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Matt is busy trying to put a good shine on a pair of desert boots, so he asked me to introduce another guest piece from Mike; a few thoughts on the High Speed Gear Inc. line of 'tactical baseball caps.'
I'm not a hat guy. It's not that I don't like hats; it's that hats don't like me. Or at least my head. I wear a hat size 7 ¼, which the internet informs me is the average hat size for women. Thank you internet. Point is it's difficult for me to find head gear--short of a helmet--that somehow doesn't make me look goofy or fit correctly. That is until I found High Speed Gear Inc. "Tactical Baseball Cap." In my opinion, this is the finest cap to grace the head of mankind ever. Or at least my head.
The cap itself is a low profile, unstructured six panel design with no reinforcement so it fits the head snugly. Each of the six panels features a stitched eyelet, not metal. In fact, there is no metal anywhere on these hats. That means no annoying rivet in the crown, enabling you to wear traditional headphone style hearing protection and some types of helmets over the hat. There is an elastic band at the back of the hat to aid in keeping the hat on your dome. However, adjustments can still be made to the fit using the hook and loop tab on the inside of the headband. The bill is stiffened by a solid piece of plastic that takes forming well. You'll still need to wrap it in 550 cord for those of you that want that really aggressive curl.
Kit Up! A closer look at the hook-and-loop adjustment.
The right hand side of the cap is the HSG logo, the left a U.S. flag. Both are embroidered in subdued thread, just like the eyelets. The front and back of the cap have 2"x3" hook and loop patches and a 1.5" square on the crown for IR tabs or glint tape.
I love the fit and look of the hat. I love the way it feels on my head and the way it soaks up sweat, which is probably due to its next best feature--the material it's constructed from. I was told it's micro fiber cotton. I can't say for sure but I know if I could find bed sheets made of this stuff, I'd buy them and sleep in them every damn night. That's how much I like the fabric these hats are made out of.
I bought my first Tactical Baseball Cap in 2006. Since then I've bought three more. I gave two away, leaving me with one in khaki and my original in OD, nice and faded from sun, sweat and machine washings. The original has seen some action in the last six years and is
Kit Up! Evidence of my acidic sweat fading the embroidered logo on the HSGI cap.
showing its age. The fabric around the edge of the bill is fraying and in one place sports a two inch tear, a battle scar from a night of spirited comradeship in South Lake Tahoe. If I was to be critical about the hat I would point out how the thread in the flag and HSG logo on my two hats has begun to fade on the lower half from what I can only guess is my sweat. It must be that because it's happened on both. The other thing would be to ask for the addition of a nametape length strip of hook and loop on the back of the hats, but that's about it.
Since then the good people at HSGI have expanded their line of caps. You can get caps with mesh sides, short billed caps, the 'YAMMI' which has no bill at all, and sterile caps for the super secret squirrels out there. Colors range from OD to ATACS. Their entire line retails for $20.
Kit Up! A look at the crown construction.
If you're on the market for a good, quality cap for anything, do yourself and your dome a solid and pick up a Tactical Baseball Cap.
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The Navy is rescinding its tradition requiring sailors to have 12 years of blemish-free conduct to rate gold stripes.
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The maker of the Army's new Modular Handgun System presented Britt Slabinski with a special-edition MK25 pistol.


In my search for story geniuses on YouTube, I came across Robert McKee. Most of his courses are not available online but there a couple of videos and interviews on YouTube that help you get a gist of his technique. What I gathered from listening to his existing conversations was that he's been in the story business for a long time. He initially wanted to do a Ph.D. in creative writing but ended up writing screenplays for Hollywood instead. As an aside, he talked about writing to students and then this took off as a career.
While he started out writing stories for plays, movies, books, etc., he ended up creating a Storynomics module that teaches the art of story as an essential part of marketing your business. Even a construction company can weave a story and sell their product if their story has a good enough hook.
To get a clearer picture of his teaching style, you may watch this – A Lesson by Robert McKee on 10 traits of faulty dialogue – Part 1.


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A History of Missouri: Volume III, 1860-1875
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A History of Missouri: Volume III, 1860-1875 by William E. Parrish
A History of Missouri: Volume III, 1860 to 1875, now available in paperback with a new, up-to-date bibliography, follows the course of the state's history through the turbulent years of the Civil War and Reconstruction. Increasingly bitter confrontations over the questions of secession and neutrality divided Missourians irreparably in 1861, with the result that the state was represented in the armies both of the North and of the South. During the next four years, Missouri would be the scene of several important battles, including Wilson's Creek and Westport, and much bloody combat as secessionist guerrillas and Union militias engaged in constant encounters throughout the state. Indeed, Missouri probably saw more military encounters during the war than any other state.
Out of the chaos, the Radical party emerged as a powerful political force seeking to eradicate pro-Confederate influences, and its efforts made the Reconstruction era as volatile as the war years had been. Jesse and Frank James, who had been part of Quantrill's guerrillas, continued to provoke disorder through their numerous bank and train robberies. In their efforts to establish a "new order," the Radicals effected a new, highly proscriptive constitution. In the long run, however, they were unable to eradicate the strong conservative influences in the state, and by the mid-1870s reaction set in.
In addition to the important political events of the period, the social and economic conditions of the state immediately before, during, and after the war are treated in A History of Missouri: Volume III. Despite the ravages of war and political dispute, Missouri managed during Reconstruction to make impressive strides in economic development, education, and racial equality. The changes introduced by such industries as railroads, farming, and mining served to revitalize the state and to guarantee its future growth and development.
This volume will be an essential resource for anyone—scholars, students, and general readers—interested in this crucial and important part of Missouri's history.
William E. Parrish is Professor Emeritus of History at Mississippi State University. He is the author of numerous books, including Frank Blair: Lincoln's Conservative. He is also the general editor of A History of Missouri.
Published by The University of Missouri, 2001. Paperback. 344 pages
A History of Missouri: Volume V, 1919-1953
A History of Missouri: Volume VI, 1953-2003
A History of Missouri: Volume IV, 1875-1919
A History of Missouri: Volume II, 1820-1860
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Top 5 iOS 10 Features Revealed at WWDC 2016
By Rajiv Patil / Top 5 Every Week / 1 Comment
WWDC 2016 was packed with full of announcements spanning nearly every single one of Apple's product lines. A developer conference and everyone's focus was on Apple's new iOS 10 software for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. At the Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple unveiled on stage in California the tenth major release of its mobile operating system: iOS 10.
It is still the smoothest and the fastest mobile operating system, and now with great features packed, it appears to have a major focus on changes for Apple's individual stock apps rather than a design overhaul. The highlights include a redesigned lock screen with rich notifications, quick interactions with apps, and expanded use of 3D Touch.
Further, we will mention the main five features that Apple highlighted during the Worldwide Developers Conference. It's hard to piece everything together and determine which feature updates are significant and which are less important.
1. The All New Lock Screen
In iOS 10, Apple has completely redesigned and rebuilt the lock screen. It has a new feature that wakes up to display the lock screen without having to touch any buttons. With this, all the native apps and third-party apps also get an interactive interface without ever leaving the lock screen.
All the notifications are at once displayed with a 3D Touch gesture, and widgets are available on the lock screen with a quick swipe to the right. They are brighter and can be seen without darkening the wallpaper.
2. Emoji Tap and Quick Type Enhancements
The new app by Apple as iMessages is pretty a great combination of SMS and data-sent conversations. Emojis are now three times bigger with special effects that can animate the way chat bubbles appear and throw disco lights, confetti and fireworks into the background. With that, it lets developers customize the messaging experience.
Apple is using deep learning to dramatically improve Quick Type suggestions which will offer your current location as a suggestion. In iOS 10, Quick Type will be used to predict longer context. It can even pull out someone's contact information, from your Contacts app automatically. It also supports multilingual typing so you can switch between languages while typing text messages.
3. Better Maps
In iOS 10, a new proactive feature is added to Maps along with a complete redesign. It will guide you around traffic to work and give quick access to nearby restaurants when you open the app around dinnertime or book a ride all without ever leaving Maps. The contextual menu in the Maps app will also show you the calendar events of the day, your appointments and the locations of your meetings. Now Apple Maps are a lot better, with a bunch of design tweaks that has the ability to pan and zoom along the route.
4. Apple Music Revamp
In iOS 10, Apple Music has been completely redesigned with a new user interface. It's much cleaner than the old one, and the recently played playlist is also easily accessible. The main tabs are now integrated into artist and band pages with a dedicated search tab. It uses a new design language that allows the music to become the hero and discover new music.
5. Siri for Developers
iOS 10 will enable the digital assistant to perform many more tasks since it is now being opened up to developers. Siri also supports messaging commands for apps like Slack and WhatsApp and can comprehend ride booking commands efficiently.
It has got a lot smarter and has the ability to order around Apple's personal assistant, too. Apple has created a Siri SDK, which means that developers will now be able to incorporate it into their apps at will.
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So with all these new features you will love iOS 10, which is the biggest release at WWDC 2016.


