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More than seven years have passed since home prices peaked and the mortgage credit crisis began to unfold in 2006, and Barclays (BCS) Securitized Products Research says real recovery isn't in the cards yet in its "The Future of US Housing" report.
Barclays analysts, rather optimistically, say that since 2011-12, there has been a sustained recovery in the housing market.
Prices have risen by 20-25% since bottoming in first quarter 2012, although a lot of that activity hasn't been because of individual homeowners but rather institutional and investor buyers.
After peaking during the crisis years, existing and new home sale inventories have also fallen below pre-crisis levels.
During this period, the US home-ownership rate has given back almost all of the gains made during the mortgage credit boom of the 2000s.
Home ownership has dropped from its peak of around 69% to the mid-60% area, which is the same level as we saw in the 1970s recession.
Barclays is optimistic on housing, in a way that other analysts aren't.
Barclays concedes that despite what recovery we have seen, housing finance is still dependent on government.
"Although the housing market has rebounded after working through the excesses prevalent prior to 2008, mortgage finance has not," the Barclays report states.
Analysts note that the share of government guaranteed mortgages (Federal Housing Administration, Fannie Mae, and Freddie Mac) has remained above 80%, while the private securitization market has remained mired in legacy issues, and increasing bank capital charges and rep and warranty put-back concerns have restricted the ability of private capital to compete with government-backed loans.
So what does Barclays say you need to know about the future of housing?
1) The housing market is rebounding, but housing finance has not
Even as the US housing market has rebounded sharply in the past three years, housing finance has not. The extent of government involvement in mortgage lending poses unacceptable risks to the taxpayer. Bank portfolio lending, private-label securitizations, covered bonds, and public/private partnership models offer alternatives to reduce reliance on the government guarantee, but they all come with their own limitations.
2) Corker-Warner is the only likely GSE reform on the horizon
Among existing legislative proposals, the Corker-Warner bill is the most promising, and will likely be the template for any final legislation. It requires the first-loss piece to be backed by private capital but also provides an explicit government backstop in extraordinary circumstances. We estimate that $400-450bn of private capital is needed to absorb the credit risk of all $4-4.5trn in government- guaranteed GSE mortgages, assuming a 10% first-loss piece. The private markets cannot raise this amount easily. In our view, a government retreat will need to be spread over at least 10-15 years, not the five years proposed by Corker-Warner.
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THE PUBLIC EYE: Good Grief, Barack Obama!
The most famous running joke in the Peanuts comic strip repeats at the beginning of every football season. Charlie Brown asks Lucy to hold the ball for him so he can kick it. At the last moment, just before Charlie gets his foot on the pigskin, Lucy snatches it away. Despite years of torment, each new season Charlie Brown finds a reason to believe that Lucy will hold the ball down where he can kick it. But this never happens. Sound familiar? It's the story of Barack Obama and the Republican Congress.
President Obama keeps acting as if he has no history with Republicans – "This time will be different." But with each new policy initiative or political appointment, Obama runs up to kick the ball and Republicans snatch it away. Good grief!
Washington pundits contend this problem originated with Obama. "The President is too reserved," they say. "He spends too much time in the White House and not enough time schmoozing Congress members." Washington insiders say that all the Barack has to do is to lay on the Obama charm and Republican obstruction will melt away. The pundits blame Charlie Brown rather than Lucy.
The truth is Republicans don't cooperate with Obama because they want him to fail. The President should acknowledge this and paraphrase Lyndon Johnson, who famously declared, "I may not know much, but I know chicken shit from chicken salad."
Four and a half years have seen the same recurring pattern: Obama proposes something or nominates somebody and Republicans block it. Their action is not based upon the merits of the White House proposal, or the qualifications of the particular candidate, Republicans oppose anything the President puts forward.
Recently, Republican Senator Pat Toomey, one of three Republicans to support gun control background checks, admitted the measure died because other Republicans didn't want to give Obama a victory, "There were some on my side who did not want to seen helping the President do something he wanted to get done, just because the president wanted to do it."
In February, when the Administration leaked its immigration plan, Republican Senator Marco Rubio slammed it, even though it had many common-sense provisions, because it had originated in the White House.
But the clearest indication of Republican obstruction is their unwillingness to fill vital positions in the government or work on the budget. Writing for "The Campaign for America's Future" Terrence Heath noted
As President Obama settles into his second term, a number of presidentially-appointed positions that require Senate confirmation remain vacant – more than were vacant at the end of Bill Clinton's and George W. Bush's first terms in office. Of the 68 positions that remained vacant at the end of Obama's first term in office, 43 had been vacant for more than a year.A recent New York Times editorial observed
At every opportunity since they took over the House in 2011, Republicans have made it clear that they have no interest in reaching a [budget] compromise with the White House. For two years, they held sham negotiations with Democrats that only dragged down the economy with cuts; this year, they are refusing even to sit down at the table.At the beginning of each new football season, why does Charlie Brown believe this year things will be different? Some would say Charlie has held onto his childish innocence. He believes that eventually Lucy will turn over a new leaf and become a partner rather than an adversary.
We see this same innocence in Barack Obama. He, too, believes people can change for the better and trusts that eventually Republicans will turn over a new leaf and become partners rather than adversaries. Many of admire Obama's optimism. His fierce belief that "the arc of the moral universe is long but it bends towards justice."
It's admirable that Barack Obama wants to turn the other cheek and try to work something out with Republicans. Unfortunately, they're like Lucy, who has a character flaw that renders her incapable of cooperating with Charlie Brown.
Congressional Republicans have a pathological willingness to nurture resentment. Whether this is due to racism or having sold out to billionaires is not important. The reality is that contemporary Republicans are not interested in what's best for America; they are fixated on defeating Barack Obama.
Barack Obama has to understand this. He has to start acting less like Charlie Brown and more like Lyndon Johnson. He has to insist that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid enact the "nuclear option" to speed up the confirmation process. President Obama has to make it clear to Americans that Republicans aren't interested in what's good for the country because their sole focus is on defeating him.
But most of all, Barack Obama has to learn the lesson that Charlie Brown never did. Lucy isn't going to let him kick the football. Good Grief, Barack Obama! Grow up!
Bob Burnett is a Berkeley writer. He can be reached at email@example.com

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To train any animal, you follow a simple process. You somehow indicate what you want it to do, and then when it does it, you give it a reward. Maybe in some cases you punish it if it doesn't do what it's supposed to do. Then you repeat until the animal is trained. When it comes to training ourselves, though, we come up with a million weird and ineffective ways to do it.
Why is that? Maybe it's because we don't want to face the truth about what it takes to train ourselves, so we hunt and hunt for shortcuts. As someone who has trained himself to do all sorts of things, I think that the solution is much easier.
The first fix is to drop this idea of looking for a shortcut. Often times people will spend years trying to find that shortcut to losing weight, learning a new language, or developing a sense of optimism. Maybe they save a month or two, but they would have been a lot better off just doing it the hard way to begin with.
When people tell me that they're going to change, the number one indicator I've found to predict whether or not they'll succeed is how quickly they start. If they start right now they have a much better chance of succeeding than if they start, "after this pack" or "on January first" or "as soon as I'm settled in". If you don't want something bad enough to start immediately, you may as well give up and not waste your time on it. Obvious exceptions are when there's a concrete logistical reason to start later like, "I'll start training for skiing in the winter, because that's when there's snow".
So you start now, and then you just start repeating the action. Never believe that you're above the process, because you're not. Gains are won through repetition I wanted to like sardines, because they're pretty much the healthiest food that can be stored easily, so I eat a quarter pound tin of them every single day. It doesn't matter if I don't feel like it or if I want to go out for lunch-- I just eat the sardines. I also won't stop until I really like these things. At first I thought they were disgusting, and now I'm sixteen cans deep and I'm neutral on them. They still gross me out a bit, but I like the taste. Eventually I will like them.
