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Backpack Connection Series
The Backpack Connection Series was created by TACSEI to provide a way for teachers and parents/caregivers to work together to help young children develop social emotional skills and reduce challenging behavior. Teachers may choose to send a handout home in each child's backpack when a new strategy or skill is introduced to the class. Each Backpack Connection handout provides information that helps parents stay informed about what their child is learning at school and specific ideas on how to use the strategy or skill at home. This series was developed in collaboration with Pyramid Plus: The Colorado Center for Social Emotional Competence and Inclusion and Bal Swan Children's Center in Broomfield, Colorado.
The Backpack Connection Series includes handouts in four categories:
• Addressing Behavior
• Emotions
• Routines and Schedules
• Social Skills
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Addressing Behavior
- How to Understand the Meaning of Your Child's Challenging Behavior
As a parent or caregiver, you may see your child behave in a way that doesn't make sense and ask yourself, "Why does she keep doing that?" It can be very frustrating, especially when it seems like it should be easy for your child to figure out on her own a more appropriate way to behave. In moments like this, it is important to remember that children continue to use a behavior because it works! Your child's behavior is a powerful communication tool that she uses to tell you what she needs or wants. Sometimes, when a child does not know the appropriate way (such as words, sign language or pointing to pictures) to express her needs or wants she may use challenging behavior (such as hitting, screaming or spitting) to communicate. Challenging behavior gives children the ability to send a message in a fast and powerful way. Children will use challenging behavior to communicate until they learn new, more appropriate ways to express their wants and needs. To change the behavior, it is important for you to first discover what is causing the behavior. If you know why your child is choosing a behavior, you can then teach her to communicate her wants and needs in a new way that everyone feels good about.
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- How to Give Clear Directions
"Why do I have to repeat myself time and again?" "Why won't she listen to me?" Listening and following directions are important skills young children must learn. There are many reasons why children do not follow directions.
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- How to Use Social Stories to Teach Your Child New Skills and Expectations
Children love to listen to stories. Not only are stories used to entertain children, they can also be used as tools to teach new skills and expectations. Many parents read books to teach their children the
alphabet or numbers, but stories can also be used to: teach social skills, such as how to take turns; teach clear behavior expectations for a time of day (e.g., quiet time) or event (e.g., road trip); reinforce routines, such as getting ready for bed; prepare for new experiences, such as the first day of school; and address a challenging behavior, such as hitting.
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- How to Help Your Child Stop Whining
There are few behaviors that are more frustrating to parents than whining. Yet for children, whining can be a quick and easy way to get a parent's full attention. Children whine when they feel overwhelmed by an emotion or desire and do not have the vocabulary to express their feelings. They also might whine when they do not have the skills to complete a task or because they feel tired, hungry, powerless, or lonely. Simply put, children whine to ask for help. You can help your child figure out WHY he is whining and help him to find a better way to communicate.
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- How to Help Your Child Stop Biting
It is very common for a child to bite others at some point during their early years. When children do not have the skills or vocabulary to express their feelings, they might engage in a behavior, such as biting, as a way to let you know how they feel.
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- How to Use Positive Language to Improve Your Child's Behavior
"Stop it." "No." "Don't do that!" As a parent, you might find yourself using these words and phrases more often when your child begins to make his own choices. Now, stop for a moment and consider how the conversation might feel if you couldn't use these words? What if, rather than telling your child what he can't do, you instead chose words to tell him what he can do? While this shift in language might seem small, it actually provides a powerful positive change to the tone of the conversation. When you focus on using positive language with your child, you will likely find that he has fewer tantrums, whines less and overall experiences fewer challenging behaviors.
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- How to Help Your Child
Recognize and Understand Jealousy
Jealousy is a normal emotion experienced by adults and children. Young children often do not have the skills or language to deal with this complex feeling. Many children deal with jealousy by acting out with challenging behavior such as tantrums, crying or hitting. Because your child may act out with anger, it can be difficult for you to respond to the true feeling of jealousy. When you teach your child to identify and respond to the true feelings of jealousy, you are doing more than making him feel better. You are also helping him learn to manage painful feelings and get along with others today and in the future. If your child knows that his feelings are normal and he is unique and valued for who he is, regardless of his toys or abilities, jealous feelings are less likely to escalate into destructive behaviors.
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- How to Help Your Child
Understand and Label Emotions
You can help your child expand her emotional vocabulary by teaching her words for different feelings. Once she knows and understands these words you can help her to label her own feelings and the feelings of others. Teaching your child about her emotions can be a fun and rewarding experience and prevent challenging behavior from occurring in the first place.
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- How to Help Your Child Recognize & Understand Sadness
Sadness is one of the easiest emotions for young children to understand, and one of the first emotions that they can lean to recognize in others. Everyone feels sad at one time or another for a variety of reasons. As parents, we want to empower our children to recognize when they are feeling sad and, if needed, take steps to help themselves feel better or ask someone else for help. When you help your child recognize the physical features that accompany feeling sad and understand the reasons why someone might feel sad, you are helping your child create the necessary building blocks for him to manage his own emotions and relationships.
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- How to Help Your Child Recognize & Understand Anger
As a parent, you might find that calming your angry child can be one of the biggest challenges of parenting. There are many things that make children angry, and children feel anger in different ways — just as adults do. As with all emotions, when you help your child recognize and name his anger you have helped him take the first step toward being able to control his own behavior. When your child is able to recognize the feeling and say, "I'm angry!" it reduces the chances that he will act out.
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- How to Help Your Child Recognize and Understand Disappointment
Disappointment is a normal, though difficult, part of growing up. Your child is likely to experience disappointment as she makes new friends, tries new things and experiences the ups and downs of her world. Whether it's a trip to the park that is ruined by rain or missing a birthday party, life is full of little and big disappointments. When you allow your child to feel, experience and learn from little disappointments at an early age, you help her to create the skills she will need to successfully handle the bigger disappointments she will experience later in childhood and as an adult.
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- How to Help Your Child Recognize and Understand Frustration
Frustration is a common emotion in young children and typically occurs as a child begins to discover the many things he would like to do, but simply cannot do yet. Frustration is a natural and healthy emotion and can provide a positive learning experience for a child. The feelings of frustration that occur when your child has difficulty communicating his needs or tying his shoes are his cue that he needs to try to do something in a different way or that what he is doing is not working. You can teach your child how to deal with frustration in a way that is useful for him. Most important, you must respond to frustration when it first arises before it changes into anger or becomes the dreaded temper tantrum. Two skills children must learn in order to deal with frustration are: 1) how to ask for help, and 2) know when to take a break!
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Routines and Schedules
- How to Plan Activities to Reduce Challenging Behavior
Unfortunately, there is no "Guidebook for Parents" that tells you exactly how to raise children who behave perfectly at all times. Each child and family is unique, which means that there is no one solution or strategy that is going to work for everyone, every time. However, while it isn't magic, simple planning ahead can work wonders to help improve your child's behavior. You can plan activities to teach your child important skills such as sharing, taking turns or handling disappointment. You can also plan ahead to prepare your child for new events in her life such as changes in her schedule, a road trip, a new baby or a visit from grandparents.
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- How to Help Your Child Have a Successful Morning
Do you struggle with stressful mornings when you want to lay your head down and cry before 8:00 a.m.? Do you often leave the house in an angry, frantic rush? Mornings can be a particularly challenging time for parents. Getting your entire family up and out the door is no easy task! It is important to understand that your morning routine serves as the foundation for your family's entire day. You can create a morning routine that not only helps your day to begin more smoothly, but also teaches your child important skills that he needs to become more independent and confident. A morning routine can also reduce challenging behavior such as crying, whining and tantrums.
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- How to Help Your Child Have a Successful Bedtime
Infants and young children need 10 to 12 hours of sleep daily in order to support healthy development. Parents also need to feel rested in order to be nurturing and responsive to their growing and active young children. When your child does not get enough sleep, challenging behaviors are likely to occur. Your child might be moody, short-tempered and unable to engage well in interactions with others. Lack of sleep can also have a negative impact on your child's ability to learn. When a young child sleeps, her body is busy developing new brain cells that she needs for her physical, mental and emotional development. Babies and young children thrive on predictability and learn from repetition. It is important to establish a bedtime routine that you and your child both understand and helps everyone to feel calm and relaxed.
