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This paper will examine the context of male circumcision among the Meru of Kenya (see Nyaga, 1997) to explore if the traditional moments of education within the male circumcision rite are still important moments for today's youth in zones where adolescent circumcision is still practised, and outline an intervention project aimed at seizing the day to reach adolescent boys with youth-friendly health messages.
The difference here is that it's Mother Nature, not space aliens or a giant contaminated lizard, doing the damage, and that one plot point has environmentalists seizing the day in an effort to push their agenda in front of a larger audience.
We talk aggressively about seizing the day -- the actual quote from Horace is "Seize the day, put no trust in the morrow
 
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