Recently on mother's day we participated in the Sudbury Rocks Relay Marathon with the "We are your PACE" relay team and we had 8 members including myself as the leader. Some thought it would be "cool" for me the leader (who is not a very good runner) to take the last leg of the race as I got to collect the medals, so that's the position I took. The race went very very well for the most part, we were specifically competing against my friend Andrea's team and when it came time for me to run we had a fairly significant lead against her team. We were doing very very well and every single person on the team had run a fantastic race.
As I got the race chip handed to me, I started running really really fast at a PACE of 4.5 and I had borrowed a watch so I could PACE myself, but this false sense of confidence kicked in and I told myself, "maybe I am that fast". I took off like a gun running uphill (when I have the regular "fast" pace of a jogger at a pace of 7 or so) and needless to say, a km into it I was pretty darn winded. At the 2 km mark I knew I was in trouble and at the 2.5 km mark is when I saw Andrea running towards me in her beautiful yellow jacket and at this point I was in rough shape, I had stitches I wasn't sure I was going to actually complete the remaining 3 km. At this point, I gave up this lead my team had worked soo soo hard for.
Up until this minute as you can see by the writing I had plenty of "regret" and "self-loathing" of how poorly I personally did, I had thought about giving up writing this blog when I asked my wise husband to have a read and he said, "you sound very regretful in your blog, maybe you should write about all the amazing things that happened and why regret is wasteful."; So here I am doing exactly that, the amazing things that happened the day of the relay race and why we will definitely do it again!
Work – Family Integration not Separation – We have some individuals in our company who are very family orientated, they work hard and make it a point to spend quality time with their loved ones, for them family comes first. For individuals like these it sometimes can seem like they have to always choose one over another, but this relay race was about integrating work and family. My husband did not participate in the race but borrowed his mom's 6 passenger van and drove us from point to point, our VP couldn't make it but we had his family participate and tag along as fantastic cheer leaders and the rest of us invited our family and friends to help us finish this race. This race was a good example of how we could do more Work – Life integration vs having the old mentality of always keeping them separate and apart.
The Journey is as Amazing as the Destination: Throughout the race, we were able to drive from one relay hand off point to another with a bunch of us in a 6 passenger vehicle to cheer our racers on the road and when they came into the relay hand off points. The camaraderie all day was simply fantastic and it helped us get to know each other a bit better.
Importance of Teamwork: Nowhere is teamwork more apparent than in the relay race, we each have to do our part and contribute to the next step in the process. The relay race hand off is often used in Jeff Liker's work as the most dangerous point in a process, because things can often go wrong here and in most organizations things often do go awry during the hand off process. Fortunately for us the hand offs were pretty seamless but a good real world example of how teamwork is essential to the Lean culture.
Focusing on Gratitude Vs Regret: My journey from where the blog began to where it ended and the good feelings I have while finishing it up teaches me how important it is to focus on what I am grateful for vs what I am regretful for. Things in the past are in the past and there is nothing I can do about it, other than learn from it. My personal lesson is to continue practicing this year to keep up with my team and do a solid finish next year. We All Finished the Race: Yes we did and some of us set record times for our personal distances!
Positive Thoughts Create Positive Momentum: In addition to the teamwork, camaraderie, bonding, celebrating and finishing the race, this blog was born and Yes, we will do it again next year! I've been picking away at this blog for a week now, but with the wise words of a wise man and changing my perspective to a positive one, I have completed this blog within the hour!
I am even inspired to create an original quote, I did do a basic google search and it does seem to be a one of a kind sentence, but please feel free to pipe in if you find another more valid source for this most important lesson I learned today.


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1 hour ago, FelixCA said:
Can we also say you don't have proof Fred Franz didn't?
That's true. I have no proof that Fred Franz didn't. But if Fred Franz really had challenged the book in any way, that surely would have been huge news. Some Witness somewhere would surely have made a note of it. Interesting, however, that some Witnesses have said that they first heard about certain controversial issues (re: WTS history) in this book by R.Franz, and believed that some of these things could not really be true. But then Frederick Franz gave a talk in 1985, about two years after the book CoC came out, and confirmed many of the same controversial issues out of his own mouth. You can hear it here:
It's a 1 hour and 33 minute talk, but you can find about 10 minutes of excerpts from it in shorter versions on YouTube. Obviously, Fred Franz didn't mention the book, but he surely had a chance to challenge something in it, and instead he either purposely or inadvertently expresses agreement with many details that some Witnesses had first seen in R.Franz book, and had found difficult to believe.
But the main point, of course, is that your "redirection" above sounds like evidence that you didn't have any specific examples after all. Until you offer any, I'll assume that you found no evidence of inaccurate details in the book.
I'm not mentally challenged spiritually to accept apostate literature that you seem to want to promote.
I'm not trying to promote the book. I don't know his motives for writing it. I only know what he claimed, and those claims might be true, and they might be untrue. If his claimed reasons are true, then it is very understandable why he felt it necessary to write the book. If they are false, then we can probably impute all kinds of wrong reasons for him to write such a book.
This person angered over being overlooked for president is a classic case of narcissism.
Maybe he was. I don't know of anyone who had evidence that he was being overlooked or if even if he was actually being considered the prime choice after Fred Franz. I was handling assignments for Brother Albert Schroeder at the time Schroeder was involved in a kind of campaign against R.Franz, and I did get a very strong sense that Brother Schroeder did not want to be overlooked for the office of President. So it is possible that R.Franz was like him, too. I only knew R.Franz through reputation and his 15 minute comments when it was his weekly rotation at "morning worship."
I can tell you that among many serious Bethelites, including many Bethel Elders in the late 1970's and up until 1980, there was a lot of talk that R.Franz would be the most likely candidate for next president after his uncle died. This was one of the reasons that news of his resignation from the Governing Body, and news of his leaving Bethel shocked so many brothers and sisters. There was even a lot of crying, and a line of people waiting at his door to say good-bye to him and his wife the day they left Bethel. But just because a person has a humble and loving reputation, you still don't know what is going on in their heart.
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17 minutes ago, JOHN BUTLER said:
As for faithful followers of Christ.
What do you mean by that? Literally please.
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@Anna I quoted from FelixCA " If you're a person that is looking for excuses to fade or leave, promote this book if you must, just keep the Watchtower and faithful followers of Christ out. Perhaps JW only would be more suitable to discuss this among yourselves since no one will be able to refute misguided understanding."
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40 minutes ago, JW Insider said:
expresses agreement with many details that some Witnesses had first seen in R.Franz book, and had found difficult to believe.
I can see that it would have been difficult to challenge some of these things, because by themselves, if stated completely factually, without any emotion whatsoever, they were unchallengeable. What was disputable though (in my opinion) was the tone and implication of the things that RF wrote, that could be, and were, misleading. He was definitely not without bias, and I could point out a number of statements he made that were 'twisted'. (I would have to look for this again because I do not think I made a note of them, and if I did it was quite a long time ago, so I don't think I could find them that easily, but I do remember there was quite a number).
My point is; I think that if Fred Franz would have made some effort in pointing out these obvious biases and subtle misrepresentations he would have had to do so by writing a book himself, as a kind of rebuttal, rather than talking about them. And you and I both know that this is not an option the GB consider.
