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Time for gender equality on cancer vaccine
29th January 2018
The news this week that the NHS is refusing to give teenage boys an inexpensive vaccine that grants long-term protection against Britain's fastest-growing forms of cancer on the grounds of cost underlines just how unfair the situation is.
Teenage girls aged 12 to 13 have been receiving the vaccine that gives immunity against the human papillomavirus (HPV) as part of the NHS childhood immunisation programme since 2008.
But even though many countries around the world routinely also give the jab to boys because HPV causes many other cancers such as mouth, tongue and throat as well as cervical, the NHS has steadfastly refused to extend the programme.
In a major article at the weekend, the Mail on Sunday reported that the reason given for this by the NHS Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) is that immunising boys "does not meet the economic cost-effectiveness criteria for the introduction of a new vaccine."
The JCVI goes on to talk about the "net monetary benefit per vaccinated person."
However the reported cost of extending the HPV vaccine programme would be just £22 million – almost a drop in the ocean in terms of the NHS UK budget of just under £150 billion.
More importantly, the medical, ethical and moral case for giving teenage boys the jab is overwhelming. How can we deny giving a vaccine that will prevent hundreds of cases of untold misery and help tackle what is rapidly becoming a pandemic to those who need it?
The number of cases of head and neck cancers have more than doubled in the last 15 years and they are Britain's fastest-growing forms of cancer, afflicting four times as many men as women. Because diagnosis often occurs at a late stage, many patients need surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Such treatment causes a heavy impact on the body and can be devastating.
Case Study: Click on the image for Steve Bergman's story of he was diagnosed with HPV cancer and his treatment. More information on his story is also available here.
Now is the time for Britain to follow the example of countries such as the US, Canada and Australia and provide the vaccine to all teenagers and reduce the damage being inflicted by HPV to zero.
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Best Taxis In The World Are Where?
Andrea Chesney
Congratulations, London. Your taxi fleet and its drivers have won "best in the world" ranking number one over New York City and Tokyo in an annual global survey of the taxi trade, according to an article in The Sydney Morning Herald. The article also says drivers report "the most common activities in cabs around the world include texting or emailing (19 percent), sleeping (15 percent), eating (10 percent) and kissing (9 percent)." Perfect timing: J. Crew placed an artistic rendition of a bedazzled taxi in the windows of their brand new London store.

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text: After moving last year from the home we had shared for over 30 years with children, foster kids, grandchildren and many friends, we put the tranny in neutral, and have been idling through the last few months as we adjust to our "empty nest". There are obvious benefits to the reduced responsibility of our current situation, but I can't help feeling like we're not only missing out, but leaving much on the table, as it were, of ways we could be giving back, now that we have more "free time". Free time, I must say, that is currently being wasted on mediocre entertainment for just the two of us, sitting in our recliners in front of the "boob tube". That's kind of an outdated reference, now that TVs are flat screens with light emitting diodes.


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Mel B erases husband's name tattoo off her body... the scar looks awful
Singer Mel B is done carrying anything that reminds her of her ex-husband. The former Spice Girls singer went to the doctors and tried to erase the tattoo of her ex Stephen Belafonte she was carrying. The tattoo which had read "Stephen till death do us part you own my heart, " is now just a scar and "till death do us part you own my heart."
Mel B filed for divorce earlier in the year, amidst several controversies.
Mel B and Stephen Belafonte decided to end their marriage of ten years, after Mel B reportedly suffered years of physical, mental, and sexual abuse. Stephen allegedly hooked up with their nanny and got her pregnant while they were still married.
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With over 10,000 planned homes under construction, 60 master planned communities and over 100 high rise buildings in construction or approved for construction, Panama is in the stages of its largest real estate market growth in the history of the country
In the 1980´s Costa Rica was an unpopular outpost, known only to backpackers. But as result of Govt. efforts and major structural changes to the country to improve its tourism market, the country changed forever. Now, Costa Rica is expensive and no longer a bargain or buyers market. A house in San Jose that was purchased in 1987 for $25,000 now goes for $200,000. It only takes common sense to see what the future holds for Panama
The town of Pedasi in Panama is on the Azuero Peninsula. It is a small coastal fishing village nestled on green rolling hills that resemble the Tuscan region of Italy. The coastal roads of Pedasi wind around beautiful cliffs where you can see tide pools, beaches and a traditional Spanish hacienda every so often. The dramatic shores and the fame it has for its virgin fishing grounds have brought a select crowd of investors to this small fishing village, among them an extensive Hollywood crowd that have purchased land and houses in Pedasi
Its not every day that you have the chance to buy a piece of oceanfront land on a picturesque landscape with a rich ecosystem and phenomenal fishing grounds for 50% less than the bank evaluation, said Rod Robertson, Principal in Briggs Capital, (www.briggscapital.com) a Boston based investment bank. Our clients have made significant returns in short periods of time on their land investments in Panama, Ocean Legacy has made purchasing land in Pedasi an easy, safe, seamless process and of course highly lucrative.
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The Mac & Forth Show 136 - It's Here/
With the new iPhone X's arriving into peoples clammy little hands Alan Vickers and Karl Madden have to live vicariously through Dean Murphy as he guides us through his new Apple device. Will Alan's fears of Face ID be laid to rest or will he be vindicated? We find out on this week's episode.
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1) While some artists seem to have a more obvious name, the term "Dhampyr" in my opinion has become much more than just a moniker under which to create music. It is a collective, perhaps a cult-like feel to it. I would liken it to perhaps the Grateful Dead and their following of "Deadheads", but still somehow find the comparison unfit. What are your thoughts on "Dhampyr" not being as much of an alias as it is a movement?
I have no claim on that, or something else like that. That's a territory that I'm not too sure of; I wouldn't know where to go to plug myself off into, to make some sort of tangy outrage that is wonderful in its own worth to emerge as anything obvious enough that maybe it ought not to go away: there's supposedly a very specific detachedness in that sort of enterprise. It's a sort of stricken mode of humming through smoke – of chanting corrupt through subtle dirt and clotted loveliness the often self-accusatory music of generationally invented paranoids, or else, fashionably fucked-up schizoids…it all sounds like so many lonesome fingernails crossing out the lyrics of the last guys' song. But it's all so terrifically terrible and impolite and probably necessary at all events so that we don't dismiss it readily. And maybe that's not so wrong. But I don't know that what I'm doing is so liturgical or dharmic as to point toward lovely futures or cheapened motel-rooms (on the house, champagne; on the floor, everything else"), or something otherwise.
It's a tale of roses caught in the headlights of a deer. It's nonsensical. Where does the drunk go after the fifth drink, impelled by the shuddering beauty of wine and its kingly anointments? Either he goes for a sixth, or he goes out into the night and the stars dispute his diadem of tangled hair/kidneys – "You are not king, you grievous bastard. Praise us. Our virtue is more – and we are dust-motes, after all!"
2) Your music often comes with contributing musicians and at times they can even be seeming guest spots by artists behind other projects, Swallowing Bile for example. Do you have any intentions of collaborating with all of your artists at some point to create an overall family experience ala The Gathering of the Juggalos?
While those are some great guys, it wouldn't work. The Gambino Family worked. The Manson Family worked. The Jugglers do something, too, I'm sure. Maybe we ought to just vote ourselves on that bill. If I could learn how to resist arrest like a ballerina on Benzedrine, I'm sure I could hang out with those guys for a bit. Invariably, though, like all families, the beer runs out. The wine runs out; the women; the drugs; God runs out. And you (invariably) twitch down toward 1-95 on a bend, bending, spitting at cherubic roadkilled heaps and pulling on your last Marlboro and Love and Death splash pain at you and you click up the off-ramp, accelerate, wind up, wind down, and wait to just go to sleep.