Besides repeating the behavior you want to try to address weaknesses and get on top of them. If you're learning Spanish and you notice that you're having trouble with the preterite tense, then shift your focus towards that. Often times you'll see people do the opposite-- move away from the parts they're bad at and focus on what comes easily. A few days into the sardine eating I noticed that the spines of the fish were freaking me out, and when they were visible I would pull them out and not eat them. To counteract that, I pulled a couple spines out and ate them plain. It wasn't good, but it made me realize they weren't as scary as I thought.
Your reward should be praise for adherence to the process and a glimpse at where that process will lead you eventually. This is where we're different than dogs and rats-- we have cognition that allows us to reward ourselves mentally. If when you first teach a dog to roll over he almost makes it, you still give him a treat. If he's rolling over later in the day and you didn't tell him to, you don't give him a treat. In other words, only process gets rewarded. The same should be true for you-- if you knock out your flash cards for the day, mentally pat yourself on the back. When I ate my first can of sardines, I was proud of myself. When you go to the gym for the first time and can barely curl the empty bar, give yourself credit for getting out there and putting in the effort.
You don't congratulate yourself for the outcome because it's not in your direct control like process is. Kids in school are rewarded for grades more than effort, so they often cheat or blow through homework and get the answers right without really understanding the underlying principles. If you focus on losing weight and not eating healthy foods, you will reward yourself for doing unhealthy things that lead to weight loss. If you only reward yourself on process, you'll eventually get there, and you'll do it in a healthy and sustainable way.
There's nothing fundamentally wrong with rewarding yourself extrinsically saying that if you stick to your Chinese lessons for six months you'll reward yourself by taking a trip to China. Still, the nice thing about rewarding yourself only with praise for process is that this reward is universal and can be applied in any situation. You don't need elaborate structures to get yourself to do things, because you have the motivation within yourself. Doling out that self-praise on a repeated basis helps reinforce the idea of generating your mood from within and strengthens your own standards.
What happens if you fail? The absolute most important thing is that you don't use it as an excuse to stop training. If you do this EVER, your brain will figure out that all it has to do is sabotage you once, and then you don't have to do the challenging new behavior To counteract this, I punish myself by making myself do more the next day. This isn't a punishment meant to make myself feel bad, it's just a method of making my brain sabotage-resistant.
If I mess up I don't get down on myself, either. I note the error, think about what it will take to not make the error again, think about how well I'm doing overall, and focus on the importance of knocking it out of the park the next day to keep momentum up.
The cool meta aspect of all this is that because it's a universal framework under which you can train yourself, you will actually get better at the process itself. I'm so obsessed with training myself that I now find it pretty easy. I stay consistent, I subconsciously reward myself for good behavior and I set appropriate challenges. If you don't train yourself regularly, you will find this process difficult at first. Stick with it.
What does this work for? Pretty much everything. You can train how you think, what you do, and how you react. Here are some examples:
Language learning (flashcards every day, language tape everyday, talk with language exchange partner every day)
Physical fitness (eat properly every day, work out X days per week on a schedule, do yoga every day)
Meditation (meditate every day, do slow breathing once per day)
Optimism (find positive aspect of every negative thought for 2-3 months, think of 5 things you're grateful for every day)
Punctuality (try to be 2-5 minutes early to every single thing you commit to)
Social skills (talk to X people per day, host one event every week/month, write one personal email every day)
Work habits (write top three things to do every day and complete them, work for X hours every day, plan your day for 15 minutes every morning)
Sleep Schedule (turn off computer at X time every day, wake up at the same time every day, no caffeine after 5pm every day)
Personal finance (check bank accounts every day with Mint, budget every week, spend 24 hours thinking about any purchase over $XXX)
Education (watch 1 Khan Academy every day, read for an hour every day, watch only documentaries)
Abstinence (don't drink, don't do drugs, don't smoke, don't eat sugar)
These are just a few ideas off the top of my head, about 90% of which I've done personally. They all fit into the exact same framework-- repeat the action over and over again, praise yourself for adherence to the process, refocus to keep your repetitions effective. Just about any change you want to make can, and probably should, be made this way. If you're new to this sort of thing, just pick an easy one and do it for a couple months. Then pick two easy ones or one slightly harder one. Eventually you morph into a freight train of personal change and you have the ability to load on as many of these things as you can think of, staying 90%+ consistent with all of them.
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Photo is a long staircase path on Hua Shan.
I had a similar experiment with sardines, and I found I'm a fan of King Oscar brand.
Also, in my quest for sustained motivation, I read a book I'd recommend. I'm pasting my review below. It's long.
"Grant me chastity and continence, but not yet." - Young St. Augustine
I recently read Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength by Roy Baumeister. This is my book report, and I think you should check it out.
Why did I read this book? I realize at thirty-four that I have not succeeding in reaching personal goals of which I know I'm capable. While I have no complaints about my quality of life, I want more satisfaction in my accomplishments. The cause of my shortcomings has become clear. After searching several related book sites, the reviews pointed me here.
Is this another preachy self-help book? No. It is remarkably story and data driven; it's a series of entertaining anecdotes tied into historical and current scientific studies on human and animal self-control. Baumeister balances findings from hundreds of research studies with biographical stories and direct interviews with the likes of David Blaine (Magician and endurance performer), Henry Morton Stanley ("Livingstone, I presume?"), David Allen (Getting Things Done), Amanda (Fucking) Palmer, and Aaron Patzer (mint.com).
In my summary below, I'm skipping the science and personal accounts and picking only my favorite bits of directly practical information. These tips are the results of repeatable behavioral studies, so they should be applicable and helpful to most people with few exceptions.
What is willpower?
Psychological perspectives on this have shifted historically, but real life studies show that Freud was wrong. Willpower is a single and limited reserve, a bank of self-control, and it is depleted through all forms of stress and then restored through time, rest, and glucose. The capacity of the reserve can be stretched through self-discipline, and the refilling sped by nutrition and mental peace.
How does willpower become used up?
We use willpower when we force ourselves to get up when we want to sleep, by commuting in traffic, putting up with coworkers we don't like, not eating everything we want to, trying to be nice during conflict, or exercising when we'd rather lie down. Even making decisions such as choosing which phone to buy depletes willpower. Retail stores are designed with this in mind. We become compulsive after a session of making brand and price choices.
How do you build and conserve willpower?
Read on.
• Pick your battles. Limit your time doing chores that feel like drudgery. You'll put off starting chores if the time to completion seems indefinite, and you'll most likely exhaust your willpower reserves and derail your productivity by trying to power through a long task in one sitting. Quitting from mental exhaustion leaves you with a negative feeling about your progress. Consciously decide to stop before overexertion and pick up the task later just as you would with any other healthy exercise.
• Instead of creating a long "to-do" list; make a "to-don't" list. Know what drags you down most, and plan to avoid those chores at times which you regularly have poor self-control. Instead of dissecting your task list and setting a granular level of prioritization, pick the top three items and focus only on them. Put the rest out of your mind. Instead of listing large, complex goals like "Learn Objective C", list only the next practical step towards the goal such as "Log into Lynda.com and click the 'programming' category." Having simple, non-vague steps in mind reduces the stress of planning that often intimidates us to the point of procrastination. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suspense#Zeigarnik_effect
• Procrastination isn't necessarily related to perfectionism as is often assumed. Research shows a much stronger connection to impulsiveness. Procrastinators tend to put off a difficult chore that may offer a long-term reward in favor an easier action and an immediate reward. I've come to think that I work best under pressure, such as waiting until the night before a paper is due, but this is a common self-observation among procrastinators. Again, studies show that work done last-minute is of lower quality than that of people who distribute work over time.
• When estimating the time and effort needed to complete a task, realize that people generally err positively when judging their own potential. Our personal best and worst case scenarios tend to have an optimistic bias and disregard our own historical behavioral tendencies. "I can do this in like ... two hours. Sure." We tend to judge other's potential less favorably. Get an outside perspective to overcome this planning fallacy.
• Successful people don't use their reserves of willpower to rescue themselves in emergencies; rather, they use it to develop safe strategies and routines. They use it to create good habits. These people arrange their lives so that they avoid problem situations. They prepare to play offense so they don't need to react defensively. Set up your life accordingly. Don't expect that you'll magically have more time in the future. Don't be over-confident with expectations of your future willpower.
