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Cessna Aircraft and Bell Helicopter parent Textron yesterday reported that first-quarter revenues dropped year-over-year by 24 percent to $2.5 billion, while after-tax profits fell steeply to $86 million from $231 million in the same period last year. At Cessna year-over-year revenues decreased $477 million to $769 million in the quarter, mainly due to the delivery of 69 Citations versus 95 in the first quarter of last year. First-term pre-tax profits at Cessna were more than halved from $207 million last year to $90 million this year, though this latter figure includes a $50 million gain on the sale of customer maintenance tracking service Cescom. Backlog at the end of the first quarter was $13 billion, down $1.5 billion from the end of last year, reflecting 92 net cancellations during the quarter. As a result of deteriorating conditions, Cessna is once again curtailing Citation production rates this year, with the current estimate set at 290 to 300, down from a January adjusted 325 and far less than the 525 annual rate announced last year. Textron also announced that Cessna is suspending its large-cabin Citation Columbus program, closing its Bend, Ore. plant and laying off 2,300 more workers. Meanwhile, Bell reported higher year-over-year first-quarter revenues of $742 million versus $574 million last year, as well as increased pre-tax profits of $69 million, up $16 million from last year.
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I was sitting in my room, playing iron maiden. There was a knock on the door.
"Come in," I said. It was Mikey.
"Hey, haven't you heard off Frank yet?" he asked as he came over and sat down on the bed.
"No, do you think his avoiding me?" I asked.
"No, of course not, he probably hasn't got the time," he answered.
He was probably right, he was always right.
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What's been interesting is that people have been telling me stories of how they drove by, honked the horn at the state workers in approval, pulling over to take pictures of the moment, then the workers responding with a "thumbs up."
That's how much the ex-governor alienated this state. The fact that anyone is celebrating the idea of taking down or covering the signs is a bit humorous. Just be sure to remember how those signs got there in the first place. Nearly $500,000 of the states money were used to put 32 of them up back in 2006. The timing of it was very curious to most Republicans around the state since G-Rod was up for re-election that fall. (Boy, those signs look an awful lot like campaign signs.)


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I can tell you but the best way to install wine (or anything else on the eee pc) is with it's own package manager - apt-get. Ptess ctrl-alt-t and a screen will come up. Type in:
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The Princeton Review's Best 378 Colleges, 2014 Edition
Purchase College is one of the nation's best institutions for undergraduate education, according to The Princeton Review. The education services company features the school in the new 2014 edition of its annual flagship college guide, The Best 378 Colleges.
Only about 15% of America's 2,500 four-year colleges and only four colleges outside the U.S.A. are profiled in the book. The guide includes detailed profiles of the colleges with rating scores for all schools in eight categories, plus ranking lists of top 20 schools in the book in 62 categories based on The Princeton Review's surveys of 126,000 students attending the colleges.
According to the guide, the Purchase students surveyed praise the college's diverse courses of study, affordability, "artsy" atmosphere, and the motivation and dedication of its professors. Furthermore, they were almost unanimously agreed that Think Wide Open accurately summarizes Purchase, both academically and socially.
When the students surveyed were asked to rate the college's theater productions, their overwhelmingly positive responses resulted in a #10 ranking in the category of Best College Theater.
"Purchase College offers outstanding academics, which is the primary criteria for our choice of schools for the book. We base our selections primarily on data we obtain in our annual institutional data surveys. We also take into account input we get from our staff, our 35-member National College Counselor Advisory Board, our personal visits to schools, and the wide range of feedback we get from our surveys of students attending these schools," says Robert Franek, The Princeton Review's senior VP / publisher and author of the guide.
Purchase Selected for the 2014 Fiske Guide to Colleges
Purchase has also been selected for inclusion in the 2014 edition of The Fiske Guide to Colleges based on the college's strength in areas such as academics, arts and culture, social life, financial aid, campus environment, extracurricular activities and more.
The selective guide, compiled by former New York Times education editor Edward B. Fiske, includes just over 300 colleges and universities out of over 7,000 higher education institutions in the U.S.
According to the description in the 2014 guide, Purchase has an "academic environment that provides a strong sense of community and support, yet celebrates individuals for their unique talents and contributions." Quoting a literature major, the guide says: "There's a raw energy that exists on campus–in the students and professors–that I don't think many colleges have."
Dennis Craig, vice president of Enrollment Management and Marketing, notes that inclusion of Purchase College in the prestigious Fiske Guide "validates the fact that we are providing a well-rounded offering for students, one that allows students to 'Think Wide Open' and provides an excellent education in an environment that offers a very good quality of life."
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The Fiske Guide to Colleges, published for the past 30 years and cited by USA Today as the "best college guide you can buy," is designed to give a selective, subjective and systematic look at colleges, seeking to give readers the real personality of the institutions based on a wide range of subjects. Research, accompanied by testimonials from students, provides helpful and honest information about academic climates and courses.
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Now that Bill Muir has retired and the Chiefs have hired Brian Daboll to be their offensive coordinator, the need to fill the remaining positions on the offensive coaching staff.
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Who does all the text messaging? Young adults by far.
The Pew Internet and American Life Project published the results of their texting study, showing that young adults text more than anyone else. The report refers to a lot of averages across demographics, but it seems that there were a lot of heavy texters driving up those averages. The medians are a lot lower. The chart above shows the latter.
Even the median for young adults is still high though relative to other groups.
At 29, I'm right at the edge of that young adult group, and I text maybe once or twice a month on average. Forty per day seems outrageously high. Kids these days.
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Cellphone owners send/receive an average of 10 messages a day. Men send/receive an average of 10 messages a day. Women send/receive an average of 15 a day. Something wrong with these numbers?
I think that's because the chart refers to medians not averages. If it were an average number of texts then you'd be spot on, but that analysis doesn't work with medians.
Yes, the number should be in between 10 and 15 even if you take the % men and women into account.
1-2 text messages _per month_? your American is definitely showing ;)
in the UK, people would rather text than call. highly unusual for a friend to call, unless it's something time-critical. lots of folks have unlimited messaging packages. it's the norm, not the exception here. suspect a lot of the rest of the world is more like the UK than the US in that respect.
Its like that here in America, too. He isn't representative of all of us. (Besides, hes 29, practically a dinosaur)
I find the conclusion that lower incomes and lower education send more text messages a bit spurious, since the age bracket 18-29 obvious contains more people that are still finishing education, and do not yet have a job.
Does this cover non-traditional text messaging? For example Blackberry Messenger and other app based messaging such as Viber, which are both increasingly popular across smartphones (and countries) to keep costs down.
Nathan, how long will it take you to completely understand the "iPhones are mostly used for…" part of the infographic here: http://mashable.com/2011/09/25/iphone-5-infographic/ (Also take not of the written percentages and compare those against with widths of the bars.) How could that have been done better?
Doesn't anyone else find it big that the people that text the most ALSO call the most?? The fact that young people text a lot is completely unsurprising to me, but the fact that they ALSO call the most! I guess the older, or whiter, or with lower education level you are, the most you just communicate with each other period? Or is it that other people are using email more…? I wonder.