Sure, but I was asking about YOUR definition
20 minutes ago, Anna said:
What was disputable though (in my opinion) was the tone and implication of the things that RF wrote, that could be, and were, misleading. He was definitely not without bias, and I could point out a number of statements he made that were 'twisted'.
This book became a long, ongoing conversation for a few years among my former roommates at Bethel and another Bethelite who was a groomsman at my wedding, and a friend who had remained in the Writing Department for 30 years after my last Bethel assignment. (In 4 years at Bethel, I had 5 different roommates, and four of them have talked to me about the book.) This doesn't prove anything, but a former roommate (Service/Correspondence), and the brother in Writing, have both confirmed that copies of R.Franz books were kept in the Writing Dept "special" library since the early 1980's.
Of course, he had bias. And I'm sure he would only choose or emphasize details that would lead one toward that same bias. We are all taught to do that, because there is nothing wrong with bias if it's a bias toward what's true. And, though I don't have proof yet, I also think he was wrong about a couple of things, too. But I tend to think he was factually accurate because I have found good corroboration for a couple of things I personally questioned. Also because it is much more important for someone in his position to pay more than the usual attention to all details claimed, for the same reasons that an outsider plaintiff must be extra careful in a "David v. Goliath" type of court case. One false claim and you get crushed.
If you can recall any of those items you thought "twisted" that could be very important to the current discussion.
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2 hours ago, Anna said:
So my point was that we should not be surprised if someone we previously considered good turns bad.
I do agree.
I do not believe however that Judas was "destined" to be bad, as that would have deprived him of the freedom of choice that has been given to all intelligent creatures in heaven and on earth.
We all have free will, anyone can and accept the cleansing Word of Christ…unless we have already chosen and ultimately "sealed" our heart to follow another path. Jesus knew Judas' hardened, unbending heart condition, before he was chosen among the twelve. Scriptures reveal this fact. John 13:18 (Ps 41:9); John 8:31
None of the teachings by Christ absolved him of his sins. John 12:4-6; 13:10,11
His prophetic role is verified in the Hebrew scriptures. Acts 1:16-20; (Ps 69:25; 109:8)
Free will is expressed by our heart's desire. This man's heart made the free choice to pursue evil before joining with Christ.
While I was with them, I protected them and kept them safe by that name you gave me. None has been lost except the one doomed to destruction so that Scripture would be fulfilled. John 17:12
"The heart is deceitful above all things,
And desperately wicked;
Who can know it?
10 I, the Lord, search the heart,
I search (examine, investigate) the mind, (the most secret parts)
Even to give every man according to his ways,
According to the fruit of his doings." Jer 17:9,10
God knows the end of all things from the beginning, including the sway of our heart. Isa 46:10
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Those seeking truth, not position or just friendship. People like myself, but better than me, that don't mind being shunned for truth.
And it seems there are people on here looking for truth rather than looking for the easy way.
The JW Org is the easy way now because there are so many JW's that a person can live their whole life in the Org.
That is why so many are frightened of the Elders, and frightened to look for truth, because being in the Org has become a comfortable way of life in the Western world. To lose the Org for some people would be the worst thing that could ever happen to them.
Hence many chose the GB and JW Org, over God and Jesus Christ.
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Yes, I figured as much . I am back on my laptop, slowly recovering from my...whatever virus it was....but I also have a lot of work I have to catch up on so I can't fully concentrate on here. But of course time allowing I will search for it, if it means I have to read the book again! The problem also with any active Witness who would like to write some kind of rebuttal and put their name to it is practically impossible, for obvious reasons, therefore the book has remained largely unchallenged, I think. It definitely gives much impetus to those who are looking for an excuse to get out though.
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1 hour ago, JW Insider said:
That's true. I have no proof that Fred Franz didn't. But if Fred Franz really had challenged the book in any way, that surely would have been huge news. Some Witness somewhere would surely have made a note of it. Interesting, however, that some Witnesses have said that they first heard about certain controversial issues (re: WTS history) in this book by R.Franz, and believed that some of these things could not really be true. But then Frederick Franz gave a talk in 1985, about two years after the book CoC came out, and confirmed many of the same controversial issues out of his own mouth.
Wouldn't that be the point for Raymond? Self-serving especially having to rely on people like Carl to make a comparison. Was this an ExJW's dream come true? I would imagine there were more members at Bethel that would disagree with the interest of Raymond's book, possed.
I have several Bethel members at my hall that didn't find the appeal on how Raymond coined the phrase the truth. Therefore, I don't see any benefit for true Christians, maybe someone that poison the well like butler but that's just hurting him.
But just like anything, being critical of the Bible student era has always been an argument for those that apostasy. What other misbegotten did Raymond inherit by following others rather than trust in God what he accomplished for the Watchtower just to throw it away because of pride?
Everything that goes inside at Bethel is not always made public no matter how hard anyone thinks the GB is an open book. So, no, if someone would have been critical of Raymond, it wouldn't be ritually exposed.
2 hours ago, Srecko Sostar said:
It is understandable for me to see your disappoint about R.F. or similar characters inside JW. Yes, perhaps your view about him is correct. But for many of us is of less concern why he wrote a book about GB and WT. We can feel sorrow for him or we can say he is/was hypocrite. Nevertheless, information's we get from his inside insight about WT GB mechanism are more important then he alone. Because "The Truth" is in question, not he, not me, not you.
what would be the difference from any other ExJW that writes a book with the same old storylines? I don't see how his book is more special than any other.
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2 hours ago, FelixCA said:
Wouldn't that be the point for Raymond? Self-serving especially having to rely on people like Carl to make a comparison. Was this an ExJW's dream come true?
I can't really tell what you are trying to say.
I would imagine there were more members at Bethel that would disagree with the interest of Raymond's book, possed.
I imagine that the vast majority of people at Bethel never read any of the books by R.Franz, at least not while at Bethel. But they certainly wanted to talk about it, and to talk about things they had heard from others about the book.
I have several Bethel members at my hall that didn't find the appeal on how Raymond coined the phrase the truth.
Don't know what you mean. Surely you don't think that R.Franz coined that phrase. And surely you don't think that R.Franz claimed to have coined that phrase.
Therefore, I don't see any benefit for true Christians, maybe someone that poison the well like butler but that's just hurting him.
I don't really see that J.Butler would be benefited from reading the book. I think he already has his mind completely made up about the usefulness of the Organization long before any talk of this book. But if a person can understand from a book such as this that the leadership of the Organization has a human side, and can figure out why Jehovah could still work with (and bless the efforts of) such humans to accomplish something good, I don't see how the book should necessarily hurt. I have a feeling he would read it just for "ammunition."
One benefit I see for true Christians, however, is that it should make us more humble, less presumptuous, and it helps us understand the difficult position of leadership of a the Organization when their is no direct inspiration, no signs, and no miracles. As more members of the Governing Body have explained, they see their role as trying to devote themselves to a study of the scriptures in order to guard the doctrine. They pray over the scriptures, and the best decisions, and best course to take, but there is no "magic wand." It's still a matter of trying to distinguish right from wrong by being spiritually minded persons who know that everything they decide should have a Biblical basis.
For the most part, this produces excellent results. But certain traditions and strongly entrenched things will not necessarily be improved if you only see yourselves as "guardians" of existing doctrine. But in spite of this, a lot of good changes have also taken place. I have not seen a year go by, when improvements were not made. (Especially since about 2000 when the role of the GB became more focused on doctrinal matters and less on legal and bureaucratic matters.)
