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Devoted fans of The Beatles guitarist George Harrison are staging a unique concert and exhibition to honour his legacy.
The concert will take place at St. George's Hall in Liverpool on 1 August, the anniversary of George's original 'Concerts For Bangladesh' extravaganza in New York in 1971.
At the same time an exhibition of the largest collection of George Harrison memorabilia will be unveiled, running daily for seven weeks until 18 September - and it's all free to the public!
For more details visit www.forgeorge.com.
Yesterday George was honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Fellow Beatle Sir Paul McCartney joined guests including Harrison's widow Olivia and son Dhani to commemmorate the guitarist's legacy, with Hollywood actor Tom Hanks giving a rousing speech (view below).
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Once more the large teams from Australia and New Zealand collected most of the medals on the final day of competition.
In the U 18 Girls Division, Australia won six gold, and New Zealand won one.
In the U 18 Boys Division Australia won five gold and New Zealand won three.
In the Open Womens Division Australia won four gold, New Zealand one, and PNG one.
In the Open Mens Division the medals were much more evenly spread with New Zealand winning three gold, PNG two, and one each to Fiji, Samoa, New Caledonia and Australia.
There were many fine performances with some of the top athletes collecting their third gold medal of the meet.
Alexander Rose (SAM) won the Hammer Throw with a personal best distance of 55.49m to add to his gold in the Shot (also a pb) and Discus.
Cedric Dubler (AUS), with his win the High Jump (2.06m) added another gold to the ones he already had from the Pole Vault and the Long Jump. Cedric is a scholarship holder at the Oceania RDC Regional Centre on the Gold Coast.
U 18 Girls star, Carlie Whitford (AUS) added the gold in the 400m Hurdles (64.76 seconds) to those from the 200m and the 100m Hurdles.
U 18 Boy, Alexander (Sandy) Dalton (AUS) won his three gold medals in the Shot, Discus and Hammer.
All was not doom and gloom for the Island Nations on this final day of competition.
PNG picked-up three gold medals from solid performances by Toea Wisil (100m in 11.90 seconds) to complete the sprint double in fine style. Sapolai Yao in his third distance race in three days, easily won the Steeplechase in a time of 9:49.67 - his second fastest time of the year. Probably the most pleasing for PNG was the win, in 51.97 seconds, by Mowen Boino in the 400m Hurdles. Mowen has not raced over the hurdles since last year and he showed that at 34-years-of-age, he still has it. He will be 36 years old at the 2015 Port Moresby Pacific Games, and he says .. if Felix Sanchez can do it, then so can I. Who could argue with him.
Banuve Tabakaucoro (FIJ) likewise picked up his second sprint medal with an emphatic win the 100m (11.65 seconds). People are still talking about his 200m performance. The 200m is his event, and we look forward to seeing how he can go in important competitions later in the year.
The Open Mens 800m produced a good win for the favourite, Adrien Kela from New Caledonia. His time of 1:52.81 is one of his fastest of the year. In second place was the Cook Islands Alex Beddoes with a great time of 1:54.10. We are awaiting confirmation to see if this is yet another National Record for Alex. It is believed that the old record was 1:54.65 !
Although not getting gold medals, the following Islanders showed they have thrown down the gauntlet to the others in the Island Region and will be forces to reckon with at the Wallis & Futuna Mini Games and the future.
The RDC sprinters Lovelite Detenamo (NRU) and Patricia Taea (COK) have made great progress since the 2011 Pacific Games in Nauru and have now established themselves as expected medal contenders in upcoming competitions.
Siueni Filimone (TGA), second to Banuve in the 100m, is one to watch. Tonga had a great history of sprinting success in the 1980s and 1990s and they could be about to rebuild with athletes like Siueni. Now we have to keep them in the sport!
Fijis young school jumpers performed well in this meet. Isikeli Waqa came third in the High Jump with 2.03m improving on the height he jumped to win the Coca Cola Games event last month. Simione Isimeli, in coming second in the Long Jump, confirmed the talent that he showed in the Coca Cola Games, were he jumped 7.13m.
Tereapii Tapoki (COK) made a comeback in the 2011 Pacific Games, but this time decided to train more seriously and was rewarded with much better results. Her win in the Shot Putt (14.17m) and her second in the Discus (49.98m) indicate that she now is on track to reaching her personal best performances once again.
The Islander, whose performance in the U18 Boys 1500m, marked him as a potential champion of the future, was 14-year-old Tom Joe from Vanuatu. His time of 4:12.74 was outstanding for his age. To put it in perspective, he would have finished mid-field in the 2011 Pacific Games and also in the Open Mens competition in this meet. It will be exciting to see how Athletics Vanuatu develops this undoubted talent.
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A Short History of Women
A Short History of Women
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Publication Date: June 16, 2009
National Book Award finalist Kate Walbert's A Short History of Women is a profoundly moving portrayal of the complicated legacies of mothers and daughters, chronicling five generations of women from the close of the nineteenth century through the early years of the twenty-first.
The novel opens in England in 1914 at the deathbed of Dorothy Townsend, a suffragette who starves herself for the cause. Her choice echoes in the stories of her descendants interwoven throughout: a brilliant daughter who tries to escape the burden of her mother's infamy by immigrating to America just after World War I to begin a career in science; a niece who chooses a conventional path -- marriage, children, suburban domesticity -- only to find herself disillusioned with her husband of fifty years and engaged in heartbreaking and futile antiwar protests; a great-granddaughter who wryly articulates the free-floating anxiety of the times while getting drunk on a children's playdate in post-9/11 Manhattan. In a kaleidoscope of voices and with a richness of imagery, emotion, and wit, Walbert portrays the ways in which successive generations of women have responded to what the Victorians called "The Woman Question."
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Kate Walbert is the author of Where She Went, a New York Times Notable Book of 1998; The Gardens of Kyoto, winner of the Connecticut Book Award for fiction in 2002; and Our Kind, finalist for the National Book Award in 2004. Her short fiction has appeared in The New Yorker, The Paris Review, Best American Short Stories, The O. Henry Prize Stories, and numerous other publications. She lives in New York City and Connecticut with her family.


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Arkham Asylum
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The Elizabeth Arkham Asylum for the Criminally Insane is a fictional setting, a psychiatric hospital in the DC Universe. Jeremiah Arkham is the current head of the Asylum.
