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10 years ago on March 4th, 2003, Freelancer was released. To this day, Freelancer remains to be the reference in space action and role playing games. Chances are that this year will be a very interesting one for the game. Interest in the genre is rising again and we might see some major mod releases this year. Also, it has been rumored that a digital release of the game could happen very soon.However, we also need to take a look at the more distant future. Freelancer is getting older and so is our website. Hopefully this year, I will try to get away from Xoops (our current CMS) and relaunch the website using a major forum software (phpBB or SMF) as the main website element. We will keep the Wiki and the Forge.As regards the site content, I think our strength is covering space games with support for modding and private servers. So far, there have been almost no reasonably good games in this segment since Freelancer. With Star Citizen however, this might change. If there will be proper support for modding and private servers, expect Star Citizen to become a major focus of our website. Also, Infinity might be another future game that we could cover.Back to Freelancer, we want to celebrate today's birthday with the release of the Freelancer Multiplayer Beta to all registered users of the Starport. Follow this link to get to the beta forums (registered users only). Thanks a lot to our community member "runod" for providing the beta files!
UnderVerse 2.28, available now at http://UnderVerse.usWe have a new type of Planet located inside our new 109th System. Introducing Planet Illumnion... The Exterior, Interior and Base are made up of 154 individual parts, necessary to obtain solidity for flying 'inside' a structure. This shows some of the 20 kilometers of cave inside the Planet. And a quick fight in the cave...Here is the Base located on the North Pole of the Planet.This is the first late release I have had in 19 years of level and mod building, sorry for the delay. I had to overcome many Freelancer limitations to build this planet and interior cave system. I figured out the multiple-point problems and then later the multiple-near-point problems. Getting the sur files to work (what gives a wall its solidity) was a nightmare but it is fairly solid now. And don't get me started on the parallel-sur-lag issue, heh.Because of the aging Freelancer engine, the caves are necessarily simplistic in design. I wish I knew how to smooth out the lighting better but if I add more lights in the system then the Flare gun and other guns that emit light stop working.I have many ideas for future builds of the UnderVerse, I hope you enjoy this one.Release Notes:New sounds and trail effects have been added to some of the engines.Each of our 125 shipa now have customized fuses for sparks, smoke and flame.Every ship now has a visual explosion with varying colors.The updated universe maps (Dwn's printable one and Soup's pretty one) are now in the mod folder for quick reference.Watch the great new intro movie made by [GLTC]Goultek!The ability to log in with multiple user accounts (from the same computer) is now built into the mod.Asteroid fields for commodity mining have been added to Strand, Grand Rift, Maelstrom, Faust, Callisto, Belesarius, Ganymede, Etna, Ukraine, Vesper, Wunderland and Switzerland.All ship prices have been evened out to reflect the shield add-ons.A mine launcher has been added to the Dart, Mantis Screamer, Hornet MKIII and Tranquilizer.The mass has been increased on the four Light Fighters so they strafe smoother.Docking Rings have been removed from all planets (except Crematoria, our prison planet). Now you can dock on a planet from any direction. Undocking exits at the original spot. This has slightly changed distances from planets before F3 will activate, you will have to fly closer to the larger planets before auto-docking. Speed docking is still enabled for all other locations.NPC Battleship groups have been tweaked, they should no longer planet dive or de-spawn while engaged. I have limited them to a single group of 6 ships at a time now instead of two. Maybe now you will have a chance alone, heh.Headlights have been added to all of the ships.Select weapons now emit light as they project.A new FLARE gun has been created for the mines...in case you are Afraid of the Dark. I know you are...The distance you can visibly see ships has been reduced, this will help lower video lag. This has not changed the HUD ranges.Over 300 new rumors have been created by [GLTC]Goultek, proofread by DirtyThree, thanks to you both! (You need nearly green reps to see them).A fresh 2.28 Load screen prepped by [RIP]Soupman. Image by Charlie DiAngelo, awesome!The four 'Start' rocks in the 'Fame or Shame' system are now clickable from a distance (for those of you tired of plowing into an angry hornets nest).The 'Start' rocks in the 'Feudal Wars' system are now clickable from a distance (for those of you who just can't seem to find the rock) Congrats to Ironmoon and Jen, their win records have granted them honorary naming rights.Two planets/bases in each Capitol have been converted or added to Faction-only status (much like the Merchant-only planets except no npcs outside). Shrine to adoxa; original figure by [RIP]Blue for the Descent3 level Fusion-Reap. Tweaked and converted by [RIP]Fusion and [RIP]DwnUndr. Thanks to Gibbon for the glowmap tutorial. Click on the Infocard to read what it is all about.Twelve new ships make their appearance in this release,The Brutix Heavy Fighter, provided by [Aesir]Arch. This was created by his late girlfriend Chessa. Texture and HP by Darkblade. Sold at Valhalla, Zion.The Viper MK7 Ultra Fighter, provided by [Dx]Red_Phoenix. Wireframe by Mark Davies. Adapted by [RIP]Fusion. Sold at Stratos, Solitude.Five Faction-only Heavy Fighters created by [RIP]John Carter:Asp - MerchantFist - NecromongerTempest - ElementalBlade - FuryanHatchet - RykengollFive Faction-only Battleships created by [RIP]John Carter:Cobra - MerchantDragoon - NecromongerWildfire - ElementalSythe - FuryanPike - Rykengoll...................insert new ships here............................More voice files have been added for all new ships, factions, systems, bases and commodities by [RIP]Soupman. We have probably replaced over 5,000 voices by now for Missions, Bartenders, Bribe Girls, Ships Computer, Docking Command and Male & Female Pilots.The new system has restricted access (the first of several new systems coming). Only players who are flying one of the new Mine ships listed below can enter. There are three reasons I did this; 1) so no big-blast torpedoes are used (a single one of these could kill everyone in the mine, heh). 2) The mines (and future additions) are narrow, large ships would get stuck and I don't want to hear the whining. 