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THEME PARK ADVICE… As a regular theme park passholder I would love to contribute to make your experience go smoother! Unfortunately heat plays a huge role in ending theme parks quests early. A solution I find handy is to ALWAYS pack a MISTING FAN. Regular handheld fans just don’t cut it, especially here in Florida. The spray of water with fan combination is an instant relief while walking in the heat. If you have someone who tends to overheat easily…INSTANT ICE PACKS. As someone who has family come visit I know trying to cram theme parks back to back is quite the workout and exhausting. I recommend renting MOBILITY SCOOTERS from outside source so there is no wait at the theme parks for a scooter. This not only saves your energy but allows you to flow through the theme parks in record time. The theme parks are a little strict about placing a kid on lap, so renting an outside scooter is more comfortable if you’re going to do that. If you’re someone who comes often invest in buying your own mobility scooter because by the time you keep renting it adds up. I bought two foldable, lightweight scooters from Amazon that goes 10mph. I make it through Epcot now in 2 hours versus 5. As you now these places can get pretty crowded with no where to sit so the mobility scooter comes in handy for that as well especially at Epcot. Many of us get disconnected from kids or family once we are split up. Having a PORTABLE CHARGER is a MUST. This helps to avoid the must have kid called over speaker moment. Charge them the night before so you’re able to make it the whole day. STAY HYDRATED…H2O is our friend! This heat can take some people down. So staying hydrated is a must especially if you’re drinking alcohol. Alcohol with the sun can bring us down as well. Try bringing an umbrella or sunbrella for shade. It will help those walking stay energized without the sun draining. Also SeaWorld is cheap and you make it to all rollercoasters unlike at Disney and universal.

justme

Health Cancer trial offers non-surgical treatment hope A major trial has found that patients with rectal cancer may be able to avoid major surgery and the need for a colostomy bag. Led by the Universities of Leeds and Birmingham, the international trial treated patients with early-stage rectal cancer, with combinations of chemotherapy and radiotherapy instead of surgery. The findings, published in Lancet Oncology and funded by Cancer Research UK, said the initial results suggested that organ‑preserving treatment may be a realistic option for many people with early rectal cancer. Cancer Research UK said the findings could be "life-changing for thousands of people". Up to 14,000 people are diagnosed with rectal cancer in the UK every year and of these, around one in three are at an early stage, according to the University of Leeds. Patients are usually treated with a complex surgical procedure called a Total Mesorectal Excision (TME), which involves the complete removal of the rectum, the surrounding fat, and lymph nodes. It has a high cure rate, but can have a significant impact and may also require a temporary or permanent colostomy bag. The trial, named STAR-TREC, set out to discover whether organ-preserving treatments - radiotherapy and chemotherapy - could help patients avoid surgery while keeping the cancer under control. Hugh Chown has been supported through his treatment by his daughter Rachel [Credit: BBC] Hugh Chown, 65, from Harrogate, was diagnosed with rectal cancer at Leeds Cancer Centre after contacting his GP after a few months of occasional bleeding. "I got the diagnosis – it was totally unexpected. I was shocked but accepting of it.

Farobag Homi Cooper

Jorge Luis Borges was a phenomenal Argentine Spanish writer, poet, essayist, and librarian, widely regarded as one of the most influential literary figures of the 20th century. Born in Buenos Aires, on August 25, 1899 he wrote with remarkable precision and economy. His stories are often short—sometimes only a few pages—but they contain dense philosophical ideas, fictional references, and intellectual puzzles. Many read like essays disguised as fiction. One of his most famous ideas comes from The Library of Babel: the notion of a universe that is itself an infinite library containing every possible book—a powerful metaphor for knowledge, chaos, and meaning. ‘I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.’ Borges also translated works from English, German, French, and other languages into Spanish. languages. His multilingual reading was central to his literary imagination and he frequently incorporated foreign books, imaginary translations, quotations, and invented authors into his stories. On Time: ´Time is the substance from which I am made. Time is a river which carries me along, but I am the river; it is a tiger that devours me, but I am the tiger; it is a fire that consumes me, but I am the fire."

