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The dirtiest areas of the home are the places you most likely touch, regularly. Doors and doorknobs, handles, cabinet handles, light switches, faucet handles, computer keyboard, arm chairs, desks, tables, counters. You'll also want to keep your floors clean especially if you have little ones. Clean toys they use most often and stuffed animals. Bath toys that have tiny holes that squeeze water out of them sooner rather than later start growing harmful bacteria on the inside of them and can make your child sick. Non-porous surfaces such as toys, counters, garbage cans harbor longer lasting germs than non-porous surfaces such as towels, clothes, linens or drapes.
The proper way to clean your home is by wearing gloves and a mask especially if there is a certain amount of accumulated dust, pet dander and pet hair because it can irritate the nasal passages and lungs.
A mixture of hot water, hydrogen peroxide and an all natural all purpose cleaner does just fine and you can add some essential oils if you'd like. Such as tea tree, eucalyptus, and/or lemon essential oils all possess strong germicidal and disinfectant properties. It's that easy and it's safe and effective.
The toxins in typical and most common commercial/household cleaners pollute our indoor air and in fact, our own bodies. So I suggest using all natural cleaners for your home.
Kitchen surfaces should be cleaned every day the same goes for the bathroom surfaces as well. I would set one day a week to get a bucket full of hot soap and water and start cleaning areas you touch most often. I also add Hydrogen Peroxide (hydrogen peroxide is a proven method at destroying the flu virus) and Lemon essential oil (which is a germicidal disinfectant) to the mix. (Tests have shown that plain soap and water is still the most effective way to get rid of noro-virus germs, norovirus is a virus that causes the "stomach flu" or vomiting and diarrhea). I could say that using anti-bacterial wipes for cleaning surfaces would be the best approach for people with a busy lifestyle but if you don't use them correctly than you will be passing germs around from one area to the next. If you like to use the wipes than you'll want to make sure that you use it on one surface than throw it away-don't transfer or reuse them. Tests have shown that wipes don't kill on contact it does take a little while for the germs to actually die. The best approach to a clean and keep a healthy living environment is to clean regularly with all natural hot soapy water and to always remember to wash your hands and to cough or sneeze into your arm rather than your hand.
Toys, door knobs, handles, backpacks, sheets, pillowcases, remote controls, keyboard and mouse, telephones, video games, etc.
Children are more prone to spreading the flu virus and other germs because they are kids and kids are pretty much touching everything in sight and then trying to taste it too. Kids aren't concerned about getting the flu or spreading it to others. They just want to play! As parents we do the best we can to inform and show our children how and why it's important to wash our hands before and after. And we hope they'll remember to do so. But we also know that kids are going to be kids and they'll forget from time to time. We just do our best to take precautionary measures in hopes of preventing the flu bug.
I do love using essential oils to my home maid cleaning recipes. The ones that work great are Eucalyptus- highly anti-microbial and is an excellent oil to use to keep colds away and if you use it in a sauna or steam shower it helps relieve cold & flu congestion. Lemon Oil possesses strong germicidal disinfectant properties and it is a pleasant addition to formulations intended to purify the air. Tea tree essential oil has gained immense recognition as the strongest anti-fungal, anti-viral and anti-bacterial essential oil. It is often used in winter time cold formulations to keep germs from spreading.
I'm sure these products have chemicals in them that act and work as germicides, such as alcohol. But I have not done any research on these products and the chemicals they use in their formulations.
Several chemical germicides, including chlorine, hydrogen peroxide, detergents (soap), iodophors (iodine-based antiseptics), and alcohols are effective against H1N1 and other influenza viruses if used in proper concentration for a sufficient length of time. For example, wipes or gels containing alcohol can be used to clean hands. The gels should be rubbed into hands for about 20 seconds or until your hands feel dry, whichever is longest.
What I would do under these circumstances would be to have them occupy mainly one room and one bathroom just for them, if possible. Try to keep everything that they need in their room such as medicines, extra water, Kleenex, etc. This way their chance of spreading the germ to others reduces. The length of time that cold or flu germs can survive outside the body on an environmental surface, such as a doorknob, varies greatly. But the suspected range is from a few seconds to 48 hours – depending on the specific virus and the type of surface. It's generally believed that cold and flu viruses live longer on nonporous surfaces – such as plastic, metal or wood – than they do on porous surfaces – such as fabrics, skin or paper.
I cannot see how a showerhead could cause the flu but cleaning the inside of a shower head is beneficial because the shower head catches the minerals and/or calcium deposits coming from the water and causes build up or biofilm to occur inside the shower head which could perhaps cause lung infection or even pneumonia if inhaled.
- Despite traditional wisdom, the ADA states that keeping your toothbrush in a cabinet or using a toothbrush protector actually increases bacteria and therefore should never be done if at all possible. Do not keep lots of brushes in one cup. They will rub together and spread germs.
- Wash your hands before handling your toothbrush.
- Wash your toothbrush before and after every use. This constitutes holding it under running water and rubbing your thumb over it with force. Do this for five to ten seconds.
- Deep clean it occasionally, by placing it on the top rack of a dishwasher and running it with ordinary dishwasher soap (Never use ordinary liquid dish soap in a dishwasher or you'll have suds spilling out of the front onto your kitchen floor).
- Replace your toothbrush every three to four months. If it is electric, replace the head every three to four months.


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There are many residents of Grand Cayman who have probably never heard of Frank Schilling nor of his Cayman-based companies, Uniregistry and DomainNameSales.
If they were to pass the youthful-looking 45-year-old entrepreneur at the post office or grocery story, see him in his usual workday clothes consisting of a T-shirt and jeans, it's doubtful they would think he is as wealthy as he his; at least not until he got into his Ferrari and drove away.
Known as one of the world's most successful Internet investors, Schilling has earned a fortune and created an Internet domain empire right here in the Cayman Islands through his vision, determination and hard work.
Never a great student – Schilling studied economics at the University of British Columbia but never graduated – he was smart enough to recognize that Internet domain names were like commodities in that they could be bought and sold for a profit, and at the same time like real estate, in that prime locations could demand high prices.
He entered the industry like many others – by buying domain names that were available, speculating they would appreciate in value.
"I bought one name. Then I bought another name. And then before I knew it, I had a thousand domain names," he said.
