What is on my mind is that this week is going to be either excruciatingly slow... or entirely too fast... only one week left!!!!

Correcting a ContextSwitchDeadlock error in my software ... this app is very processor intensive and probably only need to turn off the Managed Debug Assistant (MDA)and tune my SQL code ... Hope it is only a case of the MDA yelling fire and in reality, there is not one ... Otherwise, gear up for some ugly code! :(

Hope all of you are having a swell morning!

That deadline tomorrow night. I've grown tired of deadlines. When I complete this portion of my grad school in about 10 months, I need to take a big hiatus and go back to work for awhile.

A comprehensive new study has found that an estimated one in 14 women around is sexually assaulted by someone other than her partner – with real numbers likely higher, given that many victims fail to report the crimes out of shame or fear.

The research, published in the medical journal The Lancet, found that 7.2 per cent of women 15 years of age and older report being sexually assaulted by someone other than an intimate partner at least once in their lives. In Canada and the United States, that number jumps to 13 per cent. And nearly all countries – including Canada – aren’t doing enough to compile data on sexual violence by different predators.

Sexual-assault rates are highest in countries such as the Democratic Republic of Congo (21 per cent), Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe (17.4 per cent) and in the Australasian countries of New Zealand and Australia (16.4 per cent), says study co-author Naeemah Abrahams with the South African Medical Research Council in Cape Town. Countries such as Turkey (4.5 per cent) and India and Bangladesh (3.3 per cent) had the lowest incidence.

“Sexual violence is a common experience for women worldwide,” concludes Prof. Abrahams, who pored over studies conducted in 56 countries over a period of 13 years, with assistance from colleagues from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, as well as the World Health Organization. “In some regions, it’s endemic.”

The research highlights the need for countries to start aggressively implementing their own population-based data on the levels of sexual violence by different predators. Hard data is desperately needed, Prof. Abrahams says, so health-care professionals can get a better grasp on the magnitude of the problem to put in place improved prevention interventions, as well as more comprehensive services to treat victims of sexual assault.

Sandra Diaz, vice-president of communications at the Canadian Women’s Foundation, echoed Prof. Abrahams’ plea for governments to get more aggressive on compiling data on domestic and sexual violence in Canada.

“We do not have our own population-based data and it’s something we desperately need,” Ms. Diaz says. “The last seminal study on domestic violence in Canada was in 1993. The government simply is not investing in this kind of research. It’s a huge challenge to make it a priority.”

A 2013 study by the Canadian Women’s Foundation found that 67 per cent of Canadians know a woman who has been physically or sexually abused. “This research doesn’t replace incidence data, but it does give us a sense of the magnitude of the epidemic in Canada,” says Ms. Diaz, who adds that less than 10 per cent of sexual assaults in Canada are reported. “They don’t report because of the victim-blaming culture, and out of shame and fear.”

Also last year, Ms. Diaz says, the foundation did a public-opinion poll on Canadians’ attitudes toward sexual and domestic violence and found that 19 per cent of Canadians believe a woman encouraged or provoked sexual assault when she was drunk, while 11 per cent believe she encouraged or provoked sexual assault by wearing a short skirt.

On my mind...one of my favorite memories of a trip to the beach on Valentine's weekend, sitting in my fuzzy pjs on the cold sand dune to get pictures of my first beach sunrise...and all the fun moments of exploring and discovering beautiful things. Laughter and shared wonder. I loved that trip and cherished quiet beauty of a secluded beach sunrise.

I so don't want to go to sleep tonight... and its just very silly... you see... everything thats coming up hit me today... all the very wonderful and exciting things that are happening in just... 4 more sleeps... and, well... I am just... going to sleep in the wrong damn bed... so I don't want to do it.

What else her visit....the first time she looks into my eyes....our first kiss...
and of course what I am going to wear but solved the I have to work 10 hours before I get that first glance....keep it simple right hence wear my work clothes and bring the first meeting breakfast clothes to work with you.....

Giggles...... that's just cute!!!!!

Ok we have to set a new rule no public use of that word associated with me I do have a rep to uphold after all *chuckle*

*hides another giggle* Yes, Daddy....

Great now I am thinking about how soon you will be close enough to actually feel my response to that last post!

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Just breath, and fight watching the time!

I will be smiling later!!!!!

I'm sitting here watching Him sleep and thinking about how lucky i am...

The next step to her saying "YES!!!!"........

At 5:15...I thought is it only 5:25...
At 5:59...I thought is it only 5:59...
I looked at what day it was...Only :( Thursday February 20th....
I slept good, but it's only the 20th....

Le sigh....I roll over to look at the curtains for any sign of sunrise....pick up my phone,, contemplating sending a message...put it back down, sign again recalling it's not the same time there...I will be good and wait.

Just moments after posting this...not even two minutes after... My paitence was rewarded. Especially with the reward of being addressed as Lady Kenna....life is full of surprises

The roof drains are covered in ice and now it's going to rain heavily. There will be major flooding unless I get out on that roof and chop that ice away...ugh

California's Drought
 

This sucks big time. The government WILL NOT supply California's drought-ridden farmers with its water reserve this year. California produces more than 50% of the nation's fresh produce. Cherries, tomato, onion, melon, broccoli, celery and cauliflower crops are depleted. I don't get the government's lack of priorities at all. Prices will more than double and some farmers may be forced to hang it up after generations of farming.

http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/califo...er-deliveries/

California's Split 6
 

Just currently drooling over the mirror-chromed Hennessey Venom GT sports coupe...the fastest accelerating car in the world...with a top speed of 270.49 mph.


:tongue:

Finally!
 

The monumental decision to overturn the ban here in Texas of same sex marriage. I'm so happy that Texas is finally coming into a season of tolerance and acceptance of the LGBTQI culture.

WE are finally on the precipice of equality in this state!

:cheer:

There is not enough time in the day for anything including listing what is on my mind!

I have a lot more growing still to do... and a lot of things I thought I had dealt with that it appears I just buried... self growth is a never ending process.

What is on my mind?
 

Is this...

I want to make some home made chocolate chip cookies with toll house chocolate chips. Cause really what else would you use for chocolate chips?
Sadly toll house chocolate chips aren't sold in the supermarkets here in the, UK. I can buy em on-line for £4.99 ($8.34) plus £2.10 ($3.51) for deliver.
I love living here but times like this I don't!

I'd like to sell my house, buy a house in another city, move. After 30 years in the same home, the whole prospect seems overwhelming.

What is on my mind... I feel extremely unattractive tonight... despite all my efforts to accomplish the opposite.

I went to bed early...with a hot pack on my back...
woke up just a bit ago to find hot pack around my belly :|

It's very peacefully quiet inside and outside the house...
I'm so cozy nestled in my 2 fleeces and big heavy quilt...

but I'm craving something sweet from the kitchen ...
I wonder what kinda ice cream we have ?

I'm also craving a certain kind of attention ...
it's good to crave sometimes ....makes me appreciate what I have, knowing my needs will always be met.

Life is good and I'm gonna have a small bowl of ice cream to celebrate!!

Well, for starters, why would you use nasty american brown lumps of wax for your cookies when the best chocolate in the world is made in Europe?

Melt some, spread on parchment paper to cool, and when solid again, chop it up into bits. Easy.

I would kill for French dark chocolate right now.... a little red wine...oh ya

I just got another text from the OR. My mom's surgery is going well. She buried her husband of 60 years, my dad, on Saturday. She deserves more time; to recover from her loss, and to be happy again. She deserves some good news. I could use some as well.

Mom out of surgery now, and the outcome was very positive. On my mind ... how time is a gift.