4) Someone once said that due to the loud levels both rap music and metal were perhaps best left off of cassette, but I grew up listening to both on cassette and feel as if they do justice these days as well when recorded properly. What are your thoughts on being a heavier sounding act yet on cassette?
Someone said once too – you couldn't convince me it wasn't Nixon – that we ought to put the '70s to trial for five decades. The man lost a few reels of tape and held out forever against the industry. The "They" and the "Other," just little dictators tossing the first confusing pitch. (Invariably) they're nearly perfectly wrong in every case; and by the case, too.
5) With your releases, you seemingly have each one on a different label. (Only one label seems to really overlap) Do you feel that we've reached a point now where artists no longer need to commit to one label so much as garner more exposure by playing the role of a musical Johnny Appleseed?
While there's a new side of transience to things, I never felt it was altogether not forever unnecessary to follow the small dictations of one label, or enterprise, or sound…for that reason, too, do I not record the same record twice – or, I'll at be decent enough if I do, in fact, pass off old material as new, to apply some different name. Or else, I just won't.
Confessedly, the music on the new record is largely new still to warrant a special kind of consideration. (And, of course, the new vocalist on the record – Maxim S. Laurent – has done a significant number of good things; the lyrics are sensibly off-putting enough, logically or spiritually, that I was not left altogether stupefied by the job this fellow did. Though I wrote the lyrics, I shouldn't guess it was not miraculously difficult to set them to melody/structure/bar/sensibility.)
6) In the linear notes of "White Fire Laudanum", there is the line "Dhampyr does not endorse your existence". Would you still say, after all these years, that you do not endorse my existence?
Oh, I wasn't terribly sure about that little inscription when I wrote it three ago, when I had just turned twenty. And I'm even less sure now. That album was recorded under a pose of pink eyes and palsy and your basic and importantly classical Dionysian decadence. Or else, your better-to-a-point Aubrey Beardsley Yellow-Pencil #2 décadence jaune .
Certainly there's a sense of psychological upset very readily…occasional…on that album. (Shivering.) – And a real Sartre-y shivering. Nauseated folks gigging up – or giggling up? - to fail to remark on the Holiday, on the newest quasi-interactive Jersey Boys shooting down/up Broadway…and there's always going to be androids somewhere far off – maybe in Oregon; maybe in hurt Hertfordshire in talks, surely, "Do the electric sheep ever think to dream of us?"
7) Would the title "Withdrawals and Candy Heavens" be in reference to a candy addiction? Because I'm pretty sure I'm addicted to gummy bears.
It was hardly specific enough to puzzle over. That's all I have to say that I can remember. Allegedly, a certain inept statesmen-friend of mine (not so much on my ballot, though!) phoned me over a glass of rotty plum bilgewater to brightly argue that syringes ought to be given out in sad lieu of harmonicas or candy canes because wouldn't that just be something else? It would, Mr. Congressman. It most certainly would, I did so allegedly reply. And so much, in point of fact. But that might have been altogether a hallucination or altogether something less decadent. Who cares? Let's – all of us together – sing Hallelujah and Heroin and Hanukkah while chewing over some handsome Hasbro gluten-neutral product.
8) Your newest album is "Oceanclots" and it has been said to be your best effort yet. There is an old story told by Charles Bukowski that whenever people asked him what his favorite book he wrote was he would always say his newest one, which implicated that if your newest isn't better than the previous then why write it.
Bukowski mumbled a sad number on the end of my last major full-length release on War Against Yourself Recs.
L. Cohen wrote of him (once) that he (H.C. B.) brought even the angels down to Earth. And that was just great, I'm fairly sure. I grew up on Bukowski – though I didn't much encounter him literarily until maybe sixteen – and he was so gorgeously dissociated with the Beats, who he (once) went on record so far as to say, "What's with all the pouting? The degenerates are always going to be there to complain about. You, Ginsberg, and you, Jackie K., you've just numbed the process a little more. You're (now) just whining intropunitively."
As for the question, maybe no writer ought to set out to outmake himself more of a spectacle when the spectacle's outgrown him; (when) he's already gone and flimsied the panties of Greta Garbo – at least imaginarily – forty since prior. You can't advance past Garbo, old Hank, but you sure can advance. In age, decrepitude, despond, plain bad luck; and meanwhile the bottles keep lining up, like chunky piano keys on the floor. And it all keeps coming on – the sad, the (old, old, old) love, the noise of old landladies shifting a broken stereo of two apopleptic arms and warring for rent ("…because the world has failed us both").
(And) his last two books were, sincerely, and let's not be too delicate, a couple cents of gibberish stamped with a few nickels of some cartoon (and old Henry C. B. went on record just as well to abolish this self-same cartoon invidiously; for a part of his life this old crooked hero, this old heroic crooked man, this crook, called Mickey Mouse a "faggot" once, at a time, and once at a time; but this was a man who spat hymns like rapid-fire blood clots between juntas of cockroaches and errant housewives, so perhaps it's just part of the advantage of having lonely diseases) and what he got back was Hollywood and glory and preach and slick, sick brawn. Tough for an alcoholic boy-humorist to start flapping out some disputations at that point as to how sturdy or subtly non-rehearsed the literary mentation is at that point.
I'm confessedly less agile to make myself a spectacle. I haven't any acrobatic mode. Leaking out of bed, somewhere between August and vomitus, somewhere between God and Alabraxis and Abraham and Barbiturate, I'll flick a broken tooth toward the "TRACKING BEGIN" button on my lousy Boss-BR 600 (which I use more these days) and record a few failures, then fail less on the fifth or sixth time. Then I'll take a break and think how I can start failing better the next dozen times; and so it…goes…
9) Are there any updates as to what formats "Oceanclots" might be released on? (Cassette would be ideal for me, obviously)
Sure. So far as I know, Acephale Winter Productions has the tape rights to the album for however long they want. Good folks over there. They took me on during my Congressional period and put out "Withdrawals…" Then I went through them.
10) You also have an EP with Sylvan Screams Analog. Any more info on that right now?
What I know: Mitch is a great fellow and only graciously does he take on his recording treatments; the artists; the whole kith and kin.
11) I also read that Wolfrune Worxxx plans on releasing your entire catalog on limited cassettes. Has there been any consideration with that as to doing something like a 20 cassette boxed set of everything to be purchased all at once?
Well, the guy sent me some mail about re-issuing a good portion of my biblio some good while back; sadly, it wouldn't be worth drawing up guesses as to just what he plans, exactly, to do. What I know: no profits will go to me. What I do not know: if that isn't just categorical silliness/self-absenteeism on my part.
12) Final thoughts, shout outs, plugs, etc… ???
Foremost and of course: this was some delightful chittering.( Àllah vôtre.)
More myself down the end-wise route of intravenously introducing my Oscar-ponies to the Arterial Academy.
Anything on the WAY roster is good: Striborg, Vardan; anything on AWP; Dunnock's got a great new tape out on SSA; and in that way, all and any of Mitch's dream roster. The new album by Twilight Fauna was so peculiarly sad…have a shot at that one, if you'd like.
As for what I'm trying to be doing: Lead Wings will be debuting our first material, featuring the gang from Atrum Tempestas, somewhere (soon). (I'll have a vocal/lyrical role in that project.)
And a friend told me only a little while ago that he's got a new project, Tethra, which all of you – "are you there? Do you care whether we have an ostrich, even?" – ought to at least enjoy, if not show a total and categorical support. You might know his earlier stuff in Faded Grave. Good pal of mine, I'm fairly sure.


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Shopping Lesson Learned. It's Not Always Cheaper Online.
Maybe this has happened to you too this weekend. You're in an actual store, holding a hot Christmas item in your hands, and you think, "Eh, I can probably find it cheaper online." And you put the toy back and leave the store, and you don't find it cheaper online. Christmas shopping crisis!
