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Students find tutoring help at Folsom LibraryBy: Eileen Wilson, Telegraph Correspondent
F.L.A.S.H. Friends of Folsom Library After School Hours (tutoring)
When: Tutoring is first-come-first-served from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Tuesdays while school is in session. Tutoring is for students grades 2-8, and is free, no registration required
Where: Folsom Pulblic Library, 411 Stafford St., Folsom
Info: Library.folsom.ca.us
To see the huge smiles on kids' faces, you know something great is going on. Is it the hottest new video game in town, or maybe a new episode of a favorite television show? No. It's F.L.A.S.H., which stands for Friends of Folsom Library After School Hours program; a program that pairs volunteers with students who need homework help after school every Tuesday at Folsom Public Library.
In spite of battling complex spelling words and the commutative property, kids in grades two to eight giggle and nudge good naturedly as they work through homework problems – some in small groups, some one-on-one, with their volunteer tutors.
Funded by Friends of the Folsom Library, which uses donations and fundraisers to purchase school supplies and snacks, the free program has been around for five years, and serves upwards of 20 kids on any given Tuesday.
It's obvious that the kids are enjoying themselves, but the volunteers are enjoying themselves as much or more.
Mary Snorteland has been involved with the program for two years.
"It's so much fun – I really enjoy the children, and I enjoy watching them improve," she said.
Snorteland volunteered with various literacy groups in the Bay Area, and plans to always be involved with programs that help people read and learn.
"Reading skills are so important – all the subjects are," she said.
Snorteland typically tutors three siblings; girls who each vie for her attention, with spelling, vocabulary, and fourth-grade math.
"I've been helping some of the same students for two years. One of my students was struggling to read two years ago – now she has improved so much, she is reading chapter books. It's just amazing," Snorteland said. "And they draw pictures for me each week when they are finished with their homework."
Kids may enjoy catching up with a friend or two, but it's obvious they appreciate the one-on-one attention.
"I like to come here because they help me with my work," a fifth-grade girl said. "When I get confused, they explain it to me – when my dad gets home from work, it's really late, so he can't help me with my homework."
A fourth-grade boy likes F.L.A.S.H. for a different reason.
"It helps me a lot, being here and doing my homework. Since I have ADHD, I have trouble doing my homework at home," he said.
Coordinated by library staff members Debbie Centi and Kathy Nemes, the library has offered some variation of homework help for over a decade.
"Some parents have limited English skills and are unable to help their children with homework," Centi said. "But I've also had parents confide that they bring their children because they like the neutrality of the library. They aren't battling with their child at home to complete assignments."
Volunteer, Barbara Manwell explained the need for free tutoring in the community.
"Kids are in classrooms with 30 to 35 kids. F.L.A.S.H. gives them the opportunity to get individual attention since today's classrooms have such high numbers," she said.
Volunteers are still needed, and no experience or special skill is necessary.
Manwell summed the volunteer experience up nicely.
"I get to interact with joyful people in a beautiful setting. This is really a gift I give to myself".
Contact the library for details about free tutoring or volunteering.


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David Murawsky explores the history of genetics and the underlying concepts providing the knowledge that today's research is based upon.
It is thorough too – it goes from the father of genetic, Gregor Mendel up to concepts such as genetic code and DNA. There is also a look at the current methods that are used to study genetics, the vaguely scary sounding genomics and bioinformatics.
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Lorch, Marjorie P. (2010) "Fools at musick": Thomas Willis (1621-1675) on congenital amusia. In: Rose, F.C. (ed.) Neurology of Music. London, UK: Imperial College Press, pp. 151-171. ISBN 9781848162686.Full text not available from this repository.
Book synopsis: The first British book on neurology in music was published over 30 years ago. Edited by Drs Macdonald Critchley and R A Henson, it was entitled Music and the Brain (published by Wm Heinemann Medical Books), but all of its contributors are now either retired or deceased. Since then, there has been an increasing amount of research, and the present volume includes the most significant of these advances. The book begins with the evolutionary basis of meaning in music and continues with the historical perspectives, after which the human nervous system is compared to a clavichord, highlighting the use of metaphor in the history of modern neurology. It discusses the neurologist in the concert hall as well as the musician at the bedside by showing how neurology enriches musical perception, the main theme being the cerebral localisation of music production and perception. The book also emphasises the value of teaching singing to treat speech disorders and the importance of nerve compression in musicians, the final chapter being on recent techniques of imaging the musical brain.
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BEIJING, July 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Changyou.com Limited ("Changyou" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: CYOU), a leading online game developer and operator in China, will report its second quarter 2013 unaudited financial results on Monday, July 29, 2013, before U.S. market hours.
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Jill at Real Food Forager had some great articles on inflammation and on how to heal a leaky gut. If you don't know what a leaky gut is she will tell you and will explain how dietary changes like going grain-free can help you heal.
For those who are not eating grain-free, Jenny over at Nourished Kitchen will show you how to make a sourdough starter so that you can leaven your dough the traditional way.
Speaking of traditional foods, Jenny also has a kimchi recipe that looks like a must try. However, I don't think I'm going to find any daikon radish here in Jyväskylä, so I think I'll have to find a substitute.
Holistic Kid posted a recipe for grain-free homemade chicken nuggets that goes well with her homemade BBQ sauce. These look good for making in advance and freezing for future quick but nourishing meals.
I'm big on drinking tea. Joanna and Laura over at WholeGreenLove posted a lovely recipe for a fall tea infusion that calls for fresh apple and orange, tea and spices. If you're not inspired yet, then check out their recipe for Apple & Bacon Salad.
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Traffic fears near quarry become reality, neighbors say
There was a time, seven years ago, when Todd Ford could put a hose in the hot tub at his Yacolt Mountain home and fill it with well water. His shallow well, just 15 feet deep, sat atop a natural spring, and the water was pure and plentiful. "Everybody who came up here thought I had the best water," he said.
No more. "If I were to fill the tub up now, I would get it half full before there was no more water and have to wait for the well to recover," he said.
The pond in Ford's yard, where he keeps cutthroat trout and brook trout, has shrunk by half, and like many fish ponds on the mountain, has filled with sediment. "Now you can see a sandbar from our deck," he said. "The trout are smaller, and there aren't as many. We had a couple of beaver, but they left."
Water quantity is not Ford's only concern.
