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My daughter moves to Boulder, and what happens? The worst storm in a century. I'm not saying there's a causal relationship, but you know we sent her far far away for a reason, right?
Actually, I'm pretty sure she had nothing to do with it. But there are things we could have done and should be doing right now.
As I wrote late last week, thanks in part to climate change, the odds are shifting toward more frequent extreme weather events like this. We all watched as the Hurricane Sandy relief bill languished in Congress for months. An economy on the doorstep of recovery doesn't need yet another surprise $20 billion tab to pick up. Action on climate change would also help to prevent future disasters.
However, perhaps a more ominous takeaway is that the torrential rain in Colorado wasn't well-forecast. The first flash flood watch was only issued by the National Weather Service on Thursday morning, less than 24 hours before the peak flooding. At the time, the forecaster on duty remarked "rainfall amounts today not expected to be as great as those observed during the past 18 hours."
At the very least, Republicans should stop trying to dismantle the national weather service. Optimistically, they should stop dragging their heels on environmental issues. Once upon a time, Republicans could be relied on to snap to attention when a problem threatened to cost big money if not addressed; no more. Ideology is all.


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San Juan Range > Mount Eolus > Climber's Log
Mount Eolus Climber's Log
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|Standard route
|One of my final 14ers in 2002 or 2003.
|Posted Oct 16, 2016 5:14 pm
Date Climbed: Aug 18, 2015
|Fun climb. Excellent views.
|Posted Aug 17, 2015 1:12 am
|Fun Trip
Date Climbed: Sep 3, 2014
|Fun strutting on the catwalk with Kat and Dave, but route finding on the face was a pain.
|Posted Sep 20, 2014 10:01 pm
Date Climbed: Jul 28, 2014
|Nice climb to top of this beautiful mountain!
|Posted Jul 30, 2014 8:05 pm
|Beat the train
Date Climbed: Jul 22, 2012
|Bagged this one along with North Eolus in the morning before the walk out. Catwalk was kind of a disappointment, not as exposed (or at least as narrow) as everyone says. Great peak.
|Posted Jul 15, 2014 12:10 am
|Summer & Winter!
Date Climbed: Aug 11, 2005
|8/11/05 - Climbed via standard route with North Eolus and Glacier Point from camp in Chicago Basin.
12/24/13 - Backpacked in over the course of 2 days from train drop at Cascade. Climbed narrow NE ridge direct as part of a week long winter trip to Chicago Basin. Exposed 4th class scrambling over powder covered granite; serious stuff.
|Posted Dec 29, 2013 7:16 pm
|One of my favorites!
|Posted Nov 1, 2013 8:12 am
|Eolus Standard
Date Climbed: Aug 29, 2012
|Fantastic climb! I'll definitely be back to climb this one again.
|Posted Oct 4, 2013 11:26 pm
Date Climbed: Aug 28, 2013
|Thought this was the most enjoyable and aesthetic peak in the basin. Even the beginners I brought up had a blast on it.
|Posted Sep 4, 2013 2:37 pm
|Standard route
Date Climbed: Jul 16, 2011
|Took the 4th class ridge to the summit, afterwards celebrated with friends in Chicago Basin as it was someone's last 14er!
|Posted Jul 26, 2013 3:48 pm
|last of 3
Date Climbed: Aug 10, 2009
|harder then Sunlight or Windom, we stayed on the ridge to the very top, very airy, not recommended for the feint of heart.
|Posted Apr 8, 2013 2:39 pm
|final san juan fourteener
Date Climbed: Aug 2, 2012
|cool route with a great summit. i spent 45 minutes lounging on the summit by myself, a great perch. better hussle to meet the guys for peak eleven!
|Posted Mar 20, 2013 11:06 pm
Date Climbed: Aug 20, 2012
|very special trip. I like Eolus the best...
|Posted Dec 28, 2012 5:08 pm
|Back on the horse back!
Date Climbed: Jul 1, 2012
|After shoulder surgeries and lots of physical therapies, another 14er. This was superior trip. I met with new friends, a great group of climbers from 14ers dot com, this was a peak that showed me I was able to start climbing more difficult fourteeners and a starting point of a great summer. I hiked from Purgatory and stayed 5 days in the most incredible wilderness ever.
|Posted Oct 21, 2012 5:24 pm
|aesthetic peak, fun climb!
Date Climbed: Aug 10, 2012
|via direct NE ridge; Left our campsite (~10,900') @ 6.35. Making fair time to Twin Lakes, Dad nonetheless wiped out from the undertaking & took a longer break. Rest helped & we resumed. Trail not to Dad's liking, & by the time we got to Eolus-N Eolus saddle (~11.05), strain & looks of route ahead combined led to him opting to stay there & not continue.
Too bad, esp. as the crux was right behind him :( Upon reaching start of Catwalk, ran into group coming down, 1 of which just finished his last 14er! Congratulated him & scampered to top via direct ridge (fun!). Summited @ 11.35.
Standing on what seemed to be true summit bock dicey! Heard train whistle WAY down below from summit! Enjoyed CO Native lager & tremendous views before leaving @ 12.01 ("off by noon"- close enough!).
Met up w/ Dad & retraced our steps back to campsite. Light rain on way down + thunder in distance- good timing! Back to campsite by 15.03.
A little sad Dad didn't make it to the summit, but fun climb other than that (Catwalk esp. + direct ridge cool!), & besides, TOMORROW IS THE BIG ONE!! Nice to do this one with ease (& it was FUN!) after being turned back so many years before.
|Posted Oct 1, 2012 8:38 pm
Date Climbed: Aug 18, 2012
|Bridge looks like it could be intimidating, but it's actually easy with minimal exposure. #25 of 31 on 10 day trip.
|Posted Sep 29, 2012 1:47 pm
|Liba Kopeckova
|fun peak
Date Climbed: Sep 2, 2012
|an interesting scramble, catwalk, steeper finish, then up North Eolus (somebody took my brother's hiking poles and we were running down to twin lakes to get those back and returned for the north Eolus). Lovely views.
|Posted Sep 3, 2012 11:47 pm
|Matt Lemke
|From Twin Thumbs
Date Climbed: Aug 17, 2012
|Packed over Twin Thumbs Pass and traversed over to Eolus and N Eolus before descending to Twin Lakes
|Posted Aug 30, 2012 2:14 am
|Fantastic Little Route
Date Climbed: Aug 21, 2012
|Climbed with Sunlight and Eolus enroute from Chicago Basin to Ruby Basin. Fun quality route.
|Posted Aug 28, 2012 9:45 pm
|Don't take the train!
Date Climbed: Jul 26, 2012
|I was surprised that this was rated less difficult than its neighbor, Sunlight. Lots of fun scrambling, the catwalk, good weather, and an incredible view from the summit made this one of my favorite summits to date. Chicago Basin was simply breath taking! Almost made the disgusting train worth it - but I will definitely hike in if I ever return!!
|Posted Aug 18, 2012 5:42 pm

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Holiday Crafts: Filled Christmas Ornaments
December 16th, 2013 | by Julie Finn
Got some teeny-tiny treasures? Some scrap craft supplies? How about just some of the colored sand or rice or pony beads that your kids play with? If you do (and you totally do!), then you've got almost all the makings for an easy, special, stash-busting Christmas ornament craft


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Rodan talks up Melbourne's tall timber
Melbourne recruit David Rodan says the Demons have the AFL players on their list to fast-track success and lift the club back into the top eight.
Rodan has joined his third club following 176 games with Richmond and Port Adelaide.
And despite Melbourne's lack of finals football since 2006, winning only four games in 2012, Rodan is confident of success in the near future.
"We're hoping to get some success as soon as we can," Rodan said on Friday.
"With the players we've got - experienced players - we can fast-track that. Hopefully I can see some finals and near-premierships coming soon.
"I've been here just a short time but I feel we've got to take on the game a bit more.
"Run with the ball, drive it forward. Take it in deep because we've got some key forwards now.
"We've got some big forwards there and you want to get it to them and once you do it they'll do the rest.
"I feel pretty confident doing that. We've got some great runners and carriers of the ball at this club as well."
The small forward, who was sixth in the AFL for bounces in 2010 with 60, said he was determined to play a free-running role.
Rodan, 29, said his knees were fine despite three reconstructions including two with the LARS method.
The Demons have recruited tall forwards Cam Pedersen from North Melbourne and Chris Dawes from Collingwood after securing Mitch Clark a year ago.
