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What Does It Mean to Cherish?
with Gary Thomas | March 20, 2017
Best-selling author Gary Thomas explains that when you show off the beauty of your spouse and showcase them instead of yourself, you are cherishing them. Conversely, demoralizing or discouraging your spouse is a characteristic of contempt, and the opposite of this high value.
With Gary Thomas
Bob: There's a difference between being loved and being cherished. Here's Gary Thomas.
Gary: A friend of mine—he is pastor of a huge church—he's with a bunch of men. He asked them, "How many of your wives love you?" There are seven guys—every hand went up. He said, "How many of your wives like you?"—every hand went down. Every one of those men felt loved / none of them felt cherished. What I'm trying to suggest is we need to add the cherish. The husbands knew: "Yes, my wife is committed to me. My wife isn't going to walk out on me. My wife will sacrifice for m"; but they didn't know: "She delights in me. She takes great joy in being around me and loving me."
Bob: This is FamilyLife Today for Monday, March 20th. Our host is the President of FamilyLife®, Dennis Rainey, and I'm Bob Lepine. So, what does cherishing your spouse look like? How can we do a better job at cherishing one another, even if we've been married a long time?
We'll talk more about that today. Stay with us.
And welcome to FamilyLife Today. Thanks for joining us. You know, while we are kind of taking time this year to acknowledge that this is our 25th year of doing what we're doing with FamilyLife Today—25 years of creating this program—I thought we ought to just do a little reminiscing about the guest we have today.
Dennis: He has a long history with us.
Bob: He does. I—
Dennis: It's amazing he's come back! [Laughter]
Bob: I dug into the archives, and it turns out that the first time that Gary Thomas was with us was in the spring of 2001. You prophesied—did you know you prophesied over him?
Dennis: I didn't.
Bob: So here's how you introduced him, back when we had him on in 2001.
[Previous Interview]
Dennis: Actually, welcome to the broadcast, Gary.
Gary: Thanks, Dennis.
Dennis: That's quite an introduction.
I have to say to those listeners, who have not read any of Gary's works, you are going to hear about him, not only for the next couple of days on the broadcast, but I believe you're going to hear about him, as a writer, in the future. He has a sharp pen. Just a few moments ago, off microphone, we were talking. Gary, you mentioned that writing, for you, is like a worshipful experience.
Gary: Well, one of my favorite movies has always been Chariots of Fire. There's that—what has become a cliché now—when Eric Liddell says, "When I run, I feel His pleasure." Sounds a little funny saying that; but in many ways, I say, "When I write, I feel His pleasure." I just see that sense of, "This is what God has called me to do and what He's made me to be."
Dennis: Eric Liddell never stopped running, and Gary Thomas hasn't stopped writing—he's written 18 books. His latest one is Cherish. In case you don't know Gary, he is one of the teaching pastors at Second Baptist Church in Houston, Texas. He and his wife Lisa have been married for 30 years; and that was kind of fun, listening back— huh, Gary?
Gary: Hard to believe. I sound very young.
Dennis: You do have a sharp pen.
Bob: And is writing still worshipful for you?
Gary: Evermore.
Bob: Really?!
Gary: Yes.
Bob: You haven't fatigued of it?
Gary: No.
Dennis: Well, this book, Cherish, is, I think, a needed book today; because I think we toss it around, especially in a marriage relationship, but we don't understand a lot about it. You begin your book in a most unusual way—in a trash heap.
Gary: Yes; there was a young woman in 2015 that was crowned the Thai beauty queen. When she returned home, she was still wearing her formal dress / she had on her tiara. And the first thing she did was to seek out her mom. Her mom, literally, collects trash for a living—she goes through the trash / gets out what can be recycled or used for something else. She found her mother in front of these dumpsters—her mother's wearing plastic shoes—and she knelt down, in that dress, to show honor to her mom.
When they captured that picture, it went viral. Everybody in Thailand suddenly realized who she was and who her mom was. She defended her mom, saying it wasn't a dishonorable profession at all / it was so honorable: "She kept us from starvation. She served us." It was just this picture of this beautiful young woman, who now was famous, who was now lifted up into a different class—that people could look up to her. She had all of these lucrative contracts that were awaiting her—on her knees, on the dirty ground, in her fancy clothes, showing honor to a trash collector, wearing plastic shoes.
Bob: So you saw that picture, and what did that communicate to you?
Gary: You want to know the story behind it. What it communicated is: "Why is she showing this woman such honor?" It was the juxtaposition of this young, successful, beautiful woman—right?—who was showing such honor and deference to a woman, who didn't seem beautiful, who didn't seem young, who wasn't well-dressed.
It just was arresting when you see it. That's why the picture got so much attention on the Internet.
Bob: And that juxtaposition, as you apply it to a marriage relationship—
Gary: She showed us how to cherish someone / how to honor someone. The key is that that woman, her mother, became famous. Before she won the pageant, nobody had heard of her mom / nobody would have known her. Even if she had won and then just forgot about her parents, nobody would have heard about her mom; but suddenly, this mom became literally one of the most photographed women in the world in 2015, because her daughter cherished her.
Dennis: Unpack that word, though, "cherish,"—I mean, we understand in
Ephesians 5 how Paul commanded husbands to nourish and cherish their wife / it's a husband's responsibility; but you're saying that all of us need to understand the concept of cherishing another person.
Gary: We all pledge to—almost all of us, in our marriage vows, pledge to "love and to cherish until death do us part." It just hit me: "We've talked so much about love, and most marriage books focus on love. What does this cherish word mean? How does it redefine love? How does it help us understand love in a new way?"
I look at this: "Love will always be the foundation of marriage. When you think of love, you think of sacrifice, you think of commitment, you think of service, you think of hanging in there; but cherish is sort of the spice of marriage. If you put it in the context of a ballet performance: a ballerina needs to have athleticism, she needs to have strength, and she needs to have balance. But those are the same things that actually an NFL linebacker needs as well. She also needs the grace, and the beauty, and the poetry—that's what cherish brings to marriage.
You want the strength, you want the athleticism, you want the commitment; but when marriage really takes off is when you have the poetry, the grace, and the beauty—and that's what cherish represents.
Dennis: We're kind of gleaning the end result of 30 years from your relationship with Lisa. I want you to take us back to the first year of your marriage. See if you can remember: "How did you attempt to cherish Lisa in those first 12 months of marriage?"
Bob: And by the way, while you're thinking about that, just know that I'm going to ask him the same question about his relationship with Barbara when you're done. [Laughter]
Dennis: Thanks for the warning, Bob. [Laughter] And just so you know—I'm going to ask you.
Bob: Yes; I got you.
Dennis: What goes around comes around.
Bob: I got you.
Gary: The problem was—in my first year of marriage, I cherished me more than I cherished my wife—I did. I was 22 years old. I was as selfish and self-absorbed as they come, and that caused a lot issues in our marriage. We had a very difficult first year of marriage, in large part, as I look back, because I was having a love affair with myself.
You have to get out of that love affair before you can learn to cherish someone else. It didn't just take me months / it didn't just take me years—it took a couple decades for me to understand the power of what it means to cherish a wife.
Dennis: I would say it's taken me over four decades to get rid of myself—I'm still working on it, Gary! [Laughter] No doubt about myself.
How I would answer the question is—and Barbara and I were reliving this recently, because we went to a dinner party. Barbara reminded me—early in our marriage—that we would go to a party; and I would just tear off into the party, enjoying everybody and exercising my own personality, and kind of leaving her to fend for herself. After doing that a couple of times—and riding back in the car, together in silence—finally, I asked the question—I said, "You know, you really didn't say a whole lot at the party."