But just like anything, being critical of the Bible student era has always been an argument for those that apostasy.
And it's also quite possible to be critical of what we should be critical of, to learn from their mistakes. And it's also possible to be critical and come to a better appreciation of Jehovah's ways and his patience.
What other misbegotten did Raymond inherit by following others rather than trust in God what he accomplished for the Watchtower just to throw it away because of pride?
Again, you make no sense. If this is another reference to Carl Olaf Jonsson per the argument that Allen Smith invariably brought up in this context, it is still a false argument. R.Franz discovered the problems with our chronology way back before 1969, while writing the Chronology entry in the Aid Book that came out in 1969. Jonsson had not even started his questioning of the chronology back then, had he? Brothers that I knew in Writing would not touch the Jonsson manuscript precisely because they already questioned the chronology and realized that they might get an assignment to rebut COJ if they took an interest. This is why it sat on a shelf, and was called the "hot potato" for at least a year, and no one dared touch it.
Unfortunately, this is very true that much of what goes on in Bethel, especially within the GB, is not made public.
I don't see how his book is more special than any other.
Actually, you might have hit on the exact reason that many Witnesses have read it secretly when you said:
Everything that goes inside at Bethel is not always made public no matter how hard anyone thinks the GB is an open book.
It's the fact that he purports to tell people what went on in the GB.
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3 hours ago, JW Insider said:
Oh! I think we can give Raymond credit for mentioning Carl in his book as though new light was thrust upon his eyes. Evil has the tendency to blind people to the truth. So, it's not just a matter of mimicking what others had said before about 1914, 1925, 1975 etc. it's laughable on how one belief was strong but when explained in such a disingenuous way, it became wrong.
That kind of nonsense belongs in an Ex-JW pile. But it's true those books are for people with a weak heart and wish to follow in Raymond's footsteps to become as confused as he ended up being.
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"Now when they heard these things, they acquiesced, and they glorified God, saying: "Well, then, God has granted repentance for the purpose of life to people of the nations also." (Acts 11:18)
"When he would not be dissuaded, we acquiesced with the words: "Let the will of Jehovah take place." (Acts 21:14)
Sometimes a guy just has to acquiesce. There's not enough acquiescing goin on here.
When I wrote 'TrueTom vs the Apostates' I could have gone one of two ways: 'apostates' who remained believers and those who went atheistic. I went the latter - the only group I could get my head around. The former produces nothing more than ineffectual islands, so far as I can tell.
It's fine not to acquiesce if you want to give up on God. But you must if you don't want to give up on him.
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There might have been one group that was missed. The presumption of an active member that acquiesce to the tune of false and misleading information. It's always the quiet ones that are overlooked, even though they are the most dangerous when it comes to wisdom. James 1:26
I have looked for this Allen Smith that is being mentioned here. Once by Witness and once by JWinsider. Is this a punchline or an inside joke?
I guess when we go into Walmart, The manager gives us an account on their daily operation, and they mention what the corporate members are saying. This is indeed a new light, can we say it is with wisdom?
It is true that some Bethel members defy scripture with gossip, does this bring new light or just another way of saying it's a personal opinion on how I see things. Exodus 23:1, 2 Corinthians 12:20
I think the irony here would be that some say it is important to understand Raymond's thoughts about the goings-on inside Bethel, yet some here find it necessary to develop a JW only section to keep personal thoughts secret. This is indeed amazing how people think without discernment enough to say, what would be the difference? Ephesians 4:29
On 1/22/2019 at 9:03 PM, FelixCA said:
Oh! I think we can give Raymond credit for mentioning Carl in his book as though new light was thrust upon his eyes.
I've been thinking about this claim for a while. I don't consider Carl Olof Jonsson nor Raymond Franz to be apostate. Not apostates from Christianity, nor apostates from Jehovah's Witnesses, nor apostates from the Watch Tower Society.
The reason is because they didn't "go out from among us." Both of them acquiesced for several years. Both of them were kicked out -- pushed out, instead of just leaving. They didn't go out on their own. And questioning certain doctrines does not constitute leaving the religion, according to directives given in our publications today. Besides most of the doctrines that were questioned have already now been shown to be incorrect anyway. The 2010 change to the generation doctrine was already an admission that 1914 was no longer tenable as the start of the generation that would see Armageddon within their lifespans. Back in 1980, Brother Schroeder himself had questioned this doctrine when he proposed that the Governing Body change that date for the beginning of the generation from 1914 to 1957. I don't think this makes Brother Schroeder an apostate, nor would it even if he had been disfellowshipped over that proposal.
So yes, I think R.Franz should get credit for mentioning Carl Jonsson. They both had studied the same material on chronology, and both of them had decided to go to the experts. But one of them (Jonsson) had decided to carefully question the Society first, and give them several opportunities to respond, and even several years to respond to specific points, before finally going public with the research he collected. So, even after becoming convinced in his own mind, he acquiesced to Witness protocol. Even though he did not originate much of this research, he made it accessible to many more Witnesses. It was very important research in my opinion, especially as it cleared up the problem that the Watch Tower Society was facing at the time. He basically found that the Biblical, scholarly, historical and archaeological evidence perfectly supported the Bible's accounts and resolved the chronology issues that the Watch Tower had been struggling with, changing, stretching, and fretting over for over 100 years. When a Christian Witness has a gift and talent for research, it is a fine thing to share it with others -- to bring one's gift upon the altar -- especially after Carl Jonsson had given the WTS the benefit of the doubt that they would handle things appropriately in time.
Almost exactly a year after Jonsson's manuscript got to Bethel, Brother Bert Schroeder traveled to WT Branches in Europe in 1978 with the idea of building a case against Carl Jonsson during a couple of these meetings. I traveled a good portion of this trip to about 10 of our European branches with Brother Schroeder and met up with him at several of the same cities he visited. But, after breaking schedule in Athens, I was not in Wiesbaden, Copenhagen or Oslo on the same days, and I knew almost nothing of any portion of Schroeder's meetings regarding Jonsson. It was a few months later that I was told that Jonsson's document had now been at Bethel for a year already, still spending almost all of that time on a shelf, untouched.
Evil has the tendency to blind people to the truth.
This is quite true, but just because the Society made many mistakes about "1914" and the "1914 generation" over the course of many years, it doesn't make them evil. The intention was probably very good on the part of almost all believers in the doctrine, in all its forms at least between 1879 and up until 2010. The idea that the Watchtower could make very specific claims about certain dates might have been based on haughtiness and presumptuousness, but there is no intention to be presumptuous or haughty. So I don't think even a falsehood need be labeled "evil" in any way.
So, it's not just a matter of mimicking what others had said before about 1914, 1925, 1975 etc. it's laughable on how one belief was strong but when explained in such a disingenuous way, it became wrong.
Quite true. I'm guessing you are referring to C.Jonsson's book influencing R.Franz. I'm referring to the dozens of disingenuous ways that our chronology doctrine had been supported, although, fortunately, most of these ways of explaining it have now been dropped.
But it's true those books are for people with a weak heart and wish to follow in Raymond's footsteps to become as confused as he ended up being.
