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Live webchat with Sarah Teather, Minister of State for Children and Families, TODAY, Tuesday 4 September, 1pm(73 Posts)
Sarah Teather, Minister of State for Children and Families joins us again for a LIVE webchat on Tuesday 4 September at 1.00pm to talk about the SEN and Disability Green Paper. The Green Paper will:
· Replace statements with a single assessment process and a combined education, health and care plan
· Require local authorities and health bodies to take joint responsibility for providing services
· Require local authorities to publish a local offer of services for disabled children and young people and those with special educational needs
· Extend statutory protections to young people aged 16-25 in further education and focusing on preparing them for adulthood.
· Give parents and young people the option of a personal budget
The draft Bill will be published in September to give people the chance to tell the Government what they think. Following this, the Bill is expected to be debated in Parliament from Spring next year. More information is available from www.parliament.uk/about/how/laws/new-laws
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From my point in view I applaud the extending of protection into adulthood as I feel this is severally lacking.
I would like to see the ease of accessing respite made a lot easier to protect the family. It seems you have to be at breaking point and beyond to get any help. I asked for help numerous times but was told by s/s that ds's IQ was too high to access children with disabilities team and not 'at risk' for any other. Situation reached crisis point before derisory help was given......
I hope some of these work. Waiting lists are too long to access services that disabled children need urgently. And one again I think up protect the family more could be done.....
Hello, welcome back, I will look at the old thread for outstanding questions.
The main thing I remember was about accountability, ringfencing and effective sanctions. I can see where you're going with these ideas but they will only work if the LAs fully commit to them and there are effective sanctions if they don't.
I noticed the First Tier SEND Tribunal service has committed to fast-tracking disability discrimination hearings in exclusion cases, this is a step in the right direction and needs to be extended to the whole plan and provision of education, health and care to children with disabilities.
LA Children Teams need help to ensure budget allocation and prioritise spending on children with disabilities, how can you help them do that?
Hi Sarah,
Personal budgets look great on paper but so far, within adult social care, they have resulted in drastically reduced eligibility, people left with no funding for months on end, loss or fragmentation of services and severe financial hardship and instability for small orgs who provide services.
What have you learnt from this and what measures will you put in place to prevent this happening as PBs are rolled out to children and young people?
Personal budgets need lots of flexibility. My experience is that services and people come and go and needs change you need to be able to redirect your allocation quickly. We have got near to the end of a year to be told we can't switch allocation as it's 'too late' and have lost the remainder of the allocation.
I need this to work as so far my DS has nothing!!!
He is a severely disabled 11 year old who is challenging and complex.
He is at home 24/7 and the LA are refusing to acknowledge what health say, it is all conflicting with each other and in the process a child is being severely let down by the whole system that is supposed to be supporting him, not to mention make him flourish and encompass every child matters and EDCM !!!!
I have not much else to say or ask........if you and the system can let down a child like mine, in your face disability wise, it's obvious others go overlooked. The whole system is corrupt!!
What does a personal budget mean for my son.................a future, one that will enable him to leave the house and learn to live on a daily basis doing things that others take for granted..........go for a walk, go to the shop, have a haircut...........etc etc
The day before back to school, lunchtime, seeking views of SN parents... hmm,
she's not going to hear from many people with inadequate respite/holiday care, nor with dc in a suicidal flap due to returning to inadequate education, nor anyone whose dc have severe and complex needs ie constant close supervision.
Honestly, what I would want to say if the above factors werent going to prevent me logging on would be; please don't risk selling your party out. This proposed legislation is not an improvement, my carefully considered view is that it is much more likely to be the thin end of a very nasty eugenicist wedge.
Lloyd George brought in national insurance, laid the foundations of the NHS, established council housing, raised the school leaving age to 14 (in some cases to 16). His Liberal predecessors established the school health service and gave LEAs a responsibility to educate children with special needs: initially those with epilepsy or learning disability, and then also those with physical disabilities. The 1921 education act specified that this included sensory impairment, and permitted the provision of residential accommodation if educationally necessary.
So your party, even in those long ago, supposedly unenlightened times, brought in support. And it's now being dismantled, bit by bit, initially by 'New' Labour and now by the Conservative-led coalition, aided and abetted by the Liberals.
Marking my place.
My question is based on eligibility, especially for those with 'hodden' disabilities.
My DS has ASD and has full time 1:1 support in school, yet he has no real 'health' issues, but still needs the help of a SALT and an OT.
How will you decide what proportion of the budget goes to a child like my Son, who has different needs to a child with Cerebral Palsy, who has very different needs?
Sorry, my question is so badly written, but its half 11 at night and we are nowhere near ready for bed yet - the school anxiety has hit and I cant get him to calm down
Hello Sarah,
I wonder about this:
'Require local authorities to publish a local offer of services for disabled children and young people and those with special educational needs'
How about a requirement to DELIVER one, and enforced by law!? There is too much publication of various policies, guidelines etc. but not an awful lot of accountability or challenge.
Publication does not equal outcomes. Do you agree?
what if the collective don't listen to parents?...this is the biggest issue in the first instance with any of these policies and whatever way they are put together....a parent or guardian is the 1st point of call, the closest observer to their own individual child, but often is the last person to be listened to....how will this ever change?...and what if the collective specialities are not listening and you can't get on the same page with anything....it's a very scarey thought and I wonder where a family will be left if ranks close and won't listen....another child fallen through and lost in the mire....where can a parent go from there I wonder???
but thats where we are without this what
Yes. A social Worker told us that although we did meet the published criteria for respite, there were people with far greater need and not enough money so we wouldn't get any.
When we complained we were told that actually we didn't meet the criteria after all and had interpreted things like 'being woken regularly' wrongly as our definition of regular wasn't the same as theirs, but no the couldn't tell us what their definition was because it is based on individual need.
How does a parent combat this kind of nonsense?
yes I know devient ...thats my question...it should be a basic start point and parents should always be listened to...and it doesn't happen and I'm asking how this will be improved...and I'm wondering where it leaves a family if the powers that be are sitting in unison and not listening....I'd say that at least at the moment a parent can go to several places to be referred with their child so if there is going to be 1 with these changes....where does that leave a family if they are not taken seriously????...where do they go beyond this 1 stop collective thing?...how will that be a good thing?
Perhaps I could have explained myself better with this....
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I like some of your changes, but until we actually get an effective system of educating autistic children in place, it's all just rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic.
My autistic boy would still be non-verbal and punching me in the face, had I left him in the state autism education - the outdated, ineffective, patronising "TEACCH" system.
We haven't had a proper INDEPENDENT review of autism education for years - would you commission one and ask them to look at ABA - as used in great schools such as Treehouse, Jigsaw, Treetops and Rainbow?
For some reason, the LAs all hate ABA - yet it has got my child talking and curbed his aggression.
I fear that all we are really "educating" our autistic children for in this country is institutionalisation in later life, when they get too big to control.
And, btw, I am probably talking about more severe children here - though I think ABA also works well for hf children in a mainstream classroom.
Bump, I noticed Sarah came back and answered more questions on the old thread btw. Click on Wechats to see it under this thread.
What will the complaints/ appeal process be? Will everything still be covered under the First Tier SEND Tribunal system? Even disagreements about care provision for example?