There will be 7-8 trillion texts sent this year (source: ctia). That is 3.5x what it was in 2010 with 2 trillion world wide. It is the second largest repository of private data.
How did you make these graphs?


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The final episode of Muling Buksan ang Puso, aired on October 4 2013, is all about repentance and forgiveness. On this last night, we witness most of the characters admitting their mistakes and being sorry for their wrongdoings and shortcomings. Marietta asks for Sarah's forgiveness. Elvira asks for Adelina's forgiveness. Adelina asks for Anton's forgiveness.
It almost became a triple tragedy when the life of the three major characters, Francis, Sarah and Leonel, were all put in grave danger.
All the tension that Francis went through put a toll on his already very damaged heart. The doctor said he has suffered pulmonary hypertension and the only solution is a heart transplant. Leonel needed to see his family before he leaves with his father, Anton and escape the law. At the hospital, he asks for Francis' forgiveness and all is well between them. He has also given Sarah his blessings on her future with Francis. But as he is about to leave, policemen see him. He hurries to his car to avoid getting caught. Sarah, in a panic and not knowing what to do, jumps in. Leonel realizes that the car's brakes are not working, and soon, they crash. They are rushed to the hospital.
Anton, braving all policemen on guard at the hospital, risks being arrested just to see his son. Adelina tells the police to allow him to see Leonel. Anton talks to Leonel and asks for his forgiveness, even if he is already in a coma. The next few moments become very critical as Leonel, Francis and Sarah almost die at the same time.
Sarah is revived but Leonel dies. His heart is transferred to Francis, whose life is saved.
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Bernardo loses his claim to half of Adelina's profits, but later on, Adelina wholeheartedly gives it to Marietta. She also signs annulment papers to allow Bernardo and Elvira to get married. She is next seen visiting Anton at the prison and asks for his forgiveness. Marietta also visits Anton and although it is still hard for her to forgive him, she prays that the time will come that she will be able to do so. Anton tells her she is the only woman he will ever love.
It is a happy ending for Francis and Sarah who eventually got married. Leonel (his spirit) is seen attending the wedding.
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A man is tired after work so he decided to get a quick drink before he heads home. He goes to a nearby bar he has never been to and sits down. After getting the bar tenders attention, he orders a scotch on the rocks.
The bartender, who has never seen this man before decided to have some fun. He says to the man, "I'll get you that scotch, but first let me propose a bet. I'll bet you I can show you something you've never seen or heard of before. If I'm right ,you buy your drink, if I'm wrong, this scotch is on me."
The man thinks to himself and realizes he really doesn't have much to lose and agrees.
The bar tender reaches under the bar and pulls out a small piano, and a foot tall man that he sets at the mini bench. This small man asks the gentleman at the bar what he'd like to hear. The man is shocked and answers, "Beethoven's 5th".
To his amazement the little man plunks the notes out, perfectly without even breaking a sweat.
The man at the bar cannot believe his eyes. After the song he asks the bar tender where he got this small man who can play the piano.
The bar tender smiles. He says, "Behind my bar there is an alley, in the ally there is a genie. He will grant you any one wish you have."
So the man heads out of the bar and sure enough in the back there is the Genie.
The Genie, with a booming voice announces, "Onlooker! I will grant you one wish, any wish, so make it a good one!"
The man thinks, and being the business type is skeptical, but once again feels like there isn't really much to lose. "I wish for a million bucks" he says, and the Genie nods his head.
Instantly the alley becomes filled with thick smoke, the man can't see anything he just hears a strange noise coming from all around him.
A moment later the smoke clears and the alley is filled with a million ducks! And the genie is gone...
Infuriated the man storms back into the bar and the bar tender laughs at his enraged appearance. The man tells how he wished for the million bucks, but got a million ducks instead.
The bar tender just smiles and quietly says," Do you think I asked for a 12 inch Pianist?"
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Nice...I legitimately laughed out loud. Gotta remember that one :)
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hahaha!! i don't listen to rap, so on the days i don't smoke i just try to keep busy. i went about 3mos smoking every single day and, honestly, it wears you down. the irritability factor was annoying at first, but it was worth it. 3-4 days a week for me, and about a bowl or so each time (i can't roll :-/ )
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How to troubleshoot issues that you may encounter when you use the Lync 2010 mobile client for Nokia Symbian
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Users can download the Lync 2010 mobile client for Nokia Symbian for free from the Nokia store. Users can use the client to connect to Lync Online if they're assigned a Lync Online license. This article describes how to troubleshoot some common issues that you may encounter when you use the Lync 2010 mobile client for Nokia Symbian.
Install the appUsers can download the Lync 2010 mobile client for Nokia Symbian for free from the Nokia store. Users should install the app directly to their device and use their user ID to sign in.
If a user experiences issues when they download or install the Lync 2010 mobile client, have the user change their connection type from 3G to Wi-Fi or from Wi-Fi to 3G. Then, have the user try downloading again. If the user still can't install the client, they should contact their cellular service provider or Nokia Support.
Sign-in requirementsWhen Lync Online users sign in to the Lync Mobile app, all they have to do is enter their sign-in address and password. The Domain and User name fields are for on-premises Lync Server deployments only and aren't required for Lync Online.
To configure Auto-Detect settings and HTTP proxy credentials, click More Details.
Note If automatic discovery for mobile clients hasn't been configured, users have to enter the following internal and external discovery addresses in addition to the fields that are listed in the table:
Troubleshoot Auto-DetectThe Lync 2010 mobile client looks for DNS records different from those for which the Lync 2010 desktop client looks. For the Auto-Detect process to discover the correct Lync Online service, a CNAME record that meets the following criteria must be created for the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) domain that's being used:
To troubleshoot, use one or more of the following methods, as appropriate for your situation:
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Contact listsThe contact list that's displayed in the Lync 2010 mobile client is read-only and can't be changed from the mobile device. If a user wants to add or to remove a contact from the list, the user must use the Lync 2010 desktop client or Outlook Web App (OWA) Instant Messaging (IM).
Chats tab and conversation historyThe Chats tab on the Lync 2010 mobile client keeps track of only the conversations that occurred on the mobile device. It won't display conversations from desktop clients. Chats on mobile devices aren't displayed in the conversation history folder in the user's Exchange mailbox.
Voice mailVoice mail is read from Exchange Unified Messaging (UM) only. If it isn't enabled for UM, this tab doesn't work.
