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This a list of notable Mayors of Shrewsbury, the county town of the county of Shropshire, England, since the first recorded mayoralty in 1638. Prior to 1638 the leading citizens of the borough were the two Bailiffs. From 1974 to 2009 the position had the title Mayor of Shrewsbury and Atcham.

Notable Mayors of Shrewsbury
Source: Shrewsbury Town Council
 1638-39 Thomas Jones (1st Mayor of Shrewsbury)
 1657-58 Thomas Hunt (MP for Shrewsbury, 1645–53)
 1685-86 Sir Francis Edwardes, 1st Baronet (MP for Shrewsbury, 1685–89; died on service in Ireland, 1690)
 1696-97 John Kynaston (High Sheriff of Shropshire, 1689–90; MP for Shrewsbury, 1694–1709)
 1726-27 John Adams (1677-1752) (father of William Adams (Master of Pembroke))
 1737-38 Robert More (MP for Shrewsbury, 1754–61)
 1762-63 Robert Clive (Clive of India; MP for Shrewsbury, 1761–1774)
 1775-76 William Owen, (Captain (Royal Navy); founder of Campobello colony in New Brunswick, Canada; killed in India, 1778.  Possibly Shrewsbury's first disabled Mayor, having lost an arm in 1760.)
 1777-78 Charlton Leighton (later Sir Charlton, 4th Baronet) (MP for Shrewsbury 1777 and 1780–84)
 1778-79 Noel Hill, 1st Baron Berwick (MP for Shrewsbury, 1768–74 and for Shropshire, 1774–84)
 1806-07 Sir Baldwin Leighton, 6th Baronet (General of the British Army)
 1807-08 Charles Bage (Wine Merchant)
 1809-10 Joseph Bromfield (Architect)
 1811-12 Sir John Hill, 3rd Baronet (MP for Shrewsbury, 1784–96 and 1805)
 1819-20 Rev Hugh Owen (Clergyman and topographer)
 1824-25 Hon and Rev Richard Hill (later 4th Baron Berwick) (Rector of Berrington, Shropshire)
 1835 (part year) Robert Burton (Banker, head of Salop Bank)
 1835-36 William Hazledine (Ironmaster)
 1836-37 Sir John Bickerton Williams (Nonconformist historian and first knight made by Queen Victoria)
 1842-43 Edward Haycock (Architect)
 1843-44 Robert Burton
 1861-62 William James Clement (Surgeon and MP for Shrewsbury, 1865–70)
 1872-73 Samuel Pountney Smith (Architect)
 1886-87 George Butler Lloyd (Banker, MP for Shrewsbury, 1913–22)
 1887	Vincent Crump	Confectioner
 1888	Major General The Hon. William Henry Herbert (son of Edward Herbert, 2nd Earl of Powis Gentleman
 1889	George Jones Holt	Wine Merchant
 1890	Edmund Cresswell Peele	Solicitor
 1891	George Evans	Gentleman - Retired Businessman - plumber
 1892	William Lyon Browne	Gentleman
 1893	William Gowen Cross	Chemist
 1894	William Maynard How	Solicitor
 1895	Edmund Cresswell Peele	Solicitor
 1896	Edward Corbett	Army Officer
 1897	Thomas Pidduck Deakin, Hotel Proprietor
 1898	Richard Scoltock Hughes, Shoemaker
 1899-1900 Richard Scoltock Hughes, Shoemaker
 1900-02 Samuel Meeson Morris	Solicitor (two terms?)
 1902-03 Herbert Robert Henry Southam, Brewer (Conservative)
 1903-04 William Francis Watkins, Tailor
 1904-05 Henry John Hearn, Brewer
 1905-06 Richard Edward Jones, Maltster

21st century
 1999-2000 Reginald Jones (Retired bus driver, lifelong Shrewsbury resident)
 2000-01 John Peter Jones (Head Teacher (Special Education))
 2001-02 Charles Forshaw (Retired)
 2002-03 George Henry Mills Richey (Lt Col Retired)
 2003-04 Eileen Dorothy Sandford (Retired)
 2004-05 Miles Kenny (Property Manager)
 2005-06 David Farmer
 2006-07 Roger Evans (Retired)
 2007-08 John Cooke (Farmer)
 2008-09 Anne Chebsey (Biomedical Scientist)
 2009-10 Alan Townsend (Retired Teacher)
 2010-11 Kathleen Owen
 2011-12 Tony Durnell (Shropshire & Shrewsbury Town Councillor)
 2012-13 Keith Roberts (Retired Police Officer)
 2013-14 Jon Tandy (Former Post Office Worker)
 2014-15 Beverley Baker (Costume and accessory designer)
 2015–16 Miles Kenny
 2016–17 Ioan Jones
 2017–18 Jane Mackenzie
 2018–19 Peter Nutting
 2019-20 Phil Gillam
 2020-21 Gwen Burgess
 2021-22 Julian Dean

References

Shropshire-related lists
Shrewsbury
Mayors


Barça will have another player in the World Cup finals next summer, after Alex Song's Cameroon came back from a disapointing goalless draw in the first leg of their play off against Tunisia to sweep aside the North Africans with a 4-1 win in Yaoundé.
Webó and Moukandjo scored twice in the first half and altough Tuisia hit back through Akaichi. Makoun scored two more for the hosts on 68 and 88 minutes to give them a clear 4-1 win. Song dominated midfield and looks certain to lead the team in Brazil next summer.