"Our water is still pretty clear," he said. "It just became super acidic." The well water has corroded his copper pipes, causing water to spray everywhere. He ended up replacing mildewed kitchen cupboards and stripping his kitchen floor down to bare wood. At one point, he and his wife moved into the Battle Ground Best Western for a month.
Shirley Miller has lived in her house near Yacolt Mountain for 35 years. Her well used to produce 35 gallons a minute. She remembers keeping the sprinklers running all day, watering four acres of fields. But four and a half years, ago, when she came home from the hospital after surgery, she noticed a change.
"I'd go in to take a shower and it would quit," she said. "I would turn it off, soap down, turn it on again." Now she's down to one or two showers a week, making do with sponge baths most days. "I had to choose one thing: Take care of the chickens or take a shower," she said.
Though she keeps a hose in her front yard to water her geraniums, she had to let her horses, goats and vegetable garden go.
Jim Styers lives on Yacolt Mountain Road right where the road turns and goes up the mountain. He built his house and drilled his well in the early 1970s. The well is in solid rock, protected by 40 feet of casing.
In 2002, when his son hooked up to the well, it was running at top capacity, producing 23 gallons a minute. "In March 2008, we hooked up a bigger pump, and all of a sudden I have no water," he said. "The water was 60 feet from the top. Now it's down 200 feet. They say the water table has dropped."
What these and other families with well water problems have in common is that they live below the Yacolt Mountain Quarry. And some are convinced there's a connection between the quarry operations and their own failing wells.
So far, they haven't been able to prove it.
But it's not as if there weren't warnings.
Eight years ago, at the peak of Clark County's building boom, county commissioners voted 2-1 to permit contractor Brent Rotschy to develop a 100-acre gravel quarry atop Yacolt Mountain. They chose to override hearings examiner Richard Forester, who in November 2002 denied Rotschy a permit to develop the quarry and extract up to 10 million tons of rock. Forester warned that the quarry could cost homeowners the use of their wells.
Rotschy, who owns the mountaintop, leased it to Kelso-based mining company J. L Storedahl & Sons. In September 2008, three years after the quarry got final approval, Storedahl began blasting the top off Yacolt Mountain.
Complaints from residents of the rural neighborhood below the quarry soon followed.
Those complaints would not come as a surprise to Forester, who retired as a Clark County hearings examiner in 2010. At the time, the mountaintop was zoned for timber production. Rotschy applied for a zone change — a surface mining overlay — and a conditional use permit allowing the operator to run a crusher and extract the rock and gravel at a peak rate of 410 trucks per day.
With gravel deposits in rivers increasingly off-limits because of impacts to threatened salmon, Rotschy argued that mountaintop mining was the only alternative available to provide rock for roads and sidewalks in fast-growing Clark County.
The Yacolt Mountain Neighborhood Association posted signs saying "No Yacolt Mountain Quarry." Neighbors hired a lawyer and packed two hearings to protest the project. They said the heavy trucks would pose a safety hazard on the narrow, twisting roads in the area. They worried about noise and vibrations from the blasting.
Most of all, they feared what would happen to their wells.
After reviewing detailed hydrological and geological studies, Forester concluded that a large rock quarry would conflict with the quality of life of families that had built houses in the quiet rural area.
"People make investment and lifestyle choices that do not anticipate the disruption that comes from having a mine as a neighbor," he wrote.
He was especially concerned about how blasting would affect wells in the area.
"No one can predict the impact of the mining on the aquifer and the well water supply until they begin the mining operations," he wrote. "The applicant is asking the examiner to play Russian roulette with groundwater supply."
Forester noted that reports showed some wells on the mountain already were running dry. He said the applicants sought to force "innocent bystanders" to bear the risk of damages that could not be predicted in advance.
"The potential risk of depriving adjacent uses of water and therefore effective use of their homes is too great an impact to speculate on,'" he wrote. "The only certainty will come from actual mining and monitoring."
Rotschy appealed the denial, and in 2003, Clark County Commissioners Craig Pridemore and Betty Sue Morris voted to overrule Forester and allow the quarry to proceed. They rejected Forester's argument that the project could not be approved without proof that it would not interrupt the groundwater supply. The county had zoned the Yacolt Mountain area for resource production, not rural living, they argued. Commissioner Judie Stanton was the lone dissenter.
County attorney Rich Lowry told the commissioners they had little latitude to deny the proposal unless they could point to problems identified in an environmental impact statement. But the county had not required Rotschy and Storedahl to prepare an EIS for the project, and opponents of the quarry had failed to file a timely appeal of the decision not to require one.
Forester set 117 conditions of approval for the applicant to meet if the project went ahead. The county whittled that list to 10. One says the quarry operator "shall modify or replace groundwater wells that are shown to be adversely affected by the proposed surface mining activity."
That condition hinges on the words "shown to be."
As Forester warned, proving a cause-and-effect relationship between mining and falling groundwater levels is not a simple matter.
Some nearby homeowners are convinced Storedahl is illegally pumping water from the aquifer beneath the mountain, thereby depleting their wells. It's an assertion that company president Kimball Storedahl denies.
Storedahl is allowed to withdraw up to 5,000 gallons of stormwater runoff daily without getting a state water right. That water is stored in two detention ponds at the quarry. "We use it when the crushers are operating," Storedahl said.
The company also has a monitoring well. "It tells us where the groundwater isn't," Storedahl said. "When we drilled the well, we drilled down 250 feet and drilled a dry hole. There was no water." The well has since partially filled with stormwater, he said, but no water is pumped from it.
Ron Wierenga, manager of clean water programs for Clark County, says he takes the company at its word. "To our knowledge, they are using only groundwater," he said. "If they were using more than 5,000 gallons, they would need a state water right."
Monitoring conducted on the mountain between late 2006 and late 2007 established a baseline for groundwater levels in the area. The monitoring plan for the project called for an assessment and a report after "significant quarry activity," defined as at least 10 acres of disturbance.
David Rogers and Howard Jones say they began experiencing changes in their wells even before quarry operations began, during construction of an access road on the mountain.
"This whole mountain is fractured rock," said Jones, who lives along Kelly Road west of the mountain. "When you blast, everything goes straight down. They've just completely ruined the aquifer."
Jones lost his well water entirely in 2006, and had to hook up to public water.
Rogers, a blunt, often abrasive retired Machinists Union negotiator, built his house near Yacolt Mountain in the late 1970s. He had a 610-foot-deep community well drilled in 1978 to serve five houses, including his own.