Looking for a tax-neutral location from which to set up his business, he first established a company in the British Virgin Islands, but he wasn't looking to live there. Instead, when he and his wife Michele decided to leave Vancouver for a warmer climate, and the post-9/11 U.S. wasn't an easy place to emigrate to, Schilling chose the Cayman Islands.
Since late 2001, Grand Cayman has been his home and base of operations, even though it's more expensive to operate here compared to other places in the world.
"I like it here, that's why," he said, noting that Cayman fits his personality.
A driven dreamer
Like his Ferrari, Schilling has a motor that can run at very high speeds and for long stretches.
He doesn't spend a lot of time relaxing.
"I work weekends," he said. "Fifty-two weeks a year, two days in the weekend, that's an extra 104 days a year that I work. So I work 104 more days a year than the next man… 104 extra days will give you a lot."
Even on vacation, he said, he will work two or three hours a day, even though it's not as focused as it usually is.
Once a coffee drinker, Schilling now drinks six or seven cups of green tea every day; he said it makes him think more clearly.
His days are long and busy. He gets 600 or so emails a day, including spam, and he responds to between 200 and 250 of them.
"I like my mail unfiltered," he said. "Spam even tells you something – you can learn from spam what's happening and… what's popular now."
Schilling said he generally gets plenty of sleep, often nine or 10 hours a night, "but from the morning until the night, I go pretty much the whole time."
He's a multi-tasker who likes to get things done. Because of the proximity of essential services on Grand Cayman, Schilling can get a lot done here.
"I can… go get the mail, have lunch and run three other errands and still have time, whereas I could do one of those things on any given day in Los Angeles, because I'd be in traffic for an hour either way," he said.
"I love how quickly I can get things done here."
Schilling also likes the small-town feeling of Grand Cayman, even though it's an international financial center.
"It's like Busytown," he said, referring to the fictional town in author Richard Scarry's children's books.
"It's great because you're driving down the road and it's like, 'Oh, there goes Mr. Turner, he's on his way to the office; there goes Alan, he's on his way to visit Frank.' You recognize people in cars and you just know where they're going by virtue of the fact that you know them and you know what they're up to, or they told you at the pool. 'There goes Bob, he's doing exactly what he said he was going to do.'
There's just something so cozy and quaint about that."
Therein lies the paradox of Frank Schilling. He's made millions in an industry that is replete with speculation, risk and uncertainty, but what he really likes is predictability. While Schilling can't tame the social, economic and regulatory forces that drive the Internet, his predictability-loving traits foster good business decisions and well-considered risks.
Behind it all is desire to succeed, driven not by goals, but by dreams – very big dreams.
"I'm a dreamer. I dream about what I want to accomplish. I dream about what I want the business to look like."
The Apple of his eye
Initially, the main focus of Schilling's businesses was buying and selling domain names and monetizing the traffic coming to the domain names he owned.
"Then gradually, because our core business started to change, we decided to get into the services business," he said. "We realized there was a great opportunity and [the industry was] ripe for disintermediation. There are a lot of terrible operators who were taking advantage… and there was no one else standing up to fill the void. So it was just so easy to become a services provider."
Then came another opportunity based on what is known as generic top-level domains, which allow the familiar .com, .org and .net website name endings to be supplemented with extensions like .diet, .photo, .christmas and dot just-about-anything-else. That led Schilling to launch Uniregistry in 2012.
"Uniregistry has really been created on the back of a process run by a regulator," he said.
"The regulator said, 'OK, we're going to have deregulation. We're going to have [dot]anything name endings,' which was unheard of in the past. So initially… the incumbents didn't want it to happen. If you had .com and .net, the last thing you wanted is this world where .anything can exist, because that's not good for your business. It's in your best interest to say, "Let's not do this. This is a bad idea. So after the years of shouting about this being a bad idea, it quieted down and everybody realized, this is coming, no matter what."
Unlike his Cayman company DomainNameSales, Schilling's vision of Uniregistry involved a host of products and services, the delivery of which would require staff. The process began in 2011 with his staff of three sharing office space with an architectural and interior design firm on the second floor of Governors Square.
Less than four years later, Uniregistry is undergoing its fifth office expansion and is now situated in all of the space previously occupied in Governors Square by Bon Vivant, the Prime Brazilian Steakhouse, Wine Down and the Wine Down Gourmet Market. His staff of three has ballooned to a staff of 47 in Cayman. Uniregistry has also now opened an office – and bought a building – in Newport Beach, California, bringing the total number of employees to around 70.
The company is thriving, partially because no one else is offering the products and services Uniregistry does.
"There are competitors that have some of the pieces, but they don't have a true end-to-end offering and an owner operator like me who's passionate and won't compromise or cut corners," he said.
Schilling's dream is to create a business here in Cayman that "unlocks the value of domain names."
"The names are confusing to use," he said.
"People say: 'It's hard to use. It's unwieldy. I don't know what to do. I need a guide.' So what we're trying to do is build infrastructure that is elegant and executes by itself and does what you expect it do to and is intuitive and logical and simple."
To unlock the value of domain names, Schilling said Uniregistry wants to couple the underlying truth that domain names are like unique pieces of real estate and take away the hard-to-use elements and make them more "Apple-like."
"We want to be the Apple of domain names," he said. "That's what I tell everybody here in the office. We want to be elegant and intuitive and simple, with no up-sales – everything is included in the price of registration. That's what we're striving to do – we want to be the Apple of domain names. That's my goal for this company, and I think it's cool that I can live here in the Cayman Islands and start it from here."
Unusual office
Uniregistry isn't your typical Cayman Islands corporate office. The sprawling labyrinth of connected spaces, which incorporate many of the elements of the previous tenants such as Bon Vivant's demonstration kitchen and Prime's dining room tables pushed together to form a large conference table, have thousands of photo frames on the wall with pictures of staff members working or at various company events.
"That was my idea," Schilling said. "I thought it would be cool because not everybody knows everybody and it's nice to see people on and off work and not just at work."
He's said there are probably 5,000 photos on the wall already and that another 4,000 frames are on order.