The win seals Cameroon's seventh appearence at a World Cup Finals - having appeared in 6 of the last 7 tournaments.


Villa Astor has a long and illustrious history. It was acquired in 1905 by William Waldorf Astor, then American ambassador to Italy and also one of the world's wealthiest men, who filled it with classical and Renaissance treasures to reflect his taste for the very best of everything.
Today, following a complete restoration, it is, once again, the finest private luxury villa on Italy's majestic Amalfi Coast. As you might imagine, over the years, Villa Astor has welcomed illustrious guests including, during the 1970's, Gregory Peck, Sofia Loren, Princess Margaret, Franco Zeffirelli, Gianni Agnelli and Rudolf Nureyev to name a handful, ensuring its reputation for exquisite entertainment. There is even a new book - Villa Astor: Paradise Restored on the Amalfi Coast, by Curt DiCamillo (US $65) - with photographs of lavish receptions and famous guests lounging in and around the house.
Its new owner has restored the villa to the highest uber-luxury standards, with a no-expense-spared approach under the direction of one of our favourite designers, Jacques Garcia (of Maison Souquet, La Mamounia and Hôtel Metropole Monaco fame), who has considered every detail and added some bold contemporary flourishes which will stand the test of time.
Villa Astor is majestically positioned on a limestone cliff with legendary 180 degree views of the Bay of Naples and Mount Vesuvius. It was this view that captured William Waldorf Astor's heart, along with every subsequent visitor. Utterly private, set in its own estate, the villa is only a stroll to Marina Grande or the old town of Sorrento on the northern coast of the Sorrento peninsula. With its own 'pontille' or dock, private boat charters can whisk you away to Naples, Capri, Ischia, Positano or Amalfi and beyond.
For cultural exploring, head for Pompeii or Herculaneum and for a 'view of the gods' there are stunning cliff top walks. The best restaurant on the peninsula, Dom Alphonso, is a short drive away at Sant'Agata.
Back at the villa, there are gorgeous salons housing Astor's collection of art and antiquities, leading onto spectacular balconies and terraces. Upstairs, there are six sumptuous bedroom suites, accommodating up to 12 guests in utter luxury, each featuring Garcia's trade mark rich fabrics, restored wall and ceiling frescoes and spectacular marble bathrooms. In the crimson master suite, frescoes, drapes by Verel de Belval and vases by Meissen complete the scene.
Five full-time staff look after every whim or fancy, including a gastronomic chef who prepares Michelin-star-like banquets in the 1,000 sq ft kitchen and Grazia, a local Sorrentina, who has been in service at the villa for 35 years, who cooks-up fantastically fresh local cuisine with typical warm local hospitality.
The terraces are places to contemplate the show-stopping views, but also to enjoy fabulous meals together, with the mesmerising backdrop of the sea and far horizon changing every few minutes.
Two hectares of magical botanical gardens are in blossom and bloom from April through to October with a remarkable collection of over one thousand species, including agapanthus, orchids and rare exotic flora. There are many panoramic viewpoints dotted around the gardens, as well as a dining table for 8 under an old wisteria-shaded pergola. Then there is a "faux-Pompeiian" 'hortus conclusus' (enclosed garden) called "Villa Florus" build by Astor, with fragments of Roman sarcophagi dating back thousands of years from his own collection. A path takes you down to the private waterfront, where you find a natural 'grotte' carved into the cliff complete with a Roman 'nimfe'. There is also a private 'pontile' for swimming and this also where you embarking on your waterborne adventures.
Villa Astor combines deeply traditional Italian-style with contemporary 5-star luxury. It is, once again, without doubt, the best place on the Amalfi Coast to celebrate unforgettable occasions with close family, or a few very special friends, in a very private paradise.


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On many different levels erasing a criminal background is a good idea and in many United States jurisdictions entirely within the realm of possibility. Each state and territory within the United States has some kind of law that deals with legally erasing or hiding a criminal background within that jurisdiction.Some states make the remedy very attainable (or easy to qualify for) and others have more stringent criteria. Regardless of jurisdiction, retaining a good, competent lawyer should always be your first step when pursuing a plan to tidy up your past.Why?.Because having such legal help could make the difference in your success.
Let me lay out the situation.Law is not black and white. Laws typically give the rules but do not necessarily provide guidance on how the rule should be applied in a particular case.
Further, there are exceptions to most rules/laws. Knowing if and how an exception applies in your case can be important and tricky. It may well mean the difference in whether or not you're able to succeed in erasing or hiding your criminal background.A good lawyer will be able to help you navigate the morass and tangle of laws that could be your ticket to legally scrubbing the indiscretions of your past. Additionally, if your case does not perfectly fit the provisions of the law allowing for an expungement (legal erasing of a criminal background) a competent lawyer may be able to find a way to help by finding a little-known exception or a creative argument that gets the intended result.
This is where lawyers really earn their salt.Here's another thing: laws can be (and often are) ambiguous. This circumstance by definition leaves more control of the case in the discretion of a judge. Essentially this means that two different people with the same criminal background can have two different results.