This was in our first year of marriage, now. She said: "Well, you really didn't give me a chance. You talked all the time." It was kind of one of those, "Ouch!"—it's back to selfishness again—you nailed it.
But what I attempted to do, at that point, Gary, was to realize my wife needed me to run at the same pace that she could run. That meant dialing back my personality. I'd like to say that I did it perfectly from then on—I didn't. It was a lot of lessons learned from Year One in our marriage. But it is a way of cherishing your spouse—to realize how far / how fast, your spouse can run—and how you can support them in that process.
Bob: The first book you and Barbara ever wrote was a book called Building Your Mate's Self-Esteem. Really, a big part of what you were saying in that book is a lot of what Gary's saying in this book—
—it's about the need to recognize what our spouse needs, and to be an agent / be God's agent to help fill in the spiritual gaps that exist in their life and the emotional gaps that exist there as well.
Dennis: Exactly. So, what about you in the first year of your marriage? You thought you were going to get away with it.
Bob: I thought, if I deferred; yes. I pretty much did it perfectly. You guys just sound like you were messing it up, right and left; but I just—
Dennis: Do we need to call Mary Ann? [Laughter] There you have it—another great illustration ruined by an eyewitness.
Bob: She would not feel cherished if you called her, trust me. [Laughter] Here's what I do think / here was the mistake I was making in my first year—my first year—and this was not just the first year, but it went on for several years—I thought, if I was doing things that would make Mary Ann happy, that I was cherishing her. I realized that, in some cases, all I was doing was enabling her in patterns that weren't healthy in her own life or that weren't really what she wanted, at the core—it's what she thought she wanted in the moment.
I was not leading well—I was just trying to make somebody happy.
There's a difference between really cherishing and valuing another person and just trying to please them; isn't there?
Gary: Absolutely. What I love about cherishing is that it requires us to focus on the particular. You really have to understand who your spouse is—who God created your spouse to be is even a better way of putting it—and help that beauty to be released. One of the images that really stuck with me, when I was working on this, was the whole notion of the ballet.
George Balanchine, one of the most famous choreographers—he's Russian-born / worked a lot in the U.S.—had this phrase, where he liked to say, "The ballet is woman." What he meant by that is—in couple's dancing / pas de deux, the best male dancers understand that their job is to showcase the ballerina. They don't want to get in front of her / they don't want to try to flex their own muscles—their job is to support, and turn and help the ballerina do more because she's with him than she could possibly do on her own.
That's a great picture of marriage: "How am I supporting my wife / encouraging my wife? Can I help everybody to see her excellence and the beauty that God has given her?" The real picture would be a male dancer, that has supported that ballerina through the entire dance, and then he throws her into the spotlight at the finish—it's the climax of the whole dance. The crowd gets up and this thunderous standing ovation, and everybody is screaming. He's breathing hard; and he just steps back, in the shadows, because his job is done. She's shining—she's the star—they see her beauty in a way they couldn't have seen without him supporting her. That's the image I want for a cherishing marriage—to do that for my wife.
Bob: I think it's really interesting how you've juxtaposed loving and cherishing, as not separate things, but really different facets of the marriage jewel that we're looking at.
I was sitting here, thinking, "If a marriage has love without cherishing, it's going to look one way. If a marriage has cherishing, but there's not a foundation of bedrock love and commitment to it, that's going to look a little different." I mean, I'm kind of thinking like cherishing is the—is it the icing on the cake? Is it the thing that brings sweetness to substance?
Gary: Cherishing without love is infatuation, but it goes away. We all know it passes, because there's no substance to hold it. Once the feelings are gone, the cherishing ends. Cherishing can be chosen. What I love about—we talk about falling in love; but after infatuation is over, you have to choose to cherish. There are habits, and there are actions, and there are attitudes that you can unleash that build a cherishing heart. The way I put it before is that: "The more I cherish my wife, the more I cherish my wife,"—
—it sets the stage, and it builds on it.
The difference you mentioned about love and cherish—I think it's best seen—a friend of mine—he is very successful in his life / pastor of a huge church—he was an NFL quarterback. When he played baseball, he was the shortstop. When he played basketball, he was the point guard; then the quarterback—he was even in a rock—he succeeded his entire life. He's with a bunch of men. He asks them, "How many of your wives love you?" There are seven guys—every hand went up. He said, "How many of your wives like you?"—every hand went down. Every one of those men felt loved / none of them felt cherished.
What I'm trying to suggest is—we need to add the cherish. The husbands knew: "Yes; my wife is committed to me. My wife isn't going to walk out on me. My wife will sacrifice for me"; but they didn't know: "She delights in me. She takes great joy in being around me and loving me." That's what we pledged, most of us—to make our spouse feel / that's what we pledged, most of us—
—to do for our spouse. I'm saying: "Let's up the game. Let's say it's time to unleash the power of cherishing in our marriages."
Dennis: Gary, correct me if I'm wrong; but I think one of the words or the descriptions that you used in your book, Cherish, was the idea of cherish being showing off the beauty of the other person. It's a little bit of the picture of, again, the beauty queen in the trash heap, kneeling at the feet of her mother, showing her off / showing her beauty off to her nation after she'd won her crown. Isn't that what we're really called to do as we cherish our spouse in marriage?
Gary: Exactly! It goes back to the ballet analogy, or I think of this—when a young woman gets engaged and she's showing off the ring—she wants everybody to see it / she wants everybody to enjoy it. Here's how foolish it is when we don't do that—she never says: "No; don't look at the ring. Look at my knuckle." I mean, that would be bizarre, because she cherishes the ring. She wants others to cherish the ring.
In marriage, when we're selfish, instead of wanting others to admire the beauty of our spouse, we're saying: "Look at me. Look at the knuckle." It's that bizarre when you put it in that context—that I want others to appreciate the beauty and the excellence of my wife. And here's the thing—when others do that—when you showcase your spouse, it makes you appreciate them all the more, which is how cherishing builds more cherishing because your opinion is validated. So you cherish her all the more, which releases more beauty, which increases your own sense of satisfaction.
Dennis: What's the opposite of cherishing? I mean, sometimes it helps to give a negative definition of what it isn't to better understand what it is.
Gary: Contempt—totally contempt. I was with a couple one time—the husband is a quiet guy, the kind who feels more at home in the world of science fiction than in a public dinner. It's a long table—he hadn't been involved in the conversation at all. I thought I'd try to bring him in—
—I knew what he did. I said, "Well, don't chefs usually think such and such?" His wife jumped in: "He's not a chef! He's a cook!" The husband said, "He can call me a chef." "No he can't! Chefs prepare things—you just heat things up! It's not the same."
The reality is—he worked in a rest home. He had about 200 residents he cooked three meals for every day. It is tough—you know, tight budgets / they make budget cuts. Sometimes, he has to figure out how to feed them. So some meals, yes, are heated up.
But it just struck me how she seemed so afraid that I might accidentally give her husband more respect than he was due. I'm looking at it, as an objective observer, saying: "Why couldn't she see that as a noble challenge?"—a man, who relies on a limited budget, trying to feed 200 senior citizens and then nourish them—but also make it a tasty experience. She was undercutting it—she said, "They don't care what it tastes like anyway." Now, he seemed aggrieved for the residents: "Yes;" he said, "they really do."
You could see the hurt. She goes: "Well, you're not a chef. You're a cook."
