#fdsa

[lyxthen]

I feel like a lot of European/Anglo American critical race theory breaks down when you enter Latin America or other prominently "mixed-race" territories. Racism is still very real, of course, and it's worth addressing, but the kind of analysis we have imported from those countries falls short, because it relies on a clear-cut distinction between races that does not exist here to the same degree. We cannot speak of a white majority in Mexico, for example. Some people that would be considered "black" in the US (like my grandfather, or even my mother) do not see themselves as such. People that would be considered indigenous (like my great-grandmother, or my grandma), do not recognize this as their heritage. The national identity often takes precedence over the racial or ethnic one. Yet racism still exists. How do we analyse it? And how do we analyse the relationship of these people with defined white ethnic groups in other countries? When people are asked to mark a box with their race in polls and surveys, and stare at it confused because none of the options given apply? What do we do with people that identify as American because they were born in the CONTINENT of America, that feel alienated when US Americans use the term solely for themselves? And can we blame them for that, when it's the only term they have ever had? Those who feel alienated because they don't fit cleanly, that do not conform to Anglo American racial analysis? The people that doesn't have a language to describe their oppression, and the options given by academia feel just as patronizing?

[blueboyluca]

BH315: Hidden Potential

I didn’t get that much out of Hidden Potential. I think overall I found it very concept-heavy without a lot of practical solutions. It just felt quite vague. What I’ve been struggling with this whole time is pinpointing specifics. I didn’t find the prompts or exercises in this course did a lot to help me figure this out. For example, in one of the lectures Sarah wrote “How can you help your dog to feel a more positive CER, if his current one is negative?” and I found this frustrating because I thought the point of the course was to help me figure out how to foster a more positive CER.

Here are my current notes on some of the lectures but not the ones I felt were impractical. I would like to try some of the games more and come back to this for a second evaluation. I will also work through my new course, BH265: Strategies for Training and Competing the Sensitive Dog, and see how it compares.

1.1 Assignment: Never Wrong/Sometimes More Right

I did a session or two of this, but I could try doing it again. I struggle with these types of things as value of rewards is so hard to figure out with Marceline. If one food is of lesser value she will usually just reject it outright, so this kind of game is difficult.

1.2 Information Gathering: Identifying Issues

Does your dog approach other dogs when out in the world, or avoid them? Yes, she will approach other dogs but can get intimidated by large dogs.

Is your dog hyper social with people, wanting to jump on them, or would he rather not be greeted by your friends? She likes people fine, as long as they respect her size. She will beg for treats from people she knows.

Do loud noises bother your dog? A bit, not to an extreme extent.

What about crowds? She hasn’t been in large crowds before.

2.1 Assignment: The Consent Signal

I do a test with tug first, then do a warm up using sitting by my side, hand touch and pop ups. I might try to introduce something else like eye contact. I also have a verbal “are you ready?” that she can respond to. She has established consent signals for other behaviours.

2.2 Talking Point: Accepting "No"

I recognise that I need to do this more. I have a tendency to try again when she says no to something. I think there are some instances where asking more than once is fair, like if she wants to go out, because she shows other signs of wanting to consent. In those cases I try to remove the barriers that are stopping her saying “yes”. But during a session, I think I need to stop and put her up if she is saying a clear “no”.

2.3 Information Gathering: Operant Counterconditioning

I honestly have no idea what to do for this one. None of the examples were applicable and I can’t easily identify one single, specific thing I could improve with counterconditioning. That’s not to say there isn’t something, just that I can’t think of it.

2.4 Assignment: Ring-Sustainable Reinforcement

I have created a “stash” marker cue and have incorporated this into our training.

3.1 Assignment: Using an Opt-Out Signal/Safe Space

I didn’t even try this because I struggled to think of an item that would be neutral value that she would still like to chew. I could try it with a supermarket style chew I guess. I also struggle with set-ups like this because in reality this isn’t what my sessions look like. I don’t know if that says something bad about my training but I found it hard to conceptualise putting this into action practically. When Marceline opts out, she doesn’t go to a base, she prefers to engage with the environment. She would not choose to be put up. But I guess I could improve this in general by rewarding her with something more like a chew when she is at her station.