No one need follow in R.Franz' footsteps. It's true that many of the points he made will cause confusion to some. But they are already out there, and this is why they need to be explained and discussed honestly. If they are true, we should be prepared for how we deal with such truths. If they aren't true, we need to search out evidence to defend against those points. But, no matter what, they need not result in leaving the Witnesses or getting disfellowshipped. Because what happened to R.Franz has nothing to do with whether the points he makes in his book are accurate and true. His books can and will be misused. Just as encyclopedias, and websites, and Watchtowers are misused.
But if he said some things that are true, do they suddenly become untrue just because R.Franz was the one who pointed them out?
R.Franz pointed out that the generation doctrine was going to have to change again in the next few years. He turned out to be right. But do you say he was wrong just it because he said it in his book? R.Franz pointed out that it was the Watch Tower Society that put restrictions on our ministry in Mexico and not the Mexican government. It was the Watch Tower Society that later lifted those restrictions on our work when they determined that the circumstances were right. R.Franz pointed out that the situation with imprisonment of brothers in South Korea and other areas was about to change because it had already received enough votes to change. (But then Lloyd Barry reversed his vote, so that nothing changed.) We know that it finally changed more recently, after a long delay. But do you doubt the accuracy of the R.Franz book? If so, on what basis, specifically. Just because it was R.Franz who pointed it out?
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I guess when we go into Walmart, The manager gives us an account on their daily operation, and they mention what the corporate members are saying.
There was a meeting in Jerusalem once, and the Bible tells us in Acts 15 what the argument was on both sides of the issue. The Bible gives us the reason for the question, what they decided, and even some further commentary on who was involved in Galatians 1 and 2.
I think the Bible should be our model, rather than Walmart.
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I think the irony here would be that some say it is important to understand Raymond's thoughts about the goings-on inside Bethel, yet some here find it necessary to develop a JW only section to keep personal thoughts secret. This is indeed amazing how people think without discernment enough to say, what would be the difference? Ephesians 4:29
You make a good point. I hadn't realized at first that people outside the "club" can't even read the comments. I thought the purpose was just to avoid extraneous comments, but that anyone could still read it. If they thought what they read was important enough, they could just comment on them over here in this "public club."
I see you are right. When I log out, I get a "do not have permission" notice. I am happy to put all of my own comments from there out here but I doubt you would think they are worth much.
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Maybe what rankles is the title, Crisis of Conscience. Isn't that a bit self-aggrandizing? Why not name it "Memo From One Whose Eyes Are Too Pure to Look Upon Trouble, Though it Apparently Doesn't Bother My Colleages Any"?
Now, had he named it TrueRay vs the Stalwarts, it would be a different thing entirely
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Girl Scouts Will Get Along Just Fine Without Transgender-Hating Bigot Bucks, Thank You
As you are all aware, the Girl Scouts is a super badass organization. Its leadership is SO liberal, the Scouts are turning all of America's girls into militant man-hating lesbian vegans with bitchin' abortion skills. And it costs money to indoctrinate all those young ladies! The Girl Scouts of Western Washington was very excited to get a $100,000 donation recently, to fund things like financial assistance for little girls whose families can't afford to send them to camp. Stuff like that. But then the donor woke up one day with a spiked dildo up his/her ass and sent another note to the group specifying that this money was under no circumstances to be used to help any gross transgenders:
In late May, as news of Caitlyn Jenner's transition was blowing up your Facebook news feed, [Girl Scouts of Western Washington CEO Megan Ferland] received a letter from the donor with a brief request: Please guarantee that our gift will not be used to support transgender girls. If you can't, please return the money.
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So Ferland thought about it and decided she didn't want that creep's bigot bucks anyway, because fuck you is why:
In a short letter, she informed the donor that she would, in fact, be returning the money. Her reasoning was simple. "Girl Scouts is for every girl," she says. "And every girl should have the opportunity to be a Girl Scout if she wants to."
INCLUDING transgender girls. And really, how would that have worked anyway? Send all the girls to camp, but specify that trans girls need to pay their own way, while the others get a free ride? That sounds like a Transgender Tax, and we're pretty sure the Supreme Court ruled that was unconstitutional in like 1975 or something. (No? Well, surely they'll get around to it someday.)
Seattle Met reports that Ferland has a fairly consistent history of badassing up the place in defense of trans people in the Girl Scouts. In 2012, when she worked for the organization in Colorado, she stepped up for a 7-year-old trans girl who was rejected by a Girl Scout troop, issuing a proclamation that said the Girl Scouts love all girls, even transgenders, and then she dropped the mic.
Losing the $100K really sucked, though, as it was almost a full third of their financial assistance budget for the year, according to an IndieGogo campaign set up to help them recoup the funds. The good news is that, as of this very moment, they've raised $98,185, in ONE DAY, and donations show no signs of stopping. In fact, the number has changed so drastically during the writing of this post that we simply refuse to reload the fucking thing anymore, and you will have to click and see how many non-bigot bucks they have raised in real time.
So hey, unknown bigot donor, you can rest easy knowing that your precious dollars won't be used to help any gross transgenders, but you can have NIGHTMARES about all the fun those kids are going to have, with MORE money than your original donation, and it all happened because YOU'RE A FUCKIN' DICK.
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The Brexit referendum thread: potential consequences for GB, EU and the Brits in CH
View Poll Results: What would you personally prefer to happen?
I want the UK to stay in an ever-closer union 49 23.11%
I want the UK to stay in a loosely connected EU 68 32.08%
I want the UK out because the EU is bad for the UK 22 10.38%
I want the UK out because the EU is a bad thing 23 10.85%
I want the UK out because this would be good for the rest of us 17 8.02%
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Boris should pass his deal first thing on Monday or Tuesday and then tell the EU to bring the date forward, no need to wait until Jan 31st.
They still have not a plan about what to do on the 1st of Feb, never mind moving it back.... the first thing Boris is going to have to do is explain how he misunderstood the WA and that yes border checks will be conducted in the Irish Sea and that Arlene (Foster DUP) may be waking up to find Dutch, Belgian, French or Irish war ships in Belfast Lough from time to time! This thing needs careful planning or there will be bombs in Dublin and London again and that is just one of the the issues that needs to be considered.
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For those who wanted a second referendum - you just had it with a "Get Brexit Done!" vote.
Even toff remainer Heseltine admits it's all over:
https://news.sky.com/story/general-e...ctory-11886157
And it only took 3 and a half years, 1 referendum and 2 elections! Not to mention all the ridiculous court cases. This is the real tragedy, all that time wasted because so many people on the Remain side of the argument feel that entitled that they don't need to accept democracy.
We see it here too, already since the vote we've had the false equivalence of comparing antisemitism to Islamophobia or astonishingly, the rights of EU residents in the UK! We have been told that most people didn't vote for the Tories. We have repeatedly been told that facts are opinions. The refusal to face up to what's taken place, and the lack of self awareness is remarkable.
It would be easy to sit here and gloat, but truth be told, we should pity these people. If only they could learn that humility isn't a weakness, and with humility comes reflection. Perhaps then they may then one day see how they've gotten this so wrong. Nevertheless, the struggle is now over, Brexit IS happening, the union is preserved and we have won. Now we can finally look forward to a bold new future.
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This thread is getting too depressing!
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Nevertheless, the struggle is now over, Brexit IS happening, the union is preserved and we have won. Now we can finally look forward to a bold new future.
