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Happy 4th of July! My 4th was interesting to say the least. I got up around 9:30 with sinus issues which I cleared up around 10am. Then I had to bus my two nephews to their other grandfather's house of course when I get there I had to go back to the house because my youngest nephew forget his medication. Then I went back to the grandfather's house only to find out that he wasn't planning on keeping them for the weekend. Mean while my mother is in New Orleans and working for the summer which meant the next day when he planned on dropping them off I was gonna be stuck with them until my mother was done with in New Orleans. After I leave there and go back to my house I made plans with my friend Osiris  to go to the mall and hang out cause it was his birth day to avoid going to my father's house early. Me and Osiris hung out until around 5 pm. Then I waited a bit and drove  to Zachary ( a whole different town). To spend time with my father and his country new family. Well, his new wife isn't country. She's cool. But her relatives are very country. Don't get me wrong they are awfully nice people but extremely country.  They barqued fish like it's normal. And I don't mean they grilled it they littearlly barqued it. I don't know maybe it's good but I am not trying to find out. Any way, my friend Ramoun who also happens to live in Zachary came over and chilled with me for a good bit. After that we went back to his house because out of all the 6 or so years we have known each other I have never seen his house. So we hung out there for a bit until he got his plans together with his girlfriend. Then we got into our trucks and drove back to my town. He split off and went to his girlfriends house and I went to meet my friends at the movies. I had to sets of friends that were going to go see Hancock  ( which was very good). My phone was going dead by that point and I was low on gas. I was going to the theather first and early to see if anyone was would go to the gas station with me because it was around 11 am and I don't like to go to the gas station that late at night alone. Of course when I get there one group isn't answering there phone, and Osiris is on his way. Then I meet with the group who didn't answer their phones at the last minute which meant no time for gas, I bought Osiris' ticket only to find out he's gonna be late cause he had to go get his phone and he's bring a whole lot of other people. Then the tiny head ache I had been carry for a bit turned into a massive head ache which was only made worse by the movie's lighting and by the way the flim was shot which made me dizzy. By the end of the movie Osiris decided to meet me later, I was still low on gas , and I was soo sick my head was blaring and I though I was gonna throw up. I still have no idea  how I made it home. Because for a minute or two on my way home I thought I was gonna end up stranded on the side of the road with face on the ground throwing up.

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I have always loved everything wedding. I love everything from the bridesmaids gowns, the wedding dress, shoes, Jewelry, decorations, flowers, tuxedos, and everything else. I love to design wedding dresses so naturally it all fits for me. I have always been into watching tv shows about weddings and shows about buying things for weddings. Although lately when I watch the shows it feels a little different I actually start think about me and PFC Achilles ( my boyfriend). Some times I find my self looking and browsing at place that might be good for us to get married in and what would the colors be. When I was younger I would play around because I like to coordinate and design things. But now I almost save mental notes for the possibility of him and me getting married. I don't think I ever really thought that much about the possibility of marring a guy before. I am young and lots of people tell me not to worry about getting marring yet cause I am in my early 20's but honestly. I have always that about getting married in my mid 20's. I want to be growing closer and older with someone by 24-26. I would rather then than with the growing 30's trend. Of course I would never rush in to. I really want a marriage that will lats for ages, that could go in the story books, and one that I feel was ordained by God. And I really wana do it right. Some how it's like I know that perhaps if me and him got married it might really be what I have been waiting for. Of course only time will tell. I never tell anyone about those feeling I have about him. I don't really share with people much about him. Because I guess I am almost protective us I don't to many people getting into our business in the wrong way and everyone has an opinion because he's in the military especially cause he's a Marine want our relationship to be about us and God; especially in a time where everyone gets divorced and breaks -up so fast. Does anyone have any stories or any advice/add-ins.

