| What luck that frequent baths are now officially bad for one's ...
Some sensible news at last. Childcare experts are now advising parents not to bath their children every day. They ought to wash their hands, faces, necks and bottoms daily, but three baths a week is quite enough. I still think that's overdoing it a bit. I bath once a week, sometimes twice, if I absolutely have to, and sometimes, with a bit of luck, I do not bath for 10 days. I play with the filthy dogs and I have no deodorant. My gas bill is minimal. The Daughter, who baths and showers a squillion times a week, with oils, gels, scrubs, mousses and foams, is fairly horrified by all this. But I don't think I stink. Daughter would never allow it. She regularly inspects when visiting, keeping a sharp lookout for nasty bodily defects, especially when we are out and about: spinach on the teeth, ill-fitting brassiere, grubby glasses, hairy legs.
Ashraf Ghandehari's Devotion to the Disabled and Elderly
When Ashraf Ghandehari first contacted the late Dr. Mohammad Reza Hakimzadeh of Kahrizak in 1972 to serve the elderly and disabled of Tehran, she had no idea what a pioneering journey she would embark on. From just one patient and one room, to a 1,600-bed, 400,000-square meter, state-of-the-art center, Mrs. Ghandehari has been instrumental in transforming Kahrizak Charity Foundation, an Iranian non-governmental organization, into one of the most high-impact and entrepreneurial nonprofits in the world. There, physically handicapped or elderly individuals with no financial resources are cared for, free of charge.
In support of Kahrizak, Ghandehari co-founded Ladies Charitable Society (LCS) in 1973 with a group of dedicated women to coordinate their philanthropic efforts.
Comfort Opens Doors, Nearly 400 Treated
BELIZE CITY, Belize (NNS) -- Medical personnel from the U.S. Navy, Army, Air Force, Coast Guard, Canadian forces and Project Hope assigned to the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) began screenings and treatments for nearly 400 patients at various sites in Belize on June 22.
The first wave of patients to be treated aboard the Comfort arrived around noon and medical procedures continued throughout the day and night, ending around midnight.
Of the nearly 400 patients treated, more than 180 of them were medical cases.
Our goal is to treat as many people as we can, said Capt. Bob Kapcio, Comfort mission commander. Circumstances can change, but we strive to be as flexible as possible to make sure were helping who and where we can.
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