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House GOP files revamped Payroll tax bill with Keystone pipeline provision attached
FOX News has learned that House Republicans have filed a revamped payroll tax bill, adjusted with the Keystone pipeline language attached, with the House Rules Committee.
The bill should be ready for public viewing soon.
The bill is HR 3630. House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) is the lead sponsor alongside Reps. Dan Lungren (R-CA), Frank Lucas (R-OK), Fred Upton (R-MI) and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL).
Sources say this bill comes in around $175-180 billion.
The Keystone pipeline is a particular sweetener to the GOP.
Many of the payfors are spread across 12 distinct areas, many of which were provisions already proposed by the president to the super committee.
Subsidy payments on 1099's: must repay it.
About $20 billion would come from spectrum auction.
This is the preliminary plan:
The bill is expected to be posted sometime Saturday, go to the Rules Committee on Monday and perhaps be ready for the floor as early as next Tuesday.
Now this is the scenario where things get interesting: if the House passes this bill and then the omnibus (conceivably Wednesday), the GOP leadership may send everyone home and try to force the Senate to accept the House version of the payroll tax bill.
That would cheer the conservatives if they can stick it to the Senate and force a confrontation with the President.
This is exactly what Boehner needs at this time to gin up the conservatives who are seething about how things have gone this year and were luke-warm about voting for the payroll tax bill in the first place.


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@finlanderid, Exactly. As output_handler and zlib.output_handler cant be both set (as per ""<output_handler must be empty if this is set 'On'>""), "different order" refers to?
The behaviour of these functions is affected by settings in php.ini.
The zlib extension offers the option to transparently compress your pages on-the-fly, if the requesting browser supports this. Therefore there are three options in the configuration file php.ini.
|Available since PHP 4.0.5.
|Available since PHP 4.3.0.
|Available since PHP 4.3.0.
Here's a short explanation of the configuration directives.
Whether to transparently compress pages. If this option is set to "On" in php.ini or the Apache configuration, pages are compressed if the browser sends an "Accept-Encoding: gzip" or "deflate" header. "Content-Encoding: gzip" (respectively "deflate") and "Vary: Accept-Encoding" headers are added to the output. In runtime, it can be set only before sending any output.
This option also accepts integer values instead of boolean "On"/"Off", using this you can set the output buffer size (default is 4KB).
output_handler must be empty if this is set 'On' ! Instead you must use zlib.output_handler.
Compression level used for transparent output compression. Specify a value between 0 (no compression) to 9 (most compression). The default value, -1, lets the server decide which level to use.
You cannot specify additional output handlers if zlib.output_compression is activated here. This setting does the same as output_handler but in a different order.
@finlanderid, Exactly. As output_handler and zlib.output_handler cant be both set (as per ""<output_handler must be empty if this is set 'On'>""), "different order" refers to?
Does anyone find these two statements contradictory? Am I not understanding something, or are these statements actually contradicting each other?
Statement ONE from output_handler:
"output_handler must be empty if this [zlib.output_compression] is set 'On' ! Instead you must use zlib.output_handler."
Statement TWO from zlib.output_handler:
"You cannot specify additional output handlers if zlib.output_compression is activated ..."
Statement ONE says you have to use zlib.output_handler, if zlib.output_compression is turned ON. Statement TWO says that, if zlib.output_compression is turned ON, you cannot use zlib.output_handler.
what the heck?
finlanderid at gmail dot com,
you are mixing two separate things and consider them to be the same thing, hence the confusion.
There are two output_handlers:
1. http://php.net/manual/en/outcontrol.configuration.php#ini.output-handler
2. http://php.net/manual/en/zlib.configuration.php#ini.zlib.output-handler
Now, if you re-read your quotes again with this information it won't be confusing anymore :)
In the hopes this will help others - a hard to spot gotcha when implementing zlib.output_compression. if you use flush() anywhere in your script (even right at the end) the compression won't work - you need to let that happen automatically or it ends up being sent uncompressed.
Apparently, there is a bug in certain versions of PHP with setting zlib.output_compression to "On" via ini_set:
ini_set("zlib.output_compression", "On");
In some cases, it does not send the Content-type header and browsers won't know to decompress the contents before displaying. Instead, you can set it to the buffer size, which sends the correct header:
ini_set("zlib.output_compression", 4096);


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Open Thread: Talk About What Matters Most to You
Discuss and debate the issues that mean the most to you.
It's resolution time! This new year are you truly committed to getting rid of those unsightly bulges? Are you finally ready to be the best you you can be: more attractive, more beautiful, more pretty, more good looking, more cute, more sexy, more desirable, more confident, more rich, more exciting, more happy, more funny, more successful, more bikini-ready, more little-black-dress-wearing, more the real you, and more less fat?
Well Aspire Bariatrics LLC has an "Apparatus for Treating Obesity by Extracting Food" for you!
There's really no more entertaining and exciting way to explain this groundbreaking new weight loss plan than by directly quoting Aspire's United States Patent Application number 20130006166, itself:
The present invention is directed to an apparatus and method for treating obesity. A tube is positioned that passes through a patient's abdominal wall into the upper digestive system of the patient. The patient is allowed to carry out his/her everyday affairs including ingesting food. After the patient has ingested food, the food is extracted by pumping it out of the upper digestive system through the tube. The present invention is less invasive than current surgical procedures for reducing weight and allows patients to live a normal and active lifestyle without experiencing adverse side effects.
But if that didn't turn you on, their website goes on to explain the AspireAssist™ Aspiration Therapy System, "a breakthrough weight loss solution":
With Aspiration Therapy, patients "aspirate" (drain) a portion of their stomach contents after each meal through an endoscopically-implanted tube, reducing the number of calories absorbed by the body. The tube is implanted in the stomach, and leads to a small, low-profile port at the surface of the skin. Aspiration performed about 20 minutes after a meal will remove about a third of the calories consumed.
Get it? You eat, the food travels through a tube in your stomach, you open a port on the outside of your skin, and you dump the undigested food out into a bucket.
Does this sound an awful lot like bulimia only using a brand new hole? It should. Because it is. But it's all right because a doctor said so.
In fact, the "AspireAssist Aspiration Therapy System received CE mark approval in December 2011 to market in the European Union, and is now commercially available in selected regions in Europe and beyond." That means that in the 27 member states of the European Union (including some areas in Eastern Europe) plus Iceland, Norway and Liechtenstein, the weight loss protocol is a go, and is already being used in some areas.
