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In the media every week we read of or hear of cases similar to the $14 million Moraga SD headline. While the initial reaction certainly should be one of empathy for the victims, a district must also consider whether their own policies and procedures regarding training, reporting, etc. are up to date; being applied via training and adhered to by all district employees.
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1. Heaved or lifted with labour; not light; weighty; ponderous; as, a heavy stone; hence, sometimes, large in extent, quantity, or effects; as, a heavy fall of rain or snow; a heavy failure; heavy business transactions, etc.; often implying strength; as, a heavy barrier; also, difficult to move; as, a heavy draught.
2. Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive; hard to endure or accomplish; hence, grievous, afflictive; as, heavy yokes, expenses, undertakings, trials, news, etc. The hand of the lord was heavy upon them of Ashdod. (1 sam. V. 6) The king himself hath a heavy reckoning to make. (Shak) Sent hither to impart the heavy news. (Wordsworth) Trust him not in matter of heavy consequence. (Shak)
3. Laden with that which is weighty; encumbered; burdened; bowed down, either with an actual burden, or with care, grief, pain, disappointment. The heavy [sorrowing] nobles all in council were. (Chapman) A light wife doth make a heavy husband. (Shak)
4. Slow; sluggish; inactive; or lifeless, dull, inanimate, stupid; as, a heavy gait, looks, manners, style, and the like; a heavy writer or book. Whilst the heavy plowman snores. (Shak) Of a heavy, dull, degenerate mind. (Dryden) Neither [is] his ear heavy, that it can not hear. (Is. Lix. 1)
5. Strong; violent; forcible; as, a heavy sea, storm, cannonade, and the like.
6. Loud; deep; said of sound; as, heavy thunder. But, hark! that heavy sound breaks in once more. (Byron)
7. Dark with clouds, or ready to rain; gloomy; said of the sky.
8. Impeding motion; cloggy; clayey; said of earth; as, a heavy road, soil, and the like.
9. Not raised or made light; as, heavy bread.
10. Not agreeable to, or suitable for, the stomach; not easily digested; said of food.
11. Having much body or strength; said of wines, or other liquors.
12. With child; pregnant. Heavy artillery.
(Science: chemistry) see metal. Heavy weight, in wrestling, boxing, etc, a term applied to the heaviest of the classes into which contestants are divided. Cf. Feather weight, under feather.
heavy is used in composition to form many words which need no special explanation; as, heavy-built, heavy-browed, heavy-gaited, etc.
Origin: oe. Hevi, as. Hefig, fr. Hebban to lift, heave; akin to OHG. Hebig, hevig, Icel. Hofigr, hofugr. See heave.
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Osho continues:
"One night, a seeker asked Jesus, 'What should I do to know God?' And Jesus said, 'Unless you are born again, you will not know him.' One has to move to that original space where we were before we were born.
"Legend has it that Jesus refused to learn his alphabet, his letters. He would not allow the teachers to discuss the beta – two – until they could explain to his satisfaction the meaning of alpha – one. and of course they could not explain it. One is the number upon which arithmetic rests; one is the number upon which each individual, the whole of the universe, the concept of God, of reality, rests. And the child Jesus insisted, 'Unless you explain to me what the meaning of one is, I am not going to move to another letter of the alphabet. First tell me what alpha is. Then only am I ready to go to two – the beta.' And because it could not be explained he refused to go to school.
"This is not recorded in the Christian gospels because much is left unrecorded in Christian gospels. But it is one of the oldest Essenes traditions. It has been handed over, this story, from master to disciple down the centuries. It is one of the most meaningful stories about Jesus: his insistence that the one must be known first, because it is the one which is the base of all.
"When you are awake, you are one. When you fall asleep, you become many. Have you watched it? – in a dream you play so many roles simultaneously. In the morning when you are awake, you are one. In the dream you are the dreamer, you are the dreamed; you are the director of the dream, you are the actor, you are the story, you are the stage, and you are the audience too. You become many, you become split, you become a crowd. In a dream, you are no more one. When you are awake, suddenly the director, the actor, the story, the stage, the drama, the audience, the dreamed and the dreamer, all disappear into one unity. Hindus call this whole world a dreamland – maya."
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On Sat, September 21, 2013 5:08 am, Fons Adriaensen wrote:
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>> I'm running jack with realtime capabilities but not a realtime kernel.
In this case PA is not in the loop. However I am running the system at 64
frames/period and it is an onboard hda_intel chipset so I am not expecting
> Try to record the signal coming back from the PA-sink, e.g. using
I can hear the signal coming out of the speakers. I can't hear or see it
easily once it has been returned into the system again via the mic. My
ears could be deceiving me though.
Does anyone have another suggestion for how to accurately monitor audio
discontinuities in realtime so I can rule them out or tweak the system
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zita-scope perhaps?
Regarding scripting the test procedure. Basically start up jack at varying
period sizes and run the test system for x amount of time (minimum of 10
mins). Collate the details returned by the console logs and parse them
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Number of nodes in the graph
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What I am missing from the report is latency between each node in the
graph. I think jack_iodelay could be extended to provide a passthrough for
an input signal pulse and send a response at another frequency using the
input pulse as a trigger then timestamp the signals and report the
individual latencies. Maybe this could be done with a single instance so
that they all share the same clock and logging mechanism?
jack_delay --ports=4
The graph would then look like this:
jack_delay (out1) -> pa_source (in) -> jack_delay(in2) -> jack_delay
(out2) -> ecasound (in) -> ecasound (out) -> jack_delay (in3) ->
jack_delay (out3) -> pa_sink (out) -> jack_delay (in4) -> jack_delay
(out4) -> system_out -> system_in -> jack_delay (in1)
Obviously sharing a port of jack_delay between JACK and PA is going to be
a mother trucker to implement and is probably the most painful method, so
if there are other more effective and simpler methods to get the data out
of the system it would be very helpful to know about them.
