LOS ANGELES — California's State Architect Chester A. Widom, FAIA, earlier this month launched a forward-thinking new sustainability initiative. Dubbed 7x7x7: Design, Energy, Water, the initiative will engage seven experienced architecture firms to develop seven case studies in sustainable school design for seven representative school campuses, according to a statement by the California Department of General Services (DGS).
While the state has made significant headway in incorporating sustainability into the design and construction of new school buildings and campuses, "for every new sustainable school building constructed, there are thousands of existing buildings with plenty of life left in them that have the potential to be far more energy- and water-efficient," according to the initiative's website. In response, the initiative will capitalize on this potential and reimagine how existing schools can be renovated to enhance the learning environment and reduce energy and water usage.
In order to inspire this conversation across the state, the Division of the State Architect (DSA) — a branch of the DGS — engaged seven architectural firms to develop seven conceptual case studies in school design that will reduce energy and water consumption and result in a better learning environment on seven campuses including K–12 schools and a community college. The seven schools selected for the case studies are representative of typical building types from different eras constructed throughout California, according to a statement by the DSA.
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I feel its time I started to do some recording so, whilst I get some kit together, I thought I would start looking for a Bass with a Jazzy sound. I play Bass like a cello, sitting, so shape and size are important to me. With a pin to raise it off the floor, the Shorty looked a good bet. It is the only Shorty known to have an Ebony fingerboard and it looks stunning.
#062 Hofner Shorty Lefty. Customer Special Order.
Ideally I want to be able to create tones as close as I can to a full size Double Bass. I have found the Shorty to be remarkably good on tone but the knobs are on the wrong side for comfort. I needed a "lefty" but they don't make them. Then I found #062, a special customer order, in Germany. Perfect!
I am fortunate to have been able to discuss the history of both guitars with Hubert Kaa at Hofner. He confirmed that #056 is definitely a one-off and that a small batch of 8 or so "lefties" were made when a customer ordered one.
Quite a find, this. 190s are rare and this one has seen better days. I wasn't sure whether to restore it or leave well alone ....... but it has a superb tone.
It's just what I have been looking for so definitely a full restoration project.
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I didn't buy this for its looks but the seller eulogised about its feel and tone. I thought I would give it a go.
It turns out to be a superb bass and so becomes the basis of my studio guitar.
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Here is a chime from Arizona. Only in the 60's all week. Brrrrrrr!
I watch YT vlogs of guys in UK playing when it's in the 30's (F), rain, sleet, snow, 5 layers of clothes and playing some pretty good golf. Get's in the 40's and I can't swing, ball goes nowhere, feels like a rock. I don't know how they do it. I don't mind the cold (I was a ski bum for 6 years), I just can't play (well) in those conditions.
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I should start a b!tch session thread about how the cost of golf goes up this time of year because of people getting away from the snow.
Does winter golf cost more in CA? Or is everything so damned expensive out there that it doesn't matter?
I like the signature quote.
I think I'm starting to get golf withdrawal symptoms too with the way they jack up the greens fees around this time of year.
Let's not get crazy, it's still only December.
Even here in South Carolina the weather is taking its toll on golf days. I gave up my club junkie addiction and used the $$$$$ to get a launch monitor and am building a sim in my garage. Hope to have it finished by end of Dec. Plan on using both practice range and golf sim courses. I figure I will still use it in the summer for range work. I hate going to the range when its 95 & humid. I got a portable unit so I can also lug it to range.
I've lost a bit of my 'mojo' this fall and am looking forward to a break from the game.
I'll recharge the batteries for my simulated round Saturday morning.
Last week I shot 7 under at the Memorial and jarred a shot from 123 yards. Delusional golf for the next 5 months is just what the mojo doctor ordered.
Not to mention the NCW set of irons that I'm waiting on. I see a build with cool shafts, ferrules and girls in my future.
Time to heal the body and repair the psyche.
heated range station this weekend. it won't be the same.
While it is frustrating not playing there is an upside at my age. Rest will help all the little golf injuries incurred over the past 6 months. Left hip sore, left hand hurts with most swings, back is tired. Repetitive motion injuries that hopefully will improve with a few months off.
I'm too addicted to golf to stop playing on my volition, so I need the weather to make me stop. I use the 3 months of non-golf season to rest and work on getting back in shape for the coming season, as well as let the wife and daughter know that I still exist.
I'm usually ok, until I get a text from my FIL at his course in Florida rubbing it in. He's a member at an absolutely fantastic course (Old Marsh) in Palm Beach, which makes it even worse.
This month is the worst because the days are short. By the time I'm out of work, the sun's halfway down and I can't even get out to hit chips.
For me, it's excessive regripping, spending money on eBay, and drinking too many martinis to cope.
I have a strong track record of cocking things up in warm, calm conditions because I'm so unaccustomed to them.
Usually I spend a bunch of money on clubs over the winter, but decided I'm just going to stick with 3w and hybrid replacement... already got my 3w. Golf season has been over where I live for nearly 2 months now, it's absolutely brutal.
Heading to San Diego in 2 weeks though!
Nothing changes in So Cal all year. Still jam packed freeways to get to the jammed pack courses.
I am all about swinging a wedge in the living room. Windows help me see what my swing is looking like. Then take some new thoughts to the range/course when available.
Also, putting over and over on the carpet. Just to get stroke flowing and starting lines right.


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THE CRAWLING WORLD OF CRABS AND INSECTS
CRABS, insects, centipedes and spiders together form a group called the Arthropoda or animals with jointed legs. The first three of these form quite a definite series and appear to be sharply separated from the spiders. In addition there is another animal called Peripatus—a primitive, worm-like creature, retiring in habit and living in damp places in the tropics of Africa and America, in Australia and New Zealand. It is an interesting animal, because it shows affinities with worms on the one hand and Arthropoda, especially the insects, on the other; we shall say no more about Peripatus, but it should be remembered as one of those synthetic sort of animals which combine the qualities of two or more widely separated groups and whose very existence enables us to build up a fairly accurate knowledge of how higher groups may have evolved from the lower.
The arthropod body consists of a series of rings and, theoretically, each ring or segment carries a pair of legs. This is well shown in the centipedes. When we come to the higher forms, these legs tend to disappear from some of the segments, fusion of the segments takes place and specialisation for various purposes sets in. Some of the legs are no longer used for walking but become modified as jaw-feet. On account of changes of this kind, we shall find it convenient to describe the legs and similar structures as appendages, a term which can include antenna? or feelers, claws of crabs, claw horns or cheliceras of spiders as well as the modified jaw-feet of Crustacea (lobsters, crabs, shrimps, etc.) and of insects.
Arthropods may be recognised by their strong, horny armour which would greatly hamper their movements were it not for the many-jointed limbs from which the group gets its name. The possession of antennas or feelers is quite characteristic. Like practically all other groups of the animal kingdom, and as we should expect from their great diversity and numbers, the Arthropoda has representatives in every sphere of animal activity; they flourish in the air, on and in the earth, and in the seas, rivers and ponds. It is interesting
to recall that even the typically water-loving Crustacea have sent a few representatives to the land as in the case of the land crabs and wood lice. This almost universal distribution is the outcome of success in evolution brought about by a remarkable adaptability on the part of the organisms—there is, for example, a shrimp which lives in concentrated brine !
In the life histories of two great sub-groups of the Arthro-poda—the Crustacea and the Insects—there is rarely a direct change over from egg to adult comparable to the way in which a hen's egg gives rise to a chick of more or less the same form as its parents; there are phases interpolated, each phase being marked by a stage in the life history which is quite characteristic in form and structure. In other words, the young arthropod may look very different from its parents. Such a series of changes is referred to as metamorphosis and the complexity of the metamorphosis may vary very much in character and degree in the different members of the group. Unlike many of the lower animals, the sexes are usually separate.
The Crustacea, which includes the Crabs and Lobsters, is typically a water-inhabiting group breathing by gills. The Insecta, which typically dwells on the land, breathes by means of air-tubes.
The arthropod group has a particular claim to man's attention, for it is important to him in a variety of ways, pleasant and otherwise—it may afford him food like crabs and shrimps; it may destroy his possessions as the termites do; it may ruin his crops in the way the Colorado beetle does; it carries disease through the house-flics, mosquitoes and lice; it supplies the bees which pollinate his flowers.
