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On Flight 370 if it went through a portal there would have been some unusual magnetic anomaly and you would not hear any sounds or pings from it. The only way to communicate through different dimensions is by quantum communication this why I think 370 is here. SETI knows quantum communication is the only way cosmic beings can be contacted so its somewhat disingenuous but I think SETI can be used to monitor cosmic signals within our solar system. I'm surprised somebody hasn't researched these alien implants to see if quantum communication is involved here. These energies streaming in from space are pushing peoples stuff up to the surface to face and this is why we hear of so much violence like mass shootings in the news. I wish people would realize this and meditate more to process their stuff otherwise more such violence will continue. Not all these incidents are false flags or conspiracies. I think it was probably a suicide and the authorities don't want to tell anybody because it could hurt their business. The pilot must have been very distraught and unhappy.
Another wonderful, in-depth interview with Linda Moulton Howe. And Whitley your theory about the plane being hijacked and fitted with an atomic bomb later is the most frightening, chilling idea because I'm sure somewhere someone would love to do another 911 to the United States. You just know that the new World Trade building is a tantalizing target and will always be at the top of the list.
If the disappearance of Flight 370 was about suicide, it has to be one of the all-time most creative ways to off oneself. It also crossed over the line into murdering others as well, which is not unheard of in this insane world.
Regarding the terrorist plot scenario: Once again, way too convoluted. Just buy a freakin' airplane and do it. I'm sure that 'arms dealers' could come up with a way to do this that would fly under the radar (sorry about that!), plus terrorists organizations have access to plenty of moola to buy one over the counter without causing a stir.(John Travolta bought a Boeing 707 for heaven's sake!) Not all terrorists are obvious, and some of them may be so mainstream as to go unnoticed when making out-of-the-ordinary purchases. (Look how easy it is for just about anyone in this country to purchase semi-automatic weapons). So stealing a plane in plain sight and calling attention from the whole world...?
I have posted my own experiences and connections with Flight 370 in the last few weeks, so I won't re-hash them. I feel this whole thing was an extremely odd accident involving an airliner in the wrong place at the 'right time'. All the possibilities for what actually occurred are written in the web of our collective consciousness as well as the actual 'web' known as the inter-net. Which possibility will manifest and solve this puzzle? Or will this become another Flight 19? Both flights disappeared over water. Water also represents consciousness. Perhaps this is merely another exercise to get us to think outside of the box, and has nothing to do with reality as we know it and live it.
They don't buy their own airliners because they are making a statement when using a hijacked jet. They are adding insult to injury by turning the plane into a weapon against the very people who own it or the targeted country. Personally I hope this is not the case and it did crash into the ocean. But you know the passengers are no longer alive no matter what happened.
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I really hate to think that our two best friends in the world involved in this flight (China and Moslem Malaysia) could allow or let slip by a plot to use this jet to be hijacked and used as a weapon of mass destruction. It has been done before on 9-11 so I suppose we can only wait and hold our collective breaths (and head for the hills).
Chris Hardy was wonderful. The truth's spoken in this interview supersede all other discussions. It's where all lies start.
The Chris Hardy was interesting but it leaves some big holes. I agree the bodies were probably created by others but who contacted the world of the spirit for the finale we call life. Sitchin and the clay tablets once again where's the reference to the soul science placing divine consciousness into the flesh curiously this part doesn't get mentioned and without it all you have is clones. Why isn't all of man's creation recorded and reported on in the Sumerian tablets. You can't put forth such a creation view and not end up with the finished product and in this regard nobody ever does. So is it really a valid theory? It has the same logical flaw Darwinism has its only a partial theory and your just suppose to fill the holes. Until Sitchin delivers the goods no sale its a donkey.
Thank you Whitley for having Chris Hardy as your guest on Dreamland…..
Just pondering a few thoughts and ideas.
First, I believe humanity must look at the whole picture. Time lines are vague with GREAT cosmic YEARS blurring. Does time expressed in ancient texts refer to the current great cycle, the one before the current or even one more ancient than that? How can researchers be sure? IF ANYONE HAS AN ANSWER TO THIS, PLEASE, DO POST IT.
The term Great Year has a variety of related meanings. It is defined by NASA as "The period of one complete cycle of the equinoxes around the ecliptic, about 25,800 years […] also known as [a] Platonic Year."[1] One complete cycle of the equinoxes here means one complete cycle of axial precession, this precession was known to Plato, who defined the "perfect year" as the return of the celestial bodies (planets) and the diurnal rotation of the fixed stars (circle of the Same) to their original positions, from his studying in Egypt for 13 years.[2] Cicero followed Plato in defining the Great Year as a combination of solar, lunar and planetary cycles [3] (61 XX) Nicholas Campion writes of "periods of History, analogous to the solar year, known as 'Great Years' " [4]
Lord Ea/Enki (and yes, I do feel he is the real deal) was the crusader for humankind. Half brother Enlil, not so much a cheer leader for the race of Adams BUT he had some valid points about our WORTH. I can see it in the world of today. We can be a violent, noisy, self centered, etc, race. YET, did Enki see something in His and Ninmah's creation, perhaps a promise or potential for much goodness?
Enki is brilliant but had not subdued (at least in this particular time period) his excessive lusts; while half brother Enlil could probably see the many flaws thus created in humankind. After all, we came from the same DNA as these imperfect gods.
Someone once stated that Atlantis was around for a LONG time and surely we all had a lifetime there. (This might have been an Edgar Cayce quote).
There are two things that come to mind and could very well be true in both cases.
(1) According to Cayce, souls became trapped in matter and many had entered into animal forms. Ra Ta (Edgar Cayce) established two Temples.
Now for an overview of the history of this period:
Ra Ta was a prophet and seer who was going to teach the Egyptians about the spiritual nature of man, his dream was to purify the race of contaminations. To do this, he established the temples. The Temples of Sacrifice can be compared to today's hospitals. Techniques such as surgery were used to remove appendages, diet was used for purification, and inspirational readings to lift the mind to higher consciousness and to redirect the mental forces away from the carnal that had gotten us into that trouble in the first place.
(2) ENKI did his thing by genetic engineering procedures. So what sort of monster by-products did Enki and Ninhursag/Ninmah create until the perfect ADAM came about????? So, those above are a few of my thoughts on the Atlanteans/Anunnaki.