3) The chase view has been lowered to ship level so your view doesn't go through the wall and disorient you when you scrape a wall.Three existing ships have been converted to be Mine ships, they are all Heavy Fighters and each one steers differently: Fang: 3 gun/missiles, 5 turrets, 17000 armor, 85 bots, 85 batts. mine, CM, CDReddog: 3 gun/missiles, 5 turrets, 16500 armor, 80 bots, 80 batts. mine, CM, CDMoss: 3 gun/missiles, 5 turrets, 17500 armor, 90 bots, 90 batts. mine, CM, CDYou may use these ships in normal space if you wish, but only these three ships can enter the new system (FLAC protected). They come equipped with a special Mine Shield and a special Mine Thruster is available. Both are better than stock but not quite as good the ones sold by Merchants. I chose these particular ships because the sur profile is ideal for wall scraping without getting sardined.Global constants have been drastically altered to give maximum advantage to this new type of mine flying, but you won't notice this in normal ships. The Mine shield gives a pleasant sound when you bump something, you can thank me now.There are also three new Bases and a few new commodities and a new trade run (Phrogs, anyone?).Special thanks to Schmackbolzen for his obj-sur converter. Two years of fresh building possibilities are now open for business. So many people to thank for their contributions to this release![RIP]Soupman for the new loadscreen, daily rep edits, being the 'bad cop', creating and running the forums, running events, npc voice files.[Dx]Mick for new base images, running events.[RIP]John_Carter for the new faction ships, running events.[Dx]Red_Phoenix for the Viper MK7, updating ship descriptions.[Aesir]Arch for the Brutix Heavy Fighter.[GLTC]Goultek for server tools, intro movie, 300 rumors, full mapping, running events.DirtyThree for proof reading Goultek's 300 rumors.[RIP]Fusion for converting JC's models into Freelancer format and for creating the billboards and icons for commodities, ships and bases. Tweaking Adoxa's Shrine.{KEA}Bobby for the wonderful icons and menues from the last release, running events.[RIP]Blue for the Adoxa's Shrine model.Outside people:[LL]Atan for the Descent3 editor that made it possible to build the planet and caves.Schmackbolzen for his obj-sur converter.Adoxa for his many tweaks to the freelancer engine.Eagle for the wonderful FLAC Anti-Cheat/Server Operator program.Joe Boomz for Ioncross.Cold_Void for the initial coding hints to make guns emit light.Jerry Berlongieri for the music inside the Illumnion caves.Charlie DiAngelo for the original loadscreen picture.Beta Testers for 2.28: AstroCreep, Bert, Cosmic Reaper, Devil May Cry, Fox, Griff, Mech, Mini Astro, Rock Star, Shadow Lord, Shadow Runner, Sir Scooby, ZzzzZ, [(V\ET]-Fire~Ant, [(V\ET]Sitting Bull, [Aesir]Jenessa, [Aesir]SlumLord, [BWF]Zed, [Dx]Mick, [Dx]chris-rogue, [Dx]-Hutch-, [Dx]MsLeFaye-beta, [Dx]Red Phoenix, [GLTC]Goultek, [GLTC]Mario, [RIP]Duke_Nukem, [RIP]Soupman, [RIP]In2u, [RIP]Oddjob, ~AB~-DwnUndr
This year we have three mods in the final voting phase of the 2012 Mod of the Year awards over at ModDB!Please take a minute and vote for Freelancer and the successful mod teams:
Star Citizen, the crowdfunding space-sim project by Chris Roberts (creator of Freelancer and Wing Commander), has been successfully funded.Also, the project established a new crowdfunding record for video game projects with nearly 7 Million Dollars!The team about Roberts has been very active in communicating with the community during the campaign, giving information about the game mechanics as well as showing off - surely a factor for breaking the crowdfunding record. But they also promised in their pledge statement to keep the updates coming.So head over to the official website to keep in touch with and also maybe influence the development of Star Citizen. The more influence we take, the more we can make it an envisioned Freelancer 2!We will also cover future important news of Star Citizen here at The-Starport. Seeing that we are a modding hub for Freelancer, we will try to keep up with the latest and greatest in Star Citizen Modding.
Hi all!Ds9 has been around and running since 2003! We were with some of the first servers created and started adding to the game along time ago.Now we are coming back with a rebuild! We are sticking with the Sci-Fi universe with ships from all your favourite shows + some wacky ones! But now we are working on the balance of the mod, bringing those prices down and adding some of the great FLHook options that have been added to other great servers!We host server hunts and games on a weekly basis with our current player base and welcome you all to join, even if its for just that bit of fun.The mod is under constant revision at the moment while our development team work on balancing the mod and building our RP story which we are hoping will bring all the sci-fi universes together for the first time, while creating a fantastic RP environment around it, and if you dont like RP then just come and have a look around.This is not a Mod based on ANY other mod and we are working very hard to bring it back up to scratch with the FL community, so please come and support us, as every person added to our forum or server is a pat on the back for us New clans who come on our server will receive 200 million credits to help them start up, plus we have a section on our forums with advice on how to start up your own clan and keep it going. Systems are rented by clans, who in turn can rent out bases to individual players who want their own base to reside in and pay rent monthly.Below I will list some of the features we currently have, please check out our forum to see what we are working on! Hope to see you soon Features:-- 237+ Added ships- Loads of added commodities- Loads of added equipment- 20+ new systems- Server games- FLHook full of plugins- Changed effects- Clan wide systems- Loads of added solars and stations- Clan and faction bonuses- EXE Installer- Automatic updater- Dedicated starter system- Dedicated PVP system (Top Gun)- Dedicated staff- + Loads moreBelow is a list of some of the new ships A-100 Aen Nnea Thhaei Anakin's starfighter Angel Wing Arachid ARC-170 Argon Titan Bat Plane Klingon Bird-of-Prey (mk2) Borg Assault Cruiser Boron Hydra Chig bomber Corellian Corvette Coyote Crusader Cylon Raider Dark Angel Devore Dodonna Dragon Breath Droid Fighter E3-Y Jedi Enterprise D Train cardassian Type-3 Galor Class Warship Goner Ranger Republic Gunship HoverShip ISSAPC Jem'Hadar Warship N1 Naboo starfighter Naginata NSEA Protector Pegasus Planet Express Federation Pursuit Raptor Spot's Fghter (Custom ship by spot) Starbug StarDestroyer (Republic) Sutherland Thunderbird 1,2,3 Tiger Romulan Valdore Vampire Light Assault Vulture Wraith X1-Blade YVF 29 Jade Falcon DS9 FORUM:- www.ds9clan.co.ukDS9 MOD:- http://www.gamefront.com/files/22210438/Ds9ClanMod.exe
Launched in 2004, Nexus: The Jupiter Incident was a landmark in space-based Real-Time Strategy games. Noted for its lavish visuals, and deep, tactically-focused gameplay, it is a cherished memory for all gamers who revel in the sight of mighty dreadnoughts and swarms of fighters clashing in huge fleet engagements.Now, in 2011, the original development team is preparing to bring you the next episode in this galaxy-spanning epic. We invite you to join us on this momentous journey, as Marcus Cromwell once more takes the bridge to defend Earth from the onslaught of savage alien races, and decode the enigma of the mythical beings known only as the Creators.


