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June 23, 2016
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Evangelical Leaders Fail to Endorse Trump
By Mike McManus

More than 1,000 evangelicals met with Donald Trump this week but when eight prominent organizers spoke at a press conference afterward, they were asked who was ready to endorse the winner of the Republican presidential primaries. None raised their hand.

Not Franklin Graham, Dr. James Dobson, founder of Focus on the Family, nor Family Research Council President Tony Perkins, Ralph Reed of the Faith and Freedom Coalition. Penny Nance, president of Concerned Women for America, said she felt the meeting was "positive. But the question still is whether I can feel confident in asking people to join me."

Trump's comments were often odd. "The next president is going to be very freeing up your religion, freeing up your thoughts. You really don't have religious freedom."

I doubt that one attendee agreed with that. They oppose threats to religious freedom, such as the insistence by the Obama Administration that employers give employees free "morning after pills" to terminate a pregnancy. But all feel they have personal religious freedom to choose a church or teach their children about God.

Trump also asserted, "The evangelical vote was mostly gotten by me." Not really. Sen. Ted Cruz won in 12 states with a high percentage of evangelicals such as Texas, Iowa, Kansas and Oklahoma. Trump did win much of the evangelical south, but in Missouri he squeaked out by 40.9% percent to 40.7%, but he lost those who attend church weekly by 20%.

Committed evangelicals sense he is not one of them. Many supported Cruz, such as Iowa evangelical leader Bob Vander Plaats, who mocked Trump's botched citation of "Two Corinthians and his admission that he's never asked God for forgiveness."

Trump even told attendees that things were different "when I used to go to church." However, he reassures us that he does attend every Easter and Christmas!

Trump pleased his audience by saying, "The first thing we will do is support Supreme Court Justices who are talented men and woman and pro-life." He has released a list of 11 noted conservative judges, from whom he promised to choose the next Supreme Court nominee if elected.

He surprised many by pledging to repeal the Johnson Amendment which prohibits tax-exempt organizations from endorsing or opposing political candidates. "I think it will be my greatest contribution to Christianity and all religions to allow you to speak openly. You have a right to do that. People walking down the street have more power than you, because they can say whatever they want."

However, a number of nationally prominent evangelicals were not even in attendance because they oppose his candidacy. For example, Dr. Russell Moore, President of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, wrote a column in The New York Times in September who called his support by evangelicals and social conservatives "illogical."

"To back Mr. Trump, these voters must repudiate everything they believe. His attitude toward women is that of a Bronze Age warlord. He tells us in one of his books that he revels in the fact he gets to sleep with some of the `top women of the world.' He has divorced two wives (so far) for other women."

His lack of "a moral compass" is not surprising since he built his career "off of gambling, a moral vice and an economic swindle that oppresses the poorest and most desperate," Moore wrote. He praises the "good things" done by Planned Parenthood, the nation's largest abortionist. At a time of high racial tensions, Trump "incites division, with slurs against Hispanic immigrants and with protectionist jargon."

Michael Cromartie of the Ethics and Public Policy Center wondered why none of the evangelicals asked Trump to release his tax returns, which all Presidential candidates have done for generations. "It is very sad and pathetic to see evangelicals seduced by power. Is this the new face of the Republican Party - a misogynist, racist, owner of casinos, who won't even release his tax returns?"

Moore warns, "We should also count the cost of following Donald Trump. To do so would mean that we've decided to join the other side of the culture war, that image and celebrity and money and power and social Darwinist `winning' trump the conservation of moral principles and a just society."

If not one evangelical "leader" can endorse Trump, they ought to take the lead in pressing Republicans to nominate a man they can support enthusiastically.

Trump is not yet the Republican nominee.
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  • Judge Medicine then proceeds to pronounce the solemn sentence of death upon the prisoner…. The prisoner is then remanded to his cell (sick-bed), and Scholastic Theology is sent for to prepare the frightened sense of Life, God, — which sense must be immortal, — for death. (p. 433).

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By putting MORTAL MAN on trial, she is violating her own laws of man as a spiritual idea of God. In Ms. Eddy’s view Mortal Man is no more real than his complaint about his liver. Ms. Eddy’s insistence that mortal man be spared through Christian Science is in direct contradiction to her own ideas about the true Spiritual nature of mankind.

I have no desire for mortal man to pass on before his time, however, as long as he is occupying his mortal (and material) body he should take steps to look after it. Ms. Eddy never claims that mortal man will have everlasting life — that is reserved for Man as a Spiritual Idea of God. Ms. Eddy may mean well as she grants Mortal Man a reprieve, but what about the next time Mortal Man has a complaint? Will Christian Science triumph again, or will Mortal Man succumb to some other complaint (2)?

There are plenty of documented cases where Christian Science failed to “save” Mortal Man – or mortal children (3), yet Christian Scientists are gaslighted by well-meaning fellow Christian Scientists into thinking these failures are their own fault: You’re not material, you’re spiritual! There is no sensation in matter. You must not have prayed enough. You’re bitter. Your faith was shaky. Instead of questioning the religion, they question themselves and thus begins a deadly spiral of ignoring the problem, and praying for a solution.

You feel crazy, defective, and like a bit of a wreck. You turn to Christian Science even more fully in an attempt to find answers.

A common form of brainwashing in which an abuser tries to falsely convince the victim that the victim is defective, for any purpose whatsoever, such as making the victim more pliable and easily controlled, or making the victim more emotional and therefore more needy and dependent. (4)

Christian Science excels at gaslighting: I was on a phone call with a CSP who was telling me that my badly twisted ankle, which was swelling up and throbbing in pain, was “unreal” and just “mortal mind.” There was more than one night I spent trying to pray about fever-induced hallucinations knowing they were only aggressive mental suggestion trying to put me off my true spiritual path. The “unreal” mountains of kleenx that littered my dorm room as I suffered from the “unreality of the flu.” I couldn’t call in sick, I had to call in because I was “working on a demonstration.” Women’s menstrual cramps were not related an ovarian cyst, PCOS or nutrient deficiency, they were God’s way of punishing them for having impure thoughts. At the end of the day all our suffering was self-induced because our thought strayed from God.