Most of us are still trapped within the five senses.
We no longer have to be trapped within the five senses is the message. Some researchers can't see that ufos, E.T.s or otherwoldly beings, the paranormal, and psychic ability are all different branches or aspects of consciousness studies. In the not too distant future I hope when this information is taught and disseminated in our schools and universities I believe it will all fall under the heading of consciousness studies. Thats my perspective and I think it has merit worthy of consideration.
I don't understand how Chris Hardy can try to make folks interested in her book by simply repeating what she read in Sitchin's books. If there is far more in-depth information in her book regarding scientific facts our scientists know today about our physical DNA, then she should have mentioned that during the interview because, otherwise, anyone can just read Sitchin's books instead. I've read all of his books and heard nothing new at all here. In fact, just reading his first, Genesis Revisited, would cover everything she mentioned and much more. I guess I'll have to read the reviews on Amazon to find out if there is anything in her book that would shed any new light on a topic that has been covered quite extensively already. I glad she's excited about her discovery of Sitchin, but she's twenty years behind.


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George Saliba was 21 and spoke no English when he stepped onto a college campus in Ohio on May 29, 1979 – just three months away from the first day of classes.
Last Thursday Oldham County residents proved that White Castle was what they craved.
A visit by the White Castle Crave Mobile led to a steady lunchtime crowd in La Grange last week, as the truck set up shop in the Kroger parking lot.
Many people lined up well before the 11 a.m. start time for the food truck, which had a steady line of at least 50 people waiting to order during lunch hours.
Mark Logsdon, General Manager of White Castle System Inc., said the truck showed up to "feed the members of craver nation."
Howls of praise will be ringing out this holiday season thanks to a local veterinary center.
The "Joy to the Woof" program sponsored by the Pewee Valley Veterinary Center has created 25 care packages for military service dogs. In its second year, the program provides specialty gear like goggles and protective booties for the four-legged soldiers.
"Unfortunately they are forgotten a lot of the time," Carolyne Tilford, a veterinary technician at the center said. "They go through a lot, it's not easy."
Jessica Childers, a county jail employee for 19 years, has been selected by Judge-Executive David Voegele as Oldham County Employee of the Year. Voegele made the announcement during a recent awards ceremony at the John W. Black Community Center.
Childers, who began at the jail as guard, worked her way up through the years to her current position as administrative assistant to Jailer Mike Simpson.
Fresh off redrawing school attendance boundaries, the members of the Oldham County Board of Education are redrawing their lines too.
The member boundary lines are redrawn every 10 years and the new lines should help balance out inequities in the current boundaries, according to the board.
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The following Oldham County students have been selected to either All-State Band or All-State Orchestra:
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Eileen Ramirez — flute, 1st Chair, All-State Symphonic Band
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Joseph Bauer of Crestwood, recently graduated from the Savannah College of Art and Design. Bauer earned a Master of Fine Arts degree in Film and Television.
The Savannah College of Art and Design is a private, nonprofit, accredited institution conferring bachelor's and master's degrees at distinctive locations and online to prepare talented students for professional careers. SCAD offers degrees in more than 40 majors.
Kentucky State Police Commissioner Rodney Brewer has announced the agency's 'Cram the Cruiser' food drive netted 124,064 pounds (62 tons) of food statewide.
Brewer initiated the program in 2010 to assist needy families in local KSP post and Commercial Vehicle Enforcement region areas. Since that time, the agency has contributed more than 300,000 pounds of food to shelters, food banks and churches across the Commonwealth.
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remove the ColorFunctionScaling->False option ?
But you shoud keep in mind that an ordinary CRT can only
disply 255 different gray values but 255^3 color values.
Gennady wrote:
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> I am doing density plots and find that Mathematica uses rather limited
> number of the shading levels in DensityPlot. For example, execute the
> following
> command
> DensityPlot[.1 Sin[x] + 0.5, {x, 0, \[Pi]/2}, {y, 0, 1}, PlotPoints -> 50,
> Mesh -> False, ColorFunctionScaling -> False];
> and you will see about 7 gray stripes instead of smooth transition. I guess,
> Mathematica uses 64 gray levels in this kind of graphs.
> My question: is it possing to increase the number of descreet gray levels
> and to make the plot above to look smooth, as a photograph?
> Thank you.
> Gennady.


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Both of the USAF premier fighters have been plagued with significant issues over the last few years. The F-35 is back on track to some extent after numerous delays, even though
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The F-22 has been having problems with its onboard oxygen generation system that results at times in hypoxia-like symptoms for the pilots. The aircraft were on stand-down for a while, but that stand-down was lifted and the aircraft are back in the air. That means that aircraft that Lockheed had produced, but couldn't deliver are now heading to their final USAF homes.
That also means that the production line for the F-22 is back in full swing. Lockheed spokeswoman Alison Orne said, "We are delivering jets. The last one delivered was 4185. 4195 will be delivered in late spring 2012."
Lockheed also pointed out that while airframe 4185 was technically delivered, it was still undergoing flight-testing. After those tests are complete, the F-22 will be flown to Langley Air Force Base, Virginia where it will be based. The spokeswoman stated that the F-22 would be flown to Langley on December 8.
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Google, the number one search engine, has its own problems, many caused by a cottage industry of so-called optimization firms that promise to boost rankings of customers' Web sites. Their efforts can reduce the quality of Google's search results.
Some techniques are legitimate. Marketleap and Position Technologies, for example, help site owners analyze content and better describe products so search engines can more easily identify and rank relevant content. These measures help explain why product searches mostly yield links to vendors rather than to reviews or news.
But some ratings-boosting techniques are controversial.
A practice called cloaking occurs when a page appears one way to a search engine's indexing technology but looks quite different to people who click on the link to it.
Cloaking can have perfectly legitimate uses. One example: National Public Radio creates cloaked pages with rough transcripts of its radio programs. People who click on search engine links to these pages get to the archived audio files of the broadcasts and don't see the transcripts. PC World similarly uses cloaking for articles in its database.
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In an e-mail response to PC World's queries, WhenU said a search optimization firm created the pages without WhenU's knowledge, and that the company "instructed the outside firm to reverse their actions" as soon as it learned about the cloaked pages.
