pm
The Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs report covering October is mildly positive. The number of jobs created was 80,000 with the private sector adding 104,000 and government losing 24,000. The number of jobs created for August was revised upward from 57,000 to 104,000 (an increase of 47,000) and September's figure increased from 103,000 to 158,000 (an increase of 55,000). While both numbers show improvement, both cast doubt on the reliability of the Establishment survey from which they are drawn. Read below the fold...
Submitted by Hugh on Fri, 10/07/2011 - 2:06pm
The Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs report for September is out. On the surface, it is a mixed report. 103,000 jobs (Establishment survey) were created in September. The private sector created 137,000 jobs with 45,000 of these coming from telecommunication workers returning from strike. Government lost 34,000 jobs in all with local government losing 35,000. Additionally, totals for the two previous months were increased by 99,000. Yet despite this, the U-3 unemployment rate (Household survey) remained unchanged at 9.1%. Beneath the surface, things are, however, getting steadily worse.
To see what is really going on, as usual, we need to look more deeply into the numbers. Read below the fold...
Submitted by Hugh on Tue, 09/13/2011 - 9:50pm
Here is a quick overview of the Census data on income, poverty, and healthcare for 2010. The "year" for this report extends from March 2010 to March 2011.
Real median household income in 2010 was $49,445 a decline of 2.3% from $50,599 in 2009. You would have to go back 15 years to 1996 to find a lower number. Conversely, the high for this number occurred in 1999 ($53,252). The 2010 figure marks a 7.1% decline from that high. (Table A-2, p.34)
In 2010, the percentage of those without healthcare insurance was 16.3%, up from 16.1% in 2009. The number of uninsured increased from 48.985 million to 49.904 million, an increase of 919,000. Read below the fold...
Submitted by Hugh on Fri, 09/09/2011 - 12:38am
Not being able to stomach Obama's sudden interest in jobs, I passed on his speech to Congress and looked up the White House's fact sheet on his proposals. I rearranged them so that it was easier to see who gets what.
The Obama jobs plan:
$78 billion in tax cuts for businesses:
$65 billion cut payroll taxes in half from 6.2% to 3.1% on first $5 million in payroll Read below the fold...
and from 6.2% to 0 on first $50 million in wages for new hires
$5 billion for 100% expensing on new plants and equipment, available to both large and small firms
$8 billion for $4,000 tax credits to hire those unemployed more than 6 months
Submitted by Hugh on Wed, 09/07/2011 - 6:00am
Resistance we have been told by the Democratic party is futile. We have no place to go. Our priorities don't even merit lip service anymore. Medicare? Medicaid? Social Security? All are on the chopping block. Jobs? OK, still some lip service there but even that is 2 1/2 years too late. The wars, the surveillance state, the trashing of the Constitution, all are perking along nicely, thank you very much. Read below the fold...


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Synthesis, Absorption Spectra Studies and Antimicrobial Activity of Novel Monomethine, Dimethine, Trimethine and Azastyrylmethine Cyanine DyesJournal: International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR) (Vol.4, No. 2)
Publication Date: 2015-02-05
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Keywords : Benzimidazole; Synthesis; Cyaninedyes; Visiblespectra; Antimicrobial activity;
Novel monomethine, dimethine, trimethine and azastyryl cyanine dyes having 2-amino (methyl) benzimidazole were prepared. The electronic visible absorption spectra of all synthesized cyanines were investigated in 95 % ethanol to attempt and throw some light on the influence of such new heterocyclic nuclei and to compare spectral behavior. Antimicrobial activity of selected compounds against some bacterial strains was tested. Structural identification was carried out via elemental analysis, IR AND 1HNMR.
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Only 14 months after concluding its search for a new general manager, the Wild is embarking on another one only six weeks ahead of training camp. A few possibilities:
Sean Burke: After interviewing with Seattle and being in contention for the Edmonton opening earlier this offseason, Burke could also end up on the Wild’s radar. The former goalie is scouting for the Montreal Canadiens but has added quite a bit of front-office experience to his résumé in recent years with Hockey Canada — including serving as GM of the 2018 Olympic team.
