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If you are living with an umbilical hernia, you probably don't fully realize how much of your body's pain is caused by this one abdominal hole.
At least, I didn't.
It wasn't until after my hernia repair that I realized all my hip and low back pain were due to my belly button bulge.
However, immediately after my surgery, I had a whole different list of aches + pains.
Then, after a few weeks, I had an entirely new list of issues.
Below, you'll find all the information you need to help you relieve pain—no matter where you are in the umbilical hernia repair process.
You Think You Might Have an Umbilical Hernia
After having my second child, I was certain I had an umbilical hernia, but I had no idea it was the cause of the aches + pains I was feeling in my low back and pelvis.
It wasn't until I had researched and tried what felt like all possible exercises to help me become pain-free that I realized all the muscle strengthening in the world wouldn't help me feel better if I still had this hole in my abdominal wall.
Although my umbilical hernia was very large and obvious, that isn't always the case.
To see how to check yourself for an umbilical hernia, watch the video below.
You're Thinking of Having Your Umbilical Hernia Repaired
Unfortunately, an umbilical hernia will not repair itself with time and helpful exercises. If you are ever going to be 100% free of the aches + pains caused by your hernia, it will have to be surgically repaired.
This is a tough decision for many people. For some, the pain from their umbilical hernia might be small enough that it may not be worth the risk involved with abdominal surgery.
Others may want to have surgery but might want to avoid mesh.
If you're currently on the fence about having umbilical hernia repair surgery, the following three articles might help you:
After Your Umbilical Hernia Surgery
Once you have healed from your umbilical hernia surgery, you will probably notice a whole new list of aches + pains. This is because your supportive core muscles are currently weak.
By strengthening your core, you greatly reduce any sort of future back or hip pain. Here are the top five exercises to help you rebuild your core strength.
5 Exercises to Help You Rebuild Your Core Strength
- Breathing. Take a deep breath. As you exhale, let yourself fully deflate. Make sure every last ounce of air is exhaled. Then, lightly activate your deepest abdominal muscles to create a hugging feeling in the abdominal space between your ribs and hips.
- Imprint. Begin on your back with your feet on the floor, about fist-width apart. Make sure your pelvis is in neutral and your low back is naturally curved away from the floor. Inhale into the sides of your rib cage. Then, exhale and use your abdominal muscles to help you reach your low back toward the floor. Inhale and use your low back muscles to help you return to neutral. Complete several rounds of this exercise.
- Leg slides. Begin on your back with your feet on the floor, about fist-width apart. Make sure your pelvis is in neutral and your low back is naturally curved away from the floor. Flex your right foot, inhale, and slide your right leg out straight. Keep reaching through the sole of your foot as your leg slides and you continue to inhale. Once your leg is straight, exhale and start bending your knee to return to starting position. Complete 10 Leg slides on the right side before you switch over to the left side.
- Pelvic dips. Begin on your back with your feet on the floor, about fist-width apart. Make sure your pelvis is in neutral and your low back is naturally curved away from the floor. Inhale and allow your right hip to lower straight toward the floor as your left hip lifts. Exhale to come back to center. Inhale and allow your left hip to lower straight toward the floor as your right hip lifts. Exhale and come back to center. Do several for each side.
- Sunbird. Begin on your hands and knees with your hands under your shoulders and your knees under your hips. Press the ground away. Hug your belly button toward your spine. Slide your right leg straight behind you. Lift your foot off the ground. Slide your left hand straight in front of you. Lift it off the ground. Breathe. Hold and balance. When you are finished, lower your hand and foot. Return to your starting position. Switch sides. Complete several balances for each side.
After your umbilical hernia surgery, you may have a pooch. Watch the following video to learn whether it will go away.
Watch this video to learn how long it will take until you feel normal after your repair.
When you become a member of the Custom Pilates and Yoga community, you'll learn what you need to know before your umbilical hernia surgery and simple, strengthening exercises to help you fully recover after surgery.
Call Your Doctor When...
As soon as you notice you have an umbilical hernia, you should contact your doctor and have it examined. Your doctor will be able to give you more information about your particular situation and discuss your options (including doing nothing), so you can have all the information you need to make a wise decision about how to proceed.
If you have already had your hernia repaired surgically, you should call your doctor immediately if the area around your belly button starts to become:
- red,
- swollen,
- smelly,
- hot to the touch, and/or
- painful.
You should also contact your doctor if you notice any discolored drainage.


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I know, I missed the date. Not to worry, though: something like this is guaranteed to come along again.
Even before there were memes (or social media sites on which to share them), you could count on an e-mail message about once a year from a well-meaning friend or relative advertising another "gas buycott". A buycott is a bold plan to stick it to the gasoline companies by refusing to buy gas for one whole day. According to the proponents of this plan, the sudden drop in demand will activate market forces and send prices plummeting.
Do you remember that time when gasoline prices plunged because everybody agreed not to buy gasoline for one day? No you don't, because it never happened. All previous calls for "gas buycotts" have been met with astonishingly low participation, and the price of gasoline has never dropped as much as a penny in response to such a protest. "Ah," you say, "but if we could just motivate people to participate, surely that would put a giant hurt on the pocketbooks of oil company CEOs, right?" Wrong. Even if everybody in the United States refused to buy gasoline for one day, it would have almost zero impact on gas prices.
Allow me to pump some logic into your common sense tank. As long as we continue to drive our vehicles as much as we do, we're going to consume gasoline at pretty much the same rate. It doesn't matter when we buy it; the point is that we buy it. If you filled up your tank on June 13 in anticipation of not buying gasoline on June 14, you've just given the gasoline companies the money you would have spent on June 14, one day in advance. The extra money you spent on the 13th will simply roll right over to prop up the companies' June 14 profits.
Here's an analogy: suppose you buy lunch every day from the same restaurant, but you're worried because their prices have been creeping steadily upward. As a means of protest, you encourage your lunch companions to avoid buying lunch from the restaurant on Friday. But you'll still have to eat something on Friday, so you all buy two lunches on Thursday and put one of them in the refrigerator. Surely you see the logical error here, right?
"But it can't hurt to try, can it?" Actually, it can. Independently-owned service stations sell gasoline at a thin sliver of a profit, and have almost no control over its price. While the major gasoline companies would feel nothing from a day-long nationwide gas buycott, many mom-and-pop gas stations would suffer greatly. They still have to pay for the gas they're selling, even if nobody pays them.
Gasoline buycotts, like so many other armchair protests, are doomed to failure because the ostensible protestors don't actually want to inconvenience themselves in pursuit of their goals. Want to know how to really bring down gas prices? Stop driving so much. Trade in your gas-guzzling SUV for a hybrid or economy car. Carpool or use public transportation whenever possible. In other words, for most people, the only way to reduce gasoline prices is to make a major lifestyle change. As I've said before: real change hurts. The bigger the change, the more it hurts.
Gas prices are just one of many issues that people get upset about, but not upset enough to do anything meaningful. For the sake of armchair activists everywhere, I've included this flowchart. I hope you find it helpful.

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When you want to give your home office a modern makeover, there are lots of different types of contemporary furnishings that can help you achieve this new look. Use the following ideas to inspire you when you head to your local furniture store to purchase new items for your home office.
Club Chairs
Give visitors to your home office a cozy place to sit with a pair of modern club chairs. These chairs come in a variety of designs and colors, and plush cushions provide a cozy touch for your space. Consider placing a small end table in between the chairs to create a complete seating area.
