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Q: DynamoDB c# unable to update item with ADD operation on List I have update operation that need to add new Map value to the List of maps in my Item.
        AttributeValue mapList = null;
        foreach (var item in purchasedItems)
        {
            mapList = new AttributeValue()
                { L = purchasedItems.Select(s => new AttributeValue() {M = s.ToAttributeMap()}).ToList()};
        }

        var response = await client.UpdateItemAsync(new UpdateItemRequest()
                {
                    TableName = Constants.Tables.PaymentData,
                    Key = new Dictionary<string, AttributeValue>()
                    {
                        {
                            Constants.Tables.GeneralColumnNames.PartitionKey,
                            new AttributeValue(id)
                        },
                        {Constants.Tables.GeneralColumnNames.SortKey, new AttributeValue(sortkey)}
                    },
                    ExpressionAttributeValues = new Dictionary<string, AttributeValue>()
                    {
                        {":purchasedItems", mapList}
                    },
                    UpdateExpression = "ADD PurchasedItems :purchasedItems"
                });

Here if I make Json of mapList it will give me:
    [
        {
            "CurrencyCode": "USD",
            "Price": 100,
            "CreatedAt": "2019-12-19T09:18:35",
            "Code": "123"
        },
        {
            "CurrencyCode": "USD",
            "Price": 100,
            "CreatedAt": "2019-12-19T09:18:35",
            "Code": "124"
        }
    ]

But this UpdateItemAsync throws

Amazon.DynamoDBv2.AmazonDynamoDBException: Invalid UpdateExpression:
  Incorrect operand type for operator or function; operator: ADD,
  operand type: LIST --->
  Amazon.Runtime.Internal.HttpErrorResponseException: Exception of type
  'Amazon.Runtime.Internal.HttpErrorResponseException' was thrown.

What am I doing wrong?

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Idaho Private Prison Company: Workers Falsified Staffing Records
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A private company that operates Idaho's largest prison acknowledged Thursday that its employees falsified nearly 4,800 hours of staffing records over seven months last year in violation of its contract with the state.
The admission by Nashville, Tenn.-based Corrections Corporation of America is the latest in a string of staffing problems alleged or being investigated at the Idaho Correctional Center south of Boise.
Earlier this year, the Idaho Department of Correction asked state police to investigate staffing discrepancies at the lockup.
Corrections Corporation of America confirmed an internal review concluded some employees at the prison falsified the number of hours worked last year, starting in May and running through November.
The records show hours when prison staff and guards were supposedly staffing security posts, but those positions were actually vacant. Workers involved will be reprimanded, and the company told the Department of Correction it will reimburse the state.
Department spokesman Jeff Ray said the agency intends to do a separate review of the Corrections Corporation of America's findings. He said it's too soon to determine how the state will proceed or act on the contract violation.
The company's annual $29 million contract expires in June 2014, but could be renewed another two years.
"I think the focus right now has been figuring out how many hours were lost and who was involved," Ray said. "Later we'll certainly explore how to go forward from there."
Ray and company spokesman Steve Owen said the unstaffed hours account for a fraction of total staffing time during the seven-month stretch. The prison didn't experience any significant increase in inmate violence during the period, they said.
Even so, Owen said the company is taking the staffing vacancies and the falsified reports seriously.
"We will take appropriate disciplinary action with the involved personnel, and we will work to enhance the staffing, training and record keeping processes at the facility," he said.
The company, which operates prisons across the nation, has contracted with the state to run the Idaho Correctional Center for more than a decade.
The contract details how the company must run the prison. It includes minimum staffing requirements that also have been spelled out in a legal settlement the company reached with the American Civil Liberties Union-Idaho after inmates sued in federal court.
In a separate lawsuit filed against Correction Corporation in November, inmates alleged the company falsified staff logs to hide chronic understaffing.
An amended complaint filed in January described a staffing scheme that makes it appear as if more correctional officers are on duty than the number who actually worked a certain shift. The inmates contend fewer guards were on duty than were listed in the staff logs when some of them were attacked and stabbed by gang members in a brutal assault caught on the prison's security cameras.
Idaho corrections officials asked state police to begin investigating the company's records earlier this year after finding some staffing discrepancies through an audit. Around that time, The Associated Press filed public records requests for shift logs at the prison that showed guards listed as working 24, 36 and 48 hours consecutively without time off.
Ray said state police will decide whether to probe the company's staffing and payroll records prior to May 2012.
From The Associated Press via The Albany Times Union
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Hamid Ghaderi and Varinia Felix, both graduate students in the College of Engineering, are members of the university's 2020 class of Carson Scholars.
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Two College of Engineering students conducting environmental research will receive scholarship funds and science communications training as 2020 Carson Scholars.
Hamid Ghaderi knew at an early age what his life's calling would be. All he had to do was look around at the environmental conditions where he grew up in Tehran, Iran.
"As a kid, I would see it every day -- all of the pollution related to industrial and urban environments, especially the waterways," said Ghaderi, who is now earning his PhD in systems and industrial engineering at the University of Arizona. "This early exposure to the dire environmental landscape only served to reinforce my dedication to do something about it."
As one of the UA's 12 2020 Carson Scholars, Ghaderi will have a chance to further the work he's long been committed to doing. The Carson Scholars Program, housed in the UA Institute of the Environment, provides support to the next generation of environmental researchers. In addition to $5,000 scholarships, recipients receive an academic year's worth of training in science communication. The program has provided $430,000 in funding to scholars across 23 disciplines since 2012.
"We follow a competitive process," said Andrea Gerlak, Carson Scholar Program mentor and associate professor in the School of Geography & Development. "We are looking for graduate students engaged in compelling, environmentally-related research, who are well-advanced in their data collection and analysis work -- and who are highly recommended by their faculty advisors."
After earning a master's degree in industrial engineering at Iran University of Science and Technology , Ghaderi decided to head 7,600 miles from home to pursue further studies at the UA. His research focus is on sustainable design and manufacturing. For example, he investigates ways to recover and recycle hard drives and magnets to reduce their carbon footprints.
"The program can help me figure out how to communicate my research to diverse audiences and gather funding for projects that I am passionate about," he said. "I hope that leads to me being comfortable with presenting my ideas to different stakeholders who have different backgrounds."
After graduating from the UA, Ghaderi would like to design sustainable and systems-based solutions for green manufacturing.
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It took a perfect storm of events to turn Varinia Felix, the college's other 2020 Carson Scholar, into an environmental engineer. While she was studying architecture at the Autonomous University of Ciudad Juárez University in Mexico, she and a group of fellow students visited a site in Chihuahua, the capital city of the Mexican state of Chihuahua.
They hoped the site would become home to a sustainable community center, but those dreams were washed away by a torrential rainstorm. Realizing how much the environment can affect people living in low-income communities made Felix rethink her future.
"How could we think about designing a green building when we couldn't even guarantee a safe environment where people would be guaranteed safe, clean water?" she wondered. "Suddenly, I was overcome with the feeling of wanting to improve society in a much larger scope."
Felix went on to earn her master's degree in environmental engineering with an emphasis in water treatment technologies at the University of Texas at El Paso, or UTEP. Her research there centered around using reverse osmosis for water treatment in underserved communities.
While at UTEP, Felix heard about the UA Water & Energy Sustainable Technology Center, or WEST Center, where university researchers work with with Pima County, Tucson Water and industry partners to develop new technologies dealing with water scarcity and reuse. Excited by the opportunity to take a more technical research approach, Felix headed west to Tucson after graduation to work on her doctorate.
As a member of the Achilli Research and Teaching Lab, Felix studies different membrane processes for water treatment. She is currently conducting life cycle assessments for different water treatment systems. Felix hopes to pursue a hybrid career between consulting and academia after graduation, and she said the Carson Scholar Program is an ideal opportunity to expand her horizons.
"The other students in the program are very open to give their perspectives," she said. "The experience encourages me to get out of my comfort zone."
Chris Cokinos, associate professor of English and Carson Scholar mentor, said Ghaderi's and Felix's combination of expertise and enthusiasm make them excellent matches for the program. "Both are working on such important issues," he said. "They each bring a personal passion to this, and we are delighted to work with them over the rest of the year."
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Q: Assign a variable as a function parameter with the same name I cant get why this isn't correct:
let a=5
a = a
//so there are no errors here. In the last statement javascript replaces the left side with a value, and that's it

Now if I write this:
let a=5
function hey(a=a){
return console.log(a)
}
hey()

This will return undefined, so the argument a=a does not get evaluated to a=6

The use case for having the same variable name is that I'd like to create a section in the beginning of the script with variables, and use the same names than I use in the functions later on.