• Sleep deprivation has a nasty effect on willpower.
• To break a habit, change your daily routine. Even if the habit is not directly related to the routine, facing the day with a fresh and conscious approach derails your behavioral pattern. You can also use purposeful procrastination to keep yourself from a negative habit without depleting your self-control. Instead of telling yourself, "No, I won't do this thing I'm itching to do", say that you'll do it a little later. This strategy has proven to be successful because it causes less mental stress than simply asserting self-denial.
• Studies show that people exhibit better self-control in an orderly environment. Clutter and filth has a negative effect. Simple but frequent tidying can help break a cycle of poor self-control. If you just can't make yourself clean up, go somewhere that's already clean and uncluttered when you need a boost to get your work done.
• If you find yourself avoiding your current priority task by choosing other, lower priority tasks, it may help to set a limitation of "this or nothing". Tell yourself that you don't have to perform the priority task, but you can do nothing else productive during the time specified. Rather than jumping from task to task because your lack of focus allows you to quickly rationalize new priorities, choose to only be lazy - or - perform the designated task. Remove other less important tasks as options that can excuse you from the primary task.
• Sabotage your weaknesses. Recognize them in spending, eating, web-surfing, drinking, shopping, etc, and create a strategy during your moments of personal strength to save yourself during weakness. Put away the credit card and take only a measured amount of cash when going out. Buy health food in bulk and junk-food in single-serving packages. Use a self-restricting surfing access timer. Decide to drink only on certain days or only X days/week. You may override these limitations from time to time, but they can help you to create positive habits that become routine with practice.
• Track yourself and make the information public to friends. Get in the habit of recording metrics of your activities. Record daily weight, spending, time, etc and let friends review the data on a consistent schedule. Self-accountability is much less effective a motivator than accountability to your roommates, your church-group, Twitter or your Facebook wall. Knowing that your activity will be monitored not only gives momentary strength, it will later give you an unambiguous view of your past and allow for honest future planning.
• I like bullet points.
• When planning steps to reach your goals, include frequent, small rewards. Even a seemingly paltry pat on the back gives the brain the measure of validation needed to repeat the behavior and form a positive pattern.
It has taken me a long time to realize that I need practical help building discipline. I've always had a reluctance to using mental tricks or changes to my environment designed to improve my concentration. I idealized a self who would be able to overcome his limitations purely and by sheer will. I wanted to reach this perfectly controlled self the "right" way instead of finding cheap loopholes to productivity. Fortunately, I've come to understand that I'm not that special; I'm like most people in this regard, and these studies of human behavior are applicable to me.
Is this working? It's only been a few weeks since finishing the book, and my story can only be anecdotal, but yes. I started running every other day. I'm cooking more often and eating my greens. I'm spending more time reading, and I finished this damn report!
Hey Tynan,
Just wanted to let you know that whatever you're doing with SETT/your website/whichever is causing my RSS feedreader to flip out. Your articles - from this one to your latest one - keep popping up as being 'changed'. Look into it if you would, or just keep making the adjustments you need to, to work on SETT :-) Just wanted to let you know
Also, when I posted this as 'guest' the popup message is missing a word: "Now we need to who you are to post this."
All the best!
Please, please, please remove the line "Maybe in some cases you punish it if it doesn't do what it's supposed to do." Please don't promulgate this dangerous misconception. Training is encouraging a behavior, and there are 2 ways to do it.
Notice that in negative reinforcement, the reward takes place after the behavior has already happened. Also notice that in negative reinforcement, you are encouraging the subject to do the behavior more, not stop the behavior. A classic example of negative reinforcement has a constantly electrified floor, and when you see the desired behavior, you turn the electricity off. You don't turn on the electricity if you don't get what you want, you turn the electricity off when you do get what you want.
Can you see the difference between negative reinforcement and punishment now? Negative reinforcement is a training technique that encourages a behavior. Punishment is not a training technique, and can never successfully make a behavior occur, nor encourage more of a behavior.
When they train rats for experience, I believe they punish them to enforce behaviors. No?
I remember my college psychology lab in which we trained rats to press a bar for a drop of water. The focus was on positive reinforcement. Give a reward (drop of water) as aspects of the behavior were exhibited - first heading in the direction of the bar, then moving towards bar, pressing bar one time, pressing 10 times, etc. I don't remember negative reinforcement (punishment). If there were, I probably would have had to switch labs :)
Ask yourself if you could be completely wrong about this concept: "To train any animal, you follow a simple process. You somehow indicate what you want it to do, and then when it does it, you give it a reward. Maybe in some cases you punish it if it doesn't do what it's supposed to do. Then you repeat until the animal is trained."
I'm guessing you've never had complete responsibility for an animal, or a child. Following this concept to do so would be a dangerous experiment.
Positive and negative reinforcement are trivialized versions of pop Western psychology. Really not at all how animals or people work. If you want to begin to understand what truly motivates, I would highly recommend watching episodes of the Dog Whisperer - in particular, the shows where Cesar is correctly badly behaved dogs (most shows). You'll see dog owner after dog owner applying traditional concepts of behavior correction (training) who have unstable and even traumatized animals. What is it that Cesar understands that enables him to fix their behavior, sometimes almost instantaneously by simply giving a couple non-verbal clues? Like he says, he trains humans.
These will also help you start to understand: http://nymag.com/news/features/27840/ and http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pink_on_motivation.html
The truth is much closer to "we are born to work".Also, I didn't use to like sardines, but I did like anchovies (in oil). After a couple years of having anchovies on crackers for snacks or meals irregularly, one time I couldn't find anchovies in the store and got sardines instead, and found I now liked them. I suspect it had a lot to do with the way that I thought and felt when I ate anchovies. I always pick King Oscar over any other brand.
No, punishment doesn't ever reinforce behavior. Try this article. It's geared toward applying the information in the workplace, but it has a great graphic distinguishing between negative reinforcement and punishment. (Negative reinforcement != punishment), and it also states clearly "positive punishment fails to teach desirable behaviors."
Tynan, this only becomes a simple strategy once you're already Tynan. You have to set immense store by keeping your word to yourself before the thought of breaking it is a huge motivator just by itself. Before that point, you're likely to fail to keep your commitments to yourself, because that's what you're used to and it doesn't seem like it's a big deal to break them. It's much more likely to work if you add several other strategies into the mix, like precommitment and success spirals, until you're confident enough in yourself to always follow through.
You also need to develop the habit of noticing and admitting failure. Failure is really bad. Each failure is another piece of evidence that you can't do this. You already have tons of counter-evidence to suggest that you can, for any value of this, but that's not true for most people. Starting with things like very clearly defined goals, plans for achieving those goals, whitelisted excuses, public accountability, and scheduled review are going to help here to keep you from weaseling out of commitments to yourself. Weaseling is another habit that most people need to break first.
Once you rock at self-motivation and you've sharpened your awareness of your own personal commitments, then yeah, you can get rid of most of those things and simplify it to the mental model you suggest above. A pro swimmer doesn't need water wings or a coach; she just swims. A beginner who tries to just swim will either drown, or come close enough that he'll give up. Meanwhile, the pro swimmer is confused at why the beginner is having difficulty.
Sometimes there is still a place for the extra motivational strategies even when you're already a motivation hero, like when you want to get yourself to do things that are much harder than you have done before. This is what I wrote my book on (The Motivation Hacker). But yeah, I agree that for most goals, you don't need complex strategies once you have the habit of achieving goals.
While I agree with a lot of this, I do have a couple of qualms:
1) Looking for a shortcut isn't always a fruitless endeavor. Say you're trying to lose weight. Conventional wisdom tells you to exercise more and eat less. That strategy seldom works in the long term. In this case, the shortcut, whether it be veganism, paleo, or whatever, can serve as both a better strategy than CV and as a motivator. Trying new things is fun!