In other words, a judge in one case can decide that the person petitioning the court is entitled to expungement under the laws of the state while a different judge looking at the same case could swing the other way.Here again, having a competent lawyer may help sway the court into giving you the benefit of the doubt in a close call. Further, it never hurts if your attorney happens to be politically connected.I want to make this last point crystal clear: you should never try to clean up your criminal background without the help a lawyer. Why? Because there are tons of pitfalls that could easily lead to failure and worse, some peril related to arousing interest in a dormant criminal case. You don't want a prosecutor trying to resurrect a case against you just because you went nosing around without knowing what you were doing.
Do yourself a favor. Get my book ("The Ultimate Guide to Second Chances: Legal Ways to Erase or Hide Your Criminal Background") and get a lawyer!.
Texas attorney Daniel Hall is the author of the upcoming book "The Ultimate Guide to Second Chances: Legal Ways to Erase or Hide Your Criminal Background" He learned that the remedies discussed in the book existed when he discovered some of his clients had minor criminal blemishes which were holding them back. The book is designed to help those people with petty criminal records which according to tracking statistics is fully 25% of the American populace. Find out more about how the book might help you by visiting: http://www.UltimateSecondChance.


Consider this surprising fact: Hawaii is actually more than glorious beaches and ukulele music. Pick a Friday and head to downtown Honolulu for a glimpse of Hawaiian history. Here is the only royal palace in the United States. Bring along a picnic and enjoy music at noon when the historic Royal Hawaiian Band plays and a hula dancer entertains near the original Coronation Stand of King Kalakaua and Queen Kapiolani.
The palace was built in 1882 during the reign of King Kalakaua in a majestic style called "American Florentine." Take a tour inside later to see the gilded Throne Room, spectacular three-story stairwell with carved koa balustrade, and . . . the first flush toilets known to have been installed in any palace anywhere.
Our 11-year-old got a big kick out of that fact, having never heard of chamber pots. He also loved looking across King Street at the huge statue of King Kamehameha, first ruler of the islands who is decked out in hundreds of flower leis on his birthday in June.
See more on Iolani Palace here.
PS There's a lot more to see downtown so, more later. . . .


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Bleeding from a triple haemorrhage
by Vijay Prashad January 20, 2013 September 23, 2020
By Vijay Prashad. This article was first published on The Hindu.
Syria faces a looming humanitarian disaster and is in the midst of an acute political paralysis, besides being at the centre of a geopolitical standoff
Three heads of the United Nations humanitarian agencies wrote a cri de coeur for Syria on January 11. Antonio Guterres (U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees), Ertharin Cousins (World Food Program) and Anthony Lake (UNICEF) noted, "Syria is undoubtedly the most complex and dangerous" of all conflicts for 2013. Inside Syria, four million people are in grave danger — shelter, food, education, clean water, health care and security are no longer available to them. Additionally, two million Syrians have fled the country for Lebanon and Jordan. The most serious danger is posed to children, half of the displaced and refugees, whose well-being is compromised. "Too many have been injured or killed; too many have seen family and friends die, their homes and schools reduced to rubble."
Rapid deterioration
The situation continues to deteriorate precipitously. The U.N. produced three Syria Humanitarian Assistance Response Plans in 2012, and four Syria Regional Response Plans. "It is highly unusual for such plans to be revised so often," says Radhouane Nouicer, the regional humanitarian coordinator for Syria. "It is indicative of the rapid developments on the ground. The magnitude of the humanitarian crisis is indisputable."
The major snow and rain storms that swept the Levant in early January devastated the fragile U.N. camps, flooding al-Za'atri (Jordan), causing fires in Atmeh (Idlib, Syria) and Ar Raqqa (Syria), and leaving children to struggle with jaundice and the cold near the Turkish border in Bab al-Salameh (Syria). Misery is the mood of the Syrians as they enter another winter with no provisions and no hope. "A bitter winter is the new enemy," say the three U.N. chiefs.
On January 6, Bashar al-Assad offered talks to bring the political crisis to a close. The Syrian Opposition rejected the offer, but not without cause. Mr. Assad's own proposal deliberately excluded those who "have betrayed Syria." Who would define those who have not betrayed Syria and could therefore be legitimate partners in the discussion? At the same time, the Opposition rejects any dialogue that includes Mr. Assad, but also agrees that political dialogue is the only way forward. There has been no movement to the middle. Paralysis continues in the name of dialogue.
Since the uprising began in March 2011, there have been several failed attempts at a political dialogue. Neither side in an incredibly polarised situation is willing to come to the table without preconditions. The Opposition's minimum demand is for Mr. Assad to leave; Mr. Assad meanwhile shuns those whom he calls terrorists. Former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan's peace agenda of the summer of 2012 fell on its knees because of this standoff. U.N. envoy Lakhdar Brahimi's mission might fail for the same reason. Mr. Brahimi, who brokered the successful end to the Lebanese Civil War in 1989, lost his equilibrium, telling the BBC of Mr. Assad's January 6 speech, "What has been said this time is not really different and it is perhaps even more sectarian, more one-sided. What you need is reaching out and recognising that there is a very serious problem between Syrians, and that Syrians have got to talk to one another to solve it."
