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Tuesday, March 30, 2010
A Bit of an Update..
Last year when I asked for opinions as to whether one could, or should, try to train for bodybuilding and ultras simultaneously the concensus was no. When I asked for reasons as to why I was usually given a shrug of the shoulders or a vague reply that usually included a phrase stating that the two sports oppose one another too greatly. One builds muscle one doesn't. Fair enough. I couldn't find anyone who had actually tried to train for both, so I had to try! We know how that turned out.
The only thing in common that I have found between bodybuilding and ultrarunning is the tough training, focus and persaverence necessary. Of course if my diet while ultrarunning hadn't been so minimal there wouldn't be that tough mental difference. Body shape really is all about diet. That's another whole post..diet vs exercise on the weight loss front.
I've been training seriously for only a month and I am amazed at the changes in my body. More changes than when I tried this last year and was at 14 weeks. Physically bodybuilding isn't all that difficult. I'm used to training, pain and putting in time. Of course the lifts are exhausting at the time when preformed and there is much delayed muscle onset soreness in the following days as I am pretty much sore 24/7, but that doesn't bother me. If I wasn't sore I would probably feel like I hadn't worked hard enough. In this phase of training bodybuilding doesn't take any more time that ultra running does. I'm in the gym 5-6 days a week for roughly 1.5 hours at a time. Of course on top of that I run with Topaz for 1 + hours a day for the pure joy of it.
In the past I wasn't able to get any soreness out of my biceps. Yesterday bicep/tricep was on tap and I was shocked at how my arms looked. I performed supersets consisting of tricep-then bicep and the pump was scary. Near the end of my workout my biceps were so large that they ached. They resembeled concrete bricks. It brings attention and this is difficult to get used to. I prefer to blend in and not have anyone notice me lifting, although as I'm the only girl in the weight room I don't blend so well. Needless to say, today my biceps are sore.
My workouts in this phase consist of two options: high volume versus heavy. The high volume consists of supersets with higher reps and lighter weight, the heavy is less reps, heavy weight. Both kick my ass. I alternate between the two. Body parts are split as shoulders/traps high volume shoulder/traps heavy, legs high volume, legs heavy, arms high volume, arms heavy, back heavy, back and rear delts, chest and shoulders heavy, chest and shoulders high volume. Shoulders are hit twice a week-once with chest and once with traps. Hams will be hit twice a week soon. I love it!
Anytime Fitness doesn't have great leg work equipment for hamstrings. I'm going to head over to Gold's Gym on my next leg day to compare equipment. I used to be a member of Gold's from 1991-2006-it was Monticello Athletic Club and Synergy Fitness before Gold's purchased it. After Gold's made the purchase Anytime Fitness arrived to Big Lake and that was when I made the switch, about 4 years ago. I've been happy with AF but they do not offer the equipment that Gold's does.
I'm also going to get a day pass one of these days – maybe Friday as I'm off from both jobs- to check out Lifetime Fitness. When I was at their gym in Plymouth for the run training program it looked awesome!
Oh, and does anyone know where JOAN PETERSON is? She was a trainer at Monticello Athletic Club/Synergy Fitness/Gold's and I want to get back in contact with her. I know she moved from the area and can not for the life of me recall where it was she moved to.
Of course, as I have stated before, my diet is a major change. I call it the undiet. This is where my difficulty comes in. You'd think I'd be all over eating more, but alas, it is a change that I am very uncomfortable with. I've been dieting forever and a day and not dieting kind of freaks me out.
Oh, you will notice that I am no longer eating a vegan or raw diet. I was going to originally try a 30 day trial that morphed into a 6 month period because I enjoyed it so much. However, not so much with building muscle as the goal. There may very well be bodybuilders out there consuming a vegan/raw diet but I am not.
Here is my daily nutrition for this week:
Meal 1: egg whites, extra lean ground beef, oats
Meal 2: chicken breast or 97% FF ground turkey breast, brown or white rice , side mixed veggies
Meal 3: 2 scoops whey isolate, medium red apple or grapefruit
Meal 4: chicken breast or 97% FF ground turkey, sweet potato, side green veggies
Meal 5: Lean red meat, fish, side green veggies
Preworkout: hyperbolic/karbolyn
Post workout: karbolyn whey isolate, oats
Yeah, no shortage of food here. I am truly eating all of the time. I bring my cooler wherever I go but I sometimes forget to eat. That seems crazy doesn't it? I'm eating every 2.3-3 hours! I wonder if part of it is because I'm telling myself to eat, not diet, and I tend to self sabatoge myself. You know, when dieting I'm thinking about food constantly. Of course when I'm dieting I'm hungry constantly. Now I'm finally beginning to feel a bit hungry before my next meal. Earlier in this program I was still full while getting ready to eat my next meal. No longer; a sure sign my metabolism is beginning to change. I'm not freezing all of the time, either. At home I don't have to wear slippers and wool socks, down blankets, etc. At work I still need to dress warmer as I sit underneath a cooing fan. Yeah, that sucks big time. I'm always cold at work.
I never crave sweets and this is a big change. Here it is almost Easter and I had to remind myself to visit Godiva Ridgedale tomorrow for Easter baskets. I almost forgot. That has never happened. I need to bake the bun bun cake as well. I kind of forgot about those two items. Sugar is not an issue at all. I don't know that I've ever been able to say that before.
So there is the update!. I'm enjoying this process very very much and am excited to continue!
I can't wait to attend as a spectator at the NPC Gopher State Classic on April 10 and in Rockford IL in May!! I can't wait to see Liz and Mary up on the stage at the Grand Prix Natural on May 22.
5 comments:
- Helen said...
Hi Julie - thanks for the update! I was at Afton on Saturday and we were talking about your bodybuilding endeavour - I loved the other post about the guy in the gym saying you were making them look bad! Though I know you'd be just fine without the attention I'm sure it means you are looking super lean and strong. It's always interesting to hear about the process of reaching for a new goal. Sounds like you are well on the way. But I do hope to see you out on the trails at some point this season :)
- Danni said...
As far as equipment issues go, can't you use freeweights? Heavy squats, deadlifts etc for legs? So much more fun than machines.
I'm glad to see you eating. As a longtime reader I've wondered how you can survive doing so much on so little. I hope it continues to feel awesome and you have great results.
- Julie B said...
Thanks Helen! I will get out to Afton one of these days.
Dani-thanks as well. I do use free weights, deads, squats, etc. I find that my quad/calf are over developed and my hams are underdeveloped. My calves always want to do the work of my hams. On the curls I can isolate the muscle so am looking for more ways to do that. Thanks for following!
- Ronda said...
Good luck Julie, I hang out with a lot of figure girls and bodybuilders. It's a different world but you're right there are so many similaities between ultra runners and BB's. The perceverence, dedication and discipline are huge requirements in both to achieve success. You might like to follow "fighter diet" she is shredded for sure, has written a bunch of ebooks on dieting and cutting. She is intense and a bit bitter sounding at times but her philosophy and advice are right on for what your doing. I follow her on facebook and she gives some advice on leg workouts plus occasionally she will let you ask her a question and she will answer fully.
Mixing BB and ultra running will not work but if you can do it without getting sick or injured you will most likely be the first! The cutting aspect necessary to be sub 8% doesn't really flow with gyclogen replenishment needs for endurance. On the off season. Perfect.
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According to Wikipedia, the word kafana describes any informal restaurant serving the traditional cuisine of the former Yugoslav countries, often with live music. According to popular culture in the area, a kafana has a quasi-romantic atmosphere of down-at-the-heels loneliness, like a diner in an Edward Hopper painting, where your luck could turn at any moment but probably won't. According to our experience in the East Village, Kafana is a great place to fill up on Serbian specialties, with nary a tear in sight.