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I feel like "conversion rate optimization" is in 2013 what "social media marketing" was in 2009. Most startups fail. Not because they have a conversion problem but because they never really nail the product or how to market it.
The product or website (be it software, e-commerce, or a service) might be awesome, but if it puts itself in front of the wrong market, or packages itself so the right market can't figure out why it's awesome, the startup will fail.
The most common mistake startups make is assuming they can operate the same way big companies do, and expect success with little to no feedback from potential customers.
A corporation like Starbucks could pick locations by throwing a dart at a map and know they'll at least break even with a new location and mediocre customer service.
But for a new coffee shop, things like customer service, atmosphere and selection, will make or break the company. If they don't nail the experience on the first few visits, they can all but ensure their doors will closed next year. Same goes for e-commerce, SaaS or any startup really.
This is not a conversion problem. This is a customer development problem.
By the end of this article, you should have a better understanding of how to develop new products or tweak your existing offerings by working with existing or prospective customers to incorporate their feedback to create viable solutions to their problems, and clearly communicate their value.
Steve Blank, a serial entrepreneur in Silicon Valley, developed a methodology for creating businesses that runs in parallel with the traditional product development process.
The core idea behind customer development is that the assumptions you make about a target market are only guesses.
Startups rarely survive by guessing, and can only create products and business models based on facts about their target market.
Facts about your customers don't come from your friends and families. Sorry.
You need to "get out of the building", get in front of real customers, ask for feedback, and deeply analyze their problems. If your guesses are validated, what you're building is might be a viable product.
The idea is that by repeatedly testing your hypothesis, with your customers, allowing your assumptions to be proven wrong, you can create a product & business model that customers enthusiastically get behind because it is a genuine response to their problem.
Fortunately, because most of the customer development process is about having conversations, you'll learn more and spend a lot less to make (or reposition) your product into something people actually care about.
The traditional method of product development, known as the waterfall model, the design and creation of a product follows a very liner, and sequential process.
Though the waterfall model is specifically to software development, it's core principles resonate beyond software and into startups across the board.
Using this model, entrepreneurs build products and plans based on what they think about their target market, then present the offer after the fact.
Sticking to the coffee shop metaphor from earlier the entrepreneur first assumes they need a building, coffee machines, and a variety of coffees to start their business. Similarly, an e-commerce retailer believes they need the domain name, shopping cart solution, and inventory to start their business. But is this really step one?
After the product's developed, the startup employes marketing to get attention, Sales to close deals, and perhaps a Director of Customer Service to field customer issues.
Problem is, by the time the coffee shop opens it's doors, or the e-tailor launches, they've invested a significant amount of resources, and have to figure out how to recoup their expenses, let alone profit.
Turns out, product isn't the most critical thing for starting a business, it's having customers to buy what you're selling.
So if waterfall development is the huge gamble in today's startup environment, how do we incorporate customer feedback into the product creation (or refinement) cycle?
Personally, I've found The Validation Board process, created by Trevor Owens and the team at The Lean Startup Machine to be the best, as it breaks down concept validation into three core phases.
In the exploration phase of the validation board method, you simply interview your customers to find the problem you think they're having.
The idea is interviewing enough people will reveal trending problems, while confirming or invalidating your beliefs about your customers.
For startups looking to conduct these interviews pre-launch, this process could be as simple leveraging Linkedin to conduct your market research. Existing companies can segment their email database to reveal their most loyal customers.
In this case study on Moz.com by Conversion Rate Experts, the first phase of their conversion strategy was to interview paying, non-paying, and former customers about how they felt about the product. Even though Moz's focus was conversion oriented, it's telling that the first step is still interviewing the customer.
There are many ways you could conduct the customer interview, but here are some really great ones.
In The Pitch phase, you essentially take what you learned about your market's pain points from the exploration phase to create an offer in exchange for currency.
Currency can be defined as email addresses, tweets, cash or anything your customer gives up to receive a solution to their problem.
Trevor Owens shows how he uses the Exploration and Pitch method to validate a Vespa Rental business. Facinating case study, and a must watch if you want to fully understand The Validation Board Method.
The Concierge stage is about delivering the product promised in The Pitch, to a few customers with as little technology as possible.
The reason you want to start with a small customer base & minimum viable product is so you can work with those customers to create an experience they're truly excited about.
If you want to see startups in the Concierge phase, follow what happens after a Kickstarter campaigns get successfully funded.
For a high profile example of a startup in the Concierge phase, watch what the Pebble Smartwatch does moving forward. Having presold over 68,000 units through Kickstarter – over 10,000% than they thought necessary – it turns out, that's the smallest customer base possible, because the customer base selected themselves.
The Pebble Smartwatch itself comes stock with a fairly standard feature set – email, clock, heart rate monitor etc. But what will truly set Pebble apart from the other smart-watches on the market are the highly active forums.
Here early adopters give feedback and enterprising developers discuss app ideas. As Pebble evolves from a startup to a legitimate competitor against the likes of Apple or Sony, much of their success will hinge on how attentive the founders are to their enthusiastic early adopters. From the looks of it, they're going to do great.
Ultimately, what all of these interviews and pivots and validation processes are for is to find what influential entrepreneur Marc Andreessen calls Product/Market Fit.
Product/Market fit is about creating the minimum viable product that satisfies a problem or need that exists within the market and is worth solving.
There are many different definitions of Product/Market fit, so many entrepreneurs struggle to know when they actually achieve it.
He then recommends measuring product/market fit as early as possible, and to perfect the experience until you reach that 40% threshhold.
He warns that bringing on VP's of Marketing and Sales before reaching P/M fit could mean your VP team might not be any better at solving the sales problem then you are and will add to your resource burn.
However, once you reach Product/Market Fit, either by tweaking your product, market, or pivoting entirely – work diligently to grow by raising capital, acquiring the best talent, and reaching more customers.
Before you consider your lack of growth a "conversion problem", be open to the idea that your customers aren't as enthusiastic as they could be.
This isn't the end of the world, in fact, it's a great time to pivot and make something people will enthusiastically want and be happy to recommend.
Services like Qualaroo or Olark can help you to start that conversation with your existing customers, and give you the valuable insight you need.
Famous examples of companies Pivoting usually involve the founders and early employees looking hard at what's working, and getting rid unnecessary features.
For instance, ThePoint.com was an activist fundraising site which allowed users to contribute a sum of money towards any cause, but it was only once the funds reached a "tipping point" that the funds would be released. Problem was, the target market was wildly unfocused, so people using the site didn't really know who it was for. There was however, one area that seemed to do well – Group buying.
As entrepreneurs, we often bloat our offers and make them do more than is necessary. Sadly, it's that extra stuff that fight so hard to put in that adds extra weight to a good core experience.
As you'll see in contrasting case studies between Fab.com and Eventvue in the next section, this step of nailing the product, and having just the right amount of features is what will ultimately make or break your company.
Sometimes, reality dictates your initial idea wasn't what you thought it was going to be.
Founder's Jason Goldberg and Bradford Shellhammer, learned this the hard way when their startup, Fabulis.com wasn't the success they wanted it to be.
Fabulis.com was initially intended to to be a social network for gay men. According to this article on Inc.com, it tried to be the gay Facebook, Gay Yelp, and gay Groupon.
Problem was, Facebook, Yelp and Groupon were gay enough where a dedicated social network wasn't entirely necessary. With the site hovering at 150,000 users for months, with no extra features prompting growth, it was time for a change.
After a frank conversation over wine, the two decided to pivot their site to focus on making "design at a discount" the number one priority.
After they committed to the pivot, they scaled from 10 employees to 3, replaced the homepage with a "coming soon" page, and quietly promoted it with Facebook ads, and a "refer a friend" feature.
Only 30 days after it's launch on June 9th 2011, Fab had 300,000 registered members & over 10,000 members making a purchase, resulting in 1.3 million in sales and selling an average of 1,000 items per day.
On the opposite end of the spectrum, we have EventVue – a private social network for conferences and local events – as the perfect example of a company poised for greatness, that died because they stuck firmly to their assumptions without listening to their early adopters.
Though there are plenty of stories of why startups failed, I picked this one specifically because it emphasizes everything else we've talked about in this article.
Contrasted with Fab, who focused heavily on product after pivoting, stripped out unnecessary features, and cared very much what their early users thought, it becomes very clear why companies that focus on monetizing products without customer feedback don't thrive as well as they should.
It's always a surprises me when people want conversion consulting, to learn they're still in this place. Waiting to implement that "nice to have" feature, or wanting to eek out just a few more sales, then to hear they've not so much asked for feedback from their early or most loyal customers.
Before blaming lack of growth as a "conversion problem" interview your customers and deeply analyze all of your metrics to see if what you're offering is truly something people need.
More often than not, it's their voice that is the most necessary in the growth of your company.
When customers are invested in helping you solve their problem thoroughly, they're invested in helping you grow.
I think it is really hard for some companies (particularly on the B2B side where the sales cycles might be a bit more complex and take more time) to assess if they really have a product-market fit problem versus a marketing problem. In my opinion the best companies are doing customer discovery around both the product as well as the sales/marketing process – how to customers evaluate and buy, how do they measure value, what is our unique value in the minds of customers, etc.
Is there no obligation to the reader? Why not proof read the article prior to publishing. Because of the missing words, extra words and grammar errors, the article failed to build credibility. By the way, Pebble watch does not have a heart monitor built in.
You know, after reading through it again, you're right. I'm sorry I didn't catch it all. I apologize. Normally that is something I watch for like a hawk, and I probably pushed this one out before it was ready.
My wife and I had a new baby this month, and I really wanted to get this published & my editor eyes weren't as on point as they normally are.
And you're right about pebble too, for some reason I was looking at the running app and thinking the heart-rate monitor was built in. However, if you have a bluetooth heartrate monitor, you can use Heartbeats, and it will display on the Pebble.
That was a very gracious response to a pretty harsh comment. I thought that your article had a lot of credibility and great info. I just can't imagine closing my mind to the info in the article because of some typos – some of the most brilliant people in the world make tons spelling and grammatical mistakes, and you did not make tons. Anyhow, thanks for the great article, and congrats on the baby (just had one myself)!
Great Post Tommy, the challenge I am facing right now is how to properly craft questions prior to launch.
Hi interesting article, i specially like the conclusions part, thanks for a another great article.
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Articulating Meaningful Measures of Recovery, Part II
May 15, 2020 ~ A. Brown
