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It makes sense to me to have a per-site sitemap, like the one created here. I also like that it creates a file that becomes cached. Cool.
However, for the root domain, I'd like to see a sitemap for all sites.
Like this one. The other feature that I like of the mu plugin is the xslt style sheet.
I've modified my install of the wpmudev plugin to work with the style sheet.
my line 68 of simple-sitemaps.php:
$content = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="'.get_option('blog_charset').'"?'.'>';
$content .= '<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="'. get_option('siteurl').'/wp-content/mu-plugins/sitemap4wpmu.xsl"?>' . "\n";
$content .= '<urlset xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9 http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9/sitemap.xsd"
And I simply include the xsl file from the other plugin.
Feature requests:
1. Add a change frequency column, and do the math on last changed to insert and appopriate daily/weekly/monthly setting. I just hardcoded this for now.
$content .= ' <changefreq>weekly</changefreq>'."\n";
2. Add the ability for the root domain to (a) have MORE listings than the other domains and (b) essentially combine the top 25 of all domains into one file, like the other plugin.


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Not really :)
Men hunted, gathered, warred, and brought home an alien sliced and salted bit of pig meat called bacon.
Women cooked this thing, cleaned house meticulously, supported man unflinchingly, all the while dressed neatly and attractively in mellow yellow shirt and single-row of pearls.
Everyone lived happily ever after.
Women march off to work and often win a delightful prize called bread, which many in these parts would rather have than bacon.
winning great quantities of bread is a good thing UNLESS this winner is a married woman. Marriage interacts with earning in such a way that everybody does not live happily ever after.
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So, what did Andrea James do to incur the more recent wrath of the transgender extremists? She had the audacity to suggest that GLAAD is becoming too dominated by transgender extremists. And worse, she has supported the appointment of Megan McCain, who is the daughter of Arizona Senator and former presidential candidate John McCain. Gasp, she is even a Republican. This is about as far from being in lockstep as you can get, and the Transadvocate crowd will have no part of it.
Never mind that Andrea James has done for more for transsexuals than all the transgender kook combined. Her contributions far outweigh those of men like "Cristan" Williams, "Autumn" Sandeen, and others.
This of course, has become the standard approach of the transgender extremists. For them, it is all about controlling comments and language. Even if the person making the comment is someone they would tend to forcibly label as "transgender." Step of of line, and you will be attacked. It's that simple. You want to get along with the transgender kooks, just repeat the party line, never disagree with them, and above all, never, ever, think for yourself.


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Leonard Nimoy, 1931-2015
I was lucky enough to have grown up in the 70's while the original Star Trek was in syndication. I think it aired in the late afternoon on school days, just before the parents got home and dinner took over, and we'd catch every episode we could, eventually surprised when we caught one we hadn't seen before. When we finally saw the second pilot "Where No Man Has Gone Before" with only a partially formed crew of those we all know (Kirk, Sulu, Scotty and a strangely hot-headed Mr. Spock – Dr. Mark Piper anyone?), it was an interesting view into the early days of the series. In the episode Lt. Commander Gary Mitchell is imbued with godlike powers and quickly becomes a threat to the rest of the crew, with the inevitable shirt-ripping fight with William Shatner in the climactic ending. It was a scarier episode than we had become accustomed to in the later shows, but moreso, we all noticed how much more rough around the edges Spock seemed to be. Of course, probably at this time, thoughts were about Vulcans being more closely aligned with their warlike Romulan cousins, and much still to be fleshed out. Even then, Leonard Nimoy had a presence as Spock that could not be denied.
Over the course of the series, he would bring a nuance to the character that we would seldom see in shows of the time, and I think even some actors today might point to him as one of our better character actors. The episodes especially deserving attention would be "Amok Time," Spock's torment over the more primitive emotions he so ably keeps in check. It was here where unfettered rage was on display in his blood fight with Kirk. "Shore Leave," where spores free Spock from his unemotional shackles and let him, almost drunkenly, explore his human side. And perhaps most the most subtle portrayal of Spock's logic and empathy in "The Menagerie," a recast of the show's pilot, "The Cage." This later become his signature in the movies, sacrificing himself for the crew in The Wrath of Khan, and eventually working to reconcile the Romulan and Vulcan people.
In the end, Leonard Nimoy's Spock became symbol of our own need to square our emotional and intellectual selves, show us a path between the warring of extremes in that spectrum. Leonard McCoy became the perfect hot-headed emotional foil for Spock's dry logic, with Kirk the balance between the two. It really was an amazing portrayal of our brain personified!
Leonard Nimoy seemed to carry the theme of logic, balance, empathy and peace into other areas of his career with his poetry, photography, music, writings and support of the arts. He became a model for science that encouraged many to pursue that career – the influence of his character very well could be understated.
Sure Star Trek was a simple, even campy TV show, but the archetypes it presented were powerful and undeniable. I can only express thanks to Leonard Nimoy some of the lessons he taught me as Spock in my early teenage years. In many ways, Kirk, McCoy and Spock were three father figures who taught me how a little more about this complex world we live in. I will miss the one who balanced reason with emotion, the one who showed intellect can also be kind.


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Ohhh, man… are these coconut flour shortbread cookies good. So good, in fact, that the whole batch was gone within the day. I swear I didn't eat most of them…. okay, I did. I needed to make sure they were really delicious to share with all of you. Obviously. My husband swears he only ate one (I don't believe him), and my toddler had two. Doing the math here, that means I ate nine. Oh my goodness… how embarrassing! See this is why we never keep treats around the house. Zero will power here folks.
Coconut Flour Shortbread Cookies
These coconut flour shortbread cookies are buttery, moist, and really delicious. The cookies hold together well, and they tasted like the buttery shortbread cookies y'all are used to – without the refined sugar and gluten. Nom nom nom. Nine cookies later, I would say I did just that.
My daughter loved them. She also showed she still has a sensitivity to eggs. I was really hoping she would be over it by now, and we test it from time to time. Since "cookie" is one of her favorite words (I'm not sure why, since she never gets cookies. My husband tries to plant it in her so I make them… it worked this time.), I figured it would be fun to treat her to one of these bad boys. Some spit up later… I hope it tasted as good on the way up as it did on the way down… hahaha… that was really gross. Sorry.
When Christmas rolls around, it can be difficult for those with food sensitivities. They either feel left out or deprived, because they are going to parties where they can't devour a bunch of cookies, or they are are like me and eat the things they are not supposed to and suffer the consequences later! Well, now you don't have to! You can indulge without the backlash. If you are dairy free, you can probably use a substitute like coconut oil or palm shortening, but I haven't tried it myself. Ohhh, and just wait my friends until Tuesday!!! I'm transforming these already delicious cookies into something crazy amazing. So you have to come back.
Coconut Flour Shortbread Cookies
- 1/2 cup butter 1 stick, softened
- 1/2 cup coconut flour
- 2 Tbs maple syrup
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 egg
- dash of salt
Preheat oven to 350. Place parchment paper on cookie sheet.
Add softened butter to a stand mixer and add maple syrup and vanilla on low-medium until well combined.
Add in egg and combine.
With the mixer on low, slowly add in coconut flour and dash of salt. Scrape sides of bowl and mix until coconut flour is completely combined.
Spoon dough onto cookie sheets, making 12 similar-sized cookies.
Bake for 12-15 minutes until cookies begin to brown.


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Your partner, of course, isn't as physically beaten up as you are right now, but he or she is probably pretty anxious, too. It's hard to stay in a constant state of preparedness, and it's taking a toll on both of you. Just remember to be supportive of each other, and try to enjoy the last days you have together all alone. Some day in the very near future, it's going to seem like an impossible luxury to do something as simple as sitting on the couch and having an uninterrupted conversation.
Something your partner might enjoy doing this week is making a music playlist for the hospital. You might appreciate a lot of tunes for what will likely be a very long day. You never know how labor may go and what your mood will be, so why not have a bunch of options at your disposal? Include a slow, soothing song at first and then a few tunes to pump you up to get through those contractions. Your better half will probably enjoy choosing music that will inspire and energize you, and if you find you have absolutely no tolerance for any tunes while you're in the thick of things, you can always listen when you're relaxing with a precious baby in your arms.


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I took this photo as I left Urge on its last night/morning of business.
I like to think the white ball is the ghost of all the accumulated cum that was spilt in those walls, slowly rising up to gay heaven.