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- How to Use Visual Schedules to Help Your Child Understand Expectations
Often, children do not respond to adult requests because they don't actually understand what is expected of them. When a child doesn't understand what he is supposed to do and an adult expects to see action, the result is often challenging behavior such as tantrums, crying or aggressive behavior. A child is more likely to be successful when he is told specifically what he should do rather than what he should not do. A visual (photographs, pictures, charts, etc.) can help to communicate expectations to young children and avoid challenging behavior. Visual schedules (activity steps through pictures) can be used at home to teach routines such as getting ready for school. These types of schedules teach children what is expected of them and reminds them what they should be doing.
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- How to Help Your Child Transition Smoothly Between Places and Activities
Transitioning, or moving, to new places, people and activities is something we do many times during the day. However, change can be overwhelming and seem unpredictable for your child, especially when she is not ready to move on to the next place or activity. Children make many transitions each day--from parents to teachers, from home to car, or from play time to the dinner table, for example. When and how often transitions occur are usually decided by an adult and children often act out with challenging behavior when they feel unable to control their routine. When you help your child prepare for transitions you are helping her to learn a valuable skill. The good news is that you can teach her this important skill while you are enjoying time together.
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Social Skills
- How to Teach Your Child to Appropriately Get Your Attention
The ability to successfully capture someone's attention is a fundamental social skill and provides the foundation for future success in social settings and relationships. Children use a variety of ways to get attention and will often resort to techniques they find most effective, such as yelling or whining. You can teach your child the way that you want him to get your attention (such as tapping you on the shoulder) and then reward him when that behavior occurs. When you take the time at home to build on the skills your child is learning at school, you reinforce these positive skills and create a solid social foundation for your child which will help to reduce challenging behaviors.
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- How to Help Your Child Learn to Share
Learning how to share is a big challenge for all children because it often means putting aside one's own needs in order to make someone else happy. Sharing is not a skill children have when they are born—they need to be taught how to share and how to see that their efforts have helped someone else feel happy or solve a problem. In order to learn this skill, children need adults to provide them with many different opportunities where they can practice how to share with others and see other children in the act of sharing. When a child learns how to share with others she feels more confident and is better able to play with other children independently. Additionally, learning how to share gives a child a very important and solid foundation of successful friendship skills she can continue to build on as she grows.
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- How to Help Your Child Manage Time and Understand Expectations
Time is an unclear measure for children. It is very common for a parent to feel frustrated with a child when he has not done what he was asked to do (e.g., pick up toys, put on shoes, finish snack) even after he has been given a five-minute warning. However, it is important for parents to know that there is little difference between five minutes and an hour to young children because of the way they experience time. Children live in the moment and the future is difficult for them to measure. When parents use time (rather than events such as "when I get to the top of the stairs") to communicate what they expect the child to do, it can lead to the child feeling confused and frustrated, and ultimately, the child expressing his emotions through a tantrum.
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- How to Help Your Child Learn to Trade
When a child sees another child playing with a toy she wants, her first instinct is to take it. This behavior can be frustrating to playmates and often leads to an argument. Trading is a solution children can choose as a way to get an object from someone else in a positive way, and is a great first step in learning how to share. Trading is also a skill that must be taught and practiced many times. However, once your child is comfortable trading with others it can make her feel empowered. Knowing how to trade helps children to manage their emotions and confidently solve their own problems without help from an adult. Unlike sharing, where children must wait to use a toy, trading is a solution that allows both people to feel happy with the outcome right away. It takes patience and guidance to teach your child how to negotiate with playmates by herself, but it is a valuable skill that she will use throughout her life.
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EVTA / Endovenous Thermal Ablation
Endovenous thermal ablation is a minimally invasive treatment which uses thermal energy to heat and destroy the abnormal superficial veins. Endovenous ablation is an ultrasound guided procedure that uses directed heat to close the abnormal veins. This endovascular procedure has revolutionized the treatment of varicose veins. It usually takes approximately one hour to perform and normal activities can be resumed after the procedure.
What is endovenous thermal Ablation/Occlusion?
Endovenous thermal occlusion is a minimally invasive procedure which is performed at the Hallmark Health Vein Center on an out-patient basis. It is performed with local anesthesia and a mild sedative. The area is cleaned, and a local anesthetic is injected into the skin above the vein to be treated. A small catheter is threaded in the vein under direct ultrasound guidance injecting local anesthetic along the way for patient comfort. Energy waves are used to heat and collapse the vein. The collapsed vein results in a thin scar which is eventually absorbed by the body.
What is the recovery like after endovenous thermal occlusion?
Immediately following your thermal ablation, compression stockings are applied and you will be able to ambulate and resume normal activities. Heavy lifting should be avoided for several days afterward.
What are the benefits of thermal occlusion over other similar treatments?
Thermal Ablation offers excellent results treating large superficial varicose veins. This procedure is performed on an out-patient basis in the HHS Vein Center. EVTA offers a short to immediate recovery period with little to no-downtime.
What are the possible complications or side effects of endovenous thermal occlusion?
Minimal risks are associated with Thermal Ablation procedures. The risks are similar to any medical procedure where bleeding may occur. Risks are reduced in comparison to traditional vein stripping.
Do insurance carriers provide coverage for endovenous thermal occlusion treatments?
Most Insurance companies often cover the cost of treatment in part and or in full based on medical necessity. Our Vein Center patient liaison will work closely with you on any insurance coverage issues.

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I always find that it's easier to take on a project to learn about something new than to just read about it. That's how this iPhone app happened. It's my first crude attempt at writing code in (ugly) objective-C. The app consists of a color-wheel to select the RGB values and a slider to set the brightness. You can find the project files for the xcode and the firmware app for the Spark Core on my GitHub repository.
The project uses the Adafruit's 24 element neopixel ring and a Spark Core. The wiring is very straight forward. The ring requires a 5 VDC supply which is directly derived from the Core's VIN pin (coming from the USB) and the data-in line to the ring is connected to Core's D2 pin.
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THE GREATEST Take That Tribute
The UK's No.1 Take That Tribute Band
It's a huge thumbs up from TAKE THAT's Artistic Director - Kim Gavin
"Amazing, amazing!" were just some of the words from Take That's very own Artistic Director - Kim Gavin to describe the performance of The Greatest Take That Tribute Band at one of their recent live shows!
Royal Caribbean welcome The Greatest Take That Tribute Band!
They described, advertisted and introduced them on the ship as The Worlds No.1, Take That Tribute Band and 'The Greatest' didn't disappoint as they proved they really do Rule The World on Royal Caribbeans 'Grandeur of the Seas'!
The 74,000 ton luxury cruise liner, which recently had a $48 million refurbishment, took in Marseille, Corsica, Naples, Sicily, Malta and Palma de Mallorca in a 7 day tour of some of the Mediterraneans most exclusive locations during August 2012.
The Greatest Take That Tribute Show were flown over to pick up the ship in Naples to perform for just one night before departing 5 days later in Palma de Majorca and what a night it was! Two shows, lighting galore, a live 6 piece band and an ecstatic audience culminated in a night to be remembered.
The live band set list included, Back For Good, Rule The World, The Greatest Day, and many other hits as The Greatest treated the Palladium Theatre audience to a real Take That experience!
Will 'The Greatest' Take That Tribute Band be Back For Good with Royal Caribbean.............well we'll just have to wait and see, but on the strength of the response on the night, on board the ship the day after and from the quotes we've received since, I wouldn't be surprised!
Guest Quotes:
"Saw The Greatest on board Royal Caribbean cruise last week and they were fantastic, best act of the week they brought the house down. Would love to see them again very authentic!" Trish
"My Wife, Daughter and myself went along to see "The Greatest" take that tribute band recently while aboard Royal Caribbean's Grandeur of the seas and they were fantastic, so good in fact that we went along to the second performance as well! We have been on many cruise ships over the years and have seen many tribute bands on various ships and can honestly say that these guys are the best we've ever seen, so good in fact that we are driving down to Stoke on Trent this weekend to see them perform again".
To see photo's of The Greatest Take That Tribute's trip on Royal Caribbeans 'Grandeur Of The Seas' in August 2012 visit the gallery here.
NB: 'The Greatest' Take That Tribute are NOT to be mistaken with a completely different tribute show to Take That which has performed on Royal Caribbeans Independence of the Seas with very mixed reviews.
NEWS - The Greatest "Brilliant" in Bahrain!
NEWS - Headlining at The Baking Industry Awards 2010
The Greatest Take That Tribute were honoured to provide the evenings headline entertainment for The Baking Industry Awards 2010.
The prestigious, sell out, event was held at The Park Lane Hilton, London, and the ceremony was hosted by non other than TV presenter and producer Esther Rantzen CBE.
There were over 800 key industry executives in attendance for what proved to be a sensational night.