Ex-Lion Clark is yet to resume full training following a foot injury which ended his season in round 13 after kicking 29 goals in 11 games.
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Okami Cheats
New Game+ Feature
After the end of the credits at the end of the game, you will be asked to create a save for a new game. All weapons except the 5th of each type will transfer over, however Peace Bell, Lucky Cat, Wood Mat, and Ink Pot are the only Holy Artifacts that transfer over. Brush techniques do not transfer over, but stats will transfer over.
Unlock the Okami Jukebox
Complete the game once to unlock the Okami Jukebox.
Loading Screens Trick
You can attain demon fangs to add to your inventory in the game by manipulating the loading screens. There are two in the game, one with a trail of paw prints followed by a picture of Issun, and by pressing X right before they appear. During long loading sessions, by carefully timing all these button presses all the way through, you will attain additional demon fangs which will be added to your inventory in the game.
When you finish the game, you have to complete the game a certain way in order to open most of these codes.
Invincibility - Pick up every Stray Bead. There are 100.
Secret Theatre - Play for over 31 hours.
Kamic Returner - Finish the game.
Stray Bead - Finish the game.
Kamic Transfomer 9 - S-Rating for "Praise Earned"
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Photos: Celebrities at New York Fashion Week
New York fashion week is not just about style, it's also about seeing and being seen. That makes who's front row as interesting as what's going down the runway.
So far this season, Elizabeth Holmes chatted with Parks and Recreation's Rashida Jones
And Christina Binkley has spotted the Winklevoss twins:
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I kind of agree. Sure Jay could be apart of the issues at hand, but the players should be the ones most accountable. And at the end of the day, who brought these players to Toronto? Colangelo.
Source - Click hereMake no mistake: This was directed at the Andrea Bargnanis and especially the Hedo Turkoglus of the world, and therefore at his general manager. Bryan Colangelo assembled this roster, and kept it intact at the trade deadline, and believed in it. And there is something essential missing from it: heart, guts, competitive will. This is a hollow team. And Bosh, for one, isn't exactly blaming Jay Triano.
"I'm glad I'm not the coaches," he said. "I wouldn't know what to do either. I don't know how many times you can change it, I don't know how many speeches you can give, I don't know how many lineup changes there can be. I don't know. The coaches can only do so much."
So to sum up: Too many of his teammates are too soft and too easily offended; the same crap keeps repeating itself; and it's not necessarily Triano's fault.
Now, this could still turn around - say, finish 12-6, win 44 games, maybe climb into the sixth or seventh seed in the East. Going into Portland last night they were essentially four games out of fifth and a first-round matchup with creaking Boston. That's all incredibly unlikely, of course, but the way ninth-place Chicago is cratering, the playoffs still seem quite plausible.
But the Raptors have just 10 wins against above-.500 teams all season. That's as many as Detroit, as Sacramento, as Washington, as the Clippers; as of Sunday morning, only five other franchises had fewer. This is not a good team. It never really was.
If Chris Bosh leaves, it will be because Bryan Colangelo has failed to surround him with sufficient incentive to stay. If Bosh leaves, Colangelo has to try to get as many cents back on the dollar as he can, but he wears it. You can debate whether Chris Bosh is a true franchise guy, but he's the best thing this franchise has. Among the Raptors' core players, he is their toughest player, their hardest worker, their best scorer and rebounder and defender.
When Bosh signed this current contract, Colangelo convinced him to stay in part by tell Bosh that his GM had built up a good reputation in this league, and he didn't intend to screw it up. And for a long time, I've been unable to discern whether Bosh will stay or go. He'll get max money - or near enough - either way. But mostly, I believe Chris Bosh is smart enough to wait until all the evidence is in.
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Some of the most important issues that could affect your pregnancy are ones you may never ask about. Your doctor is the key to most of them. After all, you're on a magical 40-week journey with someone responsible for your baby's safe arrival. Although you don't expect your OB-GYN to walk on water, you do want to choose one who has your best interests at heart.
Beyond the basics – Is your doctor board-certified? Does she or he accept your medical insurance? – here are 10 questions to ask when choosing an obstetrician:1. How many patients are scheduled for appointments during a routine day? This is a loaded question and the answer may affect your quality of care and the waiting time for appointments.
2. Is the practice dedicated to obstetrics or are other services offered? In a growing trend, doctors are adding services, such as "medical spas," weight-loss services, retail vitamins and even liposuction. This might enhance his or her bank account but not your prenatal care. The fewer distractions your doctor has, the more time he or she can devote to managing your pregnancy properly.
If your physician is in a group practice, ask whether he or she has a "second" call system. If so, a partner will step in if your primary ob-gyn becomes busy with multiple deliveries or surgical emergencies.
4. Will you be referred to a high-risk pregnancy specialist if you develop complications? Maternal fetal medicine specialists (MFMs) are obstetrician-gynecologists who have trained for three extra years to manage complicated pregnancies (high blood pressure, diabetes, etc.). They normally don't deliver babies but instead advise physicians on how to manage complications. MFMs are valuable resources when you need a second opinion, and your obstetrician should be open to their suggestions.5. Will your doctor be available to deliver your baby?Don't assume that your provider will always be on hand to deliver your baby – vacations, emergencies and unforeseen occurrences can get in the way.
7. Does your doctor's admitting hospital have a level-3 nursery?A level-3 nursery or neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) provides specialized care for extremely premature or critically ill newborns. We expect the best for all pregnancies, but emergencies can occur that require life-saving treatment for your baby. Nothing's more comforting than being at the same hospital where your baby is treated and knowing that you won't need an airlift to an unfamiliar facility for more than $20,000.
Some hospitals now offer the services of a hospitalist. These are doctors hired by hospitals to manage patients. They can also admit patients who don't have physicians. Hospitalists usually have the same credentials as your doctor, but you can't always be certain of their skill or professional training. When more than one person is responsible for your care, understanding the lines and methods of communication is extremely important.
- Donna B.
Dear Donna,Although the cause of 15% of all infertility problems is unknown, it's always easier to treat a problem if we know why it occurs. Hypothyroidism can produce menstrual irregularities, which suggests no ovulation. A reproductive endocrinologist (a fertility specialist) is usually familiar with the management of thyroid conditions.
Has your daughter had tests to determine whether she's ovulating? Has her husband been tested for a low sperm count? Are they receiving intrauterine inseminations because of a male infertility problem and, if so, what is the underlying cause? The answers to these questions might determine possible issues.
I think your daughter has taken the proper step by seeing an infertility specialist. But because the topic of infertility is so vast, without more information about the reason for the use of intrauterine insemination, it is difficult to offer further advice.
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Richter, who was 34 when he died, lost control of his vehicle on the way to the fire station while responding to a 3 a.m. call about a house fire.
He was married to Sonya and the couple had a 3-year-old son, Nicholaus. Nicholaus, now 16, plays percussion in the Pottsville High School marching band — a skill that allowed him to honor his father's memory in a special way.
"Thirteen years after his death, our son got to honor his father at the Arkansas Fallen Firefighters Memorial Dedication by marching with Conway and Jonesboro Pipes and Drums Band," Sonya said, adding bands from Oklahoma, Indiana and Texas also performed.
In October 2013, Nicholaus got to once again put his talents to use and honor his father by marching during the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Dedication with pipe players and drummers from across the U.S. and overseas.
Pottsville Fire Chief Brad Judkins said losing Richter changed the way he viewed being a firefighter.
"That's what made me make the decision to get all the training I can and be the best firefighter I could be," Judkins said. "That's the main reason we all work to make the Pottsville Fire Department be the best it can be — in honor of Brian."
In front of the Pottsville fire station stands a memorial to Richter with his name, date of death and the fireman's prayer on it. On the first anniversary of his death, the department hosted a firehouse barbecue for firefighters, their families and friends and the Pottsville community. The department unveiled and dedicated the memorial at the barbecue, which has since become an annual event.
This year's Pottsville firehouse barbecue will start cooking at 4 p.m. April 12. The event is open to the public and donations are accepted.


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(a) Application. Application for a solid waste collection license to engage in the business of solid waste collection shall be made to the director. The applicant shall state thereon his name and business address, the nature of materials to be collected, the manner in which and the location where the same shall be disposed.