I know in theory SALT and OT can already be challenged under the education umbrella but the reality is you get discharged from these with ASD, as you do from the health service on ASD diagnosis actually, quite astonishing when you think about it.
im in a ridiculous position of having an 8 year old who cannot cope with school and is making himself physically ill at school. he is now only in school part time as this is all he can cope with. The lea have written a statement which is not worth the paper it is written on. we had an emergency review and the school stated they cannot meet his needs, even with fulltime support and he needs a specialised school place. we paid £700 for a private Ot report as the NHS would not see him - he was then dx with sensory intregration modualtion and the lea will not accept the report even though the school agrees its accurate. OT report says he will never cope in a mainstream school - lea just increase his hours of support which is pointless as hes in school part time and then say - oh we will get an NHS OT report for balance which we will pay for and accept but we wont accept your because you paid for it!!! said son is now still in the school part time only - OT yet to see him despite huge promises from the lea it was urgent. he has been offered a place at a brand new free school for ASD but the lea refuse to name it until they get this OT report - so we will now have to go to tribunal - will cost us £3K in reports - everyone and i mean everyone accept that he needs a special school even the lea to som edegree but no let my son suffer and detoriate until mum lodges the appeal papers then we may just do something about it - the sysytem is a mess - there is a code of practice but the LEA chose to ignore it, they are no penalities if they do. will the new system stop this? i think not - ican see even more red tape ahead of us and the situation getting worse not better. the lea need to be accountable for the stress they put on families - i have 2 sons with asd - last year i spent the year battling for my elder sons secondary placement no sooner is that sorted then i am battling again - it just never ever stops and i want a break from it all. i just want my son to have a full time edcuation which meets his needs - im not asking for the world. the school placement i want is £8k a year - the lea are currently spending £16K on the mainstream placement taht he cant access - it makes no sense whatsoever
sorry wrote above post without reading the guidelines - my post does sound quite like what about me.
my point is that the system is so flawed at the moment and in theory of course change would be good but a complete overhaul of the system which hasnt been properly tested is worrying. in some areas, leas are telling parents statements no longer available which strictly isnt true. any new system must have accountability for the LEA otherwise it is worthless. trying to get the lea and nhs working together historically has been difficult and now with all the budgets cuts i can only see it becoming more and more confusing. i agree that the new process must make sure that the leas have to follow the procedures and not interpert them in their own way otherwise we will be replacing one bad system with another. at least with the system we have now, there is so much case law and guidance available to fight your way through it - a new system will be untested and any appeals will be stabbing in the dark. life is hard enough without all of this added uncertainties for parents
I don't really understand the point of any changes to be honest. You can change the paint of the walls, but you're just painting over the cracks with another colour.
WHATEVER is in place needs to be transparant and with accountability. If the current system every had that, it would have worked. Local Authorities currently flout the law because it is in their interests to do so. Pushing a parent to tribunal saves them months of funding even if they are clearly going to lose. It puts other parents off even asking for provision in the first place too.
When statements are not implemented you have parents going to the LGO who rule that whilst the LA has broken the law, they were reasonable to do so due to their budgetary issues, or recruitment problems.
DS has attended 4 schools and has never had an IEP that was SMART with measurable targets. This is BASIC stuff. I would like to see a national quality standard for IEPs please.
Dear Sarah, I am still very concerned about dc with a disability or medical condition but no "learning difficulty" as such, who still need support in school but may not have a statement. What comeback do we have if children with severe issues need support but do not get transferred to the new system as they do not have a Statement? It took me 9 months of fighting (even with full support from the LA PDSS), including many letters, support from MP, staging sit ins, threatening civil legal action and Equalities Act 2010 etc to get our LA to help find a main stream school with disabled access for ds. We now have a super school for him, with a wonderful Head, and one to one support partially funded by pct and part by LA....are we going to lose this because he doesn't have a statement? Am I going to have to fight all over again? My ds can't be the only one in this situation.
Just reading the draft legislation now, the intro talks about redress, I'd like to hear more about this tomorrow, particularly for going to Tribunal and timeframes for being heard:
'The reforms would also strengthen the redress process. Young people outside of the school system would be able to appeal to the First Tier Tribunal for the first time. Where parents or young people wished to make an appeal to the First Tier Tribunal (Special Educational Needs and Disability), they would first be required to go to mediation.'
Yes, - mediation suggests that there is a difference of opinion. If that is the case then mediation is reasonable.
But why should parents be expected to go to mediation when a LA has acted illegally, or flouted the basic guidelines of the SENCOP to quantify and specify.
How much additional time will this give the LAs to avoid funding provision?
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The George L. Mosse Humanities Building, named for renowned UW-Madison cultural historian George Lachmann Mosse (1918-1999), houses most of the School of Music program activities and facilities, which include faculty offices and studios, nine classrooms, and three large rehearsal rooms, each specifically designed for use by choral, band, and orchestra rehearsals. Students may practice in one of 111 practice rooms, some of which are available for small ensemble rehearsals. Grand pianos are available for piano majors. Three halls are kept busy with a full schedule of concerts, recitals, master classes, and large-enrollment classes. Mills Hall, seating 700, is the scene of most major recitals by faculty and concerts by student performing organizations. Morphy Hall, with a capacity of 170, is used primarily for student solo and small ensemble recitals. Eastman Organ Recital Hall, designed for organ recitals and teaching, houses an Austin pipe organ of 54 ranks and seats approximately 160.
The website below provides links to reserve practice rooms, pay fees, register for events, and much more.
Patrick Coughlin, Facilities Manager
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How to Access Practice Rooms
1. Complete an online application no earlier than two weeks before classes begin.
2. Online payment for practice room access can be made using a credit card. If successful, access will be activated by the end of the next business day (often sooner).
3. Payment for practice room access can also be made in the School of Music office in 3561 Humanities during normal business hours. Credit cards and Wiscard are accepted. Once payment is made, TAKE THE RECEIPT TO THE FACILITIES OFFICE, room 1650 Humanities. Access will not be activated until this happens.
4. After access is activated, exchange your UW-Madison student ID card for a practice room key, according to the School of Music's guidelines (See "Practice Room Policies," below).
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Grand Piano Access: Piano and vocal majors only.
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Percussion Access: Only with percussion professor's approval
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Organ Access: Only with organ professor's approval
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Non-Music Major Access: Classroom and Rehearsal Hall access for independent rehearsals
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Practice Room Policies
1. Students may be away from their practice rooms for a maximum of 15 minutes. When students are attending classes, lessons, rehearsals or meals, keys must be returned to the Key Desk in Room 1631 so that others may use the practice rooms. No key should ever leave the building.
2. Your room must be left in neat condition for the next occupant, regardless of the condition in which it was found. No food or drink (except water) is allowed in the practice rooms! If a practice room or rehearsal room is found in sub-standard condition, you must leave it up to standard. Notify the Key Desk Monitor of any improprieties.
3. Failure to adhere to these policies will result in the following action:
- First Offense: You will receive a verbal warning from the Facilities Office.
- Second Offense: Your practice room access will be revoked for seven days, and your major professor will be notified of the issue.
- Third Offense: Your practice room access will be revoked indefinitely, and will not be reinstated until you meet with the director of the School of Music regarding the issue.
- Fourth Offense: Your practice room access will be revoked for the remainder of the term, without refund.
How to Rent a Locker
1. Complete an online application.
2. Online payment is preferred for locker fees, and can be made using a credit card.
3. Locker fees can also be paid in the School of Music office in 3561 Humanities during normal business hours. Credit cards and Wiscard are accepted. Once payment is made, TAKE THE RECEIPT TO THE FACILITIES OFFICE, room 1650 Humanities.
After your order has been approved, your final confirmation email will contain your locker assignment. Provide your own padlock.
How to Schedule a Recital in a Performance Hall
1. Pick up a Student Recital Request Form from outside room 1650 Humanities.
2. Submit completed (including professor's signature) form in room 1650 to receive temporary approval of date and time.
3. After receiving temporary approval of your date/time, pay the fee within 24 hours.
4. Credit card payments are preferred and accepted online. If paying for recital fee by WiscCard, visit the School of Music office in 3561 Humanities during business hours.
