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Doing it Right
Not surprisingly, this was pretty much the exact same conversation I had with Kristin the first time I fixed one of our faucets. The experience actually worked out well and I've been fixing our faucets ever since.
Words of Wisdom: Men, if you're ever asked to do something by one of the women in your life that you don't want to do or more importantly, don't ever want to do again, heed ths advice: Just do it… badly. Bite the bullet, put a helpful smile on your face, let them know you'd love to help out, and then screw up royally. If you do right, you won't ever be asked to do it again.
My faucets never drip.
I never do the laundry.
I think you can figure out which one I did "right" the first time.


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Frequently Asked Questions
We get asked a lot of questions to do with the AQA B Psychology course. Below are some the most common ones sent to us, but if you would like to get in touch please use the contact form on the website, or head over the forum and ask away.
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- I'm a student and need some help with a topic
- If you need help, don't worry, you can post your question on this forum, and you'll definitely get some useful responses. Give it a go, its free!
- My exams are coming up, and I need to know a good method that will aid help me pass and get a decent grade, but I don't have much time left
- It has always been said that revision should be started well before the examinations. Though, provuiding that you haven't left it about a week or so before the exam, there may still be time. Psychology is a subject that can be passed easily so long as the correct methods are used, these are known to be revision and practice. Before attempting a practice paper in the subject you need to know the material or you simply won't have a clue to the answers of the questions asked. Revision at the same time needs to be an active process, test yourself to exercise what you've just learnt. It is easier said than done, but it will all be worth while when you get the grade you want at the end. An important issue with this particular subject is to also take into consideration information like experiments - these are the things that will get you the top marks. Once you know a resonable amount on a module, you can then attempt the examination papers. It's vital to prtactice them over and over again. There are plenty of past exam papers to go through to test the material you have learnt. The format will also be exactly the same as the real examination paper, so having done them more than once, you'll be familiar with what to expect and where. Also practicing the papers is an important aid to revision, knowing how to structure the correct answers is also imperative. The longer, essay based questions is where you can demonstrate your learning with theories, evidence and criticism. Also, if you consult the model answers, you'll find the top answers have all of these things which are displayed in a well-structured format - this is what the examiner wants to see. So overall, to get the best marks: don't leave it too late, revise well and practice well.
- There is a certain module which I am finding difficulty in and I don't know how to approach it with revision
- There will be parts of the course which you may finding difficult or parts which might take longer to learn comapred to other aspects of the A-level course. In such situations, the earlier one identifies this the better. If you find that you are having difficulty to grasp a certain area, then a sensible measure to take is to begin to spend more time on it than the easier areas of the course. You may also find that the course book you are using doesn't explain the concept very well, you may want to try another book - all books have their strength and weaknesses and often explain concepts in different ways. A possble option is to also consider approaching your teacher and getting perhaps a small get together where he/she can further develop on the points you can't understand. There could also be questions which might trigger a blank response, these also of course need to be looked into as well. Questions are a good way of determining areas that need more time and understanding, they exercise on what you already know - hence the concept of examinations.
- What is the difference between psychology A and B Spec (is one more difficult than the other)? Why are examinations being held at different times between the two specifications?
- There are two specifications that AQA offer in psychology, these are A and B. It isn't particularly true that one is harder than the other as the college often chooses various options to study (you can see what options are available by viewing the syllabus). It is possible to see that some parts of the A spec is also the same as the B spec, and other areas are not. Having said that, the A spec is the more common one - there are more resources for it such as books, revision material and of courses websites. Having said that, there are also dedicated books and other resources also available for the B spec. Sitting examinations are down to the college. Some institutions prefer to hold their examinations in January and then again in the Summer term for the next module, others prefer to have all their examinations all in one go. The time at which examinations are expected to be held isn't known to be a requirement set by the course itself.
- I would just like to know what percentage I would require to get a D in psychology overall? All round, what types of grades should I be getting to get a D?
- It can be difficult to say, because sometimes people achieve decent grades in coursework or even exams and then perform less well on later coursework and exams which generally brings the mark down. On the other hand, some students maintain a average of about a C (give or take a few marks) and usually end up with a D. If you're aiming for a D you may want to get at least one exam or coursework with a good grade (if you haven't done so already) so if you were to achieve something lower than expected, that higher grade you got earlier will counter you falling lower than a D, and may prevent you from even failing.


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At points in life, most people want to help others because it is part of a human desire to have the yearning to give to others in a time of need. Helping a fellow human being, while it can be uncomfortable, has advantages making both parties feel fulfilled thus creating an emotional bond. Therefore, those who give are people in the community who improve the life of another and make the world a better place. However, it is essential to reflect and ask two questions: Do You Always Want to Help Someone? What is the cost of providing this assistance?
This article will be discussing three areas:
- Co-dependency and the people who always seem to enjoy helping.
- How to provide assistance to someone who is in genuine need of support.
- How can people make sure that by offering help they are not placing themselves at risk
What is a Crisis?
When someone is sad or depressed it does not necessarily imply that they are in severe distress or suicidal. A crisis or emergency situation lasts hours to days, in some cases weeks and is usually short term in duration. The crisis does not continue on forever. Someone in crisis is at risk of performing impulsive acts that involve an increase in risk-taking behaviors, health-harming behaviors and perhaps a suicide attempt. Self-harming behaviors occur at crisis points when typical problem-solving strategies are not sufficient for maintaining a normal stable emotional state.
Helping someone in need is a social behavior and is a voluntary action intended to assist someone with sharing, comforting or rescuing. These voluntary actions have the intent to help with the reward regarded or disregarded. In psychology, helping someone in need relates to the altruistic behavioral model, signifying selflessness in an action or a practice of concern for the welfare of others. However, at times more selfish motives such as pleasing friends or gaining something are the reasons for stepping forward to help.
Latané and Darley (1970) produced a step-by-step explanation of how people decide whether or not to help in an emergency. The five steps are:
- People must be consciously aware or notice that the situation is an emergency. Sometimes minor life circumstances, such as how much of a rush a person is in prevents them from recognizing someone else in distress. Darley and Batson (1973) concluded that seminary students who were rushing to give a presentation were much less likely to help an injured fellow student who was groaning in a doorway than those who were not rushing. The student's personality scores were not a predictor of helping nor on the topic of the sermon because half of the students were about to give a sermon on the parable of the Good Samaritan.
- People must interpret the situation or event as being an emergency. When others are present, people are more likely to assume an emergency is something that is not harmful. This occurs because people look to see others' reactions and when they realize that everyone else has a blank expression, they believe there must be no danger.
- Latané and Darley (1970) confirm this hypothesis by asking people to sit in a room where white smoke began pouring out of the vent. The more people there were in the area the less likely anyone was to seek help and the longer they took to provide assistance. People in groups will convince each other that nothing is wrong and gain false reassurance from each other. Someone must assume responsibility. When there are many witnesses, there is diffusion of accountability, the phenomenon whereby each person's sense of responsibility to help decreases as the number of witnesses' increases. Everyone assumes that someone else will help, and as a result, no one helps.
- There must be a basic understanding of how to help. The individual must know what type of assistance to provide, or they will be unable to help.
- The person must decide to carry out the desire to help. Even if someone knows what type of help to provide, they might decide not to intervene because they feel unqualified or are too afraid of the costs.
What is Codependency?
The term codependency came about over forty years ago and originally applied to the spouses of alcoholics. Historically, the notion of codependent appears straight out of Alcoholics Anonymous, sharing the understanding that the present knowledge of alcoholism was not entirely the problem of the substance abuser, but also includes family and friends. Codependent stands for co-alcoholic.