While some of the staff have work stations, they drift around the office with their computers to work, sitting on a sofa, at the conference table with others, or, as Schilling said he often does, on the stool on the other side of the demonstration kitchen, a place he calls "my little stoop on the corner." Hanging above his stool on a pipe is a necktie, the only one he owns. He said Governors Square developer Bobby Bodden gave him the Rotary Club-themed tie.
"He was taking me to meet the governor and he said I couldn't meet the governor without a tie on, so he gave me this."
When Uniregistry took the space previously occupied by Prime, it bought the kitchen equipment from the restaurant's owners. That equipment is still there and is used by Chef Remy Azavedo, who prepares breakfast and lunch every day for the entire staff using only fresh meats and vegetables, mostly organic.
The company gives gym memberships to its staff and sponsors them to play in community sports leagues like tennis and softball. There's also some gym equipment in the office, with showers.
Working hours for many of the staff are somewhat flexible, with some getting to work as early as 8 a.m. and other's as late as 9:45 a.m., Schilling said.
"Some of the people who come in the latest, leave the earliest, but we'll still find them online later, working on code," he said. "A lot of [web] developers keep developer's hours. They'll work, but they'll work after hours."
When he hires people from on island – about a third of his staff is Caymanian – he says they can be a little "slack-jawed" when they see company's work culture.
"But if they're from the [San Francisco] Bay area, where Google is, this is very normal – a lot of this," he said. "It's normal for Facebook, LinkedIn, Yahoo…"
Schilling estimates that he spends about $700,000 a year on food for this staff, but he feels there's a big return on that investment.
"Think about it," he said. "Getting food is a huge distraction… if you lose everyone for an hour a day. Most people don't want to take an hour for lunch – good people who love to work, they want to get back to work. They have an idea, a spark, they want to act on something, an idea they've had while they're eating.
So this whole concept of, 'I'm on my one-hour lunch break,' we don't want those people. They're entitled to it, but we want people here because they have a curiosity, and a drive, and a desire, and want to make a difference in their lives."
Schilling said he takes a far-sighted view at the food expense, looking at how far the company has progressed in just the past year.
"A year later, I have a registrar. I've got a much better registry. Everybody's executing very well. The company's running well. Could I have done that without lunches and breakfasts? Probably not. You kind of get a lot out of that. Hungry people make bad decisions."
The perks also help retain staff, but probably not as much as Schilling's philosophy for paying his well-performing staff members.
"Good people, we'll remunerate them," he said. "We don't give 5 percent raises. If we get a developer who's a superstar, we won't think twice to give him a 30 percent raise overnight to take him to a totally different bracket, or even a 50 percent raise, if somebody really surprises us."
In addition to good talent, Schilling said he looks to hire people who he thinks are a good cultural fit. He's all about "moving the ship forward" and not letting the friction of ego get in the way.
"For a developer, it takes a lot for him to allow someone to say, 'I see what you've done here; I don't like it. Let's tear it all down.' Some developers lose their s..t and can't take the criticism and get very defensive. Others are like, 'hey, you know what, no problem, we'll rewrite it, we'll do it again.' That's a very big person, to say, 'OK, I just want a better product.'"
Schilling said he thinks he has a little of Steve Jobs in him in that he tries to inspire, but he pushes to the point of discomfort sometimes.
"But do it in an inspiration way to try to show people we're trying to build something better and greater."
Another important part of the Uniregistry culture is the melting pot aspect of the office, which is very common in Cayman and something Schilling really likes about the country.
"Los Angeles is very similar, it's melting pot," he said. "There are black people, there are white people, there are Asians, there are people of mixed race – I think that is so very healthy. When you get a whole bunch of different races, race goes away because you're just another person. I like that."
Future plans
Schilling has now been in Cayman long enough to earn permanent residence with a right to work. He doesn't see he and his wife leaving.
"I don't think, 'oh, when I go back [to Canada]'… thoughts," he said. "This is where 'I'm back,' for Michelle and me both. She likes it here, if that's possible, more than I do and I like it immensely."
With its most recent office expansion, Uniregistry has run out of office space to absorb, at least contiguously to its current space. Schilling owns land and has the money to build his own building, but he's not sure he wants to do that. "The big problem we face is that you have a government here that is structured, predicated around legacy industries where you extract your pound of flesh," he said, citing as an example of his point the movie that is shown at Pedro St. James.
"In the movie there's this great line which really speaks to the history of the islands – there's nothing wrong with it, it just speaks to the reality of the island – where the ship runs aground on East End and the local man rows his boat out and with one word of sympathy and two of business says 'I'll take [the ship's valuables] to shore for you and help you get to shore.. for half. So culturally here in Cayman, and again, there's nothing wrong with it, it's just the way we are, a business starts up and government immediately historically pounces on it to try to get its… one word of sympathy and two of business."
Uniregistry, as a startup company, doesn't have profits yet and in fact is pumping $3 million to $4 million a year into research and development of products which may not make the company money, Shilling said.
"To the local government's credit, they kind of see what we're trying to do here and they're trying to help us," he said.
"We're trying to take, for example, students from the university. We're giving classes at the university to try to teach some of this stuff; we have five individuals here who are going, rotating, and speaking and lecturing at the university."
The company is also taking on interns from the university, some of whom are hired full-time.
As long as the government doesn't push Uniregistry away, Schilling will keep it here.
"We'll prosper either way. Uniregistry will become a big company," he said, noting that what the company does can be done here or in many other places, including California, where startup companies aren't taxed."I would like to be here and I like it here," he said.
"The people are nice, there's good Internet, but the challenge is making sure the government comes up with a more equitable fee structure to allow startup companies to prosper because of… the spin-off benefits. You need a government that is far-sighted enough, that has more of a Dubai mentality and less of a 'let's take half to bring you ashore.'
I'm over-simplifying by making those comments, it's not half, clearly, and government, to be fair, has been very supportive today, but the risk is somebody will get their nose out of joint, some local business will feel like, 'how come I can't have what they're having' and then it will change things up."

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Saturday, November 14, 1998 Published at 04:26 GMT
Mitch appeal tops Ł5m in three days
About one million people are homeless
The UK appeal to aid the central American countries devastated by Hurricane Mitch has reached the Ł5m mark, organisers estimate.
Almost 20,000 people called in with donations in one 90 minute period after commercials for the relief fund were shown on television on Thursday.