Because let's face it, there was a lot of sperm spilt in there over the 17 or so years it was in business.
I recall a few years back being in Sydney and talking to an Aussie in the Oxford who'd been over to Auckland and Urge the week before and he excitedly told me how he'd been given a blow job while standing at the bar. Maybe I'm jaded, but I was like "Yeah, that happens there."
And it wasn't just cum, remember Troughman? And others of his ilk lying on the floor in the toilets and hoping for a drink straight from the tap. He swore he could tell what drugs people were on by how their urine tasted, and sometimes got high off too much P in their pee.
But Urge has gone, and I doubt we'll see a bar like it in Auckland again.
The vibe changed in intensity and emphasis over the years it was open, and it moved from leather bar to bear bar, but it represented a physical space where you could meet friends, dance, drink, be somewhere safe on your drugs if you were taking any, and have sex if you wanted. Hell, some guys even met and fell in love there and are still together.
Twinks were often too scared to walk in, imagining (or wishing?) they'd be thrown in a sling as soon as they crossed the threshold.
Gay bars like this used to be pretty common in all major western cities - LA, London, NY (how I loved the Mineshaft!) Sydney - of course you can still find them in Berlin (why do you think that place is so popular?) but generally speaking gay bars are finding it hard to stay open, and more and more guys are able to hook up on apps or online, so there is less of the old outrageous in-your-face sexual abandon that used to be a hallmark of urban gay life.
John Rechy (every young gay man should read him) coined the term "sexual outlaw" to describe the world he moved in during the 60s, 70s and 80s as both a hustler and a man dedicated to enjoying the hunt for sex. It's a term that captures part of that era so well. He describes the pursuit for sex in alleys and backyards, parks and beaches, day and night, that used to be so common. How else were you going to meet a guy? How else were we going to fuck?
Don't forget - we were outlaws, we were technically engaging in acts that could send us to jail, destroy our careers, and have our families disown us. Different times.
And today Urge has gone, a white-washed empty box sits there now, probably to be filled with a chi-chi little dress store or art gallery, or maybe an artisanal toast cafe for hipsters. Because the whole area is on the way up, slowly I grant you, but it is changing.
So many of the younger generation (Kids these days!) seem so bland and boring in their rush to marriage and conformity. No outlaws they ! Even if they do hook up with strangers through the apps and have a few hours of wild fun with some guy it's all done so nicely, behind closed doors.
Vapid, conformist, monogamous - all the dull trite detritus of suburbia seems to be the template for being a gay man these days.
The emphasis seems to be so intent on being normal, on being part of the crowd, not on standing out. I can understand it, the assimilation and normalising of being a homo has made the world a lot better for many who in the past would have ended up married and leading stunted lives of deceit and desperation and drowning in alcoholism - I get that.
But gentrification always means pushing one group out at the expense of another. Slums get turned into desirable residential areas. The poor and marginalised get moved on - communities are broken up, links destroyed and histories forgotten. Capital and demographics conspire against us.
We didn't just lose a valued social space when we lost Urge, we lost a part of who we were as a community of men, and I miss that.
I'd like to imagine that big ghostly ball of cum is still floating in some magical gay sex-club heaven, radiating joy and love and the sheer earthy pleasure of hard cocks, sweet asses and orgiastic release. I'm glad I was able to have my part of it for real.
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by Stephen Downes
Aug 26, 2016
Why No One Remembers Those Who Struggle for Peace
Adam Hochschild, Utne Reader, 2016/08/26
I was at the football game last night, and as usual, there was the tribute to the troops. We should reconsider who we set up role models in society. If the only people we honour for service to the public are those who go to war, there will be a ceaseless demand for more war. I can think of many more who make sacrifices for the pubic good: doctors, postal workers, embassy officials, environmental activists, child welfare advocates, and many many more. Children learn by adopting role models, and we want to make sure they have as many anti-war advocates to choose from as they do warriors.
WhatsApp users to receive adverts
BBC News, 2016/08/26
Readers of my social network accounts will know that I have shuttered my Facebook accounts and ceased using that service. The reason is that Facebook disabled the ad blocker I use in Firefox in order to force advertisements into the news stream. I have also made sure to uninstall WhatsApp (which is owned by Facebook) from my phone. You should too. It's not just that WhatsApp will start sending you advertisements (and remember, you are paying for the data transfer WhatsApp uses). WhatsApp is also going to share your phone number with Facebook, according to newly updated terms of service. Facebook asserts, "Nothing you share on WhatsApp, including your messages, photos, and account information, will be shared onto Facebook or any of the Facebook family of apps for others to see." But it should be noted that, according to the BBC report, "Facebook will still receive data in some situations." So there's that.
On the value or otherwise of SAMR, RAT etc.
David T. Jones, The Weblog of (a) David Jones, 2016/08/26
This is a topic that could occupy the rest of your day if you let it. Don't.
Here is the argument: "SAMR is not a model of learning.... SAMR does not relate to skills; it does nothing to develop the higher order skills of Bloom's revised taxonomy: creativity, evaluation, analysis – the areas that we clearly need to focus on and develop with our young people." SAMR (Substitution Augmentation Modification Redefinition) may indeed may be derived from RAT (Replacement, Amplification, and Transformation). But the criticism is that SAMR lacks "a body of appropriate, peer-reviewed academic research, demonstrating the benefit of the SAMR model in improving outcomes for learners." Contrary to what the critics say, references to SAMR are to be found in peer reviewed literature - here, for example, or here, here, here, and on for several pages in Google Scholar (hard to find because 'Samr' is also a popular first name).
But all the above is pure straw man argument. Here's the real argument, as offered by Charlie Love: "the SAMR model degrades/demeans meaningful technology based learning activities and directs teachers to think of their use of technology as insufficient if it is not 'transformative'." And this version I've seen a lot. I've even used it. For example: "it is a waste of time and technology to simply use Second Life to recreate the classroom experience." Or "digital technology could be used much better than simply recreating flashcards for memorization." Against that Love argues, "the whole reason to bother with substitution/augmentation tasks is to gain the efficiencies of time, reduce the level of administration and reduce opportunities for learners to go down the wrong path." That's fine - but there is a ton of literature showing you can and should use technology to go beyond your original teaching task.
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For those of you lost as to what that title means, back in 1988-1989, Mickey was celebrating his 60th anniverasry, and the company thought it would be great to create a special land, meant to be temporary, dedicated to everyone's favorite mouse. Thus
Mickey's Birthdayland was born.
Anyway, the title of this page is based on the song you heard on your way to Birthdayland as the train circled around to the station.
The Song went like this:
"We're on the express bound for birthdayland,
gonna have a big surprise for Mickey at birthdayland,
gonna be a whole lot of fun,
so come on everyone,
we'll have a big surprise for Mickey Mouse."
And so on. It was a catchy tune, and I can honestly say that I never enjoyed a train ride better than that ride going to Birthdayland.
As the train pulled into the station, it was obvious that there was a celebration going on in this land.
Birthdayland had only one attraction, and that was a show all about a surprise party for Mickey Mouse. The format of the show went like this. You first entered into Mickey's house (which is still there at Toontown Fair in an expanded form), and after seeing all of that, you then passed by minature versions of Donald, Minnie, and Goofy's houses. Then you went into a large waiting area, where you watched some of Mickey's Greatest Hits over the past 60 years (btw anyone else notice that in 1999 he's going to be 70). Then they led you into the giant theater where you watched the show, which was a comedy involving all of the characters doing their best to surprise Mickey, while not letting him know what's going on.
Birthdayland also featured a number of other things, like a petting zoo and the like. It was a nice little place to go, and proved to be extremely popular with the guests.
In fact, it was so popular that it was decided to keep the land, even thought it was only meant to be temporary (and trust me it had that hastily assembled look to it), add a few things and rename it Mickey's Starland.
Starland ran successfully for about seven or eight years up to about 1996 when it was replaced by Mickey's Toontown Fair.
The premise of the show there was changed from a surprise party for Mickey, to a show concerning the characters of the Disney Afternoon interacting with Mickey in various ways.
The basic premise of the Starland shows were all the same. Mickey is missing.....let's find him. Then the members of the Disney Afternoon would run around on stage bumping into each other. They'd sing a song, then, Mickey would be found, and everyone would go home happy.