A: In the first example, you have one variable named a. You can assign the value to a to a. This is pointless, but possible.
In your second example, you have two different variables both named a which exist in different scopes. Inside the function declaration, a refers to the local variable a and not the global variable a. When you try to use a as the default value, it reads the locally scoped a which is undefined.
Use different names if you want to do that. It probably makes sense to organise them in an object too.

const default_values = {
  a: 5
};

function hey(a = default_values.a) {
  console.log(a);
}

hey();


On Tuesday, June 5th at 6:00 pm, we will host our annual fifth grade Growth and Development Night (also known as "Puberty Night") for students and parents/guardians. Each student should have a parent or an adult relative or friend accompany them. The evening will be led by Erika Mulvey, Doug Brush and Mike Magaraci. Students may attend either a male video in Mr. Brush's room or a female video in Ms. Gremaux's room. Following the video there will be time for questions and answers and a discussion to provide further education regarding physical and social emotional developments during adolescence.
Below are the links to the videos if you would like to preview it yourself or with your child. We hear from many parents and students that this night is very valuable and creates an opportunity to have discussions about the many changes happening during this important time in growing up. Please contact Ms. Mulvey, Mr. Brush or Coach Magaraci if you have any questions.
Na Terça-feira, 5 de junho às 18:00, há uma Apresentação sobre Crescimento e Desenvolvimento (anteriormente conhecida como "Noite da Puberdade") para alunos do 5º ano e seus pais / responsáveis. Cada aluno deve ter um pai ou um parente adulto ou amigo acompanhando-os. A noite será liderada por Erika Mulvey, Doug Brush e Mike Magaraci. Os estudantes podem assistir a um vídeo masculino no quarto de Mr. Brush ou a um vídeo feminino no quarto de Gremaux. Após o vídeo, haverá tempo para perguntas e respostas e uma discussão para fornecer mais educação sobre os desenvolvimentos emocionais físicos e sociais durante a adolescência.
Abaixo estão os links para os vídeos, se você gostaria de visualizá-lo sozinho ou com o seu filho. Ouvimos de muitos pais e alunos que este evento é muito valioso e cria uma oportunidade de discutir sobre as muitas mudanças que aconteceram durante esse importante período de crescimento. Entre em contato com a Sra. Mulvey, Mr. Brush ou Coach Magaraci se tiver alguma dúvida.
How to spot early warning signs of trouble and effective ways to respond.
This program presents a great opportunity for discussing alcohol and other drug-related issues with your children. Parental involvement is crucial in our efforts to reduce the risks teenagers face. We want our students to hear from both school and home that we are concerned about alcohol, tobacco and other drug use by adolescents, and that we are committed to helping them make healthy choices.
• Incentivar e apoiar o não uso de álcool e outras drogas ilegais ou ilícitas durante os anos de crescimento.
• Como identificar sinais de alerta precoces de problemas e formas eficazes de responder.
Este programa apresenta uma grande oportunidade para discutir álcool e outras questões relacionadas a drogas com seus filhos. O envolvimento dos pais é crucial em nossos esforços para reduzir os riscos que os adolescentes enfrentam. Queremos que nossos alunos ouçam da escola e da casa que estamos preocupados com o uso de álcool, tabaco e outras drogas por adolescentes, e que estamos comprometidos em ajudá-los a fazer escolhas saudáveis.
Thursday, May 31st at 9:15 AM - Philly Trip meeting in Eve Heyman's classroom for all students going on the Philly Trip.
Families are welcome and encouraged to attend this meeting. The meeting usually takes about an hour.
Please come support your child's participation. Community meeting usually takes about 30 minutes.
Monday, June 11th at 8:15 AM- Students come to school at regular time. We will bus them to the Tabernacle for graduation rehearsal. It is vital that all 8th grade students be in attendance for this rehearsal.
Monday, June 11th at NOON - Students will be dismissed from the Tabernacle at noon if they are signed off. Please arrange for your own transportation.
Tuesday, June 12th at 8:15 AM - Students come to school at the regular time.
Tuesday, June 12th at 8:45 AM - Recognition Ceremony - each 8th grade student will be honored and recognized. All family members should attend. This is a very special ceremony where each student will be honored and awards will be given. Students will be permitted to leave school at the end of the ceremony if they are signed off.
Tuesday, June 12th at 5:30 PM - Students must check in for graduation at the Rectory by the Tabernacle. Graduation begins at 6:00 PM.
The last day of school for 8th grade students that are completely signed off is Tuesday, June 12th. If students are not signed off, they must return to school each day until they meet the sign off requirements.
Students are expected to be signed off by the end of the school day on Friday, June 1st.
Anyone know of 8th graders looking for summer activities? Suzie Scordino is running an agricultural immersion program this summer for rising 9th graders where we'll be growing, harvesting, and cooking food! It's 6 weeks over the summer, M-F, 9am-2pm, it's free, they get community service hours and college ap/resume building skills. They can sign up for as many weeks as they want on the application. I'm really excited about it, but we need more sign ups - the application is really short :D.