Gradually, after 2001, Rogers' well silted up. He too was forced to hook up to the Hockinson water system, served by Clark Public Utilities, at a cost of $12,000, to get potable water to his house. These days, he uses his well mainly to water his vegetable garden and fill his fish pond, which has steadily filled with sediment.
Both men blame the mine, and point to Forester's warning nine years ago. "Why should we even have to sue the county to correct this problem when the county was told in 2002 exactly what would happen?" Jones asks.
Kimball Storedahl says there's no evidence that the quarry is to blame.
"The groundwater people who have looked at this and have done the analysis have found no reason to believe that any of the operations up there have affected any private wells in any way, shape or form," he said.
This spring, when neighbors began showing up at county commission meetings to demand action on well water and traffic safety concerns, commissioners hired Axel Swanson, a former Cowlitz County commissioner, to listen to their complaints, gather information from county and state agencies, and try to get to the bottom of the problems on Yacolt Mountain.
Swanson asked Wierenga to review the quarry operators' monitoring reports on groundwater and well water. "I wouldn't say every i was dotted, every t crossed," Wierenga said. "We should have been getting regular reports throughout the operational period."
Under its conditional use permit, Storedahl was required to test wells, inspect house foundations and alert homeowners closest to the quarry in advance when blasting was to begin.
Todd Ford said he asked for all of those things when Storedahl called him in 2006. "I said yes, but they never did any of those things," he said. "And this is one of the houses where they were supposed to monitor (well water) monthly."
Storedahl said the company complied with the requests it received. "Typically, they were one-time inspections, just to document any foundation cracks, cracks in walls, any flaws prior to blasting."
This spring, the county directed Rotschy and Storedahl to commission a study to find out whether there was a pattern of fluctuating groundwater levels on the mountain after blasting began.
The operators' consultants, Maul, Foster and Alongi, set out to monitor 15 wells and one spring on the mountain, but due to access problems and other obstacles, they were only able to compile complete reports on seven or eight wells, Wierenga said.
The consultants' May 9 report concluded that "water level measurements remained static throughout the monitoring period and did not show any significant variations."
"While individual well water levels did vary between months, there were no wells in which the groundwater elevations consistently decreased or increased," the report noted.
An independent study commissioned by the county drew a similar conclusion.
Swanson told commissioners in a May 25 memo that, despite some areas of concern, "generally, the quarry is operating in compliance with the conditions of final site plan approval and the conditional use permit."
Clark County Commission Chairman Tom Mielke, whose district includes Yacolt Mountain, concedes that the county took an out-of-sight, out-of-mind approach to the quarry until recently. "The more we looked into it, the more we found a lot of things had been skimmed over," he said. "Nothing was ever followed through on," he said, like a requirement that the companies reach out to the neighborhood and form an advisory group on quarry issues.
But on the key issue of the mine's impacts on domestic wells, the new studies appear to hold the quarry operators not liable.
"We can't positively say today that that mine had anything to do with those wells going dry," Mielke said.
"I firmly, absolutely believe the quarry has not affected any of their wells," Brent Rotschy said. "I think there's a logical, reasonable explanation for every one of them. "
Jim Styers has no doubt there's a connection between the blasting and what has happened to his well. "They would blast at night," he said. "The next morning, there was no water in my well. What happens is, the pump runs dry. When I do a load of clothes, I'd better do one load, not two or three."
During a 30-year career in construction, Styers said he learned a thing or two about explosives. "When you blast, the powder is going to take the path of least resistance. If my water is coming from a crack in the rock," blasting is bound to affect it, he said.
The question, he said, is, "What are they going to do to make it right? They might suggest we hook up to city water. But I have good, clean water. When I go down to Battle Ground, I can't drink the water there."
"If there's a chance the quarry was involved, I'd do what I could to help them out," Brent Rotschy said. "The problem is, as soon as you do it for one neighbor, you have to do it for everyone."
Mielke said he met with Kimball Storedahl and asked whether, "in the interest of being a good neighbor," the company might help pay the cost to bring water to neighbors who have lost their wells.
"As far as being a good neighbor, I think I would just have to reserve my answer," Storedahl said. "If we can find any reason that we may have had a negative effect on people's well, we would consider some type of assistance."
Some of the wells that have failed "were not good wells when they were drilled," he said. "They were minimal at best."
Clark County itself can't reimburse people who have lost the use of their wells, Mielke said. "We cannot for sure identify the cause, and until we can do that, we don't want to take on that liability." Already, the county has spent "enormous resources" trying to resolve the issue, he said.
However, commissioners have agreed to take advantage of state money that might shed light on the condition of the aquifer. On Tuesday, they voted unanimously to apply for two state health department grants of $30,000 each. One would fund a six-month study of water quantity and availability issues in the north end of the county west of Yacolt. The other would fund a 12-month study of nitrates in the groundwater near Yacolt.
Rogers wants to hire a lawyer and shut the Yacolt Mountain Quarry down. He has contacted state and federal officials about the silt that is washing into streams and ponds on the mountain. He's convinced the quarry is responsible.
But Jones says a legal victory is a long shot.
"I don't believe there is any way that all of us together are going to be able to shut down the pit," he said. "They've got more money than we do. But at least we should be reimbursed." His own out-of-pocket costs amount to about $25,000, he said.
Richard Forester, whose warnings were disregarded nine years ago, said it's not fair to expect Yacolt Mountain residents to dig into their own wallets to hire expert geologists and hydrologists to try to prove a direct link between quarry operations and the deterioration of their wells and ponds.
"The county permitted those people to build those homes," he said. "The county has to take responsibility if there are other values that are highly important but that may put an unfair burden on residents for a good that the county desires."
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Robert Wagner taught thousands of South Dakota State University students before he guided the state's largest university for more than a decade.
Wagner, a preacher, teacher and inspiring leader, died Monday. He was 78. He served as SDSU's president from 1985-1997.
Wagner was an acclaimed sociology professor whose class Marriage 250 packed The Rotunda, especially when he showed films of marital relations. It was an uncomfortable subject in the 1970s, sure to spark giggles and possibly some protest.
But Wagner, using his characteristic humor and self-mocking style, delighted 1,200 students per semester. He was repeatedly named the top professor in his college.
Wagner briefly served as chief administrator at Dakota State University in Madison before he was called back to SDSU to replace Ray Hoops, who served less than a year as the university president.
