LCN Again! vol3issue2

8/12/2019 LCN Again! vol3issue2

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LCN Again!

LCN AGAIN!

SPECIAL POINTS OF

INTEREST :

May

Opossums

Two Spirits

Shake, Shake, Shake

Ducks

Global Marijuana

March

All about May

Monthly:

Foster Care MonthNational Barbecue MonthNational Bike Month

National Blood Pressure Month

National Hamburger MonthNational Photograph Month

National Salad Month

Older Americans MonthWeekly Celebrations:Nurse's Week - irst eek

Wildflower Week - eek toNational Bike Week - third

eek

National Police Week - thirdeek o "onth

#"ergency Medical $er%ices

Week - ourth eek o "onth

May& ()* +aily ,olidays& $pe-

cial and Wacky +ays:) May +ay

) Mother oose +ay

Sa!e the "hino #ay Brothers and $isters +ay

$ %nternational &uba #ay '

first Friday in May $pace +ay - irst .riday in

May

( World Press Freedom #ay

/ssues $

,erstory $

Mission $

roups0Pub1 $%cs (

Cannabis Corner (

2he ,aps )

Air"ations )

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

) *ird #ay* $tar Wars +ay

3 Cinco de Mayo

3 National ,oagie +ay

3 4yster +ay

5 National 2ourist Apprecia-tion +ay

+ National Nurses #ay

+ National &eachers #ay62uesday o the irst ull

eek o May7

8 $chool Nurses +ay theWednesday during Nurse's

Week

8 National 2ouris" +ay

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an area beore

"o%ing on1 >e"o%al is neither neces-

sary nor desirable1 2here is plenty o

natural ood a%ailable or opossu"s in

the ?ild1? #o Not Feed the O/os'

sums12he chance o getting a disease

ro" an opossu" is sli"1 Any "a"-

"al can get rabies1 ,oe%er& the

chance o rabies in an opossu" is #@-

2>#M#L >A>#1 2his ino ro"http:001pinellascounty1org0

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"ale or e"inine e"ale1 2hereore& "any

Nati%e A"erican religions& rather than stig-

"atiing such persons& oten looked to the"

as religious leaders and teachers1 uite si"i-lar religious traditions eDisted a"ong the na-

ti%e peoples o $iberia and "any parts o

Central and southeast Asia1 $ince the ances-

tors o Nati%e A"ericans "igrated ro" $i-

beria o%er (&((( years ago& and since re-

ports o highly respected androgynous per-

sons ha%e been noted a"ong indigenous

A"ericans ro" Alaska to Chile& androgyny

see"s to be Euite ancient a"ong hu"ans1

>ather than the physical body& Nati%e A"eri-

cans e"phasied a person's ?spirit?& or char-

acter& as being "ost i"portant1 2his alterna

ti%e gender status oers a range o possibili

ties& ro" slightly ee"inate "ales or "as-

culine e"ales& to androgynous or trans-

gender persons& to those ho co"pletely

cross-dress and act as the other gender1 2he

e"phasis o Nati%e A"ericans is not to

orce e%ery person into one boD& but to al-

lo or the reality o di%ersity in gender andseDual identities1 2o-spirit people ere

respected by nati%e societies not only due to

religious attitudes& but also because o prac

tical concerns1 Because their gender roles

in%ol%ed a "iDture o both "asculine and

e"inine traits& to-spirit persons could do

both the ork o "en and o o"en1 2hey

ere oten considered to be hard orkers

and artistically gited& o great %alue to thei

eDtended a"ilies and co""unity1 A"ong

so"e groups& such as the Na%aFo& a a"ily

as belie%ed to be econo"ically beneited

by ha%ing a ?nadleh? 6literally translated as?one ho is transor"ed?7 androgynous per

son as a relati%e1 2o-spirit persons assiste

their siblings' children and took care o eld-

erly relati%es& and oten ser%ed as adopti%e

parents or ho"eless children1 Nati%e

A"erican sa"e-seD "arriages ha%e been

used as a "odel or legaliing sa"e-seD

"arriages1 *y Walter 2 Williams the au-thor o 2he $pirit and the .lesh is Proesso