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If I asked you what is the one thing that your business excels at and does better than anyone else, could you give a clear, concise answer?
Most people can't.
That's because as visionaries and entrepreneurs, we're often overwhelmed with an abundance of initiatives, and projects, and funnels, and offers that we think we should be doing.
When in reality, they really don't contribute much in moving the needle forward for our business.
If you can get ultra specific and clear on your business's ONE thing that you do better than anyone else and effectively communicate in everything you do, EVERYTHING in your business will improve.
In today's episode, I'll show you how to define your business's one thing and how to ensure that all of the content you create clearly communicates this.
The clearer you are on your business's one thing, the more people will be attracted to your brand and the problem you solve!
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Hello everybody. Welcome back to the podcast. I am pumped for today's episode. I am inspired to share this episode because it is coming from something I noticed in myself the last couple of weeks, and April was just one of those months where you just always have these cycles of business, right? Where one month everything feels amazing and smooth and I went on my vacation in March and I was like, everything is awesome. I was gone for eight days and my company completely ran, we were making sales, all these things. April was a little harder. We just had some growing pains, right? That is completely normal, and I have to constantly remind myself that that is normal. I was told this analogy the other day, which I want to give credit to Aandra Bohlen who told it to me. I believe maybe it was Nicole Walters, somebody said it. I want to make sure I give credit, but it was that balls are always going to be dropping, glass balls and rubber balls in a company. You just have to make sure the glass balls aren't the ones dropping.
I love that because it also goes into the theme where my good friend, Alex Charfen says your business is always broken and if things go well, it always will be. The concept being, if you're growing you're constantly going to have problems. So a lot of us perfectionist people, like me, I'm always striving for that place where everything's perfect, where everything's running smoothly and there are no problems. The reality is that just doesn't exist. So in April, we had a great sales month. We were hitting growing pains, and it felt like I was walking through the mud a little bit. some days and that's normal.
One thing I noticed in myself was the thought that when these things were happening, my brain went to, well, the answer is to either have a new thing, to start new with something, and whether that was at the moment, it changed all the time, whether that was we need a brand new funnel, whether that was we need to go to a new platform, we need a new offer, maybe I want to cancel my whole business and start a new business, which some days that is the thought. Let's be real, you have it too, don't judge me. I was noticing how even though I'm like the queen of focus, and optimize, and refine what you have instead of something brand new, I had moments and I'm sure this before where I didn't even realize, I don't always realize I'm doing it until I go to start talking about it, and I'm like, wait a second. This is not in alignment with my values. So a couple of times, we had a few things that were frustrating in marketing. Instead of being like, let's double down on our current things we're working on, I was like, let's create a brand new funnel. Let's create this brand new thing. That was the way my brain was trying to solve the problem. Then same thing, we had something that was frustrating in our delivery and I'm like, well, maybe we need a brand new offer. I was noticing how that was a solution, and I think this happens all the time.
This episode is to inspire you because I didn't follow those urges, and instead, I just doubled down and was like, here's what we have. We have to either make what we have better or work with what we have because we already have the foundation. The inspiration that I had from this was that I had a conversation with a few team members and at the end of it, what we really like got to and the clarity that I think so many of you need, which is why I'm doing this podcast, is when things feel hard or when they're going wrong and we have those weeks.
So first of all, I want to normalize that because we all have those weeks where things just go wrong. It doesn't matter how great your business is. I've seen behind the scenes of all different types of businesses, all different sizes of businesses. I have friends with $30 to $50 million businesses. I have a friend who's the director at a billion-dollar company. It never will be perfect, right? You always have those weeks. So first of all, let's normalize that. But second of all, when things go wrong, usually we have the answer within what we're already doing, with the foundation that we've already created. Unless you're a brand new business owner, but the foundation that we already created is the answer. It's usually just small tweaks there, or pushing through and like solving a little problem here, or changing messaging with your marketing, or repositioning your offer, or taking your current marketing funnel and making it better in one way or another. Usually the answer, you're sitting on it.
Our brains go to and like, as entrepreneurs, it's almost easier to think, let me just go to the new thing. I also observed myself, convincing my brain that was such a great idea. So I would come up with a new idea and then I'd start this mental dialogue in my head of why this was so great, all the pros of it, and how this was the answer. Then I would stop myself and I'm like, no. I recognize the pattern and I recognize, like I've said this before, and I need to go back and fix the root problem versus jump to a new thing.
This ties in a lot with marketing, because one thing I'm noticing, so I don't really go on social media much except for very intentional scheduled time. It's actually deleted off my phone. So I do a lot only on desktop, and then I have this other phone that is like an old iPhone but has social media on it. Anyway, I don't go on social media much, but the other day I was doing some intentional outreach and just networking with some past connections and people I wanted to connect with. I scrolled Facebook for like five minutes, and one thing I noticed is in that time, I saw at least three different ads and content that was all geared towards this shiny like you've got to go. One was like, "you better jump to the new platform. You need to go to YouTube ads." And another was like, "this is the strategy that you need to implement in your business right now."
So the messaging out there constantly, which is how people sell their things, the messaging out there is constantly that shiny object, like go to this different platform, go to this new strategy, test this different offer, go to maybe this new business or this business structure. It's all presented as that is the answer to your problems. Which in some cases, those strategies or things being sold, they're not bad strategies. But what I often see is people jump around platforms, or offers, or funnel strategies, or even businesses, right? They jump all around and then they don't solve the core problems. It's kind of like, if you are in a relationship, you're in a marriage, or you're in a relationship and it's just not working right? I've seen this happen where people then blame the person that you are in a relationship with, and you think the answer is well, if I just leave or I go find somebody else who meets all these criteria, it will solve my problem. But you go find someone else and then all the problems are still there, right? So we do this in other places in our life where we think the answer is to go to the other new thing, but we never solve the core problem.
So when things go wrong, you're going to have the idea, even if you don't realize you're doing it, because that was me. You're going to have the thought of the answer is something new. The answer is completely trash whatever's going wrong, jump to something new. There are days when I'm like, I want to just go start a new business. In my mind, that sounds easy, but then I'm like, hold up Emily, let's think about this. Starting a new business, are you kidding me? All the work I've done for these last five years on process, and building my team, and messaging, and brand awareness, and understanding our customer? Hell no is that going to be easier. It sounds easy, but it's not, right? And we all know.
Also, the reality is you can't just go jump over to a new platform or launch a new strategy, or even a new business and it's just going to work out the gate, that doesn't exist. We want that to exist, but it doesn't exist. So when things go wrong, whether that is your marketing not converting, whether that's something happening in the backend with your business, whether that's growing your team, whether that is selling your offer. Whatever that is, when something is going wrong what I want you to remember is the answer is not in the new thing. It's not in the shiny object. It's in solving what you're already sitting on. You may not have clarity on that yet, but allow yourself the time and space to think and try and figure out what that is, what that core foundational problem is.
I'll give you an example. For me, when we didn't hit our goal for marketing in terms of the number of apps, which we upped our goal a lot in Q1 and we didn't hit our goal one of the months. So my solution, I started thinking all these ideas, right? They just start coming in of like, we could have this new funnel or we could do this, we could launch this brand new funnel, or we could change up our whole model on the backend of The Not For Lazy Marketers Club, right? Like crazy ideas started coming. What the actual solution was taking our current webinar and updating the messaging on it, and basically redoing it to meet people where they're at today. That resulted in we actually over met our goals. We accomplished our sales goals in April by over two, but halfway through the month, it was not looking like that. So that's an example where I thought, okay, the answer is something brand new and I need to go jump to this new strategy.
I'm also seeing people do this on platforms right now. This is also, people are taking advantage of this to sell their offers. I literally saw an ad that was like, Facebook ads are more expensive so you need to come over to YouTube. As if that's going to be cheaper, right, and easier? When, if you don't solve your foundational issues, your messaging and your strategy, your actual core marketing, it's going to just follow you to the other new platform. So again, when something goes wrong, your brain is going to go new. I need a new funnel, I need a new platform, I need a new offer, I need a new business. We go there and the answer is usually you're already sitting on it. So don't do that when something goes wrong.
I promise you that the actual growth and success are going to come when you challenge yourself to push through what is feeling hard and solve that problem. I like to look at any problem, any struggle, anything that, in my company we don't even call it a problem, we call it an opportunity, because it really is. Any time something goes wrong, or there's an issue, or we drop a ball, that's an opportunity, right? It's an opportunity for improvement. Especially as you grow a team and you grow a company, that's critical, but sometimes we want to forget that and go to something new, because that sounds easier.
So the next time you're faced with a month, or a week, or a time period in your business where it feels hard and things are going wrong, and you feel like you're walking through mud, or you're walking up a hill and it's painful, just know number one, you're not alone. People don't talk about it enough, but trust me, I have a lot of entrepreneur friends and everybody has something and has those moments. I will have months or a quarter where it's like, yes, everything is great, but I know that that isn't going to last forever and that we will hit a growing pain, or we will hit a struggle. That is the reality, right?
The next time you're faced with that, watch yourself try to answer the problem by going to something new and then challenge that and say no, how do I fix it with what I'm already sitting on? Because even though it doesn't feel like it, the answer is there and it's so much easier to do it that way. So much less effort, and restructuring, and changing everything. That's way harder, even though it doesn't feel like it. Your brain will convince you that it's not. I was like, that's a great idea here's why, and I would start listing all the things out. Then I'm like, wait a second now, the answer is in what I already have. And that we've proved right this last month many times.
So I feel like somebody needed to hear that message. I've seen so many times entrepreneurs make this mistake where they'll tell me this XYZ happened and so I'm going to go do this brand new thing. And I'm like, you're going to what? You're going to leave that partially successful thing or in the past it was successful, and you're going to go start that new thing or jump to that new platform or new funnel? Doesn't make sense. But in our heads, we convince ourselves that it does. So don't do that next time something goes wrong. Look at what you currently have. Look at your current foundation and solve the problem there before you jump to the new thing because the problem will just follow you. Thanks so much for listening today guys, I'll talk to you next time.
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Mega-City One, 2141 AD. This vast urban hell on the east coast of post-apocalyptic North America is home to over 130 million citizens. Unemployment is rife, boredom universal, and crime is rampant. Stemming the tide of chaos are the Judges, future law-enforcers empowered to dispense instant justice. Toughest of them all is Judge Dredd – he is the Law!