I put the last three Little Live Pets Bird Cages back on the shelf and left the store on Saturday, only to go home and find out all of the stores are out of stock online and if you do find those little talking birds in a cage, they're $20 more expensive online. Whoops!
So I went back to the store and by that time the three that I had been holding in my hand were gone. Sold out! They were mine for a minute, but I am an idiot and released them! So I went to another store that was supposed to have 9 in stock, and by the time I got there they only had 4. I snatched up 3 of them and watched a dad of a 6-year old pick up the other one.
My girls have been asking for these things for weeks and put fifteen circles around them in the toy magazines so I would be sure to notice. Apparently other kids are doing the same thing, right alongside the asks for the Frozen dolls and Ninja Turtle toys.
My BFF Abbi's comment after I told her the shopping story was, "Those things sound really noisy and annoying!" She's probably right. I'm going to have a chorus of fake chirping birds at my house. But for now, I'm victorious!
The obvious moral of the story for me is, things aren't always cheaper online. And also, that I still need to take a class on how to shop correctly.


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While the WBTS claim that 'New light never extinguishes 'older light,' but adds to it', Proverbs 4:18 informs us that 'the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day'.Things are never quite what Scripture means when you follow the WBTS!On a par with their foolish doctrinal errors the WBTS try the same argument concerning the nature of the body of the resurrected Jesus and try to argue: 'Can it be possible that Jesus does not come in a fleshly body at his second advent!'C.T. Russell wrote his first booklet, 'Object and Manner of our Lord's Return' in 1877 NOT 1873 as the later President Fred Franz claimed in the WBTS 1975 Yearbook, page 36!Franz clearly back-dated this booklet in an effort to make their early false prophet, Russell, look better - despite the whole 'prophecy' being an utter sham!
Comment: This later page (above) of Zion's Watch Tower, October-November 1881, p289 reveals that no Jehovah's Witness could become a member of the 'little flock' of 144,000 after October 3, 1881 - this must be a severe disappointment to the many who have claimed to be in the 144,000 since that date!However, the WBTS have adjusted their dates so often in their history that this is no real problem to them!What is a huge problem for the WBTS (one of many) is the fact that the Bible does not teach their doctrine that only 144,000 go to heaven - as we will prove later!When the 'prophecy' that Jesus would return visibly in 1874 was endorsed by C.T. Russell - and obviously failed - we find that he behaved in the pattern which the WBTS has followed ever since those early days: he changed his 'prophecy' in 1877 to try and make his FALSE PROPHECY come true by claiming that Jesus returned in 1874 - INVISIBLY - although they had clearly expected Jesus' VISIBLE return!The fact that the Lord Jesus Christ clearly warned of those who claim He has returned (Matthew 24:23-27) somehow escaped the WBTS (see later). When we read the excuses made by the WBTS: 'Looking back to 1871, we see that many of our company were what are known as Second Adventists, and the light they held briefly stated, was that there would be a second advent of Jesus ...'we see that they simply shared the same errors of 'Adventists' who still exist today in the form of the Seventh-Day Adventists cult:'that he (Jesus!) would come to bless and immortalize the saints, to judge the world and burn up the world and all the wicked. This they claimed would occur in 1873, because the 6,000 years from the creation of Adam were complete then'.There are many other statements made by the WBTS that show how they made repeated guesses about the physical return of Jesus.Fortunately the old magazines of the WBTS are available, both as official 'Reprints' and as archived scanned magazines and books on the Internet and in private libraries, and further evidence is widely available when necessary.By examining the early 'chronology' of the WBTS we can draw the following comparisons to their modern-day claims:
Russell emphasized a number of years, including 1915 and 1918, and so the WBTS cannot claim that they pointed exclusively to 1914.In fact, the record shows that the nearer 1914 came the more Russell doubted his original 'prophecies'.Russell first said that the 'Gentile Times' ended on 20 September 1914, and later saw 'no reason for doubting' October 1914.Russell always said that the kingdom would be an earthly one.What the Witnesses teach today about Christ's invisible reign has nothing to do with Russell's teaching of the end of the world's governmental systems.Neither by December 1914, nor by his death in 1916, had Russell received the 'light' that he claimed God had promised to his true children and not once did he claim that the kingdom was set up in 1914.The very first issue of Zion's Watch Tower clearly taught Christ's literal, physical coming and this view has been slowly modified over the years.Today the WBTS claim that 1914 event, above all else, as 'proving' Russell's 'prophecies'.
How can a Society that blatantly twists the words of its own founder be the mouthpiece of 'Jehovah' God?The record shows that in seeking to prove that they are God's prophet they have deceived and lied.The next two pages are from Zion's Watch Tower, January 1886, title page - the WBTS give their view of the current state on earth:


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RE: Need online help Hobbit Chapter 6: Identify wargs.
6. Identify wargs.
- Why were the wargs at the clearing?
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Monthly Archives: May 2011
North Carolina Ballot Access Hearing Set
On June 1, the North Carolina House Elections Committee will hear HB 32, at 2:10 p.m. This is the bill that lowers the number of signatures for minor and new parties, and independent candidates. Thanks to Brian Irving for this news.
Ohio Libertarian Activist Appointed to City Council of Perrysburg
On May 24, Todd Grayson, communications director for the Ohio Libertarian Party, was appointed to the city council of Perrysburg, Ohio. Perrysburg is a city of 21,000 in northwest Ohio. It has nonpartisan city elections. See this story, which does not mention his affiliation. Thanks to Kevin Knedler for this news.
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When I started Willow Tree Community School, I decided that I wanted to do as many things as possible the way Mason did, even if I wasn't sure why. It was a big experiment, really, because I love research so much and I wanted to see what would happen. Luckily for me and my students, all turned out well (else I wouldn't be sharing!). One of the most confusing things I implemented was forms. Of course, here in the states, we are used to grade levels. As Sir Ken Robinson says in one of his talks, "It is as though the most important thing children have in common is their date of manufacture." You move through the system with other children your age, and then you are educated.
Anyone who has studied Mason's works knows that she used forms instead, and that the forms contained multiple ages. Now it would be easy to transfer how we deal with grade levels to how we deal with forms. For example, if Form 1 is supposed to be comprised of children ages 6-9, then when the child turns 10 he moves to Form 2. Or, you could say Form 1 equates to Grades 1-3, Form 2 equates to Grades 4-6, etc., and it would be essentially the same as the grade level system. Roughly, the forms do coincide with age as follows:
Form 1--Grades 1-3
Form 2--Grades 4-6
Form 3--Grades 7-8
Form 4--Grade 9
Form 5--Grades 10-11
Form 6--Grade 12
But then Mason throws us a curve ball on p. 19-20 of Ourselves with this quote on being slothful:
Sloth, a Tyrant.––I daresay you are glad to hear of an Esquire of the Body who is not followed by a black shadow threatening Mansoul with ruin; but, alas! we cannot be let off. Rest, too, has his Dæmon, whose name is Sloth. 'A little more sleep, a little more slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep,' is the petition with which he besieges the Prime Minister. Once Sloth is ruler in Mansoul, the person cannot wake up in the morning, dawdles over his dressing, comes down late for breakfast, hates a walk, can't bear games, dawdles over his preparation, does not want to make boats or whistles, or collect stamps, drops in all his lessons, is in the Third form when he ought to be in the Sixth, saunters about the corners of the playing-field with his hands in his pockets, never does anything for anybody, not because he is unkind or ill-natured, but because he will not take the trouble. (emphasis mine)
So what does this mean for our idea of forms? Did the poor lad "fail" third form? The kid is supposed to be graduating and he is still in middle school? Surely that can't be right, especially considering a statistic I remember hearing in one of my undergraduate classes that every time you hold a child back, it cuts his chances of actually finishing school in half. So if we can't just lay our ideas on top of Mason's and assume they will fit, what are we to make of forms?