Christian Science Gaslighting
a religious form of brainwashing in which a follower of Christian Science, tries to convince the victim/patient (usually a fellow Christian Scientist or “lapsed” Christian Scientist) that the victim/patient is God’s Perfect Child and is spiritual, not material, and therefore any problems the victim claims to have are simply mortal mind, erroneous thought, or aggressive mental suggestion. The end result of this is usually the victim/patient feels like a failure as a Christian Scientist and redoubles their efforts to heal themselves by spending even more time with the Authorized Literature often to the detriment of their physical health and mental well being.

An excellent example of “Christian Science Gaslighting” comes from a CS Nurse’s response to the question of “how do i leave christian science” (5) when she states:

Screen Shot 2013-12-14 at 7.38.41 PMI have no problem with encouraging someone to see the more positive side of the issue, but the attitude that when someone can be “held back by their lack of healing” that it is okay to ONLY “continue to see them the way God really made them” is harmful on every level. Serious maladies which could/should have been remedied have been overlooked because people were taught to believe that mortal life is unreal: they believe that understanding the spiritual universe created by God results in physical healing (6).

Ms. Eddy has a fair bit to say about working out your own salvation (7), and while not standing in agreement with mortal mind may help a CSN or CSP sleep better at night, it does little for the person suffering.

End notes

  2. It is worth noting Ms. Eddy eventually died, and her body was buried
  3.,,,,, – you can do a quick google search and turn up even more
  7., see also

More reading on Gaslighting

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Happy Father’s Day, Part 3: My dad’s final chapter

The following musings on Father’s Day are by ExCS Group Member and Contributor Chrystal. This is part 3 of 3.

As my dad’s condition got worse and worse, he stayed at home. For decades. He did his best. He kept a happy attitude. I think it was the last 2 or 3 days of his life that he finally lost his chipper attitude and gave up. Before that, for decades of horrendous Parkinson’s Disease ravaging his body, my dad kept his cheerful attitude. He was patient. He couldn’t speak, and most people didn’t have the patience to try to listen to him. I was always incredibly grateful when someone kind would actually sit and listen to him. Parkinson’s Disease is a disease that freezes up your body. It stops the throat from being able to swallow, the voice from being able to speak, the hand from doing something simple like brushing teeth or putting clothes on and off frequently (like for using the toilet). My dad could barely speak above a whisper. Each word was either strung together because he finally got the strength to speak it all, and we couldn’t understand, or it was one painfully forced out word at a time. Even in this condition, my dad still told jokes. Thankfully, for most of my life, he told the same jokes, so he would only need to refer to a word or two and we would know which joke it was that he was telling. My dad never deserved ANY of this.

While he was at home “being taken care of” by his wife, his hands turned black from dirt and lack of being washed. His teeth started to fall out from lack of good oral hygiene. (Remember, he couldn’t brush his own teeth anymore.) He couldn’t always make it to the bathroom and needed help most of the time once he was in there. So he often had a “potty jar” near him. (A large jug that laundry detergent comes in.) This was too often taken away from him, because his wife thought it was disgusting. It wasn’t until just a few months before he died that he got a real commode, and someone was hired to clean it out every morning.

My dad’s feet turned black from pacing the floor. His feet were so dirty. I never thought about it, and I didn’t live at home at the time. I was out of college and on my own. I came back for visits, but didn’t think much about all of it. My dad never complained. He was much too nice to complain. But he was being subjected to elder abuse. His wife hired Christian Science Nurses to come in to help. You know what sort of help they gave? They did the dishes. They emptied and loaded the dishwasher. Maybe they got my dad dressed, but I am not sure. They would come in for maybe an hour, 3 times a week. That was it. They were nice people. But were they actually doing any nursing? NO!

I remember my dad hiring a Practitioner to pray. She wasn’t listed in the Christian Science Journal, but was probably working towards that. She agreed to take his case even though he was on medicine. She was nice enough. Her bills were dutifully paid. My dad kept getting worse. (That Practitioner died too young a few years later, after losing her mobility and ending up in a wheelchair looking very frail.) The Christian Science Nurses were dutifully paid. My dad kept getting worse. My dad called other practitioners, even ones who were listed in the Christian Science Journal. My dad kept getting worse. He was on a full array of medicines. He kept getting worse. Every practitioner blamed my dad for his condition.

I remember coming home and seeing my dad’s filthy dirty glasses. I would clean them, and he would mouth, “thank you.” He loved that. A family member saw my dad at a family gathering with his black hands, and got a washcloth to wash his hands off. My dad mouthed “thank you” to this kind family member. Where was my dad’s wife during these things? Ignoring him. She has a never ending “to do list,” and takes daily hour long “prayer walks.” She did everything she could to avoid taking care of my dad. She hired people to come in. If she had to take care of him, she yelled at him constantly. I have yet to ever see a kind bone in her body appear. Oh yeah, that’s right, Mary Baker Eddy says that we aren’t made up of bones, therefore bones don’t exist.

I went to my dad’s house regularly during what turned into the last year of his life. I have never been trained in any way to take care of someone. I was a Christian Scientist at the time. I did my best, because I loved my dad. Another Christian Scientist came in every morning. We were having some sort of (mediocre) care for my dad around the clock at this point in his life. My dad was now struggling with Alzheimer’s and hallucinations. He needed to be watched so he wouldn’t hurt himself, mostly. He fell down all the time. He kept forgetting to use his walker and would launch himself across the room and fall. His falls shook the house consistently.

My dad also started having seizures. At one point, his breathing stopped. I was there at the home with the other person – a Christian Scientist who was hired to take care of him. My dad’s lips started to turn blue. I was basically hitting him and yelling at him saying, “Dad! Dad! Dad! Breathe! Dad! Breathe! Please, Dad! Breathe!” I was getting super upset. I yelled at the other woman to “Dial 911!” I hollered at her over and over. She laughed and laughed. She thought it was hilarious. She thought all of this was a joke. I was panicking and crying and screaming to get my dad to breathe and she was standing over there, laughing and laughing. Oh, I was also holding him up with my arms, because he would have fallen on the floor if I had let go. That’s why I couldn’t call 911, and desperately needed her to do it. My dad did eventually wake up from this seizure. I made a huge stink about this to his wife, and told her we could no longer give him the care he needed. He needed better care, he needed around the clock medical care at that point. He needed to go in to a care facility.