A spokesman for the DEC, a coalition of major UK aid agencies, said Ł2.5m had now been given by phone. A similar sum is also estimated to have arrived by post and through banks.
Aid delivery
The new appeal total was disclosed on Friday as a second British Red Cross mercy flight landed in Honduras with 36 tonnes of aid.
The DC8 plane was delivering sanitation equipment, water purification tablets and medical kits to some of those most in need.
A third plane is due to depart for the region on Thursday.
It is believed more than 11,000 people died during Hurricane Mitch's rampage across central America, with many more missing, presumed drowned.
About one million people are thought to have been made homeless by the crisis.
Hundreds of thousands of people remain stranded in remote areas with the threat of famine and disease breaking out as aid workers, assisted in some areas by UK troops, struggle to supply food, medical equipment and fresh water.
The number to call to contribute to the aid agencies' appeal is 0870 60 60 900.
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NAIROBI: INTERNATIONAL partners and the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) have asserted their commitment to credible elections in Kenya. Ahead of the polls scheduled for 2017, the partners and electoral authorities met on Tuesday to discuss preparations and review current donor support for the IEBC Secretariat.
"We reaffirmed together our commitment to free, fair, peaceful and transparent elections and discussed the steps the IEBC is taking to strengthen its capacity and improve public trust and participation in the electoral process," read a statement issued after the meeting. The High Commissioners of Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom as well as Ambassadors from Finland, France, German, Norway, Sweden and United States attended the meeting in Nairobi.
They noted the publication of the IEBC's Strategic Plan 2015-2020 in July 2015 and looked forward to early publication of the Operational Plan for the 2017 elections. The diplomats agreed on the importance of rebuilding of public trust through proactive and effective public engagement and communication. They emphasized the need for widespread voter registration to ensure the right to vote among all groups of society; and that all stakeholders should work together to secure the credibility and capacity of the IEBC, including through sufficient funding for the electoral process.
With more than 14 million registered voters, the 2013 election, the first to be supervised by IEBC, was largely peaceful other than an incident an incident on the eve of the poll when a gang killed at least six police officers in the region of Changamwe, Mombasa. However, the 2007-08 poll was disputed, sparking deadly violence that claimed the lives of between 800 and 1 500 people. An estimated 600 000 where displaced. Kenya, East Africa's biggest economy, has a population of more than 44 million.


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Have you ever had breakfast with a crow pheasant ? Frankly nor had I till this very morning. And here's how it happened.
Hubby Dear had to go to Kolhapur on some work so I accompanied him till Pune where we had spent the night at my parents' . While he woke up before the crack of dawn (3 am to be precise) and left , I went back to my snug bed and woke up at 6.
I spent a few minutes in the balcony upstairs chatting with my parents as they had their morning tea. After waving out to the morning walkers, exchanging pleasantries with the neighbor next door , we moved down to the rear verandah where my dad likes to grab the early morning sun while reading the papers .
While my dad had his cornflakes , I munched on some yummy chicken sandwiches left over from my mom's Bridge session yesterday afternoon so I nibbled in those instead of my usual buttery toast .
Incidentally these are much better than the iconic Marz-O-Rin on Main Street which for years was my all time favourite. From now on I'll be grabbing chicken sandwiches from Diamond Bakery at Fatima Nagar. If you're in Pune , it's worth a bite.
So while I was munching away amidst the birdsong, I suddenly spied a Crow Pheasant or Bharadwaj slowly approaching the bird bath. Now spotting a crow pheasant signifies good luck and I held my breath as he came closer .
He walked up to the bird bath had a sip or two then walked off to the lawn where he had the bread crumbs my father had thrown out for the birds. He nibbled some, sipped his fill and then flew to the top of the wall. He stared at me then vanished .
Isn't that a lovely way to have breakfast with the twittering of birds and cawing of crows ?
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Jesus' Half-Time Message
Put yourself in the shoes of Jesus' disciples, who witnessed firsthand his Transfiguration. Jesus had said to them, "Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men," and they left their nets, boats, and family to follow him. They listened to the Sermon on the Mount, watched him teach astonished crowds, and saw many healings and miracles. They followed him, as he "went around to all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and curing every disease and illness" (Matthew 9:35). It must have seemed at that point that their decision to leave everything and accompany Jesus was a good one.
Then the narrative shifts. Jesus sends them out to preach that the "kingdom of God is at hand" (Matthew 10:7), but at the same time warns them about coming persecutions and the need to be courageous because he will be a cause of division. They will need to take up their crosses and lose their own lives for his sake.
Then he squares off with the Pharisees, who question his every move. They demand a sign from him to justify his authority. He speaks in parables because "the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven . . . has not been granted" to an evil generation (Matthew 13:11). He was rejected by the people in his hometown, who "took offense at him" (Matthew 13:57). He then predicts his own passion and death, and reminds the disciples that they must pick up their crosses and follow the same path. "Whoever wishes to come after me," he said, "must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me" (Matthew 16:24). I wonder how many of the apostles, at that point, reconsidered the wisdom of their decision to follow Jesus.
After the Transfiguration, there would be more trouble. Jesus would predict his own passion and death two more times. More persecution would lie ahead. His authority would be questioned in Jerusalem. He would be tested by the Sadducees, and the Pharisees would plot against him. He would lament over the impending destruction of Jerusalem and face off against the Pharisees once again. Finally, one of his own would betray him, leading to his crucifixion and death.
The Transfiguration, which occurs roughly halfway through Matthew's gospel, would be a kind of intermission for the disciples. It was intended to encourage them, like a coach who encourages his team during the halftime of a game. According to CSU coach, Gary Curneen, "the half-time team talk in a game can be the most vital 15 minutes for a coach on game day." It is an opportunity to motivate, encourage, and make necessary adjustments for the second half.
Jesus came over to his cowering disciples, touched them, and said, "Rise, and do not be afraid." This was Jesus' halftime speech. This is what gave them courage to continue into the second-half of Jesus' ministry. Whatever difficulties you face, crosses you are forced to carry, or deaths you must suffer, remember this message from our Lord. For no matter what fearsome roads lie ahead, it is the Lord who accompanies you, who drops everything to follow you. So, "rise, and do not be afraid."