While Birthdayland had that certain charm, Starland completely lacked that special something Birthdayland had. I believe it was because every year you would return, the show would get cheesier and cheesier. Eventually it involved a comptuer named Dude, that would rap (badly I might add), and you would shout at it Hey Dude!, as the CM cheered you on to do so. The only thing I wanted to do was cheer for the Pepto Bismol to keep the bile in my stomach. It was not a pleasant experience. The last show I went to in Starland amounted simply to a thirty minute commercial for the Disney Afternoon, and had lost all of the story it once had.


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Archive for October, 2011
My Top 5 Videos
New York- For something much more Brooklyn Vegan/Pitchfork than TWD, I am posting the videos for the songs that kept me inspired to write in the near month I was on Santorini. Enjoy! (I did).
Ray in Martyr's Square!
Thira- Today is my last day stranded in paradise here in Santorini. It has been a fantastic couple of weeks living in a volcanic cave at the aptly named Caveland in Karterados village. Soon I will be in the humdrum of an occupied Wall Street in Manhattan. My friend @RaymondPagnucco has a rocking clip today on CNN's iReport from Martyr's Square in Tripoli.
Violence in Libya and Pakistan
Thira- I have no two new articles out today. I felt compelled to write something on the ignominious death of Qaddafi in Sirte yesterday. Funnily I was actually going to do a piece on the unrest here in Greece if solely for the reason I have been stuck here longer than I planned. There was even a demonstration here on the island yesterday and rubbish is spilling out into the streets as part of the uprising. But Qaddafi was as dramatic in death as he was in life and his killing carried the day in the news cycle. I balanced it out with a very underreported story out of Pakistani Balochistan. The Shia Hazara minority have been being slaughtered by Lashkar-e-Jhangvi militants for years now but there has been a huge spike in violence in recent months and I felt the topic was worthy of more attention. The common thread between the two stories is the terrible violence that takes place in a supposedly pacifying world. Qaddafi suffered a very public, humiliating death while the Hazaras of Pakistan are lucky to have their suffering mentioned in the Pakistani media itself.
"Down, down, down Qaddafi!"-Qaddafi's Last Moments
Thira- Looks like the last chapter in the Guide's Green Book has finally been written. Wish that I was in Sirte right now. Instead I am in a paralyzed Greece. My buddy @RaymondPagnucco arrived in Tripoli this morning to finish a documentary about Libya that will be like no other. There won't another cameraman there with the same story.
The Eleventh Day
Thira- Just finished reading The Eleventh Day by Anthony Summers and Robbyn Swan, a masterful account of 9/11 and was thrilled to see one of my articles was used as source material for the bit about Hamburg's Mahmoun Darkazanli (pp.275-276) in the endnotes on page 523. I'm glad to have contributed in a small way to this work, much of which aims to dispel the unfounded talk of conspiracy theorists. This book is a must read. The first section called simply "Attack" is so vivid it is nearly difficult to read. It is an immense story in both size and scope and the author's have done their utmost to put it together in what comes off as a very readable, gripping narrative.
My Take on the Extrajudicial Execution of Americans
Thira- Sitting here in the very tranquil village of Karterados on the island of Thira in the Santorini archipelago is an uneasy contrast the strikes and protests rocking mainland Greece. The country is on the verge of bankruptcy which is roiling global financial markets and yet here, if you didn't bring up the subject with locals nor tuned into Al Jazeera online, you might be able to stick your head in the black sand and wish it all away. Of course I am the quintessential news junkie and could never do such a thing. I am putting a paltry few Euros into the economy, though the dollar has actually been gaining against the Euro for the first time in a while-good news for me and perhaps me only.
After mulling over the reported killing of Anwar al-Awlaki on Friday and the consequences of what it means well beyond US-Yemeni relations, I could not help but write something after thinking of my visit to his old mosque in San Diego last spring while doing some research. I became more and more disturbed by this policy decision-cum-travesty of justice-and not for the obvious reason many readers might think. I just had to say something. Something that could be easily misinterpreted or disagreed with. I wasn't planning on writing any articles from here as I am working on some long form writing. This incident (which of course is already being disputed by members of the Awaliq tribe who have visited the scene of the crime in al-Jawf) necessitated a more nuanced commentary apart from the overhype about AQAP and the debate of al-Awlaki's actual role in the group.


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Here is the challenge at City Crafter this week ...
Can you believe Linda took this photo herself - she has so much talent !
And here is my autumn take on those great colors...
And Happy Birthday to my one and only Daughter !!
Card Stock - Bazzill
Design Paper - Bo Bunny
Stamp - Stampin' Up
Leaves - The Dollar Store
Flower & Yellow Card Stock - Recollections
Bling, Brad, Jewelry Cording - stash
Sentiment - American Crafts


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Make his fantasy-themed fantasy come to life.
Who needs a skimpy nurse's outfit to heat things up in the boudoir when you can stay warm and sexy in a Harry Potter-themed robe?
To get Sheldon's heart racing faster than a Nimbus 2000, in "The Birthday Synchronicity" (Episode 11, Season 10), Amy burst into the bedroom wearing nothing but her finest Hufflepuff threads—okay, she was wearing pajamas, too—before she handed her beau his very own Gryffindor cloak.
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The economic fortunes of the Highlands and Islands have changed remarkably since the mid-1960s following more than a century of continual decline. Many factors have contributed to the recovery process, including the establishment of the Highlands and Islands Development Board, the arrival of oil fabrication yards in the Inner Moray Firth, Wester Ross and in the Western Isles, and the upgrading of the A9 trunk road to the central belt. In addition, diversification
of the economic base through expanding the tourism sector, the growth of fish farming and processing and the arrival of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) industries has helped reverse the long-term trend of out-migration. These structural developments have been augmented by a change in the perception of rural areas, which has led to more people viewing the area as an attractive place to live and work.
The population of the Highlands and Islands in 2001 was 433,745. This figure is just under one per cent greater than the corresponding figure for 1991, with the main growth being found around the Inner Moray Firth. In the previous decade the population of the region grew by 2.7 per cent.
Looking at the Local Enterprise Companies (LECs) we see that the main growth areas are Inverness and Nairn, and Moray Badenoch and Strathspey, with Ross and Cromarty also experiencing modest growth. The parts of Ross and Cromarty that grew the most were those in the east, within the Inverness travel to work area. However, Wester Ross also witnessed modest growth over the period.
Skye and Lochalsh grew steadily during the 1990's, following on from two decades of rapid expansion, but not every LEC area experienced growth. There was gradual population decline in Orkney and Shetland, Caithness and Sutherland, Argyll and the Islands, and in Lochaber. In addition, the Western Isles lost in excess of 10 per cent of its population, having lost five per cent in the 1980's.
Looking at these changes on a map makes it much easier to comment on what is going on.
The blocks on the first map are 2001 Census wards, and compare population change between 1991 and 2001. The red areas represent significant growth, while the dark blue areas have lost at least 10 per cent of their population since 1991. A very clear pattern emerges when looking at this map. We can see that the main centres of population - and of economic activity - account for almost all the increase in population. This is clearly the case in Shetland, Orkney and in Argyll. The real hot spots are around Inverness, and along the Moray coast to Forres and Elgin. It is interesting to note that closer inspection of the main centres reveals that there has been population loss in wards within most of the urban boundaries.
The picture in Argyll clearly shows that the main growth was within travelling distance of Oban and Lochgilphead, while the heart of the towns themselves lost population. The growth we are witnessing is quite suburban in nature. New housing estates have been built around the fringes within easy travelling distance of the industrial estates and retail areas.
The only main population centre without growth in its immediate hinterland is Fort William, most likely due to there being a chronic lack of available land for housing development around the town.
The other side of the picture is, of course, the blue areas. The map shows that the areas losing the greatest proportion of their population are the outlying islands in Shetland, Orkney, and across the Western Isles. There is also a steady out-migration of people from the Argyll islands, and from the remoter parts of the mainland.
What we are witnessing is a pattern of steady growth around the population centres, some growth in more accessible rural areas, and steady decline in other mainland areas. The issue of most serious concern for the region is that of the significant loss of population from the smaller, more fragile islands.
Closer inspection of the figures reveals that nine of the islands have lost more than 20 per cent of their 1991 population, and nine islands have 30 per cent or more of their population aged over 60 years - compared to the national average of 21 per cent. This suggests strongly that the out-migration is dominated by younger, economically active people.
