The Czech’s are facing a shortage of nurses. What is their solution to lure females to join? FREE BOOB JOBS!
“Screw the signing bonus honey… get some of those double Ds!”
When Petra Kalivodova, a 31-year-old nurse, was considering whether to renew her contract at a private health clinic here, special perks helped clinch the deal: free German lessons, five weeks of vacation, and a range of plastic-surgery options, including complimentary silicone-enhanced breasts.
There are critics
The offer of plastic surgery has infuriated some advocates for women’s rights, including Jirina Siklova, a gender studies expert and sociologist, who argued that motivating nurses with offers of breast implants amounted to turning them into “prostitutes.”
There is absolutely nothing wrong with looking hot. If it is a breast job or ass lift or lipo… as long as you look good, there is nothing wrong with that. And the prostitute comment is a bit of a joke. Have you seen most of the prostitutes out there? They don’t really look like porn stars now do they?
For the last year or so, it has been brought to our attention that our son may have AS (Asperger Syndrome). The signs were evident early, but I dismissed them. Michelle thought there was more to his symptoms then I did. From a development standpoint, he was developing at, or ahead of children his age. He was walking at the age of 8-9 months, speaking as early as 6 months and had full sentences by the age of 18 months. Through flash cards, Michelle taught Alexander how to read. He could read about 40 words by the age of 9 months and by the age of 2, he was reading phonetically. He had an interest in cars, especially cars from the late 60s and 70s. His conversations would often include Spider-man and some type of web swinging action. Socially, he loved being around other children and would approach just about anybody.
So, what caused us to think something may be wrong? The two biggest things we noticed was that he had a hard time making and maintaining eye contact and he would repeat topics of interest day after day for extended periods of time. At his first daycare, he would call his daycare provider “stupid” almost from the time he got there in the morning, until the time we picked him up after work. For obvious reason, we took him out of there and we looked for alternatives. We thought that if we would put him in the Montessori school in Moncton, things would get better. There is where they noticed issues with Alexander but were unwilling to help him. He was 3 years old at the time, and had completed the kindergarten curriculum by January. But they noticed that he wouldn’t make eye contact and that he was having issues with fine motor skills such as writing and cutting with scissors. They thought it might have been his age and in time he would develop those skills. Then one day on the playground, when it was time to go inside from playtime, he refuse and when one of the teachers grabbed him by the hand to pull him inside, he bit her hand. That prompted them without warning to dismiss him from their daycare program. Legally, they did many, many things wrong with the termination of his stay there, but I won’t go into that in this post. We were lucky enough to find a daycare that came with many recommendations and Alexander stopped insulting staff members, started getting along with other children and really seemed to be turning the corner on his social behavior.
We moved into a subdivision with many kids in the neighbourhood and there we were able to witness his social behavior with the other children first hand. Michelle would notice even though he played with most of the children, after about 5 – 10 minutes of interaction with them, he would seem to drift off on his own and would start playing by himself. At first we thought it was the kids alienating him.
When he started kindergarten, his teacher noted that his reading was far ahead of anyone in that age group that she had seen. She noted that he had difficulty paying attention, and staying within routine. He would never raise his hand to participate and seemed bored. At first glance, it would seem that he was advanced past that age group and he was just simply bored. That was not the case.
For grade 1, we put Alexander into French Immersion. Almost right away things didn’t go well. Again, Alexander wasn’t paying attention or completing his assignments. He was always the last one ready in his class and he seemed to be getting behind. The teacher was shocked one day when he started reading a French book. Then she quizzed him on the story and to her surprise, he understood what he was reading as well. How does a kid that doesn’t pay attention at all have the ability to start reading a new language and understand the words that are written? When she presented her findings to us, we agreed. It was baffling. The kid was smart with languages. But how do you get him to pay attention? The teacher notified school counselors to get some assistants. After observing Alexander and running a few social tests, they speculated that he may have AS.