Fictional History
It is located on the outskirts of Gotham City, and is where those of Batman's foes considered to be legally insane are incarcerated (other foes are incarcerated at Blackgate Penitentiary). Although it has had numerous administrators, its current head is Jeremiah Arkham. Inspired by the works of H. P. Lovecraft, the asylum was created by Dennis O'Neil and first appeared in Batman #258 (October 1974); much of its back-story was created by Len Wein during the 1980s. In the foreword to the book The Dark Ages: Grim, Great, and Gimmicky Post-Modern Comics, Jack C. Harris claims that it was he who conceptualized the idea of Arkham Asylum, and that any other such claims are false.
Arkham Asylum does not have a good record, at least with regard to the high profile cases; escapes are frequent (on at least one occasion, an obsessive-compulsive multiple murderer was signed out of Arkham into the care of an incontinent, alcoholic vagrant, on the grounds that he "looked like a responsible citizen"), and those who are 'cured' and released tend to re-offend. Furthermore, several staff members, including at least one director, have ended up as residents, notably Dr. Jeremiah Arkham, Dr. Harleen Quinzel and Lyle Bolton and, in some incarnations, Drs. Jonathan Crane and Hugo Strange.
In addition, prisoners with unusual medical conditions that prevent them from staying in a regular prison are housed there. For example, Mr. Freeze is not technically insane, but he requires a strongly refrigerated environment to stay alive, which only Arkham can provide.
Gotham criminals deemed "not guilty by reason of insanity" or "mentally unfit to stand trial" by a court of law generally are treated at Williams Medical Center before being deemed dangerous enough to be sent to Arkham Asylum.
Arkham Asylum first appeared in 1974, in Batman #258 by Dennis O'Neil. In this story, it is named as "Arkham Hospital" (although it is clear what kind of hospital it is); "Arkham Asylum" first appeared in another O'Neil story the following year, but it was not until 1979 that "Arkham Asylum" completely replaced "Arkham Hospital" as the institution's name. By 1979, too, the move to have the asylum closer to Gotham had begun; that was completed in 1980, when Batman #326 by Len Wein described the Asylum's location "deep in the suburbs of Gotham City". (Perhaps for this reason Batman #326 is listed in some histories as the first appearance of Arkham Asylum.) It was also Wein who, in 1985's Who's Who #1, created its current backstory.
Arkham Asylum has been demolished or destroyed several times in its history, notably during the events of Batman: The Last Arkham (see below). It is also seriously damaged at the beginning of the Knightfall storyline, when Bane uses stolen munitions to blow up the facility and release all the inmates. After these events, the asylum is relocated to a large mansion known as "Mercey Mansion". At the beginning of the No Man's Land storyline, the asylum is closed down and all its inmates set free (a timer is used to open the doors two minutes before the city is sealed). This is orchestrated by the administrator himself, who had the choice of releasing the inmates or watching them all starve or kill each other. In the middle of the story, it is revealed that Batman has established a hidden base within the subbasement of the asylum during the Prodigal storyline known as "Northwest Batcave."
During the No Man's Land storyline, the Joker and Harley Quinn take over Arkham. With the sole exception of the Riddler, the inmates elect to remain in the cut-off Gotham City. After the events of the Sinestro Corps War when Amon Sur is murdered, the Sinestro Corps ring seeks a replacement sentient from Sector 2814 and travels to the Asylum where it chooses the Scarecrow. They nearly induct him into the Sinestro Corps before they are foiled by Hal Jordan and John Stewart.
After Batman's disappearance due to the events of Batman R.I.P. and Final Crisis, a new Black Mask frees the inmates from Arkham as they are being transferred at the start of Battle for the Cowl. He declares himself their new leader, proving his power by blowing up the Asylum.
In the Battle for the Cowl one-shot, Dr. Arkham wanders among the remains of the Asylum as he muses on his life. He reveals that he has discovered blueprints created by his ancestor, the first Dr. Arkham, for a new Arkham Asylum. He also contemplates the fates of his own nonviolent, "special" patients: an artist with almost no facial features who must paint facial expressions onto his almost blank face to express himself; a man obsessed with his own reflection in a series of mirrors in his room; and a woman supposedly so ugly, one glance at her face would drive anyone insane. Upon discovering his "special" patients (unharmed from the destruction thanks to their secluded cells), Arkham resolves to rebuild the facility according to his ancestor's vision, but to serve as a literal asylum for mentally ill patients in order to shelter them from the outside world. However, when told to be happy with the new development, the artist secretly paints his face white with a hideous grin, reminiscent of the Joker; it is implied that the "special" inmates, as well as Arkham himself, have given in to madness.
In Arkham Reborn mini-series, the Arkham Asylum is rebuilt by financed Dr. Arkham.
As of Batman Eternal #29, Arkham Asylum has collapsed in an explosion caused by The Spectre. Subsequently, In Arkham Manor #1, Wayne Manor is reconstructed as "Arkham Manor" which acts as the new house to Gotham's criminally insane and former arkham inmates.
Recurring Staff
- Dr. Amadeus Arkham: Founder of the asylum, Amadeus named the institution after his deceased mother Elizabeth.
- Dr. Harleen Quinzel: A former psychiatric intern, Quinzel was seduced by the Joker and adopted the supervillain name "Harley Quinn".
- Dr. Jeremiah Arkham: Nephew of Amadeus Arkham, Jeremiah is the former head of the asylum in modern continuity. He is now committed into Arkham as being Black Mask II.
- Dr. Alyce Sinner: Black Mask II's lover and the present head of Arkham Asylum, and also running deals for both Black Mask II and for the Church of Crime
- Dr. Charles Cavendish: Former administrator of the facility, first seen in Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth.
- Security Officer Aaron Cash: One of Arkham's most respected security guards. His hand was bitten off by Killer Croc, and he sports a prosthetic hook in its place. Unlike many of his colleagues, Cash is neither insane nor corrupt, and is a trusted ally of Batman.
- Dr. Jonathan Crane: Former psychiatrist, now supervillain also known as "Scarecrow", one of Batman's most dangerous foes.
The one-shot graphic novel Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth establishes that the Asylum is named after Elizabeth Arkham, founder Amadeus Arkham's mother. The original name of the asylum is Arkham Hospital. Its dark history began in the early 1900s when Arkham's mother, having suffered from mental illness most of her life, committed suicide. (It is later revealed that she was actually euthanized by her son, which his mind repressed.) Amadeus Arkham decided, then, as the sole heir to the Arkham estate, to remodel his family home (known as Mercey Mansion) in order to properly treat the mentally ill, so others might not go untreated and suffer as his mother had. Prior to the period of the hospital's remodeling, Arkham treated patients at the State Psychiatric Hospital in Metropolis, where he and his wife, Constance, and daughter, Harriet, had been living for quite some time.