Another way companies try to change results is by using multiple domains to sell the same products. This increases the odds of being found by search engines and being listed multiple times.
Google tries to excise manipulated results, but it's easy to find pages that violate its policies. Google, in a quiet period before its initial public offering, did not comment.
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Ordinarily, I would take information like the Jazz's falling two valuable positions in the NBA draft after the recent lottery and declare it a sure sign of the franchise's imminent collapse.
When my high school English teacher described me as her "little prophet of doom," I committed myself to living up to that label, whatever it took.
But after briefly lamenting the missed opportunity to merely walk across the street to follow Utah center Andrew Bogut's NBA development, I'm embracing the No. 6 pick and pronouncing the Jazz curable, over time.
The Jazz should stay where they are, draft North Carolina point guard Raymond Felton and grow with him.
Forget about trading up in the draft. Consider moving down, if Felton is likely to remain available. And give the basketball to this guy for the next 10 or 12 years.
The lottery result that cost the Jazz their hard-earned No. 4 slot was a setback, no question. The mini-slide will keep them from landing one of the top two point guards, Wake Forest's Chris Paul or Illinois' Deron Williams. And while winning the No. 1 pick would have required a 1-in-9 miracle, this was certainly the year to have that happen, with Bogut available.
Yet the Jazz are fortunate. This draft is deep with point guards, something that's basically unheard of. They can still snag the key player from the NCAA championship team, which is not as meaningful as it once was, but is not exactly a bad thing.
They certainly could have used Bogut, who will be an All-Star in this league. The Jazz would have had to take him with the No. 1 pick, and he would have solidified the franchise's future, just as he presumably will do for Milwaukee - the team that was
supposed to pick sixth, based on records.
But you know what? The Jazz would not have made the 2006 playoffs, even with Bogut. Eventually, they would have won a lot of games with him and maybe become contenders again, but not right away. The Jazz missed the '05 playoffs by 19 games, people. That's too much ground for any rookie, even with improved health infecting the rest of the team, to make up.
The Jazz still would have lacked a point guard, so they're almost as well off being forced to draft for need.
Luckily, Felton will be there for them. Standing 6 feet tall, he's a bit of a stretch at No. 6. The Jazz might be able to get him anywhere before No. 10. In any case, drafting Felton is better than trying to trade up for Paul or Williams, because top-five slots are so overvalued.
The Jazz would have to give up too much to move up. So senior vice president Kevin O'Connor can make all the calls he wants to the top five teams in the draft, but nothing's wrong with just waiting for Felton.
He's not even the best point guard in his conference, considering how Paul also played in the ACC, but he improved during three years of college - an eternity, in this era - and will keep getting better.
Felton is not necessarily the next John Stockton, but he might be the next Thurl Bailey.
In 1983, the Jazz - who had never made the playoffs in franchise history, including four years in Salt Lake City - used the No. 7 pick to draft Bailey, a forward who was the best player for North Carolina State's championship team.
They improved by 15 victories the following season and made the playoffs, even before Stockton and Karl Malone arrived in town.
That kind of jump will not occur again, but the coincidence is encouraging. Here we are, 22 years later. In their highest draft slot since then, the Jazz are positioned to select another national champion, from a campus located just 28 miles from Bailey's old school.
So the lottery was not a disaster, after all. In the search for pessimistic evidence to get me through the summer, I'll simply have to find something else. A lockout, maybe?


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You know it, I know it, everybody knows it. Women are not only getting more and more educated, they also represent the majority of university students, both in undergraduate and in Master's programs. In the coming years, your doctor is very likely to be a woman, so will your lawyer. Things change, society changes.
But not everywhere. Economics is one of the rare fields in which women remain a minority. Their scarceness in economics classrooms explains their scarceness elsewhere. Indeed, to teach economics, be awarded prestigious prizes or be renowned as one of the world's leading experts, one must first attend university.
Thus it was only in 2009 that the first and only woman won the Sveriges Riksbank prize (a.k.a. the Nobel prize for economics), and jointly with a man. Elinor Ostrom, American economist, received the prize in recognition of her work on common goods governance. Her research specifically tackles the collective management of common resources (namely in the exploitation of ecosystems) and demonstrates such an approach's success in a truly sustainable and perennial development.
In Québec too, we hear few women speaking on economic matters. Of course, we've had Monique Jérôme-Forget as Minister of Finance, and Nathalie Elgrably-Lévy is always ready to sign off as an economist (even though she studied management). Sylvie Morel and Ruth Rose rarely venture into commenting on economic news. Even at our institute, IRIS, we are a bit short on female staff.
Why is economics such a boys' club? Could it be because even today, the "masculine" rationality of numbers clashes with the "feminine" emotionality of personal experiences? Could it be because economic power still remains within the hands of men? Could it be that we have come to believe that this is the way the economy is because the field has been dominated by male economists for so long?
However, maximizing profit at each "transaction" in life is not the only motive driving homo œconomicus. Other models exist, other ways of envisioning economic and social relations, other approaches than the econometrics sought after so badly by economics departments these days. The economy can be thought of in other ways that integrate an analysis of gender and discrimination from the get-go, not as atypical phenomena. Incidentally, faced with the economists' failure to both prevent the current economic crisis and to get us out of it, it could seem logical to try to think about the economy differently.
That being said, one must not fall into naïve optimism. In economics as in politics, sex and gender are amongst the factors which determine our worldview. However, as in politics, having more women interested in the subject, taking a stand, taking over the public sphere, becoming active in both the media and in academia can't hurt.
Eve-Lyne Couturier works with IRIS, a Montreal-based progressive think-tank. This article was first posted on Behind the Numbers.
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The Browns sent out their normal press release to all media outlets and Browns Backers groups this afternoon, and in it was contained the team's first "unofficial" depth chart. We have replicated the depth chart, which you can see (slightly modified) by clicking here. There are two different printable versions of the depth chart available via that link as well.
We're happy to see that there are very few changes of any note from the speculative depth chart which we developed in June. Most of the changes from our previous version of the chart involve different listings of players at linebacker positions, which can easily be moved back and forth.
