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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15856844701442145445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527128751576117917.post-2524174858574437022013-04-12T02:33:00.002-07:002013-04-12T02:33:21.222-07:00Those Three Little WordsThose three little words…<br />
My eldest son is preparing for his leaving cert at the moment and I find myself uttering three little words in various configurations, but all meaning the same thing: Have you studied? Are you studying? Have you started? Have you finished? Are you ok? How’s the stress? How’s the studying? Is that it? Is there more? Will you study? Etc, etc etc. I feel like a broken record. I feel like I’m creating unnecessary stress for him, but at the same time I also feel as a parent it’s my job to make sure he is at least taking out the books and even ‘pretending’ to study. Then I feel better! But its not really anything to do with me, as I have told him repeatedly, I already did ‘my time’. Looking at the amount of work my son has to do however does not feel familiar to me. It’s over twenty years since I did any state exams and it appears a lot has changed in that time. For anyone who has any sort of difficulty it must be an absolute nightmare to try and remember, recall and regurgitate the amount of information now expected. My heart goes out to my son every time I see his stressed face and his sunken shoulders. Like many of his classmates, the final push is now on to try and remember as much as possible before the end of May. So revision is the word of the moment. But if I was to ask him his word of the moment, it can be taken from the following list: stress, anxiety, pressure, tension, worry, burden, fear and apprehension. As an adult its much easier to cope with all the above, but our young adults are expected to cope with the strains and stresses of growing up at the same time as sitting what for some of them is one of the most important exams of their life. Considering competition is so tough nowadays for college places, it is no wonder that some of our kids are finding it really tough… I’m finding it tough and I’m just a parent watching this. But I will continue to ask: have you studied, are you studying, are you finished, until the very last exam is over and he is actually finished….. That’s my job!<br />
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From three little words to a cosy Threesome!<br />
When my mother first told me that it was suggested on a website that teenagers should try a threesome to spice up their sex life, you could have knocked me over with a feather. At first I thought she was having a laugh and my mother is a septuagenarian so it’s not the kind of joke she’d normally pull. When I realized she was serious, the next thought that came to mind was whoever was responsible for posting that obviously has no teenagers… But then I decided that the best thing to do was check out the content and context of the actual article for myself. I found it on Spunout.ie, but instead of the slant I expected to find, I found instead a website offering advice and wisdom to teenagers that they might not get at home. The way in which the articles are structured and written far from being an encouragement to teenagers offers in an intelligent and perceptive manner all kinds of advice for those teenagers who are already sexually active. Not what I was expecting considering the uproar in the media!! As a parent of three teenagers, it is very much to the forefront of my mind that the time will come and probably very soon when my own children will become sexually active. The fact I got them this far in life without that happening I feel is an achievement (that is as far as I know of course). The world my children occupy as teenagers is very different to the one where I grew up; I have spoken about that before. Their ease with technology and their constant access to it probably has a lot to do with the prevalence of misinformation out there among teenagers. So as a parent it is my job to correct that misinformation and also to try and temper their curiosity with some sort of moral fortitude. Almost everything is discussed in our house, including sex. I am always available to them to discuss any issues they may be having. If they don’t open the dialogue, then I do. I find however, I get a lot of information from their friends when they visit our house and that is why I have a very open door policy at my home. But for some parents it’s not easy to discuss sex with their offspring. It is something that you nearly have to force yourself to do; to get over any embarrassment you may have. When I was growing up sex was certainly not discussed in my house, it wasn’t the done thing. So what would we rather therefore, for our teens to get their information from other teens or to have access to a site like spunout where the information is given is a safe and measured way? It is beyond contestation that our teens are engaging in sexual activity of all kinds at an earlier and earlier age. So do us adults bury our heads in the sand and refuse to acknowledge this fact, or do we cope with their world in a meaningful and determined manner. I would rather do the latter while at the same time trying to stall that initial foray into the adult world of sexual activity. But for those who have already started, the site <a href="http://www.spunout.ie/" saprocessedanchor="true" target="_blank">www.spunout.ie</a> dispels the myths, spells out the dangers and above all urges caution to teens who access them for information. Now, isn’t it better they get it from somewhere they and us adults can trust right? I would also say this site is full of information on other topics too, dealing with exam stress, dealing with loss, dealing with depression; in all, its better to look before you judge and in this case, I think this particular article has been blown out of proportion; either that or those interpreting it still live in the dark ages.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15856844701442145445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527128751576117917.post-42453950029497569212013-03-25T03:19:00.004-07:002013-03-25T03:21:27.296-07:00You asked what Mr Varadkar<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">I read with interest in one of the weekend papers
that Leo Varadkar was disgusted with Ryanairs Michael O’Leary (what’s new)
rejecting his request for a one million €0 seat sale to be given away by
Ryanair.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This just happens to be the
amount of people they were hoping to confirm would come to Ireland for the various
Gathering events organised throughout the country.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, call me foolish, but to ask any
commercial organisation to offer up 1 million seats for free is just
ludricious.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If Mr Varadkar is so
desperate, why did he not ask Aer Lingus?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Why ask Ryanair? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The question I
would like answered is ‘did Leo Varadkar ask Aer Lingus and what was their
answer to the same request’? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t
understand any Minister asking a company that makes its revenue from selling a
service to give that service to a substantial proportion of travellers for
nothing!!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Talk about not living in the
real world!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">I don’t hate driving.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s a necessary evil if you ask me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But it’s becoming more difficult in this day
and age to drive safely, not because my driving skills are called into question,
but because there appears to be a huge amount of lunatics out there on the
road.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve talked about this before; the
ones who think their indicator is a magic wand, instantly creating the right
amount of space for them to move safely from one lane to the other,
irrespective of the actual space available.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There also seems to be lane hoppers out there who have little or no