Upon telling his family of his plans, they moved back to his family home to oversee the remodeling. While there, Arkham received a call from the police notifying him Martin "Mad Dog" Hawkins — a serial killer referred to Arkham by Metropolis Penitentiary while at State Psychiatric Hospital — had escaped from prison, and sought his considered opinion on his state of mind.
On April 1, 1921, Arkham returned to his home to find his front door wide open. Inside, he discovered the raped and mutilated bodies of his wife and daughter in an upstairs room, Hawkins having carved his nickname on Harriet's body.
Despite this family tragedy, the Elizabeth Arkham Asylum for the Criminally Insane officially opened that November. One of its first patients was Martin Hawkins, whom Arkham insisted on personally treating. On April 1, 1922, after treating Hawkins for six months, Arkham strapped him to the electroshock couch and purposely electrocuted him. The death was treated as an accident but contributed to Arkham's gradual descent into madness, which he began to believe was his birthright. Eventually, Arkham was institutionalized in his own hospital, where he died.
Originally, Arkham Asylum was used only to house genuinely insane characters - the Joker and Two-Face were patients from its very first appearance - but over the course of the 1980s a trend was established of having the majority of Batman's supervillain opponents end up at Arkham, whether or not they were actually insane. This is likely because of some of the facility's high-tech features that make it more efficient to hold a villain such as Clayface there than in a prison. Nearly all of Batman's enemies have spent some time in Arkham.
Other DC Universe publications that feature Arkham Asylum and its patients include Alan Moore's Swamp Thing (wherein Jason Woodrue—The Floronic Man—is detained) and The Sandman by Neil Gaiman, wherein John Dee (Doctor Destiny) escapes to wreak havoc on both the 'real' and 'dream' worlds.
Arkham has also been featured in varying capacities in a number of high profile DC miniseries events, such as Identity Crisis, Day of Vengeance, Countdown, and Crisis on Infinite Earths among others.
Notable Patients
Batman's enemies
- Amygdala
- Bane
- Black Mask
- Calendar Man
- The Cavalier
- The Charlatan
- Clayface I (Basil Karlo)
- Clayface II (Matthew Hagen)
- Clayface III (Preston Payne)
- Clayface IV (Sondra Fuller)
- Cornelius Stirk
- Crazy Quilt
- Deadshot
- Doctor Double X
- Doctor Phosphorus
- Film Freak
- Firefly
- Harley Quinn
- Hugo Strange
- Hush
- The Joker
- Killer Croc
- Killer Moth
- Lock-Up
- The Mad Hatter
- Magpie
- Maxie Zeus
- Mr. Freeze
- The Penguin
- Poison Ivy
- Professor Pyg
- Professor Milo
- Ra's Al Ghul (committed as "Terry Gene Kase" in Detective Comics 840)
- The Riddler
- Ratcatcher
- Rupert Thorne
- The Scarecrow
- Tweedledum and Tweedledee
- Two-Face
- The Ventriloquist
- Vox
- Warren White
- Witch (Samantha Voz)
- Zsasz
- Adam Strange (in "New Frontier")
- Ambush Bug
- Amadeus Arkham
- Anarky
- Batman (in Shadow of the Bat #1-4)
- Bite
- Bradberry
- Cheetah (Barbara Minerva)
- The Crumbler
- Dancer
- Death Rattle (Erasmus Rayne)
- The Defenestrator
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In other media
Arkham has appeared beyond the pages of the comics in numerous guises and designs. Its appearances include:
Live-action films
Batman Forever
Arkham was seen at the end of the film, and designed as a tall, spiraling castle-like structure, with narrow hallways lined with brightly-lit glass bricks. The Riddler was incarcerated in a large padded cell. The psychologist seen was named Dr. Burton, a reference to Tim Burton, who directed 1989's Batman film and Batman Returns. There was a more in-depth sequence involving Two-Face escaping from Arkham at the beginning of the film, but it was cut.
Batman Forever (video game): The video game adaptation of the film features Arkham as its first stage. While the film shows Arkham as being in a remote forested area, the backgrounds in the game seem to place it on the waterfront, directly across the bay from Gotham.
Batman & Robin
Arkham appeared a number of times in this film. It first appeared when Mr. Freeze was taken there midway through the film, after getting defeated by Batman. Poison Ivy helps him escape by kissing his guards, killing them, and Bane helped by bringing Freeze's suit so he could live outside of the cold wing. They escape Arkham when Mr Freeze put some ice in a sink that leads to a water pipe on the wall, it created so much pressure the wall exploded, and to escape from the guards cutting into the steel doors, Mr Freeze, Poison Ivy, and Bane jump off into the ravine below, landing in a river. It also appears at the end of the movie when both Mr Freeze and Poison Ivy were shown as cellmates.
Batman Begins
Arkham played a much larger role than a simple jail in this film, with Jonathan Crane (also known as the Scarecrow) being either the administrator or at least a high ranking doctor at the Asylum, and using it to conduct cruel experiments with his fear gas, using his own patients as guinea pigs. He also used the pipes under the Asylum to empty his toxin into the Gotham water supply. One notable change in this version of Arkham from the comics was the location; while still on an island separate from the rest of the city (by 9 large drawbridges), in Batman Begins, it is located in the slum region known as The Narrows, as opposed to the remote forests that surround it in the comics. By the end of the film, it is implied that the Narrows has been rendered uninhabitable.
DC animated universe
Batman: The Animated Series
Arkham has appeared frequently in the series. It is depicted as generally dark and gloomy, and the cells are similar to those in the comics, being primarily closed via glass doors. Much of the rest of the asylum resembles a prison more than a mental hospital, however; in one episode, it is explained that all criminals apprehended by the Batman are sent to Arkham rather than jail (although it is shown that The Penguin goes to Stonegate, a regular jail). In the series, neither Jeremiah or Amadeus Arkham are shown or mentioned, but the episode "Dreams In Darkness" features a character who is obviously modeled on Jeremiah, but toned down to have a more compassionate persona.
Justice League
Justice League featured Arkham in a brief cameo during A Better World: Part 2 in an alternate dimension where a Fascist League has taken over the world and dispatches villains via execution or lobotomy. The asylum is run by a lobotomized version of The Joker and is protected by robotic copies of Superman. The entire patient population is lobotomized by the alternate Superman's heat vision. (If you watch closely, you can see that the Ventriloquist has not been lobotomized by Superman's heat vision, but his doll Scarface has.) It is noted that Joker, Two-Face and Poison Ivy are used in both Batman: The Animated Series and Justice League as the key patients of the Asylum.
Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker
This direct-to-video animated film had the final battle between the original Batman and The Joker taking place at an abandoned Arkham. It is also the same spot where Robin (as a brainwashed, junior version of The Joker) killed Joker. A deleted scene (featured on both versions of the DVD as a special feature) has Bruce Wayne touring the abandoned Arkham, where Terry McGinnis, Wayne's successor as The Dark Knight, follows and sees Joker's corpse hanging (it was implied that the new Joker placed it up there fairly recently to intimidate Bruce Wayne, or anyone investigating it, since it was bound by ropes, which the Joker's recent corpse wasn't, and more importantly, his corpse now bears the words "I know" on it.).
The Batman
See: Arkham Asylum (The Batman) Like the original Arkham, several major villains end up in this institution, such as The Joker, The Penguin, The Riddler, Mr. Freeze, Ventriloquist, Hugo Strange and Clayface. Firefly goes to a regular prison. The staff is far more heavily armored than in its previous incarnation, wearing heavy trenchcoats and gloves, which is, in spite of itself, no deterrent for the patients to easily escape. Much like in the Batman Forever tie-in game and Batman Begins, it's presented as being inside Gotham, though here it's presented as occupying a small island on a river, with a bridge connecting it to the city.
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
In the episode "Mayhem of the Music Meister" Arkham Asylum is featured. The prisoners are Joker, Mr. Freeze, Mad Hatter, Top, Psyco Pirate, Tweedledee, Tweedledum, Two-Face, Scarecrow, Crazy Quilt, Doctor Polaris, Calendar Man, and King Tut. Batman also mentions in later episodes that other villains such as Black Mask and Hellgrammite are also prisoners there. In the episode "Joker the Vile and the Villainess" Joker is seen being transported to Arkham.
Batman: Gotham Knight
Expanding on Jim Gordon's line "The Narrows is lost" from Batman Begins, the Crossfire segment of Batman: Gotham Knight reveals that the inhabitants of The Narrows were repurposed, and the entire island (renamed Arkham Island) became asylum grounds. The asylum itself was transformed into a high-security fortress, with checkpoints and sniper towers augmenting the natural barrier of the island. This depiction was later utilized for Batman: Arkham Asylum.
Video Games
Batman Forever
Arkham Asylum appears as the first level in the game after Two-Face's escape.
Lego Batman: The Videogame
There was an Arkham Asylum Lego set featuring the Scarecrow, Nightwing, Poison Ivy, and the Riddler available at Toys "R" Us during late summer 2006.
The videogame features Arkham Asylum as the villains' hub. It includes an experiment room, and docking bay for vehicles owned by The Joker, The Penguin, and Two-Face .
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Main article: Arkham Asylum (Batman: Arkham Asylum)
Arkham Asylum is the primary focus of the 2009 video game Batman: Arkham Asylum, which takes place during a riot orchestrated by the Joker. The facility is depicted a sprawling, multi-faceted campus with both new and old structures, including the iconic Victorian mansion of the comics, a factory re-purposed as an intensive care unit, and a vast subterranean network. This version of Arkham has also made cameo appearances in Batman: Arkham City, Batman: Arkham Origins, Batman: Arkham Knight, and Injustice: Gods Among Us.
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Worried about my four year old son repeating questions to me constantly.
My four year old son has been repeating himself for a while now, more so with me than with others. Often times I can tell he's frustrated when speaking to me. He's even stopped to say he needs water, then comes back again to finish asking his question. Sometimes, if I answer him, he might say "what?", then I'll repeat myself, he'll say "what?" again, I'll repeat... but if I change how I answer, he gets upset and says I'm not listening to him, or says "no, what did you say before that?"... If I quietly say something like "do you want chocolate?" he will answer me, so I know he doesn't have a hearing problem. He can also have normal conversations, especially with other people, but he seems to get really upset when he talks with me. He'll look at me and try to slowly ask his question, sometimes over-annunciating the words, I'll repsond with a simple answer like "yes, you may", then he'll ask again, and again, etc. I can tell he's not being just "chatty" like other 4 year olds.
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hi my son is going through the same its constant making even a simple trip out hard work everything takes us longer with the constant repeating . also his diet is not good as he only eats very selected foods. and has now been licking his hands bites himself not to hurt him more habit also his nails far down. going back to docs as have felt for a long while that my son needs some help with this.posted 11/02/2013 by a BabyCenter Member
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ELKHORN — A 41-year-old man is accused of selling a fatal dose of heroin in the town of Sugar Creek in late June.
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It'll keep setting new highs no doubt. There is no turnaround in sight, folks.
it is absurd to say that government workers create nothing of value for the economy: education, infrastructure, law enforcement, scientific research, information gathering and dissemination; the list is long and, in many cases, uniquely valuable. the free market is not perfect and requires skilled and honest regulation to maximize its benefits. that after decades of waste, fraud and abuse government's mission has fallen into disrepute is not a reason to dismiss the mission at a theoretical level. it is reason to resolve to achieve better government. imo we are at a period similar to the late nineteenth century when monopolistic corporate trusts in league with corrupt governments at many levels gave rise to a countervailing social mood and corrective actions.
imo we are at a period similar to the late nineteenth century when monopolistic corporate trusts in league with corrupt governments at many levels gave rise to a countervailing social mood and corrective actions.
What your describing is the return of the 4th Turning. Specifically, the tone this time around is Fascism vs. Liberalism. So I'm inclined to agree with your sentiment (if not necessarily the time frame).
That is like saying that a communist government worker is valuable because they provide everything in the economy. The point you are missing is that they do it BADLY. Quality of education is inversely proportional to government interference, the infrastructure is a mess and falling apart (vs private toll roads, which are pristine), law enforcement has become federalized (moved away from the local level), and further, police state policies elevate cops above the law, scientific research is ruled by the foolish rules and regulations of academia (which makes conducting trails extremely expensive and greatly slows down progress), and I'm not sure what "information gatehring and dissemination" is, but I don't like the sound of it, and private companies would do a better job if it was worth doing.
No, the decades of waste and fraud we have experienced are not a reason to abandon the concept of a government as monopoly on force. The reason to abandon it is because it ALWAYS happens.
"government workers don't actually create anything of value for the economy."
"Government workers" INCLUDE MILITARY, POLICE, FIREMEN, CIA, FBI, NAS, TSA etc - meaning, that added to YOUR DICTUM, Tmosley- that "they do it BADLY" - we should then completely dismantle U.S. federal armed forces, federal covert agencies and law enforcement... why not go all the way and dismantle the U.S. union...?
Dismantle the U.S. - and let each locale runs its own, local agencies - and private law enforcement - as each region and locale sees fit.
it will keep getting worse until the head of state begins starving.
bye bye QE3. so long. see ya....at S&P 800.
nobody is perfect.