Glass-Top Desk
One way to add a chic, modern vibe to your space is to invest in a glass-top desk. These desks offer a clean, low-profile look, and they often feature unique leg designs to complement the glass. Some may include polished or brushed chrome legs, while others may have a built-in set of drawers to provide extra storage space. If your glass-top desk does not have drawers, consider adding a sleek chrome filing cabinet to provide the storage space you need in your home office.
Updated Chaise Lounge
Sometimes you need a comfortable place to sit and brainstorm that's far away from your computer screen. An updated chaise lounge offers just the thing for stretching out and mulling over business propositions. Choose an upholstery color that matches your club chairs, and tuck the lounge sofa in a corner of the home office. Add a reading light and end table to this area so it can also be used as a reading nook.
Floating Entertainment Center
You may want to add a flat-screen television to your office so you can keep track of the local news, or you may simply want to play video games as an escape from work throughout the day. An entertainment center provides a solution for both, but you'll want a modern design to match your new contemporary decor theme. A floating entertainment center offers the modern furniture and design look you want while still providing storage for your gaming systems, electronic components, and even some small office supplies. These entertainment centers are mounted to the wall, giving them the appearance of floating in the room. They come in rich wood finishes or painted designs to match your color scheme.
Head to your local furniture store for more contemporary furnishing ideas, and remember that every item doesn't have to come from the home office section of the store. Look at nightstands, coffee tables, and other home furnishings to give your home office a unique look.


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The focus of this Teleseminar is not purely about releasing to get your goals, but rather to shine a light on the purpose goals and action play in life.
Most of us have taken action based on our expectations of an outcome, and try to move forward without 'rocking the boat' or challenging our core beliefs about ourselves, our lives, our world. We have used goals to perpetuate the illusion which keeps us seeking, striving in a consciousness of wanting and dependency: an endless pursuit of happiness and satisfaction, missing that which is already here now, beyond desire.
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Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN)– Bangladesh's Finance Minister AMA Muhith has proposed 100 percent tax exemption for the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) for next five years.
The exemption has been proposed in the budget speech for the financial year (FY) 2017-18.
"Tax exemption for the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission in order to make a positive impact on capital market," finance minister AMA Muhith said in his budget speech.
The officials of the securities regulator said in last year the BSEC was included in the list of some regulatory bodies for paying tax although the BSEC has no operating income.
"Following the regulatory demand, the BSEC has been excluded from the list of bodies required to pay tax," said the BSEC official.
The income of Alternative Investment Fund (AIF) will enjoy tax waiver as long as the income is in the hand of fund manager and trustee.
"During disbursement, the income of AIF will be considered as dividend and tax will be imposed on that dividend," said the Finance Bill 2017.
The securities' regulator has formulated the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (Alternative Investment) Rules, 2015. Six companies have got the license of managing AIF but no fund is yet to be floated.
Besides, the finance minister has proposed to keep the existing rates of tax imposed on the capital market will remain unchanged.
In his budget speech, Muhith also spoke on some reforms so far brought by the securities regulator.
"In order to meet the capital needs of start-ups and new companies in the capital market, Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (Alternative Investment) Rules, 2015 has been formulated," Muhith said.
He said a modern surveillance system has already been installed to bring transparency in the transactions of the capital market.
"An initiative has been taken to establish a Small Cap Platform to facilitate capital formation of small and medium enterprises."
Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (Qualified Investor Offer by Small Capital Companies) Rules, 2016 has been formulated, Muhith mentioned in his budget speech.
According to the Muhith's budget speech, side by side, in order to launch a new product Exchange Traded Fund (ETF), Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (ETF) Rules, 2016 has been formulated.
A plan has been taken to establish a separate clearing and settlement company as part of a long-term action plan for development of capital market. Necessary Rules has already been formulated for this purpose.
Besides, initiatives to find strategic partners under the demutualization law to enhance technical and professional capacities of stock exchanges will continue, Muhith also mentioned.
The finance minister said in his budget speech the process of forming a council under the Financial Reporting Act enacted to promote transparency, accountability and international standard of financial reporting, is in the final stage. The chairman of the council has already been appointed.
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How do you tackle a walk from Pretoria to Cape Town? The obvious answer is "One step at a time", but you're probably asking the question "Why walk from Pretoria to Cape Town when there are far easier options to cover the distance?" Crazy for Walking is an initiative which will see several walkers depart Pretoria on 1 September and arrive in Cape Town on 10 October which is World Mental Health Day. They're walking to highlight and de-stigmatize Mental Illness.
Taking "ownership" of the word "Crazy" is key to the campaign. "Our aim is to educate people about mental illness, particularly depression and anxiety," says Francois Louw, CEO of Vista Clinic, one of 30 psychiatric hospitals in the National Health Network (NHN) group of hospitals and the principal sponsor of the initiative. "We'll be making stops in various towns along the way to hold educational talks about mental illness. At these talks, we will assist people with guidelines on where to seek help, as well as give them some coping mechanisms, focusing around our HAPPINESS HELPS programme."
The HAPPINESS HELPS programme focuses on an Acronym as follows:
H – Help Others
E – Exercise (which the walkers will get plenty of)
L – Learn
P – Play
S – Spiritual Growth
"We have found that this programme most certainly helps to reduce stress and anxiety," says Dr Jerrie Bezuidenhout, Director of Medical Services at Vista Clinic. "It's very practical and can be practiced by anyone, at minimal cost.
Walkers will walk from Monday to Friday every week, walking around 12 hours per day in relay shifts. This means that each walker will walk between 4 and 6 hours per day. The walkers are sponsored by their companies and come from all around the country with most walking in the regions near to their workplaces.
"There is a bit of a crazy playful competition going on within the walking groups at present," says Hannetjie Buitendag – Team Captain of the Crazy for Walking campaign. "We're getting training reports and photos on our social media feeds showing the training taking place as our crazy walkers get themselves into shape for the challenge."
And, if you notice that the walkers are all wearing very funky, colourful, crazy socks, this is a key element of the campaign. On 10 October, to highlight World Mental Health Day, Crazy for Walking is encouraging everyone to wear their "craziest" socks and to take photographs of this and share the pics on the social media feeds as part of "Crazy Socks Day". The ultimate aim of this is to promote awareness of mental illness and to have some fun and remove the sting out of the word "crazy".
You can follow the progress of the walk (and post your photographs) on the following social media feeds:
Facebook: @CrazyforWalking
Twitter: @CrazyforWalking #crazyforwalking #crazysocksday
Website: www.crazyforwalking.co.za
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Ideal candidate is energetic and reliable, a self starter as well as a team player and can take on small routine tasks with as much enthusiasm and dedication as larger more interesting ones.
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by Brodie O'Carroll, Apr 15, 2019
The panel focused on values-driven recruitment, and choosing the right people for your business.
Company values-driven recruitment
A team that shares a common set of values will work more productively and harmoniously toward shared goals. You can empower your team to become more invested in your values and mission by giving them ownership where possible. With an invested team, a strong culture will manifest itself.
This blog shares 5 key tips for recruiting as a startup.
1. Keep your job descriptions light
Unfortunately, overly specific job descriptions have an adverse effect, scaring away qualified candidates. Listing the specific skills a job requires can be discouraging for qualified candidates, who are unclear on the level of expected expertise, and often deem themselves unqualified without applying.
Rather, you should focus on the unique value proposition your business offers. Job advertisements are an opportunity to emotionally connect with potential candidates by getting them hyped up about your vision, your mission, and your values. You should describe the potential for the role and learning and development opportunities, but keep specifics open-ended. Passionate job descriptions entice passionate people.