(b) Bond. Every applicant for a license shall execute and submit a security bond in favor of the government in the penal sum of $100,000, which bond shall be subject to all the conditions set forth in 25.0523, including the cost of collecting and disposing of solid waste by the government in case the licensed collector fails to collect and dispose of solid waste which the licensed collector has contracted to collect and dispose. The bond shall be issued by a security company authorized to do business in American Samoa.
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(d) Comprehensive non-vehicular public liability insurance policy. The applicant shall secure a standard comprehensive non-vehicular public liability insurance policy covering the applicant and his employees and agents, which shall also include a rider covering the government, in the sum of $300,000. Such rider shall be in the form of an endorsement issued by the insurer. At the time of application, the applicant shall present evidence of such insurance to the director.
(e) Term of licenses. A solid waste collection license shall be issued on a calendar year basis, regardless of when issued and expire on December 31 of the year issued or renewed.
(f) License fee. The fee for an annual solid waste collection license shall be $100 payable in advance to the treasurer on or before January 1 of each year. The original fee shall be prorated in the amount of one-fourth of the annual fee for each quarter or portion of a quarter remaining in the year from the date of issuance. No license fee shall be refundable.History: Rule 10-88, eff 9 Oct 88, § 1.


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It's a common complaint among parents: Children don't come with manuals.
Now, one psychology professor aims to help parents navigate the difficult road to raising children with his new book.
Author and Yale University professor Alan Kazdin has taken his 30 years of work with children and transformed it into a step-by-step guide for parents in "The Kazdin Method for Parenting the Defiant Child." Kazdin offers tips for the most common concerns, including disciplining a child and how to use the tone of your voice.
For more information check out the book excerpt below.
Your four-year-old's tantrums have become more frequent and intense; they have started to dominate the life of your household. He's not just yelling and screaming anymore — now he throws things, hits, and kicks, too. The bedtime tantrum is the most predictable one, and the one that disrupts home life the most, but he has also taken his show on the road. You've been late to work recently because he melts down in the morning when you leave him at daycare. After other spectacular public performances at the supermarket, restaurants, and family gatherings, none of which you handled very well, you are sure that others see you as an incompetent parent — and you are starting to wonder if they might be right. And, deeper than that, it frightens you to feel the situation slipping beyond your control. You're losing your confidence that you can govern your child, your household, and when you lose your temper, yourself.
You want your nine-year-old to work with you, not against you. You're not asking for blind compliance, but more cooperation would be nice. Right now, she seems to fight you every step of the way, from getting up for school in the morning through homework and dinner and computer or TV time. Sometimes she insists on complete freedom and autonomy; sometimes she acts as if you have to do everything for her. She bickers incessantly with her sister, too. Is it asking too much for you to have a little peace around the house? You're tired of laying down the law, trying to understand her point of view, and using every other strategy that hasn't worked. Frankly, you are fed up with your own child. You find yourself wistfully wondering why you weren't one of the lucky ones who got a nice, easy kid to raise.
Your thirteen-year-old gives you nothing but attitude. On a couple of occasions, he has stolen something or committed an act of vandalism, the most worrisome pieces of a larger pattern of defying authority. You tell yourself that he's going through a phase, that he's just a normal preadolescent, but you fear that he may be heading toward serious trouble. You have tried to talk to him in every way you can think of — punishing, explaining, begging, crying — but nothing works. Your spouse says you are exaggerating, but you feel it's time to face the seriousness of what's happening to your family. Your child has a good heart, but that doesn't keep you from feeling always a little on edge, not knowing when the next crisis will develop.
Should you be addressing these problems now, before they lead to more serious ones? Or should you wait to see if a particular problem resolves itself? Perhaps you've gone online, Googled "tantrum" or "defiant child," and found that your child's behavior fits a dire-sounding label. Perhaps you're more concerned than your spouse is, or vice versa, and it's becoming a bone of contention between you — two devoted parents who find themselves disagreeing about what's wrong, how serious it is, how to put it right, or whether to try to fix it at all.
The tangle of confusion, frustration, fear, and anger inside you turns spending time with your child into a wearisome, long-running confrontation, even a chore that you secretly dread, and that feels very wrong to you. You've become a character you don't really recognize, or recognize all too well as the kind of parent you never wanted to be: a frequently irate, sometimes out-of-control shouter who spends altogether too much time ineffectively nagging, threatening, punishing, and even hitting the very child you love as much as you have ever loved or could ever love anyone. You feel off-balance, strange to yourself. You need a better way to be a parent, but you haven't gotten much useful help from the models you may have turned to: the way your parents, bless their hearts, did it; the many ways the child- rearing manuals suggest you do it; the way Supernanny does it on TV. With professional experts of all kinds promising that their way works, with friends and friends of friends telling you stories about how so-and-so's kid was turned around by a new parental strategy or miracle diet or whatever, it's hard to figure out what actually will work for you and your child.
The Method
There is a way to establish what actually does work. It's called science. To most people as they go about their daily lives, "science" means subjects such as the discovery of water on Mars, how birds spread influenza, and what trans fats do to our bodies. All of these are important and consistently newsworthy, without doubt, but science has also been quietly pressing forward in the effort to understand child development, child-rearing, parent- child interaction, and all sorts of other matters that affect your child's social, emotional, and behavioral adjustment.
Within the extensive research on human behavior in general, a great deal tells us specifically about the behavior of children. You may be surprised to hear that scientists have studied the most effective way to give a command to a child, or that they have rigorously compared the effectiveness of rewarding good behavior and punishing misbehavior. There are even studies that tell us very specific things like, for instance, the most effective way to speak to a child when asking her to do something she'd prefer not to do: brush her teeth, wear a jacket, get off the phone, or go to bed on time. Obviously, very few parents have the time or training to get up to speed on the latest research in psychology, not to mention child development and neurobiology and all the many related fields. But they can benefit profoundly from what researchers have discovered.
In this book, I present a method for changing your child's behavior that is based on good science — on what we currently know about children's behavior from the results of sound, well-conducted studies. I do not offer impressionistic beliefs or unsupported opinions about childhood. I'll be telling you something about the research and basic principles that underlie this approach, so you get a sense of why it works, but my emphasis will be on what to do and how to do it.
One great virtue of the method is that the same principles and techniques apply to the full range of situations for children and adolescents. I'm talking about everything from the milestones of normal child development — eating, toilet training, sleeping in one's own bed, not having tantrums — all the way to potentially more serious behavior problems like fighting or stealing. The method has been demonstrated to be effective even in those more difficult situations in which there are other problems in the home, such as when parents have physical or mental health problems, or engage in drug use or domestic violence. As long as you are committed to systematically taking this approach to changing the behavior of your child, even an imperfect and partial application of the method produces results.
First, you must shift your own focus of attention. As parents we tend to be experts on what we want our kids not to do. For example, I want him to stop whining, talking back, and ignoring me. I will teach you to focus more positively on what you do want your kids to do — When it's bedtime, I want her to go directly, quickly, and quietly to bed — and give you the tools to methodically reinforce that behavior until it replaces the behavior you don't want.
You'll learn how to build up the behaviors you want: how often your child must practice the good behavior in order for it to "take," how to set up situations so that the behaviors you'd like to see are much more likely to occur, how to create more chances to practice, how to praise most effectively, how to set up and give rewards that work, how to get from the desired behavior never happening to seeing it happen a lot, how to troubleshoot and improve a program that's not working well enough. I will have much to tell you about the details, because they can make all the difference between success and failure.
When you commit to positively reinforcing the behavior you want, you can be kinder to your child while being more systematic. We tend to fall into a trap of believing that getting serious about behavior problems means getting negative: more punishment, tougher standards, "zero tolerance." But positive reinforcement requires a very different kind of effectiveness from a parent: better praise, more purposeful rewards, greater attentiveness to a child. It draws you and your child closer together as it makes you a more effective parent.
Parents who use my method often find great relief in discovering that getting down to business doesn't have to mean bearing down even harder on their children. Being more effectively gentle and positive with your child doesn't mean being spineless. The reverse, in fact, may be true. Flying off the handle, perpetual anger, shouting, hitting — those are the truer signs of a defeated, ineffective parent. Positive reinforcement tends to calm a household because it offers clear, attainable objectives for parents and children alike to aim for in shaping behavior.