Syria's Opposition is in disarray. Its new incarnation (November 2012) was shaped with help from the West and the Gulf Arabs. Given its experience in Libya, the West fears a loss of control over the Opposition. This is the main reason why the U.S. hastened to ban the radical Islamist al-Nusra front, to show that it can shape Syria's leadership. The banning of al-Nusra does not mean that the West is allergic to Islamism. After all, the head of the new Opposition group is Moaz al-Khatib, the former imam of Damascus' Umayyad Mosque. The Gulf Arabs are not averse to the more radical Islamists, but they have gone along with the West for now. Mr. al-Khatib criticised the banning of al-Nusra because he knows that it plays a significant role on the ground. All groups that call for the "fall of the regime" need to work together, he said gloomily in mid-December. But the paymasters wanted to have their way, dividing the Opposition between the more united front led by Mr. al-Khatib and the Salafis of the Syrian Islamic Front (formed on December 21 without al-Nusra).
The rump secular and democratic Arab nationalists in the National Democratic Rally are now a pale shadow of what they were in their heyday of the 1980s. In the early days of the 2011 rebellion, the regime arrested the leaders of the Rally's constituents, people such as Ghias Youn Soud, Omar Kashash, Fahmi Yousef, and Tuhama Mahmoud Ma'rouf. Having removed the secular dissidents from the fray in 2011, the regime enabled the Islamists and liberals to take up positions of authority in the new Opposition. When the secular dissidents emerged from their cells, they had little choice but to join up with the Opposition, on the latter's terms. One of their own, George Sabra, is now a Vice President of al-Khatib's group.
Unity eludes the opposition — some of this is a consequence of Mr. Assad's clever manipulation of its constituents (such as the Kurdish groups), but most is thanks to the West's interventions. Syria's political factions remain deadlocked.
Divided world
A cold war has erupted around Syria. On the one side is the West with its Gulf Arab partners and Turkey. With different motivations, they seek to consolidate their gains after losing their pillars of stability in Tunisia and Egypt. On the other side are two different blocs. First there are the Russians who have an old relationship with Syria, where they have a warm water port. The Russians have provided Mr. Assad's regime with weaponry and with diplomatic cover (although the Putin government has cooled off on this lately). Second there are Iran and Iraq, both of whose governments are wary of the growth of Gulf Arab power. The Gulf Arabs are fully behind the oppositional strands, as long as their ideological fellows in the Muslim Brothers and the Salafis come out on top — formations that the Iranians and the Iraqis do not like on confessional and political grounds. Turkey took an advanced position for the removal of Mr. Assad, but when he set in motion his Kurdish strategy the Turks had to take cover behind Nato's Patriot wall. With Egypt's Morsi distracted by his domestic problems, and with Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Iran unsettled by the geopolitical complexities, the Syria Contact Group that they had comprised is silent.
The West is wrapped up in a contradiction. Mr. Assad has been a reliable factor of stability for Israel, something a radical Islamist government would not be. This is why Israel does not favour the removal of Mr. Assad. The West cannot mute its rhetoric, but it has stayed its hand for a full-fledged intervention. Russian intransigence has been a gift to Washington, with the latter taking cover behind the U.N. Security Council veto while it continues to offer its stale rhetoric of regime change.
The geopolitical standoff has not drawn down the maximum positions of all sides. The West and the Gulf Arabs call for Mr. Assad's departure; the Russians and Iranians support his role in any future political arrangement. What weaponry the West and the Gulf Arabs provide the oppositional fighters is nothing more than what allows them to maintain their standoff against Mr. Assad's legions. Such cynicism bleeds Syria. A U.N. report from late December points out that the long "conflict has become overtly sectarian in nature." "Feeling threatened and under attack, ethnic and religious minority groups have increasingly aligned themselves with parties to the conflict, deepening sectarian divides." Sectarianism, the fruit of geopolitical cynicism, now allows the West to feverishly contemplate the break-up of Syria, something that neither the regime nor the Opposition will countenance.
A fragile hope rests on the revitalisation of Arab nationalism as a cord that binds the people across the widening sectarian divides. But in the dungeons of the Ba'ath, Syrian nationalism was asphyxiated. It is too much to hope for its revival in the midst of this tortured struggle. The politics is bewildering, the human suffering intolerable.
(Vijay Prashad is the author of Arab Spring, Libyan Winter (LeftWord Books, 2012) and the co-editor with Madiha R. Tahir and Qalandar Bux Memom of Dispatches from Pakistan (LeftWord, 2013)
Vijay Prashad is the Director of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, Chief Editor of LeftWord Booksand Chief Correspondent at Globetrotter.
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Birds and the bees talks with 6 year olds
June 30, 2017 In Parenting
Talking about the birds and the bees to our children. Always one of the topics that is sprung on us before we're ready or prepared for it. Nowadays children are so much more savvy compared to when we were children. Added to that, they learn about sex education in schools much younger, so I want to be the one to tell N rather than waiting for him to find out from school.
I remember my mum giving me a 'how the body works' Usborne book. It was mainly about puberty and changes, and there was a picture of a naked 'cartoon' man and woman hugging and having sex. I was probably about 8 at the time but I don't remember what my mum had told me earlier about such things.
N doesn't have any worries about asking any question he wants an answer to. I've had discussions with him about how babies come out, how babies are made (not from Tesco as the OH still jokes, but from a seed and egg, from a mummy and daddy), and how is a child made when they have 2 mummies. All of these were age 4-5 questions.
The ante has now been upped.
Living on a farm does make life a bit easier because he's seen animals mate and knows the ins and outs (literally) of how the bulls or rams get their seeds into the females. This type of things means we get a lot of statements when N works out what he thinks he's seeing.
'It's really hard for the cows because the bull is really heavy, but for sheep it's easier because they're smaller'.