This is not actually the first patent application for this product; the United States Patent Office has already issued a patent for the system and method, meaning the idea and how it's done is already patented in the United States and now Aspire is simply aiming to get a patent on the actual device.
Given that the system and method patent has already been issued, as long as the device "works" as they claim it does, it will most likely receive that patent.
Of course, the United States Patent Office is not the US Food and Drug Administration, and a patent doesn't mean it will be approved for use in the US. But "AspireAssist Aspiration Therapy System received CE mark approval in December 2011 to market in the European Union, and is now commercially available in selected regions in Europe and beyond," and this isn't the abortion pill, so the likelihood of its approval for use in the US seems, logically, pretty high.
Though there are admittedly problems with the device, as outlined in the patent application. In clinical trials, it was explained that one patient who lost over 38kg (84 pounds) in 59 weeks aspirated after every meal:
[T]he patient uncapped [her] tube, connected a 60 cc syringe and extracted food from her stomach twice. This resulted in a siphon effect, which permitted the subject to freely drain the stomach by allowing the open tube to empty into a bucket. The patient squeezed the tube to enhance propulsion and to break up large food…. The patient changed her dietary intake to avoid food clogging [the pump tube]. She avoided eating cauliflower, broccoli, chinese food, stir fry, snow peas, pretzels, chips and steak.
So the claims on the Aspire Bariatrics website that "patients can eat and drink normal amounts and types of food with the AspireAssist" may not be entirely true. And there are no long term studies of efficacy or safety, but hey, "the quick, 20 minute procedure is performed under conscious sedation -– no general anesthesia is required." Plus, it's "reversible" and "affordable."
This is a free country, as long as the US Food and Drug Administration says so, and more than 200,000 people a year (with numbers steadily increasing) are currently getting far more invasive bariatric surgery, often irreversible, and with frequent dire consequences (and also no long term studies on efficacy or safety). So maybe aspirating your food into a bucket through a port in your stomach (you know, instead of into the toilet through that nature-made hole in your mouth) is for you.
I imagine that this aspiration port will be a sexy new accessory with my bikini on the beach, and intimacy will be greatly enhanced by the hole in my stomach where food pours out (what a chuckle we'll get during a romance accident). I will feel nothing but pride in my new appearance when I have to get up from the table in 20 minutes to aspirate, and everyone will be so enamored by my hot new bod that no one will blink an eye when I carry my aspiration bucket to that new trendy joint while I am wearing the perfect little black dress (which I guess I will have to remove for aspiration purposes –- but who knows, the latest runway fashions may include an aspiration-port-cut-out).
Or, on second thought -- excuse me while I go eat, digest my food, and expel any waste from my God-given anus. Oh, and probably stay fat.


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This section highlights specific policies that aim to avoid negative impacts on the provincial transportation system and related facilities. It also identifies municipal requirements within MTO's permit control authority, under the Public Transportation and Highway Improvement Act (PTHIA).
This section also includes standards and best practices for municipalities to consider, in an effort to avoid or minimize negative impacts on the provincial transportation system.
It is the practice of MTO to advise larger municipalities prior to the approval of their OPs and major OP amendments (i.e. secondary plans) to prepare a transportation master plan (TMP) as a component of their OP review process.
It is in the mutual interest of the municipality and MTO to discuss the implications of any future development plans upon the provincial highway network and develop a mutually acceptable strategy to deal with them. If highway improvements are required to accommodate the growth, arrangements for financing should be discussed early with MTO to avoid delays in the future during the permitting process.
It is in the mutual interest of the municipality and MTO to discuss the implications of any future development plans upon the provincial highway network and develop a mutually acceptable strategy to deal with them. If highway improvements are required to accommodate the growth, arrangements for financing should be discussed early with MTO to avoid delays in the future during the permitting process.
The MTO encourages municipalities to contact the MTO early in the process when they are contemplating any proposed improvements to any provincial highway facilities; improvements that will be reflected in their official plans and could impact upon a provincial highway. Such improvements could be a new intersection or interchange location that has not been planned or approved by the MTO. The municipality would then become the proponent of the project. All financial responsibility would then lie with the proponent for the protection of the land from future development, the design of the interchange/intersection in consultation with the MTO and the construction and maintenance of the facility.
For those OPs where new growth and development are proposed, MTO will require a general statement be included in the OP indicating that a traffic study will be conducted to address both the impact of any new development upon the provincial highway system and any associated highway improvements that are required prior to the approval of any secondary plans or subdivisions. A traffic study will require the prior approval of the Ministry of Transportation. MTO requirements for traffic impact studies can be found at:
In the roads section of the OP, a policy should be included indicating that direct access onto a provincial highway will be restricted. Development should be encouraged to utilize local roads and service roads wherever possible.
Each OP should include the following policy under the General Provisions section of the OP, to notify landowners adjacent to a provincial highway of the mandate of MTO:
"In addition to all the applicable municipal requirements, all proposed development located adjacent to and in the vicinity of a provincial highway within MTO's permit control area under the Public Transportation and Highway Improvement Act (PTHIA) will also be subject to MTO approval. Early consultation with the MTO is encouraged to ensure the integration of municipal planning initiatives with provincial transportation planning. Any new areas in the municipality identified for future development that are located adjacent to or in the vicinity of a provincial highway or interchange/intersection within MTO's permit control area will be subject to MTO's policies, standards and requirements. Direct access will be discouraged and often prohibited."
All existing highways, interchanges and intersections under the jurisdiction of MTO should be accurately shown on all land use schedules and maps in the OP. All highway routes and their numbers should be clearly visible and legible.
All highways should be clearly identified as 'Provincial Highways' in the legends of all schedules in the OP and not as 'arterials' or 'collectors' under the municipalities' classification system. It should be clear to the public that these routes are under the jurisdiction of the province and, as such, are subject to the policies, standards and safety requirements of MTO.
Municipal roads that have been previously transferred from the province should no longer be shown as provincial highways in an OP.
All future provincial highways that have received approval, interchanges and intersections, whether initiated by MTO or by another jurisdiction, should be shown on all land use schedules. It is important the schedules indicate the approximate location of the proposed routes that are subject to an environmental assessment approval.
Any municipal initiative such as a possible intersection or interchange shown on any schedule should be clearly identified as such in the text and on the schedules of the proposed official plan and labelled as "possible interchange/intersection". In the end, it should be evident that the proponent of the initiative is the municipality. If a provincial highway is known locally by another name, it is suggested that both the local name and the highway number be shown.