2) Furthermore, what if your system and your end goals no longer align? For example, I used to study Korean because I lived in Korea. I started my studies as soon as I knew I'd be moving there. And though I had a reasonable amount of success, I eventually gave up. Not because I thought it was an impossible language, but rather, I didn't think the time investment would be worth the payoff. So I stopped training and "failed." Yet in the grand scheme of things, I don't see it as a failure.
Like, it's cool that you're eating sardines, but what's the real payoff? If you're enjoying the process, great — that's enough to make it worth continuing. However, if it's an ordeal you're putting yourself through daily for no reason, I have to wonder what the point is. (Perhaps I'm doomed to failure because I ask too many questions.)
In any case, good luck with the sardines :P
Excellent post and excellent photo. When it comes to training myself, I have a slightly different approach, however. I find that having an element of pleasure inherent in the activity is critical for long-term success. If, for instance, I don't like sardines, I'll just eat mackerel instead. The health benefits are pretty much the same, but the better taste and texture make it more pleasurable to eat. Same thing for exercise. If one form of exercise is pure torture, but another, fun one provides the same or almost the same benefits, I will take number two.
Perhaps this has to do with age. I am 44 and the idea of living a puritan lifestyle in order to gain some future benefit is no longer as tempting as it was when I was 20 or 30. Now, I am more focused on finding a balance between present and future benefits.
Love this. I've thought about and put into practice most of these ideas, but the paragraph on making your brain "sabotage resistant" has never occurred to me. I've found I get one day behind and the daunting task of catching up scares me away until next thing I know it's no longer a habit. Considering catching up a punishment to train your brain is brilliant - killing two birds with one stone.
I recently had to train myself to quit Reddit. I decided it was eating up too much of my life and my addiction to it had been the cause of a lot of problems. So I psyched myself up, telling myself I NEEDED to quit, and convincing myself how bad it was for me, and telling myself that I hated it. Then I logged onto Reddit and started pinching myself REALLY hard. I closed the window (ctrl+w is all in the left hand) and stopped. Then I did it again. And again. I did it til I couldn't bear to anymore.
Later throughout the day, I reinforced the connection occasionally by thinking about Reddit, or lolcats, or commenting, and pinching myself.
That was the last time I ever used Reddit. Even the sight of someone else using it makes me REALLY uncomfortable now. I HATE it. I absolutely hate it, so this training thing works.
Sandines in tins used to gross me out big time, until a few years back I found a brand that I love: Those sandines come without skin and without bones! Is that cheating?? ;) Either way, they are delicious! I sprinkle a little gomasio on top and I'm in protein heaven.
Good luck with your sardine love!
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Second, we have this wonderful tour-de-force interview: it starts by covering how Tynan made the shift from unfocused to focused, how to derive internal enjoyment from things, useful actionable exercises you can do right now, Tynan's method and mindset for producing creative work consistently, how to set up great habits and an excellent mental and physical work environment, and how to make blogging work and similar endeavors work for you.
Total Focus; Total Enjoyment by Tynan, as told to Sebastian Marshall
When I turned 30 and I had a minor freak out… I thought, "I'll be 40 in not long, and then 50… there's things I want to do in my life, and they're not happening at this pace."
Before that, I had a general idea of things I wanted to do and have in my life, but I went about in an unstructured way. It was good in a lot of ways. It made be a broad process, but not much depth.
I'm thrilled that Tynan is coming to you with two things -- first, he's offering a breakthrough session through GiveGetWin. It's geared around doing more of the kind of excellent work you want to do, becoming more internally focused with your emotions, having a more enjoyable life, building great habits, and producing a lot of value in the process. There's five spots, so check it out now.
Second, we have this wonderful tour-de-force interview: it starts by covering how Tynan made the shift from unfocused to focused, how to derive internal enjoyment from things, useful actionable exercises you can do right now, Tynan's method and mindset for producing creative work consistently, how to set up great habits and an excellent mental and physical work environment, and how to make blogging work and similar endeavors work for you.
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When I turned 30 and I had a minor freak out… I thought, "I'll be 40 in not long, and then 50… there's things I want to do in my life, and they're not happening at this pace."
Before that, I had a general idea of things I wanted to do and have in my life, but I went about in an unstructured way. It was good in a lot of ways. It made be a broad process, but not much depth.


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I have another ridiculously wonderful program for you today. And it's one of them twofer shows, don't cha know. My guest, our conversation and the themes discussed in this podcast easily falls into both the Sex EDGE-U-cation and the SEX WISDOM series; so yay for that. I mean, who doesn't like to get two bangs for his buck?
I have the honor of welcoming a man of distinction in the world of gay porn. He is a top-tier performer, a director, a producer, a videographer, an art director as well as being an exceptionally nice person. I have with me, the oh so talented, Bruno Bond.
Bruno is one of the hardest working men in porn today. Besides being a mainstay at Raging Stallion Studios, he and his husband, Steve Cruz, have their own production company, Hard Friction. Stay tuned, sex fans, because we about to find out how this mere mortal is able to do the superhuman.
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Zlatan Ibrahimovic is one of soccer's true super stars, and probably its most underrated (though not by me, I had him in my Euro 2012 all-star team even though his team, Sweden, didn't make it out of the group stage). Ibrahimovic has scored prolifically, and often "for fun," at the club level (including for the top clubs in Italy, Spain, and France). And, despite playing internationally for so-so Sweden, he has a better goals-per-match ratio than Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have managed for Argentina and Portugal, respectively. Yet Ibrahimovic is seldom mentioned as being in their class, or even that of Naymar, Brazil's latest bright young thing.
Even so, Ibrahimovic is one of the very few individual footballers I'd pay good money to see play, and I had the opportunity to do so this summer when he played in Washington, D.C. with his new club Paris St. Germain. He didn't disappoint, producing a goal early in the exhibition before being replaced.
Ibrahamovic isn't known for spectacular goals, which may be one reason why he's under-appreciated. However, he delivered a candidate for goal of the decade yesterday in a "friendly" match against England. Having already produced a hat-trick, the Swede (of central European origin) scored a goal like none I've ever seen. Here it is:
Meanwhile, Naymar, who in fairness is another I'd pay to see, produced this missed penalty kick against Columbia yesterday.


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I've been a devout 'Hater' of reality TV…until I watched The Voice last night!
After taking home the top prize with hopeful Jermaine Paul on the last season of 'The Voice,' Blake Shelton was the coach to beat heading into tonight's Season 3 premiere of the popular reality competition series. Despite the haggling tactics of his fellow celebrity judges, the country music superstar was able to lasso two of the more talented vocalists on the first of three Blind Auditions season openers this week.
Shelton began the season with a bang, nabbing Scotland native Terry McDermott immediately after all four judges took the stage to perform the 1981 Rolling Stones rock classic 'Start Me Up.' The New Orleans implant tackled the Who's 'Baba O'Riley' in his audition, perking Shelton's ears before even completing the song.
"I think you and I can win this if you just get up there and talk," suggested Shelton as McDermott, who has a heavy Scottish accent, was making his decision. "We'll smoke some cigars and win this thing."
After some suspenseful coaxing from Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine, McDermott chose the country superstar as his coach, becoming the first of 16 hopefuls to join Team Blake in the show's third season. "His mentoring can do a lot for me," said the excited contestant after the decision was made. "I'm excited… I'm really excited!"
Also earning her spot on Team Blake Shelton is country singer Gracia Harrison, an Illinois native who wowed the crowd with her version of Patsy Montana's 1935 country classic, 'Cowboy's Sweetheart.' Despite a strong effort from Levine and Aguilera, the young singer stuck to her country roots and chose the reigning ACM and CMA Male Vocalist of the Year as her celebrity coach.
"I know as a fellow country artist, you can't fake your way through a song like that," said Shelton just before Harrison made her decision. "You already know what the right thing to do is," the 'Over' singer added. "I hate the thought of what would happen to you in the long run if you were influenced by one of these two," he said, referring to Aguilera and Levine.
As far as a possible lasting career in the country music genre, Shelton seemed rather confident in Harrison's raw talent, sharing, "Country radio is full of artists who can't do what you just did."