Arizona monsoon storms can range anywhere from a minor dust storm to a violent thunderstorm. Monsoon season in Arizona generally runs from June 15th to September 30th. The high temperatures in conjunction with high winds and high moisture around this time of year can result in potentially deadly weather.
A monsoon usually starts with heavy winds and the occasional visible wall of dust.A typical Arizona monsoon is known to be accompanied by frequent thunder, lightning and heavy downpours. Flash floods are not uncommon. While Arizona monsoons do not provide ideal driving conditions, with the following tips and precautions, Arizona drivers are more likely to avoid a car accident.
An Arizona monsoon is not as easy to predict as other weather events, but certain conditions are more conducive to producing a monsoon. Before going on the road during monsoon season, it is important to listen to weather reports - the National Weather Service issues weather warnings and watches through television and radio stations.
It is also important to keep an emergency kit in your car at all times in the event that you get caught in a monsoon. An emergency kit should include water, non-perishable food, blankets and flashlights with extra batteries.
If possible, pull off the road and find a safe place to park to wait out the storm. Keep the doors and windows of your vehicle closed. Make sure to turn off your lights so that you do not confuse other drivers.
Do not park your vehicle under a tree or utility pole. High winds can break branches, up-root trees and knock down poles.
If electrical lines do fall on your car, do not exit your vehicle until emergency crews give you the OK.
If you must continue driving, avoid flooded roadways or washes. They may be deceiving and actually be much deeper than they appear. Many Arizona drivers end up getting stuck in flooded washes in roadways and require emergency rescuers.
Drive at a reduced speed, leaving plenty of room between you and the vehicle in front of you. Drive even slower through standing water. The smallest amount of water on the road can cause you to hydroplane and lose control of your car.
Exercise extra caution when driving through a monsoon at night. It may be difficult to detect flooded areas in the dark.Generally speaking, having a heightened sense of awareness during a severe storm is imperative. Often other drivers cannot see very well during such storms, and with that in mind, keeping a defensive driving attitude can help to avoid a serious crash.
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El colador es un utensilio de cocina usado como filtro o escurridor de alimentos. En la cocina se emplea un colador cuando se quiere separar un alimento líquido de su sólido, por ejemplo: al cocer pasta se emplea un colador para separar la pasta (sólida) de su salmuera de cocción (líquido), al cocer las legumbres, el arroz, etcétera. El material empleado suele ser metálico (aluminio) o plástico, algunos de ellos están elaborados de una trama de finos hilos de acero, todos los coladores suelen tener forma semiesférica para contener la mayor cantidad de mezcla posible. En el borde de los coladores suele haber una especie de ganchos para que se pueda sujetar en recipiente como una cacerola u olla el contenido separado. Existen coladores con forma cónica (chinos) empleados para separar los elementos de consistencia sólida (pepitas, semillas, etcétera) de la parte más caldosa.

Es costumbre tradicional elaborar el café hervido en olla (popularmente conocido como café de puchero o café de pote o café de pota) en agua y posteriormente separado con una manga o colador de tela al servirlo. Algunas personas sostienen que una media es capaz de hacer las funciones de colador con gran eficacia.

Características físicas
Un colador necesita de dos características físicas para ser elegido en una tarea de la cocina:

 El tamaño de los agujeros del cedazo, que es muy importante en la selección de los elementos a separar, ya que en su función de filtro es importante saber qué debe quedar sobre el colador.
 La superficie de colador, o receptáculo de la mezcla importante para saber la cantidad a tratar.

Variantes
Es muy frecuente encontrarse diferentes tipos de colador en una cocina, como por ejemplo un colador de té que suele tener forma esférica en diferentes variantes y tamaños, el colador empleado en las tisanas suele ser semiesférico y similar al empleado en la separación de la parte sólida y líquida de alimentos.

Usos no culinarios
Se suele emplear una variante con el tamiz más delicado (elaborado de seda) para cazar mariposas, así como peces en un acuario. También se le utiliza en actividades religiosas, como en la religión pastafarismo.

Véase también
 colador chino
 pasapurés

Referencias

Utensilios de cocina

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As you may have read in My Background and My Methods, I bought my 2007 Ford Focus brand new in October 2007 with 100 miles on it.
As you can see from this blog, I do a lot of driving. It took until September 2012 to accrue the first 100,000 miles. This was on a trip back from Madison.
Ironically, on my latest trip back from Madison, I hit 200,000 miles.
Overall the car has been very solid. I've only had to replace the front control arms at well past 100,000 miles due to the bushings being worn out. I've replaced the rear shocks and on one hub, my strength somehow snapped a couple studs at different times when loosening the lugs by hand. I also, had to replace a wheel bearing on the back hub at about 170,000 and a battery after about 5 years. Recently, I had to change the resister block for the AC to work again and the knob to adjust the HVAC selector knob is broken.
Other than that it's been just routine maintenance and tires. It still has the original clutch in it. I learned to drive a stick in this car, so that is definitely saying something. I'm on the second set of brakes on the front and the original brakes are still on the back. The car does show its age a bit, but after 200,000 miles, that is to be expected. The front suspension is starting to get bad, so the ride is a bit rough. I'll be looking to fix that soon. I am pretty happy with my car and how solid it has been and hopefully I get another 200,000 out of it.


Thank you, Warren. I may have spoken too soon.
In terms of wear on a cap iron, I have two that have been used a reasonable amount with oxpho blue on the cap. One because the cap was ugly and oxpho blue made it less visibly ugly, and the other to see the cap against the back of the iron.
Oxpho's etch is extremely shallow - it can easily be worn off with use (hand touching, rubbing against wood), but enough of it still remains on those caps that they need not be refreshed even with that. It's sort of a canary for wear.
On the reasonability side otherwise, I've used my favorite stanley a lot over the last several years, and I don't really see evidence that the cap has changed at all on the leading edge.
These little details are what I'd like to see someone talk about, and I'm sure just about every competent cabinetmaker or apprentice 175 years ago would've been fully involved with these kinds of thoughts, but there's certainly a lack of it now.


ISO 16140:2003 for the validation of alternative (proprietary) microbiological methods has just been revised. The new multipart standard provides a specific protocol and guidelines for the validation of methods both proprietary (commercial) or not. Proprietary methods are generally cheaper to use, produce results faster than traditional culturing methods and are simpler to perform as they require fewer technical skills. What's more, most are partly or completely automated, so easier to use in less experienced laboratories, such as factory and commercial laboratories and with less technical human resources.
ISO 16140-1:2016, Microbiology of the food chain – Method validation – Part 1: Vocabulary, describes the terminology used in microbial testing, while ISO 16140-2:2016, Microbiology of the food chain – Method validation – Part 2: Protocol for the validation of alternative (proprietary) methods against a reference method, is dedicated to the validation of proprietary microbiological methods. They are designed to help food and feed testing laboratories, test kit manufacturers, competent authorities, and food and feed business operators to implement microbiological methods. ISO 16140-2 includes two phases, the method comparison study and the interlaboratory study, with separate protocols for the validation of qualitative and quantitative microbiological methods.
Over a hundred alternative methods have been validated based on the previous version of ISO 16140, and the standard was updated to provide new insights on the validation of microbiological methods and experience gained from conducting validation studies across the world. Today, many alternative (mostly proprietary) methods exist that are used to assess the microbiological quality of raw materials and finished food products and monitor the microbiological status of manufacturing processes. The developers, end-users and authorities need a reliable common protocol for the validation of such alternative methods. With this new protocol, the data generated will also provide potential end-users with performance data for a given method, thus enabling them to make an informed choice on the adoption of a particular (alternative) method. This data can also serve as a basis for the certification of a method by an independent organization.
"The validation according to ISO 16140-2 will lead to a higher reliability of the alternative method test result and the users will benefit from having microbiological test results available sooner. Most likely, this will contribute to greater food safety," explained Paul in 't Veld, the Convenor of Working Group 3 on method validation (ISO/TC 34/SC 9/WG 3 whose secretariat is held by NEN, ISO member for the Netherlands) that is responsible for the development of the ISO 16140 series.