In the postcards that adorn the brick walls, Belgrade landmarks have been lightly retouched with neon hues, pinks and purples and greens offsetting a cornice or tree. Spend enough time at a flea market, and you'll likely find similar images from around the world. Titles, deeds, and portraits of stony-faced members of a early twentieth-century social club complete the decorations. Chair cushions feature multicolored embroidery, and the friendly yellow walls open onto a small porch that fronts Avenue C. Cash gets put into a old-fashioned register that requires several turns of a crank to open. While not necessarily romantic, such ornamentation lends an appealing idiosyncrasy.
Despite the quick arrival of tap water in old milk bottles and slices of bread with ajvar, a spread made from red pepper and eggplant, we order more carbs. Lepinja sa kajmakom ($5.95) were slices of toasted white bread stuffed with kaymak, an oozy clotted cream spread similar to ricotta. Dainty enough to eat with tea, substantive enough to take the edge off—these were lovely little things.
Our second starter, a hefty slab of zeljanica ($5.95), could make a meal. Squiggles of spinach interlocked with phyllo dough and feta made from cow's milk, an intense battle for dominance on the plate that finished lightly on the tongue. Popeye would be pleased, but those who can't stand spinach might try the gibanica ($5.95), the plain cheese pie, instead.
The riba na zaru, fish of the day, was a whole branzino prepared simply with lemon and chunks of garlic bobbing in a warm oil. As it turned out, the market price ($23.95) cost nearly double anything else on the menu. We worked for every bit of tender white flesh, pushing the spine and waste tube out of the way, masticating with care to discriminate between the garlic and spiky cartilage. Worth it!
Far less labor intensive was the cevapi ($11.95). These minced meat rolls smelled of grease but tasted beefy, the chopped raw onions there for contrast. Of all the food we tried, this seemed the most typical of the rough roadside bistros in Central Europe. As our waitress warned, the meat came naked, so we supplemented with the boiled potatoes and kale that appeared with the fish.
To finish, the pita sa visnjama ($5.95), sour cherries and walnuts loosely falling out of a flaky blanket. Almost like a crepe, the pie had nevertheless known a fryer, to good effect. Combined with the antiquated decor, dessert evoked our grandparents' house, nicely.
We should mention that Kafana isn't ideal for any of the following: vegetarians, people who don't like their music dosed with synthesizers, people who want to pay with credit cards, people who would prefer that their servers don't step out for a mid-shift smoke break in front of the restaurant. For everyone else, it's super.
"Kafana je moja sudbina" (Kafana is my destiny) goes the popular song, filled with fiddles and and maybe an accordion. (Check it out on iTunes.) We would love it if someone took us on a date here, we said to each other, laughing, since we were already there. Even with a handful of other eaters, a Friday night dinner still felt like a find—and it was certainly a deal, the pricey fish notwithstanding. Kafana, with its old-world charm and cheap, filling feed, is best for: an offbeat, low-cost date.
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'Unconditional' Release Announced, Film Based on True Story
Harbinger Media Partners has announced the September 21 release of the new film "Unconditional" based on the true events surrounding Joe Bradford.
The captivating drama stars Lynn Collins, who appeared in "50 First Dates," as well as Michael Ealy from "2 Fast 2 Furious."
"No matter how dark your circumstances, working for those forgotten by society brings hope and turns servants into heroes," explained the film's producers Jason Atkins and J. Wesley Legg when describing the film's premise.
Written and directed by Brent McCorkie, "Unconditional" follows Samantha Crawford, portrayed by Collins, who loses her husband and in turn, her faith. While on a quest to avenge her husband's murder, Sam is reunited with her oldest friend, Joe Bradford, portrayed by Ealy. The two embark on a journey that leads back toward God's unconditional love.
Bradford, or "Papa" Joe, spends the last days caring for fatherless children and meanwhile inspires Sam to resist her desire for revenge.
The film encourages viewers to make a difference in their own communities as well as forces them to consider what is most important in their lives. "Unconditional" includes themes such as reconciliation, second chances, forgiveness, sacrifice, and the true meaning of unconditional love.
Additionally, "Unconditional" has joined forced with Ministries Serving At-Risk Children & Youth Through Its ACT Campaign.
Today, Bradford serves seven at-risk communities in the Nashville, Tenn. area through his ministry Elijah's Heart.
"My dream is that Unconditional inspires cities to unite in love to rescue one of our most precious commodities: thousands of at-risk and fatherless children torn by poverty and oppression," said Bradford in a press release.
The ACT Campaign was launched alongside "Unconditional" and encourages moviegoers to serve their communities. Audiences are welcome to sign up to become partners with the film and its message at unconditionalthemovie.com/act.


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Ford dam draws potential buyers
Ford isn't saying why it's selling its hydro plant now, instead of bundling it with the rest of its prime property along the Mississippi River.
Company officials declined to be interviewed, writing by e-mail only that the company is always looking at ways to optimize its assets, and that Ford thinks selling the Twin Cities hydro plant presents a good opportunity for the company.
One reason for selling the hydro plant now seems obvious: Ford needs money. The second-largest automaker in the country lost $7 billion last year.
Bidders estimate the market value of the St. Paul hydro plant is between $30 million and $50 million. Its generating capacity is between 13 and 18 megawatts; that's roughly enough to power more than 10,000 homes.
Ford finished construction of the plant in 1924 and has upgraded it in recent years. Its license with the federal government was renewed in 2004, so it won't be up for regulatory renewal until 2034, adding to its desirability.
Ford is saying nothing about the process of the sale or who the bidders are. But Minnesota Public Radio has learned that a Minnesota government entity, and three regional and local utilities are among the eight finalists chosen by Ford to bid on the hydro plant.
The state's largest utility, Xcel Energy, is among the finalists. A spokesman says it makes sense for Xcel to look at Ford's hydro plant because it is a renewable resource and it's in Xcel's service territory.
Another local finalist is District Energy in St. Paul, a small biomass utility that heats and cools the majority of downtown St. Paul buildings and the Capitol complex. And it does that with renewable energy -- wood waste.
The Ford plant is considered one of the finest examples of low-head hydro in the Midwest.
"To keep this energy resource in our community allows our community to become more self-sufficient, less dependent upon energy generated from fossil fuels, be it coal, be it natural gas, be it some other resource," says District Energy's Ken Smith.
North American Hydro in Wisconsin is another utility vying for the plant. The company is independent and controls 44 hydro plants in the Midwest.
"The Ford plant is considered one of the finest examples of low-head hydro in the Midwest," says Vice President Bill Pickrell. "First of all, it's on the Mississippi River, which is a very important and heavily regulated river."
Pickrell says Ford has had a very high standard of operation and maintenance. And he should know. Over the years, North American has contracted with Ford to maintain the plant.
Each of the finalists knows who else is in the running. But none of the bidders will identify other bidders.
But Pickrell will say North American Hydro is talking with one or more suitors to possibly put together a joint bid.
"For example, North American Hydro's expertise is in owning and operating repairing and upgrading hydro plants," Pickrell says. "There are other companies that have particular benefits in raising capital, and there are other people that have connections in the labor market and with the politicians who control much of the regulatory issues that represent a big cost to a hydro plant. So we, as well as the other bidders, are looking for that magic combination that allows us to prevail in this bidding process."
Another finalist is the Metropolitan Airports Commission, which owns and operates the Twin Cities International Airport.
"It simply would be a good fit for us," says MAC spokesman Pat Hogan.
Hogan says the airport uses about 17 megawatts of electricity a year, costing the MAC nearly $8 million annually.
"We would be able to use the facility to generate electricity that would meet almost all of the airport's needs," Hogan says. "We would not need to buy very much from an outside provider, and that would be a huge savings for the Airports Commission, savings we could then pass along to tenants at the airport."