regard for the motorists ahead or behind them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>And then there’s the cyclists; my real pet hate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am not against cycling on our roads per se,
what I am against is the vast amount of cyclists out there who neither seem to
understand the rules of the road nor follow them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I hit a cyclist, I am to blame
irrespective of what they have done to cause the accident.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some cyclists (I can’t say all here, although
my experience certainly suggests MOST) don’t obey any rules other than what
they want to observe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>‘Some’ cyclists go
through pedestrian lights, red lights, try to pass on the right or left even if
my cars indicator shows that’s where I’m turning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They try to squeeze past my car on the right
or left against oncoming traffic and bang my car as if I am to blame because
there’s not enough room for them to do this safely in my opinion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are on roads where no cycle path is
evident, present or marked.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And don’t
get me started on the cyclists who dress all in black with not a light or
reflective item in sight.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I drove my
car and it was not fit for purpose, I wouldn’t pass the NCT.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why is there no equivalent NCT for
bikes?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why is it not mandatory for
cyclists to dress to be seen especially in these dark days and their bikes
contain reflective lights at the front and back?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I understand that cyclists have a right to
road space and I drive around them accordingly, they are much more vulnerable
than I am, tucked up safely in my metal cage (car).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I just wish cyclists would realise that
they can be splattered in an instant and cycle accordingly, following rules
that will keep them safe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is an
unmistakable need for some sort of code of conduct for cyclists out there and
if they don’t follow it, for some sort of punishment!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Either that, or get off the road……<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15856844701442145445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527128751576117917.post-1016727544644723392012-12-08T00:04:00.002-08:002012-12-08T00:11:02.621-08:00What Christmas Means to Me!<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> I would like to take this opportunity before the big day to wish each and every one of you a happy Christmas season. I know I am certainly looking forward to the time off and then hopefully a better year to come in 2013. It is always with a bit of nostalgia I face into this time of year. Like a lot of families around the country, half of my siblings have emigrated, so this time of year, I can be quite melancholy with plenty of reminiscing of times past being done. Like most of you readers out there (over a certain age), we didn’t have an abundance of money when I was growing up but somehow my parents succeeded in making Christmas a wonderful time of year for us six children. In a lot of ways we were shielded from the financial worries my parents may have had and we never felt like we were deprived in any way. Mind you our wants and wish lists in those days were certainly less expensive to fulfil than those of children now-a-days. When I talk to my parents about their Christmases as children, funnily, they tell similar stories; theirs however are ones of extreme poverty. Both my parents grew up in the ‘40’s and remember quite clearly the effect the Second World War and its aftermath had on this country. Again however, they never hankered after anything; their wants and needs were much simpler then and both their parents, my grandparents, made a huge effort at this time of year to have plenty of food on the table, coal for the fire and a gift for each of them and all their siblings under the Christmas tree. Both my parents come from large families as I do myself and for both them and indeed me, Christmas was more about getting together and spending time with each other than what was under the tree on Christmas morning. We have just had another savage budget and I am sure there are plenty of people out there who feel they have little to celebrate or look forward to in the coming year. Money is scarce at the moment for many families, but it’s not the first time in this country’s history that money is scarce! All I have to do to remember that is think back on the stories of my parents’ childhoods, or indeed my own. Things changed and they can and will change again, we just have to hold on and get on with it as best we can. The memories of my childhood Christmases are ones I will treasure forever, especially now that most of my siblings don’t make it home for Christmas. So for me, memories of Christmases past when we were all together are most poignant. There are certain things that are quintessentially Christmas for me; I remember the roaring fire my father used to keep going all Christmas Eve night, so that when us kids all got up at 5am in the morning the house downstairs would be warm (no central heating in those days). I remember the big turkey my mother used to cook and how every single morsel of meat would be picked off the bones so there would be enough to feed all eight of us. After that then I remember the wonderful Turkey soup my mother would make with the bones on Stephens’s day so she could take the day off from cooking. She used to spend days beforehand precooking some of the vegetables because in those days the hobs and cookers seemed to be smaller! She’d prepare what she could beforehand so that on Christmas morning she could have time to sit and watch all us kids play with our new toy, while accepting yet another ornament or candle sometimes bought from the ‘rag and bone’ man months before…..</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">I remember being dressed up in our Sunday best and going to Christmas morning mass in the local church and unless you were early it was most difficult to get a seat; the church would be packed to the rafters. If you were really lucky, you’d get a seat beside the radiator so you could be a bit warm. In those days the church always seemed to be ice cold. And then it was home to eat the feast; or what we perceived to be a feast. There would be turkey and ham and lots and lots of vegetables and for afters homemade trifle and pudding with custard, yum! After dinner, we’d all pile into the sitting room and there always seemed to be bodies everywhere as girlfriends and boyfriends would arrive and we’d watch the Big Christmas Day movie all together. It always seemed, in my memory anyway, to be the newest Superman or Indiana Jones movie or indeed the old favourite James Bond! And then when we felt we couldn’t eat another bite, my mother would bring out the box of Seasons Greetings sweets and we’d munch on toffees for the afternoon! Simple memories like this, is what Christmas means to me! More than anything, Christmas for me was a time when we would just enjoy being all together and happy. It was a time when my parents both got to take a well-earned break, my mother from cooking and cleaning and my father from work and we had him for days on end which for us was absolutely wonderful. It’s the simple pleasures we need to remember, cherish and pass on to our children. It shouldn’t be about the latest techno toy, and it’s up to us parents to pass on those memories to our children while making memories for them to cherish when they grow up. So with that in mind, I wish you all a peaceful, happy Christmas surrounded by your nearest and dearest!</span></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15856844701442145445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527128751576117917.post-90875761576557296012012-12-05T13:29:00.000-08:002012-12-05T13:29:36.877-08:00Not just a Cranky Old Man!