Group Events Manager, Emma Hooper from organisers William Reed Business Media, summed up The Greatest Take That Tribute, "…they were simply amazing! When we listened to their audio clips on the internet we questioned whether or not it was the real Take That, and hearing them live proved how great they were. They were such nice people to work with and I'm sure we will be booking them again."
To see further photographs of the event visit the BIA 2010 website at www.bakeryawards.co.uk
NEWS - Supporting 'Scouting For Girls' at Camelot Corporate Event!
Yes, the real ones! The Greatest Take That Tribute were delighted to support Scouting For Girls at this recent major corporate event.
The grounds of Micklefield Hall near Rickmanworth, Hertfordshire was the venue that saw The Greatest support hit recording artistes Scouting For Girls during the evenings entertainment, as part of an all day event for lottery organisers Camelot!
The attending 1,500 guests were treated to some spectacular production & entertainment which culminated in the live on stage performances of The Greatest, and ultimately SFG.
NEWS - ITV Loose Women's 10th Anniversary Party!
Some of the Celebrity List included: Bobby Davro ("...the best tribute band I've seen!"), Caprice, Barry Humphries, Lemar, Mel B, Peter Andre,Les Denis, Anthea Turner, Cheryl Baker, Craig Revel Horwood, Gloria Hunniford, John McCririck, Jeremy Kyle, Johnny Ball, Sir Jimmy Saville, Dame Kelly Holmes, Lionel Blair, Lorraine Chase, Michelle Gayle, Linda Robson, Maureen Lipman, Nicholas Parsons, Piers Morgan, Sinitta, Tony Robinson, Christine and Neil Hamilton, Antony Costa, The Nolans, Donald MacIntyre, Liz McClarnon, Dancers from Strictly Come Dancing, and various Actors & Actresses from: Eastenders, The Bill, Coronation St, Emmerdale, Hollyoaks, Holby City, Hotel Babylon, and Only Fools And Horses.
NEWS - NHS Get The Greatest Treatment!
NEWS - Fans live footage shows The Greatest - stealing the show!
There were tribute bands to Kings Of Leon, Oasis, Stone Roses and Girls Aloud, at The Sounds Festival 2009 at Galashiels but you've guessed it, it was none other than The Greatest Take That Tribute who in the words of the fans and even the promoter, 'stole the show!'
Here are some of the comments left by fans:
'...best of the whole Festival'
'...absolutely blown away by the whole show'
'...you were brilliant'
'...that Mark Owen soundalike spooked me out'
'...best band there by far'
'...Went to see Take That at their Sunderland gig and thought nothing would compare to that but I was really impressed by you'
And what exactly did the promoter say?
'Awesome, you stole the show!' - Steve Cass, Event Promoter
Two of the fans at the outdoor event that took place on Saturday 27th June at the Gala Fairydew FC ground have even posted two video's on You Tube of The Greatest on the night performing 'Rule The World' and 'Shine'. Although the quality isn't too brilliant we thought you may enjoy them (please see above and below).
NB: If you've taken a video or photographs of The Greatest performing live at any of their shows please let us know. You never know we may even post them on this site!
NEWS - The Greatest perform on BBC Radio
Tuesday 19th May was Take That Day at the BBC and it was non other than The Greatest that were requested into the studio's of both BBC Radio West Midlands and BBC Radio Nottingham to talk through the launch of their tour and what distinguishes them from all the other Take That Tribute bands out there.
BBC Radio WM was the first to interview the boys which was broadcast live in two parts between 10am and 12 midday. This included live and off the cuff acapella renditions of 'Why Can't I Wake Up With You', and 'Everything Changes'.
During the interval the boys took a chance to sample some Latte's in the BBC's coffee shop where Lee (aka Gary) met the cardboard cut out of the show's presenter Joanne Malin and Matt (aka Howard) couldn't get off the phone - as usual!
It was then a trip back up the M42 to BBC Radio Nottingham and the John Holmes show. This also included an acapella version of 'Why Can't I Wake Up With You' and a strange but true realisation for the shows presenter that one of The Greatest is distantly related to him! To find out which one you'll have to listen to the clip!
To hear both interviews click here


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Which restaurant in San Francisco gets your vote for the best service? France nets 25 Michelin three-star restaurants. Jen Biesty hangs out around town. Toast is hot right now! Wolfgang Puck cooked for the Oscar crowd, um, at the Oscars. It's Monday. Good morning.
From the local scene:
- Jennifer Biesty of Scala's shares her favorite spots around town, including Bar Agricole, Hog & Rocks and Zero Zero. [KQED]
- Up in Napa, Grano at the Depot is apparently closed. [Eater]
- Speaking of Napa, the Napa Valley Country Club is looking for an executive chef. [NVCC]
- According to OpenTable, the restaurants with the best service in San Francisco is Acquerello. Other Bay Area places on the national list are Cyrus, Farmhouse, the French Laundry, and Madrona Manor. Discuss. [OpenTable]
From the national scene:
- Michelin France is announced: "One restaurant loses its third star and five — including three in Paris — gain a second … Restaurant Michel Trama, in Puymirol, drops to two stars from three." There are now 25 three-stars in France. [Bloomberg]
- Higher grain prices lead the way as the USDA expects food prices to jump. [Wall Street Journal]
- Toast is a trend. [New York Magazine]
- How Wolfgang Puck fed the glitterati at the Oscar afterparty of the Governor's Ball. [Esquire]


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The Last Bridge by Teri Coyne
If there was a body I lived in, I guess it was Diana's, as hers seemed more resilient, more lovely than mine could ever be, and so in an odd way it was Diana who was carrying the baby, not me.
As I grew bigger, the reality of what was inside me expanded as well.
Specials by Scott Westerfeld
The forest thinned as Tally reached the great deserts left by the white weed. As the wind against her face became tough with airborne sand, she angled toward the sea, where her magnetics could grip the railroad line, lending her more speed.
I'm back home, a place I never wanted to go again, a place filled with memories of an abusive father and passive mother. I'm there for my mother's funeral – and also to figure out what the enigmatic suicide note she left means.
(I haven't started Specials yet – I picked up The Last Bridge and was totally hooked.)
I'm also in Trenton, dressed like a tramp, helping Ranger take down a member of a crime family.
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When I read that title, it made me think a minute… Isn't the Lightlock suppose to do the opposite, keep our world from rocking? Stupid joke, sorry. But honestly, Doesn't the RSC Lightlock deserve almost every award out there? How did a mover live front of house on a hung pipe with out this? Those fellas at RSC are genius, thanks for the Lightlock and congrats guys! Here is more from the Press Release:
The annual ESTA Dinner and Awards Ceremony was the setting for the RSC Lightlock to receive its most recent accolades from entertainment industry leaders. Nominated in the best new product category for ESTA's Rock Our World Awards, the RSC Lightlock was chosen as the product which had the greatest impact on our industry in the last year.
The RSC Lightlock is a motion stabilizing device for moving head lighting fixtures, allowing them to be installed with a minimum of rigging equipment, removing the need for battens or trusses in the system. Its stabilization also allows the RSC Lightlock to be used with pantographs and motorized battens without the inherent movement caused by the moving head fixtures.
In its third year, this Rock Our Worlds program has no real rules. The panel of judges, some of the best known people in our industry, has sole discretion on the number of awards to bestow and the categories to use. This year's judges included Seth Jackson, Tom McPhillips, Bill Sapsis, Brad Schiller, and Jim Tetlow. This group saw fit to select the RSC Lightlock from a group of nominees which included products and projects such as the RevEAL LED Color Wash, the Dee and Charles Theatre build, the chandelier install at the Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House, and the Shanghai Expo Opening Ceremony. To be named one of the winners for this year's award demonstrates how revolutionary the RSC Lightlock truly is.
Learn more about the RSC Lightlock by visiting their website at www.rsclightlock.com or the US distributor, Total Structures website at www.totalstructures.com.


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4th and Pain recently had an opportunity to interview Roman Reigns of The Shield.
The show is hosted by Adam Carriker (@Adam Carriker94) of the Washington Redskins and Chuck Carroll (@TheChuckCarroll), a former wrestling announcer and weight loss champion.
Reigns spoke about the formation of The Shield and his relationship with Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins.
He also talked about his brief NFL career before transitioning to pro wrestling and the differences between the two.
The biggest takeaway from the interview was Reigns opening up about his desire to break out as a singles wrestler and win the WWE Championship.
"I want to be the absolute top guy in this company," he said.
He also agreed with Carriker's assessment that Tim Tebow is the John Cena of the NFL.