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The other day I was talking to my ex boyfriend. At the moment we started the conversation I felt as I was being good person by talking to someone who obviously is extremely annoying but needs uplifting as well. We talking about what  we are doing this summer and all as usual he asked me about my boyfriend. " So how's the marine thing going.... you know I got to hand to you I don't know how you do it.. him being so far.. blah blah blah... welll... I don't want a serious relationship .. I am being focused...". Then we decided to talk about the difference between the north and the south. Then I said I wouldn't stay or move back to PA unless I was married to Malcolm and he was stationed there. Then he says it" you're like obsessed" . I was like what are you talking about. Then he says " oh nothing nothing" as if saying some one is obsessed if a perfectly normal thing to say. Then I asked him to explain himself and he wouldn't. He just said I was get upset. I asked him again to explain himself .. I mean if you are going to say something like that you should at least explain what you mean. Then he did, " you're so obsessed with him your life revolves around him". I immediately wanted to say," Yes that's it my life revolves around a man even though we live currently on opposites sides of the planet, even though we don't get to talk everyday, and even though we are two extremely busy people, etc...yes, I am obsessed that's right . I think you're obsessed with trying to make it seem as if you don't want a real relationship but you're so damn miserable and no one wants you cause you're phsycotic!". But I didn't I keep that in my head. I just said," I barely even talk about him to anyone the only reason I even said anything about to you was because you asked, and seeing how me and boyfriend live most of our lives apart at the moment I am not seeing how you could conclude that". The he said " now you're getting upset". I mean really was I not supposed to get upset about. I just said " you can't just go around saying whatever you want" Of course he recanted with ," I don't see why I can't say what ever I want it's a free country. " I just hung up. I really would like to call him back tell  him that when he wants to speak to me like the lady I am then call me but until then don't bother. But I don't know. I wonder if I should just not be bothered with him all together. I try to be nice. Some times we interesting conversations, but sometimes he's a complete.. well you know.

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 I am baack in South. I am relaxing under  cool of old riendships and sweet loves. Yet, some how I am managing to not fal under the slepy laziness of the summer and work hard. I decided to take a serious beak fron the northeast and go home for the summer. I felt the need to runaway and some how feel closer to the love of my life. Even though he's rediculously far away by be backing in the place of ou birth I feel like he's so near. I am keeping myself moving by working and taking care of babies and taking a class at the local community college. After this last semester of working pratically full time, going to school for time ( with a bio-chemistry major), and managing the rest of life on top of it all I was dreading the idea of taking calculus over the summer. Espically with it been such a heavy class and at an excellerated pace. I was starting to wondering if I was kiding myself wither I could really do it. When I went to register for the class I pratically had to almost have it out with the dean of sciences to let me take it at the Community college. When I walked into my first day of classes I almost wondered if I would be telling the dean I was just kiding I didn't really want to take the class. But, I surprised myself. I really did. Math by it's self can be scary for me. Math in a Science context no problem. But to my surprise I have been organized my postive apporach towards studying and praticing, I have been able to understand task and proform. I often wondered if I would be behind compared to some of the other students who might be pratical genuises and striaght A students. But over hearing other students conversations and noticing my abilty to comprehind the rediculous load of information thrown at me at once. I am actually thinkin that I might not only get an A but also futher enjoy my math experiences.

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   I am work in a place where people come for healing. It's always interesting to watch the comparisons of different people and how they work. I often watch the doctors running around and patients interacting with the nurses. Some people come in and leave two days later and some stay for months on my floor. There's two different types of people that come into this floor. Those who have the this thrieve and thrust for live. They come in and want to know what to do to help themselves. They will try to do as much as possible even they are not supposed to. They always want to know when they are going to get out and how will it take for them to be fully recovered. It would seem that the younger the person the better off they would be and that their stay would be short. But sometimes even the younger ones fit into the other type of people. Those who come to grow old and die. It's almost unnerving how in one room a person will be getting ready to go after a minor accident and another patient with the same type of injury will be making their fourth week. Some patients just give up from the moment they get here. I have patients that were walking and feeding themselves when they got here and 1 1/2 later they shaky and won't get up to go to the bathroom. I almost feel sorry for them, but then again how sorry can I feel when they have refused to move on and basically leave themselves to die. When a patient gets like that others don't know what to do .. doctors and nurses. These aren't God and often don't know as much a person might think. The population sometimes believes that when you are rushed to the hospital that doctors wheel you in tell nurses to do things and in a couple of hours things are fine. But Doctors don't always know what they are doing. Alot times it's almost a guessing game to figgure out the underline problem and treat it porperly espically since every patient is not the same , every single cell in the human body is different in one way or the other , there are no real text book cases in the real world. I observe lots of different happening in this place and often times things that happen can make you feel helpless , because there is almost nothing you can do at times. It's times like that a person can be ressured that there is a GOD.

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by Jennifer Derryberry Mann If your friends-and-family plan for dating advice isn’t as helpful as it used to be, consider going to someone with better connections… namely, your religious leader. If you’re a tad too shy to ask for love-life tips from yours, let us help you with this roundtable with these experts representing Christian, Muslim and Jewish perspectives:

Father Albert Cutié, president of Miami-based PAX Catholic Communications and author of Real Life, Real Love: Seven Paths to a Strong and Lasting Relationship
Ameena Jandali, a founding member of the Islamic Networks Group
Rabbi Sue Laikin Shifron, the executive director of the Hillel Center at Indiana University

Here’s their surprisingly consistent dating advice:

Q. How is faith-based dating different from typical social dating?
Father Albert: Choosing someone to date is usually directed, for Christians, toward a long-term relationship. Even as you’re just getting to know someone through dating, you always have in the back of your mind, “Is this the one? Is this my soul mate?” In a society where anything goes, it is important to have a sense of your values, such as abstaining from sex before marriage, to know what is acceptable to you and what is not.

