Here are some games for "Road Rovers" from fans that have been sent in over the years. Feel free to check them out. But please remember, that the items found here aren't mine. They belong to the artists who have graciously allowed me to post them here. A lot of hard work has gone into each item. Thank you.
1) A tape of any episode of "Road Rovers".
2) Several cans of your favorite beverage (non-alcoholic PLEASE).
3) A group of friends (you can't play alone).
1) Gather everyone around the television; things begin from the opening sequence.
2) Drink according to the circumstances listed below.
3) Once you have to excuse yourself to the bathroom, you're out.
4) If there is still more than one person left after the show is finished, start another one (preferably a different episode).
5) The winner is whoever can hold the most liquid, or decides to pee in their pants rather than accept defeat and go to the lavatory.
21) Oso (Gold And Retrievers) - two drinks if you love the Strayers!


We had to cut the roof off to free him and lift him on to a spineboard.
To show their appreciation, Colne Valley Leisure Centre is placing rescue team collection tins at its reception and has donated one of their spineboards.
They were removed from the wreckage on spineboards and taken to hospital by ambulance.


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The Mission.
The mission of the Mendip Environment Energy Conservation Volunteers is to educate and enthuse people on the importance of improving the energy efficiency of all buildings in their community. This is achieved by Mendip Environment training and deploying a formally qualified, volunteer, energy efficiency assessor who is dedicated to a Mendip parish or town. The volunteer energy efficiency assessor provides energy efficiency advice and audits in the homes of parishioners and their village premises. In so doing he or she helps to eradicate fuel poverty and combat climate change. Parish and personal funds are saved by cutting energy costs and the parish's carbon footprint is reduced.
Mode of Working.
The volunteers work with parish councils and parishioners on conserving energy in village and domestic premises. Mendip Environment has existing successful schemes in Frome and Glastonbury. The schemes work well because the energy assessors are sound and networked, accredited and trained, local, volunteer and environmental (acronym, "SALVE").
As a not for profit company with no completely assured income, Mendip Environment clearly needs to meet the costs of recruitment and then training and co-ordination of Energy Conservation Volunteers. Unless the costs can be met by grant aid (for example county councillor funds), it is anticipated that the parish will need to meet the costs from its precept. There are two possible routes for this. The low cost option at £500 is to have Mendip Environment recruit a number of "Parish Carbon Footprint Reduction Champions" who would be internally trained and work informally in the parish under the guidance of a fully qualified member of our existing team. After evaluation, one or more Champions may secure formal qualification if further funding can be found. The conventional option of appointing a dedicated and fully qualified Energy Conservation Volunteer involves costs of £500 for recruitment and £750 for training and co-ordination/networking. Much of the training costs are taken up with City and Guilds course and examination fees. The schemes can work hand in hand with another Mendip Environment project; that of the recruitment and development of a parish green home champion. At £400, this involves modest additional recruitment and development costs. Mendip Environment believes in the value of having best practice examples of homes in every Mendip parish. The finding and appointment of a parish green home champion meets this aspiration and assists the volunteer energy assessor in his/her work.
Fuel Poverty.
There are around 5000 people living in fuel poverty in Mendip. Many of the fuel poor are to be found in privately owned or privately rented housing. A high proportion of homes in Mendip are hard to treat, being solid walled with no roof spaces. This can mean that high heating costs push people into fuel poverty. 40% of the population lives outside the towns, the vast majority of which is off the gas network.
Community Capacity Building.
The project develops the strength and role of parish community groups and voluntary organisations. The Mendip Environment Community Interest Company is a not for profit organisation, set up to champion action on environmental issues in Mendip District. It sponsors a programme of community capacity building to deliver improvements in energy efficiency at the household level and works in partnership to adapt to, and mitigate against, impacts of climate change. The programme helps to improve the social, economic, physical and environmental health of a community in a sustainable way.
Promoting the Local Economy.
The Energy Conservation Volunteers programme promotes a productive and competitive Somerset economy by linking parishioners to local suppliers of energy saving goods, services and appliances. This helps to minimise waste and expense such that the parish community is more sustainable and enjoys better warmth and health. The green homes champion scheme allows examples of energy saving fittings and appliances to be close to hand with local and impartial opinion as to their effectiveness being readily available.
Local confidence.
The scheme presumes a personal, unpaid, visit to parishioners' homes or parish buildings and by such direct contact raises awareness of the importance of energy conservation and renewal. Experience has shown that the householder response to even a written or telephoned suggestion from a known person or group within the town or village is likely to very different from the reaction to either an official or a sales person.
Parish Council Liaison.
The Parish Council would advise the Mendip Environment Community Interest Company in managing the scheme at the local level. As a consequence of the scheme, the council has access to their own, professionally qualified, energy conservation volunteer to assist in domestic and village premises energy conservation.
Energy Conservation Advice Given.
Volunteers (and local assistants) are trained by Mendip Environment staff to give face to face advice to householders' covering;
· Behavioural changes that will save energy at no cost
· Low cost measures which are simple to install
· Higher cost measures, including building integrated renewable energy
· Grants available to vulnerable and able to pay householders
· Sources of advice to assist benefit take up
Volunteers will be able to advise and refer householders to various grant making organisations. These include Somerset Warm Streets, Warming Mendip and Warm Front. They will also be able to direct householders to renewable energy grants, such as the Low Carbon Buildings Programme, where appropriate. Where householders are in receipt of benefits, volunteers will be able to suggest sources of advice. The programme will also increase householders understanding of how they can save energy through changes in behaviour. The Energy Saving Trust estimates that over 20% energy savings can be made by no cost measures alone.
Co-ordination with other schemes.
Mendip Environment will co-ordinate, manage and network the work of parish volunteers with the Mendip Partnership for Energy Project (which it also administers with the Mendip Strategic Partnership). The Mendip Partnership for Energy is an Invest to Save Budget funded programme that teams energy auditing of public buildings with community awareness raising focussing on energy efficiency.
Process of Recruitment.
With funding in place, Mendip Environment approaches parish clerks and parish chairmen and councils to present our established energy saving "Road Show" exhibition (http://mendip.ourenvironment.org.uk/node/108) at a parish council or (preferably) an annual parish meeting. Mendip Environment then attends some future parish council meetings. Mendip Environment contributes to parish council newsletters, websites, fetes, local press and pamphleteers to secure the recruitment of the parish energy conservation volunteer either within or without the parish council membership.
Process of Training.
The volunteers are criminal bureau checked by Mendip Environment and sponsored through outside day courses leading to a professional qualification. The presumption is that, on average, volunteers will give around one hour a week to the project. Protocols to ensure safe working by volunteers are established and the volunteers are insured through Mendip Environment cover. More informal training will be made available to others in the parish by Mendip Environment to assist the qualified volunteer in his or her work. Mendip Environment "networks" all parish energy conservation volunteers and paves the way for the acquisition of more qualifications and training should the volunteer feel the need.
Local properties.
Volunteers will be encouraged to develop expertise in treating the types of properties that are found locally. In particular older stone built properties are hard to treat and it can be difficult to find advice on appropriate measures. 7% of the housing stock in Mendip is listed and a much higher proportion is of traditional construction, typically with single skin stone walls and tile roofs with attic rooms. The high-energy cost of such buildings can push families who would otherwise cope quite well into fuel poverty. National programmes often miss these properties, as it is more difficult to develop energy efficiency measures that are suitable for them.
Overview.
The Mendip Environment Energy Conservation Volunteers will receive training and gain experience in energy efficiency. They will also be a central part of the development of community action to tackle climate change. All those participating in the project will be part of a growing movement to tackle climate change, which is gathering pace locally. It is important in recruiting both volunteers and householders that this sense of the community moving forward together is maintained. The villages in Mendip are particularly suited to this type of approach, being mixed and inclusive communities. Volunteers will work with their local communities and offer assessments to people who are known to them. Additionally, Mendip Environment, harnessing the energy of some Green Homes Champions, expects to run (grant applications pending to other bodies) an annual autumn, " Mendip Open Green Homes and Gardens" event to provide more inspiration. ME is generating a local reputation as a source of good advice and help on energy efficiency, fuel poverty and tackling climate change.