I thought: "Frankly, what was the point of that?" Is he going to go home and give her an extra hug?—"Didn't we have a wonderful time tonight? Maybe I could rub your feet before I go to bed." Or is he just going to be soft and quiet and not want to raise anything? She's going, "Yes; my husband's really boring,"—she very likely would think that. What she didn't realize is that she had reinforced that. Somebody was trying to respect her husband, and she would have none of it. That's not the climate, where he's going to change / that's not the climate to release his excellence—it's the climate to push him down.
The sooner we realize that most of our spouses sort of limped into marriage—I mean, some of us marry superstars—but most of us—we were beat up; we were discouraged / we were challenged—and we come into marriage with all these scars.
We can either say: "My marriage is going to be a healing place, where you beauty and excellence is released in a way it never has been before," or we're going to reinforce those messages from childhood: "You know what your coach said about you? He was right!" "You know how your dad said you were a loser? He was right." We're going to either validate those childhood fears and make them worse; or we're going to say, "Safe in my love—me, supporting you—you're going to begin to live for maybe the very first time in your life."
Dennis: It seems to me that, in order to truly cherish one another in the marriage relationship, you have to turn that commitment Bob was talking about—love—into becoming a student of your spouse, and what really communicates value, what communicates beauty, what communicates honor/appreciation. It's not the same on every day. I mean, we go through different seasons in our lives / we go through different times every day.
I mean, I remember when we were raising a bunch of rug-rats, six kids in ten years. I mean, Barbara had kids hanging off of her legs, like ornaments off of a Christmas tree. I'd come home and she just needed me to say: "Thank you, Sweetheart, for investing in the next generation, our children. Thank you for working here and shaping the conscience, and the spiritual life, and the intellect of these children to help them become all that God made them to be." At those moments I did that, I think I was as close to your plumb line of what cherishing is all about of any time in our marriage, just trying to meet her at her point of need and speak her love language.
Bob: Well, and it matters / it makes a difference. It is a part of what keeps a marriage vibrant and thriving—is for us, as husband and wife, to be expressing to one another how valuable we see the other person being.
There are ways we can do that.
In fact, you have a book full of them here, Gary—you've got a book called Cherish: The One Word that Changes Everything for Your Marriage. We have copies of the book in our FamilyLife Today Resource Center. You can order a copy from us online at FamilyLifeToday.com, or call to order—1-800-FL-TODAY. Again, the website is FamilyLifeToday.com; you can also call to request a copy of Gary Thomas's book, Cherish. Our toll-free number is 1-800-358-6329—1-800-"F" as in family, "L" as in life, and then the word, "TODAY."
You know, we've talked about the fact that this whole idea of cherishing is really a biblical concept. It's found in Ephesians, Chapter 5, that husbands are to nourish and cherish—to express value to one another / to encourage one another.
The Bible is full of commands like this that explain for us what our marriage relationship is supposed to be like / what it's supposed to look like.
Here, at FamilyLife, we understand that the power for a marriage to thrive is not something we can find in ourselves. It comes from outside of us—it comes from our relationship with God through Jesus Christ and our understanding of how He loves and cherishes us. First John 4:19 says, "We love because He first loved us,"—that's foundational in a marriage relationship.
I want to take just a minute here, Dennis, and say, "Thank you," to the folks who understand the spiritual priority of marriage and who stand with us in wanting to see this message be disseminated as broadly as possible. Every year, since we began FamilyLife Today, back 25 years ago, we have seen the audience for this program continue to grow. There have been new ways that people have been accessing this program, not only on this local radio station, but through our podcast; folks are streaming FamilyLife Today off our website.
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We hope you can be back with us tomorrow. Gary Thomas will be here as well. We're going to talk about how important it is for a husband or a wife to be both physically and emotionally safe in one another's presence. That's coming up tomorrow. Hope you can tune in for that.
I want to thank our engineer today, Keith Lynch, along with our entire broadcast production team. On behalf of our host, Dennis Rainey, I'm Bob Lepine. We will see you back next time for another edition of FamilyLife Today.
Cherish as Protection
To Love and to Cherish
Gary Thomas
Gary Thomas is a bestselling author, international speaker and Writer in Residence at Second Baptist Church Houston, Texas.He has written numerous books, which have sold over 1 million copies, have been translated into more than a dozen languages, and have won numerous awards. His writings have established him as a thought-leader in the areas of marriage, parenting and spiritual formation. His book Sacred Marriage has sold more than 700,000 copies, and its accompanying devotional was an ECPA Gold Medallion Award finalist.Thomas has spoken at conferences, retreats, and college campuses in 49 states and nine countries, including appearances at the Focus on the Family National Marriage Simulcast, the Gaithers' Praise Gathering and several National Pastor's Conventions. He has also brought thousands of married couples closer together through his popular Sacred Marriage seminars.As a prolific writer, Thomas has authored more than 150 articles published in major magazines, such as Christianity Today, Decision Magazine, Moody, Marriage Partnership, New Man, World, Charisma, Boundless.org and Discipleship Journal. His message has also been featured on national radio and television programs, such as FamilyLife Today and Focus on the Family.He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in English literature from Western Washington University. In addition, he holds a master's degree with a concentration in systematic theology from Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia, where he studied under Dr. J.I. Packer. In 2006, he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Divinity from Western Seminary in Portland, Oregon.Thomas is an avid runner who has completed 13 marathons, including Boston three times. He is married, has three children, and lives in Houston, Texas.


At GDC this year, Battlefield 4 will be unveiled. DICE recently confirmed via Twitter that March 27th would be the date to "prepare for battle," and subsequently released a teaser trailer.
The teaser clip appears to be showcasing a portion of a tank, but your guess is as best as ours at this point. Members of the press that received invites to the reveal event at GDC are on March 26th, so it's very likely that the "online reveal" would take place on March 27th.
Battlefield 3 delivered a compelling multiplayer experience and gave consumers quite a bit of downloadable content to enjoy. It's likely that we will see another aggressive DLC program combined with Battlefield Premium with the launch of Battlefield 4.
What do you want to see out of the next entry in the series? Let us know by leaving us a comment below, or discuss Battlefield 4 in our community.


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To work with local business support organisations to try and get local people into jobs.
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If there is only one thing that push me forward is the idea of creating stuff. But not random one. Meaningful stuff, meaningful experiences and meaningful products.
In order to do this I put all the love I have in every user I talk to, in every pixel I push, in every question I make.
I believe creating meaningful products is a matter of passionate and diverse people who question everything.
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During the last 6 years I have been involved in multiple and very diverse projects as a member of the UX Team at eDreams.
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Demystifying the Funding Process for Fellowship and Career Development Awards
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EDT
Watch this webinar to hear an overview of the funding process for fellowship and career development awards at NIH.
From a panel of experts, get tips on how to identify the right grant mechanism for your career stage and who to contact for help, and understand how your application will be reviewed and how NIH Institutes finalize funding decisions. You will also hear helpful suggestions to maximize your chances for writing a successful application.
After this webinar, you will be able to:
Understand at a high-level NIH grant process from submission through award stages, including:
How to identify NIH funding opportunities based on career stage and eligibility criteria.
How to identify and connect with individuals at funding agencies to discuss your application and optimize your likelihood for success.
How NIH reviews training applications.
How NIH makes funding decisions.
Identify critical variables in review and determine how to avoid common mistakes in application components, including:
Fellowship applicant/candidate.
Sponsors/mentors.
Career development plan.
Research training plan.
Institutional training and development.
Non-scored review criteria.
Introduction to the resubmission.
Graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and new faculty who are eligible for NIH awards are encouraged to attend.
