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First off, let me just put it out there: it's not lost on me that I'm a middle class Southern white woman writing a blog post about race. I am fully aware that will be uncomfortable for some people to read. But something happened, and I've been thinking about it, and writing is what I do.
My friend Paige was watching the local news when she was startled by a story.
It didn't sit well with most of my friends. In the progressive little bubble I live in, we were all taken aback. We're not foolish. We know racism, classism, agism and too many other isms are alive and well, but that statistic just seems very 1950s. It's worth noting an Internet poll is most likely not terribly reliable, but it sparked a conversation.
It's also worth noting that as a white, middle-class Southern woman, I understand there are certain advantages I was simply born into. I did nothing to earn them, and my experiences and views of the world are based primarily on living in a society that assigns me these privileges based on the color of my skin. However, my parents worked hard, as did teachers, pastors, friends and mentors to make me aware of this, not guilty, but aware of my circumstance so I could be sensitive to others and hopefully help eradicate those differences.
I spend most of my time with people who, while not perfect, also want to improve race relations. One friend told us she doesn't allow her children to use race as a physical description of people. I understand why she took that position. She doesn't want to hear them talk about the "white girl" or the "black boy." She's teaching them there is much more to people than the color of their skin. That's admirable.
Monkey Boy hasn't yet said anything quite like that, so I'm not sure if I'm willing to make that rule or not. While most of our friends are white, we have made it a point for him to spend time with people of all races, ethnicities, cultures, religions and ability levels.
His favorite babysitter is an African-American woman, B. Two stories involving her illustrate what I think is heart of the issue: recognizing differences is important, so long as you don't assign value to them.
Monkey Boy does a lot of sorting exercises at his preschool. He puts all the green squares in one pile, yellow stars in another, blue diamonds in yet another. He looks at groups and decides what's the same and what is different. This has cause a strong interest in who is a boy and who is a girl. He knows the boys are his team. Mommy, Katy Kat and B are "goiwls." Daddy and Monkey Boy are "BOOOYEEEES!!!!" One day Monkey Boy and I both wore red shirts. "We're the same!" he declared with a considerable amount of glee. Same and different has been a big theme at our house for a while.
One night, when B was keeping him, she was putting lotion on him after his bath. He put his arm next to hers and said, "You have brown skin and I have light skin." She told me she wasn't really sure where he was going with that, so she just said, "Yes." He followed up with, "We're different. You're a girl, and I'm a boy." She said, "Yes." Then he tried to con her out of candy. That was it. No value. Just observations. He sees the color difference, but he gives it no weight. He knows who loves him. He knows who can be suckered into candy. That's pretty much all he cares about.
Not long after that, B was picking him up from school, as she does from time to time. One of the other boys also knows her and was calling her by our last name. She asked him why he was doing that. He said, "Because you're [Monkey Boy's] grandma." She asked why he thought she was his grandmother. (She's 24.) He said, "Because you pick him up from school sometimes, and my grandma picks me up from school sometimes, so you're his grandma." Once you get past the age insult, that's just incredibly sweet.
B told me later, "Kids get it right. They don't think color or age mean anything. They just see love. All they know are families are people who love each other, and they don't care about anything else."
The trick: never let Monkey Boy outgrow that.

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About St. Andrew the Apostle
Like his brother Simon Peter, Andrew was a fisherman in Bethsaida in Galilee, in what is now present-day Israel. He was with John the Baptist when John pointed to Jesus and said, "Behold the Lamb of God!" It was then that he began to follow Jesus, and when Jesus asked Andrew what he was seeking, Andrew replied by asking him where he lived. Jesus said, "Come and see." Andrew then brought Simon Peter to Jesus, exclaiming, "We have found the Messiah!" The brothers left their nets to follow Jesus, who promised to make them "fishers of men."
Tradition speaks of Andrew carrying the Gospel message to Greece and Asia Minor following our Lord's ascension into heaven. He is said to have been put to death by the Roman authorities on an x-shaped cross, to which he was tied, rather than nailed. He is supposed to have been buried in Patras in southern Greece. An x-shaped cross, or saltire (reflected in the cross logo at left), is the symbol for St. Andrew, as are fish and fishing nets. Our parish's logo cross incorporates this "X" shape.
The countries of Russia and Scotland have chosen St. Andrew as their patron.
The Feast of St. Andrew, our parish's patron saint, is observed in the Church worldwide on Nov. 30.
A Prayer for the Feast of St. Andrew (November 30)
Almighty God, who gave such grace to your apostle Andrew that he readily obeyed the call of your Son Jesus Christ, and brought his brother with him: Give us, who are called by your Holy Word, grace to follow him without delay, and to bring those near to us into his gracious presence; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
The St. Andrew's Cross & other symbols
Christianity is rich in tradition and symbolism. The most recognized and cherished symbol, of course, is the cross, the instrument of our salvation. There are believed to be more than 400 different representations of the cross, many of which are featured prominently in church architecture and stained glass. But there are many other symbols as well. Some are easily recognizable; the meaning of others somewhat obscure. Yet they all bear witness to God, who so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
The St. Andrew's Anglican Church cross and logo features the St. Andrew's cross superimposed over a Latin cross with pointed ends, which symbolizes the Passion of Christ. Behind the cross is a design element that suggests a circle, representing eternity. The circle is actually composed of four pieces, representing the four Gospels, as well as the four corners of the Earth to which the Gospel has been spread. From time to time you may see just the design element, or medallion, or just the St. Andrew's cross over the Latin cross, depending on the application. The dark red color symbolizes the blood of the martyrs, as well as the Holy Spirit, and gold represents the kingship of Christ.