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As you may know, I'm a little nervous about this whole homeschooling thing. Well, sort of. I mean, I'm a pretty self-confident person once I get going on something, so it's not like I'm going to all of a sudden decide that I don't know what I'm doing—much less hear that from anybody else. But I've never been solely responsible for anyone's education so far, and I'm using some pretty non-mainstream methods, so I'm very interested to see if it'll actually all work. And so I'm very pleased to be able to report another positive result.
All this time I've been saying we're not teaching Harvey to read—because we haven't. Like, not at all. We did lots of fun pre-reading practice with rhyming, and we played around with the alphabet, but there's been practically no direct instruction in phonics or anything. Oh wait, that's not true; I did make sight word flash cards one time, and we went through them five or six times together. And of course, we read a lot of books, and I almost always answer Harvey's question when he asks about words or letter sounds. So I suppose the lack of instruction isn't as stark as I imagine.
Although it is difficult to grow good food in Norway because the summer is so short, Knut plants wheat, rye, and barley on his land.
I gave him the "although" and we'd already talked about how to pronounce "Knut" (and the analogous "Canute" in Old English)—the rest he got perfectly by himself. I was particularly impressed with "rye".
At least I get to teach him math. I can't wait to see what he learns to do next!
Maybe in reaction to living in such a chaotic household, Lijah has taken to shutting all open doors that he sees. It's a reasonable thing; every time he walks into the kitchen he sees two or three cabinets and a couple drawers just hanging open. It's a service he provides, closing them all up! If only he could reach the ones above the cabinets too. Shutting the closet door is fine too.
The bathroom, though, is a little more questionable; as is the bedroom door, which he always slams behind him when he leaves the room. And when I'm cooking bread and boiling water for pasta on a warm summery evening, I'd really prefer he not shut the door to the porch every time he walks by. We don't have that many windows that can open on the first floor—we need all the airflow we can get! I don't expect him to listen when I ask him not to, though. If there's one thing we know at this stage of life, it's that there's no reasoning with our delightful third child. So yay for closed cabinets!
Scenes and moments from the week that was.
We're doing this PMC Kids Ride thing again and we need your support! We had intentions of starting our fund-raising earlier this year than we did last time, but as with so many of our plans these days we never got beyond the thinking stage. But it's not too late—there's still almost a week for you to donate to the cause. Act now and be the *ahem* first one to make a pledge!
We're going to totally rock it, by the way. Harvey has a new bike that fits him; Zion is going to be riding a full half-mile; both Leah and I are volunteering so we'll get shirts too. It'll be awesome, and you totally want to be part of it by donating money. Plus it'll go towards helping to stop cancer or something, which is good too.
Here's that phone number pledge link again. Don't delay; pledge today!
We had a great time at the PMC ride this morning: it was a success all around. It was just the first element of a very busy day, so more pictures will have to wait.. but I wanted to thank all of you who contributed to our fund-raising efforts. Our $1000 goal was ambitious (and totally arbitrary), so I was delighted with the $490 we raised. Thanks for chipping in! We (probably) won't be taking up another charity collection until this time next year.
Photos from the week that was.
That's the sight on our side porch yesterday, and you know what it means: more chickens on the way! According to the schedule, four of the many chicks that'll be born today at the MyPetChicken.com hatchery are destined to arrive at our house tomorrow. This will be our third time raising chicks; the first time is well covered in these pages, the second not as much. It may be that this time we're a little more ready for the excitement—what with not having an infant in the house and all—and we'll be able to make a little more of it than we did two years ago. We'll see!
Right now we have five hens: two barred rocks from the original four, and a Blue Orpington, Partridge Rock, and Gold-laced Wyandotte from the 2014 class. Coming this week—if all goes well—will be an Australorp, a Buff Orpington, a Welsummer, and a Silver-laced Wyandotte. I'm looking forward to meeting them!
Of course, while we're excited we're also totally pros at this by now and, beyond buying the feed pictured above, haven't done anything in the way of preparation. We assume the brooder setup is still down there in the basement ready to use; I know we have lots of shavings in the shed; the heat lamp bulb may or may not work but we can always track down another one if needed.
That last is especially true because chicken-raising has officially gone mainstream here in Bedford: on our most recent trip to the hardware store a couple weeks ago the boys and I noticed that they're now stocking chicken feed (in bags half the size and twice the price as we get at the feed store out in the country, as befits the artisinal suburban hens it's destined for). We didn't see any chick feed, but I'm sure they have heat lamps. And if not we can always hit up the feed store, and while we're there pick up some more scratch for the big hens. The little guys will be cute, but we won't forget our old friends: they're the ones giving us eggs right now!
A few images from the past week.
Harvey turned 7 today. He has a great birthday; the longest day of the year means plenty of time for fun and excitement. He spent the end of the day today playing outside with the neighbors and shooting video on the new tablet device he got as a present yesterday (thanks Grandma Beth!), and we capped the evening sitting in the front yard watching bats as we listened to the 9:00 taps echo over at the Air Force base.
As well as birthday celebrations—which'll continue all week—today also marks the end of the school year in town. That doesn't mean so much to us, but since I failed to ever update anyone on Harvey's progress throughout the year I thought I'd better put together a "year-end" report before it was too late. It's nice to have deadlines. I did it all online, so you can take a look if you're interested in what our homeschooling looked like this year, when packaged for public-school educators.
Tomorrow we're getting up early for strawberry picking, if all goes well... why can't we have long nights and long days in the summer?!
Some photos from the past week.
I made the first couple batches of this year's jam yesterday evening: strawberry and strawberry rhubarb. Leah hulled and mashed all the strawberries just after we picked them and the weather had turned delightfully cooler in the afternoon, so it was about the most pleasant jam-making possible. But I didn't even make it through half of the strawberries we picked, so it'll be back to work again later today!


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J. Parente grounded out to ss, RBI; T. Delgadill scored, unearned.
J. Zanze singled to third base.
J. Mellano singled to left field.
A. Cendejas singled to left field; J. Mellano advanced to second.
B. Vasquez singled through the left side; A. Cendejas advanced to second; J. Mellano advanced to third, out at home lf to c.
B. Vasquez advanced to second on the throw; A. Cendejas advanced to third.
B. Leef flied out to cf, SAC, RBI; N. Flores out at second cf to 2b to 1b; E. Leef scored.
T. Delgadill singled to shortstop; D. Tuerffs advanced to second.
R. Aguirre singled through the right side; T. Delgadill advanced to second; D. Tuerffs advanced to third.
J. Parente flied out to cf, SAC, RBI; T. Delgadill out at third cf to 3b; D. Tuerffs scored.
J. Mellano doubled down the lf line.
A. Cendejas singled, RBI; J. Mellano scored.
B. Vasquez singled; A. Cendejas advanced to third on the throw.
J. Hayes reached first on a fielding error by 2b; C. Kerr advanced to second.
T. Yost reached on a fielder's choice; J. Hayes advanced to second; C. Kerr out at third p to 3b.
D. Tuerffs singled to third base; T. Yost advanced to second; J. Hayes advanced to third.
R. Aguirre singled to left field.
T. Yost singled to second base.
B. Robinson walked; T. Yost advanced to second.
B. Leef doubled to left field, RBI; B. Cromwell B. Cromwell.
C. Kerr singled up the middle.
J. Hayes reached on a fielder's choice; C. Kerr advanced to second on a fielding error by 2b.
T. Carter pinch ran for J. Hayes.
P. Showalter to p for G. Sanchez.
J. Anderson pinch hit for B. Robinson.
R. Jaime to c for J. Anderson.
D. Reilly reached first on an error by 3b.
N. Ward to p for P. Showalter.
J. Mazzara to 2b for B. Cromwell.
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Escaping the city - Quiet place near Cape Town / Garden Route?
I have arrived in Cape Town. Oh my God, I forgot how noisy it is! Or maybe I just forgot how noise-sensitive I am!