MTO's statutory authority for its permit control system, including highway access control, is set out in Sections 31, 34 (King's Highway) and 38 (controlled-access highway) of the Public Transportation and Highway Improvement Act (PTHIA). Any development located within MTO's permit control area under the PTHIA is subject to MTO review and approval prior to the issuance of entrance, building and land use permits. Note that these permits must be obtained prior to any construction being undertaken within MTO's permit control area.
Figures 1 and 2, at the end of this document, illustrate the extent of MTO's permit control area for King's Highways and controlled-access highways. The following table summarizes the Ministry's permit control area under the PTHIA:
|An MTO permit is required if you want to...
|Within this distance
|Place a building, structure, entrance or any road
|45 m of the limit of any highway
|180 m of of the centre point of any intersection (on King's Highways)
|395 m of the centre point of any interchange (on controlled-access highways)
|Place a sign
|400 m of the limit of the highway
|Major developments* or uses i.e. shopping centre, stadium, fair ground, race track, drive-in theatre or any other purpose that causes persons to congregate in large numbers
|800 m of the limit of the highway
|Statutory Authority
|Requires a municipality to obtain the consent of the Minister of Transportation to open, close or divert any road entering upon or intersecting a provincial highway
|PTHIA, Section 24
|Statutory Authority
May require a property owner and/or municipality to undertake a traffic impact study and subsequently the design and construction of warranted highway improvements related to a proposed land use development, at their cost, in connection with the terms and conditions for the issuance of PTHIA permits
Is circulated either by a municipality (Municipal Plan Review) or by the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing (One Window Planning Service) under the Planning Act, as both a landowner and/or a provincial public body to provide input and comment upon municipal land use planning applications
May comment on related provincial highway matters and objectives
May request a property owner and/or municipality to undertake a traffic impact study and subsequently the design and construction of warranted highway improvements associated with land use development (outside statutory authority of the PTHIA), at their cost, subject to municipal support and agreement
May request dedication of lands where appropriate
May otherwise comment upon or make requests regarding highway related matters (e.g. road closures or openings
|PTHIA, Sections 31, 34 and 38
|Planning Act, Sections 51(24)(a) & (e), 51(25), 51(26) and 53(12)
|Planning Act, Section 3
|(e.g. Provincial Policy Statement - Sections 1.6.5 and 1.6.6)
|Places to Grow Act, Sections 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 12, and 14
|(e.g. Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe - Sections 3.1 and 3.2)
Since provincial highways are under the control and jurisdiction of MTO and not the local municipality, highway geometrics such as right-of-way widths or number of lanes should not be addressed or mentioned in OPs. Rather, OPs should indicate that right-of-way widths for a provincial highway will be determined by MTO.
Municipalities should pre-consult with MTO before any new proposed access connection (e.g. public road or signalized intersection) onto a provincial highway is included in an OP. MTO regulates access to provincial highways under the authority of the Public Transportation Highway Improvement Act. This consultation will ensure that the OP meets MTO's access management practices and principles. Any such proposed access connections shown in OPs are conceptual only and exact locations of new public roads or signalized intersections are subject to final approval by MTO.
Municipalities should pre-consult with MTO before access connections to provincial highways are included in the OP. Any new proposed access connection (e.g. public road or signalized intersection) that is shown or mentioned in the OP and that is located on a municipal crossroad and within the vicinity of a provincial highway, intersection or interchange ramp terminal must meet MTO's access management practices and principles. The municipality should be aware that such proposed access connections shown in OPs are conceptual only and exact locations of new public roads or signalized intersections shall be approved by MTO. Pre-consultation will ensure that MTO and municipalities work together to address transportation network deficiencies and determine the required improvements.
In the section of the OP dealing with plans of subdivision, MTO requests that a policy be included indicating that where a draft plan of subdivision is proposed adjacent to a provincial highway, the layout of the subdivision should be designed such that the lots back onto the provincial highway and front onto a local internal street. Subdivision layouts where a local road runs parallel to a provincial highway, with no lots between the local road and provincial highway, often restrict the province from effectively acquiring land for future highway improvements. Ideally, rear yards should back onto a provincial highway.
Although MTO has no legislative authority to deal with the appearance and location of outdoor storage adjacent to provincial highways, MTO is generally concerned with the appearance of outdoor storage and loading areas associated with commercial and industrial land uses that back onto a provincial highway. Municipalities should be encouraged to include policies that ensure that outdoor storage and loading areas in these locations are visually screened or appropriately located and not visible to the travelling public, to ensure these uses are not a distraction to the travelling public.
Most municipalities permit property owners to operate home occupations and small-scale home industries that are compatible with neighbouring uses and as a secondary use to the main permitted land use (zoning) of the property. Home occupations and industries or businesses that are not secondary land uses and are primarily commercial or industrial in nature that are proposing access from a provincial highway via a basic residential or farmstead entrance will not be permitted.
MTO suggests that a statement to the following effect be included in the Official Plan,
"Entrances serving home occupations, industry or businesses located adjacent to provincial highways require the approval of the Ministry of Transportation. Typically, the Ministry of Transportation will require that the property owner obtain an entrance permit and a sign permit if necessary. As a condition of these permits, the Ministry of Transportation requires the property owner to acknowledge that the use of their existing entrance cannot be converted to a commercial entrance in the future and that an additional entrance will not be permitted to accommodate the home occupations, industry or business. In addition, the Ministry of Transportation would not support a future severance that would result in a separate entrance to a business and one for the retained parcel."
MTO's policy is to allow only one highway entrance for each lot of record that has frontage on a provincial highway, unless that property can gain access from an adjacent municipal road.
MTO will not allow an existing entrance that provides access to one property owner's lot of record to be utilized by an abutting property owner, whose land lies beyond MTO's permit control area and does not have frontage on a provincial highway. In addition, MTO would not allow for a new entrance that would provide access over one property owner's lot of record to service an abutting property owner's lot of record that does not have frontage on a provincial highway.
Through various means, some property owners that live on waterfront properties that do not have provincial highway frontage are using a neighbouring property owners' entrance(s) to access the provincial highway when in fact the entrance is legally restricted to the property owner for which an MTO permit was issued. These entrances were never meant to serve more than one property and become an issue for MTO when more traffic is using an entrance for which was intended. Municipalities with lakefront properties should be aware that MTO restricts such properties from using another property owners' entrance(s) and will require that new cottages or developments only be permitted access from existing municipal public roads or new municipal public roads that meet MTO's access management practices and principles.