Last week I highlighted the recovery story as the chief substrate by which recovery scientists can define, operationalize, and create meaningful measures for the recovery process. We discussed the rationale for placing the recovery experience, as told by those who have recovered, as the primary source from which we can extract pertinent information that can be operationalized into recovery sensitive instruments to study healing. I spoke briefly of ethnography as one possible qualitative methodology for collecting data on the recovery experience. This week we will examine another way to collect meaningful, raw material that can be utilized in cataloging the recovery processes. This week will discuss the Case Study, and in particular, Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis of qualitative case studies.
A History of Clinical Case Studies
Early addiction researchers pioneered clinical case study methodology as a means of studying both addiction and recovery processes. Much of the initial theory for recovery and addiction came from clinical case studies published by clinicians and analysts working with people seeking to overcome addiction issues. Clinical case studies provide a rich contextual depth of lived human experience, and clinical case study methodology offers theory at the intersection of clinical interpretation and the lived experience of analysands and patients.
The clinicians' interpretation of lived experience provides a useful filter for researchers, as clinicians will often link their clients' experiences to well-established theories and clinical practices. For recovery scientists, the clinical interpretation of recovery can direct and inform the paradigms that touch upon human psychosocial healing.
Going Even Further than Clinical Interpretation
Even more useful methods for analyzing case study data can be found in Grounded Theory (GT) and Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis (IPA). For the second part of this series, we will discuss an excellent example of the latter, an Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) of early recovery. This method allows for the lived experience of the individual to speak directly to the researcher without clinical filtration through existing theory, thereby rendering the raw material of recovery in nearly pure form. I came across the following article while working on a literature review for another article, and this particular piece stood out as a prime example for IPA.
A copy of Rodriguez-Morales (2017) can be found here https://drive.google.com/open?id=1qwqdb9mvBkf8IQSM7_dO3wOLtwCtKdaQ
"A longitudinal, qualitative study was carried out with semistructured interviews taking place at intervals of 3 months. The transcripts were subjected to interpretative phenomenological analysis. During the participant's 2 months of recovery, a series of intrapersonal changes were reported concerning issues of self-care and emotional development. Following 6 months in recovery, the participant's recovery focus then centered on the interpersonal issues related to changes in his social network and ways of relating. By 10 months, the participant's recovery emphasized aspects of self-actualization, including a sense of spirituality. The findings illustrate how issues of authenticity, emotional expression, and identity transformation are intertwined in the participant's early recovery."
Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis
IPA is one method of capturing complex phenomena that are elusive to existing theories. Smith & Osborn (2015) state, "IPA is a particularly useful methodology for examining topics which are complex, ambiguous and emotionally laden." IPA is a qualitative analysis method, similar in intention to Grounded Theory, whereby the researcher allows for the data to present lived experience as viewed by the individual, rather than approaching such data with pre-conceived notions of theory. IPA lets the voice of the lived experience present itself, rather than the researcher imposing hypotheses upon the data apriori. This feature of IPA makes such interpretive analysis uniquely suited from complex experiences within broad areas such as pain, grief, illness, addiction, and recovery. By allowing the data to reflect the lived experience, IPA offers an inroad to meaning specific and sensitive to the experiences at hand.
The author highlights why IPA is useful, particularly in the study of those in 12-Step recovery:
"Retrospective studies depend on participants recalling memorable or significant experiences of their early days in recovery -such accounts will by then have necessarily already been accommodated as part of their current recovering narratives. This is particularly the case for participants of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and 12-Step fellowships, whose long-term members tend to internalize the rhetoric employed within AA's stories of recovery and successful self-transformation (Denzin, 1993). This is part of how the recovery model works, as these stories facilitate the installation of hope for the newcomer; however, the nuances and individual processes of early recovery can either be overlooked or not portrayed in detail. Prospective studies facilitate a "natural" examination of how processes of change develop in real-time, and which experiences are lived as significant events that define early recovery as a developmentally differentiated recovery period."
The author makes a salient point for qualitative researchers on recovery. I believe it is quite essential: Since 12-Step recovery in particular centers around storytelling as a central recovery praxis, the recovery experience is often re-conceptualized into the narrative framework of 12-Step paradigms. One key for qualitative researchers is to capture lived experience before it is reconfigured within the narrative frameworks of 12-Step storytelling. Since the bulk of recovery experience involves 12-step recovery, researchers need to develop strategies to approach recovery experience that takes into account the narrative practices of 12-Step members. IPA is a useful strategy for mitigating this fact.
Highlights from the Findings
The author studied the longitudinal experience of a young male, pseudonymized as "James." Interviews were conducted at intervals of three months and capture very early recovery processes.
The first interview captures James' sense of self-care:
"James experiences his initial transformation as self-care. Self-care is primordially manifested as care for the body and is the primary reflection that attests to his transformation. Care is also starting to be lived through developing routines, keeping up with daily normal living, but most importantly, through being actively engaged and concerned with the world around him. James' self-care also involves taking care of his emotional life through being honest about what is going on for him and sharing it in the AA meetings…Hence James' early days in recovery manifest a new sense of authenticity. James' gradual cultivation of emotional authenticity is centred on the disclosure of suppressed emotions, including particularly negative feelings that give rise to a sense of not being worthy in the eyes of others. AA meetings seem to provide a safe space where James can disclose difficult emotions."
What could a recovery scientists take from this excerpt? First and foremost, we see that honesty is a form of self-care, mainly related to opening up one's internal emotional world to trusted others in a community. This early experience highlights that community connections that embrace and honor authenticity are essential in the tallying of early recovery contextual factors and that intrapersonal means of engaging such experiences relate then to degrees of authenticity and self-esteem. Both items can be measured in empirical research.
Second Interview
In the second interview, James is transitioning into more self-sustaining life roles, and his participation in 12-Step groups is less than before. James is beginning to develop a more complex sense of identity, while still navigating his recovery identity and the concepts offered within his 12-Step experience. Social fears emerge at this phase, such as the fear of rejection and the emotional burden of resentments towards others. James is recognizing that his capacity for resolving conflict, both within himself and with others, produces anxiety. However, James does feel he has the tools for a reappraisal of himself as a process itself. Whereas the first months were devoted to developing trust an authenticity with his recovery community, James is now enlarging that process into the larger world, while navigating identity and the self in flux.
"He experiences an enhanced self-awareness regarding his relationships after being abstinent for 6 months; as James' emotional awareness increases, his capacity to consciously experience his relational engagements facilitates a reappraisal of his way of relating and of being with others…At this second session, after 6 months of his recovery process, James is still negotiating an acceptable framework of self-understanding that resonates with his own experience and with which he can feel at ease."
For recovery researchers, this offers clues that identity, self-efficacy, and an inventory of contextual factors, such as stable housing and employment, could render a well-detailed snapshot of the stage in the recovery trajectory.
Interview Three
In the third interview, as James is developing new understandings of intimacy. James is tentatively reaching out into the world, through his anxiety and finding himself through that process. His emotional life is the leading site of both his connection to others, but also to himself. Personal awareness comes through a hopeful trial and error; in doing so, James learns more about the interactions between trust, intimacy, and anxiety in his daily life.
"His main concern is self-actualizing possibilities; as he feels more secure in his recovering journey, he starts projecting his thoughts toward future goals. He projects himself toward the future with eagerness, yet anxiety remains around the challenges ahead, which he foresees as a process of growing. In quickly establishing the temporality of the present, he reassures himself that growing, as an expansion of self, is coming into existence. James has developed a sense of basic trust that allows positive engagement and companionship, experiencing the world with others as reliably trustworthy. Nonetheless, James still recognizes a recurrent difficulty in managing his emotional life… James' recovering journey is one of preparation, as he must establish great trust in himself to achieve more genuine and loving coexistence with others. He also needs this great trust to confidently let go of a huge part of his old self; he knows this old part of his self has no place within his new emerging selfhood, but it is difficult nonetheless to leave it behind."
For recovery researchers, this account may offer new insights into intimacy as a social measure, and how to conceptualize and capture data related to trust. Emotional self-efficacy and an interpersonal capture of social networks may be useful for a snapshot of this phase of recovery.
We see in this IPA case study that such methodology yields useful insights that can promote further research of recovery in ways that are unique to the recovery experience. Imagine, if you will, that recovery science had thousands of such studies, using this method. What could we come to understand about the early months of recovery? Would such a collection not go a long way in helping recovery scientists to create theory, instruments, and capture data that was explicitly meaningful and directly related to recovery processes and trajectories?
One of the reasons that research such as this is so important is that it presents recovery as it moves through time, and as it is experienced at the personal level. For too long, scientists and clinicians have imposed what they believe recovery to be about, rather than allowing the recovery experience to speak for itself. Using such methods as IPA, we are given threads of insight about the experience of recovery. With enough of this knowledge, we may one day be able to precisely map the topography of early recovery, and chart the obstacles, features, highs, and lows with a quantitative precision that we sorely lack today. The first step in achieving that goal will involve a significant amount of recovery scientists dedicating themselves to qualitative methods such as IPA.
In part three of our series, we will discuss the value of Grounded Theory (GT) as a useful method for qualitative analysis, and discuss how GT can offer researchers novel conceptualizations of how and why recovery operates and manifests in certain commonalities we associate with it.
Rodriguez-Morales, L. (2017). In your own skin: The experience of early recovery from alcohol-use disorder in 12-Step fellowships. Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly, 35(4), 372-394.
Smith, J. A., & Osborn, M. (2015). Interpretative phenomenological analysis as a useful methodology for research on the lived experience of pain. British journal of pain, 9(1), 41-42.
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Alumni, students, parents and faculty gathered this past weekend, Friday, September 28, and Saturday, September 29, to celebrate St. Sebastian's Homecoming and to cheer on the varsity football, soccer, and cross country teams.
The weekend began with the varsity cross country team hosting Nobles, Thayer, and Roxbury Latin at Caryl Park in Dover. The squad was supported by a number of St. Sebastian's students who cheered on their fellow Arrows with vigor.
The following morning, members of the school community filled the sidelines at St. Sebastian's. Before kickoff, Headmaster Burke said a few words and then the Arrowheads sang the National Anthem. Under a beautiful blue sky, the varsity football team took on Tabor Academy and the varsity soccer team competed against BB&N. The Arrows came to play, with the football team securing the win and the soccer team's match ending in a tie.
Congratulations to all of our athletes and thank you to everyone who came out to support St. Sebastian's!


