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'The Pursuit of Alice Thrift'
By ELINOR LIPMAN
Published: August 3, 2003
Tell the Truth
You may have seen us in "Vows" in The New York Times: me, alone, smoking a cigarette and contemplating my crossed ankles, and a larger blurry shot of us, postceremony, ducking and squinting through a hail of birdseed. We didn't have pretty faces or interesting demographics, but we had met and married in a manner that was right for SundayStyles: Ray Russo came to my department for a consultation. I said what I always said to a man seeking rhinoplasty: Your nose is noble, even majestic. It has character. It gives you character. Have you thought this through?
The Times had its facts right: We met as doctor and patient. I digitally enhanced him, capped his rugged, haunted face with a perfect nose and symmetrical, movie-star nostrils-and he didn't like what he saw on the screen. "Why did I come?" he wondered aloud, in a manner that suggested depth. "Did I expect this would make me handsome?"
"Its the way we've been socialized," I said.
"Its not like I have a deviated septum or anything. Its not like my insurance is going to pick up the tab."
Vanitas vanitatum: elective surgery, in other words.
He asked for my professional opinion. I said, There's no turning back once we do this, so take some time and think it over. "There's no rush. I don't like to play God. I'm only an intern doing a rotation here."
"But you must see a lot of noses in life, on the street, and you must have an artistic opinion," said Ray.
"If it were I, I wouldn't," I said for reasons that had nothing to do with aesthetics and everything to do with the nauseating sound of bones cracking under mallets in the OR.
"Really? You think the one I have is okay?"
"May I ask why you want to do this now, Mr. Russo?" I asked, glancing at the chart that told me he'd turn forty in a month.
"Lets be honest: Women like handsome men," he said, voice wistful, eyes downcast.
What could I say except a polite "And you don't think you're handsome enough? Do you think women judge you by the dimensions of your nose?"
Next to me he smiled. The camera mounted above the monitor played it back. He had good teeth.
"I haven't been very lucky in love," he added. "I'm forty-five and I don't have a girlfriend."
"Is your date of birth wrong?" I asked, pointing to the clipboard.
"Oh, that," he said. "I knock five years off when I'm filling out a job application because of age discrimination, even at forty-five. Bad habit. I forgot you should always tell the truth on medical forms."
"And what is your field?"
"I'm in business, self-employed."
I asked what field.
"Concessions. Which puts me before the public. Wouldn't you think that if everything was okay in the looks department, Id have met someone by now?"
I hated this part-the psychiatry, the talking. So instead of asserting what is hard to practice and even harder to preach in my chosen field-that beauty's only skin deep and vastly overrated-I pecked at some keys and moved the mouse. We were back to Rays original face, bones jutting, cartilage flaring, nose upstaging, a face that my less scrupulous attending physicians would have loved to pin to their drawing boards. If it sounds as if I saw something there, some goodness, some quality of mercy or masculinity that overrode the physical, I didn't. I was flattering him to serve my own principles, my own anti-plastic surgery animus. Ray Russo thought my silence meant I wouldn't change a hair.
"Vows" would reconstruct our consultation, with Ray remembering, "I heard something in her voice. Not that there was a single unprofessional moment between us, but I had an inkling she may have been saying `No, don't fix it in order to terminate our doctor-patient relationship and embark on a personal one."
Reading between the lines, and knowing the outcome, you'd think something was ignited in that consultation, a spark between us, but I wasn't one of those attractive doctors with a stethoscope draped around her shoulders and a red silk blouse under her lab coat. I was an unhappy intern, plain and no-nonsense at best, and hoping to perform only noble procedures once I'd finished my residency, my fellowship, my board certification-to reconstruct the soft tissue of poor people, to correct their birth defects, their cleft lips and palates, their cranial deformities, their burns, their mastectomies, to stitch up their torn flesh in emergency rooms so that no scar would force them to relive their horrible accidents. I'd hand off to my less idealistic and more affluent associates the nose jobs, the liposuctions, the face-lifts, the eye and tummy tucks, the breast augmentations, and all cosmetic procedures that make the marginally attractive beautiful.
Ray Russo should have consulted someone who would graduate from the program and set up a suite of sleek offices in a big city. I wished him well and sent him home with the four-color brochure that covers the gruesome steps of rhinoplasty.