o Anthropology& ,istory and ender $tud

ies at the ni%ersity o $outhern Caliornia

,is book& 2o $pirits: A $tory 4 LieWith 2he Na%aFo is out no1

Nati%e A"ericans ha%e oten held inter-

seD& androgynous people& e"inine "ales

and "asculine e"ales in high respect1

2he "ost co""on ter" to deine such

persons today is to reer to the" as ?to-

spirit? people& but in the past e"inine

"ales ere so"eti"es reerred to as

?berdache? by early .rench eDplorers inNorth A"erica& ho adapted a Persian

ord ?bardaF?& "eaning an inti"ate "ale

riend1 Because these androgynous "ales

ere co""only "arried to a "asculine

"an& or had seD ith "en& and the "ascu-

line e"ales had e"inine o"en as

i%es& the ter" berdache had a clear ho-

"oseDual connotation1 Both the $panish

settlers in Latin A"erica and the #nglish

colonists in North A"erica conde"ned

the" as ?sodo"ites?1 >ather than e"-

phasiing the ho"oseDuality o these per-sons& hoe%er& "any Nati%e A"ericans

ocused on their spiritual gits1 A"erican

/ndian traditionalists& e%en today& tend to

see a person's basic character as a relec-

tion o their spirit1 $ince e%erything that

eDists is thought to co"e ro" the spirit

orld& androgynous or transgender per-

sons are seen as doubly blessed& ha%ing

both the spirit o a "an and the spirit o a

o"an1 2hus& they are honored or ha%-

ing to spirits& and are seen as "ore spiri-

tually gited than the typical "asculine

Wildlie is "y issue1 / lo%e it1 /G" a

sucker or WW.& $ierra Club and scores

"ore1 /n their interest this inor"ation is

shared1 Not bears or deer& itGs 4possu"s1

Whether rural& residential or in the

ilderness& opossu"s are a beneit to

any area they inhabit1 2heir diet in-

cludes all types o bugs and insects

including cockroaches& crickets andbeetles1 2hey lo%e snails and also eat

"ice and rats1 2he nocturnal opossu"

is attracted to our neighborhoods by the

a%ailability o ater& pet ood let out at

night and o%erripe& rotting ruit that has

allen ro" trees1 2he opossu" in turn

helps keep our neighborhoods clean and

ee o unanted& har"ul garden pests

and rodents& hich "ay carry diseases1

2he opossu" has earned the title o

HNatureGs Little $anitation #ngineer1I4possu"s are nor"ally transient ani-

"als& staying only to to three days in

Mission StatementJ2o entertain and edu-

cate others1 We elco"e input and en-

courage you to be part o this endea%or1

HLi%e& Laugh& Learn and +ance and Let

rand"a0randpa s"oke pot&I is our

"otto1

We at LCN Again! $upport cannabis

and he"p& "edical and recreational and

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e ineDpensi%e ays to kill bacte-

ria -- you can't eDactly thro a "at-

tress in the asher!/t turns out that ultra%iolet light gets

used as a disinectant in a nu"ber o

dierent products1 .or eDa"ple& you

can buy si""ing pool syste"s that

disinect the ater in the pool by run-

ning it past a strong 9 light1 $o"e

"unicipalities do the sa"e thing to

aug"ent the chlorine that treats

drinking ater1 ou can e%en buy a

de%ice that uses 9 light to disinect

your toothbrush! /n third-orld

countries& there ha%e been eDperi-

"ents using clear plastic soda bottles

illed ith conta"inated drinking a-

ter1 People lea%e the bottles in the

sun& and it actually helps to reduce

bacteria in the

ater1

,o can car-peting i"pact

health

Carpets "ay

trap pollutants

like dust "ites& pet dander& cockroach

allergens & particle pollution& lead&

"old spores& pesticides& dirt and dust1

/n the ho"e& children are "ore likely

to be eDposed to pollution in carpets1

2hey spend ti"e playing on the loor

and place their hands in their "ouths1

/ a large area is co%ered in carpet& it

"ay be %ery diicult to re"o%e indoor

air pollutants and allergens1

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/ perhaps& you are like& $ir Nose

+'9oidounk and you Fust onGt

dance"ay e suggest11 /tGs May&letGs go outside and shake a rug1 /ts

good or that seDy body o yours1 C-O

2here is at least one big ad%antage

that the air outside the house has o%er

the air inside the house: 4n a sunny

day& the air outside the house co"es

ith a good dose o ultra%iolet radia-

tion ro" the sun1 While ultra%iolet

rays are not so great or your skin& it

turns out that they are good disinec-

tants -- they kill bacteria1 $o i you

haul a rug to a sunny spot on the dri%e-

ay so that it gets se%eral hours o

strong sunlight& you are using the sun

to disinect it1 With so"ething big like

a "attress or an area rug& it's one o the

2aking up tango classes is the perect ay

to rid yoursel o anDiety& stress or depres-

sion& a ne study shos1 /n a study published

in the Fournal Music and Medicine& acade"-

ics in Australia ha%e shon that dancing the

tango has signiicant health beneits or peo-

ple eDperiencing "ood disorders1 +ancers

also reported less inso"nia and better generallie satisaction1 Another recent study& also

by AustraliaGs ni%ersity o Ne #ngland

and published in the British ournal o 9isual

/"pair"ent& ound that dancing the tango

reduced depression& boosted sel-estee" and

i"pro%ed balance in people ith age-related

"acular degeneration1

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article- than prescrip-tion "edications1