Well, after experimenting with forms at Willow Tree and thinking about child development, I think forms were benchmarks of both development and academic attainments. They were much more fluid than our grade levels are. If you look at how she grouped children, you can see that generally children those ages have certain characteristics in common, and they are focused on the same things academically. But child development can be a tricky thing. It is too tempting to take something that researchers have published as descriptive (e.g., "Most 7 year olds are able to ___.") and make it prescriptive (e.g., All 7 year olds should be able to ____." This is what has gotten us in trouble in the age of standards. Whenever a child developmentalist like Chip Wood or Arnold Gessell describes an age, it is important to remember that real children could be two or more years on either side. There is no such thing as a "standard child."
Now, with that disclaimer out of the way, let's look at Mason's forms. I will even split the forms as Mason did. Since my specialty is language arts, I will focus mainly on that. I invite experts in other areas to weigh in with their observations, as well. Now that would make for a fun conversation!
Form 1b (1st grade)--This is when formal instruction begins. The teacher's job is to help children develop their powers of attention, observation, and oral language while also teaching them beginning reading. The exact way Mason taught reading can be found starting on p. 199 of Home Education. Every first grade teacher should read this. Lessons should be kept short (10-20 minutes each) and varied between quiet, still activities and things that are more active, so that children are not sitting doing seat work too long. You can expect children at this age to tire easily. You want to stop any activity at the first sign of this and change to something completely different. They need lots of time outdoors (read the section on Out-of-Door Life in Home Education, starting on p. 42).
Form 1a (Grades 2-3)--By the time children get to Form 1A, they should be able to read easy books. They spent their time in Form 1B learning lots of sight words and learning how to use phonics meaningfully, though some children may need more time with these. (For more information, see the section on learning to read on p. 199 of Home Education.) The major part of their work in Form 1A is to build fluency in reading and to automate skills in letter formation and spelling simple and high frequency words. This is accomplished through copywork and dictation. Children should gradually take on the responsibility of reading for themselves both orally and silently as they can. (Only give them as much as they can be successful with. This will probably mean using reading groups.) Books that are beyond their ability should be read aloud by the teacher.
Form 2b (4th grade)--Students entering Form 2B should be able to read for themselves fairly fluently. In Form 2, they will transition from "learning to read" to "reading to learn." They should also have enough experience with copywork, penmanship, and dictation that simple writing conventions have become automated. This means that they may begin writing assignments (mainly narration of stories), though they do tire quickly. Allow them to write a part and then tell the rest, so that they can gradually build up to writing a whole narration.
Form 2a (Grades 5-6)--Students in Form 2A are more fluent in writing, and so their writing assignments can be expanded a bit. They have also read widely enough that they should be able to make connections easily. The main foci in this form are continuing to build fluency and depth in writing and increasing their depth of thinking and reflection on what they read.
Form 3 (Grades 7-8)--Students at this age are beginning to think more abstractly. They also are interested in issues and can see both sides of an argument, so beginning analysis of text becomes appropriate. They may be able to better express themselves in writing than orally.
Form 4 (Grade 9)--Students at this age are better at abstract and creative thinking, but they don't always show the best judgment. They are very interested in justice and social issues. This is a big transition year. They begin to show more adult traits, but often seem to have more in common with middle schoolers than high schoolers.
Form 5 (Grades 10-11) and 6 (12th grade)--Students mature rapidly during these years. They need to begin delving deeply into fields of interest to them. They are good at analysis, making connections, seeing implications, and abstract/complex thinking. This makes research projects appropriate and important.
So what are we to make of the poor boy who was so far behind? Well, I don't think it was due to a developmental delay, since Mason attributes it to sloth. Perhaps he was reading or writing at a much lower level than his peers because he just didn't care. I've seen that, but it's a subject that deserves it's own cuppa.
So what do you think? Are there any math or science people out there who can tell us what characteristics and patterns they have noticed in children of these ages? I look forward to hearing from you! Have a great day, and enjoy your morning cuppa!


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Padel in UK. Great person and better friend, ladies and gentleman.. the President of British Padel. HP to everyone.
HELLO PADEL has caught a moment on a long interview to the greatest football ever,
Fredric Bengtsson is the president os the Swedish Padel federation and he talks with us
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from a post I wrote on oprah.com on Tolle's 'New Earth":
I used to travel to Acadia National Park 3 to 4 times a year for that 'fix'.. And it was a 4-5 hour drive for me to get there. Now it appears that I'm able to gather that same 'high' during the week just by paying some attention to the everyday nature around me. Although I have to admit there's some great nature there every day for me. The Merrimack River is almost by my doorstep. But I think the lesson to be learned. for me at least, is we don't have to travel all that far to experience this. Just my walk to my car in the morning is enough! Looking at the trees and the birds. Especially the birds. Saw a flock of robins yesterday and I can't tell you how thrilled I was. First sign of spring and all here in New England. I guess what I'm trying to say, and excuse me for going on. is when you're open to the consciousness in you, you don't have to travel to the ends of the earth to experience it. It's always with you. With this caveat: I'm not sure if I'd feel the same way living in a big city. I'm not at that point yet.
MY GARDENING METHOD - I grew up on 92 acres of partly-forested, partly-open land in the country. I now live on a very small lot at the outer edge of — but still within — a city...
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We wait on hold, talk to voice mail, play telephone tag … its no wonder some business people have gotten so frustrated with the phone that theyre increasingly relying on e-mail, faxes and other technologies to communicate.
While these new media have their places, theyre usually no substitute for actually talking with a client or business associate. Given that, here are a few ways to make the telephone less frustrating and a much more effective communication tool.
- Record a voice mail greeting that works.
One of the biggest complaints about the phone is the seemingly endless games of tag we play with callers. All too often, the greeting on our voice mail is a big part of the problem. Dont just say, Leave a message and Ill call you back. The only message most people will leave is, Hey, its Joe. Call me. Instead, try, Please leave a detailed message outlining exactly what you need. That way, Ill have that information when I call you. Thanks.
- Better yet, answer your own phone.
A lot of people think having someone screen their calls saves time, but I disagree. Messages get garbled. Sometimes people wont discuss a confidential matter with a secretary or administrative assistant. Why duplicate efforts? Your associates time is valuable, too.
- Dont be too quick to say, Ill call you back.
If someone calls and requests information you dont have at hand, but can get quickly, dont say Ill call you right back. Odds are, youll just start another round of phone tag. Instead, ask callers if you can put them on hold. If they hesitate, explain, Itll take me less than a minute to get that information and we can settle this right now.
- Let more callers hold.
If you choose not to answer your own phone, instruct the person who handles incoming calls to ask everyone to wait on hold for just a few seconds, to see if youre available. If youre on a call, youll usually be able to conclude that conversation and take the incoming call. Its frustrating to miss important calls because you were on an unimportant one.
- Put yourself on hold, too.
Most of us have more than enough to keep us busy at our desks, so why are we in such a hurry to leave a message when the person were calling is on the other line? Instead, announce you dont mind waiting on hold, put your phone on speaker and get back to work. So what if you wait five minutes? Youre getting work done. And you know the person you need to speak with is in, so the wait is worth it.
- Alert your assistant about important incoming calls.
Your assistant cant read your mind. If youre expecting an important caller, let someone know and leave instructions to interrupt you.
- Make calls before or after hours.
Often, you dont need to talk to someone you just want to leave a piece of information. The trouble is, what should be a 30-second phone call can become a 10-minute rehash of the weekends football game. To avoid these conversations, leave messages before or after hours.
- Keep your voice mail message current.
You call a business associate Monday. Her voice mail says to leave a message and shell call you back. You leave a message. No return call. You leave another message Wednesday. On Thursday, you finally learn shes on vacation. Youve wasted almost a week because she didnt update her voice mail message and she probably lost an order.