Yeah, but there's no guarantee the union is preserved. Scottish farmers don't want to lose EU (aka Germany's money) grants. For instance.
The bitter prospect of a no-deal Brexit has robbed many farmers of the sense of satisfaction that autumn typically brings.
As the summer drifts away, the evenings become shorter, the mornings that little bit fresher, and Scotland's farming communities normally turn their attention to reaping the fruits of their labours.
It should be a positive time of year; of fresh starts, newly ploughed fields, winter feed sorted. Perhaps a time to give some thanks for another year of fruitful labour and lay down new plans for what's ahead.
This is how farmers and their families have functioned since the first hand-held plough scratched away at the surface of the dry earth, bringing the soil's nutrients to the surface, creating a furrow and scattering seeds.
Of course, down the centuries there have been many challenges to overcome along the way – war, disease, climate and financial. And now, courtesy of Brexit, comes another.
Indeed, the frightening spectre of a 'no-deal Brexit' come 31 October is the Hallowe'en nightmare that it's feared could alter the shape of the sector forever. And the scale of the challenge facing today's farmers is one which Aberdeen-based Hamish Lean, head of rural property and a specialist in rural law at leading legal firm Shepherd and Wedderburn, does not underestimate.
"Farmers can do their bit to increase efficiency and productivity in relation to their own business, but these macro-economic factors are completely outwith their control," says Lean. "The industry is watching developments – or maybe lack of developments – with alarm."
The installation of a new Prime Minister and a cabinet of mainly strong-willed Brexiteers has done little to suggest Britain won't wake up on the first day of November isolated from the EU, with no firm deals to help keep business running as normal.
"The prospect of a 'no-deal Brexit' is worrying," Lean adds. "Prior to the cabinet shake-up, Stephen Barclay, the minister in charge of exit negotiations couldn't deny the warning from the National Farmers' Union that a large percentage of the UK sheep stock would have to be slaughtered as a result of 'no-deal'."
"That's not scaremongering," he insists, pointing out that 'no-deal' would likely see export tariffs on British-reared lamb to Europe rising to a level that would leave Scottish producers in particular unable to compete on price on the continent.
"They would be priced out of their main market in respect of lamb and that would lead fairly quickly to a collapse in the Scottish sheep industry," adds Lean. "I'm not sure that the government has properly grasped that."
Currently, almost 40 per cent of the UK's total lamb production is exported, with the market hitting its peak in October. Of the amount sent abroad, 96 per cent is traded in Europe – raising the prospect of the sector suddenly having to switch to World Trade Organisation terms and hefty tariffs.
But, of course, sheep farmers are just one part of an entire sector braced for Brexit. Beef farmers face similar export issues, while others which rely heavily on the free-flowing movement of labour to handle fruit crops or fish processing are also nervously scanning each day's headlines.
According to a recent survey by the National Farmers' Union of Scotland, just one in ten Scottish farmers felt positive about the future in a post-EU landscape.
Regardless of talk of compensation being on offer to farmers to help smooth the Brexit process – during his leadership campaign, Boris Johnson pledged an extra £25 million a year in subsidies for Scottish farmers post-Brexit as they have been "poorly treated" – Lean warns of a pressing need for farmers to explore new income streams now to help prop up their business.
"Compensation might address the immediate crisis but might not halt the very dramatic restricting of the whole industry," he says. "Small farms across the UK and in Scotland, in particular, might be enormously reduced. It's likely a number will go out of business."
But while it is without doubt a serious situation, Lean, part of Shepherd and Wedderburn's nationwide team of agriculture specialists, believes the remarkable resilience of the farming community and their inventiveness when
it comes to diversifying will see them through.
"We've already seen businesses diversifying their income streams. For example, one client is looking into a biomass scheme to provide a source of income away from the core income of the business," he says.
"Hill sheep farmers are looking at planting trees. The Scottish Government has an ambitious project with regard to timber planting, there are special grants available and the market is buoyant."
That could see demand increase for suitable land, giving some farmers a realistic option to sell.
"There will be an impact on land values, but productive, good quality farms will always have a market," Lean adds. "And investment in agricultural land is still a fantastic way to hedge against capital taxes. Investing in farm land will allow the new owner, as rules currently stand, to qualify for agricultural property relief at 100 per cent. There are always people looking to acquire agricultural land for that reason. That will help keep some prices up but overall the value of land is likely to go down."
Amid so much uncertainty, emotions can run high – particularly among farming families with members who may want to leave because the income is not sustainable, or in the event of land linked to a family for generations needing to be sold.
It's where the guidance of Shepherd and Wedderburn's agricultural and business law experts can be particularly useful.
"We can help with restructuring a business," says Lean, who specialises in representing landlords and tenants in the Scottish Land Court. "A family farming partnership might decide to go their separate ways or there may be the realisation within a family that not everyone can get a living from the business."
Business exit strategies, land sales and the appropriate legal structures for diversified activities are all expected to become a more frequent element of the legal firm's activities as Brexit bites.
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"It can be emotional for families," says Lean, who is also a trustee of RSABI, Scotland's leading agriculture charity, which provides support for those who find themselves in difficult circumstances.
"It can give rise to enormous tension within families. There's often pressure on people who might be considering exiting because they feel that out of several generations they are in some way letting the family down –that carries its own stresses."
https://www.scotsman.com/business/st...exit-1-5007486
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Scotland will leave the EU with the rest of us at the end of January. This means that should they ever wish to rejoin the EU they will need to accept the Euro. They also currently would not be let in unless they addressed their huge deficit. The argument for rejoining over Brexit is dead. The union is preserved for a generation.
Eventually the noise for a second referendum will die down and Scots will start to scrutinise the SNP more closely. Then they'll realise what a terrible job they're doing of running Scotland!
I was talking about all EU citizens - links provided. And I think Brussels will try to negotiate what's best for all. That's the wonderful thing of being part of the EU, you know. But thanks for making it personal? It's not.
(they are not the only ones who got or get money "from Germany", so that is neither here nor there)....I think in these times is more important than ever that EU will have an only one and stronger voice. And I think they will.
Yes, and it will be the voice of German interests.
Or why else are you so worried that people from your country cannot come to work in the UK? Maybe because to the guys in Brussels they are not important and nobody there is prepared to go into the breach for them? Other people's interests are more important.
It's time to wake up and smell the cheese.
You've been cheated badly and you don't even see it.
Let's have this conversation again in a couple of year's time and see how things stand.
You are conveniently ignoring N. Ireland who seem to be somehow staying in the EU?
Or why else are you so worried that people from your country cannot come to work in the UK? Maybe because to the guys in Brussels they are not important and nobody there is prepared to go into the breach for them?
What? lol
Why do you think I'm worried? It doesn't make any sense. It was a reply to a different argument. It's about the EU immigrants who are already there and worry they may not be able to remain in the UK. Maybe you should bother reading not only my posts, but also the posts they replied to, before answering.
I thought we can talk about principles but I'm obviously wrong. We really have to make it personal. It's about all EU citizens' rights here and not only a few countries. All of them worry about post-Brexit, post-BJ winning.
Seriously, are you going to continue replying me for points I didn't make? Wow.