She and I both knew very clearly how much he never wanted to go to a care facility. So, she did what she did best; she controlled the information she gave to him. She was going away for a weekend to a Christian Science Retreat. She told him that she was going to put him in a senior care facility an hour away, and she would come get him in a week. My dad fought the idea, but eventually acquiesced.

After a few days, she visited him. He begged her to take him home. At this point, she had decided this would be his permanent arrangement. She told him in one way or another, “oh, you’re here for now,” or she avoided the topic all together: “I’ll be back next week.” My dad would try to speak as she left the room, “I want to go home,” and she would act like she hadn’t heard him. Finally, after a month of these shenanigans, she made it clear he wasn’t coming home. My dad stopped eating. He nearly starved to death. He was so dehydrated. His tongue was shriveled up, it was so dry. One of his arms was horribly swollen and scary looking. The facility rushed him to a hospital. The hospital staff said he would die within 48 hours.

At this point, it became apparent that we had to tell his dad and my dad’s siblings that my dad might die soon. They all rallied and came to visit him. To say their goodbyes. Because of the amazing medical care, my dad got better. His wife was so excited to see him drinking water. I sat there, seething at her, for having put him in this position. I had no clue what to do about any of it. But he was clearly getting horrendous care at this so called “senior care facility.” My dad drank water and drank water. He was so thirsty. He was released back to the senior care facility. His family came to visit him there. We all thought he would be okay. She thought that him drinking water was a healing. Because, of course it was. No mention of the IVs in his arm giving him fluids and sustenance over night and the medical nurse stationed at the doorway 24/7.

Within a month, my dad was on hospice. He’d made a few more trips to the Emergency Room for either pneumonia, dehydration or starvation. He had a very bad fall and cracked his head open. This required many stitches. I have since learned that when a person has a very bad fall, they may lose the ability to do basic things, like eating. It may not happen that same day, but within a few days, it may be clear that they don’t know how to eat. So people in a good care facility watch to see if someone who has had a fall, is still able to feed themselves. My dad forgot how to eat. No one noticed. He was living an hour away in a senior “care” home. His wife visited him once a weekend, for maybe a few hours at a time. The staff kept such horrendous records that they had no clue that he would go 3 days at a time with no food or water.

My dad was put on hospice. Hospice is actually a wonderful thing for people to be put on. It’s completely paid for by the state. There are no bills that come. Often, hospice buys the person a brand new bed. The bed is made to be as comfortable as possible. Nurses and doctors come and go and check on the person all day long. They read charts and administer pain killer including morphine. They listen to the patient and they will even play games with them. My dad made friends with his hospice nurses. My dad taught his hospice nurses to play Poker. The nurse looked at my dad, as he lay there, on the floor (to keep him from falling), and said, “he says I’m doing it wrong, don’t you?” And my dad smiled with his eyes. He had that happy glint in his eyes, the glint of laughter, even when he was on hospice care and had less than a week to live.

The previous summer, the doctor had given him a clean bill of health, saying he was going to live another 10 years. That was late one summer. By Christmas, my dad was in hospice and died before he saw the New Year.

Through it all, he always hoped to be healed through Christian Science. The last time he interacted with someone was with me. He was in pain, and on hospice treatment. I asked him, “do you want pain medication?” and he shook his head, “no.” I could see in his eyes that he was STILL hoping for a Christian Science Healing of the Parkinson’s Disease he had lived with for 25+ years. He was put on morphine the next morning. He was still a few years away from being 70, and he died.

After he died, I hit heavy grief. Of all the things that had happened to me through the course of my life as a Christian Scientist, this was the final straw that propelled me out of Christian Science completely. My kind, amazing, wonderful, sweet, friend-to-everyone, creative Dad died. His wife and I were talking about 1 month after he died. She was surprised that I was grieving his death. I seethed inside, that she had no pain about his death at all. She just went on with her life, glad to be done with the burden. She brags that she never shed a tear for either of her parents’ death, nor for my dad’s death. The woman is a stepford wife robot. She thinks she is loving and proclaims herself to be so. But all I see is cruelty.

In her surprise, she asked me why I was still grieving my dad’s death (only weeks later) and why was I so mad at Christian Science? I told her, “if ANYONE deserved a healing, it would have been my kind and amazing dad!” I choked out those words, I could hardly speak from the pain of it.

Her response?

She said, “Don’t you think if he had read more Christian Science literature that he would have been healed?”

Victim Blaming. That is clear victim blaming. You can read about Victim Blaming Here and more about it here. Christian Scientists are champions of victim blaming. If a person hasn’t received a healing through Christian Science Treatment, it’s their own fault for “not understanding it enough.” A Quaker Friend of mine who is also a doctor calls this, “the blame theory of disease,” so it’s not just a Christian Science thing.

To my dad:

You didn’t deserve any of this. You didn’t cause ANY of this. None of it was your fault. You were trampled by a horrible mom, then married two women who also trampled you horribly because you were denied therapy to help you understand your own pain growing up in such a horribly unsupportive home. You never deserved to be controlled or abused. If I had known then what I know now (after years of my own real psychotherapy to heal my own grief, anxiety, depression, ADHD), I would have turned your case over to a state agency. They would have inspected your home decades ago and taken you away from that abusive situation.

You cleaned up after me when I was a child. You were always kind to me. Above all, you taught me what kindness is, and through this example, I could see clearly what kindness isn’t. Thank you. I love you forever.

After my dad died, about 2 evenings later, I was watching the sunset, and thinking about my dad as I stood there, crying. I felt as if he came to me. I know some people will say I sound crazy, but I’m not the only person who has stories to share like this. If this was my imagination soothing me, so be it. It felt like my dad came to visit me. He was so excited. He was once again the happy man he was when he was between wives, and it was just the two of us living together. He was running around, with his healthy legs, and goofy grin. He was so excited to meet all these amazing historical people in the afterlife. He was talking with all of them and learning their stories. I feel strongly that my dad is now living the happy life he always wanted to – meeting interesting people, and listening to their fascinating stories. I feel like my dad is finally happy, eager, enjoying life. What he found too little of in this material life, I feel he has gained in the afterlife. I still miss him terribly, but I am glad to fervently feel that he is finally happy now.