Megan deBettencourt, PhD
Megan deBettencourt is a National Research Service Award postdoctoral fellow at the University of Chicago. Her research focuses on the cognitive neuroscience of attention and memory, with a methodological emphasis on developing brain-computer interfaces. She obtained her PhD from Princeton University.
Ashlee Van't Veer, PhD
Ashlee Van't Veer is the director of the Office of Research Training and Career Development in the Division of Neuroscience and Basic Behavioral Science at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). She supports research training at the predoctoral, postdoctoral, and early stage investigator levels to ensure a sufficient number of highly trained research investigators will be available to address basic research questions pertinent to mental health and mental illnesses. She also contributes to NIH-wide efforts related to research training and career development, including the Blueprint for Neuroscience Research and the BRAIN initiative. Van't Veer received her BA in cell biology and neuroscience from Rutgers University and her PhD in neurobiology from Harvard Medical School, where she was supported by a National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship. She received postdoctoral training as a research fellow at McLean Hospital, focusing on the role of stress in the etiology and maintenance of mental illnesses. Prior to her position at NIMH, she served as a program analyst at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.
Kristen Keefe, PhD
Kristen Keefe is a professor of pharmacology and toxicology at the University of Utah, Her laboratory's research is focused on understanding the molecular, cellular, and systems functions underlying corticostriatal regulation of normal and aberrant behavioral control, such as in the setting of drug addiction, as well as the impact of dopamine and serotonin loss in those circuitries on such functions. In her laboratory, Keefe has mentored seven postdoctoral fellows, 12 pre-doctoral students in their dissertation work, and 36 doctoral students in laboratory research rotations. Keefe also has been heavily invested in graduate and professional training, having served as chair of the Graduate Training Committee in the department of pharmacology and toxicology, director of the Interdepartmental Graduate Program in Neuroscience at the University of Utah, and a PI on the University's T32 Training Grant in Neuroscience. Nationally, she has been a member of the organizing board of the National Meetings of Directors of Graduate Study in Pharmacology, the Division for Pharmacology Education of the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, and SfN's Committee on Neuroscience Departments and Programs. Keefe is also a regular reviewer for the Center for Scientific Review on NRSA Fellowship review panels. She received her PhD in behavioral neuroscience from the University of Pittsburgh and completed postdoctoral training at the National Institute of Mental Health.
Ed Clayton, PhD
Ed Clayton is a senior project manager at the Princeton Neuroscience Institute (PNI) at Princeton University. He assists in the development and management of PNI's training and professional development programs. Prior, he held positions as a scientific review officer at the Center for Scientific Review at NIH and as a senior director of strategic funding and grants administration at Autism Speaks. Clayton received his PhD in psychobiology from the University of Virginia and conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Pennsylvania.

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Living in space »
Living in space: from science fiction to the International Space Station
Caprara, Giovanni.
Firefly Books,
TL797.C3613 2000
2000. Firefly Books, 213 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm. English
Living in space is no longer just a dream. In a few short years, international cooperation between the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, Canada and Brazil has resulted in man's first successful attempt to live in space.And after many projects and some experimental space stations, like the Russian Salyut and Mir or the American Skylab, we are almost ready to launch the Great International Base, a stable space station geared towards the future. As large as a football field, this engineering masterpiece is scheduled for completion in 2002. It will host six people, and astronauts of every nationality are expected to do extensive traveling to and from the station in orbit.Many scientific studies will be conducted on board and even more eagerly anticipated are the preparations for the great journey to Mars that will begin soon after."Living in Space" tells the story of the orbital pioneers of the past and the fascinating future that now lies open before us. It narrates this century old story that combines science fiction stories, scientific and technological breakthroughs, political intrigue and imaginative ideas where fantasy, imagination and adventure are basic ingredients for every past and future endeavor.With the aide of numerous pictures, some published for the first time, we have the full story of the successes and disasters, of how courageous astronauts lived and, above all, what future living conditions will be like in the near future.
Astronautics -- International cooperation
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Far-right US politicians label lockdowns anti-constitutional
by: NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS, Associated Press
Posted: Apr 14, 2020 / 12:57 AM CDT / Updated: Apr 14, 2020 / 08:37 AM CDT
FILE – In this Friday, Feb. 15, 2019 file photo, Washington state Rep. Matt Shea, R-Spokane Valley, gestures as he gives a speech in front of the liberty state flag at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash., during a rally held by people advocating splitting Washington state into two separate states and questioning the legality of Washington's I-1639 gun-control measure. Prominent state lawmaker Shea says the coronavirus is a foreign bio-weapon and claims Marxists are using the pandemic to advance totalitarianism. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — In deeply conservative eastern Washington state, a prominent state lawmaker kicked out of his Republican Party caucus labels the coronavirus as a foreign bio-weapon, accuses Marxists of using the pandemic to advance totalitarianism and rails against lockdown restrictions imposed by the Democratic governor.
A California teleconference last week to consider sport fishing limits in rural areas unprepared to handle influxes of anglers descended into chaos — with callers branding state officials as "fascists" and declaring it was time to "make fishing great again."
Across the U.S., elected officials from Pennsylvania to Oklahoma suspicious of big government and outraged with orders to close churches, gun stores and other businesses deemed non-essential insist that the public health response is being used as an excuse to trample constitutional rights.
The shutdowns reinforce long-held beliefs by some that governments would eventually use a national emergency to limit civil liberties and the vitriol is particularly strong across the pine forests of eastern Washington state — where conservative Rep. Matt Shea is a co-founder of the Coalition of Western States, a loose federation of politicians suspicious of big government, plus militia supporters.
Its goal is to "stop unconstitutional actions against United States citizens,″ according to a December report into Shea's activities paid for by the Washington state House issued just before his own caucus exiled him.
After Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee issued the earliest U.S. mandatory closing of schools and businesses, Shea questioned whether Inslee would use the state's National Guard to enforce his orders and if he would force inoculation of residents after a coronavirus vaccine becomes available.
"Quarantine is only supposed to be for sick people not mandatory for healthy law abiding people," Shea wrote on Facebook. "Otherwise constitutionally and legally that starts creeping into martial law territory."
Joining Shea in the vast expanse of eastern Washington, hundreds of miles and political light years away from ultra liberal Seattle, was Republican gubernatorial candidate Loren Culp, who wants to deny Inslee a third term. Culp is the police chief of the town of Republic and author of the book "American Cop: Upholding the Constitution and Defending Your Right to Bear Arms," praised by rocker Ted Nugent.
"If I choose to peacefully assemble, go to Church, go to a gun shop, take my family fishing, open my business, enjoy the outdoors, or exercise any of my constitutional rights, I should not be restricted from doing so by a would-be dictator," Culp told supporters during a recent conference call.
Shea's efforts were lambasted by the Southern Poverty Law Center, which said in a statement that he was promoting fear mongering and providing "legitimacy for a network of extremists" in western U.S. states "at a time when hundreds of Washingtonians, and thousands more Americans, are dying from coronavirus"
The lockdown order criticism isn't limited to states led by Democrats. From northern Idaho, where suspicion of government also runs deep, Bonner County Sheriff Daryl Wheeler demanded in a letter that Republican Gov. Brad Little reconsider his statewide stay-home decree.
Wheeler's letter questioned the reliability of World Health Organization coronavirus information and said "now it is time to reinstate our Constitution."
"You can request those that are sick to stay home, but, at the same time, you must release the rest of us to go on with our normal business," Wheeler wrote.
Little allowed restaurants to continue drive-through services and deliveries, but that didn't appease arch-conservative members of his party, like State Rep. Heather Scott, also from northern Idaho.
