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Epidemiology of Enterococcal Infections in Enugu State, Nigeria

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G. A. C. Ezeah
M. C. Ugwu
C. O. C. Ibe
O. C. Ike
A. O. Ekundayo

Enterococci despite being a normal commensal is of great health concern since it can become virulent. Hence the study investigated the prevalence of Enterococci infection and two tertiary health institutions (Enugu State University of Technology (ESUT) Teaching Hospital, Parklane and University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH), Ituku/Ozalla in Enugu State) were used. Isolation and identification were based on standard procedures and biochemical tests. The results showed that age ranges of 21-25years 10(14.7%) and 26-30 years 8(11.8%) had the highest prevalence. Also, more females were infected by the organism than males though the difference was not statistically significant (p= 0.371).The possible predisposing factor showed that 16(23.5%) were unknown while 10(14.7%), 6(8.8%), 14(20.6%), 9(13.2%), 8(11.8%) and 5(7.6%) were catheterization, surgery, pregnancy, Diabetes, HIV/AIDS and previous history of enterococcal infection, respectively. The frequency of enterococcal isolates from different specimens showed that 24(35.3%) of the isolates were from urine samples, 12(17.6%) were from high vaginal swab, 7(10.2%) were from ear swab and wound swab respectively, 4(5.9%) were from urethral swab and aspirates respectively and 2(2.9%) were from sputum samples. Furthermore, departmental sources of enterococcus sp. isolated showed that 21(30.9%) were from Surgery department followed by general out-patients department 14(20.6%), Urology 8(10.3%), Gynaecology 7(10.3), Medicine 6(8.8%), Antenatal, Children out-patients, Neurology and Children Emergency Department had 3(4.4%) each. Also, 41(60.3%) out of the 68 isolates were nosocomially acquired and 27(39.7%) isolates were community acquired. There was no significant difference (p= 0.486) when nosocomially acquired enterococcal isolates were compared with community acquired enterococcal isolates. Monthly frequencies of the isolates showed that July had the highest frequency 10(14.7%) followed by the month of May 7(10.3%). April, August and October had 6(8.8%) respectively. February, March November and December had 5(7.4) respectively; January and September had 4(5.9%) respectively while June had 3(4.4%). Seasonal comparison (rainy and dry season) of the distribution of the isolates within the years of the study showed that rainy season had 38 number of isolates while dry season had 30 number of isolates and there was no significant difference between the frequencies of occurrence in the two seasons (p= 0.271). Therefore, there is an increasing prevalence of Enterococci and can be hospital acquired, screening for this organism is important in hospital setting.

Enterococci, infection, prevelance, nosocomial

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Ezeah, G. A. C., Ugwu, M. C., Ibe, C. O. C., Ike, O. C., & Ekundayo, A. O. (2020). Epidemiology of Enterococcal Infections in Enugu State, Nigeria. Asian Journal of Research in Infectious Diseases, 5(1), 28-36. https://doi.org/10.9734/ajrid/2020/v5i130158
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Chris Potash, The Jimi Hendrix Companion: Three Decades of Commentary

Tom Attah
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1Few icons of the 20th century have carved and retain as distinct and influential a presence on the cultural landscape as James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix. As a creative performance musician, he not only made incalculable contributions to defining the voice and presence of the electric guitar in popular styles, but he also defined new possibilities for blues, rock, jazz, soul and folk music during a meteoric rise to prominence at the end of the 1960s. Hendrix is, as Franco Fabbri would indicate, “a musical event” that impacts not only his own time, but resonates forward into the present day. This event is presented here as refracted through the prism of personal experience, reportage and the scrutiny of the academy.

2The Jimi Hendrix Companion profiles the life and career of this seminal musician through original reviews of Hendrix's music from the British and American press, provides insights into his guitar techniques and recording styles, and invites the reader to construct their own 4-dimensional vision through interviews and scholarly exploration of the Jimi Hendrix phenomenon. Drawing on the work of well-known writers, including Jon Pareles, John Rockwell, Dave Marsh, P.J. O’Rourke, and Lester Bangs, this text provides a perfect introduction to Hendrix, his music, and his times.

3The 57 pieces collected here are arranged in seven evenly-weighted chapters. As in Henry James’ evocation of the House of Fiction, each writer layers their view through press reports, two sections of criticism, periodical journalism, a breath-taking section of academic scholarship and a touching final and forward-looking memorial in order to build a panoptic view of their subject.

4Potash seeks to "…document and illuminate the phenomenon of Jimi Hendrix as it was and is being played out", and to "…create a charged pastiche of more and less complex verbal constellations that conducts feeling - much like Hendrix’s approach to recording, layering sounds to build a heavy composition - as well as simply to collect some essential writings about Jimi into one volume". Evoked via inspiring, intriguing and multi-layered texts, Hendrix defies reduction to a cipher; as one layer or perspective is revealed, further dimensions unfold.

5The strength of the collection is its breadth of scope: each section compliments and contextualises the next, allowing not only Jimi Hendrix but his circumstances to be illustrated from multiple viewpoints. Each chapter opens with a quotation from Jimi himself and, where appropriate, pieces are followed by a bibliography. The whole is supported by a comprehensive index. There is, however, a near-total absence of illustrations or diagrams - the exception to this being the graphic scores that accompany Sheila Whiteley’s brilliant and evocative essay. The text would benefit from imagery as intimate and intricate as some of the pen-portraits and explorations contained here.

6From Dawn James’ tentative flirting with Jimi, to frankly baffling evocations of what might-have-been from Lester Bangs and Tom Gogola, the collection is challenging and informative in equal measure. The limitations of language to describe music are evidenced in Paul Suave’s 1968 work, whilst the heady excitement and regal power of Jimi’s presence is sensitively illustrated by Albert Goldman.

7Jimi Hendrix emerges from this room full of mirrors remarkably fully-formed, and it is a tribute to Potash’s ability as an editor - and to the skill of the contributing writers - that their subject remains mercurially enigmatic yet engaging throughout. Ultimately, the companion is exactly that: a text which guides and informs the reader and drives them back to the greatest source of primary communion and reference; the music itself. Although out of print, the breadth and finesse of this 1996 volume demonstrates the necessity for an updated second edition that takes into account the influence of the Internet and 21st-century modalities on the Jimi Hendrix legacy. Recent years have seen the release of newly edited films, freshly discovered audio material and the marketing of innumerable digital tools, instruments, musical effects processors and clothing branded with the Hendrix name. As the Companion indicates, Jimi Hendrix is placed in human experience not as a time-locked artefact - but as a nexus of possibilities, and as an axis from which to embark on our own artistic and critical endeavours.