Labeling a person codependent began primarily by professionals who were treating patients having problems with chemical dependency. The term relates to the older psychoanalytic concept of someone who has a passive, dependent personality and attaches to the stronger personality. The original book by Melody Beattie, 'Codependent No More" in 1987 subsequently broadened the concept to include the idea that the codependent fixates on another person for subsistence and admiration. Mental Health professionals further explain that an adult from a dysfunctional family or someone who has had a parent in poor health has a greater chance of becoming codependent. Investigations show that the features of codependents are prevailing in the general population. Codependency began to find its place as being a cultural expression, someone having a characteristic trait, though not a diagnosis.
Codependency is a psychological state or a bond with a person who is manipulating and has an unhealthy condition that typically links with narcissism or substance abuse. Codependent people receive sustenance by the inadequacies of or limitations of another person. This position regularly involves setting a weaker priority on one's own shortcomings, while being extremely preoccupied with the needs of other people. Codependency can take place in any relationship, including work, family, friendship, romantic, peers or strangers in the community. As mentioned, codependent was a term applied to describe the thoughts and behaviors of partners associated with chemical dependency, persons living with, or in a relationship with an addicted person. Further documents explain comparable patterns in people who have an association with someone that has a psychiatric illness.
Today, the phrase further expands with the belief that being raised in a dysfunctional nuclear family is a risk factor for becoming codependent. This type of individual has the helping someone else addiction or trait because they demand to be desired. At times, the codependent will cause someone to continue to be in need of assistance and professionals who work in this area label this way of life the enabling behaviors. The enabler will ignore someone abusing a substance, but will call in sick for someone who has symptoms that correlate to the abuse. Someone who has this tendency will withhold encouraging a sick person to receive treatment, and at times will hinder a child's efforts in becoming self-sufficient.
In the broad spectrum, codependency is an addiction to people, situations and behaviors. Someone who has a false notion and is attempting to regulate their own internal feelings by externally controlling people, behaviors, and situations. In every area of life, the codependents central focus relates to the regulation of control and their own thoughts of inadequacy.
Codependent Characteristics
Codependency may be characterized by denial, low self-esteem, excessive compliance, or control patterns, and narcissists are natural magnets. They usually have a habitual way of behaving, feeling and thinking about themselves and others that produce discomfort. Unfortunately, codependents are self-destructive because they consistently assist people who are harming themselves and injure themselves in the process. They have acceptable purposes, aspiring to take care of someone who is undergoing pain, but the care-taking coordinates with habitual thoughts and behaviors that are self-defeating.
Co-dependency is an acquired response that can be passed on from one generation to the next via modeling of a significant other or parent. Years of examining interpersonal bonds in families have raised awareness that codependent reactions stem from the result of learning by modeling family members who display the behaviors. This modeling is the emotional and behavioral conditioning that affects a person's capacity to have a healthy, mutually gratifying relationship. They share a common thread with those who have a "relationship addiction" by virtue of forming or maintaining relationships that are unilateral, emotionally damaging and/or abusive. This trait can cause people to attach onto destructive relationships and can disrupt relationships that may otherwise have been healthy.
There are repeated rescue attempts that allow the one in need to continue on a destructive course, and both become dependent on the unhealthy care-taking. As the dependency evolves, the co-dependent feels a sense of compensation and satisfaction from being needed. However, once the care-taking attempts fail they believe there is no choice and are unfit in the relationship, but, feel powerless to break away from the series of behaviors that created the problem. In this situation, co-dependent views themselves as being a victim but continues to have an attraction to this same weakness in love, work, and friendship.
When others keep taking, instead of giving back co-dependents become very annoyed because of having a conscious or subconscious belief that there will be compensation for their behavior. The co-dependents anger may remain below the surface and will not be expressed because angels have the reputation of being pleasant all the time. However, the co-dependents rage seeps through in in passive aggressive or self-destructive behaviors. At times, people who are codependent take on the role of martyr. This is the result of placing the needs of others before their own and in doing so ignore taking care of their own needs.
A codependent may suffer from a 'Messiah Complex' where they see a problem and view themselves as being the only person who can help. A spouse may cover for the alcoholic partner, a father may make excuses for a child being a bully, or preventing a friend who needs emotional support away from calling a counselor. A codependent therapist or psychiatrist will never think their clients therapy as being complete. This is one reason to spend the first few counseling sessions evaluating the problem and setting up a schedule to complete the work. Codependent people tend to set themselves up as the "victim", yet, are regularly in the hunt for approval. During times of dispute and when they stand up for themselves in an argument, they feel guilty which creates a sense of need as they cannot stand not being helpful and the feelings associated with being alone.
The only cure for codependency requires finding the genuine, healthy sources for positive self-esteem to replace the negative ones. There are many codependency recovery workbooks that can be truly helpful in this discovery process. Codependents have to learn how to wean dependent people off of their help, which may result in the dependent person abandoning the relationship. Although very painful, this is better for both people and is forcing both to find better sources of fulfillment. It is a growth for the codependent to find productive and fulfilling activities that do not involve satisfying needy people. There are many ways to be productive without attachment to a chronically emotionally bankrupt person.
Codependent people are in search of acceptance. They recognize other people's needs ahead of their own, which creates a sense of being useful as they cannot tolerate the idea of being alone without helping down and out people. They tend to set themselves up as being the victim when arguing, and when they do defend themselves, they feel guilty. By recognizing other people's needs before their own, they fail to take care of themselves. Co-dependent behaviors can prevent people from finding peace and happiness with the most influential person in life…. themselves.
As people age, they realize that there are people who are givers and then there are takers of the world. Sometimes, people teach others to be Takers, by doing everything for them, and insisting that they do not need any help in return. In other words, they are playing the Superwoman or Superman role in relationships. At times, givers attract takers (and vice versa) like the negative and positive attraction in magnets. Givers are truly grateful recipients, whereas takers have a sense of entitlement. Givers consider other people's needs and the importance of balance with getting their own needs met. Takers are not even aware that others people have needs. Givers experience extreme joy in giving. Takers feel resentment or a sense of obligation while giving.
The benefits of helping someone
Children who help or volunteer are less prone to developing risk taking behaviors. One research study, conducted by the Search Institute, examines the lives of 47,000 children in 5th through 12th grades across the United States (Benson & Roehlkepartain, 1993). The study indicates that children who volunteer just one hour or more a week were less likely to have at-risk behaviors, and tend to have a more optimistic outlook on life. Even children who are coerced to help or volunteer are more likely to grow up to be adults who demonstrate empathy and compassion. Communities with many volunteers are more stable and peaceful places to live, which in turn encourages others to volunteer. Whatever the reason, helping especially in terms of volunteering services improves the health, happiness, and in some cases longevity.
Rules for Helping Anyone
- Examine the sincere desire to help verses feeling as if this is a commitment, or a life calling.
- Only listen to what is being said, without reacting to fixing the problem.
- Focus on the emotions until this person can problem solve
Tips for Helping Someone
- Try not to think for the person that is requesting assistance. It is not polite to provide advice, explanations, or interpretations. These types of statements can be taken as an insult as some may think that the helper is implying that the person in need cannot think for themselves. Wait to be asked for advice and give it extremely carefully.
- Do not probe for deep emotional feelings. If this person clearly asks for advice on a highly emotional level then do not produce levels of emotional connection that are outside of the ability to manage. However, if the helper thinks that the person in distress just needs to express their feelings then the helper must be willing to sit through, watch and listen.
- Keep the focus on the task at hand because this protects the helper from getting absorbed in the problem. When someone is experiencing a problem that has a lot of emotional attachment try to pay attention to the emotion not the problem. Let this person know that you commiserate with how badly they feel. If they are angry try to persuade them to explore the anger and talk-out the problem, while neither agreeing nor disagreeing. For example, if this person is afraid stay with them to listen and provide support.