Why did I take his phone call six months later? Because I didn't remember him. He dropped the name of my chairman, which made me think he was a friend of that august family-as if he'd sensed I was worried about my standing in the department and my ambivalence toward my then chosen field. Of course, I am summarizing for narrative convenience. Why go into detail about our history, our motivation, our sweet moments, if I'm going to break your heart soon enough? I could add that I have a mother who worries about me, a mother whose motto is "Go for a cup of coffee. It doesn't mean you have to marry him," but I'm not blaming her. This is about the weak link in my own character-wishful thinking-and a husband of short duration with a history of bad deeds.


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Dystonia rating scales: Critique and recommendations
Version of Record online: 25 JUL 2013
DOI: 10.1002/mds.25579
© 2013 Movement Disorder Society
Movement Disorders
Special Issue: Advances in Dystonia
Volume 28, Issue 7, pages 874–883, 15 June 2013
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Albanese, A., Sorbo, F. D., Comella, C., Jinnah, H. A., Mink, J. W., Post, B., Vidailhet, M., Volkmann, J., Warner, T. T., Leentjens, A. F.G., Martinez-Martin, P., Stebbins, G. T., Goetz, C. G. and Schrag, A. (2013), Dystonia rating scales: Critique and recommendations. Mov. Disord., 28: 874–883. doi: 10.1002/mds.25579
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- Issue online: 25 JUL 2013
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- Manuscript Accepted: 22 MAY 2013
- Manuscript Received: 10 MAY 2013
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- rating scales
Many rating scales have been applied to the evaluation of dystonia, but only few have been assessed for clinimetric properties. The Movement Disorders Society commissioned this task force to critique existing dystonia rating scales and place them in the clinical and clinimetric context. A systematic literature review was conducted to identify rating scales that have either been validated or used in dystonia. Thirty-six potential scales were identified. Eight were excluded because they did not meet review criteria, leaving 28 scales that were critiqued and rated by the task force. Seven scales were found to meet criteria to be "recommended": the Blepharospasm Disability Index is recommended for rating blepharospasm; the Cervical Dystonia Impact Scale and the Toronto Western Spasmodic Torticollis Rating Scale for rating cervical dystonia; the Craniocervical Dystonia Questionnaire for blepharospasm and cervical dystonia; the Voice Handicap Index (VHI) and the Vocal Performance Questionnaire (VPQ) for laryngeal dystonia; and the Fahn-Marsden Dystonia Rating Scale for rating generalized dystonia. Two "recommended" scales (VHI and VPQ) are generic scales validated on few patients with laryngeal dystonia, whereas the others are disease-specific scales. Twelve scales met criteria for "suggested" and 7 scales met criteria for "listed." All the scales are individually reviewed in the online information. The task force recommends 5 specific dystonia scales and suggests to further validate 2 recommended generic voice-disorder scales in dystonia. Existing scales for oromandibular, arm, and task-specific dystonia should be refined and fully assessed. Scales should be developed for body regions for which no scales are available, such as lower limbs and trunk. © 2013 Movement Disorder Society


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Saint Thomas More High School celebrated a spirited Catholic Schools Week this year.
The week was highlighted by morning radio host Elizabeth Kay's TM 00 speech and a mass presided over by Bishop Richard J. Sklba SF 52.
On Tuesday, Kay TM 00 gave a speech to the STM student body about her life, in hopes of giving the students good advice about life choices and career development. Kay helped start STM's Students Against Destructive Decisions chapter. Later that year, the group's work would become much more personal. Kay's cousin Jennifer Ramus, who was a student at Saint Thomas More, was killed by a drunk driver in 1998.
"This school got me through that time," Kay said of STM.
Kay had never liked country music, even though it was Ramus' favorite genre. After the accident Kay began listening to it as a way to remember her cousin. While in college Kay got an internship at Milwaukee's country radio station FM 106. After graduation she got a job at a country music station in Green Bay. Kay's goal was to eventually find a radio job in Milwaukee.
Things began to go south in Green Bay after a new boss arrived. She applied for jobs in Milwaukee, but was told she did not have enough experience.