Confidence among U.S. homebuilders is swelling to a five-year high, with many now anticipating that sales of new homes will strengthen this year even as signs point to a slowing economy.
The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo builder sentiment index surged six points this month to 35, the highest reading since March 2007, the trade association said Tuesday.
The index, which is based on responses from 318 builders, rose from a reading of 29 last month, marking the largest one-month gain in nearly a decade. It has declined only once between January and July.
Any reading below 50 indicates negative sentiment about the housing market. And the index hasn't reached that level since April 2006, the peak of the housing boom.
Even so, the latest builder survey reflects growing optimism among builders that new home sales are on an upswing again after hitting the lowest point in a half century last year.
In July, builders say they observed the best sales levels since February 2007. Their outlook for sales in the next six months also brightened to the highest level since March 2007. Turnout by prospective buyers also returned to a level not seen in five years.
Americans bought new homes in May at the fastest pace since April 2010, according to the Commerce Department.
Even with the gains, sales were only at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 369,000 homes -- a pace that remains less than half the 700,000 that would be considered normal.
Still, builders have responded to the increased demand by ramping up construction on more single-family homes. In May, homebuilders requested the most permits to start projects in 3 1/2 years.
And yet, the rate of construction and the level of permits requested remain roughly half the pace considered healthy.
Many Americans are still having difficulty qualifying for home loans or can't afford larger down payments required by banks. Some would-be home buyers are holding off because they fear that home prices could keep falling.
The economy added only 80,000 jobs in June. It was the third consecutive month of weak job growth.
From April through June, the economy produced an average of just 75,000 jobs a month, the weakest three months since August through October 2010.
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Tony Curd Qualifies for Fish'O'Mania Final!
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Plan to build houses on low-lying land approved
4:14 pm on 24 August 2017
A plan to build hundreds of houses in low-lying land in Christchurch has been approved.
Christchurch Mayor Lianne Dalziel said the plan would change the area's zoning from rural land to a Residential New Neighbourhood. Photo: RNZ / Logan Church
Christchurch Mayor Lianne Dalziel said the Cranford Regeneration Plan would allow 370 news houses to be built, although developers would have to provide the council with a ground water plan before building.
"This is an ideal area for more housing because it is close to parks, shopping, schools and transport routes," she said.
She said the plan also changed the area's zoning from rural land to a Residential New Neighbourhood.
Plan to rezone Chch land criticised
The council believes the 125 hectares of low-lying land is suitable for homes, but critics say enough land is already available for housing in the city.
No compo for homes rebuilt in potential flood zone
Compensation is off the cards for houses rebuilt using an incorrect council flood level assessment, Christchurch mayor Lianne Dalziel says.
Demolished Christchurch houses 'could have been saved'
Hundreds of homes demolished in Christchurch's red zone could have been saved, according to one of the country's largest house relocation companies.
Red zone homes 'could have been saved'
Red-zone kayak cafe pegged for Avon land lease
A cafe and kayak hire could be set up in Christchurch's red-zoned land as part of a community garden project in Richmond.
Redzoned land could be used again for housing
Some of the land in the earthquake damaged redzone in Waimakariri could once again be used for housing.