8This text is recommended for any scholar or fan with even a passing interest in this remarkable musician and his incalculably influential music. In addition, those researching post-modern notions of intertextuality, identity and the continuing inter-disciplinary and mythological effect of seminal performers by way of posthumous performance and semiological influence will find much to consider and digest within these pages. As with Jimi’s music, this particular collection stands up to repeated reading and extended consultation over time.

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Tom Attah is a Ph.D. student at the University of Salford. His thesis examines the effects of technological mediation in the Blues. As a guitarist and singer, Tom performs solo, with an acoustic duo and as part of an electric band. Tom's solo acoustic work includes his own original Blues compositions and has lead to performances at major music festivals around Europe, including the Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts, the Great British Rhythm & Blues Festival, Blues Autour Du Zinc and multiple national and local radio appearances. Tom is an Associate Lecturer at the University of Salford, and his blues advocacy includes workshops, seminars, lectures and recitals delivered at secondary school and community level. Tom's writing is regularly featured in Blues In Britain magazine. At present Tom is preparing his original conference papers and book reviews for publication in several international peer-reviewed journals.

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Today we say goodbye to Weekend Wisdom for the year.  Next weekend will kick off the “40 Days of Joy” series for the holidays. It is a series designed to help widows through the holiday season, but the tips are generic enough they can be used by those grieving the loss of any loved one or those not grieving at all who just need a little extra boost to make it through this hectic season.

The next time you see Weekend Wisdom will be Saturday January 4th, 2014.  In honor of the temporary hiatus, I set out to find uplifting quotes about goodbyes.

Happy trails to you, until we meet again.
Some trails are happy ones,
Others are blue.
It’s the way you ride the trail that counts,
Here’s a happy one for you.

Dale Evans

How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.

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No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who are thoroughly persuaded of each other’s worth.

Robert Southey

Goodbyes are not forever.
Goodbyes are not the end.
They simply mean I’ll miss you
Until we meet again!

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Only get bite-size pieces
Sometimes mornings
Never night

Can’t wait to develop
The “syndrome”
For empty home
I pray
There is no cure

Remedying by showering
By singing
By peeing
Doors open
Every. Freaking. Chance. I. Get.

This illusion
Of confusion post scramming
Doesn’t make a lick
Of sense
To me

Birds kick them out
Practically SHOUT
Go away!
Spread your wings
And freaking fly already. Smh.

I don’t get moms
Who hang on
And long for videos playing,
And dirty clothes laying
Everywhere in the effing house

An empty nest is for the birds
Or are empty nests for the birds? Literally.
My little turds have had it good
Whether they think they have
Or not

SILENCE! Man, I crave it
Imma rave about it
When it happens
Can’t EVER friggin’ get enough

Six little birdies
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Family & Procrastination

I have at least 4 million and one things to do.  So what am I doing instead?  Blogging.  Because I am the World’s Worst Procrastinator.  Or is that the World’s Best Procrastinator.  Whatever.  I am it.  Procrastination is my middle name.  I thrive on doing things at the very last possible moment.  Makes everyone else crazy.

Next Monday begins Christmas in July at Quilter’s Dream.  And I have two, count them, two projects that need to be completed.  And not many more days for that to happen.  So just as soon as I finish this blog today, I’m all over the sewing.  And maybe by Sunday at 4 a.m. you’ll get to see the results.  Boo might be taking the pictures.

But first….. my family came to visit this week!  And although I was not a very good photographer, they were also not very willing subjects.  But I snuck in a few shots here and there.  It was a bit difficult because they spent the whole day yesterday doing one thing.  Wii Golf.  With Tiger.  Actually they were all Tiger.  It was hard to know whose score was whose.  They all said Tiger on the screen.  Wishful thinking on their part, don’t ya think?

This is Tiger Isaac taking his swing.  You can tell he’s swinging by the blurry hands.  I think he got a hole-in-one.  They all got at least one hole-in-one.  Apparently Wii Golf is way easier than the real thing.  I watched.  Didn’t want to mess up their hole-in-one statistics.

These girls watched too.  That’s niece, Jennifer on the left and sister, Cindy on the right.  We let the kids and the boys do the golfing.

Here’s Tiger Emma taking her “hit the ball out of the park” wind-up swing.  Oops!  Wrong sport.  She got a hole-in-one too.  And she’s a lefty.  Either that or she just happened to be standing on that side of the Big Screen Golf Course.  Better known as a TV.

Tiger Jeff takes his swing for a hole-in-one.  Notice how Tiger Isaac maintained his best seat in the house for viewing status.  He didn’t want to miss a single swing.

This picture makes me laugh.  Dear Tiger Hubby put his all into his swing and became one big blur as he smashed that little golf ball.  But the really funny part is the spectators.  They have absolutely no regard for the golfer.  Their eyes are totally fixed on the Big Screen Golf Course.  The golfer could crumble to a heap and need a paramedic and they wouldn’t even notice.  They would just wonder why nothing was happening on the Big Screen Golf Course.  I think On Screen Dear Tiger Hubby actually layed on the ground and kicked his feet after one swing.  Apparently he did not get a hole-in-one on that one.

Sis, Niece Jennifer, Great-Niece Emma and I took some time out to go to a movie in the afternoon.  The boys were in exactly the same spot when we got home.  Waiting for dinner.  Then back to the game.  They were on a Tiger Mission apparently.  A Mission for just one more hole-in-one.  Then Sis, Niece Jennifer and I went to the Beauty Shop for Niece Jennifer to get a haircut.

Isn’t it cute?  She has great hair.  I wish she could share some with me.

Then before they left for Colorado to visit Gram and Gramps, we had another visitor.

Meet Dixie.  Sorry she’s a bit blurry.  We need to get new animals in our family that are not black.  They would be more photogenic.  But apparently we like black pets.

Boo wasn’t quite sure what to do about Dixie.

But Dixie sort of thought she wanted to play with the big, black animal.

And she definitely wanted to play with all the animal’s toys!

“Come on, Boo.  Let’s play!  I can take you on.  I know I can.”  Too bad that Boo outweighs Dixie by about 8 to 1.

And after Boo cleared his throat a few times and tried to bop Dixie on the nose, Dixie gave up and just played with every cat toy in the house while Boo watched.  By the way Dixie belongs to my other sis, who came over to meet the travelers and they all headed to Colorado to visit the folks.

Don’t they look extremely excited for a 13 hour drive?  Not.

Bro-in-law Jim is banned from ever wearing a black shirt while holding Dixie again.  At least for the sake of the pictures that is.

Bye everyone!  I am very happy to have projects that are keeping me at home this week.  I don’t treasure 13 hour drives with 6 other people in a van.

I prefer a larger mode of travel.  And Dear Hubby is repairing the roof so this one doesn’t leak any rain water on us.  “Good job, DH!”