You know what? I really don't give a shit anymore. As long as the value of gold and silver go (stated otherwise the buck goes down{I had to throw that caveat in there before some anal PM person corrected my lingo})up I'm happy. Screw this market.
Personally, I'm hoping the value of PMs go down - merely so I can lay my hands on as much of it as possible before it goes to infinity and beyond...
Just a curiousity but this chart looks a lot like the stock indices of several brewing companies. Ah yes, drinking is the curse of the working class, even when they are not employed.
We created 1 or 2 jobs. The world cheers. Sad times.
Stop pissing in everone's Cherios.
100k+ jobs created. New jobs.
Leading edge alternative energy 21st century jobs.
The recession is over.
It's finally over!
That was sarcasm, right? Let's not forget the 45K striking workers who returned to the workforce that buffered those numbers.
No worries, Goldman's Kostin on CNBS saying SPX 1300 coming and recession all gone, bye-bye.
The only "expert" those idiots have left to roll out is an old wheezing man from Connecticut who uses rulers for upward predictions.
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Don't forget that little weasel Thomas Lee...
Time to lay on some more longs before the good news gets around and the melt-up begins!
Face it people, no recession. Slow growth is the soup de jour
The world cannot afford slow growth
Damn that Red Queen, we are running faster but it is not faster enough. :(
An Octogenarian with arteries as supple as fiberboard waiting for a random piece of plaque to break loose so as to just end it all-THAT is our economic situation.
warren buffett?
I'm sorry. Your answer needs to be in the form of a question. We were looking for "Who is Warrent Buffet?" We would have also accepted "What is the US economy?" or "Whay is Keynesian Economics."
Onto double Jeopary. Our catagory is Anal Probing. The size of the anal probe the serfs are willing to take in the ass for the sole purpose of supporting the cronies.
What is Quantitaive Easing, Alex.
Why dont they fire everyone in Washington? That is what I would do.
It's amazing that anyone even considers the 103k print legitimate. 45k striking workers returned, 13k manufacturing jobs lost and 40.5 week average duration. So we added about 45k part-time, burger flipper, non benefit, can't buy groceries, need to see the doc but can't, utilities turned off, moving in with family jobs. Hip hip horray!
So, glass half full?
When this describes the "99%" then we'll have a problem. All the free markets need is to be left alone: business as usual, give stagnation a little more time, GDP muddling along, SNAP benefits until The Turnaround, at least our financial system is healing.
Yeah, but doesn't the economy need to create 150k jobs/month just to stay even (due to population growth, etc.)? 103k-150k= -47k. Not sure that means healing per se.
The National debt has doubled since the crisis and last month we "apparently, for now" added 103,000 jobs in a country with over 300 million people. To put it in perspective, Canada added 60,900 jobs over the same time frame in a country of about (aboot) 30 million. This entire past 2 years the MSM has been giddy claiming that we are gaining altitude, while they do all they can to avert our attention from the fact that the "lift" came from jettisoning our fuel supply. Don't worry though they don't have parachutes either.
Yes, but GM workers just got an $11,000 wage/benefit package increase...Ford wage "bonus" of $6,000 + benies.
How this reconciles with the Asian auto workers getting $10 a day is a mystery to me unless the Powers That Be halt globalization and make the earth round again.
Government Workers do an excellent job of creating Public Goods and Club Goods. Have you ever called a fire truck or driven on a road, or played in a park?
The private sector is lousy at providing those.
What is the proportion of these so-called critical service workers to the total government workers?
"We created 1 or 2 jobs. The world cheers. Sad times."
I LOL'd.
But the stock market is up again, today guys! Happy days are here again!
Also, when you get that job, you are getting, on avergae, 20% less pay than previous one. Yet food, clothing, room and board, and other services go up in price.
And the sheeple can't focus their anger on that fact that there SHOULD be a greater concern when Milk goes from $2.35 to $2.40 a gallon. Instead, since they see it as only $0.05c, they think that's a pittance.
But their NetFlix goes up $5-$9 dollars? Outrage on the streets!
I mean, when are the sheeple gonna understand that the jobs market is slowly bleeding. Corporations, who publicly cry poor, are reaping the profits behind the scene in justified whip cracking thanks to the economical environment.
Multi-national corporations and the investment banks on Wall St thrive in scarcity; the general public erodes in it.
Cheap Energy Gone Forever. Castle walls, knights in body armor, and serfs being bludgeoned for sport can not be far behind.
Only the continuance of the Ponzi separates us from this coming reality. And the Ponzi can not be continued. It will be terminated by some random event or by the calculation of some major power who has determined that its continuance no longer serves its strategic, long term goals.
I can't say that I know a lot of people, but among those that I do know that have lost their jobs since 2008 and thereafter - NONE of them have gotten re-hired in similar employment, nor same wages. Most of them exhausted their 6 months or 99 weeks of aid, and now get SSI and food stamps in addition to working for cash - $10/hr doing what ever they can.
Face it. The very definition of "a Job" means something totally different today. A job in the late 1960's could provide for an entire family with mom at home. Today, you can work 60 hours a week and still collect welfare - and just barely support yourself and a kid or two.
In two cases, I know of a gal that went on "disability," and take home more than working because she doesn't commute anymore. Likewise, a California mother with 2 kids makes more staying home than working as a teacher. Babysitting for the neighbor kids, she might gross another $10,000 in unreported income. It pays to not be productive.
Prices for food, energy, housing (rent) will edge up, but the price for everything else is dragging down.
It will be an interesting Winter.
There is also the stigma of unemployment. CNN is such a bleeding heat apologist rag for Gen Y but most of Gen Y (at least here in the northeast) are so self absorbed, materialistic and call anyone who is unemployed or unemployed an idiot or 'tard' meanwhile most who are in the hiring capacity will not hire anyone who looks older than say 25 and they refer to people in their 30s & 40's as middle aged. I thought those 18-29 has the lowest employment/population ratio since the 1940s. Seems like many are just bleeding heart hypocrital f**k heads?
There is also the stigma of unemployment. CNN is such a bleeding heat apologist rag for Gen Y but most of Gen Y (at least here in the northeast) are so self absorbed, materialistic and call anyone who is unemployed or unemployed an idiot or 'tard' meanwhile most who are in the hiring capacity will not hire anyone who looks older than say 25 and they refer to people in their 30s & 40's as middle aged. I thought those 18-29 has the lowest employment/population ratio since the 1940s. Seems like many are just bleeding heart hypocrital f**k heads?