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Devinci's bikes have proven their bikes – over the last few years especially – to be as fast as they are beautiful, and their new 165mm Spartan seems to be doing just that. production Under the careful (read: fast) hand of Damien Oton, it's been showing the Enduro World Series trails who's boss. We took a look at the Aluminium version of the Spartan at Tweedlove and here's the down-low on the new carbon bike:
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Here's the launch video from Devinci including some cracking DirtTV footage!
Damien's been having a good run with this bike – here's our DirtTV video from the EWS round in La Thuile, which he won. The Southern French machine wasn't a household name a few months back, but he's stormed the series aboard this bike. He got second in Valloire then took a huge win in La Thuile in Italy. If he's any testament to the bike, great things are expected, and we'll have one in soon. (A Spartan, not an Oton.)
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Sacrament of Reconciliation
The Sacrament of Reconciliation or Confession is celebrated frequently in Saint John the Evangelist Parish. This is a private, one-to-one Sacrament celebrated by the priest. It is recommended that you try to avail yourself to this great and joyful Sacrament on a regular basis.
In our two Catholic Primary Schools of Saint John's and Saint Mark's, preparation for the Sacrament of Confession takes place in Primary 4 during Religious Education.
In accordance with the precepts of the Church you must go to confession and receive communion at least once a year, preferably around Holy Week/Eastertide. This is commonly referred to as one's Easter duty.
However, all Catholics should go to confession if they are in a state of mortal sin as soon as possible and as often as necessary. You should not receive Holy Communion if you are in the state of mortal sin.
Times for Confessions at Saint John the Evangelist are as follows:
Every Saturday
Going to Confession
Before Confession
An essential part of confession is preparation. Before going to confession you should pray, asking God to help you, and make a sincere examination of conscience to see how you have sinned since your last confession. To aid an examination of conscience, you can use the Ten Commandments, or there are lists of questions and even smartphone apps.
In the Confessional
Begin by making the sign of the cross while saying:
In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, Amen.
Then you can speak in your own words or say:
Bless me Father for I have sinned. It has been (weeks, months, years?) since my last confession. Father I have...
In your own words, simply tell the priest your sins. Let the priest know when you have finished by saying:
I am sorry for these and all my other sins.
Listen carefully to what the priest has to say; he may ask for clarification or give you advice. He will then propose an Act of Penance which should serve not only to make up for your sins but also to help begin anew. Most often this will take the form of a prayer, but could also be an act of self-denial, service to others or works of mercy.
The priest will then invite you to say an Act of Contrition, such as:
O my God,
I am sorry for my sins
because I have offended you.
I know I should love you above all things.
Help me to do penance, to do better,
and to avoid anything that might lead me to sin.
Wait while the priest says the prayer of Absolution (where your sins are forgiven). Make the sign of the cross as the priest says:
I absolve you from your sins in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, Amen.
Finally he may say a few words of encouragement as you leave. It is traditional, and polite, to say:
Thank you Father, God bless you Father.
After Confession
Take some time in the quiet of the Church to reflect on the grace of the sacrament and to thank God for his mercy and forgiveness. If you have been given a prayer as an Act of Penance, now is the time to pray.


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It's amazing what you find on the Internet.
I'm a member of a music mailing list called Audities, and a recent message on it mentioned that Melbourne musician Ben Mason had recorded – single-handedly* – The Zombies' Odessey And Oracle. It's available in its entirety over at Bandcamp, so I made a beeline for it. I love Odessey And Oracle, so I was interested in hearing what Ben had done to it.
I started listening, and my first reaction after hearing that Ben had done nothing new to it – it's a straight reproduction of the original, right down to the vocal and intrument parts – was "Why?" I couldn't quite understand why anyone would want to make a carbon copy of an entire album.
But then I thought Ben may have deconstructed it then reconstructed it to understand what makes it tick. And then I thought that although it was a pet project for Ben, why inflict on anyone else something that didn't need to be made? But then I thought it doesn't matter. Ben's facsimile of the album gave me an opportunity to hear it again. And again. (I love Odessey And Oracle.)
Ben mentioned on his Bandcamp page that he has a blog chronicling the making of the album.
I shimmied on over to his blog and found a lot of interesting information. One of the things there was a video of Ben recording the bass part for "I Want Her She Wants Me". I find it fascinating because I'm a bass player, and to see the part being played as it would have originally been is, to me, enormously instructive:
Ben Mason – The Odessey Odyssey
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Not a chill spot. Not legal. There are some nice walls along the tracks but as for the "tag town under the tracks" it consists of a 5 foot tall drainage pipe with some toy ass tags in it. And leaving the spot after looking at it a cop rolled by. Just a heads up.
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Also make sure to mark the date for Feed My Starving Children (May 14). We will be preparing meals for the hungry around the globe between 9 - 11 am, and afterwards we will go out to lunch. If you are planning on coming make sure to let me know!
Last Sunday we participated in the second Better Together event, and it was a wonderful experience! Our group and several other North Shore youth groups enjoyed each other through fellowship, worship, and dinner for a great evening at three different churches. This was a very positive experience which we hope to continue over the years to come!
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John Quincy Adams to Louisa Catherine Johnson, 31 March 1797
John Quincy Adams to Louisa Catherine Johnson
The Hague March 31. 1797.
I received at once, and with the utmost pleasure your two Letters of the 7th: and 14th: of this month. The tenderness and affection with which you assure me that you participate in my anxieties, sheds among them a gleam of the purest consolation
The American Election is decided, and has been declared in the manner which I have mentioned to you in former Letters. All my friends here congratulate me upon the result.— I am sure it is no subject of congratulation to me, though I am much obliged to my friends for their intentions.1
You advise me not to contemplate so constantly the dark side of things, and your advice is good.— "Tis fond, to wail inevitable ills," says Shakspeare,2 and I am fully sensible that it is.— The trial is now commenced.— No more complaints— No more anticipations of evil— Spirit and perseverance; Resolution and Fortitude; these are henceforth the qualities necessary; and they will be shewn.— To perceive all the dangers of futurity, to examine and scrutinize them, is the part of prudence— To shrink from them is the part of cowardice.
