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I started with this perspective that was like, we’re special needs families and we’re going to tell all of you what it’s like. It was a very “me” perspective. I felt like I knew a lot but I quickly learned that, yes, I have this one daughter with a very specific disability, but I didn’t know anything else. So I really ... |
My blog also inspired my new children’s book called When Charlie Met Emma. It starts with a little boy named Charlie, who meets a girl named Emma at the playground. Even though his mom has taught him that differences are okay, he’s still unsure about Emma who is really different … He eventually learns that Emma likes t... |
How did your upbringing influence your parenting style? |
My parents got divorced when I was about 2 years old … We spent five years living with our grandparents and those were like the golden years of our childhood. My grandparents were just wonderful, great people, and they provided the stability that we didn’t have in a lot of other ways. My brother and I were kids who gre... |
When I became a parent, I had to figure out for myself what a good mom looked like. I had to figure out how to measure that on my own and how to be very mindful about it. Because of the way I was raised, I wanted to be honest with my kids and I wanted to be myself around them. I try to let them know, I’m the grown-up i... |
And while we have this open dialogue, I also believe in boundaries, because my brother and I didn’t have that. When you’re allowed to go anywhere, anytime, or do whatever you want, you don’t feel loved as a kid — and I know that’s true, because I felt it. I have some boundaries with my kids because I want them to know ... |
What’s your favorite thing about parenting? |
When your kids are young, it’s so fun to see the world through their eyes. It’s super cliché, but watching them discover the newness of the world is amazing. I’ve definitely thought to myself, I might be raising my best friends, and I hope that is still true down the road. I also love watching them interact as siblings... |
When we were pregnant with our second daughter and we found out she was going to have these differences, we just didn’t know if she and her sister were going to have that typical sibling relationship. But immediately, our oldest daughter would come by and grab her [baby sister] under her arms and walk away with her and... |
At first, we were like, “Hey, you can’t do that. We don’t want you to drop her!” But then we started to see that the older one would come up to these games that allowed her sister to not just sit there but also participate. Never once when she was little — never once — did I ever hear her say something like, “She’s not... |
I remember one time my oldest had just gotten these scarves at school because they had been learning to juggle. She sat down to teach her sisters and she never hesitated to think whether or not our middle daughter could do it. In my head, I might’ve been like, “Oh, she probably can’t, so I’m not going to even bring it ... |
Sometimes I question if I’m doing enough or if I’m doing it right. We all know there’s no handbook and we’re all just doing our best. But I wrestle with my doubts and worries sometimes. |
How do you find time for yourself and your relationship? |
I was never one of those moms that gave and gave until I was depleted. I know when I need help and I tend to ask for it readily; I’ve always been able to rely on my husband. I just try to prioritize things and I try to recognize when I’m not doing well mentally or emotionally because that leaks out onto everyone else, ... |
What’s the best advice you can share with new parents? |
For most special needs parents, our journeys tend to start with blinding fear. For other parents, maybe it was when their child was first born or after their child’s first diagnosis but for me, it was the ultrasound appointments. What I’ve learned is that an ultrasound machine is not a future-predicting machine. It tol... |
Think about how much time we spend dating and choosing a partner … and then you give birth to these little people and you have no say in their personality, no say in their likes and dislikes, their abilities or disabilities, but we love them anyway. I feel like the whole message behind my blog can be distilled down to ... |
As a new parent, you also have to trust your gut. After interviewing hundreds of parents, I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard that a doctor said everything was fine but a mom knew something was off. I really believe we are gifted with something that’s deeper than intuition. It’s more like just knowing, when you ... |
How do you embrace the most unpredictable moments of parenthood? |
There are times when it’s sheer chaos and you’re like, “This is not what I wanted,” and everything feels crazy. Then you really think about it and you’re like, “No, this is exactly what I wanted.” The key is to really embrace those moments and think this is it, this is the life that I dreamed of. All of these moments, ... |
What would you want your kids to say about you as a parent? |
I would want them to say that they remember all the fun and how much we laugh in our house. I hope they can always say that we provided a loving, fun home for them. |
The German government had advance warning of the 1972 Munich Olympic massacre, Der Spiegel reported Sunday. |
German intelligence and the German foreign ministry reportedly received information indicating that a terror attack was being planned at the Olympics, but decided not to take precautions or preventive measures against the threats. |