2. Prioritise values over skills
A candidate with less experience who is passionate about your vision and values has the potential to become an exceptional champion for your brand.
3. Identify gaps and recruit for them
Maybe you're a people-focused extrovert, who is passionate about helping others.
We can't be experts at everything, and something that seems like common sense to us, may be completely uncharted territory for someone else. When recruiting for your team, it is crucial to identify the current skills you (or your team) have, and the skills you need to move your business forward to the next level.
Start by identifying the problems and blockers your team faces. Whatever they may be, you should search for someone who can bridge this gap.
4. Don't take shortcuts
Sandra Kelly insisted that taking the time to go through the entire process is important; when you rush, you'll likely hire the wrong person, and this mistake will be more costly to your business than taking extra time to find the right person would be.
Unfortunately, there are no shortcuts when you are recruiting for your business. Invest the time now, or pay the price later.
5. Experiment. Observe. Iterate. Repeat.
The reality in recruiting for startups, as with everything else in business, is that you are going to make mistakes.
At Codebots, we think of everything we do as an experiment, from recruitment, to our way of working, to our culture. We hypothesise, we plan expected outcomes, we run an experiment, then we collect results and do pulse checks with our team that determine the experiment's success, and future action.
Things that work exceptionally well for some businesses might be complete disasters, or completely ineffective for others. The only way to find out what is best for you, is through trial and error of adjusted variables.
Your team will be your success, or your detriment. Choose wisely.
"Idea stealing" is a common concern of many new founders when recruiting. Coming up with a good idea is a start, but your execution will determine your success. If you have early concerns about sharing your idea, focus on sharing your mission and vision instead.
Codebots' mission is to build better software, and our vision is a future where humans and bots work together. That tells you what we do and why, but not how we do it.
People who are engaged with your vision and invested in the execution are people who will play a crucial role in your idea's success. Some people will leave, and that's okay. Early employees that move on are potential champions for your external community. If retention is an ongoing struggle, you likely haven't found the right people for your internal community yet. Take a step back, identify patterns and refine your recruitment processes until you start building the team that can execute your dream.
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In Their Own Words
August 09, 1864
Soldier Offered Wife Advice on Dealing with Yankees
A Georgia soldier wrote home to his wife, worried about her with the Yankees nearby, and advising her on how to deal with them.
"…Eliza, the last thing I have heard from home was that there was a regiment of Yankees stationed there in the store house, that is with their headquarters in it. A man by the name of Bowman told us he was in sight of the house and saw them. I am very uneasy about you, but I hope they will not hurt you nor take all you have to eat. I hope you will treat them so as to be treated well. I don't want you to try to wheedle in with them, only treat them with the respect that is due an enemy. Don't deny that I am in the war for they think more of a man that will fight for his country than one that won't. …"
Source: Mills Lane (ed.), "Dear Mother: Don't grieve about me. If I get killed, I'll only be dead.": Letters from Georgia Soldiers in the Civil War (Savannah: Beehive Press, 1990), p. 327.


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Purpose: To improve relaxation of the hands for the softball catcher, which helps to develop the soft hands that are required for receiving the ball properly.
Procedure: Catcher 1 will throw tennis balls from 20-30 feet away to catcher 2. Catcher 2 practices giving with the hands when catching the ball.
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Famous feminists and the struggle for equality
The women's marches in January were largely held to protest Trump, but also follow in the footsteps of feminists through the ages. We look at women who've fought for equality.
Alice Schwarzer (*1942)
In fall 1975, Schwarzer released her book "The Little Difference and Its Huge Consequences," in which she analyzes sex as a power play between men and women. It became a bestseller, making Alice Schwarzer the best-known and most divisive feminist in Germany. She has been publishing "Emma" since 1977. Here's a look at women who have preceeded – and succeeded – Schwarzer in the fight for equality.
Olympe de Gouges (1748-1793)
The French revolutionary was a pioneer in the struggle for women's rights. In 1791, Olympe de Gouges wrote a "Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen" in response to the 1789 declaration of human and civil rights, which didn't take women into account. In her text, she wrote that women are born free and are equal to men in all of their rights.
Sojourner Truth (1797-1883)
Activist Sojourner Truth made a connection between the rights of slaves in the United States and those of women. She campaigned for both the abolition of slavery and the women's suffrage. Her speech "And ain't I a woman?" which she held at a women's rights convention in Ohio in 1851, went down in the history books.
Louise Otto-Peters (1819-1895)
Louise Otto-Peters is considered the founder of the German women's rights movement. In 1843, she became famous for saying, "The participation of women in the interests of the state is not a right, but a duty." Otto-Peters co-founded Germany's first feminist organization, the Allgemeiner Deutscher Frauenverein, in 1865.
Hedwig Dohm (1831-1919)
In 1874, she wrote "The Scientific Emancipation of Women." Hedwig Dohm called for women's suffrage and unrestricted access to universities, making her a radical pioneer of the German feminist movement. According to her motto "Human rights know no gender," Dohm demanded equality across the board.
Emily Davison (1872-1913)
British sufragette Emily Davison was arrested eight times. The activist sometimes resorted to violent protests in her campaign for women's rights. She was a member of the Women's Social and Political Union, which was founded in 1903. Its motto was, "Deeds, not words." Ultimately, Davison died a martyr. In an effort to draw attention to her cause during a horse race, she was trampled to death.
Simone de Beauvoir (1908-1968)
Simone de Beauvoir's 1949 work "The Second Sex" is a milestone of feminist literature. In it, she famously wrote, "One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman." Well ahead of her time, she was among the first to assert the thesis that gender is not a biological fact.
Betty Friedan (1921-2006)
In her work "The Feminine Mystique," Betty Friedan criticized the reduction of women to mothers and housewives. It was published in 1963 and she became an activist in the American feminist movement. In 1966, she and 27 other women founded the National Organization for Women. She would go on to spend her life fighting for gender equality.
Judith Butler (*1956)
The deconstruction of gender is the central theme of Judith Butler's work "Gender Trouble" from 1990. Her thesis is that both our learned gender and our biological sex are socially construed and our gender identity is a performance. The American philosopher became a pioneer of feminist theory in the 1990s.
Mozn Hassan (*1979)
Mozn Hassan and her organization Nazra for Feminist Studies have fought for women's rights in Egypt since 2007. During the Arab Spring, Nazra made sure that sexual harassment became a statutory offense. In 2016, the feminist activist Hassan received the Right Livelihood Award – also known as the Alternative Nobel Prize – for her work.
Laurie Penny (*1986)
Laurie Penny of Britain is considered one of the most significant feminists of our time. Her works "Meat Market" and "Unspeakable Things" criticize the sexualization and sexual suppression of women and the idea of romantic love. Penny works as a columnist and journalist for "The Guardian," "the Independent," "New Statesman" and others.
Margarete Stokowski (*1986)
She is also known as the "German Laurie Penny." Margarete Stokowski's debut book "Untenrum frei" ("Free down below") discusses power, mechanisms of sexual suppression, gender roles assigned be society and how small freedoms relate to larger liberties. The "Spiegel" columnist's main thesis is that we can't be free at the top if we're not free down below – vice versa.