Can someone recommend a quiet place near Cape Town or on the Garden Route with affordable accommodation and good wifi? Preferably near the coast. Paradise would be to have accommodation with a garden and/or good view. Must have: No or little street noise, and absolutely no noise from air-con near the room or common areas, a shop near by + kitchen.
Thanks a lot in advance for you recommendations - you are saving me!


This past summer the North Carolina General Assembly emphatically snubbed the state's public school system when it refused to send a statewide infrastructure bond to the ballot in November to let voters decide on a 1.9 billion dollar package to help rebuild crumbling public schools around the state.
It is also issuing a ballot choice on an amendment to impose an income tax cap that may hurt public school funding in times of recession and economic downturn.
Two vitally important issues concerning the health of public schools. So where was State Superintendent Mark Johnson ? Did he say anything? Did he push back for the sake of the very schools that he is supposed to lead?
When nearly a fifth of the state's teaching force showed up in Raleigh on May 16th, where was Mark Johnson?
But he will show up for "campaign" events like the one this past summer for Grow Great NC conversing with ALEC aligned politicians like Jeb Bush who might be one of the biggest privatizers in the nation.
In that same time frame, over 40 positions were cut from DPI because of a budget cut. Did Johnson fight against that?
So why is Mark Johnson being so "private?" That's because we have an elected official who refuses to be part of the public.
Imagine you are an official of the state elected by the public. Your job is to lead the state's public school system. You are the head of the Department of Public Instruction. You are the lead public school instructor. You control public information. You oversee taxpayer money that comes from the public.
Should you not be publicly available? Because that's a lot of public involved – six "publics" in the first paragraph alone.
The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) is charged with implementing the state's public school laws and the State Board of Education's policies and procedures governing pre-kindergarten through 12th grade public education. The elected State Superintendent of Public Instruction leads the Department and functions under the policy direction of the State Board of Education.
The agency provides leadership and service to the 115 local public school districts and 2,500+ traditional public schools, 150+ charter schools, and the three residential schools for students with hearing and visual impairments. The areas of support include curriculum and instruction, accountability, finance, teacher and administrator preparation and licensing, professional development and school business support and operations.
The NCDPI develops the Standard Course of Study, which describes the subjects and course content that is taught in North Carolina public schools, and the assessments and accountability model used to evaluate student, school and district success. In 2016-2017 Department staff are developing North Carolina's Every Student Succeeds Act plan. This work is being informed by public comments collected in 12 regional meetings and through feedback collected from educators and others. The states ESSA plan will be submitted to the US Department of Education in September 2017.
The NCDPI administers annual state and federal public school funds totaling approximately $9.2 billion and licenses the approximately 117,000 teachers and administrators who serve public schools. The NCDPI's primary offices are in Raleigh, with four regional alternative licensing centers in Concord, Fayetteville, Elm City and Catawba. Approximately 30,000 new teacher and administrator licenses are issued annually from these centers. The NCDPI's work extends to the NC Center for the Advancement of Teaching with locations in Cullowhee and Ocracoke, and the NC Virtual Public School – the second largest virtual public school in the nation. The state agency also works closely with nine Regional Education Service Alliances/ Consortia and six regional accountability offices.
There's a lot of duties in that job description. But is it not ironic that many of those duties seemed to have been ignored? Look at the above job description again (first three paragraphs) with what is known to have happened and what is still happening.
There is no other office in the state of North Carolina that has the word "public" associated with it more. The job description alone has the word "public" in it TWELVE times. And the web address has the word "public" in it – http://www.ncPUBLICschools.org.
That's unacceptable. As the head of DPI and as the overseer of the "assessments and accountability model used to evaluate student, school and district success," Johnson would be familiar with the distinct standards that teachers and educators like himself would have to show at least proficiency in.
One of them is communication with stakeholders – students, parents, administration, others.
It occurs over 20 times.
Add the word "communication" to the search.
You get over 40 hits.
Communication means being "public" with those who are stakeholders. For Johnson that's everybody in the state of North Carolina, but if he were being measured by the rubric that he actually is responsible for and should model as the instructional leader of the PUBLIC school system, then he may not be proficient.
When a teacher is evaluated, there are certain pieces of evidence that can be introduced to verify and validate rubric scores.
Imagine how Johnson should be scored. Consider the following pieces of evidence.
Mark Johnson, the state superintendent of public instruction, may be violating state law by failing to respond to a public records request, according to an articleby N.C. Policy Watch's Billy Ball, a former INDY staff writer (https://www.indyweek.com/news/archives/2017/06/06/nc-policy-watch-state-superintendent-of-public-instruction-may-be-violating-the-law-by-ignoring-records-requests).
WRAL News requested an interview with state Superintendent of Public Instruction Mark Johnson to discuss the Senate's budget. Instead, he emailed a statement, saying he looks forward to "continuing our work with the NC House and Senate as they transform education in North Carolina" (http://www.wral.com/senate-proposes-cutting-8-state-education-staffers-including-42-year-employee/16707728/).
Johnson has declined multiple interviews with Policy Watch since January, although he has spoken to a handful of other media organizations in the first six months of his term. He also did not respond to Policy Watch communications regarding this report (http://www.ncpolicywatch.com/2017/06/06/state-superintendent-may-violating-law-ignoring-public-records-request/).
The tour will begin at a Winston-Salem high school, although press will reportedly not be allowed to join. Prior to his election as state superintendent, Johnson was a corporate attorney in Winston-Salem and a local school board member (http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2017/02/02/state-superintendent-mark-johnson-begin-listening-tour-winston-salem/#sthash.YoYxJcaT.dpbs).
In an interview with WRAL News last week, Johnson declined to say what other positions he would like to hire if the bill passes (http://www.wral.com/nc-superintendent-hopes-to-hire-chief-innovation-officer-other-positions-with-help-from-lawmakers/16684497/).
Johnson isn't sharing what those ideas are just yet (http://www.wral.com/ousted-nc-superintendent-on-successor-how-do-i-help-an-infant-in-public-education-/16236296/).
Johnson did not agree to an interview this week, but the superintendent—a Republican who defeated Atkinson in November's election—said in a statement Tuesday other exceptions have been allowed in the days since. Johnson did not provide specifics, but those exceptions apparently include updates from the department's finance office, which has continued to post reports (http://www.ncpolicywatch.com/2017/07/12/state-school-superintendent-muzzles-communication-dpi/).
That's not being very public.


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If you live in Vancouver please consider attending Barking Babies Fashion. Admission is $10 and proceeds will go to SAINTS.
7 Comments on "Upcoming Fashion Show… for SAINTS… September 28th"
Hmm not sure the link worked.. but it is adopt a less adoptable animal week.. seniors are #1 on the list. So if your lifestyle can accomodate a senior..check them out & share your love.
Hi, Curt, actually the patrons of Barking Babies are very familiar with Saints Rescue. They promote Saints every opportunity, plus Nicole has attended functions at Barking Babies, as have Brent and I.
I will be stopping by on the Friday night as well as they have some cool stuff in their windows I want to purchase for Halloween. The staff confirmed on the weekend that you can purchase.
I agree with Curt. I specialize in marketing/communications and many of my clients forget that people outside their organization may not know anything about them. It's very common, even among large corporations. Even if you just include a sentence about SAINTS ("SAINTS is a sanctuary in Mission, B.C. for senior and special needs animals that have no where else to go.") and the website address.
Thanks for the suggestion Janice but this is a 3rd party fundraiser and therefore the poster was created by Barking Babies. I don't believe it is our place to criticize how they choose to advertise their event since SAINTS benefits from it without having to do any work.
We are just very appreciative of the help.


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You have two minutes to read the enclosed article, and you will subsequently be asked a range of questions by the interviewer. You may wish to make notes, however please note you will not be allowed to refer to your notes or the article during the discussion.
''Offering routine HIV tests to people when they register with new GP surgeries in high-risk areas is cost-effective and could save lives, a study has shown. The researchers are calling for HIV screening to be introduced in all 74 local authorities in England with high rates of infection with the virus.