One of the earliest Christian symbols is the fish. To the apostles, most of whom were fishermen by trade, Jesus said, "Come, follow me … and I will make you fishers of men." (Mark 1:17). Furthermore, the initial letters for the Greek word for fish, "Ichthus", form an acronym for "Jesus Christ, Son of God, Savior." This symbol was used by early believers when Christians were under persecution as a secret sign of their shared faith. One person would draw an arc on the ground, and another would complete the sign to show their identify as a follower of Christ. The miracle of the feeding of the five thousand also featured fish, as Christ multiplied the two fish and five loaves of bread. (Matthew 14:17).
Another Christian symbol, the anchor, frequently in the form of a cross, symbolizes the Christian's hope in Christ. Both the fish and the anchor, as well as a net, are symbols closely associated with fishing, and thus identified with our patron, Andrew, who was the first of the fishermen called by Jesus, and was the disciple who brought the boy with the fishes and loaves to him.
The most common symbol for Andrew, however, is the cross in the form of a "X", known as a Saltire cross, because according to tradition he was crucified on a cross of that shape, having claimed he was not worthy to be crucified in the same manner as our Lord.
The national flag of Scotland features a white Saltire on a blue field, and the official cross of the Eastern Orthodox Church, placed on the top of their spires, is formed by two horizontal arms and a third, slanting arm symbolic of the St. Andrew's cross representing the tradition that the apostle was the first missionary to take the Gospel message to the Russian people.


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Once Upon a Time: Breaking Glass Review
Five episodes into its fourth season, we're still scratching our head over questions Once Upon a Time is spewing out. Questions like: why is the Snow Queen taking memories? Why is she obsessed with Emma? Has Emma EVER seen through a lie? And why do all these sorcerers walk everywhere when they can teleport? This week, Once bumbled through questions Breaking Glass was even more reluctant to answer.
Out of the woods and back onto the streets, Once attempted breaking new ground diving into Emma's prodigal past. Just about any Emma flashback involves a story about her trusting the wrong person and getting hurt. Breaking Glass saw nothing more, nothing less, and on cue Emma met another wayward youth – another teen girl, Lily– and it all played out rather safe, if not unwittingly comical. The two "party" like giggly ten-year olds for hardened runaways for one thing, and draw BFF stamps with felt markers for another.
It's difficult to believe Emma and Lily leave behind so many sour grapes twenty-four hours after meeting over shoplifting pancakes, unless decoding some sort of lesbian subtext is in order. At least we got some deathly amusing gamer poses from the two playing Gran Turismo, not to mention the awfully convenient moments in between, including Emma's possession the video camera she stole and was somehow allowed to keep. And was it a clumsy coincidence that Lily was our not-Regina lookalike? It's a shame that fake-out never paid off.
Though foreshadowing was its forte, Regina and Emma nevertheless shared the best scenes in Breaking Glass. From week to week, Once's been more or less snow blind thematically this season, and female friendships made for a solid theme to complement the two's magical double-teaming. Regina's motives are getting harder to gauge at the same time. So, she's upset with Emma for bringing back Maid Marian, but she's obligated to keep Marian alive for Robin, but she's angry at Emma for making her feel guilty about it all, and Emma wants to be friends with Regina because they're both different, right? No? What we do know is that she's still the most likable character in season four's wishy-washy roster, even through Lana Parilla's trademark flair.
Meanwhile, things back at the Charming homestead wasted time of a different kind. It's been seasons since Snow and David's sub arcs amounted to much and the pages of their scripted date night this week that turned into a search for the Knave could've gotten stuck together from its gooey sweet dialogue. Bonus points go to the pen behind the Asgard reference, but raise your hand if you're betting Thor's the next Disney princess to drop into Storybrooke.
Elizabeth Mitchell's Snow Queen stands front and center as the frostbite eating away at Breaking Glass. While we've seen Regina's stylishly Evil Queen, Pan's calculated scheming, and Zelena's cartoonish flamboyance, our Snow Queen's still blown over like an old prop. Her icy stares notwithstanding, her performance can't help but echo an emptier shell of what Cora left behind seasons ago: cold, determined, yet lifelessly inept at convincing us she's terrifying. If anything, she gave a good excuse to bring back our man in the magic mirror, Sidney, for a brief moment of triumph, albeit it a random one.
It all comes down to Frozen to fray loose ends further like it always does (somehow.) Ana and Elsa are just about as lost navigating everyone's arcs as they have been this whole time and even Elsa's own confrontation with the Snow Queen proved lackluster. What's far more interesting is the implications the Snow Queen left Emma to ponder if some chin-scratching video footage can be believed; hopefully it can be, because enough straws have been grasped by now.