Comparison with other mobile clientsFor a feature comparison of Lync 2010 mobile clients, go to the following Microsoft TechNet website:
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15.03.2014 Ingolstadt stroke again and moves ahead
Before the game between the Eisbären Berlin and the ERC Ingolstadt took place one thing was certain for sure: One team would move ahead in the playoffs the other would go into the summer break. At the end of the regulation the score board was equal at 2. A "sudden death" extra time had to … mehr
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The Eisbären Berlin defeated the Adler Mannheim on the road in overtime 3-2. Unfortunately Darin Olver had to leave the game injured. "This is a very bad news of course. He is my playmaker. Especially for the team it is a big loss. Other guys will have to step in. It was a hard fought battle … mehr
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The Eisbären Berlin defeated the Augsburger Panther in their last regular season game 6-1. Augsburg´s goalie Patrick Ehelechner seemed like some Swiss cheese. The stars of the home team didn´t let the guest´s stop them from clinching a pre-playoff spot. "It is a big deal. We are pretty prepared for the upcoming playoffs. We played … mehr
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Hey guy's I'm sorry that I haven't blogged about the amazing Batman for the last few days. Life has been extremely busy with work and studying but I promise that within the next few days, hopefully tomorrow morning I will get my butt in gear and make a blog soon!
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Casting the Joker might seem as easy as pie but it actually takes a lot more concentrating and great acting to actually pull it off. My favorite villain of all time was always the Joker, even before "Batman The Dark Knight" had hit the big screen. Growing up watching Batman cartoons and reading comics I learned that the Joker was the epitome of psycho. He has caused more pain to Batman than any other villain he has come across. Though there are many different stories people have come up with for the background of the Joker there has never been an official origin for him. But before I get ahead of myself and start to begin the 411 on the Joker this particular blog is based on casting the Joker. Though Jack Nicholson's Joker was good nothing could stand against the Joker that was played by Heath Ledger. To make sure they got Heath to do a perfect Joker they wanted to show him how the Joker really was. And where do you come to find the perfect Joker? The comic books of course. The Batman cartoons version of the Joker was played well but of course held back because of the under age children that watched the show. Clearly they couldn't show how monsterous the Joker actually was. So they started by keeping Heath in a hotel room with comic books such as Batman The Killing Joke, Arkham Asylum and a few more that showed how demented the Joker was. And Heath did the Joker's justice. If he were still alive he would have won an oscar. But unfortunately Heath Ledger died of a drug over dose. But he will always be remembered as the man that truly brought the Joker to life! The Joker might now be in any of the new up coming Batman movies, but in the comic books he will live on and always be at Batmans side. As a great quote from the Joker.
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When the movie Batman Begins first aired fans from all around loved it. But a lot of fans questioned Christian Bales voice cover for Batman. People asking questions like, "Why does he do that stupid thing with his voice? He sounds dumb." In other Batman movies that featured Val Kilmer, George Clooney, and Michael Keaton , they did not disguise their voices.
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Bruce Wayne is a popular Billionaire In Gotham City, head of Wayne Enterprises.
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This was and excellant recipe and easy to make. The addition of the sugar to the sauerkraut and sauteing before putting in the oven cut the bitter taste of the kraut.
Rubbed Pork Loin with Apricot Glaze and Sauerkraut
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redrunner Posted: 11/11/08
I feel kind of badly that I'm in the minority here. While I loved the ease of the dish, I absolutely did not like it. I have nothing against any of the ingredients but somehow they just didn't work together for me. Weird, I've never met a Cooking Light recipe I didn't like (until now). The worst thing about it is that there are only two of us, and the recipe serves 8--now I have leftovers that I don't want to eat but I will because of our budget.
kateford Posted: 03/13/09
This was a good recipe. I had leftover sauerkraut from a crock pot meal, so I did not need to follow that part of the recipe. But the pork was great. I added alittle cayenne pepper to the apricot preserves (about 1/8 of a tsp). It added a nice kick. The cumin addes a different dimension. Really tasty!!!
twoloves Posted: 01/24/10
We all enjoyed this very much, which is saying a lot considering there are eight of us! Spices and the sweet of the preserves went nicely together.
TaraDN Posted: 07/12/09
I've made this recipe tons of times. It is an absolutely favorite of my husband and I! Absolutely fantastic. One this I will say is, I use red onion instead. I also use a bit more apricot preserves. Five stars!!
missnan Posted: 09/21/09
Very good recipe. Easy to make. Few ingredients. Definitely will make again. Served with baked potatoes and a side order of zucchini.
sylvester1 Posted: 10/18/09
Absolutely wonderful! Can't wait for leftovers tonight!
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I did not braise it on sauerkraut, but did add the onions and the water to bake. Served two for dinner with leftovers for 2 lunches.


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- 1/4 cup plus 2 Tbsp. granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup plus 2 Tbsp. firmly packed light brown sugar
- 1 1/2 cups plus 2 Tbsp. all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, cut into pieces
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste or vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 large egg
- Vanilla Glaze
- Stir together sugars in a large bowl. Add flour and nutmeg, whisking until blended. Cut butter into flour mixture with a pastry blender or fork until crumbly. Remove and reserve 1/2 cup crumb mixture.
- Combine buttermilk, vanilla, baking powder, baking soda, and salt; whisk in egg. Pour over crumb mixture in large bowl; stir with a fork until dry ingredients are moistened.
- Spoon batter evenly into a greased jumbo muffin pan, filling 4 muffin cups with batter. Fill 2 empty cups halfway with water. Sprinkle reserved crumb mixture evenly over batter, pressing lightly into batter. Bake at 350° for 28 to 30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack 10 minutes; remove cakes from pan, and let cool completely on wire rack. Drizzle with Vanilla Glaze.
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Should Couples Stay Together for the Kids?
- Thursday, March 08, 2012
It isn't unusual to overhear conversations like this. One lady told another that she should not stay in her marriage for the sake of her children. She offered the usual:
Make yourself happy. Why should you be punished to stay with that guy just because he fathered your children? Over time the kids will be better off.
She added more but these generally covered the subject.
In those conversations, certain facts get left out, and those facts typically deal with the children's perspectives. Consider the indications of scientific research.
Divorce can affect children for years, well into adulthood.
In 2006, Family Process published a scholarly article by Ahrons. She wrote about binuclear families -- extended families, separate households that result from divorced spouses marrying someone else, as well as the families formed by their children when they eventually marry.
Of the negative consequences, she wrote,
"…173 grown children were interviewed 20 years after their parents' divorce…The findings show that the parental subsystem continues to impact the binuclear family 20 years after marital disruption by exerting a strong influence on the quality of relationships within the family system…Of those who experienced the remarriage of both of their parents, two thirds reported that their father's remarriage was more stressful than their mother's. When children's relationships with their fathers deteriorated after divorce, their relationships with their paternal grandparents, stepmother, and step siblings were distant, negative, or nonexistent."
Divorce can cause children pain, stress, and confusion.
A 2003 article published in Childhood examines the short-term strain divorce has on children. Though the author, Kelley, primarily encourages researchers to focus on developing healthy lives for children of divorce rather than lamenting the potential problems, she pointedly wrote about the pain most children feel.
"Independent of the long-term consequences of divorce, the initial period following separation is quite stressful for the vast majority of children and adolescents, as they seem to have little emotional preparation for their parents' separation, and react with distress, anxiety, anger, shock and disbelief."
She did offer this exception, "Only those youngsters who witnessed or participated in high conflict and violence appeared to be notably relieved at the separation."
