COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) ? Vice President Joe Biden is postponing his planned trip to Tampa, Fla., the site of the Republican National Convention.
An Obama campaign official says Biden is putting off Monday's trip in order to ensure that all local law enforcement and emergency management resources can stay focused on Tropical Storm Isaac, which could impact Florida during the convention.
Biden had planned a two-day swing through Florida during the Republican meetings to counter their message. The official says Biden still plans to continue with stops in Orlando and St. Augustine, Fla., on Tuesday, though those plans could also change based on the weather.
The official wouldn't say whether Biden would reschedule his stop in Tampa, only that the campaign was monitoring the storm. The official requested anonymity in order to speak ahead of the campaign's official announcement.
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One of the most difficult behaviors for parents or teachers to address is explosive behavior, a child who has little control over emotions and "melts down" in the classroom or at home.? It is frustrating, it is embarrassing, it is anxiety producing, it causes intense emotions in ourselves.? Parents agonize over why?it happens or what they did wrong?? Often the parents are blamed or judged by bystanders in stores, family members, friends,?or school staff. ?However, I have seen parents with a variety of parenting styles?have?kids?with poor emotional control.?Those who are strict, those who are quick to give in, those who spank, those who use time out, those who take away privileges, and a whole lot of parents who feel like?they have tried everything.? I know children with very little emotional control from homes that are falling apart, from homes that are loving and supportive, from poor families, from affluent families, from parents who have no clue how to parent, from parents with excellent skills, even from School Psychologists.? This is not to say that parenting styles do not have a role in this, but there IS more to it.? We have to stop judging each other and get to the root of the problem.??
What is the Root of the Problem?
The problem, the reason some children "explode" or act out with little emotional control, is because he or she is?lacking a skill.? Emotional control is a skill.? Most kids will learn this skill through consistent discipline strategies, but some do not.?
Another way to look at it.
We don't tell our kids how to read and then expect them to do it.? We show them step by step.? Some kids will pick it up easy, others will need to be taught and retaught and retaught and will need extensive help in doing so.? Do we blame ourselves???Do we look at our friends and say to ourselves?"look at the book she is using, it's all wrong?"? No, we assume the child has a problem learning to read and we find a way to teach him.? WE HAVE TO START LOOKING AT BEHAVIOR IN THE SAME WAY.? When a child is exploding, the first step should not be to?label the child or blame the parent.? Lets start looking for the skill that is lacking.? When we find that skill, lets teach it.
It's?NOT always a control issue.? Sometimes kids act out because they have not been taught to obey and respect authority, but sometimes they act out in spite of good training at home.? The explosions lead?to self esteem problems in the child and the child feeling like a "bad kid," which in turn makes explosions bigger and more frequent.? Have you ever looked at a screaming child and demanded he control himself right now or "act your age."? It's a common thing to do.? Have you ever looked at a child with a Learning Disability and said "read on your grade level, now!"?or?"I have told you and told you how to read, why?aren't you reading?" ?Of course you haven't.? We work with the reader at his level and patiently try different strategies to improve reading.? We can't demand them to be good readers and we can't demand that a child who does not have the skills to control his emotions "act his age."? These explosive kids need skills and truth be told, we who work with these kids need skills.?
If you are a parent with a?child who acts "out of control" stop blaming yourself.? It isn't necessarily because you spanked or didn't spank or were too strict or too lenient.? Your child is lacking the skills she needs to control her emotions.? Also, realize you are going to need to learn new skills to help your child learn the lacking skills.? You are no longer in the Parenting 101 class, you need to move on to the Advanced skill- teaching parenting class.?
The BEST book I have read on this topic is The Explosive Child by Ross Greene.? He addresses the skills these children might be lacking and he has great strategies to address the issue.