If they have bad credit (meaning chargedoff debt or any type of public record or worse) they can forget about finding a job until the info 'falls off' their credit report. I have lost out on several job offers (and I am employed) after the background check came back and I failed because of too much bad debt -- chargedoff credit card debt.
declining government jobs at the end of the day is a good thing, government workers don't actually create anything of value for the economy
The first part of this statement is true only insofar as the second is true; and the second part is a ridiculous exaggeration. Can you have capitalism without law? Can you have property rights without law? It's nice when you turn on the tap and water comes out, it's nice to flush and forget; who makes that happen?
Too bad the people that run the waste treatment systems can't do something that makes a real contribution like the financial sector.
Seems to me the core problem is that with productivity gains it takes fewer and fewer man hours to produce basic needs. Advertising endlessly creates new "needs" and this is the "economy" but how much of it is "value?" When you get down to it, fewer and fewer people will be "meaningfully" employed.
Next time you're in a high rise in LA or San Francisco, ask yourself who was checking to make sure the contractor didn't cheat on cement mix and rebar.
Next time you're in a high rise in LA or San Francisco, ask yourself who was checking to make sure the contractor didn't cheat on cement mix and rebar.
Who do you think is more effective at that - an inspector from the insurer or bond holder, or a career civil servant who can't get fired if he makes a mistake. I would be very hesistant to extend the proper scope of government beyond security, justice, and managing the commons; assigning value and a quality to private works isn't something a political system can do well.
Every government is run by liars," independent journalist I.F. Stone observed, "and nothing they say should be believed." A, freakin' MEN.
Who do you think is more effective at that - an inspector from the insurer or bond holder, or a career civil servant who can't get fired if he makes a mistake.
Generally, the civil servant because insurers don't have sufficient trained staff to effectively and comprehensively monitor construction projects--they generally rely on the civil servants. Bond holders? they depend on others for information and certifications. Then they sue whoever they relied on if things go wrong.
The big risk in City building inspections is corruption (and understaffing in boom times) not laziness or incompetence. It depends on the City and the department. It's all local, like it should be. If your City has a department that doesn't operate effectively, take it up locally. Blanket generalizations fall apart if look at evidence.
Also "Privatization" has often been the rubric used to get the corporate snout in the public trough. I've seen a public entity forced by politicians to pay considerably more to turn a physical plant operation over to a private contract. High-minded idealistic sounding concepts like "privatization" used to get the snout into public trough.
Most problems and solutions are local and specific.
If the FEDs are successful at closing the pot shops, do the laid off qualify for unemployment?
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High school prom season is just around the corner. For many families, it is an expense they just can't afford. However, thanks to organizations like Operation PROM, HelpPROM.org, and fashion designers like Jay Godfrey, over 200 girls will be stepping out in style at their proms in New York City.
New York City fashion designer, Jay Godfrey has teamed up with Operation PROM to help provide dresses to low-income students. Godfrey hosted a "shop-tail" party at his Meatpacking District boutique the other night. For every item purchased, Godfrey donated a dress to Operation PROM. "We are thrilled to be partnering with Operation PROM to bring dresses to such deserving high school ladies. I know prom is such an important event in high-schoolers lives, and if we can do something to make their prom experience even more special, I am excited to be able to do that."
Customers who donated a lightly used dress at the event also received 20% off any purchase. Jay Godfrey, who is known for his contemporary, fun, flirty party dresses, is a style icon to the 16-40 year old crowd! Trending this year in his line: anything bright, reds, fuchsia, cobalt's, and the brighter, the better.
Operation PROM, which was started by Noelle Calico in 2005 started as a small local charity. They are now nationwide, and help over 1,000 girls get "dressed" for their proms each year. I asked Chapter Director, Jessica Heller what it means to the girls. "The girls feel so excited and have big smiles on their faces, and you can see them standing taller and feeling more confident because they are wearing such amazing dresses that they could never have afforded." Besides being in financial need, recipients must also be passing all their classes and be recommended by their guidance counselors. Tuxedo rentals are also available.
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Cardinal Third After Opening Relays
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High School: Lettered four years in swimming at Lake Forest High... two-time state champion in the 200 and 200 freestyle... set two high school records in the events... competed for the Lake Forest Swim Club since 2003, winning the junior national title in the 200 free... also a member of the U.S. Youth Team in 2010.
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Paul Lioy. Lanham, MD, 2010., Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN: 978-1-442201-48-4
Much has been written about the destruction of the World Trade Center (WTC) on 9/11. Soon after the WTC Towers fell occupational physicians and environmental scientists began to worry about the health implications of those who survived and those who were to work on the recovery effort. The initial concerns about the dust were overshadowed by the immediate efforts to find and rescue survivors. As it became evident that there were few survivors more attention began to be paid to the environmental health effects. The events of 9/11 caused what has become the largest man-made environmental health disaster in the history of the world. Thousands of firefighters, recovery workers, and Lower Manhattan residents/students/office workers became ill. Many become became totally disabled and the New York City Medical Examiner has determined that inhalation of the dust produced by the collapse was the cause of death in a growing number of cases. The health implications continue though today with tens of thousands of workers/survivors in medical monitoring/treatment programs. The political intrigue and mistrust of the government's handling of the exposures and cleanup have been played out in both the media and Federal Courts where the then head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Christine Whitman (who on September 14, 2001, stated that the air of New York was safe to breathe) has been named in a lawsuit. The enormity of the health problems from the dust is illustrated by the recent passage of the Zadroga Bill, which President Obama signed in January 2011. The bill will provide more than 4 billion dollars for monitoring, treatment, and compensation of illness related to 9/11, much of which was due to dust inhalation.
What was the dust that has caused so much illness, economic loss, political backlash, and government mistrust? Dr Paul Lioy, Professor and Vice Chair of the Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, attempts to answer these questions in the aptly named "Dust: The Inside story of its role in the September 11th Aftermath."
In this well-written and flowing work, Dr Lioy describes the environmental/health story of the dust from the beginning when he, like hundreds of millions of others watched the horrible story unfold on television. Dr Lioy was well prepared to help. With a long history of expertise in exposure science, he became part of a team, which included occupational physicians. The team was brought by National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to Lower Manhattan within a week of 9/11 to determine what was in the dust that so many were being exposed to. Unlike the many medical studies that have looked at health effects of 9/11, Lioy's book is unique in that it concentrates on the content and nature of the dust while including the fascinating story of the politics and risk communication occurring following this unprecedented type of exposure.