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The second meeting in the Islam, Gender, and Reproductive Health conference series focuses on how religion and policy affect and address the reproductive health needs of women in Islamic settings.
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No candidate in the Republican primary for Iowa's 3rd Congressional District obtained 35 percent of the vote Tuesday, a requirement to declare a winner.
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Many Des Moines residents took down their campaign signs the day after election night, but not Jane Bender.
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Five hundred thirteen delegates will decide which candidate is best suited to run in the general election at a GOP special convention June 21 at Creston High School.
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The party faithful will cast multiple ballots until one of the six candidates receives a majority of the votes, leaving Bender wishing she still had a say.
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The last special GOP convention convened in 2002. U.S. Rep. Steve King was the front-runner, but failed to receive 35 percent of the votes. King went on to win at the convention.
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Husband Quotes, Sayings about husbands
Don't stop dating your WIFE and never stop flirting with your HUSBAND.
Marriage is a relationship in which one person is always right and the other is the husband!
Husband is the HEAD of the family and wife is the NECK that turns the head around!!
Let husband and wife never speak to one another in loud tones,unless the house is on fire.
– David O. McKay
A husband without faults is a dangerous observer.
– George Savile
One never realizes how different a husband and wife can be until they begin to pack for a trip.
– Erma Bombeck
The husband who decides to surprise his wife is often very much surprised himself.
– Voltaire
My husband is one of my greatest blessings from God. His love is a gift that I open every day.
Being a husband is for me as big a priority as being a father.
– Roger Federer
A jealous husband does not doubt his wife, but himself.
A husband is someone who after taking the trash out gives the impression he's cleaned the whole house!
Such bliss is not meant to last. In my husband's house, my children were my real gifts.
– Ru Freeman
To catch a husband is an art; to hold him is a job.
– Simone de Beauvoir
Nothing says "home" like the arms of my husband.
I have the best husband in the world. He's very involved.
– Heidi Klum
A man should be taller, older, heavier, uglier, and hoarser than his wife.
– E.W. Howe
Love gets a whole new meaning with you in my life. I love you to bits dear husband.
My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me.
– Winston Churchill
My husband wears the pants in my house… The ones I pick.
I love being my husband's wife.
– Julianna Margulies
I love my husband too much to let some witchy woman ruin the good thing we have.
I have a husband who adores me.
– Elizabeth Edwards
My husband keeps me really honest.
– Cate Blanchett
A husband is very much like a house or a horse.
– Anthony Trollope
I don't understand boys – just ask my husband.
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Brown County baby recovering after fourth surgery
Updated On: Oct 14 2013 08:42:45 PM EDT
A Brown County baby wounded in a shooting that killed her mother is recovering tonight after making it through her fourth surgery.
16-month-old Aubree Stykes went back to the hospital last Thursday night for an emergency surgery.
Her grandparents told WLWT News 5 she is doing well.
It's the fourth time she's been hospitalized since someone shot and killed her mom Brittany Stykes, along state Route 68 in August.
Aubree was hit by a bullet and miraculously survived.
No arrests have been made in the shooting case.
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Anyways it has been incredible weather the past few days here that all I have wanted to do is spend time outside. Due to the massive snowstorm that happened this winter I think the entire city is antsy to spend as much time outside as possible. After staying up way too late chatting with sister #2, aka Worm, this morning was inevitably off to a slow start...11:30 am slow start. I finally dragged myself out of bed dreaming of warms oats drizzled with peanut buttah. But due in part to my laziness and starvation I settled for quick oats, and by quick I mean instant. I tried out a new Nature's Path flavor, Maple Nut, from Whole Foods and I am really liking it. Then I set off for a bike ride which turned out to be amazing until I turned around and had to head directly into a wall of wind. I am not talking a slight breeze but gale force winds. Anyways ten miles later I hopped of the bike barely able to walk and decided that a one mile run would save me from not being able to walk tomorrow by stretching out my legs. Mission accomplished. I ran home threw together a quick lunch, a salad with beets, artichokes, tofu, pine nuts, and Annie's Honey Mustard dressing. After that I ran to do some errands and am now sitting with frozen peas on my legs contemplating what I can have for dinner....I am praying to think of something instant for this meal too. Have a great weekend!
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Cherry Blossoms and Bike Rides
I won't even begin to go into all the reasons (or excuses) for not posting in FOREVER, but let's just say I have been very busy, distracted, forgetful, etc. etc.
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please don't tell us about the secret club or it won't be secret any longer.
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I think that ship has sailed (lol!).
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Yes i would have to agree with you ha ha ha..well he may as well tell us so we can think about joining,right?
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Tell me more about this secret club then...
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i know how you feel :p
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Epic Week With Von Wong – Day 1 | Tyler Grace Photography | Albury Photographer
To read more about the epic adventure, please visit these links:
Part 2 – Newspaper Articles, A Photo Shoot And More!
Part 3 - Searching For Wild Kangaroos And The Rodeo!
Part 4 - Canoeing, Fetish Clubs and The Conference!
Part 5 - Photo Shoots, Exploring Melbourne and Goodbye!