Here are some of the most notable changes we noticed on the team's initial depth chart, and some quick impressions:
1. The chart at kick returner reads Andre Davis, Josh Cribbs, and then Richard Alston
This is a little bit of a surprise, as Alston was extremely effective in a kick return role last season, and was assumed to be a player on the rise. That Cribbs - like Alston a quarterback turned pass catcher - is ahead of Alston on the depth chart should worry the veteran who broke through in NFL Europe last season.
2. Mike Pucillo appears to have established himself quickly
With the releases of Marcus Spears and Phil Bogle in the last couple of weeks, Mike Pucillo is the only backup listed behind Cosey Coleman at right guard. The RG position is generally more of a run blocker and a little larger than left guard, but there are several players who might be able to move into a back-up role at RG instead of Pucillo, including fellow G/C Craig Osika.
3. Amon Gordon drops behind the rookies
Amon Gordon was a fourth-round pick of the Butch Davis administration, which doesn't appear to gain him an edge on the team's "unofficial" depth chart. Gordon does have one thing going for him, however, and that's some flexibility to move into the Nose Tackle spot, where he has taken some reps. Don't assume that just because he has dropped behind Hoffman and Fraser on the depth chart at defensive end that he is going to get cut.
4. Corey Jackson falls behind Nick Eason
This is pretty predictable to anyone who has been reading this site and
listening to the radio show. The Browns coaching staff has repeatedly praised
Eason, while 2004 NFL Europe terror Corey Jackson may be the wrong body type to
play end in the team's 3-4 defense and a better fit for the speed 4-3 scheme
employed by Davis and Campo.
5. Josh Harris is losing ground
Again, this one come as a surprise to anyone tuned into the website and radio
show. Harris has been overthrowing receivers badly, and Charlie Frye has
inserted himself into the competition at back-up based on his performance last
Saturday night. This isn't over by a long shot, but we've been consistently
saying that Harris, while athletic, has underwhelmed at both the team's
mini-camp and training camp.
6. C.J. Jones needs to impress, and fast
The highlight of the 2003 training camp was this unheralded wide receiver
from Iowa, with the quick moves and lightening speed. That was a long time ago,
though, and Jones is almost the forgotten man in this years WR battle. He is
currently listed behind Cribbs and Alston on the chart, which is not a good
sign. Jones needs to look very good in the first two pre-season games.
7. Some veteran defenders are buried
There are some veteran (read: kind of expensive) players who are buried on the depth chart, which is never a good sign in these days of the salary cap. Veterans who are listed as third-string or lower on the "unofficial" chart in the press release are Dyshod Carter (4th), Sherrod Coates (4th), Michael Jameson (3rd), Justin Kurpeikis (4th). Orlando Ruff and Antwan Harris are both listed third or fourth, but are somewhat special cases since they are relatively new to the team and may still be working their way up the depth chart.
ALSO: The team did not list Braylon Edwards on their depth chart. We have him
listed behind Dennis Northcutt, although we suspect he'll wind up starting
shortly into the season as Northcutt assumes a role more typical of his time
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Re: st: on bootstrap
Thu, 27 Dec 2012 08:27:31 -0500
Dear Ivica,
I must leave the details of the programming to others, but I can
describe what you want the process of bootstrapping to do in this
Denote the number of observations in the two countries by N0 and N1,
respectively. Each bootstrap replicate should draw, with replacement,
a sample of N0 observations from the data on y0 and, independently, a
sample of N1 observations from the data on y1, and then determine the
medians of those two samples and take their ratio (that is, it
produces a value of the ratio for each replicate).
David Hoaglin
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> Dear Statalisters,
> I have a question on bootstrap. I have cross-sectional data on incomes for two countries, y0 and y1. I would like to obtain bootstrap standard errors for the ratio of medians of these two income distributions. Two ways come to my mind but I am not sure which one would be more appropriate:
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Hanson, Paul E., 2000, The relation of fish community composition to riparian cover and runoff potential in the Minnesota River Basin, Minnesota and Iowa, 1997: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-105-00, 4 p. Available Online
Harned, D., Cuffney, T., Schueler, T., and McMahon, L., 2010, Stormwater, Impervious Surface, and Stream Health: U.S. Geological Survey Multimedia Gallery Home Video 298, 9:40 minutes. Available Online
Harrington, Stephanie, 1999, Occurrence and distribution of fish species in the Great and Little Miami River Basins, Ohio and Indiana, Pre-1900 to 1998: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4198, 15 p. Available Online
Harris, M.A., Scudder, B.C., Fitzpatrick, F.A., and Arnold, T.L., 2005, Physical, chemical, and biological responses to urbanization in the Fox and Des Plaines River Basins of northeastern Illinois and southeastern Wisconsin: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5218, 72 p. Available Online
Harris, Sandra L., 1997, Inorganic and organic constituents and grain-size distribution in streambed sediment and ancillary data for the Connecticut, Housatonic, and Thames River Basins Study Unit, 1992-94: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-397, 39 p. Available Online
Heiny, J.S., and Tate, C.M., 1997, Concentration, distribution, and comparison of selected trace elements in bed sediment and fish tissue in the South Platte River Basin, USA, 1992-93: Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, vol. 32, no.3, p. 246-259. Available Online
Heiny, Janet S., 1997, Organochlorine compounds and trace elements in streambed sediment and fish tissue, South Platte River Basin--Colorado, Nebraska, and Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-040-97, 4 p. Available Online
Hill, R.A., Hawkins, C.P., Carlisle, D.M., 2013, Predicting thermal reference conditions for USA streams and rivers: Freshwater Science, vol. 32, p. 39-55. doi: 10.1899/12-009.1 Available Online
Huckins, J.N., Petty, J.D., Cranor, W.L., and Clark, R.C., 2001, Evaluation of contaminant exposure and the potential impacts on aquatic habitat quality in the Anchorage area of the Cook Inlet Basin: U. S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division Web report, 51 p. Available Online
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Johnson, M.R., Buell, G.R., Kim, M.H., and Nardi, M.R., 2007, Riparian land use/land cover data for five study units in the Nutrient Enrichment Effects Topical study of the National Water-Quality Assessment Program: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 306, 9 p. Available Online
Jordon, P.R., and Stamer, J.K., 1995, Surface-water-quality assessment of the Lower Kansas River Basin, Kansas and Nebraska--Analysis of available data through 1986: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 2352-B, 161 p. Available Online
Journey, C.A., Van Metre, P.C., Bell, A.H., Garrett, J.D., Button, D.T., Nakagaki, N., Qi, S.L., and Bradley, P.M., 2015, Design and methods of the Southeast Stream Quality Assessment (SESQA), 2014: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2015-1095, 46 p. DOI: 10.3133/ofr20151095 Available Online
Justus, B.G., 2003, An index of ecological integrity for the Mississippi alluvial plain ecoregion--index development and relations to selected landscape variables: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4110, 32 p. Available Online
Justus, B.G., and Caskey, B.J., 2000, Occurrence of fishes at 38 sites in the Mississippi Embayment study unit, 1996-98: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-605, 24 p. Available Online
Justus, B.G., and Kleiss, B.A., 1997, Results of the 1996 NAWQA fish community assessment in the Mississippi Embayment Study Unit: Proceedings of the 27th Mississippi Water Resources Conference, March 25-26,1997, MS, p. 72-81.