My method does not require a lifelong commitment. The program you'll set up for changing your child's behavior works like a frame you place around a growing plant to train it up straight and healthy. The plant is better behavior, and once it can stand on its own, you'll take down the frame. You will not be awarding points or keeping track of rewards forever. In fact, most parents find that such concentrated interventions take effect very quickly and can be largely discontinued after a relatively short time, like a month or two. The intention here is that you build the frame of this method around your child's changing behavior, but once the desired behavior takes deeper root and gains in vigor, you quickly scale down the frame and then take it down entirely.
Where the Method Comes From
I did not set out to specialize in helping parents improve their children's behavior. I started down the road that led to this method when somebody gave me a problem to solve and I turned to the research for help.
That occurred back in the early 1970s, when I was a graduate student at Northwestern University. The director of a local clinic that treated children who had emotional problems asked whether I could help his clients. The one I remember best was Sharon, a fifteen-year-old girl who had terrible, destructive tantrums whenever anyone said no to her or there was even the slightest unexpected change in her routine.
When told we would be breaking for lunch, for instance, Sharon would blow up. She threw things, swore with amazing virtuosity, and shouted at the top of her voice. The predictable pre-lunch tantrum could be controlled by announcing to her sixty and then thirty minutes before lunch that lunch was coming, but if the clinic's staff forgot to do this, the tantrum was inevitable.
After consulting with researchers around the country, I created a program for Sharon and other clients at the clinic by adapting techniques on learning and behavior that had proved effective in treating adults. The program did not produce overnight miracles, but it did bring about gradual transformations with clear, lasting effects. We could see and measure the changes and, more important, others working with our clients and their families saw the changes. In the case of Sharon, we entirely eliminated her tantrums in about three weeks, step by step, by instituting a system of rewards for small positive changes in her behavior. She reached the point where she would smile mischievously instead of blowing up when we interrupted her. And once we ended the programs, the improved behaviors continued. The programs were temporary; the changes endured.
The treatment did not make any attempt to get at a root cause of behavior — to determine, say, the ultimate cause of Sharon's rages. We proceeded upon the idea that if you can help the child in the short term to change her behavior, over time you will change the child. The research tells us that building up a better response to replace tantrums, if the new behavior is repeated often enough, will in effect rewire that child's brain so she doesn't jump to rage as the default coping strategy for difficult situations.
Sharon's was an extreme clinical case, but I also wanted to bring the research to bear on the more everyday behavior problems that all parents have to deal with. I was appalled by the unending stream of bad "expert" advice to often desperate parents, who understandably snatched at anything that looked like a tool and rarely had the training to tell what was based on good science and what was not. So I began conducting parenting classes in which we discussed and practiced techniques for changing behavior that parents could use at home. Often the behaviors we addressed were utterly normal ones, like getting a child to eat certain foods, using the toilet, getting ready for school, doing homework, practicing a musical instrument, playing nicely with a sibling, respecting property, and not teasing or hurting a pet. The programs did not always succeed, especially at first, but we constantly evaluated whether change was happening and whether it was happening fast enough. We would adjust the program, measure our progress, and adjust again.
I also began working with schools, and when I moved from Chicago to take a job at Pennsylvania State University, I applied what I had learned to help children in local schools there. There were many challenges — such as a memorable five-year-old girl who would self-induce vomiting whenever she was mad, thoroughly disrupting the class every time she did it. (She actually turned out to be an easy case.) But as the research on behavior made the leap from the laboratory to meaningful application to the lives of real people, and as the body of that research built up, we had more equipment with which to face those challenges. The accumulating studies began to show conclusively that what many of us do as parents — from harsh punishment to endlessly explaining to a child why his behavior is wrong — may not work at all and can even make our children's behavior problems worse by giving attention to them.
We began teaching parents to "catch their children being good," instead of unwittingly reinforcing unwanted behaviors by shouting, hitting, explaining, or otherwise attending to them. And the developing body of scientific research began to show conclusively that small, temporary changes in what parents do at home have large, lasting effects in changing children's behavior at home and at school.
After a decade at Penn State, I moved to the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, where, in addition to continuing my research and directing an inpatient service, I continued training parents to change their children's behavior at home over the long term. My colleagues and I also used federal grants to study the techniques we taught, refining them and making them more effective.
In 1989, I took a position at Yale University and moved my clinic there. It continues as the Yale Parenting Center and Child Conduct Clinic, which I direct. I am also the John M. Musser Professor of Psychology and Child Psychiatry, and for four years I directed a large research and clinical operation at the Child Study Center at the Yale Medical School. At the Yale Parenting Center and Child Conduct Clinic, the most hands-on of these responsibilities, my staff and I see families of children from ages two to sixteen and apply programs to change child behavior in the home and community. Five days a week, every week, we work with parents who need help with their children. Some families bring us children who are referred by the schools, other mental health services, or law enforcement agencies. These are children with severe problems. But at least half of the parents who come to us face less severe difficulties. They just want our help in stopping their children from arguing or teasing so much, or in getting their children to do homework, to take more responsibility, or to not melt down so often. And we know how to help them. We can help families break the cycle that pits defiant child against exhausted parent until one or both gives way.
Getting the Word Out
Discovery has been my job, and I love it. I've spent more than three decades refining my method — thirty-plus years of research, grants, scholarly conferences, clinical applications, follow-up studies, all the routines of scientific scholarship. I've written or coauthored forty-four books and almost six hundred articles, chapters, and papers. But they were addressed almost exclusively to other professionals in my field. Now it's time to get the word out as widely as possible to the people who need it most.
The scientific evidence that demonstrates what works best in changing children's behavior is overwhelming. That wasn't true when I first began working with children, but it is now. There's always more vital research to be done, but scientists have to think beyond research, too. How do we get this technology — because that's what a scientifically supported method that produces reliable results amounts to, a technology — into the hands of people so that they can put it to use? I'm both sobered and motivated by recalling that children are still being crippled and killed by polio half a century after researchers discovered a vaccine for it. Research must go hand in hand with dissemination if it's going to help people. Misbehavior isn't as scary as polio, but it's far more pervasive than polio ever was. (And sometimes it's pretty scary in its own right. Children's misbehavior at its worst — conduct disorder, a psychiatric diagnosis for extreme aggressive and antisocial behaviors — is a fantastically expensive, widespread, persistent problem affecting millions of families.) Scientists, including me, have not worked hard enough to ensure that their relevant findings reach beleaguered parents. I wrote this book to distill that scientific expertise in the form of practical help you can use to address behavior problems in your own home.
My job is made more complicated by the sheer volume of advice and therapeutic approaches, much of it misguided, that's already out there. Parents who come to my clinic often have a mishmash of good and bad and irrelevant parenting lore already floating in their heads. Sometimes they have tried other treatments, including some that superficially resemble methods that actually work, and those treatments have not helped much.
I feel for these parents. They're looking for workable solutions in a field with insufficient quality control. There are over 550 therapies for children and adolescents. Over 90 percent of them haven't been tested with any scientific rigor. We simply don't know if they work or don't work. But there's no public outcry of What's the basis for this? There are no hoops through which a therapy must pass to get on the market, no equivalent of the Food and Drug Administration's approval process for a new drug. What's out there might work, but it's often being used in place of things that are known to work. And a few widely accepted treatments have actually been proven to make behavior worse.
This is the fault of the mental health professions, not of parents, who make what sense they can of the tsunami of seemingly authoritative information constantly coming at them. I'm doing what I can to effect change in my profession from within. As president of the American Psychological Association, which has over 150,000 members, one of my main goals is to encourage the recent turn in clinical work toward greater accountability to scientific standards.
But there's still a lot of poor advice out there. For instance, one parenting book that's been in circulation for years says that if a brief time-out doesn't work, keep upping the ante and make it longer, even going to a so- called monster time-out lasting four hours or more. But the research shows us that more intense punishment does not lead to greater change in behavior. If you are giving more and longer timeouts, it means your strategy is failing. The answer is not to escalate — just the opposite, in fact. If you're giving more and longer time-outs, this should tell you that you need to do more to positively reinforce good behaviors to replace the unwanted behaviors.
Speaking of time-outs, plenty of experts explain that you give a child a time-out so that he can think about how he got into trouble. This is a complete misunderstanding of time-out, which is not about thinking at all. We know this because animal research proves that time-out works with all sorts of mammals that do not have our cognitive power. In a time-out, we simply withdraw attention for a brief period. Getting a child to think about things is really good for lots of reasons but not as a way to change the child's behavior. Getting the child to do things differently, on the other hand, will change behavior and the child's thoughts about it.