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As one Arlen Ness sales associate described: It's "rolling art at its finest."
All hand-built, with hand-shaped metal construction and no visible welds, seams or fasteners, the wine-red bagger took first place as "America's Most Beautiful Motorcycle" at the Grand National Roadster Show in 2010.
Dubbed "Crazy Horse," it has a price tag of $94,995.
The 2008 motorcycle was designed and built by Avila, along with top designers Arlen Ness, Greg Westbury, Carl Brouhard and "Solis," (that's his first name; no one knows his last name) and painted by Mazz Enterprises in colors "Candy Brandy Wine" and "Candy Red Flake."
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By Paul Bertorelli
Just as you think government management of anything can't get any more ridiculous, surprise. That's exactly what happens. This week's supremely absurd example comes in the wake of that runway dustup at Reagan National at the end of July. I wrote about it in this blog.
Saving you the click through, the executive summary is that approach controllers at Nationalor maybe the TMU, we're not surehad weather clogging up the arrival fixes so they reconfigured to approach from the opposite direction. The tower controller never got the word and launched two departures into the nose of an incoming arrival. That resulted in loss of separation. but it wasn't exactly a paint swap.
The FAA did its usual public saber rattling, vowing to get to the bottom of this outrage and prevent it from happening again. If, on the off chance, you're reading this blog on a mobile device while sitting out a gate hold somewhere, you may be a surprise beneficiary of this new policy. Here's the FAA policy change if you'd like to read it directly: (PDF).
In an act of sheer, undiluted futility, I had hoped that the FAA would either issue a mealy mouthed order meaning essentially nothing or that it would distribute a procedural directive that the facilities could simply ignore. Unfortunately, neither happened. The gist of the order is to suspend all opposite direction operations at Part 139 airports until the local facility produces a written procedure describing how they intend to conduct opposite direction procedures and this must be approved by higher HQ. On its face, this doesn't sound entirely silly until you stop to consider how long it takes to get anything approved by the FAA.
So how's it playing out in the real world? About as you'd expect. If the wind changes at O'Hare, there's chaos over Gary and somewhere, airplanes are being vectored or spun while controllers are forced to burn those two things they never have enough of: time and airspace. In this recording from liveATC.net, you can listen to a local controller at Los Angeles International explaining to a couple of inbounds why they're flushing a few thousand pounds of Jet A with the destination runway tantalizingly visible through the windshield:
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Evidently, LAX hasn't gotten its opposite-direction procedure approved yet, although I feel fairly confident in saying they've probably submitted same. So if you're one of those pilots (or passengers) being mysteriously vectored around and the controller isn't as forthcoming as LAX local on why that's happening, thank the FAA for this sublime order enhancing the safety of the nation's airspace and never mind that you missed your connection to Baltimore.
What should have happened here? It's really simple. Back in the days when controllers wore skinny ties and gas was 50 cents a gallon, controllers actually talked directly to each other. Shocking as it may seem, they did so entirely without benefit of a front line supervisor watching. Controllers who came of age in this era will tell you it actually worked kinda well. So if the FAA's order simply went back to that well-hewn procedure, the DCA nose-to-nose wouldn't have happened and there would be fewer airliners out there burning up expensive kerosene and generally throwing sand into the works of what used to be a decent watch.
But that's progress for you.
Maybe the aircrews should take the initiative on this. Next time your number one for the field at 02:30 with not another plane for eighty mile in any direction and the airport is turned around, just declare an emergency and land straight in......
I agree with Scott but the problem with declaring an emergency is you have to substantiate it.
When Lanseria airport in SA was still a dual (Mil/Civ) airport the jet jockies would declare an emergency saying they were low on fuel and get priority while everyone else had to wait. One day the controller told the jockey to hold off until he had cleared the action with his Commanding Officer. After that non of the military pilots declared an emergency unless it really was and they stood a chance of being Court Marshaled.
Unfortunately we are now in the age of Bean Counters so everything has to have a written policy. Shame we let them get in.
This appears to be another means whereby the FAA, under the guise of safety, is slowing the aviation system down. With no skin in the game, the costs associated with a one in, one out operation costs do not appear to be considered by the government ( remember when they implemented a reduced runway incursion policy at some airport by not allowing another aircraft to be in position and holding?). With management decisions like this one has to wonder how well & effect the NextGen plan will be on aircraft operators. Do you think the FAA understands who their customer is?
The biggest problem that occured here was that the mainstream media got their hands on this story. As usual, they did their best to inform the flying public of the severe dangers associated with commercial airline transportation. The procedural changes enacted by the FAA after this incident are merely to pacify the passenger anxiety that was created by the fools in the press. If this story had never made the headlines the FAA would likely have quietly reprimanded the ATC facility and individuals involved. The fact that the FAA, and general public, is ignoring is that this procedure is done succesfully countless times everdyay. Unfortunately, the efficiency of the NAS is now being reduced to handle a situation which should have been resolved by now.
