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My dd's urologist told her in addition to drinking plenty of water, absolutely no tea, brown sodas, or caffeine.
I think the stone that had to be surgically removed was a calcium stone, but I'm not positive because it was 4 years ago and I have a bad memory.
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Every health insurance policy I've ever had covers the eye exam, just not the glasses and sometimes not the dilation. Are you sure yours doesn't cover exams? I go to an opthalmalogist, but my husband and kids go to an optomistrist. All the exams are covered.
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My firm will hire non-CPAs, but there is a pay differential. A CPA with the same experience can be billed out at a higher rate.
To find the courses you'll need to sit for the CPA exam in your state, google your state and CPA licensing board. The licensing board website will have the information. The exam is the same in every state, but the requirements to sit for it are not.
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I'm a CPA and CFE, and have worked in public accounting for over 25 years. I enjoy the challenge and variety. It is very stressful during tax season and other deadline seasons, but I think those of us who stay in public accounting for the long haul thrive on the stress. I've never worked in industry, but people who made the switch generally say that it's much less stressful.
Accounting has given me a lot of flexibility outside of tax season. I work long hours for four months, but I enjoy having comp time the rest of the year.
I worked part time for several years while homeschooling. There is a shortage of CPAs, so if you get your CPA certificate and a few years experience, you will have some leverage to ask for flex time, work at home options, part time or seasonal hours, etc. On the other hand, the shortage means that there is sometimes pressure to work more hours than you bargained for, particularly during deadline seasons. I don't think being in your 40s will be a big problem as long as you are willing to accept the same starting salary as the younger grads. My experience has been that public accounting firms will give good pay raises to good CPAs, so you can work your way up financially pretty quickly.
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I have found in my life that people who are early risers get more done, are generally more financially successful, and are more even-tempered. There are quite a few articles that say that early risers are happier, more successful etc. So, while the adage 'early to bed early to rise' is an old one, current psychology studies seems to support the idea. The night owls in my life would dispute that, but then, they've never tried being an early bird, so they don't know if they'd be happier or more successful.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/17/the-first-thing-these-suc_n_3588482.html
Never tried being an early bird? Night owls are forced to try being early birds by numerous types of jobs and other life circumstances. For me, the result is fuzzy-headedness and lack of productivity. Getting up early does not mean I can fall asleep early, so I was chronically sleep deprived when I worked for employers who didn't offer flex time. I am much more productive when I'm rested.
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Absolutely. In the business world, I've heard the sentiment that failure to be at work by 8:00 shows a lack of commitment. When I was homeschooling all 3 of my kids, I worked all kinds of weird hours to make it all fit. I might have worked until 4 am and got up at 10 am, but I'd get comments about sleeping until 10 am with no regard for what time I went to bed. The person who goes to bed at 9 and gets up at 6 is considered more industrious. It's frustrating to me because I am biologically a night owl - it's just the way I'm wired; and I am a hard worker.
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I tend to agree with those who said it's neither. But why is it perceived that way?
For ex, a friend's husband committed suicide, leaving her behind to deal with a farm that was in massive debt and a son with developmental disabilities. It seemed cowardly of him to leave her to deal with all that alone, although of course he was in despair and not thinking about it rationally.
OTOH, when I've been depressed and thought of suicide, I wasn't "brave" enough to go through with it, because I felt that if I failed, it would send me even deeper into the abyss because I would look like a fool who was too stupid to even kill myself properly. It's hard to think of the right words to explain it, but I can see how someone who's been in that place might see suicide as a brave act.
I think in part, RW is seen as brave because apparently he did fight depression for many years before his suicide.
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The Christian religion isn't based on a threat, IMO. It's based on a promise.
If evolution is part of the issue, then you may want him to investigate more information about the many, many Christians who agree with science's stand on an Old Earth and evolution.
Www.biologos.org is also very good.