Hogan says the agency has hired a consultant to look at the feasibility of bidding. He says the MAC is also talking with other finalists.
Hogan says MAC executives will be touring the hydro plant with Ford officials sometime in the next few weeks. The remaining finalists will also visit the facility soon, before submitting final bids to Ford.


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"Dancing with the Stars" kicks off its Season 14 finals next week – and in a surprising twist, Katherine Jenkins will be among those competing for mirrorball glory.
(SPOILER: This story contains the elimination news from Tuesday's "DWTS.")
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Despite her salsa injury that landed her at the bottom of the leaderboard, Welsh classical singer Katherine and her professional partner, Mark Ballas, made it through to the finals.
Instead, coming as a shock to the "DWTS" ballroom, which booed loudly, Maria Menounos and Derek Hough were eliminated.
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Maria and Derek actually topped the leaderboard the night before, but it was Donald Driver and Peta Murgatroyd who were saved to compete against Katherine and Mark, and William Levy and Cheryl Burke in the finals.
"I learned so many things," Maria, who managed to keep a stiff upper lip after learning the news, told "Dancing" co-hosts Tom Bergeron and Brooke Burke. "I learned how strong I was; I learned to persevere. I mean, we didn't know our dances yesterday until we got on the floor, really."
Derek, a three-time "DWTS" champ, said dancing with Maria across Season 14 was a rewarding experience.
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"It's been an amazing season. I've loved, loved, loved dancing with this woman," he chimed in. "She's been an incredible person, not just on the dance floor, but just as a person. She's not just a champion of dancing, but a champion of life. Really. Seriously."
"Dancing with the Stars" finals begin next Monday at 8/7c on ABC.
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The time has come…AP testing is getting closer and closer! It's practically creeping up on us. 😥 My teacher gave my class some advice to prep for the test, and one of them is to eat a good breakfast! Research has shown that breakfast is the most important meal of the day because it gives us energy to start the day and improves our performance in whatever we're doing. It improves our concentration and problem solving skills, as well as eye-hand coordination. However, some of us may be in a hurry and not have enough time to eat breakfast. It's okay! Here are some ideas to make for a breakfast on the go~


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If record sales are any indication, that's what they'd be saying. The guys of One Direction managed to nab the #1 sales spot in the country this week, moving over 540,000 copies of their sophomore album Take Me Home and earning themselves the third highest debut of the year along with gold status in just one week.
It's not bad placement for the guys at all and they'll see a continued spike when Black Friday hits this week, especially from the special edition of their album being sold at Target with five bonus tracks — and their feature in Target's current holiday commercial campaign.
But the highest debut of 2012 stays with Taylor Swift. Her album Red sold 1.2 million in it's first week. That makes it not only the highest selling debut of this year, but the highest since 2002. And it means the difference of 660,000 units between Taylor and One Direction's first weeks is actually more than the boy band managed to sell out of the gate.
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640,000 Mazda vehicles to be recalled over diesel issues
TOKYO, Japan - Thousands of vehicles by the Japanese automaker Mazda are set to be recalled following issues related to the diesel engine in the vehicles produced by the company.
According to reports, the Japanese carmaker has said that it is planning to recall around 640,000 vehicles globally after it detected issues related to the valve springs used in its diesel engines.
While Mazda does not supply diesel models in the U.S., in its other overseas markets, the automaker is planning to recall 410,000 units of its diesel cars.
Meanwhile, the automaker is also set to recall around 230,000 vehicles at home to fix the issue.
The recall comes at a time when other Japanese automakers too are facing issues related to the quality of vehicles, with Mazda's domestic rival Subaru Corp too issuing a recall of 400,000 vehicles globally to fix a design flaw.
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this will be post number 10 woot now i can pm you lol
I just moved the gas block back, machined a new piston and drilled 3 new gas ports. I machined a shorter gas tube .
this will be post number 10 woot now i can pm you lol
now i find out its 15 well i am trying to buy something
The ZB 26 and the FN-D. my CC is amex and they will not use it for verificationand my Mastercard is a debit card that will not auth properly .
i will pay your buy now price but the damn auction wont let me
What can i do to buy these
panaceabeachbum - that looks sweet!
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dude. you realize that you just one upped ace? you throw some threads into that new rear trunion and WHAM... instant ar stock adapter. hell, i'd grind down the rivets on my saiga just to throw one in it.....
thats a good thought, Ar adapter would be a breeze, Ill try to machine a few of each out in a few weeks when I get done with the AR45 receivers .
The plus side on my stock trunion is it slide right in an unmodified saiga rec and uses the original rivet holes as well as the two original trig pivot pin holes for attachment so not only is it strong and tight you dont have to worry about welding up the original holes
Outstanding. I like the Micro-Galil look very much (my favorite variant by a long shot).
I would also be interested in an AR rear trunnion, if one is made available.
BTW, are you still machining AK gas blocks for pistol builds (like the one in your avatar)? I have attempted to contact you in the past without success.
I am also interested in the gas block.. Just sent you an email on your web site.
Very nice indeed. How easy was it on a scale of 1-10 to cut the barrel and move the gas system?


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From solid state to soft matter:
Photonic nanocavities as advanced optoelectronic devices and single-cell biomedical probes
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Thursday, November 8th 2012
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Location: Clark Auditorium (outside entrance at the very center of Clark building)
Photonic nanocavities are wavelength-scale dielectric structures that possess remarkable properties due to their intrinsic small sizes and high quality factors. Simply by modifying the device materials and optical properties, one can realize nanocavities for diverse applications ranging from lasers to quantum optics and even biosensing. In this talk I will present two drastically different functions of nanocavities, both of which make them more practical for real-world adoption.
The first half of my presentation will focus on how photonic crystal (PC) cavities can be utilized for ultra-low energy and ultra-fast optical sources for next-generation communications. To date, the true power of these nanocavities has only been demonstrated by using secondary optical control, preventing realistic integration of devices with electronics. We have therefore developed a new platform for efficiently driving PC cavities using a lithographically defined, lateral p-i-n junction. With our lateral junction we have demonstrated a world record low threshold laser with a threshold power of only 208 nW at 50K. At room temperature we find that these same devices behave as ultra-fast light-emitting diodes which can be directly modulated at up to 10 GHz. Additional active photonic devices incorporating a lateral junction will also be discussed.
The second half of my talk describes the demonstration of a whole new class of tools that marry PC cavities to the tips of optical fibers. The form factor of the optical fiber lends itself to operation of the tool in exotic environments never before accessible to a nanocavity. Specifically we have used our probes to interrogate single human prostate cells with internalized PC cavities showing, for the first time, resonant photonic modes inside biological cells. The beams can be loaded in cells and tracked for days at a time, with cells undergoing regular division and migration. Furthermore, we present in vitro label-free protein sensing with our probes as a path towards quantitative, real-time biomarker detection in single cells.


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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – One man was shot in the leg early Sunday morning, when a gunman opened fire inside a San Marco function hall.
Police responded to the shooting at the Knights of Columbus on Hendricks Avenue at 12:30 a.m.
Police said a witness claimed the shooting stemmed from an argument over a song, and that prompted the gunman to fire up to eight shots into the crowd.
35-year-old Abdul Edmonds was hit and taken to Shands Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
Police said more than 100 people from several motorcycle clubs were at the Knights of Columbus at the time of the shooting.
Police said they're looking to speak with 43-year-old Leon Kirkland. Kirkland has not been named a suspect.