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Icons of emancipation: women of the 60s and 70s
An exhibition at the Kennedy Museum features portraits of iconic women from the 60s and 70s, exploring their influence on social equality and showing the shift from traditional housewife to independent, working woman. (From September 6, 2016)
Women in science – more complex than men think
Of the 900 Nobel Prizes since 1901, only about 50 have gone to women. This has nothing to do with women's abilities as scientists. The problem is, there are still far too few women doing science. (From June 28, 2016)
Social and feminist commentary through Indian Vintage Art
Royal Existentials is a weekly web-comic series that uses Indian vintage art and imagery as a backdrop for contemporary dialogues. Members of the Mughal family contemplate on conflict, problems of patriarchy and feminism. The miniature paintings tell ironic stories of Queens and Handmaidens who talk about smashing Patriarchy. Roma Rajpal Weiß, WTO Reporter spoke to Aarthi Parthasarathy, the Bengaluru-based author of the series on what inspired her to do the series. (From August 20, 2015)
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DAD Memorial Letter Plaque with Cherub Decorations Indoor & Outdoor 21 x 13 cm
Elegant memorial plaque with cherubs and carved flowers with beautiful words featured on each one in a cream and gold design Features the words Dad never more than a thought away loved and remembered every day ideal to place in a reflective space in your garden or at the resting place of a lost loved one This item is made of resin & is weatherproof - It is designed to be used either inside or outside The item measures 21.5cm in length and 11.5cm in height
Key Features
Beautiful Dad Memorial Ornament spelt out in letters
2 cherubs decorate the word DAD
Never more than a thought away, loved & remembered every day
Measures approx 21 x 13 cm
made of resin, suitable for indoor & outdoor use


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10 thoughts on "The Twilight Saga"
You see that one little star It s there because I can t give this series a 0 stars, if I could, I would.So I m finally reviewing The Twilight Saga Ugh, honestly I d rather not because I know this will make me even angry about these books, but I had to say my opinion on them So if I sound angry in this review It s probably because I am So let s get started, shall we First of all, I d like to say that yes, I did love these books the first time I read them, 3 years ago, I was kind of a fangirl over them, but then a couple of reviews opened my eyes and when I re read them I finally realized how bad these books actually are Not only did Stephenie Mayer copy a bunch of other vampire books, but she also succeeded at making everything she copied 10 times worse Also, I don t know for you guys, but reading these books made me have such bad headaches I mean the writing The writing I don t know if she didn t have an editor or something, but I DO NOT UNDERSTAND HOW CAN BOOKS THIS BADLY WRITTEN BE PUBLISHED There are so many grammar and syntactical errors that even for me, who doesn t have English as my first language, noticed them Not to mention that the dialogues between the characters were atrocious You know what also surprises me, though When I read reviews of people who read tons of books and are really good in English and stuff and they say these books are well written It baffles me I don t know what they read, but it can t be this Saga if they say it s well written Now let s talk about what probably is the worse aspect of the Twilight Saga THE CHARACTERS Bella Swan is probably the character I hate the most of all the books I read I hate her with a fury passion She s just a mary sue or no, rather it s just Stephenie Mayer who represented herself as Bella Bella has absolutely no personality whatsoever AND she s an idiot In four books I hardly learned anything about her except what she likes to eat for breakfast and that she was unconditionally and irrevocably in love with Edward Cullen Oh God, kill me now And what s up with all these people loving her like she s the most amazing human on earth Everyone loves her everyone wants to be her friend BUT WHY There s nothing appealing about her at She s boring, stupid, arrogant, selfish and the only thing she does is complain ALL THE FUCKING TIME It s the only thing she s good at Oh no it s raining, I hate rain, my life sucks , Oh no Edward didn t look at me today , OH NOOO, WHY IS EVERYONE IN LOVE WITH ME MY LIFE IS SOOO HARD Ugh, shut up.Edward Ok, I could understand why some people love him so much, but when you really look at him, he s nothing else than a creepy stalker And before thinking that you want a boyfriend like him think about this Would you like a boyfriend that watches you while you sleep, that breaks something in you car so you can t go see your guy friend, that controls your every movement, won t let you out of his sight and insults you NO I DON T THINK SO So Edward and Bella s relationship was just a big joke for me First of all I don t even understand why he d fall in love with a silly little girl like her, who doesn t have anything interesting about her.And last but not least, I d like to mention some of the things these books teach people 1 How important it is to have a boyfriend, how you CAN T live without having a boyfriend Remember in New Moon when Edward left Bella And then Mayer decided to skip four I believe it was four, I m not quite sure whole months of Bella s life What does that tell you That when your boyfriend leaves you, you don t have a life any So girls, make sure you have a boyfriend, ok Cause otherwise, 2 JUST KILL YOURSELF Now remember when that dumb girl decided to jump off a cliff Yeah Wow, what a great message for teens, right 3 P.E.D.O.P.H.I.L.I.A I don t care if Edward looks like a 17 year old boy, BECAUSE MENTALLY HE S STILL A 107 YEAR OLD MAN If he weren t a vampire he d be a 107 year old man in love with a 17 year old teenage girl And I don t think anyone would be interested in reading such a book, I m sure of it Also I won t even talk of Jacob, who in Breaking Dawn, imprints Bella and Edward girl who was born not even 10 minutes ago Now I won t go in details of the other messages that these books contain but just to name a few abuse, anti feminism, teenage pregnancy, selfishness, don t get to attached to your friends cause they re just a backup group of people who you don t really like, you stand in the way of your mom s and boyfriend happiness, so go away, if your boyfriend is mean to you, it doesn t matter, just love him even , if you fall in love with someone then leave your family for them, AND SO ON.You know, I find it quite funny when I see some people say But you don t have to analyze it too much, it s just for fun No it s not I m not going to pretend that these messages aren t there, that the characters, the writing and everything else aren t bad If you want to do that then go ahead, but it s still there.Now I m gonna finish this here because the a write the anger I have for Twilight.
See this review and on The Moonlight Library In Twilight, Bella goes insane when her mother re marries and ships her off to live with her absent father In trying to cope with this, Bella imagines a world where she is the centre of attention from every boy in school, especially the hottest, most desirable Edward Cullen But Edward isn t just the most desirable guy, no he s also a vampire, and sheer coincidence, Bella s blood sings to him This should be a problem, because Edward s supposed to lose control when he comes near a blood singer like his brother Emmett did when he met his however, Bella s Edward is so inhumanly perfect that he never hurts her, and even ends up falling in love with her proof that Bella is insane, because this does not make logical sense to us, the readers, but does to Bella s poor fragile mind When Bella realises nothing is really happening with her imagined relationship with some imagined angel like vampire, she imagines another vampire decides he wants to randomly hunt her just because she s human and of course one of the bad vampires comes to warn the Cullens of Bella s danger, because even in Bella s insanity, random people still care about her This makes perfect sense in Bella s mind she s never been the centre of attention when living with her mother, and with her father the Chief of Police, he just doesn t have the time to give her the attention she needs So she creates the perfect man to love her and protect her and needs her like her parents never wanted, and because she s never had a boyfriend before, poor lonely soul.In New Moon, Bella realises her perfect relationship is actually really boring and creates some drama by sending her perfect boyfriend away for her own protection Or maybe, even in her insanity, she still thinks she s not worthy so she sabotages her own relationship She falls into a catatonic state of depression and can only be drawn out of it by the attention of another boy who, coincidentally, is a member of the werewolf pack made to protect humans from vampires With a suitably heroic new love interest, Bella creates drama in her insanity by deciding that Edward is going to kill himself over some kind of crossed wires communication, and it gives her the opportunity to add a lot drama and an international journey to revive her relationship with Edward Now that Edward is safe, he tells her she was stupid to believe him when he said he didn t love her any which of course he does, because in Bella s mind everyone loves her, even if she doesn t notice Now that Bella s patched up her imaginary conflict with her imaginary lover, she can still create other attention grabbing conflict by having Jacob still in love with her.Coming to Eclipse, and Bella s madness is only deepening She s obsessed with herself being the victim, so in some twisted way she imagines that the vampire from the first book s girlfriend wants her dead, so that for some weird reason Edward would suffer the way the girlfriend vampire has suffered This is complicated by the fact that Bella is perfect and everyone loves her, especially the vampire lover from the first book and the werewolf boy from the second book Obviously she can t have them fighting all the time because that s OMG DRAMAZ and with the inevitable big fight coming up, she can t really concentrate on her two boyfriends fighting over her So in her crazy state of mind, the two boys who hate each other and are sworn enemies make a pact to defend her from the big bad vampire bitch queen because of course, she s so unbelievable special.Breaking Dawn is Bella s insane attempt at avoiding adulthood while gaining domestic perfection by becoming a wife and mother.Bella, in her insanity, designs an impossible pregnancy to make her the centre of everyone s attention Her mother was never very maternal, so now here s Bella s chance to prove to everyone she d make a better mother than her own mother And of course she s insane because apart from the agony of a baby growing to full term in a matter of weeks and breaking her bones and nearly killing her, she doesn t experience any real motherhood changing diapers, breastfeeding, teaching baby to talk and walk But of course Bella seems to get it all in the end eternally youthful, now immortally gorgeous, disgustingly rich with the most perfect angel vampire husband and father to a daughter who sleeps at night unlike her parents and never makes a fuss or noise and quite frankly hardly needs any parenting at all It s Bella s fantasy of motherhood played out just like she used to when she played with her dolls as a child.And her reward for being the perfect devoted wife and mother Immortality And of course her poor little mind had to make a consideration for Jacob she couldn t possibly have Jacob leave her, because he s her sun or something, and his imprint of the Loch Ness Monster makes him a part of her little cult family forever.