Charles Nekvasil is executive counselor at Lord, Sullivan & Yoder Public Relations in Columbus. On a typical day, he makes and receives more than 100 telephone calls. Reach him at 846-7777.


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Dr Mike Omotosho, Governor Emeritus of Rotary International, District 9125, disclosed this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Abuja.
Omotosho said that the foundation had also provided revolving loans to more than 3,000 rural women after acquiring free vocational skills training.
He said the foundation, under the auspices of the Mike Omotosho Foundation International Scholarships, had provided scholarship to 10,000 students to travel abroad for undergraduate and postgraduate studies.
Besides, he said the foundation has instituted an annual educational grant to primary and secondary school students.
According to him, the foundation also provides a forum for policy makers, professionals and leaders of thought to discuss and proffer efficient solutions and alternatives to pressing societal and developmental issues.
Omotosho advocated for effective implementation of social policies, collective humanitarian efforts and active participation of people as key factors for eliminating poverty in Nigeria.
He said very year, the Mike Omotosho Annual Lecture for leaders of thought holds to discuss pressing societal and developmental issues.
In 2017, the annual lecture would dig dip into the agricultural sector with a view to unveil opportunities available and propose solutions for lingering challenges in the Nigerian agricultural sector towards a sustainable economic growth.
He said the 2017 lecture has a theme `Increased Agricultural Productivity for Sustainable Economic Growth,' schedule to hold on Jan. 14, would be attended by professionals, major players and policy makers.


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Vandals have wrecked artwork installed in a Sleaford nature area twice in two weeks.
Vandals have wrecked artwork installed in a Sleaford nature area twice in two weeks.
Jessica Notley leads a group of volunteers who meet monthly at The Nettles open air arts area near the leisure centre beside the River Slea.
When the group arrived on Monday they were met with a sad and terrible mess. Three fence panels were totally missing, being dumped in the river, a stone and wire bench had been cut apart and the stones scattered everywhere and a concrete sculpture picked at and crumbling.
Jessica said: "We are all gutted as we put a lot of work into keeping the area welcoming and special. We are all really depressed - it is such a lovely area and sadly this has put a downer on everything."
She said chunks of the really thick wire had actually been cut out of the bench. "We don't know if we will be able to put it right as it is an artist's commissioned piece of work," she said. Jessica believes it first happened in the last two weeks.
Then arriving yesterday (Tuesday) to check on it she discovered all their repair work had been undone by vandals overnight. "I didn't expect it to happen again quite so soon," she said, appealing for locals to report anything to police on 101.
Marion Sanders of ArtsNK, which is responsible for The Nettles, said it is soul destroying but they will plough in developing and maintaining the area: "Everyone puts so much effort into making it nice. If you see anybody not treating it well, report it."


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The Weston Centre is run entirely by volunteers. We are very dependent on the time, and skills, given by many people, in several different roles. These range from making cups of coffee to involvement in the overall running of the Centre and serving as Trustees.
We have successfully served the residents of Duffield for 29 years now. But we would like more people to use our facilities, and also to provide additional activities beyond the coffee mornings and lunches. So we are in need of more volunteers, both for running our existing programme but also to enable us to expand.
This involves making and serving hot drinks, and helping people to feel welcome. You would need to be onsite between 9.45 and 12.15. There are usually two volunteers each morning. Most volunteers do the same day each week, or alternate weeks, but occasional volunteers, as a standby if a regular is not available, are also needed. We can generally adjust to fit in with your availability.
Our Monday lunches are well established, and we have a group who help with the preparation of the meals during the morning and then serving at lunchtime and clearing up afterwards. But additional helpers would be welcome.
These lunches are fully booked and there are more people whom we do not have room for. We ran additional lunches on Wednesdays for a while, and are keen to reinstate these. If you may be able to take on the running of lunches on Wednesdays, including shopping and cooking, we would be particularly keen to hear from you.
We also need a Hall Manager (Caretaker), to deal with day to day maintenance issues, including organising and supervising any work which needs to be done. This could be the same person as the Secretary, as was the case previously, or someone separate.
We want to expand the activities we provide, so please contact us if you think you could help with organising occasional afternoon events.
If would like to help us, please contact Richard, our Chairman, tel 01773 550454 or 07859 235081, or email (email@example.com), for more information on what is involved.
Remember that there is a wide variety of opportunities available and there is flexibility enabling you to choose how much you take on from occasional help to a more major involvement.
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Beware of fitness Gyms
★★★★★★★ THANK GOD! ★★★★★★★ I have successfully talked my old man (Rick Hooper), husband of 29 years, out of joining a useless 24 hour, 365 / 7 days a week, "fitness" gym. At first he had me bedazzled and impressed by all the pretty neon purple colors and jazzy lighting. For that alone, this particular place is unbelievably gorgeous and tempting. I will give them that. Unfortunately, it is all I can positively express about this business. Nice Thematic! The End. Not really, though all of a pretty picture I am able to paint for them.
I Googled this place first (there are hundreds across the USA) and they got terrible ratings. One after another. How utterly eye opening, with American Consumers bashing them with massive intensity! We have a WII Fit with all the bells and whistles, and blessed with feet to walk around the neighborhood. Soon our own personal pool and hot tub will be installed. With the equipment we have already acquired, and what is coming, there are no reasons for us to join another gym outside of home.
Personally I think they are somewhat nasty, these gyms you share with others. Why bother? We have been here before, different gyms, same situation. Fortunately, he listened to me this time before our appointment today. Fitness is important, there are no doubts, but this place that shall remain nameless is ridiculous.
We were approached at the door immediately. A plus one would think, as only members have access to the building. As it turns out this is not the only reason those who work there are actually told to approach you, this is part of their job. Shall I just get right down to it? You can be told on and asked to leave or change your workout gear (even if clean when beginning) if you "sweat too much while working out" or "make too much noise while exercising." These are 2 actual quotes. When asking the person giving the tour, I threw some boldness her way and asked if that was all true. She danced around the question, which by the way was never answered.
Say the heck? Do what? Are you kidding me? I was laughing inside at her "cheerleader" guide to physical fitness. The batting of the eyelashes. Flirtatious. Woah! Is this really happening? How cute. And her face full of cosmetic overload and an extra tiny outfit. Right, this is not believable. People who are trying to make their bodies look better do not really want to see a reflection of a Barbie doll bouncing about. Maybe some perverts but not most of America. By the way, there was no place for children to play. No where for them to go. Frankly, you would not want them there anyway.
We then visited the showers. They have many rooms but not one for a male and one for a female. They are all the same, unisex. If someone walks in on you of the opposite sex, it is your fault because you did not lock the door. One look at the tiny shower floor told me everything. Gross! There was a chunk of blood in the bottom of the stall. Oh no way! Gag! Nice cleaning!
It gets better, you are forced into signing a years contract. If you find the place tasteless they will sue you for leaving. If they find you irritating in some way, like sweating, they will tear up your contract and sue you for the remainder of what remains of your 12 month membership. If you find this place is not to your standards it is considered resigning and never going back or using any of their services unless you pay up immediately for how many months you have left, they will take you to court, without your permission. You must agree to all of this by signing your name.
There is much small print on their "contract" such as what they consider "selling points" saying they are gearing themselves to all ages yet the video we were shown were very young people, perfectly physically fit, and most did not look old enough to buy a mixed drink. In other words they looked, for the most part, under the age of twenty one. Then came the most hilarious part. They are marketing sugared (basically a bottled, over priced, powdered fruit flavored) drink mixed with water, that you can only purchase there. You could tell right away how much she was encouraging people to buy their merchandise. This of course included their own work out t-shirts, shorts, etc… She said not to take it personally if we were snubbed because wearing their gear shows you "belong" there. Her actual wordings. Wait, the way to enter the building, does that not prove you are a member? I guess not. Though in the beginning of this encounter she said it was.