5. Once you have paid the recital fee, your reservation is scheduled officially. Failure to pay your fee in a timely manner may result in the cancellation or rescheduling of your recital by the facilities office.
Recital Scheduling: Priority and Timeline
• Required graduate degree recitals, or early required undergraduate degree recitals (submit request at beginning of or just prior to semester in question)
• Rest of required undergraduate degree recitals (submit request during second week of classes)
• All non-required recitals (submit request during third week of classes)
Specific dates for submitting Recital Forms for each of the above categories will be posted outside room 1650.
Other Special Facilities in the Humanities Building
Other special facilities within the Humanities Building include:
- The Music Education Curriculum Laboratory, where music education materials are available for student and faculty use.
- The state-of-the-art Music Computer Lab, with 10 music workstations including Macintosh computers, ranks as the most sophisticated among similar facilities in American universities. Students have access to Logic Pro 7.2, ProTools, Sibelius 5, and Midi keyboards.
- Another large room houses the Javanese gamelan and is the location of Non-Western Music Performance Study classes.
- The Digital Music Studio has recently been updated to offer students in composition and electronic music a broad array of tools for creative work.
- A fully equipped recording studio produces professional-quality recordings of select faculty and large ensemble concerts presented by the School of Music.
- The school's extensive collection of instruments, both common and unusual, is available to both faculty and students.
- The Raymond F. Dvorak Gallery, located in the main lobby of the Humanities Building, showcases the rich history of music at UW-Madison.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who may use the practice rooms?
Music students and students enrolled in a School of Music course will be authorized to use practice rooms. The different types of practice room access are as follows:
- Grand Piano Access –practice rooms with grand pianos, for piano and vocal majors only
- General Access – standard practice rooms with upright pianos, for general instrumentalists, theory and composition majors
- Organ Access – practice rooms with organs and harpsichords, for organ majors only
- Percussion Access – practice rooms with percussion instruments and equipment, for percussion majors only
- Non-Music Major – standard practice rooms with upright pianos, for non-majors who are enrolled in School of Music courses. This access is NOT VALID between 11:00am and 4:00pm on weekdays. These hours of peak activity are reserved for MUSIC MAJORS ONLY.
Where do I get a key to a practice room?
The Key Desk is located in 1631 Humanities. Students enrolled in music courses will exchange their UW ID card for a key. No other forms of ID are accepted.
When is the Key Desk open? Regular fall and spring semester hours are 8:00am to 11:00pm, Monday through Saturday, and 10:00am to 11:00pm on Sundays. These hours are subject to change at holidays and breaks in the academic calendar. Summer hours are 12:00pm to 8:00pm, seven days a week.
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Where may I rehearse chamber music if an individual practice room is too small for 4+ people?
Reserve classroom space in 1650 Humanities. One person should have specific dates/times in mind that work for the entire group before entering 1650, for the sake of efficiency.


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I own a 2010 Outlander and it is one of the nicest cars/cuv's I have owned. Since I was 16 I have owned 13 cars, I am now 30. I guess my question, why is the HP such an issue with so many. This car is probably geared to those in there early to mid 20's who live in urban areas. Therefore, have a vehicle with more HP really makes no sence considering you are in heavy traffic most of your time. So it seems rather a mute point to have a vehicle like this with 300hp. Also, I don't understand the mitsu bashing. Before my Outlander I owned an eclipse and never had one issue with it. The only time it was in the garage was for its scheduled service work. Also, the comment about Also, I would like to address the comment about Mitsubishi going bankrupt. This will never happen. Mitsbuishi Motors is funded the the Mitsubishi Company. They are in the group of some of the largest financial houses in Japan. They may remove themselves from the U.S. market, it will not be from bankruptcy.
I'd like to hear an educated response to this, some people thinking that it actually won, some can't even spell bankrupt. Look, I own a 2008 Outlander, it has been a great car to this point, with no unscheduled trips to the dealer. It could use more power (4cyl) but all in all, everything is great with it, and I would expect the same with this vehicle.
Mitsubishi still makes cars? I thought they died years ago with Daewoo!
Nice vehicle. I am glad to see Mitsubishi on the upswing again after many years. Yes, it could use about 60 more horsepower to statisfy my right foot but then it wouldn't get 31 mpg on the hwy and 25 or so in town. Those numbers are as good as some economy sedans. With gas prices hovering at $3 a gallon again lots of people are looking to replace their larger SUVs with something more fuel efficient and this is a very viable option if they want to stay in an SUV. Maybe in the near future Mitsu can figure out how to improve fuel economy and horsepower for this vehicle. Direct injection and a small turbo maybe?
The gaping maw of a grill ruins the front end. Classy styling sells... this doesn't have it.
It is ugly and too underpowered for a small SUV.
no chance and im no a gm fan but this thing has about as much chance of winning truck of the year as suzuki does of being the number one seller in the US next month
Piece of junk. No one buys this crap. Really Mitsubishi??? Another car maker that will go bank rapt. No technology, luck of style, no attraction at all,,,people don't even think of Mitsubishi when shopping for a car. What a downhill drop!
Using the word "Sport" in the name of a car which takes a leisurely 10.1 seconds to get to 60 should probably be considered false advertising. It's a a shame because otherwise I'd say this would be a contender.
GM bashing, nope not from me, and fan of Mits, not really, but with all of the options I can't understand why Motor Trend gives this award to a manufacturing that builds a sub par crossover. Suv of the Year, come on? I understood why the gave the Outback the SUV of the year, even as ugly as it is, because of how it performed. I also understand why they gave the Ram truck of the year, but this makes me think of prior yers when they gave cars like the lincoln town car and 1993 Malibu car of the year. MT you missed the boat on this one.
Who actually buys these things? I actually think it looks great but it lacks power and well Mitsubishi hasn't really ever created anything of quality other than my 30 year old Mitsubishi TV that still works.
no way in hell
C'mon Mitsu, you can get 400 hp out of a 2 liter lancer but only 148 hp for an AWD SUV? At least give it 165 horses.
Who buys Mitsubishi?
mitsu needs to drop that ralliart or evo engine in it and offer a manual trans. i love the way it looks but i don't like the idea of being outrun by any other than smarts.mitsu needs to offer the ralliart engine in all of it's cars and crossovers
Not gonna cut it, but had to be considered because it's a new car.
"[italic]ktkof09 (Today 10:00 AM)It seems like a nice vehicle, but I'm going to have to agree with chakotaa. Idk why it only has a 2.0. That seems fine for a base engine, but when it can be optioned up into the higher 20k range it needs more power.[/italic]"[bold]+1[/bold]
I haven't seen a single one of these on the road.
i saw a 2010 montero sport in mexico, they look hot! they don't sale them here. that will be a SUV of the year.
It seems like a nice vehicle, but I'm going to have to agree with chakotaa. Idk why it only has a 2.0. That seems fine for a base engine, but when it can be optioned up into the higher 20k range it needs more power.
Well this isn't positive so I must be a drooling GM fan.Why are all the Mitsubishi SUVs so conservatively powered? In the 4cyl category 148hp seems out of place when the rest of its competitors are in the 170-180hp range. Then there is the V6 worth a powerful for 2002 230hp, whereas the rest of the competition is 25-35 hp ahead?
lets here all the bashing cuz its not a gm vehicle lol
I love this car!!!! :D And especially the panoramic glass roof with the LED mood lights!


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We at Grey Zone Paranormal would like to welcome Rex Williams and thank him for taking the time to talk with us a bit about the field and his experiences on and off DESTINATION TRUTH.
How did you come to be the medic for the Destination Truth team?
I obtained an agent in Los Angeles and began working as a Set Medic on TV shows, commercials, music videos, and movies. The Executive Producer of Destination Truth contacted my agent looking for a medic to work on the show. I had several interviews with the producers of the show, including Josh Gates, and the network executives at Syfy. I was extremely nervous but ended up getting the job.