Justus, B.G., Bray, D.G., Dossett, A., Hicks, M., Sarver, R., and Rogers, M., 2001, Comparison of multi-habitat aquatic macroinvertebrate sampling methods in streams of the Mississippi alluvial plain ecoregion: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4216, 16 p. Available Online
Justus, B.G., Petersen, J.C., Femmer, S.R., Davis, J.V. and Wallace, J.E., 2010, A comparison of algal, macroinvertebrate, and fish assemblage indices for assessing low-level nutrient enrichment in wadeable Ozark streams: Ecological Indicators vol. 10, no. 3, p. 627-638. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2009.10.007 Available Online
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Peguero rallies Rainiers with six hits
Mariners farmhand falls triple shy of cycle, drives in three runs
By Robert Emrich and Josh Jackson / MiLB.com | July 26, 2013 11:33 PM ET
Eighty years ago to the day, Joe Dimaggio had his 61-game Pacific Coast League hitting streak snapped. Carlos Peguero's night wasn't as historical, but it was impressive nonetheless.
The Mariners farmhand went 6-for-7 with a homer and three RBIs on Friday night, helping Triple-A Tacoma outlast Reno, 9-7, in 12 innings.
"He's so talented," said Rainiers hitting coach and two-time Major League All-Star Howard Johnson. "He was a complete hitter tonight."
Peguero finished a triple shy of the cycle and scored twice. His two-run shot in the sixth scored rehabbing Mariners slugger Mike Morse and lifted the Rainiers within 4-3. He came through with his third single of the night in the 12th to plate Ty Kelly with an insurance run after Stefen Romero put Tacoma in front with a sacrifice fly.
The single up the middle came against Eury De La Rosa and culminated an eight-pitch at-bat during which Peguero fouled off three offerings.
"His last hit of the night was probably his best," Johnson said. "It was against a left-hander and he was down, 0-2, and he kept battling, fouling pitches off. And he got one to hit and ended up with an RBI single."
The 26-year-old outfielder leads the Rainiers with 16 homers and 63 RBIs while batting .278 in his third season in the Pacific Coast League. A member of the Seattle organization since 2006, Peguero has never had more than four hits in a game before, most recently on June 24 against Fresno.
"Peguero's been swinging the bat pretty good. He's been really streaky this year," Johnson said. "He's gone through periods where he's had trouble putting the ball in play and he's had stretches where he plays like this. He's still a fairly young guy. He's still learning and he still has time to develop.
"I think he needs to learn the strike zone a little bit better and not be so aggressive chasing balls outside of the zone. You're not going to have success at the Major League level if you can't wait pitchers out. When he learns to do that, he's going to be one heck of a hitter at the big league level. And he showed that he's learning how to do that tonight."
Peguero has played in two games with the Mariners this season, going 2-for-6 with a homer. He also had big league stints in each of the previous two seasons and his hitting coach believes more consistency will prove to the organization that the native of the Dominican Republic belongs in the Majors for good.
"He hits the ball so hard, it's just a matter of putting a couple things together and he'll be a complete hitter, like he was tonight," Johnson said. "That's what you want at the Major League level: a complete hitter. You want to see him do it again, at least go deep into at-bats and stay aggressive but not to the point that he's chasing bad pitches."
Tacoma trailed in the ninth, 5-4, but tied it on Romero's RBI triple. The Rainiers pulled ahead in the 10th on solo homers by Abraham Almonte and Robert Andino, but the Aces scratched out two runs in the bottom half.
Romero, the Mariners' No. 8 prospect, finished with three RBIs, while Morse was 2-for-6 with two runs scored.
Alfredo Marte went 3-for-6 with a homer and two RBIs for Reno.
Rehabbing D-backs right-hander Brandon McCarthy pitched six innings for the Aces and was charged with three runs -- two earned -- on six hits. He struck out three batters and walked one.
Robert Emrich is a contributor to MiLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @RobertEmrich. Josh Jackson is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues or its clubs.View More


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By Michelle Guffey
Killeen Daily Herald
BELTON The Bell County Republican Party on Thursday announced the canvassing of the March 7 Republican primary election, but the totals are subject to change when votes mailed from overseas are counted Monday.
Nancy Boston, party chairman, told the group that the committee had doubled-checked the vote counts and 9,873 people voted.
Elections Clerk Lindsay Clark will count the overseas votes at 5 p.m. Monday at the county clerks office, Boston said.
Ballots had to be mailed by March 7 to be considered.
The only race where the mailed-in ballots might cause a runoff is the Precinct 4 County Commissioners race between incumbent John Fisher and second-place finisher Killeen Mayor Maureen Jouett. Currently, a difference of six votes is the deciding factor.
If the count stands, Fisher will run unopposed in the fall election.
Fisher received 912 votes, or 50.3 percent of the total; Jouett received 527; and Doyle Dickens received 373. If Fisher falls below the 50 percent threshold, a runoff with Jouett will be necessary.
A runoff will take place between Temple attorneys Bob Barina and John Mischtian for county Court-at-Law No. 2 judgeship on April 11.
Both attorneys drew for their place on the ballot Thursday.
