| Negotiating life's challenges, perils
In a sunny afternoon, Tom Wood and his daughter decide to walk to the zoo to meet friends. When his daughter decides she wants to push her new stroller to the zoo, it takes twice the amount of time to get there.
In this hypothetical example, Mr. Wood, president of Watershed Associates Inc., a firm in Northwest offering training in negotiation, says he could impose his power as an adult and say "No," or he could negotiate with the girl and avoid a temper tantrum. Negotiating, if done properly, would surely take less time than withstanding a temper tantrum.
"I could ask open-ended questions," Mr. Wood says. " 'Why do you want to take your stroller to the zoo?' The answer: to show her cousin her new stroller. Good negotiators always focus on interests, not demands."
Basic negotiation skills can help people in almost any conflict.
TEEN MOTHER DUMPS BABY
A 14-year-old mother in Crown Heights disposed of her newborn baby boy like a sack of garbage. Now Nicole Young, who resides at 572 Ralph Avenue in Brooklyn, could be looking at serious jail time.
Back on February 3, at approximately 10:15 a.m., Young was removed to St. John's Hospital after complaining of pain in her abdomen. After medical personnel examined her, it was determined that she had given birth recently.
Afterwards, detectives from the 77th Police Precinct in Crown Heights combed the area adjacent to where the woman lived. Their search turned up the body of a male newborn, who was pronounced dead at the scene. The mother was eventually taken into police custody and charged with murder and manslaughter. As of press time, the medical examiner's office, which had pronounced the infant's death a homicide, has not disclosed whether he died from exposure or, possibly, at his own mother's hands.
Are New Muni Platforms A Safety Risk?
Jan. 17 - KGO - Over the weekend, at long last, the Third Street rail line, with its $648 million dollar price tag, began Saturday and Sunday service in San Francisco. It came after long delays, construction overruns and design and construction flaws. Now, ABC7 has uncovered what one source tells us is another major problem. .
Feathering the nest
One look at online baby store offerings or in baby superchains will tell you having a baby today isn't as "simple" as it was when your mother was pregnant.In addition to the cribs, bottles and diapers -- that do resemble those of yesteryear -- and were probably all our Moms needed -- pregnant shoppers are bombarded with images of diaper disposal systems, orthodontic pacifiers, baby slings and bottle or wipe warmers.Don't go overboardNew moms don't know what they really need, and many people say a lot of this "stuff" causes more clutter than it's worth.Candace Walsh, product and article editor for Mothering magazine and mother of two, said sometimes less truly is more."They (parents) have got nine months to wait, and they've got a pocket full of money that's burning a hole," she said. "They end up getting a whole bunch of clunky things they don't need."Instead of buying items that will more than likely collect dust in a closet or nursery, Walsh suggests requesting and using baby shower gift certificates to buy that highchair when the appropriate time comes.However, senior editor Barrie Gillies of Parents magazine said requesting such items at showers is a good idea -- if you have the storage space to keep items you won't need for a few months."If you're going to have a lot of people coming to your (baby) shower, why not?" she said.Things to avoidGillies says you don't need some of the smaller nonessentials like diaper wipe warmers, nursing shirts and bottle warmers.
Gallows + The Plight + The Hydropaths
Guitarist Laurent Bernard carves a similar path behind him, taking the opportunity to get out and about and up in a few faces, although I doubt he needed an invite. Everything you've heard about this band is true, and then some. To describe one of their shows, you'd need to use words like "carnage", "insanity" or "chaos", and I'd be willing to bet that there isn't a moment tonight when the majority of the crowd don't fear for their safety, at least until the music stops. Between songs the band are positively charming, a respectful nod towards the Leeds scene from Frank sees not only tonight's support acts, but a fist full of other Leeds bands getting a shout out. Basically here is a band who's hype you can believe, as talented and visceral as you'd heard, with an album as good as they come, all without ego.
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