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Construction spending up in America
By Catrin Jones04 January 2022
Total construction spending in America increased in November compared to levels in October and a year earlier, according to the Associated General Contractors of America (AGCA).
Gains in private residential and non-residential projects outweighed decreases in public outlays, according to a new analysis of federal construction spending data released by the AGCA.
Officials noted that public sector investments were down in part because Congress has failed to provide funding so far for the Bipartisan Infrastructure bill enacted last year.
"Construction demand is definitely being impacted by Congress' failure to include the funding increases it promised as part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure bill," said Stephen E. Sandherr, the association's chief executive officer.
Construction spending in November totalled US$1.63 trillion at a seasonally adjusted annual rate, 0.4% above the October rate and 9.3% higher than in November 2020.
Year-to-date spending in the first 11 months of 2021 combined increased 7.9% from the total for January to November 2020.
Private construction spending rose 0.6% in November from the October total and 12.5% from November 2020. In contrast, public construction spending slipped 0.2% for the month and 0.9% year-over-year.
There were gains in both residential and non-residential private construction. Spending on new single and multifamily residential projects, along with additions and renovations to existing houses, increased 0.9% for the month and 16.3% from a year earlier.
Private non-residential spending edged up 0.1% from October and 6.7% from November 2020. The largest private non-residential segment, power construction, rose 0.1% for the month and 7.5% year-over-year.
"Private non-residential spending appears to be on a solid upswing, with five consecutive months of growth, but public outlays for construction remain erratic," said Ken Simonson, the association's chief economist.
"The public side isn't likely to post steady gains until funds from the new infrastructure law become available and turn into actual projects."
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Same as all this UK grime b*llocks as well. To be fair, the top 40 has had no decent songs in it either for about 5 years. Can't actually remember the last song I bought/downloaded because i'd heard it on Radio 1 and thought "I like that". Probably some early Kasabian/early Arctic Monkeys.
Too many great tunes from the late 50's to the mid 90's to get through first.
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Q: Multiple issues in firefox but works properly in chrome with no single issue I am having multiple issues with firefox but not in chrome.
1) issue in TypeError: response.body is null.
2) while uploading for images i get TypeError: Argument 1 of FormData.constructor does not implement interface HTMLFormElement.
The code where issue is shown are
for number 1 issue (I have used superagent for this)
  search( query='Ganesh Chowk' ){
    let url = "/api/v1/rental/?place__startswith="+encodeURIComponent(query);
    Request.get(url).then((response) => {
    if (response) {
        this.setState({
            place:response.body.objects,
        });
    } else {
        this.setState({
            place: [],
        });
    }
});

for 2nd issue
  let image = [];
 class RenderPhotos extends React.Component {
    constructor(props, context) {
        super(props, context);
        this.state = {
            files: []
        };
    }

    onDrop(files) {
      console.log('Received files: ', files);
      this.setState({
          files: files
      });

    image = new FormData(files);
    $.each(files,function(i,file){
      image.append('image',file);
    });

    }

Why this code is working on chrome and not in firefox? What should be changed for this code to work in all browser?

A: Regarding Error 2: If a parameter is passed to the FormData constructor it must be a HTML <Form> element which does not seem to be the case in your code. So simply drop the param:
image = new FormData();

Update:
Regarding error 1: As you found out yourself the request needs an accept header application/json. Due to differences of Chrome and Firefox default accept headers, the server seems to return a json payload for Chrome and not for Firefox. Anyway the explicit header resolves that issue.

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Fandom (website)
Fandom, Inc.
Foundation date
San Francisco, California, U.S.
Jimmy Wales and Angela Beesley
Craig Palmer (CEO)
Wiki hosting
127 (September 2011)[1]
www.wikicites.org (October 18, 2004 to October 2006
www.wikia.org (October 2006 to October 2016)
www.wikia.com (October 2016 to June 2018) www.fandom.com (June 2018 onward)
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Type of site
Wiki farm
Direct and advertising networks
October 18, 2004 (2004-10-18) as "Wikicites"
October 2006 as "Wikia"
October 4, 2016 (2016-10-04) (unofficially)/June 2018 (officially) as "Fandom"
Fandom (previously known as Wikia and before that, Wikicities[source?]) is an organization for making websites that are wikis. Wikia was started in 2004 by Jimmy Wales,[3] who also started Wikipedia, and Angela Beesley. The name of Wikicities was changed to Wikia on March 27, 2006 to prevent other people from mistaking it for a wiki on cities, and then renamed again on October 4th, 2016 to Fandom for an unknown reason. At the time, it was called "Fandom powered by Wikia" until June 2018. Since October 2018, most of the URLs have changed from x.wikia.com to x.fandom.com this does not include wikis based on serious topics which instead changed to x.wikia.org.
Wikis hosted on Fandom are about something which many people will like. All content on Fandom is released under a free license, such as the GNU Free Documentation License or the Creative Commons. Anybody can change pages on wikis at Fandom, so that no single person "owns" or is "the boss" of a wiki, and so that large communities can be made. The software used is MediaWiki.[4]
Fandom uses advertisements to generate money.
Articles on Fandom are often written in more "in-universe" style; meaning that fictional characters and plots are written as if they are real. Some projects on Fandom are more for people who are very interested in the topic.
In August 2010, they said that a new look was coming,[5] making some people take their wikis off the service.
Fandom uses the MediaWiki software.[6]
↑ Fandom, Inc. "Fandom, Inc". Retrieved 2008-10-23.
↑ "Wikia.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2013-07-29.
↑ "Wales, Jimmy, (born 7 Aug. 1966), Founder, Wikipedia.org, 2001; Co-Founder and President, Wikia Inc., since 2004". Who's Who. Oxford University Press. 2008-12-01.
↑ Sites using MediaWiki. Fandom is being listed on that page
↑ "Introduction to Wikia's new look". Archived from the original on 2010-03-06. Retrieved 2010-11-22.
↑ Special:Version on Fandom
Fandom Community Central
Main Page of Fandom in English
Main Pages of Fandom in many languages
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wikia.
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From Portadvisor, we try to preserve, maintain, care for and improve the environment, including maps with the Posidonia fields in the Balearic Islands to help vessels to anchor in sand without affecting or tearing those meadows.
Portadvisor is the most complete App for Android and iOS, dedicated to show information and opinions on all ports and beaches in Spain. Find out everything the ports and beaches can offer you. Discover its facilities, its services, all the tourist and nautical companies located in the area and all the leisure that you can enjoy. We currently have information from Spain, France, Monaco and Portugal.
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The fundamental element of the project. Our differential value will be in the opinions published in the platform, and in how other users make use of them. The application contains detailed information for all readers but users themselves will be the ones who create a content with more value. They will value both the marinas and the beaches under specific criteria to create a more complete opinion.
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HONG KONG, April 30, 2015 — Moody's Analytics, a leader in risk measurement and management, has expanded investment in its eLearning training and certification programs in banking, credit and risk management for financial services professionals in Southeast Asia.
The programs, now available in Bahasa, Thai and Vietnamese, help standardize best practices in credit risk management as the region's financial services industry matures.
"Training should be a core part of a bank's strategic agenda because of its importance for risk management and performance enhancement, as well as regulators' increased focus on this area of a bank's operations," said Ari Lehavi, Executive Director and Head of Moody's Training & Certification Division at the Asian Banker Conference in Hong Kong this month, where he spoke on risk culture transformation. "Banks in established and developing markets have to be transparent and rigorous about their competence, risk judgment and investment in risk management training."
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Read This Week's Passage: Romans 12