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The property can be found on the left hand side of Spring Park Road if travelling upwards from the Wickham Road end. Numerous amenities can be found on the Wickham Road which include bus routes to Bromley and Croydon town centres and East Croydon mainline railway station, as well as a range of local shops and restaurants. Highly regarded schools are also within easy reach as is the library, tennis club and bowls clubs and recreation ground. For full directions please see the map or contact Allen Heritage Estate Agents in Shirley.
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Meet Jane. When moved in, she was 6, now she is 12. She's been a best friend to my girls and sort of like an older sister. Jane is the kind of friend you pray your kids will have someday. From the moment Jane stepped into our lives, I knew she was golden. She would give the girls her toys, fix their hair, break up their fights, and generally keep the peace. The plays and songs Jane and the girls have made up have kept us, as well as the entire neighborhood, in stitches. Jane has an amazing singing voice, and no doubt will be somewhere in the music industry somewhere someday.
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Lynn L. Bergeson Quoted In Environmental Leader Article "What Does the Loss of 'Green Chemistry' Provision from Amended TSCA Mean for Biochemicals?"
On July 15, 2016, Lynn L. Bergeson, Managing Partner of Bergeson & Campbell (B&C®), was quoted in an Environmental Leader article on the impacts of the loss of a green chemistry provision from Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Reform.
As Lynn Bergeson, managing partner of Bergeson & Campbell writes in a blog post, the provision "called for a study of how to best incentivize sustainable chemistry research and development, as well as support 'economic, legal and other appropriate social science research to identify barriers to commercialization and methods to advance commercialization of sustainable chemistry.'"
It also created an EPA-led working group to coordinate federal sustainable chemical activities.
What does this mean for the future of biochemicals, sustainable plastics and other green chemistry sectors?
"While regrettable, the absence of the green chemistry provisions in the amended Toxic Substances Control Act is a setback, not a deal breaker," Bergeson told Environmental Leader. "The green chemistry provisions in Section 24 of H.R. 2576 were taken from Senator Chris Coons' (D-DE) Sustainable Chemistry Research and Development Act. Section 24 was eliminated reportedly because its inclusion would have been subject to review by the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee, a different House Committee from the House Energy and Commerce Committee that had primary jurisdiction over TSCA reform, potentially complicating and delaying an already complicated and time-sensitive Congressional review process. The decision to forego this review and eliminate the green chemistry provisions is disappointing, but a failed TSCA reform effort would have been more so."
Bergeson says the provision's absence in the updated chemical safety law eliminates — for now — the development of and funding for a green chemistry strategy at the federal level. Sen. Coons is expected to introduce a similar bill next year.
Senators Coons, Susan Collins (R-ME) and Ed Markey (D-MA) have asked the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) for a technology review of sustainable chemistry. "The report, expected to be complete in the spring of 2017, can help illuminate the options available to the federal government to promote green chemistry whether by instigating new legislation or by serving as a resource which existing legal authorities can use to support this field that is so vital to economic competitiveness and/or use to diminish the less positive impacts of chemistry throughout our economy," Bergeson said.


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Dr. Panagiotis Iakovidis featured in WH Magazine
Off the Sidelines : WH magazine – Issue 8
Born and raised in Thessaloniki, Greece, Panagiotis (Panos) Iakovidis took quite a leap. "I decided to venture to the United States," he says, a glimmer of excitement still in his eyes. Just after graduating high school, at age 19 he moved from Thessaloniki to live with his mother's brother in Houston, Texas, and pursue a career in the medical field.
Iakovidis knew he wanted to be a surgeon, although, "Originally, I wanted to become a track and field coach. That was the dream." Of course, at the time, before even arriving to the States, Iakovidis knew vocational track and field coach positions were nearly nonexistent unless one was also a physical education teacher. "And I did not want to become a PE teacher," he says emphatically. Still, something in that dream seemed a clear foreshadowing of his future career track.
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"The first obstacle was the language," Iakovidis says. Although, within his first six months in the States, he'd learned "enough English to start college. I started at junior college in Pasadena Texas. I went there for a year, and then I transferred to the University of Houston, what they call the Main Campus."
After medical school in 1988, Iakovidis went for his general surgery training at the University of Texas in San Antonio. Having completed five years of training and one year of research, he went on to attend the University of West Virginia in 1994 where he studied open heart surgery. He graduated in 1996. That same year, he arrived in Winter Haven and joined Bond Clinic as a vascular and thoracic general surgeon. Quickly, Iakovidis seemed to attain some lofty goals, though he explored many options at a young age. "My parents helped me go through a litany of professions so I could get really exposed. Without their support emotionally and financially, I would not be able to do this."
A FITTING PARTNERSHIP
A professional medical association, Bond Clinic is made up of over 80 providers, encompassing 28 medical specialties. Iakovidis joined the company 22 years ago, became an asset to the medical team, and within a few years a vital part of the institution. In 2009, he became president and CEO of Bond Clinic.
At the time, the clinic was going through a difficult financial struggle and reached out to Iakovidis to work with the partners in order to restructure the business. The goal was to streamline so the team would be not only financially strong, but able to optimize care to patients. "We've been slowly able to change the way we provide healthcare to our community," says Iakovidis. "We're still working, because it's always going to be a work in progress. From the service to the quality of care, we're always going to strive to be perfect, and that's the change we've made over the last five years. We've seen a significant growth in what we do because of that. Everything you see today in this building is because of that. "
Over the years, Bond Clinic has been able to provide higher quality of care, increase access to patients, and most importantly, decrease the cost of the healthcare provided to the community. "All three components are very important in today's healthcare," says Iakovidis, "and this is something I took in my heart as a goal."
The many new technologies in medicine give the clinic all the tools needed to implement optimal healthcare. "The moment you walk into Bond Clinic," says Iakovidis, "someone is responsible in caring for you. The individuals that we have to help you get in — their role is just as important as the doctor's. It's a full team that works to take care of a patient. It's not just a doctor or a nurse practitioner."
The lifestyle for any general surgeon is never one you can put in a box. The education is extensive, usually taking years. The training is rigorous, for what can never be defined as a nine-to-five job. When describing the uncertainties of a general surgeon's day-to-day schedule, Iakovidis explains few things are certain. "What is certain," he says, "is that you're going to have a challenge every day. And sometimes there are multiple challenges. One of the funny sayings that we had in general surgery was that the only problem of being on call every other day was that you missed half of the good cases when you weren't working. The most important thing I can say about being a surgeon is that you're able to solve a problem and see the results very fast. That is what gives you immediate satisfaction."
While still on call most days, Iakovidis has sought to invest in his children's dreams just as his parents invested in his own. So when his son wanted to go to podiatry medical school at Barry University School of Podiatric Medicine in Miami Shores, Iakovidis encouraged him in his dream. When his daughter said she wanted to act and be a Disney Princess in Tokyo, Japan, her father was completely behind her. And when his other daughter at a young age wanted to play soccer, Iakovidis didn't just see that she played soccer, but offered himself as her practice partner, week in and week out. Though he'd played recreationally as a child, he hadn't played in some time, yet in his 30s he was ready to learn again alongside his daughter. "She wanted to know more," says Iakovidis, "so I started playing myself and getting in better shape." While Iakovidis would practice afternoons with his daughter, he always joined the Lakeland Adult Soccer League on Fridays and Sundays to keep up his skills. Over the months, Iakovidis not only discovered a new love of the game, but his heart grew with the community that the sport had created for him.
Two years later, Iakovidis' daughter told her dad she decided to pursue theatre. "And she left me with the soccer," Iakovidis says with a grin. By that time he was enjoying the exercise and relationships he had developed with other players and decided to stay with it.
"It opened a new chapter in my life that allowed me the opportunity to understand how life is outside of medicine. From when I was 19 until I was 36, the only focus I had was medicine, surgery. Everything else was only a small part of [my life]; it was intermittent and had very little involvement with who I was. It was almost like watching a movie. Yes, I watched the sports and the games. But I was a spectator. Soccer gave me the opportunity to see not just the sport but other people's lives and how that sport brought people together, how it brought different parts of the community together and created community."