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Any words of wisdom on what to do? My DS is almost 4. About a year ago, an automatic flush toilet flushed while he was sitting on the potty and ever since then he's been PETRIFIED of them. I try to avoid public bathrooms as much as I can, but sometimes they're unavoidable. I've shown him repeatedly that I can cover the sensor and it won't flush, but he just screams and screams. He's speech delayed so he can't really tell me why he's so scared, but I need to do something about this because he just ends up wetting his pants in public.
I'm going to be traveling by plane in a few months with him and the last time we were on a plane (back in March) he was scared of the airplane toilet as well and ended up wetting his pants on the plane. The airports we'll be traveling in all have the automatic flushes so this should be fun. We have about 2 hour ride from the airport to where we're going so I really need to get this kid to use the bathroom.
I'm thinking of putting a pull up on him in case of any accidents, but if you've experienced this, do you have any words of advice?
I had to go in the stall with my middle dd to cover the sensor for her until she was 7 or 8. She has SPD, and it terrified her when a toilet flushed while she still on it when she was 3 yo. I was going to suggest pull ups too, but saw that you already thought of that.
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I know I can buy them online-the question is, what size should I order? I'd rather not order something and have it end up being too small.
Are these specialized shoes that you can only order from a few sources? If so, would they have anything online for measuring size?
My youngest is an Irish dancer. Some brands tell you to draw around the feet and fax the sheets to them, and others have downloadable templates that you can print out to measure the size.
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I'm not sure why I'm in the minority here, but I hear chatter about mental illness all the time. Its in the media, all over social media, we all know people who suffer from it, I'm finding it hard to believe that people are unaware of the seriousness of depression and that we need more awareness raised. it may be because I'm outside of the US, but my perception is very different from what I'm reading on this thread. I've known lots of folks with depression and who use meds to manage it.
I was thinking the same thing, and I am in the US. My perception is not lack of awareness, but lack of good treatment options. We have a young friend who recently was admitted to UNC-Chapel Hill, because it's the best in our area. It was horrible horrible awful. Dirty room, poor treatment. He was better off at home with just his parents and meds.
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I have been adamant about this for almost my entire adult life. People treat me like I'm silly for it and it really angers me. I've seen some horrible stuff in hospitals and had some awful care myself.
Whether it should be the case or not, it is and I strongly advise it for every single person I know and I volunteer to give them breaks so they don't have to leave people alone either.
Someone always stayed with my Dad when he had alzheimers and had several hospitalizations. The nurses always seemed glad for the extra help to keep him safe, ring for a nurse when needed, etc.
When I was in the hospital after my leukemia diagnosis, we were in a different part of the country, but no-one seemed surprised that I had family members spending the nights with me. One of my nurse sisters spent the first night, and again, the nurse on duty seemed grateful for the help.
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Two of my sisters are hospital nurses. There have been layoffs to cut costs. There are rules about patient/nurse ratios, but they are not always followed.
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I have to say that if this is the official stance of the Catholic church then I just don't get it. So if you decide to sleep in and not go to mass and are then killed in a car accident, are they saying you go to hell.
I am not the best person to answer since I'm not Catholic yet, but I'll give it a shot anyway.
It's Sunday morning, I woke up, decided I'm too tired to go to Mass, so I rolled over and went back to sleep. What happens next?
Maybe I wake up, regret missing Mass, and decide that I will go to confession on Saturday. I die before then. I am not sure of the correct wording here, but I am deemed to have made confession because of my sincere intent to confess.
Or I wake up and realize that I feel like I'm coming down with something. I needed the extra sleep to fight it off. Illness is a valid reason to miss Mass.
Maybe I was so tired through no fault of my own that I couldn't make a conscious decision at 7 am that I would deliberately and willfully miss Mass. I haven't met the criteria of mortal sin.
Maybe I really was just lazy and even felt a little guilty about it, but made no plans to go to confession. Based on the Church's teachings, am I automatically going to hell? No. The Church teaches us the ordinary means through which God works in our life, and confession of mortal sin is one of those, but they also teach that God can work through extraordinary means (which simply means outside the ordinary).