To read Ben's thoughts on the trip, please click here
Day 1
The week had started out like any other. Nothing interesting, nothing special, all I had done was rest and recover from my last big trip to Melbourne .
My Grandparents came over at 9:30am on the Tuesday to sort out details for my 21st Birthday Party and then just as we were about to leave there was a knock on the door.
And so the most epic and amazing week of my life begins!
I open the door and I see my sister Bianca. Next to her I see a box with it's top cut off and some familiar hair sticking out from the top. My mind and heart were racing and I was thinking "Is it really him? Is it really him?!". All of a sudden the humanoid figure with the familiar hair jumps out from the box..
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY!" Ben said as he jumped out of the box.
My heart stopped for a second. It was him! It was really him! Benjamin Von Wong!
Ben is my favourite photographer, my inspiration, my idol. I could not believe what was happening!
I was in complete shock. I had no idea what to do, what to say or what to think. It was the most surreal, exciting and amazing moment of my life!
My first words to him were "Holy F***?!", then "Can I hug you?!" (Maybe not in that order). I honestly never thought I would ever get to meet him let alone have him come to my house to meet me! We live half a world apart. Me in little old Albury, Australia and him all the way over in Canada! I had no idea what to do!
All of a sudden I noticed that there were multiple people with cameras filming me and that my Dad was behind Bianca. At this point I still had no idea what was happening.
After the initial shock and surprise we went inside and I was introduced properly to Ben and his assistants at the time Sam and Silvia. It was then that I learned that Ben was going to be staying at our place for the next 3 nights and then we were heading off on an adventure around Victoria for the next 4 days after that which included going to a rodeo in Kyabram, going to a conference that Ben was holding in Melbourne, a huge photo shoot and a lot more. They were also going to be documenting the whole trip on video which Ben will be putting up on his channel on YouTube! The next thing I was told is that the local newspaper The Border Mail was coming to interview us in a matter of hours!
In between the surprise and the girls from the Border Mail coming, my Grandparents left and Ben, Sam, Silvia , my Mum, Dad and my sister Bianca just hung out and got to know each other. Dad left about half an hour after my Grandparents did. About an hour and a half before the Border Mail came, Ben got me to do my first interview on camera. It went for about 40 minutes and I was extremely nervous throughout the whole thing, but I guess we will find out how I did when the video comes out!
The Border Mail arrived at about 3pm and that interview went really well! They just asked questions about what was happening and then we went out and did a little photo shoot just out the front of my house and along the footpath on the side of the street!
After we finished the interview and the girls from the Border Mail left, we just had fun hanging out for a while. At about 5 o'clock I needed to go out on a walk to process everything and try and clear my head so I could think straight. My best friend Tom came along on the walk with me and I was able to tell him about everything that had happened. Like me, he couldn't believe that it actually happened either. I had to send him a photo of me and Ben just so he could process that it was real. We had talked about Ben so much and Tom really liked his work as well so it was just as completely crazy to him that Ben would turn up on my doorstep like that!
After we had a little walk, Mum called to see where I was and i mentioned I was with Tom and she said "Bring him in to meet Ben! Ben is interviewing Bianca right now so be extra quiet..if it's possible with Tom..when you come in." We were pretty much right outside my house, so we crept in and Tom got to meet Ben, Sam and Silvia and he hung out with us for about an hour and a half! It was really awesome!
At around 6:30 Nan, Gar and Dad showed up again because we were having a big barbeque dinner with snags (sausages for you non-Aussies), steak and other yummy stuff! The night went on and we just all chatted and had a heap of fun. Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves which was really, really good! And the food was delicious as well which was an extra bonus! Although Gar is an excellent cook. He never fails to cook us up a good meal!
The dinner/get together lasted until about 10 o'clock and then everyone left. Dad, Bianca and my Grandparents went back to their place and Sam and Silvia went to Sam's friends place (Sam happened to have a friend who lived in Albury, which is pretty crazy. As the song goes.."It's a small world after all!")
One thing I almost forgot to mention is that during the day, I posted on the once secret "Von Wong In Melbourne" group n Facebook thanking them all for keeping it a secret and how incredibly happy I was, and I got a comment from Simon Pollock from Think Tank Photo who offered to give me any camera backpack of my choice from their range of backpacks! I ended up choosing the Think Tank Streetwalker HardDrive which comes at a value of around $270 in Australian currency and I ended up getting that on Sunday at Ben's conference in Melbourne, but that's a story for another time and I will also be doing a review on the backpack very soon!
Thank you so much for the Backpack Simon and Think Tank! You guys are beyond amazing!
The next blog will be about the second and third days of the Epic Week with Von Wong which includes Ben doing a photo shoot of Bianca and I and a day of editing, which was basically a master class!
Hope you are all having a wonderful week so far and as always, catch you all next time!
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Knoxville (WVLT) - Summer is here and that means it's time for summer camp!! And Children's Hospital has been busy making that possible for every child, no matter their circumstance.
Volunteer TV's Stacy McCloud spent the morning in Townsend with some youngsters who haven't let some major setbacks slow them down one bit!
Harnessed in and buckled up, these kids are eager to complete today's camp challenge, making it to the top of a climbing wall.
They're determined and obviously strong. But it's the strength you can't see, that makes them over achievers.
You see, they've already faced the climb of their lives.
"We have kids on chemo, kids in remission 2, 3, 4 years. We also have kids with bleeding disorders that just need some special attention," says Rick Calloway, Director at Camp Eagle's Nest.