"...Do you think the FAA understands who their customer is?..."
The FAA's customer is the general public, and the safe, not necessarily expediant, transportation thereof.
TMU does not equal first line supervisor, no way, no how. Please do not denigrate the poor sups for a TMU screwup. The procedures that allow a TMU between controllers should be revisited at DCA. The order that pertains to opposite direction operations is not as onerous as I would have bet on to begin with. It's pretty much as we used to teach the controllers at our facility because it mirrors non-radar procedures, and if you can do something non-radar, you can sure as heck do it as well or better with radar. It also only pertains to IFR aircraft, not VFR. Rewrite the local SOP, get the Operations division to approve it, and carry on. One-way airports are going to have a tough time making this fit, but knowing the good 'ole FAA, they'll have waivers anyway. It's the FAA way.
No, Edd the FAA's customer is congress. They can't afford to look bad, so they keep airplanes on the ground or spinning in the sir. Anything is fine as long as they can tell congress they are keeping us safe.
The FAA is like most knee-jerk government agencies. They make a mountain out of a molehill and then turn around and tell you the mountain they created is nothing more than a molehill. Then they formulate absurd rules and regulations to make the molehill into another mountain!
Just flew right seat from KMOD to KMFR in a PC-12. Listening to ATIS prior to arrival, we heard: "By national directive, no opposite-direction operations permitted." Neither of us had a clue what that meant or why. Kudos to Paul for passing the word. What a waste of Jet-A!
Failures to communicate between approach control and the local controllers happen. This is the root of the problem and should be investigated and effective procedures should be clearly delineated and understood by all. Challenging the regulation by declaring a false emergency is not a good solution.
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How do we assess talent? And why do we persevere with players who we believe have special skills even when they don't display them consistently enough?
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In a country of over a billion people, talent ought to be as common as table salt. Why fuss over it? Especially talent in cricket - synonymous with sport in India, and hence intensely followed and widely played.
Clearly, though, that isn't the case, for had talent been so common, India would have been churning out prodigies all the time, sitting secure as Test No. 1, and ruling the other ICC rankings tables for decades together. Perhaps that's why talented cricketers are so revered - and rightly so. Rohit Sharma finds himself in this hallowed club, protected and persisted with to fortify his "god-gifted talent", as MS Dhoni puts it.
In a sense, Rohit's talent has even superseded the intangible yet highly consequential yardstick of form, the lack of which is often responsible for a player being dropped from a team.
But isn't talent as intangible and indefinable as form? Talent means a special natural ability or aptitude, but who is to judge if that ability is special or everyday? Wouldn't the answer be highly subjective? Our judgement of talent is often based on preconceived notions of what constitutes it, and thus of who is "talented".
For instance, Sachin Tendulkar has been widely recognised as talented, but in comparison, but not many would say the same for Anil Kumble - at least they wouldn't say that he was talented in the same measure as Tendulkar. Does that make him less talented?
From the beginning Tendulkar displayed special skills to successfully deal with all kinds of challenges thrown at him. He could do things others couldn't. He always seemed to have enough time to play the fastest bowlers on the fastest pitches. He had more than one stroke for every delivery. His timing and balance were superior to those of his peers, and above all, he had the ability to keep the good balls out and punish the bad balls consistently.
He had more time because he could pick the ball a fraction earlier, which allowed him to get into the right positions before the ball arrived. He had more strokes because he had supreme control over his bat's movements, and the extra time he had made that possible. His timing was also a gift, for he always knew precisely when to bring the bat down at the desired speed and angles. His ability to keep the good balls out, though, was not natural but nurtured.
On the other hand, Kumble, who made his debut a year after Tendulkar, was first considered the antithesis of what a talented player should be. Unlike Tendulkar, who was marked as a "special talent", Kumble fought a constant battle to prove people wrong, for legspinners of his type were not supposed to succeed beyond a point. The preconceived notions about talented legspinners were to do with their natural ability to get loop, drift in the air and vicious turn off the surface. Kumble ticked none of these boxes, for his height and high-arm action didn't allow him to create loop, nor did he spin the ball off the surface. He relied on unbelievable accuracy and subtle variations to create deception.
In Kumble's or Dravid's case, not only did we fail to assess their talent fairly but we were also as quick to discredit it. What they possessed didn't match our understanding of talent | |||
The jury could be divided on whether Kumble qualified as talented or whether his success was the result of sheer hard work. Even Rahul Dravid was rarely considered talented in his early days, for our notions about talented batsmen often have to do with flair and panache. The dogged approach to blunting an attack for sessions on end isn't what talent is all about - or so we are made to believe.
This is not about whether Rohit is talented or not. That, again, is a personal perception. The point I am making is simple - whether someone is permitted to or prohibited from making the cut shouldn't solely depend on our understanding of his talent, for our judgement of it could be skewed.
Tendulkar, the most gifted of cricketers, also became one of the most successful through hard work, not talent alone. An abundance of talent cannot automatically discipline the mind to be selective, which is a crucial quality.
While greatness can have a touch of predictability and boredom to it, because it can't be achieved without a little bit of self-denial, talent is seldom boring, because it allows you to do things others can't fathom.
Not only that, Tendulkar, with all his talent, needed to keep evolving as a batsman to remain one step ahead of the opposition. He wasn't the most technically correct player when he started out. He used to lean on his bat in his stance, which resulted in his head falling over and made him play across the line. He knew that to complement his talent and make the most of it, he needed to keep working on those little chinks in his game.
Over a period of time, the most talented batsman also became the most technically correct batsman. Talent put Tendulkar on the right path and his discipline took him to his destination.
The popular judgement of talent, in Tendulkar's case, was accurate, and fortunately he proved us right too. But in Kumble's or Dravid's case, not only did we fail to assess their talent fairly, we were also quick to discredit it. What they possessed didn't match our understanding of talent. They didn't have the flair (though they had the ability to concentrate for long hours). They didn't have two shots for the same ball, or a delivery that turned a lot, but they had the ability to be consistent in their approach. That is talent too.