She called the governmental response to the virus "a way to chip away at the foundations of our Constitution to push a global, socialistic agenda while in the midst of a national emergency."
The criticism has stretched to Pennsylvania, where Republican State Rep. Daryl Metcalfe blasted Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf for his stay-home order and business closures.
"You were not elected to be our master or dictator but a servant leader in the executive branch,'' Metcalfe wrote. "You have no authority to imprison any citizen in their home.''
North Dakota's closure of businesses and schools ordered by Republican Gov. Doug Burgum even managed to draw ire from a doctor-politician, Republican Assemblyman Rick Becker.
"Government itself is going to be causing far more damage to America by its reaction to coronavirus than the coronavirus itself,"" Becker told the conservative One America News Network.
Politicians angry with lockdown orders had a meaningful impact on policy last week after Republican state lawmakers overturned Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly's executive order limiting the size of religious gatherings to 10 people. The gathering limit was upheld Saturday by the Kansas Supreme Court.
Even mostly liberal California saw a rebellious sign last week, when angry anglers disrupted a teleconference with state regulators who had planned to discuss a potential limited ban on freshwater sportfishing in several rural countries. Many callers mistakenly thought a statewide ban might be imposed.
Officials ended up canceling the Fish and Game Commission meeting to decide whether emergency powers should be granted to a governor's Department of Fish and Wildlife appointee because local officials feared visiting anglers could spread the virus.
More than 500 participants jammed the teleconference after a group of conservative politicians, sheriffs and media outlets told social media followers that the administration of Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, was planning the statewide ban, the Sacramento Bee reported.
After the teleconference, Republican California U.S. Rep. Doug LaMalfa wrote on Facebook that "using this quarantine period to advance government control that would never sell otherwise is a breach of trust," the Bee reported.
The developments across the U.S. worry Eric Ward, executive director of the Portland, Oregon-based Western States Center progressive civil rights group.
He accused the politicians of "performative drama and exaggeration that puts their constituents at more risk.″
Associated Press writers Chris Weber in Los Angeles; Keith Ridler in Boise, Idaho; Dave Kolpack in Fargo, North Dakota.; John Hanna in Topeka, Kansas; and Sean Murphy in Oklahoma City contributed to this report.


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Sotheby's unveil their new-look Manhattan HQ over ten floors
US: SOTHEBY'S have opened their new-look, custom-built Manhattan headquarters at 1334 York Avenue, New York, adding six new floors above the four which previously housed the auction house.
From river to bank – two rarities setting records
UK: AS yet there are no signs that game fishing is to become an endangered sport to follow hunting and shooting, not that the market for angling collectables is floundering on the bank of public indifference.
Enough to slake many a thirst . . .
UK: ABOUT 30 years ago a local private lady purchased this 5.2in (13cm) high Charles II flat-lidded silver tankard, pictured right, for £6 at a Cumbrian jumble sale: a generation later, having realised its potential worth, she decided to place the vessel into the hands of the Cumbrian auctioneers Penrith Farmers' & Kidd's (10 per cent buyer's premium) for their sale on September 29.
Photograph auction record broken twice
UK: THE world record auction price for a photograph was broken twice at the Sotheby's London sale of the Photographic Collection of Marie-Thérèse and André Jammes on October 27.
Call to drop droit de suite as third bid for vote fails
EU: THE British Art Market Federation wants the European Union to abandon its bid to impose the artists' resale rights on the UK after member states again failed to vote on the measure on Thursday.
Hugh Scully strikes £3m deal with QXL.com
UK: HUGH Scully, Antiques Roadshow presenter since 1981, has signed a five-year deal with internet auction house QXL.com, worth £3m.
A fortune at your fingertips
SWEDEN at the end of the 19th century was the birthplace of notable inventors of mechanical music who later made their fortunes in America.
New record for Moorcroft
UK: THIS pair of vases, 11in (28cm) high, from the sideboard of a house in Herstmonceux, East Sussex, set a new record for Moorcroft when they appeared at Gorringes Lewes on October 19.
Marilyn sale catalogue the biggest draw
US: PROFITS from the catalogue for Christie's New York's October 27 and 28 Marilyn Monroe auction may bring as much as the sale itself.
Van Gogh's A Park in Spring
NETHERLANDS: Van Gogh's oil landscape A Park in Spring, was the highlight of the inaugural exhibition to mark the opening of Sotheby's new Netherlands headquarters on October 15.
The James Murnaghan collection
EIRE: The long-awaited auction of one of Ireland's foremost collections took place in Dublin on October 14 when Mealy's, in association with Christie's, dispersed the contents of 25 Fitzwilliam Street Upper, former residence of the late James Murnaghan, a Justice of the Supreme Court and chairman of the National Gallery of Ireland.
Challenge to German Internet auctioneers
GERMANY: THE German Society of Auctioneers, Der Bundesverband Deutscher Kunstversteigerer is mounting a legal challenge to prevent Internet auction firms from advertising their sales in Germany as public auctions or sales.
Diary's delights
UK: LADY Charlotte Schreiber was a celebrated 19th century collector numbering ceramics, enamels and fans amongst her passions.
Charles Napier Hemy's Life
UK: Charles Napier Hemy's seascape Life 4ft 6in x 6ft (1.24m x 1.83m), signed and dated 1913, with reverse inscription, set a record for Salisbury auctioneers Woolley & Wallis on October 12 when it sold for a double mid-estimate £110,000 plus premium.
Tajan charged over Giacometti bronzes
FRANCE: AFTER a hearing with the examining magistrate on September 29, leading Paris auctioneer Jacques Tajan has been charged with "suborning a witness and serious breach of trust" over the sale of bronzes by Alberto Giacometti at Drouot in July 1994.
Fax art makes its mark
UK: BRIGG auctioneers DDM hit the headlines after selling a household vinyl blind decorated with art work by David Hockney for £11,000 (plus 10 per cent premium).
German legal fight over Internet sales
GERMANY: COMPANIES advertising public auctions or sales on the Internet in Germany are breaking the law and should be stopped, say the German Society of Auctioneers and Fine Arts, Der Bundesverband Deutscher Kunstversteigerer.
The executive's toy of its time
UK: THE late 19th century cranberry glass and gilt metal 'self-perpetuating table fountain', pictured right, was the executive desktop toy of its day.
Internet auctioneer woos dealers with incentives
UK & US: A NEW Internet auction house, due to launch simultaneously in the United States and the UK on October 15, aims to woo dealers in high value art and antiques by special incentives and simplifying the process.


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Facebook and Google + Add New Features
Jon Swartz
SAN FRANCISCO -- Facebook isn't waiting until its F8 developers conference Thursday to tack on new features.
The social-networking power has revamped user profiles with a top-story function that highlights the most relevant tidbits from friends, a Twitter-like news ticker on the right side of the page that offers real-time updates, and larger photos. (Facebook estimates its users post 250 million photos daily.)
The top-story function is based on who posted and the type of news (wedding, birth) shared.
"We've been experimenting with changes for a long time and think this will ensure that users do not miss out on things they care about," says Keith Schacht, product manager for Facebook's News Feed. "It makes the site more alive." The new Facebook look should be available to all of its 750 million users in a week or so, he says.
Facebook's announcement, in advance of what is expected to be a busy day at F8, is the latest broadside in its battle with Google+ for millions of consumers and -- indirectly -- advertising dollars.
Facebook is expected to fold music and next-generation video into its service.