The key conclusions we can draw from this are that the significant progress made during the 1980s has slowed considerably during the 1990s. The towns (and city) of the region have been the main drivers of demographic growth, and there is concern surrounding the long-term future of the fragile islands.
Achieving population growth for a fourth consecutive decade is a prodigious achievement for a remote, sparsely populated region. The historical context of more than a century of continual decline makes this turnaround all the more remarkable. In fact, if the population growth of the last 30 years were to continue for the next 30, then the population would be back to the level it was at in 1851, although the settlement pattern would be considerably different. Despite this long-term growth, the population density of the region - which covers 51 per cent of the Scottish landmass - is still around 10 persons per square kilometre. The corresponding figure for the rest of Scotland is approximately 130 people per square kilometre.
The approach to development taken by Highlands & Islands Enterprise (HIE) is based on the assumption that population growth is a good barometer for economic growth. The development and implementation of policies that encourage population growth will help deliver further economic growth. While the trend here is clearly one of long term growth, it is a tenet of economics that trends continue right up to the point when they stop. Future decisions on where people want to move to will be based on circumstance and opportunity, not past statistical trends.
It is clear from the statistics that the growth in the Highlands and Islands is dominated by the Inner Moray Firth. The Inverness and Nairn area is home to 37 per cent of the Highland Council area population, but 45 per cent of all employees in the region work there (ABI 2001). The city is the economic driver for the region. However, in a European, UK or even Scottish context, Inverness is a very small city, and other cities have grown rapidly in recent years as well. Within Scotland, Perth and Stirling have grown at similar rates to Inverness in the past decade, as has Edinburgh, which is substantially larger than Inverness. The HIE area accounts for less than 10 per cent of the Scottish population, and Scotland for less than 10 per cent of the UK's. While it is very important that we support the most remote and fragile communities, we must also foster and facilitate growth in the more successful parts. A strong Highlands and Islands needs a strong Inverness.
Population movement around Inverness is a topic of great interest to local policy makers. Analysis of Census figures, annual population projections and data from the Highland Health Board clearly show a significant net out-migration of 17-20 year olds. Young people are leaving the area, principally to access further and higher education opportunities. Conversely, in-migration is being driven by a number of factors. A recent survey of in-migrants undertaken for HIE identified that 55 per cent of those moving to new houses in Inverness are from elsewhere in the Highlands and Islands, and these people are moving to Inverness primarily to access employment opportunities. Of those from outwith the Highlands and Islands, 66 per cent are from elsewhere in Scotland. Strong 'pull' factors for this group, and those from further afield were the quality of life, coupled with relatively low house prices. This area is growing due to net in-migration from its extended hinterland and from elsewhere in the country. It is often suggested that Inverness's success is at the expense of the more remote parts of the region. However, it is more likely that people are leaving the remoter areas in search of broader employment opportunities, and Inverness is now of a sufficient size to meet their requirements. Had Inverness not reached this critical mass, these people would be lost to the region as a whole.
Traffic flows around the city have risen by 75 per cent in the past ten years, and house prices are now rising steeply and catching up with other urban areas of Scotland. Evidence suggests that the main constraint is a lack of supply, despite the number of planning applications rising by 20 per cent in the last two years. The main areas where supply does not at present meet demand are in the provision of affordable housing, and at the other extreme, in the provision of top-of-the-range housing.
There are also constraints on the housing market outwith Inverness. The contraction of the social housing sector (sales through right-to-buy outnumber housing association new-build by a ratio of 3:1) makes it increasingly difficult for local people on low incomes to enter the housing market. In some of the more scenic areas more than 30 per cent of the housing stock is second or holiday homes. Unlocking the constraints on augmenting existing provision of affordable housing will be essential to regenerate fragile rural communities. Housebuilding in rural areas is predominantly undertaken by small local firms, generating significant local benefits through use of local labour, suppliers and materials. This sector can be used as an economic driver in addition to providing opportunities for people to live and work in rural communities.
The average household size in the Highlands and Islands fell from about 2.5 to 2.3 during the 1990s and this trend is expected to continue in the coming years. While the population grew by just under 1 per cent the number of households rose by over 10 per cent. The most obvious outcome from this is that more housing will be required just to keep the population at its current level. Continued growth will require a significant increase in supply right across the region.
The unemployment rate in the Highlands and Islands is currently at a historically low level, although the figures are still seasonal which suggests the economic base still requires to be broadened. The rate is most seasonal in the areas that rely most heavily on agriculture and tourism for employment. Supporting diversification opportunities and working to extend the tourist season will help reduce these trends and provide more employment stability.
On the whole, the low figures mean the challenge now facing the Enterprise Network is not so much creating jobs, but creating jobs that pay higher than average wages. The acknowledged highly qualified workforce needs to be matched with suitable job opportunities. Average earnings in this region are only 91 per cent of the Scottish average (New Earnings Survey 2002), demonstrating we need to focus on attracting and developing high tech, knowledge economy jobs to the area, providing modern employment opportunities worthy of the area's spectacular natural environment.
The economic growth across the region during the 1970s and 1980s was linked to the establishment of the fabrication yards at Nigg and Ardersier. This helped justify massive investment in the transport infrastructure through the upgrading of the A9 trunk road to the central belt. Traffic flows on that route and on the A96 between Inverness and Elgin have risen by 75 per cent in the last ten years. As these routes near capacity it is necessary to plan the next phase of infrastructural investment to ensure the growth can continue into the future. Improving connections to the global economy, supporting and encouraging exports from the region and identifying new international markets will be essential to sustain the economy in the long term. The development of Inverness airport will help support growth across the region. Recent research undertaken for HIE and Highlands and Islands Airports Limited revealed that 63 per cent of passengers flying into Inverness with easyJet travel beyond the Inverness and Nairn area. It is also estimated that the employment benefits from increased air travel are similarly distributed across the region. Improving links to other international destinations - such as a new link to Sweden next year - will only help to make this region a more attractive place for people to live, visit and do business.
The Highlands and Islands is the only part of the UK to have its own intra-regional air service. It also has a vast network of ferry services linking its 96 inhabited islands with the rest of the country. Improving these intra-regional links to make it easier and more affordable to get around the region will be essential if communities in remote mainland locations and on the islands are to be sustained. Air services to the islands are not luxury travel; they are lifeline links and must be maintained to secure the future of these communities.
In addition to transport communications, the electronic communications systems require upgrading to allow rural businesses to compete with the rest of the world. HIE is currently working on helping even the most remote communities to access Broadband. Broadband lays the foundations for e-business development, improves productivity and market expansion and allows businesses to compete more effectively on the world stage. Having access to Broadband is becoming an essential business tool. Developing a modern economy and continuing to encourage people to move here will require investment in the infrastructure businesses expect to find.
The other key challenge to this part of the country is highlighted when we look in more detail at the Census figures. We can see there is a significant difference in the pattern of the population when we compare the Highlands and Islands with the rest of Scotland.
There is clearly significant net out-migration of 15-24 year olds. As previously discussed young people from across the region are leaving to pursue further and higher education and employment opportunities elsewhere in the UK and overseas. On a pro-rata basis the region has almost 10,000 fewer young people in this age bracket than Scotland as a whole. This loss must be addressed by working to provide opportunities for young people, as well as attracting new people to the area. At the forefront of the provision must be the development of the University of the Highlands and Islands Millennium Institute as a first class higher education and research establishment.
The natural resources of this region offer scope for comparative advantage in a number of emerging industries. Nuclear decommissioning at Dounreay, marine energy research and development at the European Marine Energy Centre in Stromness, the growth of a healthcare cluster in Inverness and marine biotechnology developments in Argyll are all sectors with the potential to create significant numbers of high value-added employment opportunities.
If this region is to continue to develop, the focus of the HIE Network's investment will be in the more fragile areas. However, we will still work to stimulate further growth in the Inner Moray Firth and the other more successful areas. We need to be open minded about what sectors might grow in the future and work on creating an environment that will foster growth wherever it emerges.
In order to grow the population the Highlands and Islands also needs to tell the wider world all about itself, and hang out a big 'welcome' sign. Lower birth rates and an ageing population are now common in almost all parts of the developed world, which means that demographic and economic growth - wherever it occurs - will be driven by in-migration. If we are to continue to benefit from in-migration we need to let everyone know that the Highlands and Islands has a talented and capable workforce, a spectacular environment offering a very high quality of life, first class ICT links, and is open to anyone who wants to come and live here to contribute to its society.