One widely read author assures readers that if children can tell us they are angry, they will not kick us or otherwise express their aggression in unacceptable ways. This is an outdated view not supported by evidence. A large body of scientific work tells us that talking about aggression will not reduce aggressive behavior. In fact, talking about aggression sometimes actually increases aggression. In any case, it will certainly not help a child develop nonaggressive solutions to behavior problems. The whole approach is based on misguided psychology derived from an old hydraulic model, which treated the human psyche like a steam engine that must release pressure in order to function smoothly.
But ideas discredited by science can continue to circulate for years, even decades. Some of the advice — about punishment, for instance — is actively harmful. Some of it is basically benign; it may not hurt, except to the extent that it gets in the way of finding and applying more effective solutions. Often, the advice offers fine general tools for living but not direct paths to addressing your concerns about your child's behavior. In addition to teaching practical skills, this book will equip you to read the parenting advice with an informed critical eye.
Perhaps the greatest danger posed by bad advice is that it discourages parents from pursuing solutions that really do work. Some of the bad advice out there looks superficially like the good, evidence-based advice. All kinds of experts tell you to praise your child, or set up a point chart, or use time-outs instead of harsher punishments. But most of them don't pay any attention to the good research on how to make these strategies effective. Nor do they systematically connect the strategies to the real reason why they work, which is that they encourage reinforced practice (of which I'll have more to say in chapters 1 and 2) to occur. Success and failure are determined in the details, and scientists have studied those details with an exactitude that I want you to be able to take advantage of. If you happen across mediocre, impressionistic advice that's not based on good science, and you try it, and it fails to change your child's behavior, you may decide that praise or point charts or time-outs don't work at all. And that would be a tragedy, because when done right, they work very well indeed.
This book is all about doing it right. My main goal is to put the science at your disposal in a practical, efficient way that you can use to improve your child's behavior.
So, Relax
Before we get started, I think it's important to establish some perspective. Your child is most likely perfectly normal, which is to say that she is wonderful in many ways but occasionally misbehaves (and the research shows that even the very best-behaved kid listens only about 80 percent of the time).
Kids are people, and people respond to the method of positive reinforcement this book teaches; it works. Our research shows that about 80 percent of even the most serious cases of child conduct disorder respond well to my method, and chances are good that even the very worst moments you confront with your child fall far short of the threshold that all of these serious cases exceed.
And take heart, too, in the knowledge that kids aren't as fragile as we sometimes make them out to be. Stop worrying that you have somehow inflicted permanent "psychological scars" on your child with less-than-perfect parenting — which is, of course, the only kind there is. Think, instead, of your child's behavior as a complicated bundle of habits and routines. It's never too late to change those habits and routines by reinforcing different ones, and when you improve your child's behavior, you give both your child and yourself a chance to feel better about everyone involved. Change the behaviors; the feelings will follow.
I intend this book as a resource you can use to build a better family life. It explores how both parents and children see the world and themselves, and how both children and parents often come to express that self-conception in troublesome behavior. Such behavior can drift into a self- perpetuating destructive pattern, but the cycle can be interrupted and the troublesome behavior changed, bringing greater harmony to the family. I have distilled the science into practical guidance — sample dialogues between parents and child, for instance, and explanations for why one dialogue has been shown to be effective while another has not. I keep foremost in mind the necessity of answering practical questions like, If I want to start applying these methods today, what exactly do I do? or What exactly should I say? The scientific research has clear and often surprising things to say about even the most common and typically unquestioned practices we all employ, from explaining to nagging to punishing. So keep an open mind. Help is here, and it's the best help science can offer.
Copyright © 2008 by Alan E. Kazdin and Carlo Rotella. Reprinted by permission of Houghton Mifflin Company.


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OLCC bans families from Oregon Brewers Festival
This year is the 20th annual Oregon Brewers Festival, a milestone year to be sure. As a special treat, the OLCC (Oregon Liquor Control Commission) has decided to ban minors from the Festival entirely.
After 19 years of promoting the Oregon Brewers Festival as a community event, we regret that we will not be allowed to have minors under the age of 21 on the festival premises in 2007. The Oregon Liquor Control Commission has stipulated no minors be on-site, citing OLCC Rule 845-006-0340 (7) (a) in which "eating predominates" and the premise must not have a "drinking enviroment".
For kids, seeing their parents drink responsibly in a normal environment demystifies it and removes the allure of the forbidden. I don't doubt that there are parents in Oregon who think that taking their children to a beer festival exposes them to indecent behavior. But there are certainly others who think it's a healthy celebration of local culture—and fun, to boot. The OLCC has taken the choice away from parents, many of whom will now skip their Saturday afternoon trip to Waterfront Park.
Personally, I wouldn't bring my kids to the OBF, but not because I think the environment is inappropriate or unhealthy for them: rather, it would just make a long, boring, tiring day for them. The OBF itself is a very family-friendly venue—I've never witnessed anything in the times that I've been there to convince me otherwise.
Regardless, OLCC has decided to overrule the matter entirely, and families who would otherwise have been able to check out the Brewfest for a couple hours won't be able to go.
(An alternative, but more mean-spirited, headline I considered for this post: "OLCC says, Happy 20th OBF!")


text: X-MEN: FIRST CLASS, the highly anticipated prequel and fifth film set in Marvel's X-Men movie universe, opens on June 1, 2011. PLOT: "X-MEN FIRST CLASS charts the epic beginning of the X-Men saga, and reveals a secret history of famous global events. Before mutants had revealed themselves to the world, and before Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. Not archenemies, they were instead at first the closest of friends, working together with other Mutants (some familiar, some new), to prevent nuclear Armageddon. In the process, a grave rift between them opened, which began the eternal war between Magneto's Brotherhood and Professor X's X-Men." The movie stars: James McCavoy as Prof. Charles Xavier Michael Fasbender as Erik Lehnsherr Kevin Bacon as Sebastian Shaw Jennifer Lawrence as Raven Darkholme Jason Flemyng as Azazel X-MEN FIRST CLASS OFFICIAL WEBSITE Movietickets, Fandango - for showtimes in your area. Please grade, discuss, and tell all of us how much you enjoyed (or not!) the movie.


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In the US, "was like" has become synonymous with "said". ("I was like
That's my guess, anyway.I said, "No, you did not."
It became popular through Valspeak, which itself derived from Surfer. Here's an interesting blurb [c2.com].("I was like
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But that "like" was for, like, emphasis, or to, like, pause. When did it come to mean "said"? I'm sure you have the right roots, but I don't know when it crossed the line, to mix a metaphor.
Note the difference between, "I'm like, 'you're right'" versus "You're, like, totally right".


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Defense Budget
Chuck Hagel is considering reforms to minimize the effects of budget cuts. (File photo)
Driven by steep budget cuts and a changing national security environment, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is pushing forward with a comprehensive review of Pentagon strategies and operations, he said April 3 in Washington.
Speaking at National Defense University, Hagel reiterated the need for Defense Department leadership to reassess force and command structures and spending priorities, signaling potential major reforms that could change much of the way the Pentagon operates.
"The task ahead for the department is to prepare for the future, but not in a way that neglects the present," Hagel said. "We are therefore undertaking a process to develop options, choices and priorities to deal with further reductions in the defense budget...all anchored by the president's defense strategic guidance."
Hagel said his goal in the strategic choices and management review, led by Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey, "is to ensure we are realistically confronting the bulk of our strategic and fiscal challenges."
Hagel pointed out that there has been little in the way of changes to command structure since Goldwater-Nichols in 1986 – a reorganization effort that targeted interoperability, but did not account for costs and efficiencies, he said.
The secretary admitted that implementing sweeping reforms likely will require overcoming significant institutional resistance.
"It is already clear to me that any serious effort to reform and reshape our defense enterprise must confront the principal drivers of growth in the department's base budget – namely acquisitions, personnel costs and overhead."
Some of Hagel's decisions already have proved unpopular, even as he has taken steps to show solidarity. Acknowledging the damage to morale that looming furloughs are inflicting on DOD personnel; Hagel earlier in the week said he will voluntarily return part of his salary to match pay cuts resulting from the $41 billion in cuts the Pentagon must institute this fiscal year.
Despite receiving additional defense spending under the recently passed continuing resolution, civilian furloughs remain on track to happen, although at a reduced length of 14 days instead of the originally planned 22 days.