MTO is concerned with post-development flows of drainage as they may impact provincial highways. In the section of OP dealing with stormwater management, a policy should be included indicating that a stormwater management plan or report must be reviewed and approved by MTO for those developments located adjacent to or in the vicinity of a provincial highway, where drainage would impact a highway downstream.
If the OP includes a trail plan or makes reference to trails crossing a provincial highway, the municipality should be aware that any proposals for snowmobile or trail crossings will require the prior approval of MTO. Crossings may be permitted subject to restrictions. Trails running along MTO right-of-way will not be permitted.
In keeping with the PPS, every OP with a rural component and those urban OPs with large rural or agricultural areas should contain the following general statement from the PPS (Section 126.96.36.199)
"Wayside pits and quarries, portable asphalt plants and portable concrete plants used on public authority contracts shall be permitted, without the need for an official plan amendment, rezoning or development permit under the Planning Act in all areas, except those areas of existing development or particular environmental sensitivity which have been determined to be incompatible with extraction and associated activities."
Municipalities should be aware that MTO requests that wayside pits and quarries and portable asphalt and concrete plants be identified as permitted uses in all land use designations of the OP with the exception of residential areas and those areas of the OP designated as environmentally sensitive.
Due to the nature of the business carried out at MTO highway maintenance patrol yards, MTO has concerns with the types of land uses located adjacent to and in close proximity to them. The municipality should be aware of the potential for conflict (e.g. night noise, lighting) that can result from situating residential land uses next to patrol yards. It is strongly recommend that municipalities consider locating only those land uses that are more compatible with patrol yards adjacent to these facilities and that they use landscaping and buffer zones to reduce the impact.
If an MTO patrol yard is located within the municipality, the following policy should be added to the Official Plan:
"Only those land uses that are compatible with the operation of a patrol yard will be permitted to locate adjacent to and in close proximity to the patrol yard(s) located on Lot(s), Concession(s)."
In accordance with the policies of MTO's Corridor Control and Permit Procedures Manual, the municipality should be aware that wind farms and associated wind turbines placed within MTO's permit control area will require all necessary permits prior to any construction taking place on the site. Wind turbines should be set back a minimum distance measured from the limit of the highway property, equal to the distance of the height of the wind turbine structure plus the length of one blade.
MTO may also be a landowner in a municipality, including where MTO has purchased a property to accommodate future highway improvements. In these cases, the surplus land is not part of the designated highway right-of-way, but simply land that MTO owns
MTO will review the OP to determine whether or not it has concerns with any land use designation being applied to property that it owns and, in some instances, MTO may comment on the land use designation of adjacent lands that may potentially impact provincially owned lands
MTO staff are available to assist in addressing any provincial transportation issues that may arise during the Official Plan process.
Be sure to contact MTO, Corridor Management and Property Office at (905) 704-2989 or firstname.lastname@example.com if you have any questions.
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Sexual health education is responsive to the specific needs of young people and allows young people the opportunity to be active participants in the development and delivery of sexual health education.
A core premise of youth development/sexual health programming is that young people gain more from an experience when they are actively involved. Research also suggests that programs that are developed through a partnership of youth and adults may be highly effective in building young people's skills and reducing their sexual risk-taking behaviors. Such programs benefit the youth who help to develop them and also have a greater impact on the young people served.1
Community-based organizations may engage in a planning activity (e.g., work group) to examine the organization's structure and culture, and to identify any barriers that might prevent the active involvement of youth to help develop and deliver sexual health education. Examples of how to overcome these barriers include the following:
- Schedule meetings during times when young people are not in school or work (e.g., late afternoon, evening, weekend);
- Ensure meeting locations are accessible to adolescents who do not have personal vehicles or consider the provision of travel vouchers or reimbursement methods to cover transportation costs;
- For meetings that occur during meal times, provide food to young people; and,
- Ensure that youth are involved in programs in a meaningful way2:
- Begin by involving young people in planning, facilitating, mentoring and implementing specific projects or tasks (e.g., community development project, community health fair, HIV prevention education program, youth mentorship);
- After youth have participated in these specific projects or tasks, begin to obtain their opinions and perspectives on particular issues (e.g., focus groups, ongoing advisory groups); and,
- Finally, involve young people in decision-making roles (e.g., voting members of Board of Directors, deciding how funding is used, chairing community councils).
Sexual health education is most effective when it takes a positive youth development approach that builds on young people's existing strengths, skills and external assets.
Positive youth development is a way to think abut young people which focuses on their assets (capacities, strengths and developmental needs) and not on their deficits (risk, negative behaviors and problems). This approach calls for the shifting of attention away from a focus on the elimination of problems. It develops strategies that increase young people's exposure to positive and constructive relationships and activities that promote healthy, responsible and compassionate choices. A program that uses a positive youth development approach works with young people to help them realize their fullest potential.3
Community-based organizations may adopt strength-based approaches, including the following examples:
- Employ youth development principles and program tools, such as an assets survey, to identify and build on the strengths and assets of youth participants;4 and
- Incorporate program activities that focus on enhancing protective factors5, such as strengthening connections to families and communities, strengthening academic achievement (e.g., tutoring, service learning) and developing life and career skills (e.g., mentoring program).
Sexual health education provides a full range of scientifically accurate information and options for sexual health and for reducing the negative outcomes of sexual behavior.
The integration of HIV, sexually transmitted disease (STD) and pregnancy prevention involves the blending of messages and programs, networking among service providers and holistic methods for addressing sexual health issues. An integration of efforts provides many benefits for youth and for community-based organization that serve young people.6
One example of comprehensive approach to adolescent sexual health education would be to include topics such as the relationship of substance use to sexual risk, differences associated with gender-related sexual behavior/attraction/identity issues, adolescent health care rights (including reproductive rights) and sexual violence (including rape and sexual abuse).
Community-based organizations may develop an environment in which organizations (e.g., family planning, HIV/STD clinics, teen pregnancy, HIV/AIDS service) collaborate with youth, parents, communities and government agencies to promote adolescent sexual health. The following are examples of how to develop an integrated approach:
- Create a community coalition to support the integration of HIV, STD and pregnancy prevention;
- Invite staff members from sexual health organizations to meetings and conferences to provide presentations and share materials;
- Cross-train staff in HIV, STD and pregnancy prevention; and,
- Develop integrated messages and materials that address common risk factors.
Effective sexual health education interventions are those that have been proven effective by demonstrating positive effects on behavior with the intended participants.