1 The views in this article are those of the author, not the Scottish Executive
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Lots of wonderful photos of the festival. Keep scrolling down to read about this fabulous event!
Rappin for Raptors Festival at the Boston Nature Center - Krill
Today, Captain John Boats was one of the exhibitors at the Rappin for Raptors festival held at the Boston Nature Center in Mattapan, MA. This annual festival is sponsored by the Massachusetts Audubon Society. Even though the festival name highlights raptors, there were lots of other topics and activities focusing on other local animals, including reptiles, insects, whales and sharks. And there was a fabulous steel band by local kids in the area. They sounded fabulous!
Krill set up an educational display along with free educational literature and a number of hands-on activities. With the help of Mary Nash and Shaya French , both volunteers from the New England Coastal Wildlife Alliance, Captain John's tables was one of the busies in the festival.
There were lots of neat whale and shark artifacts on display for kids and adults to look at and learn about. A few of the items on display included baleen from a humpback whale, teeth from a sperm whale and a Mako shark jaw. The hit of the show were the shark jaws as kids couldn't believe how many extra teeth were hidden inside the jaw.
Captain John provided 3 hands-on activities for kids of all ages. For the youngest children, a shark tooth dig was provided. Here children could dig through a large tray full of sand, shells, sea glass in order to find fossil shark teeth. We would like to thank Frank Roberts for the shark teeth donation. This donation allowed each child to walk away with one shark tooth and a few shells.
A second activity was the blubber glove. Here kids learn about the benefits of whale blubber and how it insulates these large mammals in a very cold environment. Children are asked to put their hand in cold, icy water using a sealed glove. First they use a glove that has vegetable shortening inside. The vegetable shortening is used to simulate whale blubbler. Then they are asked to use a glove without any shortening inside. The kids are amazed to see how blubber really makes a difference in helping keep you warm from the icy waters.
A third learning activity involved a filtering activity where children use whale model on brushes and simulate the feeding movements of whales in our waters. First they filter in a tray that represents a "clean" ocean where on plankton (aka parsley) is floating in it. Then they try to filter their food (aka parsely) through a "dirty" ocean, an ocean full of marine debris like balloons, plastics and abandoned or lost fishing nets. These children learn that it is not easy, if not impossible, to not get marine debris in your mouth when feeding.
Just looking at the pictures that I took, it is clear that everyone had a fabulous time. Our hats are off to the staff and volunteers of the Boston Nature Center for putting on such a wonderful festival. And we thank them for inviting Captain John Whale Watching and Fishing Tours along with the New England Coastal Wildlife Alliance to be part of this wonderful event.
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Thursday, July 28, 2011
More Saybrook Art and Craft Fair
15 comments:
- Karen said...
Whew that's a lot of great eye candy Carole. Those fairs are a lot of fun. I cant wait to see what you bought.
- July 28, 2011 at 10:32 PM
- Theresa said...
So much talent there, I'm not into fish as decor but I love the way that artists brain works! He needs to join Gina for Transformation Thursday ;O
The lighthouse picture is beautiful, I just love all of the muted tones. It looks like you saw some very inspiring and beautiful things Carole, I can't wait to see what you took home with you!
t. xoxoxoo
- July 28, 2011 at 10:38 PM
- Julia - "Vintage with Laces" said...
What a great fair, Carole. The photographer had such a cool idea with those ABC photos. Even though it's too modern for my decoration style, I'm totally impressed. I love that skeleton fish and the quilts, especially the left one. The bird house is lovely and the tassels are so creative.
Thank you for sharing the show with us!
Have a great weekend :-)!
- July 29, 2011 at 1:37 AM
- Dorthe said...
Carole, must be such a special experience,being able to visit those big fairs.
And my, do they have wonderful things to show---
I am totally agreed with Julia, here- LOVE the red/white quilt- the birdhouse, and tassels-too.
Also in love with several of the beautiful jewlery pieces from your post below- so special to use glass to make lovely necklaces.
Have a great week-end dear Carole--here it rains-and rains-and rains......
- July 29, 2011 at 3:36 AM
- ...Miss...Maddie's... said...
What a wonderful fair... thanks for the tour.
I do love that quilt... I'm sure Evi would too.
Enjoy this final weekend in July!
Susan x
- July 29, 2011 at 6:08 AM
- time worn interiors said...
I love the photos that they turned into words! Looked like a fun show!
- July 29, 2011 at 7:46 AM
- traci said...
i did enjoy the fair. thanks so much for letting me tag along. i love that white bag.
- July 29, 2011 at 9:29 AM
- oldgreymare said...
what a charming show
I want the spoon windchime, a couple of those cool fish and i'll arm wrestle you for the purse :D
(30 minutes till they arrive) YIKES!!!!!
- July 29, 2011 at 11:24 AM
- Olive Cooper said...
The red/white quilt is so charming. Joe's mom used to make them. Every time I try to take photos at any event like this people get terribly grumpy. They do not know that I have zero craftiness. I once had a guy yell at me for taking a picture of his vegetables.
- July 29, 2011 at 12:54 PM
- Miss Gracie's House said...
What wonderful treasures! The photo/words were my favorite...
P.S. I love your header...it is so pretty.
- July 29, 2011 at 5:34 PM
- offset printing said...
Oh I am so enthralled with the photos. I wanna have those stuff. They all looked great and awesome. Thanks for sharing this.
- July 30, 2011 at 1:49 AM
Carole, your photos get more and more beautiful. LOVE that same horse photo - would have been great for Emily's room!
- July 30, 2011 at 4:18 AM
- June said...
If you could make a decision on what to buy at this amazing fair you are better girl than I am. So much great stuff! I am one of those crazy ladies who gets overwhelmed and sometimes leave with nothing and then regret it later.
I can't get over your beautiful photos Carole!
hugs from here...
- July 30, 2011 at 10:17 PM
- Conny's Cottage said...
great market
- August 1, 2011 at 1:08 PM
- vicki said...
Oh my gosh - love the driftwood, and the soaps, and the pottery, and the beads~~ I could have just spent the day there - love to do those sorts of things. Your photos are just fabulous!!
- August 7, 2011 at 12:49 AM


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Teenage Pregnancy – In developed and developing countries teenage pregnancy continued to receive increased attention because of early age at which adolescents engage in sexual activity and the result of unplanned and unintended pregnancies associated with the risk and problems of early motherhood, lack of adequate information, education and communication on reproductive health services and the perennial concern parts of the world revealed that adolescence becomes sexually active at an early age with responding high number of teenage pregnancy in the world today. To place an order for the Complete Project Material, pay N5,000 to Then text the name of the Project topic, email address and your names to 08060565721.
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In addition, in 17th century the case of teenage pregnancy was increasing in number every month, the researchers view teenage pregnancy and define it as the female who get pregnant at the age of fourteen to sixteen years of life which led her into different problems such as poor education.
Further more, in many developing countries about half the population is under 15 years. These age groups have expose themselves into sexual habit which have lead many of them into teenage pregnancy in their area and at the same time cost the adolescent their educational backward. Out of wedlock pregnancy and motherhood is a taboo to the society. When pregnancy is allowed to continue, it may place the mothers health in danger. After birth the health risk to the mother and her child will be low to compare with the health risk of the adolescent mother and the baby, is likely to receive adequate parental care. Those circumstances may be responsible for increase in infanticide, baby abandonment and child abuse for his reasons pregnancies among teenagers are creating concern for many industrialized countries even though, overall teenager rates are very high WHO (1989).
Teenage pregnancy is regarded to as undesirable phenomenon. Sexually among educationally and economically under privileged females whose health is below normal as a result of poor medical care. There is also a psychological implications of unplanned pregnancy among adolescents and it may not only have adverse effect on the mother but also the babies as well as the adolescent mother. All the basic things needed for quality life some times tend to be in adequately attainable: housing, food, education, health and recreation are always problematic.
Added to the risk of being born by teenage mother, there also existed other associated risk for babies born into an already and unequally environment lacking lives basic needs, baby and mother usually stand disadvantaged and handicapped in day to day living.