According to his biography from the SDSU website, "He held a doctorate from South Dakota State University, had been a teacher and administrator here and throughout the regental system. Â
"Wagner led the school from a controversial era into a decidedly more tranquil time. His quiet attention to the internal workings of the college, rather than external politics, worked well and resulted in a great deal of growth. Despite constant budget problems under his administration, the campus expanded by more than 380,000 square feet.Â
"Twenty-two faculty were added, and technology became a major factor in the university. The College of Education and Counseling was formed, and many buildings were built, including Berg and Bailey Apartments, the Animal Disease Research, and the Northern Plains Biostress Laboratory.â€
I took a class from Wagner and covered him years later when he was the president. A friendly, witty man, he enjoyed the give-and-take with the media and with students.
I recall him attending parties off campus to get to know students better. He was a tall, gangling man with a quick smile and a clever wit.
His wife, Mary, was also an SDSU staffer as well as a member of the Brookings school board and a Republican legislator for 12 years. She died in 2004. I knew Mary and liked her. She was sharp and caring and had an easy way with college kids, even when she stopped by their messy houses while campaigning door-to-door.
The Wagners retired to the Black Hills and Dr. Wagner filled in as a pastor at some area churches from time to time, a return to his first career.
In 2010, SDSU renamed its Nursing, Family and Consumer Sciences, and Arts and Sciences building in honor of the Wagners. Â The South Dakota Board of Regents approved the name change.
Current President David Chicoine noted in his comments the Wagners' long affiliation with the university and with education in South Dakota, according to an SDSU press release.
"The Wagners are remembered with great admiration by alumni, faculty and staff across many fields,†Chicoine said in the release. "It is fitting that their name will be connected to a building that houses and supports many academic disciplines.â€
The last time I saw Dr. Wagner, we were both at a Jackrabbits men's basketball game and we shared our concern with the team that year. I liked and respected Dr. Wagner and I think tens of thousands of SDSU grads, students and staff share that view.
Survivors include a son, Christopher Wagner, Geneva, Switzerland; a daughter, Andrea Radke, Irene; four grandchildren; his stepmother, Ann Wagner, Sioux Falls; and three brothers, Peter Wagner, Sibley, Iowa, John Wagner, Sioux Falls, and Tom Wagner, Omaha, Neb.
Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Jan. 25 at Calvary Cathedral in Sioux Falls with Bishop John T. Tarrant officiating.
A second memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Jan. 27, at Emmanuel Church in Rapid City with Bishop John T. Tarrant officiating.
A Robert T. and Mary K. Wagner memorial scholarship fund has been established at South Dakota State University in Brookings.


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Marshall confronts Brad, who says he decided to "screw being nice" and decided to do what he had to do to win. Marshall tells Brad he still has some tricks up his sleeve that Brad knows nothing about. "Really?" Brad asks. "No," Marshall replies. After their awkward kiss, Barney and Robin are ignoring that it ever happened. Ted has called in sick on behalf of all the friends. He's made excuses for each of them so that they can go see Marshall in court. Marshall is feeling good because he has something worth fighting for. Flash forward to a dream of Marshall's son fishing in a clean lake and thanking his dad for setting in motion the precedent that made all the lakes clean around the world.
In court, Marshall gives his opening argument and Brad responds by dropping his pen on purpose in order to bend over slowly, much to the delight of the women on the jury and the male judge. A bailiff at the courthouse recognizes Barney, who brags about having spent so much time in handcuffs that the bailiff knew him by name. Ted, getting in on the "who was the bigger bad-ass" competition, tells a story about getting his mugshot taken. Marshall is worried he's already lost the jury. Brad's star witness is a guy in a white robe wearing a stethoscope and claiming that the drugs that might spill into the lake could be helping the animals there.
Brad even suggests how the animals' sex lives could benefit from the drug. Marshall responds by bringing in his own "quack" witness. Basically it's a duck that's suffered a painful rash. He has the jury for a moment, but Brad responds by showing a video of his own field trip to the "so-called polluted lake". It's a mash-up of a mostly shirtless Brad partying around the lake. Lily is at the records desk trying to find a rap sheet under her name that doesn't exist. Robin steps up and proclaims that she was actually the "ultimate teenage bad-ass". She insists there was a dark side to being a rocker north of the 44th.
She tells a story about partying in a hotel room and, when the mounties came to politely ask her to turn down the music, she threw a TV out the window. Back in court, Marshall suddenly decides to call Brad to the stand and have him remove his shirt. The women and the judge are excited. Brad objects, but the judge insists. Brad goes up to the stand and opens his shirt, exposing a full-body rash. The lead justice "a little ways down the road" offers up his own pun, saying that Marshall was "forced to do something rash". The verdict: Gruber is guilty. Marshall is relieved about the $25 million ruling.
But the judge announces that Gruber will pay a fine of $25,000. The judge tells Marshall he's not going to ruin a whole company over some birds with a rash. The bailiff comes around and shows the group a picture of Barney with the Magic Enthusiasts Club, in which Barney is famous because of his handcuff escapes. He calls Barney "Baby Hands". Robin says she exaggerated her story, too. She'd actually received an award from the hotel for being the best-behaved guest. Ted's story was also untrue. His "mugshot" was actually taken at the Shaker Heights Renaissance Fair. That night, Marshall has a dream that Frog Lake is extremely polluted. Brad comes to the bar and tells Marshall that he's decided to once again fight for the little guy. He's taken a job at Marshall's firm, and they're going to be brunch buddies again.
Brad also tells Marshall that the judge was an idiot and that Marshall is the type of person who should be on the bench. That's why a little ways down the road Marshall is in front of the New York State Judiciary Review Board asking them for an appointment as a judge. They're taking his request under advisement. Back at the bar, Barney and Robin have another awkward exchange. Barney wants to talk about the weirdness. He says he doesn't want it to be weird anymore. He says he's done and that Robin no longer has to worry about him trying to get her. "I'm done making a fool out of myself," he tells her.
He's goes go on making comments on the nipples of the women at the bar, and he wants Robin to tell stories about Patrice at work. He asks Robin if she thinks she can wing that, and she says yes. Walking home from court, Lily starts whistling "The Farmer in the Dell," and all the kids playing outside scatter while shouting, "Lily's coming". The episode ends at this point.
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UNITED STATES—On November 18, NASA had a successful launch of the MAVEN spacecraft. The Mars Atmospheric and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) mission is a by-product of the NASA's Mars Scout program.