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<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">When an old man died in the geriatric ward of a
nursing home in an Australian country town, it was believed that he had nothing
left of any value.</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="background: white;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Later, when the nurses were going through his
meagre possessions, they found this poem. Its quality and content so impressed
the staff that copies were made and distributed to every nurse in the hospital.
One nurse took her copy to Melbourne. The old <span class="textexposedshow">man's
sole bequest to posterity has since appeared in the Christmas editions of
magazines around the country and is appearing in magazines for Mental Health. A
slide presentation has also been made based on his simple, but eloquent, poem.
And this old man, with nothing left to give to the world, is now the author of
this 'anonymous' poem winging across the Internet.</span><br />
this was posted to my facebook and really did touch my heart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I decided to share it with you all in the
hope that it gives us all a better understanding of what our community of
elderly may feel as we watch them or treat them with unsympathetic eyes...<br />
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<span class="textexposedshow">Cranky Old Man.....</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">What do you see nurses, what do you see?</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">What are you thinking, when you're looking at me?</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">A cranky old man, not very wise,</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">Uncertain of habit with faraway eyes?</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">Who dribbles his food and makes no reply,</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">when you say in a loud voice, 'I do wish you'd
try!'</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">Who seems not to notice the things that you do.</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">And forever is losing a sock or shoe?</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">Who, resisting or not lets you do as you will,</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">With bathing and feeding the long day to fill?</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">Is that what you're thinking, is that what you see?</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">Then open your eyes, nurse; .You're not looking at
me.</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">I'll tell you who I am, sa I sit here so still,</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">As I do at your bidding, as I eat at your will.</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">I'm a small child of Ten, with a father and mother,</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">Brothers and sisters<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>who love one another</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">A young boy of Sixteen with wings on his feet</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">Dreaming that soon now a lover he'll meet.</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">A groom soon at Twenty my heart gives a leap.</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">Remembering, the vows that I promised to keep.</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">At Twenty-Five, now I have young of my own.</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">Who need me to guide and a secure happy home.</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">A man of Thirty ; My young now grown fast,</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">Bound to each other with ties that should last.</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">At Forty, my young sons have grown and are gone,</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">But my woman is beside me to see I don't mourn.</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">At Fifty, once more, Babies play 'round my knee,</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">Again, we know children My loved one and me.</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">Dark days are upon me My wife is now dead.</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">I look at the future I shudder with dread.</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">For my young are all rearing young of their own.</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">And I think of the years And the love that I've
known.</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">I'm now an old man and nature is cruel.</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">It's jest to make old age look like a fool.</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">The body, it crumbles, grace and vigour, depart.</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">There is now a stone where I once had a heart.</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">But inside this old carcass, a young man still
dwells,</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">And now and again my battered heart swells</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">I remember the joys I remember the pain.</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">And I'm loving and living life over again.</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">I think of the years, all too few gone too fast.</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">And accept the stark fact that nothing can last.</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">So open your eyes, people open and see.</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">Not a cranky old man . Look closer<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>-<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>see
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only did this poem touch my heart, but someone posted a reply by a nurse on the
same site and I have to say that too evoked a very emotional response.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is so apt, so touching and so endearing,
that I felt it was necessary to put these two side by side.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Nurses reply - - by Liz Hogben<br />
What do we see, you ask, what do we see?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Yes, we are thinking when looking at thee.<br />
We may seem to be hard when we hurry and fuss but there's many of you and too
few of us.<br />
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We would like far more time to sit by you and talk to bath you and feed you and
help you to walk.<br />
To hear of your lives and the things you have done your childhood, your
husband, your daughter, your son.<br />
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But time is against us, there's too much to do - Patients too many and nurses
too few<br />
We grieve when we see you so sad and alone with nobody near you, no friends of
your own<br />
We feel all your pain, and know of your fear that nobody cares now your end is
so near.<br />
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But nurses are people with feelings as well and when we're together you'll
often hear tell<br />
Of the dearest old Gran in the very end bed and the lovely old Dad and the
things that he said<br />
We speak with compassion and love, and feel sad when we think of your lives and
the joy that you've had.<br />
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When the time has arrived for you to depart you leave us behind with an ache in
our heart<br />
when you sleep the long sleep, no more worry or care there are other people,
and we must be there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So please understand
if we hurry and fuss. There are many of you and too few of us!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15856844701442145445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527128751576117917.post-217831540500438492012-11-16T04:50:00.001-08:002012-11-16T05:05:44.017-08:00There's no more emotive an issue than abortion<strong><span style="color: #0b5394;">There's no more emotive an issue than abortion!</span></strong><br />
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In the past week, we have been privvy to 'some' information about the young Indian woman who lost her battle for life in a Galway hospital, when a miscarriage caused complications and resulted in her dying from Sepsis and E-Coli. As has been stated on radio and in the papers numerous times, we (Joe and Joan Public) are not in possession of all the facts and therefore cannot really make an informed decision as to what did or didn' t happen. Cold comfort that is not to her family and husband who now not only grieves the loss of his unborn child, but also of his wife...<br />