The Blind Auditions will continue with at least two more 'season premieres' this week alone. Tune in Tuesday and Wednesday (Sept. 11 and 12) to see who else Shelton chooses for his 'The Voice' team.
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I've actually taken a genealogical DNA test before, in June 2005, as part of National Geographic's The Genographic Project. They were studying isolated, indigenous populations but asked for as many participants as possible to send in their DNA to create a map of the human journey. I thought it sounded so interesting - how could I not be a part of it?
The results of the test put you into a haplogroup - depending on what mutations they find in your DNA, they can group you with others with that same mutation back to a common ancestor/group of people. The tree starts with a common ancestor in Africa, and from their branches out, and those branches branch out, and again, and it's on those various branches that your DNA will place you. The National Geographic website explains it much better than I do, so if you want to know more, I highly recommend visiting the site: www.nationalgeographic.com/genographic.
Anyway, I learned that I had four mutations that put me in haplogroup T. 40-60 percent of Western Europeans belong to haplogroup H, and as someone who seems to constantly strive to be different, I was happy to find I didn't fall into that group. T, though the second most popular Western European haplogroup, is only found in 20 percent of the population. Anyway, T is considered one of the main genetic signatures of the Neolithic expansion, which is basically when, around 10,000 years ago, hunter-gatherers became farmers. A lot of Ts can be found in the Ukraine/Russia/Georgia region, which I found interesting, because I was following an Irish line. Obviously, 10,000 years ago there were no Irish people. They all had to come from somewhere. But it was interesting to learn that where many of my branch ended up beside Ireland.


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Then DVD arrived and opened our eyes to the incredible clarity and resolution of so-called "standard definition": NTSC's 30 interlaced frames of 720x480 video. Actually, because it is interlaced, we only get that full resolution when nothing moves. If you look at each field, you have to cut the vertical resolution in half. Each field offers us about 720x240 pixels. (I won't get into phosphors, LCD refresh rate, or the argued persistence of vision here.)
Standard definition (SD) may look good, but when I talk to my clients about the advantages of high definition (HD), they don't really understand until I make it clear how low resolution SD really is. The best way to do this, I've found, is to talk about digital photography.
Most people have at least become aware of digital photography in the past few years. People who don't even own a digital camera know the key term: megapixels (MP). Not too long ago, 3MP was a big number for a point-and-shoot, and 5MP demarcated "pro" photography. Nowadays, even some 7 and 8MP cameras have entered the consumer realm. By the time you read this, we may even be talking double-digits.
If you do the math, our 720x480 standard definition video is 0.3MP. That's very, very small. With interlaced video, it's 0.17MP per field. Most people are surprised it is so low--especially when they want to print out a frame of video.
You'd think that a DVD with this low-resolution (and heavily compressed) image would look bad. But flicker those images smoothly on a screen, and make us care about what's in the frame, and you'll satisfy vast majority of people.
Now comes the push for HD. The two different flavors, 1080i and 720p, have their supporters. Before you buy into them, do the math again. 1080i is still only 2MP (1MP per interlaced field), and 720p is only 0.9MP. The HDV spec records only 1440x1080, which is 1.5MP.
But the main difference between the HD formats may lie in our perception of the images. For instance, feature films are still far higher resolution than HD video. They are shot at 24fps progressive. Each frame is a complete still image. NTSC, on the other hand, is interlaced. There are 60 half-frames (fields) shown to us every second. But many display systems cannot eradicate the previous half frame so we see continuous smooth motion. This helps to explain why film looks like film, and video does not.
The key difference between the two current HDV formats, 1080i and 720p, is the frame rate. As of this writing, prosumer 720p is limited to 30fps. The 1080i version is also 30fps, but remember, it is interlaced, so the field rate is 60. It offers twice as much temporal resolution—2X more resolution over time. Couple that with the higher spatial (pixel) resolution, and I'll place my chips on the 1080i side of the table.
In the professional world, the Panasonic Varicam shoots DVCPRO HD at up to 60p (it always records 60p on tape). The Sony CineAlta shoots 1080i at fixed settings including 24p, 30p, and 60i. If you are shooting with either of these, you are making some very pretty pictures. The rest of us are looking at HDV.
Both 1080i/60 and 720p/60 offer the same temporal resolution. But if you dig into Sony's specs, you'll realize that the Z1U is limited by its 1440x1080 chip resolution. Without counting the effects of pixel offset technology, the actual 960x1080 resolution creates spatial resolution figures that are a lot closer to 720p; 0.92 versus 1.0MP, respectively. Then you have to assess the value of the 720p's chips offering actual resolution without any interpolation. Lastly, the JVC allows you to put some high-quality glass on the front. So when you look at everything, it becomes pretty evident that a good 720p60 camcorder easily wins this comparison.
But don't think that these cameras are the be-all and end-all of HD. ARRI has entered the digital fray with the D-20, a digital film camera sporting a 6MP single CMOS sensor. It's designed to handle frame rates up to 150fps. At 5Mb/frame (based on still camera RAW image file sizes), that is potentially 700Mbps! Thomson offers the Viper Filmstream camera, which touts three 9.2-million pixel Frame Transfer CCDs enabling 4:4:4 color space during acquisition. Not to be outdone, Panavision offers their Genesis Digital camera with a 12.4MP, true RGB sensor and dual link 4:4:4 HD-SDI outputs.
So we are at the dawn of a new era in video production. Sony's FX1 will likely become as "venerable" a camcorder as the VX1000 has, and help to usher in HDV in as the new recording format of choice, just as the VX1000 established DV. But when talking HD to your clients, remember to keep the big picture in mind--from NTSC to Digital Cinema--and where you fit in the mix.
Anthony Burokas (firstname.lastname@example.com) of IEBA Communications, a self-confessed "gadget guy," has been an event videographer for more than 15 years. Has has shot award-winning video internationally and is technical director for the PBS series Flavors of America.


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We've reported frequently on the abusive labor practices and suicides at Apple's Foxconn factory in China. Essentially, Apple outsources the production of its iPad and iPhone to a massive labor facility in Chengdu, China.
On the plus side for Apple, labor costs at the Foxconn factory are low, with worker schedules and logistics rigorously enforced. Apple not only gets production accomplished on a strict, no-questions-asked timeline, but it also benefits from China's undervalued currency and rampant industrial subsidies.
However, one has to wonder if Apple ever sees the overall costs of using a demoralized Chinese workforce while conducting quality control from 7,000 miles away as really worth the effort.
For starters, Apple could produce the iPad in the U.S. We explained this recently, pointing out that labor costs are not a major component of Apple's production. Plus, U.S. manufacturers are far more productive and efficient than their Chinese counterparts.
Bottom line: Apple COULD build their products in the U.S.
So what to make of the latest news coming out of Chengdu, that dozens of workers at the Foxconn plant were arrested in the wake of riots against security staff?
Apparently, a clash with security staff at a male dormitory for Foxconn workers escalated to the point where as many as 1,000 workers eventually rioted. While the initial dispute may have dealt with an incident of theft, what becomes clear is that the workers are unhappy, and the chronic poor treatment they've endured has heated tempers to the boiling point. In the ensuing riot, workers reportedly threw trash bins, chairs, pots, bottles, and even fireworks from the upper floors of their dormitory, destroying public facilities.
Hundreds of police officers eventually suppressed the rioting, and dozens were arrested.
In the wake of such a messy situation, Apple can do the requisite damage control. But the true costs of outsourcing once again become apparent.
Facts are stubborn things, and the poor overall working conditions at Foxconn are hard to hide. Apple could have a much cleaner conscience if it chose to reshore operations and starting making their products in the U.S.