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Kay began working in Media Relations for the First Stage theater company. WMYX 99.1 and WKTI 94.5 both offered jobs to her, but she trusted her gut and turned them down. Her instinct would prove to be wise when WKTI would let most of its employees go a month later.
WMYX came back to Kay with another offer. This time their offer was "whatever she wants." Kay agreed to a "great deal," as she described it.
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STM's mass service the next day would explore faith more.
The service provided a homecoming to Bishop Richard Sklba who attended Saint Francis Seminary, a predecessor school of Saint Thomas More. Bishop Sklba read the "parable of the sower." In the gospel,seed falls on the ground. It is lost when it falls on unfertile ground, but grows plentifully when it falls on "good earth."
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Mississippi native Randy Houser is blessed with a rich, expansive voice, and his debut album features a few songs that rise to its level—first and foremost the hit title cut, a keenly observed lament about a breakup's bitter toll penned by Brice Long and John Wayne Wiggins.
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Belmond Copacabana Palace, Rio de Janeiro
- Free buffet breakfast and WiFi
Main amenities
- 239 guestrooms
- On the beach
- 3 restaurants
- Full-service spa
- Outdoor pool
- Rooftop terrace
- Health club
- Free beach cabanas
- Business center
- Airport shuttle
- Childcare
- 24-hour front desk
What's around
- In Copacabana
- Sugar Loaf Mountain (3.1 mi / 5 km)
- Parque Henrique Lage (3 mi / 4.9 km)
- Edmundo Bittencourt Square (1 mi / 1.7 km)
- Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (1.2 mi / 2 km)
- Pasmado Viewpoint (1.4 mi / 2.2 km)
Belmond Copacabana Palace, Rio de Janeiro
Hotel Info: 866-539-8117from $303
- Superior City View Room
- Suite, City View
- Deluxe Room, Beach View
- Suite, Pool View
- Avenue City View Suite
- Deluxe Beach View Room
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- Pool and Ocean View Suite
- Superior City View Room
- Deluxe Beach View Room
- Deluxe Beach View Suite
- Deluxe Beach View Suite
- Avenue City View Suite
- Pool and Ocean View Suite
- Superior Room, 1 Bedroom, City View
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At a glance
Key facts
Hotel size
- This hotel has 239 rooms
- This hotel is arranged over 6 floors
- 24-hour check-in
- Check-out time is noon
- Express check-in/out
Required at check in
- Credit card or cash deposit required
- Government-issued photo ID required
- Minimum check-in age is 18
Travelling with others
- Parents must have child's birth certificate and photo ID *
- Babysitting/childcare *
- Pets allowed (dogs and cats only) *
- 1 per room (up to 5 kg)
- Free WiFi and wired Internet access in public areas
- Free WiFi and wired Internet access in rooms
- Airport shuttle (available on request) *
- No parking
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In the hotel
- Supervised childcare/activities (surcharge)
- Free buffet breakfast daily
- 3 restaurants
- Bar/lounge
- Poolside bar
- 24-hour room service
- Free beach cabanas
- Beach sun loungers
- Outdoor pool
- Free pool cabanas
- Fitness facilities
- Outdoor tennis court
- Full-service spa
- Spa treatment room(s)
- Fitness classes on site
- Beach towels
- Pool sun loungers
- Health club
- Tennis on site
- Steam room
- Pool umbrellas
- Sauna
- Business center
- Conference space size (feet) - 1152
- Conference space size (meters) - 107
- One meeting room
- Computer station
- 24-hour front desk
- Concierge services
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Laundry facilities
- Hair salon
- Luggage storage
- Wedding services
- Multilingual staff
- Porter/bellhop
- Number of buildings/towers - 2
- Year Built 1923
- Elevator/lift
- Designated smoking areas (fines apply)
- Rooftop terrace
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
In the room
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Air conditioning
- Minibar
- Bathrobes
- Slippers
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Pillow menu
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Soundproofed rooms
- Turndown service
- Premium bedding
- In-room massage available
- Private bathroom
- Shower/tub combination
- Rainfall showerhead
- Designer toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Plasma TV
- Premium TV channels
- DVD player
- Desk
- Free newspaper
- Free WiFi
- Phone
- Free bottled water
- Daily housekeeping
- In-room safe
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Special features
The onsite spa has massage/treatment rooms. Services include massages, facials, body wraps, and body scrubs. The spa is equipped with a sauna and a spa tub.