If there is any lesson to be learned from this it is that we need clarity where medical abortions are concerned.<br />
But its not only that! As a woman and mother, I am absolutely torn between the choices facing some women out there. As a woman I understand and support everyones right to choose. As a mother, I understand what can result from a pregnancy carried to term. The fact of the matter however is I CHOSE! I chose what was right for me given the circumstances of my life. While I might not agree with someone else's choice, am I right to deny them the right to choose what is right for them. Simply put the answer is NO! <br />
Getting into an argument about what constitues life and when is a feotus actually a baby is an argument that is meant to cloud, confuse and evoke an emotional response. It is commendable that those who stand up for rights have behind them the courage of their convictions, but unless a woman is free to make a choice that is right for her; her rights are being ignored and that in my opinion is not right. We all live with the consequences of our actions; we should not be forced to live with those consequences when they don't reflect our own right to choose.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15856844701442145445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527128751576117917.post-18680753935973417402012-11-12T06:57:00.001-08:002012-11-12T06:57:57.846-08:00
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">There
has been much talk about the removal of capitation grants to
private schools.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The reason for this
appears to be simple. If you can afford to send your child (or children) to a
private school, you can afford ALL the fees and let’s face it, the argument
continues, the government can’t afford it any more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, if the government can’t afford it now,
what will happen when these schools close (as some most definitely will) if the
capitation grants are removed and all those children have to be accommodated in
already bulging secondary schools within their catchment area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You think we have problems now within the
education system?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, just wait for
it!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My own opinion is this; every child
in this country is entitled to an education paid for by the state, that’s why
we as parents pay our taxes is it not? Presently, every child, irrespective of
the school, gets this capitation grant paid to the school they attend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So we have students whose parents send them
to private schools, are they then less entitled to this grant, are they less of
a citizen of this country because their parents scrimp and save to put them
into a school that maybe better suits their needs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Much has been made of the facilities on offer
at private schools but let me state clearly and as loudly as I can, the
government, the department of Education, us, we the people by way of our taxes,
do not pay anything towards those extra facilities nor do we pay for the
infrastructure; the buildings, the grounds or maintenance of same.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Those ‘extras’ are funded from the fees paid
by parents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I send my son to a private
school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I sent him there because of his
difficulties with Dyslexia.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At his
school he receives more care and attention than if he had attended the local
school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I visited the local school
on their open night, I was told unfortunately they don’t have many facilities
or remedial time to help my son.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So as a
parent what was my option?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Leave him to
fend for himself in a school that stated, before he’d even started, they’d do
nothing for him, or send him to a school where he could be helped and pay for
it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The choice as a parent was easy. The
difficulty for many ‘middle class’ parents, those parents that these
politicians (proposing this step) insinuate are ‘rich’ is that it is not an
easy thing in this economic climate to come up with the extra money for these school
fees. To suggest every parent of every student in private education can afford
to pay all their fees is both insulting, disgusting and smacks of cow-towing to
elements of an electorate who think the middle class are not shouldering enough
fiscal responsibility and should be taxed more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Nothing could be further from the truth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Ask anyone branded as a member of this ‘middle class’ what they can
afford and I know the answer you’ll get already.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This wonderful ‘middle class’, who are
allegedly swimming in money are struggling just as much as anyone else in this
country.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Being an easy target for the
pugnacious comments of those politicians standing on their soapbox will have
consequences when next we attend the election boxes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You reap what you sow; I hope you all
remember that!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And by the way, you
should be ashamed of yourselves.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: black;"><strong>What
is happening with Sentencing in our courts?<o:p></o:p></strong></span></span></div>
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I recently read with absolute astonishment of the
sentencing of a young man for burglary, the second he had committed on the day
he was caught red handed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To be fair to
him he pleaded guilty; mind you how he could have pleaded anything else is
beyond me, but kudos to him for ‘admitting’ it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Then my outrage kicked in as I continued to read that the sentencing
judge gave him a three year jail term, with two years suspended.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What caused my absolute incredulity is the
fact that this chap had 46 previous convictions including two for burglary and
at the time of his offence he was serving a ‘suspended part’ of a prison
sentence. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While the circumstances of
this young man’s childhood were far from ideal, it was with interest that the
judge noted it but suggested that the young chap had become a menace to
society.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>YET, the chap only got one year
for his crime! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This sentence is just
nonsensical. My outrage is regularly irked at the seemingly indiscriminate and
arbitrary sentencing that our judicial system hand down.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do believe that sometimes circumstances
have to be weighed heavily against the crime committed but my god how many
times does the judicial do that before the rest of us look on in absolute
bewilderment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If judicial sentencing
continues to be this haphazard, then surely there should be a list of
restrictions with limits and boundaries.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There is no deterrent for this chap.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>After he’s served the measly few months he’ll actually get in prison,
he’ll be out in time for Christmas!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Wonder whose home he’ll target then!<o:p></o:p></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15856844701442145445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527128751576117917.post-39183387319350112362012-11-12T06:55:00.001-08:002012-11-12T06:55:11.421-08:00
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>The
X-Factor or the O- Factor<o:p></o:p></strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">OMG,
I admit it; the X Factor is my guilty pleasure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>My teenage daughter and I every Saturday sit down and enjoy this show,
the comments, the acts, the acting out, the outrage and the (ahem) singing!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s time we get to spend together and with