Now, Alexander is in grade 2 and is going through a specially designed program to help with his social skills and educational needs. The school has set up a special office for him where he can go an complete his work without any distractions. They have also set up a list of daily goals and reward him for completing his tasks. We will be seeing a pediatrician soon that specializes in children with special needs.
What do we hope to accomplish for Alexander? We would like to help him with his social awkwardness. We are getting him involved with various sports and activities and we will see which ones he likes the best. We have also heard of special diets but haven’t changed his eating habits just yet. We don’t feed him junk now, so I am sure when or if we need to change his diet, it shouldn’t be difficult to adjust.
Here is a clip of Alexander reading a poem in kindergarten.
Michelle gets lots of sore throats throughout the year. Something that I have been able to avoid. I think she has tried everything; echinacea, vitamin C, Cold-FX, antibiotics (all kinds), etc. Here is something that she hasn’t attempted though.
cayenne#1 REMEDY: Cayenne Powder Cures Sore or Strep
We think the best remedy on this page for a sore throat (whether viral, bacterial or strep) is cayenne pepper. You may still need to continue the remedy for 2 – 3 days to see final results, so be patient! This remedy works when antibiotics do not and is excellent for those weird sore throats that don’t seem to go away after 4 weeks (the ones that possibly lead to chronic fatigue syndrome). This remedy works so well (and so fast), you will probably grow bored reading all the positive reader feedback below!
Girls jumping rope chant “one less, one less,” in TV commercials for the new cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil, vowing they will be one less cancer patient.
But in the real world, Gardasil is getting used less than doctors would like. Pediatricians and gynecologists from Arizona to New York are refusing to stock Gardasil because of its $360 price for the three doses required and “totally inadequate” reimbursement from most insurers.
Pediatricians, in particular, are rebelling, fed up after years of declining insurance reimbursement for vaccines, an explosion of new vaccines and fast-escalating vaccine prices.
Many practices must tie up $50,000 or more in vaccine inventory, run multiple refrigerators, insure the vaccines and spend lots of time on inventory management. They also must absorb the cost of broken or wasted vials and say that’s not possible with most insurers reimbursing at just $2 to $15 over the $120 per dose charged by Gardasil’s developer, Merck & Co. of Whitehouse Station, New Jersey.
“Doctors are drawing a line in the sand on this. They’re either not giving it or requiring a surcharge,” said Dr. Daniel Schwartz of Broadway Pediatrics Associates in Westport, New Jersey, which charges patients a $25 surcharge per shot.
Why don’t we all wear NASCAR helmets and equip the cars with roll bars to keep our selves safe. Why don’t car companies equip vehicles with appropriate seat belts for small children?
Jody sent this to me in an e-mail and it really has me thinking about all the bottled water that I have been drinking. So, for the last couple of weeks I have converted to Moncton water. Here is a clip from Penn & Teller’s show “Bullshit” on bottled water.
I was eating ice cream tonight and I received my first ice cream headache in a while. I remember on the Discovery, they said that only 30% of people get the “ice cream headache.” I think that percentage is B.S.
Here is the reason you get those headaches:
Why Does Eating Ice Cream Give Me a Headache?
When something very cold touches the center of the palate, the cold temperature can set off certain nerves that control how much blood flows to your head. The nerves respond by causing the blood vessels in the head to swell up. This quick swelling of the blood vessels is what causes your head to pound and hurt. Some people call this a “brain freeze,” even though nothing is really happening in the brain – it’s all in the blood vessels of the head.
If Your Bra Doesn’t Fit, Go Shopping
The average size of the American breast has grown from 34B to 36C , according to manufacturers. Anecdotally, the growth might be even more breathtaking: Those style-section stories are full of women who can’t face the fact that they are, they really and truly are, a D. “Some women have gotten angry when I tell them they’re a D-cup. They think that’s huge,” said a bra fitter in one of those upteenth style stories.