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110 pages in I came across this:On one side of the walkway the inmates were left alone and on the other side they were hooked upto electrodes, with a band around their head and wrists, and were shocked. Then a guard took me to sayprogramming phrases to them like, "I will not commit a crime. I will behave in society like a good citizen.I will no longer offend. I will not rape. I will be calm. I will be peaceful. I will not fight. I will not swear. Iwill be an asset to society. I will follow orders. I will obey commands. I will serve my country to the bestof my ability." They even hooked up their penises to electroshock as a trauma-programming tactic. Whenthey were tortured, the men broke out in a sweat and some even cried, and after the trauma, they had medeliver the program phrases. Whenever I was alone with them, a renegade personality within me thatcould relate and sympathize with their plight, slipped in the suggestion, "I will fight for my ownfreedom."Reading this touched me deeply. To think that this person, who had suffered to an extent beyond any I could dream of, would still hold enough sympathy and humanity within herself to feel compassion toward another person shows the power and beauty of the human spirit. It is breath taking. I stand in awe.
The Jason Bourne films wouldn't have anything to do with this stuff, would they?
TV has and is being used to programme people as of this very day.How do you define success? If you are like the majority of those I work with being successful means having all the "toys"( ATVs, boats, motor bikes) a home that owns you, the latest fashion sense, and doing all the same activities everyone else is though no one knows why they have too. This is only one aspect of the programming you are exposed to while viewing the boob-tube.
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Just like alex jones said yesterday, if you ever gets thoughts of killing someone, just ignore those thoughts and not accept them. He is trying to tell you what they are doing, and shame people do not have much mental strength. The problem is that the government has conned everyone that all there thoughts are there own, which they are not. This is the first step to helping with mind control, understanding which are yours and which you should just ignore.But remember and always remember, if you get thoughts about doing something to someone, just fffing ignore that thought, and try to think on something else.
yeah they sensationalize it into the "manchurian candidate for good" bullshit.they allude to Bourne being waterboarded and that is about it.
Read the books instead of watching the films. The films deal with impressive fight, chase sequences, the book The Bourne Supremacy deals with things like mind control, Bourne/Webbs continual battle between the 2 opposing identities trying to control him, rogue CIA groups who are anything but `Rogue`, CIA drug Smuggling, the Military/Industrial Complex, Secret Societies secretly running the world and so on, none of which, makes it into the film.
I just wish there was more info on these Psychiatrists I would love for them to be exposed to everyone! They need wanted posters on them so that anyonw who sees them can report them!
For those unfamiliar with Pavlovian conditioning, allow me to provide a brief explanation:------------------------------------http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_conditioningThe original and most famous example of classical conditioning involved the salivary conditioning of Pavlov's dogs. During his research on the physiology of digestion in dogs, Pavlov noticed that, rather than simply salivating in the presence of meat powder (an innate response to food that he called the unconditioned response), the dogs began to salivate in the presence of the lab technician who normally fed them. Pavlov called these psychic secretions. From this observation he predicted that, if a particular stimulus in the dogs surroundings were present when the dog was presented with meat powder, then this stimulus would become associated with food and cause salivation on its own. In his initial experiment, Pavlov used a metronome to call the dogs to their food and, after a few repetitions, the dogs started to salivate in response to the metronome. Thus, a neutral stimulus (metronome) became a conditioned stimulus (CS) as a result of consistent pairing with the unconditioned stimulus (US - meat powder in this example). Pavlov referred to this learned relationship as a conditional reflex (now called Conditioned Response).[Continued...]------------------------------------Now, is it fair to say that there are literally tens of millions of people in this country who, upon being presented with all the documented facts and information provided in this thread, would all immediately have the same Pavlovian reaction? "Those are just conspiracy theories [and are thus, by definition, baseless, irrational and untrue]."If so, then isn't that itself reflective of some form of mass "mind control"?Sure seems that way to me.
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If they're not talking about their idyllic beaches or reggae music, all you hear about Jamaica tends to focus on the social or economic problems that have affected the country in recent decades. Granted, no country is perfect, but there is more to Jamaica than the usual stereotypes.
Last year, in an attempt to look outside of the box for solutions to the crippling youth unemployment rates, we worked together with the Government and came up with Digital Jam 2.0 – an initiative to generate employment in the growing virtual economy.
The initial reaction was far from supportive. "This is not the Silicon Valley", we were told, "capacity to operate in the hi-tech sphere is limited". We were undeterred, however, and proceeded– to the dismay of many critics – to enroll more than 400 young Jamaicans in application design competitions. This left many aghast. The breadth of talent was much more widespread than anybody could have imagined.
This is a reccurring theme in many conversations with my Jamaican counterparts. "And look at the youth's creative potential," was an automatic mantra in almost every conversation I was engaging in.
The question is, how can we tap into that potential?
Last November I was in Montego Bay, talking to some animation executives. They were discussing the tremendous growth of the global animation industry and how opportunities are opening up in the outsourcing segments of the market.
India, Korea and the Philippines – traditional destinations for animation production – are now developing content for their own internal audiences, with a consequent reduction of animation production for external clients. All of which has opened up a great opportunity for places such as Jamaica and the Caribbean where young people are extraordinarily talented in the visual arts and anything to do with the creative sphere.
We looked at results of test scores in the visual arts for CXC (Caribbean Examinations Council) exams as a possible indicator of talent. Astounding! While there may not be an enormous amount of professionally trained animators, the raw material is definitely there.
Could these young people be presented with new opportunities in a sphere they may have not considered a professional career previously? Would there be any interest if we were to launch some sort of competition?
Jamaica needs good paying jobs up the value chain where the full potential of its human capital can be harnessed. Call centers are places where people arrive and stagnate. Animation can offer young people careers that take them far. And the business of the animation goes beyond even that.
To generate a 10-minute clip requires, on average, 120 people. It's not just about drawing. Think of the sound-track, the voices, the script, the editing, the storyboard development and all the production management. If Jamaica could become an animation hub – like various Canadian cities in the past – this can generate significant economic benefits, earning foreign exchange and spurring growth in a global industry.
As always, though, the proof is in the pudding. We reached out to a number of leading companies in the animation industry to test the waters and we were blown away. They were echoing the same level of interest. So, this is how KingstOOn – the first Jamaican Animation Conference and Festival- was born.
KingstOOn will take place in the Jamaican capital on June 20-21. The program entails a conference day looking at Jamaica's potential to position itself in the sphere, assessing the opportunities as well as the obstacles that need to be cleared. Day 2 will comprise an Animé shorts competition (including storyboard, character and script development competitions) along with a series of technical workshops for young people run by leading international figures.
So far numbers are very encouraging. As I write this blog, we have amassed 2,800 fans on Facebook in around 2 weeks. ToonBoom, Bento Box, Shadow Gang, Disney, Mattel and Cartoon Network will be participating as panelists, competition judges and trainers. Also Sheridan College (Canada) and Columbus College of Visual Arts (US) will be there to help identify the challenges that local universities and colleges need to meet in order to develop the cadre of professionals required for the industry to grow.
What's more, a plethora of sponsors have come forward providing prizes for the competitions (mostly international scholarships, internships, licenses to specialized software, and hardware) and media coverage is starting to pick up.
The mood is definitely upbeat. And the interest shown by young people in Jamaica and the Caribbean so far has been extraordinary. Maybe this is another way to demonstrate that thinking outside the box, and working with the right partners, the Bank can indeed make a big difference with few resources, in a short amount of time, and still deliver significant results. Stay tOOned for updates in late June….
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Great initiative. The creativity seems to be on both sides, the team and the young people. I hope we will be able to see the results.
Congratulations Fabio on this very innovative initiative for youth employment and emerging industries in a small island state!
Congratulations Fabio on this very innovative looking fourwourd to be apart of this intavention
This would be e evidence of the efforts of Minister Hanna .....
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Congratulations on this initiative. Hope to see lots more progress in the animation (new media) industry in Jamaica.
Great initiative Fabio, wish the Bank promoted more creative thinking like this one!
Very well written post being very informative as today animation is a great career option for youth.
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be played, how big the audience, the room and location that
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Jurys Inn Bradford4 Self rated
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- 171 guest reviews
"Everything about this hotel was superb, including the evening meal we had. It was really delicious. Unfortunately the food at breakfast was..."
"Hotel and staff were fine but the location of this hotel was poor. On a night time there were roaming gangs of young asian guys. Even the re..."