I've also had him asking about why boys have testicles, so had to explain that's where the seeds come from when they're men.
'So, I'm a boy, maybe I have one seed but each year I grow more of them?'. Hmm, I suppose that's about right.
I didn't think N had related what animals do to what people have to do to make babies. My concern is how he relates everything to himself. Trying to ensure he knows it's only adults who make babies is an interesting one – I feel for his godfather and eldest cousin who's now 18 and an adult. Be warned, N might be asking some questions!
The other day N wanted to know exactly how daddy's get the seed into the mummy. He knows about testicles, but asked the question. I certainly wasn't ready for it. Why he always asks me rather than him father I don't know. Actually I do. Because he'd never get a serious answer out of him.
'Well, you know what the cows and bulls do to make calves. Men do a similar thing to get the seed in the mummy'
'What, jump on their backs? Would I have to do that?'. I hid my laughter.
'Not quite like that. But the penis goes in the mummy's private parts'
'Oh yes. But it wouldn't be like the bull because they have really big pointed willies'. Eek. I guess he'll learn more in time.
So N's education is continuing, all child led, and basically trying to stick to small facts as and when prompted. It seems to be sticking in his mind. As far as I'm aware, he's not heard of anything at school in the playground, and I'm hoping he doesn't go off into school telling everyone what's he's learn't. I'd be mortified if he did and then poor traumatised children went home to ask parents saying they'd heard xyz from N!
My tips for talking to young children about sex education:
Keep it factual
Talk little bits at a time
Answer questions they have
Don't over-complicate your answers
Keep it age appropriate
Use a book if necessary
When did your children start asking questions about babies and sex? How did you answer?
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TheHelpfulHiker 5 years ago
I'm dreading the conversations, he's only two but already asks so many questions (thankfully, usually just about cars or diggers). Love your advice, will be storing up for future reference! #TheListLinky
Thanks. I found it so much easier waiting til he asked the questions. As long as it comes in stages it's not too painful.
Alana - Burnished Chaos 5 years ago
Ha ha, my son asked a lot of questions when he was around 4/5 and I was pregnant with his sister and I explained about seeds and eggs. Thankfully he never asked exactly how it gets there, we have that one to look forward to. I remember when I was about 16 and babysitting, one of the kids I looked after was about three and wanted to know how babies were made, completely shocked me. I told her to ask her mum and Dad the next day
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Lol, I think I'd have said the same. Could you imagine what the parents would say if a child told them the babysitter told them about sex!
Nicole Roder 5 years ago
Those are great tips! I imagine that living on a farm makes it easier to explain! My kids started asking me how babies were made at a really young age. I wouldn't have thought to explain it that early if they hadn't asked. I think my oldest was 6, her sister was 5, and their little brother was 3! Of course, the 3 year old asked because of his sisters. At the time, I was pregnant, so I'm sure that's how they got the idea to ask. My husband and I kept it factual too, and we used almost the exact same words as you did. "The daddy has a seed, and the mommy has an egg, and when the seed and the egg get together, they make a baby." But then they wanted to know HOW the seed gets to the egg. My husband said, "It swims." "But how does the seed get OUT of the dad and INTO the mom?" "Oh boy. OK. The mom and dad have to do something called 'having sex.' The seed comes out of the dad's penis and goes into the mom's vagina."
All 3 of them went, "Eeeeeewwwww!" Ah, fun times! #thelistlinky
Lol, there is a grossness factor isn't there. Hopefully it puts them off thinking about it all for a while! What concerns me is that everything I say, N then relates it to what he can do. Hopefully he understands it's for grown ups and not children.
Kim Carberry 5 years ago
When I was a child I lived on a farm and got the basics because of the animals…Eww! That sounds so wrong. lol I think deep down my parents got asked the questions earlier from my brother and I because we lived on the farm.
hehehe. Jumping on their backs! That did make me chuckle.
My teen had the puberty talk when she was in YR5 at school and my youngest has just had it….I skimmed over the basics with them just before that. I let my girls ask the questions and my teen has some really blunt/embarrassing one's for me, not her. lol
Farming definitely let kids know more earlier about that kind of stuff. I think we only learnt when we started at secondary school and had the puberty talk. It was definitely down to parents back then


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Why this selfie from Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai, featuring a photo of Winnie the Pooh in the background, is causing a stir online
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Images of Winnie the Pooh on Chinese social media are heavily censored by the government. (Twitter)
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A photo of Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai posted on Twitter by a Chinese state media reporter has been fuelling online debate.
A photo frame with an image of Winnie the Pooh can be seen in Peng Shuai's selfie
The cartoon character is often likened to Chinese President Xi Jinping
There is debate over if any subtext is behind the bear's image
On Saturday, Shen Shiwei from CGTN, the English-language arm of China Central Television, posted photos of a seemingly happy Ms Peng on Twitter, which is officially blocked in China.
The state TV employee wrote the photos were posted on Ms Peng's WeChat account with the comment, "Happy Weekend".
They were the first photos of Ms Peng since her apparent disappearance earlier this month, after she publicly accused a former high ranking Communist Party leader of sexual assault.
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While some have debated whether or not the photos are proof that she is safe, others have speculated on the significance of one image in particular that includes a photo frame in the background featuring Winnie the Pooh.
Winnie the Pooh has special meaning in China, where the character has been used as a mocking stand-in for President Xi Jinping.