Girl power may have gone south propping up Once's weak plotting and weaker consistency still. It's all too tempting not to think of the far more intriguing developments in Mr. Gold's pawnshop and it just might be the only decent route unspoiled by the season's half-baked efforts. Breaking Glass Right is the hardest crossroads we've seen so far, but right here, right now, Once is going to have to roll up its sleeves if it wants to shovel itself out of this storm.
Once Upon a Time airs Sunday nights on ABC at 8/7 Central. Catch all the latest episodes at ABC.com and the latest reviews here at Leviathyn.
Good Things
- Regina Stepping Up to the Plate
- A Nice Cameo By the Magic Mirror
Bad Things
- Emma's Flashback Felt Lacking
- Frozen's Arc Long Gone Cold
- What's Up With the Charmings Anymore?


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By Isaac Marion
I am driving south on the
Interstate in my new Hyundai Elantra when I glance in my rear-view mirror
and notice the same car driving behind me. Nice car, I whisper, and
smile. I am heading home to Seattle through one of the wooded nowhere-towns between Seattle and the Canadian
border. My eyes droop constantly from yet another 4 hour night.
That Hyundai is still behind me. Tail-gaiting a little.
As time and miles pass and the
Elantra stays behind me, I can't stop looking at it in my mirror. It's too
dark and wet out to see the driver's face, I see only a silhouette, backlit by street
I am suddenly struck by the
thought that the driver is me.
The car behind me is actually
my car, and when passing headlights illuminate his face, I will see my own
face grinning slyly back at me. I will probably scream.
Knowing this is totally
irrational but unable to shake the feeling, I take the nearest exit. This
exit leads to an obscure side-road that disappears into the dark woods.
The other Elantra also exits, and stays behind me when I turn left on the
dark road.
To my horror, he flashes his headlights at
me. He revs up and lightly bumps my rear bumper, like a warning. My eyes
are locked on the driver's silhouette. It can't be, right? How, why would
it be? It's
I pull over onto the side of
the dark forest road. I sit there and wait while rain pounds down on the
windshield, like waiting behind the red and blue flashers of a traffic
cop, the dread and suspense unbearable. I notice that the driver's side of
this other car is destroyed. The doors are crushed and hang slightly askew. The
windows are foggy from leaks and probably a moist, moldy interior. The
door opens with a loud creak. The driver gets out. My mouth opens to
It is.
Slowly, myself steps out of
the car. I am looking at myself. He looks different. Not much older, but
more weathered. His face is harder, his scruffy beard rougher. His eyes
are sharp and narrow, Clint Eastwood-like, and red-rimmed, blood-shot. He
looks stronger. He steps away from the car in worn jeans, a black jacket
with upturned collar, zipped to the chin. His hands clench into fists and
relax, back and forth.
This is me. He looks like a
total bad-ass.
I get out of my car and face
him. "What?" I ask weakly.
He doesn't say anything, he
just strides towards me and throws his fist in my face. God damn, his fist
is like a rock. I drop to the ground, bleeding.
"What do you think?" he says.
"I'm you from the future."
He kicks me in the stomach.
I've never been kicked in the stomach before, and it hurts far more than I
would have imagined.
He doesn't say anything for a
minute. I lie on the ground and look up at him. I notice he doesn't look
very healthy. Red sores run up the side of his neck. His fingernails are
long, cracked and filthy. I also notice one of these fingers sports a gold
wedding band. It has been scribbled on with a black permanent marker. He
kicks me again.
"What?" I gasp. "What
the fuck?"
"Don't do anything," he
hisses at me, leaning down. "Don't make any of the choices you're
about to make. From now on any action you're about to take, don't do it.
Any decision, make the opposite. You fucking. Idiot. Look at me."
He kicks a foot-full of mud in
my face and walks back to his car. He slams the door, and drives away.
When I finally recover my
breath, I wipe the blood off my mouth and get back in my car. I look in
the vanity mirror, I wipe some mud off my face. My teeth are red with
blood. I lick them clean, and start the car.
The next several days are hard
for me. I try to take my own advice. I try to reverse all my decisions,
but it leads inevitably to second-guessing and paradoxes. What is going to
happen to my future self, and exactly what decisions am I suppose to not
make? It leaves me paralyzed.
I make a mental note that when I
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I do plan to add to the Kidnapped series, but it's not a priority right now. If I could do a do over, I wouldn't have left it open ended.
Some of the older works that teased future chapters won't be continued. I may continue Miltary Brats just to give it a conclusion.
I'm working on a completely new story that I plan to make into a series based on something that inspired me, so that will be the next piece to go up.
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By Alexis "Broken tailbone? Still running!" Soucie
Going into this I knew it wasn't going to be easy, Cactus to Cloud (not coming back down) is rated the #5 hardest hike in the US for a reason. It lived up to its reputation in every way, and this is not for the unprepared or faint of heart. All that being said, the goal was to have to fun, spend the day together doing something we loved, in gorgeous scenery, and we did!