What has been your most favorite and least favorite location the show has gone to?
Egypt was my absolute favorite country to investigate. Although, Bhutan is a close second place because of its sheer beauty. Egypt has so much history and mystery. Exploring the tombs of ancient Kings was like stepping backward in time. I recall gazing in amazement over the mummies in the Egyptian Museum of Antiquities in Cairo. Exodus came to mind. I knew at that moment that I was surrounded by artifacts as old as, or older than, the Bible itself. Another moment I will never forget.. standing in the shadow of the Pyramid of Giza (also called the Pyramid of Khufu and the Pyramid of Cheops). However, nothing compared to sharing the darkness of King Tutankhamun's tomb with the dead Pharaoh himself. I sat alone at one point, in the middle of the night, inches away from his mummified corpse, and locked inside his tomb. Can we say nightmares anyone?
Are you a person who had an interest in the paranormal to begin with or did you just sort of get thrown in with a paranormal group?
Have you ever had any paranormal experiences before the show? If so tell us about them.
I was a young boy, around 13 or 14 years old, when I experienced something terrifying and paranormal in the forest. My parents would take me to the Sierra Nevada mountains of California every summer for vacation. On one particular morning I got up and stepped outside of our old rustic cabin in the woods. I looked up, squinting my eyes as the sunlight was showing brightly through the trees. The tall Pine trees were casting shadows and as I looked down something caught my eye. I saw a dark figure standing there about 75 yards away in the dark shadows. It was tall with long arms like an ape and built like a man. But I knew this was no human. Nor was it a bear. I had seen many bears over the years. I stood paralyzed with fear for a few moments, not taking a breath, and feeling my heart beating hard in my chest. It was though this mysterious figure and I were frozen, staring at each other. I quickly ran back inside the old cabin, not wanting to look back, fearing I would feel a large hand grab me and pull me into the forest. I never spoke a word of this to my parents.
What is the creepiest thing that happened during the show taping?
We were investigating reports of werewolves that were purportedly terrifying the residents of a small town in Romania. Nearly all the residents had picked up and left their homes in fear, leaving the town almost completely abandoned. We set up Base Camp near the town's church. I was alone, stringing out Infrared cameras a few hundred meters from camp when I heard a large animal in the tree line behind me. First I heard twigs and branches cracking in the darkness, then a deep growl. I froze and looked up into the night sky. My breath rose in the cold air and glowed from the light of the full moon above me. After a few minutes that seemed like hours, I could hear the animal moving farther away from me into the forest. This was a main course of creepy with a side of s#*t my pants.
What were the best and worst aspects of being a medic for a paranormal television show that traveled to exotic locations?
Well, Destination Truth isn't like most shows. In fact, that's partly what makes DT so special. Our show doesn't travel with a large production crew like other shows. We are a lean crew of 8 team members and each person wears many hats during the film trek. For example, take my position. I am the team "medic" but my role involves much more. I am also an investigator. Therefore, functioning as a medic/investigator for this type of paranormal show is extensive. Everyone on the team is responsible for care and movement of gear, record keeping, the set-up and break-down of equipment during an investigation, team safety, and making a great TV show. It is much easier to get a smaller group of people to some of these distant locations. Especially since we are typically required to hike over rough terrain, rappel down cliffs, kayak or raft through treacherous waters, explore caverns, or SCUBA dive just to get there. If you love adventure activities, this is the best aspect of the job.
The major negative aspects of the job relate to the extreme dangers of these locations and adventures. I am responsible for the care and well-being of everyone on the team. The threat of disease/infection, poisonous insects & animals, wildlife predators, etc., demands a large amount of pre-planning for any emergency that may take place. These responsibilities produce high stress.
How much do you believe of the various myths you've heard during your work with the show?
I believe that most of these myths are based on some amount of truth. That doesn't necessarily mean they are 100% accurate. Misidentification of animals may be a factor in some reports. Also, most myths or legends have some type of purpose behind them. A story passed along through generations could have been used as a teaching tool. For example, a story related to a monster living in the jungle could have been used to keep children from venturing out alone into the jungle where there are very real and explainable dangers.
There are a few myths that I believe may have some real truth behind them. One in particular is the Yeti. The evidence I have seen is compelling.
Who was the most accident prone on the show?
Without a doubt, Ryder. She has become rather fearless after having gained much experience in the field. Of course, she gets startled at times but so does even the bravest of us. Ryder is one tough lady
Did you ever feel like some of the things the team did were too dangerous?
Absolutely, yes! For example, we investigated a small haunted island prison in Central America. It was mostly jungle and filled with snakes. One snake in particular is so venomous that a bite can be fatal to an adult within 20 minutes. Not good when you are at least 90 minutes away by air from the closest hospital.
What are your thoughts on groups like ours who investigate the paranormal?
I believe that the more qualified and professional groups we have out in the field doing responsible research the better. No matter what your experience or skill level, everyone plays an important role in reaching a common goal. That is, obtaining as much understanding of the paranormal as possible, to find answers, to find the truth. So even the newest members of a paranormal research group, or people who participate as a hobby are equally important. We all had to start somewhere. If this is something you are passionate about then do it, and do it well.
Aside from the show, Is this something you do on your own? Or was it just on the show?
I am a member of a paranormal research team here in California, aside from the show. This is something I love to do and I have made some really great friends doing it. So during my off-time between filming seasons I participate in investigations all over the U.S.
What does your family think about the paranormal aspect of what you do?
My family is mixed in their views of the paranormal. Some are quite intrigued by it and very supportive. Others are more skeptical and think its a waste of time.
What advice can you give to groups starting out?
Be organized, professional, and open to other's methods and ideas. There should be no competition between paranormal groups. Like I said, we should all be working together for a common goal. Take pride in what you do and work hard. But most of all, be safe!
What has been your personal best piece of evidence?
I would have to say the hair sample we found in Bhutan during our Yeti investigation. The DNA analysis of the hair proved to be from an unknown-type primate. This was the most compelling evidence I have seen.
Is there a location you wouldn't go to?
I don't think there is anywhere on the planet that I would not go. Anything could be possible with the right equipment and planning. Of course, doing an investigation on the rim of an active volcano would be foolhardy and much to dangerous. But in more practical areas, of course I would participate.
Who is someone in the field you look up to and why?
Of course that would have to be Joshua Gates. He has the passion and skills for investigating the paranormal. I have worked with him on dozens of investigations and he has taught me quite a bit. Also, the guy is hilarious!
Favorite piece of equipment, also which do you deem most reliable?
My favorite piece of equipment is the Thermal Imaging Camera. I mean, its just so cool to see animals only by their heat signatures in the darkness of the jungle. I have always thought that the most reliable equipment is your brain. Sure, your mind can play tricks on you. But using all your senses while investigating is vital and can tell you more about your environment than the most complex electrical instruments.
Recommended reads or websites?
Read as much as you can, as often as you can. There are no specific texts I would recommend. However, the more knowledge you obtain in this field the better prepared you will be when you investigate. Also, check out paranormal websites and get a feeling of all the different viewpoints and ideas their members present.
Cryptozoology is a subject the general public are skeptical about, what do you say to these people? Also, have you ever encountered any solid evidence that some of these "myth" creatures exist?
First of all, I consider myself an open-minded skeptic. I need to see reliable scientific evidence before coming to any conclusion. That being said, I am open to the possibility that these creatures exist. New species of plants and animals are being discovered all over the world. So it is wrong to say there is no possible way something undiscovered can exist.
Evidence we have collected consists of foot print castings, hair/DNA samples, audio recordings, etc., all of which have been important. Each piece of evidence alone has only some benefit but when you add all the evidence we have collected together, it can be very compelling. Yet, the scientific community today still requires more and more solid evidence.