Third year camper Dakota Smith has made it to the top of this wall every year, but this time is different. He has a little more energy and a lot more hair under his helmet. "They got the cancer it's gone now."
They're all normal kids, who've simply had to go through some abnormal things.
But here they can do everything any other kid can do.
"You get to go horse back riding, canoeing, the art activities are fun," says Ke'Yanna Faulkner, a 10-year-old with sickle cell.
Cheering them on, their doctors and nurses.
"It's hard to believe it till you see it. This guy who has been through so much and has the strength to climb that wall," says Dr. Ray Pais.
Right by their side, others who truly understand.
"It's really fun because I get to know what they've been through and they get to know what I've been through," says Ke'Yanna.
"At this camp if you have a bald spot on your head from radiation or if you walk with a limp because you had to have surgery, the other kids aren't going to say what's wrong with you. You are a normal kid here," says Dr. Pais.
"I'm on top of the world," says Dakota.
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Foods on a stick aren't just at the state fair. Check out these restaurant dishes that present unique and tasty items on a stick.
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West Hollywood, CA: Katana's Robatayaki
When you think of Japanese food, sushi is probably what first comes to mind. Yet in Japan there are a number of restaurants that prepare hot dishes cooked in one pot on a tabletop either steamed, fried, or skewered (robatayaki). In the robatayaki style, Ingredients are skewered on bamboo and cooked by the intensely high heat of "bincho tan" coals. Such visually-enticing dishes can be found at Katana (meaning "samuri sword"), where they serve everything from chicken meatballs to quail eggs to bacon-wrapped asparagus, all on bamboo sticks. Servers deliver the food on long paddles, paying homage to the fisherman who employed the robatayaki method while at sea and passed food from boat to boat via their oars.
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Here's a scenario that I see again and again — a parent walks into my office dragging a child who doesn't want to be there, looks at me with a grimace, and says, "Here's my kid! Fix 'em!"
There are cases where children and adolescents have legitimate mental health disorders. But often, children and teens are simply playing out their parts in a system of behaviors that makes up your family. Put another way, everyone in a family reacts to everyone else, and your kid's job is to act out.
That's why family therapy is so important. It's not enough to sit a child down and try to convince him why he's wrong and why he has to change. We need to discover the function of the behavior in the family — or more simply, how does the family benefit from the behavior? If you figure that out, you can make changes so that the behavior isn't needed anymore.
Now, when I say that to parents, they often look at me like I'm crazy. How could I say that a child's negative behaviors are helpful to the family?
Let's look at one example. Let's say that Johnny's mother is depressed about a loss. She might have lost a loved one, or a beloved pet, or it might even be as simple as she noticed crow's feet in the mirror and is mourning her lost youth. Johnny's like most kids – he's used to his mother getting mad, but he's confused by her sadness. He doesn't know how to handle that. So Johnny does the only thing he can to "help" his mother. He breaks a rule in such a way that he's sure to get caught. His mother gets mad, anger gives her energy to deal with Johnny, and what do you know — Johnny just "fixed" his mother.
That's one simple example of how a negative behavior serves a purpose in the family. There are countless others. That's why it's important to consider the situation from everyone's point of view and then come up with ideas together to help make positive changes. When those changes happen, the negative behavior is no longer needed.
ndividual counseling can be a valuable piece of making positive change, and it does seem easier to just drop off your child and tell the therapist to, "Fix 'em!" But even if your child responds well to individual counseling, he's likely to return to his old behaviors because the family system is the same, and thus his role in the family system is status quo as well. Positive change is much easier to create and maintain by working with the entire family.
Call (614) 477-5565 today for an appointment to see if Grody Family Counseling is the right fit for you.
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Grandparents and Divorce: How to Stay Involved
Q: I love my daughter-in-law like my own child, but she and my son are getting divorced. How can I keep her in my life after the divorce?
A: Divorce is tough on everyone, but you've asked the question that might get the least attention during a divorce. All too often, families feel like they have to stand behind their own blood relative, and someone who was part of the family one minute suddenly is shut out the next.
The toughest part about staying in touch with your ex-daughter-in law may be dealing with the feelings of mixed loyalties — those of your son, those of your ex-daughter-in-law, and even your own feelings. In a perfect world, the divorce would be amiable and you wouldn't have to choose, but with the way divorces are contested, that's often not the case. So how do you balance keeping a positive relationship with your ex-daughter-in-law when you son expects you to be loyal to him?
Here are a few tips:
– First, hard as it is, don't take sides. Except in the case of abuse or the most egregious circumstances, both parties contribute to a marriage falling apart. We're human; bad things sometimes happen. So avoid the temptation to say anything that might imply that you blame one person more than the other (even if you do).
– Have a thick skin. Even if you don't pick sides, someone's going to think you did, if for no other reason than they're looking to project their own stresses onto you. Your son may say things that hurt your feelings, such as you're not loyal, or you've always been against him, or you should support him no matter what he may have done because you're family. A good response might be, "I know you feel that way now, but I love you as much as I always did, and I always will."
– Set firm boundaries. Don't allow your son or your ex-daughter-in-law to tell you what the other one did "wrong." They will try to put you in the middle of their problems; it's human nature. When they try, simply say, "I know you're hurt by the divorce, but I don't want to hear bad things about either of you. I love you both, and you're both still family to me."
– Attention increases behavior. When you give attention to a behavior, it happens more often, so don't engage in conversations that you don't want to be in. Simply say, "You know I don't want to talk about this," and change the subject. When they try again — and they probably will — stay consistent with your response. Eventually, the lack of attention to the behavior will make them stop trying.