Though his daughter went on to pursue theatre for a time, Iakovidis' new venture into the world of recreational soccer seemed to be preparing him especially for a new partnership and venture on which Bond Clinic would soon embark.
A LIKELY PARTNERSHIP
Near the end of 2016, fellow orthopedic surgeon Dr. Paul Morin reached out to Iakovidis to see if Bond Clinic would be interested in becoming the medical provider for the Lakeland Tropics soccer team. It was just two weeks before the Tropics' first game.
It didn't take much convincing for Bond Clinic to join in partnership, and before long Iakovidis became majority owner and CEO of the company. "If it wasn't for him," says Iakovidis, "I wouldn't be involved. I wouldn't have known.
"I was introduced to the owners of the group through Chris Economides (chief operating officer of the Tropics) and Andrew Haines (previous CEO). They were looking for a partner. I have an amateur team — an adult male team that plays at the national level in Lakeland. I had a team like that for the last 10 to 15 years. So people knew that I was involved in soccer here and knew the different venues. We won many championships at the amateur level, at the state, and went pretty much every year at the regionals." Last year the team made it to the final four of the U.S. amateur soccer.
Before the Christmas season in 2016, Haines knew he couldn't financially continue on with the Tropics and asked Iakovidis to take over the operation. While Iakovidis didn't know too much about indoor soccer, he quickly jumped in as a sponsor with Bond Clinic and as a minor owner of the Tropics. By the end of January 2017, he took over as major owner.
"Once Bond Clinic got involved, what I noticed was that an organization like that can bring a lot of attention to our community, create a spotlight for Polk County, increase the quality of living but attract many entities nationwide," says Iakovidis. "And I feel that was something unique. At the same time, the more I sat on the bench looking at different individuals and companies, I felt it was a unique time for us to get to know each other better and do a lot more out of a sport."
The Tropics offer opportunities for both indoor and outdoor soccer, recruiting many players from United Soccer League and Major League Soccer. "They still want to play the game but don't want to commit themselves to 10 months. Others want to slow down," says Iakovidis. Some players come from Brazil, while many come from all over the world and some local. "For outdoor soccer, we just had our second tryouts last Saturday, and we had about 36 players try out."
Along with the opportunities for players and fans to enjoy the games, others have developed from the front office. With many athletes studying locally and degrees such as business and sports management on the rise, the Tropics have interns that come to the organization and are able to learn what is really involved in everyday life of the business. "Then you have opportunities as far as marketing and graphics," says Iakovidis, "and obviously learning the logistics of what it takes to create a game." A show produced by Southeastern University with the Tropics is currently in the works. The school will produce the show in the coming months and release it on YouTube. "So when we use that show," says Iakovidis, "interns have the opportunity to go and perform every step, from the video casting, to interviews, to working behind the scenes, to understanding how connections are developed."
Recently, the Tropics added a ladies' team and developed a Lakeland Tropics FC Youth team as a part of the entire Tropics' umbrella.
In addition to connecting with the community, the Tropics also seek to give back. In 2017, a day before Thanksgiving, the front office, players, and Iakovidis volunteered with VISTE to deliver meals to the elderly. And this past year, a roofing company gave away a full roof to a family in need through the Tropics. "So instead of us getting a large sponsorship, part of their marketing involvement is to give this instead us receiving a bigger check. But that's what this is all about," explains Iakovidis. "That's why I'm involved. The soccer part is exciting; it gets people together. But the things around it is what makes it special."
As for Iakovidis' daughter who wanted to play soccer, she's now a junior at the University of Central Florida, with plans to go to medical school. Of course, one shouldn't be surprised that she would choose to follow in her father's footsteps.
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The Child & Family Institute
Weissman Children's Foundation
Meet Dr. Weissman
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CFI-Manhattan
CFI-Brooklyn
CFI-Florida, Michigan, and California
Individual/Family CBT
Pediatric Assessment Center
Speech & Occupational Therapy
Biofeedback & Virtual Reality
ADHD and Organizational & EF Skills Coaching
Anxiety, OCD, & Trauma
Center for Chronic Medical Conditions
Tic & Habit Disorders
LGBTQ+ Program
Adoption & Attachment Program
Educational Consulting, Tutoring, & SAT/College Prep
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Formative Years:
Adam S. Weissman, Ph.D. was born and raised in Ardsley, NY, a small town in southern Westchester County, with his older sister, Ilan, mother, Ronee, and father, Eugene. He attended Ardsley High School, where he was a Quad-Varsity scholar-athlete in football, tennis, winter and spring track and field. Weissman earned extensive academic, athletic, and community service honors throughout his youth. He spent his vacations working with developmentally disabled children at the local YWCA and attended service trips with Habitat for Humanity, American Jewish Society for Service, and other volunteer organizations. Through these experiences, he cultivated his lifelong love for behavioral psychology and helping children and families in need.
In the summers, Weissman explored his love of travel and education as a teen and, in his twenties and thirties, as a tour director for his family travel company, Weissman Teen Tours, Inc. He led educational tours throughout Europe, Hawaii, and the Western U.S. and Canada.
Weissman was recruited by a number of colleges for discus and other track and field events, but with a surge in height, he soon changed direction and played college basketball in the South of France during a study abroad program through the University of Pennsylvania. His Aix-en-Provence team made it to the national championship game in Strasbourg, losing by one point to the defending national champions in double overtime – one of his most memorable experiences as a youth.
Weissman went on to receive his B.A. in Psychology and French from the University of Pennsylvania in 2002, under the mentorship of Drs. Martin Seligman and Melissa Hunt. For the next two years, he worked as a research assistant at a neuroimaging lab at Penn's School of Medicine. Weissman earned his M.S. and Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Rutgers University in 2009, under the mentorship of Drs. Brian Chu, Linda Reddy, and Jan Mohlman. He completed his pre-doctoral internship at the NYU Child Study Center/Bellevue Hospital Center and a two-year post-doctoral clinical research fellowship in child/adolescent psychology under the mentorship of John R. Weisz, Ph.D., ABPP at Harvard University and Harvard Medical School's Judge Baker Children's Center.
Upon licensure in 2011, Weissman returned to New York with his future wife, Annie, who was pursuing her masters of public health and currently works at the New York City Department of Health. There, Weissman was able to realize his dream of founding an interdisciplinary, evidence-based mental health center, which he called The Child & Family Institute (CFI). That same year, he wrote his first of three books on the integration of neuroscience and clinical practice.
Making An Impact:
As CFI's Founding President, CEO, and Chief Psychologist, Dr. Weissman has developed the organization to encompass three newly formed partner organizations -- Weissman Behavioral Health, a mission-based, multi-site behavioral health organization; Weissman Education, including CFI Academy, a series of progressive educational consulting, tutoring, and customized online education schools and support services; and most recently, the Weissman Children's Foundation (WCF). Dr. Weissman's passion project-in-development, WCF, is a national non-profit with fifteen sites across seven U.S. states and telehealth worldwide, with a common mission to increase access to gold-standard, evidence-based treatment for underserved children, families, and communities in need -- with an eye toward racial and social justice reform through the lens of reducing mental health disparities in BIPOC populations.
Dr. Weissman sees himself as a practitioner first. Trained by some of the world's leading cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) experts, he is widely regarded as a CBT master clinician, trainer, and consultant, and an expert in the treatment of a wide range of emotional, behavior, attention, and habit disorders, including social anxiety, separation anxiety, school refusal, generalized worry, phobias, perfectionism, OCD, panic attacks, post-traumatic stress, selective mutism, depression, ADHD, disruptive behavior problems, parent-child relational issues, tic/habit disorders, high functioning autism spectrum disorders, and related conditions. Dr. Weissman is a nationally recognized leader in the clinical dissemination of evidence-based treatments (EBTs) for youth, including a new modular CBT approach designed to address symptoms of anxiety, depression, and/or conduct problems as they co-occur in children (MATCH-ADTC; Chorpita & Weisz, 2009), and has been certified by the treatment developers as a MATCH-ADTC Trainer and Senior Consultant through Harvard University.
Dr. Weissman currently serves as President of the Westchester County Psychological Association https://westchesterpsych.org and the New York State Psychological Association (NYSPA) Clinical and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Divisions. He is Past-President of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT)'s Child Anxiety and Neurocognitive Therapies groups, and he is an ABCT Ambassador. He is on the Board of Directors of several other mental health non-profits, including the New York City Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Association and NYSPA Council.