Rabbi Sue: You date to find your beshert, your soul mate.

Ameena: The endgame of social dating tends to be physical intimacy, and Islam teaches that you should avoid anything that might lead to sex outside of marriage. If you’re a practicing Muslim, you try to avoid situations that may lead to intimacy, such as being totally alone with your date. While I suspect that many Muslim young people aren’t following these boundaries, conservative Muslims might be uncomfortable even sitting [alone] and talking to a date. You can interact with someone to get to know them and to consider them for marriage, but Islam’s view is that it’s better done in the company of others, much like it was once customary here in the West to be accompanied by a chaperone when courting. You are looking for some attraction and a complementary nature, and in some ways, you put your trust in God from there. The concept is called naseeb, which means destiny.

Q. Dating advice in scripture: Is there such a thing?!
Ameena: The Qu’ran and hadith both actually have a lot to say about marriage. A well-known prophetic saying gives four common reasons for marriage: beauty, wealth, family status, and religious life. It goes on to say that you should marry the religious person, because beauty, wealth, and even family can change. But a common dedication to moral ethics and values—that can you hold you together through good times and bad.

Rabbi Sue: One of the best-known Jewish teachings about what to look for in a wife is known as Eschet Chayil, which translates as ‘woman of valor.’ In modern times, you can interpret it for either spouse: A spouse who cares about you, your family, and your home is said to be more valuable than jewels.

Q. What qualities should you look for in The One?
Ameena: Look for a person who will bring tranquility, love, and mercy into your life. What is most valuable in a mate is the character of that person, not just a profession. If you are looking for someone with the mindset of “slim, fair-skinned medical doctor seeks attractive, outgoing MD,” that is too superficial. Islam teaches that you should seek out someone who is compatible with you. A person’s character will hold a relationship together or tear it apart.

Father Albert: What are the things you like to see in yourself? What are the things you want to see in someone you are seriously thinking of spending time — and possibly your life — with? A lot of couples waste time in the first stage of dating by not really getting to know each other. Find out: Do you share the same values, the same traditions, similar backgrounds? Do you have certain pet peeves? Are there traditions your partner must respect and honor? How do they view themselves? Do they meet your expectations professionally, socio-economically, educationally? Is this someone who shares your basic ideas about life and what is important in it? These things are visible early in dating. If you don’t have a sense of these things in a person early on, you won’t change them later.

Rabbi Sue: Choose someone who will respect and value you.

Q. What dating advice do you have for interfaith relationships?
Ameena: Putting a man and a woman together in a relationship is plenty challenging, and that is only exacerbated when you mix faiths. Be honest about your expectations, and talk about possible conflicts: How will your families feel about each other? If you have children, what faith will they follow? How stable are you in your faith practice? Also recognize that when one person becomes more religious in time, problems often arise.

Rabbi Sue: Think about what you both want in your future. Love does not conquer all, and it is important to work through the questions and to understand where your partner is coming from. What does it mean to each of you to create a Jewish home? Is it important to you to celebrate certain holidays? If the non-Jewish partner really wants a Christmas tree, how does the Jewish partner feel about that? What are the beliefs that will shape your life together? That’s important for any couple to answer, and especially so if the two of you are from different faiths.

Father Albert: Get to know what’s in your date’s heart. Open up to different traditions, values, and worldviews. Some people are very good at being open, and others are intolerant. People of different faith backgrounds can be OK together if both of you are open and tolerant.

Jennifer Derryberry Mann is a freelance writer and editor in Minneapolis. She writes about spiritual, emotional, and physical well-being for Spirituality & Health. She is the former editor of Science & Spirit.