As one who works with marriages, I agree that violent marriages should not stay together, especially for the safety of the children, as well as one or both spouses. However, most who divorce aren't doing so for their children's safety. Most, in my experience, focus on what they want and feel, and rationalize how that will be best for their children.
Divorcing couples are often blind to the emotional needs or wants of their children.
A few years ago, I worked with a couple who adopted several handicapped children. Their love for children led them to make the sacrifices they knew would be required of both husband and wife to raise those children to adulthood. Carefully, deliberately, and prayerfully they consciously thought through the entire process and together decided it was the right thing to do.
That worked fine for a few years. Then he fell in love with someone else. His intensity of passion for the new relationship did more than provide him the emotional rationalization to leave his wife. It provided him enough motivation to leave his wife to take care of those handicapped children. He claimed to love them, but when I asked if he loved them enough to stay with them and give them what they needed, he replied that he had to follow his heart and leave with his lover. When I pursued the conservation by asking what happened to his well-thought-out commitment that led to adopting those children, he shrugged. "Things change."
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MILWAUKEE, Wis. - Jennifer Greger has announced her resignation as an assistant women's basketball coach at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
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"Jen has been a tremendous asset to this program and no doubt will continue to be in her role as an alum and a fan," head coach Sandy Botham said. "She made so many contributions as a coach here and has been a big part of the success we have enjoyed. Like so many other former Panthers, she will be successful in whatever she chooses to do."
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When I was growing up we had one set of twins in our grade. They were a brother and a sister – obviously fraternal and not identical. But we still thought they were so cool being twins! I was always fascinated with twin secret languages and often read books about twins.
Last week I ran across a story about how more unmarried, older, educated women are having babies. Here's the story in full with all the details on that.
But the fact that I found most shocking from this entire story was buried deep at the bottom:
Since the 1980s, there has been a 70 percent increase in the twin birth rate!!!!!!!!!!
"Multiple births associated with the trend toward older motherhood were up sharply, including a 70 percent increase in the twin birth rate from 1980 to 2004."
" 'Not only are women in their 30s more likely than younger women to conceive multiples on their own, they also are more likely to undergo fertility treatments, which are linked to births of multiples,' the researchers said."
I didn't need a story to tell me that the twin rate had increased. (Although I didn't realize it was that much.) I pretty much assume almost anytime someone tells me they're having twins that there was some type of intervention involved.
But my questions is with 70 percent more twins walking around, are they still special? Is it still unique to be a twin? Does it still carry the same cache as it did when I was in elementary school (in the '80s)?
How does having twins in such a twin-heavy environment affect the mother of the twins? (More support? More mothers with advice on how to get through those first few crazy months/years?)
How does it affect the child being a twin — more twins at school?
May 17th, 2010
7:31 am
I observed twins at my daughter's chorus show this past weekend. It was neat to see their bond…I enjoyed watching them. While I think all twins are wonderful, it must be incredible birthing 2 children who look exactly alike and welcoming them into the world!
My husband's Mother had twin sisters and I always wondered if we would have twins. I cannot imagine the sleepless nights when they are babies ( or for that matter any multiples) .
I roomed with a twin during college and it was fun, she and her sister ( who did not room with us….we started out with 4 girls in a room…imagine it) were great to be around!
T…get ready for Fred….he is not a fan of the Huffington Post…nor you either, I fear. I think he needs to find a blog that appreciates his eccentricity ( sp?) and I am not sure this is it.
May 17th, 2010
7:48 am
As a mother of twins and two singletons, I think every kid is special. My twins are fraternal, and we've raised them as two sisters that just happen to be the same age. We never called them "The Twins" or dressed them identically. I'm not sure if a higher incidence of twinning means more support. There's always plenty of people who want to help because they think twin infants are cool, but when they become toddlers and more destructive and less cute (to the 'helpers') the amount of help declines. My twins are now 16 and getting ready to drive. NOW I need support!!! LOL!
May 17th, 2010
7:57 am
@ darla…no you need cash…for insurance…LOL. Congrats to you!
May 17th, 2010
8:10 am
It would be interesting to study the moms that undergo these fertility treatments and their post-partum behavior.
I had some friends that had twin girls (yes fertility enhancement was involved). The first twin out has been dominant from day one and the second out of the chute has always been more passive/submissive.
May 17th, 2010
8:21 am
T, I think you begged your own question: If there are 70% more twins than there used to be, they can't really be *that* special anymore. Yeah, mildly interesting — but not "oooh, look — twins!"
My daughter had friends in high school who were identical twins. It was a matter of great interest to everyone when one of them decided she was tired of being a "twin" and cut her hair. I overheard her respond to one person who complained, "Now you aren't identical!" "Yes," she drawled, "that was the idea . . ."
May 17th, 2010
8:30 am
I have mixed feelings on all of this fertility treatment. I don't know why exactly, but part of me feels like its not a good thing. I can't really explain my feelings. Its just a gut feeling that this is a bad thing.
May 17th, 2010
8:53 am
Are there more identical twins, though? I don't feel like I see more than I used too. They are more likely to catch the attention of people walking down the street ("oooh, look — twins!") who may not even notice fraternal twins. I thought the increase was almost entirely in sets of fraternals. Outside if school where everybody knows your age/grade, I think they probably go largely unnoticed.
May 17th, 2010
8:56 am
When I was growing up we had one set of twins in my class, now in my school of 500 there are 4 sets of twins, two fraternal and two identical, and at my last school of 1500 there were 7 sets. more than I would have suspected but still rare enough to be considered cool. a 70 % increase in anything is pretty amazing. Aside from the increase in the age of the mothers and the use of fertility treatments are there any other causes for this increase? Are there increased numbers of twins for younger mothers who have not had fertility treatments?
May 17th, 2010
8:56 am
I'm sure they're very special to their families! However, no, it's not the "OOOH -how cool!" thing it used to be. I went through school with identical twin sisters, dated one (or maybe both?) of identical twin brothers and have two pairs of fraternal twin cousins. It was always really interesting and cool though when I was growing up. Now, it doesn't even seem to be much of a surprise if you find out you're carrying twins or that someone close to you is having them.
Something I have always found interesting is when you work with a person or otherwise know someone for a pretty long time, but somehow you didn't know they had an identical twin. For some reason it's always strange to me to start thinking of them with a sibling who looks (and possibly acts) almost just like them.
May 17th, 2010
9:29 am
Theresa – "I pretty much assume almost anytime someone tells me they're having twins that there was some type of intervention involved." What an uninformed, stereotypical comment. I would have thought better of you. I had a 3 year old and a 1 year old when I found out I was pregnant with twins. I don't think anyone (except the Octomom) would have tried for that.
Yes, twins are still special, but so are my other two children. Weird topic if you're just going to make general assumptions anyway.
May 17th, 2010
9:32 am
I think that the incidence of identical twins is still pretty amazing! Fraternal twins are not all the "interesting" to me anymore because of the increased possibilities in fertilitly treatments.