According to the report, authorities ignored not only intelligence reports but also public warnings. On September 2, three days prior to the attack, the Italian magazine Gente also reported that Black September terrorists were planning "a sensational action in the Olympic games." |
The attackers were reportedly able to enter the quarters of the Israeli athletes without undergoing additional security measures. |
Der Spiegel also implies that local and federal German authorities attempted to cover up their prior knowledge of the attack and their failures to prevent the murder of the 11 Israeli athletes. |
According to the German weekly, shortly after the attack, a message was distributed directing officials to refrain from criticizing any of the involved authorities and to refrain from providing information to the public. |
The report is based on secret reports from the inquiry following the attack, cabinet meeting minutes and diplomatic correspondence. |
The full report, titled "From Dream to Terror – Munich 1972" was aired on Sunday night on German television. |
Summerfest coordinators invite the public to celebrate Independence Day on Friday, July 4 from 4 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. at San Marcos Plaza Park on the San Marcos River . The free event features live music, children’s parade and patriotic costume contest, food, kids’ activities, a patriotic program and a spectacular firewo... |
CHANDIGARH: A magisterial probe into the Amritsar train tragedy in which around 60 people died, has held the gateman at a nearby railway crossing and the organisers of the Dussehra event responsible for "various acts of omissions and commissions", leading to the incident. |
The probe report, however, gave a "clean chit" to Navjot Kaur Sidhu, wife of Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu, who was the chief guest at the Dussehra event, saying "she had no role in organising the event". |
Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh Thursday evening ordered stern action against all those found responsible for the Amritsar train tragedy. |
The report observed that the spectators "committed the mistake" of watching the Dussehra event while standing on railway tracks. |
The magisterial inquiry into the incident, which claimed around 60 lives on Dussehra, was conducted by Jalandhar Divisional Commissioner B Purushartha, who was appointed as the special executive magistrate. |
The crowd was watching the burning of a Ravana effigy near Joda Phatak on October 19 when they were mowed down by a passing train. |
A 300-page report of magisterial probe into the accident was submitted to the Punjab home secretary last month. |
"While the spectators committed the mistake of watching this event from rail tracks, the organisers held this event without any permission and without undertaking required safety and security measures," the report observed. |
It blamed police and functionaries of the municipal corporation for their failure to enforce the law and showing unwanted generosity, while the key rail employees failed to take safety and security measures even after having full knowledge of presence of a large number of people on and around the rail tracks. |
"Gateman of Jaura Phatak (gate no. 27) Amit Singh has not only failed in discharging his statutory duties but also committed a blunder in not taking appropriate safety and security measures which could have easily prevented this accident. He is one of those key railway employees whose blunder has resulted into this acc... |
The inquiry report also blamed the gateman of another gate (no. 26) for his "failure". |
"It is also evident that gateman of railways level crossing (gate no. 26) Nirmal Singh also failed in discharging his statutory duties by his late reaction in informing the gateman of Jaura Phatak (gate no. 27). He came to know about this gathering on rail tracks at around 5.30 pm, but informed the gateman of Jaura Pha... |
He did not inform the station master concerned and keep giving green signals to approaching trains, the report said. |
The report indicted Saurabh Mithu Madan, the son of a Congress councillor, who had organised the event. |
"The organisers were not having any approval/permission required for holding this event of Dussehra celebration, including Ravan Dahan, at Dhobi Ghat and they held the event in an illegal manner, compromising the safety and security of spectators' life," the report said. |
"It is also evident that the organisers conducted this event without taking adequate precautions/measures to ensure safety and security of the people gathered to watch Dussehra celebration and Ravan Dahan," the probe report said. |
Blaming the organisers for failing to inform the Railways, the report said, "The organisers neither informed the Railways nor took any precautions and safety measures to stop people from watching the celebrations from rail tracks." |
The inquiry report also made it clear that Navjot Kaur Sidhu, who attended the function as a Chief Guest, had no role in organising the event. |
"Had the organisers been sensitive to the safety and security of the people watching the Dussehra celebrations and taken the simple action of putting a view cutter of 10-12 feet height along the boundary wall separating the ground and rail tracks, the accident could have been prevented," the report said. |
The statements of over 150 people, including railway officials and Navjot Kaur Sidhu, were recorded by Purushartha, while Navjot Singh Sidhu, who had questioned the Railways for giving clean chit to loco-pilot of the train, had submitted his statement in writing. |
Meanwhile, former MLA Navjot Kaur Sidhu said they did not "influence" the inquiry into the Amritsar train tragedy in any manner. |