High HIV prevalence is defined as having more than two diagnosed infections per 1,000 adults in a given area.
An estimated 13,500 people in the UK do not know they carry the virus that causes Aids, meaning they miss out on treatment and pose an infection risk to others. Dr Werner Leber, from Queen Mary University of London, led the study, which involved more than 86,000 people from 40 GP surgeries. He said: "We've shown that HIV screening in UK primary care is cost-effective and potentially cost-saving, which is contrary to widespread belief.
"This is an important finding given today's austerity. Financial pressures, particularly within local authorities' public health budgets, mean that the costs of HIV testing are under intense scrutiny, and in some areas, investment in testing has fallen."
The scientists conducted a trial which tested the effectiveness of rapid finger-prick HIV testing as part of the standard health check carried out during GP registration. They found it led to a fourfold increase in the HIV diagnosis rate.
A mathematical model showed primary care HIV screening in high-prevalence areas became cost-effective after 33 years. But factoring in the higher costs of care for people diagnosed late showed that screening could become cost-effective far sooner. The annual cost of rolling out HIV screening to all 74 high-prevalence authorities was estimated at £4m.''
(Adapted from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/jul/30/hiv-tests-for-gps-new-patients-could-save-lives-and-money-says-study)
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FDA Investigates Mail-Order Abortion Scheme Shipping Abortion Drugs to Women
Micaiah Bilger Oct 22, 2018 | 12:34PM Washington, DC
The Food and Drug Administration is investigating a new website that advertises dangerous, mail-order abortion drugs to women in the United States, according to a new report.
LifeNews reported about the pro-abortion website Aid Access at the end of last week. It was set up by the same abortion activists who run Women on Web, a Netherlands-based abortion group that ships abortion drugs to women across the world – often illegally.
On Sunday, the FDA told The Daily Beast that it is investigating the website because mifepristone, also known as mifeprex, one of two abortion drugs typically used to abort unborn babies, may not be sold over the internet in the U.S.
"Mifeprex is only available to be dispensed in certain health care settings, specifically, clinics, medical offices and hospitals, by or under the supervision of a certified prescriber," the FDA said. "Mifepristone, including Mifeprex, for termination of pregnancy is not legally available over the Internet."
These regulations are "necessary to ensure the safe use of mifepristone for termination of pregnancy," it continued.
Abortion drugs can be deadly to mothers as well as their unborn babies, especially if the mother does not have an ultrasound first. The new website only provides online consultations before mailing the drugs; it does not provide ultrasounds or any medical treatments for complications.
Last week, The Atlantic broke the news about the website, which has been quietly selling abortion drugs to American women for the past six months.
"Handing out deadly drugs through the mail is a disaster waiting to happen. We know that women have died using chemical abortion drugs, and that how far along a woman's pregnancy is or where it is can be a life or death issue," said Kristan Hawkins, president of Students for Life of America, in reaction to the news.
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Rebecca Gomperts, who founded Women on Web and the new Aid Access, said she fills the prescriptions for American women herself. She said she sends the prescriptions to a pharmacy in India, which then ships the drugs to women in the U.S. The drugs are sold for $95 to women up to 10 weeks of pregnancy.
Gomperts said she is afraid pro-life groups will try to shut down her organization, a fear that prevented her from selling abortion drugs in America before now.
According to the Atlantic:
She launched Aid Access as a separate service in order to mitigate the risk to Women on Web, and she claims that every step of the Aid Access process is legal. (According to Gomperts, the FDA allows people to import medicines for their personal use.) Gomperts launched the service six months ago, but has kept it quiet until now. She estimates she has already sent pills to 600 women.
Her website emphasizes that the abortion drugs are very safe, but it also tells women it is "absolutely necessary" to live within an hour of a hospital "in case you lose too much blood" – an indication that the drugs are not as safe as Gomperts claims.
The website also points to studies showing that one in 10 women who take the abortion drugs will have an incomplete abortion – which can lead to infection or other life-threatening complications.
Just as alarming, the website repeatedly encourages women to lie if they do start experiencing complications. "Say you think you have had a miscarriage," it tells women, claiming doctors may not be able to tell the difference.
"If you think you might have a complication you should go to a doctor immediately," the website states. "You do not have to tell the medical staff that you tried to induce an abortion; you can tell them that you had a spontaneous miscarriage. Doctors have the obligation to help in all cases and know how to handle a miscarriage."
This advice potentially puts women at even greater risk by encouraging them to hide critical information from doctors who are trying to save their lives.
The abortion drugs are responsible for the deaths of dozens of women worldwide, including several in the United States, and have injured at least 1,100 women in the United States, according to 2006 figures from the Food and Drug Administration. A Planned Parenthood study even admitted at least one woman is seriously injured from the abortion pill daily.
To abort an unborn baby, women first take mifepristone, which works by blocking the hormone progesterone, causing the uterine wall to break down and basically suffocating the unborn baby. A second drug, misoprostol, then induces contractions to expel the unborn child's body.
Pro-life advocates also have expressed strong concerns that the mail-order business could be misused by abusive men who want to force women to abort their unborn babies.


After recently bringing us the Miracle of the Polo Grounds, Dave Steidel reports on a similar game with last-minute fireworks, this time that ended in the Titans' favor!
Last week I posted about the long, but ultimately fruitful chase for a pair of football cards autographed by former Denver Broncos running back, Donnie Stone. This week I had a similarly-difficult through-the-mail (TTM) success with former New York Titans defensive back, Roger Donnahoo. Roger Donnahoo played his collegiate football at Michigan State University. He was drafted by the New York Titans in 1960, and played in all 14 games. He pulled down five interceptions, which he returned for 89 yards. He also scored a touchdown on a fumble recovery. Despite his success, Donnahoo did not play beyond the 1960 season. He was injured in a training camp scrimmage in 1961, fracturing his shoulder and sternum while trying to tackle 240-pound fullback, Jim Joyce. Donnahoo never fully recovered, and was soon released. Topps, however, recognized Roger Donnahoo by making his card #156 in their 1961 football issue. Now more than 50 years after his playing career ended, Roger Donnahoo is living in Georgia. He can be described as a spotty TTM signer at best. Many collectors have sent Donnahoo a copy of his '61 Topps card, never to have it returned. Among my other TTM collections, I am working on the AFL portion of the 1961 Topps set, and in April, 2008, I sent Donnahoo a card to sign for me. Two years went by without getting a response. Then, after reading a fellow collector mention a TTM success with Donnahoo on SCN (www.sportscollectors.net), I purchased another card and sent it off. I figured that my first card must have been misplaced or accidentally sent to another collector. But just like my first attempt, my second attempt was a failure. Frustrated by the situation, I eventually found a signed copy of the Donnahoo card on ebay, and purchased it for around $17. Not a bad price, I thought, for someone who was so difficult to obtain TTM. So I happily marked the card off my Want List, and moved on to something else. This afternoon I went out to the mail box not expecting to find much. I haven't sent out any requests in months, and most of what I expected to receive has already come through. But surprisingly I found two of my Self-addressed, stamped envelopes. I opened them up and found autographed 1961 Topps Roger Donnahoo cards wrapped neatly inside my request letters; the first from April 21, 2008, and the second from March 4, 2010. The TTM collecting experience is truthfully quite unpredictable. You never really know what you are going to get; so few athletes are guaranteed signers. After three years of attempts and a frustration-based ebay purchase, I now have three signed '61 Topps Roger Donnahoo cards. Anyone want to trade?


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Girl by Jamaica Kincaid Essay
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The short story of "Girl" by Jamaica Kincaid is about a mother and her relationship with her daughter. It is a harsh one-sided conversation between the narrator and her mother, with the mother doing all the talking. The story gives a rich description of what her mother expects from her in all aspects of her life, from chores, to how she plays, to what she sings in church.
From each line, you see the viewpoint of how her mother sees the world, what is proper in her eyes, and her expectations for her daughter.
Throughout the story, the symbolism gives deeper meaner to every verse and shows deeper insight into their relationship.