Any last words or something you would like to promote in closing?
We would like to welcome and thank Debra Pickman who lived in the infamous "Sallie House" in Atchison, Kansas for taking the time to answer some of our questions in this Interview. We just want to clear up some possible misleadings as well as ask questions that the general public may have about the "Sallie House". This home has been featured in various paranormal shows and have had a few variations of the history, also the home is considered the most haunted house in America.
What did you learn if anything about old cemetery records of Sallie?
The Sallie Isabel Hall, thought to be "our" Sallie was actually a grown colored woman who had lived around the corner from the Sallie house. We have yet to be able to verify the existence of a 7 year old girl named Sallie ( which is also known to be a nick name for Sarah)
How did your experience/story lead to media attention?
The psychic, Barbara Connor, who was the first to help us, actually grew up in our little town of Atchison. She had since moved to California and for years had given talks at one of the universities on the paranormal. During these talks she presented our case (all the while keeping our identities private) There was so much interest in our case and the photos she showcased, that she was approached by several television shows wanting to know more. She contacted us with their inquiries and warned us that if we went public to get the help they were offering, our lives would never be the same. She also suggested if we chose to do so, we should go with a smaller television group because they would be less noticed by the town folk. We were very concerned about how our small town would react to our going public and the ridicule that would surely come. After discussing the pros and cons we decided that we did need the help that was being offered and gave her permission to give our contact information to Sightings. Our lives have never, and will never, be the same.
Debra, what are your opinions, or your version of the history of the house?
The land was originally owned by two brothers who eventually fought horribly over their holdings. The courts got involved to divide the land and it was ultimately sold of in smaller plots. When the town was settled this land was sold to the Finney family who built what was to be one of the first houses to be built in town. The Sallie house was built between 1858 and 1872 (historical records are ambiguous) The Finney family owned this and many other plots of which they built houses on and rented most. There were two doctors in the family, neither of which practiced out of the house. One family member became the Mayor of Atchison. He was an eccentric man with strange interests and habits and at one point he was removed from his official duties. There may have been some dabbling in the occult or spiritualistic elements, after all it was the fashionable thing during this time period.
There was also a woman that lived next door, Joanne Barnes, who was ostracized by her husband, for reasons unknown. She was committed and released from a mental institution on at least two occasions. Eventually she moved to Kansas city and either intentionally or inadvertently killed her 7 year old son. In earlier years, while she lived in Atchison, she also abandoned her young girls and went west. We actually believe that this is the matriarchal spirit in the house. We theorize that she may have been bipolar and/or sensitive to spirits. It is also theorized that after her release from the hospital the Finney doctor may have been responsible for her care and supervision.
We were told by a reputable investigation group that the Indians, prior to the town being settled, avoided the land that the Sallie house sit on; called it tainted. This is significant behavior because the land is prime land for the nomadic life of Indians; especially being so close to the Missouri River and all it had to offer.
In 1958 the Finney family sold off most of their property; the Sallie house was sold/gifted for a nominal amount to a family member who owned and lived in it for many years. S since then, the house was owned by several individuals until it was bought by its current owner 6 months prior to Tony and I renting it in 1992.
Two previous families that lived in the house reported strange occurrences, after seeing the house on the television show Sightings. One report concerned an unexplained fire in the nursery, another details an "imaginary" friend that a child played with and blamed for messes and activity.
It is theorized that the negative energy we experienced in this house was there long before the house was built and that it negatively influenced and damaged individuals and relationships of those that lived on the land; specifically Joann Barnes, members of the Finney family and Tony and I.
We understand these events took place long ago and there have been a few different stories told about it. How accurate are the different television show depictions of what happened?
When watching any televised depiction of an event or experiences one has to understand that there is a certain level of creative liberty taken by the television producer; after all, their goal is ratings. With that being said, Sighting did an amazing job of bring to the public some of the events that occurred while we lived there. Unfortunately, it was better for ratings to blame it all on a little girl rather than share the information that there were other spirits in the house and perhaps they too were responsible for some of the strange activity we encountered. Another televised show, that maintained a great level of integrity concerning the facts and true representation of the facts, was Paramount's, made-for-TV movie, The Heartland Ghost. Of course they had to have a back story for the real life events that took place and that was based on an early theory of Sallie being born from an out of wedlock relationship between the eccentric doctor and the household help; specifically the black woman named Sallie Hall, who lived just around the corner from where the Sallie house sat. Other than those two televised depictions of our story, we have been greatly disappointed by the representation that has been put out there for public consumption. This is why, over the years, we have gravitated to doing radio interviews, lectures and conferences; we can better give the public factual information unencumbered by ulterior motives.
For anyone wanting a detailed representation of our experiences I invite them to visit our website at http://www.thesalliehouse.com or to read my recently published book, The Sallie House Haunting, a true story.
Who bought toys for Sallie? What were they? Do you still own them, and if so, have you ever considered auctioning them or selling them?
Our neighbors were the first to bring toys for Sallie; two dolls that were once played with by their own children. I bought a little boy doll, as an appeasement to Sallie in attempt to entice her to leave our newborn son alone. She had been waking him almost hourly every night since he had come home from the hospital. After moving from the house, and to this day, investigators have come and each group has brought toys for Sallie. The toys, even the ones we bought, have all been left at the house.
We currently have a box full of items that were acted upon by the spirit activity in the house and although we have entertained the thought of auctioning these artifacts and giving the proceeds to charitable causes, we cannot be sure of the attachments that these items may have. To error on the side of caution we decided long ago that we would not make any of these items available to the public other than allowing them to be viewed in our own home.
In your opinion, why does the older female spirit seem to be such a negative entity?
Its hard to say and there are many theories out there. One is that Tony reminded her of a person she knew in life. Another is that perhaps Tony had an element or an energy that she was either drawn to and wanted to be noticed by him or that she was fearful of his energy. Yet another presents the idea that the female spirit, as well as the other spirits in the house, are simply being used as a shield or a facade by a darker force within the house.
Something a lot of people wonder is, if one house is so very haunted, why are the direct neighbors often left alone? What is your take on this phenomena?
Not sure the neighboring houses have been left unscathed. One previous resident of the Sallie house actually rented the house just to the south and reported there was much more activity in it; sounds, footsteps etc… The house just to the north has also reported, from a few residents, minor activity.
There are situation though where distinct activity is evident in one house and does not affect areas beyond its walls. This could be relative to the specific land it sits on, or perhaps a traumatic activity that took place within it walls. To my knowledge, and in reviewing historical records and news articles, no traumatic event ever took place within the walls of the Sallie house.
Have there been any more psychics and mediums to examine the house since Peter James did? If so, did they confirm his findings, or did they differ?
Over the years since we moved out of the house there have been countless investigative groups and individuals who have visited the house, many of which have been proclaimed as psychics. I can't tell you how many varied impressions these individuals have expressed concerning the events and the spirits of this house. The details of which don't often seem to correlate with the facts or experiences that have been had there. The consensus of most psychics seems to be that there is a distinct negative presence in the house, one that means harm, has a tendency to bring about negative influences and one than should be left alone.
Have you heard of similar paranormal events happening to tenants who lived in the house after your family?
I know of one family who had paranormal activity; noises, apparitions, and the movement of objects, but of which the details are sparse.
Did anything paranormal occur in the house that was not covered by the television shows?
Sightings covered the paranormal events as they happened and while the crew was in the house, but there was not enough time on the television show to air all the events. Words being scratched into Tony's skin, his shirt catching fire in front of the crew while Peter was challenging the spirit in the master bedroom, static electricity being felt by members of the crew, distinct smells of floras and perfumes were some paranormal activity that the show just didn't have the time to incorporate into the shows given timeframe.