I have as yet no Letters that give me any means of forming an opinion when I shall go from hence.— It seems rather probable at present that it will not be until the fall.— According to the present prospects of things, there will be a new reason to comfort us in part for our painful separation.— Portugal seems like to be invaded by a foreign army, and if this Event should take place the residence of Lisbon, will be unpleasant for a Lady, though it might not expose you to any personal danger.3
You observe that you find it difficult to check hopes that will sometimes arise that we may yet meet—in Europe you doubtless mean, for there is no reason for us to check the hope that we shall meet in America— The other indeed being so contrary to every probability, can only tend to prolong and renew disappointment and therefore, I think you should not indulge it
Since I began writing this Letter, the french Minister here, called on me, and told me, he came to give me notice of an Event about to take place with him, which I suppose will one of these days (said he) happen to you too.— After such a formal introduction of discourse, as you will readily suppose I was all attention and expectation.— I thought he was at least going to announce his departure for a negotiation of Peace, or for making more War—until at length it came out— "I am going to be married," said he.—4 So I thanked him for the information, wished him joy, told him that to be sure I hoped one day to have the same good fortune, and that, rather earlier in life than himself.— He is just gone, after thus passing the cup of Tantelus close under my lips.
You desire a recommendation of books for your perusal, and I am not qualified to point you to those which you might find the most useful.— Much depends upon the taste and sentiments of the reader.— There are in the English language several very valuable and highly reputed works professedly written for the benefit of the Ladies, and containing excellent advice to them. But it is probable they are more known to you than to me.— I shall however occasionally as you wish mention such books as I think may be serviceable to you.
Remember me affectionately to all the family, and believe me, ever / faithfully your friend.
RC (Adams Papers). FC-Pr (Adams Papers); APM Reel 131. Tr (Adams Papers).
1. Charles Cotesworth Pinckney wrote to JQA on 30 March, "I find by some American Papers that your Father is elected & has been proclaimed President of the United States. I heartily congratulate you on that event." In a letter of 30 March, the Amsterdam bankers Wilhem & Jan Willink, Nicolaas & Jacob van Staphorst, and Nicolaas Hubbard offered their "most sincere and warm congratulations on an event not less auspicious to the Happiness and Prosperity of the United States, than honorable to the object of the free choice of a great and enlightened people" (both Adams Papers).
2. "Tis fond to wail inevitable strokes" (Shakespeare, Coriolanus, Act IV, scene i, line 26).
3. Rumors of a Spanish invasion of Portugal had circulated for some time. JQA noted the possibility in a letter to JA of 17 Dec. 1796 (Adams Papers), and reports from Madrid and Lisbon in early March 1797 described the accumulation of Spanish troops and British preparations for war (London Evening Mail, 13–15 March; London Bell's Weekly Messenger, 19 March).
4. In May François Noël married a Miss Bogaërt, the eldest daughter of a wealthy Rotterdam banker (Hoefer, Nouv. biog. générale description begins Jean Chrétien Ferdinand Hoefer, ed., Nouvelle biographie générale depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu'à nos jours, Paris, 1852–1866; 46 vols. description ends ; D/JQA/24, 31 March, APM Reel 27).


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GET THIS ALBUM(S) - Skadi
One of my friends recently turned me on to the criminally underrated dark ambient project SKADI, and I wanted to bring them to your attention here. I'm not sure what the current status of the band is (hopefully still active), but he recently re-issued some of his work under the "pay what you want" scheme on bandcamp. These albums were written in the early/mid 00s and as such they bare a strong resemblance to great albums from that time; notably the sacral and industrial elements of Raison d'etre - "In Silence, Sadness, and Solitude" and the tribal flavor of Ah Cama Sotz - "10 years Bat Vibez". In my opinion, those were some of the best albums from that time period and it's fantastic to hear another producer who excels at creating that type of stuff. He also has one hard copy album that was released in 2006 on the label Art Konkret, though I have not been able to track down a copy yet (hopefully will soon.)
You can check out his music here; I highly recommend grabbing everything that he has up as it is all excellent.
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Watching Barack Obama's Inauguration on January 20th, after midnight as many were from China, I was waiting for some key statements about his plans for a long-term solution to the interrelated issues of oil dependence, geopolitical conflict, and global warming.
He gave few specific details, but the following statements stand out, as quoted from his full address:
…each day brings further evidence that the ways we use energy strengthen our adversaries and threaten our planet.
…We will build the roads and bridges, the electric grids and digital lines that feed our commerce and bind us together.
…We will harness the sun and the winds and the soil to fuel our cars and run our factories.
…All this we can do. All this we will do.
As I have written previously, I see this to be a viable solution to the multifaceted problems facing our world. Quoting Al Gore, whom I believe put it into the best phrasing yet (albeit in reference to the US situation in particular) in his speech last July,
…We're borrowing money from China to buy oil from the Persian Gulf, to burn it in ways that destroy the planet. Every bit of that has to change.
I hoped that President Obama would be using such a strategy to invigorate the US economy. While his current economic recovery plan of approximately $825 billion, which has just passed the US Congress and is going to debate in the Senate next week, has a fair amount of environmental spending (about $58 billion could be termed energy-generating or -conserving spending) the bulk of the $825 billion is devoted to tax credits, infrastructure spending, aid to the poor, education and so on.
It is disappointing that there was not more, but saving the planet is a hard sell when the overall economy and people's livelihoods are in trouble. However nearly $60 billion in green stimulus, which includes more than $20 billion in renewable energy tax credits – for things like solar panels installed on rooftops – is a great beginning to what hopefully will become the hallmark of his Presidency: Changing the direction and drive behind the US economy.


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White House calls Benghazi 'phony' scandal, as lawmakers seek answers on probe
The White House said bluntly Wednesday that it considers the controversy over the Benghazi attack to be among the so-called "phony scandals" that President Obama has been complaining about in recent speeches -- even as new questions were being raised about the lack of progress in the investigation.
Press Secretary Jay Carney was asked at the daily briefing about Obama's repeated claim -- which he asserted most recently during a speech in Tennessee on Tuesday -- that Washington is getting distracted by phony scandals. Asked what the president was referring to, Carney listed the scandals over the IRS targeting of conservative groups and over Benghazi.