3.2 Talking Point: Reading Opt-Out Signs

It’s definitely clear that I am still not responding appropriately to opt-out signs. I need to figure out a better response to these signs.

4.2 Assignment: Energiser Patterns

I do this a bit, but I could certainly incorporate more energising pattern games into my warmups.

4.3 Talking Point: What IS Reinforcement?

What reinforcement scenarios are working for you? Generally I start with tug, switch to food from hand to warm up and then use a lotus ball to reinforce a sequence

Which ones are not? I think food from hand within a sequence is not working. I think I should switch to a food toss marker if I need to re-engage in the middle.

How can you add more sustainable reinforcement strategies to your training? I’m still trying to incorporate a stash cue as a major reinforcement strategy. I think a lotus ball is pretty sustainable, but food toss and food from hand are not.

4.4 Information Gathering: Hidden Aversives

Of the four things Sarah describes (confusion, pain, sensory input, fear and anxiety) I think the relevant one is confusion. I wonder if part of the problem is that I think things are trained better than they actually are?

5.3 Talking Point: A Culture of Choice

I think that I could offer more choices for Marceline. I keep things varied in her life, but I rarely present her with a clear choice of one thing or another.

6.3 Talking Point: Honouring the Dog

I think I should incorporate more solo enrichment time for her in general, rather than being with Luca or doing agility. Marceline highly values opportunities to sniff, roll and swim. I think I could offer her more of those opportunities on her own.

[directsellingnow]

Dignitaries and Industry leaders across the direct selling industry in india have joined in the celebration of FDSA 13th Anniversary

FDSA Breaking News: 30 सितंबर 2024 को भारतीय डायरेक्ट सेलिंग इंडस्ट्री के प्रमुख संगठन Federation of Direct Selling Association (FDSA) ने अपनी 13वीं वर्षगांठ (FDSA 13th Anniversary) बड़ी धूमधाम से मनाई। इस उपलक्ष्य में Vivanta, Dwarka (New Delhi) में एक भव्य कार्यक्रम का आयोजन किया गया, जिसमें कई गणमान्य हस्तियों ने भाग लिया। इस अवसर पर मुख्य अतिथि के रूप में Mrs. Nimuben Jayantibhai Bambhaniya,…

[frogshunnedshadows]

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Got to this in a roundabout way starting with an article about an M. R. James story, but here's something that some of you might be interested in skimming.

[queerical]

[ID: reply by pinewhiskey

Destransition/regret rates would also match what they think they are. /END ID]

I wish trans surgeries were as easy to get as the republican lunatics think they are, i wanna spend a friday night in the hospital clearing my transgender bucket list and getting sauced on morphine, and just when they think i’m done i’ll turn to the bartender surgeon and tell him to pour me another whack my peepee off i’m not driving tonight.

[maplewood-grove]

Bass! I've been really scared to start more serious drawings much less to show them off, but... everyone is scared to share their art. We all think we could be doing better... we're right, probably, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't share!

This was drawn with an official artwork as a reference and used for color picking. I hope you like The Him!

[prettyiwa]

"I would endeavor to hear it from your lips once more."

"You would endeavor? Joshua, is your only concern hearing my love for you aloud? Have you—"

She cannot finish her question for he has rushed forward, caressing her jaw with one hand while the other presses against the wall behind her. In a moment, his lips are on hers, hurried and urgent, desperate in his desire to be felt, heard. Whatever thoughts she had leave her, her hands quickly finding purchase on him.

He pulls away, only so far as to rest his forehead against hers, reluctant to release her. "Forgive me," he whispers. "My heart was overcome—"

"Another."

I am so, so over the moon with this commission. It's always a pleasure working with them & I highly, highly recommend checking out @mypillowpaper's commissions!

[rainbowbarnacle]

There, I took some better pictures of Rose. 8)

[bam-monsterhospital]

Deanna and FRIDA are my two new fav characters, up there with Dorian. I'm sorry, Laudna and Orym, I love you two and you're juuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuust slightly below top tier, but aaaaaaaaaaaa.

