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	<title>Weblog of Allison Pinto, Ph.D. at the Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute -- A space to share ideas regarding some of the hot topics emerging in children's mental health</title>
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		<title>Recognizing West Tampa as a Complex Adaptive System</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	The Complexity Brownbag has identified a local issue that would be fruitful to understand from a complexity perspective:  the redevelopment of West Tampa.   A recently published article on the topic is:  &#8220;Workshop Looks at Problems Facing Growing Area&#8221; by Jose Patino Girona, The Tampa Tribune, 10-5-06.   Gary Burge has [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://apinto.blog.usf.edu/2006/10/11/recognizing-west-tampa-as-a-complex-adaptive-system</link>
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		<title>Complexity Brownbag:  October 5, 2006</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Hello Brownbaggers,
	There was quite a turn out at the Brownbag last week. The discussion focused on the question, “Where do we go from here?”  
	&#8211;Greg Teague noted that it might be helpful to ask, “What is this group?” &#038; “What does this group foster?” to make sense of that which is emerging in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://apinto.blog.usf.edu/2006/10/11/complexity-brownbag-october-5-2006</link>
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		<title>Complexity Brownbag:  September 14, 2006</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Hi Folks,
	Another interesting brownbag yesterday.  Here are a few of the questions that were generated and explored:
	&#8211;The notions Bruce laid out in his article are a creative way of describing the transmission of ideas.  Could mark-up be used to model a qualitative language of sorts that would help us better understand sensemaking processes [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://apinto.blog.usf.edu/2006/09/15/complexity-brownbag-september-14-2006</link>
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		<title>Complexity Brownbag:  September 7, 2006</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Hi Brownbaggers,
	We had an interesting discussion during today’s brownbag that touched on:
	&#8211;Ways to get research re: complex systems funded
&#8211;Ways to share the information we are stumbling upon and gathering related to complexity
&#8211;Ways to identify a particular complex adaptive system to explore together as a means of applying what we’re learning 
	We decided to devote NEXT [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://apinto.blog.usf.edu/2006/09/15/complexity-brownbag-september-7-2006</link>
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		<title>Complexity Brownbag September 7</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Hi Brownbaggers,
	We had an interesting discussion during today’s brownbag that touched on:
	&#8211;Ways to get research re: complex systems funded
&#8211;Ways to share the information we are stumbling upon and gathering related to complexity
&#8211;Ways to identify a particular complex adaptive system to explore together as a means of applying what we’re learning 
	We decided to devote NEXT [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://apinto.blog.usf.edu/2006/09/07/complexity-brownbag-september-7</link>
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		<title>MIKE AGAR replies to FRANCES WALLACE re:  Complexity &#038; Travel-Planning</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Another ABM option would be to drop the four agents randomly onto Manhattan and have them wander one block at a time in random directions until one of them found a place to sleep at which point diffusion along network links would lead to a convergence unless another agent along the way found something better, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://apinto.blog.usf.edu/2006/08/23/mike-agar-replies-to-frances-wallace-re</link>
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		<title>Leadership in the Service of Early Childhood Mental Health</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	This is a great article published by the Zero to Three Policy Center on the ways in which community- and state-level leaders can facilitate systems change efforts to nurture the mental health of infants, toddlers and young children:  &#8220;Advocacy Strategies to Improve Outcomes for Young Children: Interviews with Leaders at the State and Community [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://apinto.blog.usf.edu/2006/08/21/leadership-in-the-service-of-early-childhood-mental-health</link>
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		<title>Exploitation of Youth &#038; Families:  Perspectives on Unregulated Residential Treatment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	The following is the summary submitted to the APA Press Office to announce our symposium presentation at the 2006 Convention of the American Psychological Association in New Orleans:
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	Exploitation of Youth &#038; Families:  Perspectives on Unregulated Residential Treatment
	Allison Pinto, Ph.D.
Monica Epstein, Ph.D.
Paul Lewis, B.B.A.
Kathryn Whitehead, B.A.
	August 12, 2006
APA Convention 2006
	On August 10, 2006, the American [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://apinto.blog.usf.edu/2006/08/21/exploitation-of-youth-families-perspectives-on-unregulated-residential-treatment</link>
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		<title>Another Take on Wikipedia&#8230;this one&#8217;s in the New Yorker</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Here&#8217;s what Stacy Schiff has to say in the New Yorker, in her article titled, &#8220;KNOW IT ALL:  Can Wikipedia conquer expertise?&#8221;.
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		<link>http://apinto.blog.usf.edu/2006/08/21/another-take-on-wikipediathis-ones-in-the-new-yorker</link>
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		<title>FRANCES WALLACE on Complexity &#038; Travel-Planning</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Hi all-
Dean has encouraged me to share an email that I recently sent to 3 companions who will be traveling to NYC with me on Labor Day weekend. I was tasked with finding accommodations for us (rather last minute) that would allow all four us to stay in the same room or hotel. This has [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://apinto.blog.usf.edu/2006/08/21/frances-wallace-on-complexity-travel-planning</link>
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