Much is at stake financially. Facebook is expected to rake in $4.3 billion in revenue this year -- more than twice the $2 billion in 2010, according to market researcher eMarketer.
Dueling features in Facebook and Google+ have taken on the feel of a social-networking arms race, with plenty of technological tit-for-tat.
Earlier Tuesday, Google pre-empted Facebook's news with a slew of new Google+ features. It also said Google+ --is now open to everyone, after a nearly three-month closed-trial period. The most important new feature is improved search.
Meanwhile, Hangouts, the Google+ multiperson video-chat component, will now let users take part in a Hangout chat session using a smartphone or tablet. For now, Hangouts' new mobile feature is available only on Android devices.
Another new feature, called On Air, will let Google+ users broadcast their hangouts to the public for anyone to watch. In keeping with the Hangout theme, as many as nine other Google+ users can take part in the Hangout On Air.
"We are serious about having the best (social-network) service, and we do not plan to slow down," says Vic Gundotra, the Google senior vice president in charge of Google+.
He saays 100 changes and features have been added to Google+ since its debut in late June, and as many changes are planned in the next year.
Google+ has more than 10 million members.
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Nununu is back again with their new Autumn/Winter collection and boy are we excited.
Not only because its my favourite season, but also because the colours for this season are just so fitting. In the uk we are still having some wonderful sunny days but the colours are changing and a little crisp feeling is slowly coming. More layers are gradually creeping back into our wardrobes.
Oscar is a huge fan of Nununu as you well know by now I'm sure, check out our other shoots here. So as usual he gets a big say so on what he would like to choose. He loves stripes, so naturally he chose some more striped baggy pants and as soon as he saw the Sand collection he knew what he wanted. I love this colour on him and the day of our shoot was just perfect to bring the colours out so well. I hope you like it.
We could have spent all day here.
I mean, look at them!!!
The quality of this brand has got to be up there with some of the best. To me, having clothing that lasts and lasts is so worth the extra pennies. These threads are so soft next to your children skin it really does give them all day comfort.
Active children like mine are all about the comfort and durability when moving around like little bouncing beans. These clothes have never failed us. You won't see Oscar in many other brands these days!
Do take a look at the latest collection, as always I know you will love it all and there is something for everyone!


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Kyle Anderson with a 2-pointer vs the Phoenix Suns
Kyle Anderson (Minnesota Timberwolves) with a 2-pointer vs the Phoenix Suns, 01/13/2023
Poole had some fun with Curry over the incident after the game.
Steph Curry explains emotional mouthpiece throw in Warriors' win vs. Grizzlies
Steve Kerr is glad the Warriors won Wednesday night, but he knows his superstar can't let his frustrations get the best of him.
Finley Chastain, nation's top-ranked eighth-grader, commits to Lady Vols basketball
Finley Chastain, the nation's No. 1 prospect for the Class of 2027, announced her committed to Tennessee Lady Vols basketball and coach Kellie Harper
Chet Holmgren hilariously received All-Star votes from NBA players
The NBA on Thursday unveiled the captains and starters from each conference for the 2023 NBA All-Star Game.
2023 NBA All-Star starters: LeBron James earns 19th selection, joined by Kevin Durant, Nikola Jokic
All eyes are on LeBron James pursuit of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's all-time NBA scoring record, but James just tied another record held by "The Captain."


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About Streamworks Audio
Streamworks Audio was formed in 2000 in Vancouver, Canada and started as a computer music consultation firm – providing on-site hands-on training as well as doing in-store demonstrations for various music software distributors. In 2004, we expanded our business into the education realm with video tutorials that are dedicated completely to music and audio production tools, as well as various tips and techniques to get the most out of the incredible technology now available to the music production world.
In addition to producing videos for our own catalog, we have also partnered with some of the largest software vendors to create custom video tutorials and marketing videos. We have worked with names such as Steinberg Media Technologies, Cakewalk Inc, Image Line, IK Multimedia, PreSonus, and more.
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The Royal Town of Sutton Coldfield is a civil parish and English West Midlands town in Birmingham. Sutton Coldfield is a city of the affluent and is the fourth least deprived city of the UK. The Birmingham Metropolitan College, the Fairfax school, etc., are a few of the notable institutions in Sutton Coldfield. The St. Chad's church, Holy Trinity Church, and Lichfield Road are prominent historic spots in town. There are several conservation areas and the Green Belt of Birmingham are predominantly present in Sutton Coldfield. The Cross-city railway line and main railway station are primary modes of transport. The wealthiest populace of the town reside at the Four Oaks Park Estate and the Little Aston Park.


The Budget & Academic Initiatives Town Hall meeting is scheduled for Friday, Mar. 29 from 2-4 p.m. in the NBC Ballroom. Vice Chancellor Hague and interim Provost Alcock will provide an overview of the process as well as context for the next budget year. The Deans will present an update to last year's comprehensive planning and vision presentation.
Students are encouraged to attend this informal networking event for great conversation with alumni from various majors and career paths — and of course, there will be pizza. This is a great way for students to practice personal introductions, learn about industries, and build their professional network. The event is Tuesday, Mar. 26 from 6-8 p.m. in the Happenings Room, UCEN.
The Faculty Student Concerns Committee presents the 2019 Student Open Forum on Wednesday, Mar. 27 at 4 p.m. in the Happening Room. Students should come and share their views with the Chancellor, Vice Chancellors, Deans, and UM-Flint administrators.
Knockout Challenge | Wednesday, Mar. 27 at 5:30 p.m.
3-Point Shootout | Wednesday, Mar. 27 at 6 p.m.
Alumni v. Students Basketball Game | Thursday, Mar. 28 at 6 p.m.
UM-Flint's Mathematics Department holds a Family Math Night twice each year, with the goal of spreading enjoyment in mathematics to the next generation. The Winter 2019 event will be held on Tuesday, Apr. 2, from 6-8 p.m. in the Michigan Rooms. Students from Mason Elementary will be facilitating activities alongside UM-Flint Education students. For any additional information, email Daniel Coffield (dcoffiel@umflint.edu) or call the Mathematics department at (810) 762-3244.
The Community Health Maps Workshop provides hands-on instruction in a low/no-cost data collection and mapping workflow that enables community advocates to meet local health mapping needs.
The workshop at UM-Flint takes place Wednesday, Apr. 3 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. It is co-hosted by the UM-Flint Office of Outreach and the Frances Willson Thompson Library in collaboration with the National Library of Medicine Community Health Maps, U-M Ann Arbor, U-M Dearborn, and U-M Detroit Center.
Author, consultant, and trainer Gino Wickman will participate in Lunch with an Entrepreneur, part of the Interdisciplinary Entrepreneurial Speaker Series in SOM. The event is open to all and takes place on Tuesday, Mar. 26 from 12:30-1:45 p.m. in Riverfront 2317.
UM-Flint, in conjunction with the Genesee County Health Department and Hologic, will offer free STI on Apr. 4 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in UCEN 2nd floor. The "Pee for Pizza" event will offer testing for gonorrhea, chlamydia, and trichmoniasis through urine testing. Participants receive free pizza and STI educational materials.


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CLASSICAL MUSIC SUNDAY: Top 50 Breaking News, Headlines & Stories Worthy to Read/Watch & Share
Labels: Breaking News, ClassicalBrief
FCM on Monday
July 20, 2014 from Sequenza21/
On Monday, July 21st at 8 PM, the last concert of Tanglewood's 2014 Festival of Contemporary Music is a well-stocked program of orchestral works. The centerpiece is Roger Sessions's Concerto for Orchestra, a work commissioned by the BSO ...