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It seems more in more people are crying out first amendment rights for everything. Especially in the wake of this "war". Everyday people are protesting the war, crying out for some sort of change, and for a bunch of different reasons. Even though it can be understandable that people are frustrated, angry, and feel the need to speak out against a bunch of 'evils" it doesn't mean we all have the right to trample over each other in the process. Everyday you hear of people coming home, from fighting a war that maybe they themselves do not believe in, from overseas to hostel environment that basically slaps them in face. These men and women put their lives on the line for a cause and for many other reasons to come back to country full of people telling that their lives mean nothing. People do this saying we have the right so whatever we want do to the First Amendment and carrying the nations flag ( bringing all of us and all this country may stand or did with ). Truth of the matter is what right do we all really have to do such a thing? What right does any of us have to go to solders graves protesting, chanting , and exerting extra pain on those who's loved ones are lost, still over seas fighting, and may end up going. At least these men and women are fighting, at least they are doing something, at least they actually stand for thing. When was the last time any of us put our lives on the line for anything or anyone. They are to be honored, not simply because they are soldiers, or because they fight; Because they have the courage to risk their lives for something and no matter what the cause that passion is always honorable. Maybe not understandable but honorable. Yes, we do have the First Amendment right however, it doesn't give the right to be cruel, heatful, and go around blindly trampling over the hearts and spirits of others. When the founding Fathers wrote " Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness"  and later recorded the First Amendment I highly doubt anyone ment that it was now legally right us to be uncompassionate and down right asses.

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They say that breast milk is supposed to best for your baby. But is that really true? Breast milk is supposed to have the best blind of protein , carbohydrates, and fat. But that's not always true now is it. Because truthfully that would depend on how nutriently healthy the mother is? If she really does eat right and lives a nutrientally balanced life style. How many people do you actually know that follow the food pyramid perfectly pregnant or not. With formula at least there's a serious standard and at least it actually has what it's suppose to have in it if you buy good formula. Of course the argument about antibodies and helping to build your babies immune system. Yes, you probably are helping to build a good difference for your kid while they are super young. I believe that is a very important part, however  a  baby does has an immune system even though my still be developing it still exist it has an autoimmune systen and an aquired immune system espically with all those vacinations going around these days. But building a healthy immune system is always of importance. But now with recent studies about pollutions and the crazy terrible things that can get into ones bodies theses days there is another concern for mothers and upcomming mothers. Remember all the mess that gets trapped in your bodies is stored right into the fat cells. And what's one of the number on incerdents in breast and breast milk, that's right fat. So, basically you are potientally feeding pollutants into your percious baby. I don't think very many people think of that. There is also an argument breast milk makes your kids smarter. I have worked in a daycare for years and trust me I have had a variety of sweet ones pass through my hands neither one of the breast feed ones had a advantage over ther formula feed. Infact alot of my formula feed kids have breezing through the intellectual changes with ease. So is breat milk really better, dispite what all those  highly paid folkes say, I am not so sure. Well, at the end of it all it's all down to what feels right for one and their baby now isn't it.

DNA. Next generation

I was in my biology class the other day. My proffessor decided that it was important to have a discussion about the ethics and possiblty of  Coloning and Stem Cell research. It got me to thinkin about my own opions about it all. Coloning for one thing , we all pretty much wondered why do it at all. I personally don't really see any good coming from  coloning an individual  other than pure ego. What is the need for it? It was proposed once that people could be coloned for organ transplants. But how on earth could that be seriously ethical. Does the colon not have rights? Is it still considered a human people? on a Spirital side is it considered to have a soul if it came from human hands? On a legal side what wold be the diffinition of a human being then? Would there be a new bill of rights to consider colons? Are they considered property, how do you classify it? And What would happen if for some reason a person or a colon commits a crime and DNA evidence was used againist that person. How do you know who's it really is since they would have the exactly same DNA squence? I think that human coloning espically my just be opening an unnecessary can of worms, personally if I was the courts I'd start trying to get  banded every where and not just the us. I don't see any real good coming from it other than people playing god for their own selfish ambisions. As for as Stem cell research I don't really see anything wrong with it. There seems to be able of potiental good that come from it for most parties concered. With in that there is the topic of destroying eggs and embryos. I think that destroying or getting raid of human egg is fine. I am not particullary sure when so many people get into such an up roar about. Yes, I understand that it has the potiental for human life. However, if it's not fertilized than how than possibly count. Human eggs aren't like goose eggs that don't just form and hatch all by themselves. Human eggs have to be fertilized for anything to happen, until it's not a baby .  A woman's body destroys eggs all the time. If it's not fertilized it doesn't count as human life. One the other hand if it is fertilized than I can see it counting has human life and a person or a baby. Although some despute when life actually begins. So in the case of stem cell research with embryos I am not so sure about that. Since it seems that technology isn't good enough or exact enough at this point to be able to pull out a stem cell or two withouth completely destroying the embryo then I am not sure I am all for that. Of course if these embyros in question are specifically fertlized for the intent of stem cell research does that really make it wrong then. Then again I am not so sure we should go about doing that. That could lead to opening a dangerous door being opened etheically and legally.

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