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Bradford is a secret gem of a city rich in history and bursting with things to do. Our hotel in Bradford offers a prime location for all our guests with two easy transport links less than ten minutes away (Bradford Interchange and Bradford Forster Square). Kirkgate Shopping Centre and the stunning City Park are just five minutes from our Bradford hotel.
Soak up some culture with 'Impressions' and 'Bradford 1' art galleries which skirt the City Park or take a leisurely walk to Bradford Cathedral and become immersed in spiritual history.
With a great selection of restaurants and bars also within a ten minute walk from Jurys Inn Bradford, business and pleasure guests alike are ideally placed to suit all their needs.
Our newly built Bradford hotel has 198 stylish rooms perfectly designed to provide our guests ultimate comfort away from home. With the ability to accommodate up to three adults or two adults and two children under twelve, our rooms are spacious and include well-lit work areas, large soft beds, en-suite bathrooms with complimentary toiletries, and flat screen TVs with Freeview.
Further features include Free WiFi throughout the hotel, air-con, hair-dryers and extra pillows on request, so whether you are visiting our hotel as a business or pleasure guest, Jurys Inn Bradford offers all the amenities needed for a restful and relaxing stay.
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Jurys Inn provides a number of wheelchair accessible bedrooms. These rooms have been designed to the highest specifications to make your stay with Jurys Inn as easy and pleasurable as possible.
These bedrooms include wide doorways, floor space to manoeuvre, and accessible bathrooms. Throughout the hotel, we also provide accessible toilets in public areas and lift access to all floors.
Car parking is available at NCP Southgate directly next to the hotel. There is a discount of 20% available to hotel guests by validating your ticket at reception before departure. The car park is open 24 hours.
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I like sensual and confident men, who is aware of his needs and desires. Sometimes I also love to be in control and tell what to do.
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I like to strip down on a sensual way while you tell me what's inside your head and I can relate with my body to your desires. #roleplay #misstress #secretary
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I love to be dominated, but also like to make slaves too. SO im a sub-dom person. I love if my feet is worshipped or any type of foot play.
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I have a really talkative personality, so if you join my room, make sure to say Hi! Lets get to know each other better.In my room, youll probably notice that I love to smile a lot! I love to enjoy life, to be positive, and to share that with everyone around me! Like anyone, of course, I can have bad days as well, but mostly I'm very optimistic :) and little bit crazy! My dream is to be a psychologist, I also love things related to art and the creative part of the mindand I believe that we can achieve anything that we work hard for.Im hoping to find excitement here, but Im also here to allow me to study and pursue my degree in psychology. So while fun is fun, please keep in mind that I'm doing this for living, that its my work, so I take it seriously. If you treat me well, I will treat you well just like we do in real lifeYou should know that I am not necessarily like other models on the siteI think I have something special and different to offer, and if you get to know me, Im sure youll agree!Please know that Im a shy girl, and Im new to this, so keep that in mind! Private is NOT no-limits, but Im always discovering my limits and we can discover them together.
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The New Moon of Monday, September 29, is an important one to many people of the world. In the Hebrew Calendar, it marks Rosh Hashanah (literally, 'head of the year') which is the beginning of year 5769. On Tuesday night, September 30, Muslims across the world will see the first slender crescent of this lunar cycle. That will mark the end of Ramadan and the beginning of the next month, Shawwal. 1 Shawwal is 'Eid ul Fitr, one of the greatest holidays in the Islamic calendar. This week, then, is a good time to think about the Moon, why it's here, how it orbits, and how we have used it to measure time.
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Unlike our months, Hebrew and Islamic months begin with the New Moon. Because twelve lunar months add to only 354 days, less than the 365.25 day solar year, an extra month is occasionally needed to keep the months roughly aligned with the seasons. In a 19 year cycle, years 3, 6, 8, 11, 14, 17, and 19 have the extra month. The year that is ending, 5678, is number 11 in its cycle and was a leap year.
Interestingly, the Jewish year has two 'beginnings'. Tishrei (the month which begins now) is the first month of the civil calendar, and the month where 5678 becomes 5679. However, it is actually the seventh month of the religious calendar, which begins at Nisan (the month of Passover).
The Islamic calendar functions slightly differently. Its months begin with the first visible crescent low in the west at dusk, which is not with the actual New Moon. Keep in mind that at New Moon, the Moon is in line with the Earth and Sun, and the entire near side of the Moon has nighttime (and is therefore dark). The New Moon is visible, therefore, only if it blocks the Sun during an eclipse.
Since this New Moon occurs early Monday morning, the 29th, we expect it to be visible by Tuesday evening, the 30th. Observant Muslims, then, will continue to fast in daylight hours Monday and Tuesday. Upon seeing the Moon Tuesday night, they will know that Ramadan has become Shawwal, and they may break their fast on Wednesday.
Due to early controversy as to which years would have it, Muhammad outlawed the 13th month that kept Islamic months tied to the seasons. As a result, Ramadan (and each other month in that calendar) begins 11 days earlier each year according to our Gregorian calendar.
The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite, orbiting our planet once every 27.3 days. However, a cycle of moon phases (say, from New Moon to the next New Moon), takes 29.54 days. This is because the Earth itself is moving during each 27.3 day Moon orbit. Since it is much easier to observe the Moon's changing phase cycle than to observe the Sun directly, the 29.54 day phase cycle was the basis of many ancient calendars. Words for 'moon' and 'month' are related in English and are identical in many other languages. There is some evidence that our word 'moon' is ultimately related to an Indo-European word for 'measure.' Given how long we've measured time by the Moon, it is easy to take its presence for granted.
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However, our Moon is quite remarkable in several ways. Moons in our solar system are generally much smaller than the planet they orbit. Jupiter and Saturn, for example, are about 25 times bigger across than their biggest moons. Earth, though, is only 3.67 times the diameter of our Moon. Also, moons usually orbit in the same plane as their planet's equator. Our Moon, though, orbits within about 5 degrees of Earth's orbital plane, called the ecliptic, which is not the plane of the equator since Earth is tilted 23.5 degrees on its axis.
This leads most astronomers to believe that the Moon did not form with the Earth, but is the result of a collision with with an object roughly the size of Mars. According to this theory, the impactor (sometimes called 'Theia') struck a glancing blow on the Earth and was completely destroyed, and the Moon formed from the debris of Theia's and Earth's mantles.
This impact is what left Earth with a Moon much larger than what a planet Earth's size would normally have, and left that Moon near Earth's orbital plane (where the impact occured). Our relatively big moon has crucial effects not only on our tides, but also on the stability of Earth's tilt.
Earth's orbital tilt of about 23 and a half degrees as it goes around the Sun causes the seasons. The axis precesses, describing an aparent circle roughly every 26,000 years, but the amount of tilt (obliquity) stays nearly the same. Because the Moon acts a counterweight, the obliquity varies only between 22.1 degrees and 24.5 degrees over about 41,00 years (we are now at 23.44 degrees and decreasing). Even this orderly variation, called the Milankovitch cycle, is enough to influence our Ice Ages. Imagine the impact on Earth's climate if there were no Moon, and the obliquity varied chaotically. This is exactly what happens at Mars, where the tiny moons Phobos and Deimos are not massive enough to influence Mars' tilt.
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One thing our Moon does have in common with most others is that it orbits the Earth and rotates on its own axis at the same rate. This is called 'synchronous rotation' and it occurs because the Moon is not exactly uniform in composition. From the time the Moon formed, the slightly heavier side was attracted to the Earth. Over time, this effect de-spun the Moon until it attained synchronous rotation. The Moon's gravitational attraction also de-spins the Earth, although much more slowly as the Moon is less massive. As it does so, the Moon moves slightly farther from the Earth (just over 3 cm per year). The Moon is now 1.5 meters farther away that it was when Apollo astronauts went there. Don't worry, though, by the time the Moon is far enough away to escape, the Sun will have become a red giant and swallowed both Earth and Moon anyway.
What is the shape of the Moon's trajectory around the Sun? Perhaps not what you'd expect.
So, I encourage every one to watch for the reappearance of the Moon in the evening sky this week, even if you aren't celebrating a New Year or an 'Eid. The Earth's companion gives all of us something to appreciate.