We should not be careless about sin by presuming upon God's mercy, but at the same time, we should not live in fear that any little sin means we will go to hell if we die before we get to our next confession. To put the issue in perspective, I heard of an older priest who said that in all his years of hearing confessions, he could only think of two people who he truly believed to be in a state of mortal sin.
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The Catechism of the Catholic Church reflects the official teaching of the Catholic Church, and it states more than once that baptized non-Catholics are Christians.
There is also this article from the Vatican website: http://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_decree_19641121_unitatis-redintegratio_en.html
Partial quote from paragraph 3: The differences that exist in varying degrees between them and the Catholic Church - whether in doctrine and sometimes in discipline, or concerning the structure of the Church - do indeed create many obstacles, sometimes serious ones, to full ecclesiastical communion. The ecumenical movement is striving to overcome these obstacles. But even in spite of them it remains true that all who have been justified by faith in Baptism are members of Christ's body,(21) and have a right to be called Christian, and so are correctly accepted as brothers by the children of the Catholic Church.(22)
Stating that the Catholic Church is the true church is not the same as saying that there are no Christians outside the Catholic Church.
Don't you remember that whole huge thing in 2007? I remember it very clearly. He (the last pope) said that the official doctrine of the Catholic Church stated that the Catholic Church was the only true church.
No one has stepped up to state that he was wrong that I have heard.
Individuals may believe differently for sure, but the official stance is that the Catholic Church is the true church.
What About Protestants?
The Responses document explains:
According to Catholic doctrine, these Communities do not enjoy apostolic succession in the sacrament of Orders, and are, therefore, deprived of a constitutive element of the Church.
These ecclesial Communities which, specifically because of the absence of the sacramental priesthood, have not preserved the genuine and integral substance of the Eucharistic Mystery cannot, according to Catholic doctrine, be called “Churches†in the proper sense.
This does not exclude referring to them as churches in a colloquial sense. And, in fact, you can find many documents on the Vatican web site doing exactly that.
But it does mean that, because they lack a valid episcopate and a valid Eucharist, they are lacking things essential to the nature of a local church in the proper sense.
This is a view that can be documented all the way back to the beginning of the second century, where Ignatius of Antioch wrote about the necessity of the three-fold ministry of bishop, priest, and deacon for the local churches:
In like manner let everyone respect the deacons as they would respect Jesus Christ, and just as they respect the bishop as a type of the Father, and the presbyters as the council of God and college of the apostles. Without these, it cannot be called a church [Letter to the Trallians 3].
I am not trying to be argumentative, but when I google "Does the Catholic church believe Protestants are Christians" many websites do pop up. I am not saying all Catholics believe this at all. I know many who don't, but I do think the official church stance is that the Catholic Church is the true church.
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I haven't read the other responses, so this might have already been mentioned. Give that girl a multiplication table and an addition table. They will keep her on track when doing the problems so that she's not getting lost due to retrieval difficulties. And seeing the tables every day will help her eventually learn the facts.
My middle dd has slow processing speed. Besides using tables, we worked with the triangle flash cards so she could see all 3 parts of the equation on the same side of the card; from flash cards to oral, and then to writing.
Try not to worry about the future. My daughter went to a college prep high school and kept an A/B average. She is going to a private liberal arts college this fall with a Dean's scholarship and a scholarship from a private foundation. I have some angst about sending her off to college, but she's going to be fine.
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Then, that is good and I am glad to hear it. Others have been told differently. When the pope made the official statement that Catholic church is the one and only true church, it lead many to not recognize Protestants at Christians.
In fact, in googling, it looks like many Catholics don't believe Protestants are Christian.
Please don't misunderstand me, I know this very often goes both ways, so I am not blaming either side, but as for MY understanding of scripture, both are Christian.
