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On 4/9/2019 at 5:06 PM, Vort said:
Jamie, I have long valued your participation on this forum. I hope to enjoy your company for many years to come.
After diligently spending at least two minutes Googling "Ellie Holman", I now feel eminently qualified to offer expert opinion on the topic.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/brit-mum-ellie-holman-locked-13118728—The Mirror seems to think "Doctor" Holman is a tragic victim of Middle Eastern depravity and narrow-mindedness. Ironically, this article is (unintentionally, I'm sure) far more an indictment of Ms. Holman than a defense. Note how those horrible UAE people had her sleep in a cell that didn't smell nice! Oh, the humanity! Oh, and where's the whole glass of wine thing? Could it be that it was cooked up out of thin air, manufactured (as they say) from whole cloth?
Here's the American version of the story, all gift-wrapped as a tragic fairy tale story with a happy ending: https://www.foxnews.com/travel/emirates-passenger-detained-in-dubai-for-allegedly-drinking-wine-finally-reunited-with-family-in-uk And before you paint Fox News with the "fake news" brush, consider that CNN had nothing on the story at all. Nothing. Didn't even move CNN's needle. So Fox News is apparently the only major US news outlet that carried the story. After thoroughly digesting that factoid, go ahead and paint Fox News with the "fake news" brush.
The Sun: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/6984240/ellie-holman-dubai-arrested-daughter/ Another breathless retelling from Holman's POV. What I found funny here is that Holman claimed to have stayed awake for three whole days for fear of being raped. And that's apparently newsworthy. Not that she was raped—she was not—but merely that she claimed that she was afraid that she might be raped. Three thousand years of Western culture have culminated in this moment.
(To be fair, The Sun did follow up with a slightly less overtly biased piece.)
Gotta say, this has all the hallmarks of a standard entitled-westerner-meets-real-world-and-cries-about-it tale.
Linking to The Mirror and The Sun......... only shows the VERY WORST of British "news"papers even for the tabloids. But at least you got both sides of the political views (mirror = centre left and Sun = conservative right)
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Patience is rough. We need patience in so many places of our lives, but at the same time we need to live our lives and not sit by waiting for something to happen.
In the scheme of things 6 years is not long - HONEST.... Although I appreciate it feels like an eternity at the time.
It's good that you have general goals in your life, but I wonder what each of these things looks like for you? Once you have figured this out then you can look at where you are and what things need to be put in place for you to achieve these goals and how you are going to be able to achieve this.
Remember that there are many paths to the same outcome and the way you get there may be unconventional to some but right for you. See this as a great opportunity to find out exactly who you are and what excites you. Your lack of motivation may be a sign that you are going through lots of self doubt or that you genuinely need to find a different course. Who can you talk to in "real life" that will listen and help you explore your feelings and hash out the different options?
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Coming from outside the US, its a bit of a mystery to me why the scouting thing is such a big issue. You can run a YM program and interested YM can enrol in the scouting program on an individual basis - as happens in all other countries. Until we have a fuller picture about the new program it is difficult to make comparisons, IMO it comes down to: Do we have faith in church leadership knowing how they want the youth of the church to progress?
I am another one anticipating an October roll out, and see the update as a reassurance that things are coming into place.
Currently my focus is on getting my uber enthusiastic Beehives through Personal Progress in a year.
- Jane_Doe, Midwest LDS and Just_A_Guy
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Thanks for the input @JohnsonJones. As much as I would love to write, it wont pay my bills for the immediate future. My first degree was 20 years ago so may not be current enough for research positions, although the skills from the MSc could be a good selling point. My MSc is in a very specialised area and the industry is comprised of small companies which are very slow in adopting any scientific basis. This was fine when I was aiming at lecturing for the next 20 years. But I am trying to find ways to exploiting my skills and exploring ideas of how they can be transferred to other industries.
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I don't understand why people would be ashamed to admit to being ABBA fans...great music. Dressing like ABBA might be a whole different story!!