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Although Guinea-Bissau has seen progress over recent years, thousands of children still face a life in crippling poverty. Child trafficking and the commercial sexual exploitation of minors still affect the lives of many. SOS Children's Villages and local authorities closely cooperate in order to support and protect the country's most vulnerable segment of population.
The situation in Gabú has been referred to as a "silent emergency
Healthy, safe and happy at the children's village (photo: C. Ladavicius)
Gabú, capital of the homonymous region, has a population of roughly 38,000 and is located in easternmost Guinea-Bissau. The city is an important centre for commerce as well as for trade with neighbouring Senegal and Guinea. Gabú is one of the poorest regions in the country, and thus in West Africa. Poverty levels are extremely high in this sparsely populated agricultural region, and thousands of young people leave their villages behind each year to migrate south to the bigger cities in search of a better life.
The lack of educational institutions in the region is another huge problem that severely affects the population, in particular the younger generation who have little hope of improving their living conditions in the future if they do not receive the educational foundation to do so. But illiteracy remains shockingly prominent – up to 70 per cent of the local population cannot read or write at all, and almost 60 per cent of the adult population never attended school. These figures are gradually improving for the current generation of students, but progress is slow. Teachers receive very low wages and do not have sufficient teaching materials at their disposal; hence, motivation is often very low, which in turn leads to high levels of absenteeism amongst students.
Gabú Region also faces a number of serious health issues. Maternal mortality is high in the whole country, but here in the north it is even higher. In part, this is due to the fact that hospitals are far away and the journey there is expensive. Many women therefore do not receive antenatal care and births often aren't attended by a medical professional. HIV has also been spreading and information is not sufficiently available to the population. Malaria, too, is still a major threat, there are frequent cholera outbreaks during the rainy seasons, and tuberculosis and other infectious diseases are common.
Children are the most vulnerable and urgently need protection
Child trafficking remains a problem that severely affects the region: UNICEF estimates that each and every month 200 children are trafficked from Guinea Bissau to other West African countries. Sometimes parents entrust their young boys to a Koranic teacher, or "marabout", who deceives them into believing their sons will receive a religious education but then forces the boys to beg in the streets. Others are forced to work in cotton fields in Senegal, and girls often perform domestic work in conditions akin to slavery. If these children manage to escape, they often have no one to turn to and could end up in even more precarious a situation.
What we do in Gabú
Sisters doing each other's hair (photo: C. Lesske)
SOS Children's Villages began its work in Gabú in 2001. For children from the region who can no longer live with their parents, twelve SOS families can provide a loving home for up to 120 children. In each family, the children live with their brothers and sisters, affectionately cared for by their SOS mother.
The children attend the SOS Kindergarten together with children from the neighbourhood. This ensures that they make friends and are integrated into the local community from a young age. The kindergarten is very important to the local population as it allows single mothers and working parents to leave their children in safe hands while they are out making a living.
The children then continue their education at the SOS Hermann Gmeiner primary school, which is attended by up to 340 pupils. Due to the scarcity of schools in the region, the presence of the SOS school is very important here.