I grew up with many cricketers who were considered far more talented than I was, but most of them didn't even get to first-class level, let alone don the India colours. You might be justified in giving more opportunities to players at the junior level who are perceived to be talented, but we must acknowledge that talent doesn't always translate into success and that our understanding of talent can be slightly warped at times.
One may be tempted to give talented players a longer rope, but there's no guarantee that they'll turn out to be successes. Vinod Kambli, at one time, was considered more talented than Tendulkar.
It's imperative to ensure, especially in a team sport, that players who are considered less talented aren't given a rough deal in order to promote a talented player. It's tempting to find another Tendulkar, but that shouldn't mean that the Dravids and Kumbles aren't given a fair run.
Former India opener Aakash Chopra is the author of Out of the Blue, an account of Rajasthan's 2010-11 Ranji Trophy victory. His website is here and his Twitter feed here
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Crossing the river back home.
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It takes courage and strength to really know your child. How strong are you mom and dad to learn about your child's dreams? #dreamparent
Following is the master plan to helping your child resist negative thinking that Dr. Tamar Chansky presents in her book "Freeing Your Child from Negative Thinking." However, her strategies are just as effective for adults.
Used by permission of Da Capo Lifelong, a member of the Perseus Books Group.
Step One: Empathize with Your Children's (or your own) Experience
As much as the end result of the master plan is to help your child embrace a different point of view on his situation, your first goal is not to lose your audience by coming on too strong with the agenda of change. Instead, start from where he is: Wheat emotion is he expression? Reflect that with your words or a hug, a gesture. Squatting may be all it takes. Thoroughly accepting how he feels doesn't mean that you agree with him or see the situation the same way, but it does release him from having to show you how bad he feels. So when your child says, "I feel like I'm in jail," resist the urge to say in so many words, "Are you crazy?" Don't try to steer him off his course. Go in the direction of his swerve, and you will be able to direct him back to himself. The key is to normalize his experience without minimizing it. If you're too cheerful, he has no choice but to be grumpy to get his point across. As the popular bumper sticker says, "If you are not outraged, you are not paying attention." Introduce the idea of choice: "Your thoughts are making you feel really bad. I wonder if there is something different we could do." You don't want to oppressively correct your child or go in with the right answer. Your child will feel bad for feeling the wrong answer so deeply.
Step Two: Relabel
If only our automatic negative thoughts came with a disclaimer–"The message you are about to hear is notoriously unreliable, distorted, and out of proportion"–what anguish we could prevent. Instead of being led down a thorny patch lined with terrible impossibilities, accusations, and more, we might steel ourselves, get some distance, or get ready to take our thoughts with a grain of salt. Relabeling is about noticing the familiar "ring" to children's thoughts and distress: the everything, always ring tone, or the ding-dong of doom and gloom. Children can learn to recognize it immediately, and just as we prepare ourselves when we look at our phone's caller ID, when children know that it is Mr. Negative calling, or you suggest it to them, they know where that conversation is going, and they can come into the conversation prepared rather than being taken off guard. Interestingly, even thought hearing a litany of negative thoughts could make anyone feel bad, over time, when we hear that same old story, like a broken recover, and can predict, "Yep, I knew my negative thinking was going to jump to that conclusion," we can decide not to listen, and that decision leaves us free to choose other interpretations.
Step Three: Specify What Went Wrong
Don't be tempted to try to solve the huge problem that your child initially presents you with: "I hate my life, everything is terrible, I can't do anything right." The target is actually much smaller, so teach your child to shrink it by narrowing it down from its global form to the specific offending thought or situation that needs to be addressed. With young children you can frame this approach as doing "detective work" to locate the source of the problem; with older children, you can explain that it's usually a triggering event that makes us feel really bad–a straw that broke the camel's back. It holds the key to helping us know that to do to feel better.
Step Four: Optimize and Rewire
Optimizing a system means making modifications or trying different settings to make it run more efficiently, use resources more wisely, and conserve energy. When a child is in negative-thinking mode, her thinking is stalled, her strengths and resources are locked up, and her energy , motivation, and hopefulness are being drained. The optimizing step is about trying different settings or perspectives on the specific problem that your child has identified–"I'm not going to have any friends at camp"–and choosing the version or interpretation that works best for your child, the one that is the least damaging, is the most accurate, and gets her system moving in a new direction. Like a teacher who needs to "call on other kids" when one persnickety child is dominating the class, children can be encouraged to step into their rightful place of authority and tell Permanent-Marker Man or Disaster Guy to give it a rest and let other voices be heard.
Step Five: Mobilize or Be the Change You Want to See
There is a certain point where you can't think your way out of your mood anymore, but you can move yourself out of it. What we know about brain rewiring is that actions can speak louder than words. If you sit still dwelling on a situation, it is harder to shake it off than if you get up and do something active. Like picking up the needle on a skipping record and putting it down elsewhere, doing something active helps your brain get engaged in something enjoyable and pass the time until your nervous system recovers from what felt like a near miss. It's not that you necessarily need to forget about what you were thinking before, but you may be like a windup toy that spins its wheels when it gets wedged against a wall: No matter how much it spins, it can't get moving. It needs to be picked up and headed in a new direction.
It is important to note that picking up is entirely different distracting oneself from negative thoughts. Distracting yourself is like playing a game of hide-and-seek with your negativity. Even if you pretend it's not there for a while by doing something else, eventually it will find you. The master plan is about dismantling the power of the bully first, correctly and devaluing the ideas, and then getting busy with the things that matter to you more. You're not distracting; you're either accepting or dismissing the thoughts, but either way, you've established who's the boss, you've made it clear in your mind that these thoughts have only the power you give them, and you are ready to either let them float on by or to amend, correct, or replace them.
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We all know this: what works for one family doesn't work for another. Such is the case with motivation systems, star charts, and other ways of tracking and rewarding chores.
Kelly Wickham (Mocha Momma) shared her friend's gorgeous system that solves three problems at the same time.
Be sure to read Kelly's post detailing this system and why it's working — there's much more to this story.