Clean Bandit: the cool sound of classical crossover
July 20, 2014 from Classical Music: latest news, reviews, composers, concerts, download, mp3
These Cambridge grads are bringing classical sounds to the charts. Thomas H Green met them
Mischa Maisky: The most unbelievable musician I ever met
July 20, 2014 from Slipped Disc
The ongoing controversy about Isaac Stern has sparked a fascinating conversation about great violinists who, for one reason or other, never became world famous. The name that shot to the top of the pile was the Latvian violinist, Philipp...
BBC Proms: China Philharmonic, review: a triumph of programming
The visit from the China Philharmonic to the Proms was full of shrewd choices says Ivan Hewett
Le Sucre du printemps: Just desserts with Slava, Rubinstein and cigar-smoking Galina
Another priceless new video from a lunch to remember. Plenty of singing and a personal memory of Chaliapin in the nude. Click on 'Post' if video fails to pop up. Post by Meloclassic.
Composer is named president of Munich conservatoire
The composer Bernd Redmann has been announced this weekend as the new chief of Munich's Hochschule für Musik und Theater. He'll have to start getting used to wearing a tie. Redmann succeeds Siegfried Mauser who, after ...
China Philharmonic Orchestra at the BBC Proms
July 20, 2014 from CLASSICAL ICONOCLAST
Hearing the China Philharmonic Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall made BBC Prom 2 something unique. Listening as "pure music" is largely irrelevant : its real significance was that it acknowledged where the future of classical music migh...
Yale student wins Leipzig Bach prize
A School of Music that has lagged in recent years behind the best now has a feather to put in its cap. Hilda Huang, 18, an American scholarship student at Yale, took first prize at the prestigious Leipzig contest. Second was Schaghajegh ...
First false move by Met union
A statement from the musicians union president Tino Gagliardi has been sent our way. Published in an old-school workers' journal, it amounts to an attack on Peter Gelb's policy of promoting new operas – which Mr Gagliar...
Almost human: why is art so obsessed with lifesize dolls?
July 20, 2014 from Music: Classical music | guardian.co.uk
From Coppélia and Pygmalion to Mannequin and Buffybot, artists love playing games with lifesize dolls. It's a trail of lust, obsession and beheadings Coppélia is one of the sillier corners of the ballet repertoire. Franz, a handso...
Norma review Bellini with shock tactics
Holland Park, London The music of Bellini's opera struggles to match the modern context into which it's thrust by Olivia Fuchs Bellini 's opera is set in ancient Gaul during the period of Roman occupation. Designed by Niki Turner , Olivi...
Carmel Bach Festival 2014 — Opening Night at Sunset Center
July 20, 2014 from Peninsula Reviews
Soprano Clara Rottsolk, counter tenor Robin Blaze, tenor Arron Sheehan, Maestro Paul Goodwin and composer Caroline Shaw On Saturday evening, July 19, at Sunset Center we enjoyed the opening concert of the 2014 Carmel Bach Festival. Inste...
Rameau: the greatest composer you've never heard of
Why you should listen to Jean-Philippe Rameau
Wedges - of several kinds
July 20, 2014 from JDCMB
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July 20, 2014 from Seen and Heard International
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Tullamore E.T.N.S. Code of Behaviour
This policy was formulated following consultation with teaching staff, parent representatives and the Board of Management in April 2009. The existing policy was updated in January 2010 so that it is in compliance with legal requirements and good practice as set out in Developing a Code of Behaviour: Guidelines for Schools, NEWB, 2008.
(a) The school recognizes the variety of differences that exist between children and the need to accommodate these differences wherever it is possible within the confines of large classes
(b) It is agreed that a high standard of behaviour requires a strong sense of community within the school and a high level of co-operation among staff and between staff, parents and pupils.
(c) Every effort will be made to ensure that the code of discipline is implemented in a reasonable, fair and consistent manner.
(d) Every effort will be made by all members of staff to adopt a positive approach to the question of behaviour in the school. The Code offers a framework within which positive techniques of motivation and encouragement are utilized by teachers.
Relationship to Characteristic Spirit of School
The Positive Behaviour Policy Document of Tullamore Educate Together N.S. fully recognizes the professional autonomy of the teacher alongside the pivotal role of the parent(s)/guardian(s).
(a) In devising the code, consideration has to be given to the particular needs and circumstances of this school. The aim is to create an ordered and orderly environment in which pupils can, through developing self-discipline, feel secure and make progress in all aspects of their development.
(b) Every effort will be made by all members of staff to adopt a positive approach to the question of behaviour in the school.
(c) While acknowledging the right of each child to an education in a relatively disruption-free environment it is very important that parents/guardians and children understand that with these rights come responsibilities.
Safety: For my own safety and that of others —
(a) I should line up safely when the bell rings
(b) I should always walk while in the school building.
(c) I should remain seated while eating lunch.
(d) I should play safely in the designated play area.
(e) I should never leave the school grounds without the permission of the Principal or class teacher – even to go to the toilet.
Caring for myself
(a) I should respect myself and my property, always keeping my school bag, books and copies in good order.
(b) I should always be in school on time.
(c) I should show respect for my school and be proud to keep it clean, tidy and litter free.
(d) I should always be aware of my personal cleanliness – flush the toilet and wash my hands.
(e) I should always bring a sensible, nutritional lunch to school. Crisps, minerals, sweets etc are only permitted on special occasions. Chewing gum is never permitted.
(f) I should always do my best in school by listening carefully, working as hard as I can and by completing my classwork/homework.
(g) I should always use the words; please, excuse me and thank you.
(a) I should be kind and respectful to teachers and fellow pupils by being mannerly and polite, by taking turns and by trying to keep the school rules to the best of my ability.
(b) I should behave well in class so that everyone can learn.
(c) I should show respect for the property of my fellow pupils, the school building and grounds.
(d) Be truthful and honest at all times.
I should never bully others. I should never allow others to bully me and if it happens I should tell my parents/guardians and my teacher. Bullying is always wrong.
Strategies for Teachers
(a) Praise may be given by means of any one of the following —
A quiet word or gesture to show approval
A comment in a pupil's exercise book
A visit to another member of staff or to the Principal for commendation
A word of praise in front of a group or class
A system of merit marks
Delegating some special responsibility or privilege (golden time)
A mention to parent, written or verbal communication
(b) Disapproval of unacceptable behaviour will be dealt with as follows —
(The nature of the behaviour will determine the strategy)Reasoning with pupils —
Reprimand (including advice on how to improve)
Temporary separation from peers, friends or others including time-out on yard
Loss of privilege- non participation in activity considered an award or treat
A note is sent to Parents/Guardians from the class teacher
Parents/Guardians to come to the school to meet with the class teacher
Parents/Guardians to come to the school to meet with the Principal/Deputy Principal.
If behaviour continues we will confer with the Board of Management regarding a short day and/or suspension/expulsion in accordance with rule 130 of National Schools as amended by circular 7/88.
Please note the following —
A short day allows the school to restrict the attendance time of a child, who is presenting with serious behaviour problems.
The degree of misdemeanours i.e. minor, serious or gross, will be judged by the teachers and/or Principal based on a common sense approach with regard to the gravity/frequency of such misdemeanours, as follows —
Examples of minor misdemeanours
Interrupting class work / Arriving late for school / Running in school building / Leaving seat without permission at lunch time / Leaving litter around school / Being discourteous/unmannerly /argumentative / Not completing homework without good reason / Endangering self/fellow pupils in the school yard at break time /constant attention seeking
Examples of serious misdemeanours
Constantly disruptive in class
Telling lies
Damaging other pupils' property
Back answering a teacher
Frequenting school premises after school hours without appropriate permission
Leaving school premises during school day without appropriate permission.
