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The LAPD has videotape, but Metropolitan Hospital says it discharged patients where they wanted to go. Are law enforcement agencies doing the same thing? Who is scape-goating whom? Plus, Prop 84, another bond issue labeled "water supply and flood control." Would it live up to its promise or serve special interests at public expense?
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The Inagua National Park is a national park of about 750 square kilometres big. It is known as the world's largest breeding colony of West Indian (roseate) flamingos. Lake Rosa dominates the beautiful park and the sight of reflecting roseate spoonbills, reddish-pink egrets and beautifuly coloured Louisian hersons is just fantastic. To add, there are about 50,000 pink flamingos. You are not allowed to visit independently and visitors must take a tour led by a guide. Before that, you have to get in contact with the Bahamas National Trust office in Nassau to arrange and pay for your visit prior to leaving for Inagua. Visit the Bahamas National Trust Office webiste for more information.
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Re: MSNBC postscript on race
posted at 1:07 pm on February 3, 2014 by Guy Benson
A quick follow-up to Allahpundit's follow-up on MSNBC's appalling racial mindset and anti-conservative bigotry. AP highlighted an academic study demonstrating that conservatives are just as likely as liberals to live in mixed-race households with adopted kids or step-children. This whole dust-up reminded me of a similar flap that erupted a few years ago. One of my friends — who is occasionally prone to drawing sweeping and inaccurate lessons about the Right — made the following statement about racism in America on his MSNBC show back in 2012:
"It is undeniably the case that racist Americans are almost entirely in one political coalition and not the other."
Translation: It's obvious that virtually all racist Americans fall on the conservative end of the political spectrum. That verdict quickly had a head-on collision with empirical data, as aggregated by economist Alex Tabarrok:
Well, well well. A perfectly even distribution of racist attitudes across both major political parties, with Republicans being very slightly less racist than Democrats. These data points came, incidentally, from a 2002 UC Berkeley project. To his credit, Hayes tweeted out this contravening evidence at the time (which is how I came upon it) — admitting his own surprise, if memory serves (I can't readily find the tweet). And thus, the liberal conventional wisdom was, once again, shown to be wrong. It's almost as if a sizable portion of the preening "pro-science" community ignores or avoids data that threatens their political dogma. Go figure.


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Brewster , a small startup that makes a year-old iPhone contacts app , lost a significant portion of its staff this year, as Business Insider first reported today . "I have nothing but more confidence in what we're going after. It's just really hard," said Brewster founder Steve Greenwood today, noting that "most of the people who were with us before are no longer with us today." Commented investor Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures, "Sometimes change is for the best."
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Theres a porcupine in my outhouse : misadventures of a mountain man… (edition 2002)
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There's a Porcupine in My Outhouse: Misadventures of a Mountain Man Wannabe (Capital Discovery) by Michael Tougias
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This book really did surprise me. I expected to find it interesting since I am a New Englander myself and more than a little familiar with the area he's talking about, and perhaps a little funny in parts, but I never really expected to enjoy it as thoroughly as I did. I'm not an outdoorsy type, not fond of fishing at all and don't really get the "conquering mountain man" mindset some men seem prone to. However, with our author and guide being a bit of a wilderness marshmallow himself to start, I was able to identify much more than I thought I would.
This story is about how an insurance adjuster from Massachusetts buys a cabin in Northern Vermont as a getaway from the grind of living in suburbia, a kind of "fish out of water" tale. As we start out we travel with Toug (the author's nickname) from his initial purchase and discovery of the porcupines, through the meeting of hillbilly neighbors, mating bulls, walk-on-water spiders and farting waitresses. Toug also shares with us his own changing views on "owning" land which over the years grew to a feeling stewardship instead. I giggled over Toug's recollections of his adventures with his friends (flying canoes anyone?) and their fears of Toug possibly becoming "woods queer" from so much isolated outdoor time. An example of his changing attitude is from fishing to compete with his friends to simply taking a fishing rod up and down the river for the sake of enjoying the area.
Another part of the book I appreciated are the references Toug makes to the books he himself enjoyed reading throughout the story often making references to outdoorsmen/authors such as John Colter, Euell Gibbon and Thoreau. This would be great for anyone looking for further books on mountaineering adventures of, perhaps, the more manly-man type should you be so inclined.
At the end I had to feel an admiration for the erstwhile Toug, for finding his place in the world and his dedication to enjoying it in an age where so much pressure is put on production and making money instead of caring for oneself and the world around us. This is a darling memoir about the misadventures of a mountain man wannabe that I would highly recommend.
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ne of the most inarguably precious things about adulthood is the ability to buy yourself as much sugary cereal as you like, and eating it at whatever time of day your lil heart desires.
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February 22, 2013
NEC's Trio Cleonice Presents Richard Wernick World Premiere, March 14 in Jordan Hall
Trio Cleonice (violinist Ari Isaacman-Beck, cellist Gwen Krosnick, and pianist Emely Phelps), the current ensemble in residence in NEC's Professional Piano Trio Training Program, will present the world premiere of Richard Wernick's Piano Trio No. 2 "The Traits of Messina," March 14 at 8 p.m. in NEC's Jordan Hall. The trio is now in the second year of the two-year program directed by pianist Vivian Hornik Weilerstein. Other works on their program are the Beethoven Piano Trio in E-flat major, Op. 70, no. 2 and Schubert Piano Trio in E-flat major, Op. 100. The concert is free and open to the public. (Susan Wilson photo, above)
Formed in 2008 at the Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival, the Trio takes its name from the restaurant Cleonice in nearby Ellsworth, Maine, where the musicians have been habitués during the summer. Not surprisingly, the players derive perhaps almost equal pleasure from music-making, fine dining, and cooking—pleasure that they express in their blog, Grilled Octopus and the Archduke.
Piano trios by contemporary American composers form a major part of Trio Cleonice's repertoire and the music of Richard Wernick holds a special place in the group's affections. Indeed, cellist Gwen Krosnick has known Wernick since she was a teenager growing up as the daughter of Joel Krosnick, cellist of the Juilliard String Quartet. She has performed two solo cello suites Wernick wrote for her after she suggested he compose something especially for her. The Trio has worked extensively with the Pulitzer Prize-winning composer on his first Piano Trio, including premiering previously-unperformed sections of the work. They commissioned the second Piano Trio.
Other contemporary works in the Trio's repertory include the 1980 Piano Trio by Arthur Berger, performed on the 2012 Composers Series in Jordan Hall as well as the ensemble's Jordan Hall performance in April 2012. In addition to the upcoming premiere of Wernick's new trio, Trio Cleonice has premiered works by Rodney Lister and Russell O'Rourke.
Trio Cleonice
Trio Cleonice's 2011-2012 season included debuts in Boston's Jordan Hall (in Andrew Hurlbut photo right) and the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. The trio gave performances at Oberlin Conservatory and Elmira College, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, and NYU's La Maison Française. The Trio also held performance and teaching residencies in Blue Hill, Maine and in Frederick, Maryland. The trio was top prizewinner at the 2012 J.C. Arriaga Chamber Music Competition in Stamford, Connecticut, and will appear as part of the Treetops Chamber Music Society's 2012-2013 calendar.
Highlights of the current season have included, in the Boston area, a free community performance in Jordan Hall as part of the Fenway Cultural District's "Opening Our Doors Day"; a recital at the Old South Meeting House; and the group's debut on the Concord Chamber Music Society series. Trio Cleonice is also appearing up and down the east coast, with residencies in Blue Hill, Maine and Frederick, Maryland, as well as performances in New York and Philadelphia, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Woodstock, Vermont, and Jacksonville, Florida. As has been the case since the group's first year together, Trio Cleonice began the 2012-2013 season with a pair of concerts at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Castine, Maine, featuring new American piano trios in addition to major works from the canon.
