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Aptos, CA & elsewhere: Americans watch FOX overwhelmingly re TEA Party Protests

Santa Cruz Sentinel showed picture of numerous protesters in front of the Post Office in Santa Cruz, CA. US-wide, more people watched FOX about the Tea Party protests than all the other networks combined. See numbers below.

FOX RATINGS SURGE ON PROTEST COVERAGE
8-11 PM ET

FOXNEWS 3,390,000
MSNBC 1,210,000
CNN 1,070,000
CNN HEADLINE 909,000

FOXNEWS O’REILLY 3,980,000
FOXNEWS HANNITY 3,239,000
FOXNEWS GRETA 2,947,000
FOXNEWS BECK 2,740,000
FOXNEWS BAIER 2,401,000
FOXNEWS SHEP 2,185,000
COMEDY DAILY SHOW 1,777,000
MSNBC OLBERMANN 1,499,000
COMEDY COLBERT 1,446,000
CNNHN GRACE 1,336,000
CNN KING 1,292,000
MSNBC MADDOW 1,149,000
CNN COOPER 1,021,000

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Pediatric concierge instead of mother-in-laws

A friend in Aptos has one son who is married, age 30 and about to be a father in a couple of months. The son’s mother-in-law is an Emergency Room nurse. His mother is a child psychologist. So there is plenty of family expertise handy. This young man has decided to have a concierge pediatrician to be available 24 hours a day to answer questions and be readily available. Guess that’s one way to make sure he is not mother-in-law or mother pecked as to how to manage the first grand-child!

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Aptos nurse adopts dogs in lieu of grand-kids

Lots of kids are not having kids so fewer grand-kids. Stories by parents about grand-kids and/ or not having grand-kids.

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Rescue a dog when no prospects of grand-kids
Rescue a dog when no prospects of grand-kids
I was in hospital for some life saving proceedure and the nurse & I chatted about about Life. What Matters. “Got any grand-kids?” I asked. She said no, that she had 4 children and no prospects. She said it used to bother her not having any grand-kids. She said that she decided to put that behind her. Decided to adopt – DOGS. She takes in dogs that needs rescueing ahd helps find permanent homes. She could not resist some of the dogs and now has about 6 dogs. Says rescueing a dog is better than knitting a sock.

So what are your grand-kid stories?

contact Cameron Jackson www.freedomOK.net/wordpress

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April 15 Tax Day brings swell of protests

Tea Parties across the USA on April 15, 2009.

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April 15, 2009 Tea Party
April 15, 2009 Tea Party
Accross the USA, thousands of people protested. California is almost in bankrupcy. California has highest sales tax in the nation. Dennis Miller said on Fox today, “I have a contingency plan. I’d like to keep a buck for every buck I give away to stangers… We help too many of the clueless…”

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Public access view of Monterey Bay gone. 2012 UGLY award update for Kingsbury Drive in Aptos …

Aptos UGLY award!

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ugly aptos brambles
ugly brambles Aptos,CA 2012

img_2950This spot in Aptos, California on Kingsbury Drive gets the UGLY award.

To the left of the picture was a lookout spot to see Monterey Bay. Now it is ALL brambles.

Update for March, 2012: You can see the KEEP OUT sign in the picture. Public access impossible as still all brambles.

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Aptos arrest at 114 Cantebury Drive, low cost housing behind St. John’s Church

img_2941Jay Bradley Holmes, of 114 Cantebury Drive, Aptos, CA was booked into Santa Cruz County jail recently. He was standing outside his house with a gun in his pocket when the police arrieved at 2:45 am. How dumb can you get? He is mad that his wife called 911. He had a stolen gun in his possession and was booked on multiple charges.

Think of the BIG stresses in life: divorce, job loss, death in the family. Husband in jail is another BIG stress. For support for that and other families in the neighborhood, just over the fence is http.//www.sjlife.orgSt. John’s church. St. John’s welcomes all persons.

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Aptos psychologist opines: Applied Behavior Analysis cannot create spontaneity in children

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Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) cannot create spontaneity in children. Becuase spontaneity is something that comes from within the child, not elicited from without.

ABA is a popular technique for treatment of autism and autistic spectrum disorders. Remember Pavlov? He taught a dog to salivate when a bell is rung. With ABA, a stimulus is presented with goal of eliciting a particular response. The goal is that when the trainer does X the child will do Y.

ABA can jump start the beginnings of language. For children who have no verbal language and are around 18 months it can be quite helpful. ABA can shape behavior. It is a powerful technique.

But, Simulus-Response techniques have major limitations. They cannot make your child to spontaneously hug you and say you are the greatest Mom and Dad. ABA techniques cannot teach a child to spontaneously relate with another child.
Check out carefully the techniques that are applied to your child who has autistic specrum issues.
written by licensed psychologist Cameron S. Jackson, Ph.D., J.D.

Below comes from Neurodiversity blog concerning a book by Stanley Greenspan on Floortime approach:

Research Support for a Comprehensive Developmental Approach to Autistic Spectrum Disorders and Other Developmental and Learning Disorders by Stanley Greenspan
“Current research suggests that modern developmental, relationship-based approaches to working with children with ASD and their families focus on the goal of strengthening or constructing the functional developmental capacities for relating, communicating, and thinking. To accomplish this goal, modern approaches work on creating emotionally meaningful learning interactions that are tailored to each child’s and family’s developmental profile.”

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