"I wish we had other options, but the reality is…we are dealing with a $41 billion shortfall that was not planned," Hagel said, adding that shoring up shortages of resources in DOD's most critical area of readiness must take priority. "We have to make decisions based on what we think is the most fair way to do this, but our readiness capabilities have to always come first, because it is the first mission of this institution. If we can do better, we will do better."
While readiness remains a top area of concern, Hagel also said he is focused on determining other priorities as the military draws down from Afghanistan and the threat landscape changes. And cybersecurity is a growing priority.
"Cyber attacks [that] barely registered as a threat a decade ago have grown into a defining security challenge, with potential adversaries [having the] ability to strike at America's security, energy and critical infrastructure with the benefit of anonymity and distance," Hagel said. "Most of the pressing security challenges today, and the most important political, economic and cultural elements, do not necessarily lend themselves to being resolved by conventional military strength."
In a statement issued after the speech, Rep. Howard P. "Buck" McKeon, (R-Calif.), chairman of the Armed Services Committee, said, "As encouraging as many of the secretary's remarks are, the fact that he is being driven to consider dramatic reform not because of strategic threats but because of an irrational budgetary environment remains troubling. The Armed Services Committee will do what it can to prevent the Pentagon from making ill considered short term cuts at the expense of long term strategic need. We cannot allow inadequate budgets to drive unacceptable strategies."
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Is "Buck" McKeon really this clueless? The problem isn't inadequate budgets, the problem is many, many years of waste. My guess is Buck wants to make certain the large defense contractors who are funding his re-election campaigns can maintain the level of prosperity they have become accustomed to!
I agree with the previous comment post. And now there are talks of military pay cuts. Some efficiencies that could be looked at are:1. Redundant logistical structures. Each branch of the service has its own logistical structure. Why not expand DLA to provide a single source of logistical processes and infrastructure.2. Information network security, IA, processes, etc. Move all IT support requirements under DISA.3. MFD requirements and standards. Each branch of the service handles their copier requirements differently and not always the most cost effective. The Navy just entered into an agreement with DLA to have DLA provide and contract for its copier fleet requirements. A single source for copier support could save DoD millions.I'm sure I could go on with more examples of potential money savings and just as importantly personnel savings. As I understand it, military personnel levels are controlled by congress. If, for example, the services have a combined 15K military personnel in IT positions. If say 10K of these positions can be combined under one organization, like DISA, using fewer personnel then those 10K could be allocated to combat personnel.
Senior leadership over the last 20+ years has allowed the large defense contractors to be running the show with insufficient oversight and either their arrogance or their ignorance has allowed the situation to get this bad. I am NOT a fan of the furloughs and feel that senior leadership is using the civil servant work force as a shield and a pawn but I am a fan of sequestration. I am genuinely concerned about the national debt that continues to grow out of control (not for me but for our children) because of the ignorant decisions and senior leadership's unwillingness to take responsability to work smarter. I'm tired of hearing the same BS from senior leadership when they say "we need to work smarter" only to watch them continue down the same path! One DoD agency recently decided to replace 90 firewalls that had never been compromised and was supportable by the manufacturer for 4 more years. $3M+ for just the acquisition and who knows how much for installation support. Somebody needs to find the people that supported this decision and give them all permanent furloughs and put them all on the EPL. This is NOT a unique situation, I see it happening everyday within every branch of DoD. These folks know what they are doing is wrong and they simply don't care!
Hagel does have other options to furlough. Cut programs that are vote buying by Democrats. Navy BioFuel, Army-Missile to Nowhere, JSF variants that provide no military utility. He won't. He would rather throw civilians under the bus than make the tough decisions.
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A dramatical sojourn through the Great White North.
Words and photos by Scott Pommier
Rodney Johnson is the man who's responsible for the title of this story. The suggestion for the title sprang out of one of our nightly gossip sessions where we attempted to reconstruct the day's events while deconstructing each others' egos. The turbulent nature of the trip was indeed the stuff of soap operas. However, as the saying goes, "Discretion is the better part of valor." This being the case, you get the vanilla pabulum version of the events.
Putting the Slam back in Slam City Jam, Paul Machnau and I arrived in Vancouver a few days earlier than the rest of the team. The idea was that we'd shoot a few extra photos to stockpile for an upcoming pro spotlight. Within a few hours, we had taken ourselves out of commission. I speared the area in between my anus and testicles (the perineum-ed.) after an attempted crooked grind on a six-inch-high flatbar turned into a pogo stick.
Some would say I was lucky not to rupture my urethra, but I maintain that there wasn't any luck involved-it was pure skill. Paul opted for a less humiliating yet equally debilitating ankle roll. When the two of us walked down the hall in the hotel, we looked like a couple of zombies shuffle-stepping along in search of-oh, I don't know-brains or something.
When the rest of the team arrived-Chad Fernandez, Neal Mims, Carlos De Andrade, Ryan Sheckler, Jason Masse, and Glenn Suggitt (who drove in from Alberta in his new Cadillac)-there were
a couple of extra members in the cast. Filmer Joe Krolick (perfectly ordinary), a team manager (as it should be), a mom (huh?), and another photographer (wait a second, what?).
When World Team Manager Rodney Johnson asked me to come on the tour, he neglected to tell me that World Industries staff photographer Dave Malenfant was coming along, too, and I didn't know how to deal with the situation. I wasn't even sure if Dave had known in advance that I was going to be there shooting as well.
For the first few days, we weren't really sure what the protocol was, so we'd just start setting up and whoever looked like they had their flashes ready first would get to shoot. The confusion caused friction. The riders didn't know who to ask to shoot them. For that matter, neither did I. Dave and I sorted things out amiably, while others clumsily tried to mediate. Dave handled the whole thing like a professional, while I on the other hand, resorted to griping about it to Paul. It ended up being a nonissue because Dave opted to forgo the rest of the trip and flew home early. Was it something I said?
While it is comforting to know that there are some things that remain constant in this chaotic world, most concerned wish that a heavy downpouring of rain on the weekend of Slam City Jam was not one of them. Nevertheless.
There was the odd break here and there, so whenever possible, I tried to break out of the contest scene and hit the streets. Contests, however, have a gravitational pull roughly equivalent to that of a black hole, thus the team spent much of their time at the arena. At least there were free carrot sticks in the media lounge. Sweet.
Masse Meltdown
In spite of the rain and the draw of a major professional skateboard match, we managed to get a little street skating in. As most everyone knows, Vancouver, B.C., Canada boasts quite a few decent spots even after a massive capping campaign a few years back. Most of the spots we went to were pleasantly hassle-free … well, not Masse's spots.
For some reason, everything that Masse wanted to skate was pretty heated. He managed to get the boot from nearly everything he tried-whether it was security, Skytrain police, or the red-coated
"Downtown Ambassadors," Jason was forever trying to plead his case to an uncaring and unsympathetic world. His frusttion lead to a pretty major meltdown.
Tensions had already been raised by a delayed hotel checkout and some miscommunication over skate etiquette vis-à--vis a high-security Hubba ledge, and the situation came to a boiling point as Jason found himself at odds with nearly everyone, including "Mama Shecks."
A few hours later, we were all on our way to Kelowna, except for Jason. He declined a ticket home, and instead opted to be left at the hotel to fend for himself.
Suggitt, The Cadillac Of Amateurs
Ordinarily, I steer clear of these gas-guzzling behemoths. Their outright opulence is contrary to my P.C. "tread lightly" sensibilities, and I've never been much of a fan of American cars. Glenn's Cadillac Escalade (dubbed the Suggalade), however, was a warm cocoon of sanity and stability on a somewhat nerve-rattling trek across Western Canada.
The Suggalade was not jam-packed with people and product. No booze was being consumed, the music was playing at a tolerable level, and no one was singing along, much less rapping their knuckles on the window to the beat. And so I sought refuge within its cavernous interior whenever the option was mine.
Kelowna is a jewel of a town nestled in the scenic fruit-growing Okanagan Valley. You couldn't ask for a more picturesque view. Well, I suppose you could try, but who would you ask? And what could they possibly do about it? We stayed for only a few short days, but managed to hit a couple parks and a handful of street spots.
Kelowna's Ryan Smith was in town recuperating from an elbow dislocation, so he acted as our tour guide, although it seemed like
Machnau knew the area just as well. Incidentally, this is true of most cities in Canada-Paul's brain has a significant amount of RAM devoted to skate-spot locations.