One of the first symbols is in the first line is the color white. The use of the color white is foreshadowing the tone for the whole short story. White represents pure, virgin, and clean. The mother is reprimanding her child for the way she walks "on Sundays try to walk like a lady and not like the slut you so bent on becoming" (380).
The narrator's mother already has concerns about her daughter becoming sexually promiscuous and tarnishing her reputation. The mother's tone is harsh throughout the whole short story. She is demanding her daughter does these things as she dictates. This is not a sweet moment between a mother and her daughter. The conversation is laced with insults and fears. The mother also warns her daughter about eating on the street "don't eat fruit on the street-flies will follow you" (380). Flies are seen as bottom feeders, dirty and irritating and when flies are surrounding an animal it is seen as filthy. She is telling her daughter that she will be seen as dirty if her fruits are out for everyone to see.
This has to do with being covered and not letting everyone stare at you. This supports her idea that her daughter will become promiscuous and not respectable. Another symbol example is the importance of clothing. The mother cautions "when buying cotton to make yourself a nice blouse, be sure that it doesn't have gum on it, because that way it won't hold up after a wash" (380).
The mother's emphasis on clothing highlights her view of how you dress is a reflection of you as a person. It gives insight into your character and personality that you take pride in how you look. Clothing is used to cover your body, when you are covered you are seen as respectable in her community. In the conversation "this is how to hem a dress when you see the hem coming and so to prevent yourself from looking like the slut I know you are so bent on becoming" (380)
This is the second time that her mother accuses her of turning in a slut. The hemming of the dress is no longer a lesson in how to sew, but the act itself has tuned into being seen as respectable and that reinforces her mother's view. In addition, "Benna" is also a symbol in the text. The word benna is one of the cultural symbols she uses.
It gives insight into where the story is taking place. It also gives the reader the first response to her mother who has been talking the whole time. "I don't sing benna on Sundays at all and never in Sunday School" (Kincaid 380). Why did the narrator feel compelled to finally speak up for herself at this moment? What did her mother mean by accusing her of this that the narrator feels she had to defend herself?
From this short sentence, the reader can assume that something has changed culturally. If the daughter is implying that singing Calypso music is frowned upon and considered taboo that means singing it in Sunday school would be a grave disrespect. The other aspect of the sentence is the use of Sunday school, the introduction of Christianity has added to the mother's fears of her daughter being respectable.
The mother is also going through changes culturally and that has influenced her concerns for her daughter. Another example of cultural symbolism is "this how you set a table for tea" (381). This line in the story shows a reference to Britain through tea. The reader can accept that what has been going on culturally is in reference to Britain. There are foreigners in her country who could be judging the country as they interact with the natives.
Her constant fear of her daughter becoming a slut is stemming from what the mother now views as proper behavior. They are many symbols that come from food. The use of food in this short story has a small number of layers. There is a superficial layer that acts as a cultural symbol in her use of her native dishes in the text. It also adds depth to the short story and shows the reader where the narrator and her mother are living "this is how to make bread pudding, this is how to make doukona, this is how to make pepper pot" (381).
The reader has only seen the mother in the fierce, menacing tone. Upon further analysis of the symbolism, it shows that her mother doesn't want her to forget her cultural heritage among all the changes going on currently in her life with Sunday school and the British being in her country. She wants her daughter to learn how to cook these native dishes as a way of passing down her legacy. Another layer is the mother finds cooking to being part of being a respectable woman.
Cooking is something the mother puts value on. She believes that a woman who can cook is valuable to their society. Over the course of the text, she comes back to instructing on how to cook. The reader is also able to see it in the beginning, middle, and end of the short story. It is not just being able to make these dishes, but the whole act itself "cook pumpkin fritters in very hot sweet oil" (380).
The mother believes that cooking strengths the bond her daughter will have with her family and with the community. The last symbol in food is when the mother tells her how to she is to squeeze the bread "always squeeze bread to make sure it's fresh; but what if the baker won't let me feel the bread?; you mean to say that after all, you are really going to be the kind of woman who the baker won't let near the bread" (381) This goes back to the overall theme of the entire story.
Her mother wants her to be the kind of lady that the baker lets squeeze the bread. The word squeeze is suggestive in a way that the mother doesn't want her daughter to allow anyone to "squeeze" her. It also reinforces that her daughter should not become a slut or she will not be a functioning member of society. Sluts and wharf-rat boys are not part of their society; her mother warns "you mustn't speak to wharf-rat boys" (380).
They are outcast, if she becomes a slut the baker will not allow her to touch the bread and she will be an outcast like the wharf-rat boys. The final symbol is housework; the importance of it is seen throughout the short story. The narrator's mother makes many references toward housework, "Wash the white clothes on Monday and put them on the stone heap; wash the color clothes on Tuesday and put them on the clothesline to dry" (380). She sees housework as a way of keeping busy so her daughter doesn't become promiscuous. It also establishes her role as a woman taking care of her house. In their culture, this seen a respectable and earns them respect from their community.
This short story looks like a simple stern lecture from a mother to daughter. When you look at each sentence in-depth, you see mother has fears that are based not in anger but in reality due to all the changes going on in their culture. These fears are expressed sometimes harshly by calling daughter a slut, and her tone throughout the story. In the end, it is just a mother being concerned with her daughter and wanting the best life possible.
The symbolism gives more insight than what the reader can readjust on the surface. It shows a whole different character for the mother and sheds light as to why the mother has these expectations and fears. What people fear shapes them and their relationships.
Example #2 – Jamaica Kincaid: the Picasso of Literature
"Far out, to the horizon, the color of the water is navy-blue; nearer, the water is the color of the North American sky . . . the water is pale, silvery, clear, so clear . . ." Kincaid, A Small Place
This tropical heaven of the Caribbean island Antigua serves as a physical and symbolic backdrop for the "paradise turned hell." Annie John by Jamaica Kincaid. is not a book that will appeal to younger readers. They will not be able to sort through the layers and see through the simplicity of the text. An advanced reader will appreciate this rich and deep novel, accented by the element of subtlety imposed by Kincaid.
The novel unfolds as Annie comes to the realization that she and her mother are growing apart. The crumbling relationship unfolds in eight distinctive episodes, leading to Annie's departure from Antigua. In its distinct setting and accurate portrayal of the tribulations of adolescence, Annie John is a novel all women will enjoy.
Kincaid grew up on the Island of Antigua and left as Annie did when she was sixteen. A novel claimed by critics to be autobiographical is partially denied by Kincaid: " The feelings in it are autobiographical" says Kincaid in an interview with Cudjoe. The novel comes across an honest portrayal of a girl breaking free from her mother and the culture she doesn't fit into. The sincere empathy Kincaid has for Annie is apparent throughout the book.
Overlapping elements, such as details used to explain a bigger meaning, are a prominent and effective device used by Kincaid. The entire book is set up in mini-episodes, and a single experience may be thoroughly described for several pages. For example, every physical aspect is used to explain the rebellious and intense nature of a character coined "The Red Girl." Kincaid describes her hair, her "big red moon" face, her shabby clothes, and bad hygiene. These meticulous points are what display the girl's nature and her appeal to Annie.
Many literary elements in the book achieve the same effect. When Annie is very sick, the tone is used as a symbol for how gray and sick she feels. The marbles Annie hides to defy her mother are an important symbol, and the description of the marbles contains effective imagery that adds to the symbolism. This melting of elements is part of the depth Kincaid achieves.
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The simplicity of the scenes in Annie John completes the depth. Kincaid does not hide the meaning, she leaves it unsaid. This allows the reader to feel personally involved while contemplating the significance. Annie John will take you back to your adolescent years, and if you're experiencing it right now, it will make you examine your coming-of-age more closely.
This book is recommended for all mothers and daughters. If anything else, it will help both appreciate their relationship. The connection between Annie and her mom takes on two opposite spectrums. Though most mothers and daughters won't identify with either the absolute adoration or the blind hatred between the two, it is novel mothers and daughters can relate to. It will also reveal aspects that both mother and daughter did not recognize in their own relationships. For this reason, this book is more appropriate for women for men. Men will have a hard time identifying with Annie because the two genders have different and contrasting feelings and experience's during their adolescence.