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Personal Perspective: I'm Not Gay
Never was, never will be. I can't claim to be something I was raised to hate. I'm just me, and I do what makes me feel good. Besides, my folks raised me as a Christian and they would be really disappointed in me if I didn't live my life in the same steps that they were raised. So I'm not gay, even though I have sex with guys. And no, I'm not in denial. There are just some things about the lifestyle that I don't do. I don't club, I don't go to the Village, I don't do that Ball stuff, I don't geek over Beyoncé, I just live my life -- I do what I want to do.
There's such a negative stigma that comes along with identifying yourself as gay. I don't like feeling like I have to participate in a certain set of actions because of who I sleep with. It's the same thing as identifying yourself as black or white or Baptist. There's a set of standards that people automatically are gonna put in your face -- that this is what you do because this is who you are. There are so many things that come with the gay stigma that I just don't want to be a part of. I have a good friend who feels the same way -- he avoids labels.
This all began when I was 12 and my best friend was 15. It just started with, "Oh, do this," or, "How does that feel?" and then kind of progressed into full-fledged sex. When I was 15 we got it on, on the floor of my bathroom in the middle of the night. He topped me. But that was it -- that was the first and last time I had sex with him. I felt disgusted. I thought that it would be different. There wasn't anything good about that situation for me.
So I stopped having sex and started looking for stuff online. I googled "gay porn" and pretty much went through all the previews and free stuff I could find. I was more curious than anything else. I wanted to know what it was about. I lied about my age in chat rooms, told everybody I was from California -- stuff kids do. It was interesting and exhilarating and all this good stuff, but after I began having sex again and started dealing with guys on that level, it changed and I found myself not enjoying it as I thought I would. It was a lot of, "I'm going to do this because I want him to feel this way," or "This is what I think I should be doing." It wasn't stuff that I wanted to do myself. I felt like I had to do it for the other person -- like, if I do it he'll like me or be friends with me.
In high school, we only spent a few days on STDs and HIV in Health class. It was as broad as they could make it -- you learned about everything: the reproductive system, hygiene, brushing your teeth, and then they'd also tell you some stuff like, "You need to use condoms and birth control so you won't get pregnant." They skidded over some stuff, like gonorrhea and chlamydia, but they never said anything about oral sex or about two guys having sex. Anal sex wasn't spoken about at all. The face of HIV was gay men -- I guess it's easy to push it off on gay people cuz "that's where it came from," but they need to teach teenagers that this is real. It affects everybody.
I ended up learning a lot of stuff from TV. They had this one thing on MTV a long time ago. They had everybody in the TRL studio and they had an open forum for an hour. People could stand up and ask questions. That's where I learned the whole oral sex thing -- that there are certain variables going on that can make it riskier. I didn't know that. I also saw a lot of ads out there that said things like, "I'm gay, I'm HIV positive and my partner isn't, and we play safe." But ads that aim directly at gay people are difficult for me because I think it's not about: "You're gay, you have to be safe." It's about: "You're having sex, you have to be safe." Like, if you go to hang out with a guy, and you're taking condoms and lube because you're expecting to have sex -- that's gay. But if it's like, "Oh, we're just going to hang out," and then we just happen to have sex, then it's just sex. If me and a guy have had sex before, that's just what we do. It's not: "I'm gonna come over and we're gonna have sex." It's like: "We're gonna chill, watch some movies, play some video games," and then if we have sex, we have sex. So it's hard to plan ahead sometimes.
Now I'm 23 and I couldn't even tell you how many dudes I've had sex with. I think I lost count three years ago when the number reached over 100. And with that has come some scares, but I'm lucky enough to have never caught anything serious. One of the biggest problems is just finding a place where I can get tested for free, anonymously, and not have all these people in my face asking me who I'm sleeping with. I went to this testing spot in Harlem a couple months ago. It wasn't terrible, but I knew it was a spot specifically for gay people. If that wasn't the case, then everyone who worked there was gay, and that made me a little uncomfortable. I don't have a problem with anyone who is gay or anything like that, but I just don't connect with them on that level. Maybe there could be some kind of "H.I.V. isn't G.A.Y." campaign -- haha.
I see leaflets about HIV, but you get one and you put it away and then when you get home you forget about it, find it two months later and throw it in the garbage. I don't see people reading stuff like that. It has to be something you hear, something you see, or somebody telling you something. Online, it's so easy to find whatever you want. If you have the intent of, "I'm not gonna use a condom," then you can find 1,800 people who don't use condoms. At the hookup sites, you see profiles that say, "Anything goes, HIV status unknown and don't care," and these other guys who claim they're negative but have raw sex and bareback, and it's like, "You can't possibly think you're negative and you're doing all that with all these random people." And then they have bareback sex parties -- and it feels good, I know it feels good. We all know it feels better, but I can't. Not with strangers. Sometimes I feel guys just don't care.
I say just be real and put it out there. You have ads for straight people, you have ads for gay people, you have ads for everybody -- put the message out, no matter who you're having sex with, no matter who you're having a relationship with, no matter who you're in the bed with, you still need to protect yourself. And make it as serious as it is. You can't sugarcoat it. Sometimes you just need that real good smack on the back of your head to make you obey. Like, this is really serious -- you see TV shows about it, you see movies that say, "Oh, he made a mistake, he didn't use a condom, now he has HIV, end result." But people don't talk about it, like, "This is how he got HIV. He got so wrapped up, you know -- he was at the club, he got high off of this, and went home and made a really bad decision." Make that kind of stuff available -- real stories: "This is my life, this is where I'm coming from. This is how I got HIV. It could be you." It's not about: "Oh, I'm gay, I'm straight." It's: "I'm human, I have sex, I could put myself at risk."


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Carine Sakr, MD, MPH
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Internal Medicine: Occupational Health & Environmental Medicine Program
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Dr. Sakr is an assistant professor of Medicine at the Yale Medical School. She earned her medical degree from Saint Joseph Universiry in Beirut Lebanon and her public health degree from Yale. She completed her Internal Medicine Residency at Cooper Hospital, University Medical Center in Camden, NJ and her Occupational and Environmental Medicine Fellowship at Yale. She conducted Occupational Epidemiology Research with the DuPont company and then directed the Employee Health services at Christiana Care in Delaware before she joined the Yale faculty in 2012.
Currently, Dr Sakr is the chief of Occupational Health Services at VA CT, overseeing the Employee Health Unit as well as Compensation and Pension section. She is also the program director for the Occupational and Environental Medicine fellowship training at Yale.
She is interested in the occupational health and safety of healthcare workers and is working on many initiatives to improve employee health and safety at the VA regionally. She is also interested in the evaluation of common health conditions including lower back pain among Veterans.
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|Yale School of Public Health (2005)
|Saint Joseph University (1999)
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Econo Lodge South CN749
7505 Macleod Trail South, Calgary, AB, Canada, T2H 0L8
Phone: (403) 252-4401
Fax: (403) 252-2780
The Econo Lodge® South is a short walk from the Chinook Centre, Calgary's premier shopping and entertainment destination. This Calgary hotel is also minutes from the Calgary Stampede Park, the Pengrowth Saddledome, the famous Calgary Tower and Heritage Park, Canada's largest living historical village.
This Calgary hotel also provides easy access to the Spruce Meadows Equestrian Complex, Southland Leisure Centre, Rocky View Hospital, Mount Royal College, and Chinook and Heritage LRT Stations.
From Calgary, it is just a one-hour drive to outstanding outdoor adventure and pristine wilderness in the Canadian Rockies. Calgary visitors will enjoy a wealth of cultural attractions, parks, specialty shops, restaurants and trendy nightspots.
After a full day of sightseeing, guests of this Econo Lodge hotel will enjoy the exercise room and relaxing in the indoor heated pool and hot tub. All bright, spacious guest rooms include refrigerators, microwaves, coffee makers, hair dryers, air conditioning and cable television. Non-smoking rooms are available. Laundry facilities offer added guest convenience.
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