Living Sacrifice

Throughout Romans, Paul has described the incredible and extraordinary generosity of God manifested in the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. What response should this sacrificial generosity evoke in us? According to Paul, the only reasonable and rational response to God's mercy is to present our bodies as living sacrifices (Romans 12:1). If God sacrificed for us, we can do no less than present ourselves as a living sacrifice to Him.

In the Old Testament, most sacrifices were bloody (Hebrews 9:22). Jesus' sacrifice certainly was. The sacrifice Paul calls us to is a living, not a dying sacrifice. A living sacrifice involves the surrender of our long-cherished ways and adding inclinations to God's ways. We do this by presenting our bodies to God and refusing to conform to the ways of the world and by the continual transformation and renewal of our minds (Romans 12:2). The life of a living sacrifice involves both the body and the mind. Believers seek to conform their embodied lifestyle to their renewed minds.

Minds are not renewed once and for all. Throughout our lives, we will be continually challenged by new circumstances that require us to prove what is good and acceptable to God (Romans 12:2). Understanding the perfect will of God is an ongoing process that requires regular testing or proving. Day by day, we will encounter new and challenging opportunities to live out our Christian commitment. These challenges should be confronted prayerfully and responded to through the study of God's Word.

In Romans 12, we will see that we demonstrate a life of living sacrifice through the use of our spiritual gifts for the common good (Romans 12:3–8) and genuine acts of love (Romans 12:9–21).

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Clinique's Iconic Black Honey Lipstick Goes Viral on TikTok
Gen Z is discovering the color that debuted in 1971.
Getting a product to go viral and then sell out, is probably every beauty brand's goal—and Clinique recently hit that goal. Clinique's Almost Lipstick in Black Honey is currently sold out on the brand's website in both the U.S. and UK, and it's because of TikTok.
The hashtag #cliniqueblackhoney has 16.2 million views on TikTok, and counting.
The brand was quick to jump on the trend by posting a video featuring its brand ambassador Emilia Clarke, shown above, discovering the color for the first time.
The iconic lip color debuted in 1971—but it was in a pot. Now, the sleek silver slender tube makes a much better impression in a video. Describing the universally flattering hue, Glossy writes, "Carol Phillips, a Clinique co-founder and a former editor at Vogue, is credited with having created the shade in an attempt to create a 'black turtleneck' for the lip."
Glamour UK reports that Mikayla Nogueira told her 7.5 million TikTok followers that she used to sell at least one Black Honey lipstick a day when she worked at Ulta, but the buyers were all "usually a maturer woman," she says in her video. She continues, "...so to see younger women using it on TikTok is so interesting to me." The social media platform is causing a frenzy for the color among Gen Z.
Black Honey, currently in the brand's 'Almost Lipstick' formulation, is sheer and moisturizing. It is adaptable, and will look great on many different natural lip shades.


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Q: remove hover effect from add to cart button using HTML CSS I am working on an E commerce application but the theme i am using add to cart button coming on hover effect but i want to make ( Add to cart button) always fixed .
the  live working url is as following.
https://www.realfarmer.in/techy-new/shop.php
add to cart will come when cursor is on the product but i want it should come always

A: You need to remove the styles under
.product-wrap .product-img .product-action-2-wrap {
    opacity: 0;
    visibility: hidden;
    bottom: -20px;
}

Which is hiding the add to cart button if not hovered. Or you can replace the same using
.product-wrap .product-img .product-action-2-wrap {
    bottom: 0px;
    opacity: 1;
    visibility: visible;
}

So this is the code that's working when you hover over the product.

A: Add this code to your add custom code
.product-action-2-wrap{
  visibility: visible;
  opacity: 1;
  bottom: 0px;
}

this will show add to cart button always visible in the products.
if it is work for you please give a like.

A: Just remove the background color on Hover using same color like that:
.product-wrap .product-img .product-action-2-wrap:hover .product-action-btn-2 {
background-color: #000;

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When Volvo decided to set up a plant in South Carolina to build cars to ship around the world, it was following a long tradition. With its port, Charleston, S.C., has been a shipping hub for centuries. And the state has been home to international manufacturers for decades — BMW, Michelin and Bosch are among the many global firms with footholds there.
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It kind of stands on its own, so I felt like those would be a perfect addition to this window. And I love it. It looks so much neater and tidier. Like a more tailored pair of pants.
Below is the package - from Bed, Bath and Beyond a few months ago. The curtain rods in the living room were actually from Target, but the style is pretty much the same, and it is the same finish/color. I think I had a 20% off coupon that I used for them.
Trent did the dirty work, and I supervised, as usual.
Basically it was pretty easy - just a little measuring, leveling, and eyeing. Maybe took 15 minutes or so, tops.
I really wish the window trim was finished in here, but we will get to it hopefully this summer. The living room still needs raised a little, baseboard installed, and the window trim caulked and painted.
It was nice having the curtains open and the sun shining in this weekend.
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GlobalFoundries has seemingly joined Intel in discovering that the march to ever-smaller semiconductor fabrication process nodes is getting increasingly difficult, announcing that it is putting its 7nm FinFET programme on hold 'indefinitely' - leaving former owner AMD relying on rival Taiwan Semiconductor (TSMC) as the sole source for its next-generation parts.
AMD's former spin-out is also to spin out a portion of itself, apparently repeating history: The company has announced that it will create a wholly-owned subsidiary specific to application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) design and intellectual property, a business division which potentially puts it in direct competition with many of its customers.
For AMD, GlobalFoundries' decision to halt the march to 7nm is a blow: The company has already pledged to build its next-generation processors on a 7nm process node, and with GlobalFoundries bowing out of the race the company has been forced to settle on a single supplier: Taiwan Semiconductor. 'To streamline our development and align our investments closely with each of our foundry partner's investments, today we are announcing we intend to focus the breadth of our 7nm product portfolio on TSMC's industry-leading 7nm process,' AMD chief technology officer Mark Papermaster confirms in a blog post 'We also continue to have a broad partnership with GlobalFoundries spanning multiple process nodes and technologies,' he adds, confirming that the company's 14nm and 12nm process nodes will be used for future AMD products.
The shift to all-in with TSMC for its leading-edge product could cost AMD dearly, however: The company's wafer supply agreement with GlobalFoundries has long included terms under which AMD is forced to pay an unspecified fee to GlobalFoundries for every wafer it receives from any of the company's rivals - including TSMC.