Ari Isaacman-Beck
Violinist Ari Isaacman-Beck, originally from Minneapolis, Minnesota, was the second-prizewinner at the Sion-Valais International Violin Competition, during which he appeared as soloist in the Tonhalle in Zürich with the Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Shlomo Mintz. Following the competition, he was praised by the Swiss newspaper Le Nouveliste for his "impressive, masterful finesse."
Isaacman-Beck has performed frequent solo recitals throughout the midwest and on the east coast, and appeared with the New York City Ballet Orchestra in the ensemble's 2010 New York and summer seasons. Prior to three summers at Kneisel Hall, Isaacman-Beck participated in the ENCORE School for Strings in Ohio.
Isaacman-Beck received his Bachelor of Music degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music as a student of David Updegraff; while at the Cleveland Institute, he received the Joseph and Elsie Scharff Prize in Violin. At the New England Conservatory, he was the recipient of the Borromeo String Quartet's Guest Artist Award and performed the Mendelssohn Octet in Jordan Hall alongside the Borromeo Quartet, and, among other colleagues, Trio Cleonice's cellist, Gwen Krosnick.
Isaacman-Beck received his Master of Music degree from the Juilliard School, where he studied with Ronald Copes, as well as a Professional Studies Diploma from Mannes as a student of Laurie Smukler and Mark Steinberg. Isaacman-Beck has performed as soloist with the Cleveland Bach Consort, the Minnetonka Symphony, and the MacPhail Orchestra.
During Trio Cleonice's residency at the New England Conservatory, Isaacman-Beck is a Graduate Diploma Candidate as a student of Donald Weilerstein and serves on the chamber music faculty of New England Conservatory's Preparatory Division.
Gwen Krosnick
Cellist Gwen Krosnick, from Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, received her Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Music degrees after completing the double-degree program at Oberlin College and Conservatory, where she majored in Russian Language and Literature and studied with Darrett Adkins. Krosnick premiered works written for her by Ralph Shapey (Prelude and Scherzando for Cello and Piano) and Richard Wernick (Suites No. 1 and No. 2 for Unaccompanied Cello). She has been described by the Jewish Daily Forward as "an exuberantly gifted cellist."
Krosnick is an alumna of the Kronberg Cello Masterclasses and of the International Musicians Seminar at Prussia Cove; she returns to participate in Prussia Cove's 40th-anniversary Open Chamber Music Festival in September 2012. Krosnick was the winner of the Cleveland Cello Society's Agnew Prize for Bach and participated as a baroque cellist in a residency at the Juilliard School with William Christie and Les Arts Florissants. She has appeared in masterclasses for Frans Helmerson, Gary Hoffman, and Ralph Kirshbaum and studied, in addition to Darrett Adkins, with violinist Laurie Smukler and music theorist Brian Alegant.
Prior to her years at Kneisel Hall, Krosnick spent four summers at Greenwood Music Camp, where she returned as a counselor in 2010 and 2011, and whose Board of Directors she joined in 2011. In the summer of 2012, she will be a young artist at the Yellow Barn Chamber Music Festival and will teach at Greenwood's Junior Camp.
Krosnick has given masterclasses at the Cleveland Institute of Music, Oberlin Conservatory, and the Peabody Institute of Music, and spent 2010-2012 on the faculty of the New York Youth Symphony Chamber Music Program. While Trio Cleonice is in residence at New England Conservatory, Krosnick is pursuing a Master of Music degree as a student of Natasha Brofsky, and serves on the Preparatory Division chamber music faculty.
Emely Phelps
Emely Phelps, pianist, has been praised by the Boston Globe for her "fleet, energetic, and bright-toned" playing. A native of Frederick, Maryland, Phelps studied with Marjorie Lee and Carole Kriewaldt before receiving her Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees as a student of Julian Martin at the Juilliard School. While at Juilliard, Phelps was the recipient of the John Erskine Prize for academic and artistic achievement.
As a soloist and chamber musician, she has performed across the United States and Canada, in venues including the Mansion at Strathmore Hall, Kennedy Center Terrace Theater, Alice Tully Hall, and Meredith College. Phelps has also been a soloist with ensembles including the National Symphony Orchestra, Las Colinas Symphony Orchestra, and the Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic, and recently appeared as a guest artist with the Borromeo String Quartet in a performance of the Dvorak Piano Quintet in Boston's Jordan Hall.
In addition to three years at Kneisel Hall, Phelps has spent summers at the Banff International Keyboard Masterclass, the Sergei Babayan International Piano Academy, and the Cliburn Institute at Texas Christian University. She served as a staff accompanist at the Juilliard School from 2007-2012, and is now employed in the same capacity at the New England Conservatory. While Trio Cleonice is in residence at the New England Conservatory, Phelps is a Graduate Diploma candidate as a student of Vivian Weilerstein and Stephen Drury; she is on the chamber music faculty of the Conservatory's Preparatory Division.
For further information, check the NEC Website or call the NEC Concert Line at 617-585-1122. NEC's Jordan Hall, Brown Hall, Williams Hall and the Keller Room are located at 30 Gainsborough St., corner of Huntington Ave. St. Botolph Hall is located at 241 St. Botolph St. between Gainsborough and Mass Ave.
Recognized nationally and internationally as a leader among music schools, New England Conservatory in Boston, MA offers rigorous training in an intimate, nurturing community to 720 undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral music students from around the world. Its faculty of 225 boasts internationally esteemed artist-teachers and scholars. Its alumni go on to fill orchestra chairs, concert hall stages, jazz clubs, recording studios, and arts management positions worldwide. Nearly half of the Boston Symphony Orchestra is composed of NEC trained musicians and faculty.
The oldest independent school of music in the United States, NEC was founded in 1867 by Eben Tourjee. Its curriculum is remarkable for its wide range of styles and traditions. On the college level, it features training in classical, jazz, contemporary improvisation, world and early music. Through its Preparatory School, School of Continuing Education, and Community Programs and Partnerships Program, it provides training and performance opportunities for children, pre-college students, adults, and seniors. Through its outreach projects, it allows young musicians to engage with non-traditional audiences in schools, hospitals, and nursing homes—thereby bringing pleasure to new listeners and enlarging the universe for classical music, jazz, and contemporary improvisation.
NEC presents more than 900 free concerts each year, many of them in Jordan Hall, its world- renowned, century-old, beautifully restored concert hall. These programs range from solo recitals to chamber music to orchestral programs to jazz, contemporary improvisation, and opera scenes. Every year, NEC's opera studies department also presents two fully staged opera productions at the Cutler Majestic Theatre or Paramount Theatre in Boston.
NEC is co-founder and educational partner of From the Top, a weekly radio program that celebrates outstanding young classical musicians from the entire country. With its broadcast home in Jordan Hall, the show is now carried by National Public Radio and is heard on 250 stations throughout the United States.
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By Christopher J. Richmond, Ph.D., LP, LMFT
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common neurobiological disorders of childhood and often continues through adolescence and adulthood. In the past, some individuals and groups believed that young adults would simply "outgrow" ADHD. However, we've learned that some young adults develop strategies to mitigate ADHD symptoms, but many find that these symptoms persist into adulthood.Population surveys reported by the American Psychiatric Association indicate ADHD occurs in approximately 5 percent of children and 2.5 percent of adults.
Many people assume that student-athletes are emotionally healthy in the same ways that they are assumed to be physically healthy. However, just as student-athletes may suffer with physical illnesses and injuries, they are also vulnerable to mental health disorders, including ADHD.
The three core symptoms of ADHD are:
- Inattention.