Since 2011, Dr. Weissman has served on the American Academy of Pediatric Neuropsychology (AAPN) Empirically-Defined Disorders of Attention Work Group, tasked with advancing the differential diagnosis and treatment of childhood attention disorders.
Formerly on faculty at Harvard University, Harvard Medical School's Judge Baker Children's Center, and Yeshiva University/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Dr. Weissman is currently an Adjunct Professor at Columbia University Teacher's College. There, he oversees CBT Training and Supervision for the Clinical Psychology and Counseling Psychology Ph.D. programs, serving underserved children and families in Harlem, the Bronx, and surrounding COVID-afflicted neighborhoods in crisis. Dr. Weissman is currently on the ballot for APA Council, as well as its Advisory Steering Committee for Development of Clinical Practice Guidelines.
In addition to his efforts in mental, behavioral, and public health leadership, training, and advocacy, Dr. Weissman has published three books and more than 30 peer-reviewed publications. He has given more than 100 professional presentations on evidence-based assessment and treatment of children and families and has pioneered a Clinical Practice Dissemination and Implementation model (CPDI; Weissman, et al., 2019), presented at the World Congress of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies in Berlin. Dr. Weissman has won many service and research awards for his work, both as a student and as a young professional, including the 2020 APA Distinguished Contributions Award from the American Psychological Association and the Board of Professional Affairs. He was recently selected as a "40 Under 40 Rising Star" in Westchester County, NY, where he resides with his wife, Annie, and his six-month-old son, Skyler; he is currently a finalist for 40 Under 40 in New York State. In addition, The Child & Family Institute's New York headquarters was honored this year as the top clinic, hospital, or practice in the region. Finally, the Weissman Children's Foundation and its timely COVID Relief Initiative have been recognized in the media for creating innovative pathways to pro-bono, evidence-based mental health services for children and families, as well as nationwide communities in crisis.
Beyond Psychology:
In addition to his leadership and advocacy on behalf of youth mental health and evidence-based practice, Dr. Weissman keeps up his many outside interests. He remains involved in a community service a cappella group, which he co-founded at the University of Pennsylvania in 1998. He was also Founding President of the a cappella group, Hudson Sound, performing free concerts for community organizations throughout the NY Metropolitan area. Dr. Weissman, who played in the Top Brass French Horn Choir as a youth, now teaches himself piano and guitar in his spare time, with baby Skyler as his muse.
Avid travelers and adventurers, the Weissmans have visited more than 50 countries across six continents, including their wedding in Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica, and their nine-week honeymoon across Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, and Southeast Asia, where they presented at the World Congress of Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies in Melbourne and taught English to teenagers in Laos. Inspired by his family lineage of teachers and educators, Dr. Weissman has taught and mentored graduate and undergraduate students at Harvard, Columbia, Penn, NYU, Rutgers, and Yeshiva Universities. In the future, he hopes to write children's books.
Principal Investigator (May 2020). Leveraging technology and innovative service delivery models to provide accessible evidence-based care for all: The Weissman Children's Foundation COVID-19 Relief Initiative, American Psychological Foundation COVID-19 Rapid Response Grant, A. S. Weissman (PI), R DiGiuseppe, & J. R. Fuller.
Consultant (May 2016). Coupling a Reading Intervention with Anxiety Management for Struggling Readers, National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD) RO1 Grant, A. E. Grills (PI).
Selected Publications (*Book or Edited Book)
Weissman, A. S., DiGiuseppe, R., Fuller, J. R., & The Weissman Children's Foundation (under review). Leveraging technology and innovative service delivery models to provide accessible evidence-based care for all: The Weissman Children's Foundation COVID-19 Relief Initiative. Evidence-based Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health.
Weissman, A. S. (under review). "Helping every child thrive" through accessible evidence-based care: Introducing the Weissman Children's Foundation. American Psychologist.
Weissman, A. S. (in press). Attentional Bias in Anxious Youth: Clinical Applications. Psychology Research.
Weissman, A. S. (in press). Biography of Adam S. Weissman, Ph.D., Winner of the 2020 American Psychological Association Award for Distinguished Contributions to Independent Practice. American Psychologist.
Weissman, A. S. (2020). Clinical dissemination and implementation of EBTs from the ground up: How to develop a multi-site CBT "Clinical Dissemination Practice," The case example of The Child & Family Institute. Psychology Research, 10, 3.
Weisz, J. R., Bearman, S. K., Ugeto, A., Herren, J., Evans, S., Cheron, D., Alleyne, A., Weissman, A. S., Tweed, J. L., Pollack, A., Langer, A., & Jensen-Doss, A. (2019). Testing the robustness of Child STEPS effects: A randomized controlled effectiveness trial. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, 00, 1-14.
Weisz, J. R., Ugueto, A., Herren, J., Marchette, L., Bearman, S. K., Lee, E. H., Thomassin, K., Alleyne, A., Cheron, D., Tweed, J. L., Hersh, J., Raftery-Helmer, J., Weissman, A. S., & Jensen-Doss, A. (2018). When the torch is passed does the flame still burn? Testing a "train the supervisor" model for the Child STEPS treatment program. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 86, 726-737.
Hale, J. B., Reddy, L. A., & Weissman, A. S. (2017). Neuropsychological assessment in children and adolescents. In J. N. Butcher, J. Hooley, & P. D. Kendall (Eds.), APA Handbook of Psychopathology. Washington, DC: APA Press.
Price, R. B., Ellard, K. K., Weissman, A. S. et al. (2015). Letter to the editor re: The special issue: The biomedical model of psychological problems. the Behavior Therapist, 38, 259-260.
Weissman, A. S. (2015). Autism spectrum disorders and bipolar disorder in youth. In Merrick, J. (Ed.), Child & Adolescent Health Issues (A Tribute to the Pediatrician Donald E. Greydanus). New York: Nova Science Publishers.
*Mohlman, Deckersbach, & Weissman, A. S. (2015). From Symptom to Synapse: A Neurocognitive Perspective on Clinical Psychology. Edited Book: NY, NY: Routledge.
Mohlman, J., Deckersbach, T., & Weissman, A. S. (2015). Introduction to the neurocognitive perspective. In J. Mohlman, T. Deckersbach, & A. S. Weissman (Eds.), From Symptom to Synapse: A Neurocognitive Perspective on Clinical Psychology. NY, NY: Routledge.
Weissman, A. S., Lichtin, J., & Danzig, A. P. (2015). Neurocognitive approaches in the treatment of ADHD. In J. Mohlman, T. Deckersbach, & A. S. Weissman (Eds.), From Symptom to Synapse: A Neurocognitive Perspective on Clinical Psychology. NY, NY: Routledge.
Richey, J. A., Ellard, K. K., Siegle, G., Price, R., Mohlman, J., De Raedt, R., Browning, M., & Weissman, A., S. (2013). Closing the gap between science and practice: Report from the Neurocognitive Therapies/Translational Research (NT/TR) Special Interest Group. the Behavior Therapist, 36, 158-160.
Weissman, A.S. (2013). Feeling powerless? STOP AND COPE: 11 tips to help parents and kids cope with stress and worry in the aftermath of natural disasters. the Behavior Therapist, 35, 158-159.
*Reddy, L. A., Weissman, A. S., & Hale, J. B. (2013). Neuropsychological Assessment and Intervention for Emotional and Behavior Disordered Youth: An Integrated Step-by-Step Evidence-Based Approach. Edited Book: Washington, DC: APA Press.
Reddy, L. A., Weissman, A. S., & Hale, J. B. (2013). Neuropsychological assessment and intervention for emotional and behavior disordered youth: Opportunities for practice. In L. A. Reddy, A. S. Weissman, & J. B. Hale (Eds.), Neuropsychological Assessment and Intervention for Youth: An Evidence-Based Approach to Emotional and Behavioral Disorders. Washington, DC: APA Press.
Hale, J. B., Reddy, L. A., Weissman, A. S., Lukie, C., & Schneider, A. N. (2013). Integrated neuropsychological assessment and intervention for youth with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. In L. A. Reddy, A. S. Weissman, & J. B. Hale (Eds.), Neuropsychological Assessment and Intervention for Youth: An Evidence-Based Approach to Emotional and Behavioral Disorders. Washington, DC: APA Press.