Now, I’m off to call my dad’s dad and wish him a “Happy Father’s Day!” I am glad that he turned to medical care when he needed it. As a result, my kids have gotten to know him and he is still around to visit with and talk with. He is the last grandparent my kids have, and they love him so much.

Happy Father’s Day, Part 2: Living with Parkinson’s Disease

The following musings on Father’s Day are by ExCS Group Member and Contributor Chrystal. This is part 2 of 3, part 3 will be shared on Sunday, June 25, 2017.

My dad’s first wife was never ready to be a mom. After she potty trained me (her only child), she left. She has appeared a few times in my life over the last 40+ years, but she has been mostly missing my whole life. My dad and I lived in subsidized housing for years. Then, he met his second wife, who earned a respectable income as a teacher several states away. My dad and I moved. As a child, I felt like she threw away probably all of our possessions except maybe my dad’s typewriter, a lamp his brother had made him, and my dad’s bed. As far as I know, none of my possessions moved with us to this new location. Well, except my favorite stuffed animal, which was later stolen by my bio mom “to remember me by.” (I found it in her possession 10 years later, horribly dirty, ruined and mangled, having been carelessly treated.)

One of the weirdest things I have observed with Christian Science is the control of information. In a future blog, I will talk about severe neck pain I endured as an adult, and how I hid in my house, forbidding anyone to visit me, essentially. It’s a common thing in Christian Science to keep knowledge secret. If you don’t speak out loud what a problem is, then the problem won’t be made more real. So, for god’s sake, keep your mouth shut about anything important. If you tell someone something good, they will naturally feel jealous (what control Christian Scientists think they have over other people’s emotions!), and that makes them break The 10th Commandment, and that will bring “Malicious Animal Magnetism” to your good thing, so it will be destroyed. If you tell them something bad, they will not be able to help you at all, and you have just voiced that a seeming problem might exist, and by breathing words into it, it’s now completely real, and harder to heal.

Listening to Christian Scientists give their Wednesday evening “testimonies,” is quite interesting. They sound quite a lot like this –

“I had the supposed belief of what might have been a cold. [Note: no symptoms.] I prayed to feel God surrounding me. I felt God’s presence open up to me as I read ScienceAndHealthWithKeyToTheScripturesByOurBelovedLeaderMaryBakerEddy. I knew clearly this idea of a cold could never be a part of ME! Because I am God’s Perfect Child, I am made in God’s Pure Reflection. There is no spot where God is not. I knew I was fully healed in that moment. And then, several days later, the symptoms released completely. iAmSoGratefulForChristianScience.”

My dad’s second wife was one of the most controlling people I have ever met. One thing she controls with an iron fist is “information.” If she wanted to tell a secret in front of my dad, she would say it in a secret “language” that he couldn’t understand. It’s similar to Pig Latin, but it’s not Pig Latin. We could teach this stupid language to our friends. It’s supposed to just be a little secret code that kids talk to each other in. It shouldn’t be used to abuse someone by keeping information from them. This is one example of her sense to control. My dad and I could both write upside down, backwards in cursive. Guess what. She couldn’t read it. My dad and I would write little notes about Christmas surprises. Well, she couldn’t read it, so that was banned. But this ban didn’t keep her from using her secret language. She spoke it faster and faster over time, knowing my dad couldn’t understand it if she spoke as fast as she could go. My dad objected when she did this, but she steamrolled over him as if she was more important than he was. Her whole intention to do this sort of thing was to inform her kids of something and have my dad stay completely in the dark on the issue.

My dad’s wife wouldn’t let him use the bathroom in the house to pass a bowel movement. I wish I was exaggerating. I remember my dad running in to whatever place we had just driven to, to go use the bathroom. She said, “you make a mess at home, so you’re not allowed to use the bathroom.” My dad was forbidden to use the bathroom in his own home. Holding toxins in is a horrible thing to subject someone’s body too. Toxins are meant to be released, not held in. (He knew how to clean up the “it’s just matter!” Why not just ask him to clean up after himself?)

It is my feeling that this directly contributed to my dad contracting  Early Onset Parkinson’s Disease that probably started in his mid 40s. At first he tried to treat it with only Christian Science.

After a few years of trying Christian Science – in earnest – my dad was getting worse. His wife mentioned to their practitioner, “his thumb is still trembling.” Her less than compassionate response was, “he is still dealing with that?” She was exasperated that HE hadn’t healed it yet. Yeah. That’s because Christian Science doesn’t heal. At all. Let alone the fact that as the Practitioner, it’s HER JOB to heal him. Because if HE could do it, he wouldn’t have called her in the first place!

My dad and his siblings were raised in Christian Science (and left it, thank goodness). Two of his siblings and their spouses called my parents when they learned he was struggling with Parkinson’s and that it was becoming worse and worse.

At this point, he was now realizing his all time worst fear – he was in a Christian Science Nursing home. He needed full time care. The disease he lived with every day, had become rapidly worse, thanks to having no medical intervention at all. My understanding is that with early medication, the disease could have been radically slowed. My dad went from a fully capable person running his own business, traveling, speaking on TV, being in the news a lot, reporting on important topics of the day, to, within 2 years, becoming incapable of brushing his teeth and needing to wear diapers. He couldn’t do anything on his own any more. Parkinson’s Disease completely ruined his life. I wouldn’t wish that on anyone. Especially not my loving, kind, caring dad, creative, incredibly smart and funny dad.

My dad’s siblings and their spouses strong-armed my dad and his wife to make my dad go the medical route. My dad was in his 40s and had young children who needed their dad, not an invalid in a nursing home. So, my dad went the medical route. Being a Christian Science family, this was hidden as best it could for a long long time. Over time, my dad’s body froze again, and the Christian Science Church they were long time members at eventually kicked him out of the two activities he loved to do – being a Sunday School Teacher and being an usher at the door.

Because my dad’s comic book collection had been thrown out decades earlier, and he had been raised by a fear-filled hoarder that had survived the Great Depression, my dad was also somewhat of a packrat. He was able to keep it organized until Parkinson’s hit him, though. You might think that someone living with Parkinson’s Disease would be treated kindly and supportively by their spouse. At least most of the time.