- Hyperactivity
- Impulsivity
Each core symptom includes several additional symptoms. ADHD symptoms are often noticed by student-athletes in situations such as listening to a lecture in class, completing homework assignments, talking with friends or listening to a coach's instructions.
The core ADHD symptoms of inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity, as outlined in the new Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, (5th ed.; DSM-5; American Psychiatric Association, 2013) are listed in the table below. In order to be diagnosed with ADHD for either the Inattention or the Hyperactivity/Impulsivity symptom set an individual (17 years of age or older) must have at least five of the nine symptoms listed below for at least six months. And they must have been severe enough to interfere with the patient's quality of life (See Table 1). For the student-athlete this means that ADHD symptoms are usually present on a daily or weekly basis both within the academic setting and in the athletic, social, job or home setting. To confirm a diagnosis of ADHD, there must also be evidence that there were ADHD symptoms prior to age 12. Table 2 lists the three ADHD presentations.
Case Study
At Ferris State University, student-athletes are primarily referred for an ADHD assessment by a certified athletic trainer. Athletic trainers may refer a student whom they suspect has ADHD because of difficulties in the classroom, on the field or both. Athletic trainers also refer students that have been previously diagnosed and are currently taking a stimulant medication, but lack proper documentation of an ADHD diagnosis. This scenario is common at Ferris State. Often, a student-athletes is diagnosed by a family doctor or primary care physician without a comprehensive assessment, and that physician will make a diagnosis of ADHD based upon the results of just one rating scale assessment or a short diagnostic-focused conversation with the patient.
Evaluation Process
After the referral has been made for the ADHD assessment, the student-athlete is evaluated at the Ferris State Health Center to assess current symptoms. The Health Center physicians utilize an ADHD screening assessment to determine the presence and severity of symptoms. The physicians then use the data from this assessment to determine whether or not a student should be evaluated further. In this case, the health center physician will refer the student-athlete to the counseling center for a comprehensive assessment. Following the completion of this assessment, which typically spans the course of four to five sessions, the report is released (with the client's permission) to the health center and the athletics department.
The ADHD assessment protocol employed at the Ferris State Counseling Center follows a multi-method approach, which includes assessment procedures such as interviews, rating scales, psychological tests and a review of past academic records. A multi-method approach to the assessment of ADHD is important because there is no single procedure that addresses all of the criteria for ADHD. ADHD interviews typically fall within one of three areas: (1)structured; (2)semi-structured; or (3) unstructured. The Ferris State Counseling Center protocol utilizes a semi-structured assessment during the first session, which is adapted from the standard intake interview. The protocol employs a structured interview at the second session that more closely examines each symptom of ADHD. This structured interview is geared specifically to the adult population and assesses symptoms that were present during childhood and adulthood.
The ADHD rating scales generally fall within either a broad-band or narrow-band category. The broad-band rating scales assess a wide range of behaviors that typically include psychological symptoms beyond those specific to ADHD such as depression and anxiety, which are often associated with ADHD symptoms. The narrow-band rating scales more exclusively assess ADHD symptoms. Some ADHD rating scales include both a self-report and observer-report version. It is advantageous to collect important ancillary data from close family members or friends.
The psychological tests are typically measures of sustained attention. The continuous performance test is one of the most common diagnostic tests used in the assessment of ADHD. Most are computer-based assessments of attention. For example, the student-athlete may be asked to press the space bar every time the letter A appears on the monitor. These continuous performance tests detect brief lapses of attention through omission errors (lack of attention) and commission errors (impulsive response).
The last assessment area pertains to the review of academic records. This review typically consists of an evaluation of elementary and middle school report cards. The new diagnostic criteria indicate that there must be evidence of ADHD symptoms prior to age 12. Most report cards assess classroom behavior and study habits, which typically include areas closely related to ADHD symptoms. For example, "listens attentively" and "follows directions" are common assessment areas specific to study habits. Teacher comments in the narrative form may also indicate problems related to ADHD.
Due to the complexity of a comprehensive ADHD assessment, they should be completed by a professional—namely, a psychologist, psychiatrist or medical doctor with experience in this area. It is the experience of this author (as the psychologist providing the assessment), that having a close working relationship with the athletic trainers and physicians on campus facilitates an effective and efficient protocol in managing student-athletes with suspected ADHD.
ADHD treatment is often multi-disciplinary in nature, and may include any combination of cognitive-behavioral strategies, goal-oriented strategies, nutritional guidance, psychotherapy and medication management. Stimulant medications are the mainstay of pharmacologic treatment of ADHD (commonly prescribed ADHD stimulant medications are listed in Table 3).
Stimulant medications are NCAA banned substances, and their use requires the institution to maintain documentation on file and submit a medical exception request, using the NCAA medical exception ADHD reporting form, in the event of a positive drug test. The documentation must include a written report of the evaluation conducted to support the diagnosis of ADHD, and medical treatment notes from the prescribing physician. Sometimes, anti-depressant and other medications are used in ADHD treatment, and these drugs are not prohibited. If the health center physician recommends a stimulant medication based upon the outcome of the report, he or she must complete the NCAA medical exception ADHD reporting form, which can be found here.
American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed.). Arlington, VA: American Psychiatric Publishing.


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Before Papua New Guinea gained independence in 1975, the Kiaps were the representatives of the Australian government, taking on policing and judicial roles as well as more mundane tasks as completing censuses.
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Every weekday for five years, Nash rode the elevator to the sixth floor of 1 Hogan Place and walked half-a-block length down the dim, green hall to Trial Bureau 50. The walk was a source of pride; the door sergeant knew him by name, the marble was impeccably polished, the secretary, with whom he had attended high school, smiled only for him. The Manhattan District Attorney's Office rivals Los Angeles's in size, and Trial Bureau 50 has a reputation for producing the toughest prosecutors around. Its chief, Warren Murray, is a military man. "Each case we were to treat as if we were Spartan soldiers who would not be fooled by the Trojan horse," said Nash. In his first week as assistant district attorney, Nash was assigned 10 cases; in his second, he took on 20. "That was how our chief played with us. You never got comfortable. You were always in triage."
It was the small crimes at first—drugs, theft, third-degree assault. Soon, Nash was working in the Early Case Assessment Bureau, where he interviewed officers after a crime had been committed to see if he had grounds to prosecute the case. From time to time, he questioned the perpetrator. "I was always shocked to find that even after I would read them their right to remain silent, their right to an attorney, their right to know that anything they said could be used against them in court, they still wanted to tell me their story, even if it might hurt them." Once, a defendant requested that his wife speak with Nash. Nash agreed, thinking the wife may have been an accomplice. The three of them chatted for a while. "Eventually, I realized that the man just wanted his wife to witness him doing the right thing," said Nash. "He thought he was being an honest guy, giving himself up, and he wanted to make sure she'd still be there when he got out."
Even on the job, Nash expressed a playful sort of cool, a trait, perhaps, that drew the truth out of people. While most prosecutors left their office walls blank, he pinned his with photographs from his travels abroad. His fellow ADAs joked that Nash put more holes in his walls than the police shot through Amadou Diallo. One day, Nash went to trial in a salmon shirt and matching tie, though Murray had demanded that all prosecutors wear white shirts beneath their suit jackets. "I had to ask the chief a question, and he wouldn't respond," recalled Nash. "He stared at me like I was an alien. I was thinking, Is this question going to be answered? Then he said, 'What are you wearing?' I said, 'Chief, I wore pink because I'm feeling like a pink day.' He let me be."
Nash believes it was his skin color that ultimately lent him an advantage. Most of his fellow attorneys were white, while defendants, and even officers, were often black or Hispanic. "I think they would look at me and decide they felt comfortable telling me all kinds of things," he said. Nash became close with several officers; they came over to his house and talked about their kids. "I knew that an officer coming in would think, okay, he's probably a chill, normal guy. He's not going to bust my balls."