her busy life as a teenager, its time I enjoy with her, even if it is sitting
(and shouting) at the tv and comparing the acts, while fighting for our own
favourites!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But OMG peoples, where’s the
X-factor gone this year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Poor poor
Rylan;<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>plenty of pzaz, plenty of charisma,
not much talent in my opinion, but still week after week as he goes through and
survives, greater acts and talents are booted off the show because they are not
as popular.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you dissect the show;
those acts going through are ones that get the public vote for some reason;
certainly the boy bands are popular because of their looks:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>that’s not too bad really because actually
Union J can sing and I think will go far (not least because their legion of
screaming teenage followers will buy anything they produce in the future).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But there are acts getting through where I
can’t spot the talent!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can’t see the
potential, I can’t see the draw at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Rylan is one of those. I am sorry to say I don’t get James either!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He ‘pours’ his ‘dark’ heart into every song
he sings certainly, but he sounds the same singing every one of them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Where’s the diversity, where’s the
variability, where’s the sunshine, (I think he’s only smiled twice in the last
six weeks!!)?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With the exception of
Leona Lewis, the show has not produced an international singing sensation as is
its remit!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But is that not happens when
you leave the voting in the hands of the populous more interested in the
‘talent’ than ‘the talent’. Well, that’s the opinion of this auld fogy anyway.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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are not keeping pace with technology when it comes to bullying<o:p></o:p></strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Unless
one of your children has been the target of a bully, it is hard to imagine the
sense of helplessness and powerlessness you feel as a parent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Imagine then how that child feels as the
bullied party. But bullying has moved on from pushes and taunts in the school
yard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It has moved into the realms of
constant and instant communication.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some
children are exposed and powerless in a way as was never the case before
because now the bullies don’t even face them; it’s done across cyberspace in a
cowardly, disgusting and devious manner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It makes it easier to bully someone when you don’t have to face them and
see the impact of your words or actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>But as we have seen in the last few weeks, the effect of such bullying
can have devastating consequences on some children and their families.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ask those who have been bullied what the
consequences for them have been and the answer will be uniform across them all:
fear, shame, hurt, depression, feelings of uselessness, damage to their
self-esteem and their confidence and anger at times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That anger is directed towards those who
won’t or can’t help including parents who sometimes have no idea what their
child is going through.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dealing with a schoolyard bully while, not
easy, is still easier than dealing with at times the anonymity of cyber
comments.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have had parents tell me
that teachers or those in a position of authority have not acted when their
children are bullied as the bullying is not so clear-cut; that bullying took
the form of a ‘sneaky and insidious manner’.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That failure to act resulted in those children being bullied worse and
for longer because the bullies acted with what they saw as impunity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our system is wrong when this is the
result.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our system is wrong when a child
suffers so badly at the hands of his/her tormentors that the only option they
feel left open to them is to take their own lives, or self-harm or act out and
turn to other things like drugs or drink! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have just voted on a child protection
policy, but what about those kids we are not protecting as a result of this
don’t see, don’t react attitude.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For the
most part, boys will sort out their differences by swopping a few thumps; for
the most part, boys don’t hold grudges, its girls who are the undisputed queens
of that particular practice and it’s disgusting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve also heard the parents of bullies
suggesting that there is no way ‘their child’ would do something like that!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But they do!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>While some parents have no idea their child is being bullied, so too
most parents will not realise their child IS a bully.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What child would like their parent to know
that?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What child would like their
parents to see them picking on someone else, displaying such disgusting,
shameful and nauseating traits as to make them dislike their own child if just
for a while?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am sure I am not alone in
getting so angry and upset and indeed disappointed at a system that does not
protect, at parents who can’t imagine and at the perpetrators of the bullying
who undertake such unpardonable behaviour under the cloak of ‘ignorance’.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you bully someone – no matter the level,
you damage them; it’s as simple as that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>If you allow that bullying to continue no matter who you are (teacher,
parent, friend, or authority figure); in my opinion, you’re just as bad as the
bullies themselves?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And it’s about time
we all took responsibility for this type of behaviour and stamped it out!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15856844701442145445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527128751576117917.post-35032303160029878672012-10-26T04:47:00.002-07:002012-10-26T04:48:04.965-07:00My Random Thoughts!!<br />
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I love watching ‘Come Dine With Me’, whether it’s the English
or Irish version, it doesn’t really matter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I love seeing what some contestants call a well presented meal but I’d
regard as rubbish, while others go all out and provide their diners with a
wonderful meal, but still get low points because the entertainment maybe wasn’t
up to scratch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The interpretation of the
idea of the night is so subjective that those who can’t cook can still
win!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s the whole uncertainty of it I
love!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What I also love is watching how
some people prepare and present their meals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What I don’t understand is how some people don’t poison their guests
because of their ‘hygiene’ standards in the kitchen however.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I recently watched an episode where an
individual was serving chickens and after taking them out of their pack,
proceeded to wash them in her sink, splashing cold water all over clean dishes
left to dry on her draining board.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She
then proceeded to slop them down onto an empty surface where she de-haired them
of the few stray bits left on the carcase.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>After she had then plonked them in her cooking tray, she lifted a tea-towel
and wiped away the wet surface.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She then