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Also called orthotics, orthopedic insoles are generally made of fairly thick foam and more or less rigid depending on the pathology to be corrected. They are prescribed and made to measure after an examination carried out by a podiatrist who then inserts them into the shoes of his patients with various problems in order to obtain different corrections of angles or points of support of the feet.
What Are the Reasons For Wearing Orthopedic Insoles?
In case of foot malformation: Different deformities of the feet may cause the podiatrist to prescribe orthopedic insoles to a patient. Although there is not necessarily a so-called normal foot shape, some foot shapes cause daily discomfort when walking, an imbalance of posture, pain, the presence of corns and calluses or lameness. Some people cannot extend their feet for walking or even spread their support areas on their feet properly. Patients with hollow feet, flat feet, spread feet, equine feet, claw toes, hammer toes or hallux valgus (forefoot deformity) should often wear orthopedic insoles, which are made to support their feet and improve their walk, apart from consulting podiatry in New York.
In Case of Deformity that Can Be Corrected At the Level of the Feet: A deformity such as an inequality of the lower limbs which causes a tilt of the pelvis in the frontal plane causing in turn a scoliosis or even a scoliosis lumbar can be corrected by the wearing of orthopedic insoles specially designed to treat deformity. Other deformity problems such as inversion and eversion of the ankle that can be caused by a simple gesture of inattention on uneven ground but also by a deficit on the part of the muscles can be corrected by the support of the orthopedic insoles, which are specially designed for these conditions.
For Athletes: Due to overwork sports, dynamic constraints, the load and the pressure they regularly suffer, the feet of very sporty and professional sports people become more fragile and vulnerable to malfunctions. Intensive training such as walking, running or jumping can lead to pain such as tendonitis or fractures but also deformities to the feet. To relieve pain and correct problems, it is necessary to wear orthopedic soles specially designed to cushion the shocks and vibrations that the joints, Achilles tendon, plantar tendons, muscles and plantar can no longer cope with.
Other Cases: There are many other natural or accidental reasons for wearing orthopedic insoles. Young age or old age can induce some pain in the feet, knees, ankles, legs or back pain that can be relieved by the daily wearing of orthopedic insoles. People who are overweight, have arches with high feet, walk inwards, wear inadequate shoes for long periods, or walk barefoot too often can also be affected.