In spite of this, Nash was a relentless prosecutor and, especially at the beginning, maintained a reverence for the law that some of his colleagues thought he took too far. Once, he charged two teenagers with trespassing for having sex on the roof of an apartment building. "It was dangerous, and they weren't supposed to be there," he said. Another time, he charged a Ron Paul supporter for selling political playing cards outside the Republican National Convention without a permit. Nash does not doubt these decisions, but he does regret one particular case, in which an elderly woman was caught selling drugs not far from a school in Harlem. At the time, Nash lived beside the school and woke every morning to children's voices passing on the sidewalk below. In New York, selling drugs within 1,000 feet of a school earns a higher felony charge. Nash felt conflicted about this law. "There's a school within 1,000 feet of anyone selling drugs in Manhattan. Black people tend to live in dense areas. So it puts the ones caught up in a system of selling drugs at an unfair disadvantage." Still, Nash ordered the police officers to chart the distance with a measuring stick; it was 800 feet. "I wanted the jury to see that she had no respect for small children. And yet I still think that school zone law should be repealed. I charged something I didn't think should be on the books."
Eventually, Nash was assigned more difficult cases. He worked on the "smart stuff" like identity theft and, in his fourth year, prosecuted his first homicide. He didn't like rape or child molestation cases, which wore on him emotionally, nor did he consider himself very good in the domestic violence unit. "I always wanted to solve the marriage problem," he said, and admitted that he was more concerned with getting the victim to safety than with prosecuting the assailant. In most cases, defendants would plead guilty before the case went to trial, but Nash lived for the CSI moments. Every stand he took in front of a jury became a kind of performance: "Good morning ladies and gentleman of the jury," he'd begin. "I'd explain that this was called voir dire. It's French, to speak the truth. 'I want you to speak the truth to me. I know it's hard to judge another person, and if you don't want to do it, then we can excuse you. But if you believe the person is guilty beyond a doubt, then will you convict?' That was so natural to me, to look in their eyes."
It was only after Nash had served several years at the DA that he began to notice some troubling patterns. For every case that he prosecuted, he wrote a report recommending a charge and submitted it to his supervisors. He recalled a few cases involving white, educated defendants in which his supervisors recommended lessening the charge, but when the defendant was black, he said, they often approved of his recommendation. "Once I thought a defendant had done a very violent thing, but he only got a slap on the wrist. He was wealthy, in college, and drunk in the East Village on a Friday night," he said. White defendants, Nash found, were more likely to challenge a charge in court, while black defendants often pled guilty without a fight. He noticed, too, that black and Hispanic defendants, though most often charged with minor crimes, cycled frequently through the system.
At first, these observations puzzled Nash, who had never suspected his colleagues of racial bias. "Rarely in those five years did any officer say anything to me that made it apparent they were engaging in racial profiling," he said. Then, in 2005, one case made things clear. It was summertime, and a white woman was idling her car outside a housing project in Harlem. Police had watched two black men get out and go into the building. Suspecting that the three were involved in a drug deal, they approached the woman, who told them that she was waiting for her cousins. It was a dangerous neighborhood, they replied, and ordered her to leave. When the men emerged, the police searched and arrested them. "If you thought this woman was involved in the crime, then why would you let her go?" said Nash. "The only reason was her whiteness. They were not concerned that she could be trafficking or carrying drugs, but those two black men were already seen as criminals."
The police officers realized that in their system, blackness functioned as an asset: "You take a black body, and what you get is a payoff." A white body might put up a fight—the charges might not stick, the reward may not be as great. Statistically, blacks and Hispanics don't fare as well through the criminal justice system. Why? "Because they're poor. Because they have public attorneys who are overworked, burned out, or jaded." This made them more vulnerable.
Nash dismissed the case, but he had begun to think that the criminal justice system was broken beyond his fixing. How many similar cases had slipped quietly through, simply because the law enabled them to? Nash rarely suspected officers of racial profiling, he now realized, because officers weren't aware of what they were doing; in fact, they had been trained to do their job this way.
In 1993, when Rudy Giuliani was elected mayor of New York City, he hired William Bratton as his police commissioner. Bratton was a proponent of the broken windows theory, that stemming small crimes and acts of vandalism would ultimately prevent more serious crimes. Stop-and-frisk was one way that police enforced this model. With only an inkling of suspicion—the smallest crack in a window, for example—officers could stop a person on the street and search for contraband. It was, by all appearances, a racially neutral policy—unless one looks to the numbers. Every year since 2002, more than 80 percent of individuals stopped and frisked were black or Hispanic. In 2011, 9 percent of those stopped were arrested. Officers may not intend to target people of color, but they are hanging out in poor, black neighborhoods. Why? Nash knew that if an officer was looking to fill a quota, policing a dense area was more efficient, but he began to think, too, that black neighborhoods simply had less political capital. "If police were to take this to the suburbs, people would complain, politicians would respond to those complaints, and the police would be told to leave. That doesn't happen in these neighborhoods. Their power and voice has not always been very great—certainly not great enough to stop mistreatment by the police."
It is a predicament nearly impossible to dig oneself out of. A third of America's prison inmates are black. "They're now second-class citizens," said Nash. "Once they're convicted of a felony, they lose their right to vote. They lose their rights to public assistance in housing. They can't rejoin their families if they live in housing projects, so there's a severing of family ties. It also makes them unmarketable for jobs. This is what we call social death. You cannot participate in the political system. Your voice means nothing."
In his fifth year as ADA, while prosecuting his final homicide, Nash studied for the GRE. In 2008, he enrolled at Northwestern University. When I asked what his colleagues thought of his leaving, he told me, "I think they thought I always acted more like a professor anyway."


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Rusties was invited to the opening of the new Platinum Square Mall. The event was a success because of the sound done by Sound Motion and the cocktail function that was organized by Purple Tree Events. Thank you Purple Tree for the tables full of mouth watering food. The people were entertained by the following groups: Lebone Private School Marimba band, Laerskool Rustenburg – Larries Ritmerakkers, Bergsig Academy and our local artists Zelia Harmse, Franna Boshoff, Jaco and Joanne Venter. The evening ended with the cutting of the ribbon that officially opened the Platinum Square mall. Rusties tried to capture the evening on the following video clip. Enjoy the video!


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Embur's Song, entering off a rare dull effort in her last start, will try to rebound when she leads a field of 10 in the $150,000 Bessarabian Stakes (Can-III) Nov. 20 at Woodbine.
The 124-pound high weight and 5-2 morning-line choice, Embur's Song will face a field that includes last year's Bessarabian winner, Ariana D, and Atlantic Hurricane, who won the listed Ontario Fashion Stakes in her last start. The seven-furlong Bessarabian is the feature on Woodbine's 10-race Sunday card. Post time for the Polytrack event is set for 4:26 p.m. EST.
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1. Moonlit Beauty (ON), 119, J P Le Blanc Jr., 12/1
2. Zermatt (KY), E Wilson, 115 T A Pletcher, 8/1
3. Ariana D (PA), O Moreno, 119, L Silvera 3/1
4. Amiable Grace (ON), L Contreras, 119, M J Doyle, 20/1
5. Mullins Beach (ON), J Stein, 115, J Carroll, 12/1
6. Embur's Song (ON), P Husbands, 124, T A Pletcher, 5/2
7. Happy Week (KY), P Husbands, 115, T A Pletcher, 6/1
8, Dance to the Moon (ON), S Callaghan, 117, M J Doyle, 20/1
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Finding New Planets: Tracking a Star's Wobble
I don't know which I find more remarkable, the fact that there appears to be a small rocky, Earth-mass planet orbiting the closest star to our sun, or the fact that astronomers were able to discover it.