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Grease life for the relubrication-free variant
- the operating temperature [°C]
the speed factor A = n dm
A = speed factor [mm/min]
n = rotational speed [r/min]
dm = bearing mean diameter [mm] (table 1)
An SKF ConCentra roller bearing unit with a plummer block housing is required for an industrial air handling unit. The following application information is known:
- required grease life L50h = 100 000 hours
- equivalent dynamic bearing load P = 7 kN
- rotational speed n = 1 800 r/min
- shaft diameter da = 60 mm
- environmental conditions: relatively clean
- expected operating temperature: 55 °C
Based on the shaft diameter provided and the plummer block housing requirement, the SYNT 60 bearing unit is selected. As the application is an industrial air handling unit in a relatively clean environment, the relubrication-free variant would be a suitable choice.
From the product table, the basic dynamic load rating C = 156 kN and
when C/P = 156/7 = 22,3
then P = 0,045 C
Therefore, the bearing unit meets the conditions of use for relubrication-free variants, where P ≤ 0,05 C.
For dm = 85 mm (table 1)
A = n dm = 1 800 x 85 = 153 000 mm/min
Using diagram 1, the intersection point of the calculated speed factor and expected operating temperature of 55 °C is located in the shaded area.
The SYNT 60 FW (or SYNT 60 LW) bearing unit meets the grease life requirement and is therefore suitable for the application.


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Someone offers you a cigarette or a beer. In the split second that you have to consider your answer, what do you think about?
What your friends will think?
What about what your parents would think?
When you know that your parents don't want you to drink, smoke, or use drugs, is that enough to stop you from doing it?
The evidence points to yes: One source says that 3 out of 4 teens say parents are the biggest influence on their decision on whether or not to drink alcohol.
And another survey showed that teens who thought their parents would strongly disapprove of smoking were very unlikely to report smoking cigarettes in the past month.
Communication and Respect Are Key
Separating yourself from your parents is an important part of growing up; teens need to learn to think for themselves and make decisions on their own, after all. But that doesn't mean parents can't have some influence when it comes to their kids' health.
But instead of simply disapproving, isn't it more about how parents talk to their kids that makes them pay attention—or not? For example, a parent saying "Don't do this because I said so" may have less impact than if they communicated in an open-minded and respectful way, even about unhealthy behaviors they disapprove of.
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So back to our original question: If you know your parents disapprove of something, are you more or less likely to do it? Why?
[commercial link removed, per guidelines]. Next, answer to the question, I'll definitely do the way my parents want, but it generally depends on the parents-children relationship. And undoubtedly it depends on mutual respect and communication.
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But that doesn't mean parents can't have some influence when it comes to their kids' health. [commercial link removed, per guidelines]
I am 22 years old and I still consider what my parents will think about my actions.
My mom often tells stories of when I was a kid and did something bad that I would say, "Don't tell Daddy." I was not afraid of a punishment, I was afraid of what he would think. Even now I think about their possible reactions to the decisions I make every day. I am afraid of disappointing them. My parents raised me to make good decisions, to follow rules, and to stay away from choices that would harm my body. So far I have avoided smoking all-together, and I resisted alcohol, for the most part, until I was of legal age. I have a fairly open relationship with my parents, and I know that they are proud of what I have made of my life so far. I have not wanted drugs or alcohol interfering with my goals.
While parental influence is a major factor in my life decisions, I also frequently think about how my friends view my actions. A lot of my ability to resist these harmful activities was due to the friends that I surrounded myself with. We were all dedicated to school and sports, we respected our parents, and we were a good support system for each other. We could have fun without drugs and alcohol.
I have a good, clean reputation, and knowing how people view me helps to guide my actions. I am very likely to not do something if it will tarnish my reputation. If my parents disapprove of something, they have likely instilled the same values in me. These values have paid off in academic success, health, good relationships with friends, athletic success, and professional accomplishments. I am proud of my relationship with my parents and am happy that I have such good role models and a strong upbringing, which has helped me to make positive choices so far in my life.
it dose not always have to be a parent, it could just be some one that you look up to like a youth pastor or a teacher, or just a friend maybe even a random commint you over heard.
one year at church camp there was a commidian he was acd and he told us a story about how when he was our age he mad a promise to himself not to ever drink, smoke, or do drugs. every time he thought of doing some thing stupid his mom would just some how know and come talk to him. one day he was at a party and they were standing out side on a balcany and he passed out and fell off. wen he was at the hospital the doctor tould him that if he had ever drank just one drop, or smoked just onece then when he passed out he would not have waken up... his promise he made to him self saved his life and if it were not for that then he wouldnt have been there to tell his story.
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If the parent and child relationship is close, mutual respect and affection, certainly good advice for the child's parents must be obeyed.


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From ICT4D Wiki
- The origin of students' knowledge is based on knowledge possessed by the teacher. Teachers know what students need to learn and it is the teachers' responsibility to transfer this knowledge into the student's mind as easily as possible.
- Capture the content not only fast, but also to memorize it on a long term basis.
- Drill and practice, tutorial. Understand, remember. Objectivism.
- Authors: Ivan Pavlov, B. F. Skinner, Edwin Ray Guthrie, Stevenson Smith.
- Learning is an active process
- Theoretical approach in understanding the mind using quantitative, positivist and scientific methods, that describes mental functions as information processing models.
- Not a wholesale refutation of behaviorism, but rather an expansion that accepts that mental states exist.
- It is the whole process that matters, not only the final results.
- Analyse, apply. Pragmatism.
- Problem solving, strategy games.
- Gestalt.
- Humans generate knowledge and meaning from their experiences
- Learning can happen most effectively when people are also active in making tangible objects in the real world. In this sense, constructionism is connected with experiential learning
- Collaborative learning, scaffolding.
- Jean Piaget.
- Inspired by the constructivist theory that individual learners construct mental models to understand the world around them.
- Learning can happen most effectively when people are also active in making tangible objects in the real world. In this sense, constructionism is connected with experiential learning.
- Learning by doing. Create, evaluate. Interpretivism.
- Seymour Papert.
- The use of a network with nodes and connections as a central metaphor for learning.
- Learning is the process of creating connections and developing a network.
- Authors: George Siemens, Stephen Downes.
See also
- Theories that can help teachers/trainers to think like educators
- Learning theories and online learning, by Tony Bates
- A Simple Guide To 4 Complex Learning Theories, in infographic.
- Wikipedia
- Baumgartner, P. (2005). How to choose a Content Management Tool according to a Learning Model


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What about Anorexia Nervosa?
Alert readers would have noted a number of Anorexia Nervosa cases on this blog and in my book, The Cockroach Catcher and that Minuchin's name has indeed been mentioned.
Regardless of what present day psychiatrists (and that includes those dealing with Anorexia Nervosa, Minuchin have in one way or another inspired us in our dealings with Anorexia Nervosa and of course families in general.
He has inspired me the most in my work with families and with anorexia Nervosa in particular.
He was born in
Argentina and soon served in the Israeli army before continuing his training including that of psychoanalysis in . It may be of interest to readers that the new generation of psychiatrists including those in the New York were no longer brought up in psychoanalysis and with that they have little understanding of both the personal psyche and the family dynamics that we grew up in. Of course psychoanalysis has its many faults but to totally dismiss it is very sad for mankind. US
Minuchin above all helped me in my understanding of family dynamics and in turn in my personal dealings with problem families and Anorexia Nervosa.
Minuchin has recognized a group of family system characteristics that reflect the family dynamics of patients with anorexia nervosa:
Enmeshment:This is a transactional style where family members are highly involved with one another. There is excessive togetherness, intrusion on other's thoughts, feelings and actions, lack of privacy, and weak family boundaries. Members often speak for one another, and perception of the self and other family members is poorly differentiated. A child growing up in this type of family learns that family loyalty is of primary importance. This pattern of interaction hinders separation and individuation later in life.
Overprotectiveness:This refers to the excessive nurturing and protective responses commonly observed. How can the psychiatrist begin to argue against such a good trait! Pacifying behaviors and somatization are prevalent.