Find all of my reviews at StarsReviewing The Twilight Saga is a nearly unwinnable battle If you admit to enjoying it, you run the risk of being branded an idiot Luckily I have loads of experience with people telling me I m an idiot, so I m cool with it.Let me paint a picture for you and maybe you ll understand how this little series came to garner such a high rating from me I read all four of the Twilight novels back to back to back to back over the course of one magical summer It was the summer I ceased to be a flotation device for my always potentially drowning children and instead spent my pool days like this Ahhhhhhhh After countless hours every summer piggybacking my non swimming offspring around the shallow end they finally developed some buoyancy and I was able to watch things like this and unfortunately also some stuff like this shudder from the comfort of a lounge chair That was also the summer I was able to get back into reading again Thanks to the never ending Wal Mart check out line and a pretty little cover that claimed the contents would Soon Be A Major Motion Picture I found what became a perfect little fluffy summer obsession read There s no doubt in my mind if I read these books today I would have a very different reaction to them That s why I m not going to.Oh, and also They gave us Jacob, so haters to the left
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Full review now posted Books are supposed to educate and enlighten and broaden the mind They are supposed to help us understand ourselves and those who have nothing in common with us except our humanity Books let us travel to distant lands, help us remember the past and envision the future, and they remind us to appreciate our present.But dang it, they re also here to entertain us We don t belittle television shows for amusing us and allowing us to escape from reality and forget out troubles of hour and half hour increments of time While we can be music snobs, I think everyone can admit to singing along with catchy popular songs when you can t escape them, even if we rolls our eyes while belting out the words So why do we as readers label some books or series or entire genres of fiction as completely unworthy of our time We call them trash because we see nothing of literary merit in them But why does every book ever written have to hold some nebulous literary merit I deeply believe that reading should be fun, and that some books are meant to be that and only that fun There doesn t have to be a life lesson or deep theme or social commentary Yes, I believe that we should read books that contain those things as well, just as we should mix our sitcoms with news coverage and our boy bands with Bach and Beethoven But there is nothing wrong with reading for fun and only fun, and we shouldn t look down on those who read for fun and fun alone And for those of us who try to read meaty literature with depth and a message and that merit we re so proud of, we shouldn t be embarrassed to take a break from that depth when we need to and consume something mindlessly addictive Steak is great, but consuming too much red meat can give a person gout Sometimes, you just need a big bowl of popcorn, right There are books that I consider popcorn fiction These are books with no nutritional literary value, but they re addictive and a pleasure to consume They re books usually series that are almost impossible to put down until you read the final page The prose might not be the best, and there are generally eye rolling plot devices sprinkled liberally throughout the book, but the characters are fun to read about even when they re obnoxious and the plot is immersive and compelling These are the soap operas of the fiction world, and sometimes they re just exactly what you need to help you escape reality for a while.I consider Twilight to be one of the ultimate popcorn series I actually think of it as sitting down with a five pound bag of Lucky Charms marshmallows and just eating until you make yourself sick These books have a bad reputation, and it s at least partially earned I ve never met a main character problematic than Bella Swan She has no sense of self preservation, she has a severe martyr complex, she has a horridly low opinion of herself, and she blames herself for literally everything, even those things over which she has absolutely no control Her view of herself is quite possibly the worst I ve ever come across She has her strengths, of course Bella is loyal and self sacrificing and incredibly loving She finds her true self and a core of strength she didn t know existed in the final installment of the series She even becomes a bit of a Mary Sue in terms of strength and gifts But she absolutely should not be a role model for young girls Does that mean I don t think said girls should be allowed to read the series It does not I think Twilight provides great fodder for discussions of self worth and self image when properly approached If I was the mother of a tween or teenage girl, I would of course gauge their maturity level and provide a disclaimer before allowing her to read these, but allow it I would My parents always let me read anything, just giving me warnings before I dug it Because of those warnings, I knew what to be on the lookout for, and I was able to protect my mind while still thoroughly enjoying the story Twilight is full of things that usually would cause me to put a book down I despise love triangles, but for some reason am completely entranced by Bella s relationships with both Edward and Jacob Both male characters also have their issues, but they re super engaging to read about I loathe Wuthering Heights and am not a fan of Romeo and Juliet, but Twilight echoes both and I still enjoy it There s something about this series that just lets me turn my brain off and revel in the ride.I honestly can t explain why I am so entertained by this series, but I am This is my third time reading it, and it was still just as much fun as the first time All I can say is that, when I m in the mood for mental popcorn, this is one of my go to series, and it appears that it shall remain so.A buddy re read with the ever lovely Mary For of my reviews, as well as my own fiction and thoughts on life, check out my blog, Celestial Musings.