However, at one point, when my dad had been dealing with Parkinson’s for more than 10 years and had rare moments when he could see and move clearly and clean up after himself, his wife said to him: “after you die, we are throwing all of this away!” My dad told her, “that’s a really mean thing to say.” He rarely spoke up to her. He rarely griped about her. He was far too kind. He did sometimes tell me that she was just awful and overly mean. This breaks my heart. He never dreamed of leaving her, and out of some sort of weird obligation, or more likely, “look at me, I am such a good person I won’t leave him and will take care of him,” she never left him either. The next blog post will share how “well” she “took care of him.”

Eventually, my dad’s (second) Christian Science Teacher told him not to come back to Association. He was too “distracting.” My study of The Holy Bible says that Jesus called the woman To him. The woman who was bowing down – he called her TO HIM. He didn’t say, “go away, you’re a distraction.”

And He was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath. And, behold, there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no way lift herself up. And when Jesus saw her, He called her to Him, and said unto her, Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity. And He laid His hands on her; and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God.

Luke 13: 10-13

My dad’s Christian Science Teacher did other horrible things, and one of these days I am sure I will get off my duff and write a letter to the Christian Science Board of Education and tell them what this clod did to my dad personally, and what inappropriate comments I heard him say in a Christian Science lecture all those years ago. I haven’t yet, but one of these days.

Happy Father’s Day, Part 1: It’s Just Matter

The following musings on Father’s Day are by ExCS Group Member and Contributor Chrystal. This is part 1 of 3, part 2 will be shared on Wednesday, June 21, 2017.

It being Father’s Day and all, I would love to tell you about my dad. He was the most kind man I have ever known. He died a few years ago. I think about him all the time. I just woke up from a dream where I was visiting him and we were being goofy together. I enjoy seeing him in my dreams and I wake up from them feeling wistful.

This mini (3 part) blog series is a small peek into his life.

My dad was the oldest of 4 siblings. His mom converted to Christian Science, which is what his dad was. Both of my dad’s parents lived through “The Great Depression.” Grandma was a hoarder and very negative. Grandpa was an inventor and an amazing mathematician. My Grandpa made friends everywhere he went. He is in his 9th decade now, and all of his friends are dead. My dad also made friends everywhere he went. When I was a child, I remember my dad introducing me to what felt like practically the whole town. He knew everyone and they all loved him. He was so kind and funny. How could anyone not like him and want to be friends with him?

My dad collected comic books. All of them. He kept them very well packaged under his bed, in a box, in plastic sleeves. I guess at some point, his mom decided they were “junk,” so, despite her hoarding tendencies, she threw them all out. My dad set about collecting them again, and never got over the fact that she had thrown them out. They were valuable. His collection eventually paid for his first home, and then his second home.

My dad’s biggest hobby was photography. He loved it. He carried that camera everywhere – all the time. He was never without it. If my dad didn’t earn straight A’s in school, his mom took away his camera for a minimum of a week at a time, which felt like absolute torture to him.

Grandma always had a leg problem. She fell while traveling one year, and went to a doctor to deal with it. That shocked our whole family – that the Christian Science matriarch of our family went to a doctor. She had problems with that leg for the rest of her life. At the time, I was told that she eventually died because she fell out of bed & couldn’t walk. She was rushed to the emergency room and died like 48 hours later. (I later learned that it’s likely she had a stroke. This makes sense because as she lay in the hospital dying, she couldn’t speak.)

Grandpa wore contact lenses, and I remember the judgement he and Grandma had for themselves – they both drank decaf coffee at McDonalds and Grandpa wore the contact lenses. As a result, both thought they weren’t great Christian Scientists. Though both served the church as much as they could, their whole lives. Grandma dutifully arranged flowers for the church every Sunday. And Grandpa still ushers, though he is in his 90s and has had a few surgeries and STILL feels guilty for not being “a perfect Christian Scientist.”

Obviously, I am blogging on this web forum, so I am an Ex Christian Scientist. It breaks my heart to see my grandpa feeling “less than.” He is a kind, intelligent, thoughtful, generous gentleman. I would love to help him find his way out of Christian Science. He feels like a failure. But – he’s NOT. He in no way resembles a failure. He’s an amazing person, loved by so many people. (Happy Father’s Day, Grandpa, I love you so much, and my kids love you so much too.)

I would love to see my grandpa break away from the guilt he feels about drinking decaf coffee and the various surgeries he has had over the years due to “not being a good enough Christian Scientist,” but he is in his 9th decade, and I can’t change his whole life now. His friends are there at the church, his security is there, he knows how to drive (yes, drive!) to the church… That seems cruel to me, to get him to leave the church.

Well, back to my dad. He went through Christian Science nurse’s training. Having spent a few years training to be a Christian Science nurse, then actually being one, my dad’s biggest fear was to get put in a Christian Science nursing facility. In his experience, “no one ever left them alive.” Later, my dad was completely terrified of being put in a nursing facility. Not just a Christian Science one.

At one point, while working as a nurse in training, he was asked to clean a dead body. My dad was horrified and very scared to do this. He called up his Christian Science Teacher (who was eventually kicked out of the church due to cruelty), and she said to him, “it’s just matter.” This spoke to my dad somehow. And my dad was able to go clean up this dead body. Over the years, my dad was very good at cleaning up bodily fluids and dead animals on the road and things. It always made him deeply sad to see a rabbit or cat or dog on the road that had been run over, but he would promptly clean it up to save neighbor kids from seeing the animal bloody and dead on the street.

I remember being a little girl, and waiting too long to use the bathroom. I peed all over the floor in the bathroom. I completely missed the toilet. My dad quietly cleaned it all up. It has been probably 40+ years since that happened, and I still think about that. My dad never once yelled at me. He was the kindest man I’ve known. After my dad died, I realized that my dad’s dad is also one of the kindest men I have known. I wish both of them had been able to marry a kind woman.

In my dad’s case, he married two women who were both cruel. Thankfully, my bio mom had the good sense to leave. But my step-mom – everything I have ever told anyone about what she does and how she treats me, looks at me with shock. They are shocked at how cruel she was. I don’t want to go into all of it here. Christian Science women and Christian Science moms, it’s crazy how many stories I have heard of cruel Christian Science moms. It’s heart-breaking.