Then she let out a secret, a final way to "lure" people in. Sorry, Tootz – it did not work. My response was not what she was hoping for. This is a gym, a place they want you to succeed at your level of perfection. Then tell me why they host an "all you can eat" monthly pizza party, ordered from a local, high carb, high fat joint? Not Healthy! At last I could hold my laughter in no longer. I fell apart!
We let her know this was not what we were looking for and excused ourselves to the front door. Exiting, I took notice of several dishes full of candy, again made with sugar. I asked! Was this a "Halloween thing or an every day bowl of sugared poison?" She enthusiastically pointed out that they were free and yes all made with sugar! I never inquired if they were free, but if this was something set out on an every day basis, this is not geared towards health. Yes, I conclude, I began laughing again and we left.
Where am I going with this? Get your own gym. Buy a piece at a time. Do you really want to share everything with others including their germs? You are also more inclined to work out and stay with it if in your own home. And never, ever, join a gym without giving it a very good look over and that includes their contracts and rules.
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During my 20 years in education, I met some amazing creative teachers. There were groups of us who would create resources and share with one another. Most of our creations were basically put in a file online for us to save and print as needed. Many were in Yahoo groups or share sites for teachers. This was long before facebook or pinterest. Sadly, I don't know who to give credit to on many of these activities. I am only sharing what appears to be made with free clipart or with art sets I own. The songs, rhymes, and poems are pretty much used in preschool/early childhood classes around the nation. If you know of any I am sharing that breaks a copyright, please let me know. I have spent extra time writing to teachers that these could have possible come from, with no responses. I would like to give credit and some of these are not my original ideas.
Farm Animal ABC Match
Using simple farm animal patterns, make a total of 26 pairs of animals. Program adult animals with upper case letters and baby animal patterns with lower case letters. Laminate for durability. Have your child match upper and lower case letters. You can use only letters familiar to your child and increase as needed. These cards may also be used for flash cards.
Favorite Farm Animal Writing:
This activity should be done at your child's development level. Look at pictures of farm animals with your child. Ask what your child's favorite farm animal is and why. If your child is writing, have him/her draw a picture of the animal and write, "I like a ___ because _____." If your child is not writing on his/her own, you can write the sentence under the picture. The child can copy the sentence, if developmentally ready.
Tell A Farm Story:
Show your child a picture of a farm. Have him/her tell/write a story about the picture. For a more advanced activity, have some new farm vocabulary words that must be included in the story.
Farm Rhyme:
Give your child farm words and see if they can say words that rhyme. Some easy words might be: farm, pig, cow, horse, goose, hay.
Beginning Sounds:
Show your child pictures of farm animals/equipment and have him/her tell you beginning sounds.
What's That Sound:
Play sounds of animals on the farm. Have your child guess what animal is making the noise. This is a link to SoundBible with farm sounds: http://soundbible.com/tags-farm.html
Animal Word Match:
Find pictures of farm animals. Write the word of the picture on an index card. Have your child match the word to the picture. You can use these Farm AnimalsWord Cards. (This was one of my share files and not my original creation.)
Can You Find My Breakfast Interactive Story
Use this story as an interactive story with your children. Cut out the animals and place a piece of felt on back for a flannel board or a magnet on back to use on a cookie sheet or refrigerator. (This was one of my share files and not my original creation.)
Math Match Animals
Use a simple cow or pig pattern. Write a number on the front side of the animal and color spots on the backside to match that number. Cut the cow in half with a zig-zag or curvy line and have your child match the halves as a puzzle.
Animal Comparisons
Show your child several pictures of farm animals. Have him/her compare and contrast two animals at a time. For example: a pig and a horse: Compare: four legs, hair, two ears, snout, mammals. Contrast: size, color, tail
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Print pictures, or find magazine pictures of groups of farm animals. For example, a picture with 4 cows and a pictures with 6 horses. Ask questions like: How many cows do you see? How many horses do you see? Which picture has more? Which has less? How many more? How many less? How many would we have if we put them all in the same fence. Have an assortment of pictures. This would also be a great graphing activity.
Get in Order:
Have a variety of pictures of farm animals. Free clipart from an online search will be fine. Try to manipulate the photos/pictures, so they are all about the same size. Have your child sequence the animals from lightest weight to heaviest weight, or in order of height or length.
Play the Cow counting Game. (This was one of my share files and not my original creation.)
Life cycles:
Talk about the life cycle of a chicken. If you have access to a fertilized egg, you may want to incubate and candle the egg as it develops, to watch the baby grow. There are also videos of this online, if you do not have access. If you do not have room for the chick, make sure you have made arrangements to provide for the new life.
It's All In A Foot
Examine the feet of farm animals. If you can't go to a farm, simply do an online search for "photos of ____ feet." Compare them to each other and to human feet. Compare skin type, toes, etc. Introduce the word "hoof" and compare hooves of animals.
Milk a Cow
While you may not be able to go to a farm and milk a cow, you can simulate one at home. All you need is a cardboard cut out of a cow and a latex glove. Fill the glove with milk (or water) and tie off the glove like a balloon. Punch two pin holes in the fingertips of each finger of the glove. Attach the glove to the place the udder would be on the cow. To milk the cow, a finger will have to be pinched between the thumb and forefinger. Wrap the other fingers around the "finger" or "teat" and pull down. Milk will come shooting out of the glove. Have your little farmer wear a hat and sit on a "milking stool." You will also need a milking bucket and a camera, because this one is just too cute!!
Paper plate Farm Animals:
Many Paper plate farm animal patterns can be found free online. I have many patterns on my pinterest page at: http://www.pinterest.com/lori4christ/paper-plate-crafts/
Clothes Pin Farm Animals:
Use simple outlines of farm animals. Your child decorates the animal as desired. Place clothes pins where the legs would be. You can make a farm full of these animals to use in your block center. Try putting cotton balls on the sheep/lamb.
Hand Print Animals:
Every farm animal you can imagine can be made with handprints or footprints, or both. A quick search should result in numerous patterns.
Grain and Seed Collages
Using wild bird seed and sunflower seeds, make a collage. Children can glue the seeds on sheets of constriction paper. You can also have your child sort the seeds in the feed and use them to fill in a "farm picture." Use a simple farm coloring sheet and use a different seed on each section of the sheet. If you know someone who has a farm, or have a farm feed store nearby, get small amounts of different feeds for farm animals. Many sell it by volume, allowing you to buy as little as you want.
Corn Cob Painting:
Put tempra paint in a recycled, cleaned meat tray. Have your child dip a dried corncob in the pain and paint designs on construction paper by rolling the cob. Use some with corn still intact and some that are empty of corn. What happens when you did the end of the cob? What designs can be made only using the top?
Make sculpted farm animals. Give your child play dough and him/her shape a farm animal.
Build a Barn:
Go to your local furniture or appliance store and ask for an appliance box, or several. Help your child paint the box red. But in doors, a hay loft, etc. It is a great barn for your child to role play.
Use blocks to build a barn/farm.
Make butter. Place whipping cream in a jar and shake, and shake, and shake. The butter will separate from the whey. Add butter and serve for dinner with crackers or fresh bread.
Talk about all of the products we use that comes from a farm. Use these Products From the Farm Cards to help. (This was one of my share files and not my original creation.)
Talk about tools a farmer uses. If you have a farm implement company near by, go visit and look at the different tools and tractors.
Visit a farm.
Make a SHAPE TRACTOR using this page. (This was one of my share files and not my original creation.)
Visit a farmer's market.
Hubbarscupboard.com has a free emergent reader available for print named: "At The Farm".
Play the "Farm Word Spelling Game" by printing the pages of this pdf. Cut the letter cards apart and have your child put the correct letters where they belong. This is simply matching letters. (This was one of my share files and not my original creation.)