- Remember your place in the situation. This person came to you because they wanted help, and could have decided to go to a friend, preacher, a therapist, a parent or sibling. They chose you, so be honest, even if a stranger. Be aware of personal boundaries.
- Strive to understand. There are three components of helping when people experience negative emotions: empathy, understanding and analysis. Therapists offer analysis, friends show compassion and fun, and strangers can provide support and empathy.
- Signs of Restlessness. Many people when agitated shake, pace the area, wring their hands, or continually move their legs up and down. Persistent restlessness is a sign of extreme emotion and disorganization. If the person in distress is becoming increasingly agitated it is essential to attempt to help them calm down, so they can concentrate and not feel out of control. It might be too much to manage if all of that passion and confusion were expressed. If the agitated behavior continues, it is time to change the subject and perhaps ask them to go for a walk. They cannot think clearly enough to problem solve.
- Be aware of knowing when the support is not working. Know the limits and do not be afraid to explain them. There are times when compassion and caring may not be enough to improve the situation. If the helper becomes frustrated or anxious, remember that people cannot truly help unless they want to, and they cannot want to help if they are running out of emotional energy. Sometimes the best response is too lovingly say, "I do not think I can help with this anymore".
- The person in distress may ask where they can turn. Explain to them all the information known about community resources, and take the time to help them find the resources that can help address the issue. Explain that they are not alone and that you are happy to help in other ways.
Understand some people just always seem to feel sad or angry. However, some people with codependency problems are always wanting to help someone. Do people need a friend, counselor, minister or family member? Take a moment to think about relationships. Ask the question, "Do I usually have fun with people?" or "Do I always seem to be discussing some problem that needs to be fixed?"
Let relationships be friendships, it is not healthy for people to always want to help. If someone is always asking questions like: "What is wrong, you seem a little down?" "You are not looking good today, should we talk?" Then they are not offering a relationship. They are offering some sort of helping hand, maybe a codependent relationship. If people are not having any play or leisure time with other people then relationships have taken on another role, such as a therapist or minister. The specific problems that can emerge with these types relationships are harmful and too numerous to mention. Try to withdraw cautiously or insist that the relationship change into something you can both count on to be fun and entertaining. Ask these questions, "What am I getting from this relationship?" and "Do you always want to help?" Health Psychology for Everyday Life, the book.
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- Aday, J.B., Jr. (1995). An analysis of codependency in adult males: A comparison of adult males from chemically dependent families with adult males from nonchemically dependent families. Dissertation Abstracts International: Section B: The Sciences and Engineering.
- Anonymous Co-Dependents Anonymous, Phoenix: Co-Dependents Anonymous, 1st ed. 1999
- Robert Hemfelt, Frank Minirith, Paul Meier (1989) Love is a choice: The definition book on letting go of unhealthy relationships
- Latane, B., & Darley, J. 1970. The unresponsive bystander: Why doesn't he help? New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts.
- Miller, Angelyn. 2008. The Enabler: When Helping Hurts the Ones You Love. Arizona: Wheatmark Press


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Profound Lore has added Hooded Menace's 2010 release Never Cross The Dead to their Bandcamp. Here's a great review from Doommantia, and the one from Metal Review summed it up perfectly: "a consistent slow-burn of massive riffs and cavernous growls, with not a synth or acoustic in sight".
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Easy Air Conditioning, founded in 2001, has become one of the leading names in the UK air conditioning industry, distributing Panasonic, Samsung, Blue Box and Easyairhandling air conditioning products.Growth has continued and Easy Air Conditioning now has representation across the UK, with offices in Birmingham and London.
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My car idles extremely high (by that, I mean the sound it makes. It races when I start it. As long as it's in park the engine races, when I shift out of park, it stops). Recently it has also started acting up when I'm taking off from being stopped. It hesitates alot as I accelerate, revs up, and finally shifts. It doesn't really jerk when it shifts, but it does hesitate quite alot and it worries me. What could it be? I've checked the transmission fluid already.
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This scholarship is for graduating seniors from St. Henry High School in Saint Henry, Ohio, who participate in community service and plan to attend a college or university. To qualify for this scholarship, applicants must write an essay that demonstrates introspection, growth, and maturity. Applicants must demonstrate financial need and strong academic performance.
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Kristen Shaughnessy has been an anchor/reporter for NY1 News since 1995. When she's not anchoring, she covers breaking news for NY1. She was in Brooklyn covering the primaries on Sept.11, 2001 when the call came to move the live truck to the World Trade Center.
She was live on the air when the first tower fell... that report can still be heard on YouTube.
Kristen graduated from Hofstra in 1990 and went to work at WGNY radio in Newburgh, New York. She co-hosted a three hour morning show on the AM station and did news cut-ins on the FM station.
From there she went across the river to Newscenter 6 where she anchored and reported before getting the call to come to NY1.
Kristen grew up in Pine Bush, New York ... ironically without a television in her home. She decided on Hofstra University because after researching the top journalism schools she realized Hofstra was one of the few where a student can start reporting and directing from their freshman year. It provides experience that has proven to be invaluable.
Kristen is married to Joe Bush, a golf pro. They have two girls, Jamie and Kara. While they were at Hofstra, Joe was the kicker for the Hofstra Football team, and for years held the university's longest field goal record.


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Midnight Message: Painting #54! Do you ever have Dreams that are so crystal clear that you just know you'll remember every shred of them when you awaken in the morning?
I get those in the afternoon if I take a fiver – I wake up with images and ideas rockin' and rollin' – it's actually where I get a lot of the idea for these paintings!
This was a particularly difficult image to prepare for online viewing because of the contrast of the red underpainting and the green-blue over painting. It appears darker here than the original.
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Altuve is playing big as MLB's shortest player
Published 9:26 pm, Thursday, May 3, 2012
HOUSTON — The shortest player in the majors is a big reason the Houston Astros are finding some success early in the season.
Jose Altuve, all of 5-foot-5, entered Thursday ranked fourth in the National League with a .358 batting average. He was first in the NL with 13 multi-hit games and third with 34 hits.
Altuve, who played for the Tri-City ValleyCats in 2009, has the best batting average and most hits for a second baseman.
He's already gained a fan in Craig Biggio, who spent most of his two decades with the Astros at second base before retiring in 2007. Biggio now works for the Astros as a special assistant to the general manager.
"He doesn't let his size get in the way, and that's what I love about him the most," Biggio said. "He plays like he's 6-4. He plays the game the right way, and he's pretty good at it."
Quiet and modest, the Venezuelan seems to still be getting used to the fact that he's not only in the majors, but is one of the leading hitters in the NL. Altuve's eyes light up when he's asked about keeping pace with some of the stars of the game.
"When we go to other fields and they have the top hitters in the National League on the board and I see guys like Matt Kemp and David Wright and those guys are like superstar guys that I used to watch on TV, and now I'm with them and I think that's really good," he said.
Altuve never played in Triple-A and all of his 35 games in Double-A came last season before he joined the Astros in July. Many doubted that he could succeed in the majors because of his size.
It didn't take long for Altuve to quell some of the doubt after hitting .359 through his first 11 games last season and entering September with a .305 average. He slowed down a bit in the last month of the season, hitting just .209. It was that tough month that taught him a lesson he believes has propelled him to this season's hot start.
"When I came here last year in the beginning everything was good, but like half of the season they started throwing pitches that I didn't want and I kept swinging," he said. "When I went back home I started thinking about adjustments. They've made that adjustment and now it's time for me to do it."
Altuve leads a core of young talent the Astros are hoping to build their team around. "There's so many young guys that are working together right now to help the team win, and I think that's real exciting and I feel real good about that."