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Tiger Tracks is Annual Giving's volunteer website that allows users to view and track the progress of assigned prospects.
Tools include Broadcast Email, for sending emails to broadcast emails to constituents, and Website CMS, for managing your club or class website.
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They are as small as one-Angstrom diameter hydrogen, or as large as the heavyweight uranium atom, which is 238 x heavier than hydrogen. They are the stuff of life – atoms. The Greek Democritus (460-370 B.C.) proposed that matter consisted of small, indivisible units he termed "atomos". He never saw atoms, but believed they had definite shapes and sizes. Democritus was right — today, scientists can "see" atoms.
Matter is anything real and demonstrable. Matter occupies space and has weight. Science studies only the material world — what can be discovered by any of the five senses. Science cannot determine what is immaterial, or immeasurable. Something may exist, but if scientists can not detect or measure it then, scientifically, it does not exist. Science can neither prove, nor disprove, the existence of angels, spirits, demons, or God — that domain resides in philosophy and theology. Democritus believed atoms were real, but he never proved they existed. Science uses the five senses, instruments and tools to find and analyze matter.
One by one, slowly and surely, scientists discovered and characterized elements such as hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, sodium, potassium, sulfur, phosphorous, and many others.
Elements are the basic types of matter. Some elements were proven to be distinct metals, other elements behaved as non-metals. Many people recognize elements such as: gold, silver, iron, and lead.
The atom's components: electrons, protons and neutrons were discovered during studies of cathode rays, radioactivity, alpha, beta and gamma rays and fluorescence.
English physicist J. J. Thomson discovered electrons in 1897 and proved that cathode rays were tiny, negatively-charged particles. An electron's exact charge and mass soon were determined by John Townsend and Robert Millikan.
Ernest Rutherford, was a New Zealander, who worked in Canada and England. In 1903, he speculated the radioactivity that Becquerel demonstrated was caused by atomic breakdown. In 1908 he showed that alpha particles were helium atom nuclei that passed through gold foil with minimal scatter or bounce back. This proved a central nucleus in atoms with lots of outside, less dense, electron space (see photo below). In1911 Rutherford and German physicist Hans Geiger proposed that electrons orbit an atom's nucleus, like the planets orbit the sun. The proton was identified by Rutherford in 1919.
Danish physicist Niels Bohr developed a modern model of the structure of atoms by integrating atomic findings of Rutherford and Max Planck's quantum theory. In 1913, Bohr's atomic model showed electrons orbiting an atom's nucleus in defined energy "shells". Further, Bohr proposed that energy is either emitted, or absorbed, as an electron moves down, or up, from one shell to another.
Henry Moseley, an English physicist, showed in 1914 that each element could be identified by its unique "atomic number" (number of nuclear protons).
Each element has unique properties and characteristics. Today, 92 naturally-occurring elements are known. Hydrogen has 1 proton, no neutrons. Carbon has 6 protons and 6 neutrons. Each proton and neutron are assigned a weight of 1. Thus, hydrogen has a total atomic weight of 1, and carbon has a weight of 12. Every natural atom also has the same number of electrons as protons. Hydrogen, H, has an atomic number (= number of protons) and weight of 1 because it has only one proton. In contrast, He, helium, with an atomic number of 2 has a mass of 4 with 2 protons, 2 neutrons and 2 electrons.
Atoms of elements are the smallest indivisible parts of elements that still retain the properties of that element.


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Brain Lateralization
Wilder Penfield (1891–1976), Herbert Jasper (1906–1999), Roger Wolcott Sperry (1913–1994), Michael Gazzaniga (b. 1939)
In the 1940s, at McGill University's Montreal Neurological Institute, the famed Canadian neurosurgeon Wilder Penfield was treating severely epileptic patients by surgically destroying specific brain areas from which the seizure was thought to originate. Prior to operating, he applied very slight electrical stimulation to discrete regions of the motor and sensory cortex and, with his colleague, the neurologist Herbert Jasper, mapped the body part that responded to stimulation. Together, they constructed a homunculi ("little man") map representing specific parts of the body affected by motor and sensory brain sites.
Studies conducted at the California Institute of Technology during the 1960s provided greater insight into brain lateralization (functional specialization). The left and right cerebral hemispheres (sides) of the brain are almost identical in appearance and yet are very different in carrying out functions. The two hemispheres normally communicate with each other through a thick band of nerve fibers called the corpus callosum. Since the 1940s, large portions of this band had been severed to treat severe epilepsy, resulting in split-brain patients; these operations are now rare. The psychobiologist Roger Sperry and his graduate student Michael Gazzaniga tested the functioning of each hemisphere independent of the other in split-brain humans and monkeys. In about 1964, they found that while each hemisphere was able to learn, one hemisphere had no perception of what the other hemisphere learned or experienced.
The results of these studies led to the conclusion that the left and right hemispheres are specialized in performing different functions. The left brain is primarily concerned with analytical, verbal, and language-processing tasks, while the right side handles the senses, creativity, feelings and facial recognition. Sperry was awarded the 1981 Nobel Prize for his split-brain discoveries.
Individuals are often characterized as being left-brain or right-brain thinkers. Left-brain persons are said to be more logical, fact-oriented, linear thinkers, and concerned with structure and reasoning, while those labeled as being right-brained are said to be feelings-oriented, intuitive, creative, and musical. Although this makes for interesting conversation at cocktail parties, there is no compelling anatomical or physiological evidence to support these labels, and most scientists regard this characterization as a myth.
SEE ALSO: Localization of Cerebral Function (1861).
The left brain is said to control analytical, structured thinking, while the right brain is believed to influence creativity. This left-brain, right-brain distinction is popular but has generally been discounted by neuroscientists.


Sounds kinda dog-whistly to me. Fash are awful protective about their heritage, which is why the whole "cuck" thing has such a racist implication. Perhaps he's hoping to rustle the fascists' chickenhawk feathers.