Tom Fitzgerald: The Devils’ AGM interviewed for the Wild GM job last year and could be back in the running this go-around. He’s crossed paths with owner Craig Leipold in the past, captaining Nashville during its first four seasons in the NHL when Leipold owned the Predators. After playing nearly 1,100 games, Fitzgerald retired and worked in player development and as an assistant coach before eventually joining management.
Ron Hextall: A former Vezina Trophy winner, Hextall was GM of the Flyers for four-and-one-half seasons before he was fired last year — ultimately getting replaced by Chuck Fletcher, whose exit from the Wild after 2017-18 paved the way for Fenton’s arrival. He also served as an assistant GM for the Flyers and Los Angeles Kings. That type of background could appeal to the Wild, but Hextall was criticized for his patience in retooling the Flyers — an approach that might give the Wild pause since it wants to get back to the playoffs next season.
Dean Lombardi: Experience will be an important factor considered by the Wild, and Lombardi has plenty of it. He was GM of the Sharks for seven seasons before taking over the Kings in 2006 and leading them to Stanley Cups in 2012 and 2014, a pedigree that could be enticing for a Wild franchise also seeking that kind of breakthrough. Lombardi joined the Flyers as a senior advisor after getting fired from the Kings in 2017. He also has ties to Minnesota, working as assistant general manager of the North Stars from 1988 to 1990.
Bill Zito: Like Fitzgerald, Zito also interviewed for the Wild’s vacancy last year. He’s been assistant GM of the Blue Jackets since 2013 — a job that’s required him to negotiate contracts, scout, evaluate players and manage the salary cap and budget. Zito has been praised for his scouting ability; he previously founded hockey agency Acme World Sports. But Zito’s footing in Columbus might be solid, as he added the titles senior vice president of hockey operations and alternate governor only last month.


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Soil isn’t sexy. For the 54 percent of us globally that live in urban areas, the kind of dirt that generates what we all need to eat and survive is estranged from our daily lives. The dirt we see used for potting decorative trees and shrubs on highways is totally divorced from the purpose of producing food sources.
But soil that is able to generate viable crops is rapidly on the decline, according to senior UN official Helena Semedo. Half of the topsoil on the planet has been lost in the last 150 years, and it can take decades, if not centuries, to regenerate. Numbers suggest only 60 years of viable topsoil left at the current rate of degradation and increased usage.
The loss of arable land has been caused by a number of factors, most of which are tied to human development. Soil degradation is caused primarily by livestock overgrazing (35 percent), industrialized agriculture (28 percent), deforestation (30 percent), and urban industrialization (4 percent). Some topsoil degradation is caused by natural topographic factors, such as steep inclines as rainfall naturally washes this soil away faster. But the human factor is not entirely removed from these instances of “natural” degradation, as rainfall increases globally have been directly linked to carbon emissions for decades.
According to statistics reported by FAO, 99.7 percent of human food (calories) comes from the land, while 0.3 percent comes from oceans and other aquatic ecosystems. Maintaining and augmenting the world food supply fundamentally depends on the productivity and quality of soil.
Degraded soil will mean that 30 percent less food will be produced over the next 20-50 years. As global population steadily increases and food availability decreases, widespread starvation seems like simple math.
Soil degradation even directly contributes to rising sea levels, according to experts. According to Professor John Crawford of the University of Sydney, “Even moderately degraded soil will hold less than half of the water than healthy soil in the same location.” This means that good soil keeps water close to plant roots, requiring less water to properly nourish the crops. When the soil is degraded, more water is needed to irrigate.
“However, a staggering paper was published recently indicating that nearly half of the sea level rise since 1960 is due to irrigation water flowing straight past the crops and washing out to sea,” says Crawford.