Recent research on programs to reduce teen pregnancy and STDs shows that effective programs change adolescent sexual behavior by acting on the risk and protective factors that influence such behavior.7 The research studies identify the characteristics of effective programs and curricula.7,8 A listing of programs proven effective by rigorous research was published in 2006 by Advocates for Youth.9 A listing of curriculum-based programs that prevent teen pregnancy was published in 2009 by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy.10
Community-based organizations may consider the following when choosing a sexual health education intervention:
- Conduct a literature search and review interventions that have been published in peer-reviewed journals and shown to be effective;
- Identify interventions that have demonstrated behavior changes among youth (e.g., delayed sexual activity, reduced number of sexual partners, increased use of condoms, decreased unprotected sex); and,
- Identify interventions that have been proven effective in reducing the rates of HIV, STDs and pregnancy among adolescents.
Sexual health education provides young people with opportunities to learn, practice and apply the skills required to maintain optimal sexual health.
Life skills are behaviors that allow individuals to adapt to and effectively deal with the opportunities and challenges of life. Core life skills include decision-making, problem-solving, critical and creative thinking, analyzing and clarifying values, communication (listening, empathy-building, assertiveness and negotiating), emotional coping and self-awareness. These skills are effective in delaying initiation of sexual intercourse, and for youth who have experienced sexual activity, in increasing condom use and decreasing their number of sexual partners.11
Community-based organizations may conduct a range of activities that include skills-driven practice opportunities, such as:
- Use decision-making worksheets and problem-solving exercises to help adolescents consider their sexual health choices;
- Develop role-playing exercises that allow youth to practice how they would react to real-life situations in a non-threatening environment (e.g., refusing to have sex with a partner who does not have a condom, initiating a conversation regarding STDs with a partner);
- Develop activities that help young people to experience key skill areas, such as an activity that allows individuals to summarize or discuss the process involved with searching the internet for a STD testing site and considering steps needed to make an appointment and obtain services (e.g., contraception, condom demonstration);
- Provide links to simulated decision-making games on the internet that allow youth to make sexual health-related choices and to obtain feedback on the related consequences; and,
- Provide opportunities to apply learned skills in community settings (i.e., provide presentations, conduct advocacy activities).
Developmentally Appropriate
Sexual health education provides information and skills that are appropriate to the physical, intellectual and emotional development, as well as the sexual orientation, of the intended participant.
During adolescence, physical changes happen at an increased rate. At the same time, young people experience cognitive, social, emotional and interpersonal changes. During growth and development, adolescents must deal with the influences of outside factors such as parents, peers, community, culture, religion, school, world events and the media. Although each adolescent is an individual with an individual personality and interests, there are many developmental issues that almost every adolescent faces during early, middle and late adolescent years.12,13
Sexual orientation is one component of a young person's identity. This component is made up of other components, including culture, ethnicity, gender and personality traits. Sexual orientation is something that develops across a person's lifetime, with realization varying at different stages of people's lives. Gay, lesbian and bisexual youth may face prejudice, discrimination, violent behavior and negative messages in their families, schools and communities.14 The "Sexual Education Library" provides a comprehensive list of sources of information on adolescent sexual behavior.15
Realizing that adolescents are at varying stages of cognitive and sexual development, community-based organizations may consider the following when communicating with adolescents:13
- Use non-threatening questions that help adolescents define their identities;
- Listen without judgment so that adolescents know that you value their opinions;
- Ask open-ended questions to assist adolescents with thinking through their ideas;
- Avoid asking "why" questions, which may put adolescents on the defensive; and,
- Provide examples of how you or someone you know made a decision (e.g., how to handle a personal conflict).
Culturally Appropriate
Sexual health education is tailored to the cultural and community norms of the intended participants.
Culture can be defined as a particular form of civilization, especially the beliefs, customs, arts and institutions of a society at a given time. Cultural competence refers to an ability to interact effectively with people of different cultures, including but not limited to people of different races and ethnicities. Developing cultural competence is a process that develops over a period of time.16
Community-based organizations may build a culturally-appropriate education program that provides opportunities for educators to develop their cultural competency skills, through:16
- Learning about culture in general and its components;
- Conducting a self-assessment of their cultural assumptions, values and perspectives (e.g., language and communication style, health beliefs, family relationships, sexuality, gender role, faith/religion, immigration status, racism, economic concerns);
- Learning about the adolescents being served, including their sexuality-related issues; and,
- Identifying the cultural norms and practices of the target community.
Supported by Parents, Families and Communities
Sexual health education recognizes the larger context in which sexual behaviors occur and encourages the involvement and support of all people who have relationships with young people (e.g., parents, family members, peer and social networks, service providers, school personnel).
Parents' actions and attitudes greatly effect adolescents' development. Community-wide youth development efforts need the engagement of parents and other significant adults. Community is commonly defined as a locality where people live (e.g., a city or neighborhood). A community can also be seen as a group of people who identify themselves as such because of shared experiences, background, values, faith/religion, orientation, culture or interests. Adolescents thrive when all segments of the community contribute to their well-being.17
Community-based organizations may do the following to better assure successful collaboration between schools, parents/care givers and community members:17
- Assist schools to become familiar with the various organizations in their community (e.g., organizations' names, what they do and how they can help);
- Ask schools to invite community groups to participate in or co-sponsor school events, to ensure a feeling of shared responsibility and relationship-building;
- Sponsor a media campaign focused on parent/adolescent communication;
- Promote inter-generational events to foster and strengthen communication (e.g., mother/daughter, father/son, grandparents and other adults); and,
- Engage in an assessment process with the community to evaluate the accessibility of sexual health information and services for young people.
Facilitate Access to Health and Support Services
Sexual health education facilitates young people's access to needed health and support services.
Comprehensive adolescent sexual health education programs include information on the availability of a wide range of health and support services. It is best to have referral networks in place so that staff can help adolescents identify and access appropriate local resources and services when needed. Although confidentiality is critical, this can be challenging related to the role of adolescents' parents and guardians. The American Medical Association (AMA) encourages physicians to involve parents when it is in the best interest of the adolescent.18
In New York State, most young people under the age of 18 who understand the risks and benefits involved, may consent to and obtain sexual and reproductive health care services for the following without their parent's involvement or knowledge:19
- Reproductive services (including prescription contraception, emergency contraception and abortion);
- Prenatal care and care during labor and delivery;
- STD testing and treatment;
- HIV testing; and,
- Sexual assault (including counseling).
For HIV-related treatment, in general, minors must have parental consent. Exceptions include minors who are married, as well as minors who are pregnant/parenting.