Several years ago, images, memes and gifs of the honey-seeking bear disappeared from China's corner of the internet as he suffered an apparent ban.
The Chinese government runs a very comprehensive program of internet censorship and are quick to scrub images of the children's book character.
The pictures have caused some to question whether or not it was a deliberate attempt by her to draw attention to the image of the cartoon bear.
Online discussion around the significance of the Winnie the Pooh image has some people believing it could be a subtle message from the tennis star.
China critic Leta Hong Fincher said the photo of Winnie the Pooh was a "distress signal".
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Study found men who use e-cigs were 2.4 times likelier to suffer from impotency
Researchers based their findings on data gathered from 13,000 American men
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By JOHN ELY SENIOR HEALTH REPORTER FOR MAILONLINE
Men who vape or use e-cigarettes are more than twice as likely to suffer from erectile dysfunction, a new study has suggested.
American researchers surveyed nearly 14,000 men over the age of 20 and found those who used the devices had a 2.4 times higher chance of impotence than non-smokers.
While the study did not prove the link, the experts believe a high level of nicotine in vaping liquid reduces blood flow to the penis by hampering the ability of blood vessels to dilate.
And even fluids without nicotine contain chemicals that may reduce the amount of testosterone circulating in the body, researchers say.
The team, from New York's Grossman School of Medicine and Johns Hopkins University, said men should be warned about the potential impact vaping could have on their love life — as England gets ready to become the first country in the world to prescribe e-cigarettes to help smokers quit.
About one in five men in the UK and US are believed to suffer from impotence and with it becoming more common as men age, with over half of cases in the over 50s.
Men who use e-cigarettes or vapes could be twice as likely to have problems getting or maintaining an erection according to a new study (stock image)
Traditional smoking has been long established as cause of erectile dysfunction due to the chemicals contained in tobacco products, such as nicotine, damaging the blood vessels connected to the penis.
While vaping is generally considered healthier than traditional smoking scientists have recently been exploring a possible relation between the sexual health problems and e-cigarette products.
Lead author of the latest study, Dr Omar El Shahawyl, said the findings indicated that, vapers were more likely to suffer erection problems than non-vapers, even considering previous smoking history.
'Our analyses accounted for the cigarette smoking history of participants, including those who were never cigarette smokers to begin with, so it is possible that daily e-cigarette vaping may be associated with higher odds of erectile dysfunction regardless of one's smoking history,' he said.
With vaping on the rise as a healthier alternative to smoking, Dr Shahawyl said more research was needed to explore any potential consequences on men's sexual health.
'We need to fully investigate the relationship between vaping products and erectile dysfunction, and potential implications for men's sexual health,' he said.
'Our findings underscore the need to conduct further studies to contextualize the e-cigarette use pattern that is relatively safer than smoking.'
The research was based on the a survey, with the 13,711 original participants later narrowed down to 11,207 with no prior cardiovascular disease diagnosis.
In both groups men who used e-cigarette products were twice as likely to experience erectile dysfunction, 2.2
times more likely in the larger sample size and rising to 2.4 times as likely in the sample without cardiovascular disease.
Almost half of all participants were former cigarette smokers, 21 per cent were current cigarette smokers, and 14 percent used vapes and e-cigarettes.
In total, 10 per cent of all men in the sample reported experiencing erectile dysfunction.
One limitation of the study was that it based on self-reporting meaning that the results may be influenced by men lying on the questionnaire.
The authors also did not state whether the risk erectile dysfunction for people who use vapes and e-cigarettes was higher or lower than that of traditional smoking.
The researchers, who published their findings in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine said they next plan to examine if different types of electronic nicotine delivery devices have differing affects on erectile dysfunction and if it can be reversed by stopping.
Reacting to the study consultant uro-andrologist Giulio Garaffa of private health clinic International Andrology in London said the study's findings made sense.
'The idea of e-cigarette use negatively impacting men's ability to get erections does have a foundation,' he said.
However Dr Garaffa said any damage caused by e-cigarettes and vapes, is both likely to be reversible and less than that caused traditional smoking due to the absence of substances like tar and carbon monoxide.
'Nicotine has an immediate, short term vasoconstrictor effect, and therefore it may reduce the blood flow to the penis and may impact negatively the ability of getting an erection,' he said.
'With time the vasoconstrictor effect of nicotine disappears with no long term damage to erections.
'Instead, the chemicals inhaled by tobacco smokers, will also cause long term damage to the vessels of the cardiocirculatory system thus causing long term worsening of the erections on top of the short term effects of nicotine.'
But he added it was the duty of all clinicians to inform patients of the risk of erectile dysfunction in vaping products.
Dr Garaffa also urged all patients to contact a health professional if they are suffering from erectile dysfunction as it can be a warning sign of a cardiovascular disease.
Last month it was announced England is set to become the first country in the world to prescribe e-cigarettes to help smokers quit.
Despite a torrent of evidence on the health risks of vaping, the medical regulator is to 'pave the way' for it to be offered on the NHS.
Manufacturers will be able to submit e-cigarettes to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency to undergo the same 'approvals process' as other medicines.
This means they could then be licensed as a medical product and prescribed by doctors on a case-by-case basis to people who want to quit traditional cigarettes.
Currently, the NHS advises that vaping can help smokers – though it is not available on prescription.E-cig devices typically cost around £20 to £30, plus more for replacement cartridges.