Barina will be first and Mischtian second.
Barina received 3,807 votes; Mischtian received 3,303; and Buckley Major received 1,640.
For county judge, incumbent Jon Burrows received 5,943 votes and Belton attorney John Galligan received 3,223.
In the race for county clerk, Shelley Coston received 5,467 votes and Trudy Stuart received 2,711. Coston will go on to face Democrat Rosa Hernandez.
For Precinct 2 County Commissioner, incumbent Tim Brown received 1,464 votes and Richard Young, a Killeen city councilman, received 1,234 votes.
Brown is running against Democrat Brit Owens in the fall.
In the District 54 state House race, Jimmie Don Aycock received 1,284 votes, Dan Corbin received 936 votes, Dale Hopkins received 248 votes and Hans Dersch received 101.
Aycock and Hopkins, who finished as the top two vote-getters districtwide, will face off in an April 11 runoff.
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Eight administrative prisoners are currently on a hunger strike, four of them hospitalized at the medical wing of Ramle prison, an East Jerusalem-based NGO said Saturday, following attorneys´ visits to the prisons. The Prison Service says only seven prisoners are on hunger strike.
The Palestinian prison aid group Addameer reported over the weekend that eight administrative prisoners were on hunger strike in various Israeli prisons. The strikers include Tair Halala of the Hebron area and Balal Diab of the village of Rai near Jenin, who have been hunger- striking for 48 days in demand to be freed; Hassan Safdi of Nablus, who has been on a hunger strike for 41 days; Omer Abu Shlal, who has been striking for 40 days; Ahmed Sakar, the most veteran administrative prisoner, who began his hunger strike 28 days ago and two prisoners from Jenin and Nablus, who have been on hunger strike for 24 days.
The Prison Service said it knows of seven prisoners on hunger strike, four of whom are hospitalized in the Ramle prison medical wing, receiving fluids intravenously.
As far as the length of the strikes, the Prison Service said the longest one has been going on for 27 days.
The hunger strikes have gained momentum among administrative prisoners following the campaigns conducted by two high-profile prisoners in recent months. In December, Islamic Jihad operative Khader Adnan went on a hunger strike to protest Israel´s administrative detention policy - a provision allowing the state to hold detainees for an unlimited time without trial or formal charges. Adnan ended the hunger strike in February, after 67 days, having struck a deal with the state to release him at the end of a four- month prison term. He is due to be freed in a few days.
Hana Shalabi, another Islamic Jihad operative, stopped eating after Israeli troops seized her in the West Bank on February 16. She ended her strike after 30 days, and under an agreement with the state was freed and deported to Gaza, where she must stay for three years.
Adnan and Shalabi´s campaigns gained international support, and human rights groups in Israel and the world asked Israel to release the two and stop the administrative detention procedure altogether.
The Palestinian Authority has also stepped up activity in support of Palestinian prisoners, with the PA´s minister of prisoners´ affairs, Issa Karake, calling to form an international panel to probe the issue. Karake, who spoke at a conference of the UN´s Human Rights Council in Geneva, also urged the international community to pressure Israel to put an end to the administrative detention policy. (© Copyright 2012 Ha´aretz 04/15/12)
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It's rare that I go on a tirade against bad service. In the case of 1-800-flowers, I'm more than happy to make an exception. It is, however, the only thing in this pathetic situation I'm happy about.
I have a close friend in Houston who has been ill for way too long, and this week has been particularly difficult for her. Thinking that I wanted at least one little positive thing to happen to her this week, yesterday I ordered flowers to be delivered to her condo. I used 1-800-flowers.
By about 5 pm I got the email notification that the flowers had been delivered. By late in the evening, after she had said nothing to me about them, I knew something was wrong. I asked her if she'd received a delivery from me earlier.
She replied with words to the effect of "oh, was that you? I wondered about that," then told me the full story. She'd been on a conference call for her job as the flower delivery fool had tried to call her. Apparently, the security gate at her condo complex had gotten the best of him. After getting off her conference call and listening to the delivery fool's voicemail, she called him back, no later than ten minutes after he had been at her complex and called her.
She told me that not only was the delivery fool unwilling to double back and make the delivery, but that in the process, he was rude to her.
So, to review, 1-800-flowers failed to deliver the arrangement I had paid for. Then they were rude to the person the flowers were supposed to cheer up. And they lied to me in sending me a confirmation that the flowers had been delivered, when in fact they had not.
Incensed, I called them late last night, and connected with some badly-trained buffoon who assured me it would be taken care of, in such a way that left little doubt they would put as little effort into it as possible.
Meanwhile, I took to twitter to make sure others knew what they're getting into when they order stuff from this half-assed operation. I got an auto-response (a grammatical tragedy) from their "customer service" rep (read: crisis management flack) to follow and direct message them so that the issue could be resolved (read: take it private so potential customers can't see the extent to which we suck). It wasn't immediately clear to me that it was an automated response with no humans on the other end, until after I noted that Senator Leticia Van de Putte had replied to my original tweeted complaint, and as a result she received the same auto-response (which was either another grammatical tragedy, or an insult to a Senator). Also, after I dutifully followed their instructions, followed them, and direct messaged them, they quickly sprang into action by doing…nothing. Except for another auto-response this morning, again asking me to do what I've already done: follow them and direct message them so that the issue can be resolved. Get a clue, losers: I can't follow you any more than I already have. I'm following the ever-living crap out of you. And I've already direct messaged the bejesus out of you. But still no reply, and no flowers.
So thanks, 1-800-flowers: you wasted my money. You wasted my time. You not only failed to make somebody feel better, you made them feel worse. And you've lost a customer forever. For all these precious gifts from you, here's a little delivery in return, from me to you:
Update: I just received an email from this sorry-assed company, which included the following: "We would like to inform you that we have scheduled a redelivery of your order on 06/02/12 at no additional cost." SERIOUSLY?? No additional cost? How magnanimous of them, to do today what they were supposed to do yesterday, all without charging me more! Holy crap, these people are a waste of skin.