After a not so good nights sleep due to an elderly hotel neighbor blasting his TV until after midnight we woke at 3am, and were out the door by 4am. We were on the trail by 430am, headlamps poised and ready to go!
There's no warm up, no progression, it's straight up. I truly enjoy running/hiking in the dark, there's something calming about it, so this was fun. The trail was pretty easy to follow. It is not "marked" with Trail Signs, but painted white dots, as it begins and is partially on private property. There are many spots where there are multiple ways to go, and each will get you where you want to be.
These were the places at first we stopped, checked the map, double checked, then pressed on, but we soon realized it didn't matter which way we took. For perspective, around Oceanside, CA on the trails we gain around 100 feet per mile, we were gaining in excess of 4-500 feet per mile already. But, it was gorgeous, within 2 hours we had dawn, and early sunrise, just stunning over Palm Springs, and we began to see our scenery (desert, haha). About 4-5 miles in I needed a potty break and to eat, bad, so we stopped. At this point, I also put back on my long sleeve (I had a tank top, thin long sleeve, gloves, and shorts on, we were at 4100 feet at 4 miles, we began around 480 feet). We pressed, we had a steady pace, and the climb was technical/rocky in parts, but the grade was impressive! Then we hit 8 miles, and my life changed. This was my rough spot, where I questioned life decisions, and multiple times if I could/wanted to go on. Most of the climb thus far reminded me of our races in Korea, but this next 2.5 miles, was Korea in a nutshell, minus the ropes (which would have been helpful). It was the steepest, most intense climbs yet. For over 2 miles it was relentless, and at times you were on your hands and feet, on boulders. Mile 8 alone we climbed over 1200 feet. This section also did not have white dots, we stopped seeing those by mile 5-6, so I'm sure a few times here, we made our own path. Around 8.5 miles we would see the tram "line", that helped, but really, at this point, nothing helped, we just kept moving!! Finally we saw light at the top, but from watching videos on C2C, they said it was another 3 miles to the ranger station. I have no clue where they got that from, and I'm glad they were wrong!! We got out of the climb at mile 10, and it was a clearing, and within a half mile we saw the ranger station.
Perspective, at this point we've climbed over 8,400 feet in 10.5 miles. We headed for the ranger station. It was closed! Hahaha We got up there around 9am. There was not another soul around, it was amazing, silence, just us!! Filled out our permit, went to the bathroom (they were heated!! Amazing). The temperature was below freezing now, and windy. We pressed, this section was runnable, so we did until we hit the ice, which was hmm, right away?
We continued on then stopped and put on our Yak Trax. They were huge, we still had to be careful, ice is ice, but we were much more stable. It was 5.5 miles to the peak. About a mile to mile and a half from the peak you start really climbing again, and then bouldering. It's also windy, and cold, and snow covered. But then, just like that, we were there!! A group of boulders is the peak, amazing!!
It's stunning and it was just us!! I couldn't believe we had done it, just over 15 miles, over 11,300 feet of climbing UP!!!
And, we still had to go back down!!
We were only half-way there. But going down would be the easy part (famous last words). We headed down, and started our way back, we began seeing other people, so to me that said the Tram was open! It wasn't super fast going down, just because of the ice, and people, but we made it, turned out permit in, and headed to the Tram for the gift shop. We'd been on the mountain about 8-8.5 hours by now. Then we began the main descent down, knowing the first 2 miles were the steepest, but in my head, thinking the rest we could run, and it would be fine! Nope…. The first 2 miles were definitely the steepest, and after that we found it very hard to get into a rhythm, you'd start running and then almost immediately it became super technical, steep, any or all of the above, and you had to maneuver your way around, so a fast paced walk was almost better. I also fell, HARD coming down, slipped on loose gravel and landed on a pointed rock on my tailbone, the pain knocked the wind right out of me, not fun.
We were tired, hungry, and at this point wanted off this glorious mountain, but we pressed! Every step, was closer to the finish, our finish, we saw the beginning we has started in darkness, and as the final miles closed it, I began to reflect, and I just wanted to cry. I could see the parking lot and there was the Jeep. GLORIOUS!! And then just as it began, it was over. Another adventure checked!! We did it!! Over 12 hours total time on the mountain and we did it!!
This was no small feat… climbing straight up 11,000 feet to turn around and come back down, there is nothing simple or easy about that, yeah it's pretty crazy, I knew what I was getting into when I began, and it was still challenging for me. I loved it. We did it together, and I wouldn't want it any other way.
You must respect the Mountain, or she will own you..
Ok, so the nitty gritty:
What I carried:
2 liters of water in bladder (drank 1.5)
Flask with Scratch Electrolytes (drank ¾)
Small water bottle (30 oz?) (didn't touch)
3 paleo bars (ate)
4 stingers chews (ate 3)
3 Stingers wafers GF (ate)
4 baby food pouches (ate)
As you can see I ate a lot on this trek, and if I had packed more, I would've eaten it, the paleo bars, were YUMMY!! OMG I could've eaten an endless amount of them!! I should have drank A LOT more but with the cold I think I just didn't.