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One thing that the SNP is not explaining very well is that if Brexit is a bad thing because all those bonds and connections that have grown over the last decades are dissolved, how then can dissolving all those bonds that have grown over centuries be a good thing? If a hard border between NI and the Republic of Ireland is a bad thing, how can a hard border between Scotland and England be a good thing? If queues of lorries in Dover are a bad thing, why are queues of lorries in Berwick a good thing? Scotland probably does more trade with England than with any other country. Do they want to sacrifice that? What about all the Scots who seek employment in England?
Scottish independence may be a nice romantic notion, and I can see where they are coming from. But I'd like to see the SNP explain how all the things they were opposing until now will suddenly be good for Scotland.
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My point still stands, if your EU is so good, why do you doubt that they will negotiate a perfect solution?
As for getting personal, maybe you should look at your own posts a little more introspectively.
Riiight.
Who said I doubt anything? They'll negotiate. It's one of their obligations/rights*. To which result, who can tell? BJ seems to be less inclined to negotiate...
* EU members can't just negotiate bilateral agreements. I think it's pretty fair.
You made me curious. What about you? Aren't you worried you'll not have the same rights within EU? Or even Switzerland? Pray tell. Because I'm definitely not worried for the time being.
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Hopefully the pound will get stronger now vs CHF 1.4 is coming!
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After the finalization of Brexit UK passport holders in CH, do you feel that your future in the country is in jeopardy?
There are more and more British citizens applying for a Swiss pass so that might partially answer your question.
One thing that the SNP is not explaining very well is that if Brexit is a bad thing because all those bonds and connections that have grown over the last decades are dissolved, how then can dissolving all those bonds that have grown over centuries be a good thing? If a hard border between NI and the Republic of Ireland is a bad thing, how can a hard border between Scotland and England be a good thing?.
That is an easy one to answer. People residing in RoI and NI are from the same nation (Irish). Scottish and English are different nations.
I think it takes years to be eligible for one plus you need to speak the local languages well.
In any case it will be interesting to see how many people will get affected by this in CH.
So far it has been the EU trying to dictate terms, and they are not terms that are in the best interests of all EU countries. But as I said. Let's have this conversation again in 5 or 10 years.
Not true. They can negotiate what they want. There are certain topics they cannot sign deals over.
Secondly, they don't need to negotiate. They just need to tell Brussels what they want. Right now all they want is for Merkel to have it her way. Don't want to upset the lady with the cheque book. But as I said before. Let's discuss again in 5 or 10 years time when it will be clear who the winners and losers have been.
I'm not worried either. If you've been following the news the deal between UK and CH is already in the making.
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But for good measure you also applied for the Swiss pass?
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...... I'm not worried either. If you've been following the news the deal between UK and CH is already in the making.
In the making - Switzerland started with it's "mind the gap" procedures 19.10.2016.
Talking about Swiss politics being slow . GB is still not out yet Switzerland has it sorted.
Here you go, who's interested
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E-sport arena on Hungaria boulevard
Apart from football, which is one of the most prestigious sports in Hungary, the youngest one: e-sport will soon be present too in the New MTK Hidegkuti Nandor Stadium. The constructions on the development area are expected to be completed shortly. The implementation of the e-sport arena, which is positioned in the busiest location, has already begun based on the design of BORD.
The arena is located on Hungaria boulevard corner of the Uj Hidegkuti Nandor Stadium which was also designed by BORD. The e-arena with a capacity of 200 is amended by a division club house a hall, two gymnasiums and a control room. The technical system of the arena can be extended flexibly if needed and can comply with the latest technological equipments.
E-sport has become equally accepted among traditional sports, the best players are just as professional as real football players and can compete in different divisions for significant prize money.
The global e-sport was worth around two billion dollars last year and its development is quite visible in Hungary too. MTK was the first among the traditional national football clubs to establish an e-sport division, many others have followed suit ever since.
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Lady Kharrazi believes in humanity and family values. She understands that love is universal, and that what brings us together is far more powerful than what makes us different. This is why she works hard to bridge cultural divides through her charitable organization, the Toos Foundation.
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Preserving Art to Preserve Culture and History
Originally from Iran, she has seen artifacts of critical cultural and historical value destroyed in the name of revolution. As widely reported, the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran saw priceless and timeless artifacts destroyed.
This destruction, however, is irreversible. It takes knowledge away from the people that can't be returned. By destroying art and cultural artifacts, political minds try to rewrite history in their favor. As a result, we all must fight to keep arts and culture alive and well.
Shushma Datt of Women in Focus just recently gushed about Lady Kharrazi, referring to her as "an amazing person who is so close to art and culture." Indeed, she has taken on the important mission of rebuilding destroyed culture.
Through the Toos Foundation, she is working hard to refill the cultural archives lost to nations in conflict. This includes traditional music and dance, architecture, sculpture, painting, and every other form of artistic expression.
Without these artifacts, it's difficult for young people to get a sense of their roots.
Children grow up not knowing about how their ancestors lived, and therefore not really understanding themselves.
Much of Lady Kharrazi's passion for protecting and promoting the arts comes from her own artistic career. As a ballerina and opera singer, Lady Kharrazi Artist has been a star of the stage for decades. Now, even as she graces the stage less often, she is always involved in performances.
She supports the performing arts as a personal passion and an important part of our shared history and culture. "I honestly believe that art is the international language," Lady Kharrazi says. "Through art – dance, music, body movement, – we can pass on our messages."
Support of the Arts is True to Lady Kharrazi's Roots
She was born into a family that valued art and culture. Her parents and brother were all supporters of the art world, and they encouraged her early interest. Her mother put her in ballet classes as a very young girl, and she soon discovered the joys of artistic expression. "Our house was a house of music," Lady Kharrazi recalls. "Everybody was musical!"
Lady Kharrazi grew up with an understanding of how different Eastern and Western cultures can be.
She visited Europe from Iran when she was a young girl, and she studied there as a young lady. While she was there, she was welcomed by the communities she found herself in. However, she also came to understand what it meant to be a migrant in a foreign land. This is especially true among migrants from nations of conflict.
Violence in a migrant's home nation creates something of a national embarrassment for migrants. Even worse, it can sow the seeds of discrimination. People may be inclined to associate the injustices and inhumane treatment going on in a particular place with the individuals who are from there.This can give rise to unfair treatment and stereotypes that can cause damage for generations to come.
As a result, Lady Kharazzi works hard to open up our minds to cross-cultural understanding.
Lady Kharrazi is working hard to change these misconceptions. "There is a lot of bloodshed, a lot of wrongdoing today," she says, most of which can be traced back to a lack of information and knowledge available to the people.
Her most earnest desire is to help people gain this knowledge. "Not through words … not through preaching at them, because I'm not good at it," Lady Kharrazi admits. "But at least through art, we can achieve our mission."
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What does belonging mean in the context of children's school life? Ms. Halaby invites the reader into her classroom, a school community where children have the opportunity to experience that sense of belonging.
Even the troubled child, the isolated child, and the student with special needs can find a positive place in the classroom. During weekly class meetings—a time when the students meet with their teacher to discuss their conflicts and concerns—the children learn how to listen to one another, to make friends, and to resolve their conflicts independently, but mostly they learn how to live and work as a community.