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This is Urdu version of Citizen's Report on "The Performance of the Pakistan Institute for Parliamentary Services".
Challenges and Future Vision Before Parliamentary Study Centres and Institutes
The Challenges and Future Vision before Parliamentary Study Centres and Institutes has been written by Mr. Ratan Lal Shali, Former ...
The Performance of the Pakistan Institute for Parliamentary Services
The Pakistan Institute for Parliamentary Services (PIPS) was established through an act of Parliament called the Pakistan Institute...
Solhween Subai Assembly Punjab Ki Karkerdagi; Pehla Parliamani Saal [Urdu]
This is Urdu version of Citizen's Report on Performance of Provincial Assembly Punjab; 1st Parliamentary Year: 01 June, 2013 to 31 ...
Subai Assembly Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ki Karkerdagi; Pehla Parliamani Saal [Urdu]
This is Urdu version of Citizen's Report on Performance of Provincial Assembly Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; 1st Parliamentary Year: May 29, ...
Subai Assembly Balochistan Ki Karkerdagi; Pehla Parliamani Saal [Urdu]
This is Urdu version of Citizen's Report on Performance of Provincial Assembly Balochistan; 1st Parliamentary Year: June 01, 2013 t...
Subai Assembly Sindh Ki Karkerdagi; Pehla Parliamani Saal [Urdu]
This is Urdu version of Citizen's Report on Performance of Provincial Assembly Sindh; 1st Parliamentary Year: May 29, 2013 to May 2...
Chodvein Qaumi Assembly Pakistan; Pehla Parliamani Saal [Urdu]
This is Urdu version of Citizen's Report on 14th National Assembly of Pakistan; 1st Parliamentary Year: June 01, 2013 to May 31, 20...
Performance of the 16th Provincial Assembly of Punjab; 1st Parliamentary Year
The 16th Provincial Assembly of the Punjab has been voted in through Pakistan's 10th General Election held on May 11, 2013. It offi...
Performance of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; 1st Parliamentary Year
The Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has been voted in through Pakistan's 10th General Election held on May 11, 2013. It o...
Performance of the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan; 1st Parliamentary Year
The Provincial Assembly of Balochistan has been voted in through Pakistan's 10th General Election held on May 11, 2013. The 1st sit...
Performance of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh; 1st Parliamentary Year
The Provincial Assembly of Sindh has been voted in through Pakistan's 10th General Election held on May 11, 2013. It took oath on M...
14th National Assembly of Pakistan; 1st Parliamentary Year
The 14th National Assembly of Pakistan has been voted in through Pakistan's 10th General Election held on May 11, 2013. It official...
Qaumi Assembly Ki Qaima Committee Baraye Difa Ki Karkardigi [Urdu]
This is Urdu version of "Performance of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Defence".
Performance of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Defence
The Citizens Report on the Performance of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Defence covers the 1st Parliamentary year of ...
Qaumi Assembly Ki Qaima Committee Baraye Dakhala Aur Insidad Manshiaat Ki Karkardigi [Urdu]
This is Urdu version of "Performance of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Interior & Narcotics Control".
Performance of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Interior & Narcotics Control
The Citizens Report on the Performance of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Interior & Narcotics Control covers the f...
Senate Majlis Qaima Baraye Difah-o-Difahi Paidawar Ki Kargardigi [Urdu]
This is Urdu version of "Performance of the Senate Standing Committee on Defence & Defence Production".
Performance of the Senate Standing Committee on Defence & Defence Production
The Citizens Report on the Performance of the Senate Standing Committee on Defence and Defence Production has been prepared by PILD...
Qaumi Wa Subai Hakoomatoon Kay Pehlay So Din Mein Mahyar-e-Jamhoriat Ka Jaiza [Urdu]
This is Urdu version of Report on "Assessment of the Quality of Democracy in First 100 Days of National and Provincial Governments ...
Pandhrawein Subai Assembly Ki Karkardagi Kay Panch Saal [Urdu]
This is Urdu version of the "5-Year Performance of the 15 Provincial Assembly of the Punjab & Recommendations for Reforms to St...
5-Year Performance of the 15 Provincial Assembly of the Punjab & Recommendations for Reforms to Strengthen the Assembly
The 16th Provincial Assembly of the Punjab has been voted in through Pakistan's 10 General Election on May 11, 2013 while it offici...
Pakistan Ki Tehrween Qaumi Assembly Kay Panch Saal: Citizens Report [Urdu]
This is Urdu Version of Citizens Report on "5 Years of the 13th National Assembly of Pakistan".
Qaumi Assembly Ki Qaima Committee Brai Defah ki Karkardagi Ka Jaiza [Urdu]
This is Urdu Version of Citizens Report on "Performance of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Defence, March 16, 2012 to M...
Parliamani Committee Brai Salamti Council Ki Karkardagi Ka Jaiza [Urdu]
This is Urdu Version of Citizens Report on "Performance of the Parliamentary Committee on National Security, March 16, 2012 to Marc...
Senate Ki Qaima Committee Brai Defah wa Defahi Paidawar Ki Karkardagi Ka Jaiza [Urdu]
This is Urdu Version of Citizens Report on "Performance of the Senate Standing Committee on Defence and Defence Production, June 04...
5 Years of the 13th National Assembly of Pakistan: Citizens Report
For the first time in Pakistan's history, under a civilian President, an elected National Assembly completed its 5-year term. The 1...
5 Years of the 13th National Assembly of Pakistan: Score Card
The 13th National Assembly of Pakistan has completed its five year term on March 16, 2013. For the first time in Pakistan's history...
The Citizens Report on the Performance of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Defence covers the 5th Parliamentary year of ...
Performance of the Parliamentary Committee on National Security
The Citizens Report on the Performance of the Parliamentary Committee on National Security covers the period of March 16, 2012 to M...
Performance of the Senate Standing Committee on Defence and Defence Production
15th Subai Assembly Punjab, Budget Ijlas 2012-2013 [Urdu]
This is Urdu version of Citizens Report on "15th Provincial Assembly of the Punjab: Budget Session 2012-13".
15th Provincial Assembly of the Punjab: Budget Session 2012-2013
The Citizens' Report on the Performance of the 15th Provincial Assembly of the Punjab: Budget Session 2012-2013 takes a close look ...
Senate Ki Qaima Committee Bara-e-Dafah aur Dafahi Paidawar ki Karkardgi ka Jaiza [Urdu]
This is Urdu version of the report on "Performance of the Senate Standing Committee on Defence & Defence Production".
Parlimani Committee Bara-e-Qaumi Salamti Ki Karkardagi Ka Jaiza [Urdu]
This is Urdu version of the Report on "Performance of the Parliamentary Committee on National Security".
Qaumi Assembly ki Qaima Committee Bara-e-Dafah ki Karkardgi ka Jaiza [Urdu]
This is Urdu version of report on "Performance of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Defence".
The Citizens Report on the Performance of the Parliamentary Committee on National Security covers the period of March 2011-March 20...
The Citizens Report on the Performance of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Defence and Defence Production covers the 4 P...
Score Card of the 15th Provincial Assembly of the Punjab
The current 15 Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, which met on April 09, 2008 for the first day after the February 18, 2008 General...
Score Card : Performance of the 13th National Assembly of Pakistan: The Third Year
While the world increasingly embraces democracy as a preferred system of governance, twenty-first century has seen the emergence of...
Score Card : Performance of the Senate of Pakistan : Three Years
From 2002 onwards, PILDAT has consistently looked at the performance of the Pakistan's Parliament, reviewing it from the citizens' ...
15th Subai Assembly Punjab, Budget Ijlas 2011-2012 (June 10-28, 2011) [Urdu]
This is Urdu Version of the Citizen's Report on the 15th Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, Budget Session 2011-2012, June 10-28, 2...
Budget Ijlas 2011-2012 Aur Qaumi Assembly Ki Karkardgi [Urdu]
This is Urdu Version of the Citizen's Report on the Performance of the 13th National Assembly of Pakistan: Budget Session 2011-2012...
15th Provincial Assembly of the Punjab: Budget Session 2011-12 (June 10-28, 2011)
Performance of the 13th National Assembly of Pakistan: Budget Session 2011-2012
The Citizens' Report on the Performance of the 13th National Assembly of Pakistan: Budget Session 2011-2012 takes a close look at t...
Performance of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs
The Citizens Report on the Performance of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs by PILDAT is the latest in th...
Citizens Forum on Performance of the 13th National Assembly of Pakistan: Budget Session 2011-2012
In order to discuss overall performance of the National Assembly of Pakistan during the Budget Process 2011-2012, PILDAT, from Citi...
Performance of the 13th National Assembly of Pakistan: Citizen's Report
The Citizens Report on the Performance of the 13th National Assembly of Pakistan: the 2nd Year covers the period of March 17, 2009 ...
Performance of the 13th National Assembly of Pakistan: Score Card
The Score Card of the 13th National Assembly of Pakistan has been compiled at the conclusion of the second year of the 13th Nationa...
How Rich are Pakistani MNAs? – – 13th National Assembly of Pakistan
This report, the third analytical report of the PILDAT series How Rich are Pakistani MNAs? is in your hands covering comparative an...
Score Card of the 15th Provincial Assembly of the Punjab [Urdu]
This is Urdu Version of the "First Two Years of the 15th Provincial Assembly of the Punjab".
The current and 15th Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, which met on April 09, 2008 for the first day after the February 18, 2008 G...
2nd Parliamentary Year of the 13th National Assembly of Pakistan
The Second Parliamentary Year of the 13th National Assembly of Pakistan: 29 Laws passed by the 13th National Assembly in the ...
PILDAT Roundup of Joint Sessions of Parliament of Pakistan
A Joint Session of the Parliament took place on November 24, 2009, during which the Government unveiled the Aghaz-e-Huqooq-e-Baloch...
How Rich are Pakistani MNAs?
This report that analyses the declaration of assets submitted by MNAs for the years 2006-2007 and 2007-2008, has been compiled by t...
Pakistan Parliament Monitor Issue 2
Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency – PILDAT has issued a Citizens' Report on the performance of the fir...
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The Evaluation of the National Assembly, a report by PILDAT, has been compiled at the conclusion of the first year of the 13th Nati...
Performance of the 13th National Assembly of Pakistan: The 1st Parliamentary Year: March 17, 2008 – March 16, 2009
As the 13th National Assembly of Pakistan completes its first year on March 16, 2009, a summary review of its performance shows tha...
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The fourth, but in fact the first regular, session of the 13th National Assembly of Pakistan started on Thursday April 10, 2008 and...
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Performance of the 12th National Assembly of Pakistan
Pakistan's Parliament, apart from dealing with what it terms "political realities" has to take strides in areas such as transparenc...
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This brochure brings forth the significant elements of Pakistan's Parliament and highlights the key activities and achievemen...
Performance of the Senate of Pakistan
This report presents a brief overview of the Senate's performance over the last two parliamentary years with the intention of facil...
Directory of the Members of the Senate
This document is an abridged version of the Directory of Members of the Senate of Pakistan. This directory is a part of PILDAT's ef...
First 2 years of the 12th National Assembly of Pakistan
This report presents a brief overview of the National Assembly's performance over the last two parliamentary years with the intenti...
Directory of the Members of the 12th National Assembly of Pakistan
The abridged version of the Directory of the Members of the 12th National Assembly of Pakistan contains a list of all Members of th...
The Directory of the Members of the 12th National Assembly of Pakistan carries brief profiles of each MNA, his/her areas of legisla...
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Hot Cross Buns: shaken or stirred?
Portobello Road Gin have been getting a little experimental in the kitchen ahead of Easter. The results of those hours spent slaving away in a kitchen, with the ever-so-difficult task of cocktail creation, have resulted in an Easter cocktail that couldn't be more different to the usual sickly sweet chocolate concoctions served in an Easter Egg.
Instead, they've created something altogether more sophisticated; The Not Cross Bun Martini.
Masterfully combining two delicious British institutions, the Hot Cross Bun and London Dry Gin, the sippable sensation is inspired by Portobello Road Gin's passion for all things British.
The Not Cross Bun Martini has been developed by distilling high strength alcohol with Hot Cross Buns, creating a super-concentrated essence which is then sprayed into a frozen glass. The cocktail is served with raisin-infused dry vermouth and garnished with a lemon cross.
Portobello Road Gin's team of experts are no strangers to creating wonderful flavour combinations. The brand's limited edition 'Director's Cut' asparagus gin was the world's first London Dry Gin to use asparagus as a botanical. Lea & Perrins Saucce and Yorkshire Tea are just two other classic British favourites that the brand has successfully married with it's award-winning gin.