Dixie says bye too.  And I’m gonna work on finding a camera setting for “black furry subjects.”  I’m sure there’s one on the camera somewhere.

Sewing away while the rest of them ride in a van,

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5 Responses to Family & Procrastination

  1. carol parker says:

    glad I didn’t miss your blog. It was good to see everybody – Missed Emma – bet she’s very grown-up; especially liked Jennifer’s new hair style. Hope they’re having fun w/your Mom & Dad in the mountains!

  2. Judy says:

    While the fam is visiting with Mom and Dad I hope someone reads your blog to them! WITH a recording device! What a hoot – to hear their comments! Happy travels to all! Yeah – I am thinking sewing is a great excuse for NOT joining in the fam-fun – although I know they would have LOVED to cram you, Boo and DH in that van! Would have to put wheels on the sewing supplies to roll along behind! Yeah – don’t have to ask me twice about traveling in a motorhome – leaks or no leaks! Dixie is CUTE, CUTE! Shhh – don’t tell Boo!

  3. Sherrill says:

    Are you babysitting Dixie while they are on the road? What kind of dog is she? Adorable. Have fun over there with all that last minute cramming!! Can’t wait to see it on Monday.

  4. Pam says:

    Highlights for me:
    Tiger Mark!
    Cute fuzzy puppy!
    Boo and cute puppy!
    Great Haircut!
    You all looked like you had a wonderful time. It is great to see.

  5. Susan says:

    I especially liked how Jim was banned from ever wearing a black shirt again–haha! 🙂

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Question: Can We Eat Immediately After Yoga?

What should I eat after yoga class?

Some of her favorite post-yoga snacks include a Greek yogurt parfait with fruit, nuts, and granola; a quinoa bowl with veggies, tofu, or legumes; or a smoothie with frozen wild blueberries, banana, mint, Greek yogurt, and kefir or silken tofu..

Why we should not do yoga after eating?

Do not eat After we eat, our body uses a lot of energy in digesting the food which can make us lethargic. Doing yoga in such a state will not get you any of the benefits of the asana as your effort will remain incomplete.

What are the do’s and don’ts of yoga?

Yoga Class Dos and Don’tsDO arrive early. … DON’T eat for two or three hours before class. … DO let your teacher know about injuries or conditions that might affect your practice. … DO create an intention. … DON’T bring pagers or cell phones to class. … DO be quiet.More items…•

Is it OK to shower after yoga?

Always take a shower after yoga class, especially if you’ve just taken an extra sweaty class like Bikram or Ashtanga yoga. Your body releases toxins when you sweat, and if you don’t shower after class, those toxins will stay on and eventually be absorbed back into your skin.

Can we drink water immediately after yoga?

What To Eat After Yoga Session. You should drink water 30 minutes after you have exercised. The idea is to regain the electrolytes that you may have lost during yoga, which can cause cramps in the body. Eat a super nutritious meal after your yoga session.

What should I drink after yoga?

Coconut water is an excellent choice to rehydrate yourself after a yoga workout.Watermelons. Water Melons are primarily made up of water and help keep dehydration and hunger at bay. … Bananas. … Bael Sherbet. … Beetroot. … Fruit Smoothies. … Oranges.

Should we do yoga empty stomach?

Some traditions, particularly those that advocate early morning practice (like Ashtanga) advise that you do your asanas on a completely empty stomach. B.K.S. Iyengar, in his classic book Light on Yoga, writes that if this is difficult for you, you can have coffee, cocoa, or milk before your session.

Is it good to sleep after yoga?

The Connection Between Yoga and Better Sleep Yoga isn’t just beneficial for improving core strength, flexibility, and stress levels; it can also help you sleep better—especially if you suffer from insomnia.

How long after yoga should you eat?

When To Eat Post-Yoga The first two hours after your practice are key. This is because your body is most receptive to receiving these nutrients with the first half hour to 2 hours after your practice. Eating within this time can have an impact on your next practice and your overall improvement.


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Question: Why Is Compliance So Important?

Why is insurance compliance important?

The compliance function enhances regulatory watch.

It creates a device to detect non-compliance risks and inform all company’s levels of the evolution of the regulatory framework applicable to insurance..

What is the most important element in a compliance plan?

The 7 Elements of a Compliance Program Are as Follows: Implementing written policies, procedures, and standards of conduct. Designating a compliance officer and compliance committee. Conducting effective training and education.

What is a good compliance program?

To ensure compliance programs are effective, it is critical to: Develop a culture of accountability from the top levels of the organization. … Build compliance into operations, including active monitoring and internal auditing—and consider using predictive modeling techniques, particularly in high-risk areas.

What are the elements of a compliance program?

Core Elements of an Effective Compliance ProgramWritten policies and procedures.Designated compliance officer and compliance committee.Effective training and education.Effective lines of communication.Internal monitoring and auditing.Enforcement of standards through well-publicized disciplinary guidelines.More items…

What is compliance risk in banking?

The expression “compliance risk” is defined in this paper as the risk of legal or regulatory sanctions, material financial loss, or loss to reputation a bank may suffer as a result of its failure to comply with laws, regulations, rules, related self-regulatory organisation standards, and codes of conduct applicable to …

What is the role of compliance function?

The compliance department ensures that a business adheres to external rules and internal controls. In the financial services sector, compliance departments work to meet key regulatory objectives to protect investors and ensure that markets are fair, efficient and transparent.

Why risk and compliance is important?

To ensure that businesses protect their information, have consistent cohesion departmentally, and follow all governmental regulations, a governance, risk and compliance, (GRC) program is important. … There are many risks in the workplace as it relates to ensuring governance, risk management and compliance.

Why is Compliance important in banking?

Banks want to have a strong compliance culture in order to treat customers fairly, protect employees, ensure satisfied shareholders and have the trust of society at large – including the Financial Services Authority (FSA). Banks do not spend time on compliance just because the FSA tell them to.

What does compliance mean in banking?

Investopedia describes the compliance department as a bank’s internal police force. It is the unit that ensures that a financial institution complies with applicable laws, regulations and rules, and it plays an essential role in helping to preserve the integrity and reputation of the bank.

What are the benefits of compliance?

Silver Linings: 10 Business Benefits of Your Compliance ProgramReduces organizational and individual risk. … Enables less hesitance and more confidence. … Uncovers better data for better decisions. … Gives the gift of efficiencies and economies of scale. … Results in a smaller, better organized toolbox. … Levels the playing field. … Helps realize a company’s mission.More items…•

What are the 7 elements of a compliance program?

Seven Elements of an Effective Compliance ProgramImplementing written policies and procedures. … Designating a compliance officer and compliance committee. … Conducting effective training and education. … Developing effective lines of communication. … Conducting internal monitoring and auditing. … Responding promptly to detected problems and undertaking corrective action.