Perhaps the huge increase is because there are MANY more women who are able to have children now through fertility than what there were naturally! AND, let's not forget the independent women and single sex partners that choose fertility to have children that would not have had any in the past except through adoption!
So, I guess overall, I'm still in awe of the identical twins, but the fraternal twins…not so much.
May 17th, 2010
9:43 am
Maybe not to all, but twins are tsill special in my family..We have 4 sets ot them..One set of girls, two sets of boys and one boy/girl..Just from looking at them though, you would never know that any of them are twins..Yeah, there are some similatries (sp), but you have to look for them..No drugs were taken by any of the mothers to have twins, we were just lucky I guess..The oldest set will be 60 in Sept. and the youngest set will be 8 in June..
With all of the twins in my family, I can't really say that one is the more dominant..Each one has his or her strenghts and weakess, but thats about it..Based only on having the youngest twins most every weekend, MJG, I don't think there is any less sleep lost..I'm sure that 24/7, there can be, but really it wasn't all that much trouble having one vs two..
@Darla..We never dressed our two alike either..My husband wanted to dress them alike for a picture and I said no..The only thing that we did was use the same colors..I figure if they want to dress alike, they will have plenty of time for that when they get older and can choose to do that on their own..
May 17th, 2010
9:46 am
I can't tell you the number of strangers that come up to me and ask if I had fertility treatments. They also ask if they are identical (mine are girl/boy). I tend to be polite on both questions, but would really like to say "I guess I can pull down their pants and let you check". I get the "does it run in your family" question too and then have to explain my whole family tree.
FYI…the husband doesn't really have anything to do with the fact that two eggs are fertilized to create fraternal twins. It truly is amazing how you can tell someone's intelligence by the random questions they ask.
May 17th, 2010
10:02 am
@ Becky…guess I was thinking about breastfeeding two babies…it seemed like I was always nursing with just one infant and getting up in the middle of the night ( little or no sleep) …I could not imagine it with 2…or more!
I know folks who breastfed two and that really seems exhausting JMHO.
May 17th, 2010
10:04 am
I didn't realize the increase was that great though I guess I do see more now days than I did when I was a kid. I still think twins are neat, regardless of how they were conceived and want to give the mom a high-five for surviving taking care of twins (not that the dad doesn't too but dad usually goes back to work after a week or two and mom now has two hungry, crying mouths. What a job!
The unfortunate part about multiples is how much more stress they not only put on the mom's body but the likelihood at which they'll have health problems and be born premuature. I know most will catch up within a couple of years, the same as any other premie but really I think that's where the concern with the huge increase on multiples lies.
I don't think it's that IVF can't produce identical twins, I would guess it's just extremely rare- especially in IVF since the eggs are technically fertilized outside the womb. If a doctor fertilizes 12 eggs that they've harvested from a woman, they will usually only inject her with a couple of those fertilized eggs (unlike Octomom anyway). But unless the IVF doctor watches to see which egg split, those two eggs could potentially end up in two different pregnancies. Statistically speaking, I couldn't even imagine how rare that is but I'm guessing there is at least some tiny possibility of that. I think there is a great chance, albeit still small, of a woman on fertility meds having identical twins if she's biologically inclined already.
May 17th, 2010
10:04 am
My grandmother had two sets of twins my aunts are identical and my aunt and uncle are fraternal. I think that it has hindered the identical twins. They seem to have an obsession with each other they do basically everything together and they are in their 50's.
May 17th, 2010
10:05 am
*greater chance (versus a woman who does IVF)
May 17th, 2010
10:27 am
Good explanation, TechMom. My understanding is, as you explained, that IVF iteslf doesn't cause identical twins, and if identicals occur, it happens naturally, so to speak (egg splits on its own). IVF does of course, directly contribute to fraternal multiples by implanting multiple eggs. I think fertility drugs (non-IVF treatments) work by causing women to release more eggs, so again, identicals would be coincidental, and I expect statistically as likely or not as in any pregnancy, and not caused by the drugs.
As women get older, they are more likely to release more than one egg due to hormonal changes. I wonder if that's a failure of the body to regulate, or simply nature's way of increasing the odds of conceiving a single child in less fertile years. Biology really is fascinating.
May 17th, 2010
10:33 am
@MJG..My oldest sister has twin boys and she breastfed them..I'm sure it was tough on her, but she was (kinda)a SAHM..The husband worked during the week and she worked on Sat. & Sun..Not sure if this made things better for her or not..There is only about 19 months between them and her daughter..She breastfed all of them, made their food and used cloth diapers..
May 17th, 2010
10:35 am
The whole twins, triplets, multiples thing fascinates me. My cousins are fraternal twin boys and look very different, which has always been so strange to me. The identical thing is even more interesting. I can't imagine what it would be like to have a mirror image of yourself….but if that is all you know then it's normal to you. I don't always assume when I see mothers of twins that they had fertility treatments, but I can't lie and say I'm not curious. I would never ask, however and I find that very rude. Now that my son is a toddler, I sometimes wish I would have had twins so that now he would have someone to always play with! It would have been hard at first but then I would have been done with having kids and I imagine twins share a bond that the rest of us could never understand.
May 17th, 2010
10:44 am
@YUKI..The youngest twins are the boy/girl and it used to tickle me when they were younger that people would ask if they were twins, when I would say yes, theywould look at me and say, but they don't look alike..One woman even wanted to know if they had different parents..
May 17th, 2010
11:26 am
Recently had a friend give birth to fraternal twins at the age of 38. They run in the family, all natural. It is more common to see twins today so they're not as unusual as they used to be. I do think much of it has to do with the use of fertility drugs (which I have mixed feelings about). However, all kiddies are special, twins included. They're just not as unique as they once were.
May 17th, 2010
11:32 am
I have sisters that own their own cleaning service and they have a customer that has two sets of twins..No drugs were invovled with either pregnancy…
May 17th, 2010
12:10 pm
Interesting stuff about twins running in families:
But do twins really run in families? Actually that's probably one of the most widely perpetuated myths about multiples. While some families do seem to have a preponderance of multiple births, it's often more than a coincidence than a connection.
Of the factors that influence multiple birth, there is only one that could be identified as genetic or explained by family history: hyper ovulation.
Although theories and research abounds, there is no established connection between genetics and monozygotic (identical) twinning.
All this is from: http://multiples.about.com/od/pregnancy/a/familytwin.htm
I do think this is interesting because I've heard so many times that it is genetic and skips generations, etc. A girl in our church just had twins last week (naturally and she's only about 25) and was told if she ever got pregnant again that she had a higher probablity of having twins again. My parents knew a couple that had a set of twins and a set of triplets naturally so I can see how a woman might be more inclined to having multiples more than once.
May 17th, 2010
12:14 pm
My sister has twins (boy/girl) through fertility treatments. We were (and still are) in AWE of them in our family, since twins do not run in the family at all. We couldn't find a set of twins in 4 generations. We have a lot of fun with them!
I am wondering if we see more twins now, not only because of fertility treatments, but because of medical advancements if they are just not surviving more? Maybe back in the day not many made it?