Use the Barn Counting Mats by printing the set of cards. Use a set of play farm animals or small pictures of farm animals to have your child put the correct number of animals on each barn. Another option for using these cards: Find pictures of simple farm animal shapes. Program shapes with dots to represent numbers. The animals are sorted according to the barn their dots match. You should have about 5 animals in each barn. For example, find a cow, a goat, a sheep, a hen, and a horse. Make 10 of each animal. I copy them into a Word document and decrease size to be about the same size as the barn cards. Print the animals and using a marker, draw dots on each horse, 1-10. Repeat with each animal. (This was one of my share files and not my original creation.)
Use the Cover Up Games from: http://www.barrbunch.com/mathmats.htm Their instructions are included at the top of the page. Available for so many themes.
Play the Barnyard Boogie. Instructions included. . (This was one of my share files and not my original creation.)
Here are some Song/Rhyme posters you can print and use. These were part of the share group and not my original creations.
Part 2 of Farm Unit will be posted soon!!


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Psalms 113:9 He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the LORD.
Proverbs 14:1 Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.
Proverbs 24:3 Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established:
4 And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.
Proverbs 7:10 And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.
11 (She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:
12 Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)
Proverbs 31:10 Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.
11 The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.
12 She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.
13 She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.
14 She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar.
15 She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens.
16 She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
17 She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.
18 She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goeth not out by night.
19 She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff.
20 She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.
21 She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet.
22 She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk and purple.
23 Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.
24 She maketh fine linen, and selleth it; and delivereth girdles unto the merchant.
25 Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.
26 She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness.
27 She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.
28 Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.
29 Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all.
30 Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.
31 Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.
1 Timothy 5:9 Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man.
10 Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints' feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed every good work.
11 But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry;
12 Having damnation, because they have cast off their first faith.
13 And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.
14 I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.
15 For some are already turned aside after Satan.
Titus 2:1 But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine:
2 That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.
3 The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;
4 That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,
5 To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home [NKJV: homemakers; RSV: domestic], good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.
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Always Read the Fine Print
October 20, 2009 at 11:15 PM
No opting out? I mean, what happens if you don't get the testing? Just asking. Just reading about it gives me discomfort. So sorry you have to. Will be thinking of you all morning tomorrow, and in prayers.
I survived the testing. Opting out would have meant not having a clear picture on the possible damage being done to my kidneys by the fact that I am not getting the correct messages. However, I am going to inform the doctor that this was a one time only test and next time she needs to have a Plan B because I am not doing that again. I find out the results next Wednesday.
October 21, 2009 at 11:02 PM
Glad that's over. I feel better now.
October 22, 2009 at 4:40 PM
Suck it up Bethany- it's just a catheter :) I'm sure you've been through worse. BTW- I know how to put in one of those! LOL
Oh it was so much more than just a catheter. I think I preferred the spinal tap over this test!


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Kejriwal visits Beas, meets Radha Soami
Amritsar : Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today met Radha Soami sect chief Gurinder Singh Dhillon at Beas in a bid to broaden AAP's base in the state where assembly polls are slated early next year and the sect has a considerable following.
Kejriwal met Dhillon at Dera Radha Soami, also known as Dera Baba Jaimal Singh, and spent over 30 minutes with him.
Kejriwal took blessings from the sect chief and discussed the political scenario of Punjab in view of the upcoming assembly elections, an AAP spokesman said.
AAP Punjab convener Gurpreet Ghuggi and MP from Sangoor Bhagwant Manna were also accompanying Kejriwal.
The Delhi Chief Minister had come to Punjab to attend Aggarwal community gathering in Jalandhar.
Earlier, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi had also met the Radha Soami sect chief at Beas in March this year.
BJP leader L K Advani had also visited Beas in 2014 and attended the morning discourse of the sect head.


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These are a few tips/recipes that have saved me loads of money! Three products that we use a lot of in our house are Febreze, all purpose kitchen cleaner (Fantastic, etc.) and liquid hand soap. I used to spend at least $25 a month on these. Now I spend around $3.50 a month. This is how you can do it too!
Source: Needing to get my "bottom line" lower.
A 22 oz. bottle of Clorox Spray Cleaner for hard surfaces costs about $3.00 per bottle. If you check the ingredients list, it will indicate 1% sodium hypochlorite (aka bleach) and 99% H20 (aka water). Make your own and save yourself the cash when your 3 dollar bottle runs out!
By Nan from Texas
Cleaning products: save from $25 a month to 40 cents. Grated, Ivory becomes Ivory Flakes, discontinued in 1978. I use a tablespoon in the washer. I use one bar over two weeks. Cost: 15 cents per week. I also use a wet bar to clean stains before they go in the wash. Eliminates stain pretreaters.
Want to clean counters?: Sinks? Bathtubs? Floors? Try some swished soap in very hot water. Use a scrubby pad to clean bathtubs or greasy build-up areas. Then wash down with damp cloth.
Body care: Ivory can be used for every bar soap in the house. Dilute shampoo in half. It's not the toothpaste that cleans teeth, it's the brushing. Use just a tad to freshen breath. One 6 oz. tube lasts 6 months that way.
Paper products: Don't buy them. All round the world people use cloth to clean. Use squares of flannel or old t-shirts for cloth TP. Handkerchiefs are for noses. Trees are for forests.
Savings so far: approximately $40 to a whopping $75 per month depending on how often you buy your cleaning and paper products and what brands you buy. Wouldn't you rather work one day less per month?
By Allison Dey from Tucson, AZ
When purchasing household cleaning items, buy just a few things. In my home, bleach and vinegar works wonders. I use bleach to wash my floors, clean my sinks and bathroom, wash walls, and a number of other things.
Instead of buying the pricey spray room fresheners, I buy the refills for the automatic sprayers. They last nearly forever and are more economical. The same goes for the automatic shower cleaner.
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I have used US Advanage Wonder Cleaner in the past and it works like no other, but it is quite expensive and I am really into making my own products if at all possible. This product works so well however that I'm wondering if I can even duplicate it. Anybody know what is in this Wonder Cleaner?
where do you buy it? sounds like something i could use.
Mail order and door to door salespersons. Do an internet search, note the spelling "Advanage".
http://www.ripo /ripoff90452.htm
Thought this was important for others.
I just had a visit from one of their salespeople yesterday. I went to their website to see how to get my address on a 'do not disturb' list, and there is no way to contact them except to sign up as a dealer. The stuff is 'ok' for cleaning, nothing great, and their salespeople are the most AGGRESSIVE and obnoxious I have ever seen. This woman opened my gate and came singing loudly up to my door, and tried really hard to refuse to leave.
Ain't that the truth! But I still want to know what's in it. Maybe it's just mouthwash after all, lol.
Who cares? I stood there as the nice salesman rubbed the wonder cleaner on my shower door with his little steel wool sponge, and my crappy glass door with the worst case of hard water spots you have ever seen (I haven't been squeegeeing). Suddenly had a hole of clarity in the hard water spots. It worked. The only thing that has worked thus far is a razor blade.
I have had these guys come to my door for 3 summers in a row, the 3 I have lived in this home. I feel very uneasy when I see them in the area, they are extremely nice until I continue to say no to the purchase of the product, then they get very rude saying" how can I not help out a person trying to make an honest living instead of getting into drugs back in Ohio where he's from" etc. I got very scared and just closed and locked my door because he wouldn't leave and was getting very verbally aggressive. That was last summer, now they have come already this summer and come a few times each summer. He did a hard water spot on my window from the sprinklers and it looked good, but I still didn't purchase the product and once he left, rudely again, I was in the basement and saw the spot he had scrubbed for 5 min with steel wool from the inside of the house and the hard water was still there, just not noticeable from the front unless you got up close, but very noticeable from the inside where you look out every day and it didn't even get rid of it! I am getting a no soliciting sign just because of this company and I would never waste my money on that product, didn't work at all!