Unsurprisingly, soil erosion is most serious in underdeveloped regions such as Africa, India and parts of South America. If the food supply goes down, obviously the price goes up. These regions are also already some of the top agricultural producers of globally consumed crops. This means that agricultural production exported globally is hardly consumed by the people that actually live there, but is rather shipped around the world to feed aforementioned urban dwellers, mostly in developed nations such as the United States and Europe.
So these regions are not only suffering soil erosion due to messy agricultural practices (placed on them by global demands for food exports), but also suffering from malnutrition and exorbitant food prices.
Soil may be unsexy, but things could get a lot uglier if there isn’t some immediate change.


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Meet Lotus the Maine Coon cat who is breaking records on Instagram. There is a reason why this cat is so popular. It’s not just the fact that it’s the Maine Coon breed. Lotus is big and just very pretty.
The owner created an Instagram account for Lotus and a website. The Instagram account is much more popular and Lotus now has 245k followers and counting. Not only that the Maine Coon cat owners like to show them off, but these cats are also just magnificent.
Enjoy these lovely photos of the most popular Maine Coon cat. And you can follow him on Instagram.
Meet Lotus the Maine Coon cat
Without a doubt, these cats are the biggest.
From these pictures, you can see that he really is a calm and gentle cat. In general, all Maine Coon cats love to cuddle.
Lotus Maine Coon is really one of the most beautiful cats on Instagram.
If you want to get yourself one of these beauties, here you can find out more about their price – Are Maine Coon Cats Aggressive?
What Type of Cats Are Maine Coons?
These cats are one of the most loving cats. For a reason Maine Coons are very expensive, they simply look gorgeous with their long hair coat and aristocratic look. Due to their size, these cats may look a bit aggressive but they are far from that. Maine Coon cats love to be around children, so they are really the family pets. You shouldn’t even worry about having another cat or dog near them, they are very friendly.
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Talk to most San Diegan’s about their food, and they’ll likely have something in common – an obsession with avocados. On their sandwiches, in their burritos, mixed in dips, and even in their desserts. We put avocado on everything. At Chosen Foods, we took our obsession with nature’s green treat one step further and made it into the perfect cooking oil. Smooth and tasty, great for high heat cooking (we’re talking year-round barbecues here), it’s the perfect all-purpose oil. So, next time you’re mixing up a marinade or throwing some zucchini on the grill, choose the bottle with the big avocado on the front and know that you’re elevating your cooking - San Diego style.
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Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams Perform w/ Emmylou on Colbert!
Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams performed with Emmylou Harris last night on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Watch Larry play fiddle and Teresa sing harmonies with the legendary singer on the song "Pilgrim."
The "first couple of Americana" (Mojo) return with their second Red House album Contraband Love on September 15th. The album features Larry's signature guitar licks and Teresa's powerful vocals on a batch of brand new songs that tackle issues of addiction of all kinds.


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Looking back… Some of you might remember the 3 different sweet spicy soy sauces we’ve launched last year. For those who’ve missed it… at the bottom of the page you will find the link to this story. In short… that story represents the first step in our search for unique varieties of peppers. It took us three years to make the first batches of soy sauce with these peppers. The response was quite overwhelming to say the least. So we needed little convincing to continue with growing our own peppers. So we did….
Even before launching the products in 2022 we continued and planted 5 selected varieties of Madame Jeanette Peppers. Little did we know… as it turned out that these plants are cross-pollinators. Apparently, we were lucky the years before. But this year it resulted in all kinds of different peppers on the same plant. It’s cool to see nature does her thing, but it took us 3 steps back in our selection for flavor process... So back to the drawing board…
With the help of the Centre for Genetic Resources, The Netherlands (CGN) we’ve carefully selected one variety. It’s the most original Madame Jeanette Pepper we could find. This variety finds her origin in Surinam. With the help from the people of ZorgBoerderij Beversoord we’ve planted these seeds. Even though we’ve been growing these crops for over 4 years… it’s still requires quite the effort and personal attention. And the results are promising.
