Sandwalker
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LOL It sounds as if they are certainly taking credit for their children's accomplishments.Here is a quote from the book: "One comment we hear a lot when people learn about our children's educational attainments is that they must be geniuses. We feel our children are accomplished not because they are geniuses but because their environment prepared them to learn and to do well and because we provided the opportunities for them to maximize their potential . . . We have seen so many families that have had uneven results with their children. Our children's consistency in attaining high goals confirms our belief that their educational environment made all the difference."
As for your #2, I personally don't have an answer. My oldest is 10, so that's partly why I'm wondering how this all actually works for the rest of us.
Edit: punctuation
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Some were mandatory reporters, such as the psychologist. I hope that the karma wheel turns on those who knew and kept silent.Another question I have is whether or not the people who covered up the abuse could be charged as accessories to the crimes? Or at least to the crimes that took place after the first report was made?
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Please stop comparing a pedophile who abused hundreds of children to a sitting female judge and mother of five who sentenced fairly and had strong words for the child rapist.Had this judge not followed up the "death warrant" comment with expressing that, were in not for the Constitution, she would allow Nasser to be abused in the same fashion he abused others, I would attempt to consider the judge meant "you will die in prison" when she said I've just signed your death warrant. It would be a stretch, but I'd attempt a benefit of a doubt.
But in context? No way. A judge can't express the opinion that to her mind justice would be served by experiencing multiple sexual assaults.
The lesson we should draw from this horrid crime is never to rationalize bad behaviors by powerful people.
The judge should not be excused for her words from the bench. She breached her duties.
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ThisAnd...we get to the REAL crime, folks. A lady wasn't being dignified.
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If the judge had been male, would there be such pearl-clutching?
"The reaction isn’t surprising when you consider that women’s words, demeanor, and tone are routinely policed at work. Was judge Aquilina’s sentencing “grandstanding†as many of her critics have called it? Perhaps. But judicial grandstanding in these types of extreme cases is actually pretty common. When sentencing Bernie Madoff to a symbolic 150 years in prison, the male judge called him “extraordinarily evil.†Male judges routinely pass moral judgement on female rape victims. Judges also frequently tell the criminals they are convicting what they think of their actions. In this case, Judge Aquilina gave the power to the victims throughout the sentencing in a historic way. The final word on her job performance should come from them...."
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I was a gymnast in the 1970s, and my parents asked me if I wanted to go to an elite camp out of state. A travelling scout had seen me. I said no and have regretted it sometimes. But not now.The whole situation just makes me sick. How many millions if not billions of people have watched these girls in the Olympics marveling at their talent, dedication and accomplishments? To think that they accomplished all of that while suffering through such emotional and physical distress. It just makes me entirely sick. While I still have some control over their lives, I will never let my kids live under another person's supervision like that.
These poor girls. And the clueless parents. [emoji20]
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And putting them in strollers and bringing them to doctor's appointments...Agreed. I love dogs too, but the trend here of old women carrying tiny dogs into the grocery store and putting them in the cart needs to stop.
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They are still in the British Commonwealth.I missed the wars for Canadian and Australian independence.
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We're going to need more pediatricians/family practitioners for this plan. And the IRS has enough power already, tyvm. Since citizens aren't subject to the same protections under the law vs the IRS as they are against any other agency, I would not want them overseeing my child's medical care as well.Annual tax filing and any other benefit program. If you want to claim your child for tax/benefits purposes, you submit the form that your doctor/nurse provides you attesting that your child has had his/her annual physical.
It won't catch the people who go completely underground but the overwhelming majority of people would comply.
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There are apps for the phone that allow for adjustment of the blue light in the phone screen. I sleep better since installing it; I set it to automatically go on and off at times I preset. I use the app called Red Moon (android)..There have been studies showing that the "blue light" that emanates from screens can trick out brain into thinking it's not time for sleeping. I try to read only actual books in bed with a little reading light.
I am working to readjust my circadian rhythm after two years of late work - until midnight - and then commute home. It has not been easy because I am naturally a night owl.
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This type is easier on the gut than the mag citrate.Yes, I have had this problem and the one thing I finally found that has worked for me is magnesium glyconate. I have tried other forms of magnesium and the glyconate works best for me. I take one before bed and I'm asleep in 30 minutes like I took a sleeping pill or something. If I forget to take it I'm ruminating and my mind is running for hours before I can get to sleep.
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That's so sad! Can you search online for her? Facebook, google..?This post has me a bit shaken.