The full recap can also be found on the show's website: http://4thandpain.com/2013/06/roman-reigns-interview-i-want-to-be-top-guy-in-wwe/
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Washington Redskins defensive end Adam Carriker teams with radio veteran Chuck Carroll to host 4th & Pain — the only football and pro wrestling show hosted by a NFL player and a former wrestling announcer turned weight loss champion.
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142. Micaceous clay bean pot with two handles and lidMy first encounter with micaceous pottery in the Olson- Brandelle collection was startling. Holding the pots, I realized they are much lighter than they look. According to potter Virginia Duran, the walls of Picuris ceramics are thinner and, therefore, the pots are lighter than their Taos counterparts (Trimble 2007:36). Holding the works up to the light, I also was stunned by the sheer brilliance of the shine from the mica. It is amazing to know this clay came straight from the ground, undiluted and unalloyed, in its current condition. The fact that clay like this existed naturally is enough to make me a fan of work from this region. For me, the pots have a proud, commanding authority.
Picuris, New Mexico, is one of the Eight Northern Pueblos of the southwestern United States. Founded by speakers of the Tiwa language, this pueblo was once one of the largest in the area; however, since the Pueblo Revolt of 1680, the population has dwindled, and today numbers less than 300. Nevertheless, Picuris potters continue to practice their art, producing the beautiful micaceous pottery for which their pueblo has been known throughout the centuries.
This type of pottery gets its name from the kind of clay used for it. Mica, a mineral found in the mountainous area surrounding the Picuris/Taos region, is glittery and gritty, and is part of the composition of the clay that is mined and transformed into pottery. Because of the natural attractiveness of the sparkling clay, Picuris and Taos artisans traditionally did not paint their pottery surfaces. While in the past potters used clay composed throughout of mica bits, modern Picuris potter Virginia Duran (Cats. 144 and 145) has said the pueblo has had to be sparing with their micaceous vein. She has "given her pots their sparkle mostly with a slip of mica rubbed on before firing" (Trimble 2007:36).
Although the surface is left unpainted, the traditional firing process-completed outdoors in a type of dense bonfire- may add color and individuality through "fire clouds." These irregular, smudge-like marks on the finished pot are produced when the heated smoke contacts the open pottery surface. These discolorations are similar to the shapes of clouds; hence they are known as fire clouds. The effect is almost impossible to control and is considered by some to be a welcome accidental outcome of the traditional firing process.
The most common shapes found in Picuris pottery are bean pots and tall vases, which are utilitarian forms with specific applications that do not encourage innovation. During most of the 20th century, this lack of need to alter design allowed micaceous pottery to remain relatively free from outside influence, in contrast to other Southwest Puebloan ceramics that were in higher demand from collectors, tourists and the general public. Until very recently, micaceous pots existed almost entirely as functional works and were not regarded by anyone as "art" (Trimble 2007:38). Picuris micaceous pots endured because of their superior heating and cooking qualities. "The high-fired micaceous clay vitrifies and becomes waterproof " and can withstand high temperatures (Trimble 2007:37). The ceramic composition is such that, once heated, it can keep food hot for many hours without additional heat. These factors have kept the use and production of micaceous pottery alive, regardless of trends in more "artistic" pottery.
This anonymous bean pot with handles was dated to the early 1900s by Rick Dillingham. It is dark in color and light in weight. Most likely used as a cooking vessel for multiple types of beans, this piece is fairly traditional. The fire cloud effects and the bump design pattern on the sides are humble, basic decorations.
In all the time the Picuris have been producing pottery, they have retained their traditional style. Even today the vast majority of the pottery coming out of the Picuris region is simple, functional and traditional. Taos Pueblo, their nearby neighbor to the north, has largely embraced the novelties of feature and technique introduced through commission requests from collectors; yet the Picuris retain their ancestral styles and methods (Hayes and Blom 1996:150-52). For the Picuris, pottery making is about tradition, not market appeal. Success is defined by how well you honor your ancestors, and how well you can make a functional, strong piece of pottery.
-David Smith (Augustana 2011) AR-343
Artist unknown (Picuris, New Mexico), Micaceous clay bean pot with two handles and lid, overall dark fire cloud and "bump" pattern, dated by Rick Dillingham to ca. early 1900s, Ceramic, hand coiled and outdoor fired, The Olson-Brandelle North American Indian Art Collection, Augustana College, (107-135 PIC) 2005.1.110 a, b


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By Jhonny Gonzalez
Former champion Ivan Calderon suffered a blow this past weekend, or did he, when Raul "Rayito" Garcia was upset on Saturday night in Mexico. Moises Fuentes pulled off an unexpected split decision victory to capture Garcia's WBO strawweight title. Calderon's next fight is scheduled to be a return to the strawweight division and Garcia was the scheduled opponent for an October fight.
According to Peter Rivera, Vice President of Puerto Rico Best Boxing, the plan is still the same, but opponent will now be Fuentes. There appears to have been a deal in place between Rivera's company and the Mexico-based Zanfer Promotions, that Calderon would fight the winner of the Garcia-Fuentes - regardless of the outcome. The fight is tentative for October 29th at the Coliseum Mario "Quijote" Morales in Guaynabo.
"It does not affect the plan we had originally put together. Everything remains the same, the only thing that changes is the opponent. There was a prior agreement between both companies, as both [Garcia and Fuentes] have the same promoter, that Saturday's result would only change Ivan's opponent [for the date]," said Rivera to Marcos Ortiz.


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The problem is that its not just the dimples making the golfball go further – it is the spinning and dimples together.
It works because as the ball rotates with backspin because of the slope of the club's face it pulls air over the top in the backwards direction and underneath in the forwards direction.
This means the effective air velocity over the top is increased and that underneath is reduced.
Sound familiar?
Yes, it is the same way a wing gets lift. The faster airflow over the top reduces pressure because of Bernoulli and the opposite happens underneath – the ball is really flying something like a wing .. it is gliding.
The old story about a "wing being longer over the top so the air has to go faster is wrong. Otherwise sails, bees, dragonflies, paper planes and balsa gliders which have the same distance both sides of the wing wouldn't be able to fly.
So if you plan to spin your boat and it is ONLY in Air or only in water without touching the other … you might just be on to something!
There have been numerous attempts to get some "super surface" to work by reducing vortices and keeping the smooth (laminar) flow at the beginning of the hull going for more of the hull length, but none of them have proved practical.
The best solution is a surface that is FAIR – smoothness at the building level and then has a smooth surface as well.
There is not a lot of difference between a nice paint job or a nice paint job plus sanding with about 400 grit wet and dry sandpaper and water using a sanding block – NOT hand held.
This is particularly true for the first part of the hull and the first part of the foils because the water gradually moves from smooth (called laminar) flow to turbulent flow.
You can see the difference if you leave a tap running just slightly faster than dripping so there is a stream. The first part is beautiful and smooth, almost mathematical, but a little further down towards the sink the stream of water suddenly becomes rough and turbulent. This is inevitable. There is less drag on the hull from the smooth flow so it is better to have as much as possible. So it is a good idea to get rid of roughness.
Practically this means that with foils in particular and maybe the front part of the hull it could be sanded. They say spend about 70% of your time getting the first 30% of any boat surface smooth.
Personally I would almost ALWAYS sand foils but usually just try to get a nice paint finish on the hull.
I did see that "Mythbusters" found otherwise with a full sized car. Mythbusters is entertainment and only moves into the area of science occasionally where it won't spoil the story. Testing flow and drag with something as complicated as a car is very tricky. A dimpled car just possible might have some local effect that might smooth some local drag.
For example if the air going over a particular car normally suddenly changes from smooth flow to turbulent going over the top of the windscreen causing a lot of drag it is possible that just through luck the placement of dimples might reduce that drag enough if the dimples are the right size and just the right position. That's why such testing is normally done with much simpler shapes.
If dimples did reduce drag in this way, then Boeing and every cargo carrying ship would have been using it for years. But it don't, so they don't.
At least until I see a properly referenced and scrutinised scientific paper that says I am not correct (along with Boeing).
If you want to get into wing theory a bit more and want to know why it really works, you need to read Arvel Gentry, who I read when I was about 14 and digested over a couple of years.
He caused so many arguments at the time because people were reluctant to give up the old ideas of "flows faster because of longer distance" and the "air accelerates in the slot between the mainsail and jib" which had been held for a considerable time by aerodynamists and others that should have known better.
Start with Arvel's "the origins of lift" and work your way through it on Arvelgentry.com
Hope this helps.


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Finally! After putting off writing this entry for the longest time here it is.
TRIVIA: Caramoan Peninsula's claim to fame was being host to several Survivor franchise i.e. Serbia, Bulgaria, France and Israel.