The picture of Antigua adds character to Kincaid's novel. Her descriptions and back flashes to experiences on the island create color in the book. The honesty and bluntness Kincaid uses to explain the beautiful and strange aspects of the culture carry over into the character of Annie ( again the layering of concepts). Kincaid is straightforward when presenting Annie. Whether speaking of her obsession with death, the betrayal of Annie to her best friend Gwen, or her hatred towards her mother, Kincaid is always blunt and honest in her portrayal. She captivates her audience by her accurate and candid portrait of adolescence.
In summary, Kincaid's novel is a masterpiece. It has the depth, texture, and color of a Picasso, and is then melded into art through the simplicity of the text, and the depth behind it. Readers will be personally drawn into the novel because of the authentic depiction of adolescence. This novel will speak loudly to anyone who has felt unaccepted in some aspect of their life.
In the short story "Girl" by Jamaica Kincaid, the author gives a perspective of the relationship between a strict mother and her young daughter. Jamaica Kincaid wrote a series of sentences that set the tone of the story to be uptight, oppressive, and informative. The author described her daughter into becoming a 'slut' which tells the readers that the mother is worried and is disapproving of her daughter's actions. Others might think that the story is only about the daughter repeating what her mother tells her to do but it really it's the perspective of the mother trying to prevent her daughter from becoming a 'slut' and changing her to become a lady.
Although others may think otherwise that the character who plays girl, is in fact making a mockery of her mother's commands. In theory, people may say that the mother repeated herself so often about her daughter's behavior and teaching her how to do her responsibilities correctly that the daughter has memorized her mother's lectures and began to repeat them to herself to show rebellion against these tasks.
With the attention to the dialogue, shows the mother lecturing her daughter.
In the beginning, the author wrote "but I don't sing benna on Sundays" (line 7) in an italicized format giving the idea that someone, in this case, the daughter, is responding to her mother's lecturing trying to defend herself. This goes to show that the poem is in fact a conversation held by a mother and a young girl with disapproving behaviors causing her mother to scold those unacceptable behaviors.
Throughout the poem lists a few teachings into having good behavior and proper manners. There are specific ways the mother instructed her daughter to do her chores. For example, "this is how you smile to someone you don't like" (line)," this is how to set a table for dinner", and "this is how to bully a man".
The lists go on and I can relate to these rules. My mother taught me the importance of discipline throughout my whole life teaching me right from wrong and telling me to do chores and teaching me how to do things on my own since I was now becoming a young adult.
Mothers have many different parenting ways to teach their own daughter how to become a lady and most will teach their daughters by the mistakes they've made in the past or by the experience of their mothers giving the same lecture to them when they were coming up into the teenage years.
Jamaica Kincaid based this short story on her life growing up as a child. Kincaid and her mother were very close until her three brothers were born. After that Kincaid and her mother grew apart and her mother became more intense and more demanding towards her daughter to become a lady. In conclusion, the poem "Girl" by Jamaica Kincaid is the self-reflection of Kincaid's early life. She described her life as being very controlled by her mother and being judged for becoming a 'slut'.
Elaine Polter Richardson was a young girl who lived with her parents in a Caribbean Island. She was living in a poverty household but that did not change the relationship she had with her mother. Elaine and her mother were very close to the age of nine. After, Elaine had brothers her relationship with her mother changed and made a huge impact in her life specifically because she was a young lady who could take care of herself in the eyes of her mother. Later then Eliane felt as if her mother did not pay enough attention to her anymore. In addition, her father was never in the picture which could help signify why Elaine felt a drastic change in her life.
Elaine was sent to work with a wealthy family so she could send the money she worked hard for to her family who was living in poverty, but after working for so long she decided to leave, and go to school for literature. After she became recognized by the New York Times she changed her name to Jamaica Kincaid because she wanted to remain anonymous. Therefore, in the story named "Girl", it helps illustrate a relationship between a mother and a daughter giving her advice on how to become a successful woman by stating the importance of respect, value, society, and how a lady should carry herself in different situations.
In 2013 Jamaica was interviewed by The New York Times and states that she is a person who enjoys staying in bed reading books in pajamas while she is left alone. This depicts that she spends most of her free time reading books while she knows that she has everyday chores like laundry, sweeping, cooking, and growing special plants to grow medicine. For example, in the story "Girl" by Jamaica Kincaid it states, "wash the white clothes on Monday and put them on the stone heap; wash the colored clothes on Tuesday and put them on the clothesline".
This helps the reader understand that Jamaica's mother told her what her daily routine should be in order to become a woman with domesticity. She needed to have chores finished, food cooked, and laundry folded with no crease lines in order to become a successful woman. However, one can say that her mother was trying to give her daughter advice on how to become ladylike in order to be ready for the real world by suggesting what she should do.
On the other hand, Jamaica states that she was surprised on how she left her job and went to school instead of listening to her mother when she told her the importance of being a stay at home mom. Equality made a huge impact in Jamaica's life because not only is she a woman but she had a close relationship with her mother until she had brothers which could result in the importance of neglect of her mother. For example, she was told to act, walk, and eat like a lady in public and home.
However, men are never told how to act in public surroundings, yet they disrespect and look down upon women. For instance, it is stated, "always eat your food in such a way that it won't someone else's stomach; on Sundays try to walk like a lady and not like the slut you are so bent on becoming". This explains that her mother wanted to see her daughter representing herself not as a figure but as a woman with respect.
In society, no one enjoys hearing the loud crunch of loaded cheesy nachos from a woman with her mouth open. However, men do not pay attention to etiquette manners when they are eating, yet they are not told anything due to their gender. This can help the reader understand that Jamaica's mother Annie Richardson wanted her daughter to be seen with respect by the way she represents herself in society.
Although, Jamaica was told to do chores such as laundry, food, and be a woman with the respect she was never encouraged to go to school like her brothers were. Jamaica most likely was not encouraged to go to school like her brothers because her mother Annie was helping her become a woman who stays at home while her husband goes to work. Jamaica Kincaid stated, "my brothers were going to be Prime Minister, one a doctor, one a Minister things like that. I never heard anybody say that I was going to be anything".
Kincaid's mother Annie wanted her daughter to be a smart woman, so that she could provide for her family by cooking, cleaning, and making medicine for them. Jamaica could act like a man or maybe even have multiple husbands however, it was important for her mother that she was not a "slut". For instance, it states "this is how to hem a dress when you see the hem coming down and so prevent yourself from looking like a slut".
This signifies that Kincaid was a woman that is smart enough and should not expose skin because she has value by the knowledge that she has due to her mother giving her advice. Usually, women who expose their bodies are not respected and valued due to having a lack of respect for themselves. In addition, society has an important role in Jamaica Kincaid's story because her mother is giving her advice on how to act around different people.
For example, "this is how you smile to someone you don't like too much; this is how you smile to someone you don't like at all; this is how you smile to someone you like completely". Women are supposed to be well mannered and generous with everyone to be seen as a woman with dignity. This is why her mother helps her daughter act as a woman should at all times because society has an impact on people's attitudes and who they truly are.
Overall, Jamaica Kincaid had a close relationship with her mother which could signify why she wrote this story. Later, she felt like her mother stopped showing her attention and backed away from her family. This could be mainly to focus on herself and to go to school. However, her parents were raised in a different lifestyle which could help determine why they did not encourage Kincaid in furthering her school.
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The narrative "Girl" is a piece written by Jamaica Kincaid concerning a mother's attempt to teach her daughter about a woman's role in society. The author's intentions are evident through her feminist activities, familial relationship as well as the structure of the narrative. This short story is a feminist critique of the contradictions and tensions inherent in womanhood development; it sets out to show how women perpetuate gender inequality.
The author –Jamaica Kincaid – is an immigrant from the West Indies who entered the United States in her teens. She had a poor relationship with her mother and despised the societal structures that caused this rift. As an only child, Kincaid enjoyed the love and attention of her mother, but this changed dramatically when three brothers came into the picture.