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As the movement against excessive homework continues to grow, some parents say they're drawing a line in the sand between home and school. Schools, in turn, are starting to rethink the role of homework and how it should be assigned.
If homework serves simply as busy work — proof that kids are "learning," then that time is wasted, some say. Parents are sensitive to pressures on their children and want them to have down time when they get home from seven hours in school. If the work isn't stimulating, then why do it?
"I just think that schools need to be a little more thoughtful about their policies for homework and work with the teachers to make sure that whatever homework that they do assign are rich, valuable experiences for the kids, and will actually be corrected," said Jolene Ivey, mother of five boys in a discussion on NPR's Tell Me More.
"The teachers have my kids for seven hours a day and when my kids get home I like for them to be able to do something else."
"We're teaching to the test, so a lot of the instruction that should be going on in the school environment is not there," said Stephen Jones, an educator and a father. "Giving homework gives them an additional opportunity to give them work." He doesn't necessarily think that's the worst thing, but he said homework should allow different learning styles to flourish so that it's both more motivating and more fun for kids when they are at home.
Proponents of homework say that the ability to buckle down and focus on homework after a long day is a key skill that young people will need in college and beyond. If high schools don't assign enough homework, graduates will be unprepared when they confront heavy work loads in college.
But Kenneth Goldberg, psychologist and author of "The Homework Trap," argues that success in college is due more to self-confidence. He argues that homework highlights "under the radar" learning disabilities in children that make it much harder for some to finish work at home. One of his children struggles with homework on a nightly basis, leading Goldberg to conclude that homework batters the struggling child with negativity, challenging his self-confidence instead of nurturing it.
Goldberg has a few simple solutions to offer parents and teachers about how to avoid the homework trap and increase productivity. He promotes the idea of designating specific amounts of time to homework, regardless of whether the project gets done and then discussing a different set of expectations with the school.
He points them out in a Wall Street Journal article:
1. Time-bound homework. Just like school starts and stops by the clock, define homework as a fixed period of time. See what the child can do in a reasonable amount of time and work with that child on using the time well.
2. Reduced penalties. Zeros factored in 25 percent of the grade is too harsh of a penalty to alter behavior. Lesser consequences will prove more effective in both mobilizing the child and allowing the parent to approach the issue calmly.
3. Respect lines of authority. Teachers are in charge of their classrooms. Parents should tread lightly when it comes to telling them what to do. Parents are the people in charge of their homes; teachers should not tell parents how to organize their homes. Ultimately, when decisions are to be made about behaviors in the home (i.e. homework), the parent needs to be the one with the final say.
"Teachers should recognize that parents are the head of the home, teachers are the head of the classroom, and that homework is given with the permission of the parents," Goldberg said.
For parents like Ivey, who want their kids to succeed in school, the homework conundrum has become inescapable.
"Homework is such a miserable experience in my life," Ivey said. "The teachers have my kids for seven hours a day and when my kids get home I like for them to be able to do something else."
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What are your family's sleep requirements?
Even the experts don't know for sure.
The most surprising thing about sleep requirements is how little we know about them (Hunt 2003).
The official-looking charts we see published everywhere—-the ones telling us that adults need 7 hours of sleep, or that grade schoolers need 10 hours of sleep—-are based on how much time the average individual spends in bed.
The charts don't tell us how much of this time is actually spent sleeping.
They don't tell us how much variation there is between individuals.
And, because the averages are based on specific populations—-typically, middle-class European or American populations (e.g., Iglowstein et al 2003; Armstrong et al 1994; Roffwarg et al 1966)—-the sleep charts don't tell us how sleep time varies across cultures.
Nor do sleep charts tell us how sleep has changed across historical periods.
Most importantly, the charts can't tell us what your specific sleep requirements are.
Knowing how much time people spend in bed is somewhat helpful, but it doesn't tell us if these people are getting the right amount of sleep.
As the National Center on Sleep Disorders Research has noted, we need new, large-scale, controlled studies that measure both sleep and biological outcomes (Hunt 2003). Unfortunately, such studies are uncommon.
Notable exceptions are recent studies focusing on behavior problems and obesity.
For example, a study of 297 Finnish families with children aged 5-6 years, researchers found that kids who slept less than 9 hours each day had 3-5 times the odds of developing attention problems, behavior problems, and other psychiatric symptoms (Paavonen et al 2009).
Another recent study tracked the development of obesity in young children.
In that study, researchers recorded the body weights and sleep habits of kids under five years of age. Then, five years later, they measured the kids again.
The study revealed a link between sleep loss and obesity. Kids who'd gotten less than 10 hours of nighttime sleep at the beginning of the study were twice as likely to become overweight or obese later on (Bell and Zimmerman 2010).
Moreover, researchers found that the timing of sleep mattered. When it came to reducing the risk of obesity, daytime naps didn't help. For young children, the crucial factor was getting more than 10 hours of sleep at night.
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Holidays are by their nature, challenging for divorced and separated parents. The family-focused activities present dilemmas: Which parent will host which activity; which parent will chaperone which event; which parent will have Santa visit? This month can end up feeling anything but festive.
"You couldn't agree on things when you were married. Now you've got to agree to them when you are divorced," said Edward Farber, a clinical psychologist and clinical assistant professor at George Washington University School of Medicine.
Farber has been practicing for more than 30 years and his new book, "Raising the Kid You Love with the Ex You Hate," (Greenleaf) is poised to be published next month. He said the key for ex-couples navigating the treacherous holidays is to keep focus not on each other, but on the child.
"Divorced parents sometimes think that having their child with them over the holidays is winning. The holidays are for the child, not for scoring points on your ex. Be flexible and responsive to the needs of your child.
"The holiday schedule your child needed when you separated may not be the same holiday schedule that works for her five years later when she is 13."
In an interview this week, Farber went on to explain in more depth how divorced or separated parents might follow that advice. He also discussed what we have learned culturally about kids and divorce in the years he's been in practice.