Update #2: In my discussions with 1-800-Flowers, I asked for three things: that the rude delivery dork apologize to the intended recipient for his rude behavior to her, that the flowers be delivered immediately, and that I be refunded my money because of the company's indefensible handling of this situation. I got only one of those three things immediately: the delivery dork did call the recipient and apologize. When my friend told me that delivery dork had called, she also mentioned that delivery dork had told her that for reasons unknown to him, the order had been canceled.
A full hour later, I got an email from a 1-800-Flowers representative, informing me that their company policy would allow for either delivery of the flowers, or a refund, but not both, and that they awaited my decision. An odd circumstance, seeing as how I already knew from Delivery Dork that 1-800-Flowers had already canceled the order. The representative also informed me that I would be mailed at $25 gift certificate as an apology. I replied to the company to cancel my order and issue my refund, but that they could save the postage on their silly gift certificate, since I am clearly never utilizing their services again.
In what I thought would be a clever twist, I then ordered a similar flower arrangement from 1-800-Flowers' competitor, Pro Flowers/FloristExpress. Even including expedited delivery fee, Pro Flowers was less expensive than 1-800-Flowers, and I was poised to write a final update praising Pro Flowers for coming through for me.
Unfortunately, I'm unable to do so: after hours of back-and-forth customer service SNAFUs of their own, despite their guarantee that they could deliver the flowers within four hours of the order being placed, Pro Flowers finally admitted to me that they would be unable to fulfill the order at all today, and would instead issue a refund. But at least they weren't liars like 1-800-Flowers. They were, however, just as incompetent.
That said, for your future reference, if you ever want to have flowers not delivered, Pro Flowers fails to deliver them at a significantly lower price than 1-800-Flowers fails to deliver them.
And to my ill friend, I apologize for my utter defeat in what at first appeared to be a simple task. Here are the only flowers you will see from me today:
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Ds won't talk to his teacher(41 Posts)
He is five and very, very shy. He doesn't talk to adults in general but obviously to talking to his teacher is causing issues. He is getting on well with hiss work although they are struggling to assess things like his reading. The educational psychologist was contacted and her advice has been to just leave him be.
Today he was kept in at break time as he needed to tell the teacher words to write down in order to finish his work. I feel upset for him and have no idea what to do to support him.
Just to update that we have seen a dr who thinks it is selective mutism so at least we have a starting place for getting help although I think it is all going to take time.
I think selective mutism is increasingly recognised, I know 2 children age 11 with it. Good luck.
No but I will ask about this. They seem to be leaving him too it basically.
Have you asked to see a speech therapist? My son he's 17 has/had selective mutism (he is speaking at present) A SALT should be advising the school of strategies to use so that your ds is treated appropriately and sensitively.
That is interesting, he is very creative which we encourage. He gets to do lots of craft at home and says he wants to be an artist when he grows up. He will spend hours on his own projects at home, I was worried that school might stifle that part of him a bit - he says he is bored a lot although he liked this week as they were doing shapes.
I used to only speak when entirely necessary when I was small so I can appreciate how your son feels. In her book You Can Heal Your Life, Louise L Hay says the throat " represents our ability to speak up for ourselves, to ask for what we want and to say I am" She goes on to say that the throat also represents the creative flow in the body so it might be that if your son enjoys creative things, whatever they may be, then you really encourage them and see what happens.
DD1 who is now nearly 9 was like this at preschool and in reception year. She wouldn't talk to her (lovely) teacher in reception at all, in fact it took her 2 terms to even make eye contact with her, at which point the teacher came bounding over to me at pick up time and told me that DD1 had finally interacted with her and how pleased she was . I did look in to selective mutism at the time and followed advice about this. She improved slowly in YR, took a step backwards at the beginning of Yr1 and Yr2 and is still very shy and not keen to talk to adults at all but she is gradually improving...
It is horrible to think that your child is so distressed, good luck
C xx
I guess DS4 was a selective mute. He would not talk in the classroom at all, though strangely was fine in the playground. He was put into a nurture group to help him - he chatted away happily in it but still wouldn't speak in class. Even if I was in his classroom he wouldn't talk to me.
Although he was never diagnosed officially (I'm not sure the school actually knew what to do with him!) his teachers were all very understanding, though it didn't help that his class unfortunately went through 6 teachers in two years so he'd end up getting used to one and then they'd leave and he'd have another new teacher.
He was never punished for not talking, and he was never made to feel bad. It went on through year 1 & year 2. He finally started mouthing words to one of his teachers, then he would go up to her to answer the register quietly. Year 3 saw a breakthrough, he began very quietly answering the register while sitting with the other children and gradually worked up to him saying it loud enough for the whole class to hear. he'd also read one to one and actually really liked reading with a year 6 child.
Year 3 ended with him saying a couple of lines in assembly in front of the whole school, leaving me in tears and his teacher bursting with pride! (And other staff members thinking it was his twin who had no problems talking!)
He's now in year 4 and on his first parents evening his teacher said he hadn't realised there'd ever been a problem! Although quiet he's happy to talk in front of the class and will answer questions.
I've asked him why he didn't talk but he's never been able to answer.
I've been very pleased with the way the school handled it, it was a new thing for all of us and I think they were very gentle with him and it has paid off.
I think you need to talk to the teacher and the Head if necessary, probably the Senco too. If the Ed Psych has said to leave him be then that is what they should be doing. These things take time and punishing him will probably only make things worse in the long run - he's not going to want to talk to a teacher who punishes him and doesn't understand.
You don't need a dx to get an agreement with school about what is appropriate. I think you need some pushy parent pills . I would just go in and ask the head to explain why this punishment was applied, how it is likely to make things worse etc. Then get agreement what will happen in future.
Sometimes kicking off is ok you know .
And no, don't take him to dr. He doesn't need the worry.
I think the idea any person, let alone a teacher, still views things kids do that only cause themselves problems as 'insolent' is bloody shocking. Its like when my dad was hit for having a stammer ffs. I didn't know the term 'selective mute' til about 6 months ago but its pretty obvious if they could just answer they would. Grrr. Poor kids.
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I have no experience of this but wanted to say I'd be livid if the teacher had done that to my son. Your DS wasn't being naughty and keeping him in at break is entirely at odds with the psych advice to leave him be/not draw attention to it. Like poshme says, you need to get a diagnoses so that the teacher understands the difference between a special need and a kid playing up.
Hi there!