This variety has proven to be a strong and resistant plant, with a lot of fruit. And most importantly… the peppers looked and smelled good! We can’t emphasize enough what it means to work with crops that you’ve witnessed growing over the last months. It totally changes our perspective on the rest of the process. A feeling that is difficult to put into words. So, you’ll have to trust us when we say so ;-).
We’ve used Tomasu’s signature soy sauce as a basis, the heat is softened, allowing the taste of the pepper to be better recorded and hopefully appreciated. The final step was to ask our favorite illustrator to come up with a new illustration. The color of this new label represents the color of the pepper and her plant.
So, there you have it! A new sweet and spicy soy sauce. We hope you like it as much as we do!

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Known for their plodding prose, staggering self-absorption, and tawdry between-the-sheets revelations, celebrity memoirs are seldom read for their wit and charm. But Julie Andrews was never a typical celebrity. Her lovely new autobiography, Home, reflects the very qualities that first made the working-class English singer a star 45 years ago: intelligence, gentle humor, and a clear, sweet, surprisingly powerful voice.
Best remembered for two wholesome governess roles, Andrews barely survived her own decidedly unwholesome girlhood in a London suburb. Born in 1935, she was 4 when her mother, Barbara, left her beloved father for Ted Andrews, a minor vaudevillian and major boozer. Though she never whines about them, Ted and Barbara were disastrous parents. Impecunious and hard-drinking, Barbara fancied herself a ”lusty wench” (”she always claimed that she loved a good backside…and teapots, things with spouts”), while Ted was a raging alcoholic who occasionally tried to climb into his stepdaughter’s bed. (Happily, he never succeeded; she put a lock on the door.)
Did Andrews foster a virginal image in reaction to her upbringing? It’s a question she doesn’t address. But while she presents her youthful self as alternately wimpy, bossy, and ”exceedingly plain,” she obviously had both grit and talent. At 7, her stepfather discovered she had an astonishing soprano voice; by 9 she was touring the music halls of Great Britain in a trailer with her parents. At 20, she took on the role of Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady opposite Rex Harrison on Broadway. And in these warmly nostalgic later chapters, the book begins to glow.
In the theater, Andrews had found the home to which she refers in her title: ”The dust that has a smell so thick and evocative, one feels one could almost eat it; makeup and sweat, perfume and paint; the vast animal that is an audience, warm and pulsing, felt but unseen.” She remembers those early days fondly, from the night she heated up a can of Dinty Moore stew for a dinner party, to her struggles learning to act, to the evening Ingrid Bergman came backstage and asked to use the ”john” (”For days afterward I didn’t want to sit on the hallowed seat!”). And yes, Andrews can be bawdy, whether describing Richard Burton’s sex appeal or Harrison’s onstage flatulence.
The book takes Andrews through her marriage to set designer Tony Walton and the birth of their daughter, Emma, and leaves us hanging in midair as she flies to L.A. in 1963 to star in the Walt Disney production of Mary Poppins. No word yet on a sequel; with any luck, we face but a brief intermission before the glittering second act. B+


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Tick Talk is a work of fiction in the teen drama and social issues sub-genre. It is aimed at young adults and was penned by author Renee Wehrle. The book follows teenager Mia as she starts to show symptoms of an invisible illness that she’s unable to identify. Bereft of support from her family and friends, the growing anxiety about what is wrong with her starts to become crushing until she finds an unlikely confidant in the form of bad boy Ethan, who seems to understand her pain in a way that others don’t. It’s a race against time as the symptoms worsen, and Mia must discover what exactly has started to go wrong with her body.
Tick Talk is a highly engaging young adult novel that does some inventive new things within the coming of age sub-genre. One of the things that I enjoyed the most was how unique the central message of the plot was, setting itself apart from other books in the same genre with its take on invisible illnesses. Author Renée Wehrle is a master at crafting three-dimensional and interesting characters that are a joy to journey with through the world. Protagonist Mia was a fascinating character, and I enjoyed following her journey, especially her developing relationship with Ethan and in knowing herself better. The world around them was crafted beautifully and was easy to envision, making you feel at times like you were part of the story. Wehrle does a beautiful job of exploring and raising awareness on living with chronic illness. I would not hesitate to recommend Tick Talk to fans of young adult novels, especially those looking for an emotional and relatable story.