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Dr. Jeff Williams is introducing a new treatment protocol to his practice to provide a more thorough patient exam with Foot Levelers' 3D BodyView.
3D BodyView is a true-color, 3-dimensional imaging device released for the chiropractic profession. The device produces a 3-D volumetric image in color to enable doctors to show relative relationships between a patient's body and different components of the foot.
The device is certified to be accurate within 300 microns, the width of two hairs. The same technology is used for industrial inspection of jet engines and other critical precision equipment.
"We have seen impressive results from the orthotics," Williams said. "They have been good for helping chronic low-back and pelvic pain for strengthening our regular treatments in a more permanent and durable way."
Interested patients can visit Amarillo Pain & Accident Chiropractic Clinic for a free body assessment using 3D BodyView to determine their need for customized orthotics. Williams' practice also offers a variety of newer and advanced therapies like cold laser and spinal decompression for acute and chronic musculoskeletal conditions, spinal conditions, and disc herniation/bulging.
For information or to make an appointment, contact Amarillo Pain & Accident Chiropractic Clinic at (806) 355-3000.
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You couldn't wait to retire. Now you've done it, and your life feels unhinged. Your calendar and email in-box are empty. Your spouse wants you to do anything that involves leaving the house. And you feel guilty for not being productive. Welcome to retirement. Even those who work part-time after leaving a primary career, as most people now do, face major logistical and psychological challenges. Retirees who don't anticipate these landmines may learn about them ... [full story]
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Free anonymous mental health screenings available October 5 An undetected mood or anxiety disorder may be affecting your sleep -- take a free, anonymous mental health screening on October 5, 2006.We all know the old saying, "Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise." But for the nearly 57 million affected by a mental health disorder, getting a good night's rest is no easy task. According to the American ... [full story]
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Oregon Author Recreates Early America with Action-Adventure Novel DURKEE, Oregon - Travel to the Old West where gun-slinging deputies and crazed bandits battle for control of early America in Charlie MacNeil's novel, Complications: The Deputies Book 1 (now available through AuthorHouse). Harvey Palmer wants to keep his life simple. Though he avoids responsibility and commitment, they find him when he stumbles onto a stagecoach robbery and foils it. His life gets more complicated when he ... [full story]
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Local Humorist Shares Antics of Oregon DJs Loyal listener Lynette K.G. Sheffield shares the antics of the disc jockeys at KTWS, 98.3, in her book, They Still Drop Turkeys at KTWS in Bend, Oregon: My Life as a Twinster (now available through AuthorHouse). The DJs for the radio station known as "The Twins" affectionately call their loyal listeners, "Twinsters." As a "Twinster" for years, Sheffield befriended the DJs and witnessed many of the stunts and ... [full story]
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The long awaited public transit system has finally arrived. In celebration riders are invited to travel for free September 27-October 3. The Bend Area Transit (BAT) service launches on Wednesday and will cost riders $1 per trip or they can purchase an unlimited day pass for $2. Seniors and the disabled will pay $.50 or $1 for an unlimited pass for the day. BAT is the city's first fixed route public transportation service and Heather ... [full story]
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Wrinkles and age spots aren't the only changes that happen to our bodies as we age. Changes also happen within our bodies - affecting the way we swallow medications. "Normally, swallowing is a rapid and efficient action that requires less than two seconds to complete and one that all of us take for granted," says Roger Heilos, president of Oralflo Technologies. "We just expect our food to naturally find its way to our stomach without ... [full story]
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This fall Moroccan professor Dr. Jamal Koubali will be teaching a two-credit class and a four-week noncredit Community Learning class, both dubbed "Accessing the Muslim World," at Central Oregon Community College (COCC). Dr. Jamal Koubali "I would like to explore with American students and community members how mass media, especially newspapers, impact and form beliefs and opinions about the Muslim world and culture," Koubali wrote in his application. The credit class is offered on Monday ... [full story]
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Robert Greygrass, Lakota activist and actor, will present a workshop about recognizing racism from 2 to 4 p.m. on Wednesday, October 4, in Hitchcock Auditorium on the Central Oregon Community College campus. A reception will follow. The workshop is free, and the public is invited. The theater-based workshop will include activities that encourage participants to explore the human experience and rearrange their own past to understand how to approach something differently, according to Greygrass. Growing ... [full story]
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A Haystack Reservoir campground on the Crooked River National Grassland was recently closed while repairs to a drinking water system are completed. Haystack Campground is located on the reservoir's east shore and is routinely closed for the winter. It will reopen next April for the summer season with the new water system. The 24-site fee campground has fire pits, tables and paved areas for tent or trailer camping. The reservoir's West and South Shore Campgrounds will remain ... [full story]
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How many times have players stood on the tee box of a par-three with water in front of the green and panicked? Too many to count. Instead of fearing the trouble in front of the green, choose a club that will take the trouble out of play no matter what. If faced with a par-three with water in front of the green, try taking a club that will give you 20 yards more than you ... [full story]
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Niacin for Healthy Arteries
hen affordable electronic calculators first hit the market, they created a sensation. What amazing ease of use and accuracy … and speed! Why, you could whip through lengthy computations in a flash, confident of nailing the correct answer without even thinking. You no longer had to remember what 9 times 7 was, or to carry the 4. Slide rules—those beautiful, sophisticated tools that were emblematic of scientists and engineers everywhere—bit the dust as cheap, powerful calculators took the world by storm.
Well, much of the world, anyway. Not everyone was bowled over by calculators—especially in China. In a speed-calculation contest held some years ago, one group of contestants with calculators was pitted against another group whose instrument was … the abacus. Guess who won? Yup, for speed with accuracy, the abacus cleaned the calculator's clock, so to speak. So much for new-fangled devices.
Granted, calculators can do many things that the abacus cannot, but then, the abacus never needs a battery. As a basic, reliable, calculation workhorse, it can't be beat (at least in China, where they know how to use them). The moral is that it's not wise to let a trusty old friend get displaced too easily by something new and shiny, because you might be losing something valuable.
Statins 1, Niacin 0 (Temporarily)
Something like that could be said of niacin, a vitamin that was once the workhorse of cholesterol lowering—until those shiny new statin drugs were introduced in 1986 and dazzled the medical world with their capabilities. The statins are so effective and versatile (and so profitable for the drug companies!) that niacin was trampled in the statin stampede. It was all but forgotten as a cholesterol-lowering agent (but it's still vital as a vitamin, naturally) except by adherents of alternative medicine and nutritional supplements.
The statin juggernaut is still growing—and not without reason. The past few years have seen an upsurge of belief by physicians that statins should be used much more aggressively, by many more people, than was previously thought necessary or prudent.* Reducing cholesterol levels in order to help prevent not just cardiovascular disease and diabetes, but also dementia, is becoming an ever-higher priority in medical practice. There have, however, been some problems with a few of the statins, such as side effects that caused one of them (cerivastatin) to be withdrawn from the market in 2001 and another one (rosuvastatin) to become controversial in November 2004, when an FDA official suggested that it too be withdrawn.
*For discussions of some of the studies supporting this belief, see
"Our Cholesterol Levels Are Still Too High" (October 2003), "Got Cholesterol? Lower It!" (May 2004),
"A Sea Change in Cholesterol Thinking" (June 2004), and
"You Can—and Ought to—Lower Your Cholesterol" (October 2004).