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Thursday, April 19, 2012
NEW YORK (AP) — Police officers and FBI agents began tearing apart a New York City basement Thursday as part of a decades-old investigation into the disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz, whose case made a generation of parents afraid to send their children out alone.
Etan vanished without a trace on May 25, 1979, after leaving his family's Manhattan apartment for a short walk to catch a school bus. It was the first time his parents had let him go off to school alone.
The building being searched sits about a block from where the family lived, in the borough's SoHo section, and is along the route that the boy would have taken on his walk to the bus stop.
Police spokesman Paul Browne said a forensic team would dig up a floor and search through the rubble for blood, clothing or human remains. The work is expected to take as many as five days.
He wouldn't say what evidence led investigators to the property, but a law enforcement official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told The Associated Press that at the time of the boy's disappearance, the building housed the workspace of a carpenter who was thought to have been friendly with the boy.
In the past few months, the official said, investigators had received information that Etan's remains might be buried in the basement. Then, within the past few weeks, an FBI dog indicated the possible presence of human remains in the space, prompting the decision to dig.
The official spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the investigation is ongoing. Two other law enforcement officials confirmed that an FBI dog had detected the scent of remains.
Etan's disappearance was a media sensation in 1979. The press attention helped fuel a national movement to publicize the cases of missing children. Etan's face was among the first to appear on milk cartons. President Ronald Reagan declared May 25 National Missing Children's Day.
Etan's parents, Stanley and Julie Patz, became outspoken advocates for missing children. For years, they refused to change their phone number, in the hope that Etan was alive somewhere, and might call. They never moved.
Stanley Patz didn't respond to phone calls and email messages Thursday. A man who answered the buzzer at the family's apartment, just down the street from the building being searched, said they wouldn't be speaking to the media.
No one has ever been prosecuted for the crime, but in recent years Stanley Patz sued an incarcerated drifter and admitted child-molester, Jose Ramos, who had been dating Etan's baby sitter around the time he disappeared. Ramos denied killing the child, but in 2004 a Manhattan judge ruled him to be responsible for the death, largely due to his refusal to contest the case.
Ramos is scheduled to be released from prison in Pennsylvania in November, when he finishes serving most of a 20-year-sentence for abusing an 8-year-old boy. His pending freedom is one of the factors that has given new urgency to the case.
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I have two tickets in the End Zone and trying to find 4 tickets that are together, doesn't have to be in the end zone. Wondering if someone has 4 normally, and only two are showing up and want to switch (obviously I will cover costs of additional tickets)?
So I want your 4 tickets, and I will give my 2 tickets plus appropriate cash to cover the other two seats. Again can be anywhere in the stadium really.
Or if you have 4 that you are wanting to sell outright, I might be able to sell mine and look into your seats.
Trying to get my Dad and step mom into the game, but only have 2 seats. So if someone has 4 together please let me know. If you want to work something out with my seats we can do that if you only need two.
If you have tickets or any questions PM me and we will see what we can do! Appreciate it Cyclone fans!
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I would buy your 2 tix but I do not have 4 to trade let me know what you would like for them. Thanks
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Looking for 4 tickets now as long as du4duks is willing to buy mine!
I have 3 extra tickets together in the endzone.
Still looking for 4 tickets!
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Applications for the 10th annual TPD Drug Education for Youth (DEFY) summer leadership camp are now being accepted. DEFY is a nationally recognized program with a curriculum designed by the Department of Justice. The program is for children ages 9 to 12. Applications for the DEFY Program will be accepted until July 13, 2012.
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Next up in our '10 Things' Series is Pittsburgh's own Center of Life jazz band. Established in 2000 by Tim Smith (along with his two sons, Tim Jr. and Isaiah), COL has now expanded to include many students and the group has performed in several prestigious venues across the United States. Here are 10 other fun facts about the band:
1. COL Jazz continues to be, in our opinion, the best youth Jazz group in the City of Pittsburgh!
2. COL Jazz is currently working on releasing their 3rd full length album!
3. Every student that comes through COL Jazz continues onto college.
4. In 2011 COL Jazz was the only PA group chosen to compete in the Monterey JazzNext Generation Festival in CA!
5. In 2009 COL Jazz was honored to participate in the Warhol Museum's Warhol LIVE exhibit.
6. In 2006 COL Jazz had their first big show performing at Jazzin' on Jefferson in Detroit MI.
7. Although the members change over the years, the mission of COL Jazz stays the same: give young aspiring musicians a chance to play and record professionally, while integrating contemporary and standard songs.
8. In the beginning, COL Jazz had 2 kids (under 12!) and 2 adult leaders.
9. COL Jazz started in the basement of Tim Smith's (Executive Director) house.
10. Center of Life started as a community empowerment organization in 2001.
You can catch Center of Life on the Liberty Stage at 1:30 during Saturday's JazzLive festival! Also be sure to visit their Youtube Channel.


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This short break is designed to give you a snapshot of Serbia outside of the bustle of Beglrade.
Bački Petrovac is the largest Slovak enclave in Serbia, located in the northern plains of Vojvodina. Visit Sremski Karlovac first, close to Novi Sad, which is home to a beautiful centre and Serbia's first high school housed in a stunning honey-coloured building, as well as numerous wine cellars.
In Bački Petrovac we meet the residents and eat a lunch of specially prepared Slovak traditional dishes before spending the afternoon in the village art studios, learning how to produce traditional handicrafts with the residents. We sleep in Novi Sad, Serbia's second city, where we have a walking tour before introducing you to the Hungarian tradition of Salases; rural farmstead that welcome road-weary guests to take stock and relax while enjoying home cooked food, music and drinks.
Our adventure ends in Belgrade on the second night, giving you a city tour the following day and free time to spend as you wish once we have acquainted you with this ancient and magnificent city.
Price: from £169pp
- Country: Serbia
- Holiday Type: Cultural History, Escape the Crowds, Natural Gastro
- Duration: Short breaks (up to a week)
Basic Itinerary
Day 1
- Arrival at Belgrade Airport in the morning and drive to Sremski Karlovci, the spiritual and cultural centre of Serbs.
- Short walking tour through beautiful baroque center.
- Wine tasing in traditional wine cellar.
- Continue to Bački Petrovac, the largest Slovak population settlement in Vojvodina.
- Lunch at the Women's Club (Slovak speciality: potatoes baked with steaks and Slovak sausages, home-made desserts), old handicrafts visit.
- Traditional dinner in rural boarding house with folklore performance.
- Drive to Novi Sad, hotel accommodation, overnight.