The quality of the energy in your home equals the events of your life! You are probably thinking what on earth is he talking about now but believe me, it is true and no different to the energy of your body right now. If you spend every day eating burgers, chips, sweets and jam doughnuts, do not expect a long healthy life. Please do not think I am being judgemental, I am the first to enjoy a cold beer and a BBQ and combine this with some chocolate for afters.
If you live your life like this, do not think that by eating all this crap every day and by taking a vitamin tablet, this will balance the negative effects of the junk food; this is not possible and I am probably going to talk myself out of a sale here but if you have so much clutter and dirt in your home, do not expect by placing a Buddha statute or similar that it will improve the energy of the home. It will only work effectively when the energy is good in the home and this means a little work on your part.
We cleanse and de-clutter our home and business regularly to encourage good, high vibrational energy and clear away any negative vibes. This way, not only is our home or office working in harmony so is our body so the benefits of following this simple advice can have a dramatic effect on your lives.
…Make your main entrance (any entrance) as clutter free as possible and never leave shoes or boots near a main entrance, these are considered the filthiest items that we wear, think about it, we walk all day over dog poo, cat wee and all the other rubbish you will find on the ground and when you enter your building you take your shoes off and leave them by the door, when the door is opened, the qi (air) the first thing it comes into contact with is this filthy stagnant energy and this dictates the quality of the energy that enters your building.
Buy a shoe box or store them under the stairs, anywhere but by your front door, I know you are thinking this is not practical, you will get used to it and the benefits are far too great not to do it.
You must never use a coconut mat or similar… have you ever tried to clean one? You can beat these all day long for weeks and you will never get rid of all the rubbish (negative qi) from them, again these dictate the energy that enters your building whether at home or your business.
We use a thin door mat that has a rubber backing and cloth face and they can be washed a few times in the year and we actually replace them roughly every 12 months as they are so cheap to buy. In fact, we buy ours from Costco, roughly about £10 for two.
Clean paintwork, oil hinges, polish door furniture and door glass every month or so and make sure you do not have dead leaves or any other rubbish outside your door, another big no no is letting algae or green mould build up by your entrance and please make sure any drains by a main door are kept spotless and drains covered.
Every couple of months we go through our home and office and think about what things are truly necessary for us to keep. Figure out which of them you can donate, throw away or give to a friend.
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Nemesis by Guido Argentini
Voyeristic and erotic, Guido Argentini blurs the boundaries between public and private spaces. From the Boudoir to the Private Room series, Argentini evokes beauty through the play of light and dark, and balance through composition. The silver eye nudes reflect a similar style of balance and harmony while the reflection series takes a poignant and intimate portrayal of the individual.
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When we look in a mirror, we consider who we are, and who we want to be. These female nudes from the master of erotic photography challenge our perception of what is real and what is not. Guido Argentini skillfully plays with mirrors to achieve unusual perspectives. The resulting images combine come-hither sensuality with sophisticated distance. With all this posturing and role-play, who knows what will happen next? Decide for yourself who is the fairest of them all.
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Home » All About Mining » Out of control EPA, Sasquatch, Ratchilla and dredging for two weeks in Idaho
Out of control EPA, Sasquatch, Ratchilla and dredging for two weeks in Idaho
By Mr. Shannon Poe
President AMRA
American Mining Rights Association
AMRA President Shannon Poe (left) and AMRA Field Manager John Ratley (right) 1st day cleanout
What do you do when a regulatory agency goes rogue? What do you do when they ignore the Supreme Court? What do you do when they act as Congress and create their own laws? Scott detailed in last month's issue of ICMJ the "Occupy the Waters" event in Riggins Idaho where about a hundred small miners and supporters of small miners converged on the Salmon River and dredged in opposition to the EPA coming out with what can only be described as a prohibition on suction dredging. Even though the state of Idaho issued suction dredge permits as they have for decades, the EPA decided all suction dredgers needed to purchase a "pollutant discharge permit" from them or face fines of $37,500 per day. Permits they also refuse to issue. We have already heard feedback from our opposition that "AMRA is out there disregarding the law". Let's be clear, the EPA regulation is not a law, it is a regulation they elected to impose upon the miners without any science to support the regulation. In fact, we can provide at least 12 accredited studies which show precisely the opposite, that suction dredging does not harm fish or fish habitat. The EPA has never provided a single study showing suction dredging to have harmed a single fish.
Shortly after the Occupy event, which AMRA attended and supported along with ICMJ, we packed up our two dredges, a Proline 6" (big blue) and a Proline 4" (little red) and headed for our claim about an hour away on the South Fork of the Clearwater to dredge openly in opposition to the EPA . Dredging with me was AMRA's Field Manager, John Ratley, a wiry and energetic man with "monkey strength" and AMRA's Promotions Manager, Mike Walker, a nearly 6' tall man, 250lbs with herculean strength. Perfect partners for dredging a river with large boulders.
We obtained our $35.00 non-resident suction dredge permits from the Idaho Water Resources Department and put our dredges in the water July 14th in anticipation for the opening of the season which runs from July 15th to August 15th. The dredges were ready to go first thing in the morning and we were greeted by Idaho Senator Sheryl Nuxoll, Idaho County Commissioner Jim Chemlik, several small miners and suction dredgers all in support of our opposition to the out of control EPA. We placed our AMRA banner next to the roadside near our dredges and 10' American flag to announce to the EPA we were here, we were dredging and they could come and fine us.
The first day came and went, with many of the locals from Elk City honking and waving in support of our opposition to the EPA. Word had gotten out quite quickly all the way to Lewiston 1 ½ hours away that people were standing up to the government. The EPA never showed, but they did drive by. The second day came, and while the EPA did drive by, again, they did not stop. The third day resulted in a smashed finger from moving a large boulder by hand since they outlawed any type of motorized winch. No EPA.
The fourth day began with the Idaho Road Department stopping by our camp right above our dredges to inform us our AMRA banner was 9' too close to the road and we would have to remove it, or they would confiscate it. Now why do you suppose the road department would threaten to confiscate our banner over a something as trivial as it being 9' too close to the road? Apparently, any signs "which may cause a distraction" must be located 50' from the center line of the road. Our sign was 41' from the center line, we measured it. Rather than have a major altercation and have our members who would be mining this claim in the future be hassled, we decided to move our banner to the river where it was even more visible, but over 50' from the center line. On the drive to Elk City, we counted 3 more signs of advertisements located within the 50' boundary. On another drive to Grangeville, we counted no less than 15 signs which were in violation and had been there for what was obviously years. Maybe they just don't like plain black and white signs as the others were quite colorful, much larger and were not in opposition to any government intrusion.
AMRA claim "Sasquatch 2" This is our sign, 41 feet from the road which they told us we were in violation for
An interesting thing happened on the evening of day 4 while sitting in camp discussing the gold we found over a nice campfire. What appeared to be a chinchilla, started ravaging our camp, garbage bucket and Mike's truck. We were confused as we didn't think it could be a chinchilla in northern Idaho. John thought it was a rat, so Mike came up with the name "ratchilla" and he stayed with us for the next 9 nights. As most men and women do, we all told stories around the campfire and on this particular night we started discussing the TV series "Finding Bigfoot". After all, our claim was named Sasquatch 2. We all laughed and joked how they would knock on trees and make silly calls trying to call out a "Squatch". John grabbed one of the big iron rocks he dredged up and slammed it against a tree trunk 3 times. We all laughed. That is until Mike and I heard a knock coming from the hill above us, a hill which has no roads and no humans for miles and miles. Then something busted through the brush above us. Now, I don't know if there is such a thing as Sasquatch or not, but whatever it was certainly wasn't our little ratchilla.