ALL TIME FAVORITE SERIES EVER No other compares
Uh, okay normally I loathe profanity at the best of times, but in the case of The Twilight Saga, I have only two words that I d like to say to itThese are the worst bunch of books I ve ever read they re almost as terrible as that godawful The Hunger Games series Mind you, I m sure that Twilight is really important and amazing to some readers In my opinion though, it was just bizarre I mean, c mon, glittery vampire men that live in the trees and have their own weirdo vampire club Is that what passes for cool these days, or is it just nerdy
The final edition of Anuradha, Stop Using the Word Rebuttal The previous four yes, I wrote four of this shit parts of this ramble may be found in my reviews of Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn I repeat, I m only posting this because I read this article I m literally only refuting the points mentioned in this, nothing else I don t like comparison, but if the other party does it, be sure that I will respond REBUTTAL POINTS 41 46 41 The HP books are all depressing Lots of good characters die, which isn t cool And they re just full of violance, and ridiculous plans Harry Potter books may have elements of violence in them, but people die in wars You can t just kill off only the secondary characters Much as I hated seeing many of my favourites die, it added an element of realism to the story Sometimes, bad things happen to good people That s just how life is The plans aren t ridiculous as much as they are elaborate 42 Stephenie Meyer did her resarch and found a place like Forks so the vampires could be outside JK just made one up.Yeah, Rowling created a world where we could all escape into, if we wanted She spend years coming up with the details She used her imagination and creativity, and the effects of it all were almost perfect She created a hidden world for her wizards in the midst of all the normalcy of some place as common as London Making one up is a lot tedious than Googling one 43 The sparkles are so unique and creative They re not stupid.I feel like this is a parody account The sparkles suck Vampires don t sparkle Period.44 harry potter is too hard for a young child to read.Young children should not be reading Twilight Harry Potter has universal appeal I read it as a child, and I understood it perfectly well 45 Twilight is better because the books are written better and the characters bring to the table for the readers The real difference is that Jo Rowling is a terrific writer and Stephenie Meyer can t write worth a darn Stephen King Need I say 46 It s set in America.It s like you re not even trying How does that matter And it s done Finito I have no purpose in my life, again Harry Potter made me a better person, and I will defend it ad nauseam Click here for my review of Twilight which contains points 1 10.Click here for my review of New Moon, which contains points 11 20.Click here for my review of Eclipse, which contains points 21 30.Click here for my review of Breaking Dawn, which contains points 31 40.
This book was by far the best book i have ever read Usually i dont find any interest in reading, but when i started Twilight i couldn t put it down Ever since i read the Twilight series i ve started reading on a regular basis Even though i ve read all the Twilight books i know that i will continue reading them over and over again and never get tired of them I ve told all of my friends about this book and they have read it and enjoyed it just as much as i did.


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The Club now known as the Floreat Surf Life Saving Club was first formed by a band of young men in 1947 under the name of North City Surf Life Saving Club.
Prior to 1947, members of the City of Perth club occasionally patrolled Floreat Beach, then known as Wembley or North City Beach. The members misbehaving or being slack in carrying out club duties did this patrolling as a punishment detail - City members called it the Sahara.
In September of 1947, Sergeant Ron Wall of the Subiaco Police & Citizens Club, contacted Kevin Riley, a member of the City of Perth club, for help in training his group in lifesaving techniques. It was those young men who then formed the first full time patrol at North City Beach.
The late Ron Tamen of the East Perth P&C was in charge and Kevin Riley was their coach. Membership grew very rapidly during the early period and several who joined in 1947/48 are still closely associated with the club. By the end of the first season, North City had 64 members and recorded no lives lost and 22 first aid cases. The colours chosen for the club were royal blue and gold.
At the commencement of the 1948/49 season, Kevin Riley returned to the City of Perth club, and elected their club captain. However he and several other City members continued to assist in the training of the new North City club members. Although there was no elected governing committee operating during this period, Ron Tamen was the administrator and R.Pola became club captain. The first general meeting that called for the forming of an official and fully functional committee was in 1957.
The 1947-1957 period was one of steady growth , and even when membership dropped a little after 1955, interest was always high. Several State Championship events were won, principally in the March Past, Beach Relay and Rescue & Resuscitation events. The boat crews, who were using a rather heavy double ender boat on loan from the City of Perth club, came very close on several occasions to gaining a State pennant. The bond between City and North City was very close. By 1957, membership was once again on the increase and new directions were being sought.
1958 was the year in which a completely new image was to take over the club. At the general meeting, it was voted to change the club's name from North City to Floreat. This step was taken in an all out effort to get away from the idea many people had that North City was only an extension of the City of Perth club. It was also voted to add the colour "Carnation Red" to the royal blue and gold of the North City club.
Floreat Beach looking South, Late 60s
The first season as the Floreat club was one of its best, with a high membership especially in the senior ranks which numbered 51 active members. A surf boat (Pontiac Chieftain), the first boat the club owned, was purchased from Warriewood Surf Club in NSW. A deposit of 200 pounds was paid, and the remaining 200 pounds was paid off monthly. This was a great moment in the club's history.
The summer season of 1959/60 showed a marked drop in membership. This was attributed to the fact that several of the more prominent members found they had to patrol an enlarged area formed by the construction of the Floreat groyne to the south of existing patrol area. The clubrooms, which they had been using since 1947 and continued to use until 1962, were the old wooden change rooms which were located just in front of where the present kiosk and change rooms are today. This made patrolling the new and popular section of beach beside the groyne a much harder task. This decline in members continued until the summer of 1964/65 when the club's total registered membership numbered only 35.
In March of 1961, Floreat was represented for the first time by a senior members team at a National Surf Championship. Mona Vale in South Australia was the host beach and thirteen of our members attended, contributing 15 pounds each to cover travelling expenses, and although none reached finals in their events, much experience was gained and a good time was had by all.
New and larger clubrooms was a goal of the club from the early days of North City, and in 1962 this goal became reality. The Perth City Council, always a generous supporter of the club, felt there was a need for a multipurpose building within the area which could be utilised during the 1962 Empire Games and the Floreat club thereafter. The Council built a clubrooms on the hill, closer to the main and popular area near the groyne. This location enabled easy patrolling of all the Floreat Beach, and a good position to keep watch for potential dangers. Those clubrooms were extended on two occasions (1966 & 1972 ) to give the club more storage area for gear and extra administration and utility areas.
1966 saw, for the first time, the inclusion of members between the ages of 9 and 13 years into the ranks of the Floreat Club. This new Juvenile movement, as it was known, was the greatest single asset the club had over the previous eleven years. It brought into the club a steady stream of young members and the support of the parents was also recognised. This Juvenile area was soon to be the largest section of the club.
From that time on, steady progress was made in membership and the club was always held together by a strong nucleus of members to take all the key committee positions. Membership drives were launched in the mid and late 60's so after the early 1970's it was felt the real progress could be clearly seen.
In April 1978 the coast was lashed by cyclone Alby, which sped up the erosion problem that had been threatening for many years. Thousands of dollars were spent attempting to save the building but to no avail. The building was not considered worth saving and ultimately needed to be demolished.
In 1979, the controversial question arose as to whether new clubrooms should be provided. The City Council wanted the members of Floreat to consider amalgamating with the City of Perth Club, a decision that would have been hard to swallow given the past history of the club. A small group of ardent Floreat supporters and members got together and lobbied for the continued existence of Floreat SLSC and after several years and much deliberation the Council generously allocated approximately $370000 to build new clubrooms, further away from the waters edge and north of the Floreat kiosk.
The members occupied the building as from the first of January 1981. The clubrooms were then the envy of all the W.A. clubs and it was the members who basically designed the building in consultation with Johnston & Crystal, the Architects.
The Floreat Club however, is not just a building. It is the people that make the club and there have been many characters that have passed through and a few that have had nowhere else to go. Floreat is known for being a club with a strong family focus and maintaining a high level of efficiency in life saving skills. The equipment the club now owns is of the highest quality and well maintained. Floreat is held in high regard in the handling of Inflatable Rescue Boats and have taken many State Titles, including the National Title in 1998 in IRB racing. Floreat has been ranked in the top fifteen IRB clubs in Australia. Floreat members also participate in the summer National Championship and IRB Championship events, which is a highlight for many of our experienced competitors.
Over recent years the Club has won the Association's coveted Patrol Efficiency Award and is often ranked in the top three clubs in this area.
Our long-term future is secure with the Town of Cambridge being very supportive. The Town has invested significant funds, both on the building and in the immediate area of the Club, bringing more people to our beach. The Club continues to look at how it can best expand it's facilities to cater for growth. From humble beginnings to a multi-million dollar establishment in fifty plus years of outstanding service.