The latter fact may seem surprising. After all, if the Alpha Centauri system of three stars is our closest neighbor, shouldn't it be the easiest place to find extra solar planets?
If it was a matter of merely seeing them, like we see stars, that might be the case, but planets don't, in general, shine (although they can reflect the light from their host stars, which is why we can see the planets in our own solar system). Astronomers at the University of Geneva and their colleagues used a much subtler technique they helped develop almost two decades ago to discover the first extra-solar planets.
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As a planet orbits its host star, it tugs at it in different directions, causing the star to wobble ever so slightly. The more massive the planet, the greater the wobble. The closer the planet, the faster it orbits its star, and the faster the period of the wobble.
But what is most astounding about the purported new planet, discovered around Alpha Centauri B, is that it is so light that it barely tugs its star at all. As it orbits every 3.2 days around its star, it causes the star to move back and forth at a speed of just 50 centimeters a second! That is the speed at which you might take a leisurely walk in the park.
That astronomers can deduce this kind of motion in a star four light years from us is so amazing, in fact, that we should be cautious about accepting the validity of the new claim, which was published in Nature last week, until it is confirmed using another independent set of observations. The observed signal is so small that it must be extracted from far bigger random jitter in the star's light. Many of my colleagues have expressed skepticism on this point, but if we weren't skeptical we wouldn't be scientists.
If the new planet is indeed real, the result is groundbreaking. One could actually imagine sending probes to this star system in real time, taking maybe a century or two to complete the trip. We wouldn't want to send astronauts to visit of course, because it is so close to its host star that the temperature on the planet approaches 1,000 degrees. But where there is one planet, there may be more.
The authors of the current work claim that with further observations over a longer period they could detect an earth- like planet in the "habitable zone," where liquid water could exist, so perhaps such a discovery is around the corner.
Maybe we will discover life in a nearby hospitable solar system. Maybe we will find a place for humanity to retreat if things go badly here. Or maybe the discovery will simply demonstrate that solar systems are so common that there are perhaps 100 billion of them around the 100 billion stars in our galaxy.
If that is the case, the likelihood that we are alone in the universe will continue to decrease. Whether you think that is a good thing or a bad thing depends upon your background and prejudices, but a galaxy full of potential earths means things will never be the same.
Lawrence Krauss is director of the Origin Project at Arizona State University.


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TORONTO, March 17 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index opened higher on Monday, helped by gains in most major sectors, after the referendum in Crimea concluded peacefully over the weekend. The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index was up 22.49 points, or 0.16 percent, at 14,250.15 shortly after the open.
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DUNEDIN — Northeast swept the boys and girls Class 3A, District 10 meet at Hammock Park on Thursday morning.
The Vikings' top five boys finished in the top 10, which enabled them to defeat Osceola 34-47 for the district championship.
Northeast's girls were just as consistent. The Vikings' five runners finished in the top 12, defeating Osceola 33-41.
"We put together really good races on both sides,'' Northeast coach Larry Rudisill said. "I wouldn't call it a huge upset. We've flip-flopped with (Osceola) all season.''
The boys overall winner was Dunedin's James Peyton Bock (17:32.99), who sprinted away late and survived a strong kick by Osceola's Adam Clarke (17:34.44).
"I was thinking about it last night, how I was going to run the race,'' said Bock, who beat his previous best time by 22 seconds. "I was going to stay with the pack then try to pass them later. I was hoping for first place but I really didn't expect it. But as I was running, I was thinking about all the workouts I've had and I told myself that I might as well make it worthwhile.''
The girls individual winner was no surprise. Osceola's Alexis Irwin has been the class of the district all season, and she was first in 19:35.16. Second place went to Amanda Spring of Northeast (19:43.32).
"I was trying to save myself a little bit,'' said Irwin, who has committed to North Florida. "I didn't want to go all-out. I want to save that for next week. I wanted to do as much as I could to win the race.''
The top three teams in the girls division and the top four in the boys division advance to next week's regional in Port Charlotte. Largo's girls took third place to secure a region berth. Dunedin and Boca Ciega rounded out the top four for the boys.
The fastest girls finisher not on a qualifying team was Alexis Stevens of Boca Ciega (third, 20:35.71). The fastest individual boys qualifier was Largo's Tyler Lewis (sixth, 17:56.40).
A-10: Northside's Ojeda finally topples AFA foe
LARGO — At the start, Admiral Farragut's Blake Arnold drew away from the competition. Northside Christian's Mario Ojeda let Arnold go, assuming Arnold could be reeled in.
Ojeda moved from the anonymity of the pack into contention, surging from third place to second with a mile remaining. The only runner left to catch was Arnold.
Ojeda did that, too, unleashing his kick to pass Arnold with about 600 meters to go and win the Class A, District 10 individual title in 16 minutes, 45.98 seconds.
It was the first time Ojeda had beaten Arnold in a cross country race.
"I was feeling really good today and I knew our team was going to need every point in order to advance," Ojeda said. "Blake went out fast and I just wanted to keep pace and stay within striking distance and get him at the end. It was the best race I've had because I put everything into it."
Shorecrest's Ross Porter (17:00.20), Keswick Christian's Jacob Endrulat (17:05.42) and Northside Christian's Matthew Montanari (17:12.70) rounded out the top five.
The Blue Jackets had two runners in the top 10 besides Arnold and won the team title with 73 points, two ahead of Keswick Christian.
The other teams to advance to next week's region meet were Bradenton St. Stephen's (82 points) and Northside Christian (93).
As expected, the Mustangs' Katelyn Greenleaf won her third straight district title, finishing in 18 minutes, 54.02 seconds.
"It wasn't my best race," Greenleaf said. "I was hoping to finish in less than 18:30. It was a tough week. My arms were sore from cheerleading practice. Still, I was able to win and it will set me up well for next week's region meet."
Northside Christian won the team title, outscoring Keswick Christian 51-70.
The Crusaders' Hannah Palm was second in 19:54.96, followed by Shorecrest's Olivia Rovin, Savannah Broome and Northside Christian's Victoria Goodwin.
Shorecrest and Admiral Farragut were the other girls teams that advanced.
A-9: Second place for CCC
Clearwater Central Catholic, the only county team in the district, finished second in the boys and girls meet.
The Marauders boys scored 54 points, 16 behind Lakeland McKeel. Saul Ramirez led CCC by placing fourth in 17:24.55. Teammate Matt Adan was sixth in 17:50.36.
In the girls race, the Marauders' Hannah Weilinski was third in 20:55.47 and Katie Englert was sixth in 21:13.84 and helped the team score 52 points.
Compiled by staff writers Rodney Page and Bob Putnam.
Class 3A, District 10 at Hammock Park
Teams: Northeast 33, Osceola 41, Largo 71, Boca Ciega 83, Dixie Hollins 147, Tarpon Springs 161
Individuals: Alexis Irwin (Osc) 19:35.16, Amanda Spring (Nor) 19:43.32, Alexis Stevens (BC) 20:35.71, Caroline Condon (Nor) 20:58.49, Alicia Konstanovic (Lar) 21:05.47, Rachel Kistemaker (Osc) 21:09.14, Aleksandra Corokalo (Nor) 21:17.20, Courtney Condon (Nor) 21:29.02, Kaley Eisenbrei (Osc) 21:41.29, Kristen Brittain (Osc) 21:42.14, Marina Levine (Lar) 21:45.66, Trishana Lopez (Dun) 21:46.06, Rachel Moore (Nor) 21:46.50
Teams: Northeast 34, Osceola 47, Dunedin 72, Boca Ciega 95, Largo 116, Tarpon Springs 179, Dixie Hollins 198
Individuals: James Peyton Bock (Dun) 17:32.99, Adam Clarke (Osc) 17:34.44, Tyler Feeley (Nor) 17:47.39, Michael Stenger (Nor) 17:48.20, Ethan Hall (Dun) 17:54.50, Tyler Lewis (Lar) 17:56.40, Ryan Hoge (Osc) 17:57.09, Richard Lambert (Nor) 17:57.64, Nicholas Spring (Nor) 18:12.67, Matthew Stenger (Nor) 18:16.87, Reggie Cape (Osc) 18:17.61, Blaise Levai (BC) 18:23.15, Thomas Grzesiakowski (Osc) 18:28.74
Class A, District 9 at Taylor Park
Teams: Lakeland Christian 29, Clearwater Central Catholic 52, Lakeland McKeel 54, Lakeland Santa Fe Catholic 100.