Day 5 came with some frustration. Mike and I had been running the 6" upstream about 300 yards from John, who was dredging in a boulder patch on an inside bend and finding good gold with his 4", actually more gold that we were with the 6". We had dredged up the outside wall for over 70' and 20' wide near the road and had only found one paystreak. We were beginning to approach the area of the river where it turned and we decided to punch a swath straight across the river and look for the deposit coming off the inside bend. We dredged straight to bedrock, about 6' to 8' down and a punched a hole 20' wide, all the way across the river. No paystreak. We were finding decent gold, just not what we knew the river held. Still no visit from the EPA and many of the miners who were stopping by daily started to peter out. We did have two other AMRA members dredging, one above us with a 5" from Arizona and one below us with a 4" from Oregon, both were doing well.
Day 6 found John still in his boulder patch and Mike and I heading straight for the inside bend. By this time we had a 20' X 20' hole, 8' deep and were constantly in what we called "coffee creamer". This was concretized material which had obviously never been dredged and the cobble was covered with a coffee creamer colored substance. Just below that, about a foot thick was what all dredgers look for, what we call orange juice. Concretized orange compacted cobble located right on top of bedrock and filling the decomposing bedrock cracks. The orange color is indicative of high iron content and mineralization, just what we wanted to see. We really believed we were in the right stuff now. We were not seeing gold on bedrock, nor were we seeing it go up the nozzle despite the crystal clear water for which the river was named. We were becoming frustrated, and were reminded nightly that John believed he was a much better miner than us for getting more gold with a smaller machine. That night at the campfire, John decided to try his Squatch knocks again. No response, so he decided to give out his best vocal call. This call, if that is what you can call it, sounded like what can only be described as a cross between a 14 year old girl screaming that her favorite IPAD just got stolen and a moose in heat. Surprisingly, no Sasquatch answered that call.
Day 7 was quiet. We were tired, I smashed the same finger I smashed a few days earlier and we still hadn't found that paystreak. We finally got more gold than John. No EPA. No Squatch's, but ratchilla was always there.
Day 8 Mike and I were reaching the inside bend where the gold must be, but unfortunately had the same results, good gold, but not what we knew was there….somewhere. At the end of the day we were greeted by John doing his "nugget dance" in camp. We knew he had found a nice piece. I was impressed by the chunky piece, but not as impressed with the dance. He was muttering "nuggy, nuggy, nuggy" while hopping around like he was trying to wipe some of my dogs waste off his boots. I stared in stunned silence. Still no EPA.
Day 9 came and we decided we would either hit it today, or move big blue the next day. We were right on the drop spot on the inside bend where the gold "should" be and dredged for 6 straight hours. We were tired, and saw good color in our box. That night at the cleanup, we beat John again, but barely. We decided we were going to move the dredge down below John, on his inside bend in the boulder patch in the morning.
Day 10 was cloudy with drizzle and it was substantially colder. I had been dredging in a farmer john, without the jacket all week. Mike was always dredging in his shorts and a light 3 mil top. Mike is an iron man. John always wore his 7 mil one piece suit. We packed up the hose on top of the dredge and John and I decided to float it down the river sitting on each side. After about an hour, we got the dredge down below John and Mike and I proceeded to punch a new hole, on the inside bend, but towards the center of the river. After about an hour, we were 4' down and it was obvious it was dredged by the cobble which had no small material around it and the Heidelberg can from the 70's near bedrock. Then I started to get cold, desperately cold. I've never had hypothermia, until now. I pulled my gloves off and my fingers were yellow. Not blue, but yellow. I started shaking and could tell I was getting dizzy. We immediately headed to camp and I stripped out of my gear and immediately got warmed up. Close call. We learned that the small creek where John was dredging was at least 10 degrees colder than the river and with the overcast skies, just running a farmer john was not enough. The remainder of the trip found me in full gear. Later that afternoon, we moved the dredge up to within 30' of John, but with us in the middle of the river working towards the bank. We beat John again. I think I was still delirious at camp that night since the guys actually talked me into trying a Sasquatch call. No response and I'm pretty sure ratchilla was too scared to come into camp that night or laughing so hard he couldn't move.
Little Red 4″ and Big Blue 6″
Day 11, still no EPA and we were starting to see color on bedrock and some going up the nozzle. We were heading straight for the creek which we now concluded must be a "feeder" to the claim. John was dredging the entire time right below (about 50') where the creek came into the river. We were in 7' of water and the bedrock cracks were perfect, rotted, craggy and deep. The boulders we were now in were the size of a truck hood and barely moveable underwater by the two of us. Great signs. We crushed John that day.
Day 12 found us about 20' from the bank where the creek came in. Lots of coffee creamer and about a foot and a half of orange juice sitting on bedrock. We could see gold. We had the occasional visitor and a few folks from Elk City thank us for supporting their town and economy, they clearly understood how much their little town was losing because of the fear the EPA put into the miners over threats of $37,000 per day fines for exercising their rights. This night was a good cleanout. Upstream from our claim, two rivers make the SF of the Clearwater and we noticed the DFG and a construction crew ripping out a bridge over the Red River where it forms the Clearwater with the other tributary, the American River. When we inquired what they were doing from the locals, we were told that there were two culverts under the bridge and that DFG believed the spawning fish were being confused by the two culverts so they were going to consolidate them into one. Let that sink in for a minute. A fish is confused by which culvert to take upstream when they are located just 5' apart. Now, I'm not a fisheries biologist, but doesn't this seem like an incredible waste of tax payer money? Does a fish really get confused when confronted with two culverts, so much so that they don't move upstream to spawn? They were putting in an entirely new bridge. Maybe they should put up some signs for the fish to follow…but at least 50' from the culverts. John had a brilliant idea that night at camp while ratchilla was ravaging our pop cans. He thought we should put two small culverts leading to our bucket of pop cans to confuse ratchilla, maybe he would just turn around and go away.
Day 13, our last day dredging. We knew what was going to happen, and I'll bet you can sense it too. We had our best day of the trip. We reached the bank just feet from where the creek was feeding the river and could feel the cold water coming in the river. Gold was visible, bedrock was craggy and orange juice was 2' thick on the bedrock. John had started going towards the center of the river and his gold was starting to get less and less. We now knew where we would dredge next year.
We spent 14 days on the Clearwater in opposition to the EPA and they never once stopped to confront us or our two other members. We got good gold, made a statement that a regulatory agency cannot create laws and directly ignore Supreme Court decisions. We made friends, smashed fingers, got hypothermia, saw a strange critter (later identified as a wood rat) ravage our camp nightly, heard something answer John's knocks on trees and walked away with memories of a lifetime. Our government calls suction dredging "recreational". I lost 11 lbs in 13 days with my $12,000 dredge. We drove 16 hours to dredge our claim, which we pay property taxes on. There is absolutely nothing "recreational" about suction dredging.
How much gold did we get? A miner knows better than to ask that question. We got a few flakes…………here are a few of those Idaho flakes.
Some of the gold from the SF Clearwater "Sasquatch 2" AMRA claim