Day 2
- City tour of Novi Sad and Petrovaradin Fortress and Atelier 61 - Weaving and Dreaming Workshop.
- Visit to Čenej and Salas 137 – the most romantic salash-farm-grange in Vojvodina featuring authentic ambiance and riding stables, golf course.
- Traditional lunch showcasing Serbian cuisine, free time for leisure at Salas.
- Late afternoon drive to Belgrade, check in to hotel and free time.
Day 3
- After breakfast Belgrade sightseeing tour.
- Free time until departure
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- Leader / Support staff: English speaking tour leader and driver
- Transportation: A/C tourist class coach
- Other: Sremski Karlovic, Novi Sad and Belgrade sightseeing, wine tasting in Sremski Karlovci, folklore performance in Backi Petrovac
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- Meals not noted on itinerary; international insurance; optional tipping to leader; guides and local staff; souvenirs and items of a personal nature (sodas, alcoholic beverages, laundry, etc...)


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During a ceremony, Braddock Park was renamed the Lenny Harris Memorial Fields at Braddock Park.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Nestled between the Alexandria neighborhoods of Rosemont and Del Ray, kids play ball on public fields now named for a community activist, Lenny Harris, who spent much of his life working to unite people.
"He really cared about the kids. A lot. He really cared about this community being together," recalls Deborah Harris, widow of the community activist whose life was cut short, at age 53, by violent crime nearly three years ago.
Under sun-drenched skies, Harris' family, friends and Alexandria city officials came together for a dedication ceremony to rename Braddock Park as the Lenny Harris Memorial Fields at Braddock Park.
"My dad was a great man," Myia Harris says about her father, who founded Alexandria's One Love Festival, an annual event meant to unify the community on the very fields that now bear his name.
"When he was living, I didn't know how many lives he touched in the community," Myia says.
Harris founded Operation Hope, an organization that sponsored many programs for Alexandria's children and teenagers. And in the halls of power, Harris gave voice to those sometimes left out.
"He was a wonderful, incredible person who was always involved in civic activities, trying to make a difference in every way," says Alexandria City Council Member Del Pepper. "He cared deeply about children and about the community."
Harris was murdered in 2011 and his body dumped in a well in Prince George's County. Three men have been charged in connection with the crime. One of them has been tried and convicted of first degree murder and faces sentencing in November.
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One Florida church is looking to the Lord to keep LeBron James with the Miami Heat.
Amid reports that King James is thinking of taking his talents to a new city after losing the NBA Finals, Holy Spirit Episcopal Church in West Palm Beach, Florida, is praying that he stays.
The congregation could have just lifted up a small prayer, but they took it a few steps further. Holy Spirit Episcopal dedicated their service to LeBron on Sunday by joining ESPN West Palm's #BandForBron campaign.
Members of the clergy and the parishoners all wore Miami Heat bands for the 8am service.
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Alani, the Stormborn is a large red-scaled cloud serpent perpetually crackling with lightning and surrounded by a protective Nimbus Shroud. She circles the Vale of Eternal Blossoms.
Loh-Ki, a pandaren found the top of Ruins Rise, tells Alani's story when asked:
- Legends tell of a great battle that took place in this very vale, turning the golden fields to crimson with the blood of many brave monks. The armies of Lei Shen the Thunder King, emperor of the mugu, fought brutally, but were eventually overcome.
- For days following the fall of Lei Shen, the vale was shrouded in a cloud of the deepest black. Summoned by Lei Shen in his final moments, the otherworldly storm blanketed the vale with rainfall and struck jagged spears of lightning into the hills.
- The blood of of the fallen was washed away by the storm and carried to Whitepetal Lake, turning the waters to a deep red. With it's final breath, the storm struck the centre of the lake, igniting the very water itself. The lake burned with a crimson hue for many days.
- When the blaze subsided, a cloud serpent hatching could be seen flying around the centre of the lake. It's scales sparked with storm and fire, and where it flew, great clouds of formed in the sky. My people named it Alani, the Stormborn.
Although as of mid-June there have been no quests clearly identified for or about Alani yet, her Level 90 son Milau is the target of The Thunder Below in the Guo-Lai Halls, found in the northwestern parts of the Vale of Eternal Blossoms.
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Ian Stewart and Seth Smith hit three-run homers, Aaron Cook struggled through five innings for his 15th victory and the Colorado Rockies beat Washington 7-2 on Sunday, handing the Nationals their season-high 10th straight loss.
It's the longest skid for the Nationals since they moved to Washington before the 2005 season, and the franchise's worst since the Montreal Expos dropped 11 games in a row from June 23-July 4, 1991.
With 37 regular-season games remaining, the Nationals need to go 19-18 to avoid the club's first 100-loss campaign since the Expos went 55-107 in 1976.
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Lentigo Maligna/Lentigo Maligna Melanoma: Current State of Diagnosis and Treatment
Article first published online: 24 APR 2006
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2006.32102.x
Dermatologic Surgery
Volume 32, Issue 4, pages 493–504, April 2006
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McKENNA, J. K., FLORELL, S. R., GOLDMAN, G. D. and BOWEN, G. M. (2006), Lentigo Maligna/Lentigo Maligna Melanoma: Current State of Diagnosis and Treatment. Dermatologic Surgery, 32: 493–504. doi: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2006.32102.x
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BACKGROUND Lentigo maligna (LM) is a subtype of melanoma in situ that typically develops on sun-damaged skin. Presentation may be quite subtle and delayed diagnosis is common. Clinical margins are often ill defined. Histologic evaluation can be difficult due to the widespread atypical melanocytes that are present in the background of long-standing sun damage. Recurrence following standard therapies is common.
OBJECTIVE To review the clinical features, histopathology, and treatment options for LM. Emphasis is placed on recent advances in the treatment of LM.
METHODS AND MATERIALS Literature review.
RESULTS The estimated lifetime risk of LM progressing to LM melanoma is 5%. Standard excision of LM with 5 mm margins is insufficient in 50% of cases. The recurrence rate with standard excision ranges from 8 to 20%. Mohs surgery and staged excision may offer better margin control and lower recurrence rates (4–5%). Estimates of recurrence rates following nonsurgical therapies such as cryosurgery, radiotherapy, electrodessication and curettage, laser surgery, and topical medications range from 20 to 100% at 5 years.