Results: White (LC) 20:01.36, Eaves (LC) 20:19.53, Weilinski (CCC) 20:55.47, Lippincott (LM) 21:04.39, Englert (CCC) 21:13.84, Clayton (LM) 21:24.18, Warren (LC) 21:37.51, Harrell (CCC) 21:45.96, Fuller (LC) 22:11.84, Skladanek (LC) 22:19.71, Lanzino (LC) 22:41.87, Jackson (SFC) 23:05.80, Henrikson (LM) 23:15.00
Teams: Lakeland McKeel 38, Clearwater Central Catholic 54, Lakeland Christian 82, Winter Haven All Saints' Academy 94, Lakeland Santa Fe Catholic 113, Sonrise Christian 129
Results: Mutz (LC) 16:33.86, Bemman (ASA) 17:04.52, Brady (LM) 17:18.93, Ramirez (CCC) 17:24.55, Henrikson (LM) 17:49.02, Adan (CCC) 17:50.36, Fuller (LC) 17:57.57, Lippincott (LM) 17:58.38, White (LC) 18:05.08, Englert (CCC) 18:10.87, Kieler (CCC) 18:18.21, McHugh (SFC) 18:25.23, Jones (LM) 18:36.71
Class A, District 10 at Taylor Park
Teams: Northside Christian 51, Keswick Christian 70, Shorecrest 87, Admiral Farragut 100, St. Petersburg Catholic 112, Sarasota Out-of-Door 140, Bradenton St. Stephen's 179, Sarasota Christian 211, Sarasota Cardinal Mooney 215
Results: Greenleaf (Ns) 18:54.02, Palm (Kes) 19:54.96, Rovin (Sc) 20:00.66, Broome (Sc) 20:09.85, Goodwin (Ns) 20:32.43, Mitchell (AFA) 20:33.25, Casagrande (CM) 20:36.45, Jacubec (Kes) 20:38.27, Howell (SS) 20:45.02, Johnson (Ns) 20:46.02, E. Palm (Kes) 20:49.90, Eaton (SPC) 20:59.18, Wilder (Can) 21:02.36
Teams: Admiral Farragut 73, Keswick Christian 75, Bradenton St. Stephen's 82, Northside Christian 93, Shorecrest 94, St. Petersburg Catholic 99, Sarasota Out-of-Door 151, Sarasota Cardinal Mooney 239, Canterbury 278
Results: Ojeda (Ns) 16:45.98, Arnold (AFA) 16:49.85, Porter (Sc) 17:00.20, Endrulat (Kes) 17:05.42, Montanari (Ns) 17:12.70, Behesti (AFA) 17:12.91, Runge (OOD) 17:16.93, McNamara (AFA) 17:23.15, Peterson (Sc) 17:38.44, Nora (SS) 17:49.68, Quandt (Kes) 17:54.54, Cureton (SPC) 17:56.26, Scoby (Sc) 17:58.71


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Finally got to work on the Jeep...part 2.
Since I had a total of 12 pics I broke this into two parts.
Well back to the project.
I was told sometime back that if I was to go the budget boost route that I should invest in some Rubicon coil springs for the front. I got on the web and looked around. I found the part number of the coils. I found that Jeep used different coils during manufacture. I found that in 2006 many got the firmer coils. All that and crawling under my ride I found that I got lucky. Mine is a "129AB" Rubicon spring. If this is wrong please chime in with info,
Here is a pic of my spring part tag.
My 2" budget as I mentioned comes from Rocky Road Outfitters in Utah. Here is a pic of their spacer.
Here's a pic of my son dropping the axle. I told him a number of times during the day that he was earning future driving privileges.
Here is the spacer installed.
Now to the final measurements.
About 20.25"
And about 34.25"
All done and ready to tackle Houston traffic and hope to find some dirt soon.
nice.:D What about new shocks?:confused:
The kit came with a eliminator. Basically it is just a bracket that puts the shock back to its original length. I am using it until I decide on which one I really want on there. Strictly temp.
Any suggestions on what you've seen or would recommend?
Sahara...do you believe that those are the ones that keep coming back to the top of my shopping list?
Thanks for a confirmation.
I was just curious..why do they recommend the Rubicon srpings? How much do they usually run. Thanks
Rubicon springs
The way it was explained to me was that DC used different spring rates on Wrangler front coils. They made a "stiffer" coil for the Rubicon. Less sag and could support more bumper equipment.
When i got to digging in online I saw that DC moved to putting that part number spring on all the Wrangler models.
I did look on ebay to find the cost of those coils. That is where I also found the part number associated with them. Once i crawled under my ride I found I was good to go.
I'm sure this did not fully answer your question but it is the info I got when started looking to go with a budget boost.
Looking back on "tiny's lift" thread page 5 she was given a pair of Rubicon coils. Maybe she will post up with what her part numbers were and any info she received.
Yeah, RedRubi gave me his rubi coils. I put them front and back. My original coils were marked with a pink tag 128AB and the rubi's have red tag 129AB. I didn't measure the two sets of coils, but there seems to be some confusion as to if they're slightly taller or just stiffer so there's not as much sag.
In my experience they ride stiffer. Way stiffer. Doesn't bother me, but it does bother my family.
And although I don't have any experience with OME shocks, that's the lift and shock set up on my wish list for when I out grow this particular set up.
Looks great by the way, Bob. I'm still very happy with my BB and it was a great place to start with mods considering I have no mechanical knowledge when it comes to vehicles.
I too am very happy with my BB. I agree that it is a good economical way to get lifted while pursuing more info and seeing what is out there. It is also a way to get out wheeling and see how you really want to drive your rig.
Thanks for the compliment on my girl and your guy looks pretty handsome out in the driveway. Those "glamor" shots in the garage were pretty neat too. If I had a garage I would post a "Scout" pic too.
BTW-your mechanical knowledge and skills seems to be growing. Keep it up.
how do you know that the stiffness of the ride isn't the shocks?
Cause my stock 97 was a cadillac compared to my rubi :p
But, I guess it allowed them to shove 31s under it without rubbing, even with a Warn on the front (if you got that option)
You must have a vast amount of experience to make guarantees. Do you ride OMEs? Or is this a second hand opinion?
All I was doing was stating my first hand opinion, but you seem to like to correct me over and over about this whole rubi coil thing. I put in rubi coils, a BB, new shocks. In my experience (which by the way is the only sort of opinion I will offer up), the ride is stiffer. Shall we note that I also put in seat risers, which could cause the ride to feel bouncier because my feet don't touch the floor boards so I'm not near as stable?
Fact is, I'm comparing an X, which is what I own, to an X with rubi coils, this being my personal experience. Fact is, the coils are stiffer which makes the jeep ride stiffer. Fact is, because they are stiffer, they end up sitting higher, so in the end they are longer because they don't compress as much under the weight of the jeep.
so i'll tell people im 6'8" now because in the end thats how tall i'll be.
I've rode in a jeep with OME shocks.