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oh man, I bought nutella for the first time in years about a month ago! I love it, especially on toast or by the spoonful. I'm definitely trying this granola tommorow.
I just put Nutella on my shopping list, because I am DEFINITELY making this granola. Thanks for the recipe!!
I love nutella and granola…. match made in heaven. On another note, I see someone paid attention on the writing a better recipe presentation this weekend at HLS!
hahaha i love that you said this – because YES i did. i need all the recipe writing help i can get!
I don't know why I didn't think of this, but I am sure it will be an addiction when I make this.. like now.
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I'm made this tonight! It's in the oven right now, but the raw oatmeal tasted delish! I mean anything with nutella is going to taste good! Definitely saving some for tommorow morning after my run!
Have you ever had this smush out like a pancake when you put it in the oven? It was nice and clumpy when I put it in and when I went to flip it it had basically melted… Wonder if I got a little aggressive with the Nutella that I "eyeballed" 2.5 tablespoons of?
Hi! Do you think I could use quick-cooking oats for this recipe? I only have those but would love to try this! yum!
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This looks absolutely delicious! I never thought to make my own granola but it seems like I'm missing out on a lot of fun tasty treats! Thanks for sharing this recipe… I can guarantee you I'll be making this one!
I made this recipe and while it tastes great, it was seriously cement when it cooled! I sprayed the pan generously and it stirred fine when hot – was 20 min just too long in my oven? It was like an act of congress to get this stuff scraped off the cookie sheet – I've made a lot of granola and never had this happen, so I'm at a loss! Anyone know why this happened?
i would definitely reduce the time in the oven! it sounds like it was way overcooked. you can also add MORE nutella to add moisture. i'm sorry it was so hard!
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Morning Free Association: The Last of the 1990 Draft Class
By the german hammer | February 1, 2018 - 6:00 am | January 31, 2018 Morning Free Associations
This weekend saw the unceremonious release of Jaromir Jagr from the Calgary Flames. Sure, The Jagr was 45, soon to be 46. Yep, he was injured for most of this season, creating consternation for himself and management. We can concede that the mullet, where he stored his strength, was not quite fully there. Obviously, there wasn't a trade partner, nor even a poacher waiting in the midst. Still, with all of that, he should have been given a much better seed off rather than just being transferred to his Kladno team in the Czech Republic.
Dave Lozo has an excellent piece on not only why Jagr matters to hockey and it's fans. In it he suggests how the league could have handled this better (think ASG) and how he was different from today's talented automatons.
Jagr was too beautiful for this sanitized, cookie-cutter version of the NHL anyway.
Jagr was our last vestige of 1990s hockey; if the NHL wanted to bring back someone for this year's All-Star Game who has diminished greatly since 1997, why not go with Jagr instead of Kid Rock? It would have taken forethought and deft coordination—two things the NHL should also consider bringing back—along with willingness on Jagr's part, but it would have been nice to give everyone a chance to say goodbye to a living legend during All-Star weekend.
Jagr was more than just an all-time great; he was an experience. In a league starved for personality to go with talent, Jagr brought both for two decades. The mullet. The salute. The ass. I'd give anything for one of today's boring NHL superstars to pick one and go with it for a year. Which player wouldn't instantly become a bigger fan favorite?
Tyler Seguin… with a mullet.
John Tavares… saluting after every goal.
Johnny Gaudreau… with a big ass.
I can't help but think that we'll be missing one huge piece of personality on the ice.
It turns out that there's another from the draft class of 1990 still on the ice.
Now that Jagr is off to Europe, there's only one member of the 1990 draft class on NHL ice.
You'd better believe it's Wes McCauley. 😂 pic.twitter.com/pyGeDlE0EH
— NHL on NBC (@NHLonNBCSports) January 30, 2018
Oh, yes, Wes McCauley was drafted by the Detroit Red Wings in the eighth round in the 1990 Entry Draft at pick 150, just 6 picks ahead of Peter Bondra. McCauley chose to stay at Michigan State University starting his playing career in 1993. It was a limited career as injuries took their toll. He chose to become a NHL referee like his father, John and hit the NHL ice in 2003.
So, I guess we still have some personality on the ice, just not in most of the players.
(Does anyone else want him to shout Mortal Kombat when announcing a good goal on review?)
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Love when my boss emails me and asks me to do stuff I already did yesterday. Makes my day easier.
Patrice named second star of the month for January!
https://twitter.com/NHL/status/959140506939817984
https://twitter.com/NHLBruins/status/959100441069015040
yaaaaaaaaay
Just don't rush it.
Long-Winded Striped Mofo
Thanks for the Wes McCauley info. Did not know that he was a 1990 draft pick.
Hockey really is suffering from a lack of players with personality.
Tavares is great, but he's got as much personality as a wooden door.
That's why Marchand's antics at the All-Star Game were so well received (even with the booing). Who displayed personality there? Marchand, Subban, Karlsson and then there were a bunch of cookie-cutter hockey robots.
Jagr will be missed, though I am not convinced he is completely gone yet.
Yes, hockey could use some personalities! Every time a player starts to show some, it's frowned upon. Gary Bettman's Corporate Hockey League!
I would love for Jagr to turn up somewhere this spring.
Morning all. In my attempts to fix the last problem I had for renewal season I created another problem for myself.
I think I'll make a phone call and make it someone else's problem.
You're headed for upper management!!!
reminds me of the troubleshooting flow chart!
I'm not sure what 'Shit-Can It' means, but otherwise that's fantastic!
Means get rid of it, "shit can" being another term for trash barrel. Or "bins" as you call them in your parts.
Aha – thanks!
MadScientist72
I always interpreted "shit can" as another term for toilet. So, shit-canning something was flushing it down a metaphorical crapper. Same intent, different etymology.
Morning, pals!
Yesterday was end of month. Long day. At the end of the night, after making my feelings known about a rep or two, my boss said, "I was going to offer you some whiskey. Now I think you'll start a fight." Well, I can't argue with that, I guess. I was a good girl after that and the whiskey was excellent, or "fucking delicious" as we classy folks like to say.
Heading to the Garden tonight. After this I have TBL on 3/29 and that postponed Florida game. I'm excited but I really wanted to hit the gym and it's not fitting in my schedule right now.
I'm going to miss Jagr a lot and I really hope someone decides they need him. I mean, I need him.
Do I take a half day tomorrow to go to stick and puck in the morning? Hmmmm….
Yesterday was end of month. Long day. At the end of the night, after making my feelings known about a rep or two, my boss said, "I was going to offer you some whiskey. Now I think you'll start a fight."
I hear you. If my boss and cow worker come up to me one more time with "One last question about this spreadsheet" my head will explode.
(I love them, I'm just over renewal season and need it to get out of my life until next year. The popped blood vessel in my eye agrees with me.)
Yes, you take half day and go do stick and puck things.
Enjoy the game. The Blues recent road record isn't great.
Who needs the gym? Run places, lift heavy things, shun elevators, etc…
I'll miss Jagr too.
Yeah, you take a half day!
Do I take a half day tomorrow to go to stick and puck in the morning? Hmmmm
I think you know what I think aboot that!
Hey Pals!
I'm sleepy! Late night double headers are wearing me out! Do other people ( on the East Coast ) play at 10:30 pm? Just a 9 pm single tonight.
Hoping to watch some of the Bs – Blues before we go.
Jo has been fed and is heading to work. It might be nap time!!!!
My games are (will be) at 10!