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Tags: U.S. | Considers | Iraqi | Coup
U.S. Considers Iraqi Coup
Friday, 27 April 2001 12:00 AM
These options are set out in a report written earlier this month by Richard Haass, the head of the Bush administration's interagency working group on Iraq policy. Haass recommended backing an uprising by a popular rebel group, while simultaneously recruiting and supporting high-ranking Iraqi military officers willing to oust Saddam's regime, according to administration officials who have seen Haass' memo and described its contents to UPI.
The ouster of Saddam Hussein is what the administration means by "regime change," one of the three areas of Bush's emerging Iraq policy, along with U.N. sanctions, and maintaining the no-fly zone to protect Kurdish northern Iraq and Shi'ite Muslim southern Iraq.
One State Department official told UPI: "There is support for regime change, but we want to work with a wide representation of Iraqis opposed to the government of Saddam Hussein. We know what hasn't worked, but we don't know what's possible. We don't know what a likely scenario is at this point."
Patrick Clawson, the Washington Institute for Near East Policy's research director, said in an interview Friday, "If you are going to pursue a regime change, you ought to pursue a whole variety of regime change options rather than pick your favorite one and assume it will work."
The strategy is still in the development stage, according to administration officials. On April 25, in a "deputies' meeting," which included high-ranking CIA officials, Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage, Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz and Vice President Dick Cheney's national security adviser, I. Lewis Libby, the draft was sent down for further revisions.
Haass' insurgency/coup proposal is a continuation of the Clinton strategy on Iraq. The Clinton administration pursued numerous unsuccessful coup plots against Saddam since 1992, while giving public symbolic support for the Iraqi National Congress, an umbrella group of Iraqi rebels.
The most embarrassing U.S.-backed coup attempt was in July 1996, when CIA operatives provided support for a group of Sunni defectors associated with the Iraqi military who promised to deliver Saddam through a military insurrection.
Iraqi intelligence agents used the CIA's own communications equipment to tell the agency that its insurrection had failed and that its plotters would be executed. It is now believed that the entire organization - the Iraqi National Accord, or the Wifaq movement - which received $6 million in 1995 from the United States, was infiltrated with double agents.
"This two-track approach is an old approach, this was used from the summer of 1994 to the summer of 1996," former CIA Iraq desk officer, Warren Marik told UPI in an interview Friday. Marik who now works on a volunteer basis with the Iraqi National Congress, said the 1996 coup attempt was "totally penetrated."
Haass' proposal however does not get specific about how to pursue a coup option, other than to say that it should be pursued for now to see if such a plan would eventually bare fruit. The memo also proposes that U.S. policy refrain from explicitly stating that its goal is to remove Saddam from power and makes the case that each day he remains in power is a failure for the new administration.
Haass' report revealed a new fault line in the young Bush administration's foreign policy team on Iraq. High-ranking Defense Department officials such as Wolfowitz and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld - not to mention Cheney's national security team - are strong supporters of the Iraqi National Congress and particularly one of its leaders, Ahmad Chalabi.
But many State Department and CIA officials doubt the efficacy of Chalabi's plan to create a military opposition inside Iraq capable of defeating an attack by one of Saddam's armored brigades. Chalabi has argued that this approach would give military defectors inside Iraq a safe haven and lead Iraqi military commanders disloyal to Saddam to join the INC.
One problem for Chalabi, however, is the early resistance from Iraq's neighbors to an insurgency plan. The Jordanians, Syrians and Turks are wary of the INC. On April 11, Jordan's King Abdullah - perhaps the Arab leader most sympathetic to U.S. interests in the region - said: "When it comes to the opposition I don't see, I don't agree with the weight that has been put to it. … There is an attitude that they are a solution, I don't think they are."
But the Bush administration's supporters of Chalabi are undeterred. This month, the Pentagon appointed as its Iraq transition coordinator Randy Scheunemann, former national security adviser to Sens. Trent Lott, R-Miss. and Bob Dole, R-Kan., and the author of the 1998 legislation authorizing $98 million in Pentagon aid for the Iraqi National Congress. In the Clinton administration, the Iraq transition coordinator's post was filled by the State Department.
Haass would not agree to an interview due to his pending confirmation hearing.
Copyright 2001 by United Press International.
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Q: Variance of variance estimator I am struggling on how to compute the variance of a variance estimator $\hat{\sigma}^2$, the problem is stated below. A hint is provided which says that the fourth moment of the expectation of a random variable equals $E[X^4] = 3\sigma^4$:
Show that $\hat\sigma^2 = \frac{1}{N+2}\sum_{n=0}^{N-1}(x[n]-\mu_x)^2$ has:
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\text{var}(\hat\sigma^2) = \frac{2(\sigma^2)^2N}{(N+2)^2}
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Any lead on the right direction would be very much appreciated!


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Vince Gray: Team Thomas Ain't On Me
by Alan Suderman January 22nd, 2011 September 21st, 2020
Not my problem
The Washington Post's editorial jihad against Ward 5 Councilmember Harry Thomas Jr. and his Team Thomas non-profit must have rubbed off on LL, who kinda got into it with Mayor Vince Gray today at his news conference announcing his pick for deputy mayor for planning and economic development and other staff.
LL asked Gray what his thoughts were on Team Thomas, especially in light of yesterday's story in The Washington Times, which lists yet another developer who donated to the sports youth non-profit and alleges that developers contributed to Thomas' 2006 campaign through Team Thomas—which LL is going to guess is probably illegal if true.
Gray said his news conference was about introducing his new staff picks, and he wasn't going to talk about Thomas, who was at the news conference and was recently given the chairmanship of the Committee on Economic Development.
"You don't feel like you have an obligation to talk about it?" LL asked Gray.
"I just answered that, Alan," Gray said.
"So that's a no?" LL said.
"That's very perceptive," Gray said, which was a pretty funny response.
Later, Gray told LL one-on-one that he doesn't know the whole story of Team Thomas and it wouldn't be appropriate for him to comment.
"I'm going to leave that to him to solve, he's got to solve that .. I don't want to get into the middle of his issues," Gray said.
Only problem is: These are Gray's issues now.
Gray's new attorney general inherited an investigation into Team Thomas, and Gray's position at the top of municipal food chain makes him by default the government's moral authority.
There's also the fact that Gray ran on a platform of an open and transparent government, and it's become increasingly clear that Team Thomas is neither open or transparent.
LL's perfectly aware that there is less than zero political incentive for Gray to rail against his close ally Thomas, and it's probably the smart move for Gray to say as little about Team Thomas as possible. But leaders lead, Team Thomas stinks, and something needs to be done about it.
Let's do a quick review: Elected officials are required by law to make public when developers and other business interests give them money, either through campaign donations, constituent service funds, or gifts.
We know from reporting done by the Post and Times that developers and other business interests have given money to Team Thomas. We also know from Thomas that he used Team Thomas money for trips to Las Vegas, Florida, and elsewhere, for reasons somehow tied to the organization's official mission of getting youth interested in sports. But we don't know how much was donated, by whom, and exactly what that money was used for—because Thomas never bothered to report it.
That's not good government, by any stretch of the imagination, and Gray knows it.
Thomas has had several months now to make public what's essentially very basic accounting: Who gave what, how was it spent? But Thomas hasn't released anything useful to the public, and there's no reason why he shouldn't. Sure, the A.G.'s office is currently investigating, but if Team Thomas is legit, then why not release its donors and expenses?
Instead, Thomas makes promises that he'll release the info but never follows through, leaving LL and the four or five other folks who care wondering just which developers have been writing checks (and how big were they) to the city's new overseer of economic development.
Obviously, hounding from the press is not going to get Thomas to release Team Thomas' finances. But maybe a message from the new mayor that the city isn't going to tolerate this kind of foolishness would.