Children under 13 years old are not allowed in the spa without adult supervision.
DiningPergula - This beachfront brasserie serves breakfast, brunch, lunch, and dinner.
Cipriani - Overlooking the pool, this brasserie serves lunch and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar. Reservations are required. Open daily.
Mee - This restaurant specializes in Asian cuisine and serves dinner only.
Awards and affiliations
- This property is affiliated with the International Gay & Lesbian Travel Association (IGLTA) and welcomes lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) guests.
- The property is a member of Orient-Express.
Belmond Copacabana Palace, Rio de Janeiro's small print
Also known as
- Belmond Copacabana
- Belmond Copacabana Palace Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
- Copacabana Palace By Orient-Express Hotel Rio De Janeiro
- Copacabana Palace Hotel
- Copacabana Palace Rio De Janeiro
- Belmond Copacabana Palace Hotel
- Belmond Copacabana Palace
- Belmond Palace
- Belmond Palace Hotel
- Belmond Palace Hotel Copacabana
- Copacabana Belmond
- Copacabana Palace
- Copacabana Palace Belmond
- Palace Copacabana
Parents or a legal guardian traveling with children under 18 years must present the child's birth certificate and an identity card with photo (passport, for example) at the check-in. For international travels from Brazil, if just one of the parents is traveling with the child, she/he must present – in addition to the child's certificate of birth and identity card with photo – a letter authorizing the trip signed by the other parent with a notarial certification of signature. In case the parents or the legal guardian, as applicable, cannot or are unwilling to give this authorization, a judicial authorization is required. People who intend to travel to Brazil with children must consult with the Brazilian consulate before traveling for more information.
Children under 13 years old are not allowed in the spa without adult supervision.
For transfers, guests must contact the property before arrival at the number on the booking confirmation.
Reservations are required for spa treatments and can be made by contacting the property before arrival at the number on the booking confirmation.
Optional extras
Rollaway beds are available for BRL 600 per day
Babysitting/childcare is available for an extra charge
Pets are allowed for an extra charge of BRL 750 per accommodation, per stay
Airport shuttle service is offered for an extra charge
Dial-up Internet access is available in guestrooms for an extra charge
We have included all charges provided to us by this hotel. However, charges can vary, for example, based on length of stay or the room you book.
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For indoor use, I'm very happy with the Canon G15 if the cost doesn't deter you. Panny's LX7 should do about as well indoors as the G15.
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Raising Children Who Soar: A Guide to Healthy Risk-Taking in an Uncertain Worldby Susan Davis, Nancy Eppler-Wolff
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Pub. Date: 08/28/2009
Publisher: Teachers College Press
How can we keep children safe in an uncertain world, but also raise them to be confident in taking the healthy, emotional risks necessary to succeed in life? The authors of this unique book-two clinical psychologists, who are also mothers-provide essential guidance for parents and teachers. They explain, step-by-step, how to help children become successful
How can we keep children safe in an uncertain world, but also raise them to be confident in taking the healthy, emotional risks necessary to succeed in life? The authors of this unique book-two clinical psychologists, who are also mothers-provide essential guidance for parents and teachers. They explain, step-by-step, how to help children become successful risk-takers: ready to leap at life's opportunities and triumph over setbacks along the way. With stories based on the diverse families from their practice-from parents afraid to let their rambunctious daughter out of sight, to those who fear their shy son may lose opportunities to connect at home and school-they offer real-world scenarios with realistic solutions. Readers will find helpful checklists, self-reflection exercises, and other resources in this authoritative book.