"We would have been wrong had we tried to influence the inquiry in any manner," she said, adding that there was no effort whatsoever on her and his husband part to try to "mould or change the facts" of inquiry. |
Her statement came after the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) condemned the "clean chit" given to Sidhu and his wife in the Amritsar train tragedy. |
The SAD alleged that the inquiry commission was "tailor made to save" the couple and it had "done its job accordingly". |
WARNING: Spoilers for the Star Trek: Discovery season 2 premiere. |
Where is Spock in Star Trek: Discovery? After touting the character's appearance for nearly a year, the season 2 premiere, "Brother," didn't feature Michael Burnham's foster brother. Instead, at the end of the episode, Captain Pike revealed to Burnham that the Enterprise's science officer had taken leave and given no w... |
That's probably for the best given how ambitious an hour the Star Trek: Discovery season 2 premiere was. The crew of Discovery got a new captain who told them about the eruption of seven very powerful signals then led them on the world's worst away mission, where they rescued an engineer who'd lived for months by herse... |
At the end of the Star Trek: Discovery premiere, Burnham asks Captain Pike if she can visit the Enterprise before the two ships part ways, and Pike allows it, but not before letting her know that Spock isn't aboard. A disheartened Burnham goes anyway and searches her brother's quarters for clues as to his headspace. Sh... |
So what did Burnham see, exactly? What Spock "drew" appeared to be a star map, featuring seven red bursts of light that no doubt have something to do with the seven energy eruptions Pike details at the beginning of the episode. However, while that would seem to be reason enough for Burnham's distress upon seeing the ma... |
During one of the Star Trek: Discovery season 2 premiere's many flashbacks, Amanda can be heard describing Spock's nightmares as red figures or angels. After she fails to transport out of the Hiawatha back to the Discovery, Burhnam is severely injured as she takes a direct hit from debris flying around the asteroid. He... |
Narratively, it's obviously not a coincidence that Burnham sees this vision after the energy bursts erupt and Spock's "nightmares" return. Clearly, all three events are linked, perhaps by Spock and Burnham's probable psychic connection (we can cautiously assume that all he and Michael mind-melded at some point), or jus... |
Star Trek: Discovery season 2 streams Thursdays on CBS All-Access, on Space in Canada, and Fridays on Netflix internationally. |
Ljubljana, 11 April - The Slovenian Press Agency news report is protected by copyright, which gives the STA exclusive rights to reproduce or authorise reproduction of these materials. STA subscribers are authorised to use STA news report subject to the limitations in their news service agreements. Further use is prohib... |
Tina Wilson-Cohen is calm, encouraging, and confident, especially when she's teaching kids how to fire guns. |
Today, the Josoeitz family came in for a lesson with her over their spring break. |
"I think it's important to know how to use firearms for your own safety and to teach discipline," says Ken Josoeitz, standing with his kids Hannah and Ethan. |
Most surprising to Ken, though, was that his wife Sindy would want to join. |
"I said, 'Sure, I'll go with you,'" she says. |
More and more of Wilson-Cohen's clients are women and families, and the surge in sales to this cohort suits her style just fine. She offers black and pink targets. |
"Pink...has a calming, soothing effect. Gun ranges are intimidating, especially for women." |
Nearly 47 percent more women are shooting today than a decade ago, according to the National Sporting Goods Association, and a Gallup poll last year found 23 percent of American women now own at least one gun. Several retailers hold "Ladies Nights," and enrollment in one women's only conceal-carry class at the Red Cast... |
"There's more safety awareness out there now for women, and there's also more firearm training available to women that hasn't been before," says Wilson-Cohen. |
And the gun industry is responding to that. |
"We see the pink and the purple grips on the guns and it's really there as a marketing tool to go ahead and draw more women in...they're not stupid, hence the pink targets," she adds. |
Women are certainly juicing the numbers, but other factors are pushing sales higher. A record 16.4 million firearm background checks were conducted in the U.S. last year, up from 14.4 million in 2010. A weak economy and fear of President Obama pushing for gun control in a potential second term have weapons sales soarin... |
"It's booming," says Jessica Goode, who sells guns at Sharp Shooters in Lorton, Va. "The weapons are flying off the shelves. We can't keep them in stock. It's the economy. People are feeling unsafe nowadays, they want protection." |
That means big profit for gun makers like Smith and Wesson , Sturm, Ruger and hunting superstore Cabela's . Stocks of the companies are surging, and orders are off the charts, leading Sturm, Ruger to halt new orders, as they try to meet the demand. |
IN THE rush of preparations leading up to the implementation of the General Health System (GHS), reasonable questions emerge with regards to the socioeconomic impact of this whole effort. The public’s concerns intensified following data published by the Association of Cyprus Insurance Companies, which presented an incr... |