Rigidity:These families are heavily committed to maintaining the status quo. The need for change is denied, thereby preserving accustomed patterns of interaction and behavioral mechanisms. Rigidity is commonly observed in the family cycle during periods of natural change where accommodation is necessary for proper growth and development. You must have seen families where for every single day of the week they eat the same meal year in year out.
Avoidance of conflict/ conflict resolution:Family members have a low tolerance for overt conflict, and discussions involving differences of opinion are avoided at all costs. Problems are often left unresolved and are prolonged by avoidance maneuvers. Everyone would come up with a highly believable excuse. After all everyone is very clever!
Apart from classical Autism, parents of many sufferers of Anorexia Nervosa are amongst the most successful in their own profession. Many are CEOs of major corporations including Hospital Trusts and PCTs. Minuchin's powerful understanding of the family dynamics has allowed me to navigate the very difficult terrain. More so than trying to learn Tango!
©2013Am Ang ZhangFrom The Cockroach Catcher
Chapter 34 Failure?
t is not easy to admit to failures and harder still for doctors to do so especially if they did everything right and according to protocol.
Doing the "right" thing is not an indication of success.
Yes. I am coming back to Anorexia Nervosa again and I do not apologise for it. I am apologising for our failures though.
The British Daily Mail reported in March 2007[1]:
"It is thought there are between 60,000 and 90,000 adults being treated for eating disorders at any one time in the UK. The average age of diagnosis is between 16 and 18.
Over a 13-month period from March 2005, 206 preteenage children across Britain and Ireland were newly diagnosed with serious disorders ranging from bulimia and anorexia to binge eating.
Half were admitted to hospitals for in-patient treatment. Some were showing symptoms of starvation such as a low temperature and a slow heart rate, while 10 per cent had to be fed by tube."
In the same month, the British Independent[2] reported:
"Anorexia Nervosa has the highest death rate of any psychiatric condition. In ten years 3% of these patients died, and although half were by suicide, the rest were related to the starvation process.
Just this week in Rome a 27-year-old model identified only as Ilaria died of Anorexia after an illness lasting ten years. She weighed 35kg at her death. Luisel Ramos, 22-year-old Uruguayan model died at a fashion show in August, 2006 after suffering a fatal heart attack that was thought to be the result of Anorexia. Ana Carolina Reston Marcan, the Brazilian catwalk queen died only three months later in a Sao Paulo hospital."
When I took over the adolescent unit as its consultant in charge there were six Anorexia Nervosa patients in varying stages of emaciation or weight gain depending on from which side you want to look at it. It is not always wise to have so many anorectic patients together as they do share tricks with each other and it is often more difficult to customise treatment.
What needed my urgent attention was of course Sammy. Sammy had a very feminine name but preferred the nickname Sammy. Sammy's Section was due to expire in less than 14 days and I had to compile a report for the Tribunal which would be sitting to decide on her fate.
It was perhaps a sign of our failure as psychiatrists to effectively treat Anorexia Nervosa that eventually case law was established to regard food in Anorexia Nervosa as medicine. Therefore food may be used forcibly to treat Anorexia Nervosa when the condition becomes life threatening.
The usual test of mental capacity no longer applies. Instead the law is used forcibly to feed a generally bright and intelligent person "over-doing" what most consider to be "good". They try to eat less and eat healthily by avoiding fat and the like and wham we have the law on them.
I have to admit that I have not liked this aspect of Sectioning. Unfortunately it is used often, judging by the high numbers of tube fed patients.
On the other hand not everybody is able to treat Anorexia Nervosa patients or, in reality, do battle with them. It requires experience, energy, time, wit, charisma and often impeccable timing. However, sometimes I do wonder if we are indeed doing a disservice when we take things out of parents' hands by agreeing to take over.
With hindsight and upon reflecting on a number of cases I have dealt with, I often wonder: if hospitalisation had not been an option at all, would improvement rate and, more importantly, mortality rate have been any different.
We do not section people for smoking, drinking, or doing drugs, which all endanger life. Nor do we stop people running the Marathon or eating raw oysters when these activities regularly lead to mortalities.
Society is coming round to do something about over-eating in children but it will take some time before they apply the Mental Health Acts.
To me, the moment a psychiatrist turns to the law he is admitting that he has failed.
At least that is my view and if I perpetuated the Compulsory Order with Sammy, I too would be part of that failure.
There had been no weight gain in Sammy despite the tube feeding and the debate was: shall we increase the feed or shall we wait? Everybody just assumed that she would stay on as a compulsory patient.
Despite bed rests and even more embarrassingly the use of bedpans, many Anorexia Nervosa patients managed not to gain weight whatever we pumped into them. The balanced feeds were in fact quite expensive. There was no secret that they were aware of the exercises they could perform even on bed rest and the determination not to put on weight had to be seen to be believed. If such determination was applied elsewhere I was sure these young girls could be very successful.
I had to find an answer, an answer for Sammy and an answer for myself.
Being forced to eat by the State remained the treatment of choice for everybody except for one stubborn consultant.
"At least we did all we could," my staff constantly reminded me.
"And she is the most determined of all the Anorectics we have right now."
More reason to show the others that this new psychiatrist had some other means than brute force, I thought to myself.
Yes, I could be as determined as they were.
The hours of family therapy only brought about accusations and counter accusations with hardly any resolution. Middle class families have certain ways of dealing with things where some branches of family therapy are not particularly good at all.
The modern trend is certainly moving away from blaming families. Or that is the rhetoric of most who write publicly about it.
Whatever the official line, families cannot help feeling blamed.
"If we are not to blame, why do we need family therapy?"
"There are so many other families like ours. Why do they not have the same problem?"
We may reassure them that there are and that is the truth, but the truth is that there are also Anorexia-free families.
Yes, it might help if they do find a gene like they did with obesity. Yet that cannot explain why there are more extremely obese people in say the U.S. which collects gene pools from across the globe.
So Sammy's family had the full benefit of eight sessions of family therapy by two very experienced therapists. In the end, there was just a lot of recrimination between all parties including the therapists and all agreed it would not be the way forward. That was when tube-feeding started.
Minuchin[3] dealt with over-involvement, over-protectiveness and conflict avoidance in these families with no special apology on whether he blamed the family or not. He used to start with a meal session with the family. His success, like many such methods, probably had more to do with his charisma than his method and is thus difficult to replicate.
For Sammy and her family the message was simple and clear enough, no matter how hard we lied.
The family had failed and the hospital had to take over.
That was the blunt truth.
But the hospital had failed too and we had to resort to the Mental Health Act on one of society's most sensible and decent and safest citizens.
I decided enough was enough. I could no longer perpetuate the no-blame approach. I could no longer continue to hide behind the power conferred onto me by the law.
In short, I had to reverse just about everything that had gone on before, and more.
Just two weeks before the tribunal sat we had the big review meeting. To most at the unit, the review was fairly routine as there was hardly any choice – a full Section for Hospital Treatment primarily intended for difficult to treat Schizophrenics and difficult to control Bipolars in the acute manic phase. Sammy would be "detained at Her Majesty's pleasure", and classed with the likes of the few psychotics who had committed the most heinous murders. To save Sammy's life, it would be natural to continue with the Mental Health Act.
Yes there would be weeks of tube feeding and bed rest, but the State had to take over the complete care of this bright young thing for her own sake.
I could not see any other way either.
Unless …….I could reverse everything that had gone on before.
If our work is to be therapeutic then a sort of therapeutic alliance is important, even if tentative. Some people do not realise that you can fight with your patient and still have a sort of therapeutic alliance.
I had a plan.
These meetings were attended by just about everybody who had anything to do with the patient. They were held at school times so that most of the teaching staff could be present as well. These meetings also had a tendency to drag on as everybody seemed to have a lot to say about very little, a trait not just limited to psychiatrists but also seen in social workers, therapists, nurses, junior grade doctors, teachers and visiting professionals. People always seemed to have a lot to say on cases where there was the least progress.