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Centres of Excellence in collaboration with Siemens, Cisco, Novell, IBM, Salzer Electronics and Lancet Commission

Smart Classrooms with latest teaching Aids

Research and Laboratories

Food Processing Laboratories

Nanotechnology Laboratories

Highly equipped and Nationally Acclaimed Research Laboratories

Computer Technology Center with Green Computing

Academic Facilities

Gallery Classrooms

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Sports Facilities

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More bundles to binge read!

September is right around the corner!

Take some time for yourself with lots of good books, and I’ve got a couple of excellent bundles for you to binge read. They are in Kindle Unlimited, so don’t forget to read them there – for $9.99 a month, that subscription just paid for both of these bundles if you were to buy the books separately. However, these bundles are both only 99 cents for a limited time, so you can pick up a copy to keep, too!

One bundle is a re-issue from a couple of years ago, but there are some great books in it, so it never gets old. Brides of the North is one of my favorite bundles and with a sneak-peak of a coming novel I hope to have finished in 2021. The second bundle is BRAND new, never-before issued – The Gaston de Russe Collection contains Gaston, Matthew, Trenton, and Dane – not to be missed, so make sure you pick up a copy and/or read it in Kindle Unlimited!

These bundles are GREAT for new readers to my universe, but they’re also great for existing readers because if there’s just one book in the bundle you don’t have, it’s only .99 cents! Grab it because it’s a steal!

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KAUKKO Backpack for Hiking Tours ( Grey )

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  • Material: canvas (canvas), cotton lining, zipper closure.Personalized design of this backpack is fashion and comfortable for you, which shows your outstanding temperament.
  • Dimensions (L * W * H): 53 * 22.5 * 31 cm (20.9 * 8.9 * 12.2 inches), shoulder straps approx. 150 cm (59 inches)
  • Decration: beautiful seam line. Three outer surface zippers are all sturdy metal zipper, a roomy top zipper main compartment; Other two smaller zippered pockets to keep your little things simple; All metal accessories are all solid and well plated
  • Suitable for long or short trip, vacation as a travel bag, sports bag, travel luggage, leisure bag, weekender, gift idea, vintage bag, large bag, travel suitcase.

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May 24 Black-faced spoonbill feeding

 The black-faced spoonbill, and all other species of spoonbill, feed by sweeping their open bill from side to side. When prey such as a fish, crustacean, or insect enter, the very sensitive bill snaps shut, and the water is pressed out through small projections on the sides of the bill, similar to how baleen functions in whales.

A whimbrel, or chushakushigi in Japanese, was also feeding at the estuary this day. They use their long bill to probe for crabs, shrimp, and other creatures. When they catch a crab, they will shake off the legs, one by one, and then swallow the body whole. Then they eat each leg. Nothing is wasted.


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“A bad mood can feel luxurious in a society that binds our happiness to our productivity.” ~ my friend Nicole Lawrence

I was in such a foul mood on Saturday. I carried it with me, purposefully, and it was like a heavy purse that keeps sliding off your shoulder as you’re trying to do things. It was so annoying.

It pulled at me as I made lunch. It came with me on a hike with my husband. As I played Words With Friends and did the New York Times crossword puzzle. I didn’t enjoy any of it. I didn’t want to enjoy anything.

The sensations of it were interesting. A sort of swirling, whirling heaviness in my chest. A squinty-ness in my eyes. A taut jaw. I wanted to snarl and sneer and roll my eyes (and did so in my head, or when no one was looking).

I sent myself to bed early. I told my husband that I was in a bad mood and said he could tell. He asked why and my knee-jerk response was a snippy “I don’t know.” He asked if it was his fault (and he should know better than that LOL…my moods are completely and totally my responsibility and that’s what I told him).

But I DID know. I was in a bad mood because I was shaming myself for being envious about something and told myself I shouldn’t be. I wanted something I don’t have and told myself I was a spoiled brat. I ruminated and stewed about it all day long. I nursed it.

Rather than just letting myself be envious, I layered shame and judgment on top, like too much mayo on a sandwich. It was good, until it wasn’t.

I let my husband hug me goodnight but told him that I was temporarily disdainful of hugs.

Judging emotion is just one more way we repress it and punish ourselves.

I have learned to let my husband love me when I am in a bad mood but you know what I realized this morning? I wasn’t loving myself. When I’m in a bad mood, I accept it, but I don’t love myself.

And there’s a difference. Do I love myself at other times? For sure. But this morning I saw that my self-love was conditional. If I deemed myself a spoiled brat, no love for me, from me.

We learn to have difficult relationships with ourselves from our mothers. We internalize the things they said (to themselves and to us) and we say them to ourselves.

So of course I told myself I’m a spoiled brat if I want something. Of course I wanted to snarl. Of course I shamed myself. Of course I believed I wasn’t fit to be around people. Of course I punished myself for my desires and my bad moods…for feeling emotions I deemed ugly.

If you’ve been reading my blog for any length of time you know that shame is something I come back to again and again.

And you might be sitting there, on the other side of this blog post, thinking, “Shit. If Karen still feels shame after all the work she’d done, what’s the freaking point?”

The point is that moods and emotions don’t have a mind of their own. They don’t happen to you. You create them. I created my mood and my shame. And that’s AMAZING news because it means I didn’t have to wait for the Good Mood Fairy to sprinkle magic dust on me in order to love myself again. I didn’t have to wait for Mommy to tell me it’s okay to come out of my room. I didn’t have force myself into being happy before I am ready so I could be around people again.

In the past I would have shut myself all the way down and hid away. I would have been afraid to say what I think, afraid to write books, afraid to express myself, afraid to build a business, afraid to write this blog post.

Shame is a human emotion and as long as I am human I will create and feel it from time to time. And then I will catch myself and create and feel love, and confidence and certainty and audacity.

Because I can create my emotions, I am powerful beyond belief.

And so are you. You know this is true.

Awareness is always where your power lies. And the systems we live in don’t want us to be aware. They want us to play small, be meek, and stay out of our power. And our mothers? If they weren’t aware they bought into the misogyny and passed it right along to us.

You may think it’s about boundaries and healing relationships, and it is on a micro level, but on a macro level it’s about your power as a woman.

Because we’re not going back.

Much, much love, Karen

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Fatal Alcohol-Related Motor Vehicle Crashes

After a short decline in the number of fatal alcohol-related motor vehicle crashes in 2016, this number of fatal crashes has risen to 22 in 2017.

Fatal Drug-Related Motor Vehicle Crashes

The number of fatal motor vehicle crashes in Kent County that are drug-related have been rising since 2013. In the past 10 years, there has been more than a 400% increase in these drug-related fatal motor vehicle crashes.