"What we've seen, as time has passed and more facts have become known, whether it's about the attacks in Benghazi and the talking points or revelations about conduct at the IRS, that attempts to turn this into a scandal have failed," Carney said.
Carney was specifically referring to claims by GOP lawmakers that the administration misled the public about the nature of the attack, by stressing the connection to an anti-Islam film. The administration denies this. But lawmakers continue to have concerns that extend far beyond the so-called Benghazi talking points.
Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., in an interview with Fox News, called the administration's latest comments unacceptable.
"His recently calling these phony scandals, that, to me, is incredibly wrong. It's misleading to the American people," she said.
Specifically, lawmakers on Wednesday renewed their concerns -- in a letter to the newly confirmed FBI director -- about the status of the investigation into the attack.
Eight Republican lawmakers, voicing frustration about the seemingly slow pace of the investigation 10 months after the Sept. 11 attacks, were sending the letter to James Comey, demanding he make the Benghazi probe a priority. Comey was confirmed on Monday to replace Robert Mueller at the helm of the FBI.
Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, who started the letter along with Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., told Fox News that the FBI is failing to interview key people connected with the militant group Ansar al-Sharia.
"Our FBI has never talked to these people, and that's just wholly unacceptable," Chaffetz said.
"This is a pathetic effort to bring people to justice," Graham said, in a separate interview with Fox News.
In the draft letter, the lawmakers ask for a status report within 30 days.
"Rumors continue to swirl about the whereabouts of suspects involved in the attack. The FBI continues to add pictures of potential assailants to its website and asks the Libyan people to assist with identifying the alleged perpetrators. We struggle to understand why we don't know more about those who attacked two U.S. compounds and murdered four brave Americans," they wrote.
"It has been more than 10 months since the attacks. We appear to be no closer to knowing who was responsible today than we were in the early weeks following the attack. This is simply unacceptable. We encourage you to be aggressive in your investigation to properly hold accountable those who attacked our compounds in Benghazi."
Obama administration officials have tried to assuage lawmakers' lingering concerns and questions about the Benghazi attack, including over allegations that the administration misled the public about the nature of the assault last September. But lawmakers have also grown increasingly frustrated over the fact that nobody has been brought to justice since four Americans were killed in the attack on two U.S. posts in the eastern Libya city that was a home base for the anti-Qaddafi rebellion.
Lawmakers probed further on Wednesday, when they had a closed hearing with Col. George Bristol, who was the commander of a task force operating in northern and western Africa. He briefed members of the House Armed Services Committee.


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As my three month sabbatical winds down, it's hard to put in words the impact that it has had on me. There have been some people who have, whether jokingly or not, assumed that it has just been a three month vacation for me. That's hardly been the case as I have engaged in training and learning experiences along the way. Not to oversell the moment, but I feel as if the lessons learned during this time will have a ripple effect for months and years to come, both in my immediate family as well as my church family.
I've learned an awful lot about myself during this time, some that has made me happy and some that has made me reconsider my approaches towards things. I consider myself to be a person who is constantly assessing myself and the things that I do. I don't like status quo for the sake of the status quo but would rather see if I can be stretched and challenged to find new and different ways to be who God made me as well as do the things that I need to do.
As I knew setting out, there were some things that just wouldn't get done while on sabbatical. I feel like I set my sights high without going into "overachiever" mode. I have found in the past that I have often set my sights so high that my own inability to accomplish things ended up being a frustration or bone of contention to me. Instead of feeling like I was improving, I focused more on all the things that I didn't accomplish, which wasn't helpful for me or the process of growth.
I have found that we as a society too often move quickly from one thing to the next without fully embracing what's before us or allowing the experience to wash over us, change us, and reform us. It's happened far too often in my own life and I've seen the results afterwards. In some ways, it's like taking the caterpillar out of the cocoon before it's fully been formed into a butterfly. The results are not nearly as satisfying as they could be had the process taken full affect. In fact, the results can be disastrous if the process of growth is stunted or stopped.
One of the biggest takeaways for me, which I am sure will be unpacked more and more in the months to come, is about slowing down. I can't begin to count the number of times that I have heard from parents of older children how quickly time goes. There is no stopping or slowing down the passing of time, it marches on regardless of whether or not we want it to or go along with it. Some will put the brakes on and will find themselves left behind in the wake of a changing world. Some may embrace the change so greatly that they forget that the change is not for change's sake but for the sake of a changed self.
While I can't slow time, I can slow myself. I don't have to conform to the ways of harried schedules and overcommitments. I don't have to allow myself to get washed into the stream of busyness that seems to haunt us all if we aren't careful. I can't slow time, but I can choose what to do with the time that I have.
I have no doubt that memories have been made in me and my family during my three months. I have no doubt that I am different than I was at the outset of this sabbatical. Like Frodo and the hobbits sitting in their local pub having come back from the journey of a lifetime, the world is different and there is no choice but to see it through new eyes, eyes that somehow look clearer and more vivid than they did before.
I don't fully know all that has happened within me over this time, but I am going to do my best to probe and mine it, to find out what's beneath the surface, to see the changes that have begun to take shape and form in me. My prayer is that those changes will ripple far beyond me into all those that I come into contact with on a regular basis.


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The world of the internet has brought us closer to our clients and has created novel ways to cater to them. Also, it has brought us closer to people who can help us accomplish our business tasks. With increased and worldwide access to the web, companies now develop strategies to use the internet to their best.
Outsourcing is one such method; business to a business model wherein the company transfers some of its tasks to another organization that specializes in it. It is cost-effective, as setting up an internal wing for such tasks that are noncore functions of the company, may be costly. Also, it reduces the pressure on the company and it can focus better on its major functions. The third-party providers or service providers are of a major utility to companies as they have specialized tools and trained personnel for the task at hand.
An example of a manufacturing company outsourcing would be HP buying some of its computer components from another manufacturer in order to save on production costs. Another form of outsourcing may hand over book-keeping duties to a third party independent Outsourcing Accounting Firms.
Outsourcing has various benefits that increase the efficiency of the task at hand and provide better results. The company gets more time to focus on its betterment and cater to clients. Expertise staff makes sure the task is completed with accuracy and finesse. Whereas the company's other staff who would have otherwise been occupied with such non-core functions are now more focused on important tasks. Also, the third party provides the company with the knowledge on latest developments in the field and hence whether the company chooses to expand the business or cutback the capital; it has all the assistance at hand.