The controversial move comes despite the World Health Organization saying last year that the devices are 'undoubtedly harmful'.
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Erectile dysfunction, also known as impotence, is when a man is unable to get or maintain an erection.
It is more common in the over-40s but affects men of all ages.
Failure to stay erect is usually due to tiredness, stress, anxiety or alcohol, and is not a cause for concern.
However, it can be a sign of an underlying medical condition such as high blood pressure or cholesterol, side effects of medication, or hormonal issues.
Lifestyle factors than can affect the condition include obesity, smoking, cycling too much, drinking too much, and stress.
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Vaping damages DNA and raises risk of cancer study claims — but it's not as bad as traditional smoking
Vaping damages people's DNA in the same way as smoking normal cigarettes — but to a lesser degree — a study warned today.
These biological changes can cause diseases such as cancer, according to the University of Southern California study.
Vaping has been viewed as a safer alternative to smoking, with the UK mulling plans to prescribe e-cigarettes to cigarette users to help them quit.
There have been several studies that suggests e-cigarettes are harmful, but many questioned whether smoking was still to blame since most vapers also smoke traditional cigarettes or have a prior history of smoking.
But a team of researchers at the University of Southern California found that these biological changes happen even in vapers who've never touched a cigarette.
However, the changes are much more extensive in people who smoke tobacco products, the scientists said.
Laws restricting what manufacturers are allowed to put in vapes are stricter in the UK than the US, so the American study may not entirely reflect effects of E-cigarettes available on the British market.
The study looked at 82 healthy adults split them into three categories — current vapers, people who only smoke cigarettes and a control group who had never smoked or vaped.
They then analysed the genes of all paricipants and looked for changes in gene regulation in the blood cells of each participant.
When the normal regulation of genes is disrupted it can interfere to gene function, leading to disease.
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It's 4:30pm and I'm late, as usual. I rush into the studio amongst a gaggle of adolescent band members who are also whooshing in from volleyball practice, drama practice, or some other event that filled their afternoon. As the kids hustle into their weekly band practice, the music director gets them focused on the task at hand.
While the kids are downstairs in studio rehearsing their various pieces of music, a team of parents gather to go over the endless details for our association's biggest event, the annual Christmas concert. This event features not only two-hours of music, but also a bake sale and a silent auction, for an audience of 1200 people. It takes weeks of planning, coordinating, and practicing to pull off a gig of this size. All ninety families who are a part of Tri-Cities Steel Band Association (TCSBA) work to support this event in some way, from helping with advertising and promotion, to creating gifts for the auction and baking for the bake sale.
For the last 22 years, TCSBA has produced a spectacular Christmas concert featuring four bands (two steel drum and two marimba) playing a mix of cover tunes and Christmas music for the community. Founded by a group of parents hoping their kids could continue to play steel drums introduced to them by their school music teacher (Ben Leggett), TCSBA continues to be run by parents who are devoted to maintaining the same environment: one where kids can come together to experience the magic of music while creating friendships that last a lifetime. Each band's fun-filled culture is inspired by amazing music directors, Ben Leggett and Walt Hampton, who have devoted their lives to fostering a love of music. The children thrive in this environment, and their performances are far more than just great music.
So, if you're looking for something special to do this holiday season with your family, please join our family for an amazing evening of entertainment that celebrates the joy of music during the most wonderful time of the year! Our concert is Saturday, December 16th at Bethel Church, 600 Shockley Road, Richland. Doors open at 5:30pm, show starts at 6:30pm. Tickets are $7.50 and can be purchased at www.TCSBA.org. You can follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/TCSBA/ -
Mother of Jakob and Meghan, and TCSBA family member since 2014.
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Unlike its Aussie cousin, the New Zealand Dollar did make a fresh high against the USD on Thursday, albeit only marginally. NZD/USD hit a best level just above 0.7375 on Wednesday but during the European morning yesterday, managed to extend its gains to a high around 0.7385. This outperformance saw the AUD/NZD cross trade down on to a 1.04 'big figure' for the first time since July last year.
The speech from RBNZ Assistant Governor and Head of Economics John McDermott focused on the evolution of the monetary policy framework over time rather than any fresh message about how the policy itself might currently be changing. In terms of the new arrangements announced by the Labour Government, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand Act will formalise a monetary policy committee (MPC), and add members from outside the Bank, 'externals', onto the committee. The Act will allow the MPC to have between five and seven members, but there will be seven initially, and there will always be more internal than external members. All members will be nominated by the Reserve Bank Board and appointed by the Minister of Finance. Details of the first Charter are yet to be determined, but the Minister intends for the MPC to aim to reach decisions by consensus, and for non-attributed votes to be published where there is not consensus. The Minister also intends for non-attributed records of meetings to be published that reflect any differences of view among the MPC.
Statistics New Zealand published March credit card spending numbers. Seasonally adjusted total retail spending on credit and debit cards increased 1.0% during the month, beating consensus estimates of a 0.5% monthly gain. Core retail spending, excluding fuel and vehicles, rose 1.6%. Card-holders across all industries made 151 million transactions in the month. The average value of $49 was unchanged on the year and down from $50 in February. Today we'll get the manufacturing PMI survey, ahead of which the New Zealand Dollar opens in Asia this morning at USD0.7375 and AUD/NZD1.0515.