Weissman, A. S., Chu, B. C., Reddy, L. A., & Mohlman, J. (2012). Attention mechanisms in children with anxiety disorders and in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: Implications for research and practice. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 41, 117-126.
Weissman, A. S. (2011). Comorbid autism spectrum disorders and bipolar disorder in youth: Prognostic implications and challenges for practice. International Journal of Child and Adolescent Health, 4, 31-38.
*Weissman, A. S. (2011). Inattention in Anxious and ADHD Youth. Saarbrucken, Germany: Lambert Academic Publishing.
Weissman, A. S., & Bates, M. E. (2010). Increased clinical and neurocognitive impairment in children with autism spectrum disorders and comorbid bipolar disorder. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 4, 670-680.
Chu, B. C., Colognori, D., Weissman, A. S., & Bannon, K. (2009). An initial description and pilot of group behavioral activation therapy for anxious and depressed youth. Cognitive and Behavior Practice, 16, 408-419.
Weissman, A. S., Antinoro, D., & Chu, B. C. (2008). Cognitive-behavioral therapy for anxiety in school settings: Advances and challenges. In M. Mayer, R. Van Acker, J. E. Lochman, & F. M. Gresham (Eds.), Cognitive-behavioral interventions for students with emotional/behavioral disorders. NY, NY: Guilford Press.
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Featuring more than a thousand real ales, ciders and beers from all over the world, the 2011 Great British Beer Festival is a must-visit and must-drink event, though of course it must-be-done-in-a-responsible-manner too.
The five-day festival, taking place at Earls Court, is packed with events to keep you entertained. The pump pulling begins on Tuesday 2nd August with a very important happening - that of the Champion Beer of Britain presentation.
The Great British Beer festival also features tutored beer tastings, live music (from the likes of Adrian Edmondson and the Bad Shepherds, the Fulham Brass Band, and the Chaminade String Quartet), book signings by beer experts and a number of auctions.
The auctions gives you a chance to bid for a place on a trip to Elgood's family brewery in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. You can also bid for a place on another trip - to the award-winning Castle Rock Brewery in Nottingham. Click here for more information on the auctions.
Hat Day takes place on Thursday 4th August. This is one of the festival's great traditions - make a hat (they're usually classifiable as "ridiculous") and plop it on your bonce. Wearers of the best hats will be rewarded with beer vouchers by judges wandering about at the festival.
If you enjoy pub quizzes, be sure to attend the Great British Beer Festival on Saturday 6th August.
Lots of prizes on offer, kindly provided by Adnams Brewery. The top prize is a one-night stay for four people in the Swan Hotel in Southwold (dinner, bed & breakfast included) together with an exclusive brewery tour with Adnams' Head Brewer.
Tutored tastings will be taking place throughout the five days, allowing you to learn more about some of the world's best beers. Tickets for these events sell out quick, so you'd better act fast if you want to join.
Of course, beside the barrels of beer, there'll also be plenty of other refreshments available. The festival's organisers have lined up lots of food and drink stalls selling a wide range of goodies. Merchants include Merry Berry Truffles, The Truckle Cheese Company, Pipers Crisps, Proper Cornish Pasties, and The Crusty Pie Company.
Advance day tickets for the Great British Beer Festival cost £6 for CAMRA members and £8 for non-CAMRA members. Buy on the day and they'll cost a couple of quid extra. For more information on ticket permutations, click here.
The festival can be enjoyed by all, from the casual drinker to the connoisseur.
Why? You won't find a greater variety of beers to try than here.
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This article describes Coventry City Football Club's progress in the 2004–05 season, during which the Sky Blues competed in the Football League Championship, the FA Cup (entering in the Third Round) and the League Cup (entering from the First Round). The 2004–05 season was the last season in which the club played their home games at Highfield Road before their move to the Ricoh Arena.

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A New Literal Translation from the Original Greek, of All the Apostolical ...
By James Macknight
character endeared her to the people in every parish where her husband has officiated as Pastor; and whose tender feelings of sympathy for distress, unwearied activity of benevolence, and constant anxiety to promote the happiness of all whom her kind offices can reach, are still known, and will long be remembered with approbation, in the circle where Providence has blessed her with opportunities of doing good. By her Dr. MACKNIGHT had four Sons. The eldest, a very promising child, died at the
of seven. Another reached the age of thirty-three, after having suffered much from a lingering distemper, which at last proved fatal to him. The loss of this very amiable young man, was the chief distress which Dr. MACKNIGHT experienced in the course of his long and useful life.-Of his family now remaining, one is engaged in a department of the Profession of the Law, and the other is a Clergyman of the Church of Scotland.
This plain and cursory narrative, which must now be brought to a close, is another proof of what has frequently been remarked, that the history of men whose lives have been spent in the acquisitions of learning, are generally barren of those incidents which excite an interest in the details of biographyContinually occupied with the duties of his office, with his studies, and his writings, Dr. MACKNIGHT seldom mingled in what may be called the bustle of the world, and had no share in the political transactions of the day. For engaging in these, indeed, as already hinted, he was little qualified, either by the natural bent of his mind, or by his usual habits of life. But he has left behind him a reputation superior to that which is conferred by the pursuits of ambition, or the lustre of events creating only a. temporary interest in the passions of men; and his name will probably be remembered with veneration, as long as the study of divine truth continues to be cultivated in the Christian world: GENERAL PREFACE.
The new translation of the apostolical epistles being the principal part of the work now offered to the public, it will, no doubt, be expected that the author should give the reasons which induced him to undertake a performance of this sort, after the many versions of the scriptures already published. The principles also on which this translation is formed, must be explained, that the reader may understand in what respects it will differ from other versions. And as the commentary and notes, with the prefaces and essays, have greatly increased the size of the work, some account must be given of what is done in them towards explaining the meaning of the sacred oracles.
SECTION 1. Of the ancient translations of the Scriptures; and of their influence on the
modern versions. With respect to the reasons which induced the author to attempt a new translation of the apostolical epistles, he acknowledges, that the versions of the scriptures used at present by the different nations of Europe, have been faithfully made, according to the skill of the persons who made them; and that the common people who read any of these versions can be at no loss to know the fundamental articles of the christian faith. Nevertheless, a new translation of these divinely inspired writings cannot be thought superfluous, unless it could be said with uuth of some one of the versions extant, that it is every where accurate, intelligible, and unambiguous. But this, it is supposed, no good judge will take upon him to affirm,
The learned, in reading the ancient and modern versions of the scriptures, must be sensible that there is a remarkable agreement among them, especially in their translations of the difficult passages. Now, though at first sight this may be thought a proof of their accuracy, the inference is by no means safe. That agreement may have proceeded, not from the justness of the translation, but from the subsequent translators treading in
the steps of those who went before them. And that they actually did so, will appear from what follows.
During the first and following age, the disciples of Christ being numerous in the countries where the Syriac was the vulgar language, a translation of the writings of the apostles and evangelists into that language became absolutely necessary, after the gift of tongues, and of the interpretation of tongues, had ceased in the church. Wherefore, a Syriac translation of the books of the new testament was very early made, for the use of the christians in the east, who did not understand the Greek. This, with the Syriac translation of the Hebrew scriptures, is what the Maronites, who use that translation, call The pure and ancient Syriac version, (simplicem et antiquam. Mill's Prolegomena, No. 1237. Kuster's edition.) But the Maronites speak without proof, when they say a part of that version was made in the time of Solomon, and the rest by Thaddeus, or some other of the apostles, in the time of Agbarus. It is certain, however, that the Syriac version of the new testament is very ancient. For, from its wanting the second epistle of Peter, the second and third of John, the epistle of Jude, and the revelation, and from some other marks of antiquity, Walton and Mill, with great probability, infer that it was made before the whole of the sacred writings were generally known; consequently, that it was made in the beginning of the second century. (See 2 Pet. Pref. Sect. i.) This Syriac version, on account of its antiquity, and because it is in a language noi materially different from that which our Lord and his apostles used, was held in great esteem, in the early ages, by all the eastern churches. But it was not known among us till the sixteenth century, at which time it was brought into Europe, from Ignatius, the patriarch of Antioch, by an eastern priest ; and falling into the hands of Albert Widmanstad, he printed it at Vienna, in the year 1555; since which it hath been well known to the learned in Europe, and well received by them all*.