Teenage mothers are typically depicted as inadequate parents (Buch Hoiz, 1993) then children are thought to be a significant risk for maltreatments. However the degree of risk to children teenage parents may be well determine by the financial, social and emotional stresses these families face. The critical factor being the availability of resources, which offer support and encouragement.
In recognition of the identified problems of teenage pregnancy and early motherhood, there are many welfare programmes and services available to pregnant adolescent in most of the developed countries, family welfare programmes are considered as a set of measures formulated at the executive level to provide concrete support and services for the advancement of groups and individuals in order to bring about social change family programmes concern social security, social assistance, health family planning, education welfare services food and nutrition etc.
The form and content of a programme as well as its organization and administration depends on the culture and history of a given country including its values, customs and social structure as well as its resources and awareness and specific programme should be organized to the parents and guidance about the prevention of teenage pregnancy in the country.
The concept of social health emanated from the multifaceted view of health which according to world health organization is a state of complete physical, social and mental well-being of an individual and not merely the absence of disease or infirmities. According to Chijioke (1990) man is well known to be a social animal and therefore lives by interacting with his fellow human beings. Similarly, Oguguo (1996) observes that man's nature, which can not be effectively fulfilled without inter and intra relationship has equally created some social problems ranging from hatred to others, bred and natured by the so called jet age. These problems according to Oguguo (1996) are the evil effects of man's social consciousness which health educators have designated social health. Some of these problems emanating from social health according to Asogwa (1997) are called social health problems. This is because according to him their solution require community effort, professional know how co-operation of other disciplines and greater effort and time. Nwachukwu (1997) identified teenage pregnancy alcoholism, drug addiction, sexual promiscuity among others as social health problems which are usually associated with the adolescents. Chauhan (1983) asserted that development is a continuous process, which begins from time of conception in the womb of the mother and continues till death.
However, that period of life that lies between the end of childhood and the beginning of adulthood is termed adolescence. Njoku (1985) pointed that adolescent is that span of years during which boys and girls move from childhood to adulthood, mentally, emotionally, socially and physically. The period varies in length from culture to culture. During the adolescent years which spans between the ages of twelve and twenty years in Nigeria (Ene and Nnamani (1997) most teenage experience a period of very rapid growth the adolescent growth spurt. This growth is accompanied by the development of reproductive organs and such secondary sex characteristics as breast enlargement in girls, beards in boys and appearance of pubic hairs generally. These changes culminated in puberty marked by the development of sperm cells in boys ovum and subsequent menstruation in girls. The bodily changes that accompany sexual maturity are a source of both pride and embarrassment in the adolescent.
Ajiboye (1982) remarked that adolescent is a period when the youngsters to develop heterosexual feelings. This sort of feeling many lead the youngsters to develop passionate affection for others.
This may be attributed to why adolescents want to go out, engage in social activities, attend church services and carryout all sorts of personal exhibitions of themselves such teenage social interactions tend to create an atmosphere for personal affection, love which may even result in sexual intercourse.
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Teenage pregnancy is one which in the present paper occurs within the age bracket of (12-19 years).
Teenage pregnancy is the pregnancy of young immature girls of secondary school age, usually ranging from thirteen to nineteen years of age (Oguguo 1996).
It is usually that pregnancy which occurs between the onset of puberty and late adolescence. This is a period characterized by great sexual drive in both boys and girls. It is also described as an out of wedlock pregnancy.
Maxwell (1969) and Jessor (1982) agreed that engaging in socially in appropriate and undesirable behaviour is one aspect of developmental transitions of adolescents. This explains why adolescents or teenagers become overwhelmingly infatuated in love with the opposite sex.
Oguguo (1996), posited that teenage pregnancy is usually frowned at by members of the society and that it normally results into indifferent attitude from the society to the pregnancy person in question but also makes pregnancy an unhappy thing for an unmarried girls.
Globally, people regard teenage pregnancy as a social and moral problem which often results in shame, and distress to the teenager, discrimination against her illegitimate child, and added responsibility and expenses to the teenagers family and society in general.
Indeed teenage pregnancies result from accidents and therefore, is seen as a social problem (Oguguo 1996).
Teenage pregnancy is an important public health problem as it often occurs in the context of poor social support and material wellbeing.
Some studies have suggested that first teenage pregnancies have a higher frequency of adverse prenatal outcomes.
However, there is argument about whether this is an independent association or explained by confounding factors in general, the risk of adverse outcomes is lower in second pregnancies. However, longitudinal studies comparing outcomes in first and second pregnancies in teenagers have produced inconsistent results.
Cross sectional studies comparing the outcome of second births in teenagers and older women have observed increase rates of preterm birth, low birth weight, and prenatal death but have failed to adjust for potential confounding factors such as smoking and socioeconomic deprivation.
According to Muaksh (1981), knowledge is essential to determine both the extend and quality of information that persons have about a particular issue or behaviour before a change can be effectively initiated. The relationship between knowledge and behaviour is that one can be knowledgeable about something positive or negative action.
In fifteen-century age, observation was carried out about the study of the cause of teenage pregnancy in the countries and study to determine an alternative approach to teenage pregnancy from the conventional, emphasis on contraception was carried out by Gold Furis (1977).
The study revealed that adolescents from larger families are not so bright in school and received sex education late and from friends are more likely to become pregnant than adolescents from smaller families, who did well in school and received sex education from their parents and the researchers contended that the age at which sex education is received and from whom as a predictive bearing on teenage pregnancy in the society.
Health education and information are promoted but little is done to give adolescents access to reproductive health services which at the end result to teenage pregnancy in the society. In other words, the educational programmes are inadequate but services are available to the teenagers.
A programme Adversary note from the United Nations Population Found (NFPA) identified issues such as reproductive health information and planning services for sustainable youth (UNFPA, 1991).
Kare (1993) report, presented results which showed that premarital sexual activity was common at a early age (14years and above), lack of knowledge and limited access to modern contraceptives were obstacles to the use of family planning which finally causes teenage pregnancy in the world today.
The second relationship between knowledge and behaviour is that one may think he or she knows, however, this assumption may result in the positive or negative actions.
Education is generally regarded as one of the best indicators of individual modernity and literacy (Nazzar, 1995).
George (1993), postulated that the girls lack of knowledge about reproduction, their ambitious motivation, the conflicting messages or ideas received, influence teenage pregnancies, George continued by adding that lack of knowledge is primarily a problem of younger students.
According to him, the school girls in the first two classes of secondary school are insufficiently or not at all informed about how their bodies function, the risk of pregnancy and about ways to avoid pregnancy.
In addition, Okeke (1990), in his studies found out that girl who become pregnant at the age of fifteen and sixteen all reported that they had been surprised to find themselves pregnant, not realizing before hand that they could be impregnated with a single act of intercourse.
Undoubtedly, absence of sex education of the teenagers is another prominent cause of teenage pregnancy.
This absence of sex education throws them into actions which result in pregnancies. Some parents and teachers are reluctant to discuss sexual matters with their children thereby making the teenagers completely ignorant of the consequences of sex. Most of the teenage girls do no know their menstrual cycle, safe and unsafe period. Some do not know and have never used any contraceptives. Besides, they engage in sexual affairs for the mere fund of it without knowing the implications. They end up in mistakes which results in pregnancies. Majority of adolescent girls, as shown by studies carried out by Oguama (1992), shows that adolescent girls who became pregnant in Nigeria often display ignorance and innocence on the circumstances that forced them into it.
Furthermore, most teenagers however believe that drugs and contraceptives can always do the magic of preventing unwanted pregnancy. This implicit trust on the contraceptive makes the teenagers engage in indiscriminate sexual affairs that often lead into unwanted pregnancy. Disproving the belief that contraceptive pil is nearly 100% into effective in preventing pregnancy. Mac Sweeny (1985) stressed that even when taken in the priscribed way, it is three to four times less effective in the teens and early twenties than the older women.
According to him medical experts have observed that these young girls know little or nothing about conception, which is so complicated for a layman to understand.
Parenting styles, where there is extreme permissiveness-where adolescents are allowed to do what they like without control, there is move like close of deviant sexual behaviour and teenage pregnancy can result since parental control is low or absent moral factors associated with teenage pregnancy are concerned with the principles of right and wrong behaviour. The family is the primary agent of socialization where the correct moral standards should be given to children. The home plays an interesting and domineering role in sexual socialization because it is within the context of the home that one's sexual and otherwise activities occurs (Akinboye 1987).