Substances Involved in Fatal Crashes

In 2017, fatal crashes were more likely to involve alcohol than drugs. Motor vehicle crashes involving alcohol, drugs, or a combination of the two, account for nearly half of all fatal accidents that occurred in Kent County in 2017.


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Principal Denise Richards to Speak at Upcoming Event

In a traditionally underrepresented industry, women are more than ever vital in leadership roles in architecture, engineering, and construction. A recent study by McKinsey indicated that companies ranking in the top quartile of executive-board diversity were 35% more likely to outperform others financially and the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that women in construction earn an average of 95.7% of what men make—an 18% pay bump compared to other industries. Join the AIA/GBCA Joint Committee for an event in conjunction with the Construction Owners Association of America (COAA) exploring women in leadership in A.E.C. Learn how these leaders got to where they are today, why they chose the A.E.C. industry, and where they see A.E.C. going in the future.

Speakers include: +Marie Barajas, CHC, Project Director, LF Driscoll +Denise Richards, PE, Principal, Keast & Hood Structural Engineers +Daniela Holt Voith, FAIA, IIDA, LEED AP BD+C, Founding Principal, Voith & Mactavish Architects, LLP +Maureen Ward, AIA, Senior Director, Facilities Planning and Space Management, University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine

To register, visit the ticketleap page: Women in Leadership in A.E.C. : an AIA/COAA/GBCA Joint Event

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Estate Planning

Financial advisor Bijan Golkar says you should get a fiscal checkup just like you get a physical checkup. No legal advice here, but Bijan says if you have people you love, don’t let them fight it out over your assets when you die. And if you’re feeling smug because you’ve got a will, Bijan will tell you that estate planning isn’t a “set-it-and-forget-it” proposition because…well, things change. So even if you’re not a multi-millionaire, start think about what you want to happen to your stuff after you die. Because you sure can’t take it with you.

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I guess what grieves me more than anything is how deceived we humans can be. A great example is our current president and his administration. Lie after lie and still he seems to attract more attention and get more leeway than any other commander in chief.

Still, aren’t we at the top of the food chain? Shouldn’t we be so intelligent, especially at this point in time, that we should be on auto-pilot as a people?

If all of the cool science fiction movies made in the last 60 years were really true, we should be a super race by now.

Instead, we’re dumb and dumber.

We have ears of discernment that was God-given if we’d only use them. We have all bounced around in this life listening to the rest of the world justifying bad behaviour with psychological mumbo jumbo oxymoronic garbage.

Can we justify playing God? How can anyone take the life of a child with abortion OR make one for a homosexual couple that can’t possibly reproduce?

How can we justify the presence of God and not believe everything the Bible says?

Can we have an adulterous affair and go to Church on Sunday without feeling the wrath of God?

Can we go to the club to drink and dance in the name of Jesus?

Do we really think our sin doesn’t hurt anyone? Is there no condemnation?

Are we that deceived?

I’m talking to you, CHRISTIAN.

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BREAKING NEWS From Right to Life of Greater Cincinnati:

“August 20, 2014 (Cincinnati, OH): News outlets are reporting that late term abortionist Martin Haskell will not appeal to the First District Court of Appeals in an attempt to contest Judge Jerry Metz’ decision to uphold the Ohio Department of Health order that his Women’s Med Center abortion facility be closed for operating outside Ohio health and safety laws.

See Channel 5 recent report.

“The Ohio law has been upheld and the decision not to appeal confirms its importance in protecting women’s health and safety,” said Paula Westwood, Executive Director, Right to Life of Greater Cincinnati.

“Concerns still remain, in that Martin Haskell’s Women’s Med Center remains open and could still offer chemical, non-surgical, RU-486 abortions, which are also a a proven serious health hazard, contributing to documented deaths.”

There isn’t a conclusion yet, Haskell’s Kettering facility will likely be open to kill six days rather than the four days it is currently open. Haskell’s Indiana facility, under Indiana law, can abort up to 12 weeks. In Ohio, there is a 20 limit, further if ‘danger’ or ‘health’ of the mother.

As we get more information, we will update accordingly.

Keep up the GREAT work! #SHUTTHEMDOWN

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Ecuador, Japanese Food, and Bugs

My friend Shoyo is a pretty cool guy.  He’s an undergraduate student at BU, he’s got a wicked sense of style, and he’s been volunteering at HMNH since he was about 5 years old.  He’s also the only thing I can think of that unites the three things listed in the title of this post.

Shoyo managed to earn his silver and bronze recognitions for service to HMNH before he entered college.  He’s smart, funny, and practically grew up at the museum.  If there’s anyone without a PhD at the museum who knows more about bugs or who has a more interesting way of presenting Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches or Scorpions to visitors, I haven’t met them.

He’s also comic relief to the rest of us when we’re working.  He’s super helpful and funny.  Sometime soon he should earn his gold award.  These awards are earned in recognition for hours worked as a volunteer.  They require some ungodly amount of hours and he’ll probably be the youngest volunteer in museum history to get all three awards.

Unfortunately, he’s studying abroad this semester.  He’ll be in Ecuador in an immersive biology program studying plants, local wildlife, and most of all, invertebrates.  What is a gross creepy crawly to you or me is a really cool thing to Shoyo that he can study and photograph.  He’s been practising with his new camera and, after a confirmation email that he made it safely to Ecuador, he’s now busy studying, photographing, and working on his Spanish.

As far as Japanese food goes, Shoyo’s parents are from Japan.  Shoyo is apparently a really good cook but only deigned to tell me this the Friday before he left for Ecuador.  I’ve never had Japanese food I like and so I extracted a promise from him that, as there are no Japanese restaurants that he’d recommend, he’ll cook for me and Geoff upon his return to the US.  I only have to wait 5 months.

If you’d like to follow along on his exploits and check out his photos like this:

Shoyo made this. Ok, the photo. Nature made the critter.

His blog is and he’s posting remarkably regularly.  You know, for being in an immersive rainforest camp type place with sporadic wi-fi.

Enjoy.  I’ll be patiently waiting for my Japanese food.

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Eleanor Bowmer Branding and Product Photoshoot

Date: 25.09.20

Eleanor Bowmer Branding and Product Photoshoot

Manchester branding, commercial and product photography

I had to share with you the most AMAZING shoot at Eleanor Bowmer’s new place….This was very different to my usual photography of weddings and families and by this time of year I would usually be buried deep in wedding editing! 2020 had different ideas and I’ve only photographed 2 of 36 weddings this year! With my weddings gone for at least the next 6 months I am offering small businesses, creatives, makers and designers of all types my photography skills.

So what do I get?

