Baby talk changes how mothers hear their children
A lighthearted essay argues that mothers often dominate conversations with babies, hindering early communication. The narrator reflects on past chatter and vows to listen, hoping to repair bonds through quiet attention and shared moments. A humorous twist ends with a child asking for toilet tissue.
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Bunkie
Work life ties teens to positive choices in crisis
Psychologists note teen suicides rise amid isolation. Melvin Wasserman creates Rocky Mountain Academy style schools in Bonners Ferry Idaho and Running Springs California to engage teens in work, confrontation, and appreciation. Students build facilities, cook meals, and maintain grounds while learning honest group process and caring relationships.
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Adele Scheelering
UCLA
National Institute of Mental Health
Melvin Wasserman
Rocky Mountain Academy
Bonners Ferry
Idaho
Cebu
Running Spring
Calif
Church-like Fraternal Officers Installations Vary Across Local Groups
Cedar Rapids Assembly No. 87 and Apollo Commandery No. 26 plan officer installations at Masonic Temple with multiple named members. Marion Chapter No. 183 Eastern Star sets 7:30 pm ceremony with Dorothy Stewart to conduct workshops and a dinner precedes. Mercy Spiritual Center hosts a weekend for divorced and single adults Feb 8-10 with $45-$50 fees, plus several February workshops by Dorothy Stewart PhD on anger, personality, and mid-life. Family Service Agency offers a six week STEP parenting class at Linn County Health Center, $35 per person or $50 per couple with some scholarships.
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Cedar Rapids Assembly
Social Order of Beauceant
Apollo Commandery
Masonic Temple
Glen Russell
Anamosa
Robert B. Rowell
Oracle
Thomas Murphy
Chester Bell
Roy Tull
Clifford Steiner
George Clifford
Leo W. Carr
27Th St
Marion
Apollo Commandery No. 26
Glenn Marshall
LeRoy Walser
Walter Fry
Robert Rowell
Order of the Eastern Star
Marion Masonic Temple
Jan Patterson
Cardinal Court NE
Charles Jacobs
Bridgit Lane
Dorothy Stewart
Southdown
Aurora
Colo
Mercy Spiritual Center
Stewart
Counseling Services
Mercy Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Call
Myers-Briggs Personality Workshop
Family Service Agency
Cynthia Clymer
Linn County Health Center
Third Ave
Dog Nutrition Guide From Cedar Rapids Vet
Dr. Russell H. Anthony, Cedar Rapids City Veterinarian, explains dogs need tailored nutrition based on age disease activity and reproductive status. He covers eggs meat vitamins scraps feeding frequency or amounts and when to use commercial diets or prescriptions for health issues.
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Russell H. Anthony
Cedar Rapids City
The
Anthony Animal Hospital
Gazette Lifestyle Deadlines and Photo Rules
The Gazette outlines submission deadlines for family notices including engagements weddings and anniversaries. Engagements must be published 30 days before the wedding and wedding information within 21 days after. Photos used for anniversaries 50 years plus. Pictures must be 2x3 inches or larger and good quality.
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Gazette
Companies face computer disasters
MIS Week notes that a data processing disruption can threaten a firm’s survival. It cites the Army Mathematics Research Center bombing in 1970 as a classic case. Shearson American Express spends about 3 million annually on backup hardware and a ready-to-run facility. A Minneapolis-St Paul survey found most firms would halt daily operations within a week of losing a data center.
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New York
National Management Information Systems Journal
Army Mathematics Research Center
University of Wisconsin
Shearson American Express
Minneapolis-St. Paul
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