In many broken homes, the proper and adequate training which should have been given to the children by both parents are now haphazardly done. Furthermore, children in such homes are exposed to promiscuous knowledge.
Moreover, Onwuamanam (1982), disclosed that a home atmosphere that is full of stress, dislike, malice, boredom and unhappiness leads to delinquency in school. Teenage pregnancy is among the delinquencies.
Single parents most of whom are women, find it increasingly difficult to cope with the stress of raising their children alone. Basey, a divorcee told Igiebor (1987) in an Interview on teenage pregnancy that sometimes you get so fed up with a child's naughtiness and just fold your arms. She added that the emotional stress is too much for one parents to beer.
Ogunade (1957) concurred that a broken home is more likely to produce a teenage mother. Most of the single parents keep boy friends and so openly to the knowledge of their children especially daughters.
Children (1986) posited that peer group is a factor in stimulating sexual permissiveness and providing information about contraceptive. The peer group provides the teenage girls conducive atmosphere for sexual promiscuity. They lure one another to sneak out of the school or homes to attend disco parties, watch and read pornographic films and books: Adolescents can watch those in cinemas and sometimes in their homes in the absence of their parents and humiliate how positive women behaviour can lead young girls to teenage pregnant.
A girl may want to get pregnant because her friends or peer group are all pregnant and perhaps are better off, she wants to belong in that group.
The influence of pornography is great. This implies the display of sexy pictures in newspapers, magazines, video and stage shows for the purpose of sexual stimulation, or to make money. This act reduces sex to the animalistic level. Thus type of exhibition encourages teenage girls and boys to try out what they have seen or heard and the results are pregnancies and births for which the society and the young teenage are unprepared for.
Fajobi (1985) asserted that teenagers of poor economic status are mostly involved in this social problem of teenage pregnancy. According to him, their parents can not afford the financial involvement for, their maintenance at home or school.
Another widely acclaimed factor of teenage pregnancy is inadequate parental care consequent upon the hard economic situation in the country has left many homes without normal cares and affection for their children.
Delegadeye (1978) stated as he advised that parents should try to provide sufficiently for the needs and requirements of their children. He said that special attention should be paid to their clothing, feeding, lodging and education.
Fajobi (1985) further stressed that the increasing number of school drop out which has strong correlation to teenage pregnancy could be attributed to poverty. This shows that many girls are forced to fend for themselves early in life and take up jobs as waitresses in hotels, attendants in petrol stations, roadside engine oil sellers, hawkers and receptionists in business centres etc. This exposes them to men constantly.
Ifechi (1983) observed that a visit to the five star hotels all over the country in recent times will produce shocks in an individual. This is because the road leading to them are heavily infected with teenage girls soliciting for love and money. They are literally desperate for patronage. Any motor car that comes along is invaded with places and assurances of total sexual satisfaction. The teenagers find alternative means of providing for themselves by moving and receiving gifts from older men who in turn have sexual relations with which may result to pregnancy.
Poverty leads to teenage pregnancy sometimes, young girls are forced to engage sex with as a means of paying debts which parents are borrow from and promise to pay back or give their daughters which under thirteen to fourteen years to marriage, in most cases this is done without the consent of the child and some parents are so poor that they cannot afford to pay for the education of their children. In such cases, where financial is limited the boys are given preference since they will inherit their parent and keep the family name and the girls are married out early to provide money for the education of the boys.
Moreover, teenage girls are slaves to material value. They sleep around with men to earn money to meet up their material needs; particularly the fashion wears in tune with the time.
Olanika (1991) advised that ladies should not forget that they have ignite and reputation to maintain. That as future mothers, they should start to cultivate decency right from their teenage years.
The consequences are discussed under the following sub-headings:
1. Early marriage (medical implications)
2. Educational implications
3. Socio-economic implications
4. Psychological consequences
Marrying before physical and mental maturity has a lot of debilitating effect on the part of the spouses and the women in particular. Flectcher (1967) pointed out the effects of early marriage stems from lack of understanding and attack of self esteem by the mates.
Fuisternberge (1976) opined that early marriage can result to couples lacking acquisition of complex knowledge and skills. Lack of substantial investment of materials resources of the teenage girls, and lack of overall knowledge of managing a home are also effects early marriage.
Besides early marriage and the resultant pregnancy may expose the women to medical, educational and socio-economic consequences.
Nzeako (1994) summarized the health and social risk of teenage pregnancy includes.
Premature labour
Eclipses or fit in pregnancy
High-blood pressure
Obstructed labour
Higher risk of sexually transmitted infections
Why on the part of the child there may be
Fetal lose
Low birth weight
Poor care; due to physical and mental immaturity of the mother.
The child may grow up to become battered, this is because the mother may vent her anger and frustration of unfulfilled dreams on the child. The child may become delinquent later in life due to poor care and lack of disciplinary control.
A researcher reported that pregnancy is dangerous to early or young adolescent mothers because their pelvic growth is not yet complete to allow for safe child delivery, (Ihejiamaizv (1995). Such underage mothers may develop prolonged or obstructed labour. An obvious medical implication of this phenomenon is that it may lead to Vesico vaginal Fistula (V VF) and Rect Vagina Fistula (RVF). These condition arise as a result of prolonged and or obstructed labour emanating from the under developed nature of the mother's pelvix, the baby in an attempts to force it's way out of the womb ruptures that their layer of the skin separating the anus and the uterus, resulting to continual draining of urine such teenager of VVF victims are psychologically unstable, and unable to relate well with the immediate families and the outsiders.
She may become a social out cast the repulsive odors emanating from their body is obnoxious enough to cause a separation from friends and even family members.
Another medical problem associated with early marriage and adolescent pregnancy is a condition known as puerperal psychosis, which occurs after child birth.
Two types of puerperal psychosis are toxemic sepsis and pyrexia.
Peaces, (1980) described toxemic sepsis as a state of confusion excrement or delusion in which restlessness and disturbed perception make it impossible for the mother to nurse her baby, while pyrexia refers to as a serve depression which develops some days after the birth of the child fellows pyrexia, the mother developed feeling of general inadequacy and may reject the child.
The life of adolescent girls are put at risk by pregnancy and child birth whether within or outside marriage.
For instance, adolescence pregnancy places a serious limitation on the educational pursuit of the teenager. Due to the cultural orientation of most ethnic groups, parents usually show a luke warm attitude towards an unmarried teenager that becomes pregnant.
The father of the teenager is usually disappointed while the mother is disillusioned because of the assumption that the girls had brought shame to the family.
Arising from this, the chances will be that the educational pursuit of such teenage girls will stop abruptly. She now becomes a drop out and victim of early marriage; as the parents may be willing to give her out to any needy man under the guise of marriage. This seenario contributes to the educational backwardness of girls in our society. Consequently, this has given rise to the high incidence of illiteracy among girls. It has also brought about lack of skilled women in specialized sector of the economy. This is because a teenage pregnant women will loose opportunity for advancement in education and meet up with their peers.
Teenage pregnancy disrupts the normal life course of the mother unscheduled parenthood propels the young mother into a role for which she is only casually prepared and often feels unready to assume pregnant. This situation often leads to divorce, separation and child abandonment. High divorce rate is experienced later in life due to change of values and wanting to catch up with that they missed as teenagers do not appreciate the demands and scarifies needed in marriage because of immaturity.
There may be wife battering and family conflict following such premature relationship. In addition precipitate entry parenthood preempts the social and vocational experiences adolescent would otherwise acquire to prepare her for the adult roles including motherhood.
Further, compared with a woman who delays child bearing until her 21 years and above, the woman who has first child below age 20 is more likely to obtain less education, have limited job opportunities and lower income; most likely, to be separated or divorced, live in poverty, have health problems and become socially dependent (Rahini and Ram 1993). Even so a woman social status is considered improve in certain cultures of the developing world as a result of early child bearing in wedlock, culture may expect females to improve their virginity so that they will not get unwanted pregnancy. (Likwa, 1993) in many developing countries where unfavourable economic circumstances have subjected most of the population to abject poverty formal education for children becomes a luxury, not to talk of education, consequently, teenage pregnancy are usually encourage motherhood even out of wedlock may be seen as a major fulfillment for the female (Berganza 1987) However may societies command and discourage earlier child birth out of wedlock (Palma 1995). This may partly be as a result of what such situation may add to the financial strain of families out a living.