$5 MariFuana is not addicti%e1

(5 MariFuana can increase the uptake o

certain phar"aceutical drugs& allo-

ing one to reduce the daily dose o

their "edication1

)5 MariFuana can and does replace "ul-tiple 42C and prescription "edica-

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any bird is un toatch1 But ducks can

be truly entertaining1

2hey lo%e to si"

and ill ha%e great

un in anything ro"

a dishpan to a kiddie

pool& but all they ac-

tually need is a ater

dish that is deep enough to dip

their entire head into& hich

they ill do ith great gusto

and reEuency1

$o& go ahead& try a duck orto in your yard1

L/& A+ain

)< No +irty +ishes +ay

)< 9isit our >elati%es +ay

8 *oy>s Club #ay( Pick $traberries +ay

) National Me"o +ay

$ National Waiters and

Waitresses #ay Buy a Musical /nstru"ent

+ay

; Lucky Penny +ay

$) %nternational ?a99 #ay '

Saturday of Memorial #ay

weekend5* National #scargot +ay

$< National Missing Chil'

dren>s #ay3 2ap +ance +ay

5 Me"orial +ay

$+ Sally "ide #ay8 $un $creen +ay

6conGt ro" pg1)7 Mother>s #ay ' second Sun'

day)) 2ilight Qone +ay

$ %nternational Nurses #ay) Li"erick +ay

( Frog ?um/ing #ay)* National >eceptionist +ay the

second Wednesday in May

)3 National Chocolate Chip +ay

)3 Police 4icer's Me"orial

+ay

+ 2o!e a &ree #ay)5 National Bike to Work +ay -

third .riday o "onth

+ Wear Pur/le for Peace #ay)8 Ar"ed .orces +ay - third

$aturday o "onth

)< /nternational Museu" +ay

$, Amnesty %nternational

#ay

= Learn About Co"posting

+ay

;( Water a .loer +ay

;) National Macaroon +ay

;) $a%e our ,earing +ay

;) World No 2obacco +ay

,oping your "onth is a on-

derul one1 Teep digging

those gardens& raking those

lea%es and planting your on

#den1 Peace1

&he Ha/s

Live, Laugh, Dance,

Learn and Let

Grandma smoke pot

All that / a"& or hope to be& / oe to "y angel "other1 -Abraham 2incoln/ a" good& but not an angel1 / do sin& but / a" not the de%il1 / a" Fust a s"all girl in a big orld trying to ind so"eone to lo%e1 -

Marilyn Monroe/ ha%e "ore respect or a "an ho lets "e kno here he stands& e%en i he's rong1 2han the one ho co"es up like an angel and

is nothing but a de%il1 -Malcolm @+on't alk behind "eO / "ay not lead1 +on't alk in ront o "eO / "ay not ollo1 ust alk beside "e

and be "y riend1 -Albert Camus

We "ay ha%e all co"e on dierent ships& but e're in the sa"e boat no1-Martin 2uther :ing4 ?r5

But / say to you& Lo%e your ene"ies and pray or those ho persecute you& so that you "ay be sons o

your .ather ho is in hea%enO or he "akes his sun rise on the e%il and on the good& and sends rain on the

Fust and on the unFust1 U?esus

Aunt Jeannie and WiipediaSays:PanseDuality& or o"niseDuality& is seDual attraction&seDual desire& ro"antic lo%e& or e"otional attraction toard people o all gender identities and

biological seDes1 $el-identiied panseDuals "ay consider panseDuality a seDual orientation1

Home and =arden from 1organicgardening1co"

Four "easons to =et a#uck>aising ducks in your back-

yard can beneit you a lot

"ore than you "ight think1

$ure& backyard chickens are

popular1 /n addition to gi%ing

you a constant supply o

o"ega-;-rich eggs& they "ake

really cool pets1 But so do

ducks& hich can be a perect

addition to your backyard

lock i you like to garden and

lo%e eggsJand i you hate

bugs1 6 2hey produce tastiereggs1 2hey are e%en richer

and contain "ore protein& cal-

ciu"& iron& potassiu"& and

pretty "uch e%ery "aFor "in-

eral than chicken eggs1 2he

yolks are big and orange and

the hites pure hite1

$6 2hey're lo-"aintenance1ou'll need a secure shelter in

hich to house the" and pro-

tect the" ro" ildlie 6and

neighborhood dogs7& but Fust

three to our sEuare eet perhen is enough1

(6 2hey're good or yourgarden1 $ic the" on the to-

"ato patch and there on't be

a hornor" in sight1 )62hey're un to atch1 4T&

$aturday May ;& ()* ,igh

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