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There’s an old abandoned house falling apart deep inside the Bear Paw Mountains. I have driven past it occasionally when exploring the nearby mountains for photo opportunities. I do enjoy photographing old abandoned buildings on Montana’s plains…and Montana has no shortage of them. Seldom was the light dramatic enough, I felt, for me to photograph that old house, which is is slowly falling apart after having been long since abandoned. That is, until a few Sundays ago soon after the rain stopped. The plush, green hills surrounding the Felton House popped and framed the old homestead nicely, so I took this picture. The scene reminded me of rural Ireland.
The old house is called the Felton House. I know this because along the road near it is a faded old sign commemorating the site. The sign is attached to a leaning post and some of the words on the sign are missing because someone chose to use it for target practice years ago. With some effort I jotted down the message on the sign and reassembled the words as best I could. The old sign reads:
The Felton House — Built in 1897 by Robert Payne Felton. As an attorney in North Carolina he was forced to flee for his life when he successfully defended a black man. This brought him to the Bear Paws in 1890. With his wife Emmaline and their family of Prudent, Bob, Bill, Tom, Carrie (West), and Bessie (Allen), they lived here until late 1909. Carrie was married here in 1906 and Bessie in 1909.
This place was sold to Charles and Bessie Allen in 1909. Rittenhouse Stringfellow, a Havre merchant, purchased the property in 1913 and used it as a summer home. In 1917 Winfield S. Young, Bill Young’s grandfather, obtained the property. The last family to live here was Gordon and Ruth Young with their family of Billy and Dorothy (Perry) from 1919 to 1921.
Here’s to hoping the Felton House lasts another 100 years (or more).
UPDATE (7/14/2015): I drove by this location a couple of weeks ago and noticed that the bullet riddled historical marker had been replaced with a shiny new one.


The latest Dodge Viper SRT will be available in GT and TA 2.0 versions
The newest Dodge Viper SRT comes on the market as a super muscle car of 2015 model year. In addition, the carmaker will boost the novelty with a more powerful powertrains. Moreover, this car will be available in two additional variants: the GT and TA 2.0 versions.
The more powerful engine is the 8.4-liter V10 unit, boosted to the output of 645 horsepower and the torque of 600 lb-ft. The novelty has gotten five additional horsepower in comparison with the previous version.
The new Viper gets not only additional power but also improved driving on highways, now the fuel consumption is 20 mpg on highways.
The transmission was also updated. The previous six-speed manual gearbox is improved by GTS and GT.
The GT version is based on the Viper model and equipped with the driver-selectable suspension system and more luxury cabin, which previously was available only for the GTS. The new interior includes Nappa and Alcantara leather finishes; there is the Bilstein DampTronic Select suspension system as standard. Now the carmaker has not announced prices for the Viper GT version, but in fact, it will be between the Viper and the GTS version. The Viper costs from 101,309 dollars and the GTS variant has the starting price of 122,390 dollars as well.
Besides the GT variant, the new Viper will be also offered in the new TA 2.0 variant. That novelty gets updated brakes, sway bars, dampers and springs; there is a back wing and corner splitters of carbon fiber.
The interior is black with contrast stitching in orange color. A driver and passenger seats are equipped with six-point racing belts.
The exterior of the TA 2.0 is available in three colors: Venom black, Yorange and Competition blue. They are limited colors –only 32 vehicles will be produced in each color.
The GTS version in the Ceramic blue edition will be limited to 40 cars. The novelty comes on the market as the car of 2015 model year. The design of it includes the Alcantara finish, the exterior in blue color, black five-spoke wheels of Rattler style and orange brake calipers.