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About three years ago I had the opportunity to visit Yosemite National Park in California. It is a truly magnificent place. The granite cliffs and rock faces are hundreds of meters high and spectacular particularly when the waterfalls are in full force. The park was established through the inspiration and tenacity of John Muir a naturalist, who lived for over 40 years in what became Yosemite National Park. Theres a museum in the park that is dedicated to John Muirs life, his work and passion for this unique part of the world. I visited the museum and was struck with one sentence that was writ large on one of the walls. It was a quote from John Muirs book, My First Summer in the Sierra, and it said:
"When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe."
That sense that everything in the universe, everything in this world, everything in our own lives is attached to everything else has become a fundamental principle of understanding our existence in the 21st century. We are in relationship to everything else and our relationships with people, the natural world, and even the cosmos are shaped and formed though the encounters we have with them each day.
Someone once said, "All things are connected. Whatever befalls the earth befalls the sons of the earth. Man does not weave the web of life; he is merely a strand of it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself."
That idea of interconnectedness is at the source of our commitment to the environment today. We know that what we do to the water we do to ourselves, what we do to the earth we do to ourselves and so forth. But thats not the sermon for today. What I am interested in paying attention to this morning is our connectedness to each other and to narrow that even further, to our relationships and our connectedness to one another in this community.
The Problem of Living Together:
There is no denying that we human beings are communal animals. Some might say that we are pack animals or even herd animals, whatever we are we know we long to be together and to live together sharing our lives with one another. Of course this leads to inevitable conflict. And while we seek out company, we never lose our desire to get what we need to live. In fact, I suspect that most of us want more than we need to live. The human being is a collector of stuff and that desire for more and more, whether it possessions or power; popularity or position puts us in conflict and in competition with others. The result is at one end of the conflict continuum, argument and disagreement, and at the other end, violence and war.
Those of us who belong to a religious community are not immune from either end of this conflict continuum. In our name wars and violence have been visited of those we disagree with us, and perhaps in lesser conflicts within Christian communities have caused untold hurt and harm. It is often the single reason people outside the church give for not attending a church. Some will say, "There are too many hypocrites in church thats why I dont go there!" My response is, "True, but there is always room for one more." Hypocrisy and a disagreeing spirit is in fact a human problem, not just a religious or Christian one. Nevertheless, we do have a desire in our Christian life and our church community to learn how to get along.
Starting Good Relationships:
Our two readings today, the Gospel of Matthew and the letter to the Church at Ephesus, both tackle the issue of good relationships and our connectedness with one another within the experience of a community. The community that the Gospel of Matthew is written into needs some clear procedures in deal with interpersonal relationships. Remember this is a second generation Christian community. They are surrounded by a somewhat hostile culture. While they have attracted a group of faith followers who want to live a life empowered by the Spirit of God, they still have to deal with the nitty-gritty grind of dealing with daily difference. It might be a wonderful thing to boast that my community is inclusive and open to anyone who wants to participate, but its quite another thing to live or at least meet together in the one place with those with whom we have little in common. The author of Matthews gospel is going to help this community and by extension, our community to learn how to live together.
"If your brother or sister sins against you, go and point out what was wrong, but do it just between the two of you."
At the very heart of this passage and the words I have just read is a willingness to engage in a wholehearted way with those around us. I am sure this passage is not to be interpreted in some legalistic way as if one must follow a particular procedure. You know what I mean, in our day and age we are governed by rules, regulations and procedures. No, I think this is intended to be a more humane, more intimate and more compassionate way of dealing with our disagreements.
Its a clear recognition that things go wrong between people and there must be a way back to having good and healthy relationship. So first things first, start at the beginning and meet the person, in this case your brother or sister in the Christian faith. Speak to them face to face!
And that friends is difficult to do. And it is a two way street. In this Matthew passage its for the one who has been wrong who goes to his or her brother or sister to seek reconciliation. Of course we know that there are times when we have wronged someone and the onus is on us to initiate the face to face meeting. I recall once going to a friend and with a small sense of humility saying to him that I was sorry for what I had said and how I had acted. What do you think he said to me? He said, "You should be sorry!!" Theres no guarantees that your apology or confession will be accepted or renew the relationship.
But in this case in Matthews narrative, you are the one who is aggrieved so without anger and blame its up to the one offend to take the initiative and heal the broken relationship. It is important to note that this is not only about personal hurt or just about me being wronged. Remember this is the infant Christian church or ecclesia which means gathering, and they take community very seriously. In fact, the ancient world in its the cultural milieu is far more communitarian than we are as Westerners in the 21st century. In the ancient world you were always your fathers son or your mothers daughter. Your relationships named you and also limited you to who or what you could be or do. We are individualist and dont have the same commitment to maintaining relationships that were in the ancient world, for life.
But relationships in this new form of community, in the early church, were in danger of breaking down. And if it was not possible to mend them on an individual or personal level then the community needed to be involved.
"If he or she listens to you, you have won them over. But if they wont listen, take one or two others along, so that this matter may be established by the testimony of witnesses."
There is a memorable scene in the film Crocodile Dundee were the Paul Hogan, character, Mick Dundee is in conversation with a woman about her need to see a therapist when she has a problem. Mick Dundees response is "back home if you got a problem you tell Wally. And he tells everyone in town, brings it out in the open, and then there is no more problem." Some things need more than face to face encounters to be solved. The wisdom of the community is necessary. And enlarging the circle can be a strong and mature response to a problem between two people. And friends, its far more desirable that gossiping behind a persons back.
But finally, and this is the tough part, sometimes relationships cant be repaired and separation is the only course of action. The Matthew passage sounds hard to our ears, "and if your brother or sister still refuses to listen even to the gathering, then they must be treated as you would a pagan or a tax collector." The writer is using strong language, but we all know that there are times when it is better to leave and sever a relationship than to live in a fractious community.
I want to say this very carefully because it is often misused, but there are times when the most loving thing to do is the hardest thing to do. But remember it is not the first thing we do when there is a break down in relationship. The context of all our relationship in the Christian community and really in any of our relationships is guided by the words we read it the letter to the Ephesians:
Stop telling lies instead speak truthfully If you become angry, dont let your anger lead you into wrong doing and never let the sun go down on your anger Dont indulge in destructive talk speak only what is helpful for building up others and do not grieve the Holy Spirit rather get rid of bitterness, rage and anger; brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. Instead be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ has forgiven you.
Thats the context in which this process of relationship mending is to take place.
The Centre of our Relationships:
"When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe."
John Muir had it right in terms of our relationships. In a community when the relationship sours between you and me, it does just affect us, it affects the whole community. We are all in relationship to each other in a kind of "field" where we exist through our relationships. In fact, it is all about relationships. This is present most strongly in the final words of our reading:
"For where two or three gather in my name, there am I in their midst".
It is interesting these words are usually associated with worship. Often something like this, "It does matter if there are only two or three people worshipping today, the Spirit of Christ is still here." While that is true, the context here is not worship, but just being together in community. In fact, it seems to be more associated with the business meeting, where the Spirit of Christ provides a centre around which we gather. And it is the Spirit of the living Christ that gives our relationships meaning and substance.
The Matthean community, as also our community today - needed to know and have confidence that when and wherever they gather they were energized by the living Spirit of Christ. Not just a moral code, or a lengthy history, or even a sacred text, it is that presence of the living Spirit of God that both guides and gives life.