The reasons which occasioned a Syriac translation of the scriptures to be made in the east, operated likewise in producing
• Mill, by testimonies perfectly convincing, (No. 1237.) hath established the antiquity and authenticity of the first Syriac version. Afterwards, in the fifth century, as is supposed, a second Syriac translation of the old testament was made from the Septuagint, as set forth in Origen's Hexapla, and of the new, according to Mill, from a Greek copy precisely the same with that from which the Italie or vulgate version was taken. But, for the reasons afterwards to be mentioned, (page 5.) it is more probable that it was taken from the vulgate itsell. In this second Syriac version, the epistles wanting in the first, together with the history of the adultress, John viri are translated.
a Latin translation of the same writings, for the use of the christians in the west. This is what hath been called the old Italic version, which, as Mill conjectures, (No. 308.) was made in the time of Pope Pius I. that is, in the middle of the second century, not long after the first Syriac version was made. In the Italic version, the new testament was translated from the Greek, and the old, not from the Hebrew, but from the Septuagint, which at that time was generally believed to have been made by inspiration, and was esteemed of equal authority with the Hebrew itself. But the edition of the Septuagint from which it was made being very incorrect, Jerome, about the year 382, at the desire of pope Damasus, translated the old testament into Latin from the LXX. as set forth in Origen's Hexapla; and, at the same time, corrected the Italic translation of the new testament by the Greek. (See Mill, No. 852, 853.) In his preface, however, Jerome informs us, (No. 1356.) that he corrected it only in those passages where he thought the meaning of the Greek text was misrepresented. The other passages, in which the deviations from the original were of less importance, he suffered to remain as he found them, that his might not appear to be very different from the former edition of the Italic version, which at that time was universally used. Afterwards, between the years 392 and 405, Jerome translated all the books of the old testament from the Hebrew. This second version, as well as his corrections of the Italic translation of the new testament, being disapproved by many of the bishops and learned men of that age, as lessening the credit of the old translation, a new edition of the Italic version was compiled, in which its translations of the Psalms, and of some other books of the old testament, were retained, (Simon Hist. Crit. L. ii. c. 7.) and Jerome's second version of the rest were adopted, together with his corrected translation of the new testament. The Italic version of the bible, thus modelled and amended, is what hath long been known in the church by the name of the Vulgate. And though at the first that edition was rejected by many who adhered to the Italic translation in its primitive form; yet the prejudices of the public subsiding by degrees, it came at length into such general esteem, that it was substituted in place of the Italic, which had been long publicly read in the western churches, and in all the churches of Africa, (No. 546.) And thus the vulgate became the only version of the scriptures, used in the Latin church, down to the times of the reformation. VOL. I.
The Italic translation of the new testament having been made from copies of the original, nearly as ancient as the apostolical age, the readings of these copies exhibited in the vulgate, were considered as so authentic, that in the fifth and following centuries, some of the transcripts of tire Greek testament were corrected by the vulgate. In this manner, the famous Alexandrian MS. was corrected, if we may believe Wetstein, (see Pref. to his Greek testament) as likewise, according to Mill, (No. 1457. 1479.) were the Vatican and the St. Germain copies; and, according to Kuster, some others. (See his Preface.) Nay, Mill himself thought the readings of the vulgate so authentic, that he imagined certain passages of our present Greek testament might, by these readings, be restored to what he calls their primitive integrity. (No. 1309. 133.) Be this as it may, if the vulgate edition of the Italic version was in such esteem as to be used anciently in correcting the Greek copies, we may well believe that the persons who translated the new testament into the Syriac, the second time, and into the other eastern languages, would be much guided by the vulgate, or by the versions which followed it. Hence, in the second Syriac, and other eastern versions, there is such a surprising agreement with the vulgate, that Mill once thought them translations actually made from it. (No. 1249.) Afterwards, indeed, to give the greater authority to the readings of the vulgate, he supposed the Greek copies, from which these oriental versions were made, were the same with the copy from which the Italic was taken. (No. 1250.) But it can hardly be thought that these translators met with copies of the original exactly similar to that from which the Italic was made. The general esteem in which that version first, and afterwards the vulgate, was held in the early ages, makes it more probable that the oriental versions copied the Italic, or vulgate*, as the Italic itself seems to have been copied from, or corrected † by the first Syriac translation. What confirms this conjecture is, that the
* If what is alleged above be true, namely, that the most ancient copies of the Greek testa. ment were corrected by the vulgate, and that the Ethiopic, the second Syriac, the Arabic, and other oriental versions of the new testament were translations from the vulgate, it will follow that the readings of these ancient MSS. and versions, are to be consulered in no other light than as the readings of the rulgate. The same judgment must be passed on the readings of the Saxon version; for it was nuade fivm the vulgate. Wherefore, though, at first sight, the agreement of so many MSS. and versions in auy reading, may seem to add weight to that reading: yet, in so far as these MSS. were corrected by the vulgate, and the versions mentioned were made frou it, their agreement in that rending is of less consequence, as the authority of the whole resolves itself ultiinately into that of the vulgate.
+ The agroement of the Italic with the first Syriac, is shewn by Beza, in many passages of his notes.


here's a little scrapping i managed today. i also did a card and something exciting but those will have to be secret for a little while yet.
Eleora Dorrit came back from her spa. i love her new natural look, and these green chips look amazing IRL. now she just needs her hair sorting!!
on saturday i went to bristol for a dolly meet. there were only 7 of us but we still had plenty of dollies for the picture! there are even 2 Amaryllis; my Pandora and another.


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Sheriff's deputies rescue stolen trailer dangling off Summit County bridge
KPCW | By Ashton Edwards
Published January 11, 2023 at 1:59 PM MST
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Stolen trailer recovered in Samak outside Kamas.
Summit County Sheriff's Office
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The Summit County Sheriff's Office has recovered a stolen trailer after it was found hanging off a small bridge.
Thanks to a tip from a concerned citizen, Summit County Search and Rescue helped deputies retrieve the trailer on a snow-packed road in Samak just outside of Kamas Tuesday.
Deputies said someone stole the trailer from West Valley City, where it has since been reunited with its rightful owner.
Summit County is searching for those responsible for the theft.
The Summit County Sheriff's Office asks anyone with information to call (435) 615-3601.
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Ashton Edwards jumped at the chance to join the KPCW team as director of digital media in 2022. She has been telling stories for a living for about a decade with stints in Oklahoma City, Salt Lake City, St. Louis and now Park City.
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A lot of New Year's resolutions will likely collapse Thursday. Here's how you can avoid it
Ellen Ciurczak, Hattiesburg (Miss.) American, and Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY
It may be only a matter of time before your New Year's resolution fails, but that time could come sooner than you think – like Thursday.
It seems Jan. 17 is D-Day for New Year's resolutions – the day most people give up on good intentions and fall back into old habits.
Strava, a social network for athletes that tracks runs and bike rides, looked at more than 108 million entries in the U.S. and found Thursday is when Americans are most likely to bail out on fitness resolutions.
However, many do stick with it past Jan. 17. In fact, about 40 percent are successful at the six month mark, according to John Norcross, a psychology professor at the University of Scranton.
"Contrary to widespread public opinion, a considerable proportion of New Year resolvers do succeed," Norcross said.
The professor studies behavior change and has authored multiple scholarly articles on New Year's resolutions. His work is often cited as saying only 8 percent of resolutions succeed, a figure he calls "nonsense."
So how do you keep your resolutions past Thursday? Whether swearing off junk food, promising to watch finances or aiming for more time with the kids, here are ways Norcross' research suggests for a successful New Year's resolution:
Set attainable goals
Don't make too many changes at once. Make specific goals that you feel you can achieve and that have concrete results.
Have an action plan and track progress
By monitoring progress, you hold yourself accountable. Using technology, like apps that track weight loss or remind users to get active, can also have positive impacts.
Remember, you're only human
Changing behavior is a learned skill. Don't get down on yourself if you fail to follow through one day. Don't let one failure derail your goals entirely.