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As you probably know, the University is in the midst of a campus-wide revitalization, a comprehensive renewal that will transform the way we learn, live and work together and even change the way others perceive us. You see evidence of that everywhere you turn – for example, construction of Phase 2 of our New Science Building and the numerous landscaping projects designed to enhance our curb appeal. Not only are your best interests at the heart of all these improvements; you are playing an active part in some of them.
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Star Dust was, what I have missed, from the image in last post. Therefore I made new edit of the same capture. Now it is whole frame, no crop. You can see the so called star dust above the leaves of the plant in the bottle.
I must tell you, it is quite a fun, to go to my micro studio (in garage) and close the door and blind the window. To sit there in dark. Move things around. Adjust strobes and take exposures. This way it reminds me a bit of old way. Taking image and not seeing it right away. To have a bit of expectations, bit of imagination what it will be like. Then, in dark flashes are fired and you see the image on the screen.
Still it is not finished. It is just a start of a journey. After few images I know if this scene has any potential. I select few of them and go to my development place (computer) and play with it. Now it is starting material. I change it, playing with it, until I get something I like. Then and only then I show it to you.
Juliáno, bedankt voor jouw commentaar.


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Q: Pass array value in javascript I have list of groups:
 <select multiple="multiple"  name="groups[]"  id="groups[]" class="myclass">

<option value="1">Employee</option>
<option value="2">Suppliers</option>
<option value="3">Customers</option>

 </select>

I am using the below code to pass the groups to the ajax url but ONLY one group is passed!!
<Script>
    groups=document.getElementById("groups[]").options.item(addIndex).value;

    xmlHttp.open("POST","?action=ajaxcontac&groups="+ groups,true);
</Script>

How Can I pass more than one group to the url?
Thanks

A: Try this solution: Reference all selected options in a multiple list.

A: var opts = document.querySelectorAll("#groups\\[\\] option"),

    groups = [].map.call(opts, function(option) {
        if (option.selected) {
            return "groups[]=" + option.value;
        }
    }).filter(Boolean).join("&");

xmlHttp.open("POST", "?action=ajaxcontac&" + groups, true);

Demo
http://jsfiddle.net/XJLBA/1/

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RecentX - Super fast access to documents, folders, programs and websites.
One of the most innovative programs I've run into in a long time.
Super fast access to documents, folders, programs and websites. The innovative part is that it automatically tracks these items. RecentX lets Windows users access their documents & folders without navigating complex, often annoying and time-consuming hard drive directories. Without any configuration or system scanning, RecentX automatically tracks the files, folders and websites you use. It keeps them accessible in an easy-to-use and easy-to-find format. RecentX can remember recent items that are several weeks old. RecentX provides a spotlight view of your harddrive. It only shows the files and folders that are important to you. Hence eliminates access to thousands of other trivial files and folders. RecentX allows users to bypass the Start menu altogether when launching favorite programs or accessing remote files through "My Network Places" and allows access to online bookmarks without using the chronological menu on an Internet browser. Items can be dragged and dropped into the list with ease, and can be hidden if a user doesn't want the files or folders to be publicly visible.
RecentX runs on Windows Vista, XP, 2000 and 2003 Server.


It's a: Fully padded 'mini snoot' photo bag . You require a shoulder bag that provides a protective environment for your basic photo and or video equipment that doesn't scream photo bag!
Suitable for a compact ultra zoom digital camera or mini DV cam and basic accessories.
Upper: 14cm x 10cm x 7cm / 5.5" x 3.9" x 2.7"
Lower: 14cm x 8cm x 6cm / 5.5" x 3.1" x 2.4"