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Ram Kumar, India's Foremost Abstract Artist, Dies
Ram Kumar, one of the last two surviving members of the Bombay Progressive Artists Group (PAG), has died at age 93. Along with the other seven members of the group, Kumar was instrumental in encouraging the growth of an Indian avant-garde in the mid-20th Century. The Bombay PAG was formed in 1947, at around the same time as the partition of India. The prevailing artistic trend of the time favored realistic, traditional images associated with a sort of revived brand of historic nationalism. Kumar and his contemporaries felt drawn to the emerging Modernist art styles that had evolved in Europe, and were interested in seeking ways to combine those aesthetic approaches with something that could be called uniquely Indian. Kumar emerged as one of the leaders of the group, eventually gaining a reputation as the greatest living Indian painter. His luxurious and textured abstract landscapes evoke powerful emotion, especially from Indian audiences who recognize the references Kumar often made to the changing natural surroundings of contemporary India. He was adept at capturing what many consider to be the spirit of his time—a mixture between the beauty and optimism of progress, the sad nostalgia for lost nature, and the widespread social anxiety brought on a rapidly developing urban world torn between extremes of poverty and wealth. His paintings are among the most expensive ever sold by an Indian artist, topping more than one million dollars at auction. His death leaves Akbar Padamsee, age 90, as the last living member of the PAG.
The Accidental Painter
Ram Kumar grew up in a family of eight children. As a testament to how much times have changed since then, his father was a government employee, and yet this family of ten was still considered middle class. Kumar was educated to be a banker. However, in the midst of earning his masters degree in economics in 1945, he haphazardly walked into an art exhibition one day. He became intrigued by the works on view, and recalled returning to the exhibition many more times to look more closely at the work. The images inspired him to start taking art classes. After studying art for three years, he announced to his family that he was going to quit his banking job and become an artist. He borrowed money from his father for a plane ticket to Paris in 1948, the year after Indian partition, and embarked on his new life. While in Paris, he became exposed to the work of Post Impressionist, Cubist, Surrealist, and Expressionist works, as well as to the work of emerging Post War European artists.
Ram Kumar - Untitled, 1989, Acrylic on Paper, 23 1/10 × 17 9/10 in, 58.7 × 45.5 cm, Sanchit Art, New Delhi, © Ram Kumar
Kumar absorbed all of these influences and masterfully incorporated their visual theories into his work. Early Modernism is especially evident in the work he made during the early years of his career, when he freely incorporated human figures in his paintings. His style of figuration was heavily influenced by artists like Picasso, Miro, and Modigliani. Even so, though the figures in the work were realistic, the landscapes in which the figures dwelt were fragmented and warped. The figures seem isolated and disturbed, while the world around them seems to be untethered to anything firm. Kumar took visual tendencies of European Modernism but interpreted them through his personal point of view. As time went on, the figures became less frequent, and the landscapes became more and more abstract. Soon, he had developed a distinct visual language of muted earth tone, textured surfaces, and rough-hewn abstract shapes distinct from anything he had seen in Paris.
Ram Kumar - Composition, 1958, Oil on canvas, 23 2/5 × 35 in, 59.4 × 88.9 cm, © Ram Kumar
Delicate and Disturbing
Indian art critics often describe Kumar as being as much like a poet as a painter. They reference both the tranquility and the suffering that is evident in so many of his paintings. His nuanced color palette and sensuous handling of paint convey something delicate and loving. At the same time, there is an obvious element of darkness in all of his works. The color combinations seem to convey extremes of heat or cold. There is an unmistakable barrenness to his compositions. The relationships between the shapes and forms makes viewers feel isolated. The textures evoke a sense of destitution or degradation. Many writers have looked to these factors as evidence that Kumar was somehow attempting to capture that angst that often defines contemporary Indian culture, which is an effect of being torn between progress and tradition. The poetry so often described when writing about the work lies chiefly in that contradiction.
Ram Kumar - Untitled Landscape (House), 2003, Oil on canvas, 36 × 36 in, 91.4 × 91.4 cm, Aicon Gallery, New York, © Ram Kumar
Kumar, however, was less interested at the end of his life in filling his work with any kind of social content, or for that matter poetry. Late in life he was quoted as saying, "When one is young and beginning, one's work is dominated by content, by ideas, but as one grows older, one turns to the language of painting itself. I have grown detached. I want to find the same peace that the mystics found." By the end of his life his abstract landscapes had evolved into purely abstract compositions in which complex, dramatic, and layered spatial relationships play out in illusionary space. They are painterly, and clearly created by a masterfully trained artist. If his words are to be believed, these works should be appreciated purely according to their formal aspects, which are formidable. It seems to me either way of interpreting them is acceptable. I cannot help but become contemplative when admiring these images. The artist was intimately familiar with the aspects of Indian life that are delicate and serene. And yet his youthful dreams of progress have frequently been upended in the past 70 years. A distinctive Indian aesthetic has indeed emerged, largely because of his work. A major part of that aesthetic, in my opinion, lies in the mystery of how we choose to interpret what we see.
