European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 22, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sharing Elspeth knot in the living room and Yaron Weinberg in his sleeping Ana blocked Oft by bookshelf. Double duty living rooms by Nancy Fink new York times bedtime is an awkward situation Lor Chuck Shorter who Calls a living room his Home. I Leal uncomfortable Ashing my Roommate and her fiends to leave because i have logo to Bedal pm.,"hesaid."it s Kin Dot embarrassing for a 24-year-old to sound like a 40-year-old." shatter is just one of Many Young Manhattan. Dec Flors who share a one bedroom apartment. Wilh reels Lor most two bedroom apartments Oul of their financial Range ii any Young people have no Choice but to double up in the More affordable but smaller apartments. Rather than share the bedroom of. Forgo having a living room at All. Many create i double. Duly living room thai  converted into a second bedroom. When the living room loses its full time communal function even the closest of roommates must adjust their Way of living to maintain a degree of privacy. For the first year of the lease on his Kips Bay apartment Shorter slept in the living room on a Futon that a never got the Energy to fold  his Roommate Wendy Schwefler 23, an assistant creative dlr clo the worst part of living in a living room is that you feel you re the world s biggest parly Popper said Shorter an investment banker who pays half of the $700month rent. Ii anyone else visits the stereo. A Cut and to Are Oil limits once i fall asleep.". The apartment was like a bed Schneider said of that first year. One big bed with a  storage space was also a problem. Because i had no closet i was storing All my clothes in Wendy s room Shorter said. So in the morning if Wendy was still asleep i d have a hard time seeing what suit and tie i was picking  when they signed a lease Lor the second year they decided that changes had to be made. Andy Mcdowell a designer and Carpenter built a pressed tin Wall to Divide a i0-by-14-foot Section of the living room. One of the reasons we agreed to live under these conditions was to Sava Money Shorter said. When we realized that Andy could build an attractive room divider for Only $500, we decided logo for  Shorter now uses thai area As his bedroom and storage space. -.-,in terms of cutting out the noise the Wall is not that  he said. But psychologically it really makes a big difference. And since Andy attached a hanging bar and custom steel shelves on the inside of the Wall it s really helped out with the clonal  Schneider said the Wall had greatly improved their living situation. Now i feel More at ease silting in the living room knowing that Chuck has his own space she said. Shorter concurred people Aren t silting on the Sola worrying whether Chuck s underwear is hanging Oul while Many one bedroom roommates choose to Divide their living room Inlo two separate areas Jane Betl and Blello browse found another solution. In the blink of an Eye their living room changes into browse s bedroom Wilh a Queen sized Murphy bed hidden shelves and drawers and a to that swivels so. Browse can watch Johnny Carson while snuggled. Tinder her comforter. Browse 27, a personnel manager and Bell 27, an in error designer installed the bed in a living room. Closet of their $t,400monlh apartment in Greenwich Village. We did t want the living room to look like a second bedroom so we hid the bed in the closet Bell said. And since the bed did t take up All the closer space there was room to build a hidden storage  since there is no door to close for privacy browse uses lightweight screens to Block off the living room from the rest of the apartment when she goes to sleep. If Bell has guess once browse has gone to bed she takes them into he Kitchen and dining area. It s pretty private Lor Billie except when i have to Lei the gue fals out the front door Bell said because he door i right next to her bed.". Partitioning a room with furniture is popular because it also adds storage spa a. Elspeth Knox and Yaron Weinborg have used bookshelves and a wardrobe to create a separate sleeping area for Weinborg in their Greenwich Village apartment which rents Lor $1,000 a month. The bookshelves face Oul into the living room while ii w. A 27 a m. Thi Tiv tin to of be 2e in of m be Lik Hith of Irv h by lir m. In hire w Ai w try Praise in place of punishment by Catherine Deangelis and Frank a. Oski Baltimore Sun. Does spanking have a place in disciplining children. ". With so much aggression and violence already. Present in our children s  hardly seems necessary or logical to add More. While a slap with the open hand on a child s. Backside probably does no serious harm it also does no Good. It would be much better 16 use other forms of discipline. For example iry using timeouts for Little children. Have the child sit in a chair and set a clock for one or. Two minutes after the timer goes of the child can get tip and resume his or her activities. And Tor older. Children withholding privileges can be effective discipline for bad behaviour. Also by rewards such As a bal Praise or occasional. Special treats for Good behaviour. The problem Wilh physical punishment is that it can get out of control and result in serious injury. Use of such items As hair brushes paddles Sticks or belts can cause tissue damage and significant pain. A caring. Parent or guardian should not deliberately cause a child  the motive is to change a child s behaviour non violent methods have proven a More effective. And they also do not Leach a child that it is All right to harm. Another person  is acne and does eating chocolate make it worse acne is a skin condition that begins at puberty and May last into the 20s. Skin with Ana contains blackheads whiteheads and pustules or pimples. Acne results from plugging of the canals of the. / Pil sebaceous glands. Those glands which Are most prevalent on the lace upper Chest and Back have pores that open onto the skin surface. Microscopic cells and the Oil from these glands can plug the pores. If the pore opening at skin level is Opan a Blackhead forms it it is closed a Whitehead forms. The while head has been termed the True time bomb of aerie because when the oily material in the. Obstructed duct ruptures into the skin surrounding the gland it produces a Pustule. All adolescents have some acne. Why it is worse in some people is not understood although genetics does play a part. However acne is not caused or aggravated by diet and there is no convincing evidence that eating goods like chocolate or Vronch tries makes the problem worse. With the flu season coming should i get a the single most important Means of preventing influenza is annual vaccination Belore each flu  that docs not mean thai Alt children should be vaccinated. If fact the american Academy of paediatrics Dees no recommend vaccination Lor Alt children but urges shots for All children Ai risk according to the group s guidelines certain children Are at greater risk than others to contract serious illness or even death irom influenza. Children with immune disorders and those receiving chemotherapy for. Leukaemia or other forms of cancer Are at greatest risk also at High risk Are children Wilh chronic lung disease such As asthma congenital heart defects and sickle cell anaemia. Children at Jesser risk Are those Wilh chronic. ". Disorders of metabolism such As diabetes and chronic kidney disease. Finally a third risk category includes people capable of transmitting the influenza virus to High risk children. They include nurses physician s and other health care. Workers in institutions As Well As family members and caretakers in Home settings. " ii you have a child at Homo who is in a High risk group then both you and your child should  More into Matian on flu and flu shots see Page 16.  " Page Uthe stars and stripes tuesday Novet