  • A one hour shoot can be done at your home studio or office. I’ll capture things as they happen… you designing, making, packaging your work…all the little details. I can capture product shots for you too.
  • If it is just products you would like me to capture I can come and collect these from you I’ll take them away for the day to photograph and then I will deliver them back to you!
  • I’ll edit all the pictures and send them to you for full resolution download. You’ll get a minimum of 70 photos.

Often I’m told people just don’t have the time to get good photographs for their Instagram or their website of they just don’t have ‘a good camera’ or the skills to capture and edit  eye-catching images.

I was here at Eleanor Bowmer’s office for an hour and I’ve just handed her over 120 full resolution digital images so she has plenty of content in the bank that are all Instagram ready!

Shoots are just £150 for 1 hour! Get in touch here if you’d like one!

You can view and buy Eleanor’s work here… I am all for supporting small businesses this year so most of my Christmas shopping will be done on Eleanor Bowmer’s website! I was literally drooling over her product range whilst I was there even the packaging is stunning!

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How to get a better sex life as a man

December 15

How to get a better sex life as a man

How to be a man in these times can be confusing with so many demands on us of being a certain way. Most of this comes from unhealthy views of how and what a man is. In this article and video, I will explain one way to get a better sex life as a man, in connection to your partner.

The Beast

The Beast archetype is a powerful conqueror that will do anything to get what he wants. The unhealthy version of this energy will do this by being inconsiderate of other people to get what he wants, by any means necessary. The healthy integrated version of the same energy manifests through a man who is in connection to his heart considering others, while holding a clear purpose of what he wants to experience; not only sexually, but also through his vision and devoted passion.

Unhealthy energy?

The unhealthy version is why most men shy away from this energy because they think if they unleash this energy, it will lead to unhealthy relationship with women and people around them; not knowing the unappealing aspect of this energy is its unhealthy expression.

How to integrate the Beast Energy

One way to integrate the Beast Energy in a healthy way is to let it completely run through the body in a contained way, with people who have already done such integration within themselves, and are trained to facilitate it for others.

How to get a better sex life as a man

When this energy is holistically integrated, it will lead to an energy within a man that is very attractive to a woman. A man who knows what he wants and where he is going is very attractive. Knowing how to consider and cater to a woman’s heart is a quality that most woman crave, also. If you are interested how this looks with a couple have a look at the article Relationship trouble and How to Heal

Feeling is sexy

When a man is feeling deeply into himself, his body allows him to feel deeply into his woman, also. The more you can feel through your senses, the more embodied you are; the more embodied you are the more present you are, and that is very sexy!

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On what would've been Chris Cornell's 56th birthday, his daughter Lily Cornell Silver launched a series called Mind Wide Open, which features guests discussing mental health and related topics. Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder was the guest on her most recent episode, and he shed a bit of light on why grunge artists had such dark themes in their songs.

Cornell was a very close friend of Vedder's, and he's been a familial figure to Silver throughout her life. They've still remained close after the passing of her father in 2017,  so this episode in her series was a very special one. He shared stories of the two singers traveling into the woods in the middle of the night, of the night Pearl Jam learned Silver was born right before they went onstage and more.

Guns N' Roses' Duff McKagan was another recent guest on Silver's show, and Vedder agreed with some of the points he had made about the height of success being some of the toughest times for artists, when logically, you'd think it would be the opposite.

"Your dad, we talk about music or art as a release or a place where, I think they call it homeostasis, where you can get to that level of just feeling energized and clear of mind," Vedder reflected to Silver. "Obviously he had the music, and those are some dark lyrics. Kurt [Cobain]'s lyrics, there are some dark lyrics. Layne [Staley]'s lyrics, there were some dark lyrics."

"These weren't people going, 'Oh I'm gonna pretend to write a dark song,'" he continued. "That was real for everybody."

The frontman acknowledged that it when grunge got popular, it became a joke to mock those bands for releasing such somber music. "But I think people took it personally because they were like, 'Yeah we ain't fuckin'... this is actually heavy. And that's probably why everybody seemed to like it, it's like they needed it. Like, 'Yeah, this guy is speaking for me.'"

Vedder noted Billie Eilish as an example of a contemporary artist who's developed a massive following, but is known for having gloomy subject matter within her songwriting.

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8 Elements of a Successful 2021 Digital Content Strategy

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With coronavirus vaccines finally being deployed around the world, we have reason to be cautiously optimistic moving into 2021. But our lives may never quite be the same after this pandemic, and with so many unknowns still on the horizon, developing a digital content strategy for 2021 can feel like a monumental task.

Still, with all the challenges we’ve faced in the past year, we’ve also seen some exciting innovations in the world of marketing and brand communications. The most agile organizations have adapted to their audiences’ changing needs and modes of engagement with fascinating results. And we can fully expect that these new approaches to marketing will persist even after the pandemic has ended.

So let’s take a look at 8 content marketing trends and priorities whose importance was made clear in 2020, and that need to be a part of your 2021 digital content strategy.

1. A commitment to racial and social justice

Nearly 90% of Generation Z supports the Black Lives Matter movement, and 78% have used social media to express that support, according to a June 2020 Yubo poll. And Gen Z is the most populous consumer demographic. For most brands, this means that a significant portion of their customers don’t just care about racial and social justice — they’re actively standing up to injustice, and they increasingly expect the brands they work with to do the same.

That’s why the most successful brands in 2021 and beyond will be those that make a substantive and lasting commitment to diversity in their workforce and equity in their leadership. So take a hard look not just at your organization internally, but at the impact your products and services are having on the world. If you already have a racial justice plan in place for your company as a whole — and your approach to marketing in particular — make sure you have specific commitments to continue it into 2021. And if you don’t have a plan yet, right now is the time.

2. Virtual conferences

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The virtual conference landscape was completely transformed in 2020, and while coronavirus concerns will lead to more digital conferences in 2021, it’s likely that many conferences will retain a digital presence even after the pandemic has ended.

Take Adobe MAX: in 2019, it had about 15,000 attendees. But its 2020 virtual conference clocked more than 21 million video views — not to mention 2.2 million site visits and 50 million social-media interactions. The increase compared to the in-person event is staggering, and points to how many more potential customers brands can reach through these events.

That’s why, while future conferences may still retain in-person presentations and exhibition halls, we expect these presentations to also be available on-demand (as MAX presentations still are) and that there will be a virtual booth component to accompany every in-person booth. In fact, we expect these virtual exhibits to become a core component of any successful digital content strategy.

3. High-value content

After such a difficult year, consumers have moved away from those brands whose content fails to deliver real value. That’s because organizations that weren’t clearly thinking about their customers’ needs in 2020 came off as tone-deaf.