continued to use the ‘same’ tea-towel throughout the rest of the
afternoon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Shock and Horror!!!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Salmonella here we come!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Firstly, what went through my mind was not
that the clean dishes were now splashed with contaminated water, not that she
didn’t disinfect the surface after she’d placed the chickens in the oven, not
that she used the same tea-towel she’d used to pat dry the chickens for the
rest of her preparations, but that in the very first instance, she found it
necessary to wash those chickens in her sink.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I know it has long been established that any germs on the outside of any
fowl will be killed in the cooking process and therefore it negates the need to
wash them before placing them in the oven or pan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This woman was not young, certainly she was
old enough to know better, wasn’t she?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>How many people do unsafe things in the kitchen still, despite the
widespread campaign on cooking and food preparation safety, I wonder?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is it that the message is not getting
through?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I really don’t know the
answer, but watching this woman prepare and cook her meal made me really glad I
was not sitting at her table.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do have
to add however, that none of her guests suffered any ill effects so maybe this
time she was lucky, or maybe the show is edited so as to avoid all those boring
cleaning bits.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I hope so is my thought
on that!!!<o:p></o:p><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">I
heard on the news on the way to work this morning that the Troica think we are
doing really well!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yipee!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We may be in line to get another bailout
after 2013, Yipee!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It will come with
conditions however, aawwh!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But the
most infuriating part of their statement is they are worried at the lack of job
creation in this country!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well excuse
me, but where do you think job creation is going to come from when you suck our
country dry?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Where will our government
get the revenue to sink into development and job creation when you take every
penny and more out of the hands of those who may be able to create jobs in this
country?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When do you think will come the
time where small and medium sized employers in this country decide, ‘yes we’ll
take a chance that things are finally getting better and start gearing up for
the brighter future ahead’.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ahem! That is
not happening folks, because there is absolutely no spare money anywhere!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because of the restrictions placed on our government
in every area of the running of our Country, we, the people also have not a
smidgen of spare money anywhere. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Christmas is coming but the only thing that’s
getting fat are the geese!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oh, and the
bond-holders as they laugh all the way to their bank – with our money!!!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">So
if your restrictions on the next tranche of money you say we need are anything
like the last few years constraints, I say get stuffed!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Christmas is on the way, but what type
will it be this year.<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">I
had a workman in the house over the weekend and we were shooting the breeze
about business and the conditions out there for anyone who is self-employed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While he is managing okay at the moment, he
said most of his mates have left Ireland for greener and sunnier climes because
they have found business in Ireland so hard over the last few years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What he recounted to me about some of his
friends is just shocking!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because most
of them were involved in the construction business, most of them had lost their
jobs or were trying to survive on a trickle of work out there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While it is good news for anyone who wants
work done, because we can bargain down any workmen or companies, the flipside
of that is these very guys are trying to survive on less than half the income
of the boom times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Of course, that also
means their families are struggling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Most people we concluded would rather struggle and indeed suffer in
silence rather than admit how hard life has become for them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of his pals could not even cobble
together €2 to give to his son to go on a school outing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That just makes me feel so sad that there are
so many of our neighbours and friends and colleagues in the same position
staying silent!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Life has become so
cheerless and distressing for so many of our population.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With Christmas around the corner, instead of
the usual cheer this time of the year brings, it will instead bring extra
pressure and financial strain to many, many families out there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And that is just depressing!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So as we start the run-up to Christmas in
earnest this week (now that Halloween is out of the way), perhaps now is the
time to think not only of our own families but of those in dire need who are
suffering in silence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What about getting
back to the true spirit of Christmas and extending a hand of friendship and
help to those we know are in need!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now
wouldn’t that indeed be wonderful. <o:p></o:p></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15856844701442145445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527128751576117917.post-84828444848442658392012-10-19T01:36:00.004-07:002012-10-19T01:36:54.244-07:00New Product launching for the women of IrelandWelcome news for the women of Ireland! <br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Women’s
intimate health is an area often overlooked by us females because of the nature
of the ailments.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Often embarrassing and
distressing to discuss, women have, for years in some cases, suffered in
silence with complaints that can be cured if only they found the words or courage
to open a dialogue either with their doctor, health care provider, pharmacist
or indeed their close female friends.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
the next few issues of this health column, we plan to open discourse about
female health by presenting you, the female reader with information on how to
identify conditions and more importantly the treatments available to help
alleviate and cure ailments so that you can continue to live your life to its
fullest without worrying about that ‘embarrassing’ condition.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this issue we discuss Bacterial Vaginosis
(BV), what it is, how to identify it and more importantly the newest treatment
available over the counter to cure it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">If
there is one thing us women are good at, especially with the explosion of health
sites on the internet, it is self-diagnosis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is especially true of conditions that cause us to feel awkward or embarrassed
when discussing them with our doctor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One
such condition often misdiagnosed is Bacterial Vaginosis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bacterial Vaginosis (BV) is a condition
caused by an imbalance in the different types of bacteria normally found in the
vagina.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However it is often identified
as ‘Thrush’ by women themselves, because the symptoms share some of the same characteristics.