I chose the Aboriginal dot painting on the front of the order of service today, because it so clearly represents the ancient wisdom of all things being connected. Everything is also connected through the centre, except if you look carefully, for two of the circles. They are connected to other circles but not to the centre. They still exist and they are in relationship, but there seems to be a vital connection missing. In the Christian community it is the vitality of that relationship with the centre that names us. It is what forms and shapes all our other relationship.
As I wrote in the TUC Update, that doesnt mean that we have to be very religious to connect with God or with the Spirit of Christ. In fact, religiosity, procedures, regulations and moral codes, can often get in the way of the relationship with the sacred and with divine. Religion can limit the possibility of a transforming relationship with God. What we need in our lives is a life-long commitment to a journey of openness toward the centre of life and an awareness that we are related and connected to all of life. Emily Dickenson wrote:
Each life converges to some centre
Expressed or still;
Exists in every human nature
A goal.
May God draw each of us in to that centre were all our relationships are held and made whole and where everything belongs.


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You keep repeating yourself so I'll just quote myself since I've already given you an answer. Enforcing the server rules is now a "power trip" got it thanks. I haven't seen any facts coming from you in this post, all that you've done was make a complaint because I asked you to change your name and tried to drag other staff into this without even mentioning their names as if it would make a difference. The fact that you think we are all out to get you is hilarious in itself, you're not as important as you think you are, we got better things to do than to spend our time making discussions about you. Since you're not providing any new substancial info on the complaint itself this will be my last response, you're clearly just pushing for an argument and simply dragging this on.
Aparently you don't read what other people write but that's fine that's what the quote tool is for, now read this quote again and you'll notice that nobody else is involved, I simply saw your nickname and called you out on it by asking you to change it, that's it, nothing else. A few people is more than eneugh to get you to change your nickname since they still considered it as inappropriate, Now do me a favor and focus, there's nobody else involved in this, all I did was ask you to change your nickname, this was just me entering the server and looking at someone with a nickname they shouldn't be using as it was inappropriate, I honestly don't know why you insist on dragging other staff members into this as if there's a conspiracy out there to get you. All that happened, and I can't stress this enough, ALL that happened was that I looked at your name and saw that it wasn't appropriate so I asked you to change it PERIOD. Now unless you have anything substantial to add to this complaint that doesn't involve making a conspiracy theory surrounding you, I'd advise you to just stop and wait for a verdict.
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So just because you don't find your own nickname inappropriate and nobody seems interested in saying their thoughts about the name it makes it ok to have inappropriate names now? Kinda ridiculous considering other players were more than happy to explain to you what your own nickname represented and since it was indeed something inappropriate all I did was what I'm supposed to as a member of staff and asked you to change it. Already answered this on my 1st response.... but I'll quote myself just in case you missed it.
Again... Just because they didn't say anything doesn't mean they didn't find it inappropriate.
That explains why a few other players also told you why it was innapropriate while I spoke to you about it right? Just because they don't call you out on it doesn't mean they don't think it's innapropriate making it the staff's job to tell you to change it.
I actually have no idea what you mean with this part, all I did was enter the server and see someone with an innapropriate name, so I have no idea why you're saying there's unfounded anger towards you since I don't have any reasons for that and I barely speak to you making it harder for me to have any kind of reason to be angry towards you. During this time I only saw you with an innapropriate name so I have no actuall clue as to who you're refering to that might've had an offensive name, so if you'd like to share that persons name along with a screenshot of it I would be more than happy to tell him to change his name. Regardless of who the player is and what they are doing I tend to always handle minor situations in global chat, saying that I only did it because it was you is a bit weird since I have nothing against you. Never saw your nickname till today, probably due to the both of us logging in at diferent times, otherwise I would've told you to change it earlier. This is the first time I got a complaint against me so I'd apreciate it if you didn't drag other issues you might be having into this, all I did was ask you to change your name due to it being innapropriate.
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How to Deal with Holiday Stress
Mon, 11/25/2019 - 15:30
The holidays… let's face it, they aren't all pumpkin spice lattes and Christmas ornaments. For many of us, it's a super stressful time where we turn ourselves inside out and run around like chickens with our heads cut off trying to do everything and please everybody.
We gift shop, cook, travel, party hop, suck up contentious family dynamics and before we know it our holiday has become a second job.
Well, I say no more. Life is too short. And the holidays are the perfect time for you to take a holiday from all the pleasing we do on a daily basis. So, my first strategy for maintaining your sanity this season is learning how to say "no".
Ah, the power of no. Who's tried it? I'm guessing not many of you. This is because we get so caught up in facilitating other peoples happiness that many of us forget how to set boundaries. We feel like our value is dependent upon our ability to please. The problem with this behavior is that it leaves us feeling run down, depleted, and in some cases resentful. So, this season I want you to learn how to say "no" and set some boundaries, the first of which is safeguarding your time.
You do not need to take the co-worker to the airport (that is why God created Lyft). You don't need to go to your roommate's office holiday party, they will be fine if you can't be their wingman for the night. You don't need to take the kids to the trampoline park because they have the day off school, the world won't end if they run errands with you. This may seem easy for me to say and tough for you to do, but I have found honesty is the best policy. Just tell your friend or family member the truth; that you love them and want to do it for them but you are spread a bit thin and you have things you have to take care of. If they don't understand that then honestly that is a relationship that may need some serious rethinking to begin with.
Next up, gift giving! Now, while I appreciated the holiday spirit, spending money you don't have doesn't make anyone the merrier. So many get super stressed out at this time of year feeling pressure to buy everyone and their mother gifts AND to buy things for family members they really can't afford. You don't need to buy things to show appreciation or love. You can give cards and write something incredibly sincere in them. If you can't afford to get mom the new laptop maybe consider having the entire family chip in and get it together. If the xbox and the bike are too much get one, but not the other. Maybe you could even suggest to your family and friends that you abstain from gift giving this season (kids not included) and just spend time with each other? Again, remind yourself that the holidays are about showing love and appreciation for dear family and friends, not maxing out your credit cards.
The last boundary is respect. If you have family members that don't respect you that's not a behavior you are required to tolerate. I don't recommend fighting with them because everyone loses, but I do recommend avoiding them, shutting negative comments down by saying, "I don't want to discuss this with you", walking out of the room and so on. You must not allow people to insult you, belittle you, or attack you. This form of self preservation is key, and overtime you are retraining that family member how to behave when they are around you.
Bottom line, all the time you save by not taking care of everyone else's agenda can be spent on getting to the gym, taking a ski holiday, or relaxing with a book in front of the fire. The money you save can go towards paying down a credit card so you head into the new year ahead of the 8 ball instead of behind it.
This holiday focus on protecting yourself, rejuvenating yourself, and starting 2020 off on the right note!


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Once a local old BT Telephone Exchange (made of Honduras Mahogany) which was unscrewed and moved to this site in 1996 and used as an artist's studio since then. Full of character in an idyllic setting overlooking open countryside.
It has been enhanced internally many times and added to externally - mainly to allow the artist and students to paint in all weathers. It's snug in winter thanks to a log burning stove and well insulated in summer. Two additional platforms front and rear create shelter from the sun/wind/rain.( bane of all artists painting 'plein air'.) However the siting of the shed overlooking open countryside affords a unique opportunity to study and paint the flora and fauna that abounds.


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In maths this week, we are learning about how to measure the length of different objects. Some of us built cube towers then counted the cubes to find out how long the object was, whereas others used rulers to measure in centimetres and millimetres. Here are a few pictures of us working hard…
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