[xannerz]

seeing the T T S & H H fandoms mutate and merge in real time

[happyallykats]

Friend, never ever apologize for finding ways to help chase away The Horrors. If I share writing positivity, and you can apply it to your artwork, you do that. You take it and you build yourself the shrine you deserve.

Also, your art is phenomenal. We are here to support one another. <3

You ever just receive an ask that is... SO nice and good and you just cant think of a good response? Yeah that's me 24/7.

[bastardblvd]

i give you my hot take on who works at some of our grimetown locations

slimeball starbucks - bakugou manager (keeps these hoes in check by being a mean cunt to all), denki (the fuckboy that has his number written on all the cups), dabi (the only fans starbucks content producer), shiggy (shift supervisor, cleaning duty man that dusts everything on accident), and sasuke (emo rival of dabi, music producer on the side, wooes the ladies by bringing his guitar to work)

grimetown pet clinic - power (only takes care of the cats, very sus whenever blood transfusion is necessary for the animals and yes i googles it pets can also have blood transfusion), naruto (only takes care of dogs, has tested the pet meds on himself), and mirio (he also offers pet walking services or pet babysitting services but also has a 70% pet losing rate)

butt metropolis (the strip club) - strip clib owner sukuna (known for tax evasion and rarely passing inspections of the strip joint, overprices the alcohol that he dilutes), male stripper gojo (bachlorette party most wanted stripper, marriage sabotage specialist), bouncer todo (tall women enjoyer, men who cannot state their exact taste in women aren't allowed in), strippers sakura (violent.) and makima (violent-er times 100 but people dig the "she can kill you" shtick)

slimeball ikea - kirishima (working at the loading dock and driving those lil fork lifts, always dressed like a lumberjack), iida (warehouse manager, sprinting up and down the isles on cocaine), momo (customer support, chewing bubble hum and filing her nails while pretending to give a fuck) and nobara (she just lays on the couches and gives fake ikea furniture names to the customers e.g. the bojrg bot 3000)

additonally, I would also like to propose (again)

crime syndicate massage parlour front - crime syndicate leader ochako (spoiled princess by day, fearless thug and con artist by night. she has at some point scammed every man in grimetown.), the right hand man izuku (right hand man to ochako and also known to only receive pelasure from his own right hand, scary vergin izuku), loan shark beam (do i need to explain this one?), and the massage parlour front employees tsuyu and mina

i know im in your inbox nearly daily, i am sorry, but grimetown has me in a chokehold :DDDDDDDDDDDD (and im most likely gonna join in when others come forth with more resident positions because it will set my brain in overdrive, im sorry im advance, this place gives me serotonin)

MOMO THIS IS ME EVERY TIME YOU SEND AN ASK

[directsellingnow]

अंतर्राष्ट्रीय डायरेक्ट सेलिंग बाजार में भारतीय डायरेक्ट सेलिंग ने प्राप्त की 11वी रैंकिंग

भारतीय डायरेक्ट सेलिंग इंडस्ट्री सफलता के नए आयामों को प्राप्त कर रही है। चाहे देश में रोजगार के अवसर बढ़ाकर नित नए रिकॉर्ड दर्ज करवाना हो या फिर अंतर्राष्ट्रीय स्तर पर अपनी स्तिथि लगातार मजबूत बनाना हो,भारतीय डायरेक्ट सेलिंग इंडस्ट्री लगातार प्रगति की ओर अग्रसर ह���। इसी कड़ी में वर्ल्ड फेडरेशन ऑफ़ डायरेक्ट सेलिंग एसोसिएशन यानि डब्ल्यूएफडीएसए की एक रिपोर्ट के मुताबिक साल 2022 में भारतीय डायरेक्ट…

[elvenferretots]

My least favorite part about knowing slightly above average about a subject is that you have to listen to an hour long presentation or read a whole book to get new information. And that vital information is often a five minute snippet, out of print, or behind a hundred dollar paywall.

[blueeandyellowmakesgreen]

god i love being bi. i love liking men. holy shit.

[klaeusmoved]

The prospect of torturing you was a good enough reason for me.

he's staring resentfully at it. of course it's katerina again.