Community-based organizations may consider the following to facilitate youth's access to health and support services:
- Develop referral networks with local service agencies that can assist adolescents in identifying appropriate resources and services;
- Create or modify local service directories that feature youth-friendly services, including hours of operation, location, directions and payment options (e.g., free/sliding scale, options for uninsured); and,
- Develop materials/messages that explain adolescents' rights associated with access to health care services.
Measurable Outcomes
Sexual health education programs have clear and measurable intended outcomes and regularly monitor their progress in achieving those outcomes.
In identifying intended outcomes, it is important to first define what needs to be assessed (e.g., what adolescents are learning). A baseline should be collected regarding each key measure at the start of the program so that there is a beginning point against which to measure a level of change. The intended outcome should be measurable so that evidence can be provided that the outcome was achieved. The outcome should be something that is important and there should be a method identified as to how progress will be assessed.20
Community-based organizations may do the following when creating their intended outcomes:20
- Select verbs (e.g., create, develop, evaluate) to specify the trait, ability or behavior to be assessed;
- Plan to measure the trait with quantitative or qualitative data (e.g., pre and post-tests, knowledge and attitude surveys, structured interviews, logs/journals);
- Ensure that the information to be measured is connected to the issues or questions that are useful and meaningful to stakeholders and that it can be classified into various categories (e.g., program outcomes, learning outcomes and developmental outcomes); and,
- Include expected outcomes such as:
- Increased perceived risks/costs of becoming pregnant or contracting HIV/STDs if sexually active
- Increased practice of sexual risk reduction behaviors
- Increased self-efficacy and skills to abstain from sex
- Increased number of adolescents who know how to access HIV/STD testing
- Increased self-efficacy and skills to obtain and use contraception
Some of the web addresses in the reference list below have changed since the "Guiding Principles for Sexual Health Education for Young People" was authored. Please see the Resources page for a complete list of updated links.
- Klindera, K. and Menderweld, J. "Youth Involvement in Prevention Programming", Advocates for Youth, Washington, D.C., Revised Edition, August 2001. Accessed on October 10, 2008 at: http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/publications/iag/involvement.htm
- Dotterweich, J. "Youth Involvement", Positive Youth Development Resource Manual, pp. 64-66, 83-87. ACT for Youth Upstate Center of Excellence, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., September 2006. Accessed on March 12, 2009 at: http://www.actforyouth.net/?ydManual
- New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH). "Youth Development", NYSDOH, Albany, N.Y., June 2007. Accessed on March 11, 2009 at: http://www.nyhealth.gov/community/youth/development/
- Search Institute. "40 Developmental Assets for Adolescents (ages 12-18)", Search Institute, Minneapolis, M.N., 2006. Accessed on March 12, 2009 at: http://search-institute.org/system/files/40AssetsList.pdf
- Kirby, D. and Lepore, G. "Executive Summary: Sexual Risk and Protective Factors", ETR Associates, 2007. Accessed on March 30, 2009 at: http://etr.org/recapp/theories/RiskProtectiveFactors/ExecutiveSummary200712.pdf
- Rogers, J., Augustine, J. and Alford, S. "Integrating Efforts to Prevent HIV, Other Sexually Transmitted Infections and, Pregnancy among Teens", Advocates for Youth, Washington, D.C., January 2005. Accessed on October 10, 2008 at: http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/publications/iag/integrating.htm
- Kirby, D., Laris, B. and Rolleri, L. "Sex and HIV Education Programs for Youth: Their Impact and Important Characteristics", ETR Associates, 2006. Accessed on October 10, 2008 at: http://www.etr.org/recapp/programs/SexHIVedProgs.pdf
- The National Campaign to Reduce Teen Pregnancy. "Emerging Answers, 2007 Research Findings on Programs to Reduce Teen Pregnancy and Sexually Transmitted Diseases", 2007. Accessed on October 10, 2008 at: http://www.thenationalcampaign.org/EA2007/
- Alford, S. and Hauser, D. "Science and Success, Sex Education and Other Programs that Work to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, HIV & Sexually Transmitted Infections", Advocates for Youth, Washington, D.C., 2006. Accessed on October 10, 2008 at: http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/programsthatwork/intro.htm
- The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy. "What Works. Curriculum-Based Programs That Prevent Teen Pregnancy", The National Campaign, Washington, D.C., 2009. Accessed on March 30, 2009 at: http://www.thenationalcampaign.org/resources/pdf/pubs/whatworks09.pdf
- Moya, C. "Life Skills Approaches to Improving Youth's Sexual and Reproductive Health", Advocates for Youth, Washington, D.C., 2002. Accessed on October 10, 2008 at: http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/publications/iag/lifeskills.htm
- Spano, S. "Research, Facts and Findings: Stages of Adolescent Development", ACT for Youth Upstate Center of Excellence, May 2004. Accessed on April 13, 2009 at: http://www.actforyouth.net/documents/faCT%20Sheet05043.pdf
- American Psychological Association. "Developing Adolescents – A Reference for Professionals", 2002. Accessed on October 10, 2008 at: http://www.apa.org/pi/cyf/develop.pdf
- Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN). Just the Facts about Sexual Orientation and Youth: A Primer for Principals, Educators and School Personnel", GLSEN, 1999. Accessed on December 11, 2007 at: http://www.glsen.org/binary-data/GLSEN_ATTACHMENTS/file/123-1.pdf
- Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS). "Sexual Education Library, Adolescent Sexual Behavior". Accessed on October 10, 2008 at: http://www.sexedlibrary.org/adolescentsexualbehavior.html
- Messina, S. "A Youth Leader's Guide to Building Cultural Competence", Advocates for Youth, Washington, D.C., 1994. Accessed on October 10, 2008 at: http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/publications/guide/
- Mastro, E. and Grenz Jalloh, M. "Enhancing Service through Effective School/Community Collaboration", Advocates for Youth, Washington, D.C., June 2005. Accessed on October 14, 2008 at http://www.actforyouth.net/documents/prACTice_June05.pdf
- Loxterman, J. "Adolescent Access to Confidential Health Services", Advocates for Youth, Washington, D.C., 1997. Accessed on October 10, 2008 at: http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/publications/iag/confhlth.htm
- Labor, N., Kaplan, D. and Graff, K. "Healthy Teens Initiative: Seven Steps to Comprehensive Sexual and Reproductive Health Care for Adolescents in New York City", New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, N.Y., 2006. Accessed on March 12, 2009 at: http://home2.nyc.gov/html/doh/downloads/pdf/ms/ms-hti-guide.pdf
- Brescianni, M. "Writing Measurable and Meaningful Outcomes", Division of Undergraduate Affairs, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, N.C., 2001. Accessed on October 24, 2008 at: http://www.uga.edu/studentaffairs/assess/pdf/200708/Session_2/Writing%20Measurable%20and%20Meaningful%20Outcomes-%20Bresciani%20Article.pdf
* This guide is the product of the New York State Department of Health's Adolescent Sexual Health Work Group, a joint committee of the AIDS Institute, Center for Community Health and Office of Health Insurance Programs. New York State Department of Health, Corning Tower, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12237. February 2010.