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Medicare Advantage members get a second window, January 1 to March 31, to switch plans By Tyler Foster, Most retirees think the only chance to fix a Medicare plan comes and goes with the fall enrollment season, but a second window opens every January. The Medicare Advantage Open Enrollment Period runs from January 1 through March 31, giving current Advantage members a chance to correct a choice that has started to look wrong once coverage takes effect. It is a narrower do-over than the fall period, limited in who can use it and how many changes it allows, yet for someone stuck in the wrong plan it can be the difference between a costly year and a manageable one. Who the January window is for This period is open only to people already enrolled in a Medicare Advantage plan as of January 1. It is not a general shopping season, and it does not let someone on Original Medicare jump into an Advantage plan for the first time. The design assumes a member has begun using their plan in the new year, discovered a problem, and needs a route out. That focus is why the rules limit both eligibility and the scope of what can be changed, in contrast to the wide-open fall period. During the window, a member may make one change: switch to a different Medicare Advantage plan, or drop the Advantage plan and return to Original Medicare, with or without adding a standalone Part D drug plan. Someone who returns to Original Medicare can also pick up prescription coverage at the same time, which matters because Original Medicare does not include drug benefits on its own. The change takes effect the first day of the month after the plan receives the request, so a switch made in February generally begins in March.

Vic

Galatians 5:14 We skip through the pages of time, gathering up Truth as precious treasure. Unchanging Truth. In Leviticus, through Moses, God describes what loving your neighbor looks like, “You shall not take revenge or bear any grudge against the sons of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord “. Jesus challenges us to consider, “For if you love those who love you, what reward can you have”? In Paul’s letter to the Romans, he instructs us “Repay no one evil for evil, but take thought for what is honest and proper and noble, aiming to be above reproach in the sight of everyone“. No exceptions, we don’t judge worthiness…no condemnation. The command is simple, “Love one another as you do yourself”…even when it’s hard, even when emotions, the flesh, cries out to be vindicated, avenged, to condone seeking ‘payback’. Love is being nailed to a cross until the body is spent… it’s a sacrificial. Love is a widow’s mite, selfless giving without expecting anything in return. Love is singing hymns in a prison cell, sharing, unexplainable joy, and peace, knowing God will use it for His glory in growing His kingdom. God even uses us when our heart’s not there as He did Jonah…his reluctant obedience saved the Assyrians, a people who’d relentlessly, persecuted Israel. Jonah would’ve preferred to see them suffer rather than watch God‘s hand of mercy spare them. The enemy of our soul prepares the battlefield of our mind as two warriors, Humility, empowered by love and Pride, fueled by hatred, face each other. We choose who takes the victory…Today. Lord, keep us from growing weary of doing good and help us, give us the strength, to choose to love. This kind of love only comes from You. Lord, cleanse our hands and purify our hearts…

Aaron Blama Gaye

THE ENTIRE WORLD KNOWS THE DEAL AFRICA, IT’S TIME TO UNITE! 🇦🇫🔥 Africa has 54 countries, countless resources, brilliant minds, cultures, languages, and traditions—but our divisions continue to weaken our collective power. We do NOT need to speak the same language. We do NOT need the same traditions. We do NOT need to lose our individual identities. We need ONE AFRICAN VISION. One economic powerhouse. One stronger continental government. One currency. One united defense force. One African market. One Africa capable of protecting its own people and resources. Look at what unity and political integration can accomplish elsewhere. Why should Africa remain divided when our combined population, natural resources, talent, land, and potential could make us one of the most powerful economic forces on Earth? This is bigger than Liberia. Bigger than Ghana. Bigger than Nigeria. Bigger than Kenya. Bigger than South Africa. This is Africa. 🌍 To every African president and leader: history is watching. Stop asking what separates us and start asking what could happen if we finally stood together. 54 nations. One continent. One people. One future. 🇱🇷🇬🇭🇳🇬🇸🇳🇨🇮🇸🇱🇬🇳🇸🇳🇿🇦🇰🇪🇪🇹🇷🇼🇺🇬🇨🇩🇨🇲🇪🇬🇹🇿🇿🇲🇿🇼🇧🇼🇳🇦🇲🇿🇦🇴🇲🇱🇳🇪🇹🇩🇸🇩🇸🇸🇸🇴🇪🇷🇩🇯🇲🇦🇩🇿🇹🇳🇱🇾🇬🇦🇨🇬🇨🇫🇸🇹🇬🇶🇬🇲🇬🇼🇨🇻🇲🇷🇧🇯🇧🇫🇹🇬🇱🇸🇸🇿🇲🇬🇭🇸🇨🇰🇲🇲🇬🇲🇺🇲🇼🇧🇮🇧🇦 ONE AFRICA. ONE ECONOMIC FUTURE. ONE DEFENSE. ONE DESTINY.