The help parents through popular classes and their website, raisingchildrenwhosoar.com
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- Publisher:
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- Publication date:
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- Edition description:
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- Pages:
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Table of Contents
Foreword Jonathan Cohen, Ph.D. ix
Acknowledgments xi
Authors' Notes xiii
Introduction 1
Redefining Risk 2
Our Risky World 5
Parenting for Good Risk-Taking 6
The Connection Between Parent and Child: Temperament and Risk-Taking 10
What About Risk-Taking in School? 11
Raising Ethical and Moral Children: Risk-Taking and Tolerance 11
Putting It All Together 12
1 What Is Risk? 14
Our Definition of Risk-Taking 15
The Changing Definition of Risk in Society 19
Four Qualities of a Good Risk-Taker 23
Introduction of Our Parent-Child Pairs 27
Learning the Power of Risk: Beginning a Risk Journal 31
Pragmatic Steps Toward Thoughtful Risk-Taking 32
Summing Up 35
2 Child Development and Risk-Taking 36
Overview of Child Development 38
The Importance of Understanding Development 43
What Are Universal Emotional Risks? 44
How Risk-Taking Unfolds With Development 51
Learning Style and Risk-Taking 55
More of Life's Bumps and Risk-Taking: Divorce, Illness, and Loss 59
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The Process of Self-Reflection 62
The Practice of Listening 72
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Temperament and Risk-Taking 87
The Parent-Child Fit and Risk 92
How This All Begins: Understanding Attachment and Risk 96
Attachment and Risk Beyond Infancy 97
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5 Risk-Taking in School 108
The Foundation of Learning 109
Temperament, Learning Style, and Risk-Taking in School 114
A Guide For Developing Good Risk-Takers in School 121
6 Risk-Taking, Independent Thinking, and Tolerance Toward Others127
Risk-Taking and the Peer Group 128
Risk-Taking and Breaking Barriers 132
Service Learning Programs for Young Children 137
Scientific Explanation for Taking the Risk to Care 143
Compassion Is a Learned Behavior 144
7 Putting It All Together: Parent-Child Activities for Good Risk-Taking 146
Games and Activities to Encourage Risk-Taking 147
Doing Community Service as a Family Activity 163
Putting It All Together 164
Suggested Readings 167
References 175
Index 183
About the Authors 193
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- evaluating the specific needs and wants of the buyer and locate properties that fit those specifications.
- assisting the buyer in determining the amount that they can afford (pre-qualify), and show properties in that price range and locale.
- assisting in viewing properties -- accompanying the buyer on the showings, or preview the properties on behalf of the buyer to insure that the identified specifications are met.
- researching the selected properties to identify any problems or issues to help the buyer make an informed decision prior to making an offer to purchase the property.
- advising the buyer on structuring an appropriate offer to purchase the selected property.
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The odds are extremely high that mortgage brokers, inspectors and attorneys who become dependent on agent referrals will favor the interests of the agent over those of the buyer or seller.
It's not a bad idea, however, to ask your agent for referrals: the answer you get will tell you something worth knowing about your agent. Many highly professional agents will refuse to make referrals or, if pressed, will provide only a list that includes a number of firms in each category of service. If an agent provides only one home inspector, one mortgage broker or one attorney - consider hiring a diferent agent.
You can find your own home (there are many useful websites).
You can negotiate your own price (you are really doing this anyway).
You can read and understand the purchase contract (and should).
You can arrange inspections (I recommend being a part of them).
You can find a lender (rates are largely controlled).
You can complete the closure.
Often the most useful aspect of having an agent is that many specialize in knowing specific neighborhoods - they can advise about aspects you may be unaware of. This is useful if you are unable to wait to get to know an area before making a purchase. But beware too: their incentive is to sell a house and collect their commision; they may sell you a house you don't really want.
My best advice is to research the neighborhood (crime, schools, activities), visit the neighborhood during various times of the day, and do your homework (is it a historic district, what kind of heating does it have, etc).
Good luck,
Once you find a good one trust then to help you in every way. you will be fine.
As far as inspectors go. You should ask for a list of ASHI certified inspectors and make your own choice.
We should also help our buyers find service providers, but the extent of that assistance depends on either brokerage policy or the agent's own sense of the perils involved. As for referrals to service providers, agents would be well advised to simply provide a list from which their clients can select a service provider. Anyone can have a bad day, and someone who normally does a great job can fail to perform. Worse yet, unrealistic expectations on the part of a client can result in bad feelings--and in litigation.
When addressing referrals to brokers (providing relocation services), many brokers/agents have little or no control over the selection of the agent after sending the referral. Those who do have some control generally have little knowledge of the actual performance of the agents to whom they send referrals. Brokers tend however to select their best or most productive agents to handle referrals, and it usually works out well. The referee should however make their own assessment of the agent to whom they are referred before making a commitment to that agent.