Expanding the scope of Accounts outsourcing can multiply such benefits, some experts say. "One simple example is accounts payable and receivables," says Jag Dalal, managing director of thought leadership at the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP). "If you outsource only one function, you limit your benefits. If you outsource both, you get value beyond improving the transactional component because the outsourcer can see when cash comes in and goes out. That can help the company take the best advantage of the cash-on-hand and optimize internal processes."
The success of an outsourcing campaign depends on three factors; support for the outsourcing task at the executive level, appropriate communication with the concerned employees, and the client's ability to manage the third-party provider. Outsourcing professionals need skills such as negotiation, communication, project management, the ability to understand the terms and conditions of the contracts and service level agreements (SLAs), and flexibility to adjust with the changing business.
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This is incredible!! I struggle so much with remixing in this way for work trips - or rather, I don't think it out with such detail and then end up overpacking!! Pinning this for future inspiration for sure :)ReplyDeleteReplies
I'm a bit of an over packer myself. :) I originally started these lists to help me from throwing EVERYTHING into my suitcase!Delete
Can't go wrong with a lot of stripes! Love the lace top too. It's amazing what 10 items can do - and always nice when it makes way more outfits than you actually need, so you have options - without overpacking!ReplyDeleteReplies
I definitely ended up changing things a bit from what I originally intended, but that's the beauty of mixing and matching - lots of outfit possibilities. :)Delete
These types of mix and match packing list posts are my favorites! Between you and Anne I should never have to stress about packing for a trip again! I love the stripes + dots mix you have going on here!ReplyDelete
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Leadership, as Demonstrated by Bernie Sanders -#ImWithHer @HillaryClinton
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Today, Senator Bernie Sanders further doubled down on his support of Hillary Clinton for the Presidency of the United States. He eloquently and explicitly stated why, in an opinion piece entitled "I Support Hillary Clinton. So Should Everyone Who Voted for Me" for the LA Times.
Most of Sen. Sanders' supporters transitioned to Sec. Clinton during, and immediately following the Democratic Party's Convention. However, there were a small group of holdouts, who were being called the "tea party of the left." This vocal minority, many of whom have aligned themselves with the Green Party, were threatening to vote for Donald Trump, in protest.
Sen. Sanders did not mince any words when he said, "During the primaries, my supporters and I began a political revolution to transform America. That revolution continues as Hillary Clinton seeks the White House. It will continue after the election. It will continue until we create a government which represents all of us and not just the 1 percent – a government based on the principle of economic, social, racial and environmental justice."
"I understand that many of my supporters are disappointed by the final results of the nominating process, but being despondent and inactive is not going to improve anything. Going forward and continuing the struggle is what matters. And, in that struggle, the most immediate task we face is to defeat Donald Trump," He further stated. Sen. Sanders understands that in order to enact progressive legislation, Democrats and other left-leaning and centrist groups, must unite against the propsed tyranny of trump, and his ilk. Bernie or Bust bros please take note, as Sen. Sanders is demonstrating how consensus and coalition building works.
As for me, I got my "Woman Card," so deal me in, because I'm with Hillary Clinton!
The GOP Platform Goes Completely off the Rails
Each time the GOP lowered the bar for itself, during John McCain's presidential campaign, I hoped someone would step up and say, "Enough! We are better than this." But, once Sarah Palin became a "leader" of the party, I knew the only hope for the party of Lincoln was destruction from the inside. Then, deep and careful introspection and a return to actual conservatism.
Sadly, I was wrong. Not only was Michael Steele fired as RNC Chair, but his suggested reforms, based on actual data, were summarily dismissed. Mitt Romney, who had been a successful, but moderate governor, transformed himself into a bitter, angry man, in order to curry favor from the Koch brothers and others of that ilk.
This year, one of the most bigoted, homophobic, misogynistic and crazy platforms in the GOP'S history was unveiled. As Esquire Magazine detailed, Republican Party Platform: Porn Is A Public Health Threat; Guns Are Not. Wait. WHAT?!!
Yesterday, Secretary Clinton said, "the party of Lincoln has become the party of trump." Lynsey G. was a little less delicate in her blog post, GOP Platform Names Porn a "Public Health" Crisis. Yes, folks, pornography is a bigger health risk to our Country than poverty, the Flint Michigan water supply or even the Zika virus. Bigger than gun violence.
The clown car of chaos has officially been taken over by Toonces, the Driving Cat, with the GOP leadership's tacit blessing. By doing nothing, they allowed themselves to sink into a hole of excrement they can no longer escape.
Trump's GOP is little more than an episode of reality television, complete with undereducated surrogates, carelessly thrown out sensational lies, tabloid-worthy headlines and dangerous rhetoric that appeals to the very worst part of our society.
It is like a Maury Povich audience, on crack, with live ammunition, overdosed on Viagra, gone completely off the rails. Only much much worse.
I am terrified for our country. Terrified. We must vote as if our lives depend on it. Not voting is no longer an option.
30 Days of Thanks – Day 26
Today's post is short. I am thankful for my family's, friends' and my health.
30 Days of Thanks – Day 22
Our friend Teresa recommended Live Oak Veterinary Hospital when we brought Zeke home. Her Doberman, Gracie, had been a patient there her entire life and loved the staff. For 12 years, they have taken care of our pack and love our pets as much as we do. Thank you Live Oak for being committed to serving your patients with personal, professional and compassionate care.
Self-Love is NOT a College Course
Today I stumbled upon this little gem Elon University to Sponsor "Self-Pleasure" Course. The blogger proceeded to describe the course schedule that included toy demonstrations and communication techniques. Sadly, its initial session was only open to 20 students.
What could possibly go wrong with a college course about personal sexuality? Nothing, if the course had been sanctioned by the University. Apparently, students at Elon may create seminars and workshops on topics of their choosing. Many colleges offer similar opportunities through their student organizations, on and off-campus health service agencies, lecture series and similar venues.
Elon did not actually offer "Masturbation: 101," and the blogger failed to contact University officials to verify his facts. In fact, the very first comments on his posts were by, none other than the Vice President for University Communications. Oops.
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