Shocks affect ride quality much more that springs do. I wouldn't say it's a definate either way but I can say I do know the difference in stiff shocks compared to soft shocks. I also have first hand experience with Rubi coils and aftermarket coils, Rubi coils with a BB and Rubi coils with OEM shocks. From my personal experience changing my shocks to OME improved MY ride. And by "improve" I mean softened the ride.
Just my .02
I like ome stuff :D
You're not understanding my point, BigJeep. I would explain it a different way but the only way I can think of is just not something I would put out on the board, though I think you'd get it then.
But let's just say that the size makes no difference when the coils are not in use, it's when they're holding up the jeep that counts, kinda like if you were a slumper. You might be 6'8" full height, but if you never stood tall it wouldn't matter would it.
(I thought you were like 7 foot already)
Not digging on OME stuff guys, I've said from the beginning that it was on my wish list. I was posting up because Bob mentioned my lift. Just stating my personal experience.
actually, i never thought of them being longer with the vehicles weight on it...so they can be measured two different ways...but i would probably still say that they are just stiffer than the regular coils (which would mean they are longer with the vehicles weight on them...just like u said)
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I'm so excited to see this forum!
I have a common parenting dilemma but I want to make sure that I am doing everything I possibly can to be there for my daughter while establishing boundaries, etc.
A little background: We have a beautiful easy "weaning" story. I nursed my daughter until she was 22 months old. I became pregnant a few months earlier and my milk dried up. She is the one who told me the milk was gone. I continued to nurse her, however, but shortly after that, we read a book about mammals nursing and there were, of course, humans in the book. After seeing the baby nursing and the toddler eating a sandwich, she proclaimed to everyone that would listen "I'm all grown up, that's why the milk went away" and never nursed again.
Fast fwd 2 months later...our bedtime is no longer the milk filled snuggly haze it once was. It's now a toddler demanding 88 glasses of water, 22 trips to the potty, 12 books read each 8 times, a snack, more lotion for itchies, sing 47 songs, not that one, yes that one, need daddy, now I need mommy, stand up and hold me, rock me, sit down and hold me, wear me, I could go on FOREVER. Bedtime is now 2 hours long and leaves EVERYONE frustrated, even her.
I am a trained behavior analyst. But I have also raised my daughter in an "attached" way and I fear that my old methods used for special needs kids may not always meet the newer emotionally secure and attached family way. But I needed something. Waiting for the baby to come is not the time to manage this terrible time in our household. So I implemented a sleep routine board where she selects the order we do things, how many drinks, how many books, etc. She flips them over when we have completed the activity, then we move on. We let her know that once an activity was done, we are not going back to it. Once a choice was made, there is no changing it.
We tried this last night for the first time. It was GREAT leading up until the last part. She looved picking the order and choosing how many and flipping them over. Then came lights out. WELL. NOT GREAT. It was the worst parenting experience I've ever had. I held her with her favorite blankey and rocked and sang, but she was having none of it. She screamed and cried like I have never heard and BEGGED for everything under the sun, she tried using manners, tried screaming, tried calming down and asking nicely, went absolutely berserk, begging and begging for everything she usually had. I knew from my schooling that I couldn't give in now, that it would just make her more apt to scream louder and harder the next time if I "gave in". But at the same time....I felt like she was sooo upset that all of a sudden we stopped meeting her "needs". I felt HORRIBLE. I was sobbing and she was sobbing. I just kept telling her I understand going to sleep is hard, asking her if she needed a hug (hugs and kisses were the only request that were allowed), and trying to hold her and rock her and sing to her. I put her down in the crib a few times during the two hours and told her mommy needed a break. I would leave for 1 minute to use the restroom or to regain my sanity and come back. Ultimately, after sobbing hysterics for two hours, I told her I knew what would help and swaddled her like I did when she was a baby. She was out in two breaths.
Of course I cried for another hour about the whole experience, emotionally drained and pregnant and tired myself. I just want to be a good parent and meet her needs AND our needs as parents. Is there a better way to clean up this routine?? What can I do to make it easier on all of us? I just want bedtime to be a wonderful time of cuddling and snuggling and settling down gently at the end of the night. Can you help?!
Thanks so much for reading!
Dear Momma,
Thank you for writing in. I have much compassion for your story and I am so sorry you had to endure a night like that, especially while pregnant. I hope to address your concerns and offer possible alternatives that may prove successful. You posted yesterday morning; I am hoping last night went better and that you can utilize whatever is helpful here by tonight! Post here or email me at [email protected] and let me know how things unfold.
Celebrate what is working: I think your motives have been right on track. You want to honor your daughter's needs, as well as the needs of you and your husband, you seek to establish boundaries while being there for your daughter, and you understand the value of follow through. As well, even though you didn't see immediate results in the form of easy acceptance, your solution of the sleep board did include your daughter in the decision making process which often helps a child accept new limits.
I have a few suggestions for the new routine.
1) Having a conversation about why you're making the change: Maybe you did this when you implemented the new routine, but if not, I suggest you do so. This process will reiterate why the change was necessary. You can include your needs as part of the equation: I need rest at the end of the day, especially, when I'm pregnant, and I don't want a battle over sleep. As well, narrating your process will help your daughter as she develops her own decision-making process and finds solutions to her problems in the future.
2) An invitation to sleep: As you talk about your new routine and how you would like things to unfold at night, you can also include an "invitation to sleep," wherein you describe the gifts of sleep: this is when your body grows, this is when you can play in "magical dreamland," and this is when all the animals, flowers and fairies sleep. You are attempting to reframe "sleep" as a wonderful place she is invited to join, as opposed to something that is being done to her. This may take a couple of rounds, but over time, you may see a difference in how sleep is perceived in your home.
3) Two locations for the routine: A L.O.V.E. Parenting Technique that has been helpful for many of my clients has been to have two locations for the bedtime routine. All of the activities that are part of the wind-down (books, songs, made-up stories, water and any final snacks) are to be done on the couch. Ideally, you are cuddled on the couch, under a blanket and sharing a special slowing-down, decompression-from-the-day together en route to sleep. Once the previously agreed upon number of books, songs and stories are completed, and after a "final pee," you take a purposefully meditative walk to the "sleep chamber." The bedroom is already set up for sleep with the curtains drawn, the covers pulled back on the bed, the lights off, and perhaps soft classical music playing and/or a nightlight is on. The energy of this room is like a sanctuary, a spa, or a yoga class; once you step foot into the sleeping room and lay down it is "eyes closed, mouths closed." Again, as you walk into this inviting room, sleep becomes less of something you are trying to "do to her" or "get her to do" and more of a beautiful, beckoning environment you are inviting her to surrender to. Eyes are closed and mouths are closed because that is what is needed to facilitate sleep; you are trying to reframe this behavior as helping "sleep" get what it needs, rather than something your daughter "has to do." You can set the stage with your daughter that the dream angels and sleeping fairies are already asleep in her room while you are reading on the couch. They are waiting in dreamland for her to join them.
4) Setting the stage: You can help prepare your daughter for bedtime by reminding her during the day about the new routine: the two locations, the dream angels and fairies asleep in her room, and how once you go into the "sleeping room" it's "eyes closed, mouths closed."
5) Daylight connection: As you remind your daughter about bedtime and how nighttime is for sleeping, you can ask if she has anything she wants to talk to you about now? You can also ask her if she would like an extra special cuddle during the day? Let her know you available and focused on her. In this way, you are providing extra intentional connection during the daylight, hoping to fulfill any unmet needs that sometimes overwhelm a child when it's time to kiss the day goodbye.