In addition to that, there is a plethora of events that occurred in the house outside the Sightings investigations and of which were not witnessed by the team and were not focused on in the televised segments that aired. These events are greatly detailed in my book, The Sallie House Haunting a true story.
Have you and your family had paranormal experiences before you moved into this home, and since you've moved out?
Tony had a horrifying experience when he was younger, of a gaunt white faced and boney fingered male figure peeking out from behind the sliding closet door of his childhood bedroom and laughing sinisterly at him. It scared him so bad that he never went back into that room.
I personally never encountered any paranormal events prior to living in the Sallie house.
Over the years since moving from the house, Tony and I have gone back to investigate the Sallie house and other locations. We occasionally have paranormal events in our own home and have correlated many of the disturbing occurrences to times when the Sallie House is being investigated by challenging individuals. It seems we reap the repercussions of their efforts to confront and call out the negative spirits that are there.
Were you given any sort of paranormal history about the house while looking to rent it that you may have shrugged off as nonsense?
As far as we know there was no known paranormal or questionable history on the house when we chose to rent it. We had no idea of what we were in for or how it would change our lives in the months to come.
Did the haunting begin immediately upon moving into the house, or did it take a while to manifest over months?
We moved into the house on December 31st 1992 and it was about a month later that we began noticing strange activity; mostly electrical interference such as oven and microwave timers going off, the ceiling light dimming by itself, noises on the stairs as we slept, etc…. Unfortunately, and as no one really looks for paranormal activity in their home, it was not recognized as such at that time.
In the scene in "A Haunting" where the teddy bear flies off the chair at Tony's brother while he is taking a picture, did that really happen that way? What other objects were thrown?
The bear did not actually fly at Tony's brother. It did however, spin on the table where it sat as they were taking a picture and inviting "Sally" to be in the photo. Seeing this activity with their own eyes, caused quiet an emotional disturbance in both of them.
There was a baby's pacifier thrown across the room and under a table that several people were sitting at; it happened to be on fire as well. On another occasion a small clay jar was thrown at the wall. Interesting thing was it was not thrown in a straight line; it actually rounded the corner and then flew to hit the wall just over a friends head. There were other instances where objects were picked up and floated in the air. One time it was an oil lamp that moved about 7 feet across the room before dropping to the floor. On another occasion, a teddy bear, that had been sitting on a table across the room, was dropped on an individual that was sleeping on the couch.
In "A Haunting" it appears that at one point the scratches on Tony's back appear before your eyes, is that accurate? In your opinion, why was nobody else physically attacked?
Yes, scratches would seemingly just appear on Tony. He rarely felt them as they happened, and our attention to them was only because of the blood that was produced from the wound. During one Sightings investigation an investigator was looking at a scratch on his torso from the previous day, it was at that instant that a new scratch began to form. There is actually 9 minutes of raw footage that covers this event. During another investigation when Kerry Gaynor was observing Tony and sitting within a few feet of him, he was witnessed what seemed to be instant scratches just appear on his body. This was actually very frustrating to Kerry, as he was unable to detect any reason for them or any presence in the room that may have caused them.
When Peter James entered the upstairs bedroom it is depicted as being a repelling force, did you experience that first hand?
I don't think that Tony or I ever felt a repelling force such as what Peter did in the master bedroom. Perhaps it is because Peter was trying to directly confront it and it did not want to be acknowledged or communicated with by Peter.
Did Tony physically see the older female spirit, and if so what did she look like?
Yes, Tony saw at least two older female spirits in the house. The first time he reports that it looked like me in 18th century clothing. It's hair was up in a bun and it was wearing a hat. The other female he saw is described as looking like the mercantile owner on Little House on the Prairie.
What was the final straw that made you and your family say "we need to go now!!!"
Tony's mood began to change and negative thoughts about me and hurting me flooded his head. I didn't realize this until well after we moved out. The only relief he got from these feelings is when he was gone from the house. I remember him telling me one day that he thought someone was gonna get hurt badly and that he thought it was going to be me. I had no capacity to believe this because nothing negative even happened to me in the house, all negativity seemed to be focused on Tony. The next day, while Tony was standing in the doorway of the master bedroom he was shoved toward the rafiling with such force that his feet left the floor and his knees knocked out several rungs from the guard rail of the stairwell. He has no idea what stopped him from going over it and headlong down the flight of stairs. It was in hearing this and feeling that a new and distinctly dangerous element had presented to us, I finally realized the danger that Tony was in and perhaps the rest of our family as well. That was the day we decided to move.
Would you ever consider going back to the home? if so why if not why?
Beginning in early 2004, I went back to the housed to investigate with other paranormal groups. I wanted answers, I wanted understanding, and perhaps I even wanted a personal experience. In mid 2005, Tony began attending investigations at the house. The first few he stay only a short time, as he would encounter small scratches or burns on his body. In the months to come, he suffered no injury during investigation and often stayed in the house for hours. Sometimes he stayed into the wee hours of the night without incident.
Even though there was still paranormal activity during the investigations, there seemed to be a level of comfort because he was no longer being attacked. This continued until August 18th 2007 when he was brutally attacked. Tony was hit by a force that he describes as a Mac truck hitting him in the chest. I actually witnessed him being lifted about a foot off the floor and thrown backwards into the wall 4 feet behind him. His steel toe work boots remained on the floor where he originally stood. The cell phone at his hip was melted, the batteries in the camera he was holding were charred. As he lay on the floor struggling to get up, which was apparent by the veins popping to the surface in his neck, the other investigator and I chanted "in the name of God release him!" What seemed like several minutes later, Tony was released and able to stand. We shuffled him down the stairs and out the front door, grabbed our equipment, and turned out the light as we made our exodus. When we drove to the riverfront less than a mile away and upon Tony reporting that his stomach was burning, we had him lift his shirt. He was covered with scratches. I think we counted 90 on his front and back.
We have no plans to ever go back to the house. There is nothing there to answer the questions we have had and the entities there are manipulative, destructive and extremely dangerous.
The pentagram on the floor of the basement, whats the story?
This is not a question I want to answer in detail, as knowledge of it may bring in undesirable individuals and harmful results to them and to us. Save it to say that it did not exist when we lived in the house and when it was discovered by the owner, he evicted the tenant and then spray painted over it.
There was a scene on a Haunting if Im correct where Tony was somewhat possessed to do harm to you and it got to the point where he hacked the door in and you called the police? is this the same story and if so what happened?
Tony never hacked a door in, I think that scene was replicated from The Shinning. LOL But yes, Tony was influenced to the level of what many believe to be a state of possession.
I remember a day when he had fallen asleep on the couch and suddenly sat straight up, looked at me and said, "He's mine!". Then he laid back down. My first thought was that he had been dreadming about someone taking his son away from him, but the more I thought about it, I realized there was something not right about the words he spoke. There was something about it that was not him; the voice, the infection, the tone, it just was not right. That should have been a red flag, but I honestly thought he was talking in his sleep.
The influence upon him while in that house got progressively worse and he began having horrible thoughts about me, hated the simple sound of my voice and the sight of me walking across the room. Voices were telling him I was ugly, mean, cheating, no good for him, laughing at him, plotting against him and so much more. The influence to "get rid" of me grew to the point that he had actually planned out how he was going to kill me when I got home one day. Fortunately, he had left the house to pick up our infant son at his mother's house. The simple act of leaving the house temporarily lifted the oppressive thoughts and hateful thoughts towards me. We actually moved from the house within the month. Tony is thankful for this because he truly believes that he would be in jail today if we had stayed. I had no idea of this experience until months after we had moved out and it is still hard for me to comprehend because these actions and thoughts are simply not relative to the gentle loving person that Tony is.
Are there any last comments you would like to add, including any misconceptions about the Sallie House you would like to clear up?