"Most successful resolvers slip in January. But a slip need not be a fall," Norcross says.
More:Exercise more? Why you may want to rethink that gym resolution
Let friends and family know what your resolutions are. If you're public about your goal, it's better than keeping it yourself. Having a buddy join you with your resolution helps, too.
Avoid triggers
Get the junk food out of the house. Join a gym. Place the alarm clock across the room. Make the adjustments necessary to carry out resolutions and foster a better environment. Truly achieving your goal will also probably lead to a larger lifestyle change, too.
Celebrate your victories
Reward yourself proactively when you have accomplished your mission. Don't sabotage yourself, but a healthy treat can help. Celebrate the success with others, especially if they reach their goals, too.
Know it's a marathon, not a sprint
Norcross' research finds that it takes three months for a change to become routine. It won't happen overnight, but it also won't take years.
And be prepared to slip later on. A missed workout in a busy week doesn't have to mean the end of all your fitness goals. Think of the progress you've already made rather than the detriment your slip could cause.
Follow Ellen Ciurczak and Ryan Miller on Twitter: @EducEllen and @RyanW_Miller
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What really scares you? Ghosts? Goblins? Or is it that split second when you turn out the light and hear a creak on the stairs? Just in time for Halloween, The Public Theatre presents a heart-pounding new adaptation of the classic thriller Wait Until Dark, Oct 16-25.
Imagine the suspense of Hitchcock and the fun of an amusement park ride, when a blind woman unexpectedly finds herself alone in her apartment with a sinister group of con-men. Can she outmaneuver her tormentors by turning her disability to her advantage? This masterfully constructed thriller takes audiences from one moment of suspense to another, towards an electrifying, breath-stopping finale. Public Theatre policy requires you to pay for your entire seat, even though you'll only be using the edge.
The original play by Frederick Knott inspired the 1967 Hollywood film of the same name. Both the film and the Broadway production garnered multiple Tony, Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations for many of the actors involved – including the film's star, Audrey Hepburn. The film also ranked tenth on Bravo's "100 Scariest Movie Moments." This new adaptation by Jeffrey Hatcher sets the story back in time to the film noir era of 1944, and delivers a few new surprises to fans of the movie as well as the original version.
The role of Susy, the blind protagonist, will be played by actress Amy Hutchins. The famous villain Roat will be played by Jon Krupp. Carlino will be played by Michael Serratore and Mike by Jason Cadieux. These New York based actors have appeared in lead roles at multiple professional theatres across the country, as well as in film and on television, aptly including an appearance on The Soprano's. The role of Sam, Susan's husband will be played by Jon Peacock. LocalYarmouthHigh School Junior, Ella Warner will perform the role of the young upstairs neighbor Gloria.
The Public Theatre launches its 25th season with the introduction of a new WINE-DOWN Thursday performance featuring a free-Wine-tasting beginning at 6:30pm in the lobby compliments of Marche Kitchen and Wine Bar and Baxter Brewing. The Public Theatre PLAY PAL will also continue its second season for people who love going to the theatre but can't always find someone to go with. It will connect solo theatre-goers with other solo theatre-lovers when they attend the 3pm Saturday matinee performance. PLAY PALS will be seated together and identified to each other making it easy to make a new friend at The Public Theatre. They are also given a coupon for a free concession item, encouraging them to meet and mingle with other theatre-lovers during intermission. Membership in The Public Theatre's PLAY PAL program is free with the only requirement being that you are a solo-theatre-goer. Members can choose to see one play or every play in the season and the shows you attend are up to you. Who knows, you might find a new friend sitting in the seat right next to you.


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Anniversary Photo
My parents will celebrate their 45th Wedding Anniversary later this month. I took some photos for them, so they would replace their photos of me at 18.
Tools used: A Canon 5D Mark II, 16-35mm f2.8 Canon lens, two Canon speedlites, Pocket Wizards, a tripod, a light stand, an umbrella.
The Secrets of Choke
I learned about Choke through a Freakanomics Podcast that featured author Sian Beilock. Since the episode centered heavily around sports, I was hoping to learn more about keeping my cool during a tennis match when I purchased the book. However, in reality, there are all sorts of high pressure situations that are ripe for choking – musical performances, business presentations, public speaking, and test taking to name a few.
One of the most interesting concepts was on awareness of negative performance stereotypes. If you remind women that they're bad at math before they take a math test, even women who are good at math will score lower.
Likewise, if women see other women in leadership roles, they're more likely to say that women are capable leaders. This same research was done with African Americans around the election of Obama. In short, diversity in leadership matters because it inspires others.
The pressure of a clock tends to degrade tests scores for those with demonstrated ability in a topic. In a world where tests determine who is "in" and who is "out," that's a real problem.
What can you do to avoid choking? Distract yourself. When I play tennis, I sometimes focus on my feet and the pressure of the court surface. Don't slow down. Don't give yourself too much time to think. Practice under stress. This way the moment will be more familiar when it comes. Don't dwell. See your failures as a chance to learn and improve. Focus on the outcome, not the mechanics. Thinking about your arm when swinging a racquet or putting can cause you to seize. Think about where you want the ball to land or something outside your body. Find a key word. A one word mantra can keep you focused. Focus on the positive. If you focus on the negative, you'll feel out of control.
"Hey Jeff, I'm going to cut down a few trees this weekend."
Here is something that happened to me just recently but has reoccurred throughout my design career. The things I care about. The things I think are cool or good or difficult or clever are not always what others think are cool, good, difficult, or clever.
Most people walk around in their own bubble of interests. Most people are not designers. If you work with a team, what matters to any particular member of the team is what that person is interested in. It may take you 15 minutes to put together that flyer, but if that flyer is promoting this team member's project, then that is all that matters.
My advice to you is to treat everyone's project like it's important. Don't down play any work you do. Don't sell yourself short because you thought it was easy. Put your best work forward always even if it isn't what you consider challenging or especially interested. You're helping to interpret and sell their dream, and that's important. Always. That's challenging. Always. Even if you did it before.
For the hard and interesting stuff, keep a side hustle. Find a way to fit in the work that you really want to do, the work that challenges you, the work you find interesting or cool, the work that makes you feel like a pro. You also need to please yourself, and the tough stuff will do that. Make sure you fit it in even if it doesn't pay the bills because it will feed your soul.
Another book sale find, Steal Like An Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative, by Austin Kleon is a charming advice book you'd give to a special friend or a new graduate and hope they read it a few times. I placed it on my "to read" list after seeing a reference in another book, whose name escapes me.
The book has some lovely illustrations and is printed on coated paper that feels smooth and special. Kleon's book is centered around artists but applies to all – get a side hustle. Do good work. Stay focused. Copy those you admire. Get to know those who are more talented than you. Learn from others. Make friends. Channel your free time creatively.
Kleon's best advice is worth repeating. Enjoy captivity. You need space and time – a space to work and some self-imposed exile. "I always carry a book, a pen, and a notebook, and I always enjoy my solitude and temporary captivity." Put the phone down. Ignore the free wi-fi, and create.
A charming little advice book for the artist in your life. Read it a few times. Keep it close. Do good work.
9-11 Memorial Museum
The very first time Jeff and I went to NYC together, we stopped by the World Trade Center. "Do you want to go up?" Nope. I hate heights. That was the first and last time I saw the building until it fell to the ground in September 2001 and took 2,606 people with it.
On Monday, I traveled to the 9-11 Memorial Museum. The Met houses paintings worth tens of millions, but the 9-11 Museum has TSA-level security, which is a fitting way to show how life has changed since then.
The entire thing is underground and covers much of the site of the original twin towers. You can see the original "slurry wall" built to contain the Hudson from the North Tower. There are pieces of steel twisted from the impact of Flight 11 with building, the carcass of a fire truck from Ladder Company 3 in the East Village, where all 11 firefighters reporting died, a broken ambulance, plane seatbelts, dusty shoes, and, curiously, an unbroken window.
Always a tough thing to enforce that requires constant nagging, photography is not allowed in the mausoleum-like interior spaces, which largely house some of the spectacular photographs of the day. You won't want to linger long as there is a constant loop of TV footage from the day that made me feel ill. The only thing I wanted to capture in pixels was a fossil like lump called a composite. They are basically four or five floors of compressed material that remain un-excavated. It remained unexplained how many of them exist.