My childhood best friend's mom showed up to school one day and pulled her out and I never heard from her again. We didn't even get to say goodbye. Knowing what I know now, there were signs of abuse, though she never confided in me and we were inseparable. It breaks my heart. My hope is that her mom pulled her out while dad was at work, they changed their name and made a happy new life for themselves. Knowing the stats after reading that study, I dread it was something worse. There's nothing I could have done as an extremely naive girl. I went to her house often after she left, hoping to see her, but the place was empty. I've thought about her often and tried to look her up with no luck. I hope she got out of there and my fears are wrong. :crying:
It has to be in the same realm of hoarding. Hoarders don't see their surroundings. They don't think about what they are going to do with x when they get home. It's all about the feeling they get from collecting.
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Why not help her out so she can find the information and plan accordingly?Not knowing if this was also a mom looking at expensive private schools and not aware of what part of the country you are in, I must say that this is actually true in my part of the country (middle) for public state colleges.
Many of the state universities and state colleges in the 5-7 middle of the US (think Kansas, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, South and North Dakota, Wyoming) have rolling admissions. You can apply in April. Scholarship deadlines might be January, but you could possibly get a small scholarship as late as March if the money holds out. (I haven't checked deadlines for any lately so I am not sure how many this would work for.)
Also, most (public Us) in this area don't take the Common App. My local friend who graduated a homeschool last year had never heard of it. Her son only applied to the type of schools I mentioned above and is attending the local state college for the first couple years while living at home to save money.
But we hardly have any homeschooler go all the way to graduation in our small town. I can think of five in the last eight years. So, there isn't much experience with the process of even homeschooling high school. (One local homeschooler of littles still thinks her kids will have to take some sort of GED because she hasn't researched that far. Her oldest is in 3rd grade, so she has time. Edited to add that both her and her husband still have massive college debt from their undergrad and graduate degrees. And, she wants her kids to go to private Catholic colleges so they gave a better chance of finding a good spouse. I have just kept my mouth shut so far.)
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They should be free at the health department for all minors, no?Every time I take them for the physical they "mysteriously" don't have them. So that means I have to make another appointment and pay another copay. Every time. Grrrr
State law prohibit the kid/pharmacy thing.
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This. If someone's NG comes out, I call the doc and ask if she wants it back in or not.Hah. i thought we were going to talk about the challenges of having a child with an NG tube. And for the record you can always pull it out and refuse to put it back in until you talk to a doctor. You don't lose rights as long as you're conscious and capable in the hospital.
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As a nurse, that's my least favorite procedure. Especially with kids. :(I don't even want to think of that instrument of torture. It's the worst. I'm more scared of that than anything else involved with an obstruction.
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I have arthritis (both osteo and gouty types) and what has helped me tremendously is a glass of tart cherry juice 2x a day. I know your health issues are different, but thought I'd throw it out there on case you want to try it. It's a good antioxidant in any case. :)Good morning. I think that I am going to try sipping a cup of bone broth every evening. I’m hoping that it will help with my gut and my joints.
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Hope you feel better, everything's worse in the cold.
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Once. I was working nights on a pediatric floor, and the lab called at 2am and said that one of my pneumonia patients tested + for Influenza A (this was before rapid flu swabs existed). I had been in his room most of the night unmasked, as flu wasn't particularly suspected. I had been vaccinated, got the flu and was pretty sick for a few days and weak for awhile afterwards. My daughter got the flu once at 3 years old, fevers and sore throat, not too too bad.
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Very interesting. That explains why it was the young and healthy who were hit so hard in 1918. My grandfather got that flu on returning from naval duty in WWI. They took them to a hospital in NYC, and my grandfather took one look and left. He walked home to Boston (!) with the flu and let his mama take care of him. He was 19.I think this is a very good, basic summary.
While I don't know anything about the website, it's authors, or anything like that, this blog post gave a very good summary of the flu and cytokine storm.
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I think the real issue is the ridiculous cost of higher education in this country. There is no reason on earth that tuition/room/board costs should have risen so much, so fast. And the government student loans with their random limits and rules are ridiculous, as well.
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I can read it as long as my browser is in secret browsing mode. (This is probably slightly unethical, however.)
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I would let in only family, and only very immediate family. The others can be texted pictures. Your nurses can help you screen visitors.
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If you really want to change his way of eating, someone is going to have to fix healthy, tasty meals for when he's home. They can be cooked ahead of time and frozen or refrigerated. Food is health, and imo more important than just about anything we do for our kids, so time has to be made. You can ban food from his room, and don't you buy any sugary foods. At least this way, he'll begin to eat some other foods sometimes, because there isn't a choice when he's at home.
Ets: sorry thought was your son, not daughter. Same thoughts apply
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I just discovered a Swedish treasure!
in The Chat Board
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Or maybe even take the whole thing on as a project, for that matter.