Problem in Statinland: They're Weak on HDL
But there is another, more fundamental problem with the statins: for all their vaunted ability to reduce total cholesterol and LDL (low-density lipoprotein, also called "bad cholesterol"), they are not particularly effective in raising the levels of HDL (high-density lipoprotein, also called "good cholesterol"). Until the last few years, this was not cause for much concern, because the primary focus was on LDL as a cardiovascular risk factor. Recent research, however, has suggested that aggressively raising our levels of HDL (which acts as a vehicle for removing excess cholesterol from the circulation) may be much more valuable in reducing our risk than was previously thought, because HDL has emerged as an important independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease.1
Put another way, the risk associated with having low HDL levels, even if our total cholesterol and LDL levels are also low, appears to be much greater than had been thought. In people with this condition, the atherosclerosis that underlies much cardiovascular disease is likely to progress despite their low LDL levels—bad news for the heart!
Thus the real objective is to minimize the ratio of LDL to HDL, by both lowering the former and raising the latter as much as possible. It is desirable for this ratio to be no greater than 3.5, and preferably much less.
Enter niacin, which is known to reduce cardiac morbidity and mortality when taken either alone or in combination with statins. Importantly, it has the HDL-raising ability that statins can only wish they had—niacin is the most effective therapy available for the treatment of low HDL levels.2,3 Epidemiological studies suggest that an increase of 1 mg/dL in HDL is associated with a roughly 2–4% reduction in coronary heart disease outcomes.4 Suddenly the long-forgotten niacin is looking pretty good again.
A paper presented in November 2004 at the American Heart Association's annual meeting in New Orleans, and published in the journal Circulation, described the results of a 1-year study at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, DC, using "prescription-strength" niacin (1000 mg/day) in 149 men and women (average age 67).5 All of them had coronary heart disease, moderately low LDL levels (average 89 mg/dL), and moderately low HDL levels (average 40 mg/dL), and all of them were taking statin drugs.
Importantly, niacin has the HDL-raising ability that statins can only wish they had—it is the most
effective therapy available for the
treatment of low HDL levels.
The niacin was of the extended-release type, which tends to reduce, but not eliminate, the notorious but harmless "flushing" effect caused by this compound in doses of more than about 100 mg/day. This flushing of the skin, which gradually subsides as the body becomes accustomed to the niacin, is due to vasodilation (expansion of the blood vessels). A surprising number of people find it pleasant—if not initially, then eventually.
Niacin Boosts HDL, Reduces Cardiac Risk
The niacin/statin study was the first clinical trial using the two-pronged approach to cholesterol levels described above. It was randomized, double-blind, and placebo-controlled, so the effects observed could be attributed to niacin alone. And these effects were:
Thus, this study suggests the added value of niacin therapy for increasing HDL levels in patients with heart disease, even when they're taking statin drugs. The authors expressed reservations, however, about the study's relatively small size, and recommended further work to confirm these results.
Policosanol and Niacin—Dynamic Duo
If niacin can augment the benefits of statin drugs, it seems reasonable to suppose that it could do the same for the nutritional supplement policosanol, whose impressive spectrum of cholesterol-lowering benefits has been the subject of many articles in this magazine.* Included in that spectrum, ironically, is a significant HDL-raising effect that consistently outshines the more limited effect of the statins. In 13 randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled studies conducted on patients with high cholesterol levels, policosanol—predominantly in the dosage range of 5 to 20 mg/day—not only dramatically lowered LDL levels but also raised HDL levels by up to 29% (these increases were statistically significant in 7 of the 13 studies).6
*Some recent articles on policosanol's role in heart health include:
"Policosanol—Nature's Remedy for High Cholesterol" (February 2002),
"Policosanol—A Better Alternative to Statin Drugs" (May 2002),
"Policosanol Improves Every Measure of Blood Cholesterol" (October 2002),
"Policosanol Keeps Your Arteries Healthy" (November 2002), and
"Policosanol Improves Cardiovascular Health" (December 2002).
Thus, it would seem at first that niacin doesn't have as much to add to policosanol as it does to the statins. But considering how important it is to increase HDL levels as much as possible, it still makes sense to combine niacin with policosanol, because every bit of increase helps.
Stay Sharp!
Raising our HDL levels is good not only for our cardiovascular health but also for our cognitive health. It's probably no coincidence that high HDL levels correlate with sharp cognitive function in centenarians, because HDL protects the cerebral arteries as well as the coronary arteries (and all the rest).7
And HDL may be good for longevity in general. It's also probably no coincidence that most centenarians (and their children) have unusually high HDL levels.8 One study, in fact, found that the HDL levels in centenarians were similar to those of a control population about 30 years younger.9 (The important relationship between HDL and longevity was discussed in
"One Hundred Reasons for Taking Policosanol" in the January 2003 issue.)
So if you wish to do your heart, your brain, and the rest of yourself a long-lasting favor, give your HDL levels as big a boost as you can, by eating a healthy diet, getting plenty of exercise (a great HDL booster), and reacquainting yourself with a trusty old workhorse, niacin, and its newer friend, policosanol.
Like thiamine (vitamin B1) and riboflavin (vitamin B2), niacin (vitamin B3) is a coenzyme involved in carbohydrate metabolism and many other physiological processes. In large therapeutic doses, it serves as a potent cholesterol-lowering agent—the most cost-effective one known. Niacin is extremely safe to use. It has been used for many years in the treatment of mental diseases, especially schizophrenia, at daily doses of up to 50 g; the average dose prescribed by orthomolecular psychiatrists is about 8 g/day (with the same amount of vitamin C and, usually, a variety of other nutrients as well).1
Niacin is the common name for the simple organic compound known to chemists as nicotinic acid (because it's obtained by the oxidation of nicotine). A chemical derivative of niacin that is metabolically equivalent to the vitamin (i.e., it has essentially the same vitamin activity) is niacinamide, which is also called nicotinamide. This compound is a precursor to nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD), a molecule of great biological importance because of the vital role it plays in many metabolic processes, including cellular respiration. NAD also serves as a key player in a process, gene silencing, that is involved in the regulation of longevity in a broad variety of species.
In nutritional supplements, niacin is often provided as the related (and similarly biologically active) compounds niacinamide ascorbate or inositol hexanicotinate, which are non-flushing forms of the vitamin.
In 1915, after a 10-year-long outbreak of pellagra in the South, he conducted a dramatic experiment on prisoners in a Mississippi jail. With the state's promise of pardons in return for their cooperation, the prisoners were put on a diet lacking any meat, milk, or eggs. Within 6 months, they developed pellagra, which Goldberger and his assistants tried hard to contract through close contact with the prisoners, their clothing, and even their excretions (talk about dedication!). The researchers failed, proving that pellagra was not infectious.
Goldberger then cured the prisoners by adding meat, milk, and eggs to their diet, proving that pellagra was caused by a deficiency of something that those foods contained. It was not until 1937, however, that that something was shown, by the American biochemist Conrad Elvehjem, to be nicotinic acid, or niacin. He did this in an experiment with dogs that had blacktongue, the canine version of pellagra. Thus, niacin was recognized to be a vitamin.
Ironically, it turned out that, although certain meats are indeed rich sources of niacin, the same is not true of milk and eggs, which are very poor sources of the vitamin. Yet milk and eggs alone can cure pellagra—how can that be? The answer was discovered in 1947: milk and eggs are rich in proteins that are rich in the amino acid tryptophan, and our bodies convert a small amount of that tryptophan (with the help of vitamin B6) to niacin. Thus, our main source of dietary niacin is actually the tryptophan in our food.
Caution: Anyone who wishes to take more than 600 mg/day of supplemental niacin (from all sources combined, including multivitamins) should seek the advice of a healthcare professional. Liver-function tests should be done initially, and periodically thereafter, to ensure that the liver is not overburdened.