– Do it for the children. It's good for kids to have both sets of grandparents in their lives. If you need a trump card, use this one: "I'm sorry things didn't work out for the two of you, but it's better for the kids if they keep all of their grandparents in their lives. They need as much routine and love as they can get. I think that's easier to do if I stay involved with both of you."
– Be patient. Your son and ex-daughter-in-law are going through an emotional grinder (along with everyone around them). Be patient while they process what's happening and eventually work their way to acceptance.
– Don't expect yourself to be perfect, either. You might slip once in awhile. If you catch yourself taking sides or find yourself in conversations that you shouldn't be in, step back, take a deep breath, apologize if it's appropriate, and remember your ultimate goal: for everyone you love to stay in your life.
– If the parents just can't buy into this approach, suggest family therapy. There, the family can work on ways to do what's best for everyone while still honoring the hurt feelings and angst that come with divorce. There's no shame in family therapy for divorcing families; in fact, I'd recommend most families meet with someone specializing in family therapy during a divorce to help with the transition to their new lives.
When It's Hard to Let Kids Just Play the Game ...
Imagine you're at a local high school watching a baseball game on a lovely spring afternoon. The sun is shining, birds are chirping, the smell of cheap hot dogs teases you from the snack cart run by the local boosters …
And then you hear it.
"Catch the stinking ball! I can't believe you made such a stupid play!"
Oh. That guy. The one who screams at his kid like a drill sergeant wearing down a fresh recruit. Most parents shy away from him. On the field, the guy's son hangs his head and wonders if there's enough room to hide under second base.
Now, we're not here to trash this guy. Yes, he's over-involved, and yes, he's making things harder for his kid and for himself. But we have to understand that he doesn't see it that way. He's trying to do the right thing. He cares about teaching his kid to work hard, to put forth his best effort, and to never give up. He wants his son to be a leader. And, yes, sometimes he just wants his son to be a star player because it makes Dad feel good.
I've seen this problem from every perspective. I started my career as a sportswriter covering high-school sports, and then I became a baseball coach as my kids got older. Eventually, I made another career change to clinical social work, where I specialize in family therapy. I know this problem coming and going, and unfortunately, this approach drives kids away from the game.
There are several reasons. First, it simply embarrasses the kid, especially if he's already a teenager, when being embarrassed by parents is a normal part of growing up. When that goes to an extreme, the teen feels extra anxiety, which makes him less likely to want to play, and less able to succeed when he does hit the field.
These behaviors also make the kid a target of extra teasing. A teenager would rather walk across hot coals without his cell phone than be scolded by his parents in front of his friends. If he feels like he's going to look stupid in front of everyone, he's going to be less likely to want to play.
There also can be damage to the child's relationship with his coach, who's not immune to being embarrassed by the parent as well. That often leads to conflict between the parent and coach, possibly leading to less playing time for the child — sometimes because embarrassment causes the player to make more mistakes, and sometimes because the coach just wants to give the kid a break.
Sometimes these parents even contradict the coach, which means the player has to pick between two important authority figures. If he listens to his coach, he might catch grief at home. If he listens to his parent, he could lose playing time from the coach. This puts him in a classic double-bind (damned if he does, damned if he doesn't). He feels anxious, confused, and like he can't please anybody. Since he can't make a "right" choice, he'll often make no choice at all, like the proverbial deer in headlights.
I remember a high school freshman baseball game. Our pitching coach was in the bullpen with our pitcher as he warmed up. But soon, the pitcher's father strolled to the bullpen and started coaching his child as well, openly contradicting whatever the coach said. Not knowing what to do, the pitcher didn't last through the first inning.
You really can't blame the kid for that. He already felt pressure to pitch well. He felt embarrassed by his father. He was stressed, anxious, and confused, and he felt like he couldn't win no matter what he did. It's no wonder he symbolically yakked all over the pitcher's mound. Imagine if his dad felt that way at his job – he'd want to quit, too.
So what's the solution? Here are a few things that can help:
First of all, leave the coaching to the coach. His job is hard enough when the players
to listen to him. If a parent really wants to have a say, he can volunteer to help; then his child (and the rest of the team) will see the parent as an appropriate authority figure on the field. When I coached, I loved when parents volunteered. I always found something for them to do, even if it was just hitting fungos to the outfielders or keeping the scorebook.
Secondly, focus on the positive. Repeated studies show that giving attention to behaviors that you like is more effective than giving attention to mistakes. If the player boots a ground ball, for example, remind him of what he does well when he catches the ball. I once had a player who dropped his hands during his swing when he was in a slump. If I told him not to drop his hands, he'd focus so much on them that he'd drop them even more. But if I reminded him to take his hands directly to the ball, his hands never dropped. That reminder during an important tournament game resulted in a game-winning double that had him smiling for a week.
Third, the parent should ask himself what his goal really is. If his goal is to help his child, he could try this approach to see if it gets better results. And if the parent realizes that he cares so much because it makes him feel better about himself . . . well, nobody's perfect. He may count on his child to fill a void in his own life, but the first step toward changing that is to recognize it.
If it feels overwhelming to make these changes, the parent could see a clinical social worker or counselor to help him through it. Positive change is always possible. I see positive change happen every day in my office, and this situation is no different.