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a result, treatment will not always
result in the problem being resolved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">The
vagina normally contains many different types of bacteria – some of these
bacteria are considered to be good or friendly because they help keep the
vagina healthy and others are potentially harmful. There is a delicate balance
between the two. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lactic acid bacteria
(also known as lactobacilli) are friendly bacteria. They produce small amounts
of acid which means the vagina is normally slightly acidic (with a ph level of
4.5 – 5) and this helps to keep the numbers of harmful bacteria under control. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If the harmful bacteria are not kept under
control, they overpower the good bacteria and can cause BV. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Simply put; that’s it!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is no more untoward reason for this
type of common infection.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is not a
sexually transmitted condition, it is not an indication of poor hygiene (in
fact, excessive washing can make the condition worse) and above all it is very
common.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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are the symptoms of BV Bacterial Vaginosis.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Typically,
BV causes a watery, grey white vaginal discharge which can have an unpleasant (fishy)
smell. This is different from the natural and quite normal odourless discharge
from the vagina.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In 2006, a treatment
for BV was launched in Denmark and has been transforming the lives of women
suffering from long-term BV ever since.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Because of its common misdiagnosis, prior to this treatment being
introduced, BV was a recurring condition. This treatment was launched in the UK
last year and is now launching in Ireland which is fantastic news for women. In
test case studies available at </span><a href="http://www.ladybalance.co.uk/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: blue;">www.ladybalance.co.uk</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">, some women
have been suffering in silence for decades but having been involved in the
trials of this new treatment have reported a vast and liberating
improvement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The trials and evaluations
conducted prior to the release of the product in the UK also found that women
suffering other symptoms also reported improvement in their conditions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These included women with odourless vaginal
discharge, women suffering with vaginal itching and irritation and women
suffering from vaginal dryness. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Anna Britton, MD of Concept Healthcare, the
company responsible for bringing LadyBalance to Ireland told us “Some of the
stories we have heard from users of LadyBalance have been heart-breaking, with
a recent case study highlighting that one lady was in fact suffering in silence
for 30 years, while another for years thought she’d never feel normal again or
have a normal sex life, as physical intimacy with her partner was too
painful.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Anna continued “I think it is
important to ‘normalise’ women’s issues and not be afraid to talk about them.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Bacterial
Vaginosis is the most common type of vaginal infection in women of reproductive
age, accounting for 45% of all vulvovaginal infections and affecting up to 20%
of pregnant women, while up to half of post-menopausal women suffer from
vaginal dryness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Vaginal dryness can
affect more than sexual intimacy often having a detrimental effect on everyday
life; it can be uncomfortable to sit, stand, exercise, urinate or even work in
extreme cases.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Mr
Simon Emery, one of the UK’s eminent Uro/gynaecologists has been working with
Anna Britton to bring LadyBalance to the attention of both the medical
profession and to women in general.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Speaking to us, Simon Emery said “I see great potential with
LadyBalance, helping to empower women to get their lives back, restoring both
their physical and emotional wellbeing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The beauty of LadyBalance is that it can be used to treat an existing
infection or prevent future infection.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">LadyBalance
is available in Ireland now as an over-the-counter medication which is
fantastic news for women, both young and not so young.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Available from chemists and pharmacies
nationwide including selected Hickeys Pharmacy Group, Health Express, Tesco
Pharmacy, McCabes Group to name a few, it is an over the counter discreet
elegant package of 12 pesarys.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Said
Anne, “We wanted to make the sure LadyBalance was presented in a ladylike,
tasteful and inconspicuous packaging ensuring women could pop it in their shopping
trolley or basket without the risk of embarrassment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think we have succeeded in that.” For more
information about BV and LadyBalance please visit </span><a href="http://www.ladybalance.co.uk/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: blue;">www.ladybalance.co.uk</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;">Located in a stylish new premises right in the heart of Stoney Batter Dublin 7, Top To Toe’s therapists are all long terms employees with over 50 years of experience between them. We are proud to be listed in the Dublin Magazine “Best of …” for both our pedicures and our waxing. We have also been quoted as being “One of the best in the business….” (Sunday Independent).</span></span><br />
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<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-collapse: separate; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.625em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; width: 880px;"><tbody style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Under new ownership since 2009 Fowlers No.12 provides a relaxing atmosphere </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">with a contrasting blend of styles, experience the perfect transition of old world </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">meets new world. As you experience our hospitality ponder the curious </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">furnishings </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">and interesting elements that give Fowlers No.12 a special identity.</span></td></tr>