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And I want to call everyone Jack the whole way. Just cause Silas Robertson does and he makes my sides split. So it'll be funny if I do it too right?
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Serves: 4
tablespoons olive oil
cloves garlic, sliced thin like discs
1 1/2
orange bell pepper, sliced thin
teaspoons salt
glug (2-3 tbsp) dry Spanish sherry (Fino or Palo Cortado)
red pepper flakes
pound King prawns, deveined and shells removed
- Heat oil on medium heat in a skillet with a large surface area. Add the garlic and bell peppers.
- Sauté the bell peppers, garlic and 1/2 tsp salt for 15 minutes, till the peppers start to wilt and become soft. (The peppers should not be overcooked or the skin will start to peel off like paper.)
- Turn the heat to medium-high, and add the prawns, 1/2 tsp salt, a pinch of red pepper flakes and stir-fry for 3-5 minutes till the prawns turn opaque.
- Turn the heat to high and deglaze the pan with sherry.
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With a shocked scream, she turned to her partner, eyes already brimming with tears. The reference to 2028 was their private joke – the reply Karl would always make when other couples teased them about when they would tie the knot.
Louise's delighted face was enough answer for any man to one of the most important questions he will ever ask.
So Karl, a landscape gardener from Newtownmountkennedy in Co Wicklow, was spared going down on bended knee in the puddles.
He had already taken the traditional step of asking Louise's father for his daughter's hand in marriage.
Louise, who is from Bray, and Karl are expecting their first baby together in May and plan to spend the next few months planning the perfect wedding.
But Louise's first call last night was to be to her mum.
Karl's brother Stephen is the window dresser and event organiser in Hodges Figgis. His idea for a window of St Valentine's Day messages was a big success, attracting over 160, from the truly romantic to the witty.
JOHN SPAIN AND GRAINNE CUNNINGHAM Inish Independent– 13 FEBRUARY 2013


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The author was listed as Ann Ruggiera. But Ruggiera, who spells her name "Anne," said she had nothing to do with the letter. It was the work of Peter Vlassis, a lawyer she dated occasionally, Ruggiera said.
Until early 2010, Vlassis was Syracuse's deputy aviation commissioner — the kind of experienced executive suggested in the letter published Jan. 20.
Miner fired him when she took office, but he landed a government job with the Syracuse Housing Authority.
Vlassis is the son of Dean Vlassis, a leading fundraiser for the Democratic Party in Central New York. Through his father, Peter Vlassis denied writing the letter.
Ruggiera says she has a text message Peter Vlassis sent to her six days before the letter was published:
"Hi Annie. I used ur name to write an article to the paper. U let me do it b4 so if u get a call from paper to verify. I'm 99 percent that they wont call. Ty. Dinner 2 nite?"
Ruggiera said she assumed Vlassis meant he mentioned her name in a newspaper story, not that he'd falsely listed her as the author of a letter to the editor. She never gave Vlassis permission to use her name, she said. She once agreed to send to area newspapers photos of his son at a karate tournament, Ruggiera said.
The morning the letter ran, Vlassis called her at her bakery job, she said.
"He goes, 'I just want to warn you, in case people come in talking,'" Ruggiera said. "He was like, 'I wrote a letter to the editor and signed your name.'"
Ruggiera, 28, was stunned and asked Vlassis why he didn't use his own name, she said.
"I work for the city — I couldn't use my own name," Ruggiera said he told her. The letter begins by asking what's going on at Hancock International Airport. It criticizes Miner for not scouring the country to find a new aviation commissioner, for a questionable bid on a luggage-delivery contract, and over the failure to seek bids on a food-concession contract.
"I travel quite a bit through our airport, and I must say it is filthy," the letter said. "Please, Mayor – it's been over a year. Follow through and finish your search and get this one-time jewel of the city back to its potential."
The newspaper did not contact Ruggiera before publishing the letter.
Vlassis, 48, has worked for the Syracuse Housing Authority since February 2010 as an aging-services aide making $50,000 a year. He was deputy aviation commissioner for eight years, until January 2010, with a salary of $65,326 a year.
There's no record that Vlassis has applied for the job of aviation commissioner, city officials said. The interim commissioner, Christina Reale, would not comment.
The letter was handwritten. The handwriting on it and Vlassis' time sheets and vacation requests as deputy aviation commissioner include the same quirk: an upper-case "N" in words otherwise in lower case. The Post-Standard obtained those records from the city under a Freedom of Information Law request.
Vlassis declined a reporter's requests for an interview made over the past month through phone calls, e-mails, text messages, a letter and a visit to his home.
Vlassis hired a private investigator to conduct a lie-detector test on him. That PI, Malcolm Plummer, said Vlassis passed the voice-stress analysis exam. The questions Plummer asked referred to "the article in question," according to a summary supplied by Vlassis. Plummer's written findings leave it unclear about which article he questioned Vlassis. The exam cost Vlassis $300, Plummer said.
Vlassis had the results of the exam hand-delivered to the newspaper. He added a note to an update on the lie-detector results: "I truly hope that you have to never experience the stress and frustration of being accused of something that you had absolutely nothing to do with."
"He didn't do it," Dean Vlassis said. "He's getting frustrated by it all because he thinks very highly of Mayor Stephanie Miner. It's the opposite of how he feels about the mayor."
The text message Peter Vlassis sent to Ruggiera on Jan. 14 proves only that he was planning to write something for the newspaper, his father said.
"Did he ever do it?" Dean Vlassis asked. "If he asked her permission to write a letter, and then didn't write a letter to the editor
— it doesn't prove he wrote the letter. Maybe he got her permission and didn't do it and that's why he passed the polygraph."
A friend of Ruggiera's, Christina Cagnina, said she asked the Onondaga County District Attorney's Office to investigate Vlassis' conduct. The assistant district attorney she spoke with, Robert DeMarco, would not comment.
Vlassis was among eight city employees Miner fired when she took office in January 2010. He took his job at the housing authority while a friend of his father's, Charlie Vinal, was chairman of the agency. Vinal said he did not help Peter Vlassis get that job.