The near-verbatim conversations among the students, and Halaby's responses and comments, form the bulk of the book, with transitions that describe the changes in behavior and what it takes to support a student's growth. These fascinating discussions show how eight to ten-year-olds deal with issues presented by other students, and their increased willingness to confront problems as they see the effects of positive changes they never thought possible. The students speak with increasing sophistication about social and emotional issues, and the compassion and support they offer each other enable the reader to understand the sense of classroom community being formed.


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FRIDAY MORNING SYMPOSIUM 4 (F1SP4): 10.45 AM - 12.15 PM
Double Symposium: New Developments in Schema Therapy Part 1
by Marleen Rijkeboer, Christopher Lee, Arnoud Arntz, Duygu Yakin, Johannes Kopf-Beck, and Eshkol Rafaeli
Introduction to Double Symposium: Schema therapy (ST) is an effective treatment for personality disorders, leading to significant improvement of functioning in most patients, and even to full recovery in more than half of the patients. ST is disseminated rapidly over the world. Apparently, the model is well recognized and the treatment appears to be effective in many cultures. Therefore, interesting issues are: e.g., what are important process factors that predict change in ST? Can a cross-cultural taxonomy of schema modes be developed? And can optimal personalized ST courses be distinguished? Furthermore, although ST was originally developed for the treatment of personality disorders, it is also increasingly applied to treat other 'complex' disorders. Is this a wise thing to do? This double symposium focusses on these new developments and insights in ST.
Introduction to Part 1 In the first part there are 4 presentations mainly dealing with theoretical and process issues. First, a model is presented (Arntz & Rijkeboer) for an extended taxonomy of maladaptive schema modes that is applicable across cultures, and is to be tested in 27 countries worldwide. Hereafter, results are presented on a study into a newly developed inventory measuring different aspects of the healthy adult (Yakin). Furthermore, in order to move our understanding of treatment closer towards personalized psychotherapy, distinct individual treatment processes and courses are presented (Kopf-Beck, Egli, & Rek), based on data of a large-scale RCT investigating the effectiveness of schema therapy and other psychotherapies for depression. Next, in line with this personalized approach, preliminary findings are presented (Rafaeli & Lazarus) from two pilots in which an experience sampling method was used, frequently assessing schema modes as individuals go about their daily lives, in order to capture each individual's schema modes' fluctuations and functional relationships. Finally, there is a critical discussion of the aforementioned developments in theory and practice, led by Chris Lee.
Title: Theoretical model for an extended taxonomy of schema modes that is applicable across cultures
Presenters: Arnoud Arntz
The last decades Schema Therapy (ST) has become popular around the world. The model of psychopathology that underlies ST is based on the assumption that when basic emotional needs are insufficiently met in childhood, there is an increased chance that maladaptive schemas develop that can underlie personality pathology. Furthermore, the theory states that when such early maladaptive schemas are triggered, the individual can switch into a specific emotional-cognitive-behavioral state (called schema mode), depending on how the individual copes with the schema activation. Young proposed three maladaptive ways of coping with schema activation: surrender (where the activated schema rules the state of the person); avoidance (where avoidant strategies rule the person); and overcompensation (where believing that the opposite of the schema is true rules the person). An international workgroup is devising a new questionnaire to assess the most important schema modes, which will be validated internationally - so that from scratch on the instrument will be reliable and valid across cultures.
This presentation offers an overview of the project, which started with a fundamental reconsideration of the basic emotional needs of children and adults, and a strict application of Young's theory of coping with schema activation. Based on Dweck's analysis of fundamental needs it is argued that an important need has been overlooked in ST: that is the need of a coherent self- and world view. Also, the international workgroup felt that the need for justice was overlooked. The resulting schemas and schema modes will be discussed, and specific attention will be paid to the confusion so far between temperament and ways of coping with schema activation.
Title: Understanding the reparative effects of schema modes: An in-depth analysis of the healthy adult.
Presenter: Duygu Yakin
Objective. The healthy adult mode (HA) is an essential factor that contributes to symptom recovery in schema therapy. We aimed to provide an in-depth analysis of the HA to understand and assess its crucial components better. Method. In the first study, purposive sampling procedures were used to recruit eligible participants (N = 10 out of 250) with relatively strong HA. Semi-structured interviews lasting approximately 45 minutes were conducted with each participant individually. The interviews were analyzed using deductive thematic analysis in MaxQDA. Based on the results of the first study, a quantitative measurement tool was developed to assess HA. In the second study, the factor structure of the HA scale was tested (N = 114 men, N = 358 women) via bi-factor analysis in R. Results. Deductive thematic analysis revealed three superordinate themes. The first theme reflects the ability to take care of the needs of the vulnerable child. The second theme reflects the ability to regulate emotions and set limits for the angry and impulsive child modes. Finally, the third theme reflects the resilience that enables the individual to oppose the maladaptive parent and coping modes. These themes were confirmed quantitatively in the second study with an additional fourth theme, which is identified to reflect the core essence of the HA. Conclusions. Defining the essential features of the HA within the framework of a systematic model, enriched with a qualitative perspective, helps illuminate how the HA mode provides emotional stability and increases resilience, working as a mechanism of change.
Title: Early Maladaptive Schemas and the therapy of depression
Presenters: Johannes Kopf-Beck
Introduction Early maladaptive schemas (EMS) are considered to function as underlying constructs during the development of psychopathologies and psychiatric disorders such as depression. However, the relation between specific schema domains and the progress in the treatment of depression remains unclear. In the current research, data from a large scale randomized controlled trial (RCT) which focuses on the effectiveness of different forms of psychotherapy, such as Schema Therapy (ST), cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), and individual-supportive therapy (IST) for patients suffering from depressive disorders will be presented.
Materials & Methods All participants perceive an intense, combined treatment program of group- and single sessions of psychotherapy plus anti-depressant Medicine (ADM) in a day clinic and inpatient setting over the course of seven weeks. Young Schema questionnaire and Beck Depression Inventory were used in order to assess schemas and depression severity before, on a weekly base during the treatment, and after treatment.
Results The results suggest a relation between symptom severity and specific domain load before treatment which predicts treatment response after seven weeks of high intense psychotherapy.
Conclusion The presented analyses give insights into schema patterns of patients suffering from depression and the development of symptom severity over the course of an eight-week combined medication psychotherapy treatment. They define potential risk groups for relapse after discharge. Implications for psychotherapeutic treatments will be discussed.
Title: Using Experience Sampling to Assess Prevalent Schema Modes
Presenters: Eshkol Rafaeli
Schema modes - the predominant schemas, emotional states, and coping reactions activated at a particular time – are central to the conceptualization and treatment of clients in ST. However, though modes are by definition transitory and dynamic, current assessment tools are cross-sectional. These tools may be limited in capturing individuals' schema modes; fluctuations and functional relationships as they are blind to the crucial dynamics that occur within clients, over time. The present work introduces preliminary findings from two pilot studies assessing schema modes repeatedly as individuals go about their daily lives. For this purpose, we designed the Momentary Schema Modes Questionnaire (MSMQ), adapted from the short form of the Schema Mode Inventory (SMI).
The MSMQ is a 35-item self-report questionnaire assessing the present moment activation of eleven schema-modes. In Study 1, fifty university students completed the MSMQ 3 times daily for a period of 10 consecutive days. In Study 2, fifty university students completed a slightly revised version of the MSMQ 4 times daily for a period of 14 consecutive days. Additionally, participants completed the short form of the SMI. Reliability and construct validity of the MSMQ were assessed, as well as the stability of the correlations structure across the two studies. Internal consistency for all the schema modes was adequate. Correlations between the respective SMI and MSMQ schema modes were moderate (mean r=0.42, ranging between 0.23 and 0.54).