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Stocks in Motion: Kaneb
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Kaneb Services (KSL) and Kaneb Pipe Line Partners (KPP) both rose sharply Monday after Valero Energy (VLI) agreed to acquire them via its Valero L.P. (VLI) affiliate. Holders of Kaneb Services will receive $43.31 cash for each share held, while owners of Kaneb Pipe Line will get equity units worth roughly $61.50. All together, the merged entity will own 9,700 miles of pipeline and own 101 terminal assets in 30 states.
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Good morning, Netizens…
[The First Arrival]
In the beginning, where this Blog first set its calloused feet upon the oft-trodden road of what some call the new journalism, I was fond of writing what were quite long messages, in particular about a called the Virtual Ballroom. That act set a new and sometimes unpopular precedent for the Spokesman-Review online Blogs, but I anticipated that from the onset, and having braced myself against the roiled opinions and rumpled egos, still I persevered, and over time, others began to accept the Virtual Ballroom and Espresso Bar and its hallmark, a free cup of Virtual Espresso.
Along the way I introduced countless ghosts and spirits, even gracefully introducing the Garden Gnomes who maintain the sumptuous Virtual Garden behind the Ballroom in exchange for free holes in the ground in which they live, procreate and sing of their history as they have done for ages and ages.
There has been no mention, however, how this virtual kingdom came into existence; it didn't just manifest itself one day in the middle of Hillyard, because according to faux-historians, Hillyard didn't have a name when the real-life embodiment of the Virtual Ballroom first came into existence. Rather, there were various Native American tribes, including the amiable but cryptic Yukapatooie Band of Indians living in the area we now call Stevens County, who astutely avoided all commerce with the White Man, even other tribes and only occasionally were seen by outsiders.


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The article, What's the Real U.S. Unemployment Rate? We Have No Idea, provides interesting information on the process for calculating the unemployment rate.
But it also misleads in saying "real US unemployment rate."
As Dr. Deming said: "there is no true value" of any measured process. The results depend on the process which includes the operation definitions used.
Over time the value of a measure (as a proxy measure for some condition you care to monitor) can change.
It is important to update measures to avoid using proxies that lose value.
The unemployment rate certainly has proxy issues. But there is no "true unemployment rate." There are ways to change the process to focus on different things (make the proxy better matched to certain issues). But also it seems to me, unemployment rate needs to have other related measures that are considered in concert with the unemployment rate (such as the labor force participation rate, perhaps some measure of under-employment etc.).
Those paying much attention do use other measures in concert but the last few years I read lots of different people complaining that the unemployment rate doesn't capture various aspects of how the job market is poor (and often claiming the unemployment rate was "inaccurate" as though there was a platonic form of the actual rate divorced from the measure process.
Related: What Do Unemployment Stats Mean? – Economic Measurement Issues Arising from Globalization – Why China's Economic Data is Questionable
In 2013 the addition to wind power capacity slowed a great deal in most countries. Globally capacity was increased just 13% (the increases in order since 2006: 26%, 27%, 29%, 32%, 25%, 19% and again 19% in 2012). China alone was responsible for adding 16,000 megawatts of the 25,838 total added globally in 2013.
At the end of 2013 China had 29% of global capacity (after being responsible for adding 62% of all the capacity added in 2013). In 2005 China had 2% of global wind energy capacity.
The 8 countries shown on the chart account for 81% of total wind energy capacity globally. From 2005 to 2013 those 8 countries have accounted for between 79 and 82% of total capacity – which is amazingly consistent.
Wind power now accounts for approximately 4% of total electricity used.
Related: Chart of Global Wind Energy Capacity by Country 2005 to 2012 – In 2010 Global Wind Energy Capacity Exceeded 2.5% of Global Electricity Needs – Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment – Nuclear Power Generation by Country from 1985-2010
The data, from IMF, does not include China or India.
The chart shows data for net debt (gross debt reduced by certain assets: gold, currency deposits, debt securities etc.).
Bloomberg converted the data to look at debt load per person (looking at gross debt – estimated for 2014). Japan has ill-fortune to lead in this statistic with $99,725 in debt per person (242% of GDP), Ireland is in second with $60, 356 (121% of GDP). USA 3rd $58,604 (107%). Singapore 4th $56,980 (106%). Italy 6th $46,757 (133%). UK 9th $38,939 (95%). Greece 12th $38,444 (174%). Germany 14th $35,881 (78%). Malaysia 32nd $6,106 (57%). China 48th $1,489 (21%). India 53rd $946 (68%). Indonesia 54th $919 (27%).
I think the gross debt numbers can be more misleading than net debt figures. I believe Singapore has very large assets so that the "net" debt is very small (or non-existent). Japan is 242% in gross debt to GDP but 142% of net debt (which is still huge but obviously much lower). The USA in contrast has gross debt at 107% with a net debt of 88%.
Related: Government Debt as Percent of GDP 1998-2010 for OECD – Gross Government Debt as Percentage of GDP 1990-2009: USA, Japan, Germany, China – Chart of Largest Petroleum Consuming Countries from 1980 to 2010 – Top Countries For Renewable Energy Capacity
USA health care spending increased at a faster rate than inflation in 2012, yet again; increasing 3.7%. Total health expenditures reached $2.8 trillion, which translates to $8,915 per person or 17.2% of the nation's Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
The GDP is calculated was adjusted in 2013 and the data series going back in time was adjusted. These changes resulted in increasing historical GDP values and making the portion of GDP for health care to decline (for example in 2011 using the old calculation health care was 17.9% of GDP and now 2011 is shown as health care spending representing 17.3% of GDP).