My personal view is that this was a sure sign of anarchy which had unfortunately drifted into our Health Service, encouraged in part by the numerous re-organisations that had gradually eroded the authority of the doctor.
Saul Wurman[4], an architect by training but also an author of business and tour books, famously wrote that meetings really do not always need to be an hour long. Why can it not be ten or twenty minutes?
Could I achieve that?
After briefly explaining to all the purpose of the meeting, I turned to Sammy, who still had the nasal feeding tube "Micropore'd[5]" securely and said, "What do you think?"
"It is so unfair. Now I shall not be able to go to Harvard."
It is generally perceived as a given that a U.K. citizen who has been Sectioned will not be able to use the Visa Waiver to visit the U.S. If that person then has to apply for a Visa, having been detained under the Mental Health Act must be a major hindrance, although I have never seen this applied in practice. One of my patients did have to cancel a horse trial trip to Kentucky because she was sectioned at the height of a manic episode.
I did not know she had aspirations to get to Harvard but I was not surprised given what I already knew about mother.
"Before I say anything else, can I ask you a few things?"
"What? Sure!"
"Do you smoke, drink, take Ecstasy or go out clubbing?"
"No. Why?"
"Do you have piercings and tattoos on you?"
"Tattoos—yuk! Yes, I having my ears pierced. That is all."
"Do you like Pop music?"
"No way. I play the violin and I like Bach and Bartok!"
Everybody was attentive now.
"Do you shoot heroin or smoke Cannabis?"
"No way!"
She was getting annoyed.
"What about boys and sex?" I felt bad even to ask especially in front of her mother, who I thought would faint if we knew something she did not.
"How can you even ask and in front of my parents? You know I don't do things like that!"
I can remember my own adolescence. I did not do any of those things either and I did not even have pierced ears.
I then turned to the parents. Mother was a history teacher at a famous private school in one of England's most middle class town. She also spent a year at Harvard, hence Sammy's ambition to follow her. Father was a prominent city lawyer.
"You have always provided well for her, a good education, European and U.S. holidays, a comfortable home and expensive music lessons."
"We are fortunate enough to be able to do that. She is our only child." Mother replied in a tone implying, "what's wrong with that?"
"And she has always been a bright child, strong willed and single minded. She passed her Grade 8 violin with distinction at 14 and could have become a musician. But she wanted to do International Studies." Mother added.
"So she always had her way."
"She has always got on with everything, studying and practising the violin. And she keeps a tidy bedroom!"
A tidy bedroom! My goodness, everything was falling into place.
"You know what? You are the first adolescent I know that keeps a tidy bedroom, do not do drugs, do not drink, do not smoke and you do not do a load of other things I asked you about. You are by modern standards a FAILED adolescent!"
Then I turned to the parents.
"And you, FAILED parents!"
"And we FAILED you. We failed you because we had to hide behind the law and force feed you."
Sammy said, "I can't do all those things even if you make me."
Ah, the turning point.
"No, don't get me wrong. I don't want you to either."
I then told her that I would like to take the tube off her despite lack of progress, or because of it.
It simply had not worked.
I wanted her to take over, do what she needed to do and I would decide in about ten days if I had to extend the Treatment Order.
Forty five minutes. The meeting took forty five minutes as people had to present summaries of different reports, the details of which were irrelevant here.
The battle was over. Sammy looked relaxed. Nobody was fighting her now. She was back in control.
I took her off the Section as she started to put on weight and before long she was discharged.
We forget how easy it is to entrench. To entrench is a sure way to perpetuate a problem.
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[1] Daily Mail report on 26th March 2007 – Children as young as six suffering from aneroxia.
[2] Independent report on 29th March 2007: The Versace family: Allegra and the curse of anorexia
[3] Salvador Minuchin: (born 1921 in Argentina), in 1965 became the director of the Philadelphia Child Guidance Clinic, which eventually became the world's leading center for family therapy and training. He is author of a number of books including Families and Family Therapy and Family Kaleidoscope and coauthor of Psychosomatic Families: Anorexia Nervosa in Context and Mastering Family Therapy.
[4] Richard Saul Wurman: (born 1936) an architect by training, published over 81 books including his best-selling book Information Anxiety and his award winning ACCESS Travel Guides. His latest books are UNDERSTANDING Children and UNDERSTANDING Healthcare (January 2004). http://www.wurman.com/rsw/
[5] Micropore™: Micropore consists of a conformable, non-extensible non-woven fabric manufactured by 3M from 100% viscose, coated with a layer of an acrylic adhesive.


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Rachel Ducker Wire Sculpture.
Originally trained as a jeweler, Rachel Ducker's fascination and love for working with metal, led to her experiment with wire as a medium for sculpting the human form.
Price determined by size and complexity of the piece. Telephone 01865 311418 or mobile 07855 751 756 visit my website for sculpture galleries, drawings and sketches, wire drawing, painting, jewellery and photography or use my Contact Form
Accomplished in life drawing, her sculptured wire figures concentrate on the expressive & emotional dynamics of human nature.
I have to make things. I have an incredibly visual active mind. This gives me a necessity to create. Home, children, art, myself! Well practiced in life drawing, with an appreciation of the human body and the emotional dynamics of human nature, combined with being originally trained as a jeweller, lead me to experiment with wire as a medium for sculpting the human form, capturing something ephemeral, either emotive or active. My pieces are untitled due to my belief that everyone sees something different in my sculptures and my lack of suggestion leads them to live the moment I portray in their own particular way, therefore expanding my piece of work with every viewer. The translucency and form of my work allows rather dramatic shadows to be cast with the right lighting and depending on the angle can show the three dimensional form on a two dimensional level creating an effect resembling a pencil sketch on the wall.
I use no model and I don't form the shape around anything. I form each limb and piece by hand and then assemble it in the posture I have decided on. For the smaller pieces I make the whole body first, then pose, using the hair as added emphasis of movement. My satisfaction with the posture can be instantaneous or take days and is important right to the tip of the finger. My sculptures being featureless leaves the posture to say all and the hands are the main vehicle for expressing this feeling. I have discovered that the slightest movement in the angle of the hand or fingers changes everything that the figure is thinking or portraying. Then the hair creates the scene, making all more turbulent, adding movement and tenacity.
My inspiration comes from the human form, but I am also greatly inspired by the different materials I find, this often leading to new ideas.
The wire work keeps me more than busy but I like to try to keep my active mind diverse in it's creativity. I still make jewellery to commission and enjoy experimenting with painting, drawing and photography, as well as constantly moving on with the sculpture, it being the fundamental side of my work. I am keen to combine mediums and would like to work more on the larger pieces, time and space allowing.