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<div style="font: normal normal normal 9px/normal Times; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">For a long time, Fianna Fail remained in office because voters believed there was no ‘credible alternative’ to a Fianna Fail led government. Well, it appears we (the people who voted to keep the status quo) now have to eat humble pie because those sentiments appear to have been erroneous. Kenny has impressed me mightily in his first three weeks in office. His demeanour, his carriage and his refined affect makes a welcome change to the cringe factor some preceding politicians caused in me. </span></span></div><div style="font: 9.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 9px/normal Times; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I watched him on the news being greeted in America before St Patricks day, and he seemed comfortable and relaxed in his surroundings. It appears that looks can be deceiving because Kenny appears to be a man of much more substance than most of us gave him credit for. I also applaud his immediate attempts to curb the overspend in his own government by removing expensive ministerial cars and drivers from all ministers including all former Taoisigh and giving all new ministers until May day to come up with a car pool plan. This is what happens in the ‘real’ world of you and I, when our finances are tight. We have to really cut back - not just look like we are cutting back. The past government obviously believed that they were somehow exempt from the necessity of ‘really tightening their belts’ like the rest of us. Giving up a percentage of a huge salary does not in my book represent a real saving to the Irish people or a real and sustained effort to curb the gross overspending that has lead this country into the hot water where it currently resides. I also loudly applaud the ending of the apparent ‘jobs for the boys’ culture that rightly or wrongly ‘appeared’ to be rampant in past governments when new ministers were appointed. Gone it seems are the days, when a politician can hire expensive outside consultants into their departments thereby securing jobs for those who helped them get to power. </span></span></div><div style="font: 9.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 9px/normal Times; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Kenny/Gilmore government has also with immediate effect reduced the amount of civil servants a Minister can have in his private and constituency offices. I am sure this represents only a small saving in the overall scheme of our indebtedness, but it certainly gives me great hope that our fortunes will change. Rhetoric is easy and don’t we all know we have heard all the hyperbole before. But this time ‘seems’ different. Fresh ideas and fresh enthusiasm often reinvigorate and perhaps now, this new government can get down to the serious business of really resuscitating this country’s fortunes. Kenny is a man obviously settling with ease into his very important role and I wish him the very best of luck over the coming years. For with his success may come our reversal of fortunes! </span></span></div><div style="font: 9.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d61e10;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="font: 9.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d61e10;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">We’re entitled!</span></span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 9px/normal Times; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d61e10;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The more things change, the more some things seem to remain the same! I am astounded at the news that civil servants of this country, at a time of unprecedented crisis, continue to cling to the very outdated notion of ‘entitlement’ to privilege days, lumping them now into what they view as their ‘annual leave allowance’. Perhaps in the past special consideration was paid to civil servants in the guise of these privilege days, but times have to change and change cannot only come from the grass roots; from the private sector. </span></span></div><div style="font: 9.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 9px/normal Times; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">It must also come from the top echelons of this society and that includes the Civil Service, top to bottom. I keep asking myself why civil servants feel they can continue to cling to these now redundant notions that these days are somehow enshrined as their ‘right’. The days of feeling ‘entitled’ to what one sees as their ‘right’ has to be relegated to the past, if we are to move forward with any sort of real progress. Do not get me wrong, I have respect for the work of civil servants, some of whom operate within very difficult work conditions, but over the past decade work conditions, remunerations, ‘entitlements’ etc received by the civil service far surpassed that of the private sector and I don’t understand the mentality of clinging to now obsolete terms or conditions. This is a time we all need to pull together and take the pain with the gain. We all took the gain, but are we all taking the pain? Of that I am not sure?</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 9px/normal Times; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 9px/normal Times; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Arial Black'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>A refreshing Change!</b></span></span></div><div style="font: 10.0px 'Arial Black'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="font: 11.0px 'Arial Black';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Listening to Morning Ireland recently I heard an American commentator talk about the difference between the handling of the Iraq crisis and the handling of the crisis in Libya by President Obama. How refreshing it is to hear that this commentator believes they now have a chief who will not be ruled by emotion, but rather by caution and sensibility. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The American media, especially some of the more conservative networks revel in ‘Obama bashing’ on a daily basis. To some of these commentators the man can do nothing right! Their preference for presenting the ‘news’ in such a biased way is quite distasteful, so it is indeed refreshing at last, to hear that he is being heralded as a voice of wisdom by his own country. It certainly seems that </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">way to the rest of us </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">here anyway!</span></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15856844701442145445noreply@blogger.com0