The mother redirected all her affections to the boys and ignored her daughter merely because she was female. It is likely that this experience affected how the author perceived gender subjugation. While the Caribbean islands were immensely patriarchal, it was the woman who was used as a tool to perpetuate oppression against her own kind (Bailey 111).
Kincaid's choice of structure is a hint on this theme of female disempowerment by women. First, the narrative is lengthy and fluid; it appears like a monologue although the daughter responds once in a while. Kincaid wrote her piece in such a manner in order to demonstrate that it was a lecture.
Instructions are often one-sided, long, and do not consider the viewpoint of the recipient. At one point, she states that "always eat your food in such a way that it won't turn someone else's stomach;" (Kincaid 350). In this case, the mother rants continuously without pausing or asking for her daughter's feedback.
When the girl tries to ask a question about something, the latter immediately victimizes the girls and makes it look like she is at fault. For instance, she tells the girl how to test bread in order to ascertain that it is fine. The girl asks what to do if the seller won't let her touch it. Her mother asks her why she would have a character that is not worthy of the seller's trust: "you mean to say that after all, you are really going to be the kind of woman the baker won't let near the bread?" (Kincaid 351).
The author wanted to show how gender was constructed in this setting. Women were instruments of gender inequality because they did not even give a voice to one another. Patriarchal societies often prevent women from talking back to men or having an opinion. Sadly, this starts with women's interaction with each other as seen through the condescension and ridicule of the mother in the story.
It is particularly interesting that the narrative contains no real male character. The mother only refers to men in general and her husband in particular. It is likely that Jamaican Kincaid wanted to emphasize women's role in gender inequalities within her society.
One can deduce Kincaid's inclinations from her background as an activist. Jamaica has started a group that supports President Obama because he believes in women's reproductive right to choose. Such leanings form a basis for her rejection of gender instructions and stereotypes about women in the narrative.
Women in the narrative could not enjoy the freedoms that men did. Someone had to transmit these expectations to younger generations; Caribbean societies chose women as their tools. They taught young girls about subservience, passivity, and domesticity. This theme is evident from the author's work as a feminist activist and her relationship with her mother.
The short story "Girl" by Jamaica Kincaid is a story of the belief that happiness steams from a life of domesticity. The central topics of gender roles in a family structure, and the expression of female sexuality and will be examined. A look into the mother's beliefs on the necessity of serving your husband and remaining sexually conservative will be the focus. Secondly, the importance of food and clothes in the story will be looked at, providing evidence to the central claim of being content with this lifestyle.
Lastly, the relationship between the mother and daughter will be discussed, reflecting on if the views of the mother will ultimately make the decisions for the daughter, as to the path she will follow in her own life. The portrayal of gender roles in this story shows the husband as the breadwinner and the wife staying home to tend to the house and children. This could be considered traditional, however, we would consider it outdated in western society today. This story has the mother, teaching her daughter her place in Antiguan society, most likely in the fifties, and in a marriage.
This is demonstrated through the teaching of everyday tasks she will need to know to run a household smoothly. It is also clear that the mother's life reflects these ideals that a husband should be the one working and the wife is to be happy and content by taking pride in her home. The mother also has very strong views on behavior and throughout the story gives many warnings on this such as "on Sundays try and walk like a lady and not like the slut you are so bent on becoming". This is a very clear statement giving us an idea of the mother's values with female sexuality as well as a reflection on the values at that time.
She wants her daughter to find a husband and she believes kept pure, and with the knowledge of how to run a successful household, she will be a prize for any man. Abstinence sounds great in theory, but this is not always the case for young women. In this time, expectations are to be wed and then have sex. As much as the mother would like to keep her daughter from having sex, from warning her, and teaching her things like letting then hem of her dress down to be longer, she does realize this may not happen.
It is interesting how she feels it necessary to teach her how to get rid of a baby. This reference to abortion at this time shows how crucial the need to keep up appearances at any cost can be, even if it is illegal or against moral and religious beliefs. Food and clothes play an important role in many of the mother's teachings. The mother shows the daughter how to cook pumpkin fritters, bread pudding, pepper pot, and doukona. Some of these dishes are traditional Antiguan which shows the importance of tradition and doing things the way they always have been done. The mother also teachers her how to set tables specifically for different meals.
This shows how in the household, eating together is an important part of her ideal home and family. The role of bread in this story is crucial. In the end, his mother teaches her how to squeeze the bread to tell if it is fresh. The daughter, replies "but what if the baker won't let me feel the bread? " The mother frustrated after all of her lessons is upset that her daughter has not gotten the point that if you do all of these things, you will not have to worry about it because the baker will respect you.
The role of the clothes is quite similar to that of food. She teaches her daughter to keep things clean, how to separate the colors from the darks and lights, as well as when to wash each. This particular example shows how much importance the mother places on routine. She also mentions the pressing of her husband's khaki pants, showing that the way he presents himself can be a reflection of her. Hemming dresses and skirts were looked at with relation to female sexuality earlier, but it also is an example of how much importance is placed on appearances.
The relationship between the mother and daughter in this story is important to recognize because the mother seems to hold preconceived notions about what a daughter will or will not become. Following most instructions her mother provides, the mother concludes the set with some mention of her daughter being bent on becoming a slut. It seems like she uses this word to encompass any form of deviance from the social norm. It's questionable as to why her mother has such a strong fear that her daughter will become his—we do not have any specific examples identifying any reason for her to think such things of her own child.
Therefore, we lack the ability to argue for or against such a point. However, this might be a difference in a generation, perhaps the girl's mother is stuck in the ways to which she was taught by women in her family beforehand. Perhaps her mother has a fear that her daughter is going astray from her values or living a modernized life that she is so unfamiliar with.
We tend to fear what is unfamiliar, especially when it happens so close to home. Parents always want to teach their children what they know, however, children don't always choose to follow. Whether the daughter chooses to listen and follow, or listen and lead her own life, it is clear that her mother has had a significant impact on the daughter's life. The importance of domesticity to the mother, and having her daughter display a conservative sexuality ties back to the behaviors related to food and cloth in this story.
The mother places this vital importance on household knowledge and respectable appearances, believing they are the key to overall happiness. This is clearly not the case. For some people, this type of life could bring them a sense of fulfillment or accomplishment. However, for others, this may not feel like a life of their own and could live always feeling empty or wanting something more. People should be given the choice to do what they want. Unfortunately at this time, women did not get that luxury.
The story Girl by Jamaica Kincaid is an epic representation of how mothers are involved in the upbringing of their daughters in the best way possible, which creates their positive image in the society. More so, it tends to bring out the society's perception of women who do not follow the standard forms of conduct in their daily lives. In terms of context, it highlights the experience of being young and female in a poor country especially during the colonial period. It is anchored on the themes of the transformative power of domesticity and the risks of being a woman in the society. Much is expected of a woman, and she is easily tagged a 'slut' if she goes against the expected behavior. The most interesting thing in the story is that Kincaid appears to be offering her own story, as it happened during Britain colonization of Antigua. A comparison of the story would be made to A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen, which also highlights the same issues in his work. The most significant lesson from both of these stories is that women have to exhibit a high level of submission and consistent behavior, as they live with their families, husbands, and other members of the society. This essay explicates the view that Girl by Jamaica Kincaid is an undisputed representation of colonization and the society's expectation of women in terms of their behavior.
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It is worth understanding that the story is a representative of a period when men dominated society and controlled women as they deemed it fit. The most significant aspect that makes Girl a representative of its time is the full involvement of mothers in the upbringing of their daughters to ensure they do not deviate from the expected standards of behavior.
From the beginning of the story, the mother offers vital pieces of advice to the daughter reiterating what should be and what should not be done by her daughter. For instance, she says, "on Sundays, try to walk like a lady and not like the slut you are so bent on becoming; don't sing benna in Sunday school; you mustn't speak to wharf-rat boys" (Kincaid 1144).