No matter how much we warn people away from this house, they want to experience it all that more. People do not realize or refuse to realize the possible dangers that they or their family will be up against when they involve themselves in any way with the house. The influences works so subtly that they often go unnoticed until the is a real concern for the safety or mental state of the individuals being effected. It is not un common for someone to go to the house (not even enter it but just stand outside of it) and a few days or weeks later send us a distressing email. They see dark shadows, hear voices and feel watched in their own home. Their dreams are filled with killing or harming loved ones, their disposition changes, they feel an overwhelming compulsion to get back to the house. Some individuals have reported unexplained scratches and strange activity around their children. They each become terrified as negative events, experiences and activity are heightened and their lives deteriorate. With a lot of work and early detection of the influences and attachments they are dealing with, we have help or put them in touch with someone that can help in the battle against these unseen forces. The sad thing is, once you have been touched by something like this you are never the same, and it is a constant battle to remain free of the influences that sporadically reach out from that house.
Many may think that these claims are far fetched, drummed up for the sake of putting out a challenge to others (an invite), bring more attention to the house, our story and perhaps even ourselves. In our opinion, people can think or say what they want. We would be terribly remiss to the public if we did not warn them of the potential this house and its entities have. I would rather err on the side of caution and never feel that we allowed any one to put themselves in jeopardy without making available all the information we had for them to make a well informed decision about visiting the house. Ultimately it is a personal choice.
We believe completely that is was our religious faith that protected from the intrusive elements of that house. We continue to grow in our faith as we know that it continues to keep us safe. In putting ourselves out there and warning others of the torment that can all too easily become a reality, we take the chance of continued judgment and ridicule, but we believe that we went through this experience in order to warn others of the devastation that the unseen forces around us can impose and how faith will protect us.
Years ago we stopped trying to validate, to others, our story and claims. We don't have anything to prove or anyone to impress. We simply make the information and evidence available, try to help people in similar situations and hope that others in the field may be able to use elements of our case as a resource.
For anyone looking for information on the house and this haunting, I invite them to visit www.thesalliehouse.comThe site is solely dedicated to only this haunting; there is no advertising, no donation buttons and no membership fees; it is completely free and personally funded by four co-founding individuals. The site has links to everything we can find on the Sallie house; Youtube, Amazon, 3rd party investigations and more. There is a photo gallery with over 300 photos, an EVP gallery with over 80 audio clips, a discussion forum, historical records, newspaper articles, ancestry details, times lines and so much more.
What would be your best advice for anyone who is considering investigating this home?
Don't, and if you do, you best be secure in your faith and keep it very, very close.
Thank you, your questions were awesome and it is so imperative that anyone with the potential of visiting the house be aware of the distinctly valuable information we try to provide. Whether it is believed or not, the ramifications should be considered by all and I would like to thank Grey Zone Paranormal for giving me the opportunity to present such information to the public
Thank you Debra and Tony Pickman .We greatly appreciate your taking the time to talk with us and answer our questions...The Grey Zone Team.


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Treece: The case for cashWritten by Dock David Treece | | email@example.com
Government policy and financial markets have a rather strange relationship. Sometimes the markets are highly reactive to policy, while other times it seems as if no one on Wall Street reads a newspaper. The Ronald Reagan administration is one example from recent history where policy had little impact on the markets — mostly because the policies coming out of Washington were centered on the idea of not interfering with the private sector.
This is hardly the case at present, however. Instead, Wall Street reacts almost daily to any bill, executive order or rumor coming from D.C.
Unfortunately, it is policy that has caused the economy to slow back down in recent months, and the financial markets have entered a lull as a result. Since the end of April, markets have fallen roughly 7 percent, and despite a recent rally the correction looks poised to continue.
We expect the market's troubles to continue until there is a definite shift in policies coming out of Washington.
Few realize that, though stocks have rallied more than 80 percent since their post-crash bottom in March of 2009 (with only one substantial pullback roughly twice the one we're now facing), there are some serious fundamental problems with this economy and the markets, most of which can be traced back to poor policy.
Though stocks have rallied during the past 27 months as corporate earnings have recovered, investors have lost motivation to push money into the markets — or even keep it there — as little of those earnings have been transferred to equity stakeholders. In short, investors haven't been compensated for the risks they've taken in the markets.
When investors buy bonds, they are lending money to a corporation in exchange for interest; when they buy stocks they're purchasing shares of a company's future earnings.
Over the past two years, though stocks have made substantial gains, Americans' interest income has remained completely flat — mostly thanks to the Fed continuing to keep interest rates inexplicably low. As for stocks, dividend income paid to Americans has made very little recovery since March of 2009.
According to the St. Louis Fed, personal income receipts on assets have risen only about 8 percent since the market bottom in March of 2009, while stocks have risen more than 80 percent. It's simply unreasonable to expect investors to continue supporting the markets without adequate compensation for the risk they assume in doing so.
That's not to say that many of these fundamental flaws couldn't be corrected with some sensible policy. Quite the contrary, the U.S. economy is currently positioned to experience growth not seen since the early 1980s. Unfortunately, the Obama Administration seems totally unmotivated to make the necessary changes, and will likely snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, as the saying goes.
(For more on these issues, see "Obama and the Anti-Investor Class," published on BigGovernment.com.)
Another factor weighing on the markets as of late has been the financial turmoil in Europe, especially Greece. It should come as no surprise that a bailout is in the works; as we discussed on CNBC's "The Kudlow Report," bankers always bail each other out. While the potential bailout is no surprise, it's also no solution.
The realization has been quickly spreading that a bailout of Greece will not make the country any more viable in the long term. At this point, the only way for Greece to get its house in order is to go through some sort of structured default.
While the situation in Greece continues to deteriorate, the U.S. and the dollar continue to look better and better. For the most part, the critics, who after the financial crisis had pushed for abandoning the dollar as the world's reserve currency, seem to have been silenced.
In the long run we expect the turmoil in Europe to bode well for America and the U.S. dollar.
The problems facing Greece also remind us of an extremely important lesson for investors to always know what it is that they own and what risks they face, or at least employ a sensible adviser who is aware of these things. With Greece possibly in the midst of a default, many investors are just now beginning to realize they have exposure to the country, and may be at risk in the event that a default actually occurs.
As headlines continue to come out on the economy, policy in Washington and the problems in Greece, it's important to take market action during the next several weeks with a grain of salt. We are quickly approaching the end of the second quarter, and as such are likely in the midst of profit-taking and, more significantly as recent market action hints, portfolio "window dressing."
(To recall, "window dressing" occurs when portfolio managers purchase investments that have performed well during the quarter in order to give their clients the idea that they know what they're doing.)
In short, whatever stocks do between now and the end of the quarter means little or nothing for the long-term prospects for the market.
Dock David Treece is a discretionary money manager with Treece Investment Advisory Corp and is licensed with FINRA through Treece Financial Services Corp. He has appeared on CNBC and numerous radio programs, and also serves as editor of financial news site Green Faucet. The above information is the express opinion of Dock David Treece and should not be construed as investment advice or used without outside verification.
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August 5, 2015
LITTLE ROCK, AR -- Arkansas fired basketball coach
Stan Heath after a loss in the first round of the NCAA tournament for the second straight year.
The Razorbacks made the NCAA tournament thanks to a late-season run, but that wasn't enough to save Heath's job. Arkansas lost to Southern California 77-to-60.
Heath met with reporters in Fayetteville shortly after the announcement -- saying he's a little surprised, but in this business and universities have the right to make decisions.
After Heath led Kent State to the round of eight in the NCAA
tournament in 2002, he took over at Arkansas that offseason after
Nolan Richardson was fired.