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I follow a lad on Twitter who is so excited by Kovacs. Judging by what he says, he thinks he'll stick at the AHL level and break through next year. Re: Dylan, it's a strange one. To my untrained eye he seemed much better than he's previous stint with the big club. Can only imagine him he's a spare part again this year. It'll be interesting to see how the D shapes up this year. Surely G cannot be as bad again?Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Just noodled this trade out. I like it. I'll miss Brassard, he is a character and he can score, but his game is limited. With this trade we get younger, bigger, faster and less expensive at Center. plus the second round pick really makes this a no-brainer methinks.
Ed, I just don't know here? Are you good with five years @ 5 million /? I mean if we can realize a trade with significant upside, it makes it difficult for me to commit to long-term with Krides. But the question remains, is there such a trade available?


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Princess Sumaya bint El Hassan of Jordan talks to SciDev.Net about hopes for science in the Middle East, science diplomacy and the role of women scientists.
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Science academies across South Asia and Africa are advocating for better science education and gender equity, reports T. V. Padma.
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I got a text message today...
Friday, September 11, 2015
"Finding"? CREATE Time (or anything that you want... )
I got a text message today...
Wednesday, June 24, 2015
SHARE Your World...
I am Re-Remember the idea of
Speaking out loud what I am up to
What is going on in my life...
...with no expectation of anything BUT also being available for something good to occur
...BEING completely free and open
not caring if anything happens either way
Indifferent to the outcome... (I'd like it but if it didn't happened, that would be fine too, my life is not drastically different either way)
So like today, I was going to go to an electronics store after work...
take about 45 minutes there and back + cost of a USB extension for my new mic set up.
I just figured it couldn't hurt to ask around...
Turns out someone was throwing one out they had no use for it...
Amazing (or is it... when it happens as often as it seems... the serendipity or just the openness to the possiblity)
I could have been quiet and used my time and money and
that would have been fine
I shared and it had a great result...
just sharing...
I've also been working on "Lean on Me" for my Vocal Lessons...
and never knew the 2nd Verse:
Swallow your pride,
If I have things
you need to borrow.
no one can fill
those of your needs
that you wont let show.
Pretty cool...
So, share... with no expectations...
At worst, people can know and "share" in your world,
At best, people can contribute...
they will hopefully share back and you can contribute to them...
Pay it forward, backward, sideways, upside, downside, inside, outside...
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
The Joke (Lyrics/Structure as of 04/03/2013)
Voice NOT warmed up and since it was late, I didn't sing fully as not to disturb the neighbors, so not as strong a vocal as it will have in a fuller produced version to come.
I've gotta chase the things that scare me
Get off my high horse, and Just be Brave
Locking the doors just leaves me in jail
I must embrace the ones who left me
Light up my light house, and then set sail
I really just gotta stop,
confusing them
The best crash and burn,
That's how they learn
that's how we get to grow
Blaming the past just wastes the future
Begging for change, just says that I'm broke
I gotta break the me that's broken
Time to get serious and get the joke
Why do I always go too far, and never far enough
I never seem to have it all, though I have too much stuff
I say I hate playing these games, but only when I lose
Complain I didn't have a choice, after I finally choose...
The world is a stage
But I'm not a player
I write, cast, direct and star
and choose my role
no understudy
Thursday, August 18, 2011
In the NAME of LOVE... Use your own damn name...
I also like the concept of "Impact", your actions (an inactions) have an Impact, saying "I am just doing what I need to do, and if others don't get it, that's their problem" is not the most enlightened stance. Do what you need to do AND take responsibility for the Impact is has on the world around you. You truly own your actions when you honestly and authentically consider and deal with the impact. This is good for all involved, especially you.
Sunday, June 19, 2011
Buddy can you spare 4 to 8 minutes...
A friend just said on Facebook (of course):
"You know something is wrong when "7/8 minutes each" seems like such a large time commitment."
I responded(and added more depth here):
Totally cool...
It is such an interesting sign of the times when, as an actor/musician/performance artist, you use to have to get friends to run from work, grab dinner and make it to your show for 2 hours or more...
And that was hard but a percent always came and supported, but that number dwindles over years (decades) of performances.
Now you say, don't leave the comfort of your home or office (or phone) and watch something for 4 to 8 minutes and it can be like pulling teeth.
We constantly find ourselves on FB or Emails telling us, look at this, this is cool, check it out... and we are off to see it, we don't wanna be left out of the know or the fun! But when you are asked by someone to see their work, it is not a recommendation, it sounds and feels very different, it is a request, it feels like a favor or commitment.
Now, you, the Askee, HOPE when you send them there, it will be pleasure. You hope they will share it, like it's something cool they found and can take credit for being the first on their block to discover this gem. That is when things go viral.
People will share a box sets of a 7 season series and they will watch it in a month... that could be 50, 100 or more hours... and people do it.
They plan their nights around being home to see "Lost" or some reality show but 8 minutes on demand seems like just one more task, sucking up our precious free time. And the way a lot of us run around today, it is.
I am not bothered, I am just sociologically fascinated. There is an intrusive quality when you are asked by someone to look at their work vs. someone wanting to share a FIND.
It's odd, I give out flyers for my Web Series on the Subway when I go to work (Yes, LA has a Subway System, at least until the next BIG ONE) and once they realize I am not asking for money, they "Thank You" for sharing it. I don't know if it is that, they are so relieved that you don't want money, they are just being polite or they actually are looking at the flyer as something to brighten their day, they may WANT a distraction.
We have figured out a way to minimize the disruption of peoples lives to see SOME of our work, from a 4/5 hr commitment drops to a 10 minutes or less. But like when you complain about computer taking 40 seconds to do something you want instantaneously, you forget this use to take an hour 10 years ago and a week 20 years ago. There is that visceral reaction of giving up your time, like it was going to interrupt your free time by 5+ hours, because it use to.
I just hope more people start to find Legends of Atoll a FIND.
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Someone asked what IS possible...
Possible is a forgiving word... it gives you space to go forward in creation and if it does not happen now... it was NEVER a MUST or a HAVE TO... It is Possible... not Probable, not Definite... so at every given moment, you may look at the new facts and resources and say... "At this moment, what is NEWLY Possible"... and then embark in that direction... Possibility gives way to action... Impossibility kills movement and inertia. We can all list the things in the world that suck and are Impossible... there is no great skill in that, we are all experts in that... Now looking for what is possible, is the spark that lights fires.
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
When It's done... No matter what you said...
Why do we fear things that are NOT innately scary?
I was passing a funeral... and I started thinking, as people are apt to do when we think about death. At some point, in the hopefully far off future, we will cease to exist (at least in this realm...). Nothing we created or had not created will matter to US. It's like shaking an etch-a-sketch and then throwing it away. That is what is! That is the final reality of it all.
We get to play in this world once, and when it's game over, we're done. We may leave a high score but, that really has no significance after we're gone. In fact, nothing is significant to an individual, it may FEEL that way but when it is done, that's it.
So, why do we fear simple things like human interaction. Like freely talking to people randomly. Rejection? Confrontation? Discomfort? Really! Every powerful growth that has occured in your life has most likely come from some relationship & every unrealized plateau is from isolation, avoidance or disconnect that you have created or accepted.
I have a deep fear of first contact, and this fear either keeps me quiet, makes my conversations awkward or I over talk in an effort to GET them to GET ME before my time limit is up.
I lose my charm. I am told, by my friends, that I have a charm or at least an interesting way about me that most people enjoy. BUT this fear either obstructs this flow or I move quickly away from connecting so I do not have to participate in the dance. If I am the jester or the MC, I am not personally involved, so I can be very charming, helpful and NOT involved.
How silly!
I am much better than I have been...