While health care spending increased faster than inflation yet again, the economy actually grew at a higher rate than health care spending grew. That the spending on health care actually declined as a percentage of GDP is good news; and it may even be that this hasn't happened for decades (I am not sure but I think that might be the case).
Still health care spending growing above the rate of inflation is bad news and something that has to change. We have to start addressing the massive excessive costs for health care in the USA versus the rest of the world. The broken USA health care system costs twice as much as other rich countries for worse results. And those are just the direct accounting costs – not the costs of millions without preventative health care, sleepness nights worrying about caring for sick children without health coverage, millions of hours spent on completing forms to try and comply with the requirements of the health care system's endless demand for paperwork, lives crippled by health care bankruptcies…
Health Spending by Type of Service or Product: Personal Health Care
- Hospital Care: Hospital spending increased 4.9% to $882 billion in 2012.
- Physician and Clinical Services: Spending on physician and clinical services increased 4.6% in 2012 to $565 billion.
- Other Professional Services: Spending for other professional services reached $76 billion in 2012, increasing 4.5%. Spending in this category includes establishments of independent health practitioners (except physicians and dentists) that primarily provide services such as physical therapy, optometry, podiatry, and chiropractic medicine.
Looking at stock market capitalization by country gives some insight into how countries, and stocks, are doing. Looking at the total market capitalization by country doesn't equate to the stock holdings by individuals in a country or the value of companies doing work in a specific country. Some countries (UK and Hong Kong, for example) have more capitalization based there than would be indicated by the size of their economy.
It is important to keep in mind the data is in current USA dollars, so big swings in exchange rates can have a big impact (and can cause swings to be exacerbated when they move in tandem with stock market movements – if for example the market declines by 15% and the currency declines by 10% against the US dollar those factors combine to move the result down).
As with so much recent economic data China's performance here is remarkable. China grew from 1.8% of world capitalization in 2000 to 6.9% in 2012. And Hong Kong's data is reported separately, as it normally is with global data sets. Adding Hong Kong to China's totals would give 3.7% in 2000 with growth to to 8.9% in 2012 (Hong Kong stayed very stable – 1.9% in 2000, 2% in 2012). China alone (without HK) is very slightly ahead of Japan.
The first chart shows the largest 4 market capitalizations (2012: USA $18.6 trillion, China and Japan at $3.7 trillion and UK at $3 trillion). Obviously the dominance of the USA in this metric is quite impressive the next 7 countries added together don't quite reach the USA's stock market capitalization. I also including the data showing the global stock market capitalization divided by 3 (I just divide it by three to have the chart be more usable – it lets us see the overall global fluctuations but doesn't cram all the other data in the lower third of the chart).
Canada is the 5th country by market capitalization (shown on the next chart) with $2 trillion. From 2000 to 2012 China's market capitalization increased by $3.1 trillion. The USA increased by $3.6 trillion from a much larger starting point. China increased by 536% while the USA was up 23.5%. The world stock market capitalization increased 65% from 2000 to 2012.
Related: Stock Market Capitalization by Country from 1990 to 2010 – Government Debt as Percent of GDP 1998-2010 – Manufacturing Output by Country 1999-2011: China, USA, Japan, Germany
Global wind power capacity has increased 391% from 2005 to 2012. The capacity has grown to over 3% of global electricity needs.
The 8 countries shown on the chart account for 82% of total wind energy capacity globally. From 2005 to 2012 those 8 countries have accounted for between 79 and 82% of total capacity – which is amazingly consistent.
Japan and Brazil are 13th and 15th in wind energy capacity in 2012 (both with just over one third of France's capacity). Japan has increased capacity only 97% from 2005 to 2012 and just 13% from 2010 to 2012. Globally wind energy capacity increased 41% from 2010 to 2012. The leading 8 countries increased by 43% collectively lead by China increasing by 68% and the USA up by 49%. Germany added only 15% from 2010 through 2012 and Spain just 10%.
Brazil has been adding capacity quickly – up 170% from 2010 through 2012, by far the largest increase for a county with significant wind energy capacity. Mexico, 24th in 2012, is another country I would expect to grow above the global rate in the next 10 years (I also expect Brazil, India and Japan to do so).
In 2005 China accounted for 2% of wind energy capacity globally they accounted for 30% in 2012. The USA went from 15% to 24%, Germany from 31% to 12%, Spain from 17% to 9% and India from 8% to 7%.
Related: Global Wind Energy Capacity Exceeds 2.5% of Global Electricity Needs (2011) – Nuclear Power Generation by Country from 1985-2010 – Chart of Wind Power Generation Capacity Globally 2005 to 2012 (through June)
Eurozone unemployment hits new high with quarter of under-25s jobless
The problem was most extreme in Greece where almost two-thirds of those under-25 are unemployed. The rate was 62.5% in February, the most recently available data.
Youth unemployment in Spain is 56.4%, in Portugal 42.5%. Italy recorded its highest overall unemployment rate since records began in 1977, at 12%, with youth joblessness at 40.5%. Economists said that the rise in unemployment was fairly broad-based with rises in so-called core countries as well, including Belgium and the Netherlands. The rate in France was 11%.
Ireland recorded one of the biggest falls in unemployment, down to 13.5% from 14.9% a year ago. That compares with a rate of 7.7% for the UK, where youth unemployment is 20.2%. The lowest rates for youth unemployment were in Germany at 7.5% and Austria at 8%.