The MSMQ provides a glimpse into individuals' dynamic mode profiles, without reliance on retrospection. It also permits a direct assessment of mode transitions. These findings point to the potential benefits of assessing schema modes as they occur in individuals' daily lives rather than retrospectively. The presented time-series data serves as the basis for more sophisticated analytic techniques, such as dynamic factor analysis and dynamic network analysis, which would help identify central causal agents (i.e., modes) in clients' psychological difficulties.
About the Presenters:
Marleen Rijkeboer Chair:
Marleen Rijkeboeris a clinical psychologist and psychotherapist. She is an Advanced Certified Schema Therapist, Supervisor and Trainer. Marleen is a special professor for personality disorders at the Department of Clinical Psychological Science on the Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience at Maastricht University in the Netherlands.
Christopher Lee:
Associate Professor Christopher Lee works in private practise and has an adjunct appointment at the University of Western Australia. He is a certified trainer by both the international society of schema therapists and the EMDR international association. He conducts therapist training workshops on schema therapy and trauma treatments throughout Australia and overseas. He has published research on personality disorders, the assessment of schemas, and PTSD. He has received two International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies and EMDRIA awards for research excellence the first in 1999 and the most recent in 2019. In 2009 he also received the Inaugural Francine Shapiro award for research excellence conferred by the European EMDRIA. He was the 2011 recipient of the Australian Psychological Society's Ian Campbell memorial award for contributions as a scientist-practitioner to Clinical Psychology in Australia. He is currently a principle investigator in two international multi-centred randomised controlled trials, one in treating complex PTSD and the other using schema therapy for Borderline Personality Disorder.
Arnoud Arntz:
Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, with an affiliation at Maastricht University, the Netherlands. His main research interests lie in the fields of PTSD and personality disorders, both applied and fundamental. He also practices as a psychotherapist at PsyQ in Amsterdam, where he treats patients with trauma and personality disorders. Together with Adam Radomsky he was editor of the Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry.
His research focuses on psychological processes underlying personality disorders (PDs), especially borderline personality disorder (BPD), and anxiety disorders, especially PTSD; and their treatment. Using the approach of experimental psychopathology he tested psychological theories of anxiety disorders and PDs and contributed to the development of their psychological treatment. In developing and testing psychological theories and treatments he aims to connect basic research and clinical work. He is perhaps best known for his contributions to the development of Schema Therapy and Imagery Rescripting. He was project leader of the multicenter RCT that compared schema therapy (ST) to Transference Focused Psychotherapy as treatments of Borderline PD, and of another multicenter RCT that compared ST to treatment as usual (TAU) and CCT for 6 other PDs. Currently he is PI of an international RCT comparing working mechanisms of Imagery Rescripting and EMDR for PTSD that originated from childhood traumas, and together with Dr Joan Farrell PI of the international RCT that compares group-ST to TAU for Borderline PD. Professor Arntz also chairs a Dutch-German collaborative study investigating basic brain and cognitive processes in BPD and their change during treatment, which is associated with the international RCT on group-ST.
Duygu Yakin:
Johannes Kopf-Beck:
Eshkol Rafaeli:
a professor of clinical psychology and the former director of clinical training in the psychology department and neuroscience center at Bar-Ilan University, Israel, where he directs the Affect and Relationships Lab. Prior to joining BIU, the lab and Eshkol were at Barnard College, Columbia University, where Eshkol continues to serve as a research scientist. Eshkol and his students study two key components of daily life – our affect and our relationships. In projects funded by the NIMH, ISF, BSF, the Templeton Foundation, the Hope & Optimism Initiative, and others, they've been examining the nature and structure of moods and emotions in the daily lives of both distressed and non-distressed individuals and couples. they look at the attempts partners make to make sense of each other's thoughts, feelings, and needs, as well as at the interplay of good (supportive) and bad (hindering) actions that happen in the life of any couple. They also conduct psychotherapy/intervention studies, and are interested in the process and outcome of such interventions. He is a co-founder of the Israeli Institute for Schema Therapy, the co-author (together with David Bernstein and Jeffrey Young) of the 2010 Routledge book on Distinctive Features of Schema Therapy, and he continues to be very interested in using, teaching, supervising and researching this approach.


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Early morning, sun barely breaking through, we headed off on the tour bus to bring us from Dubrovnik to Montenegro. I have always been a big fan of guided group tours. Not only do they hit multiple historic sites, they also save time. It's a wonderful carpool to and from your destination, allowing you to leave your bags, stress and whatever else you won't be needing in your hotel room and return for them later. This tour not only took us to a new destination for the day but allowed us to experience a whole different country. Upon our arrival were welcomed by a friendly Anastasia. Between periods of early morning naps, we were told of the history of the country we were about to enter.
Just about 40 minutes south, we reached the border of Croatia to Montenegro. The clouds grew heavy and soon a thin downpour lashed against the windshield of our bus. Cozy inside, we handed our passports over to the guard and waited for them to be returned with fresh stamps and headed towards our first destination, Budva.
The sun was desperately trying to break through, and with the time allotted, we explored the streets of one of the oldest settlements in the Adriatic, nearly 2,500 years old. Archaeological evidence suggests that an Illyrian settlement was formed on the site of the Old Town before Greek colonization. Reminiscent of Dubrovnik, the small town is surrounded by fortress walls, dotted with restaurants and souvenir shops.
After lunch, overlooking the water, the raindrops were now still and slowly disappearing in the midday sunshine. We loaded back onto the bus and headed to the next destination of Kotor.
I cannot say enough about how beautiful Kotor is. We were lead on a tour of another walled city by a local guide and then had time to explore on our own.
We all decided to hike up the walls that zigzagged up the mountain. The view speaks for itself. Looking to the sky, the mountains hula hooped wisps of white clouds. Red clay roofs contrasted against the deep emerald of the bay and white buildings matched the shore. The bay opens its mouth wide to the sea in a disarray of colors. The houses clutter at the base of the mountain like an avalanche, rubble gathered against the water. The calm of the water unzipped, the remnants of passing boats. From the top of the mountain, it all lay before us.
I could have stood watching the old town from the fortified walls above for hours watching the clouds move with the wind in and out of the folds of the mountains like dry ice dispersing to sky.
As we loaded back onto the bus for our return to Dubrovnik, the clouds had parted and gave us a lasting vision of what some call the southern most fjord in Europe. The water had turned to a cerulean blue, pocked with bright red fishermen's jackets.
Before we knew it, our bus faced the water and darkened buildings of Dubrovnik, just in time to watch the sun dip beneath the sea.


Unseasonably warm weather is expected to continue today in Palm Beach County with highs in low 80s, according to the National Weather Service.
It's forecast to be partly sunny with a 20 percent chance of showers. Southeast winds will pick up to around 10-15 mph into the evening.
Tonight is forecast to be mostly cloudy, becoming partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-70s.
A moderate to high risk of rip currents will continue into early next week, according to a NWS advisory.
A few thunderstorms are possible over the interior of South Florida on Sunday afternoon and evening.