Since it was summer and knowing that it is super peak season in Boracay, we chose Caramoan instead. We went there last March 26-28, 2010. There were 11 of us in the group so we just opted to get a tour package from Caramoan Travel.
At Php3,100.00 (Php2,500 + Php600 for full board meals) per head, the package includes:
- Air conditioned accommodation at hotel or homestay
- Round trip land transfers inside Caramoan
- Island hopping
- Entrance fees
- Tour guide
We were supposed to stay in Rex Tourist Inn but by the time we made the downpayment, it was already fully booked so we had no choice but to go with homestay. Homestay refers to a house or part of a local's house that they convert into a temporary accommodation for tourists. Rooms are air conditioned and can usually accommodate 4 to 5 persons per room with a common bathroom.
For the transportation, we reserved roundtrip tickets with Peñafrancia Tours. We opted to take the Benz Elite which is a Mercedes-Benz bus that has lazy boy seats and CR onboard. I think it costs Php900-Php950 (one way) to and from Naga. In retrospect, I wish we just took the bus with ordinary seats since the lazy boy was not that comfortable (at least for me) and I was not able to use the CR.
The group met up at Cubao Terminal for our 9:00 pm trip. This is the last trip I think. It was rainy that night and the road to Bicol was scary. Walang sinabi ang zig-zag ng Baguio! Anyway, we arrived in Naga at around 7:00 am (10 hours) and had breakfast at one of the eateries in the terminal.
We walked a bit to get to the van terminal that would take us to Sabang. I think the fare is Php100.00 per head, and the ride was about 1-1.5 hours. When we arrived at Sabang, we had to wait for the boat that will take us to Guijalo Port. Take note that the boats only travel to and from Guijalo Port from 7:00 am to 11:00 am. When the boat arrived, we were shocked that we had to be carried by some men to get to the boat! See picture below:
The boat ride took an excruciating 2 hours and I was seated (on a wooden plank) at the rear part of the boat without a roof/shade! Sunog na ko by the time we reached Guijalo. Upon arriving at Guijalo, we were picked up by our guide in a van. It was another 15 minute ride to the town proper. We stopped at Lutong Bahay to have our lunch (part of the package). Then we headed to our host (homestay) to leave our things and have a shower. By the way, since the place can only accommodate 8 people, 3 of our friends had to stay at another house which is quite a walk from where we were staying. Anyway, after taking a shower it was time to go.
We took a 15 minute van ride (yes, again! As if traveling half of the day wasn't enough). On our way to the port we saw some parts of the island being set up for the Survivor castaways' challenge. From the port, it was another 10-15 minute boat ride to reach our first destination: Matukad Island. The boat was so small that it can only sit two people side by side per row. The waves were so strong it was one hell of a scary ride.
We could've also visited the caves but our guide said it was already late and we need to go back to Bikal. 🙁
We were supposed to take the 10:00 am bus the next day since we already had the tickets but it was only then that we realized that we can't make it on time because the earliest boat ride from Guijalo is 7:00 am and it would take about 3-3.5 hours before we reach Naga terminal. So we decided to have our tickets re-booked for the last trip which is at 9:00 pm the next day. BUT since the last trip for the boat ride is at 11:00 am, we also have no choice but to leave before that time.
It was low tide when we got to Guijalo so we had to be transferred by a small boat to the boat that will take us back to Sabang. It was only 2:00 pm when we reached Naga and since our bus ride home wasn't until 9:00 pm, we decided to kill time in SM Naga.
To date, I feel like this was the most tiring and most remote place I have been to. Although the view is rewarding, I wish they would invest in bigger and faster boats since the islands are far from each other. It eats a lot of time so you can consider yourself lucky if you're able to visit 2-3 islands per day. Islands you can visit also varies depending on which islands are being used by Survivor.


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This tour focuses on places in Lower Paxton and Susquehanna Townships, and the City of Harrisburg. Each stop demonstrates severe impairment, mainly from erosion and sedimentation; the possibilitiy for remediation; and/or an opportunity for enhancement and protection.
Options for taking the Tour:
- On-line tour - see below;
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- Lessons learned from the tour.
|1. Headwaters, Patton Road: At the junction of impaired and unimpaired creek branches -- street-wide culverts underneath Patton Road and Blue Hen Ct. Note (1) differences in types of land cover along the two branches: the unimpaired branch drains from forests and fields; this landscape vegetation appears messy, but the organic matter present is effective in absorbing most stormwaters before they reach the stream; the other branch in the area drains from a residential subdivision with runoff mainly from impervious surfaces, 2) the sizes of the culverts for expected stormwater volumes are quite large, attesting to the volumes of stormwaters involved, and
|(3) The photo at the right shows the relative ineffectiveness of grasses as a buffer to protect streams; the banks of the branch going behind the residential buildings along Patton Road look nibbled along their edges — erosion! — despite grassy lawns extending from the residences to the edges of the stream; grasses are limited at absorbing stormwaters. This site and others are being monitored by the Paxton Creek Rangers of the PCWEA.
|2. Goose Valley Road:Observe en route the relationship between vegetation and creek condition (i.e., relatively unimpaired reaches exist upstream and downstream of the golf course; only a relatively narrow strip of woodland and shrub vegetation are adjacent to the creek; it is enough to protect from storm runoff associated with new developments in the area.
|3. Colonial Golf Club: In the distance on the right side the banks of Paxton Creek can be seen cutting across the landscape, parallel with Goose Valley Road. The banks of the stream are eroding and slumping, as the buffer grasses inadequately protect the creek. Golf courses are also known for their nonpoint source pollution, consisting of runoff with products to enhance and protect the golf course landscape (e.g., fertilizers and pesticides).
This photo shows refuse placed in an attempt to stabilize eroded banks of Paxton Creek on Colonial Club golf course.
|4. Winchester Park Retention Pond: Vegetation such as cattails exist in this pond, usually dry, located on the left side behind a high embankment near the entrance to the Winchester Park. Much stormwater runoff flows from impervious surfaces in this development into the retention area, which is surrounded by a fence.
Note that this is a retention basin, not a detention pond where waters can be temporarily stored before discharge into Paxton Creek; although this stormwater alternative does not exacerbate erosion, potential infiltration on site and aquifer replenishment are reduced. On site management of stormwaters from each residence would be much more desirable.
|5. Wooded Floodplain:The creek channel on the right side of the road has eroded to bedrock, and is too deep for most stream overflows except during heavy storm events; in effect, this floodplain is nonfunctional during 95% of the storms.
|6. The Brook Apartments: Note (1) evidence exists of severe erosion with grass-covered slumps from waters released from underground mall storage; erosion has reached to bedrock, and expanded with increased stormwater volumes, (2) as shown by erosion from side drains, grass is ineffective as a protective buffer, (3) steep slopes are relatively unstable, (4) physical objects such as bridges and pipes are vulnerable to erosion, even leading to collapse of structures downstream, (5) infiltration opportunities were missed, where side culverts extend from lots and buildings directly to the stream, rather than drain into swales before reaching the main ditch, (6) there is an absence of energy dissipaters (large stones) beneath the outlets of culverts, to reduce the force of flowing waters, and (7) remediation would require cutting the embankments to create floodplains, before protective shrub and woodland vegetation could be planted.
|7. Colonial Park Mall: Note (1) the slight drainage slope on the mall lot, leading towards the southwestern corner, where curbs separate runoff from island vegetation and potential infiltration sites, (2) Prospects for desirable stormwater retrofit could include: removal of curbs, and other barriers between stormwater and infiltration places; soaking strips along the lot perimeter; rainwater gardens and soaking trenches at intervals throughout the lot, with slight pavement humps to direct flows towards rainwater gardens — NOT surface detention basins, or storage tanks underneath the lot (the present approach to stormwater management).
|8. McIntosh Road Farm: Note the differences as to the stream width, extent of bank erosion, and width of the stream at distances of 50 feet left and right from the bridge. On the left grasses have been planted and mowed to the edge of the stream, where more erosion has occurred (observe the ragged edges and sloping/undercut banks). A small, secondary floodplain area is starting to build in the stream, as deposits in the stream have accumulated near a bank. The whole area is a historical floodplain. It does not serve that function (i.e., water storage), now, following minor storm events, because the stream has eroded so deep that moderate stream levels do not go over the tops of the banks. Due to increased volumes of upstream runoff, the creek has widened because it can not go deeper (bedrock has been reached), further eroding the banks as the larger amounts of water have to be accommodated.