I have had these guys come to my door for 3 summers in a row, the 3 I have lived in this home. I feel very uneasy when I see them in the area, they are extremely nice until I continue to say no to the purchase of the product, then they get very rude saying" how can I not help out a person trying to make an honest living instead of getting into drugs back in Ohio where he's from" etc. I got very scared and just closed and locked my door because he wouldn't leave and was getting very verbally aggressive. That was last summer, now they have come already this summer and come a few times each summer. He did a hard water spot on my window from the sprinklers and it looked good, but I still didn't purchase the product and once he left, rudely again, I was in the basement and saw the spot he had scrubbed for 5 min with steel wool from the inside of the house and the hard water was still there, just not noticeable from the front unless you got up close, but very noticeable from the inside where you look out every day and it didn't even get rid of it! I am getting a no soliciting sign just because of this company and I would never waste my money on that product, didn't work at all!
I just had 2 guys show at my door today. They were really nice. The main guy kept asking the same questions over and over though and said he didn't have kids. Then said he had a 14 yr old. Kinda odd but let it slide. Then when we got to the part of buying I asked if there was any other way because I was broke and didn't get paid till tomorrow. The guy got very rude and asked if one of my animals were killed would I give money to someone who helped (something to that effect I stopped listening). But he tried putting me and my BF against each other. I was really interested in the product but the man wouldn't stop being so pushy. I will probably try it online but not gonna put their names down for commission.
The door to door sales people came to my house and were extremely pushy and being overly familiar with me like we were good old friends. The girl started cleaning everything in site at the front door and it worked. But then she walked in and started cleaning things in the kitchen. I got very uncomfortable with her assumption that she could just come in. Then her associate, a male, came to the door and stood there looking in. I became very uncomfortable and didn't want to buy the product and began to get an uneasy feeling. They left without me buying the product but then later she came back. I didn't answer the door. She stood there and rang my doorbell about 10 times until she got the hint I wasn't coming to the door. I looked these guys up online and have found several very negative reports on them and their sales people. I think they were casing my house and after speaking to some neighbors, they got inside their houses too.
I usually avoid door-to-door sales, because 10 times out of 10 they are overpriced, a scam, and a poor company behind the product. This situation is no different. I reluctantly purchased 2 bottles because I need to pressure wash my house. Salesman demonstrated the product. It cleaned everything, but he used a hard bristle brush and a steel wire brush to clean concrete. With these tools, almost any cleaner is going to scrub off the dirt. But I have to say the cleaner does work very well. And the 2 salespeople were very personable and polite, perhaps because I didn't say no thanks.
But I had so many problems I have to say avoid this company, say thanks but no thanks. First, it's overpriced. $36.95 for one bottle, you can get the same amount of simple green for about $10.00. Second, the salesman overcharged me. Two bottles are $64.95. Local tax is 9.75% ($6.33) for a total of $71.28. Salesman wrote $64.95 subtotal, left tax and total blank, and charged me $73.00. Dummy me should have noticed right away it was odd for it to come out to exactly $73. My neighbor also bought a 2-pack and was charged $73. Where is this extra money going? Into salespersons pockets, extra profit from the company? I called the company several times and left messages about the overcharge but no one ever answered and no one returned my calls. They said that part of the profits benefited children in inner cities but they were not clear how and the website only says "...helping young people, from the inner cities of America, learn discipline, learn how to cope with life's uncertainties, and learn how to make a living." To me, it sounds like the kids benefit from working for the company, and the company pockets all of the profits.
After purchasing it I went online and read the company reviews. People spoke of salespeople cursing and yelling if you said no or tried to return your product while they were still in the area. People said they shipped the product back and never received a refund. Those that listed their bank account number for an e-check found their bank accounts drained. Can't say if these are true but from my personal experience, I say avoid, avoid, avoid!
If you find yourself in this situation with any company, ask for a brochure or company website, and ask them to come back the next day or say you will order over the phone/web. You can say you always check a company's reputation before buying something. That way the salesperson gets the commission, and you can buy it if you want it.
The active ingredient in Advanage is called 2-Butoxyethanol. This chemical is non-toxic, non-carcinogenic, does not build up in or harm groundwater, soil, etc, and is a very good dirt and grease remover. Also will polish brass (with a little elbow grease), and clean up a lot of other messes with various amounts of elbow grease.
Advanage also contains a couple of other ingredients (sodium metasilicate and d'limonene) which are fairly common and you can research them online for more information.
Advanage is extremely overpriced, and there are a number of other cleaners out there that are also based on 2-Butoxyethanol that are MUCH cheaper. You can find them at dollar stores, Walmart, etc.
My favorite is one called Super Strength MeanGreen, which is about $1.25 per quart where I live and is very concentrated. For instance, for general cleanup around the house, I add 3 TBS to a quart of water in a spray bottle. For really dirty stuff, full strength will remove it almost instantly.
The warning on the bottle says not to use it on paint, but I have been cleaning my painted walls and woodwork for years with it with no detrimental effect. I've never seen it to damage any surface and I've used it in showers, on carpets, walls, woodwork, stainless steel, porcelain, and even inside the oven.
It does have a fairly strong odor (which I find to be a pleasant scent) if sprayed on full strength, so, just like Advanage, you really must have good ventilation. I deal with that by leaving the room for a couple minutes after spraying, for example, a bathtub or shower in a small bathroom.
I've tried other products that also have the same active ingredient, but I've never found one, including Advanage, that works as well, regardless of the price.
I found this thread while looking for the active ingredient myself. I wanted to chime in that the sales guy who visited me was smart, polite, and funny. Theatre major, he said, and I believe it! I bought one quart of the concentrate because my shutters are horribly mildewed. I thought I was going to have to paint them, but apparently this stuff is going to clean them well enough that won't be necessary. I haven't decided yet if it is overpriced. It seems to me that the $45 quart will make 32-64 spray bottles full (24 oz). It seems like that is a fair price.
The actual ingredients are protected by a patent so can not be posted to public forums although Material Safety Data Sheets can be downloaded from the website: http://www.tbad fety-data-sheet/
On Advantage 20x website you can find the Material Safety Data Sheets which list four ingredients for Advantage 20x. 1) Dipropylene Glycol Methyl Ether - I looked the chemical up on the OSHA website: industrial workers have experienced "liver changes" "Central nervous system depression - narcosis" "respiratory arrest" and other unpleasant effects after exposure. 2) Tetrasodium EDTA - On the Bubble & Bee Organic website I found the following: "Tetrasodium EDTA is a preservative made from formaldehyde and sodium cyanide. It is also a penetration enhancer, meaning it breaks down the skin's protective barrier, going right into your bloodstream." 3) Nonionic Surfactant & 4) Sodium Carbonate. If I was selling this stuff, I really, really wouldn't spray it into my mouth.
Advantage ingedients?
What can I use to clean floors, ceiling, showers, and kitchen floors?
By Andy
vinegar and water works well
Can't say enough for Dollar Tree stores. I went today and found all kinds of Bissell cleaning products. When a mother can stock her cleaning shelf with 11 good products for $11.00 that's a bargain! Can you imagine what that many items would have cost elsewhere? The brand names? Bissell, the Works, Dawn with bleach, not products that half do the job. Try it. You'll like saving money!
By Sharon, from KY


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What's Happening on the Farm
Almond Cover Crop (Kind Of)
I planted a strip of triticale along the berms last fall in an attempt to improve soil structure. Triticale is a cross between the wheat and rye and has a very vigorous root system that will penetrate deeply and help to add organic matter and floculate the soil. I am having issues in this orchard because the soil is very fine in areas and lacks sufficient drainage to move salts below the roots of the Almond trees.
I am trying this strategy out this year and did not want to plant the entire lane until I see how it works with strips. The jury is still out but it looks pretty good so far.