There are confined attempted instances of succeed Lama (1991). When unmarried pregnant young female find the prospect of social and family sanctions too much to bear such as been drive from home or sent away by parents.
According to Castle (1990), a disproportionate number of suicides are committed by pregnant teenagers all over the world. Added to this are instances of violence and neglect suffered by teenager forced to marry because of pregnancy in societies where divorce is unacceptable (Ogutu Ohwayo, 1995). The educational, economic, social cost, psychosocial and physiological consequences of teenage pregnancy. The issue raised here may defer from each society, culture, developed and developing countries is more disadvantageous than their counterparts in develop countries.
Moreover, school girls who became pregnant in developing countries rarely go back to school, whether married or unmarried (Gorgen, 1993) As a result compete less schooling than their counterpart who delay childbearing until their 20 years and above. This was observed by Lunderg (1995) reported that in Kenya alone, among other developing countries, nearly 10,000 school girls are expelled from school every year because of unintended pregnancy. Even when pregnant school girls are not forced to leave school mockery from peers and shame may make it unbearable for them to continue schooling, as usual action is rarely taken against their female partners responsible for the pregnancy unfortunately, early mother hood with it's attended and child care would not allow those adolescent mothers, who may want to return to school after child birth (Moirer, 1993). Out reach programmes are fewer in developing countries than developed ones, such programmes designed to assist pregnant school girls to return to school after childbirth have recorded some success.
Furthermore in inadequate or insufficient homes, food means of transport are usually problematic in adolescent in-immigrants from rural areas to urban counters end up living in the periphery of cities in shanty and to urban counters lacking potable drinking water, sanitary and health care facilities. It seems a teenage mother either in developed or developing country living in urban centers needs skill for a good paying job.
Furthermore, educations have been out short as a result of unintended/unplanned pregnancy suffers set back in economic advancement (Foster 1993). Pregnancy among the very poor adolescents connotes a vicious circle of poverty, in that the poorest females we the most likely to have children in adolescence and likely to remain in that poverty, it has also been observed that poverty has driven teenage mothers to sell sex for survival of self and child.
In examining the psychological implications of adolescent early child bearing especially out of wedlock Alvarez (1978). Stated that childbirth and teenage pregnancy may not only have advance effect on the mother but the baby as well for the aspects of living sometime tend to be inadequately attainable, housing food, education, and health care are always problematic to teenage mother and other associated risky for babies take fore instance, a child which born into crowned out unhealthy environment lack life basic need in the society and the teenage mothers are usually have disadvantaged and handicapped in day today living in the community infact teenage mother are typically despite as inadequate parents together with significant risk formal treatment of the teenage pregnancy which attach with social, mental and emotional stress in the country.
Many event occur in the life of adolescents that have implication for their sexual behaviour. Some of these events include: puberty, schooling, age at first intercourse and age at marriage. The trend in recent times is that adolescents are attaining puberty much earlier than older generations of adolescents. In recent years, there is decline in age of menarche.
Studies have documented decline in age menarch in western world at a rate of 3 to 4 months per decade since the 19th century, resulting in an over all decline of 3 years. In sub Saharan African the age of puberty has dropped from 15 to approximately 12 to 14 years in most areas and in some, it is still declining (Gyep-Garbrah, 1985a and 1985b).
The decline in pubertal age seems to have relationship with early onset or initiation into sexual activity among adolescents. Defo (1997) observed that there is connection between sexual onset or age at first birth and puberty.
Thus, decline in pubertal age tends to increase sexual activity among adolescents particularly in the area of early onset into sexual activity.
Zabin and Keragy (1998) stated that a declining age at puberty puts young people at risk of early premarital exposure to sexual activity even in societies with a tradition of early marriage.
Schooling is another factor that has implication for adolescent sexual behaviour. Schooling prolongs adolescence well beyond the period encompassed by puberty customs and thus leads boys and girls to a level of autonomy or independent not previously experienced.
The implication is that an increasing proportion of the period adolescence is spent in school and managed delayed. With greater period spent in school and marriage postponed, young people are exposed to the risk of premarital intercourse for a long period of time its associated risk of unintended pregnancies, induce abortions and HIV/AIDS means age at marriage is mother factor that has implication for adolescent sexual behaviour. The mean age at marriage is rising and the world wide correlation between extended education and delayed marriage evident. Marriage in most societies marks the beginning of socially sanctioned sexually relations and exposure to risk of child birth. Though tradition discourages premarital sex, Blance and Way (1998) observed that in some cultures premarital sex is tolerated and occasionally encouraged. Sex is too common in many countries as a form of trial marriage and proved fecundity leads to formalization of the Union. (Bledoe and Cohen, 1993). With increase age at marriage and decline in pubertal marriage, young people are at greater risk of premarital sexual activity as well as unwanted pregnancy.
Other factors that have implication for adolescent premarital sexual behaviour include urbanization, unemployment and high cost of living, peer pressure, mass media need for affection and marriage religions and family background. Thus, pubertal maturity beings attained much earliest in recent years and a lot more attending school and delaying marriage than ever before, the gap in pubertal maturity and marriage has increased.
This increase exposes young people to the risk of premarital intercourse for longer periods of time and is at greater risk of unwanted pregnancy and unsafe abortion.
Singh (1998) stated that the countries of sub-Sahara Africa have the highest levels of adolescent child bearing in the developing world. Rates range between 120 to about 160 in most countries of this region. At the extreme, annual age-specific fertility rates of more than 200 births per 1000 women aged 15-19 are found in mail and Niger. According to him. Current levels of adolescence childbearing or pregnancy are moderate to high in most areas of the developing world. In a lot of countries including Nigeria, the trend in adolescent pregnancy and childbearing is increasing and is viewed as a greater social problem now than ever before. It is as a result of this that Cairo population conference document signed by most national governments affirmed the importance of reducing adolescent pregnancy and childbearing (United Nations, (1994).
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Saturday, July 28, 2012
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9 comments:
- Anne said...
I love the fishnet pattern - even more than the polish :-)
- July 28, 2012 at 7:25 AM
- Julie Vernie said...
I need one of those fishnet magnets :-)
- July 28, 2012 at 7:27 AM
- Vedrana Brankovic said...
Pretty polish, but I like the magnet pattern better than the polish colour.
I love magnetic polishes and different designs one can get with them. I have eight magnetic polishes and I'm for two more to arrive. I'm going to buy the new China Glaze magnet, but I don't think I'll be buying more magnetic polishes.
- July 28, 2012 at 7:50 AM
LOVE the fishnet, it's so much more vibrant than the standard stripe or wave. Will have to pick this one up for myself!
- July 28, 2012 at 9:43 AM
- kittytokaren said...
@Anne - The fishnet is cool! I think it looks even better with the smoother magnetic polishes.
@Julie - It's pretty neat! I hope other companies come out with it (for cheaper).
@Vedrana - You and Anne think alike! I think I'm done with my magnetic collection as well.
@leslielovesnails - It got A LOT of compliments from guys - they thought it was awesome! LOL!
- July 28, 2012 at 3:07 PM
- The Lacquered Lady said...
I too am a bit over this trend. I think it is really neat, but the market must be close to saturation. I really like the unique fishnet design. Apparently China Glaze is coming out with another magnetic collection with some unique magnets. I am surprised at how strong this trend seems to be going.
- July 28, 2012 at 3:40 PM
- The Lacquer Tracker said...
I have this one- the magnet really disappointed me, though. Maybe my nails are too curved, but it just would't take. I love the colour, though! And it does make me think of L'oreal Infallible Bronze Divine- good comparison!
- July 30, 2012 at 10:04 AM
- J. Green said...
I, too, have this color and just put it on last night. I love the magnet pattern but was disappointed with the polish itself. Like Lacquer Tracker at first I thought it was my nail curve, but now I think it's the chunkiness of the polish that made it harder to use. I'll be using the magnet on other magnetic colors instead.
- July 30, 2012 at 2:19 PM
- Nicole said...
can I ask how on EARTH you managed to get this magnet to work? I bought the green one after seeing your amazing swatches, and after trying it on all 8+ magnetic polishes I have, I can't make any of them show up AT ALL. the only time i got close was a faint pattern, but it was so close it bumped my nail.
- August 2, 2012 at 6:43 PM


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