The technical aspects of the dust and their effects on the body are written in an easy to understand manner which can be appreciated by the lay-public as well and also is useful for the occupational physician. Occupational physicians dealing with dust and chemical exposures will find it extremely interesting and useful as they process clinical care of individuals exposed to any type of dust or chemical. Dr Lioy is able to convey the emotion surrounding what might be thought of as an extremely technical analysis of the dust. This can best be summarized by his response to question by a local resident: "How can you describe the dust?" Dr Lioy, despite his years as a scientist and myriads of technical data from studies of the dust, responded that the dust contained "everything that we hold near and dear to us."
The collection and characterization of the dust is well reviewed and explained by Dr Lioy. Occupational physicians and other medical professionals with experience in exposure science will find this detail of interest. To many readers the story of the politics of the dust will be more intriguing. The technical details are intertwined with the political story of the dust, which again is retold in a cogent and interesting manner by Lioy. The dust contained a variety of potentially toxic substances and the particulate matter itself was damaging to the lungs. Five thousand tons of chrysotile asbestos were used in the construction of one of the World Trade Center, until Mayor Lindsay halted the spraying on the advice of Dr Irving Selikoff, a pioneer and iconic figure in the field of Occupational Medicine. As Lioy recounts, the overwhelming concern when the Towers collapsed was over asbestos, a known carcinogen and cause of lung scarring. The initial tests conducted on the dust revealed a low asbestos content, which gave a false sense of security to those responsible for making recommendations about the air quality. The low asbestos levels also detracted attention from what in hindsight appears to have been exposures hazardous to the health of workers and residents. Partially on the basis of these results, residents returned to their homes, workers returned to their offices, and the New York Stock Exchange reopened. Recovery workers did not use respiratory protection for a large variety of reasons ranging from low availability early on to feeling that they could not as effectively conduct the search for survivors and remains with the hindrance of additional equipment in what was already one of the most difficult and dangerous worksites imaginable. Lioy points out that one of his best photos of the workers illustrates this point. In the photo three workers are present, one wearing a mask, one with a mask draped around his neck, and one with no mask. In this case Lioy aptly describes the unfortunate nonuse of respiratory protection but the photo brings the point home.
Lioy describes another important controversy surrounding the dust, the question of cleanup. The EPA and numerous private contractors provided cleanup and pre- and post-cleaning testing. The issue of what dust came from the Trade Center and what levels of remaining dust was safe for returning residents and office workers was the cause of much disagreement and public bewilderment. The public concern and outcry about the dangers of the dust and the intervention of Senator Joseph Lieberman and Hillary Clinton led to the formation of the EPA WTC Technical Advisory Panel whose mission are well described in this book. Lioy cochaired the panel and 14 other members (including this writer), representing a broad spectrum of expertise and opinion, tackled the difficult task of the determination of a signature for WTC dust and what would constitute and effective cleanup. Lioy's telling of the story reflects the emotions involved in the panel's work. After 2 years of review and public meetings the Panel was dissolved by the EPA before answering the questions it was charged with. The political and scientific community was unprepared to deal with the new and unique questions raised by the unprecedented disaster. The confusion and unpreparedness was magnified by the affected community's anger and frustration. The EPA completed its original cleanup and to this day the public health implications are unclear.
In summary, Dust is a well-written work about an important subject. It should be of interest to occupational physicians, safety and health professionals, and policy makers. Perhaps by studying the lessons of 9/11 we can prepare for what may be similar events in the future.
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How can I help my toddlers kick the pacifier habit?
My 2-year-old started using a pacifier when his 15-month-old baby brother was born. Now they're both hooked, and my youngest son sleeps with his. How can I help them kick the habit?
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I really don't see why parents want to rush their kids to grow up. They have only been on this earth for two or three years, give them a break!! They are not mature enough to understand why they can't have their binky so why fight the battle? Why not wait until they give it up on their own.. which, by the way, they will do, they all do.. eventually! How many adults do you see walking aroumd with a binky in their mouth? none!! because they all decided sometime in childhood that they were ready to brave the world without it. And when was the last time you went on a job inerview and they asked the question "when did you stop sucking a pacifier?" Never! because it is irrelevant! I get so upset when people tell me that my child is too old for her binky.. she's not even two yet.. she still wears diapers, people! My daughter's binky is her comfort item. Some kids have blankets, some have toys, she has her binky. She likes it! It helps her sleep and makes her feel safe! It is not harming her in any way, so I don't see what the issue is! Get over it, stop trying to get your child to do something they aren't ready to do. It's not worth it! I hope that everyone who reads this who is having binky trouble will stop fighting the battle and let their kids be who they are.. happy to have their binkies! If you have any comments, feel free to email me at firstname.lastname@example.com 11/08/2004 by ck1092
My son gave up his beloved pacifier at age 2 1/2. He never had any other "lovey" except his paci, and was never without it. He is a typical boy and loves fire trucks. One day we noticed there was going to be a fire truck at Toys-R-Us for a carnival. So all morning we discussed with him what we were going to do. In the past we had told him that pacifiers were for little babies who were sad and needed them. So we asked him if he wanted to give his pacifier to a fireman, who would give it to a sad baby who needed it. We even acted out the scenario, with us pretending to be firemen, etc. He was very excited. When we got there, he gave his pacifier to the fireman (who looked a little bewildered until our explanation) and told the fireman to give it to a sad baby who needed it. My son never looked back! And then we went in the store and got him a new cuddly bear for him to have as a lovey. To this day (he is 3 now) he has never once asked for his paci back. Although if he sees a child with one, he will talk about how he gave the fireman his paci to give to a sad baby. If we see a crying baby without one, he will say "Fireman needs to give the sad baby a paci!" The important thing to remember is that is was HIS choice to do what he did, he understood what was happening and that he would never see his paci again, and it was a very positive experience. And he was fine with that! Now he takes his bear everywhere instead. I honestly think that making it his choice was better than simply taking it away all of a sudden without his having any part of it. Granted, we had a few restless nights without it, as he was using it to help himself get back to sleep, but he never asked for it back, even in the middle of the night. I am proud of him for what he did, and he is proud of himself too! And by the way, he is going to be a fireman for Halloween :)posted 10/28/2004 by prwtt