Thursday was another day of very tight ranges for the AUD/USD pair, though the feeling persists that with a near 400-point rally in the DJIA, it really should have done somewhat better. Having opened around 0.7755, only 25 pips separated the high and low of the day and by the close of business the AUD finished marginally down against the USD, a little more against the CAD, GBP and NZD but up against a very weak EUR.
On monetary policy specifically, the Governor said, "it is more likely that the next move in the cash rate will be up, not down, reflecting the improvement in the economy. The last increase in the cash rate was more than seven years ago, so an increase will come as a shock to some people. But it is worth remembering that the most likely scenario in which interest rates are increasing is one in which the economy is strengthening and income growth is also picking up… The Reserve Bank Board does not see a strong case for a near-term adjustment in monetary policy." The Aussie Dollar opens in Asia this morning at USD0.7755, with AUD/NZD at 1.0515 and GBP/AUD1.8350.
The British Pound had a pretty mixed morning on Thursday but as the euro came under heavy selling pressure, GBP/EUR broke out of its 2018 range from roughly 1.1200-1.1475 and moved on to a 1.15 'big figure' for the first time since June last year. This pushed the GBP higher against all the major currencies we follow closely here, despite some generally soft UK economic data. Gains ranged between three and eight-tenths of a point and with GBP/USD almost hitting its 2018 high of 1.4270, the Pound ended the day with a clear gap at the top of the FX leaderboard.
The British Chambers of Commerce published what it claims to be the UK's largest and most authoritative private-sector business survey. Based on the responses of over 7,100 businesses, the survey shows that UK economic growth remained subdued in the first quarter of 2018, despite a strong export performance. It reported that fewer firms in the manufacturing sector saw an increase in domestic orders, and the balance of firms reporting an increase in domestic sales is now at its lowest level since Q4 2016. ""What growth we see in the UK economy is due principally to strong global trading conditions, rather than domestic demand, which remains muted. Uncertainty, recruitment difficulties and price pressures remain persistent concerns for businesses of every shape and size, even if short-term confidence levels remain resilient. Even with a standout performance from manufacturing exporters able to reap the benefits of lower Sterling, the UK economy as a whole is treading water, rather than powering ahead." The GBP opens in Asia this morning at USD1.4225, GBP/AUD1.8350 and GBP/NZD1.9280.
We noted here yesterday that for the S&P 500 Index, there have already been 27 1% moves in the first 67 trading days of 2018. After Thursday's price action, it's now 28 from 68 as the index had another 30-point high-low trading range. It was also a pretty good day for the US Dollar which responded positively to the higher US CPI figures (albeit in line with consensus forecasts) and a slightly more 'hawkish' tone from the FOMC Minutes. The USD index opened around 89.10 but moved steadily higher to a best level in the European afternoon of 89.55 before giving back a little of these gains into the New York close.
Whilst the Minutes of FOMC meetings are often little guide to policymakers' thoughts as there's such a variety of opinion expressed and recorded, one thing which was noteworthy about the latest set was the uniformity of views. "All participants agreed that the outlook for the economy beyond the current quarter had strengthened in recent months… In addition, all participants expected inflation on a 12-month basis to move up in coming months." Where there was any difference of view, it was largely with a 'hawkish bias'. A number of participants said the outlook for the economy and inflation could lead to a slightly steeper path of rate increases over the next few years and some suggested that at a given point the Fed might have to change its statement language to acknowledge monetary policy would have to move to a neutral or "restraining factor" for economic activity. The USD index opens in Asia this morning at 89.35.
The euro had a pretty poor day on Thursday. Its best level of the day came early in the Asian session just below 1.2380 and this, in turn, was lower than the high of the previous day. During the European morning a soft set of economic numbers knocked EUR/USD a quarter of a cent lower whilst the European Central Bank's account of the March monetary policy meeting took it down a further 20 pips to an intra-day low just above 1.2300; matching its lowest level on Tuesday.
Whereas the US FOMC was unanimous in its view on the economy and inflation, the ECB is still deeply split. Its account of the March Council Meeting said, "The view was put forward that the Governing Council's criteria for a sustained adjustment in the path of inflation could be assessed as close to being satisfied over a medium-term horizon. However, the broadly agreed conclusion was that the evidence for a sustained rise in inflation towards levels consistent with the Governing Council's inflation aim was still not sufficient." As for the exchange rate, "Some caution was voiced, as the more recent developments in the euro exchange rate and in financial conditions in part reflected changing perceptions about monetary and fiscal policies, domestically and globally, as well as rising risks of protectionism and heightened market sensitivity to communication, rather than further improvements in domestic economic fundamentals." The EUR opens in Asia today at USD1.2325, AUD/EUR0.6290 and NZD/EUR0.5985.
In our North American commentary on Thursday we noted that, "CAD took top spot on Wednesday but couldn't hold on to its best levels. Is a pause now due?" In the short-term at least, the answer appears to have been 'yes'. USD/CAD moved up from an opening level of 1.2580 to a high in the European afternoon of 1.2620 and the CAD lost ground against the GBP, AUD and NZD; finishing second from bottom on our one-day performance table. After such a good run recently and with a lot of banks now recommending long CAD positions, a lot of good news appears now to be in the price.
The Canadian leader is due to attend the Summit of the Americas in Peru over the coming days before flying to London for the Commonwealth heads of government meeting next week. The Canadian Dollar opens in Asia this morning at USD/CAD1.2590, AUD/CAD0.9765 and NZD/CAD0.9290.


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