6) Extenuating circumstances: At your daughter's age, it is always important to look at nap time and its relationship to sleep. If she is waking from a nap later than 4pm it will usually affect her ability to fall asleep easily, especially if bedtime is 7:30pm (which is generally recommended for children.) As well, you want to be aware of foods that dissuade sleep, such as sugars, dyes and caffeine in any form. Late naps and physiological stimulants do not promote easy nighttime sleep.
7) An option: Many people would agree that comforting your daughter in the room, while she falls asleep in the crib is positive and your should not change this because she is developing her own relationship to sleep and she has your loving presence close at hand. Having her in a routine of falling asleep by herself in the crib would definitely be helpful when you have the new baby. There is another option, however, that you might consider if things persist with much distress at sleep time. Since you are committed to soothing your daughter to sleep, you may consider laying down with her until she falls asleep. This would mean a double mattress on the floor or low to the ground, such as a futon. In this way, after the couch routine, you would enter the bedroom together, and both lay down with "eyes closed and mouths closed." In this model, you lay with your daughter as she transitions to sleep and then you leave the room and have your evening. Once you have the new baby, you would be laying and nursing the new baby on one side, while cuddling your daughter on the other side. This arrangement could help your firstborn feel included once the new baby comes, but can also mean a lot more effort from you. Most attachment parenting families will enjoy many different arrangements over the years.
The big reaction: I know that night was trying and as you stated, your worst experience in parenting. Understand that just because your daughter had that big reaction the first night, doesn't mean that she will necessarily react that way night after night; some toddlers express their big feelings, you hold the line, and then they "get" it and the new routine is established. For other children, the reaction remains the same night after night and they may be in true distress. You can always pause, reconsider and decide to adapt your plan. This may sound like a contradiction, but while consistency is of great importance, so is flexibility. Deciding when to hold the line and when to alter your plans is where your intuition and deep attunement to your child come into play.
Saying no: It sounds like there was a huge disparity in how you attended to your child's needs the first night with 50 books and jumping through hoop after hoop, and the second night where you held your boundary for two hours despite her reaction. I would encourage you to bring a little bit of the clarity you found the second night into your regular life so your daughter gets used to "walking through the no." This is a skill learned (within reason) like any other. This is not to say we want a life of hardship for your girl and for her to always "grin and bear it," but, rather, to strengthen her skill set of getting to the other side of disappointment, especially, with your loving support.
Pregnant with number two: Pregnancy with the second child is often a huge transition for attachment mommas because the physical demands of your pregnancy necessitate limits that you may otherwise be able to overlook. Understand that you are at the effect of your hormones and weeping and fatigue are to be expected. You are in a state of becoming a parent to two beings, and tending to your "other child" begins in the womb as you care for your pregnant self.
Blessings: You sound like a truly loving, compassionate, reflective and thoughtful parent. I wish you many blessings on this journey of parenting and expanding your family. Sweet dreams.
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Thank you SO much for your reply. I wanted to be sure that I updated you here. My daughter ALWAYS remembers everything you tell her before she goes to sleep. If I say "we can read that book in the morning", her eyes will pop open at dawn and she will say "where's that book we were going to read?". So after that night of stress and crying, she opens her eyes and asks for the SLEEP CARDS! She went through all of them and had a whole story "remember I had my water, mommy? Then we read 3 books..."...etc. I was bracing for the end where she would want to discuss the hysterics, but it NEVER HAPPENED! I didn't break my child! She's not forever scarred from the night's events!
Fast forward to nighttime...my adrenaline pumping, we were going to stick with it...She was super happy to put together the schedule again. Then lights out...cuddle with mommy. She made 20 brief requests, but they were extinguished with a "you've already flipped that one over, so that means we are all done with that". Then she WENT TO SLEEP! This process went from over 2 hours to under 20 minutes. And NO TEARS! Last night, even more improvement: She asked for 5 things, was told the same thing, then went to sleep - 9 minutes!! This morning she ran into our room to tell daddy that she was such a good girl at bedtime, so she clearly recognizes the impact even the next morning.
That said, I will definitely take your advice as well as I think some of them will really help with the upcoming changes in our lives. I love your idea of explaining what sleep is for...she is extremely curious and is always asking why...I think it will help so much for her to understand WHY we are going to sleep and at this designated time. I think the two locations things could also work for our family. I love the idea of the room being "spa-like" and all the other activities being in a family place.
Under extenuating circumstances, you mention nap. Luckily, she takes a nap from 12-2 every day and hopefully that isn't interfering in her sleep. We are also very cautious about her food because she has severe food allergies and intolerances (though sometimes an exposure DOES interfere with sleep).
The idea of laying with her on a double bed sounds wonderful because I was wondering how I would hold TWO babies in the rocking chair at night, but it sounds like that would be a wonderful snugglefest for everyone! I think our family could also make that one work...especially adding the new baby into the picture! She is just about ready to leave the crib anyway.
The "no" stuff: I think it just blindsided us. Our daughter has always been so agreeable and "reasonable" and has always listened, no arguing, no bartering, no begging. But of course, then they grow up :-D. The success we have seen at bedtime and knowing that we are ALL much happier has motivated us to reign in some other areas that are becoming more difficult as she realizes she is an individual. You are also right on with the change for an attachment mama with pregnancy. I have a hernia so its not always easy or comfortable for me to hold her all the time. I used to wear her everywhere...now it's just not comfortable for either one of us (daddy still wears her a lot though). And with exhaustion comes less patience...I think she picks up on that and pushes just a bit further than she normally would. I think "walking through the no" is a great skill and teaching her how to survive disappointments will be helpful to us all!
Thanks so much again for your advice and support. I really appreciate you volunteering your time to help families like mine!
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How Marco Rubio Made A Federal Judge Nomination National News
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On February 5, President Obama announced the nomination of state judge Darrin Gayles to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. The previous nominee for that slot, state judge William Thomas, was unexpectedly blocked by Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), a decision right-wing media defended.
If confirmed, Gayles will be the first black, openly gay male judge on the federal bench. But Gayles is not the first black, openly gay judge to be nominated to the Florida seat -- that would have been Thomas. Despite his initial support, Republican Senator Marco Rubio ultimately refused to support Thomas' nomination, a decision that was fatal to the nomination because nominees to the federal bench need the support of both of their home-state senators to advance.
In the wake of criticism about Rubio's flip-flop, right wing media defended the Senator's decision, claiming his belated "careful review of [Thomas'] record raised red flags" and rejecting as baseless any claims that Rubio's decision may have been "because he was a black homosexual."
But the nature of Rubio's subsequent change of heart regarding Thomas' nomination was strange. Though Rubio insisted he withdrew his support due to concerns about Thomas' "fitness" to serve, members of the Florida legal community were quick to point out the judge's extensive qualifications and his fairness in the courtroom. Indeed, although the "red flags" were purportedly supposed to involve improper sentencing in two criminal cases, the actual prosecutors involved rejected those arguments. As explained by Miranda Blue of People for the American Way:
Rubio's office provided two examples of instances in which they believed that Thomas didn't impose "appropriate criminal sentences." In both cases, Thomas imposed the highest sentence sought by the prosecution; in both cases, prosecutors praised his handling of the trials. Rubio's staff also claimed that in one of those cases, a grisly murder trial, Thomas "broke down in tears" when sentencing the defendant to death; news reports make clear that the judge's tears came when he was describing the brutal crime. As [MSNBC's] Chris Hayes put it, none of these complaints "pass the smell test."
Because of this history, national news organizations are already reporting on this nomination of Gayles to the federal bench. Rubio's office has also quickly responded to media inquiries, telling NPR "I do not anticipate having an objection to moving forward on any of these nominations pending the outcome of the customary background check conducted on every nominee." Such high-profile media scrutiny is certainly welcome in the wake of the confusing and contested reasons for the failure of the last openly gay black man to be seated to this court.
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