Beirut is sinking. The #Youstink protest movement at a political impasse.
The Municipality in Beirut stopped collecting garbage in this year mid-July. This episode is just the tip of the iceberg.
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PayFast has been growing at a very impressive and accelerating rate over the past few years. We're constantly looking for capable and motivated individuals to help us grow South Africa's best online payment gateway.
We're looking for a Marketing Coordinator/Marketing Assistant to join our ranks. Hey, it's a new position: we can come up with a quirky Marketing Guru description if you're into that. You'll be responsible to help coordinate PayFast's marketing efforts, both online and off.
In the real world, this might include helping organise smaller local hackathons and events (hand out company swag and keep people fueled on pizza, Red Bull and beer), coordinating our involvement in bigger conferences (sponsorships and display stands) and occasionally meeting with some of our key partners for breakfast, coffee or a cheeky sundowner.
Online, this might include helping out with the website copy, our social channels, graphic design, UX review, advertising, sales and more.
We're still a lean team, and you'll get to wear a lot of different hats on the job. There's potential overlap with support, operations and business development, so an interest or experience in any of those fields would be beneficial. You'll be reporting to (and working closely with) the Head of Marketing.
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You're a fun, sharp and atentive person (you, for instance, immediately noticed the typo in this sentence). You have some appropriate work experience and ideally a diploma or a degree in a relevant area (business, marketing, communication, design). Getting top marks for your tests surely is impressive, but we're far more interested in your personality; who you are and where you're heading.
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A CAT Approach to Gaia and The Psyche
Dunn, M., 2002. A CAT Approach to Gaia and The Psyche. Reformulation, Autumn, pp.20-22.
Diagram Figures for this article are in preparation.
A Sense of Place
A few years ago I spent a holiday in the Gascon region of France, in a house bought by an English friend. His plan is to retire to the house. It is a 300-year-old farmhouse, and it is romantic and beautiful. I found myself fantasising about how it might be to live permanently there, as many people are now doing. I had a sudden revelation that such a move could not be done by superficially sliding across the landscape like a passer-by or a tourist - carrying an indeterminate hybrid culture, against the landscape as a gorgeous backdrop. It could only be done by engaging with the land, getting to know its moods, its geology, its flora and fauna, seasons, abundances and shortages, pests and diseases - in short, by cultivating it. At the time (the mid 90's) I was a lifelong urban-dweller with no background in gardening or farming, but beginning to be deeply drawn to the way the psyche engages with and is affected by the land. I had run workshops in which we examined the archetypal role of Mountain, Rock and Water, and I am fascinated by the myths and rituals associated with Caves. But this was the first time I had felt such a strong sense that I must engage with the fertility of the land in order to be present to the landscape and to have a sense of place.
The eco-psychology literature takes as its starting point that we, as a culture, are alienated from the land. There are several theories to either explain or describe this alienation, but the assumption is based on three premises:
we pollute the land;
we are dissociated from food production;
in many cases, our urbanised lives barely touch the soil or vegetation.
So, in CAT terms, we relate to the land as abuser/abused, or as needy/absent, or as detached/invisible.
I have found it helpful to express the person/land relationship in dialogic terms. By approaching our alienation from the land in a dialogic and goal -oriented way, and by using a CAT formulation, I think it is possible to say more than the eco-psychological descriptors or explanatory theories. These tend to propose reasons for alienation which go back to the transition from hunter-gatherer to cultivation, or to the invention of the alphabet - neither of which can I do anything about! The various papers and workshops I have worked on have all emphasised that any general movement towards sustainable living will require a change of attitude - a change of mind. This is why I am attracted to the psychology of the environmental movement. Andrew Samuels has said:
"We are embarking on nothing less than an exploration of the psychology of the earth...How does the very ground on which you stand, on which you grew up, contribute to who you are?"
The Political Psyche. p 120
The change of mind will be a transition from the dominator-exploiter role, to that of intersubjective-participator, and the question for me is to explore the procedural loops which can lead from one to the other. In a sense one could say, how did I become open to receive my little revelation in Gascony?
The two states might look like this:
I think there is a third state, into which we enter when we're on holiday. It is something like:
Here is a suggested SDR to show how negative patterns might be maintained:
I cannot make any
difference to global
warming or pollution,
& my energy-guzzling
lifestyle must be
maintained.
I avoid thinking I feel more ineffectual
about it. and guilty.
I feel deadened &
drained by my
lifeless urban
I want to change
my eating patterns
& exercise regime,
but it seems I must
EITHER OR So, I am
opt out of become fussy paralysed,
the rat-race & anti-social and feel deadened
& become about food and drained
a hippy
I guess the Target Problems might be:
Valuing the body, so that we take care about food production and optimum nourishment.
Feeling empowered to develop a sustainable lifestyle - having the space and energy to become visionary.
Feeling energized by involvement with living systems. Having a sense of one's own creativity and fertility in partnership with the land.
The Transitional Role of the Admired/Displaced State
When we are on holiday, we are by definition, displaced and disoriented. Many of us choose an extreme climate or a challenging landscape. We put ourselves in a situation as unlike home as possible. Often it is an 'edge-place', such as the seashore or ridges of mountains, a kind of no-man's land in which we can experience a fertility of imagination and a re-energizing. Typically we take our clothes off or pamper ourselves or wear alternative clothing, but in all cases we are 'in our bodies' in contrast to being 'in our heads' in our ordinary lives. So I suggest that that it is on holiday that the target problems become available to us.
The Target State
For our purposes, as CAT therapists, the utopian state of valued-land/participating-person is only of interest if it enables sustainable living and contributes something to psychological well-being. This is where Andrew Samuels' question begs all sorts of other questions -
How does the very ground on which you stand, on which you grew up, contribute to who you are?
How does your homeland mirror or reflect something about your state of mind?
Is the psyche substantially changed or at least positively affected by involvement with living systems?
Might our urban environments in some way contribute to our neuroses - psychologically as well as by means of toxins?
I suggest that we are beginning of exploring these and many other related questions. In his extraordinary book 'The Spell of the Sensuous', David Abram says that for oral cultures:
"...A particular place in the land is never just a passive or inert setting for the human events that occur there. It is an active participant in these occurrences." (p.162)
But Andy Fisher cautions that our place in the land could be polarized between the terror of being alone in the cosmos - and the desire for fusion. He adds:
"...the spiritual conditions of human existence, based on our distanced relation to nature, while they may be a-voided, can never be escaped"
Radical Ecopsychology (p.98)
I propose that our engagement with the land is not just for the benefit of the planet but also for our own psychological well-being. What might be the cost of a psychology that ignores the importance of place and of the geographical psyche?
"We could live under the wild rose wild as weasels, mute and uncomprehending. I could very calmly go wild. I could live two days in the den, curled, leaning on mouse fur, sniffing bird bones, blinking, licking, breathing musk, my hair tangled in the roots of grasses...Could two live that way? Could two live under the wild rose, and explore by the pond, so that the smooth mind of each is everywhere present to the other, and as received and as unchallenged, as falling snow? We could, you know. We can live any way we want."
Annie Dillard. Living Like Weasels.
Abram, David The Spell of the Sensuous. Vintage. 1997
Dillard, Annie An Annie Dillard Reader. Living Like Weasels. Harper Collins. 1994
Fisher, Andy Radical Ecopsychology. Suny. 2002
Some reflections on the Malaga International CAT Conference "Mental health in a changing world"
Maria-Anne Bernard-Arbuz, 2013. Some reflections on the Malaga International CAT Conference "Mental health in a changing world". Reformulation, Winter, p.50.
A Suggested New Diagrammatic Formulation for Narcissists
Nehmad, A., 2010. A Suggested New Diagrammatic Formulation for Narcissists. Reformulation, Winter, p.44.
A CAT Psychotherapist in Upper West Ghana
Philippa Gardner, 2013. A CAT Psychotherapist in Upper West Ghana. Reformulation, Summer, p.41,42,43.
Beyond State Shifts - Metashifts
Nehmad, A., 1997. Beyond State Shifts - Metashifts. Reformulation, ACAT News Summer, p.x.
A Personal Study of Core Pain
Martin Sellix, 2002. A Personal Study of Core Pain. Reformulation, Autumn, pp.27-29.
ACAT News
Jellema A. Fawkes L. Chanen A. Buckley M. Burns-Lundgren E. and Leiman M. Denman C. Sutton L. Salyer K., 2002. ACAT News. Reformulation, Autumn, pp.5,8-9,16,18.
Book Review - INTRODUCING COGNITIVE ANALYTIC THERAPY PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE: Anthony Ryle and Ian B Kerr
Boa, C., 2002. Book Review - INTRODUCING COGNITIVE ANALYTIC THERAPY PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE: Anthony Ryle and Ian B Kerr. Reformulation, Autumn, p.33.
Brilliant or Doomed: Cognitive Analytic Therapy and Relational Intelligence in Higher Education
Potter, S., 2002. Brilliant or Doomed: Cognitive Analytic Therapy and Relational Intelligence in Higher Education. Reformulation, Autumn, pp.8-12.
CAT and Cognition. A Personal View and Conference Report
Denman, C., 2002. CAT and Cognition. A Personal View and Conference Report. Reformulation, Autumn, pp.23-25.
Developing New Systems for ACAT Administration and Communication
Sloper, J., 2002. Developing New Systems for ACAT Administration and Communication. Reformulation, Autumn, pp.31-33.
Differences Between Borderline and Narcissistic Personality Disorders
Ryle, A., 2002. Differences Between Borderline and Narcissistic Personality Disorders. Reformulation, Autumn, pp.16-17.
Nuttall, S. and Scott-Stewart, M., 2002. Editorial. Reformulation, Autumn, p.2.
In Celebration of Integration and Diversity. CAT in the West Country and Beyond
Fawkes, L., 2002. In Celebration of Integration and Diversity. CAT in the West Country and Beyond. Reformulation, Autumn, p.5.
Deirdre Haslam and Christine Leaman, 2002. Letters to the Editors. Reformulation, Autumn, p.4.
-, 2002. Recommended Reading. Reformulation, Autumn, p.26.
The Neurotic Neighbourhood
Elia, I., 2002. The Neurotic Neighbourhood. Reformulation, Autumn, pp.18-19.
Time Limited Therapy: A Necessary Evil in the Managed Care Era?
Salyer, K., 2002. Time Limited Therapy: A Necessary Evil in the Managed Care Era?. Reformulation, Autumn, pp.9-11.
Update on The Melbourne Project - Prevention and Early Intervention for Borderline Personality Disorder
Chanen, A., 2002. Update on The Melbourne Project - Prevention and Early Intervention for Borderline Personality Disorder. Reformulation, Autumn, pp.6-7.