Would I do it again? No, once was enough, Am I glad I did it? Hell yes!! I'd definitely do Cactus to Cloud. My few words of advice, this is not for the unprepared or faint of heart, know what you are truly getting into. We had fun, we enjoyed it, but it was difficult! Now, what's next??


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Having not visited Sakura International Buffet previously, I began to anticipate the kind of service standard I would be receiving, or food quality I would be having for the evening. These thoughts, however, were quickly put aside when my companion and I step foot into lush greenery that surrounds the restaurant. Framed with full length glass panels and furnished with soft, warm yellow lightings, the restaurant is cut off from the rest of the town.
As we approached the narrow entrance, friendly staffs greeted us. We were promptly seated away from the dinner crowd that granted us more space and privacy.
Taking centre stage is an attractive buffet spread of Japanese and local food, sushi, fresh sashimi, seafood and other main items that include soups, appetizers, beverages, fruits and desserts. We started off our Dinner Buffet^ with baked mussels in mentaiko sauce, or marinated cod roe, which was absolutely startling and tasty – given the fact that I enjoy cod roe with tons of mayonnaise smacked on.
Then we had the highlight of the evening, Greenland snow crabs, which were fresh, fleshy, succulent and often completely wiped out from the buffet spread. We glanced over at a customer's table and noticed a shell of a mess created. Apparently, the restaurant's staffs would constantly refill the snow crabs so as to ensure that every customers get to enjoy them to the max.
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We could not help but prey on the huge Norwegian Whole Salmon and had our fair share of it. Poached to perfection, skinned and finished with lime, the salmon was immediately a favourite among my companion.
We also had a serving of spicy crayfish with bun which was made to order and served hot. Sweet at the tip of the tongue, the tasteful dish also sends strong, spicy notes as it gets washed down the palate – highly recommended for chili lovers.
Other cooked food we had included prawns, laksa, sashimo fish, or "pregnant fish", assorted dim sum, Teppanyaki chicken chop, and pizza – mostly made to order as well. We finally ended the evening's Dinner Buffet^ with desserts which include flavoured mochi, ice creams, sorbets, chilled puddings and coffee.
Overall, dining at Sakura International Buffet is value for money because you get to indulge in a wide variety of food at a pretty good price. The staffs are also attentive and helpful. If you plan to dine at the restaurant, we highly recommend that you make a reservation and arrive on time – and maybe get a seat nearer to the buffet spread so that you go double the rounds and not get noticed.
Do you prefer a Lunch Buffet? For a limited time only, Sakura International Buffet lets you enjoy at even lower prices. Lunch Buffet from Monday to Friday (45mins $15.90 / 60mins $16.90). Exceeding which, full Lunch Buffet price will be charged. Prices subject to 7% GST.
^Dinner Buffet from Monday to Thursday (Adult $28 / Senior Citizen $20.90 / Kids $13.90); Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Eve of PH and PH (Adult $31 / Senior Citizen $23.90 / Kids $14.90). Prices subject to 7% GST.
Sakura International Buffet
Dhoby Ghaut Green
10 Penang Road #01-02
Singapore 238469
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Galleria Dallas presents Decadence: Fashions from the 1920s
With the last season of PBS's popular series Downton Abbey upon us, fashionable viewers have a renewed fascination with the elegant fashions of the Jazz Age. In celebration of that period, Galleria Dallas is hosting Decadence: Fashions from the 1920s, a fashion exhibit celebrating the beauty and elegance of the 1920s in a special display.
Curated by Ken Weber of Vintage Martini and featuring pieces from the Susan Denn and Robert Schmidt Collection and The Texas Fashion Collection of UNT College of Visual Arts and Design, Decadence will showcase the allure of the 1920s in fashion and accessories.
The exhibit is timely given the resurgence of 1920s-inspired silhouettes on the runways of designers such as Gucci, Marchesa and Prada. Decadence will feature rare pieces from French, Spanish and Italian couturiers including Madeleine Vionnet, Mariano Fortuny, Maria Monaco Gallenga and Lucien Lelong.


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Volunteer Review: Katie B., Teach English and Other Subjects in Cambodia
When I first arrived in Phnom Penh airport I was kindly greeted by a Projects Abroad staff member who made me feel very comfortable; he gave me an emergency card with all the useful phone numbers and addresses then took me to the apartment I would be staying in.
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The apartments are much nicer than what you would expect for a developing country. I felt they were spacious and very clean. The cooks prepare breakfast, lunch and dinner which is a westernized version of Cambodian food. I really enjoyed it! Generally it was a lot of chicken, rice, noodles and fresh fruit. Cambodian food is not for a weak stomach, as chicken feet and cooked undeveloped baby chicken and insects are very common.
I can say that I have tried some bugs from the market. My top tip would be to try spider legs, which is surprisingly crunchy and has a BBQ flavor (strange as that may sounds). Good luck with the beetle I still don't know if you are supposed to eat through the hard shell!
Teaching in Phnom Penh
For six weeks I was working at the VDTO Bamboo Shoot School. I have never taught English before and after a few days I felt quite comfortable. It can be a challenge trying to get the children to understand as I cannot speak much Khmer (language of Cambodia), but the local teachers were always happy to translate. The children were all so beautiful and happy with an eagerness to learn. They love learning about the culture of the volunteers during their break and playing games with them.