So make sure that the content you’re producing in 2021 is something that your audience can walk away from with something real and meaningful that they’ve gained. If it’s a blog post or ebook, they should have learned key strategies or skills they can put into practice. If it’s a social-media post or annual report, they should have learned some useful information via data or stats. And this value shouldn’t just be for existing customers; especially given the strained economy going into 2021, you’ll need to win over potential customers by first proving that you have something to offer.

4. Loyalty-building strategies

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After the racial justice protests of 2020, and given the economic challenges we’ll continue to face in 2021, consumers now have higher expectations than ever from the brands they work with. That’s why you’ll need to go the extra mile to build and maintain customer loyalty.

In fact, marketers in the B2C space are already planning to boost spending on loyalty and retention in 2021 by 15%, according to Forrester Research. This will often take the place of marketing that’s focused on products or performance. So think about what drives your customers, and how you can deliver what they need for the long term. Then make loyalty-building a key component of your 2021 digital content strategy.

5. Visual, interactive reports

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In the past, annual reports often took the form of printed booklets distributed internally at the office. But 2020 was a breakout year for annual reports in the digital space. These reports are no longer confined to print, or even to 8.5” x 11” pages in PDF form.

Whether they’re using data visualization or illustration, annual reports are now more visual than ever. This allows them to share key takeaways quickly and keep their audiences engaged from start to finish. And they’re increasingly presented as interactive landing pages. That way, they can incorporate everything from clickable graphs to embedded video. The result is a report that delivers a more complete picture than ever of the state of your organization — without miles and miles of text that few people will ever read.

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6. New webinar formats

Webinars as part of 2021 digital content strategy

Many of us developed a bittersweet relationship with the webinar in 2020. On the one hand, there were more of them than ever, giving us access to speakers and events that we could have never seen in person. But on the other hand, we spent more time on video conferences than ever, and they could get a little tiring after a while.

That’s why new formats for webinars started to get more common throughout the last year as an essential piece of any digital content strategy. From live interactive graphics to high-quality video and slideshow presentations to multiple speakers, presenters were doing a lot more to keep their audiences engaged and entertained. So just as in every other mode of communication, high-quality visual content will be more important than ever in webinars in 2021. Audiences’ high standards and low attention spans will guarantee it.

7. Online shopping

The pandemic led to a huge shift in the way we shop. According to the US Census Bureau, e-commerce spending increased 31.8% between Q1 and Q2 of 2020. And the new habits we’ve developed are likely to stick around at least until the end of the pandemic.

So make sure that your 2021 digital content strategy includes easy, effective ways for consumers to purchase your products or services online and in no-contact spaces.

8. Empathetic marketing

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We’ve said it already, but we’ll say it again: above all, marketers need to be focused on delivering what their customers need in 2021. And that includes their emotional needs too. Your audiences have been hard-hit by economic and social challenges on an unprecedented scale. You can’t just pretend like they’re not struggling.

Empathetic marketing doesn’t just require being a better listener. It might also mean making some big decisions at the core of what your brand does. Could you start offering a lower-cost version of your products or services? A different kind of payment model? Or new features that can help people through these difficult times? You’ll want to ask these questions — and many more.

Guidance for Your 2021 Digital Content Strategy

For more insights on how to develop a winning content marketing strategy in 2021, check out our blog. Or you can watch every session of the Strategic Content Summit free and on demand, including discussions with such marketing influencers as Brian Fanzo and Matt Heinz. And check out our blog post with tips and strategies for B2B marketing in 2021. Best of luck as we move into 2021, and happy new year!

Erin McCoy

Author Erin McCoy

Erin McCoy is director of content marketing and public relations at Killer Visual Strategies. She earned her BA in Spanish with minors in French and Russian, and holds 2 master’s degrees from the University of Washington: an MFA in creative writing and an MA in Hispanic literature. She has won nearly 2 dozen awards in photojournalism, and has dedicated those skills to boosting Killer’s brand recognition and thought leadership in visual communication. Since Erin took on her marketing/PR role, Killer has been named a member of the Inc. 5000 for 4 years in a row; has been featured in such publications as Inc., Forbes, Mashable, and the Huffington Post; and has been invited to present at such conferences as SXSW and SMX Advanced.

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Ze Frank, Kony 2012 and Don Quixote

When I was a little girl, my bed was tall enough for me to sit under. My sister and I had gotten on our own rooms for the first time in our lives. Our dad had cut in half the bunk bed he had made for us to share. Kerry got the bottom half, and I got the top half. It was my space, under my bed. I had pillows, a lamp and a record player. I read, dreamed and listened to music.

It was under my bed that I discovered Man of la Mancha. I was so swept away by Don Quixote, Sancho and Dulcinea that I had the words of the story album memorized. To this day, I can still recite most of it from memory. It has been strong in my mind this morning.

In the past few months, I have found myself drawn to people in positions of anguish who are failing to fall prostrate to their despair…choosing instead to not only create hope in the midst of pain, but to share it publicly. I am inspired by the vulnerability in it. I am inspired by the strength in it. I am drawn to the humanity and imperfection of them. Through their bravery, I see the path to my own courage light up before me…and I push forward.

In every instance, however, I find encounters with another character in Man of la Mancha, the Great Enchanter. For those unfamiliar with the story, the Great Enchanter defeats Don Quixote in battle by presenting him with his own reflection in a circle of mirrors. Don Quixote’s faith in his mission is overcome by the “reality” of his circumstances and limitations. He falls, never to return to the field.

Cynicism is a tempting version of reality. The reality of our fallible humanity is a truth that is hard to argue with. We are imperfect. We make mistakes. We break down. We do stupid things. And, as the windows into each other’s worlds increase as our online lives become increasingly visible, becoming the ‘voice of reason” amidst a groundswell of enthusiasm over anything is an addictive position to take. It arms up against the possibility of dashed hopes. It puts us into a position of “see? I told you so.” In the instance that someone’s imperfection shows. We did not fall for it.

The Joseph Kony 2012 campaign drew criticism from the moment it was launched, and then the criticism grew sharper and more pointed after the man who made the video had a very public breakdown as a result of the public scrutiny.

Ze Frank became an online sensation six years ago with his quirky breakthrough video blog. You can see the fear in his latest video as he screws up the courage to launch his next endeavor. He seems to be braced for impact. And, unfortunately, he is likely to get it as people will come out of the woodwork to offer up their commentary, good and bad.

The world is rotten and god doesn’t even know we’re living on it.
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I have loved this quote for most of my life and repeated it often. Cynicism has been my “go-to” forever. I wanted to be at the front of the “I-saw-right-through-it” queue. But I find that this kind of thinking has left me wanting. I want to be inspired. I want to hope. I want to believe. I want to find people’s bravery inspiring, especially if they are imperfectly human, like me. It gives me hope that all of us crazy, hot-headed, weepy, impractical, baggage-carrying misfits can do something beautiful. That maybe all our efforts will meld together, in ways we cannot even anticipate, to bring our broken culture into something beyond our ability to imagine alone.