May 17th, 2010
12:47 pm
Twins have been the norm in my family, my grandmother had three sets of twins and her grandmother had two sets…and this was all before you knew you were having twins until they were coming out! my cousin just had twins…so I may be next. None of them are identical but still fun to see!
May 17th, 2010
12:51 pm
Thanks for the extra info, TechMom. I know a family that seems to fit into the genetic scenario you described. Several siblings and cousins through three generations have had multiples (one woman had a set of twins and triplets!), all fraternal, all without fertility treatments. They also have a history of early menopause. They have been told that they basically have more eggs release each month, much like women in their 40s, but because they are young when that begins to happen (20s), the individual eggs are in better shape and more likely to actually result in babies, hence the super high chance of multiples. The woman who I knew well from that family had twin girls and thought she might want to have one more child, but given the family history, her husband was scared to death to try for one more. He was convinced they'd end up with 5 or 6 kids instead of 3!
May 17th, 2010
5:17 pm
wow good topic for me…im always telling people how many twins i knew growing up..AND triplets…i knew 5 sets of twins…3 were identical 2 were not–one set was male and female…and i knew 2 sets of triplet…of 1 set 2 were identifcal and 1 just looked a whole lot like the other 2…the other set you couldnt tell any of the 3 apart easily…i am old enouigh that im failry confident these were all natural occurances…no fertility drugs…i dont think they had them back then…but ive always been amazed that i knew so may mulitples in my younger life…since high school i havent met many at all…i do have a couple of friends who have twins…and my kids know a couple of sets…but i havent met any ttriplets at all since i was out of high school
May 17th, 2010
8:30 pm
From the response you have received from the article, I would say people are still interested. I have twin(fraternal) girls that are five years old and we attracted lots of attention when they were infants. Even though they are getting older,people still have lots of questions and seem to get a kick out of the fact that they are twins.
May 17th, 2010
9:21 pm
I graduated from a metro Atlanta high school in 1984 with a class of about 200, and we had FIVE sets of twins. Crazy!
May 17th, 2010
9:35 pm
I am the mother of fraternal twin girls-although everyone swears they are identical…but to me they are very different in personality, athletics, and even the way they look, but I am also their mother. I constantly am asked are they twins? I reply nicely yes and usually the next question is well you had fertility right? It makes me kind of mad when people just "assume" that I had fertility. My great-great grandmother had three sets of twins. It was supposed to hit my mother's generation but skipped not only her generation but a sister, and two cousins of mine. My husband and I tried to get pregnant for 11 months and finally conceived and not only convceived but with twins. It was a pure shock and I wondered how in the world I was going to do this. On top of that I didn't ask to get pregnant with twins but that is what God pre-destined for me and now looking back there is no way I could ever choose between either one and its amazing that I have the same amount of love for each one. It is difficult at times and each stage has their own set of challenges but it is the greatest blessing and I am lucky to have been blessed with two Healthy little girls. So…don't assume that a person has fertility…it may very well be within their genes and does it really matter? A baby…any baby is a pure gift from heaven. I had no help and I feel for those that do seek the help because I was there….11 months I was about ready to go on fertility. Thank god I didn't or I may have ended up like Octomom. You can't blame a person for wanting a child. I have met the best of the best of people who cannot have children and I have met some that have an entire baseball team and quite honestly don't deserve a single one of them. However its not up to me to decide that. There is only truly one person to decide what is best. Sometimes even fertility doesn't work for some so isn't God still in control of that? Who knows I guess I will find an answer to that question when I die.
My girls only have one other set of twins in their grade which are boys so they are treated as "the twins" alot and get upset at some of the children because they mix them up. They are very competitve with one another and argue all of the time but in the midst of the storm I can turn around and they are hugging on one another and comforting one another when one gets upset. It is the sweetest most precious thing a mother could ever witness because through it all I know that blood is thicker than water and they will always have one another. Both of my children knew from a very young age that they shared mommy's tummy at the same time and they know that in itself is unique. I treat them both as special not just because they are twins but because they are my TWO special little girls. My twins are unique because they have different birthdates which always has to be explained. Usually twins share this day so even when they become older and not want to share everything….at least they have their own seperate days….God really knew what he was doing with me I guess-lol! One was born December 14th at 11:43 p.m. and the other followed December 15th at 12:21 a.m. which is so typical of her because lord knows she wasn't willing to share everything! lol! I was 27 years old when I became pregnant with the twins-it was just my destiny and I didn't always embrace it but now I do and I will hold them close to my heart for the remainder of my days on this earth….now if only they would stay small forever……but I want them to grow too but I miss the "younger" years and feel as time passes by too quickly.
May 18th, 2010
9:24 am
They're only "special" when they're identical. Because we haven't figured out how to do it in a fertility lab.
May 18th, 2010
12:01 pm
Uhhh..No Ellen, they aren't only "special" if they are identical, my aren't identical and trust me on this..THEY ARE VERY SPECIAL…
May 21st, 2010
2:10 pm
We have fraternal twin girls (4 years old), and yes they are quite special. The "younger" twin is the dominant one in that relatioship. They are quite different. People ask us are they twins all the time due to the disparity in their sizing. We never dress them alike, as it's not for me. They have their own personalities and express them as such.
May 22nd, 2010
11:17 pm
My mother always told my twin sister and I(fraternal) that we were two sisters born on the same day. We are the 9th and 10th of 11 children and the only set of twins. She is blond and straight hair and I am black and curly hair(well, silver now). She has always been 3 inches taller than I. Growing up there were 8 sets of twins in our very small town(in another state). 2 identical – 1 girl/girl and 1 boy/boy and 6 fraternal – 4 boy/girl and 1 girl/girl(us) and 1 boy/boy. Our older sisters would sew cute matching outfits when we were very small but by the time we started school we put a stop to it. Neither of us were the dominant twin. We were always in the same class(small town) in elementary school(Catholic) but had different classes in high school. I only recall having band and biology together. We were the only twins on my mom's side of the family and my dad had very distant 4th cousin twins. My husband's side of the family had 3 generations in a row with twins so when I got pregnant with our first child the doctor was sure I would have twins. I did not. I have one boy and one girl 3 1/2 years apart. Twins still fascinate me and when I tell people I have a twin the first thing they ask is if we are identical. I think it would have been neat to be identical, but, it is just way too cool to even be a twin.
May 25th, 2010
3:10 pm
I am a single, educated woman who had fraternal twin girls in my mid-forties. They are a blessing and a joy! I know many women who are forty and older who are just starting a family.
They are multiple sets of twins in my family, fraternal and identical. I was told that Black women were more likely to have twins…not sure about the research that backs that up, but heard it a lot during my pregnancy.


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So, after one day out in the madness, it seems that the default nickname of Coldchella is going to stick -- at least for now. For the first time in the history of the festival, the Empire Polo Fields got rain.
It wasn't crazy rain, just scattered showers that came on when it seemingly felt like it. Occasionally. strong winds accompanied the unlikely weather and even caused the photographers to be escorted out of the photo pit for a few minutes before Jimmy Cliff's set (the swaying of massive overhead equipment was a bit troublesome).