The classrooms were extremely hot and the volunteers and I noticed how the children were struggling in the heat as much as we were so we put in a request to Projects Abroad and within a few days we were provided with fans! We were all very thankful for this.
I was so sad to leave all the children and on my last day we sang a song about brushing teeth as the children did not seem to understand the importance of it. After this, I gave them little gifts including toothbrushes and toothpastes. I was touched when these underprivileged children had got me leaving presents, knowing how difficult life can be in Cambodia it was quite difficult to accept them.
I made some amazing friends with the other volunteers. As we all wanted to travel, I managed to visit the temples in Siem Reap, drove my first motorbike in Kampot and relaxed on the most beautiful white sand beach of Koh Rong Samloem. I still keep in touch with my friends Livia, Ronja, Steff and Ed and someday I think we will all meet up (even though we are from all over the world).
Cambodia is a country that is still recovering from the pol pot regime, which halved its population in four years and brought the country right back to year zero. You can see this everywhere you go; there are problems with corruption, inequality and crime. I would advise not to go out alone at night but after being there a while I know there are some really lovely hostel rooftop bars where you can dance and have great cocktails. A night out is really cheap and tuk tuks are generally around $2 to most places.
Cambodia is an amazing country and Projects Abroad are so great at organizing everything it makes your stay so much easier! I would definitely recommend it to all my friends and anyone considering visiting Cambodia.
Katie B.
This is a personal account of one volunteer's experience on the project and is a snapshot in time. Your experience may be different, as our projects are constantly adapting to local needs and building on accomplishments. Seasonal weather changes can also have a big impact. Find out more about what you can expect from this project, or speak to one of our friendly Program Advisors.


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Betsy DeVos tapped the CEO of a for-profit student loan servicing company to head the federal student loan agency, but that key part of his resume was omitted from the agency's press release.
After the sudden, unexplained resignation of James Runcie from the Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA), Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos has appointed A. Wayne Johnson to be the Chief Operating Officer of the FSA. Johnson has an extensive resume, but his most notable position was the CEO of Reunion Financial Services. However, according to The Hill, Johnson's time at Reunion was omitted from a release issued by the U.S. Department of Education announcing his hiring.
In the release, Johnson is described as "a highly regarded leader with more than 30 years of experience in the financial services industry and holds a Ph.D. in higher education leadership." However, nowhere in the release is it mentioned that Johnson runs a for-profit company that directly benefits from federal student loans.
"I have a profound appreciation for and recognition of the critical role FSA plays in advancing educational attainment by students in our nation's institutions of higher education," Johnson said in the release. "It is with a deep and sincere commitment to the millions of current and future Federal Student Aid clients that I look forward to accepting responsibility and accountability for the policies, actions and practices of FSA."
Betsy DeVos' tenure at the Department of Education has been marred with controversy, as she's made numerous decisions that benefit lenders at the expense of student borrowers. In April, Secretary DeVos repealed protections for borrowers instituted near the end of the Obama administration that required FSA to renegotiate contracts with debtors' best interests in mind, and to refuse contracts with companies reported for gouging and misleading borrowers.
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Brussels Belgium (hospitalitybusinessnews.com) ">Belgium's largest hotel, the Sheraton Brussels Hotel, is set to close after its operating company was declared bankrupt.
The 500-room hotel on Brussels' Place Rogier has been forced to close following the bankruptcy of operators SBH SPRL, resulting in the loss of around 200 jobs.
In a statement, Sheraton said: "The forced closure of the hotel is due to the financial situation of the operating company and is not related to the Sheraton brand.
Sheraton has successfully managed the hotel from the day of opening in 1973. In 2009 Sheraton signed a long-term management contract with SBH SPRL. Hotel management are now working with all current and future clients to secure alternative accommodation in the city.
Sheraton understands the impact of the bankruptcy of SBH SPRL on the 200 employees of SBH SPRL. While they are not employed by Sheraton, or any affiliated companies, the group appreciates and values the work that they have done to make the hotel a success."
The hotel will close as of 12 noon on 14 December 2016.
Patrick Bontinck, CEO of Visit Brussels, said: "It's an important hotel for Brussels. We will help to find places for customers to stay. We don't want to leave any customers without a place to stay."


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For several years, I have given my music away for free. That's right - not one cent. I have been met with resistance from the "pay folks" and have been the indirect subject of how free music isn't really appreciated yadda yadda. As I have and will continue to maintain my music is my way of paying it forward. Because the Lord has blessed me with the talents and I really have no desire to make any money from my music, I have wrestled with how I can feel better about what I do and dismiss the critics. And let me say, I have no problems with those who do sell their music - just their communication on why they think that pay music is superior to free music.
So, effective immediately my music will have a cost. The format is quite simple:
If you use my music in any performance, I would request you make a donation to either the general missionary or humanitarian fund of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I don't care if you contribute $5.00 or $.05. It's just a way to further the work of the Lord by you paying it forward. Think of the good you can do for a struggling missionary or refugee seeking refuge and safety. The scripture, "...if ye have done it unto the least of these, ye have done it unto me" comes very clearly into my head.