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After tonight's (Sunday, Nov 18) loss to the L.A. Lakers, the Houston Rockets had some serious weaknesses exposed. Though they are just a 4-6 team now after the loss, the potential to be a playoff squad is still there if the team continues to gel and works on improving deficiencies.
The talent level in Houston is not on par with the juggernauts in the Western Conference, but they have enough talent to win half their games and make a push for the eighth seed this year. Sitting well under the cap, the Houston Rockets can then make a play for a top free agent to strengthen their lineup around the foundation piece of James Harden.
Acquiring Harden didn't make the Rockets contenders overnight, but it dramatically increased expectations, particularly after Harden put up 37 in his first night as a Rocket against Detroit, then followed that game up two nights later with a 45-point buster in Atlanta.
Harden came down to earth after that, but he was averaging 26.7 points per game going into tonight's contest against the Lakers, and he's scored 20-plus in all but two stinkers in back-to-back games against Memphis and Denver.
Here's a look at five things the Rockets can do to fulfill their immense potential.
Omer Asik has been a great presence on the boards, but he's not protecting the basket defensively. Last year, as a member of the Bulls, Asik blocked 2.5 shots per 36 minutes. This year, he's blocking only 1.3 shots per 36.
Asik has been great on the defensive boards, but the lack of shot-blocking reared its ugly head tonight against the Lakers, as Dwight Howard battered Asik and the rest of the Rockets' weak frontcourt. The Lakers also shot 28 free throws to the Rockets' 18.
Not having a shot-blocker could be a problem all year for the Rockets, as the only player outside of Asik capable of blocking shots is Greg Smith, who isn't even seeing many minutes.
The problem with this "request" of asking the Rockets to strengthen the interior defense is that it isn't a problem that can be addressed by players simply doing things better. They need to fortify the roster.
Asik should be blocking two-plus shots per game, but he's not. Until they land themselves a shot-blocker, teams are going to abuse them around the basket, shoot a lot of free throws and finish a lot of takes to the hole that should have been changed or swatted shots.
As good as James Harden and Jeremy Lin are as isolation scorers, there is a time and a place for it, and "all game" isn't that time and place. The Rockets are still best, as most teams are, when the ball remains moving.
The talent level surrounding their dynamic backcourt isn't the best, but Patrick Patterson, Chandler Parsons (more on him later), Marcus Morris, Terrence Jones, Toney Douglas and Omer Asik all have the capability of performing a greater role within the offense.
Okay, so maybe not so much for Asik, but the rest of the clan can contribute more than they currently are.
Patterson has a very effective mid-range jumper that can be worked for more than just an occasional opportunity basket.
Morris is a great athlete that still has a lot of potential to fulfill, as he showed at Kansas that he has the makings of an above-average power forward.
Jones is quick and is going to be a great transition scorer in the NBA, and Douglas and Parsons are both capable of filling it up quickly.
Douglas showed in New York he can be a great sixth man and punch off the bench, but so far he's averaging just five points per game, which is less than half his output as a Knick in 2010-11, when he posted 10.6 points per night while hitting almost two threes per game.
The Rockets' mainstays are Lin and Harden, but they won't crack .500 by playing their offense exclusively through the talented tandem. The roster may not be stacked with double-digit scorers, but they have to find a way to get more out of it.
Chandler Parsons is quickly entering the discussion of the best second-round draft picks in the last five years. Taken 38th overall in 2011, Parsons came out of Florida with a reputation as a guy who played hard and could fill it up.
He's done just that this year, and entered tonight's game against the Lakers with a 13.1 point per game scoring average, while grabbing nearly seven rebounds per game in addition to that.
Parsons hit 8-of-10 from the floor and 4-of-5 from downtown, while also getting to the line five times (hitting four) en route to a team-high 24 points. He didn't do his usual job on the boards, grabbing just one rebound, but the shooting exhibition that Parsons put on shows that he is capable of a more featured role in the offense.
What is Parsons' ultimate upside? That's hard to say.
People would be quick to dismiss the notion that Parsons could be a 20-point-per-game scorer, but until he is given an increased workload and his usage goes up significantly, it's really hard to get a gauge on what he can do.
The only thing that is clear is that he can do more.
Leading into tonight's game, he was taking 11.8 field goal attempts per game. That figure should climb up to at least 15 shots per game, in light of the fact that he is the clear-cut third option behind Lin and Harden.
It's also worth noting that Parsons could easily be the second option behind Harden if he were utilized properly in the lineup. And that's no disrespect to Lin.
The one positive that can be drawn from tonight's game against the Lakers is that the Rockets did an excellent job of pushing the ball in transition. Several instances of Dwight Howard lagging after making plays led to easy Rockets buckets in transition.
Houston has the speed to take advantage of when defenders fall asleep and don't hurry back in transition. Terrence Jones is going to be a great player in transition, and Marcus Morris should fall right in line with that.
Add the aforementioned Parsons and Lin into the mix, along with one of the best transition players in the game in Harden, and the Rockets have the kind of core that can take advantage of teams that just don't react well on the fly. They did this well against the Lakers tonight, despite not being close to a win.
The best thing the Rockets have going for themselves is the cap flexibility they have. They sit over $7 million beneath the cap right now, and that's with a full roster. After this season, they'll have a committed payroll under $39 million*.
That means they'll be able to get just about any free agent they want, and No. 12 is still smiling away in Los Angeles, knowing he'll have teams like the Rockets throwing a max contract at him this summer.
But if the Rockets strike out on Howard, there are three other very good big men they can spend their cap room on: Andrew Bynum, Paul Millsap and Al Jefferson.
The Rockets have been exposed as a weak team on the interior, and getting someone like Bynum or Jefferson would create the shot-blocking presence they sorely need. Adding the 6'8" Millsap wouldn't cure that as much, but even Millsap blocks more shots than anyone on the Rockets' current roster.
If Bynum or Al Jeff were added, it would likely result in the Rockets playing a twin tower lineup. It would be either that or render Asik an overpriced backup (reasonable scenario, really).
Now that the Rockets have Harden and Lin, there likely will be free agents wanting to play in Houston. It's a big market and the team is on the rise. Seeing which free agent chooses to take the bounty the Rockets offer this summer should be interesting, as it will shape the destiny of this team moving forward.
* It's worth noting Lin's contract is back-loaded, so in 2014-15, they will owe the Harvard gunner $14.8 million, but that won't count against their cap room this year. If they strike out and sign the wrong free agent, they're in dire straits...like most teams.


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