We had a child in our reception who would not talk at all! Lots of head nodding and pointing! We had the advice to leave it and not make a fuss. Now 2 years later they talk and take part in everything.
I think what helped as hey were talking at home was the class teacher would pop up to the house after school and have a cup if tea and the child could see the link between school and home. They started talking very quietly to friends and then yes/no until taking a full part in class. Its not a quick process but it mustn't become such a big thing that the child does not see a way out. School should in my opinion be very supportive.
Not offended at all, was very honest! Actually I am a teacher myself, secondary, so I totally know what you mean about the lack if training to deal with particular needs/issues. It's another reason I am so anxious, I have seen pupils not being given what they need by the system so many times. Children falling through the gaps, being let down. If I had the nerve I would home school. Teaching has put me off schools totally, not the teachers who are mostly slogging their guts out but everything else. The system and what it does to pupils and staff.
I hope I havent offended anyone. I've just read that all back. It sounds like I didnt care - I did, but didnt understand. I think many parents think that teachers know all about all special needs, when actually the training can be very limited.
As a more experienced teacher (and esp now as a parent) I am far better at dealing with stuff thats a bit out of the ordinary.
Hi OP,
just wanted to give a teacher's perspactive for you. A few years ago I taught a boy (yr 4) with selectuve mutism. TBH I thought it was him being annoying. I'd seen him chatting to his friends, and to his mum on the way to school.
He wouldnt speak to me at all - I had to ask him yes/no questions all the time and he'd nod or not. I didnt see it as a special need - just a "precious" child/parents pandering to him. (it didnt help that I had no confidence at all in our special needs co-ordinator, so didnt really believe anything she said..)I had no experience of selective mutism at all.
We muddled though until I went on maternity leave. I now know how wrong I was.
About a year or so later (not teaching due to being SAHM) I saw a documentary about SM. It totally transfromed my view. It is a special need. It needs the right support and help. It is not a child being difficult.
However, most teachers will not have any experience of it at all. In most teachers' experiences a child who will not speak is one who is being insolent and disobedient. (I'd never heard of it in any publications etc)
I dont know if selective mutism is the issue with your DS. I just wanted to try and give an idea of how the teacher may feel about it. IMO definitely worth getting further expert help - and if possible getting that expert help to try and explaim to the teacher.
(PS - the boy I taught gradually started talking 1:1 with teachers, and then in class just answering yes to the register to the teacher close-up. As far as I know he is still quieter generally than the rest of the kids, but is now happy to put his hand up and speak aloud)
I don't know. I will make a dr's appointment tomorrow. Would you say it is better to go with him do the dr can see or without him so he doesn't think it is an issue?
My son who is also 5 didn't talk to his reception teacher at all until the last 1/2 term. She was great and just accepted it, I'd recommend your sons teachers backs off and let's him be. How experienced is she?
She shouldn't be frustrated. She should be understanding. Teachers have to deal with the whole spectrum. For some reason this has got me quite perturbed.
I would ask to meet the head if it were me. I also don't trust schools sometimes. You need an agreed plan of how he will be treated even without any diagnosis. When the EdPsych said leave him be - do you think he meant at this stage yes here's a problem but handled correctly he'll just grow out of it? Because punishing the child is not handling it correctly.
Personally, I would be going in now, with a complaint of idiotically harsh treatment.
She seems nice but I think she is a bit frustrated. I meet with her once already but that was before I knew about anything like this. That was when she suggested the sticker chart but he's off that now, it wasn't working anyway. I think a proper diagnosis will help, then I can go back in with some info. I don't trust schools though, I don't trust them to deal with things well.
What is your general view of the teacher btw?
If the EdPsych has said to leave him be, I would be very angry at him being kept in over break! He is being punished. If the teacher doesn't like this the sound very harsh IMO.
I would be tempted to meet with the head and discuss. This is not naughtiness is it? So he shouldn't be punished.
This is just like my youngest DD, it started at preschool with her, she only talked through her friend and only pointed or used head movements to questions, anxious and clingy, the staff at the preschool were unsupportive, she was referred to Camms, which after lots of assessments, we were told she was a selective mute.
DD was starting school in the sept 2012, so I made an appointment with the school to discuss her, it was the best thing I did, they have been amazing, so so supportive but they don't make a fuss of my DD, they have a teacher at the school, who comes in 3 times a week, who just sits on the carpet with the class but always next to her, without making it a big deal, just so she has a regular face, then she will encourage her with questions, she won't talk but its to get her confidence up, then they have a session once a week each morning, where she can take something from home and they can talk about it or the rest of group can.
She is doing great regarding her reading and writing because again they don't make a fuss, they are letting her go at her pace, as she is only 4!
Since starting in sept, you can see the difference in her, all because of the schools support, they don't agree with reward charts, or going on about the non talking as it puts pressure on them, which they don't need.
We decided to not continue with camms counseling, as the school has be so great.
I also brought some books on selective mutism which are great as reading them, changed how I do things too.
I think you should go in and chat with his teacher, she should not be keeping him in on breaks, as this will draw attention to him, which is the exact opposite of what he needs.
The best bit for us, is that she spoke to her teacher for the first time this week, only 3 words but when the teacher told me, she was over the moon but just acted all normal with her and asked her to sit down, where as really she said her insides were doing cartwheels!
Sorry if it sounds rushed, in the middle of sorting tea.
Hope you get sorted soon
He will talk to aunts etc after a warm up period, not to start with. He is mostly fine at home, a clown like your boy! Sometimes he is scared to tell me certain things and can get quite distressed. He is a creative boy, does lots of craft, spends hours making things quietly on his own. I did wonder if school was the right environment for him.
It is hard to see. My son is a clown, always making us laugh and never stops talking but only at home!
He has recently spoke to me a few times in the classroom but very quietly and only at the end of the day when the kids have gone and the teachers busy. Part of his anxiety in school seems to be the expectations that he feels they have of him.
He also doesn't speak to his Aunties if we bump in to them whilst out and about.
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Cesar Izturis was 3-for-4 with a solo shot and three runs batted in, as the Baltimore Orioles upset the Detroit Tigers 8-2 on Tuesday night.
Baltimore won as +190 road underdogs as the game played OVER the 9-run total set by sportsbooks.
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