But knowing that the entire weekend wasn't going to follow its chilly kickoff, I welcomed it. The typical days of scorch are daunting, and it was lovely not to be sweating within 30 seconds of leaving your car. At times, it seemed downright appropriate -- like during Mazzy Star's set -- there was just something perfect about a light rain falling while Hope Sandoval sang "Fade Into You."
Of course, there were a few people put off by the lack of blazing heat -- namely the folks who didn't mind to check the weather report and came dressed in the traditional Coachella next-to-nothing outfits. I can't tell you how many times I saw a gaggle of bikini-clad girls huddled together making a beeline back to their car/campsite to swap short shorts for sweatshirts.
But, as usual, the music made everyone forget.
I saw an amazing lineup on Friday that went something like this:
I've seen the Black Keys 8,000 times, and the Horrors and Black Angels are coming to the Belly Up on Thursday, but I am now kicking myself for missing reunited Swedish hardcore screamers Refused. I should have toughed it out. But sometimes you have to make a decision like that so you can live to fight another day. And that's just what I did. I'll be back at 'em in just a matter of hours.


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One of my close friends posted this on Facebook this morning. I don't usually post things like this, but please reblog this! Any help would be greatly appreciated!
"Jason Rice, 21yrs old, 5'6", 140 lbs. Last seen wearing a red/black plaid shirt, jeans, work boots. Was last seen leaving the Trace Creek area headed toward Hurricane. If anyone has seen him or has any information please contact either me, Theresa Day, or the Cabell County Sherriff's Detectives Office at 304-743-1594…ask for Det. Wince or Det. Templeton."
West Virginia followers, unite. Hoping he's found safe.


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"Why Japan Should Legalize Surrogacy" Trisha Wolf, J.D. Candidate 2014, University of Washington School of Law; Exec. Articles Editor, Pacific Rim Law & Policy Journal"Fishers of Men: The Neglected Effects of Environmental Depletion on Labor Trafficking in the Thai Fishing Industry" Joanna Sylwester, J.D. Candidate 2014, University of Washington School of Law; Chief Comments Editor, Pacific Rim Law & Policy JournalHosted by the Pacific Rim Law & Policy Journal and the Asian Law CenterBeyond a recommendation from the Japanese Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology to not work with patients who want to engage in surrogacy contracts, no legal framework exists for regulating surrogacy in Japan and only one doctor in the entire country will work with families using surrogates. Therefore, Japanese families often travel abroad to use surrogates, which creates a number of problems. Babies born to surrogates have been considered stateless because neither the surrogate's country nor Japan recognizes them as citizens. Furthermore, Japan's complex family registry system makes it difficult to adopt children. Finally, surrogates abroad are often very poor women forced to live in abject conditions during their pregnancies. The Japanese government should establish a legal framework to regulate surrogacy, drawing on Israel's system and the ABA Model Rules.Trisha Wolf is a third year law student at the University of Washington. In addition to her work as an Executive Articles Editor for the Pacific Rim Law & Policy Journal, she is currently a member of UW's Immigration Law Clinic. During law school, Trisha has worked at the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights and the UW Division of the Attorney General's Office. She also received at FLAS in Hindi during the 2012-13 school year. Prior to law school, Trisha worked in health care and international development. She graduated magna cum laude with a B.A. in anthropology from Washington University in St. Louis.Migrant fishermen are left out. Both Thailand's labor trafficking laws and anti-trafficking measures espoused by international bodies fail to effectively protect men coerced into working in Thailand's fishing industry. Thailand is a prominent destination for human trafficking victims because of the country's economic, social, and political conditions. The majority of trafficking victims identified within Thailand are migrants from Thailand's neighbors—predominantly Myanmar (Burma)—and often escape from conditions of poverty or political persecution. Because of a high demand for Thai fish products and labor shortages in the fishing industry; the commercial fishing industry is a hotbed for labor trafficking. The Government of Thailand, as a response to international pressure, has increased regulatory efforts to address the experiences male labor trafficking victims face. However, these efforts neglect an essential component: how changing environmental conditions and the effects of over-fishing on the nature of the fishing industry both perpetuate trafficking and thwart well-meaning reforms. Environmental mainstreaming, or the process of infusing environmental policies into traditionally non-environmental programs, would buoy current regulatory efforts and may even contribute to the development of stronger, more realistic labor trafficking laws. Joanna Sylwester is a third year law student at the University of Washington and serves as Chief Comments Editor on Pacific Rim Law & Policy Journal


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Why, in a world full of potential stress triggers, when exposed to identical stressors, do some people seem to be immune, while others fall over like flies? While researching material for my books, I have ploughed through mountains of scholarly articles, case histories, experiments, research and conclusions about why people succumb to stress – with the statistics to back them up.
But there seems to be very little research allocated to success stories.
Why is there such an emphasis on the problem? Why aren't we spending equal or greater amounts of time and resources on studying the exceptions to the rule; people who live in a high stress environment or experience periods of incredible pressure, without succumbing to the negative effects of stress? In fact many emerge fitter and feistier than before. What do these people do differently? This is what I wanted to know.
And these are some common themes I found.
What Stress-less People Focus On
Stress-less people know that the thoughts they think, the words they speak, the food they eat, the books they read, the movies they watch, the games they play, the expectations they have, the people they hang out with, their daily habits—and most of all their dominant feelings, shape their lives.
The exercise habit
It seems that some people would rather eat rat poison than exercise. Extraordinary I know, but these are some common excuses I hear:
I hate exercise. More than you love being healthy and relaxed you mean? What does this say about the relationship you have with your body? If you haven't tried every form of exercise there is and hated every one, this is untrue.
I have family commitments. And do these include being a role model for how to be healthy – or not? Do these family commitments include the risk of early degeneration and death? And what is preventing family exercise?
I don't have time. And do you have time to be stressed and ill? What is stopping you re-arranging your priorities, or combining exercise with work or socializing?
I can't afford it. Do you have any idea how many types of free exercise there are? Have you researched the potential cost of not exercising?
Exercise is a powerful act of self love; a prayer of appreciation; an absolute non negotiable for building immunity to stress.
The water habit
The African baobab tree, because its habitat is so arid and dry, has a unique ability to store large volumes of water. We do not! The human body is composed of around 85% water. This provides structural support for our billions of cellular citizens. It supports complex biochemical reactions and is the major component of our blood and other body fluids.
Like the canals in Venice, our internal transport system is waterborne.
It is this water supply that distributes what we ingest throughout our bodies. It is water that flushes toxic waste from every part of this miraculous ecosystem, preventing us from turning into toxic swamps. As long as enough water and oxygen are available, everything works smoothly.
Yet there are staggering numbers of people on our planet who rarely or never drink water.