BUT there was a time, be it brief, when I had experienced a powerful EGO presence. I was working in an amusement park. I had been hired as one of the 8 street performers for the park... a CLOWN! As an 18 year old, still in high school, performing in a huge amusement park, it was powerful to feel like an accomplished and acknowledged performer. I started walking up to random woman and introducing myself and talking them up and asking them out. I HAD NEVER DONE THIS... asked out a girl, REALLY, just seemed like they wouldn't be interested? But in about a week I had talked to 11 girls (I was 18, so I was a boy) about having a date and 7 had enthusiastically accepted. And the others were fine and flattered. This was amazing to me, friends would dare me to speak to woman and I just did it! No issues! No Concerns! No Expectations! Just Boldness and Bravado and a big SMILE!!! It was GOOD and lasted less than 3 weeks...
There was a really BAD experience during a date that traumatized me for YEARS (I guess still today...) No death or Injury but it really DASHED my world at the time, shocking me back into a state of perpetual apprehension.
Now I've been in relationships and a 10 year marriage since BUT I have never felt that relaxed and open to put myself out ever since... And I always wonder what my world would have been if I just continued in that playfully cocky direction....
But I digress (duh... it's me)
What am I/we scared of? None of these petty concerns will make a difference the moment after demise... So why do these nagging neural pathways have such a hold on us? Why? That is the question 97% of the world wrestles with.
Friday, February 12, 2010
Play the GAME!!!
Things we do are SOMETHING, they effect our lives... even if you don't think of them as something, they ARE... They facilitate something, either towards something new or repair something existing or just keep things going as they are.
Now, the trick is, noticing what SOMETHINGS you are currently doing and are they helping or hindering your life.
Computer stuff is SOMETHING . Even if you use them for fun, they are being used to serve some purpose for the user.
Many people say that the internet and online communities keep people from true interaction. That may be true for those who use it to escape or avoid live social interaction for many reasons including anxiety and fantasy. Flight As well as Fight is just a mouse click away. THAT is what THOSE people are using if for...
But there is also the use of online communities as a management tool. Arranging get-togethers with friends or like minded communities could never be possible at this scale or with such ease as is possible today. Finding like minded people, people with similar interests, people already meeting and you can find them and meet them IN THE REAL WORLD!
If you sleep all day, that is something...
If you whine all day, that is something...
If you work out all day, that is something...
If you read all day, that is something...
I think you get the idea...
BUT do you see that these SOMETHINGS create your destiny... or at least contribute to what is a possible destiny...
SO! What is your contribution to your destiny... What are the SOMETHINGS you do NOW and look at where these SOMETHINGS have got you up to now... AND do you want more of this?
BE AWARE, BE RESPONSIBLE and KNOW if you think the world seems to continuously throw you curve balls... STOP PLAYING BASEBALL, it's not the only game in town -or- take it upon yourself to LEARN HOW TO HIT CURVE BALLS!!!But whatever you do, if you're gonna play the game... PLAY THE GAME!!!
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
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I took some acting courses over the weekend, thanks to my AMAZING friend Will which had a profound effect on me.
The idea of removing the NEED from my intention is SO powerful. Even the need to see if they are happy with what I have given them.
When you can remove ANY YOU out of the equation, there is a profound energy that you have. That energy, that authentic presence of caring about the other is communicated before you ever utter a word. AND it is so appreciated. People are so guarded in life because there is so much THEY need and so many people approach them with NEED energy that they just close up, trying to keep the little that they have!
These people will look at you like you are from another planet, a planet they want to move to. There will be a true appreciation of you and a fascination on who this GIVING person is.
And ya can't fake it... at least for any length of time... Cause they will be looking for the chink in the armor... and they will find it.
And if ya fake it, YOU WONT ENJOY IT OR ENJOY THE AUTHENTIC JOY THERE IS IN IT.
So... Give... and when/if you feel the NEED... Catch it and KILL IT!!! Eventually, you will be giving without NEED and when you are NEEDLESS... That is when you will authentically GET!
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Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Frustration is YOUR FRIEND!!! Give it a HUG and don't let it go!!!
Frustration is hesitation pushed to where it transforms into anger. Push harder, transcend, break through & act or continue serving your sentence.
I am on a lot of caffeine at the moment and PUMPED so forgive the rough edge!!!
I have an acting teacher (Acting classes have become a new source of profundity in my life) who says, "people come to him and say that they are frustrated about their careers" and he says "the problem is, you are NOT frustrated enough, if you were, you'd get off your ass a do something!!!".
WOW!!! This is a fascinating thought. I am so NOT prone to PUSHING the upset! I usually try to channel the energy into a more progressive, nurturing, engaging, responsible...
FUCK IT... I'M FRUSTRATED AND I REALLY NEED TO PUSH THOUGHT IT!!! Not passively aggressively wimp out! I really do believe in moving into a positive space and all that BUT NOT at the expense of dissipating the natural energy of PASSION!!!
There is an underlying truth to frustration, there is SOMETHING that SEEMS WRONG!!! Now, I have learned that anything you are UPSET about, you COMPLAIN about, is really smothering something that is GOOD! Something that you are driven nuts about because it is NOT happening, or IS happening... so you get angry! You find yourself whining to others or yourself, stewing in your sour juices...
BUT there is a use for this energy, it can actually be used for a purpose, it can be channeled to get your ass in gear... IN FACT IT MUST!!! To calm down is to disrespect that GOOD!!!
REMEMBER, there is GOOD under that seemingly bitter icing!!! NOW, figure out what that GOOD IS AND KICK IT'S ASS INTO GEAR, RUN TOWARD THE THING THAT'S SEEMS TO BE "BAD" and GO BERSERKER RAGE ON ITS ASS!!!
But don't calm down, AGITATE UP!!! Explode into a new plateau!
Or continue the cycle, how frustrating is that!!!
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PCMark7 is a "real-world" benchmark which runs an array of real-world tasks, such as multiple-tab web browsing, file copying, reading, and writing, gaming, and a large variety of other tasks which are meant to give your system a rating as it pertains to actual usage, and not engineered synthetic benchmarks. This benchmark will give us a good idea of the actual difference we're likely to see at these different settings.
As PCMark7 shows, we see similar trends as AIDA64 and Sandra, but the total system difference is only 3.5% better at 1600 MHz and 4.5% better at 1866 MHz. The 3.5% increase could be noticeable in very computation-intensive environments such as rendering or running simulations, but on average that 3-4% will be hard to notice. This has been a general symptom of memory since it has become extremely affordable and we generally have an excess of RAM, so the big gains we saw from increased RAM capacity isn't a story realized by many these days.


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Nearly a year ago, in February 2016, MDN brought you exclusive news that Shell had begun approaching landowners in Beaver County to get them to sign easements for two ethane pipelines to feed the mighty cracker plant they plan to build in the county (see Exclusive: Shell Leasing Land for 2 Pipelines to PA Cracker Plant). At that time Shell had still not fully committed to building the cracker–something they finally did in June (see Breaking: Shell Pulls the Trigger, PA Ethane Cracker is a Go!). In August, MDN brought you more details, that Shell is indeed working on a 94-mile ethane "pipeline system" with two "legs" to feed the cracker, confirming the tip we received in February. The new ethane pipeline system has a name: the Falcon Ethane Pipeline System (see Shell Working on 94-Mile Ethane Pipeline to Feed PA Cracker). Last October Shell formally launched an open season to sign up shippers for the Falcon Pipeline (see Shell Launches Open Season for PA-WV-OH Falcon Ethane Pipeline). Some new news to share. Last September and October Shell signed up six more property easements, in Beaver County, for the Falcon Pipeline. How much Shell will pay the landowners is still being negotiated and will not be made public (unfortunately). However, we can tell you who leased, along with the piddly amount of taxes Shell will pay to the state and local towns…
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Wally Bell sheds. A lot. All the time. Sometimes, just for added fun he'll blow his coat out-of-season—and if he really wants to share the love, he'll do it more than once a year. At 85 pounds with rock star good looks and the flowing golden locks to match, that is a lot of errant fur. And as much as I enjoy taking up new hobbies, I'm not planning on getting a spinning wheel to start knitting a new dog out of his gorgeous discards any time soon, so until then I'll just have to continue to suck it up. Literally.