Compare this situation with the reach of the creek on the right side of the bridge. Away from the vicinity of the bridge, the stream is more narrow, and erosion is less evident. Considerable shrubs and trees line the banks, which have a quite messy appearance as compared to the mowed landscape on the other side of the bridge. This fringe vegetation is an ideal buffer, which protects the stream from stormwater runoff into the creek. Once, again, the area exhibits the limited effectiveness of grasses as buffer plantings. A lesson to be learned: messy vegetation is good!
|9. Brandywine Village Detention Basin: Note: immediately before the entrance is a small detention basin, containing cattails and a short riser drain pipe; this pipe discharges stormwaters received from the development behind vegetation another 50 yards alongside Paxton Church Road; inadequate energy dissipaters (boulders, big stones) at the end of the pipe have allowed severe erosion, reaching to bedrock.
Detention basins are the main existing stormwater control technique in the watershed. They can have serious drawbacks, which include the following: worsen erosion through a "fire hose effect" from improperly-placed discharge pipes; allow very little on site infiltration to recharge aquifers, resulting in diminished groundwaters, which worsen supplies to wells and streams during drought periods; habitats become degraded for aquatic wildlife, as sediment clogs creeks, and stream flows diminish and dry up due to inadequate aquifer recharges; detention basins only temporarily store stormwaters, which after their release may join downstream with waters from other detention basins and storage areas, causing larger creek flows with greater erosion, more sedimentation, and even flooding. "Why are detention basins used?" you ask. They allow more impervious surfaces (e.g., roof tops, parking lots, roads and other developments) at specific locations, but create severe problems for neighbors, other parties, and places downstream.
|10. Paxton Church Road, West End: Observe in the distance among the trees on the left, deep erosion cuts into banks and a wider stream, because of aggregated flows from creek branches draining areas upstream. Pins placed in at various levels of an embankment for measuring erosion are present, but they cannot be seen from the road.
|11. Parking Lot Detention Basin: Erosion exists on the inside slopes of the stormwater detention basin, which receives drainage off the Elmerton Avenue Farm Show shuttle parking area, located above the basin. This 20-acre lot, although constructed in 2001, has no on site infiltration of stormwaters through runoff trenches, swales, or other approaches.
|12. State Farm Road Curve Vicinity: Note : A lot can be seen at this site. The stream is the Asylum Run part of Paxton Creek. It is a tributary with flashy flows. This means the water levels can vary greatly with storm events, due to rapid runoff upstream from massive amounts of impervious surfaces in Colonial Park, Penbrook, and adjacent areas. (1) The bridge has adequate width and hydraulic capacity for water volume changes; many bridges are too small, with erosion occurring at abutments, (2) access to Capital Area Greenbelt occurs, here. Both upstream and downstream shrubs and trees have been planted on the floodplain, and along the trail by Greenbelt volunteers and HACC students, (3) a Gabion mat (wire container filled with stones) exists along a bank upstream of the bridge; gabions are useful in protecting erosion-prone areas, when installed properly, (4) considerable refuse and debris (even deer carcass remains) have been deposited at this out-of-the-way site by people who are poor environmental stewards, (5) beyond the cable limiting access to vehicles is an abandoned restaurant/club; severe encroachment of the parking area next to the creek has occurred, where erosion is undermining the asphalt surface.
Pins marked by flagging material have been driven into the sides of the embankment at this location for monitoring erosion. (Shown in photo at right. Pins are just below the black box at the edge of the asphalt.) Caution Potentially dangerous situation exists in leaning over the edge to observe the pins. Evident in this area are portals to a major interceptor sewer that runs from suburban townships alongside Asylum Run, a typical pattern for many streams; construction of sewers alongside streams may enhance erosion, by placing unconsolidated soils in the vicinity of flowing waters, (6) a small ribbon floodplain is adjacent to the creek, and (7) drainage from Elmerton Road and the Veterans' Park area enter Paxton Creek through a large culvert, here. This site and others in the watershed are being monitored by Paxton Creek Rangers of the PCWEA. At this location and others are measurement plates affixed to objects alongside the creek; these are staff gauges that show water levels, which are recorded by the stream monitors.
|13. Wildwood Lake Sanctuary: Note (1) the extent of sediment accumulation in this vicinity of Paxton Creek is extreme, as the creek reduces gradient and slows; muck more than six inches deep exists in places on the bottom of the creek, as shown in this photo; 2) the main channel (shown below)
has been blocked with sediment and debris for years, causing a new branch, shown here, to develop, wind its way through woods and wetlands to the base of the upland rise near Olewine Nature Center, and out of the lake south via Morning Glory Drain, and (3) so much sediment and debris has entered the lake that deltas have formed, creating habitat changes (i.e., trees and shrubs on higher grounds), severely restricting water circulation, and nearly separating the lake into lobes. WATER & RESTROOMS are available, here, in the Olewine Nature Center most days between 10 am-4 pm.
|14. Wetlands Strip: This area receives drainage off Farm Show parking lots and roads. Despite flood-prone conditions along this reach of Paxton Creek, especially near the Asylum Run confluence, stormwater retrofit and on site infiltration (e.g., rainwater gardens) are not being practiced in this area, exacerbating flood vulnerability.
Paxton Creek flows in an unlined channel, alongside the Farm Show Complex.
|15. Paxton Creek Corridor Parallel to Cameron Street:Downstream from Wildwood Lake, Paxton Creek is channelized, crossing HACC and Harrisburg, until reaching confluence with the Susquehanna River past the PennDOT building south of I-83, and off Rosebud Island. Observe in the distance, on the south side, channelized Paxton Creek beneath trees (around mile point 20.2), next to impervious surfaces, old buildings, old and new enterprises (Subway Cafe, Appalachian Brewery); these are opportunities for trails and micro-parks — places for potential urban respites, providing relief for urban workers, and enhancing economic redevelopment. The photo shows Paxton Creek in a green, unlined channel near the Subway Cafe at Herr Street.
|16. Mulberry Street High Bridge:Encroachment Beneath Bridge. Note (1) Paxton Creek is basically a ditch at this point, a straight channel with a concrete liner; these features allow stream flows to travel more quickly away from local areas, reducing vulnerability to floods, but making worse conditions for communities downstream; the concrete liner also affords very poor substrate for aquatic organisms, making Paxton Creek a biological dearth in this portion of the watershed, (2) reinforced high channel walls stabilize the creek banks, but contain no floodplains for water storage, or habitats for aquatic creatures, (3) lateral drainage pipes exist, with some draining fluids which may contribute to the pollution load of Paxton Creek and (4) impervious surfaces, mainly buildings and parking areas encroach upon the stream; the creek has no vegetative buffers to protect it from nonpoint source pollution along much of its urban route. The arches of this old bridge have an aesthetic appeal, which may be enhanced by murals painted onto the bridge in the near future.
|17. Capital Area Greenbelt Crossing: Access to the Capital Area Greenbelt is here; after securing vehicles, walk along the Greenbelt a short distance to a bridge across Paxton Creek. Note (1) a collapse of the creek's concrete liner is shown, further attesting to the dysfunction of stream liners, (2) portals to sewer mains are located along Paxton Creek is this vicinity; these sewers drain to a pumping station, and nearby wastewater treatment plant for Harrisburg, and (3) beside the creek is a tall stone pillar (abutment?) for the PA Canal, which probably crossed above this site before year 1900. Can you imagine small packet canal boats floating in a trough (bridge) above your head, as would occurred before and during the Civil War? The main Paxton Creek mouth is another half mile downstream, and a ten-minute walk from this point, partially along the Greenbelt.
The Hot Spots Tour ends at this bridge, not at the mouth of Paxton Creek.
If you desire a little refreshment, a little further along the Greenbelt, on the right, is the Lochiel Hotel and Bar, a run- down establishment with unique charm; at this place you can get drinks, simple food, (and hot blues music on Thursday nights); the Lochiel is also reachable via Shanois Street off Cameron.
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Cold, salty sea water was thought to be medicinal and so people travelled to
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for transporting sick people across the beach and they also ensured bathers
kept their dignity when undressing.
Sometimes bathers were ferried out by horse and cart.
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|Custom - Fast
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|Written by Dan MacIntosh
|Tuesday, 19 March 2002
If you need definitive proof that the color and cultural lines in music are falling faster than the Berlin Wall crumbled, just take a close listen to Custom. Custom is a kind of one man band – and a tall one, at 6-foot-8 -- and "Fast" is one soaked-sponge of widely varying contemporary musical elements. With it, he has artistically dialed into rap, off-center alternative rock and white boy rap, and all the while Custom-ized these diverse ingredients into his own peculiar goulash musical approach.