As for a replacement, speculation has centered around Texas A&M coach Billy Gillispie, but Arkansas said it won't comment publicly on potential candidates. An Aggie spokesman says Gillispie would have no comment on the Arkansas job.
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Now that I've had a few days to catch my breath, here are some general observations on RootsTech. It is indeed just the beginning …. Whether you are a technology "geek", someone with a passion for genealogy, or – like me – someone with a little of both in your genes, this was definitely the place to be.
The planners had expected about 800 participants and by the time the dust settled on the first day's registrations, there were about 3,000. Clearly this is a subject that people are interested in.
Another thing that struck me was the types of vendors who were in the exhibit hall. We are accustomed to seeing FamilySearch.org, Ancestry, NEHGS and other genealogy-related organizations. Major sponsors and exhibitors for this event included Hewlett-Packard, Dell and other traditional hardware/software companies – definitely a sign of a growing interest in genealogy.
There was a lot of talk on the software developer's side about "Cloud Computing." I confess this is a subject that intrigues me; I plan to learn more in 2011 and will share what I learn as it applies to genealogy.
Check out some of the posts and links here to learn more about specific presentations and events.
Overall, RootsTech 2011 was a success. One way to define that success was by how many people were saying they'd "see you next year!" The dates are 2-4 February 2012 in Salt Lake City. It's already on my calendar.


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Recipe Share: Easter fun!
Posted By Alison On Mar 16, 2008 @ In Holidays/Special Events,Recipes & Cooking Tips | 3 Comments
These Easter ideas were sent in by Gina Clowes of the Allergy Moms website and newsletter. Thank you Gina!
Crumble bars in bowl.Melt chips in microwave and combine with bars. Spoon onto waxed paper and form into 8 nests. Fill with candy decorations. We used gum balls for birdies with safe taffy cut outs for beaks.
* You can substitute Rice Krispie Treat mix for the NoNuttin bars.
Easter Basket Cupcakes
Frost safe cupcakes and dip them in colored coconut or pearl sugar. Add jelly beans or bunnies. Top with a pipe cleaner for the basket handle.
We used orange Mike and Ikes topped with green coconut for carrots and Marshmallow peep bunnies!
Chocolate Dipped Eggs!
Prepare your favorite Rice Krispie Treat mix. Allow to cool for a few minutes; then spoon mix into egg molds of any size and place in freezer to set.
Melt one bag of Enjoy Life Chocolate Chips with one Tablespoon of vegetable oil. Release the "eggs" from their molds. Some will prefer the Rice Krispie eggs just like this. For the chocolate lovers, dip the "eggs" into the melted chocolate mix. Place on wire rack to set.
When completely cooled, wrap in cellophane and tie with ribbon! (See photo at the top of the newsletter.)
* You can use fancy Wilton molds but we used regular plastic eggs of all sizes for our molds!
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The San Jose Sharks have agreed to terms on a three-year entry-level contract with Halifax Mooseheads defenceman Konrad Abeltshauser, Metro Halifax has learned.
The 19-year-old Abeltshauser, named the Mooseheads' top defenceman this season, had eight goals and 36 assists for 44 points in 57 games along with a team-best plus-17 rating.
The deal is worth $1.675 million over three seasons at the NHL level and contains $225,000 in signing bonuses, according to a source. He could also earn more bonuses for games played. It will pay him $55,000 at the minor-league level in 2012-13.
Abeltshauser, who the Sharks selected 163rd overall in the 2010 NHL draft, is expected to vie for a spot with the American Hockey League's Worcester Sharks next season.


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Below is the poem entitled Her Secret Admirer which was written by poet
Addo-Yobo. Please feel free to comment on this poem. However, please remember, PoetrySoup is a place of encouragement and growth.
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Lord Addo-Yobo
Her steps echoes down the hall,
As she takes my breadth away into the mall,
Entering,she deprives me of the air of fall,
As her body responds to beauty's call,
Breaking my senses of reason,
My defenses,she shatters into season,
As her smile lights my face's treason,
Leaving it with sweet seasoning,
I am left holding on to my heart,
As her eyes tears its meekness apart,
Cushioning its fall,my strength starts,
As I ride on shyness's cart,
My heart seeks her affection,
But my words fail for her attention,
As I hope to win her love's election,
I would sit in my corner of no detection,


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I wandered into Rainbow Foods on a mission to pick up date sugar and ended up with lunch.
Offering healthy and hard-to-find ingredients, this shop also has a "fresh food department" that prepares such things as soups and brownies daily on site.
Zucchini Kale Soup was simmering in the soup pot. It was scented with cumin and curry and filled with chunks of sliced zucchini and kale. The cashier revealed that it is one of the more popular soups.
The rainbow salad was too pretty to ignore. Red cabbage, grated carrots, yellow and red peppers, and celery covered all but blue in the rainbow of veggies. It was fresh and crunchy, but in order to be perfect, it needed a dollop of dressing.
For dessert, I opted for Auntie Loo's vegan walnut coffee cake. It was a generous square of cake that was maybe better the day it was baked.
The only items lacking at Rainbow Foods are a few tables and chairs to better enjoy this healthy feast.
Rainbow Foods
1487 Richmond Rd.
Quick solo lunch:?Yes (take-out only)
Price range: $$
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England chief Roy Hodgson has added 20-year-old Zaha to his squad to face Sweden in a friendly in Stockholm on Wednesday after Wayne Rooney was ruled out through injury.
Holloway, who only took over at Selhurst Park last week, did not hold back in his praise for the talented winger.
He told Sky Sports News: "He's an untouched, pure talent and everyone knows the more serious you get the harder it is to want take people on.
"But he's so unique, I've never worked with anyone like him, he just wants to get the ball and beat people, however many there are, he can do it. Before I got to Palace I thought 'yeah, but is he any better than anyone else?' Now I've seen him, good gracious me, it's quite unbelievable what he can do.
"Hopefully, if he does play on Wednesday, people will see that and I believe he can do it at the very top level."


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Pronunciation: /ˈheɪɡ(ə)l/
Definition of Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich in English:
( 1770–1831), German philosopher. In his Science of Logic (1812–16) Hegel described the three-stage process of dialectical reasoning, on which Marx based his theory of dialectical materialism. He believed that history, the evolution of ideas, and human consciousness all develop through idealist dialectical processes as part of the Absolute or God coming to know itself.
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Jessica Mohler, Psy. D.
Clinical Sports Psychologist
Assistant Director Midshipmen Development Center
Dr. Mohler is a clinical and sport psychologist. In 2000, she graduated from The University of Maryland, College Park with a Master of Arts Degree in Kinesiology with a specialty in Sport and Exercise Psychology. While she attended UMCP she studied the determinants of expert performance while teaching fitness and wellness courses to undergraduates. She was awarded a Doctor of Psychology from Loyola College in 2005 where she researched the effect of exercise on mental health.
In 2004, she was commissioned as a lieutenant in the United States Navy. She completed her pre doctoral internship at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda and her post doctoral year at Naval Hospital, Jacksonville, Fl where she was stationed for the next three years as both a Staff Psychologist and Department Head.
While at the Naval Hospital in Jacksonville she worked closely with the weight management program providing behavioral resources and skills to active duty trying to maintain their Body Mass Index. She received Navy wide recognition for her efforts in applying Mental Skills Training to the Navy Physical Readiness Test. In 2007, she was deployed to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and received a Joint Commendation Medal for her mental health support and program development for the Joint Task Force.
In 2008, she resigned from Active Duty and joined the staff of the Midshipmen Development Center as the assistant director and eating disorder specialist. She is a member of the Association of Applied Sport Psychology, and the American Psychological Association. Dr. Mohler's interests include healthy lifestyle management, women's issues, sport psychology as it applies to both sport and military performance, exercise psychology, and eating disorders.