Unemployment continues to be a huge problem. The slow recovery from the great recession caused by the too big to fail financial institutions continues to do great damage. That damage is very visible in unemployment figures and the huge transfer of wealth from savers to bail out otherwise failed financial institutions (that not only haven't been made to be small enough to fail but continue to pay themseves enormous bonuses while taking the billions in transfer of wealth from retirees that have had their income sliced by the interest rate policies necessatated to bail out the bankers).
The USA employment situation is still bad but has actually could easily be much worse. Unemployment in the USA stands at 7.5% now (the rate for teenagers is 24.1%).
Related: 157,000 Jobs Added in January and Adjustments for the Prior Two Months add 127,000 More (Feb 2013) – USA Unemployment Rate Drops to 7.8%, 200,000 Jobs Added (Oct 2012) – USA Adds 216,00 Jobs in March and the Unemployment Rate Stands at 8.8% (March 2011)
USA health care spending continues to grow, consuming an ever increasing share of the economic production of the USA. USA health care spending is twice that of other rich countries for worse health care results.
- USA health care expenditures grew 3.9% to $2.7 trillion in 2011, or $8,680 per person, and accounted for 17.9% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
- Medicare spending grew 6.2% to $554.3 billion in 2011, to 21% of total health care spending.
- Medicaid spending grew 2.5% to $407.7 billion in 2011, or 15% of total health care spending.
- Private health insurance spending grew 3.8% to $896.3 billion in 2011, or 33 percent of total health care expenditures.
- Out of pocket spending grew 2.8% to $307.7 billion in 2011, or 11 percent of total health care spending.
- Hospital expenditures grew 4.3% to $850.6 billion in 2011.
- Physician and clinical services expenditures grew 4.3% to $541.4 billion in 2011.
- Prescription drug spending increased 2.9% to $263.0 billion in 2011.
- Per person personal health care spending for the 65 and older population was $14,797 in 2004, 5.6 times higher than spending per child ($2,650) and 3.3 times spending per working-age person ($4,511).
Individuals (28%) and the federal government (28%) accounted for the largest share of those paying for health care in the USA. Businesses pay 21% of the costs of health care while state and local governments pay 17%.
The United States Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) project that health care spending will rise to 19.6% of GDP by 2021. Since the long term failure of the USA health care system has resulted in costs increasing faster than inflation every year for decades, it seems reasonable to expect that trend to continue. The burden on the USA grows more and more harmful to the USA each year these rising costs continue.
In 2004, the elderly (65 years old and older) accounted for 12% of the population, and accounted for 34% of spending.
Data from US CMS (sadly the way they provide the data online my guess is this url will fail to work in a year, as they post the updated data – I don't see a way to provide a link to a url with persistent data).
Half of the population spends little or nothing on health care, while 5% of the population spends almost half of the total amount (The High Concentration of U.S. Health Care Expenditures: Research in Action).
Related: USA Spends Record $2.5 Trillion, $8,086 per person 17.6% of GDP on Health Care in 2009 – USA Spent $2.2 Trillion, 16.2% of GDP, on Health Care in 2007 – USA Health Care Costs reach 15.3% of GDP – the highest percentage ever (2005) – Systemic Health Care Failure: Small Business Coverage
The story of global manufacturing production continues to be China's growth, which is the conventional wisdom. The conventional wisdom however is not correct in the belief that the USA has failed. China shot past the USA, which dropped into 2nd place, but the USA still manufactures a great deal and has continually increased output (though very slowly in the last few years).
The story is pretty much the same as I have been writing for 8 years now. The biggest difference in that story is just that China actually finally moved into 1st place in 2010 and, maybe, the slowing of the USA growth in output (if that continues, I think the USA growth will improve). I said last year, that I expected China to build on the lead it finally took, and they did so. I expect that to continue, but I also wouldn't be surprised to see China's momentum slow (especially a few more years out – it may not slow for 3 or 4 more years).
As before, the four leading nations for manufacturing production remain solidly ahead of all the rest. Korea and Italy had manufacturing output of $313 billion in 2011 and Brazil moved up to $308 are in 4-6 place. Those 3 countries together could be in 4th place (ahead of just Germany). Even adding Korea and Italy together the total is short of Germany by $103 in 2011). I would expect Korea and Brazil to grow manufacturing output substantially more than Italy in the next 5 years.
Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 157,000 in January, and the unemployment rate was essentially unchanged at 7.9%, the USA Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The change in total nonfarm payroll employment for November was revised from +161,000 to +247,000, and the change for December was revised from +155,000 to +196,000 which means this report shows an increase of 284,000 (157+86+41). In 2012, employment growth averaged 181,000 per month.
The number of unemployed persons, at 12.3 million, was little changed in January. The
unemployment rate was 7.9% and has been at or near that level since September 2012.
Among the major worker groups, the unemployment rates for adult men (7.3%), adult women (7.3%), teenagers (23.4%), whites (7.0%), african-american (13.8%), Hispanics (9.7%), and Asians (6.5%) showed little or no change in January.
In January, the number of long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks or more) was about unchanged at 4.7 million and accounted for 38.1% of the unemployed. The continued high level of long term unemployment is a continuing concern.
Health care continued to add jobs in January (+23,000). Within health care, job growth occurred in ambulatory health care services (+28,000), which includes doctors' offices and outpatient care centers. In the last year, health care employment has increased by 320,000.
Manufacturing employment was essentially unchanged in January and has changed little, on net, since July 2012.
Average hourly earnings for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls rose by 4 cents to $23.78. Over the year, average hourly earnings have risen by 2.1 percent. In January, average hourly earnings of private-sector production and nonsupervisory employees increased by 5 cents to $19.97.
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