Excerpts of our interview are below:
BETHESDA, Md. - 2011: Marsha Lopez, who is Jewish, is divorced from her Catholic husband but the two agreed to make the holidays an interfaith experience with Jewish ornaments on the Christmas tree, for example, so their two children would be comfortable with both religions (Dayna Smith - For the Washington Post)JD: What are some of the biggest traps divorced and separated parents can fall into during the holidays and how can they be avoided?
EF: Frankly, it's just hard for your child not to see both of his parents to celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah or Kwanza. Spending Christmas with dad because your agreement says that's what supposed to happen in even numbered years may work for the parents, but it can ignore the needs of your child.
Not seeing a parent at all over the holidays because of an agreement just leaves the child feeling empty and hollow. A pre-scheduled call to mom on the holidays and getting her boatload of presents is great, but spending the holiday away from mom entirely because it's dad's year to have the child simply underscores the split in the family.
If both parents are in town, let your child spend some holiday time with each parent. Develop new traditions. Christmas gifts can be opened in the morning in one house and late Christmas day in the other. Hanukkah candles can be lit right after school in one house and before bedtime in the other. Be flexible when it comes to family gatherings. Often when dealing with your ex around the holidays, what goes around one year comes around the next.
JD: What about faith — if the parents are of different faiths, how can conflict be avoided?
EF: Co-parenting means you are not always going to get what you want. But you need to remember this isn't about you, it's about your child. You no longer control the values and religious upbringing of your child all of the time. You share this control with your ex, someone you once loved, but now do not.
Create for your child as stable, harmonious and conflict free world as you can. If you practiced two faiths previously, allow that to continue. You have to respect the parenting decisions and values of your ex, even if that includes a religious belief different than yours. The differences in religious beliefs and practices will not create behavioral and emotional difficulties in your child, but conflicts between parents over those differences will cause distress. Tell your child, "Many people practice different religions. Your dad grew up celebrating Hanukkah. Your mom grew up celebrating Christmas. Both are important and all of your family want you to enjoy and celebrate the meaning and traditions of both holidays."
The bottom line is that when adults fight — whether about Christmas or Kwanza or about organic or non-organic — and when they cannot together set consistent expectations that allow meaningful relationships with both parents, the child suffers.
JD: You have been in practice for more than 30 years. How do you think parents have gotten better at co-parenting? Are there areas where they've, in general, gotten worse?
EF: Real co-parenting as the cultural norm is a relatively new practice. Thirty years ago, children generally stayed with their moms and saw their dads on some weekends. Moms did most of the heavy lifting of child rearing and dads were often "Disney Dads" involved in mostly the fun and games activities. Moms made decisions about education, religion, extracurricular activities and social and moral development with dads having input on financial matters or major health issues. Dads often didn't want or have the day-to-day responsibilities and decision-making roles, especially with young children.
Well, all that has changed. Joint legal custody — where both parents have to agree on major decisions in the child's life, is the norm. Some forms of joint legal custody — where the child spends significant time living with each parent, are also far more common. But with more joint legal and physical custodial relationships can come more problems.
JD: If a divorced or separated parent were to take away one message from your book, what would you hope it would be?
EF: Co-parenting can promote positive growth and development in your child, even if co-parenting with an ex you hate. After divorce your child needs a meaningful relationship with both parents. She needs to see you and your ex parenting without conflict and together making important decisions in her life. You can effectively parent the child you love with an ex you hate.
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Can parenting be detrimental to our well-being? According to a new study, the answer is: It depends. Over the years, many studies have evaluated the relationship between parenting and mental health. Admittedly, this topic is complex and the findings have been mixed. Some researchers report that raising children contributes to our happiness and well-being. Others suggest the opposite may be true. A recent study published in the Journal of Child and Family Studies suggests that it's not whether we're parents - but how we parent - that may be an important factor to consider. According to researchers at the University of Mary Washington in Virginia, women who engage in "intensive parenting" are likely to experience negative mental health outcomes like stress and depression. The authors focused on women because they tend to be much more likely to engage in this type of parenting style.So, what is intensive parenting?
In a nutshell, it's an underlying belief held by parents (typically moms) that parents should always sacrifice their needs for the needs of their children. These parents also tend to seek their own happiness primarily through their kids. And they always strive to offer stimulating activities to their children without giving kids much down-time or opportunities to entertain themselves. What's more, these parents often view themselves as more capable than their partners and, as a result, tend to take on too many parenting tasks throughout the day. This may ultimately lead to burnout and resentment.
In an online questionnaire of 181 mothers of young children, the authors of this study found that mothers who believed that the woman is the essential parent were less satisfied with their lives. In addition, women who believed that parenting is especially challenging were more stressed and depressed. Approximately 23 percent of this sample had symptoms of depression – a number much higher than the estimated rate of depression among adults in the United States (around 10 percent).
If parenting with this level of intensity can lead to such negative feelings, why are plenty of moms engaging in it? The answer is complex. Most likely, women believe that putting their own needs and well-being aside will make them better mothers and, ultimately, benefit their children. Of course, the irony is that this type of parenting may contribute to more negative outcomes for all involved.
Certainly, children are more likely to thrive when their parents are happy and emotionally healthy. And parents are more likely to enjoy the parenting journey when they strike a balance that involves caring for their children and caring for themselves.
In two parent homes, experts suggest that sharing the parenting responsibilities can enhance each parent's well-being and feelings of competence. Also, it can be helpful to seek childcare help from trusted family members and friends. Even small breaks like taking a walk, going out for a cup of coffee, or reading a magazine can go a long way in helping parents recharge and feel less stressed.
So how do you find a healthy balance so you can care for your children and yourself? Or is this a difficult challenge?
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The Cure for Whining
Should they get what they want by whining? Absolutely not. Should they learn that they can get their way by marshaling good arguments and making them in a reasonable, humorous, charming way that meets your needs as well as theirs? Absolutely, if you want them to get anywhere in life. But how to help them make that transition?
Whining is common with toddlers and preschoolers. Parents are usually advised to tell their kids to ask in a nice voice, because they can't hear the whiny voice. But whining is a symptom of a deeper issue. So if you want to eliminate whining, you have to address what's underneath. If your child's whining is driving you crazy, here are six parent-proven secrets to stop your child from whining. Which secret you use depends on why he's whining.