The newly established health system will be mainly funded by the contributions, which have already started being paid from the 1st of March 2019, and will be increased on the 1st of March 2020, when the system will be fully implemented. The categories of contributors include employees, employers, the state, the self-em... |
As can be seen by the above, the implementation of the GHS will bring about significant changes for employees and businesses, causing a chain reaction and potentially affecting the entire Cypriot economy. These contributions will cause an immediate increase in the average cost per employee for the employer, while they ... |
In the case where employers choose to continue providing private health insurance, the net income of their employees will be potentially reduced; either because they will pay the whole amount of the premium (whereas usually in the past, the employer covered half of the employee’s premium, with the employee covering the... |
Additionally, those who wish to continue with private insurance, in order to offer complementary coverage through their companies, they will likely be burdened with additional taxes through the PAYE system. This may occur because private health insurance plans may be considered as a ‘Benefit in Kind’, when offered sele... |
At the same time, the competent authorities should also clarify another point: the clause requiring employers to submit a private health insurance certificate for third-country nationals as well as EU nationals with A1 certificates, whom they wish to employ in Cyprus. This clause clashes with the present legislation, w... |
Without a doubt, the GHS is a social necessity. Each modern state, in the context of its social policy, must offer its citizens equal access to high-quality healthcare services. The skilful management of the new health system by the competent bodies and the timely identification of serious issues, such as those mention... |
Theodoros Mantis is Head of People Asvisory, Payroll and Corporate Immigration services of Ellinas Finance. |
September 4, 2018 music news. |
Hawke co-wrote and directed “Blaze,” a biopic about Austin musician Blaze Foley. Sexton starred in the movie as Foley’s friend, Texas music legend Townes Van Zandt, and Black was an executive producer on the film. |
They released a three-song EP on Tuesday with a full-length album due out in January. The album was recorded at Arlyn Studios early this year. The label will operate in conjunction with the Nashville-based Dualtone label. We will have a review of the EP in Peter Blackstock’s On the Record column later this week. |
2019 started off with a rather interesting tweet from Elon Musk. He was showing off the "Starship test flight rocket" from SpaceX. This thing evokes a strong bit of imagery that has been so deeply integrated into our culture through science fiction for so many years that it just feels... right. |
Just look at that thing! Well, as you can imagine, seeing that beautiful piece of work inspired me to yank out some retro science fiction and look at the old illustrations. There are so many examples that you could just swap the test rocket into and they'd seem nearly untouched. The issue I've chosen for today's Sci-Fi... |
When I scan one of these, I'm always curious what the public was thinking and seeing about space. NASA has a convenient website where you can go and see details on major events. In December of 1962, the public was hearing about how Mariner 2 had flown by Venus, which was a pretty huge deal considering this was the very... |
Aside from just checking on the general space news of the time, it is also intriguing to look at what the Apollo program was doing. I found a more detailed breakdown on what was happening within the Apollo program during November and December of 1962. NASA was deep in planning and testing, with the most interesting par... |
There's that beautiful rocket again. Obviously Musk's needs more portholes, but hey, they have time to iterate. |
In the middle of the issue there is a non-fiction piece entitled Intelligent Noise. It basically talks about some of the ways in which we secure radio communications using pseudo random noise generation. I'm not going to get into how that works, I'm here for the art and pictures! I've copied the captions to each pictur... |
I love this design for a space suit by Schoenherr. It doesn't seem to fit with the typical aesthetic of the time. |
Amy Goodman from Democracy Now interviewed linguist and political philosopher Noam Chomsky and asked him to explain Donald Trump; in a mere 10 minutes, Chomsky explains where Trump came from, what he says about the GOP, and what the best response to Russiagate is. |
A reporter for a Russian news magazine on Sunday was denied entry to the country on orders from the top KGB successor agency in what journalists and rights activists denounced as the latest attack on the freedom of speech. Natalia Morar, an investigative reporter for the New Times weekly magazine, was returning from a ... |
Beth Orton, the English singer and songwriter, was wandering through the historic center of Philadelphia recently, accompanied by her husband, Sam Amidon, and their one-year-old son, Arthur—the former pushing the latter in a stroller. The three of them were on tour together. Orton had played the night before in Charlot... |
Orton’s two-man touring team is in itself an answer to the question that her fans inevitably have for her—i.e., what have you been doing since “The Comfort of Strangers,” the 2006 studio album produced by Jim O’Rourke? Other answers, in no particular order, include: having a second child (her five-year-old daughter, Na... |
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