I don't need or want to know of your contribution - that is up to you. My website will be updated with this information. I hope you find favor with this new method and pray the Lords choicest blessings on you as you reach out to His children.
* That you can copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format for any purpose, even commercially as long as you give appropriate credit and provide a link to this website (ldshappymusic.com).* You may not remix, re-engineer or otherwise alter the music or words without permission from the author(s).* My originals are NOT sactioned/approved by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Permission from your Priesthood leader prior to rehearsing/performing is recommended.* No warranties are given or implied. The work shall remain the property of LDS Happy Music.
* And lastly, please enjoy the music. Comments are encouraged. :)
Monday, December 7, 2015
A Savior Is Born
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Here is a hymn that I collaborated with Susan Noyes Anderson that is in keeping with the church's 2015 Theme, #ASavioIsBorn.
One quiet night in Bethlehem, One rough and lonely manger bed,
One star as bright as breaking day, One baby nestled in the hay.
Sing out with joy on Christmas morn; Ring out the bells and sound the horn.
Christ is born: A Savior is born.
One burst of angels from on high, One humble prayer from shepherds nigh,
One dream for magi of their King, One babe to end all suffering.
Sing out with joy on Christmas morn; Ring out the bells and sound the horn.
Christ is born: A Savior is born.
One miracle to save mankind, One shining hope for all to find,
One healing hand to ease the pain, One life to give, our lives to gain.
Sing out with joy on Christmas morn; Ring out the bells and sound the horn.
Christ is born: A Savior is born.


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Forex Market Review (European Session) – Kiwi bears take charge on new government announcement; pound slips after retail sales slump
The kiwi posted additional long red candles during the European session after the kingmaker New Zealand First party backed the opposition party early today, forming a new coalition government. The pound fully reversed yesterday's gains in the wake of worse-than-expected retail sales.
September's British retail sales tumbled by 0.8% from August, surprising analysts who had projected a smaller contraction of 0.1% as the pound's weakness raised import costs and hence hit consumers' wallets. The previous reading was also revised downwards from 1.0% to 0.9%. On an annual basis, retail sales grew at a slower pace at 1.2%, missing the forecast of a growth of 2.1%. The three-month average growth also narrowed, slowing to 1.5% y/y – a four-year low. Excluding auto sales and fuel, consumers' spending declined by 0.7% m/m, driving the yearly gauge lower to 1.6%.
Meanwhile in Brussels, the UK Prime Minister is preparing to address EU leaders in a bid to unlock Brexit talks and move negotiations to the next stage of UK's future relationship with the block. Yet, rumors are for the negotiations to remain deadlocked until December, with a senior EU diplomat claiming early today that trade talks have a 50-50 chance to start by year-end.
The pound pulled back by 0.15% to $1.3184 as the data pared the odds for further rate hikes in 2018. Still, chances for a rate rise at the BOE's meeting in November stood around 80%.
The Catalan leader, Charles Puigdemont, missed the second deadline today imposed by the Spanish government, refusing to renounce independence and eventually having to face the consequences. Instead, he sent a letter to the Spanish Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy, early on Thursday, warning a declaration of a unilateral independence if Madrid keeps blocking dialogue. In response, Rajoy said that he would hold a cabinet meeting on Saturday to activate Article 155 which has never invoked before, allowing the Spanish government to impose direct rule over Catalonia.
With markets having already priced in Catalonia's story, with risks remaining if situations escalate, the euro jumped to a one-week high of $1.1849 as Reuters poll of economists showed that the ECB will announce on October 26 its decision to trim monthly asset purchases from 60 billion euros to 40 billion in January.
While US stocks were weakening, upbeat readings on US initial jobless claims and business conditions measured by the Philadelphia Fed survey did little for the dollar. The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits for the week ending October 14 reached the lowest in more than 44 years at 222,000 – probably affected by the Columbus Day holiday on Monday of that week. Projections were for claims to rise by 244,00 from the downwardly revised 244,000recorded in the week before. The four-week average measure which wipes out weekly volatility dropped by 19,500 to 248,250.
In another report, the Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing index jumped by 4.1 points to a five-month high of +27.9, beating the forecast of +22.0.
Back in Washington, the Senate is expected to vote on the 2018 budget resolution, which if approved would allow the Republicans to pass their proposed tax overhaul through the chamber without support from the Democrats.
The dollar index was down by 0.21% on the day at 93.16. Dollar/yen declined by 0.44% to 112.40 after reaching a two-week high of 113.14 earlier in the day.
The kiwi dipped further into losses, touching a fresh five-month low of $0.7014 and being 1.8% down on the day on the news that the leader of the Labour Party, Jacinda Ardern, would enter into a coalition with the First Partyto govern for the next three years, succeeding Prime Minister Bill English of the National Party. Markets are also nervous on what this would mean for the country's monetary policy.
In energy markets, investors engaged in profit-taking amid tensions in the Middle East, sending oil prices to one-week low levels despite OPEC Secretary General Mohammad Barkido saying on Thursday that oil markets are rebalancing at an "accelerating pace". WTI crude slipped by 1.40% to $51.31 per barrel and Brent fell by 1.40% to $57.33.