But, these posts are about my dad.

(To Be Continued.)


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“Aside from being an amazing resource for meaningful games and classroom activities, Jennifer’s work synthesizes so many of the best practices I’ve come across as a teacher. It reminds me of why those things work, and it helps me to see the link between my own practices and the amazing work I’ve seen from other educators and facilitators. Whether you need an idea for tomorrow, some philosophical food for thought or some research for your next unit plans, Inspired Educator, Inspired Learner will help. This is an exciting book for an educator.” —Neil Poynter, Teacher/Advisor at The NET Charter High School, New Orleans, Louisiana

“My most engaging and powerful lessons and activities come from Jennifer Stanchfield. When I reflect on what works best in my classroom, every lesson on the top of my list has an element of her wisdom. Now, all that powerful wisdom is in ONE book. Since I can’t have Jen in my classroom at all times, this book is the next best thing! This is a must-read for emerging AND veteran teachers who want to empower students’ creativity and deepen engagement and understanding in the classroom.” —Heidi Pauer, 2003 New Hampshire English Teacher of the Year

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Keep this book within arm’s reach. Jennifer Stanchfield’s ability to connect the dots between the tenets of experiential education and brain-based learning are extremely validating to the project-based learning we do in our Academy for Global Studies. Innovative educational models coupled with useful activities make Inspired Educator, Inspired Learner an amazing resource for all educators. I imagine it will become the dog-eared, go-to resource for novice and experienced teachers alike and will remain relevant throughout the many waves of educational trends.” —Nicole Griffith, Director of the Academy for Global Studies at Austin High School, Austin, Texas

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Phytophthora infestans is the causal agent of late blight disease, which affects potato and tomato crops, causing significant economic losses in the production of these crops worldwide. Glucokinase 1 from P. infestans (PiGlcK-1) is a key enzyme in the metabolism of this phytopathogen. In this project we propose to make a structural characterization of PiGlck-1, which could contribute to the design of inhibitors for this enzyme that help to combat this disease.

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What is the context of this research?

Previously, we have found that PiGlck-1, one of the 7 glucokinases present in P. infestans, can phosphorylate both glucose and fructose, using ATP, ADP or PPi as phosphoryl group donors, attributing to this enzyme an important role during the establishment of infection.

For this reason, we believe that a sturctural characterization of this enzyme will provide information on the potential sites on which to design inhibitors of the late blight pathogen.

Late blight is a oomycota disease that is feared by farmers and industries. It rapidly and completely destroys potato and tomato crops during the growing season, and even during storage.

What is the significance of this project?

Late blight is one of the most devastating diseases in the world, attacking potato tubers and tomato fruit. Many of the strategies to control this disease continue to be based on the indiscriminate use of fungicides, but these generate environmental pollution, health risks and increase in production costs.

A potential target of attack to combat this disease could be focused on key enzymes of the metabolism of P. infestans. PiGlck-1 it has a significant degree of expression in the forms responsible for establishing infection in plants. Therefore, a more detailed study on this enzyme would contribute to the design of strategies to prevent greater economic losses in the production of these crop, prevent the use of fertilizers harmful to the environment and people's health.

What are the goals of the project?

The objectives set by our team consist of modeling and refining the three-dimensional structure of PiGlck-1 by homology, using different servers that allow obtaining the best tempering. Subsequently, we wish to know through molecular docking the binding sites for glucose, fructose, ATP, ADP and PPi ligands. Likewise, we propose to publish the results obtained through this project, in an international open access journal, in order to contribute to the advancement towards knowledge within the metabolism of P. infestans for the design of the most effective strategy against this threat.

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This work is 80% completed, structural models of the protein are currently being carried out, lacking the determination of the ligand binding sites. The funds raised will be used to finalize the computational analysis of the modeling, as well as the writing and submission for the publication of the results in an Open Access journal.

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This project is very interesting, relevant and achievable. The researchers involved know what they need and are fully trained to do it. The work also represents a necessary contribution with repercussions in phytopathology and food safety, of great relevance for Venezuela and the world at this time.

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This work began at the end of last year, having completed the structural studies in January 2021. We hope to carry out an analysis of the results obtained by May of this year and to draft the manuscript for submission to an open access journal in June of 2021.

Oct 22, 2020

Start of the project

Jan 15, 2021

Structural studies

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Project Launched

May 01, 2021

Analysis of results

Jun 01, 2021

Drafting the manuscript and sending it to the journal

Meet the Team

Liara Villalobos-Piña
Liara Villalobos-Piña

Center for Scientific Calculus, University of Los Andes (CeCalCULA)
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Ascanio Rojas A.
Ascanio Rojas A.
Associate Professor

Center for Scientific Calculus of the University of Los Andes (CeCalCULA)
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Hector Acosta Oviedo
Hector Acosta Oviedo

Universidad de Los Andes
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The Scientific Calculation Center of the University of Los Andes is a multidisciplinary research group that develops its line in the study of human and plant pathogens, mainly Trypanosomatides, Apicomplexa and Oomycetes. This
center develops lines of research such as biochemistry, population genetics and computational biology, all of them applied to these pathogens

Liara Villalobos-Piña

I am a biologist, graduated from the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Los Andes, Venezuela. My line of research since 2017, it has been developed especially in the area of Biochemistry, specifically in the study of the metabolism of Phytophtora infestans, characterization and enzymatic kinetics as well as the overexpression and purification of recombinant glucokinases of this model.

I am currently researching, independently, from the area of computational biology using P. infestans and other pathogens as a study model. My main interest is to study its pathogenicity mechanisms, as well as to structurally characterize some of the key enzymes involved in the host-pathogen interaction that are potential targets of attack in the design of future strategies aimed at the control of diseases of economic interest.

Ascanio Rojas A.

Director of Center for Scientific Calculus, University of Los Andes (CeCalCULA), Merida - Venezuela.

We do research in computational biology applied to the epidemiology, evolution and molecular population genetics of human parasites, focusing mainly on Trypanosoma cruzy and Plasmodium vivax, which cause Chagas disease and malaria, respectively. In addition, we train young researchers in these areas by teaching biannual courses in bioinformatics, evolution and biochemistry.