Listening to Fast is like a fast and furious game of spot the genre references. "Beat Me" is an acoustic rock/semi-rap song, with a woo-hoo Blur-like chorus. "Hey Mister" sports an alternating quiet-to-loud pop-rocker pattern -- in the Smash Mouth mold --with the added benefit of a mocking kids' choir chorus. "Streets" is an angry nu-metal offering, while on "Mess," Custom lets out a vulnerable admission of regrets from a troubled soul. Custom's vocal on this track invitingly borders on Eel and Beck's weary slacker territory. "Daddy" layers acoustic guitars with a Black gospel-influenced choir, and on the closer, "120," Custom's gruff singing sounds just like that unsteady trooper from The Pogues, Shane McGowan.
In more than a few places, such as on "Morning Spunk," Custom can be about as potty-mouthed as your typical gangsta rapper. Even though this track also leans toward Smash Mouth's pop-rock spunk, don't ever expect to hear it on the sequel to "Shrek." In addition to his propensity to curse, Custom also expresses anger toward the fairer sex in a few places here, which probably won't endear him to the NOW contingent.
For the most part, Custom's music matches the loudness levels of his New York City home. But he also has a sparingly used quiet side, which can be heard on the song "May." This is a dreamy musical moment, enhanced by subdued drums and lightly sprinkled keyboards, supporting Custom's world-weary, resigned vocals.
Sound-wise, Custom goes for spontaneity over measured accuracy here. The playing and production is inspired, but it rarely sounds labored. One gets the impression that Custom's primary goal this time out was to get his musical ideas on tape while they were still fresh in his mind. It doesn't sound as if he plotted out each and every stylistic twist and turn; he just used whatever seemed to fit the mood best at any particular moment.
If you want to customize anything, you should never reach for pre-packaged ingredients. This is why Fast by Custom has such an inviting everything-but-the kitchen-sink feel to it, which will result in many satisfied Custom-ers.


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Black, Robin. Life Drawing. Random. Jul. 2014. 256p. ISBN 9781400068562. $25. LITERARY/PSYCHOLOGICAL
Having grabbed out attention with the story collection If I Loved You, I Would Tell You This, Black returns with a debut novel about a couple living the good, creative life in the country—she's a painter, he's a writer—when an alluring British woman moves into the house next door and disrupts everything. Pitched to the Lorrie Moore, Amy Bloom, and Mary Gaitskill crowds.
Harrison, Wayne. The Spark and the Drive. St. Martin's. Jul. 2014. 288p. ISBN 9781250041241. $25.99. LITERARY/COMING OF AGE
Harrison's short story collection, Wrench, was a finalist for the Iowa Book Award, the Serena McDonald Kennedy Award, and the Spokane Prize, and his work has been featured in Best American Short Stories 2010 and on NPR's All Things Considered. So I think we can expect a lot from this debut novel about 17-year-old Justin Bailey, who finds happiness when he starts working at the shop of renowned muscle car mechanic Nick Campbell. Then tragedy strikes Nick and his wife, Mary Ann, leaving Nick a broken man and Justin increasingly drawn to Mary Ann. With a reading group guide.
Jacob, Mira. The Sleepwalker's Guide to Dancing. Random. Jul. 2014. 512p. ISBN 9780812994780. $26. CD: Penguin Random Audio. POP FICTION/FAMILY LIFE
Having done everything from editing websites like Yahoo! Shine and Babble.com to cofounding the Pete's Reading Series in Brooklyn, Jacob shows up with a first novel that ranges from Seventies India to Eighties New Mexico to Nineties Seattle. Brain surgeon Thomas Eapen's decision to shorten his visit to his mother's home in India has consequences that reverberate two decades later as he starts conversing with the dead and daughter Amina must sort through the family's past to help him. The book was bought in a five-round auction involving seven houses, and rights have been sold to seven foreign territories.
Makkai, Rebecca. The Hundred-Year House. Viking. Jul. 2014. 352p. ISBN 9780525426684. $26.95. LITERARY
Husband to the heir of an estate that once sponsored an arts colony, Doug is eager to jump-start his academic career by plumbing the colony's files. But the secrets he discovers about the colony, the house, and the family make his hair stand on end. Definitely check out this book by Makkai, who did nicely with The Borrower, an IndieNext pick and an O, The Oprah Magazine Fall Reading selection, and who has had pieces in Best American Short Stories for four years running.
Rotert, Rebecca. Last Night at the Blue Angel. Morrow. Jul. 2014. 336p. ISBN 9780062315281. $25.99. LITERARY/FAMILY LIFE
Set in tumultuous early 1960s Chicago, at a time when the jazz scene was thriving, this debut novel stars emerging jazz singer Naomi and her anxious young daughter, Sophia. Naomi, a headliner at the Blue Angel club for almost ten years who has made the cover of Look magazine, is a talented but destructive woman, and Sophie has grown up too fast, with her only real source of stability a man desperately in love with her mother. It's not every debut that gets a 100,000-copy first printing, and there's major outreach to book clubs as well.
Weil, Josh. The Great Glass Sea. Grove. Jul. 2014. 400p. ISBN 9780802122155. $26. LITERARY
Weil's novella collection, The New Valley, won the Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction, and he was named a "5 Under 35" author by the National Book Foundation. His debut novel offers a magically twisted dystopian tale set in an alternative Russia, where twins Yarik and Dima grow up close, then grow apart even as they work together on Oranzheria, an acres-wide sea of glass lit by space mirrors that is meant to trap the citizens of Petroplavilsk in perpetual daylight. Then the billionaire owner of Oranzheria sets them up as representatives of conflicting ideologies. Whoa! With an eight-city tour to Boston; New York; Philadelphia; Washington, DC; Charlottesville, VA; Oxford, MS; Los Angeles; and San Francisco.
Yanique, Tiphanie. Land of Love and Drowning. Riverhead. Jul. 2014. 368p. ISBN 9781594488337. $27.95. HISTORICAL
A Rona Jaffe Writers' Award winner who, like Weil, was named a "5 Under 35" author by the National Book Foundation, Yanique follows up her story collection How To Escape from a Leper Colony with this debut novel. In the early 1900s, a ship sinks off the Virgin Islands just as they are being transferred from Danish to American rule, and two sisters and their half-brother are orphaned. Fortunately, each has a distinctive magical gift. A three-generation saga from an author born on St. Thomas, VI.


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Misguided Jingoism Will Make us Lose Out on More Than Fawad and Mahira Khan
Name one positive from the proposed ban except satisfying the nation's jingoists.
A file photo of Fawad and Mahira.
Unlike those screaming themselves hoarse every night at 9 or those serving a daily dish of rhetoric for poll-season politics, I do not presume to speak for the nation and her sentiments. The views expressed henceforth are solely mine.
When the Cinema Owners' and Exhibitors Association declares their decision to not screen any movies starring Pakistani actors, it does us all a disservice. And it isn't just because our film industry stands to lose out on a pool of talent generations of Indian moviegoers have admired and welcomed. It goes far beyond that.
The boycott resonates with a misunderstanding of terror and the ways to tackle it. Terror cannot possibly be fought by cultural illiberalism. Clipping the wings of apolitical artistes with no proven malice against the Indian state draws us one step closer to the intolerance we believe is signature Pakistan.
Working full-time in a television news channel has shown me the manner in which a story such as this develops. Remember, it is hardly ever the martyr's mother who calls out for a ban on actors from across the border. When was the last time you heard a Uri braveheart's brother or sister lead the call for a cultural boycott of all things Pakistani?
Enter the politician.
You may be as electorally insignificant as the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena, which has a many MLAs in the state's Assembly as there are Pakistani actors in Ae Dil Hai Mushkil, but when you raise the pitch against Pakistan, be sure that television stations and their OB vans will splash you across headlines nationwide. Why? In the crudest explanation of the phenomenon possible – because Pakistan sells. Inflamed passions and competitive nationalism make for great television. And what better than when Bollywood can be thrown into a heady mix of the likes of GD Bakshi and Tariq Pirzada?
Name one way in which snapping cultural ties hurts Pakistan's terror establishment. Or hinders the Sharifs from backing it. Name one terror camp in Pakistan that will self-destruct because a Fawad Khan will find no place in a Bollywood studio tomorrow.
Name one positive from the proposed ban except satisfying the nation's jingoists.
Today, the Cinema Owners' and Exhibitors Association say they won't screen movies with stars from Pakistan. Tomorrow, will not every producer and director think twice before casting a Pakistani star in his or her movie? Will they take the risk of losing crores and crores over it?