Demo Days
The Ben Lee park was predictably packed with kids who
were equally predictably hungry for product. Everyone skated really well, especially Paul and Carlos De Andrade, but the kids were hardly impressed. They were more interested in what was in the van than what was happening on the street course. I suppose I would've been pretty excited to catch a board at a product toss in my younger days, but I can't imagine battling hordes of other kids for a Wet Willy sticker rather than watching someone ollie out to noseblunt-slide on a double-kink. Kids today.
We left Kelowna the following day, and the drive to Edmonton was not unlike an episode of Wild Animal Kingdom. We saw herds of elk, a moose, a pack of wolves, and even a family of black bears. Throw some icy waterfalls, frozen lakes, and snow-topped mountains into the equation, and you get the idea. It was frustrating to not be able to stop and shoot photos every time I saw something neat, but skate trips are hardly the ideal time to work on a wildlife portfolio.
Edmonton is Suggitt's hometown, and he had loads of spots. With a crew of our size, departure times can be something of a fantasy, and getting to breakfast before 2:00 p.m. is sometimes an
accomplishment in itself. Once the vans were packed and everyone was present and accounted for, the rest fell into place. There wasn't a day that went by where we didn't come home with something. Although the general mood was hardly jovial, no one was getting ready to fly home early except for Ryan Shecklebottom (and his mom), who had to get back for school.
St. Albert
A suburb of Edmonton, St. Albert has a skate shop called Famous, which Glenn just so happens to manage, so for a brief moment, Suggitt went from a lowly amateur to the boss who was contracting the group to skate at his demo. What a difference a day makes!
The park was fun, and there was a huge turnout. Tons of skateboarders and tons of girls in bikini tops soaking up the sun and chasing the guys for autographs. Some of these girls must've
forgotten to bring posters and magazines for the team to sign because they resorted to having the fellas sign their names on body parts. Some chose PG-rated locations, and others, well …
End Of Days
After the demo, Glenn took everyone out to some Western-
themed steakhouse where we all celebrated the end of the tour. Some drank copious amounts, while others made plans to
rendezvous with some of the barely legal skate fans-some dabbled in both.
The next day, everyone flew home to their respective home bases. As we bid each other teary farewells at the airport, we promised to write each other and to never forget the magical time we all shared together.d magazines for the team to sign because they resorted to having the fellas sign their names on body parts. Some chose PG-rated locations, and others, well …
End Of Days
After the demo, Glenn took everyone out to some Western-
themed steakhouse where we all celebrated the end of the tour. Some drank copious amounts, while others made plans to
rendezvous with some of the barely legal skate fans-some dabbled in both.
The next day, everyone flew home to their respective home bases. As we bid each other teary farewells at the airport, we promised to write each other and to never forget the magical time we all shared together.


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The Internet is Helping Big Pizza Crush the Little Guys
The rise of online ordering is putting corner pizzerias in new peril.
Big chains have invested in sophisticated Web-based systems that let customers order and pay for deliveries quickly without having to call. That's giving them a new edge in the battle for an ever-bigger slice of the industry pie over smaller chains and independent pizza shops that lack the capital or technological know-how to compete on the Web.
Domino's, Papa John's and Pizza Hut all now derive 40% or more of their sales from digital orders, the companies say. For Geraci's Restaurant in University Heights, Ohio, the number is zero. Frannie Geraci, co-owner of Geraci's, says her sales have declined 20% in the past two years as chain pizza shops and other franchises have moved into the neighborhood.
Large pizza chains accounted for 52% of pizza orders at quick-serve pizza shops last year, up from less than 47% in 2009, while the share for independent pizza restaurants fell to 29% from 31.5%, according to market researcher NPD Group


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Despite talk, Cubs far from Peavy deal
DeRosa linked to possible three-team swap; Hendry not rushing
By Carrie Muskat / MLB.com
On Tuesday, DeRosa was linked to a potential three-team trade involving the Cubs, Padres and Phillies, in which he would go to Philadelphia, which is looking for help while Chase Utley heals.
The Phillies are one of at least five teams that have contacted the Cubs regarding their players as they try to become that "third team" allegedly needed to complete the Peavy-to-Chicago deal. And DeRosa's name isn't the only one being mentioned. At least one team even asked if the Cubs would part with Carlos Marmol.
Teams are trying to see how much the Cubs are willing to give up to get Peavy. Someone familiar with the situation said one scenario has the Phillies getting Jason Marquis from the Cubs and Scott Hairston from the Padres, with Philadelphia sending prospects to the Padres. The Cubs would then have Peavy for the rotation.
"You can't get caught up in everybody's rumors or what people say," Cubs general manager Jim Hendry said Tuesday. "We feel confident that before we get to camp, we're going to have a better baseball team than we had when the season ended. That's our goal, and we're not worried about time frames or what somebody says we might be doing. It could still change drastically on the type of plan we thought would go down, and we could end up with a different kind of player."
Hendry would not comment on the DeRosa rumors and will not talk about Peavy to avoid being charged with tampering. One thing is certain: A deal is definitely not "close" as reported by some media outlets.
Since he became the Cubs' general manager, Hendry has been involved in one deal involving more than one team, and that was when he acquired Nomar Garciaparra at the Trade Deadline in July 2004.
"We've only made one [multi-team deal] in my GM career, and that was a four-way, and to this day, I'm not quite sure how it happened," Hendry said. "It was a two-way all week, and all of a sudden it became a four. I'm much better served one on one. I'm not quite as efficient as Theo [Epstein] or Billy Beane in multi-tasking, so I keep it as simple as I can."
|"We feel confident that before we get to camp, we're going to have a better baseball team than we had when the season ended. That's our goal, and we're not worried about time frames or what somebody says we might be doing."
|-- GM Jim Hendry
The world champion Phillies were the latest linked to the talks, and they have expressed an interest in DeRosa. Who wouldn't? The versatile DeRosa set career highs this season with 21 home runs, 87 RBIs, 103 runs and a .376 on-base percentage. He can play second, third and the outfield. But the Cubs aren't shopping him.
Peavy is owed $63 million over the next four seasons, and the Cubs have been the main target since talks between the Padres and Braves broke down last month.
Towers set a soft deadline to complete a deal this week, but Hendry has said he doesn't have a timetable. The Cubs also are keeping discussions open with representatives for Randy Johnson, who was 11-10 with a 3.90 ERA with the Diamondbacks last season.
There have been reports that the Cubs cannot complete a deal until after the team is sold, but team officials maintain it's business as usual. Cubs chairman Crane Kenney met with Hendry and his staff Tuesday at the Bellagio hotel to give them an update. There are at least three final bidders for the team, which officials say was not affected by the parent Tribune Co.'s decision Monday to file for bankruptcy.
Hendry did meet with a few agents on Tuesday but may leave Las Vegas without having a new left-handed bat in the mix -- or a one-time Cy Young winner in the rotation.
"I feel good knowing that by the time we leave here we will have narrowed the field and maybe work in the direction that we want to go where we see a conclusion possible," Hendry said, "but I certainly wouldn't have a, 'Oh, we'll have a guy by Thursday' -- that would be kind of foolish to do."
Carrie Muskat is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Editorial Staff and Contributors
Dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) is a test that measures the density of your bones.
The DEXA scan is an x-ray scan that uses a small amount of radiation to take pictures of different bones. These pictures are used to measure the density of the bones at the spine, hip, and forearm. It can also take pictures of other bones such as a finger or the heel bone. Measurements of the spine and hip are called central DXA. Those done on the arms or legs are called peripheral DXA. In some cases, your doctor may order a whole body scan.
This test will help your doctor assess the density of your bones. It will help determine if you have
osteoporosis, a bone-thinning disease. This information may be used to predict your risk of bone fractures.
An x-ray uses radiation to make images. The low levels of radiation from a single x-ray will not affect most people. If you are pregnant or think you may be pregnant, talk to your doctor before the x-ray. Radiation may be harmful to developing babies.
Central DXA measures bone density in the hip and spine. You will be asked to lie on a table. Your position will depend on the area being examined. You will be asked to hold still and may be asked to hold your breath while the X-ray is taken. The X-ray will be taken and sent to a computer monitor.
Peripheral DXA measures bone density in the finger, hand, forearm, or foot. The area being examined will be placed in a small device. The device will provide a bone density reading in a few minutes.
You will be able to leave after the test is done.
About 10 minutes
The test results are usually available within a few days. Your test results will show 2 types of scores:
These test results will help your doctor determine your risk for bone fractures.