The 2015 Viper SRT is offered in different colors of the exterior: Stryker purple, Yorange, bright white, billet silver, gunmetal pearl and others.
Certainly, no updates in the Viper are quite enough but it is a chance for the automaker to increase selling of models and keep production.
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This project, funded by Gebert Rüf Stiftung, is supported by the following project partners: Cimark SA; HES-SO Valais-Wallis; HEI Parcours entrepreneur
Données de projet
Numéro du projet: GRS-017/20
Subside accordé: CHF 150'000
Durée: 04.2020 - 05.2020
First Ventures, seit 2018
Direction du projet
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3974 Mollens VS (Schweiz)
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Description du projet
The objective of the SG-3DP Solutions project is to improve the shaping of exotic materials such as ceramics, metals and polymers by 3D printing. Alternative technologies on the market have many limitations that do not meet all the industry's expectations. Indeed, the complexity of the parts, as well as the specific properties of certain materials, sometimes make their shaping impossible.
The industrialization of the “Solvent on Granule Three-Dimensional Printing” (SG-3DP) technology aims to meet these needs. This innovative printing process remains straightforward and universal. By working on the base powder, we standardize the material to make it printable while keeping its intrinsic properties. The choice of material, therefore, does not impact the printing technique. We offer industries the opportunity to optimize the parts to be produced without being limited by their complexity or the choice of material.
Quelles sont les particularités de ce projet?
In order to obtain good quality 3D printed parts with proper density, purity, mechanical properties, surface finishing, there are limitations in the use of proper base powder compositions and granulometry. Moreover, contamination due to unsuitable processing atmosphere during part consolidation or cross-contamination after changing the powder to produce parts with a different material also are issues. The choice of powder proposed by the machine producers is often limited due to the material and its morphology. Relatively coarse powder with narrow particle size distributions is usually used for easy spreading. However, this frequently leads to residual porosity after sintering of parts processed by “Binder Jetting” AM. This is not a major problem on parts processed by laser melting AM, because the melt fills the empty spaces. However, laser melting techniques must deal with other issues such as layer shrinking after cooling, residual thermal stresses and removal of support structures.
The SG-3DP technology offers a range of solutions to the problems described above. This process remains simple and universal. Therefore, it applies to a wide range of materials. We standardize the material. The material is easily printable while keeping its properties to obtain dense parts after sintering. We offer customers the advantage of producing functional parts whose geometric complexity is not limited by the shaping possibilities. Despite the intrinsic price of the material, it does not impact the production cost of the parts. Through various internal projects and multiple company mandates, this technology has shown its potential of producing parts with complex geometries and good mechanical properties. Analyses during various HES-SO projects have shown that the density of parts shaped by SG-3DP is close to density of parts produced by conventional manufacturing processes. Beyond the range of materials that can be shaped, this technology will allow each industrial segment to improve their manufacturing processes by reducing production costs and simplifying the manufacture of complex parts.
The SG-3DP technology was invented by a research group within the HES-SO Valais-Wallis. Following the promising results, the institute developed a first functional tabletop printer. A multitude of projects and mandates have resulted from this work, allowing the Systems Engineering institute to pursue the development of the technology and increase its visibility among industrials. Recently, the research institute has been working closely with the tooling industry. The concerned company has already funded several projects to further develop the “SG-3DP” technology. As a result, functional parts were produced, tested under real conditions and validated by the industrial partner.
Currently, we also own a modular laboratory machine. We mainly use this tool to implement, test and validate the different modules. This test bench is our working base to develop our project with a focus on industrialization.
Stöckli, A. (2019). Production de pièces en acier par impression 3D jet d’encre [Travail de bachelor]. Sion : HES-SO Valais-Wallis, Haute Ecole d’Ingénierie (HEI)
Revue de presse
None so far
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Personnes participant au projet
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Fabien Lorenzetti, project member
Efraín Carreño-Morelli, project member
Mikel Rodriguez-Arbaizar, project member
Dernière mise à jour de cette présentation du projet 14.05.2020