Gold surged by 0.55% to an intra-day high of $1,289.56 per ounce before it slipped back to $1,287.45.
Source: Trade Forex with XM.


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This week, when I've mentioned the word 'menstruation', people have subconsciously winced. A tiny flicker of discomfort appears in their eyes. This isn't feminism gone mad, I'm not going to smear my menstrual blood onto my mouth and take a photo whilst encouraging my friends to do the same (check out Ingrid Berthon-Moine if you're into that). Yet, why shouldn't I? Why are periods so revolting? Deemed literally as a bloody nuisance, periods are treated as an inconvenience to the women who suffer the cramps, and the men who feel they can't have sex with them. Even sanitary manufacturers cannot bear to use red liquid to advertise the absorption qualities of their products, using water with blue food dye in it instead. Nothing could be more absurd, or less realistic.
Our dislike of menstruation could be attributed to some primal association with injuries and danger, but really it's because we don't know enough about it. Most of us have attended a half-an-hour session in PSHE at the age of ten to equip us with everything we will need to know about menstruation for the rest of our lives. If you're male, you probably didn't even have this. Periods are unfamiliar and mysterious. However, women have to deal with them for approximately 38 years of their lives, and if men are in a close relationship with a woman, they'll have to start understanding them too.
Biologically, periods are a sign of health and fertility. They're an indicator of pregnancy and they help women to calculate when they are ovulating; when planning (or avoiding) a family, they are essential. They are normal. Despite this when a woman is at work, in a restaurant or in any kind of mixed company, and is also on her period, she takes her bag to the toilets with her to vaguely conceal her menstruation. It would be much easier just to take out the tampon. Both the bag and the tampon signify that she is on her period, so why most women choose the former is a social mystery. Are women ashamed of their fertility?
Fertility is actually pretty sexy. According to numerous experiments, women appear more attractive when they're ovulating. The evolutionary psychologist, Geoffrey Miller, found that ovulating lap dancers made approximately $20 more per hour than their non-ovulating co-workers and $30 more than those who were menstruating. Companies worldwide are capitalising on the role that natural pheromones play during ovulation by offering synthetic substitutes for women to wear as perfumes throughout their cycle (check out www.pheromones-one.com if you're into that). Furthermore, researchers offer proof that ovulation increases libido. Menstruation is essential for ovulation, so why do we shun the former and only celebrate the latter when it benefits us?
Bizarrely, many women are willing to sacrifice ovulation purely because they dislike their periods. Our whole existence is one of cyclical duality: night and day, wake and sleep, highs and lows. Why do we feel we have a right to reject one when its dual component cannot exist without it? Disregarding a woman's period as 'unnatural' or 'unnecessary' is as ludicrous as saying the same for sleep. Periods tell a woman when something in her body is changing or if something is wrong. Many women claim their periods 'don't like them' for this reason. A period is an important messenger to a woman; if she's stressed, anxious or ill, her period will be heavier, physically forcing her to take time out. It acts as a natural defence. Female athletes will know that an irregular period is a sure sign of low bone density, a trigger for osteoporosis. More positively, periods tell women when they are healthy. Please, somebody tell me, why menstruation is so alien to us?
Alarmingly, in an American FDA survey on menstruation, out of the 1470 women asked, a third said that given the chance, they would choose never to have a period again. Are we, as humans, really that emotionally distanced from our bodies? Considering we only get one, you would think the impulse would be to understand and look after it, rather than ignore it.
Sanitary products are used by half the population roughly one week a month for approximately 38 years. If a woman uses four tampons a day for five days per month, that's 240 tampons a year. That's a lot of environmental waste (tampons are bleached and made of non-biodegradable materials) and a lot of money, so why not use a Mooncup? It makes perfect sense ecologically and financially, but there's something stopping us. Many women just cannot face their own menstrual blood. Periods are not weird or disgusting, and people need to stop imagining that this is the case.
This year, major American broadcasting networks refused to air a Kotex (sanitary product manufacturer) advert on the basis that it used the word 'vagina'. Has the biological word for female genitalia now become offensive? In 1878 it was declared in the British Medical Journal that 'it is an undoubted fact that meat spoils when touched by menstruating women'. Though scientific understanding of periods has advanced, actual education on them still isn't satisfactory. The Native American Apache people perform a Sunrise Dance when a girl first menstruates and celebrate her biological initiation into womanhood for four days. I'm not going to attempt to bring this practice to Britain, but it definitely educates people to view periods in a liberating light. Menstruation is not a freaky, unclean source of unnecessary suffering; it's a vital messenger and essential part of women's health and her understanding of her body.
Janey Stephenson is one of the two current YUSU Women's Officers. The international psychotherapist, author and coach, Alexandra Pope, will be coming to York to do a talk on 'Menstruation: Unveiling the mystery of periods and debunking our society's final taboo' on 23 May. This will be a great opportunity to get questions answered and if this interests you, e-mail [email protected] for further information or visit the Facebook event.


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