CONCLUSIONS Adequate treatment of LM requires a comprehensive knowledge of the diagnostic features, histopathology, and treatment options. Surgical modalities with meticulous evaluation of tissue margins appears to offer the lowest rates of disease recurrence.


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DEARBORN - Robert Shanks, executive vice president and chief financial officer, Ford Motor Company, addressed more than 700 supplier executives from around the globe Tuesday during the 15th Annual Outlook Conference hosted by the Original Equipment Suppliers Association (OESA).
The day-long annual event, considered a "can't miss" among industry leaders, focused on the global scope of the automotive business and called on a select group of industry leaders to share their insights on where the industry is going and how suppliers will help shape that trajectory.
Shanks' presentation, "The Suppliers' Role in Profitable Growth for All," used the tenets of the One Ford plan to outline how current and future Ford successes would not be possible without dedicated cooperation from the supplier base.
Aggressively restructure to operate profitably at the current demand and changing model mixStatistics show, the rapid rise in demand for vehicles throughout the Asia, Pacific, Africa regions will soon shift both the industry volume and mix of vehicles in these regions.
"We expect global industry volume to grow to more than 100 million units before the end of the decade," Shanks said. "As this occurs, we expect to see a shift in the mix of volume by region of about 5 percentage points – toward Asia Pacific Africa, with slight decreases for the Americas and Europe."
"Looking at (vehicle) mix by segment, small cars will continue to grow, reaching nearly two-thirds of the total industry." Shanks added.
In addition to changing up the supply volume and vehicle mix, Ford also is aggressively moving to consolidate the number of platforms it uses globally to streamline the manufacturing process.
"In 2007, we had 27 different platforms," Shanks said. "Next year, we will have 15 platforms. Our target is 9 global core platforms."
Suppliers will play a critical role in making this goal a reality for Ford.
Accelerate the development of new products that customers want and valueKey to keeping demand growing is maintaining a fresh lineup.
"The fundamentals of the Global Product Plan are consistent," Shanks said. "Developing and building beautiful emotive vehicle designs that are great to drive, a pleasure to sit in, with exceptional fuel economy, instantly recognizable in look, sound and feel all with exceptional value and quality."
Maintaining an industry-leading refresh rate while checking off all of the above, now that will be the challenge and one Ford will no doubt require the aid of suppliers in meeting.
Finance the plan and improve the balance sheetTo lead this segment, Shanks ran through a list of Ford's recent financial successes giving credibility to the One Ford plan and illustrating why Ford is an ideal partner.
Here are a few that were shared:• The company earned a record Third Quarter operating profit of $2.6 billion, our 17th consecutive profitable quarter. • The company's pre-tax profit was driven by best-ever Third Quarter results for the automotive sector. This reflected continued strong results in North America and a combined profit for the regions outside North America for the first time since Second Quarter 2011.
"Globally, we are seeing strong results as our plan gains momentum around the world," Shanks said letting suppliers know Ford is on a growth track and is ready to take suppliers along for the ride.
Work together effectively as one team, leveraging Ford's global assets"Ford is growing rapidly, and we are expanding with new plants and added capacity around the world," Shanks said. "Presently, our potential volume is now more than 6 million units per year, supported by more than 130,000 hourly and salary jobs around the world in our manufacturing operations."
Shanks went on to describe how Ford has maximized efficiency to such an extent that despite growth to meet capacity demands, the company continues to produce more cars with fewer plants.
"We have cut the number of plants in half (from 22 in 2003 to 11 today) while increasing capacity," Shanks said. "This has contributed to optimizing how we produce vehicles and how we run the business."
This pace of streamlining while adding production is expected to continue as Ford projects 90 percent of its plants around the world will be running on a three-shift or crew model by 2017. Shanks said this will help increase production by more than 30 percent.
Where do suppliers fit into this model?
According to Shanks, creating ways to increase production and provide new jobs and opportunities, but doing it in a way that is sustainable for our long-term workforce will continue to be a priority as the industry grows. Suppliers able to provide creative solutions that help meet these goals will be in high demand.
"Our supplier partners are key to innovation and profitable growth for all," Shanks said. "Ford's goal is to be your customer of choice."
Shanks was one of a select few automotive executives asked to speak during the conference. Others at the podium included;
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Tickets are still available for the Baker County YMCA's "Facility Preview Celebration" on Saturday, June 29. This will be the community's first chance to tour the new facility at 3715 Pocahontas Road (formerly occupied by Wilson's Market).
The evening begins at 6 p.m. with a social hour and tour, followed by dinner at 7 p.m. and a live auction at 7:45 p.m.
The meal features Eastern Oregon fare — locally grown lamb, beef tri-tip, pork loin, potatoes and asparagus.
Tickets are $30 and available at the YMCA Fitness Center, 2021 Main St., Sam-O Swim Center, 580 Baker St., or by calling 541-523-7747.
Money raised during this event will help buy equipment for the Y's youth programs — preschool, day camps and sports — as well as the fitness center and pool.
Although the Y has received $400,000 in grants, that money is for the capital project, not equipment, said CEO Heidi Dalton.
As for the fundraising portion of Saturday's event, those who wish to donate have the option of choosing a level — such as $50, $100, etc. — which translate into buying something specific for the Y, such as yoga mats or dumbbells. Each level also comes with a perk for the donor, such as personal training sessions, a birthday party at the pool, private Zumba party, etc.
As for the live auction, people will bid on experiences rather than items (such as a trip, wine party and helicopter ride) as well as key items in the facility, such as lanes of the track.
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How can I get my toddler to stop hitting other kids?
My 16-month-old constantly hits other kids in the face. I've tried telling him 'no' in a dozen different ways -- but nothing works. He just laughs at me when I reprimand him. What can I do?