Using unacceptable language
Bringing weapons, inappropriate toys, literature or photographs of a violent or pornographic nature to school
Deliberately injuring a fellow pupil or school personnel
Defacing/damaging the property of others or school property
Examples of steps to be taken when dealing with serious misdemeanours
Send to Principal/Deputy Principal
Principal/teacher sends note/letter in Journal to be signed by parent
Principal and teacher meets with one/both parents – child may be present for part of this meeting
Chairperson of Board of Management informed and parents requested to meet with Chairperson and Principal
Examples of Gross Misdemeanours
Setting fire to school property
Deliberately leaving taps turned on
Deliberately setting off fire alarm
Aggressive, threatening or violent behaviour towards another pupil or any member of school personnel
Defacing school property
Deliberate transgression of measures put in place to minimise the risk of Covid 19- corona virus being introduced to the school and the consequent risk of its spread will be treated as a gross misdemeanour as per our Code of Behaviour
Examples of steps to be taken when dealing with gross misdemeanours
Chairperson/Principal to sanction immediate suspension pending
discussion with parents
Expulsion will be considered in an extreme case in accordance with Rule 130 (6)
It should be noted that these lists consist of examples only: It is not meant to be a totally comprehensive list of misdemeanours and procedural steps.
Involving parents in the management of problem behaviour
Close co-operation with parents is essential to all our school policies. We try to involve parents at an early stage and encourage parents to meet the teacher. Home-school behaviour records may be used to monitor behaviour. Communication with parents will be by note in the journal, letter, phone or pre-arranged meetings. Every effort will be made by the Principal and staff to keep parents well informed, listen to their concerns, provide them with a welcoming atmosphere and to inform them of positive events as well as when their children are in trouble.
Managing aggressive or violent behaviour
The school recognises that occasionally pupils may not respond positively to the usual interventions and that they may require extra support in an effort to manage aggressive or violent behaviour.
A small minority of students may show particular challenging behaviour. These students will need a sustained and systematic response involving the important adults in their lives, in school and at home. The class teacher will complete a written log to provide continuous feedback between parents and teachers on the child's behaviour, in addition to regular verbal communication.
Children whose behaviour suggests they might be emotionally disturbed are referred for psychological assessment. Appropriate support may also be sought from the Health Service Executive (CAMHs) and NEPS. The school will apply to the Special Educational Needs Organiser, for extra school support for children assessed with Special Needs.
Suspension – Procedures
For gross misbehaviour or repeated instances of serious misbehaviour, suspension may be considered. Parents will be invited to come to the school to discuss their child's case. The Chairperson of the Board of Management will be informed. If the parents (and the pupil) do not give an undertaking that the pupil will behave in an acceptable manner in the future the pupil may be suspended for a period. Prior to suspension, where possible, the Principal may review the case in consultation with teachers and other members of the school community involved, with due regard to records of previous misbehaviours, their pattern and context, sanctions and other interventions used and their outcomes and any relevant medical information. Suspension will be in accordance with the Rules for National Schools and the Education Welfare Act 2000.
In the case of gross misbehaviour, where it is necessary to ensure that order and discipline are maintained and to secure the health and safety of pupils and teachers, the Board has deferred responsibility to the Principal to sanction an immediate suspension for a period not exceeding three school days, pending a discussion of the matter with the parents. Longer suspensions will require Board of Management approval. This approval may be obtained at a regular meeting of the Board or at an emergency meeting at which the Chairperson and Principal have outlined for the Board the reasons why they feel it is necessary to impose a further suspension. In line with the requirements of the Education Welfare Act (2000), the Board of Management will inform the Education Welfare Board when any pupil's period of suspension equals or exceeds six school days. When a student is suspended, the parents/guardians will be requested to remove the student from the school. The Principal will meet with the parents/guardian to outline the decision to implement the suspension and will present the parents/guardian with a written statement of the terms, duration and date of the termination of the suspension.
Following, or during a period of suspension, the parent/s may apply to have the pupil reinstated to the school. The parent/s (and pupil) must give a satisfactory undertaking that a suspended pupil will behave in accordance with the school code and the Principal must be satisfied that the pupil's reinstatement will not constitute a risk to the pupil's own safety or that of the other pupils or staff and will not have a seriously detrimental effect on the education of other pupils. The Principal in consultation with the parents, the class teacher and the pupil (if appropriate) will facilitate the preparation of a behaviour plan for the pupil, if required, and will re-admit the pupil formally to the class. Where a satisfactory resolution of a problem is achieved, a pupil may be re-admitted to school within a suspension period at the discretion of the Chairperson of the Board and the Principal.
The Board of Management has the authority to expel a pupil in an extreme case where repeated incidents of serious misbehaviour interfere with the educational opportunities of fellow students or where there is a threat to the health and safety of either students or staff. Where expulsion is considered the school authorities will have tried a range of other interventions and will have formed the opinion that they have exhausted all possibilities for changing the pupil's behaviour. This sanction would be imposed under the terms of the Education Welfare Act (2000).
Under the Education Welfare Act, 2000, 'A student shall not be expelled from a school before the passing of twenty school days following the receipt of a notification under this section by an educational welfare officer' (Section 24(4).) It is the right of a Board of Management to take '…such other reasonable measures as it considers appropriate to ensure that good order and discipline are maintained in the school concerned and that the safety of students is secured.' (Section 24(5))
Under Section 29 of the Education Act, 1998, parents are entitled to appeal to the Secretary General of the Department of Education and Skills against some decisions of the Board of Management, including (1) permanent exclusion from a school and (2) suspension for a period which would bring the cumulative period of suspension to 20 school days or longer in any one school year.
The Principal will advise parents of this right of appeal and associated timeframe if it has been decided to suspend or permanently exclude a pupil. A copy of the circular (22/02) outlining the appeals procedure as well as an application form will be sent to the parents by post.
Appeals must generally be made within 42 calendar days from the date the decision of the school was notified to the parent or student.
The school Principal will prepare a response if and when the Dept. of Education and Skills is investigating an appeal.
Parents are reminded that the staff of the school does not accept responsibility for pupils before time of 9.10am or after the official closing time of 2.00pm (infants) or 3.00pm (other classes) except where pupils are engaged in an extra-curricular activity organised by the school and approved by the Board of Management. Pupils involved in such activities are expected to behave in accordance with school behaviour policy during these times.
In line with the school's policy on record keeping, and data protection legislation, formal records in relation to pupils' behaviour are kept in a secure place in the office. Copies of all communications with parents/guardians will be retained in the school. All such records are retained until students reach 21 years.
Reference to other Policies
Other school policies that have a bearing on the code of behaviour include
Enrolment Policy
SPHE Policy
Supervision Policy
Success Criteria
This policy will be deemed to be successful when the following are observed —
Positive behaviour in class rooms, playground and school environment
Practices and procedures listed in this policy being consistently implemented by teachers
Positive feedback from teachers, parents and pupils
Deliberate transgression of measures put in place to minimise the risk of Corona Virus (Covid-19) being introduced to the school and the consequent risk of its spread will be treated as a gross misdemeanour as per our Code of Behaviour
The code will be discussed at staff meetings and reviewed periodically.
This policy was adopted by the Board of Management in May 2009.
This policy was reviewed on August 19th 2020.
Signed _________________________________________ Chairperson
Michael Joyce, Chairperson


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