And when, because of the climate of intolerance these entities have fomented, Indian producers do play it safe and not cast those from across the border, we will have lost a great tradition.
Of a liberal and lively cultural environment, that even in the face of terror, rejected the notion that the people of a state should be held liable for the crimes its political and military establishment unleashed. Civilians. Artistes. Innocents.
And on that day, we will have lost more than just Fawad and Mahira. We will have lost much more.
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What to do about 8 year old hurting his siblings?
Posted 14 March 2013 - 03:55 AM
I have spoken to him over and over again, but these events are just becoming a habit for him and within 2 minutes he has done something else. I am reluctant to come down too hard on him because he is my most insecure child and I don't want to push him further away. I have nobody to chat to about this and I'm stuck. Please, could you help me by bouncing some ideas around with me? I feel like I'm failing him, and our family, by not managing to sort out his attitude.
Posted 14 March 2013 - 06:04 AM
In the end, a few things are true:
- Behavior is either done out of love or fear. Obviously, this one isn't love.
- Children cannot process discipline in the moment (none of us LEARN when in a state of dysregulation)
- We use things we *know* in dysregulating situations which is what allows us to push through a crisis (baby choking?), but is also what makes it so challenging to change behavior (yelling at a child who scares us by doing something dangerous?).
Honestly, people do better when they CAN do better. No one wants to do things they know are wrong, are upsetting multiple other people, gets them negative consequences, etc.
This is not to say there would be no consequences. In this case, I'd likely make sure he has supervision to the degree he personally needs. I'd also have him blessing his siblings regularly. If he is looking for what he can do nice for them, he's less likely to be rough with them. Part of the discipline itself would include restitution, likely serving his sibling.
One main thing I want to suggest is that you don't want to think like "reluctant to come down too hard on him because he is my most insecure child." I don't think you need to "come down hard" on him to get him to start making better choices. However, it is more likely that you are making him more insecure by coddling him. Insecure people do things because they aren't confident, prove how low they are, don't think they can step up to making better choices, don't think others think them capable, etc. The best thing you can do right now is to insist this behavior is going to change and express confidence in him that he is capable. By having him do reasonable things, even hard things, he can learn to step up.
I'm sure a few people would read the beginning of this and have the same feelings I did at first about empathizing with the aggressor. I don't blame them. But as you can see, I'm not suggesting NOT disciplining, even firmly. I'm simply saying that most discipline people do in these situations tends to be when a kid can't learn something new which is why it continues happening.
I hope some of this helps.
Posted 14 March 2013 - 06:10 AM
If the behavior continues, I would recommend taking him to counseling.
Posted 14 March 2013 - 07:00 AM
If my 8yo was too aggressive, he would be spending his time with me. Not as punishment but as a way to help him learn different behaviors.
Posted 14 March 2013 - 07:40 AM
He is the oldest of 5. Mostly he is aggressive out of frustration - he's a perfectionist and wants the world to be just how he expected it, and of course it isn't always. I already have him doing something kind for the one he has hurt, I wonder if I can find a way to make more of this.
Thanks for your thoughts.
Posted 14 March 2013 - 08:04 AM
Of course, you still may not agree
Emma, With you having several younger children, you may also try something like a social skills training program, problem solving program, etc. The one I found 18 years ago that I just stick with is Raising a Thinking Child by Myrna Shure. It is something fun y'all can do at the table in the morning. We typically like to do it loud and silly. As long as they learn the skills, right?
Posted 14 March 2013 - 10:26 AM
Posted 14 March 2013 - 10:49 AM
We also have the kids go to their room frequently for aggressive behavior. My theory being (and I have told all the kids this) that people who react with hitting and such as adults usually go to jail. It is my job to help them get rid of this bad habit before they are adults. BTW our bedrooms are just beds and dressers no toys so realy going to their room isn't exciting. Though they can have books in there because I feel it will help them calm down. I only send them to their room if it's becoming a common event for the day.
I wonder with your son being the oldest if he is trying to express his power and authority over them. It is hard being the oldest, especially when you have so many younger siblings when you are so young still yourself. I am about to have #7 and my oldest is only 11... when he was 8 we had our 6th. It was actually his next younger brother who has the emotional control issues (he turned 7 right after she was born). And I think the teasing is part of his control issues. I have to say though that even though he can be overly aggressive he also have amazing attributes. This child of mine thinks and feels at a deaper level than most people. While he is overly agressive and reactive to certain situations he is can also be extremely empathetic and sensitive and intuitive. I have actually had him tell me before (more than once) he thought one of his brothers was hurt even though the brother was gone at the park and my guy was at home with me. I do not want to crush this child's spirit he has so many strengths in these abilities I just need him to understand how to control the negative ones and recognize in himself when things are going downhill
Posted 14 March 2013 - 10:56 AM
As 2squared mentioned, I think identifying his *triggers* will be key. If you can identify those, and then watch for them, you'll be able to intervene before he becomes aggressive. While addressing things after the fact is helpful, it can be even more transformative if you can work with your DS right at the point where the trigger is there but he hasn't reacted yet. Because that's the point at which his learned/automatic response is about to kick in, and one of your key goals is to help him replace that with something else. Once he's in reactive mode and becoming aggressive, that teachable moment has passed and you need to wait until he is calm again. But if you can catch him right before, that's a fantastic opportunity to help him learn a new way of responding.
Posted 14 March 2013 - 10:57 AM
My best answer has been physical exercise. I forget to do this on a regular basis, but when I remember, it works wonders. When ds gets too aggressive or moody or whatever I send him out in the backyard to run laps. He runs until he stops feeling angry. One day he ran about a mile, then he came back in smiling. I thought it was the weirdest thing ever, but it worked.
Sometimes, I assign push-ups. That's their punishment for misbehavior in taekwondo, and it seems to work fairly well at home, too.
Posted 14 March 2013 - 11:06 AM
Pamela, thank you so much for your long and thoughtful response. It's really helpful. I think both you and 2squared are saying similar things - help him to make better choices by setting up the situations in his favour right? Spend more time with him, don't allow things to come to a head so much, discuss coping strategies with him at other times? Is there more I've missed?
You've gotten good advice here. In terms of spending more time with him, I think you should consider investing a LOT of time for a short period (let's say one week) during which he's by your side (or in very close proximity to you) 99% of his waking hours (like what Amy in NH recommended in terms of "staking"). This way you can catch his behavior before it escalates to physical aggression and redirect him until this habit is changed. Also, the idea is to be firm, gentle, and consistent that, regardless of why he feels frustrated, physical aggression towards his siblings will not be tolerated in your household. We're not trying to shame him for feeling frustrated or acting out--we can communicate that we understand why he feels frustrated but that he needs to find different ways to cope with his feelings. At his age, he's not able to rationally think his way out of his behavior (even adults have problems doing this) so we're trying to provide consistent external limits that will help regulate his actions.
Posted 15 March 2013 - 04:08 AM
Just as an aside, I do sometimes wonder if he acts up because I give off 'stressed out' vibes. Any tips on how best to address my own attitude in a busy household of littles?


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Beijing: Civil society is rising in China and decision-makers "must keep up", said a state-run Chinese daily on Saturday, the third day of the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. (Agencies) Latest News from World News Desk
An article in the Global Times said that international attention is focused on one of the biggest political events in history.
"Many people hold many different and interesting perspectives, due to their own values and historical experiences.
"However, the CPC, with its own experiences, mission and its close relationship with Chinese society, still appears unfamiliar to traditional political science," it said.
It stressed that the CPC is "not an ordinary political party as defined by Western political thinking".
The CPC has 82.6 million members, which is bigger than the total population of most European countries.
"The CPC is not a force which roars into activity every few years to mobilise for an election. It is a leading light which permeates into grassroots society and is highly integrated with the national and social management systems," said the daily.
CPC's "great ability to mobilise society has been a realistic demand of national rejuvenation".
It was quick to add that "alternating between political parties is fundamentally impossible in China. In the West, party alternation is purely the swapping of political power, whereas in China, this would mean a colossal shake-up for the entire society".
The daily went on to say that the country has witnessed a painful and tortuous process through which it built its modern order.
Admitting that CPC's "exploratory uniting of this country" has been far from perfect, it said: "But China has survived all the way and become the second largest economy in the world. Its experiences can be seen as a lesson of social governance".
The daily added: "It is a difficulty worldwide to balance interests at various social levels and effectively build everyday channels for the grass roots to participate in politics. Civil society is rising in China, and decision-makers must keep up."
Beijing: Civil society is rising in China and decision-makers "must keep up", said a state-run Chinese daily on Saturday, the third day of the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.
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