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I wrote in to this page in August. I was having a lot of trouble with my 3 year old hitting. I went through hell dealing with parents who didn't understand what I was going through, but also had great support from others. Here's the thing: after having to have my child "evaluated" due to his preschool teachers, the results came back that he is a normal kid who has some trouble dealing with frustration. He is now almost 3 1/2. The change is REMARKABLE. So, here's my 2 cents: I KNOW how hard it is right now. But your child will more than likely outgrow the phase. I am now the parent who helps those who are going through what I went through last year. It's not a fun phase, and it is especially hard dealing with comments from parents whose children either haven't yet reached this phase, or maybe never did. Our children are individuals. We need to treat them as such. Just be patient -- easier said, right!?! If you need an ear to bend, just let me know!posted 12/07/2003 by a BabyCenter Member
My son Robert has started school recently. He had been sent to the office his first two days for hitting a classmate. We started an awards program at home. We have a chart on the wall at home now that we go over every night. Robert gets to choose a sticker for each good thing he does. No hitting, no puching, going on the potty all day, sharing...etc. We only have good things on the chart...no listing of negative things. We find this helps, he is actually happy and excited when he gets home to do this activity and we haven't heard from the principal since!posted 06/17/2005 by Momof4VA
I know how you feel and agree with the previous mother of a 3 year old. Unless there is violence in the home, a major reason for hitting is frustration in not being able to communicate their feelings. It's part of being two or three....sometimes even older children do it. The best advice is to give yourself a break, break free of any friend who judges you and your child (A MUST!), and look at it as an ongoing opportunity to gently teach your child socially exceptable behavior and to find words to use instead of actions. We are their teachers. We need to stop judging them harshly and look at them as developing little humans who will learn with lots of love, consistency and respect. Eleni is also right in that they will outgrow it especially if you treat them calmly and respectfully through the process and continue to teach not harshly punish.posted 11/19/2007 by a BabyCenter Member
Lynn, my 8 year old was an extremely difficult toddler and I think we catered to her needs (that weren't really needs but rather requests) to much when she was little. She used to boss us around like you wouldn't believe. The older she got the meaner she was while being bossy. The bossiness also turned into a constant anger problem. Always angry with us, the rest of her family, when things didn't go HER way! It got so bad that when she was about 6 I asked my Pediatrician for help. She put it in the right light. She told me that she was trying to manipulate us. She said things like "give her only 2 choices and not 3 or 4. Put her in her room and leave her there until she is nice. Be stern and strict and very consisted with rules and expectations that are right for our family. Well, things really changed. We did exactly what our doctor said and it slowly but surely got better. She is 8 now and a much happier child altogether. She is very artistic and therefore has a bit more of a dramatic personality. She is loving and snaps out of her rage quickly when she gets mad. She respects us more and knows what to expect. She is wonderful. Anyway, my point is, be very consistent with your rules and stick to your guns. Don't let him boss you around. Also, a lot of times when my girl would get very mad, I would just hug her and tell her to mellow out. Life is beautiful and we are meant to be happy not angry!posted 12/17/2005 by a BabyCenter Member
My son is 2&1/2 and started preschool this fall. He has began to hit others and be very aggressive. His preschool teachers say they don't know what to do with him. I observed the classroom and noticed that there was not much interaction going on with the kids and no praise being given. It is often a good idea to ward off negative behavior by praising the behavior you want to see more of. I created happpy/sad face chart for them. Since he seemed to be having many aggressive incidents, i had them to use 10 minute intervals. When the timer went off, if he had no incidents then he could put a happy face on the chart or if he had and an incident he would put up a sad face. They offered him lots of praise when he earned a happy face, at the end of the day if he had way more happy faces than sad, he earned one of his favorite toys back. As time progressed, they moved the time up to 15min, then 20, then 30, and eventually he will not use the chart, it may not work overnight,but it willposted 09/26/2007 by msaicile
My eyes got teared up reading all of these responses. My son is just about 18 months old. He is the sweetest most loveable little boy....until he is around kids his own age. He hits, bites, tackles, everything! He is around older children most of his day (from ages 3-5) and he's fine with them. But when any other child that his size is near him he just finds the need to maul them. We feel like we can't bring him anywhere because we feel so terrible that he does this. We've tried everything. We give time out. We give attention to the child that got hurt. But nothing seems to work. I like to think that he is going to grow out of it, but then i read some of these posts where it's happening with older children and i get worried all over again. I just don't want it to get to the point where people don't want my son around their children b/c I know how amazing he is and I feel so bad.posted 01/20/2009 by jlm0221
My son will be 3 at the end of April and I am also dealing with the very frustrating side of him hitting and being aggressive with other kids. He is such a sweet boy in a loving home. It breaks my heart when he is put at time out at school or at the kids club at the Y. i am very blessed that his preschool teacher has a son who is exactly the same. she is working really hard with me and him to help channel the behavior. he sees other kids rough play and he gets involved, he just does not know how to stop it, he just gets crazy and then starts to hit and push others. my husband and i have talked with him heart to heart, he is not trying to be mean. he is very verbal and knows how to communicate, so i do not think he is frustrated? maybe bored? i wish he had a friend that he could rough house with and get the aggression out in a rough way? i totally hear ya on other moms giving us looks. i was that mom before my sweet little boy started to be rough. hang in there. this too shall pass!.posted 03/31/2008 by reddkat
I am so glad I am not the only one... My 25month old has statred whacking other kids with whatever he has on hand - scary thought for his playmates in the sandpit. I felt like the worst mum when they told me at kindy that he hit one of his friends with a shovel. He is usually so sweet and gentle - well as gentle as any two year old can be. We don't smack or even shout at him, so I find it disturbing that this behaviour exists at all, but am comforted by the many letters that suggests that it may be a normal part of development. We find that it is worst when he is tired and/or hungry which gives credence to a frustration/paitience line of thinking. He can quite calmy tell me what he has done, but can't say why - just reiterates, " i hit him wth the shovel" i have found not mentioning it on the way to kindy, instead of saying no hiting, i spent the pram ride talking about beig gentle with his friends, asking him how good friends behave etc... Lo and behold - no embarressing reports today.posted 09/13/2004 by Miffy28
I feel better after reading the comments from some mothers. My daughter is almost three and she hurts other children for no apparent reason and without provocation. At other times she can also be very caring and loving. Inspite of telling her multiple times that this is wrong, she continues with it The hardest part is being judged harshly by other parents that something must be wrong with us (parents) that makes her this way. Makes me feel terrible. But there is no instability at home and she has a very loving and caring family. I am not sure how best to handle this. Now we are having trouble at school as well. I continue to be firm everytime she hurts someone and tell her that this is not right and also take her away from the scene. I am not sure if anyone has more suggestions. Otherwise she is very bright and happy. I also agree with the other moms that this phase will most likely pass, just like so many phases with kids! I CANT WAITposted 05/31/2011 by a BabyCenter Member
I agree with the first 2 comments. Get away from friends and people who are negative. Dont listen to them. I had to loose friends because my son was hitting their children, they called him a brat and said he was out of control. Just ignore them. It is a stage and it will pass with time. Just be concistent, with whatever method of parenting you have, as long as its working.posted 05/07/2010 by babytalon123
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