Enter the Euroflex Monster 600XL. First, let's talk about what it is: a really cool-looking $40 handheld corded vacuum with several attachments that allow you to customize how and where you choose to use it. What it's not: a $650 Dyson Animal DC65 Complete, which is pretty much God's ridiculously expensive gift to pet owners everywhere. So with that wildly unfair comparison out of the way, let's just focus on the nifty little Monster.
What's in the box?
From Monster:
It also comes with the obligatory Instruction Manual.
Did I mention that it's really cool-looking? For those who care about these things, check out the Euroflex styling and available colors:
After a minute of admiring the design and bemoaning the fact that I wasn't sent the blue one to try (although the red is quite eye-catching, too), Wally Bell and I set about gauging whether function would follow form on this little jewel-toned beauty.
As is my usual custom, I immediately tossed the Instruction Manual back into the box. I don't like to read instructions for things that should be self-explanatory plug & play household items (a caveat here; I may be a bit of a fool but I am not an idiot, I do read before using in the case of those items that could result in a reasonable person putting an eye out or causing some other potentially significant damage to person or property in the absence of appropriate guidance before use). I then went through a highly un-scientific user acceptance testing protocol of pushing every button and latch on the thing, taking it apart, putting it back together, and assembling a vast number of configurations using the various attachments. No great mysteries, everything including the expandable dust cup worked as expected with very little trial and error, and I didn't break anything in the process.
I did need to make one quick Instruction Manual reference to locate the "upholstery/pet tool." Turns out it's part of the "square upholstery brush," which slides apart to remove the bristled portion and reveal the upholstery/pet tool beneath: a flat bottomed attachment with two small strips of lint brush fabric glued on either side of the suction opening.
So on to the live testing. I plugged it in, turned it on, and voila! Suction! Enough to pick up one of Wally Bell's missing tennis balls from behind the television stand using all three extension tubes, which I thought was pretty good for starters. The Monster 600XL is touted as a 3-in-1 tool comprising a stick floor vacuum, a handheld vacuum, and a blower, so I'll go through my experiences with these options in that order.
Stick Floor Vacuum: My favorite way to use the stick vacuum was with just the three extension tubes and no attachment at the end. This little bugger was a champion at sucking up loose fur tufts, fuzz balls, dust bunnies and more, didn't come apart when I was sticking it under and behind the sofas to retrieve additional tennis balls and other odds and ends, and as an added bonus it was long enough to reach a couple of cobwebs hiding in the corners of my nine-foot ceilings (really, it was just a couple, I swear). I was not as enamored when trying to use it as an actual stick floor vacuum. My least favorite of the attachments was the "floor brush," which looks like it should have a motorized brush roller in it, but of course at only $40 it does not. There are two tiny wheels on the outer edges of the attachment, so a determined user could indeed roll it over tile or hardwood floors, but for me, a much more efficient use of both my time and the Monster 600XL was to just sweep the floors, push all the junk into a corner, and then use the stick vacuum to quickly suck up the sweepings. No more disgusting dustpans, yay!! Unfortunately, using the stick vacuum configuration on my fur laden area rug was just not going to do it for me beyond picking up the aforementioned fur tufts. The Monster 600XL has very good suction for a handheld vacuum, but in attempting to apply a bit more pressure and back and forth movement to achieve deeper cleaning on the rug, the floor brush simply twisted around at the end of the stick. As such, the area rugs and carpeted areas will for the most part continue to require the attention of a full-sized, brush roller-equipped vacuum, which is probably just as well, because it does seem to run a little warm and I would be concerned about overheating or burning out the motor with the extended use trying to vacuum the entire house would require.
Hand Vacuum: The unit can be configured using any combination of the extension tubes, the flex tube, or just an attachment inserted directly into the vacuum body, and it is very easy to switch things out mid-cleaning. The "dual-use crevice tool" worked great on the stairs and carpet edges (amazing how much fur gathers there so quickly), as well as on the tops of the baseboards when flipped to the brush top position. Unfortunately, the "upholstery/pet tool" didn't stand much of a chance against Wally Bell's copious shedding on my down-filled suede sofas. I suppose on another fabric on a firmer sofa in a house with a shorter haired hound those tiny lint brush strips might be of more use, but in my case it looks like I will need to stick with alternate methods for cleaning the furniture.
Blower: Anything that has enough suction to pick up a tennis ball is going to have some level of exhaust coming out somewhere. Warm exhaust. And it does, right out the back end of the unit. Most people will have one of three reactions to this: 1) Immediately box it back up and return it, because "vacuuming is sweaty enough work without having hot air blowing on me while I'm doing it;" 2) Embrace it and vacuum when it's cold to take advantage of the warm air flow and keep the heating bills down; 3) Learn to angle the exhaust vent away from themselves when using the vacuum function. Euroflex cleverly turned this potentially negative design element into a useful additional feature. As a blower, it's not gardener grade so you won't be using it to clear the fall leaves from your yard, but using the "blower nozzle" on the end of the flex hose works great for blowing dust and fur off of silk plants and out from under things, especially if you cover the hole on the side of the nozzle with your thumb to increase the air pressure, which could also be useful in blowing various crumbs out of one's computer keyboard. It's possible you could even leverage this functionality to blow up balloons or other small inflatables for your next party, but I did not personally try this.
General Notes: The unit has an expandable dust cup, but as I've previously mentioned Wally Bell sheds a lot, so using the cup in the unexpanded mode doesn't make much sense in this household. Expanding it doesn't seem to make a significant difference in the vacuum's overall size or handling so I don't know what the design logic was, but I'm sure it's documented somewhere if someone were interested enough to Google it. In any case, expanded it's plenty large enough to make quick clean-up of Wally Bell's daily hair loss without having to stop and empty it every ten seconds. It's made of clear plastic so knowing when to empty it is a no-brainer. Most bits dump right out of it, but as with any vacuum system, occasionally one may have to pluck out a clump of fur or some other persistent flotsam. There is also a removable dust filter, and when I took it out to shake the dust out, this is where I could really see evidence of just how well the little Monster 600XL cleans. I was curious about the durability of the dust filter so took another peek at the Instruction Manual, which does contain some useful information. It recommended periodically hand washing and air drying the dust filter, and fully replacing it every three months (I was able to find them online at a cost of two for $13.50). It would have been nice if an extra filter or two had been included with the unit. The tote bag that comes with it is nothing fancy but it does the job to keep everything in one place and doesn't take up much space.
Overall, I really liked this little vacuum. While the upholstery/pet hair tool fell short of my expectations, the ease with which attachments could be interchanged to quickly clean up the lion's share of pet hair and dust from various nooks and crannies around the house more than made up for it, and provided a huge savings of both time and frustration over pulling out the full-size vacuum and hauling it up and down the stairs for the same tasks.
Bottom line: Does the Euroflex Monster 600XL clean well enough and have enough design aesthetic for me to be willing to spend $40 on one? Yes. Would I recommend it to a friend? Yes. Would I give one as a gift to a fellow pet lover? Yes.
Wally Bell Rating: 4 Paws out of 5
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Juneau's Meals On Wheels Program is currently seeking dependable, trustworthy people to serve as meal delivery volunteers. Volunteers who are able to serve homebound elders in the Lemon Creek area around the noon hour are particularly needed at this time. MOW is always looking for more on call volunteer drivers. It serves homebound elders all over town.
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