Today is the 7th day we are "Binky" free!!! It was very hard the first 3 days. My son is 18 1/2 months old. We always used the binky during nap and bedtime. He is usually not a crier, but on the first day of taking the binky away he screamed, cried and was very restless!!! It was terrible..I cried my heart out too. BUT....he got used to it. You as a parent have to be strong and be there for the cuddling when they go through the "binky" withdrawal. It took a full 3 days to have no crying fits and now he doesn't look for it anywhere. I have every binky we own stashed in the back of our cabinet. Be strong...it will be okay.posted 01/12/2007 by a BabyCenter Member
I have three children under 4. My oldest handed over hers by 3 because she said she didn't need it anymore. Her speech was fine and her baby teeth moved back into their right place (not as spread out) within 6 months. The dentist said she is fine. My three year old still has it but only at bed time and it is on it's way out. My 9 months old was a thumb sucker and it took me 4 months to get him to TAKE the pacifier. I can take the pacifier away when he is older but the thumb can go on for YEARS or forever. I have found that if you take away the pacifier at night when they are young, they often turn to their thumbs. I always prefered taking it away when they are old enough to understand or when they give it up on their own. Plus, if you give an infant something to comfort themselves with, why do we have to take it away so young? I never saw the need and I still don't. Don't sweat the small stuff.posted 01/25/2004 by miacru
Our daughter had one favorite pacifier. The week of her 2nd birthday we decided that it was time to let it go, since using it only at nap and night was starting to cause tantrums when she couldn't have it during the day. So, I cut the nipple off to about a 1/4", and showed her that paci was "broke", since she understands what broke means. We left other pacis in the crib (although she didn't want those)for a couple of days while she dealt with the grief of not having her favorite. We knew she didn't like the others, but thought taking all of them out at once would be confusing to her since they had been there before. She had difficulty falling asleep for 4 days, accompanied by angry tantrums while falling asleep, but only asked for "paci" a couple of times, since she understood her favorite one was broke. I think this was a good method, because she was upset at paci for breaking/wearing out, not necessarily mad at mom or dad for taking it away... I don't agree with the "fairy took it method" I've read about here, because I want to always teach my child reality (sometimes bad things happen and you have to get over it). It was worn out, and unsafe to use, so I felt less guilty, too :) After the 4th day, she is back to falling right to sleep with no trouble.posted 01/27/2007 by happyjusbe
We are currently in the process of getting our 2 year old off the pacifer-papa as he calls it. We started telling him he was about to turn 2 and was such a big boy he would suck a hole in it...after a week of build up we snipped a hole in one. When he tried sucking it it didn't work, he said it was broken and went 2 days without it. On the second night he was having a hard time getting settled for sleep and asked for it, when I told him he'd sucked a hole in it he simply stated he sucked a hole in the orange one he wanted the blue one. He gradually sucked holes in ALL his papas and now has finally come to terms with his papa being gone gone. It took about a month, but I think the gradual process helped him; he never had a major melt down about it.posted 05/06/2006 by a BabyCenter Member
My now eight year old daughter really loved her pacifier. She was 3 1/2 before she traded it for a new Barbie doll. I'd weaned her down to just one paci and just at night, so she threw this one out at the store. She was old enough to understand that she was just too big for a pacifier. My almost 2 year old son loves his paci, too, and though he is limited to bed/nap and car rides, he often tries to sneak in more time with his beloved paci. The pediatrician wanted him to stop, but our pediatric dentist said it wasn't a problem until their permanent teeth start coming in. I'm just going to wait until he seems more ready to give it up, which will hopefully be in the next 6 months. It makes him happy and he can soothe himself when necessary. There is a Muppet character book called Bye Bye Pacifier that is pretty cute, too, so that might help some kids and parents looking for tips on how to get rid of the pacifier.posted 02/29/2004 by a BabyCenter Member
I have some friends that are dealing with this issue with their 2 and 3 year old daughter. Their advice I thought was good. They tell their child, that they are a big girl/boy now and that when you get bigger your pinky starts to disappear. The parent then gives the child the binky, which they have cut the top of it off, and show them that the binky is disappearing. They continue to take more and more of the binky off, until the child no longer wants it or does not enjoy sucking on it. One child lost intrest quickly in the cut off binky and no longer needs the binky. The other child , will not suck on the binky, because there is nothing left to suck on, but will carry the binky around the house with her. My son would never take a binky, but has a blanket. If I have another child with the binky problem I am defenitly going to give this a try.....GOOD LUCKposted 02/17/2006 by a BabyCenter Member
I have a 3 year old (devoted to her passy) and a 3 month old, I decided to give the youngest one the newer "hospital passy" so I could easily tell the difference. And explain the difference to our 3 year old -HOWEVER- when we took the older one's passy away - she would steal baby sister's passy and RUN... My sister had heard of the put a slit in the passy trick too... I wasn't sure if it was going to work or not -- but to my AMAZEMENT - IT DID! Yes, she was a little cranky at bedtime or in the car (where she used it) but THAT lasted about 2 days and only during those times. It's been 2 weeks now and it's WONDERFUL - NOW I CAN ENJOY TALKING AND BEING ABLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT SHE IS SAYING MORE.posted 08/20/2005 by ShariMiller
I just took the binky away from my son (who turned two in Nov) and it has been six days of hell. He doesn't ask for the binky, and if he does, he actually explains to me that it is bad for his teeth. The problem he can't self soothe himself and now will no longer go down for a nap. He just woke up after only 1/2 an hour nap, and he screamed for over an hour before he fell asleep. I am ready to jump off a bridge, and what makes it worse is I can't seem to find anybody online who is having a similarly horrifically long experience.posted 12/10/2008 by a BabyCenter Member
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Winners of six straight series and 21 of their last 23 games, the Miami Hurricanes rose to No. 8 in the newest Baseball America rankings on Monday. Miami was ranked tenth a week ago, its first appearance in the Baseball America top 10 last since April of 2009.
Miami defeated Alabama State 11-1 on Friday night for its sixth straight win, scoring six runs in the first inning to cruise to victory. That streak ended Saturday night though as the Hurricanes committed four errors that led to three unearned runs and a 6-5 loss to the Hornets before rebounding on Sunday with a 6-3 victory for the series win.
The last time Miami was ranked this high was in March of 2009, when Baseball America ranked the Hurricanes No. 7. Only two other teams were ranked in the ACC, both ahead of Miami. Virginia remained at No. 1 despite a midweek loss to Old Dominion and Florida State moved up to No. 4 after sweeping Minnesota.
Miami is ranked as high as No. 5 and as low as No. 15 in all of college baseball's major polls. The Hurricanes remained in the top 5 in the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's Rankings but fell from No. 4 to No. 5. The USA Today coaches' poll also dropped Miami, from No. 14 to No. 15. Taking two of three games from Alabama State wasn't enough for any movement in the Perfect Game top 25, which kept Miami at No. 12.
FGCU will visit Miami on Wednesday night before the Hurricanes travel to Durham, NC to face the Duke Blue Devils for a three-game series this weekend. Miami defeated FGCU 5-2 on March 19 and 4-0 on March 26. The Hurricanes will then host North Carolina the following weekend to end the regular season. The ACC tournament will then run from May 20-25.