1. Whining because he doesn't have the internal resources to cope with what's being asked of him:
When humans feel overwhelmed, they get whiny. (As a toddler, he would have thrown himself howling to the ground, but by three or four he can often whine instead.) Meet his basic needs for food, rest, down time, run-around time, and connection with you, or you can count on whining. He may not tantrum as much as he used to, but he will certainly whine if you force him to endure that shopping trip while he's hungry and tired. Why create a negative situation from which he'll learn and repeat?
2. Whining because she needs more connection:
Be pre-emptive. Make sure that your child gets enough of your positive attention, unprovoked. Pre-empt whining by giving attention BEFORE she gets demanding. Anyone who's had to ask a romantic partner "Do you love me?" knows that attention given after you ask can never really fill the need. The secret is to take the initiative and give attention the child hasn't asked for, often, so she feels your support and connection. And of course it's particularly important to give attention when she shows the first sign of needing your emotional support, before that quick downhill slide. (No, you're not rewarding "bad" behavior by giving her attention when she's whining. If she were whining from hunger, would you think you were rewarding that by feeding her? It's our job to meet kids' needs so they have the internal resources to cope. That includes giving them our loving presence so they feel safe and loved.)
3. Whining because she doesn't like what's happening but feels powerless to get her way:
Lawrence Cohen says, "When children whine they are feeling powerless. If we scold them for whining or refuse to listen to them we increase their feelings of powerlessness. If we give in so they will stop whining, we reward that powerlessness. But if we relaxedly, playfully, invite them to use a strong voice, we increase their sense of confidence and competence. And we find a bridge back to close connection."
Start by letting her know that you hear what she wants, and you see her point of view: "You really want to go to the playground, and you keep telling me that, and here I keep stopping at all these stores that you aren't expecting, and you're disappointed, right?" Sometimes just feeling heard is enough to stop whining in its tracks.
Then, if she keeps whining, you can say playfully "You don't sound like yourself. I wonder where your usual strong voice went?"
Express confidence that your child can use her "strong" voice and offer your assistance to help her find it, by making it into a game: "Hey, where did your strong voice go? It was here a minute ago. I LOVE your strong voice! I'll help you find it. Help me look. Is it under the chair? No…In the toy box? No…. HEY! You found it!! That was your strong voice!! Yay! I love your strong voice! Now, tell me again what you need, in your strong voice."
Finally, give her alternate tools by teaching her how to ask appropriately for something and negotiate with you. Since whining is so often a function of powerlessness, helping your child to feel that she can get what she wants through reasonable measures will carry over into the rest of her life.
In other words, you don't want her to learn that she gets her way in life by whining or tantrumming, but you do want her to learn that she can get what she wants through managing her emotions, seeing things from the other person's point of view and setting up win/win situations. (And of course, that's what you always try to model.)
So if you simply don't have time to go to the playground today, then don't. Be empathic about his desire, and nurture him through the meltdown, as described in #4 below. But if your objection is to his whining, rather than his request, and he manages to pull himself together and ask in a reasonable way for what he wants, then you'll be able to engage in the kind of conflict resolution that finds a win/win solution.
"Ok, you want to go to the playground, and I need to stop at the hardware store. Let's do this: If we're really quick at the hardware store, we'll have time to stop at the playground on the way home. Think you can help me be quick? And if you are really fast about getting in and out of your car seat, we can stay even longer at the playground."
Are you "rewarding" whining? No, you're empowering him by demonstrating that finding solutions that work for both of you is the way to get what he wants in life.
4. Whining because he needs to cry:He has a lot of pent-up emotions about things that are stressing him — the new babysitter you left him with on Friday night, that kid who grabbed the truck away in the sandbox, potty training, the new baby — there's no end of stressful developmental challenges! Toddlers let off stress by simply having a meltdown, but as they get older they gain more self-control, and begin to whine instead. Be kind in response to his whining until you get home and have a few minutes to spend with him. Then draw him onto your lap, look him in the eye and say "I notice you were feeling so whiny and sad, Sweetie. Do you just need to cuddle and maybe cry a bit? Everybody needs to cry sometimes. I'm right here to hold you."
5. Whining because it works:
Don't reward whining. Don't give in and buy the candy. But there is never a reason to be less than kind about it. Responding to his desire with empathy ("You wish you could have that candy") helps him feel less alone with his disappointment. And there's nothing wrong with finding something else that will make him happy, like a shiny red apple or a trip to the playground. That teaches him to look for win/win solutions. If, by contrast, he feels like he only gets what he wants by whining, he'll become an expert whiner.
6. Whining because you'll do anything to stop it:
Change your attitude. Why do parents hate whining so much? Because whining is your little one's more mature form of crying. She's letting you know she needs your attention. And human grownups are programmed to react to whining as much as to crying, so the needs of tiny humans get met. So the minute you hear that whine, you react with anxiety. You'll do anything to stop it.
But if you can take a deep breath and remind yourself that there's no crisis, you'll feel a lot better, and you'll parent better. Don't let your automatic crisis mode of fight or flight kick in. Don't feel like you have to do anything at all except love your child. Just smile at your child and give her a big hug. Most of the time, the whining will stop.


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In today's paper, Gary Jacobson and I have a story about yesterday's Dallas Police Association meeting at which they heard from officials of their pension. I sat down in the audience just as assistant pension administrator Don Rohan was getting started with a presentation. He said our recent article (which he characterized as unkind and unfair) about the pension's huge real estate investment bet raised questions for a lot of members.
About this time, I started getting weary looks from pension officials seated at a table up front, who had just noticed me sitting there. In a moment, I was told it was a private meeting and politely asked to leave. DPA pres Ron Pinkston assured me afterward that everything went well and his members left feeling good about their pension.
But that wasn't the case several weeks ago when Rohan spoke at a retiree luncheon. We summarize that encounter in today's story. But you can also get a sense of it after the jump, where I've posted emails between Rohan and his boss, fund administrator Richard Tettamant, about what happened.


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