EXHIBITIONS: (galleries marked * are permanently selling my work - scroll down page for details)
The Gallery at Bevere, Worcester. UK*
Joanna May Gallery, Marlborough, UK*
O3 Gallery, Oxford, UK (Metamorphosis Show)
Henley Festival, Henley-on-Thames, UK
Art for Youth, Oxford, UK
Woodstock Arts Festival, UK
AAF, London,UK
Obsidian Art, Bucks, UK*
Cuadros Gallery, Nottingham, UK*
Liscious Interiors/Gallery, Oxford, UK
Public Art commission, London, UK
Joanna Jones Gallery, Bottesford, UK
Azure Gallery, Sidmouth, UK*
Artist in residence, Wheatley Park Art school, UK
The White Gallery, Cheshire, UK*
Oxford Open, MAO, Oxford, UK
O3 Gallery, Oxford, UK
Gallery Top, Derbyshire, UK
The Studio Gallery, Henley-on-Thames, UK*
Morgan Lovell, Soho, London, UK
Harding House Gallery, Lincoln, UK*
The Blue Door Gallery, London, UK
The Portmellon Gallery, Cornwall, UK
Opera Holland Park, London, UK
Oxford Artweeks, Oxford, UK
Oxford Art Society Members Exhibition, Oxford, UK
Gallery 49, Kent, UK
Ferrers Gallery, Ashby de la Zouch, UK
Member of OAS (Oxford Art Society, Est. 1891)
The Craft Centre & Design Gallery, Leeds, UK
Apple Gallery, Surrey, UK
The D'art Gallery, Dartmouth, UK *
Agora Gallery, Soho and Chelsea, New York, USA
Old Chapel Gallery, Leominster, UK *
Oxford Artweeks, Oxford, UK
Morgan-Boyce Contemporary Fine Art, Marlborough, UK
Fisherton Mill Galleries, Salisbury, UK *
Modern Artist Gallery, Berkshire, UK *
EWACC Group exhibition, Light Gallery, London UK
Cirencester Brewery Arts, Glos, UK*
Islington Art and Design Fair, London, UK
Marmalade Gallery, Oxford, UK
Paddon and Paddon, Eastbourne, UK *
Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, London, UK
Dorchester-on-Thames, Festival, Oxfordshire, UK
Artifex, Mitchell Centre for Art and Craft, Birmingham, UK *
Ubergallery, Melbourne, Australia
Opera Holland Park, London, UK
Sculptastic Gallery, London, UK
Liscious Interiors, Oxford, UK
Oxford Artweeks, Oxford, UK
Urban Gardens 2005, Olympia, London, UK
Gallery Nomansland, Scotland, UK
Wolfson College, Oxford University, UK
The Shire Hall Gallery, Stafford, UK
Art in Action Gallery, Waterperry, UK
Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, London, UK
Twist Art & Design launch exhibition, London, UK
Oxford Artweeks, Oxford. UK.
Lee Chapman Gallery, Lake District, UK*
European Makers Gallery, Amsterdam. The Netherlands*
Blue Wing Gallery, Richmond, London. UK.
The Contemporary Craft Movement, Hampstead, London UK
Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, London, UK.
Rivers Gallery, Glos. UK
Larks Gallery, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK*
Oxford Artweeks, Oxford, UK.
Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, London UK
The Contemporary Craft Movement, Hampstead, London UK
Magic Fingers Gallery, Somerset UK*
Woodstock Arts Ltd. Gallery, Oxon UK
The Craft Movement, Bowood House, Calne UK
Oxford Art Weeks, Oxford UK
Pebbles Yard Gallery, Pembrokeshire UK*
The Craft Movement, Chelsea, London, UK
Graves Gallery, Millennium Galleries, Sheffield, UK
Affordable Arts Fair, Battersea, London, UK
Bell Fine Art Gallery, Winchester, UK
Art In Action Gallery, Waterperry, UK*
Oxford Art Weeks, Oxford, UK. This included a window display in Bordersbookshop, city center Oxford
Twist Art & Design, 20th Century Theatre, London
The Chalk House, St Ives, Cornwall, UK
Liscious Interiors, Oxford, UK
We Three Kings Contemporary Arts, Witney, UK*
Veranda Gallery, Oxford, UK*
Taurus Gallery, Oxford, UK
Oxford Art Weeks, UK
Jericho Café, Oxford, UK
Freud Art Café, Oxford, UK
Café Something, Oxford, UK
Dust Bar, London, UK.
Rachel's work has enhanced the décor of hotels, restaurants, clubs & private homes throughout the UK, Europe & the USA.
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Public Art Commission, London, UK
Andaz Hotel, Liverpool St, London, UK
A prominent display of four figures in the leisure room of a villa in Saudi Arabia.
The 'focal piece' for the foyer of the Hilton Hotel, Milan, Italy. commissioned through Project Arts Ltd, London, UK.
A working exhibition for Levi-Strauss & co, as part of their conference in Brussels, Belgium. Arranged by Out of the Blue Productions & management Ltd.
An alternative mannequin, for New York stylist, Nike Booth.
Life-size dynamic figure for a penthouse apartment for Joannah Trading Interiors, London.
Piece for the K+K Hotel Cayre, Paris
Private commission in Hong Kong
The Times Newspaper magazine 2005 (by Rob Cassy)
Appearance on 'Our Home' Interior Design Program shown on UK Style, Cable & BBC America. 2004.
Feature in Andrew Martin Interior Design Review vol.6 2002. London. UK.
Appearances on Channel 6, Oxford. UK. 2001-2002-2003.
Oxford Times Newspaper.
Subject for various art students final thesis.
One of the participants of The Big Arts Week (supported by the BBC and the Art Council of England) voluntarily working at a local school with children with behavioral problems introducing them to the fascinating artistic world.
"Ducker hardly needs to tell us that she feels constantly urged to make and create. Her figures, in the unlikely medium of twined wire, are full of movement, seeming on the verge of flying, with their streaming hair and spread limbs. Even those shown sitting, in meditative poses with relaxed hands, retain a latent energy - and of course that electric wiry hair.
Some are life-size, some tiny, most about a metre high. There are no children. Some are female. One is pregnant. the rest are androgynous, though the Suspended Couple and Chest to Chest pieces might imply another scenario. And that is a tribute to Ducker's skill, in conveying emotion and character through tiny variations in angles of head, hand or fingers within the constricting limits of coiled wire. In contrast stability is provided by solid lead feet, which often look endearingly like Renaissance Florentine shoes."
Jeannine Alton - Oxford Times, May 2005
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Whether or not you identify as a hardcore skier/snowboarder or prefer to hang out in the lodge with a tall cup of hot cocoa, there's a study abroad program for you. And that is completely discounting the folks who are seeking warmer weather during the harsh winter months back home (yes! you can study abroad in the southern hemisphere and yes! it is hot hot hot). Pack your bags and study abroad over your winter break. You won't regret it!
Your best bet for finding the perfect winter study abroad program is to identify early on what you want to accomplish abroad. Do you want an intensive language program, or an opportunity for cultural immersion? Would you prefer to see as many places as possible to get a better feel for a region versus a single city or country?
No matter your goal, there's a program for you. Here are some of the most popular types of study abroad programs offered during winter break:
Faculty Led: Talk your favorite professor into hosting a study abroad program for students on your campus! If you ask early on, you may find out there are already a number of these types of short-term programs available to students at your school. These programs are convenient, as you will have an ease of transferring credit and financial aid to pay for your program. You'll also meet people from your school while traveling (its fun to have friends on campus to reminisce with once you return!).
Third Party Provider Programs: If your school doesn't offer any programs that make you feel excited about traveling abroad, then hit the 'net (::cough:: look to the right column of this page ::cough::). There are bunches of "third party provider" study abroad programs (such as AIFS, ISA, or CIEE) that organize courses over the winter season. Your on campus study abroad advisor will be a great resource for more info on these programs.
Language Immersion Programs: Kick your foreign language skills up a notch by doing an intensive language program abroad. You can easily test out of the next level after completing one of these courses. Consolidate a semester of learning Spanish in the USA by learning immersion Spanish in Spain (or Argentina...or Ecuador...or Mexico... or anywhere!). What's more, you'll get to enjoy all the fun that comes with living abroad, and increased cultural understandings of a new country. Awesome!
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Experience a familiar holiday in an entirely new setting. I've always had my eye on Germany, as the Christkindl markets look beautiful, and who are we kidding - it would be fun to sing O Tannenbaum! Add on a snowy, romantic background and a warm mug of mulled wine and you're good to go. With its central European location, it could also be a great hub for ski adventures in Austria, Italy, France, or Switzerland!