My guilty pleasure is watching kids movies ..... and once my son had grown up, offering my baby sitting services so I can go to the cinema and not look conspicuous.
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So after 12 weeks of having no voice and still not sure when it is going to return, I have had to face the fact that I need a new career which is less vocally demanding.
I am currently a lecturer for college (UK 16 -18yr olds) and university (18yrs +) students. I was previously a school teacher for 10 years and have taught horse riding - all jobs which required a voice at a good volume for a substantial part of the day. I am embracing this as a positive opportunity for a fresh start which will give me some semblance of work-life balance.
I am fairly well educated (up to MSc level), literate and have management experience, great organisational skills and can build rapport with a wide range of people quickly. I have a good eye for detail, love to research and break down complex ideas into their simplest form. I am also the wrong side of 45 and have not been planning an "escape route" so need to start exploring other opportunities.
Any ideas on how to decide a direction for career change, useful online resources or techniques?
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This girl has a great point about Easter
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1 hour ago, NeuroTypical said:
Book covers for all your books. Never know which book you're going to pick up next - they all look like the temple! One down - Kindle is my friend
Prank a friend by wallpapering their bedroom ceiling with temples. Tell them it's to help them cut down on those awkward meetings with the bishop. Not so sure my married friends would appreciate my efforts
Roll them all up into a heavy roll endwise, and have a short polearm for your next LARPfest. LARPfest needs translating please
Go to Las Vegas with a staple gun and take back the telephone poles from the smut peddlers. Nice excuse for a trip.... looking up flight prices
Thanks for the inspiration
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11 hours ago, SilentOne said:
@KScience What did you end up doing with them?
One in the YW room, and one in each classroom in the chapel, the rest in the wrapper waiting for inspiration to strike
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We had a very positive day. Sunday school numbers were more dismal than usual (only 6 adults), then we had a full house for sacrament meeting, I did quick head count and we easily had double the usual number of adults in attendance. Lots of people stayed for the munch and mingle too.
Our musical numbers were by the primary children and then the youth. This boosted attendance as parents who do not normally attend came to please their children
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All wards in my stake have been encouraged to make Sacrament meeting this week a special occasion and invite friends family etc
My ward are reversing the order of SS and sacrament so that Sacrament is last, followed by a munch and mingle to encourage visitors to stay and socialise. As a ward council we have come together to discuss topics for talks and have 2 musical items (we NEVER have musical items in sacrament).
Wondering what's going on in your wards?
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35 minutes ago, unixknight said:
But yeah, whenever I get annoyed at fuel prices I think about our cousins across the Atlantic and I feel a little better.
Glad I made you feel little better
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First I need to admit to not having read all of the posts in this thread. But thought I might give you some perspective on fuel prices.
In the UK we are currently paying about £1.35 a litre = @3.8 litres per US gallon = £5.10 per gallon. Conversion for currency = ~ $6.60
And we are enjoying a fall in prices over the last 3/4 years, I can remember prices up to £1.60 a litre. A large percentage of the fuel cost is tax - Fuel duty is currently levied at a flat rate of 57.95p per litre , whilst VAT (value added tax added to all purchases except for a few exempt goods in the UK) at 20% is then charged on the total price (the product price + the fuel duty). Retailers have a very small margin and make more money on goods and produce sold in the shop. The taxes are obviously a significant government income stream and rises are lobbied for on environmental grounds.
The bottom line is we pay because we have to, and suck it up because there is no other choice. OH and drive small cars
Enjoy your cheap fuel
- unixknight, seashmore, NeuroTypical and 1 other
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YOu have been given lots of good advice about eating, but I would question if your behaviour is due to underlying depression which needs dealing with. Its difficult to fight either comfort eating or depression and I would encourage you to seek appropriate professional help, you dont need to go through this alone.
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Well done to you and your husband.
I am glad that you are both already feeling the effects of meeting with your Bishop.