Call your doctor if you have any questions about your condition, the test, or your test results.
National Osteoporosis Foundation
Ortho Info—American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Health Canada
Osteoporosis Canada
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Bone density scan. RadiologyInfo.org—Radiological Society of North America website. Available at:
http://www.radiologyinfo.org/en/info.cfm?pg=dexa&bhcp=1. Updated February 12, 2015. Accessed February 18, 2016.
National Osteoporosis Foundation. Clinician's Guide to Prevention and Treatment of Osteoporosis. Washington, DC: National Osteoporosis Foundation, 2010. Available at:
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Pokémon Red and Blue Versions
Pokémon Red Version and Pokémon Blue Version were the first Pokémon games to be released outside of Japan, becoming available in North America on September 30, 1998, and thus being the first Pokémon media to hit the international market. The pair closely followed the debut of the anime's North American dub, which began airing September 8, 1998[3], and within a year, Pokémon was well-known as a popular Nintendo franchise.
Unlike later generations, Red and Blue were not the same as their corresponding Japanese releases. Japan had gotten their first pair of Pokémon games as Pocket Monsters: Red & Green (Japanese: ポケットモンスター 赤・緑), which in all aspects were the same as Red and Blue with the exception of Pokémon sprite designs. When preparing the games for their English release, it was decided that Red & Green would be merged with Japan's already-released third version, Pocket Monsters: Blue (Japanese: ポケットモンスター 青), for its improved graphics, sound, and lack of easily-accessed gamebreaking glitches.
Despite being released towards the end of Game Boy's lifespan, they quickly became the best-selling non-bundled games released for the Game Boy as well as being the best-selling role-playing games of all time.
|Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.
Illustrating the original Pokémon gameplay concepts, players begin their game in Pallet Town, a small town in the Kanto region, on the same day as their former best friend and now rival. Professor Oak calls the player to his laboratory, and allows the player to choose from starter Pokémon: the Grass-type Bulbasaur, Fire-type Charmander, or the Water-type Squirtle. After the rival has jealously chosen the starter that weakens the player's choice and had a preliminary battle, the player leaves for his journey across the region, challenging 8 Gym Leaders and other Trainers on their way to the ultimate goal: the Pokémon League at Indigo Plateau.
Along the way, the player will meet up with his rival several times, and have multiple run-ins with the insidious Team Rocket, a criminal group that seeks to use Pokémon for their own gain. The player will ultimately find out that the boss of this evil group, Giovanni, is actually the final Gym Leader in the game.
At the end of the game the player will have a champion battle against Blue after beating the Elite Four.
You've finally been granted your Pokémon Trainer's license. Now, it's time to head out to become the world's greatest Pokémon Trainer. It's going to take all you've got to collect 150 Pokémon in this enormous world. Catch and train monsters like the shockingly-cute Pikachu. Face off against Blastoise's torrential water cannons. Stand strong when facing Pidgeot's stormy Gust. Trade with friends and watch your Pokémon evolve. Important—no single Pokémon can win at all. Can you develop the ultimate Pokémon strategy to defeat the eight Gym Leaders and become the greatest Pokémon Master of all time?
Like in Red and Green, players may trade Pokémon between two cartridges using a Game Boy link cable. To take full advantage of this feature, several Pokémon are exclusive to each game of the pair, making it required that a person trade with others in order to complete their Pokédex. The link cable also makes possible battles with another player, allowing one to pit his or her Pokémon against new challenges.
Trades between Pokémon games in different languages are possible in this generation; however, a Japanese game cannot connect with a non-Japanese game. The latter will always result in corruption if attempted. This is due to the fact that the games cannot automatically translate the Pokémon data from Japanese to a different language or vice versa, since there is not enough room on either cartridge for all of the text, namely kana and the Latin alphabet (a feature that would later become possible).
Players are introduced to the first eight Pokémon Gyms, each with their own type affiliation, of the series, led by Brock (Rock), Misty (Water), Lt. Surge (Electric), Erika (Grass), Koga (Poison), Sabrina (Psychic), Blaine (Fire) and Giovanni (Ground).
Elite Four
The Elite Four of Kanto are a step above the rest, all located at Indigo Plateau and ready to take on all challengers. In order, they are Lorelei (Ice), Bruno (Fighting), Agatha (Ghost) and Lance (Dragon). The final battle a Trainer has is against the Pokémon Champion, the rival, who does not have a type specialization.
Each game contains pre-recorded data on 151 different species of Pokémon, including Mew, a Pokémon unavailable to players of either game under normal conditions. Despite this, not all Pokémon are available to the player, regardless of version; trades must occur between players in order to complete their Pokédex without the use of cheats or glitches. Mew is the only Pokémon in these games that must be acquired through attending either a Nintendo sponsored event, a glitch, or cheating.
Version exclusives
The following Pokémon are only obtainable in one game of this pair. In order to obtain Pokémon exclusive to the other game of this pair, they must be traded either from that game or from another compatible game of Generation I or Generation II which has that Pokémon available.
Red and Blue can trade with all games from Generations I and II, provided that a Japanese version of the game isn't being traded with a non-Japanese version. While link battles are not possible directly between Red and Blue and the Generation II games, a player may challenge a Generation II game using Pokémon Stadium 2.
Pokémon Red and Blue are completely incompatible with Generations III, IV and V.
The games received positive reviews from the press, receiving a perfect 10/10 "Masterful" rating from IGN.[4] The games received an average score of about 89% on GameRankings[5], the second highest on the site for a main series Pokémon game, and the 3rd and 4th best score for a Game Boy title.[6]
While bringing Pokémon to international fame and continuing the legacy of the Japanese Red and Green, Pokémon Red and Blue have been met with much criticism, especially compared to more recent releases in the series. Aside from the number of glitches present in the games, many Pokémon look very little like their appearance in the anime, which premiered nearly simultaneous with the games' North American release, or later games, which improved on several other aspects as well as the graphics.
The two games are also notorious for their several drastic glitches, among them the fabled Missingno., Glitch City, and the Mew glitch. Despite this, the glitches are arguably minimal points of criticism due to the reward value that comes from their activation, such as the multiplication of a player's sixth item that happens when Missingno. is encountered.
|Koffing's Red and Blue sprite
|Koffing's current sprite
- Main article: Staff of Pokémon Red and Blue
- The American staff in charge of localizing the games tried to change the Pokémon designs, however, Tsunekaz Ishihara refused the proposal.[7]
- The blurb on the back of the boxes states that 139 different Pokémon can be obtained in each game without trading. This, however, includes all Pokémon that the player must choose between (i.e., both the Omanyte and Kabuto families are counted).. Therefore, the true total of different Pokémon obtainable in one adventure without trading is 124, which excludes the two unchosen starter families, one fossil family, two Eeveelutions, one of Hitmonlee and Hitmonchan, and the four Pokémon that only evolve when traded.
- The Pokémon depicted during Professor Oak's introductory lecture is a Nidorino. However, the cry that plays belongs to Nidorina. This is actually a mistake that was carried over from the Japanese Red and Green as well as from the Japanese Blue.
- Although these games are improved and combined versions of the Japanese Red and Green and Japanese Blue, their respective special borders are still retained from their original Japanese versions, which are displayed only on a Super Game Boy or in Stadium and Stadium 2 when played through the Game Boy Tower, which requires the Transfer Pak for Nintendo 64.
- In Red, the opening scene shows a Gengar and a Nidorino engaged in battle. In Blue, the Nidorino is replaced with a Jigglypuff. This change was not retained in FireRed and LeafGreen, which both depict a Gengar and Nidorino squaring off. This may be due to FireRed and LeafGreen being remakes of the original Red and Green, however, which both feature Nidorino in the animation, while only the Japanese Blue features Jigglypuff.
- According to the Pokémon Pokédex Collector's Edition (Prima's Official Pokémon Guide), Red and Blue were developed by a team of nine members.
In other languages
- ↑ Pokémon.com (US)
- ↑ Pokémon.com (UK)
- ↑ Anime News Network - (Pokemon TV)
- ↑ IGN: Pokemon Blue Version (Pokemon Blue) (retrieved December 21, 2009)
- ↑ Pokemon Red Version for Game Boy - GameRankings (retrieved December 21, 2009)
- ↑ Reviews and News Articles - GameRankings (retrieved December 21, 2009)
- ↑ スペシャル対談/3
|This game-related article is part of Project Games, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on the Pokémon games.