The late F. Batmanghelidj, MD, author of Your Body's Many Cries for Water, spent years researching the profound benefits water has on the physiological functions of the body – and the lethal impact of dehydration. From the new perspective of my twenty two years of clinical and scientific research into molecular physiology of dehydration, he wrote, I can safely say the 60 million Americans with hypertension, the 110 million with chronic pains, and the 15 million with allergies….all waited to get thirsty.
The sleep habit
Most of us sleep significantly less than we did fifty years ago. Many people think sleep is a waste of time. Research is ongoing and although we may not yet know exactly what sleep does, we do know that lack of it has multiple negative knock-on effects.
It hasn't been used as a torture tool throughout history for no reason.
According to various surveys, sleep deprivation among children may have a profound impact on ADHD symptoms. When adults are tired they usually become sluggish. When children are tired they tend to overcompensate and go into overdrive. This is why sleep deprivation is sometimes confused with ADHD in children. Children (and adults) may also be inattentive, impulsive, moody, emotionally explosive, or aggressive as a result of sleep deprivation. Insufficient sleep and stress go hand in hand.
The eating habit
Unsatisfied emotional hunger often results in an over-dependence on nurturing from food. Being a product of Africa, where the specter of starvation often stalks, it's a bit of a stretch for me to understand the scourge of obesity that is equally lethal.
Half the world is dying from need. The other half is dying from greed.
And greed is just another form of need. Then in the midst of greed, people are dying from self inflicted need (anorexia or bulimia.) Yes, I'm confused too!
The weight of an obese body is only partly due to an imbalance between food and exercise. What about the weight of despair, shame, loneliness, resentment, and lack of self love? Obese bodies are carrying burdens they were not designed to carry – and seeking solace from an ineffective source.
Imagine having a twenty, thirty or fifty year backlog of unresolved issues in storage; stuffed into the warehouse that is your body. Of course your body has to stretch to accommodate them. So it has to keep expanding in order to contain this mountain of unresolved stuff.
Our bodies were designed to process the experiences of life—not store them in dispatch!
Enlist professional help and have a spring clean, just as you would in your home; get rid of anything you don't use on a daily basis and is taking up valuable mental real estate. Our most compelling desire is not for food. Our most compelling desire is for love, respect and acceptance.
A good therapist can help to disentangle physical hunger from emotional hunger and when emotional hunger is satisfied, physical hunger is easy to satisfy in a healthy, balanced, enjoyable way.
The mental cleanliness habit
When your vehicle gets dirty, you take it to the car wash. When your clothes get grubby you put them into a washing machine. What then do you do with your mind and emotions when they get mucky?
The amygdala, a part of our second brain is our memory museum.
Memories attached to strong emotions (whether intensely pleasurable or intensely painful) are more likely to be stored in here.
When the amygdala registers impressions emailed to it by our sense of smell, taste, sight, touch or hearing, it processes it by 'speed dialing' previously stored information to find a match. This is a valuable time saving function. But it can be problematical because people, situations and events that are even indirectly related to this memory, can trigger an overreaction.
Say for instance, you were involved in a tragic car accident on a mountain road in snowy conditions, the stored memories might trigger an instant fear of similar smells, sights, sounds or sensations. If you were humiliated, bullied or abused by a muscle bound man with red hair and an Irish accent your speed dial function might trigger an instant dislike or fear of anyone answering even part of that description.
Our prejudices, fears and stress triggers are often based on these false memories.
The oxygen habit
Dr. Otto Warburg, a two-time Nobel Prize winner reveals that the cause of most disease is lack of sufficient oxygen in the body. Oxygen deficiency fosters the build-up of disease, which, over a period of time overwhelms the body's immune system.
Most strains of harmful bacteria, as well as cancer cells are anaerobic and cannot survive in the presence of oxygen.
Under ideal circumstances, our atmosphere contains about 20% oxygen, although it has recently been reported that in many of our more polluted cities, levels have dropped to around 10%. It's obvious that our oxygen needs are not being met. Several of the most common ailments now affecting our population especially in the polluted metropolitan areas are directly related to oxygen starvation. It's hard to be de-stressed and oxygen starved at the same time.
The wellness habit
I'm wondering whether the world of medicine and therapy is running out of diagnosis labels, and manufacturing illnesses. For every conceivable feeling, emotion, thought, or physical characteristic they seem to create a diagnosis, an appropriately official label—and of course medication to manage it.
I guess disease mongering is pretty lucrative.
So that psychopathic bully in the playground is just a poor misunderstood boy suffering from Defensive Reaction Syndrome. And that habitually obnoxious colleague you work with? Well, you mustn't make him feel marginalized; he's just suffering from a Social Personality Challenge. The employee you're about to dismiss because she's so lazy she makes a slug look hyperactive—well, she's just suffering from Delayed Motivation Syndrome.
Come to think of it, I would undoubtedly be a candidate for a diagnosis.
I'm terminally happy and unnaturally solution oriented. I take abnormal responsibility for the quality of my life at every level, I laugh far too much, I'm too damn healthy, my weight hasn't varied in thirty five years, I lavish my loved ones with too much affection and greet each day with excessive anticipation! There must be a label for this condition.
This emphasis on illness instead of wellness has encouraged many people to develop an illness dependency.
At some point in their past it received positive feedback and rewards. It proved an effective way to get attention and feel nurtured. It met their needs, and so it stuck. We're all attention seekers by nature. So if we're not getting attention and appreciation through constructive strategies we'll use whatever works. Entire cultures have evolved that reward illness and penalize wellness. I don't know about you, but when I'm ill, I'm definitely stressed.
The love habit
If you were given a multi million dollar mansion at birth – would you allow it to deteriorate into a seedy, unsanitary squat, with a leaky roof, cracked and peeling walls tattooed with graffiti, and a blocked sewerage system?
So why do we allow the opinions, trends, expectations, benchmarks and criticisms our environments bombard us with, to devalue this truly miraculous organism with which we live so intimately twenty four hours a day?
When we love ourselves, and are loved by others, a cocktail of healing chemicals are released, which in turn triggers the release of anti-stress and anti-aging hormones. These speed cellular repair.
Only when we deviate from our natural biological balance, does our body rebel.
The 21 Habits Of Stress-Less People
Stress-less people:
- Make their health a priority – especially when under pressure
- Don't warehouse mental or emotional 'weight' and keep their internal environment clean
- Drink plenty of clean water
- Breathe clean air
- Exercise regularly
- Don't deprive themselves of sleep
- Know the difference between emotional hunger and physical hunger
- Ask for and accept help when they need it
- Are not dependent on other people's approval – they already have their own
- Are not slaves to societal trends
- Instinctively look beyond life's challenges for messages and solutions
- Can detach when necessary and have good emotional management skills
- Focus on wellness and balance – not illness and imbalance
- Treat their minds, bodies and emotions with respect – especially when under pressure
- Consciously choose the words they speak
- Consciously choose the fuel they feed themselves
- Know that what they put in they get out
- Surround themselves with supportive, uplifting people
- Deliberately adopt productive daily habits
- Feel joyful and positive most of the time
- Love themselves – without reservation
Would you like to become immune to stress? Then contact me at [email protected]
What habits would you add?