Featured image: Ram Kumar - Untitled, 1982, Acrylic on paper, 22 × 28 in, 55.9 × 71.1 cm, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi, © Ram Kumar
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The term 'reading levels' in a broad sense means a degree of reading accuracy, fluency, comprehension on a text with specific guidelines within a given reading system. Organizations, such as school boards, use a combination of systems to measure reading levels. Click here to for the various reading systems explained!
Leveled readers are used so that teachers can match children with books that are 'just right' for the reading skills they have. If a book is too easy, there will be no opportunity for teaching children the problem solving necessary to challenge them to continue to grow as readers.
If a book is too hard, a child spends so much time and effort struggling through difficult words or passages that all meaning and enjoyment is lost. Leveling depends on a number of factors, and each level gradually gives the reader more of a challenge in a developmentally appropriate sequence.
Kids who struggle with reading, or simply have a slower start, know it. The more people discuss reading levels, the more children fixate on the numbers. I've known many children who read well above grade level, but wanted to be in a particular child's level, or at a certain number. Levels can be a great source of anxiety and detract from actual reading!
Imagine walking around with the size label on the outside of your jeans, and hearing your friends' parents discussing it at the bus stop. Attention to book levels does not serve children well because it always ends up feeling like a competition to someone. Children only pay attention to the levels on the books or realize their significance if others deem them important.
Sending the message that people read for real purposes (instructions to learn how to do something, stories for enjoyment or research for needed information) is easy, just by reading in front of the kids!
Ignoring or casually shifting reading level talk rather than firmly shutting down a conversation tends to draw less attention. Questions or concerns can then be brought up with the teacher privately.
While there are many great leveled books out there, enjoying print means playing some reading games or listening to a great book that's above the child's own reading level, too. Part of teaching children about reading is teaching them to look at the benefits of it over a lifetime and creating great memories, now.
Oh, no. All us moms talk about the levels in front of the kids. No wonder they always flip the books over and talk about them too! It's like a competition! My daughter is always trying to keep up with the famous blue group in her class! So glad I read this. I'm telling the other moms. Thanks.
Thank YOU for the positive feedback! When I taught grade one, I used to frequently change what I called the groups, and did some mixed ability grouping at times, too. If we all work together and keep the kids focused on enjoying stories, we're on the right track!
Thanks for this post! I totally agree! This year I am letting students read whatever they want and they are actually reading. Sometimes they read books I think are too easy for them, but then later they will be reading books at their level. We share what we are reading and recommend books to each other. I am planning to eliminate leveled baskets in my classroom library now. I will only use the levels for selecting texts for reading groups.
That's great, Jennifer. Those easy books are so good for their self-esteem. I teach primary special education now and take my grade threes (who want to) to read their easy / familiar books to kindergarten students one recess a week. They are finally the ones who are the good readers and the change in their self-esteem is palpable. I love what you are doing and hope more teachers do it. Levels are for adults.
Thank you so much for this great article. I am a Mom of a 6 year old who is younger than alot of her class and is having a slower time picking up reading. The article was spot on . My daughter is aware that she reads at a "lower leverl" than her peers and feels badly about it . The [pressure she is under is not only from peers , but teachers and educators and ever testers/proctors whose frustration she has picked up .
I don't want to add to that pressure. As her Mom I will be trying hard now not to label books by levels or letters but just help her to enjoy reading .Thanks so much !
I'm happy to hear that it was helpful, Deborah! Many kids do know, often before they're finished kindergarten, what the 'status' is. You're right to mention your daughter's age. Months matter more developmentally when kids are really young! Enjoying new and familiar stories through laughter, fun and even trickier emotions are the gateway to planting a solid sense of how stories work, language structure, new vocabulary and the benefits go on. Levels are for grown ups. Thanks so much for your comment.