Peter Vlassis has filed business certificates for four law firms over the past three years: Justice Law Center, Shark Law Office, Affordable Law Office and Victory Law Office. Each filing listed an address of 6075 E. Molloy Road, which is the rental office for his father's light-industrial facility in DeWitt.
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Remember When Laptops Revolutionized Financial Services?
Categories: FinTech, Wealth Management Advice
Me neither. Today's coolest tablets won't either if they don't enrich the advisor-client relationship. Many firms have pursued technology for its own sake, and some firms still have deeply engaged, profitable clients despite a shocking lack of sophistication. The real magic happens when technology enhances and enables the advisor-client conversation to uncover unmet and unstated needs to delight the client.
The Value Curve to Tablet Banking by Shahab Choudhry, partner and co-founder of the app development firm Propelics, describes correctly, in my view, that the highest value apps are those that advisors use in their direct interactions with clients.


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Freedom Center receives Northampton Community Block Development Grant!
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Yet again, the city of Northampton has recognized the valuable services that Freedom Center has provided and has given the Freedom Center additional funding to keep our programs going. The city of Northampton awarded the Freedom Center $2,500 towards helping to maintain our weekly writing group, acupuncture clinic, yoga classes, and support group. All of these programs take place in Northampton and are free and open to the public and therefore provide lots of benefit to northampton residents.
The Freedom Center is excited to recieve this recognition and support, yet we are still facing a budget shortfall and are still operating on a shoestring budget. Our ability to maintain our current work, or to expand our work to even larger degrees still depend largely on donations. If you benefit from our programs or support the work we do and are interested in donating please contact us!
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After now flying for what seems like a millions hours, and in reality is a whopping fourteen, I am finally in beautiful Mexico City! Leaving Oslo at seven in the morning, however, meant awaking at the early hours, beyond early really, at four am. But as I sit here, on my grandmother's sofa, listening to her play the piano, I cannot help but feel that I am seven inches away from heaven. You see, my grandmother, aged ninety four, is in incredibly good health (knock on wood). Yes, her memory has started to go, but she does her exercises every morning, eats very VERY healthily, and most importantly, has tequila. Every day.
On the plane ride over, I sat in the luxury seats that I was graced with by BA, and felt every inch of my being tickle with excitement. I had intended to write about people at airports, but whilst at Heathrow I was so tired I couldn't really focus on what was going on around me, (although, there was a very rude man who saw me through the security check. Poor fella' I actually felt bad for him, because he bossed people around as if he was some sort of God, when he obviously had an inferiority complex. I smiled at him politely, and cursed him viciously under my breath (of course!) Flying with BA has always been so lovely. Especially when crossing the 'pond'. Everyone is so polite. I was lucky enough to change my seat for one where I was the only one in the row. Heavenly. I do find it very amusing that the meal they served was a curry. I mean, how impractical?! The whole plane stank of curry! Now, I am not a great curry eater, due to my very sensitive disposition, but alas, I ate it. Every last piece of curry powdered chicken and dry rice. And then, oh yes, I ate desert too! I slept like a baby, and then watched some Julie Julia, a wonderful film, which made me hungry for something other than a curry. The sandwich that was served later on (coronation chicken….a theme?) was not satisfactory, but it was eaten. I felt that since money was spent on the ticket, I MUST eat the meal! Ridiculous, I know, nevertheless, how I felt.
When I finally arrived in Mexico, after flying for twelve hours from London, I was, as you can imagine, 'pooped'. I had managed, however, to sleep on the plane so I wasn't that tired. There is something soothing about sleeping in a plane, don't you think? Especially if you have space to stretch your legs! I love waking up, and peeping out of my sleepy eyes, and seeing the clouds below, all white and poufy. I used to believe that planes flew above heaven when I was little, and would try and spot my grandparents. I have never told anybody this, so there you go. Wouldn't it be nice if that was the case? That planes flew over heaven, and those you knew (lucky enough to be in heaven), would wave at you from afar, munching on bagels smeared in Philadelphia cheese, and eating ice cream. What I do not find soothing in a plane is going to the bathroom. Yes, you heard me, number two. The plane shakes and you feel that your last moment on earth (well in the air) is going to be sitting on an airplane toilet seat taking a shit (pardon my French). If the plane were to drop, would all the 'matter' in the toilet bowl fly up into your face? What if you lose your balance and have to steady yourself by accidentally placing your hands in the bowl?! Oh the horror! These are the distressing thoughts that I ponder as I sit there, wishing I could go, and so of course I don't. When I was little I used to fear flushing the airplane toilet, because, let's be honest, it sounds like a violent cookie monster is singing out of tune! Whilst eating what you have just gotten rid of! Horrific! For a child this can be traumatizing! In fact, it still scares me, and I never fail to jump a little when the horrendous flush bellows out of the jaws of the toilet throne.
I stepped off the plane, and for the first time in my life, I did not feel the altitude. Usually I feel it, I feel like I am about to faint! But not yesterday, I literally skipped off the plane, ready to commence what I know will be an important part of my life. I got my suitcases relatively quickly, despite being approached by a guy who was very nice to talk to. Very nice, until he asked for my email, or number. You know what? Why. Why did he have to go there! I was very clear that I was not interested, and he had to destroy our brief encounter by asking for my contact details! I am too emabressed to say no, so I gave him my email, knowing that I can always delete and block him. But, what does one do in those situatins I ask you? Just say no? But why? He was not a creepy man, he was just nice, and to be honest I am flattered that he was interested in me. Despite not being hansom, or especially interesting, it is flattering that someone finds you appealing isn't it? One day I won't be approached anymore, and people may even run away from me, weeping and screaming. So, I suppose I enjoy it whilst I can, no?
Anyways, I got through customs easily, and there was my uncle waiting for me with arms wide open! Off we drove home, and had a lovely 'cena' (evening meal) with my grandmother and cousins, simply divine! I awoke today with a broad smile on my face, and I feel at home.
I haven't been out and about yet in the city, although I did walk with my grandma to the supermarket today to buy papaya. The weather is warm, everyone told me it would be cold, but as I am used to coming in the summer, the rainy season, I am used to the awful humid cold, now it is dry, and I love it! On the way to the supermarket we passed the fruit markets, and I waved at the ladies selling fruit. I love how gentle they are. How they know my grandma, how their plump little bodies fit carefully under the hand woven aprons, how they are missing a few teeth, and how they smile with their eyes.
I am off to eat tacos tonight.
All my love,