The space is open with no clear beginning and end, and those joining me on that hot Monday largely roamed in silence. The only point of levity were several walls of poster-sized New Yorker covers that really capture the zeitgeist of that year.
My husband and I went to NYC about two weeks after 9-11. We had planned the trip in advance. These posters were everywhere. The streets were filled with bagpipe music in the evening from all the funerals.
There are actual remains behind this wall. The blue sheets were an art project in which survivors and witnesses were asked to paint the sky on September 11 as they remember it. It was a beautiful perfect late summer day.
The Virgil quote is made from steel salvaged from the building.
North Tower slurry wall keeping the Hudson at bay.
God Bless the New Yorker
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Reflecting pools. There are two, and they are massive.
When I was 18, I left the part-time, amusement park job I had since I was 14 and moved to greener pastures – a job at a Coach outlet store. At the time the company was owned by Sara Lee Corporation, which then funded a college grant program that sent me through college and grad school loan-free. I also met some amazing people that are still my close friends. Not a bad gig.
While I was initially mystified at the devotion of Coach fans, I would quickly become one of them. I didn't buy many bags then, but I'd acquire them in thrift stores and garage sales for decades after.
Soon after I left, the company was sold and the brand moved in a different direction – off-shore production, canvas materials, gaudy linings, and logos everywhere. I hated them. The book Deluxe: How Luxury Lost its Luster explains what happened to Coach and many other high end brands.
Most luxury brands are today owned by large conglomerates, who slowly acquired what had been small, family-owned companies and brought in new management, rung efficiency from every corner, advertised relentlessly, and moved production to lower cost regions. They introduced starter products like perfumes, scarves, and handbags to get first-time buyers to splurge on the brand. The assembly line efficiency meant major dollars in a category with already enviably high margins.
Author Dana Thomas covers every angle from handbags to perfume production to silk production and counterfeiting. Hermès bags are still made largely to order and by hand. Chanel No. 5 is the company's most valuable scent, and unlike many perfumes, it contains over 70 ingredients. Chanel contracts one entire farm in France for just one ingredient in the formula. Many of the companies mentioned were founded in the 19th century in France and Italy and family-owned and operated. Hermès began by making saddles. They still do. Counterfeiting luxury goods is a lucrative business largely tied to organize crime, so resist the temptation to attend a purse party or peruse Canal Street and buy one. #recommended
The Best Creative Nonfiction, Vol 2
I found this volume at a book sale in May. Cobbled together from obscure sources like The Big Ugly Review and some familiar ones, like Harper's, by editor Lee Gutkind, a professor at the University of Pittsburgh, this volume was worth the $2 I paid just for the story Moby Duck, which is about a shipping container of children's bathroom toys, all 28,800 of them, that was lost at sea.
The boat in question was traveling from Hong Kong to Tacoma on January 10, 1992. The toys slipped overboard at 44.7 degrees N, 178.1 degrees E. Shipping containers are stacked like legos on a boat deck, but if said boat rolls more than 35 degrees, then the containers can break lose and sail into the open sea. The water pressure will crack the casing as the container sinks.
About 18 months later, the toys started showing up on beaches in Alaska. The author traces the toys through small newspaper ads and beach combing community publications. The toys – a red beaver, a blue turtle, a green frog, and a yellow duck – would be bleached and changed by their time in the ocean but still recognizable as toys.
Throughout the story, the author explored the rise of popularity of the rubber duck (thanks Sesame Street), the evolution of children's toys, and, especially, the huge amount of plastic in the Pacific Ocean, which is larger and deeper than the Atlantic with current patterns that form a dead zone where winds fall below 10 knots and lost garbage collects. The North Pacific Garbage Patch encompasses one million square miles of ocean.
The garage sale price tag says $1, but I paid the $2 price tag penciled in the front. The sale benefitted the Lancaster Public Library.
Our Attached Neighbor
We've lived in our city duplex since 2005, and in our entire tenure, a fireplug middle-aged man named Al has been our neighbor. We have many fine neighbors on this street, but Al was our "attached" neighbor. Jeff complained about his chattiness, but I quickly remind him that he was the ideal neighbor – polite, quiet, helpful, and rarely home. (He worked nights.)
On Friday, I came quickly after a phone call at work from another neighbor, Dawn. "Al passed. When are you coming home?"
Al's mother passed away about a year into our tenure on State Street. I believe she had cancer. I never spoke to her but saw her often in her mid-80s, white American car with "Mom's Taxi" on the front plate.
Al's younger brother followed a few years later, one of the early victims of the opiate epidemic. "He installed carpet," Al explained once. "He got hooked when he was injured on the job." Al found his body in a "pay by the day" motel he was staying at. They were to go fishing. Al later inherited his brother's small boat, one of his only possessions.
Al's dad was the only one left and a near constant presence at the house. He didn't speak much, but you'd know him by his pipe smoke. He was quiet but quick to complain about change in the world or a health problem if you inquired. He passed last year.
We attended his funeral and learned he was a veteran of WWII in the Pacific theater. Al proudly showed off the medals and photos he inherited while also confiding that he could never do enough in his dad's eyes.
He seemed energized that summer – up at all hours of the night and overly eager for conversation. He went out of his way to fix things for us or inquire into our home projects and lives. "He's used to being a caretaker," I explained to Jeff, "and now he has nothing to care for. He's trying to be helpful."
I didn't see him much over the winter, but for a season associated with hibernation, this was nothing unusual. Dawn stopped me about a month ago and told me Al was depressed. I sent him a text message with no reply.
His cousin would tell me that Al had recently bought a gun. The time of death was 1:48 am Thursday night, the same time Baby Cow had started barking but then didn't want to go outside. She sat on the dining room rug looking around like she had a superpower. "I've summoned my human, and she is here." I remember the time but noted nothing myself other than the earliness of the hour.
Not much changed at his house in the 13 years we lived next to one another. He has the same cars and the same boat neatly winterized in the backyard. His garden hose has it's own housing, and there are pots quietly stacked next to his patio. Several neighbors reported speaking to him on Wednesday, and one asked him directly if he was suicidal. He didn't want to talk about it.
Al's house. The military unit was his father's.
Auto DIY
I work in marketing, and I'm fortunate to really enjoy working with our entire team. One individual who handles smaller accounts and ingredients came to us from a pharmaceutical company that closed nearby. Her name is Casey, and her background is in agronomy.
She's a very good sales person – organized, empathetic, and quietly awesome. She also has the best DIY mentality I've ever seen. She lives in the southern part of the county in a rural area, buys from thrift stores, and does her own car repair. She's a 20-something that can drive a manual transmission. What's not to like?
She told me recently that her boyfriend has the same attitude. His ancient Jeep died on the way home recently, and he found a late 80s Mustang on Craig's list that night that he hauled home to fix. She showed me a photo, and the car was in great shape for the year. My brother owned one just like it in the 90s. It needed just a few things to make it road worthy, which gave them both time to get the Jeep back on the road.
I admire her a great deal, and I admire her attitude and talent which gives her the confidence to dig in to any project.


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Q: Transcode video and upload on amazon s3 I want to transcode video in 360p, 480p, 720p and then upload to amazon s3.
Currently we are using php library FFMPEG
I have successfully transcode video on my server. But I did not get that how to achieve same on amazon s3.
Do I need to first upload original video on s3 and then get that video and transcode in different format and send to amazon s3? is it possible?
Or if any other way than please suggest me.

A: S3 is not a block file system, it is an object file system. The difference here is that, normally, you cant mount a S3 bucket like a standard unix FS and work on file with fopen(), fwrite() ect... Some trick exists to work on S3 like any other FS but I would suggest an other option :
You have to transcode the video on a localy mounted FS (like an AWS EFS, or a local file system), then "push" (or upload) the whole transcoded video onto the S3 bucket. Of course, you can improve this process in may ways (remove temp file, do parallel works, use Lambda service, or task in containers...). You should avoid to do many upload/download from or to S3 (because it is time and cost consuming). Use a local storage as much as possible, then push the resulting data when they are ready on S3.
Also AWS have a service to do video transcodification : https://aws.amazon.com/en/elastictranscoder/

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