Dawn
I agree with you that both are Christian and there are misunderstandings on both sides. It's a common misconception that the Catholic Church teaches that Protestants are not Christian. But the Church recognizes baptism of other Christian denominations if it is done with the trinitarian formula, and the catechism states that those baptized outside the Catholic Church "have a right to be called Christians, and with good reason are accepted as brothers in the Lord by the children of the Catholic Church." (paragraph 818)
I'm agreeing and adding more info, so I hope it doesn't come across as if I'm arguing. :001_smile:
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I am not Catholic and am not considering "converting" (I say that in quotes because I do not believe in the whole Protestant vs. Catholic as it relates to Christianity. I believe they are both Christian, so the term converting doesn't really apply *for me.* However, I do know the official stance of the Catholic Church and they do call it converting, so for that sake I will use the term.
A friend became Catholic several years ago. He was in a church (Presbyterian) and they were going through a lot of their changing of official policy on several doctrinal issues. He was tired of dealing with the changes and after researching, he found that the Catholic Church's doctrines haven't changed in thousands of years and won't. He found comfort in that.
A book I read years ago, called Evangelical is Not Enough, was helpful to me in understanding Catholicism a bit better.
I wish you well on your journey.
Not to be nitpicky, but I was specifically told that as a baptized Christian, I am not converting, but rather coming into full communion with the Church.
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In reading on the what food would you buy for $100 I heard some crazy low prices. I thought I was in a low to moderate COL for groceries, but now I'm wondering....
What are your current local prices for:
* a gallon of (dairy) milk? $3.79
* a gallon of almond milk? $1.99 for a half gallon
* a pound of beef? $3.79 for 80/20 hamburger, sometimes more
* a pound of boneless skinless chicken breasts? $1.99 on sale, but they're pretty much always on sale somewhere.
* a pound of bananas? 59 cents
* a head of lettuce? $1.49 for icebergy and $2.19 for Romaine
* a loaf of wheat bread? $1.99
* a box of icecream? $5.99 (sometimes 2 for that price if it's a really good sale)
Please also share (generally speaking) where you are from. Thanks! (I want to move somewhere better!)
Raleigh, NC area
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My college kids have a backpack with a laptop section. They're plenty big enough. One came from Kohl's but I can't remember the brand. The other is LL Bean.
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I don't cook steak until it's like shoe leather.
I like squash, but I don't fry it on high heat and smoke up the house like my mom did.
I don't cook spaghetti in tomato juice.
Other than that, I cook a lot of things like my mom. She was a good cook when she was younger.
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Sometimes I ask them what they think, sometimes I just spell it. Two of my kids are dyslexic and it's helpful for them to hear words spelled aloud.
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Charter schools in NC are public schools. There are some homeschool tutorial-type programs, though.
This one is in Durham. We used it for two years and it's a great program. http://providencetutorials.com/page1.html
New Life Camp is a Christian camp that offers homeschool classes. https://www.newlifecamp.com/activities/homeschool-enrichment
Both of these are Christian based. I don't know if that will work for her, but they're the ones I'm familiar with.
There are numerous homeschool groups, both Christian and secular. The one we joined for several years is www.lighthousehsa.com
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We used to use Dells at work but don't anymore because they don't hold up like they used to. I'm not sure what they're buying for people who want PCs, but a lot of us have moved to Apple. Mine is 3 years old and it's still almost as fast as it was when it was brand new. OTOH, one of the last Dells we bought was as slow as molasses after only 3 months. It wasn't a cheap one, either.
We went with Apples for both of our college kids because I am confident that they will last for the entire four years of college and more. The one I just bought for dd18 came to $1255 with the care plan, but we signed up for a credit card through the Apple website that gave us 12 months same as cash, so we're going to pay it off in monthly payments. You might not want to go that high above your budget, but I thought I'd let you know about the 12 month same as cash in case that might be an option for you. They also include a $100 gift card with computers for college students. I didn't see any accessories on the website that dd would need, so I used it toward an ipod for my youngest dd's birthday.
Do I have to lighten dark hair for blue streaks?
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Two of my kids have had blue streaks, and they had to be bleached first. But they are both blond, so when the blue faded, the bleached hair was noticeable but not such a such contrast to their normal hair color.