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...your teen accuses you of overreacting, point out that depending on your state's laws, you could be sued if a minor gets high or drunk in your home and hurts someone. This may be true even if you're away at the time, according to John Weichsel, a New Jersey attorney who has handled parental-liability cases. "You could be on the hook civilly and criminally," he says...
When I go out for a drink with my friends, I always try to make them go to Scratcher. I like Scratcher. The place has weird British beers on tap. It has Christmas lights in the windows, even when it's not Christmas. I like Scratcher so much, in fact, that my friends refuse to go there with me anymore. The way I see it, I need either another group of friends or some other places to drink. That's where the new--and increasingly popular--handheld city guides come...
...which city guide is the best? They each have pluses and minuses. Vindigo is free and great for pinpointing exactly where you want to go. CitySync costs more, but it provides a lot of data the others don't, such as museum hours, emergency numbers and even street maps. If I were visiting a city for the first time, I'd want CitySync with me. Modo is the priciest, and its search functions are weak, but it is full of quirky finds you would never see elsewhere...
...first study, which tracked more than 1,000 North American kids ages 5 to 12 suffering from mild to moderate asthma, researchers found that boys and girls on inhaled steroids were much less likely to be rushed to the emergency room or to need treatment with even more powerful drugs. While these kids were indeed about 0.4 in. shorter than children on nonsteroid drugs after the first year of treatment, the lag in growth rates quickly disappeared. Results from the children's X rays indicate there should be no measurable difference in adult height. Similarly, in the second study...
...Koetsu is one of those artists who elude classifications, even those of his own time and place. He remains the consummate amateur, drawing his authority from the peculiar independence of his work. It's not surprising that there is no one else quite like him in the West, because there was no one else in Japan either...