Interests: Computational Biology, Population Genetics, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Genomics and Bioinformatics courses

Hector Acosta Oviedo

Full-time professor in the Department of Biology of the Faculty of Sciences (Universidad de Los Andes, Venezuela) with a Master's degree in Fundamental Medical Sciences and a PhD in Cell Biology (Universidad de Los Andes, Venezuela). Researcher since 1997. I have developed my line in the area of Biochemistry, carrying out intermediate metabolism, enzyme purification and enzyme kinetic studies in Trypanosomatidae, specifically in Trypanosoma cruzi, Trypanosoma evansi, Trypanosoma rangeli and Leishmania mexicana (ULA) and Trypanosoma brucei (Victor Segalen University, France) as well as Phythoptora infestans, Plasmodium falciparum and members of the genus Pseudomonas.

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Significant Facts That People in The Modern Business World Should Know About an Infectious Disease Doctor
There are many types of contagious diseases that move from one individual to another through viruses, bacteria, and even fungi. Everyone also understands that an infection can develop in any part of the body with some of the most vulnerable and yet significant ones being the brain, heart, and lungs as well as the liver. There is no single person in the world today that does not know what common cold is as it is among the top contagious infections in the world today. Anyone suffering from flu and its symptoms can always manage it at home and should only proceed to see an ID specialist when the case is very severe. There are also other times when symptoms take too long to who which is another instance when one should see an ID practitioner immediately even though the doctors also step in to help any place or country that experiences an outbreak of fevers as well for instance China some time back. For anyone suffering from any kind of virus and would thus like to see an ID specialist, this useful article is for you as it outlines some of the significant things that people need to know about an infectious disease doctor.

Becoming an ID specialist is not a joke as it entails more than ten years of training at the university majoring in medicine and then more training upon graduation as well. Training for an ID specialist entails four years training in medical school before becoming a resident doctor for three years which is a requirement for anyone looking forward to becoming an intern after which they receive their general practitioner license. Everyone looks forward to the final two year specialized training as it is the last step for one to become ID specialists and attend to any patient they come across and not just the ones referred to them by the primary care practitioners. If you are suffering from regular infections, then you have to understand that an ID specialist cannot attend to you. When it comes to their job description, the tasks done by these doctors also keep varying but then it always spins around diagnosis and treatment of viral infections and they always have some clues to guide them during the diagnosis. These doctors are also required to do physical exams on their clients as well as medical histories which entail the use of various samples with adequate training as well. People should also take some time to not only know how much an ID specialist earns but also the multiple types of specialist doctors available in the market as well.


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Sunday, January 31, 2016

River Meets Lake

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The Rouge River emptying into Lake Ontario.

Saturday, January 30, 2016

Fill The Frame

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Overhead shot into the baby koi vat. If they see you standing there they go in to a feeding frenzy.

Friday, January 29, 2016

Grand Trunk Trail

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This community walkway started out as part of the historic Grand Trunk Railway. In 1858, the GTR reached the small village of St. Marys from Toronto and points further east. From here, the line went west to Sarnia and then, on the other side of the Canadian American border, from Port Huron to Chicago. The major challenge for both structural engineers and contractors was the erection of this bridge to cross the Thames River. The bridge required a row of massive stone pillars to support the girders and tracks. It immediately became a landmark in St. Marys.

In 1995, the Town of St. Marys was able to purchase the Sarnia Bridge from the Canadian National Railway, as well as the right of way within Town limits along the abandoned line. A citizens' committee was formed in June, 1996, to work towards transforming this old railway line into a trail for everyone to enjoy - residents and visitors alike. The Grand Trunk Trail was opened in 1998 with 3.2 kilometers of paved, accessible trail. Without a doubt, the highlight of this walkway is the Sarnia Bridge with panoramic views south over the town and north to the beautiful countryside.

Thursday, January 28, 2016

Long Legged Woman

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A leftover from photo from last October in Peterborough, Ontario.

Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Signs - M

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One of the most recognizable signs in North America. I'm linking to Lesley's Signs, Signs.

Tuesday, January 26, 2016

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When I get the winter blahs I like to head out to the local garden nursery and get a feeling of things to come.

Monday, January 25, 2016

Tracks In The Snow

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There is a small amount of construction going on in this field. I believe it has something to do with irrigation.

Sunday, January 24, 2016

Odd Man Out

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Notice how the seagull in the middle does not fit in with the rest of the group. He is larger and his markings are different.
Anyone have any answers?

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Friday, January 22, 2016

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Frenchman's Bay does not always freeze this smooth. It all depends on the weather. If it is windy or snowing at the time of freeze up the surface will be rough. Last week the people ice fishing told me the ice was four inches thick.

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Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Signs - No Butts About It

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Smokers are finding that their space is getting smaller and smaller.

Just below the sign at the top you will find this cigarette receptacle to keep smokers from tossing their butts on the ground. Cigarette butts are not biodegradable and contain toxic substances that need to be disposed of properly. A lot of smokers toss their cigarette butts onto the sidewalks or streets and don't stop to think where their butts end up ... Lake Ontario. These new collection bins are part of a strategy to address the problem. The butts will be recycled into plastic lumber and shipping supplies. I'm linking to Lesley's Signs, Signs.

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Nighttime Blues

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At night the tiered parking has a light display.

Monday, January 18, 2016

St. Marys Heritage Landmark

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The water tower was built in 1899 and is a solid stone structure which is representative of other stone buildings erected during this period within the Town of St. Marys. It is one of the best examples of industrial architecture constructed during the turn of the century in Southwestern Ontario.

Sunday, January 17, 2016

Dial Phone

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At the Arva Mill I spotted this phone sitting on shelf collecting dust. I mentioned to the young lady behind the counter that I would really like to take a picture of the phone but it was too high up on the shelf to get a good shot. She immediately reached up and brought it down to eye level. She did assure me that it was still in working order.

Saturday, January 16, 2016

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The cityscape is continuously changing.

Friday, January 15, 2016

Pond Hockey

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A lot of profession hockey players got interested in the sport this way.

Thursday, January 14, 2016

Clint Eastwood

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The Wooden Nickel has massive renovations going on inside. I hope they keep the man with no name right where he is.

Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Signs - 13

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Would you travel this road or are you superstitious? I'm linking to Lesley's Signs, Signs.

Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Speeding Trains

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I am standing on the pedestrian bridge over the Rouge River watching the Go Transit train pass by.

VIA passenger train going east to Montreal. In 2015 two men found guilty of terrorism charges after being accused of plotting to derail a passenger train on this bridge were sentenced to life in prison. During their trial, court heard that an undercover FBI agent gained their trust and surreptitiously recorded their conversations, which made up the bulk of the evidence in the case. The two were recorded speaking about alleged terror plots they would conduct in retaliation for Canada's military actions in Muslim countries, including the derailment of a Via Rail train travelling between New York and Toronto. Read more about it here.

Monday, January 11, 2016

Looking Up

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One of the many artistic skills of Mother Nature.

Sunday, January 10, 2016

Winter Beach

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The off season is the best time of the year to avoid to avoid crowds.

Saturday, January 09, 2016

ND Filter

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My wife bought me a neutral density (ND) filter for Christmas. This photo is my first experiment of using one. ND filters reduce the amount of light entering the camera, enabling a longer exposure time than otherwise possible. Longer exposure times can achieve a wide variety of artistic effects, including softening the appearance of turbulent water or emphasizing motion within a crowd of people.

Friday, January 08, 2016

Pick A Colour

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Can't decided on a colour... mix em' up.

Thursday, January 07, 2016

The Window

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There is a creative fraction of a second when you are taking a picture. Your eye must see a composition or an expression that life itself offers you, and you must know with intuition when to click the camera. That is the moment the photographer is creative. Oop! The Moment! Once you miss it, it is gone forever. - Henri Cartier-Bresson

Wednesday, January 06, 2016

Signs - The Bridesmaid Syndrome

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Misfortune of being very close, but never the winner. I'm linking to Lesley's Signs, Signs.

Tuesday, January 05, 2016

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Using a slow shutter speed at the mall.

Monday, January 04, 2016

Ingersoll Train Station

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The station was constructed in 1886 by Great Western Railway. In 1979, VIA Rail took over train operations on the line and abandoned the station in favour of the white wooden frame shelter in the background. The Town of Ingersoll wants CN to either repair or demolish its former train station.

The run down building is on federally owned land and therefore the municipality has no jurisdiction over it. Due to the style of the building and it's decaying condition they most likely will just level the building instead of trying to restore or move it.

Sunday, January 03, 2016

First Baptist Church

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He said "let there be light"... and I photographed it.

Saturday, January 02, 2016

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The first settlers arrived in St. Marys in the early 1840's, attracted by the area's natural resources. At the new town site, the Thames River (Canada) cascaded over a series of limestone ledges, providing the power to run the first pioneer mills and giving the community an early nickname: Little Falls.

Friday, January 01, 2016

A New Year, A New Dawn, A New Day

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Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right. - Oprah Winfrey

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7 Ways to Manage ‘Back to Uni’ Anxiety

Most people often feel anxious when they have to go back to doing something they’ve not done in a while. This feeling can be debilitating; however, we are here to inform you that this feeling is entirely normal, it happens to almost everyone, and it’s to be expected.

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Going back to school after extended periods of not being able to either because of medical emergencies or maybe having to go on holiday can make you a little anxious. Still, you have to find ways of overcoming these fears.

These fears come about because you’re forced to leave your home, friends and go back to college where you’ll have to take on responsibilities such as studying, staying with a roommate, managing heavy workloads, and, most importantly, finding your identity.

So, if you feel like you find the idea of going back to college a bit challenging, then you shouldn’t worry because we are going to provide you with seven simple tips on how you can overcome these fears and get to enjoy the days that you’ll get to go back to your studies.

Carefully look at these simple suggestions and try to find ways of implementing them in your back to college routine to help you reduce your anxieties.

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1. Don’t avoid the problem

If you have any issues with going back to college, then the best strategy for you is to face them head-on. It would be best if you didn’t try to ignore them because they will never solve themselves.

Ignoring them helps the anxiety grow overtime. If you have problems with your classes, you should try and read ahead, which will help you build more confidence when you start your studies.

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2. Practice self-care

You should join the gym, stay fit, and try out new hobbies that’ll make you feel more confident and more at ease. Burning those extra calories in the gym or relaxing your mind while playing a musical instrument can go a long way in calming down your anxieties and reducing your worries.

Doing this helps build up your confidence and self-esteem and help you get ready to study and make new friends when you go back to school.

3. Get in touch with your college friends

If you’ve been out of college for a long time, you’ve probably not been keeping in touch with your college friends. Now that you’re going back to college, you should get in touch with your friends, see what they are up to, and what they feel about going back to university.

Sharing your feelings with your friends will help you externalize your fears and help you look at them differently. Getting in touch with your friends will also help you have friends you can relate to and socialize with when you get back to college.

4. Make plans and have goals

Success without a plan is just a dream. It would help if you made a plan for when you get back to college, which will help you stay focused throughout the semesters. Have a list of milestones that you’ll celebrate whenever you pass them; this will motivate you, give you something to look forward to, and help you stay focused.

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5. Remind yourself of what you liked about college

If you look back at your previous college semesters, then you’re probably aware of some of the things you used to enjoy doing. It might have been playing football, joining the college choir, or even performing in the art club. If you focus on these extra-curricular activities will fill you with positive vibes, which will help you anticipate the day you’ll get back to college.

6. Go to the college prior

Going to college prior will help you demystify the whole experience and make the feeling more real. It will help you get more reacquainted with the whole idea of college and help you deal with your anxiety challenges. You could go to the fields and the classes, if they are accessible, and you’ll find out that college is just that. A place for students to socialize and study.

7. It’s all in your mind

The fear of going back to university is all in your mind, and you have the power to control it and determine the results. Do not be afraid to tackle the issues that make you anxious when you think about going back to college because the same way the mind makes up problems is the same way it comes up with solutions.

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However, if you feel like you or someone you know might have a problem, and they might have a hard time dealing with it, then you should call the EZCare clinic to book an appointment with us today or visit us at our San Francisco clinic for treatment, prescriptions or refills.

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