If you are a neuropsychologist or a neuropsychology trainee, then we need your help! We want to hear why you chose this career: what were the main reasons why you decided to become a neuropsychologist and what are you passionate about that keeps you going? Also, tell us about the path you took to get to where you are: did you take a straight path from an undergrad degree right into grad school or was your path winding and unique? We hope to create a large collection of reasons and stories so that students who are considering a career in neuropsychology can get a better understanding of why we do what we do and how we get to where we are. Please use the comment box below to add your story (save it in a word document and make sure the comment posts before deleting). Make sure to list your current status (i.e., grad student, intern, postdoc, or neuropsychologist) and affiliations. Email us at Feedback@NavNeuro.com if you have any questions or experience any technical difficulties. We really appreciate it!
There are so many reasons why I chose to pursue a career as a neuropsychologist, but what initially drew me in was the combination of neuroscience, philosophy, and interpersonal contact. In high school I became interested in existential and epistemological philosophy and considered pursuing a career as a philosophy professor but wanted more stability (and money, I'll be honest) than academic philosophy typically provides; plus, I was looking for a way to make a more direct impact in people's lives (cliché, I know, but true). I went into college as a psych major because I figured it would be pretty flexible (and for lack of a better idea), but I began to enjoy the classes and then in my junior year I took a biopsychology class that lit a spark in me. The professor focused on the philosophical aspects of neuroscience, like consciousness, free will, the engram, the idea cognitive maps…I fell in love with it. This class, coupled with a research lab I had gotten involved with, led me to apply to Psychology Ph.D. programs that had a neuropsychology emphasis. Grad school further solidified my passion for neuropsychology. The fact that I could continue to study the brain, contribute to scientific knowledge, make a profound impact in people's lives, and make a decent salary while doing it…can't beat that!
After graduating from high school I completed an Associate's Degree at a local community college in central Virginia. At that point, I had a lot of interests, but I had no idea what type of career I wanted to pursue yet, so I took a full time job as a "produce boy" at a local grocery store. I also worked for about a year driving box trucks to deliver uniforms to local businesses in the area, although I ultimately returned to my strong produce roots. I had always been an incredibly curious person (possibly to an annoying level!). One day, while visiting my aunt in the Chesapeake Bay area, I found an old 1980's Abnormal Psychology textbook that she had in her attic. She let me borrow it and I started reading it every day during my breaks at work. I noticed people smirking and chuckling at me more than once, but I didn't care… I was hooked! I started thinking, talking, and reading more and more about psychology. I was absolutely fascinated by how the brain and the mind work. Not long after I first borrowed the book, I had enrolled at a local university and started taking courses. I initially majored in psychology and took courses in the pre-med program, with the plan of becoming a neurologist or psychiatrist. But, although I thoroughly enjoyed physics, chemistry, and biology, it never felt quite right to be moving away from psychology. Then, in a stroke of serendipity, my Biopsychology professor took 15 minutes out of one class period to talk about a few careers in biology and psychology. I had my epiphany! From the moment he began describing neuropsychology (the first time I had heard of the field) I was completely hooked, and never looked back.
Truth be told, I was damn lucky. I was fortunate to stumble across inspiring professors as an undergraduate, who sparked my interest in the brain and human behavior. Then in grad school, I was again inspired by a mentor, Dr. Erin Bigler, whose enthusiasm and knowledge about the field of neuropsychology was contagious. I caught the bug and still am amazed and grateful to be part of such an exciting, dynamic and rewarding field.
I hope to become a neuropsychologist for two primary reasons. First, although admittedly cliché, I want to serve others. As a health service profession, neuropsychology provides a myriad of opportunities to positively impact the lives of those around us. Second, I want to feel intellectually engaged in my daily activities, and the study of brain-behavior relationships readily allows for this. As a relatively nascent science, neuropsychology has a high rate of knowledge turnover. As such, the opportunity to meaningfully contribute to advances in our understanding of brain-behavior relationships is highly appealing and exciting.
When I started in my clinical psychology doctoral program, I aspired to be a therapist. As I began my training, I enjoyed working with patients, but didn't feel entirely fulfilled by the practice of psychotherapy. As part of my training, we were required to take some classes related to neuropsychology and to complete some neuropsychological test batteries in our practica. I had found my home! Neuropsychology provided a new and more dynamic understanding of patients, incorporating training in psychopathology and intervention with brain structures and systems. I appreciated neuropsychology's ability to develop a very unique picture of each patient, and to generate information and recommendations that can have a powerful impact on patients. I've never regretted my decision to pursue neuropsychology and encourage students considering psychology to seriously consider neuropsychology as part of their own career path.
I have always been intrigued by human motivation and behavior. As a child, I would secretly watch people and imagine their story. In addition, my role with family and friends was to be the "diplomat" and peacekeeper when there was conflict. I found neuropsychology to be a career in which I could exploit these interests and personality traits. My work involves understanding the influence of neurological, emotional, and psychosocial factors on behavior. I provide education and intervention to patients and their families about their illness and how to manage it. I engage in research to identify important breakthroughs in understanding brain-behavior relationships and in developing effective interventions.
My aspiration to become a clinical neuropsychologist is multi-faceted that can be better explained through incremental steps rather than the start and end points of my life. First, graduate students are overworked, underpaid, and it's primarily self-induced. Why would someone do this to themselves? Passion. Without passion, I would NOT have the fuel to stay motivated. After serving an enlistment as a US Marine and completing a 12-month tour to Afghanistan, I knew that I wanted to a career helping people because I witnessed first-hand how war trauma and blast-injuries can impact veterans and their families. Confused and uncertain of the future, I actively sought mentors from various fields to help guide me in the right direction. Shortly after my first experience in research in a clinical neuropsychology laboratory, I discovered a relentless curiosity within me that wanted to understand how brain function controls human behavior. During this process, I recognized that I would be able to combine my military background, help people, and study brain-behavior relationships as a clinical neuropsychologist. Thus, I pursued this career. Lastly, learning how to deal with failure and then taking those experiences, as well as my successes, with a grain of salt are critical factors for success in any career. In response to failing remedial math during my first semester of college and failing additional graduate-level courses, I decided to perceive failure as opportunity to learn. How can failing be a bad thing when I can experience failure as an opportunity to problem-solve? I learned early on that I needed to develop this skill in order to become a clinical neuropsychologist.
I was initially drawn to neuropsychology because I found it to be an ideal blend between science and the helping profession. I had long known I wanted a career that directly involved helping people, and at the same time I was aware of my enjoyment in scientific thought and problem solving, with a special fascination for neuroscience. When I discovered clinical neuropsychology — a career that would allow me to help people by solving the puzzles of how their brains function — it was a perfect fit!
My journey to becoming a clinical neuropsychologist began when I was a pre-medical undergraduate student, majoring in Neuroscience with a minor in Philosophy. My immersion into two seemingly contradictory yet remarkably analogous fields of study shaped my fascination with understanding the neurological bases of human experience. On one hand, I studied the intricacies of the brain at the molecular, cellular, and systems levels; on the other, I sought to resolve the "mind-body problem" posed by Plato and Descartes and grasp the relationship between the brain and human consciousness. I was drawn to neuropsychology, as it allowed the opportunity to ask questions regarding human behavior and examine psychological phenomena through biological processes—perfectly merging my passions for science and the philosophical notion of what it means to be human.
I have always been curious about the mind and the meaning of our existence.
I was first drawn to psychology and assessment after early exposure to both IQ and projective testing as a high school intern at the University of AZ Medical Center. The outcome of these measures (as explained by the graduate students) was fascinating! In college and the beginning of graduate school, I was most interested in a career in social psychology, including the study of religion/psychology – but my passion shifted after completing a practicum in geropsychology (therapy) and landing a job as a psychometrist (neuropsychological assessment). I was enthralled by how the data informed the research team about the brain functioning of the individuals participating in the health study. The supervision I received from Dr. Susan Bookheimer and Dr. Gary Small at UCLA inspired me to pursue an emphasis in neuropsychology as a career with a desire to better understand how early we can detect cognitive decline (and how to treat/prevent these changes). Twenty-five year later, I can honestly say there has never been one dull day in my career as a UCLA Neuropsychologist. I never tire of the analysis of the data, the combing through research, the delivery of the results to patients/families, the creation of cognitive rehabilitation programs, and the desire/need to share it all with a fresh crop of graduate students each year.