This is a clear indication of the view that mothers were keenly involved in monitoring and directing the actions and steps of their daughters at this time. Daughters have no option of going against the desired forms of behavior because they are likely to be branded 'sluts'. However, mothers of this time do not have a chance to allow such things to happen with their daughters, as they take the dominant role of ensuring they are behaving in an expected way from different places such as a home, church, their husband's house, and the larger eyes of the society (Bner 15).
The socio-cultural movement reflected in the text is colonialism. It specifically represents Britain's colonization of Antigua and the plight of the colonized parties. With the existing colonialism, members in Antigua do not have any other option but to work as slaves. They do not receive much compensation for the services they offer as slaves and have to live on little money they have (Bner 7).
Therefore, the mother in the story appears to be transferring most of her poverty frustrations to her daughter in the story. In fact, she does not give her a chance to interrupt during the conversation. The daughter only manages to ask her two questions during the entire conversation. The high level of suffering that Antiguans undergo reflects the negatives of colonization, as it is the primary contributor to poverty and immense suffering among the locals. They do not have the option of overcoming these different forms of suffering (Seanor 23).
The dramatic aspect of the story involving the dialogue between mother and daughter helps convey the message of dominance throughout the story. The conversation between the mother and the daughter is not balanced from a dramatic perspective where everyone is supposed to be given the opportunity to contribute to the ideas suggested.
However, as a child, the girl is dominated by society from the early stages of her life while living with her parents. The only question she gets to say is, "but I don't sing benna on Sundays at all and never in Sunday school" (Kincaid 1144). This dramatic aspect is vital in emphasizing the message that the girl has no voice in this society.
The only thing she has to do is to be cautious in everything she does, as there is a risk of being labeled a slut. Her mother continues explaining, "and this, they won't recognize immediately the slut I warned you against becoming" to explain to her what it means to be good in the eyes of the society (Seanor 54).
There is nothing they could do to emancipate themselves because the whole process of silencing women begins with their mothers who are supposed to be in charge of ensuring they have the confidence. Therefore, drama effectively brings out the message of dominance in the story hence indicating the dominant power of men and their view on women who do not live in an expected way.
The story is anchored on one key symbol, 'benna,' that helps in the full understanding of what the mother tells her daughter. She warns her daughter against singing benna while in the Sunday school (Kincaid 1144). The benna symbolizes sexuality and the mother fears that her daughter should not get to this stage to be categorized as a slut. She is not supposed to sing a song that attracts negative feelings and perceptions of other people. Overall, singing benna in a Sunday school is not only perceived disrespectful of God but is also a forbidden knowledge that is not supposed to be discussed in public, especially by young girls, as they risk losing their dignity.
It is worth noting that the aspects presented in Girl relate directly to other common stories highlighting the plight of women. For instance, this story relates directly to the issues raised in A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen. Firstly, the Girl and A Doll's House are similar in their depiction of the theme of domesticity for the girl child. Accordingly, both stories tend to bring out the view that women need to be domesticated and be limited to the performance of household chores. They do not have an opportunity to get into the field and participate in other activities that are fully perceived masculine.
For example, in A Doll's House, Ibsen captures Nora's assertion that "When I lived home with Papa, he told me all his opinions, so I had the same ones too" (Ibsen 34). This is reflective of the point that her father domesticates her just because she is a child. Despite her rich background, she does not have a chance to participate in the economic aspect of her own family.
The presentation of the plight of women is clearly captured in both stories, and it makes the case for domestication. The mother feels that the girl has to be fully domesticated for her to live in line with the desires of other members of society.
These stories are also similar in the utilization of drama to bring out the main point, which is the domination of men over women in society. The Girl specifically involves some sense of dialogue in the form of advice from a mother to a daughter to ensure she is able to learn the patterns of social behavior (Smithee 22). The mother brings out the dominance of men by paying attention to every aspect that touches a woman' life.
For instance, she says, "this is how you behave in the presence of men who don't know you" (Kincaid 1144). This is reflective of the view that men have a different perception of women. They do not view them as equals but as members of the weaker sex. In a similar sense, A Doll's House utilizes drama in the best way possible to bring out the position of women in society. They do not have the authority to make their own decisions both at home and in their marriages.
This makes it difficult for them to prosper within society. For example, Ibsen's assertion that "I'll do anything to please you Tovarld. I'll sing for you, dance for you" is reflective of the role of women as pleasers of men (Ibsen 56). The best way for them to be respected in society is to only act in ways that please men. However, the ultimate price they pay is that they gain nothing out of it, as their dignity is trampled on at any given chance.
However, these two stories differ in terms of historical time and place. As noted earlier, Girl is set in the 20th century during the colonial period when Britain comes into Antigua. This historical period is significant in highlighting the fight against the oppressive powers of the colonialists. In a similar respect, it can be seen that women are fighting for their rights within the society, but they do not get away out because of the prison that they have been locked in by their own mothers (Bner 14).
The context in terms of the place also seems to be set in a poor background where parents are only doing their best for their children to ensure they get everything possible in the course of their activities. On the other hand, A Doll's House is set in a different period in the 19th century where women do not have a chance to speak for their rights.
The setting in terms of place elicits individuals living in a rich background, but women do not have an opportunity to make their own decisions in the course of their living in the society (Smithee 44). The rich setting does not give them an opportunity to handle the regular house chores, but they are still limited in terms of contributing positively to the wellbeing of their own families.
In conclusion, men seem to have dominated over women for a long period of time as highlighted in Girl by Jamaica Kincaid. The mother is determined to ensure that her daughter learns the best of the values required in society. Their actions are limited to the actions that would impress men and not their own personalities and conscience. The theme of women domestication seems to dominate this story hence emphasizing the generational dominance of men over their women.
This story relates directly to A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen in different aspects such as the theme of male dominance. The drama has been utilized in both stories in the best ways possible to highlight the plight of women and the need to change the aspects of the society that seem to put them down at any given time.
The varying historical periods between the two stories highlight the view that the practice of dominance over women has been in place for a longer period, and it might be a high time it stopped with transformative policies on affirmative actions and equality.
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Archbishop Sean Brady officially launches the Catholic Education Website at St. Mary's University College, Belfast.
Archbishop Seán Brady, at the launch in St. Mary's University College, of the website for Catholic Education.
- the school curriculum can, and should, offer technical and professional training for future employment but we believe it cannot, and should not, be shaped solely by the needs of the consumer economy … it should serve society by forming human individuals who, in turn, will change society for the better.
- I appeal today to all parents to ensure that their children are taught to respect the role of the teachers in their school.
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Education Minister, Caitriona Ruana and Archbishop Sean Brady surf the website with the assistance of the Head Girl from St. Dominic's High School, Belfast.
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Wife of the President, Mrs. Aisha Muhammadu Buhari has expressed her appreciation to Nigerian women for the unflinching support they have been giving her husband since the last presidential election. She said the support has been the force driving the President and herself. She made the comment during a session organized to distribute food items to women organizations in Yola, Adamawa state, Wednesday 24th May, 2017.
"I am deeply appreciative of the support that you show to us at every turn and promise that I will never let you down" She said.
Mrs. Buhari also thanked them for the consistent prayers over her husband's improved health.
The Executive Governor of Adamawa state, Alhaji Muhammad Bindow Jibrilla, speaking through the state commissioner for Education, Prof. Kaleptapwa Farauta, said he recognizes the fact that women carry the heaviest burden in our communities, so, anything to improve their welfare has his full support. He thanked the Wife of the President for her philanthropic gesture.
In her welcome remarks, Wife of the Governor, Mrs. Maryam Muhammad Bindow, thanked Mrs. Buhari for all that she has been doing through Future Assured, and said the event is consistent with the policy drive of the present administration at both the Federal and state levels and would go a long way in putting smiles on the faces of the beneficiaries.
Items distributed include rice, sugar, tomato puree and milk.
Some of the beneficiaries that attended the event are widows, physically challenged, religious groups and cultural groups, women council and market women.
A note of appreciation was delivered by representatives of Federation of Muslim Women Associations of Nigeria, Christian Association of Nigeria Women wing and National Council of Women Societies.