If you are a teacher and have an "explosive child" in your class, rethink your perspective of the student.? The child needs to learn skills, so lets focus on teaching the skills and being patient with the children who are slower to learn emotional control.??We as school staff can not make excuses or blame the parents.? We have to reach the child at her level.? We teach a child to read at her level.? We must teach a child to control emotions at her level as well.?
Challenge for Everyone Let us stop labeling these kids with emotional skill deficits as "bad kids" and stop judging the parents.? Let's be honest with ourselves and recognize we all have shortcomings and could use skills in certain areas.? Maybe our kids need skills in emotional control, maybe we do, maybe we need skills in teaching emotional control, or maybe we need skills in some other area all together.? Let's be patient with our children and our peers and ourselves..?Let's stop criticizing ourselves and others and start learning and teaching new skills.?? We don't live in a world with bad kids, we live in a world will kids who need skills, so let's teach.
MARIKANA, South Africa (AP) ? Mineworkers tell a local newspaper that the killing of a rabbit against the advice of a traditional healer is the reason police shootings killed 34 striking miners and wounded another 78.
The Saturday Star newspaper quoted two miners as saying many more lives would have been lost in last week's police shootings had it not been for the traditional medicine believed to make them invincible to bullets.
The paper quotes mineworker Khabo Khabo as saying the traditional healer had repeatedly warned them not to kill a rabbit that was running around the rocky outcrop where they staged their protests for higher wages at the Lonmin PLC platinum mine.
Khabo said "if we had let the rabbit free, all of the dead would still be alive."
i got a headache watching this video. they tried to cram in so much into one single video. would have been better if they had released a bunch of videos each dedicated to individual apps.
and the keyboard they are using? it is a direct ripoff of apple ios keyboard. horrible move. should have worked with a third party company like swiftkey or swype.
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Zumba burns more calories per minute than power yoga, cardio kickboxing, step aerobics and even advanced Pilates group classes, a study by the department of exercise and sport science at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse found.
Zumba classes are an efficient and effective way to lose weight due to the high number of calories burned and cardiovascular intensity, the researchers found.
The study was commissioned by the American Council on Exercise and sought to determine the average exercise intensity and energy expenditure of participants in a typical Zumba class.
The group dance-fitness program, which reports 12 million class participants in 110,000 locations across 125 countries, was identified as one of the most popular workout programs in ACE?s 2012 Fitness Trends to Watch.
Exercise physiologists began the study using a test group of 19 healthy females ranging in age from 18 to 22, all of whom had prior experience in a Zumba class. To establish a baseline of fitness, study subjects each performed a treadmill test to measure their heart rate and oxygen consumption. They then completed a single Zumba class, all taught by the same instructor, while wearing a heart-rate monitor.
All participants reached a heart rate maximum of 80 percent ? an average of 154 beats per minute ? which is well within industry guidelines suggested to improve cardiovascular fitness. Class participants also burned an average of 9.5 calories per minute.
That?s more calories per minute than power yoga, cardio kickboxing, step aerobics and even advanced Pilates group classes, which were all previously tested by University of Wisconsin La-Crosse researchers.
?Just like the participants, we were surprised at how effective Zumba is in terms of its calorie-burning potential,? said ACE Chief Science Officer Dr. Cedric Bryant. ?Zumba has built an entire culture around having fun and engaging participants in this party-like atmosphere, but until now, little research has been conducted to test its effectiveness.?
Aside from its calorie-burning potential, Bryant said, Zumba is such a fun and engaging activity that many participants don?t even realize they?re expending a high amount of energy.
?The number one reason people give for not engaging in physical activity on a regular basis is the perceived lack of time,? Bryant said. ?I would argue that we find time to do things that we deem fun and engaging.?
?Our study concludes that Zumba classes can be a high-intensity cardiovascular workout for many, but we also want to note the importance of instructor expertise to ensure maximum safety for participants,? Bryant said.
American Council on Exercise is the world?s largest nonprofit fitness certification organization dedicated to providing education that helps individuals live their most fit lives.