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Guest blogger Corey Gaber is a first-year resident in a new teacher training and certification program called Urban Teacher Center, teaching middle school Humanities at Baltimore Freedom Academy, a social justice-themed Baltimore City Public School. He has an M.Ed in Mind, Brain and Education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and is a Community Organizer for IDEA (Institute for Democratic Education in America).
"What percentage of NFL players are black?" I ask twelve boys in a summer program designed for students in danger of being retained at their recently completed grade level. We estimate about 75%. "OK, and what percentage of NFL owners do you think are black?" No need to guess here, the right answer is zero. The conversation is designed to provide students a content base for writing a Brief Constructed Response (commonly referred to as a "BCR").
Now that the issue of race has been raised the conversation veers away from football. A curious student asks me, "if we walked by each other on the street [he is black and I am white] and you called me a n***** could you go to jail for that? Or if I called you a cracker could I get arrested?"
Other students' heads perk up, waiting for my answer. There is a rich discussion to be had about First Amendment rights and the freedoms and limitations of speech in our society. At this moment the entire class is engaged and excited to learn about civics. But we have strayed too far off topic so the lead teacher tells us, "pull out a piece of paper and begin writing your BCR silently."
Articles are written every year bemoaning the fact that young Americans are woefully ignorant about civics. Here's a radical theory to consider: Young people don't know civics because we don't teach them civics! We made a decision in that moment with those twelve boys that practice with writing a brief constructed response was of higher value than becoming competent, prepared, participatory citizens. Does that decision mesh with your own values?
The instructor was no mindless drill-and-kill caricature. But our class time together was finite and the students had a final test fast approaching with multiple BCRs on it. The program evaluators look at the results of that test to determine whether or not to re-hire teachers from the summer before. Although the instructor would likely say that civics is more important than BCRs, the weight of the final exam (which had no questions about civics on it) was used to gauge his effectiveness as a teacher, and therefore his future employment pushed his actions in another direction.
What we choose to evaluate creates a set of pressures which shape teachers' actions and thus the daily experience of our students in school. This is not necessarily a bad thing, assuming that the evaluation system is aligned with our highest values. I have no problem being held stringently accountable for ensuring that my students understand the laws of our land, our system of government, and their power and responsibilities as citizens. But my job has never been on the line based on my students' abilities to obey the social contract when it is just--and to take non-violent action to alter the contract when it is unjust.
I have never been asked by an administrator how the work in my class will help to create informed and powerful citizens that can boost the health of our democracy. But isn't that the point of public education? If not that, then what? Shouldn't we come to some consensus about the goal before we create the means towards that end?
It's no surprise that evaluate has the word value in it, but it is surprising that there is no conversation in schools about whether the values embedded in our tests actually match the values of our school communities.
As new federal legislation is on the horizon that will replace NCLB, right now would be a wonderful time for students, teachers, administrators, and families to have that conversation and to make their voices heard. Let's teach our children civics by being active citizens ourselves.


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A basic scandoubler which takes a 15Khz PAL or NTSC screen and scandoubles it for use on an SVGA monitor via the use of a standard 15pin VGA connector. There are two sets of jumpers on the card. J2 enables the mode promoting of the Super72 800x600 screenmode, with the drawback that every second row is not displayed. It also requires a monitor which is capable of displaying a Horizontal frequency of approximately 48Khz. The other Jumper J1 is used for setting the correct display timing for both NTSC and PAL screens. For an A4000 the correct timing seems to be pins 2 + 3 being shorted on J1. Other Amiga models may require experimentation.
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Meet the Sisters:
Brittany (the baby sister): Brittany is the ultimate book pusher. And once she hooks you with one recommendation, you can bet twenty more will follow. She used to work in theatre. And she was a teacher. And she worked in publishing. Now she writes full time and is represented by Suzie Townsend of New Leaf Literary. She's currently hard at work on a YA series and publishes New Adult works under a pseudonym.
Brittany reviews YA and NA books.
Amy (the big sister): Amy is a stay at home wife & mother of 4 amazing but crazy kiddos. She has a degree in education with a concentration in English from the University of Texas, hook 'em! She tends to be a tad obsessive especially when it comes to Classical Education and literature. She likes her YA boys troubled and broken, so she can fix them! her husband in real life is absolutely wonderful and perfect, so she never gets to practice her mad fixing skills! Her YA obsession began in 2005 when Baby Sister Brittany finally talked her into reading Harry Potter 4. After that, She never looked back! So she owes her new hobby (which is a little too light of a word) to both of them! Thank you JK & Britt!
Amy reviews YA and NA books.
Jenn( the middle sister): Jennifer is a stay at home wife and mother of an adorable 8 month old baby boy. She has a degree in Communication Studies with an emphasis on Rhetoric and Persuasion and a minor in English Literature from Texas Tech University. She has a house full of animals (3 dogs and 3 cats)--all that is missing is a hamster, but thanks to a rather tramatic incident with her childhood hamsters, Milo and Otis, she vows to never own one again. She loves the mysterious, broody, and dark YA guys--in fact, she tends to fall for the bad guys most of the time. The first YA book she ever read was Harry Potter (she was the first in the family to read it, even if it was for a literary criticism competition), and she has loved the genre ever since! She is currently writing her own YA paranormal novel and hopes to follow in her little sister's footsteps and get an agent when the book is finished.
Jennifer reviews YA, NA, and Adult novels (only ones where the covers are still PG rated).
Sarah P. (honorary sister): Sarah studied economics at Yale, and then worked on Wall Street for a decade before deciding to quit and do a swan dive into the world of books. She is an avid reader and writer of contemporary and historical fiction. Her novel Julia's Child was published by Plume / Penguin in 2012, and The Ski House Cookbook was published by Clarkson Potter in 2007. She lives in northern New England with her husband and two boys, in a home where the humor veers increasingly towards that of a frat house.
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The President is now allowing the CIA and the military to launch drone strikes against targets in Yemen without actually knowing who will be killed in the attack.Greg Miller at The Washington Post reports Obama approved the use of "signature" strikes this month and the new authority allows the CIA and Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) to kill people based on their "intelligence signatures" — simply patterns of behaviour found through electronic eavesdropping, watching suspects from the drone, and information from sources on the ground that point to a "plot against U.S. interests."
The U.S. military and the CIA have been dominating the skies over Yemen for months, taking out suspected al-Qaeda operatives with missiles launched from heavily armed drones seemingly at will.
Confirming the identity of a target from thousands of feet in the air, by a pilot thousands of miles a way is a dicey business that can produce tragic results.
The ACLU is still actively seeking the truth about Obama's first 2009 strike in Yemen that is said to have killed 41 people, including 21 children and 14 women.
That strike was launched from a U.S. warship or submarine using cluster bombs, a particularly brutal and indiscriminate piece of ordnance, before the U.S. was able to operate drones with impunity in Yemeni skies.
This new authority will undoubtedly result in more unintended casualties like the one in 2010 that killed a vital tribal leader, and the October strike that killed a 16-year-old U.S. citizen and his cousin.
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Lemony prawn & pea risotto
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Peel the prawns, keeping the heads and shells. Heat 1 tbsp olive oil in a large saucepan and fry the prawn shells and heads with the sliced chilli until they have toasted and changed colour. Pour in the stock and bring to the boil, then turn down to a simmer.
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Pour in the wine and simmer until totally evaporated. Add the stock, a ladleful at a time, stirring with each addition until absorbed. Stir through the prawns and peas. Continue adding stock a ladleful at a time and stirring the rice over a low heat for 25-30 mins, until the rice is cooked al dente (with a slightly firm, starchy bite in the middle). The risotto should be creamy and slightly soupy. When you draw a wooden spoon through it, there should be a wake that holds for a few moments but not longer. Cook until the prawns change colour. Stir through the chopped chilli, lemon juice and remaining olive oil. Let the risotto rest for a few mins, then serve, topped with the lemon zest.