Love, hugs and prayers
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@MormonGator I have lots of friends in UK who are very upset by this, and mostly its non members I have had comments from. Its sickening how quickly fire can destroy what took over 200 years to build. Every time I have visited I have been struck by the symbolism and how my students react in a reverent manner despite not being from religious backgrounds. Maybe those closest to it take it forgranted and treat sacred things more casually (reminds me of a conference talk
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Christianity has been in disrepair for so long in Europe, but those who cling to their faith are special people. I was shocked when I lived in the US how much easier it is to talk about religion and how often the topic comes up in comparison to the UK
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Saving the building is looking less likely, the spire has collapsed.
It would be a travesty if the building can not be restored. In the case of such historic artifacts, the building regs are not always as closely monitored as with a new build, especially when of such national importance and a religious icon
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You couldn't make this stuff up........
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Another divorcee here and I had my teenage son. The ward were amazing and we were both in the same ward. I was initially worried but it was all in my own head.
As for my son, he needed his friends at church to help him deal with the situation. They were the people he could call on for support and help him feel the love of the Saviour. My home teachers were AMAZING and stepped up to make sure that he was included in things like father son camp, getting to early morning seminary when I was ill for a number of months. His YM presidency were true friends to him and positive male role models; this was really important for me as I do not have family that could take on these roles. Most importantly these were all people who knew him for years and he did not feel like a "project", they were our church family and accepted that sometimes bad stuff happens. They accepted it all much better than I did.
- Midwest LDS, Jane_Doe and Sunday21
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You have already had some great responses. I had to reply as this was the lesson last Sunday with my YW and we discussed exactly these questions. I just want to share a couple of links to resources which I used and you might find helpful:
scroll down to the videos: https://www.lds.org/study/youth/learn/yw/prophets-revelation/receive?lang=eng#title5
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I personally really appreciate your comments on the forum and think that you come across effectively and with compassion. I also think its great that you feel that you can contribute on an LDS forum with your different perspective.
In answer to your original question: Because they are not even looking!
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On 3/10/2019 at 3:05 PM, raven2 said:
More details on the new youth program that will include a high school program through pathways that will incorporate seminary and remove early morning seminary. New callings/assignments will be created to support the new high school program.
Not sure how this would work outside of the US and even outside of areas in US with very high population of members
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An interesting podcast on this topic came up on my feed this evening and made me think of this thread.
- wenglund and Just_A_Guy
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The actions of sin may, at times, put you in an environment where disease is more likely, but there are also many righteous actions that can put you in the way of disease. An acquaintance of mine caught TB serving homeless people.
I can also give you examples of young children with cancer, and other disabilities. I may be rather sensitive to this as I recently had a very upset YW after where it was suggested by the SS teacher that her disability was due to sin.
I think that we need to be very careful making claims and assumptions about other people's righteousness or sinfulness. I for one would hate to think that someone would not be able to speak out about mental health issues incase others thought the cause was sin.
How about the line of reasoning that disease and suffering can be a trial/affliction to help us to learn?
- Midwest LDS and wenglund
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You no longer have to wait a year between civil marriage and temple marriage in the US
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Posted · Edited by KScience
I am really surprised how riled up this has got some people!!
I just saw this as a globalisation of policy and reflection of the more global nature of church membership and a move away from US centric policies with modifications for "the rest of us".
It works well here in the UK, civil ceremony in the chapel and then the couple and close family attend the temple then if close enough to the temple an evening reception or for those who have 4-5 hours to travel each way to get to the temple, family celebrations tend to take place the next day when the couple have returned from the temple.
When I was married then sealed in this way it meant that I could easily separate out the civil service and focus on the ordinance. It made the sealing ordinance the complete focus; we were just concerned about us as a couple and Heavenly Father with no other distractions. We had a simple civil service with close friends and family, both of us the only members in our families and this gave my spouse (who had been shunned by his family due to his conversion and their faith) the opportunity to reunite with his parents and opened the door to them having a relationship again after many years of no communication at all. - Just my personal view of course.