So, to everyone out there who is thinking of putting yourself on the line and bringing your imperfection out for the rest of us to see – remember that what you see in the enchanter’s mirrors is only a very shallow aspect of reality, and that there are always going to be those who can’t see past that. Please don’t let that stop you.

To those of you who feel a little fire kindle whenever you see, hear or read something brave and human…comment, share, follow. Be bold in your hope. Set yourself up to be ridiculed for being naïve or misled. Don’t be afraid to be inspired.

And, to all of you, from a little girl, under her bed with a record player…

Why Kony 2012 Matters

It almost doesn’t matter what the “cause” is for the Kony 2012 campaign.

At least for me.

I am coming at this from a particular vantage point. And I am writing this today, because I think I am not alone.

The glut of information of all that is wrong in the world has been overwhelming me for years. There is only so much I can follow, only so much I can research, before I begin feeling inadequate and unprepared for the task of doing anything about much of anything at all.

I only have so much in the way of resources…time…energy…money. Every choice I make to support a cause is also a choice to not support another, just as worthwhile, cause. And what is the tiny bit of money I can give against a tidal wave of need that rises into my world every day through the multiple media channels that surround me? Every effort I make seems consumed by even greater need, until I become paralyzed and block it all from my view.

Every day I learn more about how this government, that is supposed to be representing me, doesn’t. And that knowledge pushes me further into paralysis, because how can I possibly make my voice heard in the sea of lobbyists with bankrolls and party invitations? Can I really expect issues most important to me and my kids to be prioritized above the issues of those who have underwritten the campaigns of those in office?

Then, along comes Kony 2012 and I am transfixed. In the space of two days, my Facebook, Google+ and Twitter feed are all filled with posts about this viral video. It is what I always wanted the Internet to be, but what it has not been to this point…a vehicle for amplifying the voices of the many so that they could be heard above the cash that controls the government officials. The message has been distilled and simplified to the point that it is easy to deliver, easy to understand, easy to follow and easy to support. Someone has taken what is possible with social networking and turned it into something probable.

When we join this legion of voices, we are not only amplifying a call to the government to bring Joseph Kony to justice, we are becoming a community. With this campaign, we are sensing our power as a people. We are feeling what it means to be a government of the people, by the people and for the people…as the founders intended.

I have for years agreed that the government has gotten out of hand. I have not, however, been able to get behind those who would abolish the government or lessen its power. I have worked in the oil and gas industry too long to believe that self-regulation has any possibility of keeping us, as human beings, safe and that is just the tip of the iceberg. No, we need government. But I feel pretty confident that, if the founding fathers could see what this government has turned into, they would be horrified. And, if not, it is enough for me that I am. This government does not represent me or my kids. It is easy enough to see, in the decisions made by governing bodies every day, whose interests are being protected.

Kony 2012 is imperfect in its goals. I have done the reading and read the reports and comments on those reports until I am swimming in them. At no point do they outline explicitly HOW justice be served, but that it remain a highly visible priority until it is….but the critics have much in the way of material to work with in their criticisms. However, at the end of the day, three important truths remain:

  1. Joseph Kony is a brutal war criminal with a trail of brutal abductions, heinous rapes, atrocious murders and maimings using children as his army.
  2. He is still at large.
  3. We have had 26 years to bring him to justice and have not.

So, it is well past time for this to become a matter of large-scale public concern.

But this…this viral campaign…is more than that. It is opening doors to the possibility that we can, as a people, demand to be part of the conversation. That we can share information more easily than ever before and discover the truths that lie outside of the tightly controlled messaging being fed to us on any given issue. That we can find a way to join our voices of concern together in a way that makes it impossible for those in power, the ones with the ability to actually represent us in a tangible way, to ignore us.

That is worth supporting. That is worth fighting for. That is worth our energy.


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1) What is the square footage?

a. The shed is an 18×14 with about 244 sq feet on the bottom floor plus around 100 square feet on the upper loft area. The roof line comes down low on the sides so we use those two corners to storage to make best use of the area.

2)     How much did it cost?

a. This large Tuff Shed retails between $14-$18,000, which (importantly) does include installation. Additionally, because of the large size our city required a concrete slab and that cost $8,000. Wiring, insulation, dry wall, electrical, shiplap, flooring, and paint cost about $12,000.

3)     Did you insulate the shed and does it stay warm?

a. Yes we did. We have all seasons here so whether to do so was not a question. We use an electric fireplace as the main heat source. It takes about 30 minutes to get really snuggly warm.

4)     Why did you install shiplap over the drywall?

a. It was totally cosmetic. Simply love the look of shiplap and wanted a rustic, cabin-like feel to the space. Hence why they’re all different sizes.

5)     Did you need a permit?

a. Yes we did. For our major home renovation we did on our last home the contractor took care of all that. For this shed project that was on Rob to figure out. Luckily both our city and Tuff Shed told him exactly what he needed to do. On the Tuff Shed side, they provided all blueprints necessary. These were stamped, which in the permitting world signifies that a licensed engineer approved that the place wasn’t going to fall down.

6)     Can you put plumbing out there?

a. Yes you can but we did not. Perhaps in the future we’ll run water and sewer lines out there and build a bathroom add on but for now we decided against doing so. It’s close to the sunken patio which has a bathroom.

7)     What are you going to use to get up to the loft?

a. We’ve gone through several ideas on this. Firstly, stairs are not feasible. They would take up too much space. We tried a few options but the only one that made any sense was if we put them on the side of the shed. Unfortunately, that didn’t work because at the top of people would hit their heads on the angled roof. So we’ve decided to shop for a ladder. We haven’t found the perfect one just yet but we know it should hook into place for extra security, be lightweight so that we can store it out of the way, and is appealing! If you know of any good sources please let us know! For now we use a medal ladder, that isn’t cute but works.

8)     How long did it take to get built?

a. Excluding the concrete slab, which will need to be handled by a different company that offers that service, the build takes a day or two. Ours took two days because of the large size, plus we were filming so that added a few hours. BTW, the slab took two days to frame and pour. Then it needed to dry for two days.

9)     How secure is the shed?

a. We have standard door looks like you’d have on your front door. The windows also have locks as well. We also have it wired with a security camera.

10)  Are Tuff Shed’s customizable?

a. Absolutely they’re customizable. We went thru the Tuff Shed site so Rob and I could see what our shed would look like before it got built. This one fit our family’s needs the best but literally there are hundreds of different options available. You can pick everything from shape, size, loft, color, roofing, shutters, you name it.

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